At the house that night, Maya has the same nightmare and Zig walks in again, this time telling her that he doesn't think she's crazy, but that she needs real help. July 8 2017, 11:00 AM PDT, The last 24 minutes of Degrassi: Next Class fourth season delivered pretty much everything you could possibly want in a finale: prom, dramz and actual bombs. Then Zig said you know it would be really cool to turn the school into like a weird artsy fun house for a night. Maya looks to the side and sees him. He used to dislike Hunter Hollingsworth. Later, he tweeted "Lesson learned. Maya goes through a dark period in season 3 and throws things as well as shouting at her mother several times . In season four, Maya is dealing with the aftermath of her depression and struggles with writing music. While he struggles to beat her, he gets upset that Tiny is recording the match and making jokes. ", (To Zo): "You're not seriously thinking about killing yourself, are you? In Rusty Cage (1), Zig is seen with Tori, Tristan, Cam and Maya at karaoke night. Or the time Adam was shot by Biancas ex-boyfriend at prom? He loses and he feels embarrassed when Tiny makes more jokes about him. (Ryan Cooley) was murdered before he could tell Liberty (Sarah Barrable-Tishauer) he loved her. In Believe (1), Zig texted Maya that Zo is in trouble. In shock, Zig lets her fall. In Need You Now (2), Zig goes to the gym looking for Tori, and sees her as the mascot. He is labelled as "The Not So Bad Bad Boy." Madame reassures him it wasn't his fault, and suggests that he help set up an event for French with her. Zig says he doesn't have anywhere to go. Zig becomes jealous when Maya chooses Jonah to play guitar for her band instead of him. Cam asks him why he only brought 2, as his parents own the convenience store and Zig says he had a "brain fart" and that he should have brought more. He is worried about her, and leaves after Maya insults him. Zig tells her he thinks she's brave before their conversation is interrupted when Zo gets a text from her blackmailer. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. She awkwardly says hi and he tells her her mom told him to help himself which she quickly tells him of course. Videos Saad, like Rasha, is a student from Syria, but unlike her, is unhappy in Canada. But thats still pretty messed up, even by this shows standards.). He rejects Grace's advances when she kisses him and confesses her crush on him. He reveals how now Children's Aid is on him and that since he has no home, group home is his only option. Later on in the gymnasium, the green and red spirit teams were preparing for their first spirit week competition, a game of floor hockey. Villain, he is in the resource center when Zo prints out her speech for the assembly regarding the Degrassi Nudes scandal. Later on Maya comes home and sees Zig in the kitchen and she says she is sorry and Zig responds for what she says for not telling you the truth he responds you could have told me how you felt from the start then Maya responds so you don't hate me he says no. Madame announces that her musical act cancelled on them, and Damon tells Zig that he should volunteer to cover for them, Zig agrees, he thinks that he owes it to her. Zig approaches Tristan asking about Maya. A direct sequel to Degrassi: The Next Generation, it premiered on Family 's new teen programming block F2N in Canada on January 4, 2016.and on Netflix internationally on January 25, 2016. In Scream (1), he is seen wandering around backstage when Tori and Tristan. Maya's older sister and a former Degrassi pupil who is currently attending a California University on a soccer scholarship. The following actors have all received star billing and are listed as "starring" after the opening theme song of Degrassi: Next Class. Maya and Zig. This has led many fans to suspect that when Degrassi returns, we'll be losing one -- or more -- of the six characters listed above. Or when that casino-themed dance was shut down because Fitz pulled a knife on Eli and Clare? Maya then tells him that Tori spent her allowance from the past five years for his present. But he decides against kissing her, and obeys her parents' rules of the house against any hanky panky. He keeps calling him while the others search for him. Later on, Zig walks into one of the hallways to see lockers being searched. Male Following being kicked out by her mother, Zo proceeds to live with Grace, and starts dating Rasha. Degrassi: Next Class knows