Episode List
- PC = Production code number
| Nº | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Air date | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Kim Friedman | Anne Beatts | 27 September 1982 | 101 |
| Freshman Patty gets the chance to "click with the right clique" when she attracts the attention of a handsome senior. | |||||
| 2 | "A Cafeteria Line" | Kim Friedman | Janis Hirsch | 4 October 1982 | 102 |
| The romantic leads in the school musical lead to romance for Patty and Vinnie. | |||||
| 3 | "Pac Man Fever" | Terry Hughes | Marjorie Gross | 11 October 1982 | 105 |
| Marshall loses his comic touch when he becomes "possessed" by a video game. His only hope for salvation: exorcism by the cleric of comedy, Father Guido Sarducci. | |||||
| 4 | "Square Pigskins" | Kim Friedman | Andy Borowitz | 18 October 1982 | 104 |
| Lauren talks Patty into joining the Weemawee girls football team — coached by a gung-ho army vet and a women's libber who bristles at the slightest slight. | |||||
| 5 | "Halloween XII" | Terry Hughes | Marjorie Gross, Susan Silver |
1 November 1982 | 109 |
| The Weemawee High School Halloween dance gets canceled when Muffy spends the entire budget on unnecessary decorations. She feels so guilty that she begs Ms. Loomis to have a slumber party for the girls; Patty and Lauren see this as an opportunity to join in with the popular girls. The girls become scared when they hear noises outside, only to discover that it's Vinnie, Johnny and Marshall. They all calm down until they think they see a dark, monster-like figure moving towards the door... | |||||
| 6 | "A Simple Attachment" | Terry Hughes | David Felton | 8 November 1982 | 107 |
| Hopelessly in love with Lauren, Marshall takes an opportunity with the science fair to build a "love detector." His project backfires on him. It also causes problems for happy couples by making other love matches for them. | |||||
| 7 | "Weemaweegate" | Kim Friedman | Chris Miller, Michael Sutton |
15 November 1982 | 108 |
| Vinnie is attempting to become the school mascot but keeps running into problems. School newspaper reporters Patty and Lauren decide to investigate the strange happenings. The clues quickly point to Marshall, but is he being set up? | |||||
| 8 | "Open 24 Hours" | Kim Friedman | Deanne Stillman | 22 November 1982 | 106 |
| Marshall becomes Johnny's manager and books his band, a band no one's ever seen, for the gala opening of a supermarket deli counter. | |||||
| 9 | "Muffy's Bat Mitzvah" | Kim Friedman | Margaret Oberman, Rosie Shuster |
29 November 1982 | 113 |
| When she leaves them off her guest list, Lauren and Patty scheme to get invited to Muffy's bat mitzvah party. | |||||
| 10 | "Hardly Working" | Terry Hughes | Andy Borowitz, Janis Hirsch |
13 December 1982 | 112 |
| Jennifer does the uncoolest thing possible: she gets a job. | |||||
| 11 | "A Child's Christmas in Weemawee: Part 1" | Terry Hughes | Marjorie Gross, Janis Hirsch |
20 December 1982 | 115 |
| Patty's in a quandary: should she spend Christmas in an isolated cabin with her divorced father, or the way she'd prefer — with her friends at school? | |||||
| 12 | "A Child's Christmas in Weemawee: Part 2" | Terry Hughes | Marjorie Gross, Janis Hirsch |
20 December 1982 | 116 |
| Patty wants to patch things up with her dad in time to still attend the all-important Weemawee Christmas party. | |||||
| 13 | "It's All How You See Things" | Kim Friedman | Janis Hirsch | 27 December 1982 | 110 |
| Patty thinks that wearing glasses is the cause of her problems, and therefore decides to stop wearing them. | |||||
| 14 | "Merry Pranksters" | Kim Friedman, James Nasella |
Deanne Stillman | 10 January 1983 | 111 |
| To gain popularity Patty and Lauren become expert pranksters. The joke is on them, however, when someone else gets credit for their stunts. | |||||
| 15 | "It's Academical" | Terry Hughes | Andy Borowitz | 24 January 1983 | 114 |
| The kids are excited when Dan Vermillion (Martin Mull), host of channel 124's quiz show It's Academical, announces that Weemawee High School has just been selected to compete. This will be a big competition since they will face their arch-rivals, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tech. Patty is selected along with Muffy and Larry Simpson since they have the three highest grade point averages. Patty sees this as another chance to gain popularity, and maybe Larry as a boyfriend. | |||||
| 16 | "The Stepanowicz Papers" | Terry Hughes | Susan Silver | 31 January 1983 | 103 |
| When Mr. Stepanowicz starts his new job as the school janitor, Lauren dreams of becoming Mrs. Stepanowicz. Patty tries to talk some sense into her friend, but it looks like Lauren needs to learn the hard way. | |||||
| 17 | "To Serve Weemawee All My Days" | Kim Friedman | Andy Borowitz, Janis Hirsch |
7 February 1983 | 117 |
| Mr. Donovan's job is in jeopardy because the school board has discovered he is living with a woman. | |||||
| 18 | "No Substitutions" | Kim Friedman | Andy Borowitz | 14 February 1983 | 119 |
| Mr. McNulty (Bill Murray) is a substitute teacher who fills in for Ms. Loomis while she is in Reno for a teacher conference. Mr. McNulty sets the kids up with mock marriages to teach them about life, and he quickly becomes their favorite teacher. The kids end up learning a life lesson, just not the one that was planned. | |||||
| 19 | "No Joy in Weemawee" | James Nasella | Marjorie Gross, Deanne Stillman |
21 February 1983 | 118 |
| The Weemawee Braves are holding baseball tryouts when star pitcher Vinnie harasses Johnny until he finally has had enough and takes a turn at bat. Johnny hits three consecutive pitches for home runs and immediately makes the team. Coach Donovan is beside himself since his school has not won a single baseball game since 1955. | |||||
| 20 | "The Arrangement" | Craig Richard Nelson | Anne Beatts, David Skinner |
7 March 1983 | 120 |
| Vinnie needs Patty to help him study for a big math test. If he doesn't pass it, he can't have the party he wants to throw to celebrate his six-month anniversary with Jennifer. By helping Vinnie, Patty and Lauren think the popular kids at school will finally accept them. |
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