Series synopsis
Degrassi is a Canadian drama soap television series that premiered on Much on October 14, 2001. It ended on July 31, 2015. It was created by Yan Moore, Linda Schuyler. It stars Shane Kippel, Miriam McDonald, Drake and Lauren Collins.
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
Premise
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
Premise: If your life was a TV show, this would be it.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shane Kippel as Gavin 'Spinner' Mason
- Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson
- Drake as Jimmy Brooks
- Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk
- Charlotte Arnold as Holly J. Sinclair
- Jamie Johnston as Peter Stone
- Ryan Cooley as J.T. Yorke
- Andrea Lewis as Hazel Aden
Supporting cast
- Christina Schmidt as Terri MacGreggor
- Dan Woods as Principal Daniel Raditch
- Justin Kelly as Jake Martin
- Paula Brancati as Jane Vaughn
- Dylan Everett as Campbell 'Cam' Saunders
- Raymond Ablack as Sav Bhandari
- Nina Dobrev as Mia Jones
- Spencer Van Wyck as Wesley Betenkamp
- Cassie Steele as Manny Santos
- Landon Liboiron as Declan Coyne
- Chloe Rose as Katie Matlin
- Pat Mastroianni as Joey Jeremiah
Guest cast
- Daniel Kelly as Owen Milligan
- A.J. Saudin as Connor DeLaurier
- Sam Earle as K.C. Guthrie
- Jake Neayem as Mo Mashkour
- Shanice Banton as Marisol Lewis
- Demetrius Joyette as Michael 'Mike' Dallas
- Cristine Prosperi as Imogen Moreno
- Luke Bilyk as Drew Torres
- Jessica Tyler as Jenna Middleton
- Sarah Fisher as Rebecca 'Becky' Baker
- Ana Golja as Zoë Rivas
- Lyle Lettau as Tristan Milligan
Episodes
This series spans 15 seasons with 376 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | October 31, 2007 | August 2, 2015 |
| Season 1 | 15 | October 14, 2001 | March 3, 2002 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 29, 2002 | February 23, 2003 |
| Season 3 | 22 | September 16, 2003 | March 29, 2004 |
| Season 4 | 22 | September 6, 2004 | February 14, 2005 |
| Season 5 | 19 | September 18, 2005 | March 20, 2006 |
| Season 6 | 19 | November 27, 2006 | May 14, 2007 |
| Season 7 | 24 | January 13, 2008 | June 23, 2008 |
| Season 8 | 18 | October 4, 2008 | August 14, 2009 |
| Season 9 | 19 | October 3, 2009 | July 16, 2010 |
| Season 10 | 44 | July 18, 2010 | April 22, 2011 |
| Season 11 | 45 | July 17, 2011 | May 18, 2012 |
| Season 12 | 40 | July 15, 2012 | June 21, 2013 |
| Season 13 | 40 | July 11, 2013 | July 29, 2014 |
| Season 14 | 24 | October 28, 2014 | August 2, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Degrassi of the Dead When genetically modified foods turn people into zombies, it's up to Manny to save the day... |
October 31, 2007 |
| 2 |
The Curse of Degrassi Spirit of school shooter returns to wreak more havoc on Degrassi. |
October 26, 2008 |
| 3 |
Don't Look Back When you’re in high school, everything feels different in the summer – and for the students of Degrassi, this summer is no exception. Along with the record-breaking temperatures, tensions, romance, and friendships are on the rise. But while everyone hopes this will be the best summer ever, the city might have something else in store for them. |
August 2, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mother and Child Reunion (1) After months of flirting via e-mail, 12-year-old Emma's new love interest, Jordan, is going to be in town. Coincidentally, it's the same night as her mother's high school reunion. After much consideration and some advice from her mom's friend Caitlin, Emma decides to go for it without telling a soul, even her friends. |
October 14, 2001 |
| 2 |
Mother and Child Reunion (2) After months of flirting via e-mail, 12-year-old Emma's new love interest, Jordan, is going to be in town. Coincidentally, it's the same night as her mother's high school reunion. After much consideration and some advice from her mom's friend Caitlin, Emma decides to go for it without telling a soul, even her friends. |
October 14, 2001 |
| 3 |
Family Politics Ashley has set her sights on becoming Degrassi's School President. Toby, spurred on by their awkward new situation as step-siblings, is frustrated by her unchallenged status and convinces J.T. to run against her. The conflict follows them home. |
November 4, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
When Doves Cry (1) When Degrassi expands the school by merging with a neighbouring high school, accepting Grade 9-12 students, the school faces budget problems. Degrassi alumni Joey Jeremiah and his small daughter Angela are spied on by a new student at Degrassi. J.T. and Paige's date goes well until he discovers the real reason she agreed to it. |
September 29, 2002 |
| 2 |
When Doves Cry (2) When Degrassi expands the school by merging with a neighbouring high school, accepting Grade 9-12 students, the school faces budget problems. Degrassi alumni Joey Jeremiah and his small daughter Angela are spied on by a new student at Degrassi. J.T. and Paige's date goes well until he discovers the real reason she agreed to it. |
September 29, 2002 |
| 3 |
