Junior High Season 3, Episode 22: Getting Closer

Once Again-Whose She?-A Fresh Start

Silver Spoons

Aaron decides to run away from his home in the trailer park but finds he has nowhere to go. Kaylopie starts rumors that Anna is ""easy"" while Sarah believes them and tells everyone she can vouch there true. Disgusted at Sarah's behavior Gretchen and Jared try to make everyone believe otherwise. Korky decides his life is spiralling down but its too late, as he passes out in Con Issues. Meanwhile Colby ditches school with Theresa, but why?When Gretchen and Jared confront them they tell them to mind there own business as the two watch there friends fall apart.

Friday The 13th

On Friday the 13th, Aaron tries to avoid bad stuff by using old superstious ideas, but when he sees Korky trying to put the moves on Anna he punches him and accuses him of being an addict which fumes Annas fule to ask Korky out.Kalyopie and Sarah decide there know enemies after battling out for a part in the school play ""Oklahoma"" and Kalyopie gets it.Gretchen and Jared share a kiss, and when they just want to be alone, they can't because of Colby who doesn't get the picture that they want to be alone.Also, Teressa admits to everyone the reason her and Colby was ditching was to help her father who has begun to beat her mother Stacey (Joanna Kerns) once more.(This episode takes place in the course of one day.(From dusk'til'dawn:) Also, homecoming which has been a buzz the past two weeks winners are announced and Korky and Sarah are announced and Kalyopie plans to ruin it for Sarah.

3's Company Too...

Gretchen and Jared try to work out there feelings of always wanting to be ""together"", while still trying to tell Colby to leave them alone.They then decide to set him up with Willoby Chase (Kristy Smith), but it turns out that Lial Darkson (Chris Lin) one of Jared's old friends wants her too.Also Sarah finally gets it out of Teresa that the reason that her and Korky broke up after being so ""in love"" was because of Korky's new extensive drug use.Sarah then at the end of the episode plans to make Korky fall for her and then they would be the perfect Freshman Prince and Princess.Also Kalyopie makes Aaron feel trusting toward her and makes him spill all the secrets he knows about Anna and Colby and Gretchen and Sarah and Teressa.Later, Anna and Korky meet and they're about to kiss when Sarah comes in and takes Korky away to practice there speeches.Anna then goes to Aaron who Kalyopie has turned against her and then she too goes with Teressa to Gretchen and Jared who with Colby go have a go

The Parade

Gretchen,Jared,Colby and Anna all hang together hang together before the big game and after the parade and the dance but when Jared and Gretchen have a tiff when they pretend they don't like eachother to Colby and Anna, it ends up that both Colby and Anna tell them ""I thought you liked Kalyopie and Korky, and that angers them both but at the dance the next day, they share another kiss while dancing.Also Teressa and Korky talk but Kalyopie soon breaks them up after finding out that Sarah rigged the ballots for prince and princess.Also Aaron tries to talk Sean (guest star Jimmy Trout) to rejoin their group, and when he sees Sarah he considers it.

The Halloween Bash Take 2

Jared throws a halloween party with the group. He tells Colby about him and Gretchen and he leaves,and when Teressa follows him she sees Kalyopie being hurt by Sean Malkbee and she finds out that they're dating.Anna and Aaron break up after both of them realizing they're just friends.Sarah and Korky announce they're going out after she tells him that ""she's not Teressa"". Colby comes back with a new girlfriend, Kalyopie after Teressa punches out Sean.

Thanksgiving Misgivings

Jared is upset when his Thanksgiving is maimed with fights between his aunt and sister, and later when he realizes his parents are a no-show. Also, Gretchen and her family are shunned by the county after they call them ""chinks"" because they go to the Thanksgiving Fest where they were the Family of the Year. Teressa is afraid to go to her dad so she runs away to Kaylopie and the two realize they need help. Anna and Aaron's families are together since they're good friends; its awkward at first but the two realize that they'res till friends. Sarah sees Korky alone while she's driving with her parents out to the wine country so she makes her parents stop but he just tells her that he's waiting for his parents and when she says ""yeah right"" she doesn't leave him, but they really do come!

Where's The Christmas Joy?!

