Degrassi Season 11, Episode 8: Dirt Off Your Shoulder (1)

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Boom Boom Pow (1)

It is spring break for the students of Degrassi. Drew breaks curfew to attend a Keke Palmer concert with his girlfriend, Bianca. There she meets an ex-boyfriend, who is involved in a gang, and he takes her to an alley. Drew catches him trying to rape Bianca, and in the ensuing altercation, Bianca knocks him out, and loses her bracelet. Sav meets Palmer on the street, not knowing it is her, and she invites him to the concert, and then on stage with her. Fiona's vacation plans are scrubbed, and she instead attends an art class with Holly J., where she asks out the model.

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Boom Boom Pow (2)

Drew and Bianca find out that the gang member was killed, and she convinces him to keep quiet. When looking for Bianca's lost bracelet, she and Drew are told by another gang member, Vince, that they are going to be killed. In order to be kept safe, Drew finds out he must shoot someone to enter the gang. He then considers the situation, and turns himself into police. Sav, now with a crush on Keke Palmer, meets up with her, and she decides to elude her entourage with him. In a later video chat, Keke tells him she does have feelings for him. Fiona takes her date to her loft, where things move too quickly for Fiona, but they decide to first be friends, and then move on from there.

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Love Game

Clare cannot figure out why Eli has no feelings after their breakup. She then meets Jake, a transfer to Degrassi, and the son of her mother's friend. He helps her realize that it is her who still has feelings, and needs to deal with her relationship with Eli. The next day, Eli tells her he is taking anti-anxiety drugs. Jenna is overwhelmed with the baby, and gets mad that K.C. is not helping. After dumping the baby on him, they decide Jenna and Tyson should move in with K.C. and his mother.

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What's My Age Again?

Anya turns eighteen, and hopes to start dating a 26 year-old doctor, while Owen continues to flirt with her. She finds out the doctor will be in Africa for a year, and has sex with Owen at her birthday party. K.C. continues to struggle to be there for Jenna, and help with the baby, in the end he gets a job at Little Miss Steaks. Connor, struggling with his Asperger syndrome, shows an interest in girls, and steals a pair of Fiona's underwear, while attending a party. Drew meets with lawyers about the night he reportedly killed a gang member, and his mother continues to tell him Bianca is bad news for him.

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Idioteque

After Drew is unable to get an erection, when he is trying to have sex with Bianca, he admits that he is still thinking about Vince, and the gang that is out to kill him. When Drew becomes distant with Bianca, she has sex with Vince, hoping he would leave Drew alone, and Drew would appreciate her again, but instead Drew breaks up with her, and gets beaten in a public place. Owen begins bragging about his one night stand, and Anya accidentally makes a public post on the internet that it was her. After disregarding what others think about Owen, she decides to go on a date with him. Connor continues to steal women's underwear, starting with Miss Oh's.

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Cry Me A River (1)

Dave and Adam vie for a position on the school's radio system, and Sav ends up giving them a two man show. When Adam is in the washroom trying to observe Dave's urinal stance, Dave mistakes it for a peak at his penis, then later when Adam tries to use a stand up to urinate device, Dave is curious, and Adam drops the device. Dave takes his frustrations to the radio show the next day, posing the questions if trannys should enter the boy's washroom, offending Adam. Fiona joins the grade 11 drama class, but instead skips school to spend time with Charlie. Clare writes a newspaper piece hoping to join the newspaper, but is overzealous, and does not get in because she wrote more than Katie had asked for.

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Cry Me A River (2)

Dave sees the school turn on him, but continues to ask why Adam should get special treatment. When he attempts to enter the girl's washroom wearing a skirt, he gets into a fight with Adam. Principal Simpson gives them both detention, and Adam likens the transgender issue to racism, which causes to Dave to give a formal apology. Clare continues to bag Katie for a position on the newspaper, and when Sav intervenes, Katie invites Clare to join, but gives her the job of following the school play. While Fiona tries to reach out to a distant Charlie, she gets the directing position of the play, and invites Charlie to live with her.

