Anyway, I highly recommend watching this - it’s bonkers, funny, sexy - peak Italia in every way. Perhaps there will even be some important life lessons for the youngsters as the story progresses. But really it’s enough if the bad boy’s struggling single mom sets her eyes on Dante and some complications result. #television #UnProfessore

In fact, the great achievement of this series (I say one episode in) is that it makes philosophy seem relevant, and of course, sexy. Our hero, Dante, not only offers some valuable advice derived from Socrates in his classes taught (scandalously) in the outdoors, but his observations on the close connection between philosophy and mathematics quickly win over the stern math teacher, Marina. #television #UnProfessore

From this, you might assume that the kids study. They do not. The charmingly antique library is empty enough to be the scene of teacher arguments and assignations, while the kids (whether in class or out) are glued to one another like their hips contain magnets. It’s the world as seen through the “sexy Italy” filter. #television #UnProfessore

The school depicted is nothing like a school in Canada. The classrooms look like they may have received some desultory maintenance in the last century. The curriculum is mind-bogglingly complex - evidently encompassing not only philosophy and advanced mathematics, but in one memorable scene - elaborate analysis of Dante’s Divine Comedy. #television #UnProfessore