All language subtitles for S03E10 - Equals

I don't look like a dancer. I don't move
like a dancer. I don't even talk like a

dancer. You know what the real problem
is here? You're a friend of mine. And it

just about kills Tinkerbell there to
even think about helping out a friend of

mine. I was just trying to help.

Do me a favor and don't.

You better keep that

wheelchair of yours off short piers and
get it equipped with pontoons. Because

if I'm ever standing in back of you, I'm
not sure honestly what I'll do.

Beautiful. You all are really learning
the art of improvisation. I'm so proud.

You're really relating to each other.

Don't hit the showers. You deserve it.

Well, so what do you think?

Well, you know, it's not exactly my
area, you know what I mean? Oh, dance is

everybody's area. It's a universal
language.

Yeah, well, I guess I'm just deaf and
dumb.

Don't.

Why did you really ask me down here,
Miss Grant?

Mr. Morlock, I was hoping that maybe if
you came to one of our classes and you

saw how hard we work, that you and I
could understand each other better and

fighting like a couple of pole cats.

Miss Grant, my job's to run this school
and try to teach a little math and

science. It'll be a cold day in Hades if
I understand why a bunch of pity -pat

people want to parade around in tutus
pretending to be butterflies and swans

with unemployment running 9 % out there.

Well, thank you, Mr. Morlock, for
keeping such an open mind.

Well, Miss Grant, since you're so all
-fired interested in us understanding

other, please remind me the last time
you boogied down the hall to take in one

of my science classes. Your science
classes? Oh, there you are, Mr. Morlock.

There's a telephone call for you. Not
now, Mrs. Berg. I'm on a roll. Well, I'm

sorry, sir, but it's a long -distance
call. A Mr.

Carl Rogers.

Lefty Rogers?

He just said Carl.

Well, that's lefty, that old horse -eyed
son of a gun.

Now, there's an example of someone who
devoted his life to a pastime that's

worthy of a real man.

And what might that be?

He's a baseball player.

Oh, what a contribution to society.

One of the best pitchers in the history
of the game.

Ever.

Hey, what do you... You don't mind, do
you, Martelli?

I only own the place.

Please, on the house.

You know something, Martelli?

You were right about this Christmas.

It's good.

Well, you know, I never say I told you
so. But you told me so.

I know, I know.

Give me a break.

What's wrong? You got something against
gorgeous men?

No, no. The keyboard guy from the other
group is going to help me with my

singing.

When?

After hours.

Oh, and you really thought he was going
to concentrate on your voice?

Don't be such a cynic.

Where's Martelli?

Cynical. Darling, in my house, the tooth
fairy is a gay orthodontist.

Well, you can't expect them to turn down
money like that. That's a lot of money.

I don't expect them to turn it down.

I was just counting on some help, that's
all.

I'll help you. I don't want your help.

Holly Laird won.

My self -esteem, zero.

Bruno is a terrific vocal coach. I know
that.

It's just you guys have known each other
for years.

Sometimes breaking into that circle can
be kind of tough. It's not your fault.

It's just something that happens over a
long period of time.

And I wanted... A vocal coach who hasn't
coached me and Coco and half the other

kids in school.

Exactly.

I'm going to go get at the table.

Two express. I'll hold the check.

You know, I really thought we were
friends.

What makes you think we're not friends?

Well, a friend would have called me up
and said, Hey, Schwartz, get right down

here. We got a piano player. Makes Tom
Selleck look like Mr. Potato Head. Get

your buns down to Caruso and embarrass
yourself.

But did such a call come?

It started tonight, Doris. Will you
please relax?

Malhotov, we're friends again.

His name is Billy Christensen.

So he'll convert.

Doris, I gotta warn you. Things get a
little complicated with Billy.

Married? No.

Spoken for?

No.

He likes girls.

Yeah, he loves girls.

A match made in heaven.

You and Billy?

He likes girls?

Holly needs a vocal coach. Holly needs a
girl.

Watch me work.

What are you

looking at?

The force of nature.

Huh? Hurricane Schwartz.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Lefty?

Hey, Red Dog.

Toledo, Ohio.

Bottom of the ninth, us against the
Mudhens.

This is one at first and a three and two
count.

Harris, sit back.

It's an inside curve.

Harris gets a piece of it. Pounds it
into the dirt. Rogers jumps on the ball.

Fires to second for the out. Second
fires to first. In time for the double

That's all she wrote sports fans.

He was safe by three feet. What a rotten
call.

