JUST DEAL 
                              EPISODE GUIDE

by Ian J. Ball
This version:  3.00
Last updated:  October 27, 2001




1.1) The Cast of "Just Deal"

The Cast:

   Dylan Roberts                 -Brian Skala
   Ashley Gordon                 -Erika Thormahlen
   Jermaine Green                -Shedrack Anderson III
  and,
   Counselor Andre Pena          -John Adams  (season #1 only)

 with,
   Mrs. Emily Gordon             -Alison Matthews
   Mrs. Colleen Roberts          -Eileen Pedde
   Mr. Mike Roberts, Sr.         -Eric Keenleyside
   Mike Roberts, Jr.             -Will Sanderson
   Naomi                         -Fiona Scott         (seasons #1-2, and 
                                                       2 episodes of 
                                                       season #3) 
   Hunter                        -David Paetkau       (seasons #1-2) 
   Kim                           -Kandyse McClure     (seasons #2-3) 
   Benny                         -Michael P. Northey  (seasons #2-3) 
   Josh                          -Antonio Cupo        (various episodes 
                                                       of seasons #2-3) 
   Mandy                         -Jennifer Anne 
                                  Carmichael          (season  #3 only) 
   Laurel                        -Jewel Staite        (season  #3 only) 
   Vijal                         -P.J. Johal          (season  #1 only)


Num   Prod No    Episode Title                  Air Date  
----  ---------  ------------------------       ----------
Season 1:
 1.1   (63951)    Incoming                       09/23/00 
 1.2   (63952)    Homecoming                     10/07/00 
 1.3   (63953)    State of Emergency             10/14/00 
 1.4   (63954)    The Right Question             10/21/00 
 1.5   (63955)    Totally Random                 10/28/00 
 1.6   (63962)    Washed Up                      11/04/00 
 1.7   (63956)    One for the Road               11/11/00 
 1.8   (63957)    The Tutor                      11/18/00 
 1.9   (63958)    Have Your Cake                 11/25/00 
 1.10  (63959)    Getting Inked                  12/02/00 
 1.11  (63960)    Joyride                        12/09/00 
 1.12  (63961)    With the Band                  12/16/00 
 1.13  (63963)    Uncovered                      12/30/00 

Season 2:
 2.1   (63964)    Second Date                    09/08/01 
 2.2   (63975)    Picture Day                    09/22/01 
 2.3   (63965)    Low Fidelity                   09/29/01 
 2.4   (63966)    School Prayer                  10/06/01 
 2.5   (63967)    Painted Love                   10/13/01 
 2.6   (63968)    The Perfect Mix                10/20/01 
 2.7   (63969)    Home Sweet Home                10/27/01 
 2.8   (63970)    Motel Hell                     11/03/01 
 2.9   (63971)    Urban Legend                   11/10/01 
 2.10  (63972)    Woman's Work                   11/17/01 
 2.11  (63973)    Under Suspicion                11/24/01 
 2.12  (63974)    Dojo Mojo                      12/01/01 
 2.13  (63976)    Passages                       12/08/01 

Season 3:
 3.1   (64551)    Flashback                      05/04/02 
 3.2   (64552)    Condomania                     05/11/02 
 3.3   (64553)    Up Too Latte                   05/18/02 
 3.4   (64554)    The Little Tramp               05/25/02 
 3.5   (64555)    Dog Day Afternoon              06/01/02 
 3.6   (63982)    Conscientious Objections       06/08/02 
 3.7   (63983)    Happy Medium                   06/15/02 
 3.8   (63984)    I Never                        06/22/02 
 3.9   (63985)    Over the Net                   06/29/02 
 3.10  (63986)    Animal House Rules             09/07/02 
 3.11  (63987)    Last Dance                     07/13/02 
 3.12  (63989)    Looking Back                   07/20/02 
 3.13  (63988)    Yearbook                       07/27/02 


1.2)  The Episode Guide for Season 1

Episode 1.1 (#63951): "Incoming"                     09/23/00
      It's Ashley's fourth day at her new school and, at her first 
   scheduled appointment in Mr. Pena's office, she runs into 
   Dylan and Jermaine where they accidentally force her to reveal 
   that she moved to town because her Dad died. Later, while fooling 
   around in a sporting goods store, Ashley, with Dylan as 
   an accomplice, breaks a store-front display, where both are 
   captured by security, getting them into trouble with their parents. 
   Meanwhile, poor student Dylan worries about an important test 
   that could affect his spot on the soccer team, while Jermaine 
   just worries about making the team at all. Naomi, Hunter, Vijal, 
   Emily Gordon, and the Roberts (Mike Sr., Colleen and Mike Jr.) are 
   also introduced.

