Then sees Maya Miles interacting giving them a jealous look and outside he gets a call from Vince and Maya walks over to talk to him asking permission about her and Miles might getting back together and he says it's hard to believe but I think I can get over Maya Matlin and she says thanks for giving her his blessing and he walks over to Vince, Vince says, "She's pretty, Ziggy. Adam Alli Anya Becky Bianca Campbell Chantay Clare Connor Dallas Dave Declan Drew Eli Fiona Frankie Grace Holly J. Maya goes through a dark period in season 3 and throws things as well as shouting at her mother several times . Winston is smart and sarcastic and best friends with Miles Hollingsworth III. Maya tells Miles she has something to tell him as Zig appears revealing his presence there. Or when that casino-themed dance was shut down because Fitz pulled a knife on Eli and Clare? A new generation navigates high school drama in the latest installment of award-winning series, Degrassi. She is best friends with Zoe, despite having a falling out after Zoe kisses Zig, her crush, at the end of season 1. He then tells her that he recognizes her from West Drive and how she played a mean girl. He continues to act cold towards her and clearly is no where near wanting to make amends with her. In Mr. Simpson's office, Zig angrily states that Cam attacked him and said that Maya could vouch for him. She is attacked in season 3 when she has her hijab removed and struggles with whether or not to wear her hijab, and her muslim faith. Zig tells her that he doesn't want to present his oral, and expresses his guilt over what he said to Cam. She assures him that she'll "think of something". She says yes and asks if he's seen it, Zig answers no. Zig had a conflict with Campbell Saunders and had one with Miles Hollingsworth III. Miles asks Maya what he's doing there while Zig and Miles stare at each other. Zig Novak At home, Maya walks into the kitchen in her dress. He was kicked out of his home by his parents and went to move in with. Zig takes Tori back because he realizes that wasn't really a good reason, but remains friends with Maya. Degrassi: Next Class' second season ended with a major "it goes there" moment: with a bus full of Degrassi students involved in a potentially fatal accident. Zig tells Maya that he was unaware of Cam and Tori's premature presence at her house. Zig and Damon finish cleaning up trash for Madame when she. PMC Entertainment. When the teacher demands they get back on track, Zig recites his line, asking why Maya (in the role of himself) is there. Zig stares at her in a trance and tries to compliment her but makes her upset. Later on Miles was so mad that he used a fake gun to scare Zig. After that mess, it was relatively smooth sailing for Maya and Zig, neither of whom are exactly sure what they want to do with their futures. He asks if she told the teacher as a means of revenge for her laptop, but Maya insists she doesn't care about that; she cares about him. The other three being, Zig is the second guy to lose his virginity to a Matlin while intoxicated. He is one of many present and former Degrassi students who don't go by their full name. When Dave wins the contest, he joins them for pizza. Together Zig and Miles watch Maya dance alone. After her performance, she and Zig have a chat and Maya is surprised to find she has made it to the second round. He finally accepted a friendship with her instead. Black I mean, season 11, Maya, Tristan, and Zig were all at degrassi when it still had blue and yellow lockers. Jonah (Odds of dying: 12:1) Every now and then, there's a Degrassicharacter who just never quite clicks, and I think Jonah's one of them. In season four, Yael struggles with their gender identity, and later comes out as genderqueer, and uses they/them pronouns. The Time of My Life After several horrible events at the school and a suspension from being Principal for a few months, Simpson returns ready to turn Degrassi around. I should have just kissed you." Madame announces that her musical act cancelled on them, and Damon tells Zig that he should volunteer to cover for them, Zig agrees, he thinks that he owes it to her. Zo walks past him while drunk. He and Maya talk and he tells her he's glad to see her happy. On June 30th, the fourth season of Next Class aired exclusively on The Family Channel App, and I (alongside a friend) binge-watched the ten twenty-minute episodes to give you an episode-by-episode review of Degrassi: Next Class season four. She has a co-op in season two and is one of the students in the bus crash. Maya is seen as a musician with a passion for writing songs. Reason: Cam broke up with Maya and then committed suicide in the Degrassi greenhouse. Zig agrees but clearly is uncomfortable with the idea. Zig tells her he knows why. She is passionate, but sometimes comes off as standoffish to other people. Goldi has appeared in 27 episodes including credit only appearances. Zig approaches Tristan asking about Maya. Miles identifies as bisexual, though it takes him a while for him to label himself. 