1 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:23,600 MUSIC: Into The Blue by Kylie Minogue 2 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,800 grace 3 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,240 holy 4 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,000 tight 5 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,480 6 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,760 7 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,000 - Kenzie Calhoun? What you doing here? 8 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,280 Did you miss me? 9 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,760 - Like a dog misses mange. 10 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,600 - You always had such a lovely way with words. 11 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:51,840 - Up yours, moron. 12 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,520 - miracle 13 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,880 14 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,320 - What are you doing, you muppet? 15 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:06,840 Aah! 16 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,600 Darren, stop it! 17 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,800 - 18 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,640 19 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,720 20 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,360 21 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,680 miracle... 22 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,240 WOLF WHISTLES 23 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,520 24 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,760 25 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,640 26 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,080 27 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,160 - Can you just grow up? 28 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,920 Oh, my God! Is that Boring Bonnie? 29 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,680 - CAMERA PHONE CLICKS 30 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,920 Feels good to be back, doesn't it? 31 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:55,120 Fresh bite at the educational cherry. 32 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:56,880 - The what? - A new dawn, Sonya. 33 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,760 - You know the council have rung? - Stall them. 34 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,080 Don't want to see them, don't want to speak to them. 35 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,680 - New graphics teacher ain't turned up neither. 36 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,080 - Get a supply teacher in. Michael Taylor, get down, now. 37 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,720 - There's no sign of your English bod, let alone your new deputy. 38 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,840 - She not here yet? Eh, got something to show you. 39 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,120 - Maybe it's like fate or something. you know, throwing us together. 40 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,600 - Back off, Fairchild. - Ah, don't be like that. 41 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,040 You've got to admit, it's becoming a bit of a habit, right? 42 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,440 - You can talk. - I just can't keep up with you. 43 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,040 How long are you going to last here before getting kicked out? 44 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,800 - Sooner the better, seeing as you're here. Think you're some kind 45 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,560 of big shot, don't you? Well, you're not. 46 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,480 - Not had any complaints so far. - You think you're so smart. 47 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,960 - Compared to some. - 'Scuse me? 48 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,680 - Not exactly Einstein, are we? 49 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,000 Oh, look, I'm sorry. Why can't we just forget what happened, 50 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,960 move on? - You know full well why not! 51 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,800 - Hey, watch it! - No. You. Stay out of my face. 52 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,400 Mum was right about you, she always said you were a LOSER! 53 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,400 - WOMAN GASPS 54 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,400 PUPILS: Ohh! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 55 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,920 - Right - that's enough! - Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 56 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:06,080 - ENOUGH! Get to your classes, now! All of you, now! 57 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,480 Inside, now! 58 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,240 - Says who? - Yeah, take a walk, tramp. 59 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,120 - Says your new deputy head! 60 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:17,560 Now! 61 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,200 - PUPILS: Ooooh! 62 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:27,760 PA SYSTEM CRACKLES 63 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,800 This is your headmaster speaking. 64 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:39,280 'You've had your fun. Time to get down to some hard work. 65 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:42,640 'Registration...now.' 66 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,320 Ah, you made it. Good. 67 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,480 And you brought your bodyguards - nice touch. 68 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,840 Er, could you look after these two for a moment? 69 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:55,160 I need to borrow you. 70 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,600 We need to say a quick hello to everybody. 71 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,160 - Erm, well, I'm not really... 72 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,240 Really sorry I'm late. 73 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,640 - STAFF CHATTER 74 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,880 Ahem. Good morning, everybody, I would like to intro... 75 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:12,040 - Car broke down. Sorry. I'll make it up. 76 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,200 - I'd like to introduce our new deputy, Lorna Hutchinson. 77 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,480 I'm sure you'll give her all the support she needs. 78 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,680 - And likewise, obviously. It's a pleasure to be here. 79 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,920 - Any other surprises we need to be aware of? 80 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,480 Only, you know, Tannoy systems... 81 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:31,920 chimney sweeps... 82 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,000 I'm not sure Audrey's heart could cope with much more. 83 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,320 - Er, Vaughan, we seem to be slightly understaffed as well. 84 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,640 - Nothing we need worry about, is it? 85 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,680 - No, course not. Why would there be? 86 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,720 Right, let's get on, shall we? 87 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,160 George, quick word. 88 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,280 I thought we had a deal. 89 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,760 You'd get your old job back in return for 90 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,920 not banging on about a merger. 91 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,560 - I thought you said there wasn't going to be one. 92 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,720 - Well, there isn't! No news. 93 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:17,920 Nothing to report, therefore nothing to talk about - except you did. 94 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,360 Which means you lose your job again, right? 95 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,920 - What was I supposed to think? There's clearly something going on. 96 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,280 - It's called "work", George - try it. 97 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,880 - Oh, sorry. - No, George was just leaving, 98 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,440 he's burning to get to his first lesson, 99 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,440 where he will educate, inform and inspire. 100 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,920 HE SIGHS 101 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,400 - Not doubting our plan already, are you? 102 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,840 - I've made some stupid decisions in my time. 103 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:53,360 George, for example. 104 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,480 But I've never given up on a kid. 105 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,440 - Good. Because that's the vision you sold me the job on. 106 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,920 Second chances as a way of saving the school. 107 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,360 How do the other staff feel about it? 108 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,960 - Oh, well, you know. 109 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:16,560 - They do KNOW about the threat of a merger with Havelock High, right? 110 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,880 - No. George had heard a rumour, I told him it was false. 111 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,920 Look, I am trying to protect everybody from something 112 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,240 that may not even happen. 113 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,840 They'll only worry, or panic, or quit - possibly all three. 114 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,560 Better if we keep it between ourselves for now, don't you think? 115 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:33,560 - Mmm. 116 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,240 - SHE EXHALES 117 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,000 Better. 118 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,480 - Oh, thanks. 119 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,080 - Still with me? - What do you think? 