Učitelka umění a vyučující angličtiny jsou dva rivalové. Jejich rivalita vyvrcholí ve školní soutěži, kde rozhodnou studenti, zda jsou důležitější slova nebo obrazy.

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.