Fame - Season 5

Fame - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes24
DatesOct 12, 1985 - May 24, 1986
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Episodes

A Place to Belong
Season 5Episode 160 min

A Place to Belong

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.
Oct 12, 1985
Leroy and the Kid
Season 5Episode 260 min

Leroy and the Kid

The solution to Leroy's financing problem comes in the form of another big problem: his savvy preteen niece (Caryn Ward). Meanwhile, Danny (Carlo Imperato) meets another Danny Amatullo (John Carradine). 

Oct 19, 1985
Bronco Bob Rides Again
Season 5Episode 360 min

Bronco Bob Rides Again

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.
Oct 26, 1985
Selling Out
Season 5Episode 460 min

Selling Out

Decisions about selling out confront Jesse (Jesse Borrego), whose contest-winning song is being altered by record producers; and Shorofsky (Albert Hague), who's being pressed to enroll a jock (Joshua Cadman) whose musical talent is far less than his father's wealth.

Nov 2, 1985
White Light
Season 5Episode 560 min

White Light

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.
Nov 9, 1985
Savage Streets
Season 5Episode 660 min

Savage Streets

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.
Nov 16, 1985
His Majesty Donlon
Season 5Episode 760 min

His Majesty Donlon

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.
Nov 23, 1985
Broadway Danny Amatullo
Season 5Episode 860 min

Broadway Danny Amatullo

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.
Nov 30, 1985
Ebenezer Morloch
Season 5Episode 960 min

Ebenezer Morloch

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.
Dec 13, 1985
Choices
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Choices

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.
Jan 4, 1986
The First Time
Season 5Episode 1160 min

The First Time

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.
Jan 11, 1986
A River to Cross
Season 5Episode 1260 min

A River to Cross

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.
Feb 1, 1986
Such Good Friends
Season 5Episode 1360 min

Such Good Friends

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.
Feb 8, 1986
Holmes Sweet Holmes
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Holmes Sweet Holmes

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.
Feb 15, 1986
Double Exposure
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Double Exposure

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.
Feb 22, 1986
The Inheritance
Season 5Episode 1660 min

The Inheritance

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.
Mar 1, 1986
The Comedian
Season 5Episode 1760 min

The Comedian

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.
Mar 22, 1986
Stage Fright
Season 5Episode 1860 min

Stage Fright

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.
Mar 29, 1986
Self-Defense
Season 5Episode 1960 min

Self-Defense

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.
Apr 5, 1986
W.S.O.A.
Season 5Episode 2060 min

W.S.O.A.

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.
Apr 26, 1986
Contacts
Season 5Episode 2160 min

Contacts

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.
May 3, 1986
To Tilt at Windmills
Season 5Episode 2260 min

To Tilt at Windmills

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.
May 10, 1986
Losin' It
Season 5Episode 2360 min

Losin' It

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.
May 17, 1986
The Incident
Season 5Episode 2460 min

The Incident

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.
May 24, 1986

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