120 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,800 - What happened to your chin? 121 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,040 - Oh, it's...erm...nothing. 122 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:54,760 - Shall we get 'em in? 123 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,920 - Welcome back. 124 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,360 Welcome back, Justin, how was your holiday? 125 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,840 - Had worse, thanks, Miss. - Glad to hear it. 126 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,720 Onwards and upwards, young man. 127 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,920 Welcome back. Rhiannon, Darren. 128 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,200 John, welcome back. 129 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,440 Oh, now, I was told we had a newcomer or two. 130 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,240 Your name is? - It's me, Miss. 131 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,360 Bonnie. 132 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,160 - Bonnie Kincaid? 133 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,360 Good grief, what's happened to you? 134 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,200 - Don't know what you mean, Miss. 135 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,160 - (Nice.) 136 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,440 What'd you do that for? - Window shopping. 137 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,320 It's no more looking for you mate, they're the rules now. 138 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,480 - God, you're so embarrassing. Can you just put your tongue away? 139 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,360 We could all do that if we wanted. - Could you? 140 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,240 - You really want to do this? 141 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,160 - Should have quit while you're ahead, lad. 142 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:06,760 - So... A new beginning for us all. Let's get started, shall we? 143 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:14,600 Scott Fairchild. Six schools. 144 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,800 Five exclusions, one walk-out, disruptive behaviour, 145 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,800 persistent breaches of school behaviour code, 146 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,960 and yet talented...if lazy. 147 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,240 Kenzie Calhoun. Seven schools. 148 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,760 Three exclusions, four walk-outs, one school you even tried to sue. 149 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,640 - Well, they said I was mental. 150 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,160 - No, they said you were sociopathic. 151 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,280 Another describes you as "antisocial" 152 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,280 and a third mentions "kleptomaniac tendencies." 153 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,520 - Is "complete nutjob" in there too? - Shut up. 154 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,840 - You don't seem to have stayed in one school long enough 155 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,000 for anyone to have really made sense of you. 156 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,160 - You're running out of chances. Both of you. 157 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,120 We're it - your last chance. 158 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:59,760 - Whoopee. 159 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,400 - We're prepared to draw a line in the sand and move on. 160 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,760 Are you? 161 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,160 - What's going on with you two, anyway? 162 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,280 You were both briefly at St Dominic's, right? What happened? 163 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:13,480 - I dunno. 164 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,160 All I know is she tried to punch me in the playground today. 165 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,480 All I did was say hi. 166 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,840 - Is that true? - Not exactly. 167 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:27,200 - We have a zero-tolerance policy to violence around here. 168 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,520 - But you're OK with bullying? 169 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,320 - No, of course we're not OK with bullying. 170 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,040 - Well, then, why'd you take him in, then? 171 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,080 Cos that's what he is. And you're OK with that? 172 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,480 - You don't get to decide who comes to this school. 173 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,280 - All children have the right to be able to 174 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,920 give their opinion when an adult is making a decision that will 175 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,040 affect them, and all adults should take them seriously. 176 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,520 Unicef. Charter of Rights for Children. Article 12. 177 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,280 - KNOCK ON DOOR 178 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,520 - Couple of things, the, eh, council... 179 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,320 - Can wait. 180 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,920 - Oh. And your Bradley Wiggins fella 181 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,480 and his coach are at the schoolhouse, then headed over here. 182 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,600 I told 'em you'll catch up with them when you can. 183 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,600 - All right, thank you. 184 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,160 Let's hope he's less of a challenge than you two. 185 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,080 Welcome. - Hi. 186 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,240 - You must be Dale, right? - Yeah. 187 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,280 Bit of a dump, isn't it? 188 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,840 - Not exactly tactful are you, bonnie lad? 189 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:41,320 - Like I explained on the phone, he's only focused on one thing - 190 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,240 long-distance road cycling. 191 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,280 - And breaking the law, from what I gather. 192 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:46,560 - That was a one-off. 193 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,600 Can we see what you've got in the way of facilities? 194 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,840 - You do realise this is Greenock and not the Olympic Village? 195 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,040 SHE CHUCKLES 196 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,440 'Scuse me, ladies. Head teacher coming through. Thank you. 197 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:05,840 - Oh, Vaughan, just wanted to ask about my new English teacher? 198 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,960 - You're looking at him. - No, I don't mean a stand in. 199 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,880 - Neither do I. 200 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,120 - You? How long has it been since you taught? 201 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,840 - The contemporary author at that time, I think, was Chaucer. 202 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,600 Hasn't changed much, has it? My first class is S5. 203 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,040 I thought I might hit them with The Wasp Factory, what do you think? 204 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,800 - Bit progressive for them maybe? - Progressive? 205 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,320 Progressive...is my middle name! 206 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,920 - OK, your English resit is this... 207 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,560 OK, no, hang on, it must be this way. 208 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,520 - Take it you're not a geography teacher then? 209 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,880 - Maybe I'm a bit dazed after the left hook you gave me. 210 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,400 Want to tell me what's going on with you and Scott? 211 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,920 - Want to tell me why you didn't dob me in for the punch? 212 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,160 - Well, for one thing, it wasn't me you were aiming at. 213 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,160 But also, in my experience, women tend to get violent for a reason. 214 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,480 I'd rather find out what that reason is. 215 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,520 Care to explain? - Not really. 216 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,520 - Oh, Mrs Mulgrew, right? 217 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,240 - Last time I looked. 218 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,760 - Well, er, one of yours, I believe. Kenzie Calhoun. 219 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,920 - UNCERTAINLY: - Well, in you go then, Kenzie. 220 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:07,280 Thank you. - Erm... 221 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,200 Tread carefully. She's complicated. 222 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,280 Mr Fitzgerald and I are keen to build bridges. 223 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:23,680 - Oh, OK. Er, listen, if you need any tips or advice... 224 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:25,760 - Why would I? 225 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,560 - Well, just if... - I'll be fine, thanks. 226 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,440 - You are quite young for a deputy though, aren't you? 227 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,600 - Well, if you're good enough, you're old enough. 228 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,280 - So where were you deputy before? 229 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,240 - Edinburgh. Only not as deputy. 230 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,440 - Were you head, then? - Neither. 231 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,840 - OK. I see. Well, welcome to Waterloo Road. 232 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,160 And good luck. 233 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,880 Kenzie? 