Boston Public

Drama series created by David E. Kelle] and airing on [[FOX, Boston Public basically told the story of the [[Teen Dram] from the point of view of the teachers. Took place in Winslow High, a public high school in Boston, hence the name. Basically Degrassi, except the teachers are the troubled ones. The show lasted from October, 2000 to January, 2004, with a total of 81 episodes in four seasons.


 * [[Abusive Parent]: Meredith Peters (AKA The Hook Lady).
 * [[Adults Are Useles]: True, but it's not as egregious as other shows with teen/adult casts.
 * They're useless, but they do generally make the attempts to help. They're just not always effective ones.
 * [[Badass Teache]: Harry Senate, Danny Hanson.
 * [[Bad Bos]: Superintendant Marsha "The Dragon Lady" Shinn in the first season.
 * [[Bald Black Leader Gu]: Principal Steven Harper.
 * [[Benevolent Bos]: Steven. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Most of the tim].
 * [[Birthday Suit Surprise Part]
 * Brother Chuck: Lauren, Louisa, Brooke, Carmen Torres, Charlie Bixby.
 * [[Bunny Ears Lawye]
 * [[Butt Monke]: Guber.
 * Call Back: Buttle -- "Oh my head's up a horses ass. I feel like...bending over, and pooping in my mouth."
 * [[Celebrity Sta]: See [[High School Danc].
 * [[Code Silve]
 * Crossove]: With [[The Practic], and [[Boston Legal.
 * [[Deadpan Snarke]
 * Did Not Do the Research
 * [[Dramed]
 * [[Emo Tee]
 * [[Flanderizatio]
 * Former Teen Rebel: Steven, Danny Hanson.
 * [[Heterosexual Life Partner]
 * [[Hidden Depth]
 * [[High School Danc]: Whitney Houston performed at the prom in the third season finale.
 * [[Hollywood Atheis]: Danny Hanson.
 * [[Hot for Studen]
 * [[Hot Teache]
 * [[Idiosyncratic Episode Namin]: Each episode is titled "Chapter One", "Chapter Two", etc.
 * [[Informed Judais]: Guber, Harvey.
 * Inner-City School
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Guber, Danny, Charlie Bixby.
 * Lesbian Jock
 * [[Loads and Loads of Character]
 * [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Place]: For the first few seasons, Guber can't catch a break with the ladies. First, he dates a woman, then hooks up with Meredith Peters, a psychopathic [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Paren] with a hook for a hand. Not to mention hopelessly pining for Lauren and later Marilyn. And what's amazing is that, [[Informed Judaism|being Jewish by his own admissio], Scott always falls for non-Jewish women. And in Season Four, he.
 * [[Luke, You Are My Fathe]: Harvey finds out in Season Two that he.
 * McCloud Speech: Harry Senate was often on the receiving end of these.
 * [[Mean Bos]: Guber.
 * Mood Whiplash
 * [[N-Word Privilege]: Harvey once used the term "African-American Black-Colored Negroes".
 * Also, Danny had his class read and discuss a controversial book about the N-Word.
 * [[Naive Newcome]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.
 * [[Napoleon Delusio]
 * [[No Medication for M]
 * [[Obstructive Bureaucra]: Superintendent Shinn in Season 1, Dave Fields in Season 3.
 * [[Only Sane Ma]: Steven and Guber.
 * [[Parents as Peopl]
 * [[Pet the Do]: Guber.
 * [[The Plac]
 * [[Promotion to Opening Title]: Meredith 'The Hook Lady' Peters, Brooke Harper.
 * [[Psychologist Teache]
 * [[Public Exposur]
 * [[Put on a Bu]: Milton Buttle, Kevin Riley, Lauren, Louisa, Harry, Kimberly Woods, Brooke.
 * [[Reasonable Authority Figur]: Steven.
 * [[Ripped from the Headline]: Every school-related controversy of the late 90's/early 2000's was featured on the show. Threat of a school shooting? Check. Transgendered prom queen? Check. Affirmative action-related race riot? Check...
 * Rousing Speech
 * [[Sassy Black Woma]: Loretta Devine does sass like nobody's business.
 * Don't forget the bus driver, Mrs. Parks, who frequently stopped by and demanded that the staff "SMELL THAT SHOE!" and also never let them forget that she ONLY makes $19,000 a year!
 * [[Satellite Characte]
 * [[Save Our Student]
 * [[School Pla]
 * [[Soapbox Sadi]
 * Stalker with a Crush: Lauren dates one of these at first before realizing what a psycho he is. And get this? He used to be a student of hers.
 * Kimberly Woods is victimized by one of these in the third season.
 * [[The Starscrea]: Guber.
 * [[Stern Teache]: Guber often gets called out for being this. As does Lauren in the second season.
 * Team Dad: Steven.
 * [[Teen Geniu]: Riley in the third season.
 * [[Teen Pregnanc]
 * [[Tonight Someone Die]: Second-string characters would get introduced for the express purpose of dying later on in the series, sometimes as soon as the same episodes they've been introduced.
 * Two-Teacher School
 * [[Wacky Homeroo]: The Dungeon. The very reason why Marla walks out on the class, though not before writing "Gone to kill myself. Hope you're happy." on the blackboard.
 * Walk and Talk
 * [[Well-Intentioned Extremis]: Harry Senate. Dear God, Harry Senate.
 * [[Wide-Eyed Idealis]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.

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