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-[sneakers squeaking] -[ball bouncing]

[upbeat music playing]

[Frankie] Need an assist, co-captain?

What are you doing here? I thought you were gonna quit.

Frankie Hollingsworth does not run away from her problems.

-[Shay sighs] -What?

Word has gotten around.

No one will play us unless the person responsible for the banner quits the team.

But we play Mississauga tomorrow.

Not since Northern Tech's captain told every team

that someone at Degrassi drew her as a gorilla.

But if I quit, I'm admitting Degrassi was racist.

And we're not, because it was a harmless prank.

It still hurt a lot of people's feelings.

Okay, well, that wasn't my intention.

This isn't my fault.

Franks, I don't want you to have to quit,

but I don't know another way out of this.

I do.

I'm throwing a friendly diversity mixer after school,

and I've invited Northern Tech.

Hashtag, let's talk race?

Just a chill discussion to fix things.

Then we can go on and win the championship like we all want.

You still want that, right?

Of course I do. It's been our dream forever, but--

Come on, just help me out with this.

I just wanna get everyone together so we can talk.

Okay, but I think we're going to need more than just a chill discussion.

[sighs] Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[theme music playing]

♪ Whatever it takes I know I can make it through ♪

♪ And if I hold out I know I can make it through ♪

♪ Be the best, be the best The best that I can be ♪

♪ Whatever it takes ♪

♪ I know I can make it I know I can make it through ♪

High School Secrets is a support group in your pocket.

Users can anonymously post their secrets and questions,

free from judgment.

If you empathize or agree with a secret,

you just click "me, too," and it goes to the top of your list.

This is all about building the Degrassi community.

[students clapping]

-[Ms. Grell] Thank you, Miss Baron. -Beat that.

[yawning] Sorry, what?

I just slept through the most boring presentation ever.

Let one girl into app class, and now it's all flowers and unicorns.

And next up is Baaz and Vijay's app, BrownCloud.

[student chuckles]

Okay...

[Baaz clears throat] Has this ever happened to you?

-[loud farting] -[Vijay gasps]

[students laughing]

That wasn't me, I swear.

Well, it's gonna happen a lot more now with BrownCloud,

the app that lets you sneak-attack your friends' phones with farts.

You can send one fart a day to anyone on your friends list,

and they can do the same.

[Ms. Grell] Very... juvenile. [Baaz] Thanks.

The app with the most downloads at the end of the week

gets an A and two passes to AppFair,

where you'll get a chance to develop your app with professionals.

[bell ringing]

Hey, my app's boring?

Your UI is open-source JPEGs that you got from MP3s off the web.

It's shovelware.

As if.

We recorded all 50 farts ourselves in lossless FLAC files.

How does it feel to be responsible for the decline of civilization?

People don't care about your gushy stuff. They just want to laugh.

[Baaz] And nothing makes people laugh more than farts.

-How about a friendly wager? -[Yael sighs]

The app with the most downloads by the end of the week wins.

Stakes?

If I win, you owe me a date.

[chuckles] Sure.

And if I win, you give me a million dollars

that I'll donate to fair-trade initiatives.

Wow, you even make gambling lame.

[sighs]

-[baby thumps] -[crying]

Careful!

Just like real babies, these robots need to be cared for.

[crying continues]

Just like that.

Good job, boys.

Aw, aren't you two the cutest.

I'll get our diaper bag.

Hashtag, BFs of the year.

Oh, you can't post that.

Chill, it's your good side.

-Okay, first off, I don't have a bad side. -[scoffs]

Second, you can't say "boyfriend." [scoffs]

You guys still haven't had the talk?

I told you, love is about sparks, not... technicalities.

Right, but you need to know where he stands.

I don't want to pressure him.

If you're so terrified that any amount of pressure will push him away,

how good a team can you really be?

[sighing]

I'm just trying to protect you from another crappy ending with Miles.

Well, I don't need protecting.

Label or not, Miles and I are the best we've ever been.

[chuckles]

Would you mind if I put your expert lips to use?

I reluctantly accept this mission.

Great, because I really need someone to help me

blow up these balloons for the diversity mixer.

We're gonna burst stereotypes.

You're gonna solve racism with balloons?

Why didn't Martin Luther King think of that?

Don't tease.

-I'm trying my best. -I know, but...

Frankie, racism runs deep.

Okay, it's like a massive tumor,

and this balloon game is applying sunscreen.

It's a really good idea, but it will also have zero effect on the tumor.

Okay, so what do I do?

Apologize, quit, and move on.

If I quit, I admit the drawing, and therefore, I am racist.

[sighs] I just don't get why race is such a big deal.

Well, try explaining that to people who've experienced

generation after generation of systemic oppression.

I know. It's stupid.

Okay, perfect.

