When disgraced Harvard philosophy scholar Jack Griffin loses out on his dream job, he is forced to return to Toledo, Ohio, and work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher.
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- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes aired
- 42
- Latest aired
- S04E01
- Total runtime
- 15h 24min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 February 2018 – May 2018 13 episodes
- Season 2 March 2019 – June 2019 13 episodes
- Season 3 September 2020 8 episodes
- Season 4 September 2021 8 episodes
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S01E01 Pilot: Catfish
February 1 · 22min find the promo
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Jack Griffin is a Harvard philosophy scholar who loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. He quickly makes it clear he will not be teaching any biology, however, and, realizing he has a room full of overachieving honor roll students at his disposal, decides instead to use the kids to enact revenge on his rival and take the job that is rightfully his.
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S01E02 Teacher Jail
February 25 · 22min find the promo
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When Jack leaves his class unattended, a student injury sets off an official investigation and lands Jack in "teacher jail." An aggressive teacher's union rep sets her sights on Principal Durbin. The students' excitement for a substitute teacher are dashed when they find out it's Helen.
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S01E03 Burning Miles
March 1 · 22min find the promo
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While Principal Durbin struggles with budget cuts, Jack discovers his students pity him - so he rallies, making a splash at the school bake sale and getting kicked out of the bookstore for life.
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S01E04 Overachieving Virgins
March 1 · 22min find the promo
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When Jack gets into a petty dispute with the student council president, the situation escalates much too far; Stef sells makeup at school as a side business.
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S01E05 Dating Toledoans
March 8 · 22min find the promo
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Jack reluctantly agrees to go out on the town with Mary, Stef, and Michelle; his superiority complex proves difficult for the women to overcome; principal Durbin feels threatened when Helen fills in for him on the school's morning announcements.
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S01E06 Freakin' Enamored
March 15 · 22min find the promo
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When Jack is attracted to a student's mother at a parent-teacher conference, he feigns interest in her son; a group of parents complain to principal Durbin when they notice a piece of controversial student art from Mary's class.
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S01E07 Selling Out
March 22 · 22min find the promo
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Jack receives an offer from Miles' publisher to write a book of feel-good philosophy that could be his ticket out of Toledo. Durbin accidentally sets off an emotional firestorm when he reveals that while Stef chose Mary as her emergency contact, Mary chose Michelle.
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S01E08 We Don't Party
March 29 · 22min find the promo
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Jack finds out his ex-girlfriend Meredith needs a venue for a charity fundraiser and has the perfect place: his student Victor's house. Victor and the other kids are inspired by Jack to party for the first time.
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S01E09 Rosemary's Boyfriend
April 5 · 22min find the promo
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Jack is incensed when his dead mom's former lover shows up and suggests they commemorate her birthday. Jack taps his students to help him retaliate, but the students' hands are already full - of crying robot babies. Stef's kindness toward Dale the janitor sends the wrong signals.
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S01E10 Durbin Crashes
April 12 · 22min find the promo
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When Jack casually gives Durbin some marriage advice, it backfires, gets Durbin kicked out of the house, and Jack takes him in. The A.P. Bio kids tell Jack if they can get Miles' DNA, they'll learn a little biology while pulling off the ultimate revenge.
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S01E11 Eight Pigs and a Rat
April 19 · 22min find the promo
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When one of Jack's students anonymously reports him for canceling their much-anticipated fetal pig dissection, he sets out to find the snitch. Durbin's chances at Principal of the Year are in jeopardy when the superintendent visits.
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S01E12 Walleye
April 26 · 22min find the promo
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Jack successfully convinces Miles that Devin is his illegitimate son; Durbin, Mary, Stef and Michelle clash on the Sadie Hawkins dance theme.
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S01E13 Drenching Dallas
May 3 · 22min find the promo
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Jack takes interest in a revenge mission on behalf of the kids; Mary, Stef and Michelle believe they've discovered an otherworldly presence.