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[humming]

[alarm sounding]

♪ One, two, three, four, five, six ♪

♪ Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve ♪

Okay.

[tone blares]

[woman over PA] ...for Miss Jackson step rehearsals.

Step rehearsals will meet in room 326 after school today.

Thank you.

[indistinct chattering]

Aww.

What is history?

[boy] Opposites.

You can read the board.

[laughter]

I'm so happy to hear that.

No, what is it?

What does it mean? Stace?

Change?

[Daniel] Thank you, Stacy.

I'm glad to hear someone's paying attention.

History is the study of change over time.

And what's change?

It's this. It's opposites.

It's two things that push against each other

in opposite directions.

So the civil rights movement, okay, it's essentially,

it's two opposing mentalities.

In the south, the majority believes

all men are not created equal,

and there's a minority who believes that they are,

so that minority struggles

and it fights and it pushes till eventually

it becomes the majority.

Am I boring you? Huh?

Let's give you some examples, okay, of opposing forces,

like I'm going to go night and day.

What else?

Big and little.

[Daniel] Good. Anything else?

Left and right.

Left and right, very good. Stace?

Me and you.

- You and I. - [Stacy] You and I.

Teacher, student. Anything else?

- [boy] Mr. Dunne? - Yeah.

Just wondering if you could count

me and Gina's baldheaded sister as opposites.

- Oh, insult. - [chattering]

[kids shouting] Insult!

[Daniel] Gina come on, tell me you're not going to take that?

You got a bald sister? Is your sister bald?

Give me something.

May 17, 1954.

[boy] Oh.

[kids yelling]

[Daniel] And I expect some thought from you.

I don't want just dates and facts.

I want to know why. I want to know consequences.

I want to know what it means. All right.

Now, back to the bald sister.

[laughter]

[Daniel] What's going on with that?

Right.

Left. Back.

Forward.

- I'm shooting. - [girls] Shot!

You got your girl open over here.

She's doing--she's sending out smoke signals over here.

She's got the fire.

She's going I got it over here, I'm open. And you're like--

Come on, get open. Oh, yeah.

Drey?

You going to put that down and come play or what?

I ain't done yet, coach.

[Daniel] All right, top of the key,

three passes, here we go.

[whistle blows]

[humming]

[automated voice] Thursday, 11:16 AM.

[man on recording] Hello, this is Taylor

calling from Consolidated Credit.

This is an urgent message for Mr. Daniel Dunne

regarding your outstanding balance.

Please call me back as soon--

[automated voice] Thursday, 5:25 PM.

[woman on recording] Hey, Dan, it's Rachel.

I'm in town for a while.

You know, my mom, anyway, I know it's been forever,

but I'd really like to see you.

I don't know.

Um, I'll be at my parents so give me a call, okay?

Bye.

[automated voice] Thursday, si--Thursday, 5:25 PM.

[Rachel on recording] Hey, Dan, it's Rachel.

[steady music]

[knuckles cracking]

[music continues]

[inaudible]

[woman 1] I like Oprah.

[woman 2] I love Oprah.

[Daniel] But the thing is

I was just fucking things up just to fuck them up.

- Right, right. No. - You know what I mean?

- Right. - But I was a writer.

I hate words.

Yeah.

[Daniel] Right, because everything that is worth--

Right, just forget it. So you're a teacher?

I'm a teacher.

And what am I supposed to teach them,

you know what I mean?

What am I supposed to teach them?

[woman 1] Right.

[Daniel] That's the point, you know what I mean?

- Yeah. - If you can help one student.

[woman 2] Yeah.

No, if you can change one person, right?

- If you change one person-- - Then you can change them all.

No, that's not the point. The point is, if you change one.

- [woman 2] I want to dance. - Then you can teach the--

[woman 2] Do you want to dance?

[woman 1] ...the rest of the village,

- the--what is it? - I want to dance.

Let's dance.

[Daniel humming]

[car alert beeping]

What's going on, bro?

What's the word?

What's that?

- What, this right here? - Mm-hmm.

Some new street shit.

Go ahead, man, check it out.

[muffled music playing]

Yeah, you got to feel that shit.

What you think about that, man?

Yeah, it's not bad.

It's the street shit?

That's the street shit.

So what you need, teach, another eighth?

I only got 30.

Word.

It's been a long week.

You want that other thing?

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled

on the case of Brown versus Board of Education,

making it illegal for states to segregate public schools.

This was a major step forward in the struggle

for racial justice and helped begin

a flurry of bold and heroic actions

known as the civil rights movement.

Get on her. Sally, get on her.

It's all right, Sally. Come on.

- [crowd cheering] - [players chattering]

Come on.

[whistle blows]

Ballgame, ladies. Ballgame.

[indistinct chattering]

[ringing music]

[Daniel talking indistinctly]

Good job.

I like our chances against Saint Joseph.

