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“Accidents Will Happen (1)”
Season 3, Episode 14

Information
Can. Airdate	January 26, 2004
U.S. Airdate	August 26, 2006
Prod. Code	314
Writer(s)	James Hurst (story) Nicole Demerse (story) Shelley Scarrow (teleplay)
Director(s)	Eleanore Lindo
Episode Guide
Previous	“This Charming Man”
Next	“Accidents Will Happen (2)”

Accidents Will Happen (1) is the fourteenth episode of Season 3 of the Canadian television series, Degrassi:The Next Generation. It originally aired on January 26, 2004 on CTV Television and on August 26, 2006 on The N. The episode was written by story editors James Hurst and Nicole Demerse and directed by Eleanore Lindo. It shares its title with a song of the same name by Elvis Costello.

SummaryEdit

Manny's starting to notice things. She's pale, nauseated, no period. All the signs are coming together, and she's scared. Could she be 14, and pregnant? Meanwhile, Toby wants to be Jimmy's friend again. And if making that happen means hacking into the school computers? Even better.

Main PlotEdit

Manny worries that she could be pregnant with Craig's child after missing her period and having morning sickness after what happened on the night of Paige's surprise party. She asks Spike for help, and finds support from her, Emma, and even Craig, who seems oddly pleased about possibly having a child of his own.

SubplotEdit

Meanwhile, Toby is trying to join J.T. in the "in crowd" by promising Jimmy that he can hack into the school's database and change his low math grade.

The title of this episode is named after the song "Accidents Will Happen" by Elvis Costello.
Due to the content discussed in this episode, it was not aired in the United States until a later date. It was aired in the US for the first time after, the television station, The N, decided to air it during, what was called, "Cast Picks." Cassie Steele chose this as her "pick." It was not shown again until a later date, when The N decided to air an "every episode ever" marathon, before the premiere of the 6th season.
It is shown that Manny is particularly gifted at gymnastics.
This episode marks the beginning of Craig and Manny's second relationship.

Manny is still upset with Craig after their break up in Holiday (2), where she was left heartbroken after finding out Craig hadn't broken up with Ashley.
The whole school is still gossiping over Manny and Craig's affair after Craig was publicly dumped by both of his girlfriends in Holiday (2).
Toby finds out that his friendship with Jimmy had deteriorated because his step-sister, Ashley, dumped Jimmy.
Emma reveals that Snake is in the hospital for more intense chemotherapy for his cancer.
Manny discovers that she is pregnant with Craig's baby from the time they had unprotected sex in
Should I Stay or Should I Go?.
In the bathroom, when Paige tells Manny to "Next time, ask questions first, get naked later.", she is referencing an earlier sex-ed lecture that Dr. Sally gave to her class.