Blossom

While Blossom lands a job with Carol's help, Joey takes an important new step in his relationship with Melanie. Nick is unhappy when Carol starts working for a former boyfriend, and at the end of the episode, she stuns Nick with an unexpected surprise.

Blossom stubbornly refuses to accept a grade that she thinks is lower than she deserves - even if it means she won't graduate. She feels even more guilty when she learns that her father is planning an extravagent graduation gift for her.

Talia Shire asks Blossom to play the lead in a new movie she's directing - but the part requires Blossom to appear in the nude.

Anthony shocks the family by announcing that he, Shelly, and baby Nash are moving back east. The departure proves to be very bittersweet as everyone must come to terms with the news.

Blossom is assaulted by her date, a popular football star, when she tries to fend off his aggressive advances.

Vinnie announces he is transferring to UCLA because he misses Blossom; a new girlfriend spoils Joey.

Nick hopes sparks will fly when Blossom agrees to go out with the son of his old pal (who turns out to be happily gay); trapped by a flash flood, Joey and Six check into a hotel room together.

Joey proves he's no dummy when he uses his scientific knowledge of anatomy to relieve Nick's stiff back, then fantasizes he is a contestant on Jeopardy! opposite Blossom and Albert Einstein.

Blossom wants some time alone with her new boyfriend to try to get something going, but there's too much going on in the house to get anything started.

Blossom thinks the acting life might be for her, but her audition for a famous stage director doesn't play out as she hoped.

Blossom sneaks off to a young-adult party, where she meets a guy who treats her like a mature young woman.

When Shelly goes into labor, Blossom, Six and Joey are under the gun to get her to the hospital, while Anthony is being held at gunpoint in his ambulance.

Blossom dreams of herself as "Blossom Gump," giving simple words of advice to Madonna and Michael Jackson, when in reality she'd rather be giving her opinions in the school newspaper.

Blossom baby-sits Kennedy and her friend, a frightfully obnoxious little girl. Meanwhile, Joey is like a babe in the woods when he's approached by a seasoned baseball groupie.

Blossom struggles with a deceptively difficult school assignment in which she can express herself in any way she chooses, so Carol suggests that she simply write anything.

As Nick and Carol's wedding day arrives, there's something old (their exes at the bachelor party and bridal shower) and something blue (the bitter little flower girl, Kennedy).

Blossom makes a video for the unborn baby of Anthony and Shelly to introduce him or her to the Russos' world; meanwhile, a veteran gives Joey the rookie treatment.

Blossom is furious when Joey refuses to set her up on a date with his handsome but dumb teammate Richie. Meanwhile, Kennedy finds a lost bulldog and is heartbroken when his owner claims him, and Shelly keeps picking on Anthony but won't reveal to him why.

Blossom and Nick fight over her resistance to change, particularly Carol, and she runs away from home to join Joey on his road trip.

Major changes in the Russo household unsettle Blossom: Carol and Kennedy move in; Anthony and Shelly move out; and Joey hits the road with his baseball team.

Vinnie wants to announce his engagement to Blossom after he graduates, but Blossom has lost the ring - which she perceives as a bad omen. Meanwhile, college-bound Joey is drafted by a pro baseball team.

At the prom, Blossom gets the news that Vinnie's been accepted to an Ivy League school; Six is escorted by a nerdy foreign student with a hidden talent; and chaperones Nick and Carol act like a couple of teenagers in love.

A missed baseball game prompts Joey to recall his mom's history of broken promises; Tony and Shelly's marriage is put to the test when Rhonda returns unexpectedly; Nick takes Blossom and Six to the drive-in and is not prepared for a barrage of questions about his past.

Blossom and Anthony scheme to fix up a lonely Buzz with Anthony's cantankerous EMT partner Mrs. Peterson. Meanwhile, Joey takes notes from Nick on a school project.

Blossom's 18th birthday makes her blue; Joey writes a letter to Hillary Clinton about health care; Carol's ex has an odd proposal for Nick; and Shelly's cousin Robin isn't thrilled to meet Anthony because of something Shelly hasn't told her about Anthony - that fact that he's white.

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Joey turns to a childhood imaginary friend for help when he suspects a teammate is using steroids; Blossom volunteers to baby-sit Carol's daughter, then is invited to a concert.

Fabian, Phyllis Diller and Jimmie Walker become part of Blossom's beach party fantasy as Shy is Otto's hostage on the eve of the Ruler of the Waves surf contest.

A spoof of '60s beach-party movies features the new chick from Santa Monica making waves with the teen queen of Malibu over a surfer god.

Six's date, who is Vinnie's best friend, makes a pass at Blossom and then denies it; Joey's secret admirer turns out to be a gay teammate; Anthony's father-in-law visits and discovers that he once arrested Nick during a 1970s campus protest.

There's something cooking between Blossom and her supervisor at a homeless shelter; meanwhile, Nick tries becoming a vegetarian, and Anthony can't stomach a waiter's racial slurs.