Red Dog, you haven't changed.

Neither one of us has.

Well, we're both still liars. What the
hell are you? Pretty good. Pretty good.

You heard about the... About the elbow?

Yeah, I read about it.

Major's lost the best day ever had.

Listen, Rick, I thought I'd buy us a
couple of steaks to tell you a story.

You might even help me out on something.
Sounds good to me.

Good. Then meet me over at the dugout,
say, around 7?

The dugout?

Yeah. Is that okay?

Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, it's just I
haven't been there since I quit playing.

Well, it hasn't changed much.

Seven o 'clock. Seven o 'clock.

Chris Conner, Nito Day, Peggy Lee, and
BB King.

Not BB King. I told you to pick up
something by Morgana King. Oh. Well, I

of wondered about that when I looked at
his picture.

Anyway, you listened.

I listened.

And?

And they do more than just sing words.
They sing the thoughts.

Which is what I told you.

Which is what you told me.

Now, here's some more people you ought
to hear.

Now, you won't find them in a regular
store. A lot of their stuff isn't in

release anymore.

I haven't heard of any of these people.

Fair is fair. They haven't heard of you
either.

Okay. This is going to take me some
time, though. I don't know if I can get

here tonight.

You're going to be here tomorrow night,
though, right?

I want a nightly option, but so far it
looks good.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay.

What was that for?

changed all that much.

A couple new faces, but everything's
pretty much the same.

Just like the game.

To the game. The game.

Listen, Red, I've got a chance at some
work, and I think I might be in the

market for some coaching.

I knew it.

I knew this was going to happen. Listen,
nothing.

would make me prouder than to be able to
offer you a coaching job.

But this school where I'm at now, they
don't have an athletic program of any

kind. I'm ashamed to say it, but there's
no sports, none at all.

I know that.

Mr. Rogers, I'm sorry to bother you, but
there's this gentleman at the bar who's

just dying to get your autograph.

Sure thing.

He says it for his son.

What's his name?

His name's Leonard.

aren't you?

Why, yes.

Matter of fact, I am.

I had you for science, too, about eight
years ago.

Staten Island.

Nice to see you again.

Must be nice getting asked for your
autograph.

It is.

But it doesn't happen much anymore.

That's why I need that school of yours.

I don't follow.

Look, Quentin, I've been getting some
offers to do television. You know,

commercials, endorsements, even some
variety stuff.

Now, I know they've got ways to make you
look good, but that's not my style.

I want to know what I'm doing when
they've got me up there singing and

Singing and dancing?

Sure.

I cut a demo a couple years ago, but
that was still a couple years ago.

That's where your school comes in.

I thought maybe you could hook me up
with, say, a dance teacher or a drama

coach.

I teach science.

Come on.

You're the vice principal. Don't tell me
you're not plugged in to all those

departments. You must be.

Oh, nurse.

More.

You didn't tell her yet, did you?

Holly?

No.

You think that was fair?

You want to talk about fair?

You want to talk about feeling sorry for
yourself?

You know how sometimes things just work
perfect?

I mean, there's a chemistry there. He
knows exactly what I'm trying to

accomplish and how to help me get there.

Can we talk about something else?

Like reality?

I know it probably won't stay like this,
but it's just so nice to have it start

out halfway decent.

Well, what's up for the next chapter?

With any luck, you'll ask me out.

Why wait for him to ask you out?

Because that's the way these things are
done.

Who said so? The whole civilized world.

You know, you guys burn me up.

Excuse me, persons.

You know, you're always talking about
equal this and equal that, right?

Especially this one. And I ain't got no
beef with that.

But how come every time it comes for you
guys to make the first move, I wind up

getting the elections?

I mean, I don't understand that.

He's right, you know.

I guess he's allowed.

I'm going to do it.

I'll ask Billy out. I mean, what could
happen? He could say no. He could love

it. I know I did.

Okay, I'll bite.

Who asked you out?

You want to know?

Yeah. Nancy Greco in the third grade.
Well, she had a body like a fourth

It was amazing. She had a thin waist.

Not interested.

Miss Grant?

Mr. Morlock, I am merely taking you at
your word. Now, you were the one that

said you're not interested in any
singing or dancing or any of that stuff.

Or didn't I hear you correctly?

Miss Grant, I'm disappointed.

Truly, I am.

Well, silly me.

I was hoping that you could look past
our petty differences and try to help a

fellow artist like my friend Lefty.

