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01:30I'll have you know.
01:32I got the tip from a disgruntled lunchroom employer.
01:34Okay.
01:36Ah, exactly three hours to our flight to Ottawa as of now.
01:41I didn't sleep a wink last night.
01:44My first time off the island.
01:45Now remember, Mary, this is a business trip.
01:47There should be nothing pleasurable about it.
01:49Big news.
01:50What's the story about again?
01:51Meet Snake Accord.
01:52The premier is flying to Ottawa.
01:53The feds are going to recognize Quebec as a distinct society.
01:56What about Newfoundland?
01:57We're more distinct than they are.
01:59They're French public.
02:00They have their own language.
02:01So do we.
02:02What are you at?
02:03Yes, fine, me, son.
02:04Stay where you're at and I'll come where you too.
02:06I don't even know what it means.
02:08Well, all I know is that work is paying for your father's flight and a hotel, so we finally
02:14get to have a real vacation.
02:17Oh, two minutes behind schedule.
02:19Come on, Mary, let's go.
02:21Mark?
02:23You listen to your grandfather, hmm?
02:25Never mind that.
02:26Pop, you listen to Mark.
02:28He's in charge.
02:30You've got to pay for your flight and the incident.
02:32Pop was stuck in the classifieds, but I was destined for the front page.
02:56It's all right.
02:57It's all right.
03:02How's this?
03:04This is really good.
03:05Stop the presses.
03:07Here you go, Chief.
03:08I know it's obviously front page material, but we should discuss font size.
03:11I mean, this is one for the scrapbook.
03:13Fox, do you have this week's horoscopes?
03:14Nope.
03:15Good reporters don't miss deadlines.
03:17They embrace them.
03:19When's your birthday again?
03:20May 14th, right?
03:22You remembered.
03:25Taurus, danger.
03:26You run the risk of losing your girlfriend.
03:29A bruised heart and a black eye await you.
03:31Lucky numbers, zero.
03:34Okay, uh, so what I'm hearing is that you need more time.
03:37Can't use this.
03:38Not newsworthy.
03:39What?
03:40This is big cafeteria news.
03:42The cafeteria has its own newspaper.
03:44It's called The Menu.
03:45You can't do this.
03:47We are the first freshmen to edit this paper.
03:49That's only because all the paper nerds graduated last year.
03:52Either way, we have to do better.
03:54Rich, you'll bet.
03:59Ah, my photos!
04:00Sorry, I just need your opinion.
04:02Well, whatever it is, I pick the other side.
04:05Tell you what, I have a lead.
04:07This girl in my biology class, Sindhu, she says there's a teacher that's been playing it loose with some test scores.
04:12And she can prove it.
04:14And just like that, I had another chance at the front page.
04:17Who doesn't like a good comeback story?
04:19Oh, my.
04:25It's...
04:26Expensive.
04:28Good God, we can't afford this.
04:30Oh.
04:33It's gorgeous.
04:35And work is paying.
04:36And you work so hard to be true than what.
04:40Oh, God.
04:41Stay back.
04:43Besides, it's romantic and we get to be alone.
04:47Avenue au Chateau Laurier.
04:49Oh, no, no, no.
04:50There'll be none of that.
04:51Oh, monsieur.
04:53C'est un plait.
04:53What?
04:54Don't take it.
04:55Don't take a lot.
04:56Oh.
04:57Mary, get that one.
04:59Jeez.
05:00I thought he was just looking for tips.
05:01They just are paying for that.
05:02If he fell into a barrel of boobs, he'd come out sucking his thumb.
05:06Mary.
05:07Shh.
05:08Don't need any help in the bag.
05:19My whistleblower.
05:21Like Deep Throat in the parking garage, but at a picnic table in broad daylight.
05:25Hello.
05:25Uh, this is Mark Rich, the holy heart hooter.
05:28Told me to meet you here.
05:30I just don't want to be seen talking to a reporter.
05:33Reporter?
05:34Now this was real journalism.
05:36You can trust me.
05:37I better.
05:38It's about Brad Parsons.
05:40Captain of the hockey team?
