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Whisper To A Scream

Season 3, Episode 8, Aired Nov 05, 2003

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After her dad leaves to go on a peace keeping mission, Ellie's mom starts to drink. As things get more and more hectic, Ellie discovers a dangerous new outlet for her pain: cutting. Terri has a secret admirer.

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Daniel Levesque

Colonel Nash
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Kirsten Kieferle

Mrs. Nash

Lauren Collins

Paige Michalchuk
Jake Epstein

Craig Manning
Stacie Mistysyn

Caitlin Ryan
Andrea Lewis

Hazel Aden
Cassie Steele

Manny Santos
Melissa McIntyre

Ashley Kerwin

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When Ellie's father leaves for a peacekeeping mission and life seems like to much, she turns to cutting as an outlet. Meanwhile, Terri tries to solve the mystery of who has been leaving roses on her locker.moreless

9.5

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By seemae, Nov 13, 2010

When I first saw this episode, words couldn't explain how I felt. Cutting was a subject I had never seen explored in media or discussed anywhere aside from a brief "honorable mention" in health class somewhere before or after eating disorders. Aside from maybe a ten minute discussion in eight grade health, self injury was a mystery to me. As a result, when I turned to cutting as a way to cope with pain, I thought I was the only one and that I was crazy for doing it.

Ellie is not only easy to relate to but how Degrassi approaches this (at the time) rarely talked about subject is honest, despite a few "after school special" moments. The moment Ellie pulls her sleeve away to reveal her arm made my heart stop and even more the inexplicable moment where she suddenly cuts for the first time without any recognizable thought process leading her to it is so real, so raw, that anyone who has ever self injured in their life can see it and feel exactly what Ellie is feeling.

It's hard but therapeutic at the same time to watch this episode. For cutters, it can be a trigger. For those who don't really understand self injury but want to, seeing Ellie's silent battle with the stress and overwhelming pain of her life may help.

Regardless of who you are, this episode and how Stacey Farber portrays Ellie's struggle with finding a way to cope is amazing - definitely not an episode of Degrassi one should miss.moreless
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Ellie's dad leaves with the army. Ellie's mom starts drinking and Ellie starts cutting herself. Terri is getting roses by a secret admirer.

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By Jon_MW_14, Aug 15, 2008

This is a really good episode about Ellie. Ellie's dad goes off somewhere with the army. He said something about being a peacekeeper. Anyways in a result her mom starts drinking. It sucks that her mom drinks. She needs to clean up her act. In result of her mom drinking, Ellie starts cutting herself. I really didn't like seeing all those marks on her arm. I am so glad the Paige was trying to be a friend about it. She is usually mean but I'm glad that she was being nice to Ellie once she knew Ellie is a cutter. Rick has been leaving roses for Terri. I think that is really sweet but I've seen other episodes where Rick is abusive so it's sad that she's going to be going out with him. Terri thinks that Toby has been leaving the roses. It's so funny to hear the words that come out of his mouth and how he saids it. It's good that that was only a science project. I think it would be too wierd to have Terri and Toby hook up. I give this episode a 10/10.moreless
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Ellie's Dad goes on a peace keeping mission leaving her with her alcoholic mom which leads to Ellie's own way to deal with the pain

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By Emmaisagoddess, Jun 04, 2008

Ellie's dad goes on a peace keeping mission with the Canadian Army which he's a part of. Ellie is sad to see him go and her mom tells her to put on a fake smile like her til he leaves. At the same time she is going to have an interview with Caitlin Ryan for a co-op her TV show but she is going against Paige for the job. Which starts off bad by paige accidently spilling jucie on her and it staining and her doing not so good at the interview. But she does end up winning the job. Mean while her mom hasnt left the couch and just drinks. Ellie is late to school a few times which she then starts to cut her self and her arms to relieve the pain. She keeps it up and does a good job at her job but then Paige sees her cutting herself in the bathroom they fight about it, and Paige is about to go to the school counceler. But eventually Ellie goes there herself but isn't ready to talk yet, but the schedule another appointment for the next day because maybe then she will be able to talkmoreless
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Synopsis: Ellie Nash deals with self mutilation; parental addiction; crushes.

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By sjo4590, Oct 02, 2007

When Ellie's dad is deployed on a military mission, she and her mom each deal with the separation in different ways. Ellie's mom goes on drinking binges and neglects her daughter. Her addiction is so overwhelming that she falls asleep while cooking and nearly burns down the house. Meanwhile Ellie has to deal with her dad being away, her mom's spiraling alcohol addiction and the stress of gaining an internship with Caitlin Ryan. In an effort to control her out-of-control life she begins cutting herself. True to the show's format of teens helping each other out, Paige discovers what Ellie is doing, and Ellie gets the help she needs. "Whisper to Scream" was realistic and one of the better written Degrassi episodes.moreless
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Ellie begins to cut herself.

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By janewaygirl, May 22, 2007

I think this episode was well-written, and I'm glad that they covered the issue of self injury. Ellie starts to cut when everything gets to be too much for her - Dad off to Iraq, mother an alcoholic, school piling up, etc. I liked that Paige was the one that eventually helped Ellie, but the way that she found out wasn't the best. My nitpicks:

1 - Unless a self-injurer is cutting or hurting them self for attention, which was not Ellie's reason, that they usually cut in private. I don't think it was very realistic for Ellie to cut in the middle of a public school bathroom.. she could have gone into a cubicle or something. 2 - The compass didn't actually look that sharp :P but hey, I'm just picking there.

3 - I haven't watched many episodes of Degrassi, but from what I gather, her cutting was a one-time thing in just this episode. I don't think thats really realistic. Self-injury is an addiction, and its not very easy to stop, even with counseling. I think they should make Ellie have a relapse or something..

Anyway, all in all, it was a good, well-written episode. Poor Ellie!moreless
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- Ellie had her cartilage pierced in her left ear in the season 2 episode "Drive", yet it's her right ear that's piereced in this episode.
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- When confronting Ellie about her arm, Paige's bookbag changes positions in different camera angles
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- When Ellie leaves the bathroom after cutting herself, she leaves her late slip on the counter.
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- Terri: (aggravated by Toby) Are you following me? Toby: I don't know, am I? Toby: 'Til next we meet. Hazel: Or maybe your admirer is Toby. Both: Ugh!
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- Ms. Sauve: Hey Paige, give me a second and we'll talk about your friend. Ellie: Who? Me? Paige: I don't care if you get mad, what you're doing is dangerous, okay? It's scary. Ellie: You can't handle it. You have to take away the one thing that matters. Paige: What are you talking about? Ellie: You want my co-op job. Paige: I'm not talking about the stupid job! You're hurting yourself. (Ellie shakes her head) Look, this is beyond me. I don't know how to help you, but Sauve will. Ellie: I don't need help! Paige: Then show me your arm. Ellie: There's nothing wrong with me!
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- Song list: I Don't Want to be Me Written and performed by Amanda Clemens
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- Amanda Stepto (Spike), Aubrey Graham (Jimmy), Dan Woods (Mr. Raditch), Daniel Clark (Sean), Miriam McDonald (Emma), Pat Mastrioanni (Joey), Ryan Cooley (J.T.), Sarah Barrable-Tishauer (Liberty), Shane Kippel (Spinner) and Stefan Brogren (Mr. Simpson) do not appear in this episode.
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- The episode was originally title "Control."
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- Episode Title: Whisper To A Scream This episode title is named after a song by Icicle Works.
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