Ashley swallows her pride and tries to win her friends back. Her efforts work fairly well but Ashley's arrogant attitude leads to some nasty rumors about her. Toby ends up in over his head when he develops a crush on Spinner's little sister Kendra.

Emma isn't very comfortable when Mr. Simpson offers to help with her science project. Manny lets slip to the entire school that Mr. Simpson is dating Emma's mom. Spinner embraces his newfound reputation as a ladies man but upsets Jimmy when he asks out a girl Jimmy had his eye on.

Craig is delighted to have Joey's trust around the car lot and at home. However, Craig oversteps the boundaries when he takes his friends on a joyride while Joey is out of town for the weekend. Ashley tries to impress her edgy new friend Ellie by getting her bellybutton pierced.

Paige is love struck when she meets Dean, an attractive soccer player from another school. Despite warnings that Dean is too old for her, Paige flirts with him at a party and loves the attention. Things turn sour, though, when Dean pulls Paige into an empty bedroom and forces himself on her.

Paige has a difficult time controlling her emotions after the rape. When Ashley writes an explicit song for their band about rape, Paige can't handle it and finally tells her friends about the attack.

Toby takes extreme measures to make it on the wrestling team while Terri battles vicious teasing when the kids at school discover she is a plus-size model.

Manny has a huge crush on Craig so, naturally, she is ecstatic when he asks her out. Manny has the best date of her life but Craig has a different feeling entirely about their time together. Ellie starts sending "secret admirer" letters to Marco and her jealousies come out when Hazel makes a play for him.

Hazel faces an identity crisis during "International Day" at Degrassi. Feeling ashamed of her background, she lies about her ethnicity, but ends up even more confused when lying doesn't help her feel better about it.

Just as Marco and Ellie's relationship heats up, Marco's doubts about his sexuality intensify. Toby is head-over-heels for Kendra and wants to spend every waking moment with her but trouble arises when Kendra starts to feel smothered.

JT gets in trouble in science class but he is elated when his punishment is spending a week after school with hot teacher Ms. Hatzilakos. Jimmy and Spinner decide to start a "truth pact," which ends up endangering their friendship.

When Emma agrees to get back together with Sean, he feels like he is on top of the world. Unfortunately, Sean's happiness is short-lived when his home life becomes more desperate and alcohol becomes his coping mechanism.

Liberty is furious she didn't receive a spot on the girls' hockey team. Unable to get over the rejection, Liberty pours all her energy into being a ruthless team manager. Terri freaks out when she reads Paige's palm and finds Paige has no lifeline!

Jimmy and Ashley have finally patched things up and start dating once again. Even though Ashley's style has changed, she assures Jimmy she is still the same girl inside. Meanwhile, Toby and JT learn far more than they ever wanted to know when discussing birth control in health class.

Emma complains to Principal Raditch about the use of genetically modified foods in the cafeteria. When Raditch says they haven't been proved to be harmful, Emma stages a student protest.

Paige is feeling whole again after lots of intensive therapy to help her get over the rape. She is convinced everything is back to normal until she finds out Dean will be at Degrassi for a basketball tournament. The possibility of seeing her rapist face-to-face sends Paige's well-organized world into a tailspin.

Craig is surprised when his father suddenly visits him and tells Craig he wants to be a part of his son's life again. Craig decides to spend more time with his father without telling Joey. Has Craig's dad really changed or will he relapse into his old ways? Meanwhile, JT is in a rough spot when Liberty agrees to tutor him on the condition that he accompanies her to the school dance.

After his father dies, Craig is distraught because of the fight they had the last time they spoke. He tries to get his life back on track but it turns out to be more difficult than he thought. JT makes good on his promise to take Liberty to the school dance, where Spinner and Paige are up against Jimmy and Hazel for Luau King and Queen.

It's the start of the school year. For their upcoming anniversary, penniless Spinner wants to get the perfect present for Paige. His idea: get her the perfect locker, since the one she has been assigned she considers in purgatory. In Spinner's mind, Hazel has the perfect locker, but it will take some swift maneuvering to get Hazel to give it up. Emma has thoughts other than school on her mind. With Spike almost ready to give birth and with Spike and Snake's recent marriage, Emma has been thinking about her biological father, Shane McKay. Spike has told Emma nothing about Shane, except that she wants Emma to have nothing to do with him as he deserted them. All Emma vaguely remembers is meeting Shane once in a hospital when she was three years old, Emma remembering that Shane was wearing a doctor's uniform. Emma does whatever she needs to to locate Shane and know her biological dad.

