Friday Night Lights (2006–2011): Season 1, Episode 15 - Blinders - full transcript

I will play the game, Mr.
Garrity. I will. Yeah. Good. Good.

And when I make
the national team

and I start touring
all over the world,

I'll take your daughter
with me.

'Cause we're
getting married.

I just think that we're too young
right now and we're rushing into this

and I don't want
to make a mistake.

Message received, Lyla.
Loud and clear.

That color
looks good on you.

I don't really
have the money for it.

Coach, I didn't mean
to. You didn't mean what?



You didn't mean to risk
my reputation? My career?

Is that what you were
gonna say? I'm sorry.

You thinking about that?
He made a mistake.

And he is trying so desperately to
get back in your good graces that

he's losing his confidence.
He's losing his passion.

I'm sorry. I was on
the other side of campus.

You're starting
at tailback tonight.

What the hell? You want a hug
or something? Get out of here.

If Julie finds out about this,
that's not gonna be good.

Listen. You're
gonna take a few pictures.

It's for charity.

Nothing happened at all.

I don't appreciate
getting lied to.

So why don't you go with
your little rally girls



and just leave me alone?

Come on, fellas! Let's go!

What do you want to run? Slot
right, twenty-eight gun sling.

Serious? Slot right,
twenty-eight gun sling. Go on!

Okay.

What?

Come on, Panthers!

All right, gentlemen.
This is serious.

We're going with slot right,
twenty-eight gun sling. Okay?

Slot right, twenty-eight
gun sling. On one.

Ready?
Break!

It's all you, Seven.

How's those
hands of yours, Seven?

Feeling good, Riggs.

All right.
All right.

You ready for this?

Set!

White forty-four!

White forty-four!

Hut!

Saracen takes the snap,

he pitches back to Riggins,
to Smash!

What in tarnation... They got
some kind of a halfback option.

Oh! And Saracen is open.

Wide open down
the right sideline!

Oh! He caught it!

Unbelievable!
Saracen caught the ball

and the Panthers cruise
to their first playoff game.

And the celebration begins on
the Panther sideline.

They said we couldn't do it.

Yeah, they did!

They said we didn't have
what it takes.

We got it done, didn't we?

Yes, sir!
We got it done!

Yeah! Yes, sir! Yes, sir!

We went out there
and we did it together.

Y'all ought to be
proud of yourselves!

And I want you to know
that I am damn proud of you!

Nobody pushing us around!
Nobody pushing us around!

Whose house?
Our house!

You worried about next week's
game against Dunston Bell?

McGILL: Why? You know
something we don't?

An almost all-white team
had some trouble recently

with that hazing with
the player in black face.

No, we don't give
a dang about all that.

We're just going down
there to play football

and God willing, come away
with one game closer to State.

Are you saying that race isn't an
issue for the Dillon Panthers, Mac?

No, sir. It's not.

Yet Dillon was one of the last high
school teams in Texas to be integrated.

Only one black quarterback in 40 years,
Voodoo Tatum. He left after two games.

Which had nothing to
do with his skin color.

Look, you show me a red or a black
or a green player here in Dillon

that's better
than Matt Saracen,

he's got the job,
all right?

What about
Smash Williams?

He played quarterback on
JV. He's got quite an arm.

Smash for quarterback?
Yeah.

I believe Smash is better
suited for the position he's in.

How do you mean?

Well, guys like Smash
and Baxter and even Voodoo,

they got a natural gift
for running the ball.

All three are black.

Are you saying this gift has
something to do with their skin color?

What I'm saying, Karen, and
I'm saying it in a good way,

is that guys like Smash are
fearless. They're dangerous.

They're like junkyard dogs.

I mean you want them carrying the ball.

You want them
tearing up turf out there.

So let me
get this straight.

White's like Saracen make better quarterbacks
because they're inherently smarter.

Well, if you want to put
it that way, you could.

But I'm not saying that
all black guys are dumb.

Just saying that...
Mac? I need to talk to you.

Coach, just one more.

Not done yet.
Coach, just one more?

We don't have
time right now.

It's getting late.
You know how it is.

Well, I think
you got your story.

Now, Mac McGill didn't
use the word "monkey. "

He said "Junkyard Dogs. "

Monkeys, dogs, frogs...

Mac McGill said
blacks are inhuman.

