The Assignment (2010) delivers a tense, gritty crime thriller filled with betrayal, hidden motives, and a mission that spirals far beyond control.
When a skilled operative is tasked with a dangerous assignment, nothing goes as planned. Double-crossed, hunted, and forced to confront the truth behind the mission, he must use every ounce of strategy and strength to survive. What begins as a simple job quickly becomes a dark, high-stakes battle where trust is a weapon—and every choice could be his last.
Perfect for fans of undercover thrillers, crime mysteries, hitman stories, and intense action dramas.
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When a skilled operative is tasked with a dangerous assignment, nothing goes as planned. Double-crossed, hunted, and forced to confront the truth behind the mission, he must use every ounce of strategy and strength to survive. What begins as a simple job quickly becomes a dark, high-stakes battle where trust is a weapon—and every choice could be his last.
Perfect for fans of undercover thrillers, crime mysteries, hitman stories, and intense action dramas.
🎭 Starring: (add cast names if you want them included)
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📅 Release Year: 2010
🎞️ Genre: Action / Thriller / Crime
🔥 Themes: betrayal, undercover missions, revenge, survival, deception
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00:00:00Oh, my brother, you treat me wrong.
00:00:30I'm trying to shut my mouth and to stop our song.
00:00:36Just look at them people.
00:00:39They've been hanging their heads.
00:00:42They can see the fire in the sky and the trailer dead.
00:00:47And it ain't right.
00:00:51No, brother, it ain't right.
00:01:00No, my brother, you gotta miss her right now.
00:01:12You know it's the hour.
00:01:15We got the power.
00:01:18Come on, people.
00:01:21All together right now.
00:01:24It's time to make a stand.
00:01:26My perimeter is compromised.
00:01:28Sort the R-ordinates by coordinating.
00:01:31My call, my call, now, now!
00:01:32No, brother, it ain't right.
00:01:41We're gonna make it right.
00:01:44Oh, brother, we'll make it right.
00:01:48You know, I came here five years ago to help my sick eye.
00:02:18Uncle run this place.
00:02:19But ever since then, I can assure you that all major Ivy League colleges keep a very close
00:02:26eye on all our students.
00:02:27Please, go on down here.
00:02:28There it is.
00:02:29All right.
00:02:31Many of you already know me from your time in detention.
00:02:36I am Mr. Price, as you've probably already heard.
00:02:41Mr. Watts has received a job at Dartmouth, and so I have inherited you for a day while
00:02:49we wait for your new teacher, Mr. Clemens, to arrive, who is already late.
00:02:59Top dog six.
00:03:00This is cool, cat.
00:03:01My six is down.
00:03:03My perimeter is compromised.
00:03:04You're late.
00:03:22Here it is.
00:03:25What's that?
00:03:26All right.
00:03:27Nice.
00:03:29Please hand these out.
00:03:30in advance of his late arrival because i'm such a great guy i have prepared for you a worksheet
00:03:38to give you a head start on the assignment that your new teacher mr clemens will be giving you
00:03:47yes um yeah mr price sir i'm really not feeling that well see uh today at lunch we had those
00:03:56chicken byproducts and we'll shape little stegosaurus and um showing in lines that they
00:04:01didn't want theirs can i just can i just go to the nurse's office just a second there uh anybody else
00:04:09not feeling well kind of what i thought sit down thank you
00:04:16you may begin um what if we don't know the date that our parents are married well that's why we
00:04:27call it homework now boarding students this means a call home before study hall not during actually
00:04:35uh eliza i can probably help you out because if i'm not mistaken your parents were married exactly
00:04:4116 years ago today oh do wish them happy anniversary for me
00:04:47huh huh november december january carry the two oh that's curious you were born only five months
00:05:01after they were married oh so is that true i mean is today really your parents anniversary
00:05:10i don't know why would he know that or even care for that matter he doesn't he's just trying to get
00:05:17out of life like he does all the townies who don't pay as much as the boarders
00:05:20are you mr clements i am and you are billy price welcome to wesleyan sir my father mr price asked me
00:05:34to give you a tour well why don't you just show me to my classroom okay
00:05:41well the only reason i'm taking this class is because we said we'd all do a class together
00:05:49and genius boy over here promised it was going to be interesting hey i i like history
00:05:54yeah well that's because you're a mutant a cold-hearted bell curve killer what i don't need
00:06:00is more homework besides i hate history
00:06:03i think he's the new history teacher
00:06:10maybe the homework won't be so bad after all you think so not a chance chiquita
00:06:18here's your class
00:06:20um ronnie sir ronnie hi ronnie ronnie physics but i forgot i love history
00:06:41mr clements i see you found the history test mr watts left for you he was very adamant that
00:06:57you get those well i did i just want to get to know the students in my own way
00:07:03oh i'm sorry i didn't expect anyone that's okay clements a new guy oh uh vero nice to meet you
00:07:13mind if i uh they should name the school after vero he knows every student that's ever walked these
00:07:19halls so may i show you around
00:07:22thanks i think i can find my own way well all right then welcome to wesleyan academy
00:07:31there's a faculty lunch in the teacher's lounge tomorrow see you there
00:07:38hey man what are you gonna do when you get out of this hole huh teach history
00:07:45why's that i was an orphan at 14 on the streets and lost but i had a great history teacher
00:07:51told me today is tomorrow's history make it count i'm gonna change my life give me meaning and purpose
00:07:59wonderful very nice eliza you're going to have to increase your rehearsal time by an hour
00:08:29after school every day what have a look
00:08:33i've been accepted to audition for the music conservatory in paris
00:08:44i sent in your audition tape i hope you didn't mind
00:08:48mine are you kidding oh mr richard i love you thank you thank you thank you thank you
00:08:54thank you so much you have no idea oh you're gonna have to rehearse a lot more than you've been
00:09:01doing i will i will i'm so excited
00:09:03well you didn't actually think you finished first did you
00:09:16oh you did well let me let you in on a little secret there lover boy they don't even keep stats
00:09:23on you actually there isn't even a depth chart that is deep enough to have your name on it
00:09:28good to see you too bill hey have i told you yet how much i appreciate your constant encouragement
00:09:36oh go crawl under the porch and bark at the cats no really thanks for caring enough to show me some
00:09:41tough love really means a lot to me especially coming from a faculty brat
00:09:46give it up fish bait you know what you're always going to be a loser freak
00:09:54boss mom i'm so excited about myself i've been accepted to audition for the music conservatory
00:10:05that's incredible nothing is going to stop me from getting accepted
00:10:09happy anniversary sweetheart oh thank you happy anniversary to you oh mom i'm sorry that we can
00:10:19need some photos for my poster oh that's so great sweetheart would you help cody with that
00:10:23i can help him no no no no no i gotta let's go bud you and i are going to sit and talk about
00:10:30your future
00:10:30so um happy anniversary i guess thanks
00:10:46what year were you and mom married 1968 16 years ago to this very day
00:10:55cool cool well um goodnight goodnight lazer
00:11:03goodnight lazer
00:11:03uncle brandolph you okay
00:11:15uncle brandolph you okay i mean rest yeah no just uh i'll be over there
00:11:37mr blakeslee mr blakeslee uh your attorney and mr boudreaux are here
00:11:48i need you to sign the changes to your will that we discussed
00:11:58liza's been accepted to audition yes i like your idea
00:12:06if she receives the family's honor by making the academy the entire
00:12:16estate goes to her and to my jenny 50 50. that's what the papers say
00:12:25i'm counting on you phil
00:12:28my only other living family is price whose
00:12:36greed for money has kept him pandering to me all his life
00:12:43come on dad what else do you expect me to do
00:12:47you're not stupid billy she's mcfarland's best friend
00:12:50i hate that kid he's such a loser
00:12:52even i can see that he wants more than just friendship from her now she is completely
00:12:56infatuated with you so so confuse her make her think that mcfarland is the jerk
00:13:05make them hate each other rip them apart and then ask her to the dance or something
00:13:10oh dad i got a reputation for the team
00:13:12look old man blakeslee died last night before i could get him to change his will back
00:13:17if she makes it to the conservatory we're through you got that everything that i've had to lower
00:13:22myself and grovel for gone
00:13:24but why why me why do you want me to do it
00:13:28because if it's traced back to me we're still toast
00:13:33you know what just get the job done billy and don't bother coming home
00:13:37until you have something good to tell me
00:13:39what's wrong eliza
00:13:59nothing
00:14:03maybe i'm just a little scared
00:14:07well don't be you do fine