The thing is if we could just figure out a way to put the ball

in the hoop it would be fine.

Stace, good job tonight.

Thank you.

You did a great job. Is there anyone else in there?

No, that's it.

Thanks for tonight.

All right. Bye, Mr. Dunne.

[woman] Goodnight.

What are you doing here?

Came to check out some basketball.

I heard this was the place.

We need a little work, but we're having fun so, yeah.

How are you?

Same old, same old.

I'm happy to see you.

It's good to see you too.

You look good.

Come on, I got fat.

Oh, I know.

But it looks great. You look healthy.

- Do you want to go get some-- - I can't. I got to, um...

Just like a quick coffee. I just want to...

To get some coffee?

Yeah.

I can't tonight.

Do you want to do it another night?

Okay.

Okay.

Hey.

How's your mom?

Did you get my messages?

Hello?

[low music]

I'm coming in.

Anyone?

[footsteps]

[liquid tinkling]

[toilet flushing]

[girl] Somebody in there?

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Daniel] That's okay. Drey.

It's okay. I'm fine.

I'm sorry.

Are you okay?

Can you help me up?

Sit back down.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Okay, good.

[Daniel] It's gonna be fine.

Have some water?

[water running]

[clears throat] I'm sorry, but I'm fine.

Just don't go, okay, just for a minute?

Just for a minute?

[slow music]

See you tomorrow?

[music continues]

[indistinct chattering on TV]

[music continues]

[indistinct chattering]

[chattering continues]

[low music]

[music continues]

[woman] Hey, kiddo.

How's Darrel's leg healing?

I don't know.

You didn't go to the hospital?

No.

Did your father pick you up from practice last night, Drey?

No.

Motherfucker, shit. How did you get home?

Mr. Dunne.

Who?

Coach.

I'm tired of this. Something has got to change.

I don't know what.

You don't got to worry about me.

Oh, look at you, Miss 12.

Thirteen, I'm 13 now.

Oh, so you grown, huh?

Going to take care of yourself, is that it?

Pretty much.

Well, that's a relief.

I guess I ain't got to cook up these burgers then, huh?

Hey, Mom, you know this dude Cesar Chavez on Spanish six?

Cesar who?

Cesar Chavez. He once fasted for 35 days.

That means he didn't eat for 35 days,

something like Gandhi used to do.

Mm-hmm.

Think you could do that?

[phone ringing]

[Latin music playing]

[answering machine beeps]

[woman over answering machine] Hi, honey, it's Mom.

[music continues]

Hello? Hi, um...

is Rachel there?

[indistinct chattering]

[tone blares]

Well, I feel good today.

Anyone else feel good? Hmm?

I need a volunteer, and I need somebody who feels strong.

So what we've got here is two opposing forces,

Terrence and myself, and we're pushing against each other.

And as long as one is stronger, and it looks like it's T,

the change is slow and consistent.

But once the other side becomes stronger,

[kids laughing]

[Daniel] ...there's a turning point.

Thank you, T. Make sense?

Okay.

Now, turning points can happen like that.

They can be physical, or they can happen on a greater scale,

um...

like a war or something.

So why don't you do me a favor and write

uh, three examples of historical turning points

that we've talked about in class, okay?

What's up?

Have you even opened the civil rights binder I gave you?

The civil rights binder I have opened,

and it's got some great stuff in it.

I think it's great. Yeah.

I'm just providing a little general content--

I need you on the civil rights section by next week.

Nice seeing you.

Mm. Is that gum in your mouth?

[girl] He was a Gemini. He was so cocky.

Every day I saw him he used to go like,

oh, you happy you got me.

You happy you got me, and I be like,

please you the one that's got me, so.

Y'all like Geminis?

Oh, what's his name?

Mr. Easton and Mrs. Wright in the movie theater.

I'm pretty sure they're married.

No. I don't--they can't.

You don't know what you're talking about, so don't talk.

[Stacy] No, but they look weird together.

Y'all think Mr. Dunne is married?

- No way. - Nobody would marry him.

Would you want to marry him?

Come in the room, swirling his finger around,

telling us to move the desk.

Why can't he move the desk?

I'm getting tired of that every morning.

[girl 2] Don't forget about his glasses.

- And he-- - [boy 1] Them bifocals.

He start throwing them around, throwing the chalk

like he all cool and fly and everything, but--

[boy 1] Ridley?

[Stacy] Quiet.

[boy 1] Would you marry Mr. Dunne, Ridley?

[boy 2] Would you marry your father?

[kids] Oh.

[man] "A man who was curious to know

if a knife could penetrate

his bulletproof vest was killed yesterday

by a stab wound to the chest.

Witnesses say the man, Jeff Turner, 32,

urged his brother, Scott Turner, 35,

to stab him as hard as he could,

believing the vest would stop the knife.

It didn't."

[woman] So how's your opposite somethings?

