Dr. Bull and his team tackled a case involving an affair between a high school teacher named Susan and her 17 year-old, football-playing student, Jordan. The episode, titled “Teachers Pet,” opened with the exposure of the illicit relationship during one of Jordan’s games. Although the school immediately fired Susan, New York could bring no rape charges because, while Jordan is a minor, he is over the age of consent. Jordan has since dropped out of school and moved in with Susan, who plans to home-school him until graduation. Furious by these developments, Jordan’s parents seek out Bull’s team for advice. The parents decide to bring a civil case against Susan for negligent infliction of emotional distress, and Dr. Bull takes the ball as the family’s jury consultant.

While this week’s episode had the kind of dramatic twists and turns that are archetypal of primetime television (including a subplot involving Susan’s estranged husband, a bombshell secret pregnancy, and a whole lot of ethical violations), it was the first to deal realistically with the role of a good lawyer: That being, of course, listening to clients and representing their interests. Jordan’s parents make it clear from the outset that they are not interested in Susan’s money; they simply want their son back. They worry that Susan’s outrageous behavior has manipulated Jordan into a state of profound confusion and that he is throwing his life away by deciding to forgo traditional schooling and a football scholarship. They aren’t so much looking for a lawyer as they are a family counselor.

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