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: π
1. Pick a topic (Joey's marriage, Caitlin's cheating, Lucy's death): How does this impact the future of Degrassi: The Next Generation? π
2. Why do you think Tessa's opinion about abortion changed so drastically? What could have happened if Tessa secretly had Joey's baby? πΌ
3. What parallels do you see between Joey's story with Tessa/Caitlin and Craig's storyline with Ashley/Manny in The Next Generation? βΈοΈ
Attached you can find some pages from the original outline written on September 25, 1990 - The Degrassi Kid Podcast
