Wow time flies and we’re now at the end of another season….five
down and seven more to go….well eight if you count season thirteen already in
progress. Also fun fact…. Part two of this episode makes the hundredth episode
can you believe we’ve gotten this far already….for the record as of this
posting 322 episodes have aired (320 since I’ve actually typed this up and
placed this post into the queue)…..
Manny and Emma ask why Darcy didn’t come into the Dot for
coffee however Spinner shoos them away so he can have time with Darcy. Darcy
tells Spinner she got a councilor job at bible camp and is going to miss
Spinner all summer. He’s going to miss her too and they start to make out however
before they get too far Darcy stops him telling him they made an abstinence vow
to stay virgins till marriage…..virgin…yea Spinner is one of those.
WHATEVER IT TAKES
Manny, Emma, and Peter are in the lunch line. Manny apparently
was on the phone till four AM with Craig. She then makes a comment about Emma
being in line and her therapy and Emma says compared to the hospital food the
school café gets a bad rep. Manny then
is flipping out over how much she has to do for the variety show and Peter and
Emma tell her to take charge. She makes an announcement she needs help and
Spinner thinks that volunteering himself and Darcy is the perfect distraction
from his libido.
Miss H is telling the seniors that graduation is upon it and
with it a post grad prep class. Paige comments how her first choice has plenty
of scholarships but she’s yet to get an acceptance. Alex is living in the now
thinking about getting a tattoo or picking up the bass.
At work Paige gets her letter and is excited….she and Alex
are so out of there. Paige tells Alex she should move to Kingston with her….she
could transfer to work at a theater there. As she’s talking to Paige about
things Alex flips at a customer and gets fired.
Spinner and Darcy are at a theater and they pull back. Darcy
asks if he wishes she were Manny. She then gets to talking saying that perhaps
Manny should re-verginize herself. Spinner gets a refill and sees Paige’s
letter. Spinner congratulates her.
Alex tells Paige about being fired but she doesn’t want to
talk about new jobs just yet and tells Paige she’ll see her tomorrow.
Spinner gives Darcy a ring. It’s not an engagement one in
fact he has a matching one it’s to symbolize their commitment to one another.
During the pageant rehearsal Manny comments to Darcy how
Spinner has a thing for cheerleaders and that Darcy’s his third and a lock to
get head when Paige graduates. Darcy tells Manny that the door is open for her
at Friendship Club and look how it’s changed Spinner. Manny congratulates Darcy
for taming Spinner pretty much implying he’s a horn dog and that he’s been
lying about his virginal ways.
Kwan hands out final grades and Jimmy admits he’s a few
credits short and his future is up in the air. Alex comments to Paige to see….Jimmy
doesn’t have it all figured out and the sky isn’t falling. Alex suggests a
senior skip day.
Liberty talks to Manny about how inconsistent the timeline
for the show is before asking Spinner to step in for Nate (remember Dracula
last season?) who has mono. Spinner and Manny do a stage kiss and Darcy calls
her out on still liking Spinner. Spinner backs out and goes back to the
lighting board and Darcy tells her that it makes sense no one would work with
her cause she’s the school slut and they start to fight. Darcy then confronts Spinner
about how he liked about being a virgin.
Marco is working on his valedictorian speech and comment on
how sad Spinner is. He tells them about Darcy and Paige tells him she’s jealous
of the past.
Paige and Alex have their skip day at the mall and Paige
asks if she’s thought about Kingston yet because it’s good to have a plan. Alex
says it’s also good to have fun and convinces Paige to shoplift a CD. Paige
says no and Alex ends up tossing it into her bag anyway.
Spinner asks Marco and the Friendship Club to revirginize
him.
Paige is embarrassed about what Alex did. She needs
structure and plans. Alex tells her that it’s good but it’s still Paige’s
future not Alex’s. She needs to figure her own life out and can’t follow Paige
to Kingston just to work a minimum wage job. This is her way of breaking up.
Spinner and Darcy have a picnic and Spinner comments who
would have thought he’d be a virgin again after last summer. Darcy comments
that he was with Manny far before then. Spinner admits Manny was his first but
not his last there were two others but that was before he found her and Christ.
He tells her he’ll never be good for her and its over.
Alex comes home and Jay is there. He’s not there for her he
was there to see the ballgame with the mom’s boyfriend. Alex tells him that
Paige and her broke up and he offers a shoulder to cry on a mouth to make out.
Alex tells him she’s not bi or confused she’s a lesbian and she broke up with
her first girlfriend and it hurt. Jay tells her he’s sorry and is genuine about
it then asks if she wants to see the game and hang out just as friends and they
do.
Spinner’s at the Dot and Paige is there. She tells Spinner
she and Alex split and Spinner tells him so didn’t she and Darcy and Paige
should be glad to be getting out. Paige is worried she’s going to not be cut
out for Banting and Spinner tells her that she’ll be amazing….nope Paige is the
right one. He offers to drive her home and they end up making out….to be
continued.
Marco is running lighting queues with Spinner and asks if he
had a hot date with Darcy. Spinner tells them that he and Darcy broke up and
after the breakup he made out with someone else…..Marco puts two and two
together and realizes it was Paige. Spinner is flustered as Darcy approaches sorry
for being a jealous freak wanting him back.
