The USA HIGH 
                               EPISODE GUIDE:

by Ian J. Ball
This version:  2.04
Last updated:  June 13, 1999


***Additional information has been obtained from the USA Network Web 
site (http://www.usa-network.com/).***



TABLE OF CONTENTS:

0.0)  Introduction
      0.1)  What is an Episode List? What is an Episode Guide? What is 
               a FAQ?
      0.2)  Where the Author Can Be Reached
      0.3)  Where Can I Find Copies of this Episode List on the 'Net, 
               Either Through FTP or the WWW (the Web)?
      0.4)  Where to Get More Information on USA High

1.0)  USA High
      1.1)  What is USA High?

2.0)  USA High: Episode List
      2.1)  The Crew for USA High
      2.2)  The Episode List for USA High
      2.3)  The Cast & Episode Guide for USA High: SEASON ONE
      2.4)  The Cast & Episode Guide for USA High: SEASON TWO

3.0)  Actors, Miscellanea and Trivia
      3.1)  Background on the Actors
             3.1.1)  Josh Holland (Jackson Green)
             3.1.2)  Elena Lyons (Lauren Fontaine)
             3.1.3)  Thomas Magiar (Christian Mueller)
             3.1.4)  Marquita Terry (Winnie Barnes)
             3.1.5)  James Madio (Bobby Lazzarini)
             3.1.6)  Kristen Miller (Ashley Elliot)
             3.1.7)  Angela Visser (Ms. Gabrielle Dupre)
             3.1.8)  Nicholas Guest (Headmaster Patrick Elliot)
             3.1.9)  William James Jones (Dwane "Excess" Wilson)



0.0)  INTRODUCTION

This Episode Guide deals with the USA Network television show, USA High, 
which is being shown as part of USA's weekday afternoon "teen" line up.

This is the first edition of a file that will be occasionally posted 
to provide the episode list for the show USA High which is part of USA Network's weekday afternoon TV line-up, which is geared toward teenagers.  
Permission is granted by the author to distribute this file in an 
UNMODIFIED form to other networks and BB's, etc. Rights to modifications 
to this file are reserved by the author.

  Note: This document may freely copied and distributed for personal 
  use or for the sake of information purposes only.  It may be 
  distributed in its entirety, with all original author and copyright 
  information intact. Any sales of this document or use of it in a for-
  profit project, or use in any other capacity save those already 
  mentioned, is expressly forbidden without the specific consent of 
  the author. Copyright, Ian J. Ball, 1997, 1998.


0.1) What is an Episode List? What is an Episode Guide? What is a FAQ?

Episode lists provide only a list of the number of episodes aired and the 
episode titles for a show, but *without* episode plot descriptions. 
Others go further and will list original first-run airdates and/or 
production codes. If it doesn't contain plot synopses, it's an episode 
list (*not* an episode guide).

An episode guide is a document that serves to provide information about 
each episode of a particular TV show. This episode guides will provide a 
short synopsis of the plot of each episode, and the guest credits for 
that episode.

A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) or a FAQL (Frequently Asked Questions 
List) is a document that serves to answer commonly (or perhaps not so 
commonly) asked questions about a particular subject. Such a document is 
usually posted to the internet (or to an online service) to the various 
groups or BB's (bulletin boards) to which it is relevant, in the hopes of 
answering these often asked questions. 


0.2)  Where the Author Can Be Reached

This is the first edition of this FAQ & episode guide, and it is probably 
either incorrect in parts or is missing useful information. If any person 
has any questions, comments or suggestions about this FAQ, please contact 
Ian J. Ball at:

   IJBall@aol.com              (for private correspondance)
   ijb@ucla.edu                (for emergencies only)

Any help on this project will be appreciated.


0.3)  Where Can I Find Copies of this FAQ on the 'Net, Either Through FTP 
               or the WWW (the Web)?

FTP:

As of now, this Episode Guide is available from one FTP site:

  This site is my own personal folder available in one of AOL's own 
  FTP sites; the most up-to-date version of this FAQ can be found there. 
     (NOTE: Enter the menus as shown when trying to reach this site, as 
  AOL does not allow a "dir" listing of the root directory of that site, 
  as it would contain up to 2.5 million different folders!)
     (ALSO NOTE: My FAQs/episode guides for Saved by the Bell and 
  California Dreams are available from this same FTP site.):

     ftp://MEMBERS.AOL.COM/IJBall3/FTP/


WWW (the Web):

Presently there are three Web sites for USA High:

  The first Web site for USA High is my own personal site available from 
  AOL; the most up-to-date version of this Episode List, in HTML format, 
  can be found there. 
     (NOTE: As above, my Web sites for the FAQ/episode guides for 
  Saved by the Bell, California Dreams and some other shows are available 
  from this same WWW site.):

     http://MEMBERS.AOL.COM/IJBall3/WWW/USA/Home.html

  The second site is USA's own "official USA High" Web page, which 
  contains information about the show, cast and crew, and also the 
  show's schedule:

     http://www.usa-network.com/content/backlot/usahigh/usahigh.html

  The third site is the European cable channel Trouble's own "official 
  USA High" Web page, which contains information about the show, cast and 
  crew, and the show's schedule:

     http://www.trouble.co.uk/html/usa_high.htm

  Another unofficial site is from alonzo@hotmail.com:

     http://members.tripod.com/~dazzusahigh/

  A third unofficial site is from 2anja@mindless.com:

     http://members.tripod.com/~Anja22/index.html


0.4)  Where to Get More Information on USA High

For general information, NBC Productions, which produces "USA High" (as 
well as other peter Engel shows, such as "Saved by the Bell", "California 
Dreams" and "Hang Time") is probably a good place to start:

      NBC Productions, Inc.
      330 Bob Hope Drive
      Burbank, CA 91523



1.0)  USA HIGH

1.1)  What is USA High?

First, some background. In 1995, NBC and Peter Engel knew that 
"California Dreams" (CD, for short) was near the end of its run, and 
that NBC needed more shows to maintain and expand its T-NBC line-up. 
NBC already had "Saved by the Bell: The New Class", and Peter Engel 
soon acquired control of "Hang Time", which gave NBC and Engel 2 shows 
for T-NBC. But at least one more show was needed to complete the T-NBC 
lineup.

So it appears that Peter Engel was given the OK to create a couple of new 
shows. The results were the following: "City Guys", a very urban show about 
a rich, white teen, and working class, black teen, who both go to the 
same public school in New York; and "USA High", a show which he co-created 
with Leslie Eberhard (and Co-Executive Produced by Steve Slavkin, of 
"Running the Halls" fame), and which, conceptually, is a sort of cross 
between "Running the Halls" and "Saved by the Bell: The College Years".

For reasons unknown to me, NBC went with "City Guys", but not with "USA 
High" (perhaps NBC was reluctant to pick up "USA High" due to NBC's earlier 
failure with the similarly themed "Running the Halls"). Instead, Engel 
seems to have been able to sell "USA High" to the USA cable network.

As I said above, "USA High" is similar to the old T-NBC show "Running the 
Halls", in that the setting is a private school/academy, but is similar 
to "The College Years", in that the boys and the girls live in two rooms 
that are attached by a common room. In terms of plots and comedy style, 
however, I would compare "USA High" most closely to "California Dreams" or 
the original version of "Saved by the Bell". This is not surprising, 
perhaps, when one realizes that the production *crew* behind "USA High" is 
made up of many of the same people behind "The New Class", "California 
Dreams" and "Hang Time".

In terms of the characters, Jackson Green (Josh Holland) and Lauren 
Fontaine (Elena Lyons) seem to be the primary focal points of the show, 
at least early on. Like similar storylines on other shows, the gist of this 
situation is that Jackson likes Lauren, and is constantly scheming ways to 
1) make money, and 2) get Lauren to date him. Next in line are Winnie 
Barnes (Marquita Terry) and Christian Mueller (Thomas Magiar). The story 
here is that Christian has always had an infatuation with the sassy Winnie, 
but, in the early episodes of "USA High", Winnie would have none of it. The 
fifth and sixth suitemates are the clownish Bobby Lazzarini (James Madio), 
who has a crush on the Miss Dupre (and an addiction to meat!), and the 
Headmaster's daughter Ashley Elliot (Kristen Miller), who has a peculiar 
view of the world that's... well, peculiar. Finally, we have the 
ravishingly pretty school teacher, Miss Gabrielle Dupre (former Miss 
Universe Angela Visser), and Headmaster Patrick Elliot (Nicholas Guest), 
who has the twin problems of 1) trying to get Miss Dupre to notice him and  
go out with him,and 2) trying to keep the six suitemates from scheming 
their way either into jail or into burning down the school!

As I said, while she fights it early on, Winnie and Christian do become 
a couple pretty early in the show's run (in "Making the Grade" (episode 
1.10/#10)), and have remained a couple through the rest of the episodes, 
despite some bumps along the way. In contrast, Jackson's struggle for 
Lauren's heart is long and hard-fought, but they do eventually beomce a 
couple (in the episode "Once upon an Elevator" (episode 1.36/#33)). 
However, strangely, Jackson and Lauren break up not long after 
than (in the episode "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (episode 1.47/#50)). I 
don't know where the writers were/are going with this storyline, but I 
suspect Jackson and Lauren may get back together in the new 'season two' 
of "USA High's" run. But that's just a guess...

From what I have heard, there was a total of 70-80 episodes originally 
ordered by USA network for this 'season one' of "USA High", and it 
appears that all of 74 'season one' episodes (75, if you include the 
episode "Goodbye Lazz") have now aired. 

Some time after this, Josh Holland (Jackson) and Elena Lyons (Lauren) 
indicated in an online interview that there would be a 'season two' of 
"USA High". It turns out that James Madio (Bobby Lazzarini) did not want 
to return for another season the show, so the character of Lazzarini was 
written out (in the episode  "Goodbye Lazz" (episode 1.75/#75)) and a new 
character was added in his place. In the interview, Holland and Lyons 
indicated that the new 'season two' would begin filming(?) in July, 1998. 
Recent skuttlebutt on the internet indicates that there are about 
20 episodes of this season #2. In the place of Bobby Lazzarini, a new 
character has been added; the new character's name is Dwane "Excess" 
Wilson (usually called "Excess"), and he is played by William James Jones 
(best known formerly as Tony Wicks on "California Dreams"). As of 
November 1998, 5 of these season #2 episodes have aired.

USA High can also be seen in the following foreign nations; only 
nations and airing times known by the author or listed (if you know 
others, E-mail me):

   COUNTRY              NETWORK          TIMES (and Other Info)
   -------              -------          ----------------------
   Great Britain 
     & Western Europe   Trouble          weekdays, 5:00 & 7:00 pm
                                         Saturdays, 2:00 & 7:30 pm
                                         Sundays, 7:00-8:00 pm
   Great Britain        C5               weekends, 2:30 pm
   Poland               TVN              weekdays, 15:45



2.0)  USA HIGH: EPISODE LIST

2.1)  The Crew for USA High

The Crew:

 NOTE: The "episode #'s" listed are based on my *production numbers*.

