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00:00:24Oh, my brother, you took me wrong
00:00:30Trying to shut my mouth
00:00:33And to stop our song
00:00:36Just look at them people
00:00:39They've been hanging their heads
00:00:41They can see the fire in the sky
00:00:45And the trailer dead
00:00:47And it ain't right
00:00:51No, brother, it ain't right
00:01:06No, my brother, you gotta miss her right now
00:01:12You know it's the hour
00:01:15We've 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
00:01:27Sortee all ordnance by coordinate
00:01:30My call, my call, now, now
00:01:32No, brother, it ain't right
00:01:41We're gonna make it right
00:01:45Oh, brother, we'll make it right
00:01:57We're gonna make it right
00:02:15You know, I came here five years ago
00:02:17To help my sick uncle run this place
00:02:19But ever since then
00:02:21I can assure you
00:02:22That old major Ivy League colleges
00:02:24Keep a very close eye
00:02:26On all our students
00:02:27Please, go on down here
00:02:28Yes, go on down here
00:02:30All right
00:02:31Many of you already know me
00:02:34From your time in detention
00:02:37I am Mr. Price
00:02:39As you've probably already heard
00:02:41Mr. Watts
00:02:42Has received a job at Dartmouth
00:02:45And so I have inherited you for a day
00:02:48While we wait
00:02:49For your new teacher
00:02:51Mr. Clemens to arrive
00:02:54Who is already
00:02:56Late
00:02:58Top dog six
00:02:59This is cool cat
00:03:01My six is down
00:03:03My perimeter is compromised
00:03:15You're late
00:03:21Okay
00:03:22Okay
00:03:23Get one of those
00:03:25Get that
00:03:26All right
00:03:27Nicer
00:03:29Please hand these out
00:03:32In advance of his late arrival
00:03:34Because I'm such a great guy
00:03:36I have prepared for you
00:03:38Worksheets
00:03:39To give you a head start
00:03:41On the assignment
00:03:42That your new teacher
00:03:44Mr. Clemens
00:03:45Will be giving you
00:03:48Yes
00:03:48Um, yeah
00:03:50Mr. Price
00:03:51Sir
00:03:51I'm
00:03:52Really not feeling that well
00:03:54See, uh
00:03:54Today at lunch
00:03:55We had those chicken byproducts
00:03:57And those shaped little stegosaurus
00:03:58And, um, showing them lies
00:04:01That they didn't want theirs
00:04:02Come on, girl
00:04:03Can I just
00:04:04Can I just go to the nurse's office
00:04:06Just a second there
00:04:08Uh, anybody else
00:04:10Not feeling well
00:04:13Kind of what I thought
00:04:14Sit down
00:04:15Thank you
00:04:19You may begin
00:04:22Um, what if we don't know the date
00:04:24That our parents are married
00:04:25Well, that's why we call it homework
00:04:29Now, boarding students
00:04:30This means a call home
00:04:32Before study hall
00:04:33Not during
00:04:34Actually, uh, Eliza
00:04:36I can probably help you out
00:04:37Because if I'm not mistaken
00:04:39Your parents were married
00:04:41Exactly 16 years ago today
00:04:43Oh?
00:04:44Do wish them
00:04:45Happy anniversary for me
00:04:48Hmm
00:04:53Huh
00:04:54November, December, January
00:04:56Uh, uh, carry the two
00:04:58Ooh, that's curious
00:04:59You were born only five months
00:05:01After they were married
00:05:02Huh
00:05:03Oh
00:05:05Huh
00:05:06So is that true?
00:05:08I mean
00:05:08Is today really your parents' anniversary?
00:05:10I don't know
00:05:12Why would he know that?
00:05:14Or even care for that matter?
00:05:15He doesn't
00:05:16He's trying to get out of life
00:05:17Like he does all the townies
00:05:19Who don't pay as much as the boarders
00:05:24Are you Mr. Clements?
00:05:26I am
00:05:28And you are?
00:05:30Billy Price
00:05:31Welcome to Wesleyan, sir
00:05:33My father, Mr. Price, asked me to give you a tour
00:05:37Well, why don't you just show me to my classroom?
00:05:41Okay
00:05:46Well, the only reason I'm taking this class is because we said we'd all do a class together
00:05:50And genius boy over here promised it was going to be interesting
00:05:53Hey, I like history
00:05:54Yeah, well, that's because you're a mutant
00:05:57A cold-hearted bell curve killer
00:05:59What I don't need is more homework
00:06:01Besides, I hate history
00:06:08I think he's a new history teacher
00:06:13Maybe the homework won't be so bad after all
00:06:15You think so?
00:06:17Not a chance, Chiquita
00:06:20Here's your class
00:06:34Um, Ronnie
00:06:36Sir, Ronnie
00:06:37Hi, Ronnie
00:06:38Ronnie
00:06:39Physics, I forgot
00:06:40I love history
00:06:50Mr. Clements
00:06:52I see you found the history test Mr. Watts left for you
00:06:55He was very adamant that you get those
00:06:59Well, I did
00:07:00I just want to get to know the students in my own way
00:07:04Oh, I'm sorry
00:07:05I didn't expect anyone
00:07:08That's okay
00:07:09I'm Clements, the new guy
00:07:10Oh, uh, Verl
00:07:12Nice to meet you
00:07:13Mind if I
00:07:13They should name the school after Verl
00:07:16He knows every student that's ever walked these halls
00:07:20So, may I show you around?
00:07:24Thanks, I think I can find my own way
00:07:26Well, all right then
00:07:29Welcome to Wesleyan Academy
00:07:34There's a faculty lunch in the teacher's lounge tomorrow
00:07:37See you there
00:07:42Hey, man, what are you gonna do when you get out of this hole, huh?
00:07:44Teach history
00:07:46Why's that?
00:07:47I was an orphan at 14 on the streets and lost
00:07:50But I had a great history teacher
00:07:52He told me
00:07:53Today is tomorrow's history
00:07:55Make it count
00:07:56I'm gonna change my life
00:07:58Give me meaning and purpose
00:08:21Wonderful
00:08:22Very nice, Eliza
00:08:25You're gonna have to increase your rehearsal time by an hour after school every day
00:08:31What?
00:08:32Have a look
00:08:41I've been accepted to audition for the music conservatory in Paris
00:08:45I sent in your audition tape
00:08:47I hope you didn't mind
00:08:48Mine?
00:08:49Are you kidding?
00:08:50Oh, Mr. Richard
00:08:51I love you
00:08:52Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
00:08:56Thank you so much
00:08:57You have no idea
00:08:58You're gonna have to rehearse a lot more than you've been doing
00:09:01I will, I will
00:09:02I'm so excited
00:09:12Woo
00:09:14Well, you didn't actually think you finished first, did you?
00:09:18Oh, you did
00:09:20Well, let me let you in on a little secret there, lover boy
00:09:22They don't even keep stats on you
00:09:24Actually, there isn't even a depth chart that is deep enough to have your name on it
00:09:30Good to see you, too, Bill
00:09:32Hey, have I told you yet how much I appreciate your constant encouragement?
00:09:37I'll go crawl under the porch and bark at the cats
00:09:39No, really, thanks for caring enough to show me some tough love
00:09:42It really means a lot to me
00:09:44Especially coming from a faculty brat
00:09:50Give it up, fish bait
00:09:51You know what?
