Семь уроков с мистером Гормсби: Сатира о новозеландской школе.
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
"Семь периодов с мистером Гормсби" – новозеландский сатирический сериал о школе и преподавателе с устаревшими взглядами. Юмор, образование, социальная сатира.
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Введение
"Семь уроков с мистером Гормсби" – сатирический новозеландский телесериал, созданный и написанный Дэнни Малхерноном (который также является режиссером и сопродюсером), Дэйвом Армстронгом и Томом Скоттом. В главной роли – Дэвид МакФейл в роли мистера Гормсби, чьи политически некорректные взгляды и стиль преподавания "старой школы" вступают в конфликт и резко контрастируют с атмосферой в вымышленной средней школе Тепапавай. Сериал высмеивает новозеландскую систему образования, а также современные новозеландские социальные установки в целом.
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby is a satirical New Zealand television series, created and written by Danny Mulheron (who also directs and co produces), Dave Armstrong, and Tom Scott. It stars David McPhail as the titular Mr Gormsby, whose politically incorrect attitudes and "old school" teaching style clash and contrast with the environment at the fictional Tepapawai High School. The show pokes fun at the New Zealand education system but also at modern New Zealand social attitudes more generally.
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История повествует о различных событиях, происходящих в новозеландской средней школе с низким рейтингом, расположенной в районе с низким уровнем дохода, где часто работает недостаточно квалифицированный педагогический состав и учится много учеников из неблагополучных семей, преимущественно представители этнических меньшинств – маори и пасифика. В первом сезоне Мортимера Гормсби назначают временно исполняющим обязанности классного руководителя 5Ф класса. Его консервативные взгляды и попытки навести дисциплину сразу же вызывают недовольство остального преподавательского состава, который пытается добиться его отстранения. Ранее проблемный 5Ф класс постепенно начинает принимать своего нового учителя, а он, в свою очередь, начинает уважать их. Однако в конце первого сезона Гормсби увольняют. Помимо 5Ф класса, остальная школа страдает от неэффективного управления, низких результатов тестов и проверок Образовательного надзорного ведомства. Во втором сезоне Гормсби восстанавливают в должности. Тем временем Образовательное надзорное ведомство решает объединить школы Тепапавай и МакЛаудс. Главной сюжетной линией второго сезона становится вопрос о том, какая из школ должна быть закрыта.
The story follows various events at a New Zealand low decile high school in a low income area having often poorly qualified teaching staff and many students with difficult socio economic backgrounds mostly belonging to ethnic minorities, Māori and Pasifika. Season One sees the appointment of Mortimer Gormsby to the relieving role of Class 5F. His conservative ways and attempts to discipline students immediately see the rest of the faculty try to have him removed. The previously troublesome 5F slowly take to their new teacher, and in turn he develops a respect for them. However at the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired. Outside of 5F, the rest of the school is plagued by mismanagement, poor test scores and the Education Review Office. Season Two sees the reinstatement of Gormsby. Meanwhile, the Education Review Office decides that Tepapawai and McLeod's Girls School should merge. The question of which school should close is the main storyline of Season Two
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Мортимер Эллис Гормсби (Дэвид МакФейл) – Заместитель учителя. Гормсби – бывший военный, много путешествовавший. Он приверженец старой школы, дисциплинированный, консервативный и грубый, часто называет учеников и сотрудников оскорбительными именами, основанными на этнической принадлежности, поле, интеллекте и сексуальной ориентации, или высмеивает их имена (Он называет Роджера Дассента «Мистер Писсент», а Хонэ Хакануи – «Полукровка»). Его консервативные взгляды приводят к конфликтам со многими преподавателями, особенно со Стивом Мэджвеем, который пытается добиться его увольнения в первом сезоне, эпизоде два. Он ненавидит бюрократию, «сентиментальные» современные взгляды и профсоюзы, особенно PPTA. Несмотря на эти предубеждения, Гормсби в течение сериала привязывается к своему классу 5F, и в свою очередь у учеников развивается уважение к нему, особенно у Хохепы. В конце первого сезона Гормсби увольняет исполняющий обязанности директора Стив Мэджвей. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде один, его нанимают в качестве консультанта, а затем восстанавливают в должности учителя 5F. В конце сериала он становится заместителем директора Tepapawai/McLeod's, фактически подстрекая 5F сжечь McLeod's, чтобы спасти Tepapawai от слияния с McLeod's.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Роджер Дассент (Пол МакЛафлин) – Директор средней школы для мальчиков Тепапавай. В первом сезоне у него мало моральных принципов, он больше беспокоится о экономии денег, чем о привлечении властей или избежании конфликтов, отклоняя жалобы или игнорируя проблемы в школе. На протяжении всего сериала за ним преследует Марион Паттерсон из Управления по надзору за образованием, к которой он не испытывает взаимности. В седьмом эпизоде первого сезона решение о сокращении штата приводит его к психическому кризису, и его увозят на скорой помощи. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде один, он возвращается на свою прежнюю должность, но с диагнозом «клинически безумен». Во втором сезоне, эпизоде шесть, он неохотно делает предложение Марион Паттерсон, чтобы предотвратить слияние Tepapawai с МакЛеодской школой для девочек, но это вызывает проблемы в Министерстве образования, и они расстаются по обоюдному согласию. Затем он делает предложение Лорен, которая соглашается. После пожара в McLeods Дассент заканчивает сериал в качестве директора объединенной школы Tepapawai/McLeods.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Стив Мэджвей (Джейсон Хойт) – Школьный консультант и «исполняющий обязанности заместителя директора». Стив – главный антагонист Гормсби, эгоистичный, корыстный и манипулирующий. Он также очень амбициозен и стремится быть больше, чем просто школьным консультантом. Он увлекается кино и хвастается незначительными достижениями, такими как роль в расширенной DVD-версии «Властелина колец», написанием сценария и «помощью» в написании сценария к фильму «Пианино», а также участием в команде по крикету в Окленде. Он – дамский соблазнитель. В начале сериала он состоит в отношениях с Фенн Партингтон, но спит с Агнес О'Флаэрти в звукозаписывающей будке. Это приводит к ее беременности и разрыву с Стивом. Стив оказывает давление на Агнес, чтобы она сделала аборт, что она и делает, но это приводит ее в депрессивное состояние, после чего она также расстается со Стивом. В седьмом эпизоде первого сезона он становится исполняющим обязанности директора Tepapawai после психического срыва Роджера Дассента. Его первым действием становится увольнение Гормсби. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде один, он сердито «уходит в отставку» после восстановления Роджера и найма Гормсби в качестве консультанта. Однако его машина уничтожена Хохепой. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде пять, он и Фенн начинают сходиться, но их ночь прерывается после того, как 5F саботирует туалет Стива, в результате чего он падает в яму. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде шесть, в то время как остальные преподаватели объединяются, чтобы спасти Tepapawai от слияния с МакЛеодской школой для девочек, Стив тайно начинает искать себе должность директора в McLeod's, несмотря на внешнюю поддержку своих коллег. В седьмом эпизоде второго сезона Стивен обращается ко всем преподавательницам, чтобы добиться их руки и сердца, поскольку должность в McLeod's требует, чтобы он был женат. Все отвергают его, и он сердито ругает своих коллег, прежде чем уйти. После пожара в McLeods Стив заканчивает сериал в качестве консультанта.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Фенн Партингтон (Тэнди Райт) – Профессиональный и добрый учитель английского языка. Она – один из самых компетентных преподавателей, заботящаяся об образовании и благополучии учеников. В начале сериала она состояла в отношениях со Стивом Мэджвеем, но разорвала их после того, как он и Агнес О'Флаэрти переспали, и Агнес забеременела. В отместку она переспала с Афиога, учеником. Это приводит к ее увольнению, но ее быстро восстанавливают в должности, поскольку в результате успеваемость ученика значительно улучшилась, и Фенн выделяется в Министерстве образования как выдающийся учитель. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде один, показано, что она начала встречаться с Хонэ Хакануи, но Фенн заканчивает эти отношения во втором сезоне, эпизоде четыре, из-за пьянства и азартных игр Хонэ во время школьного «лагеря». Она и Стив почти возобновляют отношения, но после того, как Стив делает ей предложение только для того, чтобы сохранить свою работу, она окончательно уходит от него.