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  • Cartoon Network
  • Oct 19, 2010
  • Cartoon Network
  • Oct 19, 2010
Tower Prep

Summary Ian Archer is a high school student who finds himself trapped at a prep school with no idea of how to escape. He teams up with three other students, CJ, Gabe, and Suki to discover why they are at the school and how to get out. Aiding their efforts is the fact that each of them has a special "gift": Ian can see a half-second into the futu...

  • Cartoon Network
  • Oct 19, 2010
  • Cartoon Network
  • Oct 19, 2010
Tower Prep
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 19, 2010
Metascore Available after 4 critic reviews
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Ian Archer is a high school student who finds himself trapped at a prep school with no idea of how to escape. He teams up with three other students, CJ, Gabe, and Suki to discover why they are at the school and how to get out. Aiding their efforts is the fact that each of them has a special "gift": Ian can see a half-second into the futu...

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Episode 1 • Oct 19, 2010 • 43 m
New Kid
A teenager with a special ability is abducted to an isolated prep school where he is told that he will be trained in the use of his ability... whether he wants to or not.
Episode 2 • Oct 26, 2010 • 46 m
Monitored
When a thief strikes at Tower Prep, Ian discovers that he's been framed for the theft. With time running out until his trial and inevitable exile to West Campus, Ian and his friends try to locate the real thief and bring him to justice.
Episode 3 • Nov 2, 2010 • 46 m
Whisper
Ian and the others try to learn the identity of the mystery student who left Ian a note.
Episode 4 • Nov 9, 2010 • 46 m
Buffer
Ian realizes that Coach History is connected to the Gnomes, and joins the Buffer team to learn what Coach History knows. However, Ian soon becomes too involved in the game, and is forced to change between winning or rescuing his friends.
Episode 5 • Nov 16, 2010 • 46 m
The Rooks
After Ian learns from Gabe about a secret fraternity at Tower Prep called The Rooks, Ian and Gabe get tagged to join, but is there more to The Rooks then they appear.
Episode 6 • Nov 23, 2010 • 46 m
Book Report
Episode 7 • Nov 30, 2010 • 46 m
Election
Episode 8 • Dec 7, 2010 • 46 m
Field Trip
Ian and the others use a field trip to disguise their efforts to escape, but encounter Redfang, the legendary monster of the woods.
Episode 9 • Dec 14, 2010 • 46 m
Dreams
The four students have similar dreams of a mysterious old man and a set of yellow elevator doors.
Episode 10 • Dec 21, 2010 • 45 m
Phone Home
Ian celebrates his birthday and gets home sick from missing his parents. So, he decides to call his parents, only is he talking to his real ones.
Episode 11 • Dec 21, 2010 • 45 m
Trust
Episode 12 • Dec 28, 2010
Snitch
Episode 13 • Dec 28, 2010
Fathers

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It's too early to declare victory just yet, of course, but Tower Prep appears to have the right lesson plan for the task at hand. And based simply on the needs of a network still getting its feet wet in a new genre, the show passes its first test with flying colors.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
70
The first episode of Tower Prep ends on an intriguing note and the show offers reason for young viewers to come back for more, which is exactly what a pilot episode should do.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
70
This is a modest production that nevertheless generates a good bit of energy and benefits from sympathetic casting, decent dialogue and keeping things ambiguous.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 9 User Ratings
8.2
89% Positive
8 Ratings
0% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 9 User Ratings
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89% Positive
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0% Mixed
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11% Negative
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