Degrassi - [REWATCH] Degrassi TNG - 304/305 Episode Discussion - Pride (original airdate CTV October 8 & 17 2003)

**kaleidocat** · 08-09-2020, 06:22 PM

Pride

is the fourth and fifth episode of Season 3 of the Canadian television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation. It originally aired on October 8, 2003 on CTV Television and on October 17, 2003 on The N. The episode was directed by Phil Earnshaw and shares its title with the song by U2.(wiki)

A group of the kids go to the beach for the day. Despite stating that she will no longer be his cover as his girlfriend, Ellie, who doesn't really get along with most of the others but especially Paige, decides to go along on Marco's invitation. Also along as the chauffeur is Paige's openly gay older brother, Dylan. Dylan, attracted to him, suspects Marco may be gay. Marco, also attracted to Dylan, is not ready to come out, especially to his supposed best friend Spinner, who is openly homophobic. Marco goes out of his way to hide his sexual orientation. This includes showing an interest in team sports and going on a date with an unsuspecting Hazel. Meanwhile, Archie is staying at the Jeremiah's temporarily as he has a cold and Spike does not want him to infect Jack. Beyond ruining his weekend with Ashley as the unexpected chaperon, Craig thinks that Snake's symptoms may be a manifestation of something beyond the common cold.
[part 1] (imdb)

Spinner does not react well to Marco coming out to him. Without initially actually outing Marco to the general populous, Spinner does whatever he can to freeze Marco out of his life. Spinner spreads the news amongst their closest group of friends, all of who think Spinner is acting like an idiot. Marco will need all the support he can when he learns first hand what it's like to be gay in an intolerant society. A specific incident pushes Marco further in the closet. Meanwhile, Snake's initial medical diagnosis is possible leukemia. He tries to make light of the situation, which affects Emma more than anyone. Regardless of the final diagnosis, his actions, in part because of the possible diagnosis of leukemia, benefit Degrassi as a whole. [part 2]

Benji · 12-01-2020, 02:46 AM

Never noticed the lesbians in the background before
Even the girl that passes by Dylan looks like a possible lesbian.

[source: thecommonraven]

semmafightsellie · 12-11-2020, 08:24 AM

I'm gonna be on season 3 rewatch.

**kaleidocat** · 07-16-2021, 09:21 PM

Quote:

“People have come up to me and said it’s that story line that gave them the courage to come out to the friends they were most afraid of telling,” says Kippel, who watched the 1993 movie Philadelphia in preparation.

It was a big emotional episode — Marco is the first openly gay main character on Degrassi — but Kippel admits that it was also really fun to shoot. “Sometimes an episode or a scene is so intense that anything that goes a little wrong, you just burst out laughing,” he says. That was the case here; the two guys kept missing their lines and cracking up over it. They did that scene so many times, Kippel says, that he and Ruggiero can still quote it word for word.

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