Heartbreak High (1994–1999): Season 1, Episode 20 - Episode #1.20 - full transcript

Steady as she goes.

See you in four weeks.

Right. Enjoy yourself. Have a fun time.

It is a conference, Bill.

Sure.

Keys.

They're all marked.

-One for everything you need.
-Right.

Now, you know this inspector's coming
just after I get back.

-Yes. Yes.
-So everything shipshape, okay?

Don't worry, I'll fix everything up.



And, um…

-Thanks, Bill.
-Okay. All right.

All right. Okay.

You're kidding.

I mean, why does Deloraine need a holiday?

I can just see the place turning into
a Nazi concentration camp.

He's gonna get us
marching down the corridors like this.

We'll just call him Heil Hitler.

It's a joke.

I can't stop thinking about you.

I've gotta go, okay?

Dorothy. Could you bring me
a cup of tea, please?

White with two sugars, and, um...

a couple of those little
honey jumble biscuits, please.



Whoa, whoa!

-Sorry.
-Hey, don't apologize, baby.

If you want me, you can have me.

Honey, where are you going?
Sweetheart, come back, I love you.

Are you okay?

-You looked a bit spaced out, that's all.
-No, I'm all right.

I was wondering,
do you wanna come to Ruby's later on?

Look, I don't think so.

Why not, Danni?

I just don't want to, okay?

I just…

-I'll just talk to you later, all right?
-Yeah.

Don't worry about it, all right?

Yes, he told me you were coming
in four weeks.

No, no, no, I am the acting principal.

Yes.

I see.

Well, of course, if it's that urgent.

Perhaps if you could fill me in
on the details, I--

Projected quotas?

That file. -

Yeah.

No, of course not.

Well, I'm his right-hand man.
He actually shows me everything.

Yes, I will.
I'll know all about it by Friday.

Yes, I look forward to it, inspector.

Bye.

You know, I'm not gonna be able
to hack him running the joint

-for four more weeks.
-You gotta get into the spirit of it.

Yes, Mr. Southgate.

What's that, Bordino?

See me in the principal's office
in 15 minutes, will you?

Yes, sir.

-The guy's a power freak.
-I know.

Hey.

Jodie, what do you reckon?

Jodie, what do you reckon?

Hey, has anyone seen Nick?

Who cares? The guy is a jerk.

Have you told Jodie yet?

I don't wanna talk about that right now.

Okay? I don't even wanna think about it.

You're gonna have to. We both are.

The longer we leave it,
the harder it's gonna be.

Okay, I'll tell her this afternoon.

Okay?

Come in.

Con. Close the door behind you.

I've got a little problem

I thought you might
be able to help me with.

Yeah?

I seem to have misplaced the key
on the filing cabinet.

Do you know anything about locks?

-What are you talking about?
-Well, picking them, you know?

-Sir, are you calling me a thief?
-No, no, no.

I don't want you think that.
It's just that,

well, you repairs cars, et cetera…

-I just thought…
-So what? What?

The filing cabinet,
can you unlock the filing cabinet for me?

-The filing cabinet?
-Yes.

Well, I don't know, um...

Maybe.

Well, doesn't Mr. Deloraine
have a key for this?

Yes, maybe you're right.

It's probably too complicated.

-I should get a locksmith.
-Complicated.

I'll show you complicated, mate.

I'll open this up in no time.

-Well, it can't be that easy, can it?
-Trust me, sir.

There we go.

Thanks, Con.

So…

didn't you wanna see me?

No, you can go. And...

maybe we should keep this
between ourselves.

We don't want people
thinking you're a thief, do we?

Well, I guess not?

And,
close the door behind you.

Open this. Fix it, will you? Just open it?

Sorry, I only do music.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

What's good about it?

You don't have to stand up, Yola,
just because I'm in charge now.

You're not gonna stand on ceremony.

What news, fearless leader?

Jim has told me to say goodbye

and if we get a postcard
from him from Rio,

it means he won't be coming back ever.

In which case I would…

suddenly become your dearly loved
and most respected principal permanently.

-You got a problem with that, Yola?
-I don't know.

I just felt like vomiting
for a moment there.

Good, 'cause I'd hate to think
you'd be the first to go.

What's that supposed to mean?

