| ABC | Season Premiere Date: September 30, 1996 |
Starring:
Stanley Anderson, Jenny Gago, Annie Potts
Summary:
Based on a real person and on the movie of the same name, ex-Marine Louanne Johnson is an unconventional teacher who inspires her class of bright but "difficult" inner-city students, and makes a real difference in their lives, outside school as well as inside.
Genre(s):
Drama
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E17. Teach, Don't Touch
Air Date: March 15, 1997
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S1:E16. A Different Light
Air Date: March 8, 1997
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S1:E15. Three Guns
Air Date: March 1, 1997
May 27, 2014
Dangerous Minds is the most appealing and meaningful new drama of the season. And, to borrow a word from the title, it's also the most dangerous. [30 Sept 1996, p.E-1]
May 27, 2014
The ABC drama starring Annie Potts is not only a vast improvement on the film, but also restores some of the integrity of Johnson's book. [30 Sept 1996, p.C10]
May 27, 2014
A captivating actress known for offbeat comic roles in "Designing Women," "Love & War" and "Texasville," Potts forcefully redefines the character of inspirational teacher Louanne Johnson in ABC's improved version of Dangerous Minds. [30 Sept 1996, p.39]
May 27, 2014
Some of the conflicts and characters in Dangeous Minds are diluted. Language, by necessity, is a lot less raw, camera work is unnecessarily gimmicky, and most conflicts are resolved more neatly...However, the TV version's writers (including Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider of "Northern Exposure") take as much care as did the movie to not resolve everything nicely or neatly. [30 Sept 1996, p.67]
May 27, 2014
Potts has some nice moments. Even an actress as able as she, though, ultimately buckles under the tonnage of this character's supremacy, and strong supporting work from Greg Serano, Tamala Jones and Vicellous Reon Shannon as the students she takes under her wing is not enough to shore her up. [30 Sept 1996, p.F10]
May 27, 2014
Its efforts at grainy, gritty realism (e.g. a quality visually tried for in occasional stop-go cuts) comes off more as MTV hip-hop style than storytelling with true inherent significance. [30 Sept 1996]
May 27, 2014
The whole enterprise dissolves too quickly into a '90s version of "White Shadow," with teacher Johnson as the angel of mercy sent to rescue her "at-risk" minority students from the forces of evil. [30 Sept 1996, p.34]
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 30, 1996
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S1:E17. Teach, Don't Touch
Air Date: March 15, 1997
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S1:E16. A Different Light
Air Date: March 8, 1997
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S1:E15. Three Guns
Air Date: March 1, 1997
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S1:E14. Everybody Wants It
Air Date: February 10, 1997
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S1:E13. The Feminine Mystique
Air Date: January 13, 1997
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S1:E12. To'e Me Up, To'e Me Down
Air Date: January 6, 1997
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S1:E11. Moonstruck
Air Date: December 30, 1996
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S1:E10. Trust Me
Air Date: December 16, 1996
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S1:E9. Evolution
Air Date: December 9, 1996
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S1:E8. Jumped
Air Date: November 25, 1996
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S1:E7. Need Deep
Air Date: November 18, 1996
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S1:E6. The Code
Air Date: November 11, 1996
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S1:E5. Family Ties
Air Date: October 28, 1996
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S1:E4. Bad Apple
Air Date: October 21, 1996
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S1:E3. See Me
Air Date: October 14, 1996
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S1:E2. Hair Affair
Air Date: October 7, 1996
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S1:E1. Pilot
Air Date: September 30, 1996
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Season 1 Overview