That they don't think
before they act.

Like they're workhorses
for the white man.

Well, now, you know, I'm not
sure that's what he meant,

but thanks for the call.

Next.

Just 'cause
rednecks like Mac

learned it that way
don't make it right.

You can bet if he's saying this
filth about black folks in public,

him and his kind are saying a
lot worse behind closed doors.

Hey, Mac said
blacks are shiftless.

That it's the white kids
who are hardworking.

Why's everybody so mad
at McGill?

I mean he ain't that bad.

He just says
dumb stuff sometimes.

And that's an excuse?
Y'all need to stop.

We got bigger things
to worry about.

Now there she is.

Oh, it's nice. Is that the
house you're talking about?

Yes.
Now that's a real house.

Oh, yes, I know it.

Man, this is so nice.
Wow!

Momma, did you see
the size of that closet?

Oh, that's gonna be my
dressing room!

No, it's not.
I get it first!

Listen. Wait a minute,
child. We don't own any of it.

That could change if you let
me submit the bid we discussed.

Well...

Mom, you said
with the 10% down,

we could cover it.
Come on.

Well, that is
until I get sick

or God forbid, one of
y'all has an accident.

Well, I guess we could
just keep dreaming then.

Come back every few days
until somebody else buys it.

I know I shouldn't have
brought y'all.

But it is nice, huh?

You skipped class?

Julie, you skipped class?

It was only one time.

Miss Carroll told me
you skipped three classes.

It was just PE.

Look, Miss Taylor. We're really
sorry. We'll never do it again.

Well, Tyra, that really sounds
like a hollow apology to me.

So you can just save it.

But I tell you
what you are gonna do is

you're gonna be
in PE for every class

for the rest
of the semester.

And in terms of making up
the classes that you missed,

Miss Carroll made
a real good suggestion.

Which is that both of y'all are
gonna play in the Powderpuff game.

Practices start this afternoon.
You will not miss one.

You have got to be kidding
me. You wouldn't do that.

Do I look like
I'm kidding y'all?

You wouldn't
do that to me.

Yeah, I would.

But...

Why is he here? This
is gonna be so awkward.

Ladies! Ladies!

Over here.
I'm Landry Clark,

your official
Powderpuff referee.

Just wanted to start
things off and say

let's just keep this clean
and let's just play this,

this beautiful game,

in the spirit that it
is meant to be played in.

Thank you, Landry.

Now ladies, let's meet this year's
Powderpuff Panther coaches, huh?

We've got Matthew Saracen
and Timothy Riggins.

You can shoot me now
if you want to.

All right, Tim.
You can call it.

Tails, ma'am.

Matt, you get first pick.

Okay.

Okay, I pick Tyra, please?

All right! Tyra!

Tim?

Does anyone here
know how to chop block?

I do.

Nice. Let's go.

All right!

Laurel.

Good call! Laurel!

Let's go with Garrity.

I'm gonna pick Julie Taylor,
please? Please?

Come on, Julie!

Great.

Hi, Jason.

How you doing?
Oh, I'm doing good.

Good to see you.

Hey, how you doing?

Little crazy for
coming back to school.

I had a free pass out of
here for a while, but...

I'll catch you all later.

McGILL: Only applies
to certain ruled interstates

in specified counties,
so...

Y'all just think about that.

Hey, guys. Can I talk to you a minute?

Yeah.

Read your books.
I'll get the questions later.

You guys want to get
your driver's license,

you gotta know
the finer points.

Been listening
to the radio, huh?

I just got done talking
to the superintendent.

They're getting calls from newspapers
and stations all over the state.

Like they got nothing else
better to do.

You need to issue
a public apology.

Apology for what?
For being truthful?

That's not the way
people heard it.

What people?
A bunch of damn

PC sons of bitches
trying to get my job?

I'm afraid it's not just
a bunch of sons of bitches.

Well, all right.

You're telling me that
you think

Matt Saracen has
as much natural ability...

You know what I'm telling
you? ... as a Smash?

What I'm telling you is
that it's not too damn smart

to be making generalizations about
people's abilities based on their color.

Think about that.
That's what I'm saying.

All right. All right.
What's done is done.

No apology's
gonna change that.

I'm not making a request.

Here you go.
Thanks.

And you ain't
gonna share it?

