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The Best Episodes of Square Pegs Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 9 - Muffy's Bat Mitzvah
    8.7/10(77 votes)

    S1:E9

    When she leaves them off her guest list, Lauren and Patty scheme to get invited to Muffy's bat mitzvah party.

    Directors:Terry Hughes, Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 18 - No Substitutions
    8.5/10(76 votes)

    S1:E18

    A substitute teacher's unconventional style wins the hearts of the students and draws the jealousy of Mr. Donovan.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Andy Borowitz

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  3. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 2 - A Cafeteria Line
    8.3/10(68 votes)

    S1:E2

    The romantic leads in the school musical lead to romance for Patty and Vinnie.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 3 - Pac Man Fever
    8.3/10(67 votes)

    S1:E3

    Marshall loses his comic touch when he becomes "possessed" by a video game. His only hope for salvation: exorcism by the cleric of comedy, Father Guido Sarducci.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  5. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 17 - To Serve Weemawee All My Days
    8.3/10(55 votes)

    S1:E17

    Mr. Donovan's job is in jeopardy because the school board has discovered he's living with a woman.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Andy Borowitz

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  6. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 8 - Open 24 Hours
    8.2/10(60 votes)

    S1:E8

    Marshall becomes Johnny's manager and books his band, a band no one's ever seen, for the gala opening of a supermarket deli counter.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 20 - The Arrangement
    8.2/10(51 votes)

    S1:E20

    Lauren thinks she and Patty have finally been accepted by the "in" crowd, but the real reason for their sudden popularity is something else - and Patty knows what it is.

    Director:Craig Richard Nelson
    Writer:Anne Beatts

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  8. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 16 - The Stepanowicz Papers
    8.0/10(53 votes)

    S1:E16

    Lauren and Ms. Loomis could be literally swept off their feet when they both fall for the new janitor.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 19 - No Joy in Weemawee
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    S1:E19

    Johnny's talent for hitting home runs rockets him to stardom on the Weemawee baseball team and gets him a scouting visit by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Steve Sax.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  10. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 4 - Square Pigskins
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    S1:E4

    Lauren talks Patty into joining the Weemawee girls football team. Coached by a gung-ho Army vet and a women's libber who bristles at the slightest slight.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Andy Borowitz

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  11. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 13 - It's All How You See Things
    7.9/10(54 votes)

    S1:E13

    Trying to prove that having to wear glasses is the root of her problems, Patty makes a spectacle of herself by refusing to wear them.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 14 - Merry Pranksters
    7.9/10(51 votes)

    S1:E14

    To gain popularity, Patty and Lauren become expert pranksters, but the joke's on them when someone else gets credit for their stunts.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 7 - Weemaweegate
    7.8/10(60 votes)

    S1:E7

    Vinnie's campaign to become school mascot is sabotaged at every turn by an unknown mastermind, so Patty and Lauren play Woodward and Bernstein to break the scandal.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 10 - Hardly Working
    7.8/10(54 votes)

    S1:E10

    Like, Jennifer does, you know, the uncoolest thing possible - she, like, gets a job (gag her with a spoon!)

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Andy Borowitz

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  15. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 12 - A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (2)
    7.8/10(56 votes)

    S1:E12

    Patty's in a quandry: should she spend Christmas in an isolated cabin with her divorced father, or the way she'd prefer - with her friends at school?

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  16. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 15 - It's Academical
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    S1:E15

    Patty hopes to win more than the scholastic quiz show when she and her heartthrob Larry are selected as contestants.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Andy Borowitz

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  17. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.7/10(85 votes)

    S1:E1

    Freshman Patty gets the chance to "click with the right clique" when she attracts the attention of a handsome senior.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Anne Beatts

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  18. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 5 - Halloween XII
    7.7/10(73 votes)

    S1:E5

    An all-girl Halloween party is interrupted by the boys and a spooky, wheezing stalker.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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  19. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 6 - A Simple Attachment
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    S1:E6

    Marshall tries to prove to Lauren that she loves him by hooking her up to his science-fair project, a "love detector," but the machine ends up short-circuiting every romance in school.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Square Pegs Season 1 Episode 11 - A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (1)
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    S1:E11

    Patty's in a quandry: should she spend Christmas in an isolated cabin with her divorced father, or the way she'd prefer - with her friends at school?

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Marjorie Gross

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Muffy's Bat Mitzvah" is the best rated episode of Square Pegs season 1. It scored 8.7/10 from 77 votes. Directed by Terry Hughes, Kim Friedman and written by Unknown, it aired on November 29, 1982. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "No Substitutions".