Popular Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Popular: Season 2 (2000 - 2001)

• Season 2 Episode 21: Problems

  Sam and Brooke both set their sights on Harrison as their date for the high-school prom, and force him to choose between them. Mary meets her estranged sister and drag-queen father, and George changes his mind about escorting Nicole to the dance, forcing her to take drastic action. Guest starring Anthony Montgomery and RuPaul

• Season 2 Episode 20: You Don't Tug on Superman's Cape

  Sam and Brooke unite to play with Harrison's emotions; Josh considers options that will keep him in town.

• Season 2 Episode 19: I Know What You Did Last Spring Break!

  Harrison returns from his holidays suffering from a highly contagious fever, so Ms Glass decides to quarantine the entire school

• Season 2 Episode 18: The Brain Game

  Mary decides she needs to become more popular, and decides to resurrect the school academic decathlon team to take part in a TV competition

• Season 2 Episode 17: Coup

  Nicole resolves to become ruthless in an effort to reclaim her place at the top of the social ladder. Tammy Lynn Michaels stars

• Season 2 Episode 16: Fag

  Lily starts a gay and lesbian support group when a new student is harassed : but becomes a victim of the bullies herself. Tamara Mello stars

• Season 2 Episode 15: It's Greek to Me

  Nicole has a stressful time when she meets a woman claiming to be her mother, and Carmen changes her mind about a guy she met at a party

• Season 2 Episode 14: The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

  Lily, Mary Cherry, Brooke and Carmen witness a car accident on the way to cheerleading practice, and are horrified to realise from the mangled number plate that their classmate April Tuna must have been involved

• Season 2 Episode 13: Mary Charity

  The makeover experiment is a huge success and the school yearbook is saved, while Mary Cherry learns a lesson when she sees the desperation of people living on the breadline

• Season 2 Episode 12: The Shocking Possession of Harrison John

  Nicole searches for her real identity, Harrison suddenly realises he's lost his sense of individuality and Josh's friendship with Sugar Daddy hits the rocks

• Season 2 Episode 11: Fire in the Hole

  The gang find themselves in unusual costumes when they take part in a school play highlighting the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Consequences of Falling

  With the Christmas break approaching, Harrison feels low, but the arrival of an old friend shows him just what his pals' lives would have been like if he'd never been born. Comedy, starring Christopher Gorham

• Season 2 Episode 9: Are You There God? It's Me, Ann-Margret

  Lily and Josh are delighted to be cast in the lead roles for their school play : until they discover they'll have to strip on stage. American comedy, starring Leslie Bibb

• Season 2 Episode 8: Misery Loathes Company

  Harrison faces up to his illness, Sugar Daddy and Brooke find a common bond, and Sam is held captive by Mary Cherry

• Season 2 Episode 7: Ur-ine Trouble

  Part two of two. Principal Krupps introduces a zero-tolerance drugs policy, complete with random testing and severe penalties

• Season 2 Episode 6: Style and Substance Abuse

  Part one of two. The competition for student president and homecoming queen threatens to split the school. Comedy, guest starring Michelle Phillips

• Season 2 Episode 5: Joe Loves Mary Cherry

  Ms Glass sets an unusual chemistry assignment that produces a stew of unexpected reactions. American comedy, starring Leslie Bibb

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Sweetest Taboo

  Sam is interested in a new boy at school : and not just because of her journalistic instincts. Meanwhile, Nicole sets her sights on Principal Krupps : but her motivation isn't entirely clear

• Season 2 Episode 3: Citizen Shame

  Carmen leaves her uncaring mother behind, opting to stay with Sam and Jane for a while, and Ms Glass sets out to impress a rich uncle : by paying Nicole to pose as her daughter. Brooke comes a cropper when she drives an inebriated Bonnie home in a stolen car

• Season 2 Episode 2: Baby, Don't Do It

  The students' maternal instincts are put to the test when they are left in charge of computerised dolls that do everything a real baby does, with internal chips recording who looks after them the best

• Season 2 Episode 1: Timber!

