Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2015): Season 5, Episode 3 - Death of a Disco Dancer - full transcript

- You could be in one of these
university guides,

Everybody in here
looks so happy,

- Say it in your squeaky voice.

(squeaky voice )
Everybody looks so happy.

(Paige chuckles )

I'm bored.
Maybe I should eat something.

- 20 universities and colleges

are coming to Degrassi
on Wednesday.

- So?
Look, don't worry about me.

You're applying to Banting,

worry about choosing
the right SUV



following graduation.
- Alex...

Oh...

Um... want to take
my shift tomorrow?

- I need the money.

- Want to know why?
Matt's back.

- Now say it in your squeaky voice.
- He called me last night,

All out-of-the-blue.

By this time tomorrow,
Matt and I will be reunited.

Resuming quelle grande romance.

- Great. Now I'm bored,
nauseous and irritated,

all at the same time.

- Well, I'm just plain ol' happy.

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

- Ladies and gentlemen,
your new president.

(cheering and applause)

Marco: Looks like Liberty
won school president,

- Was there an election?

- There was an acclamation.
And no, you didn't miss anything.

- So Matt's back tonight.

- Mmm... Mini hooray.

Now back to me.
Look, I need to decide my future

over my lunch of cabbage rolls.

- Apply to Banting.

- Banting is for rich kids

and freakish genius-savants.

- Did you sign-up for those
college info sessions tomorrow?

- Why do you drone on
about me going to college?

- Because I don't want
to come back for the reunion

to find out my former
friends are losers.

The sign-up sheet's in guidance.
Go.

(school bell rings )

- So Prime Minister Trudeau
had two choices.

He could either bring in martial law,

or let the Quebec riots escalate.

He chose the first. Why?

Is anybody paying attention
anymore?

Paige?

- Um...

He had to do what was best
for the country.

- Sounds like you, Paige.

- Something to share, Alex?

- Paige likes to decide
what's best for people, Sir,

and jam it down their throats.

- Oh... what is your problem?

- Your judgmental self.

- Alex? Shut up.

Perino,; Okay,

I'm now going to bring in
martial law,

You can work this out later -

in detention.

- No. No, no, no, sir.
Not today.

- Sir, you can postpone
detention for work, right?

I have to work tonight,
Paige: And I have a dateI

A beyond life-changing date!
Sir?

SirI

Oh...

(coach blows whistle )

- Okay guys, bring it in.
Let's go!

Hustle. Let's go!

- What's going on, guys?
I'm Jimmy Brooks, assistant coach,

and I'll be watching you
shoot today.

- Why?

- So I can help you get better.

Look, I've played for this team
three years in a row.

Team captain each and every one,
except for last year.

- You're the guy that got shot.

- Uh, most players make the mistake

of not setting their feet
before they shoot.

- Not like this, right?

- Okay, you set your feet -
that's cool -

but you're not using your legs.
- So?

- The power from your shot
comes from your legs,

not the hands.

The hands just guide the ball.

- Can you mentally will
this thing to go faster?

- I've tried.
All week I've tried.

- Got a minute?
Oh yeah, you've got 30.

(laughs)

I've been saving that one.
Um... look, Paige,

you listed your top three
choices for university

Banting, Banting, Banting.

- It's good to aim high, Sir.

- You've aimed for the highest.

- Well, the business program
I'm applying for

it's extremely selective.

Only 30 applicants accepted annually.

- All the more reason for a plan B.

- Keep a secret?

My mom's bestest girlfriend,

she's head of admissions.

- Well, it sounds like you got
your whole life planned out, Paige.

- I know what's best for me.

Now, Sir,

I sniped at Alex in class;

he distributed
Manny Santos's breasts

through the school electronically.

I don't belong here.

- Far be it for me to stand in the way
of your perfect life.

- Hey, if she gets to go, can I?

- Isn't this your first
of five weeks detention?

