So, the tape I'm watching came from my fantastic friend Gryphon in Toronto, and when the Degrassi logo pops up, they pimp the web site. We don't get that here in the States, yo.

Some girl whispers something to Paige, who then turns around to look at Manny, who is standing at her locker. Just then Ellie and Ashley walk by. Ashley asks Ellie if she smells something, and Ellie says that it's the distinct odor of a boyfriend thief. Ellie's wearing a cute dark plaid dress that laces up the front like a corset. Her cuteness doesn't excuse the fact that they're being mean to Manny, when she probably doesn't deserve it. Not all of it anyway. Manny follows after them and tries to explain that she doesn't want Craig, but they ignore her. Now that she's the school harlot, she might want to wear a shirt that doesn't show her bra strap.

Paige may or may not be trying to be nice when she tells Manny that it might suck to be her right now, but that everyone is talking about how she kicks major butt in gymnastics. Manny's momentary elated, until Paige explains that they're only talking about gymnastics when they aren't talking about what a slut she is. It's okay, though, because it's all going to blow over. Paige thinks she should run damage control. Great idea! Like, maybe, wear a top that actually covers your - well - top. Paige points out that Manny is looking pale.

JT and his sometimes-pal Toby are walking to class when Jimmy interrupts to ask if JT is still interested in a trip next weekend. They're going to Buffalo. (I love going to Buffalo! They should totally hit Amy's Place on Main Street. Mmm...Amy's Place homefries and lentil soup...--loki) It'll be all the guys, hot wings, and the hottest concert of the year. Toby mumbles something I can't quite make out, and calls Jimmy what I think is "Jimmer." Jimmer doesn't want to be called that, and he blows Toby off. JT is "so in it hurts." There are about a dozen sexual jokes I could make about that statement. Toby holds up his hand for some skin, but Jimmy leaves him hanging. Toby doesn't get it. Jimmy used to be his friend back in Season One. JT explains that it was before Toby's "hot stepsizzle dumped his ass-izzle." I'm going to go out on a limb, and say that The N will probably edit that out when they show this ep. Which is a shame. That's funny stuff.

Manny stumbles upon Ashley in the library. Ash has some hair issues going on. She still has the cute short flippy 'do, but the bangs have grown out so that they hang in her eyes. It's kind of unkempt. Manny knows that Ashley hates her, and she's super sorry. Ashley does not feel that "sorry" will make up for all the pain she caused. Ah, high school. It's all so dramatic! Manny only stayed with Craig because he told her that she was the one. He lied to her, too. She would erase it all if she could. Ashley is wearing a kick-ass black wrist cuff with two buckles. She doesn't quite accept Manny's apology, but she does watch her walk off with something less than hatred. At least, I think so. It's hard to tell, what with all the hair.

Miss Kwan's class is reading Moby Dick. Spinner is in the class with all the Grade 9s, which is a nice reminder that he got held back last year. Miss Kwan herself is reading a passage about the violent churning of the sea. Manny looks as if she's having some churning issues of her own. She wants to be excused. Kwan gives her some sass about how it's not cool to come to school when you're sick. Poor Manny looks like she's going to hurl and runs out of the room. Emma watches with concern.

Cue the vomiting. Manny is sitting on the floor of the bathroom heaving her guts. The bell sleeve of her shirt is hanging in the toilet. Ew. She wipes herself off and looks horrible.

Toby dumps a bunch of ketchup onto some French fries. I think this is a clever ruse by the editors to remind us that looking at greasy food makes some people - say, those with the stomach flu, or pregnant women - want to be sick. Jimmy and Hazel are walking by talking about midterms. Jimmy has been studying, and Marco's been tutoring him, but math has been kicking his butt. He's worried that his dad will cancel the concert trip when he sees Jimmy's grades.