Please, fellow artist.

All right, okay.

Let's say potential artist.

Mr. Morlock, what do you think Billy
Martin would say if I showed up at

Stadium and introduced myself to him as
a potential shortstop?

Well, that's an absurd example.

He's a professional.

Well, so am I. And what I do is teach
these kids who have a real potential at

putting a career together, not coaching
somebody who's out to grab a beer

commercial.

Between you and Billy Martin, I think I
bet on you.

I thought I told you to wait in the
office.

That Mrs. Burr tossed me out.

I thought I was underput.

Mr. Rogers, I hope you understand that
what I was saying has nothing to do with

you personally. I understand that.

You said what you said because you care
about what you do.

I wouldn't be looking for help from
anyone who didn't feel like that.

Now, you're wasting your time, Lefty.
You know what the real problem is here?

You're a friend of mine. And it just
about kills Tinkerbell there to even

about helping out a friend of mine. That
is a terrible thing to say.

Well, it must be an even worse thing to
have to admit. Excuse me. I have to go

teach a class.

Anyone home?

Who isn't home?

Hi.

Hi. Oh, why didn't you come in?

I am.

I told Billy I'd meet him here at five.

Well, you're a little early.

Well, you can probably tell I like the
taste of thin.

Oh, I kind of guessed at it, but then
again, I'm incredibly perceptive.

How'd you like to go out with me
tomorrow night?

Wait, don't answer that, because I don't
really want to go out with you tomorrow

night. I mean, you're a wonderful guy
and everything, but I really just kind

wanted to rehearse it on you to see if I
could really do it.

Do what?

Ask a guy out.

See, I've never done it before, and I
thought I'd try it out on you.

It's kind of like going off a high dive
for the first time. You don't have to

take that first step.

The rest of it's a breeze.

So, how'd you like to go out with me
tomorrow night?

See, it's a piece of cake.

Look, this is probably none of my
business.

That's never stopped me before, so would
you mind telling me who this is

supposed to be about?

Hey, Martelli, you want to give me a
hand up here?

Chair's on top of the stairs. You want
to get inside before somebody rips it

off?

Hi, sports fans.

Billy, what happened? Are you okay?

That's two questions.

What happened to me happened a long time
ago, and there's nothing anyone can do

about it.

And I'll be okay just as soon as
Martelli gets my chair inside and I get

negotiating these illegal steps.

You know, they have this item on the
market. It only goes back about three

million years. They call it a ramp.

So then you've seen them.

Yeah, look, the management about that.

You don't know what to say.

You're in shock, but you don't want to
say that because that would sound cruel

and you wouldn't want that.

You're angry at me because you think I
should have said something earlier.

I'm not so sure you're right about that
part.

Let me hang up my coat.

I can do it. I'm perfectly capable of
doing it, Holly. Thank you very much.

Billy, would you like to go out with me
tomorrow night?

I hope you say yes.

She was using me to rehearse before, and
I hate to think that all that time and

energy went for nothing.

You rehearsed.

Was that hard to ask me out?

It's not you.

It's not you. It would have been just as
hard...

To ask Charlie Brown or Howdy Doody or
James Watt.

I tell you what.

We'll keep working on the singing and
everything, just like we've been doing.

But let's put the date thing on the back
burner.

I don't think I'd give you a yes on
that.

Why not?

Because I'm not so sure you want me to
say yes.

my idea to put me in his dance number.
No, it was not. Danny. It wasn't my

that Leroy Johnson got the flu. No, it
was not. Daniel. You know, I don't look

like a dancer. I don't move like a
dancer.

I don't even talk like a dancer. You
know, until two weeks ago, I thought a

pirouette would serve as a line.

Mr. Amatulo, I was just about to tell
you how nicely I think you're coming

in this number.

Which is?

Well, you know, a Morlock's talking
about that baseball player, Rogers.

Well, look, he's trying to brush up on
this stuff, so why don't we see if he's

any good and give him a shot at it?

What do you say?

I say shut up and dance. Hey, but if
he's any good? I don't care if he dances

like Fred or stands and sings like
Pavarotti.

He's not earned a place here, and you
have.

His curveball made me 50 bucks on the
playoffs, Miss Grant.

Well, good. You can take that money and
buy yourself a pair of tights.

You're about an hour early, aren't you?

Oh, I was looking for someplace quiet.

Well, you found it.

Do you need to be alone?

I'm not sure.

Would you like me to leave?

No.

Could I offer you half an exhaled tank?

