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00:01Okay, let's keep the pace steady, guys.
00:03Remember, it is a stroll, not a sprint.
00:07It was my turn to teach P.E. this week,
00:09and although most of the athletic skills in my family
00:12went to my brother, Caleb,
00:14I know a thing or two about a long, cathartic walk.
00:20Mr. C., this is so boring.
00:23Well, have you ever tried winning fake arguments in your head?
00:26That works for me.
00:27Can we just play dodgeball again?
00:29However, it's been hard to find things for them to do.
00:33Only thing they like is dodgeball, but what am I going to do?
00:36I haven't played dodgeball every time,
00:38because, yeah, I think I might do that.
00:41We really need a gym teacher.
00:54Jacob!
00:56We also need a gym.
00:59And the bunny jumped so high that even the cloud said,
01:17Good morning!
01:19Yes!
01:20So, it's been about four weeks now in the mall, and it's not great.
01:26But we're kind of doing awesome.
01:29We even sent out report cards, and the students are actually getting better grades
01:32than they did this time last year.
01:33So, not to flex, but it's kind of amazing how well we made this mall work out for us.
01:38Maybe you can win a mall.
01:40Now, what is a good name for a bunny?
01:43Uh, Sierra.
01:45Hopper.
01:46Hopper, yes.
01:47Hey, Deontay, why don't you come sit right here?
01:50Right?
01:51Because I think that Sierra's doing an excellent job during reading time, and she might help you focus.
01:55Right?
01:56Good.
01:57This is what I do.
02:00Now, now, Di. I'm trying to get ready for this staff meeting.
02:05Can I have it on my schedule that you have a meeting with, uh, Mr. Johnson?
02:17I'm ready for my meeting.
02:19What do you want?
02:20This mall is too damn big.
02:21I can't clean it all myself.
02:23I'm just a man with a mop.
02:24Fine.
02:25I'll see if I can find somebody.
02:26No need.
02:27I'll put together a sure list of individuals who have a particular set of cleaning skills.
02:31Mr. Ronson.
02:33The janitor that invented flaming hot Cheetos.
02:36John Wick.
02:37Not a real person.
02:38Not that John Wick.
02:39John Wick the janitor who also happens to be an assassin of dirt.
02:43Well, none of these people are in a union, but the district threw us into a mall, so hopefully they'll send somebody.
02:51She didn't even read through the entire list.
02:53Matt Damon from Good Will Honey.
02:55Mr. Johnson.
02:56Different spelling, same swagger.
02:58Wally, if you like clankers.
02:59And last but not least, Greg Rietty, because that man always needs a job.
03:03And remember, unlike our school, the rodents run the building.
03:06They were here before us, and they'll be here long after us, so show them some respect.
03:10I held the door open for one this morning.
03:12Please stop letting more rats in.
03:13He was actually on his way out, but okay.
03:15My bad.
03:16Also, the district said that they're coming by later this week with some exciting news to share.
03:21I'm guessing it's about getting back into Abbott, otherwise just send an email.
03:24I hate emails that could have been meetings.
03:26That has to mean that we're going to go back, right?
03:28Actually, when I rode by the school last week, all of the construction trucks were cleared.
03:31Hallelujah!
03:32We're going home!
03:33Guys, we did it!
03:35We survived the mall!
03:38Barbara, I just want to say that you held this down, as always, with such poise.
03:42And Melissa, no one adapted better than you.
03:45I mean, you basically turned into your younger self.
03:47I don't know what you're talking about.
03:49Yeah, we've really been through some stuff.
03:52I didn't think we were going to make it.
03:53Well, some of us did not make it.
03:55Oh, yeah.
03:56People quit.
03:57Yeah.
03:58Damn, was that this year?
03:59I just want everybody to know that you should be very proud of yourselves.
04:04Because this, this was a thankless job.
04:07But what we did was one for the books.
04:09Yes.
04:10Even if nobody on the outside will ever know it or truly appreciate it.
04:13Just like that at the museum, too.
04:15What?
04:16Beto the Smithsonian?
04:17The exhibits come to life?
04:18Forcing an unappreciated trauma bond between the core characters, which they can't talk about.
04:23Because how do you explain magic?
04:24How do you explain magic?
04:25Oh, my God.
04:26That movie is in my top five.
04:28Good morning.
04:30You must be Mr. Johnson.
04:33I'm Miss Carol, the additional janitor you asked for.
