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00:00When we first met, you were very honest about my campaign needing a refresh.
00:04I don't know anything about political speeches.
00:08I think our best bet is to do this by candlelight.
00:13Previously on Elle.
00:14Hey!
00:14Principal Anderson either forgot to purchase the stop sign he ordered for the school entrance,
00:19or he took it for himself.
00:20We break into Anderson's office, make copies of the receipts, cross-reference some with the budget.
00:25Now we just need an excuse to be in school over the weekend.
00:28Hmm, when the detention gets so uncool.
00:30And if any of you set foot outside this room, you will be expelled.
00:38Guys, we need to do something.
00:45And that's not his way.
00:46So we're saying this girl is his daughter.
00:49Someone must be blackmailing him.
00:51Guys, I need your help.
00:52It's my mom.
00:53Look, thousands of dollars in cash was reported stolen from school today.
00:56They found it in her car.
01:21Sit down.
01:29Honey.
01:30Do I have an eyelash?
01:31No.
01:33You're sad?
01:38He's sad?
01:39His face tattoos.
01:40Shh.
01:41What do teardrops mean that he's killed three people and he wants us to know?
01:48I just made eye contact with him.
01:51Um, I'm a target.
01:53Honey, roll up your sleeves.
01:54Just look tough.
01:56Why don't you guys go get something to drink?
01:59So their thirst is quenched before they're shanked in the hallway?
02:03We'll be fine.
02:05Thanks.
02:05It's okay, honey.
02:11It's not how I wanted to spend my Saturday either.
02:13I'm just glad we were home to get Liz's call.
02:16Oh, poor girl.
02:19Can you imagine finding out your mother's been arrested for theft?
02:23Well, you know what they say.
02:24There's two sides to every story.
02:26God, I miss L.A.
02:28At least there we could keep L safe from the criminal element.
02:31She trick-or-treated at the Menendez house.
02:33Kitty gave out those full-size Snickers.
02:35Oh, sorry.
02:38What are you doing?
02:39Appearing bigger.
02:40He's a bear in the wild, honey.
02:41Maintain eye contact.
02:42Do not show fear.
02:43You get out of here!
02:45That's right!
02:49L and I took a self-defense class at the Y.
02:57Your mom thinks my mom did this.
02:59No, she doesn't.
03:02Okay, yeah, she probably does.
03:06Is there any chance that she did?
03:09You did not seriously just ask me that.
03:11Well, the police don't go around arresting the wrong person.
03:13Uh, yeah, they do.
03:15She was framed.
03:16If my mom was the type of person that stole money,
03:18why would she be working three jobs?
03:20Maybe so she doesn't have to work three jobs.
03:23My bad.
03:23I thought you changed.
03:24Liz, Liz, hang on.
03:26Wait, L.
03:26She couldn't have done this.
03:28Okay, think about it.
03:28This isn't some random person you don't know.
03:30It's my mom.
03:34You're right.
03:36I know Tana, and I believe her.
03:38I don't care what it looks like.
03:43In fact...
03:48Hello.
03:49You look like you could use a free-topia.
03:51Lizzie.
03:53In the interest of public safety,
03:55I'd like to put a request in to expedite this bailout process.
04:01Are you aware that one of your current detainees
04:04was taken straight from her place of employment
04:06without any of the products from her current skincare regimen?
04:08That seems unethical, if not downright illegal.
04:11Oh, my God.
04:11Mom, I'm fine.
04:13You can relax, sweetie.
04:15I'm fine.
04:18Wyatt, Eva, thank you so much.
04:21I am so sorry to have inconvenienced you like this.
04:24No, it's our pleasure.
04:25Right, Eva?
04:27Yeah.
04:28Yeah.
04:29Yeah.
04:30And we're so glad you're okay.
04:31Goodness is, I can make my own mascara now
04:34with coffee and vaseline.
04:35We know you didn't do this, Donna.
04:38Thank you, darling.
04:42Next order of business, score you a powerhouse attorney.
04:45My mom went to the same Burke Williams as Gloria already.
04:47Oh, honey, I don't think she'd remember me.
04:50Didn't you two dry, Sana, naked?
04:51That was a whole boob job ago.
04:53Mom.
04:54But what's a little silicone between friends?
04:57No, no, no, no.
