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The Best Episodes of Recess Season 5

Every episode of Recess Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Recess Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 11 - Lawson and His Crew
    7.6/10(113 votes)

    S5:E11

    Tired of TJ and his friends getting all the glory from King Bob, Lawson decides to get a gang of his own together. He recruits Randall, Menlow, Swinger Girl, Skeenes and Kurst the Worst and together the six start solving the playground's problems and getting the glory. Of course TJ and his friends now have nothing to do, so they are left just talking and eventually realise that just being friends is much better than getting all the glory they used to have. Friends being something that Lawson and his crew are definitely not ...

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Phil Walsh

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  2. Recess Season 5 Episode 4 - The C Note
    7.5/10(102 votes)

    S5:E4

    T.J. finds a $100 bill and along with the gang try to find out who lost it.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Steve Ochs

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  3. Recess Season 5 Episode 7 - A Great State Fair
    7.5/10(100 votes)

    S5:E7

    Gus must stay behind from the fair because he forgot his permission slip, while the rest of the gang try to figure out a way to get Gus to the fair.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writers:Gail Glaze, Bart Jennett

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  4. Recess Season 5 Episode 2 - No Strings Attached
    7.4/10(103 votes)

    S5:E2

    The gang is suspicious when the Ashleys give Spinelli six wrestling tickets.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Milton Chassman

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  5. Recess Season 5 Episode 3 - Beyond a Reasonable Scout
    7.4/10(97 votes)

    S5:E3

    Mikey and Gus want to join the Woodchuck Scouts.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writers:Catherine Lieuwen, Bart Jennett

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  6. Recess Season 5 Episode 9 - The Principals of Golf
    7.4/10(99 votes)

    S5:E9

    The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Prickly's golf partner.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Ford Riley

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  7. Recess Season 5 Episode 5 - The Army Navy Game
    7.3/10(97 votes)

    S5:E5

    Gus and Theresa (Cornchip Girl) have a hard time becoming friends due to their rivaling fathers.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Ford Riley

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  8. Recess Season 5 Episode 8 - The A.V. Kid
    7.3/10(106 votes)

    S5:E8

    Vince and T.J. compete for the job as A.V. Kid, but their competition leads to a broken-up friendship between them.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Mark Archuleta

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  9. Recess Season 5 Episode 1 - The Coolest Heatwave Ever
    7.2/10(101 votes)

    S5:E1

    During a burning hot day, the gang attempts to make it across the playground to the otherside where there is a water pump.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Jack Monaco

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  10. Recess Season 5 Episode 6 - Big Ol' Mikey
    7.2/10(101 votes)

    S5:E6

    After Mikey helps Cornchip Girl off the climbing frame after she gets stuck, the gang wonder how big he will be. Gretchen and Galileo conduct a test to find out how big everyone will be when they are older, and Mikey's test says he will be 50 feet tall! The others find this cool and wonder what 50 foot Mikey could do, but Mikey isn't so sure that being 50 feet tall will be that great.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writers:Bart Jennett, David Pitlik

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  11. Recess Season 5 Episode 10 - All the Principal's Men
    7.2/10(101 votes)

    S5:E10

    The gang tries to find out who removed all the balls from the playground.

    Director:Howy Parkins
    Writer:Jack Monaco

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Lawson and His Crew" is the best rated episode of "Recess" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 113 votes. Directed by Howy Parkins and written by Phil Walsh, it aired on 1/6/2001. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The C Note".