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[Bob] Well, thank
you. Thank you all,
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parents and town
advocates alike...
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for joining us on this
very special evening.
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We're here tonight to kick off
our most ambitious school year yet.
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We've run the
numbers, and folks,
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there's no simpler
way for me to put it...
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Our children are
getting smarter.
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[people laughing]
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Harvard, two.
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Dartmouth, two.
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Yale, three.
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U Penn, seven.
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[Frank] Thank you.
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Come on. Okay.
Everything's gonna be all right.
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[mumbling indistinctly]
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[inhales sharply]
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[Bob continues
speaking indistinctly]
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[Bob] The Wall Street
Journal this week...
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It's in the list that me
and my fellow trustees
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await all year long,
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ranking the top public
schools in America
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based on SATs and
college acceptance rates.
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And Roslyn is four.
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Four!
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[cheers and applause]
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And now I'd like to bring
out the man responsible.
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- [woman] Congratulations.
- [Frank] Thank you.
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[Bob] In his ten years here, he's
revamped our education system.
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From pre-K all the
way to high school.
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Please join me in
welcoming to the stage
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our district superintendent
and my friend,
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Frank Tassone.
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[cheers and applause]
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Good morning.
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Hey there.
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- Good morning. Go Bulldogs.
- [cheering]
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Have we heard about Mr. Kopple?
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- Wife had twins, late last night.
- Twins! Nice.
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Send over flowers and
maybe an edible arrangement.
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Can we get these
things out of here?
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Oh, they're nice for morale.
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Yeah, it'd be even nicer if
they were shaped like ones.
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- [Pam] You know, Dr. Tassone...
- Hey.
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A wise woman once said,
"It's not having what you want.
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It's wanting what you got."
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Mrs. Gluckin. I barely
recognize you anymore.
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What with the new name,
new office, new job title...
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- Same pay, same paperwork.
- [Frank chuckles]
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July and August
are all settled up.
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- Expenses booked and archived.
- Perfect.
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And something else I
wanted to talk to you about...
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Safety gates are
all taken care of.
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I'm meeting with City Hall
later today to go over strategy.
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Jeez, someone's
had their coffee.
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- Yeah.
- [Jenny] Uh, Dr. Tassone?
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- Yeah.
- Did you want your flight
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to the Vegas conference
Friday out of JFK or Newark?
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Thanks, J. Whatever's
cheaper works fine.
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And, uh, Mary Ann, is there any way
you'd be able to grab my diet smoothie?
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- I was running late.
- Sure. But there's one more thing.
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- [Frank] Uh-huh.
- Carol Schweitzer's been camped up
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in the conference
room since 6:30.
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- Says it's urgent she speaks with you.
- Okay, okay. Um...
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- Chad.
- Chad, Chad Schweitzer's...
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Okay, I'll take care of it.
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- Thanks.
- Good luck.
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Stop it.
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Do us all a favor.
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If he's not out of there
in an hour, call 911.
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[chuckling]
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[Carol] And I am banging down doors
until somebody here takes me seriously.
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All right? That Militzok,
she plays favorites, okay?
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She wouldn't even let
him take a bathroom break,
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during the test, and he
has a hyperactive bladder.
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Chad, honey, tell him how you...
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You know what, I have a
note here from his doctor, okay?
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Ms. Schweitzer, just calm down.
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- Let's just...
- No one will listen to me.
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All right, I don't know what
else I'm supposed to do.
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Chad, he is just as gifted
as everyone else in his year.
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- Absolutely.
- And...
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I'm scared, Dr. Tassone, because
if he doesn't get into OMNI...
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and he starts to think
of himself as less than...
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No, no, no, no, no. No.
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No, I will talk to Ms. Militzok. I
will straighten this whole thing out.
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- You will?
- Yes.
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And we'll just set a
makeup test for Chad.
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With ample bathroom time.
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Thank you, Dr. Tassone.
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I can't tell you how
much I appreciate that.
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There's no need to
thank me, all right?
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Chad's a smart kid with
the world ahead of him,
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and it's our job to
give him the runway.
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Thank you.
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It's funny.
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You know, Chad,
when I was your age...
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I didn't even place
into fast-track math.
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- Really?
- No, I couldn't nail my times tables.
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And at the time, I thought
my world was ending.
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But I caught up. You know what?
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Now I set the math curriculum.
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[sighs]
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[knocking on door]
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Can I help you with something?
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Oh! No, it's okay.
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I'm just here for Mrs. Cremona.
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- Or Gluckin.
- She's not here,
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but I'm more than happy
to answer any questions if...
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- Really? That would...
- Mm-hm. Yeah.
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I don't wanna bother
you if you're busy.
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No, come on in.
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Bother me. I'm
doing spreadsheets.
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[chuckling] Come...
Come here. Take a seat.
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Uh...
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I don't think we've
had a chance to meet.
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- It's Rachel.
- Rachel, right. Neil's little sister.
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Yeah. Wow. Good memory.
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I hope he's keeping out of
trouble over at Northwestern.
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Yeah, he loves it.
He's doing bio-chem.
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Ah. Well, they have
great journalism there, too.
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Yes, they do.
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- [chuckles]
- Um...
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Okay. So, they just... They
want me to write an article
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about the SkyWalk
proposal in the new budget.
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And I just need a pull
quote from administration.
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Yeah. Oh, okay.
A sound bite, nice.
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Um... [clears throat]
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We've been asking high schoolers
how we can make their day easier,
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so we came up with
this idea of the SkyWalk.
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A bridge to link the
school from end to end.
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And it's a huge
undertaking for us,
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and we can't wait to break ground
once the plans are approved next May.
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Great, that's all I need.
Thank you so much.
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That's it? No follow-ups?
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No, it's just a puff piece.
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They save the real
stories for seniors.
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Rachel.
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It's only a puff piece if
you let it be a puff piece.
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Oh. Uh...
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That's what they'll tell
you over at Northwestern.
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All right? A real journalist can
turn any assignment into a story.
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Are you busy? Just a couple of
colleagues want to convey thanks.
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Rachel Bhargava, staff
writer for the Hilltop Beacon.
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Uh, this is Bob Spicer,
school-board president.
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- Hi. Oh.
- [Rachel] Hey.
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You're, uh... You're in my
daughter Becca's year, right?
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- [Rachel] Mm-hm.
- Say hi to your dad for me.
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Nice to meet you, Rachel.
And if you want to follow up,
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just set a time with
Mary Ann, okay?
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And, uh, I'll be keeping
an eye out for your byline.
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The demand is
insane. It's skyrocketing.
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We're seeing three bedrooms go
for over a million in Roslyn Heights.
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Yeah, you just don't see those
kinds of numbers in Syosset or Jericho.
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Right, but those towns are a
further commute from the city.
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Not Manhasset, not Great Neck.
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It's the public schools. The
better the school system,
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the higher the price tag
on the homes, period.
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[Bob] Our firm has sold
nine separate lots in that area
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since the report in
that journal came out.
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And, uh, here's a little something,
you know, from all of us...
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Oh, wow. Really,
that's... Oh. Wow.
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- Keep up the good work.
- Well, thanks, everyone.
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- [Mary Ann] Dr. Tassone?
- Oh, yeah.
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- Do you mind if we get a little...
- [Bob] Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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- Something for my office.
- Great.
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- I really appreciate you all...
- Scoot in a little.
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Coming in today.
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Thank you. Okay.
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[shutter clicks]
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- Okay, thank you.
- Okay.
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- All right?
- Let's let him get back to work,
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- do what he does.
- No, I really appreciate it.
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- Yeah.
- Thank you so much.
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- Thank you.
- Okay.
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I can't eat these. Just...
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If you put them out for everybody
to pick at, that'd be great.
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They were out of the flax seed.
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- That's okay. That's okay. Thanks.
- Okay.
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[slurping]
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How much do you figure a guy
like Bob makes at his regular job?
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- [Pam] Bob Spicer, you mean?
- Hm.
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Oh.
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High sixes a year, minimum.
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Maybe seven figures
in this market. Why?
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Oh, forget it.
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You look tired.
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[sighs] I know.
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You might want to go
home early, get some rest.
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I gotta run Dickens.
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Maybe I'll try and bow out
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and get a head start and early
prep for Vegas this weekend.
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- I wouldn't bail on book club.
- Why?
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Those women adore you, and
each one talks to two dozen more.
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The next budget vote's
only nine months away.
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- Right, our SkyWalk.
- Yeah, the SkyWalk is big.
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Gets us to first.
That's all that matters.
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- This new diet is kicking my ass.
- What is that, even?
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It's got charcoal in it,
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- or something like that.
- Yeah, coal.
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I would kill somebody
for a carb right now.
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I don't know where
you could find one.
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- [sniffs]
- You are such a bitch.
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Would you like a bite?
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- I hate pastrami on rye.
- You want a bite?
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- I hate pastrami on rye.
- Yeah, I know you hate it.
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- Open up.
- [moans]
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- Fucking so good.
- Right?
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Come on, you can eat more.
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You got... Come
on, one more bite.
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- I will kill you.
- I won't tell anyone.
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I'm not gonna tell anyone.
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[laughs]
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You're a growing boy.
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Come on. Eat the
fucking sandwich.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Frank] Let's get started.
Should we get started, everyone?
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Uh... What do we all
think of Martin Chuzzlewit?
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Okay. Uh...
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[Sharon] You know, Frank,
the culture is not for everyone.
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[Frank] I thought we wound up having
a really good discussion, ultimately.
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Um...
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Frank, can I ask you
a personal question?
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Sure.
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It's just that...
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Jonah's, you know, having a
really hard time with the separation.
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Yeah. You know,
Ms. Schlacter told me
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that he's opened up a
little bit in Banana Splits.
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- Right, yeah. Oh, my God.
- Yeah.
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- Thank you for getting him in.
- No, of course.
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It has been so
hard on us, and...
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- Yeah.
- You have been such a tremendous help.
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Sharon, of course.
Anytime, anytime.
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Yeah, and...
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Uh...
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- Frank, I'm sorry.
- No, no, no.
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You want what's best for your
son. That's nothing to be ashamed of.
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No, it makes you
strong. It's, um...
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[exhales] I...
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00:12:30,541 --> 00:12:32,293
I think at the end of the day,
242
00:12:32,835 --> 00:12:34,545
her memory is still very fresh.
243
00:12:41,678 --> 00:12:43,471
[Pam sighs]
244
00:12:43,554 --> 00:12:45,306
Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi.
245
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,227
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
246
00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:51,938
[Pam] Oh, Jenny screwed
up some paperwork earlier.
247
00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:54,190
- I'm saving her ass.
- Jenny's got a good aunt.
248
00:12:55,149 --> 00:12:56,484
How did Dickens go?
249
00:12:57,068 --> 00:12:58,068
[scoffs]
250
00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:00,822
Well, it was Sharon
Katz's place this week.
251
00:13:02,824 --> 00:13:04,200
And... [laughing]
252
00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:08,329
I knew it.
253
00:13:08,413 --> 00:13:10,873
I think maybe I shouldn't
have offered to wash up.
254
00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:12,625
[chuckles] That poor woman.
255
00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,003
She's nowhere near your type.
256
00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:17,130
She's not, she's not.
257
00:13:17,672 --> 00:13:19,173
[both laughing]
258
00:13:19,257 --> 00:13:21,217
- Jamieson.
- Uh... Honors English.
259
00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:22,969
- Loves Nietzsche.
- Very good.
260
00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:24,637
- Yep.
- DiGennaro?
261
00:13:25,513 --> 00:13:26,681
Mel DiGennaro...
262
00:13:26,973 --> 00:13:28,391
Uh... [clears throat]
263
00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:31,519
- Social studies, ninth-grade global...
- Ahh!
264
00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:33,938
- American history.
- Uh-huh.
265
00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:35,732
Uh...
266
00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,775
- Coaches Little League, too.
- Mm-hm.
267
00:13:37,859 --> 00:13:38,693
Yes.
268
00:13:38,776 --> 00:13:40,212
These are too easy.
Oh, here's a toughie.
269
00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:41,279
[Frank] Uh-huh.
270
00:13:43,031 --> 00:13:44,031
Todhunter.
271
00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:45,657
Oh, shit.
272
00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:51,164
[exhaling] Todhunter,
Todhunter...
273
00:13:54,625 --> 00:13:56,044
Mr. Todhunter.
274
00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:58,254
How's that bowling league
shaping up this season?
275
00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,881
Oh, uh, we're ahead.
276
00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:03,176
But we've got our big match
against Jericho on Sunday.
277
00:14:03,259 --> 00:14:05,845
Jericho. Hm. I think
you'll crush them.
278
00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:07,128
Thank you for putting this on.
279
00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:08,741
- This is so nice.
- Oh, of course. My pleasure.
280
00:14:08,765 --> 00:14:09,867
- [man] Oh, Frank!
- The least I could do.
281
00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:11,131
- Yeah. Excuse me.
- Hey, Frank.
282
00:14:12,435 --> 00:14:13,853
- Hey.
- So, um...
283
00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:15,480
Hey, are you getting
pumped for Vegas?
284
00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:17,940
'Cause I got my bags
packed. I'm ready to go.
285
00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:21,027
Yeah, it'll be good to get away
from the wife for a few days, too, huh?
286
00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:22,195
- Right?
- Right.
287
00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:23,404
[chuckling]
288
00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:26,115
- You know, Vegas.
- Yeah. [clears throat]
289
00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:28,469
[Pam] You want to know how
many bids we got from contractors?
290
00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:30,495
[Rachel] Mm-hm. For
the SkyWalk construction.
291
00:14:30,578 --> 00:14:32,455
You explored
several options, right?
292
00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:36,876
- I think we had four or five.
- Okay.
293
00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:38,711
From which firms, exactly?
294
00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:41,422
Hang on a sec. What's this article
you're supposed to be writing?
295
00:14:42,465 --> 00:14:44,967
Oh, it's a piece on the SkyWalk.
296
00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:49,305
And the student paper wanted a
deep dive into construction specs?
297
00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:52,308
They're giving me
free reign, more or less.
298
00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:54,560
I guess I'm just looking
for an interesting way in.
299
00:14:54,644 --> 00:14:56,813
- Oh, okay, Ruth.
- Rachel.
300
00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:59,565
Rachel, so let me give you
a great angle for your story.
301
00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:01,126
- Okay.
- You want to write this down,
302
00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:02,485
- or are you...
- I'm taping.
303
00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:03,568
Oh.
304
00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:05,905
Okay.
305
00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:09,575
The SkyWalk is a great project.
306
00:15:09,659 --> 00:15:12,370
It'll be the first SkyWalk
on all of Long Island,
307
00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:16,749
and yet one more reason Roslyn
schools put Jericho and Syosset to shame.
308
00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:19,752
And it'll look great and
make all our lives easier.
309
00:15:19,836 --> 00:15:21,921
Thank you, the end,
good night, and good luck.
310
00:15:22,004 --> 00:15:23,297
What else can I help you with?
311
00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:27,301
Do you have the bids handy?
312
00:15:28,219 --> 00:15:29,554
Or are they not on you?
313
00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:31,573
No, they're not on me.
They're locked in the basement,
314
00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,599
lost in the annals of history.
315
00:15:33,683 --> 00:15:35,435
Well, I have next period free.
316
00:15:38,688 --> 00:15:40,773
- Do you?
- Mm-hm.
317
00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:43,150
All right.
318
00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,320
[drawer opens and closes]
319
00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:47,530
Good luck finding 'em.
320
00:16:14,599 --> 00:16:15,975
[Jenny munching food]
321
00:16:16,058 --> 00:16:17,101
Do you need something?
322
00:16:18,895 --> 00:16:20,354
Just a couple of photocopies.
323
00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:23,356
Okay.
324
00:16:23,858 --> 00:16:26,068
- So, you're a sophomore?
- Junior.
325
00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:29,197
My son, Jake, is actually in the
second grade, over at Bellmore.
