Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2015): Season 5, Episode 1 - Venus: Part 1 - full transcript

- One, two, three... action!

- Do you think that agent
is ever gonna call me?

- Do you think that Peter guy
is ever gonna notice me?

We've been coming here
for weeks.

Okay. What if I stood up?

Do I have, like, lumpy chair dents
in my thighs?

- All right,
you'd need fat on them - or any.

- Look. He's talking
to that turquoise-tankini tramp.

I hate her.

- You've already won.

You don't need a tankini
to hide your Buddha belly,



or shorts
to camouflage your butt.

- Manny...

He's looking at you.
- Please.

I'm not his type.
He's looking at you - you are.

- That is the first guy I've liked
since Hurricane Sean

blew through
my emotional trailer park.

- Em, I have one goal this year,

and it ain't
anonymous-hot-dude-at-pool.

I'm gonna be an actress.

Go ahead, smile,

'cause I'm doing it.

Whatever it takes?
I'm doing.

Whatever it takes

I know I can make it through



If I hold out

I know I can make it through

Be the best

Be the best I can

And I say to you

Whatever it takes

I know I can make it

I know I can make it

I know I can make it through

(Paige): Can you believe that we,
the most cursed class in history,

actually made it to senior year?

(all): No.

(Hazel): I guess Ashley didn't make it.
(Craig): Yet. She'll be here.

Right, El?
- Definitely.

- Hey!

- She's a big agent.
She's probably just busy.

- Just trust Papa Supafry, okay?

The acting world
is all about brutal rejection.

- You put in a lot of work
this summer.

That's why I'm letting you back.

But one slip-up, and I mean one,

and you're out that door.
- Got it.

I won't disappoint you, Miss H,
I swear to God.

(male voice over PA):
Can I have your attention, please,

A set of keys was found
under the bleachers in the gym,

If you've lost your keys,,,
(laughter)

- Hey, guys.

Look who's back.
Jimmy.

Uh... good summer?

- Hey.

- Hey, Manny.

- He's actually here.

- You can do it.
- Uh, I'm too nervous!

(laughing)
Hi.

Welcome to Emma, I'm Degrassi.

- Nice to meet you, Degrassi.

- It's a tradition -
backwards greeting.

We all do it first day.
So you're Manny and I'm...?

- Peter.

I know you. You're the actress
from the Kevin Smith film.

- Yeah.

- I'm a director.
Well, aspiring, anyway.

You got an agent?

- I sent my photos
to Bernice Fein and...

she's the best in the city,
so I'm just waiting for a call.

- Forever.

That's how long you'll have to wait.
You gotta march right into her office,

looking like a million bucks,
and demand to see her.

My dad always says,

''If you want something in life,
don't ask.

Just take.''
(cellphone rings )

Oh. Excuse me.

Hello?

(Ellie ): Ashley hasn't emailed
in a week,

She's totally disappeared.

- Okay... uh...

Maybe-maybe-maybe
she's gonna surprise Craig?

Hmm? Show up
at his birthday tomorrow.

- It's tomorrow?

Wh-what do we do?

- Oh, Manuellita,
I didn't make lunch.

- I just came for my credit card.

- Uh... leftovers?

Or a toasty sandwich?

I could throw together an omelet.

- Mom, it's my credit card,

and I don't even know
why you guys don't let me keep it.

- Your daddy and I
just want you to be responsible.

- I am!

I worked really hard on that movie
to make all that money.

- Sometimes we are concerned.

What you wear, where you go...

With boys.

And your grades.
- What, do you think I'm retarded?

I'm not! I can manage!
I'm smart!

I just...

I just need some new clothes for school,
okay, Mom?

- Fifty dollars only, okay?
You know how your daddy is.

He'll chop off our heads.
- Okay.

Thanks, bye.

- I did a safari in Masai Mara,

and honest, El, it blew my mind.

(giggling)

- What?
You two have hand signals?

We don't even have hand signals.
(computer beeps )

- Oh... good, it's from Ash.

Not good.

Way... way not good.

- Uh... that...
that is... that is not Craig.

- It's Alistair,

aka ''Ali,''

aka the reason she's...

staying in England.

- What?

Oh...

Nice birthday present.

- Okay,

we have to throw him the greatest,

most rockingest party ever.

