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1 :01x01 - Signs of Life
Writer: Bruce Helford, Elia J. Katz
Director: Donald Reiker
Guest star: Robert Bendall (Adam), Carrie Klein (Betsy), Betty Karlen (Virginia Biederman), Millie Slavin (Dr. White), Frank Luz (Jeffrey), Peter Michael Goetz (Unknown), Walter Addison (Arbitrator), Janet Carroll (Mrs. Danzig), Linda Thorson (Connie Delvecchio), Macon McCalman (Mr. Kaczmarek), William Bronder (Mr. Sorenson), John DiSanti (Phil)
Danzig vows he won't "allow kids to leave here as illiterates"---and then invites "inferior" teachers to transfer.
2 :01x02 - Changes
Writer: Kathy McCormick
Director: Win Phelps
Guest star: Jsu Garcia (Mario Dagostine), Brian Andrews (Male Student), Tom Regan (Priest), Bill Marcus (Phil), Wendy Cooke (Wilma), Peter Hobbs (Victor Gianelli), Arlene Golonka (Mrs. Gianelli), Mitzi Hoag (Trudy Berges), Betty Karlen (Virginia Biederman), Annie Oringer (Donna)
Sara proposes day care for teen mothers. The dean dies. Teachers are upset over the disruptive influence of babies in the classroom; Harry fears he's losing the students' trust after he takes over as dean of boys.
3 :01x03 - Small Victories
Writer: Donald Reiker, Patricia Jones
Director: Allan Arkush
Guest star: Don Cheadle (Carver), Tony Williams (Lamar), Jane Galloway (Unknown), Zoaunne LeRoy (Mrs. Hogan), Richard Coca (Carlos Ruiz), Tyra Ferrell (Unknown), Roberto Ramirez (Mr. Ruiz), Sean Gregory Sullivan (Zappa), Linda Thorson (Connie Delvecchio), Jesse Borrego (Julio Gaspare), Martin Ferrero (Anton Zemekis)
Sara bemoans the supply shortage; Harry encourages a gang leader to enter college; Danzig faces bureaucratic threats to close the day-care center; a preppy newcomer experiences his first failure as a teacher.
4 :01x04 - Conspicuous by Their Abstinence
Writer: Bruce Helford, Elia J. Katz
Director: Donald Reiker
Guest star: Leslie Sachs (Reporter #3), Randee Heller (Unknown), Allison Argo (Unknown), Charles Walker (Reporter #1), Betty Karlen (Virginia Biederman), Norman Parker (Father Hector), Annie Oringer (Donna), John DiSanti (Phil), Julie Inouye (Reporter #2), Don Burroughs (Male Student), Bradley Gregg (Billy Watkins), Gary Hollis (Mr. Schiller), Zoaunne LeRoy (Nurse Hogan)
As a priest and parents protest the dispensing of birth-control devices, personal dramas unfold for Sarah, Callahan and the parents of a baby in the day-care center.
5 :01x05 - The Moral Equation
Writer: Johnny Dawkins
Director: Alexander Singer
Guest star: Penelope Sudrow (Miss Andoletti), Matthew Asner (Student #3), Macon McCalman (Mr. Kaczmarek), Kawena Charlot (Student #1), Linda Thorson (Connie Delvecchio), Gerry Black (Wayne), Nicholas Guest (Guy), Curtiss Marlowe (Student #2), Billie Bird (Agatha)
All the staff members must take an exam to keep their teaching licenses.
6 :01x06 - Runaway Hearts
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger
Director: Allan Arkush
Guest star: Brian Andrews (Freddie), Phillip Richard Allen (Mr. Reese), Janet Carroll (Mrs. Danzig), Benny Baker (Gideon), Patrick O'Bryan (Johnny Reese), Norman Parker (Father Hector), Jay Kogen (Martin), Richard Cox (Charlie Turner), Shanee Edwards (Melanie), John Hamelin (Dr. Ghali), David Wohl (Surgeon)
A cocky student mistakenly assumes that Sara is interested in him; Callahan tutors runaways; and the Danzigs cope with a change in their marriage.