Jimmy goes to sit down, but Toby's in his way. He could not sound more like a tool as he tries to speak a little ghetto. He wants to know if Jimmy has any extra "tix" to the concert because he loves "DJ Crazy Guns." Jimmy thinks he's a moron, because he is, and he believes Toby meant DJ Mad Bullets. This Mad Bullets guy is getting lots of play this season. This is the third or fourth time they've mentioned him. It's no dice for Toby, though. Car space is too tight, and Toby doesn't even like rap. Toby implies that he knows a certain "homey" that knows a way to sneak into the Degrassi grading system. Said "homey" could change Jimmy's math grade. Jimmy says he would buy the homey a ticket and let him ride shotgun. Toby holds up his fist for a little knuckle-bump and says, "peace." Jimmy rolls his eyes.

Manny's stretching out before gymnastics practice. Emma joins her and wants to know what was up with her ungraceful bolt from English class. Manny pretends like nothing is wrong. They're still playing that "I hate you, you prude/Well I hate you, you slut" game that teenaged girls sometimes play. Emma tells Manny that she can't compete if she's sick, and goes off to tattle to Miss Hatzilakos. Panicked, Manny begs Emma not to say anything. Her life sucks right now, and she's just nervous about the meet. Emma buys her story.

Some extra takes a flying leap off a pommel horse. The team cheers. Miss H wants Manny to show them how it's done. Shouldn't she be encouraging team spirit, and not calling out one girl over the others? This is how eating disorders are born, man. Manny mounts the balance beam and goes through her routine looking slightly queasy. Later, in the locker room, Emma tells Manny that she was incredible. Aw. Best friends forever. Manny wants to be supportive, too, so she says that she's sorry Snake is in the hospital. All the viewers in my house say, "WHAT?" Emma calms us by explaining that Snake is just having more intense chemo. Can I just say that I care more about Snake's cancer than Manny's "stomach flu"? This sucks.

Hazel rushes in and makes some noise about starting her period during practice. She needs a Tampax tampon, stat. Emma's fresh out, but Manny has plenty of Tampax, because she's hasn't needed them in forever. She rushes to explain that she's been training really hard, hence the lack of period. Emma is still suspicious. It's none of her business, but in light of Manny's tremendous vomiting act earlier, she wants to know if Manny's sure it isn't something else. Truce is over. Manny snarks that it's not any of Emma's business, and rushes out of the locker room. She stops just outside of the school and pulls out her calendar, where she starts counting the weeks since her last period. It's been nine. She looks like she's going to cry as we go into a Tampax tampon commercial. Now that is just brilliant marketing.

Spinner and Craig are horsing around in the parking lot with a soccer ball. I don't know what exactly it is they're doing, but it's not playing soccer. Craig has taken his fashion up a notch with a cowboy-style black leather blazer. Manny is watching them, but doesn't approach, not even when Craig catches her staring.

Girls' bathroom. Manny follows Paige in, and then takes the stall next to hers. Instead of using the toilet, she knocks on the wall and whispers Paige's name. Paige hands her some toilet paper under the stall door. That's not quite what she was looking for. Instead, she wants to know how you can tell that a guy has used a condom during sex. Paige says, "Were you there, hon? It's just a tiny bit obvious." Manny's serious. She doesn't know. Paige asks if she heard the wrapper rip, or if she felt anything. Manny doesn't think so. Paige thinks that Craig has the potential to be a respectable guy, and if he's the guy in this equation, she thinks Manny is probably safe. Just to be sure, though, she thinks it'd be a swell idea to just ask Craig. Paige promises not to tell anyone about the conversation, and leaves Manny with a bit of advice, "Ask questions first, get naked later."

JT's in the library reading a book called "Anyone Can Have a Happy Child." Miss Kwan walks by and looks at him oddly. She apparently didn't get the note on the Big Overshadowing Anvil this episode. He's just covering for Toby, who's sitting in a chair with a big old-looking laptop. I have to admit that this is a boring scene. The gist of it is: There's a modem port that will connect Toby to the administration server. JT stands guard. Toby logs in and opens Jimmy's grades, only to turn his math grade into 8888 percent on accident. Kwan interrupts them before Toby can fix his error. The end.

