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"Maybe I should let Sean know that I'm not the same little girl that he left behind." |
Emma Nelson | |
Information | |
Full Name | Emma Nelson |
Nickname(s) | Blaze (by Becca) Emmy (by J.T.) Em (by Manny) Emmaline (by Chester) Nancy Drew (by Sean) Blonde Emma Emmers (by Snake) Green Peace (by Jay) Polkadot (by Jay) Sight for sore eyes (by Sean) Rexieville Nelson (by Manny) Little Miss Big Mouth (By Spinner) Little Miss Save the World (by Paige) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | June 1989 |
Eye Color | Brown |
Hair Color | Blonde |
Network | |
Family | Christine Nelson (Mother) Shane McKay (Biological Father) Ms. Nelson (Grandmother) Rev. Steven McKay (Grandfather) Mary McKay (Grandmother) Carl McKay (Uncle) Archie Simpson (Step-Father) Glen Simpson (Step-Uncle) Jack Simpson (Brother) Spinner Mason (Husband) Mr. Mason (Father-in-Law; Deceased) Mrs. Mason (Mother-in-law) Kendra Mason (Sister-in-law) Connor DeLaurier (God-brother) Rufus Eggers (Pet) |
Relationships | Sean Cameron (Ex-Boyfriend) Chris Sharpe (Ex-Boyfriend) Peter Stone (Ex-Boyfriend) Damian Hayes (Ex-Boyfriend) Kelly Ashoona (Ex-Boyfriend) Spinner Mason (Husband) Jay Hogart (Hook-Up) Craig Manning (Former Attraction) |
Job | The Dot (Former waitress)
Purple Dragon (Former Spokesmodel) |
School(s) | Degrassi Community School |
Affiliation(s) | Degrassi Gymnastics Team Degrassi Hockey Team Degrassi Grapevine Degrassi Drama Department Bright Sparks |
Production | |
First Episode | Season's Greetings (Degrassi Junior High) (304) |
Last Episode | The Rest Of My Life (4) (Degrassi: The Next Generation) (923) |
Reason | Storyline ended |
Portrayed By | Miriam McDonald (2001-2010) Ashlee Henricks (1990-1991) |
Contents |
Character History
Original Degrassi: Seasons 1–5
Near the end of the first season of Degrassi Junior High, Spike was impregnated by her then-boyfriend Shane McKay at a junior high school party in Lucy Fernandez's house in the season one episode, It's Late.
In June 1989, Spike eventually went into labor at the grade 8 graduation dance at the end of season 2, in the episode, Pass Tense. Both of them were 14 when Christine, who goes by Spike, got pregnant. Shane and Spike broke-up, but Shane paid child support.
Emma's first on-screen appearance was at the school's Christmas party in the season 3 episode, Season's Greetings, when Spike's babysitter cancelled on her so Spike had to take care her at school. With Spike a teen mother, Emma was a semi-regular on the series with various on-and-off appearances as an infant and toddler.
In Taking Off (1) Shane goes to a Gourmet Scum concert, which he bought the tickets for using Spike's child support money, Shane took acid, got high and then proceeded to jump off a bridge, it is not known if this was an intentional suicide attempt or an accident. After the accident, his parents placed him in a hospital permanently, which resulted in a distant separation between him and Emma.At age three, Emma visited her father at the hospital he was staying at. After that, Spike kept Emma away. She is spoken of twice by Spike in the television film, School's Out, and in the film's closing shot, Spike is seen dancing with a young blonde girl consistent with Emma's then age of four years. Emma and Spike would later appear in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Interim (1993–2001)
Emma befriends Manny Santos and J.T. Yorke in elementary school, as they are revealed to already be friends in the series premiere episode, Mother and Child Reunion.
Spike also takes Emma to the wedding of Spike's old friend Joey Jeremiah to Julia Manning, and Emma dances with the bride's son, Craig Manning, as revealed in When Doves Cry. Although the best man is Emma's future teacher and step-father, Archie Simpson, the two will not have seen each other for quite some time prior to the start of her grade 7 enrollment, as neither recognizes the other at sight during the first Next Generation episode, Mother and Child Reunion.
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Character Background Emma was born June 1989 (episode aired 28 March 1988 but Emma is in the same grade as Manny and she was 12 when school started in 2001). The fact is also that although the episode aired in 1988 the timeline is retconned to 1989). Emma is the daughter of original Degrassi characters Christine Nelson and Shane McKay, and is the only youth in Degrassi: The Next Generation to have been depicted as a child in the earlier series. She is known as the school's "cause girl" because she has arranged many protests and boycotts for various causes. She has evolved from a good, simple character to a complex one over the course of the series. For example, since season 1, she was a fairly undramatic character, having only a few dramatic experiences, until season 4 when she was held at gunpoint by classmate Rick Murray, and has Oral Sex Jay Hogart, contracting Gonorrhea as a result. In season 5, she was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. She has an on-off relationship with Sean Cameron. Breaking the Nelson women's multi-generational cycle of unplanned teen-age motherhood and beautician careers, Emma graduates from high school having never been pregnant (despite a momentary scare in season 6) and is bound for university. Despite that Degrassi has an ensemble cast, Emma is usually considered the protagonist of the show.
Character Development
When the writers came up with the idea for a reunion special, they realized Emma would be starting middle school, and made the planned reunion special into a pilot for a new series. Emma is, therefore, literally the title character of The Next Generation and one of the two title characters of the show's pilot episode, Mother and Child Reunion.
In addition to serving as a tie-in to Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High, teenage Emma was initially written as The Next Generation's counterpart to the earlier series' character Caitlin Ryan (played by Stacie Mistysyn). Both rabidly pursue various environmental and social causes, and Emma's first boyfriend, Sean Cameron began as a near-duplicate of Caitlin's first, Rick Munro (very similar back-story, abusive parents, nearly identical wardrobe, interest in motorcycles, interest in the girl's causes only as it let him be close to her). Moreover, Caitlin's father was a teacher, as would be Emma's stepfather, beginning in the second season. Emma's interaction with Rick Murray and his demise strikingly parallel Claude Tanner's reaction to Caitlin's rejection. As is normal for television series characters, however, Emma soon grew into a wholly unique individual, a collaboration of Miriam McDonald and the series' writers.
In addition, Emma receives far more screen time in Degrassi: The Next Generation than her mother Spike or Caitlin ever had in the original series. This is due to the longer-run of Degrassi: The Next Genereation.
Season 1
Emma was one of the few main characters to appear in the two-part pilot, "Mother and Child Reunion" (along with Manny Santos, J.T. Yorke, Toby Isaacs, and briefly Ashley Kerwin and Terri MacGregor).Serving both as a reunion special for the old Degrassi cast and a new spin-off beginning, the plot in these two episodes alternated between the old cast's issues and Emma's meeting with her supposedly young online crush, Jordan. Jordan, whom Emma had been speaking to online for at least eight months, appeared to have the same interests as her and to be equally passionate about saving the environment.
Emma went to meet Jordan in person one day and unfortunately, he actually turned out to be a man in his 40s. He attempted to film the rape of Emma in a hotel room. Emma's mother, Spike, and her friend Snake came to her rescue at the just in time. Manny, Toby and J.T had hacked into her computer the same way that "Jordan" had; he had read Emma's emails and pretended to have the same interests. Fearing the worst for their friend, Manny, Toby and J.T. had run to Spike's high school reunion and warn her that Emma was in terrible danger.
Emma started crushing on new boy, Sean Cameron when he moves to Toronto with his brother, Tracker. He is miserable due to being held back in 7th grade and longed to go to eighth grade with his classmates. It is revealed that he had been there for a few months last year, and evidently was friends with Jimmy Brooks. Jimmy, being a jerk, decides to tease him for being held back.At the dance that night, Emma has no one else to go with, but she comes alone, and finds Sean has come too. Jimmy again makes fun of Sean by deciding that he could come to the "8th graders only party" Sean shoves him against a wall. As their principal is about to walk by, Emma comes to Sean's rescue. Emma asks Sean to dance, he agrees and they hold hands. The next day, Emma tells Manny that although he may seem tough and mean on the outside, he was really sweet on the inside.
