Season 5 (1973)

Episodes: 15

Star Cast: Denise Nicholas , Michael Constantine , Lloyd Haynes , Karen Valentine ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 I've Got the Hammer, If You've Got the Thumb

Air Date: 1973-09-14

Ep.2 Of Smoke-Filled Rooms

Air Date: 1973-09-21

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

Ep.3 Can Nun Be One Too Many?

Air Date: 1973-09-28

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

Ep.4 No Island is an Island

Air Date: 1973-10-05

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

Ep.5 Twenty-Five Words or Less

Air Date: 1973-10-26

Herbie likes to enter contests.

Ep.6 Pete's Protege

Air Date: 1973-11-02

Ep.7 Love is a Many Splintered Thing

Air Date: 1973-11-09

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

Ep.8 Pi in the Sky

Air Date: 1973-11-16

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

Ep.9 Mismatch Maker

Air Date: 1973-11-30

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.

Ep.10 Here's to the Boy Most Likely

Air Date: 1973-12-07

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

Ep.11 El Greco to Jason

Air Date: 1973-12-21

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

Ep.12 MPG

Air Date: 1973-12-28

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.