Episode Description
Eli’s got professional help handling the pressure of writing the school play, but there are no miracles. Will a new heroine save the day?
By the time Drop The World was over, I was burned out over the whole EClare thing. But I’m intrigued to see how things will pan out now that two new elements have been introduced (Imogen and Jake).
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Here’s the Degrassi Extra recap for last night’s episode, Cry Me A River Pt. 2:
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Yay! Hopefully Imogen won’t be as bad as everyone thinks she will be. :)
people don’t think she’s bad they are just judging her based on the fact that she will obviously be coming in between Eli and Clare (which angers a godd portion of Degrassians).
wont anger alot of REAL degrassian, will anger a bunch of Eclare fangirls
tho
imogen maccreperson lol.
i cant wait til the jake and eli arguement or what ever it is but i saw it in the promo and jake was awsome even though i love them both
Oh my god Imogen has a Bad Religion sticker in her locker! I love them! :)
Clare should go visit Darcy in Kenya and stay there because she is really an uninteresting character.
The people of Africa wouldn’t put up with Clare’s drama.
Im making Eli the #1 spot holder for reasons not to go off your meds( smashing the school’s cpu has got to be worth a suspension and the rest of the yr in ms suave’s office).
#2 is spinner(for puking on ms kwan after chemo) and craig in the #3 spot(running way and getting your awesomely cool and highly expensive guitar stolen by a guy named skinny)
Shouldn’t Spinner get two spots for puking on Ms. Kwan and mooning the entire gym (season one?).
I forgot about that,the one when jimmy took his ritalin….yup he does. You have a good memory that feels lke it happened decades ago
im excited for imogen. hopefully her nd eli will be together because Drop The World made me sick with Eclare as a couple. they are better seperate.
I just don’t like imogen in general. I don’t care if she gets in the way. Her character seems to be already in love with Eli before meeting him. In the last episode she kinda exclaimed Fiona’s point of Eli being the best writer. Which means it’s obvious she has a crush on him already. From what I heard about her personality through blogs she is extremely fake. She fakes injuries for attention. I just don’t like people like that.
Then Imogen should be a perfect match for Eli, they go to extremes to get/keep people’s attention…difference is, Eli is mentally unstable and Imogen just wants attention (as far as we know from the character description, there can be much more to her than meets the eye)
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LOL @ Imogen jumping and falling to “cover ip the evidence.” That was hilarious! Eli’s face was all “what the fuck?”
Hahaha!!! That was so funny! She jumped high and face planted on the floor. I was laughing so hard!!! Yet probably thinking the same thing as Eli “What the hell?!?”
I was rolling my eyes at that scene, but Eli’s reaction was PERFECT, hahaha.
Amazing. I fell in love with Imogen at the scene.
OMG IMOGEN IS FUCKING AMAZING. I LOVE HER. LMAO,SHE DIVED FOR DEAR LIFE. I LIVE!
IMOGEN IS DAMN EPIC I SAY! EPIC! I KNEW I WAS GONNA LOVE HER
Tomorrow’s going to be crazy episode. Dumping the anti-anxiety vile in front of Clare, Imogen and her shunpo (word to bleach) appearance smiling from ear to ear and Both Eli and Imogen walking away together= trilla!!
Imogen “covering up the evidence” was perhaps the funniest thing I have seen on this show.
Haha, yes indeed. I couldn’t stop laughing on that part. Definitely one of the funniest moments in Degrassi by far.
So yeah, I kinda love Imogen. She is so freakishly weird, that I can’t help but want to see more of her!
I loved seeing Zane and Riley tonight, but I really don’t know why Riley had to lie to Zane. Zane understands his mom isn’t taking his coming out easy and if he told Zane about the set up, he would have totally understood. It was such a lame, over-sued plot device for Zane to tread Riley’s text message. How many times has this show done that already?
KC is a really horrible father and even worse boyfriend. He really just bounces from girl to girl the first time a problem comes up in the relationship.
It needs to be mentioned again how awesome Imogen is. I really have no idea what makes her tick, but I think that’s why I like her already.
I agree with what you said about Zane and Riley. And it seems very put of Zane’s nature to go through Riley’s phone like that.
I actually liked the whole KC/Marisol/Jenna plot tonight. Marisol seemed to have added some depth to the whole Kenna baby blues.
Agree with your Ziley analysis. Sure that device is used too much, but Zane was hella curious when Riley’s phone went off.
Imogen’s dive was the best part. I thought she was diving to literally cover up the computer so I was laughing my ass off when she ‘missed’ and laughed even harder at her real cover up. :)
I thought the same thing!
