1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:03,634 --> 00:00:06,734 Simon, Lucy, Matt and Mary are gone... 2 00:00:06,767 --> 00:00:08,901 and I have another year before Ruthie, 3 00:00:08,934 --> 00:00:12,334 so tell me why you're involved in my business? 4 00:00:12,367 --> 00:00:14,634 Yes, well, uh, you know, with our children 5 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:16,667 we usually felt that dealing with the vice-principal 6 00:00:16,701 --> 00:00:19,767 was enough, but, uh, I got involved 7 00:00:19,801 --> 00:00:21,934 when one of the parents 8 00:00:21,968 --> 00:00:24,934 in my neighborhood called me, and, uh, 9 00:00:24,968 --> 00:00:26,534 well, asked me to intervene. 10 00:00:26,567 --> 00:00:28,934 And they asked that I deal directly with you. 11 00:00:28,968 --> 00:00:30,667 The Millers understand 12 00:00:30,701 --> 00:00:33,868 why there's a "no visitor" policy on the campus. 13 00:00:33,901 --> 00:00:36,901 But it's just their older son coming to pick up 14 00:00:36,934 --> 00:00:38,734 their daughter after basketball practice, 15 00:00:38,767 --> 00:00:40,334 and he's a family member, 16 00:00:40,367 --> 00:00:42,000 so surely something could be worked out. 17 00:00:42,033 --> 00:00:44,067 So I take it you've sided with the Millers, 18 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:45,734 and you'd like me to change 19 00:00:45,767 --> 00:00:47,634 a school policy to better suit their daughter? 20 00:00:47,667 --> 00:00:48,868 Well, I'm not sure I would've 21 00:00:48,901 --> 00:00:51,400 put it that way but... 22 00:00:51,434 --> 00:00:53,567 yeah, I thought there might be a compromise. 23 00:00:53,601 --> 00:00:57,200 In this case, um, I don't think so. 24 00:00:57,234 --> 00:00:58,968 So... 25 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,334 is there anybody else who's unhappy 26 00:01:00,367 --> 00:01:01,701 that you'd like to make happy? 27 00:01:01,734 --> 00:01:03,367 Perhaps I could help you bring about justice 28 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:04,501 for some other student. 29 00:01:04,534 --> 00:01:06,901 Principal Jones, I don't mean any offense, 30 00:01:06,934 --> 00:01:08,601 but you've hardly allowed me to speak. 31 00:01:08,634 --> 00:01:09,901 I don't mean 32 00:01:09,934 --> 00:01:11,367 any offense either, Reverend Camden, 33 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,000 but I'm a very busy woman, 34 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:15,033 and I've already spent a lot of time and effort 35 00:01:15,067 --> 00:01:17,634 talking to the student, and the brother of the student, 36 00:01:17,667 --> 00:01:19,434 and the parents that you're representing, 37 00:01:19,467 --> 00:01:21,534 and I have explained ad nauseam 38 00:01:21,567 --> 00:01:24,033 that this visitor policy is not my personal policy. 39 00:01:24,067 --> 00:01:26,033 This is a district-wide policy. 40 00:01:26,067 --> 00:01:27,901 And frankly, I'm annoyed that they don't 41 00:01:27,934 --> 00:01:30,567 want to take no for an answer and just play by the rules. 42 00:01:30,601 --> 00:01:31,968 But, you know, 43 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,701 rules are made to be broken, are they not? 44 00:01:34,734 --> 00:01:36,801 What about the Ten Commandments? They meant to be broken? 45 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,934 What about the Golden Rule? 46 00:01:39,968 --> 00:01:41,334 Forgive me, 47 00:01:41,367 --> 00:01:42,434 I'll stop wasting your time 48 00:01:42,467 --> 00:01:44,000 and I'm going to get back to work. 49 00:01:44,033 --> 00:01:45,868 I have a teacher out sick and a substitute 50 00:01:45,901 --> 00:01:47,367 who hasn't arrived, and I have to go to class. 51 00:01:57,501 --> 00:01:59,434 (indistinct conversation) 52 00:02:10,634 --> 00:02:11,734 What are you doing here? 53 00:02:11,767 --> 00:02:13,501 Oh, I had a meeting with Ms. Jones. 54 00:02:13,534 --> 00:02:14,801 Ah, isn't she great? 55 00:02:14,834 --> 00:02:18,501 Sure, but she's a bit of a stickler 56 00:02:18,534 --> 00:02:19,601 for the rules, isn't she? 57 00:02:19,634 --> 00:02:21,267 Yeah, you know she is. 58 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:23,200 She's absolutely fair to everyone. 59 00:02:23,234 --> 00:02:25,667 There's no guessing what's allowed and not allowed. 60 00:02:25,701 --> 00:02:27,501 The athletes aren't favored over the other students, 61 00:02:27,534 --> 00:02:28,601 so no one resents us. 62 00:02:28,634 --> 00:02:30,300 And everyone is treated the same. 63 00:02:30,334 --> 00:02:32,601 Do all the students feel the way you do? 64 00:02:32,634 --> 00:02:35,067 I don't know, and I don't really care. 65 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:37,133 Bottom line, this is the highest-rated school 66 00:02:37,167 --> 00:02:38,767 academically in the whole district. 67 00:02:38,801 --> 00:02:40,834 And I don't feel like I'm going to get stabbed 68 00:02:40,868 --> 00:02:43,434 (bell rings) by another student every time I go around a corner. 69 00:02:43,467 --> 00:02:45,534 I gotta get to class. See ya. 70 00:02:45,567 --> 00:02:46,934 Hey, come by for dinner tonight. 71 00:02:51,801 --> 00:02:53,200 You're that reverend guy, aren't you? 72 00:02:53,234 --> 00:02:54,434 Simon Camden's dad? 73 00:02:54,467 --> 00:02:55,934 Yeah, Eric Camden. 74 00:02:55,968 --> 00:02:57,400 Bet I know why you're here. 75 00:02:57,434 --> 00:02:59,133 'Cause that new guy and the principal 76 00:02:59,167 --> 00:03:01,834 are a little too close, if you know what I mean. 77 00:03:01,868 --> 00:03:03,734 I heard he's not 78 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:05,467 really a student, he's a spy. 79 00:03:05,501 --> 00:03:07,634 She's always trying to get information. 80 00:03:07,667 --> 00:03:10,000 Get rid of her enemies before they get rid of her, 81 00:03:10,033 --> 00:03:11,234 know what I mean? 82 00:03:26,367 --> 00:03:28,033 ♪ 7th Heaven ♪ 83 00:03:28,067 --> 00:03:31,167 ♪ When I see their happy faces ♪ 84 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,534 ♪ Smiling back at me 85 00:03:34,567 --> 00:03:36,334 ♪ 7th Heaven ♪ 86 00:03:36,367 --> 00:03:39,033 ♪ I know there's no greater feeling ♪ 87 00:03:39,067 --> 00:03:41,968 ♪ Than the love of family 88 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,667 ♪ Where can you go 89 00:03:46,701 --> 00:03:50,467 ♪ When the world don't treat you right? ♪ 90 00:03:50,501 --> 00:03:55,067 ♪ The answer is home 91 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:59,033 ♪ That's the one place that you'll find ♪ 92 00:03:59,067 --> 00:04:01,634 ♪ 7th Heaven ♪ 93 00:04:01,667 --> 00:04:05,767 ♪ Mmm, 7th Heaven ♪ 94 00:04:07,934 --> 00:04:09,767 ♪ 7th Heaven. ♪ 95 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:12,667 (barks) 96 00:04:32,033 --> 00:04:33,968 (dishes clink) 97 00:05:01,667 --> 00:05:02,734 (clunk) 98 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,300 That's enough. 99 00:05:13,601 --> 00:05:15,267 Don't want to raise the bar too high. 100 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:17,901 I've been working to keep it at a reasonable level for years. 101 00:05:17,934 --> 00:05:19,100 Sorry. 102 00:05:19,133 --> 00:05:20,501 Military training. 103 00:05:20,534 --> 00:05:22,834 And how is your dad? 104 00:05:22,868 --> 00:05:24,834 He's in Iraq. 105 00:05:24,868 --> 00:05:27,334 He's hot and he's tired. 106 00:05:27,367 --> 00:05:29,200 And he's ready to come home, 107 00:05:29,234 --> 00:05:30,901 but not before the job's done. 108 00:05:30,934 --> 00:05:32,834 I got an e-mail from him this afternoon. 109 00:05:32,868 --> 00:05:34,601 Oh, so you were home this afternoon? 110 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:35,801 No, I just 111 00:05:35,834 --> 00:05:37,300 ran by the house to check my e-mail 112 00:05:37,334 --> 00:05:39,067 before I came over to help Annie with dinner. 113 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:40,734 And before that? 114 00:05:40,767 --> 00:05:42,701 Uh, before that? 115 00:05:42,734 --> 00:05:44,400 Uh, baseball. Why? 116 00:05:44,434 --> 00:05:47,334 No reason, just asking. 117 00:05:56,133 --> 00:05:57,200 I'll see you soon. 118 00:05:57,234 --> 00:05:58,501 Are you going out with Martin? 119 00:05:58,534 --> 00:06:01,133 No, I have homework to do, too. 120 00:06:01,167 --> 00:06:02,467 You're not avoiding him because of what 121 00:06:02,501 --> 00:06:04,300 people at school are saying about him, are you? 122 00:06:04,334 --> 00:06:07,400 No. He doesn't know what people are saying. 123 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:08,534 Are you sure? 124 00:06:08,567 --> 00:06:09,901 I mean, most of the time, 125 00:06:09,934 --> 00:06:11,801 people eventually hear what's going around. 126 00:06:11,834 --> 00:06:14,701 CECILIA: You're not going to tell him are you? 127 00:06:14,734 --> 00:06:15,868 No, but maybe you should. 