New Kids
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 6, 1997
Jamal and Chris try to impress students at their new high school where the principal has them collaborate on a mural.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 6, 1997
Jamal and Chris try to impress students at their new high school where the principal has them collaborate on a mural.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 13, 1997
Jamal's musical abilities inspire Chris' mother to begin a fund drive for a music department at Manhattan High.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1997
Chris and Jamal blow off a field trip to attend a Knicks game with Cassidy. But little do they know Principal Noble has spotted them on TV.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1997
Alberto lines up a job delivering packages---which Chris and Jamal discover are being sent by a drug dealer.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1997
Chris and Jamal try to "out-date" each other for the school's first dance of the year.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1997
The boys realize they're from different "Pop" cultures: Jamal's father is a disciplinarian, while Chris's is hands-off and distant.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1997
After Chris "borrows" his dad's Ferrari, it gets side-swiped and Chris must get the car fixed without his parents finding out.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1997
Chris and Jamal become the respective campaign managers for student-council candidates Cassidy and Dawn.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1997
Jamal and Chris decide to make a movie using the school camera.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1997
Jamal questions the meaning of it all when a drunken driver kills his friend, an honors student from Manhattan High.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1997
Chris wants to parlay Jamal's talent for picking football games into big money by wagering with a bookie. Or, they can make even more cash by taking the bets themselves.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1997
Chris tries to steer clear of a new student teacher---a college girl he started dating after convincing her he was out of high school. Meanwhile, Dawn is voted "Worst Dancer."
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1997
Principal Noble's stay in the hospital triggers in Jamal painful memories of his mother's recent death.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1997
Everybody except Jamal senses trouble brewing in his old neighborhood buddy, who was recently released from reform school.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 12, 1998
Chris and Jamal get nabbed using fake IDs and wind up in jail.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 19, 1998
When deejays Chris and Jamal break a station rule, the school board pulls the plug on them.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1998
After a run-in with his mom, El-Train moves out of their house and into Chris's Park Avenue penthouse, where he becomes quite comfortable.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1998
Jamal has an encounter with an armed robber and decides he needs to buy a gun for protection. However, he has second thoughts about his decision when he almost shoots his father.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1998
Chris believes that he is responsible for his parents' divorce. Also, El-Train finds himself in a hairy predicament when he volunteers to be a test subject for a new shampoo.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1998
El-Train beats up a tough guy, and Miss Noble worries that he's returning to his bullying ways.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1998
Jamal tries to get Cassidy's boyfriend, a Motown recording artist, to perform at an unofficial school dance being held on the roof of Manhattan High.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1998
Radio-show host Chris decides to date a caller who turns up dressed like a Goth.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1998
Jamal and Chris have their hands full when they become Big Brothers to a troublesome youngster.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1998
Between her role in a play and homework, overworked Cassidy feels the need to take weight-loss pills for pep, and then compounds the danger by popping sleeping tablets at night.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1998
When Chris and Jamal defy Ms. Noble's edicts about not playing practical jokes, she considers quitting because she thinks she's lost the students' respect.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1998
Talk-show host Jamal tells a caller to dump her boyfriend, not knowing that the dumpee will be Al.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1998
El-Train considers dropping out of school after his grades begin to slip; Al plays the stock market with Cassidy's cash.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1998
The gang organizes a holiday food drive, and learns that Al's family could use some help because his father lost his job.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 11, 1999
Chris's new romance with Cassidy becomes complicated after his summer fling from Greece pays a visit to New York.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 11, 1999
Jamal considers ditching his dream of baseball stardom after he strikes out for the first time.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1999
After learning that the guys plan to cut her from the bowling team, Dawn fakes an injury so she can bail out and avoid being embarrassed.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1999
El-Train's musical idol hits a sour note when the jazz singer steals one of the teen's songs and passes it off as his own.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1999
Jamal and Chris almost bring down the curtain on their friendship when they start fighting over their proposed movie for a New York film festival.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1999
Cassidy is torn between her friends and a frat-boy beau after the gang accuses him of trying to slip her a date-rape drug.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1999
The gang gets a lesson in tolerance after Jamal starts dating a white student whose father won't accept the skin color of his daughter's beau.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1999
After mastering his self-defense class, Jamal busts a mugger but lets Chris take credit for the brave deed.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1999
Jamal takes up boxing after meeting a famed king of the ring, but has to dance around the subject with his disapproving dad.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1999
El-Train's plan to become a pro wrestler is put on hold after he sees how the often-violent sport effects a young fan.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1999
Jamal has a hard time trusting his girlfriend after she's paired with Chris for a project in their marriage class.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1999
Chris and Jamal start trouble for the sake of creating drama after the gang is picked to star in a reality show about their lives.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1999
Dawn's attempt to help a homeless immigrant backfires when the guy robs the gang while staying at the Reality House loft.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1999
Sparks fly when Al and Dawn team up for a science project; Jamal and Chris compete for the attention of their building's sexy new super.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1999
Chris sees the other side of sexual harassment after he takes an internship with a Manny High alum who's got her eye on him.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1999
Jamal gets a lesson in leadership after he takes over El-Train's spot as student-council president; Chris has tickets to the hottest show in town and two of his hottest friends want them.
