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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Fame Season 1 Episode 1 - Metamorphosis
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Metamorphosis

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Fame Season 1 Episode 2 - Passing Grade
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Passing Grade

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:William Blinn

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  3. Fame Season 1 Episode 3 - Tomorrow's Farewell
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Tomorrow's Farewell

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Fame Season 1 Episode 5 - To Soar and Never Falter
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - To Soar and Never Falter

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Fame Season 1 Episode 7 - The Strike
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Strike

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown

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  6. Fame Season 1 Episode 4 - Alone in a Crowd
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Alone in a Crowd

    S1:E4

    Bruno is afraid of performing in public.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Fame Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sell-Out
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Sell-Out

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Fame Season 1 Episode 8 - Street Kid
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Street Kid

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Fame Season 1 Episode 9 - But Seriously, Folks
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - But Seriously, Folks

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fame Season 1 Episode 10 - Come One, Come All
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Come One, Come All

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Fame Season 1 Episode 11 - The Crazies
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Crazies

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown

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  12. Fame Season 1 Episode 12 - Exposé
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Exposé

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Fame Season 1 Episode 13 - A Musical Bridge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - A Musical Bridge

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Fame Season 1 Episode 14 - A Big Finish
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - A Big Finish

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Fame Season 1 Episode 15 - Reunions
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Reunions

    S1:E15

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

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Fame Season 1 Episode 16 - A Special Place
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - A Special Place

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Fame Season 2 Episode 1 - And the Winner Is...
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - And the Winner Is...

    S2:E1

    Bruno's script is chosen to be produced by the school and he is given the chance to be a voice in the audition process. Unfortunately he can't make up his mind who is better and if someone isn't as good he (with his soft heart) feels the need to let the person try again, to give them that extra chance to get it right. All his friends are excited that he can choose who will star in it, because of course, they want it to be them. Things start to heat up after everyone finds out that Bruno cast himself in the lead. After which he enlists the help of Doris to teach him to ""act"". Doris begins to fall in love with Bruno.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Fame Season 2 Episode 2 - Your Own Song
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Your Own Song

    S2:E2

    Coco tries to get long with a learning disabled student.

    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fame Season 2 Episode 3 - Feelings
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Feelings

    S2:E3

    Julie's dad is getting remarried, and Julie does not like it one bit. Also, Leroy tries out for a touring dance troupe.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Fame Season 2 Episode 4 - Class Act
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Class Act

    S2:E4

    A guest speaker to the school becomes sweet upon Lydia, and gives the kids an assignment so he can come back to see her. He takes her out but she's not impressed by his flashy lifestyle, and is even less so when he criticizes the work the kids do for the assignment, and is especially tough on Leroy. He also criticizes the education they receive at the school. Shorofsky teaches Bruno how to conduct.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Fame Season 2 Episode 5 - Teachers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Teachers

    S2:E5

    When Bruno gets the chance to audition for Julliard, he finds himself caught between the desires of his father and Shorofsky. Shorofsky feels that Bruno isn't ready for Julliard yet. During the audition, Bruno chooses to play his mother's favorite song instead of the piece he originally chose, even though he knew it would destroy his chances of being accepted to Julliard.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Fame Season 2 Episode 6 - Beginnings
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Beginnings

    S2:E6

    The kids suspect the ballet teacher is prejudiced against black students. They protest by stopping whatever they are doing and standing silent. It isn't til Miss Grant talks with this teacher that they know for sure that she feels black dancers don't have what it takes to be great. She is shown how wrong she's been during a performance by Stephanie. Bruno must escort a young musical prodigee around the school.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Fame Season 2 Episode 7 - Solo Song
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Solo Song

    S2:E7

    Lydia teaches a blind substitute teacher to dance. Doris developes a crush on the substitute teacher, Jim Hamilton.

    Director:Mel Swope
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Fame Season 2 Episode 8 - Winners
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Winners

    S2:E8

    Coco tries to impress a producer with an audition in a diner. She manages to get a screen test, and tells the gang it all went well. Later she comes clean and admits she was terrible. Doris tries to loose weight and be perfect (like Coco) and collapses in Miss Sherwood's class. In telling Doris the truth about her screen test, Coco manages to come to terms with herself.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Fame Season 2 Episode 9 - Words
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Words

    S2:E9

    Sherwood discovers that her favorite student has a father who censors the books she is given to read. Because he will be leaving soon, Coco's boyfriend pressures her to have sex with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Metamorphosis" is the best rated episode of "Fame". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/1982. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Passing Grade".