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Previously on Boston Public... Are we exclusive?

Do you want to be?

Yeah.

Then we are.

And Jamal had 30 of his closest friends in here last night to party with the body.

We didn't do nothing to it, I promise.

You won't do it again.

I'll make sure of it.

How far do you think you're gonna go on without a high school diploma?

I ain't going far with or without it, Mr. Senate.

My mother's on welfare and I got two little brothers

and a sister to raise, you know what I'm saying?

I keep thinking the next practical joke is on me.

Why?

Is it a crime to like you, Milton?

Actually, that's what I tell people.

It explains why I'm always alone.

Yes, 90.

You in Lieberman's class?

Excuse me?

Shakespeare?

Lieberman?

Ronald Lieberman?

Are you in his class?

Yeah.

Is he as fantastic as they say?

Shakespeare?

Lieberman.

Oh.

He's okay.

He's a little limited by the subject matter.

Shakespeare?

Lieberman.

No, no, no.

I know Lieberman, but you think he's limited

by the subject matter of William Shakespeare?

Of upset you.

No, no, no.

But you don't like Shakespeare?

I think he reads very well.

But if you've ever actually seen his work performed, have you?

Many times.

Find him a little untruthful when it comes to behavior.

Untruthful?

The very essence of Shakespeare is rooted in human behavior.

Untruthful.

What's your favorite Shakespearean scene?

There's so many.

Pick one.

Okay.

Well, I guess if you're such an expert, I suppose

I could just say one line and you know what scene.

Could be.

Okay.

Friends?

Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony's eulogy.

That speech is a good example of what I'm talking about.

Here we have a man who's hugely sympathetic to Caesar.

He loves the man and everybody knows it.

And Shakespeare is asking us to believe that they believed he really wasn't going

to praise him and that read the will part plays.

How old are you?

Twenty.

Would you like to get a drink sometime?

How old are you?

Twenty-nine.

When will you be thirty?

Until next year.

Okay.

You know me.

I'm not a forward person for me to just boldly ask her out.

Wilton, I thought you were dating Louisa.

I am.

I'm just saying.

What?

Look, I don't give advice on these things, but... Louisa, she's a pretty solid catch.

And you're not?

She could be the one.

The one?

A twenty-year-old Harvard sophomore.

It'll probably turn out she took a chainsaw to her mother.

Well, now I like her.

But something... There was something so contagious about her.

Don't get me wrong.

Louisa's great, but she's here.

Louisa, hey.

I'm great, but what?

Uh, you don't fish.

I don't fish?

We're planning a fishing trip, wondering whether or not to bring girlfriends.

You don't fish.

Do you?

Harry, Juan Figus' mom was busted on cocaine possession with intent last night.

Second offense.

Juan's packing his locker.

He's dropping out.

I got no choice.

Yes, you do.

No, I don't.

I got two brothers and a sister.

My mother's going up, and I gotta pay the rent now.

You've got one year to go here.

I got no choice, Mr. Senate.

I'm head of the family now.

What, you're gonna raise your brothers and sister?

Just leave me alone, would you?

Oh, I won't.

What do you think Social Service is doing?

You think they're gonna let you raise kids?

Two of them are under ten.

They think we got a father.

Why do they think that?

Because I told them and they're stupid.

I gotta go.

I don't even know if he was actually trying to invent electricity at the time.

He just had a thing about kites.

Kites are fun.

They fly high up into the sky like a plane.

Of course, in Ben Franklin days they didn't have planes.

And you couldn't fly unless you were a bird.

But Benjamin Franklin, he liked birds, okay?

But he loved the kites.

Kites have tails and rain.

Rain is wet, as you can see.

So when you fly a kite in a thunderstorm, you may

not get electrocuted, but you'll sure get wet.

Don't be complaining that he had slaves, Marla.

They all did.

Harvey, are you all right?

Ooh.

I think I'm gonna die.

I feel so warm and fuzzy.

What can do that to a person besides death?

Harvey, just try to relax, okay?