this. She then ignores him and he watches Zo confront Sophia and smash her laptop. Nickname(s) Miles tells Zig he's only trying for Maya and if Zig cared he'd try too. After ending a long-running relationship with Zig and being involved in a bus accident that injured her and many of her friends, Maya falls into another dark period where she is diagnosed with depression and attempts suicide. He continues to act cold towards her and clearly is no where near wanting to make amends with her. After several horrible events at the school and a suspension from being Principal for a few months, Simpson returns ready to turn Degrassi around. Was supposed to graduate in season 4 with the Class of 2016 but was held back due to her skipping school for a month. Zig has been involved in more love triangles than relationships. He then asks if she remembers when he told her he'd wait for her last year. The younger brother of Miles, and twin to Frankie, Hunter is a computer gamer, and comic book lover. Zig found himself in detention on a regular basis, but he could usually talk his way out of trouble. Zig nervously speeds into the band room and takes out the money pouch where Tori and Maya walk in. Ricardo Hoyos Upon awakening, he is seen in therapy and occasionally at school. (Well, an actual bomb threat.. Suddenly, someone clears their throat from behind, and when they turn to see who it is, they know they are in trouble. Vijay is a hopeless romantic with a flair for the dramatic. Maya (Olivia Scriven), Grace (Nikki Gould), Zig (Ricardo Hoyos), Tristan (Lyle Lettau), Jonah (Ehren Kassam) and Tiny (Richard Walters) had been en route to watch the Degrassi volleyball game when their school bus flipped over on the side of the road. The younger brother of Goldi, Baaz is a 12th grader who is always looking for new business ventures. When he is at the restaurant he yells at the chef that he just made one mistake and so the chef tries to calm him down by saying it's not about me is it he says no she responds saying well I don't think I'm the one you should be yelling at. She says yes and asks if he's seen it, Zig answers no. After rehearsing Be My Someone with his band the next day, Mo brings up the times for more practices where Zig says he can't do anything that night because of his anniversary. Main Plot As graduation arrives for the Class of 2016, Zo wonders how much support she'll get as she prepares to make her valedictory speech. Zig is one of nine characters to successfully stop or save someone from killing themselves the others being: Zig is also the only character to have saved two people. StudentGang member (former)Kitchen hand (former)Dance Troupe Member Tristan decides to forge ahead with Half a Heart. She is seen as willing to manipulate a situation or a person in order to get what she wants. He's been such a beloved Degrassi staple for years that his death would guarantee maximum impact on both viewers and the others characters -- especially Miles (Eric Osborne), who could easily relapse while grieving the loss of his boyfriend. He comes home and Maya starts asking if he's been expelled or suspended. He asks if she told the teacher as a means of revenge for her laptop, but Maya insists she doesn't care about that; she cares about him. Zig reminds her that he is still dumping Tori afterwards. They weren't left "ooing" and "awing" like usual because they weren't attached to the episodes. Zig is homeless and lives in an abandoned house. Zo goes up to him in the hallway saying him that she's heard he's the type of guy that can get her drugs. Frankie is seen as trying to be the perfect daughter and suffers from being misunderstood. Zig later watches Zo lead the cheerleaders through the hallway. He is best friends with his girlfriend Maya Matlin, Tiny Bell, and Grace Cardinal, and is good friends with Mo Mashkour,Imogen Moreno, Adam Torres(before his death), Jonah Haak,Tristan Milligan, and Zo Rivas. Starring: Amanda Arcuri, Amir Bageria, Soma Bhatia Creators: Yan Moore, Linda Schuyler, Kit Hood Watch all you want. Zig tells her that he doesn't want to present his oral, and expresses his guilt over what he said to Cam. #Degrassi #FullEpisode #Drama Show more Show more. * It was a finale of major highs and crushing lows for Zo, who used the confidence she gained from winning prom queen to invite her mom to graduation. Esme is a senior repeating her final year after skipping school for a month. Plus, if the old trope rings true, the