Pretty good.

Where'd you come up with that stuff?

[Daniel] It's just a little something

I picked up in college.

[woman] A little thick for the eighth grade, no?

Yeah, yeah, well, you'd think, but I don't know.

I think they're getting it.

I don't know how you get away with it though.

You know, Drey is so textbook.

How's your book?

Don't ask.

[woman] Oh.

There's always the summer.

Do you want to go...

[bell ringing]

You want to have dinner with me again?

- Okay. - Mm-hmm?

Did you guys hear that they found

a crack vial in the locker room?

Jesus.

Hmm.

Do they know whose it is?

[man] Whose it is? Oh, I don't know.

Hey, you know what? That's a good idea.

We can put it in the lost and found,

see if anybody claims it.

Better yet, why don't we put up flyers with a picture?

[hip-hop music playing]

What's new?

I don't know.

I can't hear you. Come over here.

That's a nice cap.

Thanks. It's Mike's.

Yeah, I know. Talk to him lately?

He writes sometimes.

How's he doing in there?

All right, I guess.

Well, if he needs something, let me know, all right?

I mean, I know people in there, I could...

make a call or whatever, all right?

Okay.

Okay?

Yeah.

All right then.

What, you thirsty, huh? You want something to drink?

My bike.

Ain't nobody going to fuck with that bike.

Yo Harvey, this is Drey. Hey, Tina?

You remember Mike's little sister, Drey, right?

Oh, hey, sweetie.

Come and sit down. Let me get that juice for you.

Help yourself. Come on and sit.

I'll be right back.

[man] Yo, pick a hand.

Left.

Ha, you lose.

Come on. What's up with that juice?

I'm not thirsty.

Well, don't be a stranger, kid.

You could stop through and say hello.

Yeah.

You saw Frank today?

Just ran into him.

On September 13, 1971, 1,200 Attica State Prison inmates

seized control of the prison and took hostages

to negotiate changes to their inhumane conditions.

...and all the people!

Governor Nelson Rockefeller ordered a military assault

on the prison which killed 29 inmates and 10 hostages,

every one caused from police gunshots.

An official commission later stated,

with the exception of Indian massacres

in the late 19th century,

the police assault was the bloodiest one-day encounter

between Americans since the Civil war.

[alarm sounding]

[Daniel humming]

Unbelievable. What are you doing?

Go sit in the desk. Ten points off.

Second chances are rare, man.

You ought to take better advantage of them.

Don't let go. Grab the t-shirt if you need to.

You know, a little elbow here and there never killed anybody,

you know what I mean?

As long as the ref isn't looking.

Not in my house.

[girls] Ohh.

[low music]

It's a nice surprise. Where's Mom?

Working.

Darrel's uncle came to visit so I came along with him.

How's Darrel's leg?

It's all right.

It's nice to see you.

Those for me?

Frank's been sending me some of them nasty peppermints

he always eating.

What is that?

Yo, I threw them shits out.

So how's the team?

We suck.

And Ma, still working too hard?

Yeah.

But she all right for money though.

Frank still looking out?

Yeah.

Good.

He owes us.

So how come you never told on him?

For what?

Would've made shit more complicated.

And shit was already fucked up as it is, you know?

Besides, that's all in the past, though.

I'm going to get out of here. You'll see.

I mean, you got Russell Simmons on the case.

Russell Simmons?

Look, we're gonna be all right.

[low music]

[boy on TV] I have to write an essay about growing up.

If I don't turn it in by tomorrow

I'm going to fail the course.

[man on TV] Well, that's your problem, Charles.

My problem is making sure

that you keep an eye on things

while I'm gone.

Actually, that's also your problem.

You've got a lot of problems, Charles.

Don't let them get in the way of your work.

[man on recording] There's a time

when the operation of the machine

becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart

that you can't take part.

You can't even passively take part,

and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears

and upon the wheels,

upon the levers, upon all the apparatus

and you've got to make it stop,

and you've got to indicate

to the people who run it, to the people who own it

that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented

from working at all.

[Daniel] What is this machine that he's talking about?

It's keeping us down. What is it?

Like robots and stuff, right?

Um... it could be robots.

It could be robots, but let's say it's a metaphor.

He's saying this machine is keeping me down.

Now, what is that? What keeps us from being free?

Ms. Drey?

Prisons.

Absolutely, absolutely. Prisons, okay?

Prisons are definitely a part of it.

What else?

White.

White is definitely a part of it.

The man.

The school.

The school, exactly.

The whole education system is part of the machine.

What else?

[girl] Aren't you the machine then?

Oh, no, you didn't. What'd you say?

Aren't you the machine?

You're saying I'm the machine?

Yeah, you're white. You're part of the school.

Oh, yeah, I guess you got a point.

[laughter]

All right, so I'm part of the machine,

but if I'm part of it so are you.

