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The Best Episodes of Recess Season 2

Every episode of Recess Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Recess Season 2!

Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.

Genres:AnimationKidsComedy
Networks:ABCUPN

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Recess" season 2 is "The Break-Up", rated 7.9/10 from 150 user votes. It was directed by Chuck Sheetz and written by Michael L. Kramer. "The Break-Up" aired on 9/12/1998 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Mama's Girl".

  • The Break-Up
    7.9/10 150 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

  • Mama's Girl
    7.7/10 139 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

  • Economics of Recess
    7.9/10 150 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

  • Omega Kids
    8.0/10 151 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

  • Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave
    7.1/10 133 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

  • The Story of Whomps
    7.7/10 154 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

  • Weekend at Muriel's
    7.6/10 145 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

  • Bad Hair Day
    7.6/10 134 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

  • Dance Lessons
    7.4/10 135 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

  • Principal for a Day
    7.6/10 132 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

  • The Beauty Contest
    7.3/10 138 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

  • Outcast Ashley
    7.9/10 143 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

  • The Game
    7.7/10 133 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

  • The Lost Ball
    7.3/10 139 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

  • Gus' Last Stand
    8.1/10 144 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

  • Operation Field Trip
    7.9/10 146 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

  • The Challenge
    7.7/10 141 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

  • Wild Child
    7.3/10 139 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

  • The Substitute
    7.4/10 130 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

  • Gretchen and the Secret of Yo
    8.0/10 141 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

  • The Girl Was Trouble
    7.7/10 144 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

  • Copycat Kid
    7.5/10 145 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

  • Operation Stuart
    8.4/10 170 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

  • Pharaoh Bob
    7.4/10 137 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

  • The Hypnotist
    7.4/10 136 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