ABCJanuary 5, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
C+
While it's not necessarily a bad thing to see a bunch of new names in the writing credits-- Garry Ferrier and Aubrey Tadman for the first of two times; Judy Skelton, who wrote three other episodes for Laverne & Shirley and The Love Boat; and Tony Schnurer who has absolutely no other credits, for acting or anything-- I did find myself going "Yeah, but" a lot this episode. I realize that the basic premise requires some suspension of disbelief, as well as a knowledge of what computers were like (or at least what most people thought they were like) four decades ago. But there were other things, like that Kotter doesn't actually use the computer as a tool, instead of keep saying that that's how it should be used. Note that it seems like every time one of the twins appears (and it does seem to be just one after their earliest appearances), it's always "Robin Bobbin," while Rachel is napping.
Ernest Harada returns as Mr. Jan from the School Board. Barbarino is absent again, although at least they continue to come up with explanations. (Not a peep about what happened to Radar on M*A*S*H in contrast.)
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