Chris and Michael coach two rival gangs, who agree to settle their differences with a break dance competition. While Coco leaves school to pursue her career.
Holly and Christopher are cast as lovers in a play, while Danny helps a girl trying to avoid returning to the Soviet Union by becoming a dance student.
Chris's schoolwork suffers when his father becomes unemployed. Doris has a hard time accepting Alicia into the school until she sees how Alicia comes to Chris' rescue.