Episode 1.2 (#63952): "Homecoming"                   10/07/00
      Mike Jr. teases Dylan about his friendship with Ashley, but 
   Dylan's parents are apprehensive that Dylan is still hanging 
   around with "the girl from the mall". Nonetheless, the Roberts 
   invite Ashley to dinner. Meanwhile, Naomi tries to get Jermaine 
   to invite her to the Homecoming Dance, a dance Dylan has 
   no intention of going to because "he can't dance". 

Episode 1.3 (#63953): "State of Emergency"           10/14/00
      Ashley's mom freaks out when she comes home and finds Ashley, 
   Dylan and Jermaine napping on Ashley's bed, so Ashley's Mom 
   forbids Ashley from having boys in the house unsupervised. 
   But Ashley resents these rules, and feels like her mother 
   doesn't trust her. Ashley finds her Mom's rules impossible to follow 
   when a huge storm hits, and school is cancelled, forcing Dylan and 
   Jermaine to take refuge in Ashley's house until Mike, Jr. comes 
   to rescue them, just as Emily Gordon comes home. 

Episode 1.4 (#63954): "The Right Question"           10/21/00
      When Dylan and Ashley start an online dating service for their 
   classmates, the result is trouble. The reason: Their questionnaire 
   asks for superficial criteria about looks and race, rather than likes 
   and dislikes, and the students lash out at their shallow Cupids. 
   Realizing the error of their ways, Dylan comes up with a single 
   question that leads to the pairing up of some pretty cool couples. 
   Meanwhile, Jermaine fears he may have made a mistake by shooting 
   down a not-so-secret admirer, Naomi. 

Episode 1.5 (#63955): "Totally Random"               10/28/00
      Dylan and Jermaine convince Ashley to go to Naomi's big party 
   (which Naomi is throwing while her parents are once again out 
   of town). But things take an unexpected turn when a young hothead 
   brings a gun to the party, menaces Dylan, and then shoots the gun, 
   bringing the attention of the cops. Dylan's dilemma: does he tell 
   anyone that he knows who the gun-toting kid is, or does he keep 
   quiet, guaranteeing that the young 'tough' will leave him alone? 

Episode 1.6 (#63962): "Washed Up"                    11/04/00
      Ashley is on a mission to do a charity car & animal wash to raise 
   money for an animal shelter, and she has pressed all her friends, 
   including Dylan, Jermaine, Naomi, Hunter, Mr. Pena, and her mom, 
   into service. But Dylan discovers that there is a skateboarding 
   tournament, one that he's a synch to win, on the same day. 
   Making matters more touchy, not only does this mean Dylan will have 
   to miss out on most of Ashley's car & animal wash, but it's also 
   making Ashley jealous because Dylan is hanging out with an attractive 
   fellow skater pal named Molly (Tristin Leffler), who may have a crush 
   on Dylan. Meanwhile, Ashley is a terrible manager at the car & animal 
   wash, as she is bossy and curt with everyone...

Episode 1.7 (#63956): "One for the Road"             11/11/00
      One evening, an unsupervised Dylan and Ashley get into her mom's 
   wine, and are soon totally hammered. The drunken duo then go 
   to a diner where they make fools of themselves in front of Naomi & 
   Hunter (not to mention their waitress), and then Mike Jr. & his date. 
   Pretty soon, everyone is disgusted with the both of them, including 
   their parents, Mike Jr., and even Jermaine, and the two pay a heavy 
   price for their foolishness, especially Dylan with his recovering 
   alcoholic father, Mike Sr.

