Clare continues to find comfort in the group of friends she has found a home with, and they continue to encourage her away from her past life. She finds out they run a marijuana growing operation, until it is broken up by police; Jake's brotherly commitment convinces Clare to move back home. Connor poses as a girl online, in a prank for Mo to skip a football game, to be stood up by a girl, but the two reconcile. Fiona makes a surprise date for Eli and Imogen, which at first turns them off, but then they decide to start dating.
Like its predecessors, Degrassi follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life, such as self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, school shootings, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse.
Degrassi (previously titled The Next Generation) is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, following The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and Degrassi High.