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El joven profesor Michael Gavin y su pareja, Daniel , dejan el agobio de la ciudad de Nueva York y se mudan a un encantador pueblo de la costa, en Connecticut. Allí, además de llevar una vida más relajada junto a Daniel, Michael espera terminar su primera novela. Todo cambia cuando Michael es acusado de "conducta inapropiada" con Jason, un estudiante de la escuela secundaria local.
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00:00:01You're late, Mr. Gavin.
00:00:03Come on.
00:00:06It's all right.
00:00:14Is she still watching you?
00:00:16Yeah.
00:00:17You should really say something.
00:00:21No.
00:00:22I don't want to make any trouble.
00:00:24She's an old woman.
00:00:25You're so polite.
00:00:28You know, people mistake good manners for being weak.
00:00:45You're going to make Leo late.
00:01:10Okay, so what else, you guys?
00:01:11Hysteria, repression.
00:01:13What else you got?
00:01:14Caitlin?
00:01:15Gabe?
00:01:17Nothing?
00:01:18Okay.
00:01:19Evan?
00:01:25Brad?
00:01:27Aren't we making a mistake discussing the psychosexual element to the exclusion of everything else?
00:01:32We're ignoring the underlying political tensions?
00:01:34Such as?
00:01:35Well, the royal charter, for one thing, the king nullified the colonist land claims the same year the trials began.
00:01:42Uh-huh.
00:01:43People got paranoid.
00:01:45It's like, imagine if suddenly your next-door neighbors could lay claim to your parents' backyard.
00:01:50They'd freak.
00:01:51So?
00:01:52So, what the colonists had assumed was theirs is suddenly called into question.
00:01:57And people always look for the easiest scapegoat when their sense of entitlement is threatened.
00:02:01That's a rather bleak outlook, isn't it?
00:02:04We are talking about a species that would tie one of its own to a stake and strike a match.
00:02:09Jesus.
00:02:12All right, you guys.
00:02:13We'll finish this up next week.
00:02:17If you guys could bring in that scene with Mary Warren and Elizabeth, I'd really appreciate it.
00:02:24Hey.
00:02:27Hey.
00:02:29I'm gonna be late for calculus.
00:02:31You were late for my class.
00:02:33You okay?
00:02:35You...
00:02:40Hey, Jason.
00:02:42I almost forgot the new light board arrived.
00:02:44Will I see after rehearsal?
00:02:46I don't know.
00:02:47Um, I have a test tomorrow, so...
00:02:49Go...
00:02:49...
00:02:56...
00:03:12Hey, Leo.
00:04:20Why aren't we married?
00:04:23What?
00:04:25I mean, it's legal.
00:04:28For now.
00:04:28Here, anyway.
00:04:31You really want to have this conversation, though?
00:04:37Really?
00:04:38Mm-hmm.
00:04:40Okay.
00:04:43Oh, my God.
00:04:47Um, obviously, I think we should have the rights.
00:04:51Yeah, obviously.
00:04:54I just think that the institution itself of marriage, it's a failed experiment.
00:05:02How many good marriages do we know?
00:05:04Okay, yes, yes.
00:05:05We've been together longer than your parents.
00:05:06We're not talking about other people.
00:05:09It's a cop-out.
00:05:09Will the statistics speak for themselves?
00:05:11They do.
00:05:15Well, okay, fine.
00:05:18I think that a lot of couples feel that they have to get married just to try to fix their
00:05:22problems.
00:05:24What kind of problems?
00:05:25I don't know.
00:05:25Insecurities?
00:05:28Boredom?
00:05:31Are you bored?
00:05:33Will you?
00:05:36No.
00:05:37Are you happy?
00:05:42It's an awfully big question, isn't it?
00:05:46Well?
00:05:50What?
00:05:51What is it?
00:05:54I...
00:05:57I can't see you there.
00:06:00I can't see you standing up in front of everybody, standing up in front of all of our friends,
00:06:07and actually making that declaration.
00:06:13Sometimes I don't know if I'm okay with that anymore.
00:06:28Well, the problem is underneath.
00:06:31Yeah.
00:06:32You see, this is the original roof.
00:06:35Come on up, take a look yourself.
00:06:37No thanks.
00:06:38I trust you.
00:06:39What, you scared of heights?
00:06:46So what do we do now?
00:06:48We'll have to see.
00:06:58Thanks, George.
00:06:59See you later.
00:07:03Come on!
00:07:05Do it!
00:07:05Do it!
00:07:06Do it!
00:07:09Oh, look at that.
00:07:15I remember that.
00:07:16I remember that when the parts that moved were the ones that were supposed to.
00:07:22Can you believe this crazy weather?
00:07:25It's gonna rain again.
00:07:27I think the entire northeast is gonna float away.
00:07:31Hey, what's that?
00:07:32I never noticed that before.
00:07:33Oh, yeah.
00:07:35Oh, I got it years ago.
00:07:37I fell.
00:07:39Running.
00:07:40Running, see?
00:07:41Exercise is very dangerous.
00:07:44Phillip's on this little tennis kick now.
00:07:46He wants me to play doubles.
00:07:47Ugh, with Stuart and Beth Ann.
00:07:49Ugh.
00:07:50You ever notice my sister-in-law always smells like a first edition of Beowulf?
00:07:59You're Jason Williams again, right?
00:08:01Yes, your pet project from the project.
00:08:05Well, you should see the stuff he's been turning in.
00:08:08It's like looking at those creepy John Wayne Gacy clown portraits he did in prison.
00:08:15Serious, he's gonna be one of those kids that ends up in a tower with an AK-47.
00:08:19Stop it.
00:08:20Huh?
00:08:20This stuff is usually so good.
00:08:22It's just...
00:08:23I'm worried about him.
00:08:24I think something's going on.
00:08:25Uh, yeah.
00:08:26No, I'm serious.
00:08:28Well, Mom took up with push groom.
