Best of Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4
My list of the top 10 best episodes from the fourth and final season of Welcome Back, Kotter. (Note: many changes occur during this season. These changes include the addition of Stephen Shortridge, the frequent absences of Gabe Kaplan, and the eventual departure of John Travolta.)
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- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteA new girl at Buchanan High contemplates suicide after having a hard time making friends.Irene Arranga makes her series debut as Mary Johnson. Kaplan and Travolta do not appear in this episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteThe students are told as part of their biology requirement they're going to have to dissect a frog. And Arnold refuses to do it. He even protests by trying to take the frogs. He is told if he doesn't do it, he will get a failing grade and he's asking the other Sweathogs for support.Ellen Travolta guest stars as Horshack's mother. Kaplan and Travolta do not appear in this episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteEpstein has a job prospect, but Washington unknowingly takes the job before Epstein gets a chance to interview. Their friendship is in danger, and they decide to settle their differences through a fight at the local spa.The series finale.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteBarbarino is frustrated because he doesn't get a good job at the hospital. So he is excited when he has to take a pregnant woman to her room. But the elevator breaks with them in it and she goes into labor. Now he has to deliver the baby.This is John Travolta's final episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteFreddie rewrites Woodman's version of the school anthem. A big-time recording artist hears him singing it and decides he wants to use it on his next album. But Woodman opposes the idea of the school song going commercial.Travolta and Ron 'Horshack' Palillo do not appear in this episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteTerrified of going out with pretty Mary Johnson, Horshack believes he can find courage in a bottle.Della Reese makes her first of two guest appearances. Kaplan and Marcia Strassman do not appear in this episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteFreddie and Juan compete in the school talent show, but Carvelli woos the judges so he can win the competition. So Horshack and Beau become alternate judges and fill in when the other judges are unable to fulfill their duties.Della Reese makes her second of two guest appearances. Charles Fleischer makes his final guest appearance as Carvelli. Kaplan and Strassman do not appear in this episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteA nerdy student tries to win the approval of the gang by emulating Washington.Kaplan and Travolta do not appear in this episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteCarvelli brings in an X-rated film and asks Epstein to show it for the guys. Meanwhile, Julie prepares to show a sex education film to protesting parents. The two films get mixed up and the parents see the X-rated film.Kaplan and Travolta do not appear in this episode.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteWoodman goes to the hospital to have a bunion removed. After the surgery, Barbarino takes him back to his room but loses him on the way. Now the Sweathogs scour the hospital looking for Woodman.