234 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,240 What are you doing? 235 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,400 - Nothing. - Exactly. 236 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,120 You're meant to be writing a list of texts you've studied before. 237 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:47,760 Well, you must know them, 238 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,560 because you've already sat the exam previously. 239 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,680 - MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH HEADPHONES 240 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,120 - Excuse me... can you take those off, please? 241 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,080 - Hey, get your hands off them! Trying to nick them or something? 242 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,000 - Who do you think you're talking to? - You. 243 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,360 So go and give an earful to someone who gives a stuff. 244 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,400 - OK. Cooler - now. - What? 245 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,600 - Oh, you'll like the cooler. Well, you better had. 246 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,080 I get the impression you're going to spend a lot of time there. 247 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:06,680 - Oh-my-good-God. Check him out - sex on legs or what? 248 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,320 What I wouldn't do for five minutes alone with that bod. 249 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,840 - I didn't recognise you earlier. You look really different. 250 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,760 - Do you think so? I wasn't sure. It's not too much, is it? 251 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,640 - No, you look great. Really, really great. 252 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,440 - Leo's not pestering you, is he? 253 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,480 - No. 254 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,880 - I can't believe it's the same person. 255 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,640 She looks AMAZING, doesn't she? 256 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,160 - Yeah...if you like that, you know... 257 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,440 look. 258 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,320 - Wow! Talk about Before and after. 259 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,080 - Hell yeah, girl. 260 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,160 From brown-haired buckteeth bore to babelicious beauty. 261 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,400 - Yeah. Yeah, thanks, guys. I think. 262 00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:07,720 - Hotness isn't just about how you look though, is it? 263 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,160 I mean, you've got to fake it till you make it, right, Bonnie? 264 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:14,920 - Yeah, sure. 265 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,280 - Fix that pedal. - All right. 266 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,560 - So, how are you liking your own personal gym space? 267 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,280 - Is this place secure? Only Dale's bikes are worth thousands. 268 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:46,920 - What, for a bike? 269 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,200 In my day, you were lucky if you had brakes. 270 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:55,160 - Mr Spencer, nice to meet you. And you must be Dale. 271 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,160 We're delighted to have you with us. - Not very chatty, is he? 272 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,920 - He's not here to chat, he's here to train. 273 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:02,760 He knows the drill. - Ooh, the drill. 274 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,680 - Trials are in six weeks, so no distractions. 275 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,080 Isn't that right, Dale? 276 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,400 And you never know, if things go well, your school will have 277 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,840 a future world champion, and the press will be 278 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,600 all over it when he does well. 279 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,080 - WHEELS WHIRR 280 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,360 LOUD: We'll do whatever we can to help. 281 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:22,600 And in return, of course, Dale will have to meet...certain standards. 282 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,040 - He'll pull his weight, won't you? - I'm sure he will. 283 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,960 - He's not going to get very far like that though, is he? 284 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:32,120 Ahem. 285 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:39,000 - Fitzgerald? Teaching? Voluntarily? The man's clearly deranged. 286 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,560 - There's nothing wrong with teaching. I'm proud of my career. 287 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:46,200 - I rest my case. I mean, first the loud-hailer, 288 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,600 then reconnecting with the nation's youth - 289 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,600 he's going to be invading Poland next. 290 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,440 - Well, I'm very happy to take on this Dale lad, 291 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,600 but since when have we been a sports academy? 292 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,160 - You know, it does seem a bit strange, 293 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,920 parachuting in a new deputy who, I should say, 294 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,600 has never been a deputy before. - Mm. 295 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,480 Biscuit? 296 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,640 - Ah-ah-ah. Don't spoil your lunch, I've made us smoked trout salad. 297 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,800 - A bright-eyed, bushy-tailed deputy with no experience 298 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,200 isn't a good idea, is it? 299 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,880 "Mr Fitzgerald and myself"(!) She's all over the place, 300 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,520 and she's only about, what, 12? 301 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,040 - I'm 32, actually. 302 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,120 - Tumbleweed, anyone? 303 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,000 - About the new intake... - Mm. 304 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,720 The one you sent to me clearly has behavioural issues. 305 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,640 - Kenzie presents a fresh challenge. - No, she has behavioural issues. 306 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,400 Which we can deal with, of course, 307 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,480 but some sort of explanation would be nice. - Mr Fitz... 308 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:52,360 WE are implementing a new strategy whereby Waterloo Road 309 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,920 holds out an olive branch to difficult pupils. 310 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,520 And we hope that any challenge those new pupils do bring will 311 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,720 be met without the default settings of discipline, 312 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,280 like sending them to the cooler. 313 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,680 - Excuse me? 314 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,320 - Mrs Mulgrew, if you find the new strategy a daunting prospect 315 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,320 and need some support, my door is always open. 316 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,000 - And if you need some friendly advice on how to manage your staff... 317 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,440 so is mine. 318 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:18,960 - BELL RINGS 319 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,080 End of round one. 320 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,160 If a surveyor so much as sets foot on school property, 321 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,320 I will kick them off. 322 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:30,920 How's it going on the front line? 323 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,240 - So-so. Kenzie Calhoun's already made it to the cooler. 324 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:35,480 - Ah, she didn't hang about. 325 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,600 Olga? 326 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:44,000 Hi! Erm... This is my new deputy head, Lorna Hutchinson. 327 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Lorna, this is my wife. 328 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,800 Well, ex-wife. - Still wife, actually. - Well, separated. 329 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,560 - Nice to meet you. 330 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,760 - What's going on? Only I am in the middle of the first day of term. 331 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,560 - I know. I'm the supply teacher. 332 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:08,520 - Are you seriously going to do this? - If you mean earn a living, yes. 333 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,200 - No, I mean get back at me. 334 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,880 - I'm here to teach! I'm better and I want my career back. 335 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,000 - What about the kids? Have you thought about them? 336 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,720 - Did you? - Look, I was just getting them back on an even keel. 337 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,280 They're doing really well, especially Justin. Therapy is going very well. 338 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,840 - I know. I don't see how my being here will affect that. 339 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,600 - Because we had an agreement - you would move back into the area, 340 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,000 we would see you at the weekends, we'd take it from there. 