00:08:30Thought I'd keep her occupied.
00:08:32Yeah, for what it's worth, Jason said they stopped using drugs when they got together.
00:08:35Well, they met in N.A.
00:08:36Hey, Michael.
00:08:39Hey, Michael.
00:08:40Just watch your step.
00:08:43What's that supposed to mean?
00:08:45It's supposed to mean I've been doing this for a long time, and I understand, you know, when you get
00:08:49a student, it seems like he's got a lot of talent and potential and hope.
00:08:56It's a very dangerous thing.
00:09:02Oh, Michael, there you are.
00:09:03I've been looking all over for you.
00:09:04My, um, sister's kids are here from Syracuse, and they're coming to open studio night.
00:09:09My nephew, Steven, in particular, is very theatrical.
00:09:15What's this?
00:09:16Oh, no.
00:09:17Um, I'm collecting five dollars from everybody for, um, for Midge Herkel.
00:09:21They just moved her to rehab, and they think that she might regain movement in her left leg.
00:09:26I-I thought we could send her some flowers.
00:09:28Boy, that is rich.
00:09:29I go through two rounds of chemo, and all I get is a card that sings Roll Out the Barrel.
00:09:34Oh, and Michael, too bad about Jason Williams, huh?
00:09:39What about him?
00:09:41What?
00:09:41You're rescinding his scholarship.
00:09:44I thought he would have told you.
00:09:46No, he didn't.
00:09:49Oh, damn it.
00:09:50God damn it.
00:09:52Look, it's just aspirin, Brenda.
00:09:54If it was anything fabulous, I would be sharing it with everyone.
00:09:57Right, Mervyn?
00:10:00Wait, Michael?
00:10:04Well, oh, hey, oh, Michael.
00:10:06I'm just, uh, getting myself organized here.
00:10:10This place is gonna be swarming with parents in a few hours.
00:10:14Beth Ann has been hounding me about straightening up all month.
00:10:17How's Dan?
00:10:18He's fine.
00:10:19Listen, Stuart, what's all this about Jason's scholarship?
00:10:21Oh, that.
00:10:24Well, it shouldn't come as a surprise.
00:10:27Times are tough.
00:10:28We can't allow a pupil who isn't serious about his future to take a spot that could go to somebody
00:10:33more deserving.
00:10:35Deserving?
00:10:35What are you talking about?
00:10:36He's one of the smartest kids here.
00:10:38Come on, you know that.
00:10:38It's just, you know, his home life is...
00:10:41Jesus Christ, where do I begin with that?
00:10:44It's...
00:10:45But we can't turn our backs on him.
00:10:47I mean, he's just going through something right now, you know, some phase.
00:10:51Show me a teenager about whom that can't be said.
00:10:54Half our kids have divorced parents.
00:10:5630% are on Zoloft or Ritalin.
00:10:58Stuart, you're just, you're making a huge mistake.
00:11:01Well, you're entitled to your opinion, Michael, but the fact remains he's failing.
00:11:05Three classes, he's chronically late, and he's been warned.
00:11:09Now, I know this one is special to you.
00:11:11I get that.
00:11:12I do.
00:11:13And I know he's helped you out at the drama club in Midge's absence, but I'm afraid my hands are
00:11:18tied.
00:11:18All right, the decision's final.
00:11:37Hey, careful.
00:11:39Yeah, I'm not the one he's scared of heights.
00:11:42Hey.
00:11:57Sir, are we going to talk about next term?
00:12:02Here.
00:12:14I mean, how did you let it get to this?
00:12:19Don't you realize what's at stake here?
00:12:21Maybe this place just isn't for me.
00:12:23That's bullshit.
00:12:26You have any idea how hard people fought for you to be here?
00:12:28You're just going to throw it all away like that?
00:12:32Look, high school is hard, but you can get through it.
00:12:35What are you doing?
00:12:37Let's go.
00:12:38Just let me put the remote away.
00:12:40We'll get a move on.
00:12:42Your mom's waiting on us.
00:12:54Where are all the other kids, Mr. Gavin?
00:12:57Well, they left a while ago.
00:12:59We're just trying to get this board running.
00:13:00Okay.
00:13:04Okay.
00:13:05Okay.
00:13:05See you, Mr. Gavin.
00:13:06See you.
00:13:12So long, Mr. Gavin.
00:13:28Hey, Michael.
00:13:29Hey.
00:13:34You look great, dude.
00:13:37You working out?
00:13:38Eh, I don't know.
00:13:39Just a little.
00:13:40I'm still running at school, so...
00:13:42Hey, Glenn.
00:13:43Your girlfriend called.
00:13:45Okay.
00:13:54I just know you two are going to run off together, leaving a sad old queen in the suburbs.
00:13:59Aw, you'll be just like Brenda and her cats.
00:14:01Not nice.
00:14:01How was school?
00:14:02Eh, don't ask.
00:14:04I'll have some stuff to finish before tonight.
00:14:05You want some coffee?
00:14:06No, thanks.
00:14:07Thanks.
00:14:28And pretty much everything is from local farms.
00:14:32As long as the wine's imported for the hospital benefit.
00:14:36The swill they are churning out at these local vineyards is an abomination.
00:14:40Aw, I'm going to make it my mission to change your mind about that.
00:14:43The fool's errand, Daniel.
00:14:45That's my wife who makes a decision that's unlikely that they might have to change.
00:14:49And that's a good thing for you.
00:14:51It took me two years to convince the committee to hire you instead of that Sandy Brown.
00:14:57I swear the food at last year's benefit was inedible.
00:15:00Not that anyone eats at these things anyway.
00:15:04Darling, napkin, please.
00:15:07Oh, you know, I've just done a few small pieces for Connecticut Magazine, and I had a novel in the
00:15:1390s.
00:15:13And what does your wife do, Mr. Gavin?
00:15:16Oh.
00:15:16I can't answer this ever.
00:15:18What?
