There must be something about English teachers specifically and their sophomore high school students (a writer’s youthful fantasy, perhaps), because we’ve got ourselves another one in the case of 25-year-old Monica Young (Marguerite Moreau) and 16-year-old Ben Connor (Jon Foster). When the two begin their secret relationship, it’s like a dream come true for Ben, who’s so used to being mocked by his friends and girls his age for being an “old soul.” However, it all happens to coincide with him coming into his own and the high school girl of his dreams, Sue Miller (Jessica Lucas), finally seeing him as an attractive member of the opposite sex. After Homecoming turns from a “group thing” to an actual date between Ben and Sue, Ben dumps Monica for her, feeling more from a single dance with his age-appropriate crush than all of the secret broom closet hook-ups with his fantasy woman. Monica doesn’t take it well at all. Even after she’s able to seduce Ben back, Monica spitefully gives one of Sue’s papers a failing grade, and then dates Ben’s older brother Sam (Josh Meyers) to make Ben jealous. Eventually, Monica leaves town after getting an ultimatum from Sue’s dad, a fellow teacher, and manages to have one of the more poignant scenes of the series’ short run as she says goodbye and apologizes to Ben. [LaToya Ferguson]