Room 222 - Season 2

1. Write On, Brother

Aired: 9/23/1970

2. The Laughing Majority

Aired: 9/30/1970

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

3. The Lincoln Story

Aired: 10/7/1970

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

4. Adam's Lib

Aired: 10/14/1970

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

5. Choose One: And They Lived (Happily/Unhappily) Ever After

Aired: 10/21/1970

Kaufman chooses Pete for the administration training program.

6. Captain of the Team

Aired: 10/28/1970

7. Only a Rose

Aired: 11/4/1970

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

8. The Fuzz That Grooved

Aired: 11/11/1970

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

9. Half Way

Aired: 11/18/1970

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.

10. Dreams of Glory

Aired: 11/25/1970

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

11. The Valedictorion

Aired: 12/2/1970

A nonconformist challenges the graduation traditions.

12. Mel Wertz and the Nickel-Plated Toothpick

Aired: 12/16/1970

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.

13. What Would We Do Without Bobbie?

Aired: 12/23/1970

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

14. Cheating

Aired: 1/6/1971

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

15. How About That Cherry Tree

Aired: 1/13/1971

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

16. Mr. Bomberg

Aired: 1/20/1971

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

17. The Long Honeymoon

Aired: 1/27/1971

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

18. Opportunity Room

Aired: 2/3/1971

19. The Last Full Moon

Aired: 2/10/1971

20. Hip Hip Hooray

Aired: 2/17/1971

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

21. Paul Revere Rides Again

Aired: 3/3/1971

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.""

22. I Hate You, Silas Marner

Aired: 3/10/1971

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

23. You Can Take a Big Boy Out of the Country but...

Aired: 3/17/1971

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.

24. If It's Not Here, Where is It?

Aired: 3/24/1971

25. Laura Fay, You're Okay!

Aired: 3/31/1971

Others tease a new girl about her good looks.

26. A Sort of Loving

Aired: 4/7/1971

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.