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I'm Cassius.

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Nathan's a twin. Might that be enough
general hospital for the day?

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How about the news?

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Muting it would also be an option,
unless the remote.

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Mm-hmm.

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Yeah, Mr. Johnson, have you seen the
remote?

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Have I seen it? Yeah.

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Nice remote.

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I couldn't find it this morning.
Somebody hit my car chase group chat,

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and I couldn't even switch a live
coverage.

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Aren't there buttons on the TV?

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You're aging yourself, Barb. Yeah, they
got rid of the buttons. Okay, everybody,

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just shh.

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Please, try and watch my stories. Jacob
won't let me do it at home. Damn right.

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Who still watches soap operas?

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People with taste, like me.

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Soaps have got everything, man. They've
got plots and schemes and five new

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episodes a week. These are the
hardest-working actors in show business.

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They're like the teachers of Hollywood.

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I don't know about all that.

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What's crazy is this literally happened
to my aunt.

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Her son, fake Nathan, revealed that he's
actually Nathan's identical twin

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brother, Cassius, who she didn't even
know was alive.

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Different names, but yeah.

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They should let me on this.

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Ooh, what are we watching?

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Oh, my God. Are you guys seriously
sitting here watching soap operas? Wow,

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you're elementary school teachers.

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You should know better than to be
watching this. So where's real Nathan?

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And who plays him?

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Same actor.

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Wow.

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A girl with a backpack labeled Abbott
Elementary approaches the school with

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her classmates.

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A crossing guard waves the children
across the street to Willard R. Abbott

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Public School.

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Janine enters Gregory's office.

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Okay, corner office.

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Not bad, right? Yeah.

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I'll be right out. Okay. I have two
roles this year, so figured I might as

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well have two desks. One for teacher me
and one for assistant principal me. I'm

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holding check-ins with the teachers all
week, and I'm already ahead of schedule.

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I checked in with myself, and it's going
great.

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Oh, hey, Courtney.

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What are you doing here so late?

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Podcast club.

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You joined?

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That's great.

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Aw.

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Wait, podcast club went really late
today.

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Well, you know, Mr. C talks a lot. I
know that's right, girlfriend.

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Janine attempts a high five.

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Cool. Um, how was Mr. Hill's lesson on
ethical editorializing?

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Enlightening. Bye.

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Courtney heads off.

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Good talk, Court.

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Good morning, my bright and beautiful
students.

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Hello. This year, I have a new student
named Justin.

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Oh, he's a very good listener. He loves
superheroes, and he happens to have

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alopecia areata. It is an autoimmune
condition that can cause partial or

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total loss of hair.

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All right, class, when we have a
question, what do we do?

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That's right. We raise our hand.

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Yes, young man, what's your question?

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Why doesn't he have any hair?

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The boy points.

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His parents have asked that I not bring
it up to the class.

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They know the situation best, so I will
follow their lead and hope the students

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follow mine.

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Hey, Melissa.

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Hey.

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Does this mean anything to you?

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Uh, paper towel? No. No, no, it's what's
in the paper towel.

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Okay.

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It's gum.

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The kids have been chewing nonstop
during my class. I asked them who's

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allowing them to put gum in their mouths
in the first place, and what do you

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know? It's none other than my
inconsiderate roommate and problematic

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landlord, Melissa Ann Katerina
Schementi.

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It's a huge distraction, and they refuse
to throw it away post-chew.

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It's like teaching a classroom full of
cows, except instead of digesting their

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cud, they just stick it under their
desk. It's gross. Okay, so what do you

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want them to do, Jacob?

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Swallow it?

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They'll live in their stomach for seven
years. I want them to throw it away.

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I thought you wanted them to stop.

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Well, that too, but they're not gonna
honor that request if they can do it in

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your classroom. Look, if it keeps them
off their phones and it keeps them

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focused, that's a miracle.

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Who am I to stop that? This sounds
messy.

