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The English longbows
rain arrows

on the French knights
in their armor.
(JOAN SNORING)

Angry...

(SLIDE PROJECTOR CLICKS)

The French charge
across the plowed field,

then tragedy.

What tragedy?

Class?

Who knows?

(JOAN CONTINUES SNORING)

(CRASH)
I didn't do it!

(STUDENTS LAUGHING)

Mr. Dreisbach,
I... I can explain.

I was up late
studying for AP Chem.

What was the tragedy
at Agincourt?

Um...

I'm prepared to wait
after the bell.

ZAKHEIM: Come on.

(SIGHS)

JOAN: Uh, let's see...

We're in France, right?

Mud! The field
was a sea of mud.

DREISBACH: Zakheim.

Um, yeah, of mud.
I... I had that.

The French soldiers
and horses floundered
in the quagmire.

They got slaughtered
by the Brits.

Yes. Thank you,
Mr. Zakheim,

for that amazing display
of restraint.

After the debacle
of Agincourt,

the French humiliated,
divided, conquered,

and then,
to save the day,
comes...

(SLIDE PROJECTOR CLICKS)

Jeanne D'Arc.

Or as we know her,
Joan of Arc,

a peasant girl
who talks to God,

or so
the legend says.

Now, talking to God was not
unheard of back then,

but, uh,
Sigmund Freud

would've provided
Joan of Arc's parents

with a different analysis:

paranoid schizophrenic
with a messianic complex.

Wait. She was crazy?

God told her to get together
an army to save France
from the British.

I think we can draw
the necessary conclusions.

That doesn't mean she
was crazy just because
she talked to God.

(SCOFFS SOFTLY)

Would you like to provide us
with another point of view?

(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)

The test on Wednesday
is multiple choice,
true/false.

It counts for 1/2
of this semester's grade.

I advise you all
to get enough sleep.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ What if God was one of us?

♪ Just a slob like one of us

♪ Just a stranger on the bus

♪ Trying to make his way home

♪ Just trying
to make his way home

♪ Just trying
to make his way home ♪

What?

Hash browns
and a bagel?

So?

You're renting out
a lot of space

at the bottom
of the food pyramid.

(SCOFFS)
Can't you just say

carbs to the max
or something
remotely normal?

(CHUCKLES)
HELEN: Luke's right.

Eat a banana.

Good morning.
Dad, can I have 50 bucks?

Oh, I almost made it
to my coffee.

What's the money for, Luke?

LUKE: 32 Cornell Dubilier
inverter-grade capacitors.

I just happen to have
a few of those in my pocket.

Luke, would you consider
these capacitor things

a necessity?

Well, that just depends

if you define necessity
as the power of natural law

that cannot be other
than what it is,
but if...

Okay. Knock yourself out.

Anybody else?
JOAN: You know,

my shoe collection is, like,
from three years ago.

You have enough shoes.
Okay, bank is closed.

KEVIN: While we're talking
about all this stuff,

my physio's adding up,

and I want to start
kicking in for that.

No, honey.

Why not?
That's your spending money,

what you take home
from your job.

I know the gimp bill's
pretty high,

and Joan's shoes are ugly.

WILL: You're not paying
for physio.

It's a family necessity.

Financial discussion
is now over.

(SIGHS) I have to go
meet Grace.

Does anyone want
this banana?

HELEN: Take it with you.

Can I, uh, walk
with you guys?

(LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY)
That's funny.

Come on, geek,
i'll give you a lift.

See you, guys.
Have a good day.

Bye. Drive carefully.

Hmm.
We're going to talk
about money, aren't we?

We've added
$1,200 a month

for Kevin's
physical therapy,

plus we still owe $6,000

for the wheelchair
modifications

we made to the house.

And we have two kids

that expect to go
to college.

Luke is smart.
He'll go on scholarship.

There's no safety valve
for Joan.

I know you get
a salary bump

when they pick up
your contract,

but until then,
we have to be careful.

You don't get
a salary bump.

They might not
pick up your contract?

