The WORST episodes of Fame

#1 - 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.

#2 - 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.

#3 - Wishes

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/1985

Sherwood temporarily becomes vice-principal while Morloch attends a conference; Doris has a dream date; and Leroy, three months behind on his rent, shoots for $10,000 on a game show.

#4 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/6/1985

After being mugged, Doris puts on a brave front around her family or friends, but secretly struggles with nightmares and flashbacks; Dwight tries to control his emotions for Holly.

#5 - Reflections

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1985

Holly's despair over her parents' marriage causes her to become anorexic; Doris decides on a Hawaiian theme for the school's Prom.

#6 - 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.

#7 - 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.

#8 - 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.

#9 - 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.

#10 - Teamwork

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1985

Chris gets a break while performing with Danny then deserts his partner and finds competition from Leroy; Nicole and Holly room together.

#11 - 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.

#12 - 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.

#13 - 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.

#14 - 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.

#15 - His Majesty Donlon

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/1985

#16 - Broadway Danny Amatullo

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1985

#17 - Ebenezer Morloch

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1985

#18 - 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.

#19 - Equals

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/1984

Holly falls for Billy Christiansen, a new piano player who plays at "Caruso's." Upon getting ready to ask him out, she learns that he is a physically handicapped, wheelchair bound, paraplegic. Mr. Morloch tries to get Miss Grant to give his friend and former baseball star, "Lefty" Rogers, in pursuit of a career in recording jingles for television commercials, singing and dancing lessons.

#20 - Indian Summer

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1984

Doris and Danny console each other over sour flings; Love holds surprise for both Sherwood and Leroy; Holly sets her sights on an older man.

#21 - Czech-Mate

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1984

Christopher falls hard for a visiting Czech student; Leroy tries to avoid a new admirer; Doris runs for student-body president.

#22 - 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.

#23 - I Never Danced for My Father

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1984

Leroy's long-lost father shows up at the School of the Arts, and receives a chilly reception from his son. Meanwhile, Danny deals with father issues of his own as he tries to convince his father that his aspirations to become a comedian aren’t futile.

#24 - Blizzard

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1984

A blizzard traps the staff and students in the school, provoking various problems, including a broken furnace and a prowler.

#25 - 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.