All language subtitles for Guidance.S02E05.Hilary.and.the.Horrible.Terrible.No.Good.Very.Bad.Day.WEBRip.x264-ION10

WOMAN: Previously
on "Guidance"...

- We've been together
since we were eight.

- People change.
- Ozo's got you all confused.

STEVE: The girl in the bloody
dress, she came with this guy.

- There's a teacher
who has everybody fooled.

- You are a singer-songwriter.
Let's give it up.

- Two-faced monster...
This isn't teaching.

Who needs to be fired
immediately.

I need you to delete
the video that I uploaded

to The Alliance site.
- And dink.

[phones dinging]

[dramatic music]

[slow music]

♪ ♪

- [clears throat]

[door clicks]

- Morning.

- Good morning, Capitol High.

This is your Capitol Catch-Up.

Tickets for the upcoming
homecoming dance

are going fast, so don't be...

- Gotta give it to Hilary.

Girl's got balls of steel.
- Tickets are only $75

for a couple

or $50 individually,

so save some money
and go with a friend.

There's no shame in that.

In other homecoming news,

the homecoming dance committee,

run by me,
is looking for a band

to replace our beloved
Go To L

due to a recent...
- What's the big deal?

Popular people being
treated better is not news.

- If you think
Ridley's that shallow,

then maybe it's a good thing
that we're not together anymore.

HILARY: Auditions on Wednesday.
- [scoffs]

HILARY: If you've been
practicing in your garage,

this is your chance
at rock stardom.

Maybe you've got
what it takes.

[no audible dialogue]

And lastly,

happy Monday.

I am always amazed

by the countless friendly faces

I see here at Capitol High.

I consider all of you
my closest friends.

This is Hilary Lehane
signing off.

Until tomorrow.

- [sighs]

Hilary!

WOMAN: ♪ My own world ♪

♪ Living inside myself ♪

♪ Myself ♪

♪ Living for no one else ♪

♪ And I see your face ♪

♪ I don't wanna face it ♪

♪ No more ♪

♪ So I look away ♪

♪ I don't wanna face it ♪

♪ No more ♪

♪ What I'm thinking ♪

♪ What I'm saying ♪

♪ I don't ever know ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ So come in ♪

[school bell ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

- We all knew you thought
you were better than us,

but now we have proof
in your own words.

- Please,
just let me get to class.

- It says an awful lot
about a person's character

that they do anything

to get a good grade,

including taking down
a great teacher.

The admissions team at Harvard
probably cares a lot

about things like character,
don't you think?

- You wouldn't.
- Mr. Ridley isn't the one

that needs to be fired.

You are.

And by the time I'm done,

Harvard won't want you.

ALANA: Hey, what's going on?

- Hilary seems upset.

Maybe you should ask her why.

- Okay, everybody,
show's over.

Get to first period.

- Smiley got all of that,
you know.

- Things are getting heated
in the hallways.

Sizzle sisters.

BRIANNA: Mr. Ridley isn't
the one that needs to be fired.

You are.
And by the time I'm done,

Harvard won't want you.

- Lesson of the day,
do not, I repeat,

do not announce to the world
that cheerleaders

are stupid.

- Good.
I'm glad.

It's like you say,
I'm the First Lady

of Capitol High.

People wanna know what I think,
and what I think

is Hilary's a bitch.

- Bri, I can't protect you
if you won't protect yourself.

- I'm trying to protect
a good teacher

from getting fired.

- I think Mr. Ridley's the best,
but--

- Then you should have
spoken up to defend him.

- [sighs]

Like my dad says,

listen, you can't respond
to every crackpot

with an opinion,
especially on social media.

- Well, I stand up
for people I care about,

which is what
you should be doing for me

instead of calling me out

in front of everyone.

If you're not gonna
take care of this, I will.

♪ ♪

- Sounds like Hilary
had plenty of enemies

and plenty of reasons
to be angry.

I'd like to talk with her.

With her parents' permission,
of course.

Which one is she?

- She's not here.

Don't your guys have
more students outside?

- All those kids
have already been released.

ALANA: Call Hilary on her cell.

- Everything okay?

- Call her.

[phone line trilling]

HILARY: Hey there,
it's Hilary Lehane.

You just missed...
- Voicemail.

- Okay, I need to go find her.

Keep calling her cell
until she answers

and stay together.

Don't say anything to anyone

about anybody,

you got it?

♪ ♪

Yeah, she's here with me.

Okay.

So before Principal Decost
comes in here,

why don't you tell me
what happened?

- You haven't seen it yet?

- Seen what?

- The video that was posted.

- No.
I, uh...

I had a funeral.

- Oh, right, your dad.

I'm sorry.

- Well, you should be sorry.
You've turned this school

upside down.

I've got an inbox
full of email from alumni

asking me what the hell
is going on here.

