Recap / Bella and the Bulldogs

This is a list of episodes of the Nickelodeon sitcom, Bella and the Bulldogs, which premiered on January 17, 2015, and ended on June 25, 2016.

Read this list carefully; it may contain spoilers.

Season One (January 17, 2015-May 30, 2015)

All episodes in season one premiered on Saturday nights, with the exception of "Incomplete Pass", which aired on Monday, March 23, due to the Kids' Choice Awards airing the following Saturday.

1. 'Newbie QB' (one-hour episode) - Bella Dawson was just a cheerleader at West Silverado Middle School, watching another poor performance by the Bulldogs, when a moment of frustration during a play stoppage results in Bella getting the opportunity of a lifetime.
2. 'That's Some Gossip, Girl' - The team entrust Bella with their deepest secrets. But when the secrets end up publicized, the Bulldogs believe Bella is to blame.
3. 'Pretty in Stink' - Kyle, Bella's crush since childhood, wants to ask her to the school dance. Unfortunately, this comes during a week when the Bulldogs don't shower, a ritual they've kept with this particular opponent the last few years. This makes Bella fear that Kyle would rather go to the dance with The Rival, Charlotte, instead.
4. 'Tex Fest' - For the school's annual Tex Fest, Bella displays Bad "Bad Acting" while helping Pepper film a video for it, shaking her confidence in her acting abilities. Troy and Newt join the choir, with the former hoping to take advantage of the fact that he and Newt are the only boys in the choir, but Troy's in for a surprise. And Sophie has an elaborate way to get back at Sawyer for being the wrong target of a prank he was pulling.
5. 'Dancing in the End Zone' - Troy is taking ballet lessons to improve his football skills, but he doesn't want anyone to know, so, he and Bella come up with a cover-up plan. Sophie and Pepper are teased by Newt and Sawyer for their love of a particular TV show, only for the boys to become obsessed with it themselves.
6. 'That's MY Tri-Five!' - Bella encourages a reluctant Sophie and Pepper to hold tryouts for her replacement in the cheer squad. The girl who fills the spot, Nikki, ends up getting along with Sophie and Pepper far too much for Bella's liking, and Bella fears she's being replaced in their circle of friends, too. Meanwhile, Troy has stolen spy equipment from his military father, and he, Newt, and Sawyer use it to see who has been putting chewed gum on the underside of a table in the courtyard.
7. 'A Goodbye Week' - On the Bulldogs' bye week, Bella and Kyle finally go on their first date, only for Kyle's family situation to threaten their budding romance. Troy, Sawyer, and Newt attempt to keep their annual bye week ritual a secret from Coach Russell. And Sophie and Pepper go to a cheerleading retreat.
8. 'Bromantically Challenged' - Troy and Sawyer fight over who Bella's top wide receiver should be, forcing her to play mediator. Newt attempts to make a play for the spot himself. And the bake sale Sophie and Pepper have organized for the cheer squad is a disaster without Bella around.
9. 'Tornado Afraido' - When Bella, Troy, Newt, and Sawyer are forced to run extra laps after practice for goofing around, it makes them late for Pepper's birthday party. A tornado warning ends up trapping the five, plus Sophie, at school. So Bella, Newt, Troy, and Sophie, organize an impromptu party to make up for Pepper missing hers. Sawyer has to keep the birthday girl away to keep from ruining the surprise, and the two find out how much they have in common. Meanwhile, Ace does live reports from the heart of the storm, dragging along reluctant cameraman, Chauncy.
