Season 1 Episodes
1. Richie's Story
Teacher Pete Dixon's best student is from another district.
2. Naked Came We Into the World
A shy student proposes a nude finale for the school follies.
3. Funny Boy
Pete tries to help a fat boy put his sense of humor to good use.
4. The Coat
Jason enters an art program and steals a coat so he can get his teacher to like him.
5. The Flu
Walt Whitman teachers are levelled by the flu bug, and classes are combined and consolidated in order to prevent a school closing. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.
6. First We'll Eat, Then We'll Strike
Pete is chosen to lead a teacher's strike.
7. Teacher's Dropping Out
Pete is offered a job with a corporation helping high school dropouts.
8. Our Teacher is Obsolete
The students try to get an elderly teacher to resign because they think she is too old.
9. Triple Date
Jason becomes upset when the snobby parents of his latest girlfriend think he isn't right for their daughter.
10. Fathers and Sons
The father of a student blames Pete for the problems he has been having with his son.
11. Alice in Blunderland
12. Clothes Make the Boy
Walt Whitman students challenge the school's dress code, and a student's father is forced to confront his indecisiveness. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.
13. Seventeen Going On Twenty-Eight
A conniving student tries to take Pete away from Liz and keep him for herself.
14. The Exchange Teacher
A teacher from England proves too progressive for Walt Whitman High.
15. El Genio
16. Arizona State Loves You
A football player tries to choose a college after completing high school.
17. Operation Sandpile
18. Play it Loose
19. Goodbye, Mr. Hip
A teacher's efforts to be hip don't earn the students' respect.
20. Once Upon a Time There Was Air You Couldn't See
Whitman students Richie and Jason do their bit for clean air. As a history class project, the boys devise an anti-smog campaign: getting money for TV time, then writing and producing an anti-pollution spot.
21. The Whole World Can Hear You
A girl's father pushes her into going to college, despite her not being smart enough.
22. Ralph
Liz gets upset when one of Pete's students constantly tags along with him even on their dates.
23. I Love You Charlie, I Love You Abbie
Two students plan to elope to Mexico and invite Pete and Liz along as the best man and maid of honor.
24. The New Boy
25. Funny Money
Pete tries to find a way to help students who have difficulty reading.