04:57You've already done too much.
04:59And besides, I already have a lawyer, Ace Bellisario.
05:02Is that that short guy from OJ's team?
05:05No, the guy who's never was scratched
05:07under the payphone in my holding cell.
05:09Oh.
05:09Him.
05:14I'm only happy when it rains
05:18I'm only happy when it's complicated
05:22And though I know you can't appreciate it
05:26I'm only happy when it rains
05:30Pour your misery down
05:34Pour your misery down
05:38Pour your misery down
05:40Pour your misery down
05:42Pour your misery down
05:47I know you can't appreciate it
05:50I'm only happy when it rains
05:54You'll wanna hear about my new obsession
05:58I'm riding high upon a deep depression
06:02I'm only happy when it rains
06:05I'm only happy when it rains
06:08I'm only happy when it rains
06:12I'm outside we near West High
06:14Where I just spoke to Principal Shane Anderson
06:16About the stolen property
06:18That investigators say was concessions cash
06:20From sporting events
06:21Well, it was $12,515
06:24And when that exact amount
06:26Was discovered in Donna Miller's car
06:28Police, they connected the dots
06:30Yeah
06:30Slime ball
06:31I hate that guy
06:32Well, it is
06:33It's disheartening
06:33You know, Donna was beloved
06:35While she was here
06:36But she was also terminated
06:38For a previous theft
06:39So I hope it's not true
06:42But if it quacks like a duck
06:44Did he just compare me to Waterfowl?
06:46This man needs to fry
06:47It'll be fine
06:47We'll get you in front of some news cameras
06:49Looking all pretty
06:50You'll plead your innocence
06:51And everyone will believe you
06:53Because the truth always prevails
06:55Good
06:56Because the city is paying me
06:57A pretty penny to represent you
06:59Ace Bellisario
07:00Yes, we spoke on the phone
07:02I'm Donna
07:02I recognize you from your mugshot
07:03And from being the main character
07:04On the news
07:05Welcome to my office
07:07I see that my secretary
07:09Already got you drinks
07:10We saved our receipts
07:11Do you have an actual office
07:13Or do you just like
07:14Talking over the sound of five TVs?
07:15It is currently going through renovations
07:17They'll call anything condemned these days
07:20So
07:20I hear the cops found
07:22A bunch of money in your car
07:24Ooh
07:24Yeah
07:25Allegedly
07:25Which is why I've prepped Donna
07:27For her close-up
07:28I assume you've contacted
07:30All the local news affiliates
07:31So she could defend her name to the public
07:33Now that is what us lawyers
07:34Call patently moronic
07:36I object
07:38So
07:39Donna
07:40Is looking at
07:42First degree theft
07:44And
07:44Class B felony
07:46Yeah
07:46So
07:47What do I do?
07:48Keep your face
07:49Out of the limelight
07:50You settle for a plea deal
07:52And you hope that people forget
07:53Who you are in a few years
07:54Oh no
07:54We're not settling
07:55This needs to be dismissed
07:57Donna was framed
07:58Our principal's been skimming money
08:00Out the school budget
08:01He's being blackmailed
08:02And he was about to be caught
08:03Stealing money to pay off his blackmailer
08:05So he needed to quickly frame him off
08:07Which you can prove
08:09Not exactly
08:10The blackmail note was washed away
08:12By an aggressive sprinkler system
08:14No one's fault
08:15But
08:17I've itemized the school budget
08:19From highest to lowest
08:20And right under earthquake insurance
08:22You'll see the most expensive monthly payments
08:25Are for tater tots they don't serve
08:26And a channel one news subscription
08:28They don't air
08:29And there's no receipts
08:30For these transactions
08:31Um
08:33Well no
08:34He has receipts
08:37For everything
08:38So
08:39No proof of blackmail
08:40And a paper trail that adds up
08:42Right
08:42You girls need to read
08:44A little more Nancy Drew
08:45Principal Anderson
08:45Put stolen money
08:46Into my mom's car
08:47While she was at work
08:48We need to take him down
08:49Actually that can't be proved
08:51Because Donna's blockbuster
08:53Had no surveillance
