About this season
Pelswick Eggert is just like most 13-year-olds, except that he is in a wheelchair -- or permanently seated as he prefers to call it. He doesn't let that stop him, though, as he deals with the usual obstacles that come with being a teenager.
Episodes (13)
1. Eggertggedon
Aired 3 October 2001 • 24 min
All of Bayview starts panicking when it appears that a nuclear-powered space station is going to plunge through the atmosphere and destroy the town.
2. Wheeldini
Aired 10 October 2001 • 24 min
The mayor of Bayview somehow manages to lose all of the town's money, so he hires a magician to find it. Though it's obvious the magician is a sham, no one but Pelswick realizes this. Meanwhile, Gram-Gram and Agnes go searching for the missing money on their own, with some help from a mule.
3. The Bird Boy of Alcatraz
Aired 17 October 2001 • 24 min
Pelswick is deemed terminally uncool when he takes up birdwatching to impress Julie. Meanwhile, Gram-Gram and Agnes get jobs as store detectives, and a trainee guardian angel takes over for Mr. Jimmy.
4. Boyd, Here Comes The Flood
Aired 24 October 2001 • 24 min
Substitute teacher Gram-Gram spins tales about the Bayview flood of 1921 in order to impress Pelswick's class, little dreaming of the disastrous consequences that will follow.
5. It Must Be the Shoes
Aired 31 October 2001 • 24 min
Basketball fever sweeps Bayview as Pelswick considers trying out for the school basketball team, Sandra and Julie try to organize a girls' team, and Quentin tutors Boyd and his gang so that they can remain eligible to play.
6. Oh Bully, Where Art Thou?
Aired 7 November 2001 • 24 min
Pelswick enters the Paraquest Games for handicapped athletes, and is surprised to find that Boyd is his chief competitor. Meanwhile, Julie and Sandra try to save a tree.
7. The Case of the Filchered Files
Aired 14 November 2001 • 24 min
The Eggert family are forced to scrimp and save when Quentin loses his job; Alcatraz Junior High celebrates its 75th anniversary.
8. Pelswick on a String
Aired 21 November 2001 • 24 min
A decidedly flaky therapist forces the students in Pelswick's class to build marionettes in their own self-images as a therapeutic exercise. When Pelswick refuses to include a wheelchair as part of his self-image puppet, he's deemed to be deliberately undermining the therapy, and is suspended until he can put his puppet on a wheelchair.
9. Shall We Dance?
Aired 28 November 2001 • 24 min
Pelswick goes on a blind date with a girl who doesn't know about his wheelchair. When he discovers that his date loves dancing, he goes to extreme lengths to keep her from finding out that he's paralyzed from the waist down.
10. A Rap and a Hard Place
Aired 5 December 2001 • 24 min
Julie tries to shake everyone out of their apathy by forming a band; Sandra obsesses on the healing powers of yellow boots; Gram-Gram and Agnes go gambling.
11. Hear No Evil, P.C. No Evil
Aired 20 September 2002 • 24 min
Quentin's politically correct new girlfriend wins over everyone in the Eggert family except Pelswick.
12. Kick Me Kate
Aired 27 September 2002 • 24 min
Pelswick tries to get Kate's new boyfriend to stand up for himself; Julie gets increasingly frustrated with Sandra's outrageous clothing; Gram-Gram and Agnes go on dates.
13. Invasion of the Buddy Snatchers
Aired 15 November 2002 • 24 min
Almost everyone in town gets caught up in a bizarre pyramid scheme to sell laundry detergent. The only exceptions are Julie and Sandra (who are too busy embarking on a recycling drive of truly epic proportions) and poor Pelswick, who, as usual, is trying to be the voice of reason amidst all the chaos.