04:36It seems to have been a mistake.
04:39You're definitely not on my list.
04:41I wasn't told about a list.
04:43I was just told that the person cleaning this mall wasn't man enough to handle it.
04:49Which is why they sent in a real janitor.
04:53I may be old fashioned, but women have no business cleaning.
05:05You ask me, they need to get back to where they belong.
05:08In the Wall Street boardroom and coaching in the NFL.
05:12All right.
05:13All right.
05:14All right.
05:15Settle down.
05:16The district is here with what they keep saying is an important announcement, but then
05:19they send him.
05:20Hey, everyone.
05:21Janine Jacob.
05:22What's good?
05:23Dude.
05:24Simon.
05:25Are we getting back into Abbott or what?
05:27Yes.
05:28Is it ready yet?
05:29We're getting back in there very soon.
05:30Okay?
05:31But I'm here for something even sicker.
05:33Okay?
05:34The Philadelphia Inquirer has sent a reporter to do an article about you.
05:38Oh, hi.
05:39Wait.
05:40Why?
05:41Oh, hey, man.
05:42What's this up, buddy?
05:43You good?
05:44You good?
05:45Come on.
05:46Look, as I'm sure you all know, you've been straight up killing it in the space.
05:49Okay?
05:50Grades are up.
05:51Incidents are down.
05:52And people are taking notice.
05:54Yeah, okay.
05:55What else do you got to say about us?
05:56Well, you're changing the face of education.
05:58So much so, we think this is worthy enough for the front page.
06:03I've always thought that.
06:05I've always thought that.
06:06It's totally tubular.
06:07Well, finally, some thanks.
06:10It's about time.
06:11And that's not all.
06:12We reached out to Scholastic to tell them about it.
06:15They've decided to donate brand new school supplies and even a mobile library.
06:20Ooh, like the Criterion closet.
06:23I don't know what that is.
06:25Criterion, the movies.
06:26So it's like the truth.
06:27You guys are rock stars.
06:29You guys are rock stars.
06:30All of you!
06:31Yeah!
06:32Yeah!
06:33Extra!
06:34Extra!
06:35Read all about...
06:37Us!
06:38Do schools even need schools?
06:43That's a weird headline.
06:44No, that's because you're reading it wrong.
06:46It's...
06:47Do schools even need schools?
06:48Right.
06:49Oh, my God!
06:50They used my quote.
06:51Teaching is fun.
06:52Did they use mine?
06:53Did Giants suck?
06:54Is that in there?
06:55Move, move, move.
06:56You all are so concerned with your little poll quote.
06:57You're missing a bigger picture.
06:58How did it make us look?
06:59Incredible.
07:00It's all about how, even under dire circumstances, we are rising to the occasion.
07:04Dumb, dumb.
07:05How did we look?
07:06The pictures!
07:07Oh.
07:08Beautiful.
07:09Obviously.
07:10I wouldn't kick us out of the pew.
07:11Y'all, look!
07:13They called us heroes.
07:15You know, I always heard people call teachers heroes, and I was like, hey, but now that
07:19it's about me, I kind of get it.
07:21Are we sure this is the message we want to send to the public?
07:24I mean, our library's in a truck.
07:26This is a good thing.
07:28Yes.
07:29How could it not be?
07:30Hmm.
07:34Hey!
07:35What do you think you're doing?
07:37This is called cleaning.
07:39I know what it's called.
07:41I invented it.
07:42But you're supposed to start on the first floor.
07:44Dust kicks up.
07:45No.
07:46Start with the second floor.
07:48Dirt goes down.
07:49Lady, what are you even doing this work for?
07:51You should be in active combat or flying a space shuttle somewhere.
07:54Well, bad news for you, cause I'm right here, in this mall, on planet Earth.
07:59So why don't you clean your precious downstairs, and we can just meet in the middle.
08:04Fine.
08:05Fine.
08:06The woman with a mop.
08:09The whole damn world's falling apart.
08:11Ooh, there's a many family name on the front page, and nowhere does it say evasion, tax, or conviction.
08:18Miss Alomar, have you seen the front page of the Inquirer?
08:21We're on it.
08:22Oh, nice.
08:23That is pretty great.
08:24The district came down, and they told us how we're killing it.
08:26And then Scholastic donated all these school supplies.
08:29Folders, pens, pencils.
08:30Do yourself a kindness and poke into the box of erasers.
08:33Not a bad color in the loft.