128 00:06:15,901 --> 00:06:17,033 Why? 129 00:06:17,067 --> 00:06:18,434 Because you think he may not be 130 00:06:18,467 --> 00:06:19,434 who he says he is. 131 00:06:19,467 --> 00:06:21,033 I didn't say that. 132 00:06:21,067 --> 00:06:22,701 But you're thinking it. 133 00:06:22,734 --> 00:06:25,801 Ruthie, do me a favor. 134 00:06:25,834 --> 00:06:28,667 Can we just forget I ever confided in you? 135 00:06:28,701 --> 00:06:31,334 Sure. Sorry. 136 00:06:31,367 --> 00:06:32,334 Forget it. 137 00:06:32,367 --> 00:06:34,767 Good night. 138 00:06:39,033 --> 00:06:41,167 Did your dad seem a little off at dinner tonight? 139 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,501 Well, he started his day by going to see 140 00:06:43,534 --> 00:06:45,067 that witch over at the high school. 141 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:46,834 Witch? What witch? 142 00:06:46,868 --> 00:06:48,000 The principal. 143 00:06:48,033 --> 00:06:49,968 What did he see her about? 144 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,334 You know the Millers, they live 145 00:06:51,367 --> 00:06:52,868 in the yellow house down the street? 146 00:06:52,901 --> 00:06:54,667 Their daughter's always in the driveway 147 00:06:54,701 --> 00:06:55,868 shooting baskets? 148 00:06:55,901 --> 00:06:57,667 She's all-state in girls' basketball. 149 00:06:57,701 --> 00:07:00,267 And they have an older son. 150 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:01,934 Graduated last year, 151 00:07:01,968 --> 00:07:04,033 always sits in his car in the front of the house. 152 00:07:04,067 --> 00:07:05,667 Always looks asleep. 153 00:07:05,701 --> 00:07:07,000 His name's Griffith. 154 00:07:07,033 --> 00:07:08,467 I know the yellow house 155 00:07:08,501 --> 00:07:10,467 with the backboard over the garage. 156 00:07:10,501 --> 00:07:12,567 I don't know any of these people. 157 00:07:12,601 --> 00:07:14,367 The brother wants to pick up the sister from school 158 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,367 and the witch won't let him. 159 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,133 So they asked Dad to give it a shot 160 00:07:17,167 --> 00:07:18,467 before they go to the school board. 161 00:07:18,501 --> 00:07:19,501 Is this straight? 162 00:07:19,534 --> 00:07:20,501 Yeah. 163 00:07:20,534 --> 00:07:22,467 Good. 164 00:07:23,868 --> 00:07:25,701 Does the brother just want to pick her up 165 00:07:25,734 --> 00:07:26,901 in front of the school, 166 00:07:26,934 --> 00:07:29,067 or does he want to drive on the school property 167 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:31,200 and wait in the parking lot? 168 00:07:31,234 --> 00:07:33,901 I don't know. 169 00:07:33,934 --> 00:07:35,434 They don't let anyone other than students 170 00:07:35,467 --> 00:07:37,868 from the same school drive onto the school parking lot. 171 00:07:37,901 --> 00:07:40,601 Even parents have to park and wait at the sidewalk, 172 00:07:40,634 --> 00:07:41,767 off school property. 173 00:07:41,801 --> 00:07:43,701 Well... 174 00:07:43,734 --> 00:07:45,067 before you call this woman a witch, 175 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:46,567 shouldn't you know if she is a witch? 176 00:07:48,767 --> 00:07:51,868 And that's the story of Mushkil Gusha. 177 00:07:51,901 --> 00:07:53,367 I liked it. 178 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:54,767 It was very good. 179 00:07:54,801 --> 00:07:56,901 But I feel bad for the daddy 180 00:07:56,934 --> 00:07:59,767 when he took the daughter away from him. 181 00:07:59,801 --> 00:08:02,467 Yeah, he didn't do anything wrong. 182 00:08:02,501 --> 00:08:03,767 And neither did she. 183 00:08:03,801 --> 00:08:07,100 She didn't steal the necklace. 184 00:08:07,133 --> 00:08:08,501 But, you know, in the end, 185 00:08:08,534 --> 00:08:10,467 everybody found out the truth 186 00:08:10,501 --> 00:08:12,200 and they all liked the man. 187 00:08:12,234 --> 00:08:13,767 And they liked his daughter. 188 00:08:13,801 --> 00:08:16,033 And their lives were never difficult again. 189 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,133 Good night. 190 00:08:24,167 --> 00:08:25,601 Good night. 191 00:08:25,634 --> 00:08:27,133 ERIC: Good night. 192 00:08:27,167 --> 00:08:29,234 (Happy barks gently, then pants) 193 00:08:30,601 --> 00:08:34,234 So you in the mood for what is probably gossip? 194 00:08:34,267 --> 00:08:35,300 Not really. 195 00:08:35,334 --> 00:08:37,133 It involves Martin. 196 00:08:37,167 --> 00:08:38,434 And Cecilia? 197 00:08:38,467 --> 00:08:42,534 No, and Ms. Jones, the high school principal. 198 00:08:42,567 --> 00:08:43,834 Where did you hear it? 199 00:08:43,868 --> 00:08:44,901 From a student? 200 00:08:45,968 --> 00:08:47,534 I think I'll pass. 201 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:50,601 You're right. 202 00:08:50,634 --> 00:08:52,200 Maybe we should slow down. 203 00:08:52,234 --> 00:08:55,000 I mean, you are just 16, right? 204 00:08:55,033 --> 00:08:57,901 Right. 16. 205 00:08:59,367 --> 00:09:01,234 Hello. 206 00:09:02,467 --> 00:09:05,100 Hey... 207 00:09:05,133 --> 00:09:06,834 You both go to Kennedy High School, right? 208 00:09:06,868 --> 00:09:08,100 Right. Right. 209 00:09:08,133 --> 00:09:10,267 What do you think of the principal there-- Ms. Jones? 210 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:12,534 She's a witch. She's great. 211 00:09:12,567 --> 00:09:14,334 You hardly know her. 212 00:09:14,367 --> 00:09:16,067 You just started going to school there. 213 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:17,734 And I think she's great. 214 00:09:17,767 --> 00:09:19,133 You want to know why? 215 00:09:19,167 --> 00:09:20,868 Because I did just start going to school there. 216 00:09:20,901 --> 00:09:23,133 And she seems to know how hard it is to be the new guy. 217 00:09:23,167 --> 00:09:25,067 And she's gone out of her way to help me. 218 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:26,767 She sat in with the counselor when I registered 219 00:09:26,801 --> 00:09:28,400 so she'd make sure I got the right classes 220 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:29,634 and the nicest teachers. 221 00:09:29,667 --> 00:09:31,334 And she got my last coach to call 222 00:09:31,367 --> 00:09:33,467 Coach Hardwood so he'd know where I am with my game. 223 00:09:33,501 --> 00:09:34,834 And she even came to my house 224 00:09:34,868 --> 00:09:36,467 and met with my aunt. 225 00:09:38,734 --> 00:09:40,767 Hey, who died and made him the president 226 00:09:40,801 --> 00:09:42,167 of Ms. Jones' fan club? 227 00:09:50,267 --> 00:09:51,367 Hi. 228 00:09:52,434 --> 00:09:54,934 Oh! Oh, it's just you. 229 00:09:54,968 --> 00:09:56,000 (chuckles) 230 00:09:56,033 --> 00:09:57,868 I just had an interesting discussion 231 00:09:57,901 --> 00:09:59,667 with Cecilia and Martin about the principal 232 00:09:59,701 --> 00:10:00,901 you met with today-- Ms. Jones. 233 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:02,267 Ah... 234 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:03,834 I had a very interesting discussion 235 00:10:03,868 --> 00:10:05,601 with another student about Ms. Jones. 236 00:10:05,634 --> 00:10:06,701 (phone rings) 237 00:10:09,667 --> 00:10:10,901 Hello? 238 00:10:10,934 --> 00:10:13,601 Yeah, but I'm not a member of the school board. 239 00:10:14,934 --> 00:10:17,667 Okay, but, you know, why don't you let me 240 00:10:17,701 --> 00:10:19,300 talk to her again? 241 00:10:22,334 --> 00:10:23,734 Okay. 242 00:10:23,767 --> 00:10:26,534 But let me meet with the other parents first. 243 00:10:26,567 --> 00:10:28,334 And if that doesn't work then, 244 00:10:28,367 --> 00:10:30,634 I'll be there, if it's that important to you. 245 00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:35,968 How come no one in this family says "good-bye"? 246 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,901 They just finish what they're saying and hang up. 247 00:10:38,934 --> 00:10:40,267 Now I've started doing it. 248 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:41,968 People outside the family think I'm nuts. 249 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,934 It's a bad habit. 250 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:49,234 Save me a bite of that, will you? 251 00:10:58,501 --> 00:11:01,100 That was our friend from the board of education. 252 00:11:01,133 --> 00:11:02,100 You know, the preacher's kid 253 00:11:02,133 --> 00:11:03,234 who helped Simon get into college early? 254 00:11:03,267 --> 00:11:05,100 The, uh, the Harvard bum. 255 00:11:05,133 --> 00:11:08,734 I'm sorry, did I say that out loud? 256 00:11:08,767 --> 00:11:12,400 Anyway, there's a school board meeting about Ms. Jones. 257 00:11:12,434 --> 00:11:16,601 Seems she's upset a number of people. 258 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:19,567 He suggested I be there, sort of as a moral compass. 259 00:11:19,601 --> 00:11:21,934 Ever stopped a lynching before? 260 00:11:21,968 --> 00:11:23,667 On occasion. 