1 00:04:00,806 --> 00:04:02,239 Hey, Mr. McAllister. 2 00:04:02,307 --> 00:04:04,833 Not wasting any time, are you, Tracy? 3 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:08,746 You know what they say about the early bird. 4 00:04:08,816 --> 00:04:10,250 Yeah, I do. 5 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:13,879 Good luck there, Tracy. 6 00:04:13,956 --> 00:04:16,255 Thanks, Mr. M. I'll see you in class. 7 00:04:16,326 --> 00:04:17,759 Yup, mm-hmm. 8 00:04:19,330 --> 00:04:20,991 Tracy: None of this would've happened 9 00:04:21,065 --> 00:04:23,762 if Mr. McAllister hadn't meddled the way he did. 10 00:04:23,836 --> 00:04:26,271 He should've just accepted things as they are, 11 00:04:26,339 --> 00:04:28,739 instead of trying to interfere with destiny. 12 00:04:28,809 --> 00:04:31,779 You see, you can't interfere with destiny. 13 00:04:31,846 --> 00:04:33,280 That's why it's destiny. 14 00:04:33,348 --> 00:04:35,282 And if you try to interfere, 15 00:04:35,350 --> 00:04:37,785 the same thing's just gonna happen anyway, 16 00:04:37,854 --> 00:04:39,288 and you'll just suffer. 17 00:04:41,859 --> 00:04:44,294 Jim: It's hard to remember how the whole thing started, 18 00:04:44,362 --> 00:04:45,796 the whole election mess. 19 00:04:45,865 --> 00:04:49,165 What I do remember is that I loved my job. 20 00:04:49,236 --> 00:04:50,760 I was a teacher, 21 00:04:50,838 --> 00:04:51,862 an educator, 22 00:04:51,939 --> 00:04:54,738 and I couldn't imagine doing anything else. 23 00:04:54,809 --> 00:04:56,505 Boy: Mr. McAllister. 24 00:04:56,579 --> 00:04:58,206 Mr. M! 25 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,603 Quit daydreaming. Get back to work. 26 00:05:00,737 --> 00:05:04,299 Jim: The students knew it wasn't just a job for me. 27 00:05:04,375 --> 00:05:05,707 I got involved. 28 00:05:05,777 --> 00:05:07,711 Put down the cards, boys! 29 00:05:07,779 --> 00:05:09,213 This game is over! 30 00:05:09,282 --> 00:05:10,647 Jim: And I cared. 31 00:05:10,716 --> 00:05:12,708 Come on, Wolverines! 32 00:05:12,786 --> 00:05:13,718 Defense! Let's go! 33 00:05:13,787 --> 00:05:15,722 Jim: And I think I made a difference. 34 00:05:15,790 --> 00:05:17,724 I knew I touched the students' lives 35 00:05:17,792 --> 00:05:20,227 during their difficult young adult years. 36 00:05:20,296 --> 00:05:24,256 And I took that responsibility seriously. 37 00:05:24,334 --> 00:05:27,736 In the 12 years I taught U.S. history, 38 00:05:27,805 --> 00:05:30,240 civics, and current events at Carver, 39 00:05:30,309 --> 00:05:33,245 I was voted Teacher of the Year 3 times. 40 00:05:33,313 --> 00:05:35,077 A school record. 41 00:05:35,149 --> 00:05:38,244 Teaching was all I'd ever wanted to do. 42 00:05:40,255 --> 00:05:43,748 Standing in front of a roomful of young people, 43 00:05:43,826 --> 00:05:46,261 trying to get them excited about the world, 44 00:05:46,330 --> 00:05:48,265 trying to make them think, 45 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:51,770 preparing them for the tough moral and ethical decisions 46 00:05:51,837 --> 00:05:53,771 that they'd face as adults, 47 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,705 that's how I wanted to spend my life. 48 00:05:56,776 --> 00:05:58,711 So is this a moral situation 49 00:05:58,779 --> 00:06:00,940 or an ethical situation? 50 00:06:01,015 --> 00:06:03,951 What's the difference between morals and ethics anyway? 51 00:06:04,019 --> 00:06:05,214 Anybody? 52 00:06:06,789 --> 00:06:08,223 Derek. 53 00:06:08,292 --> 00:06:10,226 Yeah. Ethics is like when you do 54 00:06:10,294 --> 00:06:12,490 what society tells you is right to do. 55 00:06:12,564 --> 00:06:13,724 And morals... 56 00:06:16,302 --> 00:06:18,237 Yeah, yeah, you're on the right track. 57 00:06:18,305 --> 00:06:19,465 Can anybody help him out? 58 00:06:22,176 --> 00:06:23,165 Michelle. 59 00:06:23,244 --> 00:06:25,736 Morals are like... lessons. 60 00:06:25,814 --> 00:06:27,908 You know, like the moral of a story. 61 00:06:27,984 --> 00:06:31,751 It's what you learn from a story or a fable. 62 00:06:31,822 --> 00:06:34,256 Or a life experience. Good. 63 00:06:34,326 --> 00:06:35,588 And ethics? 64 00:06:35,661 --> 00:06:39,257 Um, ethics is how you use the morals 65 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:41,358 that you learn from the story? 66 00:06:41,435 --> 00:06:44,872 Yeah, OK, but I think we're missing something key here. 67 00:06:44,939 --> 00:06:46,770 What are we missing? 68 00:06:54,752 --> 00:06:55,616 Tracy. 69 00:06:55,687 --> 00:06:57,918 Ethics are rules of conduct... 70 00:06:58,991 --> 00:07:00,390 Jim: Tracy Flick. 71 00:07:00,459 --> 00:07:01,392 Tracy Flick. 72 00:07:01,461 --> 00:07:03,224 I'd seen a lot of ambitious students 73 00:07:03,296 --> 00:07:04,730 come and go over the years, 74 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:08,258 but Tracy Flick, she was a special case. 75 00:07:09,438 --> 00:07:11,236 Tracy: Some people say I'm an overachiever, 76 00:07:11,307 --> 00:07:12,740 but I think they're just jealous. 77 00:07:12,809 --> 00:07:14,744 My mom always tells me I'm different. 78 00:07:14,812 --> 00:07:16,245 You know, special. 79 00:07:16,313 --> 00:07:17,747 And if you look at all the things 80 00:07:17,816 --> 00:07:18,748 I've accomplished so far, 81 00:07:18,817 --> 00:07:21,252 I think you'd have to agree. 82 00:07:27,862 --> 00:07:30,262 Here I am as Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof. 83 00:07:30,331 --> 00:07:33,267 # Matchmaker, matchmaker, I'll bring the veil # 84 00:07:33,335 --> 00:07:34,928 #You bring the groom # 85 00:07:35,004 --> 00:07:38,771 Tracy: And here I am on KCHS, our student-run TV station. 86 00:07:38,843 --> 00:07:40,778 The littering must stop. 87 00:07:40,846 --> 00:07:42,575 Tracy Flick reporting. 88 00:07:42,647 --> 00:07:44,775 Tracy: But it was in the S.G.A., 89 00:07:44,851 --> 00:07:46,284 the Student Government Association, 90 00:07:46,352 --> 00:07:47,786 where I made my biggest mark. 91 00:07:47,855 --> 00:07:49,789 I never missed a single meeting. 92 00:07:49,857 --> 00:07:51,792 And I volunteered for every committee, 93 00:07:51,860 --> 00:07:53,795 as long as I could lead it. 94 00:07:53,863 --> 00:07:54,955 I agree with Ashley! 95 00:07:55,030 --> 00:07:56,725 I think we should rent the barrels ahead of time 96 00:07:56,799 --> 00:07:58,791 because what happened last time was a travesty. 97 00:07:58,869 --> 00:08:00,029 It was ridiculous, 98 00:08:00,104 --> 00:08:01,731 and I think it really reflected poorly on all of us. 99 00:08:01,806 --> 00:08:04,241 Jim: Now Tracy Flick was poised to win 100 00:08:04,309 --> 00:08:06,778 the presidency of the student body. 101 00:08:06,846 --> 00:08:09,747 And so far, she was running unopposed. 102 00:08:09,816 --> 00:08:12,752 Determined by a culture at a certain time in history. 103 00:08:13,922 --> 00:08:15,787 Jim: Oh, there's one more thing about Tracy 104 00:08:15,857 --> 00:08:17,485 I think you should know. 105 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,657 Her pussy gets so wet you can't believe it. 106 00:08:21,732 --> 00:08:23,667 [Softly] Don't tell me that. 107 00:08:23,735 --> 00:08:25,259 Don't tell me that. I don't want to know that. 108 00:08:25,336 --> 00:08:27,271 Jim: A few months before the election, 109 00:08:27,339 --> 00:08:29,273 she'd gotten herself in a little trouble 110 00:08:29,341 --> 00:08:32,800 with my best friend Dave Novotny. 111 00:08:32,879 --> 00:08:34,780 # Foxy # 112 00:08:34,849 --> 00:08:37,284 Jim: Dave came to Carver the year after I did, 113 00:08:37,352 --> 00:08:39,286 and we hit it off right away. 114 00:08:39,354 --> 00:08:41,289 Dave was one of those guys who taught 115 00:08:41,357 --> 00:08:42,790 because they never wanted to leave high school 116 00:08:42,859 --> 00:08:44,293 in the first place. 117 00:08:44,361 --> 00:08:47,297 But basically, he was a good guy. 118 00:08:47,365 --> 00:08:49,800 Our wives became best friends, too. 119 00:08:49,869 --> 00:08:52,303 And when Dave and Linda's son Darryl was born, 120 00:08:52,371 --> 00:08:54,738 they asked us to be his godparents. 121 00:08:56,511 --> 00:08:58,945 Tracy: You probably think the worst, 122 00:08:59,013 --> 00:09:01,744 that Mr. Novotny was taking horrible advantage 123 00:09:01,817 --> 00:09:03,251 of one of his students. 124 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,754 But it wasn't like that at all. 125 00:09:05,822 --> 00:09:08,257 Our relationship was based on mutual respect 126 00:09:08,326 --> 00:09:09,384 and admiration. 127 00:09:09,461 --> 00:09:12,259 I mean, during my sophomore year in geometry, 128 00:09:12,331 --> 00:09:14,266 it was strictly professional between us. 129 00:09:14,334 --> 00:09:16,235 I mean, nothing. 130 00:09:16,303 --> 00:09:17,770 It wasn't until junior year 131 00:09:17,838 --> 00:09:19,773 when we worked together on the yearbook 132 00:09:19,841 --> 00:09:21,775 that things got kind of serious. 133 00:09:21,843 --> 00:09:23,778 One night he took us editors out to celebrate 134 00:09:23,846 --> 00:09:25,279 after a deadline. 135 00:09:25,348 --> 00:09:27,783 Eventually, Dave and I were left alone, 136 00:09:27,851 --> 00:09:29,285 and we got to talking. 137 00:09:29,354 --> 00:09:31,288 Not like teacher and student, 138 00:09:31,356 --> 00:09:32,790 but like 2 adults. 139 00:09:32,858 --> 00:09:34,291 You know, Tracy, 140 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,295 I notice that you don't seem to have 141 00:09:36,363 --> 00:09:38,297 any close friends at Carver. 142 00:09:38,365 --> 00:09:40,300 You seem to be kind of a loner. 143 00:09:40,368 --> 00:09:43,133 No, I'm not. I'm just real busy. 144 00:09:43,205 --> 00:09:45,800 Oh, no. I know, I know it's not by choice. 145 00:09:45,875 --> 00:09:48,309 I just mean that, that, well... 146 00:09:48,378 --> 00:09:50,813 being the kind of person you are, 147 00:09:50,881 --> 00:09:52,816 it must be really difficult for you 148 00:09:52,884 --> 00:09:54,647 to find somebody you could talk to. 149 00:09:54,719 --> 00:09:56,312 What do you mean? 150 00:09:56,389 --> 00:09:58,789 What kind of person am I? 151 00:10:00,894 --> 00:10:04,831 Tracy, you know, I've been watching you for going on... 152 00:10:04,899 --> 00:10:06,333 3 years now, 153 00:10:06,402 --> 00:10:09,531 and I think you are one of the most talented, 154 00:10:09,606 --> 00:10:12,770 hard-working, sensitive, attractive, 155 00:10:12,843 --> 00:10:14,834 brilliant students l... 156 00:10:14,912 --> 00:10:15,845 No. 157 00:10:17,249 --> 00:10:19,616 Human beings I have ever met. 158 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:21,909 Thank you. 159 00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:24,856 And I know that sometimes people like you 160 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:28,863 have to pay a price for their greatness. 161 00:10:28,931 --> 00:10:31,525 And that price is loneliness. 162 00:10:31,601 --> 00:10:35,038 I don't know. maybe I'm wrong, but... 163 00:10:35,105 --> 00:10:39,840 it just seems to me like you might need a friend. 164 00:10:43,450 --> 00:10:45,214 Tracy: Since I grew up without a dad, 165 00:10:45,286 --> 00:10:46,719 you might assume, psychologically, 166 00:10:46,787 --> 00:10:48,881 I was looking for a father figure. 167 00:10:48,957 --> 00:10:51,391 But that had nothing to do with it at all. 168 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:53,395 It was just that Dave was so strong, 169 00:10:53,463 --> 00:10:56,433 and he made me feel so safe and protected. 170 00:10:56,500 --> 00:11:00,335 It was the first time somebody ever saw the real me, 171 00:11:00,405 --> 00:11:02,340 the me that nobody else knows. 172 00:11:02,408 --> 00:11:05,469 OK, here. Get down. Get down. 173 00:11:14,891 --> 00:11:16,825 #You're once # 174 00:11:16,893 --> 00:11:17,825 #Twice # 175 00:11:19,897 --> 00:11:24,335 #Three times a lady # 176 00:11:25,905 --> 00:11:31,846 #And I love you # 177 00:11:33,415 --> 00:11:35,850 #Yes, you're once # 178 00:11:35,918 --> 00:11:37,351 #Twice # 179 00:11:39,423 --> 00:11:41,358 #Three times a lady # 180 00:11:41,426 --> 00:11:42,859 [Slurp] 181 00:11:44,930 --> 00:11:52,771 #And I love you # 182 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:53,772 [Gulp] 183 00:11:54,843 --> 00:11:58,302 # I love # 184 00:11:58,381 --> 00:11:59,780 #You # 185 00:12:00,950 --> 00:12:02,816 Tracy: When I think back on my relationship 186 00:12:02,886 --> 00:12:04,319 with Mr. Novotny, 187 00:12:04,389 --> 00:12:07,324 what I miss most is our talks. 188 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:11,830 You did it in your house? 189 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:13,331 In your own house? 190 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,461 OK, I know it seems crazy, but... 191 00:12:16,537 --> 00:12:19,837 Jim, what I'm trying to tell you is that... 192 00:12:19,908 --> 00:12:21,342 Tracy and I... 193 00:12:21,411 --> 00:12:23,845 are totally, totally... 194 00:12:23,913 --> 00:12:25,939 in love. 195 00:12:27,174 --> 00:12:29,302 - In love? - Yeah. 196 00:12:29,377 --> 00:12:30,469 It's serious. 197 00:12:30,545 --> 00:12:33,481 She inspires me in ways that Linda never has. 198 00:12:33,549 --> 00:12:35,643 She even wants to read my novel. 199 00:12:35,719 --> 00:12:37,813 But you haven't written your novel. 200 00:12:37,889 --> 00:12:39,322 That's the whole point! 201 00:12:39,390 --> 00:12:41,825 l... I've got the whole thing right here! 202 00:12:41,894 --> 00:12:43,828 I just need to get it out there. 203 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:47,334 And Tracy wants me to write it so she can read it. 204 00:12:47,401 --> 00:12:48,333 It's beautiful. 205 00:12:48,402 --> 00:12:49,835 Dave... 206 00:12:49,904 --> 00:12:53,341 I'm just saying this as your friend. 207 00:12:53,408 --> 00:12:56,970 What you're doing is really, really wrong, 208 00:12:57,046 --> 00:12:59,015 and you've gotta stop. 209 00:12:59,082 --> 00:13:01,108 The line you've crossed is... 210 00:13:01,185 --> 00:13:03,119 It's immoral, and it's illegal. 211 00:13:03,187 --> 00:13:04,621 Jim, come on. 212 00:13:04,690 --> 00:13:06,851 I don't need a lecture on ethics. 213 00:13:06,926 --> 00:13:08,121 I'm not talking about ethics. 214 00:13:08,194 --> 00:13:09,752 I'm talking about morals. 215 00:13:11,365 --> 00:13:13,492 What's the difference? 216 00:13:13,568 --> 00:13:15,298 Jim: I guess I don't have to tell you 217 00:13:15,370 --> 00:13:17,305 how this all turned out. 218 00:13:23,882 --> 00:13:24,814 [Clears Throat] 219 00:13:33,895 --> 00:13:35,829 Tracy's mom... 220 00:13:35,897 --> 00:13:38,025 she doesn't understand. 