I'll be down to see you.

So you're gonna be okay.

Harvey?

Harvey?

They say all these vitals are good.

Did he have a heart attack?

They don't think so.

Marla said he'd been very erratic before it happened.

Where are they taking him?

I got this real.

I'm driving.

Why don't you come with me, okay?

Is this the way you usually eat?

When I get caught in traffic and I'm late, I have only

ten minutes left to eat, yeah, I have to be back by one.

High school teachers have no money, do they?

As opposed to college kids?

Actually, half my classmates have dot-com startups.

Is money important to you?

No.

But, in lieu of financial success, I'd want either family or... Or what?

Not Shakespeare.

What are you thinking?

I was just remembering back to when I was 20 and knew everything.

What are you thinking?

Are we having lunch because you want to sleep with me?

I'm having lunch with you because it's rare to

find a woman these days who can recite Shakespeare.

And you want to sleep with me.

Why are you having lunch with me?

Because it's rare to find a man who can recite

Shakespeare, including those who actually teach it.

So that's two things we have in common.

What's the other thing?

He just didn't show up?

Have any of you seen Mr. Bottle?

Your heart is fine.

It wasn't a heart attack.

Thank God.

We'd like to do some brain scans, since...

weren't your colleagues said that you were acting strange?

That's a my character.

She said you felt warm right before you went down.

Yes, ma'am.

I felt hot even.

You had a temperature of 104.

104?

It's gone down.

He's not in danger.

Do you take any medication?

Nothing, I started feeling hot, then I felt really good, then I got lightheaded.

You can't be coming here, Mr. Senate.

One, you're seven months away from a diploma.

Oh, you can't be to give me that speech.

Like I'm really worried right now whether I get to graduate.

Look, no, you look.

Look around.

11, 7 and 4.

They're my responsibility now.

They need to eat more than I need some diploma.

So forgive me if I'm screwing up some teacher bonus you had coming.

Hey, I don't go chasing if a kid who drops out.

I don't care.

I just want you to stop chasing me.

I gotta turn you in.

What?

By law, I'm required to report to DSS that there's no guardian here.

You do that, and they'll come and they'll split us up.

I've got no choice, Juan.

Yeah, you do, Mr. Senate.

You go walk out and not say nothing.

That's a choice.

They will break us up.

So, are you gonna tell?

I have to, Lauren.

How could I not?

Hey, you don't have to yell at me, Harry.

I'm sorry.

I'm just frustrated.

I'm sorry.

Any way I can help?

No, thanks.

My car broke down.

I think it was the alternator.

Why didn't you call in?

Because I was nowhere near a phone.

I really apologize.

Apologize to your class, Mr. Buttle.

Was it good?

So, I'd only be asleep with this 20-year -old who you

just met this morning and blow off class to do it.

Kevin, you know me.

I'm not an impulsive person.

I pencil in trips to the bathroom on my Dean plan.

She's 20.

You're gonna get her.

I know it can't last.

I know.

So, why jeopardize what you got going with Louise?

Because a person like me doesn't get many chances at the addictive kind of girl

that... even if it lasts a week, Kevin.

There's something about this girl.

You already sound like a man falling in love.

You know what?

I might be.

Knowing full well, I'll end up splattered on the pavement.

Even when I'm telling you it's so...

I felt more passionate in the last hour than I have collectively in my whole life.

Miss Sutter?

Do you know how Mr. Lipschitz is doing?

They think he's okay.

In fact, he's being released.

So everything's fine.

Well, I don't know, Kelly.

They still don't know what caused it.

What's wrong?

Can I tell you something?

Incomplete confidence?

That depends on what it is.

No, I need your word, Miss Sutter.

Well, I can't give it to you, Kelly, but I'm certainly here to listen to you...

or to help, if I can.

I didn't think it was dangerous or anything.

It did it as a joke.

Did what?

I put E in his coffee.

E?

ecstasy.

I ground it up and put it in his coffee.

There's not supposed to be any dangerous side effects or anything.

