Episode
Degrassi: 99 Problems (1)
Overview
Riley competes against eleventh grader rookie Drew for the first quarterback position on the football team. Zane also signs up to join the team, much to Riley's discomfort. However, Drew overhears Riley and Zane in the gym talking about Riley's sexuality, and Drew then threatens to tell the whole team about it, unless Riley backs down from competing for quarterback. Alli tries out for the power squad to be in the popular crowd, but finds out how tough Chantey is. After she doesn't make it, she becomes upset, until Clare suggests she start a club of her own. Meanwhile, K.C. is becoming more popular with the girls after joining the football team, and triggers his girlfriend, Jenna's jealousy.
Details
- Series
- Degrassi
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2010-07-26
Episode context
99 Problems (1) is Episode 5 in Season 10 of Degrassi. It aired on 2010-07-26.
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Episode 4: Breakaway (2)
Mrs. Sauvé suggests that Holly J. takes an SAT prep course, but due to her family's financial difficulties, she can not afford it. Meanwhile, Fiona convinces her mother to let her stay in Toronto, to be with Holly J. Envious of Fiona's free spending of money, Holly J. uses the password Fiona told her in confidence to get into Fiona's bank account, and "borrows" $2,000 in an attempt to pay for her SAT prep course. She ends up feeling guilty and breaks down to Fiona about the situation, but Fiona becomes upset. Holly J. apologizes, promising to pay her back somehow, and Fiona forgives her due to the fact of their lack of friends, and they only have each other to rely on. Meanwhile, Clare finds out about her rumored boob job, and that Jenna was behind it all. Clare confronts Jenna, and puts her in her place. Anya lies to the school to save face, and says that she had a "miscarriage". Sav lies to his mother about why they were alone together in the house, and Anya breaks up with him.
Episode 6: 99 Problems (2)
Riley and Owen play a prank on Drew by tying him to the school's flag pole. Drew does not tell anyone who it was, even though he knew, in order to have another thing over Riley, in order to get the starting quarterback. Alli makes a dance crew for the popularity. However, her plan to create her own dance crew backfires, leaving her alone. Meanwhile, Jenna looks at K.C.'s phone, fearing that he was talking to other girls, and finds out the K.C.'s mother is trying to get a hold of him, now that she is out of prison.
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Episode 3: Breakaway (1)
Fiona confides in Declan about the truth about Bobby, but Declan has doubts. With advice from Holly J., Declan sides with Fiona when he sees her bruised leg and advises Fiona to press charges against Bobby. But Fiona runs back to Degrassi. When Anya comes clean to Sav that Holly J. talked her into faking a pregnancy, to make him drop out of the election race, they team up to use the sympathy card, now that everyone knows about the "pregnancy". Meanwhile, Jenna overhears Clare and Alli's conversation about surgery, and misinterprets it as breast enlargement surgery, when Clare was really was talking about being a candidate for laser eye surgery. The election race ends and Sav ends up winning by 17 votes, and Fiona's mother tracks her down to Degrassi. After having a heart to heart about the situation about Bobby, Fiona's mother tells her that together they will hire a lawyer.
Episode 7: Better Off Alone (1)
K.C.'s mother shows up, despite his attempt to avoid her. She tells him she had an apartment, and is seeking custody of him. After a talk with his social worker, he is still unconvinced she is a changed person, and searched her apartment when he's invited over. In English class Clare is assigned a work partner, Eli, who convinces her to break out of her shell, and express herself. Meanwhile, Alli asks Dave how to ask a boy out. Dave who is still crushing on Alli, thinks she is talking about him. Dave tells her to throw a party, and with her parents and Sav out, she does.
Episode 2: What a Girl Wants (2)
Holly J. enlists Anya to fake a pregnancy in order to make Sav quit the election. However, Sav uses it to his benefit and vows to Anya that he will be there for her while she's "carrying" his child. Alli makes a "Biggest Losers" list and puts Dave at the top as revenge for her being low on the hottest Degrassi girls list. Fiona tries to deal with her problems with Bobby.
