All language subtitles for Popular (1999) - S01E12 - The Trial of Emory Dick (480p DVD x265 Panda)_track4_[eng]

For those of you who did well,
I salute you.

For those of you who did not,
Imagine how I feel.

If I wanted
To squander my gifts,

I could have kept my job
At the home show,

Handing out chisels.

[bell rings]

Mr. Dick, can I see you
For a moment?

Wait for me, captain,
Would you?

There something
You'd like to tell me?

Uh, oh, yes.

I very much enjoyed
Your lecture on the pinworm.

Emory, you needed
To do well on this test.

- did you study for it?
- intensely, sir.

Then explain your grade.

I memorized
The wrong chapter.

No, you memorized
The wrong book.

You realize I have no choice but
To fail you for the semester.

What? But...
I've been here every day.

Showing up ain't enough. This
Is biology, not traffic school.

Now, I'd like to wash off
The formaldehyde

Before my mounds of venus
Start to shrivel.

She can't do this.
She does it every year.

I've never failed a class.

She picks one kid to dump on
And makes their life hell.

What's up?
Bobbi glass
Dropped the axe on emory.

So sorry.

I don't need your pity.
She's going to be sorry.

Chill out. Everybody knows bobbi
Glass is a major carpet stain.

There's nothing
You can do about it.

Oh yeah?
Watch me.

[carmen] I never wear blue,
But I thought...

[brooke] The colors are awesome.
I can't believe you made that.

You okay?
Yeah.

There's this bead store
On venice boulevard...

Is that the place
Where you park your own car?

I guess.

Yeah.

I got enough stuff
To make one for everybody.

That's awesome. Thanks.
Sure.

Not for me, thanks.
It is dazzling on you.

It's just not all of us
Have a square-shaped head.

Ahoy, mates.
Meet wesley chu, my attorney.

You may recognize him
From his late-night
Commercials on channel 94.

Nice to meet you.
Hi.

What's he doing here?

I retained mr. Chu's services
During third period.

He's taking my case.

What case?
I don't know.

I'm suing the school.

[chuckles]
Uh...

♪ think it over
once or twice ♪

♪ what lasts
the longest in this life ♪

♪ character
or rock-hard thighs ♪

♪ in the end do you believe ♪

♪ that beauty lies
in what you see ♪

♪ 'cause if you do,
then, baby ♪

♪ you've been deceived ♪

♪ well, me and b ♪

♪ we hate supermodels ♪

♪ it's just that I'm tired
of being compared ♪

My client's academic meltdown
Is a direct result of...

Chronic harassment.

And exactly who are you
Accusing of this harassment?

Ha...

Did you bring the list?
Oh.

Ah. Well.

Miss nicole julian, miss mary
Cherry, mr. Sugar bernardino,

Mr. Josh ford,
Miss bobbi glass, and...

I can't read this.
Vera krupps.

[chu] Right.
The lunch lady?

What did she ever do to you?
Scrimp on the tartar sauce?

We're not able
To disclose information
Until we're in trial.

There's not gonna be any trial.
I've heard your commercials.

If you are not off
My campus in 5 minutes,

You will have to have my cane
Surgically removed
From your bowels.

- she should be on the list.
- out!

Keep in touch.

Harassment is a pretty shabby
Excuse for failing a class.

It's not an excuse.
It's my reality.

The taunting begins at 7:10,
When I get on the bus,

And it does not end
Until 3:05, when I get home.

Listen, emory...

Have you ever been woken
At 2:00 a.M. By a stranger

Threatening to force-feed you
Your own underwear?

I can't say that I have.

Then you couldn't
Possibly understand.

Perhaps not.

But dragging this through
A public courtroom will not

Ameliorate your situation.

What you want is vindication
Within these halls.

Isn't that right?

Isn't it?

- is that v-I or v-e?
- it's revenge, emory.

It is a chance for you to indict
Those who have mistreated you

And hit them
Right where they live.

If you can prove your case in
Front of a jury of your peers,

I will see to it that your
Tormentors are punished.

♪♪ [organ]

Ha-ha-ha!

[muffled shouting]

No!

[all screaming]

Not the switch!

Anything but the switch!

[principal hall]
But if you lose,

Your problems are not
Going to get smaller.

