Madison

Episode 01

On the Curb

Sep 21, 1993 · 30 min

Carol is looking for an escape from the stifling constraints of home and school and finds escape hanging out on the streets with her friend Sonia and a pair of homeless dropouts.

Episode 02

The Firefighter

— · 30 min

Penny's father walked out on her and her mother when she was a child. Since then, high school senior Penny has had trouble with intimacy. As she pulls away from her boyfriend Brad, Penny's mother Frances is starting a relationship with Hank, a firefighter, that Penny seems determined to sabotage. (1993)

Episode 03

Meeting of Minds

— · 30 min

Frustrated by the unruliness and lack of learning in Robert Simmonds history class, a talented student, Tom Conner, blows up at the teacher, blasting him for letting the students get out of control. He soon realises that Simmonds is more than just a dinosaur, and that he could really offer the class an education. (1993)

Episode 04

Tough Cries

— · 30 min

Norm Michaels is a police liaison assigned to work with the kids at Madison, but all he gets are crank calls, until he gets two mystery calls from a 'friend' asking him to look out for Jamie Novak. Lately Jamie has been fighting to back up his friend Mac. It turns out that the calls are being made by Jamie's friend Derek. Before Norm can save Jamie, a confrontation with his girlfriend Karen stops Jamie from going to a fight, as he breaks down. (1993)

Episode 05

Last Pick

— · 30 min

Paul is sixteen and small for his age, prompting the other kids in his classes to make fun of him. After he is turned down for a party invite by Linda, a girl he really likes, he starts going to a local gym, where bodybuilder Dennis starts teaching him how to build muscle. He is tempted to take the 'supplements' that keep Dennis in shape, but after talking to his coach, realises that it won't mean as much if he doesn't get there honestly. (1993)

Episode 06

Breaking the Chain

— · 30 min

Alex Blake has been troubled lately. His mother has recently left his abusive father, taking his sister Michelle with her. And his girlfriend, Lisa Van Horne, is looking forward to heading off to college, without him. When Alex's anger starts to scare Lisa, Sheri tries to encourage her friend to break things off with him. (1991)

Episode 07

Not Just Anybody

— · 30 min

Allison is in grade eleven, and thrilled that she has gotten a date with Sam, a graduating student who is popular and extremely well-liked. But after a misunderstanding at a party, Allison is questioning her own actions, and Sam receives some hard lessons from his older brother Jack. (1991)

Episode 08

The Girl Most Likely

— · 30 min

A driven and determined high school senior, Sheri Davis soon discovers that she can't balance an overloaded schedule and prepare for college at the same time. (1993)

Episode 09

Class Act

— · 30 min

Greg Peterson isn't exactly a model student. Though he spends his off-school hours coaching elementary school kids, he barely makes it onto Coach Kolaski's short list for a summer job as a basketball camp counsellor. (1991)

Episode 10

Boy Wonder

— · 30 min

Tom Conner is an over-achiever, a straight-A student and basketball star who bears the additional burden of raising his younger brother Teddy while his single-parent mother Sandra works long hours as a freelance reporter and drinks excessively. (1991)

Episode 11

Best Friends

— · 30 min

Laura and Carol have been best friends since childhood, but Carol is beginning to gravitate towards a different tribe, one geared more towards booze, drugs and parties than allegiance to longtime pals. (1991)

Episode 12

The Circle

— · 30 min

Michael is a native teenager who has had a hard time dealing with things since his mother died and his father turned to alcohol, leaving Michael and his sister in the care of their grandmother (Cookum). Now he wants a part of their lives, but Michael is too angry to listen, and despite Charlene's pleas, is headed down his own road to alcohol abuse. (1991)

Episode 13

Working It Out

— · 30 min

While on a bus ride from a field trip, Alex lights into Robert, a Chilean immigrant, with a barrage of taunts and racist remarks, which lands the two boys in peer counseling. (1991)