Well, actually I didn’t watch it last night.  Instead, I spent last night bring in the new year with my boyfriend, my BFF, my sister, and about two dozen people who I kinda knew or, at the very least, they seemed to know me.  Seriously, it reminded me of that old commercial where every where this girl goes, everyone’s all like, “So, what color panties are you wearing tonight?”  In my case, I was wearing black panties and this morning, I’m wearing red, white, and blue panties because dangit, this is 2012 and I’m proud to be an American, yes, I am!  But anyway, what was I talking about? 

Oh yeah, so I didn’t actually watch this last night but I did DVR it last night.  And then I watched it this morning.  Anyway, what I watched was the 15th episode of the 8th season of my favorite Canadian tv show, Degrassi: The Next Generation.  The title of this episode: A Touch of Grey.

Why Was I Watching It?

Well, first off, it was Degrassi.  Secondly, it was one of the Degrassi drug episodes.  So, of course, I was totally going to make sure I got a chance to see it.

What’s It About?

This is the episode where Emma (played by Miriam McDonald) worries that her classmates view her as being boring.  So, she tells everyone to call her “Blaze” and then passes out a bunch of pot brownies.  At first, everyone has a great time eating the brownies and giggling and stumbling about.  But, uh-oh, one girl gets so stoned that she forgets to take her insulin and slips into a diabetic coma.  Will Blaze confess to the Canadian police or will she allow her cute boyfriend to take the fall?

What Worked

Any Degrassi episode dealing with drug abuse is automatically fascinating because Degrassi, on the one hand, took a lot of pride on treating the issues realistically but, at the same time, there’s no way that a teen show could get away with allowing any character to abuse drugs for more than one episode.  As such, drug episodes of Degrassi have this wonderfully schizophrenic feel to them where everything starts out normal until about 18 minutes in, at which point THE WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN happens.  In A Touch of Grey, we find out that handing out pot brownies will not only help induce a coma but will also lead to you breaking up with your cute boyfriend as well.

What Didn’t Work

It was Degrassi.  It all worked.

“Oh my God!  Just like me!” Moments:

When I first went to college, my roommate used to call me “Blaze” too.  In my case, though, it was either because of my hair or my temper.

Lessons Learned:

Uhmmm…hello?  Don’t just go randomly handing out pot brownies like you’re freaking Martha Stewart or someone.  That was the main lesson but as an extra, bonus lesson, I learned that you can apparently pin any crime on a devoted boyfriend.  And thank God for that!