You are, too. We all are.

And this is the thing, remember?

Everything is made of its opposing force.

We may be opposed to the machine,

but we're still very much a part of it, right?

I work for the government, the school,

but I'm also very much opposed to a lot of its policies.

You guys hate coming to school, right?

[all] Yes.

Holler back if you heard me.

- [laughter] - [boy] Holla!

[Daniel] You hate it, but you come anyway.

- [girl] We have to. - [boy] Sometimes.

Sometimes, exactly.

[hip-hop music playing]

Yo, what's up?

Where you headed?

You look like you're in a rush. Hungry?

No, I'm cool.

I'm starving.

Come on. Burger's on me.

[Frank] So how's school?

[Drey] It's hard.

What's up with basketball?

I got a game tomorrow.

Word?

Want to come?

Your mom's going to be there?

- Working. - Pops?

Fuck it. I'll come through.

Somebody got to represent.

[Frank laughs]

Tina packed some sweets for Mike last night.

Your brother was a good friend, still is.

That dude was funny.

I mean, he--he ever showed you the chicken walk?

The what?

The chicken walk.

I mean, I can't do it, but it's like--

[imitating chicken]

[laughs]

Shit was bananas. [laughs]

You know, we used to work together, right?

You ever think about working?

Shit. I used to work here.

For real?

$150 a week.

Hey, Keesha?

[Keesha] What's up, hon?

We need two milkshakes, baby.

[Daniel] I know I don't sound sincere, but I mean it.

You're going to be great at it.

Thank you.

I think I--

Fuck, why can't I say that sincerely?

[indistinct]

I went back to school.

- Yeah? - Environmental policy.

No, I know, but I think you're really going to be great.

I believed you the first time.

I'm just nervous, that's all.

How are you?

I don't know.

You still rocking out?

When the occasion calls.

[Rachel] Yeah.

Who's the lucky guy?

I met him in the program.

[chuckles weakly]

I-- [sighs]

I don't know, Dan.

Some people change. Some people actually change.

Yeah, but not me.

I know.

No way. I'm still an asshole.

You're not an asshole.

You're just a big baby.

I'm a big asshole baby.

[somber music]

[Frank] Let's go, Rebels.

Pass it in.

[crowd cheering]

- All right. - [Daniel] There you go.

- [whistle blows] - [ref] Blue ball.

What is that?

You're killing us.

[Frank] You need to watch yourself.

- Another bad call, hear? - [ref] Blue ball.

[Frank] Walk it off, baby, walk it off.

Come on, shake it off.

Hustle back.

S'up?

That was a bad call, man.

- [whistle blows] - [players shouting]

You okay?

Yeah.

You want a ride home tonight after the game?

All right.

Foul, foul, call the foul.

- Coach, go back to your bench. - She pulled her down.

- Go back to your bench. - Call the foul. Call it.

- Go back to your bench. - Call the foul.

This is fucking bullshit and you know it.

[whistle blows]

[ref] You're gone, coach.

I won't tolerate that language on my court.

Oh, it's the language you don't tolerate,

fucking language, excuse me.

I didn't know it was the language.

All right. Good luck, girls.

[Drey laughs] I think your hand is changing colors.

Get more ice on it.

[Daniel] You should've seen the wall.

I'm telling you, Dunne,

you should've knocked that nigga out.

You can't go around knocking people out, you know,

or throwing balls at them just because you're upset.

It would've felt good, though, right?

Felt good to just get it out.

There's other ways of getting it out.

Right, like you do?

Look, just because you know that one thing about me...

One thing doesn't make a man.

[chuckling]

What?

"One thing doesn't make a man"?

You know I was just talking about your hand right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I knew that.

Hey, who was that guy that was cheering for you?

Do you know him?

Not really.

Do you?

No.

So we can just keep the whole punching the wall thing

a secret, right?

You don't have to tell anybody.

Right?

Yo, what's up, man, you lost? Where you going?

Shit.

[rock music]

I had a good day.

[Daniel] Even after the dolphin report, right?

Even after it says there are no weapons.

There are no WMD programs. There is nothing.

They do that, the PIPA study,

the University of Maryland thing,

and turns out 72 percent of his supporters

still believe there's WMDs.

Seventy-five percent still believe

they're supporting Al Qaeda

and so what the fuck do we do you know?

What do you do?

What does one--I'm one man, what I do, you know?

I used to be so fucked up. I was just out there, you know,

but I fucking cleaned up.

[laughs]

I cleaned up.

For the most part.

I do it now to get by, but I can handle it.

You know what I mean?

I tried the rehab thing. I tried it.

It didn't work. It didn't work.

You know, it works for some people.

My ex-girlfriend is getting married.

So it works for some people, right?

Didn't work for me.

The kids keep me focused, and I...

[slow music]

[music continues]

[Daniel] Number three:

change moves in spirals, not circles.

