USA High

Old friends Lauren Fontaine, Winnie Barnes and Bobby Lazzarini (all Americans) are reunited with Christian Mueller (German) and Ashley Elliot (English) as a new school year begins for them at the American School in Paris, France. All of the students are away from their parents except Ashley, whose father is headmaster at the school. They all live together in a suite for six, with the girls' room on one side, the boys' on the other and a large common room in between. This year there is a new roommate, Jackson Green, another American. At first Jackson does not fit in well at the Academy or with his new suitemates and he wants to leave the school. But he finds a couple of causes worth fighting for: getting rid of school uniforms and making Lauren his girlfriend.

Mr. Elliot is entered in a road race which will pit him against Ms. Dupre, a beautiful young Frenchwoman who teaches at the Academy and is the secret heartthrob of the headmaster, who is a single parent. Lauren, who admires Mr. Elliot's Aston-Martin, agrees to go out with Jackson if he can get use of the car, which he does without Mr. Elliot's knowledge. But when Jackson lets Lauren take a spin behind the wheel, she drives it into the Seine. Jackson need to come up with money for repairs, so he plans to throw a rave to raise the cash.

Mr. Eliot is on a cleanliness kick, demanding all students clean up their rooms. Winnie's father, meanwhile, sends her a credit card. The shopaholic Winnie quickly runs up a huge bill, so Jackson comes up with a solution to help her pay it off: start a cleaning service for hire to other students. But when the boys clean Ms. Dupre's apartment, they come upon her next French test, complete with the answers.

Paul, Lauren's boyfriend from the previous school year, arrives back in the city and the sparks begin to fly once again between the two. This inspires a fit of jealousy in Jackson and he starts spying on the couple. Also, Winnie meets Prince Nicholas of ""Lichtenberg,"" who is enamored with her and asks her on a date. But before she goes, Ashley, Mr. Elliot and Ms. Dupre give Winnie lessons on the proper way to act around royalty.

Winnie is down because her boyfriend Giuseppe will not be in Paris for her birthday, so the gang tries to cheer her up by playing a favorite game of hers, ""Truth or Dare."" Lazz is the only one who choose ""truth""--he reveals he uses ""ladies' deodorant!"" The others all take Winnie up on her dares--Christian must hang the school banner from the Eiffel Tower, Ashley must anger her father Mr. Elliot, and Jackson and Lauren must kiss. Meanwhile, Mr. Elliot is thrilled at the prospect of a romantic dinner date with Ms. Dupre, but he has difficulty getting a reservation at the Eiffel Tower restaurant.

The school's Carnival Costume Ball is coming up and Jackson's dad has set him up with a blind date. Surprisingly, though, Jackson actually wants to go out with this girl. But Lauren has already decided on costumes that she and Jackson will wear when they go together. Jackson attempts to juggle both girls and costumes at the dance, with predictable results. Meanwhile, Christian's affection for Winnie is growing, as he asks her to go to the Ball with him in Princess Diana's wedding dress! Also, Bobby Lazzarini gets a last-minute date, Ashley has no such luck, and Mr. Elliot is too busy to attend despite the fact that Ms. Dupre is planning to wear a sexy Catwoman outfit!

Christian and Jackson gets jobs working in a bakery. One of their customers is particularly obnoxious. Later they find that the new roommate for the departed Lazzarini is Dwayne ""Excess"" Wilson--the same customer that has given them such a hard time at the bakery! In short order, Excess soon has the girls feeling the same way about him that the guys do. Also, Ashley tries her hand at a new enterprise: dog training.

Jackson and Christian are given the responsibility of hiring a much-need assistant for the bakery. After interviewing several oddball applicants, Jackson hires Alicia for the job. But soon Jackson starts up a romantic relationship with the pretty new assistant, leaving Christian to do all the work. Meanwhile, Excess goes into the business of entertaining at children's parties, a gig that proves so lucrative that the girls join up.

Life would be a lot easier for the gang with a car, they all believe, and Excess suggests they all pool their money and buy one together. They aren't happy, however, when they see the wreck that their new roommate buys for them. Excess, still trying to prove himself to the rest of the gang, is hurt that they don't trust his judgment, and indeed, everyone starts to change their minds after Excess spends hours fixing the car up and making it very presentable. But then they take it for a spin with Ashley at the wheel and have an accident. Also, Lauren is dating co-worker Kevin. She's really taken with him, but Kevin is super-secretive about certain areas of his life.

Excess applies for a ""VJ"" job, and to his great delight, he gets it. But the fame and attention the new job brings goes straight to his head. Meanwhile, the prophecies in fortune cookies all seem to be coming true for the gang, except for Ashley, who hasn't yet met anyone famous as her fortune predicted.

Liza, Excess' former girlfriend, comes to Paris. Though Excess is still hopeful of getting back together with her, she plans to tell him the relationship is over for good. Before Liza can do that, she meets Jackson and kisses him. When Excess finds this out, it causes a great strain between him and Jackson. Meanwhile the other four roommates pile into the car for a road trip. A tire goes flat in the remote French countryside. They go looking for aid at a farmhouse, which is occupied by a very weird (and scary) woman and her son, who want Winnie for the son's bride! Also, a new substitute teacher shows some interest in Mr. Elliot, prompting an outburst of jealousy from Ms. Dupre.

At the dress shop where she works part-time, Winnie tells visiting designer Claude Perrier what she really thinks of his new designs--and it's none too complimentary. The store's owner Fifi fires her immediately, but M. Perrier decides he likes and agrees with Winnie's honest criticisms and gives her a job as a designer herself. Immediately Winnie believes that she's ""all that"" now, but her career as a designer is not destined to last very long. Also, while playing around on the roof with the others, Ashley accidentally knocks a bottle off the ledge. Later there are news reports of the death of the Sultan of ""Bangistan"" by a falling object, and Ashley and the gang are convinced it was their fault.