List of Delta House episodes

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

List of episodes

No. Title Director Writer(s) Original air date
1 "The Legacy" Alan Myerson Harold Ramis,
Douglas Kenny,
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 wants to follow in his older brother's footsteps by joining Delta house. 
2 "The Shortest Yard" Don Weis John Hughes January 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 Gottlieb Ted Mann February 3, 1979
The Deltas somehow manage to trick the Omegas into town and away from campus. 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. Rondeau Richard 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, while Flounder ponders the meaning of existence.

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. 
5 "The Lady in Weighting" Hollingsworth Morse John Hughes February 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 Morse Matty Simmons,
Tod Carroll
March 3, 1979
D-Day's draft notice calls for an all-night party at the Delta House. 
7 "The Deformity" Hollingsworth Morse John Hughes March 10, 1979
Pinto's acne makes him a self-conscious about his looks, so his frat brothers try to help him regain his confidence. 
8 "Big Man on Campus" Bruce Bilson Stephen 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 White Elias Davis,
David Pollock
March 22, 1979
Dean Wormer is in big trouble when his wife apparently finds him in his office with a young co-ed. 
10 "The Blotto Who Came to Dinner" Joshua White Elias Davis,
David Pollock
March 31, 1979
Dean Wormer expels Blotto. However, when the Dean accidentally hits Blotto with his car, tables are turned. 
11 "Campus Fair" Nicholas Sgarro John Hughes April 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 Gottlieb Matty Simmons,
Michael Tolkin,
Stephen Tolkin
April 7, 1979
Hoover falls for The Bombshell when she remarks that she loves the Deltas. 
13 "The Matriculation of Kent Dorfman" Joshua White John 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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