For example,

the sun goes up and then it comes down,

but every time that happens what do you get?

You get a new day.

You get a new one.

When you breathe,

you inhale and then you exhale,

but every single time that you do that

you're a little bit different than the one before.

We're always changing,

and it's important to know

that there are some changes you can't control

but that there are others you can.

[tone blares]

[indistinct chattering]

[woman over PA] Any students who did not turn in

their Hall of Science field trip permission slips

must do so by the end of the week.

Hall of Science permission slips

are due in the main office

by Friday afternoon. Thank you.

Hi.

How come you're not eating with the teachers?

I just...

felt like being alone.

I know what you mean.

You do?

Mm-hmm.

All right, Mr. Dunne, I'll see you later.

Enjoy your lunch.

Thank you.

Oh, yeah, do you think I could get a ride home later?

Okay.

Okay?

Okay.

[low music playing]

[Daniel] All right. [indistinct]

Thanks for the ride.

See you Monday.

[Daniel] Okay. Have a good weekend.

Bye.

[Drey] Yo.

[Daniel] Yo.

I lost my key.

You lost your key?

What do we do?

I don't know.

You want to call your mother or something?

She's an EMT.

I could page her, but I don't know.

[Daniel] All right, get in.

[hip-hop music playing]

What's up, y'all? You want some candy?

That's all you got?

[Frank] Oh, shit, I'm sorry.

So where your bike at?

[Drey] They stole it.

[Frank] They who?

I don't know. I'm gonna find out though.

So what, man. Y'all just chilling?

She lost my key--her key.

So what, Drey, what?

You need a place to stay 'til your moms get home?

No, man, we're cool.

Are you cool, Drey?

Mm-hmm.

[Frank] All right.

[hip-hop music playing]

What, you don't know him, huh?

Who, Frank?

Frank?

I thought you said you didn't know him.

Just a guy from the neighborhood.

You know what he does?

Look,

I know that I'm the last person

that should be saying this.

You don't have to worry about me.

Okay, let me-- just give me a sec.

Wait.

Okay.

Have a seat.

You can watch TV if you want.

Make yourself at home.

You got them old things?

Records?

Yeah.

Yeah, little miss mp3, I got records.

You should check them out. You might learn something.

[Drey] Who's this?

My parents and my brother.

Do they still live together?

Yeah.

Why you got so many books about black people?

I--I got books about all kinds of people.

Can I borrow one?

Yeah.

Who's she?

Just an old friend.

What happened to her?

Oh, well, you should mind your business.

You put it up there.

I've seen her before.

She was at the game that night.

- Right? - Yeah.

You need help in here?

[Drey] Do you like to cook?

Yeah, sometimes, mostly just for special occasions.

You got a lady coming over tonight or what?

Uh, yeah.

You must like her a lot.

Yeah, she's all right.

She like you?

I don't know. I'm hard to like sometimes.

That's true.

Oh.

Oh, yeah, you just got to, you mash those up.

You mash them up with your hands.

Get in there and squeeze them.

See, what you need is some jokes. Women love jokes.

Okay. You got any?

What do you call cheese that's not yours?

What?

Nacho cheese.

[Drey laughs]

It's yours if you need it.

- Absolutely not. - [laughs]

That's a funny joke. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Hey, coach?

Yeah.

Can I ask you something?

Mm-hmm.

What's it like when you smoke that stuff?

Sorry.

No, don't be. It's all right.

Mash them up.

[low music]

Hope you have a nice date, Mr. Dunne.

- [door opens] - [car alert beeping]

Hey, thanks for the joke.

[door closes, beeping stops]

[Daniel] So my buddy gets in the car

and the cab driver's like,

I'm so sorry I'm late, sir.

I had to kill somebody on the way here, you know.

And he's like, what?

He's like, no, yeah, I had to-- I kill him, I kill him.

And he's like, what do you-- you--you killed him?

He's, like, yeah, I kill people all the time.

I'm killing people, you know,

anybody who really kind of mouth off to me,

I fucking kill them, man.

Turns out he thinks "kill" is the word for "punch."

- Right? - Uh-huh.

So he's punching people.

My friend thinks that he's killing them.

He's terrified.

And he thinks that the word for "cement" is "semen."

So he's like well, basically

you can't go anywhere in India without, you know,

stepping on semen.

Semen everywhere. There's semen buildings.

It's lot of people, you know,

so everything is made of semen, you know.

[Karen] I didn't say every day.

You're her father.

Ha--

Today she got locked out the house.

She didn't even have your number at work.

[low music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[Isabel] Are you a communist?

What?

I was looking through your books.

Che in Africa ?

So?

The Communist Manifesto ?

If I had a copy of Mein Kampf would that make me a Nazi?

You know, this is really good, very tasty.

You should try it warm.

[Isabel] Hm.

