Together Forever

Together Forever is the thirteenth episode of Season 5 of Degrassi: The Next Generation. It aired on December 12, 2005 in Canada and on April 14, 2006 in the United States.

Plotline[]

Primary[]

Downtown Sasquatch is getting ready for the Northern Sounds showcase, where Craig is confident they will find an agent, but when they do, the rest of the band realizes this isn't everything they thought it would be.

Secondary[]

Liberty has cut J.T. off, putting Toby in the middle of their drama. While working together on the student council, Toby is trying to make sure that Liberty doesn't overexert herself, which Liberty mistakes as his attempt at a coup for the presidency.

Overview[]

The band Downtown Sasquatch gets ready for the Northern Sounds showcase and gets noticed by a big time music producer who wants to work with them.

Liberty is told to take it easy as the birth of her baby is approaching. She refuses to take her doctor's orders, but Toby tries to make sure that she keeps the stress down. On the way to the conference, Liberty's water breaks in Toby's car and she immediately goes into labor.

Soon after, she gives birth to a baby boy. J.T. later comes in and they look at the wonderful life they created together. Afterwards, the adoption agency comes and takes Liberty and J.T.'s son away to his adoptive parents.

Near the end of the episode, the band realizes that the only one the music producer wants is Craig, and Ellie, on behalf of the group, encourages him to start his music career by going solo, marking the end of Downtown Sasquatch. He does, performing Swan Song at the last night of the showcase and presumably winning, as he then leaves for Vancouver to start his career. The group says goodbye to him as he leaves to start his new life.

Cast[]

Regular Cast (Ordered Alphabetically)

Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt
Ryan Cooley as J.T. Yorke
Melissa DiMarco as Daphne Hatzilakos
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
Pat Mastroianni as Joey Jeremiah
Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi
Cassie Steele as Manny Santos

Supporting Cast

Nicola Correia Damude as Diane
Arlene Duncan as Mrs. Van Zandt
Roy Lewis as Harold Van Zandt
Tom Melissis as Dom Perino
Money Money as themselves
Alan Van Sprang as Leo Davies
John Philip Vazquez as Photographer

Absences

Music[]

"Swan Song" by Jake Epstein
"People Come On" by Boy
"The Last Of My World" by The Awesome Team
"To Take You Home" by Rocketface
"Wake Up" by Downtown Sasquatch
"We Are Money Money" by Money Money

Quotes[]

(Craig is playing his guitar in his garage)
Ellie: "New song? I like it, just like that. You know it doesn't even need lyrics."
Craig: "It's not really a song then, is it?"
Ellie: "Sometimes you don't need all the extra stuff. Sometimes simpler is better."
Craig: "I'm not a solo act."
Ellie: "But you could be."
Craig: "I don't care. This isn't about me. This is about the band. Ellie, we were gonna do this together. Cut our own album, sold out shows, a Juno, a Grammy..."
Ellie: "Craig, I can't drum."
Craig: "Yes, you can!"
Ellie: "No, I can't and Marco's not much better on bass and Jimmy wants to paint. Leo...God face it, he only wanted you. We were just...excess baggage. Craig, I really think you should go to the Showcase tonight just like this. You and your guitar. I really think you could win."
Craig: "Okay, let's say I do play at the Showcase and I do win. That means leaving. What about Manny or Joey or Angie?"
(Ellie shakes her head)
Ellie: "Don't worry about them. They'll manage. They'll be fine."
Craig: "What about you?"
Ellie: (hesitates) I'll wave goodbye 'cause I have to...Craig, go to that club and knock them dead. For all of us."

Trivia[]

This episode was named after the song "Together Forever" by Rick Astley.
This episode marks Craig's last main plot as a regular. However, this is not his last appearance on the series. He later comes back in High Fidelity (2) to see his fellow students graduate, comes back with a coke addiction in What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost? (1) and What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost? (2), comes back fully rehabilitated to rock out the crowd in the Purple Dragon concert as the guest singer in Bust a Move (2), and one last time where he re-connects with Ellie in Degrassi Goes Hollywood.
This is the final episode in which all of the members of Downtown Sasquatch play together.
When Craig went to Vancouver for the record deal, he was still finishing up his senior year of high school, and thus, hasn't technically finished high school or dropped out completely.
The third Pregnancy in TNG series.
The scene where Liberty is giving her baby to its adoptive parents is used in Sarah Barrable-Tishauer's montage in the opening credits of Season 6 and Season 7 while the scene where Ellie talks to Craig about playing at the Showcase is used in Stacey Farber's montage in the opening credits of Season 7.

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Season Five Episodes

Venus (1) • Venus (2) • Death of a Disco Dancer • Foolin' • Weddings, Parties, Anything • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For • Turned Out (1) • Turned Out (2) • Tell It to My Heart • Redemption Song • The Lexicon of Love (1) • The Lexicon of Love (2) • Together Forever • I Against I • Our Lips Are Sealed (1) • Our Lips Are Sealed (2) • Total Eclipse Of The Heart • High Fidelity (1) • High Fidelity (2)