I thought you were on
some kind of special diet.

I am. No sweets.

Except for sweet chocolate.

Here you go.

I wasn't talking
about the cake.

Okay. Enough. Enough.

I mean, I can't believe I picked
Julie third. Now she hates me.

I'm telling you... I was reading
up on pheromones last night.

I really think
that they would work.

There's no smell that's gonna
make Julie not hate me any more.

A lot of studies have shown that
responses to odors, you know,

depend on emotions felt whenever
that odor was first smelled.

Okay. Even if that wasn't the
stupidest thing that I've ever heard...

I mean, I don't even know what
kind of smell that Julie would like.

Well, I mean, she likes
her dad, doesn't she?

So why don't you figure out
what type of soap he uses?

Then you can go out
and get that kind of soap.

You're retarded.
Hey, at least I was trying.

Hey, guys, guys. Check
it out, man. Mac's on TV.

Turn that up.

Well, let me turn it up.

I believe that all of our
players, regardless of color

contribute to the spirit and the success

of the Dillon Panthers.

My comments were not
intended to hurt anybody

and I apologize
if they did.

Thank you.

Has there been any
talk of suspension?

Are you
good with the players?

What was that?
You call that an apology?

Tell me what else
you'd call that, then?

A lame-ass excuse.

What is the big deal?

I mean it's not like he yelled
out racist slurs or anything.

Yeah, but if we were up at
UT right now, he'd be fired.

Exactly.
Fortunately for us, he's not.

Yeah, easy for you to say 'cause
you're white and obviously selfish.

Come on, ya'II.
It ain't that deep.

What you want Mac to do?

Pay out reparations to
all the negroes in Dillon?

Bye.

Wave, he was just playing.

Yeah, well, enjoy
your sandbox, boys.

A year of detention is
preferable to Powderpuff.

Okay, I don't need to spend
a week watching Tim Riggins

teaching rally girls
how to tackle.

It's pathetic.

Oh, and then he has the gall
to pick that bony little...

Lyla!
Hey, guys.

Hey, Tyra. My dad says your mom
is doing really good on the job.

Really?
Yeah.

Wow. Maybe she'll get
her own dealership one day.

Yeah. I just thought it'd be good
to know she's doing really well.

It's real nice to know.

Hey, Tyra.

I was surprised to
see you on the field today.

I thought
you hated football.

You know what?
I changed my mind.

I'm gonna get real
into Powderpuff this year.

If you want, I'll jack up
Greer for disrespecting you.

Okay, you know
it's not about me.

It's about you taking
this Mac thing seriously.

Wave! I'm not Jesse Jackson. All right?

My cause is football.

Okay, then who are you?

Because it shouldn't mean
playing dumb.

Look, I don't see Matty or
Rig jumping up on a soap box

every time a brother
says something messed up.

You know why? 'Cause it's
a completely different thing.

Well, then that's
racist right there.

Me being expected to act
differently 'cause I'm black.

Kind of the burden that
you were born with, baby.

The burden
and the blessing.

You know you get all sexy-sexy
when you get all preachy.

You know what, Brian?
Don't do this. Okay?

Don't turn this
into a joke.

It's important. I want you
to really think about this.

Wave, I respect
your opinion on this.

I do.

Could you please just
recognize for one second

that I just got through
some real drama?

I mean I'm just getting my swagger back.

I can't be sidetracked with
things I can't control, baby.

Look. I know that you're
dealing with a lot right now.

Okay?
And I'm here for you.

But sooner or later you're
gonna have to peek out

from behind
those blinders.

Okay, I want to see both
partners using the scalpel,

and both partners
taking notes.

All right.
I'm ready. You ready?

I guess.
Sure?

Well, look.
If it's any consolation,

I heard that these frogs had
very long and fulfilling lives.

It's all right.

Lots of flies
and lots of tadpoles.

You want me to do this?
'Cause I can.

No. No, no. I got it.
Don't worry about it.

All right. Well,
just give me a minute.

Hey, is everything good?

Yes, sir, Mr. Utz.
We're just getting started.

Well, Jason, if you just
want to observe, it's okay.

It's all anybody expects.

No, I'd like to just go
ahead and finish the incision.

It's up to you.

Let's go for 10, ladies.
As one. Count 'em out as 10.

One! Two! Three!