Let's not fall off
that bridge yet.

I've got
a good six months
to charm people.

It'll be fine.

Joan of Arc was, like,
the girl warrior.

Strapped on chain mail
and led men into battle.

Naturally,
they burned her
at the stake.

She wasn't crazy, right?

I mean, she wasn't
a paranoid schizophrenic

with a miscellaneous complex?

Are you trying to say
messianic complex?

Oh. I guess.

Why are you asking me,

like I'm the poster
child of sanity?

Anytime you deviate
from the norm,

the fascists
call you crazy.

I consider it
a badge of honor.

So... So, she wasn't
crazy then?

The meter's just run out
on my interest, Joan.

Well... Grace...

GARDENER GOD:
You're not crazy, Joan.

(SIGHS)

No offense, but the person
who makes me feel crazy

is in no position
to say I'm not.

You even know what
a paranoid schizophrenic is?

Yes, I do.

It's a person who
hears voices, like,
from God.

Which is what makes me,
I don't know, twitchy.

Here's what
I want you to do.

Let's get back to
the crazy thing, okay?

Were you really talking
to Joan of Arc?

And am I...

Am I like her?

This history test
that's coming up,

I want you to ace it.

That's unsettling
when God uses slang.

You mean you want me
to get an "A"?

Correct.
But I hate history,

and this is
the 100 Years' War,

which was really long.

History is important.

(GROANS) But Dreisbach
is so boring.

And history is,
like, so over.

Uh, last spring, they didn't
cut the branches back.

This summer,
they had too much shade.

Now they've got
too many leaves.

The grass is dying.

They have to
replant the lawn.

That's what happens
when you ignore history.

(SIGHS) Okay.

The whole metaphor
thing is a real pain.

Is there some kind
of divine law against
being direct?

Get an "A" on the exam.

You know,

a lot of people
don't like you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(RAP MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS)

Detective Williams.

Hi, Chief.

There's a crack house
operating at this address.

Check it out.

We know this house.

The DEA's been undercover
on it for two years.

Two Years?

What are they waiting for,
permission from God?

Waiting to bag the whales.

All they got now
are the guppies.

Correct.

The citizens
in that neighborhood

shouldn't have to put up
with a crack house
one day longer.

Preaching to the choir.

Get a warrant.

(CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING ON STEREO)

I can't tell you
about Joan of Arc,

because in order to do that,
I'd have to assume

you have some basic grasp
of anything that happened
before, say, the Reagan years.

I have a test coming up
on this,

and I have to get an "A."

Just help me out, okay?

Well, here's
an interesting approach:

read the books.

Hey, I've been working
my butt off here,

sacrificing
valuable study time.

Four hours a week?

Your butt is
barely employed.

(SIGHS)

The other day,
when your wife called

and you were
playing video games,

I told her
you were with a customer.

Joan of Arc met
with the Dauphin,

told him he should
assume the crown

(PEN CLICKS)
and take back France
from the British.

Then she got
an army together
and made that happen.

A teenage girl who
managed to drive
the British out

after years of occupation,

and you have trouble
working your iPod.

No, I don't.

Was she crazy?

I tend to avoid people
who talk to God,

but, here again, what
she did was impressive.

Do you believe in God?

(SIGHS)
Never converse
with the help.

I think Karl Marx
said that. Read.

Oh, man.

Joan, I have
a master's degree
in English literature.

I could've done
a number of things
with my life.

At least three things,

but I chose to open
a bookstore,

because I believe in
the power of knowledge,

which comes from books.

You want to
learn something?

Read.

We had tuna casserole
on Monday.

No, on Monday,
it was mac and cheese.

Tuesday was
tuna casserole.

Are we poor?

Because I have
a vague memory
of lamb chops.

We're not poor.

Joan, no reading
at the table.

Let me finish
this one thing.

"Butler's
Lives of Saints?"

Is that an assigned text?

Yeah, kind of.
It's for a history test.

You ever notice how
the Church has to have
a saint for everything?

Saints are important.

