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First year,First Day
Episode number: 1
Overview: A brilliant student with a good business - an auto body shop - wants to quit school. He challenges Novak to give him a good reason for continuing his education.
To Lodge and Dislodge
Episode number: 2
Overview: Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.
I Don`t Even Live Here
Episode number: 3
Overview: When Mr. Otis was conducting the English class, all the students were raking in As - but Novak can't seem to get the same caliber of work out of them.
X is the Unknown Factor
Episode number: 4
Overview: Mike Daniels is being considered for an important science scholarship, but he's having problems in Novak's literature class. Dr. Frank Baxter, TV educator, appears as Dr. Gagan.
A Single Isolated Incident
Episode number: 5
Overview: A black student, Marcy Desmond, is violently accosted by a gang of youths who let her know that she's not welcome at Jefferson High.
The Risk
Episode number: 6
Overview: Novak helps a former teacher and mentor obtain a position at the school. The instructor is a recovering alcoholic, while his much-younger wife is still afflicted with the disease.
Hello Miss Phipps
Episode number: 7
Overview: Maude Phipps, a teacher for some 40 years, is sharply outspoken and is the object of various complaints -- including those of irate parents who don't like the idea of her teaching social hygiene to their children.
To Break a Camel's Back
Episode number: 8
Overview: Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.
A Feeling for Friday
Episode number: 9
Overview: It's a hectic Friday and Novak is very pleased to get an invitation to spend the weekend at his former sweetheart's family estate.
Pay the Two Dollars
Episode number: 10
Overview: A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.
Love in the Wrong Season
Episode number: 11
Overview: Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.
The Boy Without A Country
Episode number: 12
Overview: Novak and Vane prepare a hero's welcome for a new student, a Russian defector, who's quick to show that he's not easy to get along with.
A Thousand Voices
Episode number: 13
Overview: Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.
My Name is not Legion
Episode number: 14
Overview: Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.
He who can Does
Episode number: 15
Overview: Novak invites a famous novelist to address the school's Literary Club - despite protests of Miss Pagano who feels that the writer's unorthodox views will be a bad influence.
Song of Songs
Episode number: 16
Overview: An overly strict father takes the school, and Mr. Novak to task, when he finds the subject matter read aloud in class by his daughter to be highly erotic.
The Exile
Episode number: 17
Overview: Charlie Payne, who dropped out three years ago, now has nothing better to do than spend his time hanging around the school grounds.
Sparrow on the Wire
Episode number: 18
Overview: A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.
The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.
Episode number: 19
Overview: Campus clown Doug Morgan decides he can attract attention - and get excused from compulsory ROTC classes - by claiming to be a conscientious objector.
Death of a Teacher
Episode number: 20
Overview: The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.
I`m on the Outside
Episode number: 21
Overview: A student named Steve Acero tells Principal Vane that Mr. Novak is prejudiced against him because he is of Mexican extraction.
Chin Up, Mr. Novak
Episode number: 22
Overview: Novak's having problems with a literature class - until it's taken over by Margaret Mumsley, a 75-year old exchange teacher from England.
Fear is a Handful of Dust
Episode number: 23
Overview: Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Episode number: 24
Overview: An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.
The Tower
Episode number: 25
Overview: After numerous complaints that an elderly geometry instructor is no longer an effective teacher, Vane is forced to retire her.
One Way to Say Goodbye
Episode number: 26
Overview: Novak finds himself attracted to Jenny Peterson, a former Jefferson High student.
Day in the Year
Episode number: 27
Overview: A girl in Novak's homeroom collapses from an overdose of narcotics.
Moment Without Armor
Episode number: 28
Overview: School grounds are quiet in the evening, and darkness was the accomplice of the unknown assailant who attacked assistant principal Jeanne Pagano.
Fare Thee Well
Episode number: 29
Overview: Miss Cathy Williams is going to become a mother, but she wants to graduate with her senior class and she doesn't want to tell her parents about her condition.
Senior Prom
Episode number: 30
Overview: The senior prom at Jefferson High is going to be a flop this year - unless student chairman Gail Andrews starts taking interest in the preparations.