The Power of Love is the twenty-second episode and season finale of Season 3 of the Canadian television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation. It originally aired on April 5, 2004 on CTV Television and on August 6, 2004 on The N (USA). The episode was written by the series' story editors Aaron Martin and James Hurst along directing by Stefan Scaini. It shares its episode title with the song by Huey Lewis and the News.
Plotline[]
Primary[]
It's the year-end dance at Degrassi and Jimmy wants to make it the perfect night, but it turns out to be one disaster after another.
Secondary[]
Sean is start to feel guilty for stealing Mr. Simpson's laptop. He confesses, but getting Mr. Simpson's forgiveness turns out to be the hard part.
Tertiary[]
Caitlin is asked by Joey to move in, but she gets a job offer as a reporter to travel trough Africa. She decides regardless to move into Joey's home. However, something unexpected happens.
Cast[]
Regular Cast (Ordered Alphabetically)
- 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 Epstein as Craig Manning
- Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash
- Jake Goldsbie as Toby Isaacs
- Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks
- Shane Kippel as Spinner Mason
- Andrea Lewis as Hazel Aden
- Pat Mastroianni as Joey Jeremiah
- Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson
- Stacie Mistysyn as Caitlin Ryan
- Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi
- Cassie Steele as Manny Santos
Supporting Cast
- John Bregar as Dylan Michalchuk
- Billy Ray Cyrus as Duke
- Billy Khouri as Tomas
- Katie Lai as Kendra Mason
- Daniel Morrison as Chris Sharpe
- J.P. Richards as Andrew
Absences
- Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin
- Christina Schmidt as Terri MacGregor
- Amanda Stepto as Christine Nelson
- Dan Woods as Daniel Raditch
Music[]
- "Asylum Seeker" courtesy of Chris Stone Audio
- "Bollywood Bowl" courtesy of Chris Stone Audio
- "Let's Have Ourselves A Christmas" by Jody Colero, Jim McGrath, & Stephen Stohn
- "Rocket Science vs. Advertising" by Dead Letter Dept.
Quotes[]
- Hazel: "Brooks, what's the problem?"
Jimmy: "Let's see, I'm wearing a sari, our limo driver just got arrested and the school almost burned down."
Hazel: "I meant with you."
Jimmy: "Tonight was all about me showing you that I can do it right... and everything went wrong."
Hazel: "And I don't care. I don't."
Trivia[]
- This episode is named after the song "The Power Of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News.
- Miley's real-life father Billy Ray Cyrus makes a cameo appearance in this episode.
- This is the second time there's been a fire at a school dance in Degrassi history. The first was in the Degrassi Junior High episode Bye-Bye, Junior High. However, the school did not burn down this time.
- In the season 3 DVD box set, the episode description for the Power of Love is incorrect.
- This episode is the final appearance of Kendra Mason.
- The season 3 DVD boxsets lists a different description for the episode, as does the official Degrassi YouTube channel: "The year end semi-formal is only hours away and Marco has transformed the gym into an idealized Bombay. It promises to be an amazing event, except Marco’s theme is causing tension between him and Ellie. Ellie finds the whole idea racist - cultural appropriation in the name of superficial fun. So she’s boycotting it – as are Sean, Jay and Alex, who have other plans for that evening. And when things start to fall apart, Marco blames Ellie and her friends. Despite the set-backs, everyone has a blast- except for Marco and Ellie – the rift in their friendship seemingly insurmountable."
Continuity
- After freaking out over her locker location in Father Figure, Paige's time in "the exile", the unfavorable area where her locker was located, is over with the end of their current school year.
- Sean's welfare situation is brought up again when he fails Mr. Simpson's course, but he is assigned an extra project to boost his grade up.
- Caitlin Ryan leaves for her trip around the world for nine months to do work on her piece about HIV/AIDS, which she won't return until season 4.
- Sean admits to Snake that he is the one that took his laptop, which he stole back in Gangsta, Gangsta to get back at Emma.
- Jimmy, Hazel, Spinner, and Paige, before the dance, eat at the same restaurant that Spinner, Ashley, and Paige dined and dashed at in I Want Candy. The same waiter adds the bill from their afternoon meal a few weeks ago onto Jimmy's bill for that night.
- Manny and J.T. attend the dance as each others dates.
- Caitlin mentions that Joey has broken his promises before, referring to the time he cheated on her years ago.
Character Revelations
- This is Kendra's final appearance in the show, even though she is seen in the opening credits in seasons 4-5. It is never explained what happened to her character, as she simply "vanished". She was absent during future important events in Spinner's life, such as when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, or when he married Emma Nelson.
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