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Mr. Novak Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1964 - 1965
Episode 1
Moonlighting
Tue, Sep 22, 1964 60 mins
To supplement his income to meet an emergency, Novak (James Franciscus) takes a second job---and finds himself losing stature in the eyes of his students. Vane: Dean Jagger. Lorimer: Bert Freed. Bradwell: Bill Zuckert. Mrs. Ring: Mabel Albertson. Holly: K.T. Stevens. Stanley: Frank Ferguson.
Episode 2
With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord!
Tue, Sep 29, 1964 60 mins
Shop teacher Carl Green (Simon Oakland) is the victim of a well-planned strategy of lies after striking a student in self-defense. Jim: Walter Koenig. Novak: James Franciscus. Lee: Tim McIntyre. Vane: Dean Jagger. Miss Dorsey: Marjorie Corley.
Episode 3
Visions of Sugar Plums
Tue, Oct 6, 1964 60 mins
Guitar playing Charlie O'Rourke (Eddie Albert) returns to teaching after 15 years of vagabond life and finds only one problem: self-discipline. Novak: James Franciscus. Vane: Dean Jagger. Miss Wilkinson: Phyllis Avery. Peeples: Stephen Roberts. Miss Scott: Marian Collier. Butler: Vince Howard.
Episode 4
Little Girl Lost
Tue, Oct 20, 1964 60 mins
Novak entrusts a near-delinquent girl (Davey Davison) with the lead in a school play, but her jealous boy friend involves her in another plot: car theft. Novak: James Franciscus. Nick: Buck Taylor. Vane: Dean Jagger. Detective Moss: Arthur Franz. Warren: Jim Bates. Judy: Karen Green.
Episode 5
One Monday Afternoon
Tue, Oct 27, 1964 60 mins
Coach Lou Meyerson (Claude Akins) finds his life in turmoil after an accident during football practice---which killed his star quarterback. Novak: James Franciscus. Carol: Brooke Bundy. Vane: Dean Jagger. Donan: Simon Scott. Jerry: Allan Hunt. Wright: Ross Elliott. Price: Tom Anthony.
Episode 6
Let's Dig a Little Grammar
Tue, Nov 10, 1964 60 mins
To prove a point to two music-minded problem students, Novak (James Franciscus) forces a showdown trumpet duel between them. Ray: Tommy Sands. Jojo: Johnny Crawford. Vic: Harvey Lembeck. Webb: David Sheiner. Peeples: Stephen Roberts. Vane: Dean Jagger. Lois: Judith Morton.
Episode 7
The People Doll: You Wind It Up and It Makes Mistakes
Tue, Nov 17, 1964 60 mins
Novak (James Franciscus) wages a losing battle against romance when a top student decides to marry---and give up a high-school diploma for a job. Keenan: Burt Brinckerhoff. Gina: Bonnie Beecher. Czarnecki: Malachi Throne. Vane: Dean Jagger. Prinz: Bob Random. Miss Scott: Marian Collier.
Episode 8
Boy Under Glass
Tue, Nov 24, 1964 60 mins
Risking a baseball star's eligibility in a crucial play-off game, Novak (James Franciscus) refuses to let the young hero slip by his English course. Leo Durocher: Himself. Andy: Frank Silvera. Frank: Wayne Grice. Coach: Arch Johnson. Ellen: Juanita Moore. Vane: Dean Jagger.
Episode 9
Born of Kings and Angels
Tue, Dec 1, 1964 60 mins
When Novak (James Franciscus) takes the debate team to an out-of-town competition, he is prepared for all emergencies except one---a student disappears. Verne: Peter Helm. June: Lynn Loring. Driver: Ford Rainey. Vane: Dean Jagger. Detective: Barney Phillips.
Episode 10
'A' as in Anxiety
Tue, Dec 8, 1964 60 mins
Pushed far beyond her mental capacities by ambitious parents, one of Novak's students (June Harding) decides there is only one escape: suicide. Novak: James Franciscus. Parker: Richard Carlyle. Mrs. Parker: Norma Connelly. Gentry: Robert Cornthwaite. Vane: Dean Jagger. Butler: Vince Howard.
