The former students of DeGrassi Junior High enter their second year in high school as the TV series DeGrassi High enters its final season. Among the major developments: Michelle (Maureen McKay) breaks up with her black boyfriend, BLT (Dayo Ade), whereupon Snake (Stefan Brogren) hopes to get Michelle on the rebound; school bully Dwayne (Darrin Brown) finds out his girlfriend has HIV; Joey (Pat Mastroianni) gets into hot water when he "streaks" through the cafeteria; single mom Spike (Amanda Stepto) continues to put the shards of her life back together; Lucy (Anais Granofsky) finds out that her "dream" boyfriend is potentially a nightmare; Liz (Cathy Keenan) reveals that she was once molested by her stepfather; Wheels (Neil Hope) has problems finding a place to stay after he moves out of his grandparents' home; and the hypersensitive Claude (David Armin-Parcells) commits suicide over a trivial matter, and Caitlin (Stacie Mistysyn) holds herself responsible. The series ends with the announcement that all of the kids will be transferred to a different school for their junior year -- compelling Dwayne, who now has HIV himself, to make a life-altering decision.
by Hal Erickson
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