The BEST episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter season 4

Every episode of Welcome Back, Kotter season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter season 4!

Gabe Kotter, formerly a Sweathog, returns to James Buchanan High as a teacher and is assigned the remedial class to which he once belonged. Mr. Kotter is an involved and caring teacher, which one would have to be in dealing with a certain four students in his class, who end up in trouble on a regular basis -- lady's man Vinnie Barbarino, the always cool Freddie "Boom-Boom" Washington, the tough Juan (Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos) Epstein, and the sheepish Arnold Dingfelder Horshack. Welcome Back, Kotter was based on Gabe Kaplan's own high school experiences with redmedial education and a teacher who cared dearly for her students. Changes on the show. Gabe Kaplan left the series in the third season. He hadn't expected the show to run as long as it had. Kotter was made Vice-Principal, and thus was seen considerably less. John Travolta, of course, found his own place as a celebrity, leaving the show around the same time Gabe Kaplan did (returning every so often as a "spec

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The Drop-Ins (1)
star
7.67
6 votes

#1 - The Drop-Ins (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1978

Gabe announces that he is now the vice-principal and Mr. Woodman is the principal. The Sweathogs are pleased, until Gabe gets strict. After Vinnie visits the school to tell the gang he's dropped out, the other Sweathogs decide to follow in his footsteps.

Writer: George Bloom
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The Goodbye Guy
star
7.50
6 votes

#2 - The Goodbye Guy

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1979

Mr. Woodman's niece Kelly is babysitting for the Kotters when Juan drops by the apartment. The two abruptly fall in love and decide to move in together, but the romance begins to crumble when it seems that they can't respect one another's interests.

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Once Upon a Ledge
star
7.40
5 votes

#3 - Once Upon a Ledge

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1978

Horshack saves a lonely, overlooked girl named Mary Johnson from commiting suicide by jumping off the ledge of the school.

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Barbarino's Baby
star
7.33
6 votes

#4 - Barbarino's Baby

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1979

Vinnie is forced to deliver a baby in an elevator.

Directors: Norman Abbott
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The Sweat Smell of Success
star
7.20
5 votes

#5 - The Sweat Smell of Success

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1979

Convinced that the school newspaper is too dull, Juan sets out to turn it into a tabloid, bringing down his friends' names in the process.

Directors: Norman Abbott
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The Drop-Ins (2)
star
7.17
6 votes

#6 - The Drop-Ins (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1978

With Barbarino now an ordlery at a hospital, the Sweathogs try to get jobs there, too. Meanwhile, Kotter tries to get the gang to return to school.

Directors: Norman Abbott
Writer: George Bloom
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Barbarino's Boo-Boo
star
7.17
6 votes

#7 - Barbarino's Boo-Boo

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1978

When Mr. Woodman comes to Vinnie's hospital for an operation, Vinnie loses him and he and the other Sweathogs try to find him.

Directors: Norman Abbott
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X-Rated Education
star
7.17
6 votes

#8 - X-Rated Education

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1978

The gang is liable to get in trouble when the x-rated film Carvelli brought into school is accidentally mixed up with a film on sexual education.

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Bride and Gloom
star
7.17
6 votes

#9 - Bride and Gloom

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1979

Juan asks Vinnie to marry his immigrant cousin.

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Frog Day Afternoon
star
7.00
5 votes

#10 - Frog Day Afternoon

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1978

After Horshack refuses to disect a frog in class, his grade is in jeopardy.

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The Gang Show
star
7.00
5 votes

#11 - The Gang Show

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1979

Freddie and Juan plan to do an act together for the upcoming talent contest, while Carvelli has some bribed judges up his sleeves. Arnold and Beau take over as judges, leaving Murray in the third spot.

Directors: Norman Abbott
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Come Back, Little Arnold
star
7.00
5 votes

#12 - Come Back, Little Arnold

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/1979

To get up his nerve with Mary, Carvelli offers Arnold liquor. He doesn't like the idea at first, but as time goes on, he becomes addicted to drinking; developing a scary and unlikable new personality that only turns Mary away.

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A Little Fright Music
star
7.00
5 votes

#13 - A Little Fright Music

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1978

The Sweathogs opt to change Mr. Woodman's tired old school song.

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The Barbarino Blues
star
7.00
6 votes

#14 - The Barbarino Blues

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1978

Vinnie becomes depressed when it seems that he has lost his way with women.

Directors: Norman Abbott
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The Sweatmobile
star
7.00
5 votes

#15 - The Sweatmobile

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1978

The Sweathogs remember how they tried to buy a used car from Vinnie's uncle.

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Oo, Oo, I Do (1)
star
6.86
7 votes

#16 - Oo, Oo, I Do (1)

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/25/1979

Arnold's relationship with Mary gets serious. Then he finds out he has to move and leave the school. Upset, Arnold decides to propose marriage to Mary. She accepts.

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Oo, Oo, I Do (2)
star
6.86
7 votes

#17 - Oo, Oo, I Do (2)

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/25/1979

Arnold gets upset when the other Sweathogs tease him about not being able to provide for Mary, and he vanishes. Mary finds him and convinces him not to worry, and the two get married.

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The Breadwinners
star
6.80
10 votes

#18 - The Breadwinners

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/8/1979

While Horshack adjusts the married life, Epstein sets up an interview for a job. Washington gets the job before Epstein, unaware that it's the same job. The two get into a fight and end up in a gym ready to box.

Directors: Norman Abbott
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Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
star
6.63
8 votes

#19 - Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1978

Vinnie throws the Sweathogs out of his new apartment.

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Beau's Jest
star
6.60
5 votes

#20 - Beau's Jest

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1978

A new student, Beau De Labarre, sets up Epstein with a bad date.

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I'm Okay, But You're Not
star
6.57
7 votes

#21 - I'm Okay, But You're Not

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1979

Beau plays a number of pranks on Mr. Woodman.

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A Winter's Coat Tail
star
6.29
7 votes

#22 - A Winter's Coat Tail

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1978

Vinnie is saddened when his new coat is stolen.

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Washington's Clone
star
6.00
5 votes

#23 - Washington's Clone

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1978

A younger student begins to imitate Freddie, not much to Freddie's liking.

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