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I had a great time tonight.

I always have a great time when I'm with you.

We've only been on three dates, Jimmy.

Well, we're three for three.

That's sweet.

You're sweet.

That was nice.

I'm going to French kiss you now. Would that be okay?

You don't always have to ask.

We've kissed before.

Okay.

I'm going to touch your buttocks now with my left hand, okay?

Mm -hmm.

You're so beautiful.

I'm going to touch your breasts now with my right hand, okay?

Damn it. What?

Why do you have to keep asking? Why can't you just do what you're going to

Without consent?

I'm consenting.

I mean, why can't you just assume I'm consenting? No, don't never assume.

what leads to misunderstanding.

I'm supposed to get consent at every stage.

Kissing, fondling.

The who?

The SSC.

The what?

The seminar at school on sexual correctness.

You've got to be kidding.

No, it's got to be something we both want. It's not fun for me if you're

passive. I'm not passive. I'm practically chewing your tongue off.

So stop playing Simon Says and just kiss me.

This isn't right.

What isn't right?

We're seniors.

We have to be acting responsibly. I'm trying to act with responsibility, with

sensitivity. And if you're not mature enough to handle that, then we have a

problem.

Is this a joke?

Good night.

I'm sorry.

Don't. I got them alphabetized. How many valentines are you giving out, Zach?

Fifteen plus four alternate.

Alternate? In case I get a card from somebody I don't plan on, I give them

of my alternate.

Oh, Sally Ha.

Give me it. You like Sally Ha. Give it back. Give it back.

Hi, honey. Happy Valentine's Day.

Yes.

What's the matter?

Nothing. I'm just late for school.

Yeah. Happy Valentine's Day. Oh, honey.

I love you. Here we go.

I love you.

Ew. It's really foul.

My cereal here. I have nothing against dogs. I quite

like them. It's just that with all the barking, I've been unable to sleep.

It's a large dog with a rather unrelenting yelp.

And you don't think it was a neighbor's dog?

No, I believe it's a stray that he's been around for a week.

A big dog?

Big, yes.

Okay, we'll check it out.

I'd appreciate that, Deputy.

Thank you for your time.

No problem.

Good day.

Excuse me, I'm sorry.

I couldn't help but overhear you having trouble with barking dogs.

If you'd allow me.

My cousin in Baltimore invented this. It's basically a reverse dog whistle.

raising capital for an infomercial as we speak. See, it makes a frequency only

dogs can hear, but it's an annoying frequency, so instead of attracting

it actually drives them away.

I see.

I'm Carter Pike, chief pathologist.

Would you like to blow my whistle?

Take it, please. It could help.

You're very kind.

No problem. My pleasure.

Thank you.

Would you like to blow my whistle?

Don't you know who that was?

The morning widow.

The what?

Stacey Alford, the morning widow. Her husband died four years ago and she's

still grieving. Let me tell. I know more than you.

She never leaves her house except on Valentine's Day.

She goes out each year in February to choose a man.

For comfort, but she never sleeps with any of them. Rumor has it she really

wants to confirm that there is no other man, no replacement for her husband. So

she goes out on one date a year with the man that she thinks is the most

eligible. When he doesn't measure up to her husband, she goes back in the

morning for another year.

Give me a break.

I think I made an impression with my whistle.

She came for Kenny, and she'll be back.

When? This is Valentine's Day.

She'll be back.

Okay, now we'll do Valentine's.

We'll start with John and Back Rose first. The rest remain seated.

Okay, now all of you will get to deliver your Valentine's, but we're going to do

this orderly. Thank you. Okay, Back Rose, you want to get started? There.

That's good.

Yes, share them with your friends. Okay, third row, you can start.

Valentine's, combination of commerce, how much we like each other, right?

Isn't that nice?

Okay. And as soon as all the Valentines are delivered, I have a special gift.

It's scented with perfume.

Vanilla. It's going right in your box. See?

Thank you. I have one for you, too.

I found it.

I knew I had one for you.

Here.

Happy Valentine's Day, Zachary.

I brought you this.

Chocolate hearts. Got a little fat note for you.

Yeah, I'm sorry about last night.

I am. You want to tell me what that was about?

The truth?

Yes, the truth.

Okay.

You... have a reputation.

A reputation for what?

For being loose.

Excuse me?

You know, it was all over last year. You sleeping with Billy O 'Connell.

I mean, Billy in the locker room would sort of give a play -by -play.

I mean, there's a lot of stuff written about you in the boys' bathroom.