In the episode, Coming of Age, Emma had her first period, embarrassingly, at school. Luckily, Manny discovered the leak before anyone else did, dragging her best friend into the bathroom and tracking down a pair of over sized gym shorts for Emma to wear the rest of the day. Unfortunately, Emma was slated to present a book report in English in front of the entire class that day. While awkwardly trying to explain the book and hold up the large pants, J.T. makes a crack and asks if Emma wet her pants. Emma announces matter-of-factly that she got her period.
In the episode, Parents' Day, Emma protests about N.A.K (News about kids) and she writes an article about recruiting against it for The Grapevine. Sean thinks it's stupid, and during Parents' Day, she gets into a fight with his brother. He confirms her article as "Looks like garbage, smells like garbage" and crumples it up. Sean is a little annoyed, as he does like Emma. The next day, the two call a truce.
The year went by, and Sean and Emma had been friends for a while, but she still liked him more than just a friend. When he finally asks her to hang out, she doesn't know if it's just a "friend thing or a couple thing". After consulting with Paige, she eventually figures out it is a date, and when they finally go out, it turns out to be one disaster after another. The next day, Sean tells Emma that he had a great time and doesn't want to stop seeing her.
In the episode, Rumours and Reputations, Emma witnesses Coach Armstrong's arm around Liberty. Emma begins to suspect Armstrong is sleeping with Liberty when she sees Armstrong pass the girl a note outside of school. Emma tells Manny who is overheard by Terri, and rumor is spread through the school. Just after a student council meeting, Ashley lets Liberty know why everybody is talking behind her back. The next day, Liberty hears Emma and the gang talking about her and she runs into the bathroom. Emma promises her to track down the source and thus, finish the rumor. Emma tracks the sources down to Terri, who tells Emma she was the one who started it by talking to Manny. Emma, ashamed and embarrassed, tries to tell Liberty but math class has started. Everybody begins to laugh when Armstrong asks Liberty a question. Principal Raditch demands Armstrong and Liberty see him outside when Emma tells them it was she who started the rumor. Once again in the bathroom, a humiliated Liberty tells Emma she has a learning disability that Armstrong was helping her with.
In Under Pressure, fearing he failed his midterms, Sean let his stress and anger get the better of him and got into a fight outside of the school with Jimmy Brooks. Emma followed him out to the alley, where both boys were about to fight. Emma begged Sean to stop it. Both Sean and Jimmy told her to leave. The boys began the fight, and Emma stepped between them. Sean told Emma to get out and accidentally pushed her to the ground, then after that Emma leaves. The next day Emma breaks up with Sean, leaving them both heart-broken.In Jagged Little Pill Sean attended Ashley Kerwin and Toby's disastrous party
at the end of the year, but only because J.T. mentioned Emma would be there. Though he attempted to talk to her, Emma paid no attention. She ran out of Toby's bedroom, with Sean and Manny at her heels. As Sean repeats her name over and over, she told him that if she knew that he was coming, she would have stayed home. Ashley takes Sean into her room. When she finds him crying, she tells him how everyone expects her to be a good girl, and for him to be a bad boy. They kiss. Jimmy finds out and attempts to talk to Sean. When Sean walks outside, he finds Emma crying. Just as he is about to comfort her, she turns to Toby and hugs him, crying harder. Sean walks away sadly.
Emma becomes a feminist at Degrassi Community School. She berated the Spirit Squad as "sexist," and chided Manny for wanting to try out, though her true motive was that she hated the idea of Manny being more popular than her. Emma also started to favor the extreme group PETA.
Season 2
When Emma learned her mom and her teacher, Mr. Simpson, were dating, she was very annoyed and disgusted by the thought, which made things awkward between her and Snake at school.
At the time, Emma was crushing on a new grade 9 student named Craig Manning. In an attempt to get closer to him, she and Manny snuck into the Degrassi's 80s dance with Craig's help.It turned out he was interested in Manny, instead of Emma. Crushed that Craig liked Manny, Emma went home upset and caught her mom and Snake kissing on the porch. Disgusted she ran inside and cried in her room. Spike went to talk to her and promised that even though she was dating Snake, Emma would always be her number one priority. Emma eventually learned to deal with her mom dating Snake.
As the wedding came closer, trouble showed up when Spike found out she was pregnant. Spike knew Snake didn't want children right away and considered abortion. Emma was upset and tried to take control over things.
Emma found out that Manny had invited Sean to the wedding, she told her to uninvite him. When Emma thought she had ruined the wedding, she goes to the only person that she can trust. Sean tells her that no one will hate her, and he's right. The wedding does happen, and Sean shows up. When he arrived, Just Jane (a slow song) is playing, and he asks her to dance. Just like their first dance together in season one. They then share their first ever kiss.Emma continued her misguided use of protests for everything that isn't exactly how she likes it with a boycott of genetically modified food in the cafeteria, handing out fliers and information on why it was wrong. After being told by Mr. Raditch why she was wrong about the cafeteria, Emma decided to use the morning announcements for her own extremist agenda. Her ploy to "boycott the caf" backfired when she initiated the students to start a food fight. For causing the fight, Emma was suspended for a day. Instead of backing down, however, Emma continued her tirade, getting her suspended for a week.
Season 3
Emma was being mistaken for Snake's daughter at school. This launched her desire to meet her biological father. After asking Spike about him and getting nowhere, Emma decided to find him herself, using the Internet to find listings for Shane McKay (her father's name). The next day, she skipped school along with Craig to search for him. After a series of missteps, Emma and Craig finally found him at a home for the mentally disabled. After falling (or jumping) off a bridge during the original Degrassi Junior High series, Shane landed on his head, causing permanent brain damage. His parents placed him in the home. After Emma and Shane's emotional reunion is cut short by a nurse, Emma gives him her address so he can write to her. Forced to call Joey for a ride home after missing the last train, Emma faces her irate mother. While Emma was angry at her mother for lying to her, she eventually came to see that Spike was just trying to protect her.
While Spike, nine months pregnant, was at home knitting a scarf for the baby, Shane unexpectedly arrived at the house. He pushed his way in and flew into a rage upon discovering that he wasn't a part of Spike and Emma's new family. Emma arrived home just as Shane was trashing the house and Spike went into labor. Emma calmed down Shane with an ultimatum ("If you hurt my mom, I'll never speak to you again") and then called Snake. Emma's half-brother, Jack, was born healthy and happy.
Manny's new look and personality put Emma off; she thought Manny was cheapening herself for popularity and told her as much. Manny was appalled that Emma would refuse to support her the way Manny had always done for Emma. The two continued to be friends, however, until Emma walked in on Manny making out with Craig, who was dating Ashley Kerwin, on Emma's bed. The next day, as Manny tried to apologize, Emma wouldn't hear it which causes them to end their friendship for the time being.
Manny called Emma a "prude princess" and Emma retorted that at least she wasn't "the school slut". Manny and Emma would mostly remain distant at best, and frictious at worst, until late in Season 4.
Emma, dealing with the revelation that Snake had cancer and the pressures of having to watch the baby, had little time for Sean anymore. Feeling neglected, Sean began taking up with Jay Hogart, his girlfriend Alex Nuñez, and Towerz. Emma was less than pleased with Sean's affiliation with this group of thugs, but wrote it off long enough to make out with Sean in the ravine while they were supposed to be clearing it of trash. The romantic moment was cut short by fellow volunteer Kendra Mason, who quickly ran off after discovering the two. Emma, however, was embarrassed, and got back to work, leaving Sean annoyed. Afterward, Sean confronted Emma about being too uptight, upon which Emma called Sean "pathetic" for hanging with people like Jay. Sean got angry, and slammed her locker door shut, leaving Emma hurt. Trying to reconcile the relationship, Emma was shot down by Sean and gave up on their relationship for good. To add insult to injury, Sean helped his new friends steal Snake's brand new laptop so that Jay could get an intake for his car. This was, once again, not the last time Sean and Emma would date.A new student named Chris Sharpe caught Emma's eye while she was rebounding from her relationship with Sean. She felt too nerdy to date him, but Manny helped sex up her image in {C {C}time for a rave that Chris was DJing at. Though they had a private romantic moment and even kissed, Emma wouldn't date Chris because he was still with his girlfriend. Emma did eventually date Chris, however, over the summer between freshman and sophomore years. On their first date, Emma almost ruined the relationship by getting back at Sean for dumping her. She knew about the stolen laptop, and followed him one day, hopping to bust him and Jay Hogart, along with his new gang. She followed him a few feet behind, and turned the corner. She almost jumped. Sean was blocking her way. He apologizes to her, but then tells her what he does is none of her business.
