06x11 Original Teacher
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Marisa Tomei | As: Maggie Lauten | |
Mary Alice | As: Leticia "Lettie" Bostic | |
Jada Pinkett Smith | As: Lena James | |
Loretta Devine | As: Stevie Rallen | |
Lou Myers | As: Vernon Gaines |
Storyline
Freddie organizes a mentorship program for teenagers detained at juvenile hall. They can receive parole by completing a week-long project. Dwayne is assigned two young gang members, who continually fight after learning that they are from rival sets. Much of the tension stems from the fact that members of one boy's gang killed the other's cousin. Dwayne tries to get the boys to turn away from violence and set some goals, but they don't think they have anything to live for. He tries to talk to their parents, with disastrous results. Billy's proud but violent father does not appreciate Dwayne's interference; he shoves him around and threatens him. Dwayne again emphasizes the fact that the boys can have futures; he tells them that they should not place limits on themselves because of the environment around them. Dwayne eventually gets through to them, as they perform a rap song that preaches for an end to violence. Billy's father listens to his son's performance and seems somewhat impresse
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Marisa Tomei |
Maggie Lauten |
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Mary Alice |
Leticia "Lettie" Bostic |
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Jada Pinkett Smith |
Lena James |
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Loretta Devine |
Stevie Rallen |
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Lou Myers |
Vernon Gaines |
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Cree Summer |
Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks |
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Bumper Robinson |
Dorian Heywood |
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Kadeem Hardison |
Dwayne Cleophus Wayne |
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Jasmine Guy |
Whitley Marion Gilbert |
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Dawnn Lewis |
Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor |
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Darryl M. Bell |
Ronald Marlon Johnson |
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Glynn Turman |
Colonel Bradford Taylor |
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Vernee Watson-Johnson |
Carla Meyers |
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Karen Malina White |
Charmaine Tyesha Brown |
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Ajai Sanders |
Gina Deveaux |
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Charnele Brown |
Kimberly Reese |
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