1 00:00:00,007 --> 00:00:03,756 ADULT MARK (V.O.): The first day of the last year 2 00:00:03,757 --> 00:00:04,957 of high school. 3 00:00:04,958 --> 00:00:06,896 Grade 12: one last year of being big fish 4 00:00:06,897 --> 00:00:08,707 in a small pond, before we swam away... 5 00:00:08,796 --> 00:00:10,736 possibly to become fish food. 6 00:00:10,826 --> 00:00:12,166 -Driving to school. 7 00:00:12,167 --> 00:00:13,265 Isn�t this cool? 8 00:00:13,266 --> 00:00:14,316 -Yup. 9 00:00:16,235 --> 00:00:17,775 [engine backfiring] 10 00:00:17,865 --> 00:00:20,704 -[engine stuttering] -[another car honking] 11 00:00:20,804 --> 00:00:22,404 -So very cool. 12 00:00:22,504 --> 00:00:23,634 -Get out and push. 13 00:00:23,744 --> 00:00:25,254 -You push, dumbass. I�m a girl. 14 00:00:25,313 --> 00:00:27,003 -Since when are you a girl? -Hey! 15 00:00:27,043 --> 00:00:28,383 -Ow! You�re so pretty. 16 00:00:28,384 --> 00:00:30,542 MIDDLE FOX: I�m the one with the learner�s permit. 17 00:00:30,543 --> 00:00:31,873 I gotta drive. It�s the law. 18 00:00:31,952 --> 00:00:34,152 -Wait... Did you say "permit"? 19 00:00:34,153 --> 00:00:36,381 -At least we get to make a first impression. 20 00:00:36,382 --> 00:00:37,821 Come on, Ritche, m�boy. 21 00:00:37,921 --> 00:00:40,691 ["Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch] 22 00:00:40,791 --> 00:00:43,730 -BOY: Nice wheels! -[people laughing and jeering] 23 00:00:43,820 --> 00:00:45,690 -This is better than the bus how? 24 00:00:45,790 --> 00:00:47,730 -Ignore them, Ritche. 25 00:00:47,830 --> 00:00:48,910 They�re just jealous. 26 00:00:48,930 --> 00:00:51,229 [laughter continues] 27 00:00:51,230 --> 00:00:52,728 MARK: Argh, come on. RITCHE: Okay. 28 00:00:52,729 --> 00:00:53,828 [both grunting with effort] 29 00:00:53,829 --> 00:00:55,898 -You get it? -Yeah. 30 00:00:55,998 --> 00:00:57,198 MARK: Alright, get in. 31 00:01:00,968 --> 00:01:03,207 -Two bucks each for gas. Let�s go. 32 00:01:03,307 --> 00:01:04,357 MARK: We had to push! 33 00:01:04,437 --> 00:01:05,837 We... we were the gas. 34 00:01:05,838 --> 00:01:08,005 MIKE SR: [radio] Breaking News. Crisis in the fishery. 35 00:01:08,006 --> 00:01:10,276 -Hey. Turn that up. 36 00:01:10,277 --> 00:01:12,615 -The cod fishery, the backbone of the province, 37 00:01:12,616 --> 00:01:14,315 may be about to snap. 38 00:01:14,415 --> 00:01:17,355 Fisheries Minister John Crosbie is in St. John�s today, 39 00:01:17,356 --> 00:01:18,924 where he is expected to announce 40 00:01:18,925 --> 00:01:21,394 a total shutdown of the cod fishery. 41 00:01:21,395 --> 00:01:23,853 Fishermen, plant workers, whole communities 42 00:01:23,854 --> 00:01:25,623 caught in the undertow. 43 00:01:25,723 --> 00:01:28,763 30,000 jobs could disappear overnight. 44 00:01:28,863 --> 00:01:30,863 -Closed? How? 45 00:01:30,963 --> 00:01:33,102 -Mike Critch, VOCM, first with the news. 46 00:01:33,103 --> 00:01:34,831 ADULT MARK (V.O.): And just like that, 47 00:01:34,832 --> 00:01:37,062 we went from big fish to endangered species. 48 00:01:37,102 --> 00:01:38,641 -Shutting down the fishery? 49 00:01:38,642 --> 00:01:39,900 -It doesn�t affect you, Aquaman. 50 00:01:39,901 --> 00:01:41,800 Not unless you plan on working on a trawler. 51 00:01:41,801 --> 00:01:43,491 -This is gonna affect everybody. 52 00:01:43,492 --> 00:01:45,809 RITCHE: My uncle packs fish at National Sea Products. 53 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:47,509 It can�t be good for him or my cousins. 54 00:01:47,510 --> 00:01:48,949 -They�ll get a job packing something else. 55 00:01:48,950 --> 00:01:50,419 -Like your mudder! 56 00:01:50,420 --> 00:01:53,478 -You know that�s your mudder too? 57 00:01:53,479 --> 00:01:54,579 -Gross! 58 00:01:54,580 --> 00:01:56,187 FOX: Can�t we just enjoy our last year? 59 00:01:56,188 --> 00:01:57,687 This is grade 12! We�re seniors, baby! 60 00:01:57,688 --> 00:01:58,717 Woo-hoo! 61 00:01:58,718 --> 00:02:00,058 -Yeah. 62 00:02:00,158 --> 00:02:01,227 Fun. 63 00:02:01,558 --> 00:02:07,195 {\an8}ADULT MARK (V.O.): Some of us were too busy surfing a wave 64 00:02:07,196 --> 00:02:09,766 {\an8}to see the tsunami coming. 65 00:02:09,767 --> 00:02:11,065 {\an8}DICK: No more fish? 66 00:02:11,066 --> 00:02:12,795 {\an8} I�m gonna miss that feed �a cod tongues 67 00:02:12,796 --> 00:02:14,195 {\an8}down at the Scampers. 