Snake's cancer took a toll on everyone in Emma's family. Once, while doing some work on the computers after school with J.T., Emma discovered Snake's will. Convinced Snake's chemotherapy had failed, Emma buckled under the overwhelming stress. Alex, who had been tormenting Emma since her breakup with Sean, offended the younger student, causing the typically mild-mannered Emma to engage her tormentor in a violent catfight in the halls of Degrassi. Later, Emma discovers Snake's chemo had actually put his cancer in remission.
Season 4
Emma and Chris broke up over the summer, but he was still talking to her. Liberty had shown an interest in Chris, which resulted in Emma finding out. She decided to prevent Chris from going on a date with Liberty, because she was too worried about what people would think of her if Chris went out with Liberty next. Liberty then eventually figured out what Emma was trying to pull, and told her, "It's easy for me, letting you go—straight to hell." However, it became apparent that Chris wasn't looking for a serious relationship with Liberty.As Emma entered 10th grade, she became friends with Paige and her friends. When Rick Murray returned to Degrassi, she and Paige thought up ideas to make Rick's life hell and force him to leave Degrassi. After protesting for "Students Against Violence", Emma and Paige were able to make the school body despise Rick. In an attempt to buy forgiveness, Rick approached Emma with a check for $500 for the cause. This caused Emma to pity Rick, although she denied it in the public eye.
To prove to her new friends that she wasn't softening towards Rick, Emma purposely tripped Rick at The Dot, causing him to spill coffee over himself. Rick then started to stand up to hit Emma and Jay, scared for Emma, jumped up from the table. Grabbing Rick by his shirt, he shoved him outside. Emma, Paige, Spinner, Jimmy and Hazel followed. "Let him go!" Emma shouted. Alex told her that she had started this, and Emma stopped her from getting the next hit on Rick. After saving Rick from bullying, Emma, along with old friend Toby, became the only people who didn't bully him. Rick developed a crush on Emma, however, and she shot his advances down brutally. After being humiliated on live TV, Rick came to Degrassi with a gun. While he tried to shoot Emma for not accepting his crush on her, Sean stopped him and, in the struggle, Rick was shot and killed with his own gun.Sean and Emma then started talking to each other. In Back in Black, Emma thanked Sean for saving her life and hugged him. In the same episode, a reporter asked Sean if he wanted to see a interview of his parents. He reluctantly agreed, taking his girlfriend, Ellie, with him. His mother was crying to the camera man and saying how the recent events could have resulted in her never seeing him again. Emma had been talking to Jay, asking him where Sean was. As soon as Jay had pointed to a truck-like van, Sean threw a TV from the back. He told Ellie that she was just acting for the cameras and that she didn't really mean all her emotions. Ellie and Jay tried to reason with him. He climbed into Jay's car and asked him, Ellie and Emma to come with him to Wasaga Beach so he could express himself to his parents. Sean arrived to his house and stood up to his parents, but eventually decided to stay with them to help himself cope after the stress of the shooting.
In the aftermath of the shooting and Sean's departure, Emma became melancholy and isolated, appearing nearly emotionally unstable and distancing herself from everything in her life (it could be inferred she was suffering a small case of post-traumatic stress disorder).Jay seemed to have taken a liking to Emma, even though he was still dating Alex. At the same time, the now-mischievous Emma discovered what Alex's best friend Amy's colorful bracelets meant. Girls "earned" bracelets for performing different sex acts down at the ravine. That same day, when Emma was walking home, Jay pulled the car in front of her, blocking her way. She had originally been listening to music with Sean's headphones; Jay gives her a ride home. Emma met Jay at the ravine to see what it was like.
After seeing two couples getting out of a van, Jay and her went inside. Jay kissed her, and she pulled away. Jay told her the van was for "hooking up", and asked her if she knew what a blow job was. Emma left, but Jay grabbed her by the arm, and gave her a blue bracelet, telling her that "every player wins a prize." After Amy and Alex made fun of Emma's reluctance to kiss her co-star in the school play, Emma flashed her blue bracelet, immediately shutting Amy up and leading Emma to think the bracelet was a form of "Amy Kryptonite". After leaving Amy confused about the bracelet, Jay told Emma that Amy "earned" her bracelets. Emma felt like a loser, so she performed oral sex on Jay and used the shooting as an excuse to keep her parents from reprimanding her when they'd found out she was sneaking out in the middle of the night. After successfully manipulating her mother and stepfather, she went to sleep with a smirk on her face as she proudly admired her new bracelets.Alex came to the rehearsal after a doctor's appointment and punched Amy, saying she was going to get her and who else was sleeping with Jay for "your little bracelets." A scared Emma took off her bracelets before Alex could see them, but not before Manny saw them and realized what Emma had been doing. Emma soon found out she, Alex, and Amy had contracted gonorrhea and was humiliated when Manny found out and told Emma's co-star in the school play not to kiss her or risk getting the disease. Word spread. Emma had a girl's night with Manny and her new friends Darcy Edwards and Chantay Black to help herself get over it, and began an innocent flirtation with her new next door neighbor, Chester Hosoda. Chris was obviously was hurt by both Emma's racy and ill-lived relationship with Jay, and her contracting gonorrhea, but covered for it by making rude and sly comments in Media Immersions class during the student-teacher Matt Oleander's lecture.
Season 5
At the beginning of season 5, Emma developed a crush on a new boy, Peter Stone. However, he seemed more attracted to Manny than Emma. At a party that he invited them to, Manny got drunk and flashed her breasts to Peter, who filmed them and later emailed the video to the entire school, after she rejected him. When Emma discovered this video, she knew who had taken it, and was furious at Manny for doing such a thing, and upset with Peter for taking advantage of Manny and humiliating her. After Manny's parents kicked her out, Emma took pity on her, and allowed her to move in with her.
Later, Peter began following Emma around, smooth-talking her. She initially rejected his advances, because of what he did to Manny, but could not help but enjoy how he made her feel special. Confused about her feelings toward him, and unable to tell Manny what was wrong, she planned a revenge with Manny, that would involve her seducing Peter at a party, stripping him, and taking embarrassing photos of him with her camera phone. However, the plan backfired when they made out in his room, and she discovered he had no private space. She could relate to this, since she had to live in the basement and doesn't have private space either. They start dating in secret.
After the premiere of Kevin Smith's movie, "Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh?," Peter and Emma snuck into the empty theater to make out. In there they discovered Snake and Ms. Hatzilakos making out. At home Emma confronts Snake, telling him that she didn't know if she would tell Spike or not.The following day, after she arrived home from school, her mother became concerned that she was sick. When Snake arrived home, he had sold his motorcycle to buy tickets to Mexico. Spike was ecstatic, saying she didn't "deserve such a perfect husband." Emma angrily told them to stop it, and Snake was forced to confess. Spike and Snake went upstairs to argue, and Spike chewed Snake out for not considering Emma's feelings, and kicked him out of the house. Emma tried to convince him to stay, but he said he needed to stay at Joey's house for a while to figure out what had gone wrong.
Ever since Snake left, Spike and Manny became more dependent on Emma to help around the house. After Manny begged Emma to help her lose weight so she could fit in her jeans again and so she could get an agent, Emma put both of them on a strict diet. They successfully restrained themselves for two days, then gorged themselves on vegetable moussaka after Emma invited Snake over in an unsuccessful attempt to reunite him with her mother. Emma was upset that they had undone all their dieting so quickly, and convinced herself and Manny to get rid of it by vomiting.After a few days of strict dieting, Emma catches Manny in the hallway eating pizza. Emma tries to get Manny to purge it up in the bathroom, but Manny tells her that her she had reached her dieting goal and that one slice of pizza won't kill her. Manny ran out of the bathroom, while an exasperated Emma tried to follow, but since she hadn't eaten in days, she got dizzy and fainted.
Later that night, Manny found Emma cutting out photos of thin models from magazines. Manny, who got the agent, told Emma that she heard about what happened in the hall earlier, voiced her concerns about Emma's eating habits, and found out that she hadn't eaten anything for a couple of days. Emma was convinced that she looked "gross" and "disgusting". Emma promised that she would eat when Snake brought over dinner again. Emma ate the food happily, but snuck off during the meal to purge herself.