Really?
How are they important?

HELEN: They show us
how to live.

Name one saint whose life
you'd want to emulate.

For example, Saint Barbara,

patron saint of fireworks,

for when all your
Roman candles are duds?

What about Saint Joan?

She won a whole war.

You know, I find it
unconscionable

that science martyrs never
get the proper respect.

Like, Galileo said
the Earth revolves
around the Sun,

and he was put
under house arrest,

But is there
a Saint Galileo?

Galileo backed down.

Half-backed down.

He was brought up on charges
and forced to recant.

Maybe God really does
talk to people.

Has anyone
considered that?

KEVIN: You know,
a lot of times

when bad things happen
to people,

like getting
burned at the stake,

they might've
brought it on themselves.

Joan of Arc wasn't crazy!

Can we talk
about the weather?

I thought it was
unseasonably warm today.

It's a phase.

It's not a phase.

Well, why were
all the other things
phases and this isn't?

Because this is different.

Do mothers come with
some kind of a handbook?

She's been doing
a lot strange things, Will.

Destroying Adam's sculpture
was a symptom of that.

Now she's obsessed
with saints.

That's not like her.

Well, it could be
a lot worse.

So, you want to wait for
it to get a lot worse
before we do something?

Kevin's still struggling
with his anger,

Luke's getting ignored,

you're under a lot
of pressure at work.

I feel
like I'm holding up
a house of cards.

We're a family
dealing with family issues.

I don't think
we're dealing so well.

Okay. What do you want to do?

I think we should see
a family therapist.

We said that
we would take Joan,

after what happened
at the art show.

Nobody said
we all had to go.

Dr. Slater told us
right after Kevin's
accident

that we should all
seek counseling.

I don't like the idea
of running to a stranger

to help us through
the transition,

airing all our emotions.

It's an expensive
form of whining.

We're doing okay.

You know, saying that out loud

over and over again

doesn't necessarily
make it true.

I just...
(SIGHS DEEPLY)

I want us to do
the best we can.

I want us to be

a strong family again.

Well, Dr. Slater
never told us

where we'd
get the money
for a therapist.

I'll get a second job.

No.

No.

Or we could
go to a priest.

Priests are free.

Could you find us
a cheap therapist?

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

On the ground!

MAN: I didn't do nothin'!
OFFICER 1: Get him down!

OFFICER 2:
Get him on the ground!

OFFICER 3: (OVER RADIO)
Premises are secured.

Copy that.
Good job.

All right. Clear your desks.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I hope you slept well,
Ms. Girardi.

(JOAN SIGHS)

Not very well.
I was up late

reading history.

Oh, I'm sure.

Number 2 pencils only.

I did study,
and I learned stuff.

Like, Joan of Arc
wasn't a schizo,
for example.

And they didn't kill her
for saying that
she heard voices,

they killed her
for wearing pants.

Take all books
off the desk.

Her trial was
totally corrupt.

She was a scapegoat.

Tell me on the test, Joan.

(SIGHS) You're teaching
the whole thing wrong.

Well, what...

What really happened
is, like,

these bossy judges

forced her to wear pants
in the courtroom.

Made it look like
she was a witch,

which totally gave them
permission to fry her.

Is... Is that going to be
on the test?

Don't ask me.

Apparently, my authority
counts for nothing.

All right,

you may open
your tests and begin.

(PAPERS RUSTLING)

Prepare for some advice.

Are you ready?
Because it's
pretty cerebral.

Nobody likes a smartass.

Are you talking
about me and Dreisbach?

He deserves your respect.
He's your teacher.

He's a loser.

When Paul Dreisbach
was young,

he played saxophone
in a jazz band,

and he was really good.

Turned down a scholarship
at Juilliard

because music was only
his second love.

His first love was history.

In fact,
it was his passion.

That's a little weird.

Paul Dreisbach
became a teacher

because he wanted to share
that passion with others.

Can you please
stop using Dreisbach

and passion
in the same sentence?

It's giving me
a bad picture.

