Upon returning to The Dot, Spinner finds it on fire, a result of Emma’s having used the short-circuiting sandwich grill.
With nothing to do for the summer for Jane, she gets invited to live in the penthouse suite in Manhattan with Holly J., Declan, and his sister Fiona.
's first day, she runs into Jay Manuel, who gives her a warning about her new boss, Kristin (MTV Canada host Jessi Cruickshank).
Meanwhile, Jane grows closer to Flashin' Midnight's lead George, and is encouraged to skip attending college in the fall to join the band.
In an attempt to cheer Spinner up, Emma, Manny, and Jay "kidnap" him, and take him to a casino hotel at Niagara Falls.
After some successful games of blackjack, Emma and Spinner get drunk, and wake up in the same bed the following morning, not remembering what had happened.
Spinner runs to the Simpson/Nelson house to profess his love for Emma, just as Snake and Spike have returned home from their vacation.
Jessi Cruickshank, who plays Holly J's boss Kristin, is the second The After Show host to appear in a Degrassi movie.
Her After Show co-host Dan Levy co-starred in Degrassi Goes Hollywood as Paige's boss Robbie, a film producer.
[5][6][7] Robert Fletcher, Mike Baskervillem, John Dykstra, Danielle McBride, Dan Sexton, and Virginia Storey, collectively received a Gemini Award nomination for best sound in a dramatic program, for their work in Degrassi Takes Manhattan,[8] but lost to The Pillars of the Earth.