Welcome Back, Kotter

1975 • ABC

4.8

25 reviews

TV-UNRATED

Rating

Eligible

Watch in a web browser or on supported devices Learn More

The Complete Series episodes (94)

1 Season 1 Episode 1: The Great Debate

9/9/75

Season-only

The Sweathogs go into verbal battle against the debating class after their teacher insults the Sweathogs, and Gabe challenges them to a debate. James Woods guest stars.

2 Season 1 Episode 3: Welcome Back (Pilot)

9/23/75

Season-only

Mr. Kotter returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High School, to teach the Sweathogs, a group of remedial students. At first the students don't want to have anything to do with him until they find out he was once a Sweathog himself.

3 Season 1 Episode 4: Whodunit?

9/30/75

Season-only

When Rosalie "Hotsie" Totzi confesses to Gabe that she's pregnant, Gabe is determined to find out who the father is.

4 Season 1 Episode 5: The Election

10/7/75

Season-only

Barbarino decides to run for student body president, but his campaign techniques create more problems than anyone bargained for.

5 Season 1 Episode 6: No More Mr. Nice Guy

10/14/75

Season-only

It is a strange day when Vice Principal Woodman becomes friendly with the Sweathogs and Mr. Kotter becomes the school disciplinarian.

6 Season 1 Episode 7: Classroom Marriage

10/21/75

Season-only

Washington and Vernajean decide to get married, so Gabe makes up a class about marriage and divorce, hoping to convince them to wait.

7 Season 1 Episode 8: One of Our Sweathogs is Missing

10/28/75

Season-only

Epstein loses a fight and he can't put up with the harassment the other Sweathogs give him, so he disappears.

8 Season 1 Episode 9: Mr. Kotter, Teacher

11/4/75

Season-only

Gabe refuses to obey Mr. Woodman, so he is suspended until he can be brought before the Teacher's Review Board on formal charges.

9 Season 1 Episode 10: The Reunion

11/18/75

Season-only

Gabe's old friend, Lyle Flanagan, comes for a visit, which reminds Gabe of his all too humble position as a teacher.

10 Season 1 Episode 11: Barbarino's Girl

11/25/75

Season-only

After receiving his failing midterm report card, Barbarino asks brainy Judy to tutor him.

11 Season 1 Episode 12: California Dreamin'

12/2/75

Season-only

A new student arrives at Buchanan and all the Sweathogs want her attention; however, she only has eyes for Gabe.

12 Season 1 Episode 13: Arrivederci, Arnold

12/16/75

Season-only

Horshack is promoted to a higher class and everyone, including Horshack, wants him to stay with Gabe and the Sweathogs.

13 Season 1 Episode 14: The Longest Weekend

1/6/76

Season-only

Gabe has trouble adjusting to being alone when he learns that Julie is going skiing for the weekend with a girlfriend, so he invites the Sweathogs over for a Friday night poker game.

14 Season 1 Episode 15: The Sit-In

1/13/76

Season-only

The Sweathogs are against serving liver in the cafeteria, so Gabe suggests they have a 'sit-in' to protest.

15 Season 1 Episode 16: Follow The Leader, Part One

1/20/76

Season-only

Trouble on the Kotter homefront and between the Sweathogs when they hold a new election and Barbarino is overthrown.

16 Season 1 Episode 17: Follow The Leader, Part Two

1/22/76

Season-only

Julie has moved into a hotel while Barbarino is living with Gabe and Washington is making life miserable for the other Sweathogs.

17 Season 1 Episode 18: Dr. Epstein, I Presume...?

1/29/76

Season-only

Epstein gives his entire menagerie of pets to Gabe after Miss Helms, the career guidance counselor, tells Epstein he isn't to become a veterinarian.

18 Season 1 Episode 19: One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest

2/5/76

Season-only

When the flu epidemic sweeps through Buchanan, the 'enriched' students are put with the Sweathogs, creating a learning problem for Gabe's Sweathogs.

