Degrassi High (1987–1991): Season 1, Episode 3 - The Experiment - full transcript

At the broom closet, main foyer.

Please bring your
master keys with you.

Amazing, arthur!

It can pick up
time everywhere.

Can you get
the ball game?

Good morning, scholars.

Class:
Good morning, mr. Raditch.

I'll be
handing back

Your last
papers tomorrow.

I want you to start

On your
next assignment.



Psst, yick--

You going to the
basketball tryouts?

Me, too.

Arthur, this is great.

We could be

On the same
team together.

Mr. Yick yu!

Who else?!

Listen, mr. Yu-the-disorganized.

Your work is...

How can I explain

So you'll
understand?

There's ten seconds left.

You're down by 50 points



And you
don't care.

Pay attention.

Therefore, for next week

I want
clear essays...

He's always picking on me.

♪ wake up in the morning,
feeling shy and lonely ♪

♪ gee, I got to go to school ♪

♪ I don't think I can make it,
don't think I can take it ♪

♪ I'm wondering
what I'm going to do ♪

♪ but when I look
around, I see ♪

♪ that someone is
smiling right at me ♪

♪ wait! ♪

♪ that someone's talking to me ♪

♪ hey! I've got a new friend. ♪

♪ everybody can succeed ♪

♪ all you need is to believe ♪

♪ be honest with yourself ♪

♪ forget your fears and doubts ♪

♪ come on, give us a try ♪

♪ degrassi junior high. ♪

Attention, students--
as your principal...

Hi, steph.

Go away.

I don't talk to
grade sevens.

Did you bring the shoes

I left
at mom's?

Why couldn't you wait?

I'm trying out

For the
basketball team.

You? Basketball?

Sure!

Dad used to
play, remember?

Basketball is
in my blood.

Right.

Stay away from me.

If anyone finds out
you're my brother

You'll wish you
were never hatched.

No problem.

See you on the weekend.

Joey:
Hey, artie-smartie.

I hear your mother
recalling you.

Stephanie!

You're beautiful.

Have I told
you that?

Know what, kathleen?

Junior high's different
than I thought.

Yeah, too
much homework.

Not that.

I thought there'd
be lots of parties.

Not political parties,
but real parties

With music and boys
and potato chips.

And dancing.

And drugs.

My mom
warned me--

"junior high is full of drugs."

I haven't
seen any.

Melanie, you'd try drugs?

Oh, yeah, for sure.

Wouldn't you?

Um... Yeah, sure.

Yeah!

Okay, arthur.

You can be our
secret weapon.

You can play for
the other team.

Just relax and
concentrate, arthur.

Brainers don't
know how to relax.

They only know
how to study.

Coach:
Next!

Come on, yick.

You can do it.

All right! Whew!

Good shot!

See you.

Keep practicing.

See you guys.

Uh, yick?

Yeah?

Seeing as you're
good at basketball

I was wondering

If you could maybe
show me some stuff?

If you're
busy...

Sure!

We're friends.

Come on.

I think the
main thing

Is you're holding
the ball like this

But you should
hold it like this.

Don't hurry.

Breathe deep.

Aw, no...

Don't hold the
ball like this.

Hold it like this

And snap the wrist.

I am, but it doesn't work.

Arthur:
Sorry about getting you
into trouble with mr. Raditch.

Yick:
It wasn't your fault.

He hates me.

Always gives me the
same crummy marks.

He doesn't
read my stuff.

Sure he does.

No, he doesn't.

He's got me
stereotyped.

I could hand in
einstein's paper

And I'd still
get a "d."

Two chocolate
milkshakes, please.

This food's better
than my mom's cooking.

What if we did
an experiment?

What sort of
an experiment?

Suppose I got
you a paper

From raditch's
class last year?

You could
copy it

And hand it in.

But he'll recognize it.

He won't recognize
one paper.

He's got five classes.

That's probably...

3,750 papers a year.

Yeah, but how will
you get the paper?

From stephanie.

Stephanie kaye?

How will you get her paper?

Never mind.

But trust me.

It won't matter.

He'll give me a bad mark.

But it's worth a try.

