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Thu, Jan 6, 2005
Deborah's cousin Sabrina is staying a week; the former dog has blossomed to Jonathan's taste. Jackie is going to run for class president, Sue will manage her campaign, rival Ali attacks almost instantly. Mia asks Michael to tell their teenager kids Dino and Deborah if they are getting serious together, he first gets wife Annie's okay in vague terms; when Mia does, Deb is furious and suggests Sabrina to date Dino, to Jonathan's anger, who is relieved Dino won't double date. Dino decks a boy who jocularly insulted his ma; he must take counseling with a midget to avoid suspension and loosing the hockey season, finds him cool but won't discuss his real issues. Monica pretends she's still with Ben's brother, Sue overhears him reproach her not to leave him alone, feels betrayed but they soon make up kissing. One look at Sabrina cures Dino's erectile infirmity. Sue's dad William Miller, who is on the teacher's union, scares Monica Young, suggesting she's better off quitting at her own initiative which she does to avoid jail, then tells Ben to stop dating Sue. Dad Michael tells Dino he's trying it with Mia, live with it- the horny jock's penis problem is back, he even comes clean to the counselor.
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Thu, Jan 13, 2005
Dino can't concentrate on school, hockey or therapy: all he thinks abouts is how he could get Jackie back. Monica Young resigns, pretending it's to to care for her sick mother. Ben settles for spending time with Sue innocently, yet her dad insists to forbid any contact, his own parents contemplate therapy and even a police report; pa confides in him afterward to have had something too with a much older alto-player in his school band himself, but sticks to indefinite grounding. Jonathan really digs Sabrina, but feels obligated to stay loyal to Deb, who fails to get her otherwise liberal ma's permission for a volunteer 'groupie' internship with a music magazine, yet Michael pleads for it but is ignored. Jackie is elected class president, to her own surprise. Sabrina repeatedly touching him unannounced while working in the dark room on Deb's photos makes Jonathan so horny he ends up kissing her, only to be barked off and betrayed to Deb, who dumps him just as heartlessly as she had turned on Dino. Counselor Dr. Belber insists Dino has no responsibility for his parents's break-up, let alone for his ma's cheating, and finally gets him to say it, then grills his ma, and advices Dino on their last session to forgive her and take responsibility for his own life again. He confides into Jackie about his erectile dysfunction, which convinces her he's serious about real friendship, and even decides to move back in with his overjoyed ma and kid brother Max.
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Thu, Jan 20, 2005
Ben and Sue don't look forward to the Sophomore ski trip, unlike Dino, as her dad maintains her grounding, till she claims that still costs deposit and full price- but he signs up last minute as chaperon. Dino is happy to be back home with Max, ma helps him packing. Deb wouldn't forgive Jonathan and only pretends to go skiing to try for the Seattle Scene internship behind ma's back; she gets a press pass to cover a band's Roadhouse concert. Michael cancels a double date with Mia to spend more time with kid son Max and his ma Annie. Ben is too late to cancel his 'sick' cancellation, his spot is passed on, but Jackie will help him take Deb's place; Ben and Sue decide to risk it, even with her pa. One bus breaks down, so the trio is without their girlfriends; Dino decides to fool around, and there's no shortage of attractive, willing girls, even one in the next room. Sue's dad drives the three girls in his car, so the surprised couple is found out; the girls are returned home. Dino resists temptation at the last moment; he and Ben now set their mind to skiing, but when they go pick up Jonathan in his room ...
2005
Jonathan is scared he'll never get Deb back if she finds out about him and Polly during the class ski trip, Dino regrets not having done it with Polly because Jackie wouldn't have found out anyway. Deb won't even let Jackie give the boys a lift to school, so they wine how sick they are of walking, then find a car for sale for $900, 300 each, so they beg their parents till their voices hurt, yet it's no all-round, but they decide to dig deep into their savings anyway. Dino preaches to Jonathan honesty which even the 'improved' Dino doesn't practice with Jackie, who now ironically finds him irresistibly hot but dares not suggest to get physical as she told him off. Jonathan really disappoints his mates by spending his $300 on a phone for Deb, but she tricks him into admitting he did it with Polly before he could hand it over, so he gets his money back to chip in after all. Ben still sneaks around with Sue, who objects most impractically to every room he ever shared with Monica, even starts about her first Bily Kirk. Dino's ma Annie is finally persuaded to go see the car, whose owner Mike hates it reminding him of his ex; seeing the kids' enthusiasm he even drops his price, $200 they can spend on repairs: the trio is in heaven on wheels; the price of gas soon knocks them back down, next day a broken carburetor gets them towed to purgatory. Polly is still into Jonathan, Dino warns him she's a pretty but empty package; when his dad gives him his credit card to take Deb -who shares his birthday- to a fancy restaurant, he uses it to pay the car repairs; Ben must go pick it up at the garage, with Deb- they solve the Monica problem by using the L-word and kiss long enough to drain the battery. Deb keeps stirring between her ma Mia and Dino's pa Michael. Jonathan and Deb celebrate their common birthday by becoming just good friends again. After chastely painting together and driving him home, Jackie finally jumps Dino's bones.
Top-rated
2005
The boys collectively take a cool-looking job at Eddie's leisure products store, grumbling they spend most of their spare time working to pay for the car. Jonathan whines that he never gets to enjoy the car, having failed his drivers exam three times. He gets a practice lesson in parking, but messes up, damaging both their car as well as someone's parked sports car. When Deb and her mentor, Alex, set up auditions for the band, Deb's dad, Oliver, turns up for the audition. Deb runs away - but Oliver has a mutual friend set up a meeting between them, after which she turns on her mother, Mia, for blocking him out of her life. Little Max tells his father, Michael, that his cooking is so much better then junk-food, he should set up his own stall. So he offers his restaurant expertise to a girl who runs her brother's business during his Iraq tour: the food is an instant hit. When the rammed car's owner demands compensation or she'll call the police, the poor boys have to volunteer for Eddie's annual inventory, all night long. While Jackie's parents are on a 'business cruise', she stays with Sue, who looks forward to the end of her trial month with Ben. Her dad, William, is a very grumpy, unamused host, obviously all the more when Deb, who ran away, joins the girls, and seriously considers her father's offer to come live with him and Pam in L.A. When Jonathan, tired of getting pestered and blamed all the time, leaves school, Dino and Ben have to pay their own way and end up selling their hockey stuff thus ultimately accepting Eddie's offer to buy the 'classic' car.