68 00:02:14,196 --> 00:02:16,104 {\an8} Best tongue since Tammy Loveless. 69 00:02:16,105 --> 00:02:18,364 {\an8}MIKE SR: You�re gonna miss more than a few tongues. 70 00:02:18,365 --> 00:02:19,603 {\an8}This changes everything. 71 00:02:19,604 --> 00:02:21,644 {\an8}MIKE JR: Does it, though? 72 00:02:21,645 --> 00:02:24,073 {\an8}I mean, I don�t even really know anyone who fishes anymore. 73 00:02:24,074 --> 00:02:25,772 {\an8} -30,000 people out of work overnight. 74 00:02:25,773 --> 00:02:27,313 {\an8}Those people buy cars, 75 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:30,723 {\an8} and the people who sell them those cars buy ads on the radio. 76 00:02:30,724 --> 00:02:32,751 {\an8} -Shag this. I�m heading down to Scampers 77 00:02:32,752 --> 00:02:34,011 {\an8}for a feed �a cod tongues 78 00:02:34,012 --> 00:02:35,721 {\an8}while they still got tongues to feed me. 79 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:38,250 {\an8}-Yes, and while you�ve still got a job to pay for �em. 80 00:02:38,251 --> 00:02:40,421 {\an8} -Come on, Dad. It�s not that bad. 81 00:02:40,521 --> 00:02:41,861 {\an8}-No... 82 00:02:41,951 --> 00:02:43,420 {\an8}Might be worse. 83 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,260 -[ominous organ music] -[school bell rings] 84 00:02:46,261 --> 00:02:47,989 ADULT MARK (V.O.): The present was dark, 85 00:02:47,990 --> 00:02:50,058 {\an8}but we still had the future to look forward to. 86 00:02:50,059 --> 00:02:52,289 {\an8}SISTER ROSE: Good morning, seniors. 87 00:02:52,829 --> 00:02:55,328 {\an8}You�ve made it to the summit. 88 00:02:55,438 --> 00:02:57,578 {\an8}Grade 12. 89 00:02:57,668 --> 00:03:00,868 {\an8}Yesterday, you were children. 90 00:03:00,968 --> 00:03:03,707 {\an8}But yesterday is gone. 91 00:03:03,807 --> 00:03:06,747 {\an8}Today, the fishery collapsed, 92 00:03:06,847 --> 00:03:10,386 {\an8}and with it, your futures. 93 00:03:10,476 --> 00:03:12,346 {\an8} -Okay. That took a turn. 94 00:03:12,446 --> 00:03:16,085 {\an8}SISTER ROSE: So, choose your electives wisely. 95 00:03:16,185 --> 00:03:19,784 {\an8}There will be a demand for manual labour. 96 00:03:19,884 --> 00:03:21,284 {\an8}For the boys, 97 00:03:21,384 --> 00:03:24,824 {\an8}household movers to help in the... 98 00:03:24,924 --> 00:03:26,923 mass exodus. 99 00:03:27,023 --> 00:03:28,193 For the girls, 100 00:03:28,293 --> 00:03:30,533 there�s always room in the convent. 101 00:03:30,534 --> 00:03:32,961 ADULT MARK (V.O.): Theatre Arts, 102 00:03:32,962 --> 00:03:34,132 Creative Writing... 103 00:03:34,133 --> 00:03:36,171 these were not the tools of a tradesman. 104 00:03:36,172 --> 00:03:39,371 SISTER ROSE: Welcome, Class of �92. 105 00:03:39,471 --> 00:03:43,011 Enjoy your final year! 106 00:03:43,110 --> 00:03:45,480 These are the end times. 107 00:03:45,580 --> 00:03:47,180 [dramatic music] 108 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,049 -Thank you, Sister Rose, for that cool... 109 00:03:51,149 --> 00:03:53,649 dare I say, cold, welcome. 110 00:03:53,749 --> 00:03:56,348 -There�s no way I�m becoming a nun. 111 00:03:56,448 --> 00:03:58,018 -What if she�s right? 112 00:03:58,019 --> 00:04:00,117 What if we�re making all the wrong choices? 113 00:04:00,118 --> 00:04:02,086 -She�s just trying to scare you. That�s her job. 114 00:04:02,087 --> 00:04:03,787 -Well, it�s working! 115 00:04:03,788 --> 00:04:06,156 Entertainment is the first thing people cut 116 00:04:06,157 --> 00:04:07,456 when the money gets tight. 117 00:04:07,556 --> 00:04:09,226 I don�t have a back-up plan. 118 00:04:09,227 --> 00:04:10,895 I don�t even have a front-up plan. 119 00:04:10,896 --> 00:04:12,466 I want to be a comedian. 120 00:04:12,566 --> 00:04:13,665 What am I doing? 121 00:04:13,666 --> 00:04:15,534 I�m having a mid-life crisis at 17! 122 00:04:15,535 --> 00:04:16,635 Oh my God, I�m... 123 00:04:16,735 --> 00:04:18,175 I�m only gonna live to be 40. 124 00:04:18,265 --> 00:04:20,534 -Thirty-four. -That�s not helping. 125 00:04:20,634 --> 00:04:22,034 -You�re wigging out. 126 00:04:22,035 --> 00:04:23,803 Everything�s gonna be fine, okay? 127 00:04:23,804 --> 00:04:25,272 -You really think I�m gonna make it? 128 00:04:25,273 --> 00:04:26,323 FOX: Yes! 129 00:04:26,324 --> 00:04:28,312 And worst case scenario, you go to work at VOCM, 130 00:04:28,313 --> 00:04:29,573 like your dad and brother. 