Wed, Jan 25, 1989
Maria'a dating a hunk and tries to downplay her intelligence so as not to make him feel inferior. Dennis then gets her to work on a project and when it's done he claims that he did all the work when in fact it was Maria who did all the work. And he's counting on her keeping her intelligence from her boyfriend from claiming she did the work. Mr. Moore tries to convince she has to stand up.
Wed, Feb 8, 1989
A man who went to the school and would go on to be a revered corespondent. Whenhe meets the students he treats them very snidely. And when he makes a slip they make a big deal of it. Mr. Moore tries to teach them that the man has some first hand knowledge of certain things that not too many have experienced. And Moore can't help but wonder why the man has such a big chip on his shoulder.
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Wed, Mar 22, 1989
Mr. Moore plays chess with Arvid, and when he gets distracted by people talking to him, Moore beats him. Dennis arranges a match between Moore and Frank Tarish, the coach of the chess team. Moore nixes it claiming that beating Arvid was a fluke but Tarish thinks he thinks he's better than him. It seems that Tarish was considered for the job that Moore has now. At chess practice, Tarish yells at Arvid which again distracts him causing him to lose and leave the team. Moore decides to show Tarish how good Arvid is by playing Tarish with Arvid telling him what moves to make.
Wed, Apr 5, 1989
When Mr. Moore's apartment is going coop he needs to make some money fast so he can buy it. He gets a job doing commercials for an appliance store and it requires him to dress up like a king. He was told it would only be shown late at night so he's sure no one he knows will see them. But Dennis who was staying up late watching TV sees it.
Wed, May 10, 1989
When Arvid decides to butt heads with a jock, he tells Arvid to meet at noon so they can hash it out. And Arvid spends all the time worrying about what will happen. And he imagines he is Gary Cooper's character from the movie and everyone is town is someone he knows who tries to talk him out of facing the guy.
Wed, Nov 15, 1989
Samuels wants someone from the school to enter a dance competition. Alex and T.J. volunteer. But when Alex fails a test, Moore says he can't compete. But Samuels really wants to win this one, so he asks Moore to let him take a make up test. Moore at first refuses. So Arvid offers to fill in. But Moore reconsiders so Alex takes the test during the competition. And Arvid is nervous about having to dance.
Wed, Nov 29, 1989
Dennis teases Arvid by playing a tape of him snoring and calling his nose deformed. Moore tells Arvid that his snoring can be corrected with surgery. Arvid decides to do it but also considers a nose job . When he's about to have the surgery, he's under the anesthetic he's still uncertain if he wants the nose job. When he wakes up, his nose is bandaged and the doctor went out of town. So he doesn't know if he had the nose job. Worried that he might look worse, he doesn't take the bandage off.
Wed, Dec 13, 1989
Dr. Samuels asks the IHP to help a student athlete get ready for college entrance exams. But it's during one of the sessions that they discover that he's illiterate. They try to help him so that he could take the test. But Mr. Moore upon learning of if, tells them this is just a temporary fix. He tries to convince the student he needs to learn how to read which coming out and admitting it.