Outside at night, Jay pulls up in his car then walks over to JT
Jay: Hey. Got your call. So here I am. What's up stock boy? You got something to tell me?
JT: Yeah I heard Clown Academy's awesome. You might want to check it out.
(He starts to walk away, but Jay pulls him back.)
Jay: Yeah. Thanks for the movie tip. Why'd you really call me here?
At the ravine
Aaron: This is the guy you told me about?
JT: You told him about me?
Jay: Just show Aaron what you got before he loses his temper.
(JT puts the bag of drugs into Aaron's hat.)
Aaron: Oxycodone. Sweet. You did good. $800.
JT: Wow um I kind of need more.
Aaron: Here's another 4... towards your next score.
Jay: Add administration fee. So there you go stock boy. There's your first drug deal.
(JT rushes to the bushes and throws up as the people around him laugh.)
At the apartment building
Toby: Shower massager, hello! And a great view of the yoga studio across the street. Man those hunnies are flexible.
(JT is giving his tenant the rent money.)
JT: First and last's.
Tenant: Uh I don't know kid. I get the feeling I could be taking a real big risk here.
JT: But you're not, okay? My girlfriend and I are, we're very quiet, uh we're very responsible.
Tenant: Very pregnant. Are you sure you two can afford this place? Raising kids ain't cheap!
JT: Yes I'm aware sir, but I'm all over it. I've, I've got a really good job.
Tenant: Alright. Welcome to the building.
At Emma's house, Jack is crying
Mr. Simpson: Fever still up?
Spike: Ear infection, the sequel. I can drop you off.
Mr. Simpson: You sure you're okay to drive on two hours sleep?
Spike: I'm on a first name basis at the hospital. I could get there with my eyes closed. Dinner is...
Mr. Simpson: Meatloaf Monday as usual. You know what, you go ahead. I'll bike. Outside Degrassi, Mr. Simpson gets off his bike as Joey drives up in his convertible
Joey: Bye guys.
Mr. Simpson: Now this must be Jeremiah Motors favourite new client.
Joey: Diane bought a car and the salesman was a no charge option.
Mr. Simpson: Hello. I'm Arch. Snake.
Diane: So you're the notorious Snake. Still tearing up this place like you and Joey used to?
Mr. Simpson: Uh sadly no. I've become one of the teachers I used to give headaches to.
Joey: Hey hop in. We're hitting the open road. Top down, wind blowing through our...you know.
Mr. Simpson: I've got to punch the clock.
Joey: Uh just around the block Snake. Be spontaneous.
Mr. Simpson: Joey in my life spontaneous is a four letter word.
Joey: Ah my friend you've got to learn how to live. Do something for yourself. You deserve to.
(The bell rings.)
Joey: Alright. Ciao.
Outside the Dot
Liberty: Tell me you're not joking.
JT: I'm deadly serious. Let the days of sinful cohabitation begin.
Liberty: Two days ago we couldn't afford this. What's the catch?
(JT sees Jay and Spinner sitting outside and Jay smiles knowingly at JT.)
JT: I uh, I talked to my grandma and she's loaning me the money.
Liberty: The way she handled the pregnancy news I'm surprised.
JT: Well it took a lot of persuasion and Sherry.
Liberty: JT that's amazing! So when do we move in?
JT: As soon as we tell your parents.
Liberty: I was hoping we could skip that step.
JT: But we have to tell them. Like today.
At Liberty's house
Mrs. Van Zandt: Excuse me?! You're doing what?
Liberty: I'm moving in with JT.
Mr. Van Zandt: Why would you want to do that? So you can, so you can be with him?
JT: I have a name sir.
Mr. Van Zandt: I wasn't talking to you.
JT: Well you will be okay, because I'm the father of your first grandchild.
Liberty: Mom, dad, please try not to be angry.
(Mr. Van Zandt starts laughing angrily.)
Liberty: We'll take care of everything. Ourselves, the baby. Everything. Dad please say something.
Mr. Van Zandt: What would you like me to say? That I'm happy? That I'm proud of you?
