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[Jesus Jones singing
"Right Here Right Now"]

♪ Right here right now ♪

♪ Watching the world
wake up from history ♪

♪ I saw the decade ♪

♪ It seemed
the world could change ♪♪

Dad.

It's too much.

Well, it's yours, baby.

They have public transportation

in Philadelphia, you know.

Now you won't
have to use it.

Dad, you've got
to stop worrying about me.

I'm gonna be fine.

Your degree,
your brains

you could do
anything you want.

Law school, politics,
Wall Street--

But, Dad..

...this is what I want.

[bell ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

Laura McKinney?

I'm Margaret Trudlow.
You're late.

Sorry. Got a little lost.

We had an unexpected change
in faculty.

One of our US History teachers,
Mr. Hack, had an incident.

"Incident"?

Run-in with some
seniors last year.

Nothing for you
to worry about

but you'll cover
his class this year.

I-I'm supposed to teach English.

I'm not familiar
with US History.

Neither are the students.

No problem.
Ready for the challenge.

Now, that's
the Ivy League spirit.

This is yours.

[hip-hop music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

My classroom's next door
if you have any issues

but I'm sure you won't.

Any advice?

Show no fear.

[Laura]
'Hi, class.'

My name is Miss McKinney.

[Laura]
'Can you turn
that down, please?'

Excuse me.
Settle down, guys.

Can-can you please
take your seat?

Hey.

Girls. Girls. Stop it.

Stop it. Stop it, stop it.

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

Someone helping you?

They told me to wait
for one of those detectives.

One sec.

[snoring]

Uh..

...they look pretty busy.

Why don't you talk to me?

Darnell Brent.

I'm Detective Rush.

Think I have evidence
on Laura McKinney's murder.

She was my teacher
at Reeves High

got shot outside
the school in 1991.

They said it was
a carjacking gone wrong.

You know different?

Just got my
teaching credential.

Started at Reeves last week.

Coincidence?

She's the reason I'm doing it.

Always challenged us
to make a difference.

Figured it
was about time I tried.

Well, what'd you find, Darnell?

So I'm there this weekend,
getting my classroom ready.

Found this old,
sturdy desk in storage

they used to have
when I was a student.

I was going through
the drawers, and I find these.

They're her keys,
including her car keys.

Miss McKinney wouldn't have left
the classroom without them

never mind the building.

Ah, people forget
their keys all the time.

I've worked
at the school two days.

First thing you learn don't go
anywhere without your keys.

- The school's locked down?
- Especially at night.

Can't get from one door
to the other without them.

Miss McKinney
would've known that.

She wasn't going to her car.

So if she wasn't headed
to her car, where was she going?

I don't know.

I've got to say, Darnell..

...not a lot to go on.

Look, uh, I know you're busy.

But I can't let this sit.

After everything
Miss McKinney did for me..

Sounds like
she was a special teacher.

Yeah...the best.

I owe her.

[theme music]

[instrumental music]

It was Valens, right?

He still hot over that
pudding pop thing last month?

I'm no snitch.

You're either with me
or you're against me.

Consider me warned.

Laura McKinney

22, just out of college.

Killed in front of
the school, 10:00 at night.

Last to see
was Margaret Trudlow

another teacher, hours earlier.

- She was in Teach for America.
- A cousin of mine did that.

It's like
the Peace Corps.

Grads spend a couple of years
in the worst public schools.

- Uh, it takes guts doing that.
- Or a loose screw.

Well, sometimes those
are the best teachers.

Always that one
you remember, right?

Shot once in
the back with a 0.22.

Doer left
the shell casing.

Not to mention the car.

She's found just steps
from her vehicle, but no keys.

- Witnesses?
- We got a Mrs. Harris.

Lived across
from the school.

Sees a black man
fleeing the scene.

Reeves High School
security guard was closer.

Carlton Rawls
eyeballs the doer

standing over Laura's body
and chases him off.

Our hero, almost.

But neither witness saw
the doer pull the trigger.

Let alone the gun.

[Stillman]
'Victim's father coming in?'

Yeah, taking the train
from New York.

He still blames himself
for getting her the car.

If I'd had a kid go teach
at that school

I'd give him a 0.38.

Hmm, '91 was
a record year for homicides.

Five hundred and one.

Original detectives
were overworked.