326
00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,200
Not too far from here.
327
00:16:33,576 --> 00:16:35,745
- South Shore, you know.
- Mm.
328
00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,497
[copy machine whirring]
329
00:16:46,088 --> 00:16:50,051
Oh. It's an old building.
We get leaks every so often.
330
00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:58,142
[sighs] It usually stops
after like a minute.
331
00:17:14,158 --> 00:17:14,992
- We need a hard eight here.
- [blows air]
332
00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:16,160
We need boxcars.
333
00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:18,162
We need boxcars,
Lenny. We need boxcars.
334
00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:21,415
[screaming and cheering]
335
00:17:21,916 --> 00:17:23,556
[speaker] I know
what you're all thinking.
336
00:17:23,626 --> 00:17:26,587
At first glance, these numbers
might seem prohibitive.
337
00:17:26,671 --> 00:17:29,674
But I'm here to tell you
that with some vision,
338
00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:32,093
they can dovetail
quite amicably.
339
00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:37,139
As we can see, the added benefits
to such a program are remunerative.
340
00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:38,534
[Frank] I'd love for you to
see what we're doing out there,
341
00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:39,576
if you're ever on Long Island.
342
00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,353
Yeah, I think we're on the East
Coast in November, December.
343
00:17:42,436 --> 00:17:43,771
- So, I'll...
- Well, we're there.
344
00:17:43,854 --> 00:17:44,772
- Good, good, good.
- Okay.
345
00:17:44,855 --> 00:17:46,625
Listen, stop by and have
a drink before you leave.
346
00:17:46,649 --> 00:17:47,834
- All right?
- That was terrific.
347
00:17:47,858 --> 00:17:48,858
- Thank you.
- Take care.
348
00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:53,655
[smacks lips]
349
00:17:55,116 --> 00:17:56,116
[bartender] All right.
350
00:17:58,286 --> 00:17:59,286
All right, so...
351
00:18:00,162 --> 00:18:01,163
What can I get you?
352
00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:03,791
Uh, just a club soda with lime.
353
00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:05,626
And can I see your
food menu, please?
354
00:18:09,714 --> 00:18:11,424
[liquid pouring]
355
00:18:18,306 --> 00:18:19,306
And...
356
00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:24,853
Kyle.
357
00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:27,690
Kyle Contreras.
358
00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:34,071
Plandome High, maybe
15 years ago, right?
359
00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:36,824
Yeah, I used to
teach English there.
360
00:18:37,575 --> 00:18:38,618
Dr. Tassone.
361
00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:40,243
Frank.
362
00:18:41,871 --> 00:18:43,372
- Frank.
- [scoffs]
363
00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:46,250
[Kyle] I would think
that you would forget
364
00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:48,461
about us the minute
we got out of there.
365
00:18:48,544 --> 00:18:49,730
[Frank] Oh. No,
you'd be surprised.
366
00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:51,464
Some things I wish
I could forget, but...
367
00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:52,381
[Kyle] Yeah.
368
00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:55,384
You know something I wish I could
forget would be Lippman's hair piece.
369
00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:56,844
Do you remember
that thing that...
370
00:18:57,011 --> 00:18:59,347
- [laughing]
- With the double swoop?
371
00:19:00,348 --> 00:19:02,558
Oh, my God. Lippman's
hair piece, Christ.
372
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,436
So, [clears throat]
what do you...
373
00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,980
Are you teaching
English at the new place?
374
00:19:08,064 --> 00:19:09,607
No, I'm administrative now.
375
00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:11,692
Like a principal?
376
00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:13,694
No, like superintendent
of schools.
377
00:19:14,695 --> 00:19:16,739
Look at that. You
love saying that.
378
00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:19,325
You love that.
Superintendent of schools.
379
00:19:19,408 --> 00:19:21,368
- With the head, too.
- I've done it for 12 years.
380
00:19:21,410 --> 00:19:22,787
I mean, look, it's great.
381
00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:24,997
It does have its
trade-offs, like anything.
382
00:19:25,081 --> 00:19:27,166
I really miss being back in
the classroom sometimes,
383
00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:28,459
with my students, you know.
384
00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:31,712
How about you? You,
um... You still writing?
385
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,256
Short stories,
science fiction, right?
386
00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:37,885
I remember you used to carry around
that beat-up copy of Dune everywhere.
387
00:19:37,968 --> 00:19:41,764
Yeah, I mostly just wrote that
stuff to get out of your book reports.
388
00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:44,567
No, come on, come on. There was
that really good one about the, um...
389
00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:45,935
About the alien colony.
390
00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:49,021
I talked about it in your
rec for Stony Brook, right?
391
00:19:49,814 --> 00:19:52,149
Yeah. Yeah, for Stony Brook.
392
00:19:52,775 --> 00:19:54,068
[Kyle clears throat]
393
00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:56,821
Sorry, I, um...
394
00:19:56,904 --> 00:19:59,365
I burnt out at Stony Brook.
395
00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:03,160
After a few years,
I moved out here.
396
00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:04,869
Um...
397
00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,667
I was dancing up
until very recently.
398
00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:11,167
Dancing?
399
00:20:15,256 --> 00:20:16,256
Thank you.
400
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:19,217
[sniffs]
401
00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:26,851
So, does your wife come
with you on these things, or...
402
00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:28,394
Oh. Uh...
403
00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:31,188
- Is she back in New York?
- No, no, no. My wife passed away.
404
00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:35,109
Oh.
405
00:20:37,486 --> 00:20:38,863
- I'm sorry.
- No, no, it's...
406
00:20:39,613 --> 00:20:40,990
It's fine. It was
a long time ago.
407
00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:45,202
It was before I had you, even.
408
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:51,667
How's the food?
409
00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:52,751
Shit.
410
00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:54,377
[laughs]
411
00:21:04,555 --> 00:21:05,806
You want to try somewhere else?
412
00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:21,655
I thought you were
here for two days.
413
00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:23,924
[Frank] Uh, just for
the weekend, yeah.
414
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,495
A lot of suits for a weekend.
415
00:21:27,578 --> 00:21:29,514
Well, you never know what
might come up at these...
416
00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:30,790
Right.
417
00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:33,542
That was always
your thing, wasn't it?
418
00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:34,936
Even when you were
an English teacher,
419
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,005
you were always
the guy in the suits.
420
00:21:38,088 --> 00:21:39,215
What's wrong with a suit?
421
00:21:40,424 --> 00:21:41,926
I don't know, it's just...
422
00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:44,220
It's a little sad.
423
00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:45,221
[laughs]
424
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:46,847
Just a little sad.
425
00:21:49,391 --> 00:21:53,395
I think they put some bottles in
the bar fridge, I'm not sure why.
426
00:21:53,479 --> 00:21:55,439
You're allowed to
make eye contact, Frank.
427
00:22:10,871 --> 00:22:11,956
[chuckles softly]
428
00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:18,754
Hey.
429
00:22:19,463 --> 00:22:20,503
[softly] You know I'm not.
430
00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:23,466
[softly] Right.
431
00:22:45,906 --> 00:22:48,200
[Frank exhales deeply]
432
00:23:22,109 --> 00:23:23,109
[Rachel] Dad!
433
00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:27,156
I got dinner.
434
00:23:39,460 --> 00:23:40,878
Anything happen today?
435
00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:46,216
I spoke to the assistant
superintendent.
436
00:23:47,134 --> 00:23:48,134
For an article.
437
00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:50,304
The woman who
runs all the business.
438
00:23:51,347 --> 00:23:52,514
Mm.
439
00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:56,477
Wonder if they're looking to
hire anybody in development.
440
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,686
You're overqualified.
441
00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:16,372
[mouse clicking]
442
00:24:30,636 --> 00:24:32,036
- Late night, Ms. Gluckin?
- [gasps]
443
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,807
Jesus, Eddie, you
scared the shit out of me.
444
00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:36,517
Got any fun plans
for the weekend?
445
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,561
Yeah, no, all I want is to spend
some quiet time at home with my kids.
446
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:41,355
- You know.
- All right.
447
00:24:41,438 --> 00:24:42,439
Have a good time.
448
00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:44,042
- See you next week.
- Yeah, good night, Eddie.
449
00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:45,466
- Sorry about...
- That's all right.
450
00:24:47,653 --> 00:24:48,779
[exhales]
451
00:24:55,202 --> 00:24:56,370
[laughter]
452
00:24:56,453 --> 00:24:57,453
He's...
453
00:24:58,580 --> 00:25:01,041
Okay, first of all,
they're too small.
454
00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:03,377
Oh, girls, have you met
my niece, Jenny Aquila?
455
00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:06,130
She's working with me
over at Roslyn, district clerk.
456
00:25:06,213 --> 00:25:08,340
- Yeah, isn't this place beautiful?
- I mean...
457
00:25:08,424 --> 00:25:09,675
So gorgeous.
458
00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:12,803
Howard must be making out
like a bandit with those Chevys.
459
00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:15,347
He's been consulting
a little on the side.
460
00:25:15,431 --> 00:25:16,682
I'm proud of him.
461
00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:21,186
We're planning a big remodel
once the season's through, actually.
462
00:25:21,270 --> 00:25:23,897
- Oh, wow. Who's your contractor?
- [Pam] Mm.
463
00:25:24,481 --> 00:25:26,042
- [Jim Boy] Ma, help!
- [Pam] Jim Boy's gonna do it.
464
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:28,694
Big goose down. I can't... Oh!
465
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:32,156
Are you sure Jimmy's ready
to take on a project this size?
466
00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:34,283
Yeah, it'll be good for him.
467
00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,201
Get his mind going
on something new.
468
00:25:36,285 --> 00:25:37,661
- Aunt Pam?
- [Pam] Yeah.
469
00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:39,621
Uh, can I talk to you
inside just for a sec?
470
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:40,956
Sure.
471
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,624
All right, Jen. What's going on?
472
00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:45,586
Uh... Honestly...
473
00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:46,879
[scoffs]
474
00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:49,423
I feel bad even
bringing it up, but, um...
475
00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:52,468
- Jake's birthday is coming up.
- Oh.
476
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:55,971
Yeah, and he's been asking
for the Sony PlayStation.
477
00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:57,598
- Video game system.
- Yeah.
478
00:25:57,681 --> 00:26:01,143
And how all his friends have
it and how he feels left out.
479
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,270
- Aw.
- You know, um...
480
00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:06,315
Money's been tight, and
I was just thinking since...
481
00:26:06,774 --> 00:26:09,485
Howard's been
doing so well and all...
482
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,048
- [blender whirring]
- [clears throat]
483
00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:23,999
I'd pay you back
as soon as I'm able.
484
00:26:26,168 --> 00:26:27,669
Just put it on the card.
485
00:26:30,631 --> 00:26:34,551
Amber, sweetie, do you mind giving
your cousin, Jenny, and me a minute?
486
00:26:37,513 --> 00:26:38,513
Thank you.
487
00:26:40,224 --> 00:26:42,267
But I was wondering if
maybe you could just lend me
488
00:26:42,351 --> 00:26:44,079
- the money from your personal...
- Don't worry about it.
489
00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:45,914
It'll all be reconciled
at the end of the month.
490
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:47,481
I've been doing
this a long time.
491
00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:52,152
It's... it's just, he wants that
PlayStation so much, you know?
492
00:26:52,236 --> 00:26:54,255
Just put the receipt on my
desk first thing Monday morning,
493
00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:55,656
and don't give it
another thought.
494
00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:58,992
Now, if you'll excuse
me, I have to play host.
495
00:26:59,076 --> 00:27:00,076
[slurps]
496
00:27:08,377 --> 00:27:09,837
I don't get this. What is this?
497
00:27:10,879 --> 00:27:12,297
It's the SkyWalk
piece you wanted.
498
00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:16,426
No, this is two pages
of contractor bids,
499
00:27:16,510 --> 00:27:19,555
building materials and zoning
ordinances, in brutal detail.
500
00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:20,889
Yeah, it's journalism.
501
00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:22,391
Our readers are 15.
502
00:27:23,433 --> 00:27:24,434
You realize,
503
00:27:24,518 --> 00:27:27,146
we have to submit every issue
to Bressler before we go to print.
504
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:30,357
And Dr. Tassone,
and Pam Cremona.
505
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,276
Pam Gluckin. It's Gluckin now.
506
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,529
Look, we're not the
New York Times, right?
507
00:27:35,612 --> 00:27:36,947
We're an extracurricular.
508
00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:39,825
We are a club designed to
get us all into good colleges.
509
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,679
We have a certain finesse to
the way we approach stories here.
510
00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:44,746
A je ne sais quoi, if you will.
511
00:27:45,455 --> 00:27:48,000
But don't worry, though.
You're gonna get the hang of it.
512
00:28:43,013 --> 00:28:44,013
[beeps]
513
00:28:58,362 --> 00:28:59,362
[scanner beeps]
514
00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:10,874
[beeping]
515
00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:22,134
[store employee] Sir.
516
00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:24,846
Could I ask...
517
00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:26,848
How many of our stores
have you visited today?
518
00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:29,059
Uh...
519
00:29:29,142 --> 00:29:30,519
A couple.
520
00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,289
The ones in Farmingdale and Islip
didn't have what I was looking for.
521
00:29:33,313 --> 00:29:38,026
You know, we actually offer free ship-to
service for our high-value customers.
522
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:43,782
You think I'm high-value?
523
00:29:44,658 --> 00:29:46,910
I mean, reasonably, yeah.
524
00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:50,622
So, where's this stuff going?
525
00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,294
- [Bob] Oh, shit.
- [Lorraine] Yeah, no, no.
526
00:29:55,377 --> 00:29:56,854
- I'll get him. No, he's right here.
- Motherfucking shit.
527
00:29:56,878 --> 00:29:58,088
No, he's... No worries.
528
00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:00,275
Honey, come on, you know how they
feel about the phones on the course.
529
00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:01,967
It's Larry, for you. My cousin.
530
00:30:02,050 --> 00:30:03,510
- Larry, for me?
- Mm.
531
00:30:03,885 --> 00:30:06,763
What? Okay, just tell
him I'll call him after 18.
532
00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:08,056
He says it's about the school.
533
00:30:09,683 --> 00:30:12,227
Larry from the mattress firm?
534
00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:14,021
No, he's over at
Ace Hardware now.
535
00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:18,650
So, this kid, he gives my guy a
home address in Westhampton.
536
00:30:19,568 --> 00:30:21,778
Full 50 miles outside of Roslyn.
537
00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:23,530
And it's a home address.
538
00:30:25,032 --> 00:30:27,075
Yep. So, I say to myself, I say,
539
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:29,995
"What's a Roslyn school's
contractor doing buying supplies
540
00:30:30,078 --> 00:30:32,638
- all the way out in Selden for anyway?"
- [Bob] No, we wouldn't.
541
00:30:32,873 --> 00:30:35,751
We get our materials wholesale,
anyway. We put out bids.
542
00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:39,921
Tool chest, shower heads.
That's home improvement.
543
00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:41,607
- That's not school stuff.
- That's right, right.
544
00:30:41,631 --> 00:30:43,359
- It doesn't add up, Bob.
- Who is this James McCarden,
545
00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:44,944
and why does he have
a Roslyn expense card?
546
00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:46,404
I don't know. I don't
even know a McCarden.
547
00:30:46,428 --> 00:30:48,430
- There is no McCarden at Roslyn.
- No, hang on.
548
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,349
Honey, wasn't Pam Cremona,
549
00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:53,435
or Gluckin or whatever she is,
wasn't her first husband a McCarden?
550
00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:56,730
Come on. No way.
551
00:30:56,813 --> 00:30:58,482
Pam Gluckin, of all people?
552
00:30:58,565 --> 00:31:00,275
She's gonna have a
house on Dune Road?
553
00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:13,663
[car alarm honks]
554
00:31:13,747 --> 00:31:15,600
- [Bob] What else could you say?
