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The Worst Episodes of USA High

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USA High is an American teen sitcom which ran from August 1997 to June 1999, and ended after 95 episodes, and reran until August 4, 2001 on the USA Network.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    USA High Season 1 Episode 1 - An American in Paris
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    #1 - An American in Paris

    S1:E1

    Old friends Lauren Fontaine, Winnie Barnes and Bobby Lazzarini (all Americans) are reunited with Christian Mueller (German) and Ashley Elliot (English) as a new school year begins for them at the American School in Paris, France. All of the students are away from their parents except Ashley, whose father is headmaster at the school. They all live together in a suite for six, with the girls' room on one side, the boys' on the other and a large common room in between. This year there is a new roommate, Jackson Green, another American. At first Jackson does not fit in well at the Academy or with his new suitemates and he wants to leave the school. But he finds a couple of causes worth fighting for: getting rid of school uniforms and making Lauren his girlfriend.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Leslie Eberhard

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  2. USA High Season 1 Episode 2 - The Car
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    #2 - The Car

    S1:E2

    Mr. Elliot is entered in a road race which will pit him against Ms. Dupre, a beautiful young Frenchwoman who teaches at the Academy and is the secret heartthrob of the headmaster, who is a single parent. Lauren, who admires Mr. Elliot's Aston-Martin, agrees to go out with Jackson if he can get use of the car, which he does without Mr. Elliot's knowledge. But when Jackson lets Lauren take a spin behind the wheel, she drives it into the Seine. Jackson need to come up with money for repairs, so he plans to throw a rave to raise the cash.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. USA High Season 1 Episode 3 - The Credit Card
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    #3 - The Credit Card

    S1:E3

    Mr. Eliot is on a cleanliness kick, demanding all students clean up their rooms. Winnie's father, meanwhile, sends her a credit card. The shopaholic Winnie quickly runs up a huge bill, so Jackson comes up with a solution to help her pay it off: start a cleaning service for hire to other students. But when the boys clean Ms. Dupre's apartment, they come upon her next French test, complete with the answers.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Leslie Eberhard

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  4. USA High Season 1 Episode 4 - The Ex-Boyfriend
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    #4 - The Ex-Boyfriend

    S1:E4

    Paul, Lauren's boyfriend from the previous school year, arrives back in the city and the sparks begin to fly once again between the two. This inspires a fit of jealousy in Jackson and he starts spying on the couple. Also, Winnie meets Prince Nicholas of ""Lichtenberg,"" who is enamored with her and asks her on a date. But before she goes, Ashley, Mr. Elliot and Ms. Dupre give Winnie lessons on the proper way to act around royalty.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writers:Steven Weiss, Paul Dell

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  5. USA High Season 1 Episode 5 - Truth or Dare
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    #5 - Truth or Dare

    S1:E5

    Winnie is down because her boyfriend Giuseppe will not be in Paris for her birthday, so the gang tries to cheer her up by playing a favorite game of hers, ""Truth or Dare."" Lazz is the only one who choose ""truth""--he reveals he uses ""ladies' deodorant!"" The others all take Winnie up on her dares--Christian must hang the school banner from the Eiffel Tower, Ashley must anger her father Mr. Elliot, and Jackson and Lauren must kiss. Meanwhile, Mr. Elliot is thrilled at the prospect of a romantic dinner date with Ms. Dupre, but he has difficulty getting a reservation at the Eiffel Tower restaurant.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. USA High Season 1 Episode 6 - Double Your Pleasure
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    #6 - Double Your Pleasure

    S1:E6

    The school's Carnival Costume Ball is coming up and Jackson's dad has set him up with a blind date. Surprisingly, though, Jackson actually wants to go out with this girl. But Lauren has already decided on costumes that she and Jackson will wear when they go together. Jackson attempts to juggle both girls and costumes at the dance, with predictable results. Meanwhile, Christian's affection for Winnie is growing, as he asks her to go to the Ball with him in Princess Diana's wedding dress! Also, Bobby Lazzarini gets a last-minute date, Ashley has no such luck, and Mr. Elliot is too busy to attend despite the fact that Ms. Dupre is planning to wear a sexy Catwoman outfit!

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. USA High Season 1 Episode 7 - The Headmaster's Daughter
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    #7 - The Headmaster's Daughter

    S1:E7

    Mr. Elliot is making Ashley's love life difficult by scaring off all potential dates, until Chad comes along and she finally gets to go out. But then she finds out her father the headmaster paid Chad (or Bernie, his real name) to take her out. To get back at him, Ashley pretends to be going out with Lazzarini, which drives Mr. Elliot crazy. Also, Christian blew $400 that was supposed to go toward a ski trip on ski clothes for himself. To replace the funds, he and Jackson enter a contest sponsored by Ms. Dupre in which the winner will cater a faculty dinner. Their competition includes Lauren and Winnie.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. USA High Season 1 Episode 8 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
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    #8 - For Whom the Bell Tolls