261 00:11:23,701 --> 00:11:24,667 Why? 262 00:11:24,701 --> 00:11:27,133 Something's not right here. 263 00:11:40,934 --> 00:11:43,634 You're not interested in that guy, are you? 264 00:11:43,667 --> 00:11:45,033 He's a loser. 265 00:11:45,067 --> 00:11:46,367 Ms. Jones just transferred him here 266 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,200 so he can help out the baseball team. 267 00:11:48,234 --> 00:11:50,000 He's not really a sophomore. 268 00:11:50,033 --> 00:11:51,367 He's a senior. 269 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,801 He's just claiming to be a sophomore 270 00:11:52,834 --> 00:11:54,968 so he can play for three years. 271 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,334 See, she's pushing Coach Hardwick 272 00:11:56,367 --> 00:11:58,067 to get into the state championships, 273 00:11:58,100 --> 00:12:00,234 and if he doesn't, he's going to get fired. 274 00:12:00,267 --> 00:12:02,100 Fired! After what, ten years here? 275 00:12:02,133 --> 00:12:04,734 First of all, the new guy's name is Martin, 276 00:12:04,767 --> 00:12:06,033 and he's really 16. 277 00:12:06,067 --> 00:12:07,868 I've seen his driver's license. 278 00:12:07,901 --> 00:12:10,234 And secondly, he had to transfer here 279 00:12:10,267 --> 00:12:13,567 because his only parent is a marine stationed in Iraq. 280 00:12:13,601 --> 00:12:17,367 Love is blind and apparently also deaf. 281 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,100 How do you know it's his real license? 282 00:12:19,133 --> 00:12:21,100 And I don't guess that you've met the father. 283 00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:23,200 I've seen pictures. Yeah, 284 00:12:23,234 --> 00:12:25,367 'cause there aren't pictures of marines floating around, 285 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:26,367 are there? 286 00:12:30,567 --> 00:12:32,734 Hey, I'm making a snack for the boys. 287 00:12:32,767 --> 00:12:33,734 Fruit salad. 288 00:12:33,767 --> 00:12:34,734 You want some? 289 00:12:34,767 --> 00:12:35,734 No thanks. 290 00:12:35,767 --> 00:12:37,667 Sure. Oh, good. 291 00:12:37,701 --> 00:12:38,667 Have you seen Cecilia? 292 00:12:38,701 --> 00:12:39,667 It's a little early. 293 00:12:39,701 --> 00:12:41,100 Maybe she'll be around later. 294 00:12:41,133 --> 00:12:43,501 If you want to play a game with the boys while I start dinner, 295 00:12:43,534 --> 00:12:44,501 that would be a great help. 296 00:12:44,534 --> 00:12:46,868 I'll go get a game. 297 00:12:46,901 --> 00:12:48,133 Candyland maybe? 298 00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:52,100 If we win, could we have candy instead of fruit? 299 00:12:52,133 --> 00:12:54,133 Yeah, we love candy. 300 00:12:54,167 --> 00:12:56,234 Yeah, but fruit is much better for you than candy. 301 00:12:58,934 --> 00:13:00,901 Come on, guys. 302 00:13:00,934 --> 00:13:02,501 Let's go get a game. I don't 303 00:13:02,534 --> 00:13:04,100 want fruit. 304 00:13:04,133 --> 00:13:05,534 I don't like fruit. 305 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:06,868 Really? 306 00:13:06,901 --> 00:13:07,868 I love it. 307 00:13:07,901 --> 00:13:09,434 Then I love it. 308 00:13:09,467 --> 00:13:10,767 Me, too. 309 00:13:14,801 --> 00:13:16,667 Yesterday, Cecilia told me 310 00:13:16,701 --> 00:13:19,434 something that was being said at school about Martin 311 00:13:19,467 --> 00:13:20,767 that was really stupid. 312 00:13:20,801 --> 00:13:21,834 And? And I told her 313 00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:22,868 I thought she believed it 314 00:13:22,901 --> 00:13:24,467 and I hurt her feelings. 315 00:13:24,501 --> 00:13:25,834 I know I did. 316 00:13:25,868 --> 00:13:27,901 Well, at least you know when you've done something wrong 317 00:13:27,934 --> 00:13:29,100 and you want to make amends, 318 00:13:29,133 --> 00:13:31,400 so don't be so hard on yourself. 319 00:13:31,434 --> 00:13:33,701 The thing is, once you say something that you shouldn't, 320 00:13:33,734 --> 00:13:35,801 it's out there and you can't get it back. 321 00:13:35,834 --> 00:13:36,801 Again, 322 00:13:36,834 --> 00:13:38,400 good for you. 323 00:13:38,434 --> 00:13:39,968 Hard lesson to learn-- really, it is. 324 00:13:42,501 --> 00:13:44,501 KEVIN: Over there. 325 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:56,667 Everything okay here? 326 00:13:56,701 --> 00:13:58,234 Well, everything is fine, Officer. 327 00:13:58,267 --> 00:14:00,133 Um, I was just telling this young man 328 00:14:00,167 --> 00:14:02,133 that he cannot park here 329 00:14:02,167 --> 00:14:03,133 while he waits for his sister 330 00:14:03,167 --> 00:14:05,434 to get out of basketball practice. 331 00:14:05,467 --> 00:14:06,801 It's sort of an ongoing conversation. 332 00:14:06,834 --> 00:14:10,100 We like to chat every day about this time. 333 00:14:10,133 --> 00:14:11,334 You want to move along? 334 00:14:11,367 --> 00:14:13,100 Am I breaking any law? 335 00:14:13,133 --> 00:14:15,334 Maybe. 336 00:14:15,367 --> 00:14:17,300 Well, I'll risk it. 337 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,734 No, really, Officer, I-- i-it's okay. 338 00:14:21,767 --> 00:14:23,567 I-I think Griffith was about to leave anyway. 339 00:14:23,601 --> 00:14:24,567 Weren't you, son? 340 00:14:24,601 --> 00:14:27,467 I'm not your son. 341 00:14:27,501 --> 00:14:29,334 But yeah, I'll leave. 342 00:14:40,601 --> 00:14:42,601 I'm Officer Kinkirk. 343 00:14:42,634 --> 00:14:45,300 I'm also Reverend Camden's son-in-law. 344 00:14:45,334 --> 00:14:47,400 Married to Lucy. 345 00:14:47,434 --> 00:14:48,767 Ah. 346 00:14:48,801 --> 00:14:51,167 Thanks for checking up on me. 347 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:04,701 (typing rapidly, computer beeping) 348 00:15:04,734 --> 00:15:06,901 I'm running a check on the car for you. 349 00:15:06,934 --> 00:15:08,434 What are you hoping to find? 350 00:15:08,467 --> 00:15:11,734 Parking tickets, moving violations, that kind of thing. 351 00:15:11,767 --> 00:15:14,734 People who don't like rules don't just break one rule. 352 00:15:16,901 --> 00:15:18,767 She's impossible to talk to. 353 00:15:18,801 --> 00:15:22,868 Is that about everything or just one particular subject? 354 00:15:22,901 --> 00:15:24,300 My son has a speech problem. 355 00:15:24,334 --> 00:15:25,534 He has every right 356 00:15:25,567 --> 00:15:27,133 not to meet the foreign language requirement, 357 00:15:27,167 --> 00:15:28,801 and the counselor agreed. 358 00:15:28,834 --> 00:15:30,667 All we needed was one letter from Ms. Jones 359 00:15:30,701 --> 00:15:31,667 to make it official. 360 00:15:31,701 --> 00:15:33,200 And you know what she said? 361 00:15:33,234 --> 00:15:34,434 "Talk to me after he's tried 362 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:37,334 this Mr. Sanborn's class for one month." 363 00:15:37,367 --> 00:15:38,467 And? 364 00:15:38,501 --> 00:15:40,067 And now he's skipping a class a day 365 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:41,267 and he's in detention for it, 366 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:42,501 and if he gets enough detentions, 367 00:15:42,534 --> 00:15:43,534 he's going to get suspended 368 00:15:43,567 --> 00:15:44,834 and eventually tossed out of there 369 00:15:44,868 --> 00:15:46,968 and for no good reason. 370 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,133 Why don't you... tell me what's going on with your son 371 00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:53,234 or daughter? It's my daughter. 372 00:15:53,267 --> 00:15:54,834 She's hypoglycemic 373 00:15:54,868 --> 00:15:56,968 and she needs to leave school every day for lunch, 374 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,801 but Ms. Jones won't allow it. 375 00:15:58,834 --> 00:16:01,000 Okay. My daughter is friends 376 00:16:01,033 --> 00:16:03,501 with this woman's daughter, and since she doesn't drive, 377 00:16:03,534 --> 00:16:07,334 my daughter is willing to take her, but no... 378 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:09,000 My son didn't make the baseball team 379 00:16:09,033 --> 00:16:11,634 because she's brought in some new kid from another district, 380 00:16:11,667 --> 00:16:14,100 and he's heard that this kid is actually some kind of spy, 381 00:16:14,133 --> 00:16:16,601 like a narc or something, who's been brought in 382 00:16:16,634 --> 00:16:18,934 to get information on the other kids for her. 383 00:16:18,968 --> 00:16:20,267 Is he a good player? 384 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:22,100 Yes, he's a good player, 385 00:16:22,133 --> 00:16:24,334 but he's probably 20 years old or something. 386 00:16:24,367 --> 00:16:26,534 Um... she's so cheap 387 00:16:26,567 --> 00:16:28,534 she gets her hair cut at the barbershop. 388 00:16:28,567 --> 00:16:31,267 And this is a problem because...? 389 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:32,367 Well, 390 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,834 um, men get their hair cut at barbershops. 