Degrassi Hight Episode 13: Testing 1...2...3...

Synopsis courtesy of Degrassi High: The Complete Collection DVD

Joey finally gets his driver's license but learns that his academic difficulties are due to a learning disability.

The Good:

- Joey's inadvertent insult to Caitlin: "You just chew us up and spit us out, don't you?"
- The background announcement was a very funny snippet: "One of the 14 chicks is missing from
the biology lab. This is no laughing matter. Please return the innocent chick..." The background
announcements are often really funny or tied to the episode in some way if you can catch them.
- Joey, Snake and Wheels are like the three stooges of Degrassi High - I'm loving them!
- Yick is slowly creeping toward coolness as he continues to distance himself from the mostly
insufferable Arthur.
- Joey's dysgraphia storyline, especially his fight with Dwayne, interaction with Snake and Wheels
and (so heartbreaking and dramatic!) with Caitlin in detention.
- Caitlin bloodies Claude's nose! Brilliant and awesome!!!!!!!

The Bad:

- I don't like Luke. He is so smarmy.
- Why do I see Kathleen-beating Scott in the background? Shouldn't he be in jail or at least
transferred to another school?
- The grade nine science test cheating scandal - blech! Very ho-hum and cliche.

The Ugly:

- The very presence of Claude in this episode! And then he has to become the biggest coward
ever in the history of space and time by not even going to court with Caitlin?!?! P&ssy! He is
the biggest, ugliest coward in the WORLD - and he wants to get back together with Caitlin
on top of everything else he's done? Bitch, please. And what a whiny loser: "My paaaarents
aren't liberal like yoooouuuuurs are....". Sit the f&ck down and shut the f&ck up.

Overall:

Joey has really grown as a character. He was a highlight of the episode, along with Caitlin. LOVE a girl who consistently stands up for herself! Oh, and love Caitlin and Joey together and want them back together! Jaitlin 4-Ever! Obviously, I really enjoyed this episode. The older characters are coming into their own.