- Wow.
Did you just say ''rockingest''?

- Yeah.

I'm that upset for him.

Love's alive in the city

I feel it deep down

Soon I'll be sittin'pretty

I'm gonna break new ground

The road ahead don't scare me

'Cause the future's mine to hold

So why change me

'Cause you don't know
what it's like

Let 'em walk in my shoes

Step by step I'm getting there

Getting there

You don't know what it's like

In a world so brand new

For a girl that's getting there

It's so unclear

But I swear I'm getting there

Getting there

- Two minutes,

I promise.

I won't leave.

And I'll stare at you...

... really, really hard.

- Spare two minutes
for pest control?

- Thanks, Bernice.

- ''And in the midst
of all that rescuing,

in the midst
of all that clawing for hope,

nobody made it
out of our wedding alive.''

- A glass of milk, honey.

- You want me to...?
- I mean, it's nice - milk.

Uh... it's kinda boring.

Danny, take a look
at the wall behind me.

Tell me what you see, dear.

- A bunch
of really gorgeous people.

- Mm-hm.
But they're not just gorgeous.

They're special.
They have ''it.''

Look at Robin.
Robin has ''it.''

Robin is special.

What's so special about you?

Hmm?

Exactly my point.

So you go figure that out
before you come back here.

Oh, and a word of advice?

Stop with the beans and rice
and uh... dump the lumps.

Come.

(horn blares)

(screams )

- Hi, Emma?

Can you meet me downtown, now?

- Ugh, look at that ass.

- She said ''dump the lumps.''

- Okay, she's out of her mind.

- And I'm a glass of milk.

- Okay, you are out your mind.

Manny, you are gorgeous.

You do not need to change.

- Remember when you got

your period in class--
- Shhh!

- Remember when you got
your period in class

and everyone was laughing at you
and you just told them all to shut up?

I feel like that every day.

Like everybody's joking about me
and I can never get them to shut up.

- And a plastic surgeon
can change that?

- They won't be laughing
when I'm famous.

- Manny Santos?

- So some off my, uh...

thighs and...

... my...

- Your bottom?

- Yes, but I think my...

- Bosom.

- Yes, I think they're fine, or...

it - or my bust -

I think it's fine.

- Consider:

a larger bust will actually help

balance out your lower half.

So if we combine lipo

with breast augmentation,

I can create for you, Manny,
a very, very striking figure.

- Oh, okay.

I wanna... I wanna do it.
Let's do it.

- Okay. There's some details
that we have to discuss,

including the risks, of course.

- Fine. How much?

(laughs)
- Ah, well...

six-thousand is the average cost
of an implant -

plus or minus,
depending on the model, et cetera.

Uh, liposuction, more or less $3000.
- I have enough.

- And parental consent?

- I have enough... of it.

I'm sorry, I have it.

And - ahem - how soon?

- Uh...

six, seven or eight weeks,
until there's an opening in the OR,

but that's only if you book now

and leave a deposit. Otherwise--
- Do you take credit cards?

- Hey, Spinner.
Have any coffee?

- Yeah, they tell me
that's what the cups are for.

- One to go, please.

- Hmm. Party supplies, eh?

I know school's exciting, but...

- It's Craig's birthday.

- So, what,
you guys best friends now?

- No. No...

I just... I kinda feel responsible,

since my former best friend's
ruined the guy's life.

- Oops, Ash did it again.

She played with his heart,

got lost--
- Anyway...

now I've got no place
to throw him his cheer-up party.

- Well, you know,
I could get us that whole corner.

I mean you.

You guys can have
that whole corner.

- Really?
- Yeah, it's no problem.

I'm here for the nightshift anyway.

- Captain Cook?

Didn't we already do him
in, like, Grade 4?

- Years later, Peter was to look back
and remember how cute it was

when she made fun
of his history project.

Okay, wait, wait.
I have this idea for a movie.

It's about a girl like you -

smart, fiery,

not totally hideous.

- Charming, thanks.
But I dunno.

- Why not?

A good movie under your belt?
Your agent would love that.

You did go talk to that agent,
didn't you?

- Yeah, but she said
I need some work.

- So do it.

And listen to this:

''I had the ambition
not only to go farther

than any man had ever gone,

but to go as far
as it was possible to go.''