00:14:10i'll see you after school
00:14:15are there any other issues to discuss
00:14:24uh yes please remind the students that after a third tardy they lose half a grade point
00:14:32that's according to teacher discretion certainly they're legitimate tardies
00:14:37yes and uh how exactly would we know if it's legitimate
00:14:44oh we could try something radical like asking the students to be honest
00:14:49school rules specifically state that a tardy can only be excused
00:14:57if the student has a note from a teacher or the dean's office
00:15:00guys guys guys all we're trying to do here is minimize excessive tardiness
00:15:03so please use your best judgment
00:15:06in case any of you haven't met him yet
00:15:09this is stephen clements
00:15:11he's replacing mr watts in the history department
00:15:15welcome to wesleyan
00:15:17oh and congratulations mr boudreaux of our music department
00:15:23his protege and our own eliza baird
00:15:26has been accepted to audition for the music conservatory
00:15:30in paris
00:15:32so
00:15:37where are you going
00:15:41i need to drop history
00:15:44oh what you can't
00:15:47well sure she can
00:15:49still one hour
00:15:51to get mr clements to sign this card
00:15:53and return it to me
00:15:54oh okay
00:15:56thanks
00:15:57i'll be right back
00:15:59hey wait a second
00:16:00why are you doing this
00:16:02i thought we all agreed we were gonna take history together
00:16:04it was my parents 16th anniversary yesterday
00:16:08okay
00:16:11so
00:16:12so
00:16:14i'm dropping history and i don't want to talk about it anymore
00:16:17thank goodness you guys are here
00:16:22isn't this weird
00:16:23we're in big trouble
00:16:35oh this is bad
00:16:37still think i'm crazy
00:16:40oh no it gets worse
00:16:42field trip
00:16:55what are you doing
00:16:57where are you going
00:16:59come on there patty smurf field trip
00:17:04come on amy
00:17:06annotations are notes that you make about the text
00:17:12while you are reading it
00:17:13what in the world
00:17:16of course you are not to
00:17:19mark your textbooks
00:17:21which are school property
00:17:23in any way
00:17:24i'm mr clements your new history teacher
00:17:28take off your shoes and socks
00:17:29gather round
00:17:31and talk about a freak show
00:17:54what does he think he's doing
00:17:56it doesn't matter
00:17:57i'm dropping this class anyway
00:17:58really
00:17:59hey
00:18:01so do you kind of got a thing for spence
00:18:03or do i have a chance
00:18:05he and i are just friends
00:18:08excuse me
00:18:11ice fronts
00:18:19after the battle of gettysburg
00:18:26general meade of the north wired headquarters
00:18:29saying
00:18:30cannot delay to pick up the debris of the battlefield
00:18:33the debris
00:18:38thousands of soldiers bodies fermenting in the july heat and humidity
00:18:43teams of soldiers confederate prisoners and local civilians
00:18:49worked as quickly as they could to bury the bodies under minimal covering
00:18:53one soldier described the earth giving way beneath his feet
00:18:57as he walked the shallow trenches of the battlefield
00:19:01farmers had to plant around the bodies
00:19:07later all the bodies were exhumed
00:19:10identified where possible
00:19:13and relocated to a final resting place
00:19:17abraham lincoln spoke only 272 words at the dedication of that cemetery
00:19:21saying it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us
00:19:30liza
00:19:32liza
00:19:35thanks
00:19:37i can't memorize the gettysburg address
00:19:39can't he even make us do that
00:19:41see i was right even you guys are ready to go on strike after the first day
00:19:43look who's talking you were staring at him
00:19:46uh he didn't sign it
00:19:49see you were staring there goes your history boycott
00:19:52we're talking major grief here
00:19:54i i gotta get her to sign it
00:19:55no you can't i already saw him leave
00:19:57welcome back
00:19:58that stuff he was saying did you guys know it was in the gettysburg address
00:20:02yeah
00:20:04not you
00:20:05the normal people
00:20:06liza look he said we didn't have to memorize it
00:20:09it's not going to count our final grade
00:20:11liza pay attention to the timing
00:20:19it goes
00:20:20one two three four
00:20:22not one two three and four
00:20:26sorry
00:20:28four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal
00:20:34we are met on the great battlefield of that war we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who gave their lives that that nation might live
00:20:41whoa cool thanks mom it's perfect
00:21:09you okay
00:21:10yeah i'm just tired that's all
00:21:14hey did you do a scrapbook for me
00:21:20of course i did
00:21:21do you want me to find it
00:21:22no
00:21:23it's okay
00:21:24night
00:21:26night
00:21:27night
00:21:29night
00:21:48great task remaining before us
00:21:50it is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have so nobly advanced that we hear highly
00:22:00that the dead shall not have died or laid
00:22:03ah
00:22:04the world will little note nor long remember what we say here
00:22:07but it can never forget what they did here
00:22:09that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom
00:22:13and that a government of the people by the people for the people
00:22:17thou not perish from this earth
00:22:20thank you thank you
00:22:25you did it
00:22:27why did you do it
00:22:28you're asking us
00:22:30seriously
00:22:31because we had to
00:22:34no you didn't i said it wouldn't affect your grade
00:22:36why did you learn it amy
00:22:39why did you memorize lincoln's words
00:22:41what makes you think i did
00:22:45surprise surprise
00:22:47that's our amy
00:22:49now before any of you start fantasizing that i'm against testing or that this is going to be an easy class there'll be a quiz tomorrow
00:22:55on the contents and historic relevance of the gattlesburg address
00:23:00yes
00:23:01sit down ronald
00:23:03hey how do you feel
00:23:06hmm
00:23:07well
00:23:08uh
00:23:09i feel different
00:23:11good
00:23:12different
00:23:13anybody else feel different
00:23:17amy
00:23:18different
00:23:19i didn't
00:23:21learn it
00:23:23um
00:23:24i feel different
00:23:26smarter
00:23:27yeah that's a first
00:23:28good
00:23:29no no no that's good
00:23:30you all understand you are different
00:23:32smarter
00:23:33you're better off
00:23:34because of
00:23:35the great deeds
00:23:36and great words
00:23:37of those
00:23:38who've gone before you
00:23:41now it means something to me
00:23:42because you've learned it
00:23:43it's here
00:23:46and now it's a part of who you are
00:23:50spencer
00:23:52your history
00:23:53mark it down
00:23:54today is tomorrow's history
00:23:55someday you're gonna look back on this moment
00:23:57you realize your whole life was changed because of what you did today
00:24:00hmm
00:24:02okay spencer
00:24:03now
00:24:05the assignment
00:24:07i'm handing out
00:24:09is to report on your own personal histories
00:24:12like a genealogy
00:24:13like a pedigree chart
00:24:15no it's much more than that
00:24:16it's not just names and dates
00:24:17it's in depth
00:24:19it's your own personal
00:24:21and family histories
00:24:22hmm
00:24:26for less
00:24:32and it will count for
00:24:34wait for it
00:24:35half your grave
00:24:38that's all
00:24:40just half
00:24:42what great deeds
00:24:44and words
00:24:45did your ancestors leave for you
00:24:48what will be your legacy to your descendants
00:24:51who is shelley
00:24:53how smart is spencer patrick mcfarland
00:24:58what are you doing here
00:24:59where are you supposed to be
00:25:00where are you supposed to be
00:25:01i was just
00:25:02move it
00:25:03you can explain to the dean
00:25:13yesterday
00:25:14she failed to get her transfer card signed
00:25:17and then came begging to me
00:25:19for an extension
00:25:20which i gave her
00:25:22now today
00:25:23she's just standing in the hole
00:25:25no intention of going to class
00:25:28so that's an automatic F for sloughing
00:25:30no but i was just gonna
00:25:31you know the rules
00:25:32do you wish to explain this eliza
00:25:37what happened
00:25:39you're supposed to wait in the hole
00:25:43is there a problem
00:25:46so you knew she was there
00:25:49of course
00:25:51so i'm sure you were
00:25:52practicing some new teaching technique with her
00:25:55mm-hmm
00:25:56yeah
00:25:57come on eliza
00:26:05this is unbelievable
00:26:08why'd you do that
00:26:10because you have the desire to stand outside my classroom and listen
00:26:13just sit there relax
00:26:15can i get you a pillow
00:26:25can you just sign my transfer card
00:26:30hm
00:26:31oh uh
00:26:32too late for that
00:26:34well it wasn't too late yesterday when i gave it to you to sign
00:26:37well you just gave me a piece of paper you didn't ask me to sign it
00:26:41well it's not too late because mr price gave me an extension
00:26:44you can't ignore this
00:26:47you can't ignore this
00:26:52so will you please sign my transfer card mr clements
00:26:54no
00:26:55what what gives you the right
00:26:57well i'm just not gonna let you take the easy way out
00:27:00i have never taken the easy way out
00:27:02and you obviously don't know anything about me and my history is none of your business
00:27:04what are you afraid of
00:27:06let's throw some of your history out on the table for everybody to examine
00:27:08see what you're afraid of
00:27:09you can take your history
00:27:10you can take your history
00:27:18mr boudreau i need to have a word with you please
00:27:22to see what you're afraid of.
