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Degrassi Junior High

The lives and trials of students of a city high school.

10 Votes (8.2)

1987 HD 30min Canada English Ended
Drama Family
toronto canada junior high school teen social issues

Credits:

Kit Hood

director

Billy Parrott

Shane McKay

S1E1 - Kiss Me, Steph 1987-01-18

Stephanie begins her first day of the eighth grade by ignoring her younger brother, Arthur, who is a year younger than her. Stephanie decides to run for student council president for the school year. After allowing a good portion of the schools male population to kiss her, she wins the election. She loses her best friend, Voula, by neglecting to thank her during her speech.

S1E2 - The Big Dance 1987-01-25

Against her fathers orders, Voula attends the school dance, but doesnt tell him shes going. Stephanie asks Wheels to be her date for the date, and he accepts. Before arriving, Stephanie, Heather and Erica go to Lucys house and start drinking her parents alcohol. By time they get to the dance, Stephanie is drunk. After a short time, she runs to the washroom, where she is sick. Voula is persuaded by everyone to give a speech for the school, that was supposed to have been given by Stephanie. Voulas father walks into the gym, and takes his daughter home.

S1E3 - The Experiment 1987-02-01

Yick feels that Mr. Raditch gives him poor marks without even reading his work. Arthur suggests copying some of Stephanies old assignments and submitting it as Yicks, too see if his marks improve. All is fine for the first little while, until Mr. Raditch discovers that Yick has been cheating. Melanie and Kathleen want to experiment with drugs and buy pills off of Joey, not knowing that they are actually vitamins. After overhearing what Joey has done, they both confront him and demand their money back.

S1E4 - The Cover-Up 1987-02-08

Joey and Rick work together on a school assignment. While working at Ricks house, Joey discoveries that Ricks bruises arent the results of school yard fights, but an abusive father. Joey confides in his mother, who contacts the school to let them know. Although angry at first, Rick is relieved when he gets to go live with his brother.

S1E5 - The Great Race 1987-02-15

Melanie fears she is too flat chested for the school swim team. After constant complaining that her mother wont buy her a bra, L.D. takes Melanie to the department store. When she arrives at school, wearing her bra, she is the victim of much ridicule and teasing. At the big swim meet (girls team vs. the boys team), Joey makes a loud comment about Melanies chest to the whole school, and L.D. tosses him into the pool.

S1E6 - Rumor Has It 1987-02-22

Many of Ms. Averys students think that she is a lesbian. Caitlin, who admires her teacher, defends these rumours and insists that her teacher isnt gay. After dreaming that her classmates think that she is also gay, Caitlin begins to act self-conscious at school. Caitlin confronts her teacher, who informs her student that she is not gay. After confiding that she has been questioning her own sexuality, Ms. Avery informs Caitlin that these dreams are perfectly normal and that everyone her age has them.

S1E7 - The Best Laid Plans 1987-03-01

Stephanie asks Wheels out on another date, and rumours start floating around the school that they will have sex on their date. Wheels unknowingly buys condoms at the drugstore where Stephanies mother works. All pressure and plans are quickly ended, when Wheels arrives at Stephanies house for their date, and Stephanies mom recognizes him from the drugstore.

S1E8 - Nothing to Fear 1987-03-08

L.D. is worried when her father is admitted to the hospital. She fears that after losing her mother to cancer, her father will die as well. She is afraid to see him in the hospital, as it may stir up memories of when her mother was stayed there. She is relieved when everything turns out ok, and her father returns home.

S1E9 - What a Night! 1987-03-15

Voula befriends Lucy by helping her with her homework. After her marks improve, Lucy shows her appreciation by taking Voula shopping for clothes. At the store, Voula learns that her friend shoplifts. Lucy steals a sweater Voula likes and they are both caught when leaving the store and are taken to the police station, where Lucy is charged. Stephanie meets her favourite soap opera star at a book signing and agrees to go out on a date with him. After he tries to seduce her, Stephanie informs him that she lied about her age and that she is a minor, and he flees.

S1E10 - Smokescreen 1987-03-22

In an effort to impress Caitlin, Rick joins the schools anti-pollution committee. Yick buys a vase, passing it off as an ancient family heirloom for his school project. When Arthur accidently breaks the vase, Yick gives his class a recount of being a refugee from China and moving to Canada.