Emory?

Emory!

[sam]
Carmen, what are you doing?

Oh... Noth...

I was saving
Part of my lunch.

- for who?
- for me.

I thought that I would eat
Some of it here and the rest...

Over there.

[sam] You've got
Ten minutes left.

You'd better hurry.

I want to eat with you guys.
I just feel like...

Maybe we can have you
On tuesdays and thursdays.

I'm gonna get a diet soda.
Would anybody like anything?

No, thanks.
No.

See you in class.

[emory] Harrison,
My good man, great news.

You're gonna represent me.

What?
What happened to mr. Chu?

Principal hall
Wants the trial here,

With students,
In the cafeteria.

She said that I could
Pick my own prosecutor.

- why me?
- you're my best friend.

And you despise everyone
On this list as much as I do.

Maybe more.

Emory, I can't do this.

Whether you win or lose,
We come out looking like losers.

You're wrong. This trial could
Turn the school upside down.

Principal hall already said
That if I prove my case,

Those fascists won't be able to
Socialize on the school grounds

For the rest of the year.

What if you lose?

I don't see losing
As a possibility
Since I have a case.

That was kind of chilly,
Best friend.

Like anyone
Can find emory sympathetic.

I do.

Yeah. Oh, right.

And where were you when he was
Selling those butt bolos?

And weren't you the one
Who wanted his locker glued shut

When he humiliated carmen?

Come on, you guys.
Emory begs for harassment.

No one said he wasn't weird,
But he has a case.

People do torture him.

What happens to me
When I start pointing fingers?

- it's not about you.
- he's the one who's flunking.

- then you guys defend him.
- fine.

We will.
[harrison] Great.

See ya.

So he throws his legs
Into the air

And tries to lock this dude
Into a scissor hold.

He cuts this huge, smelly...
[making flatulence noise]

[all] Oh!

Could we hold the tales
From the wrestling crypt

- until we finish the rice cake?
- thank you.

This year's gonna be amazing.
Our new coach is the bomb.

[sugar]
This year we haul home the gold.

This is where sugar d shines.
You know what I'm saying?

Y'all better get out of town
Before sugar daddy smacks down.

Word!

[principal hall]
Miss mcqueen,

Can I speak to you in my office
At the end of the day?

We have practice.

This is more important.

- may I ask what it's about?
- emory dick.

What's important about him?

Miss julian, when I speak
To the organ grinder,

I do not expect
The monkey to answer.

My office, end of the day.

[josh]
Facial!

That's so weird, you guys.

I've never said two words
To emory dick.

[toothbrush scrubbing]

Emory?

Uh, hey.

Um...

Lily and I were wondering,
If it's okay with you,

We'd like to represent you
At the trial.

Really?

Uh, yeah.

Sam will focus on
The interrogation,
And I'll handle the research.

Can we start now?

Uh, yeah.

But after you rinse and spit.

[lily]
The minute we sat down with him,

All these horrible stories
Started pouring out.

[sam]
He definitely has a case.

You should have seen harrison's
Face when we subpoenaed him.

Do you guys think I have
A square-shaped head?

- what?
- what?

Nothing. Skip it.

It's gonna be hard
To find an impartial jury.

Why? Tons of people have been
Harassed by emory's hit list.

Exactly. If it's gonna be
A fair trial, we need a jury

That doesn't want to see nicole
And her posse boiled in oil.

- sorry, carm.
- for what, lil?

I know she's
A friend of yours now.

Will you stop it?

I didn't become a cheerleader
Because I'm a nicole wannabe.

Hey, brooke.
Hey.

What's going on?
Is everything okay?

Principal hall just told me that
Emory dick's gonna have a trial.

She wants me
To defend the school.

Are you gonna do it?
Absolutely.

He's made some outrageous
Accusations against my friends.

Does that surprise you?

Because people
Hang out together

Doesn't make them
A vicious cult.

You're gonna have to
Prove that to the jury.

Sam and I are prosecuting.

Of course. Any chance you can
Grab to break up my friends.

That is not why we're doing it.
This isn't just about emory.

Hundreds of kids
Have been persecuted
And never said a word.

Oh, please. I am so sick
Of people tagging us as evil.

