Terrified of going out with pretty Mary Johnson, Horshack believes he can find courage in a bottle.

Epstein is assigned to the school paper and changes it from a dull, lifeless weekly to a gossipy, sensationalist money maker -- almost losing his friends in the process.

Freddie and Juan compete in the school talent show, but Carvelli woos the judges so he can win the competition. So Horshack and Beau become alternate judges and fill in when the other judges are unable to fulfill their duties.