08:54There are however
08:55Eyewitness accounts
08:56That put Donna
08:57At the school
08:58The day of the theft
08:59Which is not great
09:00For any of us
09:01Maybe we should get
09:02A second opinion
09:03Okay
09:05Elle
09:06Sweetie
09:06Thank you both
09:08So much
09:08For trying to
09:10Straighten this out
09:10For me
09:11But this is not a problem
09:12For a 16 year old
09:13You should be
09:15Worried about midterms
09:16And acne
09:17Acne
09:19Isn't there a winter formal
09:20That you're in charge of
09:26Mr. Belisario
09:28You're wrong
09:29We shouldn't forget about Donna
09:30We should celebrate her
09:32You don't need to come to your own defense
09:34If we do it for you
09:35What are you talking about
09:37When you were fired
09:38The entire student body
09:39Was more than willing
09:40To sign my rehire Donna petition
09:42I just need to re-rally
09:43The student body
09:44Get them to say nice things about you
09:46And show everyone
09:47You couldn't possibly
09:48Have done this
09:50I'm not comfortable
09:51Admitting I know her
09:53Just talk about
09:54How Donna took you
09:55Under her wing
09:56When you had no money
09:57For lunch
09:57Hey you know
09:58I never asked her
09:59To steal that petty cash
10:01Does that make me
10:02An accomplice
10:03Cut
10:05Thank you
10:06You're excused
10:09I'll just find someone else
10:12Didn't the news say
10:12Donna stole like
10:13A ton of money
10:14Wait
10:14Is Donna why we can't afford
10:17Dave Matthews
10:17At the winter formal
10:18I actually really like Donna
10:21But she should be in jail
10:25Cut
10:32Yellow font
10:33On white paper
10:35That's not what I told them
10:37This is what I get for delegating
10:39You know I'm probably being overly sensitive
10:41Because of the whole Donna situation
10:42But seriously
10:43Who thought yellow
10:44And snow
10:45Would be visually compatible
10:47Oh
10:48I see it now
10:49Yeah that's bad
10:50And to top it all off
10:51It's on January 21st
10:54What's wrong with the 21st?
10:55It's the night of the Golden Globes
11:03So I guess if we're changing the dance
11:04To accommodate your TV viewing schedule
11:07That means that you're going
11:08I practically birthed this dance
11:11And then once Donna got arrested
11:13I stopped mid-push
11:14And handed it to the committee
11:15To bring it to the world
11:16But
11:18Well
11:18Yeah
11:19Yeah this analogy ends a little too dark
11:20For my personal taste
11:24Hey are
11:25Are you going with anyone?
11:29Um
11:33I should go
11:34Yeah me too
11:42I don't know why you're panicking
11:44I don't like how exposed we are either
11:46But if you watch the news
11:48I'm clearly taking care of it
11:49Ow
11:50No
11:51Hey hey
11:51No
11:53Okay
11:54That's not to be used as a weapon
12:06To redial 0-6-1-3-8-3-3-1-1
12:11Please stay on the line
12:14Did you just hang up on me?
12:16Hi who is this?
12:17Oh
12:18Coastal Northwest Earthquake Insurance
12:20How can I help?
12:21Oh
12:22Sorry
12:23I have the wrong number
12:29I really like Donna
12:31And
12:32I hate to be judgmental
12:34So
12:35I don't know
12:37Didn't MLK say injustice anywhere
12:40Is a threat to justice everywhere?
12:43Yeah I think we should
12:45Wait
12:47Until
12:48More
12:49Act
12:50Could you zoom in
12:52Any closer?
12:54Doesn't she have a
12:55Great smile?
12:56I'm just giving the people what they want
12:57We agreed on a fixed frame medium close up
13:00This isn't going to match the others
13:01There are no others
13:03No one else came out in Donna's defense
13:13I thought this was going to work
13:20I don't get it
13:21Donna was always helping people who needed it
13:25I don't know why I expected more
13:27From people who photocopy paper snowflakes
13:30Well that was specific
13:31I caught Pamela from the dance committee
13:34At the Xerox machine
13:35Oh my god
13:36I know
13:37Photocopying snowflakes
13:39Singularity is their core feature
13:41I would offer to hell
13:43But then I'd have to
13:44You know
13:44Plan a dance
13:44But you're going right?
