Degrassi Junior High Season 2

Degrassi Junior High Season 2 has built a devoted following on and among viewers who want their romance taken seriously. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Nicole Stoffman carries the emotional throughline with real conviction. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Degrassi Junior High Season 2 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The chemistry between the leads is the engine that drives everything, and Degrassi Junior High Season 2 makes sure it fires. Season 2 of Degrassi Junior High includes 13 episodes. It aired from February 1987 to March 1988. This season stars Nicole Stoffman, Sarah Charlesworth and Craig Driscoll. Nicole Stoffman and Sarah Charlesworth lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1988. Romance lives or dies on chemistry, and Degrassi Junior High Season 2 has it in the cast combination that the writers chose to put at the centre of everything. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Romance fans and drama viewers alike will find something to love in Degrassi Junior High Season 2. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Nicole Stoffman is the anchor, and the work here is one of the more understated achievements in their career. The kind of thing you finish and immediately want more of.

🎬 Degrassi Junior High Season 2 — Episode Guide

Eggbert

1988-01-04

Spike is given an egg to take care of for a week, to show her what taking care of a baby is like. Stephanie and Alexa are both attracted to Simon, the new student. Stephanie is jealous to see him and Alexa together at Lucy's party. Feeling guilty, Shane asks Spike if there is anything he can do t...

A Helping Hand...

1988-01-11

Lucy takes a liking to her subsitute teacher. She is pleased with all the attenion he gives her. L.D. sees him look down Lucy's top in class and warns Lucy to be careful. Lucy tells L.D. that she is just jealous. Lucy agrees to stay behind after school and help her teacher. Wheels walks in and ...

Great Expectations

1988-01-18

When a new student, Liz, transfers to the school; Joey takes an immediate liking to her. Rumours begin circulating that Liz is a wild girl, who likes to have sex and Joey wants to know if its true. While working after school on a project at her house, Joey asks Liz if she wants to have sex. Liz t...

Dinner & a Show

1988-01-25

Shane tells Spike that his parents want to meet her and her mother to discuss the baby. When the five meet, Shane's Dad announces that his son will attend a private school. Shane tells his father that he isnt going away, and wants to be around when the baby is born. Melanie breaks a date with Yic...

Stage Fright

1988-02-01

Caitlin learns that she has epilepsy and doesn't want her friends to know. While attending Susie's slumber party, Caitlin has a seizure and her friends find out. Caitlin loses the lead part of the school play to Kathleen and decides to drop out of the show. She later realizes that dropping out wo...

Fight!

1987-02-08

Dwayne, the school bully, challenges Joey to an after school fight. After almost chickening out, Joey shows up to fight, but still gets hurt. Desperate to win Simon's affections, Stephanie asks him if he wants to help out with the school dance. She is later crushed when he tells her he is dating ...

Bottled Up

1987-02-15

When Kathleen and her classmates prepare for their part on a tv quiz show, she invites them to her house to practice. She is embarassed when her mom appears drunk in front of her friends. Her mother later misses the taping of the quiz show, because she has been drinking. Kathleen later decides to...

Sealed with a Kiss

1988-02-22

Erica meets an older guy at the school dance and french kisses him in the school stairwell. She later feels ill, and thinks he may have given her mono. When he drops by the house to visit, Erica is too sick to go out. He asks her twin sister Heather to go for a drive instead, where he kisses her a...

Dog Days

1988-02-29

After her father decides to seek custody of her, Stephanie becomes depressed. This depression doesn't improve when her mother announces she plans to marry her new boyfriend. Arthur finds a stray dog and wants to keep him. His mother refuses this, but Stephanie tells Arthur she will cheer up and m...

E10

Censored

1988-03-07

Caitlin overhears that the PTA want to throw Spike out of school because of her pregnancy. She then decides to write an article about it for the school paper. When Mr. Raditch refuses the article to be published, Caitlin decides to release an underground newspaper. The whole school receives a cop...

E11

Trust Me

1988-03-14

Snake's parents go out-of-town for the weekend, leaving him home alone. Joey and Wheels convince him to let them sleep over. When they oversleep, an underage Joey drives Wheels to an appointment in Snake's parents car. All goes well until they see another vehicle bump into the car while it is par...

E12

...He's Back

1988-03-21

The substitute teacher from ""A Helping Hand"" (season 2, episode 2) is back, only this time is teaching Susie's class. Lucy warns Susie to be careful around him, but Susie doesn't know what she means by this. After the teacher touches Susie; her, Lucy, L.D. and Wheels report him to the principal.

E13

Pass Tense

1988-03-28

It's the end of the school year and Joey wants the band he formed with Snake and Wheels to perform at the graduation dance. It is then announced that the eighth grade class will return to Degrassi in the fall, as the school is adding an ninth grade. Mr. Raditch informs Joey that he has to repeat t...