All language subtitles for 7th Heaven s04e08 And Expiation.eng

NARRATOR:
Previously on 7th Heaven:

This season and this team

- are cancelled.
- What?

I heard the whole team
was into buying tests and papers.

- That's why he locked them out.
- You're kidding.

- Okay, then what happened?
- Their grades fell.

Things are out of control
at my house.

I'm thinking about
moving back home.

I hope you give me some notice
when you're done "thinking" about it.

What did you have in mind?

MARY:
The last part's a little extreme,

but I can handle the part
where we get something to eat.

The girls on this varsity team have
continued to allow their grades to fall.

Then for now,
we're gonna respect this lockout.

What?

MAN:
Hold it, that's enough.

You're under arrest.

[SIGHS]

- Thanks.
- Sure.

- If you need help finding a lawyer...
- What?

We're releasing her

without bail on your recognisance,
but this isn't over.

She's...
You're gonna need a lawyer.

Yeah, okay. Thanks.

There's no reason to be nervous.
Mom and Dad said Mary was fine.

No, they said that she wasn't hurt,
which is not the same thing as fine.

Let me tell you something I picked up
from time in student court,

when people start choosing
their words too carefully, it's not good.

Let's not get freaked out
until we know something.

I mean, right now
we don't know anything.

I mean,
maybe somebody had car trouble.

That place
in between Dad's eyebrows

was knotted up
and he wasn't squinting.

And Mom wasn't wearing lipstick.

Well, she always puts on lipstick
when she leaves the house.

Even when she goes
to Home Depot.

Mom was wearing lipstick
that time Mary got detention,

the time she shoved
that guy's head in the toilet,

even the time she wrecked
the car with you.

No lipstick is no good.

I hate to say it, but she's right.

You better get used to saying it

because I'm older now.
I'm in the game.

- What game?
- The game of life.

[CHUCKLES]

[BURPS]

RUTHIE:
Excuse me.

I wasn't trying to be a guy this time,
it was just an accident.

When I'm nervous,
my stomach goes crazy and I burp.

- Me, too.
- Why don't you all go to bed,

I'll wait for Mom and Dad,
fill you in in the morning.

[ALL LAUGH]

[DOOR UNLOCKING]

[HAPPY WHIMPERS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[HAPPY WHIMPERS]

It's late, we'll talk about
what happened tomorrow morning.

[ANNIE CLEARS THROAT]

[TV CLICKS ON]

[SIGHS]

What are we gonna do?

Call around and get a lawyer,
I guess.

I didn't see this one coming.

Not this, no.

[VOICE BREAKING]
Not in a million years.

We trashed the school gym.

What? Who?

Some of the girls from the team
and me.

- Why?
- I don't know.

We were just eating and talking
about the team lockout

and it just happened.

- And you got busted?
- Yeah.

We must've set off
an alarm or something,

because the cops showed up.

What's gonna happen?

I don't know, but Sergeant Michaels
says I need a lawyer.

This is unreal.

[SIGHS]

I wish.

Remember when we were listening
to Mary on the phone?

And she said something about
that last part being extreme?

We didn't know what that meant,
but we knew it meant something

and we were going to tell
Mom and Dad, but--

We forgot.

Because we went to guys' night
at Matt's.

Well, I'll bet,
whatever that extreme thing was,

Mary did it tonight,
and that's why she's in major trouble,

and Mom and Dad are so upset.

If we warned them,
this might not have happened.

- But we didn't.
- That's it then. We're going to hell.

Don't give me that look.
I didn't mean it like a bad word.

- I meant it like the place.
- I know.

I gave you that look
because you might be right.

[BOTH BURP]

BOTH:
Excuse me.

[WHIMPERS]

- I don't have much of a choice now.
- About what?

About having to move back home.

My dad's recovering
from his heart attack

and things are out of control.
They need my help.

I think you should wait
until you've heard the whole story

before you make any decisions,

especially major ones
like moving back home.

I will, but the writing's
pretty much on the wall.

- Will you excuse me a minute?
- Mm-hm. Sure.

I'm so sorry.

Me too.

Did Mary look different to you
this morning?