Blossom becomes bitter when she realizes that Nick is in love with Carol; Joey finally has sex with his new girlfriend but worries that it will ruin their relationship.

A new student irritates Blossom by imitating everything she does; a character in Shelly's book resembles Tony.

Anthony and Shelly discover they are married after a night of drinking in Las Vegas; Vinnie proposes to Blossom.

Anthony starts drinking again while in Las Vegas; the family tries to accept Nick's new girlfriend.

Blossom feels Vinnie is losing interest in her; Six tries to seduce Joey; Nick discovers his date has had sex with Anthony.

After his breakup with Rhonda, Anthony accompanies Joey to a function at the Playboy Mansion, while Blossom attempts to write a romance novel to fund her college education.

In a psychiatrist's office in the near future, Nick recalls the good old days, when Blossom got her SAT scores, Anthony proposed to Rhonda and Joey got a bad break en route to the big leagues.

Blossom spots a gun in a classmate's locker; Joey encounters an alcoholic clown.

Six has run off with Sonny, and only Vinnie and Blossom know where they've gone. Blossom tries to talk Six out of her infatuation, but it ends only when Sonny is arrested and immediately falls for a female prison guard.

Blossom is horrified to learn that Six is dating a married ex-con ten years her senior. Meanwhile, Joey gets a letter from the President asking for his advice, and Vinnie and Anthony set up an illegal cable hookup.

Nick and Blossom are alarmed when Maddy returns with intentions of staying; Six rides along with Anthony and a cantankerous EMT.

Joey and his dad go fishing together in hopes of bonding; Blossom discovers that Six is abusing alcohol.

Blossom must decide whether or not to stay in Paris with her mother.

Vinnie shows up in Paris; Anthony and Joey are followed; Nick and Six's mother spend the night together.

Joey and Anthony take jobs as air couriers to Paris.

After moving to Paris to live with her mother, Blossom finds a new boyfriend, friendly waiter Laurent, who gives her a tour of the romantic city par excellence.

Joey delivers a pizza to a woman who propositions him; Blossom suspects Six may be bulimic; sudden passion consumes Anthony and an antagonist.

Nick and a TV-writer buddy pitch a sitcom to the network that's based on the Russo family, only Six gets cast in the role of Blossom.

Nick's money problems prompt the kids to help out, but when Blossom applies for a job at a record store, she discovers she has been beaten to the punch by Six. Meanwhile, Joey decides to make a fortune speculating in baseball cards, while Anthony tries to sell cosmetics by phone.

Blossom's mother reflects on her breakup with Nick while reading a letter from Blossom that focuses on her broken relationship with Vinnie.

Blossom refuses to attend the senior prom when she learns Vinnie is not a virgin; meanwhile, Joey escorts a pregnant girl.

The family gathers to watch the student films they have made through the years.

Nick tries to keep the kids away from his Disneyland job as an Elvis impersonator; Blossom gets jealous when she sees Vinnie with his cousin.

Nick encounters an old friend; Blossom and Vinnie becomes closer after he asks her to the prom; and Joey and Anthony have a close encounter with a UFO.

Six begs Blossom to accompany her on a final practice drive before getting her license; Buzz announces he has gotten married; Joey is visited by two beautiful models, but no one will believe him.

Blossom and Six ponder the passage of time; Joey's too nervous to open a college letter of acceptance; Anthony pops the question to Rhonda; Nick learns his date comes with strings attached.

Nick is upset when the stand-up comic he is dating makes fun of him on the Arsenio Hall Show; Joey falls in love with Rhonda's niece; Blossom and Six make a serious video about safe sex that gets a thumbs down from the principal.

Blossom is called for a Harvard interview, and Buzz tries to dissuade her from rejecting college to stay with her beau by telling her of his World War-II era romance with her grandmother Ruby.

Six considers having sex with her new boyfriend; Blossom's class change religions for a week, so she seeks information about Judaism from a wise, wisecracking rabbi; Joey and Anthony buy an old car together.

Blossom gets drunk on spiked punch at a frat party and wakes up nude in a stranger's bed; Rhonda moves in with Anthony while her apartment is fumigated; Joey gets a gorgeous math tutor.

Blossom records her family on video; Joey becomes suspicious that he was switched at birth.

Blossom runs for president of the student council against popular Eddie Warwick.

Grounded on Halloween, Joey gets mistaken for a crazed prowler, while Nick, Anthony, and Buzz have their car break down outside a very macho bar -- in costume as a female rock band.

Blossom and Six are arrested when stolen items turn up in their garage sale; pro-baseball scout Chico Barranca visits Joey to see if he has a future in baseball.

Blossom and Six try to get fake IDs to get into a club; Anthony loses his first patient, an old comedian who left him laughing in the ambulance, and wants to have the funeral at the house.

Blossom decides to have sex with Vinnie, but he refuses; then she learns he is in a coma after a motorcycle accident.

Joey has a deadline for a story about himself, but is continually distracted by fantasies about beautiful women; Blossom is upset when Vinnie wants to go out with his ex-girlfriend.

