All language subtitles for S02e16 - Love Is The Question

I want you to stop following me around,
buying me corsages, and telling me you

love me. For how long? You're supposed
to be tutoring me in music. I know.

The laws of harmony, not sex.

Mrs. Berg, you're reading the National
Siddler?

Of course not.

Love is a story you want to hear again
and

again.

Why did you tell everyone we spent the
night together?

We did.

big dreams.

You want fame.

Well, fame comes.

And right here is where you starve pain
and sweat.

is what warm -up is for, and you never
warm up properly, ever, ever, ever.

Oh, sweetheart, I think you might have
pulled a hamstring.

Somebody get her to the nurse's office.
Let her take a look at it. I'll do it.

Sorry, sweetheart.

When people see those two coming out of
my classroom... They're really going to

know how tough mean old Miss Granny is.

Come on, y 'all. Let's go again.

I don't have a hall pass.

Oh, hi, Troy.

Me neither. Don't worry about it.

I thought you were, like, checking.

No, I'm, like, hiding.

See, the way not to get busted for not
having a hall pass is to find a spot and

just look like you belong.

So why don't you just sit down with me
and look like you belong on account of

your do?

So, uh, what are you doing here? I
thought you'd just come in the

You're skipping from that other school
you go to, right?

Troy, I know you never skip. I was only
joking, you know, joke, ha, ha, ha, and

all that.

No, I'm here because I'm supposed to be.

I'm meeting Julie Miller in the library
next period.

She's going to be my tutor.

In what?

Mr. Shrofsky's class.

Laws of harmonics.

Laws of harmonics and melodic
progression.

I love that.

Joke. A big one, believe it.

Make way for the walking wounder. What
happened?

I pulled something in Miss Grant's
class.

It's no big thing.

Take two aspirin and call me in the
morning.

Waka, waka, waka.

Hey, uh, why did you do that?

Do what?

Stand up.

Isn't that what you're supposed to do? I
thought it was polite to stand up when

ladies entered the room.

Troy, you got a lot to learn about
women. Man, that stuff don't go no more.

What does?

What does what?

What does go with women.

Because you're right.

I don't know that much about them.

I mean, I have friends that are girls.

But I don't have any girlfriends.

You know what I mean?

See, it's mainly attitude, right?

Attitude and confidence. And you gotta
be direct.

And if you get shot down, you get shot
down.

But you're not doing too bad in that
department. I mean, you got a nice cozy

hour up in the library with Julie the
Fox.

And that's further than I ever got with
her.

I gotta go.

Don't want to keep your girl waiting,
right?

I guess.

Must be nice having a locker that makes
you smile.

Mine doesn't do a thing for me. I just
had a conversation with Troy. I mean,

that kid puts me away sometimes.

Conversation about what? Well, he asked
me to give him some advice about girls

and dates and all that stuff.

What'd you tell him? I was cool. I told
him just keep plugging away.

Well, kind of. He's upstairs in the
library studying with Julie.

You know, it's a shame. He can't
appreciate his luck.

Hey, Matulo, he appreciates.

Hey, what are you talking about? I mean,
I love the kid.

But facts are facts. And the fact is,
you know, he's retarded.

So that doesn't keep him from liking
girls.

Yeah, but he acts like a little kid.

Yeah, in some ways. Yeah, but
physically, he's what he is. He's a 16

guy. I mean, he wants to be normal. What
can be more normal than wanting to be

around a pretty girl?

A little quiet, please.

This is the library, Miss Sherwood.

I try to keep a low profile.

You have bats under your eyes.

Well, I suppose there was a more
diplomatic way of putting it. You sure

not working too hard?

No, I'm not working too hard.

But what I am doing is having a house
guest who's driving me a little bit

My ex -roommate from college.

Reunions can be a lot of fun, so they
say.

But you're supposed to reunite with
someone you know.

This guy has developed an attitude with
a capital A. He's gone through four

marriages and is presently a roving
reporter for three, uh,

newspapers.

Why is it, uh, newspapers?

Scandal sheets.

If he lined a garbage can with them,
he'd have to apologize to the can.

How much longer is he still?

Two days. Two more days and I'm out from
under.

I can make it.

Oh, you can make it.

So, in harmonic progression, the bass
often moves up a fifth or down a fifth.

For example, here's a one, to a four, to
a five, to a

six, to a four, to a two, then it goes
to the five, and then back to the one.