Yeah, Ms. Hatzilakos -

oh, I mean, your mommy -
would say no.

- These kids, Haze,

I do not know where
they learned to shoot,

but they're gonna have me
busy all year.

- Well, they couldn't have
a better coach,

coach Brooks.
I'm so proud of you.

Derek: Less power on that ball,

Faster on those cross-overs.

All the coaches out there
and they give us a cripple?

Come on, man,

- Thank you.

Paige.

(laughs)

Sorry about the bag.

I didn't get a chance to go home.
Came straight from the airport.

- I-I like that I'm your first stop.

You're scratchy.

- Oh yeah, the beard.

- And your hair...

- Yeah, it's not healthy
to wash it too much.

Something I learned this summer.

- Okay, here.

Presents don't have to wait
until after dessert.

- Oh... It's a... it's an organizer.

- You said your life was chaos.

- Yeah, I wasn't complaining.

- Matt, I'm applying to Banting.

- Banting? Wow.

That's aiming for the stars.

- Yeah. And once I graduate
from business school,

I'll be able to aim even higher.

Everyone who graduates
from there does well.

And I was thinking that,

with me moving to Kingston
for school...

Maybe you'd consider moving, too?

- Uh... I know you want this whole...

big money executive thing,

and that's-that's great...

for you.

But my life's just not set.

I'm re-evaluating things.

- You'll figure it out.

- What?
Like you've figured it out?

I mean, Paige like...
You always have the answers,

but you don't even know
the questions.

I have a buddy in Vancouver...

who says that he can get me
a job painting houses.

- So when will I see you?

Do I get to see you?

- You know,
I-I feel like such a jerk.

You got me a present

and I didn't...
bring you back anything.

Here,

- You're dumping me?

And giving me drugs?

- Paige, I can't be expected
to sign up for this boring,

routinized life you've got laid out.

- I don't expect anything, Matt.

I was hoping that you would want
to be with me, that's all.

- Paige, I...

come on, Paige.

- The most humiliating part?
Afterwards.

''The public transit ride-of-shame.''

- Bus?
You couldn't take a cab?

- Oh, why be hysterically emotional
in front of one cabdriver

when you've got the entire TTC?

- Wow.
Look, I have to get to a seminar

for university in Nunavut.

- Marco, come to Banting.
- You're going to be okay?

- Your face is puffier than usual.

- Does that answer your question?

- So your date didn't go well?

- Aren't you going the wrong way?

Colleges you want to
speak to are inside.

- I'm not talking to any colleges.

- Fine.

Take it.
It's a present.

- You're pulling out a joint?

On the front steps of Degrassi?

How very un-you of you.

- Would you go if you're stoned?

- I'll go if you're stoned.

- My clothes aren't gonna smell,
are they?

Or my hair?

Ooh, 'cause you know,
sometimes in movies,

characters' eyes like gloss over

and they start to nod
their head a lot,

You're nodding.

So it's true?

- It does suck -
Matt dumping you.

- Have you thought of Sudbury

as a potential
post-secondary school?

Have you thought about Sudbury

as a potential
post secondary school?

(laughing)

Let's rock and roll.

- We have a state-of-the-art campus,

great facilities, great library,

pool...

(laughing)

(laughing)

- Our university has
an international reputation

for excellence in academics.

But out root strength

lies in our passion
for teaching our students

how to become leaders
and innovators,

Today, we're going to discuss
our 10 world-class faculties

and their admission requirements,

- Derek, I wanna talk to you.

- Yeah, what's up?

Got some more pointers to share?

Teach me how to jump?

Whoa! Easy.

- What makes you so arrogant?

You think you're better than me?
- What?

- Answer my question.
- Dude, back off, now.

- Make me.

What's wrong, you scared?

- Yeah, I'm scared.
I'm scared of hurting a cripple.

Armstrong: Hey!

What's going on?

- He started it.
- I'm in a wheelchair!

