11x12/13 Should of Said No RECAP—

From the title I bet you’re wondering if this is another rape based plot….and no it’s not rape based.

Clare’s on her phone talking to Alli about Jake and how he’s tall and drives a truck and is supermegafoxyawsomehot…..okay maybe Clare didn’t use that last word verbatim but come on Jake Martin is supermegafoxyawsomehot as she’s gushing about him she walks into her living room to see Glenn there. Clare is beat red only to be redder when Glenn tells her that he’s in the kitchen and she walks in on him shirtless. She’s in a rambling speechless mode and you can just feel the chemistry between the characters….even though this is just a midgame….

WHATEVER IT TAKES

Clare’s telling Alli about her run in with shirtless Jake and Alli wants all the ab-ulous details however Clare has a deadline. She needs to finish up her article on the outline of the school play which is hard because it’s female antagonist ‘Clara’ is a veiled expy meant to vilify Clare. Jake and Katie then show up in the news office as Jake has agreed to be interviewed for a piece on new students. This is CLEARLY a veiled attempt of flirting as it’s highly doubtful that three froths of the way into the school year there’d be many new students transferring. She’s asking him how he likes Degrassi.

Alli and Dave are talking about how it’s the first movie night of the semester and they are trying to think about what kind of movie. Alli suggests a sing-along of Grease however Dave shoots it down saying it has to be something timeless something everyone would be into and not just the girls…..Zombies. Alli agrees and asks why they stopped hanging out and he says cause she started dating Drew. Alli rolls her eyes wanting to forget that period as she asks if he wants to hang out tomorrow. He says he’ll have to check with Sadie and nods as Alli says it’s probably a no cause Girlfriends don’t like their boyfriends hanging out with girlfriends just look at what’s going on between KC and Marisol. Dave says nothing is going on between KC and Marisol and Sadie trusts him.

Drew is finally coming back to school after the beat down. Audra makes sure he’s okay and Audra tells him how he can just stay home another day but he wants normalcy. It’s been a month since break and he needs to get back into a routine.

Clare hates him hates him hates him…..Jake is just haunting her thoughts. Alli suggests she go for it but with all the drama with Eli she doesn’t know if she’s ready to rebound just yet.

Jake shows up to the intermural dodge ball game. Marisol starts asking him how he is after the beat down and KC tells her to sush she walks away and KC says he gets it when his parents were on drugs he lived with a constant fear too. They engage in brief fisticuffs.

Clare shows up and Jake is fixing the sink….she says she has plans with her mom but Helen says they don’t….she’s meeting with a friend who wants to talk about their troubled son and tells Jake to stay over with Clare she’ll even leave pizza money.

Dave shows up to see Sadie and when she asks him out to couples fondue night. He says he can’t cause he’s working on the radio show with Adam but really he’s got plans with Alli.

Speaking of the latter she’s on the phone with Clare who is in total freak out mode. Her mom’s out for dinner and all she can do is lust over Jake who is half naked in her kitchen and if Alli doesn’t come over she’s sure she’ll chuck her purity ring and jump his bones. Okay again that’s an embellishment but that’s what I’d be thinking if I were Clare. Alli can’t come cause it’s her dad’s birthday. Jake peeps his head into Clare’s room and says he gets it. It sucked when his parents split and it seemed like they were living secret lives without him and they start making out….screw pizza. Sidebar I find it interesting to note that Glenn is a divorce and not a widower as said straight forward by Jake when having him being the latter is a huge trend in fan works…..

Clare tells Alli the next day that she’s so going to hell for spending the night making out with Jake. She doesn’t have the best track record with guys and she’s scared about opening her heart again after all KC cheated on her and Eli crashed his car and then went batshit crazy. Alli tells Clare that will be $10 and Clare wonders when her friend has decided to charge for her advice…not advice…she thinks Clare and Jake need to be in an upright position.

Adam wants to know if the rumors are true and Drew fought KC. Drew says it’s ‘guy’ stuff and Adam says no it’s not and calls Drew out on his PTSD. He freaks on Adam saying he needs to mind his own business and he plans to apologize to KC. He just wants to be left alone.

Clare is writing a note for Jake as she watches Imogen and Eli flirting. She writes mom’s out let’s have fun and places it on his windshield and walks away.