131 00:04:29,583 --> 00:04:32,252 [VOCM jingle playing] 132 00:04:34,912 --> 00:04:38,051 -Late last night, early this morning, 133 00:04:38,151 --> 00:04:41,291 two youths were arrested for exposing their buttocks 134 00:04:41,391 --> 00:04:42,861 on George Street. 135 00:04:42,961 --> 00:04:45,130 Police were immediately on the scene 136 00:04:45,220 --> 00:04:47,690 and able to apprehend our cheeky suspects 137 00:04:47,790 --> 00:04:49,989 before they completed the lunar cycle, 138 00:04:50,099 --> 00:04:52,399 midway between a half and a full moon. 139 00:04:53,699 --> 00:04:56,198 Mark Critch, VOCM news service. 140 00:04:57,638 --> 00:05:00,278 -That�s a deadly ol� story there, Mark, b�y. 141 00:05:00,368 --> 00:05:02,307 -Ah, thanks, Dick. I-I mean, Mike. 142 00:05:02,308 --> 00:05:05,076 -Listen, I�m gonna needs the apartment to myself tonight. 143 00:05:05,077 --> 00:05:07,416 I gots a hot date comin� over, Mark, b�y. 144 00:05:08,646 --> 00:05:10,246 Oh, you�re outta soup. 145 00:05:10,346 --> 00:05:13,485 [comically unsettling music] 146 00:05:13,486 --> 00:05:15,284 ADULT MARK (V.O.): I didn�t want to follow 147 00:05:15,285 --> 00:05:16,685 in anyone�s footsteps. 148 00:05:16,785 --> 00:05:18,625 I wanted to cut my own path. 149 00:05:23,254 --> 00:05:25,793 -Where are you going? -To make a course correct. 150 00:05:25,794 --> 00:05:26,892 [knock on door] 151 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:27,922 MARK: Father? 152 00:05:27,923 --> 00:05:29,053 -Mark. Come in. 153 00:05:30,133 --> 00:05:32,402 Got something on your mind? 154 00:05:32,502 --> 00:05:33,552 -Well, uh... 155 00:05:35,132 --> 00:05:37,931 I was... wondering if maybe I could 156 00:05:38,031 --> 00:05:40,271 make a couple changes to my course picks. 157 00:05:40,371 --> 00:05:41,911 I mean, if it�s not too late. 158 00:05:42,001 --> 00:05:43,051 -No. 159 00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:44,920 Hey, let�s see what you�re rockin�. 160 00:05:46,910 --> 00:05:49,849 Oh! Theatre Arts. No surprise there. 161 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:52,849 Advanced Writing, Visual Arts. 162 00:05:52,949 --> 00:05:54,649 Pretty lefty. 163 00:05:54,650 --> 00:05:57,047 Looks like you got a soft-handed life comin� your way. 164 00:05:57,048 --> 00:05:58,918 Nice! 165 00:05:59,018 --> 00:06:00,458 -That�s the thing. I... 166 00:06:02,257 --> 00:06:05,097 I-I�m just thinking that... with, you know, 167 00:06:05,187 --> 00:06:07,456 the current economic climate, uh... 168 00:06:07,556 --> 00:06:10,026 maybe I need to focus on something more... 169 00:06:11,896 --> 00:06:13,935 -Practical? 170 00:06:14,035 --> 00:06:15,535 Pragmatic? 171 00:06:15,635 --> 00:06:16,975 Useful? 172 00:06:17,065 --> 00:06:18,905 -Less stupid. Uh... 173 00:06:19,004 --> 00:06:20,904 This is my last year in school, 174 00:06:21,004 --> 00:06:23,144 and for the first time, I�m... 175 00:06:23,244 --> 00:06:27,383 I�m starting to think about maybe what I want to do is... 176 00:06:27,473 --> 00:06:28,743 silly. 177 00:06:28,843 --> 00:06:30,543 -Mark... 178 00:06:30,643 --> 00:06:32,042 You... 179 00:06:32,043 --> 00:06:33,611 you give these people comfort. 180 00:06:33,612 --> 00:06:36,012 You make them forget about their troubles. 181 00:06:37,221 --> 00:06:39,451 I mean, it�s kinda the same as being a priest. 182 00:06:41,551 --> 00:06:42,601 -I guess so. 183 00:06:42,621 --> 00:06:44,090 I mean... 184 00:06:44,190 --> 00:06:46,160 the altar is kinda like a stage, and... 185 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:48,330 you do wear a costume. 186 00:06:48,331 --> 00:06:50,098 I mean, the whole wine and bread thing 187 00:06:50,099 --> 00:06:51,728 is sorta like a magic trick, and... 188 00:06:51,729 --> 00:06:53,469 you even get to sing! 189 00:06:53,569 --> 00:06:54,869 -You know... 190 00:06:54,968 --> 00:06:56,838 I wanted to be a singer. 191 00:06:56,938 --> 00:06:58,208 -Why didn�t you? 192 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:00,407 -Well, I didn�t think I�d be able to support myself. 193 00:07:00,408 --> 00:07:02,306 -You didn�t think you�d make any money at it, 194 00:07:02,307 --> 00:07:04,407 so you took a vow of poverty? 