The concept ofA.P. Biois pretty simple. Jack Griffin (Howerton) is a Harvard professor who gets fired and is forced to move back to his hometown in Ohio. Then, he takes a teaching position at Whitlock High School, where, in theory, he has to teach Advanced Placement Biology tohigh school students. He decides to do anything but, and this directly impacts his relationship with his students, his fellow teachers and the school principal.
The cast ofA.P. Biofeatures some major comedy players likeLyric Lewis(Curses!),Mary Sohn(Work In Progress),Jean Villepique(Sharp Objects),Paula Pell(Girls5eva) andPatton Oswalt(The Sandman). The show also featured guest appearances from industry heavyweights likeRon Funches(Loot),Christopher Lloyd(Back to the Futuretrilogy),Joe Manganiello(True Blood),Bruce Campbell(Evil Deadfranchise),Jon Lovitz(Rat Race),Angela Kinsey(The Office) and others.
‘A.P. Bio’ Earned Top Marks At Rotten Tomatoes
One of the elements that makeA.P. Biofunny is that the series gets funnier the more you watch it because of the running gags that the writing team led byMike O’Brien(Saturday Night Live) decided to accumulate with every episode. Most of them take place inside the walls of Whitlock High School, and some of them include Jack finding creative ways of getting rid of the kids' textbooks and hatching a plan to prank his nemesis. The repeated jokes also helped the seriesresonate with critics. The show has an average of88% approval rateonRotten Tomatoes, with Seasons 2 and 3 earning a rare100% scoreon the website.
Despite its success among critics,A.P. Bio’s end was hinted after Season 2, when NBC decided to remove the series from its linear schedule and make it aPeacockexclusive. Fans immediately suspected that the show wouldn’t last much longer, even though series creator O’Brien told Collider he hadan ambitious fifteen-season planin mind. Could the show’s surge in popularity guarantee a new season three years after it was canceled? For now, we can only dream.
You can stream all episodes ofA.P. Bioon Netflix.
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