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun When Spike reveals the identity of the mystery man she's been dating, Emma is shocked to learn it's her teacher, Mr. Simpson. When her mother cancels out on girls' night to go out with Mr. Simpson, Emma and Manny decide to sneak into the seniors' dance. Elsewhere, Spinner and Jimmy compete for hockey tickets. |
October 6, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Father Figure (1) Grade 9 starts and Emma's mom is 9 months pregnant. After Emma has been mistaken at school for being Snake's daughter, this inspires her to find her birth father. When she asks her mom she says no. But Emma goes on the internet to find his address. She finds it then the next day in school she cuts class with Craig to find him. The first place she goes to turns out to be the wrong address. Then she and Craig return to Emma's house and find the real address. They take the subway to Stouffville to find him. Ending up at a doctor's building Emma sneaks upstairs and goes to the room. She opens the door and faces her dad with a big surprise. |
September 17, 2003 |
| 2 |
Father Figure (2) Emma is in the room with her dad and she finds out he is brain-damaged. She tells him she is Emma and she embraces him but soon the nurse discovers she sneaked upstairs even though Craig was keeping the look out. So Emma gives him her address so they can write to each other. Joey has to drive to Stouffville to pick them up and Spike isn't happy when she gets home. Emma tells her mom off for lying to her. The next day at school Snake tells Emma that Spike didn't tell her to protect her. Meanwhile Shane shows up and makes a horrible racket at the house while Spike goes into labor. |
September 17, 2003 |
| 3 |
U Got The Look Manny's ready for a major image upheaval. She's sick of being cute. She's sick of being adorable. She's ready to be hot. But when all the attention from her new style goes to her head, she may lose more than just her old look. Meanwhile, Joey's in heaven when Craig's band asks to use the garage for rehearsals, but all his nostalgia might drive a wedge in his relationship with Craig. |
October 1, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ghost in the Machine (1) Season 4 begins with Paige, Spinner, Marco, Jimmy, and Hazel entering Grade 11. Spinner buys a car with the money he's earned at The Dot, and Paige receives a summons to testify at the trial of the guy who raped her. |
September 7, 2004 |
| 2 |
Ghost in the Machine (2) The pressure of the trial combined with confronting Dean sends Paige into a destructive downward spiral. Craig receives a generous 16th birthday present from his late father, which causes a rift between Craig and Joey. |
September 7, 2004 |
| 3 |
King of Pain Marco runs for Student Council President, but he could lose just more than just President when he finds out who his opponent is- Alex. Emma becomes jealous when Liberty gets closer to Chris. |
September 21, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Venus (1) Manny is anxious to pursue an acting career. Unfortunately, she is not prepared for the harsh realities of living out her Hollywood dream. Meanwhile, Craig receives an unwelcome birthday present from Ashley. |
September 19, 2005 |
| 2 |
Venus (2) Manny is anxious to pursue an acting career. Unfortunately, she is not prepared for the harsh realities of living out her Hollywood dream. Meanwhile, Craig receives an unwelcome birthday present from Ashley. |
September 19, 2005 |
| 3 |
Death of a Disco Dancer Paige has her entire future planned out; she is going to the best university in Canada, Banting, and she will live with Matt and everything will be perfect. That is until Matt comes back changed. Soon things go from bad to worse when Alex convinces her to get stoned with her. Meanwhile Jimmy is proud to be the new basketball coach but a new member, Derek., poses trouble. |
October 3, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Here Comes Your Man (1) The new school year has started and Sean is back in town. Peter and Emma seem to be happy that is until Sean returns to Degrassi. Peter is having mixed emotions with not knowing what is happening with him and Emma and also dealing with becoming the new person in the street scene. Meanwhile Marco is overwhelmed with moving in with Dylan and throwing Paige a going away party. |
November 28, 2006 |
| 2 |
Here Comes Your Man (2) Emma can't get over Sean and Peter stands by helplessly watching his girlfriend fall for another guy. Peter and Sean want to know which of them she wants more, so they take to the streets for a race that ends with disasterous results. Meanwhile Ellie faces the harsh realities of dorm life and decides to do something about it. |
November 28, 2006 |
| 3 |
True Colours Jay goes to an unlikely person to get help for Sean. Ellie catches the attention of the editor after she submits an article for the university paper, but is it just her writing that he likes? |
December 5, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Standing In The Dark (1) When Lakehurst has a fire, the students are forced to attend Degrassi which angers many students, especially Toby, who has still not gotten over JT's death. Darcy and Peter's relationship comes out into the open, but later at a ski party, something happens which may change the course of their relationship. |
