The WORST episodes of Degrassi

Every episode of Degrassi ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Degrassi!

Degrassi is a Canadian teen drama television series, set in the Degrassi fictional universe created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, following The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and Degrassi High. Like its predecessors, Degrassi follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life, such as self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, school shootings, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse.

Last Updated: 8/30/2025Network: MTV (CA)Status: Ended
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (1)
star
6.29
48 votes

#1 - I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (1)

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/2/2010

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.

Weddings, Parties, Anything
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6.31
29 votes

#2 - Weddings, Parties, Anything

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2005

This year Craig is just gonna focus on school with no distractions, especially girls. Downtown Sasquatch gets a wedding gig, and Ellie becomes jealous when Craig invites Manny to come along. Craig is in a bind when he finds Ellie and Manny both competing for his heart. Meanwhile a younger woman takes an interest in Joey, but he's embarrassed when he overhears her friends making fun of him.

Directors: Phil Earnshaw
Sunglasses at Night
star
6.77
22 votes

#3 - Sunglasses at Night

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/23/2007

Marco's at loose ends with Dylan gone, and nothing seems exciting. He and Spinner decide a spring break road trip will break the monotony but cash is the key. When Marco's online poker skills start to show, he decides it's time to up the stakes, and in no time, he's a big winner. Marco knows you can't quit while you're ahead, but quitting at all may be a lot harder than it seems. Father Marco is going to need his friends help on this one but it won't be easy for them to understand him. Or to forgive him.Peter and Darcy are having a delicious time keeping their relationship super secret. The more they fight in front of people, the cuter and hotter things get behind closed doors. But when they get caught sneaking around will they be able to be up front about what's got to happen next?

You Don't Know My Name (1)
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6.86
22 votes

#4 - You Don't Know My Name (1)

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/9/2010

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.

Ready or Not
star
6.90
30 votes

#5 - Ready or Not

Season 14 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/20/2015

Winston is set to play the lead in his musical; the musical is the perfect distraction from Zig's problems; Clare and Eli's lives keep intersecting.

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The Kids Aren't Alright (1)
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6.93
27 votes

#6 - The Kids Aren't Alright (1)

Season 14 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/29/2015

Zig becomes an accomplice to a crime; Frankie finds herself falling for Winston again; Drew does not approve of Becky's happiness with Jonah.

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Wishlist
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6.93
28 votes

#7 - Wishlist

Season 14 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/21/2015

Frankie celebrates her birthday; Maya takes a spa day to relax; Imogen uses drastic measures to defend herself.

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Love Is a Battlefield
star
6.96
26 votes

#8 - Love Is a Battlefield

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2008

Paige gets a job in the fashion industry, but her relationship with Alex - who is being lazy after completing her education at Degrassi - is threatened by both Paige's job and Alex's attitude. At Degrassi, Manny reconnects with Damien, but the both of them clash over the issue of merging the Degrassi and Lakehurst organizations.

Firestarter (2)
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6.96
27 votes

#9 - Firestarter (2)

Season 14 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2015

Mr. Hollingsworth's campaign is in its final stretch, and the stress has him even more tense than usual. Miles appeals to his family about his father's behavior, but it seems like he’s the only one who realizes there needs to be a change.

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Gangsta Gangsta
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6.97
31 votes

#10 - Gangsta Gangsta

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2003

Things haven't been going very well for Sean lately. Emma's busy dealing with Snake's illness and a brand new baby brother and Tracker's busy leading the exciting life a normal 20-something. Feeling lonely and neglected, Sean's drawn to car-loving, tough- talking Jay and his group of buddies. Jay and the gang welcome Sean into their circle and Sean finally feels like he belongs. When Jay asks Sean to prove himself by stealing a keyboard from the MI Lab, Sean goes one step further, stealing something even bigger. JT's been spending more time with Paige and the popular kids and he seems reluctant to share the limelight with Toby. But when JT has a wet dream about (gasp) Liberty while sleeping over at Toby's, Toby uses the information as an in with the cool gang.

Father Figure (2)
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6.98
61 votes

#11 - Father Figure (2)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2003

Emma is in the room with her dad and she finds out he is brain-damaged. She tells him she is Emma and she embraces him but soon the nurse discovers she sneaked upstairs even though Craig was keeping the look out. So Emma gives him her address so they can write to each other. Joey has to drive to Stouffville to pick them up and Spike isn't happy when she gets home. Emma tells her mom off for lying to her. The next day at school Snake tells Emma that Spike didn't tell her to protect her. Meanwhile Shane shows up and makes a horrible racket at the house while Spike goes into labor.

