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Popular

Summary Who’s hot? Who’s not? The popular ones, the unpopular ones, the jocks, the geeks. Kennedy High is the set for a big war: the popular against the unpopular. This is the concept behind the 99-01 teen television series Popular. On the popular side: Brooke McQueen, a gorgeous blonde, and the head cheerleader; backed up by her best friend...

Directed By: Lawrence Trilling

Written By: Ryan Murphy, Gina Matthews, James Duff

  • TV-14
  • WB
  • Feb 2, 2001
  • TV-14
  • WB
  • Feb 2, 2001
Popular
S2 • Episode 13
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Air Date: Feb 2, 2001
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Summary Who’s hot? Who’s not? The popular ones, the unpopular ones, the jocks, the geeks. Kennedy High is the set for a big war: the popular against the unpopular. This is the concept behind the 99-01 teen television series Popular. On the popular side: Brooke McQueen, a gorgeous blonde, and the head cheerleader; backed up by her best friend...

Created By: Gina Matthews, Ryan Murphy

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Episode 1 • Sep 22, 2000
Timber!
The sudden return of Brooke's mom threatens to destroy Mike and Jane's relationship. Nicole wants Mary Cherry's kneecap. Lily and Sugar defend school's legendary "Forever Tree", used by couples to carve their names on it, from Ms. Glass.
Episode 2 • Sep 29, 2000
Baby, Don't Do It!
Ms. Glass assigns crying baby dolls to everyone in the class to teach them about parental responsibilities. Brooke must choose between her mom and her dad. Emory's wicked tween sisters hold a party and try to outdo Nicole and Mary Cherry.
Episode 3 • Oct 6, 2000
Citizen Shame
Carmen runs away from home and moves in with Sam. Jane finds out she's pregnant. Brooke bonds with her new teacher, but she gets her in trouble. Ms. Glass wants to deceive her rich Aussie uncle, so she hires Nicole to play her daughter.
Episode 4 • Oct 13, 2000
The Sweetest Taboo
New student George joins the football team and Josh is afraid he's gunning for his spot. Principle Krupps wants Sam to run a story on George but George declines. Sam goes on the hunt thinking he only got on the team because of nepotism.
Episode 5 • Oct 20, 2000
Joe Loves Mary Cherry
Ms. Glass' "love computer" pairs up her students. Harrison and Nicole manipulate the list. Harrison must hang out with Cherry, while Nicole sabotages Sam and George's relationship. Lily and Josh hook up. Mike learns of Jane's pregnancy.
Episode 6 • Nov 3, 2000
Style and Substance Abuse
Brooke and Harrison run for student council president and clash over the new random drug tests. Ms. Glass takes homeless Carmen in and helps her compete in the homecoming queen race. Oblivious Josh and Lily get high on cough syrup.
Episode 7 • Nov 10, 2000
Ur-ine Trouble
Josh must attend the autopsy of a drunk driver. Sam confronts Harrison over his prescription drug abuse only to learn that he might be dying. Ms. Glass takes on Nicole's team in the homecoming race. Carmen reconnects with her mom.
Episode 8 • Nov 17, 2000
Misery Loathes Company
Harrison goes to a clinic for cancer treatment and gets an annoying roommate. Brooke and Sugar go to the same clinic for their eating disorders. Mary Cherry locks Sam in the Novak and forces her to write her memoirs. Carmen tries to help.
Episode 9 • Dec 8, 2000
Are You There God? It's Me Ann-Margret
Brooke's in rehab and befriends Harrison there. He meets a doctor (played by Ann Margret), who might be God. Carmen joins a support group for teens with alcoholic parents and finds Nicole there. Josh and Lily must act naked in Equus.
Episode 10 • Dec 15, 2000
The Consequences of Falling
Harrison's roommate Clarence passes away sending Harrison into a depression that leads to a suicide attempt and a glimpse of what life would have been like if he had never been born, by his guardian angel.
Episode 11 • Jan 19, 2001
Fire in the Hole
Ms. Glass gives a lecture on STDs and prepares a Cabaret-type musical on the subject. The students are to play the STDs. Sam wants to lose her virginity with George but he's not ready. Sugar and Josh hire a cool prostitute for Harrison.
Episode 12 • Jan 26, 2001
The Shocking Possession of Harrison John
Nicole learns she's adopted and tries to track down her real mother. Sugar's hurt because Josh mostly hangs out with Lily now, so George befriends him. Harrison turns into a bad boy. The girls fear he's possessed and organize an exorcism.
Episode 13 • Feb 2, 2001
Mary Charity
Mary Cherry is forced to wear "hobo sheik" clothing and hunt for food in a dumpster after her mother has financial troubles having her wardrobe seized. While Sam and Carmen have the challenge of saving their yearbook.
Episode 14 • Feb 23, 2001
The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
News of April Tuna's sudden death make everyone face their prejudices about her and finally appreciate her. Josh is inducted into the secret Mullet Society. Sam learns that Harrison loves her. The new lunch lady may be Nicole's birth mom.
Episode 15 • Mar 2, 2001
It's Greek to Me
Brooke and Carmen are invited under false pretenses to a predatory college party. Josh, George and Harrison try to get in uninvited. Nicole's biological mom isn't what she seems. Sam and Lily have a fun family evening with Jane and Mike.
Episode 16 • Mar 9, 2001
Fag
Lilly is outraged when she realizes that even her friends are teasing the new kid who may or may not be gay. She starts an LGBT support group but everyone's against it except Harrison. Tensions in school slowly rise to a boiling point.
Episode 17 • Mar 16, 2001
Coup
Nicole sets out to prove that her power is not based on her "twin set" her plan involves April, Brooke and taking down everyone who gets in her way. Meanwhile Brooke butts heads with her dad about the college guy she is dating.
Episode 18 • Apr 27, 2001
The Brain Game
The gang studies for SATs. Mary Cherry gets them to compete on a quiz show against her mother. Lily fears that Josh will make a fool of himself, since his only field of expertise is chickens. Carmen falls for her Mexican dance instructor.
Episode 19 • May 4, 2001
I Know What You Did Last Spring Break
Sam and Harrison claim they've spent their summer vacation in Yemen, so CDC agent Klein puts the school under quarantine in case of a viral infection. The two discuss their relationship. The rest of the gang is stalked by a masked killer.
Episode 20 • May 11, 2001
Don't Tug on Superman's Cape...
Josh must choose between his parents' wishes and Lily. She proposes marriage. Sam and Brooke agree to make Harrison pay for the way he treated them. It backfires. The biggest girl in school challenges terrified Mary Cherry to a fight.
Episode 21 • May 18, 2001
Promblems
Sam and Brooke deliver their baby sister. Ms. Glass rents her basement to Josh and Lily, who try to face life's hardships together. Nicole tries to seduce George. Sam and Brooke make Harrison choose. The show ends on a huge cliffhanger.

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