Episode 1.8 (#63957): "The Tutor"                    11/18/00
      Dylan is frantically studying for an upcoming history exam, 
   because he's sick of doing badly in school, but he's not making 
   much progress. So Ashley suggests that she help him study using 
   some different techniques she has devised. But Dylan becomes 
   convinced he will be a failure at life after he does poorly 
   on the history exam, despite his hours of hard work and Ashley's 
   tutoring of him. However, Ashley is convinced that something 
   else is going on, and she calls in Mike Jr. to help him 
   convince Mr. Pena to look at the possibility that Dylan has 
   a hard-to-diagnose learning disability.

Episode 1.9 (#63958): "Have Your Cake"               11/25/00
      Ashley tries to deny her jealously when Dylan begins giving 
   more of his time and attention to attractive fellow skateboarder, 
   Molly (Tristin Leffler; see episode 1.6, "Washed Up"), but she's 
   failing! Meanwhile, Ashley attempts to help an annoyed Naomi 
   face her eating disorder. 
   [Cribbed from NBC's episode guide at http://www.nbc.com/Just_Deal/.]

Episode 1.10 (#63959): "Getting Inked"               12/02/00
      After the gang gets fake ID's from Hunter, Jermaine 
   insists upon getting a tatoo from a shady inker, after refusing 
   to listen to either Mr. Pena or his mother. But his tatoo soon 
   becomes infected, forcing Jermaine to hide the truth from Pena 
   and his mother. Meanwhile, Ashley and Naomi want to use their fake 
   ID's to get into a hot nightclub (but the bouncer sees through 
   their plan). Once Jermaine is found out, Pena is ordered to shut down 
   the fake ID supplier, who Pena strongly suspects is Hunter, while 
   dissatisfied customers Ashley and Naomi lead a refund rebellion 
   against Hunter.

Episode 1.11 (#63960): "Joyride"                     12/09/00
      Dylan is excited as he finally has his Learner's Driving Permit, 
   but he hasn't quite mastered the art of careful driving, at least as 
   far as his Dad is concerned. Meanwhile, Jermaine is doing an extra 
   credit science project involving model rockets, and he's so obsessed 
   with breaking the 3,000 ft flight barrier that's he's obtained 
   a special, risky rocket fuel to do it. But when Dylan and Ashley 
   accidentally dispose of Jermaine's rocket fuel, illegal driver 
   Dylan takes Jermaine and Ashley (in his brother, Mike Jr's, car
   !) to get some more of the fuel. The result is that Jermaine beats 
   his target, but his errant rocket means that Dylan won't get off easy 
   for taking his brother's car for a "joyride" without permission... 

Episode 1.12 (#63961): "With the Band"               12/16/00
      Dylan and Jermaine persuade Ashley (with the help of $10) to leave 
   school grounds during lunch to get their CD signed by the hot local 
   band, _Flip Nixon_, at the mall. When Naomi hears of this, she tags 
   along with Ash . But, once there, _Flip Nixon's_ impromptu concert 
   runs late, and Ash wants to leave. Naomi blows Ashley off to have 
   lunch with a cute guy, so Ashley gets on her bike to ride 
   back to school. But, on her way, a van hits her, populated 
   by none other than _Flip Nixon_ themselves! While the band 
   insists on taking Ashley to the hospital, her absence begins to worry 
   Dylan and Jermaine (who blame Naomi for Ashley's disappearance), then 
   Mr. Pena, and then finally Emily Gordon (who's virtually panic-
   stricken). 

Episode 1.13 (#63963): "Uncovered"                   12/30/00
      When Mr. Pena gives a permission request form to Ashley to give 
   to her mom, it's revealed that Mr. Pena previously requested 
   permission from all of his students' parents so that he could write 
   their cases up for his Dissertation (and possibly publish an 
   article). This makes Ashley uncomfortable and, soon enough, everyone 
   from Naomi to Dylan are up in arms about the public airing of 
   their personal issues, putting Mr. Pena in a difficult position, 
   and compromising the trust he's built up with his students. 
   Naomi is concerned that Pena's notes will reveal how screwed 
   up she really is. Meanwhile, Dylan's main concern? That 
   Ashley will find out how he really feels about her, which ends 
   up forcing the issue for him, and "Uncovered" ends with Dylan 
   finally asking Ashley out on a "real" date.


1.3)  The Episode Guide for Season 2

Episode 2.1 (#63964): "Second Date"                  09/08/01
      Just as Ashley and Dylan's romance takes flight, it begins 
   to stall as their anxieties (some prompted by friendly and 
   parental advice) take over, leading to awkwardness. Thus 
   comes Naomi to the "rescue": she convinces Ashley to ask 
   Dylan out to dinner on a second, "official" date. Needless 
   to say, things don't go well. 
   [NOTE: No mention is made of the sudden disappearance of Mr. Pena.]

Episode 2.2 (#63972): "Picture Day"                  09/22/01
      Ashley is made to feel worse and worse on school Picture Day 
   as a pimple on her nose grows bigger and bigger and bigger.  
   And her vanity about it only leads to more grief for her. 
   Meanwhile, when Dylan and Jermaine see Naomi at the office 
   Jermaine's father (who's a plastic surgeon), they wonder if 
   Naomi's vanity has prompted her to go "under the knife". 

Episode 2.3 (#63965): "Low Fidelity"                 09/29/01
      Jermaine gets a job at a hip record shop and is 
   immediately smitten by his beautiful co-worker, Kim (new regular, 
   Kandyse McClure), who can dance, spin and is downright cool. 
   Unfortunately for Jermaine, she already has a boyfriend. And 
   when he tries to talk to Dylan and Ash about it, they are 
   so "into their own relationship" that they don't listen. 
   Meanwhile, Dylan's parents invite Ashley's mother over 
   for the first time but things go horribly when Dylan's 
   parents' conservative political views, and Emily Gordon's 
   liberal views, clash badly. 

Episode 2.4 (#63966): "School Prayer"                10/06/01
      When Dylan asks his soccer teammates to join him in 
   a pre-game prayer, most of his teammate Kyle (Jesse Moss) 
   objects (and Jermaine basically agrees with Kyle) to Dylan's 
   interjection of religion into a secular activity, and the result 
   is that Dylan is suspended from the team until he apologizes 
   to his teammates. But Dylan feels he doesn't have anything 
   to apologize for. A side result of this is that it inspires 
   Ashley to explore her own Jewish faith. Meanwhile, Naomi 
   finally asks Hunter out on a date, to the ballet!

Episode 2.5 (#63967): "Painted Love"                 10/13/01
      Just as Ashley is about to publicly display her artwork 
   at a local gallery, her old artist boyfriend from San Francisco, 
   Josh (Antonio Cupo) shows up in town. At first, Dylan tries not 
   to mind, but he soon becomes jealous at the obvious closeness 
   and history between Ashley and Josh, and he fears that he may 
   lose Ashley to her old flame. Ashley tries to convince Dylan 
   otherwise. Meanwhile, Jermaine may have to move to Washington, 
   D.C. when his mother gets a job in the Bush administration. 
   So Kim asks Jermaine why he doesn't just move in with his 
   father instead.

Episode 2.6 (#63968): "The Perfect Mix"              10/20/01
      While out bowling with the gang (including Kim, and her 
   boyfriend), Ashley sees her mother, Emily, out on a date, 
   and Ash freaks! But if that wasn't bad enough, it's even 
   worse because Emily's date was with Ashley's art teacher 
   (Woody Jeffreys). Meanwhile, Kim's boyfriend (P.J. Prinsloo) 
   asks Jermaine to help him mix a CD for her birthday.

Episode 2.7 (#63969): "Home Sweet Home"              10/27/01
      Jermaine is having a lot of trouble adjusting to living with 
   his new family, especially his new stepmom, Angela (Angela Moore), 
   who Jermaine feels is trying to interfere in his life. And he feels 
   even more alienated when his father (William Taylor) keeps coming 
   down on him. But Kim wonders if Jermaine is overreacting. Meanwhile, 
   as Ashley and Dylan study together for midterms, his grades improve 
   while hers plummet. 