Episode 11
Johnny, Ride the Pony---One, Two, Three
Tue, Dec 15, 1964 60 mins
Novak (James Franciscus) is involved in a near-tragic hazing when he accepts temporary sponsorship of an off-campus club. Mike: Tony Dow. Vane: Dean Jagger. Miss Scott: Marian Collier. Parkson: Peter Hansen. Bradwell: Bill Zuckert. Hendricks: Robert Logan.
Episode 12
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Tue, Dec 22, 1964 60 mins
New student Phyllis Freuchen (Susan Tyrell) wants to be accepted at Jefferson. But she has a problem: she was just acquitted of murdering her parents. Novak: James Franciscus. Vane: Dean Jagger. Miss Scott: Marian Collier. Butler: Vince Howard. Eddie: Bob Random. Bryan: Jack Chaplin.
Episode 13
Love Among the Grownups
Tue, Dec 29, 1964 60 mins
Poison-pen letters accuse Novak (James Franciscus) of a clandestine romance with a married teacher (Geraldine Brooks). Ellen: Lane Bradbury. Vane: Dean Jagger. Peeples: Stephen Roberts. Andreas: Alexander Scourby. Westfall: Baynes Barron. Haskell: Karl Swenson. Burr: Phillip Terry.
Episode 14
From the Brow of Zeus
Tue, Jan 5, 1965 60 mins
Scholastically, 10-year-old genius Michael Brown (Michel Petit) is more than ready for high school---but his social prospects aren't promising. Novak: James Franciscus. Brown: Frank Maxwell. Avis: Joyce Van Patten. Vane: Dean Jagger. Butler: Vince Howard. Eddie: Rick Sorensen.
Episode 15
An Elephant Is Like a Tree
Tue, Jan 12, 1965 60 mins
Novak (James Franciscus) and a blind student (Tony Bill) stumble upon a particularly cruel act of vandalism. Rose: Celeste Holm. Berg: Edward Asner. Vane: Dean Jagger. Butler: Vince Howard. Walter: Ken Lynch.
Episode 16
Enter a Strange Animal
Tue, Jan 19, 1965 60 mins
Novak (James Franciscus) considers the practical potential of teaching machines---and risks a colleague's friendship. Selkirk: Nehemiah Persoff. Coolidge: Martin Landau. Parkson: Peter Hansen. Miss Scott: Marian Collier. Stoddard: David Macklin. Mrs. Selkirk: Adrienne Marden.
Episode 17
Beat the Plowshare, Edge the Sword
Tue, Jan 26, 1965 60 mins
Forced to report an unusual hold an ex-con has on four students, Novak (James Franciscus) stirs up far-reaching repercussions that threaten the boys' futures. Garvin: Harold J. Stone. Lee: Mark Slade. Stuart: Stephen Mines. Peter: Jimmy Hawkins. Abel: Tom Nardini. Brigham: Lyle Bettger.
Episode 18
Faculty Follies
Tue, Feb 2, 1965 60 mins
Part 1. Novak (James Franciscus), trying to stage an all-teacher show, is blocked by a colleague who believes that "teachers should have more dignity." Woodridge: Burgess Meredith. Dorothy: Cloris Leachman. Miss Scott: Marian Collier. Butler: Vince Howard. Webb: David Sheiner.
Episode 19
Faculty Follies
Tue, Feb 9, 1965 60 mins
Conclusion. Martin Woodridge (Burgess Meredith) is adamant about opposing the faculty follies---until an odd quirk of fate turns the tide in Novak's favor. Novak: James Franciscus. Dorothy: Cloris Leachman. Mrs. Woodridge: Anna Lee. Webb: David Sheiner. Peeples: Stephen Roberts. Butler: Vince Howard. Bradwell: Bill Zuckert.
Episode 20
The Silent Dissuaders
Tue, Feb 16, 1965 60 mins
Novak (James Franciscus) is forced to take sides in a controversial issue: should a brilliant girl student give up a career for marriage? Judy: Kim Darby. Shahri: Claudine Longet. Elsie: Frances Reid. Vane: Dean Jagger. Wheeler: Edmon Ryan. Lawson: Buck Taylor. Bradwell: Bill Zuckert.