It had been weeks and Emma was still continuing these eating habits. Manny found Emma's food diary and said she was going to show it to Emma's mom. To stop Manny from revealing her secret, Emma told Manny about her relationship with Peter, and then blames the secret and her concern for Manny's feelings as the reason for her eating disorder. Manny discontinues her concern for Emma who responds with an equal amount of distaste for her former friend. The next day, Manny warns Peter about Emma's mysterious eating habits, right after they kissed in front of the front steps of Degrassi, going completely public with their relationship.
Emma had been seeing Peter more often before she told Manny about them, and that gave Peter the chance to notice Emma's strange behavior too. Peter tells Manny about his concerns and despite the animosity between Manny and Peter, the two team-up to tackle Emma's problem by informing Spike and Snake, who had since reconciled. When the four of them confront Emma with an intervention, she runs to the basement and suffers from a starvation-induced panic attack, leaving her unconscious. She awoke in the hospital and Spike told Emma she is diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.Through the rest of the year, Emma got better and watched her eating habits very carefully with the support of Manny, Peter and her parents. She was seen during the season finale doing much better and healthier.
Season 6
On his 16th birthday, Peter's father gives him a brand new convertible. Peter and Emma go for a joy ride and stop at a gas station after few hours later. He tells her how he's the luckiest guy in the entire world, and leans in to kiss her. Their kiss is interrupted a few seconds later when someone calls Emma's name. She turns around to see that Sean, who has returned to finish his senior year, and is living with Jay. Emma introduces him to Peter,who is clearly uncomfortable with Sean around.The next day, Manny, Spinner and Mr. Simpson are all excited to see Sean again. He is quickly taken back into Degrassi's family tree. After school, Manny updates Sean on everything that went on after the shooting and informs him about Emma's anorexia problem last year. Sean apologizes for all the trouble and then invites all three of them to the illegal street races. Peter and Emma accept, while Manny stays behind.
At the race areas, Peter gets into a minor argument with Jay, and challenges him to a race. Unfortunately, the police show up during the race. Sean quickly grabs Emma and they take off in his car to escape the cops. They pull over to the side of a road and make out, finding old feelings for each other. She felt guilty and told Sean that Peter was her boyfriend now. Emma started to become distant from Peter after her kiss with Sean and said that she need her own space at the moment. Peter assumed she was dumping him and thought that she was starting to have feelings for Sean again.At school, drugs were found in Sean's locker. He accused Peter, but then Emma denied Peter's role in the crime. Jay talks him into getting revenge by street racing Peter in a battle for Emma. Sean was involved in a hit-and-run, which occurred during the race. He calls 911 but Jay says that he will be charged for the incident and then tells him to drive away. Sean who is confused drives off and sneaks into Emma's house to ask her for help. Emma and her family are informed about the incident. She soon finds Sean hiding in her basement and tells him that she did not care about him anymore. As a result, Sean turned himself in to the cops.
Emma is later informed by Jay about Sean's troubles, and that he is going to court. Emma then sees Sean with a black eye and takes pity on him. She attempts to raise money for a proper lawyer for Sean's case by selling raffle tickets at the school's costume dance without permission, but she fails to raise enough and finds a public defender instead. After discovering that it was Peter who planted the drugs in Sean's locker, she breaks up with him.
Emma helps Sean get a lawyer, and he wins his case. In the episode, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," Emma is seen waiting by the jail's exit. Sean comes through, grabbing her in a tight hug. Emma gives Sean a picture of them from their first date in the episode, Friday Night, which was six years earlier. Sean tells her how he wished he could go back in time when she was proud of him. Emma to support Sean and lets him stay at her house until he gets his life back in order.Over a romantic, candlelight dinner at the Dot, Emma continues to tell Sean that nobody's perfect, not even herself. Sean becomes suspicious and suspects Emma then did something that she hasn't told him about. He asks Jay what Emma was talking about, but Jay doesn't tell him either. However, Sean eventually gets Jay to tell him what happened with Emma. He reveals that she gave him oral sex two years ago, in the ravine, back in the season four episode, Secret. Sean loses his temper and attempts to punch Jay only to wind up hurting his fist on the wall He then runs to Degrassi and confronts Emma. She tries to remind Sean that it happened over two years ago, right after she had Rick's gun pointed at her face and claims that it was a hard time for her during that year. Furious, Sean breaks up with her, quits his job and attempts to leave again, back to Wasaga Beach. At the airport, the picture of him and Emma from six years ago stops him. Sean knows that he has made a terrible mistake and goes back to fix things. He returns to Emma's house and she tells him that she can't be perfect and can't be everything he expects all the time. Sean apologizes and he and Emma make up again.
In the episode, "Rock This Town", Emma and Sean plan to have make love for the first time while her parents are away for the weekend, but Manny, after recently breaking up with Craig, decides to throw a party that night to get over her break up. However, Emma gets drunk and ends up throwing up the whole night. The party ends up being a celebration for Liberty's birthday. That night, J.T. is stabbed and killed by a Lakehurst student. Emma, Manny, Sean, Toby and Liberty mourn over the loss of their friend at the hospital and Degrassi holds a memorial service in honour of him.In wake of J.T.'s death, Manny moves out of Emma's house and returns back home in the episode, "If You Leave." Emma begins feeling lonely and gets angry at Manny, who she felt was acting as if J.T.'s murder never happened. At the Degrassi vs. Lakehurst cheerleading competition, a disturbed Emma, convinces the crowd to chant, "Go home Lakehurst". Manny yells at her in the hallway for ruining the event and they almost get into a fight with many other students. Emma is later confronted by Snake and admits that she's upset that J.T. is dead and angry because everyone is moving on. Snake points out that everyone is angry but that she cannot turn that anger towards Manny. Emma and Manny soon forgive each other.
Sean and Emma's relationship has been going perfect and they decided to take things to the next level, and have sex. However, trouble comes when Snake runs into Emma and Sean buying birth control at a drug store. Emma tells her step-father that she and her mother had the talk already, but Snake gets angry because he is never included in these types of discussions. Emma attempts to talk to her step-father, but he refuses to listen.
A few days later, Emma delivers a presentation in Snake's media class about women and sex, and how men, when confronted with sex, can't handle it at all. She mentioned that all guys have this ideal of women being perfect pure angels, but as soon as they did anything remotely sexual, they were instantly called sluts or whores. After seeing her presentation, Snake tells her that he was just remembering how life was when she was young, and how hard it would be to let Emma go.
Soon, Emma suspects that she's pregnant with Sean's child. When she learns that Sean had different plans after high school, to join the armed services, she becomes really angry. After he asks her what's going on several times, she confesses to him that she thinks she might be pregnant. When she is about is take a pregnancy test, she gets her period, revealing that she is not pregnant. Sean leaves for basic training soon after.
Season 7
On their way to Degrassi, Emma tells Manny that she feels worried, because Sean hasn't written to her yet and she hasn't received a letter from the university she had applied to. When they arrive at school, they discover that the energy drink Purple Dragon has taken over Degrassi to sponsor the upcoming badminton tournament. Damian Hayes runs into them and tells Emma that Purple Dragon was recruiting Degrassi girls to be their spokesmodels. Later that day, Liberty calls for a meeting to discuss the effects of Purple Dragon in the school politics and suggested boycotting the model's recruiting. Upon hearing this, Emma says "If you want to change the face of Purple Dragon, be the face of Purple Dragon", implying to be one of the models. After becoming a model, Emma decided to thank Damian for giving her the idea by kissing him in public. This causes Natasha, the leader of the Purple Dragon girls, to ask her to not interact with the customers that way.The next day, Bruce comes on to Emma, touching her shoulders and hair, implying that he wanted to feel her up, along with other things. Emma throws the drink she was offering on him, and yelled at him not to touch her. Natasha once again told her that she needed to work on her attitude if she wanted to remain as a model.
