Hello Degrassholes! It's been a while - we know. We've missed you! As we work hard to edit a new batch of episodes we recorded a long, long, long time ago covering the remainder of Season 3, we thought it'd be fun to take yet another short lunch break (we swear, we're not total slackers). So today, we're presenting you with The Degrassi Dating Game!

Each episode, one of us will be in the hot seat as the rest of us come up with ideas about who from the Degrassi Universe would be our ideal match (with the understanding that we are talking hypothetically about our age appropriate selves from back in the day and not our present elder millennial selves). Once everyone has explained and debated their nominees, the chosen one will make their selection. For our very first episode, our dear Morgan is the first to have to pick her Degrassi Dream Date. based on our selections for her.

So grab a drink, take a trip down memory lane, and enjoy!

xoxo,

Stephan, Morgan, Natasha, Nina, and Perino

Boo! It’s us - your favorite degenerate The Dot employees, bringing you the Degrassi version of a spooky episode for Halloween i.e. a B plot starring Toby. Today, Mr. Perino is guiding us through the absolute nightmare that is this episode that should be primarily focused on Sean’s descent into Candy Bandit-dom but instead…we get...two of the most disturbing scenes in Degrassi history.

Season 3, Episode 6 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, “Gangsta Gangsta” centers on the unraveling of Sean and Emma’s relationship as he becomes frustrated with how little time she has for him whilst helping out at home and saving the environment (Somehow, Emma’s personality alone wasn’t enough of a deterrent but I digress…). We meet the infamous and aforementioned Candy Bandits, led by none other than Natasha’s favorite Degrassi character, Jay Hogart. As Sean finds himself gravitating towards the antics and community the Bandits offer, things with Emma fall apart.

Unfortunately, this episode has a B plot. It would be difficult to attempt to summarize it but here goes nothing: Toby is a loser. JT is also a loser but one with a handful more friends than Toby. I’ll never enjoy eating an eclair again. Got it?

Along the way, as we do our very best to work through the collective trauma we now have thanks to this episode, we discuss important things such as:

• Nefarious plots to abduct JT and Liberty’s baby within the first ten minutes.
• How because we’re nerds the only thing any of us has ever stolen from school were…books.
• And also because we’re nerds, we also overanalyzed the chess moves in this episode. En passant, bitch!
• The dawning realization that Nadia is behind every bad decision ever made at Degrassi.

So grab a sandwich that isn’t whatever tempeh monstrosity Emma was offering up (Hell, it’s Halloween, be a bandit - grab some candy!), definitely grab your laptop and phone in case Sean’s around, and Happy Halloween!

xoxo,

Stephan, Morgan, Natasha, Nina, and Perino

Happy Pride, Degrassholes! We hope you've been enjoying your month and figured we'd close it out with a brand new episode, which, of course, is Season 3, Episodes 4 & 5 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, "Pride" parts 1 and 2!

The A plot of these iconic episodes revolve around Marco coming out to one of his best friends, Spinner, as he explores his new crush on none other than high school hockey legend, Dylan Michalchuk. After a trip to the world's most depressing beach, which sparks confusion among the gang when Marco and Ellie reveal they've broken up, Spinner is determined to set Marco up with Hazel. However, Marco has a crush on Dylan and is grappling with how to move forward since Ellie is the only person in his life at this point who knows he is gay. And, as per usual, she’s of no use.

The B plot is even less cheery. Mr. Simpson isn’t feeling too great, and because he’s married to Spike (who, in addition to parental skills, also lacks empathy), she kicks him out and makes him spend the night at Joey’s - where of course one’s condition will only ever worsen. But could this be something more than a cold?

You know the drill - along the way we discuss many relevant and irrelevant things such as:

• How great a friend Jimmy was the entirety of this episode and, considering the time period this show was filmed, how much more tolerant he was than the average straight teenage boy.
• Whether or not Mary Kay Letourneau is still alive. (Spoiler alert: She isn’t.)
• Ashley managing to be the worst YET AGAIN with less than 60 seconds of screen-time.
• The cultural significance and peak that is Taco Bell’s Giant Cheez-It Tostada and Crunchwrap.
• And lastly, how we really hope Sydney found her a man deserving of her time and energy after surviving Hurricanes Joey Jeremiah and Caitlyn Ryan.

So grab a plate of mom’s spaghetti, find a beach that won’t singlehandedly convince you to never travel to Canada, and enjoy!

xoxo,

Stephan, Morgan, Natasha, Nina, and Perino