You free tonight?
My friend's having a party.

- Um... sorry, I can't.

- Because?
- Just because. But...

you should ask Emma.
You know, if she's free.

- Yeah, I will ask her, but, uh...

... here's the address for you.

Just in case.

- I still can't believe they let him back
after what he did. It makes me sick.

- Blah, blah, Spinner.
That's so last year.

I want the latest
with the Princess Ashley diaries.

How's Craig doing post-dumpage?

- Well. Really well.
- Yeah, 'cause, um...

he doesn't know yet.

- Oh.
- Hey, it's the guy's birthday.

It can at least wait
till tomorrow, right?

- There he is!

(all): Surprise!
(cheering and blowing party horns)

- Who did this?
I hate surprises.

(laughter)

(all laughing)
- Happy birthday!

- Thank you, thank you!
This is great!

- Sorry.

How was your day?

What's going on?

- A doctor's office called today...

to get permission...

for breast surgery?!

- Okay. Wait.

I have to explain.
I was just... asking.

I was... curious--

- Don't lie!

You made a deposit!

I called the credit-card company.

- I'm trying to be an actress.

I need to make changes -

for my job.

- School's your job.

And the only changing you should do
is into... into decent clothes.

- My clothes are fine.

- You think...

I sacrificed all my life

so you could be a loose girl?

- I'm not a loose girl.

- Then why you want
bigger boobs, huh?

Huh?!

What kind of girl wants that?
A good girl?

No!

Only a slut.

- Manuella, wait!

Joseph!

(sobbing)

(parents arguing)

- There are two extra scoops in there.

- I won't tell.

- Happy birthday, man.

- Yeah.
I gotta get back.

- Uh, Craig,

I'm sorry about what happened, eh?
It sucks.

I mean, you're a great guy
and you deserved better than that.

- Better than what?

- Better than Ashley.

Man, I know all about it, okay?

- All about what?
What the hell are you talking about?

- Ellie said that...

nothing.

It's nothing.

N-nothing. It...

- Time to open presents?

- It's time to tell the truth.

What is going on with Ashley?

If you told Spinner,
you can tell me.

- She wanted to tell you herself.

She wanted to wait
till the time was right.

- Whatever.
Just tell me.

- She met someone.

- Wait...
You knew and you didn't tell me?

- Don't shoot the messenger,
Craig.

We--

- You knew, too...
Did everybody know?

Screw you.

(music blaring)

- Are they vintage?
They look vintage.

- Yeah, they're from that little store
at Dundas and Grace.

Hey, Manny!

What're you doing here?

- I was just bored, I guess.

- So how'd you know
about this party?

- Hey, Manny,
glad you could make it.

- I guess he invited you.

- Oh! That explains it.

Peter invited her.

He does go for girls like that.

(mean girls giggle )

- Manny, what is going on?

Have you been crying?

- No, I'm fine.
Just leave me alone.

Hi, can I borrow some vodka?

(music blaring)

- How is he?

- Well, he's bashing on
the poor, defenceless drum kit,

but he'll be fine.

- Ugh!

So terrible.

- El, it's not your fault, okay?

Don't worry,
I think he kinda saw it coming.

- Then why do I feel so awful?

- 'Cause you like him.

- Marco,
he's my best friend's boyfriend.

- Yeah, but...

not anymore.

- Yeah...

well...

you're still wrong.

(music blaring)

(indistinct party chatter)

(new song blaring)

(new song blaring)

- And then...

my dad called me a slut.

- Must be quite the conversation.

I think it's time for you to go home,
little girl lost.

- I'm not a little girl.

(giggling)

Have you ever known a girl
who got a boob job?

Or is gonna?

- I hope you're not talking about you.

- That's what I said!

I said my boobs are great,
and the doctor said I'm wrong.

- Well, maybe you need
a second opinion.

- Maybe we should make
a little movie...

'Cause cameras never lie.

- You know what?
You're right, Manny.

Cameras never lie.

In fact, this camera...

will give a perfect second opinion.

- I'm gonna be an actress,

like, Academy Award-winning,

and you can sell this
for a million dollars,

'cause I'm gonna be famous!

DVD Subtitling: CNST, Montreal