Through Snake's alumni database, Emma does locate her biological father, Shane McKay, at an address in Stouffville. When she arrives at that address, she sees that it is a medical institution and that Shane, mentally disabled, is a patient. Emma's first thought is that her mother is a heartless woman who deserted Shane during his time of need. Emma's view of her mother changes when she learns the full story and why Spike did not tell her the truth about Shane. But Spike may be in trouble when Shane escapes from the institution and wants to see his old girlfriend. Meanwhile, Spinner managed to get Hazel's locker for Paige, who deems it not to be the perfect locker. In her mind, Jimmy has the perfect locker. Jimmy, knowing that Spinner will probably do anything for the locker, makes a deal with Spinner, one not only that Spinner will find embarrassing to do, but one that Spinner does not realize will put Paige in a bad light.

Feeling like a wallflower, Manny decides to try out a new overtly sexual fashion style at school despite it contravening the school's code of conduct. Her attempt at looking sexy has the affect that she is hoping. The person who shows the most interest in her is her long time friend J.T., who is a bit confused about these new feelings he has for his friend. But he has to work fast to attract her attention as others are also showing interest in her. With her new look however is also a new self-absorbed attitude. Meanwhile, Craig, Marco, Jimmy and Spinner have formed a yet unnamed band. Joey has allowed them to use his garage as a practice space. Joey is vicariously reliving his teen-aged years through the band much to Craig's chagrin.

A group of the kids go to the beach for the day. Despite stating that she will no longer be his cover as his girlfriend, Ellie, who doesn't really get along with most of the others but especially Paige, decides to go along on Marco's invitation. Also along as the chauffeur is Paige's openly gay older brother, Dylan. Dylan, attracted to him, suspects Marco may be gay. Marco, also attracted to Dylan, is not ready to come out, especially to his supposed best friend Spinner, who is openly homophobic. Marco goes out of his way to hide his sexual orientation. This includes showing an interest in team sports and going on a date with an unsuspecting Hazel. Meanwhile, Archie is staying at the Jeremiah's temporarily as he has a cold and Spike does not want him to infect Jack. Beyond ruining his weekend with Ashley as the unexpected chaperon, Craig thinks that Snake's symptoms may be a manifestation of something beyond the common cold.

Spinner does not react well to Marco coming out to him. Without initially actually outing Marco to the general populous, Spinner does whatever he can to freeze Marco out of his life. Spinner spreads the news amongst their closest group of friends, all of who think Spinner is acting like an idiot. Marco will need all the support he can when he learns first hand what it's like to be gay in an intolerant society. A specific incident pushes Marco further in the closet. Meanwhile, Snake's initial medical diagnosis is possible leukemia. He tries to make light of the situation, which affects Emma more than anyone. Regardless of the final diagnosis, his actions, in part because of the possible diagnosis of leukemia, benefit Degrassi as a whole.

Snake's illness is causing a strain on Emma and Sean's alone time. Sean, feeling lost without Emma's support, has thoughts of his old troubled life. He starts to gravitate toward trouble-makers Jay, Alex and Towerz. A fight with Emma over their lack of time alone together turns Sean's thoughts into reality. Sean does whatever he feels he needs to be to be accepted, an act which ends up hurting Emma. Meanwhile, J.T. is hanging out with the in crowd - his new friends - leaving Toby in the lurch. At a sleep-over at Toby's, an embarrassed J.T. has a wet dream over Liberty, which Toby lords over him as blackmail in also being able to hang out with the in crowd.

Things are pretty hot between Craig and Ashley, but he's disappointed that she keeps pulling back from going all the way.

Ellie is facing some stresses in her life. Her soldier father has just been shipped overseas, to which her alcoholic mother does not react well. She has an interview for what she considers her dream co-op job working for Caitlin at the radio station doing stories on social causes, but she's up against "perfect" Paige for the sole position. These stresses end up having a physical manifestation, which Ellie, ashamed, feels she needs to hide. Ellie gets an unexpected source of support. Meanwhile, Terri has been receiving roses from a secret admirer. She suspects it's Toby, but really is hoping it's shy Rick.

Emma decides it's time to move on in matters of the heart when she realizes she has feelings for new kid Chris.

Terri is at the top of her game when she lands the lead in the school play and has a wonderful boyfriend in Rick. However, Hazel is concerned when she notices Rick's overly controlling behavior. Spinner fights feeling jealous when JT starts spending a lot of time with Paige.

The Christmas season brings more than just holiday cheer to Degrassi. Caitlin is confused and lonely when she realizes she still has feelings for Joey, who already has an arrogant new girlfriend. Craig gets caught up in his own lies when he continues seeing Manny behind Ashley's back.

Manny threatens to tell the whole school about their relationship if Craig doesn't dump Ashley once and for all. Joey has trouble getting a grip on his emotions after kissing Catlin; should he stay with Sydney or reunite with the girl who got away?

Emma becomes obsessed with getting Sean busted when she suspects he and his gang are stealing things from Degrassi. Paige, Spinner, and Jimmy enroll in a driver's education class and Paige develops a crush on their instructor.

Manny falls flat at her gymnastics meet because she feels nauseous. When her sickness doesn't go away, Manny begins to worry it may be something more than the flu.