221 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:39,829 No. I'd say she doesn't. 222 00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:44,341 Fact is, I have never seen a mother so upset. 223 00:13:44,408 --> 00:13:45,466 [Sighs] 224 00:13:45,543 --> 00:13:48,604 All right. I know what Tracy told her mother, 225 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:50,342 what her mother told me. 226 00:13:50,416 --> 00:13:52,350 I need to hear this from you 227 00:13:52,418 --> 00:13:54,353 because I have a legal responsibility here. 228 00:13:54,421 --> 00:13:56,286 Let me ask you this. 229 00:13:58,860 --> 00:14:01,694 Did you cross the line with this girl? 230 00:14:09,374 --> 00:14:10,307 I di... 231 00:14:11,877 --> 00:14:12,809 W-We... 232 00:14:14,881 --> 00:14:16,816 We're in love. 233 00:14:21,390 --> 00:14:22,584 Linda: Your novel?! 234 00:14:22,658 --> 00:14:24,320 Are you fucking kidding me? 235 00:14:24,394 --> 00:14:25,326 Linda... 236 00:14:25,395 --> 00:14:26,829 Jim: After Dave got fired, 237 00:14:26,897 --> 00:14:28,330 Linda kicked him out of the house 238 00:14:28,399 --> 00:14:29,833 and filed for divorce. 239 00:14:29,901 --> 00:14:32,836 He ended up moving back to Milwaukee 240 00:14:32,905 --> 00:14:33,837 to live with his parents. 241 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:35,168 He's lucky he's not in jail. 242 00:14:35,241 --> 00:14:36,709 Linda! 243 00:14:38,912 --> 00:14:41,040 And ethics are the basis of... 244 00:14:41,115 --> 00:14:42,173 [Class Bell Rings] 245 00:14:42,250 --> 00:14:44,185 OK. We'll pick up here next time. 246 00:14:49,694 --> 00:14:50,854 Would it be possible for me 247 00:14:50,928 --> 00:14:53,227 to retake the test we took yesterday? 248 00:14:53,298 --> 00:14:54,731 The test yesterday? You wanna retake it? 249 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,826 Yeah. I had to work the night before, 250 00:14:56,903 --> 00:14:57,835 and I didn't have enough time to study. 251 00:14:57,904 --> 00:14:58,836 Oh, yeah? 252 00:15:00,174 --> 00:15:02,142 Tracy: Now that I have more life experience, 253 00:15:02,209 --> 00:15:04,440 I feel sorry for Mr. McAllister. 254 00:15:04,512 --> 00:15:07,448 I mean, anyone who's stuck in the same little room, 255 00:15:07,516 --> 00:15:09,314 wearing the same stupid clothes, 256 00:15:09,386 --> 00:15:12,321 same exact same things year after year 257 00:15:12,389 --> 00:15:13,823 for his whole life, 258 00:15:13,891 --> 00:15:16,326 while his students go on to good colleges 259 00:15:16,395 --> 00:15:19,331 and move to big cities and do great things 260 00:15:19,399 --> 00:15:22,300 and make loads of money, 261 00:15:22,368 --> 00:15:24,337 he's gotta be at least a little jealous. 262 00:15:24,405 --> 00:15:25,839 I noticed it was a little low for you. 263 00:15:25,907 --> 00:15:27,306 Tracy: It's like my mom says: 264 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:30,834 The weak are always trying to sabotage the strong. 265 00:15:30,913 --> 00:15:33,348 One thing that's important to know about me 266 00:15:33,417 --> 00:15:34,850 is that I'm an only child, 267 00:15:34,918 --> 00:15:37,353 so my mom is really devoted to me. 268 00:15:37,422 --> 00:15:38,855 And I love her so much. 269 00:15:38,924 --> 00:15:40,858 She wants me to do all the things 270 00:15:40,926 --> 00:15:43,361 that she wanted to do in life but couldn't. 271 00:15:43,430 --> 00:15:45,364 Mom used to be a stewardess for Northwest, 272 00:15:45,432 --> 00:15:47,867 and now she works as a paralegal. 273 00:15:47,935 --> 00:15:49,870 She likes to write letters to successful women 274 00:15:49,938 --> 00:15:51,872 like Elizabeth Dole and Connie Chung 275 00:15:51,940 --> 00:15:53,875 and ask them how they got to be where they are 276 00:15:53,943 --> 00:15:55,809 and what advice do they have for me, 277 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,939 Tracy, her daughter. 278 00:15:58,015 --> 00:15:59,313 9 times out of 10, 279 00:15:59,384 --> 00:16:01,318 they say you have to hold onto your dreams 280 00:16:01,386 --> 00:16:02,319 no matter what. 281 00:16:02,388 --> 00:16:03,320 The pressures women face 282 00:16:03,389 --> 00:16:05,324 mean you have to work twice as hard, 283 00:16:05,392 --> 00:16:08,829 and you can't let anything or anyone stand in your way. 284 00:16:08,897 --> 00:16:10,330 Hey! Hey! 285 00:16:10,398 --> 00:16:12,526 One per person! Put those back! 286 00:16:12,601 --> 00:16:14,068 Eat me. 287 00:16:14,136 --> 00:16:16,833 Tracy: But you know, winning isn't everything. 288 00:16:16,907 --> 00:16:20,844 Win or lose, ethical conduct is the most important thing. 289 00:16:20,912 --> 00:16:22,540 Just ask Mr. McAllister. 290 00:16:22,614 --> 00:16:23,842 Mr. McAllister! 291 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:26,715 Mr. McAllister, wait up! 292 00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:28,344 Mr. McAllister, don't go! 293 00:16:31,425 --> 00:16:33,360 I got all my signatures. 294 00:16:33,428 --> 00:16:35,863 There's 158, way more than I need. 295 00:16:35,932 --> 00:16:37,365 Hey, that's super. 296 00:16:37,433 --> 00:16:38,867 Here they are. 297 00:16:38,936 --> 00:16:40,369 Oh, you can just put them in my box, 298 00:16:40,437 --> 00:16:42,201 and I'll take a look at them tomorrow. 299 00:16:42,273 --> 00:16:43,865 Could you approve them now 300 00:16:43,942 --> 00:16:45,877 because I'd really like to kick off my campaign 301 00:16:45,945 --> 00:16:47,879 right away, you know, in the morning. 302 00:16:47,947 --> 00:16:48,880 Right. 303 00:16:54,890 --> 00:16:57,825 Yeah, yeah. Those look good to me. 304 00:16:57,893 --> 00:16:59,828 Aren't you supposed to keep them? 305 00:16:59,896 --> 00:17:01,329 No. That's fine. 306 00:17:01,397 --> 00:17:03,389 I thought you were supposed to keep them. 307 00:17:05,904 --> 00:17:07,838 Yeah, right, fine, OK. 308 00:17:07,906 --> 00:17:09,340 Thanks for everything. 309 00:17:09,408 --> 00:17:10,340 You bet. 310 00:17:13,914 --> 00:17:16,349 I can't wait to start campaigning. 311 00:17:16,417 --> 00:17:17,349 What's that? 312 00:17:17,418 --> 00:17:18,852 I can't wait to start campaigning. 313 00:17:18,921 --> 00:17:20,855 Oh. Well, it should be easy for you. 314 00:17:20,923 --> 00:17:22,357 So far, no competition. 315 00:17:22,425 --> 00:17:24,359 Yeah, but you know, Coca-Cola's by far 316 00:17:24,427 --> 00:17:25,360 the world's number one soft drink, 317 00:17:25,429 --> 00:17:27,363 and they spend more money than anybody 318 00:17:27,431 --> 00:17:28,490 on advertising. 319 00:17:28,567 --> 00:17:31,867 I guess that's how come they stay number one. 320 00:17:31,938 --> 00:17:33,371 Yeah. 321 00:17:33,439 --> 00:17:35,874 OK. Well, good luck there, Tracy. 322 00:17:35,943 --> 00:17:39,107 You know, Mr. M... 323 00:17:39,180 --> 00:17:41,376 when I win the presidency, that means you and I 324 00:17:41,450 --> 00:17:43,714 are gonna be spending a lot of time together, 325 00:17:43,786 --> 00:17:46,881 and I for one would really like that time to be... 326 00:17:46,957 --> 00:17:50,121 harmonious and productive. 327 00:17:50,194 --> 00:17:51,924 Wouldn't you? 328 00:17:52,998 --> 00:17:53,930 Sure. 329 00:17:56,469 --> 00:17:57,493 OK. 330 00:17:57,571 --> 00:17:59,368 That's what I thought. I was just checking. 331 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,807 Yeah. Good luck there, Tracy. 332 00:18:01,877 --> 00:18:03,674 OK. 333 00:18:08,419 --> 00:18:11,355 Jim: I don't blame Tracy for what happened with Dave. 334 00:18:11,423 --> 00:18:12,754 How could I? 335 00:18:12,824 --> 00:18:15,157 Dave was an adult, more than twice her age. 336 00:18:15,227 --> 00:18:18,356 Sure, she got on my nerves once in a while, 337 00:18:18,432 --> 00:18:21,368 but I admired Tracy. I really did. 338 00:18:22,971 --> 00:18:27,102 Thank God for Diane. She was my best friend. 339 00:18:27,176 --> 00:18:29,372 My source of love and strength. 340 00:18:29,446 --> 00:18:31,381 Oh, sure, we'd had our share of bumpy times, 341 00:18:31,449 --> 00:18:34,010 but we'd always seen them through. 342 00:18:34,086 --> 00:18:37,887 After 9 years of marriage, we were closer than ever. 343 00:18:39,459 --> 00:18:40,484 Anything wrong? 344 00:18:41,962 --> 00:18:43,395 No. No. 345 00:18:43,464 --> 00:18:45,490 Just, you know, school. 346 00:18:50,974 --> 00:18:53,340 Tracy: When I win the presidency, 347 00:18:53,410 --> 00:18:56,847 we're gonna be spending a lot of time together. 348 00:18:56,914 --> 00:19:00,852 Lots and lots and lots of time. 349 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,856 President and advisor. 350 00:19:03,924 --> 00:19:07,361 Harmonious and productive. 351 00:19:07,429 --> 00:19:10,365 Close and special. 352 00:19:10,433 --> 00:19:12,628 You... and I. 353 00:19:44,439 --> 00:19:45,872 Woman: Hey, P.J. 354 00:19:45,940 --> 00:19:47,875 Man: What are you doing here in the boys' locker room? 355 00:19:47,943 --> 00:19:49,433 I've come to see the star quarterback 356 00:19:49,511 --> 00:19:50,877 before the big game. 357 00:19:50,947 --> 00:19:53,382 But what if Coach Henderson walks in? 358 00:19:53,451 --> 00:19:56,079 Oh, that's OK. I took care of him. 359 00:19:56,153 --> 00:19:57,883 So, uh, what you reading? 360 00:19:57,956 --> 00:20:00,824 I'm just reviewing my playbook. 361 00:20:00,894 --> 00:20:03,386 I have a play we can practice. 362 00:20:03,464 --> 00:20:04,897 You be quarterback. 363 00:20:04,965 --> 00:20:07,196 I'll be tight end. 364 00:20:07,269 --> 00:20:08,201 [Coughs] 365 00:20:08,270 --> 00:20:10,398 [Woman Grunting] 366 00:20:17,982 --> 00:20:20,918 Tracy: You know, Coca-Cola is by far 367 00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:23,922 the world's number one soft drink. 368 00:20:32,501 --> 00:20:33,901 Paul. 369 00:20:33,970 --> 00:20:34,902 Aah! 370 00:20:41,513 --> 00:20:43,573 Aah! Aaahhh! 371 00:20:43,649 --> 00:20:45,446 Aah! 372 00:20:45,518 --> 00:20:47,453 Paul: I was so mad at God when I broke my leg 373 00:20:47,521 --> 00:20:49,683 at Shadow Ridge over Christmas break. 374 00:20:49,757 --> 00:20:52,385 Why?! 375 00:20:52,461 --> 00:20:54,452 The doctors told me I'd have to quit sports 376 00:20:54,530 --> 00:20:57,159 for at least a couple of years, if not forever, 377 00:20:57,233 --> 00:20:58,894 which meant no first-string quarterback 378 00:20:58,969 --> 00:21:00,403 in the fall. 379 00:21:00,471 --> 00:21:02,406 It was like the end of my life. 380 00:21:02,474 --> 00:21:05,409 When I got back to school, everybody was so supportive, 381 00:21:05,477 --> 00:21:08,413 and they all wanted to sign my cast and everything, 382 00:21:08,481 --> 00:21:10,712 but I still couldn't shake the feeling 383 00:21:10,784 --> 00:21:12,912 that now my life had no purpose. 384 00:21:12,988 --> 00:21:14,922 What did God want from me? 385 00:21:14,990 --> 00:21:17,425 Why did I exist? 386 00:21:17,493 --> 00:21:20,429 Sometimes you can search everywhere for answers. 387 00:21:20,497 --> 00:21:22,932 Then one day, destiny just walks up 388 00:21:23,001 --> 00:21:24,935 and taps you on the shoulder. 389 00:21:25,003 --> 00:21:27,939 I know because it happened to me. 390 00:21:29,843 --> 00:21:32,642 Jim: Paul, can I speak to you for a minute? 391 00:21:32,713 --> 00:21:35,147 Paul: Mr. McAllister changed my life. 392 00:21:35,216 --> 00:21:38,448 And no matter what they say he did or did not do, 393 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,955 I believe he is a good man. 394 00:21:41,024 --> 00:21:44,461 Paul, I know you've been pretty down 395 00:21:44,528 --> 00:21:46,156 since your accident. 396 00:21:46,231 --> 00:21:49,668 Yeah. I wanted to play football again so bad 397 00:21:49,735 --> 00:21:50,827 I could taste it, 398 00:21:50,903 --> 00:21:52,963 and maybe go on to the playoffs and... 399 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:53,972 I know. 400 00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:55,304 I understand disappointment. 401 00:21:55,376 --> 00:21:56,343 I really do. 402 00:21:56,411 --> 00:21:57,343 Yeah. 403 00:21:57,412 --> 00:21:58,471 Now, I personally think 404 00:21:58,547 --> 00:22:00,481 you have a very bright future ahead of you. 405 00:22:00,549 --> 00:22:01,915 And I'm not talking about 406 00:22:01,985 --> 00:22:04,010 the fleeting glory of sports. 407 00:22:04,087 --> 00:22:05,521 What do you mean? 408 00:22:05,589 --> 00:22:07,079 Let me give you a clue. 409 00:22:07,158 --> 00:22:08,922 You're a natural-born leader. 410 00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:11,930 You're one of the most popular students at Carver. 411 00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:13,431 You're honest, you're straightforward, 412 00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:15,127 and you don't crack under pressure, 413 00:22:15,202 --> 00:22:17,170 as we all saw in an amazing fourth quarter 414 00:22:17,237 --> 00:22:18,865 against Westside. 415 00:22:18,940 --> 00:22:20,931 All the kids look up to you. 416 00:22:21,009 --> 00:22:22,807 Now, what does that spell? 417 00:22:28,519 --> 00:22:29,952 Student... 418 00:22:30,021 --> 00:22:31,454 council... 419 00:22:31,523 --> 00:22:33,184 president. 420 00:22:33,258 --> 00:22:34,954 Who, me? 421 00:22:35,028 --> 00:22:36,655 Oh, no. I... 422 00:22:36,729 --> 00:22:40,222 I don't know anything about that stuff, Mr. M. 423 00:22:40,301 --> 00:22:42,463 I mean, besides, that's Tracy Flick's thing. 424 00:22:42,537 --> 00:22:43,970 She's always working so hard. 425 00:22:44,039 --> 00:22:46,065 Yeah. She's a real go-getter, all right. 426 00:22:46,142 --> 00:22:48,008 And she's super nice. 427 00:22:48,078 --> 00:22:49,477 Yeah, yeah, 428 00:22:49,546 --> 00:22:51,481 but one person assured of victory 429 00:22:51,549 --> 00:22:53,483 kind of undermines the whole idea 430 00:22:53,551 --> 00:22:54,849 of democracy, don't you think? 431 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:55,909 But, Mr. M... 432 00:22:55,988 --> 00:22:57,923 I mean, that'd be more like a dictatorship 433 00:22:57,991 --> 00:22:59,424 like we studied. 434 00:22:59,493 --> 00:23:00,425 But, Mr. M, there's... 435 00:23:00,494 --> 00:23:02,520 Paul, what's your favorite fruit? 436 00:23:02,597 --> 00:23:05,089 Pears. 437 00:23:05,167 --> 00:23:06,930 Pears. Good. OK. 438 00:23:07,002 --> 00:23:07,935 Let's say... 439 00:23:08,004 --> 00:23:10,029 Oh, no, wait. 440 00:23:10,106 --> 00:23:11,540 Apples. 441 00:23:11,609 --> 00:23:12,940 Apples. 442 00:23:13,010 --> 00:23:13,977 Fine. 443 00:23:14,044 --> 00:23:17,446 Let's say all you ever knew were apples. 444 00:23:17,516 --> 00:23:20,452 Apples, apples, more apples. 445 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,455 You might think apples were pretty good, 446 00:23:22,523 --> 00:23:25,459 even if you got a rotten one once in a while. 