Could you just please tell the doctors so they can make him better?

And where did you get the ecstasy?

I'm not telling you that.

I'm willing to get myself into trouble, but not...

I'm only telling you this.

You can help Mr. Lipschitz.

I'm not defending her in any way, but Kelly O'Toole is a straight-A student.

It was criminal, Marilyn.

I know that.

And there is no justification but to expel her.

She drugged a teacher, put his life in danger.

And I agree.

Expulsion is certainly warranted.

But let's face it, kids perceive ecstasy to be completely safe.

That's why it's so rampant.

And that's why we have to respond... Everything isn't black and white, Scott.

This is.

She poisoned a teacher with an illegal drug.

She could have killed him.

This is.

Where is she now?

In my classroom.

Hold on to it.

Would you, Scott, and I will discuss it.

Okay.

Discussing?

Don't call the police.

Have her picked up.

And this ecstasy thing is getting out of control.

Let's do a random search of the lockers.

Get it started.

Stephen, this drug is becoming an epidemic.

A teacher's life was put in peril here.

What's your point?

My point is let's call in a favor and send a message.

Is this really necessary?

It does seem a little overkill.

A teacher was drugged, Lisa.

Yeah, ecstasy.

Maybe he liked it.

Have you ever taken it?

It kills brain cells.

And the idea of you not being smarter than everyone else.

Do you do that a lot?

Do what?

But we did it at lunch.

The women you've just met.

Are you nuts?

I've never done that in my life.

Do you?

No, I've never.

So, how come you just happen to have protection in your wallet if you never...

Well...

I am in a relationship, actually.

Oh.

I didn't get that impression.

It's not really serious.

But you sleep with her.

So you sleep with women you're not serious with?

It's not exactly that, Lisa.

I slept with you five hours after we met.

So you sleep with women you're not serious with?

Actually, no.

This other woman...

Would you please take me home?

I don't believe this.

Because I carried condom in my wallet.

You want me now to take you home?

I'm at your home.

Hold on a second.

Hold on a second.

Want to tell me what you're doing with a human foot?

I work in a morgue.

And what, you take your work home with you?

Why was the foot here, Jamal?

Other kids like to see it and stuff.

Sometimes I bring in a loose hand, eyeball in a job.

I return the stuff always.

What the hell were you thinking?

Harry, I didn't stick the thing to some teacher's coffee.

You're in a bit of trouble, Mr. Crenshaw.

There's a police detective in my office, as we speak.

Sorry.

Scott, the Gestapo friends have made a find.

What's this one?

It's Accutate.

How much you sell this for?

The rate's sort of adjustable on that one.

I kind of look at the client's face.

The more it's it's he has, the more I charge.

And this one?

Mr. Quinn, we're going to have all this tested.

The more we're able to tell the police you

cooperated, the better your fate is going to be.

That's the E.

Ecstasy.

What do you get all this?

I got a connection and a pharmacy.

That's all I'm going to say on that.

And what's this?

It's $4.86.

Well, it's $4.86.

Are you $4.86?

The abortion pill?

You're selling the abortion pill?

It wasn't stealing because he was planning to return it.

Mr. Senate, he removed human remains from a morgue.

He was confused.

It's a footlocker.

Beat it, Jamal.

Wait outside a second.

Don't leave the jurisdiction.

Listen, this is an at-risk kid.

I got him this job at the morgue because he was

spending his days thinking about dying all the time.

But this job has really given him some pride.

He removed human remains.

It won't happen again.

I will kick his ass.

You have my word.

But, Detective, this is a good kid, a smart kid.

And the setback of an arrest could be enough to make him quit here.

He has no criminal record.

I mean, it...

Can you let me handle this one, please?

Next time, he's yours.

He's yours.

Thank you.

Okay.

You got another break.

Why?

I don't know.

I told you after the time you brought those kids into the morgue.

Look, I promise that... Your promises suck right now, Jamal.

Now, this is your last chance.

Next screw up, you go to the police, if you live to, because I might kill you myself.

