All language subtitles for S01e08 - Street Kid

dream. You want fame.

Well, fame costs.

And right here is where you start paying
in sweat.

Are you done or are you taking a nap?

I'm done.

Good.

Would you mind telling the class what
you were doing?

It's a piece of bacon frying.

How is a Jewish girl from Brooklyn
supposed to guess that?

I was 13 before I realized that BLT
wasn't bagels, lox, and tsuris.

Okay, okay.

What does everybody think about that?

About what Tara said?

Yes. It was a good line. I wish I
thought of it. It was a good line, but

also an attitude.

Very prevalent attitude.

Hey, it was just a joke. On one level,
yes.

But on another level, it's what we call
schtick.

Now, that's something that you do, and
you do well.

But it's safe, secure, easy.

Amatullo does one -liners and
impressions.

Montgomery analyzes things to a fare
-thee -well.

And Julie, she would like to play every
sweet, quiet ingenue ever written.

But there is no risk, no stretch.

No guts.

You're kidding.

Let me show you how much I'm kidding. In
three weeks, I want you all to come in

with a scene or an improv in which you
portray a character that is as far

removed from you and what you think you
are as possible.

Sounds like a contest.

What's the winner get? A little more
knowledge as to how talented you are.

Or are not.

The reason this isn't working is that
you're the person I'm looking for.

I really don't want to let you buy.

I'm flattered, but I'm also late. Could
we put this off till lunch, whatever it

is? We don't have to put it off at all,
because now it's done.

Loan application for the credit union
for a car, Mr.

Shirovsky? You're going to buy a car?

Why is this such a shock? Well, for
starters, do you know how to drive?

They have schools, courses.

They teach you.

What do you need a car for? We're subway
people around here.

Friends of mine are moving to some place
called Cody, Wyoming.

I don't know why. They seem perfectly
fine otherwise.

The point is, they want to sell their
car, which is 20 years old and a

It goes up in value every year.

An investment.

And a way to see the leaves turn in the
fall in Connecticut.

A way to visit the Berkshires, where
students are appearing in the music

festival. And a way to get a lazy old
man out and about and doing.

I'll get it into the credit union and
start the wheels turning.

Miss Sherwood, you know how to drive.
Yes.

And you obviously know how to teach.

Why should I give my money to strangers
when there's a friend close at hand who

could help?

Mr. Sharofsky, assuming, of course,
there is a friend close at hand who is

willing to help.

I want you to come in with a scene where
you portray a character as far away

from you...

as possible.

Doris?

Doris, unless there's a giant ape
crawling up the side of the building, I

know what you're doing there.

Mr. Crandall, do you think I'm a nice
girl?

Sugar, spice, everything nice.

But dull.

Never. But not a seductress, not a femme
fatale.

Well, not your standard model, let's
say.

That's it.

Oh, and you do believe in research,
right?

And motherhood and flag.

Once again, returning from the Bermuda
Triangle known as Doris Schwartz.

What are you doing?

I'm new here.

Yeah, I probably would have remembered
if you'd been hanging around here

No, actually, I'm looking for some
information.

Yellow pages, sweetheart. That is not my
style.

No, I just want to talk.

Talk? Please, give me a break.

Actually, in reality, I'm an actress.
Which one? Lassie?

I wasn't looking where I was going.

Did you only have one heel? Does Donnie
Love know you're here?

Who?

Donnie Love.

This is his corner.

He controls it. And he'll be real mad if
he finds out somebody new is working

it. Working it?

Mm -hmm.

No.

No. I'm not working it.

I'm just... This is really a dumb idea
when you think about it.

I'm just going to take my one... I heard
you tell Shirley you're an actress.

Is that true?

Yeah.

I'm kind of young to be an actress.

I'm 16.

Me too.

Isn't that kind of young to be a... Can
I buy

you a cup of coffee?

Yeah, you could have gotten into a bad
scene if Donnie Love had come around.

He's got a mean streak.

Donnie, he's your... He's the man in
charge.

What do you want to know?

I don't really know where to begin.

How about you begin by opening up this
purse and showing me you don't have some

police ID?

You think I'm a cop?