S1E11 - It's Late! 1987-03-29

Shane and Spike have sex for the first time, at Lucys party. Spike is later worried when her period is late and fears she might be pregnant. Her mother discoveries a home pregnany test and takes her daughter to the doctor to find out for sure. It is then discovered that she is indeed pregnant. Meanwhile, Yick likes Melanie, but is afraid to ask her out. Arthur tries to give him advice, but everytime Yick follows Arthurs plans they backfire. Yick finally gets courage and asks Melanie to go on a date skating and she accepts.

S1E12 - Parents' Night 1987-04-12

Wheels meets his birth father for the first time when he comes to town. Wheels finds he has a lot in common with his father and is hopeful that they will become close. After realizing that his father doesnt feel the same way, Wheels is hurt. Spike is considering giving her baby up for adoption once it is born, and asks Wheels for advice.

S1E13 - Revolution! 1987-04-05

After Wheels rejects a date with Stephanie, she starts flirting with Joey to make him jealous. After she appoints Joey as sports rep on the student council, the grade sevens retaliate because Yick was interested in the position first. They start an impeachment of Stephanie as school president. After Joey finds out she was using him to make Wheels jealous, he resigns from the position. Stephanie vows that next semester she will change and will do a good job as president.

S2E1 - Eggbert 1988-01-04

Spike is given an egg to take care of for a week, to show her what taking care of a baby is like. Stephanie and Alexa are both attracted to Simon, the new student. Stephanie is jealous to see him and Alexa together at Lucys party. Feeling guilty, Shane asks Spike if there is anything he can do to help her. She gives the egg to Shane and tells him to take care of it. Shane arrives at the party with the egg and starts tossing it around the room with his friends. Spike leaves, feeling upset, telling Shane how upset she is at him. Shane later tells his parents that he got her pregnant.

S2E2 - A Helping Hand 1988-01-11

Lucy takes a liking to her subsitute teacher. She is pleased with all the attenion he gives her. L.D. sees him look down Lucys top in class and warns Lucy to be careful. Lucy tells L.D. that she is just jealous. Lucy agrees to stay behind after school and help her teacher. Wheels walks in and finds the teachers hands on Lucys shoulders. Lucy runs home and is comforted by L.D. The following day at school, the teacher asks Lucy if shed like to stay after school again. ""Not in a million years"", she replies. Wheels has been making poor marks, so his parents make him tutor with Ms. Avery after school. This means that Wheels must quit the band until his grades are better. He also ends up getting glasses since part of the problem was he couldnt see the board well. Meanwhile, Joey and Snake find Simon playing bass guitar in the gym, and ask him to be the zits new bass player.

S2E3 - Great Expectations 1988-01-18

When a new student, Liz, transfers to the school; Joey takes an immediate liking to her. Rumours begin circulating that Liz is a wild girl, who likes to have sex and Joey wants to know if its true. While working after school on a project at her house, Joey asks Liz if she wants to have sex. Liz then kicks Joey out of the house and he later realizes how sorry he is, because he actually likes her.

S2E4 - Dinner and a Show 1988-01-25

Shane tells Spike that his parents want to meet her and her mother to discuss the baby. When the five meet, Shanes Dad announces that his son will attend a private school. Shane tells his father that he isnt going away, and wants to be around when the baby is born. Melanie breaks a date with Yick by saying her mom wont let her go. Yick later discovers that Melanie lied, when he runs into her and Snake, on a date, at the movies.

S2E5 - Stage Fright 1988-02-01

Caitlin learns that she has epilepsy and doesnt want her friends to know. While attending Susies slumber party, Caitlin has a seizure and her friends find out. Caitlin loses the lead part of the school play to Kathleen and decides to drop out of the show. She later realizes that dropping out wont change her condition and re-joins the show. Meanwhile, a painfully shy Michelle is terrified to give a speech in front of the class. Joey teases her by calling her a mouse (quiet like a mouse) and making squeaking noises. When Michelle tries to get out of the speech by telling Mr. Raditch she has a sore throat, he doesnt fall for it and tells her to talk about something she knows. She gives her speech on her shyness, and everyone loves it. Afterward Joey tries to get Michelle to write his speech.

