Degrassi Episode Review: Wanna Be Startin’ Something
October 16, 2009 at 1:51 am | In Degrassi, TV | 11 CommentsTags: ctv, Degrassi, degrassi 906, degrassi season 9, degrassi spoilers, degrassi the next generation, degrassi tng, paula brancati, teennick, wanna be startin' something
What started off as a promising storyline hits a plateau in “Wanna Be Startin’ Something.” This followup to “Close To Me” involves Jane and Holly J becoming friends: Holly J because all of her other friends are always spending time with their boyfriends, and Jane because she has no female friends.
Holly J rear ended Declan, who has been rear ending Jane...my oh my.
The two decide work together on a class project, and it leads them to create and manage their own babysitting service. One day while talking business in the school parking lot Holly J and Jane rear end Declan’s car. He brushes it off as no big deal, but he instantly catches Holly J’s eye (something bout the way he shines maybe?)
Little does Holly J know that Jane and Declan are having an affair…and they have been for weeks.
Even worse than Jane cheating is her attitude after Holly J catches her.
That is, until she swings by one of Jane’s babysitting jobs and see the two kissing on the front porch. If the point after that was to turn Jane into an unlikable character, they succeeded. Or wait…are we supposed to feel sorry for Jane because she has no female friends? I’m not sure. One minute Holly J confronts her and Jane tells her to mind her own business. The next minute we’re supposed to feel sympathy because Jane really “needs a friend right now…” I was lost trying to figure out how the writers wanted us to perceive Jane in this episode.
What killed this episode’s likability factor was the ending. I love the fact Holly J gave Jane an ultimatum: end things with Declan, or she’ll tell Spinner about Jane’s love affair. And so Jane chooses: they show a scene where Holly J watches Jane and Declan talk, then part ways. At The Dot, Holly J makes sure Jane made the right choice, aka choose Spinner. She did.
And that’s it.
Really? That’s all folks? At the end Holly J says that she won’t tell Jane’s secret…foreshadowing maybe (the end of Spane and the beginning of Spolly J)??? I hope so. The way this episode ended there was no indication that this whole cheating storyline will continue, making this a pretty lame ending if that’s the case. I REALLY hope I’m wrong about that.
“WANNA BE STARTIN’ SOMETHING” MAIN PLOT GRADE: C
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SUBPLOT
Johnny doesn't really like it when you pee on one of his friends.
Can Dave be Degrassi’s new go-to guy for comedy relief subplots? Possibly…
As a niner, Dave just wants to be popular. He tries to get his cousin Chantay to write about him in her blog, but she won’t do it unless he does something worthy of attention. Dave has the perfect plan: embarrass Bruce the Moose.
This subplot is funny and I’m surprised they actually WENT THERE with the prank: Dave pees in a bottle and pours it all over Bruce’s locker and shoes. He’s forced to meet Bruce in the alley after school, and a crowd gathers to watch. Instead of obviously beating Dave into a pulp, Bruce just pegs Dave with a balloon full of something that’s NOT water, lol.
Think about it: that pink balloon is filled with urine. Degrassi: It's About To Get Real.
In the end everything is cool and the boys shake hands…and Dave gets the popularity he wanted. It was a silly storyline, but thoroughly entertaining. It’s great to know Degrassi still knows how to deliver funny subplots like they did way back in the day when J.T. and Toby were Degrassi’s comedy relief kings.
“WANNA BE STARTIN’ SOMETHING” SUBPLOT GRADE: A
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can’t wait for this episodeee
Comment by degrassigirl — October 24, 2009 #
Nice blog on my way there.i think jane should choose spinner.declan should choose someone prettier.
Comment by kennedy — October 26, 2009 #
hey shane have sex with me k text me back bk i hope u say yes and don’t have a wife k
Comment by Elena — October 27, 2009 #
Wow. Haven’t seem it, thanks! And u do an
amazing job on this site!!!! Seriously! Bit the episode sounds cool. I liked Jane but she did this?!? Not cool. I really like holly j even with her meanness. She’s getting better. I mean I can’t believe Jane would try to throw away a great relationship after meeting one guy she was attracted to. Jeez. She said there was no spark?she wasn’t saying that until Declan came along. Pff.
Comment by Alex — November 1, 2009 #
What is the soundtrack for this episode? Theres this song I really like but I cannot figure out the name. Can someone please help? (: thanks!
Comment by Anne — November 6, 2009 #
i think we’re looking for the same song. the one at the very end of the episode?
Comment by tiffany — February 6, 2010 #
i didnt like the fact that they ended this affair so early .i thought that it wud of continue ,and he wud of gotten her pregnant and then sinner wud of found it
Comment by jamal grifith — November 7, 2009 #
i don’t think degrassi would ever leave a plot that intense dead and gone. i believe (and hope) that a good plot would be that spinner finds out about declan and jane, and maybe she would team up with holly j (she could possibly be mad at declan at the time) and get “revenge”. it would explain the actors kissing in the teennick promo. also, it would help holly j gain some of her bitchy charecter back, because i feel her charecter has done a total 180 too quickly. that’s all i have to say. :)
Comment by degrassigirl — December 31, 2009 #
whats the name of the song at the very end of this episode? it kind of fades in torwards the end.
Comment by tiffany — February 6, 2010 #
That song is called “life’s perfect timing.” hope this helps! With the last two lines of the song, at first i thought it was yet another rendition of the theme song.
Comment by Rockerboy84 — February 8, 2010 #
is there any version of this song? i google it and youtube and itunes it and i can’t find it anywhere.
Comment by ally — February 15, 2010 #