Liberty: I know. I'm stupid. So stupid.
Mr. Van Zandt: It's not your fault Liberty. It's the fault of that fool standing beside you.
Liberty: Stop it dad! Okay, JT's been amazing. He's taking good care of us.
Mrs. Van Zandt: Liberty you're our daughter and we'll help you any way that we can.
Mr. Van Zandt: Which is why we can't allow you to move out. We need you here to help you through this...as a family!
Liberty: I get it. You want JT out of the picture.
Mr. Van Zandt: I never want to see him here as long as I live!
Liberty: Well that's unfortunate because JT's not going anywhere. JT let's start packing.
Outside Degrassi, Mr. Simpson drives up to the school on a motorcycle
Manny: Looks like Snake shed his old skin.
Emma: Don't make me think about his skin.
Ms. Hatzilakos: So that must be your sport bike parked in the loading zone.
Mr. Simpson: What do you think? Bold new look for the school.
Ms. Hatzilakos: Somewhere Valentino Rossi is walking around in his underwear.
Mr. Simpson: Gratzi...no idea who that is.
Ms. Hatzilakos: MotoGP World Champion. Ah I gather this is a new hobby.
Mr. Simpson: Yes it is, but I have to admit I had no idea you were a motorcycle fan. Rock on Ms. H!
Ms. Hatzilakos: Just move the motorcycle. Pronto. At the pharmacy
Liberty: Excuse me sir. By who must one become impregnated in order to receive some service?
(JT doesn't say anything.)
Liberty: Not in the mood for piffy banter.
JT: Not since I realized I'll be spending every waking moment here if we're gonna live together.
Liberty: Well on average a baby goes through ten diapers a day. This job's worth it for the employee discount.
Mr. McKay: JT we uh seem to be missing something.
(He holds up the bottle of Oxycodone.)
JT: Uh I didn't see anything. No one's been back there. Honest. You don't think something's been stolen, right?
Mr. McKay: No I didn't say anything's been stolen.
JT: Right. Well I just guessed based on your worried expression.
Mr. McKay: Well we're missing a great deal of Oxycodone. It's a powerful drug so you can understand my concern.
JT: Yup. Yeah it's totally understandable.
Mr. McKay: See or hear anything, you tell me.
Outside the pharmacy
Liberty: What's the most important element of a relationship?
JT: I don't know. Love?
Liberty: Honesty. So tell me honestly. The missing drugs and the apartment, no relation?
JT: I just thought it was a good idea.
(Liberty starts hitting JT with her backpack.)
Liberty: You stupid, thoughtless imbecile. You will destroy everything.
Security guard: Hey! Hey, hey kids!
JT: Ow stop!
Liberty: You could go to jail.
JT: Yes that thought crossed my mind.
Liberty: Then why did you do it?
JT: We needed the money okay? Bad. Look I'll just, I'll get some cash and I'll buy the drugs back from the dealer and then I'll give the drugs back to the pharmacy and everything will be fine, okay? Honest.
Liberty: Afraid to get my hopes up.
In the media immersion room, Toby is getting frustrated at a computer
Toby: Come on! Fit. It's for charity.
JT: Liberty made it look so easy.
Toby: Remind me not to take anything else off her plate. Is the last paragraph of an article really that necessary?
JT: I could uh show you a trick or two for a price.
Toby: Anything. Name it.
JT: $1200 today.
Toby: I'll pass.
JT: Toby I'm serious.
Toby: Okay well get the money back from your landlord.
JT: I already tried, okay? It's non-refundable. Look to get the rent money I had to do something. Bad. And, and, and now I need to undo it or I'm in trouble.
Toby: Okay fine, but where am I supposed to get $1200 today?
JT: Don't you have bonds or something?
Toby: Are you crazy? If I touch those bonds my mom goes bananas.
JT: Just screw it okay?! I need help!
(JT grabs Toby by the shirt.)
Toby: Of a mental variety.
JT: Toby I'm asking you nicely. I need that money.
Toby: JT you need to let go. Now!
