McGee and Me! (1989–1992): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Big Lie - full transcript

(intense music)

(upbeat music)

(turning pages)

[Nicholas Voiceover] Never
forget to be truthful and kind.

Hold these virtues tightly.

Write them deep
within your heart.

Telling lies about someone

is as harmful as
hitting him with an ax.

(screams)

Or wounding him with a sword.

(screams)



Or shooting him
with a sharp arrow.

(screams)

(whooshing)

Yeah!

(playful music)

(upbeat music)

[Nicholas Voiceover] This
is my grandma's house.

We've just moved in

and now I've got to
start all over again.

New school, new friends,
new haircut, new everything.

My family's kinda
figuring out the move too.

Boy, was it crazy
those first few days!

- [TV Reporter] Another
sunny day here in Eastfield.

Coming up--



-Where's my denim jacket?

Anybody seen my denim jacket?

-That is the third bug
I have killed today.

-Toast's about ready.

-I've already called the
pest control people.

They should be out
this afternoon.

-Hear that?

Better make yourself
scarce, pest.

-Nicholas, better hurry.

You don't want to be late
your first day of school.

-Right, Mom.

-There you go.

Solid as a rock.

Whatever, get outta here!

-Daddy, why are you always
picking on Whatever?

Come on, come on, come on.

Honestly, you've got
to learn to loosen up.

-(sighs) You're right, honey.

(telephone ringing)

-Land sake's, that phone
hasn't stopped ringing

since you got here.

-Hello?

What?

No, I didn't order a pizza.

Two for one's great.

No, that's not our--

No--

-Oh, would you look at the time?

I was supposed to be
at the paper by 7:30.

First day on the job.

Can't be late.

So long, everyone.

-Bye honey.
See you later.

Okay.
Bye bye.

-Bye, Daddy.

-You know that guy?

(groans)
-Mother!

-Coming.

[Nicholas Voiceover] Like
I said, it was crazy.

(coughing)

-Here's looking at you, kid.

-McGee, what are you doing?

-First day of school, huh?

-Yeah.

-Cheer up, buckaroo.

It's like I've always said.

Make a big first impression

and the rest is a piece of cake.

-Yeah, remember the
last time you told me

to make a big impression?

-Sure, at the all school play.

-Yeah.

You told me to push my way
to the front of the stage

so everybody could see me.

-Hey, you were a smash.

-Sure, when I fell over the edge

into Bobby Resco's trombone.

(chuckles) -Well, at least
you made an impression.

- [Mom] Honey!

Better get going.

-Right, Mom.

Grow up.

(upbeat music)

[Nicholas Voiceover] Here
I am at my new school.

(bell ringing)

Well, somewhere in there.

All I need to do now
is find my homeroom.

Unfortunately, Coach
Slayter found me first.

-Little soon to be cutting
class, isn't it mister?

(chattering)

[Nicholas Voiceover]
Then there's lunch.

Time to, you know, make
those big first impressions.

(laughing)

(whistling)
And recess.

I mean, what could
go wrong at recess?

- [Coach Slayter] You
kids, come back here!

(can clattering)

[Nicholas Voiceover] Okay, okay,

so it wasn't the
best day I ever had.

But at least it was finally over

and so were my problems.

(shouting)

Well, not exactly.

-What do you think you're doing?

-Me?

-Come here.

You see my skateboard?

You almost put a nick in it.

What's your name?

-Nick.

-Oh, you're a funny
man, aren't you?

I bet you're--
-Nicholas.

My name is Nicholas.

-Oh, St. Nick, huh?

Got a present for me?

-What?

-You come to my alleyway
throwing cans at me,

you better have some
kind of peace offering.

-Huh?

-Money, stupid.

-Man, you're one
lucky dude, kid.

-Beat it, Louis.

-Sure, man, but I
just want him to know

what an honor it
is to be beaten up

by somebody like you.

Bet you don't even
know that this guy

is the most baddest,

roughest dude in the
whole neighborhood.

I mean, he normally stomps
guys twice your size,

but he's willing to risk it all

to beat up somebody
as wimpy as you.

I mean, my little sister
could beat you up.

Ain't that right, Derrick.
Yeah.

Go ahead, smash his face in.

I mean, people aren't gonna
fear him like they used to.

