Recess (Season 2)

Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.

The Break-Up (Episode 1)
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
Air date: 1998-09-12
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.
The Hypnotist (Episode 2)
Writer: David Shayne
Air date: 1998-09-12
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.
Mama's Girl (Episode 3)
Writer: Mark Drop
Air date: 1998-09-19
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""
Outcast Ashley (Episode 4)
Writer: Doria Biddle
Air date: 1998-09-19
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.
The Game (Episode 5)
Writer: Peter Gaffney
Air date: 1998-09-26
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.
The Lost Ball (Episode 6)
Writer: Holly Huckins
Air date: 1998-09-26
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.
Gus' Last Stand (Episode 7)
Writer: Jonathan Rosenthal
Air date: 1998-10-03
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Gus winds up the new target of the school bully's wrath.
Operation Field Trip (Episode 8)
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
Air date: 1998-10-03
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: All the kids go on a big field trip to MISOOE (The Museum of Industry, Science, Oceanography, Oddities and Energy). But Ol' Smokey, the beloved school bus, breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
The Challenge (Episode 9)
Writer: Jonathan Greenberg
Air date: 1998-10-10
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.
Wild Child (Episode 10)
Writer: Mark Drop
Air date: 1998-10-10
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.
The Substitute (Episode 11)
Writer: Phil Walsh
Air date: 1998-10-31
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.
Gretchen and the Secret of Yo (Episode 12)
Writer: Doria Biddle
Air date: 1998-10-31
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.
The Girl Was Trouble (Episode 13)
Writer: Mark Drop
Air date: 1998-11-07
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.
Copycat Kid (Episode 14)
Writer: Holly Huckins
Air date: 1998-11-07
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.
Operation Stuart (Episode 15)
Writer: Katy Ballard
Air date: 1998-11-14
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.
Pharaoh Bob (Episode 16)
Writer: Jonathan Rosenthal
Air date: 1998-11-14
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.
The Story of Whomps (Episode 17)
Writer: Mark Drop
Air date: 1999-01-09
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Principal Prickly and Miss Finster deem T.J.'s word "whomps" as a cuss and punish him for it, starting a scandal that leads all the way to the board of education.
Weekend at Muriel's (Episode 18)
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
Air date: 1999-01-09
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.
Economics of Recess (Episode 19)
Writer: Mark Drop
Air date: 1998-12-12
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.
Omega Kids (Episode 20)
Writer: Steve Bannos
Air date: 1998-12-12
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.
Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave (Episode 21)
Writer: Mark Drop
Air date: 1998-12-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.
Bad Hair Day (Episode 22)
Writer: Mark Drop
Air date: 1999-01-16
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.
Dance Lessons (Episode 23)
Writer: Phil Walsh
Air date: 1999-01-16
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.
Principal for a Day (Episode 24) 7.0
Writer: Steve Bannos
Air date: 1999-02-27
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.
The Beauty Contest (Episode 25)
Writer: Sandy Adomaitis
Air date: 1999-02-27
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: The Ashleys get back at Spinelli by entering her into the Kiddie Cosmetics Little Miss Blush Beauty Pageant. But her friends talk Spinelli into trying to beat the Ashleys in the pageant.