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[Ms, Ally] And finally Emmett Charles is our regional debate champion
and will go on to compete in the state championship,
[students cheering]
[cheerleaders] Let's go Emmett!
Let's go Emmett!
[Larry] Woo!
-[cheerleaders] Let's go, Emmett! -[Larry] Woo!
-Way to go, Emmett, -Thanks Ms, Ally,
-Way to go! -[Emmett] Thanks, Mr, Hume,
[crowd cheering]
[cheerleaders] Let's go, Emmett!
[girl] And in case you missed--
Way to go, Emmett,
[woman] Don't forget to congratulate Emmett Charles,
-Way to go, little bro, -Thanks, Luke!
Oh, I have tutorials, don't be late,
-Mom will be very mad, okay? -I got you,
Why does any trophy need to be that big?
It's a disgusting display of triumph,
-Triumph! -[Emmett] Guys,
-Freedom! -[Emmett] Guys, -Stella!
-[Emmett] Guys, -Ya know, Mac had a few good points in that last round,
-but his fuel argument was weak, -[Emmett] Guys,
Well it's all for the nothing if you don't have freedom,
-[Emmett] Guys, -Braveheart,
It really does apply to nothing and to everything,
Man, I'm just feeling so much love in here this morning,
-[Emmett] Guys, -You should really carry that thing
around with you every day,
So, did you guys finish all the movies?
I didn't, I got Ferris Bueller's, Clueless,
The Virgin Suicides, and Breakfast Club left,
We can't discuss the archetype for high school movies
if you don't see the originals,
John Hughes, Mario Van Peebles,
Penelope Spheeris, Sally Potter, George Lucas,
I mean, look at Splendor in the Grass,
Could there be any better narrative
about teenage heartbreak, loss, stagnancy,
and the fragility of the human mind?
That's gotta be a rhetorical question,
[chuckles] Guys, after homework today,
you gotta get goin' on some of these movies
-or we're never ev-- -Yeah!
[singing in French]
I gotta go anyway, I gotta finish my calculus, world history,
and social studies homework before the first bell,
[bell rings]
Oh, crap sticks,
[student] Wait up!
Hey, congrat-- [sneezes]
-Bless you, -Thanks,
You get nervous around me, don't you, T?
No, Why would you think that?
'Cause when you get nervous, you sneeze,
Right, I'm nervous that the cops
are gonna show up and I'm gonna be in trouble
for talking to [sneezes] a 12 year-old,
Talking's not a crime, Bless you,
Hm, I like how you're accessorizing today, Subtle,
You got a real Kanye meets the Stanley Cup vibe going,
Oh, really great pop culture references there, Joy,
-Really, -Oh, get your Halloween hand off of me,
All right, well, [chuckles] we've gotta go to class,
So, bye Emmett, Let's go, Joy,
Well this has been a lot of fun, Mr, Little,
-See you later, Stuart, -Stuart Little,
Oh the mouse, the E,B, White classic,
Yep, I got it, I'm small, may seem a bit mousey,
Again, Joy, great reference,
-Mm, another great comeback, -Okay,
[student] Hey Cole, be there,
[sighs] Bye,
¶ ¶
Tonya, Tonya, Tonya, Tonya,
So funny and smart,
Let's go to the movies,
Let's go get coffee,
Let's go watch an old black and white movie together
on a lazy Sunday with some deep dish pizza,
[singing in French]
[sighs]
Oh, oh hey, Mac,
I know you had your heart set on winning and going to State,
but I mean, you're a great debater
and a valiant competitor,
It's just, your fuel argument just lacked--
-[Mac] I can't believe this, -What?
Why do you think I want constructive criticism from you?
-I was just-- -You're a child,
-I'm just-- -Yeah, no, I know,
Okay, we all know the prodigy with the single mother
and the screwed-up brother who carries the hopes
and dreams of his entire race on his shoulders story,
But you're 12,
Okay, you don't actually know anything
about life and how hard it is,
I mean, how can you even know
what winning and losing means?
Failure is,,,
[chuckles] Oh my God, I just cracked
the perfect prodigy puzzle, didn't I?
-You've never failed, -Yes I have,
-No you haven't, -I haven't tried not to fail,
You just succeed and succeed and succeed
and I bet, if given the choice,
you would choose to succeed over almost anything,
Who do you do it for, because it's not for you,
You're a child,
Your prefrontal cortex isn't developed enough to know
when or why you should give up or give in,
Emotionally you're not even 12,
You're like 10,
[teachers chattering]
-[Selma] Good morning, -Okay, Okay!
-Talk to her, -Get away,
-Hey Selma, -Hm?
We think we should discuss what's been happening
around here the last few months,
-I know we're all very concerned about the safety of our campus, -Yeah,
But we haven't had an incident in a few weeks,
and I think this means the perpetrators
-know we're on to them, -[scoffs] Them,
I'm sorry, who is them?
Being a victim, I'd like to know where my stuff is,
I don't know they know we're on to them,
What it means is they're aware
that we know what's happening,
Oh, I'm sorry, is that a riddle?
I don't understand your verbal Sudoku, Selma,
I just wanna know where my crap is!
Carol, we can calm down now,
Sorry to interrupt, I'm Detective Gregory, I was called,
Oh yes, no, I called you, I thought it was time to bring in the authorities,
-Thank you, Thank you for coming, -Really?
You took it upon yourself to call the police without even a discussion?
Mr, Hume, you forget, we have a system in place here, We have Floyd,
Oh Floyd! You mean our crack security ace who naps
between the hours of 11 and 2?
Floyd, the master sleuth who can sniff out
a Papa John's ten miles from here,
and who never misses a staff birthday cake?
Floyd, the powerless Dumbledore
-of our hallowed campus and the-- -[hand smacks]
You are illustrating my point perfectly,
She was literally just insulting you
for always eating food, and then you grabbed a donut?
Shouldn't you be out patrolling somewhere?
Well, I'm here to--
Look, my laptop was stolen,
Okay, so that's what we're here about,
And I am writing an extremely personal
autobiographical novella that I did not back up,
And I am very foggy about a lot of the events of my past because of an accident
with a hammer, a can of paint, and a raccoon so you can imagine my desire,
You know what, okay, thank you, Carol, I think we should let the detective--
Not all of us remember why we have a five inch scar on the bottom of our foot,
or why our right thumb is straight as a board
and the left one looks like a fishhook,
Okay, I'm gonna talk to all the victims,
-I just caught a salmon with my thumb, -I'll get this figured out,
She's just bending her thumbs, I know, and this--
-Start with me, -Okay,
[Carol] You can do me last,
I'll do you next, talk to you,
-You'll do me next? -Next,
Finally a man in a blazer, not in a vest,
You know what, that's a low blow, Carol,
-That is a low blow, -Hm!
So how come you haven't you reported these thefts yet?
Well, we handle internal conflict
with Parent-Teacher Council,
I didn't wanna disrupt the entire campus
over a few stolen purses,
I mean, seven laptops, 12 phones, jewelry, cash,
four purses, wrestling trophy,
and three desktop computers from storage,
It's hardly a few purses,
Did you and Mr, Hume have a weekend getaway
or a phone conversation?
I think he's just concerned about what's going on here,
Well, Larry is just full of concern,
I don't understand why you're not concerned,
[Mary] In my career as a moderately successful novelist,
-Excuse me, -and perennial SAT tutor,
I've learned that diligence, a word
on today's vocabulary list, is the key to success,
So, it's important to be here for every class,
In fact, every minute
-is important, -Sorry,
-Oh, -Sorry,
Sorry, my bad,
[books clattering]
My bad, sorry,
Pardon me,
[students laughing]
Pardon me, sorry,
This is really more disruptive than I anticipated,
Okay, [clears throat]
Punctuality,
This is a word you should know not only for your SATs,
but also for life in general, yes?