00:15:19I'm not, uh...
00:15:25Excuse me.
00:15:26Just a second.
00:15:27Okay.
00:15:28Nice jacket, young man.
00:15:29Thanks.
00:15:30They took his piece down.
00:15:31Mom.
00:15:31Well, he's still a student here, at least until June.
00:15:34Last year, he was second in his class, and I'm just flunking.
00:15:37Wow, we just send him off to Afghanistan.
00:15:39It'd be good for him.
00:15:42He's stupid, Leo.
00:15:43He's only 17.
00:15:51You know, they haven't asked him to leave yet, Jeanette.
00:15:58Maybe if we can get him to prove himself by the end of the semester.
00:16:00Yeah, maybe I can get Leo to win me 20 grand at Mohegans.
00:16:04You know any other Yardley parents that work at the Mill Mart, Mr. Gavin?
00:16:07I said, Michael, can you come with me before my, uh, sister-in-law absconds with Daniel?
00:16:13Excuse me.
00:16:14Hey.
00:16:15You thought you needed a rescue.
00:16:19Look down there fucking noses at us.
00:16:21You're paranoid.
00:16:22He always starts to be nice.
00:16:24A little too nice, you ask me.
00:16:26What's that supposed to mean?
00:16:28I see stuff that goes on around here.
00:16:31Okay, whatever.
00:16:33You see stuff.
00:16:36Listen, if you ever call me stupid again in front of people, then we're gonna have a real
00:16:43problem, right?
00:16:45All right.
00:17:01Hey, sweetie, I'm not gonna be able to pick you up in the morning.
00:17:04I've got my oncologist appointment.
00:17:05All right, no problem.
00:17:06I'll work it out.
00:17:07Oh, don't say he'll come with me or anything.
00:17:09Sorry.
00:17:11Bye, sweetie.
00:17:12Bye.
00:17:12Bye.
00:17:15Good night.
00:17:16Good night.
00:17:16Love you.
00:17:17Get home safe.
00:17:18Let's go, babe.
00:17:20Peace?
00:17:20Yeah.
00:17:22Whoa.
00:17:23Whoa.
00:17:24Where's your boyfriend?
00:17:25Where's your boyfriend?
00:17:29Come on.
00:17:30Hey.
00:17:31Hey.
00:17:32Knock it off.
00:17:33Hey, Reggie, I said knock it off.
00:17:35You guys, get out of here.
00:17:36Knock it off.
00:17:37I'm just messing around.
00:17:38Yeah, I'm not stupid.
00:17:39Now get the hell out of here.
00:17:42Go on.
00:17:43Go home.
00:17:44I'm not stupid.
00:17:45Yeah, I heard that.
00:17:50You okay?
00:17:50Can't you see this is all your fault?
00:17:52Why do you think they hate me?
00:17:55Jason.
00:17:56Get your fucking faggot hands off of me.
00:18:05Great.
00:18:08Jason.
00:18:17Knock it off.
00:18:18You might want to keep you busy.
00:18:19Got enough problems.
00:18:28You still think I'm paranoid?
00:18:32You still think I'm improper.
00:18:34You ought to have to be at the meeting space.
00:18:41Okay.
00:18:47Bye.
00:18:48Bye.
00:18:52Bye.
00:18:54Bye.
00:18:54Bye.
00:19:14I'm going to need to speak with Jason a while.
00:19:17Is it Trish?
00:19:28Hold my calls.
00:19:50What's going on here?
00:19:51Well, that's what we're trying to find out. I don't know quite how to ask you this question,
00:19:56Michael, so I'm just going to come right out with it. Have you been engaged in some sort of
00:20:01inappropriate relationship with Jason Williams?
00:20:03Of course not. Did he tell you that?
00:20:07Brenda's debriefing him right now with somebody from the state.
00:20:10Debriefing him? Stuart, this is absurd. You know me. I would never put a finger on that kid.
00:20:16There are witnesses. Parents. Students. Some sort of altercation last night after I left.
00:20:22That was a big misunderstanding.
00:20:23They say he had to push you off him. My phone's been ringing off the hook.
00:20:28I want to talk to him right now.
00:20:29I'm afraid that's impossible, Michael. This is a legal matter now.
00:20:37Mr. Gavin, we're going to have to ask you a few questions.
00:20:41No, wait, wait. Well, this is a big misunderstanding. Everybody just calm down for a second. If you
00:20:46just let me talk to Jason by myself, we'll clarify what happened last night. Jason, just tell them what happened
00:20:52last night.
00:20:52Mr. Gavin, you can't be in here.
00:20:54It's all right. Just tell them how...
00:20:56Okay.
00:20:58Okay.
00:21:16Mr. Gavin, how do you respond to this charge?
00:21:20Abigail, come on.
00:21:21Shh.
00:21:28I just don't understand it. I mean, why isn't he speaking up? Why isn't he telling the truth?
00:21:33Don't you get it? It's deliberate. She knows that they can't take away his scholarship now. Not after one of
00:21:38their own teachers molested him.
00:21:39Abigail, come on, go. Shh. Go to your room. Look, she wouldn't do that.
00:21:43Regardless, that's precisely the stance that we need to take.
00:21:47It's not a stance. You're talking as if I did something. I didn't molest Jason Williams.
00:21:54Abigail! Be quiet, goddammit!
00:21:57Michael, we're tired. I should go. None for me, please. Thank you.
00:22:04It's been a trying day for everyone. Trish will be worried.
00:22:09Oh, my God, her appointment. I forgot. How is she?
00:22:13Well, it's a bit sobering, I'm afraid.
00:22:15Oh, no. Yeah, her insides are a real damn mess.
00:22:18I'll go call her. No, no. Let her rest.
00:22:21She's a tough one. She'll be ready to face this thing square in the eye again first thing in the
00:22:25morning.
00:22:26What we all need right now is a good night's sleep.
00:22:30I'll be sure and say yes to after her.
