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The Best Episodes of Fame

Every episode of Fame ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fame!

An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a...
Genre:Drama

Best Episodes Summary

"Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore" is the best rated episode of "Fame". It scored 8.4/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/11/1987. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blizzard".

  • Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore
    8.4/1053 votes
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    #1 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1987

    When Mrs. Berg learns that her old lover is coming to visit her, realizing that her lie of running the school has come back to haunt her, the kids help her pose as school principal. Gordon, a squeamish animal-loving student has difficulty in Chemistry class with dissecting frogs so he and Reggie try to convince Mr. Dyrenforth to approve a simulation computer program that provides the ability for virtual dissection.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blizzard
    8.0/1024 votes
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    #2 - Blizzard

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1984

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Coco Returns
    7.9/1026 votes
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    #3 - Coco Returns

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1985

    A famous, retired director directs Coco in her first performance since returning to the School of the Arts to get a diploma.

    Director: Debbie Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Indian Summer
    7.8/1022 votes
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    #4 - Indian Summer

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1984

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

    Director: William F. Claxton

    Writer: N/A

  • Spontaneous Combustion
    7.8/1022 votes
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    #5 - Spontaneous Combustion

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1984

    Staff and students fight back after Sherwood is accidentally injured by kids dancing in the hallway, and the board of education responds by issuing a directive placing a ban on all singing and dancing in non-designated areas.

    Director: Michael A. Hoey

    Writer: N/A

  • The Monster That Devoured Las Vegas
    7.8/1027 votes
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    #6 - The Monster That Devoured Las Vegas

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1984

    An opening-night hex threatens Cassidy's directorial debut when Morloch inadvertently breaks a show-business dictum.

    Director: Allan Arkush

    Writer: N/A

  • Metamorphosis
    7.7/1091 votes
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    #7 - Metamorphosis

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1982

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll
    7.7/1027 votes
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    #8 - The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1984

    Comprised of excerpts from the second U.S. concert by "The Kids from Fame" paying tribute to the history of Rock 'N' Roll.

    Director: Walter C. Miller

    Writer: N/A

  • Czech Mate
    7.6/1021 votes
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    #9 - Czech Mate

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1984

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reflections
    7.5/1024 votes
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    #10 - Reflections

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1985

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

    Director: Valerie Landsburg

    Writer: N/A

  • A Special Place
    7.4/1050 votes
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    #11 - A Special Place

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/6/1982

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

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll II
    7.4/1021 votes
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    #12 - The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll II

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/26/1985

    This episode contains excerpts from the second half of the concert.

    Director: Walter C. Miller

    Writer: N/A

  • Reggie and Rose
    7.4/1015 votes
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    #13 - Reggie and Rose

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/1987

    After helping her out when she gets kicked out of her English class, Reggie's close friend and the cafeteria lady, Rose, joins the school of the arts under Reggie's suggestion but when asked to audition with Reggie for a summer stock company, Rose gives up on both the stock company and the school but rekindles her passion for performing.

    Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan

    Writer: N/A

  • The Crazies
    7.3/1049 votes
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    #14 - The Crazies

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/1982

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

    Director: Mel Swope

    Writer: N/A

  • Lisa's Song
    7.3/1023 votes
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    #15 - Lisa's Song

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/1984

    When Doris tries to get her classmates to do a production of the reputedly haunted play, "The Gypsy Queen," she and Miss Grant are convinced that they have seen a ghost. While trying to obtain a better understanding of the occult, they discover that Mrs. Berg is a "spirit medium."

    Director: Debbie Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Nothing Personal
    7.3/1021 votes
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    #16 - Nothing Personal

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1984

    Christopher writes a less-than-rave review of Cleo's debut as a lead dancer; Nicole and Jesse look for romance in the personal ads.

    Director: Debbie Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Not in Kansas Anymore
    7.2/1035 votes
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    #17 - Not in Kansas Anymore

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1983

    Doris is auditioning to star in a show. She falls and bumps her head and has an elaborate dream sequence in which she is on a quest to become a star. The school campus is set up with a ""yellow brick road"" path ""Dottie"" must follow and encounters several interesting characters (her fellow classmates in costume) along the way. Debbie Allen (the dance instructor/choreographer) plays the ""good witch"" and Mrs. Sherwood is the ""wicked witch.""

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: William Blinn

  • Go Softly Into Morning
    7.2/1022 votes
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    #18 - Go Softly Into Morning

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1987

    After an eventful party, Miss Grant is frustrated to learn that Danny and Nicole have not shown up for an important rehearsal. That frustration turns to grief when they learn that Nicole was killed while being driven home by a drunk driver, Mickey Garth. With the school grieving, Jesse takes it the worse vowing to kill Mickey.

    Director: Win Phelps

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby, Remember My Name
    7.2/1027 votes
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    #19 - Baby, Remember My Name

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/1987

    The school is trying its hands at its first video yearbook and with alumni week in session, Bruno, Coco, Doris, Montgomery, Holly, and Chris are interviewed for the video. Miss Grant recommends Leroy for a lead in the alumni week show which is to be choreographed by big-time graduate Michael Taftner but he is not convinced that Leroy can take on the part. When Chris is asked to be guest speaker for Mr. Seger's class, he lies about his success which the two but heads over.

    Director: Debbie Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • The Strike
    7.0/1054 votes
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    #20 - The Strike

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/1982

    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.

    Director: Thomas Carter

    Writer: N/A

  • Danny De Bergerac
    7.0/1017 votes
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    #21 - Danny De Bergerac

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1985

    Danny falls for Nicole while trying to smooth things between her and Jesse; Morloch gets a second chance with his college sweetheart.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • School is Out
    7.0/1020 votes
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    #22 - School is Out

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/25/1985

    As Summer vacation approaches, Jesse, Cleo and Nicole reminisce after Cleo reveals that she will not be returning to the School of the Arts in the fall.

    Director: Ken Ehrlich

    Writer: N/A

  • A Place to Belong
    7.0/1019 votes
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    #23 - A Place to Belong

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/1985

    New student, Dusty joins the school and feels particularly out of place. Leroy becomes Miss Grant's dance assistant. Chris and Danny prepare to play female roles in drama class.

    Director: Ray Danton

    Writer: N/A

  • All-Talking, All-Singing, All-Dancing
    7.0/1013 votes
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    #24 - All-Talking, All-Singing, All-Dancing

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1986

    Jesse presents his 30's-styled play to Mr. Dyrenforth who decides to fund the play with hopes of obtaining the prize money of $20,000 from the Kimble foundation. The board decides not to supply the funds but Lou Mackie donates the necessary production money. All is well until Nicole, who plays lead comes down with Laryngitis.

    Director: Win Phelps

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Kittens Go to High School
    7.0/1013 votes
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    #25 - Love Kittens Go to High School

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/1987

    The School of the Arts has been selected as the location for director Jeff Stave's new film "Kittens Go to High School." Appointed student assistant to Mr. Stave, Jillian falls for him but reality sets in and it becomes clear that they can't be together. Maxie Sharp, the lead actress in the film enrolls at the School of the Arts.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A