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James at 16 Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 1977 - 1978
Episode 1
Pilot
Mon, Sep 5, 1977100 mins
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.
Episode 2
Friends
Thu, Oct 27, 197746 mins
James struggles to find his place in Boston, and tries to make friends with three fellow students at Bunker Hill: Sly, Marlene, and Paisley.
Episode 3
The Girl with the Bad Rep
Thu, Nov 3, 197747 mins
James falls for a fellow student who is known to be promiscuous.
Episode 4
Kathy's in the Shower
Thu, Nov 10, 197747 mins
James' older sister Kathy is found to be romantically involved with one of her college professors, and struggles to keep this knowledge a secret from their parents.
Episode 5
Higher Ground
Thu, Nov 24, 197748 mins
James is interested in a young woman who belongs to a cult.
Episode 6
The Apple Tree, the Singing and the Gold
Thu, Dec 15, 197748 mins
When his best friend comes to visit from Portland, James has to confront how to deal with a loss.
Episode 7
Fast and Loose
Thu, Dec 22, 197748 mins
James befriends a new boy at school from a wealthy family, and the two take an unsupervised trip to California.
Episode 8
Mrs. Carson
Thu, Dec 29, 197747 mins
James becomes concerned when a student teacher finds herself alone and pregnant.
Episode 9
Unrequited Love... Twice
Thu, Jan 5, 197847 mins
A young friend of Sandy develops a crush on James while one of Mr. Hunter's students shows a romantic interest in him.
Episode 10
Actions Speak Louder
Thu, Jan 19, 197848 mins
Scott, a deaf student, transfers to James' school and struggles for acceptance.
Episode 11
Star-Crossed Lovers
Thu, Jan 26, 197848 mins
Marlene falls for a street musician.
Episode 12
The Gift
Thu, Feb 9, 197848 mins
James looks forward to his upcoming 16th birthday and hopes to get a car as a gift. His uncle decides to give him a night with a call-girl instead. Shunning that situation, James falls in love with a Swedish foreign exchange student and loses his virginity.
Episode 13
The Blowout
Thu, Feb 16, 197849 mins
The school dance is around the corner, and everybody's looking for a date. James has a crush on a fellow student who's taller than he is, while fending off the advances of another who's much shorter than him.
Episode 14
Listless Fever
Thu, Feb 23, 197849 mins
James fears he may have contracted a venereal disease from Swedish exchange student Christine.
Episode 15
Champions
Thu, Mar 2, 197848 mins
James, Sly and other Bunker Hill students fail to make it onto the school basketball team, and start up their own intramural team instead. But when he falls for Jennifer, a friend of Marlene's who starts her own all-female team, James is conflicted.
Episode 16
An Hour Before Midnight
Thu, Mar 9, 197848 mins
James befriends Karen on the newspaper staff, and helps her to confront her alcoholism.
Episode 17
Knocking Heads
Thu, Jun 1, 197849 mins
James writes an article questioning the offense of the football team but pays the price in history class. Later he finds out the coach didn't play college football as he claims.
Episode 18
Rebel Without a Car
Thu, Jun 8, 197849 mins
James takes driving lessons as he attempts to obtain his driver's license but finds trouble when he borrows the family car without permission.
Episode 19
Hunter Country
Thu, Jun 15, 197849 mins
James runs for student body president. Marlene is opposed to some of his views and decides that she will run against him.
Episode 20
Ducks
Thu, Jun 22, 197849 mins
When the expressway expansion threatens a local park James and his friends help relocate the park ducks to a new outdoor area rather than see them moved to a zoo.
Episode 21
Queen of the Silver Dollar
Thu, Jun 29, 197849 mins
While away at a swim meet James convinces a young woman to spend the night in his motel room to win a bet with the other swimmers.