The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who portrayed the young Lester Bickford, Max's son. Max's colleagues included Marcia Gay Harden as Andrea Haskell, his former student who had recently joined the faculty, and Helen Shaver as his best friend Erica, previously known as Steve before her transition. Max's daughter Nell, played by Katee Sackhoff, attended the college.
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Air Date: 2001-09-23
An abrasive yet impassioned college professior goes through a midlife crisis.
Air Date: 2001-09-30
As Max juggles various duties associated with being department chair,the Dean attempts to lighten Max's heavy course ...
Air Date: 2001-10-14
A well-meaning student committee has voted to honor an elderly alumnus who was a former policy aide to Senator Brecke...
Air Date: 2001-10-21
Theo, Max's dream student, prepares to do his thesis on the Vietnam War. When Theo approaches Andrea Haskell to be hi...
Air Date: 2001-10-28
Max is worried about his own resolve when his sponsor, who had seemed to be the model of self-control, ends up fallin...
Air Date: 2001-11-11
Max is jealous when his son, Lester, seems to prefer spending time with his new friend's fun, active fireman father, ...
Air Date: 2001-11-18
Max and Judith are shocked to learn that their college friend from Berkeley has long publicly misrepresented her role...
Air Date: 2001-12-02
A student with extremely conservative political beliefs brings up charges against Andrea for the liberal bias she bel...
Air Date: 2001-12-09
One of Andrea's students turns out to be emotionally disturbed, although Andrea doesn't realize it at first. Andrea ...
Air Date: 2002-01-06
A wealthy student (whose character and grade dispute was featured in the series pilot) hires a top law firm in order ...
Air Date: 2002-01-13
Max is conflicted when his lecture on activism inspires a gifted student who was planning to get her doctorate choose...
Air Date: 2002-01-20
Nell dates a college Professor. Josh may lose his job because he sees one of his students
Air Date: 2002-01-27
Max needs to get a healthy lifestyle after learning that his dad is dying
Air Date: 2002-02-24
Max gives a wealthy woman Kathryn Cahill the wrong Idea when she gives a donation to Chadwick.
Air Date: 2002-03-03
Jay Bickford feels his time has come and later sneaks out of the hospital. Andrea's Mom comes back into her life.
Air Date: 2002-03-10
Max finishes his novel but a protest breaks out when some people find themselves in characters from the book.
Air Date: 2002-03-17
Max joins a city planning committee that considers wether to build a mall on a histortic site. His vote decides it.
Air Date: 2002-03-31
Max finds out Nell can be as forceful as he can be whey they fight over wether Doyle Dumont can speak at Chdwick.
Air Date: 2002-04-14
Love is in the air Lester fall in love with a Girl who tries to get him to smoke Andrea falls in love with a tv prode...
Air Date: 2002-04-21
A literary agent, impressed with the manuscript of Max's novel, wants to remake him into her image of a best-selling ...
Air Date: 2002-05-12
An old friend who is a famous dean at Harvard comes to visit Max to ask him to join the faculty there. Meanwhile, Ma...
Air Date: 2002-06-02
On rejoining a weekly poker game, Max learns of something he did to one of the guys while still a drunk, for which th...