- Well, whatever happened,
it's over.

I'll see you two at practice.

- How are all these people
supposed to afford

university or college?

- Lots and lots of student loans.

- What if your only collateral
is your mother's welfare cheque?

- The point is to pay back the loan
after you graduate.

- Yeah, right.
Off my welfare check.

(laughs)

(clears throat)

- So I'm applying to Banting.

- What?
(happy squeals )

What changed your mind?

- I want to do social--
Simpson: Paige?!

I'll confess, when you said you had
a family friend at Banting,

I did not believe you.

- She's here?
- Well, she's leaving,

but I said I'd come get you
before she goes.

She'll be in the resource centre.

- Paige, Paige!

This person -
she's a family friend?

- Yes.
Which means...

not only am I gonna
lose out on Banting,

but...

my parents are going to find out
I'm a pothead, too.

- Blow it off.

- I can't just -
just blow it off.

- It's remarkably easy.

- My entire future depends on this.

- I don't understand you.

- Because you don't have a future.

- What did you say?

(knocking)
Simpson: Paige?

Have a good interview, Paige.

- Okay gentlemen,
bring it in for me, please.

Okay, you can't win
without fundamentals,

so today, we're gonna work
on our three-point shooting.

Okay.
Give me the ball.

Superstar. That's how you shoot
a three-point shot.

- Really.

'Cause this is how I do it.

So... what did you think?

- I think it's time
to take you to school.

Give me the ball.

- Let's see what you got.

- Handle your business.

- It was easy.

Bye, bye.

Team: Ooh, yeah!

- I got this.

I got this.

(laughs)
- You suck.

- Congratulations.

You just got beat by a cripple.

- Uh, Ms. Myers?
Elizabeth? Liz?

- Paige, hey.

So, you want to come to Banting.

That's pretty exciting.

- Uh...

Yeah, it is um...

Exciting.
Pretty.

- Maybe we can finally
get your mother up

for regular visits, huh?

- Definitely.

Lots and lots of mom.

- So this fair...
did you find it at all helpful?

- Not really.

- You didn't find any of
the universities here interesting?

- Interesting.

That's an interesting question.

Were they interesting?

Wow...
Who's to say?

- Why Banting?

- Well, you're the-
the Harvard of the North.

I mean, not you, Ms. Myers.

Elizabeth. Liz.
But Banting, I mean.

- Banting has a cachet, yes,

But what also attracts you
to our university?

- Well...

It's very green.

- Sorry, Paige,

I feel I have to ask you this.

Why do you want to pursue
a career in business?

- I have absolutely no idea.

And I am so...

high.

(laughing)

- Whoa! Dude, stop!

Was that a fluke?
Please, tell me that was a fluke.

- Are we talking about me
sinking it from the ten second line?

- And not just that.

Four - in a row.

From a chair, with no jump.

- Try 12.

I've done 12 in a row
from a chair

with no jump.

- Look, you gotta teach me that.

Come on.

- Okay.

But when you're showing off
for your friends -

and I know you will -

tell them you learned it
from your coach,

not the guy who got shot.

- You got it.

- Stir the popcorn
and don't talk to me.

- If it's any compensation,

my mom's bestest friend
is also her informant.

And I'm grounded until I die.

Or go to university.

Your party to celebrate
my demise

can commence now.

- What happened to
the you-not-talking idea I had?

- I was a toad to you.

A warty, bumpy,

green-skinned horny toad.

- But you were right.

- No, I wasn't.

I'm not. Alex.

- Paige, I don't have a future, okay?

I don't even know
where I'm sleeping tonight.

The way my mom
and her stupid boyfriend fight,

I might be at home or I might be
at a women's shelter.

So how am I supposed to plan
for something like university?

No.
I'm wearing this the rest of my life.

- You're not.
- Odds are I am.

- Well, good to know.

That's two of us who are scared.

Subtitling: CNST, Montreal