Mr. D

After losing his Xavier Academy job last season over the unfortunate Coach Keenan saga, Gerry finds himself subbing at a tough inner city school, miserable and desperate to get his old job back. Meanwhile, the Xavier staff is concerned about Robert, whose attempt to cultivate a cool new laid back image is misconstrued for a nervous breakdown due to his having been overlooked as Principal Callaghan’s successor. At the same time, Trudy’s patience is tested when Emma’s husband Ted decides to hang out for the day while his wife works.

Gerry is assigned an educational assistant, Marty, who quickly becomes a new source of irritation in the classroom as he continually challenges Gerry’s authority while helping students cheat on tests. Dwyer is going through a rough divorce and decides to teach guitar lessons to earn extra money. His first pupil, Simon, discovers the hard way that Dwyer might not be in the right headspace to teach beginner level guitar. Meanwhile, Bobbi is stuck sharing her lunch hours with the most annoying student at Xavier.

When Lisa asks Gerry to cover coaching duties for the upcoming wrestling tournament, Gerry promises to bring home two trophies. But when an unexpected ringworm outbreak threatens the team’s success, he concocts an elaborate ruse to avoid certain disqualification. At the same time, Simon has a spiritual awakening after discovering his Jewish roots; while Lisa is confused when Frank breaks up with her.

Gerry hatches a new “get rich quick” scheme selling counterfeit One Direction merchandise when he finds out the band is in town. But making countless beaded bracelets at home is tedious work, and Gerry soon realizes he has a whole classroom full of potential unpaid labourers just waiting to be exploited. Meanwhile, the teachers look for any excuse to avoid being placed in the dreaded room 207A; and Frank’s expenditures are called into question.

When Gerry is suddenly promoted from sub to full-time teacher, his initial thrill is quickly squashed by the realization that he’s back to real teaching responsibilities: namely, marking. Upon meeting a retired teacher who yearns for his old days in the classroom, Gerry concocts a scheme that seems too good to be true. Finding himself temporarily on crutches, Robert bonds with Frank, who takes him out for drinks and introduces him to a community of differently-abled folks who aren’t receptive to Robert’s brief foray into their world. Meanwhile, Nisha makes the rounds with yet another fundraiser, testing the staff’s generosity.

When Gerry learns that former Olympic champion Donovan Bailey is coming to town, he’s determined to seek retribution for a long-standing bone he has with the track “star.” Meanwhile, Simon decides to ask Nisha to the semi-formal dance, ignoring the pertinent detail that the dance is for the students; and Robert feels left out when none of the students ask him to sign their yearbook.

Gerry and Simon are both assigned student teachers. Gerry is thrilled to have a minion picking up the slack, while Simon is anxious about the added responsibility. Gerry soon learns that his hands-off approach will not work, as his student teacher, Gloria, is terrified of the students and requires Gerry’s presence at all times. Meanwhile, in an effort to step up her fitness game, Bobbi takes supplements, to alarming results; and Emma’s fairytale characters bear alarming similarities to some of the staff.

After Gerry has an unpleasant run-in with a unionized construction worker, he decides he wants to form a teachers union at Xavier. Some early calculations suggest that the vote is a dead split, with Simon left as the swing. In an effort to win Simon’s vote, Gerry agrees to host Simon’s mom’s party at his apartment, which he comes to regret upon realizing that he’s hosting a swingers’ “key party.” Meanwhile, Robert reads the riot act when Malik skips out early on his janitorial duties; and Lisa is smitten with Trudy’s brother, but finds herself uncomfortable with their close relationship.

Gerry has big weekend plans for a fantasy baseball draft when he’s told he has to cover Saturday detention. He ends up monitoring a motley crew of Xavier students while trying to make an early escape to salvage his fantasy picks before he misses the draft. In an effort to bury the hatchet and come to terms with Lisa’s appointment as the new principal, Robert and Lisa have an impromptu heart to heart.

Gerry’s been given another coaching assignment, but this time he’s helping Ricki prepare for a fencing tournament, and he couldn’t be less interested. After an uncharacteristic heart to heart, however, Gerry changes his tunes and assures Ricki that he’ll get her to the tournament – a task that proves more difficult than he had anticipated. In an effort to capitalize on Dwyer’s recent divorce, Bobbi invites him over for dinner and attempts to seduce him the only way she knows how. Poorly. Robert, meanwhile, is consumed with uncovering his lunch thief.

When he attempts to reign in a bratty student, Gerry is faced with the wrath of his notoriously overprotective and obnoxious mother. After an innocent interaction with her takes an unpleasant and threatening turn, Gerry goes to great lengths to protect his reputation. Upon realizing that she has fallen into the role of staff “punching bag,” Bobbi attempts to transfer the title onto another staff member, but her awkward and cruel efforts only further seal her title. Meanwhile, Ricki sells pencils to Robert and drives a hard bargain.

Gerry accompanies students on a leadership retreat to a nature centre where he meets the beautiful staff member, Jasmine. As Gerry and Robert engage in a misguided competition to win her affection, the two find themselves lost in the woods and in pretty dire straights. Meanwhile, when Lisa finds out that Trudy is running a morbid “death pool” gambling ring, she attempts to shut it down, only to learn that she’s the odds on favourite to die next. And Simon and Frank’s innocent game of rugby spoons takes an ugly turn.

Gerry is turning forty, and after finding a letter he wrote to himself ten years earlier, he becomes acutely aware of everything he has failed to accomplish. Clearly not the family man, Gerry attempts to prove that he’s the other type of “awesome forty.” But when his wild night out doesn’t go as planned, Gerry takes drastic measures to meet the expectations set out in his own letter. Meanwhile, Simon’s ferret goes missing and Lisa wants to impress the chairman of the board of trustees by putting on an elaborate fun fair in his honour, which quickly devolves into a complete disaster.