341 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,920 Suddenly you're here! - I got a phone call! 342 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,520 - What if they think you're going to move back with us? With me? 343 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,440 - This is so not about you. I do a shift, I leave. 344 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,120 If you're not happy with that then take the classes yourself. 345 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,040 - I've got a lot of classes of my own, thank you. 346 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,840 - You haven't been in a classroom for years. 347 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,960 - Thank you for that vote of confidence. - Likewise. 348 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,920 - Never thought I'd hear myself say this, but bring back Simon Lowsley. 349 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,120 - I don't know where you dug your new deputy up from, 350 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,480 but she needs to brush up on her management technique. 351 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,360 - I beg you, not now. 352 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:58,800 Can I introduce our supply teacher for the day... 353 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,360 - Olga? - ..Mrs Fitzgerald. 354 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,680 - No relation, I take it. - Depends. 355 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,480 Does wife and mother of children count? 356 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,800 - Estranged wife. - Of adulterous husband. 357 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:11,840 - Today is just the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it? 358 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:13,520 - Let's get on, shall we? 359 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,960 Could you show Mrs Fitzgerald where graphics and product design is? 360 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,040 - I'd be delighted. We can compare notes. 361 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,440 - OK, who can tell me about Omega-3s? 362 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,160 - Doesn't he get abducted by aliens in that computer game, Miss? 363 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,520 - It's a fatty acid, Darren. 364 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,040 - Are you allowed to say that? 365 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,640 - So, you're one of the new ones we've been hearing so much about? 366 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,080 Miss Calhoun, is it? Any ideas? 367 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:47,760 - Mackerel, Miss. - Mackerel. Very good. What else? 368 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:52,040 - Salmon, sardines, walnuts. Tofu? 369 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,480 - Tofu. 370 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,200 - They act as anti-inflammatories, so they help ease pain. 371 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,600 They also help balance chemicals in the brain. 372 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,880 - Mm-hm. How do you know that? 373 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,960 - Cos hers are all over the shop. 374 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,920 - Pipe down, Mr Big Shot. 375 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,720 So who can tell me about beans and pulses? 376 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,800 And don't even think about making a fart joke, Darren. 377 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,920 - Spoke to their former school, Kenzie Calhoun and Scott Fairchild 378 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:21,120 were excluded at different times for different reasons. 379 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:23,400 Everything OK with your wife? 380 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,720 - It's complicated. 381 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,960 - Relationships always are, right? - You in one? 382 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,560 - No, I, erm... No. No time. 383 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,200 Job to do, kids to teach, staff to alienate. 384 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,080 - Christine mentioned something. 385 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,400 - I get defensive when I'm nervous, that's all. 386 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,360 You know, you should talk to your staff. 387 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:46,080 They're unhappy about me, they've no idea why we're taking on 388 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,880 difficult pupils and they don't know 389 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,120 about the very real threat of a merger. 390 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,360 Whereas at least if you tell them, maybe you'll get them onside. 391 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,440 - OK, thanks. 392 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,040 - Sonya said the council called again. 393 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,680 What's that about? - Nothing. 394 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,360 - Is everything OK with Kenzie? 395 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:13,560 - A pleasure to teach. Don't know what everyone's going on about. 396 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,600 - Sorry. Accident. 397 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,200 - 'Scuse me. Cheers. Sorry. Sorry. 398 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,640 SHE GASPS 399 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,040 - Look at that peachy bum. 400 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:53,400 - Isn't that a bit sexist? Anyway, what you slobbering over him for? 401 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,440 - I'm not, what you on about? 402 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,240 Oh, come on, soft lad, you know I love you. 403 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,480 But just because I'm on a diet doesn't mean 404 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:00,800 I can't look at the menu. 405 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,800 - Nah, you can have what you want. I've got spag bol here myself. 406 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,080 - It was a metathingy, you muppet. 407 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,960 - Oh, right, all right, well, 408 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,440 I'm going to gawp at Bonnie then, all right? 409 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,320 - Wrong. 410 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,000 - Can I sit here? (Thanks.) 411 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,600 Leo's cute, isn't he? 412 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,840 - Leo? Er, no! 413 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,680 Why have dog meat when you can have steak? 414 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,400 Rolls-Royce when you can have Mini. 415 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,960 - Shouldn't that one be the other way round? - No. 416 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,120 Me and you, you and I, we can do so much better. 417 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,680 You just need the swag attitude to go with it. 418 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,400 - So what, then she could go for someone like Scott? 419 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,280 - She's had a makeover, that's all. 420 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,040 Punching above her weight a bit with him. 421 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,720 - Ignore her, she just wants him to herself, and that's NGH - 422 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,960 never gonna happen. 423 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,720 But you're defo in with a shout, 424 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,560 even if you are behind me in the queue. 425 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,320 (Oh, my God, don't look now.) 426 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,440 - Hey, how's it going? 427 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:12,920 - OK, I guess. 428 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,040 - Hey! Good to see you. 429 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,520 - Mum's teaching. Just for today. Is that OK? 430 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,200 - Well, it's a bit embarrassing having your mum here. 431 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,080 - I don't see why. You see me around the place the whole time. - Exactly. 432 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,720 - Darren! - Lenny! 433 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,920 - Wouldn't you rather be playing footy with that lot? 434 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,120 - Nah, not really. 435 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,040 Hey! 436 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,520 - Er... 437 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:04,920 - Idiots! 438 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,920 - Are you looking out for your housemate, then? 439 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,120 - No way. He needs to get off his high horse bike thing first. 440 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,280 - Come on, Lenny, remember what it was like for you and Lisa 441 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,440 when you first arrived. Think about it. And you. 442 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:37,480 - Mind if I join you? - Seriously? Not got any friends of your own? 443 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,640 - Actually, no. Looks like you could use the company. 444 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,480 - Do I look like a charity case? Why are you even here? 445 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,640 - Want to help you settle in. Part of my gig. 446 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,200 - And your idea of helping me settle in 447 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,880 is making me look like a teacher's pet? 448 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,200 Thanks a bunch. How does that help exactly? 449 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,840 - If you want me to back off, maybe you should stop shutting me out. 450 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,520 How's it going with Scott Fairchild? - How do you think? 