Season 52 Plot
Join Elmo and the gang as they welcome Tango to the neighborhood, and explore more playful problem-solving with the phrase, “I Wonder…What if…Let’s Try!”
Sesame Street Season 52 aired on November 11th, 2021.
Season 52 Episodes
1. Elmo Builds a Robot Dog
Elmo, Tamir, and Alan build a robot dog for Norbert the Robot, but the tail isn’t upright and “waggedy” like Tango’s tail. What if they use a wooden paint brush and wrap it with shiny foil? Let’s try!
2. Elmo Mails a Letter
Elmo is mailing his first letter and follows mail carrier Ms. Hampton to the post office, where he sees how everyone’s mail gets sorted to go to the right place. Celebrity guest Jon Batiste sings about the heroes in our neighborhoods.
3. Lunchtime Engineers
When Chris sprains his ankle, Zoe, Gabrielle, and Rosita use a rope and pulley to bring him his lunch, but the rope slips off the lunch bag. What if they put the lunch bag in a basket and tie the rope to the basket handle? Let’s try!
4. Sesame Street Art Museum
Everyone is making a painting to hang in Sesame Street’s art museum. Rudy wants to paint a rainbow, but he can’t make the perfect purple. What if he mixes the red and blue paint a little bit at a time? Let’s try!
5. Bug Scouts
Bug Scouts Elmo, Abby, and Cookie Monster want to help Artie the Ant carry a heavy crumb. They try pushing the crumb, but it’s too heavy to move. What if they break the crumb into smaller pieces? Let’s try!
6. Doggie Job Search
Brandeis, a yellow Labrador Retriever, is looking for a job on Sesame Street, so Gina trains him for a career as a service dog!
7. The Grouch Band
Oscar is getting ready for a virtual Grouch concert with the noisiest and most annoying instruments. Elmo’s Shaky Shake instrument isn’t noisy enough for the concert. What if he adds more rocks and blocks to his jar? Let’s try!
8. The Letter M Mystery
The letter “M” goes missing from everywhere around Sesame Street, and it’s up to Nina and the gang to find it.
9. Hike Pirates
Abby, Rudy, and Freddy are going on a hike. Rudy says he’s tired and wants to go home. To make their hike more fun, Freddy shows Abby and Rudy a map they can follow to find the hidden treasure left by hike pirates.
10. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Elmo and his friends are making a Peace Tree to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. They each draw a picture to show how they will carry on Dr. King’s wish by treating people fairly and kindly every day!
11. Let's Play Pretend
When Prairie Dawn organizes costumes for the Dress Me Up Club, she learns that anyone can dress-up and play any way they want.
12. Astro Team Alpha
Elmo, Abby, and Cookie Monster are playing a space game, driving rovers back to the rocket ship before it blasts off, but then Cookie gets stuck in a crater. What if they push a pile of dirt to make a ramp? Let’s try!
13. A Trip to the Dentist
To help remind Julia what happens when you visit the dentist, Elmo, Charlie, and Alan play “pretend dentist” with her. After they count and clean a toy alligator’s teeth, they learn that dentists help keep our teeth clean and healthy.
14. The Hair Dance
Gabrielle and Prairie Dawn think they can’t dance together because their hair doesn’t move the same way, but Nina helps them realize that it would be cool to let their hair do whatever it wants to do.
15. Let's Grow Together
Welcome to the Sesame Street community garden! Tamir has an idea: open a garden stand to share what they grow. Alan shares his grandmother’s pickled daikon recipe. Alan's proud of his heritage and happy to be sharing his family’s culture
16. The Super Shape Heroes
Telly, Elmo, and Rosita transform themselves into shapes to help people.
17. Rainy Day Picnic
18. Fort Rudy
Elmo and Rudy are having a sleepover and building a pillow fort but they don't have a pillow big enough for the roof. This is a problem! They wonder what they can use to build a strong and sturdy roof. What if they use a blanket and weigh it down with heavy books so it doesn't fall down? Let's try! It works. Elmo and Rudy didn't give up and built a pillow fort. Let the sleepover begin!
19. Gingerbread Man
20. Friendship Celebration
21. A Home for Gecko
22. Kind Alan
Elmo Rosita and Julia are disappointed that their plans changed and they can't have storytime with Alan right now. To help the waiting they paint pictures of all the kind things Alan has done for them like giving them snacks playing with them and reading them books. They come up with the idea of putting the paintings together to make their own book and then tell their new story to Alan.
23. Sesame Street Sitters
24. Sesame Street Goes to the Farm
Elmo, Bert, Rosita and Ernie visit a farm, where they learn a lot about the machines, animals and food that can be found there.