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Melissa is disrespecting my classroom.

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Oh. Boo. Never mind. I'm sure Gregory
will love to hear all about it during

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your check-in.

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Are you cute or what?

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Melissa blows a bubble with her gum.

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Yeah, sometimes I think that the fact
that I don't actually like kids is one

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of my biggest strengths.

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Really?

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How's it going?

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Good. You sure you don't want me to get
a sub in here?

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No, no, no.

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I got it handled. Trust me.

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Okay. I don't trust him. Gregory can do
all the check-ins he wants. It's not

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going to erase the fact that he actually
hired an AI teacher.

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All men handle being proven wrong the
same way. Stage one, rewrite history.

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Stage two, double down.

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And my favorite, stage three,
self-destruction.

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Mr. Reddy, I'm done reading. Uh, excuse
me. I still have time left.

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Okay, good job, Antonio.

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Why don't you go back and read it again
while I finish up with Ms. Hoffman?

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Anything worth reading is worth taking
the second pass.

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See? I got it.

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He's at stage two.

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Oh, my God, Janine. This Abbott life has
hit a record number of subscribers.

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Eight. Wow.

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Watch out, Amy Poehler.

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Man, I knew Courtney would be great for
Podcast Club. Good get.

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Courtney's not in Podcast Club.

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She's not?

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Yeah. I've asked her a million times,
and she says no in a different language

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each time. Once she hit me with Japana,
it's no in Swahili. Why would she lie to

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me? Gregory enters with a stack of
books.

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Easy catch, you slayer.

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I'm trying to refuel for my next
check-in.

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Can't wait for mine.

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I have a very important issue to
discuss.

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Actually, do you mind if we handle that
right now and just get it out the way?

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My day's pretty jam-packed. Absolutely
not.

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As a community leader myself, I respect
the time of my fellow administrators,

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but I will be at your office at 11 on
the dot.

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Gregory glances at Jacob and the camera.

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What's up, Bob?

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Your brow was never furrowed. My
kindergarteners are starting to ask

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questions about their classmate with
alopecia. Well, that's only natural,

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right? Now, normally, I would step in on
something like this, but his parents

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have asked me not to, and I don't want
this to get out of control. Yeah, his

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parents have no idea what it's like in a
classroom.

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Well, at least they're asking questions,
right? Not just staring.

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Oh, they are staring.

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Oh. And there was a finger point, too.

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I don't want to single him out. I just
want him to feel comfortable.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I got nothing.

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No experience in this area.

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Melissa looks at a photo. But I know
someone who does.

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The photo showcases Mr.

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Johnson as janitor of the month. When
did that get there?

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It's new.

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It's his first time winning it.

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I'm really proud of him.

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Courtney enters Janine's classroom.

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Mr. Hill said you wanted to see me.

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Yes, I did.

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Why did you lie to me about being in
Podcast Club?

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I don't have to tell you anything.

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You're not my teacher. That's harsh and
true, but as a steward of this school, I

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care about all students.

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Ms. Teagues, Devon keeps calling me
Musty.

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I think you should care about that. No.

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Courtney.

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I don't know why I lied, okay?

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I had a lot of homework and didn't
realize how late it was.

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That's it.

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Can I go to class now?

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Yeah, you can.

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Courtney heads out, and Janine faces the
class.

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Devon, what did I say about using the
M-word?

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I said don't. It's not nice.

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My approach has never really gelled with
Courtney, but small win. She owned up to

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her lie and is now safe in class.

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And if you'll excuse me, I am off to go
find some air fresheners.

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Second graders are very M-word.

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Janine enters the teacher's lounge and
freezes, spotting Courtney walking

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across the street.

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Courtney? She looks out the window.

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Courtney!

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Courtney! Courtney, where are you going?

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Courtney, come back to school!

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She can't hear me.

