8.9/1017 votesLoading...#1 - Earl Makes the Grade
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1995
Earl must pass a history test...otherwise he won't play in the crucial game against rival Dover high - sadly for Earl, he gets distracted by the advances of Linda Cantrell, whose motives in going after Earl may be less than pure. Meanwhile, Danny and Julie engage in a ""prank war"".
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- 8.8/109 votesLoading...
#2 - Just Friends
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 10/31/1998
The gang return to camp, this time with Coach Katowinski. Julie soon realizes that her feelings for Michael have changed. After kissing another guy, she decides that she has to tell him before someone else does. Meanwhile, Mary Beth takes on a job that makes her Kristy's boss.
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- 8.7/1010 votesLoading...
#3 - Shoot Out
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 10/17/1998
Still in Texas, the team make it to the finals, but find that the coach of the rival team is Coach Katowinski's old assisant, who is now in a wheelchair. Coach finds out that the other coach might be able to get a great position coaching a college team, but it all depends on the outcome of the game against Deering, who is favored to win. Coach Katowinski feels sorry for him and gives the team the impression that he wants them to the throw the game. Meanwhile, Antonio tries to get Kristy to forgive him for pretending that he didn't know English.
Director: N/A
Writer: Todd J. Greenwald
- 8.6/1012 votesLoading...
#4 - Short Cuts
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1996
When Vince hears about a basketball training camp hosted by Coach Fuller and NBA star Muggsy Bogues, he is willing to do anything to get in... including taking steroids!! Meanwhile, the rest of the gang are filming an alien invasion movie called ""Zeltoid Hunters"".
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- 8.6/109 votesLoading...
#5 - Fuller's Big Offer
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 12/6/1997
The Tornadoes have made it to the Indiana State Championships, but trouble ensues when they find out that Southern Florida University is interested in hiring Coach Fuller to come and coach for them. Upon finding this out, the team lose focus on the game and worry about losing their coach instead.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peggy Nicoll
- 8.5/1011 votesLoading...
#6 - Stranded
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1995
After an unexpected loss, the gang argue with one another but when a blizzard hits, everyone, except Michael, gets trapped in the gym over the weekend, including Mary Beth who is the ""parent"" of a baby doll for a class project. Meanwhile, Julie tries to cool things off with Chris because ""teammates can't be together""!
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- 8.5/1011 votesLoading...
#7 - Nothing in Common
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 10/24/1998
Mary Beth and Hammer start having relationship problems when they disagree on their plans. So Mary Beth gives herself a make-over to look more like a biker to surprise Hammer. She and Kristy go to a biker hangout to find Hammer, only to find that they're at the wrong club and are alone with a bunch of tough bikers. Meanwhile, Coach Katowinski thinks about buying the Stadium. However, his new plans have the place full of senior citizens. Looking to get their hangout back, the gang try to convince him not to buy.
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- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#8 - Midnight Basketball
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 11/1/1997
The gang volunteer for Deering's teen line, where kids call in to ask for advice. Teddy, or Tick Tack Jack as he calls himself, gets a call from a kid named Eric who says he wants to run away. Teddy breaks the rules and meets Eric in person to talk. He's able to convince the coach to allow Eric and his friends to play basketball in the gym during the evening, but it doesn't go as planned when the kids trash the locker room after losing the game. Meanwhile, Julie and Michael have feelings for each other but don't know what to do. They both call the teen line seperately, but get some not-so-good advice from Danny and Mary Beth.