fact that Tristan just lost his virginity doesn't bode well for his odds of surviving. It's always possible Maya could suffer some damage to her vocal chords or become disabled in a way that might affect her dreams of musical stardom. Tiny (Odds of dying: 5:1) There's nothing Degrassi loves more than killing off a character when things are about to go their way. Will he pursue his newfound dream of being a modern dancer? Zig is eighth of the eight to intentionally harm someone's car: He dumped garbage on. At home, Maya is shown waiting up for Zig. They were best friends who later dated, but when they broke up they drifted apart as he moved on to date. As Zig is about to delete the app, he receives a nude picture from Zo. -, (To Class) "I wouldn't have come between my friends." Will next season be all about how she deals with his death? He agrees then offers to get some cereal for her but she insists she can do it herself as she is an independent woman. All Rights Reserved. In #SorryNotSorry, Zig confronts Maya asking for her forgiveness saying he wished that Zo hadn't kissed him. Your thoughts onNext Class finale? Maya says he does and Zig remarks if her rich new boyfriend is gonna pay for a suite. The next day, he asks Madame if he could present his time travel assignment. He got along with almost anyone, but was romantically awkward. She tells him about Power Cheer's lack of budget and her assures her that she'll come up with a great idea to fundraise. It's been almost 19 years since the iconic teen show Degrassi: The Next Generation premiered! At first, Zig says he would go back in time to before he dumps trash on Madame's car, but he then says he would go back in time to before he came between his friends. In Close to Me, Maya walks into the kitchen to see Zig sitting down eating cereal. During his freshman year, he kissed all of the female leads in his grade. He is later shown with Damon at his mother's store where he is looking for something to give to Tori. They walk to the front of the school where Maya meets them and says that Marisol got WhisperHug to perform at the dance. He was kicked out because a member of the gang went to rob him at the family shop, but Zig wasn't there. After school, Zig, looking for Maya, watches her and Miles kissing and looks on in jealousy. She asks why he would do it and says it's like she doesn't even know him to which he agrees and walks out. Zig tells Maya it's not his job to fix her and Miles relationship and doesn't want to go to the dance. At the Renewal Project ceremony, Zig laughs with Maya as Zo breaks the news to Becky about Drew getting Clare pregnant. Zig offers to walk Maya home, after finding out she's been drinking. Then Zig asks Maya if her mom found anything in his bag last night and she said she found a bag of drugs that clams weren't his and she flushed them down the toilet and he says he has to fix the mess that she made. As a freshman in Season 11 he was mostly seen in the freshman school uniform of a yellow polo and khakis. Shopping with (them) is informative. Ill stay at the skate park next time.". Grace says something like burning man it's this crazy event in the dessert all these artists go there create art and just explore. In How Bizarre, Zig, Maya, and Grace discuss Zig's new job at a restaurant. 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Zigmund "Zig" Novak is a graduate of Degrassi Community School from the Class of 2016. Maybe, but maybe not. In If You Could Only See, Zig is with Grace playing a game with Tiny when Maya walks into class asking if they'd seen Miles. PMC Entertainment. He still wants to dance and have a job, so he joins Esme's dance troupe. Zo then requests to buy sleeping pills from him and he accepts once she shows him her wallet full of cash. He gets called up to turn in his assignment and Maya looks at him; suspecting he did steal her computer. Then sees Maya Miles interacting giving them a jealous look and outside he gets a call from Vince and Maya walks over to talk to him asking permission about her and Miles might getting back together and he says it's hard to believe but I think I can get over Maya Matlin and she says thanks for giving her his blessing and he walks over to Vince, Vince says, "She's pretty, Ziggy. The two rekindle their relationship and Zig brings Tori inside to meet his mother. Zo tells Zig that he saved her life and how "a wise man once said get rid of the pills." Maya tells Zig that that is