List of Head of the Class episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the television sitcom, Head of the Class. The series premiered on September 17, 1986 on ABC, and ended on June 25, 1991. A total of 114 episodes were produced spanning five seasons.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	22		September 17, 1986	May 6, 1987
	2	22		September 23, 1987	May 11, 1988
	3	22		October 19, 1988	May 10, 1989
	4	26		September 27, 1989	May 2, 1990
	5	22		September 11, 1990	June 25, 1991

Episodes

Season 1 (1986/87)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	John Tracy	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	September 17, 1986
A high school substitute teacher takes over a class of geniuses.
2	2	"Back to the Future"	John Tracy	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	September 24, 1986
The class imagines life 20 years in the future.
3	3	"Charliegate"	Art Dielhenn	Alan Rosen	October 1, 1986
Dennis misquotes Charlie in the school newspaper.
4	4	"Love at First Byte"	Frank Bonner	Howard Adler & Robert Griffard	October 22, 1986
Charlie receives a love note from a secret admirer he suspects is in the IHP.
5	5	"The Outsider"	Kim Friedman	Valri Bromfield	October 29, 1986
Janice feels left out in class and decides to throw a party to make friends. Charlie dates a model.
6	6	"Teacher's Teacher"	Lee Shallat	Susan Rogers & Jeffrey Hammond	November 5, 1986
Charlie is upset when the IHP's regular teacher announces his return from sick leave.
7	7	"Volleyball Anyone?"	Peter Baldwin	Michael Reiss & Al Jean	November 12, 1986
Arvid tries to impress a girl by challenging the school basketball players to a volleyball match against the IHP class.
8	8	"Critical Choices"	Lee Shallat	Gary Gilbert	November 19, 1986
Charlie tries his hand at Hamlet.
9	9	"Cold Turkey"	Lee Shallat	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	November 26, 1986
Charlie spends Thanksgiving with Dr. Samuels.
10	10	"You've Got a Friend"	Art Dielhenn	Gary Gilbert	December 3, 1986
After their team project wins them a trip to Washington, D.C., Sarah and Arvid develop slight feelings for each other. But things aren't necessarily a bed of roses between them.
11	11	"As Time Goes By"	Peter Baldwin	Gary Gilbert	December 10, 1986
Charlie's ex-flame evaluates the class.
12	12	"The Way We Weren't"	Andrew D. Weyman	Murray Mednick	December 17, 1986
When doing reports on their ancestry, both Alan and Darlene find things out that they don't want to.
13	13	"Rebel Without a Class"	Bill Davis	Alan Rosen	January 7, 1987
Eric makes trouble for another teacher.
14	14	"Ode to Simone"	Art Dielhenn	Lee Grant	January 14, 1987
Simone receives a discouraging letter from her favorite poet....after his death. Dennis tries to give up sarcasm and pranks.
15	15	"Past Imperfect"	Andrew D. Weyman	Jerry Rannow	January 21, 1987
Charlie must pass a test in Macro Economics in order to keep his teaching license. The IHP attempt to help him.
16	16	"A Problem Like Maria"	Andrew D. Weyman	Cynthia Thompson	January 28, 1987
Maria dates the captain of the opposing team.
17	17	"The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!"	Art Dielhenn	George Beckerman	February 4, 1987
The IHP faces their Russian counterparts in an academic tournament. Eric must join the team to replace an ailing Jawaharal.
18	18	"Valentine's Day"	Art Dielhenn	Gary Gilbert	February 11, 1987
The class has problems on Valentine's Day.
19	19	"Video Activity"	Art Dielhenn	Larry Spencer	February 18, 1987
The class makes a music video for a time capsule.
20	20	"Privilege"	Art Dielhenn	Janet Coleman & David Dozer	February 25, 1987
Charlie sets Arvid up with a job at a hot nightclub, which causes Arvid to develop a cocky, image-conscious attitude.
21	21	"Crimes of the Heart"	Art Dielhenn	Larry Spencer	April 1, 1987
The class is mystified when Sarah's grades tumble.
22	22	"The Secret Life of Arvid Engen"	Art Dielhenn	Ray Jessel & Cynthia Thompson	May 6, 1987
Arvid starts to daydream about Lori, and it affects his schoolwork.