It's time for the gymnastics meet. Emma completes her routine on the uneven parallel bars with a flourish, while Spike claps and holds Baby Jack. The camera pans through the crowd to a middle-aged Latina woman. It's Manny's mom. Manny is waiting in the hall and looks nervous. Miss Hatzilakos wants to know if she's feeling ill, but Manny blames it all on the nerves. When it's her turn to go out onto the floor, she is shaken by the sight of Craig with his camera. She mounts the beam but doesn't get two steps into her routine before she falls off. Miss H rushes to her side as Manny starts to cry. Craig looks like he doesn't have a clue as to what to do. Manny runs away.

Craig finds her sitting in the hallway alone. I'm surprised her mom isn't with her, but then they couldn't have this conversation with her mom, could they? Craig wants to know if she's okay. She's not. He doesn't think it's so horrible that she fell in front of everyone. She skips to the good stuff, and asks him if he used a condom when they had sex. There are students milling about in the hall. I would think they'd want to have this talk somewhere more private. Craig explains that Manny said it was "okay" when they had sex, so he assumed she was on the pill. What she actually meant was "if you want to have sex it's okay, I won't kick your ass." She didn't know what she was doing, because it was her first time. Craig starts to freak out in earnest. He wants to know if something's wrong. Manny lies and says no, then tacks on "it can't be." Craig would like for her to clarify whether nothing is wrong, or whether nothing CAN be wrong. Two different things. Manny continues to insist that she's a-okay. She even smiles to show him she's not lying. He's so panicked that his head is about to explode, so of course he leaves her standing by herself to cry.

Subplot City, where Toby has to confess to Jimmy that he f-ed up his grade. Okay. I hate to be a Toby hater, but now that I know Snake is in the hospital, I'm kind of wishing that was the secondary plot, okay? Jimmy forces Toby into an empty classroom. He logs onto a teacher's computer and starts to fix the grade when Radditch walks in. He wonders if Toby can help him with a problem he's having with his user account. He's screwed with Snake away, and apparently Toby is the only other computer-savvy person in the school. Toby hems and haws, but eventually Radditch sees what he's up to. Busted.

Manny goes for a run. A very aggressive, sloppy run. There's a great song playing over her running scene. I'm sad that the credits are cut off of my tape, because I'd love to know what it was. She runs by a mother holding her baby in the park, and takes off at a sprint before she doubles over clutching her stomach.

Spike is taking Baby Jack out of the car and heading into the house when Manny stumbles up the street. She's covered in big drops of fake sweat and is gulping for air. She blurts out that she thinks she's pregnant.

Inside the house, Manny comes down the stairs with one of those home pregnancy sticks. She hands it to Spike, who tells her that everyone makes mistakes. She just hopes that Manny learns from this one. Spike sets the stick down and leads Manny to the couch. She wants to know what Manny will do if she's pregnant. She has no idea, it's just too much. Spike offers to go with her to tell her parents. Her own mother surprised her and was very supportive when she decided to have Emma. In Manny's family, they send the unwed teenaged mothers to a convent in the Philippines.

The timer dings. Spikes asks her if she's ready. Manny says, "not even a little bit," but goes to pick it up anyway. She holds it up and starts to cry.

Jimmy and Toby are in big trouble. A computer crime is a serious offense, so Radditch is going to have to call their parents. He thought they were good kids. For shame. Now they have to have Saturday detention. Miss Kwan shows up to take some heat off by calling Radditch into the hallway. Toby tries to make nice with Jimmy. He freaked out. He didn't mean to rat Jimmy out. Jimmy's mad because Saturday is the big concert trip with the guys. "DJ Bad Bullets?" Toby asks. Jimmy chuckles. He says that Toby is a fake. He's a fake computer hacker, a fake rap fan, he's just 100 percent fake.