391 00:16:34,868 --> 00:16:35,868 Women are supposed to get 392 00:16:35,901 --> 00:16:37,667 their hair cut at salons. 393 00:16:37,701 --> 00:16:38,734 She's just not setting 394 00:16:38,767 --> 00:16:40,767 a very good example. 395 00:16:40,801 --> 00:16:43,601 Okay. 396 00:16:43,634 --> 00:16:47,767 We need to talk about you and about me. 397 00:16:47,801 --> 00:16:49,801 There's some rumors going on around school 398 00:16:49,834 --> 00:16:51,367 about you and Ms. Jones. 399 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,200 Yeah, I know, I heard. 400 00:16:53,234 --> 00:16:56,667 Last night, I came up to say good-bye to Ruthie. 401 00:16:56,701 --> 00:16:58,567 That's why I said we better slow it down. 402 00:16:58,601 --> 00:17:01,033 But I was willing to get to know you a little better 403 00:17:01,067 --> 00:17:02,567 before I just called it quits 404 00:17:02,601 --> 00:17:04,934 because I don't want to judge you unfairly. 405 00:17:04,968 --> 00:17:05,968 Know what I mean? 406 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,701 Like the way people judge Ms. Jones? 407 00:17:07,734 --> 00:17:09,801 A lot of people are judged unfairly. 408 00:17:09,834 --> 00:17:11,300 Why does it bother you so much 409 00:17:11,334 --> 00:17:12,868 that people don't like Ms. Jones? 410 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,100 Hi. 411 00:17:18,133 --> 00:17:19,133 Is this a good time? 412 00:17:19,167 --> 00:17:20,367 I saw you talking with Martin 413 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:21,601 and I didn't want to interrupt. 414 00:17:21,634 --> 00:17:22,934 It didn't go so well. 415 00:17:22,968 --> 00:17:24,434 He overheard us last night. 416 00:17:24,467 --> 00:17:26,300 I'm sorry. 417 00:17:26,334 --> 00:17:28,267 What you said was the truth. 418 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:31,300 I have let what other people say affect what I'm thinking. 419 00:17:34,834 --> 00:17:37,501 No, I cannot come down there. 420 00:17:37,534 --> 00:17:39,601 No, I don't wish to come down there. 421 00:17:39,634 --> 00:17:41,467 I can't imagine what good would come of it 422 00:17:41,501 --> 00:17:42,701 if I did come down there. 423 00:17:42,734 --> 00:17:43,934 Can I come to you? 424 00:17:43,968 --> 00:17:45,601 You were just here yesterday. 425 00:17:45,634 --> 00:17:47,801 Yesterday was about one student. 426 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:49,334 Today it's a lot of students. 427 00:17:49,367 --> 00:17:50,601 I don't care. 428 00:17:50,634 --> 00:17:52,334 Do you hear? I-I don't care. 429 00:17:52,367 --> 00:17:54,300 You might care if they keep pressing 430 00:17:54,334 --> 00:17:56,334 for a meeting with the school board. 431 00:17:56,367 --> 00:17:57,734 Considering the current climate, 432 00:17:57,767 --> 00:18:00,234 I don't think that would work out in your favor. 433 00:18:00,267 --> 00:18:03,000 I know who you met with and I know what they're claiming. 434 00:18:03,033 --> 00:18:06,133 The, the Spanish teacher has a learning disability, 435 00:18:06,167 --> 00:18:08,434 and I thought that Mr. Smith's son might be inspired 436 00:18:08,467 --> 00:18:11,334 to at least try to learn a second language. 437 00:18:11,367 --> 00:18:13,467 And these two students who want to leave for lunch, 438 00:18:13,501 --> 00:18:16,334 they... they just want to leave campus to meet guys. 439 00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:20,033 And I don't know why where I get my haircut is a problem. 440 00:18:20,067 --> 00:18:22,567 I'm on your side-- I am-- 441 00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:25,667 but regardless of how lame their complaints are, 442 00:18:25,701 --> 00:18:28,434 I get the feeling you're about to be trampled 443 00:18:28,467 --> 00:18:29,834 by a herd of disgruntled parents, 444 00:18:29,868 --> 00:18:31,367 and I'm trying to help you. 445 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,267 I can't take the time to worry about myself right now, okay? 446 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:36,234 I have other worries, hundreds of them. 447 00:18:36,267 --> 00:18:37,634 They're called students. 448 00:18:37,667 --> 00:18:41,200 Are you worried about one student in particular? 449 00:18:41,234 --> 00:18:42,667 Alice Miller maybe? 450 00:18:42,701 --> 00:18:46,133 Stay out of it, okay, Reverend Camden? 451 00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:48,234 If that's what you want. 452 00:18:48,267 --> 00:18:49,868 But how are you going to help anyone 453 00:18:49,901 --> 00:18:51,868 if the school board removes you? 454 00:18:51,901 --> 00:18:54,734 I am not a victim, okay? And I don't need rescuing. 455 00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:56,267 Thanks anyway. 456 00:18:57,567 --> 00:18:59,300 He's not out there-- my brother Griffith-- 457 00:18:59,334 --> 00:19:01,234 I looked everywhere for him. 458 00:19:01,267 --> 00:19:03,067 He's not out there. 459 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:05,534 So now's our chance. 460 00:19:05,567 --> 00:19:06,834 Talk to me. 461 00:19:06,868 --> 00:19:08,133 Tell me what's really going on. 462 00:19:10,701 --> 00:19:12,868 You can trust me, Alice, whatever it is. 463 00:19:12,901 --> 00:19:14,267 You can trust me. 464 00:19:21,501 --> 00:19:24,133 Alice, I just want to tell you again, you did the right thing. 465 00:19:24,167 --> 00:19:26,501 You're very brave, coming forward. 466 00:19:26,534 --> 00:19:29,801 No one has a right to do what he did to you. 467 00:19:29,834 --> 00:19:30,801 No one. 468 00:19:30,834 --> 00:19:32,267 You did nothing wrong, okay? 469 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:33,701 It's not your fault. 470 00:19:34,801 --> 00:19:37,467 Thank you for trusting me. 471 00:19:37,501 --> 00:19:41,567 Yeah, well, I want to thank you for believing me. 472 00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:47,901 Uh, I have to go. 473 00:19:47,934 --> 00:19:49,267 Um, I'll see you tomorrow? 474 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:51,234 Yeah. 475 00:19:57,534 --> 00:19:59,167 Uh, Lucy. 476 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,634 Uh, Lucy Camden. 477 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:03,667 (sighs) 478 00:20:03,701 --> 00:20:04,667 Oh. 479 00:20:04,701 --> 00:20:05,934 Hello. 480 00:20:05,968 --> 00:20:08,067 I-I thought it was you, but I wasn't sure. 481 00:20:11,534 --> 00:20:12,801 Did you want something? 482 00:20:12,834 --> 00:20:15,200 Yes, I do want something. 483 00:20:15,234 --> 00:20:18,234 Would you be willing to forget that you just saw me 484 00:20:18,267 --> 00:20:20,133 if you thought that it would 485 00:20:20,167 --> 00:20:22,400 make a big difference in the life of a young woman, 486 00:20:22,434 --> 00:20:23,901 maybe even save her life? 487 00:20:23,934 --> 00:20:25,534 I have to have more information than that. 488 00:20:25,567 --> 00:20:27,200 I can't give you more information than that. 489 00:20:27,234 --> 00:20:30,868 Look, I-I know you're studying to be a minister, 490 00:20:30,901 --> 00:20:31,934 and this may be the first time 491 00:20:31,968 --> 00:20:32,934 you've been put in this situation, 492 00:20:32,968 --> 00:20:34,567 but it won't be the last. 493 00:20:34,601 --> 00:20:35,801 Please help me. 494 00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:36,801 Don't say anything 495 00:20:36,834 --> 00:20:40,467 to anyone, especially your husband. 496 00:20:40,501 --> 00:20:41,834 I need a little time. 497 00:20:41,868 --> 00:20:44,300 I don't know if I can do that, 498 00:20:44,334 --> 00:20:46,334 not without knowing what you're up to. 499 00:20:46,367 --> 00:20:49,200 I-I can't tell you, Lucy, really, I can't. 500 00:20:49,234 --> 00:20:51,133 Can you tell me anything? 501 00:20:55,067 --> 00:20:56,901 I'm in trouble? 502 00:20:56,934 --> 00:20:58,400 No, no, I am not in trouble. 503 00:20:58,434 --> 00:21:00,400 You are in trouble. 504 00:21:00,434 --> 00:21:03,234 You have 35 outstanding parking tickets 505 00:21:03,267 --> 00:21:04,534 and you've got two moving violations 506 00:21:04,567 --> 00:21:05,834 in the past six months 507 00:21:05,868 --> 00:21:07,567 and you haven't showed up in court or paid your fines. 508 00:21:07,601 --> 00:21:09,334 And I'm in trouble? 509 00:21:10,434 --> 00:21:12,367 May I see you a minute? 510 00:21:16,434 --> 00:21:18,400 We have a problem. 511 00:21:18,434 --> 00:21:19,601 Griffith's attorney-- 512 00:21:19,634 --> 00:21:21,434 his father's attorney, that is-- 513 00:21:21,467 --> 00:21:23,701 is on the way down here and he's not too happy. 514 00:21:23,734 --> 00:21:25,634 Seems Griffith's dad is 515 00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:27,100 one of the largest contributors 516 00:21:27,133 --> 00:21:29,734 to the police chief's campaign fund, 517 00:21:29,767 --> 00:21:31,901 and he claims that they were told 518 00:21:31,934 --> 00:21:33,667 the tickets were taken care of. 519 00:21:33,701 --> 00:21:36,801 The chief's fixing parking tickets and moving violations? 