8.3/10238 votes#1 - When Doves Cry (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2002
When Degrassi expands the school by merging with a neighbouring high school, accepting Grade 9-12 students, the school faces budget problems. Degrassi alumni Joey Jeremiah and his small daughter Angela are spied on by a new student at Degrassi. J.T. and Paige's date goes well until he discovers the real reason she agreed to it.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: N/A
8.6/10263 votes#2 - When Doves Cry (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2002
When Degrassi expands the school by merging with a neighbouring high school, accepting Grade 9-12 students, the school faces budget problems. Degrassi alumni Joey Jeremiah and his small daughter Angela are spied on by a new student at Degrassi. J.T. and Paige's date goes well until he discovers the real reason she agreed to it.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: N/A
7.7/10174 votes#3 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2002
When Spike reveals the identity of the mystery man she's been dating, Emma is shocked to learn it's her teacher, Mr. Simpson. When her mother cancels out on girls' night to go out with Mr. Simpson, Emma and Manny decide to sneak into the seniors' dance. Elsewhere, Spinner and Jimmy compete for hockey tickets.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10264 votes#4 - Karma Chameleon
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2002
Ashley feels like an outcast. Nobody's willing to forget how she treated them at her party last year. Ashley decides to take action, swallows her pride, and apologizes to everyone. Meanwhile, Toby takes a liking to Spinner's sister, Kendra.
Director: Stefan Scaini
Writer: N/A
7.5/10124 votes#5 - Weird Science
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2002
Emma feels uneasy when Mr. Simpson offers help on her science fair project. Manny mistakenly reveals to the whole class that Emma's mom is dating Mr. Simpson. Meanwhile, Jimmy is upset when Spinner flirts with the girl he likes.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: N/A
7.4/10126 votes#6 - Drive
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2002
Craig gets to drive and he's only 14! And he's even happier when Joey lets him stay home alone and even invite his friends. But then they get the brilliant idea to take one of Joey's cars around the block. Meanwhile, Ashley wants to impress her new friend Ellie by getting her belly button pierced.
Director: Stefan Scaini
Writer: N/A
8.6/10271 votes#7 - Shout (1)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2002
Paige has meet Degrassi's rival star player Dean and she's intrigued and he even invites her to a party, but when they go upstairs to talk things go terribly, terribly wrong. Also JT and Toby are having problems sharing a locker.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tassie Cameron
8.3/10313 votes#8 - Shout (2)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2002
Paige Terri and Ashley reunite in Degrassi's hottest band. Ashley is noticing a diffrent Paige like something is wrong with paige and tries to see what's going on. When the song they sing talks about rape Paige gets mad. Will Ashley find out what is really going on with Paige? JT wants revenge against Liberty a girl who makes fun of him in Class.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tassie Cameron
7.4/10151 votes#9 - Mirror In The Bathroom
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2002
Toby picks up some dangerous habits when he decides to join the school wrestling team to become popular; Terri's classmates learn that she works as a plus size model, and she considers ditching her job when she gets teased.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10141 votes#10 - Take My Breath Away
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2002
Cupid's on the hunt in the Degrassi halls. While one character acts on her crush, another keeps hers anonymous. The question is: will either girl get the guy she wants?
Director: Stefan Scaini
Writer: N/A
7.8/10266 votes#11 - Don't Believe The Hype
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/2002
For one student, Degrassi's ""International Day"" causes an identity crisis. Is this character ashamed of who he/she is? Meanwhile, someone else reveals a hidden, yet possibly embarrassing talent.
Director: Anais Granofsky
Writer: N/A
7.7/10305 votes#12 - White Wedding (1)
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2003
Snake and Spike are only two days away from the wedding. Emma styles her hair, only for it to turn out worse than she thought. Spike and Snake have an argument about having a baby in which Snake reveals that he's not ready for a child. Spike later finds out that she is pregnant...and plans to have an abortion. Snake has a bachelor party in which Joey invited a stripper. Emma catches J.T. and Toby spying on ""Fancy"" outside Joey's window on her way to tell Snake about the baby. Spike finds out that Emma told Snake, and they end up having a long discussion that makes them late for the wedding. The wedding goes on, and so does the reception afterward. Emma makes up with Sean and they kiss in the end.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: N/A
7.7/10326 votes#13 - White Wedding (2)
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/2003
Snake and Spike are only two days away from the wedding. Emma styles her hair, only for it to turn out worse than she thought. Spike and Snake have an argument about having a baby in which Snake reveals that he's not ready for a child. Spike later finds out that she is pregnant...and plans to have an abortion. Snake has a bachelor party in which Joey invited a stripper. Emma catches J.T. and Toby spying on ""Fancy"" outside Joey's window on her way to tell Snake about the baby. Spike finds out that Emma told Snake, and they end up having a long discussion that makes them late for the wedding. The wedding goes on, and so does the reception afterward. Emma makes up with Sean and they kiss in the end.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: N/A
7.9/10203 votes#14 - Careless Whisper
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/2003