Let's go!
As one. Come on.

Three split forty-five,
Garrity.

Hut! Hut!

Let's go, ladies.
Let's go.

Nice. Good execution. I'm
starting to see something, ladies.

Get some blocks here.
Let's get some blocks!

Forty-four.

Hut! Hut! Hut!
Crossfire.

Set...
Hut, hut, hut!

Yeah, now go.
Now go! Oh. Bad. Bad.

We are a team of one,
ladies! One unit! Let's go!

I want you to
actually catch this.

When it goes by like that...

We've got to get this
together. Hey, Matt!

Yeah? Figure out what the
hell you want me to do.

Let's get down for 10.

Do you see that team over there? Yeah.

As one! It looks a lot better than us.

As a team! Let's go!

Set. Hut! Hut!

Yeah, she got the snap!

What was that?
You throw like a damn girl.

Are you serious, Matt?
This is your quarterback?

She's really
good at handing off.

Good job, Coach.

Hut! Hut!

Oh! I'm sorry.
Really?

I'm sorry.
Really?

No! Not her, not her.

It's all right.
It's all right.

We're a team.
Teammates.

I'm starting to see a
"W" in my eyes! Let's go!

Matt, this isn't
working for me.

It's not working
for me, either.

Hey.

Julie?
Yeah?

You think maybe you
could play quarterback?

Let's see.
I was your third pick.

Am I even qualified
to talk to QB One?

Look, you're the only
one who knows how to play.

I do know how to play,
but...

Frankly, I don't care.

Excuse me, love birds?
Let's go.

Practice.

Please?

You're pathetic.

This is now
about discipline!

Line up!

Let's go.
Strength and stamina.

One of your
teammates gets hurt,

gets tired out there,
you step in.

Help carry the weight.
You give him a hand.

Let's go!

Let's go!

Come on, man.
Stop slacking.

Oh, yeah.
Wait until your turn.

We'll see
how fast you go.

Stop the chattering.
Let's get it done!

Yes, sir, massa.

What did you say, Seale?

That I love this drill, sir.

Get your ass
down the field!

I love this drill, sir.
Do it!

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Move it!

Yes, sir.
Just shut your mouth!

Hey.
Hi.

Honey, I just broke up
a fight in the hallway

over this Mac McGill thing.

I don't know
what to tell you, babe.

Well, I don't know. It's
clear to me that it's not...

This thing is
not going away.

I mean these kids were riled
up and it was a lot of kids

and it was black against
white. It was racial.

Look, babe, he said
something stupid. All right?

He said something stupid.
He made an apology.

There's gonna be fallout.
There's no way around that.

I know. I know.
I feel like I wanna do...

I wanna have some kind of a
dialogue for the kids. You know?

I wanna create maybe something
after school later this week.

Like a forum or something.
Forum.

Yeah, you know, where the kids
can come and talk to each other

and air it out.

So that it's not just coming up with
their fists in the middle of the hallway.

You know what I mean?
Yeah, that's a good idea.

Will you tell your
football players about it?

I think it could certainly
be good for them to come.

Sure.

Appreciate the support.

I'll see you later. All
right. Have a good day.

Okay.

You got your steering wheel, you got your
brake, you got your accelerator. All right?

Where would they be?

Well, look.
This lever over here.

You wanna go ahead and push that.
Go ahead and push it forward.

Forward? Okay.
Forward to brake.

All right. Okay.

If you want to accelerate, you'll go
ahead and push it on down toward your knee.

There you go.

There you go. All right,
all right, all right.

All right. All right. So
you wanna put it in drive

and let's check it out.
See how this puppy rolls.

Off of the brake.
Oh, don't be shy.

Yeah. Don't be shy.
Just straight on through.

All right. All right. Next
stop, Indy 500, all right?

Shut up. I'm trying to
get used to it, all right.

Just give me a minute...

I got it.

And once you get comfortable,
how's that feel, eh?

It feels okay.

Yeah?
Yeah.

That's pretty easy. I could get
the hang of this. You like it?

You like it, huh?
Yeah. It's nice.

Yeah, a little
bit of freedom.

Yeah, I could
get used to it.

Speaking of getting used to, how's
being back at school treating you?

It's okay. I guess.

Yeah?

Listen, when you
got out of the hospital,

was everybody
just weird to you?