Manny's waiting for Craig outside of school. He's acting all cool guy, can't-stay-long, and says he has to go to his biology lab soon. Manny tells him that something bad happened. She has a doctor's appointment to confirm it, but she's pretty sure she's pregnant. She's starts to cry and apologize. This episode, Manny's job is to run and cry. To her surprise, he doesn't freak out. In fact, he's been thinking about it since their other conversation, and he thinks that maybe having a baby isn't such a bad idea. Wrong, Craig. It's the worst idea in the solar system.

In a seriously creepy voice, Craig says, "What if we had it? We could be a little family! All our own!" His face lights up and he smiles like a lunatic. When she doesn't answer, he whispers her name. Manny looks away as "to be continued" comes up on the screen.

Part two:
School's back in session. Manny and Craig are being all snuggly, walking down the hall with their arms around each other. He wonders out loud about the sex of their baby. Again with the baby conversations right out in the open! Manny doesn't know, but she looks way happier than last episode. Craig hopes it's a girl, because his little sister Angela has always wanted a sister. Someone needs to teach Craig about how families work. Angela will be this kid's aunt, sweetheart. Manny points it out, too. He thinks seven is too young to be an aunt. Just like 14 is too young to be a mother, and 15 is too young to be a father. He's just so cheerful that it's hard to hate him right now.

Craig is wearing his Biketoberfest t-shirt. The one I also own, so I'm feel fuzzy toward him right now.

Ellie walks into the hall and right into Craig. She makes a snippy comment, like it's his fault she wasn't paying attention. She is wearing her cute plaid dress again, even though I'm pretty sure it's only two or three days after the last time she wore it. Ellie joins Paige on some stairs, and they both watch as Craig hands Manny her books and kisses her. Craig tells her to be careful in Science. Ellie continues up the stairs, leaving Paige to play Bad Cop. She tells Manny that she and Craig looked cozy. She assumes that the did-you-wear-a-condom conversation went well. Manny says no, but then amends her reply to "sort of." Paige waits for more of an explanation, but she's not going to get one. Manny walks off toward class. Paige reminds her that they have cheer practice after school. Manny won't be there.

Paige stalks into the Media Immersion lab and gives Craig, who is sitting at a computer being cheery, the evil eye. She walks past Ellie, who is talking to Ashley, undoubtedly telling her about seeing Craig with Manny in the hall. Ashley wants to know how "he could do that." Ellie doesn't know, so Ash goes to get the scoop from Paige. Ashley can't believe that Craig is actually going out with Manny. It might be worse, Paige says. She's thinkin' that Craig got Manny in the family way, if you know what I'm sayin'. Ashley takes a deep swallow of righteous indignation.

JT, Liberty and Sean are in what I assume is History class. Some random teacher says, "In the lingo of the 1950s, I think it's a nifty keeno project." Liberty is annoyed that they have to work in pairs. Random Teacher tells her that she'll be researching 1958 with... JT chants "please anyone but me, please anyone but me" ...with Sean Cameron! Sean calls Liberty a brown-nosing, whip-cracking, loser-freak. Liberty calls Sean a Hell's-Angel-in-Training slacker. They're off to a good start, and this will be your subplot for this evening. I notice that it's not about Snake having cancer, and am bitter.