    Created by                   -Peter Engel & Leslie Eberhard
    Executive Producer           -Peter Engel
    Co-Executive Producers       -Steve Slavkin     (episodes 1-25 only)
                                 -Leslie Eberhard
    Produced by                  -Sue Feyk
    Producer                     -Ken Kuta          (episodes 1-25 only)
                                 -Carl Kurlander    (episodes 26-31)
                                 -Robert Tarlow     (episodes 32-75)
                                 -Bernie Ancheta    (episodes 76-95)
                                 -Rob Hammersley    (episodes 76-95)
    Co-Producer                  -Matthew B. Morgan (episodes 1-38, 53-61,
                                                              68 only)
    Executive Story Editors      -Steve Weiss & 
                                  Paul Dell         (episodes 1-57,74)
    Executive Story Editors      -Bernie Ancheta    (episodes 58-73,75)
                                 -Rob Hammersley    (episodes 58-73,75)
                                 -Troy Searer       (episodes 76-95)
                                 -Bill Marich       (episodes 76-95)
                                 -Rich Ross         (episodes 76-95)
    Program Consultants          -Brad Walsh        (episodes 23-31)
                                 -Paul Corrigan     (episodes 23-31)
                                 -Bernie Ancheta    (episodes 23-31)
    Story Editor                 -Bernie Ancheta    (episodes 32-57,74)
    Creative Consultant          -Noah Taft         (episodes 2-25 only)
    Supervising Producer         -Noah Taft         (episodes 25-75)
    Creative Executive           -Linda Mancuso
    Executive in Charge 
       of Production             -Nina Lederman

    Directed by                  -Gary Shimokawa    (episodes 1-3,5-6,
                                                     12-19,21-22,26,31-49,
                                                     56-57,58,60,63-64,66,
                                                     68,70-73,75)
                                 -Frank Bonner      (episodes 4,7-11,
                                                     20,23-25,27-30,53-55, 
                                                     62,65,69)
                                 -Don Barnhart      (episodes 50-52,74)
                                 -Mary Lou Belli    (episodes 59,80-95)
                                 -Valentine Mayer   (episode 61)
                                 -John Bowab        (episodes 76-78)
                                 -Jeff Mayer        (episode 79)


2.2)  The Episode List for USA High

NOTE: From what I heard, USA network ordered 70-80 episodes of "USA High" 
for "SEASON ONE". All 74 episodes of this "season one" batch have now 
aired, and I am fairly certain that there are no "season one" episodes 
left to air.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The new "season two" of USA High began to air on Monday, 
November 16 (5 new episodes aired that week).  Word on the internet is 
that there are approximately 20 new episodes in this "season two" batch. 
One important point about this: James Madio (Bobby Lazzarini) will not 
be returning to the show with these "season two" episodes, and a new 
character has been added.  I do not know why Madio left the show, but 
I assume he left to pursue other acting opportunities.  He was a 
valuable member of the show, and he will be missed (though I wish him 
luck!). His replacement is William James Jones (fomerly Tony Wicks on 
California Dreams); Jones plays a new character, named Dwane "Excess" 
Wilson.  Jones is a talented actor and did an excellent job on 
Californai Dreams, and he seems to be fitting in well on USA High.  
Stay tuned... 


I have divided the listing of the episodes, below, into somewhat arbitrary 
"series" divisons. "SEASON ONE" comprises the first five "series" of 
"USA High":

   1) "Series 1" includes the first 25 episodes, in which Steve Slavkin 
         is listed as a "Co-Executive Producer", which aried in August and 
         Septemeber, 1997. 
   2) "Series 2" contains the next 15 episodes (post-Slavkin) which aired, 
         consectively, immediately after the "Series #1" episodes on the 
         USA network (though 1 episode aired much later in October, 1997). 
   3) "Series 3" episodes are the 12 episodes which aired somewhat after 
         the first two "series": 1 episode that aired on New Year's Eve, 
         1997, and 11 more episodes that aired in January 1998. 
   4) "Series 4" is the 9 episodes that aired during April, 1998, and 
         the 3 episodes that aired in June, 1998. 
   5) "Series 5" is the last bacth of 10 "SEASON ONE" episodes that 
         aired in August, 1998, plus the one episode that aired 
         November 13, 1998 and which is entitled "Goodbye Lazz". 

"SEASON TWO" will comprise the episodes of "USA High", post-James Madio, 
with William James Jones as Dwane "Excess" Wilson in the cast intsead.  
There are approxiamtely 20 episodes in the "season two" batch.


I should note that the order of the episodes based on my given "production 
numbers" is very tentative; USA network is still airing the episodes 
somewhat out of order, so it is dificult to know the exact order. 
Thus I am sure of only some of the order (e.g. that the first 12 or so 
episodes are the first 12 based on Marquita Terry's (i.e. Winnie's) 
hairstyle and the 1996 copyright date, the first 25 episodes are the first 
25 based on Steve Slavkin's screen credit, etc.)...

Num.  Prod No    Episode Title                  Air Date  
----  ---------  ------------------------       ----------
SEASON ONE:

 USA High "season one" cast:
   Jackson Green          -Josh Holland
   Lauren Fontaine        -Elena Lyons
   Christian Mueller      -Thomas Magiar
   Winnie Sue Barnes      -Marquita Terry
   Bobby "Lazz" Lazzarini -James Madio
   Ashley Elliot          -Kristen Miller
   Miss Gabrielle Dupre   -Angela Visser
   Headmaster 
     Patrick Elliot       -Nicholas Guest

"Series 1":
 1.1     01       An American in Paris           08/04/97 (9:30am)
                                                 08/07/97 (5:30pm)
 1.2     02       The Car                        08/05/97
                                                 08/11/97
 1.3     03       The Credit Card                08/06/97
                                                 08/07/97
 1.4     04       The Ex-Boyfriend               08/07/97
                                                 08/13/97
 1.5     05       Truth or Dare                  08/08/97
                                                 08/05/97
 1.6     06       Double Your Pleasure           08/11/97
                                                 08/06/97
 1.7     07       The Headmaster's Daughter      08/12/97
                                                 08/08/97
 1.8     08       For Whom the Bell Tolls        08/13/97
                                                 08/14/97
 1.9     09       Internet Love Story            08/14/97
                                                 08/12/97

 1.10    10       Making the Grade               08/15/97
                                                 08/18/97
 1.11    11       The Model                      08/18/97
                                                 08/22/97
 1.12    12       Jackson's Dad                  08/19/97
                                                 08/20/97
 1.13    13       The Most Valuable Waiter       08/20/97
                                                 08/19/97
 1.14    14       The Recital                    08/25/97
                                                 08/15/97
 1.15    15       Giuseppe's Coming to Dinner    08/26/97
                                                 08/25/97
 1.16    16       Radio Free Advice              08/27/97
                                                 08/21/97
 1.17    17       All That Lazz                  08/28/97
                                                 08/26/97
 1.18    18       West Point                     08/29/97
                                                 08/28/97
 1.19    19       The German Girl                09/05/97 (x2)
                                                 08/29/97

 1.20    20       The Odd Couple                 09/08/97 (x2)
                                                 09/02/97 (x2)
 1.21    21       The Dueling Elliots            09/09/97 (x2)
 1.22    22       Love is Blind                  09/10/97 (x2)
                                                 08/27/97
 1.23    23       Au Revoir Katherine            09/15/97 (5:30pm only)
 1.24    24       Nurse Lauren                   09/17/97
 1.25    25       Mr. Tiffani                    09/19/97

"Series 2":
 1.26    26       A Date with Dupre              09/03/97 (x2)
                                                 09/11/97 (x2)
 1.27    27       Beauty and the Biker           09/01/97
                                                 09/04/97
                                                 09/12/97 (x2)
 1.28    28       Lazzarini's Sister             09/16/97
 1.29    29       The French Tutor               09/18/97

 1.30    30       Bed & Breakfast                09/21/97 (Sun., 10:30am)
 1.31    31       Baby Boom                      09/22/97
 1.32    32       Camping with Mr. Elliot        09/23/97
 1.33    36       Once upon an Elevator          09/24/97
 1.34    37       Giuseppe Returns               10/30/97
 1.35    38       Gotta Dance                    09/28/97 (Sun., 10:30am)
 1.36    39       Headmaster Winnie              09/25/97
 1.37    40       The Competition                09/29/97
 1.38    41       King Mueller                   09/30/97
 1.39    42       The Winnie Show                10/01/97

 1.40    43       Goodbye, Mr. Phipps            10/02/97

"Series 3":
 1.41    44       Happy New Year                 12/31/97
 1.42    45       Buddies                        01/02/98
 1.43    46       Lottery Fever                  01/05/98
 1.44    47       Date Auction                   01/06/98
 1.45    48       Lazz's High Noon               01/07/98
 1.46    49       Daddy's Little Girl            01/08/98
 1.47    50       Breaking Up Is Hard to Do      01/09/98
 1.48    51       Culture Shock                  01/12/98
 1.49    52       The Hospital                   01/13/98

*1.50   *33       Jackson Moves Out              01/14/98
*1.51   *34       The U.F.O.                     01/15/98
*1.52   *35       Jackson's New Manager          01/16/98

* Episodes shown substatially out of order; they seem to take place 
  after "Bed and Breakfast" (episode 1.30/#30), but before Jackson and 
  Lauren start going out in "Once Upon an Elevator" (episode 1.33/#36).

"Series 4":
 1.53    53?      She's the Boss                 04/06/98
 1.54    54?      Lazz versus USA High           04/07/98
 1.55    55?      Jackson's Best Bud             04/08/98
 1.56    58?      Ashley's American Cousin       04/13/98
 1.57    59?      Jackson's Dilemma              04/14/98
 1.58    60?      Winnie's Brother               04/15/98
 1.59    61?      My Hero                        04/17/98

*1.60   *56?      Everybody Loves Raphael        04/21/98
*1.61   *57?      Raphael's Proposal             04/22/98

 1.62    62?      Big Lazz on Campus             06/08/98
 1.63    63?      Lauren's Sister                06/09/98
 1.64    64?      Mother's Day                   06/10/98

* The end credits indicate that episodes 1.60 and 1.61 take place before 
  episodes 1.56-1.59.

"Series 5":
 1.65    65?      Goodbye Christian              08/03/98
 1.66    66?      Jackson's Idol                 08/04/98
 1.67    67?      A Star Is Born                 08/05/98
 1.68    68?      Christian's Big Lie            08/06/98
 1.69    69?      The Breakfast Club             08/07/98
 1.70    70?      From Russia With Love          08/10/98
 1.71    71?      Fraulein Winnie                08/11/98
 1.72    72?      Kisses, Lies & Videotape       08/12/98
 1.73    73?      Jackson's Choice               08/13/98

*1.74   *??       The Reunion                    08/14/98
 1.75    75?      Goodbye Lazz                   11/13/98

* Note: The copyright date on this episode in 1997, which makes it 
  much older than the other episodes in this "series".

