"This is what it cost! Your drinking made me CUT myself!" |
Anywhere I Lay My Head is the fifth episode of Season 4 of the Canadian television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation. It originally aired on September 28, 2004 on CTV Television and on October 22, 2004 on The N. The episode was written by story editors Shelley Scarrow and Richard Clark and directed by Phil Earnshaw. It shares its title with the song by Tom Waits.
Summary[]
Ellie's alcoholic mother takes a turn for the worse and becomes a danger to both of them. Ellie can barely survive at home anymore, but her mother can't survive without her.
She has to make a decision whether to move in with Sean or stay with her mother. Meanwhile, Manny and Spinner connect at the school's car wash.
Main Plot[]
Ellie has had to take care of her mother ever since she started drinking again, and she's tired of it.
She puts her foot down soon after her mother's drinking started a fire in their home. Ellie tells her that she's going to stay at Ashley's house while their house is being repaired, but actually decides to stay at Sean's.
Her mother gets suspicious and goes to Ashley's house to see if she had really been staying there. Ashley's mother informs her that Ellie hadn't been staying at their house. Ellie's mother suspects her to be at Sean's house and goes there to find Ellie. She becomes enraged to the point where she slapped Sean.
After that, she and Ellie have a talk and Ellie opens up about her cutting, telling her that she is the reason she cuts. Ellie then shows her her arm and tells her mom that she needs to move in with Sean.
Her mother reluctantly approves it, saddened and shocked. Ellie moves in with Sean in this episode.
Sub Plot[]
Manny and Spinner get closer at the school's car wash—much to Craig's dismay and much to the surprise of Paige. Rick comes to the car wash, but is quickly told to get lost.
- Ellie moves into Sean's apartment.
- This marks the ferret Bueller Nash-Cameron's first appearance.
- This marks Darcy Edwards' first appearance. She is seen at the car wash when she meets her future boyfriend, Spinner.
- This episode is named after the song "Anywhere I Lay My Head" by Tom Waits.
- This marks Manny's second time that has flirted with someone else's boyfriend. This time it's Paige's.
- This marks the first appearance of Robert Kerwin since Secrets and Lies.
- The scene where Spinner sprays Darcy with water from the hose is used in Shenae Grimes’s montage in the season 6 & 7 opening credits.
- The scene where Ellie confronts her mother, about her cutting and showing her scars is used in Stacey Farber's montage in the season 6 & 7 opening credits.
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Regular Cast (Ordered Alphabetically)
- Stefan Brogren as Archie Simpson
- Daniel Clark as Sean Cameron
- Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk
- Jake Epstein as Craig Manning
- Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash
- Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks
- Shane Kippel as Spinner Mason
- Andrea Lewis as Hazel Aden
- Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson
- Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin
- Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi
- Cassie Steele as Manny Santos
- Amanda Stepto as Christine Nelson
Supporting Cast
- Deanna Casaluce as Alex Nuñez
- Ephraim Ellis as Rick Murray
- Andrew Gilles as Robert Kerwin
- Shenae Grimes as Darcy Edwards
- Kirsten Kieferle as Caroline Nash
- Michael Kinney as Darryl Armstrong
- Mike Lobel as Jay Hogart
- David Orth as Christopher
Absences
Sean: "Yeah. But she'll go back home. Maybe next time her mom'll burn down the whole place."
Alex: "Now that would be a housewarming."
Jay: "So basically this is a bon voyage, goodbye, thanks for all the sex party."
Sean: "Let me make it simple. Move in...with someone who loves you."
Ashley: "Spinner has a point."
Spinner: "Who asked you? I mean - yeah. What she said."
Ashley: "Just keep smiling; no one noticed."
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Ghost in the Machine (1) • Ghost in the Machine (2) • King of Pain • Mercy Street • Anywhere I Lay My Head • Islands in the Stream • Time Stands Still (1) • Time Stands Still (2) • Back In Black • Neutron Dance • Voices Carry (1) • Voices Carry (2) • Bark at the Moon • Secret (1) • Secret (2) • Eye of the Tiger • Queen of Hearts • Modern Love • Moonlight Desires • West End Girls • Goin' Down the Road (1) • Goin' Down the Road (2) |