Last Shift at The Dot

Hello Degrassholes! It's been a while - we know. We've missed you! As we work hard to edit a new batch of episodes we recorded a long, long, long time ago covering the remainder of Season 3, we thought it'd be fun to take yet another short lunch break (we swear, we're not total slackers). So today, we're presenting you with The Degrassi Dating Game ! Each episode, one of us wil...

Boo! It’s us - your favorite degenerate The Dot employees, bringing you the Degrassi version of a spooky episode for Halloween i.e. a B plot starring Toby. Today, Mr. Perino is guiding us through the absolute nightmare that is this episode that should be primarily focused on Sean’s descent into Candy Bandit-dom but instead…we get...two of the most disturbing scenes in Degrassi history.  Season 3,...

Happy Pride, Degrassholes! We hope you've been enjoying your month and figured we'd close it out with a brand new episode, which, of course, is Season 3, Episodes 4 & 5 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, "Pride" parts 1 and 2! The A plot of these iconic episodes revolve around Marco coming out to one of his best friends, Spinner, as he explores his new crush on none other than...

Hello Degrassholes! Today we are bringing you a fan-favorite episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation. It's time for Season 3, Episode 3, "You Got the Look" aka "That time Manny cemented her legendary status." For our A plot - you all know the gist: Manny is tired of being cute. She wants to be hot. The result? Blue thongs are now a symbol of breaking free of authoritarian...

It's 420 somewhere! We needed a bit of a smoke break on today's shift so we decided to give our Degrassholes a little rundown of some of our favorite storylines that involve Jake Martin's favorite pastime, smoking weed. Along the way, we ask some burning questions such as, With all the opportunities Clare had to get stoned (and if there was ever a character that needed to, it was Clare...

Happy Friday and Ramadan Mubarak, Degrassholes! We're taking a little lunch break here at The Dot (even though two of your hosts were fasting during the recording and thus there are several mentions of tacos and pizza throughout the episode, bear with us please...) to bring you a new surprise minisode! To celebrate the new musical Mean Girls movie released earlier this year, we're talking...

Well, hello there, Degrassholes! We are back with Season 3 of the podcast covering - what else? - Season 3 of Degrassi: The Next Generation. But if you’ve been with us for a while you know there’s an “unfortunately” coming. Unfortunately , Season 3 starts with an Emma-centric two-parter titled “Father Figure”. Don’t look at us, it was a choice on the writers and producers to start one of the best...

Happy Valentine's Day, Degrassholes! Before we dive into Season 3 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, we're dropping a brand new "minisode" to celebrate Valentine's Day with a discussion on some of our favorite Degrassi love stories! And no, none of us chose Eli and Clare as a favorite so if you're looking for that content, look elsewhere. Icons only: Paige and Alex, Manny...

Trigger Warning: This episode deals with a storyline about child abuse. Some listeners may find this content disturbing and we advise they skip these episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation as well as this episode of the podcast.  Hello and happy holidays, Degrassholes! For our last episode of the year, we present to you the last episode of Season 2 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Tears Are No...

Hey all! Before the release of our Season 2 Finale, we found ourselves with the rare lunch break and thought we'd switch things up a bit with a "minisode" of sorts discussing the new memoir by our very own Princess of Pop, Britney Spears. Your hosts all read or listened to the book and found ourselves talking about it almost as much as we talk about Degrassi so here we are. To tie it...

Trigger Warning: This episode deals with a storyline about sexual assault and rape. Some listeners may find this content disturbing and we advise they skip these episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation as well as this episode of the podcast.  Hello Degrassholes and happy spooky season! In the spirit of spooky...BOO! Dean's back! SO sorry about that but unfortunately our A plot for Season 2,...

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaack! But so is an Emma A plot. Yep, not going to sugarcoat shit. And it is by far one of the worst Emma A plots in history as one could tell if they somehow managed to get through this whole episode. All you need to know is Emma is on her soapbox this week pontificating on something that she, once again, actually knows nothing about. Snake is watching Emma for the week while...

Happy Summer, Degrassholes! We hope it's been a sunny and fun one thus far because we're back with a new episode about the one thing sadder than it raining on the beach day you played hooky for: Ashley Kerwin. Nina hosts Season 2, Episode 18, "Dressed in Black", this week and we wish we could tell you it was a treat and that despite an Ashley A plot, this episode was a lot of fun...