- [woman] No, there's nothing to say.
555
00:31:15,624 --> 00:31:17,185
- The receipts say everything.
- [Bob] Yes, okay.
556
00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,689
- But we need to ask...
- [woman] Okay, she's right behind you.
557
00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:23,839
Hi, Pam.
558
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:26,676
[Frank] And, uh, I
want to thank you all
559
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,920
for volunteering time out of
your day to speak with me.
560
00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:30,847
I would just love to
hear from each of you
561
00:31:30,931 --> 00:31:32,724
what you hope to
achieve in the sixth grade.
562
00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:35,310
Yeah, let's start
with you, Heather.
563
00:31:35,394 --> 00:31:38,939
I want to get all As and become a
cardiothoracic surgeon like my mom.
564
00:31:40,482 --> 00:31:41,482
[chuckles softly]
565
00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,277
Great. Uh...
566
00:31:44,444 --> 00:31:46,446
But just for the
purposes of today,
567
00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:47,970
- if you could just...
- [door opens]
568
00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:49,699
Come.
569
00:31:49,783 --> 00:31:50,784
- What?
- Quick.
570
00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:51,952
Uh...
571
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,957
One second. Okay, I'll be back.
572
00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:24,943
[whispered chatter]
573
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:29,781
[Bob] We're vulnerable here.
574
00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:31,783
[Judy] She stole $30,000
in taxpayer money,
575
00:32:31,867 --> 00:32:33,577
and that's just between
the Ace Hardware.
576
00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:35,220
Who knows who else
got an expense card?
577
00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:37,306
[Stan] I'm telling you,
it's our moral responsibility
578
00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:38,582
to report this to the town.
579
00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:40,601
- We have to.
- [Judy] No, this is a criminal matter.
580
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,353
- We gotta call the police, the FBI.
- [Wendy] Okay.
581
00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:44,129
That was our legal counsel.
582
00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:45,797
They do recommend we report.
583
00:32:45,881 --> 00:32:47,966
[Bob] Great, okay.
Well then, that settles it.
584
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:49,468
I'm gonna call the mayor.
585
00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:51,595
Frank, you want
to be on that call?
586
00:32:53,096 --> 00:32:54,097
Um...
587
00:32:56,183 --> 00:32:57,785
- [Frank] I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- Go get him...
588
00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:59,162
- Get him a glass of water.
- I should have caught this.
589
00:32:59,186 --> 00:33:00,353
I should have checked.
590
00:33:00,437 --> 00:33:02,772
Pam's been here longer
than I have. I didn't even think.
591
00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:06,318
- No, no, no, Frank. It's not your fault.
- [sighs]
592
00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:09,988
She built up a decade's
worth of trust with all of us.
593
00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:11,948
We were asleep at the wheel.
594
00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:13,909
Thank you.
595
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,035
[coughs]
596
00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:19,122
But before we go any
further, we need to...
597
00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:20,641
We need to know
what we're dealing with.
598
00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:22,542
I have Phil in my office
getting a firm number.
599
00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:24,085
Phil, our auditor?
600
00:33:24,169 --> 00:33:25,545
The man should be fired.
601
00:33:25,629 --> 00:33:27,923
He's the one person who
should have caught wind of this.
602
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,174
- Prick.
- [Frank] Okay.
603
00:33:29,257 --> 00:33:30,634
We can't jump the gun here.
604
00:33:30,717 --> 00:33:33,386
Not when there's this
much at stake, all right?
605
00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:36,890
- Can we...
- Okay.
606
00:33:36,973 --> 00:33:38,433
We'll give him an hour.
607
00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:40,602
- That's it. But then, after that...
- Right.
608
00:33:41,394 --> 00:33:43,063
- We start making calls.
- Right.
609
00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:47,609
How could Jim Boy be so
careless, going around like that?
610
00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:51,613
I'm pulling him off the
remodel, that's for sure.
611
00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:53,865
Just gonna have to
hire on a real contractor.
612
00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:56,243
- A professional.
- Yeah, Pam?
613
00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:58,328
No, no, no. Frank's
gonna fix this.
614
00:33:58,411 --> 00:34:00,163
He knows how important
I am to this school.
615
00:34:00,247 --> 00:34:02,332
I'm the one who keeps the
lights on here, you know?
616
00:34:02,415 --> 00:34:03,458
He'll tell them.
617
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:06,753
Do you think anybody could ever
find out about the [quietly] PlayStation?
618
00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:09,673
No, I told you I
took care of that.
619
00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:11,341
You have nothing
to worry about there.
620
00:34:12,509 --> 00:34:13,552
That's good.
621
00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:16,663
[in normal voice]
It's just, um...
622
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:18,556
I, uh...
623
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:22,102
I might have also done a
little early Christmas shopping
624
00:34:22,185 --> 00:34:23,645
over the weekend, too.
625
00:34:24,521 --> 00:34:26,457
See, I wasn't gonna mention
it until after the holiday,
626
00:34:26,481 --> 00:34:28,024
because I bought you something,
627
00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:29,859
and... [softly] I
didn't want to spoil it.
628
00:34:29,943 --> 00:34:33,029
I swear, I was
gonna reimburse it all.
629
00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:34,906
How much?
630
00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:37,110
[in normal voice] Not much,
you know. Just like, um...
631
00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:38,617
Maybe...
632
00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:43,665
1,600 at Lord & Taylor
and another 12 at Macy's.
633
00:34:52,549 --> 00:34:53,758
Frank's gonna fix this.
634
00:34:56,636 --> 00:34:58,179
Give me good news, Phil.
635
00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:00,348
There's no way. There's
just... There's no way.
636
00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:01,784
There's check warrants
that are missing.
637
00:35:01,808 --> 00:35:04,436
Purchase orders. I
took her word for it.
638
00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:06,872
She would tell me one thing,
she'd say, "Don't worry about it,"
639
00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:10,066
and I believed her like the
fucking idiot schmuck I am.
640
00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:14,571
Oh, I never even think
to check up, to validate.
641
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:17,115
I'm gonna lose my job.
I'm gonna lose our firm.
642
00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:18,926
- Hey, hey, no, no...
- We're dead. They're gonna kill us.
643
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:21,494
Nobody's killing anybody.
Phil, look me in the eye.
644
00:35:21,578 --> 00:35:22,871
Look me in the eye.
645
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:28,585
You're running the show
here. Say it after me.
646
00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:30,128
"I am running the show."
647
00:35:33,423 --> 00:35:34,924
- I'm running the show.
- Good.
648
00:35:36,509 --> 00:35:39,095
Pull it together. How much
did you find concretely?
649
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:42,432
Uh...
650
00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:45,477
Two hundred twenty-three.
651
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:47,979
Concretely, but that's
just the obvious stuff.
652
00:35:48,063 --> 00:35:50,023
- Who knows what else is buried...
- $223,000?
653
00:35:53,443 --> 00:35:55,278
Okay, okay.
654
00:35:56,321 --> 00:35:57,739
[Frank sighs]
655
00:35:58,365 --> 00:35:59,574
That's our number.
656
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:01,677
What are you talking about?
657
00:36:01,701 --> 00:36:03,745
That's the number we go
back to the board with, 223.
658
00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:05,246
No, you're not hearing me.
659
00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:06,724
That might just be
the tip of the iceberg.
660
00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:08,333
- You don't know that.
- Frank.
661
00:36:08,416 --> 00:36:10,210
The receipts are gone.
662
00:36:10,293 --> 00:36:12,003
They're in the bin of
a shredder, probably.
663
00:36:12,087 --> 00:36:13,380
She could've misplaced them.
664
00:36:13,463 --> 00:36:14,940
I mean, there's a
very real scenario here
665
00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:16,800
where all the other
expenses are legit, right?
666
00:36:17,634 --> 00:36:19,469
- Maybe, I don't know.
- Okay, Phil, Phil.
667
00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:21,388
She's not some
criminal mastermind.
668
00:36:21,471 --> 00:36:24,933
All right, Pam is our friend, and
she has made a stupid mistake.
669
00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:29,396
But what...
670
00:36:29,479 --> 00:36:31,731
But what about the
state comptroller?
671
00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:34,609
Hevesi could
barge into this office
672
00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,778
at any given moment,
conduct an outside audit.
673
00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:39,739
Has he ever done that once
in your 30 years of experience?
674
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:42,701
Exactly.
675
00:36:42,784 --> 00:36:43,784
Just...
676
00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,414
Give me a number, and...
677
00:36:49,165 --> 00:36:50,458
I'll take care of the board.
678
00:37:16,317 --> 00:37:18,945
- [overlapping conversations]
- [Frank] Okay, okay. Everyone.
679
00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:20,447
So, the, uh...
680
00:37:22,365 --> 00:37:24,367
The sum total is $250,000.
681
00:37:24,451 --> 00:37:25,493
- What?
- [all clamoring]
682
00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,162
Jesus, are you kidding me?
683
00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:29,181
- That woman has a set of balls on her.
- We can just...
684
00:37:29,205 --> 00:37:30,975
- When I get my chance...
- [Bob] Well, you never will.
685
00:37:30,999 --> 00:37:32,792
She's gonna be Nassau
PD's for the taking.
686
00:37:32,876 --> 00:37:34,516
- And that shitbird son of hers.
- No, no.
687
00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:36,313
- No, no, Bob.
- Okay, all right, let's do this right.
688
00:37:36,337 --> 00:37:38,274
- Just put the phone away. Bob.
- And why should he?
689
00:37:38,298 --> 00:37:40,717
Because we will lose everything.
690
00:37:45,555 --> 00:37:46,598
What do you mean, Frank?
691
00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:48,308
Once word gets out about Pam,
692
00:37:48,391 --> 00:37:51,144
we're inviting the
Times, Newsday,
693
00:37:51,227 --> 00:37:53,688
and every other paper in the
tristate area to our front door.
694
00:37:53,772 --> 00:37:56,775
With all due respect, screw the
papers. This is a very real crime here.
695
00:37:56,858 --> 00:37:58,318
A theft of taxpayer money.
696
00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:01,001
Judy, you've served on the school
board for how long? Seven years?
697
00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:02,789
- Eight, proudly.
- Okay, and in eight years,
698
00:38:02,864 --> 00:38:06,284
how many times has our budget been
passed by taxpayers without incident?
699
00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:07,786
- Eight.
- Right.
700
00:38:07,869 --> 00:38:10,705
So, what happens when our next
budget goes up for approval in May?
701
00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:12,499
The budget that we've
worked all year on.
702
00:38:12,582 --> 00:38:14,459
The stimulus that
gets us the SkyWalk.
703
00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:17,003
That gets us to
first. What happens?
704
00:38:17,086 --> 00:38:18,630
[Wendy] I get what he's saying.
705
00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:20,590
I mean, how's it going to look?
706
00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:22,926
A school employee
is able to take
707
00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:25,178
hundreds of thousands
of dollars from the coffer
708
00:38:25,261 --> 00:38:26,429
without anyone noticing.
709
00:38:26,513 --> 00:38:29,349
Why would we pump more
money into the school system?
710
00:38:29,432 --> 00:38:33,520
Right, if a scandal this seismic
breaks, our budget is torpedoed, done.
711
00:38:33,603 --> 00:38:34,896
We are right back to square one.
712
00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:36,856
I don't know, you
can't pay the teachers.
713
00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:38,441
Maybe they start migrating out.
714
00:38:38,525 --> 00:38:40,652
Whoa. This can't
affect the colleges, huh?
715
00:38:40,735 --> 00:38:43,780
I think we'd have to expect that
admissions at top-tier schools
716
00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:45,949
would view us under a
radically different lens, yeah.
717
00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:47,659
No, wait. [stammers]
Why would they ever?
718
00:38:47,742 --> 00:38:49,869
If they smell
trouble, then they...
719
00:38:50,787 --> 00:38:52,973
I don't know, they might decide
to lay off Roslyn kids for a while.
720
00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:54,624
"Yesses" can become
"nos" overnight.
721
00:38:54,707 --> 00:38:56,427
I've... I've heard of
that happening before.
722
00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:58,503
I have. So,
anyway, let's just...
723
00:38:59,379 --> 00:39:00,797
Let's tease this out, okay?
724
00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:05,009
We don't perform, we
go down in the rankings.
725
00:39:05,093 --> 00:39:07,804
And then our sister schools nose
us out of the top ten, top hundred.
726
00:39:07,887 --> 00:39:09,597
Syosset and Jericho,
those sons of bitches.
727
00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:12,559
And that's when we start seeing
property values adversely affected.
728
00:39:17,272 --> 00:39:18,272
[scoffs softly]
729
00:39:19,649 --> 00:39:21,192
He's right. Of course he is.
730
00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:23,319
As far as real estate...
731
00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:26,030
especially Long Island...
732
00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:28,116
a town is only as good as its...
733
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:29,576
Public school system.
734
00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:33,913
[sighs] After everything
we've worked for, hm?
735
00:39:34,956 --> 00:39:37,792
Years that it's
taken to get this far.
736
00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:43,148
These are our kids
we're talking about.
737
00:39:45,842 --> 00:39:47,468
I can think of one other option.
738
00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:51,514
[door opens]
739
00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:52,890
Frank.
740
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:56,287
[clears throat] Everything's
gonna be okay, Pam.
741
00:39:56,311 --> 00:39:59,355
We're, uh... We're gonna get
you home to your family real soon.
742
00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:01,983
We're good. Close the door.
743
00:40:03,610 --> 00:40:06,279
The board is very aware
of how hard you worked
744
00:40:06,362 --> 00:40:08,364
for the schools, for
Roslyn, for their kids.
745
00:40:08,448 --> 00:40:11,492
They know what an asset
you've been, and, um...
746
00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:14,245
that is why they
see this for what it is.
747
00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:15,580
A lapse in judgment.
748
00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:19,417
And in light of that, they're opting not
to press charges or involve the police.
749
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,461
Thank you. Thank
you, all of you.
750
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:26,132
So, you'll make full restitution to
the school at the sum of $250,000.
751
00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:29,177
Two-fifty, full... Full
restitution, of course.
752
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:30,404
[stammering] I'll
make it happen.
753
00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:32,889
And then you'll finish out the
work week and resign quietly.
754
00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:38,061
Wait...
755
00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:39,270
[chuckles nervously]
756
00:40:39,354 --> 00:40:40,438
- What?
- [Frank] Okay.
757
00:40:40,521 --> 00:40:43,816
Tomorrow morning, you'll surrender
your administrator's license to the board,
758
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:45,860
and you'll sign an
NDA committing...
759
00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:48,821
Frank, Frank, I don't
understand what's happening.
760
00:40:48,905 --> 00:40:50,448
[sputtering] I don't
understand this.
761
00:40:50,531 --> 00:40:53,326
- Why are you...
- You stole from the schools, Pam.
762
00:40:53,409 --> 00:40:55,828
From... From the taxpayers.
763
00:40:55,912 --> 00:40:57,622
From the kids we're
supposed to serve.
764
00:40:59,165 --> 00:41:03,461
This kind of behavior goes
beyond the bounds of immoral.
765
00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:06,673
It's... It's cruel.
It's heinous.
766
00:41:06,756 --> 00:41:08,549
It's sociopathic, even.
767
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:11,719
- Sociopathic, what?
- The shameless self-interest.
768
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:14,722
The... The... The
unstable personality.
769
00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:17,308
The parade of
rotten marriages...
770
00:41:17,725 --> 00:41:18,977
Frank.
771
00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:20,937
[sighs]
772
00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:22,605
You need help, Pam.
773
00:41:23,398 --> 00:41:24,816
Real medical help.
774
00:41:25,608 --> 00:41:26,859
You're a sick woman.
775
00:41:26,943 --> 00:41:28,695
We're concerned about you, Pam.
776
00:41:38,997 --> 00:41:39,997
[scoffs]
777
00:41:40,915 --> 00:41:42,375
Um...
