Degrassi: The Next Generation - Season Seven

OK
I will continue to buy the Degrassi dvds as long as there is Degrassi however this season was a dissapoinment. The series does go back and forth between the graduates (Paige, Marco, Ellie) and the seniors (Liberty, Emma) however there are a bunch of newer characters being introduced that I cannot garner interest for.

Time to skip to the NEXT next generation?
I've been a die hard Degrassi fan since Mr. Simpson was a student - in other words, since the original series, which tells you I'm much older than the target audience ;) However, I watched the first 5 seasons with as much enthusiasm as I did when Snake and I were both in junior high school. The young actors from those seasons (particularly Lauren Collins as Paige - her character has developed wonderfully over the course of the series) are marvelous - and look like REAL kids, not models - and the storylines are topical and interesting. But now that the first crop of 7th and 8th graders have passed through the newly combined Degrassi Community School (junior AND senior high), they've taken the best of the show with them. Maybe it's just that Paige, Spinner, Emma, Manny, Craig, Ashley, Jimmy, Marco et al were so good, the new kids just don't measure up for me. I just don't find any of them likeable or interesting. We're also seeing a lot of the same storylines from the early seasons...

Eh, it was okay
Cons: I miss so many of the original cast members like Hazel, J.T., Shawn (he kept disappearing) and Craig. The only characters I was really interested in by Season 7 were Spinner (who has been a consistent favorite), Liberty (who seemed to not have much of a role once J.T. wasn't on the show, which seemed odd considering she had a bigger role BEFORE she was with J.T.), Jimmy (all of his scenes seemed to revolve around that wheelchair like his entire personality was gone outside of being handicapped), and J.T. As entertaining as it was to see J.T. and Manny together, I never really believed it, and I'm glad Manny got rid of that blonde hair. She looks far better as a brunette. I'm SO tired of Paige. She says "hon" far too many times, and at one point she even called herself "hon." Her entire personality is so plastic to me. I honestly just want to fast forward past all of her scenes. Emma is entirely too extra, and that "flash" episode was above and beyond stupid. I don't know which...

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