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The Best Episodes of Fame

Every episode of Fame ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fame!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Fame Season 6 Episode 23 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore
    8.5/10(53 votes)

    #1 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore

    S6:E23

    When Mrs. Berg learns that her old lover is coming to visit her, realizing that her lie of running the school has come back to haunt her, the kids help her pose as school principal. Gordon, a squeamish animal-loving student has difficulty in Chemistry class with dissecting frogs so he and Reggie try to convince Mr. Dyrenforth to approve a simulation computer program that provides the ability for virtual dissection.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Fame Season 4 Episode 6 - Blizzard
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #2 - Blizzard

    S4:E6

    A blizzard traps the staff and students in the school, provoking various problems, including a broken furnace and a prowler.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Fame Season 4 Episode 3 - Spontaneous Combustion
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    #3 - Spontaneous Combustion

    S4:E3

    Staff and students fight back after Sherwood is accidentally injured by kids dancing in the hallway, and the board of education responds by issuing a directive placing a ban on all singing and dancing in non-designated areas.

    Director:Michael A. Hoey
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Fame Season 4 Episode 19 - Coco Returns
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    #4 - Coco Returns

    S4:E19

    A famous, retired director directs Coco in her first performance since returning to the School of the Arts to get a diploma.

    Director:Debbie Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Fame Season 4 Episode 1 - Indian Summer
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #5 - Indian Summer

    S4:E1

    Doris and Danny console each other over sour flings; Love holds surprise for both Sherwood and Leroy; Holly sets her sights on an older man.

    Director:William F. Claxton
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Fame Season 4 Episode 7 - The Monster That Devoured Las Vegas
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #6 - The Monster That Devoured Las Vegas

    S4:E7

    An opening-night hex threatens Cassidy's directorial debut when Morloch inadvertently breaks a show-business dictum.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Fame Season 1 Episode 1 - Metamorphosis
    7.7/10(100 votes)

    #7 - Metamorphosis

    S1:E1

    This fun and footloose series begins when Julie tries her best to fit in at the New York School for the Performing Arts, with a little bit of help from Doris and Montgomery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Fame Season 4 Episode 2 - Czech Mate
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Czech Mate

    S4:E2

    Christopher falls hard for a visiting Czech student; Leroy tries to avoid a new admirer; Doris runs for student-body president.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Fame Season 4 Episode 5 - The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #9 - The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll

    S4:E5

    Comprised of excerpts from the second U.S. concert by "The Kids from Fame" paying tribute to the history of Rock 'N' Roll.

    Director:Walter C. Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fame Season 1 Episode 16 - A Special Place
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #10 - A Special Place

    S1:E16

    Budget cutbacks prompts the School Board to fire one of the dance school's teachers.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Fame Season 2 Episode 19 - Not in Kansas Anymore
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #11 - Not in Kansas Anymore

    S2:E19

    Doris is auditioning to star in a show. She falls and bumps her head and has an elaborate dream sequence in which she is on a quest to become a star. The school campus is set up with a ""yellow brick road"" path ""Dottie"" must follow and encounters several interesting characters (her fellow classmates in costume) along the way. Debbie Allen (the dance instructor/choreographer) plays the ""good witch"" and Mrs. Sherwood is the ""wicked witch.""

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:William Blinn

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  12. Fame Season 4 Episode 14 - The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll II
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #12 - The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll II

    S4:E14

    This episode contains excerpts from the second half of the concert.

    Director:Walter C. Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Fame Season 4 Episode 22 - Reflections
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Reflections

    S4:E22

    Holly's despair over her parents' marriage causes her to become anorexic; Doris decides on a Hawaiian theme for the school's Prom.

    Director:Valerie Landsburg
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Fame Season 4 Episode 10 - Nothing Personal
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #14 - Nothing Personal

    S4:E10

    Christopher writes a less-than-rave review of Cleo's debut as a lead dancer; Nicole and Jesse look for romance in the personal ads.

    Director:Debbie Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Fame Season 6 Episode 21 - Reggie and Rose
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Reggie and Rose

    S6:E21

    After helping her out when she gets kicked out of her English class, Reggie's close friend and the cafeteria lady, Rose, joins the school of the arts under Reggie's suggestion but when asked to audition with Reggie for a summer stock company, Rose gives up on both the stock company and the school but rekindles her passion for performing.

