The essential episodes of Recess
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Recess — each pick states its reason.
- 01
The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.
- 02
Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.
- 03
On class picture day, the kids vow to keep Gus clean as he's never had a class picture of him taken.
- 04
Someone else besides Gretchen is a math genius, and through math, Gretchen starts a close relationship with this person.
- 05
A career day assembly gets all the kids to decide their future careers. That is all except Spinelli.
- 06
Every year the older kids pick kindergarteners to race in the Kindergarten Derby. This year an eager Tubby gets an unwilling Mikey to sponsor him in the race.
- 07
Fed up with Vince's ego, the kids bet Vince that he can't go one whole day without beating someone in a sport.
- 08
Randall becomes popular when he uses a joke book to make himself a standup comedian.
- 09
TJ receives an old history textbook with a treasure map that leads the gang, Randall, and the Ashleys out to get the treasure. But as they get closer, greed arises and the 4th graders fight for the treasure.
- 10
Everyone is segregrated once the Ashley's start giving ratings to everyone on the playground.
- 11
The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
- 12
T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.
- 13
Scared of turning 10 on his soon-to-be bithday, Mikey develops an obssession of becoming a little kid again so he won't have to grow up.
- 14
In this Hallowe'en episode, Butch tells us three terrifying tales of Recess. Children of the Cornchip: Cornchip Girl eats some untested cornchips and turns into a werekid! The gang have to save her. When Bikes Attack!: The bikes that the kids ride to school everyday become alive and turn against their riders. Night of the Living Finsters: Lawson challenges Vince to spend the night in the graveyard, only for the gang to discover that the school is built on the Finster family graveyard.
- 15
When one of T.J.s plans goes wrong and Gus breaks his leg he won't make another plan. It's up to the others to get T.J. back to his old self
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