Rumble in the Valley

Rumble In The Valley is the 11 episode of Season 4's Sweet Valley High's TV series and the 77 episode overall. Although the title is different, it's considered the last part of the West Coast Story series. It was directed by Steve Markowitz and written by Paul A. Kaplan & Joanne Fink

Plot
It looks like the feud between both Sweet Valley and Big Mesa is over. But when Jessica finds out what Devon has done, she tells Liz and Enid.

Sypnosis
It looks like the feud between Sweet Valley and Big Mesa is finally over for good. Todd tries to convince Liz the feud is over even when she asked how the truce went with Christian and the Big Mesa students. However, she is still uneasy and later confronts Devon at the Moon Beach. She asks him what's going on and why he's acting strange. Devon doesn't answer Elizabeth truthfully, but tries to reassure her things are fine. He begs her for another chance, but she refuses and gives back the necklace he gave her. Elizabeth explains to Devon that she is concerned over his behavior and so is Jessica. He promises her that nothing will happen tries to convince her there's no fight between the schools. Liz mentions that Devon promised her to be more supportive to Christian and Jessica's relationship that one time before the fight. Still he betrayed her trust in him by putting a student from Big Mesa into the hospital, despite him trying to explain the latter started the fight and all he wanted was to get a truce between them.

Meanwhile, Winston and Manny meet up with Todd, Devon and the other to discuss their plans at Jackson's Wharf for their upcoming fight with Big Mesa. Todd warns the two boys not to be late when the fight begins at midnight. Enid becomes suspicious when Manny unexpectedly cancels their date at the Mexican Fiesta, but won't explain why.

Jessica spends the day with Christian surfing and other activities like a normal couple. During the last hours of their date, a classmate of his appears and tells him they have to go. When Jessica asks what's going on and about the truce, Christian asks for some time alone with her. Respecting his wishes because of his relationship with her, they wait in the parking lot. It's from there, Christian explains to Jessica that Devon ruined the truce that he and Todd were working on to ensure the schools will not fight by picking fights. He mentions that the latter was acting like a raving maniac at the Moon Beach and swayed Todd and the others to go through the fight. It's there, Jessica realizes what Devon has done and runs home to warn Liz about the fight.

At the house, Elizabeth and Enid are discussing their concerns over Devon and Manny's behaviors in the last few days. Jessica appears and explains the fight is back on at Jackson's Wharf. Enid is convinced of this and now knew why Manny cancelled his date with her. Liz is skeptical and asks Jessica about the truce. She admitted that Christian told her everything including that he and Todd attempted a truce. However, Devon showed up at the Moon Beach and instigated a fight. Jessica mentions that he ruined everything Christian worked hard on just to get revenge on her for coming in between him and Elizabeth. That she had warned Liz to break up with him because of his volatile nature. She, Enid and Jessica all agree to stop the fight by going to Jackson's Wharf to confront Devon, Todd and Christian.

At Midnight in the Moon Beach, Manny and Winston decide to make their way to Jackson's Wharf after hours of debating. Even they know what they're doing is wrong, but they promised Todd and Devon they'd be there. During their trek, they end up having their own problems. Winston's car ran out of gas due to him forgetting to fill up before heading out and using rollerblades. They wind up taking several detours and getting lost.

At Jackson's Wharf, the two schools meet up for the fight and it begins. Elizabeth, Jessica and Enid all appear to stop the fight from happening, but Todd explains it's too late. In the middle of the fight, Devon catches Jessica trying to stop Christian and knocks her out cold by pushing her with a ply board. This forces the students to stop fighting and upon seeing what he's done, they take her to the hospital to get medical treatment. Now fully angered with Devon for his attack on Jessica, Liz leaves him at the pier alone. Manny and Winston arrives minutes too late. When they ask what happened, Devon explains that the fight's over and leaves to try to apologize to Liz.

The next day, Mr. Cooper overhears about the fight between the two schools from the police. He immediately suspends Todd, Ken and a few others involved in the fight. When he hears that Devon instigated the fight between both school and assaulting Jessica, Cooper immediately expels him. Winston and Manny's late arrival ended up saving them. With Cooper believing that neither boy were involved in the fight, they were spared from any punishment. However, Enid punishes Manny for standing her up by making him do things for her.

At the beach, Christian explains what happened to Jessica. Despite explaining that Devon started the fight and he attempted a truce with Todd, he still got expelled from Big Mesa. His classmates defended him to the principal as they were with him during the attempted truce, but the latter refused to listen. He wrongly blamed the whole fight on Christian and must return to Delaware. Before leaving, he asks Jess to write to him everyday and she agrees. She writes to Christian and declaring her love for him.

At the Wakefield house, Devon visits Elizabeth to apologize again and give their relationship another chance. She refuses and breaks up with him for good. Elizabeth points out that Devon's latest antics in assaulting Jessica and knocking her out cold almost cost her life. That Liz can't be with him anymore because of this. She tells Devon to leave at once and never come back to her home again. A few minutes after he leaves, Todd visits Liz at her home to apologize for his earlier behavior. He explains she was right and fighting didn't solve anything. All it did was create more problems than solutions. Elizabeth tells Todd that not only she forgives him, but also thanks him for taking Jessica to the hospital and walking away from the fight. He tells her that they and Enid were the real heroes for showing up at Jackson's wharf to stop it. Todd had seen how Devon treated Jessica by assaulting her and he doesn't want to be around people like that. This possibly hints a reunion between Elizabeth and Todd.

Cast

 * Cynthia Daniels as Elizabeth "Liz Wakefield
 * Brittany Daniels as Jessica "Jess" Wakefield
 * Amy Danles as Enid Rollins
 * Shirlee Elliot as Lila Fowler
 * Jeremy Vincent Garrett as Todd Wilkins
 * Tiffany Hayes as Cheryl Thomas(Credited as Tyffany Hayes)
 * Michael Perl as Winston Egbert
 * Harley Rodriguez as Manuel "Manny" Lopez
 * Manny Pope as Devon Whitelaw
 * Andrea Savage as Renata Vargas

Guest Stars

 * Bailey Chase as Christian Gorman
 * Selvyn Ward as Ken Matthews(uncredited)

Trivia

 * Christian is accidentally killed in the novel of 122 during the fight between SWH and Palisades. When Ken is accused of killing him, Jessica must save him despite her reluctance.
 * In the show, Christian is expelled from Big Mesa and must return home to Delaware.
 * Although Mr. Cooper doesn't appear in this episode, he learned about the fight between SVH and Big Mesa from the police.
 * Todd, Ken and their friends on their respective teams are suspended from school.
 * Manny and Winston were spared from punishment by Cooper.
 * Devon is expelled from SVH for his involvement in instigating the fight and assaulting Jessica.