If you make snap judgments
about people

and are unwilling
to look into their past,

you'll never begin
to understand them.

He's a dweeb.

He's your teacher.

I don't like him.

You don't have
to like him.

(BUS DOORS HISS OPEN)

Let him teach you.

(BUS DOORS CLOSE)

It's mostly crack,

but we found, uh,
three guns,

approximately
2,000 ecstasy tablets,

and almost a kilo
of methamphetamine.

Two Years!
Two Years!

Thousands of man-hours,

hundreds of thousands
of dollars

in federal drug war funds,

and you blow it

for a dinky little
public relations bust!

This is Steve Thompson
from the Drug Enforcement
Agency, Chief.

Are you yelling for my benefit
or to impress your guys?

Because if it's for me,
you might as well cut it out.

Look, we had a deal,
you and me.

What kind of deal?

I agreed to lay back
on the crack house,

as long as the DEA
kept me informed.

You're a cop. Sort of.

You know the D.A. doesn't
have the authority
to cut that deal.

Local politics
don't concern me.

It's an enforcement issue.

I'm the police chief.

I'm in charge
of law enforcement

in this jurisdiction,
not him.

THOMPSON: Well, like I said,

I don't give a damn
about local politics.

You are really starting
to burn my ass, Girardi.

And I feel good about it.

Well, feel good
about this.

In an effort to cooperate

with the Drug
Enforcement Agency,

I am not going
to lay charges against
any of the lowlifes

you arrested
in that crack house.

That way, the DEA can
continue to monitor
their criminal activities.

It's over.
Put them in jail.

Better still,

it's going to look like
the arrests were bad.

You're going to wear this.

Enjoy your next six months

as a lame-duck
incompetent chief,

Chief.

(BALLOON POPS)
(GASPING)

Okay. Adam,

what's the formula
for calculating

the molar volume
of carbon dioxide gas?

Hello?

Adam, it's Jane speaking
words of English.

Hey, yo.

Did your
photographic memory
run out of film?

(LIQUID BUBBLING)

Adam, I told you I was sorry
for trashing your sculpture.

I am. I'm very,
very sorry.

You don't know
how sorry I am.

Oh, stop pouting,

get back on the blowtorch,
and fix the dumb thing.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Ms. Girardi, will you
come with me, please?

(AIR HISSING NOISILY)

♪ I want something else

♪ I want something else

♪ I want something else ♪

PRICE: Joan, the highest score
you ever got on a history test
was C-minus.

Yeah. I suck at facts.
(CHUCKLES)

Then explain
an A-plus.

Wow!

Yeah, wow.

How did you do it?

(CHUCKLES) I studied.

From zero to 60
in a blink.

Yeah. I studied.

Steve Zakheim,
my best student
got three wrong.

Are you saying
I cheated?

Because I don't cheat.

We want you to
take the test again.

What?

Why should I?

Because we're
asking you to.

Agreeing to retake the test,

aren't I admitting
I'm a cheater?

I'm not going to admit
to that because I'm not!

Joan, retake the test.

Mr. Price! No!

(DOOR OPENS)

Mom, they want me
to say I cheated
when I didn't.

I'm not a cheater!

Joan, calm down.
I didn't cheat.

I'll give you until
Friday to decide, Joan.

Decide what?

They want me to
take the test again,

which is like saying
I cheated.

No one is saying that.

Are... Are you saying that?

We just want her
to take the test again.

That should restore
the equilibrium.

My daughter does not cheat,

so you know what you can do
with your equilibrium.

I'm making a reasonable
request, Helen.

I'm not retaking
the test.

Sometimes you have
to take a stand,

and this is me
doing that.

(LUKE CLEARS THROAT)

(CLOCK TICKING)

So, where do you
want to start?

Well, I'm not shy,
so, I'll jump right in.

The family thinks
I'm crazy.

Joan, no.
Nobody's crazy.

Why do you think
you're here, Helen?

(SIGHS)

I think that
we're experiencing
transitional pains

because of the accident
and because of the move.

