Boston Public

Chapter Forty-Four - Previously on Boston Public: Jamal told Harry that his brother killed somebody; Jamal's brother did, in fact, kill somebody; Ronnie warned Jamal that he had to go forward with the information; Jamal did not want to give up his brother;...

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2-22
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Coma Coma Coma Coma Coma Chameleon

Chapter Forty-Four - Ronnie attempts persuade Jamal to rat out his brother while Harry lies dying. Everyone prays for Harry, many of them in Hebrew. Steven refuses to leave Harry's side while Scott runs Winslow.

2002.05.20
2002.05.25
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2-21
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Fat City

Chapter Forty-Three - When Jamal's brother shoots a liquor store owner while Jamal looks on, Harry and Ronnie tell him to turn himself in. Dick Teachie begins a campaign to end student obesity. Scott and Steven lock horns over leadership. Marilyn deals with a student who has a compulsion to eat her own hair. No, really, she does.

2002.05.13
2002.05.19
A-

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2-20
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Dark Side of the Prom

Chapter Forty-Two - Marla gets a second chance at love when her high school boyfriend shows up to take her to the prom. Ronnie tries to keep doing good in the life of Homeless Natalie. Lauren finally agrees to go on a date with Scott. And various prom scandals, from the transgendered prom queen candidate to the dates-for-dollars program, are systematically ignored by Scott and Steven.

2002.05.06
2002.05.12
B+

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2-19
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It's My Party, And I'll Bring A Twenty-Year-Old Former Student If I Want To

Chapter Forty-One - At Harry's surprise birthday party, Steven is forced to reveal that he may be leaving Winslow, and Scott learns that Marla's name is on Steven's list of potential replacements. Ronnie is miffed when Harry brings Slow-lita as his date. Meredith is there, too. Harvey videotapes the whole affair. DaveKelley's Child sings.

2002.04.29
2002.05.05
B-

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2-18
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Once a Slow-lita, Always a Slow-lita

Chapter Forty - Harvey is visited by a sixty-year-old black man who claims to be his son. Harry is revisited by Dana Poole. Scott learns that certain teachers who tutor students in their own classes will sometimes inadvertently give them clues about what might be on the test, compromising the fairness of the grading system.

2002.04.22
2002.04.28
B+

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2-17
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Do you cyber-stalk here often?

Chapter Thirty-Nine - Ronnie tries to get involved in a student's drug-life problems, clearly not having learned her lesson from the last three attempts, with predictably disastrous results. Harry helps. Also, is Dr. Benji a cyber-stalker? Not really, but that doesn't stop everyone from treating him that way. A doping scandal rocks the world of...one baseball player.

2002.03.18
2002.03.27
B+

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2-16
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Porn To Be Wild

Chapter Thirty-Eight - When a student has a panic attack, it's up to Steven to get various other people to point fingers at Lauren. Meanwhile, a senior poses for a porn magazine, and Ronnie tries to convince her not to. Dick Teachie asks Marilyn out. And Scott fires, and breaks up with, The Hook Lady, because she hits a student, but she manages to make him feel like that's not a good enough reason to do either.

2002.03.11
2002.03.17
B

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2-15
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Today's word of the day is...

Chapter Thirty-Seven - This recap explores the inappropriateness of racial invective, and therefore contains coarse racial slurs. Recap reader discretion is advised. But there will be, no doubt, an online chat in the forums after the recap is concluded.

2002.02.25
2002.03.03
A-

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2-14
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Friends don't let friends sue the drunk drivers who killed their friends

Chapter Thirty-Six - A car accident claims the lives of three Winslow High students, two of whom never existed before this episode. But the third is Zack, so Ronnie is devastated. Harry fails a student for the year, then knocks him unconscious, thereby somehow saving the boy from ruination. Harvey Lipschultz reveals that he is a reincarnation of George Washington and Cleopatra.

2002.02.18
2002.02.24
B-

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2-13
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The Royal HarperPetersBaums

Chapter Thirty-Five - When Brooke and Jeremy plan to go on a date, Meredith flips out with joy and plans their entire future. When Max dies of cancer, Harry decides he's quitting, for about six minutes. Lauren reveals her anorexic past in the interest of helping current sufferers.

2002.02.11
2002.02.17
B

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