Manny and Craig's pregnancy is outed by the furious Ashley to the whole school during lunch. Their failed practice to take care of Spike's baby convinces Manny, but not Craig, that, at 14, she is not ready for motherhood.

Jimmy, Sean, Ellie, Toby, and Hazel land in Mr. Raditch's Saturday detention. Despite their different cliques and different styles, they come to realize the similarities between them and decide to work together to get through their detention.

Terri wants to give Rick another chance but when she has to choose between her friendship with Paige and her love for Rick, the result is tragic. Sean gets annoyed when Marco keeps tagging along on his dates with Ellie.

Craig is determined to beat his ex-girlfriend Ashley when both of their bands are entered in an upcoming battle-of-the-bands competition. After Joey hurts his back in an accident, Catlin steps in to care for him and his daughter Angela.

The year-end Junior Formal is fast approaching, and Marco is in charge, except when it comes to a date. Problem is, Marco's too nervous to ask Dylan out at all, let alone ask him to the prom.

Paige and Spinner decide to take a day off from school. Paige invites Ashley to come along and Ashley announces she's leaving Degrassi. Paige and Spinner have to show her a good time and try to convince her to stay. Meanwhile, Emma discovers Mr. Simpsons will and worries his chemotherapy has failed.

Sean chooses to move out on his own, meanwhile J.T. attempts to ask Manny to the dance.

The end of the year dance has arrived at last! Jimmy wants everything to be perfect for Hazel but nothing goes as planned. Sean's guilt gets the best of him and he confesses to stealing Mr. Simpson's laptop. Earning Mr. Simpson's forgiveness, however, is going to take much longer than Sean anticipated.

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.

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.

Marco faces unexpected hurdles in the race for Student Council President when his opponent Alex threatens to out him to the entire school at the election assembly. Meanwhile, Liberty and Emma have a confrontation of their own when Liberty starts spending time with Emma's ex, Chris.

Rick returns to Degrassi, professing to be a changed man. Everyone is suspicious Rick might hurt another girl the way he hurt Terri so a plan develops to run Rick out of Degrassi for good. J.T. is frustrated with his relationship with Manny because they have barely even kissed yet. When a mishap leads to Manny seeing J.T. naked, J.T. begins to wonder whether their lack of physical contact is because he can't measure up to Manny's expectations.

Sean and Ellie's relationship reaches the next level when Sean wants her to move into his apartment. Is Ellie ready to leave her turbulent childhood home and live with the love of her life? Meanwhile, Manny takes over the Spirit Squad carwash when Paige falls ill.

Paige is sure she will never be able to pay Spinner back for the damages to his car after she gets fired from the DOT. Toby and Rick start a competition to see who can get the most kisses.

Rick makes friends with Emma and Toby when he steps in as a replacement on the school's quiz show. Things take a turn for the worse when Jay, Spinner, and Alex pull a nasty prank on Rick that embarrasses him in front of the entire school. Rick's vindictive side comes out, leading him to develop a horrible plan for revenge.

Humiliated and furious, Rick returns to Degrassi with a handgun in his backpack and prepares to take revenge on the students of Degrassi for laughing at him. Jimmy sympathizes with Rick and promises to back him up whenever other students harass him. Rick accuses Jimmy of being part of the prank and shoots Jimmy in the back when he tries to run away. Rick then moves on to the next person on his hit list: Emma.

In the aftermath of the school shooting, everyone is grieving and making small steps to moving on. Sean refuses counseling because he claims to have everything under control. As the shock wears off, Sean realizes he may not be as well adjusted as he thinks and ventures home to confront his past. J.T. shuns Toby for having been friends with the school shooter.

Despite everything that transpired between them, Craig and Ashley start to develop a friendship. Craig clashes with his band when he suggests Ashley become their new member. Hazel brings Paige along to a yoga class taught by Mr. Oleander, the hot new teaching assistant.

Craig is suffering from mood swings and Ashley seems to be the only one who can help, Ashley's dad is planning to get remarried, elsewhere J.T. and Liberty attempt to work together on the school musical.

Craig proceeds to embarrass Ashley during the reception at her father's wedding. Things go from bad to worse when Joey confronts him.

Paige attempts to get Mr. O alone, while Spinner is disappointed when Manny becomes interested in a new student.

Ever since the trauma of the shooting, Emma has been distancing herself from her friends and neglecting her typical interests. Emma discovers a scandalous secret when she goes to the ravine with Jay but instead of turning everyone in, Emma decides to join in on the raunchy ravine activities.

Emma keeps her "friends with benefits" relationship with Jay a secret and vows not to tell anyone what goes on at the ravine. But when Emma receives some devastating news, can she keep it to herself much longer? Meanwhile, Jimmy is fed up with being pitied and enlists the help of Craig and Marco to sneak out of the rehab center for a concert by his favorite band.

