Cher helps Ms. Geist, so she recommends that Cher anonymously fill in as "Miss Buzzline", the advice column in the Alcott High School newspaper. Things start off well but then her advice begins to cause relationship problems.

Cher transfers into drama class and is immediately in love with a guy who is also new to the class. But a date with him will see her out after curfew. What will she do?

Mr. Hall criticizes Cher for not living up to her potential and suggests that she do volunteer work to brighten her outlook, so Cher and Dee end up beautifying a city park, which becomes a much bigger project than they expected.

When Cher's hairstylist ceases work, Cher is persuaded to go to Ka-feen, who gives her a disastrous shabob style; everybody's aghast and her boyfriend drops her, but there's nothing she can do about it.

After Miss Geist is injured in class, Principal Lehman bans backpacks in school and only allows students to wear fanny packs. Inspired to fight the injustice, Cher leads a school revolt.

Dee is spending a lot of time with Murray and Cher feels left out. However, they have a very public fight and split up. Seeing how unhappy Dee becomes, Cher is determined to reunite them.

Mr. Hall becomes ill and Cher is infatuated with his substitute. She decides that she needs to become more mature to attract his attention, but this is difficult after her father puts her on a budget.

Mel represents movie star Kip Kilmore. Cher and Dee find out that his girlfriend is willing to sabotage his career to advance her own, so they decide to warn him. They find his appointment diary, which starts a series of misadventures.

It seems like fate when Cher is swept off her feet by Sonny in the local ice-cream parlor. Unfortunately, he is 20 years old and in college, and Cher hasn't told him that she's only 16.

Drivers' Ed has started at school and Mel takes Cher on her first driving lesson, but it doesn't go well and she loses confidence. Soon everybody in the class has their license except Cher, and it takes a tragedy to inspire her.

Cher and Skylar are smitten with each other. Unfortunately, he is the son of Mel's archrival, so the teens are forbidden to see each other. Will this Romeo and Juliet story have a different ending?

Cher and Dee are inspired to make stylish muff purses for their hands. Before long everybody at school wants one so Cher starts up a business making them. However, after selling them at a show the reality of running a business sets in.

Cher fixes Mel up with Sheila Kendall, author of a book called "First Kill All the Lawyers". She is too successful and suddenly finds herself being neglected.

The class is randomly broken up into pairs for a project on a particularly country. Cher is drawn to work on Canada with the class geek and social outcast, Felice. Cher learns a lot about friendships during the exercise.

Murray and Sean play a round of golf with Josh and become hooked on the sport. Dee becomes upset when she realises that Murray's obsession means that she is being ignored. Cher comes up with a plan.

Everybody is preparing for the upcoming MTV dance party, but Cher is dateless, until a new guy arrives. Cher arranges to meet him in the modern-dance class and they hit it off. He seems too good to be true, so what is his flaw?

Valentine's Day is coming up and thoughts have turned to love; Cher blurts out a secret about one of Dee's former dates and causes serious rifts in some friendships; Amber has a secret admirer and has difficulty finding out who it is.