Head of the Class Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Head of the Class: Season 5 (1990 - 1991)

• Season 5 Episode 22: It Couldn't Last Forever

  The class awaits naming of the valedictorian.

• Season 5 Episode 21: It Couldn't Last Forever

  The graduating classmates say goodbye.

• Season 5 Episode 20: The Phantom of the Glee Club

  Billy discovers T.J.'s musical talent.

• Season 5 Episode 19: My Dinner With Darlene

  Darlene arranges a pricey dinner for the class.

• Season 5 Episode 18: The Strange Case of Randy McNally

  Billy's fictional student wins a scholarship.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Most Likely to Be Forgotten

  A team member's name is left off a trophy.

• Season 5 Episode 16: The Last Waltz

  T.J. refuses Aristotle's invitation to the prom.

• Season 5 Episode 15: Viki's Torn Genes

  Billy helps Viki find her birth mother (June Gable).

• Season 5 Episode 14: The Importance of Being Alex

  Alex lies to his friends about him and Simone.

• Season 5 Episode 13: My Son the Primate

  Arvid hides a chimpanzee in the classroom.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Dancing Fools

  Billy and Bernadette take dancing lessons.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Be My Baby ... Sitter

  Jasper's parents (Denice Kumagai, Tzi Ma) hire Sarah as his sitter.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Fillmore vs. Billy Jeans

  The class tour bus breaks down at a truck stop.

• Season 5 Episode 9: Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors

  Robbery-victim Billy assigns a paper on gun control.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors

  A fellow student (Jason Kristofer) threatens Arvid with a gun.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Billy's Big One

  Billy fakes a heart attack to protest health insurance.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Napoleon Blown Apart

  Eric becomes stranded in Paris; Billy tries to teach French.

• Season 5 Episode 5: The Heartbreak Nerd

  Arvid dates Viki and offers romantic advice.

• Season 5 Episode 4: And Then There Were None

  To keep perfect attendance, Arvid infects all.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Twelve Angry Nerds

  Alan cheats to become class valedictorian.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Getting Personal

  Billy turns to the personal ads for a date.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Where's Charlie?

  The students wonder about Charlie's replacement.

Head of the Class: Season 4 (1989 - 1990)

• Season 4 Episode 26: Teacher's Pets

  Charlie and Eric vie for a night-school teacher.

• Season 4 Episode 25: Cement Hi-Tops

  Aristotle videotapes a mob-family wedding.

• Season 4 Episode 24: The Reel Charlie Moore

  Aristotle tries to help Charlie's acting career.

• Season 4 Episode 23: Politics of Love

  Alan falls for a model.

• Season 4 Episode 22: Queen, Queen, Queen for a Day

  Arvid promises three girls each will be dance queen.

• Season 4 Episode 21: Simone Goes Overboard

  Simone dates Dennis after he saves her life.

• Season 4 Episode 20: The Quiet Kid

  A new student (Jonathan Ke Quan) rejects the Academic Olympics.

• Season 4 Episode 19: Recruitment Day

  The class worries about making commitments.

• Season 4 Episode 18: From Hair to Eternity

  Obstacles face Charlie's production of 'Hair.'

• Season 4 Episode 17: From Hair to Eternity

  The students save the production of 'Hair.'

• Season 4 Episode 16: Alan Goes Crimson

  Alan tries to make up for remarks to the class.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Reel Problems

  Charlie advises Alex not to mislead a girl.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Tough Guys Don't Sew

  An assignment makes Eric a fashion designer.

• Season 4 Episode 13: The Joker Is Wild

  T.J. challenges Dennis to a fight.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Why Ronnie Can't Read

  The class learns a star athlete is illiterate.

• Season 4 Episode 11: The Devil and Miss T.J.

  T.J. makes a costly deal to get into the IHP.

• Season 4 Episode 10: Arvid Nose Best

  Arvid has questions about his nasal surgery.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Good Mourning

  Charlie teaches the class about mourning.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Gotta Dance

  Arvid replaces T.J. as Alex's dance partner.

• Season 4 Episode 7: The Bright Stuff

  A science project may go on the space shuttle.

• Season 4 Episode 6: The Bright Stuff

  Dennis takes credit for the shuttle experiment.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Blunden in Love

  Dennis falls for a girl hiding her homelessness.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Viki in Love

  Viki loves Charlie, but Alan thinks it's him.

• Season 4 Episode 3: The Ring of Darlene M.

  Alex is suspected of taking Darlene's ring.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Viki & Eric & Simone & Alex

  Eric and Simone want to date others.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Back to School

  The new semester offers challenges and changes.

Head of the Class: Season 3 (1988 - 1989)

• Season 3 Episode 22: Exactly Twelve O'Clock

  A bully's threat triggers a fantasy for Arvid.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Labor Daze

  Charlie must choose between students and union.

• Season 3 Episode 20: King of Remedial

  Dennis' antics demote him to a remedial class.

• Season 3 Episode 19: I Am the King

  Charlie moonlights as a TV pitchman.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Killer Coach

  The chess-team coach's fervor distracts Arvid.

