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(upbeat music)

- 46 pages?

Could this chapter be any longer?

(Corrine sighs)

I'm never gonna finish this reading tonight.

- Just stop, that's what I did.

Hey, there's a movie playing about deep space phenomena.

It's playing just down the street.

It starts at eight.

We can just make it.

- No way.

It's a school night and we have to finish reading,

and we'll miss curfew.

- So what?

Durst is at a fundraiser? (somber music)

And maybe we can learn some more important stuff

on what's going on around here.

Come on, we'll be back in plenty of time.

- I don't know, Josie,

leaving campus is against the rules.

- Rules?

You're a kid, you're supposed to break the rules.

Come on, put away Corrine the good.

Besides, it'll be fun.

There's no way we'll get--

- Busted.`

Did you really think you'd get away with this?

- To be honest?

Yeah.

Who knew you liked documentaries?

And weren't you supposed to be at a fundraiser?

- I don't have rules.

You two on the other hand, do.

Corrine, I'm surprised at you.

- I'm surprised at me, too.

- I will be calling both of your parents.

- [Josie] Okay, my mom's cell number is 55--

- 528 27,

I call her often.

- Principal Durst, do you have to?

They won't understand.

- Since this is your first offense,

I'll let it serve as a warning...

(eerie music) For both of you.

But break one more rule

of any kind, and it will have to go on your record.

(upbeat music)

("Strange Days at Blake Holsey High" opening theme music)

- Okay, so my mom drops me at this boarding school,

and I'm thinking it's like all the other places I've gone.

Students,

teachers, principal.

You know, like normal schools,

but it's not.

Weird stuff happens here.

Really weird stuff.

? Oh yeah. ?

- [Josie] And what's this guy doing here?

Something's going on

and someone's behind it,

and we are gonna get to the bottom of it.

- [Principal] There is nothing wrong at Blake Holsey High.

(Josie screams)

(calm music)

- [Prof. Zachary] Thanks for coming in

on such short notice, Mr. Pearson.

I wanted to discuss Vaughn's progress.

- Very well.

He is progressing, isn't he?

- Yes and no.

- Well, which is it?

- Both...

Kind of.

Um, he's a great addition to the science club,

he's an enthusiastic problem solver,

and isn't afraid to ask questions--

- And I take it that's the "He's progressing" part.

- Yes.

But in science class his test scores haven't been improving

and I was just wondering

if perhaps there were...

Some problems at home.

- He doesn't live at home,

this is a boarding school.

- Right.

I guess what I meant was,

are things all right between the two of you?

- Everything's fine.

- [Prof. Zachary] Good.

Because some students sometimes are predisposed

to self-motivation and others, like Vaughn,

need a little push.

- Ah, predisposed.

Are you suggesting that it's a genetic deficiency?

- No, Mr. Pearson, of course not.

- [Mr. Pearson] That it's in my genes?

- No, no, no.

- [Mr. Pearson] Perhaps your genes, Professor Zachary,

aren't predisposed to teaching.

I'm so glad we had this little chat.

(door slams)

- That went well.

- [Corrine] I'm not listening.

- I remember the first time I got busted,

I freaked out too, but after the next few times--

- I'm not listening.

- The first time was in kindergarten

when I glued a piece of macaroni

inside Jeffrey Bittermann's nose.

- I'm not listening.

- [Josie] But I didn't let it ruin my life.

- That's because you're the bad kid.

You cut a class or fail a test,

people expect that.

But me, I'm the good kid,

I don't break the rules.

I'm going to the library.

(Josie scoffs)

(calm music)

(Prof. Zachary sighs)

- Great.

(electric surge buzzing)

(Prof. Zachary screaming) (upbeat dramatic music)

- So...

I heard you got busted with Josie last night.

All right!

- Yeah, thanks.

So how'd your dad's conference with Z go?

- Eh, not so good.

I don't think he likes him.

