“Paradise City”
Season 8, Episode 19-22
Information
Can. Airdate	August 30, 2009
U.S. Airdate	August 14, 2009
Prod. Code	819-822
Writer(s)	Sarah Glinski, Matt Huether, Vera Santamaria, Sara Snow,
Director(s)	Stefan Brogren
Episode Guide
Previous	“Danger Zone”
Next	“Just Can't Get Enough”

Paradise City is the four-part episode special marketed as a movie on The N, entitled "Degrassi Goes Hollywood" starring the characters Paige Michalchuk, Manny Santos, Ellie Nash and Marco Del Rossi from Degrassi:The Next Generation.

Main Plot

Manny Santos wants to be an actress. She is currently studying theatre at Smithdale University. She goes to a show where Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are the hosts. Mewes gives her an audition, but she blows it. Eventually, she regains her confidence and goes to Hollywood with Peter Stone his girlfriend Mia Jones, Sav Bhandari, Danny Van Zandt and her ex-

boyfriend, Jay Hogart. Meanwhile, Paige Michalchuk is telling everyone that she is a stylist, but she's really working as an assistant for an actress named Haley Montel. Haley is snobby and mean to Paige. Paige gets Haley an audition with Jason Mewes. After Haley's audition she asks Paige to get an item that she left at the audition. Paige goes back and auditions for the part of Trixie. Paige is then offered the part. Paige and Manny are both known for getting into fights at Degrassi with each other, and they are bitter rivals. There is some major drama here since Manny wanted the role and Paige wound up getting it. Marco Del Rossi and Ellie Nash come to visit her in the mansion that she got by being the lead in the movie. Paige then becomes obnoxious, spoiled, and rude

because of her fame. She slaps Marco in the face and he leaves her house and heads back to Canada. She gets kicked off the movie. She then goes to a movie premiere and falls on the red carpet, then Manny helps her. She later in the movie she becomes Jason Mewes' assistant, except he is much nicer to her than Haley was. Manny ends up getting the role. Jay loves Manny and would do anything for her just to make her happy. They rekindle their relationship and kiss.

Subplot

Ellie Nash is facing her own troubles. Her dad has come back from Afghanistan, but has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Ellie is trying to avoid seeing him. She runs into Craig Manning in Hollywood. Craig is now a year sober. He asks Ellie to come stay at his place and plays a song he wrote for her titled "Rescue You." They spend the day at the beach together and her feelings for Craig resurface. However, later, she finds out that Craig has a girlfriend, which depresses her, and she goes back to Paige's mansion. The next day, Craig shows up at Paige's party at the mansion and tries to talk to her. He tells her that he thought he had a perfect life there in Hollywood, until she showed up. Misunderstanding, she walks away without letting Craig finish what he was trying to say. She then dives into the ocean even though she can't swim.

Craig and Marco find her and rescue her and they return to Craig's apartment. His girlfriend isn't there, and it's not clear whether they might have broken up or not. After a talk with Craig, she decides to go home and see her father. Craig goes with her to the airport. They say good bye and leave, but they both turn back and run to each other. They kiss passionately, and Ellie says "We'll always have LA, right?" and Craig responds "Someday, maybe." After a few more hugs and kisses, they say goodbye and Ellie heads home. At the end, Ellie visits her dad and begins to cry and hugs him; Marco stays at the hospital with Ellie, who he is very proud of. Marco gets a call on his cell phone from Paige, but he decides to ignore the call.

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Uptown Girl (1) • Uptown Girl (2) • Fight the Power • Didn't We Almost Have It All • Man With Two Hearts • With or Without You • Money for Nothing • Lost In Love (1) • Lost In Love (2) • Bad Medicine • Causing a Commotion • Heat of the Moment • Jane Says (1) • Jane Says (2) • Touch of Grey • Heart of Glass • Up Where We Belong • Danger Zone • Degrassi Goes Hollywood