The BEST episodes of Recess season 1
Every episode of Recess season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Recess season 1!
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.
#1 - First Name Ashley
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/4/1997
The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
#2 - The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/1997
The kids stage a protest when Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
#3 - The Trial
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/8/1997
Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war, so the kids put her on trial.
#4 - Teacher's Lounge
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/15/1997
The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
#5 - King Gus
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/1997
Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsillectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control. But Gus turns into a despot instead.
#6 - Parents' Night
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/17/1998
Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
#7 - Jinxed
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/27/1997
The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
#8 - Kids in the Mist
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/10/1998
The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
#10 - The Great Can Drive
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/22/1997
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.
#11 - Big Brother Chad
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/11/1997
The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.
#12 - The Box
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/8/1997
Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
#13 - Swing on Thru to the Other Side
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/17/1998
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.
#15 - The Voice
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 1/10/1998
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.
#16 - The Legend of Big Kid
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/1/1997
What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
#17 - Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/18/1997
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.
#18 - Randall's Reform
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/15/1997
Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
#19 - The Kid Came Back
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/25/1997
A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
#20 - The Pest
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/1/1997
Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
#21 - The New Kid
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/31/1997
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
#22 - To Finster with Love
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/4/1997
The kids bring Miss Finster together with Hank when they find out she has a crush on him.
#23 - The Break In
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1997
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.
#24 - Rainy Days
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/22/1997
The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess for days.
#25 - My Fair Gretchen
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/18/1997
The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.