195 00:07:04,507 --> 00:07:06,946 -Well, you can�t be let down if you don�t try. 196 00:07:07,906 --> 00:07:09,146 But... 197 00:07:09,246 --> 00:07:10,646 Next best thing, right? 198 00:07:11,846 --> 00:07:14,385 [playing guitar] 199 00:07:14,485 --> 00:07:17,285 ? Through him, with him, in him ? 200 00:07:17,385 --> 00:07:21,324 ? In the unity of the Holy Spirit ? 201 00:07:21,424 --> 00:07:24,923 ? All glory is yours ? 202 00:07:25,023 --> 00:07:28,723 ? Forever and ever... ? 203 00:07:28,724 --> 00:07:32,631 -Right, uh, I think I�m gonna drop Creative Writing 204 00:07:32,632 --> 00:07:33,832 and take Shop. 205 00:07:33,932 --> 00:07:36,332 -What? No! Sit down. 206 00:07:36,432 --> 00:07:37,482 Mark! 207 00:07:39,141 --> 00:07:42,511 You have plenty of time to make up your mind. 208 00:07:42,611 --> 00:07:45,201 You just have to make a decision by the end of the day. 209 00:07:45,270 --> 00:07:47,020 You got like three and a half hours. 210 00:07:47,021 --> 00:07:48,579 -[playing guitar] -? Hosanna... ? 211 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:50,378 ADULT MARK (V.O.): One day to make a decision 212 00:07:50,379 --> 00:07:51,919 that would change everything. 213 00:07:52,009 --> 00:07:53,279 No pressure. 214 00:07:53,379 --> 00:07:56,078 Just the crushing weight of my entire future. 215 00:07:57,018 --> 00:08:00,358 ? 216 00:08:00,359 --> 00:08:01,486 FOX: Mark? 217 00:08:01,487 --> 00:08:03,227 What the frig are you doing here? 218 00:08:03,228 --> 00:08:04,686 -Just exploring other options. 219 00:08:04,687 --> 00:08:05,796 -You�re gonna get hurt. 220 00:08:05,797 --> 00:08:07,237 -Sorry I�m late, youngsters. 221 00:08:07,256 --> 00:08:10,196 My God, this school is some size. 222 00:08:10,296 --> 00:08:13,235 -Mr. Chafe? I... I thought you retired. 223 00:08:13,335 --> 00:08:15,175 -Oh, hey, Mark. Fox. 224 00:08:15,265 --> 00:08:17,565 Some nice to see familiar faces. 225 00:08:17,665 --> 00:08:20,634 Yes, I was out for a year but it�s hard times, 226 00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:23,504 so I had to take on a few shifts as a substitute, eh? 227 00:08:23,505 --> 00:08:25,272 ADULT MARK (V.O.): It wasn�t just fishermen 228 00:08:25,273 --> 00:08:26,593 who were feeling the pinch. 229 00:08:26,613 --> 00:08:27,883 -Me wife left me. 230 00:08:27,973 --> 00:08:29,873 -You had a wife? Gross. 231 00:08:29,983 --> 00:08:31,622 -She took it all, Mark, b�y. 232 00:08:31,712 --> 00:08:33,382 The house. The car. 233 00:08:33,482 --> 00:08:36,122 Didn�t even leave me with so much as one of the cats. 234 00:08:36,123 --> 00:08:38,250 -Uh, sir, I think we should focus on the lesson. 235 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:40,051 -Oh, I learned my lesson, alright. 236 00:08:40,052 --> 00:08:41,690 Never to trust a woman ever again. 237 00:08:41,691 --> 00:08:43,960 FOX: He means the class. Get a grip. 238 00:08:44,060 --> 00:08:45,430 -Oh, right, yes. Jeez. 239 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:46,860 What am I thinking? 240 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,599 Uh, I�m some glad to be teaching you woodworking. 241 00:08:50,699 --> 00:08:54,469 My first love, and now my only love. 242 00:08:56,298 --> 00:09:00,168 Now, before we start, safety first. 243 00:09:00,268 --> 00:09:01,937 I wanna see them goggles. 244 00:09:02,037 --> 00:09:07,446 [tense music] 245 00:09:07,546 --> 00:09:08,596 [loud crash] 246 00:09:12,316 --> 00:09:13,515 -Okay. Uh... 247 00:09:14,745 --> 00:09:18,615 I see why we... need the goggles now. 248 00:09:18,616 --> 00:09:20,123 ADULT MARK (V.O.): My course correction 249 00:09:20,124 --> 00:09:21,794 had just corrected itself... 250 00:09:21,884 --> 00:09:23,254 straight out the window! 251 00:09:27,993 --> 00:09:30,163 ? 252 00:09:30,263 --> 00:09:34,062 [indistinct chatter] 253 00:09:36,702 --> 00:09:37,871 -Good God, Mary! 254 00:09:37,872 --> 00:09:39,400 What are you doing down here? 255 00:09:39,401 --> 00:09:41,211 -I told you I was working this week! 256 00:09:41,301 --> 00:09:44,970 Come to the Soiree. St. John�s 100th birthday party! 