Degrassi: The Next Generation - True Colors

We open this weeks episode with Peter, his Mom and Dad and a Judge-Barrister, whatever they call them up north. The smarm continues to grown on Peter. His peeps pull some strings and he get off on the illegal street racing with a suspended license and being grounded while Sean takes the fall. Emma and Peter give each other congratulatory smooches.

Stupid Credits.

A-Plot Illegal Street Racing and You

Peter delivers a PSA on DHS TV where he warns of the dangers of being 2 fast 2 furious. Snake calls out the mea culpa for what it is...someone of privilege getting off easy with an “I'm sore-ee”. Well it's written all over his face. Manny thinks Emma should be concerned about Sean's Welfare. She gets run off by Peter who is upset that he can't take Emma to the big dance. They have a big dance already?

Socialite Emma has a plan, though. In her socialite meeting she suggests that they have a costume ball so everyone can go “incogNEAT-o” The meeting gets distracted when they all see Jay talking to Snake in the hall.

Jay and Snake were closing a discussion about Sean when Emma tells Jay to eff-off. Jay tries to get it through Emma's skull that jail isn't fun...at all. He tells Emma that Sean's already in the infirmary from being jumped in the chow line. Emma doesn't understand how anyone could get jumped in jail. Did I miss the Emma gets a lobotomy episode of Degrassi? Was that one banned in the states like Manny's abortion episode? When I think about Sean in jail the word PRAG immediately comes to mind. Did I mention I have the complete OZ on DVD set? Jay tries to convince Emma to at least stop by and visit him. The serious music plays in the background.

Flash forward to a dark and rainy bus stop. Peter has already managed to sneak out of the house and pulls up in his illegal street race car. Emma hops in and the start to kiss, but Peter starts complaining about Emma's whack Honey-Vanilla smelling hair. Emma says “Sore-ee” (yay!) Emma lets Peter know that she's set it up so he can go to the dance without his Mom knowing. They make out some more but Emma gets all weirded out. Mr Sensitivity says that it was lucky that the jogger is okay, because if he died Peter couldn't have “gotten away with a slap on the wrist”. Emma feels some synapses working again and is rightfully disgusted by this attitude. She bails early.

Emma decides to show up to Sean's court hearing after all. She's in the hallway as they are brining him in. He definitely looks like he's been popped in the grill and had his eye dotted. Emma gives him a hug. Sean sighs like a little girl, “Ah Vanilla I miss that smell”. Prag!

Sean's court hearing ends early because his Public Defender didn't show up. Back to jail for Sean! Sean's more than a little frustrated right now and demands that to know if Emma's still with Peter. Emma says she is and still thinks that Sean is a hit and run drug dealer, but she still says she's gonna help him because he needs it. Ladies and Gentleman...the return of Cause Girl!!! maybe she'll get her brain back too!

Emma goes back to school to talk to Snake. She suggest that Baby Jack move into Snake and Spike's room, while Manny and Emma move into Baby Jack's room so they can rent out the basement. It's Emma's plan for raising money for a decent attorney for Sean. Snake poo-poos that, but he okays her plan B of a fund raiser.

Emma goes to her locker to find a shiny gold mask waiting for her. Peter surveys the results and cops to the surprise. Emma still hasn't figured out that Peter got into her locker without permission. Stupid Emma! Emma shows Peter the raffle tickets, but doesn't say what they are for.

Dance time! Emma is discretely trying to sell her raffle tickets. Toby gets all in her Kool-Aid for not having Council permission to sell those tickets. Remember when Toby was actually one of the stars of this show? His role has been reduced like kid on 90210 who accidentally shot himself off the show, except Toby's still alive to deliver short dorky and or creepy-pervy lines when necessary. Poor Tobes.

Manny tells Emma she's gotta stop waffling and choose. Emma says Sean is still in her heart, but she lists all the great things that Peter has done for her, like holding her hand when she was sick and breaking into her locker without knowing the combination and putting masks in her locker. Manny the resident Degrassi bad decision maker somehow puts two and two together faster than Em and questions how he go into the locker.

Cut to Emma slamming Peter into the lockers, showing flashes of when she kicked Alex's ass a few seasons ago. The girl can throw down. She calls him out and gets him to admit he broke into Sean's locker and planted the pot. He says he did it to “keep them together” so of course it's supposed to be okay. Emma dumps him on the spot and slams him into the lockers again for good measure. Finally!

We close with Emma visiting Sean in jail. She tells him it's over with Peter and that Snake will be working hard to make sure he gets an attorney who will work hard on his case. Sean apologizes for everything and is happy that she's there. There's a tap on the window ending the visit (no conjugal yet?) Emma leaves Sean with a bottle of Honey Vanilla shampoo. Emma honey, that was sweet but a carton of smokes would have served him better.


B Plot Man that was fast.

This week we pick up on Ellie's first days at the Core, the University Newspaper. It turns out the plum assignment she was given last didn't make the cut, even though she researched in beer bong puddles. She gets snarked on by an upper class co-ed. She pleads for another chance. Jessie needs to see passion in her writing. They both call each other arrogant. Then he asks Ellie to talk it out over a beer. Wow, they aren't wasting time with the hookup.

They stumble back to Ellie's where she's busting his chops about his crappy taste in music. They're cute together and they've hit it off. Before he leaves he tries to plant one on Ellie, but she turns her head, but not in a too insulting way.

Back at the paper he assigns Ellie a plum music assignment, which gets even more snark from the upperclassman co-ed. It turns out Jessie has a habit of hooking up with the fresh meat Snarky was Miss 2005. Poor Ellie. She decides to keep her self respect. When it's time to cover the concert, she bails and decides to cover intramural water polo finals instead.


The next day Jessie explains that he didn't give her the concert review to get in her pants, but because she loves music. Jessie admits that she can write and she's cute and he's not going to apologize for liking her. Ellie plants one on him and they decide it's going to be their little secret. I guess she's over Craig, where ever he is.

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