SEASON TWO:

 USA High "season two" cast:
   Jackson Green          -Josh Holland
   Lauren Fontaine        -Elena Lyons
   Christian Mueller      -Thomas Magiar
   Winnie Sue Barnes      -Marquita Terry
   Ashley Elliot          -Kristen Miller
   Dwane "Excess" Wilson  -William James Jones
   Miss Gabrielle Dupre   -Angela Visser
   Headmaster 
     Patrick Elliot       -Nicholas Guest

"Series 6":
 2.1     76?      The Gang, a Guy and a Bakery   11/16/98
 2.2     77?      Jackson's Assistant            11/17/98
 2.3     78?      The Gang Gets A Car            11/18/98
 2.4     79?      I Want My MTV!                 11/19/98
 2.5     80?      Excess's Ex                    11/20/98

 2.6     81?      Winnie Wear                    12/28/98
 2.7     82?      Jackson The Brain              12/28/98
 2.8     83?      For the Love of Ashley         12/29/98
 2.9     84?      Cinder-Ashley                  12/29/98
 2.10    85?      Hands Off My Christian         12/30/98
 2.11    86?      The Blind Date                 12/30/98
 2.12    87?      Hey Big Spender                12/31/98
 2.13    88?      Lights, Camera, Jackson        12/31/98

 2.14    89?      Christian's Scholarship        03/29/99
 2.15    90?      It's a Wonderful Life          03/30/99
 2.16    91?      Good Sports                    03/31/99

 2.17    92?      Psych 101                      06/07/99
 2.18    93?      The Wedding                    06/08/99
 2.19    94?      The Last Hurrah                06/09/99
 2.20    95?      Graduation Day                 06/10/99

*1.74   *??       The Reunion                    06/11/99


2.3)  The Cast & Episode Guide for USA High: SEASON ONE

 USA High "season one" cast:
   Jackson Green          -Josh Holland
   Lauren Fontaine        -Elena Lyons
   Christian Mueller      -Thomas Magiar
   Winnie Sue Barnes      -Marquita Terry
   Bobby "Lazz" Lazzarini -James Madio
   Ashley Elliot          -Kristen Miller
   Miss Gabrielle Dupre   -Angela Visser
   Headmaster 
     Patrick Elliot       -Nicholas Guest

 Episode 1.1 (01): "An American in Paris"        08/04/97 (9:30am)
                                                 08/07/97 (5:30pm)
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            The old gang (Winnie, Lauren, Christian, Lazzarini and Ashley) 
            are reunited at the start of the new school year, their senior 
            year, while Jackson Green shows up as a new student at The 
            American Academy of Paris, and immediately causes troubles. 
            Jackson's first efforts? Trying to leave the school (which he 
            hates), deciding that he wants to stay (and pursue Lauren 
            Fontaine), and trying to get school uniforms thrown out.  
            [Copyright 1996.]

 Episode 1.2 (02): "The Car"                     08/05/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Ken Kuta
            Mr. Elliot plans to race his Auston-Martin in a roadrace, which 
            suits Miss Dupre just fine, as she is planning on winning the 
            race (and beating him!) in her Ferrari. Meanwhile, Lauren loves 
            Aston-Martins, and if Jackson will take her out in Mr. 
            Elliot's, she'll go out with him. But when she drives it into 
            the Seine, Jackson must find a way to pay for the repairs. His 
            solution? Throwing a "rave".

 Episode 1.3 (03): "The Credit Card"             08/06/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Mr. Elliot decrees that the suitemates (and all the other 
            students) must clean up their rooms. Meanwhile, Winnie's Dad 
            sends her a credit card, and she quickly runs up a 3-hour bill 
            of $1100! So Jackson comes up with a scheme: offer cleaning 
            services to the students and charge them for it, to help 
            Winnie pay off her bill. But their troubles get worse when the 
            boys discover the answers to Miss Dupre's next test while 
            cleaning her room.

 Episode 1.4 (04): "The Ex-Boyfriend"            08/07/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Lauren's ex-boyfriend (he was her boyfriend during the previous 
            schoolyear, before Jackson arrived), Paul Ember (Joel Berti) 
            returns, and he and Lauren immediately rekindle their flame. 
            This causes a jealous Jackson to spy on Lauren and her old 
            beau. Meanwhile, Winnie is asked out on a date by one 
            Prince Nicholas of Lichtenberg (Philip Rhys), but Ashley, Miss 
            Dupre and Mr. Elliot think that Winnie needs to be "cultured" 
            before she actually goes on the date.

 Episode 1.5 (05): "Truth or Dare"               08/08/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Steve Slavkin
            Winnie is bummed when her boyfriend Giuseppe can't make it for 
            her birthday, so to cheer her up, the gang agrees to let Winnie 
            play "Truth or Dare". While only Lazzarini takes "truth" (and 
            reveals he uses 'ladies deodorant'), the others all take 
            Winnie's "dare", which means Ashley must do something to anger 
            her father, Christian must hang the school banner from the 
            Eiffel Tower, and Jackson and Lauren must kiss. Meanwhile, Mr. 
            Elliot tries to get a reservation at the Eiffel Tower 
            restaurant for a date with Miss Dupre.

 Episode 1.6 (06): "Double Your Pleasure"        08/11/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Jackson's Dad has set him up with a date for the school's 
            "Carnival" Costume Ball (and, for once, she's a babe!). The 
            problem? Lauren has already decided that she and Jackson will 
            go to the Dance. Jackson's solution? Try and take them both to 
            the Carnival! Among the rest? Christian convinces Winnie to go 
            with him, on the condition that Winnie gets to go in Lady 
            Diana's wedding dress. Meanwhile, Lazzarini is almost dateless, 
            until Miss Durpe helps him out, while Ashley is just dateless, 
            and Mr. Elliot is too busy to go at all (despite the fact that 
            Miss Dupre is going as Cat Woman!).

 Episode 1.7 (07): "The Headmaster's Daughter"   08/12/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Ken Kuta
            It seems to be impossible for Ashley to get a date (because 
            she's the Headmaster's daughter), but things appear to brighten 
            when a handsome chap named Chad (Chad Cox) takes her on a date. 
            But Ashley is furious when she finds out that Mr. Elliot paid 
            Chad (nee: Bernie!) to take her out, so she retaliates by 
            pretending to date Lazzarini, which *really* drives her father 
            up the wall! Meanwhile, it's Jackson and Christian squaring off 
            against Lauren and Winnie in a contest, sponsored by Miss 
            Dupre, to see who will cater for a Faculty diner and earn the 
            $400 necessary to pay for a ski trip (and replace the previous 
            $400 that Christian blew on ski clothes!). 

 Episode 1.8 (08): "For Whom the Bell Tolls"     08/13/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            Tired of the girls monopolizing the suite's phone, the boys try 
            to pirate their own separate phone line, but what they get 
            instead is a duplicate phone line, allowing them to eavesdrop 
            on the girls, a situation that Jackson plans to use to his 
            advantage with Lauren. Meanwhile, Winnie and Ashley try to 
            track down a "hunky pizza delivery guy" as a prospective date 
            for Ashley, and Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre try to organize a 
            fundraising dinner.

 Episode 1.9 (09): "Internet Love Story"         08/14/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Lazzarini hits it off with a girl named Melanie (Shannon 
            Elizabeth) on the Internet; but when she E-mails her picture 
            (which shows that she's beautiful), Lazz figures that she 
            won't be interested in him if she knows what he looks like, so 
            he sends her a picture of Jackson, which causes all sorts of 
            confusion when she visits Paris. Meanwhile, Lauren and Winnie 
            can't sleep with Ashley's incredibly loud snoring!

 Episode 1.10 (10): "Making the Grade"           08/15/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre have distressing news for Christian: 
            he is failing Miss Dupre's American History class and he must 
            get a B on the next test, or he will be off the basketball 
            team. So the boys get Winnie (the best student) to tutor him, 
            but she soon discovers that (gasp!) she actually *likes* 
            Christian. Meanwhile, Lazz does such a good job cutting 
            Ashley's hair that he and Jackson soon start up a hair styling 
            business... that is, until a small mistake by Lazz turns 
            Lauren's hair green!

 Episode 1.11 (11): "The Model"                  08/18/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Jackson gets Lauren a modeling job with a famous fashion 
            photographer (Greg Wrangler), but he regrets it when Lauren's 
            new modeling career may cause her to leave the Academy. 
            Meanwhile, Winnie and Ashley try (and fail) to sell "Broadway 
            Girl" cosmetics, but sales pick up when they get Christian to 
            become a salesman.

 Episode 1.12 (12): "Jackson's Dad"              08/19/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Jackson's Dad (Michael Toland) visits the Academy, but when 
            Jackson tells his Dad that he wants to pursue music (notice 
            that Jackson's song is "Too Much to Dream", a song from 
            "California Dreams"), his Dad threatens to pull Jackson out of 
            the Academy. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang decides to sell 
            some of their stuff at a "Yard Sale", and end up selling a 
            painting that may be a family heirloom of Mr. Elliot's to the 
            school librarian (Loren Freeman).

 Episode 1.13 (13): "The Most Valuable Waiter"   08/20/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Steve Slavkin
            Tired that Lauren's busy work schedule prevents him from 
            spending time with her, Jackson comes up with a plan: he'll 
            take a job as a waiter at Cafe USA, where he can spend plenty 
            of time with Lauren. But when Lauren dares Jackson to take his 
            job seriously, and Jackson does, the results have unintended 
            and, for Lauren, disastrous consequences. The rest of the gang 
            is terrified by a 'scary movie'. Mr. Elliot joins Miss Dupre's 
            book club, but cheats by renting the videos.

 Episode 1.14 (14): "The Recital"                08/25/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Steve Slavkin
            Jackson comes up with another scheme to get closer to Lauren: 
            he conspires to replace her page turner (a nerdy chap who 
            Jackson sends on a date with Ashley) for Lauren's piano 
            recital, a recital that may get Lauren a scholarship to a 
            Music Conservatory. Meanwhile, Mr. Elliot's "Vibrator 2000" 
            chair gets delivered to the suite by mistake, and the rest of 
            the gang loves it so much that they hide it from him. 
            Christian practices for a big track meet.

 Episode 1.15 (15): "Giuseppe's Coming 
                         to Dinner"              08/26/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Winnie has a problem: she never told her boyfriend Giuseppe 
            Ferrari (Rick Pasqualone) that she started dating Christian, 
            nor did she officially break up with Giuseppe. So when Giuseppe 
            comes to town, Winnie (unwisely) tries to juggle both men 
            without telling them what's up. Lazz and Jackson set up a 
            pirate satellite TV dish, which Mr. Elliot orders taken down, 
            until Miss Dupre's desire to see a boxing match changes Mr. 
            Elliot's tune.

 Episode 1.16 (16): "Radio Free Advice"          08/27/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            Lazzarini discovers the school's old radio studio (which has 
            been closed for 30 years), and he and Jackson soon start the 
            "Dr. Romance" show, doling out advice to the lovelorn at the 
            Academy (which includes Mr. Elliot). Now that they're dating, 
            Winnie struggles to tone down her insults of Christian.

 Episode 1.17 (17): "All That Lazz"              08/28/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Ken Kuta
            The gang take career aptitude tests, and all test out for cool 
            careers, except for Lazzarini (who tests out as an elevator 
            operator!). But things look up for him when a talent scout 
            tells Lazz that he's funny and books him at a Amateur Comedy 
            Night; but will Lazz listen to the gang when they tell him that 
            his act needs work? Ashley hides out the science lab's 
            chimpanzee, Albert, from Mr. Elliot who wants him returned to 
            the lab, though Ashley thinks he deserves a better home.

 Episode 1.18 (18): "West Point"                 08/29/97 (9:30am)
    writer:   Noah Taft
            Things seem to be going well with Jackson's quest for Lauren: 
            they agree to go on a date to the Opera (even though Jackson 
            would rather be watching football!). But when an old friend of 
            Lauren's, a West Point grad named Wallace "The Wale" (due to 
            his large size, when Lauren knew him) Wilson (David Chisum), 
            shows up in town, Jackson figures Wallace's visit will give him 
            a way to watch the football game while still making Lauren 
            happy. But he seriously regrets his decision when Wallace shows 
            up, trim and hunky, and Lauren starts to really fall for him. 
            Meanwhile, Christian is heading home for Oktoberfest, but he 
            can't bring along Winnie due to lack of money; so Lazz tries to 
            double their money in a game with the local poker "idiot", 
            Hadley (Jeff Payton). The problem? Poker "idiot" Hadley turns 
            out to be a poker 'shark', and Lazz loses all of Christian's 
            trip money.  [Copyright 1997.]