January 14, 2008 |
| 2 |
Standing In The Dark (2) Darcy realizes that she and Peter did not have sex, and discovers a secret which may haunt her for a long time. Ellie fixes Marco up with another guy, since Dylan seems to be neglecting their relationship. |
January 21, 2008 |
| 3 |
Love is a Battlefield Paige gets a job in the fashion industry, but her relationship with Alex - who is being lazy after completing her education at Degrassi - is threatened by both Paige's job and Alex's attitude. At Degrassi, Manny reconnects with Damien, but the both of them clash over the issue of merging the Degrassi and Lakehurst organizations. |
January 28, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Uptown Girl (1) In part one of the eighth season premiere, Degrassi welcomes a new group of students as they adjust to high school life. Mia believes that her junior year will begin on a positive note when she is scouted by a top model agency and befriends a new student. But trouble is in paradise when Mia learns the dark side of the modeling world. Meanwhile Degrassi graduates Emma, Manny and Liberty adjust to the transition of High School to College. Though the girls get involved in a mishap when a mysterious roommate threatens to tear them apart. |
October 5, 2008 |
| 2 |
Uptown Girl (2) n part two of the eighth season premiere, Mia's modeling career spirals out of control leaving her friends and family worried. Meanwhile, Clare and KC unexpectedly form a bond. |
October 12, 2008 |
| 3 |
Fight the Power Jane develops a passion for football and is interested in playing on the school team. However Degrassi's only option is to play on the boy's team. Which leads to several unexpectedly mishaps. |
October 19, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Just Can't Get Enough (1) When Mia is offered a MAJOR modeling contract in Paris, Peter decides he'll go with her. But he soon realizes he doesn't fit into her sophisticated world. At a posh party, feeling frustrated and insecure, an unlikely guest offers an escape, snorting something. Soon enough, Peter's 'trip' goes terribly wrong. Back at Degrassi, Alli is concerned when new girl Jenna focuses on becoming Clare's friend. There's no way this is going to end well - and no way Alli's going to let it... |
October 4, 2009 |
| 2 | Just Can't Get Enough (2) | October 4, 2009 |
| 3 |
Shoot To Thrill Alli discovers the joys of photography.....and the consequences of taking naked pictures. |
October 11, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
What a Girl Wants (1) Declan, Fiona and Holly J. have ensured their summer at New York City. Holly J. has to leave for Toronto while Declan and Fiona have to stay in New York to attend Vanderbilt Prep. |
July 19, 2010 |
| 2 |
What a Girl Wants (2) Holly J. enlists Anya to fake a pregnancy in order to make Sav quit the election. However, Sav uses it to his benefit and vows to Anya that he will be there for her while she's "carrying" his child. Alli makes a "Biggest Losers" list and puts Dave at the top as revenge for her being low on the hottest Degrassi girls list. Fiona tries to deal with her problems with Bobby. |
July 20, 2010 |
| 3 |
Breakaway (1) Fiona confides in Declan about the truth about Bobby, but Declan has doubts. With advice from Holly J., Declan sides with Fiona when he sees her bruised leg and advises Fiona to press charges against Bobby. But Fiona runs back to Degrassi. When Anya comes clean to Sav that Holly J. talked her into faking a pregnancy, to make him drop out of the election race, they team up to use the sympathy card, now that everyone knows about the "pregnancy". Meanwhile, Jenna overhears Clare and Alli's conversation about surgery, and misinterprets it as breast enlargement surgery, when Clare was really was talking about being a candidate for laser eye surgery. The election race ends and Sav ends up winning by 17 votes, and Fiona's mother tracks her down to Degrassi. After having a heart to heart about the situation about Bobby, Fiona's mother tells her that together they will hire a lawyer. |
July 21, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Boom Boom Pow (1) It is spring break for the students of Degrassi. Drew breaks curfew to attend a Keke Palmer concert with his girlfriend, Bianca. There she meets an ex-boyfriend, who is involved in a gang, and he takes her to an alley. Drew catches him trying to rape Bianca, and in the ensuing altercation, Bianca knocks him out, and loses her bracelet. Sav meets Palmer on the street, not knowing it is her, and she invites him to the concert, and then on stage with her. Fiona's vacation plans are scrubbed, and she instead attends an art class with Holly J., where she asks out the model. |
July 18, 2011 |
| 2 |
