A brilliant student with a good business - an auto body shop - wants to quit school. He challenges Novak to give him a good reason for continuing his education.
Guest Stars:
Ed Asner, Don 'Red' Barry, Lee Kinsolving
Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.
Guest Stars:
Tony Dow, Kim Darby
When Mr. Otis was conducting the English class, all the students were raking in As - but Novak can't seem to get the same caliber of work out of them.
Guest Stars:
Diane Ladd, Herschel Bernardi, Shelley Fabares
Mike Daniels is being considered for an important science scholarship, but he's having problems in Novak's literature class. Dr. Frank Baxter, TV educator, appears as Dr. Gagan.
Guest Stars:
Brooke Bundy, Ross Elliott
A black student, Marcy Desmond, is violently accosted by a gang of youths who let her know that she's not welcome at Jefferson High.
Guest Stars:
Tige Andrews, Joe Mantell, Charles Lampkin, James Houghton
Novak helps a former teacher and mentor obtain a position at the school. The instructor is a recovering alcoholic, while his much-younger wife is still afflicted with the disease.
Guest Stars:
Jeanne Bal, Alexander Scourby, Sherry Jackson, Lurene Tuttle
Maude Phipps, a teacher for some 40 years, is sharply outspoken and is the object of various complaints -- including those of irate parents who don't like the idea of her teaching social hygiene to their children.
Guest Stars:
Allan Hunt, Lillian Gish, David White, Patricia McNulty
Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.
Guest Stars:
Joey Heatherton, Royal Dano
It's a hectic Friday and Novak is very pleased to get an invitation to spend the weekend at his former sweetheart's family estate.
Guest Stars:
Peter Breck, Diane Baker
A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.
Guest Stars:
Martin Landau, Macdonald Carey, Tom Lowell
Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.
Guest Stars:
Tommy Kirk, Pat Crowley, Tim McIntire
Novak and Vane prepare a hero's welcome for a new student, a Russian defector, who's quick to show that he's not easy to get along with.
Guest Stars:
Jeanne Cooper, Walter Koenig
Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.
Guest Stars:
Frankie Avalon
Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.
Guest Stars:
Shelley Fabares, Eddie Applegate
Novak invites a famous novelist to address the school's Literary Club - despite protests of Miss Pagano who feels that the writer's unorthodox views will be a bad influence.
Guest Stars:
Jeanne Bal, Edward Mulhare
An overly strict father takes the school, and Mr. Novak to task, when he finds the subject matter read aloud in class by his daughter to be highly erotic.
Guest Stars:
Jeanne Bal, Edward Andrews, Brooke Bundy
Charlie Payne, who dropped out three years ago, now has nothing better to do than spend his time hanging around the school grounds.
Guest Stars:
Les Tremayne, Virginia Christine
A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.
Guest Stars:
Mike Kellin, Beau Bridges
Campus clown Doug Morgan decides he can attract attention - and get excused from compulsory ROTC classes - by claiming to be a conscientious objector.
Guest Stars:
Cheryl Holdridge, Frank Maxwell, Harold Gould, Peter Helm
The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.
Guest Stars:
Phyllis Hill, Frank Albertson, Harry Townes, Tony Dow
A student named Steve Acero tells Principal Vane that Mr. Novak is prejudiced against him because he is of Mexican extraction.
Guest Stars:
Argentina Brunetti, Phillip Terry, Rusty Lane
Novak's having problems with a literature class - until it's taken over by Margaret Mumsley, a 75-year old exchange teacher from England.
Guest Stars:
Don Grady, Hermione Baddeley
Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.
Guest Stars:
Tony Dow
An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.
Guest Stars:
Patricia Morrow, Bonnie Franklin, Barbara Barrie
After numerous complaints that an elderly geometry instructor is no longer an effective teacher, Vane is forced to retire her.
Guest Stars:
Heather Angel
Novak finds himself attracted to Jenny Peterson, a former Jefferson High student.
Guest Stars:
Kathryn Hays, Toni Basil
A girl in Novak's homeroom collapses from an overdose of narcotics.
Guest Stars:
Richard Eyer, Malachi Throne
School grounds are quiet in the evening, and darkness was the accomplice of the unknown assailant who attacked assistant principal Jeanne Pagano.
Guest Stars:
Jeanne Bal
Miss Cathy Williams is going to become a mother, but she wants to graduate with her senior class and she doesn't want to tell her parents about her condition.
Guest Stars:
Noreen Corcoran, Kevin McCarthy, Marion Ross