Episode 2.8 (#63970): "Motel Hell"                   11/03/01
      Stranded away from home on a biking trip, Dylan, Ashley, 
   Jermaine and Kim spend the night in a motel room, alone. While 
   Jermaine enjoys the ensuing freedom with Kim, Dylan and Ashley 
   feel uncomfortable about the "sex" issue resulting from the 
   whole situation. Meanwhile, their parents don't take the news 
   of this well, at all.  

Episode 2.9 (#63971): "Urban Legend"                 11/10/01
      In a Halloween inspired episode, each one of the gang 
   has a different story describing a tragedy that supposedly 
   befell a couple at their high school 30 years ago.

Episode 2.10 (#63972): "Woman's Work"                11/17/01
      As a twist to "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", Ashley 
   accompanies Colleen Roberts to the hospital (Ashley isn't 
   interested in her mom's journalism job), while Naomi jumps 
   at the chance to go to work with Emily Gordon at the newspaper. 
   Meanwhile, at school, Dylan and Jermaine spend the day finding out 
   from Coach (Steve Bacic) what it takes to be "a real man", and 
   it's not what they expect.

Episode 2.11 (#63973): "Under Suspicion"             11/24/01
      Just as Kim breaks up with her boyfriend, Jason (P.J. Prinsloo), 
   Jermaine accuses him of stealing CDs (specifically, a mix CD that 
   he made for Ashley) and reselling them at the record store.  
   Meanwhile, Dylan's peculiar behavior leads his parents to suspect 
   that he's on drugs, but it's his late night phone chats with 
   Ashley that are the real culprit for his red eyes and sleepiness.

Episode 2.12 (#63974): "Dojo Mojo"                   12/01/01
      Naomi is filming a "self defense" video, and she asks Ashley 
   to be the "victim". As a result, Ashley has to rearrange her 
   entire day to accommodate Dylan's schedule - Ashley wants to go 
   to the museum with him, after he visits his aunt and uncle. 
   But when he gets back from his aunt and uncle's, he get distracted 
   by sports on the TV, and misses his museum date with Ashley, 
   angering Naomi and infuriating Ashley. Meanwhile, after Benny 
   advises Jermaine that they way to get Kim to notice him is 
   to make her jealous, Jermaine asks Naomi to flirt with him 
   at the video shoot.

Episode 2.13 (#63976): "Passages"                    12/08/01
      Ashley's and Dylan's relationship is jeopardized when she 
   is forced to choose between a camping trip with Dylan's family 
   or a summer arts program in San Francisco (i.e. where Josh is).  
   Meanwhile, against his parent's wishes, Mike Jr. wants his high 
   school graduation party to have the traditional celebratory 
   mainstay: beer. But Mr. Roberts says "No". 


1.3)  The Episode Guide for Season 2

Episode 3.1 (#64551): "Passages"                     05/04/02
      Both Dylan and Ashley return from their summer vacations 
   with secrets. But Ashley's is more the serious one. Dylan spent 
   part of his summer with his childhood friend (whom Dylan has 
   no romantic interest in), Laurel (new cast regular, Jewel Staite), 
   and Jermaine is surprised to find out that she's an attractive girl. 
   So Dylan neglects to tell Ash the truth about his friend "Lucky". 
   But Ashley not only spent the summer with Josh (Antonio Cupo) and 
   didn't tell Dylan - she *kissed* Josh! twice! And Ashley is 
   rightly worried that telling the truth will end her relationship 
   with Dylan. So Ashley doesn't tell him, but their relationship 
   is awkward, all the same. 
      Meanwhile, new student Mandy (new cast member, Jennifer Anne 
   Carmichael) gets a job at Vinyl Frontier when Benny gets a new 
   cappuccino machine, but only Mandy knows how to operate it. 
   [NOTE: Naomi appears in a one or two scenes in this episode. 
    Hunter is neither scene, nor referred to.]

Episode 3.2 (#64552): "Condomania"                   05/11/02
      During sex education at school, Dylan grabs a handful of condoms 
   with his mischief on his mind. Sure enough, Dylan and Ashley spend 
   the good part of the day filling the condoms with water and 
   throwing them at each other like water balloons. But when Mr. and 
   Mrs. Roberts return from shopping, and find an empty condom wrapper 
   at home, Mr. Roberts sends Ashley home, and accuses Dylan of having 
   a sexual relationship with Ashley. Dylan is disgusted that his father 
   doesn't believe him. Later, Ashley realizes that Dylan is against 
   pre-marital sex, and Dylan realizes Ashley isn't. 
      At the store, Kim can't stand new coworker Mandy, and Jermaine 
   is caught in the middle. 
   [NOTE: Naomi appears in a quick scene in this episode - this is 
    the last time she is seen in an episode of "Just Deal".] 