257 00:09:45,070 --> 00:09:46,440 It�s Come Home year! 258 00:09:46,441 --> 00:09:49,008 MIKE SR: The fisheries minister is here. 259 00:09:49,009 --> 00:09:51,378 The place is a powder keg. People are losing their jobs! 260 00:09:51,379 --> 00:09:53,619 -Well, I still have a job to do! 261 00:09:53,719 --> 00:09:56,388 -Food festivals, music in the park, screech-ins... 262 00:09:56,389 --> 00:09:58,017 What kinda screech-in are you gonna have 263 00:09:58,018 --> 00:09:59,457 when there�s no cod left to kiss? 264 00:09:59,458 --> 00:10:02,697 -[door bursts open] -[crowd yelling angrily] 265 00:10:05,287 --> 00:10:06,726 -What�s all that? 266 00:10:06,826 --> 00:10:09,096 -They locked out the fishermen. This is bad. 267 00:10:09,196 --> 00:10:10,896 Oh, God, it�s about to get worse. 268 00:10:10,996 --> 00:10:12,466 Pop, what are you doin� here? 269 00:10:12,566 --> 00:10:13,616 -Protesting! 270 00:10:13,665 --> 00:10:16,205 We�re not gonna let that Ottawa fat cat speak. 271 00:10:16,206 --> 00:10:18,464 -Pop, he has to speak so people can find out 272 00:10:18,465 --> 00:10:20,273 what kind of a support package there�s gonna be. 273 00:10:20,274 --> 00:10:21,714 -What, more welfare? 274 00:10:21,804 --> 00:10:24,773 You know, give a man a fish, he�ll eat for a day. 275 00:10:24,873 --> 00:10:26,213 Teach a man to fish- 276 00:10:26,214 --> 00:10:27,772 -And he�ll be outta work forever. 277 00:10:27,773 --> 00:10:30,073 MARY: Pop, that crowd is some riled up. 278 00:10:30,183 --> 00:10:31,282 You�re gonna get hurt. 279 00:10:31,382 --> 00:10:32,752 -You have my word. 280 00:10:32,852 --> 00:10:33,932 I�m not gonna get hurt. 281 00:10:36,222 --> 00:10:37,861 I�m the one doing the hurting. 282 00:10:37,951 --> 00:10:39,921 Shillelagh Law. 283 00:10:40,021 --> 00:10:41,661 -I don�t have time for this. 284 00:10:41,751 --> 00:10:42,920 I gotta get in there. 285 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:44,720 [crowd yelling angrily] 286 00:10:44,721 --> 00:10:45,729 -Hey, Gary? 287 00:10:45,730 --> 00:10:47,189 -Sorry, Mike. She�s locked tight. 288 00:10:47,190 --> 00:10:48,429 -For them, but I�m press, Gary. 289 00:10:48,430 --> 00:10:50,398 -I can�t open the doors and let you in, Mike. 290 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:51,458 They�d storm the place! 291 00:10:51,459 --> 00:10:53,759 [crowd yelling angrily] 292 00:10:55,398 --> 00:10:58,338 {\an8}[tourism commercial playing on TV] 293 00:10:58,339 --> 00:11:00,007 {\an8} VOICE: [TV] Give us a call... 294 00:11:00,008 --> 00:11:03,847 CROSBIE: [TV] I�m making a decision based on the desire 295 00:11:03,937 --> 00:11:07,106 to ensure that the northern cod survives as a species. 296 00:11:07,107 --> 00:11:12,984 -This is Mike Critch, reporting live from downtown St. John�s, 297 00:11:12,985 --> 00:11:15,244 where Fisheries Minister John Crosbie just announced 298 00:11:15,245 --> 00:11:17,545 the closure of the cod fishery, 299 00:11:17,655 --> 00:11:20,224 the largest layoff in Canadian history. 300 00:11:20,324 --> 00:11:23,264 [dramatic music] 301 00:11:23,354 --> 00:11:25,093 -They�ve locked us out. 302 00:11:25,193 --> 00:11:27,193 -They�ve locked us out! 303 00:11:27,293 --> 00:11:28,693 -Cowards all. 304 00:11:28,793 --> 00:11:30,133 CROWD: Cowards! 305 00:11:30,233 --> 00:11:31,972 -We should break it down. 306 00:11:32,062 --> 00:11:33,262 -Break it down! 307 00:11:33,362 --> 00:11:35,262 [crowd yelling angrily] 308 00:11:35,362 --> 00:11:37,701 [loud crashing and thudding] 309 00:11:37,801 --> 00:11:40,401 [yelling and thudding] 310 00:11:40,501 --> 00:11:43,000 [traditional Celtic music] 311 00:11:43,110 --> 00:11:44,210 -Gotta get in there. 312 00:11:44,211 --> 00:11:46,279 CROSBIE: [TV] They don�t need to go berserk 313 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,480 trying to batter on doors to frighten me. 314 00:11:48,580 --> 00:11:50,579 In the first place, I don�t frighten. 315 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,969 -It�s utter mayhem as the fishermen attempt 316 00:11:53,049 --> 00:11:55,118 to break down the doors. 317 00:11:55,218 --> 00:11:56,988 I�m gonna try and get inside. 318 00:11:57,088 --> 00:11:59,158 MARY: Excuse me... Pardon me... 319 00:11:59,258 --> 00:12:01,127 Mike... 320 00:12:01,217 --> 00:12:02,267 Don�t! 321 00:12:02,268 --> 00:12:03,926 MIKE SR: I�m press! Let me through! 322 00:12:03,927 --> 00:12:05,127 -Mike, I told ya! 323 00:12:05,227 --> 00:12:06,277 [loud thud] 324 00:12:06,327 --> 00:12:07,826 -Mike! 325 00:12:09,766 --> 00:12:13,635 Back the frig up, or by the Jesus, you�re next! 326 00:12:16,065 --> 00:12:17,705 Mike, honey. 