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ABC Afterschool Specials Season 12 Episodes
Season 12 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
It's No Crush, I'm in Love
Wed, Sep 21, 198346 mins
A high school girl has a crush on a soap-opera star but she thinks she is in love with him. At school she meets her new English teacher who looks closely like the soap-opera star. Partly filmed at Lyndhurst Library
Episode 2
The Hand-Me-Down Kid
Wed, Oct 19, 198347 mins
Tired of receiving hand me downs from her sister, an 11-year-old girl borrows her bike. When the bike gets stolen, she tries to find it before her sister finds out.
Episode 3
The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid
Sat, Nov 19, 1983
Video-arcade whiz and teen movie star discover they are exact doubles and decide to switch identities.
Episode 4
Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy
Wed, Dec 7, 198330 mins
Andrea, and her boyfriend David miss a bus and decide to hitchhike. They get into a businessman's car. The man drops off David first and insists on driving Andrea to her house, but his demeanor changes as he says they're going for a little ride. When she finally gets home, she pretends nothing is wrong and takes a show. The next day she goes out with a friend, and when the friend tries to hitchhike Andrew breaks down and tells her she was raped while hitchhiking. The friend takes her to the police station, from which she calls her father. Andrea, her family, and David struggle to deal with the rape. David stakes out the area where they were picked up, looking for the car. He eventually gets the plate number and calls the police. Meanwhile, Andrea has started to talk to a woman at the rape hotline that helps her understand the rape was not her fault. Andrea identifies the man in a police lineup. The detective tells Andrea the man has done this to someone else who went to a doctor in time to preserve the physical evidence. Andrea must decide to testify.
Episode 5
The Great Love Experiment
Wed, Feb 8, 198460 mins
For their science project, a popular high school beauty and her friends try a benign human experiment. They befriend an "ugly duckling", make her up to look pretty, and witness the positive effects of their work.
Episode 6
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Wed, Mar 7, 198460 mins
13-year-old boy has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.
Episode 7
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
Wed, Apr 18, 198460 mins
Teacher discovers that the star basketball player is illiterate, and makes it his mission to teach him how to read.