- 7.6/10(133 votes)
#1 - Welcome Back (Pilot)
Loading...S1:E3A flashback recalls Gabe's first meeting with his class. The Sweathogs Out Debate A Superior Class.
0 CommentsView allDirector:James KomackWriter:Peter Meyerson - 7.6/10(89 votes)
#2 - The Telethon
Loading...S1:E20Kotter and the ""Sweathogs"" raise a telethon to raise $700 for new supplies. If not the remiedial class will be cut.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Pat Proft - 7.5/10(71 votes)
#3 - What Goes Up
Loading...S3:E22Freddie 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.""
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.4/10(157 votes)
#4 - The Great Debate
Loading...S1:E1The sweathogs out debate a smarter debate class.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.4/10(82 votes)
#5 - One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing
Loading...S1:E8After 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.4/10(87 votes)
#6 - Mr. Kotter, Teacher
Loading...S1:E9Gabe's teaching theories in question, he is temporarily suspended. The Sweathogs, liable to lose their teacher, come to his defense.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.4/10(86 votes)
#7 - The Reunion
Loading...S1:E10Gabe is less than thrilled when an old too-perfect classmate, and his too-perfect wife, decide to pay him a visit.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.4/10(80 votes)
#8 - The Sit-In
Loading...S1:E15The Sweathogs, diverged from a food-fight, hold a sit-in to protest the school cafetieria's Wednesday liver.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.3/10(105 votes)
#9 - Basket Case
Loading...S1:E2Gabe insists that basketball ace Washington pass his social-studies test.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Jerry Ross - 7.3/10(89 votes)
#10 - Classroom Marriage
Loading...S1:E7With 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Myles Wilder - 7.3/10(60 votes)
#11 - Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
Loading...S4:E4Vinnie throws the Sweathogs out of his new apartment.
0 CommentsView allDirector:Norman AbbottWriter:Bill Richmond - 7.2/10(94 votes)
#12 - The Election
Loading...S1:E5Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Eric Cohen - 7.2/10(72 votes)
#13 - Kotter Makes Good
Loading...S1:E21Gabe is forced to take final exams when it's revealed by Mr. Woodman that he wasn't really qualified to graduate when he did.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.2/10(61 votes)
#14 - The Drop-Ins (1)
Loading...S4:E1Gabe 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:Norman AbbottWriter:N/A - 7.1/10(100 votes)
#15 - Whodunit?
Loading...S1:E4Tired 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.1/10(89 votes)
#16 - No More Mister Nice Guy
Loading...S1:E6After 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.1/10(86 votes)
#17 - California Dreamin'
Loading...S1:E12The 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Michael Weinberger - 7.1/10(80 votes)
#18 - One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Loading...S1:E19A 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Eric Cohen - 7.1/10(65 votes)
#19 - And Baby Makes Four (2)
Loading...S3:E3Julie gives birth to twin girls.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Eric Cohen - 7.0/10(87 votes)
#20 - Barbarino's Girl
Loading...S1:E11In 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.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Eric Cohen - 7.0/10(77 votes)
#21 - Arrividerci, Arnold
Loading...S1:E13Arnold is promoted to a regular class, but is less than happy about the forced transition.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.0/10(74 votes)
#22 - The Longest Weekend
Loading...S1:E14When Julie goes away on a ski trip with a friend, stories from the Sweathogs and Mr. Woodman lead Gabe to be worried about the possibility of Julie cheating on him while she is away.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Carl Kleinschmitt - 7.0/10(72 votes)
#23 - Follow The Leader (2)
Loading...S1:E17The sweathogs soon tire of Freddy as leader. Mr. Woodman even admits that he misses Barbarino. Julie and Vinnie turn up at the apartment, and Mr. Kotter has a heartfelt talk with them about the situation. Fortunately, all is forgiven, with Julie moving back home and Vinnie returning to class.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:N/A - 7.0/10(76 votes)
#24 - Father Vinnie
Loading...S1:E22Vinnie's grandmother's dying wish is for him to become a priest, and he takes the request seriously, until the strain of being holy becomes too much for him.
0 CommentsView allDirector:N/AWriter:Eric Cohen - 7.0/10(59 votes)
#25 - And Baby Makes Four (3)
Loading...S3:E4Julie's parents come to see the babies.
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The Best Episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter
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"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".