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ABC Afterschool Specials Season 10 Episodes
Season 10 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1981 - 1982
Episode 1
She Drinks a Little
Wed, Sep 23, 198160 mins
16-year-old girl is in denial about her mother's drinking problem and refuses to join Ala-Teen.
Episode 2
Starstruck
Wed, Oct 14, 198160 mins
Alicia Marin is a talented young folk singer who seeks a summer job in a local coffee shop as a part-time waitress and performer. Her mother Inez, has other plans for her -- she wants her to take a summer job as an assistant bookkeeper alongside her mother at her factory job. Luckliy, Alicia convinces her mother to allow her to do both, but when her mother's boss promises her a college scholarship, will she sacrifice her desire to pursue her musical career?
Episode 3
Tough Girl
Wed, Oct 28, 198160 mins
Busted for stealing a van loaded with drugs, streetwise teenage girl Renie Lake is forced into the custody of her divorced father and his new family out in the suburbs, in hopes of wearing down her hostile attitude. In her new environment she must deal with a stepsister who hates her, a stepmother she cannot accept, and a deaf student whom she eventually starts to see as a friend.
Episode 4
The Color of Friendship
Wed, Nov 11, 198160 mins
Two teenagers, one black and one white, begin a friendship.
Episode 5
The Unforgivable Secret
Wed, Feb 10, 198260 mins
15-year-old girl is stunned when she discovers her deceased father is very much alive.
Episode 6
Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now
Wed, Mar 3, 198226 mins
12-year-old girl assumes responsibility for her two little brothers, after the passing of their mother.
Episode 7
Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother
Wed, Apr 7, 1982
After the death of her father, a teenage girl struggles with her mother's total dependency on her.