Episode 3.3 (#64553): "Up Too Latte"                 05/18/02
      Ashley is obsessed with her studies, and getting good grades, 
   and she starts staying up very late to do them. First she starts off 
   by using copious amounts of coffee, and it's not long before both 
   Dylan and Emily Gordon are concerned. Eventually Emily has 
   to institute a pseudo-curfew, by Ashley ignores it, and then makes 
   the mistake of taking 'No-Doze' pills with coffee. The combination 
   causes her to end up in the hospital. 
      Kim asks Jermaine to be her dance partner, but she soon regrets it 
   when Jermaine's perfectionism gets the best of him, and his demands 
   of Kim turn her off,a nd ruin her desire to just have fun. 

Episode 3.4 (#64554): "The Little Tramp"             05/25/02
      Laurel arrives in town as a new transfer student, and 
   Dylan's dirty little secret is out. Despite the fact that 
   both Dylan and Laurel refer to themselves as just "old friends", 
   Ashley is convinced that either: a) that Dylan and Laurel have 
   something going on on the side, or b) that at the very least 
   Laurel is interested in Dylan (and Ash may be right about that, 
   though Laurel does not appear to want to sabotage her friend 
   Dylan's relationship with Ashley). And Dylan feels he and Ash 
   are "even", after she lied about spending the summer with Josh. 
   (Ash still hasn't told Dylan about the "kiss(es)".) In the end, 
   Ashley decides to try and be friends with Laurel, after Laurel 
   makes an overture, and insists that she has no interest in 
   breaking Ash and Dylan up. 
      Jermaine wants to take his relationship with Kim to the 
   "next level", and go out on more than an 'informal' date, but 
   Kim continues to resist after having gotten out of her relationship 
   relatively recently - she doesn't want to be "exclusive". But 
   when Kim finally decides to agree to a "real" date, Jermaine shocks 
   her by announcing her already has a date - with Mandy! 

Episode 3.5 (#64555): "Dog Day Afternoon"            06/01/02
      Mr. Roberts wants Dylan to improve himself, and get a job, 
   and after helping a vet named Dr. Hillman (Bill Dow), Dylan is 
   offered a job by Dr. Hillman, and he accepts. But Dylan is soon 
   upon an ethical dilemma: he suspects that Dr. Hillman is fraudulently 
   convincing his clients to agree to unnecessary treatment for 
   their pets. Should Dylan report the doctor, quit and risk angering 
   his father, or should he keep working there and keep his mouth shut?  
      Meanwhile, Mandy (unknowingly) goes out a blind date with Mike, 
   Jr., and she finds him to be a jerk. So she goes to Ashley for advice 
   on how to dump the guy. But when Ashley is over at the Roberts', 
   she overhears Mike, Jr. getting the call, and he's rather 
   heartbroken. Suddenly, Ash realizes how crude her 'dumping' advice 
   to Mandy was, and she tries to fix things. 

Episode 3.6 (#63982): "Conscientious Objections"     06/08/02
      In biology class, Ashley refuses to dissect a dead frog, 
   even though she risks getting an 'F'. (And strangely, her strong 
   moral stance is getting no support from any of her firends!) 
   So Ash seeks an alternative solution.  
      Dylan befriends a new student, Kevin Marshall (Paul Dzenki), 
   but when Dylan invites Kevin home for dinner, Kevin and Mr. Roberts 
   strangely seem to know each other. After Kevin leaves, Mike, Sr. 
   orders Dylan that he can't be friends with Kevin anymore, and 
   Dylan is furious. But when Dylan presses his father for 
   an explanation, Mike, Sr. clams up. When Dylan asks around, 
   he soon realizes that Kevin has been expelled from his previous 
   schools for drug and alcohol abuse. Dylan then confronts his father, 
   a recovering alcoholic himself, of the hypocrisy of Mike's position.  