447 00:23:25,527 --> 00:23:26,960 But then one day... 448 00:23:27,028 --> 00:23:28,462 there's an orange. 449 00:23:28,531 --> 00:23:30,465 And now you can make a decision. 450 00:23:30,533 --> 00:23:31,967 Do you want an apple 451 00:23:32,035 --> 00:23:33,969 or do you want an orange? 452 00:23:34,037 --> 00:23:35,733 That's democracy. 453 00:23:35,806 --> 00:23:37,866 I also like bananas. 454 00:23:37,943 --> 00:23:38,967 [Class Bell Rings] 455 00:23:39,044 --> 00:23:40,910 Exactly. Good. 456 00:23:40,980 --> 00:23:42,470 So what do you say? 457 00:23:42,549 --> 00:23:45,417 Maybe it's time to give a little something back. 458 00:23:45,486 --> 00:23:46,976 How's that? 459 00:23:47,054 --> 00:23:48,488 I think that's... 460 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:50,388 No. Just a little higher. A little higher. 461 00:23:50,458 --> 00:23:51,653 Is this OK? 462 00:23:51,727 --> 00:23:54,925 Eric, you can't put tape on the outside of the poster. 463 00:23:54,998 --> 00:23:56,932 It goes on the back of the poster. 464 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,935 You better just take the whole thing down 465 00:23:59,003 --> 00:24:00,436 and redo it. 466 00:24:05,011 --> 00:24:08,948 #Aaah-a-a-aaaah # 467 00:24:16,025 --> 00:24:17,357 Who put you up to this? 468 00:24:17,428 --> 00:24:18,827 Oh, hi, Tracy. 469 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:20,022 Who put you up to this? 470 00:24:20,097 --> 00:24:21,258 What do you mean? 471 00:24:21,333 --> 00:24:22,459 You just woke up this morning 472 00:24:22,534 --> 00:24:24,833 and suddenly decided to run for president? 473 00:24:24,904 --> 00:24:28,466 No. Um, no, I just thought that, uh... 474 00:24:28,542 --> 00:24:29,668 Thought what? 475 00:24:29,743 --> 00:24:33,009 Well, I was talking to Mr. McAllister about my leg 476 00:24:33,081 --> 00:24:35,482 and how I still want to do something for the school and... 477 00:24:35,551 --> 00:24:37,543 So Mr. McAllister asked you to run. 478 00:24:37,621 --> 00:24:40,557 Well, um, I talked to him and everything, 479 00:24:40,625 --> 00:24:41,990 but he just said that he thought 480 00:24:42,059 --> 00:24:43,493 it would be a good idea 481 00:24:43,562 --> 00:24:45,860 and how there's all different kinds of fruits and, uh... 482 00:24:45,931 --> 00:24:48,230 It's nothing against you, Tracy. 483 00:24:48,301 --> 00:24:49,996 I mean, you're the best. 484 00:24:50,069 --> 00:24:52,004 Uh, I just thought, uh... 485 00:24:52,072 --> 00:24:53,004 OK. 486 00:24:53,073 --> 00:24:55,133 You're on, Mr. Popular. 487 00:24:57,013 --> 00:24:58,947 Tracy: You might think it upset me that Paul Metzler 488 00:24:59,015 --> 00:25:00,449 had decided to run against me, 489 00:25:00,517 --> 00:25:02,951 but nothing could be further from the truth. 490 00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:04,454 He was no competition for me. 491 00:25:04,522 --> 00:25:06,456 It was like apples and oranges. 492 00:25:06,524 --> 00:25:07,514 [Loud Stamping] 493 00:25:07,593 --> 00:25:09,458 I had to work a little harder, that's all. 494 00:25:09,528 --> 00:25:11,463 You see, I believe in the voters. 495 00:25:11,531 --> 00:25:12,759 They understand that elections 496 00:25:12,832 --> 00:25:14,698 aren't just popularity contests. 497 00:25:14,769 --> 00:25:15,701 [Clunk] 498 00:25:15,770 --> 00:25:17,466 They know this country was built 499 00:25:17,539 --> 00:25:20,475 by people just like me who work very hard 500 00:25:20,543 --> 00:25:22,477 and don't have everything handed to them 501 00:25:22,545 --> 00:25:23,877 on a silver spoon. 502 00:25:25,516 --> 00:25:27,985 Not like some rich kids who everybody likes 503 00:25:28,053 --> 00:25:29,988 because their fathers own Metzler Cement 504 00:25:30,056 --> 00:25:31,990 and give them trucks on their 16th birthday 505 00:25:32,058 --> 00:25:34,084 and throw them big parties all the time. 506 00:25:34,161 --> 00:25:36,357 No. They don't ever have to work for anything. 507 00:25:36,431 --> 00:25:37,989 They think they can just, all of a sudden, 508 00:25:38,066 --> 00:25:40,001 one day out of the blue waltz right in 509 00:25:40,069 --> 00:25:41,502 with no qualifications whatsoever 510 00:25:41,570 --> 00:25:43,004 and try to take away 511 00:25:43,073 --> 00:25:44,506 what other people have worked for 512 00:25:44,574 --> 00:25:47,510 very, very hard their entire lives! 513 00:25:47,578 --> 00:25:48,510 No! 514 00:25:48,579 --> 00:25:50,514 Didn't bother me at all! 515 00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:51,446 [Stereo Playing Rock Music] 516 00:25:52,084 --> 00:25:53,518 Paul. 517 00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:54,951 Paul power. 518 00:25:57,024 --> 00:25:57,956 Paul... 519 00:25:58,025 --> 00:25:59,960 Paul for president. 520 00:26:00,028 --> 00:26:01,461 Paul for president. 521 00:26:01,529 --> 00:26:02,963 Promise. 522 00:26:03,032 --> 00:26:04,966 Progress. 523 00:26:05,034 --> 00:26:07,098 Peanut. 524 00:26:26,023 --> 00:26:28,685 #There's a place I know # 525 00:26:31,063 --> 00:26:34,591 #Where you can look down # 526 00:26:36,970 --> 00:26:40,964 #The air makes you feel light # 527 00:26:43,045 --> 00:26:44,979 #The air makes you feel right # 528 00:26:45,047 --> 00:26:45,980 What? 529 00:26:46,049 --> 00:26:48,483 I told you. I can't. 530 00:26:48,552 --> 00:26:50,987 It just doesn't feel right anymore. 531 00:26:53,058 --> 00:26:54,491 But I love you. 532 00:26:57,230 --> 00:26:58,527 I said no. 533 00:26:58,598 --> 00:26:59,531 [Knock On Door] 534 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,434 Hey, Tammy, guess what happened today. 535 00:27:02,504 --> 00:27:04,438 Don't you fucking knock? 536 00:27:04,506 --> 00:27:06,702 Yeah. Oh, hi, Lisa. 537 00:27:06,776 --> 00:27:07,936 Get out, Paul! 538 00:27:08,010 --> 00:27:09,273 Listen. So Mr. McAllister, 539 00:27:09,346 --> 00:27:10,506 he calls me in, and he tells me... 540 00:27:10,581 --> 00:27:11,946 I gotta go. 541 00:27:14,352 --> 00:27:15,284 You dumb shit! 542 00:27:15,354 --> 00:27:16,946 What'd I do? 543 00:27:17,022 --> 00:27:19,958 Tammy: It's not like I'm a lesbian or anything. 544 00:27:20,026 --> 00:27:21,459 I'm attracted to the person. 545 00:27:21,528 --> 00:27:24,464 It's just that all the people I've ever been attracted to 546 00:27:24,532 --> 00:27:25,966 happen to be girls. 547 00:27:27,536 --> 00:27:28,970 Lisa, wait! 548 00:27:32,042 --> 00:27:32,974 Stop! 549 00:27:37,048 --> 00:27:37,980 What? 550 00:27:38,049 --> 00:27:39,483 Where you going? 551 00:27:39,552 --> 00:27:41,987 I'm not like you, OK? 552 00:27:42,055 --> 00:27:43,920 What do you mean? 553 00:27:43,991 --> 00:27:45,482 I'm not a dyke. 554 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,494 And we're not in love. 555 00:27:47,562 --> 00:27:49,497 We were just... 556 00:27:49,565 --> 00:27:51,192 experimenting. 557 00:27:51,267 --> 00:27:53,998 [Engine Starts] 558 00:28:04,017 --> 00:28:07,454 Tammy: How can something that seemed so true 559 00:28:07,521 --> 00:28:10,457 turn out to be such a lie? 560 00:28:16,033 --> 00:28:18,901 Lisa and I were destined to be together. 561 00:28:18,970 --> 00:28:21,462 Of all the people in the planet who had ever lived, 562 00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:23,474 somehow we'd found each other. 563 00:28:23,542 --> 00:28:25,477 It was like a miracle. 564 00:28:28,549 --> 00:28:30,483 We had so much fun together, 565 00:28:30,551 --> 00:28:32,486 like the time we ate a bunch of asparagus 566 00:28:32,554 --> 00:28:34,887 to see how long it takes before your pee smells funny. 567 00:28:34,958 --> 00:28:36,391 [Ding] 568 00:28:36,459 --> 00:28:37,984 It was very scientific. 569 00:28:38,062 --> 00:28:39,654 For me, it was 11 minutes. 570 00:28:39,730 --> 00:28:41,824 For her, it was 17. 571 00:28:43,068 --> 00:28:45,833 Every day I found a new way to tell Lisa 572 00:28:45,905 --> 00:28:48,500 how much I loved her. 573 00:28:48,575 --> 00:28:50,065 "If you died right now, 574 00:28:50,143 --> 00:28:53,079 I would throw myself under one of my dad's cement trucks 575 00:28:53,147 --> 00:28:55,946 and get poured into your tomb. " 576 00:28:58,521 --> 00:29:00,956 But it just seemed like the closer we got, 577 00:29:01,025 --> 00:29:02,925 the more she pulled away. 578 00:29:02,994 --> 00:29:04,656 Are you crazy? 579 00:29:04,730 --> 00:29:05,662 What? 580 00:29:05,731 --> 00:29:06,959 These are private. These are for us. 581 00:29:07,032 --> 00:29:08,022 So? 582 00:29:08,101 --> 00:29:09,864 But other people can see them, too. 583 00:29:09,936 --> 00:29:11,302 I don't care. 584 00:29:11,372 --> 00:29:12,964 Well, I do. 585 00:29:16,044 --> 00:29:18,980 Tammy: What did I do to make her change? 586 00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:21,983 What's wrong with me? 587 00:29:25,056 --> 00:29:26,990 Sometimes when I'm sad, 588 00:29:27,058 --> 00:29:29,994 I sit and watch the power station. 589 00:29:30,062 --> 00:29:33,499 They say if you lie between 2 of the main wires, 590 00:29:33,566 --> 00:29:35,501 your body just evaporates. 591 00:29:35,569 --> 00:29:37,504 You become a gas. 592 00:29:37,572 --> 00:29:40,507 I wonder what that would feel like. 593 00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,519 I don't know why, 594 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:52,523 but Lisa decided she wanted to hurt me. 595 00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:55,527 And she knew exactly what to do. 596 00:29:57,732 --> 00:30:00,030 Paul: I sure was surprised the day Lisa Flanagan 597 00:30:00,101 --> 00:30:03,401 asked me for a ride home and ended up blowing me. 598 00:30:04,607 --> 00:30:07,042 I've wanted this for so long. 599 00:30:08,312 --> 00:30:10,713 I mean, life is so weird. 600 00:30:10,782 --> 00:30:13,546 First, Lisa has a big fight with my sister, 601 00:30:13,619 --> 00:30:17,386 and the next thing you know, she's my girlfriend. 602 00:30:17,458 --> 00:30:20,052 Since Lisa knew all about public relations and stuff, 603 00:30:20,127 --> 00:30:22,596 she offered to help me with my campaign. 604 00:30:22,664 --> 00:30:24,565 We made a great team. 605 00:30:24,633 --> 00:30:27,569 It seemed so natural, the two of us together. 606 00:30:27,637 --> 00:30:29,571 It was like a miracle. 607 00:30:32,043 --> 00:30:34,569 My leg wasn't bugging me too much 608 00:30:34,646 --> 00:30:36,079 and the weather was so nice. 609 00:30:36,148 --> 00:30:37,582 And every day after school 610 00:30:37,650 --> 00:30:41,587 Lisa and I would go to her house to fuck and have a hot tub. 611 00:31:01,114 --> 00:31:03,048 Tammy: If that's the way they wanted it, 612 00:31:03,117 --> 00:31:04,914 then that's the way it was gonna be. 613 00:31:04,986 --> 00:31:07,547 But I wasn't going down without a fight. 614 00:31:07,623 --> 00:31:09,056 [Jingling] 615 00:31:14,131 --> 00:31:15,063 Paul: Tammy? 616 00:31:17,135 --> 00:31:19,467 Tammy, what are you doing? 617 00:31:19,538 --> 00:31:21,564 You're the advisor. You should stop her. 618 00:31:21,641 --> 00:31:23,507 She's not qualified. She's just a sophomore. 619 00:31:23,577 --> 00:31:24,566 Did you know that? 620 00:31:24,645 --> 00:31:26,375 Calm down, Tracy. Just calm down. 621 00:31:26,448 --> 00:31:28,075 We can't both run, can we? 622 00:31:28,149 --> 00:31:29,446 I mean, we're brother and sister. 623 00:31:29,518 --> 00:31:30,610 Can we? 624 00:31:30,686 --> 00:31:32,654 It's a conflict of interest, and Paul was first. 625 00:31:32,721 --> 00:31:35,088 Anybody who gets signatures in on time can run, 626 00:31:35,158 --> 00:31:37,093 and she got in just under the wire. 627 00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:41,394 These are a bunch of burnouts. 628 00:31:41,467 --> 00:31:43,595 And what's this one? It's illegible. 629 00:31:43,670 --> 00:31:45,001 I can't even read that. 630 00:31:45,071 --> 00:31:47,097 That's Tim... Cobsa. 631 00:31:47,174 --> 00:31:49,609 She's doing this to get back at me. 632 00:31:49,678 --> 00:31:50,610 For what? 633 00:31:50,679 --> 00:31:53,114 I mean, at you. 634 00:31:53,182 --> 00:31:54,615 For what? 635 00:31:54,684 --> 00:31:56,550 Tim Cobsa? 636 00:31:56,620 --> 00:31:59,647 Tim Cobsa? Who's he? I've never even heard of him. 637 00:31:59,724 --> 00:32:01,555 Look, why don't we just forget about Tammy? 638 00:32:01,626 --> 00:32:03,060 We'll have the assembly tomorrow. 639 00:32:03,129 --> 00:32:04,562 Everybody can make their speeches, 640 00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:07,065 and I'm sure everything's gonna be just fine. 641 00:32:07,267 --> 00:32:08,063 Jim: Hey! Whee! 642 00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:10,570 Diane: Jim, don't. You're scaring him. 643 00:32:10,638 --> 00:32:12,539 Nah. He likes it. 644 00:32:12,608 --> 00:32:13,575 Not that much. 645 00:32:13,642 --> 00:32:15,075 Jim: Around that time, 646 00:32:15,144 --> 00:32:17,079 Diane and I were hanging out a lot 647 00:32:17,147 --> 00:32:18,375 at Linda Novotny's house, 648 00:32:18,448 --> 00:32:20,576 giving her our love and support 649 00:32:20,651 --> 00:32:24,179 and helping her make it through a difficult time. 650 00:32:24,256 --> 00:32:26,589 [Baby Crying] 651 00:32:29,163 --> 00:32:31,597 Diane really wanted to have kids, 652 00:32:31,665 --> 00:32:32,963 and so did I, 653 00:32:33,034 --> 00:32:35,560 but it seemed like there was always a reason to wait: 654 00:32:35,638 --> 00:32:37,572 She had to finish nursing school, 655 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,108 I had to get my master's, 656 00:32:39,176 --> 00:32:42,112 we needed a new house, we needed more money. 657 00:32:42,180 --> 00:32:44,424 Finally, we just decided to go for it. 658 00:32:44,558 --> 00:32:45,856 You gonna do it? 659 00:32:45,927 --> 00:32:47,360 You gonna do it? 660 00:32:47,428 --> 00:32:50,592 Jim: And for over a year, we hadn't had any luck. 661 00:32:50,666 --> 00:32:53,101 Come on. Do it. Do it. 662 00:32:53,169 --> 00:32:55,034 Fill me up. Come on. 663 00:32:55,105 --> 00:32:57,040 Fill me up. 664 00:32:57,108 --> 00:32:58,541 Fill me up. 665 00:32:58,610 --> 00:32:59,542 [Groaning] 666 00:33:06,620 --> 00:33:07,552 OK. 667 00:33:13,129 --> 00:33:14,061 Good job. 668 00:33:22,141 --> 00:33:23,301 Linda: Say, Jim? 669 00:33:23,375 --> 00:33:24,808 [Baby Cries] 670 00:33:24,877 --> 00:33:26,345 Jim, can you get this? 671 00:33:26,413 --> 00:33:27,573 I can't. 672 00:33:27,647 --> 00:33:29,081 Oh, yeah, sure. 673 00:33:29,150 --> 00:33:31,084 Just put it on the table. 674 00:33:31,152 --> 00:33:32,085 All right. 