All language subtitles for Head.Of.The.Class.S04E20_2

[theme music]

- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning.

Yeah, for you maybe.
For us, it's the pits.

Oh, I get it, a little academic
Olympic setback, huh?

- Oh!
- Setback?

Setback?
We were routed, Mr. Moore.

Destroyed, humiliated,
annihilated!

A-N-N-I-H-I-L-A-T-E-D,
annihilated!

- Now he spells it right.
- Yeah.

- Good mornin', everybody.
- Oh!

Yeah, Eric, if you've nothing
nice to say

don't say anything at all.

- Right.
- Yeah, right.

What'd I say?

Well, I heard you say
good morning

they heard you say
nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah.

Forgive them, they, they're
feeling sorry for themselves.

[bell rings]

Class, may I present the winner
of the Carl Sagan Trophy

the Oppenheimer Young
Mathematician's Award

the Junior Pulitzer and the
Teenage Mental Medal of Mirth.

- Did I leave anything out?
- Just his name.

- Right, hm.
- Jasper Kwong.

Hi. I'm Mr. Moore. Welcome.

The newest member of the IHP.

Another one?

He just transferred into
our district from Great Neck.

Uh, Dr. Samuels
invited me to watch

your match against Riverdale.
You know, it's really exciting.

Exciting?
Uh, we got our butts kicked.

- Yeah.
- That's right.

No, no, you were great

with just a few
little mistakes.

- Like you, um..
- Dennis.

Dennis, it was Capro,
not Copernicus.

I could see that you knew it

but it just didn't
come out right.

[chuckles]
It was so funny.

[chuckles]

That was really something
when they said

"Which President suffered
from Marfan syndrome?"

'I was sitting there goin',
Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln.

Then you go, "Roosevelt."

[chuckles]

Cracked me up.

Hey, if you're so smart,
define Leptandra.

- 'Yeah.'
- 'Yeah.'

The rhizome
of Veronica Virginicum.

- Wow.
- Oh, yeah?

5560 centigrade?

The boiling point of molybdenum.

Ah-ha!

- Wow.
- Hey, hey, hey.

All of a sudden,
St. Joseph's next week

doesn't look so scary.

- 'Yeah, yeah.'
- 'Yeah!'

Welcome to the IHP, Jasper.
You better find your seat.

[all clamoring]

Jasper, Jasper,
as captain of the academic team

I would like
to welcome you aboard

and announce that tonight
is the first practice

for the all-new, all-powerful

Jasper-enchanced
Fillmore academic team.

[all cheering]

I think we should get you
fitted into a team blazer.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Oh, that won't be necessary.

Of course, it's necessary.
They all wear blazers.

- 'Yeah, yeah.'
- I won't need one.

I'm not going to be on the team.

- What?
- Why?

For heaven's sake, why?

I would prefer not to.

[instrumental music]

- What're you talking about?
- Yeah, why..

[all clamoring]

Alright, alright, alright!

Hey, hey, silence!

I'm sure there's no problem
we can't solve

to got a bright lad
like you on the team.

- So what's the problem?
- I would prefer not to.

[indistinct chatter]

May I say something?

Ah, only if it relates
to history.

Alright, uh, near the end
of the Reagan administration

I was elected captain
of the Fillmore academic team.

And as captain, I protest
this student's being here.

He wants all the privileges
of the IHP

without any
of the responsibilities.

[all clamoring]

Wait up, wait up, wait up.
Ho, ho, ho.

I'm in the IHP
and I'm not on your team

because I don't wanna
be on your team.

I got my rights
and so does Jasper here.

Uh-huh. You, I don't want
on the team. Him, I want.

- Thank you, Eric.
- They don't understand--

No, no, Dr. Samuels.

He said he would prefer
not to be on the team.

That's the end
of the story, okay?

Thank you
for your understanding, sir.

- But I don't--
- Out of the door. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Moore.
I'm gonna like it here.

[instrumental music]

- Hi.
- I feel betrayed.

That Wong kid
was like a son to me.

Kwong.

'Hey!'

Son, I, I knew
you'd come around.

- What's your blazer's size?
- 36 short.

You're givin' me a blazer
even though I'm not on the team?

Hey, thanks.

You want a blazer,
you join the team.

Oh, I would prefer not to.

I'm just here
to root for Fillmore.

Oh, yeah, sure, sure, sure.
Sit down, come on.

