Degrassi: Next Class season 4
Degrassi: Next Class | |
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Season 4 | |
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No. of episodes | 10 |
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Original network | Family (Canada) Netflix (Internationally) |
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The fourth and final season of Degrassi: Next Class was released on June 30, 2017, on the Family Channel App ahead of its television premiere on July 3, 2017, on Family Channel under the teen block F2N in Canada. It streamed internationally on July 7, 2017, through Netflix.
Synopsis
[edit]Still following the same group of high school juniors and seniors from Degrassi Community School, this season picks up in the final months of the school year, but this time, the stakes are higher as the upperclassmen students head on one final journey where love, passion, and friendship will be more prevalent than ever, but also where jealousy, secrets, threatening to ruin lives that were truly just beginning. Controversial topics including mental health, major depressive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, cystic fibrosis, gender identity, sexual identity, acceptance, faith, terrorism, disabilities, sex, and hate crimes.
Cast
[edit]Series regulars
[edit]The fourth season has twenty-one actors receiving star billing with all twenty-one of them returning from the previous season.[1]
- Amanda Arcuri as Lola Pacini (10 episodes)
- Amir Bageria as Baaz Nahir (7 episodes)
- Soma Bhatia as Goldi Nahir (8 episodes)
- Jamie Bloch as Yael Baron (8 episodes)
- Stefan Brogren as Archie "Snake" Simpson (1 episode)
- Chelsea Clark as Esme Song (9 episodes)
- Reiya Downs as Shaylynn "Shay" Powers (6 episodes)
- Ana Golja as Zoë Rivas (8 episodes)
- Nikki Gould as Grace Cardinal (10 episodes)
- Ricardo Hoyos as Zigmund "Zig" Novak (9 episodes)
- Ehren Kassam as Jonah Haak (10 episodes)
- André Kim as Winston "Chewy" Chu (7 episodes)
- Lyle Lettau as Tristan Milligan (7 episodes)
- Spencer MacPherson as Hunter Hollingsworth (9 episodes)
- Eric Osborne as Miles Hollingsworth III (6 episodes)
- Parham Rownaghi as Saad Al' Maliki (6 episodes)
- Dante Scott as Vijay Maraj (7 episodes)
- Olivia Scriven as Maya Matlin (7 episodes)
- Sara Waisglass as Francesca "Frankie" Hollingsworth (9 episodes)
- Richard Walters as Deon "Tiny" Bell (8 episodes)
- Dalia Yegavian as Rasha Zuabi (8 episodes)
Guest stars
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Alumni[edit]
New students[edit]
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Parents and faculty[edit]
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Production
[edit]This season along with season 3 were renewed in April 2016.[4] Production on the season officially began a month prior when casting calls for two new leads were released. Filming for season 3 & 4 were filmed back-to-back, which ended in August 2016. The season premiered on July 3, 2017, on Family Channel's 'F2N' teen block, and streamed internationally on Netflix on July 7, 2017.[2][5] On F2N, it will run for two weeks and use the telenovela format. Ahead of the premiere on F2N, Family Channel released all 10 episodes on June 30, 2017, on the Family Channel App at midnight.[1]
This season featured the first graduation for Degrassi: Next Class. Ten characters, the largest since Degrassi High, graduated in the finale of season four. These characters are: Deon "Tiny" Bell (Richard Walters), Grace Cardinal (Nikki Gould), Winston "Chewy" Chu (André Dae Kim), Jonah Haak (Ehren Kassam), Miles Hollingsworth III (Eric Osborne), Maya Matlin (Olivia Scriven), Tristan Milligan (Lyle Lettau), Goldi Nahir (Soma Bhatia), Zig Novak (Ricardo Hoyos) and Zoë Rivas (Ana Golja). The finale revealed that fellow senior Esme Song (Chelsea Clark) would not be graduating.[5]
Episodes
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Netflix Release | Prod. code |
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31 | 1 | "#BackToReality" | Stefan Brogren | Alejandro Alcoba | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 3, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 401 |
32 | 2 | "#GetMoney"[2] | Stefan Brogren | Courtney Jane Walker | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 4, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 402 |