Both:
Cheers.

I don't know about drugs.

Don't be chicken.

I'm not!

I just don't want to get hooked.

Nobody wants to get hooked.

I don't want to
become an addict

And live in
horrible poverty.

I just want to try drugs...

Joey f. Jeremiah...

Esquire--

"f" for pharmacy--

At your service.

So--

What do you want?

Smoke?

Pop?

What's your style?

Lebanese light?

Bolivian blue?

Degrassi grass?

Or the top of my line--

New zealand zappers.

Highly recommended.

Um...

Sure.

Right, kathleen?

Um... Yeah, I guess so.

I'll see what
I can do.

Catch you later.

Melanie...

Who is it?

Oh, it's only you.

What are you doing here?

Visiting mom.

Oh.

Yes?

You keep old
assignments, right?

Yeah.

And you were in
mr. Raditch's english class?

Yeah, so?

Get to the point.

I was sort of wondering

If you could maybe let me borrow

One of your
old papers?

It's strictly for research.

I just want to
compare something.

Trust me.

Hi.

Hi.

Do you have it?

All right-- a b-plus!

The degrassi music club
needs new members...

Wheels:
Hey, joey--

Is that... Drugs?

What are
you doing?

New zealand zappers.

The best.

Five bucks,
come on.

No pay, no play.

No tip,
no trip.

No pills...

No thrills.

Thanks...

Saving for college.

You tell anyone
where you got these

And you'll be
pushing up dandelions.

Go ahead.

Try them.

Instant insanity.

I thought you guys
were street-wise--

Take the pill

Put it in your mouth

Swallow...

Oh, wow!

Mild!

Cool!

Very cool.

Come on, wheels.

Wheels:
You all right?

Joey:
Wow!

Mild...

Very cool.

You can go first.

No, you go first.

It was your idea.

Chicken?

If you're not,
you go first.

How about if we
both go first?

Okay.

Ready?

Now.

Feel anything?

Oh, yeah!

Cool!

Very cool!

You...?

For sure!

Mild...

Very mild...

What's the matter
with you?

Are you crazy?

Crazy?

I mean, selling drugs?

Wheels, my man

Have a little faith.

Vitamin pills?

I saved these kids

From a life
of destitution

And gave them
nourishing vitamins.

Shh!

Mr. Raditch, sir?

Early?

Well, mr. Yu-the-
disorganized, I'm impressed.

Arthur:
Don't worry about the test.

But what if
he finds out?

He won't
find out.

Even if he does

It's a scientific
experiment.

Nothing will go wrong.

Susie?

Very good, as usual.

Melanie?

Very imaginative.

Where do you
get your ideas?

And finally, mr. Yu-
the-disorganized.

An "a."

An a-minus, true

But an "a"
nonetheless.

Congratulations, yick.

A real
improvement.

Next week's
assignment

Is going to
be letters

And we're going
to send a letter

To a world leader.

Behind me, you
can see a copy

Of what a letter
is to look like.

I got an a-minus

And stephanie
got a b-plus

On the exact
same paper.

That proves he
doesn't hate you

Because you got
a better mark
than usual.

This proves he's
an unfair marker.

The marks should
be the same.

He still thinks
I'm dumb.

He gave me too
good a mark.

Maybe you should
talk to him.

No way!

You got to
keep giving me

Stephanie's papers.

Wait a minute--

Once is an experiment,
but twice is cheating.

Come on, arthur.

I don't want any trouble.

All right!

See what my coaching's done?

I help you

You help
me, right?

Who is it?

Arthur:
It's me.

What do you want?

I brought back
your paper.

Thanks.

Throw it on the desk.

Yes?

The experiment
was successful

But the thing about
experiments is...

They need to
be replicated.

Replicated?

Done more
than once.

To be sure.

So I was wondering if I
could borrow another paper?

Arthur, are you in trouble?

No!

So forget it.

No more
papers.

Steph, I don't tell mom

How you change your
clothes every morning

And wear tons of makeup

When you're
not supposed to...

That's blackmail!

Hey, good-looking.

Uh-oh...

I don't think
they're too happy.

Hey, guys

I can explain...

