The episode aired:
Canada: October 4th, 2009
USA: October 9th, 2009
Summary[]
A Plot
Peter acting a hot mess overshadowed the fact this was Mia’s final episode. Her sendoff was so casual that if you hadn’t heard Nina Dobrev left the show, you wouldn’t have realized Mia was never coming back.
Unfortunately, Just Can’t Get Enough wasn’t the spark I was hoping for to kick off this new season of Degrassi. Something was “off” from beginning to end. Normally Degrassi is great at resetting and making it feel like it’s truly a brand new semester/year, but it didn’t feel like it at all…this episode felt like it could’ve taken place during the middle of a season. I know better episodes are to come, but Season 9 of Degrassi has gotten off to a disappointing start.
B Plot
Holly J and Blue were dating? Could’ve fooled me. As student body president, a tame Holly J gives into random demands from people because Blue keeps stepping in and saying “She’ll take care of it.” Basically he’s trying to force her into being this sweet girl who cares about other people, and that’s not who she is.
With Blue making all of her decisions for her and Holly J just taking it, this was a boring, useless subplot. A storyline with Holly J isn’t interesting if she isn’t acting in her own self interest, or acting like a bitch in general. At least she gets back t
o her old, normal self at the end. Sadly, this means Blue will probably go back to being his old self: a boring, useless character.