On Ready or Not, Busy (Lani Billard) is confused when she sees the male karate teacher, object of Busy's new crush, kiss a man. On Chris Cross, the season opener finds Chris (Simon Fenton) assigned the topic of gay rights in a history project on a revolution. The schoolwork forces Chris to confront his feelings about his brother, who is gay.

Bernadette Peters provides the guest voice of Rita, the sleek, street-smart alley cat. In Part One, Rita and her best friend, Runt the Dog, find shelter at a mad scientist's castle. But the mad scientist has designs on Runt, whose brain she craves for her own monster dog named Phrankenrunt! In "Draculee Draculaa," the Warners find themselves guests at the home of none other than Count Dracula.

PHOTO: COLOR, ISSUE-ORIENTED: "Ready or Not's" Busy (Lani Billard, left), sees the teacher she has a crush on kiss a man; Laura Bertram plays [Amanda] on the tween series.; PHOTO: COLOR, GAY WRITES: Oliver (Eugene Bird, left), and Chris Cross(Simon Fenton). / SHOWTIME