520 00:21:36,834 --> 00:21:39,234 I doubt it, even for campaign funds. 521 00:21:39,267 --> 00:21:40,767 You want to ask him? No. 522 00:21:40,801 --> 00:21:42,701 I don't either. 523 00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:48,100 I have an update on our problem. 524 00:21:48,133 --> 00:21:50,334 Griffith's dad can't find Griffith's sister. 525 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:52,534 She's not at school, she hasn't come home, 526 00:21:52,567 --> 00:21:53,801 and we were holding Griffith, 527 00:21:53,834 --> 00:21:56,067 so he's threatening to hold us responsible. 528 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:57,400 Is Mr. Miller here? 529 00:21:57,434 --> 00:21:58,601 No, he's in the chief's office. 530 00:21:58,634 --> 00:22:00,300 They're setting up an AMBER Alert. 531 00:22:00,334 --> 00:22:02,734 So they know who the daughter's with, what car she's in? 532 00:22:02,767 --> 00:22:05,467 They're looking for Ms. Jones. 533 00:22:08,234 --> 00:22:09,267 RUTHIE: The school board called. 534 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:10,501 I told them you were resting, 535 00:22:10,534 --> 00:22:11,968 and they told me to tell you 536 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,234 there's a meeting tomorrow regarding Ms. Jones. 537 00:22:14,267 --> 00:22:15,968 They think you should be there. 538 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,467 (groaning) They? 539 00:22:18,501 --> 00:22:21,033 That Harvard bum who got Simon into school. 540 00:22:21,067 --> 00:22:22,968 Sorry. 541 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,634 I just miss Simon. 542 00:22:24,667 --> 00:22:26,033 It's okay. Me too. 543 00:22:26,067 --> 00:22:27,133 Thanks for the message. 544 00:22:27,167 --> 00:22:29,868 Maybe I should try calling Ms. Jones again. 545 00:22:29,901 --> 00:22:33,467 Maybe you should go and talk to Ms. Jones again. 546 00:22:33,501 --> 00:22:35,300 I tried to see her this afternoon 547 00:22:35,334 --> 00:22:37,434 and she refused to see me. 548 00:22:37,467 --> 00:22:38,968 And when did that ever stop you? 549 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,167 Fine. 550 00:22:53,567 --> 00:22:55,400 Thank goodness you're here. 551 00:22:55,434 --> 00:22:58,534 I went home, but before I could even get out of the car, 552 00:22:58,567 --> 00:22:59,834 I turned around and came back. 553 00:22:59,868 --> 00:23:02,501 Because... I have to talk to someone. 554 00:23:02,534 --> 00:23:04,234 I think Martin's upset with me, 555 00:23:04,267 --> 00:23:06,234 because I let some rumors at school bother me. 556 00:23:06,267 --> 00:23:08,467 Rumors about him. 557 00:23:08,501 --> 00:23:10,534 Well, I don't know if I really want to hear 558 00:23:10,567 --> 00:23:11,968 anything bad about Martin; I like him. 559 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,501 I do too. 560 00:23:13,534 --> 00:23:15,734 But... a lot of people don't. 561 00:23:15,767 --> 00:23:17,968 They think he's involved with Ms. Jones 562 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,200 and spying for her. 563 00:23:19,234 --> 00:23:20,834 In order to find out what? 564 00:23:20,868 --> 00:23:22,167 I don't know. 565 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,667 Who's using drugs, 566 00:23:23,701 --> 00:23:25,601 or who's late for school, 567 00:23:25,634 --> 00:23:26,968 or who skips lunch period, 568 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,968 or which teachers and coaches aren't doing so great. 569 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,968 She fired Coach Hardwick. 570 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,400 People think Martin had something to do with it. 571 00:23:34,434 --> 00:23:36,300 Oh, well, I can help you with that one. 572 00:23:36,334 --> 00:23:39,067 Coach Hardwick's mother was just put in a nursing home. 573 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:40,934 Ms. Jones let him have the week off. 574 00:23:40,968 --> 00:23:42,801 I know because he called me 575 00:23:42,834 --> 00:23:44,634 for information about Alzheimer's, 576 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:46,501 and some advice because we're both going through 577 00:23:46,534 --> 00:23:47,801 the same thing. 578 00:23:47,834 --> 00:23:49,701 Oh. 579 00:23:49,734 --> 00:23:51,400 You don't really think Martin is 580 00:23:51,434 --> 00:23:53,367 a spy for Ms. Jones, do you? 581 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,767 No. 582 00:23:54,801 --> 00:23:57,501 It's just that it is easier to believe bad things 583 00:23:57,534 --> 00:23:59,667 about people than good things. 584 00:23:59,701 --> 00:24:02,634 And he is really defensive of Ms. Jones 585 00:24:02,667 --> 00:24:04,067 when no one else is. 586 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:06,400 That's because Martin has judged Ms. Jones 587 00:24:06,434 --> 00:24:09,133 on his experience with her, not anyone else's. 588 00:24:09,167 --> 00:24:11,567 And I also think he judges you 589 00:24:11,601 --> 00:24:13,033 on his own experience with you, 590 00:24:13,067 --> 00:24:15,534 not on what anyone else says about you. 591 00:24:15,567 --> 00:24:19,000 And I think, maybe, Cecilia, you could do the same for Martin. 592 00:24:19,033 --> 00:24:20,267 I hope so. 593 00:24:22,234 --> 00:24:23,968 I'll let you two talk. 594 00:24:25,534 --> 00:24:27,167 I'm sorry about before. 595 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,434 No, it was my fault. 596 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:31,834 I was rude to walk away and not answer your question. 597 00:24:31,868 --> 00:24:33,767 I'm not her spy. 598 00:24:33,801 --> 00:24:35,934 We've never talked about anything other than 599 00:24:35,968 --> 00:24:38,734 my dad, my family, my classes and my game. 600 00:24:38,767 --> 00:24:41,767 I'm sorry if I ever believed anything else. 601 00:24:41,801 --> 00:24:43,334 Me, too. 602 00:24:43,367 --> 00:24:44,634 Hi. 603 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:47,434 How is everything? Great, 604 00:24:47,467 --> 00:24:50,467 now that I've been completely honest with myself. 605 00:24:50,501 --> 00:24:52,534 You really do give good advice Ruthie, 606 00:24:52,567 --> 00:24:53,901 even though you're 13. 607 00:24:53,934 --> 00:24:55,734 I have a lot of experience. 608 00:24:55,767 --> 00:24:57,968 You guys never believed I was a spy, did you? 609 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,734 Never. People make up bad stuff 610 00:24:59,767 --> 00:25:01,767 all the time, just for the heck of it. 611 00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:03,968 Then you start worrying if anyone will believe you 612 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,701 when someone really does do something wrong. 613 00:25:13,167 --> 00:25:15,000 What's going on? 614 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:17,567 My daughter didn't come home from school today. 615 00:25:17,601 --> 00:25:20,200 Evidently Ms. Jones has taken off with her someplace. 616 00:25:20,234 --> 00:25:22,467 God knows where. 617 00:25:22,501 --> 00:25:24,467 Now, of course, if your, uh... 618 00:25:24,501 --> 00:25:27,901 if your lousy son-in-law hadn't had Griffith in police custody, 619 00:25:27,934 --> 00:25:29,501 over a couple of stupid parking tickets, 620 00:25:29,534 --> 00:25:31,033 she'd be home right now. 621 00:25:31,067 --> 00:25:32,901 I knew something like this was going to happen. 622 00:25:32,934 --> 00:25:35,467 I had no idea you thought Ms. Jones would take off 623 00:25:35,501 --> 00:25:38,000 with your daughter. 624 00:25:38,033 --> 00:25:39,634 Are we sure that's what happened? 625 00:25:39,667 --> 00:25:40,934 We're sure. 626 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:50,300 See... Alice isn't, uh, she's not well. 627 00:25:50,334 --> 00:25:51,767 Your daughter Alice isn't well? 628 00:25:51,801 --> 00:25:54,467 No, uh, she looks like a normal girl, 629 00:25:54,501 --> 00:25:55,834 but she isn't. 630 00:25:55,868 --> 00:25:58,367 She got an early acceptance from a school back east, 631 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,267 along with a basketball scholarship. 632 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:03,033 We were very excited, but... 633 00:26:03,067 --> 00:26:05,300 we had hoped that she would stay at home 634 00:26:05,334 --> 00:26:07,234 and go to school somewhere around here. 635 00:26:07,267 --> 00:26:09,901 This isn't because we were selfish or mean, 636 00:26:09,934 --> 00:26:11,367 or anything like that. 637 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,534 It's just that we know Alice; we know she wasn't ready 638 00:26:14,567 --> 00:26:17,567 to just go out and live on her own. 639 00:26:17,601 --> 00:26:21,467 Well, she got so angry, that she started threatening 640 00:26:21,501 --> 00:26:23,067 to run away. 641 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:26,934 And that's why we had Griffith watch over her 642 00:26:26,968 --> 00:26:28,501 the way that he did; 643 00:26:28,534 --> 00:26:30,634 make sure she wouldn't go where couldn't watch her. 644 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:33,400 And that's why the kid is sleeping in his own car, 645 00:26:33,434 --> 00:26:35,434 just to make sure that she doesn't run off 646 00:26:35,467 --> 00:26:37,234 while her mother and I are asleep. 