1998 (age 24) He says he keeps hurting the ones he cares about. Having been a fixture in the rubber room, Grace was always giving off a counterculture vibe. Later, Zig is seen in The Dot after receiving an invitation to meet someone there. On his first day, he encounters a new, artsy girl named Maya, who he invites to the Dot after school. When Maya remarks he could have dressed up for the part, Zig says he did before putting on a blonde wig, glasses and a princess crown. Maya switches with, Zig's partner Grace at the last minute. -, Zo: "Are you the type of guy I can't 'get things' from? They date in season one, but break up after ZIg cheats on her with Zoe. Maya (Odds of dying: 30:1) Maya has grown so much since she was introduced, so it would be a shame to kill her before she has a chance to fulfill her potential. Zig nervously speeds into the band room and takes out the money pouch where Tori and Maya walk in. She dated Jonah Haak, but they broke up when he stopped trusting her. Maya looks to the side and sees him. Zig wishes her luck and walks away. Fortunately, even after a rocky valedictorian speech, Zo was reminded that her friends are members of her family, too. Zig is getting calls from Vice and walking with Grace to class. Zig then tells her to get rid of the pills, thus talking her out of purposely overdosing. Zig is portrayed by Ricardo Hoyos. With Miles unable to keep the secret, Hunter is sent to some. In If You Could Only See, Zig is with Grace playing a game with Tiny when Maya walks into class asking if they'd seen Miles. They were best friends who later dated, but when they broke up they drifted apart as he moved on to date. However, the love triangle ended. He is later shown with Damon at his mother's store where he is looking for something to give to Tori. Have they already forgotten the infamous Snowball lockdown of Season 1? He seems surprised that she wants to speak, and she says that she needs to to show people she's not just a victim. In Out of My Head, Zig is seen walking in the hallways and says to Tristan, "Hey, did you and that mystery guy go into the basement yet?" Zig opens the door, stunned to see Maya. In Can't Tell Me Nothing (1), Zig is seen waiting for Tori to come to the skate park with him. Then Zig said you know it would be really cool to turn the school into like a weird artsy fun house for a night. Grace says something like burning man it's this crazy event in the dessert all these artists go there create art and just explore. Degrassi: Next Class: Created by Linda Schuyler, Yan Moore. Maya and Zig stare at one another, both upset before she closes the door and leaves with Miles. In January 2016, it was released on Netflix internationally and currently airs on the new Family Channel teen block, F2N, in Canada. Maya (Olivia Scriven), Grace (Nikki Gould), Zig (Ricardo Hoyos), Tristan (Lyle Lettau), Jonah (Ehren Kassam) and Tiny (Richard Walters) had been en route to watch the Degrassi volleyball game when their school bus flipped over on the side of the road. Madame tells him that if he's so eager to speak he should present next. She then takes his backpack and takes the drugs out, keeps them, and takes one. Zig is upset about how Maya has been acting and the video of her and Harry. After Lola, Shay, and Zo run past him and laugh at him in the hallways, he discovers that Tiny posted the gif of his loss and gets upset. Zig said he'd go back to before the assignment existed, and walks out. Gender Degrassi: Next Class: First look at the reunion. [1] In January 2016, it was released on Netflix internationally and currently airs on the new Family Channel teen block, F2N, in Canada. Grace agrees and tells him he finally grew some balls. He is seen as suffering from home sickness, though he sister does not. School(s) Zig in Season 11 In Underneath It All, Zig begins at Degrassi Community School along with his fellow Junior High classmates, Tori and Tristan. It would make sense to kill Tiny right before he could finally date Shay (Reiya Downs) and go to his prodigious science program. Esme fakes a suicide attempt, gets Miles addicted to drugs, and is generally manipulative and occasionally violent throughout the show. Perino then comes up to Zig telling him he has to come with him to search his locker since someone gave a hint that he would have them. In her senior year, Grace, along with Jonah, put together a play as their way of dealing with the