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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!

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 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Recess" season 4 is "The First Picture Show", rated 7.7/10 from 127 user votes. It was directed by Chuck Sheetz and written by Richard Whitley. "The First Picture Show" aired on 9/12/1999 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Big Prank".

  • The First Picture Show
    7.7/10 127 votes

    #1 - The First Picture Show

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1999

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

    Director: Chuck Sheetz

    Writer: Richard Whitley

  • The Big Prank
    7.8/10 129 votes

    #2 - The Big Prank

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1999

    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

  • Hustler's Apprentice
    7.5/10 127 votes

    #3 - Hustler's Apprentice

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/1999

    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

    Writer: Katy Cooper, Ned Teitelbaum

  • The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
    7.7/10 131 votes

    #4 - The Spy Who Came In from the Playground

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/1999

    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

  • Gus' Fortune
    7.3/10 129 votes

    #5 - Gus' Fortune

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/19/1999

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

    Director: Howy Parkins

    Writer: Phil Walsh, Ron Birnbach

  • Rumor Mill
    7.2/10 126 votes

    #6 - Rumor Mill

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/1999

    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

  • Recess is Cancelled
    6.9/10 126 votes

    #7 - Recess is Cancelled

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1999

    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

    Writer: Mark Drop, Phil Walsh, Jeff Haber

  • Tattletale Heart
    7.1/10 123 votes

    #8 - Tattletale Heart

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/1999

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

    Director: Brenda Piluso

    Writer: Matt Rosenberg

  • The Madness of King Bob
    7.0/10 123 votes

    #9 - The Madness of King Bob

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 9/26/1999

    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

  • Call Me Guy
    7.1/10 126 votes

    #10 - Call Me Guy

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/26/1999

    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

  • Prickly is Leaving
    7.4/10 121 votes

    #11 - Prickly is Leaving

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 10/3/1999

    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

    Writer: Bart Jennett, Julie Ann Sipos

  • Randall's Friends
    7.4/10 125 votes

    #12 - Randall's Friends

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 10/3/1999

    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

  • The Biggest Trouble Ever
    7.2/10 125 votes

    #13 - The Biggest Trouble Ever

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/7/1999

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

    Director: Howy Parkins

    Writer: Mark Drop, Steve Bannos, Phil Walsh

  • The Rules
    8.0/10 127 votes

    #14 - The Rules

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 11/7/1999

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

    Director: Howy Parkins

    Writer: Etan Cohen, Bart Jennett

  • Gus and Misdemeanors
    7.2/10 123 votes

    #15 - Gus and Misdemeanors

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 11/8/1999

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

    Director: Chuck Sheetz

    Writer: Holly Huckins

  • A Science Fair to Remember
    6.8/10 123 votes

    #16 - A Science Fair to Remember

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 11/8/1999

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

    Director: Howy Parkins

    Writer: Libby Bideau, Sandy Adomaitis, Bart Jennett

  • Mikey's Pants
    7.3/10 124 votes

    #17 - Mikey's Pants

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 11/14/1999

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

    Director: Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins

    Writer: Phil Walsh, Scott Redman

  • Here Comes Mr. Perfect
    7.1/10 128 votes

    #18 - Here Comes Mr. Perfect

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 11/14/1999

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

    Director: Chuck Sheetz

    Writer: Phil Walsh, Ron Birnbach

  • Good Luck Charm
    7.3/10 119 votes

    #19 - Good Luck Charm

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 11/19/1999

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

    Director: Chuck Sheetz

    Writer: David Pitlik

  • Diggers Split Up
    7.0/10 126 votes

    #20 - Diggers Split Up

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 11/19/1999

    Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

    Director: Chuck Sheetz

    Writer: Cary Okmin

  • Schoolworld
    7.7/10 125 votes

    #21 - Schoolworld

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 11/21/1999

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

    Director: Howy Parkins

    Writer: Scott Shelley

  • Bachelor Gus
    7.3/10 120 votes

    #22 - Bachelor Gus

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 11/21/1999

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

    Director: Chuck Sheetz

    Writer: Libby Bideau, Sandy Adomaitis

  • The Dude
    7.8/10 129 votes

    #23 - The Dude

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 11/28/1999

    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

  • Partners in Crime
    7.3/10 119 votes

    #24 - Partners in Crime

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 11/28/1999

    Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.

    Director: Chuck Sheetz

    Writer: Bart Jennett

  • The Candidates
    7.3/10 125 votes

    #25 - The Candidates

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 11/29/1999

    Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

    Director: Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins

    Writer: Etan Cohen, Mark Drop