Fame

When Reardon (MORGAN STEVENS) insists that Bruno (LEE CURRERI), as a show's composer, should be made a member of the production team, causes Bruno all sorts of problems. Reardon's further insistence that Bruno cast himself in one of the lead roles has the other students up in arms.

Coco (ERICA GIMPEL) feels threatened when a "special" new student proves to be competition for her as a lead singer in the school's upcoming festival.

Tempers flare when Leroy (GENE ANTHONY RAY) and Miss Grant (DEBBIE ALLEN) clash over Leroy's future while Professor Shorofsky (ALBERT HAGUE) show Julie (LORI SINGER) how to put her feelings into her music.

Lydia (DEBBIE ALLEN) helps her students understand the value of developing as full people rather than performers only at great cost to her own emotions.

Furious at the prospect of being fired from a moonlighting job, Lydia (DEBBIE ALLEN) calms down long enough to learn about morale boosting from an effervescent exercise teacher. Bruno (LEE CURRERI) has to deal with the conflicting opinions of his father and Professor Shorofsky (ALBERT HAGUE).

Bigotry is found in two forms in the School of the Arts causing several students some acute distress. Through some thoughtful collaboration on behalf of teachers and students, a method of repairing damage done is successful and a brighter outlook prevails for future students.

Performing Arts learns to adjust to a blind teacher, but not without problems created by Miss Grant (DEBBIE ALLEN).

Doris (VALERIE LANDSBURG) is disgruntled with her lack of expertise and an overweight problem. Her depression is triggered by the ease with which Coco (ERICA GIMPEL) seems to accomplish her goals. Meanwhile, Coco is struggling with the pressure of living up to the image she has in the School of the Arts.

Sherwood (CAROL MAYO JENKINS) finally finds the English student of her dreams, only to find that the girl's stepfather is censoring her textbooks; and Coco (ERICA GIMPEL) falls for a young dancer who's afraid of becoming a star.

When Coco's (ERICA GIMPEL) grandmother dies, Coco feels guilt that she is able to go ahead with a performance and begins to deeply question her priorities. So intent is Coco on coming to terms with her problem that it takes Professor Shorofsky (ALBERT HAGUE) to point out to her that she has already solved it without realizing it.

Doris (VALERIE LANDSBURG) fights to bring her father and brother together after years of seperation, while the students share Miss Grant's (DEBBIE ALLEN) need to impress her former teacher.

When Danny's (CARLO IMPERATO) grief over the death of a teacher threatens to cause his expulsion, help comes from an unexpected source.

The love bug bites as Sherwood (CAROL MAYO JENKINS) registers with a video dating service; Bruno (LEE CURRERI) falls for an older woman; and a singing cowboy lassos Doris' (VALERIE LANDSBURG) heart

Leroy (GENE ANTHONY RAY) narrowly escapes being failed out of Performing Arts with the help of an elderly tap dancer and a little boy.

Bruno's (LEE CURRERI) father panics at the onrush of old age, while Doris (VALERIE LANDSBURG) is anxious at the prospect of her elderly grandmother moving in.

A young man learns about friendship and trust when he finds himself in love with Julie Miller (LORI SINGER).

Bruno (LEE CURRERI) accepts a challenge from Miss Sherwood (CAROL MAYO JENKINS) to try to create "art" from a computer and when the school acquires one, he's delighted, until he learns that the machine's purpose is to replace Mrs. Berg (ANN NELSON).

Preparations for "Friendship Day" at School of the Arts has put everyone at odds with each other. This holds true especially for Doris, (VALERIE LANDSBURG) whose brusque, authoritative manner has her friends plotting against her.

Miss Sherwood (CAROL MAYO JENKINS) has Doris (VALERIE LANDSBURG) pulled from the school revue because her midterm essay, which Doris claimed she submitted, is missing. In the midst of her anger, Doris slips, hits her head and dreams she's entered the "Land of Oz" with Miss Sherwood as the Wicked Witch.

A suicide note is found after several lockers have been vandalized, and Doris (VALERIE LANDSBURG) enlists the aid of her fellow students to try to find the potential victim before the act becomes a reality.

Lydia (DEBBIE ALLEN) "blackmails" Leroy (GENE ANTHONY RAY) and Danny (CARLO IMPERATO) into coaching a church basketball team for her friend Brother Timothy, with the opportunity to be in the school's Alumni production, but when the game and the show conflict, the boys are torn as to where their loyalties lie.

The school hosts a "U.N. Week" with Emerson High School and the kids learn getting along with each other is more than just a matter of different geography -- even in New York City. Meanwhile, Lydia's (DEBBIE ALLEN) helping Reardon (MORGAN STEVENS) get ready for an audition is misinterpreted as the two of them having an affair