Director: N/A
Writer: Todd J. Greenwald
- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#9 - Fuller's Camp
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 11/15/1997
The gang are counselors at Coach Fuller's basketball camp. The kids arrive and only one is a girl, so Julie immediately tries to bond with her. However, Julie starts pushing her too hard. So hard, that she decides she wants to leave camp because she's not having any fun. Meanwhile, Mary Beth starts to receive love letters from one of the kids and Danny is terrorized by his group of campers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peggy Nicoll
- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#10 - Kristy Connor
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 11/22/1997
While hanging out with Julie, Michael, Mary Beth, and Vince, Kristy starts to feel like a fifth wheel, so she borrows Julie's jacket and heads off to get some pizza. While wearing the jacket, she meets a cute guy who's immediately impressed that she's Julie Connor from Deering. Kristy's interested in him and doesn't have the heart to tell him that she's not actually Julie. Meanwhile, Vince gets Coach Fuller to buy hamburger for the big camp cook out from his uncle. They get a little bit more meat than they expected when an entire, live cow shows up at the camp and the guys try to keep it hidden from the coach.
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- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#11 - Let Them Play
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1998
After finding out that the rival team of an upcoming game has a player that's HIV-positive, everyone but Michael wants to cancel. Michael brings his friend Joe to the Stadium to meet some of the Deering players, later revealing that Joe is the guy that's HIV-positive. After meeting Joe and finding out how normal he is, the Deering team decide that they want to play in the game. However, parents of other students complain and get the school board to cancel the game again. So the two teams try to have an unofficial game behind the school board's back and Julie tries to get over her fears about guarding Joe.
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- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#12 - Restless Mary Beth
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 10/17/1998
Mary Beth learns that if she wants to attend her dream college, California University, she needs to participate in more extra curricular activities. Aside from managing the basketball team and keeping up with school work, she joins the marching band, the debate team, and also takes a spot on the cheerleading squad. She's already incredibly busy, but after finding out that a new student council president is needed, she decides to run in the election. Trying to do so much proves to be a little too much for Mary Beth and she starts to crack under all of the pressure. Meanwhile, the Coach gets a new hot tub to be used only for sports injuries. When the Julie and the guys break the rules and use it for fun, Rico accidentally drops Coach's NBA championship ring down the drain.
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- 8.4/109 votesLoading...
#13 - Breaks of the Game
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 11/28/1998
After the Tornadoes make it to the sate championship, Hammer gets benched when his drug test results come back positive for steroids. Even though Hammer swears that he's never taken steroids, Silk and Rico refuse to believe him and blame him for losing the game. Meanwhile, Kristy meets an artist who asks her to pose for him. She does, but only to find that he's painted her head on a naked body. Kristy and the girls plan to alter the painting before it's featured in a show.
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- 8.3/1011 votesLoading...
#14 - Just One of the Guys
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1996
Julie has a crush for new teammate Josh Sanders, but when she begins to think that boys don't notice her, an identity crisis means she quits the team! Meanwhile, when Danny, Teddy and Michael insult the cheerleaders, Mary Beth and Amy punish them by getting all the other girls at Deering to stop talking to them until they apologize.
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- 8.2/109 votesLoading...
#15 - The Laugh Riot
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/8/1997
To try and make his dream of performing stand-up comedy come true, Danny signs up to perform at the ski lodge's comedy club. However, things don't go as he planned when he gets on stage and immediately freezes in front of the audience. Teddy rescues him and they agree to be a comedy team. But trouble ensues when their friendship is strained after Teddy gets a big head and starts to claim that he's the funny one. Also, Vince gives Mary Beth an expensive ring, but she loses it.
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- 8.2/109 votesLoading...
#16 - Twister
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 11/29/1997
To win tickets to a concert, the gang enter Teddy in a pizza-eating contest. But when he can't get up the hunger to eat for the first time in his life, Kristy fills in and wins the pair of tickets. After receiving the prize, the gang is dissapointed to find out that the tickets are for a day that they have to work. But since Coach Fuller is going to be away for the day, they decide to bring the kids to the pizza parlor and take turns going to the concert. Everything goes smoothly until the coach shows up at the pizza parlor and after hurrying to get back to camp, Teddy, Kristy, and the kids get stuck outside during a tornado. Also, Vince uses a quarter worth $5,000 in the camp's soda machine and Mary Beth won't let him rest until they get it back out.
