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Headmaster

  • 1970-1971
  • 1 season
  • CBS
  • Drama, Comedy

Andy Thompson was the sensitive and warm headmaster of Concord, a small but elite private school located in California. The series detailed his personal and professional relationships with his students and staff, including his wife Margaret (the English teacher), pal Jerry (gym coach) and Mr. Purdy (janitor).

Season 1 Episode Guide

13 Episodes 1970

Episode 1

May I Turn On?

Fri, Sep 18, 1970 30 mins

A young man finds him ostracized by his school mates and his football team when he refuses to take part in the drug culture.

Episode 2

Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner

Fri, Sep 25, 1970

An attractive teacher's penchant for wearing mini skirts makes her popular with the students. Coach Brownell also finds reasons to be around the instructor. Headmaster Andy must rethink the school's dress code.

Episode 3

Valerie Has an Emotional Gestalt for the Teacher

Fri, Oct 2, 1970

Headmaster Season 1 Valerie Has an Emotional Gestalt for the Teacher
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Episode 4

Bridge That Gap

Fri, Oct 9, 1970

Episode 5

One for the Gipper

Fri, Oct 16, 1970

Coach Jerry Brownell is down because his teams do not do well against other schools. He blames this in part on lack of school support -- even Headmaster Andy Thompson doesn't attend track meets. After Concord loses to Hubbard, 97-9, and to Linsday Academy, 81-3, Coach submits his resignation. Andy accepts it reluctantly, and at the suggestion of some team members, organizes a going-away dinner. At the dinner, members of the current track, football, and basketball teams, and football alumnus Art Schultz, all speak of how Coach may not have won many games, but provided valuable life lessons which were more important than winning. This, plus some earlier mild prodding to the same effect by Andy, convinces Coach to stay on.

Episode 6

Will the Real Mother of Tony Landis Please Stand Up?

Fri, Oct 23, 1970

Andy becomes involved in trying to straighten out the home life of a student who has suddenly become in-corrigible.

Episode 7

The Experiment

Fri, Oct 30, 1970 30 mins

Andy sends a group of students off camping in the woods for an experiment : to create a new society wirh their own rules. The task is more difficult than the kids imagined.

Episode 8

Romeo & Juliet and Gary & Hillary

Fri, Nov 6, 1970

Margaret, while teaching Shakespeare, dicusses young love and sex. She finds her words twisted and a mother accuses the teacher of advocating premarital sex. Andy must settle the dispute.

Episode 9

Bach Rock

Fri, Nov 13, 1970

The glee club is preparing for the Spring Fling under a different music director. Andy Thompson leads them in a new interpretation of composers like Bach.

Episode 10

Let's Try It Mr. Hiller's Way

Fri, Nov 20, 1970

An authoritarian math teacher Mr. Hiller has the students against him and they've dubbed him Mr. Hitler. When the instructor goes to far the kids conduct a walkout.

Episode 11

Nobody's Perfect

Fri, Nov 27, 1970

Billy strives to be an excellent student as he seeks to emulate his older brother. But Andy sees worrisome signs as the young man starts to struggle and his mental state is questioned.

Episode 12

Count the Ways I Love You

Fri, Dec 4, 1970

A student challenges Margaret's advice on families because she and Andy don't have children of their own.

Episode 13

Harvard or Bust

Fri, Dec 18, 1970

Mark Stillwell is just an average student but his hard driving father is intent on him going to a top rated university. Andy Thompson feels he must intervene to keep the young man from dropping out of school but also life.

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