Young Americans Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 8: Will Bella Scout Her Mom?

  Bella and the gang set off on a road trip to find her estranged mother, hoping to dissuade her from making a rash decision, while Jake's true identity comes to light. Last in series

• Season 1 Episode 7: Free Will

  Will becomes poetry tutor to the girl of his dreams and Bella gets the surprise of her life on her 16th birthday, while rumours abound about Hamilton and Jake. Rodney Scott and Mark Famiglietti star

• Season 1 Episode 6: Gone

  Ryder holds all the aces when Will loses his computer in a poker game : and a potentially prize-winning essay with it. A letter from Bella to her real father, Senator Calhoun, also falls into the villain's hands. Can Scout solve both problems at a stroke by stealing Ryder's car? Drama, starring Rodney Scott and Charlie Hunnam

• Season 1 Episode 5: Winning isn't Everything

  Hamilton discovers Jake's identity : but the imposter has her hands full keeping the pretence under wraps from her conceited mother. Meanwhile, Scout prepares for a visit from his father and decides the time is right for Bella to meet her real dad

• Season 1 Episode 4: Cinderbella

  The students prepare for Rawley's first big social event of the year, and Will decides to hide the truth about his past in an attempt to curry favour with a wealthy co-ed. Prep-school drama, starring Rodney Scott and Mark Famiglietti

• Season 1 Episode 3: Kiss and Tell

  Two new students enrol at the Academy and waste no time in stirring things up. Scout becomes the object of unwanted attention, Bella finds herself an unwilling agony aunt, Lena sees through Hamilton's deception and Will faces a dilemma. High-school drama, starring Mark Famiglietti, Katherine Moennig and Charlie Hunnam

• Season 1 Episode 2: Our Town

  Will is finding it difficult to reconcile his old life back home with his new life and friends and Hamilton threatens Jake with violence

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  Drama focusing on the lives of American boarding-school boys as they struggle to cope with the strain of academic rivalry, humiliation at the hands of older pupils and the trauma of doing their own washing. The first episode begins with a new term and focuses on the relationship between two students from differing backgrounds. Rodney Scott and Mark Famiglietti star