-Mm-hmm, -Mm-hmm,
Okay, it worries me that only three of you are nodding,
Moving on,
Who can tell me the meaning of the word divisive?
Divisive,
This is the word that describes the relationships
most of you have with your parents,
-Yes, -Uh, annoying?
Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people,
That is exactly right, Ha, see?
-You can thank Google, -[students chuckle]
Okay, that would be described as cheating,
Please define for me importune,
To ask someone pressingly and persistently for
or to do something,
All right, now I'm gonna have to ask you
to put your phone on my desk,
I didn't use my phone,
All right, Define equivocate,
To use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing--
-Obdurate, -Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion
-or course of action, -Officious,
Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way--
Did you memorize all of the SAT words?
No, I don't think so,
These are words that I just looked up on Google,
So, they're just Google definitions,
I'm not sure how they relate to the Merriam-Webster's
-or the Oxford-- -Yo, how many words did you look up?
Like a hundred?
No, 7,346,
-What? -[laughs]
You need to be asleep, sir,
I will in a minute,
Is your brother asleep?
Yeah,
Come on,
When you met him, was he happy?
Yes, he was,
Always,
But then he wasn't,
Baby look, it's too late to be asking me difficult questions,
Now go,
I'll be in in a minute to tuck you in,
I'm not a baby,
No, but you're my baby,
Go, go, go, go, go, go,
[bell rings]
-This has got to stop, -Everything okay, Mr, Hume?
Emmett, yes, No, everything's fine,
I just misplaced my wallet,
-Okay, -Okay, [chuckles]
[students chattering]
How could you, Emmet? Did you finish the homework?
-No can do, -Come on, dude,
[sighs] I offered you a deal and you declined,
It's blackmail,
Look, I can't let you drive the car, Mom would kill me, man,
Then explain to Manatee over here why you're not turning in your homework today
-and why you're gonna have to-- -Hey! Did someone here just--
did someone just call me Manatee again?
Did I hear that again? It is Mr, Hume,
It's on the chalkboard if you forgot, Okay? I'm not a manatee, okay?
I don't know if it's 'cause of my big nose, which is genetic, okay?
Actually turns out I have a small head, So joke's on you,
There's nothing about me like a manatee,
except for my weight, and my whiskers,
So if I hear it again, we're gonna bring back Friday pop quizzes,
Who wants that? Does anyone want the Friday pop quizzes? No? [laughs]
I didn't think so!
Okay, fine,
All right, you can drive us home,
All right, okay, everyone open your books please
to page 46,
[Emmett] Here you go,
How'd you know I was gonna say yes?
You're my brother therefore an easy mark,
Mr, Emmett Charles is gonna walk us through a little something called surface tension,
Emmett,
Sorry, sorry, Mr, Hume,
I just had a favorite French film marathon
this weekend and it's just so hard to let go,
-[Larry] Emmett, -The easiest way to understand surface tension
is with a cork and a glass of water,
Look, just pay attention and be careful, all right?
-[engine rumbles] -Ooh, this baby purrs like a--
Don't, all right,
Look, you know nothing about cars, okay?
Just don't,
Look, just focus on the driving,
All right, that's all I wanna see,
[French song on the radio]
Hey, put two hands on the wheel, ten and two,
Get your head in the car!
I mean, you can't even reach the pedals,
Emmett,
[French song playing]
Emmett, turn the radio down!
[metal crunching]
Move, quick!
Over, over, over,
[Emmett] No, ow!
Ow,
Looks like a 453 with a side of doh! Ooh,
-[Bus Drive] Mm-mm, -This dog'll hunt, No need for a wrecker,
[on radio] Got you, Floyd, notated, Thank you, over,
[Floyd] All right, son?
Well, it looks like you've got yourself
quite a clunker, here,
Look, I was driving, all right?
Wait, no, wait I was--
Look, there's no upside to it,
There's no upside to telling the truth,
All right, I'm supposed to be the responsible one,
You're just a kid,
If anyone's asking, I was driving,
Why don't you take a cue from your brother, Luke?
Get some homework done while you're waiting,
I like to do my homework at home,
Hey, I'm so sorry,
I had to wait for another nurse to cover my shift,
Not a problem, Mrs, Charles,
Let's go guys,
Let's not keep Ms, Ally any longer,
Sorry, Ms, Ally,
You don't worry, Emmett,
Just get some rest for the state debates and the SATs,
Luke, don't text and drive,
Yep,
Sorry for all the trouble, Ms, Ally,
No problem,
Yeah, yeah,
[bright electronic music]
I know,
Let's study,
Wow, man, [sighs]
Hey, not bad, Emmett,
You don't suck nearly as bad as Luke said you would,
Well, we didn't see a Tonya Smith or a school bus,
Where are you guys goin'?
We might go see Craig in the Ward,
Probably not, man,
Luke, I thought I told you--
Look it's, it's fine, We're fine,
We're not gonna go there, all right?
Okay, See you here, seven,
-Yeah! Seven, -Okay? Seven, right, Okay,
[upbeat electronic music]
¶ You told me You'll be going away ¶
¶ We'll be seeing each other Other days ¶
-¶ Sweet spin ¶ -Okay,
¶ My hands have constant ¶
Sorry,
Uh, yeah, he's not usually late,
He's got these friends that make him late,
Oh, Do they lock him in a room and tie him up?
No,
Then they don't make him late,
How old are you?
Old enough,
For what?
Okay, yeah, I understand,
I'm 12, and yeah, I'm immature and weird,
I get it,
If you say so,
What is that?
Oh, this is a new book that I'm working on,
A mystery,
Oh,
Scooby Doo or Sherlock Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes,
Yeah, I was gonna say,
[Mary] True crime,
Okay, that's my mom,
-Oh, -Thank you,
Thanks Mrs, Locke, all right?
-All right, bye, -Bye,
What's wrong?
Mikey got caught trespassing,
He told the officer he thought the house was empty,
It wasn't, so he's being kept overnight,
Hey, what about Luke?
Luke stayed in the car,
Thank God,
They won't press charges,
But, uhm, we have to go and pick him up,
Okay, well, Mom, it's okay,
If he stayed in the car,
-then it should be fine, -No, no it's not okay,
What if he had gone in that house, hm?
What if the homeowner had a gun?
Mikey's been getting in trouble since the third grade,
but I can't blame Mikey because Luke chose
to be there with him,
The choices you both make will affect
the rest of your lives,
The friends you hang out with, all of that matters,
Okay,
Look over your shoulder!
Fear, horror, pain, death!
Okay, you got it?
You five try it, More fear,
-Go, -Ms, Jensen,
how does this relate to Thanksgiving?
Wow, to be young and innocent again like you, Joy,
I mean think about it,
It is a turkey holocaust every November,
You don't think those birds know it's coming?
Have some empathy, Joy,
Think-- Hi,
Woo, it's hot out here,
-Ew, -I'm dehydrated,
-Wow, so where were we? -Ew,
Be afraid, be afraid, move it, go!
[students chattering]
[somber violin music]
You're so good,
You have such a mastery of the instrument,
I wish, My sister, she was first chair
by the time she was in 9th grade, so I'm way behind,
You're not your sister and you're exceptional,
Well, I wish I had your confidence,
I'm totally insecure,
I'm small and I'm young, and I don't fail, ever,
And what's wrong with that?
It just doesn't seem like it's a good thing,
How can someone who never fails be insecure?
I'm really insecure,
but I have confidence in my insecurity,
It's a healthy insecurity,
I know what I know and I know what I learn,
and I know what I love,
I know my heart,
Play it again,
[somber violin music]
-Bye, -Bye, See you,
[student] We heard you,
[students chattering]
[French song playing]
-Tonya, did you do the math homework? -Yeah, yeah, I did,
See, I didn't do it, so do you mind if I could see yours?
