"The Drop-Ins: Part 2" begins at the hospital where Barbarino works, not as a doctor but just an orderly, but an unexpected visit from his fellow Sweathogs forces Vinnie to pretend he's really a doctor. Kotter shows up a short time later to ask him to convince the others to return to school. Vinnie's reluctant to go back himself since he's now a happy working man, but Gabe informs him that if this was the kind of job he wanted he didn't have to go to school (Barbarino: "now you tell me!"). One plus for Vinnie is his pleasant bedside manner, which doesn't quite make up for his lack of knowledge about hospital procedure. All four Sweathogs are back in Kotter's classroom for the fadeout, for the very last time in the series in fact (we also learn that Washington's middle name is Percy). Marcia Strassman's role as Julie would expand this season, as Gabe Kaplan's would contract, with Della Reese added as a new teacher for just two episodes.
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