Why should we be constantly
Targeted and used as scapegoats?

- like you guys aren't a group.
- not like yours.

There are
Plenty of kids at school

Who know that we do not exist
To make other people miserable.

- really?
- carmen, am I right?

I think I'm gonna
Take my brownie to go.

Yo, bro, check this out.

We have been undefeated
Since 1984.

[josh] Look at that guy.
He's jurassic.

I could take him easy.

Oh! Uh!
Watch it, scrub.

No, you watch it.
Judgment day is here.

What are you talking about?

I'm on the jury,
And you're gonna fry.

Hey, carmen.

Brooke, listen...

- carm, are you...
- my witness? I thought she was.

You guys, please.

Don't make me do this.
This is too hard.

I don't want
To have to choose.

Thanks.

See you in court?
Yeah, I'll see you in court.

[♪♪ people's court theme]

[man] Plaintiff emory dick
is suing kennedy high school

for harassment
and wrongful failure.

the parties will settle
their differences here
in the students' court.

Ready to call
Your first witness?

I am, your honor.

The prosecution would like
To call mrs. Vera krupps.

Mrs. Krupps, how long have
You worked as a lunch lady
At kennedy high?

Thirty-seven years.

I took off 1973
To have my knee drained.

And in that time, do you recall
Having any altercations

With a kennedy student
Other than emory dick?

[mrs. Krupps]
He's the first.

That kid's a walking chigger.
He lives to torment me.

Interesting, because from
Emory's perspective,

you are the tormentor.

- what is that?
- lasagna.

Hmm. What's in it?

Cheese, meat, noodles.

When we say "Meat," can we be
A trifle more specific?

- ground beef, from a cow.
- what part of the cow?

The part that goes in lasagna.
You want it or not?

Not if you won't identify it.
Some of us can't digest
Ears and tails.

I don't put ears and tails
In my food.
How would we know?

To you, anything that's
Ground up falls under
The category of "Beef."

Ow!

Next!

Ms. Krupps, on the day
He questioned your cuisine,

Were there any other students
In line behind mr. Dick?

Yes.

How long would you say
The plaintiff interrogated you?

Long enough to make me wish
This spatula was a rusty knife!

Ten minutes.

- maybe 20.
- twenty minutes.

That's over half a lunch period.

So, in essence,
Mr. Dick's inquiry,

Deprived many students
From enjoying their lunches.

And those students were forced
To wolf down their food

And rush to their next class

Plagued with indigestion
And anxiety.

You bet!

[sam] Do you recall
The football game played
On friday, october 29th?

[josh]
Sure, and I'd like to forget it.

- why is that?
- we got creamed.

You contend that my client
Rubbed that defeat in your face.

Yes.

And that would explain why you
And mr. Sugar daddy bernardino

Submerged his head
Into a toilet and flushed.

Objection!
Council is leading the witness.

- overruled.
- [sam] Mr. Ford.

I don't remember
The flushing part.

Let me refresh your memory.

Finished with that shower?
Use that one.

Yours has
Better pressure.

[emory] Could you
Give me a time frame?

Some of us aren't afforded
Tardy privileges

Because we can hurl
A bladder of pigskin 40 yards.

Get lost, geek.

I don't know why so much value
Is placed on athletic prowess.

It's nothing but a hold
Over from the neanderthal days.

With the advent
Of computer technology,

Running and knocking someone
Down seems totally superfluous.

What are you talking about?
Dude, he just called you an ape.

Did you just call me an ape?
[toilet flushing]

No! Don't! Ugh!

But by denouncing your values,

He also attacked
Your school spirit.

Your honor, objection.

What does school spirit

Have to do with sticking
Someone's head in a toilet?

Mr. Ford has defended
This school's honor

On the football field
And the wrestling mat.

Why shouldn't he defend it
In the men's room?

How was the plaintiff
Affected by this incident?

He hasn't taken a shower
At school since.

He does most of his bathing
In the drinking fountain.

You'd say he was traumatized?

At least.
[sam] Thank you.

No further questions.

- mr. John.
- yeah.

You use the toilets
In the locker room?
Not for bathing.

[all laughing]

Okay.

Do you recall using it
On the day of the incident?

I...

I don't really keep track.

Sorry.

