The Best Episodes of Mr. Novak Season 1

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: N/A

Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.

Director: Boris Sagal

Writer: N/A

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

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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: N/A

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: N/A

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: N/A

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

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Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Writer: N/A

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: N/A

A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.

Director: Walter Doniger

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Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.

Director: Ida Lupino

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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: N/A

Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.

Director: Richard Donner

Writer: N/A

Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.

Director: Bernard Girard

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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: N/A

An overly strict father takes the school, and Mr. Novak to task, when he finds the subject matter read aloud in class by his daughter to be highly erotic.

Director: N/A

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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: N/A

A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.

Director: Mark Rydell

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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: N/A

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: N/A

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: N/A

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: N/A

Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.

Director: Abner Biberman

Writer: N/A

An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Writer: N/A

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: N/A