Welcome Freshmen
{{short description|American comedy television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Welcome Freshman.jpg
| alt_name = School Students
| genre = Comedy
| creator = Robert Mittenthal
| director = {{Plainlist|
- Scott Fishman
- Tim Hill
- Adam Weissman
- Michael Berry
- Ron Smith
- Bob Lampel
- Helen Smith
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| writer =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Rick Galloway
- Chris Lobban
- David Rhoden (1991–92)
- Jill Setter (1991–92)
- Jocelyn Steiner
- Mike Speller
- Arian Ash (1992–93)
- Brock Bradley (1992–93)
- Nicholas Caruso (1992–93)
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| theme_music_composer = Peter Lauer
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 52
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| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Woody Fraser
- Angelika Bartenbach-Kidd
- Lisa Tauger
- Maureen Badger Schultz
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| location = Nickelodeon Studios, Universal Studios
Orlando, Florida
| runtime = 30 minutes
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| network = Nickelodeon
| first_aired = {{Start date|1991|02|16}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1994|02|19}}
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Welcome Freshmen is an American comedy series that aired on Nickelodeon from February 16, 1991, to February 19, 1994, with repeats until October 27, 1996. The show took place at Hawthorne High School with a group of high school students and a bumbling vice principal.
Seasons 1 and 2
The earlier episodes of the series consisted of comedy sketches that loosely followed a theme, each episode had two or three short skits about the gang's misadventures in high school. Some of the comedy routines involved a tortoise named Mortise teaching children about safety, a historian named Mr. History who talks about past generations of freshmen, the bumbling, freshman-hating, vice-principal Mr. Lippman imagining himself as a stand-up comedian telling really bad old jokes that insult freshmen, and a student named Billy Cushman who, though his appearance was occasional, provided not only a good example of how not to behave but also a good example of flatulence.
=Recurring skits=
- Home-Room Announcements – Mr. Lippman, the vice-principal, doing the morning announcements (at the same time, imagining how he'd really like to say them as a stand-up format).
- The Merv-U-Mentary – Merv's amateurish attempt at uncovering news and scandals at the high school.
- Mr. History – featuring the gang as high school students of a past time period.
- Mike Who – featuring close-ups of a sidelined high school basketball player driving the crowd wild with a single wave. Eventually cut after vice Principal Lippman said it was too distracting, resulting in a tense showdown between Lippman and Who.
- Mortise the Safety Tortoise – a tortoise who teaches children about safety.
Seasons 3 and 4
In the later episodes, the sketch comedy format was abandoned, and the show became a standard sitcom.
In the third season, Kevin and Alex become sophomores, Walter is held behind due to him missing summer school. Merv and Tara left Hawthorne, with Merv skipping the rest of high school and going straight to college, and Tara moving to a biosphere with her family. New characters came in: Grant, Erin and Manny, by the end of the third season, Manny left. In the series finale, Walter becomes a sophomore as all the teachers threatened to quit if they had him for another year.
