Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3

First aired: 9/29/1977 27 episodes

Episodes

1. Sweathogs Back-to-School Special

Aired: 9/29/1977

The Sweathogs and administrators at James Buchanan High reminisce about Gabe's past two years at the school. Past episodes are recalled through flashbacks.

2. And Baby Makes Four (1)

Aired: 9/15/1977

Julie goes into labor.

3. And Baby Makes Four (2)

Aired: 9/15/1977

Julie gives birth to twin girls.

4. And Baby Makes Four (3)

Aired: 9/22/1977

Julie's parents come to see the babies.

5. Brother, Can You Spare a Million?

Aired: 10/6/1977

Emotions mix when it seems that the Sweathogs may win the lottery.

6. Just Testing

Aired: 10/13/1977

Everybody helps Vinnie cram for a make-up test.

7. The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack

Aired: 10/20/1977

Arnold is accepted into a religious cult. Mr. Kotter and the three other sweathogs try to get Arnold to snap out of it. Eventually, he does and goes back to his former self, complete with his trademark laugh.

8. What a Move

Aired: 10/27/1977

Juan, with the help of his uncle, hooks the Kotters up with a new apartment.

9. A Novel Idea

Aired: 11/3/1977

The characters in Mr. Woodman's new novel seem to have an awful lot in common with the Sweathogs...

10. Barbarino in Love (1)

Aired: 11/10/1977

During a talent competition, Vinnie falls for a girl who the Sweathogs are competing against, and starts spending more time with her then rehearsing with the Sweathogs.

11. Barbarino in Love (2)

Aired: 11/17/1977

Vinnie is torn between trying to win the talent competition, or letting his new girlfriend beat him.

12. Kotter for Vice Principal

Aired: 11/24/1977

Kotter has a dream about life when the Sweathogs are old.

13. Swine and Punishment

Aired: 12/8/1977

Freddie cheats on an English test.

14. Epstein's Madonna

Aired: 1/12/1978

Juan paints a great masterpiece on the walls of the school.

15. Sweathog Christmas Special

Aired: 1/5/1978

At Christmas time, the gang reminisces over past episodes.

16. Sweatwork

Aired: 1/19/1978

Arnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the process.

17. Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included

Aired: 1/26/1978

The Sweathogs' new tutor is a computer. Despite initial raises in grades, Gabe becomes displeased with the machine, as it is turning him obsolete to the class.

18. Angie

Aired: 12/22/1977

A new girl joins the Sweathogs.

19. Epstein's Term Paper

Aired: 2/2/1978

Juan buys four term papers - one for each Sweathog - from Carvelli, only to end up with an essay that Gabe had turned in eleven years earlier.

20. There's No Business Like Show Business (1)

Aired: 2/9/1978

Gabe finds success as a stand-up comic, using material regarding the Sweathogs. But when the oppportunity for a full-time comedy gig arises, it could mean the end of his teaching career.

21. There's No Business Like Show Business (2)

Aired: 2/16/1978

Gabe must choose between the comedy life, or his life at Buchanan.

22. What Goes Up

Aired: 2/23/1978

Freddie becomes addicted to drugs after taking prescribed pain killers. Despite the other Sweathogs' best efforts, the only thing that can bring Freddie around is Arnold's faith in him...and in his ""vitamin pills.""

23. Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps

Aired: 3/9/1978

Mr. Kripps, the shop teacher, has a heart attack and dies while yelling at Vinnie, who blames himself for the man's death.

24. Horshack and the Madame X

Aired: 5/18/1978

Arnold, saddened by the rejection he keeps recieving from the opposite sex, gets advice and comfort from Julie before quickly falling in love with her.

25. The Kiss

Aired: 5/11/1978

After performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a female student who has passed out in the classroom, Gabe is accused of molestation, and is in danger of losing his job.

26. The Return of Hotsy Totsy

Aired: 9/10/1977

Rosalie ""Hotsy"" Totsy has grown up ... a little too fast. The Sweathogs go to a local strip club on a dare, and learn that Hotsy has gotten a job performing there (yup, she bares all, unknowingly in front of her former classmates). Vinnie, Freddie and Epstein all ride Hotsy's case, but Arnold is sensitive to her plight. Seems that, during a coversation with her former teacher Gabe, Rosalie really lived up to her nickname one night and got pregnant. And getting a job at a strip joint is the only way for this single mother (the baby's father had left Hotsy) to support her child. Gabe and Arnold convince the others to give Hotsy Totsy moral support, and they also refer her to a social agency which can help her finish school and find a more meaningful job.

27. Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind

Aired: 12/15/1977

When Carvelli and Murray come on as exchange students, Carvelli seemingly goes crazy with stories of aliens.