His reputation will
never be the same,

but Derrick Cryder,
a man of principle,

is willing to sacrifice all that

on a little nothing like you.

-Don't you wish?

I'm not gonna forget you, squid.

You either, Louis.

-Hey, I'm your man.

- [Nicholas] Thanks.

Louis.

-Forget it, man.

-I'll see you tomorrow.

- [Louis] What are you doing?

-I was going home.

-Not that way you don't.

-Sure, I just live over
on the other side.

-Man, what are you thinking?

No one cuts through there.

-Why not?

-He's a crazy Indian, man.

He eats live animals.

They say anything that
goes through there

don't come out again.

-You mean like pets and stuff?

-Anything.

(spooky music)

- [McGee] Psst, Nick, Nick.

- [Nicholas] Where you been?

-Nevermind that.

This is your chance to
make the big impression.

-Are you cracked?

Didn't you just
hear what he said?

-Come on, kid.

Just go up and rap on
one of those windows

and we'll be heroes.

-McGee ...

(dramatic music)

- [McGee] (bucks) Nicholas.

- [Louis] What?

Nick, get outta there.

Nicholas, Nicholas!

Get outta there!

Get out!

Watch out!

Nicholas!
(Nicholas screams)

(Hoot)

Get outta there!

Nicholas!

(mouse squeaks)
(chair squeaks)

(cough)

(Nicholas screams)

(dramatic music)

(door squeaks)

- [McGee] (shouts)
Nick, come on.

Let's go!

Nick, come on!

Don't leave me!

(Nicholas shouts)

[Nicholas Voiceover]
I decided that maybe

it was time to be running along.

I bumped into Louis on the way.

Nick!

[Nicholas Voiceover]
Just to say hi.

The next day, things
hadn't changed much.

-There he is now, the
man that knows no fear.

[Nicholas Voiceover]
They changed a lot.

-Did you get a good look at him?

-Who?

-The man.

The crazy Indian man.

Was he big?

-Well ...

-I knew it.

Like a monster, huh?

-He was big.

-I told you.

Were there any animals?

-Yeah, there were animals
everywhere, but--

-I knew it.

Did you see him eating any?

-He had a rabbit.

-He had a rabbit.

He was eating a rabbit?

-It was alive, you know--

-He was eating a live rabbit?

-Well, yeah, I guess.

It was alive, whatever
was left of it.

-This is incredible, man.

(thoughtful music)

[Nicholas Voiceover] By
the time I got to school,

everybody knew or thought
they knew what happened.

-Gigantic claws.

-Really?

There was this
big, gigantic crab

that was, like, 10 stories high.

-[Nicholas Voiceover]
I wasn't quite sure

that this was the big
impression I wanted to make.

- [Kid] There he is!

Hi.

-So, squid.

You some big hero now?

-Hello, Nicholas.

-Well, I ain't buying it.

What kind of fool
do you take me for?

-How many kinds are there?

-Don't change the subject.

If that guy's such a monster

and eating all those animals,

where'd you get the
guts to stand up to him?

-What do you know
about guts, Derrick?

You're scared to even
go near the place.

Hi, Nicholas.

-Hi.

-That Indian is as good as gone.

(ominous music)

-Shameful, just shameful.

- [Mom] Hi, hon.

-Hi.

-Oh, hello dear.

- [Mom] Well Mom,
so what exactly happened?

-Well, it seems
that somebody broke

into George Ravenhill's
cellar yesterday

and scared the poor
man half to death.

-Is that the house over a
couple blocks that's so--

-Yes, it is run down all right,

but he's got arthritis
so bad he can barely

get himself around.

Such a sweet soul, too.

Taking care of all those
poor, injured animals.

I don't care what
his house looks like.

He's just about the sweetest
man you'd ever want to meet.

(somber music)

(chattering)
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(yawn)

(spit)

(whooshing)

(crack...swooshing)

(cheering)

(glass breaking and gasping)

(dramatic music)

(sizzling)

-Oh no, I've got the bat!

(screaming)

(sirens wailing)

(tires squealing)

(guns cocking)

(guns cocking)

(screams)

-Alright, throw down the bat...

and come out with your hands up.

(dramatic music)

(cackling)

All right, you hooligan.

Off to the slammer with ya.

Nice work.

There'll probably be a
big reward in this for ya.

