Teaser: Michelle and Denise watch a commercial about the "Funny Buddy" riddles hotline. Main Synopsis: In a special episode: Stephanie and her classmate Charles are assigned to work together on a homework assignment. After school, Charles goes to the house with Stephanie, and while working on the assignment with Stephanie, Charles slips up and is forced to admit that his father beats him up all the time. Charles feels helpless because, like Stephanie, Charles doesn't have a mother because Charles's mother is dead. Charles makes Stephanie promise to tell no one about the abuse. Later, when Michelle becomes angry at Danny for punishing her because she ran up the phone bill by calling the "Funny Buddy" riddle hotline several times, Stephanie blows up at Michelle and angrily tells Michelle that she's lucky to have a father who doesn't hit her, and Jesse wonders where Stephanie's behavior is coming from. Stephanie breaks her promise of silence and tells Jesse what Charles told her. Jesse,

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