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.

Last Updated: 11/10/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Me No Know
star
6.60
15 votes

#1 - Me No Know

Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 2/20/2000

Vince feels left out of the loop when everyone on the playground begins quoting lines from the latest screwball comedy, Me No Know and sets out to see the film.

Directors: Howy Parkins
Schoolworld
star
6.73
15 votes

#2 - Schoolworld

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/4/2000

The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.

Fort Tender
star
6.76
17 votes

#3 - Fort Tender

Season 4 - Episode 35 - Aired 2/6/2000

T.J. and the gang make a fort, only to have Lawson ruin their plans.

Directors: Howy Parkins
Writer: Bart Jennett
That Stinking Feeling
star
6.79
24 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Howy Parkins
The Beauty Contest
star
6.81
21 votes

#5 - The Beauty Contest

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1999

The Ashleys get back at Spinelli by entering her into the Kiddie Cosmetics Little Miss Blush Beauty Pageant. But her friends talk Spinelli into trying to beat the Ashleys in the pageant.

Directors: Chuck Sheetz
Gus and Misdemeanors
star
6.87
15 votes

#6 - Gus and Misdemeanors

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/16/2000

The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.

The Bet
star
6.87
23 votes

#7 - The Bet

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/1999

Fed up with Vince's ego, the kids bet Vince that he can't go one whole day without beating someone in a sport.

Writer: David Pitlik
The A.V. Kid
star
6.89
19 votes

#8 - The A.V. Kid

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1999

A.V. Kid must choose a successor because he's leaving Third Street for Portugal. T.J. and Vince would both like the position.

Writer: Bart Jennett
Don't Ask Me
star
6.92
13 votes

#9 - Don't Ask Me

Season 4 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/28/1999

Spinelli takes the place of the Guru Kid.

Directors: Howy Parkins
The Lost Ball
star
6.93
28 votes

#10 - The Lost Ball

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/1998

Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.

Big Ol' Mikey
star
6.94
18 votes

#11 - Big Ol' Mikey

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2000

Mikey begins to fear for his future when Gretchen's hand-held PC Galileo makes a gross miscalculation about his future height.

The Library Kid
star
6.95
22 votes

#12 - The Library Kid

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2000

When the gang catches the mysterious "Library Kid", they take her out to recess where she becomes obsessed with the playground.

Good Luck Charm
star
7.00
16 votes

#13 - Good Luck Charm

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/23/2000

Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.

Writer: David Pitlik
Diggers Split Up
star
7.00
16 votes

#14 - Diggers Split Up

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/4/2000

Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

Writer: Cary Okmin
Prince Randall
star
7.06
17 votes

#15 - Prince Randall

Season 4 - Episode 38 - Aired 2/13/2000

Randall blackmails King Bob into giving him the throne.

A Career to Remember
star
7.07
30 votes

#16 - A Career to Remember

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/1999

A career day assembly gets all the kids to decide their future careers. That is all except Spinelli.

Tucked in Mikey
star
7.08
12 votes

#17 - Tucked in Mikey

Season 4 - Episode 42 - Aired 2/21/2000

Menlo teaches Mikey to be more "organized", and Mikey starts changing

Recess is Cancelled
star
7.09
23 votes

#18 - Recess is Cancelled

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/9/2000

Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.

My Funny Valentines
star
7.11
28 votes

#19 - My Funny Valentines

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/13/1999

In his hatred of Valentine's Day, T.J. sends a "funny" valentine to every single girl on the playground to show them how stupid Valentine's Day is, but his plan soon backfires when the girls mistake them for "real" valentine cards.

Writer: Gregg Taylor
This Brain for Hire
star
7.13
15 votes

#20 - This Brain for Hire

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/6/2001

People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike

The Candidates
star
7.16
19 votes

#21 - The Candidates

Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/14/1999

Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

Outcast Ashley
star
7.16
31 votes

#22 - Outcast Ashley

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/1999

Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.

Writer: Doria Biddle
I Will Kick No More Forever
star
7.17
41 votes

#23 - I Will Kick No More Forever

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/25/1997

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

Tattletale Heart
star
7.17
23 votes

#24 - Tattletale Heart

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/1999

The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.

Operation Stuart
star
7.19
27 votes

#25 - 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.

Writer: Katy Ballard