 Episode 1.19 (19): "The German Girl"            09/05/97
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            A new German girl, Ursula (Ute Werner), arrives at the Academy, 
            and Winnie gets jealous. Little does Winnie know that she's has 
            good reason to be jealous, as Ursula *is* interested in 
            Christian for herself. The rest of the gang try to catch a 
            thief who keeps robbing the school, using Lazz's high tech 
            security system.

 Episode 1.20 (20): "The Odd Couple"             09/02/97
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            During a theater exercise in Miss Dupre's drama class, Ashley 
            and Jackson have to kiss in their scene, and when they actually 
            do (in practice), they discover that they are physically 
            attracted to each other. But do they have anything in common?! 
            Christian has a toothache, and Winnie and Lazz insist he go see 
            the dentist ("Mr. Giggles" as played by episode director, Frank 
            Bonner).

 Episode 1.21 (21): "The Dueling Elliots"        09/09/97
    writers:  Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            Mr. Elliot's brother Nigel (Peter Sands), a self-proclaimed 
            British "spy", comes to town and he and Mr. Elliot once again 
            take up their bitter sibling rivalry. The situation is 
            compounded by the fact that Mr. Elliot promises to get the gang 
            'Lollapallooza' tickets, and fails to obtain them, which 
            prompts Nigel to promise to get them. Meanwhile, Lauren takes 
            up fencing (much to the dismay of the boys), and she beats 
            reigning champ Jackson, who demands a rematch.

 Episode 1.22 (22): "Love is Blind"              09/10/97
    writer:   Noah Taft
            It's the "Girl's Choice Dance": Winnie becomes convinced that 
            Christian is taking her for granted, so she refuses to ask him 
            to the dance; Ashley keeps asking different boys to the dance; 
            Mr. Elliot is asked to the dance by a 'secret admirer', whom 
            he is convinced is Miss Dupre; Lauren asks Wallace, who later 
            becomes unavailable; and Lazz is just dateless. Throughout all 
            of this, Jackson starts dating a delightful girl named 
            Katherine (Nicki Lynn Aycox), who happens to be blind. But when 
            he starts to really fall for her, he panics, and breaks things 
            off, which causes her to get the wrong idea about his real 
            motives.

 Episode 1.23 (23): "Au Revoir Katherine"        09/15/97 (5:30pm only)
    writers:  Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            Bad news for Jackson: just as he's ready to tell his 
            girlfriend, Katherine Hanley (Nicki Lynn Aycox), that he loves 
            her, he finds out that she's been accepted to the prestegious 
            'Chicago School for the Blind' and is leaving the Academy. 
            Meanwhile, Lauren, Ashley, Lazz and Christian do a "hunks of 
            the Academy" calendar, but Christian's popularity skyrockets 
            as "Mr. October", causing problems for him, and jealousy from 
            Winnie.

 Episode 1.24 (24): "Nurse Lauren"               09/17/97
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Lauren's on her way to a ski trip with Wallace, but her 
            suitcase causes Jackson to throw his back out, and her guilt 
            causes her to cancel her trip to take care of him. And 
            Jackson *loves* the attention! Christian invents an 
            exercise device, the "Mueller Muscle Machine", and the rest of 
            the gang go into business with him. All they need to do to make 
            money is rope Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre into doing a 
            testimonial in an infomercial for the device.

 Episode 1.25 (25): "Mr. Tiffani"                09/19/97
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Jackson's third grade crush, TV star Tiffani Gleason 
            ("California Dreams'" Kelly Packard) shows up in Paris, so 
            they try to start going out, but her busy TV star schedule 
            gets in the way. Also, Lazzarini is a huge fan of Tiffani, 
            but he can't handle it whenever she's in the room. Meanwhile, 
            the girls battle it out to be Fall Ball Queen, and the 
            comeptition brings out the worst in all three of them.

 Episode 1.26 (26): "A Date with Dupre"          09/03/97
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Miss Dupre cheers Lazzarini up after he's been dumped by his 
            latest girlfriend, and (as usual!) Lazz misconstrues things and 
            decides that he and Miss Dupre are "in love". Jackson is set to 
            perform for Music Agent Ted Ramone (David Fabrizio), and Winnie 
            and Ashley convince him that they should be his back-up 
            singers. The problem? Lauren wants in, too, but she can't sing 
            a note! and the other three don't have the heart to tell her 
            the truth.
            [Note: Mr. Elliot is completely absent from this episode, and 
            Christian is hardly in it. This is also the first "post-Steve 
            Slavkin" episode.]

 Episode 1.27 (27): "Beauty and the Biker"       09/01/97
    writer:   Carl Kurlander
            Ashley pretends that she has a boyfriend to the Winnie and 
            Lauren, but she ends up falling for a pizza delivery guy, 
            a biker and artist named Steel (Simon Clarke), whom Winnie and 
            Lauren think are all wrong for Ashley, and whom Mr. Elliot does 
            not approve of. The boys think Miss Dupre is the jewelry store 
            robber, "The Shapely Shoplifter", and search for proof they're 
            correct.

 Episode 1.28 (28): "Lazzarini's Sister"         09/16/97
    writer:   Carl Kurlander
            Lazz's litter sister, Niki (Shari Alpert), visits Paris, but 
            Lazz goes over the moon! when his 'little sister' starts 
            growing up after the girls make her over and Niki shows an 
            interest in Jackson. Meanwhile, Miss Dupre is impressed that 
            the P.E. teacher, Mr. Jergens (David Sederholm), is in a 
            running race to raise money for porpoises, so Mr. Elliot 
            enlists Christian to train him for the same race to impress 
            Miss Dupre himself.

 Episode 1.29 (29): "The French Tutor"           09/18/97
    writers:  Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            Jackson's latest date, a French girl named Simone (Jacky 
            Pinol), offers to tutor Lazz in French, and, soon enough, she 
            tells Lazz she likes him, and they start dating. At first, 
            Jackson is disbelieving, but the situation eventually causes 
            a rift between the jealous Jackson and Lazz. Christian is in 
            the midst of a terrible basketball slump, and Ashley traces 
            the cause to Christian's dating of Winnie; so Winnie dumps 
            Christian to restore his basketball prowess.

 Episode 1.30 (30): "Bed & Breakfast"             09/21/97 (Sun., 10:30am)
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            While Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre are away from the school (at 
            a conference), the gang tries to make a little money by 
            turning the dorm into a Bed & Breakfast for American (actually 
            Texas) tourists. Meanwhile, Lauren's boyfriend Wallace (David 
            Chisum) is smothering her, so she has to figure out a way to 
            break it off.

 Episode 1.31 (31): "Baby Boom"                   09/22/97
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Jackson is just about to get Lauren to go with him to a big 
            Music Awards show, when Lauren gets a baby sitting gig to take 
            care of teacher Mrs. Gower's (Jennifer Hale) baby Max, which 
            prevents the date. But Lazz gives Jackson another idea: help 
            Lauren baby sit, and Jackson can score some points with her. 
            Meanwhile, the other four, led by "director" Lazz, film their 
            own promotional video for the Academy, in the hopes of earning 
            $5000 from Mr. Elliot. Unfortunately, they take the 
            "promotional" aspects of the video beyond the realms of truth 
            and accuracy...

 Episode 1.32 (32): "Camping with Mr. Elliot"    09/23/97
    writers:  Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            The girls, tired of being around the boys *all the time*, 
            conspire to get rid of them by tricking them into going 
            camping with Mr. Elliot (which Ashley, his normal camping 
            partner, despises), so that they can have a "girls night". But 
            things don't go well for either: Christian eats all the food 
            and then a bear shows up to ruin things for Mr. Elliot and the 
            boys, and Winnie has a fit when Lauren reveals that she once 
            had a crush on Christian, while Ashley doesn't want to hear who 
            Miss Dupre has a crush on.

 Episode 1.33 (36): "Once upon an Elevator"      09/24/97
    writer:   Noah Taft
            On a way to an audition for Jackson, Jackson and Lauren get 
            stuck in an elevator and end up kissing. Afterward, Lauren (as 
            usual) gets cold feet, but later regrets rejecting Jackson 
            (again), so... aw, you figure it out! Meanwhile, real couple 
            Winnie and Christian, and fake couple Ashley and Lazz, pretend 
            to be newlyweds so that they can go on the gameshow "Just 
            Married", hosted by everyone's favorite gameshow host, Gina 
            McGintey (La Reine Chabut). And Mr. Elliot keeps sneaking out 
            of meetings to watch TV.

 Episode 1.34 (37): "Giuseppe Returns"           10/30/97
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Giuseppe Ferrari (Rick Pasqualone) is returning to Paris, and 
            Winnie is convinced that he is returning to win her back, but 
            it turns out that he coming to see Ashley! (it seems the two of 
            them had been having a secret relationship). But Winnie is 
            still incredulous, and her conviction that Giuseppe is still 
            interested in *her* starts to unravel her friendship with 
            Ashley. Meanwhile, Lazz and Jackson bet Lauren that they can 
            beat her project for the Science Fair, which is a tomato plant.

 Episode 1.35 (38): "Gotta Dance"                09/28/97 (Sun., 10:30am)
    writers:  Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Jealous of Winnie's dancing partner, Christian joins Winnie's 
            and Ashley's Modern Dance class before a recital (that Ashley 
            is to choreograph) so he can become Winnie's dancing partner 
            (problem: Christian is *not* a good dancer). Put on restriction 
            in Mr. Elliot's office, Jackson, Lazz and Lauren get into Mr. 
            Elliot's computer, and begin changing student records, for a 
            fee!

 Episode 1.36 (39): "Headmaster Winnie"          09/25/97
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Mr. Elliot decides to teach sassy Winnie a lesson: for her 
            Ethics Class grade, Winnie is made Headmaster for a week, a job 
            which she doesn't take seriously at first, but which ends up 
            challenging her loyalties to the gang (sound familiar? see SbtB 
            episode #12.2, "Student-Teacher Week"). Meanwhile, the other 
            suitemates try to hold a "Vegas Night" casino-gambling night 
            to try and pay for a ski trip that Mr. Elliot cancelled for 
            them (which he did as a disciplinary measure, before making 
            Winnie Headmaster), which means they must get Christian to 
            convince Winnie to let them hold it. Meanwhile, is the newly 
            duties-free Mr. Elliot finally making headway with Miss Dupre?

 Episode 1.37 (40): "The Competition"            09/29/97
    writer:   Carl Kurlander
            Jackson competes against another girl, Alyssa Martin (Suzanne 
            Longo), during Amateur Night at Cafe USA, and loses. But she 
            wants to do her winning gig with him, which leads to long 
            practices sessions, which, in turn, causes Lauren to get 
            jealous. Meanwhile, Lazzarini's cooking skills lead to a side-
            business: "Lazzarini's Pizza House"; but his authoritarian 
            management styles turns off Christian.

 Episode 1.38 (41): "King Mueller"               09/30/97
    writers:  Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            While doing a project to research some of the gang's heritage, 
            Christian discovers he is the heir to the throne of the small 
            European country of Himmelberg, which affords him a Coronation, 
            a personal inheretance (of 1,000,000 "Crustacies"!) and a 
            personal royal manservant, Frtiz (Allen Williams). The problem? 
            The laws of Himmelberg forbid him from dating a "commoner" like 
            Winnie. For personal reasons, Lazz protests Mr. Elliot's plan 
            to sell a historic bench at the school. Jackson and Lauren 
            can't get anytime alone.