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Dirt Off Your Shoulder (1)

Eli, trying to write the school play, encounters writer's block, and meets the outlandish Imogen. K.C. works at a restaurant, and does not have time for Jenna and Tyson. Jenna gets upset when she hears he stayed late to party, Marisol's idea. Riley's mother still has not accepted that he is gay, so when she sets him up on a date with a girl, the date convinces him to keep acting straight.

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Dirt Off Your Shoulder (2)

Eli, with encouragement from Imogen, quits his anti-anxiety medication. He is able to have emotions, and writes the school play. Riley feels pressure from his parents to be straight, and asks Zane to act along, but decides not to put him through it, and breaks up with Zane. K.C. decides his job is keeping him from school and family and must quit. However, Marisol gets him a raise, and the two mutually flirt.

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Paper Planes (1)

Not being accepted into her first university choice, Anya feels pressure from A student Holly J. and partying boyfriend Owen to make the right choices. To try to get away from it all, Anya decides to do cocaine. Fiona discovers bed bugs in her loft, and assumes it is her new roommate Charlie's, and in turn they learn about each other. Connor claims his girl underwear fetish is over, and plans to make a phone app for girl's clothing, but gets caught in the women's washroom.

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Paper Planes (2)

Anya attends an interview to get her accepted into another university, but when it does not go well, she takes cocaine, and becomes erratic. When Anya does not get the university acceptance, she continues to take the drug, and defies her mother. Fiona struggles in telling Charlie her previous problems with alcohol, and learns she is still unable to be around it. Alli recognizes her clothes in Connor's app, and tells Principal Simpson, Connor was in the girl's washroom. Simpson suspends him, and he attends an academic behaviour program, to help him deal with his Asperger syndrome.

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Should've Said No (1)

Jake and his father are helping Clare's mother with home renovations, and Clare sees Jake shirtless. Clare can not keep her mind off how handsome he is, and wants to start a relationship, but hears he asked Katie out. When talking about their parents, they decided to keep it casual. Drew is suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder when trying to fit back into school, he cannot handle the people at school, and asks his mother to move. Dave tries to convince himself that it is alright to be friends with Alli, but when he has to lie to his girlfriend about seeing her, he reconsiders.

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Should've Said No (2)

Clare finds out her father cheated on her mother before they divorced, causing her to question her casual relationship with Jake. After she decides to be exclusive with Jake, they find out their parents are dating. Drew considers moving, which upsets his younger brother, Adam, when he can not handle the stresses at Degrassi, but instead takes up ultimate fighting (mixed martial arts). Dave's feelings for Alli intensify, so he decides to be truthful with his girlfriend, causing her to dramatically break-up with him.

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U Don’t Know (1)

Holly J. starts to look for a kidney donor within her family, and when she finds out no one has the same blood type, she starts to suspect she was adopted, which are proven true. Adam is attracted to Katie, and thinks she may be reciprocating this feeling, but when Marisol says otherwise, he worries about his female appearance. Imogen wants to play the role of Clare in the school play, so she begins shadowing her.

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U Don’t Know (2)

Holly J. finds her birth mother, and after mustering the strength to ask her to be a kidney donor, she asks Holly J. for $20,000. Adam worries that Katie is not attracted to him, because of his growing breasts, he asks to have surgery, but is too young, and instead wears a compression vest. Imogen has feelings for, and continues to flirt with, Eli, but she receives nothing in return.

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Lose Yourself (1)

Jenna struggles to find a way to attend Degrassi again, so K.C.'s mother agrees to watch the baby, Tyson, in the mornings. Jenna leaves Tyson unattended, and he falls off a table. Sav, with a crush on Miss Oh, competes to write the score for the school play. He wins, but is blackmailed into working with his competitor. When Clare finds out Eli has hired Jake to construct sets, she worries Eli is out to harm Jake.

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Lose Yourself (2)

Jenna and K.C. get a visit from child services, after Jenna finds out K.C. has been cheating with Marisol at work. Their arguments grow as K.C. continues to leave Tyson with Jenna, and they decide to break-up, and put Tyson up for adoption. Sav's love song to Miss Oh is leaked to her, and thinking things have been ruined between the two, Sav attends a concert, where he meets Miss Oh on a friendly basis. Clare is concerned Eli is jealous of Jake, but after reading the school play, she finds out Eli has made her character the hero.