00:09:51You're always gonna be a loser
00:09:54Freak
00:09:59Boss!
00:10:00Mom!
00:10:00I'm so excited, Eliza
00:10:03I've been accepted to audition for the music conservatory
00:10:06That's incredible!
00:10:08Nothing is gonna stop me from getting accepted
00:10:13Happy anniversary, sweetheart
00:10:14Oh, thank you
00:10:15Happy anniversary to you
00:10:18Mom, I'm sorry that we can need some photos for my poster
00:10:20Oh, that's so great
00:10:22Sweetheart, would you help Cody with that?
00:10:24I can help him
00:10:24No, no, no, no, no
00:10:25I got it
00:10:26Let's go, bud
00:10:27You and I are going to sit and talk about your future
00:10:41So, um, happy anniversary, I guess
00:10:45Thanks
00:10:49What year were you and Mom married?
00:10:521968
00:10:53Sixteen years ago to this very day
00:10:57Cool
00:10:59Well, um, goodnight
00:11:02Goodnight, Eliza
00:11:28Uncle Randolph, you okay?
00:11:32I mean, rest
00:11:34Yeah
00:11:35No, I'll just, uh, I'll be over there
00:11:43Mr. Blakeslee
00:11:45Mr. Blakeslee
00:11:45Uh, your attorney and Mr. Boudreau are here
00:11:54I need you to sign the changes to your will that we discussed
00:11:59Eliza's been accepted
00:12:01To audition, yes
00:12:03I like your idea
00:12:08If she receives the family's honor
00:12:12By making the Academy
00:12:14The entire estate
00:12:19Goes to her
00:12:21And to my Jenny
00:12:23Fifty-fifty
00:12:24That's what the papers say
00:12:26I'm counting on you, Phil
00:12:31My only other living family
00:12:35Is Price
00:12:36Whose
00:12:38Greed for money
00:12:40Has kept him pandering to me all his life
00:12:44Come on, Dad
00:12:45What else do you expect me to do?
00:12:47You're not stupid, Billy
00:12:49She's McFarlane's best friend
00:12:50I hate that kid
00:12:51He's such a loser
00:12:52Even I can see that he wants more than just friendship from her
00:12:54Now she is completely infatuated with you
00:12:58So?
00:13:00So?
00:13:02Confuse her
00:13:03Make her think that McFarlane is the jerk
00:13:05Make them hate each other
00:13:07Rip them apart
00:13:08And then ask her to the dance or something
00:13:10Oh, Dad, I've got a reputation to retain
00:13:12Look
00:13:14Old man Blakeslee died last night
00:13:15Before I could get him to change his will back
00:13:17If she makes it to the conservatory, we're through
00:13:20You got that?
00:13:21Everything that I have had to lower myself and grovel for
00:13:24Gone
00:13:26But why me?
00:13:27Why do you want me to do it?
00:13:30Because if it's traced back to me, we're still toast
00:13:33You know what?
00:13:34Just get the job done, Billy
00:13:36And don't bother coming home
00:13:37Until you have something good to tell me
00:13:58What's wrong, Eliza?
00:14:02Nothing
00:14:03Maybe I'm just a little scared
00:14:07Well, don't be
00:14:09You do fine
00:14:13I'll see you after school
00:14:22Are there any other issues to discuss?
00:14:25Uh, yes
00:14:25Please remind the students that after a third tardy
00:14:29They lose half a grade point
00:14:33Well, that's according to teacher discretion
00:14:35Certainly they're legitimate tardies
00:14:39Yes, and, uh, how exactly would we know if it's legitimate?
00:14:46Oh, we could try something radical like asking the students to be honest
00:14:50That's rich
00:14:52School rules specifically state that a tardy can only be excused if the student has a note from a teacher
00:14:59or the dean's office
00:15:00Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, all we're trying to do here is minimize excessive tardiness
00:15:04So please use your best judgment
00:15:06In case any of you haven't yet, this is Stephen Clements
00:15:11Good to meet you
00:15:12He's replacing Mr. Watts in the history department
00:15:15Welcome to Wesleyan
00:15:17Oh, and congratulations, Mr. Boudreau of our music department
00:15:23His protege and our own Eliza Baird
00:15:26Has been accepted to audition for the music conservatory in Paris
00:15:37So
00:15:40Hey, where are you going?
00:15:42I need to drop history
00:15:45Whoa, whoa, whoa, what?
00:15:46You can't
00:15:48Well, sure she can
00:15:50Still one hour to get Mr. Clements to sign this card and return it to me
00:15:55Oh, okay
00:15:56Thanks
00:15:58I'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 going to take history together
00:16:05It was my parents' 16th anniversary yesterday
00:16:11Okay
00:16:12So?
00:16:14So
00:16:15I'm dropping history and I don't want to talk about it anymore
00:16:20Come on, guys, hurry up
00:16:21Thank goodness you guys are here
00:16:23Isn't this weird?
00:16:34We're in big trouble
00:16:36Oh, this is bad
00:16:39Still think I'm crazy?
00:16:41Oh, no, it gets worse
00:16:44Oh, my God, it's outside
00:16:54Field trip
00:16:55Yeah
00:16:56Yeah
00:16:57What are you doing?
00:16:59Where are you going?
00:17:00We're going
00:17:01Hold on
00:17:02Here we go
00:17:02Come on there, Patti Smurf, field trip
00:17:05Come on, Amy
00:17:09Annotations are notes that you make about the text while you are reading it
00:17:15What in the world?
00:17:18Of course, you are not to mark your textbooks, which are school property in any way
00:17:26I'm Mr. Clements, your new history teacher
00:17:28Take off your shoes and socks
00:17:29Gather round
00:17:52Talk about a freak show
00:17:54Oh, what does he think he's doing?
00:17:56It doesn't matter
00:17:57I'm dropping this class anyway
00:17:59Really?
00:18:01Hey
00:18:02So do you kind of got a thing for Spence?
00:18:04Or do I have a chance?
00:18:07He and I are just friends
00:18:10Excuse me
00:18:18Ice front
00:18:20You?
00:18:25After the Battle of Gettysburg
00:18:27General Meade of the North
00:18:28Wired Headquarters
00:18:29Saying
00:18:30Cannot delay to pick up the debris of the battlefield
00:18:37The debris
00:18:40Thousands of soldiers' bodies fermenting in the July heat and humidity
00:18:46Teams of soldiers, confederate prisoners, and local civilians
00:18:49Worked as quickly as they could to bury the bodies under minimal covering
00:18:54One soldier described the earth giving way beneath his feet
00:18:58As he walked the shallow trenches of the battlefield
00:19:06Farmers had to plant around the bodies
00:19:09Later all the bodies were exhumed
00:19:11Identified 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
00:19:32Eliza
00:19:35Thanks
00:19:37I can't memorize the Gettysburg Address
00:19:39Can't he even make us do that?
00:19:40See, I was right
00:19:41Even you guys are ready to go on strike after the first day
00:19:43Look who's talking
00:19:44You were staring at him
00:19:45Most of them
00:19:48He didn't sign it
00:19:49See?
00:19:50You were staring
00:19:51There goes your history boycott
00:19:52We're talking major grief here
00:19:54I gotta get her to sign it
00:19:55No, you can't
00:19:56I already saw him leave
00:19:57Welcome back
00:20:00That stuff he was saying
00:20:01Did you guys know it was in the Gettysburg Address?
