Welcome Back, Kotter - Episode Guide

Episode List

Season 1

The Great Debate

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 9, 1975

Kotter arranges a debate between the Sweathogs and the debate team.

Basket Case

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1975

Kotter is pressured to give Boom-Boom a passing grade on his exam, which he fails, so that he can continue to play on the basketball team.

Welcome Back (Pilot)

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1975

Gabriel Kotter is a teacher in Brooklyn, New York who ends up teaching at his old alma mater: Buchanan High School. He has been assigned to teach the remedial students, better known as the Sweathogs, a group to which he used to belong.

Whodunit?

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1975

Tired of her reputation as easy, Rosalie Totsie tells the Sweathogs that she's pregnant -- and that one of them is the father -- in an effort to make the boys admit that the tales they tell about their "fun dates" with her aren't true.

The Election

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1975

Vinnie runs for student body president, but his campaign is a disaster, despite Gabe's efforts.

No More Mister Nice Guy

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1975

After returning to his roots by taking over the Sweathogs' history class for a day, Mr. Woodman turns into a nice guy; and Kotter turns into the new Mr. Woodman.

Classroom Marriage

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1975

With Vernajean's family moving, she and Freddie decide that they must get married in order to stay together. Their classmates act out married life to discourage the young couple.

One of Our Sweathogs is Missing

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1975

After losing a fight with Todd Ludlow, Juan is made fun of by his fellow Sweathogs. His feelings and his pride hurt, he runs away -- to the Kotters' bathroom.

Mr. Kotter, Teacher

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1975

Mr. Woodman accuses Gabe of not following standard teaching procedures because he isn't teaching from the standard textbook. The Sweathogs come to his defense in front of the school board.

The Reunion

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1975

Gabe is less than thrilled when an old too-perfect classmate, and his too-perfect wife, decide to pay him a visit.

Barbarino's Girl

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1975

Mr. Kotter talks Judy into tutoring Barbarino. The two eventually become friends, but Barbarino doesn't want the other Sweathogs to know about it.

California Dreamin'

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1975

The Sweathogs go bananas over Bambi, a pretty blonde girl from California. When Mr. Kotter gets fed up with them disrupting the class, it's revealed that Bambi was just pretending to be from California in order to get attention.

Arrividerci, Arnold

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1975

Arnold is promoted to a regular class, but is less than happy about the forced transition.

The Longest Weekend

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1976

Kotter begins to behave erratically when he learns that Julie will be going on a weekend ski trip, marking the first time that they've been separated since their marriage.

The Sit-In

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1976

Instead of the planned food fight, Kotter convinces the Sweathogs to stage an all night classroom sit-in to protest the school's serving of liver for lunch.

Follow the Leader (1)

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1976

Follow the Leader (2)

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1976

Dr. Epstein, I Presume

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1976

One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1976

The Telethon

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1976

Kotter Makes Good

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1976

Father Vinnie

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1976

Season 2

Career Day

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1976

Inherit the Halibut

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1976

Sweatside Story

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1976

The Fight

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1976

The Museum

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1976

Gabe Under Pressure

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1976

Woodman suspends Kotter after watching his unorthodox teaching methods and Gabe has to appear before the Board of Education.
When Assistant Principal Woodman visits Kotter's class he sees Gabe seated on the floor with his students, rapping instead of lecturing from the textbook. Woodman has teacher suspended until he can have Gabe appear before an arbitrator from the Board of Education—an action Woodsman Is convinced will enable him to fire Kotter.

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