Degrassi The Next Generation

It's the end of summer and Paige receives some unexpected news - her rape case has finally made it to trial and she's the star witness. Finally...justice!

Shocked by the outcome of the trial, Paige holes up in her room. But when Marco is able to coax her out to party at Dylan's dorm with the gang, things go from bad to worse when she and Spinner have a blow-out fight.

Marco's a shoo-in for Student Council President until Alex enters the race. While at first Alex seems an unlikely candidate, her strong opinions and anti-establishment platform take hold with the students and Marco realizes she might well win.

Feeling ignored on Student Council, Emma finds a way to get her voice heard when she takes up a new cause - ganging up with the cool kids to keep Terri's abusive ex-boyfriend Rick, out of Degrassi.

Things are going great for Sean and Ellie, Degrassi's most unlikely couple-so well that Sean asks Ellie to move in. Despite their closeness, Ellie hesitates and Sean doesn't understand why.

In her quest to repay Spinner for damage to his car, Alpha Paige has gone all beta. Suddenly, Spin's using his new-found powers to zap whatever self-confidence Paige has left, much to the disgust of Paige's friends - she's even wearing a poly-blend uniform for her new job at the mall theatre's concession stand!

Rick decides to get back at his bullies, hitting them right where it hurts - their cars. But when Jimmy becomes a member of the "Whack Your Brain" team, the two form a truce.

Rick returns to Degrassi after the "Whack Your Brain" debacle at the hands of Spinner, Jay and Alex. Toby and Mr. Raditch try to convince him to take the afternoon off, to go home and cool off, but an oddly calm Rick chooses to stay, promising Toby that their enemies are going to pay for what they did.

After the shooting at Degrassi, the full school board counseling response team moves in. And so does the media. Local reporter, Rachel Roberts, has decided to make Sean the hero of her piece.

Craig has a problem - the recording deal he and his band won last year is about to expire, but "Downtown Sasquatch" is nowhere near ready to record. With Jimmy in the hospital, they're missing a key member.

Craig's back with Ashley and he's determined not to screw it up this time.

Distraught when Ashley's refuses his proposal, Craig falls into a major rage, completely trashing his hotel room. But when Ashley calls and says she's reconsidered, Craig is elated and while at Ashley's dad's wedding, he announces that he and Ashley are engaged.

Something's wrong with Emma. Though she's frustrated at being treated with kid gloves by everyone since the school shooting, she's not sure how she'd rather be treated. So she just keeps going on, numbly reassuring everyone that she's fine so they'll leave her alone.

Emma steps into the lead role in Dracula, but her recent extra-curricular activities with Jay prove even more dramatic. A public health nurse has been called in as a number of students-including Jay's girlfriend Alex-- have been diagnosed with gonorrhea.

Spinner has difficulty dealing with the return of injured Jimmy. He hasn't talked to him since the shooting, and his guilt over what he did leaves him unable to welcome Jimmy back to school. But Jimmy wants to things to return to normal, which means having all his friends around him.

Ellie is finding it hard to make ends meet now that she's living on her own and hates relying on her mother for rent, especially with its obligatory dinners to pick up the cheque.

Paige and Matt are totally in love, so what if they have to keep it secret? It's worth all the extra effort. But when Manny reveals the secret during a heated fight with Paige, she learns that Matt might not be as comfortable with their relationship once it becomes public knowledge-and jeopardizes his teaching career.

With school coming to a close, Marco is making huge plans for his summer with Dylan - and their future. He's considering fast-tracking to graduate high school, joining Dylan in university a year earlier.

After dutifully picking up the Spirit Squad slack for a love-struck Paige all year, Manny feels betrayed when Paige claims all the glory. So Manny plots her revenge with a complicated cheer that leaves Paige with a broken leg on Prom Night.

Ashley's leaving for the summer, and the idea of their temporary farewell and the stress of writing a song for Kevin Smith's movie -- is making him, well, nuts. So Craig decides to do whatever it takes to follow her, finding a summer music school program that would be perfect.

Frustrated by everything around him, Craig runs away. As he wanders the street, he befriends a young busker nicknamed, "Skinny".

Degrassi has a new hottie in Grade 9 and Manny's got her eye on him. Especially since her "boyfriend" Spinner can't even be bothered to take a night off work to come to the Cupid Dance she's organized.