675 00:33:35,158 --> 00:33:36,523 [Pop] 676 00:33:36,592 --> 00:33:37,616 Jim: Without Dave around, 677 00:33:37,693 --> 00:33:39,594 Linda needed a lot of help around the house. 678 00:33:39,663 --> 00:33:41,255 Where do you want it, here? 679 00:33:41,331 --> 00:33:42,264 No. 680 00:33:43,668 --> 00:33:45,102 More this way. 681 00:33:46,672 --> 00:33:48,265 Here? 682 00:33:48,341 --> 00:33:50,673 Uh, yeah. That's good. 683 00:33:53,714 --> 00:33:57,048 Jim: I had always liked Linda, but we'd never had a chance 684 00:33:57,119 --> 00:33:59,611 to spend any time alone together. 685 00:33:59,689 --> 00:34:01,715 Oughta warm you up a little bit. 686 00:34:01,792 --> 00:34:03,054 Now with Dave out of the picture, 687 00:34:03,127 --> 00:34:05,062 I began to see what an incredibly sensitive 688 00:34:05,130 --> 00:34:08,294 and giving person she was. 689 00:34:08,367 --> 00:34:10,835 We got to be kind of like buddies. 690 00:34:10,903 --> 00:34:12,064 I even took her to the mall one time 691 00:34:12,139 --> 00:34:14,164 while her car was in the shop. 692 00:34:17,145 --> 00:34:18,670 What do you think? 693 00:34:20,149 --> 00:34:21,845 You look great. 694 00:34:21,918 --> 00:34:24,581 I can't afford this stuff right now. 695 00:34:24,655 --> 00:34:26,486 Ah, come on. You've had a hard year. 696 00:34:26,557 --> 00:34:28,583 You're cooped up all the time with the kid. 697 00:34:28,660 --> 00:34:30,059 Let go. Live a little. 698 00:34:30,129 --> 00:34:31,062 You sure? 699 00:34:31,131 --> 00:34:32,063 Yeah. 700 00:34:34,668 --> 00:34:36,602 So what do you think? 701 00:34:36,670 --> 00:34:38,104 Should we get a room? 702 00:34:38,173 --> 00:34:39,606 Should we get a what? 703 00:34:52,691 --> 00:34:54,090 That's not funny. 704 00:34:54,161 --> 00:34:58,098 [Music Soundtrack Slows To A Halt] 705 00:34:58,166 --> 00:34:59,098 [Door Slams] 706 00:35:02,137 --> 00:35:04,072 How'd it go? 707 00:35:04,140 --> 00:35:05,072 Fine. 708 00:35:05,141 --> 00:35:06,073 You know... 709 00:35:06,142 --> 00:35:08,077 just went to Westerly's. 710 00:35:08,145 --> 00:35:10,010 Did you guys have fun? 711 00:35:11,650 --> 00:35:13,083 Um... 712 00:35:13,151 --> 00:35:14,084 yeah. 713 00:35:14,153 --> 00:35:16,747 No, I mean... you know. 714 00:35:16,822 --> 00:35:19,223 What? 715 00:35:19,293 --> 00:35:21,592 Well, Linda's great, 716 00:35:21,663 --> 00:35:24,462 but she can be a little bit much sometimes. 717 00:35:26,669 --> 00:35:28,001 Yeah. 718 00:35:28,071 --> 00:35:30,597 Oh, God. Oh, just like that. 719 00:35:30,675 --> 00:35:31,642 Yeah. 720 00:35:31,709 --> 00:35:33,142 Fill me up. 721 00:35:33,211 --> 00:35:35,146 Fill me up. 722 00:35:35,214 --> 00:35:38,116 Oh... yeah. 723 00:35:38,184 --> 00:35:39,116 Fill me up. 724 00:35:40,688 --> 00:35:41,620 Oh, God. 725 00:35:41,689 --> 00:35:43,122 Just like that. 726 00:35:43,190 --> 00:35:44,419 Oh, yeah. 727 00:35:44,492 --> 00:35:45,618 Fill me up. 728 00:35:45,694 --> 00:35:47,856 Diane: God. Oh, God! 729 00:35:47,930 --> 00:35:50,125 Oh, God. Just like that. 730 00:35:50,199 --> 00:35:52,634 Do it, Jim. Fuck me. 731 00:35:52,703 --> 00:35:53,636 Do it, Jim. 732 00:35:53,705 --> 00:35:55,195 Just like that. 733 00:35:55,273 --> 00:35:58,038 Do it, Jim. Fill me up. 734 00:35:58,110 --> 00:36:00,579 Just like that. Do it, Mr. M. 735 00:36:00,647 --> 00:36:03,377 Do it. Fuck me, Mr. M. Fuck me! 736 00:36:03,451 --> 00:36:05,578 Fuck me hard, Mr. McAllister. 737 00:36:05,653 --> 00:36:06,585 Harder! Harder! 738 00:36:06,654 --> 00:36:09,590 Fuck me, Mr. McAllister. Fuck me hard! 739 00:36:09,658 --> 00:36:12,093 Harder! Fuck me! Please! 740 00:36:13,664 --> 00:36:15,097 Jim: So like I was saying, 741 00:36:15,165 --> 00:36:17,134 things were going pretty well in my life. 742 00:36:17,269 --> 00:36:19,601 That is, until things started going all haywire 743 00:36:19,671 --> 00:36:21,105 with that damn election. 744 00:36:21,173 --> 00:36:24,109 Boy, Haltingly: I love Carver High. 745 00:36:24,177 --> 00:36:27,614 And I will be a dedicated vice president. 746 00:36:27,682 --> 00:36:31,119 A vote forJerry Slavin is a vote for good government. 747 00:36:31,186 --> 00:36:35,123 And even if I can't really stand up for you, I will. 748 00:36:35,191 --> 00:36:36,625 [Laughter] 749 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:37,820 Thank you. 750 00:36:37,895 --> 00:36:40,126 [Applause] 751 00:36:43,202 --> 00:36:44,635 Thank you, Jerry. 752 00:36:44,704 --> 00:36:46,137 Thank you and good luck. 753 00:36:46,205 --> 00:36:49,573 Again, Jerry is running unopposed for vice president. 754 00:36:49,644 --> 00:36:53,137 So, we'll move on now to the presidential race 755 00:36:53,215 --> 00:36:54,648 with 3 candidates running. 756 00:36:54,717 --> 00:36:57,084 The first, in alphabetical order, 757 00:36:57,154 --> 00:36:59,088 is Tracy Flick. 758 00:36:59,156 --> 00:37:00,089 Tracy? 759 00:37:07,267 --> 00:37:10,601 Poet Henry David Thoreau once wrote, 760 00:37:10,671 --> 00:37:12,936 "I cannot make my days longer, 761 00:37:13,008 --> 00:37:15,033 so I strive to make them better." 762 00:37:15,110 --> 00:37:17,602 With this election, we here at Carver 763 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,113 also have an opportunity 764 00:37:19,182 --> 00:37:21,242 to make our high school days better. 765 00:37:21,318 --> 00:37:24,618 During this campaign, I've spoken with many of you 766 00:37:24,689 --> 00:37:26,123 about your many concerns. 767 00:37:26,192 --> 00:37:28,626 I spoke with Eliza Ramirez, 768 00:37:28,694 --> 00:37:31,129 a freshman who said she feels alienated 769 00:37:31,198 --> 00:37:32,723 from her own home room. 770 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,631 I spoke with sophomore Reggie Banks 771 00:37:34,702 --> 00:37:37,137 who said his mother works in the cafeteria 772 00:37:37,206 --> 00:37:39,106 and can't afford to buy him enough spiral notebooks 773 00:37:39,175 --> 00:37:40,107 for his classes. 774 00:37:40,176 --> 00:37:41,143 Eat me! 775 00:37:41,211 --> 00:37:42,679 Eat me raw! 776 00:37:42,747 --> 00:37:44,146 [Laughter] 777 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,153 All right, now. 778 00:37:49,222 --> 00:37:51,656 Hey, if you can't be adults 779 00:37:51,724 --> 00:37:54,660 and give these candidates the courtesy they deserve, 780 00:37:54,728 --> 00:37:57,596 then you don't deserve to be called adults but children 781 00:37:57,665 --> 00:37:59,099 because that's what children are, 782 00:37:59,168 --> 00:38:01,102 and you'll be treated like children. 783 00:38:01,170 --> 00:38:03,605 So let's all listen up, huh? 784 00:38:07,678 --> 00:38:09,613 Tracy: I care about Carver, 785 00:38:09,681 --> 00:38:11,615 and I care about each and every one of you. 786 00:38:11,683 --> 00:38:14,209 And together, we can all make a difference. 787 00:38:14,287 --> 00:38:17,621 When you cast your vote for Tracy Flick next week, 788 00:38:17,691 --> 00:38:20,126 you won't just be voting for me. 789 00:38:20,195 --> 00:38:22,289 You'll be voting for yourself 790 00:38:22,365 --> 00:38:25,129 and for every other student here at Carver. 791 00:38:25,201 --> 00:38:27,636 Our days might not be any longer, 792 00:38:27,704 --> 00:38:29,798 but they can sure be better. 793 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:30,841 Thank you. 794 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:33,140 [Applause] 795 00:38:38,218 --> 00:38:41,655 The... The next candidate for student body president 796 00:38:41,722 --> 00:38:43,156 is Paul Metzler. 797 00:38:43,225 --> 00:38:44,157 Paul? 798 00:38:44,226 --> 00:38:46,661 [Raucous Cheering] 799 00:38:46,729 --> 00:38:49,221 Woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof! 800 00:38:52,737 --> 00:38:54,534 - Whoo! - Hey, Paul! 801 00:38:54,606 --> 00:38:55,835 Paul! 802 00:38:58,244 --> 00:39:00,008 [Girls Screaming] 803 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,134 [Monotone] "As many of you know, 804 00:39:17,202 --> 00:39:19,137 I broke my leg pretty bad this year, 805 00:39:19,205 --> 00:39:21,139 and the experience has made me reevaluate 806 00:39:21,207 --> 00:39:22,641 what I want to do with my life, 807 00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:24,143 and that is help people. 808 00:39:24,211 --> 00:39:25,645 When you think about it, 809 00:39:25,714 --> 00:39:27,272 a school is more than a school. 810 00:39:27,349 --> 00:39:29,147 It's our second home, where we spend all our time 811 00:39:29,218 --> 00:39:32,154 and grow as individuals in the community. 812 00:39:32,222 --> 00:39:34,156 But is our school everything it could be? 813 00:39:34,224 --> 00:39:37,160 I want our school to reach its true potential. 814 00:39:37,228 --> 00:39:38,662 That's why I'm running for president. 815 00:39:38,731 --> 00:39:40,665 I know what it is to fight hard and win, 816 00:39:40,733 --> 00:39:42,668 like when we almost went to State last fall 817 00:39:42,736 --> 00:39:45,672 and I threw the fourth quarter pass against Westside 818 00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:47,674 for the touchdown that won the game by 3 points. 819 00:39:47,742 --> 00:39:49,677 I won't let you down like I didn't then, 820 00:39:49,745 --> 00:39:53,182 and I promise we can all score a winning touchdown together. 821 00:39:53,249 --> 00:39:55,184 Vote Paul Metzler for president. 822 00:39:55,252 --> 00:39:56,184 Thank you." 823 00:39:58,621 --> 00:40:00,714 [Silence] 824 00:40:03,427 --> 00:40:06,454 [Applause] 825 00:40:09,735 --> 00:40:11,169 OK, Paul. 826 00:40:11,237 --> 00:40:14,674 The final candidate for student council president 827 00:40:14,742 --> 00:40:17,176 is another one of the Metzler clan, 828 00:40:17,244 --> 00:40:18,678 sophomore Tammy Metzler. 829 00:40:18,747 --> 00:40:19,714 Tammy. 830 00:40:21,751 --> 00:40:22,683 [Light Applause] 831 00:40:22,752 --> 00:40:24,186 [Boy Retches] 832 00:40:24,254 --> 00:40:25,687 [Laughter] 833 00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:27,622 [Hissing And Whistling] 834 00:40:27,692 --> 00:40:29,523 [Jeering] 835 00:40:29,594 --> 00:40:31,790 [Booing] 836 00:40:31,864 --> 00:40:33,593 Ha ha ha ha! 837 00:40:33,666 --> 00:40:36,135 People! People! 838 00:40:38,072 --> 00:40:40,199 [Murmuring] 839 00:40:40,274 --> 00:40:44,372 Who cares about this stupid election? 840 00:40:44,447 --> 00:40:45,607 [Murmuring, Jeering Stop] 841 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,716 We all know it doesn't matter 842 00:40:51,790 --> 00:40:54,225 who gets elected president of Carver. 843 00:40:54,293 --> 00:40:57,661 Do you really think it's gonna change anything around here, 844 00:40:57,731 --> 00:41:02,169 make one single person smarter or happier 845 00:41:02,237 --> 00:41:04,172 or nicer? 846 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:06,674 The only person it does matter to 847 00:41:06,742 --> 00:41:08,677 is the one who gets elected. 848 00:41:08,745 --> 00:41:13,183 The same pathetic charade happens every year, 849 00:41:13,251 --> 00:41:16,187 and everyone makes the same pathetic promises 850 00:41:16,255 --> 00:41:18,190 just so they could put it on their transcripts 851 00:41:18,258 --> 00:41:20,192 to get into college. 852 00:41:20,260 --> 00:41:21,694 So vote for me 853 00:41:21,762 --> 00:41:24,197 because I don't even wanna go to college, 854 00:41:24,266 --> 00:41:25,699 and I don't care. 855 00:41:25,767 --> 00:41:28,703 And as president, I won't do anything. 856 00:41:28,771 --> 00:41:32,708 The only promise I will make is that, if elected, 857 00:41:32,776 --> 00:41:35,712 I will immediately dismantle the student government 858 00:41:35,780 --> 00:41:37,715 so that none of us will ever have to sit through 859 00:41:37,783 --> 00:41:39,876 one of these stupid assemblies again! 860 00:41:39,952 --> 00:41:42,581 [Loud Cheering] 861 00:41:44,325 --> 00:41:45,587 Whoo! 862 00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:46,923 Yeah! 863 00:41:46,995 --> 00:41:53,527 Tammy! Tammy! Tammy! Tammy! Tammy! Tammy! Tammy! Tammy! 864 00:41:53,604 --> 00:41:54,901 Tammy! Tammy! 865 00:41:54,972 --> 00:41:57,840 Or don't vote for me! Who cares?! 866 00:41:57,909 --> 00:41:59,240 Don't vote at all! 867 00:41:59,311 --> 00:42:01,906 [Cheering] 868 00:42:17,969 --> 00:42:19,493 Close the door. 869 00:42:20,706 --> 00:42:23,335 I tell you, that little bitch 870 00:42:23,409 --> 00:42:24,603 made a fool out of us. 871 00:42:24,677 --> 00:42:27,203 I want her out of this election. 872 00:42:27,281 --> 00:42:29,306 I mean, getting everybody all riled up like that. 873 00:42:29,383 --> 00:42:31,079 She is washed up, you understand me? 874 00:42:31,152 --> 00:42:32,176 She's finished. 875 00:42:32,254 --> 00:42:33,916 Well, we can't throw her out of the election 876 00:42:33,990 --> 00:42:35,719 just because we don't like her speech. 877 00:42:35,791 --> 00:42:39,125 That's not what student government is about. 878 00:42:39,196 --> 00:42:41,222 Yeah, yeah, whatever. 879 00:42:41,299 --> 00:42:42,766 Look, all I know is 880 00:42:42,835 --> 00:42:44,962 she's a troublemaker, she's on my list. 881 00:42:45,037 --> 00:42:46,733 All we need to do is send a message. 882 00:42:46,806 --> 00:42:50,903 So maybe, uh, we should just suspend her. 883 00:42:52,613 --> 00:42:56,847 That's it. 3 days, she's suspended for 3 days. 884 00:43:00,724 --> 00:43:02,955 Tammy: Being suspended is like getting a paid vacation. 885 00:43:03,028 --> 00:43:05,258 Why do they think it's a punishment? 886 00:43:05,330 --> 00:43:07,322 It's like your dog pees on the carpet 887 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,129 and you give him a treat. 888 00:43:09,202 --> 00:43:11,102 Then you get in trouble for skipping school. 889 00:43:11,171 --> 00:43:12,901 It's so stupid. 890 00:43:12,974 --> 00:43:14,999 Hendricks told me, "One more time" 891 00:43:15,076 --> 00:43:18,478 and I'd be expelled. Sounded good to me. 892 00:43:36,371 --> 00:43:37,531 [Whistle Blows] 893 00:43:43,380 --> 00:43:47,408 [Bell Tolls] 894 00:44:18,325 --> 00:44:21,090 Oh, hi, Tammy. 895 00:44:22,931 --> 00:44:24,262 What do you want? 896 00:44:24,333 --> 00:44:26,359 Well, I went to all your teachers 897 00:44:26,436 --> 00:44:27,801 and got your assignments for you. 898 00:44:27,871 --> 00:44:30,306 l... I just thought, you know, 899 00:44:30,374 --> 00:44:31,341 last time you got suspended 900 00:44:31,409 --> 00:44:32,342 you fell so far behind, 901 00:44:32,411 --> 00:44:33,343 and I just didn't want 902 00:44:33,412 --> 00:44:34,811 to see that happen again. 903 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:36,849 Thanks, Paul. Thanks a lot. 904 00:44:36,916 --> 00:44:38,817 Sure. You bet. 905 00:44:40,554 --> 00:44:42,113 Now could you leave me alone? 906 00:44:42,190 --> 00:44:44,556 Oh, yeah. Um, 907 00:44:44,626 --> 00:44:47,357 Tammy, there's just one other thing. 