[Tonya] Yeah, I do actually,
-[warrior screaming] -[dramatic music]
[fighters grunting]
-Don't talk to her, Don't look at her, don't touch her, -What's happening right now?
-I think it's a fight, -Oh my God, -What are you doing?
Get off me, Get off!
What are you doing?
[students chattering]
Dude, come on,
[Emmett grunting]
Come on!
I'm gonna bring it home and I'm gonna put it to bed,
Bring what home?
Emmett, what are you doing? Come on!
This is just what the doctor ordered, Today has been so boring,
[Mac] Are you made out of paper or what?
-More like papier-mâché, -[Mac] What?
-Cut it out, -Don't worry, everyone, I am fine,
Mac is Malfoy to my Potter, He hit me on the mouth and our vascular systems are such--
He jumped on me, all right? Look, I didn't mean to hit you, You jumped on me,
Are you kidding me? Please get off,
I'm not gonna fight you, you're a child,
-Can somebody please get this kid off of me? -What is this sadness?
-You're just mad that I won the regionals, -No, I'm not,
Okay, I still get to go to State, I'll beat you there,
Ha, in your dreams, sir, in your dreams,
[student] Leave him alone,
-[students chattering] -[Emmett grunting]
Emmett, this isn't really going
the way you wanted it to, right?
Yeah, why don't you let go and we can talk about it?
Emmett, he doesn't wanna fight, Just get off,
-Yeah, come on, -Seriously,
[students chattering]
[student] Yeah,
[students chattering]
[student] Have fun,
[student] I was right about him,
-[Mac groans] -Oh!
-[Emmett grunts] -Oh, Emmett, I'm sorry,
-Here, -[Luke] Hey! Hey!
-Luke, wait, wait, wait! -[thump]
[crowd] Oh!
[Mac] Ow,
[bell rings]
[Luke] Are you okay, Emmett?
-[Mac] I was just trying to help him, -[Luke] Let me see it, Emmett,
[Luke] You all right, bro?
[students chattering]
[Selma] Thank you both for coming in,
[Mac's father] All right, come on, let's go, Mac,
It really isn't up to me now,
It's gotta go to a parent-teacher council,
Why do you need a council or a committee
to see that Mac is a bully?
Emmett, it is my understanding
that you started the fight,
Mac will be suspended, and unfortunately,
the same thing will be true for Luke,
This is just very poor timing,
We're about to announce an ongoing investigation at the school,
and it doesn't look good for anyone when you come in here--
What kind of investigation?
There's been a rash of thefts,
Oh, I get it,
Don't you see?
We're in trouble, now we're automatically
suspects in another case,
Suspects?
No, nobody is a suspect,
All I'm saying is it's a bad time
to call attention to yourself with negative behavior,
-Bad for you, bad for Mac, -[phone ringing]
Bad for everyone,
And this is the second time
you've been in my office this week,
Would you like to silence your cell phone, Luke?
Oh, it's not mine,
I found it,
I don't want it anymore,
[soft punk rock music]
But Dad wanted you to have it,
We don't know what Dad wanted,
Do you think I'm like him?
What, Dad?
Yeah,
It's like Dad was really smart, and I'm really smart,
Then couldn't I have what he had?
Well, you're not like him like that,
You only got the good stuff, and I only the good stuff,
[Emmett] You don't know that,
Well, if something starts to happen
or you feel really sad then,,,
What if I see things?
Like what?
Like my imagination,
It leaks out of my head,
That's not the same,
Dad was sick,
You're just strange,
[Luke chuckles]
Mom wants me to go to a private school in Maine,
What?
But you didn't do anything,
Between Mikey and the phone, I mean,
-they think I stole everything, -But you didn't,
I should have just left that phone in the hall,
I should have just kept walking,
You can't go,
I won't let you go,
¶ Father, father, father ¶
[students chattering]
-Hey, T, we need to talk, -I'm not your girlfriend,
-Okay, I don't belong to you or to anyone else, -I know, and I respect--
And if I was your girlfriend, I would so break up with you for that kind of behavior,
-But Mac is a jerk, -But he didn't physically attack you for no good reason,
-No, but he just attacks with insults and nuanced slights, -Emmett, Emmett,
-And passive aggressive behavior, -You're 12, okay?
You can't control everything and everyone,
You have so many expectations for people
because, well, you're perfect,
The rest of us aren't,
You need to act less like an adult
and more like a kid, Emmett,
Uh, but-- Being a kid means being powerless and supine,
It means being immature!
Why would I want that?
Why would anybody want that?
So Selma, any chance that this was an inside job?
You may call me Ms, Ally,
and I don't have time for ludicrous conspiracies,
Tell me about the old computers in storage,
They weren't even worth storing,
Whoever stole them did us a favor,
And besides, Larry said--
-Well I'm sure it's nothing, -What's nothing?
Well, Larry asked me about those computers a couple of months ago,
He said they were worthless and he wanted
to know if he could have them,
-Larry Hume? -Yes, I just thought of that,
-He's a good man, Hume, even with his colorful past, -Colorful past?
You know I think you should really talk to him directly,
So you don't believe that Luke Charles
found that iPhone in the hallway, huh?
I don't,
I hate to believe the narrative
society creates for a kid like Luke,
but all of the evidence is there,
The narrative that-- for a kid like Luke?
Selma, Selma! You're never going to believe--
Carol, everything's fine,
The detective was just leaving,
[Carol] It's him or me,
Okay,
This is the one,
Okay, Eddie, listen,
If you are still not getting it by Friday,
I can meet you here at six after football,
Okay,
Me, dumb football player,
No, Do not perpetuate that stereotype,
It doesn't do anyone any favors,
Okay, just keep working on that one problem,
-Okay, thanks, Mrs, Locke, -[chuckles]
[Laura] Here you go, Ms, Locke,
Laura,
Wow, that's great!
Okay, so see, all that extra hard work
-that we've been putting in has been paying off, okay? -Mm-hmm,
So you just keep working on those daily vocab drills
and have a good night,
[Laura] Thank you,
Hey Emmett, you need something?
Should you be drinking coffee?
I've been caffeinating since I was nine,
Caffeinating,
Okay, so, I know that you think that your brother
didn't steal anything, but I still don't know
how I can be helpful,
You seem like a kind person,
Mm, thank you,
A forgotten person,
And you have access to a world I can't even understand,
[chuckles] Okay,
I'm gonna forget the forgotten person comment,
but I wanna know what is this world
that you think I have access to?
Okay, well, you write crime novels for one,
You understand how to solve complex problems,
and you have access to the white world,
-Oh! -I don't have that,
[chuckles] Access to the white world?
Yes, old white ladies get away
with all kinds of strange behavior,
-You know it's true, -Like what?
Well, we're drinking coffee in the library,
which is not allowed, and you're not supposed to park
in the librarian's spot -and you always do, -Yeah,
And then you explain it like your eyesight is goin' away
or the sign is too small or some nonsense,
Well first of all, older people,
no matter their race, have bad eyesight,
You could just start dealing crystal meth
and you'd get some kind of humanitarian award for it,
[laughs] No, I don't think so,
Just started a chain of events,
I drove my brother's car, I wrecked it, he took the blame,
I just initiated all this bad luck for him,
No, bad luck is a concept, not a foregone conclusion,
And your brother makes his own decisions,
I know, but I'm responsible for some part of this,
I can't be without him,
We're a good family, together, [crying]
I'm such a sucker,
Okay, okay, I'll help you,
Fine, I'll try,
-I know a little bit about what's going on at that school, -How?
Eh, I have a friend in the police department,
Okay, we gotta figure out who had opportunity,
[suspenseful music]
What about motive?
No, opportunity is easier to see,
Okay, let's go over your schedule,
and can you read people?
I read you,
Honey, you have barely glanced in my direction,
I am an onion wrapped in a layer cake
wrapped in a Terrence Malick film,
Which Terry Malick film?