Just go in there and say,

"I'm Frankie Hollingsworth, and I think racial inequality is stupid."

[both chuckle]

Okay, bottom line,

no one should be treated differently, because aren't we all basically the same?

Well, sorry to pop your balloon, but isn't that a little bit idealistic?

You can keep the balloons. I've got a way better idea.

Hey, Daddy.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and shut that down right now.

Oh, come on, I love me a hot dad.

I see you and MJ are gonna look so cute together.

-Miles Junior? Duh. -Really?

With the attention it needs, I'd say it's more of a Tristan Junior.

Well, if you think he's gonna be too much trouble,

I can come over after school tonight and help.

-[baby crying] -Yeah, if you don't mind watching me

study for my biology exam.

Well, MJ and I can test you.

Our little prodigy needs his practice

if he's gonna get into Harvard on a full scholarship.

[baby crying]

[Miles sniffs]

You know what? I can take him for tonight.

-You sure? -Totally, that way you can...

just focus on your biology exam without any pressure. [chuckles]

Okay, thanks.

[sirens wailing in distance]

Thanks for these comics. And thanks for visiting.

Reading the same dumb gossip magazines every day was driving me insane.

[chuckles] Get it?

Insane?

Hello?

[sighs] Baaz and Vijay's fart app is getting way more downloads than mine.

Those clowns are Winklevii compared to your Zuckerberg-ian skills.

Yeah, but if I lose, I have to go on a date with Baaz.

-We must crush them. -How?

They already have 80 downloads, and I have two, me and Ms. Grell.

Something I learnt in group therapy is that not everyone thinks the same as me.

Lots of people are into really stupid stuff.

Like it or not, scandal sells.

Maybe you should give the masses what they want.

I won't turn High School Secrets into a dumb gossip app.

-Bottom line, your app deserves to win. -I know it does.

Being a girl in tech sucks.

There are basically no women running companies in Silicon Valley.

-There will be once you're there. -Thanks.

But if I lose, it just proves that boys are better than girls.

They already don't take me seriously.

Then make them.

And compromise the whole reason why I made this app?

[Hunter sighs]

Look, I gotta get to group therapy.

But you gotta be ruthless.

Do you think billionaire CEOs got to the top by following their ideals?

[sighing]

"I think a certain grade 11 boy...

is cheating on his girlfriend."

[Frankie] Thanks for coming, everyone.

Okay.

Race is defined as a category of humankind

that shares certain distinctive physical traits.

So basically, we're being told that race is what makes us different.

Now, who here has blood type A?

Great.

Everyone with blood type A, please gather by the "A" sign.

Types B, AB and O, over there.

Now, look at your group.

We're all categorized by blood type, but do any of us look the same?

[student murmurs] No.

No, because physical aspects of our blood type

are as meaningless as physical aspects of our skin color.

It's like race doesn't matter.

Oh, my gosh, you're a genius. [chuckles]

Race doesn't matter?

Yeah.

I mean, no, it doesn't.

Which is why we should put all this banner business behind us.

Right, Shay?

[Kara] My race matters to me.

It's what I live every day.

Let me finish, please? I really think we can work this out.

Did I make a mistake? Sure.

But don't we all make mistakes?

So you're the one who drew that racist picture of me.

Yeah.

I drew you as a gorilla, but...

we all evolved from monkeys, so, when you think about it, we're family.

What does any of that have to do with your racist drawing?

Maybe she's getting to it.

Look, the next time we have a game,

you can bring a big dumb drawing of me, and then we'll be even.

-Can we please just let it go? -[loudly] "Let it go"?

That drawing was racist!

-But I didn't mean it like that. -So what?

Do you have any idea what it felt like seeing that hanging from my own school?

No, of course she doesn't.

I am so sick of being made out to be the villain!

You guys pranked us first. We were just getting back at you!

By being racist?

[scoffs] Never mind. I think we're done here.

I think one of us is done.

[student murmurs] Yeah!

And he totally made out with two guys in one day in the student council office.

[chuckles]

"I heard the student council office

has been used for loads of

'presidential business,' if you know what I mean."

[chuckles] Great!

Any more blind items?

Uh, well, apparently, a certain candy-colored airhead

has quite the OomfChat reputation.

Were you so disgusted with the idea of going on a date with me you had to cheat?

Excuse me?

I have huge issues with the second part of that statement.

-You tampered with the download log. -I did what now?

Don't expect us to believe

your download count jumped four digits overnight all on its own.

[gasps] What?

[typing]

[laughs] This is amazing!

And you, traitor. You're helping her populate her app.

Oops.

So much for your altruistic save-the-world app.

You've turned it into Degrassi TMZ.

Uh, this is for the greater good.

And once it gets going,

people are gonna use it how they're meant to.

They absolutely will not.

-Have you met people? -[loud farting]

[sighs] Whatever.