Witness testimony,
placement of the body

they focused
on the robbery angle.

Leaving out
the personal.

Maybe connected
to the school.

[Jeffries]
'Great, thank you.'

Second eyewitness,
old Mrs. Harris.

Says she'd love to meet,
talk about what she saw.

Only not today,
her dog's getting groomed.

And tomorrow's book club.

- Ah, playing hard to get.
- 'Yeah.'

Lives in Camden.

Figured I'd swing by,
pay her a visit.

Anybody up for a drive?

Taking that as a "no."

Heading down to Ballistics
about the murder weapon.

IBIS database
didn't exist in '91.

'Could be useful now.'

Gun's out there
17 years, Nick.

Any luck, it was used
in another crime.

"Luck"?

You know what I mean.

Nick.

They got ties, three for ten
bucks on the corner over there.

You might want
to take a look.

I wouldn't let her
take the subway.

"It's too dangerous," I said.

Well, we're looking
at the possibility

this wasn't
about Laura's car.

She ever mention
any personal problems?

I talked to her on
the phone at least twice a week.

Far as I could tell,
her life was work and home.

- No guys in the picture?
- No, not that I knew of.

I mean that job
completely consumed her.

- She stay late, after school?
- All the time.

- She believed in the program.
- You didn't?

Well, they sent her out
full of big ideas.

'How she'd make her mark.'

Didn't tell her that
no one else was on board.

[The Sundays' singing
"Here's Where the Story Ends"]

This place is a disaster area.

Dad.

We've got reservations
in half an hour.

Did you forget?

I know it's bad here.

I'm going
to paint my classroom next.

Plant some flowers
in the spring.

Give it a sense of hope.

You okay, baby?

♪ People I see ♪

♪ Weary of me ♪

These kids,
they can barely read

let alone write.

I can't control them.

They won't even listen to me.

- You're doing your best.
- Look at me.

No matter how much
extra effort I put in

I still can't get through.

Hey, listen

when I started out,
working legal aid in Newark

I stunk at my job.

I couldn't win a case.

One day an older lawyer
pulled me aside.

Told me,
"Forget about the facts.

Just tell the jury a story."

"A story."

Isn't that what
history's all about?

Come on, look.
Don't kill yourself.

A job shouldn't do this to you.

This is more than
a job to me, Dad.

I made a commitment.

I'm gonna see it through.

♪ It's the memories
of your shed ♪

♪ That make me turn red ♪♪

That was Laura.

Determined to make a difference.

I don't know
if she even got the chance.

I think she did, Mr. McKinney.

It was one of her students
who brought these in.

Remembered her all this time.

The teachers
she worked with..

...she ever mention any of them?

I-I don't think they-they went
out of their way to welcome her.

Why's that?

Laura did the same job
for less money.

Guess they perceived
the program as a threat.

Any teachers give Laura
a particularly hard time?

A woman with
a class next door, Margaret.

Supposed to be her mentor.

Sounded more like a menace.

How you doing, Carla?

I got a cold one needs
running through IBIS ASAP.

- Two weeks.
- It's kind of important.

- Aren't they all?
- Yeah, I hear you.

[chuckling]

I'm talking
special circumstances.

The victim was a teacher,
you know what I mean?

Remember your favorite teacher?
Imagine if she got killed.

I hated my teachers.

Look, we need to expedite this.

Any other forms
to fill out?

No other forms, no exceptions.
Fresh jobs get priority.

Take a number.
Come back in two weeks.

Okay? Okay.

Only thing I remember
from that night

is I left at 5:00 p.m. sharp

and Laura was still
in her classroom as usual.

Here's your list
of students.

I highlighted the troubled ones.

A lot of names.

Only the best and brightest.

Perk of
the public school system.

Well, uh, how'd
you get along with Laura?

Miss McKinney
was nice enough.

Here every night till 10:00

grading papers,
doing lesson plans.

- That's a good teacher.
- I didn't say that.

Try sitting up straight.

Oh, way we heard it, you had it
in for Laura from day one.

How would you like it if
some kid straight out of school

came in to the police department

thinking they
had all the answers?

She thought this was
some kind of mission.

But she didn't have
the training.

- Or the requisite skills..
- Such as?

She couldn't even control
her classroom.

It's sink or swim,
and Laura was drowning.

[ Pixies singing
"Where Is My Mind"]

Sounded like
World War III.