Sarah and Kalyopie go Christmas Shopping for everyone but shocked to see Sean and Korky together and the two girls are suspicious of them, so they decide to intervene, only to get shutout. Menwhile, Theressa tries to reconnect with the other ""main four"" but finds herself ousted, until they see that she's hurting and they invite her inside to decorate there group tree.

2000...2001

The gang has a party at Gretchen's ranch house…but when everyone leaves it forces everyone to see how they've become two groups (Jared, Gretch, Aar, Ann, and Col)(Sar, Kaly, Theres, Kork) and they all decide to make new resolutions. Jared and Gretchen tell everyone they're going out, Anna and Aaron get back together, Colby and Sarah make up, Kalyopie says she's not going to be mean with Sarah anymore, Korky says he's not going to smoke cigarettes anymore and Theresa and Korky make up after Sarah crying telling everyone how she's been mean to everyone, Kalyopie decides to dump Sean and start her new nice life with her new friends saying at first her and Sarah were shocked by the niceness and caring of all, they all decide that things are going to be great in the new year but when the clock hits 12, a police officer comes in saying ""I'm looking for someone"", and someone faints, also two teenage kids come in just to see all of this happening.

The Aftermash

The episode takes place after Korky has been taken away by the cop and Kalyopie has been rushed to the hospital after its found she's anorexic. Jared is pleased to meet beautiful Charlotte, and cool Billy (an 8th grader genius), his old friends, and those three with Gretchen clean up the house and then head on over to the hospital with Anna and Colby. Sarah, Aaron, and Theresa are with Korky and Sergeant Michael's tells them Korky was caught with illegal drugs and he's going to be in juvenile hall and probation. The doctor Hastings tells them that she will be weak, but in the hospital, the episode ends when the two different groups are seen watching there fallen friends, each somehow blaming themselves. Sarah dumps Korky, and he asks out Theresa.

Aaron's New Fear

At school, Gretchen, Jared, Anna and Colby have a long talk about there friends. Anna and Colby don't trust anyone anymore and Gretchen doesn't trust the girls, but Jared doesn't trust Korky, so they all decide they need faith in there friends, and Anna and Colby leave to go visit Kalyopie in the hospital, and Gretchen feels jealous when Charlotte suddenly shows up in the math room and nabs Jared's attention, and when he leaves, she decides to just become friends with Charlotte and the two make way to visit Korky. Meanwhile, Korky shows up at the hospital with his parole officer with Theresa and Sarah and when Aaron shows up, he tells Theresa he fears Korky because, ""look who he's with"" ""he's with an officer for a purpose"" and Theresa gets angry and tells him that he shouldn't even be there because he didn't even really try to get to know Kalyopie. He leaves as Anna and Colby get there, and they automatically see whose all there, and they see Billy and tell him to give Kalyopie a card

To Dream A Dream

The episode starts when Kalyopie awakes and looks at herself in the mirror and is disgusted and is faced with the toilet and whether or not to purge. Billy then walks in and yells at her and urges her parents to come in (Family Tie's Parents) as Meredith and Baxter. They then threaten to throw her into a special place or rehab and never talk to her again. When they leave, Billy helps her calm down. Gretchen finds out Charlotte and really starts to like her, but she finds out by Anna that she only befriended her to protect Jared since Gretchen told her the plan at school. After Charlotte leaves Gretchen hurt, she yells at Anna and Anna is also hurt, so she goes to Aaron, but they don't communicate since he's working on a Science project with Sarah. Anna then talks to Theresa and she decides that her and Aaron as a couple is making both there lives slow d own, so she decides to dump him, Theresa goes with her for moral support, but Aaron just blames Theresa because she's a ""loose girl"",

Theresa And Her Father

Theresa comes home to find out her father was rushed to the hospital with a heart attack, and she decides not to go into the room. Inside Kalyopie's room, Billy and Jared help her feel better about herself, and also try to siff through Jared's problem. They tell him to stop avoiding the two girls, but he decides to just talk to them each. Gretchen on the other hand tries to contact Charlotte and apologize, but she's looking for a date with Anna, who see's Aaron's newly concoiled parents (as of episode 65) and her father Bradley with another woman hand in hand. The two then decide to tell Aaron, who's at the hospital with Theressa and Sarah, but he doesn't believe her. Korky shows up and helps Theressa in confronting her and Sarah and Aaron have a long talk about how weird life is. Colby all this time has been following this mystery girl nd he finally starts to talk to her and he brings her to the hospital to declare the two are going out, but everyone yells at him for being tacky but T

