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The fourth season of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' commenced airing in Canada on 7 September 2004, concluded on 14 February 2005 and contains twenty-two episodes. ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school sophomores and juniors as they deal with the some of the challenges and issues teenagers face such as bullying, dysfunctional families, school shootings, mental disorders, STDs, disabilities, gambling, homosexuality, and inappropriate student-teacher relationships. Every episode is titled after a song from the 1980s, except for the two-part season finale "Going Down the Road", which took its name from the 1970 Canadian film ''Goin' Down the Road''. Filming took place between April and October 2004. The first six episodes of season four aired Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on CTV, a Canadian terrestrial television network, before settling into its regular 8:30 p.m. timeslot. When the season returned to the schedules in January 2005 following a break over the Christmas period, it aired on Mondays at 8:30 p.m. In the United States, it was broadcast on The N, a digital cable network aimed at teenagers and young adults. The season was released on DVD as a four disc boxed set on 28 November 2006 by Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment in Canada, and by FUNimation Entertainment in the US on 24 October 2006. The last three episodes were also sold in the US, packaged together in two different releases; one version was dubbed "unrated, uncensored and uncut" and featured an audio commentary and other bonus material, the other version was dubbed "rated", and did not feature the audio commentary. Registered users of the Canadian and US iTunes Stores are also able purchase and download the season for playback on home computers and certain iPods. This was the first season to release a soundtrack, ''Songs from Degrassi: The Next Generation'' was available as a digital download on 1 November 2005. Season four was one of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' Season four is considered to be the darkest and most controversial season of the show, due to multiple storylines that dealt with harsh and dark issues, especially the two-part episode "Time Stands Still", which involves a school shooting. This garnered the show more international attention than originally. ==Cast== The fourth season features nineteen actors who receive star billing with nineteen of them returning from the previous season. Returning cast members include: * Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt (12 episodes) * Stefan Brogren as Archie "Snake" Simpson (16 episodes) * Daniel Clark as Sean Cameron (9 episodes) * Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk (16 episodes) * Ryan Cooley as James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke (13 episodes) * Jake Epstein as Craig Manning (21 episodes) * Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash (13 episodes) * Jake Goldsbie as Toby Isaacs (10 episodes) * Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks (16 episodes) * Shane Kippel as Gavin "Spinner" Mason (16 episodes) * Andrea Lewis as Hazel Aden (13 episodes) * Pat Mastroianni as Joey Jeremiah (8 episodes) * Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson (17 episodes) * Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin (12 episodes) * Stacie Mistysyn as Caitlin Ryan (9 episodes) * Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi (17 episodes) * Cassie Steele as Manuela "Manny" Santos (18 episodes) * Amanda Stepto as Spike Nelson (8 episodes) * Dan Woods as Mr. Raditch (9 episodes) The actor from season three who did not return in any capacity this season was Christina Schmidt as Terri McGreggor. Shenae Grimes, Dalmar Abuzeid, and Christopher Jacot are introduced in recurring roles as Darcy Edwards, Danny Van Zandt, and Matt Oleander, respectively. Returning in their recurring roles are Ephraim Ellis as Rick Murray, John Bregar as Dylan Michalchuk, Deanna Casaluce as Alex Nuñez, Mike Lobel as Jay Hogart, Daniel Morrison as Chris Sharpe, Alex Steele as Angela Jeremiah, Melissa DiMarco as Daphne Hatzilakos, Linlyn Lue as Ms. Kwan, and Jennifer Podemski as Ms. Sauve. Film director Kevin Smith and actor Jason Mewes guest star as exaggerated versions of themselves (for example Kevin is portrayed as being unmarried and childless), who are at Degrassi Community School in the final three episodes of the season to work on ''Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!'', a fictional feature film in the View Askewniverse series that is using Degrassi Community School as a filming location. Singer Alanis Morissette, who had previously played God in two other ''Jay and Silent Bob'' movies, guest star in "Going Down the Road Part One" as herself, playing the school principal in ''Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 4)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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