Several witnesses have sworn
That someone was sitting

In the next stall
During the incident,

And that someone
Was wearing green high tops.

- hmm.
- hmm.

[brooke] Mr. John,
Do you recognize these shoes?

No.

[brooke] No. Yet they were
Found in your gym locker.

Do you store other people's
Shoes in your locker?

Objection. Irrelevant.

I'm just trying to prove
That emory dick's best friend

Was sitting in the next stall
And did nothing

To stop that swirlee.

Could it be that he, too,
Felt that mr. Dick
Got what he deserved?

If I was there,
I didn't hear anything.

Okay?

Mr. John, are you
Hearing-impaired?

- no.
- what?

I didn't know
It was emory until...

The next stall?

- you serpent!
- order!

- judas!
- I said order!

- your honor, can we have...
- you will roast in hell!

Order in the court!

[nicole]
five, six, seven, eight.

♪ get up and do it
oh, oh ♪

♪ get up and do it ♪

♪ don't you know that
you just wanna do it ♪

♪ get up and do it
oh, oh ♪

♪ get up and do it ♪

♪ hey, yeah ♪

Well, if it ain't
Miss atticus finch.

You were so amazing.

Brooky, I'm so
Bronzing your skirt.

We haven't won yet, and we need
To work on our testimony.

Okay?

Sorry.
Where are you going?

I'm not testifying. It's
A conflict of interest for me.

What is?
Protecting the squad?

Being a glamazon is not just
About perfecting your cartwheel
And moisturizing your knees.

- we function as a unit.
- okay, look, relax.

Sam and I agreed that carmen
Should be granted immunity.

Why?

Because it's totally
Awkward for her, okay?

[whispering] Drop it.

[brooke]
Carm, take this tape home
And work on it in the yard.

Okay, thanks, brooke.

Some of us around here get to
Have their cake and eat it, too.

[nicole] And some of us
Shouldn't be eating cake at all.

See you guys tomorrow.
Good luck.

Hey there.

Hey.

Um...

Look, I don't remember anything
About that bathroom ambush.

How did they get
The shoes, harrison?

Someone obviously stole them
Out of my gym locker.

See? You start pointing fingers,

And suddenly the school's
This war zone, and for what?

So emory can get a "D"
Instead of an "F."

Is that any reason to dredge up
Crap nobody remembers?

Emory didn't forget
This incident, harrison,
And neither did you.

Which explains why you weren't
Too eager to take on his case.

It's not like
I could have stopped them.

I've seen sugar daddy
Pick up guys twice my size
And hurl them...

Sam, lily, I've got something
That might prove useful

For tomorrow's questioning.

Can I talk to you?

I'm here to see sam and lily.
Emory...

Should we go somewhere else?

Forget it. Stay. Talk.
I don't exist.

I can give you the exact time
And date relations broke down

Between me and miss glass.

Listen, emory,

Are you sure you want
To go through with this?

Why wouldn't I?

We were beginning to wonder
If it's worth it.

You're obviously hurt.

I'm not hurt.
I'm disappointed.

I can handle that.
I'm used to that.

I don't assume anymore
That people

Are going to understand me
Or like me or even notice me.

But that doesn't mean I don't
Have the right to be heard.

Okay.

You plan on sleeping tonight?
Eventually.

I would think that after today,
You'd want to walk away
While you still can.

I've just begun.

[scoffing]

Sam, what else
Do you want to know?

You can't tell me that harrison
Is still one of your heroes.

This isn't about harrison.
Isn't it?

Sam, what he did
In that bathroom was pathetic

But totally understandable.

When it came down to it,
Harrison couldn't risk
His own head

To save emory's.

You have no idea what he...
Sam, face it, okay?

Deep down, everyone
Wants to be liked. Okay?

Even your client.

The sad thing is...

That emory will likely
End up more alone than when
We started this thing.

I would hate to see
The same thing happen to you.

Girls, I thought that court
Was adjourned at 4:00.

[brooke] It was.

I was just, um,

Thirsty.

Good night.

What did I miss?

The return of eva peron.

Sam, you gotta get some sleep.

I can't.
Tomorrow's really important.

I'm putting miss glass
On the stand.

She happens to be
My teacher, too.

