Saturday, November 11, 2006

Degrassi: Working for the Weekend

Spinner content: High
Marco content: Low and wearing an ascot

To distract himself from the aptitude test that proclaimed him a clown, Spinner gets the brilliant idea of starting a t-shirt business so that he and Jimmy will no longer be merely twinkies, but members of an army of people clothed in Jimmy Brooks originals (which looked suspiciously like a t-shirt my older brother once got with three box tops from Kraft Mac ‘n’ Cheese). After selling shirts on the street from a box works well, Spinner decides to further ruin the life of the dude he inadvertently crippled by suggesting that they dip into savings to open a store front in Toronto.

Though he hangs out with giggling harajuku girls, Dylan’s still enough of a grownup to stop the 5th year high school seniors from throwing cash around to the their pals before paying for over-head and bills. Maybe Degrassi they should replace on of Simpson’s media classes with some business ones, because Spinner proves his stupidity isn’t limited to book learnin’ by basically giving some shady dudes an invitation to rob him and his wheelchair-bound partner. Later the criminals (who make Jay look super-hard -- no, not like that, Emma) have a slap fight with Jimmy over the cash box. Spinner shows up and saves the day “Jack Bauer-style” and realizes that maybe being a cop (#2 on the aptitude test of shame) wouldn’t be so bad.

In Hotter Now That She’s Out News, Alex is back at Degrassi to upgrade her marks to she can get into physiotherapy school. She joins the lacrosse team and some girl named Serena hates her for no apparent reason. Alex is actually pretty cool about the younger girl’s ‘tude. I was hoping that Serena was totally closeted and hated Alex because of her cute new look and her own repressed lust, but it turns out Alex once sprained the girl’s ankle and “blinded” her with a laser pointer during a debate (oh, WAH!). Alex explains that those were random acts of bitchery, but Serena’s gonna hold a grudge for a couple more episodes. Yawn.

Next week: Sean gets out of jail and find out about Emma, Jay and the ravine of sexually transmitted diseases! I bet his fury will be totally justified and that he didn't fool around with anyone the entire time he was in Wasaga.

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