Everyone is thrilled when Jimmy finally returns to school. Unfortunately for Spinner, Jimmy's return means revealing the truth about what happened that fateful day and dealing with the repercussions. Spinner deeply wants to redeem himself but how can he fully be forgiven for telling Rick that the prank was Jimmy's idea? Danny disapproves of the relationship between J.T. and Liberty.

Ellie starts playing cards for fun with Craig, Alex, Dylan, and other friends. However, Alex raises the stakes when she encourages the group to play with real money. Ellie joins the high-stakes game but ends up gambling with her future rather than for fun. Paige has a secret affair with Mr. O and begins to wonder whether he has been telling her the whole truth.

Paige and Matt Oleander desperately try to keep their relationship a secret but it seems to be an impossible mission when Mr. Simpson spies them together at the park and Manny spreads rumors about them to Hazel. Emma has a ladies night and all her girlfriends are head over heals for Emma's new neighbor, Chester.

Dylan would like more from his relationship with Marco, meanwhile Spinner and Jay attempt to break into Degrassi.

The war between Manny and Paige continues when Paige takes credit for Manny's choreography in the Spirit Squad's last routine of the year. Manny reaches the breaking point and starts plotting appropriate revenge. Catlin interviews Kevin Smith about his new project called "Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!".

Craig is upset Ashley is going away to London for the summer because he fears she will dump him for someone else. He plans to show up in London to surprise her but his romantic gesture terribly backfires. Jay and Silent Bob start shooting their movie and Caitlin makes a big mistake after going to a bar with Kevin Smith.

Craig leaves London heartbroken because of Ashley's rejection. His ever-so-fragile mental stability is pushed to such a breaking point that Craig seeks solace by living in the Degrassi boiler room.

Manny pursues her dream of being a Hollywood actress but is faced with the cruel realities of show business. Manny, desperate for stardom, contemplates plastic surgery after harsh criticism from a caustic casting agent. Craig receives a disappointing birthday gift from Ashley.

Manny's still foggy on what exactly it was that happened at Peter's party the night before. She knows she made a pretty racy video but Peter will erase everything... or so he says.

Paige proceeds to make a bad choice -- one which could ruin her life.

J.T. and Liberty's relationship issues come to a head when Liberty gives J.T. some alarming news. Liberty takes a very practical approach to the problem because she doesn't think J.T. is mature enough to handle it. Once the shock wears off, J.T. realizes it's time for him to grow up. Spinner pursues a relationship with Darcy and finds her lifestyle more appealing than he originally thought.

Craig's decision to focus on school instead of girls goes out the window when Ellie and Manny start competing for his heart. Joey feels flattered when a younger woman asks him out but is embarrassed when he hears her friends making fun of him.

Jimmy develops a passion for drawing and art after putting his basketball career behind him. Ellie helps him with his new talent until she discovers Jimmy is sabotaging his chance at stardom and his relationship with Hazel. Danny agrees not to tell anyone about Liberty's pregnancy if J.T. finishes a school project for him.

J.T. is under a lot of stress and starts to fold under the pressure. Liberty is six months pregnant and J.T. discovers he can't afford to take care of himself, Liberty, and a baby. Desperate for money, J.T. starts stealing drugs from the pharmacy and selling them to a drug dealer. Emma goes on a date with Derek but ends up being far more attracted to Peter.

J.T. wants out of selling drugs but the dealer refuses to let him quit. A path of self-destruction and lies causes J.T. to lose the people he cares about most. Snake faces similar obstacles when he recounts all the regrets in his life.

Marco takes a big step in deciding to tell his father about his sexuality. Emma's relationship with Peter puts a strain on her friendship with Manny.

The one-year anniversary of the school shooting opens old wounds for many Degrassi students. Spinner is rejected by Jimmy yet again so Darcy invites him to a weekend retreat to cheer him up. Jay lies to Darcy by telling her Spinner is a guy only interested in sex; if she wants to keep him, she must have sex with him. What means more to Darcy: her personal beliefs or her boyfriend? Hazel becomes increasingly jealous when Ellie and Jimmy start spending time together.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes return to Degrassi and Toronto for the premiere of their Degrassi-filmed movie, "Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!". The premiere gets everyone at Degrassi into a frenzy and vying for the hard to come by premiere tickets. Upstaging the spectacle of the premiere are Alex and Paige, who are each other's dates for the evening. From the heat they create at the premiere and the after premiere party, which they manage to crash, they move their evening to more serious matters as Paige witnesses the turbulence of Alex's home life first hand, to a quieter and more emotional ending to the night. On a more secretive level, Peter and Emma are each other's unofficial date for the evening, as Emma still needs to respect best friend Manny's distrust of Peter. Emma and Peter's evening reaches an almost romantic climax, this climax however interrupted as they witness an even more clandestine liaison than theirs, that between Emma's stepfather, Snake, and Peter's mother, Principal Hatzilakos.

Paige and Alex are confused and uneasy after their encounter; Paige turns to an unlikely source for help with her sexuality. Emma tries but she can't keep the secret about what she saw Snake doing at the movie theater.