Am I going too fast for you?

Uh -uh.

Okay, let's move on to triads.

Julie, I lied.

About what?

You are going too fast.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Do you want to go back to the head of
the chapter?

What I was thinking was...

It's a stupid idea.

Troy, I want you to stop saying stupid.
You're not stupid.

We're all smart in different ways and
about different things.

I'm slow about some things and I'm fast
about others.

Same with you.

I think the term is we compliment each
other.

Do you know what that means?

Oh, really?

Well, it's like this assignment.

I need the extra credit I can get by
tutoring you.

And you need the help I can give you.

So you plus me makes a complete package.
We complement each other.

You plus me?

That's it, yes.

What were you going to ask?

I was wondering, maybe some night you
could come over to my house and we could

study there.

Super.

Okay, once more.

When is the median triad most effective?

None of this stuff is going to make me
sing any better.

It's not supposed to make you sing
better. It's supposed to help you pass

exam. I got a key for Mr.

Shroff's. Do you want to see it?

Yeah, later.

It's the key to the school.

so I can get in any time and rehearse my
song.

Mr. Swarovski trusts me, but I won't use
it.

I mean, I'm afraid of the school and
nobody's there.

Well, it's having the key that counts.

It's a sign that he trusts you. Anyone
for milk and cookies?

Buy the TV.

Troy, it's almost bedtime.

Isn't Julie wonderful? I mean, really
wonderful?

Uh, I can't stay too late.

Um, I'll have one cookie and half a
glass of milk.

Okay.

And you pick what we watch.

Oh, now, use your passkey and fill your
thing.

What would I ever do without you, Louie?

Bernie!

Yeah, oh, yeah, I'm back here.

Bernie, what's that smell?

I don't smell anything.

Bernie, I asked you not to smoke these
things.

Oh, gotta smoke them, man.

They'll kill you if you eat them.

Damn it, Bernie, I'm serious.

Okay. All right, I'll leave.

What? I'll leave. I'm out of here, man.

Come on, Bernie. Don't get bummed out
just because I don't like cigars.

Look, I can leave right now. I'm already
packed.

What do you mean you're packed?

I started about 3 o 'clock this
afternoon when the paper called and said

to go to Cleveland on an assignment.

Cleveland.

They didn't offer me any hardship pay,
either.

I admit it. You almost had me going.
Yeah.

Well, it seems some rock star from
Cleveland got himself killed in a

accident.

They want me to cover the funeral.

You know, if I can get any pictures of
the groupies or lovers that might show

up.

Come on, it's a dirty job, but
somebody's got to do it.

Why is it necessary to cover some guy's
funeral just to see who he was or wasn't

involved with? I mean, who does it help?
Who benefits?

my pocketbook benefits yeah just seems
kind of ghoulish to me i remember all

that talk about responsible journalism
and the role of the investigative

reporter oh oh yeah yeah i was gonna be
a great reporter and you were gonna be a

great actor remember i guess we both had
to make some compromises along the way

that's life man yeah it's true it's true

But when I do my job well, I'm proud of
what I've accomplished.

Because that means I've helped a kid
somewhere along the way.

And I don't see where you can say
anything like that.

Yeah, well, that pride stuff, that's a
little hard to come by in my racket.

Oh, come on, man.

Look, before I go, I'm going to put
together a wall of photographs back on

place on the coast.

You know, kid pictures, old sweeties,
people who worked at things like that.

Do you have any pictures of you and me
when we were in school together?

I don't know.

There's a box down here on the bottom
shelf. Check it out. Thank you very

All right.

Oh,

yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Look at this.

You and me on the waterfall, O .T.

Sorry to imagine me on a water polo
team, innit?

Yeah.

Times change.

People change.

Yeah. Yeah, they sure as hell do.

Seems a shame to wake Julie, Mrs.
Miller.

She'll be fine here.

Of course, I'll give her a ride home in
the morning.

After breakfast.

Okay. Bye -bye.

I hear singing and there's no one there.

I smell blossoms and the trees are bare.

You're not sick, you're just in love.

All together now.

I hear you singing and there's no one
there.

But you feel...

Bruno,

I've been looking all over for you. Hi,
Doris.

You just missed the duet of the century.

Guess what?

I got a hunch that even if we don't
guess, you might tell us.

I'm in love.

That's terrific.

Anyone we know?

You bet.

Julie.

Julie?

