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Welcome Back, Kotter Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Great Debate

First aired: Sep/09/1975
Writer: Rick Mittleman
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Helaine Lembeck (Judy Borden), Dennis Bowen (Todd Ludlow), Debralee Scott (Rosalie "Hotsy" Totsy), James Woods (Alex Welles)

Mr. Kotter arranges a debate between his Sweathogs and the debate team, with the subject to be resolved....aggression.



2 :01x02 - Basket Case

First aired: Sep/16/1975
Writer: Jerry Ross
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Jess Nadelman (Coach)

Mr. Kotter challenges Freddy to a basketball game as a means of proving to him that he is not ready to play professionally yet.



3 :01x03 - Welcome Back (Pilot)

First aired: Sep/23/1975
Writer: Peter Meyerson
Director: James Komack
Guest star: Leslie Ackerman (Silvia)

Gabe Kotter returns to Buchanan High School, where he was a member of the Sweathogs, a remedial class, and now returns to teach the newest group.



4 :01x04 - Whodunit?

First aired: Sep/30/1975
Writer: Jewel Jaffe, Jerry Rannow
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Debralee Scott (Rosalie "Hotsy" Totsy)

Rosalie "Hotsie" Totsie announces that she is pregnant and that one of the Sweathogs is a father-to-be.



5 :01x05 - The Election

First aired: Oct/07/1975
Writer: Eric Cohen, Tiffany York
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Helaine Lembeck (Judy Borden)

Mr. Kotter entices Vinnie to show Sweathog pride and run against Todd Ludlow for student body president.



6 :01x06 - No More Mister Nice Guy

First aired: Oct/14/1975
Writer: George Yanok
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Debralee Scott (Rosalie "Hotsy" Totsy), Helaine Lembeck (Judy Borden)

Mr. Woodman takes over Mr. Kotter's social studies class for a week to teach the Sweathogs about American history, and to prove that he still has what it takes to be a good teacher.



7 :01x07 - Classroom Marriage

First aired: Oct/21/1975
Writer: Myles Wilder, William Raynor
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams), Debralee Scott (Rosalie "Hotsy" Totsy)

Freddie and Verna Jean announce they want to elope and get married. against their parents permission.



8 :01x08 - One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing

First aired: Oct/28/1975
Writer: Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams), Dennis Bowen (Todd Ludlow)

Juan runs away when he gets sucker punched by Todd Ludlow and feels he is no longer the toughest kid in school.



9 :01x09 - Mr. Kotter, Teacher

First aired: Nov/04/1975
Writer: Jerry Rannow, Jewel Jaffe
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Hope Summers (Ms. Riley), Arnold Soboloff (Charlie Piper)

Mr. Kotter is brought before a review board when his methods of teaching is questioned, which leads to the Sweathogs interruption of the proceedings.



10 :01x10 - The Reunion

First aired: Nov/18/1975
Writer: George Yanok
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Michael Taylor (Lyle Flannigan), Bridget Hanley (Mary Flannigan), Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams)

Gabe is fearing a reunion with a couple he despised in high school after Julie invites them for dinner.



11 :01x11 - Barbarino's Girl

First aired: Nov/25/1975
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Helaine Lembeck (Judy Borden)

When Vinnie is forced to have Judy as a tutor, romantic feelings towards her gets Vinnie hassled by the other Sweathogs.



12 :01x12 - California Dreamin'

First aired: Dec/02/1975
Writer: Mike Weinberger
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams), Susan Lanier (Bambi)

When a new girl, Sunny, comes to the Sweathogs classroom, all the boys try to impress her to become her boyfriend. But when she makes a pass at Gabe, he reaches out to find her true story.



13 :01x13 - Arrividerci, Arnold

First aired: Dec/16/1975
Writer: Jerry Rannow, Jewel Jaffe
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams)

Arnold has been promoted to a regular classroom against his wishes to remain a Sweathog. When Mr. Kotter teaches the guys to let him move on so that he can be the best Arnold possible, his plan backfires when Arnold feels no one likes him anymore.



14 :01x14 - The Longest Weekend

First aired: Jan/06/1976
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams)

When Julie leaves for a ski weekend, Gabe feels the need to cling onto the Sweathogs for companionship.