- What exactly is going on?

- Well, our A-student here

had some choice words to share

about Mr. Ridley.

- I never said his name.

- I should watch the video.
- No, no, no, no.

Later, later.
You've been through enough

this weekend.
We both have.

You, on the other hand--
- I didn't--

- No, I don't wanna hear
your excuses.

That video gets taken down

from The Alliance site
immediately.

- Smiley is the only one
that can take videos down.

- I'll deal with Smiley.

- All right.
Fine.

Well, congratulations.
You got what you wanted.

You're out of Mr. Ridley's
class effective immediately.

Ms. Maynor will process
your drop paperwork,

and under no circumstances

are you to step anywhere
near that class today.

- Thank you?

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

You're not off the hook.

You got two weeks detention.

- Brianna threatened me.

She's the one
that should have detention.

- [sighs]
Are you telling me

you dragged the cheerleaders
into this too?

- I didn't do anything.
I told Smiley

to delete that video
and he posted it anyway.

- If you hadn't made the video,

there would've been
nothing to post!

- Yeah, well, now Harvard
can look up my name

and see my rant online

if Brianna hasn't
already sent it to them.

- Well, then, Hilary,
you should have gone

through the proper channels
to file your complaint.

- I did.

Ms. Maynor said
it wasn't important enough.

- I didn't understand
the severity.

- How dare you.

How dare you turn this
around on Ms. Maynor.

She buried her father
this weekend.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- I'm sorry.

- Just take the lesson, Hilary.

Start thinking before you speak.

- I didn't--
- Just get to class.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

- We need to get ahead
of this, John.

If she made an accusation
in that video,

then we need to start
an investigation.

- [scoffs]
- It's protocol.

- What--investigate what?

The rantings of a spoiled brat?

- We need to be proactive

or it could come back
to bite you personally.

And after everything that
you've done for Capitol High

over the past ten years,

we need to protect this school
and you.

- [sighs]

All right. Okay.

But we do this in-house.

No need to panic
the district.

You can't un-ring a bell.

- That's censorship.
- As the editor of the site,

it's your responsibility
to moderate the material.

- No, it's my responsibility
to expose the truth.

- Not if it does
more harm than good.

You still need to learn
that scandal

isn't necessarily journalism.

Sometimes it's just bullying.

- Did you know that

when I was in the sixth grade

some of these kids
used to beat me up?

Call me "fag,"

you know, real original shit.

- Weren't you the one that said

everyone's over it?

They got used to it?
- Because I made them.

I filmed the kids
that beat me up

and they got suspended.

I didn't wait around

for it to get better.

I fought back.

You know who beats you up
when they think

they're being recorded?

Nobody.

Okay?
This is more than a phone.

It's a weapon.

- In the past,

maybe you needed
that protection.

But now
you've turned that weapon

against people who've done
nothing to you.

- Great reporters make enemies.

- Is Hilary your enemy?

Or Brianna?

All of this turmoil
could've been avoided

had you taken down the video
like Hilary asked.

You are the reason
that people are hurting

and being hurt.

Think about that.

- I'm not apologizing
for what I do.

And I'm not
taking the video down.

Okay, we have a right
to tell our stories

the way we wanna tell them.

And we don't need permission
to do that.

[woman speaking indistinctly]

HILARY: Why do you even care?

You're not even in his class.

- Do you even realize
what happens

if Mr. Ridley gets fired?

- Do you realize what happens
if I don't get into Harvard?

- You'll get in
somewhere else.

- I don't wanna get in
somewhere else.

- You don't get it.
Guitar Club is the best thing

that has happened
to this school and to me.

You're trying to take that away.

- And Mr. Ridley
is trying to take

Harvard away from me.

That's what happens
if I get a B.

- You have got a mother around.

You have scholarships.

- And an entire school

that has been turned against me.

- The only thing I have
is Mr. Ridley.

No girlfriend, no band,

no family to cheer me on.

To him, I'm not just a grade.

I'm a talented songwriter.

- Songs aren't grades.

Grades actually get you
somewhere in life.

Where's your songwriting
gonna take you?

At a bus stop
begging for change?

[grunting]

[groans]

- Look what you made me do.

- You okay?

- Did you get that on camera?

♪ ♪

- You know, Hilary,
you're just not pretty enough

to be that mean
and get away with it,

but I am.

[phone dings]

HILARY: All right, Smiley.
You want the truth

about what's happening at CHS?

Then here it is.

There's a teacher--
I won't say his name--

who has everybody fooled.

I'm the only one that can see

that he's a manipulative,
two-faced monster

who needs constant adoration
to feel alive.

And if you don't
give that to him,

you better watch out

because he will take you down.

- I didn't have
anywhere else to go.

I just...

I'm sick of it.

I just don't wanna be
attacked anymore.

- Did somebody
get physical with you?

Who was it?

