8.01 - Walk This Way (1)
A Plot: Emma and Manny both arrive at Smithdale ready for the new challenges that they must face. Manny wants to get a jump start in the theater department and auditions for the school'd upcoming play, after an okay audition she soon learns that she landed the leading role. She decides to celebrate with Emma who hasn't been having the bestest luck of fitting in. Emma soon meets the campus bad girl Stassi and begins to spend more time with her. Stassi invites Emma to a block party down at the sorority houses, Emma manages to navigate her way around but stumbles into a room to find something that blows even her own mind...
B Plot: Meanwhile at Degrassi Holly J tries to fix the fallout that her and Anya faced over the summer, Anya who has no insecurities what so ever about Holly J (even after what she did) lets her back in, but knowing Holly J's evil ways she has something up her sleeve...
8.02 - Walk This Way (2)
A Plot: Emma continues to hang out with Stassi even after finding what she found and Manny begins to notice an increasingly change in Emma's behavior. She's staying out later coming home smelling like Marissa Cooper and more hyper than usual. Manny first instinct is to call Spike but instead decides to handle this one on her own. Manny confronts Emma after she finds an empty baggie in her drawer, Emma swears she's fine and that the bag was for some painkillers she took for a headache. Manny soon doesn't know what to believe and decided to leave it to rest. Little does she know it's about to get worse than ever.
B Plot: Holly J and Anya are back together as Degrassi's Paris and Nicole but Anya doesn't know that Holly J has something planned, Holly J begins to spread rumors that about Anya, but trying to protect her cover she supports and stands by Anya throughout the process. As the rumors pile onto each other Anya finds out that the source is...Mia. That's right Holly J blamed someone else and Anya stayed by the liar.
8.03 - Not Now But Soon
A Plot: Emma is worse than ever now and Manny knows she's hiding something. Manny tries to get to the bottom of whatever is going on and decides to talk to Emma's new pal Stassi. Stassi says that Emma is 'not what she expected', that worries Manny but she still stays back on the sidelines to watch her friend disintegrate. Manny asks her friends why she's acting the way she is but Emma won't give a real reason. After nights of fights strung together Emma decided to move out of the dorm and to move in with Stassi. Manny knows she must cut off Emma's resource Stassi but doesn't know how to...
B Plot: Jane has been constantly ignored by Spinner because his "band" has been getting in the way. She decides to give the group some exposure, well a little more exposure than they need. Jane begins to feel like she has some control over their band and that if she can keep this up maybe she can break the band up for good and have Spinner to herself.
The Rest Is Coming Soon...