Powerhouse
A woman creates a community center in an old inner-city gym called Powerhouse that belonged to her father. As things turn out, the move attracts the opposition of criminals whom a group of five teenage attendees of the center manage to find and capture. Furthermore, that incident is the first of a series of cases that the kids investigate by using their knowledge of science, fitness, and other areas, while addressing other serious issues. Interspersed in the show are un-commercials that promote health, social attitudes, and physical activity.
- 1982-1983
- 1 season
- Nickelodeon Network
- Action & Adventure, Family, Suspense
A woman creates a community center in an old inner-city gym called Powerhouse that belonged to her father. As things turn out, the move attracts the opposition of criminals whom a group of five teenage attendees of the center manage to find and capture. Furthermore, that incident is the first of a series of cases that the kids investigate by using their knowledge of science, fitness, and other areas, while addressing other serious issues. Interspersed in the show are un-commercials that promote health, social attitudes, and physical activity.
Season 1 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1983
Episode 1
With a Little Help from My Friends: Beginning
Wed, Dec 8, 1982
Brenda Gaines inherits a boxing gym from her late father and plans to turn it into the Powerhouse youth center, enlisting the help of local kids to do so. However, a local numbers gang that has been using the building tries to stop her.
Episode 2
With a Little Help from My Friends: Conclusion
Thu, Dec 9, 1982
After Brenda is framed for drug possession, she and the kids try to figure out who was behind it and clear her name so that Powerhouse can finally open.
Episode 3
Life or Breath
Fri, Dec 10, 1982
The son of an African nation's ambassador, who is prone to stress-related illness, comes to Powerhouse for help, but the gang must save him when he is kidnapped.
Episode 4
Master of the Art
Mon, Dec 13, 1982
When a friend is replaced as a museum's head of security, the Powerhouse gang offers to help her get her job back.
Episode 5
You Make Me Sick
Tue, Dec 14, 1982
When a dangerous rare illness makes Brenda sick, the Powerhouse gang must track down the reclusive carrier of the disease before it is too late.
Episode 6
Celebration
Fri, Dec 17, 1982
Just before his bar mitzvah, Lolo and his grandfather are attacked by a gang of young white supremacists in front of the synagogue that they attend.
Episode 7
Something for Nothing
Mon, Dec 20, 1982
With Powerhouse's license up for review, the gang is manipulated by a filmmaker who is secretly in the employ of a developer out to get the building.
Episode 8
Cheers
Tue, Dec 21, 1982
Lieutenant Gambrino's son Peter has a drinking problem, and when Pepper spends time with him, she ultimately gets involved in one of his drunken binges, then is framed when Peter later steals the Powerhouse gang's money and possessions.
Episode 9
Name of the Game
Thu, Dec 23, 1982
Overwhelmed by the pressure of the upcoming championship soccer game, Tony fakes a foot injury and is replaced by a player known as "El Gato", whose antagonistic behavior causes dissent among the team.
Episode 10
One of the Gang
Fri, Dec 24, 1982
Episode 11
Something Ventured
Mon, Dec 27, 1982
Episode 12
Help Wanted
Tue, Dec 28, 1982
Episode 13
What Have You Got to Lose?
Wed, Dec 29, 1982
Self-conscious of his recent weight gain, Kevin gets suckered into a fly-by-night weight-loss clinic with sinister ulterior motives.
Episode 14
Big Devil
Thu, Dec 30, 1982
Episode 15
Fit to Be Tied
Fri, Dec 31, 1982
Episode 16
The Short Life of Lolo Knopke
Mon, Jan 3, 1983
The leader of the White Cobras, the white-supremacist gang from the episode "Celebration," plants a bomb in the cellar of Powerhouse that fatally injures Lolo. At the funeral, his family and friends remember what a great person he was. But who is that guy with the mysterious mustache, and why is an on-duty cop present at the ceremony?
Episode 17
The Missing Horse
Episode 18