A Teacher (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Episode #1.6 - full transcript

[softly]
I'm having an affair.

[slightly louder]
I'm having an affair.

[slightly louder]
I'm having an affair.

What?

I'm sleeping
with my student.

- DEVIN: Phil, look!
- All right...

- DEVIN: Oh!
- Okay. Put that down.

- DEVIN: Oh, sorry.
- That's all right.

- Have you see my phone?
SANDY: No. Mm‐mm.

[doorbell rings]
All right, you guys,

- um...
- I'll get it.



SANDY: We have to go
in five minutes, okay?

DEVIN: Okay.
PHIL: Okay!

- [overlapping chatter]
- Why?

Hi. Eric Walker?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, I'm Eric.

Ms. Wilson is your
English teacher, right?

Yeah.

So you and Ms. Wilson
are friends?

Um... I mean,

she's like a really good
teacher.

She helped me get my...
my SAT scores up.

Have you ever spent
any time with her alone?

Like, uh, after school or...
off school grounds?



- I'm sorry.
I don't understand.

Is she okay?

Eric, have you ever
met her outside of school?

Um...

I mean, yeah,

she, uh, she tutors me.

So she...
met me at the place I work

a few times, restaurant.

But I...

I don't really know
that much about her.

You guys do anything else
besides tutoring?

Hang out at her place

or drive around?

[small laugh]

I mean, she's... she's
dropped me off at home

a couple of times.

Eric, has Ms. Wilson ever
been inappropriate with you?

No!

Yeah, it sounds weird
when she says it that way.

Have you ever fooled around
or anything like that?

- Are you saying that...
- I‐I totally get it.

She's an attractive lady.
I‐I can see

how maybe things
could get a little confusing.

- What's confusing?
No...

Uh, nothing's confusing.

JANICE: The school was notified
this morning.

A report's been filed.

We know the whole story.

We know you guys went away
together this weekend.

SANDY:
[whispering] Oh, my God.

- Sweetheart...
- RICK: The most important thing

right now is for you
to tell the truth,

because it's gonna be
easier on Claire

and everyone else
if we know the real story.

Lying isn't gonna help her.
Or you.

[edgy music]

She's having an affair.

Claire.

She's, um...

- [softly] Fuck, man.
- Yeah.

Listen.

You know, Lisa and I, we went
through a rough patch too,

and, um, we just saw somebody...

It's with her... student.

It's with some, uh,

kid that...

she's been tutoring.

All right, who told you that?

She did.

Yeah.

NATE: Does anyone else know?

Um...

Yes.

She told... another teacher.

NATE: All right.

If he doesn't confirm it
and it was consensual,

then... then they most likely
won't press charges, you know?

What do I do, Nate?
[small laugh]

[phone tune plays]

Hi.

- I'm...[sniffs]
I need to see you.

The police came
to my house today.

They...

I didn't know what to say.
I didn't know what to do.

I just... I... they said
that they knew everything.

Can we meet?

Please, Claire, please.
Can we meet?

I just... I don't know
what to do.

- I don't know what to do.
- [Claire sniffles]

Please.

Claire.
Are you there?

- [tearfully]
Yes, I'm here.

Can you say something?

- I'm sorry.
I have to go.

VICTORIA: I can't believe
it's happened.

Well,
I already had Bill call the D. A.

Okay, Peggy.
Okay, thanks.

All right, bye.

Do you know what's going on
with Eric?

I mean, yeah,
I guess he's, uh...

he's been acting like
too cool for us

'cause he started dating
some college girl and...

No, he's not dating
a college girl, okay?

He is having
a sexual relationship

with a teacher at school.

- Ms. Wilson.
- [laughs]

What are you talking about?
That doesn't...

that doesn't make any sense.
He...

[phone buzzes]

- Okay, you know what?
We'll get back to this.

Danielle, hi.

I know.
It's crazy!

MATT: Hey.

[Claire sniffling]

Claire.

I wanna save this.

How can you
even look at me?

Because I love you.

CLAIRE:
I messed everything up.

MATT: Yeah, you fucked up.

You fucked up... real bad.

And I'm so fucking mad
at you.

But this is ten years,
Claire.

And I do not wanna lose you.

Okay?

I saw Nate and I told him.

[quietly] Oh, Jesus.

We're gonna get a lawyer.

And we're gonna go to therapy.

We can get past this.

LOGAN: Everyone's
freaking out about this, man.

This is insane.
My mom fucking knows.

Dude, you gotta fucking
tell us everything.

Jesus!

You're gonna be like
a legend,

like a fucking god, dude.

Don't say that, man.

Fucking cops came to my house,
all right, they...

In front of my mom.

ERIC: I don't know
what's gonna happen to her.