Julie? Our cello playing Julie?

Your music tutor.

Great, huh?

What can I say? Julie's a terrific girl.

I had to come tell you first, Bruno.
You're my best friend.

It is okay, isn't it? Me in love with
someone beautiful like Julie.

You can love anyone you want, right,
Doris?

Yeah, it's free country.

Like Bruno said, Julie's a terrific
girl.

This is my very first time in love with
somebody.

He wants to be like anybody else.

Damn, he's gonna get hurt.

Just like anybody else.

You're kidding. You?

Julie, I need to talk to you.

Uh -oh. What you need to do is buy a
ticket or get out of line.

Great. How many?

I don't know. What's on the program?

Bruno.

How's it going between you and Troy?

Pretty good.

You know, we're going to this concert
tonight. I thought if he could hear some

of the harmonic progression Shirovsky
keeps talking about.

He really might be able to understand
the whole relationship.

Hey, Julie, I think you're making a
mistake.

Hey, Bruno.

Hi, Troy.

Hi, Julie.

Look, Bruno, do you want a ticket or
not?

Not.

Rachel.

I need to talk to you. Yeah, I need to
talk to you.

I need to talk to you about two things.

You remember the song you gave me last
week?

Yeah.

There are some words in there. I don't
quite know what they mean.

Well, we could talk about it in study
hall. I mean, I probably misspelled them

or something.

Okay.

I'm going to the concert tonight with
Julie.

I heard.

And I need you to tell me what to wear.

I think it's really important to look
nice for her.

Yeah, well, I don't think Julie really
cares what you wear.

I mean, whatever you wear, she's still
gonna feel the same way about you.

Really?

You got a free period after Mr.
Reardon's class, right?

I'll meet you in the wardrobe room.
We'll see if we can't find something.

Maybe talk over some stuff, too, okay?

You're my good friend.

You're my real good friend.

Mrs. Berg, do you have a pincers or a
pliers or something?

Earth to Mrs. Berg.

Come in, Mrs. Berg.

Come back later.

Much later.

Mrs. Berg, you're reading the National
Fiddler?

Of course not.

I never even knew such a thing existed.

But someone, some horribly twisted
person, must have put one in my shopping

last night.

And you just had to read it cover to
cover to see how awful it really was.

Exactly. In this issue, there's an
article about sex and the single men in

big cities. Some such thing.

And there are pictures.

A young man in swim trunks.

I mean, we're talking Mark's... Bits eat
your heart out.

Mrs. Berg, what you do in the privacy of
your own home is up to you. I'm getting

to the good part.

The young man is Mr.

Reardon.

This blonde tiger is a perfect example
of the predatory contemporary male

presently roaming the urban sexual
jungle.

You've got to let me borrow this. Life
and death, a month.

Well, I don't know. I was thinking of
framing it.

Oh, I'll bring it back good as new as I
promised.

Concentration. At all times, you must
concentrate on what's taking place up

on stage.

Because in real life, there are all
kinds of things and people who cause

distractions that take our attention
away from where it's supposed to be.

And the more you exercise these powers
of concentration, the sooner you'll feel

more comfortable with them.

So, to begin exercising your powers of
concentration, as some of you obviously

need, let's practice focusing on an
object.

Now, if you're really focusing, you'll
learn to see things that aren't there.

Because you're using your imagination,
not only your eyes to see.

Everything around us has any number of
levels.

And as you'll come to realize, what you
see is really only one of those levels.

The more levels you see, the more
interesting your work will become.

Now, won't each of you... find something
to look at. It can be anything. An

article of clothing, a pencil, chair,
whatever.

Choose an object and concentrate on it.
I want you to observe every single

detail of what you're looking at.

But don't stare. That's not the point.

Coco, your eyes are bulging. Come on,
don't stare. Just look.

Any for your thoughts?

He helped me pick it out.

Looks macho tough, huh? What are you
doing here?

You can't cafeteria food three days in a
row. It might become healthy for you if

you're not careful.

So do you like the jacket or not?

Fashion's never been one of my strong
points.

It's you, I'm telling you.

A real macho, huh?

Julia will love it.

I love her.

Hey, don't rush it. She's just your
music tutor.

It's okay. She loves me, too.

Why do you think that, Troy?

Danny said when girls come over to your
house and cook for you, they're crazy

about you.

Julie made breakfast at my house.

Troy, Julie always makes breakfast for
music students before tutoring.