You got that?

Yes.

You got that?

Yes.

Get out of here.

Can I get the foot back?

I'll take the foot back.

Just get the hell out of my sight.

In the future, just for my political protection, I'd prefer

you not threaten to kill your students in front of me.

I feel like I'm talking to a different person.

Believe me, I feel like a different person.

This is so out of my character.

I'm beginning to wonder whether my coffee was spiked.

Well, you know something?

That question?

Why do men throw away everything they have

over affairs, sometimes even their families?

It suddenly makes sense to me that she feels like a drug to me.

No.

You're a girl, man.

You do what you want to do.

But to be honest, it seems crazy.

I don't disagree.

And also, as much as I'm your friend, I consider myself Louisa's friend too, and.

..

I'm not completely common... I'm gonna end things with Louisa.

It's an honor.

Don't you think you should see how this other plays out?

Kevin, I'm sure this other will burn out by...

at this rate, by the end of the week.

But if nothing else, it's given me clarity on what's missing from me with Louisa.

I'm gonna end it.

I hope you're happy.

They're all I got.

All we had was each other.

You couldn't get that?

Come on.

It's the law, all right?

I had to report... You break rules in the classroom every damn day!

Don't you ever, ever be coming to me with the idea that you try to do me any good!

Meanwhile, a junior at Winslow High School was arrested yesterday for selling drugs

out of his locker, ranging from crack cocaine and ecstasy to prescription drugs

such as Accutane and RU-486, the abortion pill.

Opponents of RU-486 are sounding off loudly, citing this very example as a danger.

Oh, great.

It was inevitable.

This pill allows the kids to skip the doctors, or so they think.

Of course this was going to happen.

Which is why we need to do the education seminar, Marcia.

These kids think this is abortion in a bottle.

They need to know how important doctor supervision is.

If we start educating students on RU-486, the parents are just going...

Another reason I need your support.

Guaranteed.

I'll have a dozen parents in here by this time tomorrow.

Without you backing me... We could raise it at a school board meeting.

Tell them we plan to do it.

Marcia, we're way behind on sex education as it is.

We've had six cases of STD in the last month.

Two pregnancies.

Marcia, a senior class presidential candidate bribed our opponent with fellatio.

I'm not denying that we need to address it.

This pill is a potential nightmare, especially

if it can be bought on the black market.

We need to do it now.

Okay.

Who left this?

It's a Christmas present.

For who?

For you.

From the class.

That's really great.

Like putting the drugs in the teacher's coffee?

That's the Christmas present we get from you, ungrateful?

Hey, you want to give me a present?

Do an assignment.

Do something.

Because I can't do it all.

I try to get you people jobs.

What the hell am I doing this for?

Anyway, the money?

None of you listen.

None of you even care.

Why the hell should I care?

Just do whatever the hell you want.

So, is this going to be a ritual now?

We're going to meet for coffee every morning before school?

Well, it's been working out so well.

Is this just about sex with you?

Honestly, no.

I can see he was a potential ex-wife.

But also, honestly, I've never had sex like this before.

And I'd be lying if I said I could get enough of it.

Well, we're not going to go running back to

your place every time you get a caffeine buzz.

You do need to go to class.

How about me?

I'm supposed to be teaching one in eight minutes.

And what are you doing here?

Are you crazy?

I am.

So, if I said, let's go back to your place again, you'd just skip your class?

No, but... Yes, you would.

No, I wouldn't.

I missed one yesterday.

I'm not about to make a habit out of it.

Trust me.

Don't tell me your car broke down.

It did.

And again, you don't call.

Because again, I was nowhere near a phone.

Then either get your car fixed or buy yourself a cell phone, Mr. Buttle.

Listen.

If you're under the impression I have any interest in what you're about to say next,

you would be mistaken, Mr. Buttle.

Hey, Harvey.

How are you feeling?

Technically speaking, I'm a better health now than yesterday.

How I feel?

Well, it's great to have you back.

We're not right.

Hi.

Hi.

