Degrassi: The Next Generation

- Season 8

(2008)

It's back to school at Degrassi, which means new students, new classes and new complications. Mia's junior year starts off with a bang when she is scouted out by a high-profile modeling agency. Degrassi graduates Liberty, Emma, and Manny adjust to the brave new world of college.

Mia gets in over her head while pursuing a modeling career. Clare and KC form an unexpected friendship.

Jane's love for football gives her the courage to try out for the team, despite it being exclusively boys. Jane is still determined to play but being the sole female teammate causes heated conflicts both on and off the football field.

Liberty plans to gain status in college by pledging a sorority. Her determination to fit in and impress the sorority sisters ultimately strains her friendship with Manny and Emma. Holly J is elected Student Council President and revels in being the queen bee in school. However, a crush on a fellow classmate may unseat Holly J's influence.

Peter struggles with maintaining a relationship with Mia and a friendship with Riley. Clare and Alli make an awkward discovery in Mr. Simpson's house.

Sav and Anya plan to celebrate their six-month anniversary on the school's overnight trip. Only problem? Alli, Sav's sister, convinces their parents to let her go on the trip on the condition that Sav spend every second with her.

Holly J is desperate to maintain her popularity after finding out her parents are having a financial crisis. Peter's mom crashes at his place while she is in town but it starts to put a cramp Peter's social life.

Spinner starts to breakdown when he doesn't get into college as planned. Clare has to decide between KC and Conner when both guys ask her to the school dance. Kelly and Emma's flirtation finally leads to an actual date.

Desperate to win Jane back, Spinner sneaks into the Leadership Convention Jane is speaking at and proposes. When Jane turns him down, Spinner breaks up with her - nothing he does is ever good enough.

The school's Panthers team is scoring great, thanks to star player Riley Stavros, but in fact he's taking steroids. Another short-term side-effect seems a straight libido, so he dumps his gay boyfriend for a cheerleader, Sav's girl. That doesn't feel right for either, so they break up by agreement and Riley drifts back to a former gay mate.

After an explosive outburst, Conner ends up expelled from school. When Clare finds out Conner's behavior is caused by a medical disorder, she protests the administration's unfair treatment of him. Sav wants to prove his devotion to Anya by inviting her to dinner with his supremely strict family.

Alli, fed up with Holly J taunting her, starts posting hurtful messages about Holly J on the Internet. Peter forms a bond with his baby sister.

Lucas Vaughn enjoys his father's return into his life, unlike his sister Jane who gets mean, drunk and has vague nightmares resurfacing from her early childhood. Shep is back on the job, in charge of alumni week. A birthday party truth or dare game exposes Cheng's 'cool' lies.

After digging into the past, Jane admits to herself that her issues with her dad, Carlos Valieri, go deeper than divorce. Alli encourages Clare to get a new wardrobe, but with it, she gets some attention from boys.

Try-outs for the Degrassi basketball team is an event welcomed by all. But this spells trouble for some, such as Kelly Ashoona, who is among those now tested for drug-use. For K.C. it's a dilemma when his foster father allows him to attend providing he keeps out of trouble in light of his court terms. His well-meaning, but clumsy friend, Connor, makes things even worse after jocks start taunting academically superior K.C.

The girls are stress about the most absurd theories that anything confirms boys aren't to be trusted, least of all their lovers. Johnny is pushed to have sex by Ally, who fakes being ready out of fear that he may dump her.

The pressure at Degrassi reaches an insane level as end-of-year exams loom over the students. Mia folds under the stress and plans to drop out of school to devote her time to modeling. Holly J is upset when she receives a less-than-perfect grade on an art project and must push herself to create something more expressive. Sav struggles with whether to sign up for engineering classes or music classes for his next year at Degrassi.

Spinner and Holly J are held at gunpoint when a robber comes into The Dot. Connor tries to reconcile KC and Clare while Peter tries to make amends with Mia.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back! But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L. A. via school bus to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back! But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L. A. via school bus to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back! But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L. A. via school bus to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back! But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L. A. via school bus to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.