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Room 222

TV·1969–1974·5 seasons, 113 episodes·ABC·Comedy, Drama·Created by James L. Brooks

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Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes1969–70AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Richie's StorySeptember 17, 1969Teacher Pete Dixon's best student is from another district.
  2. S01E02Naked Came We Into the WorldSeptember 24, 1969A shy student proposes a nude finale for the school follies.
  3. S01E03Funny BoyOctober 1, 1969Pete tries to help a fat boy put his sense of humor to good use.
  4. S01E04The CoatOctober 8, 1969Jason enters an art program and steals a coat so he can get his teacher to like him.
  5. S01E05The FluOctober 15, 1969Walt Whitman teachers are levelled by the flu bug, and classes are combined and consolidated in order to prevent a school closing. Thanks t
  6. S01E06First We'll Eat, Then We'll StrikeOctober 22, 1969Pete is chosen to lead a teacher's strike.
  7. S01E07Teacher's Dropping OutOctober 29, 1969Pete is offered a job with a corporation helping high school dropouts.
  8. S01E08Our Teacher is ObsoleteNovember 5, 1969The students try to get an elderly teacher to resign because they think she is too old.
  9. S01E09Triple DateNovember 12, 1969Jason becomes upset when the snobby parents of his latest girlfriend think he isn't right for their daughter.
  10. S01E10Fathers and SonsNovember 19, 1969The father of a student blames Pete for the problems he has been having with his son.
  11. S01E11Alice in BlunderlandNovember 26, 1969
  12. S01E12Clothes Make the BoyDecember 3, 1969Walt Whitman students challenge the school's dress code, and a student's father is forced to confront his indecisiveness. Thanks to Oriole
  13. S01E13Seventeen Going On Twenty-EightDecember 10, 1969A conniving student tries to take Pete away from Liz and keep him for herself.
  14. S01E14The Exchange TeacherDecember 17, 1969A teacher from England proves too progressive for Walt Whitman High.
  15. S01E15El GenioDecember 24, 1969
  16. S01E16Arizona State Loves YouDecember 31, 1969A football player tries to choose a college after completing high school.
  17. S01E17Operation SandpileJanuary 7, 1970
  18. S01E18Play it LooseJanuary 14, 1970
  19. S01E19Goodbye, Mr. HipJanuary 21, 1970A teacher's efforts to be hip don't earn the students' respect.
  20. S01E20Once Upon a Time There Was Air You Couldn't SeeJanuary 28, 1970Whitman students Richie and Jason do their bit for clean air. As a history class project, the boys devise an anti-smog campaign: getting mon
  21. S01E21The Whole World Can Hear YouFebruary 11, 1970A girl's father pushes her into going to college, despite her not being smart enough.
  22. S01E22RalphFebruary 18, 1970Liz gets upset when one of Pete's students constantly tags along with him even on their dates.
  23. S01E23I Love You Charlie, I Love You AbbieFebruary 25, 1970Two students plan to elope to Mexico and invite Pete and Liz along as the best man and maid of honor.
  24. S01E24The New BoyMarch 4, 1970
  25. S01E25Funny MoneyMarch 11, 1970Pete tries to find a way to help students who have difficulty reading.
  26. S01E26Just Between FriendsMarch 18, 1970