00:27:23You can take your history.
00:27:33Mr. Boudreaux, I need to have a word with you, please.
00:27:45So mad!
00:27:46Who?
00:27:48Wait a minute, whoa, whoa, slow down.
00:27:51I don't understand what your problem is with him.
00:27:53You've been trying to get out of his class
00:27:54ever since he got here, and Eliza, he's a great teacher.
00:27:59I don't think this has anything to do with him.
00:28:03Do you want to talk about it?
00:28:06I just, I can't right now, it's too complicated.
00:28:13Is it about the music conservatory?
00:28:16Oh my gosh, the conservatory.
00:28:21Mr. Boudreaux, I am so sorry I'm late.
00:28:24Well, don't worry, Eliza, he isn't really a class,
00:28:29so there's no great point to lose for being late.
00:28:35Where's Mr. Boudreaux?
00:28:36Our dear Mr. Boudreaux has decided to retire.
00:28:40What?
00:28:41No, no, no, that's impossible, he wouldn't do that.
00:28:44Yeah, kind of a forced retirement, really.
00:28:47Inappropriate conduct with student.
00:28:50But he took the bullet for you.
00:28:52For you?
00:28:54That's ridiculous.
00:28:56Perhaps, but that isn't how he saw it.
00:29:00So, shall we get to work?
00:29:03I promised him that I would do my best to help out
00:29:05in his absence.
00:29:06You know this one?
00:29:07It'll count.
00:29:12Hey, how long have you been there?
00:29:20I would have swam a lot faster.
00:29:21I didn't know you were waiting.
00:29:26Hey, what's the matter?
00:29:32Oh, you know, I'm sorry about Mr. Boudreaux.
00:29:36I tried to talk my dad out of it.
00:29:38I told him that you were just a really friendly girl.
00:29:40Please, he's like my grandfather.
00:29:43Oh, good, well, so he's not my competition.
00:29:47I mean, um, you were waiting here for me, weren't you?
00:29:52You weren't.
00:29:54Well, I hope you're not waiting for Spencer.
00:29:57If you did, I hope you packed a lunch.
00:29:58He may be a while.
00:29:59I mean, nothing against the kid,
00:30:01but he's not the strongest swimmer.
00:30:03Well, hey there, McFarlane.
00:30:05Did you happen to pick up all the towels?
00:30:06Last guy out of the pool, remember?
00:30:10Let's go, bro.
00:30:11I'll see you later, Eliza.
00:30:12Let's get out of here.
00:30:13We gotta get to Whitlip, dude.
00:30:16Well, it's like we always say,
00:30:18jerks travel in groups of threes.
00:30:21I mean, is it some kind of zen number
00:30:23in the jerk world or something?
00:30:24Sometimes you are so into your own life
00:30:27that you don't think about anybody else but yourself.
00:30:29Whoa, whoa, hey, hey, what's wrong?
00:30:32I'm sorry about Mr. Boudreaux, all right?
00:30:37How do you know?
00:30:41I've heard Billy bragging it up
00:30:43about how his dad gave the old coot the boot.
00:30:45He didn't say that.
00:30:47Look, Eliza, don't fall for his charm, all right?
00:30:52You know what?
00:30:53Don't act like my big brother, okay?
00:30:55I can make my own choices.
00:30:57Eliza, come on.
00:30:58Eliza, where are you going?
00:31:03I just need to think.
00:31:05Well, let me give you a run home.
00:31:07You know, Billy can't recover from being a jerk.
00:31:12Yeah, there's no jerks anonymous.
00:31:15Jerkdom isn't a place you can just go vacation in
00:31:18and come home.
00:31:19Why don't you go in the tan line stay?
00:31:21I don't think that's true.
00:31:24Okay, so maybe they fade over time.
00:31:28But come on, Eliza, smile a little, huh?
00:31:33Ow.
00:31:35Okay, good.
00:31:36You're making progress.
00:31:37So what, do you think I'm a jerk now?
00:31:41What?
00:31:42What?
00:31:47Eliza, are you out there?
00:31:49Yeah, Mom.
00:31:51You have a visitor.
00:31:53Mr. Joel, I'm so sorry.
00:31:55This is all my fault.
00:31:56Nonsense.
00:31:56Had nothing to do with it.
00:31:58You're forced to retire because of me.
00:32:00We're not going to let that get in the way of your future.
00:32:03Well, ever since you told me about the conservatory,
00:32:06it's been my dream to go there.
00:32:07Okay, let's get to work.
00:32:08Now, beside composing and singing your own work,
00:32:13Okay, let's get to work.
00:32:16Besides composing and singing your own work,
00:32:21the conservatory has asked that you prepare a classical piano piece.
00:32:25So I want you to learn the Moonlight Sonata.
00:32:29But I already have.
00:32:32Have you?
00:32:34I don't want you to just play the Moonlight Sonata.
00:32:37I want you to play it like Beethoven felt it.
00:32:40I want you to know what he was thinking when he wrote it.
00:32:42And who he wrote it for, and what he felt.
00:32:46When you do that, then you really have learned the piece.
00:32:50Okay.
00:32:52Eliza, it's important for you to remember.
00:32:55The music conservatory doesn't just listen for the student's music.
00:33:00They listen for the music in the student.
00:33:05Hey.
00:33:06Eliza.
00:33:07I found your scrapbook.
00:33:12Ah, pictures.
00:33:14And you have clothes on.
00:33:15Yes.
00:33:17Um, do we have any other scrapbooks of me?
00:33:24Hey, can we finish this tomorrow?
00:33:26Yeah.
00:33:26Yeah?
00:33:26Okay.
00:33:27Good night, baby.
00:33:28Good night, buddy.
00:33:29Sweetie, I have tons of pictures of you growing up.
00:33:36I just haven't had the chance to put them in scrapbooks.
00:33:40That's all.
00:33:41Do you love Cody more than me?