Season 2 (1987/88)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
23	1	"Science Fair-Weather Friends"	Art Dielhenn	Larry Spencer	September 23, 1987
Sarah, Arvid, and Dennis compete and deceive to win the science fair.
24	2	"The Write Stuff"	Art Dielhenn	Lisa Rosenthal	September 30, 1987
Charlie encourages the class to revitalize the school's literary journal, and the class votes Simone as editor-in-chief. Unfortunately, the power this position gives Simone slightly goes to her head. Meanwhile, Eric fabricates a memoir for the journal, which dishonestly wins him more attention than Simone.
25	3	"The Big Squeeze"	Art Dielhenn	Brad Isaacs	October 7, 1987
The IHP are concerned when they learn a transfer student might join their class, making it necessary for one of them to leave. They fight over who it should be.
26	4	"Child of the 60's"	Art Dielhenn	George Beckerman	October 14, 1987
Dennis holds a sit-in for better cafeteria food after Charlie teaches a lesson on the rebelliousness of the '60s.
27	5	"Trouble in Perfectville"	Art Dielhenn	George Beckerman	October 28, 1987
The class puts out a lampoon issue of the school newspaper.
28	6	"Coach Charlie"	Art Dielhenn	Phil Hahn & Jack Wohl	November 4, 1987
When Dr. Samuels is ejected from the meets, he gets Mr. Moore to take his place as coach.
29	7	"That'll Be the Day"	Art Dielhenn	Michael Elias & Rich Eustis	November 11, 1987
The class puts on Grease, but Alan is reluctant to participate.
30	8	"Poltergeist III"	Art Dielhenn	Bob Rosenfarb	November 18, 1987
Janice says there is a poltergeist following her and soon the class begins to believe her.
31	9	"Psyched Out at Fillmore"	Art Dielhenn	Mara Lideks	November 25, 1987
The class takes a standardized personality test and then worry about the results.
32	10	"Revenge of the Liberal"	Tony Singletary	Lisa Rosenthal	December 2, 1987
The rest of the IHP is worried when a talk show host invites the one of them they most fear being represented by.
33	11	"Play it Again, Woody"	Art Dielhenn	Cynthia Thompson & Ray Jessel	December 9, 1987
Charlie and Arvid reflect on their love woes at a Woody Allen marathon going on at a movie theater.
34	12	"Will the Real Arvid Engen Please Stand Up?"	Art Dielhenn	Brian Robbins & Dan Schneider	January 6, 1988
Arvid sends his penpal Eric's picture.
35	13	"On the Road Again"	Zane Busby	Mark Fink	January 13, 1988
Darlene and Sarah buy a car; problems with Mrs. Samuels has Dr. Samuels rooming with Charlie.
36	14	"Fatal Distraction"	Art Dielhenn	George Beckerman & Larry Spencer	January 20, 1988
When Maria kisses him and Simone asks him out on the same day, Eric's imagination conjures up a Fatal Attraction-style scenario.
37	15	"Cello Fever"	Art Dielhenn	Michael Elias & Rich Eustis	January 27, 1988
Janice tries to get first chair in the school orchestra.
38	16	"Parent's Day"	Art Dielhenn	Teleplay: Ellis Bufton & Scott Glaze Story: Ramona Layman	February 3, 1988
The IHP's parents come to see how the class is taught.
39	17	"Love is Debatable"	Frank Cavestani	Ray Jessel & Cynthia Thompson	February 10, 1988
Darlene pretends to like Alan to win debates.
40	18	"For Better, For Worse"	Art Dielhenn	Lisa Rosenthal	March 2, 1988
Ms. Meara teaches a class on marriage.
41	19	"We Love You, Mrs. Russell"	Art Dielhenn	Jerry Rannow	March 9, 1988
A popular teacher (Mary Carver) has Alzheimer's disease.
42	20	"Don't Play With Matches"	Art Dielhenn	Jake Weinberger & Mike Weinberger	March 23, 1988
The class gets matched up with computer dates.
43	21	"The 21st-Century News"	Art Dielhenn	John Vorhaus	May 4, 1988
Dennis sees a bleak future.
44	22	"Moore Than You Know"	Alan Rosen	Alan Rosen	May 11, 1988
Charlie thinks he sees his dead uncle (Kenneth Mars).

