Room 222

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Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 for its first two seasons before settling into its best-remembered time slot of Friday evenings at 9:00, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, and preceding The Odd Couple and Love, American Style. In 1970, Room 222 earned Emmy Awards in three categories: Outstanding New Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

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Episodes

Season 1

26 episodes

S1 E1 · Richie's Story

Teacher Pete Dixon's best student is from another district.

S1 E2 · Naked Came We Into the World

A shy student proposes a nude finale for the school follies.

S1 E3 · Funny Boy

Pete tries to help a fat boy put his sense of humor to good use.

S1 E4 · The Coat

Jason enters an art program and steals a coat so he can get his teacher to like him.

S1 E5 · The Flu

Walt Whitman teachers are levelled by the flu bug, and classes are combined and consolidated in order to prevent a school closing. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.

S1 E6 · First We'll Eat, Then We'll Strike

Pete is chosen to lead a teacher's strike.

S1 E7 · Teacher's Dropping Out

Pete is offered a job with a corporation helping high school dropouts.

S1 E8 · Our Teacher is Obsolete

The students try to get an elderly teacher to resign because they think she is too old.

S1 E9 · Triple Date

Jason becomes upset when the snobby parents of his latest girlfriend think he isn't right for their daughter.

S1 E10 · Fathers and Sons

The father of a student blames Pete for the problems he has been having with his son.

S1 E11 · Alice in Blunderland

No summary.

S1 E12 · Clothes Make the Boy

Walt Whitman students challenge the school's dress code, and a student's father is forced to confront his indecisiveness. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.

S1 E13 · Seventeen Going On Twenty-Eight

A conniving student tries to take Pete away from Liz and keep him for herself.

S1 E14 · The Exchange Teacher

A teacher from England proves too progressive for Walt Whitman High.

S1 E15 · El Genio

No summary.

S1 E16 · Arizona State Loves You

A football player tries to choose a college after completing high school.

S1 E17 · Operation Sandpile

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S1 E18 · Play it Loose

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S1 E19 · Goodbye, Mr. Hip

A teacher's efforts to be hip don't earn the students' respect.

S1 E20 · Once Upon a Time There Was Air You Couldn't See

Whitman students Richie and Jason do their bit for clean air. As a history class project, the boys devise an anti-smog campaign: getting money for TV time, then writing and producing an anti-pollution spot.

S1 E21 · The Whole World Can Hear You

A girl's father pushes her into going to college, despite her not being smart enough.

S1 E22 · Ralph

Liz gets upset when one of Pete's students constantly tags along with him even on their dates.

S1 E23 · I Love You Charlie, I Love You Abbie

Two students plan to elope to Mexico and invite Pete and Liz along as the best man and maid of honor.

S1 E24 · The New Boy

No summary.

S1 E25 · Funny Money

Pete tries to find a way to help students who have difficulty reading.

S1 E26 · Just Between Friends

No summary.

Season 2

26 episodes

S2 E1 · Write On, Brother

No summary.

S2 E2 · The Laughing Majority

The school ""class clown"" decides to run for student council president.

S2 E3 · The Lincoln Story

Acrimonious student debates ruin Pete's chances for a teaching award.

S2 E4 · Adam's Lib

Women's lib comes into the school when a girl tries out for the varsity basketball team.

S2 E5 · Choose One: And They Lived (Happily/Unhappily) Ever After

Kaufman chooses Pete for the administration training program.

S2 E6 · Captain of the Team

No summary.

S2 E7 · Only a Rose

A Jewish woman with no college background arrives at Whitman High to teach.

S2 E8 · The Fuzz That Grooved

The friendly cop on the beat is replaced by a tough no nonsense one who causes nothing but tension at the school.

S2 E9 · Half Way

A prejudiced father tries to transfer his daughter to a private school in order to keep her away from the black students at the school.

S2 E10 · Dreams of Glory

Pete tries to get a shy boy interested in karate in order to impress the girl he loves.

S2 E11 · The Valedictorion

A nonconformist challenges the graduation traditions.

S2 E12 · Mel Wertz and the Nickel-Plated Toothpick

Walt Whitman student Mel must decide between finishing high school and his rock group when the Nickel Plated Toothpick is offered a recording contract. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.