Different how?

I don't know, more dangerous?

More like a bad guy?

Mom and Dad
didn't look so good either.

I know. It scares me
when they look like that.

Me too.

None of this would've happened
if I would've remembered

to tell Mom and Dad
what we heard last night.

This whole thing is my fault.

Well, I helped it be your fault.

Does your stomach feel
like it's kind of sick?

- Guilt gut.
- What's that?

When you feel so bad
about something your stomach hurts.

- Should we tell Mom and Dad?
- They've got enough to worry about.

And Dad's heart
is under enough stress right now.

If he found out this whole thing
could have been avoided,

it'd probably explode.

And that would just mean
more guilt for us.

- Will we never be free?
- I don't know.

That's not good enough.
We have to do something.

I don't want to have guilt gut
and go to, well, you know where.

Yeah, I do.
And I don't what to go there either.

Okay. I got it. God.

Well, he helped us get Happy,

and twin brothers, he made sure that
Dad was okay after his heart attack.

Well, let's give him a whirl.
What do we have to lose?

Nothing but our guilt gut.

[BURPS]

[BURPS]

RUTHIE AND SIMON:
Excuse me.

[FOOTSTEPS]

Did Bill Mays return my call?

Yeah, he did better than that, he said
he'd be over to see what he could do.

A lawyer who makes house calls.
That's unbelievable.

Well, you baptised all of his children,
helped two of them get summer jobs,

and talked one
out of an ill-advised piercing,

so he felt it was the least
he could do.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Hi, Bill.

Can't thank you enough
for coming over.

It's no problem.

- Mary?
- Hi, Annie.

Sorry this couldn't be
just a social call.

Oh. Me too.

Mary, you remember Mr. Mays
from church?

- Yeah, hi, Mr. Mays.
- Hi, Mary.

He's gonna help us
with everything.

Have a seat.

He's gonna try.

Now, I spoke with Miss Russell,
the school principal,

and she said you and the others
will have to appear in student court,

but the worst that can happen there
is expulsion.

Sorry, but that's
just the school side of it.

I haven't spoken
to the prosecutor yet,

but after reading
Sergeant Michael's report,

I'm pretty sure
you're gonna be charged

with wanton destruction of property
and vandalism.

Now, that means a fine
of 1,500 dollars,

or three times the value
of the damage, whatever's more.

It also means no more
than two and half years in jail,

no less than two and a half months.

Maybe you've forgotten, Bill,
but Mary's only 17, she still a minor.

At 17 she's almost an adult,

and she's not gonna be viewed as
a minor child in the eyes of the court.

But there's one other course of action
I'm going to pursue on your behalf.

It's called the Diversion Programme.

Now, the programme is designed

as a way to divert some people
from the criminal justice system.

It involves probation,
community service,

weekly counselling sessions,
classes on victim impact,

and whatever else the probation
officer wants to tack on.

It's a one-time shot.
If you get into any trouble in the future,

the Diversion Programme
will not be an option.

But if you successfully
complete the programme,

your conviction
will eventually be erased.

It'll be like it never happened.

How do we get her
in this programme?

I'm gonna talk to the prosecutor

and see if I can get the judge
to hold off setting a trial date

while I walk Mary's application through
the Diversion Programme's red tape.

ERIC:
But there are no guarantees?

I mean, if she doesn't
get in the programme...

There's a very real chance
she could go to jail.

[SIGHS]

- Okay, I never did anything like this.
ROD: Oh, man.

I did not imagine this.

I can't believe my own sister
could do something like this.

Yeah, but she didn't do it alone.
She had a lot of help.

I know, but still...

Yeah. This is bad.

[SIGHS]

SIMON: Hi, excuse me.
- Hi.

We did something wrong

and we thought if we talked to God
and made it up to him,

he might make us feel better.

Yeah. And we don't want to go to,
well, you know where.

It's hot. Not summer vacation hot,
too hot.

- If you know what I mean.
- Yes, I think I do.

And I hear that a lot.

- What happened?
- In a nutshell,

we eavesdropped on our older sister
because she was in a super bad mood.