Season 3 (1988/89)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
45	1	"The Refrigerator of Fillmore High"	Lee Shallat	Teleplay: Ellis Bufton & Scott Glaze Story: Leslie Ferreira	October 19, 1988
Dennis gets to play on the football team.
46	2	"Back in the U.S.S.R."	Art Dielhenn	Alan Rosen	October 26, 1988
Dennis hopes to use the upcoming IHP trip to Russia to profit by selling coveted Western goods, while Eric pretends to have disdain for the whole affair.
47/48	3/4	"Mission to Moscow"	Eric Laneuville	Michael Elias & Rich Eustis	November 2, 1988
Part 1: In Moscow, Dr. Samuels insists on study for an academic meet, while Charlie pushes to let the IHP get out and learn about Russian culture. Part 2: Simone has an encounter at the grave of Anton Chekhov; Eric visits relatives; Dennis and Arvid are held up before the academic meet.
49	5	"Let's Rap"	Art Dielhenn	Lisa Rosenthal	November 9, 1988
The class becomes peer counselors.
50	6	"Engen and Son"	Art Dielhenn	David Hurwitz	November 30, 1988
Arvid's father teaches the Honors' math class.
51	7	"Get a Job"	Alan Rosen	Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	December 7, 1988
Dennis gets a job as a waiter to help pay off debts.
52	8	"Born to Run"	Lee Shallat	Jerry Rannow	January 4, 1989
Alan and Sarah both want to be class president.
53	9	"First Date"	Lee Shallat	Lisa Rosenthal	January 18, 1989
Eric and Simone go on their first date.
54	10	"Partners"	Lee Shallat	Teleplay: Ellis Bufton & Scott Glaze Story: Lisa Rosenthal, Janet Coleman & David Dozer	January 25, 1989
Maria hides her intelligence from a hunk (Brad Pitt) she is dating.
55	11	"Arvid's Sure Thing"	Alan Rosen	Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	February 1, 1989
Arvid goes out with an easy girl (Christine Elise).
56	12	"Scuttlebutt"	Lee Shallat	Ray Jessel & Cynthia Thompson	February 8, 1989
An accomplished journalist alumnus visits.
57	13	"Little Shop 'Til You Drop (1)"	Art Dielhenn	Michael Elias & Rich Eustis	February 15, 1989
Approached to direct the school musical, Charlie insists in Little Shop of Horrors.
58	14	"Little Shop 'Til You Drop (2)"	Art Dielhenn	Michael Elias & Rich Eustis	February 22, 1989
As opening night approaches, a sick lead, a frustrated actor, and an uncast major part put the production in jeopardy.
59	15	"The Hot Seat"	Alan Rosen	Valri Bromfield	March 1, 1989
The girls don't like their gym teacher (Valri Bromfield), but she likes Charlie.
60	16	"Radio Activity"	Art Dielhenn	Teleplay: Larry Spencer Story: Jay Wolf	March 8, 1989
Charlie's efforts to broaden the audience and membership of the school's radio club tune out the original fans - and its only member.
61	17	"The Little Sister"	Art Dielhenn	Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	March 15, 1989
Janice takes Dennis to small claims court for a ruined blouse; Charlie falls for Dr. Samuels' sister (Adrienne Barbeau).
62	18	"Killer Coach"	Tony Singletary	David Hurwitz	March 22, 1989
When Charlie badly beats Arvid in chess, he's set up in a match against the team's military-minded coach (Ray Buktenica) who has a long-standing grudge against him.
63	19	"I Am the King"	Art Dielhenn	Jerry Rannow	April 5, 1989
Charlie moonlights as a character in late night commercials for an appliance store.
64	20	"King of Remedial"	Art Dielhenn	Ray Jessel & Cynthia Thompson	April 26, 1989
Fed up with Dennis' constant gags, Charlie shows him the door - to a remedial history class, where Dennis becomes the inspirational leader for an academic meet against the IHP kids.
65	21	"Labor Daze"	Art Dielhenn	Jerry Rannow	May 3, 1989
A strike ironically leaves the IHP unprepared for a test on union history.
66	22	"Exactly Twelve O'Clock"	Alan Rosen	Alan Rosen	May 10, 1989
Arvid has visions of a High Noon scenario when challenged by a bully he wrote up for loitering.