13:47Dancers are lame
13:48Classists
13:49Sexists
13:50Elitists
13:50Homophobic
13:51They're basically fascists
13:52I'm like
13:53The least fascist person I know
13:55Either way
13:56I don't do extracurriculars
13:58I barely do curriculars
14:01Dances are the only reason
14:03People go to high school
14:04Especially dances I throw
14:05You sir
14:06Are going
14:07Fine
14:08Fine
14:11Fine
14:16So
14:18We're going together?
14:21Fine
14:28Okay
14:28See I wasn't
14:30Asking you to go with me
14:31I was asking
14:32If you were asking me to go with you
14:35Fine
14:38Fine
14:45Okay
14:47Mom
14:47I've had a great idea of what to do with the testimonials for Donna
14:51The homecoming video was so good
14:53I just
14:55Mom
14:56What?
14:57Did you watch Outbreak again?
14:59I told you we're safe here
15:01We're in America
15:02There was a carbon monoxide leak at Town Hall
15:06And now they have exposure concerns about the mayoral debate
15:10I know
15:11A mass casualty event would be a really bad price
15:14But this is barbaric
15:16I mean who is going to wear this?
15:21Why don't you do it at the school?
15:23The gym is huge
15:24It's not like we use it for sports
15:28Elle Woods
15:30It's like I gave birth to myself
15:32Thank you
15:32So anyway
15:33Madison's dad said he'd clear
15:35I'll stand by you for a low license fee
15:37And half the testimonials start with
15:40I love Donna
15:40But
15:41So
15:42I was thinking
15:43We edit out all the buts
15:45Throw in some distracting transitions
15:46And it'll show 50 students saying
15:49I love Donna
15:49Over and over
15:50I mean I'm all for a little creative license
15:54But I'm not sure that's ethical
15:56I mean
15:56They said it right?
15:58The debate will be filled with the discerning public
16:01Reporters covering the event can pick it up for the 6 o'clock news
16:04Donna's reputation will be saved
16:07But tomorrow night's Dean's night to shine
16:09Okay but
16:10Donna could go to prison
16:12Well honey
16:12That's what happens when you're caught with stolen cash in your car
16:16So you think she's lying
16:18All I'm saying is that's what I heard on the news
16:21Well you lied on my birth certificate
16:22Should you go to jail?
16:25Watch your tone young lady
16:27Why won't you fight this with me?
16:29Because neither of us have a law degree
16:31And we need to leave this to the people who actually know what they're talking about
16:34The mayoral debate is not the place for a high school protest
16:39And what are you wearing?
16:45Could Glamaw be right?
16:48What if I'm totally wrong about Donna?
16:51What if my predilection for seeing the good in people
16:54Is blinding me from an ugly reality?
17:00Like how that hooded man's running right towards us
17:02And we're just sitting here like we're completely safe
17:06Okay Bruiser we drink for this
17:09We are bigger than you
17:10We appear very large and threatening
17:18Miles
17:19What the heck
17:20You know we took self-defense at the Y
17:22Oh yeah definitely
17:28What's going on?
17:30Just asking Bruiser how to choose between my mom and my gut
17:33Who's winning?
17:36My entire life I wanted to be my mom
17:39I wanted her clothes
17:41Her social life
17:42Her friends
17:43Her skin
17:44And then we moved here
17:46And
17:48I barely recognize her
17:50It's like we have nothing in common anymore
17:52I don't think that's a bad thing
17:55This last summer
17:56I realized I loved the Eagles
17:59Even though I grew up thinking I hated them because my dads did
18:04Maybe this is the time in our lives we realize our path diverges from our parents
18:08If this ends with you making me an Eagles mixtape our paths are going to diverge
18:12Every bone in my body wants to sing Desperado right now
18:15Please
18:15I really want to do it
18:16Miles I am begging you
18:17For Bruiser's sake
18:21Spare you
18:24If you want my advice
18:26I think you gotta ask yourself who you'd rather disappoint
18:30Your mom
18:31Or yourself
18:38I almost got you that time
18:42I just got off the phone with my lawyer
18:44He's going to bill you a quarter for the pay phone
18:54It's bad, Liz
18:56The plaintiff's attorney just convinced the judge to consider jail time
19:01Three to ten if convicted
19:04What, years?
19:05They can't do that
19:07Can they?
19:09I don't know
19:25Hey
19:27When it rains, of course
19:29Can I come in?