Although, sometimes we do it because
we're bored or, to tell you the truth,

because we like to.
Her life is very interesting.

Really, I'm not kidding.

Anyway, her friend said something,

we don't know what, because we were
eavesdropping with a baby monitor,

and, I mean, it's not like
we had a wire tap or something.

I wish.

[SIGHS]

RUTHIE:
Well, I do.

But we heard Mar--
I mean, our sister,

say something that didn't make
sense to us, but it meant something.

- You know what I mean?
- Oh, yes.

You're preaching to the choir now.

Well, we were going to tell
our Mom and Dad, but we forgot,

and our sister did something bad,
and it might not have happened

if we would have just remembered
to tell them.

Oh, and I gave the finger, but I already
got in trouble and apologised for that.

Me, too. But I was just trying to get
someone to tell me what it meant.

Now I know. Yikes.

You're not Catholic, are you?

- No.
- No.

SIMON: Is it okay that we're in here?
- Of course.

Oh, good. Because we have
bad enough guilt gut already.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
But the way I see it,

you've confessed your sins,
and seem truly sorry for them,

and anyone who asks
for God's forgiveness shall have it.

You're kidding. Just like that?

Well, there's one more thing.

Oh, sure.
This whole thing was way too easy.

You should perform
an Act of Contrition.

Okay. What is that?

A task that'll help you
get back on track.

Oh, yeah. That's exactly
what we're looking for.

One of the Ten Commandments is
honour thy mother and thy father,

so you must honour them by being
truthful and upfront with them

about everything you've told me.
You'll also feel better if you do.

In the name of The Father,
and The Son, and The Holy Spirit,

I bless you. Go in peace.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

They should make
those rooms bigger,

you almost poked
my eye out with your hair.

Sorry.

I heard that confession
is good for the soul.

And I have to say,
it gets my thumbs up.

My guilt gut's still killing me.

[SIGHS]

[MOUTHS]
Thank you.

[ROCK MUSIC
PLAYING OVER STEREO]

Hey. See you.

- Hey.
- Hey, John.

- Who's that?
- Just a guy from my Econ class

interested in taking over
your half of the rent.

That's if you decide
you have to move back home.

I'm not pushing you out or anything,
I just have to cover my bases,

make sure my business
is being taken care of.

Same way you're making sure
your business is taken care of

- with your family.
- I understand.

- So, is Mary all right?
- She's in major, "get a lawyer" trouble.

Oh. I'm sorry. I guess that means
you're done thinking about moving out.

Yeah.

Well, it's been great.

Tell your family hi for me and
I hope everything works out with Mary.

Thanks, I will. I'll see you around.

[EXHALES]

That's probably for the best.

Things have been a little strained
around here lately.

Well, you dropped the moving-home
bomb on him,

what, twenty-four hours ago?

It's not like I planned this stuff
with my family.

I know. Part of the reason
I think you're so great

is because you love your family
so much.

But if you spent one fourth the time
at the grocery store

that you do at your parents' house, you
might not be so frustrated. Or hungry.

With everything that's going on
with my family, that's what you say?

I get the stuff with your family,
I really do.

I love your family,
but I know what you're going through.

It's tough living on your own.

I felt the same way
when I first moved out.

I just didn't have a family
like yours to fall back on.

Not having a family to lean on meant
you didn't have a family to worry about.

You didn't have anybody
to worry about except yourself.

That's not true. I worried
about my mom and my brother,

but there came a point
when I realised

that there was nothing more
I could do for them except worry,

and that's not the same
as being helpful or constructive.

- Yeah, our situations are different.
- Yes, they are.

And now I have you
to worry and care about.

And I do care. A lot.

I care about you too.
But right now, after this conversation,

I don't feel like you know me at all.

SIMON:
Wow. How cool is that?

Pretty cool.

Hello, hi.

We're sorry to bother you.

- Is it okay if we're in here?
- Of course.

Good. Because we feel terrible enough
already about everything else.

Including giving the finger, but not
as much as the thing with our sister.

Nutshell, we forgot to tell
our parents about something

that we overheard our sister say
that didn't make any sense to us,

but it meant something.
And not a good something.