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Do you mind if we wrap this up? I only
have lunch and pee without my class, and

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I'm pulling all kinds of favors. These
are the first check-ins we've ever had

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at Abbott. I'm using my full ten
minutes. Now, about my paycheck...

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Gregory, we have a situation.

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I don't have a second. Can you give me
special treatment? Special treatment? Uh

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-uh. She gonna just skip the line?

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I'm bringing this up in my check-in. Oh,
no, no. Guys, he's not gonna give me

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special treatment.

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No. Unless... No.

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Okay, all right. It's totally fine. I'm
gonna go find Ava. I'll talk later?

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Okay, bye. Okay.

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Okay, Terry, what were we saying?

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Hey, bud. Can I talk to you about
something?

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No. Check-in's over at Gregory.

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Oh, he's swamped. Anyway, I just saw
Courtney leave school, and she was

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wandering the hallways late the other
evening. I think something might be

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going on with her.

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First of all, tattletale.

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Second, that's bad and not like her at
all.

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I'll talk to her homeroom teacher and
call her parents.

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Great. Thank you. I appreciate it. Prove
it by Cash apping me. I've already sent

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the request.

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How much?

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You'll see.

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Shanine frowns and exits Ava's office.

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And finally, any goals for this year
that the school can help support?

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Look at you.

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Make her cry.

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And I will.

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Jacob, I know you see that long line of
people behind you. What are your goals?

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My goal is to get Melissa fired.

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No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. But I
would like her to knock it off with the

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gum chewing. Whoa, excuse me. Not so
fast.

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Listen, you chooch. My classroom, my
rules. Well, this is my classroom, and

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everybody's just... It's loud, it's
unsanitary, and at the risk of sounding

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crude, it's tacky.

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Tacky? Would a tacky woman have a
Capodimonte water feature installed in

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her bedroom?

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People are waiting.

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My kids will be back soon, all hopped up
on P.E., so if we could just... Well,

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Melissa's got an idea. Why don't you
just give them all a bunch of gum?

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Right, Melissa? Yeah!

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Time's up.

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Okay, fine.

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I will be back for my check-in later.

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Excuse me.

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Mr. Johnson, I have a delicate matter
that I would like to have your thoughts

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on. Finally.

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How's my boy Justin?

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How do you know his name?

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Our struggles may be different, but I
clack every bald person who walks

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through those doors.

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His parents want to protect him, and so
do I.

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But ignoring his classmates?

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I'm not sure that's the way to do that.

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It's not.

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When I lost all my hair, I had no one to
show me the way, no one to look up to.

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You see, pressure makes pearls, and
pearls are beautiful and famously bald.

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That's why I became a champion
freediver.

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Best thing you can do for that boy is
get him some flippers and get his

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classmates some goggles.

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Mr. Johnson, this has been very helpful.

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Not in the way you think.

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Or exactly in the way I think.

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No. And then every morning at the
breakfast table, Jacob's journaling.

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So loud, you would not believe it.

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Journaling's supposed to be internal,
right?

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Not the way he does it.

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Melissa, anything school-related.

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Well, you said no more gum talk, so...
Not so fast.

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She's assassinating my character, isn't
she? Oh, come on. Jacob, you already had

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your check-in. That Melissa interrupted.

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You know what? I think I figured this
out.

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Both of you need to leave.

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But what if I leave?

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My office.

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Now.

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It's a classroom, Gregory.

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Wake up.

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Oh, hey, Ava.

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Any news?

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I was using my VIP entrance to avoid
disinteraction, but fine.

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Dyer found Courtney hanging around
outside.

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She's in my office now.

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Oh, okay. Did you reach out to her
parents?

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Yeah. Turns out they're divorcing. Super
messy.

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I would have loved to have gotten both
sides, but they went awry, and she hung

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up.

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Well, oh, wait. Sorry.

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So are you going to, like, talk to her
about her family issues?

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No. I hate it when people did that to me
when I was growing up. What's there to

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say?

