Episode
Mr. D: Gerry Runs a Sweat Shop
Overview
Gerry hatches a new "get rich quick" scheme selling counterfeit One Direction merchandise when he finds out the band is in town. But making countless beaded bracelets at home is tedious work, and Gerry soon realizes he has a whole classroom full of potential unpaid labourers just waiting to be exploited.
Details
- Series
- Mr. D
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2016-02-09
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Gerry Runs a Sweat Shop is Episode 4 in Season 5 of Mr. D. It aired on 2016-02-09. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 1: Gerry's Redemption
Gerry is forced to sub at a tough inner-city school after losing his job at Xavier Academy. Back at Xavier, the staff is worried that Robert is having a nervous breakdown because he didn't get the principal's job.
Episode 7: Student Teacher
Gerry and Simon are both assigned student teachers. Gerry is thrilled to have a minion picking up the slack, while Simon is anxious about the added responsibility. Gerry soon learns that his hands-off approach will not work, as his student teacher, Gloria, is terrified of the students and requires Gerry's presence at all times.
Episode 8: Gerry Wants a Union
After Gerry has an unpleasant run-in with a unionized construction worker, he decides he wants to form a teachers union at Xavier. Meanwhile, Robert reads the riot act when Malik skips out early on his janitorial duties; and Lisa is smitten with Trudy's brother.
Episode 9: Duncan Does Detention
Gerry has big weekend plans for a fantasy baseball draft when he's told he has to cover Saturday detention. In an effort to bury the hatchet and come to terms with Lisa's appointment as the new principal, Robert and Lisa have an impromptu heart to heart.
Episode 10: Gerry Coaches Fencing
Gerry's been given another coaching assignment, but this time he's helping Ricki prepare for a fencing tournament, and he couldn't be less interested. In an effort to capitalize on Dwyer's recent divorce, Bobbi invites him over for dinner and attempts to seduce him the only way she knows how. Poorly.
Episode 11: Hell-icopter Mom
When he attempts to reign in a bratty student, Gerry is faced with the wrath of his notoriously overprotective and obnoxious mother. Upon realizing that she has fallen into the role of staff "punching bag," Bobbi attempts to transfer the title onto another staff member. Meanwhile, Ricki sells pencils to Robert and drives a hard bargain.
Episode 12: Out Cold
Gerry accompanies students on a leadership retreat to a nature centre where he meets the beautiful staff member, Jasmine. Lisa finds out that Trudy is running a morbid “death pool” gambling ring. And Simon and Frank’s innocent game of rugby spoons takes an ugly turn.
Episode 13: Gerry Turns 40
Gerry is turning forty, and after finding a letter he wrote to himself ten years earlier, he becomes acutely aware of everything he has failed to accomplish. Meanwhile, Simon's ferret goes missing and Lisa wants to impress the chairman of the board of trustees by putting on an elaborate fun fair in his honour, which quickly devolves into a complete disaster.