Right.

The department is deeply concerned

about the drop-off in enrollments here
at Hartley High School.

-How do you know that?
-Just take my word for it.

And if they don't pick up drastically
by the end of the year,

-the staff is gonna have to be cut.
-What?

In fact, they've dropped off
so drastically

over the last five years

that this school is in danger
of being shut down.

The district inspector
is coming here on Friday.

-Friday? I thought he's coming next month?
-Yeah, well he's moved it forward.

And we are gonna make sure he leaves here

with a favorable impression.

Bill, you don't think
you're being a little bit alarmist

predicting that the school
is gonna close down?

The department has already issued
a memo to that effect.

Now, I would like to remind you all
that I am…

the acting principal here at the moment,

and we are talking serious business.

Now, things are gonna change drastically
around here.

Thank you.

Our home is girt by sea

Our land abounds in nature's gifts

Of beauty, rich and rare

In history's page let every stage

Advance Australia fair

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia fair

Yeah!

Well, that was pretty awful.

Perhaps if we had a bit of warning

we might have been able to learn
the words at least.

Yeah.
-Right.

So, so you need a bit of warning
to sing the national anthem, do you?

Why make a big deal out of
the national anthem all of a sudden?

It's a symbol of everything
that's great about this country, Poulos.

That's the big deal.

It provides you
with a way of saying thank you

for the privilege of living here

and taking advantage of her resources
and of her political ideals.

It's an opportunity
for you to voice your pride

in being Australian.

A country whose generosity of spirit

is matched only by its vast Outback.

Its rugged mountain ranges.

Its droughts and flooding rains.

I love her far horizons.

I love her jewel sea.

Now, I think we should thank Mr. Southgate

for a wonderfully spirited reminder
of our great heritage.

Yeah!

All right.

Anything else, Mr. Southgate?

Yes.
-Yeah.

I want that sounding
much better than that next time.

And when will that be?

That will be tomorrow morning.

Are we gonna do this every morning?

Yes. That's right, Bordino,
every morning. Thank you.

Okay. Come on.

Settle down, please. Everybody, quiet.

What right has he got to do that?

Mr. Southgate is acting principal

for the next four weeks.

And if that is what Mr. Southgate wants,

then that is what Mr. Southgate
is gonna get.

Enter.

Christina.

I just thought I better tell you.

The kids are going on an excursion
in a couple of days.

Are they? Well, that's the first
I've heard about it.

Well, Mr. Deloraine
said I should confirm it with you.

Have a seat.

All these excursions and field trips
are a waste of time and money.

If you ask me
the last thing those kids need

is more stimulation.

Well, I'm not asking you,
and for what it's worth,

I couldn't agree with you less.

-Do you want this school to go under?
-No, I don't.

It's been going to the dogs for years.
Lack of discipline--

Come on. Bill.

Don't you think it could have anything
to do with, you know, the recession--

Those parents haven't been enrolling
their kids into this school

because of its lousy academic standing,
one, and two,

its appalling social reputation.

Now…

I want our national anthem
word-perfect by the end of the week.

I wouldn't dream
of disappointing you, Bill.

Good. Now if you'll excuse me.

Nick?

Hi.
-Hey.

Remember me?

How's things?

You're still really pissed off with me,
aren't you?

What for?

Well, I've been a bit tied up.

Con keeps organizing all these auditions.

How are they going?

Good, yeah.

-Good?
-Really good.

That's all right.

So, um, what are you doing tonight?

You want to go for pizza?

Um…

Listen, there's something
that I've been meaning to tell you.

Right, um...

See, me-- me and--

It'll give you the chance to wear that.

What? What's that?

Well, open it and see.

Whoa.

It's the one in the mall you really liked.

Yeah, I know.

That cost a lot of money.

Yeah, I know.

-You shouldn't have done that.
-Yeah, I should.

Look, I've been spending
so much time with Con lately,

I-I almost forgot about the man I love.

It's stupid.

It's not stupid. I mean,

if that's the way you want things,
you know,

I don't wanna be the one
that's gonna stop you

from having a musical career.

Look, I know you don't.

That's one of the things
I really love about you, you know?

And I wanted to buy you something special

to show you how much I care.

You do like it, don't you?

