Head of the Class

1986
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The Complete First Season episodes (22)

1 Pilot
9/17/86
Substitute teacher Charlie Moore starts teaching the IHP history class with a new approach.
2 Back to the Future
9/24/86
Charlie (HOWARD HESSEMAN) isn't looking forward to his class reunion, and Eric (BRIAN ROBBINS) isn't looking forward to what the future holds in store for him.
3 Charliegate
10/1/86
History isn't always the truth--a lesson the class learns when Dennis turns an evening of conversation with Charlie into a muck-raking article for the school newspaper.
4 Love at First Byte
10/22/86
Love notes from a secret admirer have high school history teacher Charlie Moore playing detective. His honors class knows who it is, but they're not telling.
5 The Outsider
10/29/86
Charlie (HOWARD HESSEMAN) has to choose between his glamorous date and emotionally immature and socially inept Janice, (TANNIS VALLELY), a child genius, who desperately wants to fit in with her fellow students, all of whom are much older than she.
6 Teacher's Teacher
11/5/86
Substitute teacher Charlie Moore's students give him a surprise farewell party, but it's the regular teacher, Mr. Thomas, who delivers the real surprise.
7 Volleyball, Anyone?
11/12/86
Can superior mental strategy overcome athletic ability? The honors class is about to find out when Arvid challenges the high school basketball team to a volleyball game.
8 Critical Choices
11/19/86
When teacher Charlie Moore, asks his honors class to critique his modernized version of "Hamlet"--staged in a Newark loft--the class responds with few compliments and lots of advice.
9 Cold Turkey
11/26/86
When his Thanksgiving plans are suddenly altered, Charlie finds himself having his holiday dinner with the last person he had considered eating with.
10 You've Got a Friend
12/3/86
Sarah and Arvid's friendship blossoms into a love that threatens their academic teamwork.
11 As Time Goes By
12/10/86
The board of education sends a surprise observer to evaluate Charlie's honors class--a former girlfriend Charlie broke up with five years ago.
12 The Way We Weren't
12/17/86
When Charlie Moore's students research their heritage, Darlene and Alan make some important discoveries about themselves.
13 Rebel Without a Class
1/7/87
After Eric provokes a teacher to a point of confrontation, Charlie teaches him a valuable lesson about teaching.
14 Ode to Simone
1/14/87
Can Charlie Moore return his students to normalcy when class clown Dennis becomes a serious student after one joke too many, and Simone refuses to consider a career as a writer after her poetry is trashed by a poet she admires?
15 Past Imperfect
1/21/87
Charlie (HOWARD HESSEMAN) is put to the test in more ways than one when he must pass a crucial exam or risk losing his teaching license.
16 A Problem Like Maria
1/28/87
Sparks fly when Maria refuses to acquiesce to the demands of her Academic Olympics teammates who tell her she shouldn't date the team captain from a rival school.
17 The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!
2/4/87
With his classmates in danger of losing an academic meet against the world champion Russian team, Eric must decide if he will fill in for the ailing Jawaharlal or risk being laughed at by his friends.
18 Valentine's Day
2/11/87
It's Valentine's Day at Fillmore High School and everyone seems to be suffering the same thing... they're distracted by love.
19 Video Activity
2/18/87
Visionary or mundane? That's what Dr. Samuels must decide after viewing a video his honor students made which is to be included in a time capsule.
20 Privilege
2/25/87
Arvid becomes "Mr. Cool" when he lands a job at a hip dance club, only to be brought down to earth by Dennis.
21 Crimes of the Heart
4/1/87
Honor student Sarah begins to fail her classes, and classmate Dennis comes up with a plan to make some extra money if only he can hide it from the principal.
22 The Secret Life of Arvid Engen
5/6/87
Arvid is in danger of being dropped from the Honors Program because he is hopelessly infatuated with Lori and can't keep his mind on his studies.

About this show

Laid-back substitute teacher Charlie Moore (Howard Hesseman, WKRP in Cincinnati) is expected to do little more than read magazines when he’s assigned to a New York City high school’s Individualized Honors Program. The high IQs of the gifted IHP students are only matched by the high pressures the school’s principal, Dr. Samuels (William G. Schilling), places upon the self-proclaimed geeks. The unconventional Charlie decides to defy expectations and try teaching the kids of the IHP, even though they all seemingly know more than he does. There’s one advantage Charlie has over his charges, however: the courage to take risks and grow. Soon enough, his 10 charges – Arvid (Dan Frischman), Darlene (Robin Givens), Simone (Khrystyne Haje), Alan (Tony O’Dell), Dennis (Dan Schneider), Sarah (Kimberly Russell), Janice (Tannis Vallely), Jawaharlal (Jory Husain), Eric (Brian Robbins) and Maria (Leslie Bega) – begin to exceed expectations on their own.

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3.0
5 reviews
Tracy P
January 9, 2022
Devistated we can't get this in the UK, use to love this!
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Paolo Mortel
August 9, 2020
Why is Season 4 missing? Where are the missing episodes from Season 5, and why are they missing in the first place?
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Jessica Drage
July 28, 2020
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