"[Electronic Music Playing]" "[Students Cheering]" "[Students Continue Cheering]" "I hope everyone's enjoyed their dinners." "Now, the moment everyone's been waiting for... prom king and queen." " Ooh!" " [Chuckles]" "ZoÃ" Rivas and Rasha Zuabi!" "[Students Cheer]" " Okay, we were robbed." " [Chuckles]" "[Cheering Loudly]" "Should I be worried?" "'Cause Zig's been talking to Esme for, like, an hour." "What, do you think he's, like, in danger or something?" "Or..." "Yeah, of hooking up with Cruella De Vil." "Zig would never ditch Maya." "[Students Cheer]" "We would like to invite all the couples to join our queens on the dance floor." " Go." "It's okay." "Go." " What will you do?" "I don't know." "I'll take a walk." "Maybe I'll meet a new Prince Charming." "Go." "Come on." "[Slow Music Playing]" "[Esme Crying]" "What am I going to do?" "[Sobbing]" "[Maya] Esme?" "[Esme Gasps And Sniffles]" "Hey." "Are you okay?" "If you had just left us alone, this never would have happened!" " Where's Zig?" " [Breathing Heavily]" "Zig?" "[Gasps]" "Zig?" "[Breath Trembling] Zig?" "Maya?" "[Groans]" "[Grunts] I..." "I can't move my leg." "♪ Whatever it takes I know I can make it through ♪" "♪ And if I hold out I know I can make it through ♪" "♪ Be the best, be the best The best that I can be ♪" "♪ Whatever it takes ♪" "♪ I know I can make it I know I can make it through ♪" "Those crowns look so good on you guys." "Yeah, they'd probably look better on us, though." " Just saying." " [Both Chuckle]" "I can't believe we're prom queens." "I think Jonah is actually jealous." "That's no reason to be upset." "[Chuckles]" "Sorry." "My Mom was prom queen and... she always hoped that I'd be prom queen, too." " And you did it!" " Except I can't share it with her." "And with prom tonight and graduation tomorrow," " I've really been missing her." " I get it." "Of course you do." "You have no idea where your family is." "In Lebanon. [Chuckles]" " With a cousin." " [Chuckles]" "I've been texting my Mom." "I thought she couldn't handle the fact that you were gay." "Now she's just glad I'm safe." "I..." "I should've told you." "You didn't wanna make me feel bad about my own crappy family." "Call your Mom." "[Scoffs] It's been seven months." "What if nothing's changed?" "Then off with her head!" "[Both Chuckle]" "The leg's not broken." "Just a bad sprain." " What happened?" " [Sighs]" "I..." "I told you." "I slipped." "[Paramedic] You should get home." "Get some rest." "[Maya Sighs]" "Okay, you can't let Esme get away with this." " What if she hurts somebody else?" " Maya, I told you it was an accident." " That doesn't make it okay." " Yeah." "Because she's not okay." "She hasn't been ever since we found..." "[Stutters] Ever since she found out that we were going to prom together." " This wasn't her fault." " I should've never asked you to prom." "I'm sorry I got you involved in my relationship drama." "I'm Maya Matlin." "Drama follows me." " Ew." " Don't be jealous." "Her dress was a disaster." " What are you doing here?" " I messed up and I need your help." "Do you have a pen and paper?" "We need to make a plan." " Are you okay?" " [Esme Breathing Heavily]" "You seem a little on edge." "Zig's about to get back together with Maya." "Of course I'm on edge!" "I saw pics." " They went to prom together." " I tried to stop it, but I just made everything worse." "He's not gonna forgive me, Frankie!" "Where do you keep your freaking pens?" "Okay." "What do we do now?" " You could try apologizing." " That won't be enough." "Okay." "Then... a gift is always nice." "Zig's always wanted a motorcycle." "My cousin owns a high-end bike shop." "We'll call that a first idea." "My Mom always says her best thinking comes after a good night's sleep." " You're right." " Great." "I will call you... a cab. [Sighs]" "Anyone starving?" "I could literally eat this menu." "That's it." "I'm calling my Mom." "She's not answering." "Wait, should I leave a message?" "Hi, Mom." "I won prom queen tonight." "I'm also valedictorian tomorrow." "I love you, and... and I want you in my life." "Please come to graduation tomorrow." "Now what?" " Burritos or enchiladas?" "I can't decide." " [All Chuckle]" "[Cell Phone Vibrating]" "I can't look." "I'll do it." "It's your Mom." "She wants to know what time the ceremony's at." " She's coming?" " [Chuckles]" " She's coming!" " [Both Chuckle]" "Rise and shine, Maya Matlin." "Graduation day." " [Chuckles] - [Maya] I can't go." " You're singing!" " I can't do that, either." " If I stay in bed, nothing bad can happen." " Uh, except you'll miss graduation." "Caps and gowns, final farewells..." "Don't you wanna see your Mom bursting with pride?" "Of course, but..." "[Sighs] I just have a really bad feeling about today." "That's allowed, but I won't let you miss graduation because of it." "[Grace Grunts]" " [Grunts]" " Is this about Zig and Esme hooking up?" "No, they... they didn't hook up." "But