The WORST episodes of Recess
Every episode of Recess ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Recess!
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 - The Principals of Golf
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2000
The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Prickly's golf partner.
#2 - 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.
#3 - The Pest
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/1/1997
Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
#4 - Rainy Days
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/22/1997
The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess for days.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - The Game
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/1998
Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.
#8 - The Substitute
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/31/1998
Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.
#9 - Omega Kids
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/12/1998
The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.
#10 - That Stinking Feeling
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1999
Spinelli gets a crush on a fifth grader and has to get over it to save her reputation.
#11 - The Spy Who Came in from the Playground
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/1999
The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
#12 - Rumor Mill
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/1999
The kids want to find out who started a rumor that a boy knocked over Mikey's popcorn at the movies and Mikey then threw the boy into the girl's bathroom.
#13 - The Secret Life of Grotke
Season 4 - Episode 34 - Aired 2/21/2000
The gang believe that Miss Grotke is a spy. But is she spying for or against America?
#14 - More Like Gretchen
Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/1/2000
After a visit to a beauty museum with Gretchen, Spinelli's parents seem to be a little "unsatisfied" with their daughter.
#15 - Chez Vince
Season 4 - Episode 43 - Aired 5/7/2000
Vince becomes one of the greatest chefs in the history of the playground and making 'Chez Vince' and possibly even the world.
#16 - The Coolest Heatwave Ever
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/29/2000
During a burning hot day, the gang attempts to make it across the playground to the otherside where there is a water pump.
#17 - The Army / Navy Game
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2000
Gus and Theresa (Cornchip Girl) have a hard time becoming friends due to their rivaling fathers.
#18 - Hustler's Apprentice
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/1999
Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.
#19 - Good Luck Charm
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/19/1999
Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Fort Tender
Season 4 - Episode 37 - Aired 2/29/2000
T.J. and the gang make a fort, only to have Lawson ruin their plans.
#22 - Here Comes Mr. Perfect
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/14/1999
Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
#23 - The Challenge
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/1998
A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.
#24 - Operation Stuart
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/14/1998
The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.
#25 - Outcast Ashley
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1998
Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.