When she was changing her clothes at the end of the day, Emma was about to drink some Purple Dragon, but Natasha informed her of the high calorie count in the drink and that Emma was wearing the largest size of dress and that she needs to watch her weight. During the end of the tournament, Emma criticizes Purple Dragon and, after Natasha tells her that she wasn't allowed to speak like that while she was wearing the purple dress, she takes off her dress, leaving her standing naked in front of the entire audience. Later, Snake tells her that Ms. Hatzilakos had decided to not give her a suspension since she was proud of Emma for taking a stand, so she only had to have two detentions for violating the dress code.During season seven, Emma also had to deal with Snake's false accusation of sexual harassment. In the episode, "Live to Tell" she was furious at a very troubled Darcy for falsely accusing him and threatened to tell everyone about what a pathetic liar she was. Later, in the episode, "Got My Mind Set On You," Emma was upset because the accusations affected her at school, and she turned to Damian for guidance and they soon began a relationship, meaning that her and Sean were officially broken up.
Later, however, in "Another Brick in the Wall," Emma seemed to have a change of heart on the whole situation. She actually asked Darcy to help her to get Mr. Simpson to come back to school, and was very supportive of him. This was most apparent at the end of the episode when her mother leaves for a little while, and Emma chooses to stay with her stepfather because she felt he needed her.Snake finally returns to school for good in the episode, "Everything She Wants." However, Sean also came back for a visit before being shipped off to Afghanistan for war. They did not get back together, but Sean did ask Emma for a new photo showing a possible spark between the two. Sean may have said that they have both moved on, but he will always love her in one way or another.
Near the end of the season, in the episode, "If This Is It", Emma and Manny are both accepted into their respective programs of study at Smithdale University and submit the forms to room together in the dormitories. Their last step is to wait for their approaching graduation.
In the season finale episode, "We Built This City", Emma finds out from Toby that Liberty was having an affair with her latest boyfriend Damian during their Senior Prom while everyone was in the pool. Liberty is left distraught after everyone finds out, and it wasn't until she delivered her valedictory speech that Emma, Manny, and Toby forgave her. Emma tells Liberty that she dumped Damian and that she was not ready to throw away six years of friendship together. After they received their diplomas, the four of them visit J.T.'s memorial, whereupon Toby places a graduation cap next to J.T.'s portrait and Liberty moves the tassel to the (wearer's) right to symbolically include their late classmate with their graduating class.
Season 8
In the first season eight episode, Uptown Girl (1), the girls arrive at Smithdale University. Liberty and Manny are unloading bags as Emma says good-bye to her mom and Snake. The three of them excitedly walk inside. However, Emma is horrified when she finds out that she and Manny are not rooming together, as she had planned.Later, Manny is shown having a great time participating in Freshman Week games when Emma comes up to her to tell her that she fixed their problem. Manny first introduces her new roommate Gwen, but Emma ignores her. It gets awkward when she announces that she and Manny were now roommates again. When Liberty arrives, Emma lets her know that she and Manny are her new roommates, along with a girl named Kelly. Liberty and Manny are unenthusiastic about it as they were now having fun meeting new people. A guy walks in with his stuff and introduces himself as Kelly. Realizing that nobody is happy, Emma says she will sort everything out. Kelly answers that the housing office said that there were no more rooms available.
Later that day, Kelly absentmindedly walks in the room while Liberty is changing, and hides from embarrassment. Emma shows up with breakfast for everyone, but is left alone because they all had plans already. Feeling lonely, Emma calls home when Kelly walks in awhile later. She tells him that she plans on going home until Frosh Week is over because it was too stressful for her to make friends so early. Kelly tells her he came from the Yukon without knowing anyone, and grabs his water gun. He invites Emma along to the beach battle. At the water fight, Emma is shown to be having fun and gladly thanks Kelly for inviting her. Manny and Liberty come along and apologize for not wanting to room with her. Emma accepts their apology, and then mentions she has plans with a few people she met.
In the episode, With or Without You, Manny and Emma both set there sights on their "single" roommate, Kelly. While in class, Manny and Emma notice Kelly's intelligence, and both consider asking him to be their partner for their self projects. When they ask him to be their project partners, he declines because he tells them he's with Liberty. Manny and Emma are left as partners, even though they're best friends and they already know everything about each other. While working on the project, they both realize that they have feelings for Kelly and decide to go for him. Manny complains that Emma always seems to like the same guys she does, but Emma thinks that they shouldn't do this again. After thinking it over, both girls decide not to go in that direction again.However, without containing themselves, they rush to see who Kelly has feelings for out of the both of them, and when they open the sock cover handle to their room, they see Kelly in bed with Manny's former roommate Gwenyth. Kelly uncomfortably asks if they didn't see the sign of privacy, being sock on the door. Emma and Manny awkwardly leave and laugh together as they close the door. Later on, after finishing up their project, the girls confront Kelly in the kitchen and try explain everything. He tells them that he is currently dating Gwenyth, but decides to make a rule that he should also not date either of them because their roommates. Manny and Emma agree to this, and promise each other to stop questioning whom he likes. However, Emma eventually asks if he would date either of them. Kelly reveals that he may be interested in one of them, and then leaves for the library. Emma and Manny look at each other and ask themselves which one, but they then decide that they cannot go that far, and decide to drop it then and there.
In the two-part episode, Lost In Love, Emma feels that she and Kelly might be getting closer after he teaches her the chords of the lullaby My Bonnie. She becomes determined to go on a proper date with him after his break up with his girlfriend, Gwyneth. Kelly takes Emma to the movies and upon returning to the dormitory, nearly kissing, Gwyneth interrupts them, still upset about their breakup. Feeling sorry for Gwen, Kelly takes her out for coffee to talk. Emma assumes that Kelly and Gwyneth are going to reconnect and in disappointment, she goes home for the weekend. Manny tells Kelly why Emma went home and now feeling bad about her, he appears in front of her house playing and singing My Bonnie to make amends. Emma lets him in, and they talk over the disagreement and they make up.
In the episode, Touch of Grey, Emma reveals how annoyed she is of being referred to as Kelly's girlfriend by everyone at Smithdale. Determined to create a distinct university identity, Emma borrows some pot that was gifted to Kelly by one of his friends and successfully smokes it with Becca and Gwenyth. The girls think Emma is hilarious and give her the new nickname, Blaze. Emma is so happy to have got rid of her plain girl image with the girls and now wants to reveal it to everyone. She shares weed brownies with everyone at the annual Floor Olympics. Manny and Liberty feel something is going on and when they see Emma acting odd they begin to worry, about their college reputation, and hers. Liberty tries to confront her later, but Emma simply laughs it off saying that everyone had a great time and that she and Manny were just jealous.However, that night, Emma and Kelly awake to find an ambulance taking Becca away to the hospital. The next morning, Vickie reveals to Emma and the others that Becca was in a diabetic coma after forgetting her insulin because of ingesting Emma's drugged brownies.
Later that day, the campus cops raid everyones rooms. Emma realizes that she had not yet got rid of the brownies, but by the time she calls Kelly to throw them away, the cops had already found them, putting Kelly and the girls all under suspicion. Emma ran back to her room only to find that Kelly had taken the responsibility and was kicked out of Residence Hall for the year. Emma felt bad since it was her fault, but Kelly forgave her and said that she belongs with Manny and Liberty. After this episode Emma and Gwenyth become friends.
In Degrassi Goes Hollywood, Manny becomes depressed and all she wants to do is cry and mope around with Emma and Kelly. Worst of all she thought that her boyfriend Mick would be there for her and when he visits he just starts to trash her and tell her how she is a nonsense and a horrible actress. Manny starts to cry. Manny and Mick breakup. After, Emma tells her to stop moping around and to get to L.A. Manny, however, would not because Jay is driving the bus with the Stüdz. Emma brings Manny to the bus, and forces her to go with Jay and have fun. Emma is overjoyed when she hears about Manny's acting job and band performances.
Season 9
Emma returns to college after winter break for her second semester. She has grown closer to younger kids at Degrassi, like Holly J., Jane and Chantay, and has also become friendly with new kid Declan. Emma soon starts to question if she can handle the workload of Smithdale, and her love life with Kelly starts to fail. Soon she finds out that true love is closer than you think.
In Holiday Road, Kelly and Emma stop at Degrassi to raise awareness for their Re-Cycle project. Emma and Kelly stay over the Simpson-Nelson residence and sleep on the couch together. Kelly is seen playing video games with Connor and Jack. Kelly is annoyed how he can never do things he wants, it's always Emma's way. After a chat with Spinner, Kelly gives into temptation and eats meat. Emma is upset to find out that Kelly cheated on being a vegan.
