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Jagged Little Pill is the fifteenth episode and finale of Season 1 of Degrassi: The Next Generation. It aired on March 3, 2002 in Canada, and on October 21, 2002 in the United States.
Main Plot[]
Ashley and Toby's parents are going away for a bit and allow them both to invite one friend over each. However, both of them end up inviting more than one friend. Ashley then invites Paige, Terri, and Hazel. Toby invites J.T. and Sean in order to get Manny and Emma to come over. When J.T. brings ecstasy that he bought from his cousin, Sean takes it downstairs into the kitchen to 'cut it' but instead switches the pill with a vitamin, giving the real pill to Ashley to throw away. However, Ashley, who was told by Paige to be more cool, decides to take the drug.
Ashley taking the Ecstasy pill.
Soon, Jimmy and Spinner (with a watermelon) come over with a few other people. When Emma sees Sean, she leaves the party, prompting Sean to cry at the top of the staircase. When Ashley sees him crying, she leads him into her room where they begin making out. Jimmy walks up the stairs just in time to see Sean leaving Ashley's room and she walks out, her hair and clothes clearly messy, realizing what happened goes after Sean, but Ashley stops him, meanwhile as Sean leaves he notices Emma crying now aware of what he did with Ashley, leaving him feeling guilty, Jimmy tries to get Ashley to sober up but Ashley begins to insult Jimmy and when Paige tells her to stop being a hag, Ashley fires back her insult, leaving Paige to storm out of the house, Ashley continues to insult Jimmy to the point he decides to leave as well as everyone else except Terri.
It cuts to a scene of them recapping the party in the torn-up house the next day, Ashley is hungover and unaware of her actions and is hoping that Jimmy & Paige will forgive her, meanwhile Spinner comes by to drop off Jimmy's things, saying it's over. The episode ends with Ashley slumping down the wall, crying. Toby and Terri try to comfort her.
- This episode shares its title with an album by Alanis Morissette, who later played herself in Goin' Down the Road (1).
- This marks the end of Ashley's popularity, as all of her friends (except Terri) turn on her.
- This also marks the end of Ashley and Jimmy's second relationship.
- On The N, this episode was held over to Season 2, and combined with Karma Chameleon.
- Spinner brings a watermelon to the party.
- Spinner win's Mrs. Kwan's Most Unforgettable Student award, while Ashley wins the award of Student of All Students.
- Ashley and Sean make out.
- Emma and Sean both cry over their breakup in the previous episode.
- This is the only episode in the series where a party was held and attended by literally every student character who was credited as a regular.
- The N refused to air this episode, until further edits were made.
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Regular Cast
- 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
- Shane Kippel as Spinner Mason
- Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson
- Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin
- Christina Schmidt as Terri MacGregor
- Cassie Steele as Manny Santos
Also Starring
Supporting Cast
Absences
Ashley: "Why? She's just like Jimmy. She only sees..."
Sean: "What she wants to see."
Ashley: "Exactly. Sean, don't cry! Don't cry!"
Toby: "What?" Jimmy: "Don't you know that E leads to harder things? Like my fists?"
Jimmy: "'cause you didn't. Ashley did. She said she got it from you."
Ashley: "Paige, you are a hag on two fronts: your looks and your personality."
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Mother and Child Reunion (1) • Mother and Child Reunion (2) • Family Politics • Eye of the Beholder • Parents' Day • The Mating Game • Basketball Diaries • Secrets and Lies • Coming of Age • Rumours and Reputations • Friday Night • Wannabe • Cabaret • Under Pressure • Jagged Little Pill |