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King Of Pain

Season 4, Episode 3, Aired Sep 21, 2004

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Marco faces some unexpected complications while running for Student Council President when resident rebel Alex joins the race and threatens to out him to the entire school at the election assembly, which his parents are planning to attend. He must also deal with his rocky relationship with Dylan, whose getting tired of having to hide his affections. Meanwhile, Liberty and Emma clash when Liberty starts spending time with Emma's ex, Chris.

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Brona Brown

Mrs. Del Rossi

Lauren Collins

Paige Michalchuk
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Ryan Cooley

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Archie "Snake" Simpson
Andrea Lewis

Hazel Aden
Cassie Steele

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Marco versus Alex for school president.

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By Jon_MW_14, Jul 07, 2011

"King of Pain" is an excellent Degrassi episode. It's one of those episodes that you can watch over and over again. In this episode both Marco and Alex run for school president. I love how Marco comes out to his mom in this episode. I love how Alex threaten that she'll call Marco a queer in his speech, but instead she calls him a pretty boy. SPOILER ALERT, I'm not sure the Degrassi writers were planning on having Alex be a main character in season 5, if they did then Alex could have been struggling with her sexuality in this episode, and so maybe that's why she called Marco a pretty boy instead of queer Anyways, I give this episode a 9/10.moreless
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By futuramarama, Jul 03, 2010

Marco can't admit to anyone he is gay which puts a strain on his relationship with Dylan. It also hurts him because he wants to be school president, but his opponent threatens to tell everyone he is gay Will he end up winning?

A good episode that dealt with the topic of homoseexuality, and I think it did a good job. I think that girl who was gonna tell all Marco was gay was evil... like literally evil. But all in all it was a very good episode, I think, my overall grade for this episode is a big A+moreless
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In this episode Marco is running for school president, when Alex wants to run against him, he has to keep the whole school ,and his parents, from discovering that he is gaymoreless

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By veganbrat, Jul 25, 2007

Although I thought really hard about what to label this episode, I chose "Character Development." In this episode I thought is showed, for the first time, a softer side to Alex, like she is a real person and does have the capability of being nice. Well nicer. I thought it was also a character development in Marco, it showed him coming out to his mom, also he semi - befriended Alex. This is my all time favorite episode, so I have nothing bad to say about it. I usually dont have bad things to say about episodes I review, but in this case, it is my all-time favorite episodes, of one of my all-time favorite shows!!!!moreless
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Marco-Alex fight fight for presidency!

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By diamondcandy333, Jun 29, 2006

This was a decent episode. I found this was probably the episode that started the whole foreshadowing and sexual tension between Paige and Alex starts. Of course, Dylan really wants Marco to come out and not be ashamed about his sexuality. While, Marco thinks it's hard, he still has to focus on his big presidental campaign against tough-rebel girl Alex. Alex really want to humilimate Marco in front of the whole school by calling him 'queer'. She bails out when she realizes it wouldn't be nice to call some queer (plus, i think she was battling with her own orientation as well). Marco does the right thing by letting her be vice president next to him, which is great sportsmanship on Marco's behalf.moreless
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too much stuff going on for a 30-minute episode, IMO

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By Fallaya, Aug 17, 2005

This eppy is not one of my favorites. It just seemed like a meaningless filler eppy. We discover that after a year of coming out to his friends, Marco still hasn't come out to his parents, and it's starting to get to Dylan, who has been "out" for a long time-to both his friends, dorm-mates and parents. Then, Marco comes out to his mom. Add to this the stress of student elections, and the possibility of Alex "outing" Marco to the school (and his dad)...there's just way too much going on.

The sub-plot made no sense whatsoever. Why the writers decided to make Emma a b**ch, I'll never understand. Now, she is totally consumed with how she looks, and how it will look to everyone else if her ex goes on a date with Liberty. I'm sorry, Em, but you're not "all that" yourself honey!

I think the writers should have made Emma's personality transformation happen over a series of episodes, and not just over a couple. It's like BAM, she goes from being an activist to being a mini version of Paige. Give us a little more warning please!moreless
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- The Election totals: Marco - 321, Alex - 209
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- During the scene in the cafateria Craig, Hazel, Paige, and Spinner sign Marco's nomination form. If you watch, none of them really look like they are signing the paper except Paige.
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QUOTES (3)
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- Marco: Pa, I'm dropping out of the election. Look, I talked to the president from last year and he said it was a lot of work. Mr. Del Rossi: No, no, no, no Marco you will do it! Marco: But my studies are gonna--- Mr. Del Rossi: No Marco, for running I am proud of you, but now quitting? No, don't make me less proud.
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- Paige: Ice patches, bottomless pits, dog crap and Alex; pedestrian hazards to avoid. Alex: Nice shirt, hate to bloody it. Paige: Nice attitude, hate to deflate it by reminding you that you're a loser. Alex: Really? Who decided that? Paige: Everybody, majority rules on these matters sweetie.
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- Alex: (to Marco) We'll ask the crowd at the assembly tomorrow; who would they rather vote for: the freak, or the queer? By the way, I'm the freak.
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NOTES (4)
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- song list: Sore Written by Buck 65 and T.O.A.B la Rone Performed by Buck 65 Courtesy of Buck 65/Warner Music Canada Ltd.
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- Jimmy, Ellie, Sean and Toby all appear in the episode, however all are in the background and have no lines. Jimmy, Ellie and Sean can be seen siting behind Marco's parents in the assembly, while Toby is seen in the gym.
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- Amanda Stepto (Spike), Melissa McIntyre (Ashley), Pat Mastroianni (Joey) and Stacie Mistysyn (Caitlin) do not appear in this episode.
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- This episode was originally titled "Don't You Want Me."
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- Episode Title: King Of Pain This episode title is named after the song by The Police.
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