Case Of The Ex

Sarah finds herself angry at Theresa because all she talks about is Korky, who claims that he was framed, but there's no evidence, so he gets kicked out of the school and is thrown in juvenile hall full time. Sarah then goes to see Aaron whose about to apologize to Anna, but Sarah interrupts that and Anna gets mad at him for making her wait so Sarah feels guilty until Aaron says ""she can wait"" and she gets very happy. Meanwhile, Colby and new girlfriend Lily Boggie don't really have a lot of anything to talk about, so Jared decides to go to the movies with them and get them to talk to each other, and he does but Lily brings along Mary Harper and she's interested in Jared and he can't believe all of this, and he decides whether or not to give in to her. Also, Anna then goes to see Billy and Kristen who are trying to contemplate Billy tutoring a really behind Kalyopie, and Anna is shocked finding herself scared to be away from Aaron after so long. During all of this Charlotte and Gretche

While The Cat's Away...

Theresa is asked by Justin to go to the dance with him, and she says yes. Sarah then calls her on not being faithful to Korky (who isn't in this episode), but she says that he would want her to go with someone he trusts. Aaron asks Sarah to go as friends and she accepts but she worries that he think they're going as more as friends, but Aaron quickly says just as friends. Also, Lily and Colby barely speak at school and he doesn't know where their relationship is. Anna asks Billy to go to the dance and he says no so Kalyopie doesn't feel left out, but he later says yes after Kalyopie lies and says she doesn't mind, but really she can't look at herself in the mirror, and she just wants to give up. At school, Anna feels bad that Billy hasn't said yes (yet) so she decides to stay home, but she talks to Billy again after school. Jared contemplates who to ask to the dance, but both of the girls lie and say they're over him to each other so he decides to go with Kalyopie if she's feeling bett

The Preparation

At school, everyone's in a hub-ub about the dance later that night. Kalyopie returns to school but feels like ditching without Billy, her ""back -up"" support, but rather finds it in Anna and Jared. Jared's in dismay after Colby's girlfriend hits on him, and he wants to ""hit-back"", but him and Kalyopie and Anna decide it would be best to keep it quiet until after the dance. Gretchen and Charlotte decide to go together because they don't have anyone else to go with. Gretchen plans on wooing Jared, as does Charlotte, and they decide that they each want to spend the rest of their life with him, which worries Colby. Also, Theresa gets a quick phone call from Korky who says he's been framed and that she should go to the dance. She says she will ""with her girlfriends"" but she knows that her and Justin will have a great time without Korky. After school, Aaron, Billy, Colby and Jared all head over to Jared's and Laura's emotional after she realizes her sister and nephew is growing up. The girls

Back And Better Than Ever

The show returns and all is great. Korky is back but now is in dismay when him and Theresa are constantly interrupted by Justin so he corners her but he just gets fed lies by Theresa. Meanwhile Sarah is busy showing around her twin who comes back to school after failing out and running away. At his school Billy is surprised to see Gretchen having to retake a math course after failing it because her and new best friend Charlotte were too busy partying. Billy agrees to help her with the class. The love between Brianna and Jared has reached a pinnacle of success but not between Colby and Lily the two are bored but the other two nudge them to try and work things out so they do and end up having a great time. Anna and Aaron try to help Kalyopie who just seems to get worse and is slipping into depression. Gabrielle is having a great time with her new friends whom she decided to go up and meet and in the end its only her that Kalyopie opens up too.

