The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 5, Episode 13 - Kodachrome - full transcript

-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪

♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪

♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪

♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA ♪

-♪ OH, OH, OH, OH ♪

-♪ SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS QUITE SURE ♪



♪ BABY ♪

-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪

-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

-IT SEEMED LIKE MY
HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHERS

CAME IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE
SHAPE, SIZE, AND STYLE.

-THERE IS YOUR ANSWER.

-THERE WERE THE
HOPELESSLY CONFUSED...

-HABLO, HABLAS, HABLA. AGAIN.

- THE TERMINALLY REPETITIOUS...



- HABLA. AGAIN.

- THE INSUFFERABLY BORING...

-THE HUNDRED YEARS
WAR... YEAR FOUR.

-"I SAW ON THAT IVORY FACE

"THE EXPRESSION
OF SOMBER PRIDE...

OF RUTHLESS POWER..."

-BUT OF ALL THE
TEACHERS I EVER HAD...

I ONLY EVER HAD ONE...

WHO WAS... A NATURAL.

-"DID HE LIVE HIS LIFE AGAIN

IN EVERY DETAIL OF
DESIRE AND TEMPTATION..."

-MISS SHAW TAUGHT ENGLISH 2-A.

SHE WAS A YEAR OUT
OF GRADUATE SCHOOL,

AND THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT HER THAT WAS...

COOL.

SHE DIDN'T TAKE ATTENDANCE.
SHE DIDN'T NEED TO.

SHE LET US SIT
ANYWHERE WE WANTED.

AND SHE NEVER, EVER USED
THE WORD "LITERATURE."

-"HE CRIED OUT AT
SOME IMAGE, AT A VISION.

"HE CRIED OUT TWICE,

"IN A WHISPER THAT WAS
NO MORE... THAN A BREATH...

"'The horror.

The horror.'"

-BUT MAYBE THE MOST
REMARKABLE THING ABOUT HER WAS...

SHE ACTUALLY LIKED WHAT SHE DID.

-OKAY, EVERYONE, OPEN YOUR EYES.

ANY QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS? COMPLAINTS?

KEVIN, WHAT DO YOU THINK
CONRAD MEANT BY "THE HORROR"?

-WELL, I THINK KURTZ WAS...

SEEING HIS LIFE.

-AND?

-AND HE SAW HOW...

HORRIBLE IT WAS.

-AND?

-AND...

HE SAW THE TRUTH.

-TRUTH!

THE HORROR, EVERYONE, IS TRUTH.

You scare me sometimes,
you know that, Kevin?

-YEAH. WE ALL FELT
LUCKY WE GOT MISS SHAW...

EVEN IF SOME OF
US DIDN'T GET HER.

-YES, FELICIA?

-ARE WE GONNA NEED TO
KNOW THIS FOR OUR MIDTERM?

-NO, FELICIA.

YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT... FOR LIFE.

-AND THE BEST PART WAS...

THE WOMAN NEVER
FAILED TO SURPRISE YOU.

-EVERYBODY... YOU KNOW
WHAT I HAVE IN MY HAND HERE?

"IVANHOE."

733 PAGES THAT THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION REQUIRES YOU READ.

BUT I DO NOT.

I MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST.

IT'S LONG, IT'S
BORING, AND IT'S OLD.

BUT DO ME A FAVOR, HUH?

TAKE ONE AND KEEP IT
AROUND FOR APPEARANCES,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

-WAIT. ARE WE READING IT OR NOT?

-NOT!

WE'RE READING THIS...
"THE CATCHER IN THE RYE."

-DOES THE ADMINISTRATION
KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS?

-NOT UNLESS THEY FIND OUT.

-BUT WHAT IF THEY DO?

-WELL, THEN...

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TAKE
OUR CHANCES, WON'T WE?

-AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS
DIFFERENT ABOUT MISS SHAW.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

-HEY, TAKE ONE OF
EACH BEFORE YOU GO.

-SHE TOOK CHANCES.

-AND ENJOY IT.

AND REMEMBER...
THEY'RE YOUR PARENTS.

THEY CAN'T HELP IT.

-IN A WORD, SHE OPENED DOORS.

-I CAN'T GET MY LOCKER OPEN.

-NEW COMBINATIONS...

THEY CHANGED THEM
OVER THE WEEKEND.

SECURITY PROBLEMS.

-WELL, I HAVE TO GET MY BOOKS.

-MAYBE YOU SHOULD
TALK TO LINZER.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

-EXCUSE ME.

-UNFORTUNATELY, IN HIGH SCHOOL,

OPENING DOORS IS NO EASY TASK.

-I CAN'T GET INTO MY
LOCKER. DO YOU HAVE A KEY?

-UH, YEAH.

