1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 For best IPTV provider, please visit: WWW.IPTV.CAT For best IPTV provider, please visit: WWW.IPTV.CAT.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 For best IPTV provider, please visit: WWW.IPTV.CAT For best IPTV provider, please visit: WWW.IPTV.CAT.BZ 3 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:44,416 ♪ 4 00:00:49,291 --> 00:00:50,958 [Doug] Before Abigail, 5 00:00:51,166 --> 00:00:53,083 I never had a real relationship. 6 00:00:53,291 --> 00:00:55,166 ♪ 7 00:01:07,416 --> 00:01:09,583 [Doug] She said she just needed some time. 8 00:01:09,791 --> 00:01:10,791 [car door closes] 9 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,875 ♪ 10 00:01:19,916 --> 00:01:22,791 [Doug] But eight weeks feels a little long for a break. 11 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:23,958 [Principal Brady] Woohoo! 12 00:01:24,166 --> 00:01:25,333 Beautiful day! 13 00:01:27,208 --> 00:01:28,875 [Doug] The first day of school, 14 00:01:30,625 --> 00:01:33,166 an opportunity for a fresh start. 15 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:41,416 For second chances. 16 00:01:41,625 --> 00:01:45,541 ♪ 17 00:01:48,625 --> 00:01:50,916 [Doug] I bet Eugene O'Neill never had to work 18 00:01:51,125 --> 00:01:52,666 at a middle school. 19 00:01:53,416 --> 00:01:55,916 ♪ 20 00:02:08,875 --> 00:02:10,375 [knocks on door] 21 00:02:10,583 --> 00:02:12,125 [Principal Brady] Hey, Doug! You in there? 22 00:02:14,208 --> 00:02:16,916 Hey, uh, just a quickie reminder, 23 00:02:17,125 --> 00:02:19,208 we have a "no-lock doors" policy at the school. 24 00:02:19,416 --> 00:02:20,458 Right, sorry. 25 00:02:20,666 --> 00:02:22,458 Oh, no, it's early enough. 26 00:02:22,666 --> 00:02:23,833 There are no kids here, 27 00:02:24,041 --> 00:02:25,541 so I guess we can let it slide. 28 00:02:26,416 --> 00:02:27,958 Uh, come on in. 29 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:31,583 [Principal Brady] Clark Gable. 30 00:02:32,833 --> 00:02:34,250 Gone with the Wind, right? 31 00:02:35,166 --> 00:02:37,541 Yeah, it's a little problematic today though. 32 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:38,875 [sighs] Yeah. 33 00:02:39,083 --> 00:02:39,958 Hmm. [slurping] 34 00:02:40,458 --> 00:02:41,916 Yeah, I wanted to pop in 35 00:02:42,125 --> 00:02:43,791 and tell you I saw your car in the parking lot. 36 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,833 Uh, what you got there, Lexus? 37 00:02:46,041 --> 00:02:47,208 Korean, right? 38 00:02:47,416 --> 00:02:48,583 -Japanese. -[Brady] Ah! 39 00:02:48,791 --> 00:02:51,083 Sick. Anyway, so I saw the car, 40 00:02:51,291 --> 00:02:53,541 it has last year's parking pass. 41 00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:55,333 Yeah, sorry about that. 42 00:02:55,541 --> 00:02:57,208 I've been meaning to get on that. 43 00:02:57,416 --> 00:02:58,375 I got a lot going on. 44 00:02:58,583 --> 00:02:59,958 It's early in the year. 45 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:01,416 A lot of stuff's happening. 46 00:03:02,791 --> 00:03:03,875 Yeah, that's it. 47 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:05,375 Just, um, you know, 48 00:03:06,541 --> 00:03:08,166 fix the parking pass. 49 00:03:09,458 --> 00:03:11,000 People look up to us. 50 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:14,125 We lead by example. 51 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:15,833 Yeah. I'll get right on it. 52 00:03:19,541 --> 00:03:21,041 [Principal Brady] Oh. 53 00:03:22,333 --> 00:03:24,125 Don't forget, we have the all-hands 54 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:26,416 at the gymnatorium. 55 00:03:26,625 --> 00:03:28,208 I'll be there with bells on. 56 00:03:28,416 --> 00:03:29,958 [chuckles] Good to see you, Doug. 57 00:03:33,458 --> 00:03:34,458 [door closes] 58 00:03:36,375 --> 00:03:37,708 ♪ 59 00:03:37,916 --> 00:03:39,375 [Doug] This time last year, 60 00:03:39,583 --> 00:03:41,750 Abigail and I were just getting started. 61 00:03:50,916 --> 00:03:52,250 Late rehearsals, 62 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,458 takeout becomes dinner in my office. 63 00:03:58,333 --> 00:04:00,041 Just need to get through that first conversation. 64 00:04:04,791 --> 00:04:07,791 [indistinct chatter] 65 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,875 ♪ 66 00:04:20,916 --> 00:04:23,458 [Mrs. Belkin] Seriously, all the Danishes are gone. 67 00:04:23,666 --> 00:04:24,875 -Ugh. -Yeah, yeah. 68 00:04:25,083 --> 00:04:26,958 -I bet you it was Mrs. Grant. -Hmm. 69 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:28,833 All right. 70 00:04:29,041 --> 00:04:30,916 Good morning, everyone. 71 00:04:31,125 --> 00:04:35,541 I just wanna do a couple of housekeeping notes 72 00:04:35,750 --> 00:04:41,000 before we get started on an amazing Cedarhurst year. 73 00:04:41,208 --> 00:04:43,000 I can't believe those long summer nights 74 00:04:43,208 --> 00:04:45,750 -are over already. -[laughter] 75 00:04:45,958 --> 00:04:48,250 [Principal Brady] Okay. First, and this is a big one. 76 00:04:48,458 --> 00:04:50,666 I have heard through the grape vine, 77 00:04:50,875 --> 00:04:53,833 and possibly a source in the city council's office, 78 00:04:54,041 --> 00:04:55,666 my brother, 79 00:04:55,875 --> 00:05:00,333 that we are this close to getting added 80 00:05:00,541 --> 00:05:04,666 to the Southern California Blue Ribbon Schools List. 81 00:05:04,875 --> 00:05:07,791 [applause] 82 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,041 And it's-- and it's been a team effort. 83 00:05:10,250 --> 00:05:13,375 But when I got here just two years ago, 84 00:05:13,583 --> 00:05:15,708 it was at the top of my priorities. 85 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:17,416 And now here we are. 86 00:05:17,625 --> 00:05:20,958 But it doesn't happen without everybody in this room. 87 00:05:21,166 --> 00:05:22,541 All right. So let's make sure 88 00:05:22,750 --> 00:05:24,791 we keep the learning train chugging 89 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,875 with Reading and Science and Español. 90 00:05:30,083 --> 00:05:31,583 Excellenté. 91 00:05:31,791 --> 00:05:34,958 It's very important to have everything buttoned up 92 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:37,666 because the committee is paying attention. 93 00:05:37,875 --> 00:05:39,625 We all saw what happened to Woodcliff 94 00:05:39,833 --> 00:05:42,208 when they started teaching Harry Potter. 95 00:05:42,416 --> 00:05:44,583 The left thought it was anti-trans. 96 00:05:44,791 --> 00:05:46,458 The right thought it was anti-Christian. 97 00:05:46,666 --> 00:05:48,125 And I think they're not winning 98 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,916 the Blue Ribbon this year. 99 00:05:50,125 --> 00:05:51,166 -[applause] -[Brady] Okay. 100 00:05:51,375 --> 00:05:52,333 Um, all right. 101 00:05:52,541 --> 00:05:54,458 Let's talk extracurricular. 102 00:05:54,666 --> 00:05:57,541 ♪ 103 00:06:10,125 --> 00:06:11,875 I said, Doug, what do we got cooking 104 00:06:12,083 --> 00:06:13,083 for the school play? 105 00:06:13,291 --> 00:06:14,666 Uh, West Side Story. 106 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,625 Uh, we're gonna do West Side-- 107 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:18,541 -West Side Story. -[Principal Brady] Oh. 108 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:20,875 ♪ Maria, Maria ♪ 109 00:06:21,083 --> 00:06:23,041 Oh, that sounds like Carlos Santana. 110 00:06:23,250 --> 00:06:24,500 Yeah, and I think it is. 111 00:06:24,708 --> 00:06:26,125 The Blue Ribbon panel will love it. 112 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:27,875 Next year, we'll do Ironman. 113 00:06:28,083 --> 00:06:29,291 -[laughter] -[Brady] Okay. 114 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:31,083 I guess that's it. Everyone, thank you. 115 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:32,208 Oh, I'm so sorry. 116 00:06:32,416 --> 00:06:34,333 There's--we have a birthday. 117 00:06:34,541 --> 00:06:39,416 Um, this woman is not only an amazing teacher, 118 00:06:39,625 --> 00:06:42,791 but she is a fantastic artist. 119 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,208 Abigail Morris, we love you so much. 120 00:06:45,416 --> 00:06:47,791 -You're an amazing woman. -[cheers and applause] 121 00:06:52,208 --> 00:06:53,666 Hey, Doug, 122 00:06:53,875 --> 00:06:56,583 I sang alto in college if you need anybody. 123 00:06:56,791 --> 00:07:00,166 [all] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 124 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:02,208 ♪ Happy birthday ♪ 125 00:07:02,416 --> 00:07:06,166 [all] ♪ Happy birthday, dear Abigail ♪ 126 00:07:06,375 --> 00:07:08,666 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 127 00:07:08,875 --> 00:07:11,666 [Principal Brady] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 128 00:07:11,875 --> 00:07:13,125 [Doug] Fuck! 129 00:07:14,791 --> 00:07:16,041 [boy] Mr. L? 130 00:07:16,250 --> 00:07:18,750 -Sorry. -[school bell rings] 131 00:07:20,083 --> 00:07:22,416 [car horns blowing] 132 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:24,375 [man] Move! Move! 133 00:07:24,583 --> 00:07:26,541 We can do this all year. 134 00:07:26,750 --> 00:07:28,458 [car zooming] 135 00:07:28,666 --> 00:07:31,916 ♪ 136 00:07:34,666 --> 00:07:36,375 [Cindy] If nobody shows up within 15 minutes, 137 00:07:36,583 --> 00:07:38,625 we're legally allowed to leave. 138 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:40,833 [LMG] Where would we go? It's not like we have a ride. 139 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:47,333 [grunts] 140 00:07:47,541 --> 00:07:51,166 [heavy breathing] 141 00:07:51,375 --> 00:07:53,458 -Hey, Mr. L? -Yes, Lata? 142 00:07:53,666 --> 00:07:55,333 Do know when sign-ups are going up? 143 00:07:55,541 --> 00:07:58,791 I will make an announcement to the class about sign-ups 144 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,708 at the appropriate time. 145 00:08:00,916 --> 00:08:03,333 Okay, great. 146 00:08:06,416 --> 00:08:08,458 [Doug] Mikey, pass out those scripts! 147 00:08:08,666 --> 00:08:10,166 [LMG] Yes, Mr. L. 148 00:08:12,291 --> 00:08:13,958 [clear throats] 149 00:08:24,625 --> 00:08:26,458 Who knows what a tragedy is? 150 00:08:26,666 --> 00:08:28,708 [school bell rings] 151 00:08:28,916 --> 00:08:30,083 We'll pick this up tomorrow. 152 00:08:33,708 --> 00:08:35,416 [door opens] 153 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,375 ♪ 154 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:57,083 -Abigail? -Oh. Hi, Doug. 155 00:08:57,875 --> 00:08:59,375 Hi, I'm sorry. I was-- 156 00:08:59,583 --> 00:09:00,708 I was trying to talk to you. 157 00:09:00,916 --> 00:09:02,500 Actually, I need to talk to you too. 158 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:05,083 Oh, real--really? Um, well, great. 159 00:09:05,291 --> 00:09:07,083 Uh, I was just on my way up to my classroom 160 00:09:07,291 --> 00:09:08,208 if you wanna... 161 00:09:09,125 --> 00:09:10,833 Yeah, that sounds fine, yeah. 162 00:09:11,041 --> 00:09:12,791 Okay. Well... 163 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,333 -[Abigail] Okay. -[Doug]...after you. 164 00:09:16,333 --> 00:09:18,166 West Side Story. 165 00:09:18,375 --> 00:09:20,000 Wow, so fun. 166 00:09:20,625 --> 00:09:22,000 Yeah, I mean, 167 00:09:22,750 --> 00:09:26,041 it's not the most original idea in the world, 168 00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:28,375 but it could be fun. 169 00:09:30,625 --> 00:09:33,041 Um, and, you know, 170 00:09:33,250 --> 00:09:36,125 maybe we could build a fire escape. 171 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:39,916 Yeah. I don't know that insurance would cover that, 172 00:09:40,125 --> 00:09:42,125 but--but maybe. 