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Season 5

Season 5

Season 5

Season 5

Season 5

  • Air date:1985-10-12
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  • Number of episodes:24

List of Episodes

A Place to Belong
S5E1
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Air date: 1985-10-12

Runtime: 60 min

New student, Dusty joins the school and feels particularly out of place. Leroy becomes Miss Grant's dance assistant. Chris and Danny prepare to play female roles in drama class.

Leroy and the Kid
S5E2
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Air date: 1985-10-19

Runtime: 60 min

Leroy's eight year old niece causes trouble when she imposes on her uncle and the faculty at the School of the Arts. Danny has trouble getting actors' equity when he finds out another Danny Amatullo is registered. Christopher struggles with the role of Hamlet.

Bronco Bob Rides Again
S5E3
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Air date: 1985-10-26

Runtime: 60 min

Danny meets his hero Bronco Bob from the old western movies. When he finds that Bronco is down on his luck and on the verge of losing his prized horse Prince the Miracle Horse to repossession by a spiteful rival, Danny may be the one to give Bronco the courage to prevail and win his horse back.

Selling Out
S5E4
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Air date: 1985-11-02

Runtime: 60 min

Jesse wins a song-writing contest but struggles with remaining true to himself when a couple of big-shots try to re-write his work. Mr. Shorofsky has to decide whether to let a mediocre violinist into the School of the Arts when the hopeful's father offers the school much needed money.

White Light
S5E5
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Air date: 1985-11-09

Runtime: 60 min

Christopher falls for a new student, Julie Chandler, who he discovers to be a coke addict. Her persistent use does not only hurts their relationship but may cause Julie an inevitable-and early-demise. After his parents' separation, Danny feels uneasy when his mother, Gina Amatullo (Played by Betty Karlen), starts dating Lou Mackie.

Savage Streets
S5E6
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Air date: 1985-11-16

Runtime: 60 min

When violence erupts among neighborhood gang rivals, The Ravens and the Skulls, the Ravens' leader asks Jesse to join their gang. Although unwilling initially, when The Skulls' leader kills Jesse's good friend, he joins the gang to avenge the murder of his friend.

His Majesty Donlon
S5E7
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Air date: 1985-11-23

Runtime: 60 min

Prince Freddy of Vatonia visits New York City to make a speech for a United Nations' event. When the prince's life is threatened, Christopher, the prince's perfect look-a-like, is chosen to switch places with the prince. Christopher is willing to go along with the charade until he is attacked by gunmen.

Broadway Danny Amatullo
S5E8
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Air date: 1985-11-30

Runtime: 60 min

When Danny finds out that a notable agent regularly attends a local restaurant, him and the gang set out to audition for him right it the restaurant. After a spirited rendition of Prince's "Baby, I'm a Star," the agent sees Danny fit for work as an agent despite Danny's life-long aspirations to be an actor. This puts Danny's acting duties in the school's latest production on the back burner.

Ebenezer Morloch
S5E9
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Air date: 1985-12-13

Runtime: 60 min

With Mr. Morloch's strict enforcement of school board regulations, he is seen as a "Scrooge." On Christmas eve, while working on the school's budget, Mr. Morloch falls asleep in his office where he dreams he is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come who come to show him the importance of Christmas cheer.

Choices
S5E10
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Air date: 1986-01-04

Runtime: 60 min

Mr. Morloch has left the school to coach a semi-pro ball team in Buffalo. Holly is leaving to star in a soap opera being shot in Hollywood. Nicole decides to audition for several roles and when she gets a small role in a Broadway play, new principal Mr. Dyrenforth, tells her she has to choose school or the play. An old neighbor tries to use his connection with Leroy to sway his audition.

The First Time
S5E11
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Air date: 1986-01-11

Runtime: 60 min

A series of unlucky events has Mr. Dyrenforth convinced that he is jinxed. When Nicole refuses to have sex with Jesse, the two break-up deciding to date other people for a school dance. Danny and Reggie go to the dance together and find that they share a liking toward each other.

A River to Cross
S5E12
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Air date: 1986-02-01

Runtime: 60 min

When the school decides to work on a production of "Huck Finn," Bobby expresses uneasiness with the portrayal of his character Jim. Outraged by the content and lack of disapproval from his fellow Black students and faculty members, he leads a protest to have the play banned from the school.

Such Good Friends
S5E13
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Air date: 1986-02-08

Runtime: 60 min

After his niece, Tina, burns down his apartment, Leroy gets Tina to stay with Mrs. Berg while he stays with Miss Grant. Carl, Miss Grant's old boyfriend returns and as they get reacquainted, Tina does all she can to keep them apart in hopes that Leroy and Miss Grant will get married and adopt her.