XD
Nevermind Imogen’s thirsty-ass antics. It’s just occurred to me that Claire and Eli have the same haircut and the only difference is Eli’s flatiron.
It’s almost the same, except Eli’s is longer.
Imogen is by far the best character introduced this season,already just based on that stage dive.
really good episode. Eli’s alot more interesting without Clare.
I didnt find that funny, the leap was kind of childish for Degrassi, in a way, in my opinion.
Am i the only one that is both equally amazed and extremely creeped out by imogen? But she is definitely hilarious,she like 5 ppl wrapped into one lol
Nose tampons.
Because if i saw a guy break a public computer id fall on my face to make my nose bleed to look like an accident them shove tampons up my nose…
Imogen can work for the FBI, no lie.
KC avoiding father duty, sigh. School work, and after work dancing, negating time spent with Jenna and Tyson- double sigh.
Riley messed up this episode- should’ve told Zane about his birthday dinner with his family that his own mother said that he could invite a friend to.
Fiona getting her bawse back, which is good.
Please KC, never dance again in your life. Ur worse than Claire. Its funny that everyone from The Latest Buzz are starting 2 be on Degrassi. 1st Eli, then Fitz, then Jake & nw the girl who Riley went out with.
Im pretty sure half the casts of like every Canadian show have ended up on Degrassi.
kind of like half the Degrassi adults ended up on Skins.
its only a matter of time before half the cast of Skins USA become Degrassi regulars/recurring.
“kind of like [half the Degrassi adults] ended up on Skins.”
I saw KC’s mom on skins, which other adults were on??
Stanleys Mom = Declan/fiona’s mom
Daisy’s Dad = Manny’s Dad
Michelle’s Mom = KC’s mom
the camp counselor = The lunch lady from seasons 1-2
There was one more I think, but cant think of it right now.
I HATE IMOGEN…..the end.
What she did could be labeled as that, but as one commenter pointed out, Eli could’ve been suspended for a long time if caught. Imogen was Curt Schilling-esque: stepping up with a bloody bodypart as the consequence.
hahaha imogens leap and elis face after were the best part.and idk if i like imogen yet she just seems really weird and annoying at this point but maybe after more story lines with her in it i will start to like her.
Really? Um i agree with Adam. Imogen is psycho. Nuff said.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention this above, but has Degrassi always had a climbing wall? Now that is hardcore. I think we had a climbing rope, but that’s about it.
If they suddenly have an indoor ski jump next week, I’m calling shenanigans!
Wish they had a climbing wall at my university. Those things are impossible to get to the top unless your forearms and legs are ahhnold
Lots of schools have climbing walls… All the schools I’ve been to had one, and they weren’t really big or significant schools. Plus Degrassi is in a city…
I guess they didn’t have climbing walls back in the dark ages when I went to HS! We had a nice gym, but nothing as fancy as a climbing wall.
CANADA MUST HAVE A POPULATION OF 100 BECAUSE THEY RECYCLE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES MORE THAN CANS AND BOTTLE
Okay Imogen is so crazy,weird,know a lot about Eli, but her character is so refreshing. Elis face after she jumped on the floor and at the locker was WTF!?. Hahah she is refreshing I kinda like her but after seeing the promo for the next episide idk.
Fiona. Was awsome in this episode!!! I don’t know the effect. Clare has on men and Clare is a writer right.
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im sorry, i just had to post this cause my little eclare heart jusr broke. watch it, and pause at :10
Same. I was like “oh no!._.”. :(
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Ugh, so far, this is the most definitive proof that Imogeli is happening… However, after my rage passed, I realized that this could actually just be a kiss for the play, the version that will be based on Eclare. Notice how Imogen is rocking Clare’s look, with the hair and Clare’s dress from Vegas Night?
Dude, that is weird!! How crazy would it be if she pretended to be Clare for him?!!
WACK ASS!!
Dude, that is weird!! How crazy would it be if she pretended to be Clare for him– as in, in the relationship and not just to help him get over it?!!
WACK ASS!!
after the shock i realized that imogen was dressed as clare. so …idk
Technically, its not proof of elmogen just because shes dressed up as clare in that scene and i think was trying to ‘help’ eli, which means kissing him while she is pretending to be clare to let eli’s imagination run off, and who knows maybe she’ll stop after a second and try to make him hate clare by slapping him? haha its degrassi, anything can happen.
also i think eclare is done either way for a while
You know what i noticed so far… Imogen likes to call people by their full name, and she happens to know everyone too. Weird, but had to put that out there.
i wonder does this mean they are a couple
I liked Imogen I think she is really funny and I find her interesting to watch I am so stoaked to see how they develop her character throughout the season. HOWEVER, that being said she is UBER manipulative and almost taking advantage of Eli when he is in this weird “scrambled” state. I think she is one to look out for.