7 :01x07 - The Power of a Lie
Writer: Kathy McCormick
Director: Win Phelps
Guest star: Faith Quabius (Referee), Janet Carroll (Mrs. Danzig), Phillip Richard Allen (Mr. Reese), Corey Parker (Henry), Sean Gregory Sullivan (Zappa), Christian Hoff (Fowler (Richard)), Philip Tanzini (Aiken (Paul)), Patrick O'Bryan (Johnny Reese), Jay Kogen (Martin), Dennis Drake (Brad Whittington)
Harry is suspended for hitting a student; Matthew accepts a challenge to a student debate from a teacher friend at a prep school; his wife's pregnancy gives Danzig cause for reflection.
8 :01x08 - Lost and Found
Writer: Bruce Helford
Director: Debbie Allen
Guest star: Cecile Callan (Suzanne), Tony Soper (Unknown), Betty Karlen (Virginia Biederman), Bebe Drake (Association Member), Joe Nesnow (Custodian), Timothy Blake (Association Secretary), John O'Leary (Mr. Larkspur), Nicholas Guest (Guy), Janet Carroll (Mrs. Danzig), Katie Rich (Maria), Lisa McCullough (Debbie), Alan Toy (John McPherson (Wheels))
Depressed over her sister's suicide, Roz could be next after Charlie rejects her efforts to help him regain his job; Gus sticks his neck out for the basketball team; Callahan feels like odd man out in her apartment.
9 :02x01 - It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Writer: Donald Reiker, Patricia Jones, Stuart Rosenberg
Director: Donald Reiker
Guest star: Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Bobby), Thelma E. Smith (Elyse), Lawrence Parks (Doyle), Ji Tu Cumbuka (The Drink Guy), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Devlin), Phill Lewis (Schuyler Tate), Christopher M. Brown (Tony), Jenny Gago (Mrs. Molina), Betty Karlen (Mrs. Biederman)
Racial violence divides students and faculty and leaves Danzig the victim of a shooting by a black honors student.
10 :02x02 - The Long Grey Line
Writer: Kathy McCormick
Director: Win Phelps
Guest star: Joseph Romeo (Parent #4), Melinda Peterson (Albritton), Teddi Sherman (Woman), John Paul Gamoke (Unknown), Michele Buffone (Parent #3), Dalton Cathey (Parent #2), Cal Gibson (Counterman), Thomas Ryan (Jay), Betty Karlen (Mrs. Biederman), Chelsea Field (Chris Barnes)
The threat of a strike looms over the school, while Harry grapples with the threat of losing his kids to his ex-wife.
11 :02x03 - Truancy Blues
Writer: Stephen Katz
Director: Paul Lynch
Guest star: Paul Stout (Dead Kid), Kenneth Tigar (Board Member), Janet Carroll (Mrs. Danzig), Adam Carl (Snyder), Vincent Schiavelli (Mr. O'Connor), Ellen Crawford (Mrs. Feeney), Stan Ivar (Jeffrey), Tom LaGrua (Parent #2), Chelsea Field (Chris Barnes), Marianne Muellerleile (Margo Bleiweiss), Charles Bouvier (Unknown), Tracey Walter (Mr. Woshinsky), Cecile Callan (Suzanne)
Danzig uses his leverage to suspend welfare checks to families with truant students; a night of baby-sitting Harry's kids brings Sara back to reality.
12 :02x04 - Behind Closed Doors
Writer: Joanne Pagliaro
Director: Win Phelps
Guest star: Jordan Charney (Ted Sharf), Victor Campos (Mr. Avila), Jennifer Parsons (Monica Sharf), Olivia d'Abo (Terri Avila), Adam Carl (Snyder), Kip King (Uncle Louie), Chelsea Field (Chris Barnes), Kevin Telles (Eddie Leone), Bruce French (Priest), Tammy Townsend (Aimee), Penelope Sudrow (Jessie), Stan Ivar (Jeffrey)
Danzig tries to help a homeless student; Sara goes over Harry's head to get approval for a field trip; and a teen-age temptress offers Snyder a rare opportunity.