19 Season 1 Episode 20: The Telethon

2/12/76

Season-only

Gabe and the Sweathogs are in dire need of raising some money for their class, so they decide a telethon is the answer to their problem.

20 Season 1 Episode 21: Kotter Makes Good

2/19/76

Season-only

Finals week at Buchanan High finds Gabe studying with the Sweathogs -- to take his high school final exams too.

21 Season 1 Episode 22: Father Vinnie

2/26/76

Season-only

Barbarino honors his dying grandmother's request for him to become a priest.

22 Season 2 Episode 1: Career Day

9/23/76

Season-only

It's Career Day at Buchanan High with a Japanese inventor visiting the class, who offers Gabe a lucrative job in Chicago. Pat Morita guest stars.

23 Season 2 Episode 2: Inherit The Halibut

9/30/76

Season-only

When the Sweathogs' treasury money is stolen, all fingers point to Washington who has just purchased a new bike.

24 Season 2 Episode 3: Sweatside Story

10/7/76

Season-only

Gabe tries to dissuade the Sweathogs from forming a gang to combat the New Utrecht High "punks."

25 Season 2 Episode 4: The Fight

10/21/76

Season-only

The Sweathogs stop speaking to each other after a series of inconsequential misunderstandings.

26 Season 2 Episode 5: The Museum

10/28/76

Season-only

Gabe takes the Sweathogs on a field trip to a museum, only to become locked in a tomb with a mummy for the night. John Astin guest stars.

27 Season 2 Episode 6: Gabe Under Pressure

11/4/76

Season-only

The Sweathogs pressure Kotter to get a physical checkup that the school is offering for free.

28 Season 2 Episode 7: Sweathog, Nebraska Style

11/11/76

Season-only

Barbarino, the Sweathog heartthrob, winds up the only one without a date for the school dance.

29 Season 2 Episode 8: Sadie Hawkins Day

11/18/76

Season-only

Barbarino, the Sweathog heartthrob, winds up the only one without a date for the school dance.

30 Season 2 Episode 9: Hello Ms. Chips

12/2/76

Season-only

A new student teacher, Ms. Wright, finds teaching the Sweathogs much different than she was learned in college.

31 Season 2 Episode 10: Horshack vs. Carvelli

12/9/76

Season-only

Horshack is the only volunteer to fight Carvelli, the toughest guy at New Utrecht High. Written by Garry Shandling.

32 Season 2 Episode 11: Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking

12/16/76

Season-only

Epstein is going to kick the smoking habit with the help of Gabe and the Sweathogs in their makeshift smoking clinic.

33 Season 2 Episode 12: Hark, The Sweat Kings

12/23/76

Season-only

The Sweathogs befriend a homeless man who appears in the Buchanan schoolyard every year at Christmastime.

34 Season 2 Episode 13: A Love Story

12/30/76

Season-only

Epstein really loses his temper when his sister, Cameron, becomes a Sweathog and Barbarino asks her for a date.

35 Season 2 Episode 14: Caruso's Way

1/6/77

Season-only

Barbarino is humiliated when the school gym teacher hits him in front of the girl's gym class.

36 Season 2 Episode 15: Sweatgate Scandal

1/13/77

Season-only

Barbarino and Epstein investigate to find out who has been substituting the cafeteria's liver with a meat substitute.

37 Season 2 Episode 16: Kotter and Son

1/20/77

Season-only

Gabe's father visits from Florida -- disrupting both Gabe's class and his life.

38 Season 2 Episode 17: Chicken a la Kotter

1/27/77

Season-only

After having a $1,200 root canal operation, Kotter has to find a second job to pay the expense. His only option is to dress up like a chicken for a restaurant chain.

39 Season 2 Episode 18: Whatever Happened to Arnold? Part I

2/3/77

Season-only

Arnold walks off as lead of the school play and the Sweathogs, unable to locate him, fear something is wrong.