    S1:E8

    The guys can't get any phone time with the girls always on the suite's one line. Rather than pay for another phone, the boys try to wire up their own line. It turns out that they rig up a duplicate line so they can eavesdrop on the girls' private conversations. Jackson uses this inside knowledge to his advantage with Lauren. Also, Winnie and Ashley try to relocate the ""hunky"" pizza delivery guy they saw before and Mr. Elliot and Ms. Dupre work together on a fundraiser.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writers:Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh

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  9. USA High Season 1 Episode 9 - Internet Love Story
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    #9 - Internet Love Story

    S1:E9

    Lazz is chatting in an online romance with a girl named Melanie. She sends her picture and Lazz is shocked to see that she's gorgeous. Nervous about her beauty, he sends her a picture of Jackson. When Melanie makes a surprise visit, it sparks confusion so the gang helps Lazz impress her. Melanie falls in love with Lazz who is still pretending to be Jackson. Lazz tells Melanie the truth. She is furious with him for lying and storms off. Lazz writes her an apology but is too nervous to send it, so Jackson sends it for him. Melanie reads it and is so touched that she forgives Lazz, but she has some sad news--she's due to fly back to Colorado. Lazz and Melanie agree to keep in contact over the internet. Meanwhile, Ashley developes her mother's snoring problems.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. USA High Season 1 Episode 10 - Making the Grade
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    #10 - Making the Grade

    S1:E10

    Christian is in danger of failing Ms. Dupre's history class. He must get at least a ""B"" on the next test or he will kicked off the basketball team. The guys convince Winnie to tutor Christian and to her great surprise, she finds that she's attracted to him. Also, Lazz does such a good job of cutting Ashley's hair that he and Jackson start their own hair-styling business. But business starts to go sour after they accidentally turn Lauren's hair green!

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writer:Leslie Eberhard

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  11. USA High Season 1 Episode 11 - The Model
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    #11 - The Model

    S1:E11

    Through Jackson, Lauren gets a modeling job with renowned fashion photographer Derek Donovan. But Jackson may have cause to regret it when Lauren appears to be on the verge of a career as a model which will take her away from the Academy. Meanwhile, Winnie and Ashley try selling ""Broadway Girl"" cosmetics. At first they can't sell a thing, then they recruit Christian as a salesman. Suddenly women can't get enough of their product.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writers:Steven Weiss, Paul Dell

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  12. USA High Season 1 Episode 12 - Jackson's Dad
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    #12 - Jackson's Dad

    S1:E12

    Jackson's father, a successful businessman, comes to visit at the school and he's not happy when his son tells him he plans to pursue a musical career. Dad threatens to pull Jackson out of the Academy if he doesn't give up the idea. The other roommates hold a yard sale. They sell an old painting to the school librarian Mr. Macafee, then find out it might be a valuable family heirloom of Mr. Elliot's.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. USA High Season 1 Episode 13 - The Most Valuble Waiter
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    #13 - The Most Valuble Waiter

    S1:E13

    Lauren's work schedule at the USA Cafe, where she works part-time as a waitress, is cutting into Jackson's time with her, so he gets a job there himself as a waiter. Mr. Elliot also looks to spend more time with Ms. Dupre after joining her book club, but he's taking shortcuts by watching movie versions of the books he's supposed to read. The other suitemates are all nervous wrecks after viewing a horror film.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. USA High Season 1 Episode 14 - The Recital
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    #14 - The Recital

    S1:E14

    Lauren has an important piano recital coming up, one that could possibly get her into a prestigious music conservatory. Jackson, once again scheming to get close to Lauren, arranges a date between Ashley and Lauren's page turner, hoping to snare the job himself. Meanwhile, Mr. Elliot's deluxe model vibrating chair is mistakenly delivered to the students' flat. They love its effect so much that they hide it from Elliot.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. USA High Season 1 Episode 15 - Giuseppe's Coming to Dinner
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    #15 - Giuseppe's Coming to Dinner

    S1:E15

    Winnie's long-absent boyfriend Giuseppe has come back to town. Trouble is, Winnie has neglected to tell him about her new boyfriend Christian. She tries to keep the ex- and current boyfriends in the dark about each other, a plan that is doomed to failure. Also, Lazz and Jackson set up a satellite dish which Mr. Elliot is adamant about having removed--that is, until Ms. Dupre expresses interest in seeing a particular program.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Leslie Eberhard

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  16. USA High Season 1 Episode 16 - Radio Free Advice
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    #16 - Radio Free Advice

    S1:E16

    Lazz discovers the school's old abandoned radio station and soon he and Jackson have it in operation again. Their most popular effort is an advice show, ""Doctor Romance,"" whose unwitting listeners include Mr. Elliot. Also, Winnie makes an effort to rein in something that comes natural to her--insults directed at Christian.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh

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  17. USA High Season 1 Episode 17 - All That Lazz
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    #17 - All That Lazz