00:22:32Thank you. Thank you, Philip.
00:22:43Tomorrow we'll drop her off at Glenn's for a few days.
00:22:44Uh-huh.
00:22:47Uh-huh.
00:22:48Uh-huh.
00:22:58Uh-huh.
00:23:21Good morning, George.
00:23:24Mr. Calvin.
00:23:31So what's going on?
00:23:43Oh, I see.
00:23:46God knows, it's not like I got anything else lined up.
00:23:50You've been real good to us, but it's just...
00:23:55It's just a wife. This business was her grandfather's.
00:23:59She saw a sign out on your front lawn on the news last night about how to cow.
00:24:04You don't have to explain.
00:24:08Yeah, well, we're gonna tarp over that roof for you,
00:24:10but you better have somebody come in and take care of it.
00:24:13All right.
00:24:15You know, for what it's worth, I always believed a man is innocent
00:24:18until he's proved guilty.
00:24:21That's what makes us different from China, right?
00:24:49Hey, ladies, why don't you just say it out loud?
00:24:57Huh? Not so much?
00:24:58Hold on, Uh-huh.
00:24:59They don't want to eat.
00:25:07Let's eat.
00:25:17Come on.
00:25:26Why don't you eat here?
00:25:28I gotta go very well.
00:25:28How'd you eat here?
00:25:28I can eat here.
00:25:28I can eat here.
00:26:19Hi, can I just have a large coffee, please?
00:26:20A little bit of cream.
00:26:27Yeah.
00:26:30Let's teach it.
00:26:33Come here.
00:26:37Here we go.
00:26:47I forgot my wallet.
00:26:49I can come back.
00:26:50That's fine.
00:26:50Just take the coffee.
00:26:52No, no, no.
00:26:52I can definitely.
00:26:53I can come back.
00:26:53Just go.
00:26:54Please.
00:27:00Please, sir, just go.
00:27:09Oh, Daniel.
00:27:10Daniel, this business with Michael has me completely in knots.
00:27:16I know.
00:27:17It's just, it's unbelievable.
00:27:19It's an outrage.
00:27:20Yeah, but Philip seems pretty optimistic, you know, considering.
00:27:23My brother is an old swamp Yankee lawyer.
00:27:26I suppose if he needed a will drawn up, he'd do just fine.
00:27:28But this...
00:27:29Michael trusts him.
00:27:31Well, I'm sure Michael knows what he's doing, but what about you?
00:27:35Um, I'm, I'm fine, I guess.
00:27:39I hope you know you have our complete support.
00:27:45It's kind of hard to see that from where we're sitting, Bethann.
00:27:48I mean, Stuart did suspend Michael.
00:27:51Daniel, that decision was based on protocol.
00:27:54Stuart didn't sleep all night.
00:27:55You're right.
00:27:56You're right.
00:27:57I'm relieved to hear that because I told the other committee members just now
00:28:00that you'd do the right thing and bow out gracefully.
00:28:05The hospital benefit.
00:28:07The committee asked Sandy Brown to step in.
00:28:10What?
00:28:10It's out of my hands, Daniel.
00:28:13I did my best, but I'm afraid we need our deposit back.
00:28:16You're fucking crazy, lady.
00:28:18What did you say to me?
00:28:19Glenn, Bethann, the deposit has been spent.
00:28:23The event is Friday.
00:28:25You're not saying that you'd refuse to return money intended for a cancer wing.
00:28:30Of course not.
00:28:31Listen, this is a mess.
00:28:33That's an understatement.
00:28:34But Michael is innocent, and this is all gonna blow over.
00:28:38For your sake, I hope that's true.
00:28:41You know, you surprise me.
00:28:45I can't believe you put me in this position to have to debate the matter.
00:28:50And if I were you, I'd do something about that waiter's mouth.
00:28:53You're gonna have enough trouble getting business around here.
00:29:00I have to forgive my sister.
00:29:02She's gonna be a bit of a hothead.
00:29:04Hothead?
00:29:04She's an imperious, self-absorbed bitch.
00:29:07Shush.
00:29:08Well, if I keep it in, my cancer will get worse.
00:29:12And for the record, they don't call us swamp Yankees anymore.
00:29:14We crawled out of the swamp quite some time ago.
00:29:16Well, let me tell you something.
00:29:18You guys are very lucky you will never have in-laws.
00:29:21They forget we're back here.
00:29:23I doubt they forgot.
00:29:27So how are you feeling?
00:29:28I don't want to talk about it.
00:29:30Well, you can count on us.
00:29:32Well, right back at ya.
00:29:36Excuse me.
00:29:41So, did he really call her fucking crazy?
00:29:45Nope.
00:29:47And it was awesome.
00:29:48Oh, goddammit!
00:29:56Michael, your computer.
00:29:57Wait a minute.
00:29:58That's mine.
00:29:59What are you...
00:29:59Are you fucking...
00:30:00What are you expecting to find?
00:30:01Are you fucking kidding with me?
00:30:03Just...
00:30:04I thought you said this couldn't happen.
00:30:05Calm down.
00:30:06Don't tell me to calm down.
00:30:08All my work stuff is on there.
00:30:09I've already lost half my business.
00:30:11You know what?
00:30:11Fuck this.
00:30:12I'm finding my own lawyer.
00:30:16The warrants all in order.
00:30:19Is this what you had in mind for a retreat from the big bad city?
00:30:21Where's the fucking phone book?
00:30:22This could happen anywhere, Dan.
00:30:33He's got a point, sweetie.
00:30:35I mean, his livelihood's been affected.
00:30:38Maybe he should have his own lawyer.
00:30:40Thanks for pointing that out, Trish.
00:30:42Look, Philip and I, we each have our own lawyers, and we're married.
00:30:50What?
00:30:51Nothing.
00:30:52Well, it obviously isn't nothing.
00:30:55It's just that.