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- 8.2/109 votesLoading...
#17 - Team Players
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1998
Things just don't seem to be clicking with the new team members. None of the plays are working out smoothly and a feature on the local news makes the team seem as if they are totally unprepared for their first game. After seeing this, Michael talks about how bad the new guys are and is overheard by Hammer who tells the rest of the new guys, causing a rift in the team. Michael and Julie decide that it might be best to just pretend like they're the only two on the team during the game.
Director: N/A
Writer: Todd J. Greenwald
- 8.2/1010 votesLoading...
#18 - And Then There Were Nuns
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 10/24/1998
After Kristy and Antonio start dating, Julie finds out that Kristy has run off to a wedding with him- possibly her own. So, Hammer, Rico, Silk, and Mary Beth go to where the ceremony is being held to spy. Mary Beth, Rico, and Silk disguise themselves as nuns, while Hammer pretends to be a monk.
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- 8.0/1012 votesLoading...
#19 - Trouble in Paradise
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1995
Mary Beth goes ballistic when she begins to suspect (incorrectly) that Chris and Julie have feelings for each other, leading to a fight between Chris and Mary Beth. Meanwhile, Danny tries to tell Julie that he likes her, but fails everytime.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Fink
- 8.0/1011 votesLoading...
#20 - Will the Real Michael Maxwell Please Stand Up
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1995
Michael's ego is crushed after he misses two free throws causing Deering to lose a big game, and he struggles with his loss of self-confidence until he gets a surprise visit from his idol, Detroit Piston's star Grant Hill (in a cameo role) who gives him a word of advice. Meanwhile, Samantha gives Danny lessons on how win Julie's heart, but it's Sam who falls for Danny.
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- 8.0/109 votesLoading...
#22 - The Best Game of the Season
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1996
It's the last regular game of the season - the one which will decide if Deering gets a spot in the play-offs. Julie is made an incredible offer: the chance to play pro-ball in Italy, forcing Julie to decide between playing pro in Italy and completing school.
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- 8.0/1010 votesLoading...
#23 - Goodnight Vince
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 11/29/1997
After missing an important free throw during a game, Vince loses all of his confidence.
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- 8.0/109 votesLoading...
#24 - The Curfew
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 12/6/1997
Coach Fuller sets a curfew for the team before the big game. However, Teddy meets a girl and is invited to her sorority's party. He goes to the party with the idea that he'll only stay for a little while and get back in time for Coach Fuller's head count at curfew. But when the gang notice that he's not back yet, Julie, Michael, and Vince go to the party to get Teddy. After Coach Fuller shows up at the sorority looking for them, all four of them dress up like members of the opposite sex and sneak out. But Teddy still isn't finished talking with the girl that he's met, and everyone but Teddy makes it back before curfew. When Coach Fuller greets him, he lets him know that he's benched from the game.
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- 8.0/109 votesLoading...
#25 - S.A.T. Blues
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/1998
After scoring low on the S.A.T.s, Hammer finds out that his scores aren't good enough for him to be able to be admitted into any of the colleges that he's planned on applying to. But when he learns that Duke University is sending a scout to watch him play basketball, he thinks that they won't pay attention to his academic achievements after seeing him on the court. Kristy tries to convince Hammer to take the S.A.T.s again, without much luck. Meanwhile, Julie and Michael's anniversary is coming up and when Mary Beth overhears Michael talking about buying a Ruby guitar, she mistakenly thinks that he's buying Julie a ruby.
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The Best Episodes of Hang Time
Every episode of Hang Time ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hang Time!
Hang Time is an American teen sitcom about a fictional Indiana high school's boys' basketball team "Deering" with one female player, that aired from 1995–2000....
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Earl Makes the Grade" is the best rated episode of "Hang Time". It scored 8.9/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/14/1995. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Just Friends".