451 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,600 - Has he given you grief? - Nothing I can't handle. 452 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,200 - Well, I'm here if you do decide you do want to talk, 453 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,600 or just let off some steam. Within reason. 454 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,120 How does he know your family? - What are you asking that for? 455 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,680 - Well, when I saw you this morning, 456 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,960 you were telling him what your mother thought of him. 457 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,880 - I thought you said you'd back off. 458 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,200 - Kenzie. 459 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,960 - Hey! Watch where you're going. 460 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,160 "All our lives are symbols. 461 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,040 "Everything we do is part of a pattern 462 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,200 "we have at least some say in." 463 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,000 - Sorry, can I just get some books? 464 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,400 - That is a quotation from the book we will be studying. 465 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,920 What do you think? Lenny? 466 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,000 - Bit heavy if you ask me. - It is a bit heavy. 467 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,800 It's about a 16-year-old called Frank, who's a murderer, 468 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:54,920 who's friends with a dwarf... Oh, and he has absolutely no genitalia. 469 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,280 Anyone know what the book is? Lenny? 470 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,840 - Is it Viz? - No. Lisa. 471 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,960 - Is it King Lear? 472 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,360 - No. 473 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,920 No, it's a book called... The Wasp Factory. 474 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,680 SCOTTISH ACCENT: It's Scottish. 475 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,280 PUPILS: Wahey! 476 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,440 It's about identity, gender, alienation, 477 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,560 uh, the feeling that you don't belong anywhere. 478 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:30,000 The central character, Frank, claims to have killed three children, 479 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,800 and lots of animals, which makes him what? 480 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,840 It makes him perfect...for Waterloo Road. 481 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,520 So, hang on a second, Mrs Fitzgerald, can I ask a question. 482 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,040 Are you and the head married, then? 483 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,040 - That's actually none of your business. 484 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,040 - It is if Justin gets special treatment. 485 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,880 - He doesn't. - Shut it, will you? 486 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,440 - Justin. - See? "Justin." 487 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,880 I mean, talk about keeping it in the family. 488 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,840 - Warning you! - OK, enough! Sit down, both of you. 489 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,640 - Does Mummy's little boy want to play? 490 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,680 - Leave it out, Scott. You're always so full of it, aren't you? 491 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,000 Always dissing other people. 492 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,160 Always showing off in front of sad little wannabes 493 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,880 with fake tan and push-up bras. - Kenzie! 494 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,600 - Kids who might have a pulse but actually have zero personality. 495 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,200 - What's your problem, you jealous? 496 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,600 Or are you just as lame as that sponging layabout mother of yours? 497 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,600 - Kenzie! - Whoa-whoa-whoa! 498 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:33,960 He's not worth it, all right? 499 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,080 - INTENSE DANCE MUSIC 500 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,520 SCISSORS CLATTER LOUDLY ON FLOOR 501 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:51,720 - All of you, sit down! 502 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,360 - I knew you being here was a bad idea. 503 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,400 - It's not my fault. Justin was provoked. 504 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,640 - He's meant to control himself. - He did. 505 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,000 He stopped that Calhoun girl from attacking someone. 506 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,280 She's the problem here, not him. - Kenzie's left the premises. 507 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,680 - It's no great loss if you ask me. - We didn't. 508 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,520 - Right, well, I need to talk to my deputy. So if you don't mind... 509 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,160 - I do mind. Can I at least be included in the conversation? 510 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,840 - Thank you, but we'll take it from here. 511 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,640 Olga, you are a supply teacher. Please, don't start. 512 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,400 We're lucky no-one was hurt. 513 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,440 Giving someone a second chance is one thing, 514 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,400 'being naive is quite another.' 515 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,600 - 'You brought me here to lead this process, 516 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,600 'you can't bottle out on it now.' 517 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,120 - 'I can if pupils are at risk!' 518 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,880 - A public row, how fabulous. 519 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,160 - 'No.' 520 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:48,600 We need to see this through, 521 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,520 and at the moment that's just you and me. 522 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,160 'Who else is there? 523 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,480 'Look at the alternatives. 524 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,440 'Christine - some middle-aged alcoholic with no ambition. 525 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,360 'Some fuddy-duddy old historian. 526 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,480 'Old Mother Hubbard running the boarding house, 527 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,040 'and a snake-in-the-grass French teacher who seems to have 528 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,160 'a pathological hatred of children.' 529 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,800 - 'I do understand. We're in this together.' - Turn it off! 530 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,160 Make it stop! - '..no-one wants this to work more than I do. Trust me.' 531 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,800 It is my idea and my plan to 532 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,800 'stop any sort of proposed merger with Havelock High.' 533 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,320 - Can you believe this?! He lied to me! 534 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,080 - So, the second chance policy was just all for show? 535 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:27,520 - It's a strategy. 536 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,840 I know it's a long shot, but it might just save us. 537 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,240 - No, stop, it's on, the thing, it's on! 538 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:34,720 - PA SYSTEM SQUEAKS 539 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,840 - Maybe this Tannoy system's not such a bad idea after all. 540 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,000 - I don't understand. 541 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,200 Why would Vaughan not tell us a possibility of a merger? 542 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,000 - So that we don't all start looking for other jobs. 543 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,760 - I can't believe that Lorna woman, slagging us all off. 544 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,840 Mentioning...sensitive issues. - I know. 545 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,320 Believe me, no-one calls me "middle-aged" and gets away with it. 546 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:58,720 - BREATHLESS: Um... 547 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,440 I'm sorry about that little... technical error. 548 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,200 I'm not sure if you heard anything. 549 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,800 - Don't worry, we heard everything. 550 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,960 Haven't been entirely straight with us, have you? 551 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,440 - When were you going to tell us that our futures 552 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,760 and the futures of the pupils were in jeopardy? 553 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:17,920 - When we knew more about it. 554 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,640 There may be absolutely nothing in it. 555 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,560 - We have a right to know, and so do the kids! 556 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,560 - Christine. - Don't you "Christine" me. 557 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,120 - You would have known in the fullness of time. 558 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,240 - Not good enough. 559 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:31,040 And you can tell that deputy of yours 560 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,320 she won't get a "second chance" from me. 561 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,080 - Nothing like kicking off a new term with all your staff on board, 562 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,800 is there, Vaughan? 