00:33:48I mean, were you even planning on getting married, or did you just have to?
00:33:51Of course we planned on getting married.
00:34:05Mr. Clements wouldn't sign my transfer, so I have to do my personal history or I flunk.
00:34:10It includes stuff like when I was born, and when my parents were married, and whether I was even wanted, or if I was just an accident.
00:34:34I didn't see that coming.
00:34:36I guess we knew that day was going to come sometime.
00:34:38But not now.
00:35:08Mr. Clements.
00:35:20Mr. McFarland.
00:35:22Why so early?
00:35:24I'm sure to make regionals.
00:35:26They only take the top three summers.
00:35:28Where's the region meet this year?
00:35:31Here.
00:35:31You know you're getting caught between two and three strokes from the wall.
00:35:40You should try watching the ceiling.
00:35:42See that seam?
00:35:43It's exactly two strokes from there to the wall.
00:35:47You should accelerate quicker so you get there in two strokes instead of three.
00:35:50Okay.
00:35:54You know it's an old pool, too.
00:35:57The edge tiles.
00:35:58The original ones, they go deeper than most.
00:36:01You ever slip when you push off?
00:36:02Yeah.
00:36:04About four inches deeper.
00:36:05Tiles are over plaster.
00:36:07They're a lot less slick.
00:36:08You can push off with everything you got without slipping, right?
00:36:11I want to stay under, uh, underwater in your dolphin kick.
00:36:15Full ten yards up here to the slope.
00:36:18Ten yards?
00:36:21Well, sure.
00:36:23You've been practicing holding your breath, haven't you, to increase your lung capacity?
00:36:28Work up to 60 seconds.
00:36:31Then 80.
00:36:3380?
00:36:35What?
00:36:36Come here.
00:36:37I'll get you after class.
00:36:42Oh, great.
00:36:43I'll be waiting.
00:36:45You're just precious.
00:36:46Fun little games.
00:36:48Are you guys ready for this?
00:36:52I believe this is yours, Miss Barrett.
00:36:53Please see me after class.
00:36:55Oh, yeah.
00:36:56Thanks, Doc.
00:36:56I'm in trouble.
00:36:58Often, history is made when someone decides to change the way people think about things,
00:37:03the way of doing things.
00:37:04Revolution means radical change of any kind.
00:37:08Why do you sit in this chair every day?
00:37:11Um, because it's here.
00:37:13Thank you, Sir Ronnie Edmund Hillary.
00:37:16What say you, Mr. McFarland?
00:37:18Oh, never mind.
00:37:20Amy?
00:37:20Why do you sit in that same chair every day?
00:37:25It's what we always do.
00:37:27Exactly.
00:37:28Exactly.
00:37:28Which is why I want you to change.
00:37:30Sit somewhere else.
00:37:30Come on.
00:37:31Four seconds.
00:37:35Good.
00:37:36Double up.
00:37:38Come on, people.
00:37:38Move.
00:37:39Let's go.
00:37:40Sit somewhere else.
00:37:40Sit on the floor if you want.
00:37:41But we get dirty.
00:37:43Ah.
00:37:44She's right.
00:37:44The truth shines through.
00:37:46Revolution.
00:37:47Change.
00:37:49It's a dirty business.
00:37:50Gerdes said, whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
00:37:55Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it.
00:37:58So be bold.
00:37:59Get up.
00:38:00Get up.
00:38:00Get up.
00:38:00Get up on your feet.
00:38:01Move the desks around.
00:38:02Change them around.
00:38:03Put them in a square.
00:38:04Put them in a box.
00:38:05Put them in a circle.
00:38:06I don't care.
00:38:07Make a...
00:38:07Make a...
00:38:08Whatever it...
00:38:09Get your fingers dirty.
00:38:11Get dirty.
00:38:12Right, Mr. Price?
00:38:13Let me get through here.
00:38:15All right.
00:38:17See?
00:38:18That wasn't so hard, was it?
00:38:19That was fun.
00:38:20No, it was great.
00:38:21Give yourself a hand.
00:38:22All right.
00:38:27You've created new possibilities by doing nothing more than changing the way you always do things.
00:38:35Tomorrow, this will be history, and you'll have had a hand in changing it.
00:38:39You've eliminated walls.
00:38:42You've started to get dirty.
00:38:45Today is tomorrow's history.
00:38:48Make it count.
00:38:49Oh, yes.
00:38:50Finally.
00:38:51Yeah, that was so crazy.
00:38:54Oh, my God.
00:38:55See you later.
00:38:56See you later.
00:38:57You wanted to talk to me?
00:39:10Yeah.
00:39:12You know, I don't want you in here if you're just putting in time.
00:39:15You were right.
00:39:16I had no business making a decision concerning your life, so I'm going to go see if I can
00:39:20get that transfer signed for you.
00:39:22No, wait.
00:39:22I need to apologize.
00:39:27I was listening and thinking about what you were saying about history.
00:39:31Mr. Boudreau told me that it was important that I know why Beethoven wrote the Moonlight
00:39:34Sonata.
00:39:36Oh.
00:39:36Well, that's because music conservatory doesn't just listen to a student's music.
00:39:42They listen for the music in the student.
00:39:45Who told you that?
00:39:47A long time ago, I had a friend who wanted to go there.
00:39:50So I happen to know they don't take students who drop soft more history.
00:39:57You'd have been ineligible had I signed your transfer.
00:40:00Mr. Farris never told me that.
00:40:05Yeah.
00:40:07Liza, I've heard you play.
00:40:08I want to help.
00:40:11So how am I supposed to know what Beethoven was feeling?
00:40:15Well, who would you ask, Mr. McFarland?
00:40:19Um, Conan, the librarian.
00:40:24Shall we?
00:40:25You're such a nerd.
00:40:28Well, nerds always win.
00:40:30Hi.
00:40:35Hi.
00:40:57Hi.
00:40:58Hi.
00:40:58Hi.
00:40:58Got your eye on me
00:41:01Another side of the classroom
00:41:04Same silly dang tree
00:41:06When I'm walking home with no one next to me
00:41:18Steele glances from across the busy street
00:41:22This is our silly game
00:41:26Stuck on the beat, it's on the beat
00:41:29Play it, make-believe
00:41:54Here, try in there
00:41:56Might help
00:41:58Please return it when you're finished
00:42:01Woo-hoo!
00:42:29You look bored, you waiting for someone?
00:42:42Spencer?
00:42:43Figures
00:42:44You've been waiting long, why don't I give you a ride?
00:42:48Okay
00:42:49I feel like I'm gonna do a little bit of work
00:42:59Let's go
00:43:02Let's go
00:43:04Let's go
00:43:06Where'd you get the play?
00:43:36Mr. Clemence.
00:43:39To my number one, this will help you better understand my second love, Jenny B. Somebody's got a girlfriend.
00:43:50Well, you're right.
00:44:19I can't do the assignment.
00:44:38Why?
00:44:39That's personal.
00:44:42Family histories usually are.
00:44:50There's nothing in my scrapbook that says I was born.
00:44:54Even in the newspaper birth announcements, no pictures of my mom pregnant with me or of me in the hospital.
00:45:07We were married in October of 1968 and I was born in March five months later.
00:45:18So you think they didn't want you?
00:45:22It just feels like they were hiding it.
00:45:28I feel that way, but the truth isn't always that simple.
00:45:37Before you jump to conclusions, you have to explore all the possibilities.
00:45:43You were premature.
00:45:45Or, for example, your mom's eyes are green, right?
00:45:51Yeah.
00:45:51And your dad's?
00:45:53Great as well.
00:45:55Did you learn anything in biology about genetics?
00:45:59What you need to do is explore all the facts and be really sure about what you want to ask your parents when you go and talk to them.
00:46:09Eliza, wait, honey.
00:46:13You knew I was adopted.
00:46:15Why didn't you just tell me?
