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Recess

Season 1 1997 - 1998
TV-G

  • 1997-09-13T04:00:00Z on Disney Channel
  • 11m
  • 4h 46m (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English, German
  • Animation, Comedy, Children
Six brave fourth-graders at Third Street School make it their mission to protect the other kids on the playground. Despite the rule of King Bob and his minions, who enforce his unwritten laws, T.J, Ashley, Vince, Gus, Gretchen and Mikey seek a rational balance between conformity and individuality.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1997-09-13T04:00:00Z

1x01 The Break In

Series Premiere

1x01 The Break In

  • 1997-09-13T04:00:00Z11m

The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him have no recess.

1997-09-13T04:00:00Z

1x02 The New Kid

1x02 The New Kid

  • 1997-09-13T04:00:00Z11m

New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.

1997-09-27T04:00:00Z

1x03 Parents' Night

1x03 Parents' Night

  • 1997-09-27T04:00:00Z11m

Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.

Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl then she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.

1997-10-04T04:00:00Z

1x05 First Name Ashley

1x05 First Name Ashley

  • 1997-10-04T04:00:00Z11m

The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.

1997-10-04T04:00:00Z

1x06 To Finster with Love

1x06 To Finster with Love

  • 1997-10-04T04:00:00Z11m

The kids bring Miss Finster together with Hank when they find out she has a crush on him.

1997-10-11T04:00:00Z

1x07 King Gus

1x07 King Gus

  • 1997-10-11T04:00:00Z11m

Bob 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.

1997-10-11T04:00:00Z

1x08 Big Brother Chad

1x08 Big Brother Chad

  • 1997-10-11T04:00:00Z11m

The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.

1997-10-18T04:00:00Z

1x09 My Fair Gretchen

1x09 My Fair Gretchen

  • 1997-10-18T04:00:00Z11m

The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.

1997-10-18T04:00:00Z

1x10 Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye

The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.

Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.

1997-10-25T04:00:00Z

1x12 The Kid Came Back

1x12 The Kid Came Back

  • 1997-10-25T04:00:00Z11m

A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.

1997-11-01T05:00:00Z

1x13 The Pest

1x13 The Pest

  • 1997-11-01T05:00:00Z11m

Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.

1997-11-01T05:00:00Z

1x14 The Legend of Big Kid

1x14 The Legend of Big Kid

  • 1997-11-01T05:00:00Z11m

What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?

1997-11-08T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Box

1x15 The Box

  • 1997-11-08T05:00:00Z11m

Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.

1997-11-08T05:00:00Z

1x16 The Trial

1x16 The Trial

  • 1997-11-08T05:00:00Z11m

Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.

1997-11-15T05:00:00Z

1x17 Teachers Lounge

1x17 Teachers Lounge

  • 1997-11-15T05:00:00Z11m

The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.

1997-11-15T05:00:00Z

1x18 Randall's Reform

1x18 Randall's Reform

  • 1997-11-15T05:00:00Z11m

Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.

1997-11-22T05:00:00Z

1x19 Rainy Days

1x19 Rainy Days

  • 1997-11-22T05:00:00Z11m

The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess for days.

1997-11-22T05:00:00Z

1x20 The Great Can Drive

1x20 The Great Can Drive

  • 1997-11-22T05:00:00Z11m

At 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.

The kids stage a protest when Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.

1997-12-13T05:00:00Z

1x22 Jinxed

1x22 Jinxed

  • 1997-12-13T05:00:00Z11m

The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.

1998-11-28T05:00:00Z

1x23 The Experiment

1x23 The Experiment

  • 1998-11-28T05:00:00Z11m

The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that their future will be boys kissing girls and girls kissing boys.

1997-12-20T05:00:00Z

1x24 Officer Mikey

1x24 Officer Mikey

  • 1997-12-20T05:00:00Z11m

The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.

1998-01-10T05:00:00Z

1x25 The Voice

1x25 The Voice

  • 1998-01-10T05:00:00Z11m

Principal 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.

Season Finale

1998-01-10T05:00:00Z

1x26 Kids in the Mist

Season Finale

1x26 Kids in the Mist

  • 1998-01-10T05:00:00Z11m

The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.

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