Emma and Kelly have a fight, Kelly tells Emma that he feels like the Re-Cycle project is like work without getting paid and he doesn't want to do it. Kelly decided that he had the last straw, he breaks up with Emma and his dad finds him an engineering job for the summer. Emma tells him she never wants to see him again. At Degrassi where she has her presentation on the Re-cycle project without Kelly, she is bombarded with questions about Smithdale.
Emma gets annoyed and reveals that she is failing due to her skipping class to make friends. Snake is shocked. Emma decides she wants to drop out of college or at least take a year off. Emma is upset because everyone is moving on with their lives except for her; Manny goes back to Hollywood, Liberty joined a sorority. Spike and Snake try to calm her down. Emma talks to Spinner and asks if he ever regrets staying here when all of his friends moved on and he says that he loves where he is. She says she envies him. Emma eventually decides to go on the Re-Cycle project for the summer, but university is on hold because she feels that Smithdale is not right for her.In Degrassi Takes Manhattan, school is out for Jane and Spinner is happy that it's going to be the summer of a life time. But, when he learns that Jane is going to be going to a college in California, he is stressed beyond belief, forget to mention that Emma comes at a bad time, and asks for a job at The Dot. Spin gives Emma the job and tells her no sandwich maker. After, he feels that Jane will only be here for the summer and he doesn't want to fight, so he goes to her graduate and makes her happy. The next day, he goes to Declan's pool party to surprise Jane, and ends up overhearing Jane and Holly J talking about Jane's affair with Declan. When they get out, Spinner goes berserk and breaks it off with Jane, then punches Declan.
Back at The Dot, Manny is back in town with her boyfriend Jay. She first comes into scene by surprising her best friend Emma at The Dot, who has just got a new job there. Excited to be home from Hollywood, for a fun filled summer with her bestie and her boy, Manny is completely revved up with energy. Jay asks Emma for a Spin-wich, Spinner's famous self entitled sandwich, Manny asks for one as well. Emma is nervous because Spinner told her not to use the sandwich griller until he got back. Putting matters into their own hands, Emma makes a sandwich for Manny and Jay, not noticing that the sandwich griller was sizzling. Moments later the fire alarm goes off and it begins to flame, everyone makes it out in time to see The Dot explode before their eyes. Spinner comes in time to see what is going on, depressed about breaking it off with Jane, and now even more so about The Dot burning down.Later Spinner goes to The Dot and tells his boss that it was his fault that The Dot burned down, just as Emma walks in. She talks to Spinner and says that he didn't have to take the blame. The next day Spinner and Emma spend some time together playing basketball.
The next few days pass, and Spinner is putting all of Jane's things into boxes, and is being depressed and mopey. Then, all of a sudden, Manny, Jay, and Emma break into his apartment, and pretty much kidnap him. He wants to know where he is going, but they insist that it's a surprise and they want him to cheer up. The guys take Spin to Niagra Falls, to gamble and have a fun time. Manny and Jay's intentions are to get their friends Emma and Spinner together, so they leave them to be at the casino tables. A few moments later, Jay is worried that they should go stay and hang with them, but Manny tells him that they should leave them to be. The next morning, Manny knocks on Spinner's door to wake him up to go get breakfast with everyone, and she notices that Spinner is half-naked, and Emma in a veil. Manny feels this is awkward, and she asks Emma if that's a veil she's wearing on her head. Then Jay walks in.
Spinner and Emma tell them that they woke up and to find a wedding picture, and to see a ring on her hand. Manny and Jay tell them to get dressed and come downstairs to see if they can get a refund on the ring and veil, and to see if they can get "divorced". They get dressed and they all go down to the casino again, and confront the crazy lady that married them. Manny a little frightened of the lady clutching onto Jay, asks if they can get a refund. The lady tells them no, and then says that they got a good price, $2,000 for the ring, and over $500 for the dress, which was the money winnings Emma and Spinner won from playing.The day they get back, Manny and Jay go to Spinner's apartment for a few minutes, to ask him if they want them to get find them a divorce lawyer, but, Emma and Spinner continue to love each other, and bond, especially in a game of basketball. A day or two later, they're home and Emma has Manny over her house. She tells Manny that her and Spinner are actually in love, and that they want to get married. Manny tells her that if she's actually sure about this she better talk to him one more time, she does so, and comes home upset, crying to Manny that he said, "if they ever get divorced" or something in that sense. Emma is upset, and Manny stays and helps cook dinner when Spike and Snake got home from camping. Spinner runs in moments later with a bouquet, and tells what's happening to Spike and Snake. Manny finds him cute, and that if Emma doesn't marry him then she will.
At Emma's wedding, Manny is prepping and getting ready, and she goes to say some words to Spinner, and sees Jane kissing him goodbye and thinks more of it. She then gets into an all out bitch fight with Jane, punching, scratching, and kicking her and Manny ends up on the floor. Spinner is surprised, and helps Manny up, he tells her that Jane is there to just say goodbye, and not to ruin the wedding. Manny is okay with that, and straightens herself up and asks if she looks good. She then leaves for the wedding ceremony. She watches Jay marry them, and she is happy to see her best friend, Emma get married. She is also surprised to see Liberty. At the after-party, Manny sings her song written for the wedding, "I Trust You".Appearance
Emma Nelson can be described as a tall girl with Blonde Hair and Brown Eyes.
In Season 1, Emma dressed like a typical 12-year-old girl, with T-Shirts, sweaters, jackets, jeans and normal sneakers. Her hair was a dirty blonde, and had a bob to it, and if not, it
was in pigtails and in Ponytails. Emma wore an infamous pair of jeans, which featured Dolphins leaping out of water on the sides of her legs. In Season 2, Emma's style didn't change much, but her hair color was noticably lighter.
In Season 3, Her style in this season was the most underrated. She wore mostly green colors (maybe because of her heavy enviormental causes) and her hair was much longer, and usualy straight. She also had braces.
In Season 4, Emma's style changed the most. Her hair was light honey blonde, and she had bangs, and her hair was usual curly or blunt straight. She wore skin-tight shirts that showed clevege, and mostly skirts and tights and skinny jeans, along with mostly converses'.
In Season 5, Emma's style changed from the somewhat 'provacative' style from last year. Her bangs we gone, and her hair was a little lighter, and usually in curls. He wardrobe was more casual.
In Season 6, her style was mostly the same as last year, and hair was the same color. She wore more button-ups, that showed clevege.
In Season 7, Emma returned for the rest of the semester, with her hair being much lighter, maybe a dark-ish Platnium Honey Blonde, and was usually swept behind her face and in bounce curls. Her skin glowed, and she wore mostly loose yet 'sexy' sweaters and skirts and boots.In Season 8, Emma went to school with a darker hair color, still blonde, but just dark. Her style consisted of mostly shorts, tight shirts and button-ups. By late Season 8, her hair was now Brunette, with Honey Blonde highlights.
Season 9, Emma was back to blonde, and her style was mostly shorts, tank tops, or dresses.
Notable Lines
- (Season 1, Episode 01 - Mother and Child Reunion Part 1)
Emma: "Read it again, Manny." (First Line) - (Season 9, Episode 23 - The Rest of My Life Part 4)
Emma: "When I gamble, I only bet on a sure thing." (Final Line)
Memorable Moments
- (Season 1, Episode 01- Mother and Child Reunion Part 1)
- Emma: "I REALLY hope you're Mr. Simpson."
- Emma: "People in the '80s were weird!"
- (Season 1, Episode 04 - Eye of the Beholder)
Emma: "Do you wanna dance?"
Sean : "Yeah" - (Season 1, Episode 09 - Coming of Age)
Emma: "Actually, I just got my period. For the first time. Menstruation, it happens to about, oh, 50% of the population. Perfectly normal and nothing to be ashamed about, right Ms. Kwan?" - (Season 3, Episode 02 - Father Figure Part 2)
Emma: "You were supposed to be a doctor not a patient" - (Season 3, Episode 09 - Against All Odds)
Manny: "Emma, are you going to talk to me? I explained already, I thought you were coming home late."
Emma: "Don't you feel bad for what you did, or feel for Ashley?"