908 00:44:47,430 --> 00:44:49,797 You know all this election stuff, 909 00:44:49,866 --> 00:44:51,801 'cause everybody's saying it's really weird 910 00:44:51,869 --> 00:44:52,836 that you're running against me 911 00:44:52,904 --> 00:44:54,599 and everything, and it is kind of weird. 912 00:44:54,672 --> 00:44:57,107 You haven't really told me why you're doing it 913 00:44:57,176 --> 00:44:58,701 and you didn't tell me in advance, 914 00:44:58,778 --> 00:45:01,839 but that's OK. I respect your privacy, 915 00:45:01,916 --> 00:45:04,316 it's just... I want you to know 916 00:45:04,385 --> 00:45:05,683 that no matter who wins, 917 00:45:05,754 --> 00:45:07,949 you or me, there's no hard feelings. 918 00:45:08,024 --> 00:45:10,458 We're still brother and sister, OK, 919 00:45:10,526 --> 00:45:11,516 even though you're adopted, 920 00:45:11,595 --> 00:45:15,362 'cause I hope you feel the same. 921 00:45:19,205 --> 00:45:21,070 Tracy: What happened at the speeches 922 00:45:21,140 --> 00:45:23,336 was an unconscionable travesty. 923 00:45:23,410 --> 00:45:25,140 That little bitch Tammy Metzler 924 00:45:25,213 --> 00:45:26,544 wanted to make a fool out of me. 925 00:45:26,614 --> 00:45:29,140 Well, it wasn't gonna work. 926 00:45:29,218 --> 00:45:31,881 If all those students who cheered for Tammy Metzler 927 00:45:31,955 --> 00:45:34,116 only knew how hard I worked for Carver, 928 00:45:34,190 --> 00:45:36,523 like all the late nights I spend at the yearbook office 929 00:45:36,594 --> 00:45:38,654 just to give them their stinking memories. 930 00:45:44,070 --> 00:45:46,801 One of my duties was to clean up the group photos. 931 00:45:46,874 --> 00:45:50,367 It was a cinch with our new software. 932 00:45:52,047 --> 00:45:55,347 People are so ungrateful. 933 00:47:04,609 --> 00:47:09,138 #Ahh-a-a-aah, aaah-a-a-aaah # 934 00:47:19,194 --> 00:47:23,826 [Rock Music Playing] 935 00:47:27,338 --> 00:47:29,533 Aaagh! Aaagh! 936 00:47:29,607 --> 00:47:33,009 Aaagh! 937 00:47:38,819 --> 00:47:40,617 [Panting] 938 00:48:19,901 --> 00:48:22,096 [Tires Screech] 939 00:49:18,911 --> 00:49:20,970 [Engine Starting] 940 00:49:24,885 --> 00:49:26,751 Jim: The day before the election 941 00:49:26,821 --> 00:49:30,451 was when things started to get really complicated. 942 00:49:30,526 --> 00:49:32,050 There's your culprit. 943 00:49:32,128 --> 00:49:35,530 Linda had asked me to stop by on my way to school 944 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:39,196 to help her out with a little plumbing problem. 945 00:49:39,271 --> 00:49:42,036 Did you know Dave's a bed-wetter? 946 00:49:42,108 --> 00:49:45,738 No. No, l... I didn't know that. 947 00:49:45,813 --> 00:49:47,940 All his life. He's tried everything. 948 00:49:51,586 --> 00:49:54,283 Is that still running clear? 949 00:49:54,357 --> 00:49:55,382 Yeah. 950 00:49:55,459 --> 00:49:57,222 Better let it run for a while. 951 00:49:57,294 --> 00:49:59,229 OK. 952 00:49:59,297 --> 00:50:01,595 Oh, wait. 953 00:50:01,666 --> 00:50:04,966 Here. This one's clean. 954 00:50:08,609 --> 00:50:10,577 I guess you better get to work, huh? 955 00:50:10,645 --> 00:50:12,238 You're gonna be late. 956 00:50:12,314 --> 00:50:14,805 Yeah. 957 00:50:24,897 --> 00:50:27,457 [Whispering] Thank you, Jim. 958 00:50:40,383 --> 00:50:42,750 Jim: It was something that just happened. 959 00:50:42,820 --> 00:50:44,812 Neither of us expected it. 960 00:50:44,890 --> 00:50:46,619 Neither of us planned it. 961 00:50:46,692 --> 00:50:50,220 But once we started, we knew there was no turning back. 962 00:50:50,296 --> 00:50:53,994 It was a miracle. 963 00:50:54,068 --> 00:50:55,934 Oh, Jim. 964 00:51:06,884 --> 00:51:09,513 Hey, take me to that motel, 965 00:51:09,588 --> 00:51:10,714 like you wanted. 966 00:51:10,789 --> 00:51:12,485 Now? 967 00:51:12,559 --> 00:51:14,322 Um, come by after school. 968 00:51:14,395 --> 00:51:15,862 I'll leave Darryl with a sitter. 969 00:51:15,930 --> 00:51:18,832 Oh. 3:25. 970 00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:20,925 OK, 3:25. 971 00:51:21,003 --> 00:51:22,834 [Engine Starts] 972 00:51:30,181 --> 00:51:31,274 Jim: What had blossomed 973 00:51:31,350 --> 00:51:33,215 between Linda and me was too real, 974 00:51:33,285 --> 00:51:35,151 too powerful to deny. 975 00:51:35,222 --> 00:51:36,883 For the first time in years, 976 00:51:36,957 --> 00:51:39,586 I felt free and alive. 977 00:51:44,667 --> 00:51:45,599 Woman: Hiya, Jim. 978 00:51:45,668 --> 00:51:47,466 [Speaking In Italian] 979 00:52:08,431 --> 00:52:11,094 It's not fair, it's just not fair. 980 00:52:11,169 --> 00:52:12,636 I just don't think somebody 981 00:52:12,703 --> 00:52:14,467 would do something like that on purpose. 982 00:52:14,540 --> 00:52:16,838 It must be some sort of mistake, 983 00:52:16,909 --> 00:52:18,901 like a maintenance thing. 984 00:52:18,978 --> 00:52:22,005 Jim, where the hell have you been? 985 00:52:22,082 --> 00:52:25,484 Nowhere. l... I don't have any classes 986 00:52:25,554 --> 00:52:26,486 till second period. 987 00:52:26,555 --> 00:52:27,682 Well, I tried you at home, 988 00:52:27,757 --> 00:52:29,588 and we've got a situation here. 989 00:52:29,659 --> 00:52:31,025 If Paul loses this election tomorrow, 990 00:52:31,094 --> 00:52:32,288 there has to be another one 991 00:52:32,362 --> 00:52:33,590 with posters. 992 00:52:33,665 --> 00:52:35,599 Somebody tore down their posters. 993 00:52:35,667 --> 00:52:37,226 Those posters cost us a lot of money, 994 00:52:37,303 --> 00:52:38,463 and there's no time to make any more. 995 00:52:38,537 --> 00:52:39,970 All right, we'll get to the bottom of it. 996 00:52:40,039 --> 00:52:41,803 We still have some extra ones, don't we? 997 00:52:41,875 --> 00:52:43,206 Maybe we could just use those. 998 00:52:43,276 --> 00:52:44,209 It was Tammy. 999 00:52:44,278 --> 00:52:45,210 That's who it was. 1000 00:52:45,279 --> 00:52:47,271 Oh, no. Hey, like I said, 1001 00:52:47,349 --> 00:52:48,907 she just wouldn't do something like that. 1002 00:52:48,984 --> 00:52:50,612 Well, that speech that she gave, 1003 00:52:50,687 --> 00:52:51,984 you know, it was pretty... 1004 00:52:52,055 --> 00:52:54,149 It was out there. 1005 00:52:54,225 --> 00:52:55,522 But we'll get to the bottom of it. 1006 00:52:55,593 --> 00:52:57,994 I want you two to go back, 1007 00:52:58,063 --> 00:52:59,997 I want you to focus on your studies. 1008 00:53:00,066 --> 00:53:02,899 Mr. McAllister will handle the whole thing. 1009 00:53:02,969 --> 00:53:04,995 Right, Jim? 1010 00:53:05,072 --> 00:53:09,032 What's that? Oh, yeah. Sure, yeah, you bet. 1011 00:53:17,655 --> 00:53:19,714 Tracy. 1012 00:53:22,995 --> 00:53:25,988 Tracy, come on in. 1013 00:53:26,065 --> 00:53:28,500 Close the door behind you. 1014 00:53:34,343 --> 00:53:36,471 Have a seat. 1015 00:53:40,285 --> 00:53:43,813 I guess you know why you're here. 1016 00:53:46,191 --> 00:53:47,420 If it's about the posters, 1017 00:53:47,494 --> 00:53:48,688 I think it's awful. 1018 00:53:48,762 --> 00:53:50,628 I think it's a travesty. 1019 00:53:50,698 --> 00:53:52,097 Travesty, huh? 1020 00:53:52,166 --> 00:53:55,432 Well, that's interesting, 1021 00:53:55,504 --> 00:53:57,769 because I think you did it. 1022 00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:00,036 What? 1023 00:54:01,578 --> 00:54:03,638 Are you accusing me? 1024 00:54:03,715 --> 00:54:05,239 You're not serious. 1025 00:54:05,317 --> 00:54:07,149 Mr. McAllister, we've worked together 1026 00:54:07,219 --> 00:54:09,484 on the S.G.A. for 3 solid years. 1027 00:54:09,556 --> 00:54:11,581 Besides, my own best banner was torn down. 1028 00:54:11,658 --> 00:54:12,990 Did I do that, too? 1029 00:54:13,061 --> 00:54:14,460 Were you or were you not 1030 00:54:14,529 --> 00:54:16,464 working in the Looking Glass Office 1031 00:54:16,532 --> 00:54:17,464 over the weekend? 1032 00:54:17,533 --> 00:54:21,265 I was. So? Mr. Paterno let me in. 1033 00:54:21,338 --> 00:54:23,637 As you know, with my many responsibilities, 1034 00:54:23,708 --> 00:54:25,175 I often have to come in on the weekend. 1035 00:54:25,242 --> 00:54:27,268 And I have permission to do so. 1036 00:54:27,346 --> 00:54:30,077 But I left very early, around 6:30. 1037 00:54:31,317 --> 00:54:35,084 6:30. 6:30? 1038 00:54:35,155 --> 00:54:37,750 How do you know what time the posters were torn down? 1039 00:54:37,826 --> 00:54:40,489 I don't. I just know 1040 00:54:40,563 --> 00:54:42,087 that they were there when I left. 1041 00:54:42,164 --> 00:54:44,565 I'm giving you helpful information, that's all. 1042 00:54:44,634 --> 00:54:45,624 You know, instead of wasting your time 1043 00:54:45,703 --> 00:54:46,692 interrogating me, 1044 00:54:48,031 --> 00:54:48,827 we should be out there 1045 00:54:48,898 --> 00:54:50,059 trying to figure out who did this. 1046 00:54:50,134 --> 00:54:52,330 OK, Tracy. 1047 00:54:52,404 --> 00:54:54,031 Who do you think did it? 1048 00:54:54,105 --> 00:54:56,006 Whom should we interrogate? 1049 00:54:56,075 --> 00:54:57,804 Well, I don't know. 1050 00:54:57,877 --> 00:54:59,311 You know, it could have been anybody. 1051 00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:01,779 There's a lot of subversive elements here at Carver, 1052 00:55:01,849 --> 00:55:05,480 like Rick Thiessen or Kevin Speck and those burnouts. 1053 00:55:05,554 --> 00:55:06,646 Or what about Tammy Metzler? 1054 00:55:06,722 --> 00:55:07,689 I mean, her whole thing 1055 00:55:07,756 --> 00:55:10,021 is being anti-this and anti-that. 1056 00:55:11,528 --> 00:55:14,726 Tracy, you're a very intelligent girl. 1057 00:55:14,799 --> 00:55:17,701 You have a lot of admirable qualities. 1058 00:55:17,769 --> 00:55:19,670 But one day maybe you'll learn 1059 00:55:19,739 --> 00:55:20,797 that being smart 1060 00:55:20,874 --> 00:55:23,503 and doing whatever you need to do to get ahead 1061 00:55:23,577 --> 00:55:25,169 and, yes, stepping on other people 1062 00:55:25,247 --> 00:55:26,544 to get there, 1063 00:55:26,615 --> 00:55:30,347 well, there's a whole lot more to life than that. 1064 00:55:30,419 --> 00:55:33,048 And, in the end, you're only cheating yourself. 1065 00:55:34,258 --> 00:55:36,454 Why are you lecturing me? 1066 00:55:36,528 --> 00:55:41,125 This isn't the time or the place to get into it. 1067 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,499 But there is, for just one example, 1068 00:55:43,570 --> 00:55:45,562 a certain former colleague of mine 1069 00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:49,338 who made a very big mistake, a life mistake. 1070 00:55:49,411 --> 00:55:50,844 Now, I think the lesson here is that, 1071 00:55:50,913 --> 00:55:54,645 old or young, we all make mistakes. 1072 00:55:54,717 --> 00:55:56,583 And we have to learn that our actions, 1073 00:55:56,654 --> 00:56:01,753 all of them, can carry serious consequences. 1074 00:56:01,827 --> 00:56:05,093 Mm-hmm. I don't know what you're referring to, 1075 00:56:05,165 --> 00:56:07,861 but maybe if certain older, wiser people 1076 00:56:07,935 --> 00:56:09,927 hadn't acted like such little babies 1077 00:56:10,004 --> 00:56:11,164 and gotten so mushy, 1078 00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:13,265 then everything would be OK. 1079 00:56:13,342 --> 00:56:15,834 I agree, and I also think 1080 00:56:15,912 --> 00:56:17,743 that certain young and naive people 1081 00:56:17,814 --> 00:56:19,806 need to thank their lucky stars 1082 00:56:19,884 --> 00:56:21,648 and be very, very grateful 1083 00:56:21,720 --> 00:56:23,881 the entire school didn't find out 1084 00:56:23,956 --> 00:56:25,356 about certain indiscretions 1085 00:56:25,425 --> 00:56:27,893 that could've ruined their reputations 1086 00:56:27,962 --> 00:56:31,022 and their chances to win certain elections. 1087 00:56:31,098 --> 00:56:32,964 And I think certain older people, 1088 00:56:33,034 --> 00:56:34,969 like you and your colleague, 1089 00:56:35,037 --> 00:56:36,971 shouldn't be letching after their students, 1090 00:56:37,039 --> 00:56:38,029 especially when some of them 1091 00:56:38,108 --> 00:56:39,939 can't even get their own wives pregnant, 1092 00:56:40,010 --> 00:56:41,740 and they certainly shouldn't be 1093 00:56:41,813 --> 00:56:44,247 making slanderous accusations, 1094 00:56:44,315 --> 00:56:46,477 especially when certain young, naive people's mothers 1095 00:56:46,552 --> 00:56:47,884 are paralegal secretaries 1096 00:56:47,954 --> 00:56:49,148 at the city's biggest law firm 1097 00:56:49,222 --> 00:56:51,521 and have won many successful lawsuits. 1098 00:56:51,592 --> 00:56:54,060 And if you want to keep questioning me like this, 1099 00:56:54,128 --> 00:56:57,257 I won't continue without my attorney present. 1100 00:56:59,736 --> 00:57:01,102 [Knock On Door] 1101 00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:04,470 You wanted to see me, Mr. McAllister? 1102 00:57:04,542 --> 00:57:06,806 Just wait outside, Tammy. 1103 00:57:06,878 --> 00:57:09,814 OK, but is this about the posters? 1104 00:57:09,882 --> 00:57:12,511 Possibly. Please, just wait outside. 1105 00:57:12,586 --> 00:57:15,852 OK, because I know who did it. 1106 00:57:15,923 --> 00:57:18,757 So, I'll just be outside. 1107 00:57:22,298 --> 00:57:23,629 Don't go anywhere, Tracy. 1108 00:57:23,700 --> 00:57:25,896 Tammy, come on in here. 1109 00:57:27,406 --> 00:57:29,670 This ought to be good. 1110 00:57:32,545 --> 00:57:34,707 So, what do you have to tell me, Tammy? 1111 00:57:34,782 --> 00:57:37,114 Well, this is hard for me, 1112 00:57:37,184 --> 00:57:39,312 but I think it's important to be honest, 1113 00:57:39,387 --> 00:57:40,513 don't you? 1114 00:57:40,589 --> 00:57:42,318 Yeah. What is it, Tammy? 1115 00:57:42,391 --> 00:57:47,524 I did it. I'm the one who tore down Paul's posters. 1116 00:57:47,598 --> 00:57:50,066 I did it. 1117 00:57:50,134 --> 00:57:51,534 When did you do it? 1118 00:57:51,603 --> 00:57:54,334 I don't know... Yesterday, Sunday. 1119 00:57:54,407 --> 00:57:56,932 How'd you get into the school? 1120 00:57:58,279 --> 00:57:59,644 Door was open. 1121 00:57:59,714 --> 00:58:01,546 Which door? 1122 00:58:01,616 --> 00:58:04,245 I don't know. All I know is I did it. 1123 00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:06,254 Well, I don't believe you. 1124 00:58:06,322 --> 00:58:07,984 I have proof. 1125 00:58:20,775 --> 00:58:24,212 #Aaah-a-a-aaah # 1126 00:58:24,279 --> 00:58:28,114 #Aaah-a-a-aaaah # 1127 00:58:29,219 --> 00:58:31,814 #Aaah-a-a-a-aaaah # 1128 00:58:34,726 --> 00:58:35,658 Tracy? 1129 00:58:35,727 --> 00:58:37,161 Yes? 1130 00:58:37,230 --> 00:58:39,255 Looks like today's your lucky day. 1131 00:58:39,332 --> 00:58:40,595 You're off the hook. 1132 00:58:40,667 --> 00:58:43,432 Tammy here has confessed. 