15 :01x15 - The Sit-In

First aired: Jan/13/1976
Writer: William S. Bickley, Michael Warren
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams), Helaine Lembeck (Judy Borden), Dennis Bowen (Todd Ludlow)

Mr. Kotter suggests an old fashioned sit-in when the Sweathogs put up a protest against liver being served in the cafeteria.



16 :01x16 - Follow The Leader (1)

First aired: Jan/20/1976
Writer: Jerry Rannow, Jewel Jaffe
Director: Bob Lahendro

Vinnie runs away after the Sweathogs vote Freddie as their new leader.



17 :01x17 - Follow The Leader (2)

First aired: Jan/22/1976
Writer: Jewel Jaffe, Jerry Rannow
Director: Bob Lahendro

Freddie, the new Sweathog leader, acts more like a dictator when he gets his first taste of power.



18 :01x18 - Dr. Epstein, I Presume

First aired: Jan/29/1976
Writer: George Yanok
Director: Bob Lahendro

Juan feels he is a threat to his animals when a school psychologists tells him he cannot become a veterinarian when he gets older.



19 :01x19 - One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest

First aired: Feb/05/1976
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Lahendro

A bad case of flu is passing through Buchanan High School causing all the classes to be merged together.



20 :01x20 - The Telethon

First aired: Feb/12/1976
Writer: Pat Proft, Bo Kaprall
Director: Bob Lahendro
Guest star: Vernee Watson-Johnson (Vernajean Williams)

The Sweathogs decide to hold a telethon on a very small public access TV station in order to raise money for new school supplies.



21 :01x21 - Kotter Makes Good

First aired: Feb/19/1976
Writer: George Yanok
Director: Bob Lahendro

Mr. Kotter needs to take a make-up test when it is discovered he never took one of his finals when he was a student.



22 :01x22 - Father Vinnie

First aired: Feb/26/1976
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Lahendro

Vinnie believes he must become a priest after praying for a teacher to survive after he causes him to have a heart attack.



23 :02x01 - Career Day

First aired: Sep/23/1976
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bill Hobin



24 :02x02 - Inherit The Halibut

First aired: Sep/30/1976
Writer: Neil Rosen, George Tricker
Director: Bill Hobin

Freddy Washington becomes suspect No. 1 when the class savings fund disappears at the same time he shows up with a new bike. In defense of Freddy, Teacher Hotter holds a classroom trial to demonstrate the judicial process, and the results are a surprise to the entire class.



25 :02x03 - Sweatside Story

First aired: Oct/07/1976
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bill Persky



26 :02x04 - The Fight

First aired: Oct/21/1976
Writer: Jerry Rannow, Jewel Jaffe
Director: Bob Lahendro



27 :02x05 - The Museum

First aired: Oct/28/1976
Writer: Bob Shayne
Director: Bill Davis
Guest star: John Astin (Museum Curator)

While on a class field trip to the museum, Mr. Kotter and the gang become trapped inside, which the wacky curator believes is from irking the mighty pharaoh Pugh, who placed a curse on the room.



28 :02x06 - Gabe Under Pressure

First aired: Nov/04/1976
Writer: George Yanok
Director: Jay Sandrich



29 :02x07 - Sweathog, Nebraska Style

First aired: Nov/11/1976
Writer: George Yanok
Director: Bob Lahendro



30 :02x08 - Sadie Hawkins Day

First aired: Nov/18/1976
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Lahendro



31 :02x09 - Hello, Ms. Chips

First aired: Dec/02/1976
Writer: Royce D. Applegate, Ira Miller
Director: Bob Lahendro



32 :02x10 - Horshack vs. Carvelli

First aired: Dec/09/1976
Writer: Garry Shandling
Director: Bob Lahendro



33 :02x11 - Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking

First aired: Dec/16/1976
Writer: Eric Cohen, Steve Hayden
Director: Bob Lahendro

Mr. Kotter and the guys try to help Juan get over his smoking habit by using aversion therapy. Meanwhile, Mr. Kotter needs therapy himself when the gang finds out that he is back to eating potato knishes.



