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Fame: Season 6

24 episodes Premiered Oct 6, 1986 Updated Nov 6, 2026
Previously on Fame

Season 6 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Fame Season 5.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S6·E1 Mytharc

Back to Something New

Oct 6, 1986 · 45 min

As the new school year beings, a few changes have taken place; Christopher has graduated and is moving on to unknown future, Miss Sherwood has finally published her novel and has m

S6·E2 Core

The Last Dance

Oct 13, 1986 · 45 min

Christopher's cousin is having a wedding with Jesse and Nicole set to dance as a couple. Nicole feels that things have changed and breaks up with Jesse but after getting back toget

S6·E3 Core

New Faces

Oct 20, 1986 · 45 min

After being reacquainted with an old actor friend, Paul Seeger, Lydia gets him a job as an acting teacher at the School of the Arts. His toughness isn't received well at first by t

S6·E4 Core

Judgement Day

Oct 27, 1986 · 45 min

On the anniversary of Leroy's commencement as a teacher at the School of the Arts, he's faced with accusations that he picked one student over the other for the lead because she wa

S6·E5 Core

All-Talking, All-Singing, All-Dancing

Nov 3, 1986 · 45 min

Jesse presents his 30's-styled play to Mr. Dyrenforth who decides to fund the play with hopes of obtaining the prize money of $20,000 from the Kimble foundation. The board decides

S6·E6 Core

Hold That Baby

Nov 10, 1986 · 45 min

Chris' sister leaves him with her 9-month old son Spike when she has an emergency and Chris is put through the ups and downs of parenting. Mrs. Berg leaves Mr. Dyrenforth to his ow

S6·E7 Core

A Different Drummer

Nov 17, 1986 · 45 min

Reggie challenges conventionalism in order to help the homeless and ends up in a bit of trouble with Mr. Dyrenforth and the law. Dusty's father, Reverend Tyler, visits his daughter

S6·E8 Core

Mr. Wacky's World

Nov 24, 1986 · 45 min

Frustrated with not getting work as an actor, Danny goes to the cable access station to get his own show. While in the building, he walks onto the set of "Mr. Whacky's World" and g

S6·E9 Core

All I Want for Christmas

Dec 8, 1986 · 45 min

When Tina comes to visit Leroy, he plans to make her a believer in the Christmas spirit. Between studying and working, he makes little time for Tina which leaves her despondent. Mr

S6·E10 Mytharc

Fame and Fortune

Dec 29, 1986 · 45 min

Nicole gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she's invited to sing back-up for her idol Frannie Fortune but Nicole gets a quick lesson in the dog-eat-dog nature of the business.

S6·E11 Core

Go Softly Into Morning

Jan 5, 1987 · 45 min

After an eventful party, Miss Grant is frustrated to learn that Danny and Nicole have not shown up for an important rehearsal. That frustration turns to grief when they learn that

S6·E12 Core

Love Kittens Go to High School

Jan 26, 1987 · 45 min

The School of the Arts has been selected as the location for director Jeff Stave's new film "Kittens Go to High School." Appointed student assistant to Mr. Stave, Jillian falls for

S6·E13 Core

The Crimson Blade

Feb 2, 1987 · 45 min

Mr. Dyrenforth is due for appendicitis and the board elects Ms. Fleming to fill in for him. Ms. Fleming enforces a doctrine that prohibits singing and dancing in the hallways. Milt

S6·E14 Core

Pros and Cons

Feb 9, 1987 · 45 min

After rekindling her relationship with her high school fling, Lydia learns that her lover makes a living as a stock swindler. Ian becomes jealous when his father starts hanging aro

S6·E15 Core

The Big Contract

Feb 16, 1987 · 45 min

Lou's brother Duke shows up and Lou is anything but trilled. After hearing Chris sing, Duke signs him to do an album for him. Lou warns Chris about his brother's slimy ways but Chr

S6·E16 Mytharc

Stradi-Various

Feb 23, 1987 · 45 min

After receiving a violin from Bavaria that was originally sent to him in 1947 and after seemingly mystical occurrences take place at the school, Mr. Shorofsky reveals to the studen

S6·E17 Core

That Was the Weekend That Was

Mar 16, 1987 · 45 min

Jesse gets the key to the school to catalog Shorofky's collection of sheet music over the weekend. Joe Mackey is hosting the Grand Gathering of Muskrats at his cafe and convinces L

S6·E18 Core

Ian's Girl

Mar 23, 1987 · 45 min

When Ian's old girlfriend visits him, feeling homesick and missing her, he decides to go back to England something to which she objects. Mr. Shorofsky wants to send Ian to a compet

S6·E19 Mytharc

Best Buddies

Mar 30, 1987 · 45 min

When Danny's old friend comes to visit him, he surprises him with more than the news that he's working for Lou when he reveals to Danny that he's gay. Danny has an especially diffi

S6·E20 Core

The Lounge Singer Who Knew Too Much

Apr 20, 1987 · 45 min

While typing up Chris' resume at work in a top secret company, Jillian accidentally sends top secret information to Chris' home address. Chris becomes the subject of a pursuit by t

S6·E21 Core

Reggie and Rose

Apr 27, 1987 · 45 min

After helping her out when she gets kicked out of her English class, Reggie's close friend and the cafeteria lady, Rose, joins the school of the arts under Reggie's suggestion but

S6·E22 Core

Of Cabbages and Kings

May 4, 1987 · 45 min

The National Cultural Center selects The School of the Arts to contribute an item to a time capsule to be opened a century later but no one is able to agree on what that item shoul

S6·E23 Mytharc

Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore

May 11, 1987 · 45 min

When Mrs. Berg learns that her old lover is coming to visit her, realizing that her lie of running the school has come back to haunt her, the kids help her pose as school principal

S6·E24 Mytharc

Baby, Remember My Name

May 18, 1987 · 45 min

The school is trying its hands at its first video yearbook and with alumni week in session, Bruno, Coco, Doris, Montgomery, Holly, and Chris are interviewed for the video. Miss Gra

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