Schoolbreak Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

  • 15 and Getting Straight

    Former addicts staff a drug rehabilitation center for youth. With David Birney, Tatum O'Neal.

  • 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth

    Vignettes demonstrate environmental practices. Hosts Sara Gilbert, Brian Green.

  • Abby, My Love

    A suburban teen (Cara Buono) suffers sexual abuse by her father (Anthony Heald).

  • Ace Hits the Big Time

    A high-school transferee wears an eye patch and a dragon-emblazoned jacket to ward off gang members.

  • The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations

    Peer pressure and a need for individuality are just two of Julie's (Kelly Wolf) problems during her first year of high school.

  • All the Kids Do It

    A talented diver (Scott Baio) with Olympic hopes must choose between fun-loving peers and maintaining a rigorous training program.

  • American Eyes

    A Korean-American teen (Jason Scott Lee) meets prejudice from classmates. With David Ogden Stiers, Concetta Tomei.

  • Babies Having Babies

    Five pregnant teens (Akosua Busia, Renee Estevez, Lori Loughlin, Claudia Wells, Jill Whelan) discuss the problems they face.

  • Between Mother and Daughter

    A teen (A.J. Langer) copes with her mother's (Lindsay Crouse) breast cancer; with Dan Lauria; Christopher Daniel Barnes; Lindsay Sloane.

  • Big Boys Don't Cry

    A sexually abused teen (Jason Wiles) suspects his young brother (Miko Hughes) is enduring the same fate.

  • But He Loves Me

    A teen (Kelli Williams) falls for a popular boy (Donovan Leitch), then learns he's abusive and violent.

  • Children Remember the Holocaust

    Photographs and period footage recount the struggles of five children who fought to survive the Holocaust; host Keanu Reeves.

  • Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story

    After two students are killed in alcohol-related auto accidents, a teacher devises a contract system that promotes alcohol awareness and safe driving. Based on a true story.

  • Crosses on the Lawn

    Racial tensions divide a destitute community and a circle of friends. With Rugg Williams, Justin Whalin, Michael Warren.

  • Crosstown

    After her parents' divorce, April moves across town to a new school.

  • The Day the Senior Class Got Married

    A teacher challenges his students to put economic theory into practice with mock classroom marriages.

  • The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

    Responding to parental pressure, a principal bans a classic novel from the school library.

  • Dead Wrong -- The John Evans Story

    A young boy (Timothy Gibbs) succumbs to mounting peer pressure and begins a life of crime leading to execution at 33. Based on a true story.

  • Dedicated to the One I Love

    A girl (Lisa Dean Ryan) whose ex-boyfriend died learns she may have been exposed to the AIDS virus.

  • Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love

    Brought together by tragedy, teens (Duanne Martin, Noelle Parker) of different races face a mutual attraction.

  • The Drug Knot

    Anti-drug-abuse lecturer David Toma portrays himself in a fictional account of an encounter with a youth who experiments with drugs to impress peers.

  • The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern

    A 16-year-old (Tammy Lauren) seeks emancipation from her parents. With Karen Valentine, Justin Deas.

  • An Enemy Among Us

    A popular student (Danny Nucci) learns a blood transfusion has exposed him to AIDS. With Dee Wallace Stone, Gladys Knight.

  • The Exchange Student

    A teenager from India finds her traditional values and customs challenged by the American lifestyle.

  • Flour Babies

    A teacher assigns his students to care for bags of flour as they would infants to teach sexual responsibility.

  • The Fourth Man

    A 16-year-old (Peter Billingsley) takes steroids to impress his ex-football player father (Tim Rossovich).

  • Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story

    Penalized for not dissecting a frog, a high-school student (Ellen Dunning) sues her school district.

  • Gambler

    A high-school athlete's compulsive gambling jeopardizes his future and his relationship with his girlfriend.

  • Gangs

    A Hispanic soldier returns to his barrio and finds his 14-year-old brother in a street gang.

  • The Girl With the Crazy Brother

    A girl at a new school must accept her brother's schizophrenia.

  • God, the Universe, and Hot Fudge Sundaes

    A teenager (Roxana Zal) seeks a reason for her sister's terminal illness; her mother seeks a miracle.

  • Have You Tried Talking to Patty?

    A hearing-impaired teenager (Mary Vreeland) makes the wrong impression in a bid for popularity.

  • Hear Me Cry

    A popular school athlete and a studious introvert decide to end their private agonies by forming a suicide pact.

  • Home Sweet Homeless

    Forced by circumstances, a widow (Linda Kelsey) must move her middle-class family into the streets.