40 Season 2 Episode 19: Whatever Happened to Arnold? Part II

2/3/77

Season-only

Horshack's fifth stepfather dies, and Arnold is going to take over as head of his house. Andrea McArdle, star of Broadway's Annie, guest stars.

41 Season 2 Episode 20: The Littlest Sweathog

2/10/77

Season-only

Kotter and Julie discover that they are expecting. John Astin gust stars.

42 Season 2 Episode 21: Radio Free Freddie

2/17/77

Season-only

When Freddie becomes an overnight success as a disc jockey at a local radio station, neither Freddie nor the Sweathogs can deal with his new fame. George Carlin guest stars.

43 Season 2 Episode 22: I'm Having Their Baby

2/24/77

Season-only

Gabe is out of town at a teacher's convention, and the Sweathogs try to cheer Julie up from her prenatal depression.

44 Season 2 Episode 23: I Wonder Who's Kissing Gabe Now?

3/3/77

Season-only

Epstein spies a sexy art teacher kiss Kotter and assumes that Kotter is cheating on Julie.

45 Season 3 Episode 1: Sweathog Back-To-School Special

9/10/77

Season-only

Gabe and the Sweathogs are celebrating a new semester in school by reminiscing past events at a surprise party.

46 Season 3 Episode 2: And Baby Makes Four, Part I

9/15/77

Season-only

Nearly all the Sweathogs have graduated to the eleventh grade, and Julie is about to graduate to motherhood.

47 Season 3 Episode 3: And Baby Makes Four, Part II

9/15/77

Season-only

Julie delivers twin baby girls while Kotter and the Sweathogs pace in the waiting room. Second of a three-part episode.

48 Season 3 Episode 4: The Visit

9/22/77

Season-only

Julie and the twins come home from the hospital while her parents visit to see the new babies. Third of a three-part episode.

49 Season 3 Episode 5: Buddy, Can You Spare a Million?

9/29/77

Season-only

Whose million dollars is it, when Gabe lends Barbarino a quarter for Barbarino's share in a lottery ticket?

50 Season 3 Episode 6: Just Testing

10/6/77

Season-only

The Sweathogs help Julie with the household chores so that Kotter can spend time tutoring Barbarino with his makeup exam.

51 Season 3 Episode 7: The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack

10/13/77

Season-only

Horshack needs the help of the Sweathogs after being sucked in by a religious cult.

52 Season 3 Episode 8: What a Move!

10/20/77

Season-only

The Kotters move out of their apartment into a bigger place. Their new landlord turns out to be Epstein's uncle.

53 Season 3 Episode 9: A Novel Idea

10/27/77

Season-only

The Sweathogs take a dim view of Mr. Woodman's novel -- an exposé that takes a potshot at everybody.

54 Season 3 Episode 10: Barbarino in Love, Part I

11/3/77

Season-only

The Sweathogs are in the finals of the state talent contest, and Barbarino is in love. Can the two compete?

55 Season 3 Episode 11: Barbarino In Love, Part II

11/10/77

Season-only

Barbarino must decide if he should compete against his newfound love, Cassy. Can love conquer all? Even a talent contest?

56 Season 3 Episode 12: Kotter for Vice Principal

11/17/77

Season-only

When Woodman's contract expires, Kotter considers running for Vice Principal. Kotter has a strange dream about what James Buchanan High will be like in the year 2050.

57 Season 3 Episode 13: Swine and Punishment

11/24/77

Season-only

The Sweathogs defend Washington when Woodman points an accusing finger at him for cheating on an exam.

58 Season 3 Episode 14: Epstein's Madonna

12/8/77

Season-only

Rembrandt, Picasso, DaVinci, and Epstein? Juan paints a nude mural for art class and uses Julie's face. The Sweathogs think it's art; Woodman thinks it's outrageous; and Gabe doesn't know what to think!

59 Season 3 Episode 15: Sweathog Christmas Special

12/15/77

Season-only

Merriment, mistletoe and menorahs are the beginnings of a Merry Christmas celebration with the Sweathogs and Gabe and Julie Kotter.

