Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)
Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.
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Episode 1 - The Great Debate
Release Date: 1975-09-09The sweathogs out debate a smarter debate class.
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Episode 2 - Basket Case
Release Date: 1975-09-16Gabe insists that basketball ace Washington pass his social-studies test.
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Episode 3 - Welcome Back (Pilot)
Release Date: 1975-09-09A flashback recalls Gabe's first meeting with his class. The Sweathogs Out Debate A Superior Class.
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Episode 4 - Whodunit?
Release Date: 1975-09-30Tired of her reputation as easy, Rosalie Totsy tells the Sweathogs that she's pregnant -- and that one of them is the father -- in an effort to make the boys admit that the tales they tell about their ""fun dates"" with her aren't true.
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Episode 5 - The Election
Release Date: 1975-10-07Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.
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Episode 6 - No More Mister Nice Guy
Release Date: 1975-10-14After returning to his roots by taking over the Sweathogs' history class for a day, Mr. Woodman turns into a nice guy; and Kotter turns into the new Mr. Woodman.
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Episode 7 - Classroom Marriage
Release Date: 1975-10-21With Vernajean's family moving, she and Freddie decide that they must get married in order to stay together. Their classmates act out married life to discourage the young couple.
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Episode 8 - One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing
Release Date: 1975-10-28After losing a fight with Todd Ludlow, Juan is made fun of by his fellow Sweathogs. His feelings and his pride hurt, he runs away -- to the Kotters' bathroom.
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Episode 9 - Mr. Kotter, Teacher
Release Date: 1975-11-04Gabe's teaching theories in question, he is temporarily suspended. The Sweathogs, liable to lose their teacher, come to his defense.
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Episode 10 - The Reunion
Release Date: 1975-11-18Gabe is less than thrilled when an old too-perfect classmate, and his too-perfect wife, decide to pay him a visit.
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Episode 11 - Barbarino's Girl
Release Date: 1975-11-25In order to bring up Vinnie's grades, Judy Borden, highly unpopular with the Sweathogs, is called in to tutor him. But when the two start liking one another, problems arise.
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Episode 12 - California Dreamin'
Release Date: 1975-12-02The sweathogs go bananas over Bambi, a pretty blonde girl from California. We get some very funny scenes of the guys in various costumes: Epstein as a guru, Freddy in a colorful shirt, Horshack as a movie producer, and Vinnie as a surfer. When Mr. Kotter gets fed-up with them disrupting the class, it's revealed that Bambi was just pretending to be from California in order to get attention.
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Episode 13 - Arrividerci, Arnold
Release Date: 1975-12-16Arnold is promoted to a regular class, but is less than happy about the forced transition.
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Episode 14 - The Longest Weekend
Release Date: 1976-01-06When Julie goes away on a ski trip with a friend, stories from the Sweathogs and Mr. Woodman lead Gabe to be worried about the possibility of Julie cheating on him while she is away.
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Episode 15 - The Sit-In
Release Date: 1976-01-13The Sweathogs, diverged from a food-fight, hold a sit-in to protest the school cafetieria's Wednesday liver.
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Episode 16 - Follow The Leader (1)
Release Date: 1976-01-20The class votes to make Freddie the new leader of the Sweathogs, taking Vinnie down a notch. Vinnie becomes so upset with the loss of his title that he quits school. When his parents become aware of this, they kick him out, and he ends up staying with the Kotters; much to the dismay of Julie, who is growing tired of the Sweathogs constantly occupying Gabe's attention and life, never leaving them any time alone together. Angry, she leaves to go to a hotel.
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Episode 17 - Follow The Leader (2)
Release Date: 1976-01-22The sweathogs soon tire of Freddy as leader. Mr. Woodman even admits that he misses Barbarino. Julie and Vinnie turn up at the apartment, and Mr. Kotter has a heartfelt talk with them about the situation. Fortunately, all is forgiven, with Julie moving back home and Vinnie returning to class.
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Episode 18 - Dr. Epstein, I Presume
Release Date: 1976-01-29Juan, because of his love for animals, decides that he would like to be a veterinarian. A guidance couselor quickly thwarts his dream, until he performs an emergency operation on his pet hamster.
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Episode 19 - One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Release Date: 1976-02-05A flu epidemic hits Buchannan and everybody gets sick except for Kotter, Horshack and a few students in the other classes. In the end, the few healthy students team up with the remaining Sweathogs in the classroom.
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Episode 20 - The Telethon
Release Date: 1976-02-12Kotter and the ""Sweathogs"" raise a telethon to raise $700 for new supplies. If not the remiedial class will be cut.
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Episode 21 - Kotter Makes Good
Release Date: 1976-02-19Gabe is forced to take final exams when it's revealed by Mr. Woodman that he wasn't really qualified to graduate when he did.
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Episode 22 - Father Vinnie
Release Date: 1976-02-26Vinnie's grandmother's dying wish is for him to become a priest, and he takes the request seriously, until the strain of being holy becomes too much for him.