1x1 - Metamorphosis

January 7, 1982

This fun and footloose series begins when Julie tries her best to fit in at the New York School for the Performing Arts, with a little bit of help from Doris and Montgomery.

1x2 - Passing Grade

January 14, 1982

Coco and Lydia vie for a part in a show. Danny wants to meet Johnny Carson and becomes a waiter.

1x3 - Tomorrow's Farewell

January 21, 1982

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

1x4 - Alone in a Crowd

January 28, 1982

Bruno is afraid of performing in public.

1x5 - To Soar and Never Falter

February 4, 1982

Bruno is in love with a dance major named Kathleen Murphy. When he is to write a piece of music for her, she performs for him and gets injured. It turns out that she has Multiple Sclerosis, and Miss Grant employs Leroy to help out Bruno. Unknowingly, the gang is helping Kathy to keep her audition.

1x6 - The Sell-Out

February 11, 1982

When Bruno's uncle buys him a new synthesizer, Bruno gets a job to buy new music. He is doing a song for his aunt, sho just had a baby. Meanwhile, Julie wonders why Coco is suddenly so rude to her while they are doing a very important number together.

1x7 - The Strike

February 18, 1982

The School Of The Arts is plagued by a teachers' strike. Coco is upset because she wasn't chosen for the part of Desdemona in the schools musical version of ""Othello"". Once the teachers go on strike though she decides that instead of being angry, and not be apart of the production, she organizes everything so that the show can go on without Miss Grant's help. Bruno feels he needs to have Mr. Shorofsky's opinion on the music for the show because he thinks it should have a different tempo and style to it. Because of the strike he can't get Mr. Shorofsky's opinion and goes with his instinct, which turns out to be for the best. Once Leroy was cast for the part of Othello, he was having problems speaking the way the script was written. So he asks for Miss Sherwood's help to make him speak the way Shakespeare was meant to be spoken, even from someone from the Bronx.

1x8 - Street Kid

February 25, 1982

Doris, while pretending to be a hooker, meets a real hooker named Tracy, and tries to help her out.

1x9 - But Seriously, Folks

March 4, 1982

Danny's father does not agree with his choice of being a comedian.

1x10 - Come One, Come All

March 11, 1982

A big star, Melinda MacNeil, is in town and everyone goes ga-ga, except Monty.

1x11 - The Crazies

March 18, 1982

Doris learns that sometimes honest is not always the best policy. When Shorofsky is hospitalized, Bruno realizes that he is important to his life.

1x12 - Exposé

March 25, 1982

When Julie gets replaced by a mannequin in a production number, she feels unimportant until a reporter threatens to do an expose on her.

1x13 - A Musical Bridge

April 1, 1982

Monty tries to get Bruno to cash in on his songwriting abilities.

1x14 - A Big Finish

April 15, 1982

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

1x15 - Reunions

April 29, 1982

Leroy wants his mother to come in for parents' day.

1x16 - A Special Place

May 6, 1982

Budget cutbacks prompts the School Board to fire one of the dance school's teachers.

Debbie Allen

Lydia Grant

Gene Anthony Ray

Leroy Johnson

Carlo Imperato

Danny Amatullo

Nia Peeples

Nicole Chapman

Jesse Borrego

Jesse Velasquez

Billy Hufsey

Christopher Donlon

Ann Nelson

Mrs. Berg

Carrie Hamilton

Reggie Higgins

Eric Pierpoint

Paul Seeger

Albert Hague

Benjamin Shorofsky

Michael Cerveris

Ian Ware

Loretta Chandler

Dusty Tyler

Graham Jarvis

Principal Dyrenforth

Elisa Heinsohn

Jillian Beckett