- I can't tell you.
It'll only make it worse.

I just shouldn't have
opened my stupid mouth.

I wish I could take it all back.

- Well, there is
no taking it back

unless you formally recant.

- Okay then.
I recant.

I lied.
- Well, you have to mean it.

- If this will all go away,

I mean it.

- Then let's write
your statement.

Hilary, your video
has started an investigation.

- Well, that's good then, right?

That means that Principal Decost
is taking this seriously.

- Of course.

Accusations
have real consequences.

- Okay, so he needs to be
looking at the transcripts

of all the popular kids.

He needs to compare
their AP Psych grades

to the other classes.

Then we'll see
who's actually crazy.

- Okay.
I'll look into it.

- Wait.

Are you heading up
the investigations?

- Is that a problem?

- [scoffs]

You've already chosen a side.

- Of course I haven't.

- I saw you
and Mr. Ridley last week.

I know you're together.

- We're not...

We're adults.

And nothing happened.

And it's absolutely
none of your business.

- Wow.

He's really something.

First he has all
the students protecting him,

then Principal Decost,
and now you?

Who's protecting me?

[phone dings]

My mom's here.

- Let me walk you out
and make sure you're safe.

- It's too late for that.

JOHN: Well, what's done is done.

- Sounds like
everything's being handled.

- Yeah, but since Hilary's
not taking back what she said,

we have to open up
an investigation.

- What, into me?

- It's standard procedure

when an accusation is made
against a teacher.

- Yeah, this is all
gonna blow over soon.

It's just for your protection.

- John, as you know,
I'm an open book.

All right, I'll fully cooperate.

- And I'm concerned
about the retaliation

against Hilary.

- You know,
if you open up the floodgates,

you got to expect to get wet.

- Well, this is
more than criticism.

Hilary was in my office earlier

and said somebody
got physical with her,

but she wouldn't say who.

- Okay, we got to nip this
in the bud.

- Look, I'll talk
to my students about it,

make sure they know
that harassment is unacceptable.

- I think that could really help
de-escalate the situation.

- Okay, and I'm sure
you'll keep this investigation

as brief and as painless
as it can be for Kev, yeah?

- What, you're heading this up?

- I'll need to see
the progress reports

from this semester.

- Wow.

- Okay, look,
let's just get this

cleaned up fast, all right?

I don't want this
tarnishing homecoming.

- Thank God you're here.

Hilary, are you hurt?

- This is all my fault.

Everything.

This is because of me.

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

- Let's address the elephant
in the room.

- That elephant is so
not in this room.

- Hey, stop right there.

Okay, I'm not gonna stand here
and let you bash Hilary.

- Why not?

She did a pretty good job
at bashing you.

- I watched her video.

I saw a lot
of your responses online.

Brianna, this is
getting out of control.

Look, I appreciate

you guys are protective of me.

But I am a grown man.

All right, and I can take care
of myself.

It's my job to take care of you.

All of my students.

Even ones that make it
difficult for me.

- Are you actually defending
what Hilary did?

- No. No.

They're false accusations,
and it's irresponsible.

- But you'll handle it.

- Yes.
Yes, exactly.

It is not your job
to be judge and jury.

And it's definitely not
your job to punish Hilary.

That's unfair.

- She didn't fight fair
when she started this.

- Have you ever been so angry
that you said something

you wish you could take back?

- But she can't take
those things back.

- Yes, again, my point.

All right, your words,

your posts,

these things last forever.

All right?
And you have to think

before you lash out.

It's like my dad always says.

We've got to kill them
with kindness.

[mellow music]

♪ ♪

If you guys wanna win...

♪ ♪

You're gonna have to rise
above your gut responses.

You have to think
with your brain

and you have to choose

to turn the other cheek.

♪ ♪

- But why wouldn't you
defend yourself?

- Nobody can argue
with silence.

A one-sided fight,

that's not a fight.

Those are just words.

♪ ♪

MAN: I'm as patient
and persistent

as you all are stubborn.

Look, if I don't have
the story straight,

I can't help anyone.

If people are keeping
secrets for each other,

you better believe the truth
is gonna come out.

And when it does, your friends
won't be your friends anymore.

♪ ♪

I haven't been
on the force that long,

but let me tell you,
I've already seen moms

rolling their own kids.

- But that's not us.

- Why not?

- Because they haven't been
through what we've been through.

♪ ♪

KEVIN: That's what I wanna ask
you guys right now.

Who are you?

What are you made of?

Are you ordinary?

Will you be manipulated

by someone's fears and angers?

Or will you...

be extraordinary?

You kill them with kindness.

- Oh, my God, Hilary.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- These are the same kids
that kicked her around

and now it's a love fest?

What am I missing?

♪ ♪

ALANA: The same thing
I was missing.

♪ ♪

That Hilary was right.

♪ ♪