 Episode 1.39 (42): "The Winnie Show"            10/01/97
   writers:  Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller
            Winnie hosts a public access talkshow (and Jackson produces), 
            and Winnie quickly takes it 'tabloid', which causes friction 
            among the suitemates when Winnie exposes their secrets on the 
            air. Attempting to hypnotize Mr. Elliot, Lazz and Christian 
            accidentally hypnotize Miss Dupre, a situation they use to 
            their advantage once they realize what they've done.

 Episode 1.40 (43): "Goodbye, Mr. Phipps"        10/02/97
    writer:   Noah Taft
            Everyone's favorite teacher, Mr. Phipps (Alan Young), dies in 
            the middle of his 70th birthday party and it affects the 
            suitemates: Lazz decides to swear off meats, Ashley becomes 
            'germophobic', Jackson and Lauren decide to stop dating 
            exclusively, and Christian and Winnie decide to become much 
            *more* exclusive.

 Episode 1.41 (44): "Happy New Year"             12/31/97
    writers:  Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green
            It's the run-up to New Year's Eve: Christian has to go back to 
            Germany for New Year's and Winnie is not happy, so Christian 
            tries to appease her by arranging a date for her for the New 
            Year's party; Lazz saves Ashley's life, and she's indebted to 
            him, but he abuses her good graces; Jackson fails a Math 
            midterm, and so he cancels his New Year's party plans with 
            Lauren to study; and Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre disagree on the 
            arrangements for the New Year's party.

 Episode 1.42 (45): "Buddies"                    01/02/98
    writer:   Robert Tarlow
            Lazz and Christian take jobs at a record store, and their foxy 
            manager, Tina, starts making nice to Lazz, but her real 
            intended target is Christian. And when Christian tries to tell 
            Lazz that Tina is just using him, it threatens their 
            relationship as "good buddies". Meanwhile, Ashley, Winnie, 
            Lauren and Jackson become convinced that new faculty member, 
            Physics teacher Mr. Nash, is out to murder his wife, after some 
            compelling circumstantial evidence starts to accumulate.

 Episode 1.43 (46): "Lottery Fever"              01/05/98
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Ashley, Winnie, Lauren and Jackson buy a lottery ticket using 
            their birth dates for the numbers, and when those numbers turn 
            out to be the winning numbers, they proceed on a major buying 
            spree. But things get desperate when Ashley misplaces the 
            ticket. Meanwhile, Stan (Rocco Vienhage), the owner of the 
            record store, has bad news for Christian and Lazz: he's going 
            to let one of them go, and he will base his decision on their 
            performance for the week; a nasty competition ensues between 
            them.

 Episode 1.44 (47): "Date Auction"               01/06/98
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Winnie is organizing the Academy's charitable Date Auction, and 
            she gets Lazz, Jackson and Christian to participate. But she 
            seriously regrets it when her arch-rival, Denise Miller 
            (Mercedes McNab), outbids Winnie for a date with Christian. 
            Jackson is expecting a "special" evening when Lauren wins him, 
            but he's very disappointed. Ashley bids on her 'hunk of the 
            moment' (Scott Hamm), but doesn't make the point of getting to 
            know him first. And Lazz is bid upon by a heavy girl (Melissa 
            Taub), and he's not pleased... at least, not at first.

 Episode 1.45 (48): "Lazz's High Noon"           01/07/98
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            Lazz gets asked out by one of the Academy's most desirable 
            girls, Christine Good, but the others think that she is dating 
            Lazz just to get her on-again-off-again rugby captain 
            boyfriend, Chuck Melborne, jealous. Sure enough, when Chuck 
            discovers that Lazz is dating Christine, he calls him out for a 
            fight. Meanwhile, convinced that Jackson is insensitive, Lauren 
            demands that Jackson accompany the girls to one of Miss Dupre's 
            new "Emotional Awareness Seminars" (also new to the seminar: 
            Mr. Elliot!).

 Episode 1.46 (49): "Daddy's Little Girl"        01/08/98
    writer:   Robert Tarlow
            Winnie's father (Rick Fitts) comes to Paris, and Winnie is 
            worried because her Dad never likes her boyfriends. Indeed, 
            when Winnie steps away from the table during a lunch with her 
            father and Christian, Mr. Barnes tells Christian that he's not 
            good enough for his daughter, and tells Christian to break up 
            with Winnie, which Christian promptly does. Jackson and Lazz 
            challenge Lauren and Ashley to a little basketball sports 
            betting. Mr. Elliot lends Miss Dupre $3000, but it could end up 
            hurting their friendship.

 Episode 1.47 (50): "Breaking Up Is Hard 
                        to Do"                   01/09/98
    writer:   Noah Taft
            Lauren convices Jackson to go to the "Disco Dance" while she is 
            away visiting his father, and his experience at the dance (and 
            with a girl named Megan (Janelle Paradee)) causes him to 
            realize that he misses the single life, and that he may want to 
            break up with Lauren. Winnie, Christian and Lazz, and Mr. 
            Elliot compete to sell the most chocolate bars for charity (and 
            a sportscar prize). For Ethics Class, Ashley is the big sister 
            to her favorite ex-con, Mack (Pete Smith; the gang's cellmate 
            from episode 1.36), but is Mack truly reformed?...

 Episode 1.48 (51): "Culture Shock"              01/12/98
   writers:  Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller
            In a farcical outing: Lazz likes a sophisticated girl named 
            Lydia (Zoe Adnopoz) who likes art and opera, so Jackson and 
            Christian help Lazz pretend to be a sophisticated in the same 
            subjects to get a date with her; terrible painter Lauren 
            submits a painting rejected by Ashley (who is a good painter) 
            as her own for an art project; without consciously realizing 
            it, Mr. Elliot keeps painting Miss Dupre in all of his 
            paintings!

 Episode 1.49 (52): "The Hospital"               01/13/98
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            When Ashley thinks that Lazz has swallowed her antique ring, 
            she and the boys drag him down to the hospital where he's held 
            for observation. At the hospital, Jackson hits it off with a 
            French nurse named Babette (Leslie Danon), while Ashley 
            volunteers as a candy stripper. Lauren and Winnie engage in a 
            competition to see who can best decorate Mr. Elliot's office 
            for their "Interior Design" project; but will conservative 
            Mr. Elliot approve of either of the sassy girls' decoration 
            designs?

 Episode 1.50 (33): "Jackson Moves Out"          01/14/98
    writer:   Robert Tarlow
            Jackson and the other suitemates have a 'falling out' over 
            Jackson's monopolization of the common room for his dates, so, 
            in a 'huff', Jackson moves out. Concerned that Miss Dupre is 
            lonely, the girls take out a personal ad in the paper for her, 
            while Mr. Elliot decides to do the same after Lazz admits to 
            sending in his own personal ads to the paper.

 Episode 1.51 (34): "The U.F.O."                 01/15/98
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            Shades of "The Laithe of Heaven": Lazz has a series of dreams 
            which all seem to come true, and his latest dream involves 
            Winnie getting abducted by a U.F.O. on top of the Eiffel Tower 
            at 9:00 pm, but Winnie doesn't believe it. Meanwhile, Lauren's 
            latest date is a fellow student, British soccer player Stuart 
            Tait (Thomas Newton), but he is taken off the soccer team after 
            doing poorly on one of Miss Dupre's Chemistry tests. Soon 
            enough, Stuart is dating Headmaster's daughter Ashley, causing 
            conflict between Lauren and Ashley, that is, until Lauren 
            determines Stuart's real motives.

 Episode 1.52 (35): "Jackson's New Manager"      01/16/98
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Still without a steady manager, Lazz offers to be Jackson's 
            manager, and Lazz actually gets Jackson a gig, but is it the 
            kind of gig Jackson wants? With the help of Lauren and Ashley, 
            Christian tries to throw Winnie a surprise anniversary party, 
            but Christian's odd behavior causes Winnie to suspect he's up 
            to no good. Mr. Elliot gets a beautiful musical box for his 
            mother, but, when she sees it, Miss Dupre assumes it's a 
            present for her, and she walks off with it before Mr. Elliot 
            can stop her.

 Episode 1.53 (53?): "She's the Boss"            04/06/98
    writers:  Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green
            At the music store, owner Stan (Rocco Vienhage) is looking for 
            a new manager, a position that Lazz and Christian are competing 
            for. But things take an unexpected turn when Winnie stops by 
            with some good ideas, and Stan hires her. But will Christian 
            and Lazz be able to tolerate Winnie's bossiness? Meanwhile, 
            Ashley, Lauren and Jackson find a diamond necklace at the Cafe, 
            and they decide to keep it for themselves, rather than looking 
            for the real owner.  [Copyright 1998.]

 Episode 1.54 (54?): "Lazz versus USA High"      04/07/98
    writers:  Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh
            The boys break into Mr. Elliot's office after hours to spy on 
            Miss Dupre, and Lazz falls out the window and injures himself. 
            So what does Lazz do? He sues the school for damages in the 
            amount of $5000! Winnie gets a job in a dress shop, and she 
            foolishly bends the rules and lets Lauren borrow one of the 
            dresses for an important party.

 Episode 1.55 (55?): "Jackson's Best Bud"        04/08/98
    writers:  Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Jackson's best friend from California, Cliff (Richie Varga), 
            visits, and he and Lauren hit it off, which Jackson doesn't 
            have a problem with, until it comes between him and a chance 
            to see the Rolling Stones in concert. Meanwhile, Lazz 
            accidentally orders a large amount of goods from a shady 
            character named Guido (Jim Giannini), which he, Christian, 
            Winnie and Ashley have to sell in order to pay Guido back. 
            The problem? Mr. Elliot has already banned the gang from any 
            "schemes, scams or money making ventures"!

 Episode 1.56 (58?): "Ashley's American Cousin"  04/13/98
    writers:  Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Ashley's American cousin Alexis (played by some actress 
            named Kristen Miller!) comes to visit the Academy and 
            immediately hits it off with Lauren and Winnie, which leaves 
            poor Ashley feeling left out and unappreciated. The boys 
            try and find a World Record to break to win a cash prize.

 Episode 1.57 (59?): "Jackson's Dilemma"         04/14/98
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            Knowing that he'll bungle it if he tries, Lazz asks Jackson to 
            ask out the girl Lazz likes named Kirstie (Christie Woods) for 
            him. But when Jackson asks Kirstie out, she thinks that 
            Jackson is asking her out himself, which causes the inevitable 
            fallout with Lazz. Meanwhile, when the Queen of Britain (Pamela 
            Kosh) visits Paris, Ashley is excited at the prospect of seeing 
            her idol, the Queen, but misses her chance because of Winnie 
            and Lauren. So when the Queen stops by Winnie's shop, Winnie 
            and Lauren arrange for the Queen to meet Ashley, but Ashley 
            doesn't believe it's the real Queen and behaves badly.

 Episode 1.58 (60?): "Winnie's Brother"          04/15/98
    writers:  Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            Winnie gets a surprise visit from her little brother Anthony 
            ("City Guys'" Wesley Jonathan) who lives with her parents in 
            Saudi Arabia. The surprise? Anthony has dropped out of school 
            to pursue a career in acting. Meanwhile, Mr. Elliot has 
            completed pilot training, and offers to take Miss Dupre, 
            Ashley, Lauren, Jackson and Lazz up in the plane with him, but 
            Lazz is afraid of small planes. And he has reason to be, when 
            Mr. Elliot gets knocked unconscious mid-flight, leaving Lazz 
            and the others in the air without a pilot.