Badlands,
Maybe Tree of Life,
Okay, why do I need to be able to read people?
Because we need to weed out as many people
as possible initially,
Otherwise, everyone in the school is a suspect,
I mean I'm good at seeing the detail
and beauty in someone who's usually overlooked,
Okay, did you just make all that up by yourself?
I'm not bragging, It's just a fact,
Oh really? Mr, Smarty Smart-Stone, why don't you tell me about me?
[gentle mystical music]
[Emmett] Well, you were married, you loved him,
That's not so hard to figure out,
I know you're a hard worker,
And you've carried something for a long time,
a need to repair things, It's in your eyes,
It's in-- it's in this room, in between us now,
You just don't like to help people,
it's like you have to,
Hm,
Okay, baby genius, you've convinced me,
Let's get to work,
[Mary] Like I was saying, opportunity,
It's the first thing I think about when
I'm writing a novel,
Oh, in here,
¶ I been wrong A time or two before ¶
¶ But I don't wanna hurt you anymore ¶
¶ Now I'm a different man Yeah a different man ¶
¶ Let me help you understand ¶
¶ Now I'm a different man A different man ¶
¶ I didn't know what it was ¶
-Come on, -¶ I had to do ¶
-¶ I had to change ¶ -Hi,
¶ Before our love was through ¶
¶ Now I'm a different man Yeah a different man ¶
¶ Let me help you understand Now I'm a different man ¶
I don't even know why she's bringing it up,
I'm not ashamed of my past, Detective,
It's what makes me a good teacher,
All right I'm gonna show you
where these computers were kept,
I asked about 'em 'cause I wanted to see
if we could use the drives for a robotics club
that takes place after school,
I like to connect the extracurriculars,,,
[Gregory] Okay,
¶ Sometimes I know It was hard to be with me ¶
¶ But that was the only way I had to be ¶
¶ Now I'm a different man Yeah a different man ¶
¶ Let me help you understand Now I'm a different man ¶
¶ A different man ¶
¶ Yes I am ¶
[Carol coughing]
Holy God and all the angels in heaven!
-Ms, Jensen? -I didn't have a class this period
so I decided to take some me time,
School's over,
Oh?
Oh, it's Spartacus,
The character development is amazing
and the fight sequences offer some valuable choreography,
It's not all like [grunting],
Sure, sure, I get it,
Would you like me to close this?
Please, yes,
-Okay, -Goodbye, Emmett,
Okay, we got multiple suspects
but our main contender is Mac Thompson,
Okay,
[Girl] No!
[teenagers chattering]
High school parties,
A constantly revisited rite of passage
in literature and film,
But when you look back, were they even any fun?
I take it you've never been to one,
Nope, not one,
Okay,
-Oh, wait, -Hey, y'all,
Who are you?
Oh, they're here to help us,
Weedee, Billy, this is Mary,
Mrs, Locke,
-Mary? -Mary's fine,
Hi, I'm William or Weedee,
Weedee is better because Billy here is also William, William Stanks,
He's not insulting me, My name is a full sentence: William Stanks,
Thanks, Mom and Dad!
It's very nice to meet you, Mary,
-Stanks, -[Billy] Mm-hm,
Are we at a movie theater?
Why are you eating food in my car?
Movie theater, good one,
-Where's the Milk Duds? -[boys laugh]
My blood sugar's always been an issue and if I don't have a snack within
-a two hour window then I-- -Okay, forget it, Just don't spill anything,
-[Weedee] Yeah, Billy, -All right, I'm goin' upstairs to ransack Mac's room,
Weedee and Billy run interference, Mary, you'll be in the getaway car,
you know, just in case we need to--
-What if Tonya's there? -Who's Tonya?
-Emmett's crush, -No, don't listen to 'em,
-Oh ho, ho, oh, -She's just my friend,
Obsession,
Lois Lane to his Kal-El,
Jane to his Tarzan,
-Guys, stop, -Elizabeth Bennett to his Darcy,
-Guys, -Sloane to his Ferris,
-Scarlet to his Rhett Butler, -No,
[Billy and Weedee] Yes!
-Ah! -Stop, stop!
Okay, I-I like her,
[Billy] Ooh!
[Mac] Don't do anything I wouldn't do,
Hey look, Mac's leaving,
[Girls chattering]
-All right, this is it, Let's go! -Okay,
Oh wait, wait, This never works,
-He's coming right back, -How do you know?
Because I've seen a movie or two
and I've written this in all of my books,
Someone always forgets something and then they have to almost immediately come right back,
She's right,
We can't stay, we gotta go,
-Come on, -Yeah, and somebody always says that, too,
[Emmett] Guys, come on,
-Oy vey, -Oh,
-Come on! -I'll go get some paper towels inside, Sorry,
-Come on, -I said I was sorry, okay?
Hey, is anybody getting
that overwhelmingly ominous feeling?
If it feels like acid reflux, then yes, I've got it,
Okay, text us if Mac comes back,
That'll be in about five minutes,
Sorry, here you go,
[music thumping]
I'm out alone at night with kids who are not my own
sending them into a party where there's alcohol
and no adult supervision,
[girls chattering]
-[party guests chattering] -[music thumping]
[boy] Drink that!
I smell food,
¶ Tonight ¶
¶ I just wanna know Baby can we go ¶
¶ Take me to the late night, Late night show ¶
¶ Turn off all the lights And let's dance slow ¶
Hey Tonya,
Hey Joy,
Oh, hey,
Wait, you are the perfect person to try these,
What?
We're starting our own line of granola bars,
It's a big secret,
Joy has us hiding them from everyone,
But we're ready to start taste testing them now,
Oh!
That was what you were hiding in your locker,
That was your secret,
That's definitely what we just said,
Try one,
10 grams of protein,
¶ There's no rest ¶
¶ Maybe I should Quit romancin' ¶
¶ Maybe it would make me sane ¶
-Is that tarragon? -Mm-hmm,
-Mm, -Let me find the cilantro ones,
Those are my favorite,
Tonya, look, I'm really sorry, Just please forgive me,
I'm still developing and through puberty my emotional maturity--
Okay, gross, Can you please tell him it's okay
before he says something I can't forget?
I just wanna express my masculinity in it,
Okay, I get it, I get it,
Thank you for apologizing,
You're welcome,
Okay, new beginnings, phew!
You guys have any idea where the host of this party is?
Mac went to go get weed from some Robbie guy,
Robbie from the Ward?
That's about a four to six minute drive from here,
¶ Whoa oh oh oh oh ¶
Don't smoke it,
Don't worry, we weren't,
Good, 'cause you don't know
what you're getting from the Ward,
It's usually laced,
Sometimes he laces it with embalming fluid so--
The stuff they put in dead people?
-How do you know that? -I know Robbie,
He's not a bad guy, he just makes a ton of bad decisions,
These are something else,
¶ Feel good ¶
¶ Bright eyes ¶
Oh, nobody saw that coming,
¶ To the late night, Late night show ¶
¶ Turn off all the lights And let's dance slow ¶
[drawers clattering]
Mac's back, oh no,
Crap and kittens, Emmett, Emmett,
[phone chimes]
[Emmett] Hmm,
¶ I want it ¶
Who's ready for some downtime?
Okay,
¶ I want it ¶
You guys want a little?
You guys down for this?
-Really? -Cool,
Ladies,
We're gonna go, Mac,
What, no, no, no,
Come on, stay a little longer, hang out,
[guests chattering]
What are you doing here?
Yeah,
Research,
Emmett says that there's embalming fluid in that,
Oh Emmett?
How the hell would he know? He's 12,
Emmett says he knows the guy, Robbie,
And anyways, we don't do drugs,
We don't do drugs, Lame!
Somehow I'm totally fine with being lame, Are you?