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Лорен (Мишель Амас) – Честная и проницательная секретарь. Она часто оказывается втянутой в некомпетентное управление Роджера Дассента, например, помогая ему уклоняться от звонков Марион Паттерсон и не вызывая полицию, когда в школе возникают проблемы. Она часто является совестью сериала, например, указывая на аморальность продажи учеников маорийского и полинезийского происхождения школам, занимающимся регби. Несмотря на нежелательное участие в схемах Роджера, она глубоко заботится о нем, будучи единственным преподавателем, который навещает его в психиатрической больнице. В конце сериала Роджер делает предложение Лорен, на которое она соглашается.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Агнес Мария Тереза О'Флаэрти (Дена Кеннеди) – Добрая и религиозная учительница истории и обществознания. В начале сериала она флиртует со Стивом Мэджвеем, несмотря на то, что он состоит в отношениях с Фенн Партингтон. Позже они переспали, в результате чего Агнес забеременела. Несмотря на желание сохранить ребенка, Стив оказывает на нее давление, чтобы она сделала аборт. Это приводит Агнес в депрессивное состояние, в конечном итоге приводя к попытке самоубийства в четвертом эпизоде первого сезона. Несмотря на это, она возвращается к работе и заводит близкую дружбу с Ализдэром Мортоном. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде пять, она пробуждает интерес у Ализдэра, что приводит к романтическим отношениям, которые продолжаются до конца сериала.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Ализдэр Мортон (Томас Робинс) – Геевский учитель экономики. Несмотря на то, что он часто компетентен в своей работе, его сексуальная ориентация становится объектом многих шуток и комментариев со стороны сотрудников. В седьмом эпизоде первого сезона распространился слух, что у него СПИД, но на самом деле у него анальные бородавки. Он поддерживал близкую дружбу с Агнес О'Флаэрти, которая перерастает в романтические отношения во втором сезоне, эпизоде пять. До этого у него были отношения с мужчиной по имени Винай, который бросил его во втором сезоне, эпизоде четыре. Он демонстрирует многие стереотипные черты геев, такие как отсутствие спортивных навыков и любовь к музыкальному театру. Он также много путешествовал.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Хонэ Хакануи (Луис Сатерленд) – Некомпетентный учитель маорийских исследований. Несмотря на то, что он является главой кафедры, он не говорит на языке те рео маори и показан ленивым, культурно некомпетентным и некомпетентным. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде один, он встречается с Фенн. Во втором сезоне он развивает игровую зависимость в школе, проигрывая все школьные деньги, предназначенные для школьной поездки, Раку. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде пять, он напивается во время школьного лагеря, что приводит к разрыву с Фенн. Во втором сезоне, эпизоде семь, он признается, что на самом деле является самоанцем.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Лесли Тангароа (Грейс Хоэт) – Маорийская лесбиянка, учитель физкультуры. Несмотря на то, что она учитель физкультуры, она показана не в форме и ленивой в своей работе, уделяя больше внимания участию в любительском спорте, чем обучению учеников. Она полная, показана как единственный преподаватель, способный выбить дверь. Ее сексуальная ориентация делает ее…
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
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Прием
Сериал был в основном положительно принят австралийскими критиками, хотя некоторые аспекты его политической некорректности вызвали удивление. Алан Маскаренхас (The Age) отмечает, что, несмотря на скромные производственные ценности и неровную игру актеров, сериал все же обладает духом "Монти Пайтона". Он вспоминает, что не мог перестать смеяться даже в сценах, где, возможно, не стоило. По его мнению, шоу заходит дальше, чем когда-либо "Офис", балансируя на грани между юмором и предрассудками.
The series was received mostly positively by Australian critics, although some aspects of its politically incorrect nature raised some eyebrows. Alan Mascarenhas (The Age) states while the series has low production values and patchy acting it does nevertheless possess a pythonesque quality. He recalls that he couldn't stop laughing even at scenes where he probably shouldn't have. According to him the show goes further than The Office ever dared balancing between fun and bigotry.