Not before tutoring.

After.

From the night before.

After we slept together all night.

It really means something.

Who says so?

All the people I told about me and Julie
sleeping together.

How's the flower?

Still alive.

It was the biggest one in the whole
store.

Your hair smells real nice.

I can't hear, okay?

Me neither.

I don't like this music.

Pretend.

So how come you don't want to wear it
home?

Well, it really overheats those buttons.

It never lasts.

I better put it in the cooler.

That's a good idea.

That way you can wear it to school
tomorrow.

Oh, I don't know, Troy.

You know how the other kids are.

They might get envious.

Well, you're not just going to leave
that in the cooler, are you?

I just want to make sure it lasts as
long as possible. That's all.

Julie.

I like you.

A lot.

I like you too, Troy.

Your friendship means a lot to me.

I had a good time tonight. Did you have
a good time?

Yes.

I love that music.

Troy.

I love you.

Hey.

It's after 11 o 'clock.

Do your decking someplace else. I got
work to do.

My last bus leaves at 11 .13.

Go catch your bus, Troy.

I'll get myself home.

Go on. It's okay.

Okay.

See you tomorrow, okay?

Fine. See you tomorrow.

Dear God.

Well, when do you expect him back in?

And you better get out of Pat and
Pencil, pal, because I want to leave a

message. Yes, I'll wait.

Good morning.

All right.

You tell that cigar -sucking hypocrite
that if ethics were dynamite, he

blow his nose.

You tell him that if I'm ever driving
and see him in a crosswalk looking the

wrong way, it's all over.

You tell him that... Hello?

Hello?

That only works in movies.

Tapping the button like that will only
break the connection.

If it isn't broken already.

You're right.

You know, I spent 45 minutes yesterday
going to every bulletin board in this

place, taking down that picture.

Waste of time.

They're already back up.

David. If you just look at it with a
certain sense of humor, I mean, a lot of

people would be flattered to have a
picture like that in a national

Would you be flattered?

Well... No, I suppose not.

But that doesn't mean everybody would be
disapproving.

Actually, I talked to my mother last
night. I told her about the picture.

And what did your mother say?

She asked if I could get your autograph.

I've got to get ready for first period.

See you later.

Still waters run deep.

She's got the power that keeps making
you high.

She's got the body jumping.

Cheese the bomb!

Too late, Robert.

I thought I knew you.

What are you talking about?

Troy Phillips isn't just anybody.

I know.

You're supposed to be tutoring me in
music.

I was, and I guess I still am.

The laws of harmony, not sex.

The subject is harmony.

I think I resent the hell out of what
you just said.

Saturday night when you slept together.

Oh, that.

Oh, that.

Troy didn't really say that, did he? He
didn't say, I slept with Julia.

Look, we had milk and cookies when we
were studying. When we watched TV, we

asleep on the couch.

You mean when he said slept together, he
meant slept together?

I bet he told you I made breakfast for
him.

Me and Danny and half the Manhattan
phone.

Hi, Julie.

You guys should have seen the dance
number I just saw. It was so great.

Julie, be nice.

Troy, why did you tell everyone we spent
the night together?

We did.

But we didn't sleep together the way
people think we slept together.

I didn't mean anything bad.

Listen, okay?

You are my friend.

I'm your friend. That's it.

Nothing more than friends.

Understand?

I want you to stop following me around,
buying me corsages, and telling me you

love me.

For how long?

For good. Forever.

Listen, Troy.

I'm sorry. I just don't feel the same
way about you.

The whole thing's been a dumb, stupid
mistake.

Where are you going?

I don't know where I'm going.

I do know what you said the other day
isn't true.

I am dumb.

And I am stupid.

And I'm never going to be anything else
as long as I live.

Troy.

What are you doing?

You always have your lunch in here?

I have some thinking to do before I eat.

I see.

Well, listen, I've got some thinking to
do myself.

Mind if I share the room?

Sure.

I come here a lot.

It's sort of like a hiding place.

Sounds good to me.

Bet you can't hear the girls whistle at
you back here.

I see you heard about my little problem.

Girls whistling at you is a problem?

Are you making a joke?

Fact is, I'm not very comfortable
getting whistled at in the halls.

How about outside?

Do you like whistles better there?

No. I'd give anything to have girls like
me.

Yeah?

Mr. Reardon, you're lucky. You got to
have your picture in the newspaper.