Man, I felt like
I was a hundred years old.

You know, like, I knew some sort of
secret knowledge no one else possessed.

I mean for a while there, actually,
I wanted to go back to the hospital.

Of course that was partially
'cause there was this hot-ass nurse

that just could
not get enough of me.

Oh, I'm sure she couldn't.
You know.

You know I just want things
to feel normal again. You know?

Yeah, well, I hate to break it to
you, but high school is not normal.

Brake.
Brake.

Brake.

There you go.
You have a good one.

Think I'm gonna take off.
Okay, so...

Don't worry. I got your
number. I got your numbers, man.

You good?
I'm good.

Okay. Cool.

Hey, look, Smash.
I don't think it's right.

What Mac said.
I don't agree with it.

So you think
I should quarterback?

No. I mean, yeah...

I mean I don't know.
I mean I don't know if...

I'm just playing with you, Matty.
I know what you're trying to say,

but I ain't sweating it.

Neither should you.

Sure?
Yeah.

Yeah. It's cool.

All right.
I'll see you tomorrow.

All right. Later.

Hello?
Hey.

Hey, honey.
How you doing?

Grand.

How was Powderpuff?

It was great.

Was Powderpuff tiring?

Where's the flipper?

I don't know.
Why don't you sit down?

Don't.
Don't roll your eyes.

Something else is gonna happen
other than this Powderpuff thing.

As a punishment
for you cutting class.

I promise you,

your mom and I will
let you know what it is

when we figure out
what it is.

Yep. That's understood.

And when you figure out what my
punishment is, I'll be in my bedroom.

I don't want you to
be flippant with me.

I don't want
you to be flippant.

Did you hear what he just
said? Can I tell you something?

Can I tell you something?
Yes, I heard.

Can I tell you something?
No. No. Look at me.

Please don't do this.

Don't break our trust.
Don't take our trust from us.

Please.

I'm sorry. Today's just been
really kind of a crappy day.

Matt's been yelling at me all day
about stupid quarterback stuff.

Matt Saracen's
got you at quarterback?

Wait, honey.
Hey. Come here.

What do you mean he's
got you at quarterback?

Two-zero.

Hey, what up, Dutch Boy?
Get a new haircut?

Get a new hat?

What's your order, man?

I've actually been
doing some thinking.

You know, all this
friction between the team?

It's not helping
right now, man.

And State's coming up,
so...

You got that right.
So, I mean...

I figure you talk to your
boys and settle them down

and we can just refocus
on the game, you know?

You got some nerve.

The same dude who shows up
half drunk to workouts,

walks off practice and throws
a glass bottle at my head

want to tell me
to talk to my boys?

I didn't tell you.
I asked you, Williams.

No, first of all,
they ain't my boys.

You want team unity, why
don't you talk to your boys?

This football done
brought us together,

but on the real,
we ain't even cool like that.

You're a lost cause, Williams.

Mom?

Mom?

Hello?

Hey! Here, honey!

Hey, Mama. Ready to go?

You know,

I'm so sorry
I didn't call you.

I got to
get through a stack of papers.

I'm so sorry, honey.
That's okay.

Well, it's good
to see you working.

Hey, Tyra.
Hi.

How you doing?

I'm great. How are you?
Good.

We're just fine.
Your mom is the greatest.

She volunteered to help me out and
finish up tonight. She knows everything.

Well, she's a smart woman.

You know, I'll just
call Mindy for a ride.

Later. When we're done.

Yeah.

Okay.

Good.

All right, honey.
See you later.

Oh, good to see you, Tyra.
Yeah.

See you.

Pro-left, 25 sprint option.
Say it.

Pro-left,
25 sprint option.

Nice. What that means is, that means
that you're gonna fake to the two back

through the five-hole.

You're gonna be moving down,
and you've got the option then

to continue your run,

or you make the pass, depending on
what's gonna be more efficient for you.

All right?

All right, I'm gonna go
down about 15, cut across.

You good? On two.

Hut! Hut!

Watch this, hon.

All right. That's pretty good.
I gotta admit...

"Pretty good"?
That was a very good throw.

All right. Listen, I want
you to bean me with this

as I make it
for the house.

You ready?

On two.

Hut. Hut!

No matter what happens here,

we're all gonna be winners.

Please.

We will not accept a loss!