Dave and Adam are getting ready for the radio and Dave tells Adam that if Sadie asks they’ve got plans. Adam asks what’s the real story and he admits he’s hanging out with Alli. Yea there were feelings but those feelings have moved on.

Katie asks if Clare has done her update on the play and then asks if she can give her the 4-1-1 on Jake. She wants to know if he’s a decent guy and is starting to pump Clare for questions. Clare tells her she thinks he’s got a girlfriend and Katie comments then why are they going out. Katie’s got more questions….at least ten but Clare has an ‘appointment.’

Drew shows up at Dogdeball again and KC is skeptic to let him stay however he ends up letting him stay and play.

Jake’s reading the note but Clare wants it back….plans changed and something’s come up. He asks why she’s suddenly pissed at him and he asks if it’s true he’s going on a date with Katie. He is…she asked and he said yes but that doesn’t mean they can still have fun. Ever since the divorce he’s guarded his heart and doesn’t take relationships seriously. Clare doesn’t want to be his make out buddy however if she were to be with him she’d want substance. Jake tells her if she changes her mind she knows where to find him.

Drew is playing when he notices officer turner entering the gym and he stops playing and walks over to the cop freaking out asking him what he knows about the whole Vince ordeal.

Dave and Alli are on their wing date and Marisol shows up telling them they make a cute couple. They say they are just friends and she laughs friends…on couples fondue night. Speaking of Alli wants to order but Dave calls it a night.

Clare changed her mind and decided to make out with Jake…..or not….it was just a dream and she wakes up rolled over onto the floor and in panic mode. She hears a noise and it’s Helen walking in. It’s 4AM and the elder Edwards admits she was out drinking with another man….it’s a confusing time and she’s been with Randall for so long. She apologizes for waking Clare and Clare goes to bed more confused than ever.

Drew’s up early on a Saturday and Audra puts him to work on laundry duty. He tells her he thinks something is wrong with him and she tells him she has a list of therapists and he says talking won’t stop Vince and his gang from coming after him. Drew just wants to move but Audra says they can’t just pick up and leave.

Jake shows up and Clare vents about her mom and how she was sneaking around with some guy. Jake says when his dad started dating he felt betrayed at first too however then he just realized he needed his dad to be happy. Speaking of happy, Jake makes her happy and she is game for the casual making out. TBC

The next day Audra got a call. Omar has an opportunity to transfer to the Boston branch of his firm if Drew still wants to move…..Move….WHAT why is Adam just hearing about this now. He’s got a life at Degrassi and friends. Audra tells him he can make new friends and Adam is quick to point out how ‘everybody would warm up to the trans kid’ rather sarcastically. Drew comments how they had to transfer to Degrassi cause of Adam and how he gave up his old friends for that. Adam then says Drew’s issues are in his head and weather in Canada or Massachusetts he’s going to have his demons. Adam says he needs help and should run from his problems and Audra tells Adam to apologize….he apologizes….for Drew being paranoid before heading out of the car.

I KNOW IT CAN MAKE IT THROUGH

Helen tells Clare that she just wants her to know she’s not out with different men every night. Clare asks if her boyfriend is nice to her and she nods. Clare comments how she wonders if Randall is dating too and Helen just goes white as a ghost as how does she tell Clare that her dad having an affair was the basis for the divorce.

Dave comes into the radio station cause he has a problem….what problem you ask….well not his brother being paranoid with PTSD leading his family to consider moving to Boston….no that would be Adam’s issue. Dave’s is the whole Alli and Sadie mess.

Alli’s telling Clare about her dinner with Dave while Clare’s too busy mooning over Jake. Alli asks if they are an item and she tells her friend they are keeping things casual….translation…make out buddies.

KC tells Drew that if he becomes a Bruins fan he’s dead to him and they are talking about the move. Adam doesn’t want to go and Drew is on the fence cause he does have a life and friends but ultimately he needs to distance himself from the whole Vince thing for his own sanity. KC says maybe all Drew needs is a distraction….of the female persuasion that is. KC has Drew ask Jess to movie night and she accepts.

Jake takes Clare into an abandoned science room to flirt. He asks her how she’s doing with her mom and Clare says how she told her she gets her emotional needs. They talk about how awkward that conversation went and how Jake can fusil Clare’s emotional needs that night when Clare brings up a slight chink in the plan….a chink in the form of an Auburn Haired Journalist by the name of Katie. He says he’ll just tell her something came up like a sick aunt or something. The bell rings and Jake tells Clare whatever ‘this’ is he likes it.