00:46:16We couldn't.
00:46:18In order to get you, we had to agree to a court order not to tell you until you were 18.
00:46:22A court order?
00:46:24Yeah.
00:46:26Did you see my birth mom at the hospital after I was born?
00:46:32No.
00:46:34Do you know her name?
00:46:36Please understand that no matter what, we love you as if you were our own flesh and blood.
00:46:40But I'm not.
00:46:42I don't know who I am.
00:46:45You are and will always be our daughter, Eliza Baird.
00:46:49The past does not change who you are.
00:46:51Whose past?
00:46:53Yours maybe, but not mine.
00:46:55The two most important people in my life gave me up.
00:47:01It wasn't like that at all.
00:47:03All I'm saying is it's not every day you find out that your mom and dad aren't your real mom and dad.
00:47:09What if I find out who they are on my own?
00:47:16It's not gonna make it any easier.
00:47:18They need to know.
00:47:20Why don't you understand that?
00:47:22We understand, of course, that you want to know.
00:47:24You have to trust that the decisions we made have always been what we believe is best for you.
00:47:30Love you, sweetheart.
00:47:45I am adopted.
00:47:52That's okay.
00:47:54But I don't know how I feel about it.
00:47:57Well, do you have wonderful parents that love you?
00:48:01Yeah, but I just want to know their names and why they didn't keep me.
00:48:06I mean, isn't that a part of who I am?
00:48:08Yeah, but does it really matter right now?
00:48:10I don't know.
00:48:12It's just finding out right now.
00:48:14I mean, it's not fair.
00:48:16Was going deaf fair to Beethoven?
00:48:18No.
00:48:20Well, Liza, something bad happens to all of us in our life.
00:48:27Whether it's because of the choices we make or because, you know, events beyond our control,
00:48:32but it's how we get up and go forward from that that matters the most.
00:48:36Like, Beethoven, he was able to find his music in spite of being deaf.
00:48:40Right?
00:48:42So, how's that audition piece of yours coming along?
00:48:48Terrible.
00:48:51Mr. Boudreau doesn't think I can see how concerned he is, but I know he's disappointed in me.
00:48:57Well, we can't change the past, Liza.
00:49:03We study history, learn from the past, so that we don't repeat its mistakes.
00:49:10Remember that friend I told you about?
00:49:13Well, she let her emotions get in the way of going to the conservatory.
00:49:17I don't want to make that mistake.
00:49:19Good.
00:49:21So you don't have to include your biological parents or your adoption in the assignment.
00:49:27Really?
00:49:29Yeah.
00:49:40Nice.
00:49:47That was a lot faster, Spence.
00:49:49Can you do it again?
00:49:52Yeah.
00:49:53Good man.
00:49:54Then we're ready to do a timed trial tomorrow to see who can go to Regions on Friday.
00:49:58That all right with you?
00:49:59Sure it is.
00:50:00Get out of here.
00:50:02Good friend, man.
00:50:12Nice job, man.
00:50:15Spence, why do you do that?
00:50:17Is locker slamming some sort of guy bonding thing, like a slug in the arm or something?
00:50:23I wouldn't think of slugging you in your arm.
00:50:26Well, it's you.
00:50:28Hi.
00:50:29Hi.
00:50:30Locker slamming, not really a guy bonding thing.
00:50:35It's more of an attention getting device.
00:50:37Well, it's annoying.
00:50:40Well, what would you recommend?
00:50:44I don't know.
00:50:46Visual contact, maybe a smile in the hallway, being nice to my friends.
00:50:51Doesn't take too much.
00:50:53Well, how about I call you?
00:50:55That could work.
00:50:57Well, that would require a number.
00:51:04No, not there.
00:51:13Hey, Spence.
00:51:14You know, I've been meaning to tell you that I think your backstroke is getting really good.
00:51:19And actually, I think the three of us should all hang out, Jack.
00:51:22Spencer!
00:51:23So, have I been acting a little strange lately?
00:51:34Uh, no.
00:51:35You've been acting a lot strange lately.
00:51:38So what's up?
00:51:40Um, it's kind of complicated, but in a nutshell, I found out I'm adopted.
00:51:52Oh my gosh, Liza.
00:51:53Yeah.
00:51:54I'd totally be freaking out right now.
00:51:56Okay, so all things considered, maybe you weren't acting so strange after all.
00:52:01Are you okay?
00:52:03Yeah.
00:52:04Yeah.
00:52:05I mean, I'm getting there.
00:52:06It's just, do me a favor and just be there for me.
00:52:11I mean, like, don't tell anyone.
00:52:14But, if I start acting a little weird, just let me know.
00:52:21So what about the assignment?
00:52:23Yeah, I'm not gonna include any of the adoption stuff in it.
00:52:27Unless, I find out who my biological parents are.
00:52:31Let's just hope it's not these guys.
00:52:35Did I have mirrors back then?
00:52:47Jenny B.
00:52:49Jenny B.
00:52:53It's Jennifer Blakeslee.
00:52:55Who's that?
00:52:58No one.
00:53:05So, um, I have to finish my family history assignment, so I'm gonna need to quiz you guys about some stuff.
00:53:26Don't worry, Mr. Clement said I don't have to include any of what we talked about yesterday.
00:53:31What year did you guys graduate?
00:53:33I played volleyball and your dad was on the football team.
00:53:38Dad played football?
00:53:40No, he was just on the team.
00:53:42But he was a great swimmer.
00:53:44In fact, his medley relay team took state our senior year.
00:53:48So, who were your best friends?
00:53:57Mom says you interrogated her.
00:53:59Held her under the white light.
00:54:01Did you break her?
00:54:02Hardly.
00:54:03Your relay team took state?
00:54:05Oh, yeah.
00:54:06I'll have to tell Spencer.
00:54:08He'll be all over it.
00:54:09Mm-hmm.
00:54:10Let's see here.
00:54:11Oh, here we go.
00:54:12Glistmire, Peterson, Squires, and me.
00:54:17No, let me see it.
00:54:19I'm gonna look at you and Mom some more.
00:54:21Okay.
00:54:22You say a word about my clothes.
00:54:23You're grounded.
00:54:24Oh, it's too late for that.
00:54:25Dad.
00:54:26Seriously.
00:54:27Come on now.
00:54:28No.
00:54:29No.
00:54:30No.
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00:54:52No.
00:54:53Oh, no.
00:54:54Oh, yeah.
00:54:55Yeah.
00:54:56Yeah.
00:54:57You must be creative because you can present it any way you like.
00:55:01You're not gonna find these words in your book.
00:55:02That doesn't mean they're not history.
00:55:04They're not important.
00:55:05If it's important to you, that's part of history, right?
00:55:06So I would like to share with you a little piece of my history
00:55:11to get the ball rolling.
00:55:13Just wanna be free
00:55:15Listen please, that's another way it should be
00:55:19Peace in the valley, people got to be free
00:55:22Love this song!
00:55:24Wow!
00:55:30You should see
00:55:32What a lovely, lovely world this would be
00:55:38And only one girl to live together
00:55:43It seems to me
00:55:47Such an easy, easy thing this would be
00:55:51Why can't you and me learn to look warmer?
00:55:57Oh, help me now
00:56:00All the world over, so easy to see
00:56:03People everywhere
00:56:05I live on the beach
00:56:08Stop it! Get back to work!
00:56:14Who the heck does he think he is?