Look, not every cop looks like Angie
Dickinson, you know? I mean, maybe it's

silly.

Okay, it's silly. There's no maybe about
it. But look, I just can't go around

trusting everybody I meet on the street.

A person like me just can't do that.

Look, fair enough.

Want to check me out?

Student ID.

Brush.

Gum.

House keys.

Half a candy bar. Must have been there
for six months. Don't touch it.

Student bus card.

Anything in there says you're over 18.

I'd like some ID from both you girls.

Dillinger Juvenile Vice. That's far
enough. I gotta go!

Well, let's do our laughing down at JDH.

JDH? Juvenile Detention Hall.

What?

My mother's gonna kill me.

That's if she's in a good mood.

Oh, I am in so much trouble.

If you hear a dripping sound, it's my
heart bleeding for you.

It's weird.

You and I being the same age, but we're
so different.

You think we're that different?

Well, yeah.

Because with me, it's pretend.

But with you, it's... Finish that
sentence without making me feel like a

of meat, and I'd say you're some kind of
talker.

What'll happen to you now?

Donnie Love will find out where I am and
come and try and post bail.

He's the one with the mean streak.

But they won't let him take you. No.

They say if there's room at Father
Ritter's, it's like a halfway house for

street kids.

And if he's booked up, which I heard he
is, they look around for a foster home.

Foster home?

Why not your own home?

Because I've run away every time that
they send me back there, and I'll do it

again, and they know it.

But don't you folks be sure to ask a lot
of questions?

Any good at answering him?

I'll try.

We were back having coffee.

The vice was after me, and you tried to
slow the guy down.

Why?

Your mother?

Nice meeting you. Have a nice life.

What in heaven's name do you think...
Mom, just be quiet for a second, okay?

It's really important that you just
listen to me. All right, I really don't

to be mean, but I just need you to sit
down and shut up and listen to me.

Okay, you remember Van Cortlandt Parkway
three years ago on Thanksgiving?

No. We were stopped at a light by the
park. We were going to Aunt Ada's and

Uncle Jack's for Thanksgiving dinner.

And I was looking through the window at
the park, and I saw this baby bird fall

out of a tree out of its nest, and it
looked like it had broken a wing and it

had died. And I asked Ed if we could
stop, and he said that we couldn't

there was too much traffic. And you said
that Aunt Ada would be furious if we

were late. Do you remember this?

Anyway, so I kept talking about it all
through dinner and sniffling and

sniffling until finally you gave in and
you said that we could go back. And we

went back after dessert, and we found
it, and we got it better, and we gave it

to the kids at the school on Riverside
Drive, and they raised it as a pet.

Do you remember that?

Yes. And do you remember what you said
about it?

Well, I'm sure I said a lot of things.
You said the next time something like

that happened, you weren't going to
waste your breath arguing with me

I'm just as stubborn as Dad when it
comes to those kind of things. Remember

that?

Yeah.

Well, Ma, I just found another baby bird
with a broken wing.

Cool down.

I'm slowing to 20 miles an hour.

School bus ahead.

Any light flashing?

No.

I proceed at a safe rate of speed.

Turn left at the next corner.

Fire engine behind us with the signal
going.

I stop and pull over.

You pull over and stop.

You knew what I meant.

I knew what you meant, yes, but it's
still the wrong answer.

Do you think I believe it's possible to
first stop the car and then pull to the

curb? Of course not, but the answer's
still wrong.

I pull over and stop.

Don't forget to signal your stop and use
the parking brake.

With my left hand, I signal stop.

With my right hand, I pull the parking
brake.

Should I steer with my chin?

Sarcasm is not going to help matters,
Mr. Sharofsky.

Has the fire engine passed?

It has.

I check for oncoming traffic. It is
safe.

I signal I'm pulling out.

I check the rear -view mirror, and I
slowly and carefully pull out into

You forgot to disengage the parking
brake.

God damn it, are you like this with your
students?

I'm thorough with my students, and they
learn.

No wonder they call you what they call
you.

What did you say?

Don't bother me while I'm driving.

Who calls me what?

What's coming up? Railway crossing, stop
sign, divided highway. What? I asked

you a question.