things..." "They got messy." "I just feel like... every time I do something to be happy, somebody gets hurt." " That's your depression brain talking." " Yeah, well, it feels real." "[Sighs]" "Listen, I don't know if I should go to California next year." "SoCalArt is your dream." "What would your doctor tell you to do?" "Deep breaths, and take it one step at a time." "Okay." "So, you start breathing," "I'll go start you a shower and we'll go from there." "What happened after prom?" "How can you talk about prom when a great injustice has been done?" "[Scoffs] She's talking about the bomb threat." "All I did was give the school info that I snapped off Saad's computer." "Why would Saad wanna blow up prom?" "He's just a regular guy." "Yeah, who was talking to some pretty scary people online." "He was lonely." "Yeah, well, lonely people do desperate things." "Oh, God." "What?" "Okay, it's probably nothing... but Esme said she tried to stop prom." " So she's responsible?" " I never said that." "Esme's crazy, but not that crazy." " Where's Esme now?" " She's in my room." "Be careful!" "She seems really fragile." " She's not here." " Then... then where is she?" " [Jonah And Grace Chuckle] - [Camera Shutter Clicks]" "Okay." "Now take a picture of Maya and I over here." "Oh, okay." "Because we must remember this bench forever." " [Chuckling] This is where we first met." " Oh, yeah, right." "When Miles thought you could track down my cyberbully." "Uh." "When were you ever friends with Miles?" " Oh, they dated." " Until she broke my heart." "Yeah, well, maybe you shouldn't have accepted a striptease from ZoÃ" Rivas." "Who turned out to be your cyberbully. [Laughs]" "Ah, the good old days." "What?" "I don't look that silly in this cap, do I?" " You passed history!" " By 5%." "Thanks to you." "See?" "Good things do happen when Maya Matlin's around." " [Grace And Jonah Chuckle]" " Are you okay?" "A little tender. [Sighs] You?" "Same. [Sighs]" "Great." "Everybody's okay." "Now it's time to graduate. [Chuckles]" "Uh... here or there?" " Definitely there." " [Sighs]" "[Sighs] I can't believe Mom's actually coming." "[Chuckles]" "[Rasha] Looks like she's here." " How do I look?" " Beautiful." "[Both Chuckle]" "You didn't have to come so early." "Best seats in the house." "Perks of being valedictorian. [Chuckles]" "Is Mom parking the car?" "She's not coming, ZoÃ"." "I'm sorry." " Then why are you here?" " She wanted you to have this." "So your Mom wasn't ready to come, but she got you a graduation gift." " What are those documents for?" " I need this stuff for university." " She doesn't want me anymore." " Maybe the letter explains it." "No, no. [Chuckles] It's fine." "I am." "I just need to forget about her and focus on the speech." " [Maya Chuckles]" " Hey, have you seen Esme?" "No." "Don't jinx it." "Well, she came to my house really upset last night and I thought she'd be here." " She's graduating, right?" " She's not on my list." "She's a straight-A student." "She got into Harvard." "Well, she hasn't been in class for, like, a month." "Well, at least we don't have to worry about her today." "Well, we should be worried." "There's obviously a problem." "We should tell somebody what happened at prom." "Wait, do you mean the bomb threat?" " That was Esme?" " I don't know." "Maybe?" " [Graduation Music Playing]" " Okay, guys, it's go time." "I'll figure this out after graduation." "Okay?" "Oh, no." "[All Cheering]" "Thank you for coming to celebrate this year's class." "And now, may I present our valedictorian, ZoÃ" Rivas." "Seems like just yesterday we were all tiny freshmen struggling with our lockers and now we're graduating!" "[Chuckles]" "We wouldn't be here without the support of our teachers, our friends and... our families." "When I arrived at Degrassi as a... as a... [Sighs]" "[Crying] I'm sorry." "[Students Murmuring]" " [Sighs] - [Goldi] We should go." "[Simpson] Oh, uh, graduation can be an emotional day." "Maya, are you ready?" "[Maya] Ready?" "[Sighs]" "[Singing] ♪ Gotta pack my bags Leave my world behind ♪" "♪ Take a different road I know it's my time ♪" "♪ To open up my heart for another crowd ♪" "♪ Play it strong And sing it loud ♪" "♪ There's empty places in my life And I need to breathe ♪" "[Crying] So... that's the last memory everyone will have of me." " A blubbering idiot." " Hey, at least it was... memorable." "[Inhales Sharply] Everyone else had their families there." "I just..." "looked at those seats and all I could think is, "I'm alone."" "So what am I?" "An acquaintance?" "[Chuckles]" " Yeah." "What about me?" " [Winston] Me, too?" "[Zoã" Exhales] I love you guys, but it's not the same." "You're not my family." "Who am I going to spend holidays with?" " I get Thanksgiving." " Christmas." "Easter." "Of course, I don't celebrate it, but if you need someone for Eid, I'm your girl." " You bought a motorcycle?" " It's a graduation gift!" "[Chuckles]" "[Sniffles] Look, I