Production
The show's first television pilot was filmed in May 1990, featuring a group of local actors in the main roles, among them was future Backstreet Boys member Howie Dorough.{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-xpm-1990-05-15-9005140018-story.html|title=Nick Is Testing Waters Of The Local Talent Pool|website=www.orlandosentinel.com|access-date=2022-08-22 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012033233/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-05-15/lifestyle/9005140018_1_talent-pool-nick-edgewater-high|archive-date=October 12, 2015|df=mdy-all }} After the success of the pilot, the show was picked up, but the roles were recast, according to series creator Bob Mittenthal "Those kids did a good job, the proof is that the show was picked up as a series , but research told Nickelodeon it needed better-defined characters".{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-12-19-9012180267-story.html|title=NEXT ON NICKELODEON: 'WELCOME FRESHMAN' NEW SHOW'S CAST IS ALL HOME-GROWN|website=www.orlandosentinel.com|date=19 December 1990 |access-date=2022-08-22}}
According to Jocelyn Steiner, several actresses had auditioned for the role of Alex before she got cast, including Brittany Daniel who was a final contender for the role.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbrHJVo0xo|title=Interview with Jocelyn Steiner|website=www.youtube.com|date=September 16, 2013|accessdate=2024-01-04}}
Cast
- Rick Galloway as Walter Patterson
- Chris Lobban as Kevin St. James
- David Rhoden as Merv (1991–1992)
- Jill Setter as Tara (1991–1992)
- Jocelyn Steiner as Alex Moore
- Brock Bradley as Grant Kelly (1993–1994)
- Arian Waring Ash as Erin Kelly (1993–1994)
- Nicholas Caruso as Manny Barrington (1993–1994)
- Mike Speller as Mr. Elliott Lippman
- Veronica Alicino as Miss Topaz
- Janis Benson as Miss Petruka
- Nick Barnes as Billy Cushman
- Phil Card as Mr. History
- Tracy Frenkel as Coach Roach and Coach Rochelle
- Jay Martel as Mr. Royd
- Al Arasim as Al Patterson
- John Parker Searles as Mr. Macbroom
- Mark Sarto as Mortise, the Safety Tortoise
Characters
=Main=
- Walter Patterson is the dimwitted, good-natured, optimistic, lazy laid-back, and geeky slacker of the group who loves eating. His stupidity and clumsiness are often the butt of jokes.
- Kevin St. James is the cynical, selfish, and egotistical one of the group. He is a smooth talker, a terrible ladies' man, and often makes fun of his friends, especially Merv, Manny, and Walter. Mostly, he is troublemaker of the group.
- Merv is the confident, outgoing nerd of the group. Merv is a nerdy guy.
- Tara is the eco-conscious feminist activist of the group. Besides Walter, she is among the nicest of the group though she joins in making fun of others at times.
- Alex Moore is a beautiful, popular and fashion-obsessed girly girl. Often vain, snobby, rude, and materialistic, she is obsessed with her status and has no issues manipulating others for personal gain.
- Mr. Elliott Lippman is the tyrannical and incompetent principal of Hawthorne High. He often serves as an antagonist to the main characters' schemes though they do not take him seriously.
=Additional=
- Grant Kelly is with Erin's older brother and who becomes Alex's boyfriend. Introduced in the third season.
- Erin Kelly is a musically talented freshman who often dresses in a grunge fashion. Introduced in the third season.
- Manny Barrington is introduced in the third season, a naive and short-statured nerdy freshman. He befriends the main group who are a grade above him despite them treating him poorly and laughing at his expense.
Series overview
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Episodes
=Season 1 (1991)=
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| Title = Express Yourself
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|16}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Extra-Curricular Activities
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|23}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Mind Games
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|02}}
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{{Episode list
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Knowledge is Power
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|09}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Growing Up
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|16}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Technology
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|23}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Money
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|03|30}}
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{{Episode list
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Authority
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|04|06}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = How We Look
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|04|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Careers in the Making
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|04|20}}
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{{Episode list
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Language
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|04|27}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = What We Eat
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|05|04}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Getting Even
| DirectedBy = Scott Fishman
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|05|11}}
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=Season 2 (1992)=
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| Title = Friends
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|05|09}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Conformity
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|05|16}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Choices
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|05|23}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Bullies
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|05|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Grass is Always Greener
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|06|06}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Holidays
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|06|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Dating
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|06|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Health
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|06|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Ecology
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|07|04}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Communication
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|07|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Success
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|07|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Competition