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1999
Chris and Dawn campaign to keep Miss Noble's church from being demolished; Jamal's latest crush has some strange school ties.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1999
The guys' new job at a toy store comes with a secret assignment: Befriend the boss's son for some extra cash.
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1999
El-Train finds himself being more than just a boyfriend after uncovering his new gal's secret drug addiction.
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1999
Chris and Jamal help a little girl reunite with her absentee father in time for Christmas.
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1999
Jamal tries to end things with Ashley after she becomes intent on running his whole life.
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1999
As the gang gathers on the roof of Manny High to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve, they recall 1999 through flashbacks.
Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2000
Dawn's fund-raiser fast on the roof of Manny High is rained on by the gang's continual efforts to sneak off to snack.
Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2000
Chris and Jamal beg Miss Noble to pose as the cyberwoman they have created online to cheer up a suddenly single Mr. Grant.
Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2000
Cassidy comes clean about her mom's drinking after Mrs. Tartikoff shows up at her dance recital intoxicated.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2000
Star athlete Al neglects his schoolwork; Ms. Noble gets ready for her class reunion.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2000
Chris and Jamal meet radio deejay Jo-Jo Wright; the kids conspire to get Ms. Noble back together with her beau.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2000
Jamal and Chris stir up trouble for their entire chemistry class when they create a cheat sheet rather than study for an exam.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2000
Jamal takes a gangbanger schoolmate to student court; Al and El-Train audition to be radio deejays.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2000
Dawn and Al set El-Train up on a date; Ms. Noble and the kids put on a radio play.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2000
The kids play an important role in Ms. Noble's wedding.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2000
The boys go into business together; Dawn envies Cassidy's acting success.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2000
Chris meets a princess on the run from paparazzi; the kids probe a school legend.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2000
Chris and Jamal risk Ms. Noble's wrath when they fabricate facts for a history paper; Dawn and Cassidy go into business together.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2000
Chris and Jamal's feud with another school's radio deejays gets out of hand; quiz-team captain Dawn is fixated on winning a championship trophy.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2000
Chris ditches bandmates Jamal, Al and El-Train just before a crucial performance. Meanwhile, an odd new toy fascinates Dawn and Cassidy.
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2000
Dawn's friendship with a new boy in school makes Al jealous; Chris and Jamal try acrobatics to win a dance contest.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2000
Ms. Noble sets up a pen-pal program between Manny High students and kids in Japan.
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2000
Chris and Jamal mock their pals on a radio show; Cassidy, Dawn, Al and El-Train try out for cheerleading.
Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2000
Honesty tests Dawn and Cassidy's friendship; Manny High takes uncomfortably heavy security measures.
Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2000
Jamal explores his black heritage; Al and El-Train lose sleep over a mattress store's contest.
Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2000
The kids offer Ms. Noble fantasic excuses for their tardiness.
Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2000
A school newspaper article about Dawn's heroism wrecks Al's macho rep; Jamal, Chris and El-Train cater to Ms. Noble after accidentally injuring her.
Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2000
Midterm fever hits Manny High. Meanwhile, Chris is spoiled rotten at a posh prep school.
Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2000
The gang learns a lesson about alcohol after drinking at Cassidy's slumber party.
Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2000
Chaos reigns when Ms. Noble lightens up on the discipline in hopes of winning a popularity contest.
Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2000
Manny High holds a Valentine dance; Ms. Noble gets stressed out while teaching a meditation class.
Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2000
Jamal has a gambling problem.
Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2000
El-Train enters a science fair; Chris and Cassidy overdo their public displays of affection.
Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2000
The gang has a seafaring adventure.
Episode: 4x26 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2001
With the school year winding down, the gang begins to look back at their shared past while facing a summer apart.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2001
Jamal creates a monster when he gives his geeky bud a makeover. Meanwhile, the gang gets Miss Noble a hot watch for her birthday.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2001
Affairs of the heart plague Dawn, who finds her cyber-beau is an old friend, while Jamal's love life is barely breathing.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2001
Jamal ends up putting Chris's life in peril after he takes on a gun-toting gang-banger to dispose of his cowardly reputation. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang goes in search of a secret room in the high school.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2001
Cassidy recruits El-Train to pose as her abrasive new beau in hopes of changing her father's mind about Chris. Meanwhile, Al and Dawn refuse to butt out after they spy Nobel smoking.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2001
Dawn has a hard time dealing with Al's new gal; Miss Noble refs as the guys try to outwit, outmatch and outplay each other in the park.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2001
Jamal dumps Chris as his dance partner and ends up having to compete against his new sidekick for a spot on a national tour. Meanwhile, El-Train and Al take over Cassidy and Dawn's advice column in hopes of scoring dates.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2001
Al and El-Train's internship at a record label hits a sour note when one of them fails to pull his weight; Dawn and Cassidy get a lesson in higher learning when they land a gig as assistant principals.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2001
Jamal and Chris skip out on a charity radio show to participate in Senior Ditch Day.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2001
Dawn falls for Chris's prep-school chum, a player who may be hiding the truth about his not-so-ex-girlfriend; El-Train and the guys head to a DMX concert and are almost DOA after offering a ride to a total stranger.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2001
Jamal makes a mess of things after he tries to clean up after a clumsy waitress he's been dating; the gang learns a dirty little secret about Miss Noble's years as a student at Manny High.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2001
Cassidy's big break comes with a price after the director puts the moves on her; El-Train believes a fall out of bed has triggered his sixth sense.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2001
El-Train's mom goes on a date with Jamal's dad, leaving the two students to ponder what lies ahead for their fraternizing folks.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2001
Jamal takes a dangerous new drug to bulk up after a big college shows interest in recruiting him for its basketball team.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2001
El-Train jumps through hoops to avoid having to play against his new gal in a charity basketball event. Meanwhile, Jamal has a full plate running his dad's diner and dealing with an expected food critic.
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2001
El-Train gets a visit from a familiar ghost, who takes him on a tour of his ill-fated future after he decides to ditch the SAT exams.
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2001
Chris and Jamal's on-air antics keep Dawn from being elected class president; Cassidy's new fan may be more misery than he's worth.
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2001
El-Train's romance with Kianna takes a hit after he starts reciting his private love poems to her in public.
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2001
The gang looks back on the ups and downs of their friendships after Chris and Jamal skip out on a group photo for the Manny High yearbook.
Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2001
Jamal can't deal with Rosie's new career after the guys at school get a good look at her latest modelling shots.
Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2001
A near-death experience has Chris living life on the edge, Jamal out to love everyone he sees and El-Train afraid that he has escaped his fate.
Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2001
Dawn's acceptance into Harvard is upstaged by news of Noble's retirement, and the guys get even more upsetting info about their principal.
Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2001
The gang's new show for Manny High TV begins to steal listeners away from Chris and Jamal's afternoon radio gig, so the guys set out to bring down their friends' ratings. Meanwhile, Miss Nobel wants to know who keeps dressing up her newly installed statue in the school's courtyard.
Episode: 5x23 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2001
Prom night finds Chris and Cassidy at odds over their post-graduation futures, while Dawn and Al finally find some common ground when it comes to who should ask whom to the dance.
Episode: 5x24 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2001
A race to find the diplomas and finish up finals keeps the gang on their toes as graduation day nears. But when Chris and Jamal fail to find a way to end their radio show, a bizarre twist of fate hooks them up with the perfect goodbye.
Episode: 5x25 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2001
El-Train, Chris, Dawn, Jamal, Al and Cassidy all gather at the diner for a final farewell on the day after graduation.
Episode: 5x26 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2001
Miss Noble ropes the gang into joining the school band; Al's ethics nearly get him fired after he lands a job at a firm that markets toy guns.