We will not accept it!

One, two, three!
Win!

Let's go!

You're out!

Nice job, ladies!

Hut!

Short! Go! Go!

Bring it on!

Blue, 42! Hut! Hut!

This is supposed to be fun!
You okay?

Oh, honey,
this is fun.

This still about Riggins, because...
Oh, please. Not even close.

What is your problem?
My problem?

My problem is your dad,
Buddy Garrity.

And him having his dirty hands
all over my mom, his employee.

What are you
talking about?

You know what? You are
just a spoiled little snob.

You're not gonna
win this game.

Go! Go!
You wanna throw it!

She got the ball off!

Hey, Lance! What the
hell kind of call is that?

Son, you're blind!

Honey...
What?

Calm down.

Excuse me.
Stay off of my line!

What did you say to me?
My line.

What's that?
Right there. That line?

That one right there,
that's mine.

Excuse me. Excuse me.
That's your first one.

This is it.
This is our last chance.

We can either
go home with a tie

or we can go home
with a win.

How about we run
the 25-right sprint option?

Hut!

Get her! Take her knees! Take her knees!

Go! Go!

Keep running!
Keep running!

Go!

Keep running!
Yes! Yes!

Yes! Yes!

We did it. We did it.

Oh!

Are you kidding me?
What's happening?

What's crack-a-lacking,
y'all? What's up, baby?

Herc didn't tell me you guys were
gonna be out here. What's the occasion?

How you guys doing?

Surprise!

It's not my birthday.

No, it's not your birthday, but
we are here for a reason, QB.

And that reason is...

As a designated member of
the National Quad Rugby Squad,

I am here to inform you

that you have been invited
to training camp in Austin.

No way.

No way!

Whoa... Don't get so
excited there, young buck.

Training camp is two weeks
of the most intense,

painful, exhausting workouts of
your young, wheelchair-bound life.

And at the end of that
two weeks,

coaches evaluate the players

and then choose
the new members

for the National
Quad Rugby Squad

for the U.S. of A.

I don't know what to say, I
mean, do you think I got a shot?

No.

Like a snowball's
chance in hell.

But, I tell you what.
We got four open spots.

You make one of them,
we're Beijing bound.

That's China.
That is China.

Can you say,
"chop sticks and hot chicks"?

Yes, I can.
Yes, I can.

But, now, you said
my credit score was fine.

I'm sorry, Miss Williams.

But I did tell you, a pre-approved
loan isn't always guaranteed.

Oh, yeah. It wouldn't have anything to
do with me being a single parent or that

little box on the application where
you had me to check off my race?

No, no. That's federal
monitoring to prevent racial bias.

Oh, it worked like
a charm, didn't it?

Hmm. We want to talk
to your supervisor.

It won't make
a difference.

Well, let's do it anyway.

I can leave
him a message.

We're here right now.
I'm sorry. It's not possible.

Let's go, Brian.

No, Mama.
They can't do this.

They can't just take back the
loan! Oh, there will be other loans.

No, we want to talk to
your boss now! Uh-uh. Uh-uh.

It's not gonna do anybody any
good to get crazy. Look around you.

Look at all
these eyes on you.

Looking at you. Waiting.

Expecting you to
do something violent.

Become that junkyard dog
of Mac McGill's?

Don't give them that.

You ladies have
a good afternoon.

Thank you very much.

Hey.
Hey.

There's my QB One.

How you doing? Good.
Can I ask you a question?

Well, the answer is, "Yes,

"you do look super hot
in my football jersey. "

No...

Do you think
I'm a spoiled snob?

I'm serious.
Where'd that come from?

Answer the question.

A little.

A little. I'm kidding.

Someone say
something to you?

Want me to go beat them up?
No.

Well, I got to tell you what
happened to me today. Yeah, I know...

I got invited to nationals.

What nationals?
Nationals.

Quad Rugby National Team is having
try-outs in Austin for a couple of weeks

and they got four spots open.
Austin?

And if I go
and I make the team,

then possibly I'd be going
to Beijing later this year.

What does that mean?
What about...

What about our plans?
What about school?

School was a mistake.

It wasn't...
School's a mistake?

It's not...

School's not a mistake.
Fitting in was a mistake.

You fit in fine, Jason.

No, I don't fit in fine. And even
if I did fit in, I don't want to.