Do you have to?

Yeah. She's the one
Who's flunking him.

If I do a good job tomorrow,
She'll probably flunk me, too.

Do you think that this kid
Was truly wronged?

Yeah, I do.

Then you're gonna
Have to see this through,

No matter what happens.

Thanks.

In the 12 years

You've taught biology
At this school, how many
Students have you failed?

I don't keep a scoreboard.

Well, let's remind you.

Since 1988,

You have failed... 47 students.

That's nearly four per year.

Is that all?

You pride yourself on being
A tough teacher, don't you?

Objection.
She's badgering the witness.

I am trying to prove that
The witness has a reputation

She works very hard to maintain.

Sustained.

Am I on trial for failing him?

Miss glass...

This is not about my reputation.

This is about a lazy student

Who was unprepared
And chronically disruptive.

I don't think anyone
Deserves to have

Their hair styled
In a latrine,

But I can't make
Special rules for a kid

Who doesn't have
The attention span
To finish an altoid.

Bottom line is,
We have to do the work.

If a student asks for help,
Are you willing to give it?

Always.

Really. Tell me, sir.

Do you recognize this song?

♪ oh, say has anybody seen
my sweet gypsy rose ♪

- do you, miss glass?
- no.

Are you sure?

According to
A mrs. Dorothy lucrets,

Your next-door neighbor,

You blast this song
Day and night, sometimes
Until 5:00 in the morning.

Dorothy drinks.
And he's a sneak!

[sam] Is he?
or is he just a student
looking for extra help?

[miss glass]
♪ sweet gypsy rose ♪

♪ here's a picture when
She was my sweet mary jo ♪

♪ now she's got
Rings on her fingers ♪

♪ and bells on her toes ♪

♪ say has anybody seen
My sweet gypsy rose ♪

♪ oh, I got... ♪

[gasping]

What are you doing here?

I just wanted
To ask you a question
About tomorrow's test.

- did you get a study guide?
- yes, but...

Then read it.

It's all there.
Okay.

Is that tony orlando and dawn?

Because I say the recent
Vh1 behind the music special.

Tony's the bomb.

Read your guide!

Three days after this,
You caught emory whistling
That tune in your classroom.

Do you recall how you
Reacted to that, miss glass?

Perturbed.

Perturbed.

You were a little more
Than perturbed, weren't you?

♪♪ [emory whistling]

Oh, yes, indeedy do,
That is nice.

If you're determined to
Entertain the troops, mr. Dick,

Why don't you do
Your bunny hop for the class?

Come on.
Don't be shy.

Dance, dick. Dance!

[students laughing]

[brooke] If this teacher was
Put on the stand to be mocked...

I am not mocking.

I am drawing a parallel between
The witness and my client.

Both are known around
This school as fearless,
Flamboyant eccentrics,

And I believe that
Emory dick and his teacher

Have more in common
Than miss glass cares to admit.

Isn't that the truth,
Miss glass?

Isn't it?

You can't handle the truth!

I am still the teacher here.

And if I want to,
I can squash him.

And you, like a bug!

Order. Order! Miss mcpherson,
Do you have any more questions?

No, your honor,
I am done.

Oh.

You don't need to mention
His shampoo bucket, okay?

Just confirm that
He was baiting him.

Okay, got it. Do me a favor?
Uh-huh.

Make sure I'm on time
For wrestling practice.

You'll be fine.
Think of it as a warm-up.

Cool.
Great.

Principal hall?
You wanted to see me?

Oh, yes, I did.
Come in, michael.

Sit down.

What's so funny?

Oh, uh, well,
You're like the only person
Who calls me michael.

Except for my aunt lottie,
And she still buys me legos.

Michael...

I spoke with the wrestling coach
A moment ago, and I'm...

I'm afraid you're not gonna
Be on the team this year.

What? Is...

Is this because of the trial?

- no, no
- because I'm innocent. Okay?

Me and my buddy razz the dude,
But we're innocent.

Michael, the coach isn't going
To use you because of your size.

Evidently, in past years,
There were students
In your weight class.

But this year,
The coach is afraid

That you will endanger
The safety of another student

Or even possibly yourself.

Why didn't he tell me himself?

He wanted to, but he didn't
Know how you'd handle it.