(upbeat music)

(Prof. Zachary gasping)

- Don't go in there.

Swirly sucky thing on floor.

Oh!

- Shh! People will hear you.

Professor, are you okay?

- Do I know you?

- I'm guessing that's a no.

Corinne, look at this.

(eerie music)

- Oh!

- Great he went in the hole.

- Not all of me, just my head.

And it's out now.

I think.

- Maybe he damaged his hippocampus.

I'm sorry, my dad's a brain surgeon.

He has amnesia,

it's a loss of some memory or all memory

usually due to shock, sickness or brain injury.

- Well, I guess we can now add wormhole to that list.

How long does it last?

- Well, every case is different.

Some it's temporary, and others...

- Not so temporary.

- Great school.

What am I doing here?

- You're a professor.

- No, really?

- [Principal] Staying out of trouble, Corinne?

Who? Me?

Oh, I've learned my lesson.

- Who's she?

- What?

- He said "Sushi", ate it for lunch.

- Oh.

- Say "Later, I've got class."

- Later, I've got class.

- If Z had simply hit his head and got amnesia

we could just call a doctor.

- Right, we bring professionals into this

and we lose the school.

- [Corinne] And after Durst's phone call to my parents

telling them what I've been involved with, I'm toast.

(calm guitar music)

- [Josie] Hey, guys,

you gotta see this.

? Call out the park ?

? Is it all a lark? ?

- I can't believe he plays guitar.

- I can't believe how many girls dig guitar players.

- I can't believe how good he is.

- I can't believe you're not in class.

- I can't believe how much trouble I'm gonna be in.

? Hide when everything is wrong ?

? And tired when you're feeling strong ?

? But that's been too long ?

? It's been far too long ?

(Prof. Zachary vocalizing)

- All right!

Break it up.

What are you doing out here?

- Playing guitar.

(Josie stammering)

- He was doing an experiment on sound waves and vibration.

- Yeah, you pluck the strings,

they vibrate and create a sound.

- [Principal] Can I talk to you for a moment?

- Sure.

- Alone.

- Okay.

(guitar playing)

- Look,

I know that your teaching style is a bit unorthodox

but must I remind you teaching is not a popularity contest?

This is an educational institution.

- Well, the good news is,

it doesn't look like he said anything

about the wormhole yet.

- [Principal] Guitar playing,

understood?

- Okay.

(guitar playing)

- So, what did she say?

- I don't think she likes me very much.

She said that I have my six month teacher review tomorrow

and if I didn't pass, I could get a job at a donut shop.

(upbeat music)

Do I like donuts?

(upbeat music) Oh!

- [Marshall] Okay.

So Z's lost his memory

and tomorrow he has a teacher's review

with a principal who doesn't like him.

Anybody have anything positive to add?

- Well, my dad's on the board.

I can talk to him.

Of course, after their meeting,

I don't think he likes him either.

No, nothing positive.

- Ooh! - Okay, this is not good.

We've got 24 hours to get his memory back.

And if not, he'll fail the review

and get fired.

And we'll get a new teacher,

maybe even Durst.

(Prof. Zachary grunts)

- Ow.

- Hey, hello,

it's me, Lucas,

remember?

- Yeah, you're the kid who just hit me on the head.

- What? It worked on Gilligan's Island.

- Wait, I saw that one.

Gilligan gets hit in the head with a coconut

and then he gets on this raft--

- Okay guys, please.

- And the island natives worship him as their king,

then another coconut falls on him

and he is back to plain old Gilligan.

Great episode.

- Why would he remember that?

- [Vaughn] It was a pretty good one.

- [Josie] Okay, he knows how to play guitar

and he remembers Gilligan,

so not all his memory is erased.

(upbeat music)

We need to talk to Corinne about this.

- [Corrine] Gilligan's Island?

That was a good episode, but bad idea.

Hitting him on the head twice does not work like that

in real life.