05:41He failed his math test, but his teacher still gave him a passing grade.
05:44Well, that is quite the accusation.
05:46How do you know this?
05:47Because he cheated off of me and I failed.
05:49But Brad, you gotta see.
05:52You tell a pretty tall tale.
05:53But in the journalism game, we deal in the currency we like to call proof.
05:57Look, this is mine.
06:01And this is Brad's.
06:03Why would he choose you to cheat off if you're bad at math?
06:06No offense.
06:06I'm great at math.
06:08I was sick all week and then I come back to a pop quiz.
06:11I'm not stunned, you know.
06:12Okay, I'm sorry.
06:13Oh, had to ask.
06:17Why is this all crumpled?
06:18He threw it in the trash, which was pretty suspicious, so I had to fish it out.
06:22Look at the answers on both of our tests.
06:26Same answers, different marks.
06:28Why would the teacher do this?
06:29I don't know.
06:31Who is your math teacher?
06:35Sister Rose.
06:36Rose.
06:37Sister Rose?
06:38The vice principal?
06:39So this went all the way to the top.
06:41Well, the second from the top.
06:43We never spoke.
06:45And if you write something, keep my name out of it.
06:49Thanks for making me lunch, Mike.
07:03It's really sweet.
07:05It's one of the perks of living next door to the station.
07:07Well, it must be nice having your own place.
07:09I'm still living with Mom until I make some cash.
07:12Ah, come on, you'll get there.
07:14It took me a while, too, but I'm a working man now.
07:17Totally self-sufficient.
07:18Hey, Mike!
07:24Give me a hand with this, will you?
07:26What's that?
07:27Oh, my grandfather.
07:29Mike!
07:31Hey!
07:32I need a hand!
07:34Oh, Mike!
07:43It's the peace tower.
07:45Abuse?
07:45I don't have time for abuse.
07:47I'm going to be working all day.
07:48You'll get a better view than that tonight.
07:51Hmm?
07:52A single bed.
07:53Oh, it's so big.
07:56Ooh-ey.
07:57Well, you've always had twin beds.
07:59I'll never sleep in that.
08:01Oh, it needs me space.
08:02Well, that you shall have, then.
08:13Hey, Posh!
08:14You okay?
08:15Oh, okay.
08:17I'm better than okay.
08:19Somebody threw away a perfectly good water bed!
08:22You don't see many of those anymore.
08:23You don't see many of those anymore.
08:25No.
08:26Have you ever laid down on one of these things?
08:28I mean, it's like sleeping on Jell-O.
08:31Of course, there is the small matter of installation, which is where you come in.
08:38Oh, you can't be serious.
08:39Oh, yeah.
08:40I mean, just get your friend to help you.
08:42I'll go get the tool tin.
08:48Sister Rose.
08:51Sister Rose did this?
08:53This is big, right?
08:54Dude, this is huge.
08:55Congratulations, Mark.
08:57You just got your front page.
08:58We're gonna need photos of the evidence.
09:00My first story, and it's the front page.
09:03Isn't it great?
09:04Drop it.
09:06What?
09:06Why?
09:07Brad will kill you, or Sister Rose will expel you.
09:10Or both.
09:12Look, I'm not the biggest fan of Sister Rose either, but she did push my brother ahead.
09:17Pushing a kid ahead is different.
09:18Look, Sindhu deserves justice.
09:21Or is this more about you wanting to be in the spotlight?
09:25Reporting's in my blood.
09:27I have to follow through on this, no matter the danger.
09:31Which I'm thinking you're finding kind of, uh, heroic?
09:35I find it kind of stupid, actually.
09:37But if ruining someone's life is what you want to do, then go for it.
09:43Fox had buried the lead right into my back.
09:47Miss Critch.
09:59Go.
10:05Mrs. Critch.
10:06Oh, for me?
10:08Oh.
10:11Hello.
10:12Mrs. Critch speaking.
10:13Hi, Mary.
10:15Mike, just shagger.
10:16Where are you?
10:17I'm sorry, honey.
10:18I'm not going to be able to make lunch.
10:19Everybody and their dog are trying to get out to Premier.
10:22I can't come back without an interview.