| DirectedBy =Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|07|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Secrets
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Robert Mittenthal & Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|08|01}}
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=Season 3 (1992–93)=
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| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Things Change
| AltTitle = Held Back
| DirectedBy = Michael Berry
| WrittenBy = Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|02}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Harvest Ball
| AltTitle = Big Dance
| DirectedBy = Michael Berry
| WrittenBy = Gena Van Winkle
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|09}}
| ShortSummary = All look forward to the Harvest Ball.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = To Walter's Dad with Love
| DirectedBy = Michael Berry
| WrittenBy = Michael Rubiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|16}}
| ShortSummary = Lippman hires Walter's dad as a history teacher, Erin deals with other students calling her names.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The People vs. Walter
| DirectedBy = Ron Smith
| WrittenBy = Rob Dinsmoor
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|23}}
| ShortSummary = Lippman's portrait is vandalized, and Walter is blamed.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Othello the (Sopho)moor
| DirectedBy = Ron Smith
| WrittenBy = Anne Bernstein
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|30}}
| ShortSummary = Lippman is Iago in the school's "Othello".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Shiny Top
| DirectedBy = Bob Lampel
| WrittenBy = David Potorti
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|06}}
| ShortSummary = Lippmann is taken for archcriminal Shiny Top.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = I'm Dead
| DirectedBy = Ron Smith
| WrittenBy = Clifford Fagin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|13}}
| ShortSummary = A senior wants to beat up Walter.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Manny in Love
| DirectedBy = Bob Lampel
| WrittenBy = Veronica Alicino
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|20}}
| ShortSummary = Manny has a crush on his baby sitter.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Requiem for a Lightweight
| DirectedBy = Bob Lampel
| WrittenBy = Alan Levy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|27}}
| ShortSummary = Erin wants to wrestle; Lippman breaks a chain letter.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Lippdromeda Strain
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Howard Nemetz, Simon Rakoff, Tim Hill & Michael Rubiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|07|03}}
| ShortSummary = The kids are quarantined at school.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Hawthorne Confidential
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Rob Dinsmoor
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|07|10}}
| ShortSummary = Alex uses gossip in a journalism class documentary.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Erin for Office
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Gena Van Winkle
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|07|17}}
| ShortSummary = Erin runs for student-body president.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Looking for Mr. Goodwrench
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|07|24}}
| ShortSummary = Walter crashes into Mr.Lippman's car.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = What Rhymes with Liar
| DirectedBy = Helen Smith
| WrittenBy = Robert Leighton
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|07|31}}
| ShortSummary = Kevin says he knows a star (Shanice Wilson).
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=Season 4 (1993)=
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| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Math, Lies & Videotape
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = Michael Rubiner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Erin helps Walter study; Kevin tries to cheat.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Drawn and Quoted
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Robert Leighton|t=Rob Dinsmoor}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Walter is a cartoonist for the school paper.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Genius
| DirectedBy = Tim Hill
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Robert Leighton|t=Anne Bernstein}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = A child prodigy may attend Hawthorne.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Stuff
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Robert Leighton
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = A science-class mishap results in a revolutionary glue.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Marathon Woman
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Michael Rubiner & Jed Spingarn|t=Jed Spingarn}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Kevin coaxes Samantha to be his dance-marathon partner.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Reachin' for the Stars
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Veronica Alicino & Michael Rubiner|t=Veronica Alicino}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Talent scouts come to Hawthorne High.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Courtship of Walter's Father
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Jay Martel
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = His father falls for Walter's least-favorite teacher.
| LineColor = 351EA0
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Safety Last
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Tom Wargo
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Hawthorne must pass a safety inspection or close.
| LineColor = 351EA0
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Seeds of Destruction
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Erin insults Mr. Lippman.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Rainy Day Women
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Walter and Kevin vie for a girl's attention.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Getting What You Want
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = Mr. Lippman's philosophy: karma by points.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Year's End
| DirectedBy = Adam Weissman
| WrittenBy = Tim Hill
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993||}}
| ShortSummary = The gang make their plans for summer as the academic year draws to a close.
| LineColor = 351EA0
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0101235|title=Welcome Freshmen}}
- [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/welcome-freshmen/205410 Jump The Shark - Welcome Freshmen]
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|tv/welcome_freshmen}}
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