Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 24
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Fame (1982) Season 5 (1985-1986)

Fame (1982) A Place to Belong 5x01 A Place to Belong
Dusty, the daughter of a preacher, finds it tough fitting in at the school. Meanwhile, Leroy finds a job when Lydia makes him an assistant. Danny and Chris must learn to play female ...
Oct. 14, 1985
Fame (1982) Leroy and the Kid 5x02 Leroy and the Kid
When Leroy's preteen niece shows up on his doorstep, he becomes her surrogate father. Leroy, Lydia and Mr. Shorofsky try to raise enough money to put on their show, and Danny discovers ...
Oct. 21, 1985
Fame (1982) Bronco Bob Rides Again 5x03 Bronco Bob Rides Again
Danny gives aid to a former movie hero, Bronco Bob, when he discovers that he is down on his luck and may lose his prized buddy, Prince the Miracle Horse to a onscreen rival. Danny ...
Oct. 28, 1985
Fame (1982) Selling Out 5x04 Selling Out
When Jesse's song wins a song writing contest, he is less than enthused to the changes made by a record producer. Meanwhile, Mr. Sharofsky is being pressured to enroll a talentless ...
Nov. 04, 1985
Fame (1982) White Light 5x05 White Light
Chris becomes involved with a new dancer, Julie, who has a drug habit. Meanwhile, Danny's mother becomes romantically involved with Lou, owner of the bowling alley. Source: www.TVR ...
Nov. 09, 1985
Fame (1982) Savage Streets 5x06 Savage Streets
Jesse feels the pressure to join a gang, the Skulls, and when his friend Hector is killed, joins their rival gang the Ravens. Nicole has visions of Jesse being injured while rehearsing ...
Nov. 18, 1985
Fame (1982) His Majesty Donlon 5x07 His Majesty Donlon
A prince with a price on his head pays a visit to New York. The prince resembles Chris, while his fiance looks like Nicole. During a switch, prince Chris learns to deal with his feelings ...
Nov. 25, 1985
Fame (1982) Broadway Danny Amatullo 5x08 Broadway Danny Amatullo
When Danny discovers a famous talent agent frequents a local restaurant, the gang whip up a quick audition for him. The agent realizes that Danny's talent is as an agent and offers ...
Dec. 02, 1985
Fame (1982) Ebenezer Morloch 5x09 Ebenezer Morloch
Mr. Morloch is seen as a true "Ebeneezer Scrooge" after he enforces the school's strict rules from the board of education. On Christmas Eve, Mr. Morloch falls asleep while working on ...
Dec. 16, 1985
Fame (1982) Choices 5x10 Choices
Mr. Morloch leaves the school to become a baseball coach of a semi-pro team, and is replaced by Mr. Dyrenforth. Meanwhile, Holly takes a role on a soap opera which is shot in Hollywood. ...
Dec. 30, 1985
Fame (1982) The First Time 5x11 The First Time
Mr. Dyrenforth believes he must be jinxed after suffering a series of accidents. Jesse breaks up with Nicole after she refuses to have sex with him and bring someone else to a school ...
Jan. 06, 1986
Fame (1982) A River to Cross 5x12 A River to Cross
Bobby is uneasy at playing the role of Jim for the school's production of "Huckleberry Finn." He decides to set up a protest to have the play shut down and banned from the school after ...
Jan. 27, 1986
Fame (1982) Such Good Friends 5x13 Such Good Friends
Leroy's niece Tina, accidentally burns down his apartment, so Mrs. Berg takes her in while Leroy stays with Miss Grant. Meanwhile, Miss Grant's ex-boyfriend Carl returns as Tina does ...
Feb. 03, 1986
Fame (1982) Holmes Sweet Holmes 5x14 Holmes Sweet Holmes
While working on a production of Sherlock Holmes, the prop pipe in the dressing room starts off a fire, causing major damage to the building. With no funds to rebuild, the property ...
Feb. 10, 1986
Fame (1982) Double Exposure 5x15 Double Exposure
A competition for the lead role in the school's production of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde has Danny and Jesse doing everything possible to win. But once Danny catches Jesse with ...
Feb. 17, 1986
Fame (1982) The Inheritance 5x16 The Inheritance
After learning that Tina has received an inheritance of $22,000, her father, Lamar, comes to claim her back. Dwight is directing a play concerning the Dewey Decimal System and creates ...
Feb. 24, 1986
Fame (1982) The Comedian 5x17 The Comedian
Danny and Chris are enthused when their comedy act has been deemed a success. But after a comedian named Sandy Webb comes to the school to run a comedy workshop, he breaks up the duo ...
Mar. 22, 1986
Fame (1982) Stage Fright 5x18 Stage Fright
An early entrance onto the stage has left Chris with a case of stage fright. Meanwhile, Jesse wants to set the world record for continuous tap dancing, and Kate announces she wants ...
Mar. 29, 1986
Fame (1982) Self-Defense 5x19 Self-Defense
Nicole becomes worried when she begins receiving flowers from a secret admirer at the same time the school has been vandalized, leading her to take Miss Grant's self-defense karate ...
Apr. 05, 1986
Fame (1982) W.S.O.A. 5x20 W.S.O.A.
Jesse runs the school's radio station as a DJ, and receives a call from an anonymous 16-year old who wants to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Mr. Dyrenforth asks for Dwight's help with the ...
Apr. 26, 1986
Fame (1982) Contacts 5x21 Contacts
Chris' relationship with Kate becomes strained when he meets Laura, an agent who mistakes him for one of her clients and falls in love with him. Elsewhere, Leroy sets up a job with ...
May. 03, 1986
Fame (1982) To Tilt At Windmills 5x22 To Tilt At Windmills
Ms. Sherwood calls in sick so she can set up a protest against mandatory IQ tests being given to the students. Meanwhile, an eccentric substitute teacher, Mr. Quigley, fills in during ...
May. 10, 1986
Fame (1982) Losin' It 5x23 Losin' It
Leroy is in need of an operation and rehab after injuring his knee. Upon his return to the school, he finds himself fearful of injuring the leg again and begins taking out his frustrations ...
May. 17, 1986
Fame (1982) The Incident 5x24 The Incident
The gang at the school try to get to the bottom of who hospitalized Jesse by hitting on the head and giving him a concussion. But with everyone coming back with a different story, the ...
May. 24, 1986
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Season 5 Characters