JT: See this is why you have no friends.
Toby: You know what? Get away from me. Stay away!
At Emma's house during dinner
Mr. Simpson: Hard to believe that Jack is asleep when we're all sitting down together huh?
Spike: Pleasant surprise actually.
Manny: Talk about surprises. What about the jaw dropping arrival your hubby made at school yesterday.
Spike: Excuse me? What did he do? Pop a wheelie on his bicycle?
Emma: You didn't know?
Mr. Simpson: Emma, beans?
Spike: Didn't know what? Someone fill me in here.
Mr. Simpson: Oh uh Joey has a friend who's selling a motorcycle. Loaned it out to me for a few days to try it out.
Spike: You're buying a motorcycle, with what? Couch treasure coins?
Mr. Simpson: I was gonna talk to you.
Spike: You will. Later. Outside, Jay and Aaron drive up beside JT
Jay: I cut you some slack stock boy, but I am running low on patience.
JT: Oh that makes you a pretty bad doctor then doesn't it?
Jay: Ha ha. Speaking of doctors Aaron is considering sending you to one, so you might want to quit with the jokes.
Aaron: I gave you an advance.
JT: Which I never should have asked for okay? I'm gonna give you all of your money back.
Aaron: Really.
JT: Yeah. I just need the drugs back ASAP, so that I can get them back to the pharmacy.
Jay: Dude. Don't.
(Aaron punches JT in the stomach and throws him against the car, choking him.)
Aaron: That's in case you didn't know. I run the show and I don't want my money back. I want more drugs.
JT: I'll go to the cops.
Aaron: And what? What, you gonna get yourself thrown in jail for stealing drugs? That's a smart move.
Jay: JT just get the man what he wants. This will all be over.
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At the pharmacy
(A kid walks in and steals something from the shelf so Mr. McKay runs out of the store following him.)
Mr. McKay: Hey come back there!
(JT goes into the back room and steals more drugs before his boss comes back.)
Mr. McKay: JT call security. I caught this shoplifter red-handed.
JT: Sure. Sure thing.
(JT looks nervously at the Oxycodone bottle and his boss looks at him suspiciously.)
At Emma's house
Spike: How worried should I be?
Mr. Simpson: I'll drive carefully.
Spike: You know what I mean. Is this the start of your midlife crisis?
Mr. Simpson: Oh the talk. Spike it is a means of transportation. It doesn't mean anything.
Spike: Then why all the cloak and dagger?
Mr. Simpson: Look day in, day out I am Mr. Straight and Narrow, okay? It's work, family, work, family. It's just so predictable.
Spike: Sorry if we're cramping your style!
Mr. Simpson: Hey I am happy to make sacrifices for you and for the kids, but there has to be more to life than routine. In the hallway
Liberty: Tell me we have nothing to worry about.
JT: I wish I could.
Liberty: We'll go to my parents. We'll get their help. My dad's a lawyer.
JT: I don't need a lawyer, I need a superhero to keep the drug dealer from killing me.
Liberty: What drug dealer?
JT: The gentleman who financed our apartment. He made me steal again.
Liberty: Again? But Mr. McKay was already suspicious. He'll catch you!
JT: Maybe not, okay? Maybe Mr. McKay won't notice and maybe I'll totally get away with it and maybe we'll be fine.
Liberty: I thought you'd changed. I thought you'd grown up.
JT: Liberty I have changed.
Liberty: Yeah. Now you're a drug dealer. At the ravine, JT walks over to Aaron and drops the drugs in his lap
JT: Here. Now go ruin someone else's life.
(Aaron jumps up angry and pushes JT to the ground.)
Aaron: What? Are you out of your mind? Huh?!
(Jay pulls Aaron off of JT.)
Jay: Easy. Easy. I got him! Easy. I got him!
JT: You got me into this.
Jay: Yeah and I just saved your butt or were you two guys gonna kiss? Not that it's any of my business what team you play for.
JT: Just ask the girl who's carrying my kid.
Jay: Uh oh. Bun in the oven.