08:34Yeah.
08:35And the district is loving it.
08:36Oh, I bet they are.
08:37What you mean by that?
08:39Was it the headline that threw you off?
08:41Cause it got me at first, too.
08:42I think it's more, do schools even need schools?
08:45Unless, do schools even need schools?
08:47When the district was here, did they tell you guys when you're getting back into Abbott?
08:51They did soon.
08:52Yep.
08:53Look, I'm not saying the article is bad.
08:55I just think they're using it as a way to distract you guys from the fact that you're not getting back into Abbott.
09:01That is absurd.
09:02Like, who even would use the media to distract people from shady stuff?
09:06Correct.
09:07Girl, you are tall, but you are wrong.
09:09Okay, but I've also seen construction workers at another school who said the district pulled them from Abbott.
09:16Well, that's probably because the crew was basically done at Abbott.
09:19So, you know, that's why there were no trucks when I rode by.
09:21Yeah.
09:22Yes.
09:23Tall.
09:24Wrong.
09:25Bogan.
09:26Or you guys are doing such a good job here that now there's no sense of urgency.
09:29But, hey, I didn't come here to burst any bubbles.
09:31Oh, really?
09:32Because I see no bubbles left unbursted.
09:34Maybe you're right.
09:36Maybe I'm wrong.
09:37Yeah.
09:38Or maybe I'm tall and right.
09:40Who could know?
09:42I...
09:44She's clearly confused.
09:47Yeah.
09:48Yeah.
09:49But what if, just for the sake of it, we see for ourselves?
09:52Because I'm 99% sure that I am both short and right, which is the best combination, right?
09:57Right.
09:58Well, let's go see.
10:02Watch where you're going.
10:03Must have been focused on all the dirt that still needs to be cleaned up.
10:07Please, my side is practically spotless.
10:10Really?
10:11With that sorry solution?
10:13Like yours is anything special.
10:15What you got there?
10:16Clorox?
10:17It's homemade.
10:18So is my concoction.
10:21On three, we say the ingredients.
10:24Three.
10:25Ammonia.
10:26Juice of three lemons and a dash of cognac.
10:28I guess you do know your stuff.
10:37I'll teach you a trick to enhance it.
10:42Bootleg Chanel No. 5.
10:45The real stuff won't do it.
10:48You're different than I thought.
10:57I get that a lot.
11:00But so are you.
11:02Well, look at that.
11:07Everything's coming along just fine.
11:10I'm gonna climb a ladder and make Alomar eat her words.
11:13Oh.
11:14A squatter.
11:18He has a right to be here.
11:19You have the right to be here.
11:21No, I'm just a construction worker on my lunch break.
11:23So, you guys going for like a henchman's lair kind of vibe?
11:27Yeah, you guys almost done here, right?
11:29Define almost.
11:30Then done.
11:31Then guys, cuz it's just me.
11:33So you're telling us that you are the sole construction worker for this entire school?
11:37Well, they pulled the other guys off this project to handle something pressing at another school.
11:41What could be more pressing than getting us out of a mall?
11:43Okay, well, hang on.
11:44It's not the mall's fault.
11:45Oh, yeah.
11:46And y'all in the mall school people from the paper.
11:48Seems like y'all doing alright over there.
11:50Good on y'all.
11:51Can't go anywhere if I'll be recognized.
11:53Just tell us when this is gonna be done.
11:55Don't know.
11:56I'm just a guy with a sandwich and a hammer.
11:58What?
11:59You don't have a hammer.
12:00That's where I forgot at home.
12:02Oh.
12:03Going to set us back another day for sure.
12:05You know what?
12:06Now you don't have a sandwich either.
12:09Give me your napkin.
12:12I thought I would feel better after getting some answers, but I feel nothing.
12:16At least before it felt like there was light at the end of the tunnel.
12:19Yeah?
12:20But now it feels like we are trapped in the tunnel.
12:23Which is why I always tell Gerald, take the bridge.
12:25Oh, trapped in a tunnel.
12:27It's my second greatest fear.
12:29Unfortunately, death by bridge is number one, so what are you gonna do?
12:32But yeah, I'm bummed too.
12:34Well, at least now we know.
12:35I mean, that's something.
12:37So let's just put our heads down and keep working.
12:40Look, we've been doing a great job in the mall, so we can keep doing it.
12:51What?
12:52I could be mad at the district too.