At least it's better than this stupid fart app.

[Vijay] Oh, listen to this.

"I think I saw Ms. Grell's denim-on-denim-on-denim look

in my nightmare last night."

-[chuckles] Me, too, girl. Me, too. -Stop! You're helping the enemy.

Gossip is my Achilles' heel. You know that.

[Baaz] Well, congratulations,

you are now contributing to the moral degradation of our society.

Aw, somebody's a sore loser.

[baby crying]

Okay, this homecoming gala is gonna put all other Degrassi events to shame.

Winston, your first draft of the variety show script...

Was emailed to you three days ago.

-Oh, may I? -[baby crying]

Right. Sorry, I was up all night with this guy.

You had the baby all night and all today? What about Miles?

He had a thing.

Sure, he did. Classic Miles.

What's that supposed to mean?

You've met him.

He's not that big on commitments or responsibility.

[cell phone chimes]

-Maybe we should do this later? -No. No, I'm good.

[baby wailing]

Oh, okay, I just got the confirmation from the rental company

for the sound system, so we're all set.

Look at you, juggling family and career like a badass single mom.

Apparently, you can have it all.

-I'm not a single parent. -Right.

And I guess Miles is just one of those old-school 1950s dads.

Whereas I am a fully engaged, modern co-parent.

Zoë has the baby.

-[baby crying] -[scoffs] I already told you, he's busy.

Too busy to do his half of the assignment?

It's not a big deal.

He just needed me to pick up the slack today.

-Let's move on. -[crying continues]

What do we got so far for raffle prizes?

[gasps] Oh!

Hey, can I request an alternate pair of volleyball shorts

-in a more flattering color? -Ask Shay.

-She wants to be the sole captain, anyway. -Excuse me?

You should have backed me up at the mixer.

Okay, what? I'm supposed to be able to calm them down because I'm black?

No! It's just...

Okay, I tried doing a good thing.

Maybe they hate me because I'm white. Like, reverse racism.

Wait, that's a thing?

Yes, white people are so oppressed.

No, Lola, reverse racism is not a thing, but white privilege is.

What, so, because I'm white, things come easy for me?

No, it's just, you've never had to deal with microaggression,

like people always asking if you have an arranged marriage.

Wait, do you?

-Case in point. -[Frankie] Okay.

So, because I'm white, I'm evil. Got it.

You just can't possibly know what it's like

to live with a legacy of prejudice against you.

Okay, I tried apologizing, and they wouldn't listen to me.

You just kept cutting them off and defending yourself.

-Because I was being attacked! -[Shay] Look. There's time to fix things

-with Northern Tech -[cell phone vibrating]

...so that they'll call off the boycott before tonight's game.

Um, good luck with that.

"Frankie Hollingsworth is a racist, rich, basic..."

And then something that rhymes with "rich."

-What? Who said that? -[Lola] I don't know. It's anonymous.

It's that Yael girl's High School Secrets app.

You know what?

Enough is enough.

[Lola] Wait.

Where did we land on the shorts?

Thanks for your advice.

I am totally crushing Baaz on the download front.

So you don't have to go on that date anymore?

-Awesome. -[Yael sighs]

I wonder how much Google's gonna pay me for my work of art.

[Frankie] Yael, I need to talk to you.

Hey, uh, what's up?

You need to take down your app.

People are using it to slander me with impunity.

[Hunter] Frankie?

Yeah?

Oh. Hi, Hunter.

Wanna know what the High School Secret about me is?

"Frankie Hollingsworth is the prez of the Degrassi KKK."

-[Hunter] Wow. -Yeah.

Which is why Yael needs to shut down her app, now.

But that's my masterpiece. Real-time updates. Intuitive UI.

I don't know what that is, and I don't care.

It's not the app's fault that people are saying those things about you.

Everybody's got a different way of seeing things.

-So what am I supposed to do? -Change their opinion.

I've already done everything I can. No one's listening to me.

Maybe you should listen to them.

Thanks for your help in this matter.

Bye, brother.

[sighs] Your sister's really mad at me.

That does sound pretty awful. Maybe this gossip stuff was a bad idea.

But nobody wanted it when I was doing it my way.

[sighs] It's bad enough that everyone writes me off as "the girl."

If I want to succeed, I have to do it by any means necessary.

-Right? -I don't know.

This is a hard one.

[student] Cover him!

Miles, can we talk, please?

I'm kind of in the middle of a game.

Okay, I can't do this by myself, all right?

I'm sorry if it's too much pressure, or whatever,

but I'm not asking you to marry me.

I'm asking for a little help with this stupid project.

Okay, I'm gonna need you to unpack some of that, all right?

You're so skittish!

Is this just you gearing up to screw me over again?

Because, if so, maybe we should just call it off now.