bus crash. His mother gives him a bracelet that had just came in and he says that she will love it. * Grace got a new set of lungs, and Jonah stood by her side every step of the way. Reason: Tori walked in on Zig and Maya talking about their kiss, so she cut them both out of her life in the moment. She is seen as best friends with Grace and Tristan. Green In Need You Now (2), Zig goes to the gym looking for Tori, and sees her as the mascot. Degrassi: Next Class is the second incarnation of the Degrassi: The Next Generation series and is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler, Yan Moore, Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinski and Matt Huether. She's been so successful lately, Maya's due for some sort of fall. Then Maya comes out screaming Miles!!!! Sure enough, while playing a drinking game at Maya's house, Maya reveals that although she doesn't have feelings for Zig, she cannot stand to see Zo take something else of hers. (Side question: Which Degrassi faculty members still think its a good idea to hold school-sanctioned dances? According to Lyle Lettau, Zig's character was originally named "Carter Cash" and that name even appeared in the scripts, but was changed last minute to Zig. They both arrive at the trial and Zig then watches Zo as she makes her final statement. She also starred in Super Rupert (2001), and has had minor roles in The . Zig is then asked by Tori to come to the game, he once again rather go with the guy skateboarding than the football game and support Tori. Later in the Rubber Room, Zig is startled and concerned when Maya has a nightmare in class. In the Rubber Room? Later on Maya comes home and sees Zig in the kitchen and she says she is sorry and Zig responds for what she says for not telling you the truth he responds you could have told me how you felt from the start then Maya responds so you don't hate me he says no. When he puts his hand on Mayas, she becomes frustrated and tells him that she loves Cam and that they will not happen. Grace and Jonah later end up dating. Zig then panics because his life is at risk if he doesn't sell the pills and looks for Zo. Or the time Adam was shot by Biancas ex-boyfriend at prom? Sub Plot We won't know anything for sure until Netflix (or Canadian network Family Channel) releases Season 3. After school, Zig, looking for Maya, watches her and Miles kissing and looks on in jealousy. The following actors have all received star billing and are listed as "starring" after the opening theme song of Degrassi: Next Class. In Can't Stop This Thing We Started, Zig is with Tiny watching Grace and Maya arm-wrestle. Jake Epstein fills us in on joining 'Next Class' for the series' 500th episode. Streaming now. Reason: Maya wasn't ready to get back into a relationship with Zig, and he blamed her for his own cheating. A Canadian teen drama, Degrassi: Next Class is set . As he walks away, she begins sneaking into his bag. He says how her mother would never say yes. He was kicked out because a member of the gang went to rob him at the family shop, but Zig wasn't there. He is the student council president in his junior year, and has a rift with his ex-boyfriend, Miles. Cam asks him why he only brought 2, as his parents own the convenience store and Zig says he had a "brain fart" and that he should have brought more. He says he tried to steal Cam's girlfriend while he was with Tori. In Unbelievable, Zig and Grace are questioned by Drew about the video of Zo. Zig tells Tristan that his song is campy and Tori admits that she thinks they should leave Half A Heart as a good memory from their summer camp performance. 2023 TVLine Media, LLC. Because if not, maybe the writers decided to just cut the dead weight. Maya remarks he is there because a girl broke his heart and he can't get over it like a normal person. Reason: Maya began to move on from Zig and Zo came out to. In the Rubber Room, the class is doing a trust exercise with partners taking turns falling and catching each other. Zig even feels that he hurts the ones he cares about the most. In How Bizarre, Zig, Maya, and Grace discuss Zig's new job at a restaurant. And probably making out when no one was looking, what do I know? 22 TV Characters Who Deserve Their Own Spinoff Series, The Voice Needs to Make This Change in Season 23 and We Mean Immediately, The Voice Needs to Make This Change in Season 23 and We Mean, March Streaming Guide: What's New on Netflix, Amazon, Disney+. At the time of his death, Cam was a grade 10 at Degrassi and a player for the Ice Hounds he was known as a Hockey star already drafted to the NHL at the age of 15. Zig decides he'll help her, and brings along Damon to help as well. He reveals how now Children's Aid is on him and that since he