Hey, good luck, guys.

Good afternoon.

Welcome to the academic meet
between St. Joseph's and--

[buzzing]

Fillmore High.

Oh, you know,
these guys are really good.

They beat Brock Science
last month by 34 points.

Yeah, watch out for Quinsky.

He's brutal in Latin
sentence structure.

You're really a fan
of this, aren't you?

Oh, I'm strictly
a sidelines guy.

I can never do
what these guys do.

They're out of my league.

First question.

"Name the Silesian farmer

who developed the medical
technique of hydropathy?"

Vincenz Priessnitz.

[buzzing]

- Frederick Waller?
- Sorry. St. Joseph's?

No? It was Vincenz Priessnitz.

Good try, Sarah. Way to go.

[instrumental music]

Who wrote "Some things
that fly there be.

'"Birds, hours, the bumblebee'

'of these no elegy?"'

Emily Dickinson.

[buzzing]

- St. Joseph's.
- Emily Dickinson.

- 'Correct.'
- Oh.

That's okay, guys.
You'll get the next one.

Who said, "A fine library
could be started

by leaving out the works
of Jane Austin?"

Mark Twain.

[buzzing]

- 'Fillmore.'
- H.L. Mencken.

- 'Ooh.'
- 'Sorry.'

Nice try, T.J.

[buzzing]

St. Joseph's.

- Mark Twain.
- 'Correct.'

That's okay, guys.
You can do it. Come on.

Oh, I know I said a few things
before the match

that weren't too nice.

I said,
"If you wanna go out there

and blow another one, go ahead."

Well, you did. You went out
there and you blew another one.

'Now you may be happy
about that'

but I am ashamed

right down
to the tips of my toes!

Oh.

Hey, come on, guys.
What does he know?

He-he can't even see
the tips of his toes.

Hey, you guys were great.

Oh, by the way, Sarah

do you know how I remember
my African geography?

East to west, Chady's best.
West to east, Chady's least.

It works. See you tomorrow.

Oh, keep up the good work, guys.

Four, six, eight.

Yeah, we got enough
for an angry mob.

- Yeah.
- Yes.

You know, if you really
want him on the team

there are better techniques
than threats and intimidation.

He's right.
We could just shun him.

You know, refuse to talk to him.
That's what the Quakers do.

Hm, yes, and it works
for all those

winning Quaker academic teams.

Actually, I was thinking
of another approach.

- What, Mr. Moore?
- 'What's that?'

Well, try to be nice to him.
You know the old saying.

I mean, you catch more flies
with honey.

Okay, okay.
We'll kill him with kindness.

Alright, and if that doesn't
work, we'll just kill him.

[instrumental music]

Um, Jasper, why don't you
sit with us at lunch today?

Or if you want,
you can be my lunch buddy.

Thanks, guys.
Hey, Alan, nice sweater.

Give him your sweater, Alan.

- What?
- Give it to him!

Yeah.

Okay, one of you girls
should ask him out on a date.

Um, Sarah, you're never busy.

- Here, Jasper. From me.
- Really?

- Yeah.
- Gee, thanks.

Uh, Jasper,
Eric and I were going

to the Tracy Chapman concert
on Friday.

Well, here.
Why don't you go with Eric?

What?

Hey, that's really nice, Simone.

Would you like
to have dinner first, Eric?

No.

Hey, you guys are too much
to welcome me this way.

I don't know what to say.

You know, I wish
there was something I can do

for all of you.

(all)
Oh.

Well, Jasper, actually there is.

- Yeah.
- Sure. Anything.

- Um..
- Uh..

Well, we, we have this meet
against Erasmus High.

- Uh-huh.
- Yes?

Will you be
on our academic team?

- Would you?
- Well..

- Please.
- Come on, Jasper.

I would prefer not to.

Fine, be that way.

Hey, I didn't mean
anything personal.

- Alright.
- Sure.

We can still be friends,
can't we?

Friends? You don't know
the meaning of the word.

Yeah, you hung us out
to dry, turkey.

You let your classmates
down, Jasper.

That's pretty low.

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, guys, listen,
I just talked to my friend

at Jasper's old high school
and I found out

why he won't be on the team.

Who cares?

You better. He killed a guy.

- What?
- Jasper killed a guy?

[bell rings]

[instrumental music]

Jasper killed someone?

That's the story that's goin'
around his old school.

