Recess (1997)
Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.
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Episode 1 - The Break In
Release Date: 1997-09-13The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.
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Episode 2 - The New Kid
Release Date: 1997-09-13New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
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Episode 3 - The Experiment
Release Date: 1997-09-20The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.
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Episode 4 - The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off
Release Date: 1997-09-20The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
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Episode 5 - Jinxed
Release Date: 1997-09-27The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
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Episode 6 - Officer Mikey
Release Date: 1997-09-27The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.
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Episode 7 - First Name Ashley
Release Date: 1997-10-04The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
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Episode 8 - To Finster with Love
Release Date: 1997-10-04The kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.
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Episode 9 - King Gus
Release Date: 1997-10-11Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control - but Gus turns into a despot instead.
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Episode 10 - Big Brother Chad
Release Date: 1997-10-11The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.
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Episode 11 - My Fair Gretchen
Release Date: 1997-10-18The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.
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Episode 12 - Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye
Release Date: 1997-10-18The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.
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Episode 13 - I Will Kick No More Forever
Release Date: 1997-10-25Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
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Episode 14 - The Kid Came Back
Release Date: 1997-10-25A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
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Episode 15 - The Pest
Release Date: 1997-11-01Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
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Episode 16 - The Legend of Big Kid
Release Date: 1997-11-01What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
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Episode 17 - The Box
Release Date: 1997-11-08Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
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Episode 18 - The Trial
Release Date: 1997-11-08Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.
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Episode 19 - Teachers Lounge
Release Date: 1997-11-15The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
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Episode 20 - Randall's Reform
Release Date: 1997-11-15Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
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Episode 21 - Rainy Days
Release Date: 1997-11-22The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.
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Episode 22 - The Great Can Drive
Release Date: 1997-11-22At first only Mikey wants to participate in the Thanksgiving can drive competition against the unbeatable Ashleys. But then the other kids join in to beat the Ashleys.
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Episode 23 - The Voice
Release Date: 1998-01-10Principal Prickly needs Mikey to sing the National Anthem at the PTA Spring Fling, but Mikey only sings well in the bathroom. So he brings in a music teacher to bring the Robert Goulet out of Mikey.
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Episode 24 - Kids in the Mist
Release Date: 1998-01-10The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
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Episode 25 - Parents' Night
Release Date: 1998-01-17Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
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Episode 26 - Swing on Thru to the Other Side
Release Date: 1998-01-17Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl when she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.