Degrassi High

Overview

Degrassi High is the third television show in the Degrassi series of teen dramas about the lives of a group of teenagers living on or near De Grassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It first aired from 1989 to 1991 and followed the young people from The Kids of Degrassi Street and Degrassi Junior High through high school. The show was filmed in downtown Toronto and at Centennial College.

Much like its predecessor, Degrassi High dealt with controversial issues ranging from AIDS, abortion, abuse, alcoholism, cheating, sex, death and suicide, dating, depression, bullying, gay rights, homophobia, racism, the environment, drugs, and eating disorders.

The show's impact on Canadian identity is discussed in the September 2007 issue of u're Magazine.

Episodes

A New Start (1)

S01E01 A New Start (1)

November 6, 1989 30 min
The kids are back to school in a new building. Erica had her first ""serious"" boyfriend, and think she may be pregnant after a night of unsafe sex with her Jason. Spike's daughter, Emma goes...
A New Start (2)

S01E02 A New Start (2)

November 6, 1989 30 min
Erica decides to keep the pregnancy a secret (the only person she tells is her twin sister, Heather). She also decides to have an abortion. Heather, disapproves of this, but accompanies her to the abortion...
Breaking Up is Hard to Do

S01E03 Breaking Up is Hard to Do

November 13, 1989 30 min
Michelle discovers the complicated nature of divorce when her parents decide to go their separate ways. She blames her father at first, but when it turns out that her mother had an affair which actually...
Dream On

S01E04 Dream On

November 20, 1989 30 min
Everyone wants Caitlin.Arthur keeps fantasizing about her, but his dreams keep getting interrupted before he can even kiss her.Haha.Joey has a date with her on Friday, but she cancels. Caitlin instead goes out with Claude...
Everybody Wants Something

S01E05 Everybody Wants Something

November 27, 1989 30 min
Lucy finally agrees to shoot The Zits' video - if they can all agree on a script, persuade Clutch to lend them his car, coax Lucy into shooting it with Clutch around… Life is almost...
Nobody's Perfect

S01E06 Nobody's Perfect

December 5, 1989 30 min
Kathleen's dreams are coming true. Scott is the perfect boyfriend - considerate, affectionate, even gives her flowers. She can forgive him if he's kind of hot tempered - he's got a lot of troubles at...
Just Friends

S01E07 Just Friends

December 12, 1989 30 min
Heather has a crush on Wheels. She throws herself at him, and they start making out and are about to go to the next base when Heather's sister interrupts them. Wheels promises Heather he'd call...
Little White Lies

S01E08 Little White Lies

December 19, 1989 30 min
Diana is determined to grow up, but her older brother, left with the task of bringing her up after their father died, is so old-fashioned. And Yick, the object of her affections, is going to...
Sixteen (1)

S01E09 Sixteen (1)

January 9, 1990 30 min
Michelle finds her father impossible to live with, but now that she's sixteen she can legally move out, if only she had the money. Of course, there is that family ring she got for her...
Sixteen (2)

S01E10 Sixteen (2)

January 9, 1990 30 min
Michelle finds her father impossible to live with, but now that she's sixteen she can legally move out, if only she had the money. Of course, there is that family ring she got for her...
All in a Good Cause

S01E11 All in a Good Cause

January 16, 1990 30 min
Caitlin and Claude want to do something to protest against a factory involved in nuclear missiles. The peace group they belong to advises them to cool it, but they can't just stand by and let...
Natural Attraction

S01E12 Natural Attraction

January 23, 1990 30 min
When Erica starts seeing a new boy, it frightens Heather. One abortion was bad enough, but what if she goes too far again? Heather has to come to terms with her own guilt at having...
Testing 1...2...3

S01E13 Testing 1...2...3

January 30, 1990 30 min
Joey is diagnosed with a learning disability. He contemplates dropping out of high school, but changes his mind after talking to Caitlin. Caitlin tells him to stop feeling sorry for himself, because he's not the...
It Creeps!

S01E14 It Creeps!

February 6, 1990 30 min
Lucy becomes director and writer of her first film: a feminist horror flick starring the Zits, Simon and Caitlin, with Alexa, Tim and Heather as crew. But the film that's playing in Lucy's mind is...
Stressed Out

S01E15 Stressed Out

February 13, 1990 30 min
Caitlin hears that Ms. Avery has been fired from her job in the school resource centre. When she starts a petition around school, protesting her firing, Mr. Raditch intervenes. He tells Caitlin she was offered...

Cast

Siluck Saysanasy
Siluck Saysanasy
Yick Yu
Stacie Mistysyn
Stacie Mistysyn
Caitlin Ryan
Anais Granofsky
Anais Granofsky
Lucy Fernandez
Stefan Brogren
Stefan Brogren
Archibald 'Snake' Simpson
Amanda Stepto
Amanda Stepto
Christine 'Spike' Nelson
Kirsten Bourne
Kirsten Bourne
Tessa Campanelli
Cathy Keenan
Cathy Keenan
Liz O' Rourke
Neil Hope
Neil Hope
Derek 'Wheels' Wheeler
Darrin Brown
Dwayne Myers
Dan Woods
Dan Woods
Daniel Raditch
Dayo Ade
Dayo Ade
B.L.T. Thomas
Duncan Waugh
Arthur Kobalewscuy

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