I'm just telling you the rumors. I mean, me, I know you're not that way.

What way?

Well, I mean that. I never thought of you as being a slut.

I just thought that maybe Billy started thinking you didn't say no.

I mean, the seminar, I'm thinking we're learning about passive girls who let

themselves get pressured into having sex. And last night, I wanted to make

you weren't feeling pressured.

You didn't think I was strong enough to say no.

Yeah. And then you kept wanting me to go further, faster, and I...

I thought, God, maybe the rumors were true, and I panicked, and that's why I

off. So first you thought I was weak, and then you realized I really am a

Oh, Kim, don't misunderstand.

I understand perfectly, Jimmy. Happy Valentine's Day, and go kill yourself.

Thank you for letting me use the whistle. It did the trick.

It did?

Yeah, I think even the neighbor's dogs ran away.

Oh, I didn't think about that.

Oh,

it could be dangerous. We wouldn't want it falling into the wrong hands.

So here, I'm returning it.

Okay, thank you.

This may seem a bit forward, but would you be interested in having dinner with

me tomorrow night?

I thought it would be Kenny.

I beg your pardon?

Nothing. Oh, I'd love to have you.

Dinner. I'd love to have dinner with you.

Yes.

You said the whistle worked.

I'll cook.

I promise it'll be better than that sandwich.

Oh.

Because... Very good.

Very good.

I live at 106 Elm Street.

Eight o 'clock? Fine. Perfect.

See you then.

Okay. I won't pack a lunch.

I'll be right there.

He's waiting for you.

Hello? Anybody in here?

Zachary?

Hi.

Hi. Thank you for the valentine. It's my favorite one.

Really? Yeah.

Did you like the one I gave you?

Yeah.

I like you.

I like you.

We want to be boyfriend and girlfriend just on the weekday.

But is it allowed?

I think.

I have an idea.

If we're boyfriend and girlfriend, maybe.

Tomorrow.

Maybe we can meet in the janitor closet.

But that's for big kids.

We're only in the fourth grade.

It's for boyfriend and girlfriend and that's what we are.

So we should camp.

You? She chose you?

Yes, dinner at her house.

Oh, God, listen to my voice. It's going up via the unit coming back. I'm going

to sound like a chipmunk again.

Calm down. Calm down?

She's a goddess.

I've been asked out by a goddess.

Well, then be happy.

Max, I haven't gone out with any woman in nine months, not since the UFO lady

sandbagged me. The thought of dating terrifies me.

Well, then don't go. If it's making you this upset, Carter, call her up and tell

her you're not going.

Did you ever look at somebody and get the feeling, that feeling inside that

person is like no one you've ever met?

That's what I felt when I saw Stacy. She... I couldn't breathe. I could not

breathe.

Have dinner with her.

You'll be fine.

I'm just so afraid that I won't be able.

Listen, see?

My voice is going up again.

Carter!

You heard me babbling about my stupid whistle?

I don't... I can't talk to women anymore.

Of course you can. I can't. I start going on about autopsies because it's

turf, but it just makes them nauseous.

You help me.

What can I do?

You're a woman. You know things women like to talk about.

And? Don't laugh.

Did you read Cyrano de Bergerac?

You've got to be kidding. I've got this tiny earpiece.

You can give me the words.

I've got this miniature microphone.

You want me to transmit things to say into an ear set so that you can have a

conversation with your date? Only at the beginning, until I get a rhythm. As

soon as I feel comfortable, I go solo. Please.

This is stupid. You know it's stupid.

I know it's desperate.

Carter, come on.

Do you have any idea what it's like to be lonely?

If you do, how can you not help me?

I don't know what to do.

I hope I never go out on a date again.

Because I don't know how to act.

Oh, honey, graffiti is part of life in high school.

And so are macho boyfriends who like to puff up their sexual conquests.

But if you read that stuff... You know, last year, friends told me that boys

found me frigid.

And because I...

Well, that and because I'm the sheriff's daughter, they were afraid to even come

near me.

So I try to be warm or affectionate, and I'm branded a slut.

Well, have you been with many other boys the way you were with Billy?

Don't tell me.

No, tell me.

Billy's the only one.

The pig.

Well, then you know what you are and what you're not. I don't care what a few

idiot jerks write on bathroom walls.

A lot of non -idiots read it.

Well, you can't worry about what other people think.

Mom, this is high school. What other kids think is everything.

And this boy Jimmy, you like him?

He's just a boy.