Today's lunch special is tuna casserole. Craig joins Manny for lunch and brings her a big milk. She's already had a milk, but he wants her to drink more. He took the liberty (Ha! Almost a pun!) of picking up a book of baby names. (Did he buy it? Get it out of the library? If so, does anyone else wonder why there would be a baby name book in the school library?--loki) He holds it open and tells Manny to close her eyes and point at a name. She picks Maude. She says that anyone named Maude will pick their nose and eat glue. She has a point. There's no time to bask in her rightness, though, because Ashley has arrived. She wants to know what they're reading, and plucks the book right out of Craig's hands. Hell hath no fury, Craig. This is your punishment. Ashley yells for everyone in the cafeteria to pay attention to her. She wants Manny and Craig to make their announcement. When they don't, she makes it for them, and tells the entire school that, "these two idiots have gotten pregnant... because it's way too difficult to use a condom." Manny runs and cries, just like last episode. Ashley throws the book at Craig and says she can't believe he slept with Manny. Even I think Ashley's gone too far, and I'm on her side.

I guess this means they aren't getting back together, huh?

Emma and JT see the whole thing go down. Manny has run into the bathroom where she is sobbing in a stall. Paige and Terri walk in, bickering over Manny's situation. Terri thinks Manny is lucky because babies are so cool. Paige says that Manny is ruining her future, and probably her figure. She's going to be somebody's mom. But it's all okay, because Paige likes Terri's lip gloss. And out they go. The entire scene was designed to show teens the many sides of teen pregnancy. And, apparently, to disturb me. "Babies are cool"? I just... no. Enter Emma.

She wishes that Manny could have talked to her. Manny says that she wasn't interested in hearing about her and Craig, back when Manny was being whorish and Emma was being a prude. Emma wants Manny to come over after school, while she babysits for Baby Jack. Manny can even bring Craig, if she wants.

JT is riding his skateboard after school, when he takes a nosedive off the curb. At least he's wearing a helmet. Liberty is on hand to give him a lift up, but he's too irritated to even pretend to be nice to her. She asks him if he had a nice trip. His great-grandfather uses that joke. It's a classic! And speaking of classics, she wants to know if JT is interested in attending the Three Stooges movie festival with her. He's not in the mood. She makes a Three Stooges reference, and he snaps that he doesn't want to go out with her. She keeps pressing. She thinks he's angry because of Manny, but it's pretty clear that ship has sailed. She a persistent one, I'll give her that. He tells her that her three-year crush is getting boring.

Baby Jack is sleeping. Craig and Manny are huddled over him. Craig thinks he's gorgeous and Manny thinks he's an angel. Emma has done some research, and bought a copy of What To Expect When You're Expecting. She shows Manny an illustration. Baby Maude looks like a bean at this stage in her pregnancy. Manny doesn't want Emma to use that name. Craig checks out the illustration on the cover, and says that he can't believe Manny is going to get that huge. Way to be supportive. Manny wants to trade moms with Emma, because she can't stand the thought of telling her own. Emma looks wistful and says that her mom is amazing. She can't believe Spike went through everything Manny is going through just to have her. Baby Jack wakes up and starts to cry. Craig thinks babies are a piece of cake. They're not rocket science. The doorbell buzzes and Emma tells him that he can just take care of that little piece of cake then.

She goes outside to meet Chris. Remember him? He's the actual hip-hop guy. You can tell, because he's beatboxing on her front stoop. He is not to be confused with Sean, Emma's last boyfriend, the faux hip-hop guy. Chris brought a book by for Emma. She's got a baby monitor in her hand, and together they listen to Jack cry, and Manny and Craig freak out about it. They're parents in training. Chris amends that to "parents in basic training."

When Emma goes back inside, Craig is covered in baby powder and his shirt is wet. I'm assuming we are to believe that Baby Jack took a tinkle on Uncle Craig. Manny picks up the baby and hands him to Emma and his diaper falls off. Craig watches in horror, and tries to get the powder off his shirt. Emma shows Manny how to change a diaper. The once-proud parents-to-be look shell-shocked.