00:30:56What you said, and we're married, is if to draw some kind of distinction.
00:31:00I didn't mean anything by it.
00:31:03Yeah, of course you didn't.
00:31:04Just like you didn't mean the in-law remark at the restaurant.
00:31:07Yeah, we're lucky, all right.
00:31:08We're really lucky.
00:31:11Don't you walk away from me.
00:31:13That is so unfair.
00:31:16Hey.
00:31:19Hey.
00:31:19Why'd you choose that restaurant tonight?
00:31:21I thought you would like it.
00:31:23Mm-hmm.
00:31:24It's a lot of way, don't you think?
00:31:26No.
00:31:27What are you insinuating?
00:31:28I don't know.
00:31:29Maybe just that our usual places were a little too public for tonight?
00:31:32You are way out of line,
00:31:33because I have never been anything but completely supportive and accepting of you and Daniel.
00:31:40Accepting?
00:31:41Accepting?
00:31:42What does that mean?
00:31:43Okay, well, I'm accepting of you and Philip, too.
00:31:46Thank you so much for deigning to accept me, Trish.
00:31:49Well, now you're just twisting my words.
00:31:52All right, let me ask you something.
00:31:54Has Stuart or has Brenda ever heard you refer to Jason as my boy with that knowing little
00:32:00smirk of yours, my pet project from the project?
00:32:03Let me tell you something.
00:32:04They didn't have to hear it from me.
00:32:06It was all over school.
00:32:08And I tried to warn you, but you didn't want to hear about it.
00:32:11You do think it's my fault.
00:32:12I didn't say that.
00:32:13I never said that.
00:32:14No wonder people are assuming the worst about me.
00:32:16I mean, with purported friends like these, I ought to be burning at the stake by Christmas.
00:32:21Hey, I got an idea.
00:32:22Why don't we put you on the stand in my defense?
00:32:24You have one hell of a nerve.
00:32:26Who was it who bailed you out of jail?
00:32:28Who was it?
00:32:29It was me and Philip.
00:32:31And I'm grateful.
00:32:32Grateful?
00:32:34That was the night I found out my goddamn cancer came back.
00:32:41Trish, I'm sorry.
00:32:42I'm sorry that I say a lot of stupid things, okay?
00:32:46Is that a big surprise?
00:32:49But look around you, Michael.
00:32:51Michael, where are all your other friends?
00:32:53Huh?
00:32:54Where are all your other friends that know the right things to say?
00:32:58They're gone.
00:32:59Excuse me.
00:33:01I think I'm going to wait in the car.
00:33:03I'm sorry.
00:33:03No, please.
00:33:11Michael.
00:33:13Well, why didn't you tell me you had a prior arrest?
00:33:22Oh, that was a mix-up.
00:33:25The charge was dropped.
00:33:27Reduced.
00:33:28From soliciting sex to indecent exposure.
00:33:30It's pretty serious, all things considered.
00:33:33You might have told me.
00:33:34It's irrelevant.
00:33:35It was years ago.
00:33:37Well, that's why it took this long to surface.
00:33:39But it's surface now.
00:33:42I'm sure you can imagine how something like this is going to look around here.
00:33:45This is a game-changer, Michael.
00:33:52Geez, I don't know.
00:33:57Maybe my sister's right about all this.
00:34:00I could probably get that bill of yours to finish what he started.
00:34:04I'm good with contracts.
00:34:07But this is...
00:34:11And now with Trish, it's sick again.
00:34:17There's this lady over in Bradford.
00:34:49There's this lady over there.
00:34:49Wel notifications, I'm sure you need to take that cultural drama.
00:35:04they didn't find my pot
00:35:14sorry about your computer
00:35:16oh my god your bug
00:35:22you'll get it back
00:35:24maybe
00:35:30you know you gotta go easier on Trish
00:35:34and people
00:35:35people say things that they don't mean sometimes
00:35:38it's what she means that I wonder about
00:35:41she's not the problem
00:35:43I know
00:35:49come here
00:36:09how was your student?
00:36:13you were in your twenties
00:36:16we both were
00:36:18it's totally different
00:36:19I was your TA in college
00:36:27you think what they're saying is true?
00:36:29no
00:36:30no
00:36:31no
00:36:31I don't
00:36:33no
00:36:35I
00:36:39hey
00:36:40you know what I understand if you have to get your own lawyer
00:36:42no no no no no wait wait wait no
00:36:44no
00:36:45no
00:36:45no
00:36:45thank you
00:36:46don't leave
00:36:59Philip thinks that he's out of his league
00:37:02he wants to call in an expert
00:37:07yep
00:37:08yep
00:37:08yeah I know where that is
00:37:14uh huh
00:37:18yeah hang on a sec
00:37:21okay we will see you there thank you
00:37:24thank you
00:37:24that was the lawyer
00:37:26Philip
00:37:27briefed her on the case
00:37:27and she
00:37:28wants to meet this afternoon
00:37:30sure
00:37:30oh
00:37:32what
00:37:33nothing
00:37:33I mean I just
00:37:35I just didn't get a chance to think about it yet
00:37:37what is there to think about
00:37:49I see gay people
00:37:52hmm
00:37:58hey there sorry to keep you guys waiting
00:38:01come on in
00:38:06wow
00:38:07oh
00:38:08come on
00:38:09come on
00:38:09this room is so
00:38:11stuffy
00:38:11it's house belonged to Jennifer's grandmother
00:38:14and
00:38:14apparently the entire family was allergic to fresh air
00:38:18we'll just do this
00:38:19have a seat
00:38:22um
00:38:22Michael
00:38:23Michael
00:38:24uh Michael Daniel
00:38:26well thank you for uh seeing us on such short notice
00:38:29oh no worries
00:38:29I actually didn't have any appointments today
00:38:32it's our um
00:38:32it's our anniversary
00:38:33oh
00:38:34congratulations
00:38:35thanks
00:38:35you guys married
00:38:38uh
00:38:38no
00:38:40how come
00:38:42uh
00:38:42well we've lived together for almost 15 years so
00:38:45wow
00:38:46you got us beat
00:38:46not all of them here though
00:38:48right
00:38:48no we just moved here from New York a few years ago
00:38:51us too
00:38:52after 9-11
00:38:53the whole idea filled me with the heebie-jeebies quite frankly
00:38:57you know especially with Noah and Tim
00:38:59two mommies
00:39:00all of that
00:39:01just
00:39:02anyway Jennifer didn't feel safe in the city anymore
00:39:05what made you move?