173 00:09:45,208 --> 00:09:47,416 You said you wanted to talk to me about something. 174 00:09:47,625 --> 00:09:49,000 -Is that what it was? -Yeah. 175 00:09:49,208 --> 00:09:50,250 Yeah--well, no. 176 00:09:50,458 --> 00:09:52,333 -I-- -Well, um, wait one sec. 177 00:10:07,125 --> 00:10:12,416 Um, I know that it's your birthday. 178 00:10:12,625 --> 00:10:14,791 So I... 179 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:17,791 got you this. 180 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,375 Wow. 181 00:10:20,625 --> 00:10:21,833 Oh, wow. 182 00:10:22,041 --> 00:10:23,541 Doug, I... 183 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:28,500 Um, and I also-- I just wanted to say 184 00:10:28,708 --> 00:10:31,208 I am really sorry, 185 00:10:31,416 --> 00:10:36,208 um, for how I was about... PDA. 186 00:10:36,416 --> 00:10:38,000 -Hmm. -And also about 187 00:10:38,208 --> 00:10:40,375 intimacy in general. 188 00:10:40,583 --> 00:10:42,291 -[sighs heavily] -Um... 189 00:10:43,958 --> 00:10:46,541 my therapist, 190 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:51,625 uh, said that I have a PTSD response to human touch. 191 00:10:53,083 --> 00:10:58,041 Wow. Um, I'm so happy for you. 192 00:10:58,250 --> 00:10:59,833 I mean, because of the therapy, 193 00:11:00,041 --> 00:11:01,000 not because of the P... 194 00:11:01,208 --> 00:11:02,541 Right, yeah. 195 00:11:02,750 --> 00:11:05,000 I--well I-- so I was just wondering 196 00:11:05,208 --> 00:11:07,375 if maybe you wanted 197 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:12,375 to, um, go out and try again 198 00:11:12,583 --> 00:11:13,875 -and maybe get a drink? -Doug, 199 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:15,291 -wow, Doug-- -Because I just-- 200 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:16,916 -I feel like-- -Doug, Doug... 201 00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:20,833 What--sorry. You say what you wanted to say. 202 00:11:21,958 --> 00:11:23,875 I wanted you to hear it from me first, 203 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,750 before you heard it from somebody else. 204 00:11:28,250 --> 00:11:30,625 I'm seeing Michael. 205 00:11:36,541 --> 00:11:38,291 Principal Brady. 206 00:11:38,833 --> 00:11:41,833 ♪ 207 00:11:44,625 --> 00:11:48,666 So, are we still on a break? 208 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:53,208 [Abigail] Yeah, but not really a break. 209 00:11:53,416 --> 00:11:56,166 It's more like we're broken. 210 00:11:56,375 --> 00:11:58,625 I'm really sorry, Doug. 211 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:00,791 But, you know, 212 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,958 I think we can still work together just fine 213 00:12:03,166 --> 00:12:05,375 because nobody even knew we were dating. 214 00:12:06,666 --> 00:12:08,041 Totally. 215 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:09,416 Yeah. 216 00:12:09,625 --> 00:12:12,500 ♪ 217 00:12:14,541 --> 00:12:18,208 See you-- see you around campus. 218 00:12:18,416 --> 00:12:21,291 ♪ 219 00:12:43,708 --> 00:12:45,583 [Doug] The writer is a paradox. 220 00:12:47,750 --> 00:12:50,000 He has to step back from the world 221 00:12:50,208 --> 00:12:52,083 in order to understand it. 222 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:02,458 And yet, be immersed in it, 223 00:13:02,666 --> 00:13:05,958 to absorb every excruciating detail. 224 00:13:06,166 --> 00:13:09,041 ♪ 225 00:13:14,291 --> 00:13:16,875 [Doug] He finds meaning in a world 226 00:13:17,083 --> 00:13:18,958 that makes no sense. 227 00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:22,041 ♪ 228 00:13:23,791 --> 00:13:26,708 [breathes deeply] 229 00:13:31,708 --> 00:13:33,333 Principal Brady? 230 00:13:33,541 --> 00:13:35,250 How does that even happen? You know what? 231 00:13:35,458 --> 00:13:37,916 I bet it was teacher's retreat. That's so classic. 232 00:13:38,125 --> 00:13:39,583 What a fucking snake. 233 00:13:39,791 --> 00:13:41,833 Whatever. It was a distraction anyway. 234 00:13:42,041 --> 00:13:46,166 Now I can really focus, get the fellowship. 235 00:13:46,375 --> 00:13:49,041 -Go to New York. -Yes. Awesome. 236 00:13:49,250 --> 00:13:50,875 Yes. This is a speed bump, brother. 237 00:13:51,083 --> 00:13:54,416 There's only one Broadway, and it's in New York! 238 00:13:55,833 --> 00:13:57,083 [sighs] 239 00:13:57,291 --> 00:13:59,500 You know she, um, messaged me 240 00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:01,333 about the fundraiser you were having? 241 00:14:03,333 --> 00:14:05,750 -She texted you? -Oh, God. 242 00:14:05,958 --> 00:14:09,250 I think just like about the venue and hosting it here. 243 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:11,500 Or we don't have to at all. 244 00:14:11,708 --> 00:14:12,958 Don't mean to step on your toes. 245 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:15,750 Let's-- no. No, no, no. It's fine. 246 00:14:15,958 --> 00:14:18,791 I just don't know what she sees in him. 247 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,625 That guy is like a-- a boiled cabbage of a person. 248 00:14:22,833 --> 00:14:25,375 Bet he hasn't read a book since high school. 249 00:14:28,083 --> 00:14:30,541 You're gonna be fine. Truly, you know? 250 00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:33,750 You just have to move forward and accept it. 251 00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:36,458 I mean, if plans change, you shift it up. 252 00:14:36,666 --> 00:14:38,833 And if you're getting stressed out, 253 00:14:39,041 --> 00:14:40,416 put that into your creative work. 254 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,291 [Doug] All right. 255 00:14:50,041 --> 00:14:52,666 I wanna thank everyone for coming out today. 256 00:14:52,875 --> 00:14:54,083 You all made the time to-- 257 00:14:54,291 --> 00:14:55,416 -[door opens] -Hi! 258 00:14:55,625 --> 00:14:57,000 I'm sorry, did you start already? 259 00:15:00,041 --> 00:15:01,208 Just one second. 260 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,791 Oh, look at you. You look amazing. 261 00:15:06,958 --> 00:15:08,333 -[Doug] Hey, girl. -Yes. 262 00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:09,833 [Doug clear throats] 263 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,625 -What are you doing here? -Oh, well, 264 00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:15,041 it's auditions. 265 00:15:15,250 --> 00:15:16,583 -It's so exciting. -Right. 266 00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:18,333 I was thinking for the set we could-- 267 00:15:18,541 --> 00:15:20,500 What? You don't need to be here. 268 00:15:20,708 --> 00:15:22,208 Well, I mean, I was here last year. 269 00:15:22,416 --> 00:15:23,708 Last year was different. 270 00:15:24,208 --> 00:15:26,250 Well, I already started working on the model 271 00:15:26,458 --> 00:15:27,833 -for New York. -Right. 272 00:15:28,041 --> 00:15:30,208 I'll send Mikey to grab it when it's ready. 273 00:15:30,416 --> 00:15:31,541 I'm sure it's great. 274 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,625 It's a quarter past. 275 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,416 Thank you, Mikey. 276 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:41,125 Then I guess I'll just finish the model and get it to you. 277 00:15:50,625 --> 00:15:52,041 Find a way to lock these doors. 278 00:15:58,375 --> 00:15:59,666 As I was saying... 279 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:06,041 you've all been working very hard, 280 00:16:07,291 --> 00:16:10,958 but not everyone can get a starring role. 281 00:16:11,708 --> 00:16:14,625 ♪ 282 00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:22,958 [Doug] In fact, most of you won't get a starring role. 283 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:28,375 [singer] ♪ I ain't got nobody ♪ 284 00:16:28,583 --> 00:16:32,625 ♪ And somebody cares for me ♪ 285 00:16:34,083 --> 00:16:38,833 ♪ I'm so sad and lonely ♪ 286 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:40,875 ♪ Won't somebody come and take a chance... ♪ 287 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:45,125 [Doug] Because sometimes what you have to offer 288 00:16:45,875 --> 00:16:49,333 isn't what other people think they're looking for. 289 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,666 Even if you disagree. 290 00:16:54,875 --> 00:16:57,083 Even if you think that's stupid. 291 00:16:58,208 --> 00:16:59,375 That's just the way it is. 292 00:17:01,291 --> 00:17:03,166 And you gotta deal with it. 293 00:17:05,666 --> 00:17:07,541 There's no going back in time. 294 00:17:09,166 --> 00:17:10,333 No resets. 295 00:17:11,416 --> 00:17:12,875 No do-overs. 296 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:24,916 So you just gotta become a massive success... 297 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,083 to prove them wrong. 298 00:17:30,291 --> 00:17:33,166 ♪ 299 00:17:43,083 --> 00:17:45,083 [whispering] I want you to post the list 300 00:17:45,291 --> 00:17:46,916 and get back here as fast as you can. 301 00:17:47,125 --> 00:17:48,291 [LMG] All right. 302 00:17:51,291 --> 00:17:53,958 Mikey is posting the cast list. 303 00:17:54,166 --> 00:17:56,666 All decisions are final. 304 00:18:01,041 --> 00:18:02,958 [kids chattering] 305 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,208 [all cheering] 306 00:18:07,416 --> 00:18:08,416 [LMG] Worried about the chorus. 307 00:18:08,625 --> 00:18:10,208 You can always pair it down. 308 00:18:11,125 --> 00:18:12,541 You chose Cindy for the lead? 309 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,125 Lata, you're an amazing dancer. 310 00:18:16,333 --> 00:18:19,041 Cindy is an amazing singer. 311 00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:20,583 But she's White. 312 00:18:20,791 --> 00:18:23,583 It says she's supposed to be Puerto Rican. 313 00:18:23,791 --> 00:18:25,250 Are you Puerto Rican? 314 00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:27,125 She doesn't even speak Spanish. 315 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:28,333 Cindy! 316 00:18:29,791 --> 00:18:31,458 Do you speak Spanish? 317 00:18:32,666 --> 00:18:35,291 [speaking Spanish] 318 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:38,166 ♪ 319 00:18:39,958 --> 00:18:41,458 Let me tell you something, Lata. 320 00:18:42,416 --> 00:18:46,083 The thing about life is, sometimes you win. 321 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,041 But sometimes, you watch your enemy 322 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:53,541 steal what could have been yours. 323 00:18:56,625 --> 00:18:59,791 There are no small parts, only small actors. 324 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,250 -But-- -[Doug] No, no. 325 00:19:01,458 --> 00:19:04,416 You're number one in the ensemble. 326 00:19:04,625 --> 00:19:06,916 This is erasure. 327 00:19:08,625 --> 00:19:10,583 [printer humming] 328 00:19:16,458 --> 00:19:17,666 [Mrs. Belkin] I dunno what I was thinking 329 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:19,958 to sign up to chaperone a zoo trip. 330 00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:22,166 Okay. I wanted to see the pandas, so sue me. 331 00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:23,875 Hey, can I scan while you print? 332 00:19:24,083 --> 00:19:25,333 -Yeah. -[Mrs. Belkin] Yeah. 333 00:19:25,541 --> 00:19:27,500 And then these stupid little perverts 334 00:19:27,708 --> 00:19:30,333 wanna get their grubby little hands on everything. 335 00:19:30,541 --> 00:19:33,416 Pretty soon Danny DelCole's got his arm stuck 336 00:19:33,625 --> 00:19:36,416 in the tortoise enclosure, and he's screaming. 