Maybe it would help to talk about it.

See, there's this guy.

There's this guy.

Such a simple declarative sentence.

But it sure seems to be the start of a
lot of extremely complicated stories,

doesn't it?

Well, this one gets pretty complicated
pretty quick.

It's not as if anyone said it would be
easy.

But you're bending over backwards to
make it even harder.

Harder for who, Holly?

I'm just trying to build a character.

Of course she's got character, no
question about it.

But you can get around her. And how am I
supposed to do that?

Sweet talker.

You're good at that.

No, I'm not good at that.

Besides, I'd see through it in a second.

I'm not talking about lying, Holly.

I'm just talking about...

Creating a good atmosphere where he
might let his guard down a little and

communicate.

Suppose he says no?

That's the chance you take.

Kind of like the first time my pop ever
took me to the horse races, right?

He let me pick the horses in the first
three races, right? Me, pick the horses,

okay? All the horses I picked won first
place, right? I'm standing there

wondering why everybody doesn't make
their living at the horse races.

So what happened?

Fourth race.

Fifth race. Sixth race. So you're just
going to give up on the whole thing? Is

that it?

Quinn, why is it so important to you
whether or not I can convince your Miss

Grant to give me a hand?

First of all, she's anything but my Miss
Grant.

And secondly, because a lot of people at
that school have certain preconceptions

about ex -jocks and what we're all
about.

You could help change all that.

It sounds to me like there's a lot of
misunderstanding on both sides.

You know, what bothers me most is when I
think about how I reacted, I came off

like a prejudiced person, and I don't
think I am.

It's not the same prejudice that blacks
or Jews or other minorities get, but it

is a way of thinking about the disabled
that just doesn't give us the same shot

as other people get.

Okay, all right, fine.

Fair enough.

But don't drive her away from you.

Help her understand.

She's never gonna understand.

You gotta realize her world is that
school, period.

No. Her world is performing.

And if you can get her to understand
just how much alike the performer and

athlete really are, we'll be over the
hump.

Okay. I'll hang in there.

Well, I'll give it a shot if you think I
should.

Look, I'm only doing this for you.

I think it's a lost cause myself.

Uh, what kind of grade did I give you
back in Staten Island?

See?

Some things never change.

Good night, Mrs. Berg.

For some, yes.

For others, fat chance.

Mrs. Berg, have I done something to make
you angry?

Say, rather, disappointed.

Well, how have I disappointed you, Mrs.
Burns?

It was the summer of 1980.

What was?

National League playoffs against the
Mets.

My Mets.

It's the bottom of the ninth.

Two out.

And a count of three and oh.

Mr. Morlock's friend is on the mound.

He takes his stretch.

Checks the bases.

Then burns an inside curve. Strike one!

Second pitch is a swing and a miss for a
full count of

three and two.

Then that man broke my heart with a
fastball clocked at 104

miles an hour. Strike three!

It's all over.

Wasn't that what he was supposed to do?

He knocked the Mets out of the playoffs.

Mrs. Berg, I'm sorry. Truly, I am.

But I still don't understand why you're
mad at me.

Because you're putting him in your show.

No, I'm not.

Then what is he doing in the auditorium
rehearsing with your dancers?

Rehearsing?

Driving me wild

This is your time, but don't wait too
late.

what it says.

Therefore, be advised that members of
the National Grant Committee will be

attending your showcase production on
the 19th. Why?

Because I invited them, that's why.

But you know that Leroy Johnson is out
with the flu.

Yes, I'd heard that.

Well, then you must also know that I put
Danny Amatulo in the role.

Interesting choice.

Well, I thought I'd give the boy a
chance to grow.

You know, stretch.

But it's not the sort of thing he's
going to do well in front of an overly

critical audience.

May I remind you that you have at your
disposal a man who, if given just a

smidgen of help, could save the day for
all of us. A man who could have that

committee just begging us to accept
their money.

Carl Rogers.

My thoughts per se... Oh, Mr. Morla! You
know, it would be beneath me.

To mention the wide range of
possibilities as regards the recipients

grant dollars.

Now, you see there?

Grant. Even the name fits.

Maybe a brand new dance floor sounds
good to you. Or perhaps some

lockers with real doors on the front of
them. Ooh, Quentin Morlock. That's

blackmail. No.

It's just hardball.

Give it some thought.

Mr. Morlock, are you aware of the fact
that your friend paid each one of my

dancers $10 to stay after school to help
him put a routine together?