Craig and his band finally get their big break when a company in Vancouver offers them a record deal. Liberty takes on far more projects than she can handle in her condition and ends up going into labor.

Emma, with help from Manny, tries to cheer up Spike on her separation from Snake, especially as it is Spike and Snake's third wedding anniversary. They call in Caitlin from Los Angeles for some female bonding. Just after Caitlin arrives, Snake returns home, just to give Spike an anniversary gift he had purchased months earlier. After Snake leaves, Spike opens the package to find a sapphire necklace - her birthstone - and although she looks touched by the gift, throws it into the garbage. They also plan a female only anniversary party, complete with stripper waiters. The festivities come to a complete halt when one of the strippers physically resembles Snake; after the party, she admits to herself and to Caitlin that she still loves Snake. Meanwhile Spinner remains in limbo between his old friends and his new Friendship Club support network. At a school fair where Spinner sits as the target in the Friendship Club's dunk tank, a still angry Jimmy continually dunks Spinner, and would continue to do so if given the chance. However Marco and Spinner tentatively reconnect. This reconnection is put to the test as Linus, the most extreme of the Friendship Club members, asks Spinner to intercede with Marco in his plans to hold a safer sex seminar as Linus believes that such a seminar promotes sexual activity rather than abstinence which is the only form of safe sex Linus supports. After Miss Hatzilakos reconfirms her support for the seminar, Linus and Spinner decide to hold a protest at the seminar, at which a confrontation complete with derogatory remarks and fisticuffs ensues specifically between Linus and Marco. This confrontation brings Spinner's true allegiances into a clearer light.

Emma, Manny, Spike and Jack are still trying to live without Snake. Manny is desperate to lose weight for an interview with an agent and Emma is happy enough to control one more thing like what they eat. They go on a major diet, barely eating, binging and throwing up and running too much. Snake is tired of staying at Joey's and really wants to come home. Emma tries to help, but to no avail. She's also trying to keep her relationship with Peter on the down low. Manny loses the pounds she wants too, and Snake manages to re-woo Spike and come home but Emma still feels the need to stay on the diet.

Emma, still on her dangerous diet, tries to make up excuses to friends and family about why she's not eating and is having problems. She alienates Manny and tells her she's dating Peter. Peter finds out about Emma's eating disorder and goes to Manny, the two of them talk to Snake and Spike and all of them try to intervene and save Emma. She ends up having a panic attack and passing out, sending her to the hospital. Meanwhile, Paige wants Alex and Hazel to get along, which is like getting water and oil to mix without the egg. They eventually manage to get along because Paige is their egg.

Facing the pressure of year-end exams, the furthest thing from Marco's mind is what happened a year ago - when Dylan stomped all over his heart. Marco takes this as a sign that he's over Dylan for good.

What's old becomes new again for Alex, Paige and Spinner. Alex and Paige are facing their future post-Degrassi, Paige on a calculated, planned path to university at Banting, and Alex on a more spontaneous "in the moment" path. Paige expects Alex to follow her to Kingston, whereas Alex doesn't want to follow someone as she needs to find her own life. Spinner and Darcy are living in the moment, enjoying their relationship. Spinner tells little white lies to Darcy specifically regarding his past relationship with Manny and their, or supposed lack of sexual history. Darcy finds out the truth from Manny, which results in an all out cat-fight. From this, Spinner declares his want to purify himself and become a virgin once again. Despite this act, Darcy once again questions his motives when he admits that Manny was not his only past sexual partner. He thus feels that he will never fit into Darcy's mold of what she wants him to be. As a result of their problems, both Paige/Alex and Spinner/Darcy break up. Needing some comfort, each turns to old support. Alex ends up having Jay's shoulders to cry on, nothing more than that as she states emphatically to him that she really is a lesbian and Paige was her first true-to-herself relationship. Spinner and Paige turn to each other, realizing that old feelings for each other come to the surface.

It's approaching graduation, a time for moving on for some. Both Ashley and Craig return to Degrassi from London and Vancouver respectively to visit with old friends and perhaps return to school the following year. Jimmy is not one who will be moving on from Degrassi just yet as his time away from school, despite his hard work, has left him a few credits short from graduating with his class. He is still feeling sorry for himself being in a wheelchair, but encouragement from friend Ashley may help. Her first words of encouragement fall flat however. Jimmy likes Ellie and Ashley believes that Ellie likes Jimmy based on some comments she's made. Based on this information from Ashley, Jimmy tells Ellie that he wants to take their friendship to the next level. However it is not Jimmy that Ellie has relationship feelings for, but Craig. Jimmy is feeling unattractive in his wheelchair, but a passionate kiss from Ashley bolsters his confidence, not only with himself but with his lot in life. From this, he buries the hatchet with Spinner. Spinner is having relationship issues of his own. The kiss with Paige has left him a bit confused, but Darcy asks him to take her back, which he does. This return to Darcy leaves Spinner the task of telling Paige that nothing beyond that kiss can happen, however before he can do so, another tender moment with Paige leads to going all the way. Spinner really has to make some decisions and text messages Marco what happened with Paige and asks for advice. However his decisions are made for him as Paige is moving on from Degrassi post-graduation which does not include Spinner, and Darcy sees the text messages which leads to her dumping Spinner. His renewed friendship with Jimmy makes Spinner realize that he needs to take what he wants out of life and runs after Darcy before she leaves for Bible camp for the summer. Although she doesn't trust him since he broke his purification vows so easily, the last glance back before she gets on the bus leaves him with some hope.