337 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:38,500 Ugh. 338 00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:41,500 Ooh. Look, pretty crazy, huh? 339 00:19:41,708 --> 00:19:43,666 Yeah, I think it's pretty inappropriate. 340 00:19:43,875 --> 00:19:46,291 [Mrs. Belkin] Apparently, her last boyfriend 341 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:47,916 was a real hot mess. 342 00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:49,416 I mean, emotionally, you know. 343 00:19:49,625 --> 00:19:51,000 -Did she say that? -Oh, no. 344 00:19:51,208 --> 00:19:53,375 -Principal Brady did. -[Abigail giggles] 345 00:19:53,958 --> 00:19:55,916 Well, did--any idea who it was? 346 00:19:56,125 --> 00:19:57,375 Not a clue. 347 00:19:57,833 --> 00:19:59,333 They've been going out for a while. 348 00:19:59,541 --> 00:20:00,875 They didn't want anyone to know, 349 00:20:01,083 --> 00:20:02,833 they don't want the old guy to find out. 350 00:20:03,041 --> 00:20:05,000 But I mean, what's he gonna do? 351 00:20:05,541 --> 00:20:07,541 Principal Brady does jiu-jitsu. 352 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,208 -[grunts] -[printer beeping] 353 00:20:11,416 --> 00:20:13,333 -[Mrs. Belkin] Are you okay? -Huh? Well, yeah. 354 00:20:13,541 --> 00:20:15,000 I put the holes on the wrong side... 355 00:20:15,208 --> 00:20:16,625 -Everybody. -...of the thing. 356 00:20:16,625 --> 00:20:18,750 Last minute additions to the morning announcement? 357 00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:20,916 Doug? 358 00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:24,416 All locked up then. All right. 359 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:27,416 [Mrs. Belkin] Jiu-jitsu. 360 00:20:27,625 --> 00:20:30,541 ♪ 361 00:20:34,708 --> 00:20:36,166 [Principal Brady] Hello, students, 362 00:20:36,375 --> 00:20:38,500 and welcome to another beautiful day 363 00:20:38,708 --> 00:20:40,500 here at Cedarhurst Middle School. 364 00:20:41,250 --> 00:20:42,833 I just wanna let everyone know 365 00:20:43,041 --> 00:20:45,625 that our Art teacher, Abigail Morris, 366 00:20:45,833 --> 00:20:47,416 is much happier now 367 00:20:47,625 --> 00:20:50,375 that she is having the best sex of her life. 368 00:20:53,916 --> 00:20:55,208 [grunts] 369 00:20:55,416 --> 00:20:56,791 [Brady] Her previous boyfriend 370 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,416 can't definitively say 371 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,125 whether he's ever given a woman an orgasm. 372 00:21:01,041 --> 00:21:02,666 So if you see him in the halls, 373 00:21:02,875 --> 00:21:04,916 make sure you look right at him and say nothing. 374 00:21:08,708 --> 00:21:10,083 He will know what you mean. 375 00:21:11,125 --> 00:21:13,250 Finally, a reminder to look out for each other. 376 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:17,000 Here at Cedarhurst, we're a community 377 00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:18,583 and we rise and fall together. 378 00:21:18,791 --> 00:21:20,083 [LMG] Special delivery. 379 00:21:20,291 --> 00:21:21,208 [Doug gasps] 380 00:21:38,333 --> 00:21:40,833 [bell ringing] 381 00:21:41,541 --> 00:21:44,333 [Doug] Mikey, go to class. 382 00:21:44,625 --> 00:21:47,708 -[LMG] All right, Mr.-- -[kids yelling] 383 00:21:53,875 --> 00:21:55,875 ♪ ♪ 384 00:21:59,166 --> 00:22:02,166 ♪ 385 00:22:24,250 --> 00:22:26,791 Sometimes, it feels like a dream. 386 00:22:28,125 --> 00:22:29,791 And then I remember... 387 00:22:31,666 --> 00:22:34,208 Principal Brady. 388 00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:38,500 When the muse calls, 389 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:41,041 you answer. 390 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,500 Look at him. Big salami. 391 00:22:53,958 --> 00:22:56,458 Good luck getting the Blue Ribbon 392 00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:58,291 when every paper in the country 393 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:00,166 is calling for your head. 394 00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:03,166 -[printer beeping] -[printer whirring] 395 00:23:09,583 --> 00:23:11,000 ♪ ♪ 396 00:23:11,208 --> 00:23:12,666 [Doug] All right, people. Circle up. 397 00:23:20,041 --> 00:23:22,458 All right. Now, I know everyone's excited. 398 00:23:23,125 --> 00:23:24,916 But do we really wanna do the same play 399 00:23:25,125 --> 00:23:27,125 that every other school does? 400 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:31,458 Or do we wanna do something special, contemporary? 401 00:23:31,666 --> 00:23:33,916 Is this about me not being Spanish or whatever? 402 00:23:34,125 --> 00:23:35,458 Latina. 403 00:23:35,666 --> 00:23:37,166 I just think that the best parts 404 00:23:37,375 --> 00:23:38,625 go to the best people. 405 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:41,458 I mean, we're all actors, right? Let us act. 406 00:23:41,666 --> 00:23:44,333 It's not like there's a lot of roles for Latina girls. 407 00:23:44,541 --> 00:23:47,458 Shouldn't we at least try to be realistic? 408 00:23:47,666 --> 00:23:49,916 Okay. So Black people can't play Hamlet then? 409 00:23:50,125 --> 00:23:52,708 -That's not what I mean. -[Cindy] And what do you mean? 410 00:23:52,916 --> 00:23:55,041 Okay. Okay. 411 00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:56,833 This is what I'm talking about. 412 00:23:57,041 --> 00:24:01,416 We are arguing about something that is a hundred years old 413 00:24:01,625 --> 00:24:04,041 when we could be talking about something new. 414 00:24:04,583 --> 00:24:07,208 [Lata] You said this play has never been done before, right? 415 00:24:07,416 --> 00:24:08,750 What if that's because it sucks? 416 00:24:08,958 --> 00:24:10,500 Okay. It doesn't suck. 417 00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:13,708 You know what? If anything, West Side Story sucks. 418 00:24:15,416 --> 00:24:19,000 This is about real people 419 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,875 and how they stand up for what they think is right, 420 00:24:23,708 --> 00:24:25,625 for what they believe in, 421 00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:27,625 even if it means breaking the rules. 422 00:24:28,125 --> 00:24:31,625 Not about killing your girlfriend's brother 423 00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:33,375 just because you're sad. 424 00:24:33,583 --> 00:24:34,791 Is that what happens? 425 00:24:35,458 --> 00:24:37,041 Will we have to audition again? 426 00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:38,583 Audition? 427 00:24:38,791 --> 00:24:41,500 No, everyone who has a lead stays a lead. 428 00:24:41,708 --> 00:24:43,125 Well then, I think we should do it. 429 00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:45,000 -It's-- -Listen, listen. 430 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Acting is about trust. 431 00:24:49,541 --> 00:24:52,250 You trust your scene partner 432 00:24:52,458 --> 00:24:55,708 to support you and you trust your director 433 00:24:55,916 --> 00:24:59,375 to have a vision, and you trust yourself 434 00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:01,500 to step out on that stage 435 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:04,583 in front of an audience and deliver. 436 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:08,833 Do you trust me? 437 00:25:22,458 --> 00:25:24,333 [giggling] 438 00:25:33,416 --> 00:25:35,125 Okay. There's just one more thing. 439 00:25:36,750 --> 00:25:40,583 We can't tell anybody what we're doing. 440 00:25:40,791 --> 00:25:43,375 Parents, friends, no one can know. 441 00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:44,875 You want us to lie? 442 00:25:45,083 --> 00:25:46,833 What? No. No. 443 00:25:47,041 --> 00:25:51,041 Not lie, just not tell anyone. 444 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:52,708 I tell my parents everything. 445 00:25:52,916 --> 00:25:55,208 Well, think about it like this. 446 00:25:55,416 --> 00:25:57,458 Remember when you found out Santa wasn't real? 447 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:02,500 So your parents lie to you but it's not a bad thing. 448 00:26:02,708 --> 00:26:04,125 Sure they're fibbing, but only 449 00:26:04,125 --> 00:26:06,166 'cause they want Christmas to be that much better. 450 00:26:06,375 --> 00:26:08,125 In my house, we celebrate Hanukkah. 451 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:09,416 Instead of one night-- 452 00:26:09,416 --> 00:26:11,041 It's eight nights, yeah, we all know. 453 00:26:11,250 --> 00:26:13,500 Look, let me let you in on a little secret. 454 00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:18,500 The superpower of the theater is the element of surprise. 455 00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:21,916 When we perform for our audience, 456 00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:25,166 do we wanna give them the best Christmas ever, 457 00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:29,375 or do we wanna make them cry because Santa isn't real? 458 00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:35,083 The superpower of the theater is the element of surprise. 459 00:26:35,833 --> 00:26:37,916 [all] The superpower of the theater 460 00:26:38,125 --> 00:26:39,916 -is the element of surprise. -Again. 461 00:26:40,125 --> 00:26:41,583 [kids] The superpower of the theater 462 00:26:41,791 --> 00:26:43,375 is the element of surprise! 463 00:26:43,375 --> 00:26:45,583 The superpower of the theater is the element of surprise! 464 00:26:45,791 --> 00:26:47,458 Okay, people. Let's get to work! 465 00:26:47,666 --> 00:26:49,041 Put on your blacks! 466 00:26:50,541 --> 00:26:53,541 [soft piano music playing] 467 00:26:55,666 --> 00:26:59,166 ♪ 468 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,416 [thunder rumbling] 469 00:27:49,250 --> 00:27:52,458 ♪ ♪ 470 00:27:52,666 --> 00:27:53,833 See you later. 471 00:27:55,083 --> 00:27:56,916 [Doug] Don't listen to them, Mikey. 472 00:27:57,125 --> 00:27:58,375 What? 473 00:27:58,583 --> 00:28:00,708 The people that want you to settle. 474 00:28:03,791 --> 00:28:06,583 When I got out of undergrad, Wesleyan, 475 00:28:07,916 --> 00:28:09,708 I had a grant for a play. 476 00:28:09,916 --> 00:28:12,041 Small opening, well-reviewed. 477 00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:15,375 We were all set to open Off-Broadway 478 00:28:16,625 --> 00:28:18,500 and the producer disappeared. 479 00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:22,500 He said it was a pulmonary embolism. 480 00:28:24,666 --> 00:28:26,416 I know he took that money. 481 00:28:27,958 --> 00:28:29,458 -Oh. -[Doug] So I moved back in 482 00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:31,041 with my mom in Sylmar. 483 00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:33,541 Do you know where Sylmar is, Mikey? 484 00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:42,083 And then she got sick. 485 00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:45,541 I thought I'd work here for a year. 486 00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:47,833 [breathes deeply] 487 00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:50,958 It's you against the world, Mikey. 488 00:28:55,041 --> 00:28:57,083 We got those flow-y robes, right? 489 00:28:57,291 --> 00:28:58,750 It says they're in transit. 490 00:29:01,541 --> 00:29:03,208 Well, if that's it, 491 00:29:03,916 --> 00:29:05,916 I better get going before I miss my bus. 492 00:29:06,125 --> 00:29:08,250 Your bus? I'll take you home. 493 00:29:08,458 --> 00:29:10,333 -You don't have to. -[Doug] Don't be crazy. 494 00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:12,125 Come on. 495 00:29:17,375 --> 00:29:21,375 You know, Lexus was the first car 496 00:29:21,583 --> 00:29:23,291 to have seat warmers? 