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Mr. Brightside (1)

Drew continues to train in mixed martial arts, with the mindset that he would be ready if anyone were ever to attack him. The news of unsupervised fighting gets to Principal Simpson, and he closes the weight room to unsupervised activities. Alli tries to sell Dave to her parents, but he feels that the presented self is not him. Holly J. finds out exchanging money for organs is illegal, and her birth mother is still not willing to give up her time and kidney for Holly J.

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Mr. Brightside (2)

Drew continues to increase the intensity of his fights, hoping to distract him from his fear of being beaten. At an illegal fight club, a fight goes to far, and is stopped by Katie. Drew's new girlfriend then teaches him to direct his skill into taekwondo. Dave returns to Alli's parents, as himself, and her father takes a liking to him, but with a warning. Holly J. continues regular meetings with her birth mother, and when Fiona buys her old prom dress for $20,000, she agrees to donate her kidney.

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Extraordinary Machine (1)

Eli's unstable, off medication self, convinces he can start up a relationship with Clare, but everyone else, save Imogen, just find him crazy with the multiple script changes. K.C. and Jenna interview a couple to adopt the baby, but K.C. has second feelings when the prospective parents says they are not into sports. Anya continues her cocaine addiction, as she tries to find a career path, she sees an advertisement for the Canadian Forces.

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Extraordinary Machine (2)

Despite Imogen's efforts, Eli is obsessed with getting Clare back, to the point of framing Jake for drug possession. His feelings erupt at the end of the school play, in an improvised monologue, saying there are no happy endings in life. Anya's army application is rejected when she fails the drug test, and her secret is revealed to her mother, but she continues to pursue this career path. K.C. and Jenna give up their baby, Tyson for adoption.

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Drop It Like It's Hot (1)

Alli plans a date night in order to tell Dave she will be gone for the summer, and Dave presumes he is going to lose his virginity. The miscommunication causes Dave to stop talking to her, until she buys him NBA tickets with her poker winnings, which she obtains by card counting. Wesley is threatened by another male student, when he joins him and his girlfriend in a science project, Wesley then lies about driving to impress her. Bianca is threatened by a gang member into peddling drugs at Degrassi.

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Drop It Like It's Hot (2)

Alli finds an underground poker group, and becomes addicted. A game becomes too intense, and Dave must call his father to breakup the game, and ultimately the two. Wesley is pulled over while driving without a driver's permit, but his girlfriend remains by his side. Bianca becomes friends with Imogen.

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Don't Panic (1)

Katie keeps her relationship with Drew secret from long time friend Marisol, which makes Marisol upset when she finds out. After Katie calls Marisol a home wrecker at a student council rally, Marisol reveals to Drew Katie's bulimia. Eli returns to Degrassi with some counseling, but is unable to apologize to Jake. Sav and Miss Oh flirt over music.

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Don't Panic (2)

The rumors of Katie's bulimia circulate around Degrassi, and she worries that she will lose the presidential election. However, when it appears that the relationship between Katie and Marisol will end, Marisol says that the bulimia rumor was made up, winning the election for Katie. Eli helps Jake and Clare confess their love for each other. Sav's and Miss Oh's flirting continues, resulting in a trip to the principal's office, however they both seem interested.

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Take a Bow (1)

After Holly J. and Anya gets dates to prom, Fiona hopes to ask Charlie, her ex-girlfriend to the prom. She finds out that Charlie has a girlfriend, and she only wants to be friends with Fiona, this leads to a relapse into drinking. Anya is accepted into the army, and begins physical training with her ex-boyfriend Owen, leading to his interest in her again. Katie's assumes that the prom night with Drew will lead to sex, and begins preparations.

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Take a Bow (2)

As the seniors prepare to graduate, Holly J. prepares for her kidney transplant, Fiona deals with some difficulties, and Katie considers taking things to the next level with Drew.

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Dead and Gone (1)

Drew sees Bianca with the gang member that orchestrated his beating, and finds out that she has been dating him to keep Drew safe. Drew decides to meet him, and says the debt is done, although not reciprocated. Clare and Jake keep their relationship secret from their parents, until the parents announce their engagement. Now that school is done, Sav hopes to have a night alone with Miss Oh, but is unable to.

