The Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo
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The Bronx Zoo

If All the World's a Stage, Where's My Dressing Room?

5.0 / 10
1987
2 seasons
21 episodes
Drama

Elderly white principal of a Bronx high school that's in a rough black and Latino neighborhood tries to keep everyone's spirits up, despite having to deal with unmotivated teachers and disinterested students... THE BRONX ZOO was a 1987 NBC drama series directed by Allan Arkush and Paul Lynch. It lasted two seasons before cancellation.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Signs of Life

    10.0
    19-03-1987

    Joe prepares for his first day as the new principal of Benjamin Harrison High School, but not before agreeing to undergo marriage counseling with his wife, Carol. Mary Caitlin's mo...

  • Ep 2

    2.Changes

    10.0
    25-03-1987

    Mary Caitlin's conscience is weighed upon after a professor, Mr. Gianelli, confesses a secret to her shortly before he dies of a heart attack - a secret he wants her to tell his wi...

  • Ep 3

    3.Small Victories

    01-04-1987

    Matthew arrives at Benjamin Harrison as a sub, inexperienced and unaware of what he's in for. Fed up with a lack of chalk and erasers, Sara keeps pressing for her transfer to anoth...

  • Ep 4

    4.Conspicuous by Their Abstinence

    08-04-1987

    Benjamin Harrison's decision to hand out free condoms causes a media uproar to the already tense situations -- one that puts Mary Caitlin at odds with the church. Donna is harrasse...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Moral Equation

    16-04-1987

    Joe makes faculty members take aptitude tests that they must pass in order to continue teaching -- and makes no secret of the fact that he hopes Mr. Kaczmarek will flunk it; Harry'...

  • Ep 6

    6.Runaway Hearts

    22-04-1987

    Jack has a physical for his wife's insurance policy, and is told he's in poor health. Harry unloads a troublemaker, Johnny, in Sara's class, because none of the other English teach...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Power of a Lie

    29-04-1987

    Harry faces the impending consequences of Johnny's untruthful complaint against him, which the other students believe. A former friend of Matthew's, Whittington, comes to Matthew w...

  • Ep 8

    8.Lost and Found

    06-05-1987

    A flu epidemic slims down the teacher population, including the basketball coach, so Joe puts Gus back in charge of the team. When Jack pesters Joe about wanting to be coach, Joe g...

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