J. T. is featured in a commercial. In anticipation for its premiere, he invites students from Degrassi, including Manny. She is the only one to not laugh at the commercial and even after Sean and Jay both mock him for his role in the commercial, she gives him a positive reception and the pair become friends again. He tries taking this one step further and asking her out to a dance, but backs out after seeing her with Craig, who she got pregnant by. When Manny confronts him about not asking her out, he admits that he chose not to when he saw her with him. Manny reveals that Craig wanted to see how she was doing since the abortion and the following day, J. T. confronts Manny. He apologizes and asks her out, which she accepts.