01x01 - Kiss Me, Steph

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Stephanie.

Steph!

Hey, steph!

Wait up!

Go away.

I don't know you.

Of course
you know me.

I'm your
brother.

Look, arthur--

There's stuff you've
got to understand.

At school, you never talk to me.

What?

And don't tell anyone
I'm your sister.

They're going to get suspicious.

Not a lot of
kobalewscuys around.

Kaye, my name is kaye.

Kaye, k-a-y-e.

You live with dad.

I live with mom.

We changed
our name.

We're still related.

Look, it's not you,
it's the system.

I'm in grade eight
so I'm important.

You're in grade seven

So you're, like,
totally embarrassing.

♪ purple and blue ♪

♪ you know we'll be true ♪

♪ bringing victory and
honor to your name. ♪

♪ wake up in the morning,
feeling shy and lonely ♪

♪ gee, I got to go to school ♪

♪ I don't think I can make it,
don't think I can take it ♪

♪ I'm wondering
what I'm going to do ♪

♪ but when I look
around, I see ♪

♪ that someone is
smiling right at me ♪

♪ wait! ♪

♪ that someone's talking to me ♪

♪ hey! I've got a new friend. ♪

♪ everybody can succeed ♪

♪ all you need is to believe ♪

♪ be honest with yourself ♪

♪ forget your fears and doubts ♪

♪ come on, give us a try ♪

♪ degrassi junior high. ♪

Man:
Welcome to a brand-new year
at degrassi junior high.

Returning students...

Hey, how are
you doing?

Steph, how was
your summer?

It was great.

What about yours?

All right.

Hi, rick.

Glad to be back?

Grade seven
again.

Hi, steph.

Hi.

Stephanie!

Voula!

I missed you.

I got you something.

A present?

For me?

From one best friend

To another.

It's beautiful.

Thanks.

Can you believe
we're in grade eight?

It's like being
grown up almost.

This will be a big year.

Is your brother here?

Don't talk about it.

He's always asking so
many dumb questions.

Good thing you
have different
last names.

I know.

Um, stephanie...

What are you doing?

This is grade eight, right?

We're supposed to
be more mature.

I'm going to start
dressing more mature.

All students using
the bike racks

Are reminded to
lock their bikes.

Hi, doris.

Joey!

Excuse me.

Can you tell me the
way to miss avery's?

I lost the
directions.

Hey, no problem.

Joey jeremiah, esquire

Chairman of the
welcoming committee.

Arthur
kobalewscuy.

What do you think?

It's my new image.

What was wrong

With the
old image?

Voula, grade eight.

Remember, school elections
are coming up next week.

Get those nominations in early.

Get involved, guys.

Guys?!

What about girls?

If I were president

I'd have better food

In the cafeteria.

I'd have less homework.

Or more
current events.

More dances.

I don't know about that.

You know what?

I should run for president.

Yes, you should,
you're popular.

Really?

You think I'm popular?

Yes!

Though dressed like that...

You don't like it?

No, you look fine.

You're not just
saying that?

No, you'd be the
best president.

Hi, joey.

How's it going?

You'll meet lots
of people.

Joey!

How's it going?

Hey, how's it going?

These people
are so cool.

Hank, meet artie.

I'm showing
him around.

Hey, artie.

Arthur,
it's arthur.

Your class,
mr. Kobalewscuy.

I'll see you
maybe later, okay?

See you around.

Hey, guys, this is
definitely not my class.

What a broomhead!

Stephanie:
Can you imagine me
being school president?

What's a school
president do?

All sorts of stuff.

Stephanie?

Organize dances.

Dances?

We're going to have so much fun.

All right!

Come on, joey, this isn't funny.

L.D., have a
good summer?

I worked on
a '59 chevy.

I'm jealous.

Anyway...

Hey, steph!

Uh, hi.

Hi.

Remember me?

Joey jeremiah, playboy.

At your service.

Want to play?

Greetings, scholars.

I trust you all remembered

To bring your malleable little
minds with you this year?

For those of you who are new,
my name is mr. Raditch.