• Season 3 Episode 17: The Little Sister

  Charlie's date (Adrienne Barbeau) is Dr. Samuels' sister.

• Season 3 Episode 16: Radio Activity

  Charlie pulls the plug on Arvid's radio show.

• Season 3 Episode 15: The Hot Seat

  Charlie makes friends with a new gym teacher.

• Season 3 Episode 14: Little Shop 'Til You Drop

  Charlie makes unusual casting decisions.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Little Shop 'Til You Drop

  Charlie directs the school play.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Scuttlebutt

  An alumnus (Jack Gilford), an accomplished journalist, visits.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Arvid's Sure Thing

  Arvid makes a date with a popular classmate.

• Season 3 Episode 10: Partners

  Maria hides her intelligence to date a 'hunk' (Brad Pitt).

• Season 3 Episode 9: First Date

  Eric and Simone's first date goes awry.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Born to Run

  Alan campaigns for class president.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Get a Job

  Dennis gets a job to pay back his classmates.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Engen & Son

  Arvid's father substitutes as a math teacher.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Let's Rap

  Peer counselor Sarah tries to help a student.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Mission to Moscow

  Troubles surround the Moscow meet.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Mission to Moscow

  The students seek fun in Moscow.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Back in the U.S.S.R.

  Charlie announces a trip to the Soviet Union.

• Season 3 Episode 1: The Refrigerator of Fillmore High

  Dennis is torn between football and academics.

Head of the Class: Season 2 (1987 - 1988)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Moore Than You Know

  Disillusioned Charlie meets his dead uncle.

• Season 2 Episode 21: The 21st-Century News

  Dennis becomes obsessed with apocalypse.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Don't Play With Matches

  Simone regrets using a computer dating service.

• Season 2 Episode 19: We Love You, Mrs. Russell

  A popular teacher has Alzheimer's disease.

• Season 2 Episode 18: For Better, For Worse

  A course on marriage angers divorced Charlie.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Love Is Debatable

  Darlene feigns infatuation with depressed Alan.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Parents' Day

  Parents' Day causes concern for Eric and Maria.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Cello Fever

  Janice vies for first cello in the orchestra.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Fatal Distraction

  Eric thinks Maria is obsessed with him.

• Season 2 Episode 13: On the Road Again

  Separated Dr. Samuels moves in with Charlie.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Will the Real Arvid Engen Please Stand Up?

  Arvid's pen pal thinks he looks like Eric.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Play It Again, Woody

  Arvid and Charlie reflect on relationships.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Revenge of the Liberal

  Dennis represents the school on a talk show.

• Season 2 Episode 9: Psyched Out at Fillmore

  The class seeks results of a psychological test.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Poltergeist III

  Janice claims to have a poltergeist.

• Season 2 Episode 7: That'll Be the Day

  Charlie stages a production of 'Grease.'

• Season 2 Episode 6: Coach Charlie

  Charlie coaches for a meet with Bronx Science.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Trouble in Perfectville

  Darlene and Sarah vie for a handsome student.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Child of the '60s

  Dennis protests cafeteria cuisine.

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Big Squeeze

  A transfer student threatens the class.

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Write Stuff

  Criticism upsets school journal editor Simone.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Science Fair-Weather Friends

  The class wrecks each other's science projects.

Head of the Class: Season 1 (1986 - 1987)

• Season 1 Episode 22: The Secret Life of Arvid Engen

  Arvid daydreams about his ideal woman.

• Season 1 Episode 21: Crimes of the Heart

  Charlie investigates when Sarah's marks plummet.

• Season 1 Episode 20: Privilege

  Arvid's nightclub job affects his perspective.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Video Activity

  The class makes a video for a time capsule.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Valentine's Day

  The class discusses Valentine's Day.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

  Eric bows out of a competition against Soviets.

• Season 1 Episode 16: A Problem Like Maria

  Maria falls for an academic rival.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Past Imperfect

  Charlie faces a decision about a teaching exam.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Ode to Simone

  Simone attends the wake of a poet.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Rebel Without a Class

  Charlie teaches Eric about baiting teachers.

• Season 1 Episode 12: The Way We Weren't

  An assignment on ancestry unnerves Alan.

• Season 1 Episode 11: As Time Goes By

  Charlie's ex-flame evaluates his class.

• Season 1 Episode 10: You've Got a Friend

  Charlie tries to save Arvid and Sarah's romance.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Cold Turkey

  Charlie spends Thanksgiving with Dr. Samuels.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Critical Choices

  Charlie's version of 'Hamlet' has a moral.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Volleyball, Anyone?

  Charlie teaches volleyball to the class.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Teacher's Teacher

  A substitute may replace Charlie.

• Season 1 Episode 5: The Outsider

  Janice throws a party for her peers and teacher.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Love at First Byte

  The class forces Charlie into the computer age.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Charliegate

  School journalist Dennis misquotes Mr. Moore.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Back to the Future

  Charlie's students imagine life 20 years hence.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  Pupils with high IQs challenge teacher Charlie (Howard Hesseman).