James at 16 Season 1

Season 1

Air date: 1977-09-05

Episodes: 21

Episodes

E1: James at 15

A 15-year-old whose family moves from Oregon to Boston misses the girlfriend he left behind, so he runs away to see her. On the way he hooks up with a female art student in her 20s who is also hitchhiking across the country, from whom he learns some valuable lessons about life.

Air date: 1977-09-05

E2: Friends

James throws a party to make new friends -- among them, Sly and Marlene.

Air date: 1977-10-27

E3: The Girl with the Bad Rep

When even the girl with the bad rep turns down James, he brags to Sly that they made out anyway.

Air date: 1977-11-03

E4: Kathy's in the Shower

Kathy is caught having a secret affair with her professor.

Air date: 1977-11-10

E5: Higher Ground

James joins a cult.

Air date: 1977-11-24

E6: The Apple Tree, the Singing and the Gold

Bobby, James' old friend back home in Oregon, comes to Boston because he needs to have some medical tests done. James's new friend, Patricia, finds herself falling in love with Bobby, who turns out to be fatally ill.

Air date: 1977-12-15

E7: Fast and Loose

James' fast and loose new friend leads him to commit a crime.

Air date: 1977-12-22

E8: Mrs. Carson

James is hot for teacher, who happens to be pregnant.

Air date: 1977-12-29

E9: Unrequited Love... Twice

James is pursued romantically by both Sandy's friend and one of Paul's students.

Air date: 1978-01-05

E10: Actions Speak Louder

James befriends a deaf classmate, and puts himself in his shoes.

Air date: 1978-01-19

E11: Star-Crossed Lovers

Marlene develops a crush on a rock star.

Air date: 1978-01-26

E12: The Gift

James loses his virginity to a Swedish foreign exchange student and turns 16.

Air date: 1978-02-09

E13: The Blowout

James is uncomfortable at a Valentine's Day party.

Air date: 1978-02-16

E14: Listless Fever

James fears that Gun may have given him a little something ""extra.""

Air date: 1978-02-23

E15: Champions

Marlene's all-girls basketball team challenges James' all-boys basketball team to a championship.

Air date: 1978-03-02

E16: An Hour Before Midnight

James's classmate, who edits his school paper, has a drinking problem. James works with a teenage reporter who declares that she is an alcoholic, fluffs an important Interview with a Pulitzer Prize winner and arrives drunk when invited to dinner at the Hunters.

Air date: 1978-03-09

E17: Knocking Heads

James and a teacher knock heads over James' controversial football articles in the school paper.

Air date: 1978-06-01

E18: Rebel Without a Car

James solves his car crisis by taking his parents' out without asking them.

Air date: 1978-06-08

E19: Hunter Country

After helping James with his campaign for class president, Marlene begins to disagree with his philosophy, and decides to run against him.

Air date: 1978-06-15

E20: Ducks

James helps an old lady rescue ducks from a city pond.

Air date: 1978-06-22

E21: Queen of the Silver Dollar

While away on state finals with his swim team, James wins a bet by taking a girl back to his hotel room -- which soon comes back to haunt him.

Air date: 1978-06-29