19:31Okay
19:33What are you doing here?
19:35Well, no one asked me for a testimonial for the Save Donna campaign
19:38No one asked Freddy Krueger for sleeping tips, either
19:40Just let me do a nice gesture
19:43Six minutes, all glowing
19:46Oh, just kidding, sorry
19:49Since when are you capable of nice gestures?
19:53Maybe I have been a little bit of a Freddy Krueger to you lately
19:58What's the statute of limitations on lately?
20:02I, I, I don't know
20:03I, I guess
20:03Since you made out with me all summer at camp and then pretended I didn't exist, right?
20:07You want to get technical about it?
20:11Look, not everybody grew up with a mom like yours
20:13Um, my parents would never, uh
20:21Anyway, um, I convinced some of the popular seniors to give testimonials too
20:26So that's five, but in terms of social currency, it basically counts as ten
20:30They're very influential
20:33They are, aren't they?
20:38Where are you going?
20:39I'm calling out
20:42I think this is a video mixer
20:50When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff
20:53And I'm so strung out
20:55I'm high as a kite
20:57I just might stop to check you out
21:00Let me go on
21:02Like I blister in the sun
21:04Save room for dinner
21:05Let me go on
21:07Your drum setters are here
21:11Donna was basically the least judgmental person at this school
21:14So yeah, sucks they fired her
21:16Tell us why you think Donna is the best
21:18Why am I so nervous for this?
21:21And action
21:23And I'm pretty sure we would have been late to every single meet without her
21:29I've created a list of student home addresses from nearest to farthest
21:33Convinced them this is the most down with the establishment cause I'll ever be a part of
21:36Also, all the cool kids are doing it
21:38So you know, peer-brusher
21:40Peer-brusher is my religion
21:42Okay, now you're gonna tell your favorite Donna story
21:45And action
21:46Remember when Donna would stand outside her classroom in the morning to greet every student?
21:51So my freshman year, Donna volunteered to be here
22:00Donna noticed that I was the only kid who didn't have money for pizza day
22:04And she split her pizza with me
22:07She's a good person
22:08And if she says she's innocent, I believe her
22:11Yeah, that'll pair nicely with quiet Kyle
22:13Saying that Donna let him hide his ferret in her file cabinet during gym
22:16What have you done?
22:17Fifteen more testimonials
22:18Everyone says some version of I believe Donna
22:20That means we just broke a hundred
22:22And we're off to get more
22:23Oh, Cole, if you need any more refreshments
22:26Got it, thank you
22:27Let me go on
22:29Like I blister in a song
22:31Donna volunteered to be the manager
22:34Um, she gave birth to me
22:38Which is pretty cool of her
22:44Don't forget to save a cup of pasta water
22:47One day
22:54You know, I've never made a homemade meal with my mom before
22:59Then again, I've never held a can of Jolt in her presence either
23:03Easy with that stuff, it'll make you vibrate
23:05Don't worry, I saw what happened to Jessie Spano when she got addicted to caffeine pills
23:09Saved by the bell?
23:10Yeah
23:13I don't know how you guys did all this stuff
23:17Well, it was Liz's idea to use the seniors with social influence
23:21She'd do anything for you
23:23Including empower the popular girls
23:26Well, when you're all the other halves, you gotta have each other's back
23:31It's gonna be okay, Donna
23:48And we are officially outputting you
23:55189 testimonials
23:57Let's hope it's enough to change the hearts and minds of the public at the debate tomorrow
24:01You mean tonight, it's ten after five
24:03Oh my god
24:06Did I just have my first all-nighter?
24:09I feel so collegiate
24:15Why are you doing this?
24:17Because I love your mom
24:19Well, I love my mom too
24:21But, you know, I don't think it would have ever occurred to me to hijack a mayoral debate on her
24:26behalf
24:28Coco Chanel once said
24:29If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack
24:33And I think Coco would agree
24:35It's a lot easier to attack when you have an army
24:47What's that?