Episode 8: Better Off Alone (2)
K.C. wakes up with Bianca and Fitz, after a night of drinking, and he is still mad at his mother. At first he tries to legally stay at the group home, but after an intervention about his behaviour, he changes his mind, and decides to stay with his mom. Fearing that her parents may get a divorce, Clare is encouraged by Eli to write a letter to her mom, for English class. She does, but is hesitant to tell her mom. Meanwhile, Alli is having trouble getting Drew's attention, after their night of making out.
Episode 1: What a Girl Wants (1)
Declan, Fiona and Holly J. have ensured their summer at New York City. Holly J. has to leave for Toronto while Declan and Fiona have to stay in New York to attend Vanderbilt Prep.
Episode 9: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1)
Sav wins four tickets and backstage passes to a concert in Hamilton. After his dad does not let him go, Holly J. and Sav decide to hold a 'Hands on a Car Body' contest for the tickets, using his dad's truck. The contest ends with Eli and Adam splitting the four tickets. When unloading the truck, an amp falls into the tail light of the truck. Not having anyone to give their extra tickets to, Eli and Adam give theirs back to Sav. He sells one to Bianca to pay for the new tail light. They then ask Sav to if he can take his dad's truck to the concert. When Sav tells his dad the tail light got smashed, he says Sav can not go to the concert. Fiona's mom has left town and told her to see a therapist. Fiona makes plans to spend time with Holly J., but her schedule is too filled to spend any time with Fiona. Jenna got a new uniform for the Power Squad calendar shoot, but she can not fit in it. She thinks that she's getting fat, and tries to working out. After, Bianca told the power squad that she can get fat absorbing pills, and Jenna asks her to get some.
Episode 10: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (2)
Sav decides to send his parents out for the night, and take his dad's truck to Hamilton for the concert with Adam and Eli. This does not work however, when his parents return home before they are back, and report the truck stolen. Resulting in Sav not only getting a ticket for speeding on the way back, but driving a stolen truck, and being grounded for two months. Bianca also gets a record for under aged drinking, since she could not find another way home. Jenna decides to take diet pills in order to lose weight, but the side effects eventually catch up with her at a photo shoot practice, before she accepts her body, and orders a new uniform. She finds out in a later episode, that she is actually pregnant. Meanwhile, Fiona is feeling lonely enough to buy a small pig. Holly J. comes to her rescue after she realizes how not having friends has affected Fiona.
Episode 11: Try Honesty (1)
Holly J. starts worrying that Declan is cheating on her with Vanderbilt girls when he tells her he is planning a weekend trip to Yale, and finds pictures of him with another girl on Fiona's computer. She tries to find a job, to relieve her financial woes, but decides to fly to New York to be with him. When he insists she stay in Toronto, Holly J. decides to break up with him, and does it on his voicemail when he does not pick up his phone, only to find him at The Dot. Wesley and Connor convince Dave to form a band, The Three Tenners, in order to score with the ladies, but find out Dave is not a great singer. Meanwhile, Fitz's bulling is getting worse, and Eli, with Adam's help, draw a truce with him, promising a fake ID. However, they produce one with the name of a person on the list of Canada's Top 10 Wanted.
Episode 12: Try Honesty (2)
Holly J. rethinks her relationship with Declan when he asks her to come to New York with him but she still cannot because she has SATs planned for the weekend, and she has to help her parents move. Things get even worse between the two, when Declan starts offering her money, to relieve her problems, and they get into a fight, resulting in their break up. Eli give Fitz the fake ID, and calls the police when he has it, resulting in Fitz getting arrested, and not ending the bullying. Meanwhile, The Thee Tenners record a demo, and Dave gets auto-tuned to sound better. At first he hates the truth about his bad singing, but then accepts the band's new sound.
Episode 13: You Don't Know My Name (1)
Alli wants to be in an official relationship with Drew, but when she writes a paper for him, he does not want to be with her anymore. Sav and Holly J. work together on a dance for Above the Dot, when Mr. Simpson cancels the Band Slam, and Sav starts to have feelings for her. Meanwhile, Connor is staying up all night, and playing an online role playing game, where he has met a girl.