778
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:44,794
I am a...
779
00:41:45,628 --> 00:41:46,879
I'm a sick woman.
780
00:41:48,006 --> 00:41:49,006
I'm...
781
00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:52,719
I'm ashamed of my actions.
I'm ashamed of myself. I'm...
782
00:41:53,302 --> 00:41:55,263
There's no excuse for it.
783
00:41:56,222 --> 00:41:58,266
Well, the sociopath y.
784
00:41:59,851 --> 00:42:01,602
- Yeah, Bob, the...
- Yeah.
785
00:42:04,439 --> 00:42:05,439
Okay.
786
00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:08,401
We'll make all the arrangements
first thing tomorrow morning.
787
00:42:17,076 --> 00:42:18,077
Yeah, of course.
788
00:42:21,622 --> 00:42:22,957
Good night, all.
789
00:42:28,671 --> 00:42:30,431
[Judy] Well, that went
better than I thought.
790
00:42:31,841 --> 00:42:33,092
[Bob] You saved our ass, Frank.
791
00:42:33,509 --> 00:42:34,903
- [Judy] God, yeah.
- [Bob] Thank you.
792
00:42:34,927 --> 00:42:35,803
[all murmur in agreement]
793
00:42:35,887 --> 00:42:36,887
[Judy] Yeah.
794
00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:44,854
[cell phone ringing]
795
00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:09,253
[Pam] What the hell was that?
796
00:43:10,463 --> 00:43:12,340
I... Can you hear me?
797
00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:14,300
Frank?
798
00:43:14,884 --> 00:43:16,594
[Pam stammers]
799
00:43:17,178 --> 00:43:18,346
Okay.
800
00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:20,056
I'm just... I'm
just trying to...
801
00:43:20,932 --> 00:43:22,517
Trying to wrap my
head around this.
802
00:43:23,810 --> 00:43:25,478
[stammering] What...
803
00:43:50,503 --> 00:43:51,796
[line ringing]
804
00:43:54,966 --> 00:43:56,217
[Kyle] Hey.
805
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:58,220
- I wasn't sure you were gonna call.
- [chuckles]
806
00:44:00,138 --> 00:44:01,264
Is everything okay?
807
00:44:02,181 --> 00:44:03,641
Yeah, sorry, I, um...
808
00:44:05,351 --> 00:44:06,853
just wanted to hear your voice.
809
00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:27,248
- [Pam] Where is he?
- [Howard] Pam.
810
00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:28,583
- Where is he?
- Pam, just...
811
00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:29,584
Just sit down for a second.
812
00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:30,978
[Pam] No, I want to talk
to Jimmy. Where is he?
813
00:44:31,002 --> 00:44:32,354
- Just sit down for a little bit.
- Is he in his room?
814
00:44:32,378 --> 00:44:33,564
- No, he's in his bedroom, isn't he?
- Pam.
815
00:44:33,588 --> 00:44:34,857
- Just...
- Yeah, don't touch me.
816
00:44:34,881 --> 00:44:36,041
- Don't touch me!
- All right!
817
00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:40,469
Hey, Ma.
818
00:44:45,099 --> 00:44:46,099
Hi, Ma?
819
00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:47,767
Hi, Ma?
820
00:44:48,728 --> 00:44:50,528
- Hey, Aunt Pam!
- Get out of my house, Jimmy!
821
00:44:50,563 --> 00:44:52,416
- [Howard] Pam!
- I don't want you here anymore!
822
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:53,649
- Get the hell out!
- Pam!
823
00:44:53,733 --> 00:44:55,586
- I don't want to see your face anymore.
- Pam, stop it!
824
00:44:55,610 --> 00:44:56,485
Stop it! You don't mean it.
825
00:44:56,569 --> 00:44:57,921
- Hey, what's going on?
- You don't mean it.
826
00:44:57,945 --> 00:44:58,988
She doesn't mean it, Jim.
827
00:44:59,071 --> 00:45:01,471
- She doesn't mean one word of it.
- [Amber] What's going on?
828
00:45:02,783 --> 00:45:04,094
[Howard] Your mother
lost her job today.
829
00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:06,621
Yeah, not my job,
Howard. My career.
830
00:45:07,663 --> 00:45:10,917
[Amber] I don't get it. Can't you just
get a different job at another school?
831
00:45:16,797 --> 00:45:18,549
They're taking my license.
832
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,177
Mom, what did you do?
833
00:45:22,762 --> 00:45:23,763
[sighs]
834
00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:26,641
I took money from them.
835
00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:30,978
Yeah, I stole. We all did.
836
00:45:32,021 --> 00:45:33,790
[Howard] Okay, look, just
go back to your rooms, please.
837
00:45:33,814 --> 00:45:36,275
- Let me talk to your mother.
- Yeah. Your car, your clothes.
838
00:45:36,359 --> 00:45:37,985
This house, the other houses.
839
00:45:38,069 --> 00:45:41,155
- What are you talking about?
- You didn't want state school.
840
00:45:41,781 --> 00:45:43,449
You wanted private college.
841
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,329
I wanted you to
be happy with me.
842
00:45:48,412 --> 00:45:51,707
Pam. Pam, listen. It's okay.
843
00:45:51,791 --> 00:45:54,293
We'll get you a job down
at the dealership, okay?
844
00:45:55,253 --> 00:45:58,130
Yeah, yeah, they're looking
for a new girl at the front desk.
845
00:45:58,214 --> 00:46:00,258
- Like a secretary?
- No, no.
846
00:46:00,341 --> 00:46:03,427
Not... not like a secretary.
You'll find something.
847
00:46:03,511 --> 00:46:05,179
- I'm just saying...
- I have degrees.
848
00:46:05,263 --> 00:46:06,931
- I know.
- I went to school for years
849
00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:08,599
to get degrees.
850
00:46:08,683 --> 00:46:10,851
I drove the bus. I
did the steno pool.
851
00:46:10,935 --> 00:46:12,186
I did everything I had to.
852
00:46:12,270 --> 00:46:13,354
[Howard] Listen to me, Pam.
853
00:46:13,437 --> 00:46:15,231
- Listen to me.
- I'm gonna be sick.
854
00:46:15,314 --> 00:46:18,067
You are the smartest
woman I have ever known.
855
00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:20,379
We're gonna get through this,
and you're gonna land on your feet.
856
00:46:20,403 --> 00:46:21,404
You will.
857
00:46:23,072 --> 00:46:24,073
Come here.
858
00:46:25,783 --> 00:46:27,201
- Howard.
- I know.
859
00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:29,453
- Howard.
- I know.
860
00:46:30,246 --> 00:46:31,372
I know.
861
00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:33,666
[bell ringing]
862
00:46:43,509 --> 00:46:44,885
[Rachel] Hi, Mrs. Gluckin.
863
00:46:45,845 --> 00:46:49,307
Uh, I was just wondering, could I
get the key to the basement again?
864
00:46:49,390 --> 00:46:51,350
I just want to look
up a few more things.
865
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:53,936
What's this for, Rachel?
866
00:46:54,020 --> 00:46:56,188
Just for some stuff
I wanted to verify.
867
00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:57,982
I can answer your questions.
868
00:47:00,359 --> 00:47:02,236
Uh... Okay, well...
869
00:47:03,195 --> 00:47:05,906
I did the math, and it
looks like the SkyWalk's
870
00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:08,409
gonna end up costing
around $8 million.
871
00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:10,202
- Seven-five, sure.
- Right.
872
00:47:10,286 --> 00:47:11,287
It just seems like
873
00:47:11,370 --> 00:47:13,831
a lot of our resources to
be spending on cosmetics.
874
00:47:15,541 --> 00:47:16,959
Cosmetics?
875
00:47:17,043 --> 00:47:18,711
People love the SkyWalk.
876
00:47:18,794 --> 00:47:20,338
The Beacon loves the SkyWalk.
877
00:47:20,421 --> 00:47:22,548
- There was that nice poll you guys did.
- Right.
878
00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:26,218
But the ceilings at the
high school are still leaking.
879
00:47:26,302 --> 00:47:28,179
Some of the classrooms
had to get shut down.
880
00:47:28,262 --> 00:47:30,890
Sounds like you should bring that
up with your student government.
881
00:47:33,642 --> 00:47:35,019
There was also the pizza oven.
882
00:47:36,062 --> 00:47:36,937
What?
883
00:47:37,021 --> 00:47:41,067
I saw a line item in the
expense reports for a pizza oven.
884
00:47:41,150 --> 00:47:44,320
But then I asked Paula in the cafeteria,
and she said she knew nothing about it.
885
00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:45,446
Just stop it!
886
00:47:50,368 --> 00:47:52,370
I am sorry to be the
one to tell you this,
887
00:47:52,453 --> 00:47:55,289
but no one is keeping
anything from you, okay?
888
00:47:55,373 --> 00:47:57,833
On the contrary, we
come in here every day
889
00:47:57,917 --> 00:47:59,835
at the crack of dawn
because we care.
890
00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:02,129
We care about providing you
891
00:48:02,213 --> 00:48:05,841
with a proper quality education
because we're good people.
892
00:48:05,925 --> 00:48:08,302
Because we want
you to have a good life.
893
00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:09,512
Okay?
894
00:48:11,639 --> 00:48:12,640
Okay.
895
00:48:13,349 --> 00:48:14,349
Okay.
896
00:48:16,811 --> 00:48:19,688
The individual purchase orders
are still public record, though.
897
00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:25,403
[chuckles]
898
00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:27,654
[opens drawer]
899
00:48:28,114 --> 00:48:29,156
Here you go.
900
00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:33,536
- Thank you.
- Mm.
901
00:48:33,994 --> 00:48:35,121
Oh, and Rachel,
902
00:48:35,204 --> 00:48:37,415
you were right
about that pizza oven.
903
00:48:37,498 --> 00:48:39,542
It didn't go to the high school,
904
00:48:39,625 --> 00:48:41,377
because we bought it
for the middle school.
905
00:48:42,128 --> 00:48:44,463
Yeah, they have pizza
for days down there.
906
00:48:44,547 --> 00:48:45,756
Go get yourself a slice.
907
00:48:52,263 --> 00:48:53,556
[Frank] Morning.
908
00:48:53,639 --> 00:48:54,807
- Hi.
- Oh, hey, Rachel.
909
00:48:56,350 --> 00:48:59,311
[whispers] Dr. Tassone, Pam
Gluckin's in a bit of a state.
910
00:48:59,854 --> 00:49:00,997
[Frank whispers] I have
a very busy morning.
911
00:49:01,021 --> 00:49:02,606
Just tell her I can't. Morning.
912
00:49:03,566 --> 00:49:05,776
[Pam] Frank. Frank, Frank!
913
00:49:05,985 --> 00:49:06,985
Fra...
914
00:49:09,196 --> 00:49:10,489
[door closes]
915
00:49:12,575 --> 00:49:14,493
I'm sorry, Dr. Tassone's
very busy this morning.
916
00:49:14,577 --> 00:49:15,846
- Get out of my way, Mary Ann.
- Pam.
917
00:49:15,870 --> 00:49:16,870
- Please.
- Pam.
918
00:49:18,706 --> 00:49:19,832
You know what? It's fine.
919
00:49:23,043 --> 00:49:24,086
Everything's fine.
920
00:49:46,108 --> 00:49:47,776
My exit interview for him.
921
00:49:55,326 --> 00:49:56,410
[knock on door]
922
00:49:57,369 --> 00:49:59,205
- Hey.
- [Jenny] Hey, Dr. Tassone.
923
00:49:59,455 --> 00:50:01,248
Uh, Mary Ann said
you wanted to see me?
924
00:50:01,332 --> 00:50:03,709
Yes, yes. Uh, take a seat.
925
00:50:03,792 --> 00:50:05,632
- Just close the door behind you there.
- Okay.
926
00:50:10,966 --> 00:50:14,470
So, I think maybe it is time
927
00:50:14,553 --> 00:50:17,640
that we talked about your
value in this workplace.
928
00:50:20,935 --> 00:50:22,478
I... Uh...
929
00:50:23,479 --> 00:50:25,272
- This isn't...
- No, rest assured,
930
00:50:25,356 --> 00:50:27,816
we all want you to succeed here.
931
00:50:28,817 --> 00:50:30,736
Which is... [clears throat]
932
00:50:30,819 --> 00:50:34,865
Which is why we would
like to, uh, transition you
933
00:50:34,949 --> 00:50:37,117
to our special-utilities
department.
934
00:50:38,869 --> 00:50:40,120
Oh.
935
00:50:40,663 --> 00:50:41,664
Sure, um...
936
00:50:42,414 --> 00:50:45,209
You know, I just thought I
was a really good fit up here.
937
00:50:45,292 --> 00:50:48,045
Oh, yeah, no, no, no. It's...
We're just doing some shuffling,
938
00:50:48,128 --> 00:50:50,172
and we could really use
an extra hand down there.
939
00:50:50,589 --> 00:50:51,589
Okay?
940
00:50:53,759 --> 00:50:56,470
What about Pam's old job?
You know, I thought maybe, uh...
941
00:50:56,554 --> 00:50:58,931
You know, like a manager,
maybe I could be...
942
00:50:59,014 --> 00:51:00,349
Maybe I could be right for that.
943
00:51:00,432 --> 00:51:02,768
Yeah, actually, Philip
Metzger's gonna be stepping in
944
00:51:02,851 --> 00:51:04,436
as the interim business manager.
945
00:51:05,062 --> 00:51:06,855
- Phil, the auditor?
- Yeah, yeah.
946
00:51:06,939 --> 00:51:10,109
I mean, until we can find a more
permanent replacement for Pam, but...
947
00:51:11,860 --> 00:51:13,112
We're pretty excited about him.
948
00:51:17,700 --> 00:51:20,119
I think that I should, uh...
949
00:51:21,912 --> 00:51:23,122
I think, um...
950
00:51:27,293 --> 00:51:30,462
I know what you all did to Pam.
951
00:51:32,631 --> 00:51:34,466
And I could... You
know, I could...
952
00:51:35,509 --> 00:51:38,095
maybe tell people.
953
00:51:38,178 --> 00:51:40,472
Sorry, hold on a second.
I'm so sorry to interrupt.
954
00:51:40,556 --> 00:51:43,559
I just noticed that
necklace you have on.
955
00:51:43,642 --> 00:51:45,769
How it really
complements your eyes.
956
00:51:47,187 --> 00:51:48,939
- Thank you.
- It's, uh...
957
00:51:49,023 --> 00:51:50,524
Yeah, that's new, isn't it?
958
00:51:50,608 --> 00:51:52,693
I don't think I've seen you
wearing it around before.
959
00:51:54,403 --> 00:51:56,864
Yeah, I thought
so. Yeah. I've got...
960
00:51:56,947 --> 00:51:59,575
I got sort of an eye for
these things, I don't know.
961
00:51:59,658 --> 00:52:01,076
So, um, what do you think?
962
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:02,661
Is that a Macy's purchase,
963
00:52:02,745 --> 00:52:05,122
or are we talking Lord
& Taylor collection?
964
00:52:12,004 --> 00:52:13,714
Special utilities, you said?
965
00:52:14,089 --> 00:52:15,924
Yeah. I think so.
966
00:52:17,843 --> 00:52:19,386
Okay, thanks, Jen.
967
00:52:20,971 --> 00:52:22,890
[Frank exhales deeply]
968
00:52:23,724 --> 00:52:24,975
[door opens]
969
00:52:32,316 --> 00:52:33,525
[scoffs]
970
00:52:34,443 --> 00:52:36,070
[paper crumples]
971
00:52:40,115 --> 00:52:42,534
Mary Ann, can I get a cup
of that new coffee in here?
972
00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:48,706
[doorbell rings]
973
00:52:51,752 --> 00:52:54,033
[Amber] Oh, Rocco, you're so
annoying. Get out of the way.
974
00:52:54,797 --> 00:52:55,797
Go.