JT peeks at Manny, while Liberty peeks at JT in the library. Sean arrives to break up the monotony. He's got books that will help them with their 1958 project. Liberty is shocked that he knows how to read. He picks up on her JT thing, but she doesn't want to talk about it. He tells her that he got dumped, just to make her feel better, and I am reminded of something: the characters on Degrassi are very multidimensional. I can hate Sean one minute, for stealing Snake's computer, but then he goes and does something very sweet. I like that about this show. It keeps you guessing. Turns out, his never-seen girlfriend Amy met some guy at motor cross. He hopes she likes mud. Sean is moving on, and that's what Liberty needs to do about JT.

Some extras play hackeysack while Craig wanders around with another carton of milk. He's looking for Manny. Instead, he finds Spinner, who invites him to sit down. He says, "Can I ask you a question, dude?" When Craig says sure, Spinner hits him in the forehead. He wants to know what in the hell Craig is thinking, getting Manny pregnant and deciding to keep the baby. Actually, what he said is, "Are you on crack? You got a girl pregnant and you're walking around here like 'la, la, la." He thinks it's a shame that Craig will not get to enjoy keg parties or spring break in Florida. Craig wants to do the right thing. Spinner points out that keeping the kid isn't the only way to do the right thing, but it's what Craig wants. And here's why. Craig doesn't have a family. He's just some kid who lives with a guy. Manny and the baby are his. "They're for me." It's crazy heartbreaking - no matter how stupid - when you think about all that Craig has been through.

Spike is vacuuming. Shouldn't she visit Snake in the hospital? I'd love to know how he's doing. Manny has shown up for another visit. She wants to know what it's really like to be a single teenaged mom. Spike tells her that it's like juggling six things all at once, and all six things are on fire, and you're standing up on a moving bus and you can't stop for at least 12 years. That's not what Manny wanted to hear, clearly. Spike goes on to say that you also get sticky candy kisses and Christmas ornaments made out of toilet paper rolls. Lots of single women raise babies, but doing it at 14 was extra hard. All of Spike's friends went off to college, traveled Europe, and she stayed home. Manny wants to study fashion, in New York or maybe Paris. Spike tells her that her plans sound wonderful. In a non sequitur, Manny says, "but Craig wants me to keep it." Spike has doubts about whether or not Craig is always going to be there. Ultimately, the responsibility will be Manny's, and so the decision has to be hers to. "You mean, I don't have to do this if I don't want to?" Manny asks.

It's 1958 at Degrassi Community School. Sort of. Liberty is decked out in an outfit reminiscent of the "You're The One That I Want" number from Grease. Fitted black pants, shiny black leather jacket, and a sassy red scarf. She has her hair pulled into a side ponytail. She has topped off the outfit with brown boots that don't match. She walks up to Sean, who is sitting on the school steps with one of his new buddies. I swear I don't know this guy's name, and can't read the credits, so I'm going to call him Do-Rag Thief. Because he's the black guy who never talks, and always wears the do-rag.

Liberty stops in front of them and purrs, "You like?" JT, who happens to be nearby, picks this moment to make fun of her. He gets props for mentioning that she must be playing Rizzo in the drama production of Grease. Do-Rag Thief is totally checking her out. You go, girl. She says, "Actually, I wasn't going for a veneration of the 50s, but perhaps I was subconsciously inspired by Sean's masterful work on our assignment. Work I look forward to continuing." She lowers her glasses and winks at Sean and goes into the school. Sean demands that JT tell him what's going on. He's the rebound crush, and the only way to get her to back off is to be brutal. The word "hint" is not in Liberty's vocab.

It's time to face the music. Manny goes home after school and sits down on the couch. Her mom brings her a tomato and cheese sandwich - her favorite. Her mother wants to wait for the man of the house, but Manny just blurts it out. She went to the doctor. It's official. She's pregnant. Before her mother can say a word, Manny jumps off the couch. She doesn't care what her parents say, she's not a little girl anymore, and she's not going away like her cousin had to. Her mother stops her, and says that it's just a shock. They both start to cry, as Manny apologizes. She's thought about it. She can't go away, she can't be a mom, and she doesn't know what she's going to do. They embrace and cry some more.

