Mr. Novak Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Mr. Novak: Season 2

• Season 2 Episode 30: Once a Clown

  The class clown learns he has failed his senior year.

• Season 2 Episode 29: And Then I Wrote ...

  A student refuses a scholarship to emulate his songwriter father.

• Season 2 Episode 28: The Firebrand

  The debate class stages a sit-in on behalf of the school bond act.

• Season 2 Episode 27: There's a Penguin in My Garden

  A nun is dissatisfied with her millionaire nephew's education.

• Season 2 Episode 26: The Student Who Never Was

  The mastermind of an embarrassing hoax is a first-rate student.

• Season 2 Episode 25: Honor and All That

  A basketball rivalry between two schools threatens to turn violent.

• Season 2 Episode 24: The Tender Twigs

  An assemblyman charges a school United Nations project is anti-American.

• Season 2 Episode 23: Where Is There to Go, Billie, but Up?

  Novak falls for a high-spirited, sky-diving substitute teacher.

• Season 2 Episode 22: May Day, May Day ...

  Woodridge must evaluate a confrontational probationary teacher.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Mountains to Climb

  Vane runs for state superintendent of schools against a slick opponent.

• Season 2 Episode 20: The Silent Dissuaders

  An exchange teacher pushes a bright girl to forgo marriage for a career.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Faculty Follies

  A demanding Novak directs unwilling teachers in the faculty follies.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Faculty Follies

  Even disapproving Mr. Woodridge performs in the faculty follies.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Beat the Ploughshare; Edge the Sword

  The unorthodox guardian of four boys sets them up alone in a house.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Enter a Strange Animal

  Teaching machines spark a controversy about the value of teachers.

• Season 2 Episode 15: An Elephant Is Like a Tree

  A blind student trying to get his bearings faces a dangerous situation.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Frown the Brow of Zeus

  A 10-year-old genius' mother wants to remove him from Jefferson.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Love Among the Grown-ups

  An anonymous letter-writer accuses Novak and a French teacher of having an affair.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  A girl who was acquitted of killing her parents enters Jefferson.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Johnny Ride the Pony -- 1, 2, 3

  Novak opposes a club's irresponsible hazing ritual.

• Season 2 Episode 10: A as in Anxiety

  Her parents' academic expectations drive a student to the point of suicide.

• Season 2 Episode 9: Born of Kings and Angels

  The debate captain is missing during a team trip.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Boy Under Glass

  A baseball star may fail English and miss a big game.

• Season 2 Episode 7: The People Doll: You Wind It Up and It Makes Mistakes

  Novak tries to dissuade two students from quitting school to get married.

• Season 2 Episode 6: Let's Dig a Little Grammar

  A cocky trumpeter wants to forgo his education for a music career.

• Season 2 Episode 5: One Monday Afternoon

  The death of a football star during practice sparks controversy.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Little Girl Lost

  A trouble-prone girl discovers a gift for acting.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Visions of Sugar Plums

  An unorthodox substitute can control his class but not himself.

• Season 2 Episode 2: With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord!

  A strict wood-shop teacher is assaulted by three students.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Moonlighting

  Novak's second job as a parking attendant undermines his authority.

Mr. Novak: Season 1

• Season 1 Episode 30: The Senior Prom

  The girl in charge of the prom committee learns the difficulties of authority.

• Season 1 Episode 29: Fare Thee Well

  A top student must leave school because of her pregnancy.

• Season 1 Episode 28: Moment Without Armor

  An assistant principal believes an insolent student was her attacker.

• Season 1 Episode 27: Day in the Year

  A girl in Novak's class suffers from a drug overdose.

• Season 1 Episode 26: One Way to Say Goodbye

  Novak falls for a former student visiting Jefferson High.

• Season 1 Episode 25: The Tower

  An aging teacher is unhappy about her approaching retirement.

• Season 1 Episode 24: How Does Your Garden Grow?

  A pretty, bright substitute learns the difficulties of running a classroom.

• Season 1 Episode 23: Fear Is a Handful of Dust

  Novak tries to open up a gifted but shy girl.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Chin Up, Mr. Novak

  An elderly British teacher inspires Novak's English-literature class.

• Season 1 Episode 21: I'm on the Outside

  A student believes he cannot get a good job because of his race.

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Death of a Teacher

  The school is grief-stricken when a teacher dies of a heart attack.

• Season 1 Episode 19: The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.

  A pacifist student refuses to attend a required ROTC course.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Sparrow on the Wire

  The debating squad is divided over a member's anti-Semitic remarks.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Exile

  A high-school dropout learns the value of education--the hard way.

• Season 1 Episode 16: Song of Songs

  A parent accuses Novak of teaching pornographic literature.

• Season 1 Episode 15: He Who Can Does

  A famous writer's visit to Jefferson inspires some dreams.

• Season 1 Episode 14: My Name Is Not Legion

  Novak champions a brilliant but troublesome student.

• Season 1 Episode 13: A Thousand Voices

  When a car club breaks up, the president takes it personally.

• Season 1 Episode 12: The Boy Without a Country

  A young Russian defector has difficulty adjusting to freedom.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Love in the Wrong Season

  Novak is perplexed by an attractive young teacher who falls for a student.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Pay the Two Dollars

  Novak is accused of injuring a boy while breaking up a fight.

• Season 1 Episode 9: A Feeling for Friday

  Novak is intimidated by successful professionals at an old flame's party.

• Season 1 Episode 8: To Break a Camel's Back

  A smart-aleck girl has been to 15 schools in two years.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Hello, Miss Phipps

  A strict old teacher finds herself the center of a sex education controversy.

• Season 1 Episode 6: The Risk

  Novak recommends an old English teacher who was an alcoholic.

• Season 1 Episode 5: A Single Isolated Incident

  The school receives unwelcome publicity when black students are harassed.

• Season 1 Episode 4: X Is the Unknown Factor

  A gifted science student cheats in his English class.

• Season 1 Episode 3: I Don't Even Live Here

  Novak learns the secret of a popular, humorous English teacher.

• Season 1 Episode 2: To Lodge and Dislodge

  Novak becomes the object of a blind girl's crush.

• Season 1 Episode 1: First Year, First Day

  On Novak's first day, a promising student decides to drop out of school.