00:39:07we
00:39:07I
00:39:08wanted to see
00:39:09green
00:39:15bet you wish you'd stayed now
00:39:17so
00:39:18um
00:39:20alright
00:39:21okay
00:39:24here's how
00:39:25here's how
00:39:26I see things
00:39:27without
00:39:28the kid
00:39:29having
00:39:30made a statement
00:39:31they can frame this
00:39:33any way
00:39:33they want
00:39:34and that's not good
00:39:35for us
00:39:36the kid's just not talking
00:39:37well that's because nothing happened
00:39:38then why isn't he denying it?
00:39:43I mean that's what I've been trying to work out all morning
00:39:46and the social worker's report says he's exhibiting signs of trauma but she doesn't make any connection with the bullying
00:39:53Brenda Laughlin
00:39:54she's pretty much incompetent
00:39:56Dan
00:39:57no he's right
00:39:58I mean having the boyfriend in the room for the interview that's pretty fucked up
00:40:02um
00:40:03and of course we'll argue that her report is inadmissible because of that
00:40:07we'll also argue hearsay but I wouldn't rely on it
00:40:10great
00:40:11and all of this is beside the point
00:40:16you're a teacher
00:40:17Mr Gavin
00:40:19a gay teacher
00:40:21there's been an accusation
00:40:22and that's all that matters
00:40:24anything that we can remove from the equation because of procedure
00:40:28it isn't going to do anything to change the fact that as far as anyone around here is concerned you're
00:40:33guilty
00:40:34my job
00:40:34if they decide to move forward with this is to make sure that you're not convicted
00:40:41great
00:40:42all right
00:40:45all right
00:40:48now before we go any further you're all right with Daniel being in the room
00:40:53yeah of course
00:40:59is there anything I need to know
00:41:02uh
00:41:02did you ever put an arm around his shoulder give him a pat on the back give him a
00:41:09a present anything anything at all that could somehow have been misconstrued
00:41:13yes
00:41:14yes
00:41:14I
00:41:16he needed that he needed encouragement
00:41:18hey
00:41:19uh
00:41:19you need to see this
00:41:21Jason Williams ran away this morning
00:41:25I
00:41:27made his mom just really broken up about this
00:41:29the family
00:41:30the family released this picture of the 17-year-old Yardley Academy student at the center of the sex scandal
00:41:34with recently
00:41:36Michael Gavin
00:41:37the boy we have seen yesterday afternoon wearing a dark coat of sweatshirt and jeans
00:41:41did he leave a note before he ran away
00:41:43no but I think it's pretty clear what's going on here
00:41:46I mean a fancy school like that to let something like this go on
00:41:49and for however long
00:41:51I've seen them sweep stuff under the carpet before
00:41:54and that's why they tried to kick him out
00:41:56why else
00:41:57he was honorable
00:41:58before this talk about him and that teacher
00:42:01kids started picking on him
00:42:02and
00:42:03look all I'm saying
00:42:04is that someone's gotta be held responsible
00:42:07in other news
00:42:09thank you
00:42:10they always reveal their motives in the front yard
00:42:14what do you mean
00:42:15this is a shakedown
00:42:16it's all about money
00:42:19Michael what do you know about the mother
00:42:21alcohol
00:42:21drug use
00:42:23tell her
00:42:24she's a coke head
00:42:25she's not
00:42:26she drinks
00:42:27drank
00:42:28Jason was in foster care
00:42:30Dan
00:42:30okay
00:42:31well her credibility is halfway short to shit
00:42:33and now he's run away
00:42:34she had a problem
00:42:35which she apparently got over
00:42:37and then she and Leo met an AA
00:42:38recovery
00:42:39whatever
00:42:40we have to expose her as a mercenary
00:42:42profiting from the fabricated abuse
00:42:44of her kid
00:42:46I'm gonna go check on Noah
00:42:47okay
00:42:50alright so what does this mean for Michael
00:42:52well I'm getting the sense that you're not comfortable with a lot of this
00:42:55so if we're all on the same page that what these people are after is money
00:43:00even if it does mean throwing your reputation under the bus
00:43:04our other option is to approach them with a settlement
00:43:07it happens all the time
00:43:08isn't that an admission of guilt
00:43:10that's not a possibility
00:43:11guys
00:43:12I wish I could give you an ideal option
00:43:14it is
00:43:15settle
00:43:15or strike back
00:43:20what do we do about press?
00:43:22nothing
00:43:23don't talk to anyone
00:43:24it'll force them to find the story someplace else
00:43:27and if I'm right about this
00:43:29eventually they'll start to follow the money
00:43:49he doesn't know does he?
00:43:53about the arrest in 98
00:44:04I'll see what I can do
00:44:05but I think you need to tell him Michael
00:44:14just out of curiosity
00:44:15can you name a single drug you haven't tried?
00:44:17in designer or otherwise?
00:44:19I mean do you remember your 20s?
00:44:21I do
00:44:22what are you talking about?
00:44:24just this whole approach
00:44:26dragging up a person's past
00:44:27you know I told you those things about Jeanette in confidence
00:44:30Jason trusted me
00:44:32I mean if we go this way are we really any better off than they are?
00:44:34just slandering someone to get out of an untenable situation?
00:44:41untenable?
00:44:42is that the best you can do?
