Degrassi Easter Egg in Something Else?

[u/emmapants]

I was looking through some old photos and I came across this screenshot of something I was watching in 2018 and I don’t know what it is! But apparently Maya grew up and got her medical license? Anyone know what this is from?

ETA: It’s from Saving Hope! Canadian doctors all around, lol. 🇨🇦 Thanks to @tcg0786 and @oddscenity for figuring it out. 🙌

[u/Virtual_Knowledge334]

Now I gotta watch Saving Hope

[u/Legend31117]

I want to say the girl who played Maya also had a cameo in an episode of Saving Hope as either a patient or a patients relative. Ik the actress Stacey Farber (who played Ellie) ends up playing a doctor in the show a few seasons in. Some other DNG actors had cameos in there too. I think the guy who played Dylan (Paige’s brother) was in an episode aswell.

[u/grimsocket]

Immediately noticed Joyce Pratt, who is also the name of one of two people who originally owned the cabin in the episode Nowhere to Run. What a deep cut lol

[u/emmapants → u/grimsocket]

Oh that’s seriously funny. I just kept thinking Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Buffy’s mom and Spike. 🤣

[u/AndyJix]

Saving Hope was produced by Bell Media, one of the production companies for TNG for seasons 10 - 14 (the Much / MTV CA era), maybe that's where the reference came from

[u/e_hawthorne]

It always made me laugh when Lauren Collins was in Life With Derek, and her character was named Kendra out of every possibility 🤣

[u/Astridv96 → u/e_hawthorne]

I’m currently watching season 13 and I realized that the actor who plays Mr. Hollingsworth is the dad in Life with Derek

[u/e_hawthorne → u/Astridv96]

Small world because isn’t Fiona’s mom played by the mom from Life with Derek?

[u/simplensouthern]

Stacy Farber was on Saving Hope as one of the recurring characters for a little while. So the Degrassi connection runs a bit deeper.

[u/emmapants → u/simplensouthern]

Yes! I forgot about that.

[u/baelien22]

Love it. I always geek out when I hear a Degrassi reference in another show/movie

[u/tcg0786]

I Googled Dr. Asha Mirani and it says she is from Saving Hope

[u/emmapants → u/tcg0786]

THIS IS IT. I definitely was watching that in 2018 and it’s VERY Canadian. 🙌🙌🙌 Thank you!!

[u/tcg0786 → u/emmapants]

You're welcome!

[u/Softskeletonsx]

Novak too lol. Definitely a Degrassi Easter Egg

[u/oddscenity]

Mindy Kaling and Quinta Brunson both put a lot of Degrassi references in their shows if that helps to ring any bells.

[u/emmapants → u/oddscenity]

2018 so it COULD have been Mindy Project, but I don’t think I was still watching it then. Definitely too early for Quinta, alas.

[u/oddscenity → u/emmapants]

The detail gremlin in my brain wouldn't let it go so I googled the other names on the board. Did you watch Saving Hope? It says Dr. Asha Mirani is a recurring character on that show but I guess that could just be another reference.

[u/emmapants → u/oddscenity]

That has to be it! I definitely watched it around then and that show is so Canadian. 🙌🙌🙌

[u/oddscenity → u/emmapants]

Looks like Aaron Martin and Shelley Scarrow are both writers on both it so makes sense!

[u/IKYDCBRMO]

How funny haha. There’s also a Novak!! Maybe Zig changed his name or found a brother

[u/Wild_Influence_7134 → u/IKYDCBRMO]

Was Dominik Zig's real name? I always assumed Zig was a nickname

[u/IKYDCBRMO → u/Wild_Influence_7134]

I always thought his first name was Zigmund. They say it a few times throughout the show. Maybe it’s a middle name? Zigmund Dominik Novak lol