The BEST episodes of Fame

#1 - The Crimson Blade

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/1987

Jesse's role as a swashbuckling hero is being played for real in the hallways by an unlikely masked crusader fighting a substitute principal's "code of conduct."

#2 - Self-Defense

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1986

#3 - Gonna Learn How to Fly (2)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1983

Mr. Shorofsky finds Bruno a job as a waiter at "Caruso's," a coffee house where he is free to play his music. After settling their feud with a fist fight, Leroy works with Christopher to improve Chris' dancing skills after Miss Grant decides to downgrade him to a different class.

#4 - Consequences

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1983

When Mr. Morloch announces that all students participating in any school production must have a minimum C average, Miss Sherwood, despite Morloch's objections, assigns Leroy and Danny the responsibility of teacher, leaving Danny forced to make a tough decision when he suspects a friend has cheated.

#5 - Break Dance

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1983

Danny enlists Christopher and Michael to coach rival gangs in a "break dance" competition. Meanwhile, Doris has trouble ridding herself of "Snake," a gang member who has a crush on her, and Coco, inspired by Bruno's life out of school, contemplates leaving the School of the Arts to pursue her career.

#6 - Secrets

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1984

When Dwight shows up to school with severe bruises on his body, Danny appoints himself as Dwight's bodyguard when he, along with the rest of the school, believe Dwight is a victim of bullying. Meanwhile, Miss Grant is not pleased when rumored drug trafficking brings an undercover cop to the School of the Arts, posing as a dance student.

#7 - The Deal

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1984

Caruso's landlord threatens to turn the coffee house into a parking lot unless Bruno gets his young opera singer friend accepted into the School of the Arts. Meanwhile, Mr Shorofsky has a secret meeting with Mrs Berg.

#8 - A River to Cross

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/1986

#9 - Go Softly Into Morning

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1987

Danny struggles with guilt and Jesse with revenge when the School of the Arts loses one of their own in a drunken-driving accident.

#10 - Gonna Learn How to Fly (1)

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/1983

Changes abound with the start of the new school year: Bruno, with no means of funding his schooling after his father dies, is forced to drop out; Coco, Danny and Doris find out that even though her mother still lives in New York City, Julie is married and now living in Texas; new students Christopher Donlan, a dance major, and Holly Laird, a drama major, find difficulty in being accepted, most notably by their more seasoned competition, Leroy and Doris, and new vice-principal, Quentin Morloch, intends on ruling with an iron fist.

#11 - Reunions

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/29/1982

Shorofsky is hesitant about a reunion with a friend from World War II; Leroy's reunion with his mother depends on Danny's pool-playing skills.

#12 - Street Kid

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/1982

When Mr. Crandall's assignment requires an improv scene portraying a character far removed from themselves, Doris pretends to be a teenage prostitute to "research" her role, and encounters a real 16-year-old prostitute, whom she tries to help; Shorofsky asks Miss Sherwood to teach him to drive.

#13 - A Special Place

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/6/1982

Budget cutbacks call for the termination of one of the school's teachers: either Sherwood or Crandall; Bruno's song is stolen by a successful composer.

#14 - The Crazies

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/1982

Montgomery and Doris vow to speak the truth for a day, which doesn't go over well; Miss Grant and Sherwood switch classes for a day; Shorofsky is hospitalized after being attacked by an intruder at the school.

#15 - Rules

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1983

Love is in the air as Bruno unwittingly falls for Lisa Connors, a student-teacher for Mr. Shorofsky, and Morloch expresses a romantic interest in Miss Sherwood.

#16 - But Seriously, Folks

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/1982

Danny pops pills for energy when he begins working nights as a comic; Doris wins the part in a commercial for Hank Burgers, but detests both the director and the burgers.

#17 - Tomorrow's Farewell

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/1982

The School Board orders the School of the Arts to have a Gym because of the mandatory P.E. class that students have to take. It takes a dance off between Lydia's class and a bunch of football players for the school board to see her point. Meanwhile, Leroy tries to save his brother Willard from a life of crime.

#18 - Your Own Song

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1982

A new singer proves to be exceptional in more than one way; and Danny's love life is being kept alive by Doris's careful scripting.

#19 - A Musical Bridge

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/1982

Bruno starts working for a small record company after Montgomery ropes him into cashing in on his songwriting abilities; Leroy is evasive when Sherwood demands to see his parents.

#20 - A Big Finish

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/15/1982

Miss Sherwood and the gang find two talented bums living in the basement.

#21 - Spontaneous Combustion

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1984

Staff and students fight back after Sherwood is accidentally injured by kids dancing in the hallway, and the board of education responds by issuing a directive placing a ban on all singing and dancing in non-designated areas.

#22 - Parent's Week

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1985

Parents' Week causes problems for Nicole, who has a difficult time dealing with the pressure her parents are putting on her; Meanwhile, Danny's parents decide to get divorced.

#23 - Danny De Bergerac

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1985

Danny falls for Nicole while trying to smooth things between her and Jesse; Morloch gets a second chance with his college sweetheart.

#24 - Coco Returns

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1985

A famous, retired director directs Coco in her first performance since returning to the School of the Arts to get a diploma.

#25 - Take My Wife... Please

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1985

Drama teacher Trevor Kane discovers his ex-wife is the object of Chris' affections; Holly and Nicole try to help Cleo catch Leroy's attention.