We want some more.

They want some, too.

Okay.

Tomorrow morning.

You bring the money

I'll make
you funny.

Next week is safety week.

Constable lawrence filey

Will speak in the resource
center at lunchtime.

The subject will be
"street smarts--

What they mean to you."

Attendance is
highly recommended.

His presentation will
include a short film

"skateboards and the law."

Morning, class.

Class:
Good morning, mr. Raditch.

I'd like to give
back your papers.

Thank you.

The papers generally
were better.

I was particularly interested

In yours, mr. Yu.

I was quite taken
by what you wrote.

It was clear...

Lucid.

Yes, I was impressed.

Not as impressed
as last year

When I first
read this paper.

Be quiet!

How did you get
stephanie kaye's paper?

I'm waiting, mr. Yu.

I gave it to him.

Arthur?

It's your fault.

You're always giving
me bad marks.

You got a good
mark before.

It was stephanie's paper

And I got a
different mark.

It's confusing when
two people get different marks

On the same paper.

Literature is not
an exact science.

You give people
any mark you want.

You stereotype people.

Be quiet!

You're both
talking nonsense.

You should never let

A perceived imperfection
justify cheating.

I want a paper
from both of you

On why you did this.

You will write
that paper tonight

During detention

And you'll stay
until it's finished.

Hi...

Joey...

We've got to talk.

Hey, stephanie!

Want to help me

Buy some
new clothes?

I hear you've been
selling drugs.

What?

Stephanie:
I don't care
what you think--

But drugs
are dangerous.

You think I'm crazy?

I wouldn't sell drugs.

I wouldn't even take them.

I sold them vitamin pills.

But I heard they
were stoned.

They just thought
they were stoned.

You cheated them
out of their money.

Joey:
Lessons don't
come cheap.

Woman:
Mr. Raditch

May I speak with you?

I've never had detention.

My dad will
be disappointed.

This is so unfair!

We're missing
basketball practice.

It's all
raditch's fault.

We did cheat.

It was an experiment.

I'm not going
to do this.

I can't write papers.

You just have to try.

Whose side are you on?

See if I help you
practice basketball again.

As if you
had any hope.

You're the worst player.

At least I'm trying.

You're not trying--
you're cheating.

You never
do any work.

You're just
using mr. Raditch

As an excuse.

Come on!

If you want him to stop
thinking you're dumb

Prove that
you're not.

Bye, lou.

Bye.

Kathleen:
I'm glad we didn't
take real drugs.

Melanie:
We spent
ten dollars

On vitamin pills

And made complete
fools of ourselves!

All students using
the bike racks

Are reminded to
lock their bikes.

Hey, guys!

Looking to
buy some more?

Vitamins, huh?

It was
a joke.

Can't you
take a joke?

Ha-ha.

Where's our money?

We want it right now.

You do have
our money

Don't you?

Sort of.

So where is it?

Well...

Like my new clothes?

You come back here,
you little shrimp!

While there's a few minutes left

I'd like to read an assignment
that one of you wrote.

I think it's very good.

"'stereotypes.'

"when you stereotype people

"you box them in instead
of looking at them fresh.

"I know someone
who's brainy.

"you think
he's a nerd

"and can't
play basketball.

"but he can.

"I've seen him.

"I know another kid
who's good at sports

"but disorganized
at school.

"you probably
think he's dumb

"but he's not.

"especially when
he really wants

"to accomplish
something.

"maybe he has
to try harder

"but he gets really discouraged

When people
call him names."

On to your next class.

Yick...

Come here, please.

I think it's
a good paper.

An "a" paper.

For real, this time.

I knew you
had it in you.

How about

A clean slate?

We'll both start over.

I'll try harder.

You'll
try harder.

And I'll stop calling you
"mr. Yu-the-disorganized."

Deal?

Want to go practice
basketball after school

Then have a milkshake?

If you're too busy...

No, I'm not.

Joey:
Someone help me!

I'm stuck in
the broom closet!

Get me out!

Please!

Drug-crazed zombies
stole my clothes!

Hey, let me out!

What a broomhead!

Yeah.

Somebody get my
clothes back!