The Mothers Day Show

On Mothers Day Jared is sad when his mom doesn't show up for her annual visit. Gretchen is intrigued when her mother and father go out for a romantic evening, but come back with news that there family has become fast friends with Sarahs uppity parents Ted and Sheila. Billy and his mother. Gretchen ends up talking to Kalyopie who has been joined at the hip with Gabrielle, who says her parents took her to Monte Carlo, but she's really on the streets with them as its revealed at the end of the episode. Anna is sad when she's at her moms boyfriend, Ross because her moms away on business so she has a party with Billy whose mom is out touring but she comes back to whisk him away. Aarons real life parents have a tiff over the fact that Boyd got Leanna a VCR but she ends up walking out of the house. Justin is dumped by Theressa who goes to Colby whose all alone because his mother is trying to work for him. The two decide to part before they get too heavy. Charlotte is happy when her mom Rom

Aaron's The Friend

Theresa is shocked when Korky dumps her after finding out from a note about their fling. Korky then realizes it was him who turned Korky in and decides to turn him in (he's not seen). Gabrielle and Kalyopie at school are shocked when its rumored that Sarah got caught drunk at a party. She denies accusations. At school Billy feels like a loner and secretly pines for Gretchen who he confronts after he accuses her and Charlotte to be ditching classes when in reality they are. Jared and Brianna learn that Anna has a secret about Aaron and she's not willing to spill the beans. Aaron has been acting moody lately and tells only Colby that he thinks that Lily has been seeing an old flame, when in reality it's him.

Aaron's And Lily?

Aaron and Lily realize they don't really like each other they just did it for the thrill of it. They decide to tell Colby who over reacts and basically disowns them both. Gabrielle and Kalyopie try to help him but he feels betrayed. Meanwhile so does Korky who realizes it was Justin that framed him. Anna and Billy discover beer bottles in Charlottes trash after she was with Gretchen for a sleep over. They tell Jared who is tossing around breaking up with Brianna after he grows tired of going out with someone who he can only talk on the phone with mostly. Gretchen and Charlotte vow to be better students but they're blamed by Sarah and Brody as forever going downhill and they want to prove him wrong. Theressa has also spent a lot of time on her own and has decided to end her mess with boys as well.

The Summer Season Begins

The show opens with Sarah happy she got her first job as a bathing suit saleslady at the beach, but she's surprised how swarmed she is. She sees a lot of people and is shocked when she sees Theresas and Justin so she tells Korky who is angry because he just started to trust Theresa again, he reacts by saying he still has feelings for her. She then leaves. Billy asks Gretchen to go out and she feels bad so she decides too with the urgency of Charlotte and Kalyopie. Brody and Gabrielle feel sparks between them so they decide to go out by the end of the episode, but end up not anymore.. Lily and Colby are caught sneaking out of 3rd period PE by a teacher Mr. Trffnup but he tells them if they do his chores he'll let them off so they do and end up loving the math teacher whose hip and cool. Brianna and Aaron become church friends and the two end up having fun together and hanging out but Jared says he ""just can't keep his hands off his best friends girls"" but its too late-in the heat of th

Korky's Goodbye

Korky leaves the school as he is expelled and sent to Clorston to go and live with his father. He has a party and Gretchen, Theresa, Jared, Anna, Aaron, Colby and Sarah go but its not that great. Korky is so wasted that he doesn't really get emotional until the day afterward. Also, Brianna decides to get over Jared by going out with Lily, who only ends up talking about Colby. Gabrielle helps Kalyopie move out of her hospital room for good after her second fainting spell occur. Charlotte and Billy learns that there mean manager Lynne Salsmoch wants them touring in fairs for the summer; Brody feels bad after he cheats on a test in Spanish that's a state placement test.

The Time When I Said Goodbye

Theresa suddenly feels lonely without her old buddy and considers going to hang out with Lindsay and Beth. She eventually decides to not too when Kalyopie drops in Freehand Drawing . Gabrielle is shocked when her and Brody are caught in a cheating scandal by there Spanish teacher, Senora Mills a young new teacher. Lily tells Colby about Brody asking her out and he tells Brody their friendship is over. Brianna and Jared talk when Aaron makes them but they decide that since she's going to there school next year they'd rather be friends. Billy decides to take summer school to catch up with the gang and Sarah has visions of her father coming into her room at night and hitting her. Her and Charlotte and Gretchen are all alarmed while Anna tries to comfort Gabrielle who wants to just give up and run away.