00:44:43these people are trying to destroy you
00:44:46probably for money
00:44:47and we're not making shit up like they are
00:44:50so we get out of this by destroying Jeanette's credibility so much
00:44:53that no one believes a word that she says anymore
00:44:56it's an ugly world Michael
00:44:58you gotta expect to get a little dirty if you're gonna dig out of a dirt pile
00:45:10what?
00:45:14hey
00:45:15I know what I saw okay?
00:45:17you were there
00:45:18we don't know what that was all about
00:45:20what if it's a big mistake?
00:45:28hey
00:45:32don't you trust me?
00:45:33I just wanted him to come home
00:45:35which is why I went on the news
00:45:38okay?
00:45:39look
00:45:40just let me handle this
00:45:42okay?
00:46:05hey
00:46:07hey
00:46:07hey
00:46:07hey
00:46:08well the reporters are gone
00:46:09you're right
00:46:10they must have been following the money
00:46:12what's with the weather?
00:46:13oh it's the
00:46:14it's the tail end of the tropical storm in the Atlantic
00:46:16what don't you watch the news?
00:46:18never
00:46:20yeah it's supposed to make landfall but tomorrow
00:46:21Michael's batting him down on the hatches
00:46:23doors open
00:46:29there you go
00:46:31oh
00:46:32oh my god
00:46:33oh my god
00:46:34oh my god
00:46:36thank you thank you thank you
00:46:37your property wasn't on the warrant
00:46:39if you'd been married it would have been more complicated
00:46:43you should probably back up your stuff just in case they change their mind
00:46:46yeah
00:46:46hmm
00:46:54hey
00:46:54hey
00:46:55welcome
00:46:56let me just throw this down upstairs
00:46:58okay
00:47:08can you toss me that roll of duct tape?
00:47:10duct what?
00:47:12it looks like a roll of tape
00:47:14oh sorry
00:47:17not one of those lesbians who's good at fixing things around the house
00:47:20well good
00:47:21because i'm not one of those homos
00:47:24who believes in stereotypes about lesbians
00:47:27come on in
00:47:35i got a call from a reporter friend of mine at the current
00:47:39they want to run the story of your arrest in 98
00:47:42shh
00:47:43i think i might have got out a hold off
00:47:46i gave her something i found on jason yesterday
00:47:49did you know that he was expelled
00:47:51from public school for stealing money during a fire drill
00:47:54yeah he didn't do that
00:47:55he just took the rap for a couple of upperclassmen
00:47:58and it was obviously more than one kid
00:48:00one of them pulled the fire alarm near the gym
00:48:02while the other one broke into the cash register at the cafeteria
00:48:04well then he lied and either way it helps
00:48:06no
00:48:08look
00:48:10i'm not comfortable with it
00:48:11but i'm willing to do whatever we have to to fight leo and jeanette
00:48:13i mean they made the first move
00:48:17just
00:48:19leave jason out of it
00:48:20okay he's a kid
00:48:22alright but i can't promise that she won't run the story
00:48:24what story
00:48:34what
00:48:34what story
00:48:37there was a
00:48:40mix up
00:48:42i was arrested
00:48:46that
00:48:47i'm gonna
00:48:53it was years ago
00:48:55i was back in new york
00:48:58a cop said
00:49:00that i
00:49:03that i exposed myself
00:49:06in a bathroom
00:49:09what
00:49:12when
00:49:13summer of 98
00:49:15wait
00:49:17well okay
00:49:18so we were together then
00:49:20but that was
00:49:21that was the summer i was in
00:49:22paris
00:49:23well
00:49:24why don't i know about this
00:49:26i can explain okay
00:49:27it was a sting
00:49:29i was fucking entrapped
00:49:30so you kept this for me
00:49:31it's not
00:49:32what it looks like
00:49:34yeah well it looks like you lied to me
00:49:38don't
00:49:38don't
00:49:43we don't have secrets
00:49:51we don't have secrets
00:49:59you two need to be on the same page right now michael
00:50:02the police are interviewing everyone who knows you
00:50:04and if you've kept secrets
00:50:06people are going to wonder what else you're hiding
00:50:19what's on the other side of that mirror
00:50:22there were things that i
00:50:24heard
00:50:24things you heard
00:50:25yeah
00:50:26subsequently or
00:50:28the students
00:50:30said things
00:50:31they were targeting jason
00:50:32even
00:50:32because of michael's affinity
00:50:34for him
00:50:37we're not speaking
00:50:39right now
00:50:39well i've never
00:50:41had a student
00:50:42accuse a teacher
00:50:43you mean
00:50:44the friend of a parent of a student
00:50:47is that normally how you handle such cases
00:50:49having a friend of the pupil's parent right there in the room
00:50:53did mr gavin
00:50:54ever talk about
00:50:55gay issues
00:50:56in class
00:50:57you do know there's a difference between
00:50:59gay people and
00:51:00old dudes that mess around with boys
00:51:03don't you
00:51:03but i followed
00:51:05the steps exactly
00:51:08i mean there
00:51:09there was no
00:51:10reason for me to doubt what i was told
00:51:12earlier you said
00:51:14that you never suspected a thing
00:51:16that you and mr gavin were close
00:51:18we were
00:51:18i don't know
00:51:20you're
00:51:22you're getting me all turned around
00:51:24did he ever discuss sex
00:51:26come on
00:51:28i'm almost 18 detective
00:51:30i came out to my parents at 12
00:51:32i was sexually active at 14
00:51:34i've been buying porn on my mother's amex for three years
00:51:36and she doesn't even know about it
00:51:39by the time i had classed mr gavin
00:51:41i could have taught him a thing or two
00:51:47dan
00:51:49please unlock the door
00:51:56so that year i got back from europe and you were volunteering
00:52:02community service
00:52:05wow
00:52:07wow
00:52:10i know i just
00:52:12hi
00:52:15i cannot believe
00:52:18you didn't trust me enough to tell me about this
00:52:20i wanted to
00:52:22over the years
00:52:22over the years?
