Degrassi Spring Fever

Bianca vs. Her Past

Shocker? Bianca L. DeSousa has a past? Not only does she have a past, but a criminal record. Boy, is Mrs. Torres going to love this. It sucks, that Drew, who happens to be a good kid, gets sucked into the drama of his girlfriend. B should’ve come clean to her boyfriend and she should’ve known that the past never stays buried; it eventually digs right back into your life. From the moment, I saw Bianca, and she was giving Jenna those pills, I knew this girl was going to be trouble. She might not be trouble in Season 10, but she would’ve been in Season 11.

This story plot was actually very interesting. Degrassi has never touched the subject of gang violence before. I was curious to see as to what Degrassi with this topic. So many teens are involved with gangs or drug dealing businesses; it’s a sensitive matter because so many attempt to get out but they can’t because of the unwritten rule, once you are in a gang, you in it for life. Drew happened to be backed up into a wall, and he two choices to make. The first choice would’ve been to kill someone and the second choice would’ve been to go to the cops and came clean about the accidental murder.

But, in doing the right thing, he just shot himself in the foot because now Vince and the Thugs are going after him or even worse after Bianca. Drew needs to watch his back now because he broke the “No Snitch” rule. I expected this relationship to fall apart because Bianca and Drew are too different people with different values.

Fiona vs. Lesbianism

This will take some time getting use to, the same way Fiona is feeling about her revelation is the same way I’m feeling about her revelation. I feel that this was rushed; Degrassi should’ve played around with this a little more before she came clean at the end of Season 10. It confuses me a bit because Fiona never questioned her sexuality before, so why did she start now? If from the beginning, when Fiona first was introduced, and they incorporated this plot then this would’ve been okay with me. Not, that I have anything against lesbians, I always wanted Degrassi to explore more lesbian characters, but Degrassi didn’t smooth it in right.

Charlie and Fiona have great chemistry, which is a great place to start. I thought that Fiona’s timidity towards Charlie was adorable and cute. I couldn’t help but smile because she was acting like a little kid. But, then I couldn’t stop laughing when she lied to Charlie about riding a scooter, seems like something a girl would do just to impress a dude, well in this case a girl. Maybe this might be the healthiest relationship that Fiona might ever have. Before I use to think that the writers didn’t know what to do with Fiona in terms of a love life, so they pair her with anybody they could think of.

Sav vs. Small Fling

This story plot was a total flop, a waist of a script. It was a nice to see Sav finally meet somebody new but not just for a minute and then she’d be gone. Degrassi could have gone further with this plot.