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Exactly. People get together. Babies are
born.

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Couple split up.

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Hard knock life.

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Courtney's smart. She doesn't need me to
tell her that.

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She needs me to remind her what's at
stake.

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Ava enters her office.

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Janine heads into the reception office.

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Hey, Daya, how you doing?

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Well, my surgery went well. That's
great. Could you just, just for one

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second? Shh, I'm sorry.

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Skipping class has never helped anyone.

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Eighth grade is not the time to lose
focus.

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You're an avid shining star.

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That comes with a lot of expectations.

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And we're here to help you exceed them.

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I know you can do it. You know you can
do it.

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So do it.

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Focus on the things you can control.

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That'll get you through anything.

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All right, get back to class.

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Courtney grabs her backpack and leaves
Ava's office.

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Nearby, Janine picks up a flyer, hiding
her face as Courtney storms past, then

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puts it back.

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Oh, God, I'm sorry.

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Daya, what was it about your surgery?
No, don't act like you can now.

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Gregory continues with the teacher
check-ins.

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What was that?

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Yo, Mr. Eddie, your students have
wounds, bro. They just taught me this

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dance. And it smells like... Not now.
Guys, just hang tight and take a seat.

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Thank you. Thanks.

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You were saying something about your
free period.

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Excuse me.

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Thank you.

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You can't cut.

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I'm Barbara Howard.

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I'll be right with you, Barbara.

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I'm so tired of you and your little
clique.

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Y'all think y'all run this school, but
you don't.

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Man, I'm pissed.

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The teacher grabs the pencil cup and
leaves.

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Barbara, did you happen to schedule an
appointment? Because there's a whole

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line of people behind you. This can't
wait, Gregory. The school is all out of

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tape. Do you have any? Are you serious?

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Yes, I'm serious.

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Don't let me. What happened?

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I got my head stuck in a chair. I got
sent to Principal Coleman, but she sent

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me to you.

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Okay, all right. Well, just take a seat.
I can't. Not on that one. Take a seat on

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another chair. Find something else and
we'll handle it later. Hey, Gregory.

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No, no.

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Gregory inhales deeply.

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I can't do this.

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I can't do this.

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Stage three, self-destruction. Right on
time.

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I should write a book on this.

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I did.

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What to expect when proving men wrong.

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Buy anywhere e-books are sold. This is
the only physical copy.

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Ava repairs a kintsugi bowl at her desk.

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Outside, Gregory sighs and reluctantly
enters.

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Good afternoon, Ava. How can I help you?

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Well, I tried, but I can't do both jobs.

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I know.

335
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Then why didn't you say anything?

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If I had said something, would you have
listened?

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No.

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Look, I want to do this assistant
principal thing right, and I can't do

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that if I'm still teaching.

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I pulled a list of subs that you can go
through until we can hire someone full

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-time. Threw a couple of AI options in
the mix to see if you learned your

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lesson. Thank you.

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Welcome to the big leagues, Assistant
Principal Gregory Eddy.

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Ava stretches out her hand.

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No. Barbara tapes pictures of bald men
on her board.

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Mr. Johnson has some.

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Uh, may I ask what it is you're doing?
Well, Janine, I'm crossing a boundary.

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Oh, this early in the year?

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Well, I tried not to, but I've been
doing this long enough to know when I

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need to follow my instincts.

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I have a student that needs reassurance.

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Hmm.

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Well, what if it wasn't your student,
but you still thought you could help?

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Instincts.

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Thanks, Barb. Mm-hmm.

356
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But seriously, what the hell are you
doing?

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Someone parked in my spot again.

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Jesus, this neighborhood.

359
00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:49,560
Yeah, this neighborhood wasn't a problem
for you when you moved in.

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Spaghetti? Again? Yeah, I had a hard
day. I wanted a little comfort food. Is

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that all right with you?

