James at 16

- Season 1

(1977)

A 15-year-old whose family moves from Oregon to Boston misses the girlfriend he left behind, so he runs away to see her. On the way he hooks up with a female art student in her 20s who is also hitchhiking across the country, from whom he learns some valuable lessons about life.

James struggles to find his place in Boston, and tries to make friends with three fellow students at Bunker Hill: Sly, Marlene, and Paisley.

James falls for a fellow student who is known to be promiscuous.

James' older sister Kathy is found to be romantically involved with one of her college professors, and struggles to keep this knowledge a secret from their parents.

James is interested in a young woman who belongs to a cult.

When his best friend comes to visit from Portland, James has to confront how to deal with a loss.

James befriends a new boy at school from a wealthy family, and the two take an unsupervised trip to California.

James becomes concerned when a student teacher finds herself alone and pregnant.

A young friend of Sandy develops a crush on James while one of Mr. Hunter's students shows a romantic interest in him.

Scott, a deaf student, transfers to James' school and struggles for acceptance.

Marlene falls for a street musician.

James looks forward to his upcoming 16th birthday and hopes to get a car as a gift. His uncle decides to give him a night with a call-girl instead. Shunning that situation, James falls in love with a Swedish foreign exchange student and loses his virginity.

The school dance is around the corner, and everybody's looking for a date. James has a crush on a fellow student who's taller than he is, while fending off the advances of another who's much shorter than him.

James fears he may have contracted a venereal disease from Swedish exchange student Christine.

James, Sly and other Bunker Hill students fail to make it onto the school basketball team, and start up their own intramural team instead. But when he falls for Jennifer, a friend of Marlene's who starts her own all-female team, James is conflicted.

James befriends Karen on the newspaper staff, and helps her to confront her alcoholism.

James writes an article questioning the offense of the football team but pays the price in history class. Later he finds out the coach didn't play college football as he claims.

James takes driving lessons as he attempts to obtain his driver's license but finds trouble when he borrows the family car without permission.

James runs for student body president. Marlene is opposed to some of his views and decides that she will run against him.

When the expressway expansion threatens a local park James and his friends help relocate the park ducks to a new outdoor area rather than see them moved to a zoo.

While away at a swim meet James convinces a young woman to spend the night in his motel room to win a bet with the other swimmers.