Lucky?

No way.

If I had luck like yours... I could have
Julie.

Troy.

No matter how much some people like each
other, it may be they're only meant to

be friends.

But everybody has a girlfriend but me.

Danny's got loads.

Come on, Troy.

Just give it time.

Is that what you're going to do with
your problem?

Are you going to give it time?

Don't see as I have much choice in the
matter.

Besides, it's pretty tough for a teacher
to hang on to a problem for very long

around here.

Why?

Well, because there's usually someone
else who's hurting

a little bit worse.

Someone who needs some help.

You start helping that person, pretty
soon your problems don't seem so

anymore.

Do you mean if you help somebody, your
problems go away?

No.

No, not go away exactly.

It just helps to remind you that nobody
in this world gets a free ride.

And we've all got problems.

And knowing that is what ought to bring
us together, not drive us apart.

Do you like liverwurst?

One of my favorites.

My mom.

You think you should put a lot of
lettuce and mayonnaise on it. I won't be

to tell what it is.

But I can spot liverwurst a mile away.

Thank you very much.

I gotta go now.

Where to?

I'm not going to a place.

I'm going to a person.

I'm going to a person who can help me.

It ain't never worse.

He wasn't in Reardon's class this
afternoon, and he never cuts Reardon's

Who said he was cutting? Maybe he was
sick.

He was in all his classes this morning.
I checked.

You checked? Doris, that's butting in.
You're not the FBI.

That's a friend trying to help.

And that's guilt talking.

Yeah, and if we don't do something, then
we're all going to feel guilty.

Why?

The truth is we shouldn't do anything
about it. Yeah, the deal was we were

supposed to treat Troy like anyone else.
I mean, if it was me and I was trying

to... Amatulo, let's try and pretend
there were ladies present.

Be with.

If I was trying to be with some chick,
even some chick you hated. Oh, yeah, you

hated her. Did you hate her as much as
we hate the term chick?

You still wouldn't barge in. I mean,
you'd let me get my lumps, and that's

in the big city.

That's right. I agree with Amatulo. Kids
don't go around in this school telling

other kids what to do.

All right, well, wait a minute. There's
a difference, all right? Because, all

right, we're kids, but, I mean, Troy is
a child, you know?

Yes, he's a child emotionally, but love
and sex, first time, it's tough for

everybody. And how do you know so much
about Troy? I read a lot. Good for you.

Typical male action.

Typical female.

Ah, good.

Oh, hi, Mrs. Phillips.

No, was he supposed to be?

Oh, yeah, I forgot.

He probably just missed the bus or
something.

Sure, I'll tell him.

Yeah, I'll tell him if he comes in.

When he comes in.

Okay. Sure. Bye -bye.

What?

He told his mother that he went to get
Melanie and that he was coming here for

rehearsal and that was hours ago.

He's gonna hit on her.

He'll get shot down like a bad rocket.

Mr. Sharofsky gave him a key to the
school.

Sharofsky gives lots of kids keys to the
school.

Never used it before.

Want to see if it works?

Hey, first place to check is the makeup
room. There's lots of mattresses there.

And I don't read much. I just happen to
know.

What

are you

guys doing here?

We need somebody to think of something.

Your mom called for you at my place.

She thought you'd be there. We came
looking for you, see if you were okay.

Why wouldn't I be okay?

We were worried about you.

There's nothing to worry about. Me and
Melanie were just helping each other.

I don't understand.

Well, Mr. Airden, he said the way to
help with the problem you have... is you

help someone else with the problem they
have.

So I went to Melanie and told her I'd
help her rehearse and make up for the

she lost on account she hurt her leg.

And she'd help me understand some of the
words in Bruno's song I don't quite

know about.

And that way we could help each other
fit in.

Troy, you don't think you fit in?

I fit in.

But not everybody knows it yet.

Well, as long as we're all convened
here, you might as well tell me the

you don't understand.

See, it's this word.

Intrinsic.

Intrinsic means

Something that is so much a part of
something else that without that, the

thing would change completely.

Like, nicest is intrinsic to a guy named
Troy Phillips.

And trust is a part of friendship.

You couldn't have Mickey without Mouse.

Exactly.

Want to take a shot?

intrinsically part of life.

Everyone knows.

Everyone knows.

I get that now.

ABANDON

Not much we can do.

Love is a giant.

Quote a greater being.

Phone home.

My mom!