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Lucas Tanner

1974–1975 · 1 season

A gentle, earnest drama about a grieving teacher reaching students through unconventional lessons, with a calm, low-key classroom atmosphere.

Created by
Jerry McNeely
Genres
Drama
Overview
Lucas Tanner, a former baseball player and sportswriter, becomes an English teacher at a suburban high school. His unconventional teaching methods often put him at odds with the other faculty.
How it feels
Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Grief, education, found family, healing
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Created by
Jerry McNeely
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • education
  • found family
  • healing
  • identity
Places
  • school
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Jerry McNeely
Written by
Norman Hudis
Starring
David Hartman, Rosemary Murphy, Robbie Rist, Kimberly Beck, John Randolph, Kathleen Quinlan, Bettye Ackerman, Mark Hamill
Length
1 seasons, 22 episodes
Network
NBC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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