Episode 38 of "Boston public"
s02e16 Chapter Thirty-Eight
Title: Chapter Thirty-Eight
Original Air Date: 03/11/2002 on FOX
Director: Bethany Rooney
Guest Stars: Scott Rinker (Jason), Angelo Tiffe (John Kendall), Allison Munn (Janice Scott), Jill Remez (Dr. Nancy Morrison), Christopher Cousins (Mr. Mark Tanner), Kathleen Bailey (Mrs. Platt), Trevor Wright (Walton Hanks), Marissa Leigh (Sylvie Platt), Mercedes Alicia McNab (Mikki Tanner), Tony Adelman (Mr. Platt), Suzanne Quinn (Mrs. Julie Tanner), Catroina S'ile Morgan (Sandra)
Plot Outline:
Mikki, an 18-year-old Winslow student, tricks Harper and the administration into allowing Barely 18, a racy Maxim-like magazine to come to the school to shoot provocative photos of her. Ronnie, who stumbles upon the shoot, pleads with Mikki not to pose for the magazine, saying it is a decision she will regret for the rest of her life. Ronnie confides in Mikki that she was approached in college to pose for a pictorial, but thankfully decided against it. Later, Ronnie reveals to Senate that she actually went through with the shoot, but the photos were never published. Ronnie and Senate share a moment, but nothing materializes from it. Meanwhile, back at school, a student approaches Guber with information that Meredith hit her with her prosthesis during an argument. After some investigating, Guber reluctantly admits that he believes the student and fires Meredith. As a result, Guber and Meredith's relationship seems to be terminated as well. Also at the school, one of Lauren's students has an emotional break-down. The break-down was apparently brought on by stress, caused from Lauren pushing too hard. Harper brings both Marilyn and Lauren into his office after finding out that their students have had the most stress-related incidents in the school. Later, when Lauren visits the student in the hospital, the student tells her that she's scared of Lauren, and that she's not the only student afraid, causing Lauren to reevaluate her teaching methods.