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Season guide

USA High: Season 2

20 episodes Premiered Nov 16, 1998
Previously on USA High

Season 2 Lore Primer

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

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of USA High Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (17): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Gang, a Guy and a Bakery

Nov 16, 1998

Christian and Jackson gets jobs working in a bakery. One of their customers is particularly obnoxious. Later they find that the new roommate for the departed Lazzarini is Dwayne ""

S2·E2 Core

Jackson's Assistant

Nov 17, 1998

Jackson and Christian are given the responsibility of hiring a much-need assistant for the bakery. After interviewing several oddball applicants, Jackson hires Alicia for the job.

S2·E3 Core

The Gang Gets a Car

Nov 18, 1998

Life would be a lot easier for the gang with a car, they all believe, and Excess suggests they all pool their money and buy one together. They aren't happy, however, when they see

S2·E4 Core

I Want My MTV!

Nov 19, 1998

Excess applies for a ""VJ"" job, and to his great delight, he gets it. But the fame and attention the new job brings goes straight to his head. Meanwhile, the prophecies in fortune

S2·E5 Core

Excess's Ex

Nov 20, 1998

Liza, Excess' former girlfriend, comes to Paris. Though Excess is still hopeful of getting back together with her, she plans to tell him the relationship is over for good. Before L

S2·E6 Core

Winnie Wear

Dec 28, 1998

At the dress shop where she works part-time, Winnie tells visiting designer Claude Perrier what she really thinks of his new designs--and it's none too complimentary. The store's o

S2·E7 Core

Jackson the Brain

Dec 28, 1998

Lauren, who excels in science, helps Jackson study for an important exam on the subject. Amazingly, Jackson scores higher than Lauren or anyone else on the exam. This qualifies him

S2·E8 Core

For the Love of Ashley

Dec 29, 1998

Excess works with Ashley on a pottery class project and becomes more and more attracted to her. The other girls can see this and they tell Ashley about it. Ashley doesn't believe t

S2·E9 Core

Cinder-Ashley

Dec 29, 1998

Ashley hopes that Tom Prince will ask her to the big dance, but alas, he doesn't. On the night of the dance, she falls asleep and dreams that she is ""Cinder-Ashley,"" who lives wi

S2·E10 Core

Hands Off My Christian

Dec 30, 1998

Winnie is showing a new freshman named Renee around the campus. Christian is really put on the spot when Renee stars flirting heavily with him. Also, new competition for the USA Ca

S2·E11 Core

The Blind Date

Dec 30, 1998

Excess' dad, a member of the diplomatic corps, sets up his son on a blind date with a colleague's daughter named Tyra. Desperate to get out of it, Excess enlists the help of the ot

S2·E12 Core

Hey Big Spender

Dec 31, 1998

Lauren is dating a rich guy named Darren. Excess and Jackson tell her she's only dating him for the material things he can give her. But the guys start getting some of the benefits

S2·E13 Core

Lights, Camera, Jackson

Dec 31, 1998

Jackson is encouraged by the talent scout for a TV variety show to submit a video of himself performing. Excess lines up director Joey Avalon to shoot a video for Jackson, but the

S2·E14 Core

Christian's Scholarship

Mar 29, 1999

Christian is offered a full athletic scholarship to UCLA to play basketball. But Winnie is saddened by the thought of her boyfriend attending a school many thousands of miles away

S2·E15 Core

It's a Wonderful Life

Mar 30, 1999

Jackson is filing out his application to the Julliard School of Music when he is stuck for an answer to an essay question about his greatest high school achievement. The gang tries

S2·E16 Core

Good Sports

Mar 31, 1999

The girls have been skipping out on Mr. Macafee's gym class and are trying to make it up as the school year draws near an end. Macafee uses the ""honor system"" for grading, and th

S2·E17 Core

Psych 101

Jun 7, 1999

Ashley has done well in her psychology class and offers some advice to Lauren, Winnie and Christian that has positive results for them. Emboldened by this success, Ashley continues

S2·E18 Core

The Wedding

Jun 8, 1999

The day many thought would never arrive is getting closer: Ms. Dupre and Mr. Elliot are getting married. The rest of the gang is excitedly making preparations but Ashley finds that

S2·E19 Mytharc

The Last Hurrah

Jun 9, 1999

The gang wants to have one big final blowout of a party to commemorate the end of their senior year. To do this, they must convince the newlywed Mr. and Mrs. Elliot to go on their

S2·E20 Mytharc

Graduation Day

Jun 10, 1999

Graduation time has almost arrived and the friends are reacting with different emotions ranging from excitement to regret. All that stands between them and their college careers is

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