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First Aired: September 13rd, 1997

Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Summary: 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.

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Season 1

Episode 1: The Break In

Air Date: September 13rd, 1997

Summary: 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.

Episode 2: The New Kid

Air Date: September 13rd, 1997

Summary: New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.

Episode 3: Parents' Night

Air Date: September 27th, 1997

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

Episode 4: Swing on Thru to the Other Side

Air Date: September 27th, 1997

Summary: 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.

Episode 5: First Name Ashley

Air Date: October 4th, 1997

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

Episode 6: To Finster with Love

Air Date: October 4th, 1997

Summary: The kids bring Miss Finster together with Hank when they find out she has a crush on him.

Episode 7: King Gus

Air Date: October 11st, 1997

Summary: Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control. But Gus turns into a despot instead.

Episode 8: Big Brother Chad

Air Date: October 11st, 1997

Summary: The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.

Episode 9: My Fair Gretchen

Air Date: October 18th, 1997

Summary: The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.

Episode 10: Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye

Air Date: October 18th, 1997

Summary: 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.

Episode 11: I Will Kick No More Forever

Air Date: October 25th, 1997

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

Episode 12: The Kid Came Back

Air Date: October 25th, 1997

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

Episode 13: The Pest

Air Date: November 1st, 1997

Summary: Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.

Episode 14: The Legend of Big Kid

Air Date: November 1st, 1997

Summary: What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?

Episode 15: The Box

Air Date: November 8th, 1997

Summary: Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.

Episode 16: The Trial

Air Date: November 8th, 1997

Summary: Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.

Episode 17: Teachers Lounge

Air Date: November 15th, 1997

Summary: The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.

Episode 18: Randall's Reform

Air Date: November 15th, 1997

Summary: Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.

Episode 19: Rainy Days

Air Date: November 22nd, 1997

Summary: The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess for days.

Episode 20: The Great Can Drive

Air Date: November 22nd, 1997

Summary: 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.

Episode 21: The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off

Air Date: December 13rd, 1997

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

Episode 22: Jinxed

Air Date: December 13rd, 1997

Summary: The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.

Episode 23: The Experiment

Air Date: November 28th, 1998

Summary: The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that their future will be boys kissing girls and girls kissing boys.

Episode 24: Officer Mikey

Air Date: December 20th, 1997

Summary: The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.

Episode 25: The Voice

Air Date: January 10th, 1998

Summary: 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.

Episode 26: Kids in the Mist

Air Date: January 10th, 1998

Summary: The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.

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