Square Pegs

Sep 27, 1982

Freshman Patty gets the chance to "click with the right clique" when she attracts the attention of a handsome senior.

Oct 4, 1982

The romantic leads in the school musical lead to romance for Patty and Vinnie.

Oct 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.

Oct 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.

Nov 1, 1982

An all-girl Halloween party is interrupted by the boys and a spooky, wheezing stalker.

Nov 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.

Nov 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.

Nov 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.

Nov 29, 1982

When she leaves them off her guest list, Lauren and Patty scheme to get invited to Muffy's bat mitzvah party.

Dec 13, 1982

Like, Jennifer does, you know, the uncoolest thing possible - she, like, gets a job (gag her with a spoon!)

Dec 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?

Dec 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?

Dec 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.

Jan 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.

Jan 24, 1983

Patty hopes to win more than the scholastic quiz show when she and her heartthrob Larry are selected as contestants.

Jan 31, 1983

Lauren and Ms. Loomis could be literally swept off their feet when they both fall for the new janitor.

Feb 7, 1983

Mr. Donovan's job is in jeopardy because the school board has discovered he's living with a woman.

Feb 14, 1983

A substitute teacher's unconventional style wins the hearts of the students and draws the jealousy of Mr. Donovan.

Feb 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.

Mar 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.