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The Best Episodes of Fame Season 1

Every episode of Fame Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fame Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Fame Season 1 Episode 1 - Metamorphosis
    7.7/10(100 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Fame Season 1 Episode 2 - Passing Grade
    6.8/10(73 votes)

    #2 - Passing Grade

    S1:E2

    Coco and Lydia vie for a part in a show. Danny wants to meet Johnny Carson and becomes a waiter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:William Blinn

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

    #3 - 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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  4. Fame Season 1 Episode 4 - Alone in a Crowd
    6.7/10(56 votes)

    #4 - Alone in a Crowd

    S1:E4

    Bruno is afraid of performing in public.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Fame Season 1 Episode 5 - To Soar and Never Falter
    6.9/10(61 votes)

    #5 - To Soar and Never Falter

    S1:E5

    Bruno is in love with a dance major named Kathleen Murphy. When he is to write a piece of music for her, she performs for him and gets injured. It turns out that she has Multiple Sclerosis, and Miss Grant employs Leroy to help out Bruno. Unknowingly, the gang is helping Kathy to keep her audition.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #7 - 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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  8. Fame Season 1 Episode 8 - Street Kid
    7.0/10(58 votes)

    #8 - Street Kid

    S1:E8

    Doris, while pretending to be a hooker, meets a real hooker named Tracy, and tries to help her out.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Fame Season 1 Episode 9 - But Seriously, Folks
    6.9/10(54 votes)

    #9 - But Seriously, Folks

    S1:E9

    Danny's father does not agree with his choice of being a comedian.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fame Season 1 Episode 10 - Come One, Come All
    6.7/10(50 votes)

    #10 - Come One, Come All

    S1:E10

    A big star, Melinda MacNeil, is in town and everyone goes ga-ga, except Monty.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #11 - 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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  12. Fame Season 1 Episode 12 - Exposé
    6.5/10(47 votes)

    #12 - Exposé

    S1:E12

    When Julie gets replaced by a mannequin in a production number, she feels unimportant until a reporter threatens to do an expose on her.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Fame Season 1 Episode 13 - A Musical Bridge
    6.7/10(47 votes)

    #13 - A Musical Bridge

    S1:E13

    Monty tries to get Bruno to cash in on his songwriting abilities.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Fame Season 1 Episode 14 - A Big Finish
    6.6/10(45 votes)

    #14 - A Big Finish

    S1:E14

    Miss Sherwood and the gang find two talented bums living in the basement.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Fame Season 1 Episode 15 - Reunions
    6.9/10(43 votes)

    #15 - Reunions

    S1:E15

    Leroy wants his mother to come in for parents' day.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #16 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Metamorphosis" is the best rated episode of "Fame" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 100 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/1982. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Passing Grade".