When Peter receives a new car for his birthday, he quickly becomes a frequent face in the street racing scene. Peter gains a new friend, equally into the scene...a recently returned Sean! Immediately it is apparent that Emma and Sean are oozing chemistry. Will things heat up again between them? Marco and Dylan find an apartment in the Annex perfectly close to school, but Marco has to contend with helping Dylan find roommates, choosing courses with Ellie and throwing Paige a blow-out going party all at the same time.

Things intensify between Emma and Sean, and when she takes time off from Peter to consider her relationship with Sean, Peter takes action. To settle things, Peter and Sean decide to have a midnight race that ends in disaster. Ellie's cutesy new roommate Amberley is making dorm life miserable, so she writes an "anonymous" article about roommates for the school newspaper. Ellie suddenly finds herself intrigued with her editor -- and without a place to live.

The girls' basketball team is burning up the court with Jimmy as their coach. Off the court, Jimmy faces humiliation when he isn't able to share an intimate relationship with Ashley. On the sidelines, cheerleading captain Darcy has serious conflicts with teammate Manny.

Jay turns to Emma for help with Sean's legal trouble. Ellie gains the attention of an editor of the university newspaper but he may be interested in more than just Ellie's writing.

Darcy decides to shed her good girl image by pursuing a relationship with an online admirer. JT tries to move on from Liberty's clutches when he develops a crush on new girl Mia.

Darcy continues her dangerous online double-life despite knowing the risks. But Darcy's world comes crashing down when her internet life collides with her real one. Ellie looks to Ashley for help when she encounters some problems with the mature college lifestyle.

Spinner is distressed after receiving the results of his career aptitude test. He convinces Jimmy to go into business designing t-shirts together but the stresses of industry might break their friendship.

Sean is released from jail and vows to comply with his two-year probation sentence. He's eager to be reunited with Emma but she has a big confession to make about her past.

Craig returns to Degrassi for a music festival and Manny wastes no time in hooking back up with him. As Craig further embraces the rock star lifestyle, Manny has to decide whether the new Craig is the guy she really loves. Much to Liberty's frustration, Mia and JT are the new "it" couple at Degrassi. When tensions reach a breaking point, Mia demands to know the truth about JT's past.

Ellie thinks all Craig's bad behaviour is due to Manny - to help him, she's determined to stay by his side while he's in town.

When Emma tells Manny that her parents are out of town for the weekend. Manny decides to have a party at Emma's. J.T. tells them they should have it for Liberty's birthday so they do. However, when everybody finds out about the party, Manny learns that it was a mistake. The students at Lakehurst come to the party but start trouble and are thrown out. By the end of the night, someone will lose their life.

The news has spread that J.T. was killed and everyone is upset except for Liberty who seems to blank. Knowing that J.T. died looking for Liberty to tell her that he was still in love with her is eating Toby alive but he decides to keep it bottled. To cheer Liberty up, Toby helps Liberty skip class and on their journey they end up kissing. At the memorial Toby tries to take back what he did without success and ends up spilling the beans to Mia(J.T.' girlfriend) and Liberty that J.T. stilled loved Liberty and was searching for her when he died.

Manny is moving back in with her family and Emma is not agreeing with this idea. Instead of talking it out with Manny, Emma starts a protest for the upcoming cheer competition that is being held at Degrassi because the school from which the kids that killed J.T. will be coming.

After Paige has a massive panic attack in class, her professor offers her one last chance in the form of a huge workload to be completed over the holiday weekend. Poor Paige tries to keep up appearances for her family but the pressure reaches a breaking point. Peter grovels to Darcy but her forgiveness won't come without a high price.

Paige finally throws in the towel when one disaster after another keeps happening at college. She returns to Toronto and vows to keep her failure a secret no matter what the cost. Peter is a changed man but his lies are catching up with him as Darcy continually rejects his apologies. Can he find a way to get through to her?

Paige has one goal: to return to her former pre-Banting glory. She's going to get back to doing what she does best. Everything - and that includes dating. Paige surprises Spinner by asking him out. Nothing serious, just casual.