00:20:03Yeah
00:20:05Not you
00:20:05No, it won't be as well
00:20:07Eliza, look
00:20:08He said we didn't have to memorize it
00:20:09It's not going to count on our final grade
00:20:18Eliza, pay attention to the timing
00:20:20It goes
00:20:21One, two, three, four
00:20:23Not one, two, three
00:20:24Can't for
00:20:27Sorry
00:20:30Four score and seven years ago
00:20:32Our fathers brought forth on this continent
00:20:35A new nation
00:20:36Conceived in liberty
00:20:37And dedicated to the proposition
00:20:39That all men are created equal
00:20:41We are met on the great battlefield
00:20:43Of that war
00:20:44We have come to dedicate a portion of that field
00:20:47As a final resting place
00:20:49For those who came up their lives
00:20:51That that nation
00:20:52Might live
00:20:59Whoa
00:21:00Cool
00:21:00Thanks, Mom
00:21:02It's perfect
00:21:09You okay?
00:21:11Yeah
00:21:12I'm just tired, that's all
00:21:17Hey
00:21:17Did you do a scrapbook for me?
00:21:20Of course I did
00:21:21Do you want me to find it?
00:21:23No
00:21:23It's okay
00:21:26It's okay
00:21:28Night
00:21:29Night
00:21:48Great task remaining before us
00:21:51It is for us, the living rather
00:21:53To be dedicated here
00:21:54To the unfinished work
00:21:55Which they who fought here
00:21:57Have so nobly advanced
00:21:58That we hear highly so
00:22:00That the dead shall not have died or laid
00:22:03The world will little note
00:22:05Nor long remember what we say here
00:22:07But it can never forget what they did here
00:22:09That this nation under God
00:22:11Shall have a new birth of freedom
00:22:13And that a government of the people
00:22:15And that a government of the people
00:22:15By the people
00:22:16For the people
00:22:18Thou not perish from this earth
00:22:23Thank you, thank you
00:22:25You did it
00:22:27Why did you do it?
00:22:29You're asking us?
00:22:31Seriously?
00:22:33Because we had to
00:22:35No, you didn't
00:22:35I said it wouldn't affect your grade
00:22:37And why did you learn it, Amy?
00:22:39Why'd you memorize Lincoln's words?
00:22:44What makes you think I did?
00:22:46Surprise, surprise
00:22:47That's our Amy
00:22:50Now before any of you
00:22:51Start fantasizing
00:22:52That I'm against testing
00:22:53Or that this is going to be
00:22:54An easy class
00:22:54There'll be a quiz tomorrow
00:22:57On the contents
00:22:58And historic relevance
00:22:59Of the Gettlesburg Address
00:23:00Yes
00:23:02Sit down, Ronald
00:23:03Hey, how do you feel?
00:23:06Well, uh
00:23:08I feel different
00:23:11Good, different
00:23:12Anybody else feel different?
00:23:17Amy?
00:23:18Different?
00:23:19I didn't learn it
00:23:22Um
00:23:24I feel different
00:23:26Smarter
00:23:26Yeah, that's a first
00:23:27Good
00:23:28No, no, no, no
00:23:29It's good
00:23:30You all understand
00:23:31You are different
00:23:32Smarter
00:23:33You're better off
00:23:34Because of the great deeds
00:23:36And great words
00:23:37Of those who've gone before you
00:23:40Now it means something to me
00:23:42Because you've learned it
00:23:43It's here
00:23:45And 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 going to look back
00:23:57On this moment
00:23:57And you realize your whole life
00:23:58Was changed because of
00:23:59What 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
00:24:10Personal 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
00:24:20And family histories
00:24:22Hmm
00:24:25For less
00:24:31And it will count for
00:24:33Wait for it
00:24:37Half your grade
00:24:39That's all
00:24:40Half
00:24:42What great deeds
00:24:43And words
00:24:44Did your ancestors
00:24:46Leave for you?
00:24:47What will be your legacy
00:24:49To your descendants?
00:24:50Who is Shelley?
00:24:53How smart is Spencer
00:24:54Patrick McFarl?
00:24:58What are you doing here?
00:24:59Where are you supposed to be?
00:25:01Wait, I was just
00:25:01Move it
00:25:02You can explain to the dean
00:25:12Yesterday
00:25:12She failed to get her
00:25:14Transfer card signed
00:25:16And then came begging to me
00:25:18For an extension
00:25:19Which I gave her
00:25:21Now today
00:25:22She's just standing in the hall
00:25:24No intention of going to class
00:25:27So that's an automatic
00:25:28F for sloughing
00:25:30No, but I was just
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 hall
00:25:43Is there a problem?
00:25:46So you knew she was there?
00:25:49Of course
00:25:50Hmm
00:25:50So I'm sure you were
00:25:52Practicing some new
00:25:53Teaching technique with her
00:25:54Hmm?
00:25:55Yeah
00:25:56Come on, Eliza
00:26:07Why'd you do that?
00:26:09Because you had the desire
00:26:10To stand outside my classroom
00:26:11And listen
00:26:12Sit there, relax
00:26:13Can I get you a pillow?
00:26:28Can you just sign my transfer card?
00:26:31Oh, uh, too late for that
00:26:33Well, it wasn't too late yesterday
00:26:35When I gave it to you to sign
00:26:37Well, you just gave me a piece of paper
00:26:39You didn't ask me to sign it
00:26:41Well, it's not too late
00:26:42Because Mr. Price gave me an extension
00:26:46You can't ignore this
00:26:52So will you please sign my transfer card, Mr. Clements?
00:26:57No
00:26:59What?
00:27:00What gives you the right?
00:27:03Well, I'm just not gonna let you take the easy way out
00:27:07I have never taken the easy way out
00:27:09And you obviously don't know anything about me
00:27:12And my history is none of your business
00:27:15What are you afraid of?
00:27:18Let's throw some of your history out on the table
00:27:20For everybody to examine
00:27:21See what you're afraid of
00:27:23You can take your history
00:27:30Mr. Boudreau
00:27:35I need to have a word with you, please
00:27:45So mad
00:27:46Who?
00:27:48Clements
00:27:48Whoa, 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
00:27:55And 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?
00:28:07I can't right now
00:28:08It's
00:28:09It's too complicated
00:28:13Is it about the music conservatory?
00:28:15Oh my gosh, the conservatory
00:28:22Mr. Boudreau, I am so sorry I'm late
00:28:25Well, don't worry, Eliza
00:28:27He isn't really a class
00:28:29So there's no great point to lose for being late
00:28:35Where's Mr. Boudreau?
00:28:37Our dear Mr. Boudreau has decided to retire
00:28:40What?
00:28:42No, no, no
00:28:43That's impossible
00:28:44He wouldn't do that
00:28:45Yeah
00:28:46Kind of a forced retirement, really
00:28:48Inappropriate conduct with student
00:28:50But he took the bullet
00:28:52For you
00:28:55That's ridiculous
00:28:57Perhaps
00:28:58But that isn't how he saw it
00:29:01So
00:29:02Shall we get to work?
00:29:03I promised him that I would do my best to help out in his absence
00:29:07You know this one?
00:29:12It'll go
00:29:17Hey
00:29:19How 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
00:29:27What's the matter?