I'm pressing down on the accelerator and
exceeding the speed limit.

Who calls me what, I said?

I am making a left -hand turn and to
hell with the signal. I am driving

the playground for handicapped orphans
at a high rate of speed. Mr.

Sharofsky, you will stop this car and
answer my question.

I signal I'm slowing.

I check to make sure the car sees my
signal.

I pull off onto the shoulder of the
road. I come to a complete halt. I turn

the engine.

And I fully engage the parking brake.

Now, what do they call me?

Captain Queek.

They don't.

Whatever you say, Captain.

I'll be right back.

Yeah.

Let's just lay it on the line so there
won't be any misunderstandings.

Regardless of what my mother told
Julie's mother, I was not arrested for

soliciting. Me and my friend Tracy were
pulled in for being underage and nothing

else. My friend Tracy isn't what you
think, and even if she is, she's my

and that's all you have to know about
it. Got it?

Dorothy.

What are you talking about?

You got arrested for soliciting? No, I
wasn't. Look, you fill the middle.

line, I got a friend over there named
Tracy.

Period. Oh, I thought you could sit down
in your classes.

Me? Just now.

Wait, what happened?

Yeah, what happened? Be careful.

Remember the assignment that Crandall
gave about finding a character really

from yourself?

Does that kind of stuff go on all the
time?

Yeah, just like I told you.

School of the arts. Music, acting,
dancing.

Plus all the regular stuff.

Like a combination kindergarten and zoo.

Each of you is unique and irreplaceable.

Keep that in the back of your mind.

So that when you see a Pacino, a
Robarts, a McCall,

you think to yourself, I can't do that.

Bear in mind, they probably can't do
what you do either.

We're not looking to make you into
copies of anybody.

We're looking to create originals.

Are all your teachers this kind?

Not exactly.

That was the laziest, sloppiest, dumbest
performance I have ever seen in my

life. And Cynthia, girl, what are you
doing? Come here.

Dancing like a piece of wedgewood china?

Pose it and sit down.

Now, you can strut on your own time, but
we're dancing in this class.

All right, everybody in the top
positions, let's go again.

I was lost on a winding road

Given to die.

Assuming you are here to apologize and
to explain.

Apologize and explain?

That's correct.

Apologize why and explain what?

For yesterday.

Yesterday you had a friend here
observing some of our classes. You told

Sherwood I approved it. You told me Mr.
Sharofsky gave the okay, and you told

Mr. Crandall that Miss Sherwood gave her
permission, when in fact you hadn't

talked to anybody, had you?

Well, not officially, no.

Mm -hmm.

How about unofficially?

Well, I guess they didn't do that
either.

That's why I asked to see you today.

Well, I wanted to kind of make up for
not talking to anybody yesterday.

How?

I wanted to ask you about arranging an
audition for my cousin. She just moved

here. From where?

Cleveland.

Where are her parents?

Well, her father was a policeman, but he
was killed chasing a bank robber, and

when that happened, her mother had a
nervous breakdown.

That's why Tracy came to stay with us.

Doris, how terrible for your family.

Is it your mother's brother or your
father's brother that was killed?

It happened pretty recently. It's kind
of hard to talk about.

Well, Doris, you know there are
procedures for auditioning.

And I don't think we can make exceptions
just because... I hope you're not

building up to a no, because I don't
think she could take that right now.

I mean, I'm the only person she knows in
New York.

She even had to leave her puppy back in
Cleveland.

Does the puppy have a terminal illness
that I should feel bad about, too?

Too much, huh?

Please.

Doris, if you were writing a soap opera,
honey, maybe.

Now, let's not waste each other's time.
What are we talking about here, Doris?

I guess I better tell you what happened.

Because there's a lot of stuff that you
should know.

Okay, I'm listening.

I was thinking of scheduling a
production for next semester of

Frogs, but now I'm afraid Doris will
take off for the swamps.

I don't think it's anything to joke
about.

Look, that thing about give me your
tired, your poor, that's on the Statue

Liberty, not the front of this place.

Greg's right, you know.

We're not social workers, Lydia. We're
not trained for it. Fine. We'll just

our backs on the girl.