327 00:12:19,674 --> 00:12:21,114 -I told ya. 328 00:12:21,204 --> 00:12:22,404 You could get hurt. 329 00:12:22,504 --> 00:12:27,173 ? 330 00:12:28,343 --> 00:12:31,242 MR. LEWIS: What do you need a job for? Money? 331 00:12:31,342 --> 00:12:33,512 The whole province is unemployed now, b�y. 332 00:12:33,513 --> 00:12:34,851 Sure, you could get a "career," 333 00:12:34,852 --> 00:12:36,850 but why be broke doin� something you hate 334 00:12:36,851 --> 00:12:39,150 when you can go broke doing something you love? 335 00:12:39,151 --> 00:12:41,451 -But you got a job. 336 00:12:41,551 --> 00:12:44,620 And you still get to act all the time. 337 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,360 Maybe I�ll be a teacher like you. 338 00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:49,359 You got the coolest job in the world. 339 00:12:49,459 --> 00:12:52,429 -No, no, acting�s the coolest job in the world. 340 00:12:52,529 --> 00:12:54,279 You think I wanted to grade papers 341 00:12:54,329 --> 00:12:57,068 and haul stoners down to the principal�s office? 342 00:12:57,168 --> 00:12:59,608 This job is a parachute. 343 00:13:02,577 --> 00:13:04,577 I was afraid to fly. 344 00:13:04,578 --> 00:13:06,306 But what�s the use of a parachute 345 00:13:06,307 --> 00:13:08,506 if you never jumps out of a plane, right? 346 00:13:08,507 --> 00:13:10,715 And then, over time, it just weighs you down. 347 00:13:10,716 --> 00:13:13,214 And you know what happens when you jumps out of a plane 348 00:13:13,215 --> 00:13:14,715 with a backpack full �a rocks? 349 00:13:15,955 --> 00:13:17,555 -You die? -Inside. 350 00:13:19,354 --> 00:13:22,124 Way I figures it, I got ten years to go, but... 351 00:13:22,224 --> 00:13:25,963 you know, with good behaviour and a soft tissue injury, 352 00:13:26,063 --> 00:13:29,833 I can get it down to eight. Seven if I�m lucky. 353 00:13:29,933 --> 00:13:31,802 -You sound like you�re on death row. 354 00:13:33,302 --> 00:13:35,592 -Life�s just one long death row, young fella. 355 00:13:37,471 --> 00:13:39,241 Some folks can break out. 356 00:13:41,401 --> 00:13:43,670 As long as they got a spoon to dig with. 357 00:13:49,309 --> 00:13:50,929 MARK: National Theatre School? 358 00:13:55,218 --> 00:13:57,518 There�s a... whole school 359 00:13:57,618 --> 00:14:00,258 that�s just Theatre Arts class, all day? 360 00:14:00,358 --> 00:14:02,457 -Wasn�t an option when I was your age. 361 00:14:02,557 --> 00:14:04,297 -Where�s it to? 362 00:14:04,387 --> 00:14:06,187 -Montreal. 363 00:14:06,297 --> 00:14:08,436 French girls, Critchie. 364 00:14:08,526 --> 00:14:10,266 You only gotta be 18 to drink, too. 365 00:14:10,366 --> 00:14:12,505 -And... theatre. -What? 366 00:14:12,595 --> 00:14:14,835 Yeah, theatre too, yeah. 367 00:14:21,574 --> 00:14:23,274 Don�t let me happen to you. 368 00:14:28,813 --> 00:14:30,213 No parachutes! 369 00:14:30,313 --> 00:14:32,382 -[laughs] No parachutes. 370 00:14:33,952 --> 00:14:35,002 Thanks, sir. 371 00:14:35,292 --> 00:14:39,620 -Now, dodge down and get me book bag, will ya? 372 00:14:39,621 --> 00:14:40,791 Me smokes is in that. 373 00:14:42,351 --> 00:14:43,450 -Uh, yes, sir. 374 00:14:44,421 --> 00:14:48,259 ADULT MARK (V.O.): Advanced Writing class. 375 00:14:48,260 --> 00:14:51,099 A whole period about plays, books, and poems. 376 00:14:51,199 --> 00:14:53,439 As far from Shop as I could get. 377 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:56,728 -Mr. Chafe? 378 00:14:56,838 --> 00:14:58,908 -Ooh, hey, Mark. Good to see you again. 379 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:01,108 -You�re teaching Advanced Writing too? 380 00:15:02,737 --> 00:15:05,737 -Guess so. Life as a substitute. 381 00:15:05,837 --> 00:15:08,876 -I didn�t know you liked... words. 382 00:15:08,976 --> 00:15:11,446 -Oh, I�d... much rather work with me hands, 383 00:15:11,546 --> 00:15:13,745 but you gotta do what you gotta do. 384 00:15:13,845 --> 00:15:17,645 Okay, class, open your books to page 86, 385 00:15:17,755 --> 00:15:19,694 "The Road Not Taken." 386 00:15:19,784 --> 00:15:23,254 Uh, Mark, you wanna give it a go? 387 00:15:23,354 --> 00:15:24,423 -Sure. 388 00:15:25,693 --> 00:15:28,193 "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 389 00:15:28,293 --> 00:15:30,193 "and sorry I could not travel both 390 00:15:30,293 --> 00:15:32,762 "and be one traveller, long I stood..." 