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1 :01x01 - I'm Gonna Love College
Writer: Tom Fontana, Julie Martin
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Tom Mason (Mr. Thorne), Paul Fitzgerald (Professor Sean Dixon), Aasif Mandvi (Kamil Sharif), Amanda Loncar (Olive Bettes), Alex Cendese (Rylan Garvey), Ryan Link (Coffeehouse Singer), Leia Thompson (Sorority Girl), Jolly Abraham (Tasha Bettencourt), Emma Bell (Rachel Fein), Aaron Yoo (James Fong), Carlos Morales (Campus Parking Officer), Jason Jurman (Peter Wortman), Tiffani Barbour (Student Clerk), Reynaldo Valentin (Chris Hernandez), Pepper Binkley (April Jensen), Darien Sills-Evans (Aaron Evans), Denise Quiñones (Mia Thorne), Rachel Frances Shaw (Simone), James O'Toole (Guy #1), Joshua Tolby (Student), Greg D'Agostino (Mean Jock), Marcus Collins (Norris)
At Bedford University, a group of students in a human sexuality and behavior class, led by Professor Macklin, are assigned to keep a diary of their sexual experiences and encounters. Meanwhile, rumors fly that Sarah, the student body president, had an affair with a professor when Richard, a recovering alcoholic, publishes an article about it in the school newspaper.
2 :01x02 - The Truth About Sex
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Amanda Loncar (Olive Bettes), Aaron Yoo (James Fong), Paul Fitzgerald (Professor Sean Dixon), Aasif Mandvi (Kamil Sharif), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Bill Hemingway), Chris Hartl (Trey Anderson), Emma Bell (Rachel Fein), Tom Mardirosian (Thaddeus Cole), Alex Cendese (Rylan Garvey), Julie Lauren (Julia Dixon)
As the class talks about sexual responsibility, Lee is thrown off track when he receives startling news from his girlfriend. After Professor Dixon's affair with two students is leaked, the Bedford ethics committee meets to decide his fate. Meanwhile, Owen sleeps with his sister's roommate, resulting in Natalie realizing her true feelings for him.
3 :01x03 - Tell Me No Secrets
Director: Ed Bianchi
Guest star: Aasif Mandvi (Kamil Sharif), Amanda Loncar (Olive Bettes), Jason Jurman (Peter Wortman), Jolly Abraham (Tasha Bettencourt), Emma Bell (Rachel Fein), Aaron Yoo (James Fong), Kim Allen (Raven), Chris Hartl (Trey Anderson), Reynaldo Valentin (Chris Hernandez)
After secrets from Lee's personal life are exposed in the student newspaper, Professor Macklin makes the weekly theme of the class confidentiality. Meanwhile, Richard, the editor of the newspaper, defends the article, using the First Amendment to back him up. Sara begins dating an athlete, not knowing that he's only using her to get more funding for his team.
4 :01x04 - Zen and the Art of Manipulation
Director: David Anspaugh
Guest star: Aasif Mandvi (Kamil Sharif), Dagmara Dominczyk (Katrina Hajinsky), Emma Bell (Rachel Fein), Tom Mardirosian (Thaddeus Cole), Darien Sills-Evans (Aaron Evans), Fannie Chan (Celia Chin), Chris Hartl (Trey Anderson), Krysten Ritter (Erin Kavenaugh)
Richard starts seeing an older woman, unaware that she's Professor Macklin's ex-wife. Owen and Natalie volunteer at a psychiatric center and after a patient develops a crush on Owen, Natalie begins to think of Owen differently. Meanwhile, in class, the students study sexual manipulation.
5 :01x05 - Love and the Tenth Planet
Director: Whitney Ransick
Guest star: Peter Scanavino (Gunther Halstead), Dagmara Dominczyk (Katrina Hajinsky), Aaron Yoo (James Fong), Paul Fitzgerald (Professor Sean Dixon), Chris Hartl (Trey Anderson), Ryan Link (Coffeehouse Singer), Kristin Rohde (Annie Callahan), Emma Bell (Rachel Fein), Tom Mardirosian (Thaddeus Cole), Roger Liftsman (Vlad), Spencer Grammer (Dina Jones), O.A.R. (Themselves)
The class discusses the difference between sex and love while Owen does his best to plan an impressive date for Natalie. Sarah dumps the athlete that she's been dating when she finds out the truth about why he's with her. Meanwhile, Lee gets sucked into the world of online gambling; and Richard attends the same concert as Professor Macklin and his wife.
6 :01x06 - The Passion of the Beaver
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Tom Mason (Mr. Thorne), Aasif Mandvi (Kamil Sharif), Laurie Kennedy (Elaine Green), Dagmara Dominczyk (Katrina Hajinsky), Geoffrey Cantor (Councilman Joe Parelli), Aaron Yoo (James Fong), Reynaldo Valentin (Chris Hernandez), Kristin Rohde (Annie Callahan), Lucia Brawley (Mrs. Perez), Barbara Christie (Nurse), Edmund Lyndeck (Andrew Boniface), Denise Quiñones (Mia Thorne), Jason Jurman (Peter Wortman)
With the class topic of the week being "Passion", Zoe convinces herself, and the class, that she isn't passionate about anything. However, her mind is changed when she tries out for the school mascot. Natalie, finding that her passion is the health clinic, fights to keep it open, and Owen, knowing that his passion is Natalie, helps to keep the clinic open as well. But Sarah's opposition to the health clinic and her reasons for wanting to shut it down causes a rift between her and Owen. Meanwhile, Richard uses his family ties to get Katrina a meeting with high-powered city officials.
7 :01x07 - Risky Business
Writer: Brant Englestein
Director: Ron Lagomarsino
Guest star: Geoffrey Arend (Lyle), Dagmara Dominczyk (Katrina Hajinsky), Aasif Mandvi (Kamil Sharif)
After Richard becomes depressed that Katrina left him to get back together with Professor Macklin, he goes to Natalie, his ex-girlfriend, for support, making Owen jealous. When Lee falls deeper and deeper into his gambling addiction, he is forced to buy a term paper on-line for one of his classes. Meanwhile, Zoe debates whether or not to lose her virginity, knowing that doing so would make Lee jealous.
8 :01x08 - Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Director: Barbara Kopple
Guest star: Aasif Mandvi (Kamil Sharif), Aaron Yoo (James Fong), Paul Fitzgerald (Professor Sean Dixon), Liza Colon-Zayas (Dr. Stern), Tom Mardirosian (Thaddeus Cole), Glenna Neece (Cynthia Parker), Jason Jurman (Peter Wortman), Molly Pearson (Molly Dalembert), Peter Scanavino (Gunther Halstead), Pepper Binkley (April Jensen), Reynaldo Valentin (Chris Hernandez), Darien Sills-Evans (Aaron Evans), Kristin Rohde (Annie Callahan), Emma Bell (Rachel Fein)
The topic of the week is abstinence, but the students have have anything but that on their minds. Lee has a tough time abstaining from both sex and gambling and is forced to go to Richard for a loan to pay back his gambling debt. Zoe is hired as the school's sex columnist. Owen and Natalie re-evaluate their relationship when Natalie refuses to let Owen stay with her for a few days. Owen's response to her decision and the rift it causes between them makes Natalie reconsider getting back together with Richard. Meanwhile, Sarah almost agrees to give her former lover another chance, but changes her mind when she finds out that he's still sleeping with other students.