Welcome Back, Kotter — Season 3

All episodes in this season folder.

S3
E1
Sweathogs Back-to-School Special

The Sweathogs and administrators at James Buchanan High reminisce about Gabe's past two years at the school. Past episodes are recalled through flashbacks.

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S3
E2
And Baby Makes Four (1)

Julie goes into labor.

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S3
E3
And Baby Makes Four (2)

Julie gives birth to twin girls.

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S3
E4
And Baby Makes Four (3)

Julie's parents come to see the babies.

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S3
E5
Brother, Can You Spare a Million?

Emotions mix when it seems that the Sweathogs may win the lottery.

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S3
E6
Just Testing

Everybody helps Vinnie cram for a make-up test.

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S3
E7
The Deprogramming of Arnold Horshack

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.

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S3
E8
What a Move

Juan, with the help of his uncle, hooks the Kotters up with a new apartment.

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S3
E9
A Novel Idea

The characters in Mr. Woodman's new novel seem to have an awful lot in common with the Sweathogs...

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S3
E10
Barbarino in Love (1)

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.

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S3
E11
Barbarino in Love (2)

Vinnie is torn between trying to win the talent competition, or letting his new girlfriend beat him.

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S3
E12
Kotter for Vice Principal

Kotter has a dream about life when the Sweathogs are old.

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S3
E13
Swine and Punishment

Freddie cheats on an English test.

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S3
E14
Epstein's Madonna

Juan paints a great masterpiece on the walls of the school.

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S3
E15
Sweathog Christmas Special

At Christmas time, the gang reminisces over past episodes.

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S3
E16
Sweatwork

Arnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the process.

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S3
E17
Meet Your New Teacher: Batteries Not Included

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.

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S3
E18
Angie

A new girl joins the Sweathogs.

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S3
E19
Epstein's Term Paper

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.

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S3
E20
There's No Business Like Show Business (1)

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.

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S3
E21
There's No Business Like Show Business (2)

Gabe must choose between the comedy life, or his life at Buchanan.

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S3
E22
What Goes Up

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.""

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S3
E23
Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps

Mr. Kripps, the shop teacher, has a heart attack and dies while yelling at Vinnie, who blames himself for the man's death.

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S3
E24
Horshack and the Madame X

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.

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S3
E25
The Kiss

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.

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S3
E26
The Return of Hotsy Totsy

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.

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S3
E27
Class Encounter of the Carvelli Kind

When Carvelli and Murray come on as exchange students, Carvelli seemingly goes crazy with stories of aliens.

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