Welcome Back, Kotter — Season 3
Up your nose with a rubber hose!
About this season
Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.
Episodes (27)
1. Sweathogs Back-to-School Special
Aired 29 September 1977 • 30 min
The Sweathogs and administrators at James Buchanan High reminisce about Gabe's past two years at the school. Past episodes are recalled through flashbacks.
2. And Baby Makes Four (1)
Aired 15 September 1977 • 30 min
Julie goes into labor.
3. And Baby Makes Four (2)
Aired 15 September 1977 • 30 min
Julie gives birth to twin girls.
4. And Baby Makes Four (3)
Aired 22 September 1977 • 30 min
Julie's parents come to see the babies.
5. Brother, Can You Spare a Million?
Aired 6 October 1977 • 30 min
Emotions mix when it seems that the Sweathogs may win the lottery.
6. Just Testing
Aired 13 October 1977 • 30 min
Everybody helps Vinnie cram for a make-up test.
7. The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack
Aired 20 October 1977 • 30 min
Arnold is accepted into a religious cult. Mr. Kotter and the three other sweathogs try to get Arnold to snap out of it. Eventually, he does and goes back to his former self, complete with his trademark laugh.
8. What a Move
Aired 27 October 1977 • 30 min
Juan, with the help of his uncle, hooks the Kotters up with a new apartment.
9. A Novel Idea
Aired 3 November 1977 • 30 min
The characters in Mr. Woodman's new novel seem to have an awful lot in common with the Sweathogs...
10. Barbarino in Love (1)
Aired 10 November 1977 • 30 min
During a talent competition, Vinnie falls for a girl who the Sweathogs are competing against, and starts spending more time with her then rehearsing with the Sweathogs.
11. Barbarino in Love (2)
Aired 17 November 1977 • 30 min
Vinnie is torn between trying to win the talent competition, or letting his new girlfriend beat him.
12. Kotter for Vice Principal
Aired 24 November 1977 • 30 min
Kotter has a dream about life when the Sweathogs are old.
13. Swine and Punishment
Aired 8 December 1977 • 30 min
Freddie cheats on an English test.
14. Epstein's Madonna
Aired 12 January 1978 • 30 min
Juan paints a great masterpiece on the walls of the school.
15. Sweathog Christmas Special
Aired 5 January 1978 • 30 min
At Christmas time, the gang reminisces over past episodes.
16. Sweatwork
Aired 19 January 1978 • 30 min
Arnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the process.
17. Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included
Aired 26 January 1978 • 30 min
The Sweathogs' new tutor is a computer. Despite initial raises in grades, Gabe becomes displeased with the machine, as it is turning him obsolete to the class.
18. Angie
Aired 22 December 1977 • 30 min
A new girl joins the Sweathogs.
19. Epstein's Term Paper
Aired 2 February 1978 • 30 min
Juan buys four term papers - one for each Sweathog - from Carvelli, only to end up with an essay that Gabe had turned in eleven years earlier.
20. There's No Business Like Show Business (1)
Aired 9 February 1978 • 30 min
Gabe finds success as a stand-up comic, using material regarding the Sweathogs. But when the oppportunity for a full-time comedy gig arises, it could mean the end of his teaching career.
21. There's No Business Like Show Business (2)
Aired 16 February 1978 • 30 min
Gabe must choose between the comedy life, or his life at Buchanan.
22. What Goes Up
Aired 23 February 1978 • 30 min
Freddie becomes addicted to drugs after taking prescribed pain killers. Despite the other Sweathogs' best efforts, the only thing that can bring Freddie around is Arnold's faith in him...and in his ""vitamin pills.""
23. Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps
Aired 9 March 1978 • 30 min
Mr. Kripps, the shop teacher, has a heart attack and dies while yelling at Vinnie, who blames himself for the man's death.
24. Horshack and the Madame X
Aired 18 May 1978 • 30 min
Arnold, saddened by the rejection he keeps recieving from the opposite sex, gets advice and comfort from Julie before quickly falling in love with her.
25. The Kiss
Aired 11 May 1978 • 30 min
After performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a female student who has passed out in the classroom, Gabe is accused of molestation, and is in danger of losing his job.
26. The Return of Hotsy Totsy
Aired 10 September 1977 • 30 min
Rosalie ""Hotsy"" Totsy has grown up ... a little too fast. The Sweathogs go to a local strip club on a dare, and learn that Hotsy has gotten a job performing there (yup, she bares all, unknowingly in front of her former classmates). Vinnie, Freddie and Epstein all ride Hotsy's case, but Arnold is sensitive to her plight. Seems that, during a coversation with her former teacher Gabe, Rosalie really lived up to her nickname one night and got pregnant. And getting a job at a strip joint is the only way for this single mother (the baby's father had left Hotsy) to support her child. Gabe and Arnold convince the others to give Hotsy Totsy moral support, and they also refer her to a social agency which can help her finish school and find a more meaningful job.
27. Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind
Aired 15 December 1977 • 30 min
When Carvelli and Murray come on as exchange students, Carvelli seemingly goes crazy with stories of aliens.