 Episode 1.59 (61?): "My Hero"                   04/17/98
    writer:   Paul Dell & Steve Weiss
            Winnie and Christian are victims of an attempted mugging, but 
            Winnie kicks the mugger's butt. The problem is, everyone at 
            school assumes that Christian drove off the mugger, a story he 
            doesn't try to correct, but the truth eventually comes out and 
            Christian's reputation is ruined. Ashley finds part of a 
            treasure map in the girl's room, and Lauren wants in on the 
            search for the $5000 treasure. When another part of the map 
            is found in the boy's room, Jackson and Lazz want in on the 
            treasure hunt too, leading to a mad search around the school 
            for more clues, a quest that eventually draws in Mr. Elliot.

 Episode 1.60 (56?): "Everybody Loves Raphael"   04/21/98
    writer:   Noah Taft
            The Academy gets a new soccer coach, famous Brazilian soccer 
            star Raphael Banderas (Mario Lopez), who is injured and cannot 
            play soccer. Needless to say, the girls (even Miss Dupre!) 
            develop serious crushes on Raphael which causes the usual 
            rivalry to develop. And the boys scheme to steal some of 
            Raphael's personal belongings to sell to his legion of fans at 
            an auction. 

 Episode 1.61 (57?): "Raphael's Proposal"        04/22/98
    writer:   Robert Tarlow
            Having been dating for some time (a situation that is causing 
            much jealousy from Mr. Elliot!), Raphael (Mario Lopez) meets 
            Miss Dupre in the halls of the school and announces that he 
            needs to talk to her about "a matter that affects both their 
            lives", and the eavesdropping girls are convinced that this 
            means Raphael is going to propose to Miss Dupre. Meanwhile, the 
            boys all try out for a single spot on the Raphael's soccer 
            team, but Jackson and Christian don't think Lazz has much of 
            a chance.

 Episode 1.62 (62?): "Big Lazz on Campus"        06/08/98
    writers:  Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller
            Lazz's mother, Lucy Lazzarini (Carol Ann Susi), visits Lazz 
            and, attempting to impress her, Lazz gets everyone to convince 
            his mother that he's the most popular man at the Academy, a 
            ruse that includes convincing his mother that Winnie... uh, 
            that is "Chiquita", is Lazz's girlfriend! Meanwhile, Jackson 
            and Lauren wager over who can get Ashley the better date for 
            the Spring Dance, but things get out of control. 

 Episode 1.63 (63?): "Lauren's Sister"           06/09/98
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            Lauren's sister, Maggie (Amy Weber), visits Paris from her 
            "study at sea", and the competitive sisters begin their rivalry 
            anew, and things get out of hand when Maggie kisses Jackson, 
            prompting Lauren to decide that she wants him back (mostly just 
            to show up her sister). But who will Jackson choose. Meanwhile, 
            Lazz and Christian take their love of wood shop to far, while 
            Mr. Elliot substitutes in as wood shop teacher (and he's not 
            very good...) 
            [Part 1 of 2: This saga continues (and ends) with episode 1.73, 
            "Jackson's Choice".]

 Episode 1.64 (64?): "Mother's Day"              06/10/98
    writer:   Robert Tarlow
            After years of separation (doing international charity work), 
            Jackson's Mother shows up in Paris seeking a renewed 
            relationship with him, but Jackson isn't interested, at least 
            not at first. After Lazz obtains some cheap exercise equipment, 
            the rest of the gang turns their room into an exercise club 
            (which can be joined for a nominal fee!), and eventually add a 
            hot tub, despite the fact that Mr. Elliot told them to lay off 
            on their usual schemes during a spot inspection by the local 
            school inspector.

 Episode 1.65 (65?): "Goodbye Christian"         08/03/98
    writer:   Brad Walsh & Paul Corrigan
            Christian's parents tell him that they cannot afford his 
            tuition any longer, so unless Christian can get a job he'll 
            have to leave the Academy. But Christian gets fired from all 
            his jobs, which leads Lazz to come up with a plan: a male strip 
            show to raise money for Christian's tuition (a la "The Full 
            Monty"). Meanwhile, Miss Dupre ropes the girls into doing a 
            Student Crisis Hotline for their Student Service project, which 
            Winnie and Lauren excel at, but which Ashley (as usual!) is 
            terrible at. But Ashley gets another chance to help a teacher 
            (Victoria Hoffman) out of a crisis. 'babe': Cerina Vincent.

 Episode 1.66 (66?): "Jackson's Idol"            08/04/98
    writer:   Ron Solomon
            Jackson's musical idol, "Bird Dog" Hampton (Kevin P. 
            Stillwell), is in town, and Jackson is really excited when 
            "Bird Dog" shows an interest in his music. But his excitement 
            turns to disgust when he discovers that "Bird Dog" has 
            stolen one of Jackson's songs and claimed it as his own. 
            (Note: This storyline is straight out of the "California 
            Dreams" episode #4.5, "Fallen Idol".) Meanwhile, it's the 
            girls vs. Christian and Lazz for the $500 prize for the best 
            'futuristic' invention for the Academy's 21st Century Fair.

 Episode 1.67 (67?): "A Star Is Born"            08/05/98
    writer:   ????
            Jackson is really jealous when a music producer named Mark 
            Stevens (Eric Gustavson) gives *Ashley* a recording deal and 
            promises to make her a singing star. But is the producer 
            interested in Ashley's singing, or in Ashley? Meanwhile, 
            it's the boys vs. the girls in a karate challenge.

 Episode 1.68 (68?): "Christian's Big Lie"       08/06/98
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Christian is set to go to the Paris Jazz Festival with Winnie, 
            but Jackson and Lazz want him to go to the European Soccer 
            Championship game in Brussels instead. So Christian lies to 
            Winnie and tells her a story about having to go to Germany 
            to visit his injured uncle. But will his conscience hold up? 
            Meanwhile, Ashley is so good at making fat-free cheesecakes 
            that she and Lauren go into the business of making and selling 
            them. Phil: Peter Rocca.

 Episode 1.69 (69?): "The Breakfast Club"        08/07/98
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Called into Mr. Elliot's office by Miss Dupre and Elliot, the 
            gang cop to their latest scam (a petting zoo in the cafeteria), 
            and are sentenced to 'restriction' in Mr. Elliot's office where 
            they reminisce about all the crazy stunts and schemes they've 
            pulled over the last year.  [A retrospective episode.]

 Episode 1.70 (70?): "From Russia With Love"     08/10/98
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            Lazz is excited because he's about to receive an order of 
            fresh meat, but he's even more excited when he gets the wrong 
            package: a Russian mail-order bride by the name of Nadia 
            (Jolie Jenkins). Sure enough, Lazz falls hard enough for 
            Nadia to propose, but are her motives pure and is he ready? 
            Meanwhile, fed up by skyrocketing prices at Cafe USA, the 
            girls start their own coffee house, which includes floor 
            music from Ashley, and poetry from Mr. Elliot!

 Episode 1.71 (71?): "Fraulein Winnie"           08/11/98
    writers:  Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green
            Winnie is really hoping to impress Christian's parents 
            (Kai Wulff, Ruth Olafsdottir) their visit to Paris, but she 
            begins to worry that she won't impress them after they 
            arrive, and Christian reveals that his parents only speak 
            German (and Chinese!). So Lauren and Ashley try to help 
            Winnie out of her predicament. Meanwhile, Jackson and Lazz 
            attempt to scam the "Have a Dream" charity out of a free 
            trip to Hawaii.

 Episode 1.72 (72?): "Kisses, Lies & Videotape"  08/12/98
    writer:   Noah Taft
            The gang has to do a final video project for Miss Dupre's Film 
            class, so Jackson and Lazz plan a video interview the famous 
            'Paris cave couple', Ashley plans to do a video on Mr. Elliot, 
            Winnie wants to do a video of people's 'true confessions', and 
            Christian and Lauren decide to do an exercise video. But in the 
            course of their project, Christian and Lauren kiss. Will they 
            confess when Winnie films them? And will she kill them?!

 Episode 1.73 (73?): "Jackson's Choice"          08/13/98
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            Jackson has finally made a CD, which the gang volunteers to 
            publicize it, and it finally seems like Jackson is on the verge 
            of achieving his dreams. But, at the same time, the break is 
            over for Lauren's little sister, and Jackson's new girlfriend, 
            Maggie (Amy Weber), who must return to her study at sea. Will 
            Jackson let Maggie go back without him, or will he give up his 
            dream of music success to join Maggie in study at sea? 
            Lance: Rob Farrior.  Stan: Rocco Vienhage.
            [Part 2 of 2: This is the conclusion to what took place in 
            episode 1.63, "Lauren's Sister".]

 Episode 1.74 (??): "The Reunion"               08/14/98
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            The gang returns to the Academy for their 25 year reunion, and 
            they've all turned out successful: Lazz is the "Weenie King" of 
            the East Coast, Winnie and Christian are husband-and-wife 
            therapists (and self-help authors!), Ashley is a TV network 
            executive(!), Jackson is a rock star, and Lauren is now the 
            owner of Cafe USA. While the gang get to know each other again, 
            they reminisce about old times.  [A retrospective episode.]  
            [Author's Note (06/13/99): Where's Excess?! I guess he must 
             have let the gang know beforehand that he couldn't make the 
             reunion because they sure didn't seem to be expecting him 
             there!]
            [Copyright 1997! (This is obviously an much older episode, and 
             must fit in somewhere between episode 1.18 and episode 1.53, 
             probably around 1.50-1.52, the other Barnhart-helmed ep's.)]

 Episode 1.75 (75?): "Goodbye Lazz"             11/13/98
    writer:   Noah Taft
            Just as Lazz and Ashley are finally getting together as a 
            dating couple, Mrs. Lazzarini (Carol Ann Susi) visits with 
            some stunning news: she and Lazz's father have quit the 
            Ice Show so that they can finally settle down in Brooklyn and 
            manage an ice rink, and they want Lazz to come home and live 
            with them. But Lazz is torn, will he choose a real home life 
            with his family, or will he choose to stay with his friends 
            and his new romance with Ashley? Meanwhile, Winnie, Lauren, 
            Christian and Jackson accompany Mr. Elliot to an auction 
            where they bid up the gift that Mr. Elliot wants to get for 
            Miss Dupre, a gift which they eventually break and have to 
            scramble to replace.
            [NOTE: This episode actually aired later in November, 1998, 
            along with the new season #2 (post-James Madio) episodes.]


2.4)  The Cast & Episode Guide for USA High: SEASON TWO

 USA High "season two" cast:
   Jackson Green          -Josh Holland
   Lauren Fontaine        -Elena Lyons
   Christian Mueller      -Thomas Magiar
   Winnie Sue Barnes      -Marquita Terry
   Ashley Elliot          -Kristen Miller
   Dwane "Excess" Wilson  -William James Jones
   Miss Gabrielle Dupre   -Angela Visser
   Headmaster 
     Patrick Elliot       -Nicholas Guest

 Episode 2.1 (76?): "The Gang, a Guy and 
                        a Bakery"               11/16/98
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Jackson and Christian take jobs at a bakery working for the 
            owner (Milton James), and soon run across an obnoxious 
            customer. But imagine their shock when that obnoxious customer 
            turns out to be The Academy's newest student, Dwane "Excess" 
            Wilson (William James Jones) and their new roommate. And it 
            doesn't take long before "Excess" has all of the suitemates 
            against him. Meanwhile, Ashley tries to train a dog for money.

 Episode 2.2 (77?): "Jackson's Assistant"       11/17/98
    writer:   Robert Tarlow
            At the bakery, Jackson and Christian must hire a new 
            assistant, and after several applicants, Jackson hires a cute 
            blonde by the name of Alicia (Jennifer Lothrop). But as soon 
            as she's hired, she and Jackson strike up a romance leaving 
            Christian with all the work. Meanwhile, "Excess" starts up a 
            side-business doing party entertainment for tots, a business 
            lucrative enough to entice the girls into joining "Excess's" 
            enterprise.  Monsieur LaRue: Milton James.

