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California Dreams Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1993 - 1994
Episode 1
Jake's Song
Sat, Sep 11, 1993
Jake surprises everyone when he tells Matt that he wants to join the band, but despite the fact that they're impressed with his songwriting skills, they worry that his image clashes with theirs. Meanwhile, Tiffani gets a job at Sharkey's as Tony's manager.
Episode 2
Ciao, Jenny
Sat, Sep 18, 1993
Jenny is offered the chance to audition for a prestigious music conservatory in Rome, but because Jake has started to fall for her, he gets Sly to help him sabotage her performance.
Episode 3
Wooing Woo
Sat, Sep 25, 1993
Matt, Tony, Sly, and Jake devise a bet to see who can be the first one to kiss Samantha, the new exchange student from Hong Kong who moves in with the Garrisons. When Sam learns about their plan, she comes up with one of her own.
Episode 4
Sleazy Rider
Sat, Oct 2, 1993
Jake leaves his prized motorcycle in Matt's care when he goes out of town, but regrets it when he returns to find that Sly took it for a joyride, hurting both the bike and Tony.
Episode 5
The Sly Who Came to Dinner
Sat, Oct 9, 1993
With his parents out of town, Sly moves in with the Garrisons hoping to win over Samantha, but he ends irritating everyone instead. Meanwhile, Tony and Jake believe that Tiffani's secret admirer is an obsessed stalker.
Episode 6
Surfboards and Cycles
Sat, Oct 16, 1993
When Sly decides to take home economics, the gang gets into a debate over whether the typical "female" classes, like home ec, are tougher than the typical "male" classes, like mechanics. The guys aim to prove it by joining Sly in baking cakes while Tiffani takes shop with Jake. They start to fall for each other there, but worry that they're too different to make their romance last.
Episode 7
A Question of Math
Sat, Oct 23, 1993
With mid-term exams coming up, Sam starts tutoring her classmates, including her crush. Meanwhile, the stress of exams gets to the rest of the gang in different ways: Matt takes up meditation, while Jake and Tiffani are constantly at each other's throats.
Episode 8
High Plains Dreamer
Sat, Oct 30, 1993
Worried that his date's ex-boyfriend Beau will challenge him to a fight, Tony has a dream in which he and the gang are in the Wild West and he must defeat Beau in a shoot-out.
Episode 9
Bwa Ha Ha Means I Love You
Sat, Nov 6, 1993
Jake gets an embarrassing job at a local music store so that he can earn enough money to buy Tiffani a present for their two-month anniversary. He'd like to keep the job a secret, but that becomes tough when Sly convinces the store manager to sell some of the band's demo tapes.
Episode 10
Vote of Confidence
Sat, Nov 13, 199330 mins
To impress his over-achieving Ivy League older brother, Jake runs for student-body president, but struggles to feel at ease in the position. Meanwhile, to settle a debt with Jake's obnoxious opposition, the band sets him up on a date with Tiffani.
Episode 11
The Year of the Woo
Sat, Nov 20, 1993
Samantha must decide whether to spend the money that her parents gave her on a trip back to Hong Kong to spend Chinese New Year with her family, or on much-needed repairs for the band's van. She hopes that she can do both, but thanks to a crooked mechanic, she winds up with neither.
Episode 12
Schoolhouse Rock
Sat, Nov 27, 1993
The Dreams get the chance to audition for Sting's manager, but ruthless Ms. McBride's eagerness to hand out detention slips might keep some of the members from this big chance.
Episode 13
Save the Shark
Sat, Dec 4, 1993
Matt falls for the new girl, Katie, but quickly learns that she is only staying in town long enough for her father, the new owner of Sharkey's, to tear it down and build condos in its place. The gang bands together to try to save their favorite hang-out.
Episode 14
21 Jake Street
Sat, Dec 25, 1993
A new girl with an eye for bad boys is drawn to Jake, though her motives are not what they seem. Meanwhile, Tony and Matt use Tiffani and Sam as the inspiration for their art projects, while the band sets out to acquire some fake IDs so that they can play a 21+ club.
Episode 15
Can't Buy Me Love
Sat, Jan 8, 1994
The gang participates in a school fundraiser in which students are auctioned off as servants to the highest-bidding classmates. Sly tries to win over his beautiful but snobby charge, while Matt inadvertently becomes Tony's boss.
Episode 16
Rebel Without a Clue
Sat, Jan 15, 1994
Sly decides to crack down and study to impress a tough teacher, but because he's never taken school seriously in the past, when he aces the test, the teacher thinks he cheated. Meanwhile, Sam and Tiffani argue over which of them should get to sing lead vocals on the band's new song.
Episode 17
Dirty Dog Days
Sat, Jan 29, 199430 mins
The guys start fooling around with an old radio transmitter of Sly's using false names, and eventually decide to air some of the Dreams' music, crediting the band as The Dirty Dogs. The songs are a huge hit, but when the guys tell everyone that the Dogs have been The California Dreams all along, no one believes them. To make matters worse, it turns out they've been broadcasting illegally, and the FCC shows up to shut them down.
Episode 18
Indecent Promposal
Sat, Feb 5, 1994
With the Prom coming up, the gang struggles to find dates. That includes Jake and Tiffani, since Tiff has her heart set on going, while Jake would rather skip the whole thing. The situation becomes even more complicated when Tiffani receives an offer from a platonic friend who says that he'll score the band a summer-long gig if she accepts.