Joey uses an escort service in an attempt to ease his overactive hormones; Blossom's new romance threatens her friendship with Six.

Tony is depressed about splitting up with Rhonda; Blossom is happily in love with Vinnie, until he suggests they should see other people; Joey thinks it is his fault that the girl he split up with was in an accident.

Blossom writes a letter to her mother about Vinnie.

Nick wakes up to find that Blossom has run away with Vinnie.

Everyone has a date except Joey and Six, who spy on Blossom and Vinnie.

Blossom passes her driver's test, but only because she cries; Joey is being sexually harassed by his boss at work.

Blossom forges her detention slip in order to sneak out to a big rock concert; Nick lies about where he's spending the night after he hits it off with a country singer.

Six shows how much her parents' breakup bugs her when she and her mother stay at the Russo house overnight while theirs is being sprayed by an exterminator; and a 12-year-old boy develops a crush on Blossom.

Blossom and Six wait in line for 15 hours to get tickets to C+C Music Factory; Joey gets his first baby-sitting job; Anthony is mystified by a female co-worker's hostility

A girl from school uses Blossom as a cover for dating boys.

The family makes a video birthday card for Mom's 40th birthday; Nick visits a fitness studio.

Blossom has a problem with public speaking; Tony saves Miss June's life; Nick practices for appearing in a Paula Abdul video.

Blossom develops a crush on her handsome substitute teacher, who turns out to be happily married.

Blossom is confident about her PSATs, while Six suffers from exam nerves; and things turn out differently then either expects. Meanwhile, Anthony's IQ is tested by a trip to the racetrack with Buzz.

The Russos spend a turbulent Christmas: It isn't a wonderful life for Nick as Christmas approaches, since a musicians' strike forces him to take a gig in a mall organ store.

Memories, of which there are many, aren't enough to make a balloon payment on the house, so Nick is forced to consider selling.

After the Russos invite the LeMeures for dinner, Six and Blossom hope their respective single parents will fall in love; but when they stay in Santa Monica overnight, Six gets very nervous.

When Nick announces he is bringing his new love interest home for dinner, everyone has bizarre fantasies about her.

Blossom is sick in bed with the flu. To help her pass the time, her father rents several movies, one of which creates nightmares for a very delirious Blossom.

Joey gets a job in a Mexican cafe and falls for a colleague, but she only speaks Spanish. Tony saves a famous photographer's life. Meanwhile, Six worries about her parents getting divorced and begins spening more time at the Russos.

Anthony warns Joey that his friend might be getting hooked, while Nick plays hooky with Blossom and misses an important telephone call.

Blossom gets a crush on Steve, who suddenly shows interest in Six; Anthony worried his past drug problems will ruin his job interview.

Joey's cheating lands him in an advanced English class, while an innocent Blossom is labeled a "naughty girl" when an old friend spreads a vicious rumor.

Blossom and Six find a marijuana cigarette, then Blossom loses it in the house, where it's found by Nick, who wants to weed out the dope the joint belongs to.

Nick's control of the Russo household is undermined when his ex-father-in-law visits.

Blossom debates whether or not to let Jimmy get to second base; Anthony prepares for an earthquake.

It's bye-bye love for Blossom when a guy she's been yearning to see again tells her he's found someone else.

Blossom and Six spy on a woman who claims a rattled Nick is the father of her child; Anthony preps for a blind date.

Against her father's wishes, Blossom plans to drop out of her snooty private school and enroll in public school; Joey schemes to pass a history test.

Blossom leans on Six for support while calling a boy for a date; Anthony tries to help a friend stay sober; Nick gives Joey a hard lesson in mathematics.

Nick gives Anthony an ultimatum: get a job or get out of the house.

Blossom blames herself for getting tricked into a date for the homecoming dance with a school "geek"; Joey wants to get his driver's license.

Prompted by old home movies Blossom has transferred to video, the family retreats to the cabin by the lake where they'd shared happier times in the past.

Blossom feels left out when Six befriends a chic new student; the kids keep Nick from seeing his divorce papers.

Nick is disturbed by Blossom's increasing interest in sex, while after sneaking off to a make-out party with Six and two boys, guilty Blossom dreams discussion-show host Phil Donahue has her in a segment on "Women Who Lie to Their Parents."

Nick leaves Blossom in charge of home one night while he performs on a cruise ship, and her imagination kicks into high gear when she sees Anthony's new girlfriend Stephanie stealing a family heirloom but is afraid to tell him for fear he will be driven back to drugs.

Blossom can't stand her dad's new girlfriend.

Blossom looks forward to her first prom date, with Joey's friend Bobby, but after Joey warns him about Bobby's reputation as a ladies' man, Nick forbids her to go out with him.

Blossom reaches puberty, and substitutes an older friend for her absentee mother to talk about it.

As Blossom records a video diary entry, she hears her parents arguing. Then they tell Blossom they have an appointment with the family lawyer. Blossom daydreams about what will happen when her parents divorce, but they return home happily and tell her they were just updating their wills.