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Boy Meets World Season 5 Episode 4

Fraternity Row

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AIRED: 10/24/97

After attending a college class and engaging in a winning debate with the professor, an empowered Shawn neglects high-school tasks in favor of collegiate ones - and gets suspended.
Meanwhile, Eric forms his own fraternity (Magnum Pi), and arouses the Dean's suspicions.

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shawn cuts class.

7.5

By Canogaparkcindy, Jun 21, 2010

I saw major improvement from the last episode, and we sort of got back to being emotional and funny, rather than none of the above. This was a Shawn-centric episode, and as most BMW fans know, the Shawn episodes always tend to be more emotional. In this episode, Shawn finds high school unnecessary when he goes to a college class to impress a girl, and ends up really enjoying. He starts to cut class, which upsets Feeny. Feeny ends up suspending Shawn, after he catches Shawn in the act. Shawn takes the suspension, but then he fails his college paper because he didn't know the basics that he is supposed to learn in high school. The Love Boat people didn't help this episode one bit and they were the most unnecessary. Lately, it feels as though Topanga has become a side character, hopefully we find more episodes centered on her or Cory, because all the episodes so far have been focused on Shawn, Jack and Eric. As a side plot, the dean reprises his role, and he is very unlikable in my opinion. It's as if he has nothing better to do than to take down Eric &Jack's made up fraternity. In this episode, Eric & Jack make up a fake fraternity, and the dean tries to prove them wrong. This plot wasn't really my cup of tea, but the main plot made up for it. In the end, Shawn agrees to come back to school, and I felt this episode was important for Shawn in the development of his character, since now we know that Shawn likes college. So to sum it up, the Shawn plot was good, and the side plot with Eric & Jack was a bit dull. Good episode overall though.moreless
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Shawn in college??

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By VGFreak8, Aug 07, 2007

Shawn ends up in a college class. He really likes it, but he lacks the basic skill of writing, grammar, spelling, etc. Mr. Feeny suspends him from school when Shawn ditches class to write his college paper. Eric and Jack make up a fraternity called Magnum PI. The dean wants to see it and Jack and Eric lie about it and have to get two guys from Love Boat.

This was a great episode! I don't really know much about the Love Boat show, but I guess it was cool seeing those two actors from the show. I love the scenes where Eric and Jack are wearing dresses. This episode gets a 10!moreless
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This was a turning point in Shawn's life.

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By IndianaMom, Oct 10, 2005

In this episode Shawn visits a college philosophy class and finds out he's pretty good at it. I think this is the first time he realizes he really has a chance to succeed in college. Mr. Feeny seems to turn his back on Shawn, but he's really allowing Shawn to make his own choices, a sign of growing up. Shawn chooses to skip his high school classes so he can attend college courses, and Mr. Feeny has no choice but to suspend him. Cory's not ready to let Shawn go, though, and tries to convince him to come back to his classes at John Adams. Finally, it's the college professor that convinces Shawn to return to high school. He gives Shawn an F on his paper because, even though he has some really good insights, the mechanics...spelling, grammer, etc., are lacking. In fact, the whole paper is written in one sentence. The show's writers did well in showing the importance of finishing high school, and didn't do it in a preachy way. Meanwhile, Eric and Jack's fraternity scam was funny, but really turns hilarious when Ted Lange and Bernie Kopel of The Love Boat show up. The tag at the end of the show, where The Matthews family has, in essence, trapped the two men in their home is very funny. I love to see Ben Savage's funny, over-the-top laugh he shows in this scene.moreless
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Matthew Lawrence	Jack Hunter (Seasons 5+)
Will Friedle	Eric Randall Matthews
Danielle Fishel	Topanga Lawrence-Matthews (Seasons 2+)
Ben Savage	Cornelius A. 'Cory' Matthews
Rider Strong	Shawn Patrick Hunter
Lindsay Ridgeway	Morgan Matthews (Seasons 4+)

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Bernie Kopell	Himself	Guest Star
Ted Lange	Himself	Guest Star
Julius Carry	Prof. Michaels	Guest Star

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- Eric: I'm gonna start my own fraternity! The girls will come to me! I won't have to wear a dress anymore. Unless, you know, I want to.
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- Mr. Feeny: Mr. Hunter, clipping coupons?
  Shawn: Yup, Odor Eaters. $2.49 for a dozen; and my Christmas shopping is done.
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- (Jack gets off the elevator in heels and red dress)
  Jack: I don't want to talk about it, okay?
  Eric: Yeah, well, I do! You took that out of my closet!
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- Professor Michaels: "Free will", wanna take a shot?
  Shawn: Do I really have a choice?
  Professor Michaels: Ooh. I gotta take five.
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- (Eric comes off the elevator wearing a pink dress and high heels)
  Jack: Please tell me you're just trying to get out of a traffic ticket.
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- Cory: Feeny's on a war path 'cause Shawn's cutting classes. So I'm writing an excuse from Shawn's parents. How do you spell "Shawn"?
  Topanga: You don't know how to spell your best friend's name?
  Cory: Well, we're phone people. Is it S-H-A-W-N or S-E-A-N?
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- Julius Carry, who plays Prof. Michaels in this episode, also plays Angela's father, Sgt. Moore, in season 7's Angela's Men and Angela's Ashes.
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- Title: Fraternity Row
  
  Fraternity Row refers to an area on or near a college campus where many of the school's fraternities are located.
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- Eric names his new fraternity "Magnum Pi".
  
  This is a reference to Magnum, P.I.; an 80's detective show starring Tom Selleck.
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