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"Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High" is the second episode from the fourth season of the Fox animated television series Family Guy. The episode guest-stars Drew Barrymore as Mrs. Lockhart. The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High; the school bears the name of Vincent (Buddy) Cianci, Jr., longtime Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, who has had repeated run-ins with the law.
When Chris' beloved teacher, Ms. Clifton, wins the lottery and quits, Lois suggests Brian fill in as a substitute. He enjoys the job, but is moved to a remedial class, which consists of nothing but inner city youth (a la Dangerous Minds). This is emphasized by the music from the video game GTA: San Andreas playing when Brian enters the class. When he finds the techniques used in his previous class inadequate, he tries "talking their language", but appears racist. After an angry morning, he unintentionally teaches them to aspire to low-level jobs.
Meanwhile, Chris is instantly smitten with his new teacher, the voluptuous Mrs. Lana Lockhart. Lois is not pleased with this. After she and Peter talk to Mrs. Lockhart, and she finds out that Chris is in love with her; she promises Chris to be with him if he kills her husband Ronald, though he does not do it. When Lois finds the teacher's written instructions in Chris' laundry, she runs to Mrs. Lockhart's home and finds the mauled body of her husband. Believing Chris is the killer, Lois and Stewie conspire to cover up the plot by dumping the body in the lake and bluffing a policeman. Back at home, the rest of the family treats Chris differently because they believe he actually killed Mrs. Lockhart's husband, until it is shown on the news that it was really Mrs. Lockhart and a bear. In the last scene, Mrs. Lockhart and the bear are found in a motel, with Mrs. Lockhart all dressed up for a nice evening dinner while the bear is lying on the bed watching television. The two engage in stereotypical passive-aggressive behavior. The bear insists that he is not in the mood to go out for the night, then attempts to ameliorate Mrs. Lockhart's disappointment by rubbing her back with his foot and sing "Love you...", and with that the episode concludes.
Chris' substitute teacher, Mrs. Lockheart, and her plot to murder her husband (by seducing and then using one of her students to commit the deed), is partially based on sentenced for life Pamela Smart.[1]
About 9.71 million Americans watched this episode.[2]