Yeah, I... I really like it. I do.

Thanks.

So are we going tonight?

I can't.

I promised the old man I'd--

I have to go somewhere with him
and… it's pretty important.

If I don't go, he's gonna be angry,

and you know what he's like.

Yeah

Well, tomorrow night?

Okay. Tomorrow night for sure.

-Cool.
-All right? I promise.

I love you.

Yeah. I got to go, okay?

Okay. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

-Yeah.
-Appreciate it.

See you later.

Look, I know what you're going though

Don't you what you've got
Till it's gone

I don't know what's going on...

Hey.

I wasn't sure whether
you're gonna turn up or not.

Yeah, well, here I am.

Well, do you wanna still do this or what?

I don't know.
I mean, do you think it's right?

Right?

I can't think of anything else.
It's driving me crazy.

Forgive me if I've done you wrong

I don't know where I belong

Look who turned out to be the fool

Seems like I am missing you

But you've changed

And I don't know what
You're looking for

You've changed

And I don't know what
You're looking for

You stay up...

Cute. Very cute.

You stay lost and I stay found

You've changed

And I don't know what
You're looking for...

It's a bit bright.

But you've changed

And I don't know
What you're looking for

-You okay?
-Yeah.

Hey.

You don't have to do this
if you don't want to.

Love you.

I love you too.

Okay. Next.

Come on, come on, let's move it. Quickly.
-Aw. Lovely.

That's it. Right-o. Next.
Come on. Come on, Bordino, in you go.

Yep. Turn around. Turn around. That's it.
-Aw! I like this shirt.

Do you want me to assume
the position also?

See what I mean? Disgusting.

Yeah, well, sir, thank you very much.

Shirt's hanging out, shoes falling apart,
all the colors of the rainbow.

-That's the fashion these days.
-Yeah.

Can we go now, sir?

No, I haven't finished yet.
Tuck your shirt in. Come on, quickly.

Don't look, sir.

That's an improvement already,
don't you think?

Who knows? It might even catch on.

It'll catch on, all right,
once I notify all the parents

that uniforms
are gonna be strictly policed.

-Uniforms?
-Yes, uniforms.

-You got to be kidding.
-We never had one before.

That's right. And more is the pity,
but I wanna bolster the school image.

I wanna make it feel like you belong here.

Feel like you're a team,
and teams wear uniforms.

Okay. Let's get back to your class.

-Come on, quick. Let's go. Move it out.
-Who's gonna look at my shoes anyway, sir.

Good morning, Danni.

-She's not worth it, mate.
-Drop dead.

I'm just trying to save you
a bit of heartache.

What makes you think I need to be saved
from anything, Rivers?

Look, I know what I see.

See a nice guy like you getting hurt,
what am I supposed to do?

-You see what?
-Don't worry about it.

Listen, you tell me what you see.

Look, maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe it was some other girl, okay?

I'll tell you what.

If you don't tell me what you saw,
I'm gonna knock your block off.

How about that?
-Please.

-Tell me what you saw, you son of a bitch!
-Hey, hey, hey!

-What is going on back there?
-Cut it out, man.

Excuse me!

Steve, Peter.
-Nothing.

-Nothing?
-Nothing!

All right. So, can you please explain
why my whole class is in total chaos?

Or is it just my imagination
that everybody seems

to be crawling over each other
to keep you two apart?

He just didn't agree
with something I said. That's all, miss.

Well, I don't wanna know what it was

and I don't want you two
even looking at each other

for the next 45 minutes, all right?

And I wanna tell you all now
I will not tolerate

any kind of brawling in my classroom,
do you understand?

And I'll tell you something else.

Your privileges have just been canceled
for a week.

What about the trip to the museum?

Including the excursion
to the Maritime Museum.

Tell me what authority gives you the right
to cancel my excursion?

The authority of acting principal.

You might as well accept it, Christina.

Nothing is gonna stop me bringing
those kids up to scratch by Friday.

And the only way to do that
is strict discipline.

But surely that's up to Mr. Deloraine
to decide matters of policy.

With all due respect, Christina,

I think Mr. Deloraine has been

putting it in the too-hard basket
for too long.

If somebody doesn't do
something about it now,

we're headed for the scrap heap.

