Becky was a real hero in this episode. She did the right thing when it was hard to do, and remained humble about it even in the end when Zoe approached her. The only parts that actually made me almost cry were when Becky outed Luke in front of the entire school and when Becky hugged Zoe at the end of the episode, knowing full well that her brother was in cuffs.
It would be nice if Zoe had some of Becky's conscious and
humility. Don't get me wrong - Luke deserved to be arrested and Zoe did NOT
deserve to be raped/assaulted. I definitely don't want that sort of thing for
Zoe. All I want her to do is say "I shouldn't have gotten drunk" or
show some sign that she is even the tiniest bit angry at herself in addition to
being angry at Luke & friend… and the entire rest of the school.
Zoe makes me angry. She was mean when she first came to the
school, kissing Miles in completely inappropriate places when she clearly knew
it was hurting Maya. I don't think Zoe ever apologized for that. And I could be
wrong about this, but I don't remember her apologizing for posting the
scandalous photos of Maya online either. Personally I never saw why Maya was
still friendly to Zoe after all that.
And yes, Zoe was beyond drunk when she threw herself
half-naked on Miles, but she was not drunk when she decided to go to her
ex-boyfriend's party in a skimpy bikini and start drinking a ton of alcohol and
shouting about how she was going to get turnt up. So it makes me mad that she never
even mumbles to herself “wow, I messed up,” but instead scolds Miles (one of
the few people who tried helping her at all) and then comes out of it with BFF
Maya to walk her to all her classes.
I would feel a lot better about Zoe having that support
network (I would be HAPPY about it) if she could just admit that sometimes she
messes up and could recognize how
selfless it is of people like Maya and Drew to be standing by her side.
Maybe I’m just a bad person to be so critical of Zoe, with her
little UGG boots and her fat-free mocha frappachino, when she just went through
something really difficult that will scar her for life. She’s probably already
being ostracized by half the school and doesn’t need me to ostracize her too. She’s
going through enough. At the same time, I can’t help but think that Zoe is
supposed to be a controversial character, and this episode is supposed to get a
conversation started. If we were supposed to feel pure sympathy for the victim,
then Becky would have gotten drugged while drinking cool-aid at someone’s baptism.
A note to old Degrassi watchers: Did that talent show remind
you of Paige and the Sex Kittens!?
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