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The Best Episodes of Recess Season 4

Every episode of Recess Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Recess Season 4!

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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,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Recess Season 4 Episode 1 - The First Picture Show
    7.8/10(136 votes)

    #1 - The First Picture Show

    S4:E1

    Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Richard Whitley

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  2. Recess Season 4 Episode 2 - The Big Prank
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    #2 - The Big Prank

    S4:E2

    The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Gregg Taylor

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  3. Recess Season 4 Episode 3 - Hustler's Apprentice
    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #3 - Hustler's Apprentice

    S4:E3

    Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writers:Ned Teitelbaum, Katy Cooper

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  4. Recess Season 4 Episode 4 - The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
    7.7/10(139 votes)

    #4 - The Spy Who Came In from the Playground

    S4:E4

    The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Michael L. Kramer

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  5. Recess Season 4 Episode 5 - Gus' Fortune
    7.4/10(134 votes)

    #5 - Gus' Fortune

    S4:E5

    The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writers:Phil Walsh, Ron Birnbach

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  6. Recess Season 4 Episode 6 - Rumor Mill
    7.3/10(134 votes)

    #6 - Rumor Mill

    S4:E6

    The kids want to find out who started a rumor that a boy knocked over Mikey's popcorn at the movies and Mikey then threw the boy into the girl's bathroom.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:David Pitlik

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  7. Recess Season 4 Episode 7 - Recess is Cancelled
    7.0/10(133 votes)

    #7 - Recess is Cancelled

    S4:E7

    Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writers:Mark Drop, Phil Walsh, Jeff Haber

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  8. Recess Season 4 Episode 8 - Tattletale Heart
    7.2/10(129 votes)

    #8 - Tattletale Heart

    S4:E8

    The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.

    Director:Brenda Piluso
    Writer:Matt Rosenberg

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  9. Recess Season 4 Episode 9 - The Madness of King Bob
    7.1/10(129 votes)

    #9 - The Madness of King Bob

    S4:E9

    King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Gregg Taylor

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  10. Recess Season 4 Episode 10 - Call Me Guy
    7.0/10(132 votes)

    #10 - Call Me Guy

    S4:E10

    Gus takes a new identity when he discovers that people think he's a different cool kid when he doesn't wear them. Too bad "Guy" can't see a thing.

    Director:Brenda Piluso
    Writer:Ford Riley

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  11. Recess Season 4 Episode 11 - Prickly is Leaving
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    #11 - Prickly is Leaving

    S4:E11

    Prickly finally gets his appointment to Spiro T. Agnew Middle School. But the kids try to make him stay after they meet the new Principal Slicer.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writers:Bart Jennett, Julie Ann Sipos

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  12. Recess Season 4 Episode 12 - Randall's Friends
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    #12 - Randall's Friends

    S4:E12

    Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Milton Chassman

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  13. Recess Season 4 Episode 13 - The Biggest Trouble Ever
    7.2/10(133 votes)

    #13 - The Biggest Trouble Ever

    S4:E13

    The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writers:Steve Bannos, Mark Drop, Phil Walsh

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  14. Recess Season 4 Episode 14 - The Rules
    8.0/10(136 votes)

    #14 - The Rules

    S4:E14

    The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writers:Etan Cohen, Bart Jennett

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  15. Recess Season 4 Episode 15 - Gus and Misdemeanors
    7.2/10(128 votes)

    #15 - Gus and Misdemeanors

    S4:E15

    The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Holly Huckins

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  16. Recess Season 4 Episode 16 - A Science Fair to Remember
    6.8/10(129 votes)

    #16 - A Science Fair to Remember

    S4:E16

    Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writers:Sandy Adomaitis, Libby Bideau, Bart Jennett

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  17. Recess Season 4 Episode 17 - Mikey's Pants
    7.3/10(130 votes)

    #17 - Mikey's Pants

    S4:E17

    The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.

    Directors:Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins
    Writers:Phil Walsh, Scott Redman

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  18. Recess Season 4 Episode 18 - Here Comes Mr. Perfect
    7.2/10(136 votes)

    #18 - Here Comes Mr. Perfect

    S4:E18

    Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writers:Phil Walsh, Ron Birnbach

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  19. Recess Season 4 Episode 19 - Good Luck Charm
    7.3/10(126 votes)

    #19 - Good Luck Charm

    S4:E19

    Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:David Pitlik

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  20. Recess Season 4 Episode 20 - Diggers Split Up
    7.0/10(134 votes)

    #20 - Diggers Split Up

    S4:E20

    Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Cary Okmin

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  21. Recess Season 4 Episode 21 - Schoolworld
    7.8/10(135 votes)

    #21 - Schoolworld

    S4:E21

    The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Scott Shelley

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  22. Recess Season 4 Episode 22 - Bachelor Gus
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #22 - Bachelor Gus

    S4:E22

    Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writers:Sandy Adomaitis, Libby Bideau

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  23. Recess Season 4 Episode 23 - The Dude
    7.8/10(138 votes)

    #23 - The Dude

    S4:E23

    T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Richard Whitley

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  24. Recess Season 4 Episode 24 - Partners in Crime
    7.2/10(127 votes)

    #24 - Partners in Crime

    S4:E24

    Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Bart Jennett

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  25. Recess Season 4 Episode 25 - The Candidates
    7.3/10(131 votes)

    #25 - The Candidates

    S4:E25

    Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

    Directors:Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins
    Writers:Etan Cohen, Mark Drop

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The First Picture Show" is the best rated episode of "Recess" season 4. It scored 7.8/10 based on 136 votes. Directed by Chuck Sheetz and written by Richard Whitley, it aired on 9/12/1999. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Prank".