60 Season 3 Episode 16: Sweatwork

12/22/77

Season-only

The Sweathogs are in charge of the new school radio station and Horshack tries to boost low ratings by making outrageous accusations about the faculty.

61 Season 3 Episode 17: Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included

1/5/78

Season-only

The Sweathogs have found a new teacher; Mr. Woodman has a new toy; and Gabe becomes useless.

62 Season 3 Episode 18: Angie

1/12/78

Season-only

The Sweathogs deny membership to a new student because she is a girl.

63 Season 3 Episode 19: Epstein's Term Paper

1/19/78

Season-only

The sweathogs purchase term papers from a couple of local hoods. Kotter recognizes Epstein's paper as one he himself had handed in years ago.

64 Season 3 Episode 20: There's No Business..., Part I

1/26/78

Season-only

The Sweathogs convince Gabe to audition at a local hot spot, never expecting him to succeed, but after Mr. Charnoff a slick agent gets through with him, it's goodbye teacher, hello show biz.

65 Season 3 Episode 21: There's No Business..., Part II

2/2/78

Season-only

Kotter is a success at being a comedian but it is putting a strain on his marriage and his relationship with the Sweathogs. Second of a two-part episode.

66 Season 3 Episode 22: What Goes Up

2/9/78

Season-only

Washington gets hooked on pills and Gabe, and the Sweathogs try to help him.

67 Season 3 Episode 23: Goodbye Mr. Kripps

2/16/78

Season-only

When Mr. Kripps drops dead from a heart attack after yelling at Barbarino, the sweathog turns himself in to the police for murder.

68 Season 3 Episode 24: Horshack and Madame X!

2/23/78

Season-only

Horshack falls in love with Julie when she consoles him after he's rejected.

69 Season 3 Episode 25: The Kiss

4/13/78

Season-only

Is it a kiss or artificial respiration when sexy new student Laura faints and Gabe is witnessed in a very compromising position?

70 Season 3 Episode 26: The Return of Hotsy Totsy

5/11/78

Season-only

The Sweathogs go for some kicks and wind up with a few surprises when they discover Hotsy Totsy is now both an exotic dancer and a mother!

71 Season 3 Episode 27: Class Encounters of the Carvelli Kind

5/18/78

Season-only

Carvelli has a "close encounter" with the planet Yorxyl, and Woodman has been chosen to make the return trip with him.

72 Season 4 Episode 1: The Drop-Ins, Part I

9/11/78

Season-only

A new year has started at Buchanan High. The Sweathogs decide to quit school and look for jobs after feeling deserted by Kotter who has been promoted to Vice Principal.

73 Season 4 Episode 2: The Drop-Ins, Part II

9/11/78

Season-only

The Sweathogs discover that making it in the real world is harder than they thought.

74 Season 4 Episode 3: Beau's Jest

9/18/78

Season-only

A practical joke backfires when the new Sweathog, Beauregard De Labarre sets Epstein up for a date with a "married woman."

75 Season 4 Episode 4: Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime

9/25/78

Season-only

Vinnie gets his own apartment and the Sweathogs all learn a lesson in true friendship. John Travolta guest stars.

76 Season 4 Episode 5: Once Upon a Ledge

10/2/78

Season-only

A new girl at Buchanan High contemplates suicide after having a hard time making friends.

77 Season 4 Episode 6: The Sweatmobile

10/9/78

Season-only

The Sweathogs buy themselves a car and learn a lesson in honesty. John Travolta guest stars.

78 Season 4 Episode 7: Barbarino's Boo-Boo

10/21/78

Season-only

Hospital orderly Barbarino loses Woodman when he checks into the hospital for a routine procedure.

79 Season 4 Episode 8: X-Rated Education

10/28/78

Season-only

Carvelli and Murray bring an X-rated film to school and Epstein mixes it up with a sex education film Julie has arranged for the parents group.

80 Season 4 Episode 9: The Barbarino Blues

11/4/78

Season-only

Vinnie Barbarino is convinced that he has lost his "magic" with women. John Travolta guest stars.