S2E6 - Fight! 1987-02-08

Dwayne, the school bully, challenges Joey to an after school fight. After almost chickening out, Joey shows up to fight, but still gets hurt. Desperate to win Simons affections, Stephanie asks him if he wants to help out with the school dance. She is later crushed when he tells her he is dating Alexa and isnt interested in seeing her.

S2E7 - Bottled Up 1987-02-15

When Kathleen and her classmates prepare for their part on a tv quiz show, she invites them to her house to practice. She is embarassed when her mom appears drunk in front of her friends. Her mother later misses the taping of the quiz show, because she has been drinking. Kathleen later decides to speak to a counselor about her problems at home.

S2E8 - Sealed with a Kiss 1988-02-22

Erica meets an older guy at the school dance and french kisses him in the school stairwell. She later feels ill, and thinks he may have given her mono. When he drops by the house to visit, Erica is too sick to go out. He asks her twin sister Heather to go for a drive instead, where he kisses her as well. Heather tells Erica what happened and they both go to the doctors office to see if they have mono. They are both relieved to find out Erica had just come down with the flu.

S2E9 - Dog Days 1988-02-29

After her father decides to seek custody of her, Stephanie becomes depressed. This depression doesnt improve when her mother announces she plans to marry her new boyfriend. Arthur finds a stray dog and wants to keep him. His mother refuses this, but Stephanie tells Arthur she will cheer up and maybe this will make their mom change her mind about keeping the dog.

S2E10 - Censored 1988-03-07

Caitlin overhears that the PTA want to throw Spike out of school because of her pregnancy. She then decides to write an article about it for the school paper. When Mr. Raditch refuses the article to be published, Caitlin decides to release an underground newspaper. The whole school receives a copy and applaud her efforts. The only other dissaprover, besides Mr. Raditch is Spike. She confronts Caitlin about not discussing this with her before publishing the article.

S2E11 - Trust Me 1988-03-14

Snakes parents go out-of-town for the weekend, leaving him home alone. Joey and Wheels convince him to let them sleep over. When they oversleep, an underage Joey drives Wheels to an appointment in Snakes parents car. All goes well until they see another vehicle bump into the car while it is parked. They spend all their money getting the taillight fixed, only later to discover that Snakes father had broken it himself the week prior.

S2E12 - He's Back 1988-03-21

The substitute teacher from ""A Helping Hand"" (season 2, episode 2) is back, only this time is teaching Susies class. Lucy warns Susie to be careful around him, but Susie doesnt know what she means by this. After the teacher touches Susie; her, Lucy, L.D. and Wheels report him to the principal.

S2E13 - Pass Tense 1988-03-28

Its the end of the school year and Joey wants the band he formed with Snake and Wheels to perform at the graduation dance. It is then announced that the eighth grade class will return to Degrassi in the fall, as the school is adding an ninth grade. Mr. Raditch informs Joey that he has to repeat the eighth grade due to poor marks. Joey doesnt want to perform at the graduation dance after this, but Wheels and Snake convince him to. Also at the dance, Spike goes into labour.

S3E1 - Can't Live With 'Em (1) 1988-11-07

At the start of the new school year, Wheelss parents forbid him to hang around Joey, as they feel he is a bad influence. Spike returns to school, having had a baby girl during the summer. She ignores Shane, who says he wants to see the baby. Lucy meets an older guy, Paul, who she begins dating. Yick finds out that Arthurs mother won over a million dollars in a lottery over the summer. While out at Joeys place, Wheels is startled to come home and find out that both his parents were killed by a drunk driver.

S3E2 - Can't Live With 'Em (2) 1988-11-07

S3E3 - A Big Girl Now 1988-11-14

Lucy devotes most of her time to boyfriend, Paul, and neglects her friends. When her parents go out-of-town for the weekend, Lucy decides to invite her friends to a sleepover. After she has already invited them, Paul convinces her to have a party instead. He tells her not to invite her friends, as it should be kept to high-school students only. At the party, Paul tries to persuade Lucy to have sex with him. After she refuses, he leaves. At school, Lucys friends are upset with her for not inviting them to the party. L.D. then informs Lucy that Paul told everyone he had sex with her at the party.

S3E4 - Season's Greetings 1988-11-21

Arthur and Yick exchange gifts for Christmas. When Yick assumes that Arthur spent more money on his gift, they get into an arguement. The two friends remember all that they have been through together, and become friends again.