563 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,800 - Ow! 564 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:00,960 - What you doing? 565 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,160 - You heard what that Kenzie Calhoun said. Who am I trying to kid? 566 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,800 - And what? You're going to let some gobby little mare 567 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,720 put you back in your box? 568 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,920 - Thought I could pull it off, but I can't. 569 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,800 Once a bore, always a bore. 570 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,720 - You can't give up already. Do not be a quitter. 571 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:21,960 That's what the old Bonnie would do. 572 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,400 I think the new Bonnie should stop worrying about looking hot 573 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,120 on the outside, and concentrate on being hot on the inside. 574 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,400 - Mother. 575 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,800 - Well done for not getting angry before. 576 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,040 But in future, can you not step in like that? 577 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,920 - Had to break the moment to get her attention, that was all. 578 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,160 Learnt it in therapy. 579 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,320 - What's happening now? We all doing something or what? 580 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,400 - No. It's not my night and I've got a ton of stuff to sort at the flat, 581 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,320 but I'll see you both at the weekend. That's OK, isn't it? 582 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,440 - All right, Dad? See you've figured out the tannoy, then. 583 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,280 - It seems to have turned itself on. 584 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,240 - Faulty wiring I expect. 585 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:09,680 - Come on, we should go. 586 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,280 - OK, I'll see you guys later. 587 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:26,800 - SHE WOLF WHISTLES 588 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,480 It was her, not me. 589 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,280 - Where are yous two off to then? 590 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,360 - Schoolhouse. Boyfriend. - Home. 591 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:43,520 Unless you've got any better ideas. Any plans? 592 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,840 - Nothing that can't be changed. If a better offer came along. 593 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,360 - What kind of better offer might that be, then? 594 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,840 - A Bonnie-shaped offer. 595 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,160 Do you fancy a walk? - Yeah. 596 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,560 What a day. Kenzie and the scissors. 597 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,440 What is it with you two? Did she dump you or something? 598 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,920 - No way. Look, don't be soft. Forget about her. 599 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,120 - But what, you two go way back, right? 600 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,840 What, was that another school, or were you neighbours or something? 601 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,720 - Look...I said forget about her. 602 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,440 - Someone might see. - So? 603 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,440 - Should we go somewhere else? 604 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:54,480 - What for? 605 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,160 - Whatever you want. 606 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:39,080 - You've got to be kidding me. What you doing here? 607 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:40,840 Did-did you bring the police? 608 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,240 - Not yet. We need to talk, so I thought... 609 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:45,960 - No, there's nothing else to talk about. I lost it, 610 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:47,480 you've got to get rid of me, 611 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,120 and I don't even want to be there anyway. 612 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,920 So, can you please just go? 613 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,080 - I want to speak to your mother. - She's at work. She works nights. 614 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,440 - 'Who is it?' 615 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,680 - Mrs Calhoun, can I have a word? 616 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,720 - What right have you got coming round here 617 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,800 and sticking your beak in where it's not wanted? 618 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,880 - 'Kenzie? Who's that? What do they want?' 619 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:15,560 - Mrs Calhoun. I'm Lorna Hutchinson from Waterloo Road. 620 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,640 - What's happened? Are you in trouble? 621 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,640 - No, it's OK. She just wants to talk. 622 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,200 What? Mum has ME. 623 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:38,120 Most of the time she's fine, but she has episodes. 624 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,800 - How long has she had it? 625 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,120 - Why are you still here? 626 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,120 MUFFLED: - ..don't understand why she's here. What does she want? 627 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,040 - I dunno, I'll find out, don't worry about it. 628 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,200 - No-one's come before. Sure you're not in trouble? 629 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,640 - Already? No way. It's probably just a social visit. 630 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,280 A getting to know me kind of thing, 631 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,920 with it being my first day. - None of your other schools did that. 632 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,600 - This lot are into that kind of thing. 633 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,560 There's been other new kids starting as well. 634 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,320 Miss Hutchinson's new, she's probably just making an effort. 635 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,920 You know what teachers are like. 636 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,200 - You would tell me though, wouldn't you? 637 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,680 - They just want to make sure I'm settling in. It's fine, really. 638 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:21,960 CONVERSATION CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY 639 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,800 Back in a minute. 640 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,120 - Do you look after your mum alone? 641 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,040 - God, no. We get 24 hours round the clock(!) 642 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:41,840 An army of carers. Everyone in the neighbourhood mucks in as well. 643 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,280 No-one has a bad word to say about us. 644 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:46,960 All REALLY supportive. 645 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,000 What do you think? 646 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,240 - Why not meet me in the middle? 647 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:57,960 We need to do an incident report, 648 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,360 and that will stay on your file indefinitely. 649 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,680 But we have decided not to call the police this time. 650 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:04,960 And I will fight for you to have another chance. 651 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,560 But you have to promise never to lash out, provoked or not. 652 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:09,880 - Why are you doing this? 653 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,280 - My colleagues would say because I'm naive, 654 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,560 inexperienced and totally out of my depth. 655 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,680 But I think those books in there say different. 656 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,680 I think they say you do want to be there really. 657 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,560 - You had no right to snoop. 658 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,880 - You had no right to threaten Scott Fairchild. 659 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:36,240 Don't run away. Don't throw your future away because of some bloke. 660 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,640 We can get you some support here. - No, I wouldn't. 661 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,280 I can manage, I've looked after her since I was six. 662 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:43,320 - Six! 663 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,080 - Look, just... Just do one, OK? 664 00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:53,520 - Whatever Scott Fairchild has over you, don't let him win. 665 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,080 - DOOR SLAMS 666 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:58,200 SHE SIGHS 667 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,720 - I should get going. - Yeah, me too. 668 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:22,240 I'm meant to be meeting some mates for a five-a-side, so... 669 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:24,200 - Sure. See you...? 670 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,760 - Tomorrow. I guess. 671 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,360 - RUSTLING BACKSTAGE 672 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:34,640 - Someone there? 673 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:37,120 - See you later. 