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This is a list of episodes for television series Delta House.

List of episodes

Title Director Writer(s) Original air date
1"The Legacy"Alan MyersonHarold Ramis,
Douglas Kenney,
Chris Miller
January 18, 1979

In this first episode we meet the rowdy frat brothers of the Delta House on the Faber College campus in 1962 and see how they love to play pranks on the uptight preppies of the Omega House and torment Dean Wormer.
First up, Jim "Blotto" Blutarsky transfers to Faber and is intent on keeping out of trouble. But after Neidermeyer pushes him too far, he unleashes the animal inside and lives up to the Blutarsky name!

And when Flounder's paper on Political Science gets a B+ Dean Wormer suspects him of cheating and forces him to compete for the Nerdlinger award.
2"The Shortest Yard"Don WeisJohn HughesJanuary 27, 1979

Dean Wormer is impressed by how far Blotto can punt a football, so he recruits him for the football team for the upcoming big game. But when Blotto refuses to play, the Deltas secretly substitute Flounder in his place, who by his own admission doesn't have a sports gene in his body.

So it's up to the rest of the Deltas to figure ways to help the team win and keep Flounder from... floundering on the field, and not give the Dean a reason to eject Blotto from college.
3"Parent's Day"Carl GottliebTed MannFebruary 3, 1979
The Deltas lure the Omegas into town and away from campus by making them believe they're leading a parade for a local Congressman. Meanwhile, the Deltas switch the Greek letters on their house and the Omega's house. So the Deltas' Moms and Dads are visiting them in the clean Omega house, while the Omegas' Moms and Dads end up in the messy Delta house. The Deltas switch the letters back before the Omegas return. Naturally, the Omegas never find out that this has happened.
4"The Guns of October"Charles R. RondeauRichard Whitley,
Russ Dvonch
February 10, 1979
A speech by John F. Kennedy leads to Omega opening an elite bunker for survival with campus security funds. When a faulty test alarm sounds like a real warning of missiles launching, everyone goes into action, the Delta's throwing a Welcome Russians party to end all parties while the Omegas just prepare for the end. Meanwhile, Professor Jennings gives Flounder an interesting assignment... prove that he exists!
5"The Lady in Weighting"Hollingsworth MorseJohn HughesFebruary 24, 1979
Dean Wormer gives Delta House a week to clean up the house, so they hire a house mother to help get things together. Meanwhile Blotto enters a weightlifting contest to win the money that is required to make repairs to the house.
6"The Draft"Hollingsworth MorseMatty Simmons,
Tod Carroll
March 3, 1979
Dean Wormer fixes it so that D-Day receives his draft notice so the Deltas throw him a party to see him off. But tensions arise between the Deltas after D-Day's departure which leads to Hoover moving to the Dorm, Flounder and Pinto to a civil rights activist's pad, Otter alone in Delta House and Blotto up a tree... literally!
7"The Deformity"Hollingsworth MorseJohn HughesMarch 10, 1979
Pinto's acne makes him a self-conscious about his looks, so his frat brothers try to help him regain his confidence. Meanwhile, Dean Wormer tries angling for grant money for the science program from a visiting military officer and his best chance at getting it is Hoover's science project!
8"Big Man on Campus"Bruce BilsonStephen Tolkin,
Michael Tolkin
March 17, 1979
When Kent "Flounder" Dorfman falls in love with Mandy Pepperidge, it's up to the Delta's to make her see him as the man of her dreams, the new big man on campus.
9"The Fall of Dean Wormer"Joshua WhiteElias Davis,
David Pollock
March 22, 1979
After Dean Wormer's wife finds him in his office with a young co-ed, she reports him to the trustees who meet to vote him out and replace him. His only hope of keeping his job... the Deltas!
10"The Blotto Who Came to Dinner"Joshua WhiteElias Davis,
David Pollock
March 31, 1979
Due to poor grades, Dean Wormer happily expels Blotto. However, when the Dean accidentally hits Blotto with his car, the tables are turned and Wormer must take care of Blotto to avoid a big lawsuit.
11"Campus Fair"Nicholas SgarroJohn HughesApril 5, 1979
The Delta boys plan to use The Bombshell (Michelle Pfeiffer) to win a beauty contest, but when she is sent on an archaeological assignment they scramble for a replacement.
12"Hoover and the Bomb"Carl GottliebMatty Simmons,
Michael Tolkin,
Stephen Tolkin
April 7, 1979
Hoover falls head over hells for The Bombshell and when she doesn't know how to let him down gently, the Deltas intervene which leads Hoover to have a nightmare about married life!
13"The Matriculation of Kent Dorfman"Joshua WhiteJohn Hughes,
David Pollack,
Elias Davis
April 21, 1979
To the chagrin of Dean Wormer, Flounder's parents threaten to cancel their annual contribution to Faber College and move their son to another college. Unfortunately for Flounder, the only place that will accept him is a women's college.

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