24:50Um, please don't be you about this
24:53But I saw it in the window of a consignment store
24:57And I thought of you
25:05You've made Seattle a little pinker
25:08And I like to think Seattle's made you a little more plaid
25:15Liz
25:16I love it
25:18Thank you
25:22Yeah
25:24You can let go now
25:26Okay, I don't want to do that
25:27I know you don't
25:30Oh, sir
25:31Yeah, that's for you
25:35There you go
25:36Sorry, I only have so many
25:39I gave the Dean Team signs to the best looking people in the crowd
25:44I hate myself for thinking that's a good idea, but you are brilliant
25:47You look handsome
25:48Thank you
25:49In a Charlie from Party of Five kind of way
25:53That's actually a show you should reference
25:55Kids out there will eat it up
25:56I've got this
25:57This is the part I'm actually good at
26:00Why are you so nervous?
26:02I just
26:03Really need a win right now
26:06And I'm going through it with Al
26:09She's convinced herself that Principal Anderson set up Donna to hide some secret affair
26:15What did you tell her that this is one of the schools I oversee
26:17And that I do my research before I hire my principal?
26:20There you are
26:21I've been calling you
26:22I'll start my phones off
26:23Keep it on
26:24There's breaking news and the press will want to comment
26:26What's the breaking news?
26:30Where's Liz?
26:31I haven't seen her
26:32Okay, well we'll just have to start without her
26:35Once Principal Anderson announces the candidates, I'll hit the lights
26:38Everything goes dark
26:39Dustin rolls in the projector
26:40You pull down the screen
26:41Dustin presses play
26:42And we got totally busted
26:50Boys, would you mind giving us a moment, please?
26:58I asked you not to do this
27:00I know how you feel about leaving this to the judicial system
27:04But respectfully, I disagree
27:05And so does our school
27:07We believe in Donna
27:08And I don't mean to piggyback off your big night
27:10But all the reporters are here to see that Donna is good
27:13And everyone in her
27:13She pled guilty
27:17What?
27:18It's on the news
27:19She took responsibility for the crime
27:22But what about Anderson?
27:23She must have made it up
27:25And Dean oversees the school affairs
27:27He wouldn't have hired Principal Anderson if any of that nonsense were true
27:32But it is true
27:33Donna is innocent
27:34I mean, she must have pled guilty for some other reason
27:37Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to start
27:40So can you please take your seats?
27:41Thank you very much
27:42I have to get back out there
27:44I tried to warn you, honey
27:46Sorry
27:47Principal Shane Anderson, welcome to tonight's mayoral debate
27:54Well, not that I wish a carbon monoxide leak on anyone
27:58But how fortunate for Rainier West High
28:00To have the honor of witnessing tonight's debate
28:03Between Superintendent Dean Wilson
28:08And current Mayor Mike McAllister
28:20I think I've just gotten something in my eye
28:31Or it's allergies
28:32This season's been really bad
28:49This season's been really bad
28:52Molly
28:52Dennis
28:53Dennis
28:54Dennis
28:54Dennis
28:54Dennis
28:55Dennis
28:59OK
29:00Okay.
29:05Donna just turned herself in.
29:07Is there a chance or wrong about Principal Anderson?
29:10Hey, hey, hey.
29:12Anderson's guilty as hell.
29:13But Dean said he'd never hire someone with a shady past.
29:17And he's the school superintendent.
29:19I mean, if we found discrepancies in the school budget,
29:24wouldn't he?
29:25I mean, he basically oversees everything.
29:27Oh, come on.
29:35What I see are long-term residents being pushed out
29:38of their neighborhoods by greedy developers.
29:41Voters aren't asking for fancy stock options.
29:44They're asking for humane rent.
29:53That's everything we got from Anderson's office.
29:56We compared these to the budget.
29:58All the line items have a matching invoice.
30:02Who is this?
30:03Coastal Northwest Earthway Insurance.
30:07What if the receipts aren't real?
30:10Thank you both for an educational night.
30:13I think you've given our students and our guests a lot to think about.
30:20One last question.
30:23El.
30:25Listen.
30:32Good evening.
30:35Sorry.
30:38Hi.
30:40El Woods.
30:41Junior with an interest in fashion merchandising.
30:46What's your question, miss?
30:47Mayor McAllister and Superintendent Wilson.
30:50How will you, as Medina's next mayor, reconcile the widespread corruption going on right under your very noses?
31:01Widespread corruption.
31:03Teenagers are very dramatic, aren't they?
31:05Yes.
31:07Miss Woods, can you be a little more specific?
31:09Um, okay.
31:12I, uh, I brought a little research to back my findings.