Boom Boom Pow (2) Drew and Bianca find out that the gang member was killed, and she convinces him to keep quiet. When looking for Bianca's lost bracelet, she and Drew are told by another gang member, Vince, that they are going to be killed. In order to be kept safe, Drew finds out he must shoot someone to enter the gang. He then considers the situation, and turns himself into police. Sav, now with a crush on Keke Palmer, meets up with her, and she decides to elude her entourage with him. In a later video chat, Keke tells him she does have feelings for him. Fiona takes her date to her loft, where things move too quickly for Fiona, but they decide to first be friends, and then move on from there. |
July 18, 2011 |
| 3 |
Love Game Clare cannot figure out why Eli has no feelings after their breakup. She then meets Jake, a transfer to Degrassi, and the son of her mother's friend. He helps her realize that it is her who still has feelings, and needs to deal with her relationship with Eli. The next day, Eli tells her he is taking anti-anxiety drugs. Jenna is overwhelmed with the baby, and gets mad that K.C. is not helping. After dumping the baby on him, they decide Jenna and Tyson should move in with K.C. and his mother. |
July 19, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Come As You Are (1) Mr. Simpson starts off the term with an assembly where he announces the school is getting rid of its uniform policy. He also introduces the new junior hockey team, with most of them being new students. Dallas, captain of the team, is staying with Drew and Adam. Meanwhile, Drew finally breaks up with Katie, saying that he cheated on her with a girl named Courtney. Katie’s upset, but it leaves Drew free to finally date Bianca. Dallas and Adam decide to throw a party since the Torres parents are out of town. Drew gets drunk and Katie makes an appearance because she wants them to get back together. They go upstairs to an empty room and in a bid to reunite Katie has sex with Drew, who afterward, ends up passing out in front of everyone. |
July 16, 2012 |
| 2 |
Come As You Are (2) While nursing a hangover, Drew doesn’t understand why Katie thinks they’re back together. He finally realizes that he slept with Katie, and feels the pressure from Bianca to make sure things between the two are officially kaput. Dallas and Adam tell Drew he needs to be straight-forward with Katie, and he does so: he breaks up with her again and tells Katie the truth about Bianca. He also tells Katie that Bianca doesn’t know they had sex, and that Katie shouldn’t tell anyone they did. Drew and Bianca enjoy their time alone at the mall, but run into Katie and Marisol. Tension is high as Katie walks away without telling Bianca what happened, and Drew tells Bianca to not listen to anything Katie and Marisol might tell her. |
July 17, 2012 |
| 3 |
Walking On Broken Glass (1) Katie hopes to get a fresh start, but is still angry at Drew and Bianca. She decides to expose the secret of her and Drew losing their virginity to the school thus finally freeing herself. Eli learns that Principal Simpson approved Becky's play idea, a musical, as opposed to his drama. Tristan develops a crush on Campbell, a hockey player new to Degrassi, and poses as Maya online to talk to him. |
July 18, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Summertime (1) It's summer at Degrassi, and as everyone heads in different directions, their friendships and relationships are tested. |
July 11, 2013 |
| 2 |
Summertime (2) School's out and summer's in! A few lucky Degrassi students are bound for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Paris, accompanied by some fresh new faces. And then there are others playing counsellor at Degrassi Day Camp. |
July 11, 2013 |
| 3 |
All I Wanna Do In Paris, Tristan will try anything to stop his roommates' teasing, and a lonely Alli ventures out to explore the city. |
July 18, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Smells Like Teen Spirit Clare has to face up to a serious dilemma that will affect her entire future. She hopes confiding in Alli will help her. Zoë is angry when Becky tells her she's distracting the power cheer team, she knows she has to bring her down. Miles and Tristan get closer, but Mr. Hollingsworth is worried that the way his son is behaving with damage his future political prospects. Miles decides to take on his father. |
October 28, 2014 |
| 2 |
Wise Up Drew's not taking the easy way out - he's going to be part of his child's life, whether Clare wants it or not. Mr. Hollingsworth thinks he can buy Miles' support and crafts a plan to protect his image. Zoë is over being judged by everyone and when she senses this from Zig, it's time for her to make a hard decision. |
November 4, 2014 |
| 3 |
If You Could Only See Frankie thinks it's unfair that girls are expected to show their bodies to men with nothing in return. This gives Zoë the perfect fundraising idea. Maya doesn't want to remain silent when she knows one of her friends is in trouble. Becky isn’t the bubbly sunshine-y girl she used to be. So who is she now? |
November 11, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Much |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 14, 2001 |
| Last aired | July 31, 2015 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 20:30:00 |