Holmes Sweet Holmes
S5E14
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Air date: 1986-02-15

Runtime: 60 min

After a rehearsal for the school's production of "Sherlock Holmes," a pipe in the dressing room bursts. The school is in need of serious renovation only, the school cannot fund the repair work and plans are made to sell the property. Danny and Christopher try to prove that the janitor, Ralph, is accepting bribe money from a contracting firm seeking to use the property to build parking space.

Double Exposure
S5E15
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Air date: 1986-02-22

Runtime: 60 min

Competition between Danny and Jesse for the lead in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" heats up when it is determined that who ever plays the role has to pass the biology midterm. Jesse is caught with the answers to the test after he passes and gets the lead and Danny is determined to make him suffer. The yearbook money has gone missing.

The Inheritance
S5E16
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Air date: 1986-03-01

Runtime: 60 min

Lamar, Leroy's brother and Tina's father returns for Tina under the pretense of establishing a life for Tina when he discovers that she has inherited her deceased nanny's $22,000 estate. Leroy is suspicious of his brother's intentions. Dwight is directing a play about the Dewey Decimal System and builds a character around Holly which drives the cast crazy.

The Comedian
S5E17
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Air date: 1986-03-22

Runtime: 60 min

When Danny and Chris gain local success with their comedy act, Comedian Sandy Webb, who is running a comedy workshop at the School of the Arts, steals their act and prompts the break up of the pair and Danny's dismissal of comedy. Reggie starts joking around when she realizes that people are taking her portrayal of Lady Macbeth as a joke.

Stagefright
S5E18
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Air date: 1986-03-29

Runtime: 60 min

Christopher develops severe stage fright after he makes and early entrance on stage. Jesse attempts the tapping record and Kate asserts that she wants to transfer out of Miss Grant's dance class into Miss Turner's class.

Self-Defense
S5E19
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Air date: 1986-04-05

Runtime: 60 min

The School of the Arts is plagued by a series of vandalism attacks by unknown vandals. Jesse is upset when he discovers that Nicole has a secret admirer who keeps sending her flowers. With the vandalism and unwanted flowers, Nicole seeks solace in Miss Grant's karate class.

W.S.O.A.
S5E20
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Air date: 1986-04-26

Runtime: 60 min

As the deejay for W.S.O.A., the school's radio station, Jesse receives calls from Roberta, a suicidal sixteen year-old. After being advised by a psychologist for the school board to continue talking with her, he struggles to keep her alive. Mr. Dyrenforth calls on Dwight to help him enforce a new dress code.

Contacts
S5E21
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Air date: 1986-05-03

Runtime: 60 min

In an effort to establish contacts, Chris gets a job waiting for Laura, an agent, who mistakenly asks him to read for her. Impressed, she sets up an audition for him but with Chris and Laura getting close, Chris' relationship with Kate is put in jeopardy. The dancers from Miss Grant's class are upset with Leroy when he gets them a job with a summer stock company and turns down the offer when the producer revokes their pay.

To Tilt at Windmills
S5E22
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Air date: 1986-05-10

Runtime: 60 min

Mr. William Quigley, an eccentric substitute teacher, fills in for Miss Sherwood who falls ill with a cold and leads a protest against the mandatory I.Q. tests.

Losin' It
S5E23
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Air date: 1986-05-17

Runtime: 60 min

Leroy severely injures his knee and is forced to go through an operation and rehabilitation. He recovers but when he returns to the school, he fears injuring himself again instead taking his anger out on Henry Lee, a returning applicant. Miss Grant is determined to push Leroy back into dancing before he gives it up forever. Reggie has a crush on Max.

The Incident
S5E24
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Air date: 1986-05-24

Runtime: 60 min

Jesse is hospitalized as he suffers a concussion. He's unconscious and thus unable to testify to what happened. Mr. Dyrenforth, Miss Sherwoord, and Christopher try to get to the bottom of what happened but with conflicting recollections from Mr. Torrence, Nicole, Jesse - through Mrs. Berg who claims she's a medium, and Christopher, they remain unsure about the true events.

Top Cast

Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

Lydia Grant

Cynthia Gibb

Cynthia Gibb

Holly Laird

Gene Anthony Ray

Gene Anthony Ray

Leroy Johnson

Carlo Imperato

Carlo Imperato

Danny Amatullo

Nia Peeples

Nia Peeples

Nicole Chapman

Jesse Borrego

Jesse Borrego

Jesse Velasquez

Billy Hufsey

Billy Hufsey

Christopher Donlon

Ann Nelson

Ann Nelson

Mrs. Berg

Carrie Hamilton

Carrie Hamilton

Reggie Higgins

Albert Hague

Albert Hague

Benjamin Shorofsky

Graham Jarvis

Graham Jarvis

Principal Dyrenforth

Ken Swofford

Ken Swofford

Principal Morloch

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