I think we just need
to check in
with each other.

That was my idea.
Will?

I'm here because my wife
wants me to be.

Because she thinks
it's important.

Because it is important.

I'm good.
Really?

Well, I'm as happy
as a gimp can be,

let's put it that way.

I have this problem
of nobody listening to me.

It's... It's like
I'm invisible.

That's kind of a passive
aggressive statement,
isn't it, Kevin?

WILL: Ah, here we go.

You object
to the terminology?

I'm a big believer
in resourcefulness,

people solving
their own problems.

That kind of thing.

I'm picking up that
your son is very angry.

How would you like
to solve that?

He's driving, he's working,
he's figuring it out.

Actually, I'm more
concerned about Joan.

I told you.

This is about me being crazy.

So I picked up some
strange interests.

I mean, kids do that.

So I smash a piece of art.

I mean,
I had my reasons.

And the whole cheating thing
is completely whack.

Cheating thing?
I did not cheat.

I'm not retaking the test.

Joan cheated?

No. It's just Price
on a tear.

Joan didn't cheat.

How could you not
tell me that?

This just in, Will,

I try to protect you
from things if I can.

You see?
This is the problem.

I'm the good kid,
so I never get
any attention.

Also, we're poor.

We're not poor.

We're only here
because of me.
Not true.

Well, I'm thinking that
what we're looking at here

is a communication issue.

What?
SUNDBERG:
You're not communicating.

We need to work on that,
so, the assignment
for the week is

to make a special
effort to listen,

to ask each other
questions

and really
absorb the answers.

Wait. We're going to have
assignments?

I can't have
any more assignments.

Are... Are you a therapist

or are you...

(WHISPERING)
You?

Blink twice if you know
what I mean.

I'm not crazy.

GRACE: This affects you,
people. You could be next!

Rally against injustice!

No proof, no test!

Support Joan Girardi
against the neo-fascists.

Rally against injustice!

Support Joan!

Take back the power!

Take back the power.
Grace, what are you doing?

It's your revolution.
Don't you recognize it?

Sort of.

It's okay.
You've taken a stand.

I'll organize
the effort.

Grace, my feet hurt
in these shoes.

Did I ask you to dress
like a republican?

This is Terry Ann,
student body president.

I'm not entirely clear
on the revolution...
GRACE: Here you go.

...but Grace said
I had to do it.

As student body president,

I have to stay in touch
with the issues.

GRACE: Support Joan.

What's the issue?

Recalls are very popular
these days. That's all
you need to know.

No proof, no test.

The slogan needs
a little work.

I threw it together,
sort of...

Adam!

GRACE: Here,
take one of these.

Does this mean
you're talking
to me again?

Explain the situation, Grace.

I told him I'd feed him
his hat if he didn't help.

So, did you put together
a list of your demands?

My what?
You have to have
a list of demands.

It's, like, in
the revolutionary
handbook.

Oh, uh...

I'll work on that.

It's a slippery slope,
people!

Accusing students
of cheating
without proof?

Send a message
to the despots.

Grace...
(STUTTERS)

It was really nice
of you to throw me
this... revolution,

but if Mr. Price
hears about this,
he could freak.

That's the plan.

(SIGHS)

Well, hey, look at me.

Did you cheat
on that test?

No!

Do you believe in
the writ of
habeas corpus?

That's the good rule,
right?

They have to have evidence
to accuse someone of a crime.

Like when you get caught
in the act vandalizing
someone's sacred property, yo.

Adam, please.

It's the foundation
of a free society.

You took the stand.
That's the hard part.

Let's take this baby
all the way.

Are you ready,
girl warrior?

♪ Now the time has come

♪ Time

♪ There's no place to run

♪ Time

♪ I might get burned up
by the sun

♪ Time... ♪

No, proof, no test.

Support Joan Girardi!

You need to work
on the volume
a little,

but it's a start.

Support Joan.

Support Joan.

(SOFT ROCK MUSIC
PLAYING ON STEREO)

Hey, Roy.

