Season 2, Episode 1 - "When Doves Cry (1&2)"
29 September, 2002
When Degrassi expands their school by merging with a neighbouring high school, accepting Grades 9-12 students, the school faces budget problems. The kids must share lockers, and use limited supplies. Joey Jeremiah's troubled stepson, Craig, begins to spy on him and his daughter, Angela, taking photos of "The Perfect Family", which includes, Joey, Angela, and himself. At school, he gets reacquainted with Emma - who babysits Angela, and becomes best friends with Sean. Toby creates a new "Isaacs System", which determines what chance you have with getting a date with a woman. J.T. decides to go for older women, and chooses Paige to be his date, as a challenge. Things started getting rough when Joey notices Craig spying on his daughter. Paige accepts money to go on a date with J.T. Joey calls Craig's father and tells him that Craig has been hanging around Angela, which upsets Craig's father. Joey believes that Craig and Angela should be able to play around together, but Craig's father disapproves of it. Craig is invited by Emma to join a party with Angela, and Craig suddenly walks away when Joey arrives. The second part of the season premiere, with great performances by new main stars and guest stars. When Craig got home, he discovers that his father has been rumaging through his dark room, viewing all the photos that he has taken of Joey and Angela. This led to his father beating him, resulting in the destruction of Craig's camera. The next day, Craig's father apologizes and offers Craig a few thousand dollars for a new digital camera. Later, Craig takes Angela off of Emma's hands to the park, but Craig surprisingly asks Angela to go to British Columbia with him, with the money that his father gave him for a camera. Joey finds out about this, and is angered, finally telling him to stay away from his daughter. When Craig arrived home, his father receives the news earlier in the day, and chases after Craig, ready to beat him. Successfully, Craig jumps out of his window, and meats up with Sean, thinking whether to leave to British Columbia. When he played chicken with a train, he runs off while Sean obtains help from Emma and Joey, revealing that Craig is beaten by his father. Joey and Sean continue to search for Craig, and finally locates him at his mother's grave. As a last decision, Craig wants to leave his father with Joey. Saddened, Craig's father tried to pursue his son to stay with him, but it did not work, as Craig grabbed his stuff and left with Joey.
