The Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo

The Bronx Zoo

1987 2 Seasons 21 Episodes ⭐ 6.5 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.

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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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Signs of Life

Joe prepares for his first day as the new principal of Benjamin Harrison High School, but not before agreeing to undergo

EP 2

Changes

Mary Caitlin's conscience is weighed upon after a professor, Mr. Gianelli, confesses a secret to her shortly before he d

EP 3

Small Victories

Matthew arrives at Benjamin Harrison as a sub, inexperienced and unaware of what he's in for. Fed up with a lack of chal

EP 4

Conspicuous by Their Abstinence

Benjamin Harrison's decision to hand out free condoms causes a media uproar to the already tense situations -- one that

EP 5

The Moral Equation

Joe makes faculty members take aptitude tests that they must pass in order to continue teaching -- and makes no secret o

EP 6

Runaway Hearts

Jack has a physical for his wife's insurance policy, and is told he's in poor health. Harry unloads a troublemaker, John

EP 7

The Power of a Lie

Harry faces the impending consequences of Johnny's untruthful complaint against him, which the other students believe. A

EP 8

Lost and Found

A flu epidemic slims down the teacher population, including the basketball coach, so Joe puts Gus back in charge of the

EP 1

It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City

It's the first day back at Benjamin Harrison, the first day there period for smart alec transfer student Snyder. Joe tri

EP 2

The Long Grey Line

Most of the faculty decide to strike, leaving Joe scrambling for substitutes when he refuses to shut the school down, wh

EP 3

Truancy Blues

An angry Joe holds a parent/teacher meeting, because 30% of the students are terminal truants. Unfortunately, most of th

EP 4

Behind Closed Doors

A female student accuses a male professor of rape, Sara and Harry break up, Matthew mourns the loss of his Uncle Louie,

EP 5

Career Day

An illiterate student carrying a bomb takes Jack hostage, and Carol gives birth.

EP 6

Ties That Bind

Mary Caitlin witnesses a drug deal in the girls' bathroom and pushes Joe to punish the buyer -- unaware that the drugs w

EP 7

The Gospel Truth

Benjamin Harrison is under attack over a science teacher inflicting his religious beliefs into the theory of evolution,

EP 8

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

Joe discovers that homelessness is the cause of a girl's sudden behavioral change at school.

EP 9

When I Paint My Masterpiece

A Hasidic Jewish student wants Mary Caitlin to teach him how to paint -- despite the fact that painting is against his r

EP 10

Crossroads

When Harry learns that an engaged student is gay, he plans to do the courteous thing -- out him to his fiance.

EP 11

On the Land, on the Sea, and in the Halls

Reminded of the war-torn '60s, Sara becomes outraged after learning that one of her star pupils is planning to drop out

EP 12

A Day in the Life

EP 13

Unnatural Selection

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