Teach: Tony Danza

Mr. Danza arrives at Northeast High School in Philadelphia and meets most of the faculty, including his teaching advisor, David Cohn, and ball-busting principal, Linda Carroll, who warns Mr. Danza that if he screws up, he's out.

After half the class fails their first quiz on "Of Mice and Men," Mr. Danza fears that most of his students aren't doing their work.

Feeling homesick after having been away from his family for months, Mr. Danza tries to plan a trip back to California. However, when one of his students in the marching band begs him to help in their band competition, he is torn between his two worlds.

As Northeast High School prepares to enact a new school-wide uniform policy, Mr. Danza shows his students that he will support the uniforms by adopting one of his own. And he sees how training some of his students to box turns ugly.

Mr. Danza is heartbroken after he catches two of his favorite students cheating on a test. To add insult to injury, the two cheaters call his bluff after he assigns them a makeup project.

Mr. Danza gives one student an extension on an essay, but then refuses to allow another student an extension. That student then moves to drop Danza's class. Later, Danza reaches out to a confused student at the school who habitually skips class.