Degrassi: The Next Generation/Jay Hogart

Jay Hogart
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Actor	Mike Lobel
First Appearance	3x04 - Pride (1)
Last Appearance	6x19 - Don't You Want Me (2)
Series Billing	Recurring: seasons 3-4 Billed: seasons 5-6
Episode Count	45
Notable Episodes	3x06 - Gangsta Gangsta

Basic Information

Jason "Jay" Hogart was born in 1986.

Character History

Season 3

His first appearance is in the first part of the episode "Pride". He confronts Maro Del Rossi and tells him he should stay away from Dylan, who he calls 'Homochuck'. It is concluded that the two hate each other, or that Jay is homophobic.He was well-known around Degrassi for being bad, mostly because of his tendencies to get into physical fights with other students, and he even had a mini-gang, which included his friend Towerz, his girlfriend Alex, Alex's friend Amy, and later Sean Cameron. They stole candy, a laptop, a DVD player, broke into the school, and got into fights.

Season 4

When Rick returns to Degrassi (he had left after hitting Terri and putting her in a coma), Jay, along with the entire school, bullies him. Rick later spray paints Jay and Spinner's cars. Jay and Spinner want to get back at Rick, so they form a plan with Alex. Jay, Spinner, and Alex devised a prank to dump paint and feathers on Rick, which occurred when Rick won in an academic competition. This was the final straw for Rick; completely blinded by his own hurt and rage, he brings a gun to school the next day. Jay and Spinner go into the bathroom and Spinner almost reveals that him and Jay were behind the prank. Jay notices paint and feathers on a sink and realizes Rick is on one of the stalls. Jay then says, "Yeah, I can't believe Jimmy set the whole thing up." Spinner is confused and Jay points to the bathroom in which Rick is in. Spinner and Jay talk about how Jimmy pretended to be his friend, picked him to do the last round, and spilled the paint and feathers on him. Rick thinking this is true is mad and hurt. Jimmy has recently befriended Rick. With this false information, Rick shoots Jimmy, paralyzing him, and then he tries to shoot Degrassi: The Next Generation/Emma Nelson because she would not accept his crush on her.

Sean stops him by trying to take the gun away, and in the process, ends up accidentally killing Rick.

Jay convinces Spinner and Alex to not confess to their part in the shooting. Spinner later admits the truth, and both he and Jay are expelled from school. In his anger, Spinner wants to burn down the school, but Jay talks him out of it.

Before his expulsion, Jay spends most of the time at the ravine, where many kids of a 'bad' sort hang out to get drunk, party, do drugs, and have sex. He is one of the many who gets blowjobs from girls, and gives out bracelets as a 'prize'. Emma later becomes one of those girls, but quickly learns that she isn't the only one. Emma later finds out that she has gonnerhea after a doctor's visit ends her 'relationship' with Jay.

Season 5

When JT needed more money to support Liberty and her upcoming baby, he got a job at a drugstore. Still needing more, Jay suggested selling Oxycodone to some guys he knew. Eventually the situation got out of hand for JT and he tried to kill himself but was, luckily, unsuccessful.

With Sean in Wasaga Beach, Towerz moved away, Amy gone, and Alex having dumped him, Jay only had one friend, Spinner. This friendship didn't last as Jay, thinking he would help Spinner get some 'action', told Darcy she needed to let Spinner have sex with her or she would lose him. Darcy later told Spinner who got into a fight with Jay. Spinner then said that he changed since becoming a Christian and their friendship was broken. Finally at the end of school, he reconciled his friendship Alex, comforting her after she came out to him as a lesbian and revealed that she had broken up with Paige.

Season 6

Unlike his former friend Spinner, Jay makes the decision not to return to school and finish his education. He works as a mechanic, and will later use his connections to find Sean a job. At the opening of season six, he is apparently playing host to Sean, who is now back from Wasaga and enrolled in Degrassi. It is Jay and Sean who spark Peter Stone's interest in cars and street racing.

After one race between Peter and Sean ends up going terribly wrong - Sean hits an innocent man out for a nighttime jog - it is Jay who advises Sean to run away from the scene of the crime. Sean takes Jay's advice, but later gives himself up to the police out of guilt and persuasion on Emma's part. Although Jay is not one to wear his emotions on his sleeve, it is clear that he cares about Sean when he returns to Degrassi to tell Mr. Simpson and Emma that someone should be there to morally support Sean during his hearing, as Jay is unable to attend due to work.

Sean soon finds out about Emma giving Jay oral sex while he was away. When Jay tells Sean that Emma 'damn near begged' him to let her do it, Sean gets angry and goes to punch Jay, but Jay ducks out of the way and Sean hits the wall instead.

Jay begins dating a new girl, Mel, who works at the cocktail bar/strip club, Zanzibar. It is Mel who tells Alex about a waitressing job opening up there. Jay then learns, through Mel, that Alex has taken up stripping to earn more money. He mockingly scolds her for lying to Paige, who Alex has recently become involved with romantically again, stating that a lie was not the best foundation for a good relationship. He then also tells Alex that she won't be able to keep her stripping job a secret for long, because eventually word will get around.

Memorable Moments

In season 3, Jay, Alex and Towerz broke into a snack machine.

Quotes

• Pain 101, my favorite subject.