In other news though there was a recent interview done http://www.thetvaddict.com/2011/07/27/eclare-or-cake-degrassis-aislinn-paul-reveals-her-dessert-of-choice/
The interview basically talks about eClare and Cake and stuff like that and how each relationship it going to play out. From what I get from the interview I think that eclare fans are looking at a truce between Clare and Eli but I REALLY doubt if they will be getting back together. I also don’t think things will go anywhere with Jake and Clare though because Aislinn says that she wants Clare to just focus on herself and not boys because she feels Clare has become OBSESSED with boys (its funny and Ali and Clare have really switched roles eh?)
So I think that at the end of Now or Never we will be looking at a single Clare WHICH might not be a bad thing.
wow imogen gave me soooo much life.
and MARISOL is the best thing that happend to kenna. and she isnt a bitch at all. she just wants to have fun. i love marisol.
Imogen is crazy lmao when she took a nose dive onto the floor i said what did this bitch just do? I think she is LIFE that degrassi needs they never had someone like her before
Marisol got the Fionna treatment.. in season 9 Fiona had no personality then season 10 she was like a whole different person.. Season 10 she was nothing now s11? shes kind of interesting lol
good ep
Imogen is so wonderfully creepy.
She is everything Eli should have been and not a walking stereotype.
I also “lol” at Fiona’s line about Clare….god knows i’m trying to figure that out myself
I LOVED this episode!! omg imogen is soo funny i was laughing so much when she was on :p since drew and bianca are CURRENTLY on the outs, im really looking forward to the imogen/eli thing :D marisol isnt that bad either… jenna and KC are getting kinda old :p
I dont find her funny ;P but shes an interesting character
found this in response to that teennick.com promo:
can you say, LOL fangirls?!
http://andmaybeyoushouldsleep.tumblr.com/post/8156626132/id-say-this-is-an-appropriate-reaction#notes
whoops, wrong forum! sorry lol
What?! Bullfrog can be a responsible parent?!
I KNOW. I was actually shocked when Eli called him “dad.” It was so… wrong…
Same here
Sounds like they are reverting back to the two Riley’s theory. One step forward, two steps back. I feel almost like there was no reason to keep Riley around if they really won’t progress his character.
Good episode. I don’t ship couples and I’m usually not interested in Eclare, but I think I will be now that they are seperated. I enjoyed LoveGame as equally as their plot here. Imogen diving was hilarious and I fell in love with her on the spot. Then her at the end saying Eli punched her and Adam is like “That woman is psycho…” I LOVED that.. That’s funny stuff right there.. Like Connors plot in WMAA and Idioteque – it was funny, my brother and I were laughing throughout, that’s good stuff.
Not surprised about KC’s bad parenting once again. I really don’t like KC as a character.
I don’t like Riley either. I’m burnt out on his sexuality plot.. Beat It was a good episode revolving around his sexuality but this is ridiculous – 68 episodes since Beat It and it’s been going nowhere. They have to wrap him up already, he should have been long done with this plot back in Season 10..
I agree with you about Riley. Why his his sexuality the only storyline the writers care to write for him? I realize it’s a large part of who he is, but not every plot needs to be based about him coming out to the school, to his parents, etc. If we go back to Marco, after a while he had more to do than just being gay. I don’t know why they pigeon-hole Riley (and Zane) into these same repetitive plots for the 10 minutes they get a season.
There are a million other stories they could get them involved with, but the writers only seem to care to focus on a very small subsection of their characters, while characters like Riley and Zane get scraps.
“The woman is a psycho.” sums it about right.
her character is very interesting! quirky and bubbly, but im scared of her relationship with eli. i wonder if she really does want eli to be free or straight up manipulation
LOVED Imogen! She is my new favorite character. :)
I’ve withheld my judgment on Imogen for as long as I could, but from what I’ve seen and read of her character so far, I cannot stop myself from saying that I cannot stand her. This is probably an unpopular opinion, but that’s okay, haha. She’s either made me cringe every time she’s on screen or she makes my blood boil. I really, REALLY hope Imogen redeems herself to me in the future because I don’t think I’ve loathed a female character this much since Jenna was first introduced haha. After all, Manny did become my favorite female Degrassi character of all time after years of me hating her… At least Imogen’s initially more interesting and entertaining than Jenna ever was.