00:56:24Okay, okay, I'll talk to him
00:56:28Yes, please
00:56:30Because he's bad for the students, he's bad for the school, but he doesn't fit in
00:56:36Mr. Clemens is a great teacher, the kids love him
00:56:40I don't
00:56:54Maybe you've forgotten who you're dealing with
00:56:58You don't own this school yet, Mr. Price
00:57:04Get out of my office before I lose my patience
00:57:08Okay, that was actually pretty cool
00:57:10It's one of the songs my dad said to listen to in Vietnam
00:57:14We should have never gone over there
00:57:16Yeah, I mean, it's no wonder we lost
00:57:18Fighting a war with a bunch of drug addicts
00:57:20The ground troops were nothing but a government-sponsored drug party
00:57:22I would have been lined up right there with the protestors and draft dodgers
00:57:26Wait, wait, wait, wait
00:57:28You don't know anything about what you're saying, you know
00:57:30We're gonna often hear a lot of debates and arguments posing views about whether we should have gone to war or engaged in war
00:57:44Just make sure before you open your mouths that you've studied the facts
00:57:48And we're gonna often hear a lot of debates and arguments posing views about whether we should have gone to war
00:57:54Or engaged in war
00:57:56Just make sure before you open your mouths that you've studied the facts
00:58:00So you can know the truth
00:58:02Follow me, follow me, I wanna show you something
00:58:15All students at this school
00:58:19How many of you knew this was here?
00:58:26And the stars?
00:58:28It's right here
00:58:30Red for those injured in battle
00:58:32White for those missing in action
00:58:36And the gold star goes by the names of those killed in action
00:58:46Look close, read the names
00:58:48Some played football
00:58:52Some played basketball
00:58:54Some were swimmers
00:58:56They went to dances
00:58:58They fell in love
00:59:02They all had hopes and dreams just like you
00:59:05I know because I was in Vietnam
00:59:07It's also part of my history
00:59:09There will always be debate about war
00:59:11But never forget
00:59:13Behind the politics and the protesting you might have seen on TV about Vietnam
00:59:17There are thousands of young Americans really close to your age
00:59:21Who are fighting and dying
00:59:23What do we owe them?
00:59:27Our gratitude
00:59:29Our gratitude
00:59:33And to always remember that they weren't just fighting to protect our rights
00:59:38They were fighting
00:59:39They were sacrificing
00:59:41They were risking
00:59:43Everything
00:59:46To secure life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
00:59:49For people everywhere
00:59:50It's the same thing you owe your ancestors
00:59:53The battles that they fought
00:59:55Whenever they fought them
00:59:56To give you the liberty and freedoms that you have today
01:00:00So never forget
01:00:03So never forget
01:00:33Yeah
01:00:34Aaaaah
01:00:37Debra
01:00:38Are you okay?
01:00:40Last bag
01:00:42I'm okay
01:00:44Thanks
01:01:03I'm sorry, Mr. Bidrow. I can't do this right now.
01:01:33Dad? Hey. What's going on? I'm trying, Dad. I really am. I know you and Mom love me, and I love you, but every time I start feeling like I'm okay with being adopted, I realize that it's not my history that I'm writing about.
01:02:03I understand that. You're right.
01:02:08Sometimes I feel like I don't know who I am, like I don't fit in, and I try not feeling anything, but that just freaks me out even worse.
01:02:21I just feel like if I knew anything, just even their names, it might make me feel better.
01:02:27How am I supposed to find the music in me when I feel so lost?
01:02:37You know, it's an interesting thing being a dad. You want to do the right thing, but it doesn't mean you always do.
01:02:45Well, we never promised you couldn't find out for yourself.
01:02:59You know where we keep all the important papers, don't you?
01:03:01Mr. Clemon. Mr. Clemon. Here. Here.
01:03:24Mr. Clemon. What?
01:03:36What? Look. It's my birth mom, Jennifer Blakeslee.
01:03:41And that's my birth dad, Stephen Squires.
01:03:44Can you believe it? This is so cool. Now I can do my assignment.
01:03:47Thank you so much.
01:03:48I envy you. You've got a purpose in life.
01:03:57Yeah.
01:03:59Something in my gut says I won't make it to tomorrow.
01:04:04Or you'll make it.
01:04:05I don't think so.
01:04:07You know, when your number's up, I guess it's up.
01:04:13Hey.
01:04:15Why didn't you tell me?
01:04:16Tell you what?
01:04:19That Squires had a daughter.
01:04:22Squires is dead, Steve.
01:04:24Don't dig him back up.
01:04:30Why did Blakeslee bring me back here?
01:04:34Blakeslee died never knowing who you really were.
01:04:38I brought you here.
01:04:39I brought you here.
01:04:39I brought you here.
01:04:46I brought you a book in the library.
01:04:50What kind of game are you playing?
01:05:01Swimmers, take your mark.
01:05:04Go.
01:05:05I told you that was annoying.
01:05:23I made Regents.
01:05:26Coach said if I swim well enough, I might even make steak.
01:05:29Can you believe it?
01:05:30That's great.
01:05:32I know.
01:05:32I mean, honestly, I never thought I'd make it this far.
01:05:35Hey, um, you know the dance that's after the Regents?
01:05:39I was wondering, well...
01:05:40Oh, I know that we all said we'd go together, but...
01:05:43Yeah, uh, about that.
01:05:46How would you like to go with just me?
01:05:49Hmm?
01:05:49That-that sounds great.
01:05:53Yeah, uh, but...
01:05:55Can I think about it before I give you a for-sure answer?
01:06:00Oh.
01:06:05Look, if-if you want to go wait for Bill, then...
01:06:09Just go wait for him.
01:06:11Without me.
01:06:12Uh, Liza.
01:06:21Hey, Liza.
01:06:25Did you have that play I loaned you?
01:06:26Camelot?
01:06:28Oh.
01:06:30I think I left that.
01:06:33Burl found it.
01:06:36You know, when someone loans you something,
01:06:37you really should return it when you're finished.
01:06:39Okay, I'm...
01:06:42I'm sorry.
01:06:46The way you just said that, it sounded like my dad.
01:06:49Yeah.
01:06:54Proposition.
01:06:55Okay.
01:06:56Stay where you are.
01:06:57Oh.
01:06:57Okay.
01:06:59King Arthur knows something.
01:07:01What?
01:07:01Secret.
01:07:02Ooh, secret.
01:07:03That could possibly destroy Camelot, the round table,
01:07:06and the people he loves most.
01:07:10Oh.
01:07:11What's the secret?
01:07:12It was all...
01:07:13Um, we give up.
01:07:14Guinevere and Sir Lancelot have been unfaithful.
01:07:18So, question.
01:07:21Should he tell the truth?
01:07:24Or remain silent?
01:07:26Ooh.
01:07:27Definitely.
01:07:28Silent.
01:07:30Exactly.
01:07:30I mean, the cost is too high.
01:07:32Exactly.
01:07:32Higher than the truth?
01:07:33I agree with Ronnie.
01:07:34He can't tell.
01:07:35He has to protect the things that mean the most to him.
01:07:37So, it's okay to lie if it benefits you?
01:07:39Absolutely.
01:07:40No, no, no, no.
01:07:40He's not lying.
01:07:41He's just not telling everything he knows.
01:07:43Right.
01:07:44It's still self-serving.
01:07:46No.
01:07:47It's survival.
01:07:49That's not true.
01:07:50She told me.
01:07:50Because if he talks,
01:07:53it doesn't benefit him.
01:07:55So, if you know something,
01:07:57then are you morally obligated to tell the truth
01:08:00regardless of the outcome or who would get hurt?
01:08:02You know what I mean?
01:08:03You have to.
01:08:08If you don't,
01:08:09he'd get hurt a lot worse later on.
01:08:12And what if that person doesn't believe you?
01:08:16You're still obligated to tell.
01:08:20Well, I told you.
01:08:23Yeah, everyone's talking.
01:08:24It's starting to affect our reputations, too.
01:08:27You know, she doesn't realize it,
01:08:28but she is the key to wealth for me, boys.
01:08:30And don't worry, I will not forget about you
01:08:32when my ship comes in.
01:08:34Besides, once Ben sees her at the dance with me,
01:08:36he's finally going to realize what a loser he is.
01:08:40Now, Trina,
01:08:41that's someone I could go for.