975
00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:09,603
- Mom!
- [Pam] This is she.
976
00:53:11,105 --> 00:53:12,105
No.
977
00:53:12,940 --> 00:53:13,940
Wait, what?
978
00:53:14,483 --> 00:53:17,653
Yeah, thank you. Please
don't call here again.
979
00:53:17,736 --> 00:53:19,238
- Who was that?
- That was a student.
980
00:53:19,321 --> 00:53:20,965
They want to donate the
fashion show proceeds
981
00:53:20,989 --> 00:53:23,367
to help pay for my
medical expenses.
982
00:53:23,450 --> 00:53:24,451
But you're not sick.
983
00:53:24,535 --> 00:53:26,078
Don't eat that.
We're returning them.
984
00:53:26,161 --> 00:53:28,414
Pam, what the hell is going on?
985
00:53:31,667 --> 00:53:33,335
[Bob] Okay, uh...
986
00:53:33,419 --> 00:53:36,880
First off, we want to take a moment
to acknowledge Pamela Gluckin.
987
00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:40,718
Uh, our hearts go out to
her and her entire family,
988
00:53:40,801 --> 00:53:43,470
and we wish her a safe
and speedy recovery. Yeah.
989
00:53:46,098 --> 00:53:49,560
Okay, all right. Now,
on to the fun stuff.
990
00:53:51,478 --> 00:53:53,605
Look at these numbers, folks.
991
00:53:53,689 --> 00:53:56,066
These are the best
early-decision numbers
992
00:53:56,150 --> 00:53:57,693
that we've ever seen.
993
00:53:58,444 --> 00:53:59,653
Yeah.
994
00:53:59,737 --> 00:54:01,363
Give yourselves a
round of applause.
995
00:54:06,869 --> 00:54:10,539
["Blue Christmas"
playing] Blue Christmas
996
00:54:11,457 --> 00:54:13,375
Without you
997
00:54:19,506 --> 00:54:24,011
just thinking about you
998
00:54:26,472 --> 00:54:31,393
Decorations of red
999
00:54:31,477 --> 00:54:35,606
On our green Christmas tree
1000
00:54:38,066 --> 00:54:41,945
Won't be the same, dear
1001
00:54:42,029 --> 00:54:45,657
If you're not here with me
1002
00:54:45,991 --> 00:54:48,118
[inaudible]
1003
00:54:48,202 --> 00:54:54,458
Blue snowflakes start fallin'
1004
00:54:56,210 --> 00:54:58,337
That's when those
1005
00:54:58,420 --> 00:55:04,843
Blue memories start callin'
1006
00:55:07,221 --> 00:55:12,351
You'll be doin' all right
1007
00:55:12,434 --> 00:55:16,772
With your Christmas of white
1008
00:55:17,815 --> 00:55:21,401
But I'll have a blue...
1009
00:55:21,485 --> 00:55:22,485
Seven.
1010
00:55:24,446 --> 00:55:25,446
Six.
1011
00:55:27,866 --> 00:55:28,866
Five.
1012
00:55:48,595 --> 00:55:52,266
Hey, Rachel, um, where's the article
on the Cancer Benefit Fashion Show?
1013
00:55:52,975 --> 00:55:54,601
I'll get that to you tomorrow.
1014
00:55:55,269 --> 00:55:56,645
But we go to print tomorrow.
1015
00:55:57,479 --> 00:55:58,856
Okay, I'll have it tonight.
1016
00:55:59,898 --> 00:56:01,984
Look, if you want to
be a part of the paper,
1017
00:56:02,067 --> 00:56:03,485
you gotta be a
part of the paper.
1018
00:56:03,569 --> 00:56:04,987
Look, I'm gonna be late.
1019
00:56:05,070 --> 00:56:06,697
Rachel. Rachel!
1020
00:56:06,780 --> 00:56:07,781
[binder clatters]
1021
00:56:08,824 --> 00:56:10,033
- Shit.
- Oh, my God.
1022
00:56:10,117 --> 00:56:12,244
- Sorry, shit.
- Seriously?
1023
00:56:16,832 --> 00:56:18,250
What is this?
1024
00:56:18,333 --> 00:56:21,628
It's just a personal project.
None of your business.
1025
00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:28,260
Look, I'm sorry for
being a hard-ass.
1026
00:56:28,927 --> 00:56:30,846
I know you're going
through a lot at home.
1027
00:56:30,929 --> 00:56:32,264
What's that supposed to mean?
1028
00:56:33,891 --> 00:56:35,767
You know, just
everything with your dad.
1029
00:56:36,727 --> 00:56:37,853
Yeah, what about him?
1030
00:56:39,980 --> 00:56:42,190
I mean, the parents
talk to each other.
1031
00:56:42,858 --> 00:56:44,484
I know that some
shit happened at work.
1032
00:56:46,153 --> 00:56:47,195
You don't know anything.
1033
00:56:47,696 --> 00:56:49,781
Ow. Fuck, Rachel.
1034
00:56:53,076 --> 00:56:54,676
[pop music playing
softly over speakers]
1035
00:56:54,828 --> 00:56:56,163
[papers rustling]
1036
00:57:15,432 --> 00:57:16,725
[knock on door]
1037
00:57:16,808 --> 00:57:17,808
[David] Rach?
1038
00:57:19,061 --> 00:57:20,395
- Dinner.
- Okay.
1039
00:57:22,648 --> 00:57:23,649
What's all this?
1040
00:57:24,524 --> 00:57:28,654
Uh... Research. These are
invoices from the school district.
1041
00:57:36,703 --> 00:57:37,955
[David chuckles]
1042
00:57:38,246 --> 00:57:41,583
The school district invoiced
over $1 million in lab equipment?
1043
00:57:43,377 --> 00:57:44,795
And that's just one supplier.
1044
00:57:45,420 --> 00:57:46,755
[David chuckles]
1045
00:57:48,590 --> 00:57:50,258
You thought about
calling this company?
1046
00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:56,598
[TV playing indistinctly]
1047
00:58:03,021 --> 00:58:04,690
Oh, God, I'm
gonna miss my flight.
1048
00:58:05,273 --> 00:58:06,733
Not if you stay another day.
1049
00:58:07,317 --> 00:58:08,443
You know I can't do that.
1050
00:58:08,819 --> 00:58:10,070
[groans]
1051
00:58:12,197 --> 00:58:13,657
You could get a job here.
1052
00:58:15,701 --> 00:58:17,703
There are schools
in Clark County.
1053
00:58:17,786 --> 00:58:18,996
Sure, but good ones?
1054
00:58:20,163 --> 00:58:21,873
Was Roslyn any good before you?
1055
00:58:32,134 --> 00:58:35,429
Hi, is this Champion
Products in Uniondale?
1056
00:58:35,512 --> 00:58:36,388
[man] Yes, it is.
1057
00:58:36,471 --> 00:58:37,556
Hi, my name is Rachel.
1058
00:58:37,639 --> 00:58:39,799
I was just hoping to ask
you about a series of charges.
1059
00:58:39,850 --> 00:58:41,995
Well, thank you for verifying,
Felice. You've been a huge help.
1060
00:58:42,019 --> 00:58:43,478
- Yeah.
- Thank you, goodbye.
1061
00:58:44,479 --> 00:58:46,064
- [sighs]
- That's right.
1062
00:58:48,233 --> 00:58:49,234
Yeah, I can hold.
1063
00:58:53,321 --> 00:58:54,364
[line ringing]
1064
00:58:55,032 --> 00:58:56,241
[ringing]
1065
00:58:58,493 --> 00:59:01,079
Bellmore Fine
Auto, this is Howard.
1066
00:59:02,664 --> 00:59:05,625
Uh, I'm sorry.
Bellmore Fine Auto?
1067
00:59:05,709 --> 00:59:09,504
I had this number listed
as an HG Consulting.
1068
00:59:26,188 --> 00:59:27,188
[Pam] Hi.
1069
00:59:28,982 --> 00:59:30,108
What's the matter?
1070
00:59:31,234 --> 00:59:33,361
Nothing, I'm just... just tired.
1071
00:59:34,446 --> 00:59:35,655
I'll take those invoices.
1072
00:59:45,373 --> 00:59:47,793
[David] Next up is
WordPower Tech.
1073
00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:51,713
Now, they have billed the
school district $800,000,
1074
00:59:51,797 --> 00:59:53,840
but no one has any
idea who they are.
1075
00:59:53,924 --> 00:59:55,217
And they're consistent.
1076
00:59:55,300 --> 00:59:57,302
They've billed every
year for the past ten.
1077
00:59:57,385 --> 00:59:59,888
Yeah, the company's
registered to Thomas Tuggiero,
1078
00:59:59,971 --> 01:00:01,598
with an address in Manhattan.
1079
01:00:01,681 --> 01:00:04,017
I tried calling but the
number is disconnected.
1080
01:00:04,101 --> 01:00:06,603
We're gonna leave that one
a question mark for right now
1081
01:00:06,686 --> 01:00:10,440
because the next one I've
got is Porto Office Supplies.
1082
01:00:10,524 --> 01:00:12,818
Now, I can't find any...
1083
01:00:28,416 --> 01:00:29,960
[whistle tweets]
1084
01:01:24,890 --> 01:01:26,641
[man] What, did
you forget your key?
1085
01:01:28,393 --> 01:01:29,519
Oh.
1086
01:01:30,353 --> 01:01:31,353
Hello.
1087
01:01:35,650 --> 01:01:36,985
Can I help you with something?
1088
01:01:37,611 --> 01:01:38,612
Is this...
1089
01:01:40,864 --> 01:01:42,199
Uh... I'm...
1090
01:01:42,782 --> 01:01:43,825
I'm canvassing.
1091
01:01:44,826 --> 01:01:45,869
For who?
1092
01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:52,334
Oh, um, it's...
1093
01:01:53,084 --> 01:01:54,878
I... I have the wrong apartment.
1094
01:01:54,961 --> 01:01:55,961
[scoffs]
1095
01:02:09,017 --> 01:02:10,017
[elevator bell dings]
1096
01:02:37,545 --> 01:02:38,546
[door closes]
1097
01:02:42,008 --> 01:02:43,760
You're back.
1098
01:02:43,843 --> 01:02:46,179
I'm back. Hey, thanks.
1099
01:02:49,516 --> 01:02:51,935
- Hey, what's for dinner?
- Salmon.
1100
01:03:02,362 --> 01:03:03,488
What's the matter?
1101
01:03:05,323 --> 01:03:07,033
Oh, it's just work. Sorry.
1102
01:03:08,910 --> 01:03:10,495
The salmon's a little dry.
1103
01:03:11,997 --> 01:03:12,997
It's great.
1104
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,459
I can tell when you're lying.
1105
01:03:22,048 --> 01:03:23,383
A little dry, maybe.
1106
01:03:23,466 --> 01:03:25,260
The couscous, though,
is a small masterpiece.
1107
01:03:25,343 --> 01:03:26,970
Well, thank you very much.
1108
01:03:27,470 --> 01:03:28,470
[chuckles]
1109
01:03:33,184 --> 01:03:34,269
How was Omaha?
1110
01:03:35,270 --> 01:03:37,689
Mm. Dull. Dull as all hell.
1111
01:03:40,859 --> 01:03:41,859
So...
1112
01:03:43,028 --> 01:03:45,530
So, I'm sitting there sandwiched
between Doug and Joe,
1113
01:03:45,613 --> 01:03:47,782
and there's no AIC in
the conference center,
1114
01:03:47,866 --> 01:03:50,160
so you can imagine
the smell while they...
1115
01:03:50,243 --> 01:03:53,246
- Oh, God.
- Talked for hours about
1116
01:03:53,330 --> 01:03:57,167
STEM programs
and state aid. It was...
1117
01:03:57,250 --> 01:03:59,461
Oh, yeah. It
was... it was a riot.
1118
01:03:59,544 --> 01:04:00,962
Oh, sounds like a nightmare.
1119
01:04:04,049 --> 01:04:05,508
Maybe I'll come along next time.
1120
01:04:05,592 --> 01:04:07,344
[chuckles]
1121
01:04:07,719 --> 01:04:08,803
As a buffer.
1122
01:04:12,265 --> 01:04:13,850
I would never
subject you to that.
1123
01:04:18,188 --> 01:04:20,440
- [water running]
- [Thomas humming]
1124
01:04:42,796 --> 01:04:44,047
[sighs]
1125
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:51,888
[quiet chatter]
1126
01:04:54,641 --> 01:04:56,851
Okay, you have
documents to back this up?
1127
01:04:57,435 --> 01:04:59,771
Years' worth of supposed
payments to vendors
1128
01:04:59,854 --> 01:05:02,107
and confirmation they
were never received.
1129
01:05:02,190 --> 01:05:04,150
Some of these companies,
they don't even exist.
1130
01:05:04,234 --> 01:05:05,652
Well, no, you don't know that.
1131
01:05:06,236 --> 01:05:08,488
I mean, you don't
know that for sure, right?
1132
01:05:08,571 --> 01:05:09,823
WordPower Tech.
1133
01:05:09,906 --> 01:05:11,699
They've billed the
district almost $1 million
1134
01:05:11,783 --> 01:05:13,284
and no one knows anything.
1135
01:05:13,952 --> 01:05:15,221
- Because it isn't anything.
- Okay.
1136
01:05:15,245 --> 01:05:17,098
It is a private apartment
on the Upper East Side.
1137
01:05:17,122 --> 01:05:18,123
Yes, but that doesn't...
1138
01:05:18,206 --> 01:05:21,086
- And our superintendent has the key.
- Necessarily mean that it's fake.
1139
01:05:23,253 --> 01:05:24,796
Come on, Nick, you
know what this is.
1140
01:05:24,879 --> 01:05:27,340
If he hasn't reported
this, it's fraud.
1141
01:05:27,424 --> 01:05:29,426
He's writing my college
recommendation letter.
1142
01:05:34,305 --> 01:05:36,850
Fuck! Fuck, God damn it.
1143
01:05:37,016 --> 01:05:39,644
[inhales sharply] What are we
even talking about right now?
1144
01:05:41,980 --> 01:05:43,022
Are you sure...
1145
01:05:43,106 --> 01:05:46,526
Are you sure, sure, sure
you actually want to do this?
1146
01:05:49,571 --> 01:05:51,072
[quietly reading]
1147
01:06:18,099 --> 01:06:19,225
[Frank] Mind if I join you?
1148
01:06:29,652 --> 01:06:30,945
[exhales]
1149
01:06:32,822 --> 01:06:35,825
Don't ever let a doctor find out
you have high cholesterol, Rachel.
1150
01:06:35,909 --> 01:06:37,785
They'll make you do
the most horrible things.
1151
01:06:42,332 --> 01:06:43,332
So...
1152
01:06:44,584 --> 01:06:45,627
About yesterday?
1153
01:06:46,503 --> 01:06:47,504
Yeah, uh...
1154
01:06:49,464 --> 01:06:51,104
- That was...
- What were you doing there?
1155
01:06:53,092 --> 01:06:54,427
I'm not upset.
1156
01:06:54,511 --> 01:06:57,138
But it is very important
that you be honest.
1157
01:06:59,432 --> 01:07:03,811
I was following up on the listed
address for a school contractor.
1158
01:07:05,438 --> 01:07:06,606
Why were you doing that?
1159
01:07:08,525 --> 01:07:10,527
It's public record. Anyone
could take the time...
1160
01:07:10,610 --> 01:07:12,362
I didn't ask you if it
was public record.
1161
01:07:12,445 --> 01:07:13,655
I... I just asked you why.
1162
01:07:17,867 --> 01:07:19,118
It's for something I'm writing.
1163
01:07:21,621 --> 01:07:22,914
[exhales]
1164
01:07:27,544 --> 01:07:29,295
I think you have real potential.
1165
01:07:29,379 --> 01:07:31,297
- Dr. Tassone...