00:29:29Nothing
00:29:32Oh
00:29:34You know, I'm sorry about Mr. Boudreau
00:29:36I tried to talk my dad out of it
00:29:38I told him that you were just a really friendly girl
00:29:41Please, he's like my grandfather
00:29:43Oh, good
00:29:44Well, so he's not my competition
00:29:47I mean, um
00:29:49You were waiting here for me, weren't you?
00:29:52You weren't
00:29:55Well
00:29:56I hope you're not waiting for Spencer
00:29:57If you did, I hope you packed a lunch
00:29:59He may be a while
00:30:00I 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?
00:30:07Last guy out of the pool, remember?
00:30:10Let's go, bro
00:30:11I'll see you later, Eliza
00:30:16Well, it's like we always say
00:30:19Jerks travel in groups of threes
00:30:21I mean, is it some kind of zen number
00:30:23In the jerk world or something?
00:30:26Sometimes you are so into your own life
00:30:27That you don't think about anybody else but yourself
00:30:30Whoa, whoa, hey, hey
00:30:31What's wrong?
00:30:35I'm sorry about Mr. Boudreaux, all right?
00:30:38How do you know?
00:30:41I heard Billy bragging it up about how his dad gave the old coot the boot
00:30:46He didn't say that
00:30:49Look, Eliza, don't fall for his charm, all right?
00:30:53You know what?
00:30:54Don't act like my big brother, okay?
00:30:56I can make my own choices
00:30:57Eliza, come on
00:31:02Eliza, where are you going?
00:31:04I just need to think
00:31:06Well, let me give you a run home
00:31:09You know, Billy can't recover from being a jerk
00:31:13Yeah, there's no jerks anonymous
00:31:16Jerkdom isn't a place you can just go vacation in and come home
00:31:19Why don't you go with a tan-lined stay?
00:31:23I don't think that's true
00:31:26Okay, so maybe they fade over time
00:31:29Come 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
00:31:51Yeah, Mom
00:31:51You have a visitor
00:31:56Mr. Fitzgerald
00:31:58I'm so sorry
00:31:59This is all my fault
00:32:00Nonsense
00:32:01Had nothing to do with it
00:32:03You're forced to retire because of me
00:32:05We're not gonna let that get in the way of your future
00:32:09Well, ever since you told me about the conservatory
00:32:12It's been my dream to go there
00:32:13Okay
00:32:14Let's get to work
00:32:15Now, besides composing and singing your own work
00:32:20The 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
00:32:36I want you to play it like Beethoven felt it
00:32:40I want you to know what he was thinking when he wrote it
00:32:43And who he wrote it for
00:32:44And what he felt
00:32:45When you do that
00:32:47Then you really have learned the piece
00:32:50Okay
00:32:52Eliza
00:32:52It's important for you to remember
00:32:55The music conservatory
00:32:57Doesn't just listen for the student's music
00:32:59They listen for the music in the student
00:33:05Hey
00:33:06Eliza
00:33:06I found your scrapbook
00:33:12Ah, pictures
00:33:14And you have clothes on
00:33:15Yes
00:33:17Um
00:33:18Do you have any other scrapbooks of me?
00:33:24Hey, can we finish this tomorrow?
00:33:26Yeah
00:33:26Yeah?
00:33:27Okay
00:33:27Good night, baby
00:33:28Good night, buddy
00:33:32Sweetie, I have tons of pictures of you growing up
00:33:36I just haven't had a chance
00:33:37To 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
00:33:50Or did you just have to?
00:34:01Of course we planned on getting married
00:34:05Mr. Clements went and signed my transfer
00:34:07So
00:34:07I have to do my personal history
00:34:09Or I flunk
00:34:11It includes stuff like
00:34:14When I was born
00:34:15And
00:34:16When my parents were married
00:34:18And
00:34:20Whether I was even wanted
00:34:21Or if it was just an accident
00:34:35I didn't see that coming
00:34:36I guess we knew that day was going to come sometime
00:34:40Not now
00:34:42so�
00:34:43Kle obscene And
00:34:44stuff All
00:34:55right Well,
00:34:56I'm so sorry I love
00:34:56you All right
00:34:58so sorry I love
00:34:59But
00:35:03I
00:35:04I
00:35:05I
00:35:10I
00:35:11I
00:35:11I
00:35:18Mr. Clements.
00:35:20Mr. McFarland.
00:35:22Why so early?
00:35:24I'm trying to make regionals.
00:35:26They only take the top three summers.
00:35:28Where's the region meet this year?
00:35:31Here.
00:35:33Really?
00:35:34Hmm.
00:35:36You 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.
00:35:52Okay.
00:35:54You know it's an old pool, too.
00:35:57The edge tiles, the 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, tiles are over plaster.
00:36:07I'm not a lot less slick.
00:36:09You can push off with everything you got without slipping, right?
00:36:11Oh, and 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,
00:36:26to increase your lung capacity?
00:36:29Work up to 60 seconds.
00:36:31Then 80.
00:36:3380.
00:36:3480?
00:36:35What?
00:36:36Come here.
00:36:40I'll get you after class.
00:36:42Oh, great.
00:36:44I'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 Baird.
00:36:54Please see me after class.
00:36:54Uh, often, history is made when someone decides to change the way people think about things,
00:37:03the way of doing things.
00:37:05Revolution means radical change of any kind.
00:37:08For instance, why do you sit in this chair every day?
00:37:11Um, because it's here.
00:37:13Thank you, Sir Ronnie Edmund Hillary.
00:37:16Well, say you, Mr. McFarland.
00:37:18Oh, never mind.
00:37:20Amy, why 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.
00:37:31Come on.
00:37:33Four seconds.
00:37:35Good.
00:37:36Double up.
00:37:38Come on, people.
00:37:39Move.
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.
00:37:50Gertz 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.
00:38:03Change 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...
00:38:09Get 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.
00:38:23All right.
00:38:29You've created new possibilities by doing nothing more than changing the way you always do
00:38:33things.
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.
00:38:51Yeah, that's so crazy.
00:39:08You 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.
00:39:17I 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.
00:39:24I 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.
00:39:38It's because the 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, so I happen to know they don't
00:39:53take students who drop sophomore history.
00:39:57You'd have been ineligible had I signed your transfer.
00:40:01Mr. Price 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?
00:40:16Well, 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.
00:40:34Hi.
00:40:42I love it.
00:40:47I love it.
00:41:04It's a silly big dream
00:41:13When I'm walking home with no one next to me
00:41:18Stealing glances from across the busy street
00:41:23This is our silly game
00:41:26Stuck on the beat, it's on the beat
00:41:31It made me believe
00:41:53Here, try in there.
00:41:57Might help.
00:42:00Please return it when you're finished
00:42:27Woohoo!
00:42:40You look bored.
00:42:41You waiting for someone?
00:42:42Spencer?
00:42:43Figures.
00:42:44You been waiting long, why don't I give you a ride?
00:42:48Okay.
00:42:50Okay.
00:43:06Be careful.
00:43:19He's trying to walk.
00:43:19You can do it.
00:43:20He's trying to walk on the road.
00:43:34Where'd you get the play?
00:43:36Mr. Clements.
00:43:38To my number one,
00:43:40this will help you better understand my second love.
00:43:43Jenny B.
00:43:46Somebody's got a girlfriend.
00:43:49Well, you're right.
00:44:36I can't do the assignment.
00:44:39Why?
00:44:41It's personal.
00:44:43Well, the histories usually are.
