Square
Pegs

Square Pegs is an American comedy series that aired on CBS during the 1982/1983 season. The series follows Patty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson, two awkward teenage girls desperate to fit in at Weemawee High School.

Though targeted to younger viewers, the prime time show's dialogue is rather adult and risque, much more like Saturday Night Live than the later high school comedy Saved by the Bell which was aimed at pre-adolescent viewers.

Patty's very close friend Lauren Hutchinson struggles with her weight, has braces, wears unusual clothing, and also does not fit in with the popular crowd.

However, much more so than Patty, Lauren constantly desires to be in with the in crowd, and the series' episodes revolves more or less around her dragging Patty into various schemes in attempts to make them more popular.

The typical official high school activity culture is personified by preppy Muffy B. Tepperman who is the endlessly chipper chairperson of the Weemawee Pep Committee, head of the Morals Club, chairman of the Science Fair Committee and member of the Future Nurses of America.

The first two episodes had strong ratings, but plummeted shortly thereafter and the show lasted only one season.

Complete episodelist

1. Pilot
2. A Cafeteria Line
3. Pac Man Fever
4. Square Pigskins
5. Halloween XII
6. A Simple Attachment
7. Weemaweegate
8. Open 24 Hours
9. Muffy's Bat Mitzvah
10. Hardly Working
11. A Child's Christmas In Weemawee
12. It's All How You See Things
13. Merry Pranksters
14. It's Academical
15. The Stepanowicz Papers
16. To Serve Weemawee All My Days
17. No Substitutions
18. No Joy In Weemawee
19. The Arrangement

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