Thanks for meeting me.
No problem.

Eddie, get this man
a lemonade.

He's on duty.
Yep.

Last time we had
a chance to chat,

we were standing
over a charred body.

This is better.

I agree.

Still, chief of police
and arson investigator

have a drink in public.

Now, that's a headline
in this town.

So, I know this can't
be a social call.

I need some advice.

Insight, man,
maybe just an ear.
I don't know.

EDDIE: There you go.
WILL: Thank you.

I started out as a cop

and ended up
an arson investigator.

Now, you being
a shrewd detective,

determined that maybe
some bridges got burned
in that transition.

I don't know how
to deal with these people.

It's like

they don't want anything
to change for the good.

It depends on who
it's good for.

I was brought in here
to clean up crime.

You were brought in here
under those pretenses.

Your real job is
to look the other way.

What did you not look
the other way on?

I'm afraid I don't
know you well enough
to discuss that.

I don't know how much
longer I can do this.

On the other hand,

I uprooted my family
for the job.

Everybody has adjusted now,

not to mention
financial concerns.

But what I really
want to know is,

when you made the transition,

how did it affect you
personally?

Do you mean,
did I cry?

Your family.
Are you married?

I was.

I mean, there were problems
before the job switch,

and it sure didn't help.

I mean, she kept saying
she'd stick it out,

believed in me, all that,

but she never looked
at me the same again.

You know, there are
times when I feel

I should've taken
my case to court.

But then I'd be unemployed.

You have to make a decision

about where you're going
to do the most good.

Your wife,

she likes you
going in, right?

I think so.

You'll be okay.

I've got a Tuesday night
card game,

if you're ever interested.

I remember having friends.

It was pleasant.

Well, you know,
it can be again.

CHADWICK:
Ladies and gentlemen,

while Mr. Price and I are
big fans of free speech
and free assembly,

theoretically speaking,

here's how we like to deal
with rebellion in school.

We shut it down cold.

Typical.

CHADWICK: Ms. Polk,

I appreciate your effort
to launch your lifelong
career as a free radical,

but I have a school to run,

Board of directors
to answer to,

not to mention
all of your parents.

I promised their children
an education,

and I'm going to make sure
they get one.

Civil disobedience
is not an education?

We have big thick
textbooks that talk
all about that,

if you'd bother
to crack one.

Mr. Chadwick, I...
I was wrongly accused.
I didn't cheat.

You have the option
of proving that by
retaking the test.

I shouldn't have
to prove anything!

ADAM: (CLEARS THROAT)
Uh, can I just say something?

Uh, I'm not wearing
a button.

You were observed
handing them out.

Technically, holding the bag.

That's why it's called
"left holding the bag,"
Mr. Rove.

Well, um...

I'm not really a part
of this whole revolution.

I really don't care
what happens here.

What about the rest of you?

Are you willing
to die for your beliefs?

Symbolically?

Because anyone who leaves
this school wearing one
of those buttons

will be suspended
until further notice.

Come on.

♪ Time has come today

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ Young hearts
can go their way

Wow.

♪ And I don't care
what others say

♪ 'Cause they say
we don't listen anyway ♪

That went great.
(LAUGHS)

Yeah.

Water's kinda nice
swimming against the tide,
isn't it?

Huh? There's hope
for you yet.

Ow!
Hey, can I talk to you?

Yeah, it looks
really great.

I meant about
this revolution.

What about it?
Cut it out.

What?
Cut it out.

This wasn't
part of the plan.

What do you mean?
(SCOFFS)

You... You said
study history,
so I did.

You said get an "A"
on the test, so I did.

And along the way,
I learned about
Joan of Arc

and figured out
the whole martyr deal.

And now my word
is being challenged.
Like hers.

I'm taking a stand.
It's perfect.

You do know
the end of her story?

Oh, they don't
burn people anymore.
Do they?

Especially not kids.

I'm not really here
to discuss martyrdom
with you, Joan.

Like most things
having to do with me,

it's complicated.

Retake the test.