Look, while you're trying
to teach them discipline, Bill,

I'm still trying to teach them history.

They won't learn anything

if they think they can get away with
that sort of behavior.

Which is where you've been going wrong
all along, in my humble opinion.

Tomorrow morning,

my class will be going on an excursion
to the Maritime Museum.

I organized it with Mr. Deloraine,
and as far as I'm concerned,

he is the only person who can cancel it.

I am in charge here now!

-And you'll do as I tell you.
-Look...

you may be able to get away with
that behavior with your wife, Bill,

but don't you dare try it on me.

Hey. Do you speak Aussie?
You're in Australia.

-Yeah.
-You've got me all wrong.

Just forget about it, Rivers, all right?

There's things going on
I think you ought to know about.

I don't wanna know about it, all right?
I don't wanna know about it.

We got a problem, Steve?

You're the problem, mate.

Is he hassling you?

Is he hassling you?

For your information, don't stick
your beak in where it's not wanted.

I was trying to do the joker a favor.

What a nice guy.

Speaking about nice guys, mate,

why don't you tell your buddy here
where you were about 5:30 last Friday?

Nice guy?

What's he talking about?

He's whack, mate.
Doesn't know what he's talking about.

All right, guys,
can I have you all around me for a second?

What we're looking at now,
it's on your worksheets.

There's a section on the battles...

Look, I know what you're going through

Don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

I don't know what's going on...

Forgive me if I've done you wrong

But I don't know where I belong

Look who turned out to be the fool

Seems like I am missing you

All right.
Look, I wanna know what's going on.

I wanna know what's going on
between you and Nick!

Don't crap me, Danni.
Rivers has been telling me.

Now I wanna know what's going on
and you're gonna tell me now.

-Rivers?
-Tell me what's going on.

-Tell me what's going on!
-Hey. Hey, Steve.

Okay, so there's something going on
between me and Danielle.

Is that right?

- Is that right? Is it?
-Hey!

Hey. Nick.
-Hey, hey, hey.

Why? Why, Nick?

He's a backstabbing bastard.

Steve!
-Steve!

Someone get a doctor here quickly.

Nick, I need some help.

They reckon
he's got permanent brain damage.

Come on. You don't know that.

Didn't you hear his head crack?

Did either of you know
about Nick and Danielle?

Aw...
-What? Course not.

What do you take us for?

Hey, I'll catch you later.

Yeah, all right.

So did you sleep with her or what?

-Yeah.
-Really?

-Where?
-Does it matter?

Well... In a storm water drain,
under a bush, in a garbage alley?

In a motel room.
-Sorry?

In a motel room.

Really? Isn't that nice?

She must've been really impressed
that you went to all that expense.

I didn't even pay. She paid.

-She paid?
-Well, most of it.

Gonna pay her back though.

Are you?

What a gentleman.

And you slagged off on me
because I got with that guy in Melbourne?

Hey, I apologized for that.

But it's all right for you, is it, Nick?

Just shack up with anyone you like
behind my back,

and with one of my best friends
just to make it real choice.

I was gonna tell you earlier, Jodie.

You were? That's okay then.

You should've said that sooner.

Look, I can't help feeling what I feel.

Okay? It just happened.
What was I supposed to do?

-It just happened?
-Yeah.

I'll tell you what
you're supposed to do, sleaze bag.

You're supposed to remember
who you promised you'd never lie to.

You're supposed to act like a man,
not like a dog on heat.

And you're supposed to pay
for the motel room.

Go for it, Nick.

If that's what you really want,
she's all yours.

I'm sorry this happened.

I feel really bad about it.

So you should.

I rang the hospital.

They said that he's gonna be all right.

Steve's parents are talking
about suing this school.

Well, can they do that?
-They can do anything they want

once they get it into their heads.

What concerns me, though,
is whether or not this school is liable.

What are you trying to say?

Christina.

The incident happened
on an unauthorized excursion.

You just may have to accept
responsibility personally.

-Are you serious?
-Absolutely.

That excursion was sanctioned
by Mr. Deloraine,

the principal of this school.

I was principal of this school
when it happened,

and it wasn't sanctioned by me, was it?

As far as I'm concerned,
this school should not be held liable.