497 00:29:24,708 --> 00:29:25,875 That's cool. 498 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:28,625 You ever use them? 499 00:29:29,458 --> 00:29:31,500 It's nice to have the option. 500 00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:40,833 Mr. L? 501 00:29:41,375 --> 00:29:42,541 Wazzup? 502 00:29:43,458 --> 00:29:44,875 [LMG] I was wondering, 503 00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:47,208 why do we have to keep the play a secret? 504 00:29:48,083 --> 00:29:50,000 Why? I already told you, 505 00:29:50,208 --> 00:29:51,500 the superpower of the theater-- 506 00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:52,958 [LMG] Well, I know that. 507 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:56,000 Would it really matter if my parents knew? 508 00:29:58,916 --> 00:30:00,458 Did you tell your parents? 509 00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:02,875 No, definitely not. 510 00:30:04,541 --> 00:30:05,958 Well, okay. That's good. 511 00:30:06,875 --> 00:30:08,833 That's good. This is your house here? 512 00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:10,375 [LMG] Yeah. 513 00:30:13,458 --> 00:30:16,625 Not everyone is going to understand 514 00:30:16,833 --> 00:30:17,958 what we're doing. 515 00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,125 And... 516 00:30:23,625 --> 00:30:26,041 people are afraid of what they don't understand. 517 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:32,750 It's okay to lie if it's for the right reasons. 518 00:30:33,666 --> 00:30:35,416 ♪ 519 00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:39,583 We wanna blow everyone away, right? 520 00:30:42,666 --> 00:30:43,833 Yeah. 521 00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:45,916 Yeah. 522 00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:47,500 ♪ ♪ 523 00:30:47,708 --> 00:30:49,583 Thanks for taking me home, Mr. L. 524 00:30:50,083 --> 00:30:51,208 I really appreciate it. 525 00:30:52,541 --> 00:30:53,875 Oh, and... 526 00:30:54,916 --> 00:30:58,833 for the record, I don't think you're settling. 527 00:31:01,083 --> 00:31:02,250 Not anymore. 528 00:31:02,458 --> 00:31:05,333 ♪ 529 00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:21,375 [Doug] People don't understand 530 00:31:21,583 --> 00:31:22,750 the burden of a writer. 531 00:31:24,875 --> 00:31:26,416 Relationships end. 532 00:31:27,166 --> 00:31:28,916 Civilizations crumble. 533 00:31:29,791 --> 00:31:31,791 But literature endures. 534 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,250 [laptop chimes] 535 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,333 ♪ ♪ 536 00:31:35,541 --> 00:31:37,416 [birds chirping] 537 00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:44,791 [mumbling] 538 00:31:45,791 --> 00:31:49,375 ♪ 539 00:31:52,458 --> 00:31:55,958 [helicopter blades whirring] 540 00:32:01,416 --> 00:32:02,750 [siren wailing] 541 00:32:02,958 --> 00:32:05,583 ♪ ♪ 542 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:08,000 [dial tone ringing] 543 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,291 [groans] 544 00:32:15,875 --> 00:32:19,291 -[Ernst] Hello? -Hey. Hey, Mr., uh, Rothman. 545 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,166 This is Doug Leibowitz. 546 00:32:21,375 --> 00:32:22,791 [Ernst] Sorry, who is this? 547 00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:25,875 I, uh, was one of the applicants 548 00:32:26,083 --> 00:32:28,916 for the fellowship and I just got rejected. 549 00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:32,083 [Ernst] Oh. Oh. How did you-- 550 00:32:32,291 --> 00:32:33,791 Well, I found your phone number 551 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,000 in an email signature from a playwriting festival 552 00:32:38,208 --> 00:32:40,000 that we were at together in 2014. 553 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,000 I had just written "The Bells and Whistles" 554 00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:44,125 out of Wesleyan. 555 00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:46,958 [Ernst] Right. Right, I think I remember you. 556 00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:48,708 "Bells and Whistles." 557 00:32:48,916 --> 00:32:51,166 Though I meet a lot of aspiring playwrights, so... 558 00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:54,208 Yeah, yeah. So, um, yeah. 559 00:32:54,416 --> 00:32:56,750 So, I just got this rejection letter 560 00:32:56,958 --> 00:32:59,208 and I was--thought, you know, 561 00:32:59,416 --> 00:33:03,166 that I would call and see if I could get 562 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:08,208 a little insight into, um, the decision-making process. 563 00:33:09,791 --> 00:33:11,750 [Ernst] Yeah. Look, Mr. Leibowitz, 564 00:33:11,958 --> 00:33:13,041 this is really unusual. 565 00:33:13,250 --> 00:33:14,375 -Definitely not-- -Yeah, I know. 566 00:33:14,583 --> 00:33:16,083 We haven't been in touch for a while, 567 00:33:16,291 --> 00:33:19,291 but I'm just--um, it's not like my writing 568 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:21,041 has gotten worse, you know. 569 00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:24,166 I--I'm wondering if I was good enough then, 570 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:27,166 why I'm not good enough now, you know? 571 00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:30,833 [Ernst] Well, the fellowship is highly selective 572 00:33:31,041 --> 00:33:33,000 and we always have many talented writers 573 00:33:33,208 --> 00:33:34,750 who for one reason or another just can't-- 574 00:33:34,958 --> 00:33:36,083 What did I do wrong? 575 00:33:36,291 --> 00:33:37,708 [Ernst] What? What? 576 00:33:38,416 --> 00:33:39,833 Can you just get-- 577 00:33:40,875 --> 00:33:42,750 could you look up my application 578 00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:45,666 and tell me why I was rejected? 579 00:33:45,875 --> 00:33:49,208 Okay, uh... 580 00:33:50,750 --> 00:33:53,583 It seems I actually did recommend you. 581 00:33:53,791 --> 00:33:56,208 I didn't like the work you submitted very much, 582 00:33:56,416 --> 00:33:58,125 but I thought there was something 583 00:33:58,333 --> 00:34:00,250 in the personal statement. 584 00:34:00,458 --> 00:34:02,750 -An edge. -Uh-huh. 585 00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:04,250 [Ernst] But our selection process 586 00:34:04,458 --> 00:34:05,875 is by committee, 587 00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:07,583 and it seems that the other board members 588 00:34:07,791 --> 00:34:09,458 reacted quite strongly 589 00:34:09,666 --> 00:34:11,625 -in a negative sense. -[Doug coughs] 590 00:34:11,833 --> 00:34:14,875 [Ernst] They felt your work was too impersonal. 591 00:34:15,083 --> 00:34:16,750 One colleague wrote, 592 00:34:16,958 --> 00:34:19,666 "The candidate seems to prefer intellectualism 593 00:34:19,875 --> 00:34:21,291 to emotion. 594 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:22,791 We're here for theater, 595 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,208 not a treatise on the theater." 596 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:26,791 Heh. 597 00:34:27,541 --> 00:34:29,208 Well, harsh criticism 598 00:34:29,416 --> 00:34:31,208 is the only kind worth hearing, right, Mr.-- 599 00:34:31,416 --> 00:34:32,375 [phone slams] 600 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:34,916 [banging] 601 00:34:35,125 --> 00:34:38,083 [indistinct chatter] 602 00:34:47,208 --> 00:34:49,250 All right. Phones in the basket. 603 00:34:49,458 --> 00:34:51,541 [indistinct chatter] 604 00:34:53,375 --> 00:34:54,541 Phones! 605 00:34:59,625 --> 00:35:01,541 Today, we're gonna watch a movie. 606 00:35:02,041 --> 00:35:04,000 It's called The Manchurian Candidate. 607 00:35:04,208 --> 00:35:05,875 It's from 1962. 608 00:35:06,083 --> 00:35:07,791 It's about how people in power 609 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,083 will do anything to maintain control. 610 00:35:11,291 --> 00:35:13,291 You don't have to pay attention. 611 00:35:14,125 --> 00:35:16,583 But one day when you wake up powerless 612 00:35:16,791 --> 00:35:18,750 at the hands of the machine, 613 00:35:19,666 --> 00:35:21,666 you might just wish you were ready. 614 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:26,583 Mikey, lights. 615 00:35:30,291 --> 00:35:32,208 [dramatic music on TV] 616 00:35:33,541 --> 00:35:36,541 [keyboard clacking] 617 00:35:42,083 --> 00:35:45,000 Mr. L, what's The Machine? 618 00:35:47,916 --> 00:35:49,250 The algorithm. 619 00:35:50,541 --> 00:35:51,625 The government. 620 00:35:53,041 --> 00:35:55,125 An anonymous review board. 621 00:35:55,333 --> 00:35:57,791 Everything that's trying to keep you down. 622 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,875 [dramatic music on TV] 623 00:36:12,750 --> 00:36:13,833 [TV turns off] 624 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,291 Imagine you only have one job 625 00:36:23,583 --> 00:36:25,125 and it's to spin a wheel. 626 00:36:26,125 --> 00:36:29,166 But every time you ask a question 627 00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:34,333 or get tired or try to speak up for yourself, 628 00:36:34,541 --> 00:36:36,125 you get replaced 629 00:36:37,416 --> 00:36:41,250 because there are a thousand other wheel spinners out there 630 00:36:41,458 --> 00:36:44,750 and they're all just itching to replace you. 631 00:36:46,708 --> 00:36:49,375 It doesn't matter if you graduated 632 00:36:49,583 --> 00:36:51,500 at the top of your class, 633 00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:53,291 if you went to a good school, 634 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:56,083 or if you read books and know about art, 635 00:36:56,291 --> 00:36:58,000 because at the end of the day, 636 00:36:59,416 --> 00:37:01,625 your dreams don't matter. 637 00:37:04,583 --> 00:37:06,458 It's "What can you do for me? 638 00:37:06,666 --> 00:37:09,666 How well can you spin the wheel?" 639 00:37:12,541 --> 00:37:14,166 Your friends will move away. 640 00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:16,458 Your parents will die. 641 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:19,500 And at the end of all things, 642 00:37:20,458 --> 00:37:23,041 the best you can possibly ask for 643 00:37:23,583 --> 00:37:26,958 is that someone maybe... 644 00:37:28,166 --> 00:37:29,541 will remember you. 645 00:37:34,666 --> 00:37:36,041 That's the machine. 646 00:37:43,916 --> 00:37:46,708 [keyboard clacking] 647 00:37:46,916 --> 00:37:49,791 [dramatic music on TV] 648 00:37:56,041 --> 00:37:57,500 Hey, Mr. L. 649 00:37:57,708 --> 00:37:59,166 -[birds chirping] -Hello, Lata. 650 00:37:59,833 --> 00:38:01,875 [Lata] I've been thinking about what you said. 651 00:38:02,083 --> 00:38:04,583 Sometimes people who maybe don't work as hard, 652 00:38:04,791 --> 00:38:07,291 or want it as bad, or even care 653 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,833 about getting into the top performing arts high school, 654 00:38:10,041 --> 00:38:11,500 get the best parts. 655 00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:14,000 But it's like what you said. 656 00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:17,041 There are no small parts, just small actors. 657 00:38:17,750 --> 00:38:20,916 And I've been thinking about the cab driver role 658 00:38:21,125 --> 00:38:22,500 you assigned to me. 659 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,500 And I wrote a monologue that I think could really 660 00:38:24,708 --> 00:38:26,958 set the stage at the end of the first act. 661 00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:31,333 [clears throat] 662 00:38:31,958 --> 00:38:34,416 [in accent] "How many people shared my taxi? 663 00:38:34,625 --> 00:38:38,333 A small world, divided by a sheet of plastic." 