I come in, everybody's
up out of their seats

and she's just standing
there, helpless.

Oh, come on, Margaret.
She's not that bad.

She won't make it
till Christmas.

[sighing]

I was hoping to talk
to you about these textbooks.

- What about them?
- There aren't enough of them.

I went to the principal,
he said I couldn't

order new materials
until Christmas break.

[laughing]

What's the joke?

If you last that long

you can ask Santa
for the extra books.

[laughing]

♪ I was swimming
in the Caribbean ♪

♪ Animals were hiding
behind the rocks ♪♪

Teaching's about more
than a winning smile.

She wasn't cut out for it.

A guy who stuck up
for Laura.

- He liked her?
- Kenny Yates.

He didn't have
to share a wall with her.

- He still teach here?
- Left for greener pastures.

Parochial school.
Less money, more respect.

This is a dangerous place, huh?
Pepper spray?

Need some kind of protection

if you're gonna last
as long as I have.

Laura didn't have her keys
the night she was killed.

- Figures.
- What happens?

Situation like that, late
at night, no one else around.

You go to the security guard.

Always on post at
the front entrance.

Yeah, back in '91,
it's a Carlton Rawls?

He was our last
line of defense.

[Rush]
'Now, thanks
for meeting us, Carlton.'

No sweat.

Working security across town.

They're cool
with me being here

being first responder and all.

Walk us through
what you remember.

I was at my post,
just inside here.

Shot rang out,
I'm through the door.

She was right here
on the street.

Number one male
standing over her.

'He figured he
was taking her car.'

He thought different
when he saw me rushing him.

He busted ass the other way.

A compelling story, Carlton.

What?
That's what happened.

See, Carlton,
we got the other witness

saw the suspect running past
her apartment window that way.

That means the suspect
would've been running

towards you, not away. Right?

You weren't at
your post. Where were you?

- I'm telling you, I--
- No, see, you're lying.

You keep it up, we're gonna
start thinking bad things.

I was in the parking lot.

- My car.
- Sleeping one off?

I smell the whiskey
on your breath.

You see the gun, Carlton?

Suspect's face?

Hey, you see anything?

Guy running away down the block.

Look, I had my eye out,
even from the car.

Every door in
the school was padlocked

from the inside except for two.

Which ones?

The one to the parking lot,
which is where I was

and where Laura should've come
if she was going to her car.

[Rush]
'She didn't have
her keys, Carlton.'

Say she wasn't going to her car.

She still would've come out
through the parking lot.

- And I'd have been there.
- Why?

What's this other door?

Back alley where
the garbage goes.

Told her time and time again
not to use this door.

Locks automatically
when you go out.

Figure she was
in trouble inside.

You weren't
at your post.

Probably she
was looking for you.

Don't know why
she didn't listen.

Knew it was bad out here.

Maybe something
inside was worse.

Oh, understand you
looked out for Laura.

She was a kid
out of her element.

Came to me for advice.

You two close?

Work buddies.

Sorry. Nasty habit.

Can't think straight without it.

Quit recent?

Yeah, five years ago.

Off again, on again
kind of thing.

You know, Margaret Trudlow said

that Laura was having difficulty
with her students.

Left her to fend for herself.
Laura did the best she could.

How'd the students feel
about Laura's best?

This school was
a glorified detention facility.

It was endearing how naive

she was
about the kids' potential.

Textbook's outdated.

We don't have
enough of them.

The copies that we do
have are falling apart.

No wonder
the kids don't care.

Welcome to Reeves.

Look, at least now you
have control of your students.

Getting them to sit down
and be quiet isn't teaching.

You've taught here ten years.
How do you do it?

Simple. Concentrate
on the students who do care

if you could find one.

Just forget the rest.

Forget them?

[N.W.A singing "Quiet
On That Set"]

♪ Why I'm invincible ♪

♪ But when you hear my rhyme ♪

What?

♪ The ground
that makes you all ♪

Oh, what are you doing?

[bell ringing]

Take your seats.

Textbooks out.

Now toss them on the floor.

Come on, We don't
have all day.

[indistinct]

Great. Darnell, will you pass
these out for me?

One to each student.

History is not just
something from the past.

It's a story,
happening every day.

Each of you will pick
a story out of the paper.

We'll read it
and discuss what it means to us

and to the rest of the world.

