A charismatic and quick-quipped Mark Harmon plays Freddie Shoop, a gym teacher forced to take on a classroom full of slackers and losers for the summer or else lose his bid for tenure. The only bright spot seems to be that the cute neighboring teacher, played by Kirstie Alley, seems to have eyes for him despite her best attempts not to. With her playing hard-to-get, and his students not caring to learn, it appears all is sure to be lost. But things get turned around in typical, movie-of-the-week fashion when Harmon makes a deal with his students: if they promise to learn, he’ll grant them each one wish. By granting them their ridiculous wishes, the students, and Harmon himself, all learn valuable lessons. Alas, will it be enough to save his job?

A fairly routine 80’s comedy, Summer School is fun enough to kill some time with. The cast of scholastic failures is a winning ensemble, and includes Melrose Place alum Courtney Thorne-Smith and Fabiana Udenio as a gorgeous Italian exchange student.