Season 4 (1989/90)

No. in series	No. in season	Episode title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
67	1	"Back to School"	Lee Shallat	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	September 27, 1989
It's the first day back, and there are some new additions to Charlie's class. Maria transferred to the High School of Performing Arts, Jawarlahal's family moved to California, and Janice went to Harvard. The new kids are Alex Torres, Aristotle McKenzie, and Viki Amory (who has crushes on her teachers).
68	2	"Viki & Eric & Simone & Alex"	Howard Storm	Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	October 4, 1989
Eric goes out with Viki, Simone goes out with Alex, and they all end up at the art museum.
69	3	"The Ring of Darlene M."	Lee Shallat	Jeffrey Duteil, Jim Rogers & Ken Steele	October 11, 1989
Certain members of the class suspect Alex of stealing Darlene's antique ring.
70	4	"Viki in Love"	Lee Shallat	Ray Jessel & Cynthia Thompson	October 18, 1989
Viki believes she is in love with Charlie, but Alan believes she loves him.
71	5	"Blunden in Love"	Howard Storm	Sy Dukane & Denise Moss	October 25, 1989
Dennis falls for a girl, then later finds out that she is homeless.
72	6	"The Bright Stuff (1)"	Alan Rosen	David Hurwitz	November 1, 1989
Arvid and Dennis' science project makes it into the NASA finals in Houston.
73	7	"The Bright Stuff (2)"	Alan Rosen	David Hurwitz	November 8, 1989
Arvid goes back to Houston, but Dennis continues hogging the spotlight.
74	8	"Gotta Dance"	Lee Shallat	Cathy Jung	November 15, 1989
Arvid replaces T.J. as Alex's dance partner.
75	9	"Good Mourning"	Lee Shallat	Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft	November 22, 1989
Charlie teaches the class about grief; T.J. tries to get Aristotle's attention.
76	10	"Arvid Nose Best"	Alan Rosen	Bill Rosenthal	November 29, 1989
Arvid considers having his nose surgically repaired to stop his snoring and to look better.
77	11	"The Devil and Miss T.J."	Lee Shallat	Lesa Kite & Cindy Begel	December 6, 1989
T.J. makes a deal with the devil to get accepted into the IHP class.
78	12	"Why Ronnie Can't Read"	Alan Rosen	David Hurwitz & Jeffrey Duteil	December 13, 1989
The IHP students help the school's star athlete prepare for his college entrance exams.
79	13	"The Joker Is Wild"	Buzz Sapien	Teleplay: Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft Story: Debbie Pearl & Cassandra Clark	January 3, 1990
T.J.'s first assignment as the newest member of IHP is ridiculed by Dennis, so she challenges him to a fight.
80	14	"Tough Guys Don't Sew"	Howard Storm	Ursula Ziegler & Steven Sullivan	January 10, 1990
Viki gets Eric to design and sew clothes for her home economics project.
81	15	"Reel Problems"	Art Dielhenn	Shelly Goldstein	January 17, 1990
Arvid tries to impress a fellow film buff by assuring him he can acquire a rare 1950s film from Poland - a promise he's not sure he can deliver on. (This episode was originally produced during season 3, but it was re-edited to be a flashback episode to include the newer characters.)
82	16	"Alan Goes Crimson"	Howard Storm	Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite	January 24, 1990
Alan thinks he is getting early admission to Harvard, but when he doesn't receive it he's forced to eat the boastful words he dished out to his IHP classmates.
83	17	"From Hair to Eternity (1)"	Art Dielhenn	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	February 7, 1990
The prudish head of the school's English department (Elaine Stritch) seems determined to ruin Charlie's class production of Hair.
84	18	"From Hair to Eternity (2)"	Art Dielhenn	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	February 14, 1990
The theme of Hair gives the IHP the confidence to proceed with the production in spite of Mrs. Hartman's protestations.
85	19	"Recruitment Day"	Tony Singletary	Lisa Rosenthal	February 21, 1990
The class worries about college recruiters. (This episode was originally produced during season 3.)
86	20	"The Quiet Kid"	Lee Shallat	Ray Jessel & Cynthia Thompson	February 28, 1990
A new student rejects the Academic Olympics.
87	21	"Simone Goes Overboard"	Frank Cavestani	Steve Kreinberg & Andy Guerdat	March 14, 1990
Simone agrees to date Dennis after he saves her from drowning.
88	22	"Queen, Queen, Queen for a Day"	Bill Davis	Teleplay: Lesa Kite & Cindy Begel Story: Steven Dorfman	March 21, 1990
Arvid soon regrets promising three beautiful girls his vote as queen at an upcoming dance.
89	23	"Politics of Love"	Art Dielhenn	Jerry Davis & David Boito	April 4, 1990
Alan dates a rich fashion model.
90	24	"The Reel Charlie Moore"	Lee Shallat	Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft	April 11, 1990
Aristotle tries to help Charlie's acting career.
91	25	"Cement Hi-Tops"	Buzz Sapien	Tom Chapman & Jonathan Torp	April 25, 1990
Aristotle videotapes a mob family wedding.
92	26	"Teacher's Pet"	Alan Rosen	Jeffrey Duteil	May 2, 1990
Charlie and Eric vie for a night-school teacher.