Well, you don't have a copy of Mein Kampf

but if you did, then yes, I'd ask you if you were a Nazi.

Maybe I'm hiding it.

Why would you hide it?

'Cause it's just not cool to be a Nazi anymore, baby.

So what are you doing today?

Oh, I got to...

it's great you're writing.

Yeah, we'll see.

I should let you get to it then.

Yeah, thanks though. I had a good time.

Yeah, me too.

On November first, 1977, Harvey Milk was elected

to the San Francisco City Council.

He was the first openly gay person

to ever be elected to public office.

A year later,

he was assassinated by another member

of the City Council called Dan White.

...Harvey Milk have been shot and killed.

Dan White claimed he shot Milk because he ate

too much junk food that day.

This would later be known as the Twinkie defense.

Is that for real?

[hip-hop music]

[muffled music playing in distance]

[sniffs]

Drey, Drey, come here.

Where are you going?

Home.

I'll give you a ride home.

That's cool. I got a ride.

I don't really think you should be riding with him,

do you think?

Drey, is everything cool?

[Daniel] Everything's okay. I'm going to take her home.

[Daniel] Is that right?

Yeah.

Is that right, D, huh, you getting a ride with teach?

No, man.

Drey, Drey, Drey, come here, come here, come here.

Everything's fine.

Have a nice night.

I'm going to take her home, okay?

[Frank] Hey, look, man, you know what,

let me introduce myself, huh?

I'm Frank.

[Daniel] Come here now, okay?

Come here. Come here.

[Frank] Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey.

- Coach? - You need to take it easy, man.

I'm sorry.

- Come on. - [Daniel] Did I hurt you?

Didn't mean to--

[Frank] We'll see you later, teach. Come on.

[low music]

[man] Dunne, right?

Lloyd Dixon.

My daughter Paula went to Jefferson. Paula Dixon?

You taught history, right?

Paula Dixon?

She's in her first semester at Georgetown, history major.

Paula Dixon.

You have a good night.

[Daniel] Dave?

Dave.

Dave?

In Asia the idea that things are made of opposites,

ying and yang, dates back 3,000 years.

That was them saying change is the only constant,

but that just died in the West.

It just couldn't be both, couldn't be black and white.

It couldn't be right and wrong. It had to be one or the other.

Who am I to say that Aristotle is wrong, right,

but that doesn't make any sense.

These things need each other.

The idea that all God's creations are perfect,

perfect,

so just to suggest that a tree, it's crooked and it's straight,

it's strong and it's weak,

is to suggest that God created something imperfect.

They do however acknowledge it in people.

We are sinners, but we can strive to be good,

just not in nature itself, I guess, you know.

Oh, I'm gonna... I've got to go.

You guys write down what's on the board.

"Broward County Florida middle schools mistakenly

failed over 6,500 students in June

due to what it later called a computer error.

A school official called the total count of students affected

an insignificant sum."

[whistles]

What goes, Danny boy?

How's history?

I can't do it anymore.

Oh, I know the feeling.

Hang in there. Things will get better.

And if not, there's always summer.

Don't you have class right now?

[Drey] Look, look, look, that's him over there.

That ain't even your bike. [indistinct]

[Drey] That's my bike.

Oh, I got you.

There he go right there.

[Frank] He a little round one too.

This my bike, nigga.

What?

I said that's my bike.

What the fuck you doing on my bike?

I ain't know it was yours.

You ain't know it was mines?

What you mean you ain't know it was mines?

You always see me on this bike.

Sorry.

I--I just didn't know it was your bike.

You hella sorry, nigga. I should fuck you up.

Get off my bike.

Oh, so what happened, huh?

What?

I thought you was going fuck him up?

Didn't have to.

Oh, shit, okay, you didn't have to.

[hip-hop music]

[kids shouting]

[indistinct announcement over PA]

Hey.

[Daniel] Hey.

Hey.

It's back.

Yeah.

Did you know my brother?

I knew of him, but I didn't, you know.

He wasn't in any of my classes or anything.

You think I could end up like him?

Do you?

[man] He's got a 7-Up in this motherfucker.

Hey, what's up, teach?

How's the dianetics going?

It's dialectics. Can I talk to you?

[Frank] What's up?

Okay, look, I hate to be this guy right now, all right?

Mm-hmm.

But I need you to stay away from Drey.

Excuse me?

You heard me, okay, so just do me this solid.

All right, man, please?

Do you a solid?

You know what I'm saying. You understand me.

Oh, so this is like stay away from the girl,

she's too precious kind of shit?

I'm not kidding.

Oh, I know.

So you understand?

Look, man, Drey is my family. She's my friend, man.

All these cats, these are my friends.

And would you like to be my friend, man?

What the fuck is this, the fucking Romper Room?

What the fuck is a romper room? [laughs]

Are you fucking listening to me?

Why are you so fucking angry, man?

'Cause you are not listening to me.