Episode 3.7 (#63983): "Happy Medium"                 06/15/02
      Jermaine's birthday party is approaching, and he's dreading 
   it - Jermaine's Mom, Anna (Kate Twa), is in town visiting 
   from Washington, D.C., and Jermaine knows that his Mom and Dad 
   (William Taylor) fight about everything. And his birthday party is 
   a prime opportunity for them to fight. Sure enough, when his Dad 
   gives Jermaine a new car for his birthday, his mother objects, 
   and the fighting begins (in front of Kim, no less!). Kim, seeing 
   how hurt Jermaine is, and how unreasonable his parents are being, 
   takes Jermaine to Vinyl Frontier where she locks them both in 
   a closet until Jermaine is ready to confront his parents. 
      Meanwhile, for Jermaine's birthday, Mandy drags the gang to 
   a medium named Miss Rebecca (Anne Marie Loder). Once there, 
   Rebecca tells Laurel that she's thinking about a boy, her soulmate! 
   who she'll spend the rest of her life with (could she be talking 
   about Dylan?...). And she tells Ashley that she's hiding a secret, 
   and that "Bill" (Ash's dead father's name) sends "his love", 
   upsetting Ashley. 

Episode 3.8 (#63984): "I Never"                      06/22/02
      Ashley's slumber party from Hell: Ash is having a slumber party, 
   and she invites not only Kim and Mandy, but Laurel too. Things are 
   going pretty well, until Mandy suggests that they play a game of 
   "I Never". The girls discover some surprising things about 
   each other while playing, but Ash starts to get jealous of Laurel's 
   reminiscences of her friendship with Dylan. So Ashley starts to play 
   dirty: "I never had a secret crush on someone else's boyfriend." 
   Kim and Mandy raise their hands, as does Laurel, but Ashley accuses 
   of Laurel of lying. So Laurel fights back: "I never hooked up with 
   another guy while I was going steady with someone." Again, Kim and 
   Mandy raise their hands, but Ashley can't. Laurel pounces on Ashley 
   for this admission, and they have a huge fight - Laurel says she'll 
   tell Dylan the truth if Ashley won't. Ashley refuses, and Laurel 
   storms out. 
      Meanwhile, Dylan is staying with Jermaine for the night. But 
   they forget a video game at Dylan's and they go to his house 
   to retrieve the game, where Jermaine accidentally kicks Dylan's 
   front door out of its hinges. The boys work frantically all night 
   to repair the door before Mike, Sr. returns home and sees the damage. 

Episode 3.9 (#63985): "Over the Net"                 06/29/02
      Dylan, Ash, Jermaine and Kim attend a volleyball game that Laurel 
   and Mandy are playing in, and they (and Laurel) all notice how hard 
   Mandy's father is riding her from the stands. Indeed, Mandy wilts 
   under the "encouragement" from her father. The next day, Mandy tells 
   Laurel that she's "too busy" to continue with volleyball, but Laurel 
   sees through this and encourages Mandy to stand up to her father. 
      Ashley is concerned that her mother never dates, so she pushes 
   her mother into internet dating. On the date, Ashley and Emily 
   (and Dylan) are shocked to see that Emily's internet date is Benny! 
   Ashley is appalled, thinking Benny's not good enough, but Emily goes 
   through with the date anyway.  

Episode 3.10 (#63986): "Animal House Rules"          09/07/02
      Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, Dylan and Jermaine goes to Mike, Jr.'s 
   college to visit him there, but they are shocked when they arrive 
   and find a sickly Mandy in Mike, Jr.'s bed. Dylan and Jermaine 
   are convinced that this is proof that Mike Jr. and Mandy are sleeping 
   together, but Mike, Sr. and Colleen accept Mike, Jr.'s explanation 
   that they aren't. Dylan is furious about the double-standard: 
   Mike, Sr. and Colleen are tough on him, but lax with Mike, Jr. 
   Dylan storms over to Mike, Jr.'s dorm room to talk it over, and 
   Mike, Jr. assures Dylan that he and Mandy aren't sleeping together. 
   But they agree to confront Mike, Sr. and Colleen about the double-
   Standard about their two sons, and their parents agree to think 
   it over.
      Meanwhile, Ashley is determined to learn how to drive, but 
   Ashley soon finds out that her mother is an overly nervous, 
   overly critical, and generally terrible, driving teacher. 

