On the eve of the annual academic competition, Principal Madison, Marisol and Gabe all face tough choices involving loyalty and ambition.

When his students seem reluctant to attend the holiday dance, Gabe looks for ways to boost their confidence — until he learns what the real issue is.

As Gabe's friends nudge him back into the dating pool, he pushes Paula to hire a new guidance counselor. Mikey worries about kissing Marisol onstage.

To get his class comfortable with being in the spotlight, Gabe persuades them to perform in the school's talent show. The catch? He must perform, too.

After falling back under the spell of her two-timing ex, Abby turns to Gabe for support. Marisol declines to participate in the class's college tour.

Told to find an impartial teacher to grade his class's oral reports, Gabe worries when the most morally upstanding member of the faculty volunteers.

Gabe overcompensates after a parent calls him out for having a favorite student. Tony wheels and deals to inflate his scores on faculty peer reviews.

While dealing with the transfer of a star athlete into his class, Gabe experiences an inadvertent stumble on the road to sobriety.

Marisol questions Gabe's sense of fair play when a football player seems to receive preferential treatment before Wilson High's big game.

When a teacher's strike threatens his students' chances in an academic decathlon, Gabe looks for ways to help them without crossing the picket line.

To connect or disconnect? That's the question Gabe asks when his class receives new tablet devices. Mikey tries to overcome his shyness with Marisol.

Gabe meddles in Marisol's relationship with her estranged father, and a yoga class unleashes Paula's pent-up feelings over her upcoming college reunion.

As part of his new security initiative, Carlos institutes a clear backpack policy that doesn't sit well with Gabe or his students.

Gabe intervenes when he believes one of his students is being bullied. Meanwhile, new school guidelines regarding inclusive language dismay Marisol.

Gabe gives his class a college prep pep talk that backfires so spectacularly he begins to question his own career path.

Gabe meddles in Paula's love life when she scores a date with a coach who's a well-known player, while Marisol balks at starring in the school play.

No good deed goes unpunished for Gabe when he champions Marisol's plan to join a district-wide Green Week competition, unaware of the price he'll pay.

Gabe's students encounter a comedy of errors after he encourages them to sign up for Carlos's drama class. Paula urges the staff to try a new bar.

To counter his students' pessimism about the future, Gabe makes them create vision boards of what they want in life, an assignment he takes to heart.

On the last day of class before summer break, Gabe learns several of his students are being transferred out of Woodrow Wilson High School.

Citing cultural appropriation, Marisol goes after Gabe's favorite taco truck. Paula attempts to censor the school's production of "Romeo and Juliet."