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Just saying. I had a hard day, too.

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You can't say anything over here.

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Here we go again. First, it's a gum. Now
it's my cooking. You know, I don't

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charge extra for this. This food's
included.

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Is it so much to ask for a little
variation at dinnertime? Well, then you

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cook it. I like spaghetti. Thank you. Go
to my room. Hey, don't talk to him like

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that. This is my house that I rent. I
can do it. Is there another man here?

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00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:23,760
Yeah, Chief Rob. Oh, right.

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Caleb stuffs his face with spaghetti as
Jacob pouts.

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What happened to us?

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This isn't who we are. No.

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Can you just get the kids to stop
chewing gum in my class?

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Yeah, you know, I'll just get them to,
like, throw it out before they leave.

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This spaghetti is delicious.

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The next day in Barbara's classroom...
Some of us have tall hair. Some of us

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have small hair. Some of us might have
no hair at all, like Dwayne the Rock

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Johnson. Yes, sweetheart?

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Is that Miss Howard?

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Justin, I'm so glad you asked that
question. This is Christopher Reeve, and

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he had alopecia. But do you know what we
called him in my day?

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00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:07,119
What?

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Superman!

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The most important thing isn't what's on
your head.

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It's what's in your head.

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Your mind.

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Mr. Johnson slowly claps.

388
00:17:23,349 --> 00:17:24,349
Wait.

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Why is my picture above Jordan's?

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I'm S-tier bald.

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S-tier.

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Mr. Johnson, I do not know what that
means, but good for you.

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00:17:33,790 --> 00:17:35,870
Mrs. Howard, why aren't you bald?

394
00:17:37,930 --> 00:17:39,190
Mrs. Howard?

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00:17:41,350 --> 00:17:42,350
Hey, Courtney.

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00:17:42,650 --> 00:17:46,850
Am I in trouble? No, no, no, no. I was
thinking of making some modifications to

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my jungle classroom, and I just wanted
to know if I could get your feedback.

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00:17:51,730 --> 00:17:52,730
Okay. Yeah.

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Courtney follows Janine into her
jungle-themed classroom and squints at a

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dinosaur toy by the window.

401
00:17:59,790 --> 00:18:01,510
There aren't dinosaurs in the jungle.

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00:18:01,870 --> 00:18:02,870
There are not.

403
00:18:02,990 --> 00:18:07,570
It's not my place to put any more
pressure on Courtney or to try to fix

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00:18:07,570 --> 00:18:08,570
her family issues.

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00:18:09,620 --> 00:18:11,340
but I think I could be there for her.

406
00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,520
You know, Courtney, believe it or not, I
used to cut class.

407
00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,080
Yeah, I would go down to the art museum.

408
00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:20,740
So what about you? Did you go anywhere
fun?

409
00:18:20,940 --> 00:18:21,819
Did you go home?

410
00:18:21,820 --> 00:18:25,060
I didn't want to go home. Um, I went to
South Street.

411
00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:26,440
You went clubbing?

412
00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:30,620
No, um, I went to Ishka Bibble's, got a
cheesesteak, walked around.

413
00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,340
Okay, yeah, good food, fresh air, I get
that. Principal Coleman already talked

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to me about it. I'm not gonna cut class
anymore.

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Good.

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And Courtney, look, just so you know, if
you ever need to talk, my door is always

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open.

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00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,040
How did that get shut? I'm sorry, excuse
me.

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Always open? Always open.

420
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Have a good day.

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I'm breaking through.

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00:18:58,740 --> 00:19:00,160
And I'm going to take a look at the
dinosaurs.

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00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,060
They seem to be hurting more than
they're helping, so.

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00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:08,240
Oh, hey, I brought enough for both of
us. Melissa hands Jacob Tupperware.

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00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,980
Oh, don't worry, Gregory. We renewed our
vows. Great. I knew you could.

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00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:13,560
See why I don't get involved.