Okay, what are you talking about? It's just a dumb toy.

This is not just a dumb toy.

-It's a symbol of our relationship. -[baby crying]

[baby wailing]

Look, I just wanted to prove that you weren't gonna do

that thing that you always do, but maybe that was stupid,

because maybe that's just the way you are.

Okay.

Okay, I'll take the baby.

Okay, but...

you can't just throw it away when you get bored.

This is worth, like, 20% of our grade.

Yeah.

It was brought to my attention that I didn't let you talk yesterday.

When I feel passionately about something, I'm kind of a bulldozer.

[chuckles nervously]

I just want to say I'm sorry.

You're sorry we want you to step down?

Or are you sorry for trying to explain race to us?

I just wanted to show everyone that I'm not racist.

It's not who I am,

and I really hate the idea of people seeing me that way.

I only drew the gorilla because your school is called the Zoo.

People call us that because we're a poor, crime-ridden area.

-They're calling us animals. -I didn't know that.

And it's not how I meant it, so I'm clearly not racist, right?

-[scoffs] -[phone chimes]

Um, I hate to cut this short, but I've got a game.

Can you please just tell everyone that I understand now?

I really didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings,

and I'm really sorry you felt offended.

Um...

I have to run, but...

I'll cover the coffees.

Um, thanks for listening.

[laughs nervously]

I think we finally understand each other.

[sighs]

[baby babbling]

How's our bouncing baby boy?

You know, I think it's actually a girl.

Just the energy she gives off.

Impressive.

Well, there are YouTube videos for everything.

Just to let you know, our baby, Kale, got an A minus.

Zoë and I make an excellent couple. Don't you agree, beautiful?

[scoffs] In your dreams. You're, at best, a passable nanny.

[Mr. Mitchell] Tristan and Miles.

All set, MJ?

Good job, you two.

You got an A.

Oh...

-'Kay. -[both chuckle]

-That's amazing. -[chuckles]

Your one afternoon with MJ compensated for the I-dropped-the-baby incident?

Well, truth, MJ was totally busted, so I paid Hunter a visit.

And it turns out, these things do have a reset button.

I'm sorry.

I just...

I get paranoid about screwing things up with you.

And I don't wanna put on too much, like, pressure, or whatever.

Is that what all that talk about the future was?

Look, I know I'm not the best at planning, but I'm not going anywhere.

You're not?

No.

I worry about messing up our relationship, too, you know.

We're in a relationship?

Well, I hope so. I mean, are we?

Sounds good to me.

[chuckles]

See? Nothing to worry about.

Miles and I are adorable, and now totally official.

Congratulations.

I'm happy for you. Really.

Now you just need to find yourself a nice girl,

and we can go on a double date.

[laughs] Why would I do that? I'm not gay.

I love you, Zo, but you're a terrible liar.

[Ms. Grell] Okay, let's check the download log.

And, the winner of two tickets to AppFair is...

Vijay and Baaz's BrownCloud.

-[Baaz] What? -[Ms. Grell chuckles]

I'm as surprised as you are.

[bell ringing]

[Vijay] Winner selfie.

[camera shutter clicks]

-[camera shutter clicks] -[Yael sighs deeply]

But your app was crushing it.

I know it was, but I took it down.

Why would you do that?

Because people are the worst.

But it doesn't mean I have to join them in the oozing pits of moral iniquity.

-What? -Long story short...

I made some compromises that made me question my integrity.

And winning like that just wouldn't be winning at all.

But that was a once-in-a-lifetime idea. What about your charities?

I have other ideas.

You do? BrownCloud was totally our only one.

[chuckles] Yeah.

Like an app that scans product barcodes to tell you how ethically it was made.

Or a GPS module to put in kids' shoes to track them if they get lost.

That one's awesome.

If you ever need anyone to work for you, we're available for hire.

[laughs]

I guess I owe you a date.

Let's sync our calendars, shall we?

-[breathes deeply] -[loud farting]

Ha-ha!

Clever.

All right, who's ready to crush Mississauga?

[scoffs] That depends.

Kara's Twitter. Did you actually say, "I'm sorry you felt offended"?

Yeah, I apologized.

-That's not an apology. -[Frankie] What?

I said I was sorry they were hurt by the drawing.

"I'm sorry you felt offended" is like shooting someone in the leg and saying,

"I'm sorry you're getting blood all over your pants."

I'm not the problem. They're the ones who are being unreasonable.

It's those people.

"Those people"?

I used to think that you were a good person

who accidentally made a mistake.

But everyone's right. You're straight-up racist.

I am not a racist, and I'm not quitting.

Have it your way.

Anyone who wants Frankie to stay on the team, speak up now.

-Seriously? -It's all about the team, right?

Okay, wait.

Listen, I'm sorry--

No, you're not.

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