It's just going backwards.
I want to move forward.

I want to go in later this
month and get my GED and, bam!

Be done with school.
Your GED?

Yeah, my GED.
I'm this close.

I'm this close, Lyla.

Me going to Austin for just a couple
of weeks doesn't change anything.

We're just here to have an opportunity
to talk about race relations

at the school and what's been
going on this week and

air your feelings
and have people listen to you.

So who wants to go first?

Miss Tami?

Anton.
I got something to say.

I mean,

when it comes to, like, whites
and blacks...

Man, we just...
We're just different.

That's a gross generalization.
Dawg. No, it's not, fool.

Okay. Okay, y'all,
now hold on a second.

Stereotypes happen for a
reason. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

This is not a debate.
Just so we're clear.

This is just a chance for
everybody to talk and listen.

So, if you want to speak, you can hand
hold up your hand. Let's let Anton finish.

Like I was saying.

If you look at
who's with who,

you know, in the lunchroom or, you
know what I'm saying, after school.

At the end of the day,

we just naturally
go with our own.

I mean, that's just how it is.
I mean, that's all I'm saying.

All right, all right.
Landry?

I mean, I think a lot of it has
to do with how we're socialized.

If that makes any sense. I
mean, science says that my DNA

could be closer to that of a black
person in Kenya, as opposed to,

I don't know, the white
person sitting next to me.

That's interesting.

Waverly.

Let's face it, you guys.
People say things like Mac said

all the time, and worse.

But the real problem is

people just refuse to acknowledge
that racism even exists in Dillon.

So we need to have more forums like
this. We need to talk about it...

Don't get your panties
in a wad, Waverly.

It's not like this is a big
conspiracy. What did you say to me?

Hey, now y'all listen...
And it's not like being white

gives you the right
to interrupt either.

And it's not like
we're at a movie theater!

Hey, hey, hey!
Quiet down, y'all.

What are you trying
to say, Thompson?

He's saying I can't even go and watch
a movie without some black person

in front of me yelling
and talking all the time!

Y'all, sit down, please.
Sit down.

Hey, why don't you keep your dumb-ass,
ignorant, racist comments to yourself, Pierce?

Guys! Stop it!

Hey, Mac.

What are you doing
here so late?

We never got a chance
to talk. About what?

Well, about what you said and how you
may or may not perceive black players...

What I perceive, other than
football, is none of your business.

Whoa. I'm just trying
to have a dialogue.

Well, you save your
dialoguing for your mommy.

Wait a minute.
You said...

No, you wait a minute, son.

You wait just a minute.

I've been here
for 27 years

and I am not about to
be interrogated by some

too-big-for-his-britches
teenager. You got me?

What the hell you mean,
"too-big-for-my-britches," Mac?

You don't want... This is
done, all right? This is over.

I'm done with this,
I am done. Look.

If I hear you whining,

or anybody else
whining about this anymore,

you're gonna be warming your ass on
the bench Friday night. You got me?

Oh, no.
You can't do that.

Oh, I can. Yeah.

And I will.

I'm tired of this crap.

Hey, babe.

Hey.

Well, it didn't
go very well, honey.

I mean, first of all,
hardly anybody showed up.

But then, I mean,
I wish I could...

I wish you could have seen the way
these kids were yelling at each other.

Calling each other names.

It's real hard to make
a change around here.

You know you're an example
to aspire to, don't you?

You give them an opportunity to express
themselves that they wouldn't have otherwise.

You know that.

Because you're always there,
ready to listen to them.

You never shy away
from difficult subjects.

They know
they can trust you.

That's a rarity.

You're my wife and
I am damn proud of you.

Oh. Come here.

Hey, Smash.

Matt.

So, I heard that forum
was kind of crazy.

I heard.

Look, I was thinking that maybe
we should get the team together.

No disrespect, but I'm really not
in the mood for chatting right now.

Let's go, gentlemen. Let's go!

Got a lot of work to do today.
A lot of work.

Everybody feel good today?

I can't hear you.

All right. I like to
hear that. Mac, let's call it.

All right, you heard the man.
Let's go. Get on the line.

Stride it out.

On my whistle.

You boys deaf or something? I
said, "On my whistle!" Ready!

I'm not gonna tell you again! Get
your asses down there on my whistle!