 Episode 2.3 (78?): "The Gang Gets A Car"       11/18/98
    writer:   Troy Searer
            When "Excess" suggests that they go in on a car together, 
            Jackson, Ashley, Winnie and Christian love the idea, but 
            they hate the beat-up car "Excess" eventually buys. But 
            they're singing a different tune when "Excess" fixes up the 
            car, especially after a joy ride with Ashley behind the wheel 
            bangs up the car "Excess" has poured hours of work into. 
            Meanwhile, Lauren dates a coworker named Kevin, whom she likes 
            a lot, but who seems to be keeping secrets from her.

 Episode 2.4 (79?): "I Want My MTV!"            11/19/98
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            "Excess" applies to be a V.J., his dream job, but when he 
            gets the gig, it goes to his head. Meanwhile, the gang's 
            fortune cookie fortunes are all coming true except for 
            Ashley's, who's fortune says she will meet somebody famous. 
            Susan Olsen: as herself.

 Episode 2.5 (80?): "Excess's Ex"               11/20/98
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            "Excess's" ex-girlfriend, Liza (Marisa Ramirez), visits 
            Paris, and she plans to tell "Excess", once and for all, 
            that she is not interested in him. But before she gets the 
            chance, she meets Jackson and kisses him, something that 
            could imperil Jackson's friendship with "Excess", if "Excess" 
            finds out. A substitute teacher named Prof. Judith Maxwell 
            (Stacie Foster) shows an interest in Mr. Elliot, and Miss Dupre 
            can barely contain her jealousy. Ashley, Lauren, Winnie and 
            Christian take a road trip, and a flat tire leads to an 
            adventure for the four at a French countryside farm house 
            and with its owners.

 Episode 2.6 (81?): "Winnie Wear"               12/28/98 (5:00 pm)
    writer:   Troy Searer
            Winnie tells fashion designer Claude Perrier (Philippe Durand) 
            what she really thinks of his designs, and Fifi (Nina Mann) 
            fires Winnie from the boutique as a result. But Claude decides 
            that he agrees with Winnie and hires her, and (where have we 
            heard this before?) the job goes to her head. Meanwhile, 
            hijinks on the roof lead to Ashley accidentally knocking a 
            bottle off the roof, and she and the gang become convinced that 
            the result is the death of the Sultan of Bangistan.

 Episode 2.7 (82?): "Jackson The Brain"         12/28/98 (5:30 pm)
    writers:  Bill Marich & Rich Ross
            Lauren, who is the best in the school in science, helps Jackson 
            study for an important science exam, and he ends up getting the 
            highest grade on the exam which allows him to take part in the 
            championship science tournament, the same tournament that 
            Lauren had high hopes of competing in herself. Christian, 
            Excess, Winnie and Ashley get competitive with bowling.

 Episode 2.8 (83?): "For the Love of Ashley"    12/29/98 (5:00 pm)
    writer:   Mark Scherzer
            The girls tell Ashley that her crafts partner, Excess, has a 
            crush on her, but Ashley doesn't believe them... until Excess 
            kisses her. The problem is, Ashley doesn't share Excess' 
            feelings and just wants to remain friends, but can't bring 
            herself to tell Excess. Winnie, Lauren, Christian and Jackson 
            want to 'stage' an entry for "Paris' Funniest Home Videos", but 
            they accidentally sent a tape of Mr. Elliot singing in the 
            shower instead.

 Episode 2.9 (84?): "Cinder-Ashley"             12/29/98 (5:30 pm)
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            Ashley doesn't have a date for a big dance, and wishes that a 
            new guy named Tom Prince (Nick Cornish) would ask her, but he 
            never does. So, on the night of the big dance, she falls asleep 
            and dreams she's 'Cinder-Ashley', who lives as a servant girl 
            for her two step sisters Winnistasia and Laurzella; and things 
            in her version of the tale don't go nearly as well as they do 
            in 'Cinderella's' version. Meanwhile, Christian is being 
            unromantic.

 Episode 2.10 (85?): "Hands Off My Christian"   12/30/98 (5:00 pm)
    writer:   Mark Scherzer
            Winnie is given the assignment of showing around a new student 
            by the name of Renee (Alicia Leigh Willis), but Christian is 
            put in a real bind when Renne starts making passes at him. 
            Meanwhile, a new rival American restaurant named Pete's 
            American Dinner, and run by a shady character named Pete 
            (Matt McKenzie), is threatening the business of Cafe USA.

 Episode 2.11 (86?): "The Blind Date"           12/30/98 (5:30 pm)
    writer:   Troy Searer
            "Excess'" father sets him on a blind date with a fellow 
            diplomat's daughter by the name of Tyra (Jasmin Lewis), and he 
            wants to avoid the blind date at all costs, so Jackson and 
            Christian some up with a scheme to get Dwane's out of it. But 
            "Excess" comes to regret that when he sees Tyra in person. 
            Ashley starts to write a novel (in installments for the school 
            paper), and she bases her novel on her two roommates and her 
            life at the Academy. But her later chapter's unflattering 
            portrayals of her roommates (and Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre!) 
            could cost her Lauren's and Winnie's friendships.

 Episode 2.12 (87?): "Hey Big Spender"          12/31/98 (5:00 pm)
    writer:   Mark Scherzer
            Lauren's dating a rich guy named Darren (John William 
            Stevenson), and Jackson and "Excess" point out that she's 
            dating him because he's rich and she gets her stuff. But they 
            try to talk Lauren out of breaking up with Darren when Jackson 
            and "Excess" start to share in the bounty. Christian forgets 
            about Winnie's birthday, so Ashley helps Christian get Winnie 
            a gift. Mr. Elliot gets sick before his first official date 
            with Miss Dupre.

 Episode 2.13 (88?): "Lights, Camera, Jackson"  12/31/98 (5:30 pm)
    writer:   Mark Scherzer
            Jackson gets positive feedback from a talent scout (Paul 
            Glausen) from a "Star Search" type show, and is told to submit 
            a video to the show. So "Excess" helps him get famous video 
            director Joey Avalon (Leroy Edwards III) to do Jackson's video, 
            until the antics of Christian, "Excess", Ashley and especially 
            Winnie drive the director away, leaving Jackson high and dry. 
            Meanwhile, Lauren starts dating her secret admirer, a short 
            guy named Larry (Jason Pace); but can she handle being taller 
            than her boyfriend? 

 Episode 2.14 (89?): "Christian's Scholarship"  03/29/99 
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            Winnie gets depressed at the prospect of her and Christian 
            going to different colleges, a circumstance that may become 
            reality when Christian is offered a full basketball scholarship 
            to UCLA. Jackson, Excess, Lauren and Ashley get themselves 
            chosen as the next subject of the docudrama "Real Life", but 
            the show's producer, Kerry Hollywood (Ria Pavia), thinks 
            the gang is boring, so she sets out to make things more 
            interesting. 

 Episode 2.15 (90?): "It's a Wonderful Life"    03/30/99 
    writer:   Rob Hammersley
            Jackson is stumped by the essay question on his application 
            to the Julliard School of Music: he must write 10 pages on his 
            "greatest High School accomplishment", and he has only one 
            night to finish it. So Jackson and the gang (including a quick 
            visit by Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre) hash over his time at 
            The American Academy to see if they can help him come up with 
            the answer. And while they do, they remember the great times 
            they had senior year.  [A retrospective episode.] 
            [Copyright 1999.]

 Episode 2.16 (91?): "Good Sports"              03/31/99 
    writer:   Troy Searer
            The girls are forced to make up the guy classes they've been 
            skipping by passing a gymnastics course taught by Mr. MacAfee 
            (Loren Freeman). But when they are asked to grade themselves 
            on the 'honors system', they take the easy way out, which leads 
            to complications when MacAfee thinks the girls are good enough 
            to compete against a rival team. Mr. Elliot has finally worked 
            up the nerve to ask the fair Gabrielle Dupre to marry him, but 
            every time he tries to 'pop' the question, he is interrupted.

 Episode 2.17 (??): "Psych 101"                 06/07/99 
    writer:   Bill Marich & Rich Ross
            Having done well in her psych class, Ashley starts doling 
            out psychological advice to her friends, which initially 
            convinces Lauren to successfully ask for a raise from her boss 
            Ted (Peter Rocca), and leads to a better relationship between 
            Winnie and Christian. But Ashley doesn't know when to stop, 
            and her advice soon leads to negative consequences for those 
            who listen to her. Meanwhile, Jackson's and Excess' latest 
            money making scam involves selling men's sweat pants and then 
            women's bikinis.  [Copyright 1998! This episode must be older 
            than the other episodes shown in recent batches.]

 Episode 2.18 (93?): "The Wedding"              06/08/99 
    writer:   Bill Marich & Rich Ross
            Mr. Elliot and Miss Dupre have finally settled on a wedding 
            day, and they ask the gang to be the bridesmaids and groomsmen. 
            But before the day of the wedding, two things threaten their 
            tying the knot. First, Ashley admits that she doesn't want 
            Mr. Elliot to get married again and wants to stop the wedding. 
            Then, the guys throw Mr. Elliot a bachelor party, and Elliot 
            finally loosens up! so much so that he takes off with a couple 
            of hula girls at the end of the party and goes missing! 
            Minister: Lewis Dauber.  [Copyright 1999.]

 Episode 2.19 (94?): "The Last Hurrah"          06/09/99 
    writer:   Bernie Ancheta
            The gang wants to throw one final 'blowout' party before 
            the end of senior year, but first they must convince Mr. Elliot 
            and the new Mrs. Elliot to take their honeymoon before 
            graduation, which (with some effort) they do. But Excess is so 
            worried about his interview with Mr. Smithee of Yale (the 
            college he *really* wants to get into), that's he's acting 
            like a jerk. So Winnie gets an actor friend to pretend to be 
            Mr. Smithee to play a joke on Excess. But things go terribly 
            wrong when the real Mr. Smithee (Charles Dougherty) turns up 
            during the gang's big weekend 'blowout' party, and Excess 
            assumes that the gang is playing another joke on him and treats 
            the real Smithee poorly. Can Excess save his chances of getting 
            into Yale?

 Episode 2.20 (95?): "Graduation Day"           06/10/99 
    writer:   Leslie Eberhard
            It's almost the end of the gang's time at The American Academy: 
            all they have to do to graduate is pass Mr. Peabody's 
            (Whitney Rydbeck) history final, and it's off to college 
            (Georgetown for Ashley, Arizona St. for Lauren, Julliard for 
            Jackson, and, as we learned in previous episodes, Yale for 
            Excess, UCLA for Christian and Oxford for Winnie). And the 
            proximity to graduation is making the gang act a little weird: 
            Christian keeps remarking how this or that is "the last time 
            we'll ever do [this]", Ashley is avoiding end-of-school 
            activities, and Jackson decides that he loves Lauren after all 
            and kisses her! But, soon after, Mr. (and Mrs.!) Elliot inform 
            the gang that none of them passed Mr. Peabody's exam, so 
            they're not even going to graduate!
               At this point, Lauren has second thoughts and decides to 
            not pursue things with Jackson. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang 
            soon figure out that Class Monitor Ashley has switched the 
            exams so that all of them would fail. When confronted (on the 
            Eiffel Tower), Ashley admits that she did switch the exams, so 
            she wouldn't have to say good-bye to any of her friends, and 
            begs for forgiveness (which she receives). As the rest of the 
            gang leaves the Eiffel Tower, Lauren decides to follow some 
            previous advice she got from Winnie to overcome her 
            reservations about a relationship with Jackson, and she admits 
            her feelings for him (at which point the two of them plan 
            decide to spend the summer together backpacking across Europe). 
               Finally, it's the graduation ceremony, and after a few 
            words from Mr. Elliot, and School Chancellor Engel (a.k.a. 
            series Co-Creator and Executive Producer Peter Engel), the 
            valedictorian is announced: Winnifred Sue Barnes! 
            (Unfortunately, Winnie forgot to prepare a speech!) Then, 
            the gang get their diplomas. 
               Finally, sitting in their rooms, the gang realize that its 
            all over, and have one final teary group hung. The six of them 
            then grab their bags and leave the common room, as Jackson 
            closes the common room door behind them, for the last time.
            THE END.