12:53Well, it's never seen you throw out a good picture of yourself before.
12:57Deontay, remember it is quiet working time.
13:07Sierra, why don't you come over here and sit by Deontay, okay?
13:12Ugh!
13:14Sierra, everything okay?
13:17I just wanted to sit with my friends and you're making me sit with Deontay again.
13:22Well, look, it's just that Deontay can sometimes use a little bit more help and you're doing so well.
13:30It's not fair though.
13:32It may not seem fair, but you should feel good that no matter what situation I put you in,
13:40you always rise to the occasion and oh my god, she's a metaphor.
13:46Don't you get it?
13:47She's Abbott.
13:48I am the district.
13:49Deontay's the mall.
13:50Or he's the other school.
13:52Or something.
13:53Whatever.
13:54Just trust me, it works.
13:55We don't have to take this.
13:57Yeah, twisted sister.
13:59Except it's, we're not gonna take it.
14:01God, the 80s.
14:02Wah!
14:03No, the district is punishing us because we're the good kid,
14:06which is what I was doing to Sierra and Deontay in my class,
14:09but don't worry, I stopped the district.
14:11What's happening though?
14:12Okay.
14:13Because we did such a great job managing this terrible situation,
14:16the district's just gonna keep us in this mall forever.
14:18They should be rewarding us for crushing it,
14:21but instead they're taking away our construction crew
14:24and giving it away to some other struggling school a la Deontay
14:27because they think we can handle it.
14:29Okay, yeah.
14:30I'm following you.
14:31Right?
14:32Uh-huh.
14:33You stood up to me.
14:34Nope.
14:35Lost it.
14:36What I'm saying is that it's not right for me to punish Sierra for doing well,
14:40and it isn't right for Simon to do the same thing to us.
14:43Okay?
14:44So we're not gonna take it.
14:45Rock and roll!
14:46Yes!
14:47We need to go down to the district and demand that they fix our school.
14:51Now, who the hell is with me?
14:52You have me a twisted sister, sister.
14:54I'm in!
14:55Yeah.
14:56I am most certainly not following your logic.
14:59I, too, am fed up to here with the district taking advantage of us.
15:05I love when Barbie is mad.
15:06Anyone else?
15:07Hear, hear!
15:08The district won't know what's coming.
15:09You all right?
15:10You wanna get down?
15:11Just get down.
15:12Did you get dizzy?
15:13But I love the energy.
15:14Let's go!
15:15Okay.
15:16All right!
15:17She means now!
15:18Did you hit the metaphor?
15:19Because it feels like people didn't really get it.
15:20Yeah, yeah, no, no, no.
15:21I got it.
15:22It made sense.
15:23Yeah, you're good.
15:24Let's go!
15:25That's when I knew I had to give up being a supermodel, pick up the mop, and go after
15:30my dreams.
15:31The former model myself, I walked down so many runways I never knew where I was headed.
15:35How do you just get it?
15:38One day someone spilled a Zima backstage.
15:40I cleaned it up.
15:41Never looked back.
15:42I've been chasing that higher ever since.
15:45I've cleaned all over this world.
15:47But no one has ever understood me like you do.
15:52All my life, I thought I'd be a lone custodial wolf.
15:55But Miss Carol has opened my eyes.
15:57Women can be so much more than oil riggers, miners, steel workers.
16:02They can clean.
16:04And let no one tell you otherwise.
16:07Anything is possible.
16:09Anything is possible!
16:11Simon, we are si-
16:16Oh, he's on the floor.
16:17Hey, everybody.
16:18Go ahead.
16:19Could you guys come back in like five, maybe?
16:21I don't think so, pal.
16:22How about that?
16:23I guess I can call my Grammy back later.
16:25Yeah.
16:26So, what can I do for the heroes of Abbott Elementary?
16:30Oh, the heroes.
16:31Wait.
16:32No.
16:33Enough of your mind tricks.
16:34They will not work on us anymore.
16:35Yeah, we're done with your worthless compliments while you actively don't support us.
16:38Oh, man.
16:39I worked really hard on those.
16:40But I appreciate the constructive feedback.
16:42That shows that you care.
16:43Oh.
16:44You district people have been slow as sloths repairing Abbott.
16:48Yeah.
16:49So we went down there to see for ourselves.
16:51And surprise!
16:52Yeah, no one's working.
16:53Except that one hammer sandwich guy, and there's no way he's enough.
16:57Yeah.