647 00:26:37,267 --> 00:26:39,634 I don't know what's wrong with her. 648 00:26:39,667 --> 00:26:42,400 She's becoming a different person, 649 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:45,000 a very angry person; 650 00:26:45,033 --> 00:26:49,234 a very angry person who would do anything to get away from us. 651 00:26:49,267 --> 00:26:50,634 Anything, like...? 652 00:26:50,667 --> 00:26:51,834 I don't know... 653 00:26:51,868 --> 00:26:54,701 Make up something about us, or Griffith. 654 00:26:54,734 --> 00:26:57,601 I thought that was why Ms. Jones was so crazy 655 00:26:57,634 --> 00:27:00,667 about keeping him out of the parking lot. 656 00:27:00,701 --> 00:27:04,501 Did she say anything about Griffith or about us? 657 00:27:04,534 --> 00:27:05,701 No, nothing. 658 00:27:05,734 --> 00:27:06,934 Well, I mean, I'm not trying 659 00:27:06,968 --> 00:27:08,100 to accuse you of anything. 660 00:27:08,133 --> 00:27:09,334 I just thought that... 661 00:27:09,367 --> 00:27:11,501 that if Alice had made up some horrible story 662 00:27:11,534 --> 00:27:13,167 just to get away from the family, 663 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,234 that you and your son-in-law might be helping 664 00:27:15,267 --> 00:27:17,767 Ms. Jones to help her and... 665 00:27:17,801 --> 00:27:20,200 not knowing that she's not... 666 00:27:20,234 --> 00:27:21,601 Not well? 667 00:27:21,634 --> 00:27:24,167 Yeah. 668 00:27:27,701 --> 00:27:31,000 I guarantee that the reverend knows more 669 00:27:31,033 --> 00:27:32,467 than he's willing to tell me. 670 00:27:32,501 --> 00:27:34,367 Why don't you give it a shot? 671 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,567 I'll see what I can do. 672 00:27:43,267 --> 00:27:45,167 He's lying. 673 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,567 You know that, don't you? 674 00:27:46,601 --> 00:27:47,767 Yep. 675 00:27:47,801 --> 00:27:50,334 But we don't want to let him know that. 676 00:27:57,601 --> 00:27:59,234 What are you doing home 677 00:27:59,267 --> 00:28:00,767 so early? 678 00:28:00,801 --> 00:28:02,634 Roxanne and I were dismissed, 679 00:28:02,667 --> 00:28:04,901 and we were both warned to stay away from the Millers. 680 00:28:04,934 --> 00:28:07,501 Evidentially, you may have been right about Ms. Jones. 681 00:28:07,534 --> 00:28:08,501 No, I wasn't. 682 00:28:08,534 --> 00:28:09,501 She's taken off 683 00:28:09,534 --> 00:28:10,834 with Mr. Miller's daughter, 684 00:28:10,868 --> 00:28:13,667 and it seems that this happened while Roxanne and I 685 00:28:13,701 --> 00:28:16,300 were questioning his son down at the station. 686 00:28:16,334 --> 00:28:17,501 I wasn't right about her. 687 00:28:17,534 --> 00:28:19,133 By the way, when you were telling me 688 00:28:19,167 --> 00:28:20,934 all about the Millers, maybe you should have mentioned 689 00:28:20,968 --> 00:28:22,901 that Mr. Miller spends a lot of his money supporting 690 00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:24,634 our local politicians, 691 00:28:24,667 --> 00:28:26,300 including our police chief. 692 00:28:26,334 --> 00:28:28,000 I-I didn't know. 693 00:28:28,033 --> 00:28:29,667 But... 694 00:28:29,701 --> 00:28:31,601 I was wrong about Ms. Jones. 695 00:28:31,634 --> 00:28:32,601 What? 696 00:28:32,634 --> 00:28:35,100 I may have misjudged her. 697 00:28:35,133 --> 00:28:37,100 I just said she took off with a student. 698 00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:39,334 There's an Amber Alert out for her car. 699 00:28:39,367 --> 00:28:40,801 She's not in her car. 700 00:28:40,834 --> 00:28:42,300 She's, uh... 701 00:28:42,334 --> 00:28:44,767 up in our apartment-- Ms Jones. 702 00:28:44,801 --> 00:28:47,601 If she were in her car, the police would find her, 703 00:28:47,634 --> 00:28:49,734 and she needed some more time, so... 704 00:28:49,767 --> 00:28:51,701 I gave her a ride. 705 00:28:51,734 --> 00:28:54,534 First of all, don't forget I am the police. 706 00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:57,033 And secondly, she needed some time? 707 00:28:57,067 --> 00:28:59,167 All I know is Alice Miller is in the custody 708 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,834 of Child Protection Services. 709 00:29:00,868 --> 00:29:01,968 (whimpers) 710 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,234 (sighs) 711 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,033 Mr. Miller has been calling up the parents, 712 00:29:09,067 --> 00:29:10,767 trying to stir up trouble for Ms. Jones, 713 00:29:10,801 --> 00:29:12,901 'cause he wants her out of the school, I guess. 714 00:29:12,934 --> 00:29:16,634 And he sort of kind of offered a reward for anybody 715 00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:19,067 who would come forward with a complaint about her. 716 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,701 A hundred bucks wasn't much, 717 00:29:20,734 --> 00:29:23,100 but I needed it on account of my son 718 00:29:23,133 --> 00:29:25,033 doesn't have a decent pair of shoes. 719 00:29:25,067 --> 00:29:27,100 So anyway... 720 00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,567 Well, I-I-I couldn't come up with much. 721 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:32,400 I mean, I know Ms. Jones gets her hair cut at the barbershop, 722 00:29:32,434 --> 00:29:34,434 so I tried to make that sound bad, 723 00:29:34,467 --> 00:29:36,033 but it really isn't, 'cause it's one of the students 724 00:29:36,067 --> 00:29:37,100 who went to Kennedy High School 725 00:29:37,133 --> 00:29:38,400 and then he went on to barber school, 726 00:29:38,434 --> 00:29:40,000 and he's the one who cuts her hair, 727 00:29:40,033 --> 00:29:41,701 so she's just trying to support his business. 728 00:29:41,734 --> 00:29:43,334 I mean, I really like the woman. 729 00:29:43,367 --> 00:29:46,567 She's tough, but she's fair, and she's funny and... 730 00:29:46,601 --> 00:29:48,534 evidently she's gone a little overboard 731 00:29:48,567 --> 00:29:49,834 by committing a felony, 732 00:29:49,868 --> 00:29:52,601 so I just wanted to admit, right now, that Mr. Miller is 733 00:29:52,634 --> 00:29:54,267 the one who stirred up all the trouble, 734 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:57,167 in case we're called in to court to testify on related matters. 735 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,300 I-I just wanted to volunteer to tell the truth here and now. 736 00:30:00,334 --> 00:30:02,567 I'll tell you what. 737 00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:04,400 I keep an extra hundred-dollar bill 738 00:30:04,434 --> 00:30:07,067 in my wallet for emergencies. 739 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,868 Buy your son some shoes. 740 00:30:08,901 --> 00:30:12,667 And, uh, thanks for setting the record straight. 741 00:30:12,701 --> 00:30:15,801 Although, I'm not sure we got the full story 742 00:30:15,834 --> 00:30:17,734 on Ms. Jones yet. 743 00:30:17,767 --> 00:30:19,234 It was on the news. 744 00:30:19,267 --> 00:30:22,934 You can't believe everything you see on TV, or... 745 00:30:22,968 --> 00:30:26,000 read in the newspapers, or even hear from people. 746 00:30:26,033 --> 00:30:27,534 That's true. 747 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:32,300 Okay, my son... doesn't need new shoes. 748 00:30:32,334 --> 00:30:33,667 I need new shoes. 749 00:30:33,701 --> 00:30:35,100 (embarrassed chuckle) 750 00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:36,434 I need to go to the dentist? 751 00:30:37,567 --> 00:30:38,767 The doctor? 752 00:30:40,367 --> 00:30:43,400 You knew I was lying all along, didn't you? 753 00:30:43,434 --> 00:30:44,968 I suspected. 754 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,868 If people will tell one lie, generally, they'll tell another. 755 00:30:47,901 --> 00:30:51,634 Wow, you're only the associate pastor, huh? 756 00:30:51,667 --> 00:30:53,834 You're good! 757 00:30:56,934 --> 00:30:57,934 I better be going too. 758 00:30:57,968 --> 00:30:59,501 I told my attorney to find my wife. 759 00:30:59,534 --> 00:31:00,901 I haven't heard from either one of them. 760 00:31:00,934 --> 00:31:02,133 I'm just hoping 761 00:31:02,167 --> 00:31:03,834 that Ms. Jones and Alice will show up, 762 00:31:03,868 --> 00:31:05,300 that it's all some kind of mistake. 763 00:31:05,334 --> 00:31:06,968 It's not a mistake. 