  • If I Die Before I Wake

    High-school students cope with the loss of their track team in a plane crash. With Matthew Fox; Tammy Lauren; Ellen Dolan; Gavin MacLeod; Dina Spybey.

  • Juvi

    A troubled teen goes to a juvenile detention center after her mother and stepfather falsely accuse her of theft and assault.

  • Kids Killing Kids

    Four vignettes illustrate the tragic consequences of teens using guns to solve problems; host Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

  • Lies of the Heart

    A model teen (Christopher Rydell) deals with his conscience after fleeing an accident.

  • Little Miss Perfect

    A straight-A student develops bulimia after moving to a new neighborhood with her recently remarried mother.

  • Love in the Dark Ages

    A teen (Missy Crider) contracts a venereal disease from her boyfriend (Tom Everett Scott).

  • Love Off Limits

    Teen producers (John Rowe, Sabrina Lloyd) of a film on love and marriage resist censorship by the school board and a businessman.

  • Maggie's Secret

    Children (Joanne Vannicola, Nathaniel Moreau) deal with their parents' (Mimi Kuzyk, Joseph Bottoms) alcoholism.

  • Malcolm Takes a Shot

    A high-school basketball player (Jon Clair) has an epileptic seizure during a game. With Tony LoBianco, Margaret Avery.

  • A Matter of Conscience

    A teen (John Michael Bennett) learns his grandfather (Tom Aldredge) was a Nazi concentration-camp guard.

  • My Dissident Mom

    A housewife's (Annie Potts) anti-nuclear activism conflicts sharply with her husband's (Martin Sheen) employment.

  • My Indian Summer

    An American Indian teen (Tailinh Prado), raised in Los Angeles, must spend the summer on a Chippewa Reservation where she learns to accept her culture.

  • My Past Is My Own

    Inspired by an older cousin (Whoopi Goldberg), two teens (Phill Lewis, Allison Dean) relive a '60s civil rights sit-in.

  • My Summer as a Girl

    Unable to find a summer job, a teen (Zach Braff) poses as a girl to work as a chambermaid; with Barbara Barrie; Alexondra Lee.

  • Never Say Goodbye

    A family agonizes over whether to terminate life-support systems for a brain-dead grandmother (June Lockhart).

  • No Means No

    A forced sexual episode makes two teens (Dana Barron, Jim Marshall) reconsider their views on dating and sex.

  • Other Mothers

    Bigotry and pressure bedevil a high-school athlete (Justin Whalin) whose parents (Meredith Baxter, Joanna Cassidy) are lesbians.

  • Please God, I'm Only 17

    A teen car accident victim (Michael Landes) reflects on his life in flashbacks. With Randolph Mantooth, Talia Shire.

  • Revenge of the Nerd

    An unpopular high-school freshman (Manny Jacobs) uses computer wizardry against his enemies (Robert Weiler, Brian Lima).

  • Same Difference

    An Italian boy and a Jewish girl (Skeet Ulrich, Leslie Hibbard) face familial opposition to their relationship.

  • Sexual Considerations

    A high-school newspaper staffer (Heather McAdam) brings sexual harassment charges against her editor.

  • Soldier Boys

    Teenage war fanatics become consumed by their fantasy, resulting in serious injury to a peer. With James Earl Jones.

  • Stand Up

    A teen (Casey Fraser) dreaming of a career as a stand-up comic faces disapproval from her father (Ted Neustadt); with David Johansen; Paula Poundstone.

  • Student Court

    Accused of shoplifting, 15-year-old Jennifer Johnson (Katy Kurtzman) chooses to be judged by a jury of her peers.

  • Two Teens & a Baby

    News of their mother's pregnancy affects two teenage brothers (Jim Calvert, Brice Beckham).

  • The War Between the Classes

    A social studies teacher (Kale Brown) separates his junior class into blue, green and orange castes.

  • Welcome Home, Jellybean

    An aspiring young musician's (Christopher Collet) life changes when his parents decide to care for his mentally impaired older sister (Dana Hill) at home.

  • What About Your Friends

    Economic factors shatter three friends' (Monica Calhoun, Malinda Williams, Lark Voorhies) dream of attending the same college.

  • What If I'm Gay?

    A popular high-school athlete struggles to conceal his confusion over his sexual identity from his friends.

  • Words to Live By

    Two high-school students (Ricky Paull Goldin, Christopher Gartin) publish an underground newspaper.

  • Words Up!

    A 25-year-old illiterate dropout (Kadeem Hardison) poses as a teen and returns to school.

  • The Writing on the Wall

    A rabbi (Hal Linden) teaches tolerance to three teens who committed anti-Semitic vandalism.