S3E5 - Loves Me, Loves Me Not 1988-11-28

Caitlin has a big crush on Joey and agrees to work with him on a school project. The more time they spend together, the more Caitlin thinks he returns her affection. Caitlin mistakenly thinks Joey has invited her to the dance with him. When she arrives, she is crushed to find out that he is there with Liz.

S3E6 - He Ain't Heavy 1988-12-05

Snake is excited when his older brother comes to visit for a couple of days. He is later shocked when his brother announces that he is gay. Snake doesnt know how to deal with his brothers revelation. As he tries to come to terms with this news, Snakes brother announces that their parents have kicked him out of the house after he tells them his news.

S3E7 - The Whole Truth 1988-12-12

When Liz tells Caitlin about her interest in animal testing, she tries to convince her to write an article for the school paper. Liz and Caitlin work together in order to let the students know about this topic. When Kathleen informs Caitlin that animal testing is necessary in some cases, Caitlin does some research and learns that Kathleen is right.

S3E8 - Star-Crossed 1988-01-16

Erica has a crush on Clutch, Pauls friend. She finds the nerve to ask him to go bowling with her and her friends and he says yes. As Erica has to attend a dentists appointment during the date, her twin, Heather fills in until she gets back. At the end of the date, Erica is disappointed when Heather tells her that Clutch actually likes Lucy.

S3E9 - Food for Thought 1989-01-23

While working on a science fair project together, Melanie is shocked to read in Kathleens diary about her diet. It appears that Kathleen is anorexic, which causes her to faint during the science fair. Kathleen is furious with Melanie when she tells Ms. Avery. Ms. Avery insists that Kathleen talk to the school nutrionist.

S3E10 - Twenty Bucks 1989-01-30

Snake asks Melanie to go to rock concert with him. When she cant find the money she needs to buy a concert ticket, she steals the money from her mothers purse, with the intent to pay her back. When a babysitting job falls through, Melanie confesses that she stole the money. Her mother grounds her, and wont allow her to go to the concert. BLT bets Joey that he cant find a date for Friday night. After numerous attempts, he finally asks Caitlin, who agrees. She later finds out that Joey asked her out on a bet and is furious with him. Joey convinces Caitlin that the money he won wasnt the reason he asked her by ripping up the twenty dollar bill.

S3E11 - Taking Off (1) 1989-02-06

Tired of living with his grandparents, Wheels decides to track down his birth father. Joey and Snake attend a concert, where Luke and Shane take acid. Wheels tells Joey and Snake that he is running away to find his father, and swears them to secrecy.

S3E12 - Taking Off (2) 1989-02-06

Wheels locates his father at a hotel and surprises him with his arrival. Wheelss grandmother asks Joey where her grandson is. Joey relunctanly tells her and she goes to the hotel to take him home. Wheels tells her he wants to stay with his father. When Wheelss father tells him that he cant stay, he returns home with his grandmother. The police inform Luke that they found Shane. He had jumped from a bridge and is now in a coma.

S3E13 - Making Whoopee 1989-02-13

Arthur doesnt like his fathers new girlfriend, and him and Yick plot to break them up. Arthur is frustrated when his attempts dont work, and is shocked to see that his fathers girlfriend had spent the night. At the school open house, Arthur is furious when his father brings his girlfriend. Arthur feels bad when his father later tells him that he broke up with her.

S3E14 - Black & White 1989-02-20

BLT invites Michelle to the graduation dance and she accepts. She introduces him to her parents, who then forbid her to go out with him. They tell her she is too young to date, but she wonders if they dont want her to date him because he is black. When she questions her mother about this, her mother says they are just looking out for her. Michelle decides to go to the dance with BLT anyway.

S3E15 - Pa-arty! 1989-02-27

Lucy has a party while her parents are out-of-town. Joey, Snake and Wheels get Clutch to buy a case of beer for them. They are stopped by the police when they decide to have a drink on their way to Lucys. Shane comes out of his coma at the hospital. When Lucys parents call from the airport because their flight is cancelled, everyone cleans up and leaves. Before her parents arrive, Clutch shows up, drunk. Lucy hurries him out before her parents show up and later breaks up with him because of his drinking.