Yeah, and now we have guilt gut

and we don't want to go to--
Well, you know where.

You know, it's like a really hot, hot tub
only it's not relaxing for your muscles?

Ah. Yes. You're not Jewish are you?

We don't believe in hell.

Really? May we sit down?

For us, God is like a giant pool

filled with the brightest light
you'll ever see.

And we all come from that pool and
have some of God's bright light in us.

But every time we sin,
that light gets a little dimmer.

And eventually, at the end of our life,
everyone goes back to God's pool.

Yeah, but we don't wanna have
the dimmest lights in the pool

when we get back.

And then everyone would know
that we were major losers.

How pathetic and embarrassing
would that be?

No, we definitely
have to get our lights bright again.

Okay. Well, traditionally,
Jewish people atone,

or make up for their sins, once a year,
during Yom Kippur.

And I hate to be the one
to tell you this,

you've already missed it
for this year.

We can't wait a whole year
to make up for this.

I mean, our dim lights
are giving us guilt gut.

I'm sorry, but, you know, you can't
control other people's free will,

even if you could see
these things coming,

which most of the time, you can't.

In the meantime,
talk to your parents.

You'll feel better.

Thank you very much
for everything.

You're welcome.

I feel better already.

This place is beautiful.
I wish I had a camera.

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

More laundry?
Are you taking in other people's now?

- Not exactly.
- What's going on?

Well, with everything
that's been happening lately,

I've decided to move back home.
You know, to help out,

- keep an eye on things.
- Oh.

That's very thoughtful. Thank you.

Yeah, listen, don't worry about it,
I'll take care of all the arrangements.

[SIGHS]

I just got off the phone
with Mr. Wolf.

Mr. Wolf from the group
that gave me a scholarship.

Apparently word of what happened
has gotten around,

and in light of everything
that's gone on,

including my recent subpar
academic performance,

Mr. Wolf said
the scholarship committee felt

that there were better candidates
out there

for the limited funds that they have
to donate for college next year.

I lost my scholarship.

Exactly how long
are you planning to visit?

I'm not visiting, Simon,
I'm moving home.

But what happened
to independence?

Not always having to remember
to put the seat down?

And partying it up in your own pad?

Yeah, what about the chicks?

What happened
is Mom had two babies,

Dad had a heart attack, you got
suspended for giving the finger,

you offended the world
by trying to be a guy,

and Mary? Well.

So, I mean, this Mary thing
is really bad,

but what are you going to do
about it?

I'm going to be the big brother again.

I'm gonna try to help Mom
and, especially, Dad out

by keeping my eye on things.

But, weren't you living here
with your eye on things

when Mary snuck out
and went to a frat party,

skipped school, shoved a guy's head
in a toilet, wrecked the car?

I mean, no offence, but we were doing
okay, or at least as bad without you.

If I were here, I might have seen
this Mary thing coming.

We've been told
that it's not always possible

to see these things
ahead of time.

All that means
is that sometimes it is.

[BOTH BURP]

SIMON AND RUTHIE:
Excuse me.

Are you okay?

No. I stopped by the gym.

I did the same thing earlier

and from the look on your face,
we had the same reaction.

I know the criminal justice
system's options,

and I know the school's,

but what are we supposed to do?
Ground her?

Take away her phone
and TV privileges?

Of course, if by some miracle
she doesn't go to jail

and just gets expelled, some of those
things might be more relevant.

But until then...

- I have some other news.
- We won the lottery?

I love your sense of humour. No.

Mr. Wolf called,
Mary lost her scholarship.

Well, I know this is bad, very bad,
but none of it much matters

compared to the possibility
that Mary might go to jail.

Of course, if she does go to jail,

she could probably pursue
a nice vocational skill,

so that losing the scholarship
might not seem so bad.

I thought I was an okay parent.

[TEARFULLY]
I thought I knew my kid, but I didn't.

[PHONE RINGS]

I'm afraid to answer it.
Do we know where all our kids are?

Approximately.

Hello? Oh, hi, Bill.

You're kidding.

Okay. I'll tell her. Thank you.

Bill called in a lot of favours

and he walked Mary's application
through the red tape.

