1984 (#15) - Danny and Traci's benefit concert and the arrest of Vinnie and Sparky

Under interrogation, Traci admits she has become addicted to diet pills, but she says nothing about the drugs and the drug ring set up by the drug dealers Vinnie and Sparky. After all, it was Sparky himself who warned Traci not to say anything about him, and even to not show up as his friend so as not to arouse suspicion. Carl, however, begins to understand the boy's role in the affair and eventually manages to come up with a confession from Traci, who agrees to cooperate. Thanks to Traci's help, then, Carl manages to reconstruct the role of the boy and Vinnie in the drug ring in college and among the boys in general; trafficking all linked and controlled by organized crime. Meanwhile Danny, feeling strongly guilty about what happened to the girl, gets very close to her, which disappoints Lauren. Danny and Traci agree on the fact that they have to send a clear message against drugs and decide to engage in a huge concert with the aim of a fundraiser against this plague; charity concert in which the famous singer Mavis Mac Donald also participates. Lauren, increasingly jealous of Traci, understands that only by rejecting Traci in her tunnel she could get a free pass on Danny and agrees with Sparky and Vinnie to drug Traci behind the stage before the concert, a plan that Gina and the chorus girl Amy Lewis, daughter of police chief Frank, begin to understand when they see Lauren talking to Sparky. Lauren's plans soon fail when Carl, having followed Sparky to the event, prevents any chance for the man to get close to Traci. Thanks also to Gina's supervision and organization, the concert proves to be a huge success, which leads Danny and Traci to become more and more attracted. Noticing Traci talking to Carl just off stage, Sparky understands everything about the girl's double-cross and instinctively decides, encouraged by Vinnie, to kidnap both her and Danny. Brought into a basement, Vinnie turns out to be the real mind of the group; when Vinnie orders Sparky to kill the two, Sparky refuses, starting a fight with the woman, who is nothing but jealous of Sparky over her alleged attraction to Traci. In the end, thanks to Carl's intervention and Sparky's refusal to kill the two, Traci and Danny are saved, to the joy of John who first rushes to embrace his daughter. Traci thanks Sparky for saving her life, and promises that he will try as hard as he can to get him a reduced sentence.

1984 (#10) - Lauren and Danny's engagement and Traci's drug addiction

As the weeks go by, Traci's addiction to slimming pills grows more and more; and this is mainly thanks to Sparky and Vinnie's increasing presence, who contribute a lot to make her addicted, also foreseeing for them the possibility of expanding their drug business thanks to Traci's knowledge of Danny's group. It's Traci's growing insomnia and lack of appetite that draws the attention of Dina, Mamie and John, all worried about the girl's state of health, who, although she minimizes on too much coffee, is more and more distant and constantly looking for Sparky. Danny himself, noticing Traci's strange behavior lately, asks Lauren for information, who soon understands Traci's discomfort but does nothing to stop the swirling tunnel she's getting into; on the contrary, it's Lauren herself who bribes Sparky and Vinnie to start giving drugs to Traci in exchange for her promise to buy drugs for the group and to expand their drug business. Lauren then reassures Danny about Traci and provokes him into making love to her. The collapse, for Traci, happens as soon as Lauren informs her that she is engaged to Danny; completely depressed, Traci ends up stunned by pills and drugs, recklessly going to drive in search of Sparky for a new dose. Traci, however, never made it to college because she was involved in a car accident. She is rushed to the hospital and is rushed to an emergency hospital with severe convulsions. The doctors who monitor her constantly warn John and the whole family of the state of drug addiction accused by Traci, news that upsets Danny himself. Traci herself, meanwhile, ends up in trouble when the police realize that she has been driving under the influence of drugs, which upsets everyone.

1984 (#5) - Traci's paranoia about her weight and diet and Mamie's concerns

Dina's return to the family and the realization of her dream of joining Danny's group are two events that upset the life of the very young Traci, who soon finds herself facing very difficult problems and events. Since joining the band, Traci, madly in love with Danny, has had to fight for his attentions. Things obviously got complicated when the beautiful and enterprising Lauren, her rival as a singer and especially as Danny's aspiring girlfriend, appeared. Dina's arrival in the city, therefore, only adds to the stress of the young girl, who is increasingly covered with attention from the woman, who would immediately like to be welcomed back by the girl as her mother. In truth, Traci does not hide her hatred for her mother, accused of having abandoned her since she was a child; hatred that only increases when she points out that she should make more movement to take off the extra pounds. Slimming down, after all, has always been Traci's first and only goal, and he knows he has to get there as soon as possible before Lauren can steal Danny from him. She was struck hard by her own feelings when a poisonous Lauren highlighted Traci's slim line in front of everyone, and she, humiliated in public, ran away crying. Danny is furious at Lauren's lack of delicacy, and apologizes to Traci, who thanks him. However, knowing that Lauren is much more attractive and sophisticated than she is, Traci starts a strict diet on a very strict regimen, also flanking numerous physical exercises, all in the hope that Danny will notice her. As the weeks go by, meanwhile, Mamie becomes constantly apprehensive about Traci's lack of appetite, asking only for salads on the few days she doesn't fast. The diet, while beginning to show its first effects, is not able to satisfy Traci, who decides to start taking slimming pills without everyone knowing it, on the advice of Sparky Wade and Vinnie Irving, two students, two boyfriends and two college friends... who soon turn out to be nothing more than pushers!