Moments in TV Awesome: Degrassi the Next Generation

This weekend, The N aired a Degrassi marathon in honor of the show's return on Friday (looks like Craigers is coming back off his rockstar road with a bit of a coke habit!). I caught bits and pieces of various completely awesome episodes and among them was this stellar moment:


Marco's college boy beau Dylan has just told him that he wants to have an open relationship (after Marco walked in on him and one of many "interesting" new friends) and Marco has tried to go along with it by attending a college kegger and flirting with other boys. But unable to go through with a random hookup, he finds himself in the stairwell with his BFF Craig (post-bipolar diagnosis, pre-coke fiend phase).

It's such a great scene because it demonstrates what a non-issue Marco's sexual orientation is to Craig. He gives his friend a "You're awesome and if one of us was a chick, I'd be all about you"-style pep talk and when Dylan walks in and Marco kisses Craig in a last-ditch attempt to make his lovah jealous, Craig's reaction is awkward and bemused, but not at all homophonic. Well done, Degrassi.