Square Pegs
Season 1
1982 • 20 Episodes
Episodes
1. Pilot
September 27, 1982
Freshman Patty gets the chance to "click with the right clique" when she attracts the attention of a handsome senior.
2. A Cafeteria Line
October 4, 1982
The romantic leads in the school musical lead to romance for Patty and Vinnie.
3. Pac Man Fever
October 11, 1982
Marshall loses his comic touch when he becomes "possessed" by a video game. His only hope for salvation: exorcism by the cleric of comedy, Father Guido Sarducci.
4. Square Pigskins
October 18, 1982
Lauren talks Patty into joining the Weemawee girls football team. Coached by a gung-ho Army vet and a women's libber who bristles at the slightest slight.
5. Halloween XII
November 1, 1982
An all-girl Halloween party is interrupted by the boys and a spooky, wheezing stalker.
6. A Simple Attachment
November 8, 1982
Marshall tries to prove to Lauren that she loves him by hooking her up to his science-fair project, a "love detector," but the machine ends up short-circuiting every romance in school.
7. Weemaweegate
November 15, 1982
Vinnie's campaign to become school mascot is sabotaged at every turn by an unknown mastermind, so Patty and Lauren play Woodward and Bernstein to break the scandal.
8. Open 24 Hours
November 22, 1982
Marshall becomes Johnny's manager and books his band, a band no one's ever seen, for the gala opening of a supermarket deli counter.
9. Muffy's Bat Mitzvah
November 29, 1982
When she leaves them off her guest list, Lauren and Patty scheme to get invited to Muffy's bat mitzvah party.
10. Hardly Working
December 13, 1982
Like, Jennifer does, you know, the uncoolest thing possible - she, like, gets a job (gag her with a spoon!)
11. A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (1)
December 20, 1982
Patty's in a quandry: should she spend Christmas in an isolated cabin with her divorced father, or the way she'd prefer - with her friends at school?
12. A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (2)
December 20, 1982
Patty's in a quandry: should she spend Christmas in an isolated cabin with her divorced father, or the way she'd prefer - with her friends at school?
13. It's All How You See Things
December 27, 1982
Trying to prove that having to wear glasses is the root of her problems, Patty makes a spectacle of herself by refusing to wear them.
14. Merry Pranksters
January 10, 1983
To gain popularity, Patty and Lauren become expert pranksters, but the joke's on them when someone else gets credit for their stunts.
15. It's Academical
January 24, 1983
Patty hopes to win more than the scholastic quiz show when she and her heartthrob Larry are selected as contestants.
16. The Stepanowicz Papers
January 31, 1983
Lauren and Ms. Loomis could be literally swept off their feet when they both fall for the new janitor.
17. To Serve Weemawee All My Days
February 7, 1983
Mr. Donovan's job is in jeopardy because the school board has discovered he's living with a woman.
18. No Substitutions
February 14, 1983
A substitute teacher's unconventional style wins the hearts of the students and draws the jealousy of Mr. Donovan.
19. No Joy in Weemawee
February 21, 1983
Johnny's talent for hitting home runs rockets him to stardom on the Weemawee baseball team and gets him a scouting visit by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Steve Sax.
20. The Arrangement
March 7, 1983
Lauren thinks she and Patty have finally been accepted by the "in" crowd, but the real reason for their sudden popularity is something else - and Patty knows what it is.