(somber music)

(knocking)

(beeping)

-Can I come in?

Sure fixing this
place up in a hurry.

Missed you at dinner.

Well, you know, living
here with grandma

is gonna be great.

Talk about memories.

What's up, Nick?

-What do you mean?

(sighs) I don't know.

What if ...

What if you said something
about someone and,

you know, they got in
big trouble for it?

-Well son, nobody likes to
get somebody in trouble,

but if it's the truth then ...

Of course, if it's not the truth

then a lot of people
could get hurt.

There's the person that's
being lied about,

but also the person
that's doing the lying

because not only will the
truth eventually find him out

but the very fact
that lying is a sin,

well, that sin starts to
cut off his relationship,

his friendship with God.

But there's also a third
person that gets hurt.

Yeah, there is.

You remember Jesus says that
whatever we do to others,

we do to him, so it
only stands to reason

if we lie and hurt
another person,

we actually hurt Jesus.

-What do I do?

-What do you think?

(mid-tempo music)

♪ Such a little thing

♪ Brings heartache

♪ Small half truth

♪ You didn't mean to make

♪ In a moment's hesitation,
you let it slip by ♪

♪ So who's it
gonna really hurt ♪

♪ It's just one little lie

♪ Love, love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ No matter what
you may have done ♪

♪ No matter when or why

♪ There's never any reason

♪ The truth won't get you by

♪ In a moment's hesitation,
you let it slip by ♪

♪ Who's it gonna really hurt

♪ It's just one little lie

♪ Love, love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ No matter what
you may have done ♪

♪ No matter when or why

♪ There's never any reason

♪ The truth won't get you by

♪ Love, love never lies

♪ Love never lies

[Nicholas Voiceover]
All day long

everyone was talking
about what Derrick

and his buddies had
done last night.

-Hey Nick, if you don't move it

you're gonna miss the action.

-What?

-Derrick and his dorks,

they're gonna put
the finishing touches

on old Cochise.

-Now?

-Should be good.

(dramatic trumpeting)

-What are you doing?

-This is it, loyal minion.

Time to right the wrong,

to return justice
to it's right--

-McGee, they'll kill me.

-What about Mr. Ravenhill?

-What can I do?

-There isn't much time, kid.

(upbeat music)

(shouting)

♪ Love, love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ No matter what
you may have done ♪

♪ No matter when or why

♪ There's never any reason

♪ The truth won't get you by

♪ In a moment's hesitation,
you let it slip by ♪

♪ Who's it gonna really hurt

♪ It's just one little lie

♪ Love, love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ No matter what
you may have done ♪

♪ No matter when or why

♪ There's never any reason

♪ The truth won't get you by

♪ Love, love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ Love never lies

♪ Love, love never lies

[Derrick] Now who's the hero,
Squid?

(dramatic music)

(birds chirping)

-You really didn't see any of
that stuff you said, did you?

-No.

I didn't see a thing, Louis.

-Man, I wouldn't want to
be in your shoes Monday.

You're gonna catch it
good from everybody.

-I should have told the truth.

-Well, it was fun
while it lasted.

[Nicholas Voiceover] I
never thought I'd be able

to face Mr. Ravenhill again
after what I did to him.

I mean, saying you're
sorry is one thing, but ...

-This is real good,
us helping like this.

Yes siree, Bob.

You know, it's
like I always say.

You missed a spot.

What you sow, you shall sweep.

What?

-I really can't make up
for what I did McGee.

I mean, I know God's
forgiven me and stuff

but ...

I don't know.

-When you're through there,

you can start on
the cellar steps.

-Yes sir.

-Oh, here.

[Nicholas Voiceover]
I felt a lot better.

Mr. Ravenhill did.

And I think God was
happier with me too.

(chuckles) -Easy
boy, that tickles.

Cut it out, cut it
out now, big fella.

Come on.

-McGee, why don't you
do something to help.

-I'd love to, old
bean (chuckles),

but the Lone Ranger
here has offered

to help me bathe (chuckles).

-Sure, they always
wash their food

before they eat it.

- [McGee] Righto, they
always was their ...

Food?

That's not very funny.
(Nicholas laughs)

Get me outta here!

(coughs) Nicholas!

Come on (coughs).

(upbeat music)
Nicholas!

- [Nicholas] Oh, McGee.

(upbeat music)