Where to watch an old kids show called Square One?

December 1, 2022 12:47 PM

When I was much younger, I watched a show called Square One on PBS. I've managed to find an episode or two on Youtube, but I'm wondering if there's anywhere to access the complete series?
posted by NoneOfTheAbove to Media & Arts (17 answers total)

Best answer: here's season 1
posted by aniola at 12:53 PM on December 1, 2022 [7 favorites]

Best answer: here's season 2
posted by aniola at 12:56 PM on December 1, 2022 [6 favorites]

Best answer: here's season 3
posted by aniola at 12:57 PM on December 1, 2022 [6 favorites]

Best answer: here's season 4
posted by aniola at 12:58 PM on December 1, 2022 [4 favorites]

(This season 3 playlist might have a couple more episodes, but still appears incomplete.)
posted by box at 12:59 PM on December 1, 2022

Best answer: here's season 5

Five. Five seasons, ah ha ha.
posted by aniola at 1:04 PM on December 1, 2022 [12 favorites]

Here's (some of) season 5

Here are a couple episodes of the follow up, Square One Math Talk.
posted by box at 1:05 PM on December 1, 2022

MATH NET! yes! that is the whole reason i know what the Fibonacci sequence is.
posted by misanthropicsarah at 1:13 PM on December 1, 2022 [9 favorites]

One, one, two, three, five, eureka! *caw*
posted by gideonfrog at 1:21 PM on December 1, 2022 [6 favorites]

Response by poster: aniola you have made my day. Thank you :)
posted by NoneOfTheAbove at 2:09 PM on December 1, 2022

Best answer: Sorry it's not literally every single episode, it would awesome if some more of the stragglers showed up. I remember going to a new school, and for a couple months before the school year was over, we'd watch one of these episodes every week. I thought it was so great! There should be more math shows for people of all ages.
posted by aniola at 2:13 PM on December 1, 2022

Response by poster: I just looked it up and I'm blown away that there were 230 episodes in total! Even if it's not every episode, I think that's lots to keep me and my son busy :)
posted by NoneOfTheAbove at 2:18 PM on December 1, 2022

The opening credits of that show is seriously the most stereotypically "80s" thing I have EVER seen. And I grew up in the '80s.
posted by Dr. Wu at 3:35 PM on December 1, 2022 [2 favorites]

I watched part of the first episode that was available from season 1 and it was pretty dated-sexist. I'm glad you and your son are watching these together!
posted by aniola at 3:53 PM on December 1, 2022

I have such fond memories of Square One and especially Math Net!!! Thank you for the ask and thank you, aniola, for finding the videos.

Pretty sure there's a robust Math Net to X-Files pipeline in my psyche. Anyone else?
posted by SaharaRose at 4:11 PM on December 1, 2022 [3 favorites]

I forgot about that show but it is also why I know about Fibonacci Sequence!
posted by Chaussette and the Pussy Cats at 4:36 PM on December 2, 2022

Lol SaharaRose MathNet and X-files are literally just the same thing except Mulder is slightly conventionally hotter than Frankly. No offense to Joe Howard.
posted by potrzebie at 12:44 AM on December 3, 2022