664 00:38:38,541 --> 00:38:39,625 Stop. Stop, stop, stop. 665 00:38:39,833 --> 00:38:42,208 Lata, what are you doing? 666 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:45,041 You said no small parts. 667 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:47,208 So I'm making it bigger, beefing it. 668 00:38:47,416 --> 00:38:49,458 The cab driver doesn't need any beefing. 669 00:38:49,666 --> 00:38:51,791 But I research-- I researched it and-- 670 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,000 Lata, I don't think you're hearing me. 671 00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:57,583 It's not that you don't have something to offer, you do. 672 00:38:57,791 --> 00:38:59,083 You're talented. You're smart. 673 00:38:59,291 --> 00:39:01,250 You work very hard. 674 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:05,041 It's just that your performance, 675 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:08,375 it's a little bit... intellectual. 676 00:39:09,208 --> 00:39:11,500 We're looking for a cab driver, 677 00:39:11,708 --> 00:39:14,583 not a treatise on a cab driver. 678 00:39:14,791 --> 00:39:16,583 Honestly, maybe it's too much for you. 679 00:39:16,791 --> 00:39:19,791 Maybe you'd find more success as the Fire Hydrant. 680 00:39:21,041 --> 00:39:23,291 Oh, a fire hydrant. Yeah. Okay. 681 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,500 I thought you were trying to make me work harder 682 00:39:25,708 --> 00:39:27,125 because you recognized my gifts. 683 00:39:27,333 --> 00:39:29,000 Sometimes the best way to stand out 684 00:39:29,208 --> 00:39:30,541 is by blending in. 685 00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:33,583 -I'm sorry, Lata. -I don't want an apology. 686 00:39:33,791 --> 00:39:35,958 Well, that's just how the business works. 687 00:39:37,791 --> 00:39:40,916 What do you know about how the business works? 688 00:39:41,750 --> 00:39:43,375 You teach at a middle school. 689 00:39:43,583 --> 00:39:45,791 ♪ 690 00:39:57,208 --> 00:39:59,916 [yells] 691 00:40:00,125 --> 00:40:01,083 [clanging] 692 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:04,541 [Doug] Stop! Stop! 693 00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:05,708 ♪ ♪ 694 00:40:05,916 --> 00:40:07,208 Wrong! 695 00:40:08,083 --> 00:40:10,291 How many times do we have to watch the videos? 696 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,916 It is North tower and then South. 697 00:40:15,166 --> 00:40:18,458 There's just no feeling. There's no depth. 698 00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:20,250 It has to be personal. 699 00:40:22,750 --> 00:40:26,208 When she crashes into those towers, 700 00:40:26,916 --> 00:40:30,916 the whole world changes... 701 00:40:32,041 --> 00:40:33,375 forever! 702 00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:39,166 And you become collateral damage! 703 00:40:40,583 --> 00:40:45,458 You are lost in a conflict that you didn't start, 704 00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:49,875 but it is now up to you to finish it. 705 00:40:55,708 --> 00:40:56,833 Brian... 706 00:40:58,666 --> 00:41:01,333 your parents are divorced, right? 707 00:41:03,208 --> 00:41:08,083 What your character is going through is just like that. 708 00:41:08,875 --> 00:41:11,250 You want to do the right thing, 709 00:41:11,750 --> 00:41:14,250 but you don't even know what the right thing is anymore. 710 00:41:14,833 --> 00:41:17,083 You're caught between two worlds. 711 00:41:17,583 --> 00:41:18,875 The world you knew... 712 00:41:20,125 --> 00:41:22,291 and your uncertain future. 713 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,708 And... you are alone. 714 00:41:29,250 --> 00:41:30,916 And that goes for all of you. 715 00:41:32,416 --> 00:41:35,000 From there, right away, back to one. Let's go. 716 00:41:36,875 --> 00:41:38,750 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 717 00:41:38,958 --> 00:41:40,916 ♪ It's a story about greed ♪ 718 00:41:41,125 --> 00:41:43,208 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 719 00:41:43,416 --> 00:41:45,541 ♪ Jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams ♪ 720 00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:47,583 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 721 00:41:47,791 --> 00:41:49,500 ♪ All brown guys are a threat ♪ 722 00:41:49,708 --> 00:41:51,958 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 723 00:41:52,166 --> 00:41:54,500 ♪ 9/11 ♪ 724 00:41:54,708 --> 00:41:57,000 ♪ Hashtag ♪ 725 00:41:57,208 --> 00:42:01,958 ♪ Never forget ♪ 726 00:42:13,791 --> 00:42:16,750 ["Don't Stop Believin'" playing on piano] 727 00:42:22,750 --> 00:42:24,916 Could I have a Manhattan straight up, please? 728 00:42:25,125 --> 00:42:26,083 [Janice] Uh-hmm. 729 00:42:26,291 --> 00:42:29,000 [crowd cheering] 730 00:42:29,208 --> 00:42:32,041 ["Don't Stop Believin'" continues playing] 731 00:42:43,958 --> 00:42:46,916 [crowd cheering] 732 00:42:51,333 --> 00:42:52,416 Hi. 733 00:42:53,291 --> 00:42:54,791 Oh. Hey. 734 00:42:57,208 --> 00:42:59,166 [Abigail] I wish we could be friends. 735 00:42:59,833 --> 00:43:01,083 Friends? 736 00:43:02,833 --> 00:43:04,750 You wanna be friends so that you don't feel 737 00:43:04,958 --> 00:43:06,166 guilty anymore. 738 00:43:06,833 --> 00:43:08,208 What? 739 00:43:08,416 --> 00:43:09,750 You broke up with me 740 00:43:09,958 --> 00:43:12,791 and then immediately started dating our boss, 741 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:13,958 like, the next day. 742 00:43:14,791 --> 00:43:15,958 Is that what you think? 743 00:43:16,708 --> 00:43:18,291 It did not happen like that. 744 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:19,416 Doug. 745 00:43:21,708 --> 00:43:23,291 Doug, it wasn't the next day. 746 00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:24,750 Oh, was it during? 747 00:43:26,666 --> 00:43:27,666 Sorry. 748 00:43:28,958 --> 00:43:30,041 Sorry. 749 00:43:30,625 --> 00:43:32,083 Can we at least be civil, then? 750 00:43:32,291 --> 00:43:33,375 We work at the same school. 751 00:43:33,583 --> 00:43:34,750 I see you every day. 752 00:43:35,333 --> 00:43:37,041 Honestly, I don't know how much longer 753 00:43:37,250 --> 00:43:38,833 I'm gonna be at Cedarhurst, so... 754 00:43:39,833 --> 00:43:41,916 Wait, did you get the fellowship? 755 00:43:42,125 --> 00:43:43,333 Are you moving to New York? 756 00:43:43,541 --> 00:43:45,416 -[coughs] -[Abigail] Do we cheers? 757 00:43:45,625 --> 00:43:46,916 To new beginnings! 758 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:48,541 Doug in New York. 759 00:43:48,541 --> 00:43:49,958 [Principal Brady] All right! What are we celebrating? 760 00:43:50,166 --> 00:43:51,250 -What's happened? -Oh, Doug. 761 00:43:51,458 --> 00:43:53,708 I did--I just saved a boatload 762 00:43:53,916 --> 00:43:55,750 of money on my car insurance. 763 00:43:57,208 --> 00:43:59,000 Right on. Hey, can I borrow you 764 00:43:59,208 --> 00:44:00,333 -for a moment? -Uh-hmm. 765 00:44:09,458 --> 00:44:10,875 [Janice] Another Manhattan? 766 00:44:18,125 --> 00:44:19,750 [Brady] Excuse me, where's your head? 767 00:44:19,958 --> 00:44:21,208 [Janice] Oh, around the corner. 768 00:44:22,583 --> 00:44:25,041 Hey. We gotta talk. 769 00:44:26,416 --> 00:44:28,500 Could you come by the office tomorrow? 770 00:44:28,708 --> 00:44:30,250 Uh, yeah, sure. Okay. 771 00:44:30,458 --> 00:44:31,833 What do we got goin' on here? Huh? 772 00:44:32,041 --> 00:44:33,833 -A piercing? -No. 773 00:44:34,041 --> 00:44:35,625 All right. I'm gonna go tinkle. 774 00:44:37,458 --> 00:44:40,375 [Mrs. Belkin] I wonder what he wants to talk to you about. 775 00:44:48,250 --> 00:44:49,791 [Principal Brady] Ah, there he is. 776 00:44:50,625 --> 00:44:52,000 Sorry I kept you waiting. 777 00:44:52,625 --> 00:44:55,375 Yeah. How was last night, man? It was fun, right? 778 00:44:55,583 --> 00:44:56,708 Oh, it was. 779 00:44:57,750 --> 00:44:59,125 Yes, um-- 780 00:45:00,416 --> 00:45:03,083 So, I actually have rehearsal in a few minutes. 781 00:45:03,291 --> 00:45:04,250 [Brady] Here's the thing. 782 00:45:04,458 --> 00:45:07,375 I'm hearing some potentially 783 00:45:07,583 --> 00:45:10,250 concerning chitter-chatter about the show. 784 00:45:12,333 --> 00:45:14,750 Something about Cindy playing a... 785 00:45:14,958 --> 00:45:16,750 [whispers] person of color. 786 00:45:18,958 --> 00:45:21,458 Well, Cindy 787 00:45:21,666 --> 00:45:24,291 does actually have the stronger singing voice. 788 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:25,750 I don't wanna make it political. 789 00:45:25,958 --> 00:45:27,333 I'm not gonna go there. But... 790 00:45:27,541 --> 00:45:30,750 the play's already pretty racy, theme-wise. 791 00:45:30,958 --> 00:45:33,791 And I just think with the parents, 792 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,750 and the board, and the culture 793 00:45:36,958 --> 00:45:38,750 that we are navigating, 794 00:45:38,958 --> 00:45:41,083 we cannot have any controversy. 795 00:45:41,291 --> 00:45:42,500 Well, there's no controversy. 796 00:45:42,708 --> 00:45:44,708 There is just too much on the line. 797 00:45:44,916 --> 00:45:47,166 I mean, we're talking about a Blue Ribbon here, Doug. 798 00:45:49,916 --> 00:45:53,875 Cindy is out. Lata's in. 799 00:45:54,875 --> 00:45:57,041 -We'll figure it out. -Thanks. 800 00:45:57,250 --> 00:45:58,750 -I knew you'd understand. -Sure. 801 00:45:58,958 --> 00:46:00,791 Thing is, I was-- I wish it were different. 802 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,666 I wish we were living in different times. 803 00:46:02,875 --> 00:46:03,958 [chuckles] Boy howdy. 804 00:46:04,166 --> 00:46:05,416 And the script's clean? 805 00:46:05,625 --> 00:46:07,208 Squeaky. It's totally PG. 806 00:46:09,125 --> 00:46:10,541 -Okay. -[Doug] Great. 807 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,833 I just have to sit in on rehearsals. 808 00:46:13,041 --> 00:46:14,083 [coughs] What? 809 00:46:14,291 --> 00:46:16,708 Sorry, I--no. 810 00:46:16,916 --> 00:46:19,625 Well, I just-- I have a very specific 811 00:46:19,833 --> 00:46:21,458 creative relationship with the students. 812 00:46:21,666 --> 00:46:22,833 [Brady] Yeah, yeah, yeah. 813 00:46:23,041 --> 00:46:24,166 You'll have all the creative control. 814 00:46:24,375 --> 00:46:26,041 I'm there to use my eyeballs, man. 815 00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:27,791 You know, make sure everything's A-OK, 816 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,458 needs to be top-shape, and make sure 817 00:46:29,666 --> 00:46:31,375 we're keeping our eye on the ball there. 818 00:46:31,583 --> 00:46:32,875 You won't even know I'm there. 819 00:46:33,083 --> 00:46:35,000 -Okay. -We should start tonight. 820 00:46:35,208 --> 00:46:36,166 -Good with you? -Sure. 821 00:46:36,166 --> 00:46:37,416 -We're good right now. -Yeah. 822 00:46:37,625 --> 00:46:39,708 [groans] Tonight I have jiu-jitsu. 823 00:46:39,916 --> 00:46:41,291 -Rats. -[Principal Brady] Um... 824 00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:43,708 Maureen, call the dojo, 825 00:46:43,916 --> 00:46:45,875 cancel, tell 'em I'm goin' to rehearsal. 826 00:46:46,083 --> 00:46:47,333 -Yes! -[telephone rings] 827 00:46:47,541 --> 00:46:49,500 -Oh, I gotta take this call. -Okay. 828 00:46:49,708 --> 00:46:51,875 Then I'll see--I'll see you in a little bit. 829 00:46:52,083 --> 00:46:53,333 Yeah, I'll see you in a minute. 830 00:46:53,541 --> 00:46:56,458 ♪ 831 00:46:57,416 --> 00:46:59,125 -[door handle rattling] -[Doug] Mikey. 