Braceface
An eighth-grader with teenage problems on her mind and magical braces in her mouth.
Episode guide
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Brace Yourself
Just when she thinks he's never going to ask her out, Alden Jones works up the courage to ask Sharon Spitz to the school dance. Sharon gleefully accepts, but after school she learns that he…
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Crushed
When Connor's appearance is radically transformed for the better after a session of acupuncture, Sharon has to question her new attraction to him. Does she really like him that way, or is s…
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5 Things That Really Bug Me About You
When Sharon's braces open the lock to Maria's diary, she can't help but read the private entries. When she discovers a list of negative character traits that seem to describe her, Sharon se…
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The Doctor Is In
When Maria shares the news that their favorite group, Vice Grip, is coming to town to perform a concert, she and Sharon fantasize about getting front row seats and going away with the band.…
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The Meat Of The Matter
Alden, who's working in a meat packing plant to raise money for his band, encourages Sharon to apply for a job in the office. She reluctantly accepts the job, but winds up becoming a vegeta…
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The Makeover
When big brother Adam reveals that he feels helpless at forging a new romantic relationship, Sharon takes it upon herself to give him a makeover. Her efforts only serve to turn both herself…
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Mixed Messages
Sharon decides to confess her feelings of attraction to Alden by leaving a message on his cell phone. When the message is accidentally misdirected to Brock, Sharon unwittingly finds herself…
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The Worst First Date Ever. Period.
Sharon goes on her first date with Alden and ends up having to work like an employee in his family's restaurant. If that wasn't bad enough she gets her first period while they are rollerbla…
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The Divorce Thing
Sharon has to deal with her conflicting feelings over her mom's new boyfriend at the same time as welcoming a visit from her own dad. An attempt to reunite her parents after seven years of…
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Driving Miss Sharon
Feeling like she's a loser at many of the things she tries at school, Sharon takes advantage of a daredevil opportunity when her braces kick start her mother's car. Taking the car out for a…
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Twenty-Four Hours
Sharon is braces-free for 24 hours. To facilitate her goal of kissing Alden under peak conditions, she volunteers to babysit Josh so that she can have a make-out party at her house (Connor…
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The Pickford Project
An eighth-grade overnight camping trip meets The Blair Witch Project Meets Survivor. Maria and Sharon are upset when they learn that Nina has been assigned to their team. How will they poss…
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Miami Vices
Irritated by her mom's constant rules, Sharon jumps at the chance to visit her dad in Miami, where he's playing a gig. She assumes that life with Richard will be way more freewheeling and f…
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Take That
Attempts to modify their image and be cool fail miserably when Maria and Sharon try to audition for a local talent search. Maria steals a CD so she can impress an older hip hop crowd she wa…
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The Election
When Nina is impeached as school president, Sharon decides to run to fill her spot. Unfortunately, Brock decides to run, too. All is made worse by the fact that Alden, (Sharon's supposedly…
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The Good Life
Superstar singing sensation Leena comes to Elkford to shoot her music video, and Sharon, Connor and Nina are chosen to be extras. Sharon can't believe her good fortune. She loves Leena. In…
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The Secret
Sharon is assigned the Teen Help Line for a community service project in her health class. When she gets a phone call that sounds suspiciously like Adam's girlfriend (complaining that her b…
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Dissection Connection
Connor and Tally have officially broken up, but not without hurt feelings. When Sharon learns that they're going to be dissecting frogs in Biology, she feels alone in her opposition to the…
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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Sharon wants her mom to trust her more, but when Sharon sets out to get a tattoo, Dr. Spitz has a hard time trusting her daughter's decisions. A psychologist, Dr. Spitz is confident that he…
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Easy Way Out
Obsessed with trying to anticipate Alden's every reaction to her, Sharon is drawn to the services of a psychic hotline. When some of Madam LaFaux's relationship "premonitions" come true, Sh…
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Skipping
Sharon, Maria, Alden and Brock (now collectively known as the garage band "Mangled Metal") skip school to audition for the Spring Jam Fest in a neighbouring city. Each gets away with preten…
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Camp Kookalah
After graduating eighth grade, Sharon and Maria head up to their favorite camp for the summer. When they get there, they learn that Sharon's been promoted to a Counselor in Training (CIT),…
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Angels Among Us
A Christmas gift exchange at school forces Sharon to confront her own lack of generosity when she pulls Nina's name from the hat. With Josh exploring their father's Jewish heritage, Mom wor…
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Stormy Weather
While Sharon is at camp, Alden proves to be less than poetic or frequent in his letter writing - causing Sharon to worry that he is waning in his commitment to her as a boyfriend. When a ne…
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Twisted