1133 00:58:54,152 --> 00:58:56,849 I told you. 1134 00:58:56,922 --> 00:58:57,980 I told you. 1135 00:58:58,056 --> 00:59:00,184 You're gonna pay for my poster! 1136 00:59:00,260 --> 00:59:01,386 OK, easy, now, now, 1137 00:59:01,461 --> 00:59:02,393 quit while you're ahead, 1138 00:59:02,462 --> 00:59:03,987 will you, Tracy? Just run along. 1139 00:59:04,064 --> 00:59:05,531 Back to class. 1140 00:59:05,599 --> 00:59:07,795 Jim: The rest of the day was unbearable. 1141 00:59:07,869 --> 00:59:11,306 I kept smelling Linda on my clothes and my fingers, 1142 00:59:11,374 --> 00:59:14,003 and I just couldn't wait to get out of there. 1143 00:59:16,246 --> 00:59:18,545 I wanted everything to be perfect 1144 00:59:18,616 --> 00:59:20,141 that afternoon at the motel. 1145 00:59:20,219 --> 00:59:21,652 So I decided to give myself 1146 00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:24,053 a little time to prepare during eighth period. 1147 00:59:24,124 --> 00:59:25,785 Pop quiz, everybody. 1148 00:59:25,859 --> 00:59:27,350 [Class Groans] 1149 00:59:27,428 --> 00:59:29,897 Put your stuff away. Come on, no whining. 1150 00:59:29,965 --> 00:59:32,058 If you've done your reading, this should be an easy one. 1151 00:59:33,870 --> 00:59:35,895 Jim: I'd have exactly 48 minutes 1152 00:59:35,972 --> 00:59:37,065 to make all the arrangements. 1153 00:59:37,141 --> 00:59:38,335 If you finish early, just sit quietly 1154 00:59:38,409 --> 00:59:41,106 and check your work. I'll be right back. 1155 01:00:47,832 --> 01:00:49,596 [Tires Screech] 1156 01:00:59,114 --> 01:01:01,639 OK, everybody. Pass 'em forward. 1157 01:01:01,717 --> 01:01:04,209 Stephanie, put your pen down. Stop. 1158 01:01:04,287 --> 01:01:05,312 [Bell Rings] 1159 01:01:05,389 --> 01:01:07,254 All right, see you all on Wednesday. 1160 01:01:07,325 --> 01:01:09,157 Don't forget to vote tomorrow. 1161 01:01:32,424 --> 01:01:33,721 [Doorbell Rings] 1162 01:01:38,966 --> 01:01:41,127 [Whistles] 1163 01:01:41,202 --> 01:01:43,637 [Doorbell Rings] 1164 01:01:49,646 --> 01:01:51,547 Linda. 1165 01:01:53,918 --> 01:01:55,716 Linda. 1166 01:01:59,860 --> 01:02:02,261 Linda! 1167 01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:12,468 Linda! 1168 01:02:13,778 --> 01:02:15,872 Linda. 1169 01:02:19,952 --> 01:02:20,919 [Bee Buzzes] 1170 01:02:23,090 --> 01:02:25,321 Ow! 1171 01:02:26,428 --> 01:02:30,832 Ow. Jesus. 1172 01:02:30,900 --> 01:02:33,820 Oh, fuck. 1173 01:02:41,898 --> 01:02:43,525 Linda On Machine: Hi. You've reached the Novotnys. 1174 01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:45,569 We're not around, but we'll call you back real soon. 1175 01:02:45,636 --> 01:02:47,628 Have a nice day. [Beep] 1176 01:02:47,706 --> 01:02:50,072 Hey, Linda, it's me. 1177 01:02:50,142 --> 01:02:51,610 Are you there? Pick up. 1178 01:02:51,677 --> 01:02:56,479 Um, OK, well, it's, uh, it's 4:32, 1179 01:02:56,550 --> 01:03:01,819 and, uh, I came by at 3:25, like we said, 1180 01:03:01,891 --> 01:03:04,952 and, uh, I waited there, but, um, 1181 01:03:05,028 --> 01:03:08,692 you weren't there, so, so now 1182 01:03:08,766 --> 01:03:11,736 I'm at... at the place that we talked about, 1183 01:03:11,804 --> 01:03:14,831 suite 246, 1184 01:03:14,908 --> 01:03:19,608 and I'm here. Everything's all set, 1185 01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:23,139 so, uh, hope you get here soon. 1186 01:03:23,218 --> 01:03:25,517 OK. Bye-bye. 1187 01:03:31,229 --> 01:03:34,256 I don't get it. I just don't get it. 1188 01:03:34,333 --> 01:03:36,801 What you have against your mother and me, 1189 01:03:36,869 --> 01:03:40,398 against your brother Paul, is completely beyond me. 1190 01:03:40,475 --> 01:03:42,443 Your mother's extremely upset, 1191 01:03:42,510 --> 01:03:44,445 she's at the end of her rope. 1192 01:03:44,513 --> 01:03:47,074 Your behavior keeps getting crazier and crazier 1193 01:03:47,150 --> 01:03:49,015 and wilder and wilder. 1194 01:03:49,085 --> 01:03:50,815 Who knows what the hell else you're doing out there 1195 01:03:50,888 --> 01:03:53,824 that we don't even know about. 1196 01:03:53,892 --> 01:03:56,053 We just had a long conversation 1197 01:03:56,127 --> 01:03:58,028 with Walt Hendricks. 1198 01:03:58,097 --> 01:04:01,090 Just got off the phone with him at his home. 1199 01:04:01,168 --> 01:04:03,363 You know he doesn't want you back at Carver. 1200 01:04:03,438 --> 01:04:06,601 He's fed up with you. Fed up, 1201 01:04:06,674 --> 01:04:07,607 and I don't blame him. 1202 01:04:07,676 --> 01:04:09,906 - Dick, Dick. - What? 1203 01:04:09,979 --> 01:04:11,345 Tammy, your father and I 1204 01:04:11,414 --> 01:04:12,346 have been talking, 1205 01:04:12,415 --> 01:04:14,281 and we've come to a decision that we... 1206 01:04:14,352 --> 01:04:16,685 You're going to Immaculate Heart. 1207 01:04:16,755 --> 01:04:18,620 That's where you belong. 1208 01:04:18,690 --> 01:04:22,388 Maybe the nuns will be able to straighten you out. 1209 01:04:22,462 --> 01:04:25,523 Is that funny? You think it's funny? 1210 01:05:15,531 --> 01:05:16,999 [Baby Coughing] 1211 01:05:18,702 --> 01:05:21,604 [Cooing] 1212 01:05:31,885 --> 01:05:33,820 [Soft Crying] 1213 01:05:56,685 --> 01:05:58,550 OK. 1214 01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:51,078 Tracy: Dear Lord Jesus, 1215 01:06:51,155 --> 01:06:53,852 I do not often speak with You and ask for things, 1216 01:06:53,926 --> 01:06:55,554 but now I really must insist 1217 01:06:55,628 --> 01:06:57,528 that You help me win the election tomorrow, 1218 01:06:57,597 --> 01:07:00,032 because I deserve it and Paul Metzler doesn't, 1219 01:07:00,101 --> 01:07:02,070 as You well know. 1220 01:07:02,137 --> 01:07:03,968 I realize that it was Your divine hand 1221 01:07:04,039 --> 01:07:05,598 that disqualified Tammy Metzler, 1222 01:07:05,675 --> 01:07:08,577 and now I'm asking that You go that one last mile 1223 01:07:08,645 --> 01:07:11,170 and make sure to put me in office where I belong 1224 01:07:11,248 --> 01:07:13,183 so that I may carry out Your will on Earth 1225 01:07:13,251 --> 01:07:16,346 as it is in heaven. Amen. 1226 01:07:16,422 --> 01:07:17,514 Tammy: Dear God, 1227 01:07:17,590 --> 01:07:19,081 I know I don't believe in You, 1228 01:07:19,159 --> 01:07:20,922 but since I'll be starting Catholic school soon, 1229 01:07:20,994 --> 01:07:23,054 I thought I should at least practice. 1230 01:07:23,131 --> 01:07:25,623 Let's see, what do I want? 1231 01:07:25,701 --> 01:07:28,136 I want Lisa to realize what a bitch she is 1232 01:07:28,204 --> 01:07:30,001 and feel really bad and apologize 1233 01:07:30,073 --> 01:07:31,301 for how she hurt me 1234 01:07:31,375 --> 01:07:33,434 and know how much I still love her. 1235 01:07:33,511 --> 01:07:36,037 In spite of everything, I still want Paul 1236 01:07:36,114 --> 01:07:37,172 to win the election tomorrow, 1237 01:07:37,249 --> 01:07:40,686 not that cunt Tracy. Oh, and I also want 1238 01:07:40,753 --> 01:07:42,745 a really expensive pair of leather pants, 1239 01:07:42,823 --> 01:07:44,290 and someday I want to be 1240 01:07:44,358 --> 01:07:48,490 really good friends with Madonna. Love, Tammy. 1241 01:07:48,564 --> 01:07:50,191 Paul: Dear God, thank You 1242 01:07:50,266 --> 01:07:51,495 for all Your blessings. 1243 01:07:51,568 --> 01:07:53,058 You've given me so many things, 1244 01:07:53,136 --> 01:07:56,698 like good health, nice parents, a nice truck, 1245 01:07:56,774 --> 01:07:58,709 and what I'm told is a large penis, 1246 01:07:58,777 --> 01:08:00,472 and I'm very grateful. 1247 01:08:00,546 --> 01:08:02,674 But I sure am worried about Tammy. 1248 01:08:02,749 --> 01:08:04,479 In my heart I still can't believe 1249 01:08:04,552 --> 01:08:05,951 she tore down my posters, 1250 01:08:06,020 --> 01:08:08,922 but sometimes she does get so weird and angry. 1251 01:08:08,990 --> 01:08:11,391 Please help her be a happier person 1252 01:08:11,460 --> 01:08:13,155 because she's so smart and sensitive 1253 01:08:13,229 --> 01:08:15,255 and I love her so much. 1254 01:08:15,332 --> 01:08:18,393 Also, I'm nervous about the election tomorrow 1255 01:08:18,469 --> 01:08:20,528 and I guess I want to win and all, 1256 01:08:20,605 --> 01:08:22,870 but I know that's totally up to You. 1257 01:08:22,942 --> 01:08:24,843 You'll decide who the best person is 1258 01:08:24,911 --> 01:08:28,143 and I'll accept it, and forgive me for my sins, 1259 01:08:28,216 --> 01:08:31,709 whatever they may be. Amen. 1260 01:08:37,628 --> 01:08:39,960 Jim: Linda never came home that night. 1261 01:08:40,030 --> 01:08:42,864 I know, because I spent 10 hours 1262 01:08:42,934 --> 01:08:45,199 waiting outside her house. 1263 01:08:45,271 --> 01:08:48,207 [Groaning] 1264 01:09:00,123 --> 01:09:01,921 Oh, God. 1265 01:09:33,466 --> 01:09:34,957 Tracy: On election day, 1266 01:09:35,036 --> 01:09:36,800 my mom and I got up really early, 1267 01:09:36,872 --> 01:09:40,570 and together we customized 480 cupcakes. 1268 01:09:46,483 --> 01:09:48,384 Good morning, Mr. M. 1269 01:09:52,124 --> 01:09:54,889 Looks like you could use a cupcake. 1270 01:10:03,005 --> 01:10:04,667 Hey, what happened to your eye? 1271 01:10:09,513 --> 01:10:10,947 Are you OK? 1272 01:10:11,049 --> 01:10:12,038 "Mr. McAllister, 1273 01:10:13,372 --> 01:10:15,602 Mr. McAllister, somebody tore down my posters. 1274 01:10:15,674 --> 01:10:17,939 It's not fair, it's not fair. 1275 01:10:18,011 --> 01:10:20,981 Can I have an 'A'? Can I have a recommendation? 1276 01:10:21,048 --> 01:10:23,176 Can I, can I?" 1277 01:10:23,251 --> 01:10:25,242 Fuck them. 1278 01:10:42,776 --> 01:10:46,236 [Ring] 1279 01:10:46,315 --> 01:10:47,907 Linda On Machine: Hi. You've reached the Novotnys. 1280 01:10:47,983 --> 01:10:49,975 We're not around, but we'll call you back real soon. 1281 01:10:50,053 --> 01:10:52,351 Have a nice day. [Beep] 1282 01:10:52,422 --> 01:10:56,121 Why did you do that? I trusted you completely. 1283 01:10:56,194 --> 01:10:58,185 And you ruined my life, do you know that? 1284 01:10:58,263 --> 01:11:01,233 Do you realize that? Huh? Do you? 1285 01:11:01,300 --> 01:11:03,667 You ruined Diane's life... You ruined my life, 1286 01:11:03,737 --> 01:11:06,468 is that what you wanted? 1287 01:11:06,541 --> 01:11:10,740 I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I'm just... I'm going nuts here, 1288 01:11:10,813 --> 01:11:14,113 and I really think we should talk. 1289 01:11:14,184 --> 01:11:17,712 It's Jim. I love you. 1290 01:11:24,264 --> 01:11:25,994 Attention, everyone. 1291 01:11:26,066 --> 01:11:27,533 We have an important announcement 1292 01:11:27,601 --> 01:11:30,901 from our principal, Dr. Hendricks. 1293 01:11:30,972 --> 01:11:33,134 [Coughs] 1294 01:11:33,209 --> 01:11:35,541 Good morning, students. 1295 01:11:35,612 --> 01:11:38,376 It, uh, behooves me to inform you 1296 01:11:38,448 --> 01:11:40,542 of an important change in today's election. 1297 01:11:40,618 --> 01:11:42,951 Effective this morning sophomore Tammy Metzler 1298 01:11:43,022 --> 01:11:44,887 has been... Metzler has been 1299 01:11:44,957 --> 01:11:47,483 determined ineligible, I repeat, ineligible 1300 01:11:47,560 --> 01:11:49,153 for S.G.A. president. 1301 01:11:49,230 --> 01:11:50,993 All other candidates are eligible. 1302 01:11:51,065 --> 01:11:54,263 You may, uh, vote for any of those, 1303 01:11:54,336 --> 01:11:56,430 but not Tammy Metzler. 1304 01:11:57,807 --> 01:11:59,833 Tracy: When the time came to cast our votes, 1305 01:11:59,910 --> 01:12:02,209 I stood in line just like everyone else. 1306 01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:03,212 Hi, Tracy. 1307 01:12:03,281 --> 01:12:05,146 Tracy Enid Flick. 1308 01:12:05,216 --> 01:12:06,241 I know. 1309 01:12:07,420 --> 01:12:09,218 Thank you. 1310 01:12:20,603 --> 01:12:22,162 Ready, Phil? 1311 01:12:22,239 --> 01:12:23,501 Phil: Yeah, ready. 1312 01:12:31,584 --> 01:12:33,177 Thanks, Phil. 1313 01:12:37,292 --> 01:12:39,056 Oh, hey, Tracy. 1314 01:12:39,128 --> 01:12:40,356 Hi, Paul. 1315 01:12:40,429 --> 01:12:42,421 Isn't this exciting? 1316 01:12:42,499 --> 01:12:43,591 Mm-hmm. 1317 01:12:43,667 --> 01:12:46,159 Well, good luck. 1318 01:12:46,237 --> 01:12:48,706 Thanks, Paul. You, too. 1319 01:12:48,774 --> 01:12:51,174 Oh, thanks! 1320 01:12:57,218 --> 01:12:58,880 Paul: It's so weird. 1321 01:12:58,954 --> 01:13:01,354 Do people always just vote for themselves? 1322 01:13:01,423 --> 01:13:04,450 'Cause looking at my own name on the ballot 1323 01:13:04,527 --> 01:13:06,962 I just... I don't know, 1324 01:13:07,031 --> 01:13:10,229 I just felt like it's not right to vote for yourself. 1325 01:13:25,355 --> 01:13:26,982 [Door Opens] 1326 01:13:28,492 --> 01:13:29,686 Ok, Mr. M. 1327 01:13:30,928 --> 01:13:33,955 All right. So... 1328 01:13:34,032 --> 01:13:35,466 let's start counting. 1329 01:13:35,535 --> 01:13:38,994 OK, well, as the election committee chairman, 1330 01:13:39,073 --> 01:13:40,131 I'll do the first count. 1331 01:13:40,207 --> 01:13:41,800 And then you can do the second count, 1332 01:13:41,876 --> 01:13:43,343 you know, for the 2 independent counts. 1333 01:13:43,411 --> 01:13:46,006 Fine. So do your count. 1334 01:13:46,082 --> 01:13:48,483 Start with president, and I'll be right back. 1335 01:13:48,552 --> 01:13:51,545 You have the key, Mr. McAllister. 1336 01:13:54,660 --> 01:13:57,094 Right. 1337 01:14:09,745 --> 01:14:12,374 Are you OK, Mr. McAllister? 1338 01:14:12,449 --> 01:14:14,645 Yeah. What happened to your eye? 1339 01:14:14,719 --> 01:14:17,416 I'm fine! It's just a bee sting. 1340 01:14:17,490 --> 01:14:19,890 A simple little everyday bee sting. 1341 01:14:19,959 --> 01:14:22,929 Some people can get stung, it's no big deal. 1342 01:14:22,996 --> 01:14:25,022 Me... I swell up. 1343 01:14:25,099 --> 01:14:27,694 There's not much time left until eighth period. 1344 01:14:27,769 --> 01:14:30,329 I have other things going on, too, you know. 1345 01:14:30,405 --> 01:14:34,571 Yeah. OK. We know. 1346 01:14:34,645 --> 01:14:36,772 All right. I'll be right back. 1347 01:14:40,720 --> 01:14:42,881 Answering Machine: Hi. You've reached the Novotnys. 1348 01:14:42,955 --> 01:14:44,753 We're not around, but we'll call you back real soon. 1349 01:14:44,825 --> 01:14:45,985 Have a nice day. 1350 01:14:46,059 --> 01:14:47,357 [Beep] 1351 01:14:47,428 --> 01:14:49,020 Uh, it's me again. 1352 01:14:49,097 --> 01:14:52,329 I'm sorry for all the messages, but, uh... 1353 01:14:52,401 --> 01:14:53,960 Linda, if I could just hear your voice. 1354 01:14:54,037 --> 01:14:56,005 If you'd only acknowledge that l... 1355 01:14:56,072 --> 01:14:57,005 [Phone Is Picked Up] 1356 01:14:57,074 --> 01:14:58,006 Linda: What do you want, Jim? 1357 01:14:58,075 --> 01:14:59,667 You're there. 