Season 5 (1990/91)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
93	1	"Where's Charlie?"	Howard Storm	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	September 11, 1990
Charlie found an acting gig and doesn't return for the new school year. The IHP program gets a new teacher, Billy MacGregor.
94	2	"Twelve Angry Nerds"	Alan Rosen	Rich Eustis & Michael Elias	September 18, 1990
When Alan is caught cheating, Billy has the class act as a jury to decide his punishment.
95	3	"The Heartbreak Nerd"	Lee Shallat	Ursula Ziegler & Steven Sullivan	September 25, 1990
Arvid goes out with gorgeous Viki.
96	4	"And Then There Were None"	Frank Bonner	Michael Elias & Rich Eustis	October 2, 1990
Arvid's infectious flu may keep the class from performing in a Shakespeare competition.
97	5	"Getting Personal"	Alan Rosen	Danny Smith	October 9, 1990
Billy tries the personal ads.
98	6	"Napoleon Blown Apart"	Alan Rosen	Carol Corwen	October 16, 1990
Inspired by his French class, Eric goes to "find himself" in Paris.
99	7	"Billy's Big One"	Lee Shallat	Ursula Ziegler & Steven Sullivan	October 23, 1990
Billy fakes a heart attack to circumvent the health insurance bureaucracy; the IHP girls try writing a romance novel.
100	8	"Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (1)"	Lee Shallat	Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	October 30, 1990
After Billy is robbed, he has the class write papers on gun control, leading Arvid to a harrowing experience when he buys a gun for the assignment.
101	9	"Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (2)"	Lee Shallat	Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	November 6, 1990
Bully Zach may have Arvid's missing gun.
102	10	"Fillmore vs. Billy Jean's"	Art Dielhenn	Jeffrey Duteil	November 13, 1990
The IHP class behaves obnoxiously when their bus breaks down at a rural truck stop.
103	11	"Be My Baby ... Sitter"	Art Dielhenn	Tom Chapman & Jonathan Torp	November 20, 1990
Jasper's overprotective parents hire a babysitter for him - and to his mortification, it turns out to be Sarah.
104	12	"Dancing Fools"	Art Dielhenn	Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	November 27, 1990
Billy and Bernadette take dance lessons at the studio where Alex teaches, and where he's pursued by a woman.
105	13	"My Son the Primate"	Howard Storm	David Hurwitz	December 4, 1990
Arvid trains a chimp at his part-time pet store job and rather than let it be sold, he hides it in the classroom.
106	14	"The Importance of Being Alex"	Howard Storm	Carol Corwen	December 11, 1990
Simone's reputation suffers when Alex lies to his friends about a romance with her.
107	15	"Viki's Torn Genes"	Buzz Sapien	Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft	December 18, 1990
At Christmas, Billy helps Viki find her birth mother, but the woman doesn't want to see her.
108	16	"The Last Waltz"	Bill Davis	Bill Rosenthal & Noah Taft	January 8, 1991
T.J. turns down Aristotle's invitation to the senior prom.
109	17	"Most Likely to Be Forgotten"	Howard Storm	David Hurwitz, Ursula Ziegler & Steven Sullivan	January 15, 1991
The kids work on their yearbook, with Eric beginning to regret not having participated more extracurricularly.
110	18	"The Strange Case of Randy McNally"	Dwayne Hickman	Teleplay: Jeffrey Duteil Story: Tom Chapman & Jonathan Torp	May 28, 1991
To save Dennis after a prank, Billy creates a fictional student - who apparently gets the MIT scholarship Dennis wanted.
111	19	"My Dinner With Darlene"	Renny Temple	Danny Smith	June 4, 1991
Darlene promises to treat the class to an elaborate farewell dinner, but then finds her credit card revoked.
112	20	"The Phantom of the Glee Club"	Robin Sack	David Hurwitz	June 11, 1991
The class learns T.J. is more than just a contemporary-style musician when Billy discovers her operatic talent.
113	21	"It Couldn't Last Forever (1)"	Howard Storm	Ray Jessel & Jeffrey Duteil	June 18, 1991
With a wrecking ball ready to demolish the school, the IHP class waits to find out who's to be valedictorian.
114	22	"It Couldn't Last Forever (2)"	Howard Storm	Ray Jessel, Jeffrey Duteil, Andy Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	June 25, 1991
The IHP class graduates as one of its own is named valedictorian.

References

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