I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH (and this is the last time we
hear the famous theme lyrics until season eight as the next two seasons have an
instrumental opening)
Paige tells Hazel that she and Alex split up and how she
kissed Spinner. Hazel comments how she was just getting used to Paige being a
lesbian and Paige tells her she wants to be free to date whoever girl or boy. I
can’t tell if this means she’s classified as bi or pan but I love her regardless.
Paige hands Toby his yearbook telling him what happens at yearbook table stays
there.
Jimmy sees that Ashley is back at Degrassi after being in
London for the past year. She tells him she loves London but missed being home
and while she’s tried a few schools overseas nothing
comes close to Degrassi. Jimmy tells her he has his fingers crossed that he’ll
be graduating and Ashley says it’s too bad because she was hoping they’d be
classmates again. Jimmy goes into his meeting with Miss H who apologizes
telling him he’s still short credits and won’t be graduating. He leaves the
office and Spinner tries to help. Jimmy says he can help by transferring schools
so they don’t have to see each other next year.
Ellie and Ashley have a reunion and Ellie asks Ashley who
she’s seen. She tells her everyone but Craig. Ellie tells her Craig is in Vancouver
living his dream but before she gets too excited he’s dating Manny. They both
don’t like that factor. Ellie asks how Ashley’s London Boyfriend is and she
tells her it’s over and asks about Ellie. Ellie tells her that she’s crushing
on someone but it’s doubtful it will work.
Darcy tells Spinner he heard about the fight with Jimmy and
he’ll eventually come around. Spinner tells her if she still is up for it they
are back together and she gives him his ring back. Marco tells Spinner he needs
to tell Paige he’s back with Darcy.
Jimmy and Ellie are showing Ashley her drawings and Ellie
has to leave. Ashley asks Jimmy if he likes Ellie and he admits that he does
however they are just friends and he doubts she’d be into him into him because
of the chair. Ashley tells her that the chair isn’t noticeable and Jimmy
comments its cause she’s sitting. Ashley tells him Ellie told her she’s
crushing on someone too and she’s pretty sure it’s him.
Paige is looking at photos of her and Spinner in old
yearbooks when Spinner shows up. Spinner wishes he had a time machine to go
back before things all went to crap. Paige lets him know that for the record
she never blamed him for what happened to Jimmy and they make out and have sex
when it faded to black.
Paige gives Simpson a class gift from the outgoing seniors
as Marco is receiving texts from Spinner saying how he and Paige had sex.
Darcy asks Spinner where was he last night and he lies
saying how he was getting her something special as a going away gift and tells
her to break away.
Then it’s the pageant celebrating fifty years of the school.
Paige tells Spinner thank you for last night and pretty much
tells him last night was a one night stand.
Emma and Peter congratulate Manny on her performance and in
a nice book end to the season opener Peter filmed Manny however this time he’s
using his camera for good giving her the tape to show her agent.
Jimmy sees Ellie telling her that she looks great in a
failed attempt to flirt. He tells her she’s become one of his best friends and
wants to know if she’s interested in being more however Ellie is speechless. It’s
not him….. Ashley asks what’s wrong she thought Ellie was crushing on someone
and Ellie tells her not Jimmy.
Darcy asks Spinner to dance with her at the after party.
Spinner is sad….cause the gift never came. Spinner excuses himself to get
drinks and Darcy takes a peek at his phone on the chance she’ll see what the
gift is and is greeted by the texts Spinner sent to Marco about the ONS.
Ashley apologizes to Jimmy because she thought the crush
Ellie had was on him. She tells Jimmy he’s an amazing guy and deserves to be
with someone who makes him happy. He tells Ashley girls won’t date guys in
wheelchairs and Ashley kisses him.
Darcy tells Spinner she saw the texts giving her back the
ring.
The class of 2006 graduates….. Graduates are Paige, Ellie, Marco,
and Alex who stick around and Hazel who heads off canvas. Jimmy is held back
because of missed credits due to rehab, Ashley who lost credits cause of
London, and Spinner who lost pretty much a year cause of his suspension for
being involved in the whole ‘Wack Your Brain’ thing that lead into the school
shooting. As the class is graduating Jimmy apologizes to Spinner and they
finally bury the hatchet.
Spinner heads to the bus stop to tell Darcy he was stupid
for doing what he did to Paige and wants to make things up to her. She’s not
sure she can give him another chance and she has to get on the bus. He tells
himself if she turns around he’ll be okay and she does.
The graduating class is outside getting ready to throw their
caps. There are hugs all around. Craig shows up to surprise Manny cause he didn’t
want to miss seeing his friends graduate. Ellie glances over toward him and in
that one look Ashley can tell that is who her friend was crushing on. The caps
are thrown and the end credits roll….
And now the Character Rank:
- JT (+7)
- Liberty (+7)
- Paige (+1)
- Alex (-1)
- Jay (-4)
- Ellie (-4)
- Marco (-4)
- Manny (-1)
- Emma (-3)
- Spinner (+5)
- Darcy
- Jimmy (-1)
- Peter
- Craig
- Hazel (-3)
- Toby
Ashley, Sean, and Chris are gone from the list….
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