Boston Public
Boston Public Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | ||
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| S1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.8 | |
| S2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | |
| S3 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | |
| S4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
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"Faculty-room soap that swings for every hot topic"
Set inside a Boston high school, the show follows an ensemble of teachers and administrators juggling classroom chaos, personal messes, and one combustible issue-of-the-week after another, from drugs to guns to teen sex. Created by David E. Kelley, it moves fast and leans hard into melodrama, mixing genuine warmth with soapy, sometimes outrageous plotting. The tone swings wildly episode to episode, one scene sincere and moving, the next verging on absurd. It's carried by a strong ensemble cast that sells even the shakiest storylines, making it entertaining even when it strains credibility.
the ensemble cast selling messy, high-stakes storylines with real conviction.
you want subtlety, since it often trades realism for maximum melodrama.
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