We run the school the way the school is
set up to be run, the way it's supposed

to be run.

If the girl wants to audition, we will
audition her the next time around.

The next scheduled auditions aren't for
three months from now. I am well aware

of that.

What is it that that girl does?

She sings, dances, what?

I'm not sure.

Doris knows.

Oh, for Pete's sake.

Well, what, is the whole world going to
come to an end because we've been one of

our precious rules to let the girl
audition a couple of months early?

No, but if we bend the rules, we have to
have a reason.

I mean, if somebody asks what makes this
kid so special, we have to have an

answer. An answer that isn't draped in
well -meaning intentions and wanting to

be a do -gooder.

Well, I'm afraid that's the kind of
answer I can't deliver.

And I'm not so sure why wanting to do
good is such a terrible thing.

If this girl goes out and hits the
street again because we can't show some

flexibility... Well, I'm not going to be
the one that explains it to Doris,

because I don't think I could look her
in the eye.

Could we possibly agree on the
following?

We allow the girl to audition early, but
we do not lower our standards in the

slightest. We have a reputation that's
based upon excellence, not on being

If she qualifies, wunderbar. If not, we
will explain to Doris as best we can and

proceed to concentrate on the people
that truly belong here.

Okay. Okay.

But I get the feeling she's going to
have to be sensational in order to

you. Miss Grant, that feeling is
properly correct.

As I said, the school is based on
excellence, and that is more important

any one person.

Well?

Well, I'll go tell Garth.

Thank you.

See you guys tomorrow.

Pretty chilly between those two.

A compromise never receives a standing
ovation.

However, I have good news to brighten
your mood.

What's that?

Tomorrow I take delivery on my car. We
can take our first test drive.

It's called belly breathing.

Belly breathing?

Yeah, well, in the olden days... They
used to call it supporting a tone by

your diaphragm, but I guess everybody
started to giggle at that, so the

called it belly breathing.

But what does it do for you? Well, it
helps you sustain a note.

Um, hold it longer and keep it steady.

Uh... I just wish that I had more time
before I had to audition.

You're gonna be fine.

You hope so, or you think so?

Both. Hi.

Hi, Ma. How was Grandma?

Okay.

But at her age, you know, even the
sniffles can cause you a little concern.

But she was complaining about my not
being there often enough to visit her,

obviously she's feeling better. Did you
check the bulletin board in the kitchen?

Forgot. Was there a message?

Not for you, but for Tracy.

Oh, Tracy, you didn't let any grass grow
under your feet. Your boyfriend called.

Mrs. Schwartz, um, the person who
called, did he leave his name?

Yes, as a matter of fact, he did.

Donnie Love, if you can believe that.

If you want, I could probably get my
folks to change our number.

No, don't bother.

He won't call back.

He won't?

Then why'd he call in the first place?

Just to let me know he's still out
there.

And that...

If things don't work out for me at the
school, then he'll still be out there.

Mr. Zhuravsky, it's beautiful.

Thank you very much. I do believe it has
some merit.

It also has the steering wheel on the
right -hand side.

Is this a problem?

I'm not sure. Let's get in.

Mr. Swarovski, it has a four -speed
stick shift.

I see that.

Well, we've been doing our lessons on
the assumption it would have an

transmission. A second problem, yes?

It could be.

You told me you knew how to drive.

I do know how to drive.

Two tiny problems seem to have you panic
-stricken, if I may say so.

Mr. Swarovski, these are not tiny
problems.

However... I think we will not give in
to this problem.

We are bigger than that.

Driving along.

Residential street.

30 miles an hour.

There's an intersection coming up. You
want to make a left -hand turn.

Make that a right turn.

There's a stop sign at the intersection.

Get your hand off my knees. I'm sorry.

Mr. Sharofsky, have you finalized the
transaction regarding the car?

I mean, is it yours legally, 100 %?

All of it.

Every nut and bolt mine.

I even bought this little cap.

Is it waterproof?

Waterproof? Why?

Because it is my considered opinion that
you will swim the English Channel

before you learn how to drive.

Some of us got it, and some of us don't.