34 :02x12 - Hark, the Sweatkings

First aired: Dec/23/1976
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold
Director: Bob Lahendro



35 :02x13 - A Love Story

First aired: Dec/30/1976
Writer: Jewel Jaffe, Jerry Rannow
Director: Gary Shimokawa, James Komack
Guest star: Lisa Mordente (Carmen Epstein)



36 :02x14 - Caruso's Way

First aired: Jan/06/1977
Writer: Jim Parker
Director: Bob Lahendro



37 :02x15 - Sweatgate Scandal

First aired: Jan/13/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Lahendro



38 :02x16 - Kotter and Son

First aired: Jan/20/1977
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold
Director: Bob Lahendro



39 :02x17 - Chicken a la Kotter

First aired: Jan/27/1977
Writer: Raymond Siller
Director: Bob Lahendro



40 :02x18 - Has Anyone Seen Arnold? (1)

First aired: Feb/03/1977
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold
Director: Bob Lahendro



41 :02x19 - There Goes Number 5 (2)

First aired: Feb/03/1977
Writer: Jerry Rannow, Jewel Jaffe
Director: Bob Lahendro, James Komack



42 :02x20 - The Littlest Sweathog

First aired: Feb/10/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Lahendro



43 :02x21 - Radio Free Freddie

First aired: Feb/17/1977
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Neil Rosen, George Yanok
Director: Bob Lahendro



44 :02x22 - I'm Having Their Baby

First aired: Feb/24/1977
Writer: George Tricker, Neil Rosen
Director: Bob Lahendro



45 :02x23 - I Wonder Who's Kissing Gabe Now?

First aired: Mar/03/1977
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold
Director: Bob Lahendro



46 :03x01 - Sweathogs Back-to-School Special

First aired: Sep/10/1977
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold
Director: Bob Claver



47 :03x02 - And Baby Makes Four (1)

First aired: Sep/15/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Claver



48 :03x03 - And Baby Makes Four (2)

First aired: Sep/15/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Claver



49 :03x04 - And Baby Makes Four (3)

First aired: Sep/22/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Claver



50 :03x05 - Brother, Can You Spare a Million?

First aired: Sep/29/1977
Writer: Nick Arnold, Peter Meyerson
Director: Bob Claver



51 :03x06 - Just Testing

First aired: Oct/06/1977
Writer: Mike Barrie, James Mulholland
Director: Bob Claver



52 :03x07 - The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack

First aired: Oct/13/1977
Writer: Mike Barrie, James Mulholland
Director: Bob Claver



53 :03x08 - What a Move

First aired: Oct/20/1977
Writer: George Bloom, Beverly Bloomberg
Director: Nick Havinga



54 :03x09 - A Novel Idea

First aired: Oct/27/1977
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold
Director: Bob Claver



55 :03x10 - Barbarino in Love (1)

First aired: Nov/03/1977
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold
Director: Bob Claver



56 :03x11 - Barbarino in Love (2)

First aired: Nov/10/1977
Writer: Joyce Gittlin, Steve Clements
Director: Bob Claver



57 :03x12 - Kotter for Vice Principal

First aired: Nov/17/1977
Writer: Bob Silberg, Dick Rossner
Director: Bob Claver



58 :03x13 - Swine and Punishment

First aired: Nov/24/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Claver



59 :03x14 - Epstein's Madonna

First aired: Dec/08/1977
Writer: Beverly Bloomberg, George Bloom
Director: Bob Claver



60 :03x15 - Sweathog Christmas Special

First aired: Dec/15/1977
Writer: Mel Stuart, Eric Cohen
Director: Mel Stuart



61 :03x16 - Sweatwork

First aired: Dec/22/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Claver



62 :03x17 - Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included

First aired: Jan/05/1978
Writer: Aubrey Tadman, Garry Ferrier
Director: Bob Claver



63 :03x18 - Angie

First aired: Jan/12/1978
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Melonie Haller (Angie Globagoski)



64 :03x19 - Epstein's Term Paper

First aired: Jan/19/1978
Writer: Eric Cohen
Director: Bob Claver



65 :03x20 - There's No Business Like Show Business (1)

First aired: Jan/26/1978
Writer: Gabe Kaplan
Director: Bob Claver



66 :03x21 - There's No Business Like Show Business (2)

First aired: Feb/02/1978
Writer: George Bloom, Beverly Bloomberg
Director: Bob Claver