I like him a lot.

Well, talk to him.

Yeah, but then what?

If I take the lead, then I'm promiscuous.

If I wait for him to make the move, then he thinks I'm not into it.

Was it this hard for you when you were a kid?

You gotta kiss her.

You'd be the first in our class to make out.

I don't know how to do it.

You hug her, and then you close your eyes, and then kiss.

And hold it at least ten seconds.

And then you switch upper lip and bottom lip. You do not.

Yes, you do.

My brother told me. He's a sophomore.

It's too hard.

You can do it, Dad.

And if you kiss twice, then you rub her breast.

Nuh -uh.

You have to try.

If you got second base in the fourth grade, that would be a record.

She doesn't even have breasts.

But you will.

Her older sister, Julie, is deaf.

Someday Sally's going to be stacked.

She might not let you near him then.

If you do tomorrow, you'll always be able to say you touched him. You think?

Yeah.

Yeah, he's right. You've got to rub her breath.

Yeah.

Do it, man.

I'm ready.

This is the dumbest thing I've ever done.

Just get me started, and then I'll be fine.

Mimi. My voice is a little tight.

Testing, testing.

Okay, good. Say something.

Carter, if you want to impress her... Okay, good. It works.

Won't you feel better if you do it yourself?

Just the first half hour, Max, I promise. After that, I go it alone.

Mimi.

Here we go.

You're looking quite handsome.

And you look just... Just... Beautiful?

Beautiful. Beautiful.

God. Come on in. Thank you.

Compliment her dress. Is she wearing a dress?

That is a beautiful dress.

Beautiful. Thank you.

A bit formal for dinner at home, and I felt like wearing it.

Beautiful.

And your home is beautiful.

Enough with the beautiful, Carter. Use another word.

Shh. Hmm?

Nothing.

Um, let's go in the dining room.

Wine. Beautiful.

Carter!

Are you ready?

You have beautiful eyes.

You must think I'm kind of strange.

No, no, not at all.

Actually, to be truthful, I do.

Actually, to be truthful, I do.

But strange in a mysterious way.

You keep yourself secluded.

You come out once a year for one date, only to go back into hibernation.

That's not mainstream behavior.

There's a reason.

I know the reason.

And I think it makes you both the saddest and the luckiest person

I've ever met.

Why?

Well, sad because you've shut yourself off from the world.

Shut yourself off from joy.

And lucky.

Because you must truly know joy.

For you to mourn the way you do, the love that you had with your husband had

have been extraordinary.

We should all be so lucky as to have had a passion like that.

Even if it's just for a single day.

You must have lost somebody you loved.

I wish I could say I did.

But what you had, Stacey, I've only dreamed about.

Most people say it's not healthy, and I should let go and move on with my life.

Well, it's true, you should move forward, but... But that love is a part

It's a part of your life.

You shouldn't surrender a part of yourself that is so rich.

Carter, change the subject.

I'm starting to cry.

This is stupid.

I'm done.

I'm finished.

Did I ever tell you about my first bowel dissection?

Well, here we are.

Yeah, here we are.

I've never kissed a boy before.

Me neither.

I mean a girl.

I'm glad you're my boyfriend.

That was excellent.

It was?

You're a good kisser.

I just want a kiss.

Again? One more. A good one.

Let's hold it.

I'm not like Billy O 'Connell. That's what I keep telling you. You're all

That's what I keep trying to tell you.

It's not your fault.

Conquest is a male thing. I get it.

I wish I was attracted to Lisa Fenn.

Ha ha.

Do you think it's so easy for guys, Kim?

The truth is... I was scared to kiss you the other night.

What?

I'm... I'm not that experienced.

And the girls, you keep their little scorecards, too. Don't deny it. You all

talk about...

Who the good kissers are and who's the fumbling idiots.

Don't think that doesn't make its way back to the locker room.

I was hoping you'd say no the other night.

To take the pressure off.

But what's the big deal with how smooth a kisser you are?

Right, Kim.

Tell me you never worried about doing stuff right.

It's almost noon.

You don't have to go to work.

I can be late.

We didn't fall asleep till almost four.

Carter.

I don't mean to make this sound like... I

know last night didn't just happen because we drank two bottles of wine.

But...

But what?

I can't lie.

I'm feeling a little shocked that I could go to bed with a man on a birth

A man I don't even know that well.

Are you saying that you don't want it to happen again?

Oh, no.

No.

No, I'd like very much to... see you again.