Okay, here's how my dad explained it,

the brain is like a computer,

it stores new files or future memory

and can access files for old memory.

- And the RAM stores the recent memories

and the hard drive stores the old ones.

- You're good. See? You should be a teacher.

What was your name?

- Right, now the Hippocampus is located

in the temporal lobe.

- Yeah, and if you damage that

then you have short term memory loss.

- Exactly.

Now the long term memory loss is thought to be stored

in the cerebral cortex.

- Okay, so memory is like files,

you got one for riding a bicycle, one for playing music.

Hey, I bet he played guitar when he was a kid.

- [Corrine] Maybe.

Have you heard of Islands of Memory?

Well, the basically big events that you experienced

that are really hard to forget.

- [Vaughn] Oh, like like scoring the winning touchdown

in football.

- [Marshall] Or your first science award.

- [Lucas] Yeah.

Or your first big boy underwear.

Oh, and it wasn't a big event for you guys?

- [Corrine] Right,

now the brain encodes big events differently.

So if you can find these Z's islands

maybe we can fill in the gaps.

- Okay, Vaughan and I will look for some clues

inside Z's office.

But in case we come up with zip, we're gonna need a plan B.

Marshall, Lucas, better teach Z everything about science.

We can't let him fail this review.

- You remember science, don't you?

- Yes, I hate it.

- This should be easy.

- [Corrine] Now, how many rules will we be breaking

during this process?

- Two...

Maybe three, tops.

- I'd love to help two, guys,

but I cannot break another rule,

so I'm gonna stay here, okay?

I'm sorry.

- Okay, let's go.

Dizzy.

- [Marshall] And that is how Mendel used pea plants

to demonstrate how traits are inherited when they reproduce.

- Reproduce.

How does that work?

- Reproduction.

You know, the birds and the bees.

- Explain it to me.

- There's no way that I'm giving him the talk,

my dad had a hard enough time explaining it to me.

- [Josie] Guys, we hit the jackpot.

We found a box of Z's stuff.

- Oh yeah.

- And here's a picture of a clown holding a crying kid.

(calm music)

- That's me.

Clowns are scary.

I was five years old,

I got lost at the circus.

A woman told me everything was okay

but her long black beard scared me.

This is Mitchell the clown.

And the clown scared me too.

- This is good, this is good.

And then you remember...

- Who are you?

- Okay, we found some memory,

but not enough for him to be firing on all pistons.

Maybe we can ask the review board for a postponement.

- Wait, maybe we don't have to.

I've got an idea.

- [Corrine] Here comes the rule breaking,

time for me to go. (upbeat music)

- Okay. (Josie whispering)

- Good afternoon, everybody.

Principal Pearson,

Mr. Durst and Mrs. McCubbin.

First let's start with my uh...

My plan for uh...

For next semester.

(Prof. Zachary chuckles)

Yes, okay, we'll start the year

by studying how photosynthesis...

Photosynthesis...

Um, works.

- [Principal] Professor Zachary.

- Uh-huh?

- Why don't you take a deep breath,

relax and forget the cards?

We'd like to hear you, not what you've written.

- Okay.

Okay, so after the... (Prof. Zachary stammering)

- The photosynthesis.

- After that, right,

we will be studying the resulting uh...

Result!

Then I will give a lecture

and answer some questions.

- How's he doing?

- [Vaughn] Well, his index cards are on the floor,

if that answers your question.

- [Prof. Zachary] And then I'll then I'll give a big test

and then it will be summer vacation

and then I'll go somewhere.

But definitely not the circus.

- [Janitor] We can't afford to lose him.

- I'm sorry, did you say something?

- It's your time,

it's up to you to keep Professor Z at this school.

- Me? Why me?

- You have that power.

- I can't just barge into a review board.

Students aren't allowed, it's the rules.

- Do it, Corrine.

It's your time.

You will soon understand.