What?

Retake the test.

Admit I was wrong
when I wasn't.

This is what God
is telling me to do.

You gave them good reasons
to doubt you, Joan.

You're a "C" student,
you suddenly get an "A."

They're confused.

And then you exacerbated it

by being rude
to Mr. Dreisbach,

embarrassing him
in front of his students.

Maybe he would've given you
the benefit of the doubt
before that.

Those... Those people
are willing to get
suspended for me.

You want me to just
back down?

Yes.

I do.

Here's the thing
you need to learn
from the martyrs, Joan.

They did it the hard way.

That's what
I'm asking of you.

(SIGHS)

You've been stuck
on that same page
for half an hour.

It's a mystery.

I'm just trying
to figure it out.

(SIGHS)

What's wrong?

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

I hate my job.

I don't want to
do it anymore.

You're just working
things out.

You hit a few
rough patches.

No.

It's bad, Helen.

(RAIN PATTERING)

They didn't hire me
to fix things.

They hired me
to play ball.

Politically.

I'm just going to keep
bumping up against that

until they fire me.

And they will... fire me.

So, what do you
want to do?

I want to rewind my life
about two years.

Yeah. Me, too.

But what do you
want to do?

I can't ask you guys
to move again.

Oh, there's
a lot to be said
for going back home.

We have family
there, friends.

It could be
a lot worse.

What kind of example
does it set for the kids?

Retreating in failure?

Not to mention

how you see me.

I just want you to be happy.

I need a glass
of something.

(RAIN PATTERING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Hey, that looks good.
Mind if I join you?

Sure. Why not?

Why can't you sleep?

I don't know.
Something about
my life

being a big,
hairy nightmare.

Yeah, tell me about it.

(MICROWAVE BEEPS, WHIRS)

All my friends
are mad at me.

I have to surrender,
even though I didn't
do anything wrong.

(MICROWAVE BEEPING)

When is this kind
of thing going to end?

I'll let you know.

I mean,

you would never let
anyone push you around.

(MICROWAVE DOOR OPENS)

(MICROWAVE DOOR SHUTS)

(MICROWAVE BEEPS)

Daddy, do you ever
think about God?

(MICROWAVE WHIRRING)

No.

I did too much
thinking about him
when I was young.

My parents were
very religious.

They forced it on me.

But it never made sense.

Why was God mad at me?

It wasn't my idea

to create people
and make them flawed.

Yeah, right.
(MICROWAVE BEEPING)

It just makes no sense.
(MICROWAVE DOOR OPENS)

(MICROWAVE DOOR CLOSES)

I mean,
he's always bugging me
to do the right thing,

and I'm, like,
"If you're so big
on the right thing,

"then why don't you
just make it clear?"

God is bugging you?

Not... me.

People.

What I mean is,

if there's
a right thing to do,

a right way to be,

why isn't it obvious?

You know,

shouldn't there be
a clear choice?

I guess the point is

to figure out

how you can do
the most good.

Yeah. You're
the best person
I know,

and you don't even
believe in Him.

I'm the best person
you know?

I reached out to you
in a public forum,

and you spit
on the olive branch.

I'm sorry. Can we
please just do this?

You want to admit
that you cheated?

We don't have to go
through with this.
I didn't.

Admit that you cheated

and I won't suspend
your friends.

(SCOFFS)
Just give me
the test.

Amazing how your
revolution just
crumbled overnight.

What's that about?
A guilty conscience?

You know, I...
I'm not into this
anymore, Mr. Price.

I didn't cheat.

I really studied.

I didn't start
this revolution,

and I didn't want
to back down either.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

This is all just
bigger than me,

so please let me
do it the hard way.

It wasn't I who
brought this affair
into the hallway.

You have one hour.

Good luck.

I fooled myself
into thinking you were
a person of substance.

Oh, don't start.

You're nothing
but a cream puff,

powder puff,
nothing puff.

Oh, you're using some
puff-related analogy
that I don't even get.

Well, you backed down, Joan.

I had to!