That's not your problem.

She's an adult.
She's like 30, right?

It's on her.
You didn't do anything wrong.

ERIC:
She's under investigation

because of me.

I mean... she won't talk to me.

She won't pick up the phone.

Well, I mean, she...
she's probably busy

with her husband,
like, fuck, dude!

She's got a fucking husband!

- LOGAN: Eric, look...
- Fuck!

I get it, all right?

I do, like... like you probably
really, really like her.

But she's been having sex
with her high school student.

It's like...

she's... she's got issues, man.

You guys don't get it.

LOGAN: Eric, come on,
we're j...

Dude, it's true.

Holy shit.

So I'm gonna take
a few days off work.

I already called in.

[utensils scraping]

I need some air.

I'm gonna go for a walk
around the block or something.

I'll be back.

[keys clattering]

[edgy music]

♪ ♪

[groans]
Uhh...

♪ ♪

ERIC: I am so, so sorry.

I don't know why I told them.
I don't... I should have lied.

It's okay... they would have
found out anyway.

I'm so sorry.

Claire.

Say something.

Please.

- [whispering]
I'm scared.

I'm really, really scared.

W‐we can just go.

Just leave.
Now.

I mea... just drive... you know?

- I can't be without you.
- That's crazy.

- No, it's not.
Look, we're good together.

We are, and...

[breathing heavily]

Just look me in the eye
and tell me

that you don't want
to do this.

Please.

- We can figure it out.
- [small laugh]

- We can!
We're... we're good together.

We're good.

This is fucking crazy.

- Just drive off now?
- Yeah.

Yeah, just...

Look, I love you.

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

[phone tune plays]

I'll be there
in a sec.

- You sure?
- Yeah.

[chiming]

NATE: Where the hell
are you?

Look, I have been calling
and calling you.

We are very worried
about you.

I am very worried
about you.

Are you there?

Yeah, I'm here.

Well, you need to
come back home, okay?

They... they could look at this
thing as a kidnapping,

all right?

Just please do
the right thing.

- Hey, Nate.
I'm sorry.

Just come back home.

I feel sick.

ERIC: [softly] Oh... hey.

Hey.

[muttering softly]

I was a good teacher,
right?

The best teacher.

[giggling]

Oh, well... ha.

That's that.

Hey.

You're so fuckin' beautiful...

and you chose me.

My entire life...

gone

for you.

[dark music]

♪ ♪

No, wait.
Come here.

Come here.

[both moan]

Look at me!

Please... look at me.

[Claire moaning]

[sighs]

Eric?

[Rostam's "Half‐Light"]

♪ ♪

ROSTAM: ♪ Somewhere
in the half‐light ♪

♪ I could feel it comin' true ♪

♪ I know it, and I knew it ♪

♪ But I did it just for you ♪

♪ Baby,
are you gettin' cold? ♪

♪ My room
is just down the hall ♪

♪ And if you stay the night ♪

♪ I promise not to call ♪

♪ ♪

♪ But somewhere
in the half‐light ♪

♪ I could feel it
comin' back ♪

♪ I get it,
there's no future ♪

♪ I can't see it
through the cracks ♪

♪ Baby, is the door unlocked ♪

♪ Is your bed gettin' cold? ♪

♪ I know if I stay the night ♪

♪ You'll ask me to go ♪

[Eric sniffling]

♪ ♪

♪ Somewhere
in the half‐light ♪

♪ I could feel it comin' true ♪

♪ I know it and I knew it ♪

♪ But I did it just for you ♪

♪ Baby, are you gettin'
cold? ♪

♪ My room is just down
the hall ♪

♪ And if you stay the night
I promise not to call ♪

♪ ♪

♪ But somewhere
in the half‐light ♪

♪ I could feel it comin' back ♪

♪ I get it, there's no future ♪

♪ I can't see it
through the cracks ♪

♪ Baby, is the door unlocked ♪

♪ Is your bed gettin' cold? ♪

♪ I know if I stay the night ♪

♪ You'll ask me to go ♪

♪ ♪

[Claire sobs softly]

♪ Baby, all the lights
came up ♪

♪ To illuminate the room ♪

♪ Blinding me,
I shut my eyes ♪

♪ To see an imprint there
of you ♪

♪ I still think about it ♪

♪ But there was nothin'
I could do ♪

KELLY ZUTRAU: ♪ Baby,
all the lights came down ♪

♪ And illuminated ♪

- ♪ You ♪
- [echoing]

♪ Blinding me,
I shut my eyes ♪

♪ To see an imprint
left of you ♪

♪ Blinding me,
I shut my eyes ♪

♪ But there was nothin'
I could do ♪

[sustained echoing
end chords]

♪ ♪