The head of the probation department
will meet with us tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

- You're kidding?
- No.

So then, Mary has a chance
at the Diversion Programme?

- Just one.
- I'll take it.

Oh, yeah.

Oh.

[SNIFFS]

Thank you, Mom.

You can thank me. I did a couple
of colour loads yesterday

and Mary went to the grocery store
last week.

- But I've moved on to whites now.
- Thanks. Where's everybody?

Ruthie and Simon
went over to the park

as soon as we got home
from church.

They were too nervous about Mary's
interview to sit around the house.

Mom and Dad and Mary
left already?

I was gonna go with them
to kind of help out.

They seemed under control
when they left.

[WHISPERS]
Oh.

[NORMAL VOICE]
Can I help?

With what?

Nothing.

[DOOR OPENS]

- I'm assuming you're Mary.
- And these are my parents.

Nice to meet you.
Make yourselves comfortable.

You're with me.

I know she's your baby and always
will be to you, but she's not to me.

She's 17,
and she isn't in your house anymore.

She's in mine.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Someone must really like you,
because you can't begin to imagine

what kind of favours it took to get me
to come in today to review your case.

So, Mary, what happened
to your grades? Drugs?

- No.
- Booze?

Boyfriend you couldn't
get enough of?

No. None of that.

No? Did you see something on TV
or at the movies that you had to copy?

Did Marilyn Manson hypnotise you
with one of his songs?

Your parents just
not love you enough?

- No.
- Well, then,

I heard about the team lockout
and everything,

so I'm guessing that the coach
and the school did you so wrong

you had to get back at them.
And basically they had it coming.

- No.
- Come on, Mary.

There's gotta be some reason
you did this

that has nothing to do
with it being your fault.

[EXHALES]

Why should I consider you
for the Diversion Programme?

I'm not sure. I've made mistakes,

but for the most part,
I've always been a pretty good kid.

Pretty good kids
don't trash people's property.

What else have you got?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Uh... Can I come in?

It doesn't matter who was
right or wrong in our argument,

because the bottom line is, my family
doesn't need me anymore for anything.

What?

I'm like the appendix
of family members.

Take me out and not only
does everything function without me,

it's like I was never there.

There's no role of any kind for me
in my family anymore.

That's not true,
you'll always have a role in your family,

but roles change
when people grow up.

You'll just have to figure out
what your new role is going to be.

You were right
about the rest of what you said, too.

I was so busy trying to be a man
by taking care of my family,

that I was trying to duck out
on the part of being a man

where you take care of,
and claim responsibility for, yourself.

That's easier said than done,

especially when
your mom's a great cook.

Thanks.

And I'm sorry.

Really sorry.

[SIGHS]

And now I'm off to John's
to apologise for being such a loser

- and to kick his new roommate out.
- That's the spirit.

[CHUCKLES]

I'll call you later.

[BELLS JINGLING]

You're not Buddhists, are you?

Okay.

Look at it this way,

if you jump into a lake
to save a drowning man,

but don't get there in time,
it's not your fault.

And that's what happened
with your sister.

So, there's no reason
for you to have guilt gut.

You meant to do the right thing,
but you can't control what happens.

Sometimes, you can't even see
what might happen.

If you mean to do the right thing
and try very hard to do it,

your lights won't get any dimmer.

- And that's it?
- Oh, well,

that's only a tiny part of Buddhism,

but maybe you should meditate
on what you can do

to avoid
making the same mistakes again,

so you can become a better person,

not only in this life,
but also in the next one.

So you mean we get
more than one chance at this?

We believe that the soul moves on
from lifetime to lifetime

looking for enlightenment.

Now that is good to know.

Well, thank you very much
for everything.

There is one more thing.

We believe that we're all connected

and we're most connected
to our families.

So you need to talk to your parents
about this. You'll feel better.

Okay,
so if I don't get it right in this life,

- then I'll just get it in the next one.
- You feel better in every religion.

I can't help it. His mysterious
ways really work for me.

[MOUTHS]
Thank you.

I don't know what kind of year
you thought you were going to have,

but now it belongs to me.

I'll let you know later
how many of them after that

are going to be mine, too.

