Last night, the impossible happened. Neil Hope, A.K.A. Derek "Wheels" Wheeler was found and interviewed on TV. Any time there has ever been some kind of Degrassi segment on TV, like when Jonovision had the Degrassi Reunion, Wheels had always been absent. Even sadder was the fact that nobody seemed to know where he was. Where was he? Was he alive? Nobody seemed to know.

However, during a 25 years of Degrassi special on CTV (which just seems wrong) last night, the host, "Snake" tracked him down. It was a fantastic moment of relief. Well, at least it felt good to finally see him again, looking better than the now cue-ball-headed Joey Jeremiah. Wheels looks almost unchanged. His hair was shorter, he wore a ball cap, similar glasses, and sported a soul patch. It was kind of sad to hear what he'd been up to, though... working phone jobs for places like Pizza Pizza, landscaping, and getting his forklift license. That's all so wrong. He also begged into the camera to get some more Degrassi / other work. He wants back into it now. I kind of felt bad for him, which just shouldn't be. It seems like it's his lot in life. The worst crap always happened to him on the show. The guy that picked him up in his car, his parents' deaths, killing a kid and crippling Lucy with his drunk-driving... I hope luck really swings his way soon.

Also sad was seeing Joey auction off the re-painted Mustang that he got from the show. Remember Joey's white Mustang? Well, the real-life Pat Mastroianni actually owned it in the end. He put it up for auction, hoping some fan would get it. It only sold for $14,500, to some old man who said he was going to re-sell it for profit. Sad... just sad.