Degrassi: Next Class

Holy... Shay, you can fly!

Okay, Powers, bring it in.

Did I do okay?

Well, is "off the charts" okay?

You're top five for your age group, easy.

- Are you serious? - Yeah.

I only have a couple of concerns.

Your high school team had some issues this year

and you missed some games.

Uh, yeah. Some juvenile prank-type stuff.

As captain, I helped resolve it.

Right. Well, there's also this.

Now, we need dedicated girls who won't be distractions.

- It was a peaceful protest. - It's fine, we can get past this.

Okay. Phew! I'll do anything.

All right, the camp has a code of conduct. You sign it.

You write a letter about how you made a mistake, and it won't happen again.

I can't see anything stopping you.

Okay?

Yeah.

After this week's protest,

the administration is listening.

To start the discussion,

we invite students to join the committee to reassess the zero-tolerance policy,

which will be led by Lola Pacini.

Nice! I didn't think Simpson would come through.

- Sweet! - Quit moving.

I'm trying to get your weird ear.

Sorry.

Uh, hey.

Jonah told you he can't make it to the gig, right?

Our guitarist is bailing day of?

His little girlfriend's kind of freaking out.

Well, can't he just bring her? It's always nice to have fans!

She won't leave her house.

- Ugh. - Sit still.

I'm trying to do your eyebrows,

and it looks like you're half-surprised, half-confused.

Okay, well, fine.

I guess we'll just have to get together at lunch

and figure out new arrangements for the songs.

Does it have to be at lunch?

- Don't tell me you're being sketchy, too. - No, it's just...

I promised I'd eat with Zig.

- Since when are you two hanging out? - I don't know.

Since, like, recently? He'd be cool if you joined us.

Well, gee, thanks for inviting me to lunch with my ex-boyfriend.

Chill, this isn't helping me get your eyebrows right.

You really want me to bail on him?

Never mind.

I have something I have to do, anyway.

Handouts are on my desk, pick your partners, then grab one.

Go!

Uh, so, what do you say? Partners?

Sorry, Tristan and I have a lot to catch up on.

Oh, sorry, Zo, I'd love to, but this little rascal already cuffed me.

Any excuse to have him to myself.

- Isn't he the cutest? - Handsomest. I'm handsome.

- Looks like I'm all yours! - I'll get the handouts.

Shouldn't you want to work with your boyfriend?

I do.

- It just... feels weird. - "Weird."

Like, claustrophobic?

Closets can get pretty tight.

Miles was dating girls, and now he's dating you.

- It can be fluid. - Miles is firmly on boys now.

So am I. You'll see.

- What's another word for "embarrassed"? - Mortified?

Uh, can you use that red-face emoji?

What? That's how we communicate.

Oh...

This isn't for English. Why are you apologizing for our protest?

So I can get into that summer sports camp.

They saw our picture in the paper,

and now they're worried I'm an angry black girl.

You were angry!

But we were right.

- You can't go back on that. - I'm not!

It's just a letter.

I mean, this is my chance to train with national-level athletes.

But you have to lie to get it?

Our volleyball season's been a bust, and now I'm getting a second chance.

I mean, Olympic-level scouts will be there!

Tell her she can't do this!

I don't know. Opportunities like this don't come around every day.

So you think she should write the letter, too?

She doesn't have to mean it.

She can write it, apologize, go to the camp,

and no one will ever know.

Wrong, my love.

Shay will know.

I don't understand. This is just my song.

- Yeah, but with Zig on guitar. - Are you serious right now?

Okay, before you get upset, he's been practicing a lot,

and, more importantly, he's available.

Yeah, well, call him off, because I found another solution.

Peter.

- Like, your boss? - Well, co-worker, technically.

But, yeah, we had lunch, and he's in for the show.

- You guys had lunch? - We're buds.

That old guy just wants to be buds?

Come on, why else would a 23-year-old want to hang out with a 16-year-old?

Are you saying I'm not interesting enough to be friends with?

I'm saying he's trying to bone you.

Subtle. But, you know what? You're wrong, and I can prove it.

You're playing right into his hand.

He has no hand, Grace. Well, actually, he has two.

And he's gonna use them to play guitar, and you're gonna love him.

Did you know Imperial Japan started

when a bunch of samurai stormed a palace?

That's so cool!

Um, maybe you could wear this.

Do you know how to sew?

I'm pretty good with duct tape.

Should we rent the costumes or...

Well, this project's only worth 5% of our grade.

I was thinking we'd do a PowerPoint.

Every 5% counts. How do you feel about musical numbers?

Well, if I say, "Amazing,"

do you think maybe we could take a break?

Is everything okay?

It seems like you're trying to escape from me.

No, it's just...

Tristan doesn't think we're a good match.

So?

So I want to focus on this presentation and really rock it and prove him wrong.

Is that okay?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, I'll call the costume place.

Thank you!

I saw you crack a smile.

Yeah, because of all the sex faces he made during the show.

Come on, he's a guitarist!

Guys, that was killer! You wanna hang out, chill for a bit?

- Yeah! - Uh, I have to be home in 30 minutes.

Well, maybe we could all hang out tomorrow night, then?

Can't, my friends are throwing me a birthday thing at the studio.

Your 60th?

Twenty-fourth. I do enjoy shuffleboard, though.

Please?

My mom finally lets me come play these gigs alone now.

Shouldn't we capitalize on that?

Fine.

- - Cool!

- I'll grab some Cokes. - Cool.

You're gonna love him, seriously. And then we can all be best friends.

Hey, did I miss it?

What are you doing here?

You said it's nice to have fans.

Yeah, sorry I'm late.

Um, I thought we could all hang?

Well, I don't think that's a very good idea.

Maya, I'm trying here, okay? Why are you being like this?

- - Everything cool?

- Of course. Maya's boss. - Well, co-worker, technically.

I should have guessed.

So, when you said, "Anything's possible," you never meant anything between us.

You meant between you and Mr. Man-scruff over here.

Okay, I'm gonna go.

No, Peter, stay. Zig, you go.

I just...

Why can't we be friends?

Because I don't wanna be friends with you.

All I think about when I look at you is Zoë's hands all over your body

while we were still together.

Maya, chill.

Why should I be the one to chill when he's the one who messed up?

Okay, why do I have to be the one to put on a smile,

pretend like everything's okay, and "just be friends" already?

That is so not fair!

"Enrich the country. Strengthen the armed forces."

This was the slogan of Imperial Japan.

It all began on a fateful day in January, 1868.

Samurai from Chōshū joined my army of samurai from Satsuma,

forming an alliance.

In the dark of night, when the enemy was least...

Isn't this, like, crazy racially insensitive?

What? Uh, no, these are all just facts.

And fact is, you probably shouldn't be dressed as a geisha.

This is a project on Japan.

- You're not Japanese... - Neither are you, so what's your problem?

Back me up.

I don't know, Zo.

Just after all the stuff that came out of the protest,

maybe we do need to be more thoughtful.

This is absurd. Can we continue?