3.0)  ACTORS, MISCELLANEA AND TRIVIA

3.1)  Background on the Actors

Cast bios are from the USA network web site:

   http://www.usa-network.com/content/backlot/usahigh/usahigh.html


 3.1.1)  Josh Holland (Jackson Green)

   Holland was born in New York and raised in Los Angeles. He studied at 
   the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He has appeared in several 
   feature films, and has guest-starred in a couple of TV shows. His stage 
   credits include "Side Line" and "Decatur's Walk" at The Basement in 
   London. Holland is also a musician who enjoys writing songs and is 
   currently working on his first album. He has also competed in surfing 
   tournaments since high school.

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Tales From the Crypt (199?, HBO)
     Hang Time (1997, NBC; as Scott (in ep.: "Fuller's Rival"))
     Sabrina The Teenage Witch (1998, ABC)

   Movies: 
     Fatal Beauty (1987?)
     The Temp (1993; as Gary)
     Stephen King's Thinner (1996; as Frank Spurton)
     Dead Silence (1997 HBO cable TV Movie(?))
     Killers in the House (1998 USA network TV Movie; as Billy Dupree)


3.1.2)  Elena Lyons (Lauren Fontaine)

   Lyons is used to living in foreign lands, having grown up an army brat. 
   A native of New Orleans, Lyons graduated from a high school that also 
   boasts Harry Connick Jr. and the Marsalis brothers as alumni. Her 
   theatrical credits include roles in "Murder at the Howard Johnson's" and 
   "Father's Day." She enjoys working on cars. 

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Herman's Head (199?, FOX)
     Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993?, NBC)
     Bone Chillers (199?, FOX)

   Movies: 
     Search and Rescue (1994 NBC TV Movie (pilot))


3.1.3)  Thomas Magiar (Christian Mueller)

   Magiar was born in the tiny Bavarian town of Auerbach, Germany; he has 
   lived in Munich and Dusseldorf as a youth, and now makes his home in 
   Los Angeles. Magiar has done extensive print advertising and television 
   commercial work since being discovered three years ago by a photographer 
   while on vacation in Jamaica. His print work include ads for Banana 
   Republic, Armani Jeans, Levi's, Macy's and Sportswear International, in 
   such magazines as Vogue, YM, Mademoiselle, Esquire and Men's Fitness. He 
   enjoys riding his dirt bike, playing sports and studying martial arts.

   Ads: 
     "Revlon"
     "Diet Coke"
     "Reese's"
     "U.S. Army"
     "Cartier"
     "Boddington's Ale"


3.1.4)  Marquita Terry (Winnie Barnes)

   Terry, in addition to the work listed below, has also starred in 
   theatrical performances of "Grease" and "Much Ado About Nothing." In her 
   spare time, this Philadelphia native enjoys martial arts and painting.

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (199?, NBC)

   Movies: 
     You Must Remember This (1992 TV Movie; as Tamara)
     Ed McBain's 87 Precinct: Lightening (1995 NBC TV Movie; as Luella)


3.1.5)  James Madio (Bobby Lazzarini)

   Legitimately a New Yorker, Madio never entertained the idea of becoming 
   an actor when he was growing up in The Bronx. But at age 15, his father 
   introduced him to an agent who encouraged him to go on auditions. On his 
   first audition, Madio read for Steven Spielberg, for the film "Hook," 
   and was later hired by the award-winning director for a supporting role, 
   even though he had no experience. Madio went on to appear in a number of 
   other feature films, and has guest-starred in several TV shows. Now 
   living in Los Angeles, Madio enjoys playing sports and taking care of 
   his "very friendly" pit bull.

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Doogie Howser, M.D. (199?, ABC)
     Law & Order (1992, NBC; as Andy (in ep.: "Born Bad"))
     Blossom (1993, NBC; as Silvo (in ep.: "House Guests"))
     The Commish (199?, ABC)

   Ads: 
     "Nike" (1997)
     "Burger King" (1998)

   Movies: 
     Bloodbrothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story (1991)
     Hook (1991; as Don't Ask)
     Hero (1992; as Joey)
     Mac (1992; as young Mac)
     Every Good Boy (1994)
     The Basketball Diaries (1995; as Pedro)


3.1.6)  Kristen Miller (Ashley Elliot)

   Despite her British accent on "USA High," Miller was born and raised in 
   Manhattan Beach, CA, and spends her free time learning different styles 
   of dance and drama. Equipped with an opera trained voice, Miller has 
   starred in theatrical productions of "Mame," "Cabaret," "Charlotte's 
   Web," "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Working."

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Hope & Gloria (1995?, NBC)
     Malibu Shores (1996, NBC; as Martha Lewis (in eps.: "The Competitive 
        Edge", "The Road Not Taken", and "The Fall"))
     Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1995?, NBC 
        (in ep.: The Christmas Gift"))

   Movies: 
     Dog Watch (1996; as Naomi)


3.1.7)  Angela Visser (Ms. Gabrielle Dupre)

   Visser, who grew up in a small town in Holland with only two television 
   stations, never dreamed that she would be an actress. She studied for 
   years toward the goal of becoming a doctor, but she was sidetracked when 
   a group of friends convinced her to try out for the Miss Holland pageant 
   in 1989. After winning that title, Visser went on to compete in and then 
   *win* the 1989 Miss Universe title! After that, Visser was the Co-Host 
   of the Miss Universe Pageant for six straight years. During her year as 
   Miss Universe, she moved to Los Angeles and began doing some commercial 
   work. From there, Visser made her feature film debut in "Attack of the 
   Killer Tomatoes III" and also starred in "Spy Hard" with Leslie Nielsen. 
   She has extensive television credits as a guest star in numerious TV 
   shows.

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Harry and the Hendersons (199?, syndicated; as Ima, Brett's date)
     The Ben Stiller Show (1992, FOX)
     Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993, syndicated; as Melody (in ep.: "Code Name: 
        Million Dollar Ladies"))
     Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993, FOX (in eps.: "Moving Targets" and 
        "Somewhere in the World, It's Christmas"))
     Danger Theater (1993, FOX; as Darlene (in ep.: "Phantom of Fashion"))
     Baywatch (1994, syndicated; as Greta (in ep.: "Someone to Baywatch 
        Over You"))
     Blossom (1994, NBC; as Ethel, the mermaid (in ep.: "Beach Blanket 
        Blossom"))
     The Bold and The Beautiful (1994?)
     Wild Oats (1994?, FOX?; as Ingrid)
     Boy Meets World (1995, ABC; as Rebecca-Alexa (in ep.: "Train 
        of Fools"))
     Friends (1995, NBC; as Samantha (in ep.: "The One Where the Monkey 
        Gets Away"))
     Too Something (1995?, FOX; as model)

   Movies: 
     Hot Under the Collar (1991)
     Killer Tomatos Eat France (1991; aka "Attack of the Killer 
        Tomatoes III"; as Marie)
     Spy Hard (1996; as 'gorgeous blonde')


3.1.8)  Nicholas Guest (Headmaster Patrick Elliot)

   Although born in New York, Guest traveled frequently between New York 
   and London as a child and coincidentally, studied at the American 
   College of Paris. Guest's credits include an extensive array of feature 
   and TV films (shown below), and international stage work. His theatre 
   credits include "A Christmas Carol" at Fords' Theatre in Washington 
   D.C., "Family Business" at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, the summer 
   tour of "A Gingerbread Lady" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at New 
   York's Equity Theatre. 

   Nicholas is the younger brother of actor Christopher Guest ("Waiting for 
   Guffman", "This Is Spinal Tap"; and husband of Jamie Lee Curtis) and his 
   father, Peter Haden-Guest, was a member of Britain's House of Lords and 
   also worked for the United Nations in New York during Nicholas' 
   childhood. Guest and his wife, Pamela, reside in Los Angeles with their 
   three children, William, Julia and Elizabeth.

   TV appearances (1 or several episodes):
     Robins Hood's (1994, syndicated)
     Beverly Hills, 90210 (1995, FOX; as Ivan Trotz)
     Vanishing Son (1995, syndicated; as Roger 
        (in ep.: "Lock & Load Baby"))
     [probably others...]

   Movies: 
     The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978 TV Movie)
     The Bell Jar (1979; as "young man")
     The Long Riders (1980; as Bob Ford)
     Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (1980 TV Movie)
     A Small Killing (1981 TV Movie)
     Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982; as "Cadet")
     The Ambush Murders (1982 TV Movie; as "policeman")
     Trading Places (1983; as Harry)
     Cloak & Dagger (1984; as "Taxi Driver")
     North Beach and Rawhide (1985 TV Movie; as "Reverend")
     Children of a Lesser God (1986; as "announcer" (voice))
     The Ladies Club (1986; aka "The Violated"; as Larry)
     The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987 TV Movie; as Toby)
     Down Twisted (1987; as Brandy)
     Appointment With Death (1988; as Lennox Boynton)
     Bright Lights, Big City (1988; (additional voice))
     What Price Victory (1988 TV Movie; as Notkin)
     The Assassin (1989; as Lee Kohler)
     Criminal Act (1989) 
     National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989; aka 
        "Christmas Vacation"; as Todd Chester) 
     Dollman (1991; as Skyresh)
     The Grand Tour (1992 TV Movie; aka "Disaster in Time", 
        "Grand Tour: Disaster in Time", "Timescape"; as Spall)
     Chrome Soldiers (1992 TV Movie)
     Forever (1992; as Billy Baldwin)
     Unbecoming Age (1992; aka "The Magic Bubble"; as Dooley 
     Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993 TV Movie; as Lou)
     Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993; aka "Brainsmasher: 
        A Love Story"; as Smith)
     Danielle Steel's 'Message from Nam' (1993 TV Movie; 
        aka "Message from Nam"; as Tomlinson)
     The Joy Luck Club (1993; as "hairdresser")
     Knights (1993; as "farmer")
     My Daughter's Keeper (1993; aka "Au Pair"; as Max Simon)
     Nemesis (1993; as Germaine)
     Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994; as Casey Ford)
     Puppet Master 5 (1994; as Hendy)
     Rave Review (1994; as Matthew)
     Wind Dancer (1994; as Raymond Wallace)
     Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995; aka "The Killer"; (voice))
     Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving 
        (1995 straight-to-video movie; as Hyp's Father (voice))
     Night Hunter (1995; as Bruno Fischer)
     Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996; aka "Adrenalin"; as Rennard) 
     The Late Shift (1996 HBO cable TV Movie; as Robert Iger)
     Raven Hawk (1996 TV Movie; aka "Ravenhawk"; as Larson)
     Morella (1997; aka "The Cloning of Morella")


 3.1.9) William James Jones (Dwane "Excess" Wilson)

   See the Calfornia Dreams FAQ & Episode Guide for Jones' other credits.