81 Season 4 Episode 10: Washington's Clone

11/11/78

Season-only

One of Buchanan's straight-A students decides he wants to be a Sweathog, and acts just like Freddie "Boom-Boom" Washington.

82 Season 4 Episode 11: Frog Day Afternoon

11/25/78

Season-only

Opposition to the biology dissection assignment launches Arnold Horshack on a "Save the Frog" crusade.

83 Season 4 Episode 12: A Little Fright Music

12/2/78

Season-only

Washington decides to liven up Woodman's dull school anthem. The new version is so good that a recording executive wants to make it a top-40 hit.

84 Season 4 Episode 13: A Winter's Coat Tail

12/16/78

Season-only

Vinnie (JOHN TRAVOLTA) buys himself a new camel hair coat for Christmas, but it's stolen before he has a chance to enjoy it. John Travolta guest stars.

85 Season 4 Episode 14: Bride and Gloom

1/13/79

Season-only

Barbarino's wedding is coming up very soon and he's getting cold feet.

86 Season 4 Episode 15: Barbarino's Baby

2/3/79

Season-only

Barbarino and the rest of the Sweathogs must help deliver a baby when they get stuck on an elevator with a pregnant woman.

87 Season 4 Episode 16: The Goodbye Guy

2/10/79

Season-only

Epstein and Mr. Woodman's niece, Kelly, are planning to move in together.

88 Season 4 Episode 17: Come Back, Little Arnold

2/24/79

Season-only

Arnold, wanting desperately to impress Mary, turns to alcohol to give him confidence. Della Reese guest stars.

89 Season 4 Episode 18: The Sweat Smell of Success

3/3/79

Season-only

Epstein is assigned to the school paper and changes it from a dull, lifeless weekly to a gossipy, sensationalist money-maker -- almost losing his friends in the process.

90 Season 4 Episode 19: The Gang Show

3/17/79

Season-only

The Sweathogs and Carvelli compete against each other in the school's annual talent show.

91 Season 4 Episode 20: OO-OO, I Do, Part I

5/25/79

Season-only

Arnold discovers he may be transferred out of Buchanan just as he and Mary Johnson discover there is more between them than just friendship.

92 Season 4 Episode 21: OO-OO, I Do, Part II

5/25/79

Season-only

The guys give Arnold a bachelor party that almost destroys his wedding plans.

93 Season 4 Episode 22: I'm Okay, But You're Not

6/1/79

Season-only

Beau's sweet-talking to Mr. Woodman backfires when the guys accuse him of bad-mouthing them.

94 Season 4 Episode 23: The Breadwinners

6/8/79

Season-only

Epstein goes to interview for a new job and discovers that it's already been taken -- by Washington.

About this show

Take a time-trip back to the wide lapels and bell bottoms of the '70s in one of that decade's biggest comedy hits! Teacher Gabe Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) returns to his former high school, teaching the remedial class--of which he had been a member--known at the "sweathogs." But, for some reason, the lovable losers and delinquents of Buchanan High accept their new teacher as they provide a nonstop string of laughs on Welcome Back, Kotter. The series that launched John Travolta's career.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

25 reviews

A Google user

November 12, 2018

I love Welcome Back, Kotter and I am happy I purchased the Complete Series for $59.99 plus tax. I think the missing Season 1 Episode 2 has shown up. If it has, I would have all 95 episodes. 😁 On my home screen, it shows Next Watch Season 0 Episode 2 with a screenshot of Horshak.

7 people found this review helpful

SuperRob 3000

April 16, 2019

okay if anybody is looking for the missing episode of season 1 you can find it on Google play movies look up best of welcome back Kotter and it is the first episode on there you just got to pay $2 hope that helps everyone that got the complete series

Tonia Lenza

December 30, 2019

Welcome Back,Kotter was the funniest show,everyone has so much clean fun in class.i loved Epstein and his notes for every class

Rate this show

Tell us what you think.