Look, I'm right here, baby.

Tell me what you're talking about.

I'm telling you to do something good.

- Oh. - Are you capable of that?

[laughs]

So now we back to the point of what is white is right, right?

- So-- - Fuck,

this has nothing to do with that and you know it.

No, no, it's good for Drey to have somebody

like you looking out for her, Mr. Model A-one fucking citizen.

I don't know. I don't know.

Fuck.

Because I'm supposed to do something, right?

But what am I supposed to do?

Look, man,

you want a drink?

What?

Motherfucker, do you want a drink?

I mean, are you thirsty?

How that sound?

Okay.

You want some candy?

- Uh... - [Frank laughs]

Man, don't touch that cat.

Hey, y'all this is teach, Dan, man.

These are my boys.

That's Mike's little sister, Drey, that's her teach.

What's happening?

You ain't bringing that shit in my house, man.

Put that cat down.

He'll be all right, man. Get your ass outta here.

[low music]

[tapping]

Dan.

What's going on?

I am not now nor have I ever been...

[whispers] a communist.

What's happening?

Just in the neighborhood,

thought maybe I'd surprise you.

[Isabel] Yeah, it's a surprise. That's true.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

How about you? How are you?

I'm good, a little tired, but I'm good.

Oh, is it late?

Uh, well, you know, what time is it? 2:30, yeah.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Well, you know, we got-- we got class tomorrow.

Oh, I forgot about class.

I'm sorry about last time.

- It's okay. - I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Dan, no. What are you doing?

[whispering indistinctly]

Not right now, okay? No.

Dan. Okay, you're drunk.

What are you doing?

Stop it.

Well, that was weird.

What the fuck was that?

I don't know.

Listen, feel free to whatever, you know?

Whatever. No hard feelings.

I completely understand, okay?

Maybe I'll see you tomorrow.

Or not, I don't know.

It's hard to say really where I'm going to be.

I'm so fucked up right now.

I hope you know I really liked you.

I had fun.

Not tonight I didn't have fun, but other nights I had--

We had fun, right?

Look, I'm bleeding a bit so I'm using your couch arm thing.

But I'm gonna wash it.

Okay?

Sorry.

[door closes]

What?

[Drey] How's things?

Well, how's it look?

What do you want?

Nothing.

Look, you know, you don't really see other kids

coming up to my car, Drey, to talk to me.

It's, uh...

you know... I'm your teacher.

I'm not your friend.

Why don't you go play with other kids your own age?

I'm just trying to be alone.

Then be alone then, asshole.

Bitch.

[talking indistinctly]

[clears throat]

Hey, uh... I think Henderson was looking for you.

Must be about the new curriculum, huh?

Yeah, no, I'm sure that's it, but, hey, Dan,

if there's anything else going on, you know, if uh...

you need any help... you know, anything,

you know we're here for you, pal.

Close the door.

Is there something going on that I should know about?

Um...

On September 11, 1973, the CIA helped overthrow and murder

democratically-elected Chilean president Salvador Allende.

The military coup led to mass disappearances,

assassinations and tortures of thousands

of Chilean civilians under the leadership

of US-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

said of Allende's 1970 election, quote,

"These issues are much too important

for the Chilean voters to decide for themselves."

Danny?

- Hi, Mom. - What happened to your lip?

That's plenty, thanks.

- That's good. - [man] That's good.

So how's the novel?

[man] Let's eat.

[Jo] You're writing a novel?

It's a kids book that I haven't started yet.

I love children's books. What's it about?

[Daniel] Dialectics.

[Cindy] Dialectics. What is that?

It's a, uh, it's a theory

that attempts to explain how change works.

Sounds interesting.

How does change work, Dan?

Let's save it for dessert, Dad.

[Jo] So I hear you guys went to the march.

Yeah, it was really great.

There were like 400,000 people there.

Oh, that's fantastic.

What did they report it in the press, 200,000?

Danny Glover was there.

- Danny Glover, oh, I like him. - Mm-hmm.

What was that movie that he was in, honey?

What was that--

[Russ] Legal Weapon.

[talking indistinctly]

[Frank] Hey, what was his name?

[Drey] Charles.

Charles, get your fat ass off my bike,

that's what she said, before I fuck your fat ass up.

You said that?

[Frank] You know she did, then my man started stressing.

He start apologizing. "I'm sorry.

I didn't know it was yours. I'm sorry."

Then what'd you do, you knock him out?

[Frank] Tell her.

Didn't have to.

Ah, didn't have to.

That's my girl right there, poking people on the street.

[laughter]

Oh, Danny, you won't believe what I found this week.

You guys really live it up around here.

Hey, you hear that, the rock star approved, Cindy Lou Who.

Come on, Jeff, didn't you tell her

around here we always party like it's 1999.

Oh, my God, can you be any more embarrassing.

[Russ] Did you know I was in Vietnam?