  As the new term begins, Sam and Jane move into a seedy hotel following the appearance of Brooke's mother and Ms Glass is out for revenge. Starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope

Popular: Season 1 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 1 Episode 22: Two Weddings and a Funeral

  A student dies, and a double wedding looks set to take place, but someone is hiding a dark secret. Delta Burke and Erik Estrada guest star

• Season 1 Episode 21: What Makes Sammy Run

  Sam tries to find Brooke's mother in San Francisco and the boys take Mike to a strip club for his stag night. Guest starring Delta Burke

• Season 1 Episode 20: We Are Family

  Sam feels betrayed and decides to run away after Brooke accepts Jane's offer to be the mother she never had

• Season 1 Episode 19: Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle

  It's blonde against brunette as the gang all dye their hair to experience life on the other side

• Season 1 Episode 18: Ch-Ch-Changes

  Harrison enlists support to defend the transsexual shop teacher (Louis Mustillo) after school officials threaten to terminate his employment.

• Season 1 Episode 17: Lord of the Files

  A good-looking new Vice Principal sets hearts racing at Kennedy High school, and soon introduces some unorthodox motivation methods for his pupils

• Season 1 Episode 16: All About Adam

  Sam wins a modelling contest, turning the tables on Brooke in the process. Guest starring US women's soccer team champions Tiffeny Milbrett and Tisha Venturini

• Season 1 Episode 15: Booty Camp

  The warring cliques are sent to the school's new 'sensitivity camp' for the weekend in an effort to curb their anger

• Season 1 Episode 14: Caged!

  The girls get locked in the school bathroom; Harrison, Josh and Sugar Daddy get trapped in Ms. Glass' biology classroom.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Hope in a Jar

  As the annual Sadie Hawkins dance approaches, the inevitable issue of dates is on all the girls' minds

• Season 1 Episode 12: The Trail of Emory Dick

  A pupil wreaks revenge on the entire school after failing his biology course, pitting the establishment's two rival factions against each other. Teen comedy, starring Leslie Bibb

• Season 1 Episode 11: Ex, Lies and Videotape

  Josh's decision to star in the school musical causes tension at home; a national television program chooses Brooke and Sam to produce a segment about popularity.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Fall on Your Knees

  Brooke and Sam bring their normally divided friends together for a Christmas feast.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Wild, Wild Mess

  The school arranges for a guest principal to be appointed for the day, so the cliques rally round to get their chosen leaders elected

• Season 1 Episode 8: Tonight's the Night

  Brooke must prove her relationship with Josh is more than physical as part of a bet with Sam.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Queen B

  The Homecoming Queen competition heats up, and relations between the friends are strained as competitive streaks emerge

• Season 1 Episode 6: Truth or Consequences

  Animosity deepens when Brooke and Sam discover their parents have been lying to them; Sam tries to expose a cheating ring in biology class; a food fight breaks out.

• Season 1 Episode 5: The Slumber Party Massacre

  Carmen's 16th birthday celebrations don't go as planned when Leo sees fit to hypnotise her into thinking she's a chicken. What's more, she succeeds in upsetting Sam by mocking her birthday poem : can Brooke save the day?

• Season 1 Episode 4: Windstruck

  Sam is both horrified and intrigued by Josh's reaction to her standing in during a play rehearsal, and the incident is soon circulated around the entire school via e-mail : but the revelation seems tame compared to a later one. Meanwhile, Brooke tries her luck with the object of her affections

• Season 1 Episode 3: Under Siege

  Brooke and Sam are forced into dinner plans together with their parents; Sam's cheerleading expose ignites a war; Josh must choose between a football game or the school musical.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems

  Having been dumped by his girlfriend for taking the lead role in the school musical, Josh finds himself ridiculed further by his father, who'd rather see him playing football. Elsewhere, Carmen believes she has a weight problem after failing to make the cheerleading team, while Sam and Brooke are shocked to discover they're about to become stepsisters

• Season 1 Episode 1: Round One

  Teen comedy following two chalk-and-cheese high-school students whose lives intertwine when their parents embark on a relationship. The first episode introduces rivals Brooke and Sam and their ever-bickering cronies as they're thrown together, giving their elders unrelenting hassle. Leslie Bibb stars