Manny Santos - Season 6

Season 6

Season 6 begins with Manny trying to keep Emma from relapsing back into her anorexia. As the year progresses she is quickly becoming very popular and shedding her old reputation. After Darcy's jealousy of Manny and Spinner's past relationship led to a nasty fight between the two girls after Manny tells Darcy she had sex with Spinner in the season five finale, they become friends. Darcy, the new Spirit Squad captain, invites Manny back on the squad as the team's choreographer and this year Emma has a new romantic dilemma but Manny sticks by her side and tries her best to make this year free of "Emma Drama-rama". When a 16-year old new student named Mia Jones auditions for the squad, both Darcy and Manny are impressed with her. She is soon revealed to be a single mother. While Manny doesn't mind, Darcy becomes very judgmental towards her and despite her impressive skill, does not allow her to be on the squad due to her conservative religious beliefs. Manny won't let that decision stand, so she and Mia confront Darcy about her unfair decision. After the confrontation indirectly causes a huge fight between nearly everyone in the gym, Mia gives up to avoid any further problems. Manny would've quit as well but Mia convinces her that the power squad needs her.

Captain Darcy and new squad member Peter get some dangerous ideas on how to raise money for the new uniforms. Darcy and Peter decide to sell revealing photos of Darcy online but their ideas make Manny doubtful. Manny tells them to stop the pictures, as it is creepy, but Darcy doesn't listen.

When Craig returns to Toronto in "What it Feels Like to Be a Ghost", Manny notices a different Craig, not her same boyfriend — but she soon comes across the reason behind his strange behavior — he was doing coke. Because she wanted to continue her relationship with Craig and fit in better with his new friends, Manny begins to use cocaine with Craig.

Eventually, Manny is tired of Craig picking his addiction over her and breaks up with him. Meanwhile, Ellie is determined to stay by Craig's side so when Craig gets a spot opening for Taking Back Sunday, Ellie thinks Craig will finally quit. However, Craig tires to manipulate Ellie's feelings for him into her giving him more cocaine. Disgusted, Ellie leaves him with his drugs and Craig nearly overdoses before he realizes he has a problem. He soon agrees to enter therapy at Calgary.

Manny tries to get over Craig, and uses Liberty's birthday as an excuse to throw a party. Emma agrees, thinking only a few people will show up but more people show up than expected. As Manny flirts with a new guy, Damian at the party, J.T. is stabbed fatally. She was one of the first people to find out about his passing, along with Emma, Toby, Liberty, and Sean, and she is seen to break down the worst when told that he was gone. In the aftermath of his death, Manny feels extreme guilt, blaming herself as the party was her idea.

After the murder of JT, Manny's parents decide to reconcile with her after realizing that life was too precious and short to hold a grudge against their own child, and they want her to move back home, possibly because of what happened at Emma's house. That situation briefly created a problem for Emma, Sean, and the rest of the school. They all objected to Manny dating a boy that attended the same school as the boy who killed JT. At least for the time being, Emma and Manny are on good terms and still the best of friends.