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The Best Episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter

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The Best Episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience,...

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  1. 7.6/10(133 votes)

    #1 - Welcome Back (Pilot)

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    S1:E3

    A flashback recalls Gabe's first meeting with his class. The Sweathogs Out Debate A Superior Class.

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  2. 7.6/10(89 votes)

    #2 - The Telethon

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    S1:E20

    Kotter and the ""Sweathogs"" raise a telethon to raise $700 for new supplies. If not the remiedial class will be cut.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Pat Proft
  3. 7.4/10(157 votes)

    #3 - The Great Debate

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    S1:E1

    The sweathogs out debate a smarter debate class.

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  4. 7.4/10(82 votes)

    #4 - One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing

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    S1:E8

    After losing a fight with Todd Ludlow, Juan is made fun of by his fellow Sweathogs. His feelings and his pride hurt, he runs away -- to the Kotters' bathroom.

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  5. 7.4/10(87 votes)

    #5 - Mr. Kotter, Teacher

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    S1:E9

    Gabe's teaching theories in question, he is temporarily suspended. The Sweathogs, liable to lose their teacher, come to his defense.

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  6. 7.4/10(86 votes)

    #6 - The Reunion

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    S1:E10

    Gabe is less than thrilled when an old too-perfect classmate, and his too-perfect wife, decide to pay him a visit.

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  8. 7.4/10(80 votes)

    #7 - The Sit-In

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    S1:E15

    The Sweathogs, diverged from a food-fight, hold a sit-in to protest the school cafetieria's Wednesday liver.

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  9. 7.4/10(120 votes)

    #8 - Sadie Hawkins Day

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    S2:E8

    A girl wants to ask Vinnie to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance, but his insensitivity leads her to ask Arnold in retaliation, leaving Vinnie with no date at all.

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    Writer:Eric Cohen
  10. 7.4/10(75 votes)

    #9 - Radio Free Freddie

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    S2:E21

    It seems that Freddie has a future in radio, but he may also risk losing his friends for fame.

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  11. 7.4/10(72 votes)

    #10 - What Goes Up

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    S3:E22

    Freddie becomes addicted to drugs after taking prescribed pain killers. Despite the other Sweathogs' best efforts, the only thing that can bring Freddie around is Arnold's faith in him...and in his ""vitamin pills.""

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  12. 7.3/10(105 votes)

    #11 - Basket Case

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    S1:E2

    Gabe insists that basketball ace Washington pass his social-studies test.

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    Writer:Jerry Ross
  13. 7.3/10(89 votes)

    #12 - Classroom Marriage

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    S1:E7

    With Vernajean's family moving, she and Freddie decide that they must get married in order to stay together. Their classmates act out married life to discourage the young couple.

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  14. 7.2/10(94 votes)

    #13 - The Election

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    S1:E5

    Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.

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    Writer:Eric Cohen
  15. 7.2/10(72 votes)

    #14 - Kotter Makes Good

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    S1:E21

    Gabe is forced to take final exams when it's revealed by Mr. Woodman that he wasn't really qualified to graduate when he did.

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  16. 7.2/10(61 votes)

    #15 - Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime

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    S4:E4

    Vinnie throws the Sweathogs out of his new apartment.

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  17. 7.1/10(100 votes)

    #16 - Whodunit?

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    S1:E4

    Tired of her reputation as easy, Rosalie Totsy tells the Sweathogs that she's pregnant -- and that one of them is the father -- in an effort to make the boys admit that the tales they tell about their ""fun dates"" with her aren't true.

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  18. 7.1/10(89 votes)

    #17 - No More Mister Nice Guy

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    S1:E6

    After returning to his roots by taking over the Sweathogs' history class for a day, Mr. Woodman turns into a nice guy; and Kotter turns into the new Mr. Woodman.

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  19. 7.1/10(86 votes)

    #18 - California Dreamin'

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    S1:E12

    The sweathogs go bananas over Bambi, a pretty blonde girl from California. We get some very funny scenes of the guys in various costumes: Epstein as a guru, Freddy in a colorful shirt, Horshack as a movie producer, and Vinnie as a surfer. When Mr. Kotter gets fed-up with them disrupting the class, it's revealed that Bambi was just pretending to be from California in order to get attention.

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  20. 7.1/10(80 votes)

    #19 - One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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    S1:E19

    A flu epidemic hits Buchannan and everybody gets sick except for Kotter, Horshack and a few students in the other classes. In the end, the few healthy students team up with the remaining Sweathogs in the classroom.

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    Writer:Eric Cohen
  21. 7.1/10(62 votes)

    #20 - Kotter and Son

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    S2:E16

    Gabe's overly-critical father comes for a visit and, unconvinced that his son has chosen a worthwhile career, goes with Gabe to school in order to watch him in action with his Sweathogs.

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  22. 7.1/10(63 votes)

    #21 - Chicken a la Kotter

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    S2:E17

    Gabe, in need of money for a root canal, takes a second job as a restaurant mascot.

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  23. 7.1/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Has Anyone Seen Arnold? (1)

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    S2:E18

    For the school drama festival, Gabe is going to direct a scene from Cyrano de Bergerac. Arnold is set to play the lead, but recieves only heckling and ridicule from his fellow Sweathogs; and when Arnold turns up missing, Vinnie is forced to take his place on stage.

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  24. 7.1/10(65 votes)

    #23 - And Baby Makes Four (2)

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    S3:E3

    Julie gives birth to twin girls.

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    Writer:Eric Cohen
  25. 7.1/10(62 votes)

    #24 - The Drop-Ins (1)

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    S4:E1

    Gabe announces that he is now the vice-principal and Mr. Woodman is the principal. The Sweathogs are pleased, until Gabe gets strict. After Vinnie visits the school to tell the gang he's dropped out, the other Sweathogs decide to follow in his footsteps.

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    Director:Norman Abbott
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  26. 7.0/10(87 votes)

    #25 - Barbarino's Girl

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    S1:E11

    In order to bring up Vinnie's grades, Judy Borden, highly unpopular with the Sweathogs, is called in to tutor him. But when the two start liking one another, problems arise.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Cohen

Best Episodes Summary

"Welcome Back (Pilot)" is the best rated episode of "Welcome Back, Kotter". It scored 7.6/10 based on 133 votes. Directed by James Komack and written by Peter Meyerson, it aired on 9/9/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Telethon".