1358 01:14:59,744 --> 01:15:03,078 Yeah, I'm here. 1359 01:15:03,148 --> 01:15:04,081 Linda, I love you. 1360 01:15:04,150 --> 01:15:05,117 [Linda Sighs] 1361 01:15:05,185 --> 01:15:07,916 Don't say that. You know it's not true. 1362 01:15:07,988 --> 01:15:10,149 It's the only true thing I know anymore. 1363 01:15:10,225 --> 01:15:13,251 We made a mistake. Let's not make it worse. 1364 01:15:13,328 --> 01:15:15,991 A mistake? That was no mistake! 1365 01:15:16,065 --> 01:15:18,796 I was lonely. You took advantage. 1366 01:15:18,869 --> 01:15:23,239 Me?! I took advantage of you? 1367 01:15:23,308 --> 01:15:25,743 You hugged me! You kissed me! You're the one who... 1368 01:15:25,811 --> 01:15:28,337 [Linda Hangs Up] 1369 01:15:33,254 --> 01:15:34,916 Hey, Mr. M, big day, huh? 1370 01:15:34,990 --> 01:15:36,856 Not now, Paul. 1371 01:15:42,032 --> 01:15:42,964 What have you got? 1372 01:15:43,033 --> 01:15:45,525 Well, I'm not supposed to tell. 1373 01:15:45,604 --> 01:15:47,539 Not until you've counted, too. 1374 01:15:47,607 --> 01:15:48,631 We're each supposed to make 1375 01:15:48,708 --> 01:15:49,801 an independent count. 1376 01:15:49,876 --> 01:15:51,275 You're kidding, right? 1377 01:15:51,345 --> 01:15:53,040 Well, I thought those were the rules, 1378 01:15:53,114 --> 01:15:54,046 Mr. McAllister. 1379 01:15:54,115 --> 01:15:56,015 If they've changed in any way, I can... 1380 01:15:56,084 --> 01:15:57,814 Larry, we're not electing the fucking pope here. 1381 01:15:57,886 --> 01:15:59,649 Just tell me who won. 1382 01:16:05,329 --> 01:16:06,797 It's a squeaker, Mr. M. 1383 01:16:06,865 --> 01:16:09,835 I've got Tracy by a vote. 1384 01:16:09,902 --> 01:16:11,335 Just one vote. 1385 01:16:19,414 --> 01:16:20,882 Mr. M? 1386 01:16:23,253 --> 01:16:24,277 All right. 1387 01:16:26,190 --> 01:16:27,122 OK. 1388 01:16:27,191 --> 01:16:31,856 Well, guess I better do my count. 1389 01:17:28,513 --> 01:17:30,448 Yay! 1390 01:17:30,516 --> 01:17:32,985 Yay! 1391 01:17:37,625 --> 01:17:39,287 Yay! 1392 01:17:42,699 --> 01:17:45,635 Jim: I was at the end of my count when it happened. 1393 01:17:45,703 --> 01:17:49,640 I'd come up with exactly the same numbers as Larry: 1394 01:17:49,708 --> 01:17:52,439 256 to 257. 1395 01:17:52,512 --> 01:17:55,277 Tracy had won the election by a single vote. 1396 01:17:56,784 --> 01:17:58,582 [Sighs] 1397 01:17:58,653 --> 01:18:01,645 I was about to announce my tally when... 1398 01:18:09,067 --> 01:18:12,697 the sight ofTracy at that moment affected me 1399 01:18:12,771 --> 01:18:14,671 in a way I can't fully explain. 1400 01:18:14,740 --> 01:18:17,938 Part of it was that she was spying. 1401 01:18:18,011 --> 01:18:21,140 But mostly it was her face. 1402 01:18:24,386 --> 01:18:28,153 Who knew how high she would climb in life? 1403 01:18:28,225 --> 01:18:31,627 How many people would suffer because of her? 1404 01:18:31,696 --> 01:18:33,926 I had to stop her... 1405 01:18:33,999 --> 01:18:36,195 now. 1406 01:18:57,296 --> 01:19:01,394 [Coughs] 1407 01:19:07,709 --> 01:19:09,109 Larry? 1408 01:19:09,178 --> 01:19:11,238 Yeah? 1409 01:19:11,315 --> 01:19:13,647 I think we have a problem. 1410 01:19:13,717 --> 01:19:17,085 253, 254, and 255. 1411 01:19:17,155 --> 01:19:18,714 Yep, I get the same as you, Jim. 1412 01:19:18,791 --> 01:19:20,656 Looks like Paul's our next president. 1413 01:19:20,726 --> 01:19:22,285 Larry: No way! 1414 01:19:22,362 --> 01:19:23,761 l-l-It doesn't make sense. 1415 01:19:23,830 --> 01:19:26,322 Well, sorry, Larry, but my figures work out 1416 01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:27,925 exactly the same as Mr. McAllister's. 1417 01:19:28,003 --> 01:19:32,498 I get, uh, 256 for Paul, 255 for Tracy. 1418 01:19:32,575 --> 01:19:35,739 And 290 disregards, right? 1419 01:19:35,813 --> 01:19:36,837 If you say so. 1420 01:19:36,914 --> 01:19:38,849 Mostly Tammy fans, if you can believe it. 1421 01:19:38,917 --> 01:19:40,350 See? It doesn't add up. 1422 01:19:40,418 --> 01:19:43,820 There were 801 ballots, but 803 people voted. 1423 01:19:43,889 --> 01:19:45,084 Well, there must be 2 votes missing. 1424 01:19:45,158 --> 01:19:46,352 Check the register. 1425 01:19:46,426 --> 01:19:48,520 He's right. 2 people must have pocketed their ballots. 1426 01:19:48,596 --> 01:19:50,188 Usually there's more. 1427 01:19:50,264 --> 01:19:54,066 But they were there. I counted 803 votes. 1428 01:19:54,137 --> 01:19:56,503 It happens, Larry. People make mistakes. 1429 01:19:56,573 --> 01:19:58,166 I didn't make a mistake. 1430 01:19:58,242 --> 01:20:00,472 Every vote was there when you sat down. 1431 01:20:00,544 --> 01:20:03,207 Easy, Falch. I don't like where you're going. 1432 01:20:03,281 --> 01:20:04,613 I'm sorry, Dr. Hendricks, 1433 01:20:04,684 --> 01:20:06,811 but every vote was accounted for. 1434 01:20:06,886 --> 01:20:08,354 Falch, that's enough. 1435 01:20:08,422 --> 01:20:10,687 End of story. 1436 01:20:10,759 --> 01:20:12,351 [Trumpet Fanfare] 1437 01:20:31,686 --> 01:20:32,914 Paul? 1438 01:20:32,987 --> 01:20:36,116 I just want to let you know that no matter what happens 1439 01:20:36,191 --> 01:20:37,181 and how this turns out, 1440 01:20:37,260 --> 01:20:39,455 you've run a really great campaign. 1441 01:20:39,529 --> 01:20:41,054 Good luck. 1442 01:20:41,131 --> 01:20:43,794 Well, thanks, Tracy. You, too. 1443 01:20:43,868 --> 01:20:46,029 I'm just glad it's over. 1444 01:20:47,907 --> 01:20:49,397 Jim: If we can just get started. 1445 01:20:49,475 --> 01:20:52,104 People. People. 1446 01:20:52,179 --> 01:20:53,772 As soon as the winners are announced, 1447 01:20:53,848 --> 01:20:55,577 we can all go home, OK? 1448 01:20:55,650 --> 01:20:58,711 Some contests are... 1449 01:20:58,787 --> 01:21:02,019 are so well-fought that it seems unfair 1450 01:21:02,092 --> 01:21:03,218 for someone to win... 1451 01:21:03,293 --> 01:21:06,753 [Thinks] Act surprised. Walk slowly to the podium. 1452 01:21:06,832 --> 01:21:10,325 Be modest. Thank them for this incredible honor. 1453 01:21:10,403 --> 01:21:12,667 They're all highly qualified 1454 01:21:12,739 --> 01:21:17,371 and embody the, uh, integrity that we expect 1455 01:21:17,445 --> 01:21:19,743 from the school leadership. 1456 01:21:19,814 --> 01:21:21,646 That said, the whole point of an election 1457 01:21:21,717 --> 01:21:24,278 is to chose a winner, and that you have done. 1458 01:21:24,354 --> 01:21:26,789 We'll begin with president. 1459 01:21:26,858 --> 01:21:28,917 I'd just like to add 1460 01:21:28,993 --> 01:21:31,155 that this was an extraordinarily close race. 1461 01:21:33,166 --> 01:21:35,794 It is my pleasure to announce the next president 1462 01:21:35,869 --> 01:21:38,361 of George Washington Carver High School... 1463 01:21:38,439 --> 01:21:40,965 Paul Metzler. 1464 01:21:41,042 --> 01:21:42,873 [Cheers And Applause] 1465 01:21:54,059 --> 01:21:55,959 Jeez, you guys, thanks. 1466 01:21:57,764 --> 01:22:00,165 Wow! Thanks. 1467 01:22:00,234 --> 01:22:01,963 I promise to do my best 1468 01:22:02,036 --> 01:22:06,304 and do a really good job and be a good president. 1469 01:22:06,376 --> 01:22:08,640 I just want to thank, uh, Lisa Flanagan 1470 01:22:08,711 --> 01:22:10,043 for being a super campaign manager. 1471 01:22:10,114 --> 01:22:13,175 I'd also like to say... 1472 01:22:13,251 --> 01:22:15,549 [Inaudible] 1473 01:22:52,936 --> 01:22:54,733 It's Mr. M. 1474 01:22:54,805 --> 01:22:57,866 Yes, over there. Yeah, come on. 1475 01:23:01,413 --> 01:23:03,780 Paul: Wow, Mr. M. This is so wild. 1476 01:23:03,850 --> 01:23:05,478 We were just here, uh, you know, 1477 01:23:05,553 --> 01:23:06,952 celebrating my victory, and you're here. 1478 01:23:07,021 --> 01:23:08,488 This is incredible. This is great. 1479 01:23:08,556 --> 01:23:09,956 Well, these are my parents. 1480 01:23:10,025 --> 01:23:11,219 Hi, Dick Metzler. 1481 01:23:11,293 --> 01:23:12,226 Jim McAllister. 1482 01:23:12,295 --> 01:23:13,660 - Jo Metzler. - How do you do? 1483 01:23:13,730 --> 01:23:15,254 Paul just thinks the world of you. 1484 01:23:15,331 --> 01:23:16,299 I mean, you should hear him. 1485 01:23:16,367 --> 01:23:17,629 He goes on and on and on. 1486 01:23:17,701 --> 01:23:18,669 Yeah, apparently you've really 1487 01:23:18,737 --> 01:23:19,999 come behind him, really helped him out 1488 01:23:20,071 --> 01:23:21,231 with that student council thing and all. 1489 01:23:21,306 --> 01:23:23,867 Oh, well... well, Paul doesn't need any help from me. 1490 01:23:23,943 --> 01:23:26,174 He's... He's going places. You should be very proud. 1491 01:23:26,246 --> 01:23:27,178 Jo: Oh, we are. 1492 01:23:27,247 --> 01:23:29,011 Hey, look, you're all alone. 1493 01:23:29,083 --> 01:23:30,482 Why don't you come over and join us? 1494 01:23:30,551 --> 01:23:31,483 Dick: Yeah. Yeah, come on. 1495 01:23:31,552 --> 01:23:33,214 Oh, I'm just finishing up here. 1496 01:23:33,289 --> 01:23:34,687 I've gotta get home. 1497 01:23:34,821 --> 01:23:36,084 Oh, well, uh, 1498 01:23:36,156 --> 01:23:39,388 why don't you guys go sit down, and, uh... 1499 01:23:39,461 --> 01:23:41,292 you know, I'll catch up with you in a minute. 1500 01:23:41,363 --> 01:23:43,298 I'm going to talk to Mr. M about some important stuff, 1501 01:23:43,366 --> 01:23:44,298 all right? 1502 01:23:44,367 --> 01:23:45,665 Dick: All right. That sounds great. 1503 01:23:45,736 --> 01:23:47,670 - Hey, sure nice to meet you. - Great to meet you. 1504 01:23:47,738 --> 01:23:49,331 - Pleasure. - So nice, and thank you. 1505 01:23:49,407 --> 01:23:50,772 Jim: You bet. 1506 01:23:54,813 --> 01:23:56,509 So, Mr. M, I was starting to think about, 1507 01:23:56,583 --> 01:23:58,711 you know, some ideas for what we could do. 1508 01:23:58,786 --> 01:24:00,515 I was thinking it would be cool 1509 01:24:00,588 --> 01:24:01,520 to have a carnival. 1510 01:24:01,590 --> 01:24:03,217 You know, with rides and stuff. 1511 01:24:03,292 --> 01:24:05,454 And it could be for, like, muscular dystrophy. 1512 01:24:05,528 --> 01:24:08,760 And then on Halloween, a haunted house. 1513 01:24:08,832 --> 01:24:10,595 You know, a really good haunted house, 1514 01:24:10,668 --> 01:24:11,966 not those cheesy bad ones. 1515 01:24:12,037 --> 01:24:13,129 You know, I mean, 1516 01:24:13,204 --> 01:24:15,105 this one would be super-scary. 1517 01:24:15,174 --> 01:24:16,971 And then for homecoming, 1518 01:24:17,043 --> 01:24:18,671 well, you know how last year's theme 1519 01:24:18,745 --> 01:24:21,236 was "Heaven On Earth"? Well, this year... 1520 01:24:21,315 --> 01:24:25,048 Paul, we'll have plenty of time to talk about this later. 1521 01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:27,782 A whole year, in fact. 1522 01:24:27,856 --> 01:24:30,325 But right now, I'd just... 1523 01:24:30,393 --> 01:24:32,624 I need to finish my pie, 1524 01:24:32,697 --> 01:24:34,666 go on home. 1525 01:24:34,733 --> 01:24:38,033 Yeah, OK. Sorry. 1526 01:24:38,104 --> 01:24:41,096 Uh, Mr. M, just one more thing. 1527 01:24:41,175 --> 01:24:44,805 So, uh, do you think Tracy's gonna be OK? 1528 01:24:44,879 --> 01:24:47,313 I mean, I saw her face after the assembly. 1529 01:24:47,382 --> 01:24:49,681 It looked like she was taking it pretty hard. 1530 01:24:49,752 --> 01:24:52,244 Don't worry about Tracy. 1531 01:24:52,322 --> 01:24:55,156 She'll be fine. 1532 01:25:08,643 --> 01:25:10,474 Oh, sweetheart. 1533 01:25:13,316 --> 01:25:16,343 Oh, baby. Baby. 1534 01:25:16,420 --> 01:25:18,218 Oh, baby. 1535 01:25:18,289 --> 01:25:20,519 Take one of my pills. 1536 01:25:20,592 --> 01:25:23,528 You'll feel better. 1537 01:25:23,596 --> 01:25:25,656 Here. 1538 01:25:28,903 --> 01:25:32,635 Come on, baby. Come on. 1539 01:25:32,708 --> 01:25:36,475 Lie down. Lie down. 1540 01:25:36,546 --> 01:25:39,846 That's a good girl. Lie down. 1541 01:25:39,917 --> 01:25:42,648 Good girl. 1542 01:25:42,721 --> 01:25:44,656 That's... That's it. 1543 01:25:44,724 --> 01:25:46,453 That's it, baby. 1544 01:25:46,526 --> 01:25:48,859 That's it, honey. 1545 01:25:53,401 --> 01:25:56,599 Maybe you needed more posters, honey. 1546 01:25:56,672 --> 01:25:59,938 Or if you'd just taken my suggestions 1547 01:26:00,010 --> 01:26:01,808 about your speech. 1548 01:26:01,879 --> 01:26:04,280 I don't know. 1549 01:26:04,349 --> 01:26:06,283 We'll figure it out. 1550 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,934 Diane. 1551 01:26:20,002 --> 01:26:23,370 l... I made a mistake and I... 1552 01:26:31,251 --> 01:26:33,447 Did you want the same room? 1553 01:26:35,356 --> 01:26:37,086 Yeah, OK. 1554 01:26:38,460 --> 01:26:41,521 [Coins Drop] 1555 01:27:04,761 --> 01:27:06,753 # It's a beautiful day # 1556 01:27:06,831 --> 01:27:08,765 Jim: The next day, I woke up 1557 01:27:08,833 --> 01:27:10,995 resolved to get my life back on track. 1558 01:27:11,069 --> 01:27:14,096 The way I saw it, Diane's kicking me out of the house 1559 01:27:14,173 --> 01:27:15,299 had been a good thing, 1560 01:27:15,375 --> 01:27:16,707 a wake-up call. 1561 01:27:16,777 --> 01:27:19,906 It wasn't a setback. It was an opportunity. 1562 01:27:19,981 --> 01:27:22,006 I figured we just needed a little time 1563 01:27:22,083 --> 01:27:23,847 to work things out. 1564 01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:26,184 The election was behind me, 1565 01:27:26,256 --> 01:27:28,520 and the worst was over. 1566 01:27:28,592 --> 01:27:30,754 After all, what harm had really been done? 1567 01:27:30,828 --> 01:27:32,693 Nobody was dead. 1568 01:27:38,171 --> 01:27:39,103 Jim? [Whistles] Jim?! 1569 01:27:39,172 --> 01:27:40,105 Yeah. 1570 01:27:40,174 --> 01:27:41,698 Walt wants to see you. 1571 01:27:41,776 --> 01:27:43,904 OK, thanks. 1572 01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:57,261 You r... rang? 1573 01:28:00,500 --> 01:28:01,933 Mr. McAllister, 1574 01:28:02,002 --> 01:28:04,597 I hope you can help us clear something up. 1575 01:28:43,523 --> 01:28:44,820 - [Woman] ¿ Yo? - Pierdo. 1576 01:28:44,891 --> 01:28:46,792 - ¿ Tu? - Pierdes. 1577 01:28:46,861 --> 01:28:48,658 ¿EI, ella, usted? 1578 01:28:48,730 --> 01:28:49,662 Pierde. 1579 01:28:49,731 --> 01:28:50,959 ¿Nosotros? 1580 01:28:51,033 --> 01:28:52,626 Pierdemos. 1581 01:28:52,702 --> 01:28:54,067 Gracias. 1582 01:28:56,740 --> 01:28:58,709 Teacher: Señor Presidente. 1583 01:28:58,777 --> 01:29:02,509 Quieren verte en la oficina. 1584 01:29:02,581 --> 01:29:04,606 Huh? 1585 01:29:04,684 --> 01:29:05,617 [Knock On Door] 1586 01:29:05,686 --> 01:29:07,085 Dr. Hendricks? 1587 01:29:10,658 --> 01:29:12,593 Uh, come on in, son. We have something... 1588 01:29:12,661 --> 01:29:15,893 hard we have to tell you. 1589 01:29:15,965 --> 01:29:16,897 Is it about Tammy? 