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Dead and Gone (2)

The Degrassi students attend prom. Drew invites his ex-girlfriend, Bianca to the prom, and things are awkward with his current girlfriend Katie. Riley and Zane talk for the first time since their breakup, Riley tells Zane his mother accepts him. Clare talks to Jake about how their parents marring will affect their relationship, and he breaks up with her. Vince, the gang member comes to fight Drew, when that fails, a gun is pulled, and Adam, Drew's transgender step-brother, is shot in the shoulder. Miss Oh and Sav both find out via text message, as they have snuck away to Degrassi. Bianca decides to shoot Vince, but Drew talks her out of it. They call the police and Vince and his gang are arrested, The next day the heat between Miss Oh and Sav is still there.

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Nowhere to Run (1)

The Degrassi students return from a summer of activities a week before the new school year. Jake and Clare are still not talking, and their parents wedding sends Jake looking for space away from Clare. Katie is concerned that Bianca has been spending too much time with Drew, and Alli returns to Dave to find out he has cheated on her. Jake invites Katie, Drew, Marisol, and Alli to his remote cabin for a summer ending event, when Clare finds out, Bianca agrees to drive her. Clare arrives to find Alli kissing Jake, and runs into the woods, Jake and Drew follow, but Eli finds her first. Marisol freaks out when strange things start to happen, and Bianca keeps making references to horror movies. Marisol and Katie decide to relax with some weed Marisol found in the couch, but the two become paranoid in a shed. When repairing Clare's wound, Jake admits he still has feelings to her, the night ends with Clare and Jake's parents checking in on the party. The following morning Clare and Alli separate as friends, Katie becomes more comfortable with Bianca around, and Clare's and Jake's flirtation returns.

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Nowhere to Run (2)

The Degrassi students return from a summer of activities a week before the new school year. Jake and Clare are still not talking, and their parents wedding sends Jake looking for space away from Clare. Katie is concerned that Bianca has been spending too much time with Drew, and Alli returns to Dave to find out he has cheated on her. Jake invites Katie, Drew, Marisol, and Alli to his remote cabin for a summer ending event, when Clare finds out, Bianca agrees to drive her. Clare arrives to find Alli kissing Jake, and runs into the woods, Jake and Drew follow, but Eli finds her first. Marisol freaks out when strange things start to happen, and Bianca keeps making references to horror movies. Marisol and Katie decide to relax with some weed Marisol found in the couch, but the two become paranoid in a shed. When repairing Clare's wound, Jake admits he still has feelings to her, the night ends with Clare and Jake's parents checking in on the party. The following morning Clare and Alli separate as friends, Katie becomes more comfortable with Bianca around, and Clare's and Jake's flirtation returns.

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Underneath It All (1)

Fiona is nervous about making new friends in her new class, and decides to hold a party. After the apprehension of Imogen attending, a truth or dare game leads to a prank at Degrassi. Clare's and Jake's secret relationship grows, and Clare begins to consider having sex. Maya shows a liking to Zig, but past classmates Tori and Tristan warn her about Zig.

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Underneath It All (2)

The grade 12 class decides to let Imogen take the blame for the overnight cafeteria prank. When Fiona feels bad for Imogen, she decides to come clean, but Katie and Marisol stick to their story, and Fiona's and Imogen's friendship returns. When Clare tells Jake she is ready for sex, Jake begins to worry about the commitment he is making. Maya asks Zig to let Tori have closure from their past relationship, but it backfires, and Zig begins dating Tori again.

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Can't Tell Me Nothing (1)

With Drew cheering on, Katie is going through tryouts for a national soccer team. After a girl, who Katie previously injured, trips her, her knee becomes injured, and is told not to exert her knee. Katie takes codeine from her mother, who is wheelchair bound with MS. Jenna is still taking the break up with K.C. hard, and her poetry class inspires her to write a song. Tristan becomes worried Zig is taking Tori away from him.