Liberty has taken it upon herself to purchase all of Sean's favorite foods at the cafeteria. Which are a banana and some kind of cake. She wants to ditch school and go chill in the ravine. She can even get them a five-finger discount on a pack of smokes. The leader of the pack, Crazy Jay, makes fun of her. She says she's edgy, on fire. Sean gets all up in her grill and says she's about as edgy as a butter knife. He's not interested in her and never will be. She takes off. Crazy Jay says Sean should go for it. He's heard she's really great... at chess. Do-Rag Thief wacks Crazy Jay in the arm. He likes himself some Liberty.

Manny walks right into Emma's house without knocking, and asks for Spike. She wants to tell her the good news; that her mom was way cooler than she thought she'd be. Emma is really happy for her, until Manny says that her mom is even going to drive her to the clinic. Manny is going to have an abortion. Emma tells her that she can't. Manny knows Emma thinks it's wrong - and Emma thinks that her child would, too. Manny wants to do the right thing, for her, for everybody. She wouldn't want to bring a baby into the world with a mom who wasn't ready. Emma thinks the baby should at least be able to have a life. She offers up adoption, but Manny can't go through giving birth. She can't go to school pregnant and have everyone know. Emma thinks she should be able to get through all that. Manny says, "I can't. I swear. I'm only 14." She begs Emma to understand, but Emma just leaves Manny crying by the sink.

The next day, in Miss Kwan's class, Spinner talks about the themes of Moby Dick while Manny reads about the abortion procedure. Emma judges her from across the room. Spinner says that water represents life, and Ishmael goes on the ship looking for the meaning of life. It doesn't quite tie into Manny's plot, but it was a nice try.

Manny finds Craig waiting for her at her locker after class. He tries to hug her but she pushes him away. He wants to know what's wrong. She tells him that she can't do it. She can't have a baby now. He doesn't think she's making any sense. I hate to break up the drama, but he's wearing that ugly gray shirt again, from the beginning of the last episode. Manny says that someday he's going to be a great dad, and someday she hopes she'll be a mom. "But now, now isn't someday yet."

She tries to walk away, but he gets angry. He tells her that she's not going to do it. He grabs her and spins her around, and yells that he won't let her do it. She's crying again, and wants him to just stop and think for a second. Emma runs between them and Craig tells her to butt out. He thinks that what Manny is doing is wrong, and Emma agrees. In fact, if Manny weren't her friend, she would be furious with her. But as it is, she cares about Manny, and understands that it's her choice. Craig is in anguish. It's his baby. Emma points out that it's in Manny's body. Manny holds his gaze. She tells him that she just can't go through with it. Craig is speechless and leaves. Manny thanks Emma for sticking up for her, but Emma leaves her, too. Manny puts her hands over her stomach.

Liberty and Sean are back in the library. She tells him that she'll finish the project and put his name on it. He tries to talk to her, but she insists that she should have known better. He's James Dean, and she just some square girl nobody ever asked to the sock hop. He asks her what would happen if someone did want to ask her out. She is incredulous. No one likes her. Sean says that somebody does, and she has to forgive him, or somebody is going to knock his teeth out. Sean nods toward the hallway, where Do-Rag Thief is watching them. He waves shyly at Liberty and she smiles. Sean says that Do-Rag Thief has a thing for smart girls. He liked the way she said "veneration" and "masterly."

As the show wraps up, Manny and her mom fill out paperwork at the clinic. The nurse asks Manny if she has any questions. Manny wants to know if it will hurt. It will, a little, like when she gets cramps during her period. Her mother asks if it's safe. There are risks, but only three percent of patients who have the procedure have complications. The nurse asks Manny if she's ready. She smiles at her mother and then follows the nurse. Manny wants to know how she'll feel, after. The nurse tells her that some women cry, but many feel relieved. As long as she's okay with her decision... "I'll be okay."

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