Mr. Novak (1963)
Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965.
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Episode 1 - First year,First Day
Release Date: 1963-09-24A brilliant student with a good business - an auto body shop - wants to quit school. He challenges Novak to give him a good reason for continuing his education.
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Episode 2 - To Lodge and Dislodge
Release Date: 1963-10-01Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.
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Episode 3 - I Don`t Even Live Here
Release Date: 1963-10-08When Mr. Otis was conducting the English class, all the students were raking in As - but Novak can't seem to get the same caliber of work out of them.
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Episode 4 - X is the Unknown Factor
Release Date: 1963-10-15Mike Daniels is being considered for an important science scholarship, but he's having problems in Novak's literature class. Dr. Frank Baxter, TV educator, appears as Dr. Gagan.
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Episode 5 - A Single Isolated Incident
Release Date: 1963-10-22A black student, Marcy Desmond, is violently accosted by a gang of youths who let her know that she's not welcome at Jefferson High.
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Episode 6 - The Risk
Release Date: 1963-10-29Novak helps a former teacher and mentor obtain a position at the school. The instructor is a recovering alcoholic, while his much-younger wife is still afflicted with the disease.
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Episode 7 - Hello Miss Phipps
Release Date: 1963-11-05Maude Phipps, a teacher for some 40 years, is sharply outspoken and is the object of various complaints -- including those of irate parents who don't like the idea of her teaching social hygiene to their children.
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Episode 8 - To Break a Camel's Back
Release Date: 1963-11-12Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.
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Episode 9 - A Feeling for Friday
Release Date: 1963-11-19It's a hectic Friday and Novak is very pleased to get an invitation to spend the weekend at his former sweetheart's family estate.
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Episode 10 - Pay the Two Dollars
Release Date: 1963-11-26A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.
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Episode 11 - Love in the Wrong Season
Release Date: 1963-12-03Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.
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Episode 12 - The Boy Without A Country
Release Date: 1963-12-10Novak and Vane prepare a hero's welcome for a new student, a Russian defector, who's quick to show that he's not easy to get along with.
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Episode 13 - A Thousand Voices
Release Date: 1963-12-17Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.
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Episode 14 - My Name is not Legion
Release Date: 1963-12-24Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.
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Episode 15 - He who can Does
Release Date: 1963-12-31Novak invites a famous novelist to address the school's Literary Club - despite protests of Miss Pagano who feels that the writer's unorthodox views will be a bad influence.
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Episode 16 - Song of Songs
Release Date: 1964-01-07An overly strict father takes the school, and Mr. Novak to task, when he finds the subject matter read aloud in class by his daughter to be highly erotic.
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Episode 17 - The Exile
Release Date: 1964-01-14Charlie Payne, who dropped out three years ago, now has nothing better to do than spend his time hanging around the school grounds.
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Episode 18 - Sparrow on the Wire
Release Date: 1964-01-21A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.
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Episode 19 - The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.
Release Date: 1964-01-28Campus clown Doug Morgan decides he can attract attention - and get excused from compulsory ROTC classes - by claiming to be a conscientious objector.
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Episode 20 - Death of a Teacher
Release Date: 1964-02-04The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.
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Episode 21 - I`m on the Outside
Release Date: 1964-02-11A student named Steve Acero tells Principal Vane that Mr. Novak is prejudiced against him because he is of Mexican extraction.
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Episode 22 - Chin Up, Mr. Novak
Release Date: 1964-02-18Novak's having problems with a literature class - until it's taken over by Margaret Mumsley, a 75-year old exchange teacher from England.
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Episode 23 - Fear is a Handful of Dust
Release Date: 1964-02-25Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.
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Episode 24 - How Does Your Garden Grow?
Release Date: 1964-03-03An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.
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Episode 25 - The Tower
Release Date: 1964-03-10After numerous complaints that an elderly geometry instructor is no longer an effective teacher, Vane is forced to retire her.
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Episode 26 - One Way to Say Goodbye
Release Date: 1964-03-17Novak finds himself attracted to Jenny Peterson, a former Jefferson High student.
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Episode 27 - Day in the Year
Release Date: 1964-03-24A girl in Novak's homeroom collapses from an overdose of narcotics.
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Episode 28 - Moment Without Armor
Release Date: 1964-03-31School grounds are quiet in the evening, and darkness was the accomplice of the unknown assailant who attacked assistant principal Jeanne Pagano.
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Episode 29 - Fare Thee Well
Release Date: 1964-04-07Miss Cathy Williams is going to become a mother, but she wants to graduate with her senior class and she doesn't want to tell her parents about her condition.
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Episode 30 - Senior Prom
Release Date: 1964-04-14The senior prom at Jefferson High is going to be a flop this year - unless student chairman Gail Andrews starts taking interest in the preparations.