All language subtitles for Head.Of.The.Class.S02E15_2

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Come on, come on. Read it!

"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Blunden..

"Woodburn Condominium Estates
cordially invites you

"to a complementary
champagne brunch

on the site of our beautiful
vacation home development."

"And at no obligation.

"Just for being our guest,
you will receive a free gift.

A 19-inch color television set
with remote control."

Wow!

"In addition,
there will be a drawing

"for an all-expense-paid
snorkeling vacation for two

to the island of Bermuda."

Mm-hmm. "We hope to see you
and Mrs. Blunden this weekend."

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Yeah. So?

So...I need a wife
by next weekend.

Forget it. You couldn't support
me in the manner

to which I am accustomed.

Besides, they'll never
believe you're married.

Oh, really?

Fake driver's license.

Fake marriage certificate.

Fake wedding ring.

Uh, but-but, Dennis, uh..

Are-are you really gonna
do all this j-just for a TV set?

No, it's not just
for the color TV.

Imagine me, Dennis Blunden

floating over the coral reef
in Bermuda, snorkeling--

I-i-isn't that dangerous?

- Dangerous?
- Yeah.

You could get harpooned.

[chuckles]

Well, let's get started here.

I've got your essays on

"Important Historical
Assassinations"

and Simone's paper on
"The Murder Of Napoleon"

was very impressive.

Especially since Napoleon died
of natural causes.

Not quite, Alan. Arsenic.

- Really?
- How's that?

She cites a lot of medical
evidence indicating that

Napoleon's illness while in
exile on the isle of St. Helena

was due to his being
slowly poisoned.

One of the officers
in his entourage

was secretly working for
the French Royal Family.

Hm, sure. You know,
you're always ready to blame

everything on the rich.

Oh, Janice, uh,
you find Napoleon boring

or are you just a royalist?

- Hi.
- Hi.

Oh, I'm sorry! I'm going over
Dvorak's "Cello Concerto."

Well, I'm sorry,
I was going over history.

Um, since it is my class,
I guess I win.

But, Mr. Moore, I have to be
one hundred percent ready.

I'm challenging Christina Reed
for first chair today.

She's first cello
and I'm second.

If I win,
it's the other way around.

Isn't she pretty good?

I can take her.

Oh, come on, Janice,
Christina Reed

is gonna blow your doors off.

Yeah, she's some kind of
musical prodigy or something.

- She's practically a genius.
- Mm-hmm.

But I am a genius.

I'd be first chair by now

if I'd been rigorous enough
with myself.

Rigorous enough? Hmm.

Mr. Moore, face it,
I'm a gifted child.

If I apply myself,
I can do anything.

And today at orchestra practice

I'm gonna kick some butt.

[laughing]

Now this, I've got to see.

- Good luck, Janice.
- Yeah, Janice, good luck.

Okay. Today, I would like to
begin discussions

about the women's movement.

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Amazing! Almost everyone played
almost all the notes.

Hm. Next time, we'll try to
play some of them together.

Now, before you go

we have a challenge
for the first chair

in the cello section.

Our second chair, Janice
Lazarotto, is the challenger.

And the piece is, uh,
Dvorak's "Cello Concerto."

I think we'll start
with Christina.

I'm ready, Mr. Kimble.

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Thank you. Christina,
thank you very much.

It was very nice.

- Janice?
- Wait.

- Okay.
- Go ahead.

[cello music]

- Ugh! My string broke.
- That's okay. Really.

It wa-it was very nice.
Thank you.

- I didn't finish!
- No, really, it was fine.

Th-the part I heard was lovely.

You mean I win?

Uh, no.

- That's not fair.
- No, it is fair.

I-I had heard enough from both
of you to make a decision.

I want to do it again.
I can borrow her instrument.

No, really, uh..

Now I understand the situation.

I was blind, but now I see.

Janice.

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(Dennis)
'Come on, we'll get out
of the city for the weekend.'

We'll have a nice champagne
brunch. We'll mingle.

Well, what's in it for me?

Uh, I understand
they're giving the wives

complimentary wrist corsages.

Dennis, come on, do you
honestly think that

anyone's gonna believe
I am your wife?

Simone!

You know, when you and I
get up to Woodburn Estates

we may actually decide
to buy one of those condos.

Dennis, I couldn't go.

I couldn't lie about
being your wife.

You don't have to.
Just stand by my side.

Look pretty, nod a lot,
agree with everything I say.

Just like a real wife would do.

[Dennis clears throat]

I probably shouldn't have said
the part about the real wife.

Probably not.

Not if they threatened to stick
a steel spike through my eye.

There's an interesting no.

Uh, forgetting someone, Dennis?

Pfft. Why?

What kinda cruel rejection
do you have in mind for me?

Heh-heh, none. I'd love to go.
I think it'd be fun.

- What's in this for you?
- Nothing.