For those who are
returning, we meet again.

Welcome to grade eight.

Any students who have not
yet located their homeroom

Report to doris bell...

Let me out!

...Ground floor by
the main entrance.

Come on, joey, let me out.

I'm looking for
miss avery's class.

Miss avery?

You know where it is?

No, but it's got
to be somewhere.

Let's look together.

Come on.

Two heads are
better than one.

Unless you've
only got one hat.

Yick yu.

What?

That's my
name, yick yu.

Oh.

Don't tell joey.

Who's joey?

Don't ask.

My name is ms. Avery, a-v-e-r-y.

Ms., m-s, ms. Avery.

I'm your homeroom
teacher this year.

If you have problems
or questions

Talk to me.

Let's begin by calling the roll.

When I call your name,
raise your hand.

Stacey farrow.

Here.

Derek...

Are you miss avery?

Yes, come in,
come in.

Find yourselves a seat.

This is a very
confusing school.

Of course you understand
that after lunch every day

Will be mathematics.

That is the class
you are to go to.

It will be posted in the hall...

I'd like to be president

But I can't write
speeches or anything.

I can.

I'll be executive assistant.

We'll be a team.

You and me.

Thank you, ladies.

Get lost, arthur.

"we want more information
about family planning.

"we want more current
events studied in class.

"we want input into
the curriculum

To help control our
fate as students."

Voula, what
is this?

What's wrong with it?

"in conclusion..."

Come on!

You've got to practice.

Right, right.

"in conclusion, if
you vote for me..."

Stephanie!

"I'll work hard to
justify your faith in me

"because I believe
that being president

Is a responsibility
not to be taken lightly."

Come on!

Get me out
of here!

I met joey.

Stephanie:
We want more information
about family planning.

We want more current
events studied in class.

We want input into
the curriculum

To control our fate.

If you vote for me,
stephanie kaye

I'll work hard to justify
your faith in me

Because I believe that being
president is a responsibility

Not to be taken lightly.

A vote for stephanie

Is a vote for an
active student council.

Everybody
liked you!

♪ my name is snake ♪

♪ make no mistake ♪

♪ to you, I sez ♪

♪ I want to be prez! ♪

They loved you!

Joey jeremiah--

President of the
stephanie kaye fan club

At your service.

Joey!

Hey, kiss
me, too!

I'll vote for you.

Promise!

Okay, so long as you promise.

All right!

Oh, yeah!

I'll vote for
you, too, steph.

Me, too.

Joey:
Whoa, one at a time.

Don't forget
about me.

Hey, one at a time!

Grade six was
never like this.

Talk about sexism.

Okay, microchip.

Operation gorgo
under way.

Good luck.

Astrodog to microchip.

Astrodog to microchip,
come in, microchip.

Microchip to astrodog.

You see joey?

Not "joey"!

His code name's gorgo!

Anyway, situation
positive in sector 1-b.

Where is sector 1-b?

It's on the map.

I'm proceeding to sector 2-x.

Where is sector 2-x?

The stairs, of course!

Shh.

All the way with
stephanie kaye!

All the way with stephanie kaye!

Astrodog to microchip,
red alert, red alert!

Take it easy.

She'll be out in a minute.

Gorgo located.

Avoid sector 2-c.

Repeat, avoid sector 2-c.

Message received.

Will avoid sector 2-c.

We want a kiss!

All the way with stephanie kaye!

We want a kiss!

All the way with stephanie kaye!

We want
a kiss!

Kissing's got nothing to do

With the campaign.

It's just for
the election.

Give people
what they want.

That's what joey says.

Since when is
joey so smart?

But it's working!

All the guys are
going to vote for me.

The girls don't like it much.

If all the guys
vote for me

And the girls
divide their vote

I win.

Come on, voula,
don't be mad at me.

I really want to be president.

We're a team, right?

You and me?

Students:
All the way with
stephanie kaye!

Joey:
Here's stephanie!

Quiet.

If elected, I promise
rock on the p.A.

More dances...

Co-ed swimming in gym.

Whoa!

With the girls
in bikinis.

