Spin City: The Great Pretender

"The Great Pretender" is the second episode of season one of the Paramount Television comedy series Spin City. The episode was directed by Lee Shallat Chemel and written by Kirk J. Rudell. It first aired on ABC on September 24th, 1996. In this episode, Mayor Winston appoints an old professor named Doctor Bronsteen as the city's new School Commissioner, but scandal threatens Mike Flaherty's position when it comes out that Bronsteen was recorded smoking marijuana at a Grateful Dead concert back in the 1970s. Meanwhile, Ashley Schaeffer is offered a job reporting for a local TV station.