With the help of Esme, Frankie begins to grow her social platform. Shay is determined to up her game to get scouted. After noticing something is missing from her restaurant, Lola has a racially motivated argument with Saad. | |||||||
33 | 3 | "#ILookLikeA"[6] | Samir Rehem | Ian MacIntyre | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 5, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 403 |
Goldi has been flirting with Winston and doesn't even know it. Miles questions a post-grad opportunity that seems too good to be true. | |||||||
34 | 4 | "#RollUpToTheClubLike"[6] | Samir Rehem | Matt Huether | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 6, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 404 |
After a terrorist attack in Brussels, the Muslim students are attack in hate crimes in Degrassi and Toronto; Grace creates a bucket list. Frankie decides to spend more time with Esme and Zig after a vicious | |||||||
35 | 5 | "#Preach"[6] | Samir Rehem | Jennifer Kassabian | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 7, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 405 |
Saad is torn between his own beliefs and the students' collective show of solidarity for Brussels. Frankie wonders if hanging with Esme and Zig is really good for her. | |||||||
36 | 6 | "#FactsOnly"[6] | Samir Rehem | Courtney Jane Walker | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 10, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 406 |
Yael feels like an identity overhaul is needed and turns to Lola for help. Maya auditions for Zoë, Goldi and a special celebrity judge and old face returns to Degrassi. | |||||||
37 | 7 | "#Fire"[6] | Stefan Brogren | Courtney Jane Walker | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 11, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 407 |
What starts out as a small Seniors-only camping getaway with Zig, Tiny, Jonah, Grace and Maya turns into a bigger ordeal when Frankie, Esme, Shay and Lola decide to crash it. | |||||||
38 | 8 | "#GetYouAManThatCanDoBoth"[6] | Stefan Brogren | Matt Huether & Celeste Bronfman | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 12, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 408 |
Tristan and others wonder if his turbo-mode recovery is a good idea. After seeing others get "promposals," Shay is hoping that Tiny will do the same. | |||||||
39 | 9 | "#Obsessed"[6] | Stefan Brogren | Sarah Glinski | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 13, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 409 |
When bomb threats, injuries, arrests, drama threatens the senior prom, the party becomes unlike any others in Degrassi history, bringing with it more than just romance. | |||||||
40 | 10 | "#KThxBye"[6] | Stefan Brogren | Sarah Glinski | June 30, 2017 (Family Channel App)[1] July 14, 2017 (F2N)[2] | July 7, 2017[5] | 410 |
The gowns are on and the caps are about to be thrown. Degrassi holds its graduation for the Class of 2017. Zoë wonders how much support she'll get as she prepares to make her valedictory speech. Following the accident at prom, Zig comes to a serious realization. Tristan and Miles make life altering decisions about their future. Note: This marks the final regular appearances of Richard Walters as Deon "Tiny" Bell, Nikki Gould as Grace Cardinal, André Dae Kim as Winston "Chewy" Chu, Ehren Kassam as Jonah Haak, Eric Osborne as Miles Hollingsworth III, Olivia Scriven as Maya Matlin, Lyle Lettau as Tristan Milligan, Soma Bhatia as Goldi Nahir, Ricardo Hoyos as Zig Novak and Ana Golja as Zoë Rivas. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Family Channel celebrates Canada Day with Season 4 of Degrassi: Next Class". tv-eh.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "TV Listings Grid, TV Guide and TV Schedule, Where to Watch TV Shows - Screener". tvlistings.zap2it.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- ^ Wilson, Janae. "Degrassi: Next Class Full Cast & Crew". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ Kickham, Dylan (2016-01-14). "Degrassi: Next Class renewed for seasons 3 and 4". EW.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Degrassi: Next Class Season 4 Release Date and Trailers". denofgeek.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Degrassi: Next Class - TV Show, Episode Guide & Schedule". TWC Central. Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-02.