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0226Episodes1970–71AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Write On, BrotherSeptember 23, 1970
  2. S02E02The Laughing MajoritySeptember 30, 1970The school ""class clown"" decides to run for student council president.
  3. S02E03The Lincoln StoryOctober 7, 1970Acrimonious student debates ruin Pete's chances for a teaching award.
  4. S02E04Adam's LibOctober 14, 1970Women's lib comes into the school when a girl tries out for the varsity basketball team.
  5. S02E05Choose One: And They Lived (Happily/Unhappily) Ever AfterOctober 21, 1970Kaufman chooses Pete for the administration training program.
  6. S02E06Captain of the TeamOctober 28, 1970
  7. S02E07Only a RoseNovember 4, 1970A Jewish woman with no college background arrives at Whitman High to teach.
  8. S02E08The Fuzz That GroovedNovember 11, 1970The friendly cop on the beat is replaced by a tough no nonsense one who causes nothing but tension at the school.
  9. S02E09Half WayNovember 18, 1970A prejudiced father tries to transfer his daughter to a private school in order to keep her away from the black students at the school.
  10. S02E10Dreams of GloryNovember 25, 1970Pete tries to get a shy boy interested in karate in order to impress the girl he loves.
  11. S02E11The ValedictorionDecember 2, 1970A nonconformist challenges the graduation traditions.
  12. S02E12Mel Wertz and the Nickel-Plated ToothpickDecember 16, 1970Walt Whitman student Mel must decide between finishing high school and his rock group when the Nickel Plated Toothpick is offered a recordin
  13. S02E13What Would We Do Without Bobbie?December 23, 1970Everyone takes advantage of a blonde girl, and she becomes the best-looking girl at the school dance.
  14. S02E14CheatingJanuary 6, 1971Pete tries to help a student who was mistakenly accused of cheating by a tough teacher.
  15. S02E15How About That Cherry TreeJanuary 13, 1971A black student is accused of forging a teacher's signature on a scholarship application form.
  16. S02E16Mr. BombergJanuary 20, 1971An overly demanding and severe teacher upsets the students at the school.
  17. S02E17The Long HoneymoonJanuary 27, 1971A man-chasing woman leaves her son on his own.
  18. S02E18Opportunity RoomFebruary 3, 1971
  19. S02E19The Last Full MoonFebruary 10, 1971
  20. S02E20Hip Hip HoorayFebruary 17, 1971Pete tries to avert a riot between his school and a rival school over the upcoming football game.
  21. S02E21Paul Revere Rides AgainMarch 3, 1971A mysterious masked vigilante starts appearing on the rooftops of the school, showering people with (dry) garbage and leaving anti-litter me
  22. S02E22I Hate You, Silas MarnerMarch 10, 1971Alice allows the students to read Catch 22 instead of the book assigned by the Head of the English department, Silas Marner.
  23. S02E23You Can Take a Big Boy Out of the Country but...March 17, 1971A rural-born transfer student finds an unlikely ally in Jason when the students poke fun at and take advantage of him. Thanks to Oriole Ada
  24. S02E24If It's Not Here, Where is It?March 24, 1971
  25. S02E25Laura Fay, You're Okay!March 31, 1971Others tease a new girl about her good looks.
  26. S02E26A Sort of LovingApril 7, 1971With drugs becoming a big problem, the teachers set up a confidential ""talk session"" with the kids to help them with their problems. The s