Yeah, actually lame's my middle name,
Well the door's right over there, so,
¶ No I wasn't ready ¶
Cool,
¶ Too young to decide ¶
[party guests chattering]
¶ I only feel love ¶
¶ I want it ¶
¶ You don't look at me Like you used to ¶
-What's up? -Hey,
¶ I want it ¶
[Mary] Oh no, no, don't go there, no,
[gasps]
[door creaks]
¶ ¶
Hey, Eddie,
Mrs, Locke?
Yeah,
Can you do me a favor and play that?
Weedee, why are you still in my house?
-Who are you? -Seriously, man?
We've been in school together since kindergarten,
-Great choice by the way, -[Mary] Oh,
What are you doing here?
I'm the entertainment,
[Eddie] [laughs] Oh hell yeah,
This next song goes out to our party's host, Mac
What's goin' on?
[Eddie] Thompson!
Where's the music?
[Eddie] Woo, woo, woo!
Hi, sorry, sorry,
-Just two seconds, -Give it up
-for Naughty By Nature, -Nature!
Let's go, let's go!
¶ Hip hop hooray ¶
All right come on, you guys know this,
¶ Hey, ho You drew a picture Of my morning ¶
¶ You couldn't make my day I'm rockin' and you're yawnin ¶
If you're here When I get back,,,
¶ Your funny flow is foreign And a green card's on the way ¶
Just, you better not be,
¶ The Grilltown, Illtown ¶
How can he expect to be debate champ if he
can't even make an empty threat?
Such a lack of creativity,
¶ I live and die for hip hop ¶
¶ This is hip hop for today ¶
¶ I give props to Hip hop so hip hop ¶
¶ Hooray, ho, hey, ho ¶
¶ Hey, ho, hey, ho ¶
¶ Hip hop hooray, ho, hey, ho ¶
¶ You heard a lot about A brother gaining' mo' ground ¶
¶ Bein' low down I do the showdown ¶
¶ I wanna know who You're believin' Hear your funny reasons ¶
¶ Even when I'm sleeping' You think I'm cheatin' ¶
¶ You said I know you Mr, O,P,P, man ¶
¶ Yo PP man, Won't only see me man ¶
¶ You shoulda known when I ¶
What is this?
Isn't that your grandmother?
My grandmother lives in Arizona,
¶ 'Cause I'm Naughty by Nature, Not 'cause I hate you ¶
¶ You put your heart in a part Of a part that spreads apart ¶
¶ And forgot that I forgave When you had a spark ¶
¶ You try to act like something Really big is missin' ¶
¶ Even though my name's Graffiti written on you kitten ¶
¶ I love black women always And disrespect ain't the way ¶
Nice of her to come to the party,
¶ Hip hop hooray ¶
No, that's not my nana,
Well, who is it then?
¶ Hip hop hooray, ho, ¶
¶ Hip hip hop, hooray ¶
¶ There's many hungry hip hoppers ¶
¶ Swerve what you heard 'cause I ain't bailing no hay ¶
¶ Ain't choppin' no crops, But still growin' every day ¶
¶ Here's a thunder sound From the wonders found ¶
¶ From the underground town Down the hill ¶
¶ Feel how Illtown Drown smiles to frowns ¶
¶ Snatch crowns from clowns Beat downs are found ¶
¶ Don't know me Don't come around ¶
¶ Tippy tippy pause ¶
¶ Sometimes creepin' up I eat em up ¶
¶ Your styles are older Than Lou Rawls ¶
¶ I shout out and I didn't Miss one friend ¶
¶ Fools get foolish, neither Them or Parker Lewis knew us ¶
¶ You could have crews with Shoes and can't step to us ¶
¶ I live and die for hip hop, This is hip hop of today ¶
¶ I give props to hip hop ¶
¶ So hip hop hooray, Ho, hey, ho, hey, ho ¶
¶ Smooth it out now ¶
[guests cheering]
[microphone screeches]
[Mary] Oh God help me,
-Naughty by Nature! -Hey!
[group] Ho, hey, ho, hey! [laughing]
Oh my God,
That was so awesome,
You killed it, M,
Well, hip hop is poetry,
I mean Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer,
Hey, did you find anything?
There were two hard drives hooked up to two monitors
and they were both running,
He's encrypted the main drive,
but they're online so he's working on something,
I just didn't have time to figure it out,
Billy checked the drive that he dumped
in the trash, but there's nothing on it,
It was completely scrubbed,
I didn't see any jewelry or phones or anything,
Yeah, but that doesn't mean it wasn't him,
No, this is good,
Oh boy, it means we have solved a part of this,
Yeah, but that doesn't change anything for Luke,
They still think that he stole those purses and laptops,
Well, don't you worry about it,
We are gonna figure this one out,
What?
-That wasn't open? -Oh!
[somber music]
[Emmett] Luke, Luke,
God!
Yo man, did you just float in here or something?
Make some noise, Twilight!
Sorry, sorry,
Man, it's really late, man,
Go to sleep,
You can solve cold fusion tomorrow or something,
Luke, Luke, I know how to take responsibility
for my actions, and I'm going to tell Mom so we can--
A, No,
We can't talk about this tonight,
Two, I'm already asleep,
And in conclusion please wear a bell around your neck
-so I can hear you come in next time, -Sorry, sorry,
Years, you just shaved years off my life just now,
[somber music]
I wanted you to know what was about to happen
before we made the announcement,
Luke will be charged with theft,
Why are the rules -different for me? -What do you mean?
Why didn't I get suspended after I went after Mac?
Why don't I ever get detention? I mean I wanna grow up, but nobody will ever
treat me like a grown up, I get all this special treatment,
You are an exceptional student and you've never done anything to warrant suspension,
-much less-- -No, I'm a meal ticket,
-A meal ticket? -I'm the golden goose at this school,
How much do you think fundraising will increase
if the minority 12 year-old gets accepted
to Harvard or Cornell next year?
Dot told me you get calls every week
from colleges about where I plan to apply,
Dot, that woman is worth her weight in garbage,
Even if I do something wrong,
it doesn't even matter because I'm the big story here,
What about the kids who actually need a break?
Everyone should be treated fairly and I shouldn't be getting the special--
Oh, shut up you whiny little know it all!
[ominous music]
What do you wanna be when you grow up?
You're a good little debater,
A lawyer, perhaps?
You might find out that the law is fluid, malleable,
Different states mete out justice differently,
In this state, if a child commits a serious offense
they can be charged as an adult,
Did you know that?
So, if a deeper investigation were to be undertaken,
one a person in my position could green light,
Luke could be looking at some pretty serious consequences
for that little stunt he pulled in the parking lot,
Reckless endangerment, felony property damage,
We got the estimate back from the mechanic
for the school bus, and that bill is teetering
ever so close to the felony threshold,
A finger to the scales and Luke wouldn't just be suspended,
He'd be staring down jail time, adult jail time,
But you have no proof!
Oh my God, wow,
You really are naive,
But I forget, you're just a child,
It would be a terrible shame if Luke really did
get in serious trouble for an incident
that seemed so out of character for him,
One that seemed more like the actions
of a very childish individual,
Wouldn't you agree?
Your brother is a loser,
Your father was a loser,
You're the only winner in what's left
of your pathetic little family,
but you know that already, don't you, Mr, Know-It-All?
Run along now, Emmett,
She's evil, She's like a combination of Voldemort and General Zod
if Voldemort didn't need to kill Harry
and was just running rampant from the very beginning!
And she dragged my father's name through the mud,
Well, that is awful,
And how does she even know anything about him anyway?
[Emmett] I don't -wanna talk about it, -Okay,
She knows what happened to him,
It's in my file,
What happened to him?
I don't wanna talk about it,
Okay,
I talked with a therapist after he died,
That's good,
I guess,
He didn't just die, he killed himself,
He had depression, probably more,
He was only 30,
I was two and Luke was seven,
I don't understand why you'd wanna leave your kids,
I don't think that's what he wanted,
It's usually more complicated than that,
Well, that's what it feels like,
He was brilliant,
People say I'm just like him,
That's heavy,
-Yeah, -Yeah,
Yeah,
How am I supposed to deal with that?
