Sweet Valley High Season 2, Episode 8: It's My Party and I'll Ditch It If I Want To

1

Summer Lovin'

At the summer draws to a close, the gang finds out that Todd has returned to Sweet Valley. Although Liz is initailly ecstatic, she finds him to be moody and depressed. Although she tries to console him, he breaks up with her. Later on she finds out that he was actually cut from the team. Jess is determined to lead her team to victory at the end of summer annual Beach Olympics and beat Bruce's team - even if it means employing underhanded tactics. Manny - who watched too much tv over the summer - starts fantisising about Enid.

2

Model Behavior

A new school year starts in Sweet Valley. Tatyana Thomas, a famous model, comes to Sweet Valley hoping to start her life over. However, it's not as easy as she's hoped.

3

Promotional Rescue

Bruce is left in charge of the Moon Beach after his father buys it. Bruce, hoping to impress his father, fires Winston and takes Jessica on as a business partner. Meanwhile, Cheryl, Elizabeth, and Enid decide to take a camping trip in hopes that Elizabeth will start to get over Todd.

4

Dark Side of the Moon Beach

Elizabeth decides it's time to start dating again, and with the help of Jessica, Lila, and Enid, she dates a bunch of guys. Winston catches Todd and his 'friends' trying to steal a car.

5

IQ Commeth

Jessica--as well as everyone else--is surprised when she gets one of the highest scores on the college compatibility test. Her and Mortimer are chosen to represent the school in the academic bowl, and even though Jessica finds out that her test results were wrong, she decides to participate anyway. When Winston angers two guys--Todd's 'friends'--they demand two hundred dollars from him, which he doesn't have. Elizabeth decides to help him out and give him the money to pay them, but Jessica uses the money without asking to buy a new dress. Cheryl tries to help out Winston by teaching him boxing, just in case those two guys want to fight him.

6

False Possessions

When Enid talks with Todd, she develops feelings for him and later asks him out. Todd, however, doesn't think of it as a date. Lila moves into The Wakefield's house while her own home is being fumigated. While Jessica and Lila are together at the mall, Jessica catches Lila shoplifting, and Lila tells her it's a total rush, so she decides to shoplift also, but they both end up getting caught.

7

A Fair to Remember

The new coach asks Todd to please show his son around town. Jason, who seems to be quite a shy guy, turns out to not be so shy around the local girls. He not only goes on a date with Elizabeth, but also with Jessica. Meanwhile, Todd tries to warn the girls about what Jason's doing.

8

It's My Party and I'll Ditch It If I Want To

Instead of attending the Wakefield's annual sleep over, Jessica opts to to attend a dinner with Bruce and his friends from Harvard.

9

Blunder Alley

Bruce put up a fortune-teller at the moon beach, and the fortunes Jessica and Lila get only predict bad luck, which ends up coming true. Elizabeth goes on a date with a guy to the bowling alley, and when Todd hears this he decides to go as well and bring a date of his own.

10

Like Water For Hot Dogs

Todd and Elizabeth's anniversary is coming up, and Liz waits for him to ask her out. Lila and Winston help Todd become more romantic. Jessica gets tapes from the library to help her learn her lines as Dorothy, but she accidentally gets Spanish tapes instead.

11

The Quick and the Blonde

Bruce, who's ancestor Bruno supposedly founded Sweet Valley, works on an exhibit on exploring the town's history. However, Liz finds a diary that says otherwise.

12

Mixed Doubles

Liz tries to help Enid gain self-confidence by giving her a job at the Oracle. Meanwhile, Bruce gets interested in an exchange student from Brazil and makes a deal with Jessica. She helps him to get Isabel, the exchange student, by making her jealous, and in turn, Bruce loans Jessica his yacht for the weekend. However, the plan goes awry when Bruce and Jessica discover that they may be interested in each other.

13

Reading, Writing, Rescue

Bruce sets up a security camera at the moon beach. Jessica literally saves Winston life, so now Winston is her genie, so whatever Jessica wants, he'll get. Current expose decides to do a story on Jessica's rescue, and Bruce threatens her with the security camera tape, which shows she didn't really try to save him. David is a new student and basketball player at Sweet Valley High. Enid thinks he doesn't like her, and Elizabeth finds out his secret that he can't read.

14

The War of the Pom-Poms

A transfer student, Heather, is great and cheerleading and is voted as the squad's new co-captain. Jessica, jealous and angry over Heather's elected position, quits the squad and tries to form her own. When her squad is short a member, she blackmails Liz into joining the team by threatening to tell that Elizabeth dated Ken while Todd was away in Vermont.

15

You Call This a Wonderful Life?

During the Christmas season, an angel is sent to show Elizabeth and Jessica what their friends's lives would have been like if they had never been born.

16

Sam Enchanted Evening

Jessica meets Sam Woodruff at the race track where she is there with Liz and Lila watching Todd practice for a motercross race. She starts to get to know him better, and also learns about his past, in which he was in prison. Lila starts spending time with Liz and Todd now that she broke up with her boyfriend, and she drives them insane with her constant chatter.

17

Totally Cueless

The Moon Beach holds a pool contest in which the winners receive a free trip to the Bahamas. Jessica and Lila try to figure out a way to win the competition, even though they know nothing about pool. Meanwhile, Winston and Manny try to convince Enid that she has amnesia and Manny is her boyfriend.

18

Win Sam, Lose Sam

Sam thinks he no longer has chances for getting a sponsor and racing in Australia when he ruins his chances of winning the motocross race by helping Todd. It's just the opposite. Jessica doesn't want him to go, and Sam tells her he doesn't want to go and that he wants to stay in Sweet Valley with her. When the yearbooks come out Todd is voted sexiest, Bruce is voted BMOC (Big mouth on Campus), Cheryl is voted most sophisticated, Winston is voted most likely to move back in with his parents, Manny is voted nicest smile, Enid is voted, talks the most, says the least, Lila is voted bionic spender, Jessica is voted flirtaholic, and Elizabeth is voted most responsible, which makes her upset. She decides to let Winston, Manny and Bruce plan the prom instead of her and tries to be more free spirited. Cheryl, Lila and Enid decide to go to the prom without dates, but then Enid is asked to go by Manny, and Cheryl asks Bruce to go with her, leaving Lila with no one. She eventually ends up stuck g

19

Identical Opposites

The talk show The Foxie Jones Show is looking for sets of twins to guest star on the show. Jessica tries to convince Liz to go with her and be guests. Liz finally agrees, but as they shoot the show, she finds that they're supposed to pretend to be long lost twins that were seperated at birth. However, Liz soon gets her revenge when they tape a follow-up segment.

20

One Big Mesa

The big football game- Sweet Valley vs. Mesa is coming up and everyone's in a frenzy. Practical jokes are being played by everyone and Todd is arranging the half-time show in which everything must be perfect.

21

Sam Kind of Wonderful

Jessica and Sam are spending allot of time together, and Lila is upset that Jess has entered the Sam zone. She decides to join Cheryl in painting, and doing pottery. Manny tries to find out what kind of guy Enid likes, but ends up getting it all wrong.

22

A Look Back in Anecdotes

Many years later, Jessica is now a a talk show host, and Elizabeth is a journalist. When they come together to sell thier old house, they start packing and the packing leads to memories of thier time at Sweet Valley High.