Apparently, Jasper
was on the academic team

when he was in junior high.

His best friend
was on the team too.

And there was this, like,
big rivalry between the two.

You know, like, who was smarter.

Well, his friend challenged
Jasper to a one on one.

Jasper beat him so bad,
it was devastating.

He humiliated him
in front of everybody.

I guess his friend
just cracked up and..

- And what?
- Dropped out of school?

Yeah, the hard way.
Off the roof.

- 'No.'
- Wait, wait, wait.

Wait a minute.
I, I don't believe this.

Now you're certain
you got the story right?

I mean, Jasper was a member of
his junior high academic team?

Yeah, positive. Everybody at
Great Neck knows about it.

Wow. The poor guy.
I feel really bad, Mr. Moore.

Where is he?

Well, uh, we kind of gave him
a hard time and he left.

I think we should apologize.
Can I go find him, Mr. Moore?

- It's a good idea.
- Yeah, go find him.

Did you see the look
on the poor dude's face?

God, he was really devastated,
you guys.

Yeah, you guys, from now on,
let's be really nice to him.

- 'Okay.'
- 'That's a good idea, Sarah.'

Hey, don't look at me,
I already got a date with him

for the Tracy Chapman concert.

[indistinct chatter]

Uh...Jasper, we're really sorry
about the way we treated you.

- Yeah, we really are sorry.
- Yeah, we're all sorry.

I understand.
You were frustrated.

A lot of pressure.

You know,
we're really good listeners

if you ever wanna talk
about anything.

- 'Yeah.'
- 'Yeah.'

- Like what?
- Well..

Like anything
that's botherin' you

or anything
about your, uh, past.

Uh, I would prefer not to.

Jasper, uh, can I see you
in the hall?

Sure, Mr. Moore.

Boy, three days

and he's already in the hall
with Mr. Moore.

Jasper, uh, tell me
about your friend.

What friend?

Junior high,
the academic team, one on one?

Oh, no. That story?
It followed me here?

Well, it's probably gonna
follow you everywhere.

You know,
every school I've gone to

they've wanted me
for the academic teams.

And I don't wanna be on teams.

So in my last school

I made up a story
about how my best friend

never spoke to me again
after I destroyed him

at an academic meet.

As the story spread,
it got bigger and bigger.

First, they said he quit school.

Then they were sayin'
he became a Hare Krishna.

Then he jumped off a roof.

I couldn't stand it anymore.

So then you burrowed
another story.

"Bartleby, The Scrivener."

"Bartleby, The Scrivener?"

Yeah, the story
by Herman Melville.

- Don't know it.
- Yes, you do.

The-the main character always
says "I would prefer not to."

Just as you do.

Oh, that
"Bartleby, The Scrivener."

Look, Jasper..

You're highly intelligent

your grades put you
right in the IHP

and you are such a fan
of the team.

I-I think you really wanna be
part of it, don't you?

I just can't.

Because you're afraid of getting
up in front of people and..

...failing
under all that pressure?

You're good.

You're real good.

[instrumental music]

I shake, I sweat,
I lose my voice.

I can't do it.

So I made up the story
about my friend

but it got too complicated.

Then I read
"Bartleby, The Scrivener."

I liked saying
"I would prefer not to."

So clean, so simple.

[sighs]

But the truth is..

...I'm scared.

I'm sorry. I hope
you will accept my apology.

Hey, Jasper,
you may not have noticed

but you just made a big, long
speech in front of all of us.

- Yeah, you did, Jasper.
- 'Yeah.'

Well, I-I guess I feel
comfortable with you guys.

But under pressure with buzzers
and timers, I choke.

Come on, Jasper, you gotta try.

Give it a shot, man.

I think Jasper just has a little
case of stage fright, you know.

Psychologists say that the fear
of speaking or performing

in public is one
of the most common phobias.

Did you know
that Sir Laurence Olivier

used to throw up
nearly every night

before he went on stage
to perform?

And he still went on.

You can too. You just have
to force yourself to do it.

Throw up?

Jasper, y-you'll never
get over this fear

unless you make a real effort
to overcome it.

And one way is just to go out
there and go for it.

Is there still a blazer
in my size?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

[instrumental music]

- Hey, how do you feel, buddy?
- Very bad, Arvid.

My mouth's dried,
my hands are cold.

If I can move my legs,
I'd go home.