I'm already facing the cliché of growing up black
without a father figure,
Now I have to factor mental illness into the whole thing,
You know, we're not like our parents,
Well what about hereditary DNA?
Okay, you got me there,
but we don't inherit everything from them,
Let's hope,
It seems my dad was also an awful ping pong player,
Well that's a little less worrisome than bipolar disorder,
I guess,
Hey, let's go,
We got a mystery to solve,
Yeah, okay,
[suspenseful music]
[Mary] Uh, do you have any laptops or computers
or anything like that coming in lately?
-No, -No?
Okay, onward,
I'm looking for a laptop,
-No, -Computer?
[Employee] No,
[Mary] I don't know, watches?
[Employee] No, no,
-Cell phone? -Nah,
All right, thank you,
-Okay, -Yeah,
-Let's go, -Okay,
I kinda want that little fat guy statue,
I'm hungry and tired,
[Emmett] Okay,
And I wanna go,
I wanna find this thing,
I'm trying to catch a case here, you're hungry,
And I call bull because in space
there's no oxygen so you can't have flames
trailing behind a spaceship,
Fire in space,
It's like getting the egg before the chicken,
Huh? Well, yeah I know but where
did the first chicken come from, man?
[Emmett and Mary clearing throats]
Dude, I gotta go,
See you at water aerobics,
Hey, have any phones, watches or laptops come in here recently?
Yep, all of that, every week,
It's right over here
Okay,
What's that?
When did that trophy from Hart High come in?
[Employee] Oh, a few weeks ago,
-You remember who brought it in? -No,
-Any cell phones? -Yeah, we have cell phones,
[Emmett] You got cameras here, running in the store for security?
Yeah, pawn shop equals high crime,
We gotta have constant surveillance,
It's a standard little thing we call technology,
Can I take a look at that surveillance footage?
Who are you?
I'm Detective Crockett from the police department,
And this is my intern
from the criminal system program justice,
I'm Tubbs,
That's the best you can do?
I'm 12,
The fact that I even know what Miami Vice was is remarkable,
It was the best work Don Johnson ever did,
Oh, okay,
Follow me,
Can't trust people in a pawn shop,
But this is exactly what I mean, Access because of who you are,
Oh, come on, Miss Manners over there would give anybody
access to the surveillance footage,
Seriously,
[employee] Okay,
-I'll need the last six weeks, -Okay,
It's that easy?
Again, technology,
The trophy, I can see you,
Oh,
All right,
The trophy came in the week of the 14th,
I remember because I had a lotta weird stuff
come in that week,
Here's the lady,
Yep, she's holding it, you see?
-[Emmett] That's Miss Jensen, the dance teacher at my school, -[Mary gasps]
Yep, I remember her, She had this weird outfit on,
It was like a fabric wet suit,
Did she bring anything else in?
Earlier that month, not that day,
And then she came back a few days ago
and bought some of the stuff back,
-She bought it back? -Yeah,
[Mary] Huh, why would she buy it back?
[Emmett] So, how does Mac fit into all of this?
See that's the thing I can't figure out,
Mac has all the computers and Jensen
has all the personal items,
-Oh, thank you, -Here you go,
-Thank you, -You're welcome,
Could they both be thieves and not know it?
Is stealing like that trendy right now?
-Crime never goes out of style, -Oh,
Oh, I'm gonna use that as the tagline for my next book,
Oh wait, before I forget,
I read these and I'd like you to sign them,
Okay,
Race to Beacon Hill is your best work,
I can't believe the nun was such a sociopath,
It's so dark,
Where does that come from?
I don't know, where does any good story really come from?
The imagination peppered with a little real life,
But that nun exists,
Do you know her?
Every former Catholic school girl knows an evil nun,
So, what do all your friends think
about you hanging out with--
An old white lady?
[chuckles] Well I wasn't gonna say that,
You think I'd get as far with all this if you were black?
When people meet you, you're not being judged,
Except by you,
Don't pretend like you don't know what I mean,
No, I know exactly what you mean,
And I also know that someone who says
that race doesn't matter isn't being honest,
But you're painting with a really big brush here, Emmett,
Do I meet your expectations for an old white woman?
Do I meet yours?
For an old white woman? No,
[chuckles] I'm just saying, people are disappointing,
and they say stupid things and they do stupid things,
We just need more discussion
and more transparency, less fear,
And we shouldn't assume so much about each other,
Everyone's saying it, but how do we actually do something
that's going to change the way that--
[suspenseful music]
Two,
-Right this way, -Thank you,
What? Hey, Emmett, where are you--
-So this is the road you started-- -Emmett!
-What are you doing here? -Mm-hmm,
I thought you were at Weedee's house,
Sam, this is my son Emmett,
-Sam is-- -A man with whom
you are engaging in elbow politics
and laughing with your mouths!
Emmett, it's very nice to meet you,
How dare you say my name, sir, Shame on you
-for thinking you can-- -Mrs, Charles, I'm Mary, Emmett's--
Lover, This woman is a girlfriend with whom I am passionate,
I have been writing Notes On A Scandal with this woman for months,
-What's good for the goose, huh, Mom? -I am not a girlfriend,
Emmett, if you would let anyone explain, Sam is my boss,
-[grunts] -Oh my God, Emmett, what are you doing?
You scoundrel, You huge jerk!
-Emmett! -Come on, lover, we're leaving!
I'm so, so sorry about all this,
He's been upset with school and his brother lately,
-Mary? -Yes,
-This is Sam Evers, my boss, -Hello,
We work at the hospital,
I'm starting medical school in the fall,
so we were discussing that,
Medical school? Congratulations,
Thank you,
I'm gonna go, I am so sorry,
Sam, I will pay for your dry cleaning,
-Oh no-- -It's okay, I'm good,
-Nice meeting you, -It's no big deal,
Sorry,
Who doesn't love chocolate cake?
Communists,
You know, I was a communist in college
and I ate lots of cake,
Hm?
In college, I burned my bra,
Would you consider joining me for coffee?
-Hm, -Hm, [chuckles]
[knocking on door]
I'm sorry,
I didn't hear you say he was your boss,
Well, lucky for us he's nice,
He'll forgive you, and I forgive you,
So, you'll be a doctor?
One day, yes,
Why didn't you tell me?
Well, I had to work it out with the hospital first
to see if I could keep my job
and go to school at the same time,
If I can't, I won't be a doctor,
I have to pay the bills and take care of you two,
That's my number one job,
That's what the meeting was about,
And I ruined it,
[chuckles] Well, it was definitely
more colorful than I expected, but you didn't ruin it,
Mom, I'm afraid,
Afraid of what?
If Luke leaves, I'll change,
My brain will change,
Oh, [clears her throat]
Are you afraid of shark attacks?
In the abstract, yes,
Well, it's the same thing,
You're afraid of something that may never happen,
But you're aware of your fear,
So, if you start to feel something changing inside of you,
you can do something about it,
We can get you the help that your dad never received,
I wish I could go back [sighs]
and realize what was happening to him,
but I didn't understand it then,
[somber music]
I do now,
Whatever happens, I'm gonna take care of you,
Okay?
And Luke needs to be somewhere where he can develop
into who he's supposed to be,
[bright music]
[laughter]
[suspenseful music]
[chuckling]
Hey,
What did that cop want?
Oh, he wanted to know if I would
have breakfast with him on Saturday,
That's your friend in the police department,
Yes, he helps me with my novels,
And he's telling you what's happening
on the other side of this,
What is this?
Your principal is going to try
to press charges against Luke,
What do we do?
Well, we figure it out,
That's her, that's Selma Ally,
I never thought I'd see her again,
Wait, wait, who? Ms, Ally?
