Head of the Class (1986-1991) Is it worth watching after season 3?

Submitted by mikeymiggz t3_114xo75 in television

I binged the first three seasons, then found myself struggling to get thru the first few eps of S4. The show pretty much went thru a soft reboot and feels like a Saved by the Bell clone, especially that museum episode. Three students were inexplicably written out and replaced (sad to see my crush Leslie Bega gone), and Howard Hesseman's role was diminished. I don't blame him for leaving the show. I could see it in his face that he's over it. Even the show's intro was replaced! I Ioved that harpsichord-synth duet, with images of 80s NYC.

So should I keep watching or nah?

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ElectricPeterTork t1_j8ygec2 wrote

Season 4 was not great.

Season 5, however, was pretty good if you like Billy Connolly. Basically, they write in room for him to be Billy at least once an episode.

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mikeymiggz OP t1_j8yilw0 wrote

I know Billy mostly from his appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, seems like a funny guy. I might just hate-watch S4 sporadically when I'm bored.

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Varekai79 t1_j8ym652 wrote

I remember the two-parter where they went to the Soviet Union for an academic competition.

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anasui1 t1_j8ym1t8 wrote

this the one with the Nickelodeon weirdo? I remember liking it a lot for the first two seasons, then show became too stupid to continue

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WEareLIVE420 t1_j96hyzw wrote

Eww no Dan Schider is nasty

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Delicious-Tachyons t1_j97kspp wrote

omigod the fat guy was the foot guy irl?

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mikeymiggz OP t1_j98ein3 wrote

Yes. Even on HotC, I got perv vibes

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Delicious-Tachyons t1_j997stg wrote

i just remember being, as a fat kid, so pissed off when it was the season premiere and his character was pretending to be fatter and his fellow students were shaming him about getting fatter. fuck those people

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