Listen, uh, Jasper,
you know the story of Dumbo?

Right now,
I don't know anything.

Dumbo, the elephant,
who was afraid of flying.

His little mouse friend Timothy
gave him a magic feature.

And as long as he held on to it,
he could fly.

But then while he was flying,
he dropped the feather

and he was gonna crash
when Timothy yelled, "No, no!

It's not really magic.
You can fly without it."

And you know what? He could.

Okay.

Well, th-that's why
I carry this with me.

It's a piece of my blankie.

It's not really magic but...
keeps me from getting nervous.

Oh, thanks, Arvid.
It'll be a big help.

Hey, hey, hey, get your own!

Heads up, team.

Our opponent Erasmus High School
is overconfident.

Because they don't know
about our secret weapon.

Jasper.

- Yeah.
- Right.

Alright! Let's go out there
and kick some academic butt.

- Come on!
- Yeah!

- 'Come on, let's go.'
- You'll be great, Jasper.

(Dennis)
Alright, let's go.

[exhales]

[instrumental music]

3, 4, 5, and 5, 12, 13,
are examples of what?

[buzzing]

- That's so easy.
- 'Alright!'

- 'Fillmore.'
- 'Yeah.'

Uh, uh..

- 'Jasper.'
- 'Say it, Jasper.'

Say it, Jasper. Come on!

Come on, Jasper.
It's easy, Jasper, it's easy.

Time.

[buzzing]

Erasmus?

Sides of Pythagorean triangles.

(female #1)
'Correct.'

[applause]

- I-I could've answered that.
- Sorry.

And for this, they canceled
girls' volleyball practice?

[instrumental music]

"Name the conic sections studied
by the Greek Apollonius."

[buzzing]

'Fillmore.'

- Uh..
- Come on, Jasper.

- I..
- Jasper.

- I..
- Jasper, you know this.

(Darlene)
'You know it, Jasper.'

- Answer it.
- Sorry, time is up.

[buzzing]

Erasmus.

Hyperbola, parabola

circle and ellipse.

- 'Correct.'
- Yeah!

- I knew that.
- I'm sorry.

[instrumental music]

"Can you find two whole numbers

"such as the square
of one is equal

to twice the square
of the other."

[buzzing]

- Fillmore.
- No.

Because the square root
of two is irrational.

- 'Correct.'
- Yes!

[instrumental music]

[buzzing]

In comings!

[buzzing]

George Thoreau.

[buzzing]

The vitreous chamber.

[buzzing]

Microprocessor.

[buzzing]

- State and revolution.
- Correct.

- Yeah!
- Yay!

[applause]

"Name the five classical orders
of architecture."

[indistinct chatter]

[buzzing]

- Fillmore.
- What are you doing?

Uh, excuse me,
we'd like to exercise

our last timeout please.

You have 30 seconds.

- You know this.
- Of course.

- Ionic, Doric--
- No, don't, don't.

Don't tell us, tell them!

- Yeah!
- Come on.

I definitely
would prefer not to.

Jasper, if you don't do this now
you'll have to transfer

to yet another school and tell
the same stupid story about

the guy jumping off the roof and
everyone will hate you forever.

- Yeah.
- Jasper, it's okay, man.

- We're all with you.
- Yes, Jasper.

- You can do it, Jasper.
- I'm not sure.

- Jasper, you can do it.
- You can do it, Jasper.

Here, Jasper.

- Take this.
- Oh.

You mean it, Arvid?
You're givin' me your blankie?

I want you to have it.
I don't need it anymore.

Oh, you guys are incredible.

Nobody has ever stood by me
this way before.

And I'm not gonna let you down.

- Okay.
- Got him.

In fact, with you guys here,
I don't even need this.

- Alright.
- Great.

- Alright.
- Oh, God, it's on the floor!

Fillmore.

The five classical order
of architecture are..

...are, uh..

...Doric..

...I-Ionic..

...uh, Co-Corinthian..

...and Tuscan and Composite.

Correct.

[all cheering]

Hey, that was easy. Okay,
I'm ready now. Bring 'em on!

Come to papa.

[laughing]

The final score is Fillmore, 37.

Erasmus, 39!

[applause]

I'm really glad you got over
your stage fright, Jasper.

So maybe now we could work
on your timing.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Well, I guess congratulations
are sort of in order.

- How do you feel?
- Like Laurence Olivier.

Good.

[instrumental music]

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