Episode 1
Chapter Twenty-Three
October 29, 2001
New teachers join the faculty; Lipschultz gets into trouble after giving a student the wrong name; Marla sponsors a club of female students.
Episode 2
Chapter Twenty-Four
November 5, 2001
Ronnie begins her teaching career at Winslow High; Lauren tries to help a pregnant, straight-A student gain admission to Princeton.
Episode 3
Chapter Twenty-Five
November 12, 2001
Senate is outraged when he learns that a prized student purchased a college-application essay over the Internet. Hanson's class decides to sue Lipschultz in court for defamation of character after he calls a student a derogatory term.
Episode 4
Chapter Twenty-Six
November 19, 2001
Harper's headstrong daughter Brooke enrolls at Winslow High after she is kicked out of private school. Meanwhile, when Ronnie is disappointed that her class is not learning Shakespeare, her ex-suitor Matthew Baskin, who continues to pursue her, offers a unique way to reach her and her students.
Episode 5
Chapter Twenty-Seven
November 26, 2001
Hanson is arrested after a domestic dispute, causing Harper to seriously consider firing him. Lauren is skeptical when a student decides to drop out because a record company wants to sign her, and Harper is livid when he discovers that someone close to him has been anonymously dispensing sex advice in the student newspaper.
Episode 6
Chapter Twenty-Eight
December 3, 2001
A statutory-rape case entangles Ronnie with the enraged parents of the 15-year-old victim; an illicit-drug situation embroils Harper with his unsettled daughter
Episode 7
Chapter Twenty-Nine
December 10, 2001
Harper reunites with his ex-wife at a holiday benefit; students ask Louisa, Marilyn and Marla to perform at the pageant; Senate stays mum about a student's tragic secret so that the boy's family can enjoy Christmas.
Episode 8
Chapter Thirty
January 7, 2002
A revelation concerning Jeremy fractures the relationship between his mother and Guber; a plea from a death-row inmate troubles Harper; a student's ADD affliction disquiets Ronnie.
Episode 9
Chapter Thirty-One
January 14, 2002
Tensions escalate among Meredith, Jeremy and Guber, who seek family counseling; controversy swirls around a student's class-project photo and a speech by Lipschultz.
Episode 10
Chapter Thirty-Two
January 21, 2002
Guber accepts Lauren's offer of a platonic date; Ronnie confronts a student about her pregnancy; Hanson helps his students cope with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
Episode 11
Chapter Thirty-Three
January 28, 2002
Harper gets steamed when he finds out his daughter is dating a 27-year-old man; Guber and Senate's students get ready to rumble in a debate.
Episode 12
Chapter Thirty-Four
February 4, 2002
The faculty decide to have a staff talent show to lighten the mood at Winslow. Lipschultz asks Ronnie to sing a duet with him at the talent show but she convinces him that Marylin is just waiting to be asked. Meanwhile Danny befriends one of his Cerebral Palsey kids and arranges for him to attend Winslow. The mood is severely challenged when a student finds a notebook with plans for a bombing and shooting spree at Winslow
Episode 13
Chapter Thirty-Five
February 11, 2002
A student's illness rattles Senate, who's haunted by feelings of futility; a teen's eating disorder upsets Lauren, who's also unnerved by an web site advocating anorexia.
Episode 14
Chapter Thirty-Six
February 18, 2002
The students and teachers at Winslow High School deal with the tragedy of a car accident caused by a drunken driver; Senate tries to convince a man to keep his son in school; Marla and Meredith clash over teaching methods.
Episode 15
Chapter Thirty-Seven
February 25, 2002
Controversy strikes Hanson's classroom over a reviled racial epithet; Ronnie draws ire for a class assignment to experience life as a homeless person.
Episode 16
Chapter Thirty-Eight
March 11, 2002
Ronnie tries to persuade an 18-year-old student not to pose for a racy magazine; Guber and Meredith disagree about a classroom incident; Lauren and Marylin are questioned about their teaching methods.
Episode 17
Chapter Thirty-Nine
March 18, 2002
Ronnie catches a student performing a crime; two female students tell Marylin about their sexual conversations online with an older man.
Episode 18
Chapter Forty
April 22, 2002
Former student Dana Poole returns to Winslow, hoping to spend time with Senate for a class project; Lipschultz is confronted by a man who claims to be his son.
Episode 19
Chapter Forty-One
April 29, 2002
Ronnie invites high-school staffers to a surprise birthday party for Senate at her apartment, but he shocks everybody by showing up with a former student.
Episode 20
Chapter Forty-Two
May 6, 2002
As the prom approaches, female students outrage the faculty when they auction themselves as dates, while Harper deals with angry students who oppose his allowing a gay student to compete for the queen's crown.
Episode 21
Chapter Forty-Three
May 13, 2002
One of Senate's most promising students and his brother become entangled in criminal acts with fatal results; Hanson draws criticism for sending a letter to a girl's parents because she is overweight.
Episode 22
Chapter Forty-Four
May 20, 2002
Staff and students at Winslow High struggle to get on with their lives after a number of tragic events.