67 :03x22 - What Goes Up

First aired: Feb/09/1978
Writer: Nick Arnold
Director: Jeff Beckner



68 :03x23 - Goodbye, Mr. Kripps

First aired: Feb/16/1978
Writer: Garry Ferrier, Aubrey Tadman
Director: Bob Claver



69 :03x24 - Horshack and the Madame X

First aired: Feb/23/1978
Writer: Peter Meyerson
Director: Al Schwartz



70 :03x25 - The Kiss

First aired: Mar/09/1978
Director: Bob Claver



71 :03x26 - The Return of Hotsy Totsy

First aired: May/11/1978
Writer: Gabe Kaplan
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Debralee Scott (Rosalie "Hotsy" Totsy)



72 :03x27 - Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind

First aired: May/18/1978
Writer: Beverly Bloomberg, George Bloom
Director: Robert Hegyes



73 :04x01 - The Drop-Ins (1)

First aired: Sep/11/1978
Writer: George Bloom
Director: Norman Abbott



74 :04x02 - The Drop-Ins (2)

First aired: Sep/11/1978
Writer: George Bloom
Director: Norman Abbott



75 :04x03 - Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime

First aired: Sep/25/1978
Writer: Bill Richmond, Gene Perret
Director: Norman Abbott



76 :04x04 - Once Upon a Ledge

First aired: Oct/02/1978
Writer: Rick Hawkins, Liz Sage
Director: Norman Abbott



77 :04x05 - The Sweatmobile

First aired: Oct/09/1978
Writer: Bill Richmond, Gene Perret
Director: Norman Abbott



78 :04x06 - Beau's Jest

First aired: Oct/16/1978
Writer: Earl Barret, Liz Sage, Rick Hawkins
Director: Norman Abbott



79 :04x07 - Barbarino's Boo-Boo

First aired: Oct/21/1978
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
Director: Norman Abbott



80 :04x08 - X-Rated Education

First aired: Oct/28/1978
Writer: Bill Greer, Kathy Greer
Director: Norman Abbott



81 :04x09 - The Barbarino Blues

First aired: Nov/03/1978
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Linda McCullough (Sally)



82 :04x10 - Washington's Clone

First aired: Nov/11/1978
Writer: Julie Kirgo, Dinah Kirgo
Director: Norman Abbott



83 :04x11 - Frog Day Afternoon

First aired: Nov/25/1978
Writer: Earl Barret, Liz Sage, Rick Hawkins
Director: Norman Abbott



84 :04x12 - A Little Fright Music

First aired: Dec/02/1978
Writer: George Bloom, Earl Barret
Director: Norman Abbott

Mr. Woodman learns that Washington rewrote his sleepy rendition of the Buchanan high school song and stands to make money for it.



85 :04x13 - A Winter's Coat Tale

First aired: Dec/16/1978
Writer: Earl Barret, George Bloom
Director: Norman Abbott



86 :04x14 - Bride and Gloom

First aired: Jan/13/1979
Writer: George Bloom, Earl Barret
Director: Norman Abbott



87 :04x15 - Barbarino's Baby

First aired: Feb/03/1979
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Henry Corden (Mr. Fishbein)



88 :04x16 - The Goodbye Guy

First aired: Feb/10/1979
Writer: Rick Hawkins, Liz Sage, Suzanne Gayle Harris
Director: Norman Abbott



89 :04x17 - Come Back, Little Arnold

First aired: Feb/24/1979
Writer: Liz Sage, Rick Hawkins
Director: Norman Abbott



90 :04x18 - The Sweat Smell of Success

First aired: Mar/03/1979
Writer: Earl Barret, George Bloom
Director: Norman Abbott



91 :04x19 - The Gang Show

First aired: Mar/17/1979
Writer: Bill Richmond, Gene Perret
Director: Norman Abbott



92 :04x20 - Oo, Oo, I Do (1)

First aired: May/25/1979
Writer: Bill Richmond, Gene Perret
Director: Norman Abbott



93 :04x21 - Oo, Oo, I Do (2)

First aired: May/25/1979
Writer: Gene Perret, Bill Richmond
Director: Norman Abbott



94 :04x22 - I'm Okay, But You're Not

First aired: Jun/01/1979
Writer: Rick Hawkins, Liz Sage
Director: Norman Abbott



95 :04x23 - The Breadwinners

First aired: Jun/08/1979
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
Director: Norman Abbott