School's Out Discussion: What if Joey Jeremiah married Tessa Campanelli?
Added 2022-12-27 12:00:02 +0000 UTCThis week, we learned that Degrassi's summer finale movie was originally meant to end with some high intensity drama:
Caitlin cheats on Joey with Snake
Joey marries Tessa after getting her pregnant
& Lucy dies in a car accident after Wheels drives drunk
Each of these moments would have had a huge impact on the future of Degrassi: The Next Generation. It makes you wonder:
What would have happened to Craig?
Would Joey/Tessa's baby go to Degrassi Community School?
Would Joey/Caitlin still have an off-again/on-again relationship?
Let's discuss the big changes made between the original outline and the final made-for-tv movie released in 1992.
Answer one of the following questions in the comments: 👇
1. Pick a topic (Joey's marriage, Caitlin's cheating, Lucy's death): How does this impact the future of Degrassi: The Next Generation? 💍
2. Why do you think Tessa's opinion about abortion changed so drastically? What could have happened if Tessa secretly had Joey's baby? 🍼
3. What parallels do you see between Joey's story with Tessa/Caitlin and Craig's storyline with Ashley/Manny in The Next Generation? ⛸️
Attached you can find some pages from the original outline written on September 25, 1990 - The Degrassi Kid Podcast