391 00:15:32,763 --> 00:15:34,861 -You can just skip right down to the end, Mark. 392 00:15:34,862 --> 00:15:36,630 You only needs the tops and the tails. 393 00:15:36,631 --> 00:15:38,681 That middle stuff, that�s just for show. 394 00:15:40,601 --> 00:15:42,241 -Yeah, uh... 395 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:46,210 "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... 396 00:15:46,310 --> 00:15:48,060 "I took the road less travelled by. 397 00:15:48,061 --> 00:15:51,008 "And that has made all the difference." 398 00:15:51,009 --> 00:15:53,359 MR. CHAFE: Can anybody tell me what that means? 399 00:15:55,648 --> 00:15:56,848 BOY: I dunno. 400 00:15:56,948 --> 00:15:58,718 MR. CHAFE: Mark? 401 00:15:58,818 --> 00:16:01,357 -The fella who wrote it comes to a fork in the road. 402 00:16:01,457 --> 00:16:02,657 Doesn�t know where to go. 403 00:16:03,787 --> 00:16:06,986 Uh, the woods are yellow, so it�s fall. 404 00:16:07,096 --> 00:16:09,296 Almost winter. 405 00:16:09,396 --> 00:16:13,265 The writer picks the path less taken, 406 00:16:13,365 --> 00:16:15,565 so he�s making the harder choice. 407 00:16:18,404 --> 00:16:19,904 Maybe it�s about... 408 00:16:19,905 --> 00:16:21,733 not settling for the way things are, 409 00:16:21,734 --> 00:16:23,904 but making your own way. 410 00:16:24,004 --> 00:16:26,303 ? 411 00:16:26,413 --> 00:16:28,753 -No. It�s about jobs! 412 00:16:28,843 --> 00:16:32,212 Every poem is like a riddle. 413 00:16:32,312 --> 00:16:34,082 And the answer to this one... 414 00:16:34,182 --> 00:16:36,222 is jobs. 415 00:16:36,321 --> 00:16:37,721 Two roads. 416 00:16:37,821 --> 00:16:41,361 One is more trampled because it�s the right way. 417 00:16:41,451 --> 00:16:44,050 And the other one is overgrown 418 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,480 because it�s the wrong way. 419 00:16:45,490 --> 00:16:47,690 Now, turn your books to page... 420 00:16:47,691 --> 00:16:49,328 ADULT MARK (V.O.): The road more travelled 421 00:16:49,329 --> 00:16:52,669 seemed to be the safer path. 422 00:16:52,769 --> 00:16:56,108 So, why did I feel like I was going the wrong way? 423 00:17:05,177 --> 00:17:06,227 -Ooh. 424 00:17:07,246 --> 00:17:09,286 How�s your eye? 425 00:17:09,376 --> 00:17:10,876 -Black, thanks to you. 426 00:17:10,976 --> 00:17:12,845 POP: Aw, well... 427 00:17:12,945 --> 00:17:14,515 I mean, it builds character. 428 00:17:14,615 --> 00:17:16,085 Yeah. [chuckles] 429 00:17:16,185 --> 00:17:17,285 What�s for supper? 430 00:17:17,385 --> 00:17:18,754 -Fish! 431 00:17:18,854 --> 00:17:20,994 -It�s my favourite. Fish sticks! 432 00:17:21,084 --> 00:17:22,524 POP: Oh! Hm. 433 00:17:22,624 --> 00:17:25,593 Well... we�re eating American fish? 434 00:17:25,693 --> 00:17:27,933 In Newfoundland? Good God. 435 00:17:28,023 --> 00:17:31,322 Well, where do the potatoes come from, Rhodesia? 436 00:17:31,432 --> 00:17:33,302 This is not real fish. 437 00:17:33,402 --> 00:17:35,972 This is processed American crap! 438 00:17:36,072 --> 00:17:39,211 -There is a moratorium on, as if you didn�t know. 439 00:17:39,301 --> 00:17:42,770 And it is all that I had the energy to make after today! 440 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,810 [sighs] Some "Soiree." It felt more like a funeral. 441 00:17:46,811 --> 00:17:48,708 MIKE JR: It�s not all bad news, though, right? 442 00:17:48,709 --> 00:17:50,309 I mean, they get a package. 443 00:17:50,409 --> 00:17:53,249 220 bucks a week, every week, for 10 weeks? That�s... 444 00:17:53,349 --> 00:17:56,218 -You couldn�t even afford fish sticks on that. 445 00:17:56,219 --> 00:17:58,347 MIKE SR: And they�re gonna retrain the fishermen. 446 00:17:58,348 --> 00:18:00,028 -You know, half those fishermen, 447 00:18:00,058 --> 00:18:02,468 they haven�t set foot in a classroom in 50 years. 448 00:18:02,487 --> 00:18:04,527 What are they gonna be? Hairdressers? 449 00:18:04,627 --> 00:18:05,947 -How about some good news? 450 00:18:07,026 --> 00:18:09,126 Mark, how was your first day at Grade 12? 451 00:18:09,226 --> 00:18:10,276 MARK: Uh... 452 00:18:10,366 --> 00:18:11,636 Well, uh... 453 00:18:11,726 --> 00:18:14,095 I don�t know if it�s good or not, but, um... 454 00:18:15,835 --> 00:18:17,605 I�m switching streams. 