Do we get to keep these?

Yes.

♪ Write my lyric with
this hyped information ♪

[paper crackling]

What's the problem?

Bitch thinks she can
buy us for 35 cents.

[laughing]

Out, Renaldo.

Now.

[students giggling]

♪ Lights camera action ♪

♪ N.W.A. take three ♪

♪ I can be loud as hell
think I will? ♪

♪ Never shh quiet on the set ♪

♪ Yeah I like that better ♪

♪ As what I can do.. ♪♪

No matter how hard you try

there's gonna be the bad apples.

Got any names?

Too many to remember.

Reason I got out.

Bad for the health.

Nothing changes
if nothing changes.

[beeping]

Been chasing our witness
Mrs. Harris all over Camden.

Neighbor says she plays bingo,
but won't say where

without a faxed request
on police letterhead.

Damn.

When you do get her,
have her look through

old Reeves High
yearbooks.

- You got a suspect?
- Yeah, finally.

Kid in Laura's class
named Renaldo Ramos.

Got expelled
a few weeks after her murder

for stealing from
the teachers' lounge.

Rap sheet's
an inch thick.

- You locate him?
- Not yet.

Brought in the mother
to fill in the blanks.

Of Course it'd help
if we had some information

on the murder weapon.

Not my fault. Lab rat Carla's
gumming up the works.

Thinking maybe
the boss can call in.

Chain of command's
fine for other cops

but civilians
don't respect rank.

You got
a better idea?

Two words. "Baked goods".

I'm sayin' Renaldo
ain't been around.

You told me.
No address, no phone.

He's a grown man.
He don't share nothin' with me.

Yeah, well, we got
some questions for him.

About that teacher,
this one already told me.

Uh, school says you filed

a discrimination
complaint against her.

Woman had it out for my boy.

Keepin' him after school
for detention.

Had the nerve to bring me in,
tell me Renaldo's got problems.

Like with attitude?

Some kind of
learning disability.

Wanted him to take
all this testing.

Where's the discrimination?

Ten years in the school system

no one ever say boo
about my kid.

All of a sudden,
there's disabilities.

'Cause Laura was trying to help.

Look, I'm not heartless,
you know.

Woman didn't deserve to die.

Just should've minded
her own business.

Mind lettin' Renaldo know
we'd like to talk to him?

I told you he ain't been around.

Several times...just in case.

You buyin' this?
Renaldo not being around?

Me neither.

Fresh scones. Assorted flavors.

A little thank you
for all your hard work.

Lookin' to kill me?

I have celiac disease.

I'm allergic to wheat.

Uh, Carla,
I'm tryin' to play ball here.

I need that ballistics report.
I'm beggin' you.

What's it gonna take?

I like musicals.

Thanks for coming
back in, Darnell.

Wondering if you remember
a kid from school.

- A Renaldo Ramos?
- Renaldo Ramos.

Haven't heard that name
in a while.

- He's in jail, right?
- In and out.

You ever hear about him
bringin' a gun to school?

You think he killed
Miss McKinney?

We know he had problems
with her.

The other teachers
had given up on him.

Miss McKinney tried
to take him on

as a sort of project,
but he made it hard.

You ever hear him threaten her?

No, but it wouldn't surprise me.

He was already half a thug,
even then.

You're late, Renaldo.

Go inside. Take out your
workbook. I'll be in there soon.

- Forgot it.
- Again?

How is that possible?
No workbook, no pen, no paper.

I mean, what do you
even keep in here?

I am trying to work with you,
but I can't.

What is this? Drugs?

Those aren't mine.

[Kenny]
'What's up?'

Renaldo givin' you a hard time?

It's fine. I got it covered.

- When did this happen?
- I don't know.

A few weeks
before Miss McKinney died.

Never thought to mention it?

At Reeves, stuff like that was
the rule, not the exception.

Miss McKinney said
she had it under control.

Renaldo must have loved
growin' up here.

Hmm.

That from Saccardo?

Yeah.

What's up with those
boots of his?

What do you mean?

Sayin'.

He's in Narcotics.
It's their thing.

I was in Narcotics.

Never wore Timberlands.

Pay dirt, five o'clock.

Renaldo Ramos?

[grunts]

What happened?
What you do to him?

What did you do to my boy?

- Hey, look.
- He's fine, Ma.

