Blossom

Episode 1

Runaway

Nick wakes up to find that Blossom has run away with Vinnie.

Episode 2

Dear Mom

Blossom writes a letter to her mother about Vinnie.

Episode 3

No Cure for Love

Tony is depressed about splitting up with Rhonda; Blossom is happily in love with Vinnie, until he suggests they should see other people; Joey thinks it is his fault that the girl he split up with was in an accident.

Episode 4

What Price Love?

Joey uses an escort service in an attempt to ease his overactive hormones; Blossom's new romance threatens her friendship with Six.

Directed by Bill BixbyGuest stars Christine Taylor

Episode 5

The Joey Chronicles

Joey has a deadline for a story about himself, but is continually distracted by fantasies about beautiful women; Blossom is upset when Vinnie wants to go out with his ex-girlfriend.

Directed by Bill BixbyGuest stars Jessica Hahn, Bobbie Phillips

Episode 6

Kids

Blossom decides to have sex with Vinnie, but he refuses; then she learns he is in a coma after a motorcycle accident.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Don ReoGuest stars Andrew Hill Newman, Christine Taylor

Episode 7

Only When I Laugh

Blossom and Six try to get fake IDs to get into a club; Anthony loses his first patient, an old comedian who left him laughing in the ambulance, and wants to have the funeral at the house.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Bill RichmondGuest stars Jack Carter, Bill Dana, Rex Ryon, David Arquette

Episode 8

I Killed Chico Barranca

Blossom and Six are arrested when stolen items turn up in their garage sale; pro-baseball scout Chico Barranca visits Joey to see if he has a future in baseball.

Directed by Bill BixbyGuest stars Paul Eiding

Episode 9

All Hallows Eve

Grounded on Halloween, Joey gets mistaken for a crazed prowler, while Nick, Anthony, and Buzz have their car break down outside a very macho bar -- in costume as a female rock band.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Brenda HamptonGuest stars A. J. Langer

Episode 10

The Making of the President

Blossom runs for president of the student council against popular Eddie Warwick.

Directed by Bill BixbyGuest stars Tommy Newsom, Timothy Leary, Keith Morrison, Omar Gooding, Phil Buckman, David Leisure, Lenny Wolpe, David Arquette

Episode 11

My Girl

Blossom records her family on video; Joey becomes suspicious that he was switched at birth.

Directed by Bill Bixby

Episode 12

The Frat Party

Blossom gets drunk on spiked punch at a frat party and wakes up nude in a stranger's bed; Rhonda moves in with Anthony while her apartment is fumigated; Joey gets a gorgeous math tutor.

Directed by Bill BixbyGuest stars Alexander Enberg, Christopher Daniel Barnes

Episode 13

Losing Your ... Religion

Six considers having sex with her new boyfriend; Blossom's class change religions for a week, so she seeks information about Judaism from a wise, wisecracking rabbi; Joey and Anthony buy an old car together.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Jonathan PrinceGuest stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Alan King

Episode 14

Ruby

Blossom is called for a Harvard interview, and Buzz tries to dissuade her from rejecting college to stay with her beau by telling her of his World War-II era romance with her grandmother Ruby.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Bill RichmondGuest stars Christopher Daniel Barnes

Episode 15

The Last Laugh

Nick is upset when the stand-up comic he is dating makes fun of him on the Arsenio Hall Show; Joey falls in love with Rhonda's niece; Blossom and Six make a serious video about safe sex that gets a thumbs down from the principal.

Directed by Ted WassGuest stars Gina Philips, Arsenio Hall

Episode 16

Time

Blossom and Six ponder the passage of time; Joey's too nervous to open a college letter of acceptance; Anthony pops the question to Rhonda; Nick learns his date comes with strings attached.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Don ReoGuest stars Michelle Collins

Episode 17

Car Wrecks and Marriage

Six begs Blossom to accompany her on a final practice drive before getting her license; Buzz announces he has gotten married; Joey is visited by two beautiful models, but no one will believe him.

Directed by Ted Wass

Episode 18

Mystery Train

Nick encounters an old friend; Blossom and Vinnie becomes closer after he asks her to the prom; and Joey and Anthony have a close encounter with a UFO.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Don Reo

Episode 19

Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

Nick tries to keep the kids away from his Disneyland job as an Elvis impersonator; Blossom gets jealous when she sees Vinnie with his cousin.

Directed by Bill BixbyGuest stars Albert Fields, Deedee Magno Hall, Damon Pampolina, Tiffini Hale, Carolyn Lawrence, Chase Hampton

Episode 20

Student Films

The family gathers to watch the student films they have made through the years.

Directed by Jonathan PrinceWritten by Jonathan Prince

Episode 21

All Dressed Up

Blossom refuses to attend the senior prom when she learns Vinnie is not a virgin; meanwhile, Joey escorts a pregnant girl.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Brenda Hampton

Episode 22

The Thrill is Gone

Blossom's mother reflects on her breakup with Nick while reading a letter from Blossom that focuses on her broken relationship with Vinnie.

Directed by Ted WassWritten by Don Reo

Episode 23

You Did What?

Nick's money problems prompt the kids to help out, but when Blossom applies for a job at a record store, she discovers she has been beaten to the punch by Six. Meanwhile, Joey decides to make a fortune speculating in baseball cards, while Anthony tries to sell cosmetics by phone.

Directed by Bill Bixby

Episode 24

Sitcom

Nick and a TV-writer buddy pitch a sitcom to the network that's based on the Russo family, only Six gets cast in the role of Blossom.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Don ReoGuest stars Rickey D'Shon Collins, Vincent Ventresca, Mary Hart, Robert Stack, Todd Susman, John Ratzenberger

Episode 25

Hunger

Joey delivers a pizza to a woman who propositions him; Blossom suspects Six may be bulimic; sudden passion consumes Anthony and an antagonist.

Directed by Bill BixbyGuest stars Michelle Collins, Stephanie Beacham, Mary-Margaret Humes, T.C. Warner

Episode 26

Paris

Upset over her breakup with Vinnie, Blossom longs to visit her mother in Paris. She gets her wish at the beginning of the next season.

Directed by Bill BixbyWritten by Don Reo