JT: Yeah and thanks to these, I'm dead to her.
Jay: Come on man. It'll be okay.
JT: It's okay? I lost my girl. I lost my best friend. I lost my job and my, my family and now I'm probably going to jail.
Jay: Hey. Bummer times. At least there's a party.
(Jay walks away while JT pops all of the pills in his hand.)
At Degrassi
Ms. Hatzilakos: Working late again? Not riding that bike outside enjoying the last rays of sunshine?
Mr. Simpson: I'm giving it back. It's that or the wife.
Ms. Hatzilakos: My ex had a choice once. Me or the intern.
Mr. Simpson: Some people make you wonder huh?
Ms. Hatzilakos: Too bad about the bike. It reminds me of the one I used to own.
Mr. Simpson: Wow. I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of you on a sport bike.
Ms. Hatzilakos: Why is that so hard to figure? Because I'm a woman?
Mr. Simpson: Because you're my principal.
Ms. Hatzilakos: Well I used to be a wild child in my day. A lot has changed, but I still love motorcycles. As a matter of fact I was gonna to ask you for a ride.
(Mr. Simpson smiles and grabs the helmet.)
At the ravine
Jay: Hey check it out. Stock boy is going to be a pappy.
Aaron: Hey good grass stud. This one's on me.
(Aaron tosses JT a beer, which sprays him when he opens it.)
JT: Actually it's on me.
(He dumps the beer on his head as everyone around him laughs, then he passes out on the ground.)
Jay: Hey! Hey buddy. Hey. Somebody get the cops! Somebody get the cops!
Outside, Joey is working on his car
Joey: He's fast, he's furious. He's covered in Kevlar. Hey Snake.
Mr. Simpson: Good morning Joey. I'm gonna need to talk to that friend of yours, it's uh rightful owner.
Joey: Oh uh don't you want to see how the cool life goes before you give the suit back?
Mr. Simpson: That won't be necessary. This is for the Kevlar and the wheels that go with it.
(He gives Joey a check.)
Joey: Snake this is exactly what you need.
At the hospital
Mr. Van Zandt: I spoke to Mr. McKay. Tried to explain the situation. We're gonna try to work out a deal, but uh don't hold your breath.
Liberty: Thanks dad.
Mr. Van Zandt: Yeah.
(Liberty walks into JT's room...)
JT: Stomach pump, one. JT, zero.
Liberty: How can you make jokes about this?
JT: Counselling. Suicide watch. Believe me, it's no joke.
Liberty: Well I'm glad you're getting help. JT did you try to kill yourself?
(He starts crying.)
Liberty: What were you thinking? Leaving me alone with all this!
JT: I'm sorry.
Liberty: I'm sorry too.
JT: Liberty I screwed up okay? Don't take it out on the baby.
Liberty: We both screwed up. I'm going to the adoption agency. JT it'll be for the best.
(JT starts crying even more.)
Scenes for next week
Marco: (To the camera) Everyone knows I'm gay, except the person who counts the most.
Voiceover: On an all new episode of Degrassi...
(A new kid gets pushed against the lockers.)
Random guy: Faggot!
Marco: Hey woah. You okay?
Voiceover: Marco helps a friend...
Marco: (To the new kid) Degrassi's pretty cool, but there are idiots everywhere.
Marco: (To his father) Pa we need to talk.
Voiceover: ...But can't seem to help himself.
Mr. Del Rossi: I do not want a queer under my roof.
Marco: What if you already have one?
Plan: A: J.T.; Q: Who learns that getting out of the drug business is dangerous? A: the drug-dealing business; Q: What business does J.T. learn is dangerous? A: a path; Q: What does J.T. travel down of self-destruction? A: similar obstacles; Q: What does Snake face when he looks back on his life and realizes that he isn't happy? Summary: J.T. learns that getting out of the drug-dealing business is dangerous as he travels down a path of self-destruction that could cause him to lose the people about whom he cares the most. Meanwhile, Snake faces similar obstacles when he looks back onto his life and realizes that he isn't happy.