16:58You're taking advantage of us because we're good at what we do just to make our jobs harder.
17:02And if there's one thing I won't stand for, it's making my job harder.
17:06Okay.
17:07I'm sorry that the school repairs are not going as quick as you'd like, but on God, we're
17:11not punishing you.
17:12Well, maybe not on purpose, but-
17:13But it's what's going on.
17:14It finally happened.
17:15I finished one of your sentences, ma'am.
17:17Listen.
17:18Your furnace-breaking alerted us to other problems across the district, so we're trying
17:22to fix those schools before their buildings become unusable.
17:25There's only so many dead malls.
17:26Yes, but those students are still in working schools, while my children, they are learning
17:31in a bankrupt KB Toys.
17:33And now our kids know that toy stores used to exist and can close.
17:38It's not a fun conversation.
17:40Look, I promise you they are working on getting you back into Abbott.
17:43The district made a decision that they're going to repair other schools first.
17:47First?
17:48Simon, we deserve to be back in Abbott now.
17:51For sure.
17:52For show her!
17:53Do something about it.
17:54All right.
17:55I'll make some calls.
17:57Gregory, Janine, and Jacob, are we still good?
18:00Are you kidding me?
18:01No, no, no, no, no.
18:02We will see how those calls go.
18:04Mm-hmm.
18:05Going back to Abbott, y'all.
18:07Go ahead and thank you.
18:09Let's trash this place!
18:12Yeah, trash it all!
18:15Hey!
18:16Hey!
18:17Ah!
18:18Boom!
18:19First off, what are you doing?
18:21Sorry, sorry.
18:22I got caught up in the moment.
18:23We are not going back to Abbott today, but we will be going back in the next two weeks.
18:29Yes, and we just want to let you all know, we are so proud of what you've done here.
18:34This has been less than ideal, but you stuck it out and you made it through.
18:38And to persevere through such tremendous adversities?
18:42That speaks volumes about your little characters.
18:45And you have all done an incredible job.
18:48So does this mean we're the real heroes?
18:51You're so cute.
18:53Not according to the Philly Enquirer, kiddo.
18:56It's us.
18:58Well, I guess I'm shipping off.
19:00You know, Abbott isn't that far.
19:02Let's just end things now.
19:05Before it gets to...
19:07Messy.
19:18Where is she going?
19:21She knows she got to keep cleaning the mall until we leave, right?
19:24Do we even want to know whatever that was?
19:27They're clearly in love.
19:29What?
19:30Oh, and you're just going to let her get away?
19:32Forget it, Jacob.
19:33Just the mall mans.
19:34Oh, I know all about mall manses.
19:37You know, me and Benny Bonzo, we only lasted four hours, but...
19:41What a time we had.
19:44I'm going to miss your weird and somewhat inappropriate mall stories.
19:47Mmm.
19:48You know, in a few months when I forget about how hard this all has been,
19:50I might actually miss this mall.
19:52Mmm.
19:53Me too.
19:56Home sweet home.
19:58Yeah, I'd love that mall like a sister, if I like my sister.
20:01But man, it is good to be back.
20:03Oh, and it's better than ever.
20:04Check out this new brickwork.
20:05Nope. Same brick. Same word stain.
20:07Should have left you in a mall.
20:09Ah, same smell, and you know what?
20:12I don't mind.
20:13Shh.
20:15There's a new smell, too, though.
20:17Yeah, kind of dewy.
20:18Yeah.
20:19It's probably the mold.
20:20Hopefully just the mold.
20:22Ooh, we're back, baby!
20:24Yeah.
20:25Oh.
20:26Yep.
20:27Yeah.
20:28Yeah.
20:29Daya!
20:30That's my soldering iron.
20:32Daya!
20:33Check your bottom drawer.
20:36You look rested.
20:38I am.
20:39I had a lovely time on vacation.
20:41Oh, you were gone?
20:42I hadn't noticed.
20:43Yes.
20:44I went to Crystal River in Florida to snorkel with manatees.
20:46Hmm.
20:47Sounds super boring.
20:48Well, you're excused.
20:49I missed her.
20:50It was my fault.
20:51Are you embarrassed?
20:52Yeah.
20:53Oh.
20:54You were gone. I hadn't noticed. Yes. I went to Crystal River in Florida to snorkel with manatees
21:02Sounds super boring. Well, you're excused
21:17I missed her
21:20So much
21:22delicious
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