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Welcome Back, Kotter
EpisodesSeason 4 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
The Drop-ins
Mon, Sep 11, 1978 30 mins
Conclusion. Angered that Gabe is now assistant principal, the sweathogs leave school. Gabe Kaplan. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Barbarino: John Travolta. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Horshack: Ron Palillo.
Episode 2
The Drop-ins
Mon, Sep 11, 1978 30 mins
Woodman is appointed principal, and Gabe angers his students by becoming his assistant. First of two parts. Barbarino: John Travolta. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Horshack: Ron Palillo.
Episode 3
Beau's Jest
Mon, Sep 18, 1978 30 mins
The girls flip over handsome, well-dressed transfer student Beau De Labarre (Stephen Shortridge). Gabriel Kaplan. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Huge Man: Richard Moll.
Episode 4
Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
Mon, Sep 25, 1978 30 mins
The sweathogs seethe when Barbarino throws them out of his pad to get some privacy. Gabriel Kaplan. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Beau: Stephen Shortridge. Sally: Linda McCullough.
Episode 5
Once Upon a Ledge
Mon, Oct 2, 1978 30 mins
The series takes a serious turn as the sweathogs try to dissuade a suicidal teenager from jumping from Buchanan High. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Julie: Marcia Strassman.
Episode 6
Sweatmobile
Mon, Oct 9, 1978 30 mins
The sweathogs learn that their new car has been wrecked in delivery. Barbarino: John Travolta. Josephine: Connie Sawyer. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Julie: Marcia Strassman.
Episode 7
Barbarino's Boo-Boo
Sat, Oct 21, 1978 30 mins
Working as a hospital orderly, Barbarino misplaces a sedated Woodman (John Sylvester White). Nurse Bonney: Jane Dulo. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Gabe: Gabriel Kaplan. Horshack: Ron Palillo.
Episode 8
X-Rated Education
Sat, Oct 28, 1978 30 mins
A porno flick smuggled in by Carvelli is shown to a conservative group expecting to screen a sex-education film. Mrs. Zuggler: Jenna McMahon. Mrs. Johnson: Bebe Drake-Hooks. Finch: Stanley Brock.
Episode 9
The Barbarino Blues
Sat, Nov 4, 1978 30 mins
Barbarino's ego suffers when a girl he wants to break up with beats him to it. John Travolta. Sally: Linda McCullough. Beau: Stephen Shortridge. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacob.
Episode 10
Washington's Clone
Sat, Nov 11, 1978 30 mins
A straight-A student seeks the sweathogs' approval by mimicking Washington's antics. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Arthur: Ron Dennis. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Westbrook: Fritzie Burr. Beau: Stephen Shortridge.
Episode 11
Frog-Day Afternoon
Sat, Nov 25, 1978 30 mins
Horshack's refusal to dissect frogs may make him fail biology. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Ilona: Dena Dietrich. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Gabe: Gabriel Kaplan. Mrs. O'Hara: Ellen Travolta.
Episode 12
A Little Fright Music
Sat, Dec 2, 1978 30 mins
A singer wants to record Washington's disco version of the school song. Gabriel Kaplan. J. Hamton-Hamton: Sip Culler. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Beau: Stephen Shortridge.
Episode 13
A Winter's Coat Tale
Sat, Dec 16, 1978 30 mins
Barbarino's new coat gets ripped off by muggers. John Travolta. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs.
Episode 14
The Bride and Gloom
Sat, Jan 13, 1979 30 mins
Barbarino gets talked into marrying Epstein's alien cousin, to assure her American citizenship. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Sally: Linda McCullough. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Horshack: Ron Palillo.
Episode 15
Barbarino's Baby
Sat, Feb 3, 1979 30 mins
Barbarino is saddled with the responsibility of delivering a baby in an elevator. Mrs. Fishbein: Mary Jo Catlett. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Nurse Bonney: Jane Dulo. Fishbein: Henry Corden. Epstein: Robert Hegyes.
Episode 16
The Goodbye Guy
Sat, Feb 10, 1979 30 mins
Epstein romances the Kotters' baby sitter (Georganne LaPiere)---unaware that she is Woodman's niece. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Horshack: Ron Palillo. Emily: Alston Ahern.
Episode 17
Come Back, Little Arnold
Sat, Feb 24, 1979 30 mins
Girl-shy Arnold is hoping to find confidence in a bottle. Jean Tremaine: Della Reese. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Beau: Stephen Shortridge. Mary: Irene Arranga.
Episode 18
The Sweat Smell of Success
Sat, Mar 3, 1979 30 mins
Epstein decides to boost the circulation of the school paper with a story of an affair between Julie and Woodman (Marcia Strassman, John Sylvester White). Mary: Irene Arranga. Carvelli: Charles Fleischer.
Episode 19
The Gang Show
Sat, Mar 17, 1979 30 mins
Epstein and Washington (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs) enter the school talent show, unaware that the judging has been fixed by another contestant. Beau: Stephen Shortridge. Della: Della Reese. Carvelli: Charles Fleischer.
Episode 20
Oo-Oo, I Do
Fri, May 25, 1979 30 mins
Part 1 of two. Just when Arnold falls in love, he is faced with moving to Atlantic City with his mother. Mary: Irene Arranga. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Beau: Stephen Shortridge. Epstein: Robert Hegyes.
Episode 21
Oo-Oo, I Do
Fri, May 25, 1979 30 mins
Conclusion. Horshack finds little humor in the sweathogs' jokes about his inability to provide for his future bride. Mary: Irene Arranga. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Minister: Ancel Cook. Beau: Stephen Shortridge.
Episode 22
I'm Okay, But You're Not
Fri, Jun 1, 1979 30 mins
Shunned by the sweathogs, Beau hopes to regain their trust by running Woodman's pants up the flagpole. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs.
Episode 23
The Breadwinners
Fri, Jun 8, 1979 30 mins
Washington and Epstein decide a boxing ring is the only place to argue about a job they both want. Gabriel Kaplan. Washington: Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Epstein: Robert Hegyes. Julie: Marcia Strassman.