Let's see where old Selma goes,
What? Okay, is there anybody in this town that you don't know?
It's unlikely,
Put on your seat belt, Evil Knievel,
When I knew her, her name was Selma Murphy,
I guess Ally is her maiden name?
[suspenseful music]
[Emmett] Look at her,
I don't think she's gonna see us,
Her house is cute,
Yeah, her old house had blue shutters,
Periwinkle, that was her favorite color,
I know this movie,
t's called Single White Female,
[scoffs] Listen,
Selma Ally and I were best friends,
Yep, we were young mothers, we lived next door to each other,
my son played with her son, Paul, all the time,
We just did everything together,
And I didn't know it, but her husband, Ash--
His name was Ash?
Yes,
[chuckles] Such a cool name,
I can already tell this is gonna be a good story,
Sorry, go ahead,
You're probably too young to hear this,
-Come on, -Okay,
Well Ash, he was in trouble with everyone,
He gambled, he owed people money, he drank,
and he had a serious thing for me,
But you were married,
Happily, yes,
But it didn't stop what happened,
Oh, he was just one of those kinds of men--
The rogue, the hunk, the cowboy, the swashbuckler,
-the-- -Yes,
some of those, but not all,
I was a child,
[bright music]
I didn't understand the amount of work
you had to put into a marriage,
I needed to be filled up all the time,
I [sighs] needed to look forward to something,
My husband couldn't give me that, nobody could,
-[doorbell rings] -Selma was my best friend,
We spent days and nights together,
It's hard when you have small children
and what you thought was the start
of your life is actually an end,
We could talk about that, be a support for each other,
[sighs] We were at the beach, all together,
Ash was great fun,
He loved to make a mess and enjoy himself,
and Selma was like that, too,
We were drawn to them,
It was always summer and there was always
something interesting going on,
And that fills you up for a while,
We spent the night in a wood framed cabin,
I went downstairs to get a glass of water--
And had an affair with Selma Ally's husband,
[Mary] Mm-hm,
That's some low-down dirty--
Yeah,
It is,
And it gets worse,
How is that possible?
Someone contract leprosy?
After I finally got the courage to tell Cal what happened
we got in a fight, a really bad one,
and he walked out of the house,
got in the car and drove off,
He got hit by a drunk driver,
He survived but he was never the same again,
We never spoke of it, and about a year ago he died,
I know that we had some happy years together,
You know, if this is the type of stuff
grown-ups do to each other, I wanna be a kid forever,
You're cruel,
I don't wanna be cruel,
I can't believe you're a homewrecker,
A 70 year-old home wrecker,
I've made mistakes, one of which
was telling you this story,
Emmett?
You know I'm 61, right?
[bell rings]
[suspenseful music]
[Carol humming]
Emmett?
-Mary? -Emmett,
Wait, wait, wait, don't tell me,
Mr, Hume is an old friend from your roller derby days,
No, he's in my book club,
-Book club, -Of course he is,
We have to talk,
Okay, [grunts]
My Nicey Icee customer loyalty card is missing,
-[Mary] Okay, -I was one icee away, I was one icee--
-Larry, Larry, Take a breath, -You've got to be kidding,
-Where did you find the wallet? -Jensen put it under a desk,
That's when it hit me, We've lost sight of what's right in front of us,
-What? -It's all the stuff that she bought back
from the pawn shop, She's returning it all,
For some reason she's trying to undo what she did,
I think the thefts are a distraction from something bigger,
What could be bigger? I mean, what else could it be?
-Something we can't see, -It's gotta be money,
-What money? -Parent-teacher fund?
No, you know, we gotta get into Ally's office,
We gotta get into her computer,
Oh, that sounds easy,
I've got keys,
Then it actually does sound easy,
Let's go,
Okay, what are we looking for?
Something that isn't right,
Let's start with these pillows, wow,
Yes, thank you, The palette in here is totally wrong,
[Mary] Oh please it's like Santa Fe in the '80s,
Okay, can we just stay focused?
Okay, here we go, Hey look, take a look at this,
This is the parents' fund accounts,
We had a fundraiser at the end of last year,
[Larry] Everything here looks fine,
Have there been any withdrawals?
[Larry] Looks like there were 22 payments
over the last several months to Paradise Construction?
-Have there been repairs? -No,
You know what? This fund was raised to fix gutters,
roof, theater lighting, all the big stuff,
But the pipe in the hallway closet is still leaking,
And the roof is still a mess,
I know! Oh, this is weird,
I can't click through to get information on the payments,
[sighs] What about the ledger?
Here it is,
Uh, uh-huh, I don't know what I'm lookin' at,
-Oh, -Wait!
I've seen this signature before,
Wait, wait,
-Selma Ally, -Hi,
Jensen and Mac,
Mac's computer,
-It's a mirror, -[Larry] What?
-It's a mirror, -What's a mirror?
Okay, so this page is locked, the page is locked,
This is not a real website,
-Oh man, -We're pulling up
a link to a different server,
We're pulling this up from the computers at Mac's house,
Are you seeing what I'm saying?
-Yes, I am, -What?
Yeah, if you try to exit out, it won't work,
-Press the red button right there, -This is the mirror,
-Right, right, -Wait, wait,
Selma Ally is an evil mastermind,
Mac definitely helped her set all of this up,
And the dance teacher was the distraction,
Miss Carol Jensen in the role of a lifetime,
-Hi, -Hey,
Uh, can I get a cheeseburger, coffee to go,
Sure,
[Mary sighs]
[waitress] Order in,
[cook] Yup, got it,
What do you want, Mary?
I don't know where to begin,
I just, I--
I just wanted to apologize,
You're mistaking me for someone who wants an apology,
Okay, well then if you won't take an apology,
I'd like to at least explain what happened,
No, you don't get to do that,
I was angry for a long time,
but it was never about the cheating,
Long before you happened, Ash and I were done,
He had already accepted the worst husband
of the year award,
I ought to be thanking you for being the last straw,
You weren't special, you know,
There were ten other women before you,
Well, I've had a lot of regret over this
over the years and I have to be done,
I have to leave it in the past, I have to move on,
I wish you could understand,,,
What, you're sorry?
I don't care,
I don't give a crap if you're sorry,
and I'm not here to make you feel better
about what you did and make it easier for you to move on,
You ruined us,
You don't even know,
I never had a friend like you,
You were my sister,
Do you remember what it was like when we were together?
Well, those were the happiest times of my life, You were the best part of me,
And then you broke my heart by never wanting to see me again,
-I did wanna see you again, -That's a lie,
You never called me,
Your shame wouldn't let you,
You felt guilty,
And then you came to Ash's funeral
with your crippled husband,
I bet you felt really proud of yourself that day,
showing your face, owning the misery you caused in so many lives,
But my heart sank the moment I knew that you weren't there for me, to win me back,
You're here to make yourself feel better about what you did,
Selma,
Blah, blah, blah,
Women ruin themselves over a man or a job
or their pathetic vanity,
It's the same old boring story, but we women,
we keep telling it over again every day,
hurting each other,
What are we doing here, Mary?
Well, uhm,,,
Yeah,
You just remember something, Mary Locke,
You're no better than me,
We're both cheaters,
[gentle electronic music]
[Carol whimpering]
Where is she?
Where's Selma?
I'm so sick of you and your smug admin attitude,
Who do you think you are?
And what kind of a name is Dot?
Your name is Dorothy, not Dot,
[Carol grunts]
[siren wails]
[officer] You got that down?
[officers chattering]
[radio commotion]
Pretty crazy, right?
-This could be your next novel, -Any idea where she is?
