The Best Episodes of Recess

#1 - Soccer Boy

Season 4 - Episode 36

Vince refuses to let Mikey join his five-a-side soccer team for the King Bob Classic, so Mikey becomes the goalkeeper for Lawson's team.

8.89

9 votes

Directors: Howy Parkins

Writers: David Pitlik, Phil Walsh

#2 - Bachelor Gus

Season 4 - Episode 22

Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school

8.73

11 votes

#3 - Wild Child

Season 2 - Episode 10

In the ""Pee Wee Pals"" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartener during recess.

8.60

15 votes

Directors: Chuck Sheetz

Writers: Mark Drop

#4 - The Story of Whomps

Season 2 - Episode 20

Principal Prickly and Miss Finster deem T.J.'s word ""whomps"" as a cuss and punish him for it, starting a scandal that leads all the way to the board of education.

8.50

20 votes

Directors: Chuck Sheetz

Writers: Mark Drop

#5 - Weekend at Muriel's

Season 2 - Episode 21

Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.

8.48

23 votes

Directors: Chuck Sheetz

Writers: Phil Walsh, Michael Kramer (II)

#6 - Gus' Last Stand

Season 2 - Episode 7

Gus winds up the new victim of bully Gelman's wrath.

8.47

17 votes

#7 - Dance Lessons

Season 2 - Episode 23

Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.

8.44

16 votes

Directors: Chuck Sheetz

Writers: Phil Walsh

#8 - Prickly is Leaving

Season 4 - Episode 11

Prickly finally gets his appointment to Spiro T. Agnew Middle School. But the kids try to make him stay after they meet the new Principal Slicer.

8.40

10 votes

#9 - The Kid Came Back

Season 1 - Episode 14

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

8.37

19 votes

#10 - Parents' Night

Season 1 - Episode 25

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

8.35

20 votes

Directors: Chuck Sheetz

Writers: Holly Huckins

#11 - First Name Ashley

Season 1 - Episode 7

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

8.34

38 votes

#12 - Call Me Guy

Season 4 - Episode 10

Gus takes a new identity when he discovers that people think he's a different cool kid when he doesn't wear them. Too bad ""Guy"" can't see a thing.

8.33

12 votes

#13 - Some Friend

Season 4 - Episode 46

T.J. has a mysterious friend who appears to be Menlo.

8.30

10 votes

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#14 - A Genius Among Us

Season 3 - Episode 2

Someone else besides Gretchen is a math genius, and through math, Gretchen starts a close relationship with this person.

8.29

17 votes

#15 - Copycat Kid

Season 2 - Episode 14

Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.

8.26

23 votes

#16 - Buried Treasure

Season 3 - Episode 14

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.

8.25

16 votes

#17 - The Biggest Trouble Ever

Season 4 - Episode 13

The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.

8.25

16 votes

#18 - The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off

Season 1 - Episode 4

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

8.23

61 votes

#19 - The Great Can Drive

Season 1 - Episode 22

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.

8.22

27 votes