Storyline

Flynn Sullivan is a junior high vice-principal balancing the demands of her career with single motherhood.

First Aired

1996-03-13
Last Aired

1996-06-26
Creator

Gary Murphy
Genre

Drama, Comedy
Seasons

1
Episodes

13
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

ABC

Keywords:

middle school single mother school principal sitcom

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Season 1

1. Pilot

Junior-high vice-principal Flynn Sullivan uses her idealism to cope with the pressures of modern educa...More

Junior-high vice-principal Flynn Sullivan uses her idealism to cope with the pressures of modern education. In the opener, she deals with a student accused of writing X-rated graffiti.Less

30mins 1996-03-13

2. Carlos Garcia

Where in the world is Carlos Garcia. He's in the imagination of the faculty, who create the overachiev...More

Where in the world is Carlos Garcia. He's in the imagination of the faculty, who create the overachieving student as a joke on the self-assured Amanda; but it could backfire and cost them a bundle.Less

30mins 1996-03-20

3. Opportunity Knockers

Shelly has a car accident with a plastic surgeon who makes her an offer she can't refuse in exchange f...More

Shelly has a car accident with a plastic surgeon who makes her an offer she can't refuse in exchange for not reporting the crash to the insurance company. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner pledges to eat a live worm if the students can improve their math scores by 10 points.Less

30mins 1996-03-27

4. Somewhere There's Music

The hills are alive with the sound of music, but Hamilton Middle School won't be unless Flynn and Herb...More

The hills are alive with the sound of music, but Hamilton Middle School won't be unless Flynn and Herb can wrangle more money for the band from a frugal school board. Meanwhile, Shelly and Clark battle over a Civil War diary.Less

30mins 1996-04-03

5. Behavior Among Adults

Amanda and Luis find the sex-education class they're t aching too hot to handle when their eyes sudden...More

Amanda and Luis find the sex-education class they're t aching too hot to handle when their eyes suddenly lock; Daisy relinquishes control of the supply closet to Flynn, who unlocks it and finds that her colleagues instantly clean it out.Less

30mins 1996-04-10

6. Spirit Day

Shelly has little enthusiasm for the annual ""Spirit Day,"" especially after she and Flynn have an arg...More

Shelly has little enthusiasm for the annual ""Spirit Day,"" especially after she and Flynn have an argument that carries over into the day's festivities.Less

30mins 1996-04-17

7. He's the Janitor

Flynn's been in a drought -- datewise -- since her divorce, but she really cleans up when she snags a ...More

Flynn's been in a drought -- datewise -- since her divorce, but she really cleans up when she snags a contractor who's later hired as the school janitor.Less

30mins 1996-05-08

8. Daisy's Secret

While Daisy serves jury duty, a temp discovers that school property is missing, leading the staff to w...More

While Daisy serves jury duty, a temp discovers that school property is missing, leading the staff to wonder if their secretary is a thief.Less

30mins 1996-04-24

9. Bus Stop

There's a field trip in them thar' hills, at least that's Clark's plan, and he and Shelly would have s...More

There's a field trip in them thar' hills, at least that's Clark's plan, and he and Shelly would have struck gold if they hadn't gotten their busload of kids lost. Meanwhile, back at the school, Flynn's pugnacious mother visits.Less

30mins 1996-05-29

10. Parents' Night

Flynn is stressed out over her job and agrees to take an experimental anti-anxiety drug; Amanda needs ...More

Flynn is stressed out over her job and agrees to take an experimental anti-anxiety drug; Amanda needs some mothering at her first parents' night; and Herb has a reunion date with a college sweetheart.Less

30mins 1996-06-05

11. Clark's Crisis

Amanda organizes a birthday party for ""Al,"" a school-bus driver; Flynn tries to lift the spirits of ...More

Amanda organizes a birthday party for ""Al,"" a school-bus driver; Flynn tries to lift the spirits of a dejected Clark after he and his wife separate.Less

30mins 1996-06-12

12. The Brain Teaser

Shelly needs her spirits lifted, and sponsoring a student in the Academic Challenge seems the answer; ...More

Shelly needs her spirits lifted, and sponsoring a student in the Academic Challenge seems the answer; Herb needs to lower his cholesterol and Luis is only too glad to help.Less

30mins 1996-06-19

13. Julie's Party

Flynn plans an 18th-birthday party for her daughter Julie, who's away at college; but when Julie backs...More

Flynn plans an 18th-birthday party for her daughter Julie, who's away at college; but when Julie backs out, mom is suspicious and does the most uncool thing of all -- she visits the dorm.Less