TV series
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
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Boston Public premiered October 23, 2000. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
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Episode 1
Ronnie witnesses an attempted rape, then receives a shock when she presses for legal action on behalf of the victim (guest star Amanda Fuller); Hanson tries to prevent a student from being expelled for drugs.
Directed by Jonathan PontellWritten by David E. KelleyGuest stars Patrick John Flueger, Pablo Santos, Blair Wingo, Jesse Head, Breon Gorman, Bryan Greenberg, Larry Anderson, Michael Cavanaugh
Episode 2
After a cheerleader is attacked, blame falls on another student's mother (Sean Young); Carmen goes head to head with a ""bad boy"" student (Milo Ventigmilia); Hansen copes with a student who says he is the son of God.
Directed by Robert YannettiWritten by Jason KatimsGuest stars Nicole Tubiola, Sean Young, Keri Lynn Pratt, Courtney Peldon, Bruce French, Lyndsy Fonseca, Chris Olivero, Miko Hughes
Episode 3
A female student files a serious sexual-harassment charge against Danny; a classroom debate over the U.S. involvement in Iraq turns violent; the tension between Harper and Guber over Marylin reaches the boiling point.
Directed by Mike ListoWritten by David E. KelleyGuest stars Davetta Sherwood, Shannon Woodward, Jesse Head, Monique Coleman, Chris Olivero, Milo Ventimiglia, Fletcher Sheridan, Ron Morehouse
Episode 4
An enraged student slaps Marla's face in front of the class, and Marla slaps her back; Hanson discovers Allison behaves like a bully at school; Carmen asks Harper to remove Jake from her class.
Directed by Steven RobmanWritten by Kerry EhrinGuest stars Marshall Allman, Darcy Shean, Lyndsy Fonseca, Catero Colbert, Chris Olivero, Miko Hughes, Milo Ventimiglia, Lyrica Woodruff
Episode 5
An investment banker, convicted of securities fraud, avoids jail time by agreeing to community service: teaching math at Winslow High. A sexy and eccentric woman smashes into Guber's car and then crashes her way into his life.
Directed by Joe NapolitanoWritten by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Liz HeldensGuest stars Arjay Smith, Dennis Miller, Courtney Peldon, Lyndsy Fonseca, Sherilyn Fenn, Chris Olivero, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Lanning
Episode 6
A student discovers Harper and Marilyn have been secretly dating and threatens to go to the school board; Hanson and Claire try to assist a student who is having trouble with his dad.
Directed by Jonathan PontellWritten by Kerry EhrinGuest stars Smith Cho, Nicholas D'Agosto, Dennis Miller, Thomas Dekker, Chris Hunter, Sherilyn Fenn, Lyrica Woodruff, Missy Yager
Episode 7
Charlie Bixby (Dennis Miller) takes an unconventional approach when volunteering at a teen hotline; Marla decides to try in vitro fertilization and asks Harper to be the donor; Carmen reveals a secret from her past.
Directed by Allison Liddi-BrownWritten by Jason Katims, Douglas SteinbergGuest stars Dennis Miller, Blake Bashoff, Rainbow Borden, Lyndsy Fonseca, Catero Colbert, Lyrica Woodruff, Victor McCay, Ruth Zalduondo
Episode 8
Harper decides to call the FBI when he learns that a student has been accessing a terrorist recruitment web site from the school library; Ronnie learns that one of her students has HIV.
Directed by Mike ListoWritten by Liz HeldensGuest stars Helen Slater, Christopher Khayman Lee, Courtney Peldon, Thomas Dekker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Hayley Marie Norman, Craig Gellis, Shannon Woodward
Episode 9
Guber contends with a student who thinks he is Jesus and is using school funds to feed the homeless; Marla mistakenly books R.E.M. for a school fund-raiser.
Directed by Elodie KeeneWritten by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Jason KatimsGuest stars Kate Norby, Michael Stipe, Courtney Peldon, Mike Mills, Miko Hughes, Peter Buck, Lyrica Woodruff, Fletcher Sheridan
Episode 10
Guber discovers the high-school drum line's freshman hazing involves physical abuse; a student-produced TV documentary about Ronnie worries her; a father is sentenced to being handcuffed to his son for a week.
Directed by Robert YannettiWritten by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Jason Katims, Karen WyscarverGuest stars C.J. Thomason, Kevin Dunn, Leon Frierson, Kimberlee Peterson, Courtney Peldon, Tania Gunadi, Russell W. Howard, Louis Falk
Episode 11
An overachieving student sues the school when she has to share presidency of the honor society with a black student in a wheelchair; Marlo begins her in-vitro process.
Directed by Michael ZinbergWritten by Kerry EhrinGuest stars Ron Bottitta, Majandra Delfino, Elizabeth Rice, Natasha Melnick, Courtney Peldon, Darcy Shean, Sherilyn Fenn, Leonora Pitts
Episode 12
Views on affirmative action divide the students; the teachers hope to quell the resulting tensions by debating the subject in front of the student body.
Directed by Bethany RooneyWritten by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Liz HeldensGuest stars Karen Malina White, Natasha Melnick, Monique Coleman, Courtney Peldon, Phil Buckman, Taran Killam, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Michelle Ewin
Episode 13
Henry gives bad advice to a brainiac student who wants to become an artist; Marla has a miscarriage; Rainy is thrown out of her foster home.
Directed by Patrick R. NorrisWritten by Jason Katims, Karen Wyscarver, Liz HeldensGuest stars Sean Faris, Kayla Ewell, Kate Norby, Natasha Melnick, Phil Buckman, Lyrica Woodruff, Missy Yager, Luke Eberl
Episode 14
A former student of Winslow High dies in Iraq while serving the U.S. Army. Principal Harper receives a letter from the deceased student which brings back old memories back to the days when he took care of him and pulled him away from a life in the gutter. Danny Hanson struggles with a student in his class who's been hacking into the school's computer base; finding out about the teachers' private lives and upcoming tests.
Directed by Michael RapaportWritten by Douglas SteinbergGuest stars Matthew Lawrence, Rachael Bella, Franklin Dennis Jones, Rusty Schwimmer, Brad Wilson, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Bo Barrett, Miguel Castro
Episode 15
Ronnie catches a male teacher hugging a female student; Hanson worries that he may be a control freak following an incident in his Drivers' Education class; several students are caught photographing themselves nude with only words written across their bodies.
Directed by Mike ListoWritten by Jason Katims, Kerry Ehrin, Liz HeldensGuest stars Kayla Ewell, Natasha Melnick, Monique Coleman, Courtney Peldon, Phil Buckman, Sherilyn Fenn, Davetta Sherwood, Missy Yager
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Chi McBrideSteven Harper
Anthony HealdScott Guber
Jessalyn GilsigLauren Davis
Nicky KattHarry Senate
Loretta DevineMarla Hendricks
Jeri RyanRonnie Cooke
Sharon LealMarilyn Sudor
Fyvush FinkelHarvey Lipschultz
FOXUnited States
David E. Kelley ProductionsUnited States
20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States