455 00:18:17,705 --> 00:18:18,974 -What do you mean? 456 00:18:20,255 --> 00:18:22,303 -I�m taking Shop. 457 00:18:22,304 --> 00:18:23,604 -[stifles a laugh] 458 00:18:23,704 --> 00:18:25,243 Sorry, you�re what? 459 00:18:25,244 --> 00:18:27,442 -That�s the first sensible thing I heard all day. 460 00:18:27,443 --> 00:18:28,493 Good for you, Mark. 461 00:18:28,513 --> 00:18:30,452 -Mark... what about your acting? 462 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:32,982 -Speaking of, uh... 463 00:18:33,082 --> 00:18:36,032 did you know there�s a school in Montreal just for acting? 464 00:18:36,082 --> 00:18:38,251 MIKE SR: Good God, what a waste of money! 465 00:18:38,252 --> 00:18:40,420 You�ll learn a lot more in that Shop class. 466 00:18:40,421 --> 00:18:42,390 MARY: Stop. 467 00:18:42,490 --> 00:18:44,260 -Leave the boy alone. 468 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:45,810 It�s his life. Let him live it. 469 00:18:46,090 --> 00:18:49,659 Or do you want him living one as fake as this fish? 470 00:18:52,129 --> 00:18:53,229 [Mary sighs] 471 00:18:53,329 --> 00:18:56,298 [sombre music] 472 00:18:56,398 --> 00:18:58,338 ? 473 00:18:58,339 --> 00:18:59,467 -Mark... 474 00:18:59,468 --> 00:19:04,737 ? 475 00:19:04,837 --> 00:19:08,736 ? 476 00:19:08,846 --> 00:19:10,716 ? 477 00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:11,866 -[knocks on door] 478 00:19:11,946 --> 00:19:16,855 ? 479 00:19:16,955 --> 00:19:22,094 ? 480 00:19:22,184 --> 00:19:24,153 -Oh, no, I-I... 481 00:19:24,253 --> 00:19:26,243 Oh, they�re disgusting, aren�t they? 482 00:19:29,993 --> 00:19:32,362 Hm... 483 00:19:32,462 --> 00:19:34,602 Actually... Not bad. 484 00:19:36,102 --> 00:19:37,371 Ahem... 485 00:19:37,471 --> 00:19:38,671 Our secret. 486 00:19:39,771 --> 00:19:40,841 -Our secret. 487 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:44,320 -Don�t listen to them. 488 00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:49,209 And don�t give up your dreams 489 00:19:49,309 --> 00:19:52,179 just because everyone else has given up on theirs. 490 00:19:55,478 --> 00:19:57,718 -Uh... I guess... 491 00:19:57,818 --> 00:19:59,618 the closer I get to doing it, 492 00:19:59,718 --> 00:20:01,887 the more scared I get, Pop. 493 00:20:05,487 --> 00:20:08,026 -You know, nobody... 494 00:20:08,126 --> 00:20:10,266 ever caught anything worth keeping 495 00:20:10,366 --> 00:20:12,665 by hugging the shoreline. 496 00:20:12,666 --> 00:20:14,294 You want something worth keeping, 497 00:20:14,295 --> 00:20:16,835 you have to shove off into the deep water. 498 00:20:18,065 --> 00:20:20,104 Even when the weather looks rough. 499 00:20:23,304 --> 00:20:24,673 -Did you have a dream? 500 00:20:27,943 --> 00:20:29,143 -[chuckles wistfully] 501 00:20:30,882 --> 00:20:33,352 I went to sea when I was 12. 502 00:20:33,452 --> 00:20:35,152 I was too tired to dream. 503 00:20:37,651 --> 00:20:38,951 But here... 504 00:20:40,151 --> 00:20:42,820 I get three squares a day, a roof over my head, 505 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,210 and my family. 506 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,399 I�m living mine right now. 507 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:53,399 [soft, emotional music] 508 00:20:53,499 --> 00:20:56,568 ? 509 00:20:56,668 --> 00:20:58,708 POP: Montreal, huh? 510 00:20:58,798 --> 00:21:00,537 Ooh-la-la. 511 00:21:00,637 --> 00:21:03,007 -It�s just something I�m thinking of. 512 00:21:03,107 --> 00:21:05,047 -Thinking? 513 00:21:05,137 --> 00:21:06,406 Or dreaming? 514 00:21:08,806 --> 00:21:10,006 -We�ll see. 515 00:21:10,007 --> 00:21:13,884 ADULT MARK (V.O.): The greatest resource I ever had 516 00:21:13,885 --> 00:21:15,755 growing up wasn�t fish. 517 00:21:15,845 --> 00:21:17,485 It was my family. 518 00:21:17,585 --> 00:21:18,884 If you�re lucky, 519 00:21:18,885 --> 00:21:20,983 you�ll have someone who believes in you enough 520 00:21:20,984 --> 00:21:23,284 to make your dream their own. 521 00:21:23,394 --> 00:21:26,633 ? 522 00:21:26,723 --> 00:21:30,322 ? 523 00:21:30,432 --> 00:21:33,572 ? 524 00:21:33,662 --> 00:21:37,431 ? 525 00:21:37,531 --> 00:21:41,231 ? 526 00:21:41,341 --> 00:21:45,410 ? 527 00:21:45,510 --> 00:21:49,349 ? 528 00:21:49,439 --> 00:21:52,739 ? 529 00:21:52,789 --> 00:21:57,339 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0