7.9/10150 votes#1 - The Break-Up
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1998
The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
7.7/10139 votes#2 - Mama's Girl
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1998
Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mark Drop
7.9/10150 votes#3 - Economics of Recess
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 12/12/1998
When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Mark Drop, Phil Walsh, Rick Gitelson
8.0/10151 votes#4 - Omega Kids
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 12/12/1998
The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Steve Bannos
7.0/10133 votes#5 - Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 12/26/1998
Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Mark Drop, Holly Huckins, Phil Walsh
7.7/10154 votes#6 - The Story of Whomps
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1999
Principal Prickly and Miss Finster deem T.J.'s word "whomps" as a cuss and punish him for it, starting a scandal that leads all the way to the board of education.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mark Drop
7.6/10145 votes#7 - Weekend at Muriel's
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/9/1999
Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Michael L. Kramer, Phil Walsh
7.5/10134 votes#8 - Bad Hair Day
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 1/16/1999
T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mark Drop, Phil Walsh, Jeff Haber
7.3/10135 votes#9 - Dance Lessons
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 1/16/1999
Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Phil Walsh
7.5/10132 votes#10 - Principal for a Day
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1999
Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Steve Bannos
7.3/10137 votes#11 - The Beauty Contest
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1999
The Ashleys get back at Spinelli by entering her into the Kiddie Cosmetics Little Miss Blush Beauty Pageant. But her friends talk Spinelli into trying to beat the Ashleys in the pageant.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Libby Bideau, Sandy Adomaitis
7.8/10143 votes#12 - Outcast Ashley
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1998
Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Doria Biddle
7.6/10133 votes#13 - The Game
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/1998
Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.2/10139 votes#14 - The Lost Ball
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/1998
Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Holly Huckins
8.1/10144 votes#15 - Gus' Last Stand
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/1998
Gus winds up the new target of the school bully's wrath.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Jonathan Rosenthal
7.9/10146 votes#16 - Operation Field Trip
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/3/1998
All the kids go on a big field trip to MISOOE (The Museum of Industry, Science, Oceanography, Oddities and Energy). But Ol' Smokey, the beloved school bus, breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
7.6/10141 votes#17 - The Challenge
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/1998
A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Jonathan Greenberg
7.3/10138 votes#18 - Wild Child
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/10/1998
In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mark Drop
7.4/10129 votes#19 - The Substitute
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/31/1998
Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Phil Walsh
8.0/10140 votes#20 - Gretchen and the Secret of Yo
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/31/1998
Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Doria Biddle
7.7/10143 votes#21 - The Girl Was Trouble
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/7/1998
Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mark Drop
7.5/10144 votes#22 - Copycat Kid
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 11/7/1998
Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Holly Huckins
8.4/10171 votes#23 - Operation Stuart
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 11/14/1998
The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Katy Ballard
7.4/10136 votes#24 - Pharaoh Bob
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 11/14/1998
King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Jonathan Rosenthal
7.4/10135 votes#25 - The Hypnotist
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1998
A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: David Shayne
The Best Episodes of Recess Season 2
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Break-Up" is the best rated episode of "Recess" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 150 votes. Directed by Chuck Sheetz and written by Michael L. Kramer, it aired on 9/12/1998. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Mama's Girl".