832 00:47:00,333 --> 00:47:01,958 Mikey, open the fucking door! 833 00:47:02,833 --> 00:47:04,416 Mikey, you gotta lock that door! 834 00:47:04,625 --> 00:47:06,958 It's happening! We're resetting everything! 835 00:47:07,166 --> 00:47:09,250 Everybody flip the world. Cindy, grab the booklets. 836 00:47:09,458 --> 00:47:11,416 -What's happening? -Grab the booklets! 837 00:47:11,625 --> 00:47:13,291 -[Mikey] He's coming! -The Machine? 838 00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:15,583 [students screaming] 839 00:47:15,791 --> 00:47:19,333 Stop screaming! Piano kid, get rid of that music. 840 00:47:19,541 --> 00:47:22,041 Everybody, like we practiced. Go, go, go! 841 00:47:22,250 --> 00:47:23,875 ♪ 842 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,000 [knocking on door] 843 00:47:57,333 --> 00:47:58,708 Hi. 844 00:47:58,916 --> 00:48:00,833 Hey, what did we say about locked doors? 845 00:48:01,041 --> 00:48:02,000 -[panting] -Come on, man. 846 00:48:02,208 --> 00:48:03,250 You're better than that. 847 00:48:03,458 --> 00:48:04,875 These doors are weird. 848 00:48:05,083 --> 00:48:07,833 Wow! Look at this set?! 849 00:48:08,666 --> 00:48:10,625 Am I in New York City? 850 00:48:10,833 --> 00:48:12,375 The Big Apple? 851 00:48:13,250 --> 00:48:14,333 Wow! 852 00:48:17,125 --> 00:48:18,500 Why is she dressed like that? 853 00:48:20,958 --> 00:48:24,375 Uh, well, we're--uh, we wanted to depict 854 00:48:24,583 --> 00:48:27,416 the diversity of New York City accurately. 855 00:48:27,625 --> 00:48:30,166 And her grandmother is [whispers] Middle Eastern. 856 00:48:30,375 --> 00:48:31,583 [Brady] Oh, of course. 'Course. 857 00:48:31,791 --> 00:48:33,500 Right. Smart. 858 00:48:33,708 --> 00:48:35,500 Because here at Cedarhurst, 859 00:48:35,708 --> 00:48:39,916 we welcome everyone, right? 860 00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:41,625 All right. Let's have some theatre! 861 00:48:41,833 --> 00:48:43,958 Never mind me, I'll be invisible. 862 00:48:46,208 --> 00:48:47,500 All right, everybody. 863 00:48:47,708 --> 00:48:51,000 So, um, a little change. 864 00:48:51,208 --> 00:48:55,416 Lata, Cindy, would you two switch places? 865 00:48:56,750 --> 00:48:58,458 [Doug] Lata, you're now Maria. 866 00:49:07,625 --> 00:49:09,958 Let's go. Let's keep it professional. 867 00:49:11,708 --> 00:49:12,833 All right. 868 00:49:13,666 --> 00:49:15,708 West Side Story. 869 00:49:15,916 --> 00:49:18,125 [Brian] Uh, I'm telling you, I'm tired of these guys 870 00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:19,916 hanging out on our streets. 871 00:49:20,333 --> 00:49:23,791 [Abel] Well, I say we do away with them once and for all. 872 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,708 [Brian] Uh, but how are we gonna do that? 873 00:49:26,625 --> 00:49:29,083 Oh, I's tell you how. 874 00:49:29,291 --> 00:49:31,000 We're gonna challenge them to a rumble. 875 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,208 [Abel] Why, I, uh, I, uh... 876 00:49:37,416 --> 00:49:38,375 [Brian] Oughta. 877 00:49:39,250 --> 00:49:41,333 [Abel] Why, I oughta... 878 00:49:44,416 --> 00:49:45,500 Wait, is that my line? 879 00:49:45,708 --> 00:49:46,875 All right. All right. Great. 880 00:49:47,083 --> 00:49:48,458 Let's, um, let's work through 881 00:49:48,666 --> 00:49:51,375 some of the choreo that we've been working on. 882 00:49:51,583 --> 00:49:54,791 So, everybody, let's start doing some snaps. 883 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,083 Great. 884 00:49:58,333 --> 00:49:59,375 All right. 885 00:49:59,583 --> 00:50:00,625 ♪ 886 00:50:00,833 --> 00:50:02,208 [Doug] Really nice, everyone. 887 00:50:02,416 --> 00:50:05,125 Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap. 888 00:50:05,333 --> 00:50:06,416 We should cancel the play. 889 00:50:06,625 --> 00:50:07,875 No, please don't say that. 890 00:50:08,083 --> 00:50:10,250 We can't present something 891 00:50:10,458 --> 00:50:13,250 that isn't, uh, you know, just... 892 00:50:13,458 --> 00:50:14,416 perfect. 893 00:50:14,625 --> 00:50:16,083 Like, perfect perfect. 894 00:50:16,625 --> 00:50:20,000 I can see you're nervous, but it'll all come together. 895 00:50:20,208 --> 00:50:21,125 It all clicks. 896 00:50:21,333 --> 00:50:22,833 -Clicks? -It clicks. 897 00:50:23,041 --> 00:50:24,291 The kids are shaken up right now 898 00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:25,708 because of the cast change. 899 00:50:25,916 --> 00:50:27,041 Trust me. 900 00:50:27,250 --> 00:50:28,333 I feel terrible about that, 901 00:50:28,541 --> 00:50:31,125 but it's the right thing to do. 902 00:50:31,333 --> 00:50:32,458 [Doug] Uh-hmm. 903 00:50:32,666 --> 00:50:34,541 Uh, when's the performance again? 904 00:50:34,750 --> 00:50:35,833 Oh, a couple weeks. 905 00:50:36,041 --> 00:50:37,791 Couple weeks? Time flies. 906 00:50:38,416 --> 00:50:40,541 Hey, everybody, everybody, everybody, hey. 907 00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:44,208 Uh, I just wanna say... 908 00:50:45,333 --> 00:50:48,000 you're awesome, every one of you. 909 00:50:48,208 --> 00:50:52,625 Regardless of your race or sexual orientation, 910 00:50:52,833 --> 00:50:54,500 what kind of religion you're doin', 911 00:50:55,083 --> 00:50:57,833 you're all just good humans. 912 00:50:58,416 --> 00:50:59,666 They really appreciate that. 913 00:50:59,875 --> 00:51:00,958 -Thank you. -Yeah. 914 00:51:01,166 --> 00:51:03,000 Hey, thank you for that pep talk. 915 00:51:03,208 --> 00:51:04,541 I think I needed it. 916 00:51:04,750 --> 00:51:07,000 I think it's just first rehearsal jitters. 917 00:51:07,208 --> 00:51:08,416 -Yeah. -You know? 918 00:51:08,625 --> 00:51:09,958 We can always cancel in a couple of days. 919 00:51:10,166 --> 00:51:11,041 -Yeah. -All right. 920 00:51:11,250 --> 00:51:13,458 Uh, same time tomorrow. 921 00:51:14,125 --> 00:51:15,666 Looking forward to seein' it click. 922 00:51:15,875 --> 00:51:16,958 Yeah. 923 00:51:18,333 --> 00:51:20,958 [all] Thank you, Principal Brady. 924 00:51:22,041 --> 00:51:23,125 [door opens] 925 00:51:24,958 --> 00:51:26,041 [door closes] 926 00:51:28,958 --> 00:51:30,250 Did that feel good? 927 00:51:33,875 --> 00:51:37,833 Did that feel good? 928 00:51:39,791 --> 00:51:40,958 No. 929 00:51:41,541 --> 00:51:42,708 No, it didn't. 930 00:51:43,458 --> 00:51:48,250 But there are some people, outsiders 931 00:51:49,041 --> 00:51:51,708 who want us to feel that way all the time. 932 00:51:51,916 --> 00:51:53,166 In fact... 933 00:51:55,583 --> 00:51:57,791 they're already threatening to cancel us. 934 00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,500 -No! -I moved my Bar Mitzvah! 935 00:52:00,666 --> 00:52:02,375 But we have a trick up our sleeves. 936 00:52:04,708 --> 00:52:06,041 What do we always say? 937 00:52:06,250 --> 00:52:07,875 [kids] The superpower of the theatre 938 00:52:08,083 --> 00:52:09,875 -is the element of surprise. -Louder! 939 00:52:10,083 --> 00:52:12,666 The superpower of the theatre is the element of surprise! 940 00:52:12,875 --> 00:52:14,000 Exactly. 941 00:52:14,208 --> 00:52:15,750 ♪ 942 00:52:15,958 --> 00:52:17,750 Now, if we're really all in this together, 943 00:52:17,958 --> 00:52:21,333 if we really wanna make something special, 944 00:52:22,458 --> 00:52:26,250 then were going to have to commit harder to the surprise. 945 00:52:27,375 --> 00:52:32,458 The only way we stay alive is if we learn their play. 946 00:52:35,541 --> 00:52:37,625 It's gonna be twice as much material. 947 00:52:38,458 --> 00:52:40,625 And we're gonna have to do double the rehearsals. 948 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,416 Mornings will be for us. 949 00:52:44,625 --> 00:52:48,208 After school... that's for them. 950 00:52:48,416 --> 00:52:52,583 If we can fake them out, they can't shut us down. 951 00:52:52,791 --> 00:52:54,041 Yeah. 952 00:52:54,250 --> 00:52:56,458 When that curtain opens 953 00:52:56,666 --> 00:52:59,291 and they see what we've created, 954 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:04,791 their minds will melt in their seats. 955 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:07,875 [all] Let's go! 956 00:53:10,958 --> 00:53:13,916 ♪ 957 00:53:15,291 --> 00:53:16,625 [LMG] Hello? 958 00:53:16,833 --> 00:53:18,166 Hey. 959 00:53:20,125 --> 00:53:22,250 -[LMG] What's going on? -That's a good question, 960 00:53:22,458 --> 00:53:24,125 Mikey. That's a very good question. 961 00:53:26,916 --> 00:53:28,625 Brady is problem number one. 962 00:53:29,875 --> 00:53:31,791 But we've got another fish to fry. 963 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,833 Or more specifically, a rat. 964 00:53:36,041 --> 00:53:37,458 [LMG] Who? 965 00:53:37,666 --> 00:53:40,291 Maybe we can do a full cast talkback session or... 966 00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:41,833 No, no, no. No. Think about it. 967 00:53:42,041 --> 00:53:43,458 Why would somebody tattle 968 00:53:43,666 --> 00:53:45,333 without giving away our secret? 969 00:53:45,541 --> 00:53:47,375 For leverage, Mikey. 970 00:53:47,583 --> 00:53:48,875 They're trying to apply pressure 971 00:53:49,083 --> 00:53:50,750 without ruining the show. 972 00:53:50,958 --> 00:53:52,416 Our rat wants more cheese. 973 00:53:53,416 --> 00:53:54,791 Cheese? 974 00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,833 -Lata wants a bigger part. -You think it's Lata? 975 00:53:58,041 --> 00:54:00,333 -[Doug] I know it is. -How? 976 00:54:01,416 --> 00:54:03,291 Because it's what I would've done. 977 00:54:06,375 --> 00:54:08,375 Keep this between us, Mikey. 978 00:54:09,833 --> 00:54:12,500 And let me know if she does anything suspicious. 979 00:54:15,333 --> 00:54:19,208 And so we walk the razor's edge. 980 00:54:24,666 --> 00:54:27,625 ♪ 981 00:54:37,625 --> 00:54:39,583 -[Doug] Hello, Lata. -[Lata gasps] 982 00:54:39,791 --> 00:54:41,083 Hello? 983 00:54:44,166 --> 00:54:45,666 You're here early? 984 00:54:47,958 --> 00:54:50,791 I can rehearse somewhere else if that's a problem. 985 00:54:51,958 --> 00:54:53,291 Lata Ramos. 986 00:54:54,666 --> 00:54:56,458 The perfect student. 987 00:54:58,541 --> 00:55:00,250 I know what you did. 988 00:55:02,208 --> 00:55:03,750 I dunno what you're talking about. 989 00:55:04,083 --> 00:55:06,333 [chuckles] Okay. 990 00:55:06,791 --> 00:55:07,875 Okay. 991 00:55:08,750 --> 00:55:10,583 You're tired of being overlooked. 992 00:55:11,083 --> 00:55:13,791 Waiting in the wings. Playing the fire hydrant. 993 00:55:14,500 --> 00:55:16,416 Honestly, I'm impressed. 994 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,541 You are a killer, Lata. 995 00:55:23,291 --> 00:55:26,083 I think I might just have the perfect role for you. 996 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:29,166 I'm already the lead. 997 00:55:30,708 --> 00:55:31,791 Hmm. 998 00:55:32,708 --> 00:55:35,625 You're the lead of a charade. 999 00:55:36,333 --> 00:55:38,541 Principal Brady says the Toluca Times 1000 00:55:38,750 --> 00:55:40,541 should do a profile on me. 1001 00:55:41,833 --> 00:55:43,375 [Doug chuckles] 1002 00:55:45,500 --> 00:55:47,583 I'm not just offering you a lead. 1003 00:55:48,500 --> 00:55:51,250 I'm offering you a starring role 1004 00:55:52,250 --> 00:55:54,625 in something that could really put you on the map. 1005 00:55:55,250 --> 00:55:59,791 I'm talking L.A. Times, New York Times. 1006 00:56:00,375 --> 00:56:01,750 Sky's the limit. 1007 00:56:03,083 --> 00:56:04,416 Be selfish. 1008 00:56:05,583 --> 00:56:08,541 ♪ 1009 00:56:11,166 --> 00:56:13,458 [Doug] There are two types of people in this world. 1010 00:56:15,583 --> 00:56:16,875 Givers... 1011 00:56:17,708 --> 00:56:19,500 and Takers. 1012 00:56:24,458 --> 00:56:26,416 People who build fires 1013 00:56:28,250 --> 00:56:31,291 and people who stay warm by the flames. 1014 00:56:35,916 --> 00:56:39,375 Ernst Rothman told me my writing wasn't personal. 