And steph in a bikini.

Whoa!

Without a bikini.

Yeah!

Take it
off, steph!

Whoa!

Take it all off.

Vote for stephanie kaye

And who's to say
what will happen.

Talk about
pre-feminist!

Students:
We want a kiss!

We want a kiss!

Whatever happens today

I'd like to
thank someone

Who's been there
from the beginning

Done so much

And been a
wonderful friend--

Joey jeremiah.

Yah!

Students:
We want a kiss!

We want a kiss!

This is disgusting.

All the way with stephanie kaye!

With the three students here
involved in the election

At least three of you
will know something about...

Attention, everyone.

I've got the election results.

First, I'd like to congratulate

All candidates
on their campaigns.

Remember, it's not
whether you win or lose

But how you play
the game that counts.

Your new president
is stephanie kaye!

Mr. Jeremiah!

Please, not in my class.

Save that
for outside.

Now, this
assignment

Is due on
Tuesday at 3:25.

I will be out of
the school at 3:26.

Class dismissed

Except for
joey and hank.

Stephanie:
Voula.

Voula.

Voula!

Stephanie, hi!

I'm susie rivera--

Your new
vice-president.

My parents will
be so proud.

So, you ready for tomorrow?

Tomorrow?

The student
council meeting.

Congratulations,
stephanie.

Thanks.

Well, I've kind
of got plans.

You can't miss
the first meeting.

You're president.

There's lots we
should discuss.

Like co-ed
swimming.

My parents
won't approve.

Oh, doris wants
to see you.

Doris?

Doris, the
school secretary.

Yes, right.

Okay, bye.

Bye, thanks.

Oh, stephanie.

Come in.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

Mr. Lawrence asked
me to remind you

About your
speech next week

At the p.T.A. Meeting.

My speech?

We always lead off
with a speech

From our president.

Thanks.

Yes, see you tomorrow.

Call you later.

Let me go.

This is against
school regulations.

Come on, guys, let me go.

Help!

Come on, guys.

This isn't funny.

What are
you doing?

Having some laughs.

Putting people in
lockers isn't funny.

You're putting
him in a locker?

He's just a broomhead.

You had it now,
you weasel.

Oh, leave arthur alone.

You know this gurp?

Well... Sort of.

Maybe... No!

Just leave
him alone.

Have you seen voula?

I have to write a
speech for the p.T.A.

Joey jeremiah,
speech writer

At your service.

What? You?

Sure.

I know lots
about talking.

Start with a joke.

Something funny like--

"hello, ladies
and germs."

End with another one.

The middle
doesn't matter.

Great, thanks.

Where are you going?

Voula!

Oh, voula--

I've been looking
all over for you.

I have to write a
speech for the p.T.A.

Wait!

You used me.

I thought you'd be grateful.

I helped make the posters.

I wrote
your speech.

I am grateful.

Sure, that's why
you thanked joey.

Oh, that.

Sorry, but... You know.

No, I don't.

We're in grade eight now.

Boys like that sort of thing.

So do girls.

So do best friends.

But I won't be
your friend anymore.

Take your
stupid bracelet.

You're just a baby,
a selfish baby.

Voula, wait!

You're on your own,
miss president.

You and your
new image.

I'm still going to be the best
president this school ever had.

And I'll make a great
speech to the p.T.A.

Even if I do have
to write it myself.

I just wish there was
someone to help me.

Steph, steph.

It's okay.

I just wanted to say

Thanks for saving
me from joey.

He was just joking.

He's got an unusual
sense of humor.

I don't know
about junior high.

It's kind
of different.

But I have met
a new friend.

The classes
are stimulating.

And I know
the president

At least
on weekends.

Something wrong?

I have to write a
speech for the p.T.A.

I don't know how
to write speeches.

I could help.

I'm good at
speeches.

I was class valedictorian
last year, remember?

Mrs. Gonzales said my
speech was "perceptive."

Thanks, arthur, but
this is junior high.

Okay, but don't say
I didn't offer.

Oh, and say "hi" to mom for me.

Wait, arthur!

I need you.

You do?