Thanks for all your help.

[Stillman]
'Hell of a sheet, Renaldo.'

Assault, robbery, auto theft.

Even back at Reeves High.

Stealin' from the
teachers' lounge.

[Renaldo]
'That wasn't me.'

Prison, parole, prison again.

Maybe crime isn't your thing.

Yeah, like those drugs, Renaldo.

[Valens]
'The ones Laura McKinney
found in your backpack.'

[Stillman]
'You and Miss McKinney
didn't get along.'

Always singlin' you out.

[Valens]
'Oh, I get it.'

Had this one teacher,
Sister Beatrice.

Chew gum in class.
Thwap! Instant retribution.

That how Miss McKinney was?
Tough on you, Renaldo?

She was cool.

How's that?

Could have narc'd me out.

Just kicked me back
to the rejects class.

That's because
you threatened her?

Let her know what would happen
if you turned her in?

I was dyin'
to get out of school.

But that lady
just wouldn't let go.

Gettin' on your case,
bringing your moms down on you.

Nah man. She was different
from other teachers.

'Like, she expected something.'

In a good way.
Kind of made school okay.

♪ Only child know ♪

♪ A man decides after 70 years ♪

♪ That what he goes there for ♪

♪ Is to unlock the door ♪

♪ While those around him.. ♪

What is it?

- What do you think it is?
- Stupid.

You can go back to the bus
Renaldo. Is that what you want?

It's just an empty lot, Miss.

That's what it is now.
But not always.

200 years ago,
they brought slaves here.

Auctioned on this very spot,
only a mile

from where the Declaration
of Independence was signed.

[McKinney]
'Hey, wake up!'

Okay, this is important.

'We're not talkin' books.'

We're talking living,
breathing history.

Something that matters.

We live in one of the most
historic cities in the country.

[McKinney]
Everywhere you go,
the past lives.

You just gotta find it.

'This is your assignment.'

'I want you to go back
to your neighborhood'

and find something of
historical significance.

'No matter how small,
and write about it.'

'Get to know where you're from.'

And then you can decide
where you're going.

♪ Get it get it get it ♪

♪ No no ♪

♪ If all were there
when we first took the pill ♪

♪ Then maybe then maybe ♪

Now that's a touchin' story.
I'm sure it made you

turn over a new leaf.

- Graduate with honors.
- Don't think I could have?

Where were you
the night Laura was killed?

At work, flippin' burgers.

Answered pretty quick.
Gonna hold up when we check?

What's it matter? Huh?

You already made up
your mind about me.

Set us straight.

You should be looking
at the teacher's pet.

That Darnell Brent.

For real. You should
have seen the way

that kid was looking at her.

Left her little stuffed animals.

Gifts, right. Put 'em there
anonymous. Real romantic.

We're supposed to believe you

'cause couldn't even
graduate high school.

Now I don't give a damn.

Can I go?

We'll get you a toothbrush.

You're gonna be here a while.

[Miller]
'Little confused here, Darnell.'

You're the one who
brought this case in.

Figured you wanted it closed.

Of course I do.

You and Miss McKinney...
pretty tight?

But it was more than
teacher student.

What do you mean?

You had feelings for her, right?

Leavin' all those stuffed
animals for her on the sly.

Staying after school,
just you and her.

Maybe...messages get mixed.

Wasn't that much older.

Happens to the best of us.

I was 15. Thought I was in love.

[McKinney]
That's terrific, Darnell.

Now this is a thesis statement.

Do you see the difference?

Darnell, what are you doing?

She told me not
to worry about it, but..

...she made sure we were never
alone in the same room again.

- Must have been humiliating.
- Yeah.

But I'm a teacher now.

And I understand her dilemma.

You wanna get close
to your students.

- But not too close.
- Yeah.

This is kidnappin', you know.

Sorry you see it
that way, ma'am.

Lurin' me out of
my own church on bingo day?

- Should be ashamed, young man.
- Yes, ma'am.

[Jeffries]
'Why don't you step
into the kitchen?'

I'll be with you in a moment,
show you some pictures.

The old rope-a-dope?

Told her I saw someone hit her
car in the church parking lot.

She comes out..

You persuade her to take a ride.

[Mrs. Harris]
'Detective Jeffries?'

Would it kill you
to offer me some refreshment?

Ballistics report on the 0.22
that killed Laura McKinney.

