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Brendon learns the awful truth that his mom is dating his soccer coach.

When Paula discovers that Brendon hasn't done any homework during the year, she is less than eager to attend a parent-teacher conference.

Brendon challenges the town bully after Jason gets picked on.

Brendon volunteers to take care of a vacationing couple's pet cat. However, it escapes its house and later turns up with rabies.

Brendon meets Lonnie on a camping trip, and things go well until he is stung by the whimsy of her favor.

Jealousy is the order of the day when Brendon faces a creative rival and Coach McGuirk feels threatened by a likeable assistant coach.

Melissa is furious with Brendon after he takes artistic liberties with a documentary about her grandfather's life.

Brendon's acting skills foil his audition for a local play, so he uses his cinematic skills to secure a part. Meanwhile, Paula begins teaching a creative writing class with an eye on at least one student body.

Brendon believes a fisheye lens will save his stiffly written horror film, but his efforts to get one are frustrated by family cash-flow problems.

Brendon launches a series of efforts to convince the school nurse that he is ill and should be sent home.

Josie's trip to the hospital inspires the subject of Brendon's extra-credit educational film about the hazards of putting marbles in your nose.

Faulted for a bike-riding accident, Brendon is ordered by the court to write an essay about breaking the law. The film he makes instead a smear piece on the drivers who hit him does not impress the judge.

After Brendon, Jason and Melissa win first prize in a local film festival, Channel 1 does a story on them; and an offhand remark by the reporter stirs Brendon's curiosity about his father.