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Can't Tell Me Nothing (2)

With a stressful day at school, Katie takes her mother's codeine during the day, despite sister Maya's warnings. Katie's knee gets too warn out before the soccer tryouts, and she requires surgery and recovery before being able to play again. After ex-boyfriend K.C. overhears Jenna's song about him, he writes a poem making Jenna's character a monster. Jenna keeps her song about how she is over K.C., and it is widely received well. Also at the coffee house, Tristan decides to sing without the Tori-Zig couple, but the two decide they will stick together, and Tristan does not get booed off the stage.

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Not Ready to Make Nice (1)

Clare finds out Jenna has stolen another ex-boyfriend, Jake, whom he has invited to his birthday supper. When diving into vampire fiction is not enough of an escape, and her father does not have room, Clare moves in with a group of friends she had previously met. Connor makes it on to the football team, but has trouble fitting in, especially with Mo. Fiona continues to hang out with Imogen, but when she realizes she has feelings for her, Fiona decides Imogen should date Eli.

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Not Ready to Make Nice (2)

Clare continues to find comfort in the group of friends she has found a home with, and they continue to encourage her away from her past life. She finds out they run a marijuana growing operation, until it is broken up by police; Jake's brotherly commitment convinces Clare to move back home. Connor poses as a girl online, in a prank for Mo to skip a football game, to be stood up by a girl, but the two reconcile. Fiona makes a surprise date for Eli and Imogen, which at first turns them off, but then they decide to start dating.

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Need You Now (1)

Imogen and Eli's relationship grows, and Imogen models an art piece off Eli's bipolar disorder, after learning about the disorder. This initially angers Eli, and he becomes more obsessed over Imogen. K.C. becomes interested in the baby he and Jenna gave up for adoption, while Jenna does not. Tori gets on the power squad, but is kicked off for being late to rehearsal, she then becomes the mascot.

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Need You Now (2)

Eli believes Imogen is spending time with another guy, and confronts her while she is confiding in Fiona. Worried this is another episode, Eli visits his therapist, who tells him he is a normal teenager, and Eli and Imogen's relationship recovers. K.C. learns that he will not be involved in the life of his son, and learns to be more responsible. When Tori makes Zig realize he does not compromise for her, he becomes the mascot, and Tori returns to the power squad.

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Smash Into You (1)

Dave and Alli get back together, when Dave joins a model UN with Alli. Dave's summer fling, Jacinta, tries to reconnect with him, Dave calls her a stalker, and tries to remove all connection with her. Adam, with an LGBT button on his backpack, begins to receive notes from an admirer, Tori explains it is a friend of her's, who is interested in Adam. Marisol teams with Mo to enter the model UN.

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Smash Into You (2)

Jacinta ignores Dave's rejection at the model UN, straining his renewed relationship with Alli. While trying to escort Jacinta to the train station, she runs off with his phone, and is hit by a car. Adam meets his blind date, Tristan, and after some encouragement from Clare, Adam give Tristan a pep talk for coming out. Marisol realizes she has feelings for Mo, and the two share a kiss.

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Hollaback Girl (1)

Bianca's life has turned around, she's cleaned up, and is getting better grades. Drew's girlfriend Katie befriends Bianca, but only for her connections to drug dealers. Marisol is embarrassed being seen with Mo, and Mo is nervous to create the perfect date. Alli becomes concerned when Dave spends time with Jacinta.

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Hollaback Girl (2)

Drew considers his relationship with Katie. Dave finds himself in a situation.

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In The Cold, Cold Night (1)

With Katie gone, Fiona and Imogen scheme to end Marisol's reign as president by throwing an end-of-semester holiday carnival. Meanwhile, Fiona finds out her mother is in legal trouble and that their assets have been frozen. Also, Clare agrees to put together a school newspaper in a week, meaning she has to reconcile with old friends. And Maya, an expert cellist, has trouble fitting in with the Grade 9 band.

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In The Cold, Cold Night (2)

Fiona is upset over having to leave Degrassi on top of dealing with funding for the expensive carnival and her growing feelings for Imogen. Meanwhile, with the clock ticking on the deadline for the newspaper, Clare has to confront her feelings for Eli head on when he wants to get back together with her. Also, desperately searching for a challenge, Maya considers auditioning for a band at a bar.