- No, I'm serious.
1166
01:07:31,381 --> 01:07:33,591
I... I read all your bylines.
1167
01:07:33,675 --> 01:07:35,635
You've come such a long
way since past September.
1168
01:07:35,718 --> 01:07:38,012
Your confidence,
your strength of ability...
1169
01:07:38,096 --> 01:07:38,930
Thank you.
1170
01:07:39,013 --> 01:07:41,733
No, you have a tremendous future
ahead of you, Rachel. You do, but...
1171
01:07:42,767 --> 01:07:48,147
You're still young, too, which is why
you need to know, and I mean this,
1172
01:07:48,231 --> 01:07:49,691
if you go public...
1173
01:07:50,733 --> 01:07:53,236
with something that you
don't fully understand, it'll...
1174
01:07:53,319 --> 01:07:55,613
It'll come back on you, hard.
1175
01:08:15,174 --> 01:08:16,217
I don't know, I...
1176
01:08:17,260 --> 01:08:18,970
I guess it's our fault, mainly.
1177
01:08:20,305 --> 01:08:22,849
We try to create a safe
environment for students...
1178
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:26,894
to challenge, take risks,
make mistakes, grow.
1179
01:08:28,438 --> 01:08:30,607
But this mistake,
if you make it...
1180
01:08:31,691 --> 01:08:33,359
we will not be
able to protect you.
1181
01:08:33,443 --> 01:08:36,988
Not me, not your teachers,
because it'll change everything.
1182
01:08:37,780 --> 01:08:39,657
And a lot of innocent
people will get hurt.
1183
01:08:41,409 --> 01:08:42,409
Right?
1184
01:08:43,202 --> 01:08:47,540
I mean, these kinds of inquiries
are... Are like setting off a grenade.
1185
01:08:48,875 --> 01:08:50,960
There's fallout in the pursuit.
1186
01:08:52,003 --> 01:08:53,254
In the frenzy.
1187
01:08:53,338 --> 01:08:54,922
There's collateral damage.
1188
01:08:55,673 --> 01:08:57,091
Right... [stammers]
1189
01:08:57,175 --> 01:08:58,593
You must know all about that.
1190
01:09:06,351 --> 01:09:07,894
It's not perfect, but it works.
1191
01:09:09,395 --> 01:09:10,855
What we have here works.
1192
01:09:12,065 --> 01:09:13,441
I hope we can keep it that way.
1193
01:09:46,724 --> 01:09:48,726
[teacher] All right, let's
get into it. Uh, Rachel.
1194
01:09:50,144 --> 01:09:51,604
Hey, Rachel.
1195
01:09:52,313 --> 01:09:53,731
Rachel, are you still with us?
1196
01:09:56,234 --> 01:09:57,902
Yeah, yeah. I'm here.
1197
01:09:57,985 --> 01:09:59,237
- Sorry.
- [teacher] All right.
1198
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:01,823
Question number four, what
is the symbol for potassium?
1199
01:10:01,906 --> 01:10:02,906
Anybody?
1200
01:10:11,416 --> 01:10:12,750
[knock on door]
1201
01:10:12,834 --> 01:10:13,834
Yeah.
1202
01:10:16,045 --> 01:10:17,045
Hey, Frank.
1203
01:10:18,339 --> 01:10:21,300
I've been doing some more
digging over the past week.
1204
01:10:22,301 --> 01:10:24,429
I'm concerned...
1205
01:10:25,430 --> 01:10:26,889
with what I found.
1206
01:10:27,724 --> 01:10:28,975
Okay, come in.
1207
01:10:31,936 --> 01:10:34,021
I know we don't have receipts,
1208
01:10:34,105 --> 01:10:36,983
but some of these
vendors, they're...
1209
01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:43,364
This Pam thing isn't a
question of $250,000,
1210
01:10:43,448 --> 01:10:44,568
like we'd initially thought.
1211
01:10:46,909 --> 01:10:48,619
Okay, uh...
1212
01:10:48,745 --> 01:10:50,747
Do you have any sense of
what the number might be?
1213
01:10:50,830 --> 01:10:51,830
I mean, are we...
1214
01:10:52,540 --> 01:10:55,877
Are we talking 500?
Are we talking a million?
1215
01:10:55,960 --> 01:10:57,688
Phil, work with me. I
can't do anything but just...
1216
01:10:57,712 --> 01:10:58,963
I don't know, I don't know.
1217
01:11:00,173 --> 01:11:02,216
You don't? Okay, fine. So...
1218
01:11:03,301 --> 01:11:04,635
Figure it out, all right?
1219
01:11:04,719 --> 01:11:06,512
Work your numbers
magic, and then let's,
1220
01:11:06,596 --> 01:11:08,639
the two of us, deal
with it from there, okay?
1221
01:11:10,057 --> 01:11:11,057
Thanks, Phil.
1222
01:11:11,517 --> 01:11:13,478
- Well, there's something else.
- Yeah, yeah.
1223
01:11:15,021 --> 01:11:18,274
A flight to London,
Heathrow, over winter break,
1224
01:11:18,357 --> 01:11:19,418
- billed to Roslyn.
- Yeah, that was me.
1225
01:11:19,442 --> 01:11:21,360
That flight was for me,
for the Pell Conference.
1226
01:11:21,444 --> 01:11:22,653
You knew about the Pell.
1227
01:11:22,737 --> 01:11:24,113
First class, Concorde jet.
1228
01:11:25,281 --> 01:11:27,325
Well, yeah. Look.
1229
01:11:27,408 --> 01:11:30,620
I don't book the flights.
That's always been Jenny's job.
1230
01:11:30,703 --> 01:11:33,206
- But even if I had...
- The charge is for two seats.
1231
01:11:34,957 --> 01:11:37,585
Two seats, side
by side, in first.
1232
01:11:38,753 --> 01:11:41,380
It's $5,000 each way per ticket.
1233
01:11:41,464 --> 01:11:43,132
It's $20,000.
1234
01:11:44,926 --> 01:11:46,552
Yeah, well, that
sounds like a mistake.
1235
01:11:48,137 --> 01:11:49,597
You know, I called the airline.
1236
01:11:54,018 --> 01:11:55,603
Who's Kyle Contreras?
1237
01:12:01,150 --> 01:12:02,150
[exhales]
1238
01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:04,946
[softly] Wow.
1239
01:12:06,239 --> 01:12:07,323
[exhales]
1240
01:12:08,866 --> 01:12:09,866
Wow.
1241
01:12:10,451 --> 01:12:11,911
Okay, okay.
1242
01:12:13,538 --> 01:12:14,956
So, that's how
you want to play it.
1243
01:12:15,873 --> 01:12:18,292
- What? No, I'm not playing...
- I mean, the audacity.
1244
01:12:18,751 --> 01:12:21,212
Coming from the man
who spent six months
1245
01:12:21,295 --> 01:12:24,423
falsifying our records to
mask his own negligence
1246
01:12:24,507 --> 01:12:26,759
- of fiduciary duty to the school.
- Wait a second.
1247
01:12:26,843 --> 01:12:28,643
That's not what... That's
not what's going on.
1248
01:12:28,678 --> 01:12:31,305
No, no? Pam didn't
have to happen.
1249
01:12:31,389 --> 01:12:33,641
Right? You could have
prevented that. You're the auditor.
1250
01:12:34,308 --> 01:12:36,519
The people here
pay you. For what?
1251
01:12:36,602 --> 01:12:39,063
So, you can go off and
do your community theater
1252
01:12:39,146 --> 01:12:40,982
instead of taking care
of our school's books?
1253
01:12:42,024 --> 01:12:43,192
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1254
01:12:44,026 --> 01:12:45,695
Oh, I can point
fingers, too, Phil.
1255
01:12:46,696 --> 01:12:48,197
Right? But I think
we both agree that
1256
01:12:48,281 --> 01:12:50,283
that wouldn't be a very
productive use of our time.
1257
01:12:50,366 --> 01:12:51,409
- But...
- Phil.
1258
01:12:52,952 --> 01:12:54,537
Are you gonna do your job,
1259
01:12:54,620 --> 01:12:58,499
or do I have to call Hevesi in here
himself to come and do it for you?
1260
01:12:58,583 --> 01:13:01,002
- Because I will call him right now.
- I will deal with it.
1261
01:13:02,086 --> 01:13:03,772
I'm sorry that I brought
it up. I shouldn't have.
1262
01:13:03,796 --> 01:13:05,590
Yeah. Damn right,
you shouldn't have.
1263
01:13:06,841 --> 01:13:08,217
You won't hear about it again.
1264
01:13:09,176 --> 01:13:10,176
Good.
1265
01:13:12,555 --> 01:13:13,556
Get out of here.
1266
01:13:17,268 --> 01:13:18,394
[door opens]
1267
01:13:20,229 --> 01:13:21,439
[door closes]
1268
01:13:22,773 --> 01:13:24,692
[TV playing indistinctly]
1269
01:13:40,917 --> 01:13:42,585
Hey, Dad, can I
ask you something?
1270
01:13:44,879 --> 01:13:46,839
And you don't have to
answer if you don't want to.
1271
01:13:48,007 --> 01:13:49,550
Yeah, you can ask me anything.
1272
01:13:51,260 --> 01:13:52,637
Um...
1273
01:13:53,054 --> 01:13:56,724
I mean, I know what you had
said at the time when, um...
1274
01:13:57,516 --> 01:14:00,770
- all that stuff was happening.
- The insider trading.
1275
01:14:04,398 --> 01:14:06,984
Did you really not... know?
1276
01:14:09,528 --> 01:14:11,322
Are you asking me
if I was a part of it?
1277
01:14:14,450 --> 01:14:15,451
No, I wasn't.
1278
01:14:16,869 --> 01:14:19,121
Not at any point in
time, I promise you.
1279
01:14:21,791 --> 01:14:22,792
But, uh...
1280
01:14:24,919 --> 01:14:26,420
you gotta understand,
those were guys
1281
01:14:26,504 --> 01:14:28,547
that I had come up
with my entire career.
1282
01:14:28,631 --> 01:14:32,134
Guys whose kids you, Neil,
played with on the weekends.
1283
01:14:32,218 --> 01:14:33,844
Guys with families.
1284
01:14:33,928 --> 01:14:35,513
They were good people.
1285
01:14:35,596 --> 01:14:38,307
And it was all gonna
even out in the long run.
1286
01:14:38,391 --> 01:14:39,892
So, who cares?
1287
01:14:43,521 --> 01:14:44,772
I didn't say anything.
1288
01:14:46,565 --> 01:14:47,565
I could have.
1289
01:14:48,651 --> 01:14:49,652
But I didn't.
1290
01:14:52,697 --> 01:14:54,073
And that's
something I live with.
1291
01:15:38,951 --> 01:15:39,951
Morning.
1292
01:15:41,412 --> 01:15:42,412
Morning.
1293
01:15:59,221 --> 01:16:00,806
[indistinct chatter]
1294
01:16:51,232 --> 01:16:52,233
Bob...
1295
01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:55,903
You had me serve as the
public face of this district,
1296
01:16:55,986 --> 01:16:57,905
an image that
reflects prosperity.
1297
01:16:58,823 --> 01:17:00,950
Okay, I know it might look
bad all laid out like that,
1298
01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:03,119
but try and see this
from my point of view.
1299
01:17:03,202 --> 01:17:05,329
This is me doing the
job I was hired for.
1300
01:17:05,412 --> 01:17:07,790
A wrinkled suit. Yeah,
okay, that's one thing.
1301
01:17:09,291 --> 01:17:11,252
This is something else entirely.
1302
01:17:11,335 --> 01:17:13,420
No, no. My employment
contract has a clause
1303
01:17:13,504 --> 01:17:17,091
that allows me full discretion on
all charges necessary and proper
1304
01:17:17,174 --> 01:17:19,014
- to the discharge of my duties.
- I know that.
1305
01:17:19,385 --> 01:17:21,095
I wrote your
employment contract.
1306
01:17:21,595 --> 01:17:23,139
The key word there
was "discretion."
1307
01:17:23,222 --> 01:17:25,307
- Bob, you're not hearing me.
- I'm hearing fine.
1308
01:17:27,393 --> 01:17:29,603
You spent $30,000
on dry cleaning.
1309
01:17:29,687 --> 01:17:33,941
Over a number of years, yes,
I did, and I will pay it all back.
1310
01:17:35,359 --> 01:17:36,795
Right, but I did it for
the good of the school.
1311
01:17:36,819 --> 01:17:38,459
No, you just... You
wanted to look pretty.
1312
01:17:42,324 --> 01:17:43,325
Come on, Frank.
1313
01:17:44,743 --> 01:17:45,578
It's practically...
1314
01:17:45,661 --> 01:17:48,080
It's an open secret nowadays
with the way you're carrying on.
1315
01:17:48,747 --> 01:17:50,875
The flashy suits, the cologne.
1316
01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:53,711
The shit that you're
doing to your face.
1317
01:17:55,754 --> 01:17:56,839
They laugh at you.
1318
01:17:58,632 --> 01:17:59,633
You were my guy.
1319
01:17:59,717 --> 01:18:00,759
[stammers]
1320
01:18:01,552 --> 01:18:04,054
I brought you in.
I defended you.
1321
01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:06,473
Now... I'm compromised now.
1322
01:18:06,557 --> 01:18:08,642
We all are, because of... of...
1323
01:18:10,311 --> 01:18:11,645
[scoffs]
1324
01:18:11,937 --> 01:18:13,397
What did you people do to us?
1325
01:18:22,573 --> 01:18:23,866
Okay, okay.
1326
01:18:26,660 --> 01:18:27,870
[exhales]
1327
01:18:32,333 --> 01:18:36,045
So, we were at dinner,
however many years ago.
1328
01:18:36,128 --> 01:18:37,546
It was nowhere fancy. It was...
1329
01:18:38,464 --> 01:18:40,216
A pizza place on Bell Boulevard.
1330
01:18:40,716 --> 01:18:42,593
Two Greek salads
and a fountain drink.
1331
01:18:44,136 --> 01:18:46,847
And I fucked up. I used
the wrong card by accident.
1332
01:18:46,931 --> 01:18:48,307
It was for $20.
1333
01:18:49,141 --> 01:18:51,435
I said, well, I'd even
it all out on Monday.
1334
01:18:51,518 --> 01:18:53,270
I'd reimburse the
school out of pocket.
1335
01:18:53,354 --> 01:18:54,980
Whatever we had to do, you know.
1336
01:18:56,649 --> 01:18:57,900
Monday came and went.
1337
01:18:59,610 --> 01:19:02,238
Nobody said anything.
Nobody... nobody cared.
1338
01:19:04,740 --> 01:19:07,326
On Tuesday, it
was a 60-cent bagel.
1339
01:19:07,409 --> 01:19:08,535
Bob, if...
1340
01:19:09,119 --> 01:19:10,704
If I wanted the money...
1341
01:19:12,373 --> 01:19:13,749
I would've gone to Wall Street.
1342
01:19:13,832 --> 01:19:17,461
I'd be living in a big house in
the country estates like you, but...
1343
01:19:18,921 --> 01:19:20,547
I wanted to make a difference.
1344
01:19:21,507 --> 01:19:22,507
Right?
1345
01:19:22,925 --> 01:19:25,135
I did. We did. Look.
1346
01:19:26,637 --> 01:19:28,055
We're number four.
1347
01:19:28,138 --> 01:19:29,932
I got us all the
way to number four.
1348
01:19:30,015 --> 01:19:32,393
Right, and I did it on a
glorified teacher's salary,
1349
01:19:32,476 --> 01:19:35,896
while you and everyone else
made millions off the district.
1350
01:19:35,980 --> 01:19:37,690
I got us to number four,
1351
01:19:37,773 --> 01:19:39,358
and I will get us to number one.
1352
01:19:39,441 --> 01:19:41,443
The board, we convened
an emergency session.