We stuffed up pretty bad.

And I just want to say I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

I don't expect you
to forgive me in any way.

I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't.

One day went from the next

and each day got harder.

I'm sorry.

You'll have to go now.

I'm truly sorry if I offended you
by defying your orders,

but it was never my intention
to do that, I swear.

Look, it was the kids
I was thinking about.

I really do care about them.

You think I don't?

Of course not. I know you do.

This is my school.

This is my suburb. I grew up here.

I hate leaving the place
even in my holidays.

Do you know what happens
after they bulldoze one of these schools

into the ground?

It breaks us all apart.

The schools are first,
and then the families.

The whole community crumbles.
The very fabric of society is torn apart.

But this heavy discipline thing, Bill…

You know, you can't force people
to come around your way of thinking,

no matter how much good you think
it's gonna do them in the long run.

You know,
in the history of the civilized world

it has never worked, and it never will.

When that inspector leaves here on Friday,

he's gonna take with him
an image of this place

that sets us down as something special.

We are gonna show him that this school
is just as good as any other school.

-It's really important to you, isn't it?
-You bet it is.

And I'm not gonna let somebody like you
stand in my way.

I'm not trying to stand in your way.

Then why haven't you gone
to the department

and owned up to your mistake

before I send in my report?

-Owned up?
-Yes.

And put the school in the clear.

I don't understand.

Violence in school,

school boys fight
on unauthorized excursion,

parents sue school.

Come on, Bill,
don't you think you're blowing

this whole thing out of proportion?

Do you remember that stabbing
at Valley High School a while back?

They lost half their new enrollments.

That's not gonna happen here.

It's your fault.

You've got to take the blame.

Thanks.

How you feeling?

I'm all right.

I'm really sorry…

that it all had to
turn out this way, Steve.

Yeah, so am I.

We never wanted
anything like this to happen,

me or Danni.

I don't wanna hear about it, Nick.

Sorry.

You know something?
I thought we were friends, man.

-We still are as far as I'm concerned.
-Are you serious?

You got to be kidding, right?

If you want it any other way,
you just say so.

I want you to tell me…

how I could be friends with someone
I can't even trust with my own girl.

-We were gonna tell you sooner or later.
-Yeah, but you didn't tell me.

You didn't tell me.

-You took her away from me.
-Come on, Steve.

I didn't take anybody away from anyone.

Then you got on with her behind my back.

What do you call that?

You call that
being an all-around nice guy, a friend.

It takes two to tango,
you understand that?

-Don't blame her, all right?
-I'm not blaming anyone.

She wouldn't do that.
She wouldn't do that unless--

Yeah, well, um…

I just came to see how you are.

You hang in there, okay?

A report to the department?

-Yep.
-What's his story?

He's lost it, hasn't he?

-So what do you reckon will happen?
-Will you shut up and give me a hand?

I asked around.
I'll probably get a reprimand.

I don't believe it.

But the mere fact of a report
going in at all is bad enough.

There's gonna be
a big black mark up against my name.

It's ridiculous.

I'm gonna go and talk to Steve's parents,
see if I can sort this whole thing out.

-See you.
-See you.

This stupid thing,
it's locking itself. It's stupid.

Yes?

-Here's the letter you wanted from my mom.
-Yeah. Okay. Thanks.

Why don't you get Con to bust that open?

What? Con can do locks, can he?

Yeah, well, he opened
Deloraine's filing cabinet for Southgate.

Yeah?
-Yeah.

Steve, how you going?

You're not suffering from brain damage,
are you?

We thought you were dead.

It's good to have you back,
even though we've had our differences

-here and there, you know what I mean?
-Yes, mate, it's cool.

So, um, what's this stuff about some guy
from the Education Department?

Yeah. District inspector.

What's he coming here for?
-Whatever he wants, man.

He's coming down pretty heavy on Milano.

-It's all because of us.
-It's because of you, you mean.

Yeah, all right, because of me, whatever.

Listen, if you wanna help Milano out,

I don't know, let's just start acting
like normal people?

At least while this guy
is floating around the place.

Yeah. Yeah. Nick's right.

Let's start acting
like normal people now, all right. Okay?

All the special projects
you've seen so far

have been funded entirely by the school

or the students themselves.