00:44:49There's nothing in my scrapbook that says I was born.
00:44:53Not even in the newspaper birth announcements.
00:44:56No pictures of my mom pregnant with me
00:44:59or of me in the hospital.
00:45:06They were married in October of 1968
00:45:09and I was born in March, five months later.
00:45:17So you think they didn't want you?
00:45:23It just feels like they were hiding it.
00:45:27Oh, it may feel that way,
00:45:30but the truth isn't always that simple.
00:45:36Before you jump to conclusions,
00:45:38you have to explore all the possibilities.
00:45:42You were premature.
00:45:45Or, for example,
00:45:47your mom's eyes are green, right?
00:45:50Yeah.
00:45:52And your dad's?
00:45:54Green as well.
00:45:56Did you learn anything in biology about genetics?
00:46:00What you need to do is explore all the facts
00:46:05and be really sure about
00:46:06what you want to ask your parents
00:46:08when you go and talk to them.
00:46:12Eliza, wait, honey.
00:46:14You knew I was adopted.
00:46:16Why didn't you just tell me?
00:46:17We couldn't.
00:46:19In order to get you,
00:46:20we had to agree to a court order
00:46:21not to tell you till you were 18.
00:46:23A court order?
00:46:24Yeah.
00:46:28Did you see my birth mom
00:46:30at the hospital after I was born?
00:46:33No.
00:46:35Do you know her name?
00:46:37Please understand that no matter what,
00:46:39we love you as if you were
00:46:40our own flesh and blood.
00:46:41But I'm not.
00:46:45I don't know who I am.
00:46:46You are and will always be
00:46:48our daughter, Eliza Baird.
00:46:50The past does not change who you are.
00:46:53Whose past?
00:46:55Yours, maybe, but not mine.
00:46:58The two most important people
00:47:00in my life gave me up.
00:47:02It wasn't like that at all.
00:47:04All I'm saying is
00:47:05it's not every day you find out
00:47:07that your mom and dad
00:47:08aren't your real mom and dad.
00:47:16What if I find out
00:47:17who they are on my own?
00:47:18It's not going to make it any easier.
00:47:20They need to know.
00:47:21Why don't you understand that?
00:47:22We understand, of course,
00:47:24that you want to know.
00:47:26You have to trust
00:47:27that the decisions we made
00:47:28have always been
00:47:29what we believe is best for you.
00:47:38I love you, sweetheart.
00:47:48I am adopted.
00:47:54That's okay.
00:47:57But I don't know
00:47:57how I feel about it.
00:47:59Well, do you have
00:47:59wonderful parents that love you?
00:48:03Yeah, but...
00:48:05I just want to know their names
00:48:06and why they didn't keep me.
00:48:07I mean, isn't that
00:48:08a part of who I am?
00:48:09Yeah, but does it really
00:48:10matter right now?
00:48:12You know, it's just
00:48:14finding out right now.
00:48:15I mean, it's not fair.
00:48:16Was going deaf
00:48:17fair to Beethoven?
00:48:21No.
00:48:23Well, Liza,
00:48:24something bad happens
00:48:25to all of us in our life.
00:48:28Whether it's because
00:48:29of the choices we make
00:48:30or because, you know,
00:48:31events beyond our control,
00:48:33but it's how we get up
00:48:34and go forward
00:48:34from that that matters the most.
00:48:37In Beethoven,
00:48:38he was able to find his music
00:48:39in spite of being deaf.
00:48:41Right?
00:48:45So, how's that audition
00:48:47piece of yours coming along?
00:48:49Terrible.
00:48:51Mr. Boudreau doesn't think
00:48:52I can see how concerned he is,
00:48:54but I know he's disappointed
00:48:56in me.
00:48:59Well, we can't change
00:49:00the past, Liza.
00:49:03We study history,
00:49:05learn from the past,
00:49:07so that we don't
00:49:08repeat its mistakes.
00:49:10Remember the friend
00:49:11I told you about?
00:49:13Well, she let her emotions
00:49:14get in the way
00:49:15of going to the consultative.
00:49:18I don't want to make
00:49:18that mistake.
00:49:20Good.
00:49:21So you don't have to include
00:49:22your biological parents
00:49:25or your adoption
00:49:26in the assignment.
00:49:28Really?
00:49:29Yeah.
00:49:53Good man.
00:49:54Then we're ready
00:49:55to do a timed trial tomorrow
00:49:56to see who can go
00:49:57to Regions on Friday.
00:49:58That all right with you?
00:50:00Sure is.
00:50:01Get out of here.
00:50:07Good friend, man.
00:50:11Nice job, man.
00:50:16Spence, why do you do that?
00:50:17Is locker slamming
00:50:18some sort of guy bonding thing,
00:50:20like a slug in the arm
00:50:21or something?
00:50:24I wouldn't think
00:50:24a slug in you
00:50:25in your arm.
00:50:26Well, it's you.
00:50:29Hi.
00:50:30Hi.
00:50:31Locker slamming.
00:50:33Not really a guy bonding thing.
00:50:35It's more of an attention
00:50:36getting device.
00:50:38Well, it's annoying.
00:50:41Well, what would you recommend?
00:50:44I don't know.
00:50:46Visual contact,
00:50:47maybe a smile in the hallway,
00:50:49being nice to my friends.
00:50:52It doesn't take too much.
00:50:54Well, how about I call you?
00:50:56That could work.
00:51:01Well, that
00:51:02would require a number.
00:51:05No, not there.
00:51:13Hey, Spence.
00:51:16You know, I've been meaning
00:51:17to tell you that I think
00:51:17your backstroke is getting
00:51:18really good.
00:51:19And actually, I think
00:51:20the three of us
00:51:20should all hang out soon.
00:51:21Spencer.
00:51:31So, have I been acting
00:51:33a little strange lately?
00:51:34Uh, no.
00:51:36You've been acting
00:51:36a lot strange lately.
00:51:39So, what's up?
00:51:42Um, it's kind of complicated,
00:51:45but, in a nutshell,
00:51:48I found out I'm adopted.
00:51:51Oh, my gosh, Liza.
00:51:53I'd totally be
00:51:54freaking out right now.
00:51:56Okay, so all things considered,
00:51:59maybe you weren't acting
00:52:00so strange after all?
00:52:01Are you okay?
00:52:03Yeah, I mean, I'm
00:52:05getting there.
00:52:06It's just, do me a favor
00:52:09and just be there for me.
00:52:12I mean, like, don't
00:52:13don't tell anyone.
00:52:16But, if I start acting
00:52:18a little weird,
00:52:18just let me know.
00:52:21So, what about
00:52:22the assignment?
00:52:23Yeah, I'm not going to
00:52:25include any of the
00:52:25adoption stuff in it.
00:52:28Unless I find out
00:52:29who my biological parents
00:52:31are.
00:52:32Let's just hope
00:52:33it's not these guys.
00:52:36Did I have mirrors
00:52:38back then?
00:52:52Jennifer Blakeslee.
00:52:55Jennifer Blakeslee.
00:52:55Who's that?
00:52:58No one.
00:53:19So, um, I have to finish
00:53:21my family history
00:53:22assignment, so I'm going to
00:53:23need to quiz you guys
00:53:24about some stuff.
00:53:27Don't worry.
00:53:28Mr. Clement said
00:53:28I don't have to include
00:53:29any of what we talked
00:53:30about yesterday.