10. 'Incomplete Pass' - Bella is in danger of being benched if she fails her oral exam in Spanish, so she recruits Sophie to help her. A list falls out of Pepper's locker, and Troy, Newt, and Sawyer believe it's a "crush list"...which Sawyer wants to be on, but isn't.
11. 'Backseat Quarterback' - Bella suffers a shoulder injury during practice, forcing her to miss the Bulldogs' next game. Troy replaces her, but she fears it's a permanent replacement when he throws the winning touchdown, so she jeopardizes her long-term health by trying to get back in the game as quickly as possible. In science class, Newt and Pepper are paired together as lab partners, and Sophie sees just how much fun Newt can be.
12. 'Traitor Dater' - On Homecoming Week, Bella is asked to the Homecoming dance by a member of the team the Bulldogs are playing that week, so she tries to keep it a secret. Sawyer plans to ask Pepper to the dance, but he waits too long, and Newt, who, obviously, has tried unsuccessfully to ask Sophie, ends up becoming Pepper's date instead.
13. 'Bulldog Buddies' - Troy is jealous when Bella is paired with his little brother, DJ, for the Bulldog Buddies mentoring program. Sawyer and Pepper undergo a Relationship Upgrade. Unfortunately, Pepper's parents won't let her date.
14. 'Player Hater' - Troy begins dating Charlotte, whom Bella suspects is only using him. She is proven right, but is reluctant to tell Troy. Sawyer accidentally sends a text meant for his mom reading "I love you" to Pepper.
15. 'Root for Newt' - Newt's father is finally coming to a Bulldogs game, so Bella attempts to get Newt some playing time, though Coach Russell isn't willing to let this happen. Troy tries to score a date with a high school girl with Sophie's help, and Pepper enters a photo contest involving food, much to Sawyer's annoyance.
16. 'Bulldog Blues' - The Bulldogs need just one win to clinch a playoff berth, but they lose to the worst team in their league. Bella vows that the team will make the playoffs, only for her play to suddenly decline, and feel the need to overcome it quickly before it's too late. Sophie decides to stay with Pepper for a while to get away from her brothers.
17. 'Kicking and Scheming' - The Bulldogs' kicker, Kenny Ping, leaves to go on a world tour with the school's orchestra. They hold tryouts to replace him, with a soccer player named Hunter proving to be the best choice to replace Kenny. However, Hunter refuses, because of a long-standing feud with Troy, Newt, and Sawyer. Sophie, Pepper, and Newt try to set up Coach Russell with cheerleading coach Mrs. Park.
18. 'Third Degree Ba-Burn' - At the team's annual banquet, Bella roasts her teammates. Her jokes have an adverse effect on Troy's leadership skills, and on Sawyer and Pepper's relationship. In karate class, Sophie and her male partner grow closer, so Newt tries to get in-between them.
19. 'No Girls Allowed' - With the team's first-round playoff game approaching, Coach Russell is informed that Bella can't play, due to a rule that prohibits girls from playing football. So, she and her teammates fight to get the rule changed. The cheer squads for the Bulldogs and their opponents engage in a prank war.

