The WORST episodes of Fame
Every episode of Fame ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Fame!
In this TV series adaptation of the 1980 motion picture, students at the School of the Arts pour their hearts and souls into their training to become stars in their chosen field.
#1 - His Majesty Donlon
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/1985
#2 - The Ol' Ball Game
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/1985
Danny faces the problem of organizing his fellow students into a winning team after accepting a softball challenge issued by an old rival.
#3 - School Is Out
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/25/1985
As Summer vacation approaches, Jesse, Cleo and Nicole reminisce after Cleo reveals that she will not be returning to the School of the Arts in the fall.
#4 - A Place to Belong
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/1985
Leroy becomes a member of the school faculty; Chris and Danny have to play women in their class; Nicole and Holly fight for a lead role, and new student, Dusty, a minister's daughter, finds herself feeling out of place.
#5 - Leroy and the Kid
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/1985
The solution to Leroy's financing problem comes in the form of another big problem: his preteen niece. Meanwhile, Danny meets another Danny Amatullo.
#6 - Bronco Bob Rides Again
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/1985
After meeting his favorite western hero, Bronco Bob, and his sidekick, Prince the Miracle Horse, Danny involves the School of the Arts in a fund-raising production to help Bronco save Prince from the clutches of his acting rival, who, just to spite Bronco, plans to buy, shoot and stuff the horse.
#7 - Selling Out
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/1985
Jesse struggles with "selling out" after winning a prestigious song-writing contest. Meanwhile, Shorofsky also struggles with "selling out" when he auditions a former football jock and mediocre violin enthusiast, whose father, dependent on his son getting in, is willing to make a generous donation that could reform many budget-related deficiencies at the school.
#8 - White Light
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/1985
Christopher falls for a beautiful, talented new dancer with a secret; Danny feels uneasy when his recently separated mother starts dating Lou Mackie.
#9 - Savage Streets
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/1985
Jesse is forced into joining a neighborhood gang, leading Nicole to have visions that Jesse is in danger. Meanwhile, Shorofsky befriends a young gang member who expresses an interest in the trumpet.
#10 - Who Am I, Really?
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1985
Nicole's biological mother returns and tries to involve herself in her daughter's life; voiceless Morloch enlists Chris' aid to make a speech.
#13 - Choices
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/1986
#15 - A River to Cross
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/1986
#16 - Such Good Friends
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/1986
#17 - Holmes Sweet Holmes
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/1986
#18 - 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.
#19 - The Monster That Devoured Las Vegas
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1984
An opening-night hex threatens Cassidy's directorial debut when Morloch inadvertently breaks a show-business dictum.
#20 - The Return of Doctor Scorpio
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1984
Trevor Kane, a School of the Arts Alumnus and acting has-been, returns to the school to make an appearance in a play that Doris is directing in the hopes of revitalizing his career.
#21 - The Ballad of Ray Claxton
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1984
A TV news feature on the school brings Nicole to the attention of a prisoner, and her to his talent as a songwriter.
#22 - Nothing Personal
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1984
Christopher writes a less-than-rave review of Cleo's debut as a lead dancer; Nicole and Jesse look for romance in the personal ads.
#23 - The Rivalry
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1984
Lydia has a dancing showdown with Holly's mother, who thinks Lydia and Holly lack the drive to succeed in show business.
#24 - Dreams
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1985
After it comes to light that Jesse is an illegal alien, the staff and students at the School of the Arts band together and fight to keep him from being deported.
#25 - Tomorrow's Children
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1985
Sherwood fights student apathy when Morloch institutes an ROTC program at the school and cancels a show to benefit the nuclear-freeze movement.