So I said I would

Since I know how it feels

To be excluded
Because of a disability.

I'm not disabled.

- I wasn't implying...
- I'm not disabled, okay?

Look, I...

I'm fat.

I am not disabled.

- michael...
- he doesn't even know me.

- I'm not disabled.
- michael,

I want you to regard this
As a temporary setback.

You can conquer this.

And I will be there
To help you in any way I can.

I mean that.

He doesn't even know me.

[door closing]

Hey.

How's it going in here?

I think
Your side's winning.

My side?

How do you know
Which side I'm on?

I don't.

Do you?

You know, from what
I saw yesterday,

You're one to talk.

[sam] Do you recall
What the button said?

No.

The button said,
"Kiss me, I'm oozing."

Do you recall helping
My client make this button?

No.

Do you recall
Telling him to wear it?
No.

So you're saying that this whole
Button thing never happened.

Is that it?

I don't remember it.

And I suppose
You do not remember
The swirlee incident, either.

What part of the question
Did you not understand?

I understood it.
I'm not stupid.

Answer the question, please.

What do you want to know?

Yes, I stuck his snotty
Little face in the toilet.

And I would do it again,
Because it made me
Feel good. Okay?

- your honor...
- let him finish.

You think he's the only
Person who gets dumped on
Because of the way he looks?

Do you?

Well, he's not!

You know what?

I'm finished.

We'll have to make our stories
Sound more sympathetic, right?

I brought a very
Sympathetic outfit.

And I'm really good
At making myself sob and wail.

Once, at my uncle roy's funeral,

It took three cousins and
An organist to carry me out.

Mary cherry,
The entire school has seen you
Weep over sweat stains.

It's gonna take a lot
More than tears. Okay?

You guys, I thought we
Were practicing at lunch.

Get the pom-poms
Off the brain.

We're this close
To never being able to talk
To each other at school again.

- what happened?
- sugar daddy went snake pit.

Carmen, it was a disaster.

Wow. I'm sorry.

If you need me,
I'll be practicing
In the locker room on my own.

[mary cherry clears throat]

Carmen, um...

Wait.

Stay.

What do you want me to do?

Close the door.

[bailiff] Do you swear
To tell the whole truth
And nothing but the truth?

[mary] I do.

Miss cherry, are you
Finished taking the oath?

Yes, I am, your highness.

Ooh! Hey there.
Lookin' sharp.

Is that a new haircut?

[ms. Ross]
Miss cherry, sit down.

Can you tell the jury
How you know the plaintiff?

Absolutely. Emory and I
Are lab partners in biology.

We've played doctor together
On more than one occasion.

It's true.

[mary cherry laughing]

Oh, gosh.
This is very hard.

Oh, god, no!
Oh, god, help me!

Oh, god! Oh!

Emory!

No! Oh, god!

[ms. Ross]
All right, ladies.
Show's over.

You've called
All of your witnesses,

And it's time to give
Closing arguments.

Actually, your honor,
I have one more witness
I'd like to call.

What?

[ms. Ross] Who?

It's a character witness. She's
Decided to forfeit her immunity

Because she feels strongly
About this case.

Call the witness.
Your honor...

The defense would like
To call carmen ferrara.

[sam]
But, your honor,
We made a...

Let her do it. I want
To hear what she has to say.

Thank you.

Miss ferrara, how long
Have you known emory dick?

Since the third grade.

Do you recall a letter that
Mr. Dick wrote on your behalf
Earlier this year?

He wrote a letter excusing me
From a test and...

Forged my doctor's signature.

What was the reason he gave
To excuse you from that test?

He said that I had
A distended anus.

[brooke] And he charged you
For this forged letter.

Yeah.
So he was able

To not only humiliate you
But also profit from it.

And all this happened before
You became a glamazon, correct?

Yeah.

So, his behavior had nothing
To do with your current status.

At the time,
You considered him to be
One of your friends, correct?

We hung around
With the same people.

Still?

Yeah.

Did you take action
Against him for that letter?

- no.
- why not?

Because he's emory. He does
Stuff like that all the time.

Why? Could it be that
The plaintiff is asocial?

Or perhaps he goes
Out of his way to alienate.