Scott?

I see you.

Yeah.

Can I talk to you?

I need to get some legal advice.

What laws have you broken now, Mr. Senate?

I've got a massage from a hooker.

I didn't break any laws.

I need some advice on social services guarding and stuff.

Not like taking an aspirin to make a headache go away.

Either it can be bleeding or complications.

This pill should only be taken when there's a medical doctor present.

One who can perform surgical intervention.

If something goes wrong, you don't be stupid.

Don't play with your lives here.

One more thing before we go.

A teacher in this school had an illegal drug dropped into his coffee by a student.

It almost killed him.

I'd do everything I can here to make this school a citizenry.

I fight against metal detectors.

I reject zero-tolerance policies.

I don't ever want the faculty to be regarded as militaristic.

But if you want to continue to get our respect, you damn well better respect us.

To lace a teacher's drink as a joke?

Where the hell was your outrage?

Some of you talking about it like it's funny.

It's not funny.

All of you are on notice right now.

You want to start a war with us?

You'll get a war, and you won't win.

You won't win.

A charity?

Yes.

Assuming you all go on to make great sums of money.

You mean if we don't teach?

Yes.

If you don't teach.

If you choose something worthwhile, like, well, Wall Street.

You're going to feel like your life's been one big meaningless selfish waste.

So to compensate for that, you'll give money to charity.

That way you can feel good about yourself and avoid taxes at the same time.

So in preparation for that, we're going to start a charity now.

I've already started it, actually.

It's called the Figgis Foundation.

And if we can raise enough money, we'll be

able to help a classmate deal with the problem.

We'll talk more about it after lunch.

Go ahead and try to shower, because a lot of you stink.

Hi.

Hey.

I'm, uh, I'm no expert on relationships, but the last

one that I was in that worked, we talked to each other.

She's not great at talking, Lauren.

This thing with Juan Figgis really has you upset.

See that?

We don't need to talk.

It just feels like one long, extended losing battle, you know?

It's like just, when you get everything going, when you get them there,

mother gets busted for drugs or social services, takes a sister away... What?

I mean, you looked it up in a handbook?

It's a sort of foundation?

You know, um, a couple of weeks ago when John LeBlanc and...

and then Carol Prater...

really helped me out, but in order for you to help me, I had to be open to the idea.

You're gonna be split up?

Social services can't keep them together.

And the charity?

I don't know.

I talked to Goober.

I don't know.

Louisa.

Milton, what's up?

Well... I'm not terribly adept at these kinds of conversations...

but...

I've begun to see somebody else.

Oh.

You and I have never really discussed exclusivity, but I...

this other relationship feels like it will become exclusive, and...

I don't want to mislead you or... I see.

Well, I appreciate that.

Are... are you okay?

Milton, we were just dating.

It's not like... I'm fine.

Okay.

Is there something else?

Uh, no, I guess.

This just feels slightly abrupt.

It's not like we have to say goodbye.

We're still gonna see each other every day.

Right.

So... Ciao.

Ciao.

Hey, Scott.

Hello.

Is everything all right?

Scott?

I have this recurring dream...

nightmare, I should say, where the students are suddenly in control.

Small wonder.

Weeks like this one.

The teacher's drink is laced, the student is caught selling the abortion pill.

I find a human foot in the locker.

I have to ask, is it just a dream?

Maybe they are in charge.

Nobody's in charge, Scott.

No, well, that is not a criticism of your leadership or of Stephen's.

It's just... this is a high school.

And no one's really in charge.

I'm thinking about adopting a baby.

Wow.

Really?

No wonder.

It's because I'm looking for some nucleus of hope.

That would be a very selfish thing to do, to adopt a child just to fill some

personal void, or one created by conditions here.

And they're obstacles, single-parent, full-time job.

I'm not sure it's wise, but...

I'm thinking about it.

Well... Look with it.

You know, if you ever want to talk, or...

Thank you.

Mistletoe.

I feel so awful.

You didn't do anything they said.

It was my decision, my doing.

