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The Best Episodes of Fame Season 2

Every episode of Fame Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fame Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Fame Season 2 Episode 19 - Not in Kansas Anymore
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    S2:E19

    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

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  2. Fame Season 2 Episode 6 - Beginnings
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    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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  3. Fame Season 2 Episode 21 - Help From My Friends
    7.1/10(42 votes)

    S2:E21

    After a series of school lockers are vandalized, Dwight finds a suicide note and Doris tries to enlist her friends in helping her find the note's author.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Fame Season 2 Episode 10 - Childhood's End
    7.0/10(41 votes)

    S2:E10

    When her grandmother dies, Coco questions her decision to become a performer. The kids attempt to find Julie's stolen cello.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Fame Season 2 Episode 11 - Homecoming
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    S2:E11

    Doris' draft dodging brother comes back and she tries to get him and her father to talk to each other. Lydia tries to sneak ballet moves into a jazz dance number when she discovers her old ballet teacher is coming to watch the performance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Fame Season 2 Episode 12 - A Tough Act to Follow
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    S2:E12

    Danny's grief over the death of Mr. Crandall threatens to cause his expulsion, but help comes from an unexpected source.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Fame Season 2 Episode 17 - Blood, Sweat and Circuits
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    S2:E17

    Bruno accepts a challenge from Miss Sherwood to try to create "art" from a computer and when the school acquires one, he's delighted, until he learns that the machine's purpose is to replace Mrs. Berg.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Fame Season 2 Episode 18 - Friendship Day
    6.9/10(30 votes)

    S2:E18

    Doris alienates her friends when she becomes obsessive over the planning of this year's "Friendship Day". Bruno's father and Julie's mother mistakenly believe that Bruno and Julie plan to have sex.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Fame Season 2 Episode 2 - Your Own Song
    6.8/10(43 votes)

    S2:E2

    Coco tries to get long with a learning disabled student.

    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fame Season 2 Episode 9 - Words
    6.8/10(35 votes)

    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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  11. Fame Season 2 Episode 15 - Sunshine Again
    6.8/10(36 votes)

    S2:E15

    Shorofsky and Bruno both promise a show's dress rehearsal to different people. Doris is worried that her grandmother may move into her parents' home.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Fame Season 2 Episode 16 - Love is the Question
    6.8/10(39 votes)

    S2:E16

    Troy Phillips falls in love with Julie. When they fall asleep studying, he tells everyone that they slept together but he didn't realize what he was telling everyone was being taken in the wrong way.(Inspiring Bruno's classic line, "You're supposed to be tutoring him on the joys of harmony, not sex!") A picture of Mr. Reardon is printed in a gossip tabloid magazine by a "so called" friend of Reardon's who will do anything to sell a story, even steal the photo from David.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Fame Season 2 Episode 1 - And the Winner Is...
    6.7/10(44 votes)

    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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  14. Fame Season 2 Episode 3 - Feelings
    6.7/10(40 votes)

    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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  15. Fame Season 2 Episode 7 - Solo Song
    6.7/10(39 votes)

    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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  16. Fame Season 2 Episode 13 - Relationships
    6.7/10(38 votes)

    S2:E13

    Doris falls in love with a singer she meets at a dance club where her, Bruno and Leroy go to observe the country western scene. They are looking to make a "unique" version of Romeo and Juliet for dance class. Bruno dates a 30 year old woman he meets at the same club. Sherwood meets someone through a dating service.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Fame Season 2 Episode 5 - Teachers
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    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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  18. Fame Season 2 Episode 14 - Star Quality
    6.6/10(32 votes)

    S2:E14

    Leroy befriends a boy who wants to be a dancer. After which, he learns that this boy's father was a rather famous dancer once. Leroy has to write a report for Sherwood and decides to write about the once famous dancer. Coco reacts to a small-time commercial actor who visits the school. She criticizes his ability as an actor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fame Season 2 Episode 22 - Ending on a High Note
    6.6/10(35 votes)

    S2:E22

    In order to appear in a show with a famous actor, Leroy and Danny become involved coaching a boys' choir in basketball.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Fame Season 2 Episode 8 - Winners
    6.5/10(37 votes)

    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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  21. Fame Season 2 Episode 20 - The Kids from Fame in Concert
    6.5/10(33 votes)

    S2:E20

    This episode is comprised of excerpts from the Kids from Fame live concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Fame Season 2 Episode 23 - U.N. Week
    6.5/10(36 votes)

    S2:E23

    Students from "a more academically prestigious" school visit the School of the Arts for U.N Week and act snobbishly towards the kids.

    Director:Mel Swope
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Fame Season 2 Episode 4 - Class Act
    6.4/10(39 votes)

    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Not in Kansas Anymore" is the best rated episode of "Fame" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Robert Scheerer and written by William Blinn, it aired on 2/24/1983. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Beginnings".