Recess
Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.
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Seasons
1.The Break In
13-09-199711mThe main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.
2.The New Kid
13-09-199711mNew kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
3.The Experiment
20-09-199711mThe kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.
4.The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off
20-09-199711mThe kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
5.Jinxed
27-09-199711mThe Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
6.Officer Mikey
27-09-199711mThe others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.
7.First Name Ashley
04-10-199711mThe Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
8.To Finster with Love
04-10-199711mThe kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.
9.King Gus
11-10-199711mBob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control - but Gus turns into a despot instead.
10.Big Brother Chad
11-10-199711mThe kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.
11.My Fair Gretchen
18-10-199711mThe kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.
12.Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye
18-10-199711mThe kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.
13.I Will Kick No More Forever
25-10-199711mVince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
14.The Kid Came Back
25-10-199711mA weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
15.The Pest
01-11-199711mJeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
16.The Legend of Big Kid
01-11-199711mWhat do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
17.The Box
08-11-199711mMiss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
18.The Trial
08-11-199711mRandall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.
19.Teachers Lounge
15-11-199711mThe kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
20.Randall's Reform
15-11-199711mLoneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
21.Rainy Days
22-11-199711mThe kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.
22.The Great Can Drive
22-11-199711mAt first only Mikey wants to participate in the Thanksgiving can drive competition against the unbeatable Ashleys. But then the other kids join in to beat the Ashleys.
23.The Voice
10-01-199811mPrincipal Prickly needs Mikey to sing the National Anthem at the PTA Spring Fling, but Mikey only sings well in the bathroom. So he brings in a music teacher to bring the Robert G...
24.Kids in the Mist
10-01-199811mThe kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
25.Parents' Night
17-01-199811mSpinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
26.Swing on Thru to the Other Side
17-01-199811mSpinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl when she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.
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