Degrassi: The Next Generation

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.

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.

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 talk

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.

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!

I liked this episode a lot. It was intriguing, and so realistic and well done that I found myself shouting to Ellie, "Don't do it, Ellie!" [about her cutting]. It was a realistic, well done episode that I enjoyed watching. It was also enjoyable with Terri and Rick and stuff. All in all, a pretty good installment in Degrassi: The Next Generation that I like. Although when Ellie shows Paige her arm, it appears that she's cut herself a LOT. Her arm was covered in cuts, and I can't believe that she would do that to herself! But it was a really good episode.

I don't think it was right for ellie to start cutting. She could have done something like talking to a friend or her school counsilor about her problem. The same way with mom she could have done the same thing. It hink ellie should have not cut her self in the girl bathroom. Thsi is a good episode to teach kids about not cuting them selves and what it can do to you if you start to cut yourself.

First of all before I write my review of "Whisper To A Scream" I'd like to give a shout out to Stacey Farber (Ellie Nash) for doing an AMAZING job in this episode. It was very realistic and you DEFINETLY pulled it off...and your also my favourite girl character but that's not the point. I really loved this episode because alot of teenagers do cut so they can relate to what Ellie is going through. It was the only thing that Ellie could do to relieve her stress. I'm glad Paige found out what she was doing because it could of gotten alot worse.

This episode of degrassi, deal with an important issue that Teenagers are faced with. This episode wasn’t glamed up or anything, it was more real and didn’t feel like a Teenage Soap Opera. This episode was really sad to watch, because someone cutting themselves. Elle’s mother is an alcoholic, with is hard to deal with because when you think they’re under control there not. As soon as Ellie’s father leaves her mother starts drinking again and treats Ellie insensitively. At school thing are no better she fails a test, and is battling it out with page for a TV related job. The stress keeps piling up. Before the interview with Caitlyn, Ellie is forced to wear a raincoat to the Job interview after an incident. Even though Ellie is nervous she gets the Job. Ellie is stressed dealing with school work, home life, her father leaving and her co-op job. Soon things get out of control and too hard to handle and Ellie starts cutting her self. She finds it a way to controls her stress every time something goes wrong she cuts her self again. Soon Paige finds out and confronts Ellie about it. Ellie denies the whole thing until she over hear Miss Soblaine talking to Paige about a friend. Paige finally convinces Ellie to show her arm. In the end Ellie gets help with her problem and learns to deal with it.

This is one of my very favorite episodes because it shows how great of actors/actresses the Degrassi casts are.



This episode deals with cutting an issue that alot of teens are going through. Especially now more than ever. Ellie's dad goes off to Kabul I believe and shes left to take care of her mom who starts drinking. She becomes overstressed because of school,her co-op, and her mom and she just can't hold on much longer. Ellie finds a new outlet for her pain which isn't safe at all. One day she gets to school late and goes to the bathroom and pulls out her compass. Paige walks in and asks her what happend and Ellie says that she bumped it on the thing on the door or something simular to that. Paige trys to get Ellie to talk to her, but Ellie says theres nothing wrong with me. Then Paige asks Ellie, "show me your arm". Ellie starts to cry and show Paige all the cuts on her arm. Ellie goes in to talk to Ms. Sauve, but she doesn't say anything although Ms. Sauve tells her atleast you know now to talk and not cut. I've heard that people started to cut because of Ellie and I think thats horible, but I would never do that just to be like a fictional character.

i think ellie is the best character on Degrassi. she's original and i know alot of poeple who relate to her including myself. the fact that paige confronts her and tries to help her is out of character, HOWEVER given what she went through when she was raped...she knows what its like to need ppl to help you (even if she didnt admit she needed help..she needed people to believe). i can't wait to see this show again at 230 tmrw morning!

In Whisper To A Scream, Ellie has a lot of stress in her life. Her dad was just sent on a peace corp mission and her mom seems to taking up her drinking habits. But Ellie has to look foward to an interview with Caitlin for a co-op job. She soon starts to cut and PAige her enemy finds out. Paige tries to help Ellie but she doesn't let her, then Paige confrotns Ellie and Ellie shows her, her arm which is full of cuts. Then Ellie starts seeing the guidance counselor.



This was an amazing episode that deal with a very difficult topic and I really loved every but especially the scene with Amanda Clemens song. I give this episode two thumbs way up and reccomend it to anyone.

Ellie, who's father is in the Army is leaving for a Peace Keeping Mission. Her mother has an alcohol problem and spends her days on the couch. Someone has been leaving roses for Terri at her locker. She hopes it will be from a shy student named Rick. With Hazels encouragement she is about to ask him out, but a creepy encounter with Toby leads her to question the identity of her admirer. Ellie has a interview for Caitlin Ryan later in the day, the day that nothing can go right. She flunks her math test, gets juice spilled on her by Paige, smears her make up during her job interview, and then comes home to her mother on the couch sick from drinking. Feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and hopeless she takes her math compass and makes a cut on her forearm, relieving her inner pain. When Ellie comes to school late she goes into the bathroom after an altercation with the receptionist. She pulls out her compass and cuts herself, the door opens and Paige walks in. Ellie packs up her things, but Paige notices blood in the sink and questions Ellie about it. Saying she hit her arm Ellie gets out of the bathroom, followed by a concerned Paige. She tells Ellie she needs to talk to someone, but Ellie dismisses her and walks away. Later in the day Paige is sitting outside the counselors office. Ellie again says nothing is wrong with her, and she doesn't need help. Paige asks to see her arm, reluctantly Ellie does, showing cuts all the way up her arm. Terri waits after school to find the identity of her admirer, and to her joy it turns out to be Rick. Ellie sees the counselor, but doesn't talk. She agrees to come in again and get help with her problem. It is really one of the best episodes, and amazing performances by Stacey Farber and Lauren Collins.

This episode made me cry because of what Ellie did to herself. It happens to a lot of girls and I am so glad that the writers put this in the episode because it's an issue that no show has ever touched before.



What happens is Ellie's dad goes away in the army and Ellie is left to take care of her mom all by herself, considering her mom is an alcoholic. Ellie and Paige interview for their dream job and Ellie ends up getting it which only adds more stress. So Ellie begins to cut her arm. Paige sees her in the bathroom and confronts her, Ellie denies it so Paige talks to Ms. Sauve. Ellie and Paige get into an argument about it and Ellie ends up showing Paige her scars. The sad thing is that girls actually do that to themselves and don't get help for it. Lauren Collins and Stacey Farber were awesome in this episode. The way they acted in that scene was so emotional that I couldn't help but cry with them.



Also, Terri has a secret admirer and he leaves roses on her locker. Terri waits for him to leave the rose and she finds out that it was her dream guy Rick. They eventually become a couple.