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Score: 9.1 Superb 16 votes

False Start

Episode Number: 15    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday February 16, 2003    Prod Code: 115
Originally aired: Sunday February 16, 2003 on NBC
Show Stars: Gail O'Grady (Helen Dolan Pryor), Sarah Ramos (Patricia "Patty" Pryor), Ethan Dampf (William "Will" Pryor), Will Estes (John "J.J." Pryor, Jr.), Jonathan Adams (Henry Walker), Vanessa Lengies (Roxanne Bojarski), Brittany Snow (Margaret "Meg" Pryor), Arlen Escarpeta (Sam Walker), Tom Verica (John "Jack" Pryor)
Guest Stars: Ben Caswell (Coach Donnelly) , India.Arie (Nina Simone) , Art Garfunkel (Mr. Greenwood)
Production Code: 115

J.J. competes with Sam for a spot on the track team racing one of the best runners from another school. The new coach encourages J.J., giving him his full support, but when Sam wins, J.J. is heartbroken to find out the coach was just having J.J. push Sam to do really great. J.J. tries to offer Sam some advice on how to win, but Sam is wary about taking it and ends up loosing. Sam has a change of heart, and he and J.J. run together. Meg and Luke talk and deal with their breakup. Luke says Meg's not serious, and Meg says Luke is not fun. Meg wants to stay friends though, so she comes up with ground rules, ie, no treating at the movies, no calls after 8, and no making out. Later she ends up going out to eat with Sam and Luke, but the waitress won't seat them because Sam is African-American. But Meg goes back and gives the waitress a piece of her mind! Helen volunteers to help with a program helping to register votes in North Philly with Professor Witt. But when she hears some whispers about the Professor being "interested" in her, Helen is put off and decides not to go. Jack offers to lend money to Pete to help pay for a procedure on his eye after he gets hurt catching a car thief. But Nathan finds out that some men to whom he owed money roughed him up. Roxanne hurts Meg's feelings by writing that Meg is just a bubbly blonde, and is Jimmy Riley's better half. But Roxanne tells Meg how much she admires her, and they make up. And we find out that Nathan is the star singer of his choir.

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Episode: False Start
Season Number: 1
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