You don't understand.
You don't know what
I'm up against.

I know I'm getting
suspended a day

because of you.
We all are.

Even Adam.

I'm sorry!
I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to get
anyone in trouble.

Adam.

I can't...

I can't stand you
being mad at me anymore.

I'm sorry for everything.

Please, you know me.

You know...
you know I have

secrets and things.

Like you do, you know?

I have reasons.

Whatever, Joan.

♪ Everyone hurts

♪ It's taking
this building down

♪ We are scratching
at the plaster

♪ We are...

Mr. Dreisbach, Mr. Price
said to come see you.

♪ Everyone hurts

♪ This forgotten world
we live in

♪ Somebody small
out there... ♪

Congratulations.

Thanks.

I want to tell you
something, Joan.

I was absolutely certain

you had cheated.

Why?

Because I've been teaching
for 30 years,

and I know perfectly well
when I'm not getting
through to students,

and... I wasn't
getting through to you.

To be perfectly fair,
Mr. Dreisbach,

I think you're really

only getting through
to Steve Zakheim.

Yeah, I know.

And that's my fault.

Somewhere along the line,

I got discouraged
and I started

phoning it in.

I'm aware. It's a...

It's a teacher's
greatest fear.

Before this event,

I was going to quit.

This was going to be
my last year and, uh,

it was causing me
a lot of pain

because I wasn't going out
in a blaze of glory.

I was...

I was surrendering in defeat,

like the French at Agincourt.

(CHUCKLES)
Floundering in the...

The mud of my...
My students' indifference.

But I made you care
about history, Ms. Girardi.

I don't know how
I did it, but I did.

And that's the whole point.

You inspired me
to take back my crown.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

I thank you.

Mr. Dreisbach,

(CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS) You have

no idea how
incredibly cool this is.

Oh, yes. I do.

(BOTH LAUGH)

I'll start.

Go ahead, Joan.

Well, I retook the test
and got an "A,"

and I, well, sort of
saved someone's life.

You did?

JOAN: Well, sort of.

Symbolically.
(CHUCKLES)

And even though
all my friends hate me,

I still feel pretty good.

Look, I know the only reason
that we were in therapy

was because I acted
kinda crazy, but, um,

as far as I'm concerned,

we can all go home now
because the craziness
is over.

I'm done.

(CLOCK TICKING)

Will? Helen?

Anything you'd
like to discuss?

Well,

I'm starting to think
maybe Will was right.

Maybe we all just need
to talk to each other

and not bring
all our problems in here.

Then again, maybe
it's best we get it
out in the open.

Well, this wasn't
for our problems.

This was to help the kids.

Our problems
affect the kids.

(HELEN SIGHS)

He doesn't mean
"problem" problems.

I'm just saying
we're in this forum now.

Maybe it's best to talk about

whatever it is that's
really going on.

Whatever's

causing tension.

Well, actually, I would like
to hear more from Luke.

He's right. We don't
check in with him enough.

Oh.
(CHUCKLES)

Okay. Um...

I've... I've kind of been
dying to talk to someone

about M-brane theory

and how it derails

where I was
philosophically headed...

For God's sake!

I can't stand it!

Can we...
(INHALES DEEPLY)

Can we please just talk
about the gigantic stain
on the carpet?

(KEVIN SCOFFS)

We've been dancing
around it for almost
two years now,

and it's making me crazy,

and maybe it's why I'm so
pissed off all the time!

Because no one will
say it out loud,

so I have to.

The accident.

(SCOFFS)

It was my fault.

This was my fault.

The guys and I were out
partying after the game.

My friend Andy was wasted.

I tried to take his keys.

He got pissed off.

(SCOFFS)
I was afraid of not

being cool.

So I went for the ride.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

I went for the ride.

And so here we all are.

I did this.

God didn't do it.

The universe
didn't conspire.

The planets didn't
align against me.

Can somebody just please
say it out loud?

I did this!

(CRYING)

(KEVIN SOBBING)

(SNIFFLES)

(SOBBING)