I just think it'd be nice
to spend a day in the country.

- You mean it?
- Uh-huh.

Sarah! Thank you! Thank you!

You know, this could be

a very interesting weekend.

Back off, bubba.

- Morning, everybody.
- 'Good morning!'

Okay, let's get, uh,
pencils and papers ready.

I've got a lot of statistics
to get through today.

Don't make me use
the bullwhip, alright?

Statistics that reflect
the changing status

of women in America.

"Percentage of men
who say they are happier

since divorce or separation,
fifty-eight percent."

(female #1)
'Wow!'

"Women who say they are
happier since divorce

eighty-five percent."

- Hmm!
- 'Wow!'

All that proves is that
women are better liars.

- Oh, yeah, right.
- Come on!

"Percentage of women who think

"they would do
better than average

in a fist fight, 27."

Eh, great,
try sellin' tickets to a fight

between Mike Tyson
and Oprah Winfrey.

Janice, uh..

I don't read
while you're talking, so..

Oh, sorry.

- Law book?
- Yes.

I'm filing a civil suit
against the school board

Mr. Kimble, Dr. Samuels

the music department,
and ten John Doe's.

And I'm filing for an injunction
to have the concert stopped

if I don't get another
challenge.

[indistinct chattering]

- That's ridiculous.
- Oh, really?

Cooper versus Tuskedini.

Crams versus Mentovani.

Mingus versus Tezal.

There are lots of cases
where musicians

had to seek justice
in the courts.

I'm fully prepared to file these

before the close
of business today.

On your own time, okay?

I can't. I have to finish
filling out these forms.

Okay, Janice.
Uh, outside, please.

I know the lawsuit
is a long shot.

But it is a way
of making my point.

- I'm a victim.
- A victim of what?

Favoritism.

I popped a string.

He used it as an excuse
to stop my challenge.

I could've won.

He just likes her more.

It's a clear-cut case
of prejudice.

That's a serious charge, Janice.

Mr. Moore, you're always
telling us about justice

and standing up for
what we think is right.

Well, here is an injustice
that won't go away.

In the words of Martin Luther..

[speaking foreign language]

I really don't know how
I can argue with that, Janice.

So, in an attempt to lighten
the case load in court

why don't I talk to Mr. Kimble?

Mr. Moore, please

this is my fight.

Well, I'm not going to hit him,
I'm just gonna talk to him.

Did she, uh, really
have a chance at all?

Well, she's good.
She's outstanding.

But she just doesn't
have that extra..

...something that-that
Christina has.

- The gift?
- Yeah, the gift.

It's like, uh, it's like magic.

I-I don't-I don't know.

You know...playing second cello

in a large orchestra,
even-even this one

is not too shabby.

Yeah, did you try
pointing that out to her?

Oh, yeah, tell that to
little Miss Lazarotto.

You mention second to her,
she turns into the bad seed.

Charlie, I love Janice,
I-I'd like to see her happy

but, uh,
I've got 60 kids here.

I gotta think of
the big picture, you know?

I-I got a concert
coming up next week

and I have to be more concerned
with the music

than the, the juvenile genius.

Yeah.

- Janice, wait here.
- Okay.

Excuse me, Mr. Kimble.

Uh, I hate to throw
my weight around

the dictatory over authoritarian

but, uh, every once in a while,
as principal

I'm put in a position
where I have to.

Afterwards, he,
he feels dirty for weeks.

Would you excuse me, please?

Mr. Kimble,
you run a fine orchestra here.

It's a genuine source of pride
to me, and to the school.

Well, uh, thank you,
Dr. Samuels.

Actually, it's the best thing
in my life.

I can't imagine
what I'd do without it.

Good, I'm glad to hear that.

And that's why my ultimatum
will be so effective.

'I want you to give Janice
another audition.'

'I'm not saying she has to win.'

But if it's close..

...you do
what you think is right.

You can't be serious.

I have the psyche of a future
Nobel Prize winner

at stake here.

Look at it like this, Kimble.

If Janice doesn't
get the audition, hey..

[chuckles]
Life goes on.

But we might see Mr. Waffing
conducting the orchestra here.

'And you, sir'

coaching the girls' hockey team.

'So, uh, all I want'

is a nice fair rematch.

It was fair.

Well, more fair. Capisce?

- Okay.
- Everybody happy?

Sounds fair to me.

Janice.

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- Ms. Meara?
- Yeah.

This is a hypothetical question.

Could you imagine yourself
married to me?

Uh, do you mean now?

Mm, say by, uh, next weekend.

Well, D-Dennis

I-I guess it would cause
quite a scandal.

I mean, well, can you imagine

assistant principal
weds high school student?

I mean, we'd be social outcasts,
pariahs in the community.

No friends. Our families
would turn against us.

I'd lose my job.

Of course, you'd have to quit
school, get a job to support us.