Mrs. Berg played by Ann Nelson
Lydia Grant played by Debbie Allen
Leroy Johnson played by Gene Anthony Ray
Danny Amatullo played by Carlo Imperato
Elizabeth Sherwood played by Carol Mayo Jenkins
Dusty Tyler played by Loretta Chandler
Nicole Chapman played by Nia Peeples
Christopher Donlon played by Bill Hufsey
Jesse V. Valesquez played by Jesse Borrego
Benjamin Shorofsky played by Albert Hague
Dancer played by Bill Prudich
Fame Dancer played by Bronwyn Thomas
Paula played by Paula Brown
Kate Riley played by Page Hannah
Reggie Higgins played by Carrie Hamilton
Mr. Bob Dyrenforth played by Graham Jarvis
Holly Laird played by Cynthia Gibb
Dwight Mendenhall played by David Greenlee
Quentin Morloch played by Ken Swofford
Lou Mackie played by Dick Miller
Band Member played by Charles A. Kelly
Peggy Persky played by Randee Heller
Tina played by Caryn Ward

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Season 5 Videos

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Season 5 Quotes

05x09 - Ebenezer Morloch Season 5 / Episode 9: - Ebenezer Morloch

Shorofsky: Shouldn't you be getting back to your classroom?
Sherwood: No... I want to give them a little more time to cheat.
05x09 - Ebenezer Morloch Season 5 / Episode 9: - Ebenezer Morloch

Dwight Mendenhall: Mr. Morloch, I may have been your henchman for too long. I've lied for you, eh, I've spied for you... but when you ask me to write up my friends on Christmas, that's... that's too much.
Mr. Morloch: To think I treated you like a son. If you had epaulets, I'd rip'em off.
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Season 5 Trivia

  • Episode 08 - Michael A. Hoey was originally signed to direct this episode and went to New York to film the "Baby, I'm a Star" number at Tavern on the Green, while he was there filming location scenes for "His Majesty Donlon". A scheduling conflict forced him to leave th

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