10:23Not after all the money the stations have been pouring into this thing.
10:26It's okay.
10:27I understand.
10:29Business, not pleasure.
10:31Leave me back in time for us to...
10:33Mary, I've got to go to Quebec.
10:34Premier just came out of the toilet.
10:39Jeez.
10:39Oh, dear.
10:40You've been stood up.
10:42I'm sorry.
10:43I couldn't help it over here.
10:45I'm sorry.
10:45My husband, he has to work.
10:48Well, so does mine.
10:51I'm sorry.
10:51You look familiar.
10:53Have we met?
10:54Well, I wouldn't say.
10:55I'm from Newfoundland.
10:56Me, too.
10:57Oh.
10:59How lovely.
11:00Would you care to join me for a glass of wine?
11:03I'm drinking for two here now.
11:05I would.
11:06Great.
11:08I'm Mary.
11:10I'm Ellie.
11:11Nice to meet you.
11:12You, too.
11:13Brad Parsons.
11:21The Nixon of the high school hockey team.
11:23Hey.
11:24Go Hooters.
11:25Woo-hoo.
11:26Maybe Fox was right.
11:28Maybe it was too dangerous.
11:30Anyone interested in a quick confession?
11:31Our school had more confessionals than men's rooms.
11:34Mark Rich.
11:35You look like you could use a holy shoulder to lean on.
11:37Huh?
11:38But, and it's for your thoughts?
11:40I was desperate.
11:42God would have to do.
11:45Oh, this is going to take forever.
11:52I'm going to lie down.
12:10Too hard.
12:40You see, Father, if I run with this story, people will get hurt.
12:49And they, in turn, might hurt me.
12:53That's quite the spiritual pickle.
12:57Who are the parties involved?
12:59I really don't feel comfortable divulging my sources, Father.
13:02Mark, I can assure you that anything you say here stays here.
13:06If these walls could talk, you know what they would say?
13:08Oh, shh.
13:11Okay.
13:11Uh, the student who cheated was Brad Parsons.
13:16The captain of the hockey team?
13:17Afraid so, Father.
13:19And who's the teacher?
13:22Sister Rose.
13:23Oh.
13:26You know what?
13:27Be like Pontius Pilate and wash your hands of this one.
13:32Yeah, just forget about it.
13:33Forget about it.
13:34That's a sin, Father?
13:36It says so in the Bible.
13:38You can't believe everything you read, buddy.
13:41I mean, the Bible also says love thy neighbor and then not to covet thy neighbor's wife.
13:46I mean, pick a lane, right?
13:48Father Garcia was clearly compromised.
13:51For all I knew, he could be wearing a wire under that collar.
13:55Yeah.
13:56No, you're probably right.
13:57Uh, uh, thanks again, Father.
13:59Uh, go Hooters.
14:01Lunch do-over.
14:11Mom made us some sandwiches before she left town.
14:13Oh.
14:14Strong, independent man.
14:17Hot.
14:17Yeah, okay.
14:18I do live alone, just in the same house as my parents.
14:23No, I do think it's cute that you and your grandfather are so close.
14:25I mean, I never knew mine.
14:27Dick doesn't be here.
14:28When you hear the call of the wild baloney, call in to win a big stick.
14:34Couple, couple, couple, couple.
14:38Or my father, for that matter.
14:40You know, Dick's not a bad guy.
14:43But maybe we shouldn't tell him that you were here, just in case he gets the wrong idea.
14:49Maybe it's the right idea?
14:52Pop!
15:03Okay.
15:04Almost done.
15:06Now all we need is your story for the front page.
15:08Yeah, I don't know.
15:10What's not to know?
15:11We need it.
15:12You know what you really need?
15:13The other side.
15:15My family's been accused of a lot of stuff over the years.
15:18Most of it we did, but some of it we never.
15:20And nobody ever asked us for our side of things.
15:23If you're going to do this, you need to interview Brad.
15:27Fine.
15:29But I'll need some backup.
15:32And by backup, I meant someone to call an ambulance.
15:35What?
15:36Dude!
15:37Noss!
15:37Well, that doesn't look good.