Peter and Darcy are spending more time together but must hide their relationship from friends and family. Once one of Darcy's friends spots Peter and Darcy together in the park, after blowing her off, she goes straight to Peter's mother. Peter and Darcy will now have to endure a forced separation because Peter's parents have decided to send him away to Boarding School. Marco is on edge after Dylan has left to join a Swiss Hockey team. To keep him preoccupied he starts playing on-line poker and starts winning. Spinner sees the tension in Marco and suggests that they go on a vacation. To earn the money Marco starts playing in a poker game with Jay and his garage buds. After his first win he feels confident but that doesn't last when his next game goes bust and he looses $1100. Since he is in the whole he steals money from his father and plays another game in Spinner and Jimmy's store. Because Marco doesn't know the code for the alarm he and the other guys arrested for trespassing and Spinner is mad at Marco.

Alex is having trouble at home when her mother's boyfriend is arrested for credit card fraud. Unfortunately her mother also opened a credit card that he ran up to the tune of $6000. Alex gets a job back at the movie theater but is persuaded by Jay's new girlfriend to get a job as a cocktail waitress at the strip joint where she works. Paige is unhappy about it but is fine with it as long as Alex's clothes are on. Alex is feeling better and making great tips until she finds out that she and her mom are close to getting evicted because their checks have been bouncing. At this point Alex has decided that the extreme must be done and she hits the stage. Emma is thinking about college and in her picture perfect world that is her and Sean in an apartment at college all to themselves but Sean's has other ideas. At a dinner with Emma and her family he drops the news that he has enlisted in the army to learn more about engineering. This sends Emma up in arms especially because she thinks she is pregnant.

Alex is regretting what she has done especially after she gets a call from Paige at work and they get back together later. Alex is happy she has brought a lot of money into the house but doesn't want Paige to find out that she is stripping. All the plans are fine until Paige shows up at work with flowers causing an inevitable break up. At work Alex figures out that she is not meant to give up her soul and quits. Unfortunately home isn't any better when she finds out her mother has used the money she gave her to free the idiot boyfriend from jail. Alex left her home and reunited with Paige at the dance. Sean's world is turned upside down thinking about what to do if Emma is pregnant and decides that Emma should have the baby but he will still go to the army. This doesn't please Emma at all and we find out later she isn't pregnant. At this point Emma and Sean are just going to try and enjoy the time they have left.

Darcy and Peter are happy about their new official relationship and the skiing trip to Mt. Huron but Toby is struggling with the fact that JT's killers from Lakehurst now walk the halls of Degrassi.

Tensions reach an all-time high when a fire forces students from Lakehurst to attend Degrassi. Darcy makes a horrific discovery after a wild party and takes drastic measures to stop her emotional torment. Meanwhile, Dylan's indifferent behavior leads a reluctant Marco to agree to a blind date.

Paige's new job at a fashion company - and Alex's unwillingness to get out of bed and make something of herself - causes a rift between the two. Manny is accused of racism by Holly J, Chante, and Anya, which has unexpected effects on Damien's campaign.

Ashley wants to make it in the music business, but Jimmy seems to be the one getting all of the attention for his rapping skills.

Spinner manages to impress his Lakehurst crush, Jane, but when he gets into a fight, he receives a scary diagnosis.

Spinner is still dealing with cancer but by fighting the Lakehurst losers instead of going to the hospital. Can Jane and Jimmy help him come to his senses? Meanwhile Marco is trying to deal with being single and not being a third wheel.

Manny plans to ruin her debutante ball by bringing an awful date to the party. Jimmy discovers Ashley's betrayal.

Ellie learns a difficult lesson about dating in the workplace. Mia gets the upper hand on Anya and Holly J. during a school project.

Emma auditions to be a spokes model for "Purple Dragon", a popular energy drink, in an attempt to reinvent herself. She revels in the attention but will Emma be willing to give up her beliefs for the sake of fame? Sav agrees to coach Mia in badminton on the condition she coach him on proper kissing.

Spinner is trying to deal with side effects of chemo. He turns to marijuana to deal with the pain. He avoids his love interest Jane because she's wearing him out trying to cheer him up and chills with the new laid-back Darcy instead. Paige gets fed up with her boss Andrea being evil so she walks out of work and doesn't come back one day. Marco helps her realize that it would be better to work 4 years with Andrea then go to 4 years of college. Paige goes back and Andrea admits that she needed Paige.

As Marco becomes more and more desperate for money, he turns to a dangerous new lifestyle for help. When Manny's father pressurises her to break up with Jay, she pretends that they are engaged.

Darcy is frustrated with her friends and family trying to help her get back to her old life. She wants to be sexual and turns to Mr. Simpson after Peter rejected her. Mr. Simpson tries to get Darcy to tell Mrs. Hatzilakos and her mother what really happened. She's still not ready to reveal the truth and instead lies and says that Mr. Simpson has been touching her inappropriately. Mr. Simpson gets suspended and Emma chews Darcy out for get her step-father in trouble. Darcy does the only thing that she can do, in her mind, and takes Johnny DeMarco to the roof and tries to seduce him. Manny and Peter stop her and she confesses that Mr. Simpson never did anything. Meanwhile, Jimmy falls for Trina, his therapy buddy, much to Ashley's heartbroken dismay.