Or maybe he just simply
Enjoys being a freak.

Which is it?

I don't know.

I mean, he probably wants
The attention. We all do.

[brooke] Please disregard
That last statement.

Miss ferrara's
Not the one on trial.

Yes, I am, brooke.

We all are.

Emory is not the first person
To do something stupid at school

Just to get people
To notice him.

Last month, I spent a week
Eating nothing but grapefruits

And praying that I would wake up
With my hip bones

Pressing against
The front of my skirt.

Just like yours do.

But then I realized maybe I'm
Not supposed to look like that.

The subject is emory dick,
Miss ferrara.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to figure out
Who I am and where I belong.

And I am not afraid to be
Sitting at emory's table,

Whether people think
That he is a freak or not.

These days, if you're
Alone at lunch, or...

Wear too much black,
Or fail two tests,

They open an f.B.I. File on you.

They automatically assume
You're dangerous, and...

That's too bad,
Because I kind of envy emory.

He lives in his own universe,
And he doesn't care
If anybody ever visits.

Maybe that's what we should
Be paying attention to.

Your honor, I would like
To dismiss this witness.

Why? Because I won't dump
On somebody I care about
Just so I can wear this uniform?

Don't get me wrong, brooke.
Being a cheerleader means...

So much to me.

But I miss the people that
Didn't care about things like

What shape your head is.

I think that I'd rather go back
To cheering from the stands.

That's why I'm quitting
The glamazons.

Hey, brooke.

Hey.

I know I caved,
And I'm really sorry.

Don't worry about it.

I don't want to be
The guy that brings us down.

Know what?
It's okay.

I'm starting to think
Splitting us up

Might not be such a tragedy.

Maybe they're right.

Maybe something does happen
To us when we get together.

I mean, we say things and...

Do things...

That are just...

I don't know.

I don't know.

I, um...

The new wrestling coach
Kicked me off the team today.

What?

Why?

I'm too fat.

Turns out they don't have
A weight class for freaks.

They can't do that.

You have to fight them.
I will fight them.

We can't have a trial every time
Someone gets sucker punched.

You know, or...

This is something I'm gonna
Have to fight myself.

It's me...

Against me.

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah.

It's okay.

Listen up. I don't have time
To brief you right now,

So I want everybody back
In this room at 7:45 sharp.

Does that work
With your schedules?

Where did you get those?

Presenting gifts of any kind is
Called tampering with the jury.

I am sure that
She didn't realize...

Oh, please! We're talking
About mary cherry here.

That child once tried
To bribe me with a hot tub.

- so what do we do now?
- I'm calling a mistrial.

You're gonna start this thing
All over again.

What if I drop the charges?

What?

Can we have a moment
With our client, please?

Are you crazy? We are
So close to winning this.

What message are you sending
If this was for nothing?

It's not.

When we started, you asked me
What I wanted. I said justice.

Actually, you said
Miss glass's head on a stick.

Close enough.

But I realize now that

Maybe all I really wanted

Was for someone
In this school to,
I don't know, respect me.

The way carmen does.

Like you guys.

If I can walk away
From this with an "F"

And three people
That I can trust,

I'd feel like I won.

You did.

Sorry for interrupting.

Emory, you got a minute?

Sorry, I don't.

I prefer to spend my time with
People who openly despise me.

Look, I made a mistake.

But if it happened again,
I'd act differently.

- I would.
- [emory] Why?

Is it suddenly cool
To be my best friend?

I didn't know
I was your best friend.

That kind of threw me.

But putting yourself on trial
Was a bold move. I'm impressed.

I never
Could have done that.

Hey, uh...

You want to get a burger
Or something? I'm starved.

I could use some nourishment.

Are you paying?
For everything.

In that case, perhaps we could
Stop at dino's laserdiscs.

Because I have my eye

On the director's cut of
the ghost and mr. Chicken.

Are you serious?
That movie's a piece of...

Don't question me.
I'm your hero.

Right.

He is so weird.

[groaning]

[both giggling]

♪ to bend and not to break ♪

♪ chin up, try not to quake ♪

♪ I'm grinning on the outside ♪

♪ but I'm a wreck internally ♪

♪ ooh, la la la la ♪

♪ ooh, la la la la ♪