674 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,240 - Oh, Kev, going to stop doing your homework, please? 675 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,760 You're giving me a headache. And a guilt complex. 676 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,000 - No, it's these graphic design classes they've got us 677 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,920 doing at Havelock. The homework's mental. 678 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,080 - You're like bikey next door. Obsessed. 679 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,640 - Did you not ask Dale to join us? 680 00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,480 - No. He's too interested in his wheels. 681 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,800 - Well, at least he's got an interest, unlike you two. 682 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,600 I'm going to go wash my hair. 683 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,680 - What is up with you? 684 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,720 You've been a right weirdo since Bradley Leggings showed up. 685 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,600 - Stop it, you're going to have Maggie up here. 686 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,120 - What's it to you? If you want to go next door with him. 687 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,320 - Darren, shut up. You're making a total show of yourself. 688 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:23,280 - Not stopping you. If you want to give his "peachy bum" a squeeze! 689 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,240 - Now you're just being ridiculous. 690 00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:27,080 - Am I? 691 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,880 Well, how's this for ridiculous? I've had enough. 692 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,720 Eh? Why do you get to stare at him 693 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:37,360 and if I even so much look at someone I get the third degree? 694 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,560 - I'm not listening to this. - Tough! 695 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,280 If I can't, then you can't. 696 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,360 You better like it, else you can get lost, end of! 697 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:46,440 - KNOCK ON DOOR 698 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,480 Come on, you can all get to your rooms. 699 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,880 And if there's so much as a drop of drink in here, you're all grounded. 700 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,800 I want you off my land. - It's not your land. 701 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,120 It's the council's, and we can have access at any time. 702 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:05,720 - Not when there's school in progress. 703 00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:07,680 - There isn't. That's why we came first thing. 704 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,520 You'd know if you'd listened to your messages or read your e-mails. 705 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,000 - Day two off to a flier then? Anything you want to tell me? 706 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,360 - No. Everything's fine. - About Kenzie... 707 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,720 - There's no need to apologise. - I wasn't going to. 708 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:23,160 I went to see her last night. - You did what? 709 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:26,480 - Hear me out. Turns out she's a full-time carer for her sick mother. 710 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,240 Has been since she was six. 711 00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:30,960 She's the adult in that household and she needs to be at school. 712 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,040 It's the only time she gets to be a teenager. 713 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:34,600 - And threaten people with scissors? 714 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,040 - For which she knows there will be consequences. 715 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,800 We'll get their parents to discuss it, 716 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:40,600 and she will have to undergo counselling. 717 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,800 But I looked at her file. It turns out she's never had 718 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,880 a proper educational assessment. We could at least give her that. 719 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,520 - One more day. - Assuming she turns up. 720 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,640 Any more aggression towards Scott Fairchild, or anyone else 721 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,120 for that matter, and I can't help you. 722 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:13,560 Those exercise books you stole, why did you do it? 723 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:16,160 - I wanted to catch up, didn't I? I was sent to the cooler. 724 00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,000 - What about the ones from the other schools? 725 00:45:19,240 --> 00:45:20,960 - Keepsakes. 726 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,880 - OK. Let's see how we get on. 727 00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,480 - Hey, Bonnie, how are you? - Will you stop stalking me?! 728 00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:05,200 - You're back, then. This time, if you're going to have a go at Scott, 729 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,160 can you let me know first? So I can get out of the way. - Maybe it'll be 730 00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:09,440 you I go for next time. - Whoa. 731 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,560 Just trying to be friendly. - Don't do friends. 732 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:14,080 - Please yourself. 733 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:16,640 Stay out of my way. 734 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,000 - Likewise. Ah... 735 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,880 You made it back, then. You must be slipping. 736 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,040 - I'm not going to let you get to me any more. 737 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:28,880 - You're the one who attacked me. 738 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,520 You're lucky I'm not pressing charges. - You're no innocent. 739 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,560 - You should know. - Wouldn't brag about it. You were no great shakes in bed. 740 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,400 - Yeah, well, I've been around since then. 741 00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,000 - Like I care. - Clearly do. 742 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,760 - No, all I give a damn about is that you made a fool of me. 743 00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,920 You could have my virginity, I wanted that gone. 744 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:46,440 But you took it, you blabbed about it and you made me a laughing stock. 745 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:51,080 I'll never forgive that. But now...you can't touch me. 746 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,360 - Hey. 747 00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:24,280 - Scott. What you doing here? Why aren't you in school? 748 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:28,360 - I saw Kenzie, she said you thought I was a loser. 749 00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:29,800 Is that true? 750 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,200 Can I come in? 751 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,440 - Look at the state of me. - You look fine from where I'm standing. 752 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:07,840 - Darren? You were right about last night. 753 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:11,400 Are we OK? It's just you've been 754 00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,880 ignoring me all morning and I'm starting to get worried. 755 00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,080 - Yeah, well, so am I. You've not even said a word. 756 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,560 - Well, I thought you had the hump. 757 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,120 - I thought maybe I'd blew it. 758 00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:22,440 - What? No. 759 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,880 Look, I've been thinking and you proper stepped up last night. 760 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,320 Very manly, I have to say. 761 00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:32,640 - Was I? 762 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,440 - HE LAUGHS 763 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,280 - You'll have to tell me what I said then, cos I can't remember a thing. 764 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:45,240 - SHE KNOCKS 765 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:48,720 I need to prepare for my next class, 766 00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:51,240 so if you're here to apologise for yesterday's debacle... 767 00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:52,560 - I'm not. 768 00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:54,880 I'm here to look at the work of one of your students. 769 00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:56,960 Paula Collins. - Like to explain why? 770 00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:00,840 - Kenzie Calhoun stole her English book. 771 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,760 I'm not sure why, so I wanted to try and figure it out. 772 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,320 - Do you know if it's something she's done before? 773 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,680 - Yes, at other schools, but before you accuse her, 774 00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:10,280 I don't think it's to cheat. 775 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,760 - Perhaps it was to copy. 776 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,800 Kenzie kicked off when I asked her to write something down. 777 00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,600 Have you considered dyslexia? 778 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,200 - Thanks. 779 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,480 - Even middle-aged alcoholics have their moments. 