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Brendon learns the awful truth -- that his mom is dating his soccer coach.

When Paula discovers that Brendon hasn't done any homework during the year, she is less than eager to attend a parent-teacher conference.

Brendon challenges the town bully after Jason gets picked on.

The neighbors' cat runs away on Brendon's watch -- with dire consequences for both of them.

Brendon meets Lonnie on a camping trip, and things go well until he is stung by the whimsy of her favor.

Jealousy is the order of the day when Brendon faces a creative rival and Coach McGuirk feels threatened by a likeable assistant coach.

Melissa is furious with Brendon after he takes artistic liberties with a documentary about her grandfather's life.

Brendon's acting skills foil his audition for a local play, so he uses his cinematic skills to secure a part. Meanwhile, Paula begins teaching a creative writing class with an eye on at least one student body.

Brendon believes a fisheye lens will save his stiffly written horror film, but his efforts to get one are frustrated by family cash-flow problems.

Brendon launches a series of efforts to convince the school nurse that he is ill and should be sent home.

Josie's trip to the hospital inspires the subject of Brendon's extra-credit educational film about the hazards of putting marbles in your nose.

Faulted for a bike-riding accident, Brendon is ordered by the court to write an essay about breaking the law. The film he makes instead -- a smear piece on the drivers who hit him -- does not impress the judge.

After Brendon, Jason and Melissa win first prize in a local film festival, Channel 1 does a story on them; and an offhand remark by the reporter stirs Brendon's curiosity about his father.