Moonlight Desires is the nineteenth episode of Season 4 of the Canadian television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation. It originally aired on January 31, 2005 on CTV Television and on July 29, 2005 on The N. The episode shares its title with the song by Gowan.
Summary[]
Marco thinks Dylan is cheating on him. Meanwhile, Jay and Spinner break into Degrassi.
Main Plot[]
Marco is questioning Dylan's faithfulness and thinks that he is cheating on him. To his surprise, he really is. So Marco tries to make Dylan jealous by kissing Craig, but his plan backfires.
Sub Plot[]
As Jay and Spinner are expelled for the events behind the school shooting, they break into Degrassi to vandalize it. Spinner attempts to set the school on fire, but is stopped by Jay.
- This episode is named after the song "Moonlight Desires" by Gowan.
- This song was played in School's Out!, during the scene in which Joey Jeremiah loses his virginity to Tessa Campanelli.
- This episode marks the end of Dylan and Marco's second relationship.
- In It's Tricky, it was revealed that Craig had written a song entitled "Kissing in the Stairwell" which was included on his album Of Two Minds. Its title referred to the fact that Marco kissed him while they were sitting in the stairwell in order to make Dylan jealous.
Regular Cast (Ordered Alphabetically)
- Jake Epstein as Craig Manning
- Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash
- Shane Kippel as Spinner Mason
- Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson
- Stacie Mistysyn as Caitlin Ryan
- Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi
- Amanda Stepto as Christine Nelson
Supporting Cast
- Justin Atkinson as Eric
- John Bregar as Dylan Michalchuk
- Deanna Casaluce as Alex Nuñez
- Alex Castillo as Nurse Davis
- Eve Crawford as Mary
- Melissa DiMarco as Daphne Hatzilakos
- Mike Lobel as Jay Hogart
- Matt Murray as Mike
Absences
- Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt
- Stefan Brogren as Archie Simpson
- Daniel Clark as Sean Cameron
- Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk
- Ryan Cooley as J.T. Yorke
- Jake Goldsbie as Toby Isaacs
- Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks
- Andrea Lewis as Hazel Aden
- Pat Mastroianni as Joey Jeremiah
- Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin
- Cassie Steele as Manny Santos
- Dan Woods as Daniel Raditch
Craig: "Your hair...that's what's big."
Spinner: "You're stopping me?"
Jay: "Shocking but true."
Dylan: "Marco!"
(Marco kisses Craig)
Dylan: "Um... wow."
Craig: "So when in doubt you kiss Craig?!"
Marco: "I gotta settle this with Dylan..."
Craig: "Yeah, you do! You really, really do!"
Craig: "Hey. Didn't I hear that you clocked Amy for being equally trampy?"
Ellie: "Oh and how's Ash, Craig? Or are you back with Manny? It's hard to tell, especially when you secretly dated them at the same time."
Craig: "Let's just call it a people thing."
Ellie: "Let’s call it a choice. Monogamy wow, what a difficult concept."
(Craig and Ellie are both shocked)
Marco: "My boyfriend? Alright you guys know I'm gay, right?"
Ellie: "Um, I'm stuck on graduating early."
Craig: "I'm on move in with Dylan."
Marco: "Guys, it's not that big a deal!...Okay, it's huge."
Spinner re-lights the lighter
Jay: "Put the toy away fliphead."
Spinner: "You're stopping me?"
Jay knocks the lighter out of Spinner's hand.
Jay: "Shocking, but true."
Spinner: "You're a freak in the same way that I am!"
Jay: "Yeah well at least I'm not torching the school!"
As Jay tries to stop Spinner from burning the yearbooks
Jay: "Do you want your former friends to suffer? Huh? Do you?"
Spinner: "I WANT THEM BACK!"
Jay: "Listen, as your friend substitute, I'm telling you... this isn't the way. It's not."
Spinner: "I just want 'em back."