Directors: Bruce McDonald
Who Do You Think You Are
star
7.00
23 votes

#12 - Who Do You Think You Are

Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/31/2013

After Maya performs a song in class, Zoe offers to direct her music video.

Take a Bow (1)
star
7.00
17 votes

#13 - Take a Bow (1)

Season 11 - Episode 26 - Aired 8/29/2011

After Holly J. and Anya gets dates to prom, Fiona hopes to ask Charlie, her ex-girlfriend to the prom. She finds out that Charlie has a girlfriend, and she only wants to be friends with Fiona, this leads to a relapse into drinking. Anya is accepted into the army, and begins physical training with her ex-boyfriend Owen, leading to his interest in her again. Katie's assumes that the prom night with Drew will lead to sex, and begins preparations.

I Against I
star
7.00
27 votes

#14 - I Against I

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/2006

Marco's and Spinner's differing opinions over a controversial school issue threatens their friendship. Meanwhile Caitlin returns to help a troubled Spike.

Directors: Stefan Scaini
Standing in the Dark (1)
star
7.00
23 votes

#15 - Standing in the Dark (1)

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/2008

When Lakehurst has a fire, the students are forced to attend Degrassi which angers many students, especially Toby, who has still not gotten over JT's death. Darcy and Peter's relationship comes out into the open, but later at a ski party, something happens which may change the course of their relationship.

Directors: Phil Earnshaw
Turned Out (1)
star
7.00
26 votes

#16 - Turned Out (1)

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/2005

J.T. is feeling alot of pressure with Liberty being six months pregnant and when they decide to tell her parents and rent an apartment for themselves, J.T. soon realizes he doesn't have enough money to take care of him , Liberty, and the baby. Jay then convinces him the real money maker lies behind the pharmacy counter. J.T. steals drugs from the Pharmacy and sells them to a drug dealer, earning alot of money. Meanwhile Emma goes on a date with Derek, only to be interested in Peter.

Broken Wings
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7.04
23 votes

#17 - Broken Wings

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/12/2008

Jimmy finally gets the news he's been waiting for - he's been accepted into his dream college, but he's got other things on his mind. He is slowly discovering that he has other options when it comes to his real dream - walking again. When Jimmy makes a shocking discovery about his father, he decides to take what is rightfully his.

Directors: Stefan Scaini
Total Eclipse of the Heart
star
7.05
22 votes

#18 - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/2006

Marco is forced to confront his past, face to face. Meanwhile Liberty gets news about her baby.

Directors: Ron Oliver
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (2)
star
7.05
21 votes

#19 - I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (2)

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/3/2010

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.

Drop It Like It's Hot (1)
star
7.06
16 votes

#20 - Drop It Like It's Hot (1)

Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/22/2011

Alli plans a date night in order to tell Dave she will be gone for the summer, and Dave presumes he is going to lose his virginity. The miscommunication causes Dave to stop talking to her, until she buys him NBA tickets with her poker winnings, which she obtains by card counting. Wesley is threatened by another male student, when he joins him and his girlfriend in a science project, Wesley then lies about driving to impress her. Bianca is threatened by a gang member into peddling drugs at Degrassi.

Walking in My Shoes
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7.07
27 votes

#21 - Walking in My Shoes

Season 14 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/22/2015

The entire school hates Zoë after her wild fundraising plans go awry; Frankie's grades start to slip; Imogen's relationship with Jack could be affected.

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It's Tricky
star
7.08
24 votes

#22 - It's Tricky

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2008

Ashley learns that Craig's debut album includes a song she wrote, but was not given the proper credit. Therefore, she decides to go back into music, but finds herself outshined by Jimmy.

Teen Age Riot
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7.09
23 votes

#23 - Teen Age Riot

Season 14 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/28/2015

Zig is hesitant to let Maya see his new place; Clare discovers something fishy at the school; Frankie has problems with her leading man.

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Our House
star
7.09
33 votes

#24 - Our House

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/29/2004

Seans brother (Tracker) gets a job in Alberta but Sean doesn't want to move so he stays on student wellfare and lives in his brothers house. But when he throws a party he notices that he can't handle living by himself. Meanwhile, Liberty convinces J.T. to ask Manny to the semi-formal and he does but when he sees her with Craig he starts to get second thoughts.

Family Politics
star
7.10
83 votes

#25 - Family Politics

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2001

Ashley has set her sights on becoming Degrassi's School President. Toby, spurred on by their awkward new situation as step-siblings, is frustrated by her unchallenged status and convinces J.T. to run against her. The conflict follows them home.

Directors: Anthony Browne
Writer: Yan Moore