1015 00:56:41,791 --> 00:56:45,791 Well, it's personal now. 1016 00:56:48,666 --> 00:56:50,208 [Principal Brady] Uh-oh! 1017 00:56:50,416 --> 00:56:52,375 We have a superstar in the house. 1018 00:57:00,875 --> 00:57:04,291 I gotta say, I was--I was skeptical. 1019 00:57:04,500 --> 00:57:06,666 Honestly, I didn't believe you, 1020 00:57:06,875 --> 00:57:08,333 but it is--it's clicking, 1021 00:57:08,541 --> 00:57:10,416 it's clicking all over the place. 1022 00:57:11,791 --> 00:57:13,500 I'm really connecting with these kids. 1023 00:57:14,041 --> 00:57:15,125 Totally. 1024 00:57:15,916 --> 00:57:18,791 And I didn't know how things 1025 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:20,708 were gonna go with us, you know? 1026 00:57:20,916 --> 00:57:25,666 I mean, because of the whole Abigail situation, 1027 00:57:25,875 --> 00:57:27,041 but you've been just... 1028 00:57:28,333 --> 00:57:30,666 such a mensch. 1029 00:57:30,875 --> 00:57:32,458 -Am I saying that right? -Yeah. Yeah. 1030 00:57:32,666 --> 00:57:35,791 Well, you know, we're all mature adults here. 1031 00:57:36,416 --> 00:57:38,125 There's no reason why we can't move on. 1032 00:57:38,333 --> 00:57:39,750 That's what I love about you, Doug. 1033 00:57:39,958 --> 00:57:42,416 You're a--you're very mature, you know. 1034 00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:46,583 And... we all rise 1035 00:57:46,791 --> 00:57:49,208 and fall together. 1036 00:57:51,375 --> 00:57:54,625 So, I wanted to ask you a question. 1037 00:57:54,833 --> 00:57:57,208 Sure, Doug, I'm an open book. You can ask me anything. 1038 00:57:57,416 --> 00:57:59,291 Well, I was thinking 1039 00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:02,500 and I just wonder, how would you feel 1040 00:58:02,708 --> 00:58:05,041 about giving the introductory speech for the show? 1041 00:58:06,375 --> 00:58:07,875 You want me to introduce the play? 1042 00:58:08,083 --> 00:58:10,041 Well, you've just been so helpful over the past 1043 00:58:10,250 --> 00:58:11,958 couple of weeks and with the Blue Ribbon 1044 00:58:12,166 --> 00:58:13,458 on the line... 1045 00:58:13,666 --> 00:58:14,750 I'd be honored. 1046 00:58:16,458 --> 00:58:17,541 [Abigail] Hi. 1047 00:58:17,750 --> 00:58:18,875 -Speak of the devil. -Sorry. 1048 00:58:19,083 --> 00:58:20,083 I didn't wanna interrupt. 1049 00:58:20,291 --> 00:58:21,458 -Not at all. -No. Come on in. 1050 00:58:21,666 --> 00:58:25,166 Hey, hi. Oh, wow. 1051 00:58:25,375 --> 00:58:27,958 Wow. Look at what you did with the set. 1052 00:58:28,166 --> 00:58:30,791 You really took it, um, in your own direction. 1053 00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:32,583 And that is amazing. Good job. 1054 00:58:32,791 --> 00:58:34,000 It's really coming together. 1055 00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,833 [Brady] A lot of talent in this building. 1056 00:58:36,041 --> 00:58:37,000 -Mm. -You ready to scoot? 1057 00:58:37,208 --> 00:58:38,791 Um, can I get one second? 1058 00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:40,333 Yeah, sure. I'll be in my office. 1059 00:58:40,541 --> 00:58:42,250 -Okay. -Someone may have gotten... 1060 00:58:42,458 --> 00:58:43,666 [kids cheering] 1061 00:58:43,875 --> 00:58:45,541 -Everybody quiet down! -[students giggle] 1062 00:58:53,208 --> 00:58:55,458 -Hi. -Hi. 1063 00:58:55,666 --> 00:58:58,125 So, I've really been trying to give you space, 1064 00:58:58,333 --> 00:59:00,833 but we're getting very close to opening night, 1065 00:59:01,041 --> 00:59:02,291 and I would just really hate it 1066 00:59:02,500 --> 00:59:04,125 if we ended the semester like this. 1067 00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:06,125 Like what? 1068 00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:09,625 Oh, I don't know. I--weird. 1069 00:59:09,833 --> 00:59:10,916 It's fine. 1070 00:59:13,708 --> 00:59:15,500 You know... 1071 00:59:15,708 --> 00:59:18,458 I've been hearing really great things about the show. 1072 00:59:18,666 --> 00:59:20,583 Apparently, Lata is just killing it. 1073 00:59:27,541 --> 00:59:29,666 I'm really trying here, Doug. 1074 00:59:30,333 --> 00:59:32,791 Abigail, it's a middle school show. 1075 00:59:34,625 --> 00:59:35,833 And you know what? 1076 00:59:35,833 --> 00:59:37,625 You'll probably be running this whole thing 1077 00:59:37,833 --> 00:59:39,000 anyway next year. 1078 00:59:39,916 --> 00:59:41,583 So, you're really going? 1079 00:59:44,666 --> 00:59:45,875 Yeah. 1080 00:59:46,791 --> 00:59:51,250 Well, the kids are really gonna miss you. 1081 00:59:51,708 --> 00:59:53,750 But I know you've always talked about wanting 1082 00:59:53,958 --> 00:59:57,000 to move on from here, so I'm happy for you. 1083 01:00:02,083 --> 01:00:03,541 I didn't get the fellowship. 1084 01:00:08,041 --> 01:00:09,166 Can I give you a hug? 1085 01:00:15,750 --> 01:00:17,375 I'm really sorry, Doug. 1086 01:00:20,416 --> 01:00:21,958 But you know what? 1087 01:00:22,166 --> 01:00:24,250 Those people kinda look like douchebags anyway. 1088 01:00:24,458 --> 01:00:25,625 [chuckles] 1089 01:00:25,833 --> 01:00:27,500 And I know you don't wanna hear this 1090 01:00:27,708 --> 01:00:29,041 but you're such a good teacher. 1091 01:00:29,250 --> 01:00:30,666 -Wait. -And who even cares about 1092 01:00:30,875 --> 01:00:32,250 a fellowship anyway? 1093 01:00:32,458 --> 01:00:33,958 How do you know what they look like? 1094 01:00:35,916 --> 01:00:37,333 Did you look it up? 1095 01:00:38,458 --> 01:00:40,250 Well, yeah. 1096 01:00:40,458 --> 01:00:41,666 I mean, Michael wanted to do 1097 01:00:41,875 --> 01:00:43,500 a whole press release about the show 1098 01:00:43,708 --> 01:00:45,416 and about you and the theatre department 1099 01:00:45,625 --> 01:00:46,958 as he wanted to get you more money 1100 01:00:47,166 --> 01:00:48,583 -and attention. -Oh, my God. 1101 01:00:48,791 --> 01:00:51,000 You were gonna use me for the school. 1102 01:00:51,208 --> 01:00:52,416 I'm not gonna use you. 1103 01:00:52,625 --> 01:00:54,958 It's for the kids and to celebrate you. 1104 01:00:55,166 --> 01:00:57,416 How is this guy not so obvious to you? 1105 01:00:57,625 --> 01:01:00,458 What? Obvious what? He was trying to help. 1106 01:01:00,666 --> 01:01:02,125 He wants to get money for the school 1107 01:01:02,333 --> 01:01:03,708 -and for the children. -Oh, yeah. 1108 01:01:03,916 --> 01:01:05,541 He really wants to help the children. 1109 01:01:05,750 --> 01:01:08,416 Not everybody has a nefarious plan, Doug. 1110 01:01:08,625 --> 01:01:11,000 You know, this is all a part of my job 1111 01:01:11,208 --> 01:01:13,375 and you've completely excluded me from it. 1112 01:01:13,583 --> 01:01:16,375 And I'm tired of dancing around your hurt feelings... 1113 01:01:16,583 --> 01:01:17,916 Yeah. That's easy for you to say. 1114 01:01:18,125 --> 01:01:19,708 I didn't fall in love with your boss. 1115 01:01:22,291 --> 01:01:25,166 I hope you get whatever it is that you're looking for. 1116 01:01:25,375 --> 01:01:28,250 ♪ 1117 01:01:30,583 --> 01:01:33,041 You and Principal Brady think you're better than me? 1118 01:01:33,916 --> 01:01:35,375 What do you say about me? 1119 01:01:35,583 --> 01:01:38,416 I'll bet you two just love talking about me. 1120 01:01:39,375 --> 01:01:40,666 What the hell is going on? 1121 01:01:40,875 --> 01:01:42,625 Oh, mind your own fucking business! 1122 01:01:43,750 --> 01:01:44,833 What? 1123 01:01:45,750 --> 01:01:48,708 ♪♪ 1124 01:01:56,291 --> 01:01:58,291 [screams] 1125 01:02:02,916 --> 01:02:05,041 -Hey. -[Doug] Hey, shut up! 1126 01:02:05,541 --> 01:02:07,750 -I see right through you... -Whoa! 1127 01:02:07,958 --> 01:02:09,250 ...motherfucker! 1128 01:02:11,583 --> 01:02:13,208 [Principal Brady] Hey, Doug, I'm just checking 1129 01:02:13,416 --> 01:02:14,583 to make sure your mental health leave 1130 01:02:14,791 --> 01:02:16,750 is going A-okay. 1131 01:02:16,958 --> 01:02:18,583 Um, no hard feelings, of course. 1132 01:02:18,791 --> 01:02:21,791 Everybody has big emotions sometimes. 1133 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,583 Um, you know what they say, 1134 01:02:24,791 --> 01:02:27,208 a healthy community begins in the mind, 1135 01:02:27,416 --> 01:02:29,083 so don't worry about anything. 1136 01:02:29,291 --> 01:02:30,375 Don't worry about the play. 1137 01:02:30,583 --> 01:02:32,166 I've got it all handled, 1138 01:02:32,166 --> 01:02:34,708 uh, but I am gonna need you to pay any outstanding fines. 1139 01:02:34,916 --> 01:02:36,750 And when you're cleared to come back to work, 1140 01:02:36,958 --> 01:02:38,791 we can discuss next steps. 1141 01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:40,166 Okey-dokey? 1142 01:02:40,375 --> 01:02:41,958 All right. We'll, uh, talk soon. 1143 01:02:43,708 --> 01:02:45,166 All right. Cindy. 1144 01:02:45,375 --> 01:02:47,708 Cindy, don't forget, when you turn around, 1145 01:02:47,916 --> 01:02:49,500 big smile, big, big, big, big, big. 1146 01:02:49,708 --> 01:02:51,500 Okay? All right. Just like that. 1147 01:02:51,708 --> 01:02:52,916 All right. Thanks. All right. 1148 01:02:53,125 --> 01:02:54,083 See you all tomorrow. 1149 01:02:55,333 --> 01:02:56,583 -Okay. -Wrap it up, brother. 1150 01:02:56,791 --> 01:02:58,375 ♪ 1151 01:02:58,375 --> 01:03:01,750 [Cindy] I heard Mr. L punched Principal Brady in the face. 1152 01:03:01,958 --> 01:03:03,875 [Lata] I heard he had a nervous breakdown 1153 01:03:04,083 --> 01:03:05,666 and pissed on his desk. 1154 01:03:05,875 --> 01:03:06,958 [Abel] Oh, my gosh. 1155 01:03:07,166 --> 01:03:08,375 [Brian] So much for The Heroes. 1156 01:03:08,583 --> 01:03:11,416 [laughter] 1157 01:03:16,500 --> 01:03:17,583 ♪♪ 1158 01:03:17,791 --> 01:03:18,666 Oh! 1159 01:03:19,083 --> 01:03:20,291 Mikey, you scared me. 1160 01:03:20,958 --> 01:03:21,958 Is everything okay? 1161 01:03:22,625 --> 01:03:24,250 No, not really. 1162 01:03:24,458 --> 01:03:26,916 Oh, honey, come here. Come here, sit down. 1163 01:03:27,125 --> 01:03:28,083 Come here. 1164 01:03:29,708 --> 01:03:30,708 Here. 1165 01:03:31,625 --> 01:03:32,708 All right. 1166 01:03:32,916 --> 01:03:35,791 [grunting] 1167 01:03:37,166 --> 01:03:38,583 So, tell me what's going on. 1168 01:03:38,791 --> 01:03:42,625 It's Mr. L. You two are friends, right? 1169 01:03:42,833 --> 01:03:45,541 Um, yeah, I'd say we're friendly. 1170 01:03:46,291 --> 01:03:48,000 He's not been coming to rehearsal 1171 01:03:48,208 --> 01:03:49,916 for a couple days now. 1172 01:03:50,125 --> 01:03:51,625 Do you think... 1173 01:03:51,833 --> 01:03:54,208 maybe his parents are getting a divorce? 1174 01:03:54,416 --> 01:03:55,625 Uh... 1175 01:03:56,708 --> 01:03:58,291 I don't know. 1176 01:03:59,375 --> 01:04:01,125 I'm really worried about him. 1177 01:04:02,916 --> 01:04:06,666 If you want, you could write him a card? 1178 01:04:09,750 --> 01:04:11,583 I think he's gonna be okay. 1179 01:04:11,791 --> 01:04:12,750 ♪ 1180 01:04:27,708 --> 01:04:30,708 [crowd jeering] 1181 01:04:32,875 --> 01:04:34,291 [man 1] Loser! 1182 01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:36,000 [man 2] You suck! 1183 01:04:37,250 --> 01:04:39,166 [man 3] Get off the stage! 1184 01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:42,250 [indistinct chatter] 1185 01:04:51,291 --> 01:04:52,375 ♪♪ 1186 01:04:52,583 --> 01:04:53,708 [knocking at door] 1187 01:04:53,916 --> 01:04:55,541 [Carson] Doug, open up the door. 1188 01:04:55,750 --> 01:04:56,833 Doug, open it up, okay? 1189 01:04:57,041 --> 01:04:58,083 I saw your car in the driveway. 1190 01:04:58,291 --> 01:04:59,458 Please tell me you're in there. 1191 01:04:59,666 --> 01:05:01,291 Doug. Open the door, Doug. 1192 01:05:02,500 --> 01:05:03,875 Jesus fucking Christ, man. 1193 01:05:04,083 --> 01:05:05,791 -Are you okay? -Yeah, I'm fine. 1194 01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:07,708 God. Ugh. 1195 01:05:07,916 --> 01:05:10,041 Look, I--I've been trying to reach you, man. 1196 01:05:10,250 --> 01:05:11,833 I heard about everything that happened. 