know things got a little intense last night..." "Esme, there is something seriously wrong with you." "I know." "Your friends are trying to tear us apart." "[Chuckles] Which is why I got this motorcycle." "We have to get away." "I'm graduating." " So?" "They'll mail you your diploma." " [Zig] And I can't drive a motorcycle." "Why do you keep poking holes in my plans?" "I'm trying to fix us!" "[Crying]" " Why don't you see that?" " Calm down." "Someone's gonna hear you." "Oh, so now I'm embarrassing you?" "I've done everything to keep us together!" "I called in a freaking bomb threat!" "But nothing's good enough. [Crying]" "I never should've bought you this stupid bike." "[Screaming]" "Whoa!" "Stop, you're gonna hurt yourself!" " Esme!" " [Crying] Let go of me!" "Think about what you are doing." "It's never too late to ask for help." "[Crying]" " [Esme Wailing]" " Okay." "[Ms. Grell] I'll take it from here..." "Deon Bell." "Caltech." "[All Applauding]" "Congratulations!" "[All Cheering]" "Grace Cardinal." "Ryerson." "Congratulations." "Winston Chu." "Banting!" "Jonah Haak." "U of T." "Congratulations." "Miles Hollingsworth." "London Writer's Academy." "Congratulations." "Good job." "Maya Matlin." "Undecided." "Congratulations." "Hold on, not yet." "We gotta do this. [Chuckles]" "Zig Novak." "Has anyone seen Zig Novak?" "Oh, there." "[All Applaud]" "He's here!" "He's here." "Nice job." "Oh, yes." "Next up, our VP, Goldi Nahir." "Recipient of the Service Award, and attending Banting." "[Goldi] Whoo!" "[Simpson] Congratulations." "You sent Grell out?" "I told her everything that happened at prom." "Somebody had to." " She needs real help, Zig." "Like I did." " Last, but not least..." " ZoÃ" Rivas." " Whoo!" "We could not have survived without your leadership." "Congratulations." "I'd also like to present an honorary diploma to Tristan Milligan." "His journey has been an inspiration to the entire community at Degrassi." " Tristan, get up here." " [Students Cheering Loudly]" " Congratulations." "Good job!" " Thank you." "May I present your graduates!" "[All Cheering]" "What are you doing here?" "I'm sorry I accused you of making the bomb threat." "I was wrong and probably racist." " Thank you." " [Lola] Wait!" "Um, we'd also like to invite you to an end-of-year party." "I have to pack." "I'm going to stay with an uncle in Montreal." "But you're coming back, right?" "To a school where everyone thinks I'm a terrorist?" "The police questioned me all night." "My parents thought I would be sent home." " But now everyone knows it was Esme." " There's nothing for me here." "[Breathes Shakily]" "Now will you come to the party?" "[Indistinct Chatter]" "So did you make up your mind about SoCalArt?" "Yeah, actually." "I'm gonna try it." "Turns out, not all my decisions are the worst." "Well, if, uh, you need someone to drive you," "I don't have any summer plans." "Or fall plans." " Or winter plans, come to think of it." " You'll figure it out." "Life isn't a race." "You taught me that." "Ready to see what Mom has to say?" "So she can try to explain why she doesn't want me in her life anymore?" "I don't care." "I don't need her." " You're my fam now." " Speech!" " [All Chanting] Speech!" "Speech!" "Speech!" " No." " No!" "Guys..." " [All Continue Chanting]" "[All Cheer]" "[Zig] Speech!" "[Grace] Go, ZoÃ"!" " Good afternoon, graduates!" " [All Laugh]" "It seems like just yesterday we were... scared little kids struggling to find our lockers, and today, we're graduates." "[Miles] Whoo!" "Along the way, we welcomed some new faces." "And we said good-bye to others." "When I arrived at Degrassi as a sophomore... um, I thought high school was a competition." "To be the most beautiful." "The most popular." "To score the hottest boyfriend." "Boy, was I wrong. [Chuckles]" " Yeah, preach." " [All Chuckle]" "I was scared to show people who I really was, because..." "I was afraid that they would reject me." "[Inhales Deeply]" "I've learned that this world is big enough for all of us to succeed, and... the only people that we should ever be competing against is ourselves." "'Kay, thanks, bye." " [All Chuckle]" " Hope we all keep in touch." "You all have bright futures that I want to hear about." " Whoo-hoo!" " [All Cheer And Applaud]" "Whoo!" "♪ There's empty places in my life And I need to breathe ♪" "[Inaudible]" "♪ There's empty spaces on the map Waiting there for me ♪" "♪ I'll take the last exit to freedom ♪" "♪ The last chance to be free ♪" "♪ And the first sign of tomorrow ♪" " ♪ Feels like freedom to me ♪ - ♪ Feels like freedom to me ♪" "♪ Oh, there's hope out on the horizon ♪" " ♪ And a light only I can see ♪ - ♪ And a light only I can see ♪" "♪ It's the last exit to freedom ♪" "♪ The last chance to be free ♪" "♪ I'll take the last exit to freedom ♪" "♪ The last chance to be free ♪" "♪ I'll take the last exit to freedom ♪" "♪ The last chance to be free ♪" "[Mellow Music Playing]"