00:53:31What year did you guys
00:53:32graduate?
00:53:34I played volleyball,
00:53:35and your dad
00:53:37was on the football team.
00:53:39Dad played football?
00:53:41No, he was just
00:53:42on the team.
00:53:42But he was a great swimmer.
00:53:44In fact, his medley relay team
00:53:46took state, our senior year.
00:53:50So, who were
00:53:51your best friends?
00:53:57Mom says you
00:53:58interrogated her.
00:53:59Held her under
00:54:00the white light.
00:54:01Did you break her?
00:54:03Hardly.
00:54:04Your relay team
00:54:05took state?
00:54:06Oh, yeah.
00:54:07I'll have to tell Spencer.
00:54:08He'll be all over it.
00:54:09Mm-hmm.
00:54:10Let's see here.
00:54:12Oh, here we go.
00:54:14Glissmeyer,
00:54:15Peterson,
00:54:15Squires,
00:54:17and me.
00:54:19No, let me see it.
00:54:20I'm going to look
00:54:21at you and Mom some more.
00:54:25Okay.
00:54:26You say a word
00:54:27about my clothes,
00:54:28you're grounded.
00:54:29Oh, it's too late
00:54:30for that.
00:54:31Dad.
00:54:33Seriously.
00:54:34Come on now.
00:54:40By now,
00:54:41most of you
00:54:42should have completed
00:54:43the basic research
00:54:45on your family history.
00:54:47Now you get to have
00:54:47a little fun,
00:54:48be creative,
00:54:49because you can present
00:54:49it any way you like.
00:54:51You're not going to find
00:54:52these words in your book.
00:54:53That doesn't mean
00:54:54they're not history,
00:54:55they're not important.
00:54:56If it's important to you,
00:54:57then it's part of history,
00:54:58right?
00:54:58so I would like to share
00:55:00with you
00:55:01a little piece
00:55:01of my history
00:55:02to get the ball rolling.
00:55:21I love this song.
00:55:24I love this song.
00:55:30you should see
00:55:32what a lovely, lovely world
00:55:35this would be
00:55:38never in wonder
00:55:40to live together
00:55:45It seems to me
00:55:47such an easy, easy thing
00:55:50this would be
00:55:53Can't you and me
00:55:55learn to love
00:55:56one more
00:55:57Oh, help me now
00:56:00All the world over
00:56:01so easy to see
00:56:03People everywhere
00:56:05Just more than
00:56:06people
00:56:07I can't
00:56:08I can't
00:56:09I can't
00:56:09I can't
00:56:10I can't
00:56:27Stop it.
00:56:29Get back to work.
00:56:31Who the heck does he think he is?
00:56:41Okay, okay.
00:56:42I'll talk to him.
00:56:44Yes, please.
00:56:45Because he's bad for the students, he's bad for the school, but he doesn't fit in.
00:56:49Mr. Clemens is a great teacher.
00:56:53The kids love him.
00:56:55I don't.
00:56:57Maybe you've forgotten who you're dealing with.
00:57:05You don't own this school yet, Mr. Price.
00:57:09Get out of my office before I lose my patience.
00:57:23Okay, that was actually pretty cool.
00:57:25It's one of the songs my dad said to listen to in Vietnam.
00:57:28We should have never gone over there.
00:57:29Yeah, I mean, it's no wonder we lost.
00:57:31Fighting a war with a bunch of drug addicts?
00:57:34The ground troops were nothing but a government-sponsored drug party.
00:57:37I would have been lined up right there with the protesters and draft dodgers.
00:57:40Wait, wait, wait.
00:57:44You don't know anything about what you're saying, you know.
00:57:46I just got over here seriously.
00:57:49We're going to often hear a lot of debates and arguments,
00:57:52opposing views about whether we should have gone to war or engaged in war.
00:57:57Just make sure before you open your mouths that you've studied the facts
00:58:01so you can know the truth.
00:58:02Follow me.
00:58:02Follow me.
00:58:03I want to 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?
00:58:29It's right here.
00:58:30Red for those injured in battle.
00:58:33White for those missing in action.
00:58:36And the gold star goes by the names of those killed in action.
00:58:46Look close.
00:58:47Read the names.
00:58:51Some played football.
00:58:53Some played basketball.
00:58:55Some were swimmers.
00:58:57They went to dances.
00:58:59They fell in love.
00:59:03They all had hopes and dreams, just like you.
00:59:07I know because I was in Vietnam.
00:59:08It's also part of my history.
00:59:10There will always be debate about war.
00:59:13But never forget, behind the politics and the protesting you might have seen on TV about Vietnam,
00:59:19if thousands of young Americans, really close to your age, who are fighting and dying.
00:59:26What do we owe them?
00:59:30Our 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 everything.
00:59:46To secure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for people everywhere.
00:59:52It's the same thing you owe your ancestors.
00:59:54The battles that they fought, whenever they fought them,
00:59:57to give you the liberty and freedoms that you have today.
01:00:02So never forget.
01:00:15So never forget.
01:00:36Sabra, are you okay?
01:00:39Last back.
01:00:42I'm okay.
01:00:44Thanks.
01:00:45I'm okay.
01:00:46I'm...
01:01:01I'm...
01:01:23I'm sorry, Mr. Bidrow.
01:01:24I can't do this right now.
01:01:34Dad?
01:01:38Hey, what's going on?
01:01:43I'm trying, Dad.
01:01:44I really am.
01:01:49I know you and Mom love me, and I love you, but every time I start feeling like I'm okay
01:01:56with being adopted, I realize that it's not my history that I'm writing about.
01:02:03I understand that.
01:02:04You're right.
01:02:08Sometimes I feel like I don't know who I am.
01:02:12Like I don't fit in.
01:02:15And 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.
01:02:31How 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.
01:02:41You want to do the right thing, but it doesn't mean you always do.
01:02:53Well, we never promised you couldn't find out for yourself.
01:02:59You know where we keep all the important papers, don't you?
01:03:19Mr. Clement.
01:03:21Mr. Clement.
01:03:22Here.
01:03:23Here.
01:03:30What?
01:03:37Look.
01:03:38It's my birth mom, Jennifer Blakeslee.
01:03:41And that's my birth dad, Steven Squires.
01:03:44Can you believe it?
01:03:45This is so cool.
01:03:46Now I can do my assignment.
01:03:47Thank you so much.
01:03:54I envy you.
01:03:55You 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?
01:04:18Tell you what?
01:04:19That Squires had a daughter.
01:04:22Squires is dead, Steve.
01:04:24Don't dig him back up.
01:04:31Why did Blakeslee bring me back here?
01:04:34Blakeslee died never knowing who you really were.
01:04:37I brought you here.
01:04:47I found you a book in the library.
01:04:50What kind of game are you playing?
01:05:01Swimmers!
01:05:02Take your mark!
01:05:04Go!
01:05:21I told you that was annoying.
01:05:24I 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...
01:05:31That's great.
01:05:32I know.
01:05:32I mean, honestly, I never thought I'd make it this far.
01:05:36Hey, um...
01:05:36You know the dance that's after the Regents?
01:05:39I was wondering...
01:05:40Well...
01:05:41Oh, I know that we all said we'd go together, but...
01:05:43Yeah, uh...
01:05:44About that.
01:05:46How would you like to go with just me?
01:05:49Hmm?
01:05:51That...
01:05:51That sounds great.