Remarkable.

And the teachers
and various heads of department

are encouraged
to initiate new programs of their own.

I'm very impressed.

And might I say, Bill,
the standard of conduct I've seen

throughout the entire school
is commendable.

Thank you, Mr. Summers.

Don, please. Bob.

Bill, please, Don.

Hey, can you get your mate
to line me up a woman?

I hear he's really good
at grubbing at other people's chicks,

you know, old friends, best friends,
new friends, whatever.

Close your legs, Rivers.

You don't like it?

No, I don't, actually.

The stud himself.
Love your work.

Forget that loser.

Class, can I have your attention, please?

I'd like to introduce you all
to Mr. Summers.

He's our district school inspector.

Good morning, Mr. Summers.

Mr. Summers is paying our school
a visit today

to see what a wonderful place we have here

and to give you people
an opportunity to show

what dedicated
and enthusiastic students you all are.

Just carry on as you normally would.

For we are young and free

We've golden soil and wealth for toil

Our home is girt by sea

Our land abounds in nature's gifts

Of beauty, rich and rare

In history's page let every stage

Advance Australia fair

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia fair

Well, that was certainly
one of the most heartfelt renditions

of the anthem I've ever heard.

And it adds to an already very favorable--

Who are you calling a slut?

Whoa!

Do you have any idea here
of the damage you've done?

Yes. Yes, yes!

Of course you do, don't you?

You have set the school's case back years.

-You engineered it all, didn't you?
-No, I didn't!

To make a fool out of me
in front of Summers.

And I got to give it to you,
you did the trick.

Look, I have no idea
what you're talking about.

You defied me over the excursion.

-Look, Steve is--
-You are trying to destroy the school.

No, I'm not!

I'm gonna drum you out of here,
and by the time I finished with you,

you'll be lucky to get a job
teaching ducks to quack!

Is that what you really think of me?

Do you really think
that I'd go behind your back?

You think that you are the only person
who cares about this school, don't you?

I love this school.

I really care about it.

Okay. I've made some mistakes,

but at least I'm learning from them.

I'm not the same as you, Bill.

I work differently, but I get results.

My kids have done really well

and I'm so proud of them.

Okay.

Okay. You're a good teacher

and I do respect
what you do with your class.

Thank you.

But if it was anyone else,
I'd have them out that door quick smart.

Haven't you ever made any mistakes, Bill?

Nope.

What about the filing cabinet?

What?

That filing cabinet that you broke into?

Broke into it?

I'm the acting principal.
I'm allowed to go to a filing cabinet.

Right.

Whatever you say, Bill.

I'll do anything
to keep this school going.

Yeah, I can see that.

I'm sorry I haven't been around lately.

If I'd known all this stuff
was gonna happen--

You would've done the same thing, Danni.

I don't know.
-Don't worry about it.

I'm gonna leave you to her.

Yeah.

I hear your new boyfriend
couldn't even rake up

the price of the hotel room.

Is this really
the time and the place, Jodie?

Fine by me.

But then I guess
you're not used to doing things

out in the open like this.

Neither of us wanted it to work out
the way it has.

But I can't help what I feel.

Is that it?

And I'm really sorry.

Isn't that nice?

I now know you both wished
it hadn't happened.

But it did happen, see?

And because it happened,
Steve wound up in hospital,

Miss Milano might get the sack
and the whole class could be suspended.

-Who says?
-Southgate.

You know, there's gonna be
a lot of people that are right off you.

But don't worry, you've still got Nick.

Just watch what he's doing
behind your back, though.

He might be slagging
one of your best friends.

Hey, Poulos. Hi, pretty boy.

You got a problem?

Yeah, you got a problem?

What you laughing at?

What the hell is bugging these guys?

I came here to be with you,
not them, okay?

-Okay?
-Yeah.

Who did you come here to be with?

With you.

That's all that matters, then, isn't it?

Yeah, that's all that matters.

Look, I know what you're going through

Don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

I don't know what's going on

You've changed

And I don't know
What you're looking for

You've changed

And I don't know
What you're looking for

Forgive me if I've done you wrong

I don't know where I belong

Look who turned out to be the fool

Seems like I'm missing you

But you've changed

And I don't know
What you're looking for