1590 01:29:16,966 --> 01:29:18,365 It's about the election. 1591 01:29:22,007 --> 01:29:24,942 Jim: After Paul got the bad news, 1592 01:29:25,011 --> 01:29:27,070 Walt asked for a few minutes alone with me. 1593 01:29:27,146 --> 01:29:29,741 It was very simple, really. 1594 01:29:29,817 --> 01:29:31,786 I offered my resignation, 1595 01:29:31,853 --> 01:29:34,447 and he accepted. 1596 01:29:34,522 --> 01:29:38,084 Very quietly, it was all over forJim McAllister 1597 01:29:38,160 --> 01:29:39,628 at Carver High. 1598 01:29:43,501 --> 01:29:46,027 Suddenly everyone knew who I was... 1599 01:29:46,105 --> 01:29:47,572 that corrupt teacher 1600 01:29:47,639 --> 01:29:50,370 who had tried to crush the dreams of an innocent girl. 1601 01:29:50,443 --> 01:29:53,470 Overnight, all the good things I had ever done in my life 1602 01:29:53,547 --> 01:29:55,914 evaporated. 1603 01:29:55,984 --> 01:29:58,613 Soon the wire services picked up on the story. 1604 01:29:58,688 --> 01:30:02,147 It was the kind of absurd news item people E-mail each other 1605 01:30:02,226 --> 01:30:05,321 or post on the bulletin board at work. 1606 01:30:05,396 --> 01:30:09,424 To top it all off, Diane had started divorce proceedings. 1607 01:30:09,502 --> 01:30:12,597 She was completely unforgiving about the thing with Linda. 1608 01:30:12,672 --> 01:30:15,369 In the end, she took almost everything, 1609 01:30:15,443 --> 01:30:17,240 including the house. 1610 01:30:17,311 --> 01:30:19,405 I got the car. 1611 01:30:35,602 --> 01:30:37,502 Then one day, 1612 01:30:37,571 --> 01:30:39,665 I realized it was time to get out of Omaha 1613 01:30:39,741 --> 01:30:41,437 and move on. 1614 01:30:47,685 --> 01:30:49,118 Paul: Senior year was great. 1615 01:30:49,187 --> 01:30:53,181 Sure, I didn't get to play ball or be president, 1616 01:30:53,258 --> 01:30:56,558 but I got elected homecoming king and prom king. 1617 01:30:56,629 --> 01:30:59,098 I got into Nebraska, like I wanted, 1618 01:30:59,166 --> 01:31:00,531 and early rushed Phi Delts. 1619 01:31:00,601 --> 01:31:02,467 And at the end of the year, me and my buddies 1620 01:31:02,537 --> 01:31:05,837 threw a bitchin' Mexican party down at the cement plant. 1621 01:31:05,908 --> 01:31:08,226 Shit, that was a good party. 1622 01:31:08,360 --> 01:31:11,922 The only really bad thing about senior year was Lisa. 1623 01:31:11,998 --> 01:31:13,659 Right before Christmas, she dumped me. 1624 01:31:13,733 --> 01:31:16,032 One minute, she's totally in love with me, 1625 01:31:16,103 --> 01:31:20,040 and then boom, she goes after my football buddy Randy. 1626 01:31:20,108 --> 01:31:22,509 Sometimes I wonder what would have happened 1627 01:31:22,578 --> 01:31:24,444 if I had actually won the election. 1628 01:31:24,514 --> 01:31:26,175 Maybe my whole life would be different. 1629 01:31:26,249 --> 01:31:29,185 Like I might never have gone to Yosemite 1630 01:31:29,253 --> 01:31:30,983 with Greg and Travis. 1631 01:31:31,056 --> 01:31:33,081 Or maybe I'd be dead. 1632 01:31:33,158 --> 01:31:36,151 #Alleluia # 1633 01:31:36,229 --> 01:31:38,221 Tammy: Catholic school was great. 1634 01:31:40,100 --> 01:31:43,502 I mean, the teachers kind of sucked, 1635 01:31:43,572 --> 01:31:46,041 and they were supposedly way more strict. 1636 01:31:46,108 --> 01:31:48,577 But you could get away with murder. 1637 01:31:48,645 --> 01:31:51,581 The best thing about Immaculate Heart 1638 01:31:51,649 --> 01:31:53,845 was meeting Jennifer. 1639 01:31:53,919 --> 01:31:57,856 #JenniferJuniper # 1640 01:31:57,924 --> 01:32:01,122 # Lives up on the hill # 1641 01:32:01,195 --> 01:32:05,257 #JenniferJuniper # 1642 01:32:05,334 --> 01:32:07,633 # Sitting very still # 1643 01:32:08,771 --> 01:32:10,706 # Is she sleeping # 1644 01:32:10,774 --> 01:32:12,241 Tammy: Jennifer and I are soul mates 1645 01:32:12,309 --> 01:32:15,507 and we're never, ever, ever going to be apart. 1646 01:32:15,580 --> 01:32:19,881 #JenniferJuniper # 1647 01:32:19,953 --> 01:32:23,287 Order! Order. Order! 1648 01:32:23,358 --> 01:32:25,087 Tracy: Senior year was very productive for me. 1649 01:32:25,159 --> 01:32:26,752 Let's vote on this issue. 1650 01:32:26,829 --> 01:32:28,660 On top of a very successful student council year, 1651 01:32:28,731 --> 01:32:30,962 I was in the top seventh percentile 1652 01:32:31,034 --> 01:32:32,228 of my graduating class. 1653 01:32:32,302 --> 01:32:33,429 Opposed? 1654 01:32:33,504 --> 01:32:34,732 And I got into Georgetown, like I wanted, 1655 01:32:34,805 --> 01:32:37,274 with scholarships. 1656 01:32:37,342 --> 01:32:38,775 Approved. 1657 01:32:40,546 --> 01:32:43,744 But sometimes I got lonely, and I'd think about Dave. 1658 01:32:43,817 --> 01:32:45,341 I missed our talks. 1659 01:32:45,419 --> 01:32:47,888 Maybe it could have worked out between us. 1660 01:32:47,956 --> 01:32:49,116 I don't know. 1661 01:32:49,190 --> 01:32:52,160 I wonder what he's doing now. 1662 01:32:52,228 --> 01:32:56,326 Maybe he finally finished his novel. 1663 01:32:56,401 --> 01:33:00,839 But you know, even with all my myriad accomplishments 1664 01:33:00,906 --> 01:33:02,533 and bright future, 1665 01:33:02,608 --> 01:33:05,510 somehow I just didn't feel the way you're supposed to feel. 1666 01:33:05,578 --> 01:33:07,570 Everybody else seemed so happy, 1667 01:33:07,648 --> 01:33:12,143 planning big parties and signing each other's yearbooks. 1668 01:33:12,220 --> 01:33:14,348 Hardly anybody signed mine. 1669 01:33:14,424 --> 01:33:16,359 You'd think as student body president, 1670 01:33:16,427 --> 01:33:18,019 I'd be the one surrounded by friends. 1671 01:33:18,095 --> 01:33:20,462 But it wasn't like that at all. 1672 01:33:24,303 --> 01:33:27,171 Man: Brittany Blake Fillmore. 1673 01:33:27,240 --> 01:33:29,037 Tracy: As far as Mr. McAllister was concerned, 1674 01:33:29,109 --> 01:33:31,908 you might be surprised, but I hardly thought about him 1675 01:33:31,980 --> 01:33:33,107 at all anymore. 1676 01:33:33,182 --> 01:33:36,084 Besides, nobody had heard from him in a long time. 1677 01:33:36,152 --> 01:33:39,645 It was almost like he'd never existed in the first place. 1678 01:33:39,724 --> 01:33:42,420 Man: Tracy Enid Flick. 1679 01:33:44,496 --> 01:33:46,965 Tracy: When I got to Georgetown, 1680 01:33:47,033 --> 01:33:49,559 I thought I'd finally be among people who were like me. 1681 01:33:49,636 --> 01:33:52,002 You know, smarter, more ambitious people. 1682 01:33:52,072 --> 01:33:54,769 I was sure that finally I'd make some true friends. 1683 01:33:54,843 --> 01:33:56,209 [All Talking At Once] 1684 01:33:56,278 --> 01:33:58,109 Excuse me! 1685 01:33:58,180 --> 01:34:00,274 Would you please be quiet?! 1686 01:34:00,350 --> 01:34:02,478 Tracy: It wasn't like that at all. 1687 01:34:02,553 --> 01:34:04,418 A lot of them were just spoiled little rich kids 1688 01:34:04,489 --> 01:34:07,118 who didn't know how lucky they had it. 1689 01:34:07,192 --> 01:34:10,492 That's OK. I've come to accept that very few people 1690 01:34:10,563 --> 01:34:12,327 are truly destined to be special, 1691 01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:14,197 and we're solo fliers. 1692 01:34:14,268 --> 01:34:16,499 I guess it really is like Dave said, 1693 01:34:16,571 --> 01:34:19,769 "If you're gonna be great, you've got to be lonely." 1694 01:34:19,842 --> 01:34:21,867 [Loud Talking] 1695 01:34:24,248 --> 01:34:28,549 Jim: What happens to a man when he loses everything? 1696 01:34:28,620 --> 01:34:30,953 Everything he's worked for. 1697 01:34:31,023 --> 01:34:35,154 Everything he believes in. 1698 01:34:35,228 --> 01:34:37,459 Driven from his home, 1699 01:34:37,532 --> 01:34:39,967 cast out of society, 1700 01:34:40,035 --> 01:34:42,027 how can he survive? 1701 01:34:42,105 --> 01:34:43,538 Where can he go? 1702 01:34:43,606 --> 01:34:46,633 Right this way. 1703 01:34:46,710 --> 01:34:48,371 Jim: New York City. 1704 01:34:57,724 --> 01:35:00,819 For centuries, people have come to New York 1705 01:35:00,895 --> 01:35:04,388 seeking refuge from their troubled lives. 1706 01:35:04,467 --> 01:35:08,097 Now I am one of them. 1707 01:35:08,171 --> 01:35:10,163 Besides, I'd always dreamed of living in New York. 1708 01:35:10,241 --> 01:35:12,369 All that excitement and culture. 1709 01:35:12,444 --> 01:35:15,312 Living in the city brings surprises all the time. 1710 01:35:15,381 --> 01:35:18,111 Once in a while, I even bump into former students of mine 1711 01:35:18,185 --> 01:35:20,210 from Carver. 1712 01:35:20,287 --> 01:35:22,882 Oh, sure, my apartment's a little smaller 1713 01:35:22,958 --> 01:35:24,653 than what I was used to back in Omaha, 1714 01:35:24,726 --> 01:35:26,592 and the rent's pretty darn steep, 1715 01:35:26,662 --> 01:35:28,221 but it's got a lot of character. 1716 01:35:28,298 --> 01:35:30,163 And I'm cozy enough. 1717 01:35:33,238 --> 01:35:35,298 Besides, it's great not needing a car. 1718 01:35:35,374 --> 01:35:38,401 And I get a lot of reading done on the subway. 1719 01:35:38,478 --> 01:35:40,673 Some days I even walk to work. 1720 01:35:42,984 --> 01:35:45,954 The job market is pretty tight in New York, 1721 01:35:46,021 --> 01:35:48,320 but after hunting around for a while, 1722 01:35:48,391 --> 01:35:50,825 I finally landed a position in the education department 1723 01:35:50,894 --> 01:35:53,125 at the Museum of Natural History. 1724 01:35:53,197 --> 01:35:56,224 That's right. I'm teaching again. 1725 01:35:56,301 --> 01:35:59,738 When a school brings its students to the museum 1726 01:35:59,805 --> 01:36:00,794 on a field trip, 1727 01:36:00,873 --> 01:36:02,865 there's a staff of both volunteer docents 1728 01:36:02,943 --> 01:36:04,878 and trained educators like myself... 1729 01:36:04,946 --> 01:36:08,280 who pick up where the classwork leaves off. 1730 01:36:08,350 --> 01:36:10,580 And I've started seeing someone new. 1731 01:36:10,653 --> 01:36:12,645 Her name is Jillian. 1732 01:36:12,722 --> 01:36:15,521 She works at the museum, too, in Signs and Signage. 1733 01:36:15,593 --> 01:36:18,290 She's really different from Diane, and, I don't know, 1734 01:36:18,363 --> 01:36:20,763 I've never met anyone quite like her. 1735 01:36:20,832 --> 01:36:23,597 She just got out of a long relationship, too, 1736 01:36:23,670 --> 01:36:25,332 so we're trying to take it slow. 1737 01:36:29,311 --> 01:36:31,872 You might ask if I ever saw Tracy Flick again. 1738 01:36:31,948 --> 01:36:33,677 Well, I did. 1739 01:36:33,749 --> 01:36:35,809 Just once. 1740 01:36:35,886 --> 01:36:41,087 I was down in Washington for a museum educator's conference, 1741 01:36:41,160 --> 01:36:43,492 and I stayed an extra day to do some sightseeing. 1742 01:36:46,166 --> 01:36:49,227 After an inspiring morning on the Mall, 1743 01:36:49,303 --> 01:36:53,138 I was on my way to the Holocaust Museum when... 1744 01:37:27,920 --> 01:37:30,115 I'll never know if she saw me. 1745 01:37:30,189 --> 01:37:31,817 Probably not. 1746 01:37:31,892 --> 01:37:34,361 But in that moment, all the bad memories, 1747 01:37:34,429 --> 01:37:37,422 all the things I'd ever wanted to say to her, 1748 01:37:37,500 --> 01:37:39,764 it all came flooding back. 1749 01:37:42,539 --> 01:37:44,667 My first impulse was to run over there, 1750 01:37:44,742 --> 01:37:46,004 pound on her window, 1751 01:37:46,077 --> 01:37:48,444 and demand that she admit she tore down those posters 1752 01:37:48,514 --> 01:37:51,848 and lied and cheated her way into winning that election. 1753 01:37:51,918 --> 01:37:57,051 But, instead, I just stood there. 1754 01:37:57,125 --> 01:38:01,756 And I suddenly realized I wasn't angry at her anymore. 1755 01:38:01,831 --> 01:38:04,699 I just felt sorry for her. 1756 01:38:04,768 --> 01:38:06,896 I mean, when I think about my new life 1757 01:38:06,971 --> 01:38:09,303 and all the exciting things I'm doing, 1758 01:38:09,374 --> 01:38:12,242 and then I think about what her life must be like... 1759 01:38:12,311 --> 01:38:14,940 probably still getting up at 5:00 in the morning 1760 01:38:15,015 --> 01:38:17,382 to pursue her pathetic little dreams... 1761 01:38:17,452 --> 01:38:20,081 it just makes me sad. 1762 01:38:20,155 --> 01:38:23,614 I mean where is she really trying to get to anyway? 1763 01:38:23,693 --> 01:38:26,458 What is she doing in that limo? 1764 01:38:26,530 --> 01:38:29,864 Who the fuck does she think she is?! 1765 01:38:32,904 --> 01:38:34,429 [Tires Screech] 1766 01:38:38,645 --> 01:38:41,979 Man: Hey, you! Hey! 1767 01:38:42,050 --> 01:38:44,212 You asshole! 1768 01:38:44,286 --> 01:38:46,619 Jim: But that's all ancient history now. 1769 01:38:46,690 --> 01:38:49,158 I've got a whole new life. 1770 01:38:49,226 --> 01:38:51,627 I mean, that's what's great about America. 1771 01:38:51,696 --> 01:38:53,062 You can always start over. 1772 01:38:53,132 --> 01:38:55,396 So would that make this an igneous rock 1773 01:38:55,467 --> 01:38:57,698 or a sedimentary rock? 1774 01:38:57,771 --> 01:38:59,569 What's the difference between igneous 1775 01:38:59,640 --> 01:39:01,073 and sedimentary anyway? 1776 01:39:11,321 --> 01:39:13,862 Jim: Anybody? 1777 01:39:16,900 --> 01:39:19,665 # I want to know how love began # 1778 01:39:19,737 --> 01:39:22,673 # I want to go to school again # 1779 01:39:22,741 --> 01:39:26,041 # If you'll be # 1780 01:39:26,112 --> 01:39:29,139 #The teacher # 1781 01:39:29,216 --> 01:39:32,208 # Long before the school bells chime # 1782 01:39:32,286 --> 01:39:35,917 # I'll be there ahead of time # 1783 01:39:35,991 --> 01:39:40,793 #Just to see my teacher # 1784 01:39:40,864 --> 01:39:44,198 # Start right from the first of it # 1785 01:39:44,268 --> 01:39:46,237 # Don't miss a thing # 1786 01:39:46,305 --> 01:39:47,533 # I want to get # 1787 01:39:47,606 --> 01:39:52,511 #All the facts, then I'll know what to do # 1788 01:39:52,580 --> 01:39:57,143 #When we graduate, I'll hold you tight # 1789 01:39:57,219 --> 01:39:59,518 #Then you'll know you taught me right # 1790 01:39:59,589 --> 01:40:04,391 #Teacher, teacher, I'm in love with you # 1791 01:40:11,837 --> 01:40:14,432 # If you'll be # 1792 01:40:14,508 --> 01:40:17,410 #The teacher # 1793 01:40:22,886 --> 01:40:26,846 # If you'll be # 1794 01:40:26,924 --> 01:40:29,485 #The teacher # 1795 01:40:29,561 --> 01:40:33,089 # Start right from the first of it # 1796 01:40:33,165 --> 01:40:34,655 # Don't miss a thing # 1797 01:40:34,734 --> 01:40:35,963 # I want to get # 1798 01:40:36,036 --> 01:40:41,100 #All the facts, then I'll know what to do # 1799 01:40:41,175 --> 01:40:45,876 #When we graduate, I'll hold you tight # 1800 01:40:45,949 --> 01:40:48,110 #Then you'll know you taught me right # 1801 01:40:48,184 --> 01:40:49,812 #Teacher, teacher # 1802 01:40:49,887 --> 01:40:52,686 # I'm in love with you #