No, she never came back after you made that call from the diner,
But listen to this, her internet search history
is for countries with no extradition,
and her password is $tropical escape$,
-[cash register dings] -All lower case,
And turns out she's done this before,
She used a different name, obviously,
but she used a dopey teacher and a smart kid
to help her get away with it,
It's the exact same scheme,
In 2003, she cleaned out a teachers' retirement fund
at a school in Northern Oregon
where she was the assistant principal,
2008 in Rhode Island, 2010 in Jackson, Mississippi,
All aliases, all dumb accomplices who took the fall,
[bell rings]
[students chattering]
There she is, there she is!
That's her, that's her,
-Carol! -Danger!
Danger!
Danger, no,
-Danger, -[Larry] Please do not run or do whatever that is!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
-Okay, -No, Carol,
You all stick with them,
[officer] Carol, Ms, Jensen,
I'm gonna go get that kid who doesn't like you,
I'm gonna go stop that crazy dancing lady,
Careful, careful, careful, Careful, Jensen, careful,
-Careful Carol, go! -I am definitely getting my steps in today,
Quit running, Carol!
So fast,
Thanks, Dot,
Oh yeah? No, no, no!
Selma was the brains!
I was just a pawn in the brain's game,
-[Carol screaming] -[Mary] Here,
-[Emmett over speaker] Attention teachers and students, -Wait,
Today is Ms, Carol Jensen's birthday,
and we thought the whole school
should give her one collective hug,
And not in the abstract, people, a real hug,
So if you see Ms, Jensen in the halls,
please reach out and put your arms around her,
Just stop her and hug her until you see
Mr, Hume and two police officers,
and the wonderful novelist Mary Locke,
-[Carol] Oh, hey, Floyd! -Oh hey, hey,
Oh no, get away from me, Floyd, Get away from me!
[Floyd] Oh, you're getting a big hug from Floyd,
No, no, no, no, he's wrong, My birthday's in June,
-I mean, I'm clearly a Gemini, -Excuse me, excuse me,
-That's the two-headed thing, -Wow,
I was putting it all back,
Selma told me to take the laptops and the wallets,
Larry, I was returning everything,
Carol, why?
Why would you do this?
Because I'm moving to New York, Larry,
-What? -Finally,
I'm gonna be a dancer and an actress,
I mean actor, damn it!
-No, please, Floyd get off me, -Oh, it's okay,
No, no!
[screams] No, it's Broadway, Larry,
If silver linings are tinged with gold
and gold linings are tinged with stardust,
you're very handsome and powerful,
-It's just a few questions, -Yeah,
-C,J, made me do this, -All right,
-C,J,! -Hey, hey, hey,
-No, he didn't, -Yes he did,
He just called Carol Jensen C,J,
-I'm in love with her, -Huh?
[Mac] I love that woman,
[Gregory] Right, right, right,
[Mac] She smells like maple syrup when she sweats,
[Gregory] I know, they all do,
[marching band music]
[cheerleaders cheering]
Woo!
Luke, Luke, it's all over!
I know, Mom just told me,
Dot called her from school,
It's awesome, you get to stay!
I wanna go,
What, why?
I want you to stay,
-I worked so hard for this, -Look, I know you did,
We succeeded, we won, I fixed everything,
Emmett, Emmett, Emmett look, listen to me,
All right look, your ability makes me
wanna know what I'm good at, and I've gotta
be good at something with a brother like you,
Look man, let me show you what I did, all right?
You know, after I got suspended from school,
I started to think about something bigger
than just my sketches and this is what I came up with,
Emmett, the private school in Maine, it's an art school,
And it's the best art school in the country,
So, I'll get to do this all the time,
You're good at everything, but I'm good at this one thing,
I need to go and get better,
Emmett, Emmett, come back!
I don't get it,
We figured out the truth so everything should work out
the way it's supposed to, you know?
So, why didn't it work out?
Listen, you could do everything right and still fail,
Luke isn't going to stay even though
I did everything I could to keep him here,
Right,
I failed,
Is this what failure feels like?
Sort of, but it can be a lot worse,
Uh-hu, we failed, we failed miserably,
[chuckles] I wouldn't characterize it quite that way,
Whoa!
So, didn't your mom get -into medical school? -Yeah,
-Pretty brilliant, -More than brilliant, she got a perfect score on the MCAT,
-What? -For a smart cookie, you're taking a really long time
to figure this one out,
Oh,
[suspenseful music]
It's my mom,
I take after my mom,
Everyone said my dad was so smart,
but my mom is total genius material,
[Mary chuckles]
She speaks six languages and can solve
a Rubik's Cube behind her back,
[Mary imitates explosion booming]
Whoa,
Oh boy, lot of revelations today,
It's a real biblical sort of day, yeah,
-Oh man, -[chuckles]
So, you talk to Cal every day?
I do, I ask him his advice,
Tell him that I miss him,
But I do feel that he's here with me always,
Could I be sitting on Cal right now?
Oh! [laughs]
Nah, he's over there,
¶ ¶
-High Five, -Yeah,
Yeah, guys,
Look at this picture, though,
Start her up, Mrs, Locke!
¶ ¶
Wait, it's the 15th,
Hey Emmett, aren't the state championships tomorrow?
Yes, I'm not going to attend,
I'm gonna let someone else win,
I can just win it next year,
I'm gonna fail tomorrow,
Well, it's not really failing if you forfeit,
It is for me,
Well look, don't get used
to failing or you'll turn into me,
Ah, I should be so lucky,
[group chuckling and chattering]
So connected to his emotions,
Ah, stop,
Emmett, what is this again?
Oh, it's a double feature,
It's The Piano followed by The Godfather,
What? That's gonna take us like six hours,
-Yeah, we have to be outta here by 10 p,m, -I have to be home by 9,30,
Come on, people, I mean it's our first meeting,
-Can't we just stay late one night? -I'm staying for the double,
All right, what do you say that we just start here
and see where we end up,
-Yeah, -Okay,
[Weedee] All right,
[Joy] Let's get Weedee to taste test,
Oh,
Okay,
¶ ¶
Hi,
[Weedee] Wow!
Just wait for me,
¶ ¶
You gotta keep the staring to a minimum, It's just getting super creepy,
Yeah,
¶ ¶
[acoustic guitar music]
¶ Sometimes love ¶
¶ Is like a tornado ¶
¶ Can't stop where The wind blows ¶
¶ So we wait for the calm ¶
¶ Sometimes love ¶
¶ Makes everything blurry ¶
¶ Can't see past the hurting ¶
¶ To who we really are ¶
¶ But sometimes love Is making new colors ¶
¶ Even when the dark Is taking over ¶
¶ And if you find Your hope is gone ¶
¶ Love's all you need 'Cause it's all we got ¶
¶ Sometimes love ¶
¶ Can tear you to pieces ¶
¶ Bring you to your knees if ¶
¶ You keep holdin' on, mm ¶
¶ But a blank page Is starin' at you ¶
¶ Waiting for a chance to Make something beautiful ¶
¶ Original, wonderful And brand new ¶
¶ 'Cause we were never Made to give up ¶
¶ As long as you And me we got us ¶
¶ We can paint the world That we want ¶
¶ But sometimes love Is making new colors ¶
¶ Even when the dark Is taking over ¶
¶ And if you find Your hope is gone ¶
¶ Love's all you need 'Cause it's all we got ¶
¶ Sometimes it can feel Like you're dreaming ¶
¶ Better than you ever thought Or wished it could be ¶
¶ And if you get lost ¶
¶ Love's all you need 'Cause it's all we got ¶
¶ Sometimes love ¶
¶ Sometimes love, mm ¶
¶ Sometimes love is Making new colors ¶
¶ Even when the dark Is taking over ¶
¶ And if you find Your hope is gone ¶
¶ Love's all you need 'Cause it's all we got ¶
¶ Sometimes it can feel Like you're dreaming ¶
¶ Better than you ever thought Or wished it could be ¶
¶ And if you get lost ¶
¶ Love's all you need 'Cause it's all we got ¶