She has to process my paperwork
and assign me to counsellors

and classes and stuff,
but I made it. I'm in.

[EXHALES]

[SOFTLY]
Thank you.

[ROCK MUSIC
PLAYING OVER STEREO]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hey, sorry about just dropping in.

It's all right, it's still your place.
At least until the end of the month.

Hey, listen,
I'm sorry about everything

if it's okay with you,
I'd like to go on living here.

You know what, heh,
this is not gonna work, heh.

I'm sorry, it's just not. Thanks.

And I got us
a little something to celebrate.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm sorry for being such a jerk.
You're one of my best friends

and a really good guy

and you deserved more respect
and consideration than I gave you.

Thanks, and that's cool. I thought
about moving home a million times,

so I can't blame you
for doing the same thing.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

What do you say we go talk
to those guys about their music?

Mary got in the programme.

[BOTH BURP]

BOTH: Excuse me.
- What's wrong?

None of this would've ever happened
if it weren't for me.

Us.

We eavesdropped on Mary
while she was on the phone,

and we heard her say
that something was pretty extreme,

we didn't know what that meant,
we knew it meant something,

and we were going to tell you,
but we forgot,

because we went to guys' night
at Matt's,

and then Mary
went and did the extreme thing.

So this whole thing's really my fault.

RUTHIE: We would've told you sooner,
but you were too busy with Mary.

- And we didn't want to get you mad.
- And there's my bad heart to consider.

- I'm really sorry.
- Me too.

And we both got guilt gut. Bad.

We talked to a bunch of God's people
and tried to do what they said

so God would know we were sorry
and maybe make us feel better.

And not make us go to,
well, you know where.

Like a campfire
where you have fun making s'mores,

but it's not so fun
when you're the s'more?

I know you've been
doing some questioning.

People you talked to are friends,

they called to let me know
you were out repenting.

Nothing we said worked.
We still have quilt gut.

Yeah, well it's one thing
to say the right words,

and it's another thing to live them.

It's kind of tough to do that
in a couple of days.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

Mary got in.

[SIGHS]

You didn't do anything wrong.

Except a little lying
about your destinations.

What if something happened to you
coming back from the temple?

Nobody would know
where to look

because you told Lucy
you were going to the park.

It was my idea and my responsibility.

- Ruthie only did it because I did.
RUTHIE: Uh-uh.

I made my own choices and helped out
with the lying all by myself.

- I'm sorry.
ANNIE: It's okay.

The road to salvation
is a bumpy one.

By the way,
how's that guilt gut feeling?

It started feeling better after I

talked to you.

- Man, those guys are good.
ERIC: And for the record,

Mary's situation
was never your fault okay?

MATT: It wasn't your fault
because it was my fault.

I knew Mary was mad,
and if I hadn't been so into my life,

my classes and my apartment,
I would've seen it coming.

No, sorry. It wasn't your fault either.
It was mine.

Okay, this wasn't your fault,
or your fault, or yours.

It was mine.

I knew the choice I was making
was wrong, and I did it anyway.

- Oy.
- Ooh. Bad karma.

- You've got other fish to fry.
MARY: And I'm sorry.

I'm sorry that I did it. And I'm sorry
for the way I've been acting

and I am sorry for everything

that everyone's gone through
because of me.

And it kills me to know that "sorry"
doesn't make a difference.

And it doesn't undo what I did,

and it doesn't make my family
like me again.

- Hang on.
- Look, I know that you love me.

But how could you like me.
I don't even like myself.

And I don't know what
to do to make things better.

Be very sorry,
then do an Act of Contrition,

like meditate
to get you light bright again,

learn from your mistakes,
and just be normal.

- Okay.
- Do you feel better now?

Not really.

Maybe you'll get it
in the next life.

Look, I'm sorry for everything,

including putting more stress
on your heart.

Because I know losing
my scholarship made it worse.

- I'm really sorry too.
- Yeah, me too, I didn't meant to...

Oh, save it!

See? Nothing.

My voice is strong.

My pulse is steady
and I feel great.

So you can just stop worrying.