But now, right now, his place at this school depends on you.

- [Prof. Zachary] Where did I get my degree?

That's a good question.

Do you have any others?

- What did you say?

- Pen.

- [Mr. Pearson] Yes, University of Pennsylvania,

my alma mater as well.

- Yeah, that's where I went.

I just remembered I graduated Magna Cum Laude,

go Quakers! (Prof. Zachary chuckles)

- Yes, go Quakers.

What was your doctoral dissertation?

- My what?

Eye.

Eye hand?

Eye on.

Iron.

Yes, I remember that too.

It was on the modeling of ion implantation

induced transient deactivation

and diffusion processes in Boron.

You see the economics are such that once you take a--

- [Mr. Pearson] Yes.

Perhaps we can discuss it over lunch to some other time.

Professor Zachary,

why should we let you remain at Blake Holsey?

(somber music)

- I...

I don't know.

(eerie music)

- Good thing you stayed away.

We got busted big time.

- Corrine, what are you doing?

- What I have to do.

- [Mr. Pearson] Well, Professor Zachary,

now that your friends have left,

do you have anything to add?

- Oh, not really.

Thank you.

One thing,

I know I must like it here.

I would like to stay.

- [Corrine] No, no, don't go, Professor Z.

There's something I need to say.

Excuse me, Principal Durst, Mr. Pearson.

- Ms. Baxter, it is against the rules

for students to attend teacher review boards.

- Yeah, I know, and you can call my parents if you want

but sometimes you need to do the wrong things

for the right reasons.

And keeping Professor Z here is the right reason.

- Thank you, Corinne.

Hey, I know you.

(calm music)

- Mr. Pearson, didn't you give him a scholarship?

And didn't you bring him here to Blake Holsey?

- Yes, he has great potential,

and his future seemed bright,

but if he can't tell us next year's plan for lessons--

- But isn't there more to teaching than just lesson plans?

I mean, if you wanna know what he is really like

ask one of his students.

- This is highly irregular.

- Professor Z has not only challenged us with science

but he has challenged us every day to be better people.

Now if he goes, you can replace him with another teacher

but you can't replace what he's given us with his heart.

Now, we know you have it in for Z

and all because you don't agree with his teaching methods.

- I don't have it in for him.

True, I don't understand his teaching style

but I can see how the students respond.

- [Corinne] But you, Mr. Pearson,

Vaughn told me how mad you were after your meeting with Z.

- Yes, I was, initially,

and then I came to realize that like myself,

he only wants what's best for Vaughn.

Now let me ask you a question, Ms. Baxter,

is he that way with all the students?

- Every one of us.

- Then as far as I'm concerned

anything but extending Professor Z's tenure

here at Blake Holsey would be a grievous error,

I'm sure we're all in agreement.

Congratulations, Professor.

And Professor Zachary, we'll be keeping an eye on you.

- Right.

Go Quakers!

- Go Quakers!

- You know you violated another rule today, Corrine?

- Yes, you can call my parents.

Oh, I think I'll let this one slide.

But that's it.

(cheerful music)

- Thank you.

(guitar playing)

? I'm alone ?

- How did you forget to play guitar in one day?

- Oh, the brain's a very complicated thing.

I stopped playing guitar when I was 12.

The same time I fell in love with science.

- That explains why you hated it

when you lost your short term memory.

(Prof. Z scoffs)

- [Josie] I need to ask you about something, Professor.

This photo of you at Paradigm Industries.

- Oh, yes.

That's something I didn't share with you guys,

I did work there one summer,

just answering some phones and running some errands.

It was part of the scholarship.

- Hey, guys.

(eerie music)

Isn't that the janitor?

(janitor whistling)

(explosion sounding)

(upbeat music)

("Strange Days at Blake Holsey High" closing theme music)

? Oh, oh yeah. ?

? Oh oh yeah. ?

? Oh, oh, oh ?

? Oh yeah ?

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