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The Bronx Zoo Season 1 Episode 3

Small Victories

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AIRED: 4/1/87

Matthew arrives at Benjamin Harrison as a sub, inexperienced and unaware of what he's in for. Fed up with a lack of chalk and erasers, Sara keeps pressing for her transfer to another school -- one that's willing to pay for school supplies. Harry tries to help a failing gang leader, Julio, whom he wants to see get into college, but Jack's refusal to change Julio's history grade -- and Julio's not wanting it to be changed -- stand between them. Joe fights tooth and nail to prevent Benjamin Harrison's day care center from being shut down when the conservative school board decides that it glamorizes -- and encourages -- teen pregnancy. Matthew tries to teach, but the students just laugh at him and walk out of his classes... even after he follows Gus' advice on how to get them to stay. Sara demands Joe sign her transfer after a student swipes her copy of "David Copperfield" and refuses to return it. Like Sara, Matthew threatens to quit himself when the students turn him into an impromptu daredevil. The school is picketed by those against the day care center.moreless

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Mykelti Williamson	Gus Butterfield (as Mykel T. Williamson)
Edward Asner	Principal Joe Danzig
Jerry Levine	Matthew Littman (episode 3+)
Nicholas Pryor	Jack Felspar
Kathryn Harrold	Sara Newhouse
David Wilson	Harry Barnes

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Martin Ferrero	Anton Zemeckis	Guest Star
Jesse Borrego	Julio Gaspare	Guest Star
Linda Thorson	Connie Delvecchio	Guest Star
Adam Postil	Dexter	Recurring Role
Matthew Asner	Lewis	Recurring Role
Tyra Ferrell	Roberta	Recurring Role

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- Guest star Matthew Asner is Ed Asner's son. He'll go on to make a number of other bit appearances on the series, usually as different characters.
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- Guest star Sean Gregory Sullivan was concurrently appearing in the NBC sitcom Roomies, which premiered the same night The Bronx Zoo did.
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- The title refers to the producers' description of the series -- one of "small victories."
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- This is the pilot, filmed in 1986. The second episode, "Signs of Life," was shot as the intended series premiere, and both it and "Changes" were written as prequels. As a result, Jerry Levine couldn't be in them, so the first season opening credits from this episode on are reworked to include a graffiti painting of him.
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