764 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,734 Who are you? 765 00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:12,834 I'm from Child Protection Services. 766 00:31:12,868 --> 00:31:15,434 (nervous chuckle) You're not gonna... 767 00:31:15,467 --> 00:31:17,667 arrest me or anything crazy like that? 768 00:31:17,701 --> 00:31:19,501 I'm here to interview you, 769 00:31:19,534 --> 00:31:22,267 for the purpose of having you arrested, yes. 770 00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:23,801 You got to help me out here. 771 00:31:23,834 --> 00:31:25,434 I mean, I told you... Alice is sick. 772 00:31:25,467 --> 00:31:27,100 She makes things up. 773 00:31:27,133 --> 00:31:29,501 I think only God can help you now. 774 00:31:31,067 --> 00:31:32,300 No. 775 00:31:32,334 --> 00:31:34,000 No. I know people. 776 00:31:34,033 --> 00:31:35,567 You can't make these charges stick. 777 00:31:35,601 --> 00:31:37,801 I know people. People like me. 778 00:31:37,834 --> 00:31:39,334 People rely on me. 779 00:31:39,367 --> 00:31:41,067 Alice will be back home tomorrow night. 780 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:44,367 Yeah, maybe Alice will... but you won't. 781 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,534 Not if I can help it. 782 00:31:50,834 --> 00:31:53,033 I didn't know. 783 00:31:54,701 --> 00:31:56,601 I was in my car because I didn't want him 784 00:31:56,634 --> 00:31:57,667 to do anything to me again. 785 00:32:00,334 --> 00:32:03,300 That's why I'm always out there. 786 00:32:03,334 --> 00:32:05,567 That's why I never go in the house when he's there. 787 00:32:07,033 --> 00:32:08,534 I thought it was just me. 788 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:12,534 He told me it was just me. 789 00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,834 He told me if I let Alice near anyone... 790 00:32:15,868 --> 00:32:18,701 that she would tell people about me. 791 00:32:18,734 --> 00:32:21,300 Only no one would believe her. 792 00:32:22,868 --> 00:32:25,434 And then we'd both be in trouble, right? 793 00:32:27,167 --> 00:32:29,601 I didn't know Alice had stories of her own to tell. 794 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,601 I never knew. 795 00:32:33,634 --> 00:32:36,601 I want to kill you! 796 00:32:36,634 --> 00:32:39,200 (sobbing): I really want to kill you. 797 00:32:39,234 --> 00:32:42,167 But you know what? 798 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,400 This is better. 799 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:47,000 Seeing you go to jail... 800 00:32:47,033 --> 00:32:50,133 seeing you revealed for what you really are... 801 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,167 Yeah, this is better. 802 00:33:18,567 --> 00:33:21,367 They've been in there a long time. 803 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,801 Well, there's a lot to talk about. 804 00:33:23,834 --> 00:33:26,167 I was feeling pretty brave this afternoon. 805 00:33:27,601 --> 00:33:29,667 Now, I... 806 00:33:29,701 --> 00:33:32,067 I just feel ashamed. 807 00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:33,501 It's embarrassing. 808 00:33:33,534 --> 00:33:35,901 Humiliating even. 809 00:33:35,934 --> 00:33:37,834 Everyone's going to know about this. 810 00:33:37,868 --> 00:33:40,200 It's going to be in the news. 811 00:33:40,234 --> 00:33:42,367 In all the papers. 812 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,367 First of all, 813 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,367 you did nothing wrong. 814 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,734 It-It's his shame. 815 00:33:47,767 --> 00:33:49,067 Let it belong to him. 816 00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:50,801 Don't-Don't claim it for yourself. 817 00:33:50,834 --> 00:33:52,367 You're the victim. 818 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,601 And I know that's difficult, Griffith, 819 00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:58,267 you know, not to feel embarrassed or ashamed, but, uh, 820 00:33:58,300 --> 00:33:59,934 I'll help you work on that. 821 00:33:59,968 --> 00:34:03,234 I'll get a counselor who specializes in working with 822 00:34:03,267 --> 00:34:05,934 victims of sexual abuse. 823 00:34:05,968 --> 00:34:08,267 I know that if you're strong enough to break the silence, 824 00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:10,801 that you're strong enough to work through this. 825 00:34:10,834 --> 00:34:14,801 It's just going to take some time. 826 00:34:14,834 --> 00:34:18,400 A lot of time and a lot of work. 827 00:34:18,434 --> 00:34:21,133 I don't want anybody to know what happened to me. 828 00:34:21,167 --> 00:34:22,834 I never wanted anyone to know. 829 00:34:22,868 --> 00:34:24,400 I understand. 830 00:34:24,434 --> 00:34:27,767 Male victims of sexual abuse don't often come forward 831 00:34:27,801 --> 00:34:29,300 for that very reason, but 832 00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:31,133 you did the right thing... 833 00:34:31,167 --> 00:34:34,734 for yourself and for every son 834 00:34:34,767 --> 00:34:38,133 or daughter of abusive parents. 835 00:34:38,167 --> 00:34:41,434 And maybe other victims will be encouraged 836 00:34:41,467 --> 00:34:43,501 to come forward, if-if they know 837 00:34:43,534 --> 00:34:45,167 that there's help for them and 838 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,367 serious consequences for the person who abused them. 839 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,934 But what if my father gets away with it? 840 00:34:50,968 --> 00:34:52,567 What if there are 841 00:34:52,601 --> 00:34:55,200 no consequences for him? 842 00:34:55,234 --> 00:34:56,801 I-I don't think anyone's going to sympathize 843 00:34:56,834 --> 00:34:58,567 with your father, once the truth is known. 844 00:34:58,601 --> 00:35:01,133 Well, what if he convinces people it was me? 845 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:04,300 That I asked for it somehow? 846 00:35:04,334 --> 00:35:05,501 No. 847 00:35:05,534 --> 00:35:08,033 No, you didn't. 848 00:35:08,067 --> 00:35:11,701 Just keep reminding yourself you didn't do anything wrong. 849 00:35:11,734 --> 00:35:13,767 But he told me that I deserved it. 850 00:35:13,801 --> 00:35:16,000 He told me that I was, I was nothing, 851 00:35:16,033 --> 00:35:17,701 that I was worthless. 852 00:35:17,734 --> 00:35:19,601 He told me I was stupid. 853 00:35:19,634 --> 00:35:21,868 Just a stupid mistake. 854 00:35:21,901 --> 00:35:24,901 Well, that's another form of abuse-- emotional abuse. 855 00:35:24,934 --> 00:35:28,601 And that, too, is wrong in and of itself, or 856 00:35:28,634 --> 00:35:30,434 when it was used as a way 857 00:35:30,467 --> 00:35:32,234 of controlling you in this situation. 858 00:35:32,267 --> 00:35:34,200 I don't know. 859 00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:38,367 Maybe I am stupid. 860 00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:47,501 How could I have let this go on for so long? 861 00:35:48,901 --> 00:35:52,067 How could you, or how could he? 862 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:55,100 You're the one who stopped this. 863 00:35:55,133 --> 00:35:57,334 (sniffles) 864 00:35:57,367 --> 00:35:59,501 You stopped him, you and your sister. 865 00:35:59,534 --> 00:36:01,467 You didn't do anything wrong. 866 00:36:03,267 --> 00:36:05,634 I just don't know. 867 00:36:07,868 --> 00:36:09,601 You don't know what, Mother? 868 00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:11,567 If you can go through with this? 869 00:36:11,601 --> 00:36:13,133 Yes, you can, Mrs. Miller. 870 00:36:13,167 --> 00:36:17,734 If you don't, it's your life all over again. 871 00:36:17,767 --> 00:36:19,968 This is what happened to you, isn't it? 872 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000 Your father abused you. 873 00:36:22,033 --> 00:36:23,434 Or an uncle or someone. 874 00:36:23,467 --> 00:36:25,868 Someone abused you. 875 00:36:28,701 --> 00:36:31,234 Yes. 876 00:36:31,267 --> 00:36:33,167 My father. 877 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,000 WRIGHT: So let's break the cycle right now. 878 00:36:36,033 --> 00:36:38,000 There are going to be two cases made. 879 00:36:38,033 --> 00:36:40,200 One in children's court and one in criminal court. 880 00:36:40,234 --> 00:36:41,934 You're going to have to go along 881 00:36:41,968 --> 00:36:43,667 with the court orders, whatever those are. 882 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:45,400 What will they ask me to do? 883 00:36:45,434 --> 00:36:46,634 More than likely, 884 00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:48,634 they'll state that you cannot have any contact 885 00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:50,634 with your husband, and you cannot allow him 886 00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:52,434 to have any contact with your children. 