780 00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:47,600 - OK. So, today we're going to do a physics test. 781 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:51,080 - On what? You've not even taught us anything yet. 782 00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:54,240 - I just want to know where you're at. It doesn't count towards anything, 783 00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:56,720 it doesn't matter if you get them all wrong... 784 00:49:56,720 --> 00:49:57,800 just do what you can. 785 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:04,480 You can start. 786 00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:33,760 You OK, Kenzie? 787 00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,200 - MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH HEADPHONES 788 00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:14,040 SHE RAISES VOLUME 789 00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:23,200 Do you want to get her to shut up? 790 00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:40,480 - Kicking off won't work. 791 00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,440 Whatever you do, I'm not going to send you out. 792 00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:45,760 I know it's an act. A strategy. 793 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:46,920 - MUSIC CONTINUES 794 00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:50,760 - A way to get sent out so you don't have to...what? 795 00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:56,040 - Are you trying to trick me? 796 00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:02,080 You asked me to come back here today to make a fool of me? 797 00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:06,360 No-one makes a fool of me. 798 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:09,440 - I'm trying to help you. 799 00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:15,120 - I can't believe you did that. I trusted you. 800 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,960 - I looked at the work you copied. Identically. Why did you do that? 801 00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:22,680 Says on your file you've been in trouble for cheating, stealing... 802 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:24,080 - So punish me. - No. 803 00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,160 Because that's exactly what you want, isn't it? 804 00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:29,560 Get punished, get sent out, but, whatever happens, don't get rumbled. 805 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,760 That way no one'll find out you've got a learning difficulty. 806 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:38,000 That's what it is, isn't it? You're dyslexic? Or is it dyspraxia? 807 00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:41,280 Maybe you don't know. 808 00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:43,600 - You haven't a clue. - Because you've never been tested. 809 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,280 You've never let anyone. Because you've seen how people treat 810 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:47,560 your mum with her condition, 811 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:49,840 and you think the same thing is going to happen to you. 812 00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:51,880 Kenzie, it's OK, I can help. 813 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,480 I can make a difference. - You get off on this or something? 814 00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,520 - Here we go, the eloquent defence. You're bright, you're intelligent, 815 00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,480 you can stand up for yourself, you look after your mum single-handed. 816 00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:03,240 - It's got nothing to do with my mum! - Well, if you won't talk to me 817 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:05,800 about your issues, maybe she will. - I said leave her out of it. 818 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:07,680 - Or what, you going to lash out? 819 00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,280 - Who the hell do you think you are? 820 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,560 You don't know the half of it. You've got it all wrong. 821 00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:16,680 - Let's talk about it then. - There's nothing wrong with me, OK? 822 00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:19,480 - Something's not right, Kenzie. - Just stop it! Stop it, OK? 823 00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:22,360 - I'm trying to help. - That's just it - you're not! 824 00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,240 You're just picking at it like a scab. 825 00:53:25,240 --> 00:53:26,720 Just leave me alone. 826 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,640 - Whatever it is, we can work it out. 827 00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:34,320 What are you looking for? Something to grab? 828 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:37,120 What about me? Why don't you hit me again? 829 00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:43,240 - I-I'm thick. 830 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:48,000 OK? 831 00:53:49,720 --> 00:53:51,640 I'm stupid. 832 00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:57,760 Don't you get it? 833 00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:06,760 I...I can't read. I can't write. 834 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,200 I never learnt. 835 00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:14,600 I fake, everything, I... 836 00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:16,200 - Why didn't you tell anyone? 837 00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:22,080 - Because no-one ever asked! And then it was too late. 838 00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:25,800 I don't want anyone... 839 00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:28,200 I don't want you, I don't want Scott Fairchild... 840 00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:29,320 looking down on me. 841 00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:33,080 - We can help you. 842 00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:38,160 - I just want to learn. 843 00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:45,200 - We can help you. 844 00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:10,000 - The possibility of a merger with Havelock High is a threat 845 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:14,560 which we will fight with a second chance strategy. 846 00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,480 We'll invest in lost souls. 847 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:20,400 We'll take on pupils no other school will take for whatever reason. 848 00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:23,280 Pupils who will be a challenge for all of us. 849 00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:27,280 But facing up to challenges is what this school is about. 850 00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:30,680 It's a strategy which will give Waterloo Road a unique place 851 00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:34,200 in the educational needs of the community. 852 00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:38,840 - You are joking. This is a kamikaze approach. 853 00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:43,160 Taking on reprobates, that will affect our performance 854 00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:45,400 and make the merger even more likely. 855 00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:48,720 - OR offer something no other school does. 856 00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:52,360 It's high-risk, I grant you, but it plays into the ethos 857 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,160 of the school and it's something we should try. 858 00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,600 There is one other thing. 859 00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:03,960 The council wants our land. 860 00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:07,600 - They own it. 861 00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,040 - They want to sell it so they can fund the building 862 00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:14,240 of a new state-of-the-art science block at Havelock. 863 00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:17,680 - But if they sell it, then Waterloo Road will cease to exist anyway. 864 00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:19,160 - It'll be razed to the ground. 865 00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:26,640 - We can't let that happen. The impact on the kids would be massive. 866 00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,720 Our pupils would get swallowed up and spat out at Havelock. 867 00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:31,640 - Which is why the merger mustn't go through. 868 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,720 - So how do you intend to stop it? 869 00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:40,520 - I don't know. 870 00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:42,240 But I do know I need your help. 871 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,840 I thought I could do this on my own. 872 00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:49,840 I was wrong. 873 00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:05,240 Welcome to Waterloo Wheelers, our new bike bank. 874 00:57:05,240 --> 00:57:08,160 It's for fun, it's for fitness - off you go. 875 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,080 - Agh! - Agh! 876 00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:13,560 - Do you see Scott, like, out of school? 877 00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:17,240 - What? Not if I can help it. 878 00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:21,440 - I saw the way she touched you. I saw the way you touched her. 879 00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,520 - What if I transferred to Havelock completely? 880 00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:26,760 - We couldn't set that kind of precedent. 881 00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,280 - I just don't think you should sacrifice his prospects 882 00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:31,280 to suit your own political agenda. 883 00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,400 - You bust my bike! - You bust my arm! 884 00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:35,480 - Oh, you're not even sorry, are you? 885 00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:37,160 - PUPILS: Fight! Fight! Fight! 886 00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:39,760 - I'm sorry, mate. Come on, you need to say something, please. 887 00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:42,840 You're going to be OK. Where's this ambulance?! 888 00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:44,360 - There's been an accident.