Originally aired September 19, 2003
Written by David E. Kelley
Directed by Jonathan Pontell
Ronnie witnesses an attempted rape. A new teacher, Carmen Torres, arrives. Steven grows concerned when Scott oversteps his authority.
Tropes present in the episode:
- Attempted Rape: Ronnie witnesses one and works to help the victim.
- Dirty Old Man: Harvey decides sex will help him stave off Alzheimer's and hits on Carmen. He later settles for Viagra left to him by a recently-deceased friend.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Carmen teaches her class in Spanish, and Steven demands that she stop. Interestingly, the episode never addresses the fact that Massachusetts schools have an English-only mandate.
- Hot Teacher: Carmen, a Spicy Latina, gets mistaken for a student who's doing a poll on oral sex. Harvey even hits on her in his Quest for Sex.
- Internal Reveal: Steven and Marilyn are secretly dating. Scott finds this out in the final scene.
- Quest for Sex: Harvey embarks on this to avoid developing Alzheimer's.
- Smug Snake: Ronnie even describes the would-be rapist as smug.
- Tongue Trauma: Many students get their tongues split, resulting in forked tongues, much to Scott and Steven's disgust.
- Unwanted Assistance: The would-be rape victim resists Ronnie's legal help.
- Workplace Romance: Steven and Marilyn are engaged in one.