S2 E13 · What Would We Do Without Bobbie?

Everyone takes advantage of a blonde girl, and she becomes the best-looking girl at the school dance.

S2 E14 · Cheating

Pete tries to help a student who was mistakenly accused of cheating by a tough teacher.

S2 E15 · How About That Cherry Tree

A black student is accused of forging a teacher's signature on a scholarship application form.

S2 E16 · Mr. Bomberg

An overly demanding and severe teacher upsets the students at the school.

S2 E17 · The Long Honeymoon

A man-chasing woman leaves her son on his own.

S2 E18 · Opportunity Room

No summary.

S2 E19 · The Last Full Moon

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S2 E20 · Hip Hip Hooray

Pete tries to avert a riot between his school and a rival school over the upcoming football game.

S2 E21 · Paul Revere Rides Again

A mysterious masked vigilante starts appearing on the rooftops of the school, showering people with (dry) garbage and leaving anti-litter messages signed ""Paul Revere"". The teachers, or a teacher, figures out the vigilante's identity -- he's the only kid with an anti-litter bug and a Paul Revere fetish, and subtly encourages the kid to pursue his cause along more conventional lines. ""Revere"" makes one final appearance on the rooftops, sending down a paper airplane with a poem written on it. The poem ends: ""So don't litter my children, or you will hear of the return of Paul Revere.""

S2 E22 · I Hate You, Silas Marner

Alice allows the students to read Catch 22 instead of the book assigned by the Head of the English department, Silas Marner.

S2 E23 · You Can Take a Big Boy Out of the Country but...

A rural-born transfer student finds an unlikely ally in Jason when the students poke fun at and take advantage of him. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.

S2 E24 · If It's Not Here, Where is It?

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S2 E25 · Laura Fay, You're Okay!

Others tease a new girl about her good looks.

S2 E26 · A Sort of Loving

With drugs becoming a big problem, the teachers set up a confidential ""talk session"" with the kids to help them with their problems. The sessions prove to be a success when one particularly troubled boy is reached.

Season 3

23 episodes

S3 E1 · KWWH

A city councilman arranges for a radio station to be built in the school, but regrets it when the students air programs which he believes are meant to make him look bad.

S3 E2 · The Stutterer

A student video contains footage of a stuttering youth.

S3 E3 · America's Guest

A very smart student does nothing but slide through life while getting bad grades.

S3 E4 · Welcome Back, Miss Brown

Pete tries to help a teacher who, while going through a divorce, is taking out her anger on the boys in her class.

S3 E5 · Hi, Dad

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S3 E6 · Suitable for Framing

A fast-talking student is using the school and the students to further his own profit-making schemes and gets caught making shady deals.

S3 E7 · Hail and Farewell

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S3 E8 · Who's Benedict Arnold?

Someone in the school is spying for Principal Kaufman.

S3 E9 · Stay Awhile, Mr. Dream-Chaser

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S3 E10 · Dixon's Raiders

While investigating the allocation of school funds for Pete's class project, a student uncovers a scandal in the cafeteria.

S3 E11 · What is a Man?

A male student is suspected of being homosexual, especially after he gets involved in the school dramatics club.

S3 E12 · The Sins of the Father

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S3 E13 · They Love Me, They Love Me Not

Pete and Alice visit the slums and teach the kids how to read.

S3 E14 · The Fading of the Elegant Beast

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S3 E15 · House Made of Dark Mist

The students try to help a boy who resents his Indian heritage.

S3 E16 · Where is it Written?

A student who wants to go to Harvard fails his entrance exams.

S3 E17 · And in This Corner...

Pete tries to discourage a student who wants to quit school to become a professional boxer.

S3 E18 · We Hold These Truths...

A man attending night school citizenship classes destroys the political artwork of one of Alice's students because he felt it degraded the U.S.

S3 E19 · Suing Means Saying You're Sorry

Pete accidentally injures a boy after breaking up a fight, which causes the boy's parents to sue him.

S3 E20 · I Gave My Love...

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S3 E21 · The Witch of Whitman High

A new student pretends to be a witch to get attention.