has no home, group home is his only option. Rasha came to Degrassi from Syria and is currently living with Goldi and her family. In Zombie (1), Zig is an extra in Eli's zombie movie along with Maya. Saad is at the center of Degrassi: Next Class ' other. Later at the pageant, Zig performs with Maya, and they share a kiss backstage, which he doesn't seem to mind. Zig tells Maya that he broke up with Tori because he didn't want to start high school with a girlfriend. Zig's only remaining friend from season 11 is Maya. He tells her how she doesn't know anything going on with his life and he walks off. If you're a teen, this is your life. She then tries to give him money and he rejects it, but she tells him that they both deserve a fresh start. He chuckles and sits back down. In season 1, Grace reveals to Zoe that she has cystic fibrosis, and finally tells her friends in season 2 after passing out. He is best friends with his girlfriend Maya Matlin, Tiny Bell, and Grace Cardinal, and is good friends with Mo Mashkour,Imogen Moreno, Adam Torres(before his death), Jonah Haak,Tristan Milligan, and Zo Rivas. This annoyed Zig so he expresses it, and calls Tori a drama queen, despite Tristan's retorts. When he receives an OomfChat, she asks if it's Tiny but Zig just turns away. Later on, Maya comes up to Zig, Tristan and Grace asking where Miles went. When Maya asks for him to work with her to prove they don't belong there, Zig says he is never getting out, and continues to rebel. After Maya's constant concern over Miles, Grace hacks his FaceRange and they find out that he messaged Tristan saying that he wanted to kill himself. J.T. Tristan walks past the two and makes a rude remark how the two were placed on the same team. Zig gets laughed off the stage and runs into the hallway, where he is confronted by Madame. It is the fifth series set in the fictional Degrassi universe created by Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. (Personally, Im a little disappointed that we didnt get to see Esme ride that damn hog straight into the gymnasium for an epic graduation interruption, but Ill take what I can get.). In Karma Police (1), Zig is in French class sitting next to Damon, and they are presenting oral project assigned by Madame Jean-Aux. Then at the Matlin's house Zig talks to Maya and tells her he knew she was still hung up on Miles and he says that is ok and he says friends and she says only if no more getting into trouble and Zig says he will try and Maya has her hand out to shake his hand and he takes her hand and grabs it to give her a hug and she smiles. Zo goes up to him in the hallway saying him that she's heard he's the type of guy that can get her drugs. He agrees then offers to get some cereal for her but she insists she can do it herself as she is an independent woman. Later at the Beach Bash, Zig is glaring at Maya and Miles flirting with each other. He promises to wait for Maya and walks away smiling. In Building a Mystery (1), Zig is seen heading to band practice when Becky asks him if Adam is able to hang out with her. Reason: Zig realized that Maya still had feelings for Miles and that she only viewed him as a friend. Your thoughts onNext Class finale? Zo tells Zig that he saved her life and how "a wise man once said get rid of the pills." He tells her what he did, saying everybody hates him, especially Tori. She also reveals that she didn't know what she was doing and he playfully hits her with a pillow. He is labelled as "The Not So Bad Bad Boy." Zig offers to walk Maya home, after finding out she's been drinking. In You Got Me,Zig is re-introduced as a "bad boy" and drug dealer. Has been credited in every season of the Degrassi franchise, except. dismisses them, but requests to talk to Zig first. Officer Turner tells him to open his locker and it is searched. He believes in happy endings, and spends his time vlogging and sharing his covers on YouTube. The second season of Degrassi: Next Class premiered on July 19, 2016 on Family Channel under the teen block F2N in Canada and began streaming internationally on July 22, 2016 on Netflix. Zig says he doesn't have anywhere to go. Then Zig says that's right walk way go back to my sloppy seconds aka Maya Then they start beating up each other and when Miles was on the floor he says this isn't over then Zig responds it looks pretty over to me. [1] [2] The season made its debut in Australia on May 30, 2016 and concluded on June 10, 2016. In Karma Police (2), Zigtries to make it up toMadame Jean-Auxby singing a French song, dedicated to her, not knowing its about two lovers. The others being: Zig was the only main character to make no appearances during the summer block of Season 13. 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