But we'd live quite simply
and quietly.

I mean, no movies, no TV, mostly
just you and I sitting around

talking about
where we went wrong.

Dennis?

Forget it, Dennis, I am not
dressing up as a woman

and pretending to be your wife.

Arvid, this is the '80s!
Live a little.

Janice? Psst.

I think we ought to have
a little talk.

I know, you thought
that was really slimy of me

going to Dr. Samuels.

Well, let's just put that aside
for a moment, okay?

See, they play hardball,
I play hardball.

That's one way of looking at it.

Christina's got Mr. Kimble

wrapped around
her little finger.

I've got Dr. Samuels
wrapped around mine.

Wasn't pretty,
but I had to defend myself.

Ah.

Well, what's the one thing

I've always tried to
teach you about history?

History isn't just what happens.

It's who tells you what happens.

Right.

So, maybe we should look
at this thing

from a slightly different
point of view, huh?

- Mr. Kimble's?
- Mm.

He hates me.

Especially now.

Damn! He likes you a lot.

I think he's just
afraid that, uh

you won't be able
to handle the truth.

Mr. Moore,
I can handle anything.

Okay.

You know, Janice, you're a,
a very good cello player.

- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

Christina, on the other hand,
is a brilliant cello player.

Hmm?

Now, she is probably
gonna make it her life's work.

Juilliard,
New York Philharmonic.

See, she..

Well, she has something
that you don't quite have.

Yeah.

Mr. Kimble's ear.

[chuckles]
No.

It's a,
it's a little more than that.

You know, if you would
stop competing with her

and just listen to her play..

I mean, really listen.

You'd understand
what I'm telling you.

Mr. Moore,
I've made my decision.

At the challenge today,
I'll waste her.

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Um, before we begin,
there's been a new development

in the ongoing soap opera
within the cello section.

As you recall,
Miss Janice Lazarotto

broke a string during
her challenge for first chair.

And since I'm a heck of a guy

I'm gonna break
my long-standing rule

'and allow her to
challenge again.'

So, Janice, uh, you can begin.

Mr. Kimble..

I've changed my mind.

I've been sitting here thinking
about it, and I've decided

I'm not gonna challenge
Christina for first chair.

I'm gonna leave the orchestra.

Janice, come on!

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Janice..

Listen, I'd hate to think
it was something I said

that made you quit
the orchestra.

I guess that
because of what you said

I really listened
to Christina play.

And for a change, my ears
weren't plugged up

with jealousy, envy and spite.

Yeah, she's pretty good,
isn't she?

Good?

I don't want to get
too technical

but next to her, I stink.

Second chair is, uh,
quite a distance from stinking.

Doesn't matter anymore.

I will never play
the cello again.

Well, that's a shame.

Look on the bright side

it'll be a lot easier
getting a seat on the subway.

Yeah, I guess that is a,
a pretty good reason

to quit the orchestra.

I just can't stand
being next to Christina

knowing she's better than I am.

Janice..

Look, Christina's on her way

to being a professional
musician.

Now, you're on your way to..

...running a space program,
but, uh..

You're an amateur musician.

Not only an amateur, a has-been.

Okay, you're the Latin scholar.

Now, you think about "Amateur."

Well, it comes from "Amator"

meaning someone
who loves something.

Right.

Somebody who loves something.

Not somebody who's lousy
at something

but loves something,
like you love playing the cello.

I can't believe you would
really give that up.

[scoffs]

I'd tell you what would
be important to me.

It's not whether I was
number one or number two

or...or number six, but just..

...being in the middle
of that orchestra

and playing that,
that beautiful music.

It's..

[Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony"]

That was, uh,
what we in the music world

refer to as a train wreck.

Yeah. Okay?

Let's try to get this thing
back on the rails. Okay?

[Moore clears throat]

I-I think, uh, Janice
has a couple of words

she'd like to say.

Go ahead, Janice.

I, um..

I don't really wanna
leave the orchestra.

I love the orchestra.

And I don't pl-plan
to challenge Christina

for first chair anymore.

I heard her practice,
and I realized

what a fantastic player she is.

And so, if you'll take me back

I'd be proud to play
next to her.

Maybe I can learn something.

Back in that chair, you big lug.

[cheering]

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- What are we supposed to do?
- Yeah.

Just help out.
Add a few pointers.

Give the female mystique.

Okay, come on.
Let's try and be helpful.

- Okay.
- Alright.

Okay. Alright, Dennis,
come on out.

How do I look?

[all laugh]

So, you don't think
it'll work, huh?

Dennis, there's no way
you can pass for a girl.

Sorry, Dennis, you just weren't
made for high heels.

Arvid, I feel so sorry for you
having to play his...husband.

Still here, huh?

- Goodnight, Arvid!
- Goodnight!

- Girls!
- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

- Goodnight!
- Goodnight!

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