When Bob is rushed to hospital for emergency surgery Matt reluctantly steps in as head of English and immediately finds his loyalties torn between being one of the boys and an authority figure. When he decides to take an efficient, no-nonsense approach he falls foul of both Penny and Simon, who did far less work under Bob's regime but Simon gets no sympathy since his leaving opened the door to Matt's appointment. Everybody then is pleased when Bob returns to work though Matt is unnerved when Bob tells him about the alienating effect of promotion. A weapons amnesty at the school has a strange effect on Carol and Kurt.
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