Check out this scar.

Remember?

["It's Alright to Cry" playing]

[Russ] Remember this one?

[indistinct chattering]

Jesus.

[chattering, music continue]

Why you got these scary things?

Got them off the internet, some dude in Texas.

I wouldn't want these things in my house.

Well, they in my house and my house is your house.

So deal with it.

You ever sell to Coach?

Why?

Just wondering.

Look, don't you think you and teach's relationship

is a little...

What?

Inappropriate?

What do you mean?

He your teacher, Drey.

I mean, sometimes you act like--

He's my friend.

Look, he's a basehead, all right?

And baseheads don't have friends.

I mean,

this motherfucker was outside my house yesterday

telling me that we shouldn't be associated with each other.

[Marshal Tucker Band's "Can't You See" playing]

♪ I'm gonna take a freight train ♪

♪ Down at the station, Lord ♪

♪ I don't care where it goes ♪

♪ Gonna climb me a mountain, the highest mountain ♪

♪ Gonna jump off, nobody gonna know ♪

Hey, teach me something, Dan.

Teach me...

some Ebonics.

Is that what they got you teaching in that zoo?

Hey, tell me something.

How do you say asshole in Ebonics?

[music continues]

Hey, hey, hey, I'm sorry I'm an asshole.

I love you. You know that, right?

Yeah, I know.

[Russ] All right. Good, good.

241, apartment three.

[hip-hop music playing]

Hello? What's up?

I bet you are so good with those kids, Daniel Dunne.

I am really proud of you.

Thanks, Mom.

Sometimes I think we're the only thing keeping them sane.

It's a good thing, you know, to teach.

Your father and I thought we were going to change the world

when we were young, you know.

What did we know?

Well, you stopped a war so--

[Jo] You think so?

Yeah.

That's nice, honey.

I think it was more about Daniel Ellsberg

than anything we did, you know?

One man alone means nothing.

I guess not.

Do you hear from Rachel anymore?

Not really.

I saw her at the pharmacy the other day,

maybe it's her mom.

You know, she looked great.

You should give her a call,

but, you know, clean up a little first.

You're killing me with the tie.

Okay. Stop, I'm fine.

You happy?

I'm so happy.

That's so great, sweetie. You're happy, I'm happy.

Watch the basketballs, okay, honey?

Hey, Mom?

[hip-hop music playing]

[Frank] How was it? Easy, right?

Ha, I saw you shaking all across the street and shit.

[both laugh]

It sure beats the hell out of flipping burgers.

Thank you.

[footsteps]

Your mom said there's more wine out here.

I found it.

Do you like my brother?

[Cindy] Yeah.

Why?

He's nice.

He's funny.

Does he tell any good jokes?

Sometimes.

Like what?

Like...

knock, knock.

Who's there?

The interrupting cow.

- The interrupting-- - Moo.

[both chuckle]

[Cindy] Yeah?

[muffled music playing]

[muffled voices]

Where you going? Come inside, sweetie.

Ain't nobody going to bite you.

[upbeat music playing]

[door closes]

Everything cool?

I guess we should get you home then.

[low music]

[TV playing in background]

[music continues]

I don't think it's a good idea

you falling asleep in front of the TV every night.

What's up, Drey? You in a funk today?

Want to tell me why?

Just thinking about Mike, I guess.

Yeah. I miss your brother, too.

We'll go see him as soon as I get some time off.

I can't believe they hit me with another double tomorrow.

Can you believe that? I can't get a goddamn break.

So what else is happening?

I heard something about a civil rights thing

with Oprah or something.

Drey?

[music continues]

[answering machine beeps]

[Jo over answering machine] Hi, honey,

just calling to let you know

how much fun it was for us last night,

and we should do it more often.

I love you, sweetie. Call us soon, okay?

[music continues]

[indistinct chattering]

[kids shushing]

Hello, everyone. I'm Mr. Light.

I will be filling in for your teacher--

Where's Mr. Dunne?

[Mr. Light] I really don't know.

[Stacy] When's he coming back?

[Mr. Light] They're not really telling me too much

in the office.

Why don't you guys tell me what you've been learning?

[low music]

So what's good, Drey?

I don't know. What's good with you?

Chilling. Need a ride?

No, I got my bike.

Well, throw it in the back.

I got to get home.

Well, I'll take you.

[Drey] Not today.

[Frank] Drey?

Look, I'll see you around, huh?

[music continues]

What happened to your friends?

They're gone.

You missed a hell of a party.

Looks like it.

Thank you.

Ouch.

[low music]

You ready to go?

[music continues]

[buzzing]

[Drey] You missed a spot.

[music continues]

Knock knock.

Who's there?

The interrupting cow.

The interrupting cow who?

Moo.

[laughs]

That was horrible.

Yeah.

[Drey laughs]

[music intensifies]

[indie music]