Is she nice?

Yeah.

You'd like her.

She's a lot like Lady Macbeth.

Great.

Kidding.

Speaking of which... Am I kidding myself?

How so?

Lisa, you're 20.

Am I too young for you?

No.

But... I feel a little out of control.

So do I.

You know, we've made love, but we haven't really kissed.

I mean, at least not softly.

I like that.

Mr. Senate?

It's a mall I'm afraid to ask what's in the bag.

The cash is in the bag.

And I've given it to you.

I'm sorry?

It's for the foundation.

I was...

I was charging people to see the body parts.

Three bucks a look, five if they wanted to touch.

There's 932 dollars in there, and I want to use it to help one.

Well, don't tell me someone finally shut you up.

I'll take half.

Nah.

Now you take off.

I need to know why.

Come on, Marilyn.

Harvey, where are we going?

Someplace else.

I need a reason, Milton.

We were doing great.

This other woman.

We're more... intellectually compatible.

She's smarter.

It's not a question of intelligence, Louisa.

It's... Have you ever read one of Shakespeare's sonnets?

James Joyce?

These things are...

Maybe it makes me strange, but that's the stuff I get off on.

So does she.

I don't know if she and I are right, but being with her...

it clarified what I'm missing from you.

This is false imprisonment.

What are you doing?

Need to talk to you, Juan.

So you send cops after me?

They're friends.

Thanks, guys.

You wait outside just in case he tries to escape.

I ain't listening to nothing you have to say.

Here's the deal.

It's possible.

It's not likely, Juan.

Possible.

You could be appointed guardian when you turn 18.

The presumption would be against it.

But they'll look at whether you can support a family.

Now, we started up a foundation within the class.

We're already over a thousand dollars just on the first day.

The court will mainly be looking at your maturity.

Staying in school is the most mature thing you can do.

I can really get him back in four months.

Possible.

And what about babysitters and...

There's a ton of obstacles and we'll confront them as they come.

But I'm telling you, step one, stay in school.

You gotta stay in school.

I still have a hard time believing anything you say.

Hey, Juan.

Do you know what one of the first signs of maturity is?

It's being able to tell who your friends are.

And that man, he has done nothing but fight for you the last few days.

And step one, stay in school.

Step two, trust him.

Thank you.

One of the first signs of maturity is knowing who your friends are.

Can you make that up?

Maybe.

I believe that.

How about you?

I'm here.

Last day of school before vacation.

What's the word for it?

Hallelujah.

You got plans?

I'm taking a cruise through the Mediterranean.

And I'm off to Paris for four days.

Buy a couple of Monets.

I'm gonna try and hit Venice.

If there's any time left, I'll climb Mount Everest.

You?

Same.

See you here, then.

Probably.

Not before Christmas Day.

Thank you.

You have to wait, too.

Merry Christmas, Scott.

Same to you, Steve.

Can I help you?

Actually... Lisa?

What are you doing here?

This is... well, a little bit of a cult.

Listen, I don't go to Harvard.

I go to Winslow High.

What?

I'm a senior.

I've never been in one of your classes, but...

I've been here.

What the hell is going on?

What's going on is...

I've had a crush on you for two years.

You have no idea how many times you've passed me in the hall with... Lisa!

For God's sakes!

Why?

It's just so hard to find a man who can recite Shakespeare.

I don't want to stop seeing you, Milton.

It's starting to snow.

You almost ready?

Yeah.

I got snow tires, don't worry.

Fire snow.

Mr. Harrison?

Yes?

My name is Gladys Crenshaw.

I'm Jamal's mother.

His father, too, for that matter.

Um... are you here to get the money back?

What?

Nothing.

I don't know if you know what kind of effect you've had on that boy.

But I do.

Sending him to go work in a morgue.

And I am here to say... Thank you.

I have been trying so long to get that boy to learn or care.

And no matter what, I...

I'm proud... of what I see him becoming.

I am grateful to you.

You must be some teacher.

Thank you.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

Ready.

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