    Director:Kevin Rodney Sullivan
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Fame Season 1 Episode 11 - The Crazies
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #16 - The Crazies

    S1:E11

    Doris learns that sometimes honest is not always the best policy. When Shorofsky is hospitalized, Bruno realizes that he is important to his life.

    Director:Mel Swope
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Fame Season 3 Episode 14 - Lisa's Song
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #17 - Lisa's Song

    S3:E14

    When Doris tries to get her classmates to do a production of the reputedly haunted play, "The Gypsy Queen," she and Miss Grant are convinced that they have seen a ghost. While trying to obtain a better understanding of the occult, they discover that Mrs. Berg is a "spirit medium."

    Director:Debbie Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Fame Season 6 Episode 11 - Go Softly Into Morning
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #18 - Go Softly Into Morning

    S6:E11

    After an eventful party, Miss Grant is frustrated to learn that Danny and Nicole have not shown up for an important rehearsal. That frustration turns to grief when they learn that Nicole was killed while being driven home by a drunk driver, Mickey Garth. With the school grieving, Jesse takes it the worse vowing to kill Mickey.

    Director:Win Phelps
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fame Season 1 Episode 7 - The Strike
    7.1/10(59 votes)

    #19 - The Strike

    S1:E7

    The School Of The Arts is plagued by a teachers' strike. Coco is upset because she wasn't chosen for the part of Desdemona in the schools musical version of ""Othello"". Once the teachers go on strike though she decides that instead of being angry, and not be apart of the production, she organizes everything so that the show can go on without Miss Grant's help. Bruno feels he needs to have Mr. Shorofsky's opinion on the music for the show because he thinks it should have a different tempo and style to it. Because of the strike he can't get Mr. Shorofsky's opinion and goes with his instinct, which turns out to be for the best. Once Leroy was cast for the part of Othello, he was having problems speaking the way the script was written. So he asks for Miss Sherwood's help to make him speak the way Shakespeare was meant to be spoken, even from someone from the Bronx.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Fame Season 2 Episode 6 - Beginnings
    7.1/10(44 votes)

    #20 - Beginnings

    S2:E6

    The kids suspect the ballet teacher is prejudiced against black students. They protest by stopping whatever they are doing and standing silent. It isn't til Miss Grant talks with this teacher that they know for sure that she feels black dancers don't have what it takes to be great. She is shown how wrong she's been during a performance by Stephanie. Bruno must escort a young musical prodigee around the school.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Fame Season 2 Episode 21 - Help From My Friends
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #21 - Help From My Friends

    S2:E21

    After a series of school lockers are vandalized, Dwight finds a suicide note and Doris tries to enlist her friends in helping her find the note's author.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Fame Season 4 Episode 17 - Danny De Bergerac
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Danny De Bergerac

    S4:E17

    Danny falls for Nicole while trying to smooth things between her and Jesse; Morloch gets a second chance with his college sweetheart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Fame Season 6 Episode 24 - Baby, Remember My Name
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #23 - Baby, Remember My Name

    S6:E24

    The school is trying its hands at its first video yearbook and with alumni week in session, Bruno, Coco, Doris, Montgomery, Holly, and Chris are interviewed for the video. Miss Grant recommends Leroy for a lead in the alumni week show which is to be choreographed by big-time graduate Michael Taftner but he is not convinced that Leroy can take on the part. When Chris is asked to be guest speaker for Mr. Seger's class, he lies about his success which the two but heads over.

    Director:Debbie Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Fame Season 1 Episode 3 - Tomorrow's Farewell
    7.0/10(61 votes)

    #24 - Tomorrow's Farewell

    S1:E3

    The School Board orders the School of the Arts to have a Gym because of the mandatory P.E. class that students have to take. It takes a dance off between Lydia's class and a bunch of football players for the school board to see her point. Meanwhile, Leroy tries to save his brother Willard from a life of crime.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Fame Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sell-Out
    7.0/10(54 votes)

    #25 - The Sell-Out

    S1:E6

    When Bruno's uncle buys him a new synthesizer, Bruno gets a job to buy new music. He is doing a song for his aunt, sho just had a baby. Meanwhile, Julie wonders why Coco is suddenly so rude to her while they are doing a very important number together.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore" is the best rated episode of "Fame". It scored 8.5/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/11/1987. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blizzard".