01:08:43She's hot.
01:08:44Eliza, what's wrong?
01:08:52Eliza!
01:09:00Are you okay?
01:09:02Yeah.
01:09:04I'm fine.
01:09:05It's Spencer.
01:09:10I didn't commit to going to the dance with him
01:09:12because I was hoping Billy would ask me.
01:09:16But Billy was just using me, Mom,
01:09:18to get back at Spence.
01:09:21So,
01:09:21now I don't know what to do.
01:09:23Best friends don't come along every day, Eliza.
01:09:30I got lucky I married mine.
01:09:35You know,
01:09:36when you go to the dance,
01:09:38you...
01:09:39I know.
01:09:40You go with your friends.
01:09:46I love you and Dad very much, Mom.
01:09:48Spence, wait.
01:09:58I am a boneheaded,
01:10:01lame-brained chump.
01:10:02I give numbskull a bad name.
01:10:04What are you talking about?
01:10:06I'd love to go to the dance with you
01:10:08if the offer's still open.
01:10:11Yeah, well,
01:10:13it's not.
01:10:14So, sorry.
01:10:18But...
01:10:21I guess if it really means that much to you,
01:10:24okay.
01:10:25But one more thing.
01:10:27All right, the whole
01:10:27chump thing?
01:10:30It's a little harsh.
01:10:33Something else.
01:10:35Collect today.
01:10:37Yes.
01:10:37No matter what happens,
01:10:39you're the best.
01:10:43Okay.
01:10:48Here's the story
01:10:50of a great big lady.
01:10:53Greta from Oslo, Norway.
01:10:55Her grandpa was a Viking.
01:10:58His son, Hans,
01:10:58to stowaway.
01:11:00The Erlen sons.
01:11:02The Erlen sons.
01:11:04Grandma Mary
01:11:05became an Erlen son.
01:11:08Then one day,
01:11:09Grandma Mary had a baby
01:11:10with green eyes
01:11:12and a floppy head of curls.
01:11:13He grew up
01:11:15and married mother.
01:11:16A Swedish babe
01:11:17named Pearl.
01:11:19And together,
01:11:20they had a daughter.
01:11:22Shelley, Olga was her name.
01:11:24And I am
01:11:26that little baby.
01:11:27And I'm here to say
01:11:29we're the Erlen sons.
01:11:31The Erlen sons.
01:11:32That's the way
01:11:34we became
01:11:35the Erlen sons.
01:11:36Thank you, Shelley.
01:11:44That was very enlightening.
01:11:47Oh, before you go,
01:11:49a brief word of support
01:11:51for the aquatically
01:11:52inclined among us,
01:11:54Amy.
01:11:55Hi.
01:11:58Come on.
01:11:59Amy.
01:11:59Yeah.
01:12:00But the bravest
01:12:06are surely those
01:12:07who have the clearest vision
01:12:09of what is before them,
01:12:11glory and danger alike.
01:12:15And yet,
01:12:16notwithstanding,
01:12:19go out
01:12:20to meet it.
01:12:23Pyrocles.
01:12:24To the swimmers!
01:12:25To the swimmers.
01:12:27Today, history will be made.
01:12:29That's right.
01:12:34Welcome to the
01:12:35district championship swimming.
01:12:38Parents, don't forget
01:12:39the fans fundraiser
01:12:40tomorrow night
01:12:40in the main auditorium.
01:12:41So, how about I pick you up
01:12:42for the dance
01:12:43around seven?
01:12:45Oh, I'm sorry.
01:12:46I'm already going
01:12:46with someone.
01:12:52Yeah.
01:12:53Tell them you have
01:12:54a better offer.
01:12:56But I don't.
01:12:59Go, Eliza.
01:13:14Third and final call
01:13:15for the boys'
01:13:16100-meter backstroke.
01:13:18Smith.
01:13:18Smith, Smith.
01:13:19Hey.
01:13:20Good luck, man.
01:13:21All right?
01:13:21Oh, you know where we are.
01:13:23All right?
01:13:24We're good.
01:13:24To the swimmers!
01:13:26You guys are such losers.
01:13:33Hey, at least now
01:13:34everyone's going to get
01:13:35to see how pathetic
01:13:35you really are.
01:13:37Bye-bye.
01:13:37Thanks, Bill.
01:13:38Hey, good luck to you, too.
01:13:40And your constant
01:13:41encouragement has really
01:13:42become, to mean a lot
01:13:43to me, really.
01:13:44Nasty.
01:13:45Defending district champion
01:13:48Billy Price will be
01:13:49in lane three.
01:13:50But the Wesleyan coach
01:13:51said don't count out
01:13:52Spencer McFarlane
01:13:53in lane two,
01:13:54who has shown
01:13:55dramatic improvement
01:13:56in his times
01:13:57over the past few weeks.
01:14:00Swimmers,
01:14:01take your mark.
01:14:01looks to be a clean start
01:14:13and as expected,
01:14:15Billy Price comes out strong.
01:14:19Let's turn.
01:14:20Let's turn.
01:14:22Go deep!
01:14:23Go!
01:14:25And out of the first turn
01:14:26it's Bryce.
01:14:27The body length leads.
01:14:28Yes!
01:14:29The quarrelin is keeping
01:14:29there.
01:14:31Now coming up
01:14:35on the halfway point
01:14:36and into the turn
01:14:36it's Billy Price.
01:14:42Great push off the turn.
01:14:44Now the final 50 meters.
01:14:46This is where conditioning
01:14:47really comes into play.
01:14:52And now coming out
01:14:53of the final turn
01:14:54it's McFarlane
01:14:55making a move
01:14:56in lane two.
01:14:56The legs!
01:14:57The legs!
01:14:58The legs!
01:14:58And McFarlane,
01:15:00the big kick
01:15:00is going to make
01:15:01just very close.
01:15:05And first to the wall
01:15:06it is
01:15:07Spencer McFarlane!
01:15:10Spencer McFarlane
01:15:11in a stunning upset
01:15:12is your new
01:15:14district champion!
01:15:15Can you believe them?
01:15:17the come!
01:15:18I won't go home!
01:15:27No way!
01:15:28I won't go!
01:15:34I won't go
01:15:36go home!
01:15:36Go home!
01:15:37Go home!
01:15:38Go home!
01:15:39Go home!
01:15:40Go home!
01:15:40Princeton!
01:15:40Go home!
01:15:41Go home!
01:15:42Yepyswetjeank!
01:15:43Go home!
01:15:43Come home!
01:15:44We beautiful!
01:15:45Jackson!
01:15:45í God!
01:15:46When your head came up after that last turn,
01:15:48everyone went nuts.
01:15:49Scared me to death.
01:15:50It was so amazing!
01:15:52Could you tell how close it was?
01:15:53Yeah.
01:15:54The closer I got, the louder you guys got.
01:15:56Well, how close was it?
01:16:03Honestly, though, I couldn't have done it without Mr. Clements' help.
01:16:06He knows that pull better than Coach does.
01:16:08Really gave me the edge.
01:16:12Well, looks like Clements is having some car trouble.
01:16:15Maybe we can return the favor?
01:16:19No, I see him out there every day,
01:16:21just staring at that old abandoned house.
01:16:23It's the old Blakesley house.
01:16:26My dad used to tell me and my brothers
01:16:28that it was haunted to keep us out of there when we were younger.
01:16:30I never heard it was haunted.
01:16:32Oh, yeah.
01:16:33Okay.
01:16:34Tell us the story.
01:16:35All right.
01:16:36It all happens in 1968.
01:16:38Local rich girl, Ginny Blakesley,
01:16:41falls in love with a poor orphan, Stephen Squires.
01:16:44But she used to go to an elite music school, and he's been drafted.
01:16:48So the day after they graduate, they run away and get married.
01:16:51Sounds romantic.
01:16:54Go on, Spence.