And you own it, but you don't got it.

How about one last drive around the
park?

I'd love to.

Are you ready, Tracy?

For my audition, I would like to sing
Blue Moon.

Blue Moon.

The first ones for free, Tracy.

Try it again.

Take your time.

We'll be here.

Thank you very much, Tracy.

Martelli, you did everything you could.
We appreciate it.

You know, there are times when I could
do this job for free.

This is not one of those times.

Here he is.

Not even close.

Your opinion.

Look, Doris, she was terrible.

I mean, even if she sang as well as she
could, there's no way she belongs in the

school. Her voice is average, Doris,
just average.

The same goes for her dancing.

Why didn't anybody say anything before?

Because you wouldn't have heard it.

Where's she now?

I don't know.

She left right after. She wasn't in the
hall when I left the auditorium.

We got to find her.

I got to find her real quick.

Mom, I'm going to stay here until 8 o
'clock when the janitors kick me out.

Now, if Tracy comes home before I do,
have her call me at this number, okay?

No.

Yeah, or if she calls before, have her
call me, or it's really important that I

talk to her.

No.

Ma, I got other people out on the
streets looking for her. They're going

check in with me here.

I'll be home when I get home.

That's all I know right now.

You want some company while you're
waiting?

No, thanks.

I got into this myself. I'd like to get
out the same way.

You know, I hope you're not going to get
all down in yourself about the thing

with Tracy.

She made a lot of promises I couldn't
deliver on. Hey, if she could have

in here, she'd be the happiest kid in
the world.

She'd never want to leave.

You couldn't give her your talent, Dara.
She gave you what you could, a chance.

Dumb thing to do.

A Doris thing to do.

And that's something very special.

And don't you forget it.

You're right.

Hmm?

You said she wouldn't leave the school,
and you're right.

Cover the phones. I'll be right back.

Does this sound like Dora Schwartz's
child?

How long have you been here?

Most of the afternoon.

Why are you getting made up like that?

You're going back to the guy on the
corner.

But you've been here all afternoon, so
you don't really want to go back.

Not really.

Where else is there?

Your folks?

Home?

They won't talk to me.

You don't know that until you talk to
them.

I'm scared.

And I'll tell you something else. I'm
getting sick and tired of being scared

the time. Let me tell you something now.

You remember when you asked me why I was
helping you when the vice cops were

chasing us?

My ma.

She calls me the world's twin sister.

Because a lot of times when one twin
feels bad, the other one does too.

When I see somebody start hurting, I
start hurting for them.

And that's true a lot of the times.

But when I stopped hurting for you and
started hoping was when you decided to

audition. And you started trying like
anything to get it together.

Because trying...

That's all they really teach here.

You keep trying until you find something
that works.

You can call your folks, or you can call
that slime who runs the corner.

I don't care which.

Part of what I just said is a lie.

I do care who you call.

So do a lot of other people.

You don't have to watch the phones
anymore.

I found her.

She was in the makeup room.

Is she all right?

I don't know.

Hello, I'd like to place a collective
call, please.

To Cleveland, Ohio.

I don't know what the area code is.

Mrs. John Alexander.

Just say that it's Tracy calling.

Okay. Doris, tell us your name.

My name doesn't matter.

Because most of the time, people don't
remember it anyway.

And the other half of the time, I change
it.

So let's just pass on the name thing,
okay?

I guess what you call me is a runaway.

That doesn't get it either.

Because most of the time, we're running
to someplace.

As much as running away from it.

Running to somebody who will understand
and listen.

Without judging us when we foul up.

You're supposed to be allowed to foul
up. That's what I thought.

That's how you learn.

When you're working so hard to be
daddy's little princess and mama's pride

joy, that sometimes you just want to
scream to be left alone.

And then you scream and nobody hears
you.

And you just want to find a place where
it's okay to be you.

You could be scared.

Or confused.

Or angry.

Just quiet.

Or he can just be you and it'll be all
right.

Because it's you that you want him to
love.

The you part of you.

That's why my name doesn't matter.

Because until you love me...

Neither do I.

Doris.

A plus.

Take a bow.

Thank you for watching.