Aah!

This cost me big.

Two tickets toWicked,
and dinner.

I need you to appreciate that.

You're my hero.

Murder weapon
has a sordid history.

Recovered by police
seven years ago.

Liquor store robbery.

Well, suspect in possession
said he found the gun.

Alibi'd out for the murder.

I traced the serial number.

The original owner
was a cab driver. Nigerian guy.

Kid happened to go
to, Reeves High.

In '91.

Kid gets bullied.
Takes Pop's gun to school.

Confiscated by a security guard.

'Guess who.'

[Valens]
'I've met some low IQ jackasses'

in my career,
but you take the prize.

How stupid you got to be.

'Take a gun off a kid,
not turn it in?'

Or...was there a reason?

[sighing]

Between you and me,
I heard Laura was a knockout.

- You have a thing for her?
- It wasn't like that--

Even some students wanted
a piece, but you think

hey, an authority
figure like myself

I got a shot.

And after some liquid courage,
you make a move.

- She turns you down.
- No way.

We got you at the
crime scene, Carlton.

We got you with the gun.
You're done.

Already typed up my report.

I liked those teachers.

Looked after 'em
the best I could.

That's why I kept the gun.

Someone needed it.

Why'd she need it, Carlton?

I didn't ask.

She was a good woman.

If she said she needed the gun,
she needed it.

I was just trying to help.

That's my job.

It's time to find a
different line of work.

[Rush]
'Now don't bother standing.'

What are you doing?

Well, seein' if you're packin'.

Or are the new security guards

more accommodating than Carlton?

You have some kind of grudge
against Laura?

Younger, prettier,
better at her job.

That gun had nothing
to do with Laura.

Then what was it for, Margaret?

Protection.

After 20 years in this war zone,
I got attacked.

Former students.

I could never feel safe again.

So you went to Carlton?

I never felt comfortable
havin' that gun.

'Then one day'

my purse was stolen
from the teachers' lounge.

And this happened
before Laura was killed?

So, why didn't you report it?

Didn't want to get
Carlton into trouble.

He's a good man.

A close friend...at the time.

You meet Will's girlfriend yet?

No, but I heard her
all the way down the hall.

- Delightful woman.
- He get anything from her?

Hope so, or he's about to pitch
an old lady out the window.

Back in '91, you said

you saw a black man
running from the scene.

This isn't a black man.

Son, you don't think
I know the difference?

I said a dark skinned man
came running past my window.

This is the one I saw.

[Jeffries]
'Renaldo Ramos.'

Hey, look at you, Renaldo.

32, still livin' at home,
no kind of job.

Acting like
you got it figured out.

You say so.

You were there, the night
Miss McKinney was killed.

You were fed up
with the way she treated you.

You stole Margaret's bag
with the gun in it

waited for her, then pop!

- I was at my job.
- There was no job.

I didn't do nothing.

We got the old lady clocking you
from her window.

Got 30 witnesses sayin'
you bragged on all the things

you stole from
the teachers' lounge.

It's over.

Just too dull to know it.

I couldn't have her mad.

So, you went at her.

No.

She came to me.

Yeah.

What you doing here, miss?

This ain't
a good neighborhood, you know.

I wanted to see
where the fire was.

What you mean?

Well, it says six tenants
lost their homes to a fire

right here in this building,
ten years ago.

Long time.

One man made sure
they were all relocated.

Took care of them.

Roberto Jimenez.

It's pretty amazing.

I know your handwriting,
Renaldo.

It's the assignment I gave
on the field trip.

He was my grandfather.

It's good...Renaldo.

Like you said,
history's happening everywhere.

Like you comin' to Reeves,
makin' a difference.

You want back in my class?

You need to use your voice.
If you want in

I have to hear you say it.

Yeah.

That's what I want.

Okay.

But I need you to come clean
about the drugs.

But, miss,
those weren't my drugs.

- Renaldo..
- I swear to you.

They said I steal. I don't.

They say I deal drugs. I don't.

Everyone's always sayin'
I'm bad.

I stopped tryin'
to prove 'em wrong.

There's always
someone else to blame

for your crap life,
your dumb mistakes.

You said tell the truth.
I told you.

Drugs didn't belong to me.

Then, who, Renaldo,
another student?

A teacher.