After Jay and Manny's relationship hits a snag, Manny, Emma, Ashley, and Liberty go on a ladies only road trip. Similarly, Jimmy and Spinner hit the road for a little carefree fun but run into several problems along the way.

The Spring Break road trip continues for several Degrassi students. Meanwhile, Peter helps Darcy learn to cope with her rape in a healthy way.

Danny and Derek find it isn't so easy working on a school project with Peter and a transfer student from Lakehurst. Emma tries to live normally despite Snake's life still being in shambles because of Darcy's lies.

Mia struggles with trying to be a normal teenager with the trials of being a mom. Manny is ecstatic her fake engagement to Jay is now real. She can't wait to meet his parents until Jay's lying clouds her happiness.

Paige is on top of her game at work and in school but she can't help but be distracted by her roommate Griffin. When Griffin becomes distant and secretive, Paige worries Griffin is disinterred "because he got what he wanted". After Paige discovers the truth, she realizes her lighthearted fling might be much more intense than she bargained for. Meanwhile, Jane goes to Darcy for advice on Spinner's behavior.

Since Snake's suspension from teaching, Emma's life has been turned upside-down. He's really in a funk, and the dark cloud over his head has fouled the air at home, where Emma finds herself caught in the no-man's-land between her parents.

Jimmy is encouraged by the prospect of experimental stem-cell surgery that he believes could help him regain the ability to walk. Meanwhile, Peter starts a band with Sav and Danny, but they need to recruit a drummer.

Anya is in charge of a charity event where the participants all fast for twenty-four hours. Meanwhile, Manny and Jay put the airline tickets up for auction, trying to get the engagement ring out of hock.

Sean returns on leave after his army training, and sets up a fitness regimen for Snake. Meanwhile, Mia tries to strike a balance taking care of her three-year-old daughter with spending time with her boyfriend Lucas.

A surprising moment between Marco, Ellie, and Paige sends Marco into a confusing journey of self-discovery. Liberty develops a crush on her valedictorian running mate.

Exams are over and graduation is fast approaching at Degrassi. New experiences and difficult choices are on the horizon, especially for Spinner and Manny. Spinner must make a decision that will impact his entire future and Manny must decide between her future and a friendship.

It is prom night -- followed by graduation day -- for Emma, Manny, Liberty, Spinner, Jimmy, and Damian. Meanwhile Peter learns that his mom is moving to Saskatchewan.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back! But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L. A. via school bus to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back! But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L. A. via school bus to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back! But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L. A. via school bus to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.

Sean and Ellie's relationship reaches the next level when Sean wants her to move into his apartment. Is Ellie ready to leave her turbulent childhood home and live with the love of her life? Meanwhile, Manny takes over the Spirit Squad carwash when Paige falls ill.

Ellie learns a difficult lesson about dating in the workplace. Mia gets the upper hand on Anya and Holly J. during a school project.

Craig's decision to focus on school instead of girls goes out the window when Ellie and Manny start competing for his heart. Joey feels flattered when a younger woman asks him out but is embarrassed when he hears her friends making fun of him.

Just as Marco and Ellie's relationship heats up, Marco's doubts about his sexuality intensify. Toby is head-over-heels for Kendra and wants to spend every waking moment with her but trouble arises when Kendra starts to feel smothered.

Ellie is facing some stresses in her life. Her soldier father has just been shipped overseas, to which her alcoholic mother does not react well. She has an interview for what she considers her dream co-op job working for Caitlin at the radio station doing stories on social causes, but she's up against "perfect" Paige for the sole position. These stresses end up having a physical manifestation, which Ellie, ashamed, feels she needs to hide. Ellie gets an unexpected source of support. Meanwhile, Terri has been receiving roses from a secret admirer. She suspects it's Toby, but really is hoping it's shy Rick.

Ellie thinks all Craig's bad behaviour is due to Manny - to help him, she's determined to stay by his side while he's in town.

Jimmy, Sean, Ellie, Toby, and Hazel land in Mr. Raditch's Saturday detention. Despite their different cliques and different styles, they come to realize the similarities between them and decide to work together to get through their detention.

Ellie starts playing cards for fun with Craig, Alex, Dylan, and other friends. However, Alex raises the stakes when she encourages the group to play with real money. Ellie joins the high-stakes game but ends up gambling with her future rather than for fun. Paige has a secret affair with Mr. O and begins to wonder whether he has been telling her the whole truth.

Manny's still foggy on what exactly it was that happened at Peter's party the night before. She knows she made a pretty racy video but Peter will erase everything... or so he says.

Craig is delighted to have Joey's trust around the car lot and at home. However, Craig oversteps the boundaries when he takes his friends on a joyride while Joey is out of town for the weekend. Ashley tries to impress her edgy new friend Ellie by getting her bellybutton pierced.