Season 1
7.5/1018 votesFirst year,First Day
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1963
A brilliant student with a good business - an auto body shop - wants to quit school. He challenges Novak to give him a good reason for continuing his education.
Director: Boris Sagal
Writer: Unknown
- 8.6/1013 votes
To Lodge and Dislodge
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1963
Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.
Director: Boris Sagal
Writer: Unknown
- 8.5/1011 votes
I Don`t Even Live Here
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1963
When Mr. Otis was conducting the English class, all the students were raking in As - but Novak can't seem to get the same caliber of work out of them.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1010 votes
X is the Unknown Factor
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1963
Mike Daniels is being considered for an important science scholarship, but he's having problems in Novak's literature class. Dr. Frank Baxter, TV educator, appears as Dr. Gagan.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1011 votes
A Single Isolated Incident
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1963
A black student, Marcy Desmond, is violently accosted by a gang of youths who let her know that she's not welcome at Jefferson High.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: Unknown
- 8.4/1012 votes
The Risk
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1963
Novak helps a former teacher and mentor obtain a position at the school. The instructor is a recovering alcoholic, while his much-younger wife is still afflicted with the disease.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 8.7/1012 votes
Hello Miss Phipps
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1963
Maude Phipps, a teacher for some 40 years, is sharply outspoken and is the object of various complaints -- including those of irate parents who don't like the idea of her teaching social hygiene to their children.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1012 votes
To Break a Camel's Back
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1963
Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 7.1/1012 votes
A Feeling for Friday
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1963
It's a hectic Friday and Novak is very pleased to get an invitation to spend the weekend at his former sweetheart's family estate.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 8.6/1011 votes
Pay the Two Dollars
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1963
A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: Unknown
- 8.6/1015 votes
Love in the Wrong Season
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1963
Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/106 votes
The Boy Without A Country
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1963
Novak and Vane prepare a hero's welcome for a new student, a Russian defector, who's quick to show that he's not easy to get along with.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/109 votes
A Thousand Voices
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1963
Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/107 votes
My Name is not Legion
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/24/1963
Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1011 votes
He who can Does
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1963
Novak invites a famous novelist to address the school's Literary Club - despite protests of Miss Pagano who feels that the writer's unorthodox views will be a bad influence.
Director: Irving Lerner
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/107 votes
The Exile
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1964
Charlie Payne, who dropped out three years ago, now has nothing better to do than spend his time hanging around the school grounds.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 9.0/106 votes
Sparrow on the Wire
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1964
A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.
Director: Mark Rydell
Writer: Unknown
- 6.1/109 votes
The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1964
Campus clown Doug Morgan decides he can attract attention - and get excused from compulsory ROTC classes - by claiming to be a conscientious objector.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Unknown
- 9.1/1012 votes
Death of a Teacher
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1964
The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
I`m on the Outside
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1964
A student named Steve Acero tells Principal Vane that Mr. Novak is prejudiced against him because he is of Mexican extraction.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Chin Up, Mr. Novak
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1964
Novak's having problems with a literature class - until it's taken over by Margaret Mumsley, a 75-year old exchange teacher from England.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 8.8/109 votes
Fear is a Handful of Dust
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1964
Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/107 votes
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1964
An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/108 votes
The Tower
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1964
After numerous complaints that an elderly geometry instructor is no longer an effective teacher, Vane is forced to retire her.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/107 votes
One Way to Say Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/17/1964
Novak finds himself attracted to Jenny Peterson, a former Jefferson High student.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Unknown
- 9.0/1010 votes
Day in the Year
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/24/1964
A girl in Novak's homeroom collapses from an overdose of narcotics.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Unknown
- 8.6/108 votes
Moment Without Armor
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1964
School grounds are quiet in the evening, and darkness was the accomplice of the unknown assailant who attacked assistant principal Jeanne Pagano.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown
- 9.2/108 votes
Fare Thee Well
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/7/1964
Miss Cathy Williams is going to become a mother, but she wants to graduate with her senior class and she doesn't want to tell her parents about her condition.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/107 votes
Senior Prom
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/14/1964
The senior prom at Jefferson High is going to be a flop this year - unless student chairman Gail Andrews starts taking interest in the preparations.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Unknown