1197 01:05:12,041 --> 01:05:12,916 [laughs] 1198 01:05:13,750 --> 01:05:15,583 Did Abigail tell you? 1199 01:05:15,791 --> 01:05:17,416 Well, I mean, yeah. She told me. 1200 01:05:17,625 --> 01:05:19,041 Okay. Well, if that's everything... 1201 01:05:21,250 --> 01:05:23,875 This is from your students. 1202 01:05:24,958 --> 01:05:26,375 She wanted me to give it to you. 1203 01:05:26,583 --> 01:05:28,416 You don't realize that people care about you. 1204 01:05:28,625 --> 01:05:29,791 [LMG] It's okay to lie 1205 01:05:29,791 --> 01:05:31,250 as long as it's for the right reasons. 1206 01:05:31,708 --> 01:05:33,500 -Never settle. -[Carson] You're a teacher. 1207 01:05:33,708 --> 01:05:35,916 Kids look up to you, man. 1208 01:05:36,125 --> 01:05:37,583 So, whatever this is... 1209 01:05:38,458 --> 01:05:39,583 figure it out. 1210 01:05:39,791 --> 01:05:42,708 -Thanks for checkin' in. -Wow, dude. 1211 01:05:44,250 --> 01:05:47,750 [Doug] Everyone talks about the power of love, 1212 01:05:49,125 --> 01:05:54,125 but nobody talks about the power of spite. 1213 01:05:56,208 --> 01:05:58,708 [reporter] You realize I'm the arts and culture reporter 1214 01:05:58,916 --> 01:06:00,791 at the Toluca Times, right? 1215 01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:03,000 Well, the suspicious activity 1216 01:06:03,208 --> 01:06:07,458 I wanted to report is about the school play. 1217 01:06:08,208 --> 01:06:09,916 [reporter] Okay. 1218 01:06:10,125 --> 01:06:12,791 I don't know how much I can really say over the phone, 1219 01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:14,791 but the principal is making these students 1220 01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:18,625 do some... pretty crazy stuff. 1221 01:06:18,833 --> 01:06:20,666 [reporter] Should we involve child services? 1222 01:06:20,875 --> 01:06:22,791 No, no. 1223 01:06:23,375 --> 01:06:25,833 I just think... 1224 01:06:26,041 --> 01:06:28,291 you really need to see the play. 1225 01:06:28,916 --> 01:06:33,208 Some cultures burn whole forests to start new again, 1226 01:06:33,416 --> 01:06:35,416 to come back stronger, 1227 01:06:35,625 --> 01:06:40,500 like a phoenix hardened by the lessons of the past. 1228 01:06:40,708 --> 01:06:41,916 [doorknob rattles] 1229 01:06:42,125 --> 01:06:43,833 [indistinct chatter] 1230 01:06:48,458 --> 01:06:49,791 I got your letter. 1231 01:07:21,041 --> 01:07:22,666 So, no one else made it, huh? 1232 01:07:24,375 --> 01:07:26,291 I wouldn't say that. 1233 01:07:28,833 --> 01:07:30,791 ♪ 1234 01:07:47,666 --> 01:07:48,791 ♪♪ 1235 01:07:49,875 --> 01:07:52,500 A lot of you are probably pretty... 1236 01:07:52,708 --> 01:07:54,041 pissed at me right now. 1237 01:07:56,083 --> 01:07:57,916 And rightly so. 1238 01:07:58,125 --> 01:08:00,458 I almost let the machine win. 1239 01:08:02,250 --> 01:08:03,250 I'm sorry I couldn't-- 1240 01:08:03,458 --> 01:08:04,750 I want to apologize. 1241 01:08:06,708 --> 01:08:08,416 Not for being selfish 1242 01:08:08,625 --> 01:08:10,708 but for telling someone who could never understand 1243 01:08:10,916 --> 01:08:12,458 what we've built. 1244 01:08:12,666 --> 01:08:16,125 Outsiders can't be trusted, my mentor taught me that. 1245 01:08:21,333 --> 01:08:23,250 Well, what are we doing sitting around? 1246 01:08:23,458 --> 01:08:24,750 Curtains are tomorrow, people! 1247 01:08:24,958 --> 01:08:26,458 Let's go! Let's go! 1248 01:08:34,500 --> 01:08:36,458 ♪ 1249 01:08:36,666 --> 01:08:39,541 [indistinct chatter] 1250 01:08:41,958 --> 01:08:44,083 [LMG] If you could please take your seats. 1251 01:08:44,291 --> 01:08:45,666 The show is about to start. 1252 01:08:52,333 --> 01:08:55,416 [indistinct chatter] 1253 01:09:03,583 --> 01:09:06,583 [cheering and applause] 1254 01:09:06,791 --> 01:09:08,083 ♪♪ 1255 01:09:08,291 --> 01:09:09,583 Whoo! 1256 01:09:09,791 --> 01:09:11,166 Oh, thanks, thanks, thanks. 1257 01:09:11,375 --> 01:09:13,125 That's, uh, that's very nice. 1258 01:09:13,333 --> 01:09:16,041 Uh, this is a project 1259 01:09:16,250 --> 01:09:17,708 that's very near and dear to my heart. 1260 01:09:18,333 --> 01:09:22,083 And it's not just because I was intimately involved 1261 01:09:22,291 --> 01:09:25,166 in every aspect of, uh, putting it together. 1262 01:09:25,375 --> 01:09:26,833 [laughter] 1263 01:09:29,708 --> 01:09:34,416 This is a story about two groups of people 1264 01:09:34,625 --> 01:09:36,750 who don't understand each other. 1265 01:09:36,958 --> 01:09:40,166 And it's not because they can't, 1266 01:09:40,375 --> 01:09:43,583 it's because they won't. 1267 01:09:44,708 --> 01:09:47,125 At Cedarhurst, we challenge our students 1268 01:09:47,333 --> 01:09:50,250 to see beyond our differences. 1269 01:09:50,458 --> 01:09:52,375 [cheering and applause] 1270 01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:01,833 When I see what these kids have done, 1271 01:10:03,291 --> 01:10:04,875 it reminds me 1272 01:10:05,083 --> 01:10:08,541 of why I became an educator in the first place. 1273 01:10:08,750 --> 01:10:10,666 [applause] 1274 01:10:10,875 --> 01:10:13,208 I see art 1275 01:10:14,291 --> 01:10:16,250 and knowledge 1276 01:10:16,833 --> 01:10:19,750 coming together for change. 1277 01:10:20,875 --> 01:10:22,875 [cheers and applause] 1278 01:10:24,458 --> 01:10:26,625 So, I'd like--I wanna-- 1279 01:10:26,833 --> 01:10:28,166 I wanna give a special shout-out 1280 01:10:28,375 --> 01:10:31,416 to our amazing set designer, 1281 01:10:31,625 --> 01:10:32,958 Abigail Morris. 1282 01:10:33,166 --> 01:10:35,250 [cheering and applause] 1283 01:10:38,333 --> 01:10:41,875 [Principal Brady] So, enjoy the show. 1284 01:10:42,083 --> 01:10:43,041 You're gonna love it. 1285 01:10:43,250 --> 01:10:45,500 Sit back and break a leg. 1286 01:10:45,708 --> 01:10:47,583 [cheering and applause] 1287 01:11:03,458 --> 01:11:04,541 ♪♪ 1288 01:11:04,750 --> 01:11:06,625 ♪ 1289 01:11:17,083 --> 01:11:18,166 I'm walking here. 1290 01:11:18,375 --> 01:11:19,375 Uh, yeah. 1291 01:11:19,583 --> 01:11:20,625 [laughter] 1292 01:11:21,666 --> 01:11:22,750 ♪♪ 1293 01:11:22,958 --> 01:11:24,041 Go, go, go. 1294 01:11:41,583 --> 01:11:45,333 What will become of me, Rudy Giuliani, 1295 01:11:45,541 --> 01:11:48,250 nursing the wounds of a lost race for senator. 1296 01:11:49,750 --> 01:11:51,208 Would the skies not open up 1297 01:11:51,416 --> 01:11:54,375 and bestow the gift of a sterling reputation? 1298 01:11:55,083 --> 01:11:59,166 Payback shall be mine and thy name is Hillary! 1299 01:11:59,375 --> 01:12:01,041 [thunder rumbling] 1300 01:12:04,125 --> 01:12:05,791 I'm falling behind in the polls! 1301 01:12:08,791 --> 01:12:12,583 What could we do to get the people behind me? 1302 01:12:12,791 --> 01:12:16,208 We need a controversy! Something! 1303 01:12:16,416 --> 01:12:17,666 We can make more arrests. 1304 01:12:17,875 --> 01:12:20,375 -Bigger! -[thunder rumbling] 1305 01:12:20,583 --> 01:12:22,500 And what about helping the vets? 1306 01:12:22,708 --> 01:12:25,291 -Bigger! -[thunder rumbling] 1307 01:12:25,500 --> 01:12:27,833 How about a win for the Jets? 1308 01:12:28,041 --> 01:12:30,916 -Bigger! -[thunder rumbling] 1309 01:12:36,750 --> 01:12:39,750 It's--it's perfect. 1310 01:12:40,708 --> 01:12:42,458 [thunder rumbling] 1311 01:12:42,666 --> 01:12:44,541 ♪ 1312 01:12:48,958 --> 01:12:51,958 [wind howling] 1313 01:12:56,250 --> 01:12:57,750 [Lili screams] 1314 01:12:57,958 --> 01:12:59,333 [explodes] 1315 01:12:59,541 --> 01:13:01,666 [debris falling] 1316 01:13:01,875 --> 01:13:03,458 [Lili screams] 1317 01:13:03,666 --> 01:13:04,708 [explodes] 1318 01:13:25,291 --> 01:13:26,958 You should stop the show. Stop it. 1319 01:13:27,166 --> 01:13:28,500 -I can't do that. -Stop the show. 1320 01:13:28,708 --> 01:13:31,583 [helicopter propellers whirring] 1321 01:13:41,666 --> 01:13:42,750 ♪♪ 1322 01:13:45,708 --> 01:13:49,625 ♪ 1323 01:13:54,958 --> 01:13:57,541 [gong echoing] 1324 01:13:57,750 --> 01:14:00,250 [singer vocalizing] 1325 01:14:02,458 --> 01:14:03,666 [coin clinks] 1326 01:14:20,791 --> 01:14:22,916 [singer] ♪ Love ♪ 1327 01:14:25,958 --> 01:14:28,208 ♪ Devotion ♪ 1328 01:14:31,750 --> 01:14:33,916 ♪ Feeling ♪ 1329 01:14:36,833 --> 01:14:39,958 ♪ Emotion ♪ 1330 01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,666 ♪ Don't be afraid to be weak ♪ 1331 01:14:48,708 --> 01:14:52,041 ♪ Don't be too proud to be strong ♪ 1332 01:14:54,708 --> 01:14:56,833 ♪ Just look into your heart... ♪ 1333 01:14:57,041 --> 01:14:59,333 You turned the gymnatorium into Ground Zero, 1334 01:14:59,541 --> 01:15:01,125 are you fucking ill? 1335 01:15:01,333 --> 01:15:02,958 [singer] ♪ To yourself ♪ 1336 01:15:03,166 --> 01:15:04,875 ♪ The return to innocence ♪ 1337 01:15:05,083 --> 01:15:07,666 [vocalizing] 1338 01:15:24,791 --> 01:15:27,250 ♪ The return to innocence ♪ 1339 01:15:27,458 --> 01:15:29,958 ♪ And if you want, then start to laugh ♪ 1340 01:15:30,166 --> 01:15:32,666 ♪ If you must, then start to cry ♪ 1341 01:15:32,875 --> 01:15:35,375 ♪ Be yourself, don't hide ♪ 1342 01:15:35,583 --> 01:15:38,000 ♪ Just believe in destiny ♪ 1343 01:15:38,208 --> 01:15:40,875 ♪ Don't care what people say ♪ 1344 01:15:41,083 --> 01:15:43,625 ♪ Just follow your own way ♪ 1345 01:15:43,833 --> 01:15:46,291 ♪ Don't give up and use the chance ♪ 1346 01:15:46,500 --> 01:15:48,541 ♪ To return to innocence ♪ 1347 01:15:48,750 --> 01:15:51,833 [vocalizing] 1348 01:16:24,750 --> 01:16:27,291 ♪ That's not the beginning of the end ♪ 1349 01:16:27,500 --> 01:16:30,541 ♪ That's the return to yourself ♪ 1350 01:16:30,750 --> 01:16:32,583 ♪ The return to innocence ♪ 1351 01:16:32,791 --> 01:16:35,333 [vocalizing] 1352 01:16:54,416 --> 01:16:57,416 [vocalizing] 1353 01:17:22,708 --> 01:17:23,791 ♪♪ 1354 01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:26,666 [cars honking] 1355 01:17:32,791 --> 01:17:36,750 [Doug] After the play, things got pretty crazy. 1356 01:17:38,291 --> 01:17:39,750 They took my teaching licence 1357 01:17:39,958 --> 01:17:42,208 which, I think, was for the best. 1358 01:17:42,416 --> 01:17:44,875 The service industry is simpler 1359 01:17:45,083 --> 01:17:46,583 and much more straightforward 1360 01:17:46,791 --> 01:17:48,500 than working at a school ever was. 1361 01:17:50,791 --> 01:17:53,625 Separating my job from my work as a writer 1362 01:17:53,833 --> 01:17:56,166 has actually been really helpful. 1363 01:17:58,291 --> 01:18:01,000 And I realized there was nothing really stopping me 1364 01:18:01,208 --> 01:18:03,000 from coming to New York after all, 1365 01:18:03,666 --> 01:18:06,083 no matter what some fellowship says. 1366 01:18:07,833 --> 01:18:09,833 ♪ 1367 01:18:32,083 --> 01:18:34,166 [Jen] I don't know how to tell you this, but... 1368 01:18:35,958 --> 01:18:38,250 I've been sleeping with Principal Grady. 1369 01:18:39,750 --> 01:18:41,666 So you're cheating on me! 1370 01:18:41,875 --> 01:18:43,125 -Please. -Okay. 1371 01:18:43,333 --> 01:18:46,333 Okay, great. Let's save it for showtime. 1372 01:18:46,541 --> 01:18:47,708 Doors open in five. 1373 01:18:47,916 --> 01:18:49,375 -Thank you, Pipe. -Thank you, Pipe. 1374 01:18:55,208 --> 01:18:56,708 [Doug] It's crazy to think about, 1375 01:18:56,916 --> 01:18:58,583 but in a weird way, 1376 01:18:58,791 --> 01:19:00,958 I ended up exactly where I'm supposed to be... 1377 01:19:02,375 --> 01:19:04,791 in New York doing theater. 1378 01:19:07,291 --> 01:19:08,625 That's Jen. 1379 01:19:08,833 --> 01:19:10,000 She works at the post office, 1380 01:19:10,208 --> 01:19:13,458 but really has a knack for the stage. 1381 01:19:13,666 --> 01:19:15,250 We kind of have a thing going, 1382 01:19:15,458 --> 01:19:19,125 but I learned my lesson and we're taking it slow. 1383 01:19:23,541 --> 01:19:26,375 ♪♪ 1384 01:19:26,583 --> 01:19:28,708 ♪