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"Time Stands Still" is a two-part episode of the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. It aired on CTV in Canada on 5 & 12 October 2004. In the two-part episode, Rick Murray (Ephraim Ellis), ostracized after he physically abused his girlfriend in the previous season, brings a gun to school and shoots and paralyzes Jimmy Brooks (credited as Aubrey Graham, now known as Drake), when ...
He and Dr. Sally are the only two Degrassi Junior High and/or Degrassi High adult characters to appear on-screen on Degrassi: The Next Generation (Joey's Mom is an unseen character in "Drive") [14] Daphne Hatzilakos: Melissa DiMarco: 2–4, 9 (recurring); 5–7 (regular); 8 (guest appearance) Daphne is the divorced mother of Peter Stone.
The Degrassi universe was created in 1979 by Playing With Time, a production company owned by former schoolteacher Linda Schuyler and her partner Kit Hood. The franchise began with The Kids of Degrassi Street, which was spawned out of three half-hour short films, and came to prominence with the critical and commercial successes of Degrassi Junior High, which debuted in 1987, and Degrassi High ...
Drake didn't want his Degrassi: The Next Generation character to be in a wheelchair — and made a big deal about it.. For the 20th anniversary of the show's premiere, the A.V. Club spoke with ...
Show writer James Hurst recalls getting a legal letter saying the star "will not return to 'Degrassi' season six as Jimmy Brooks unless his injury is healed, and he’s out of the wheelchair.'"
“Degrassi: The Next Generation” writer James Hurst say Drake threatened legal action if his character was not taken out of his wheelchair on the show.
The first wave of episodes aired between 3 October 2003 and 19 December 2003, and the second wave from 4 June 2004 to 6 August 2004. [31] Episodes fourteen and fifteen, the "banned" episodes, were finally broadcast on 26 August 2006, three years after their original Canadian broadcast during an "Every Degrassi Episode Ever" Marathon. [32]
The fifth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation was the most successful season to date, averaging 767,000 viewers in Canada, and had one episode watched by a million viewers. It received praise for its depiction of a relationship between two gay characters, but mixed reviews for highlighting the issue of anorexia and bulimia in teenage girls.