[Rush]
'It's gotta be hard leavin' that
school like you did.'

Fatigue, right?

Well, the place was impossible.

I had to get out.

But you and I both know
it wasn't fatigue.

Nothing changes
if nothing changes.

I can spot another addict
a mile away.

[Rush]
'Yeah, I, uh,
I had a problem.'

Almost lost my job over it.

It can be rough.

Yeah, still is.

Day at a time, right?

How bad a habit?
A gram? Uh, two?

It gets expensive
on a teacher's salary.

I kept it together.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Yeah, me, too.

Until one day I-I woke up

and...saw the mess I made.

The thing is, then we get better

and we gotta take
responsibility.

Hey, we're, uh..

We're only as sick
as our secrets.

Like taking Margaret's bag
from the faculty lounge.

You did that,
but the worst part, Kenny

and I know you feel this..

...the worst part, is using
Renaldo to score for you.

[Valens]
'You told Laura all about it'

Kenny makin' you score for him?

Should have never
got her involved.

And all these years,
why didn't you say somethin'?

You kiddin'? Take a look.

Who's gonna believe
a thug like me?

I wanna believe you, Renaldo.

Wanna be like Laura,
see something different

than just a thug, but you gotta
be straight with me.

I told you everything.

Still haven't told me
why you were at the crime scene.

It's my fault she's dead.

Why? 'Cause somethin' happened?

She went back to the school.

To confront Kenny?

I followed.

Waited outside.

Just wanted to make sure
she was okay.

Laura knew about
you and Renaldo.

Everything was on the line.
If she turned you in

your life would be ruined.

She just didn't get it.
This is a disease.

I just wanted her to listen.

You were there that night.

I..

I needed some time
to get my thoughts together

but she wouldn't let up.

[snorting]

[coughing]

You need to resign.

You can do it with dignity.

I-I won't say a word.

But it has to be done

or I'll turn you in.

[sniffing]

How long were you sitting
in your classroom

comin' up with that speech?

Laura...I know this is bad.

It's a problem.
But I'm addressing it.

Address it someplace else,
not around these kids.

See, I'm ahead of you on that.

I already have my eye
on a treatment facility.

This, this is done...tonight.
I promise.

Renaldo is trying so hard
to do things right.

- You are killing him.
- Damn it. Just let me speak.

Will you wipe that smug look
off your face?

I used to be like you. I used to
feel so good about teachin'.

I believed in the students.

This place beats
the hell out of you.

You'll see.
In five years, you'll be me.

Laura, stop!
Get back here.

I worked there for ten years

and this kid..
Who did she think she was?

- I was a good teacher.
- So was Laura.

Ah, she was special.

[chuckling]
Made me wanna graduate.

Would have been the first...
in my family.

She went there to defend me,
and I let her down.

I couldn't help.

You can now.

Tell me what you saw.

Hey, do it for her.

Miss?

Miss?

[gunshot]

[sirens blaring in distance]

♪ This could be
the saddest dusk ♪

♪ I've ever seen ♪

♪ Turn to a miracle ♪

♪ High alive ♪

♪ My mind is racing ♪

♪ As it always will ♪

♪ My hand's tired
my heart aches ♪

♪ I'm half a world away here ♪

♪ My head sworn to go it alone ♪

♪ And hold it along
haul it along ♪

♪ And hold it ♪

♪ Go it alone ♪

♪ Hold it along and hold ♪

♪ Oh a lonely deep sit hollow ♪

♪ I'm half a world
half a world away ♪

♪ My shoes are gone
my life spent ♪

♪ I had too much to drink ♪

♪ I didn't think
I didn't think of you ♪

♪ I guess that's all I needed ♪

♪ To go it alone
and hold it along ♪

♪ Haul it along and hold it ♪

♪ Blackbirds
backwards forwards ♪

♪ And fall and hold ♪

♪ Oh this lonely world
is wasted ♪

♪ Pathetic eyes high alive ♪

♪ Blind to the tide
that's turned the sea ♪

♪ This storm
it came up strong ♪

♪ It shook the trees
and blew away our fear ♪

♪ I couldn't even hear ♪

♪ To go it alone
and hold it along ♪

♪ Haul it along and hold it ♪

♪ Go it alone
and hold it along ♪

♪ And hold ♪♪

[Rush]
Stay tuned for scenes
from our next episode.

[theme music]