The kids each must find a gladiator to represent their class in the school's stunt-filled quiz contest complete with pies in the face and a dunk tank.

Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.

Charles becomes infatuated with Trish (Susannah Woodside), a beautiful fashion model and the daughter of Walter's friend.

When Jamie enrolls in a modeling school, a suspicious Charles decides to investigate. He and Buddy enroll in order to expose the school as a fraud.

After Charles is devastated at being dumped by his girlfriend, Buddy fixes him up with Beth (Brenda Swanson), a female bodybuilder at his health club.

While Commander Powell is home, Sarah is arrested for protesting the nuclear weapons on her father's ship.

Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

Charles meets a new girl, Rebecca Stansbury on campus, who happens to be an art student.

What do you do when you want to go out, but you can't, because someone else is going out on a date that you aren't supposed to talk about.

Ellen's attractive, married cousin Joan Robinson comes to visit and puts the whammy on Charles.

Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.

Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.

Lieutenant Matty Whiteford comes to keep Ellen Powell and the kids company for a weekend.

Everyone in the Powell family wants something they-don't have, but someone else does.

Charles is mad at Buddy because Buddy sold him a cassette player which doesn't work.

Charles has to visit in town when his folks arrive for the weekend, so Buddy is placed in charge of the Powell kids.

Charles' first love returns

In the second of a two part series, Gwendolyn Pierce tells Charles she will consider his proposal.

Ever have one of those days when you can't win for losing? Well, Charles is having one of those days, and it's turning into a week.

When Charles is named Student of the Year, local newspaper reporter Pat Walker (Barbara Rhoades) arrives at the house to interview him.

Charles tries to end a feud between Walter and Lillian by giving them each a ticket to a swing music concert.

Charles is ecstatic when he scores an A on his English assignment, until he turns past the cover page and discovers Sarah's poem there by mistake.

When Sarah tries to get closer to a boy that she likes by inviting him over to study, she is upset when he pays more attention to Charles than her.

Adam studies Charles' dating techniques.

When Charles bumps his head, he begins acting strangely and calls himself Chaz.