Just as things seem to be going good with Ellie & Marco, Marco questions his own sexuality. He tries to stay with Ellie to hide who he might really be, but Ellie puts the pieces to the puzzle together and finds out his secret. She promises not to tell and invites Marco to a Gay/Lesbion group at a local church, but he tells her he's not ready for that kind of thing yet. Meanwhile, Toby is all over Kendra. It seems to sort of be a Craig-Manny relationship. Toby is always having a good time, but Kendra needs he time & space. When Toby redecorates Kendra's locker Manny tells him it's not worth the trouble and she'll feel ""suffocated"". Then Toby lays off Kendra. Finally, Kendra gives Toby a kiss, and everything is as good as new
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10127 votes#15 - Hot For Teacher
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/2003
JT the class clown gets in trouble and spends the week afterschool with the hot science teacher Ms. Haztilakos but along the way he finds that she is a person not just a hot teacher and he earns her respect. Jimmy and Spinner are starting to tell the truth forever and end up with unexpected results.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10130 votes#16 - Message In A Bottle
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/2003
Emma and Sean are back together. Emma invites Sean to come to dinner at her house with Mrs. Nelson and Mr. Simpson and Emma. Sean arrives drunk and gets kicked out. Emma cheers him up and assures him she still has faith in him. Emma's parents forgive him.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: N/A
6.0/10152 votes#17 - Dressed In Black
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/2003
Jimmy invited Ashley to come to his party in ""Message in a bottle"" and she didn't know why. Now they become friends again but decide that they grew to far apart for anything else. Ashley considers changing the new gothic her to get back with Jimmy but decides its not worth it if she can't be herself. Mean while JT and Toby learn about condoms in sex ed class and JT convinces toby that they should be prepared and stock up on them. Spinner finds the condoms in Toby's locker and tells kendra. Neither of them trust toby anymore.
Director: Gavin Smith
Writer: N/A
7.4/10120 votes#18 - Relax
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/2003
Liberty can't believe that she didn't make the Girls's hockey team. So, when the coach asks her to be the team manager, Liberty puts all her energy into it. She ends up challenging the boy's basketball team to a game to get new uniforms sponsored by Jeremiah Motors. During the game Liberty becomes too much for the team so they quit. Liberty has to find a way to get the girls back into team spirit. After reading Paige's palm, Terri is freaked out. Paige has no lifeline! Her days are numbered! Paige and Hazel discover Terri has made a mistake, but they decided to have some fun with her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10190 votes#19 - Fight For Your Right
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/2003
Emma has been protesting GM(Genetically-Modified) foods for a long time, and she decides to take it to Mr. Raditch. When he tells her that the school can't afford it, and that they haven't been proven to be harmful, she decides to inform the students anyway. When Mr. Raditch finds out, he shuts down her informities. When Emma sees a documentary on the cafeteria, she tells the students to boycott the caf, but it ends up in a food fight, suspending Emma for the rest of the day. When she is interviewed for the Grapevine, she keeps going with her protests. Mr. Raditch gives her an ultimatum: Either apologize or be suspended for a week. She decides to keep going anyway. Spinner has his eye on a new designer shirt, but it costs too much for him. It's not enough that Jimmy is getting $1000 worth of stuff for a ''belated birthday present.'' When Spinner sees Jimmy's MP3 player, he decides to pawn it, ending their friendship.
Director: Chris Deacon
Writer: N/A
8.4/10258 votes#20 - How Soon Is Now?
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/2003
Paige has been seeing a guidance counselor for six months and has finally stopped blaming herself for the rape. But she soon learns that Dean is returning with Bardell for a basketball game. Paige decides not to show up to cheer for the game. JT comes outside and asks her what is wrong and she tells him what happened. JT goes back inside and pushes Dean around trying to beat him up. Dean is suspended from the game and JT is sent to the principal's office. Soon Paige tells Spinner what happened and he follows Dean outside and pushes him against the school bus but Dean walk to the bus. Paige tells him straight out that she is coming after him: for real.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tassie Cameron
8.3/10238 votes#21 - Tears Are Not Enough (1)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/2003
Final year exams are coming up and Craig is having trouble with science. The year-end dance doesn't seem to have much affect on him, since he knows he wants to ask Ashley (she does say yes). But there's one problem: his dad wants to tutor him, and hang out more often. Craig agrees to visit him at home for tutoring, and have dinner with him. But things at Joey's start to get harder, and Craig's dad wants him to move back home. Craig's dad convinces Craig that he has taken counciling and he can control his anger now. But then Craig's dad hits him again.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10249 votes#22 - Tears Are Not Enough (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/2003
After Craig's dad storms off, he gets in a serious car accident and dies. Craig feels a huge relief with his dad's death and the end of the school year. Everyone thinks he should care a little more about his father's death. Paige, Spinner, Hazel, and Jimmy are competing for Luau King and Queen. Craig enters him and Ashley into the competition.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Degrassi Season 2
Every episode of Degrassi Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Degrassi Season 2!
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"When Doves Cry (1)" is the best rated episode of "Degrassi" season 2. It scored 8.3/10 based on 238 votes. Directed by Bruce McDonald and written by N/A, it aired on 9/29/2002. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "When Doves Cry (2)".