Manny: "If Craig really loves her, than why does he keep coming back to me?"
Emma: "Coming back...? Manny, no."
Manny: "You knew Chris had a girlfriend."
Emma: "Which is why I came home."
Manny: "I think you chickened out."
Emma: "I made the right choice and it's something that you should think about."
Manny: "You want me to make a choice? Fine, I choose to stop hanging out with you."
Emma: "You don't want to be friends?"
Manny: "Not with a stuck up, prude princess."
Emma: "Good because I don't want to be friends with the school slut." - (Season 5, Episode 01 - Venus Part 1)
Emma: (To Peter) "Hi. Welcome to Emma. I'm Degrassi."
Peter : (Smiles) "Nice to meet you Degrassi" - (Season 5, Episode 12 - The Lexicon of Love Part 2)
Ms. Hatzilakos: "Morning Emma."
Emma: "Don't talk to me." - (Season 5, Episode 16 - Our Lips Are Sealed Part 2)
(Emma enters her house and finds Manny, Peter and her parents sitting in the living room.)
Emma: "What's going on?"
Spike: "Come sit down here, honey. Manny and Peter came over here because they're worried about you."
Snake: "It's not just them. Your teachers told me that you're having trouble in school."
Emma: "They're lying."
Snake: "No they're not, Emma. We want you to go talk to someone: a therapist about why you're not eating."
Emma: (Irritated tone, raising voice) "I am eating. There is nothing wrong!"
Peter: "You're hiding food."
Manny: "You've got major psycho mood swings."
Spike: "You're just not you, and were worried."
Emma: "And you guys are all so perfect? You take advantage of drunk girls (Peter), you are the drunk girl (Manny), and the last time I checked, you were making out with his mother (Snake.)"
Snake: "Emma, you need to calm down."
Emma: "No, I need to get out of here."
Manny : "You can't go, Emma. We need to get you help."
Emma: (Shouting) "You did this. You told them. This is all your fault, Manny." - (Season 6, Episode 01 - Here Comes Your Man Part 1)
Peter: "It's just a little fun. What do you have against that?"
Emma: "Nothing. I'm all about fun. In fact, if fun were people, I would be China."
Sean: (Smiles) "Okay..." - (Season 6, Episode 03 - True Colours)
Emma: "Peter, did you break into Sean's locker and plant the pot, the same way you broke into mine."
Peter : "Okay, Sean is a loser. He always has been and he always will be."
Emma: "Answer the question."
Peter : "Well, what do you want me to say."
Emma: "The truth!"
Peter : "Everything I did was to keep us together. Sean is scum and he deserved what happened to him."
Emma: "When you see me in class, don't look at me. When you pass me in the hall, don't talk to me, beause you and me are done! - (Season 6, Episode 08 - Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
Emma: "Where's my lucky bra, the one that gives me Manny boobs?" - (Season 7, Episode 18 - Another Brick in the Wall)
Snake: "Your mom just needs some time away, but thanks for sticking by me."
Emma: "I believe in you dad, don't make me regret it." - (Season 8, Episode 15 - Touch of Grey)
Emma: (To Becca and Gwenyth) "Hey. Do you wanna, like, blaze?" - (Season 8, Episode 19-22 - Paradise City)
Emma: "For the first time in my life I agree with Jay Hogart." - (Season 9, Episode 14 - Holiday Road)
Snake: "Be careful and call if you need anything."
Emma: "I'll be fine on my own. I love you." - (Season 9, Episode 21 - Degrassi Takes Manhattan Part 1)
Emma: (to Jay) "It's a toasted sandwich, not brain surgery!" - (Degrassi Mini - Hey Ladies)
Emma: (to Manny) "Did you know that yogurt has carbs?... 'cause I didn't...know that."
- Emma appeared in 124 episodes.
- Emma is considered the protagonist of the first 7 seasons.
- Emma is the first character in Degrassi to have Posttraumatic stress disorder (after the shooting in Time Stands Still (2)) the second being Drew.
- Emma is the first character in Degrassi to have an online predator, the second being Darcy and the third being Connor .
- Emma Nelson strongly resembles former character Caitlin Ryan, and current character Clare Edwards.
- Emma and her best friends Manny and Liberty have all been nude in public.
- Emma and Manny have had more relationships than any other girl in Degrassi history.
- Emma and Alli are the poker masters of the show, Emma being the "yoda" of cards.
- Emma's favorite song was "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield, as said in We Built This City.
- Emma, Manny, and Liberty have each been romantically involved with Damian. But only Manny and Emma have a had a real relationship with Damian. While Liberty's was just a fling.
- Emma and Manny have both dated Spinner, Jay, and Damian.
- Emma is one of seven girls to reveal herself on camera.
- She took her dress off at a Purple Dragon meeting.
- Alli sent naked pictures to her then-boyfriend Johnny DiMarco.
- Manny took her shirt off in front of a camera, while Peter was filming her.
- Darcy posted racy photos of herself online.
- Bianca's racy photos were sent out to the entire school.
- Liberty was streaking and the newspaper snapped photos.
- Clare made pictures of her breasts to put them on Ashers computer.
- Emma was one of three characters to have met someone online and eventually in person. The other two were Darcy and Connor.
- Emma is one of six characters to have had an STI (she had gonorrhea). The other five are Jay, Alex, Amy, Darcy, and Johnny.
- Emma is one of eight characters that have dealt with an eating disorder or negative body image (she had anorexia nervosa). The other six are Kathleen, Terri, Manny, Katie, Toby, Jenna and Tristan .
- Although credited as a regular in Season 9, she only appeared in one episode and Degrassi Takes Manhattan.
- Emma has been called by three different last names at some point throughout the series - Nelson, Simpson (though she didn't change her last name), and Mason (although after she married Spinner, she did not change her last name, as stated at the end of Degrassi Takes Manhattan.)
- Emma, Manny and Spinner are the only characters who remained regulars on the show until Season 9. Although, Liberty did left the series after Season 8, she made a brief appearance in Season 9.
- Emma accidentally burned down The Dot after Manny and Jay asked for sandwiches.
- Emma, Marco, Sean, Melanie, Anya, Lucy, Jess, Spike, and Clare are the only characters to have braces.
- Emma, alongside Bianca, is one of the two characters to almost be raped, making her one of six characters of the Degrassi Franchise to have had a storyline involving sexual abuse of some sort. The other three were Paige, Darcy, Jane, and Liz.
- Emma had the first line in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
- Emma likes knitting as her biological father, Shane McKay, does.
- In a Degrassi mini, Emma revealed the least person she finds attractive is Toby Issacs.
- In Can't Live With 'Em, Spike reveals that Emma was classified as a 6 week premature baby.
- Although Emma, Spinner, Manny, Jay, Spike, Jack, Kendra and Rufus are not in the series anymore, they still appear off screen because Archie is still here and a regular until the series conclusion.
- Emma was one of six characters that was followed into their freshman year of college as a regular. The other five were Manny, Liberty, Paige, Ellie and Marco.
- Emma was the first character that went through a pregnancy scare. The second was Anya, and the third was Alli.
- Emma was the first character to be played by diferent actors/actress. The second was Shane McKay and the third was Margaret Matlin.
- Emma was named after the Emmy award Degrassi Junior High won for the episode "Its Late" in which she was conceived.
- Emma and Liberty both had a crush on Chris. Only Emma had a relationship with him.
- She lost her virginity to Sean.
- Emma was the second out of four people to be caught with a form of sexual protection.
- The first and only character to have a storyline about menstruation.
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- Reason: Sean was leaving for army training, and his plans didn't include Emma.
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"Fabulous book and narrator"
Jane Eyre is, of course, a fabulous book. But when narrated by Juliet Stevenson, it is brought to life in the most satisfying way. I have loved listening to this book and getting to know the characters (again) through Ms. Stevenson's lively narration.
"Excellent, but second best..."
Jane Eyre is, for me, the greatest of all classic British literature. It is a remarkable gift to have such a magnificent novel read by such capable readers. While Juliet Stevenson does an excellent job, I find the older (and less expensive) version read by Lucy Scott to be as exceptional as the book itself. Stevenson has bit deeper a British accent, while Scott maintains a greater clarity of speech while creating an authentic English tone.
"Jane Eyre narrated by Juliet Stevenson"
Fantastic! Stevenson was superb in her narration! Definite recommendation for those who love the classic art.