But if you can't, if you feel
you have to keep secrets from me

and end-run me with your problems,
fine.

My stride is long,
my hips are wide.

See, God designed me
for the long race.

So just remember,
when you leave this room, this house,

and this zip code, and you're
running around unfettered and free,

you're all my blood
and blood follows blood.

So when you finally
get to that place behind my back

where you're so desperate to get

don't be surprised
to find me already there.

Because I've been a guy who's
had a heart attack for a few months,

but I've been your dad for years
and I know you people.

Oh, yes, and I know your ways.

So, listen up.

Make room for Daddy,
because Daddy's home.

Whew.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

- I'm back, baby.
- Oh, baby, don't I know it. Oh!

You were quite a man,
taking responsibility for everything

- and trying to protect Ruthie.
- I just did what I figured Dad would do.

Uh-huh.

It might be the light,
but is that a chest hair?

[CHUCKLES]

Probably.

[SOFTLY]
Yeah.

Yeah, right.

[LAUGHS]

It's probably just sweatshirt fuzz,
but hey, why kill his dream?

You're a good man,
Ruthie Camden.

Thank you. It's really hard with
you being gone, but I do what I can.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, Ruthie?

- Thanks for missing me.
- I can't help it.

Thanks for dinner, the washing
machine and everything else.

- I'm gonna head home.
- You okay?

Oh, yeah. Thanks.

What happened
to his moving back home?

I guess my speech
probably reassured him.

It was really something
for all of us, dear.

Hey, you.

What's going on?

I can't turn my head off
and go to sleep.

I'm worried about coming up
with the money to pay the fines.

And then there's college,
though if I get expelled,

I guess I could take the GED
and then get a full-time job.

- Calm down.
- I tried, but unlike Lucy,

I'm worried about what's gonna
happen in student court tomorrow.

What if I get expelled?

We just have to wait and see
what happens and then deal with it.

I know I blew it,

but up until now
I've been a pretty good kid.

And now, it's gone. It's all gone.

Who would've thought
one mistake could ruin your life?

Your dad and I.

When you're an adult, you know
that one mistake can ruin your life.

But your life's not ruined.

It's going to be radically different,

but only you can decide if that's going
to be good different or bad different.

Yeah, me and Miss Williams.
And Miss Russell and Lucy.

[SNIFFLES]

[SIGHS]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[MAN CLEARS THROAT]

This afternoon's court session
will be devoted to dealing with the acts

committed against the school

by some of the members
of the Varsity Girls Basketball team.

While I will take all that's said
into consideration

the final ruling will be mine.

Now, according to the police report,

those present were caught
in the act of vandalizing the gym.

According to the insurance report,

total damage was assessed
at 4,350 dollars.

Thank you for sparing the floors.

Any of these accounts in dispute?

- No.
- Okay, is there anything else then?

LUCY: There are a couple of things
I'd like you to consider.

I'm in the unique position of seeing
a lot of the sides of this case.

My sister is, or was,

an honour roll student and captain
of the Varsity basketball team,

and even though we fight and argue

and I've never told her this,
I've always admired her.

She's also one of the people
who trashed the school gym.

And I saw the gym afterwards.

I also saw my family afterwards.

And I saw that my sister's mistake
not only screwed up her life,

but my whole family's.

She learned, and because of her,
my brothers and sister and I

also learned, that one mistake
can ruin your life.

And when I thought about it,
it made sense.

What I didn't expect, though,
was how much one person's mistake

can ruin other people's lives too.

You trash a school gym
for whatever reason,

and everybody in this school,
including your innocent teammates,

loses a team, a gym

and the feeling
that they're safe at school.

And that makes me mad.

Mad enough
to wanna do something.

And it would be easy to make you guys
write a cheque and then kick you out.

But this is your school too.

And I want you to make up
for what you did to all of us.

If only by showing up every day
in the hall

as examples of the best
and worst we can be

and reminding us of how close
we are, on any given day, to both.

Gandhi said we're supposed to be
the change we wanna see in the world,

so maybe part of the way
you can make things up to us

is by showing us how.

I know it's probably
an unbelievably hard thing to do.

But if anyone can do it,

my sister can.

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