Recess: Season 4
1999 · 44 episodes · ★ 7.2
What Season 4 of Recess
The season kicks off with the Third Street playground as the setting for almost everything. TJ, Vince, Spinelli, Mikey, Gretchen and Gus face off against King Bob's pranks, the tricks of the older kids and Miss Finster's suspicions. When Superintendent Garrison picks the school to test a program that eliminates recess, the kids' society comes under threat from outside. Gus fears his family will move again, Prickly prepares to leave school, and James Stone, a new student, arrives, and the main characters share all their plans with him. The six kids seek a balance between being themselves and following the group's rules.
Season 4 Episodes
4x01 The First Picture Show
Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Richard Whitley
4x02 The Big Prank
The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Gregg Taylor
4x03 Hustler's Apprentice
Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Katy Cooper, Ned Teitelbaum
4x04 The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Michael L. Kramer
4x05 Gus' Fortune
The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Ron Birnbach, Phil Walsh
4x06 Rumor Mill
The kids want to find out who started a rumor that a boy knocked over Mikey's popcorn at the movies and Mikey then threw the boy into the girl's bathroom.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: David Pitlik
4x07 Recess is Cancelled
Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Mark Drop, Phil Walsh, Jeff Haber
4x08 Tattletale Heart
The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
Directing: Brenda Piluso · Writing: Matt Rosenberg
4x09 The Madness of King Bob
King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Gregg Taylor
4x10 Call Me Guy
Gus takes a new identity when he discovers that people think he's a different cool kid when he doesn't wear them. Too bad "Guy" can't see a thing.
Directing: Brenda Piluso · Writing: Ford Riley
4x11 Prickly is Leaving
Prickly finally gets his appointment to Spiro T. Agnew Middle School. But the kids try to make him stay after they meet the new Principal Slicer.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Bart Jennett, Julie Ann Sipos
4x12 Randall's Friends
Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Milton Chassman
4x13 The Biggest Trouble Ever
The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Steve Bannos, Mark Drop, Phil Walsh
4x14 The Rules
The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Etan Cohen, Bart Jennett
4x15 Gus and Misdemeanors
The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Holly Huckins
4x16 A Science Fair to Remember
Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Sandy Adomaitis, Libby Bideau, Bart Jennett
4x17 Mikey's Pants
The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins · Writing: Phil Walsh, Scott Redman
4x18 Here Comes Mr. Perfect
Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Phil Walsh, Ron Birnbach
4x19 Good Luck Charm
Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: David Pitlik
4x20 Diggers Split Up
Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Cary Okmin
4x21 Schoolworld
The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Scott Shelley
4x22 Bachelor Gus
Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Sandy Adomaitis, Libby Bideau
4x23 The Dude
T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Richard Whitley
4x24 Partners in Crime
Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Bart Jennett
4x25 The Candidates
Gretchen and Vince both run for president.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins · Writing: Mark Drop, Etan Cohen
4x26 This Brain for Hire
People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Phil Walsh, Nancylee Myatt
4x27 Spinelli's Masterpiece
Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.
Directing: Brenda Piluso · Writing: Ford Riley
4x28 Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.
T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Phil Walsh, Milton Chassman
4x29 Yope from Norway
When a new kid from Norway comes to 3rd Street School, Gus befriends the kid by making him think that Gus is the hottest kid in the school.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Bob Illes
4x30 Bonky Fever
Scared of turning 10 on his soon-to-be bithday, Mikey develops an obssession of becoming a little kid again so he won't have to grow up.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Bart Jennett
4x31 Don't Ask Me
Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Sandy Adomaitis, Libby Bideau
4x32 The Secret Life of Grotke
Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Ford Riley
4x33 The Fuss Over Finster
Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Milton Chassman
4x34 Soccer Boy
Mikey makes the other kids regret not letting them play on their team for the playground's soccer tourney.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Bart Jennett, Scott Redman
4x35 Fort Tender
The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Nick DuBois
4x36 Germ Warfare
Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Phil Walsh, David Pitlik
4x37 More Like Gretchen
Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Bart Jennett
4x38 Prince Randall
Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Bob Illes, Phil Walsh
4x39 Me No Know
Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Ford Riley, Gail Glaze
4x40 Good Ole T.J.
Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Sandy Adomaitis, Libby Bideau
4x41 Chez Vince
Disgusted by the horrible cafeteria food, Vince becomes the new school cook when the other kids try his cooking.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Milton Chassman
4x42 Tucked In Mikey
Needing to prepare himself for a poet laureate ceremony, Mikey decides to listen to Menlo to learn how to organize himself.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Jack Monaco
4x43 Old Folks Home
Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Ford Riley · Starring: Brian Doyle-Murray
4x44 Some Friend Season Finale
T.J. has a mysterious new friend.
Directing: Howy Parkins · Writing: Mark Archuleta
Season 4 Cast
Andrew LawrenceTJ Detweiler (voice)44 episodes
Rickey D'Shon CollinsVince LaSalle (voice)44 episodes
Jason DavisMikey Blumberg (voice)44 episodes
Courtland MeadGus Griswald (voice)44 episodes
All Seasons
Season 11997 · 26 ep.
Season 21998 · 25 ep. · ★ 7.0
Season 31999 · 16 ep. · ★ 7.3
Season 52000 · 11 ep.
Season 62001 · 5 ep. · ★ 8.0Where to Watch Season 4 of Recess
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Recess season 4 have?
Season 4 of Recess has 44 episodes.
When Did Season 4 of Recess Premiere?
Premiered on September 12, 1999.
Where to Watch Season 4 of Recess
By subscription, on Disney Plus (availability may vary by country).