00:52:24over the years?
00:52:25what about the last two fucking days?
00:52:27michael we're fighting for our lives here
00:52:29i know
00:52:33there's no excuse
00:52:38i want you to say
00:52:40i want you to say
00:52:40say what?
00:52:41you have never said it
00:52:43not once
00:52:43during this whole time
00:52:45i want you to look me in the face
00:52:47and tell me that nothing happened between you and jason
00:52:54no
00:52:54no
00:52:57fucking
00:52:58tell me
00:52:58annie
00:52:59what
00:52:59who are you right now?
00:53:01who am i?
00:53:01who the fuck are you?
00:53:04i leave my life
00:53:05i leave my job
00:53:06i follow you here for this fucking
00:53:09backwoods
00:53:10bucolic fantasy
00:53:10for what?
00:53:11for some novel?
00:53:12that's never gonna happen
00:53:13i can drag you here
00:53:14you packed the boxes and drove the truck
00:53:16i have done my best to make a life for us
00:53:18i have loved you
00:53:19i have trusted you
00:53:20i have stood up for you
00:53:22and i don't get to hear you say once and for all that nothing happened between you and jason
00:53:26no
00:53:26you don't because if you have to ask that means that you believe them and i can't take that right
00:53:30now
00:53:46did i get one of those?
00:53:50wow
00:53:52you smoke?
00:53:54no
00:53:56oh
00:53:58what the hell
00:54:11wait should you be doing that?
00:54:13no
00:54:19cute
00:54:25i'm sorry
00:54:28i don't know what's wrong with me i've been crying like this for three days
00:54:31i was talking to my sister in syracuse yesterday and i cried so much that i shorted out the number
00:54:37four on my phone
00:54:40i swear to god it doesn't work anymore
00:54:42i swear to god it doesn't work anymore
00:54:42he pressed it and nothing
00:54:46you know i was thinking earlier about the his first day at school
00:54:51he checked into the office and afterwards you went running into the lounge and said trish have you seen the
00:54:57new teacher he's really cute he's so cute
00:55:00i did
00:55:01i did
00:55:03didn't i
00:55:05he was just
00:55:07so quiet
00:55:10and gentle
00:55:17i think i really lost his own
00:55:20i jumped the gun
00:55:22i jumped the gun
00:55:22didn't i
00:55:22i mean
00:55:23there's no way right?
00:55:26no
00:55:29when are you coming back?
00:55:30i don't know
00:55:31daniel
00:55:34well
00:55:35it won't look good if you leave right now
00:55:37none of this looks good
00:56:14i'm still here
00:56:18i just wanted to make sure that you're okay
00:56:23thank you
00:56:37i was running
00:56:40around washington square park
00:56:43and this couple with a stroller
00:56:48crossed my path and i didn't see them in time
00:56:51and i fell
00:56:53and i scraped my knee really bad
00:56:57and so i went into the restroom
00:57:01in the park
00:57:02and i grabbed a bunch of
00:57:05toilet paper off this
00:57:07damp
00:57:09roll on the sink
00:57:12and i tried to clean myself up
00:57:17i heard like hell
00:57:20anyway
00:57:21there were these two guys
00:57:24and they were standing
00:57:28like back to back
00:57:30at the urinals
00:57:32i barely even noticed them
00:57:36until i was about to leave
00:57:40and that's when i had to pee
00:57:44really i did
00:57:46so i limped over
00:57:48to the urinal
00:57:51and then the guy
00:57:52the one that was standing right next to me
00:57:54he says
00:57:57nasty scrape
00:57:59how'd that happen
00:58:01something
00:58:02and i remember telling him that i
00:58:07i couldn't pee in front of people
00:58:14so then he turned to face me
00:58:19he was playing with himself
00:58:21he was playing with himself
00:58:24and yes
00:58:25i looked
00:58:29i mean
00:58:31who doesn't look
00:58:36and then i glanced behind me
00:58:38and i noticed that the other guy now
00:58:40was watching
00:58:42both of us
00:58:46and this is all happening in a matter of moments
00:58:48you know just seconds
00:58:49and i remember thinking to myself
00:58:52what the hell are you doing
00:58:55i have a boyfriend
00:58:57i love him
00:58:58he loves me
00:59:00and we don't do this
00:59:03and then he touches me
00:59:07and i remember i took in this quick
00:59:11jagged breath
00:59:15i mean
00:59:16it was so
00:59:19i don't know unexpected
00:59:22you know i mean
00:59:23i didn't come here looking for this
00:59:29and it was exciting
00:59:33the anonymity of it was
00:59:35hot
00:59:39and the rest happened so fast
00:59:45and the expression on his face changed
00:59:47and then he took off
00:59:48and then
00:59:50i saw a badge
00:59:51or
00:59:54a flash of a badge
00:59:55and then this
00:59:57smug satisfied face in the cop
00:59:59and before i knew it i was jacked up
01:00:01my face was smashed against the tiles on the wall
01:00:09he was pressing my bloody knee
01:00:12against the concrete
01:00:13against the concrete so hard
01:00:18i still have a scar
01:00:22why didn't you tell Dan?
01:00:26the judge reduced the charge
01:00:29i did the community service
01:00:31i paid a fine
01:00:34it went away
01:00:36but why didn't you tell him?
01:00:43i wanted to protect him
01:00:47i...
01:00:51didn't want to lose his trust
01:00:57i was afraid of losing him
01:01:04i was ashamed
01:01:06i was ashamed
01:01:09i was ashamed
01:01:14to do that
01:01:43i'm glad
01:01:44it was a lot of people
01:02:02hello hi uh uh can i speak with george please sure who is it it's it's michael gavin calling
01:02:10listen look i know we're not working together anymore but please it's uh this rain
01:02:16if you could see this place
01:02:41so
01:02:55so
01:05:50Why are you looking at?
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