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0323Episodes1971–72AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01KWWHSeptember 17, 1971A city councilman arranges for a radio station to be built in the school, but regrets it when the students air programs which he believes ar
  2. S03E02The StuttererSeptember 24, 1971A student video contains footage of a stuttering youth.
  3. S03E03America's GuestOctober 1, 1971A very smart student does nothing but slide through life while getting bad grades.
  4. S03E04Welcome Back, Miss BrownOctober 8, 1971Pete tries to help a teacher who, while going through a divorce, is taking out her anger on the boys in her class.
  5. S03E05Hi, DadOctober 15, 1971
  6. S03E06Suitable for FramingOctober 22, 1971A fast-talking student is using the school and the students to further his own profit-making schemes and gets caught making shady deals.
  7. S03E07Hail and FarewellOctober 29, 1971
  8. S03E08Who's Benedict Arnold?November 5, 1971Someone in the school is spying for Principal Kaufman.
  9. S03E09Stay Awhile, Mr. Dream-ChaserNovember 12, 1971
  10. S03E10Room 222 S03E10Dixon's RaidersNovember 19, 1971While investigating the allocation of school funds for Pete's class project, a student uncovers a scandal in the cafeteria.
  11. S03E11What is a Man?December 3, 1971A male student is suspected of being homosexual, especially after he gets involved in the school dramatics club.
  12. S03E12The Sins of the FatherDecember 10, 1971
  13. S03E13They Love Me, They Love Me NotDecember 17, 1971Pete and Alice visit the slums and teach the kids how to read.
  14. S03E14The Fading of the Elegant BeastDecember 31, 1971
  15. S03E15House Made of Dark MistJanuary 7, 1972The students try to help a boy who resents his Indian heritage.
  16. S03E16Where is it Written?January 14, 1972A student who wants to go to Harvard fails his entrance exams.
  17. S03E17And in This Corner...January 21, 1972Pete tries to discourage a student who wants to quit school to become a professional boxer.
  18. S03E18We Hold These Truths...January 28, 1972A man attending night school citizenship classes destroys the political artwork of one of Alice's students because he felt it degraded the U
  19. S03E19Suing Means Saying You're SorryFebruary 4, 1972Pete accidentally injures a boy after breaking up a fight, which causes the boy's parents to sue him.
  20. S03E20I Gave My Love...February 11, 1972
  21. S03E21The Witch of Whitman HighFebruary 18, 1972A new student pretends to be a witch to get attention.
  22. S03E22The QuitterFebruary 25, 1972Fed up with all the hassles of being a public high school principal, Mr. Kaufman decides to quit. (According to one poster at Sitcoms Onlin
  23. S03E23There's No Fool Like...March 3, 1972Pete tries to help a teacher and a student to quit smoking.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0423Episodes1972–73AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01A Little Flyer on the MarketSeptember 15, 1972Pete and his class enter the stock market in order to earn money for a new school intercom.
  2. S04E02I Wonder if January 15 Will Ever Come Again?September 22, 1972
  3. S04E03Just Call Me Mr. SahigmetsuSeptember 29, 1972
  4. S04E04And He's Not Even LovableOctober 6, 1972A bigoted father has to rethink his beliefs when his son is assigned to work on a school project with Jason.
  5. S04E05Hands Across the SeaOctober 13, 1972Jason finds himself resenting a polished and well-mannered black student from England.
  6. S04E06The ImposterOctober 20, 1972Pete tries to help a teacher who has been teaching without a degree or a license.
  7. S04E07Lift, Thrust, and DragOctober 27, 1972Pete tries to interest some bored students in learning how to fly a plane.
  8. S04E08You Don't Know Me, He SaidNovember 3, 1972Pete learns that one of his students is dying of leukemia.
  9. S04E09Walt Whitman Goes BananasNovember 10, 1972A student holds a banana-eating contest in order to attract summer job offers for the other students.
  10. S04E10BleepNovember 17, 1972The students become upset when a school faculty advisor begins to censor their stories for the school newspaper.
  11. S04E11Shoestring CatchNovember 24, 1972
  12. S04E12Elizabeth Brown is FailingDecember 1, 1972Beloved, but elderly, teacher Miss Brown is showing signs of senility. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.
  13. S04E13Mr. WrongDecember 8, 1972The new teacher who came to the school to teach a course in poise and personality develops a crush on Alice.
  14. S04E14The Nichols GirlDecember 22, 1972The mother of a student becomes upset when her son falls for a girl who doesn't wear a bra.
  15. S04E15Pardon Me, Your Apathy is ShowingJanuary 5, 1973
  16. S04E16Rights of OthersJanuary 12, 1973
  17. S04E17Room 222 S04E17Man, If You're So Smart...January 19, 1973
  18. S04E18The Hand That FeedsFebruary 2, 1973Pete tries to advise a student who doesn't believe in any form of competition.
  19. S04E19Fifteen Years and What Do You Get?February 9, 1973
  20. S04E20Someone SpecialFebruary 16, 1973
  21. S04E21A Hairy EscapeFebruary 23, 1973When a student comes into a lot of money, the other students find themselves thinking of ways to spend it.
  22. S04E22The Noon GoonMarch 2, 1973
  23. S04E23To Go with the BubblesMarch 9, 1973

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0515Episodes1973–74AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01I've Got the Hammer, If You've Got the ThumbSeptember 14, 1973
  2. S05E02Of Smoke-Filled RoomsSeptember 21, 1973One of the students decides to run for a seat on the Board of Education.
  3. S05E03Can Nun Be One Too Many?September 28, 1973Mr. Kaufman falls for a teacher who was once a nun.
  4. S05E04No Island is an IslandOctober 5, 1973Liz and Pete try to help a Mexican boy who is too proud to ask for some needed help.
  5. S05E05Twenty-Five Words or LessOctober 26, 1973Herbie likes to enter contests.
  6. S05E06Pete's ProtegeNovember 2, 1973
  7. S05E07Love is a Many Splintered ThingNovember 9, 1973Alice falls for the widowed father of one of her students.
  8. S05E08Pi in the SkyNovember 16, 1973A math genius reprograms the school's computer in order to get needed school supplies.
  9. S05E09Mismatch MakerNovember 30, 1973Alice finds herself in the middle when she encourages a student to become a poet despite his father's wish that he enter his real estate bus
  10. S05E10Here's to the Boy Most LikelyDecember 7, 1973A student turns to alcohol in order to escape from the building pressures at home and at school.
  11. S05E11El Greco to JasonDecember 21, 1973Jason falls in love and decides to quit school in order to get married.
  12. S05E12MPGDecember 28, 1973The Walt Whitman auto shop enters a car in a contest to see which vehicle gets the most miles per gallon. The actual race is unbearably slow
  13. S05E13I Didn't Raise My Girl to Be a SoldierJanuary 4, 1974Problems arise when a girl decides to join the Army ROTC in order to become a doctor against the wishes of her father.
  14. S05E14Room 222 S05E14Cry, UncleJanuary 11, 1974
  15. S05E15Jason and Big Mo

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