No, I didn't know that.

But we are trying to turn out
professionals, aren't we?

Seems to me he was just trying to speed
up the process.

Not now, Mrs. Berg.

She says she's going to take me out of
the show, and that's definite.

She's not the type to go back on her
word.

Maybe I should fake an injury or
something.

And you're not the type to chicken out.

I don't know, man. I've been talking to
some of the dancers, and they said that

guy's pretty good.

So are you.

Yeah.

No, you're all right, Martelli.

I'm trying to make me feel better and
all.

Put it there, man. I'm glad to have you
as a friend.

Hey, I'm too low. Yo. Free food. Sit.
Rest it, Dawes. Please, please.

Thank you.

Here.

Why not just use it? It might be messy.

Holly, I usually don't eat out of a
trough. Oh, and you look so cute dressed

like an Italian tablecloth.

Who's got the dressing?

Oh, I do.

Oh, dear.

Uh, here.

Here. I've got some.

I've got four for you.

What? Oh, oh.

Um, I'll get you another one. Don't
bother. No, I'll be fine. Just the way I

like it.

Then by all means, help yourself.

I was just trying to help.

Do me a favor and don't. I'm 23 years
old, Holly. I don't need a damn

babysitter.

I'm sorry you're disabled.

I really am.

What Holly did was klutzy.

Very well -meaning, but klutzy.

What you did, on the other hand, was
done intentionally to be cruel.

So from me to you, please know this.

You better keep that wheelchair of yours
off short piers and get it equipped

with pontoons, because if I'm ever
standing in back of you, I'm not sure

honestly what I'd do.

Just another pretty face.

Thanks a lot.

Hey, come on. That was a joke.

I didn't get it.

I know.

That's okay.

You don't have to explain stuff to
people who really care about you.

Meaning?

Meaning, if this thing with Billy works
for you, that's terrific.

If it doesn't, that's okay, too.

Because a bunch of us have gotten to
know the person inside.

And we think that person is pretty
special.

Everybody thinks that things are
different for me.

They just assume that I'm going to make
the easy choices. Just because... Go

ahead and say it.

Just because you're pretty.

It's really not fair, you know.

Yeah, I've had similar thoughts.

I don't want everything to be cute and
pretty all the time.

I want them to mean something.

You know, I don't care if Billy's in a
wheelchair. It really doesn't matter to

me.

Well, if it doesn't matter, if it really
doesn't matter, then you just

got to ask yourself one very simple
question.

Are you trying to prove something?

To yourself, to us, to everyone?

Like?

Like would you be trying so hard to
stick with this guy if he wasn't in a

wheelchair?

Come on.

Let's go home.

Yes, you'll get it. You'll get it. Hey,
I'll be here in a minute.

I'm over here in a minute.

I think I pulled something, Miss Grant.

It better not be my leg, Amitula. No,
seriously, I think I sprained something.

Danny, I want you to look me in the eye
and tell me that you're really hurting.

And you're out of the show, no questions
asked.

But I want to hear it from you and know
you're being straight with me.

I ain't hurt.

I just don't think I ought to be in the
show.

And why not?

Because there's going to be a lot of
important people there.

And because I hear I'm not as good as
the guy I want to be in the show.

And because of you and Morlock and that
baseball player where y 'all want to see

who's the most stubborn, I don't feel
it's right for you to put me in the

middle.

So there.

This bird is going to kill me.

Hi there.

Hi yourself.

What are you doing out here?

Mr. Caruso is bringing some of my stuff
around in his car. He's going to help me

get it over to Queens.

Why Queens?

Bigger club, better offer.

That's nice.

I'm real happy for you.

That's a lie.

Yes. You know, I was giving you a hard
time about treating me like you would

anyone else.

Last night, your buddy Doris did just
that.

I wasn't thrilled about it.

I deserved it.

But she made me realize I've been using
that wheelchair like a sign.

Handicapped.

And I'm not.

What do you mean you're not?

I'm a piano player. It doesn't walk so
good.

Where's the handicap in that?

Hey, Billy.

I, um...

Parked a couple doors down.

Do you want us to get the chair? I'll
walk it.

You know the synthesizer inside.

Press memory.

All for Holly.

QV flat.

Look like playtime is over.

All my innocence is gone.

I looked over my shoulder.

And saw part of me move on.

Comes a time.

Well...

Get the most out of yourself.

Thank you.

Not too far to Queens, is it?

It's practically next door.