Degrassi/Recap/S10/E06 99 Problems

"Now once upon a time not too long ago

A nigga like myself had to strong arm a hoe

This is not a hoe in the sense of havin a pussy

But a pussy havin no God Damn sense, try and push me

I tried to ignore him and talk to the Lord

Pray for him, cause some fools just love to perform"

- Jay Z, 99 Problems

A Plot
Riley gets the genius idea to haze Drew in order to get him to back down from outing him. At the beginning of the school day, he and Owen strip him down to his underwear and duct tape and plastic wrap him around the school's flagpole. Coach Armstrong finds him, rips the tape from his lips and asks who was behind the hazing. Drew won't tattle on the two people who did it to him.

At a meeting with the football team, Principal Snake, Coach Armstrong, and Drew's mother, Mrs. Torres confront the team on the hazing. Mrs. Torres is on the warpath, and demanding answers on the hazing. No one from the team is giving any answers and Mrs. Torres is threatening to go to the school board with this. Riley plays dumb, and Mrs. Torres confronts him, but Drew vouches for him. Later, Riley thanks Drew for not giving him up, but Drew's still deadset on getting QB1 and now he has two things against Riley. And Riley now owes him. Riley is thinking of dropping out the running for QB1. He approaches Coach Armstrong about it and recommends Drew. Armstrong tells him Drew has potential, but this is Riley's team. Coach Armstrong gives him a good pep talk on not giving up and how good he was last year. And now Drew has nothing on him. After a self-reflective Montage, Riley decides to not drop out.

Later, Armstrong is annoucing the team positions. KC makes wide receiver, Zane gets kicker, and Riley....gets quarterback! Drew is shocked. But it doesn't matter. Mrs. Torres is still on the prowl. When the team arrives at the game, the school board temporarily stops the Panthers from playing the season until the hazing incident is investigated. The team is down, Riley knows what he must do. He confesses to the hazing prank. He gets a five game suspension, and has to watch Drew take his place. However, Zane commends him on doing the right thing and says that he wishes the "football Riley" was out there. Riley tells him he wishes one day, it could be just him out on the field.

B Plot
Alli is starting her own club/dance troupe, and passing out flyers. She meets Bianca and hands her out a flyer. Alli props up the club as the coolest club ever, with no uniforms or tryouts. Bianca dismisses it. At the club's first meeting, everyone's having fun and dancing and Bianca surprisingly shows up and shows them how it's done. Bianca quickly takes over the club and barks out orders. Alli and Bianca start to clash over the direction of the club. Alli wants them to all hang out, but Bianca just wants to dance.

Alli books the club to perform at Degrassi's first football game in the season. The club protests that they aren't ready. Alli pretty lays out her plan to use the club to get popular and Bianca tells her off and leaves...with the rest of the club behind her. Unfortunately, she's still booked to perform at the game. Luckily for her, Clare is still her friend till the end. And she, along with Dave and Wesley and others join Alli in performing at the halftime show and in dancing badly.

C Plot
Jenna is still suspicious of KC's behavior and he's still hanging with Marisol. He's still getting these persistent phone calls. Jenna spies KC's phone and calls the number that's been calling him -- and it turns out it's his mother.

KC finds out Jenna looked at his phone and that she spoke to his mom. KC makes wide receiver but he's still mad at Jenna for prying. KC tells her that his mother got out of prison 8 months ago and has been trying to contact him ever since. Jenna walks to talk about it, but KC is done talking.