13 :02x05 - Career Day
Writer: Patricia Jones, Donald Reiker, Joanne Pagliaro
Director: Win Phelps
Guest star: Janet Carroll (Mrs. Danzig), Leo Rossi (Tauber), Kip Gilman (Jordan Bean), Stan Ivar (Jeffrey)
A former student tries to get even with Felspar for not teaching him how to read; a cocky artist's critical comments crush a student's passion for painting; and a very pregnant Mrs. Danzig (Janet Carroll) winds up in the nurse's office.
14 :02x06 - Ties That Bind
Writer: Stephen Katz, Stuart Rosenberg
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes
Guest star: Phill Lewis (Mickey Wheeler), Grace Zabriskie (Mrs. Barris), Marlyn Mason (Lorraine Newhouse), Anthony Peck (Mr. Barris), Pamela Adlon (Lisa), Liane Curtis (Joannie), Dennis Patrick (Harry Newhouse), Annie Abbott (Mrs. Spellman), Ed Quinlan (Lawyer), Tracey Walter (Mr. Woshinsky)
Callahan helps a student with a drug problem; scholarship students face an uncertain future, as does Sara; Felspar takes over at the Danzigs' after his wife leaves him.
15 :02x07 - The Gospel Truth
Writer: Patricia Jones, Donald Reiker
Director: James Quinn
Guest star: Richard Beymer (Locke), Aileen Fitzpatrick (Woman), Eliza Pryor (Sharon), Annie Abbott (Mrs. Spellman), Benito Martinez (Fernandez (Rodriguez's Friend)), Brian Fong (Mr. Loo), Georgi Irene (Snyder's Girl), Tracey Walter (Mr. Woshinsky), Frank Collison (Plasterer), David Kagen (Mrs. McKay's Lawyer), Adam Carl (Snyder), Joon B. Kim (Ahn Loo)
A science teacher airs his views on creationism; Callahan regrets suggesting that Matthew date other women; Felspar's marital woes lead him to a massage parlor and a breakdown.
16 :02x08 - If All the World's a Stage, Where's My Dressing Room
A depressed girl is helped by Danzig when he learns she's homeless.
17 :02x09 - When I Paint My Masterpiece
Writer: Patricia Jones, Donald Reiker
Director: Mike Vejar
Guest star: Katie Barberi (Maria), James Sloyan (Martin Isaacson), Gabe Jarret (Aaron Isaacson)
A young man's artwork draws admiration from Callahan and criticism from his father; Danzig mourns his sudden loss; a sexy student targets Matthew as her next victim.
18 :02x10 - Crossroads
Writer: Frederick Rappaport
Director: Robert Becker
Guest star: Tammy Lauren (Linda), Beau Dremann (Ray), Richard Grieco (Vince), Tom Fridley (Angel)
Harry has to intervene in the wedding plans of a young student couple. Gang members convince Snyder that they're all the family he needs; Danzig copes with loneliness; and Callahan regrets doing business with a friend.
19 :02x11 - On the Land, on the Sea, and in the Halls
Writer: Frederick Rappaport
Director: Mimi Leder
Guest star: Susan Kellermann (Rose), Leigh J. McCloskey (Richard), Kim Myers (Lori), Joon B. Kim (Ahn Loo), Billy Jayne (Brad)
A student's plan to join the Marines triggers painful memories for Sara; and a formidable superintendent makes a pass at Felspar.
20 :02x12 - A Day in the Life
Writer: Frederick Rappaport, Ira Steven Behr
Director: Win Phelps
Guest star: Louis Guss (Lustgarten), Helen Verbit (Louise)
Late paychecks and the threat of gang violence have the faculty on edge; Sara refuses to visit her estranged father in the hospital; Felspar abruptly ends a new relationship.
21 :02x13 - Unnatural Selection
Writer: Patricia Jones, Donald Reiker, Bruce Helford
Director: Robert Becker
Guest star: Robert Beltran (Mike), Louis Guss (Lustgarten)
Asbestos contamination threatens to close the school; Sara hopes to save her relationship with Harry by moving into her own apartment; Matthew gets the position he wants, but is heartsick over the reason why.