S3 E22 · The Quitter

Fed up with all the hassles of being a public high school principal, Mr. Kaufman decides to quit. (According to one poster at Sitcoms Online, it is believed that this may be the synopsis for this episode.)

S3 E23 · There's No Fool Like...

Pete tries to help a teacher and a student to quit smoking.

Season 4

23 episodes

S4 E1 · A Little Flyer on the Market

Pete and his class enter the stock market in order to earn money for a new school intercom.

S4 E2 · I Wonder if January 15 Will Ever Come Again?

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S4 E3 · Just Call Me Mr. Sahigmetsu

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S4 E4 · And He's Not Even Lovable

A bigoted father has to rethink his beliefs when his son is assigned to work on a school project with Jason.

S4 E5 · Hands Across the Sea

Jason finds himself resenting a polished and well-mannered black student from England.

S4 E6 · The Imposter

Pete tries to help a teacher who has been teaching without a degree or a license.

S4 E7 · Lift, Thrust, and Drag

Pete tries to interest some bored students in learning how to fly a plane.

S4 E8 · You Don't Know Me, He Said

Pete learns that one of his students is dying of leukemia.

S4 E9 · Walt Whitman Goes Bananas

A student holds a banana-eating contest in order to attract summer job offers for the other students.

S4 E10 · Bleep

The students become upset when a school faculty advisor begins to censor their stories for the school newspaper.

S4 E11 · Shoestring Catch

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S4 E12 · Elizabeth Brown is Failing

Beloved, but elderly, teacher Miss Brown is showing signs of senility. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.

S4 E13 · Mr. Wrong

The new teacher who came to the school to teach a course in poise and personality develops a crush on Alice.

S4 E14 · The Nichols Girl

The mother of a student becomes upset when her son falls for a girl who doesn't wear a bra.

S4 E15 · Pardon Me, Your Apathy is Showing

No summary.

S4 E16 · Rights of Others

No summary.

S4 E17 · Man, If You're So Smart...

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S4 E18 · The Hand That Feeds

Pete tries to advise a student who doesn't believe in any form of competition.

S4 E19 · Fifteen Years and What Do You Get?

No summary.

S4 E20 · Someone Special

No summary.

S4 E21 · A Hairy Escape

When a student comes into a lot of money, the other students find themselves thinking of ways to spend it.

S4 E22 · The Noon Goon

No summary.

S4 E23 · To Go with the Bubbles

No summary.

Season 5

15 episodes

S5 E1 · I've Got the Hammer, If You've Got the Thumb

No summary.

S5 E2 · Of Smoke-Filled Rooms

One of the students decides to run for a seat on the Board of Education.

S5 E3 · Can Nun Be One Too Many?

Mr. Kaufman falls for a teacher who was once a nun.

S5 E4 · No Island is an Island

Liz and Pete try to help a Mexican boy who is too proud to ask for some needed help.

S5 E5 · Twenty-Five Words or Less

Herbie likes to enter contests.

S5 E6 · Pete's Protege

No summary.

S5 E7 · Love is a Many Splintered Thing

Alice falls for the widowed father of one of her students.

S5 E8 · Pi in the Sky

A math genius reprograms the school's computer in order to get needed school supplies.

S5 E9 · Mismatch Maker

Alice finds herself in the middle when she encourages a student to become a poet despite his father's wish that he enter his real estate business.

S5 E10 · Here's to the Boy Most Likely

A student turns to alcohol in order to escape from the building pressures at home and at school.

S5 E11 · El Greco to Jason

Jason falls in love and decides to quit school in order to get married.

S5 E12 · MPG

The Walt Whitman auto shop enters a car in a contest to see which vehicle gets the most miles per gallon. The actual race is unbearably slow, with each car conserving energy, and the scenes of Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Dixon, et al, trying to stay awake in the bleachers are hilarious. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synopsis.

S5 E13 · I Didn't Raise My Girl to Be a Soldier

Problems arise when a girl decides to join the Army ROTC in order to become a doctor against the wishes of her father.

S5 E14 · Cry, Uncle

No summary.

S5 E15 · Jason and Big Mo

No summary.