1353
01:19:41,527 --> 01:19:43,362
We're gonna make
a public statement
1354
01:19:43,445 --> 01:19:45,572
to the town about the way
we handled Pam in November.
1355
01:19:45,656 --> 01:19:46,740
[laughs]
1356
01:19:46,824 --> 01:19:48,742
What? Come on, no.
1357
01:19:48,826 --> 01:19:50,666
- No... Yes, that's how it has to be.
- No. No.
1358
01:19:51,495 --> 01:19:52,621
Not now. No.
1359
01:19:52,705 --> 01:19:54,665
Not until the budget
vote goes through.
1360
01:19:54,748 --> 01:19:56,709
It's a few days
away. Bob, it's...
1361
01:19:57,918 --> 01:19:58,918
Bob.
1362
01:20:00,004 --> 01:20:01,004
[scoffs]
1363
01:20:02,965 --> 01:20:04,508
I can still get
Becca into Harvard.
1364
01:20:09,179 --> 01:20:10,597
I hope you find peace, Frank.
1365
01:20:55,059 --> 01:20:56,244
[woman] Why are we
hearing about this...
1366
01:20:56,268 --> 01:20:57,102
[Frank] Please.
1367
01:20:57,186 --> 01:20:59,271
From our children
and not from you?
1368
01:21:00,356 --> 01:21:02,208
- [Frank] We know you're...
- [man] Where's the money?
1369
01:21:02,232 --> 01:21:03,942
We know you're upset.
We know you're angry.
1370
01:21:04,026 --> 01:21:08,447
But we cannot... We simply cannot
afford to hold our school's budget hostage
1371
01:21:08,530 --> 01:21:11,784
to place a filibuster on
your children's education.
1372
01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:12,867
[all clamoring]
1373
01:21:13,619 --> 01:21:16,038
This is collusion
at the highest level.
1374
01:21:16,121 --> 01:21:17,831
We demand resignations.
1375
01:21:17,915 --> 01:21:18,915
[cheers and applause]
1376
01:21:19,208 --> 01:21:20,751
This is not productive.
1377
01:21:20,834 --> 01:21:23,670
No, no, no, no. I understand
where this is coming from.
1378
01:21:23,754 --> 01:21:25,923
But I will answer
each of your questions.
1379
01:21:26,006 --> 01:21:29,676
First, please, just let me read
this statement that I prepared.
1380
01:21:29,760 --> 01:21:31,261
You all should be in prison!
1381
01:21:31,345 --> 01:21:32,596
[cheers and applause]
1382
01:21:33,806 --> 01:21:34,806
Enough!
1383
01:21:49,947 --> 01:21:51,365
Mary Ann, what
the hell's going on?
1384
01:21:52,157 --> 01:21:53,157
Mary Ann?
1385
01:21:53,200 --> 01:21:54,701
Hevesi called this morning.
1386
01:21:55,744 --> 01:21:57,204
Frank, you said
he would never call.
1387
01:21:58,205 --> 01:21:59,205
Frank.
1388
01:22:03,460 --> 01:22:04,878
Hi, Dr. Tassone.
1389
01:22:04,962 --> 01:22:06,713
Oh, we're so glad
we could catch you.
1390
01:22:07,089 --> 01:22:09,216
Uh... Ms. Schweitzer... Carol,
1391
01:22:09,299 --> 01:22:10,568
- now is really not the best time.
- Please, please.
1392
01:22:10,592 --> 01:22:12,386
We just need one
minute of your attention.
1393
01:22:12,469 --> 01:22:15,973
Chad has something that he would
really like to share with you, all right?
1394
01:22:16,056 --> 01:22:18,684
Please, won't you just take a
moment, all right, and hear him out?
1395
01:22:18,767 --> 01:22:19,852
Of course. Yeah.
1396
01:22:21,270 --> 01:22:22,354
Of course I will.
1397
01:22:24,815 --> 01:22:26,567
- Yeah?
- Okay.
1398
01:22:28,485 --> 01:22:30,779
Good afternoon, Dr. Tassone.
How was your weekend?
1399
01:22:30,863 --> 01:22:32,698
Good, I hope. I'd like
to talk to you today
1400
01:22:32,781 --> 01:22:34,533
about the OMNI program
that you are running.
1401
01:22:34,616 --> 01:22:37,411
Wait, I thought we already
discussed the subject of OMNI last fall.
1402
01:22:37,494 --> 01:22:39,705
Oh, yeah. No, Militzok
gave him the make-up test,
1403
01:22:39,788 --> 01:22:41,290
but she made it
harder to spite him.
1404
01:22:41,373 --> 01:22:43,000
And no third grader
could pass that test.
1405
01:22:43,083 --> 01:22:44,936
All right, I guess I'll
just have to look into it.
1406
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,171
Chad, why don't you just
finish reading for Dr. Tassone?
1407
01:22:47,671 --> 01:22:48,671
- Okay.
- Uh-huh.
1408
01:22:50,174 --> 01:22:53,719
I very much hope that you will still
consider me for this amazing program.
1409
01:22:53,802 --> 01:22:56,138
I believe I am very
bright and could benefit
1410
01:22:56,221 --> 01:22:59,183
from learning
thusly at an ack...
1411
01:23:00,267 --> 01:23:01,143
Ack...
1412
01:23:01,226 --> 01:23:03,604
- Okay, sound that out. Acc...
- [Chad] Acc...
1413
01:23:03,687 --> 01:23:05,689
- Accelerated?
- Mm-hm. That's right.
1414
01:23:05,772 --> 01:23:07,733
Dr. Tassone. You hear
what Dr. Tassone said?
1415
01:23:07,816 --> 01:23:10,402
Okay, all right, start again from
the beginning of the paragraph.
1416
01:23:11,987 --> 01:23:14,948
Good afternoon, Dr. Tassone. How
was your weekend? Good, I hope...
1417
01:23:15,032 --> 01:23:17,117
No. Let's skip to that
trouble sentence there, Chad.
1418
01:23:17,701 --> 01:23:19,661
That's okay. All right.
Yeah, take your time.
1419
01:23:19,745 --> 01:23:20,746
From...
1420
01:23:21,580 --> 01:23:24,082
I believe I am very
bright and could benefit
1421
01:23:24,166 --> 01:23:27,169
from learning
thusly at an ack...
1422
01:23:27,753 --> 01:23:30,005
- Accelerated.
- "Ackselated"?
1423
01:23:30,088 --> 01:23:31,757
Accelerated.
1424
01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:34,635
- "Arrelicated"?
- Accelerated.
1425
01:23:38,764 --> 01:23:39,764
Okay.
1426
01:23:41,433 --> 01:23:42,726
Do you like race cars, Chad?
1427
01:23:44,311 --> 01:23:45,521
Yeah? Okay.
1428
01:23:47,314 --> 01:23:48,357
[exhales]
1429
01:23:50,108 --> 01:23:51,568
Let's say you're in a race car.
1430
01:23:51,652 --> 01:23:53,532
All right. Here, give
me... You don't need that.
1431
01:23:56,240 --> 01:23:57,324
You're in a race car.
1432
01:23:58,200 --> 01:24:03,413
First place at the Indy 500, with
all the sponsorships in the world.
1433
01:24:04,623 --> 01:24:07,334
The wind is in your hair,
and you're feeling just great,
1434
01:24:07,417 --> 01:24:09,962
and all of a sudden, you
feel this thing behind you,
1435
01:24:10,045 --> 01:24:12,506
digging into your fender, and
you look into the mirror, right.
1436
01:24:12,589 --> 01:24:14,716
And there's this hook.
There's a hook in your fender,
1437
01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:17,177
dug in real good, and
it's connected to a...
1438
01:24:17,886 --> 01:24:19,888
A long metal rope, and
at the end of that rope
1439
01:24:19,972 --> 01:24:22,474
is, well, it's a massive
five-ton cinder block.
1440
01:24:22,558 --> 01:24:23,850
Okay, Chad? All right?
1441
01:24:23,934 --> 01:24:26,979
So, your job is driving.
You're Dale Earnhardt.
1442
01:24:27,062 --> 01:24:29,106
And here's this cinder
block, and all the other cars
1443
01:24:29,189 --> 01:24:32,109
are soaring past you, and
you've gone from first to last place,
1444
01:24:32,192 --> 01:24:33,628
and you keep thinking
to yourself, "What the hell
1445
01:24:33,652 --> 01:24:35,296
do I have to do to get
this thing off my back?"
1446
01:24:35,320 --> 01:24:36,923
Well, I'll tell you,
Chad. It's real simple.
1447
01:24:36,947 --> 01:24:37,948
You just put your foot
1448
01:24:38,031 --> 01:24:39,711
- on the gas real hard...
- [chair rattles]
1449
01:24:39,783 --> 01:24:42,286
and you accelerate,
you accelerate so fast,
1450
01:24:42,369 --> 01:24:45,163
that rope snaps in two,
the cinder block explodes,
1451
01:24:45,247 --> 01:24:46,540
and just say it with me, Chad.
1452
01:24:46,623 --> 01:24:49,126
Accelerate.
Accelerate. Accelerate.
1453
01:24:49,209 --> 01:24:50,794
- Accelerate?
- Yes.
1454
01:24:51,587 --> 01:24:52,629
[sighs]
1455
01:24:52,713 --> 01:24:54,506
- [Carol] Okay.
- Yes.
1456
01:24:54,590 --> 01:24:57,009
[Carol] What... What
is your problem, huh?
1457
01:24:58,010 --> 01:24:59,011
My problem?
1458
01:25:01,430 --> 01:25:02,639
My problem is you.
1459
01:25:03,890 --> 01:25:06,435
Carol, [stammers]
it's the people who...
1460
01:25:06,518 --> 01:25:09,354
Who trot their poor children
out like race horses at Belmont.
1461
01:25:09,438 --> 01:25:11,607
- Excuse me?
- Who derive some perverse joy
1462
01:25:11,690 --> 01:25:14,276
out of treating us like
low-level service reps.
1463
01:25:14,359 --> 01:25:15,795
- Okay, you need...
- I mean, do you remember
1464
01:25:15,819 --> 01:25:18,780
the teachers who sat with
you, who held you by the hand,
1465
01:25:18,864 --> 01:25:20,574
- who taught you to add...
- No.
1466
01:25:20,657 --> 01:25:22,618
And subtract, or
showed you Gatsby,
1467
01:25:22,701 --> 01:25:24,995
Salinger for the first
time, Mockingbird, even?
1468
01:25:25,078 --> 01:25:26,747
Do... do their names escape you?
1469
01:25:26,830 --> 01:25:27,932
- Are their faces a blur?
- Okay.
1470
01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:29,124
No, you listen to me!
1471
01:25:31,710 --> 01:25:35,756
You don't want to see us as people
because that is not convenient for you.
1472
01:25:35,839 --> 01:25:38,967
You just leave
us behind at will.
1473
01:25:39,051 --> 01:25:40,969
Never think about us again.
1474
01:25:41,053 --> 01:25:43,722
Right, you might
forget, but we don't.
1475
01:25:44,306 --> 01:25:45,515
We never forget.
1476
01:25:46,058 --> 01:25:47,058
Ever.
1477
01:25:50,729 --> 01:25:53,458
- [Chad] What's wrong with him?
- [Carol] You know what, I don't know.
1478
01:25:53,482 --> 01:25:55,776
I don't think anything's wrong.
We're gonna get some food,
1479
01:25:55,859 --> 01:25:57,277
and we're gonna go home, okay?
1480
01:25:57,361 --> 01:25:58,761
- [Chad] Mm-hm.
- [Carol] All right.
1481
01:26:00,238 --> 01:26:01,615
You should be
ashamed of yourself.
1482
01:26:25,889 --> 01:26:27,683
[distant siren blaring]
1483
01:26:34,940 --> 01:26:37,275
[man] Two beach-front homes
in Florida and the Hamptons.
1484
01:26:37,359 --> 01:26:40,987
Five Yamaha Jet
Skis. Luxury cars.
1485
01:26:41,571 --> 01:26:45,659
Vacations to Brazil,
Puerto Rico, Hawaii.
1486
01:26:47,953 --> 01:26:50,914
Electronics,
jewelry and artwork.
1487
01:26:52,290 --> 01:26:54,084
- Dog food.
- Is my lawyer here yet?
1488
01:26:54,167 --> 01:26:55,919
You're going away
for a long time, Pam.
1489
01:26:56,002 --> 01:26:58,231
And not just you. We've got
enough here to indict the whole family.
1490
01:26:58,255 --> 01:27:00,966
- Don't you talk about them.
- And poor Jim, especially.
1491
01:27:01,466 --> 01:27:03,301
Just getting back
on his feet and all.
1492
01:27:04,094 --> 01:27:07,723
You have any idea what the job
market looks like these days for ex-cons?
1493
01:27:12,561 --> 01:27:16,898
You know, it may not be
too late for you to save them.
1494
01:27:17,983 --> 01:27:18,984
Save your son.
1495
01:27:21,987 --> 01:27:22,987
[doorbell rings]
1496
01:27:27,909 --> 01:27:28,785
[Frank laughs]
1497
01:27:28,869 --> 01:27:30,245
What are you doing here?
1498
01:27:31,997 --> 01:27:33,206
I wanted to see you.
1499
01:27:37,043 --> 01:27:38,253
You don't have work?
1500
01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:40,172
I quit.
1501
01:27:41,381 --> 01:27:42,381
[scoffs]
1502
01:27:43,425 --> 01:27:44,968
- When?
- Today.
1503
01:27:45,719 --> 01:27:46,720
I just...
1504
01:27:47,763 --> 01:27:49,931
Just got on a plane,
and now I'm here.
1505
01:27:50,015 --> 01:27:52,309
And I, uh... I'm
not leaving again.
1506
01:27:56,354 --> 01:27:57,354
[laughs]
1507
01:28:03,904 --> 01:28:05,405
[dance music playing]
1508
01:28:12,245 --> 01:28:15,040
[man singing] We are one
1509
01:28:19,669 --> 01:28:22,380
We are one
1510
01:28:27,219 --> 01:28:28,929
We are one
1511
01:28:29,054 --> 01:28:30,263
[music changing]
1512
01:28:33,683 --> 01:28:36,144
["In This World" playing]
Lordy, don't leave me
1513
01:28:38,104 --> 01:28:41,024
All by myself
1514
01:28:42,734 --> 01:28:45,320
Lordy, don't leave me
1515
01:28:47,239 --> 01:28:50,116
All by myself
1516
01:28:52,035 --> 01:28:54,412
Lordy, don't leave me
1517
01:28:57,707 --> 01:28:58,707
Dance.
1518
01:28:59,835 --> 01:29:01,545
- Dance with me, Frank.
- No. No.
1519
01:29:02,337 --> 01:29:03,338
A little move.
1520
01:29:04,297 --> 01:29:05,507
A little move, come on.
1521
01:29:06,883 --> 01:29:07,883
Come on.
1522
01:29:08,677 --> 01:29:09,677
Please.
1523
01:29:11,429 --> 01:29:12,722
There we go.
1524
01:29:12,806 --> 01:29:14,558
Drink down, drink down.
1525
01:29:15,058 --> 01:29:19,104
I'm a force of heaven
1526
01:29:20,438 --> 01:29:21,438
Okay.
1527
01:29:21,940 --> 01:29:22,940
What?
1528
01:29:23,942 --> 01:29:28,029
I'm a force of heaven
1529
01:29:28,572 --> 01:29:31,074
Lordy, don't leave me
1530
01:29:32,868 --> 01:29:35,704
All by myself
1531
01:29:35,787 --> 01:29:37,914
- Shake it up, shake it.
- No. No.
1532
01:29:37,998 --> 01:29:40,417
Lordy, don't leave me
1533
01:29:42,168 --> 01:29:44,838
All by myself
1534
01:29:45,505 --> 01:29:46,505
Come on!