427
00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:18,320
We binged season of couples therapy and
talked it out. Yeah. Those couples think

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00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,380
that being married and stuff, they
should try being roommates and co

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-workers.

430
00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:24,980
He loves my spaghetti, by the way.

431
00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,280
Yeah. Jacob's smile falters.

432
00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:29,920
Okay, this is you.

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00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:33,580
Ava leads a young woman in a headscarf
into Gregory's old classroom.

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00:19:33,860 --> 00:19:35,280
He watches from outside.

435
00:19:35,740 --> 00:19:36,740
Hey.

436
00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:40,390
So, you still down for happy hour after
school?

437
00:19:40,610 --> 00:19:41,489
Yes, please.

438
00:19:41,490 --> 00:19:42,670
I've been looking forward to it. Good.

439
00:19:43,390 --> 00:19:46,610
Hey, Ms. Deeks. Hey, Courtney. Are you
going to be around after school today?

440
00:19:47,870 --> 00:19:49,270
I will be. Cool.

441
00:19:49,810 --> 00:19:51,130
Courtney walks past them.

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00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:52,750
Rain check.

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00:19:54,630 --> 00:19:55,630
Good morning.

444
00:19:59,470 --> 00:20:04,610
Seeing that smile on Justin's little
face, knowing I made a difference, ooh,

445
00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:06,450
that never gets old.

446
00:20:06,670 --> 00:20:07,670
Mm-mm.

447
00:20:07,810 --> 00:20:09,070
God, I'm good.

448
00:20:09,690 --> 00:20:11,870
And God is good.

449
00:20:12,110 --> 00:20:13,350
All the time.

450
00:20:13,570 --> 00:20:14,570
Amen.

451
00:20:15,510 --> 00:20:19,870
What the hell is my son learning in your
class that made him think he should

452
00:20:19,870 --> 00:20:21,370
shave his head bald?

453
00:20:21,670 --> 00:20:25,030
I just wanted to be like Mike.

454
00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:27,610
Are you teaching these kids Chicago
Bulls propaganda?

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00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:32,480
I'm teaching them to respect each other
and embrace their individuality. And

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00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,140
you, you're looking good, sweetheart.

457
00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:36,620
Thank you. Yes.

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00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:41,140
You know, perhaps you might consider
placing the clippers out of reach. Now,

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that is parental tip from yours truly,
Barbara Howard. Have a good day. Bye

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00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:46,520
-bye.

461
00:20:47,890 --> 00:20:51,670
So Sonny's been trying to whack Sidwell
since Sidwell put a hit out on Sonny.

462
00:20:51,690 --> 00:20:54,930
And Sonny's adopted son, Michael, almost
died in a penthouse firebomb and meant

463
00:20:54,930 --> 00:20:57,890
for Sonny. And Sonny almost killed his
other son, Dante.

464
00:20:58,270 --> 00:21:00,630
For being another cover cop, but then he
realized they were related. Yeah, and

465
00:21:00,630 --> 00:21:03,830
they got through all of that, but when
Sonny's grandson, Gio, returns to the

466
00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:06,570
Quartermain mansion... Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait. Whose kid is Gio? Okay,

467
00:21:06,670 --> 00:21:07,770
that's an interesting question.

468
00:21:08,010 --> 00:21:09,010
Look what I found.

469
00:21:09,350 --> 00:21:11,890
Someone hid it in the pocket of the
pants I was wearing Monday.

470
00:21:12,430 --> 00:21:14,550
Mr. Johnson, thank you. You found a
remote.

471
00:21:14,930 --> 00:21:17,230
You know, we can finally turn this up.
Yeah.

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00:21:19,130 --> 00:21:20,130
Oh.

473
00:21:22,230 --> 00:21:25,810
Celebrities take the hot seat to win big
for charity.

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00:21:26,070 --> 00:21:29,290
Who wants to be a millionaire? Now on
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