    S1:E17

    Lazzarini is not happy when his career aptitude test shows him to be cut out for an elevator operator's job. But he perks up when an agent thinks he has comedic talent and books him into a comedy club on amateur night. The rest of the gang is not so sure about Lazz's act, though, and he doesn't take kindly to their constructive criticisms. Meanwhile, Ashley kidnaps the chimpanzee from the school's lab with an eye toward liberating him.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. USA High Season 1 Episode 18 - West Point
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    #18 - West Point

    S1:E18

    Jackson has a date with Lauren. Unfortunately it's for the opera! Lauren has an old friend, Wallace ""the Whale"" who is in Paris now, so Jackson thinks that by letting Wallace takes Lauren to the opera, he can watch the football game that he wants to. But Wallace turns out to be a handsome West Point graduate who has lost all the weight that gave him his nickname. Lauren finds herself attracted to him like never before. Also, Christian is going home to Germany for Oktoberfest, but he doesn't have the funds to take Winnie with him. Lazz offers to double his money in an all-or-nothing game of poker with a local chump named Hadley. But Hadley is no fool--he's a poker shark, and he wins all of Christian's money from Lazz.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. USA High Season 1 Episode 19 - The German Girl
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    #19 - The German Girl

    S1:E19

    Ursula, a new female student from Germany, arrives at the Academy and asks Christian to show her around. This arouses Winnie's jealousy, and for good reason--Ursula has designs on Christian. Also, a thief has broken into the dorm and Lazzarini has devised a security system to catch him.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Leslie Eberhard

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  20. USA High Season 1 Episode 20 - The Odd Couple
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    #20 - The Odd Couple

    S1:E20

    In Ms. Dupre's drama class, Jackson and Ashley have to kiss for a scene. While practicing the exercise, they find they really enjoy it! But the two soon realize that even though they have a great physical attraction for each other, they may not be right for a more serious relationship. Meanwhile, Christian doesn't want to go to the dentist for his painful toothache, and after he's sent to ""Dr. Giggles,"" it looks like his apprehension may have been justified.

    Director:Frank Bonner
    Writers:Steven Weiss, Paul Dell

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  21. USA High Season 1 Episode 21 - The Dueling Elliots
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    #21 - The Dueling Elliots

    S1:E21

    Headmaster Patrick Elliot's brother Nigel arrives upon the scene, prompting a renewal of their sibling rivalry. Mr. Elliot promised the gang to get them ""Lollapalooza"" tickets, and when he doesn't deliver, Nigel claims he can obtain them. Also, Lauren joins the fencing team and wounds Jackson's ego by defeating him. He quickly demands a rematch.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writers:Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh

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  22. USA High Season 1 Episode 23 - A Date with Dupre
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    #22 - A Date with Dupre

    S1:E23

    Bobby Lazzarini has been dumped by yet another girlfriend, and his teacher Ms. Dupre offers him her sympathies. But Lazz misinterprets the actions of Ms. Dupre, who is his real heartthrob, and concludes that she's in love with him! Also, Jackson has an important audition before an agent, and he recruits Ashley and Winnie as back-up singers. Unfortunately, Lauren wants to make it a trio. Her terrible singing threatens Jackson's chances for success, but no one knows how to tell her the awful truth without seriously hurting her feelings.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa
    Writer:Leslie Eberhard

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  23. USA High Season 1 Episode 24 - Beauty and the Biker
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    #23 - Beauty and the Biker

    S1:E24

    Ashley, who always seems unlucky in love, concocts a fictional boyfriend when she talks to Lauren and Winnie, but she soon finds a real one--a free-spirited biker and artist named Steel. The girls and Mr. Elliot don't approve, but that just drives Ashley closer to him. Meanwhile, the boys suspect that the ""Shapely Shoplifter"" who has been victimizing Paris jewelry stores is in fact Ms. Dupre!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. USA High Season 1 Episode 25 - Au Revoir Katherine
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    #24 - Au Revoir Katherine

    S1:E25

    Jackson gets up the courage to tell Katherine that he loves her, but it looks like he may be too late--she's leaving the Academy and going to Chicago to enter a renowned school there for the blind. Meanwhile Winnie and Lauren come up with a moneymaking scheme, a calendar featuring the schools' hunks. They recruit Christian and Lazz as models, but when the calendar comes out and Christian's on-campus popularity skyrockets, Winnie has a hard time with her jealously--and so does Christian!

    Director:Unknown
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  25. USA High Season 1 Episode 26 - Lazzarini's Sister
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    #25 - Lazzarini's Sister

    S1:E26

    Lazzarini's younger sister Niki arrives in Paris from New York and brother Bobby is happy to see her. The girls try to be friendly by taking her shopping and giving her a makeover which turns the tomboyish girl in to quite an attractive young woman. But Bobby can't handle the fact that his sister is not the same little girl he knew before, and when she starts showing a romantic interest in Jackson, Lazz goes ballistic. Meanwhile, Ms. Dupre admires the hunky P.E. teacher Mr. Jergens for running in a charity race, so the decidedly less-athletic Mr. Elliot enlists the aid of Christian to help him train for the same race.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"An American in Paris" is the worst rated episode of "USA High". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Gary Shimokawa and written by Leslie Eberhard, it aired on 8/4/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Car".