887 00:36:52,467 --> 00:36:54,133 You'll have to commit to counseling, 888 00:36:54,167 --> 00:36:55,667 and you're going to have 889 00:36:55,701 --> 00:36:57,834 to get into an alcohol treatment program. 890 00:36:57,868 --> 00:36:59,167 We're going to monitor all this, 891 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,167 to make sure that you stick to the rules. 892 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:02,701 ALICE: Wait a minute. Wait a minute, 893 00:37:02,734 --> 00:37:03,868 You're not saying that you're going 894 00:37:03,901 --> 00:37:05,467 to send me home with her,are you? 895 00:37:05,501 --> 00:37:07,734 WRIGHT: No, I'm not. Reverend Camden 896 00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:11,300 has a licensed foster family who goes to his church 897 00:37:11,334 --> 00:37:13,200 that we can have you stay with. 898 00:37:13,234 --> 00:37:15,367 Your other choices are staying with a relative, 899 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,801 if you have a relative 900 00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:19,701 that we think can provide a safe and nurturing environment. 901 00:37:19,734 --> 00:37:21,667 I'll take foster care. 902 00:37:21,701 --> 00:37:24,334 The family that Reverend Camden recommended. 903 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:27,167 I don't think I have any relatives I can trust. 904 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,167 Oh, Alice, 905 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,167 you don't mean that. 906 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,167 A foster home 907 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,000 with a family you don't know? 908 00:37:35,033 --> 00:37:38,200 What? Something worse is going to happen to me 909 00:37:38,234 --> 00:37:40,200 than what happened in our home? 910 00:37:40,234 --> 00:37:43,167 How could you even think 911 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,033 that I would want to come back? 912 00:37:45,067 --> 00:37:47,000 You knew. 913 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,100 (voice breaking): You let it happen. 914 00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:55,634 You drank yourself into a stupor every night, 915 00:37:55,667 --> 00:37:59,300 so you could pretend you didn't have anything to do with it. 916 00:37:59,334 --> 00:38:01,901 You had everything to do with it! 917 00:38:01,934 --> 00:38:05,667 You could have stopped it. 918 00:38:07,501 --> 00:38:09,968 I hate you. 919 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,067 (crying quietly) 920 00:38:14,434 --> 00:38:16,767 (voice breaking): I want to be put in a foster home. 921 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,467 MRS. MILLER: Maybe you and Griffith 922 00:38:19,501 --> 00:38:21,367 could rent an apartment maybe. 923 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:22,834 Maybe that would be better. 924 00:38:22,868 --> 00:38:25,534 We could consider that possibility at some point. 925 00:38:27,801 --> 00:38:31,167 Maybe... at some point. 926 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:32,801 But not right now. 927 00:38:32,834 --> 00:38:34,300 Not until I know 928 00:38:34,334 --> 00:38:36,701 that my father is going to stay in jail. 929 00:38:38,901 --> 00:38:41,000 I wouldn't feel safe. 930 00:38:41,033 --> 00:38:43,000 I know 931 00:38:43,033 --> 00:38:45,300 Griffith probably didn't know, 932 00:38:45,334 --> 00:38:48,200 but I just wouldn't feel safe. 933 00:38:57,234 --> 00:38:58,868 Hi. I thought I'd come by 934 00:38:58,901 --> 00:39:01,033 and see if there's anything I can do. 935 00:39:01,067 --> 00:39:02,767 Oh. 936 00:39:02,801 --> 00:39:05,200 And I also wanted to apologize, 937 00:39:05,234 --> 00:39:08,100 um, if I seemed short yesterday. 938 00:39:08,133 --> 00:39:10,734 I've had a feeling something was 939 00:39:10,767 --> 00:39:12,067 terribly wrong, 940 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:14,601 and I've been hoping and waiting for Alice 941 00:39:14,634 --> 00:39:17,300 or her brother to tell me what was going on. 942 00:39:17,334 --> 00:39:19,133 And I didn't want you 943 00:39:19,167 --> 00:39:21,634 or anyone else getting in the way. 944 00:39:21,667 --> 00:39:23,200 I know I can be abrupt, 945 00:39:23,234 --> 00:39:25,601 and a lot of people don't like me, 946 00:39:25,634 --> 00:39:28,601 but even those who don't know that they can trust me. 947 00:39:28,634 --> 00:39:30,601 It's obvious that you 948 00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:32,567 care a lot more about your students 949 00:39:32,601 --> 00:39:34,634 than your popularity. 950 00:39:34,667 --> 00:39:36,400 I respect you for that. 951 00:39:38,033 --> 00:39:39,868 Respect and admire. 952 00:39:40,968 --> 00:39:43,000 I thought you'd understand. 953 00:39:44,734 --> 00:39:47,300 Your job isn't exactly a walk in the park, either. 954 00:40:00,834 --> 00:40:03,133 Are you coming home? 955 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:04,667 Is Alice? 956 00:40:04,701 --> 00:40:06,667 (deep sighing) 957 00:40:06,701 --> 00:40:08,801 No. 958 00:40:08,834 --> 00:40:10,834 Then I'm not, either. 959 00:40:12,534 --> 00:40:14,634 But you don't have anyplace to go. 960 00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:16,734 Well, as a matter of fact, I do. 961 00:40:16,767 --> 00:40:18,167 Reverend Camden helped me find something, 962 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,601 and I can stay there until I figure something out. 963 00:40:20,634 --> 00:40:22,968 But you don't have a job. 964 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,534 You don't have any money. 965 00:40:24,567 --> 00:40:26,734 He'll help me find a job. 966 00:40:26,767 --> 00:40:28,868 Until then, I'll get by. 967 00:40:28,901 --> 00:40:30,367 (sighs and sniffles) 968 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:31,601 So, uh... 969 00:40:31,634 --> 00:40:32,767 (sniffles) 970 00:40:32,801 --> 00:40:34,934 ...when am I going to see you again? 971 00:40:34,968 --> 00:40:37,200 In court, Mother. 972 00:40:37,234 --> 00:40:39,701 You'll see me in court. 973 00:40:54,634 --> 00:40:57,234 I'm sorry. 974 00:40:57,267 --> 00:41:00,067 I'm sorry this happened to you. 975 00:41:04,367 --> 00:41:06,601 I'm sorry it happened to both of us. 976 00:41:06,634 --> 00:41:08,133 I love you. 977 00:41:08,167 --> 00:41:10,000 I love you, too. 978 00:41:10,033 --> 00:41:13,601 But... this is my fault. 979 00:41:13,634 --> 00:41:15,267 Your fault? 980 00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:17,033 How do you get that? 981 00:41:18,701 --> 00:41:20,100 I knew... 982 00:41:20,133 --> 00:41:22,868 what he did to you. 983 00:41:22,901 --> 00:41:24,968 I was too afraid to say anything 984 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,400 until he started to do it to me. 985 00:41:27,434 --> 00:41:29,901 And then, I just couldn't stand it. 986 00:41:29,934 --> 00:41:34,267 Especially once I had no hope of leaving for school next year. 987 00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:37,734 No, Grif, it wasn't your fault. 988 00:41:37,767 --> 00:41:39,968 It was his fault, 989 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,667 and it was her fault. 990 00:41:42,701 --> 00:41:45,534 But I'm not going to let what he did, 991 00:41:45,567 --> 00:41:49,868 or what she let him do, stop me from living my life. 992 00:41:49,901 --> 00:41:51,968 And you shouldn't, either. 993 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,667 (sighs) 994 00:41:54,701 --> 00:41:56,100 Today was horrible, 995 00:41:56,133 --> 00:42:00,133 but it's better than tonight would have been. 996 00:42:00,167 --> 00:42:03,100 And we have got horrible days ahead of us. 997 00:42:03,133 --> 00:42:06,367 Weeks or months of court proceedings. 998 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,734 Years of therapy and hard work. 999 00:42:11,901 --> 00:42:14,934 But nothing in our future is going to be as bad 1000 00:42:14,968 --> 00:42:16,901 as any night with him. 1001 00:42:30,934 --> 00:42:33,701 I'm going back to school. 1002 00:42:33,734 --> 00:42:36,200 I'm going to finish the season, 1003 00:42:36,234 --> 00:42:38,601 and I'm going to graduate. 1004 00:42:38,634 --> 00:42:40,501 And then I'm going to go to college. 1005 00:42:40,534 --> 00:42:42,000 I don't care 1006 00:42:42,033 --> 00:42:44,734 what the other students say. 1007 00:42:44,767 --> 00:42:47,200 I can't let our father take anything else from me. 1008 00:42:48,968 --> 00:42:51,834 Don't let anything happen to Ms. Jones, okay? 1009 00:42:51,868 --> 00:42:54,200 Don't let the stupid school board 1010 00:42:54,234 --> 00:42:56,567 fire her or anything. 1011 00:42:56,601 --> 00:42:59,501 I need her. 1012 00:42:59,534 --> 00:43:01,334 We all do. 1013 00:43:02,901 --> 00:43:04,868 'Cause there are other houses 1014 00:43:04,901 --> 00:43:07,634 and other families just like yours.