Researcher, editor, writer, francophone, anglophile. Started listening to audiobooks to conciliate my love of knitting and novels.
"Wonderful narrator"
Juliet Stevenson is my favourite narrator, period. She understands the characters, and plays them amazingly. Some of the books I choose to listen is because of her narration, and not the book itself (although it obviously plays a role in the matter).
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"Superb narration of a great romantic classic"
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, narrated by the incomparable Juliet Stevenson. Sigh. This is classical romance at its best.
Some who read rather than listen may find parts slow, unrealistic and liberally laced with purple prose. But not so listening to Stevenson. Her voice envelopes the high morality of Victorian England, the expressions of love, sacrifice, pain, confusion, desperation – and transports these into the realm of prose-music. Her voice caresses the words. She transforms the coincidences and high drama to the level of probability. She gentles the listener into suspending belief and luxuriating in the outpouring of human emotions, the urgency of secret love and devotion, the unquestioning correctness of sacrifice, the terror of the insane.
Romantics will be enthralled by the barriers to the consummation of love, the very least being the class system and Victorian self restraint.
Stevenson's narration is better than good. This is great classic, read superbly.
Audible has changed my life! Dry , itchy eyes were destroying one of my greatest pleasures - reading. Now I am experiencing books again!
"How a Classic should Sound"
Jane Eyre and Juliet Stevenson. Sheer Heaven. It always surprises me how long Jane Eyre can be, but this edition makes you understand why good old Jane has appealed to so many for so long. Once again, the narrator makes the difference, and I just can't recommend Juliet Stevenson enough! Long may she read!
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"Glad I Finally Read This Classic"
I was thoroughly charmed by this book. It is written in a totally different style than what one would expect of a 21st century book, but putting myself in an early 19th century frame, I was able to enjoy this book. I loved the flow of the prose, the use of currently little-used words, the elegance of the whole thing. I can't believe I have lived this long without even knowing the story line of Jane Eyre. I was enthralled with it on many levels. I was pleasantly surprised by the high quality of the writing, creativity and the obvious intelligence of the author. I will be thinking about this story for a long time to come. I think everyone should read it sooner or later. Jane is a great role model for not just young girls, but for everyone who is trying to be a better human being. I hope that is all of us.
The narrator, Juliet Stevenson, was excellent. My one complaint is that she is very soft spoken and could be a little hard to hear.
Audiobooks have literally changed my life. I now actually ENJOY doing mindless chores because they give me plenty of listening time!
I was captivated with Charlotte Brontë's heroine from the moment we were introduced to her. Jane is an independents spirit, a smart girl with a strong sense of morals who has met with more than her fair share of bad luck, and it's impossible not to feel intense sympathy for her cause. She is both naive and infinitely wise beyond her years, and while the young woman is very much bound by the conventions of her time, the fact that she must follow her heart at every turn pushes her to act in surprising ways and make choices that seem unbearably difficult, which of course makes for great storytelling. Brontës vivid descriptions of the surroundings help us place the action in time and place, but also serve to give us much information about the character's inner workings. I was delighted to discover upon this second reading, that I had forgotten all of the second half of the story, in which Jane's quest for belonging and family rang all too true.
Listening to the excellent actress Juliet Stevenson narrate this story with her trademark rich, smooth voice, truly made this excellent story all the more pleasant to rediscover.
"A Classic brought to life by excellent narration"
Its a fantastic story. Its well paced and with good detail without being flowery and Jane herself is likeable and not overtly emotional as many heroines of her era were. I remember reading this book for school and having to analyse it line by line which does nothing to endear the classics to students, but now listening to it as an adult, and having it so beautifully narrated was such joy. I found myself driving around the block snd walking for an extra half hour just to listen to it more.
Glad I got over being too snobby to listen to audio books!
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NEW YORK — Nathan Safferstein was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the stealth world of a counterintelligence agent on the project that produced the atomic bomb.
A customer at the Connecticut market had told her brother — an Army intelligence commander — about a bright young prospect. Soon, paperwork was filled out, recommendations made.
Wartime security being paramount, Safferstein eavesdropped on phone calls of scientists and engineers in Los Alamos, N.M., to make sure no Manhattan Project secrets were leaked, and delivered bomb-making uranium and top-secret messages. He also scrawled his signature on the first A-bomb, called "Little Boy," dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. A second bomb leveled Nagasaki on Aug. 9, and Japan surrendered six days later.
Safferstein died Tuesday night at his home in the Bronx after a long illness, his family said. He was 92.
"We had that feeling right from day one that this was the instrument that was going to end this war," Safferstein said in a 2005 interview conducted by one of his sons, Michael, along with an oral history project moderator. "In my heart, I know that it saved us from the invasion of Japan and millions of casualties that would have come about."
Though "extremely proud" to be part of history, Safferstein was not impervious to the ravages of war.
After the bombs were dropped, Safferstein accompanied a team that included U.S. doctors who surveyed the damage in Japan. Deeply moved by its "beautiful people," he recalled thinking: "Let's ... never have to use it again."


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Can't believe that we have less than 3 months until it ends. Presently, I think that we still have a long time and want it to end already. Yet if I were to think in the future looking back, it has been so fast. It seems like it was only yesterday when I was holding a map running around campus looking for my damn classes and running like a retard with a backpack on. Now I'm a Senior, and soon I will be an adult when I graduate and step into the real world and live on my own. I want time to slow down yet at the same time, I want everything to speed up so I can be an adult already and roam wherever I want. I want to savor every minute I am at my high school and make as much memories as I can as a senior and attend more events that I never went to before. I felt accomplish in a way and I'm trying to attend more as much as I can while I still can before I will regret it. I got more school spirited and now I know why people say to have fun in high school and participate because it's the best school years and I regret not taking that advice before because here I am somewhat regretting because I was not participating much and lack school spirited and here I am trying to participate on my last year here. Whatever the case is, I know for a fact that I'm going to miss high school a lot and the memories and I know for a fact that I will definitely come back and visit now and then when I have time. Many things happened during my 4 years, good and bad, in and out of school, I lost and gain friends, and I certainly changed and grew. Looking back from when I was in middle school or freshman year, I certainly did change a lot, physically, mentally, emotionally, and I'm different from who I am years ago. Who knows what I will be like in the future but presently, I know that I've came a long way and had a lot of tolerance to get to where I am today and I'm proud of myself. I hope all of you who are still in high school or will get there soon will enjoy your four years there and make a lot of memories. That doesn't mean go and be like those other girls who would open their legs for anybody, the type who gets all ready, the ones who would rather choose to skip school, and you should know the rest. I'm not here to judge or tell you what to do but it was just a piece of warning. Just do you and find something to motivate yourself to wake up early everyday and go to school, it may be a pain in the ass now but you'll be proud of yourself in the long run. The fun can come now and then to relax yourself but don't have TOO much fun, save it for later. It's better and it will be worth it. Join clubs, participate, be school spirited, and grab any opportunities that are given. As for senior who are going to graduate soon, make memories, savor the moment now, do whatever you can left and don't give up yet. You're almost there, get there, you've been working hard and it's about to pay off in a few more months.
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Believe it or not, even with a new year that began for many of us almost a month ago and even with the recent start (Jan. 23) of the Chinese or Lunar New Year, people in the Washington region continue to make—and break—resolutions about all sorts of things. Dr. Mohammed Akhter, director of the D.C. Department of Health (DOH), however, said he wishes people would make and keep just one very common New Year's resolution--be healthier.
"No amount of government intervention can make someone healthy, one needs to take responsibility for her or his own health," Akhter said.
Akhter's admonishment, and rightly so, stems from public health statistics his agency has revealed: Over 18 percent of men and 25 percent of women residing in D.C. are obese. For African-Americans in D.C., the obesity figure jumps up to a whopping 34.9 percent.
These statistics are a major concern for District health officials since obesity is a risk factor for a range of serious chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Lack of exercise and unhealthy diets, particularly drinking sugary beverages such as sodas, are the main contributors to obesity say D.C. health experts.
To combat the District's high rate of obesity, two years ago, DOH issued a detailed report surveying obesity in all eight wards. The report also included an Obesity Action Plan for bringing down obesity as well as hypertension, and diabetes rates.
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