Season Two (September 30, 2015-June 25, 2016)

For its second season, the series moved to Wednesday nights for its Autumn run, along with fellow Nick show The Thundermans; beginning with "The Outlaw Bella Dawson", the show moved back to Saturdays for its Spring broadcasts.

1. 'Wide Deceiver' - Bella has a chance to meet legendary NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, and takes Troy with her. But Troy has some bad news for her. Newt and Pepper take part in Sophie and Sawyer's disgusting dares in order to spend more time with them.
2. 'Girls' Night' - A boy from Bella's past who did her wrong shows up to her house delivering a pizza, so she, Sophie, and Pepper plot revenge. Troy moves into his dorm at Wentworth, and Newt and Sawyer don't want to leave him, mostly because of all the comforts he enjoys.
3. 'Personal Foul' - The Bulldogs prepare for their season-opening game, which happens to be against Wentworth, meaning Troy will be on the other side of the ball. With Troy's help, the Rangers prank the Bulldogs, but what they do in regards to the prank displeases him. However, he has no idea what they have in store for his old team - particularly Bella - when it comes to the actual game. Meanwhile, Pepper becomes Ace's intern, desperate to get her own show on the school's TV station. When Ace comes down with laryngitis, Pepper has to step in to do play-by-play. If only she knew anything about football.
4. 'Rally Week' - For the school's "Rally Week", the cheerleaders draw football players' names out of a hat, and then give them gifts, and make them posters. Pepper draws Bella, and one of the gifts she gives the QB is a scarf that Bella's not fond of. Bella gives it away, but soon, she lies to Pepper about loving it, and has to get it back. Sophie draws Troy, but refuses to participate, as she feels it makes the cheerleaders servants to the football team, when they get nothing in return. Troy's attempts to cover Sophie's boycott cause him to have a revelation. Sawyer is the lucky team member whose name was drawn by the daughter of a video game company owner. And Newt has some major Character Development regarding how he treats Sophie, when Vera, the girl who drew his name, has Stalker with a Crush tendencies.
5. 'Sha-Boo! Ya' - The show's first Halloween Episode sees the kids terrified by the prospect of the alleged ghost of a past school gardener being more than an Urban Legend, and Ace and Chauncy are desperate to make a viral video.
6. 'Who Killed Tex Fest?' - The football team's new equipment has unintended consequences for Tex Fest. Pepper's mom is pregnant, and Sophie helps her learn how to be a big sister - especially if the baby is a boy.
7. 'Dudes & Chicks' - Sawyer's cousin Charlie becomes the new object of Bella's affection - but an incident from the past threatens any hope of romance or friendship, so Bella seeks Pepper's assistance. Meanwhile, Sophie, Newt, and Troy attempt to rescue baby chicks from a supposed horrible fate.
8. 'Two Many Dates' - Bella and Charlie are getting on well, but the Homecoming dance is approaching, and he still hasn't asked her to it. She agrees to go with Zach Barnes - the boy who skipped out on their date the year before because he couldn't handle being beaten by her in the Homecoming game - as friends. But when Charlie finally asks her, Bella is stuck between a rock and a hard place. A sudden injury to Zach seems to ease things - then comes the dance itself. Meanwhile, Newt is courting a girl that isn't Sophie, and is having success with it; Troy and Sophie have multiple potential dates - and end up with none; and Pepper and Sawyer make a big decision regarding their relationship.
9. 'The Outlaw Bella Dawson' - As part of a Living History project/field trip, Bella, Sophie, and Sawyer travel to Old Silverado, where they take on the roles of several key figures from the early history of Silverado. Bella is still caught between Zach and Charlie. Things are further complicated when Charlie asks Bella a rather important question (over the phone), and Zach happens to be at Old Silverado, too, with some of his schoolmates. Oh, she also gets caught trying to use her cell phone, which has been banned for the duration of the project. Meanwhile, Sawyer is assigned to play Jonas Silverado, the town's founder, and Sophie his wife, Abigail. Sophie is displeased when this means that the two will have to partake in past stereotypes, Sawyer painting tumbleweeds (Jonas Silverado's occupation), and Sophie doing the housework. And Newt seeks advice from Troy and Pepper on the perfect birthday gift for Asha...which he may live to regret.
10. 'Parents and Pigskins' - The annual "Parents & Pigskins Game" is approaching, and Bella is worried that her mother, who knows nothing about the sport her own daughter plays, will embarrass her. Troy and Bella will be teammates, with Sawyer and Newt on the other side of the line of scrimmage. Newt and Sawyer - plus their dads - worry about how they'll perform when they see Troy's well-built uncle (played by NFL legend Tony Gonzalez). Meanwhile, for the game, Sophie and Pepper attempt to sell Sophie's mom's tamales...only for things to go wrong.