Sharon's end-of-summer vacation with her family turns disastrous when her dad, Richard, introduces them to his new girlfriend - Nina Harper's mother! Sharon can't believe that there's even…
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Teacher's Pet
Maria thinks that she's in love - with Mr. Riley, the substitute English teacher! Not only does she feel encouraged by his positive attention, she's convinced that they have tons in common.…
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The Social Fabric
Sharon and her friends start high school and ninth grade. Each of them is paired up with a senior mentor, and Sharon is matched with the most "unique" male in high school, Dion, an aspiring…
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14 Candles
Tired of spending her birthday with her family, Sharon decides to spend it with her friends. Unfortunately, Maria and Connor are busy, so Alden decides to take her out. Sharon then overhear…
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Working Girl
Sharon seeks independence and more money for stuff to maintain a "with it" image, so she takes a part-time job at Lifecycles. She soon finds out that working isn't as glam as she thought. W…
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Dear Alden
When Alden starts spending a lot of time with a cheerleader named Tess, Sharon feels threatened. She tries to prove to Alden that she has SO much more going for her than Tess - but when she…
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Mommy Nearest
After discovering Sharon's accidental hit on an X-rated Internet movie site, as well as her interest in Tony, one of Adam's friends, Helen decides to spend more time with her daughter to "g…
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The Friend Zone
Since their breakup, Sharon and Alden haven't seen much of each other. She thinks they're still friends - but what does it mean when he invites everyone else but her to join his pick-up hoc…
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Skin Deep
Sharon is going to model a dress for Dion. Nina told Sharon she still has her baby fat, so Sharon decides to go on a diet and lose weight before the fashion show. She doesn't eat anything a…
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Vanity Fur
A sportswear company makes Maria an enticing offer - new snowboarding gear in exchange for promoting their new line of clothing. Maria accepts, although it bothers her that the clothing is…
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The Coolest
TV3 is looking for the "Coolest Teen in Elkford." As a joke, Sharon enters the free draw. But when her name is drawn as a finalist, Sharon has to submit to a slice-of-life video profile. Af…
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Triangles
When Alyson's firefighter dad rescues Connor from a fire at LifeCycles, the two are brought closer by the trauma. This irritates Nina, who wants Alyson to focus on her role as "dresser" at…
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Grey Matters
Sharon is mortified when her visiting Grampy makes prejudiced remarks to Maria and her new boyfriend Cloud, who's Arab. She assures Maria that Grampy was joking... but Maria knows that he w…
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Lorenza
Helen gives Sharon three days to find a good home for Lorenza, a stray dog that she's found. After that, the dog has to go to the animal shelter. But finding Lorenza a home turns out to be…
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Second Thoughts
It's been a while since Sharon and Alden broke up, but Sharon wonders if Alden still has feelings for her. When their English teacher puts on a play and casts Sharon and Alden as the romant…
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Home Alone
David takes Helen on a long-overdue vacation. When the housekeeper hired to spend the week with the kids quits unexpectedly, Sharon elects herself as the "surrogate mom" to demonstrate to h…
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Miss Understanding
Sharon takes over the school newspaper advice column as the anonymous "Miss Understanding." When the column becomes a hit, Sharon becomes convinced of her advice-giving abilities, and Nina…
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For The Birds
Richard decides to get a "day job," and Sharon is thrilled. No more traveling all the time! But when he starts to date Lauren, a TV3 executive, Sharon feels threatened anew. Except Lauren i…
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Oh, Grow Up!
Sharon's and Adam's argument about their future occupations leads Sharon to play a joke on her brother that results in him apprenticing at a funeral home. He's not very good at it, but Shar…
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Genesis
It's March break. Helen's best friend from high school returns to Elkford with her daughter Genesis. The young lady is Sharon's age, but Sharon isn't at all enamored at the prospect of havi…
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Nina's Nose Job
Sharon mistakenly assumes that Nina got a nose job during March break, and her innocent gossip snowballs out of control, ruining a public relations opportunity for Nina. But when it's revea…
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Baby Think-About-It
Each student in Sharon's social studies class is given a high-tech baby doll as part of a project on "parenting." Sharon thinks that when she grows up, she'll be a great mom who will also b…
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Ms. Spitz Goes To Warsh And Stone
Sharon goes on a free tour of a cosmetics company, and discovers that it conducts animal testing. After several failed attempts to speak with the company presidents, Sharon tries to encoura…
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When In Rome...
Sharon, Maria and Brock are part of a cultural immersion trip to Italy. As luck would have it, Rome is the home of Maria's maternal grandparents. Once there, the girlfriends clash. Maria em…
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Pegged
In an effort to prove that she's not such a "girly-girl," Sharon decides to form an all-girl rock group for a battle of the bands contest sponsored by a girls' magazine. Dion, thrilled at t…
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Aliens
Brock and Maria start to play pranks on each other. The practical jokes catch on, and soon, everyone joins in on the "fun." Feeling left out, Sharon becomes desperate to be part of the crow…