31:19My friends and I highlighted some items the school claims to have purchased but don't actually have.
31:25Among them, mouse pads, tater tots, and a stop sign at the uncontrolled intersection where Shannon Walker's mom, Robin, was
31:37fatally struck by another car.
31:40Robin's death was a result of greed.
31:43And the man responsible for these fictional purchases was our very own Principal Anderson.
31:55Do I love politics?
31:57Okay, can we get her out of here?
31:59Yep.
32:00Wait, wait, wait.
32:02Are you saying your principal stole?
32:05That's exactly what you're saying.
32:06He knew we were close to uncovering his fraud.
32:09So we planted the money on Donna Miller in case anyone started looking into why things weren't adding up.
32:14Okay, Donna pled guilty to theft.
32:17What innocent person pleads guilty?
32:20A mother?
32:24My mom pled guilty to avoid jail time.
32:27Misdemeanor allows her to remain free, pay a fine, and complete community service.
32:30But I wouldn't take her from me.
32:44So the real question is, why would Principal Anderson steal from his own school?
32:53Which 24 brings me to a time I was in his office and commented on an orange suede jacket he
33:01claimed belonged to his wife, a beautiful redhead.
33:04But that doesn't make sense.
33:08Because, well, Mom.
33:11Because redheads can't wear orange!
33:14Mmm.
33:15Mm-hmm.
33:16She's also a native Seattleite, so I was surprised the jacket was authentic suede.
33:21Because everyone knows people from Seattle don't wear suede.
33:26Though one could argue, someone from Sunnyside, Washington, a city in the high desert that averages a meager eight inches
33:35of rain per year, probably loves suede.
33:38The jacket didn't belong to his wife, because it belonged to the mother of a secret love child.
33:46Oh, my God!
33:48Yuck.
33:48All right.
33:49If everyone can please calm down.
33:51Can we escort Miss Woods, uh, to the door?
33:54She's disrupting the debate with these nonsense allegations.
33:58Officer, get off the mic!
33:59You're done talking?
34:00This is ridiculous!
34:01She is a student!
34:03That one there?
34:04Hey, come on now.
34:05Hi, Officer.
34:07That one in the pink, could we arrest her, please?
34:09Absolutely not!
34:10She's in Chanel!
34:11What are you getting up, Miss?
34:12Our principal without principals was stealing money because he was being blackmailed for his secret.
34:19But by whom?
34:22The most expensive line items on our school budget was for earthquake insurance.
34:27Right there.
34:29No surprise because of your biggie last year.
34:33I remember when an earthquake devastated the fashion center at Northridge.
34:38You know, the one with the Bullocks had the seasonal Jean-Paul Gaultier a week before everyone else because the
34:45merchandising girl was so on it.
34:48So you can imagine my dismay when the mall was deemed uninsurable.
34:53Thus cutting off my inside track and forcing me to fight for Gaultier's ready-to-wear alongside everyone else at
35:01the Beverly Center.
35:02The damage was so far reaching.
35:04I found it curious that Rainier West was able to purchase said earthquake insurance so effortlessly after the Seattle earthquake
35:14had occurred.
35:16So I thought, maybe I should just give a call to the insurance company and ask them for their secret.
35:22And then I thought, why don't we all give them a call?
35:27Oh, great.
35:28Kimberly, may I please borrow your phone?
36:05I think you have a phone call.
36:19Mayor McAllister, Coastal Northwest earthquake insurance is a front organization controlled by your opponent.
36:27Mr. Dean Wilson.
36:31Okay, that's not...
36:33This can all be explained.
36:35Principal Anderson, mayoral helpful, Dean Wilson.
36:39You picked the wrong student body to mess with.
36:54Well done, miss.
36:56Officer.
36:58What? No.
36:59Ow!
37:00You're arresting me!
37:01He did it!
37:02Bring them both in for questioning.
37:08How did you do that?
37:09Oh, that was epic.
37:10I don't know what came over me.
37:12I need to tell my mom.
37:13Go.
37:14Dean, wait, wait, wait.
37:15Stop, stop.
37:15What is this?
37:16What was he all talking about?
37:18A guy like me doesn't stand a chance against an incumbent like McAllister without funding.
37:22So you resort to stealing money?
