Ronnie witnesses an attempted rape, then receives a shock when she presses for legal action on behalf of the victim; Hanson tries to prevent a student from being expelled for drugs.

Winslow High School battles the war on drugs. Marla Hendricks has an altercation with a student and deals with the repercussions.

A student discovers Harper and Marilyn have been secretly dating and threatens to go to the school board; Hanson and Claire try to assist a student who is having trouble with his dad.

Charlie Bixby (Dennis Miller) takes an unconventional approach when volunteering at a teen hot line; Marla decides to try in-vitro fertilization and asks Harper to be the donor; Carmen reveals a secret from her past.

Harper decides to call the FBI when he learns that a student has been accessing a terrorist recruitment website from the school library; Ronnie learns that one of her students has HIV.

Guber discovers the high school drum line's freshman hazing involves physical abuse; a student-produced TV documentary about Ronnie worries her; a father is sentenced to being handcuffed to his son for a week.

Guber contends with a student who thinks he is Jesus and is using school funds to feed the homeless; Marla mistakenly books R.E.M. for a school fund-raiser.

An overachieving student sues the school when she has to share presidency of the honor society with a black student in a wheelchair; Marla begins her in-vitro process.

Racial tensions heat up amongst the students. This opens the eyes of Steven and Marilyn about their opposing views on different topics.

Joannie Hanson celebrates 1 year of sobriety. Allison's living arrangement becomes a topic of discussion. Marla Hendricks deals with hormonal changes.