What happened between us, Carter, had to be for a reason.

Maybe I was seduced by your truthfulness.

I've had this problem with fifth and sixth graders.

Fourth graders?

I'm just shocked.

They were kissing?

According to the Hobbs girl, Zachary attempted to fondle her breasts.

Zach, is this true?

Your mother asked you a question. Did you do that to Sally?

Yes. Why?

I was trying to set a record for the fourth grade.

All right, Zachary.

You can return to class.

I want to speak alone with your parents.

I've spoken with Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs. They're quite upset.

Look, I know this is innocent, but believe it or not...

I'm going to have to suspend Zachary from school.

What? For making out in a closet? You can't suspend a student for that.

Try to appreciate my situation.

We have been advised that the Supreme Court and the lower courts have expanded

the scope of sexual harassment.

Schools are now vulnerable to lawsuits.

Basically, we can be held accountable for cultivating hostile environments.

You've got to be kidding.

It's as ridiculous to me as it is to you.

But if the school is ever sued... For this?

Not for this, but for something more serious.

If the school is ever sued for any sexual harassment claim, the courts

will look at our track record.

How did we deal with sexual harassment?

Did we foster it? Did we look the other way?

By responding to small incidents such as this one, we demonstrate our commitment

to fight harassment, and that in turn could insulate us from a lawsuit.

That is the most absurd thing I've ever heard.

I know.

But as principal, I have to take steps to fight sexual misconduct.

His touching of Sally Hobbs' breasts was unwelcome. He is suspended for one

week. I'm taking this to the school committee.

Do what you have to do.

I am doing what I have to do.

Surprise.

Stacy.

Hi.

Am I interrupting?

No, no. Come on in.

For me?

Yeah. I'm being a silly schoolgirl, aren't I?

Get off it.

Stacey, there's something I have to tell you.

What's the matter?

The matter is this.

The thing that I said to you last night at dinner about the love that you had

with your husband not surrendering it or yourself, those were not my words.

What do you mean?

I was petrified going into your house. I get tongue -tied with women, and I had

an ear set in my ear, a microphone under my tie. It was...

I was like Cyrano de Bergerac. Somebody else was feeding me those words. I was

just a parrot.

Very funny, Carter.

It's not a joke.

The words I spoke were not my own. Not at the beginning.

You were wearing a wire.

Our conversation was being monitored.

Yes.

There's something else.

You said, um, maybe the wine or something. You said you were shocked to

gone to bed with me.

Do you really think the wine, or were you really not yourself?

Oh, what are you getting at?

I poured a couple of shots of tequila into our last two glasses of wine to

of get us into the mood, and... You drugged me?

I didn't.

drug you. It was to relax us. I swear.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You got suspended?

Yeah. And I'm a legend.

Julie Messina said I'll get invited to all the parties.

Because I was the first one to get second base.

So all the boys think it's great, huh, that you touched her breasts?

Yeah.

What did Sally think?

I don't know.

Excuse me.

Hi. How is your, um...

How's the barking dog situation?

Oh, that's okay.

I'm here on another matter.

I need to report a crime.

A crime?

What kind of a crime?

Rape.

I've been raped.

You?

You were supplying the word?

He was so nervous.

I was just trying to help a friend.

What a contradiction.

That you could say the things you said and yet... I

didn't think the two of you would go to bed together.

I just wanted to give him a start.

Maybe I should speak directly to the district attorney.

Miss Halford.

I know you're upset, but come on, this doesn't amount to rape.

Don't be so sure about that. She consented. I didn't force anything.

You used fraud and tequila to lower her inhibitions.

You can't be serious.

The law is changing.

Now, this woman was under the influence.

Her capacity to consent was impaired. According to your own statement, you did

these things purposefully. You had a planned scheme to get her into bed.

You're not really thinking about making an arrest, are you?

At the minimum, we have a sexual battery.

Now, whether or not it amounts to rape, that's a jury's call. That's not mine.

Please.

Please.

My career will be ruined. Please.

You should have thought about that before trying to deceive that woman.

Could you wait outside?

Consider what this would do to me.

Wait outside, please.

What is wrong with you?

I didn't think anything like this could happen. Well, I'm not sure you think at

all.

Don't talk to me like that.

Look, understand something, okay? As the district attorney, I rely on the

credibility of the arresting officers to secure convictions.

Everything that you do, even things on your private time, they speak to your

credibility. I'll ask you again not to lecture me.

Well, you need this lecture.

You're playing Cupid with the chief pathologist.

