California Dreams - Season 5 (1996)

A school-wide game leaves quite the mess for the new janitor, who happens to be Jake's dad. Though most of his friends don't see it as anything to be embarrassed about, Sly cracks one joke too many, causing Jake to react.

Tony is plagued by guilt after he cheats on a midterm in order to join Sam in the Honor Society. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang enters a photography contest.

After a reality show chooses Jake and the band to follow around for a week, and witness how Jake deals with the stress of being overcommited between the band, school, and his friends.

Sly takes to gambling in order to make up for the attention he doesn't get from his workaholic father, but his habit quickly spirals out of control, much to the concern of his friends. Meanwhile, Tony joins the committee for choosing the recipients of the school's graduation awards.

Flashbacks to some of the gang's more memorable exploits highlight a video that Sam sends to her uncle in China, showing him how special her American friends are.

When Jake and Tiffani and Tony and Sam run for senior prom king and queen, things get heated and friendships are threatened as a bet makes things overly-competitive. Meanwhile, Mark is nervous about asking a girl to the prom.

When Sam is cast in a small role on an episode of a popular TV series shooting on the beach, Tony gets jealous not only of her chance to be on TV, but because the script requires her to get cozy with her handsome costar. Meanwhile, Tiffani tries to teach Mark, Lorena, and Sly to act like surfers so that they might get cast as extras.

As the band work to make sure they have no regrets when they graduate, Sly sends secret admirer letters to Lorena, but is devastated when another man takes credit for them.

Mark drinks at a graduation party to make a girl like him, which has tragic consequences when he drives drunk. Meanwhile, Jake and Tiffani must complete a last-minute project to graduate while Tony helps Sam with her valedictorian speech.

Lorena convinces the band to make her co-manager in exchange for a new amp. But, when she and Sly clash, the future of the band may be in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Jake, Tony, and Mark try to rewire the loft to accommodate the new amp.

Sly is jealous of the attention the band gets from girls, so he gets involved with a shady modeling agency hoping to become more attractive, leaving the band to convince him he's being taken advantage of.

As all the band except Jake, who's staying behind in Pacific Coast, prepare to go their separate ways to college, Jake, in denial, tries one more time to get the band signed, and is shocked when they turn down a record contract.