It actually kills me knowing Eli’s going to make things much worse for himself before things get better. It hits home way too much. Kudos to the writers for giving Eli’s storyline true poignance so far.
As much as it kills me to say this, I honestly think Ziley is going to end. Even though their story lines have become boring (I actually FORGOT about this subplot for a second because it was so forgettable), I still loved them. Just from this episode, I’m getting a bad feeling that right now, Riley doesn’t think having a boyfriend is worth losing his family over. He’ll end it, thinking that he only has to endure a few months of faking straight until he can be free. Of course Zane wouldn’t approve, which is why I think Riley’s trying to avoid the situation because he wants to keep Zane for as long as possible.
Is it bad that I think Marisol and K.C. have more chemistry than Jenna and K.C…? K.C.’s undeniably still a dick, but at least this time I didn’t cringe watching K.C. get his flirt on with another woman the second time around.
I like Imogen. Just not with Eli. She seems like an interesting character, and I adore her weirdness, but I dont like the apparent bad influence she has on Eli. I really can’t stand Mama Stavros. She’s worse than Mama Torres. KC….. I have no words for this boy anymore. Oh and one more thing. The Dot>Little Miss Steaks.
Imogen seems a little odd. What’s with her hanging around Eli all the time– like when he was trying to write? She was totally creeping on his ass! I did find the “nose dive” utterly hysterical and Eli’s face was pure comedy. I also loved her snarky comeback about the bloody nose and how they tied in the whole “Adam/ Tampon/ Nosebleed” thing from the Boiling Point. Kudos on writing there.
However, I am a little concerned about her motives (or at least the motives portrayed in the promo) where Eli is concerned. It seems like her goal is to destroy his perception of Clare, which is weird in itself. Yes, Eli needs to get over Clare but demeaning her part in their relationship is not the way to do it. Everyone that plays into our lives has a purpose. Forgetting them is basically like forgetting a part of ourselves because, whether we want to admit it or not, that relationship had a direct affect on who we are today. Our interactions help us to fine tune who we are individually. I wonder why Imogen has it out for Clare…or perhaps I should ask why Imogen is so irrationally focused on Eli. If she IS stalking him, it makes sense that she would want Clare out of the picture and would do anything to make that happen– even endanger Eli. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see!
I don’t even like Eclare, but Imogen’s over-the-top personality is so, so unbearably grating that I was better entertained by KC’s baby drama subplot, of all things. It’s like the worst parts of Ellie, Craig, and pre-breakdown Rick mashed into one.
I initially hated Eli, but now I like him. He’s crazy like Craig and his outbreaks make me laugh. The computer thing was hilarious.
As someone who used to be on anti-anxiety meds, the loss of concentration can be a bitch. I started taking them my second semester of senior year of college and couldn’t study for the life of me. My study curriculum consisted of watching TV and drinking, so I can see where my dude Eli is coming from.
I think Imogen is intriguing to watch. I don’t particularly like or dislike her. The nosedive scene did make me laugh my ass off and it’s very difficult to make me even chuckle. Eli’s reaction was hilarious too.
Even though I expected him to lose his marbles in this episode like he did in DTW or something, I’m glad that he only destroyed the computer (I say that like it’s such a small thing, lol). He is still taking medication, after all.
In the promo, it looks like he’s going to be turning into a anxious fidgety heartbroken mess once he’s off. I’m excited for that. I’m also excited for the little role-playing scene Imogen will transpire. Looks interesting.
I’m still a fan of Munro Chambers’ acting. I may be the only one, lol. I just believe everything he does. That smile Eli gave Clare in the beginning after agreeing to do the article for the paper broke my heart. And the scene in the recording studio where he stumbled away was really good too. I actually felt sorry for him, which is something I thought I’d never say in the boiling point. The writers have really done a good job with this character, I must say.
Also, I love Eli and Adam’s chemistry. It’s perfect. :D
The Ziley plot bored me, even though I do love both of their characters.
Oh my God, KC. You’re so hot, but you’re such an ass. I can understand how it’d be difficult for a teenage boy to buckle down and be there for his girlfriend and son, but jeeze. Can he do anything right? Marisol was fun and flirty. So far, she’s not acting like a boyfriend-stealing bitch (like Jenna was to Klare, lol).
All in all, I liked this episode. It’s nice seeing Eli away from Clare for a change. :|