11. 'Glitz & Grit' - Bella tries to dispel the notion that she's no longer "girly" enough by competing in a beauty pageant. Newt's stepmother, Brenda, is her coach. Meanwhile, Pepper and Sophie, tired of Troy and Sawyer belittling cheerleading, make a bet with them that they couldn't last a week doing it.
12. 'Accept No Substitute' - When Coach Russell gets sick, the team spends more time pranking the substitute coach than focusing on their practices, leaving them unprepared for their next game.
13. 'I Love You, Hunter Hayes!' - Bella skips a team activity (cleaning trash off the field, to be specific) to attend a Hunter Hayes concert with Sophie and Pepper (who are busy trying to get an interview with him for the school's TV station). When Troy, Sawyer, and Newt find this out, they blackmail Bella by making her do stuff for them in exchange for keeping the secret.
14. 'Party Of Three' - Bella finally works up the nerve to ask Zach out, but when he shows up for their supposed date, he brings along a surprise, forcing Sophie and Pepper to help fix an awkward situation. In the meantime, the fourth film in the Galaxy Battle series is coming out, and Troy and Sawyer, huge fans of the series, attempt to make Newt a fan, as well...but when he sees the films for himself, he doesn't like them - and his reasons for disliking them affect his friends' fandom.
15. 'Bad Grandma' - Bella meets her sports idol while doing community service at a nursing home, but the woman's fear of rejection causes friction between them. Troy and Sawyer help an old man at the home become tech-savvy...and end up being his online matchmaker. Pepper, Sophie, and Newt help decorate a room in Pepper's house for her new baby brother, but arguments over the theme and a disastrous spill on an expensive carpet complicate things.
16. 'Bella in the Spotlight' - Uncomfortable with the fact that she's the center of attention, Bella drafts a local sports reporter to do a report on her and her teammates, only for him to be interested in talking about the star quarterback. This situation also affects Pepper, as she interns at the man's TV station. Meanwhile, Sophie assists Newt in a robot fighting competition, showing a stunning depth of knowledge in the subject of robotics.
17. 'Doggone Record Breaker' - Troy's father, Ray, returns home from the military for a brief stay. When his son beats him in ping pong, Ray takes the loss hard, which upsets Troy. Things get more awkward when Troy learns that he is one touchdown away from breaking the football team's career record for the stat...currently shared by he and Ray. On top of all of this, Sawyer seems to have a crush on Troy's mom, continuously inviting himself over for dinner. Meanwhile, Newt's mom gifts him a bulldog, which his stepmom, Brenda, is allergic to. He is forced to carry the dog, whom he names "Toughie", to school...where Toughie goes missing. This forces Bella, Sophie, and Pepper to help find the dog before Newt is caught and suspended.^note This is the series's first episode to get under a million viewers on its premiere airing - about 900,000.
18. 'Tailgating' - Everyone is at the tailgating party for the annual Southern Oklahoma vs. Silverado A&M college football game. Sawyer and his dad are making their famous chili whose secret would kill the business if it got out; Troy and Sophie are taking on all comers in cornhole, and have no idea what Newt and Pepper have in store; oh, and Bella is trying to avoid Zach, because she still has feelings for him.
19. 'Oh Baby, It's the Playoffs' - The Bulldogs will once again face off against Durango in the first round of the playoffs. At a pancake breakfast celebrating the team making it this far, the players are informed that a severe weather threat has forced the game's postponement from Friday night to Saturday night; this puts Bella, Sophie, and Pepper in a pickle, as Pepper's mother's baby shower is scheduled for the same time. The three come up with a solution where they can have the shower, and still get to the game on time. Unfortunately, after the shower, Pepper's mom goes into labor, and Pepper's dad is nowhere to be found. This forces Bella to drive Mrs. Silverstein to the hospital, putting any hopes of getting to the game at all in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Newt and Sawyer attempt to hide a scathing column in Silverado Weekly from Troy...where he is the main focus.
20. 'Biggest. Game. Ever.' (final episode) - The Bulldogs have reached the state championship game for the first time in the program's history, where they'll have to play Wentworth. Bella is eager to go over the game plan with her teammates, but they're more interested in the perks they've gotten - especially the nice hotel they're staying in - than preparing for the game. Things take a bad turn when Bella's copy of the game plan ends up in the hands of a Wentworth player after an accidental bag switch, forcing her to try and get it back before kickoff. Meanwhile, Sophie and Pepper hope to run into Taylor Swift...who's staying in the same hotel during a tour stop.