7.2/101,108 votesLoading...#1 - Pilot: Catfish
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2018
Jack Griffin is a Harvard philosophy scholar who loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. He quickly makes it clear he will not be teaching any biology, however, and, realizing he has a room full of overachieving honor roll students at his disposal, decides instead to use the kids to enact revenge on his rival and take the job that is rightfully his.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Michael Patrick O'Brien
7.2/10211 votesLoading...#2 - Get Hoppy!
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/3/2020
Principal Durbin takes it upon himself to help Jack advance his book with an appearance on Toledo's morning TV show but lets his five minutes of fame get the best of him. The other teachers lead a competition within the Young Entrepreneurs Club.
Director: Glenn Howerton
Writer: Jess Lacher
7.2/10196 votesLoading...#3 - Mr. Pistachio
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/3/2020
Jack has Mary drive him to the doctor, but a prank results in him getting the same procedure twice. At school, Durbin and Helen embarrass themselves and the kids compete over class superlative titles.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Gilli Nissim
7.2/10149 votesLoading...#4 - Malachi
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/2/2021
A jealous Jack crashes his girlfriend's dinner with a male friend. Helen rebounds after a breakup.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10160 votesLoading...#5 - An Oath to Rusty
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/2/2021
Jack attempts to get closer with the guys at work. Helen helps Principal Durbin grow a backbone.
Director: Katie Locke O'Brien
Writer: Shelly Gossman
7.3/10183 votesLoading...#6 - Love, for Lack of a Better Term
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 9/2/2021
Victor sends Ashlanda a risqué photo. Grace and Anthony try to set up Mary and Principal Durbin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10375 votesLoading...#7 - Selling Out
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/2018
Jack receives an offer from Miles' publisher to write a book of feel-good philosophy that could be his ticket out of Toledo. Durbin accidentally sets off an emotional firestorm when he reveals that while Stef chose Mary as her emergency contact, Mary chose Michelle.
Director: Payman Benz
Writer: Donick Cary
7.5/10539 votesLoading...#8 - Teacher Jail
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/2018
When Jack leaves his class unattended, a student injury sets off an official investigation and lands Jack in "teacher jail." An aggressive teacher's union rep sets her sights on Principal Durbin. The students' excitement for a substitute teacher are dashed when they find out it's Helen.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Rob Klein
7.5/10455 votesLoading...#9 - Burning Miles
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/1/2018
While Principal Durbin struggles with budget cuts, Jack discovers his students pity him - so he rallies, making a splash at the school bake sale and getting kicked out of the bookstore for life.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Luvh Rakhe
7.5/10420 votesLoading...#10 - Overachieving Virgins
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/2018
When Jack gets into a petty dispute with the student council president, the situation escalates much too far; Stef sells makeup at school as a side business.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: John Blickstead, Trey Kollmer
7.5/10379 votesLoading...#11 - We Don't Party
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/2018
Jack finds out his ex-girlfriend Meredith needs a venue for a charity fundraiser and has the perfect place: his student Victor's house. Victor and the other kids are inspired by Jack to party for the first time.
Director: Dan Longino
Writer: Nicole Sun
7.5/10331 votesLoading...#12 - Happiness
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2019
With no archrival to combat, Jack sets his sights on a new mission: write the most brilliant philosophy book ever and get out of Toledo for good. Stef and Mary forget a special day for Michele. Helen forgets to order routine maintenance for the copier causing mass hysteria at Whitlock.
Director: Trent O'Donnell
Writer: Donick Cary
7.5/10282 votesLoading...#13 - Toledo's Top 100
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2019
Jack is aghast to learn he didn't make the Top 10 in Toledo's Top 100 Bachelors, and Durbin did. Victor and Eduardo decide it's time to reveal their feelings to their crushes.
Director: Maggie Carey
Writer: Emily Cutler
7.5/10238 votesLoading...#14 - Tiny Problems
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2020
When Jack is disappointed with the popcorn maker he orders, he and the students plot revenge. Helen goes back to school to get her high school degree and chaos ensues in Principal Durbin's office in her absence.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Donick Cary
7.5/10205 votesLoading...#15 - Aces Wild
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/2020
Principal Durbin and Helen sweep lockers. Jack finds out that Anthony has been lying about his extracurricular activities. Jack and Lynette follow Anthony to find out what he's really been up to. The search for Stef's baby donor intensifies.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Shelly Gossman, Brendan Jennings
7.5/10223 votesLoading...#16 - Tornado!
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2021
A tornado puts the school on lockdown. The kids write fan fiction about faculty members.
Director: Katie Locke O'Brien
Writer: Michael Patrick O'Brien
7.6/10383 votesLoading...#17 - Rosemary's Boyfriend
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/2018
Jack is incensed when his dead mom's former lover shows up and suggests they commemorate her birthday. Jack taps his students to help him retaliate, but the students' hands are already full - of crying robot babies. Stef's kindness toward Dale the janitor sends the wrong signals.
Director: Maggie Carey
Writer: Michael Patrick O'Brien, Charlie McCrackin
7.6/10266 votesLoading...#18 - Personal Everest
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/18/2019
Jack is outraged when his old high school bully is hired as a motivational speaker at Whitlock. Mary, Stef and Michelle set their own personal goals of female empowerment, unintentionally causing a rift between Helen and Durbin.
Director: Payman Benz, Andrew DeYoung
Writer: Shelly Gossman
7.7/10437 votesLoading...#19 - Dating Toledoans
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2018
Jack reluctantly agrees to go out on the town with Mary, Stef, and Michelle; his superiority complex proves difficult for the women to overcome; principal Durbin feels threatened when Helen fills in for him on the school's morning announcements.
Director: Ryan Case
Writer: Aseem Batra
7.7/10414 votesLoading...#20 - Freakin' Enamored
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2018
When Jack is attracted to a student's mother at a parent-teacher conference, he feigns interest in her son; a group of parents complain to principal Durbin when they notice a piece of controversial student art from Mary's class.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Shelly Gossman
7.7/10355 votesLoading...#21 - Durbin Crashes
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2018
When Jack casually gives Durbin some marriage advice, it backfires, gets Durbin kicked out of the house, and Jack takes him in. The A.P. Bio kids tell Jack if they can get Miles' DNA, they'll learn a little biology while pulling off the ultimate revenge.
Director: Andrew DeYoung
Writer: Michael Patrick O'Brien, Rob Klein
7.7/10340 votesLoading...#22 - Walleye
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/26/2018
Jack successfully convinces Miles that Devin is his illegitimate son; Durbin, Mary, Stef and Michelle clash on the Sadie Hawkins dance theme.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Michael Patrick O'Brien, Britt Matt
7.7/10219 votesLoading...#23 - Disgraced
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2020
Mr. Pugh plans a field trip for the Toledo chapter of the Ohio Naturalists. When Jack can't write his own book, he agrees to be ghostwrite for popular author Robin Shwank -- only to insert his own chapters into Shwank's book.
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Writer: Shelly Gossman
7.7/10152 votesLoading...#24 - The Perfect Date From Hell
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/2/2021
Jack finds out he's his girlfriend's therapy homework. Principal Durbin goes undercover.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10159 votesLoading...#25 - Tons of Rue
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/2/2021
Jack tries to expose his allegedly reformed deadbeat dad. A witch shakes up the Whitlock High staff.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Worst Episodes Summary
"Pilot: Catfish" is the worst rated episode of "A.P. Bio". It scored 7.2/10 based on 1108 votes. Directed by Oz Rodriguez and written by Michael Patrick O'Brien, it aired on 2/1/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Get Hoppy!".