Square Pegs

30min

Comedy

Two awkward freshmen desperate to fit try to adjust to life at Weemawee High School.

Episodes

Cast

Pilot

1. Pilot

30min

27th Sep 1982

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

A Cafeteria Line

2. A Cafeteria Line

30min

4th Oct 1982

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

Pac Man Fever

3. Pac Man Fever

30min

11th Oct 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.

Square Pigskins

4. Square Pigskins

30min

18th Oct 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.

Halloween XII

5. Halloween XII

30min

1st Nov 1982

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

A Simple Attachment

6. A Simple Attachment

30min

8th Nov 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.

Weemaweegate

7. Weemaweegate

30min

15th Nov 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.

Open 24 Hours

8. Open 24 Hours

30min

22nd Nov 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.

Muffy's Bat Mitzvah

9. Muffy's Bat Mitzvah

30min

29th Nov 1982

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

Hardly Working

10. Hardly Working

30min

13th Dec 1982

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

A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (1)

11. A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (1)

30min

20th Dec 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?

A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (2)

12. A Child's Christmas in Weemawee (2)

30min

20th Dec 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?

It's All How You See Things

13. It's All How You See Things

30min

27th Dec 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.

Merry Pranksters

14. Merry Pranksters

30min

10th Jan 1983

To gain popularity, Patty and Lauren become expert pranksters, but the joke's on them when someone else gets credit for their stunts.

It's Academical

15. It's Academical

30min

24th Jan 1983

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

The Stepanowicz Papers

16. The Stepanowicz Papers

30min

31st Jan 1983

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

To Serve Weemawee All My Days

17. To Serve Weemawee All My Days

30min

7th Feb 1983

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

No Substitutions

18. No Substitutions

30min

14th Feb 1983

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

No Joy in Weemawee

19. No Joy in Weemawee

30min

21st Feb 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.

The Arrangement

20. The Arrangement

30min

7th Mar 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.

First air date

27th Sep 1982

Last air date

7th Mar 1983

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks