The BEST episodes of Boston Public season 4

Every episode of Boston Public season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Boston Public season 4!

Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place. It featured a large ensemble cast and focused on the work and private lives of the various teachers, students, and administrators at the school. It aired from October 2000 to January 2004. Its slogan was "Every day is a fight. For respect. For dignity. For sanity."

Last Updated: 3/23/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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Chapter Sixty-Eight
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8.00
8 votes

#1 - Chapter Sixty-Eight

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2003

After a cheerleader is attacked, blame falls on another student's mother (Sean Young); Carmen goes head to head with a ""bad boy"" student (Milo Ventigmilia); Hansen copes with a student who says he is the son of God.

Directors: Robert Yannetti
Writer: Jason Katims
Chapter Seventy-One
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8.00
9 votes

#2 - Chapter Seventy-One

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2003

An investment banker, convicted of securities fraud, avoids jail time by agreeing to community service: teaching math at Winslow High. A sexy and eccentric woman smashes into Guber's car and then crashes her way into his life.

Chapter Seventy
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7.89
9 votes

#3 - Chapter Seventy

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2003

An enraged student slaps Marla's face in front of the class, and Marla slaps her back; Hanson discovers Allison behaves like a bully at school; Carmen asks Harper to remove Jake from her class.

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Chapter Eighty
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7.89
9 votes

#4 - Chapter Eighty

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/1/2005

A former student of Winslow High dies in Iraq while serving the U.S. Army. Principal Harper receives a letter from the deceased student which brings back old memories back to the days when he took care of him and pulled him away from a life in the gutter. Danny Hanson struggles with a student in his class who's been hacking into the school's computer base; finding out about the teachers' private lives and upcoming tests.

Directors: Michael Rapaport
Chapter Sixty-Seven
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7.63
8 votes

#5 - Chapter Sixty-Seven

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2003

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

Directors: Jonathan Pontell
Chapter Seventy-Four
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7.60
5 votes

#6 - Chapter Seventy-Four

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2003

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

Chapter Eighty-One
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7.57
7 votes

#7 - Chapter Eighty-One

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2005

Ronnie catches a male teacher hugging a female student; Hanson worries that he may be a control freak following an incident in his Drivers' Education class; several students are caught photographing themselves nude with only words written across their bodies.

Directors: Mike Listo
Chapter Seventy-Six
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7.56
9 votes

#8 - Chapter Seventy-Six

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2003

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.

Chapter Seventy-Eight
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7.56
9 votes

#9 - Chapter Seventy-Eight

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2004

Views on affirmative action divide the students; the teachers hope to quell the resulting tensions by debating the subject in front of the student body.

Chapter Seventy-Five
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7.50
8 votes

#10 - Chapter Seventy-Five

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2004

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.

Directors: Robert Yannetti
Chapter Seventy-Three
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7.40
5 votes

#11 - Chapter Seventy-Three

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2003

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

Chapter Seventy-Seven
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7.29
7 votes

#12 - Chapter Seventy-Seven

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2004

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

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Chapter Seventy-Two
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7.00
7 votes

#13 - Chapter Seventy-Two

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2003

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.

Chapter Seventy-Nine
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6.86
7 votes

#14 - Chapter Seventy-Nine

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2004

Henry gives bad advice to a brainiac student who wants to become an artist; Marla has a miscarriage; Rainy is thrown out of her foster home.

Chapter Sixty-Nine
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5.25
4 votes

#15 - Chapter Sixty-Nine

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2003

A female student files a serious sexual-harassment charge against Danny; a classroom debate over the U.S. involvement in Iraq turns violent; the tension between Harper and Guber over Marylin reaches the boiling point.

Directors: Mike Listo