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Mr. Rhodes

Comedy

Mr. Rhodes is an American television situation comedy which was aired by NBC as part of its 1996-97 lineup. Mr. Rhodes starred comedian Tom Rhodes as an eponymous character who taught at a small-town preparatory school after having failed as a novelist. He found that his high school fantasy girl, Nikki was on the staff as a guidance counselor, and began a relationship with her. Like the title character's writing career, Mr. Rhodes' appearance on network television was a brief one; the program was not picked up for another season and last broadcast in March 1997.

Sep 23, 19961 seasons19 episodesCanceledEN

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Stephen Tobolowsky

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Ron Glass

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Seasons

Season 1

19 episodes

Premiered Sep 23, 1996

Episodes

1–6 of 19

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Ep 1

Pilot

Sep 23, 1996

30m

Hip young writer Tom Rhodes thought he could breeze back home after a few lackluster years in New York and one worst-selling -- albeit critically acclaimed -- novel under his belt, but his new life as a small town English teacher living on campus at Harkin Academy supplies some major lessons in and out of the classroom. First off, there's chemistry between the longhaired iconoclast with a blue-collar background and Harkin's high-strung, beautiful guidance counselor Nikki Harkin. Once the girl of Tom's teen-aged fantasies, Nikki's now hooked on therapy and apparently attached to a rich boyfriend. Tom hits another snag with wannabe-hip headmaster, Ray Heary, who digs his image but frowns on his casual teaching style, as does acerbic, highbrow history teacher Ronald Felcher. Meanwhile, Harkin's outlandish woman-child math teacher Amanda Reeves worships Tom, and young Milo views his maverick new teacher with skepticism -- especially on the night Tom catches the disconsolate student going o

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Ep 2

The Crush Show

Sep 30, 1996

30m

Harkin Academy's boys are agog when a movie star's gorgeous teen-aged daughter enrolls, but when smart, ""plain Jane"" Zoey's self-esteem plummets, an attentive Mr. Rhodes steps in to boost her confidence and inadvertently sparks Zoey's colossal crush on him. In the nick of time, Nikki and Amanda alert a clueless Tom to the fragile teen's feelings.

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Ep 3

Tom Moves In

Oct 7, 1996

30m

Tom is in hot water when he becomes a dorm supervisor and holds a pizza party, only to have the boys he's responsible for sneak out for a night on the town; Nikki tries to conceal her feelings for Tom's book.

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Ep 4

Nikki Quits Therapy

Oct 14, 1996

30m

Nikki becomes conscious of the fact that she's way too dependent on therapy, so she quits, a decision that only depresses her further.

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Ep 5

Heary's Camera

Oct 21, 1996

30m

Seeing the great picture that Tom accidentally shot on his film, Heary considers a career with his new-found talent, the art of photography.

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Ep 6

The Halloween Show

Oct 28, 1996

30m

At Halloween, a gift from Tom haunts Nikki, who's feeling guilty about Carl; Amanda's strange behavior spooks the staff; and Jake's scared silly over the prospect of a test.

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