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Boston Public as Dana Poole
Episode 101 (pilot)
Mr. Lipshultz picked the wrong girl to mess with when he calims that her not wearing a bra is obscene. "It's not obscene... you just have a problem with the female body!"
Dana needs that little favor to get Jason's grade raised just enough so that he can play in that football game... it's not THAT big of a favor, is it?
Before Lisa Greir was in the picture it looks like some of the other girls had their eye on the hot Winslow stud... NOT!! Dana decides to play a cruel yet absolutely HYSTERICAL joke on Milton!
Thanking Harry for his favor, big surprise but Dana doesn't get a, "you're welcome." Harry's beyond furious despite her apologies to having to blackmail him. Trying to change things to a lighter tone she askes, "So... are you going to the game tonight?"
"Yeah, why don't you and I sit together!?" Harry says sarcastically.
Staring in at Harry Senate through his classroom window you can really tell how much she really likes him.
Episode 102
While being reprimanded by Scott Guber over the bra protest he gets a good wiff; totally freaking her out as 'Vice Principal Hitler' takes two advances closer to her.
Scott demands a urine sample being that he's come to the conclusions of, "You've been smoking pot, Ms. Poole."
"I'm not giving you any urine sample!"
"Then you'll be expelled!"
"I ain't pissin' in that thing! Forget it!"
As soon as the threat is out that she might get expelled over being high she runs down to Senate desperately needing another favor. She hates to blackmail him again but she's got no choice, it's this or having no chance of getting into Smith... her one dream college.
Later when Dana goes to the dungeon to
thank Harry for getting her out of her expulsion -- you'd think
she'd learn from last time... -- he gets furious with her and
makes sure she knows that blackmail isn't going to work anymore.
Being yelled at from Harry definitely hits a soft spot.
An even softer spot is when he gets personal and can't think of a reason why he kissed her. She wants to know, if she's so horrible then why did he kiss her?
Episode 103
Busted! Earlier that morning Senate decided to take a visit to the confession stand and tell Harper and Guber everything. Unfortunately now Dana gets busted. In order to keep things quiet they agree to just let Dana go to see "Big Boy" -- after arguing she gives in and has a couciling session at 8 o'clock insted of getting her parents involved.
Episode 105
Harry Senate pulls Dana off to the side to get the inside scoop on Winslow High's "Sex Posse." Turns out that Seniors = 3 points; Juniors = 5; Sophomores = 10; Freshman = 15.
After what seems like the end of Mr. Senate's conversation with Dana he pops the question, "How are you?"
After being shot down by Mr. Senate -- even she
wants to know, "What's the catch?" 
Lauren Davis needs Dana to talk to one of the
freshman girls about sleeping with her senior boyfriend when he's
a senior. Dana tells her the truth; the boy has already slept
with her and has dumped her. He's part of the Posse and he's got
his 15 points and he's already moved onto the next freshman.
Later Dana admits, "Maybe I do... love you *a little*..."
Episode 118
Dana's proved she knows what's going down in
Winslow...
But this time, will it take her straight to the bottom?
Dana's started stripping at a local strip to pic up some extra cash since it turns out that Winslow High's little rich girl... well, isn't rich. In fact, "she's poor." "Dana Poole lives in a one room, rent controlled studio apartment... she's poor, Harry," Lisa Greir, one of Dana's friends apparently, explains to Harry.
Harry just can't believe that, HIS DANA is stripping so he has to go to the strip joint to know for sure. When he gets there Dana walks out and starts working the poll. After a few minutes she bends over and catches a dead view of Harry staring at her in disgust. She runsoff the stage.
Dana explains the discrimination in highschool isn't over race or religion as most people think, it's money. "Kids who come from money... they're more popular."
Harry knows she's going to be ashamed of this in the long run, and so does she but she's making $60,000! This is where us D/H shippers get happy -- you can really see how much he cares about her, not to mention maybe *loves* her *a little*.
Harry knows Dana's not going to listen to someone who just yells at her so he breaks out the big question. "Do a lot of kids know?"
"I don't think so... but let me ask you
this. If word does get out... what are you more ashamed of? Kids
knowing you strip or that you come from a poor family?"
Lisa Greir talks to Dana after school and tells her she's not trying to be preachy (LIKE THE NUN!) but Dana's got to know that what she's doing is wrong.
"...saw you."
"So kids know?"
"When everybody found out about me and Milton, you know how I got through it? I knew who I was and..."
"But I can't really say that, can I?"
"... it all hurt."
"What I'm doing is probably just as bad as they're going to make it out to be..."
"Then you know you have to stop!"