This episode aired:
Canada: October 4th, 2009
USA: October 9th, 2009
Summary[]
A Plot
Degrassi’s power couple (Peter/Mia) ends up meeting the new kids, brother/sister duo Declan and Fiona. I instantly took a liking to Declan because everything he said (when directed at Peter) reeked of sarcasm in that “I’m better than you” tone. He was a jerk in this episode for no reason at all, and I enjoyed that.
What I didn’t enjoy was Peter spiraling out control. After learning that Mia is moving to Paris for a modeling gig, she and a saddened Peter attend a party at Declan’s house. Declan slyly humiliates Peter by getting him to play one of his Studz songs solo in front of a pretentious crowd, who snubs him. Another party guest gets Peter to take meth to liven up things.
Throughout the rest of the episode it’s just Peter acting randomly, with the writers trying to force the obvious symptoms of meth addiction down our throats. While the constant scratching and erratic behavior were there, his addiction never hit home because we never ACTUALLY saw him do meth. Heck, they barely showed him fiddling with the package it came in…think of it as a weak version of Craig’s coke addiction back in Season 6.
Jamie Johnston’s acting was fine until the moments when Peter completely spazzed out, or just started yelling at the people around him (Mia, and Studz to be exact). Those moments were horrendous to watch because of his overracting. The best moment of this episode was when Peter started freaking out on a median between two busy streets, and Riley and the Studz came to help him. They surrounded him, took him home and let him know they were there for him.
B-Plot
B Plot
Welcome Jenna, the overly nice, over-the-top bubbly new girl in the niner’s world. I absolutely adore Alli, but she annoyed me in this episode with her jealousy toward Jenna, who took an immediate interest in being friends with Clare. Jenna’s overbearingly nice attitude creeps me out…it’s just so fake, and it’s throwing me off because they made it BLATANTLY clear to us viewers that Jenna is a maneater, and that she will be going after KC. Jenna is going to create so much drama in the future…I liked this subplot because I like the fact Degrassi used it simply as a setup for future episodes, and nothing more.