15:49Pop!
15:56Hey, Pop!
15:57Wake up!
16:00What's the matter?
16:02You're just...
16:02Move.
16:08Oh, no.
16:11Well, no wonder they threw it away.
16:13It's garbage.
16:15I was such a fool to bring it in here.
16:19You know, that's actually a pretty solid frame,
16:22wouldn't you say, Amanda?
16:24Oh, yes.
16:25It could put a regular mattress in it.
16:27You think?
16:28Yeah.
16:28You know what?
16:31I'll give you 15 bucks for it.
16:3420?
16:34Huh?
16:36You know, you better clean this up.
16:38I gotta take a nap.
16:42What a sweet thing to do.
16:44Aw, thanks.
16:46Go help me toss it.
16:48Well, this has just been lovely.
16:51Us work widows have to stick together.
16:53I have been going on about my husband.
16:55I haven't even asked you about yours.
16:58Now, what does he do?
16:59Well, he's the premier.
17:00Oh.
17:03To chance encounters.
17:06Chance encounters, indeed.
17:09Oh.
17:14Brad, where do you prefer Brad?
17:16What?
17:17I'm late for practice.
17:19Mark Fritsch.
17:19The Holy Heart Hooter.
17:20And this is my associate, Richard.
17:22Photographer.
17:24Wow.
17:25I knows who you are.
17:26Right.
17:27Uh, just for the record.
17:28Record?
17:29There have been certain developments, as it were.
17:31There's been an allegation.
17:33Uh, lies, most likely.
17:35By an unnamed source.
17:37And I know what you're thinking.
17:38All sources have names, am I right?
17:39You achieved all that math test?
17:41Yeah.
17:41So?
17:42But you still failed it, dumbass.
17:44Why did Sister Rose pass you?
17:45None wants to win the cup.
17:46And if I fail another test, my old man's gonna pull me from the team.
17:50No me, no championship.
17:53I'm untouchable.
17:55And to get to me, you're gonna have to go through a whole lot of none.
17:59Anything else to add?
18:01Go Hooters.
18:01Thoughts, that was amazing.
18:08Now you have your story.
18:10It's our story.
18:11I couldn't have done it without you.
18:13I know.
18:13Me too.
18:14But you owe me some film.
18:16Like hockey, journalism is a team sport.
18:20Why are we meeting here?
18:22I have something to discuss with you that was told to me under the holy sacrament of confession.
18:26Out with it.
18:27Smells like ketchup chips in here.
18:28Um, Mark Critch thinks that you gave Brad Parsons a pass on his math test.
18:36Yeah.
18:38So?
18:40The only good thing about having boys here is we finally have a hockey team that kicks some ass.
18:45I must...
18:46We must beat Sister Agatha and win that cup.
18:50For your penance, maybe save five Hail Marys and try to make this right.
18:59Especially before it hits a school paper.
19:01A paper?
19:03Critch.
19:04See you in hell, Father.
19:08You can't say that in here.
19:10It's bad luck.
19:11What are you doing, Sister?
19:29I'm shutting down this rag.
19:31A false witness shall be punished and a liar shall be caught.
19:36Proverbs 19.9.
19:38Where's Critch?
19:39He's handing out the early edition.
19:41Oh, my God.
19:54Well, Mike, Newfoundland is every bit as distinct as Quebec.
20:12We got our own time zone, our own breed of dog, two of them, in fact,
20:16the Newfoundland dog and the Labrador retriever.
20:18The French got poodles.
20:20Not to mention that we were our own country until Canada joined us in 1949.
20:26Newfoundland is not signing the Meech Lake Accord.
20:31Distinct. Well, this stinks.
20:35Premier, Premier, just one question. No further comment.
20:39What did he say? Is he walking out?
20:42Did you hear that, Mary? I've got a national exclusive.
20:46It's all thanks to you.
20:48I guess we better go back to the hotel room.
20:50There'll be a flight tomorrow.
20:52Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I owe you a walk along the Rideau Canal.
20:56Enough business. Time for some pleasure.
21:00Oh, Mike. Finally.
21:04I was going to follow the story first.
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