Square Pegs (Season 1)

Pilot (Episode 1)

Writer: Anne Beatts

Air date: 1982-09-27

Runtime: 30 min

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

A Cafeteria Line (Episode 2)

Air date: 1982-10-04

Runtime: 30 min

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

Pac Man Fever (Episode 3)

Writer: Marjorie Gross

Air date: 1982-10-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Square Pigskins (Episode 4)

Writer: Andy Borowitz

Air date: 1982-10-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Halloween XII (Episode 5)

Writer: Marjorie Gross

Air date: 1982-11-01

Runtime: 30 min

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

A Simple Attachment (Episode 6)

Air date: 1982-11-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Weemaweegate (Episode 7)

Air date: 1982-11-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Open 24 Hours (Episode 8)

Air date: 1982-11-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Muffy's Bat Mitzvah (Episode 9)

Air date: 1982-11-29

Runtime: 30 min

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

Hardly Working (Episode 10)

Writer: Andy Borowitz

Air date: 1982-12-13

Runtime: 30 min

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

A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (1) (Episode 11)

Writer: Marjorie Gross

Air date: 1982-12-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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?

A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (2) (Episode 12)

Writer: Marjorie Gross

Air date: 1982-12-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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?

It's All How You See Things (Episode 13)

Air date: 1982-12-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Merry Pranksters (Episode 14)

Air date: 1983-01-10

Runtime: 30 min

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

It's Academical (Episode 15)

Writer: Andy Borowitz

Air date: 1983-01-24

Runtime: 30 min

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

The Stepanowicz Papers (Episode 16)

Air date: 1983-01-31

Runtime: 30 min

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

To Serve Weemawee All My Days (Episode 17)

Writer: Andy Borowitz

Air date: 1983-02-07

Runtime: 30 min

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

No Substitutions (Episode 18)

Writer: Andy Borowitz

Air date: 1983-02-14

Runtime: 30 min

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

No Joy in Weemawee (Episode 19)

Writer: Marjorie Gross

Air date: 1983-02-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

The Arrangement (Episode 20)

Writer: Anne Beatts

Air date: 1983-03-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.