Episode 3.11 (#63987): "Last Dance"                  07/13/02
      The Dance from Hell: Ashley is increasingly annoyed with 
   Dylan - she wants him to formally ask her to a bog dance, but 
   Dylan just assumes that they're going. Ashley gets colder and 
   colder with him, and Dylan confides to Jermaine that he can't 
   do anything right with Ash anymore. Laurel is dateless, so she 
   hooks up with the dance's band, and she ends up singing at 
   the dance! At the dance, Ashley is treating Dylan like... 
   well, dirt. In the bathroom, Ash complains to Kim who points out 
   that maybe Dylan isn't the problem - maybe Ashley doesn't want 
   Dylan anymore. Finally, during a slow dance, Ashley breaks down, 
   tells Dylan that she doesn't want to be with him anymore, and 
   that their relationship is over. She runs out of the dance. 
   Dylan, and the rest of the gang, are shocked. Dylan is forced 
   to catch a ride home with Laurel, who lends Dylan a sympathetic
   ear, while Ashley cries in her Mom's lap. 

Episode 3.12 (#63989): "Looking Back"                07/20/02
      A retrospective episode: As Dylan and Ashley wallow in 
   the depression of their break-up, Jermaine & Laurel, and Emily, 
   try to cheer up Dylan and Ashley, respectively. They both remember 
   the good times, and their lack of common ground. Ultimately, 
   Dylan asks Laurel what changed with Ash over the summer in 
   San Francisco. Laurel urges Dylan to ask Ashley about that 
   (implying that Laurel knows something that Ashley isn't 
   telling Dylan).
      Dylan goes over to Ashley's and confronts her in her room. 
   Finally, finally, Ashley admits that she and Josh kissed in 
   San Francisco. Twice. Dylan is so disgusted, that he can't 
   even look at or talk to Ashley. He storms out. She cries. The End. 

Episode 3.13 (#63988): "Yearbook"                    07/27/02
      Mandy and Jermaine are trying to film their classmates for 
   a video yearbook project. While they are having some success getting 
   their other classmates to talk to the camera, including Laurel 
   and Kim, they are having little success getting Ashley or Dylan 
   (still guilty and bitter, respectively, over their breakup) to talk. 
      Ultimately, Mandy turns to the camera on Jermaine, and asks him 
   if he's ever been in love. He refuses to answer. She then asks him 
   what her most find memory of high school was. Jermaine answers 
   his perfect PSAT score. Mandy presses for something more personal. 
   Just as Ashley approaches, Jermaine volunteers that his fondest 
   memory in high school was the day Ashley showed up, and he and 
   Dylan and Ash became best friends. Ashley asks Jermaine if he 
   still feels that way, and he assures her that they are still friends. 
   Ashley then records her message for Mandy - she agrees with Jermaine 
   that her most wonderful memory was meeting Dylan and Jermaine, 
   and becoming such good friends with both of them, especially Dylan. 
   Jermaine then gets a bright idea, and takes the tape from Mandy. 
   On his way out the door, he admits to Mandy that he's only ever 
   been "in love" once - with Kim. 
      Jermaine arrives at Dylan's to find him moping on the coach, 
   and puts the videotape in Dylan's VCR, and plays it for Dylan. 
   Dylan is moved by Ashley's words, and thanks Jermaine. Dylan leaves 
   to go find Ashley. 
      Meanwhile, Jermaine goes to Vinyl Frontier to find him. He tells 
   her that he's in love with her. She agrees to take their relationship 
   to the "permanent" stage. 
      Dylan goes to Ashley's, and talks to her. He is still very hurt 
   by what happened, but he's decided that, no matter what, he doesn't 
   want to sacrifice his friendship with Ashley. Ashley is relieved, 
   and they hug, their friendship restored. THE END. 
   [NOTE: "Yearbook" was the early working title for "Just Deal".]