01:05:53Yeah, uh...
01:05:54But...
01:05:55Can I think about it before I give you a for-sure answer?
01:06:00Oh.
01:06:05Look, if...
01:06:06If you wanna go wait for Bill, then...
01:06:09Just...
01:06:10Go wait for him.
01:06:11Without me.
01:06:20Uh...
01:06:20Liza.
01:06:21Hey, Liza.
01:06:25Do you have that play I loaned you?
01:06:26Camelot?
01:06:28Oh.
01:06:30I think I left it.
01:06:33Burl found it.
01:06:36You know, when someone loaned you something, you really should return it when you're finished.
01:06:41Okay.
01:06:41I'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.
01:06:58Okay.
01:06:58Okay.
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, and the people he loves most.
01:07:10Oh.
01:07:11What's the secret?
01:07:13Um, I give up.
01:07:14Guinevere and Sir Lancelot have been unfaithful.
01:07:18So.
01:07:19Question.
01:07:21Should he tell the truth?
01:07:24Or remain silent?
01:07:26Ooh.
01:07:27Definitely.
01:07:29Silent.
01:07:30Exactly.
01:07:31I 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.
01:07:41He's not lying.
01:07:41He's just not telling everything he knows.
01:07:44Right.
01:07:44It's still self-serving.
01:07:46No.
01:07:48It's survival.
01:07:49That's not true.
01:07:51Because if he talks, it doesn't benefit him.
01:07:55So, if you know something, then are you morally obligated to tell the truth regardless
01:08:00of the outcome or who would get hurt?
01:08:02You know what I mean?
01:08:06You have to.
01:08:09If you don't, he could get hurt a lot worse later on.
01:08:11Right.
01:08:12And what if that person doesn't believe you?
01:08:17You're still obligated to tell.
01:08:20Yeah.
01:08:21Well, I told you.
01:08:23Yeah.
01:08:23Everyone's talking.
01:08:25It's starting to affect our reputations, too.
01:08:27Yeah.
01:08:27Well, she doesn't realize it, but she is the key to wealth for me, boys.
01:08:30And don't worry.
01:08:31I will not forget about you when my ship comes in.
01:08:34Besides, once Ben sees her at the dance with me, he's finally going to realize what a loser he is.
01:08:40Now, Trina, that's someone I could go for.
01:08:43She's hot.
01:08:50Eliza.
01:08:51What's wrong?
01:08:52Eliza.
01:09:00Are you okay?
01:09:02Yeah.
01:09:04I'm fine.
01:09:07It's Spencer.
01:09:10I didn't commit to going to the dance with him because I was hoping Billy would ask me.
01:09:16But Billy was just using me, Mom, to get back at Spence.
01:09:22So, now I don't know what to do.
01:09:26Best friends don't come along every day, Eliza.
01:09:30I got lucky I married mine.
01:09:35You know, when you go to the dance, you...
01:09:40You go with your friends.
01:09:46I love you and Dad very much, Mom.
01:09:56I love you.
01:09:57Spence, wait.
01:09:59I am a boneheaded, lame-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.
01:10:09If the offer's still open.
01:10:11Yeah, well, it's not.
01:10:14So, sorry.
01:10:20But...
01:10:22I guess if it really means that much to you, okay.
01:10:26But one more thing.
01:10:27Alright, the whole chump thing?
01:10:30It's a little harsh.
01:10:33Something else.
01:10:35Good luck today.
01:10:37Yes.
01:10:38No matter what happens, you're the best.
01:10:49Here's the story of a great big lady.
01:10:53Greta from Oslo, Norway.
01:10:55Her grandpa was a viking.
01:10:58His son Honda stow away.
01:11:00The Erlen sons.
01:11:02The Erlen sons.
01:11:04Grandma Mary became an Erlen son.
01:11:08Then one day, Grandma Mary had a baby.
01:11:11With green eyes and a floppy head of Curl.
01:11:13He grew up and married mother.
01:11:16A Swedish babe named Curl.
01:11:19And together, they had a daughter.
01:11:22Shelley, Olga was her name.
01:11:24And I am that little baby.
01:11:27And I'm here to say we're the Erlen sons.
01:11:31The Erlen sons.
01:11:33That's the way we became the Erlen sons.
01:11:43Thank you, Shelley. That was very enlightening.
01:11:47Oh, before you go.
01:11:50A brief word of support for the aquatically inclined among us.
01:11:53Amy.
01:11:55Hi.
01:11:58Hi.
01:11:59Good lady.
01:12:05But the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them.
01:12:12Glory and danger alike.
01:12:15And yet, notwithstanding, go out to 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 district championship swimming.
01:12:38Parents, don't forget the band fundraiser tomorrow night at the main auditorium.
01:12:42So, how about I pick you up with a dance around seven?
01:12:45Oh, I'm sorry. I'm already going with someone.
01:12:52Yeah.
01:12:53Tell them you have a better offer.
01:12:56But I don't.
01:13:00Go, Eliza.
01:13:13Third and final call for the boys' 100-meter backstroke.
01:13:18Spence.
01:13:18Spence, man.
01:13:19Hey.
01:13:20Good luck, man. All right?
01:13:21Thanks.
01:13:22Oh.
01:13:22You know where we are. All right?
01:13:24We'll get them.
01:13:25To the club!
01:13:27To the club!
01:13:31You guys are such losers.
01:13:33Hey.
01:13:34At least now everyone's going to get to see how pathetic you really are.
01:13:37Thanks, Bill.
01:13:39Hey, good luck to you, too.
01:13:40And your constant encouragement has really become to mean a lot to me.
01:13:44Really.
01:13:45Yes.
01:13:46Defending district champion Billy Price will be in lane three.
01:13:50But the Wesleyan coach said don't count out Spencer McFarlane in lane two,
01:13:54who has shown dramatic improvement in his times over the past few weeks.
01:14:00Swimmers, take your marks.
01:14:11Looks to be a clean start.
01:14:14And as expected, Billy Price comes out strong.
01:14:19Turn once you turn.
01:14:22Go deep!
01:14:23Go!
01:14:25And out of the first turn, it's Price.
01:14:27The body length leads.
01:14:28Yes!
01:14:29But Garland is keeping track.
01:14:31Yeah!
01:14:34Now coming up on the halfway point and into the turn, it's Billy Price.
01:14:42Great push off the turn.
01:14:45Now the final 50 meters.
01:14:46This is where conditioning really comes into play.
01:14:52And now coming out of the final turn, it's McFarlane making a move in lane two.
01:14:57The legs!
01:14:57The legs!
01:14:58The legs!
01:14:59The legs!
01:14:59The legs!
01:14:59And McFarlane, the big kick is going to make this very close.
01:15:05And first to the wall, it is...
01:15:08Spencer McFarlane!
01:15:10Spencer McFarlane in a stunning upset!
01:15:13Is your new district champion!
01:15:16Can you believe that?
01:15:27Why are these conditions?
01:15:29Why do you think and make things you think of as jobs?
01:15:29Let's start!
01:15:32We've got to try!
01:15:34We've got to try to hide before.
01:15:38If it's mostly possible, you're not even a트�ramental to realize.
01:15:40Riot!
01:15:47musste be done the same!
01:15:47We happened to try to drop off the scene of theisc identifies and try to block off wherever it is.
01:15:49Everyone went nuts.
01:15:50Scared me to death.