ridiculous, and starts to laugh. The last information we got said no fatalities had been reported (yet), but at least one student is in critical condition. According to Lyle Lettau, Zig's character was originally named "Carter Cash" and that name even appeared in the scripts, but was changed last minute to Zig. When she takes his phone, she realizes that it's a girl's breasts and that many girls have been sending him nude pictures of themselves. In the season 4 finale, Esme finally accepts that she needs help. When I'm with Maya, other girls are just that, other girls. When Maya realizes all they did was kiss and Zo kissed Zig she considers giving him another chance. Miles comes over and formally asks Maya to semi-formal with a bouquet of roses while Zig discreetly looks on from the fridge. All episodes o. I. Zig tries to stop Maya as she storms away and throws her cello in the dumpster. While there, Maya is disappointed that Cam is not there and is afraid she did this for nothing. She returns home after their mother tells her Maya is suffering from depression. He was the first to say "fuck" on Canadian broadcast television, in the 1992 Degrassi telefilm, This page was last edited on 9 October 2022, at 02:12. Black When the game began, Cam attacked Zig by elbowing in the face and continued to fight him until Mr. Simpson and Dallas pulled him off. Later Zig is seen at lunch and he walks over and talks toMaya,ToriandTristanafter class and apologizes again. In Wise Up, Zo walks into class and pats Zig's bottom and compliments it. In Need You Now (1), Zig wants Tori to film him skateboarding for a contest. Zo gets upset and walks away. Mr. Simpson is the Principal of Degrassi Community School and used to be the Media Immersion teacher. Zig tries to make it up to her in the foyer by coming up to her shirtless with the words "I Like You" written across his chest, but she turns him down and says that she's done with boys, leaving him sad. She is seen as best friends with Frankie and Shay. Like his Junior Hockey teammates, Campbell was athletic. Does anyone care about either of those options? With Na'ku'set Gould, Amanda Arcuri, Sara Waisglass, Ehren Kassam. Reason: Zig realized that Maya still had feelings for Miles and that she only viewed him as a friend. Marisol asking Zig for the money he owes her. Family are talking about how his first kiss will be with Dave. She says how if he has a place to stay, Children's Aid won't be needed. Then Miles says well I do I'm not let you ruin this for her so come on then Zig pushes his hand away says don't touch me rich boy then Miles walks away. A new generation navigates high school drama in the latest installment of award-winning series, Degrassi. Zo is a fierce and fashion forward student and former actor. In the Rubber Room? Zig was able to successfully talk Zo out of killing herself when she stole pills from his book bag. Zig tells him he could have ruined Madame's life, by that one mistake. When Maya asks for him to work with her to prove they don't belong there, Zig says he is never getting out, and continues to rebel. In Can't Stop This Thing We Started, Zig is with Tiny watching Grace and Maya arm-wrestle. He gives Cam the bag and he opens it, revealing 2 bags of Ketchup chips. I refuse to believe Degrassi would do that to us, especially before Grace experiences her first real relationship. As a teacher asks how things are going, Maya tensely says, "Just great" as she stares at him. This wasn't the "Degrassi" they knew. In Building a Mystery (1), Zig is seen heading to band practice when Becky asks him if Adam is able to hang out with her. Esme fakes a suicide attempt, gets Miles addicted to drugs, and is generally manipulative and occasionally violent throughout the show. Zig opens the door, stunned to see Maya. dismisses them, but requests to talk to Zig first. Zig agrees but looks unsure. They hook up, but after Grace reveals that she doesn't have feelings for Zo, she makes out with Grace's crush, Zig. Zig replies, "No, man, I've been busy and I've retired from the drug dealing business." Although this series is a continuation of "The Next Generation", Netflix and the producers decided to begin with a "season one", under a new title, instead.[2]. We predict the fallout of that major twist, [Warning: Spoilers for the Degrassi: Next Class Season 2 finale ahead!]. Zig's mom gave Zig the option of leaving the gang, or leaving home. 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