Episode 21
Mountains to Climb
Tue, Feb 23, 1965 60 mins
Albert Vane (Dean Jagger) runs for office against a veteran politician (Howard Duff) whose tricks in the heated campaign bring Novak into the battle. Novak: James Franciscus. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith. Canford: Milton Selzer. Norson: Malachi Throne.
Episode 22
May Day, May Day
Tue, Mar 2, 1965 60 mins
Novak is puzzled by the defiant attitude of his friend, teacher Bud Walker (Donald Harron)---who all but challenges Woodridge (Burgess Meredith) to fire him. Novak: James Franciscus. Bellini: Whit Bissell. Butler: Vince Howard. Mrs. Ring: Irene Tedrow. Miss Dorsey: Marjorie Corley. Miss Scott: Marian Collier. Johns: Andre Philippe.
Episode 23
Where Is There to Go, Billie, But Up?
Tue, Mar 9, 1965 60 mins
Novak falls for a champion sky diver (Lois Nettleton) and her highflying hobby. But he has a lesson to learn: girls with wings resist earthbound ties. Novak: James Franciscus. Williams: Paul Mantee. Billie: Alison Mills. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith.
Episode 24
The Tender Twigs
Tue, Mar 16, 1965 60 mins
Novak and a fellow teacher (Harry Townes) become the center of a raging, city-wide controversy when they are accused of spreading Communist propaganda. Menlow: Robert Culp. Novak: James Franciscus. U.S. Delegate: Tony Dow. Assembly President: Peter Helm. USSR Delegate: Johnny Crawford. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith.
Episode 25
Honor and All That
Tue, Mar 23, 1965 60 mins
The friendly rivalry between Jefferson and McGrath High erupts into violence when hotheads decide that their schools' honor was smirched. Jaytee: Beau Bridges. Novak: James Franciscus. GoGo: Michael J. Pollard. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith. Butler: Vince Howard. Graves: Stephen Mines.
Episode 26
The Student Who Never Was
Tue, Mar 30, 1965 60 mins
Novak discovers that a brilliant student (Robert Walker) has rigged a giant hoax designed to make a laughing stock of Jefferson High's faculty. Novak: James Franciscus. Phil: Bob Random. Valerie: Bonnie Beecher. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith. Abigail: Patricia Morrow. Ed: Russell Horton.
Episode 27
There's a Penguin in My Garden
Tue, Apr 6, 1965 60 mins
A nun (Vera Miles) accuses Novak of not counseling her nephew properly. The boy, a millionaire, feels he will be able to "buy" the brains of others. Novak: James Franciscus. Joey: Bob Random. Kelly: Pat Harrington Jr. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith. Capper: Walter Brooke. Rider: Al Freeman Jr. Mother General: Angela Clark.
Episode 28
The Firebrand
Tue, Apr 13, 1965 60 mins
Student Paul Ryder (Walter Koenig) stirs the pupils to protest for a bond issue---and finds that the fire lit in demonstrators is difficult to extinguish. Ellen: Julie Sommars. Novak: James Franciscus. Gorman: Frank Marth. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith. Peeples: Stephen Roberts. Loomis: Ben Yaffee. Frank: Tommy Rettig.
Episode 29
And Then I Wrote
Tue, Apr 20, 1965 60 mins
Novak goes out on a limb for a brilliant student (Tommy Sands) who turns down a scholarship to stay home and care for his irresponsible father. Novak: James Franciscus. Lewin: Mike Kellin. Sanders: Norman Fell. Adele: Louise Latham.
Episode 30
Once a Clown
Tue, Apr 27, 1965 60 mins
The bitterness generated by failing a senior hits Novak when he tells class clown Hank Nelby (Don Grady) that he cannot graduate with his friends. Mrs. Nelby: June Lockhart. Butler: Vince Howard. Novak: James Franciscus. Woodridge: Burgess Meredith.