01:15:51It was so amazing!
01:15:53Could you tell how close it was?
01:15:54Yeah.
01:15:55The closer I got, the louder you guys got.
01:15:57Well, how close was it?
01:16:04Honestly, though, I couldn't have done it without Mr. Clements' help.
01:16:07He knows that pull better than Coach does.
01:16:08Really gave me the edge.
01:16:13Well, looks like Clements is having some car trouble.
01:16:16Maybe we can return the favor?
01:16:19No, I see him out there every day just staring at that old abandoned house.
01:16:24It's the old Blakesley house.
01:16:27My dad used to tell me and my brothers that it was haunted to keep us out of there when
01:16:30we were younger.
01:16:31I 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.
01:16:39Local rich girl, Ginny Blakesley, falls 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.
01:16:52Sounds romantic.
01:16:55Go on, Spencer.
01:16:57When they get back, Ginny's dad is so mad he has the marriage in the old.
01:17:02Then, he takes Ginny and leaves, leaving no trace.
01:17:06Squires tries to find her, but he has a report to boot camp in a few weeks.
01:17:10He's killed in Vietnam three months later.
01:17:14They say his ghost haunts that mansion, looking, waiting for his wife to attack.
01:17:22That's creepy.
01:17:23Yeah.
01:17:24And it turns out that Ginny was pregnant, but Blakesley made her give the baby up for adoption.
01:17:29Squires never knew.
01:17:30Oh, my gosh.
01:17:32He's him.
01:17:35It all makes sense now.
01:17:36Quick, Ronnie, take us back to school.
01:17:38Who's who?
01:17:39I mean it, Ronnie.
01:17:40Take me back now.
01:17:47Eliza, what's going on?
01:18:00What are you doing?
01:18:02Stop.
01:18:03You're really scaring me.
01:18:07Look at this photo of Squires.
01:18:09You can't tell me that that's not him.
01:18:10It's Squires, just like it says.
01:18:12Stephen Squires and Jennifer Blakeslee.
01:18:14No.
01:18:15Don't you see?
01:18:16Mr. Clements is Squires.
01:18:19Look closer at the photo.
01:18:23That is Mr. Clements, my father, Stephen Squires.
01:18:27Eliza, you remember you told me to tell you if you started acting really weird?
01:18:31Well, I'm sorry, but you're way past weird right now.
01:18:48Let's see.
01:18:50I'm sorry, right?
01:19:14I'm sorry.
01:19:17Wait a second.
01:19:22Oh, lady, when I hear you, I'm inclined to want to be with you.
01:19:30And yet when I hear you, I'm inclined to want to forget you.
01:19:36How could I live without you?
01:19:39I know I ride you and sometimes I guide you.
01:19:43It's for you that I do it.
01:19:47Oh, lady, when 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.
01:19:59How could I live without you?
01:20:03Your crazy dreams and schoolgirl schemes don't seem to get underway.
01:20:09Baby, don't go right.
01:20:36And your touch could be a thousand heartbreaks.
01:20:49So where were you today?
01:20:51I had a bunch of stuff I had to get on before I do my history presentation on Monday.
01:20:56Did you get them all done?
01:20:58Almost.
01:20:59There's two more things left.
01:21:14Now I just have one more thing to do.
01:21:18So 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.
01:21:40You should see
01:21:43What a lovely, lovely world this would be
01:21:49Have 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.
01:21:56You sure you want to do that?
01:21:57Yeah.
01:21:58And I'm sure you want to do this, too.
01:22:04Thank you so much for everything.
01:22:07I love you.
01:22:24Man, that's pretty messy.
01:22:28As executor of Mr. Blakeslee's will,
01:22:30I'm here to inform you
01:22:31that you must dismiss Stephen Clemens
01:22:33as a teacher at once.
01:22:35For what?
01:22:36I have a notarized statement
01:22:38from Mr. Price
01:22:39and several other teachers here at the school
01:22:41of blatant physical contact
01:22:44between the Baird girl and Mr. Clemens
01:22:46at the school dance Saturday night.
01:22:48Blatant physical contact?
01:22:50She hugged him.
01:22:54Verl, go get Mr. Clemens, please.
01:23:03I'll see you next time.
01:23:05I'll see you next time.
01:23:06I'll see you next time.
01:23:09I'll see you next time.
01:23:11I'll see you next time.
01:23:12Bye-bye.
01:23:13Bye-bye.
01:23:13Bye-bye.
01:23:14Bye-bye.
01:23:15Bye-bye.
01:23:15Bye-bye.
01:23:17Bye-bye.
01:23:20Bye-bye.
01:23:23Bye-bye.
01:23:46I'm in the middle of class. Can't this wait?
01:23:49I'm sorry, Stephen.
01:23:50Our attorney here has informed me that I have no other choice.
01:23:53But 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. You must leave. No.
01:24:05He's in trouble for hugging his daughter?
01:24:07Verl, leave.
01:24:09Wait! What are you talking about, Verl?
01:24:11Okay. I'm in charge here. Verl, leave.
01:24:15Why aren't you saying anything?
01:24:17Is this true?
01:24:19Are you... are you her father?
01:24:23I wish I could say it was.
01:24:27But I can't.
01:24:28Last warning, Verl.
01:24:31Clear out Mr. Clemens' stuff from his room.
01:24:46We are McFarlane and the McFarlaneettes. That's my wee pup.
01:24:54What 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!
01:25:10Wait!
01:25:14I'm not doing my report without you.
01:25:17That's not possible, Miss Baird.
01:25:19Why?
01:25:22Because I hugged my dad?
01:25:24Miss Baird, he denies being your father.
01:25:27No.
01:25:28Stop.
01:25:28It's not true.
01:25:29That is you in the swim team photo
01:25:32and in the yearbook prom pictures with Jenny and my mom and dad.
01:25:37All right, so now she thinks that Clemens is her father.
01:25:41Ah, okay.
01:25:42Let's go back to class.
01:25:43No!
01:25:44Wait!
01:25:46It's you with Jenny Blakeslee and Camelot.
01:25:50Jenny B, you are all friends.
01:25:54You are Stephen Squires.
01:25:56You are my father.
01:25:58This is your fault.
01:25:59All right.
01:26:00I told you, he's bad for the students, he's bad for the school,
01:26:05and 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.
01:26:17All I ask is that you look me in the eye
01:26:20and you tell me you are not my father.
01:26:25Look at me and tell me!
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, because he is her father.
01:26:38Get your numbers up?
01:26:39All right.
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.
01:26:48Come on.
01:26:59The perimeter is compromised.
01:27:01Sortee all ordnance my coordinate.
01:27:04My call, my call.
01:27:05Now, now!
01:27:06No!
01:27:07No!
01:27:16Clemence!
01:27:17Hey!
01:27:18Clemence!
01:27:19Let it!
01:27:47What are you kidding me?
01:27:49What is wrong with all of you people?
01:27:51He's Clemence!
01:27:52He said it himself!
01:28:10I love you.
01:28:16Most of you know my adopted parents, John and Susie Baird.
01:28:22This is my other dad, Steven Squires.
01:28:25And this is my birth mom, Jenny Blakeslee, who I just met for the first time.
01:28:34I found out a lot about my own history through this assignment.
01:28:38Things that scared me and confused me, but with the help of loving parents,
01:28:45I realized that being adopted is nothing to be ashamed of.
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