Happy MDW Degrassholes! We're back (did you think you had gotten rid of us so easily?) with a new episode just in time for the long weekend! Unfortunately, all of the build up and anticipation and bated breath over the last month has only led to... Season 2, Episode 7 of Degrassi: The Next Generation aka "Relax" aka "The one where we all realize we don't know anything about...

Hey Degrassholes! It's been a minute but we're back with Season 2, Episode 16, "Message in a Bottle". Your host, Natasha, guides us through the rare Sean-centric episode, made even rarer by the fact that Emma isn't the biggest asshole for once. That'd be Spike, so...close enough. Our A plot concerns Sean going to Emma's house for dinner with the parents and things col...

Hello Degrassholes! We're back with Season 2, Episode 15 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, "Hot for Teacher" hosted by the one and only Morgan! Unfortunately, this episode (like so many others this season) is a steaming pile of garbage but as Stephan so aptly commented during a recent discussion about this recording, "We really do turn a turd into a gold brick." The A Plot is about JT. More specia...

Hey Degrassholes! We’re back with our first episode of 2023 and even though we’re down three hosts this week, we are still here to give you everything you came for! And we’re really hoping you’re here for an A-plot about Marco that is unfortunately overshadowed by how awful every other character is in this episode (minus Kendra. Kendra never disappoints.) If that’s not what you’re here for…well, t...

Ho Ho Ho and Merry December! It's been a while but if you're familiar with Degrassi: The Next Generation's Season 2, Episodes 12 and 13, "White Wedding" then you already know that this episode is packed to the brim with bullshit to drag these characters for...which meant editing took the better part of one of our lives as a result. You're welcome.  Your host this week, Nina, guides us through...

Hello friends! We come to you with a new episode covering the ONLY time Hazel will ever get an A plot, Season 2's Episode 11, "Don't Believe the Hype". Natasha serves as host for the hour and navigates us through this poorly thought out A plot that takes place on International Day at Degrassi Community School, in which Hazel pretends to be Jamaican to avoid telling her friends and classmates that...

Hello Degrassholes - we've missed you! We're back with one of our favorite episodes of Season 2 (which also happens to be one of the few good ones this season), "Take My Breath Away", hosted by our very own Morgan! Sweet little Manny Santos is going on her first date with Craig Manning but things take a turn when after the date, both of them have a different version of how well it went. Meanwhile,...

Trigger Warning: This episode deals with a storyline about eating disorders. Some listeners may find this content disturbing and we advise they skip this episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation as well as this episode of the podcast. We're baaaaaaaaack! Unfortunately, we're back with Season 2, Episode 9 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, "Mirror in the Bathroom". There's a reason this episode of t...

Trigger Warning: This episode deals with a storyline about sexual assault and rape. Some listeners may find this content disturbing and we advise they skip these episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation as well as this episode of the podcast.  Hello Degrassholes! We're back with a doozy of an episode, covering Season 2 of Degrassi: The Next Generation, "Shout" parts 1 and 2 (hosted by our de...

So we made it to lucky number 13! And you know what? We kinda are feeling lucky because this episode features the least amount of Emma we can possibly hope for (yet she still manages to piss us off this week!). Season 2, Episode 6 is titled "Drive" and your host Nina leads us through an episode most remembered for the Spinner fart that dear Marco had to unjustifiably sit in the backseat with. At l...

Happy Saturday everyone! Yeah, we're late on this release but your hosts got a little bit lit together in person last week. And honestly, maybe we spared you.  Because this is an Emma episode.   Season 2, Episode 5 is titled "Weird Science" and our lovely host Natasha guides us through the absolute shit show that is the Grade 8 science fair. We discuss our own science fair experiences, r...

Get ready folks! This week on the podcast, if it isn't the consequences of Ashley's actions (coming back to haunt her whiny ass).  Your host, Perino (our resident Toby correspondent), guides us through Season 2, Episode 4, "Karma Chameleon" in which Ashley embarks on an ill-fated apology tour after her disastrous experimentation with ecstasy last season. Did you think any of us, let alone Pai...