Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Season 28
Season 28 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Season 27.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Giving and Receiving: A Visit with Author Eric Carle
Feb 16, 1998 · 30 min
Rogers visits Eric Carle, author and illustrator of children's books. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how fortune cookies are made. A Spanish-speaking "Fortune Cookie Man" makes h
Giving and Receiving: A Visit with a Batik Artist
Aug 21, 1998
Saihou Njie gives Rogers a demonstration on making batik vests. Later in the program, Mr. McFeely shows a videotape on how bagels are made.
Giving and Receiving: How People Make Toilets
Aug 21, 1998
Rogers brings back The Potty Book that he had introduced back in 1989, and reads it in full, this time. Mr. McFeely shows a videotape of how toilets are made. Betty Okonak Templeto
Giving and Receiving: How People Make Carousel Horses
Aug 21, 1998
Rogers creates a simple merry-go-round from paper plates and a cardboard tube. Maggie Stewart Brings On Behalf Of Mr McFeely shows a videotape on how carousel horses are made.
Giving and Receiving: Reading with LeVar Burton
Aug 21, 1998
Rogers presents a gift for Mr. McFeely just as he delivers a book for guest LeVar Burton (the host of the PBS program Reading Rainbow) to read. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe,
You and I Together: Installing a Wheelchair Lift
Aug 21, 1998
Rogers sees people operating a lifting device that elevates a wheelchair into a van. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday commands Mayor Maggie, who had arrived in a wh
You and I Together: A Visit with Koko the Gorilla
Aug 21, 1998
Rogers' comforts a visit with Koko the Gorilla. No such warmth can be found in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe when a different gorilla visits. The lone exception is Lady Aberlin,
You and I Together: A Visit to the Eye Doctor
Aug 21, 1998
Rogers visits his eye doctor to have his vision checked. Mr. McFeely presents a video on how eyeglass lenses are made. Lady Elaine is bent on warning the Neighborhood of Make-Belie
You and I Together: A Visit with a Teen and his Service Dog
Aug 21, 1998
Rogers talks about how a variety of sticks is similar to a group of words: the more you have, the better you can work with them. Mr. McFeely shows a video of a service dog, named C
You and I Together: A Visit to the Center for Creative Play
Jul 31, 1998
In drawing a rainbow, Rogers points out the more colors, the better. He then reflects on a place where friends visit to play with toys. Lady Aberlin hints that Kevin Wendell Gorill
Little and Big: We All Have Talents - Little and Big
Aug 3, 1998
Prince Tuesday is a natural at working a yo-yo, much to King Friday's chagrin. To everyone's dismay, Friday disallows any yo-yos in the neighborhood.
Little and Big: Helicopters
Aug 7, 1998
At an airport, Rogers sees Mr. McFeely about to take deliveries on a helicopter. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin and Miss Paulifficate are unwilling enforcers of
Little and Big: How People Make Grape Jelly
Aug 10, 1998
Lady Elaine is trying to send messages for her neighbors to get her down from her stuck helicopter. Unfortunately, Bob Dog grabs on her hat message and gets stuck himself. Mr Roger
Little and Big: Inventor of a Sphere that Goes from Little to Big
Aug 14, 1998 · 30 min
Mr. McFeely shows a videotape of his visit to inventor Chuck Hoberman. Rogers gets a visit from Mrs. McFeely. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri rescues both Bob D
Little and Big: A Visit with Architect Maya Lin
Aug 17, 1998
Rogers visits the studio apartment of an innovative architect. She explains how an appreciation of the earth inspired her to design certain tables, seats, and couches. Cornflake S.