It's unprofessional. It threatens to compromise my prosecutions, and I'm not

going to stand for it.

Is that all?

No, that's not all.

Arrest Carter Pike.

Bring him to the courthouse for arraignment.

You can't suspend a kid for fondly. The suspension is not to punish Zach as much

as to send a message that sexual misconduct is unacceptable.

But what do you think the psychological effects are going to be on a fourth

grader who's suspended for sexual curiosity?

This isn't adolescent exploring, Jill. We are dealing with unwelcome sexual

advances. Oh, come on. Kids explore all the time. This line between welcome and

unwelcome.

Teenage sex is supposed to be a little scary.

A hand moves here, a mouth goes there. It's the uncertainty of it all that

it romance.

I don't know what side you think we should urge, you know.

Like Michael says, sexual harassment's a problem in school.

Don't you agree?

Well, of course I agree.

There's things written on the bathroom walls about my daughter. Of course I

agree. Well, what do we do about it?

I think what we do is just start over.

Let's go on a date.

Fresh.

I don't know if... I mean, it's like it can't be natural now.

What we'll be thinking about is what the other one's thinking about and how we

should behave and... You know, things won't happen natural.

Let's just go on a date. We'll try to have fun.

Yeah, we're teenagers.

We're carefree.

Well, we'll just have fun.

I'm sorry. I was scared.

What you did to me was wrong.

It may not be an excuse, but I was more attracted to you than to anybody I've

ever met.

It made me afraid.

I think you understand fear.

Yes, I do.

Can we start again?

No.

I made a mistake.

You were dishonest by mistake?

No.

Case number 6266.

People versus Carter Pike.

Mr. Littleton, what gives?

According to the papers, the victim consented.

Well, that's the issue, Judge.

The law today says that if a man has reason to doubt a woman's capacity to

consent and he nevertheless proceeds to have intercourse, it's rape.

She had capacity.

She was induced by fraud.

Now, the victim thought she was hearing the intimate thoughts of Carter when

really it was coming from somebody else. Who?

Deputy Maxine Stewart.

And then he sneaked tequila into her drink with the specific purpose of

down her inhibition. And he already knew that her capacity was undermined. His

intent was to obliterate it.

What man hasn't told a few lies for sex, Judge?

My wife loves horses.

When we first met, I told her I was a jockey.

Shut up.

Consent has to be meaningful, Your Honor.

And in this case, Stacy Halford's consent was based on fraud and

This is just a case of regret the morning after.

She woke up and found herself next to Carter.

What woman wouldn't kick herself?

Shut up.

Again, shut up. If we weren't so close, Henry, I'd get a complex.

Shut up!

Miss Halpert, on your feet.

So I'm clear. You went to bed with this man because you connected with words

which were really not his, but Deputy Stewart's.

And because you were under the influence of alcohol.

Yes, Your Honor.

All right.

Sit back down.

I have had it. I am sick.

of sitting up here hearing case after case after case that should never enter

this courtroom.

Your Honor, I seriously hope you're not about to trivialize this matter.

Acquaintance rape is a widespread problem in this country. Mr. Littleton,

going to say something to you that I usually reserve for your counterpart

there.

Shut up and sit down.

I know all about date rape and how severe the problem is.

I also know Mr. Wombau speaks the truth.

In courtship, everybody lies a little.

We try to remake ourselves, put forth the best possible image, even if that

image is false.

And many people have an extra glass of wine to get in the mood.

Maybe Carter went a little too far using tequila and somebody else's words.

But let's all grow up.

There comes a point, instead of protecting women, these laws reduce them

helpless victims in need of protection.

I don't mean to trivialize the severity of date rape, but nor will I insult

women or common sense by saying that's what happened here.

The case against Carter Pike is dismissed, and I'm ordering all of you

real.

We're adjourned.

Oh!

Get out!

Miss Alford,

I want to apologize.

And to say that Carter really didn't intend to cause you any pain.

Are you speaking again for Carter?

I think for both of us.

You know, they say that love can make a person crazy.

So can loneliness.

It's not.

that I don't sympathize with you and Carter.

You're both very sad.

I've had enough sadness for one lifetime.

I do wish you well.

I wish sex were illegal.

It would take such pressure off.

Yeah, we could just go to movies. Yeah, I know. It's been the last half of the

movie worrying about what was going to happen afterwards.

So Judge Bone's ruling today, that must have made things easier for you.

Ha ha.

Happy Valentine's Day May I kiss you?

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