37:24I'm sorry, Eva.
37:28Mom!
37:32Mom!
37:33Mom!
37:34Mom!
37:34Hi, are you kind of embarrassed?
37:35I can't believe we actually did it.
37:38Miss Wood, how did you and your friends uncover this fraud?
37:41Can you comment on your relationship with Donna Miller?
37:43Why did you decide to pursue an investigation?
37:45Because I always believed in Donna.
37:48And because my friends and I refused to let anyone underestimate us.
38:08I'm sorry about Dean.
38:11I know how hard you worked for him.
38:13He just dropped out.
38:14No way a politician can survive fraud charges and a sex scandal.
38:20I just wish you would have given me a heads up.
38:26I did.
38:28But you were more interested in believing in some faceless institution than believing in your own daughter.
38:34You're right, I was.
38:36But I just thought that if you were wrong, you'd be crushed.
38:39I'm going to be crushed on occasion, Mom.
38:42I'm human.
38:47We're not going to always agree on things.
38:50But I need to be my own person.
38:53But you're my person too.
38:56And my job as your mother is to protect you.
38:59I love you.
39:01I love you.
39:02And I am so, so grateful for everything you and Dad have given me.
39:10But if I had listened to you over my own gut,
39:15Donna would be serving time for a crime she didn't commit.
39:19It's one thing for the outside world not to believe in me, but it is a hundred times worse when
39:26it's you.
39:28Mommy.
39:33I'm sure we're both exhausted.
39:35I'm just going to go to bed.
39:39Okay.
40:07I'm just going to bed.
40:13I'm just going to sleep for your own but now.
40:29It's like home.
40:31I gotta say, I spent my whole life settling for whatever the world threw at me.
40:38It never occurred to me to fight back until I met you.
40:41Well, it wasn't just me. The entire school was willing to fight.
40:45Okay. Interim principal reporting for duty.
40:49Oh, looking good, Ms. Burke.
40:51Oh, thank you. It's a new skirt.
40:53Your schedule and your messages are on your desk.
40:56And let me know if you need help working the PA.
40:58Oh, I will.
40:59Okay, I should probably get to class.
41:02Great to have you back where you belong, Donna.
41:06Hey, Elle.
41:07Have you ever considered becoming a lawyer one day?
41:11Nah. It'd end up like yours.
41:13Is that an ace up your sleeve?
41:27What is this?
41:29This is the cheeriest you'll ever see me.
41:32So, eat it up.
41:34Party people!
41:37Party people!
41:38Party people!
41:51You guys choreographed this yourself.
41:53Check it to reckon, let's begin.
41:55Party up, you want to call it over here.
41:56It's the noise.
41:57These seeds in the house, try to jump rejoices.
41:59There's a party over here.
42:00I'll party over there.
42:01Wave your hands in the air.
42:01Shake the dairy, yeah.
42:03Two, three words.
42:03When you're getting busy,
42:04Whoa, that it is.
42:06Get mad.
42:06Whoa, that it is.
42:08Whoa, that it is.
42:10Oh, look what you tried.
42:13It's strawberry on strawberry.
42:15You made this?
42:16You didn't just get justice for Donna.
42:18You got justice for Shannon and her mom, too.
42:22L.A.
42:23L.A.
42:23L.A.
42:25L.A.
42:25L.A.
42:26L.A.
42:33She's back.
42:34Shannon.
42:36It's one thing to hurt me, but it's quite another to go after my friends.
42:41What?
42:42What are you doing here?
42:43I have some loose ends to tie up in Seattle, so I picked up some easy reading for my flight.
42:50Cosmopolitan.
42:50And what are the odds?
42:53The most recent issue actually had some inspiring words from an up-and-coming author named Al Woods.
42:59I never wrote for Cosmo.
43:01Apparently, you won some essay writing contest.
43:04That's impossible.
43:04How could I have won?
43:05I threw my application in the trash with my mom.
43:10What I've learned from living in Seattle is how lucky I am to be an L.A. girl.
43:16Damn.
43:17And that's just the first sentence.
43:19There's two more pages.
43:20And it gets worse and worse.
43:23Turns out, sweet, innocent Al Woods is nothing more than a backstabbing blonde bitch.
43:30It gets worse than a backstabbing blonde bitch.
44:28We'll see you next time.
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