After all the craziness of last year, Craig has one overriding goal: no drama. He's focused on his friends, his family, his studies, and his band - a reconstituted Downtown Sasquatch but no Spinner - a new addition is rocking the drum-kit? Ellie Nash! Ellie seems to think everything about Craig is great. But she denies she has a crush on him point blank. Craig seems to be falling under her spell until? an old flame re-enters Craig's atmosphere: Manny Santos - still in crisis since her father kicked her out. And as Craig gets sucked into her orbit Ellie fears the worst. Things come to a head when Manny crashes their wedding gig and steals the spotlight. Will Ellie come clean in time and confess her crush to Craig? Or will she lose him forever to Manny?
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.