Recess

Seasons

1997

7.8

Comic tales of a group of good friends, four boys and two girls, during breaks in primary school, as they grow up, relate to each other, and have brushes with authority.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Break-In

T.J. gets detention during recess. His friends must enlist the help of the rest of the playground to rescue him.

S1 • E2

The New Kid

A new kid comes to 3rd Street School. He, as all new kids are, is only referred to as "New Kid". Can he get his name back?

S1 • E3

Parents' Night

Parents Night comes to Third Street School and all the kids are excited...except Spinelli. When she says her parents can't come, the gang realizes that none of them has ever seen Mr. or Mrs. Spinelli.

S1 • E4

Swing on Thru to the Other Side

After believing to see her swinging over the top of the swing-set, Spinelli starts a cult devoted to Swinger Girl.

S1 • E5

First Name, Ashley

The title becomes an embarrassing revelation about Spinelli.

S1 • E6

To Finster, with Love

Miss Finster is attracted to Hank the Janitor; she and Hank begin dating. The student body is concerned when she begins being nice to everyone

S1 • E7

King Gus

Gus is appointed the new temporary king when King Bob has to leave for a week to have his tonsils taken out.

S1 • E8

Big Brother Chad

Vince's big brother Chad is coming to pick him up after school. All the other kids reminisce about how cool he was. But how cool is he, really?

S1 • E9

My Fair Gretchen

Gretchen has been selected for placement in a school for the gifted, and her friends try to change her, hoping the school will turn her down.

S1 • E10

Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye

A beloved hamster in Miss Grotke's class dies, leading generations of students and somehow former students to 3rd Street School to mourn his passing.

S1 • E11

I Will Kick No More Forever

When Vince looses his self confidence in playing kick-ball, it's up to TJ and friends to get him back on track.

S1 • E12

The Kid Came Back

When a series of bad luck fall upon the 3rd street elementary, TJ and friends try to get rid of the mysterious kindergartener who just might be behind all this.

S1 • E13

The Pest

A boy named Jeffery admits to harboring an enormous crush on Gretchen, and insists that she should be his girlfriend.

S1 • E14

The Legend of Big Kid

When TJ accidentally gets caught by the kindergärtners, he starts to become one of them. It's up to his friends to get him back to the world of the big kids.

S1 • E15

The Box

Finster creates 'the box' as a new punishment for kids and puts T.J. in it to try out its effects.

S1 • E16

The Trial

Spinelli is put on trial for hitting Randall with a rock during a dirt clod war; and though she proclaims her innocence, she refuses to take the stand in her defense.

S1 • E17

Teacher's Lounge

Students start speculating what is in teachers lounge. They come to know that teachers lounge is a totally different world where every teacher has his hobbies and passions.

S1 • E18

Randall's Reform

After one snitch too many Randall grows tired of being Finster's lap dog. He then seeks the friendship of the gang who is not so eager to accept him. For their friendship he gives the kids of the playground the use of the secret ball stash.

S1 • E19

Rainy Days

The gang is stuck inside for days on end, on account of the rain and begin to lose it. Luckily TJ comes up with a plan.

S1 • E20

The Great Can Drive

The holiday can drive starts up once again, only this time, while Mikey is only doing this to help out the less-fortunate, the rest of the gang is sure to beat The Ashleys.

S1 • E21

The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off

The kids organize a protest when Principal Prickley arranges for the jungle gym, Old Rusty, to be torn down.

S1 • E22

Jinxed

The Ashleys team up to jinx Gus and the squad must race against the adults to say his name and free him.

S1 • E23

The Experiment

T.J. and his friends hear of a bleak near future where boys and girls like to kiss, and conduct an experiment to determine if there's any truth to it.

S1 • E24

Officer Mikey

Mikey dreams of joining the school's safety officers so the squad assists him in learning the handbook to achieve it.

S1 • E25

The Voice

When Principal Prickly discovers that Mikey can sing exactly like the real Robert Goulet he hires a beautiful, young music teacher named, Miss Salamone, to nurture his talent and to help him prepare for the school concert.

S1 • E26

Kids in the Mist

A child psychologist gets the Recess gang to help her film a documentary about life on the playground, then they find out her video has been edited to get recess banned.