01:16:55When they get back, Ginny's dad is so mad he has the marriage annulled.
01:17:01Then, he takes Ginny and leaves, leaving no trace.
01:17:05Squires tries to find her, but he has a report to boot camp in a few weeks.
01:17:09He's killed in Vietnam three months later.
01:17:12They say his ghost haunts that mansion.
01:17:15Looking.
01:17:17Waiting.
01:17:18For his wife to attack.
01:17:21That's creepy.
01:17:22Yeah.
01:17:23And it turns out that Ginny was pregnant.
01:17:25But Blakesley made her give the baby up for adoption.
01:17:28Squires never knew.
01:17:29Oh, my gosh.
01:17:31He's him.
01:17:33It all makes sense now.
01:17:35Quick, Ronnie, take us back to school.
01:17:37Who's who?
01:17:38I mean it, Ronnie.
01:17:39Take me back now.
01:17:40Eliza, what's going on?
01:17:47What are you doing?
01:18:01Stop.
01:18:02You're really scaring me.
01:18:06Look at this photo of Squires.
01:18:08You can't tell me that that's not him.
01:18:10It's Squires, just like it says.
01:18:11Stephen Squires and Jennifer Blakeslee.
01:18:13No.
01:18:14Don't you see?
01:18:15Mr. Clements is Squires.
01:18:18Look closer at the photo.
01:18:22That is Mr. Clements, my father.
01:18:25Stephen Squires.
01:18:26Eliza, you remember you told me to tell you if you started acting really weird?
01:18:30Well, I'm sorry, but you're way past weird right now.
01:18:45Do you think I did?
01:18:47Well, then, too.
01:18:48Let me know.
01:18:49I can't remember so.
01:18:50We know you were there, too.
01:18:51I'm sorry.
01:18:52I'm sorry.
01:18:53It's not too bad.
01:18:54I was so sorry.
01:18:55How can I get back to the photo?
01:18:56Why does that call?
01:18:58I don't know.
01:18:59I'm sorry.
01:19:00You did?
01:19:01No.
01:19:02I was like, no child.
01:19:03I didn't know.
01:19:04You didn't know.
01:19:06I'm sorry.
01:19:07I can go.
01:19:08I can go.
01:19:09I can do anything.
01:19:10I can do anything.
01:19:11Oh, lady, when I hear you, I'm inclined to want to be with you.
01:19:30And yet when I'm near you, I'm inclined to want to forget you.
01:19:36How could I live without you?
01:19:39I know I'll ride you and sometimes I'll guide you, it's for you that I do it.
01:19:47When I miss you, I'm inclined to want to come see you.
01:19:53And when I kiss you, I'm inclined to want to be with you.
01:20:00How could I live without you?
01:20:03Your crazy dreams and schoolgirl schemes don't seem to get in the way.
01:20:09Baby, don't go right here.
01:20:11I miss you.
01:20:46So where were you today?
01:20:51I had a bunch of stuff I had to get done before I do my history presentation on Monday.
01:20:56Did you get them all done?
01:20:58Almost.
01:20:59Just two more things left.
01:21:14I just have one more thing to do.
01:21:16So you guys still think I'm wrong in spite of everything?
01:21:22The pool, the music conservatory, Vietnam, the play?
01:21:27Come on, Liza.
01:21:27Even you gotta admit it's a little far-fetched.
01:21:30Okay.
01:21:31Just watch.
01:21:31I'll prove I'm right.
01:21:32No, Liza, don't.
01:21:33You should see what a lovely, lovely world this would be.
01:21:48Have everything ready for Monday?
01:21:51Yeah.
01:21:51And you'll never believe what I did.
01:21:53I invited my birth mom to come.
01:21:55You sure you want to do that?
01:21:57Yeah.
01:21:58And I'm sure I want to do this, too.
01:22:04Thank you so much for everything.
01:22:07I love you.
01:22:07Yeah, that's pretty messy.
01:22:25As executor of Mr. Blakeslee's will, I'm here to inform you that you must dismiss Stephen Clemens as a teacher at once.
01:22:35For what?
01:22:36I have a notarized statement from Mr. Price and several other teachers here at the school of blatant physical contact between the Baird girl and Mr. Clemens at the school dance Saturday night.
01:22:48Blatant physical contact.
01:22:50She hugged him.
01:22:54Verl, go get Mr. Clemens, please.
01:22:57Thank you so much.
01:23:27I'm in the middle of class.
01:23:47Can't this wait?
01:23:48I'm sorry, Stephen.
01:23:50Our attorney here has informed me that I have no other choice but to put you on unpaid leave until we can resolve the situation between you and Eliza at the dance?
01:24:00Please let me finish my class.
01:24:02No.
01:24:02You must leave.
01:24:03No.
01:24:05He's in trouble for hugging his daughter?
01:24:07Verl, leave.
01:24:09Wait.
01:24:10What are you talking about?
01:24:11Okay.
01:24:12I'm in charge here.
01:24:14Verl, leave.
01:24:15Why aren't you saying anything?
01:24:17Is this true?
01:24:19Are you, are you her father?
01:24:22I wish I could say it was.
01:24:26But I can't.
01:24:28Last warning, Verl.
01:24:31Clear out Mr. Clemens' stuff from his room.
01:24:32We are McFarlane and the McFarlaneettes.
01:24:49That's my wee pup.
01:24:50What are you doing, Verl?
01:24:56They fired Mr. Clemens because of what happened at the dance.
01:24:59They can't.
01:25:04No!
01:25:11Wait!
01:25:14I'm not doing my report without you.
01:25:16That's not possible, Ms. Baird.
01:25:19Why?
01:25:22Because I hugged my dad?
01:25:24Ms. Baird, he denies being your father.
01:25:27No.
01:25:28Stop.
01:25:28It's not true.
01:25:30That is you in the swim team photo.
01:25:32And in the yearbook prom pictures with Jenny and my mom and dad.
01:25:37Alright, so now she thinks that Clemens is her father.
01:25:41Ah, okay.
01:25:42Uh, let's go back to class.
01:25:43No!
01:25:44Wait!
01:25:44It's you with Jenny Blakeslee at Camelot.
01:25:50Jenny B, you are all friends.
01:25:54You are Stephen Squires.
01:25:56You are my father.
01:25:58If this is your fault, I told you.
01:26:02He's bad for the students, he's bad for the school, and now look at her!
01:26:06She's delusional.
01:26:08Go back to class, Eliza, dear.
01:26:10No!
01:26:12Clemens is dead.
01:26:14All I ask is that you look me in the eye and you tell me you are not my father.
01:26:22Look at me, it's Helmy!
01:26:27Go ahead, Stephen.
01:26:28Tell her the truth.
01:26:29If you're not her father, tell her.
01:26:32He can't.
01:26:33Because he is her father.
01:26:38Put your numbers up.
01:26:39Alright.
01:26:40I'll be you and you can be me.
01:26:42I got nothing left to live for.
01:26:43I got nobody left in my life.
01:26:44You got a dream to live.
01:26:45Give me your stuff.
01:26:46Come on.
01:26:48Don't get us.
01:27:00The parameters compromised.
01:27:01Sorte all ordnance my co-ordinate.
01:27:04My call, my call.
01:27:05Now, now!
01:27:06Oh!
01:27:16Clemens!
01:27:17Hey! Clemens, out of here!
01:27:36What are you kidding me? What is wrong with all of you people? He's Clemens! He said it himself!
01:28:06I love you.
01:28:16Most of you know my adopted parents, John and Susie Baird.
01:28:21This is my other dad, Stephen Squires.
01:28:25And this is my birth mom, Jenny Blakeslee, who I just met for the first time.
01:28:31I found out a lot about my own history through this assignment.
01:28:37Things that scared me and confused me.
01:28:41But with the help of loving parents, I realized that being adopted is nothing to be ashamed of.
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