Sadie is talking basketball to Dave however he walks off to help Alli with movie night stuff all while a jealous Sadie looks on knowing that her boyfriend is cheating on her.

Clare apologizes that she’s skipping out on Movie Night cause Jake is standing up Katie and they are going to have plans. As Clare is setting up for her date she finds the divorce papers and reads all the gory details about how her dad was having an affair this whole time blowing her world to smithereens. Jake shows up and Clare says this is supposed to be casual right. Jake says yes and Clare tells him to go out with Katie cause what they have is starting to cross lines and not be casual anymore.

It’s movie night and a little bit of trivia. Clare shows up and is talking to Alli. She wants Alli to set her up and it must have been said that Clare found the papers cause Alli brings them up. Alli tells her she and Jake aren’t her parents and Clare says that so weren’t her and Eli. Alli then introduces Clare to Liam….he’s into music and says that Alli told him Clare was into British New Wave.

KC asks Dave what’s going on between him and Alli. Dave comments how she’s just his friend and he’s not the only one with two girls cause he knows that KC’s been sneaking around with Marisol. KC doesn’t deny it but admits he loves Jenna and is torn. Dave says he needs to end it with one of them before the other is burnt and he should really take his advice to heart.

Drew’s with Jess bringing her popcorn as the movie begins. The ‘Zombie Movie’ that’s shown is a Webisode/Halloween Special from circa Season six called ‘Degrassi Of The Dead’ Anyway Drew spots someone in the room with a hoodie and flips thinking that it’s one of the guys that attacked him.

As Clare sits with Liam, she can’t help but gaze at Jake and Katie looking all happy on their date. And while….Spoilers….they do kismatically wind up back together in early season 12 and word of god (Aka Staff Writer Ramona Barckert) has said that while they aren’t technically together come their exits from cannon are in fact endgame, a part of me wonders how the dynamic would of changed if Jake and Katie became official at this point in time. Oh yea… Clare gets up and walks out telling Liam she wants air I was just blinded by Jatie (Jake +Katie) that I spaced for a bit.

Drew follows hoodie guy and it turns out that Drew did know him though instead of a gangster it turns out to be minor character Julian who is meeting up with Owen for a secret fight club meeting….cause yea while the members have changed it’s apparently still going on. Drew wants in on their club.

Dave scoots next to Sadie however he can’t help but look at Alli. He breaks up with her and she calls him pig dumping popcorn on him.

Clare and Liam are now out in the hall away from the movie and Clare kisses Liam. Liam’s flattered but he knows she likes Jake and doesn’t want to be her second choice. Jake comes out into the hall and Liam goes back into the theater. Clare asks Jake for a walk and he obliges.

The three boys are doing their fight club thing and Julian and Drew decide to sneak back into the movie to rejoin their date planning to reconvene after school the following day.

Alli and Dave are cleaning and Dave tells her that he and Sadie broke up cause Sadie found out he liked another girl. Alli asks Dave about this girl and they end up setting up a date….so much for no boys huh there Alli.

Audra asks about movie night and says it might be his last Degrassi event. Drew asks if Boston is still on and she asks if this is because of Adam. Drew says no…he just found a new group of friends to help him cope. Audra asks if it was drugs but Drew assures her it’s a sports thing. Audra says fine but if Drew needs more professional help she’s willing to make some calls.

Clare admits to Jake that she flaked cause she found the divorce papers and that’s why she flaked. She tells Jake she doesn’t want them to date then break up and mess up their friendship. Jake however doesn’t want to be friends….I guess he’s cured of his commitment-phobia.

Drew is watching MMA videos and practicing moves and punches out a wall.

Jake and Clare are laughing and making out all the way to the Edwards home. Clare comments how her mom’s car was outside so she’s home and they are going to get caught. They pull apart just as Helen comes downstairs. Clare explains Jake took her home and soon Glenn comes down the stairs and into the living room as well…..yea….like you couldn’t tell this was what was going on the SECOND Helen insisted a dinner with the Martin Boys ten episodes ago. Helen doesn’t want to bore Clare with the details of her love life but Glenn is the boyfriend she’s been talking about and she wants to know if it’s okay…..Clare says it’s totally okay with it….despite you know….dating his son now.