Russell Jerome Winslow1978 - 1996 Tia has not been able to accept R.J.'s death six months ago, and is relying more and more heavily on Jamie. Jamie loves Tia, but is terrified she'll find out that he slept with Kim the night R.J. died. Rachael is initially fired by Neill after lying on her resume, but he later takes pity on her and hires her back.

Kevin starts film school, but is soon disillusioned by the narrow-minded attitudes of the other students and the professor. Carol is astounded when she takes a temp job to pay her rent and realises that her boss is the last of the great male chauvinists. Rachel and Sheri search for a place, but soon realise it isn't that easy.

Mick and Jamie meet at the casual labor lineup, and both are hired by Red, a man who salvages houses professionally. Derek's dad has a stroke, and Derek makes the decision to put his dreams aside to run the business.

While working at a community cable station, Kevin convinces the manager to let him shoot a documentary on street kids. Sheri and Rachael are creeped out by their basement roommate Larry.

Jamie is trying to get things together, but his father has cut him out of his life, and when he asks Rachael to put in a good word for him with Neill, she shuts him down, still not over their one-night-stand in high-school. Carol lends her first solo recording to an office co-worker who lands her a gig at The Sunspot, one of the hottest clubs in town -- Beth is angry and jealous, but Mick supports his former girlfriend. Rachael is upset when Neill starts talking about Fran, and she finds out that Fran is his on-again off-again fianc‚e.

Rachael decides to 'save' street kid Clover by offering her a job at LavaLand, but Clover's street friends keep causing trouble. Sheri begins falling for Aaron, an engineering student at UBC, while Noella's got her eye on Kevin. Beth is upset when Carol lands a solo gig and a new manager.

Kevin gets his first production gig, but things don't go as planned when the star of the cooking show walks off the set. Stressed out by his father's condition, Derek hires Jamie to help at Wakaluk Repairs. Sheri is upset when roommate Noella begins dating Kevin, and asks her not to. Carol's mother moves in with her after leaving her father.

Jamie can't apply for welfare because his father won't sign emancipation papers, and ends up babysitting Vicki's son Rich. Red offers Mick the chance to learn to build boats, but Mick isn't sure if he's ready to make it a career. Sheri shocks Aaron with the news that she's married, but he's able to accept it.

Rachael asks Noella and Sheri for advice on dealing with Neill, and eventually follows Noella's advice and just goes for it. Elliot pushes Carol into hitting the party circuit after her performance nets her rave reviews. Derek buys an old microphone set, and eventually asks for his father's help in fixing it.

After months of flirting, Rachel and her boss, Neill, finally decide that it's time they took their relationship to a deeper level.

When Sheri's boyfriend, Aaron, arranges for her to meet his parents, Sheri realizes that he is much more serious about their relationship than she is.

It looks like Jamie Novak is finally getting his act together.

On the day of the divorce, Kevin picks up Clover, a Street kid, who has escaped from a juvenile detention facility. A cop stops Carol for speeding, then asks her out. Jamie starts to grow up. (Recap available.)