1535
01:29:47,007 --> 01:29:49,050
Lordy, don't leave me
1536
01:29:51,094 --> 01:29:53,972
All by myself
1537
01:29:54,639 --> 01:29:55,639
Just a little.
1538
01:29:57,309 --> 01:29:58,310
What about this?
1539
01:29:58,393 --> 01:29:59,769
Down, down
1540
01:30:03,231 --> 01:30:04,983
With the ground
1541
01:30:40,268 --> 01:30:41,436
[distant clanging]
1542
01:30:43,939 --> 01:30:47,067
All by myself
1543
01:30:48,693 --> 01:30:50,946
Lordy, don't leave me
1544
01:30:52,822 --> 01:30:55,659
All by myself
1545
01:30:56,076 --> 01:30:57,356
[Phil] They don't need to watch.
1546
01:30:57,577 --> 01:30:59,829
Lordy, don't leave me
1547
01:31:02,082 --> 01:31:05,335
All by myself
1548
01:31:06,795 --> 01:31:12,133
Whoa, in this world
1549
01:31:15,971 --> 01:31:21,351
Whoa, in this world
1550
01:31:22,519 --> 01:31:24,187
[music stops]
1551
01:31:24,270 --> 01:31:25,355
[engine stops]
1552
01:31:28,024 --> 01:31:30,193
[distant sirens wail]
1553
01:31:33,363 --> 01:31:34,363
Hey.
1554
01:31:38,410 --> 01:31:39,911
Hey. [sniffs]
1555
01:31:41,538 --> 01:31:44,165
There's $30,000 in the
top drawer of the dresser.
1556
01:31:46,459 --> 01:31:47,335
What?
1557
01:31:47,419 --> 01:31:50,255
Okay, if you're careful,
you can make it last a year.
1558
01:31:50,338 --> 01:31:53,091
- What are you talking about?
- What you've got in you
1559
01:31:54,092 --> 01:31:57,262
is so special that you
can't ever, ever let anyone
1560
01:31:57,345 --> 01:32:00,223
take it away from
you or exploit it.
1561
01:32:00,640 --> 01:32:02,851
What the hell...
1562
01:32:02,934 --> 01:32:04,185
You really, you really...
1563
01:32:04,269 --> 01:32:06,122
- is happening right now?
- You don't want me here.
1564
01:32:06,146 --> 01:32:08,582
[officer] You're under arrest for the
warrant out of the state of New York.
1565
01:32:08,606 --> 01:32:09,667
Please step out of the car.
1566
01:32:09,691 --> 01:32:11,443
Frank, what the hell is
happening right now?
1567
01:32:12,318 --> 01:32:14,672
- Sir, I need your hands on the dash.
- Frank, what the hell
1568
01:32:14,696 --> 01:32:16,496
- is happening right now?
- You don't know me.
1569
01:32:16,531 --> 01:32:18,199
- [Kyle] Frank.
- Okay, I'm no good.
1570
01:32:18,908 --> 01:32:20,428
- [officer] Hands on the dash now!
- All this time I've been lying to you
1571
01:32:20,452 --> 01:32:22,013
- and everyone else. I'm a liar.
- [officer] Now!
1572
01:32:22,037 --> 01:32:23,705
Put your hands on the dash now.
1573
01:32:23,788 --> 01:32:25,933
- Let me see your hands now!
- Do it, Frank. Do what they say now.
1574
01:32:25,957 --> 01:32:27,268
- [officer] Get out of the car!
- I'm sorry.
1575
01:32:27,292 --> 01:32:28,853
- [Kyle] No, no, no.
- [officer] Out of the car!
1576
01:32:28,877 --> 01:32:30,962
No! No! Frank!
1577
01:32:31,046 --> 01:32:32,547
[Frank grunts]
1578
01:32:32,630 --> 01:32:33,798
[clamoring]
1579
01:32:34,299 --> 01:32:36,217
He's not doing anything.
Leave him alone.
1580
01:32:36,301 --> 01:32:38,720
Frank, Frank! Shit.
1581
01:32:39,763 --> 01:32:42,223
Frank, Frank, Frank!
1582
01:32:45,977 --> 01:32:47,937
We printed...
1583
01:32:49,981 --> 01:32:52,776
uh, pamphlets for
the school district.
1584
01:32:52,859 --> 01:32:54,736
Handbooks and such.
1585
01:32:54,819 --> 01:32:55,819
[district attorney] We?
1586
01:32:56,529 --> 01:32:57,529
Uh, me.
1587
01:32:59,574 --> 01:33:01,367
WordPower was just me.
1588
01:33:02,827 --> 01:33:03,870
No partners.
1589
01:33:04,996 --> 01:33:08,666
I only ask because it looks like
half your corporation's earnings
1590
01:33:08,750 --> 01:33:11,377
were transferred over to
one Francis A. Tassone.
1591
01:33:16,925 --> 01:33:18,176
You can't make me.
1592
01:33:19,219 --> 01:33:24,557
No, you... you can't make
me testify against my spouse.
1593
01:33:28,103 --> 01:33:29,104
Spouse?
1594
01:33:31,731 --> 01:33:33,316
We're domestic partners.
1595
01:33:36,653 --> 01:33:38,696
We've been together 33 years.
1596
01:33:40,824 --> 01:33:42,867
We're entitled to
federal protections.
1597
01:33:42,951 --> 01:33:44,244
Are you legally wed?
1598
01:33:48,498 --> 01:33:49,999
You know something?
1599
01:33:50,083 --> 01:33:54,337
Everybody we spoke to said
Tassone did talk about a spouse, a wife,
1600
01:33:54,420 --> 01:33:56,089
but that she'd been
dead for some time.
1601
01:33:56,172 --> 01:33:57,465
Thirty-odd years or something.
1602
01:33:57,549 --> 01:34:00,760
You remember that, uh,
bridal photo he had on his desk?
1603
01:34:00,844 --> 01:34:03,221
- We ever get a name on her?
- Stop it.
1604
01:34:06,432 --> 01:34:07,475
Stop what?
1605
01:34:08,810 --> 01:34:11,312
I mean, you
must've seen it, too.
1606
01:34:11,396 --> 01:34:13,398
I'm sure you were over
by his office all the time,
1607
01:34:13,481 --> 01:34:16,359
what with that $800,000 job
you were doing for the school.
1608
01:34:21,531 --> 01:34:22,532
Okay.
1609
01:34:23,366 --> 01:34:24,784
Um...
1610
01:34:24,868 --> 01:34:26,161
Let's try another avenue.
1611
01:34:28,788 --> 01:34:29,998
Were you aware...
1612
01:34:31,166 --> 01:34:35,879
that your partner closed
on a property in Nevada
1613
01:34:35,962 --> 01:34:38,631
earlier this year,
with another man?
1614
01:34:55,690 --> 01:34:56,816
He's a dancer.
1615
01:35:04,574 --> 01:35:06,284
[quiet chatter]
1616
01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:52,747
[woman] A terrible
thing happened here.
1617
01:35:52,830 --> 01:35:53,957
And it's not just the money.
1618
01:35:54,040 --> 01:35:55,959
It's about trust in our schools.
1619
01:35:56,042 --> 01:35:58,670
The integrity of
our institutions.
1620
01:35:58,753 --> 01:36:00,630
I don't know how we
ever recover from this.
1621
01:36:00,713 --> 01:36:03,049
It was never the same between
the parents and teachers.
1622
01:36:03,132 --> 01:36:04,717
They treated us
differently after that.
1623
01:36:05,927 --> 01:36:07,011
Like we knew.
1624
01:36:07,095 --> 01:36:08,680
Like we had any idea at all.
1625
01:36:09,347 --> 01:36:12,100
Of course we wish we would've
found out about this earlier. You know?
1626
01:36:12,183 --> 01:36:14,769
When things are going well, who
wants to go hunting for problems?
1627
01:36:22,402 --> 01:36:26,281
He went out of his way. If we
ever needed anything from him,
1628
01:36:26,364 --> 01:36:27,907
he was there with a smile.
1629
01:36:28,700 --> 01:36:30,076
So, we were all happy.
1630
01:36:30,994 --> 01:36:32,370
So, we didn't ask questions.
1631
01:36:32,453 --> 01:36:36,791
So, you have this...
This liar and his boyfriend,
1632
01:36:36,874 --> 01:36:39,377
trotting around in the
city in God knows what.
1633
01:36:40,670 --> 01:36:42,630
He just pulled the wool
over our eyes, you know?
1634
01:36:42,714 --> 01:36:44,257
What can I say?
It's sick, it is.
1635
01:36:44,841 --> 01:36:47,343
You think back over
the smaller moments
1636
01:36:47,427 --> 01:36:50,221
over the years where
he just seemed...
1637
01:36:51,389 --> 01:36:53,266
I don't know, he
just seemed so real.
1638
01:36:53,349 --> 01:36:54,350
So real.
1639
01:36:57,478 --> 01:36:58,688
Oh, thanks.
1640
01:37:06,571 --> 01:37:08,698
[indistinct chatter]
1641
01:37:10,033 --> 01:37:11,451
- I know.
- I know you do.
1642
01:38:23,106 --> 01:38:25,733
[alarm buzzes]
1643
01:38:28,528 --> 01:38:30,738
[indistinct PA announcement]
1644
01:38:39,497 --> 01:38:40,915
[Bob] The outgoing seniors,
1645
01:38:40,998 --> 01:38:43,709
they're going to the Ivy League
in unprecedented numbers.
1646
01:38:45,962 --> 01:38:47,588
It was the first year on record
1647
01:38:48,381 --> 01:38:53,594
that we had admission offers
from each school going up.
1648
01:38:55,555 --> 01:38:56,848
And what changed?
1649
01:38:57,849 --> 01:38:59,517
What makes our
little public school
1650
01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:02,520
so different from all the
others like it on Long Island,
1651
01:39:02,603 --> 01:39:05,022
let alone in the
country at large?
1652
01:39:06,691 --> 01:39:08,317
At the end of the day,
1653
01:39:08,401 --> 01:39:11,195
I think it boils
down to integrity.
1654
01:39:12,029 --> 01:39:14,323
Integrity in our faculty,
1655
01:39:14,407 --> 01:39:16,909
in our classrooms
and in the curriculum,
1656
01:39:16,993 --> 01:39:20,037
and our approach
to a broad-minded,
1657
01:39:20,121 --> 01:39:21,956
hands-on education.
1658
01:39:23,207 --> 01:39:26,127
That's all the stuff that gets
thrown around often, sure.
1659
01:39:27,086 --> 01:39:29,464
But never in my career
1660
01:39:29,547 --> 01:39:32,842
have I seen such passion
for all these factors.
1661
01:39:33,509 --> 01:39:38,097
And then, paired with
the willingness to think big.
1662
01:39:40,349 --> 01:39:41,642
You know why you're here.
1663
01:39:42,602 --> 01:39:44,645
You know what this
means to our town.
1664
01:39:45,897 --> 01:39:49,150
But I'm gonna tell you
about one man who's a hero,
1665
01:39:49,233 --> 01:39:52,445
without whom none of
this would be possible.
1666
01:39:52,528 --> 01:39:54,655
You don't get to
number one overnight.
1667
01:39:54,739 --> 01:39:56,824
It takes years of hard work.
1668
01:39:56,908 --> 01:40:00,244
And this is really a man who knows
what it means to work together...
1669
01:40:01,746 --> 01:40:04,749
You know, before Frank Tassone,
there was no OMNI program.
1670
01:40:04,832 --> 01:40:08,419
Before Frank Tassone, there was
no foreign language but Spanish.
1671
01:40:09,128 --> 01:40:10,963
There was no community service.
1672
01:40:12,048 --> 01:40:13,716
There was no public outreach.
1673
01:40:14,425 --> 01:40:16,344
There was no SkyWalk.
1674
01:40:16,427 --> 01:40:19,680
This is a man who has
given the school so much.
1675
01:40:19,764 --> 01:40:20,681
[woman] Magnificent.
1676
01:40:20,765 --> 01:40:22,242
[Bob] A debt that we
can never hope to repay.
1677
01:40:22,266 --> 01:40:24,560
- [woman] Congratulations.
- [Bob] Ladies and gentlemen,
1678
01:40:24,644 --> 01:40:26,854
please join me in
welcoming the man
1679
01:40:26,938 --> 01:40:29,357
who whipped our kids'
schools into shape,
1680
01:40:30,066 --> 01:40:32,068
and got us all the
way to number one!
1681
01:40:32,401 --> 01:40:34,904
[cheers and applause]
1682
01:40:45,540 --> 01:40:46,624
You did it, Frank.
1683
01:41:01,514 --> 01:41:02,723
[cheering continues]
1684
01:41:07,144 --> 01:41:11,983
[all chanting] Number one,
number one, number one...
1685
01:42:32,146 --> 01:42:34,482
["White Flag" playing]
I know you think that
1686
01:42:34,565 --> 01:42:37,360
I shouldn't still love you
1687
01:42:37,443 --> 01:42:39,153
Or tell you that
1688
01:42:42,448 --> 01:42:45,701
But if I didn't say it
1689
01:42:45,785 --> 01:42:48,746
Well, I'd still have felt it
1690
01:42:48,829 --> 01:42:51,374
Where's the sense in that?
1691
01:42:53,626 --> 01:42:59,674
I promise I'm not trying
To make your life harder
1692
01:42:59,757 --> 01:43:02,843
Or return to where we were
1693
01:43:06,305 --> 01:43:10,017
But I will go
down with this ship
1694
01:43:10,768 --> 01:43:15,481
And I won't put my
hands up And surrender
1695
01:43:16,273 --> 01:43:21,112
There will be no white
flag Above my door
1696
01:43:22,238 --> 01:43:27,410
I'm in love and always will be
1697
01:43:28,494 --> 01:43:33,541
I know I left too much
Mess and destruction
1698
01:43:33,624 --> 01:43:35,543
To come back again
1699
01:43:38,921 --> 01:43:42,216
And I caused nothing but trouble
1700
01:43:42,299 --> 01:43:47,513
I understand If you
can't talk to me again
1701
01:43:51,308 --> 01:43:55,980
And if you live by
the rules Of "it's over"
1702
01:43:56,063 --> 01:43:58,941
Then I'm sure that
that makes sense
1703
01:44:02,820 --> 01:44:06,991
I will go down with this ship
1704
01:44:07,074 --> 01:44:11,954
And I won't put my
hands up And surrender
1705
01:44:12,621 --> 01:44:17,752
There will be no white
flag Above my door
1706
01:44:18,586 --> 01:44:23,966
I'm in love and always will be
1707
01:44:24,049 --> 01:44:28,637
And when we meet,
which I'm sure we will
1708
01:44:29,680 --> 01:44:34,977
All that was there
will be there still
1709
01:44:35,394 --> 01:44:41,066
I'll let it pass and
hold my tongue
1710
01:44:41,150 --> 01:44:47,823
And you will think
that I've moved on
1711
01:44:47,907 --> 01:44:52,161
I will go down with this ship
1712
01:44:52,244 --> 01:44:57,708
And I won't put my
hands up And surrender
1713
01:44:57,792 --> 01:45:03,631
There will be no white
flag Above my door
1714
01:45:03,714 --> 01:45:09,595
I'm in love and always will be
1715
01:45:10,763 --> 01:45:14,850
I will go down with this ship
1716
01:45:14,934 --> 01:45:20,439
And I won't put my
hands up And surrender
1717
01:45:20,523 --> 01:45:26,111
There will be no white
flag Above my door
1718
01:45:26,195 --> 01:45:32,243
I'm in love and always will be
1719
01:45:33,244 --> 01:45:36,705
I will go down with this ship
1720
01:45:37,706 --> 01:45:42,586
And I won't put my
hands up And surrender
1721
01:45:43,045 --> 01:45:47,967
There will be no white
flag Above my door
1722
01:45:49,176 --> 01:45:54,473
I'm in love and always will be