26. Abusive Dinosaur Roars

Trigger Warning: This episode deals with a storyline about child abuse. Some listeners may find this content disturbing and we advise they skip these episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation as well as this episode of the podcast. Hello and happy holidays, Degrassholes! For our last episode of the year, we present to you the last episode of Season 2 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Tears Are Not Enough Parts 1 and 2. Can you believe we actually recorded this on NYE of 2022? Probably. Well, it’s edited and here for your listening pleasure if you need an escape from family time this holiday season. Or maybe you were more naughty than nice this year and this is your consolation prize - an episode chock full of Angie Jeremiah and Ashley Kerwin. You’re welcome. Be better next time. The A plot of this episode finds Craig cramming for finals, which is downright impossible when living with Hurricane Angie. As such, he finds an unexpected getaway from all of the chaos with his father, Dr. Manning. But has Albert truly changed for the better? The garbage B plots of this two parter center around the upcoming year end luau dance. We’ll let you decide which one is worse: Liberty holding JT hostage for a date to the dance or Spinner and Jimmy continuing whatever this frenemy-ship is over who can get their respective couple crowned luau king and queen. Hey, at least there’s no Emma? Along the way we tackle the burning topics and questions such as: How we all apparently wanted to go to boarding school (“A sleepover with your friends every day!”). Again, why weren’t Paige and JT a thing for real? Julia Jeremiah’s (RIP) absolute chokehold on the men in her life. Why was Simpson giving the entire school every lurid detail about Craig’s dad’s death? And much much more. So pull up a seat, a hearty glass of eggnog (or just plain whiskey, whatever), and remember that the ultimate Christmas miracle may just be Season 2 finally ending so we can get to the truly good stuff (MANNY’S REIGN COMING FOR US ALL IN 2024)! xoxo, Stephan, Morgan, Natasha, Nina, and Perino