-GREAT.

-YOU NEED A 29C, THOUGH.

-A 29C?

-SECURITY AUTHORIZATION FORM.

-OH, OF COURSE! A 29C!

-YOU CAN GET ONE AT
THE ADMINISTRATION...

BETWEEN 12:00 AND 2:00.

-YEAH, BUT I HAVE TO
GET INTO MY LOCKER NOW.

-WELL, THEN, UH...
YOU GOT A PROBLEM.

-WELL, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YOU!

-OBVIOUSLY, I WAS DEALING, HERE,

WITH STRICTLY MIDDLE MANAGEMENT.

WHAT I NEEDED WAS...

DR. VALENTI, OUR
PRINCIPAL, THE TOP DOG.

-EXCUSE ME, SIR.

-AND YOU ARE?

-KEVIN ARNOLD.

-AREN'T YOU A LITTLE LATE FOR
CLASS, THERE, KEVIN ARNOLD?

-WELL, SEE, THAT'S THE
PROBLEM. I CAN'T OPEN MY LOCKER.

-OH! WELL, WE'LL...
WE'LL FIX THAT RIGHT UP.

UH...

-FINALLY, A MAN WHO COULD
CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE...

-HMM.

- A GUY WHO COULD
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN...

A MOVER, A SHAKER.

-TALK TO LINZER.

GOOD MEETING YOU, SON.

GLAD I COULD HELP.

-THE HORROR. THE HORROR.

BUT IF SCHOOL WAS
THE HEART OF DARKNESS,

THEN ENGLISH 2-A WAS
A RAY OF SUNSHINE.

-SO, WHY DO YOU THINK HOLDEN
ENDED UP IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL?

-OBVIOUSLY, HOLDEN
CAULFIELD HAS A PROBLEM

PERCEIVING REALITY AS IT IS.

-WELL, 'CAUSE HE'S NUTS!

-HE'S NOT NUTS!

HE JUST COULDN'T PUT
UP WITH THE SYSTEM.

-THE SYSTEM STINKS.

-YEAH. KIND OF LIKE SCHOOL.

[LAUGHTER]

-WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY
ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

-THAT WAS THE GREAT
THING ABOUT MISS SHAW.

YOU NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT
ANYTHING YOU SAID IN HER CLASS.

EVERYTHING WAS UP FOR GRABS.

-ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

-AND I MEAN EVERYTHING.

-ANYONE. YES, FELICIA?

-ARE YOU GOING TO TELL
US OUR MIDTERM GRADES

BEFORE YOU RECORD THEM?

-I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT
GRADES, IF I WERE YOU, FELICIA.

I ONLY GIVE TWO...
"PASS" AND "NO PASS."

-AGAIN, PLEASE?

-I SAID "PASS" AND "NO PASS."

-"PASS" AND "NO PASS."

IT WAS AMAZING, A
GROUND-BREAKING CONCEPT.

AND WE REACTED AS ANY
10th-GRADE CLASS WOULD.

-BUT MY DAD GIVES ME
A BUCK FOR EVERY "A."

-BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
MY GRADE-POINT AVERAGE?

-YOU MEAN I'M NOT
GONNA GET AN "F"?

-WITH TOTAL CONFUSION.

-THIS ISN'T A MATH CLASS.

THERE ARE NO RIGHT OR
WRONG ANSWERS HERE...

ONLY THOUGHT.

AND YOU CAN'T GRADE THOUGHT.

BESIDES, IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT I THINK ABOUT YOU.

IT MATTERS WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUT YOU.

-SO, WITH THOSE WORDS, WE
SET OUT TO MAKE HISTORY...

WITH ONE RESERVATION.

-CAN YOU REALLY DO THIS?

-I'M DOING IT.

-"P"? WHAT THE HELL'S A "P"?

-OH, I THINK IT
MEANS "PASS," HONEY.

-I CAN SEE IT MEANS "PASS."

WHAT I MEAN IS,
WHERE IS HIS GRADE?

-WELL, YOU SEE, DAD,
MISS SHAW DOESN'T...

-YOU KNOW, JACK, THEY'RE
STARTING TO DO THIS

IN A LOT OF THE COURSES
AT THE UNIVERSITY.

-GREAT.

WHEN HE GOES TO A
UNIVERSITY ON HIS OWN MONEY...

HE CAN GET A "P."

BUT AS LONG AS I'M PAYING TAXES,

I WANT TO SEE A GRADE.

-HMM.

SEEMED THIS PLAN
WASN'T PLAYING SO WELL

IN THE HINTERLANDS.

-DAD, I DON'T THINK YOU
REALLY UNDERSTAND.

-OH, I DON'T?

-WELL, I MEAN... THIS
ISN'T A MATH CLASS.

THERE ARE NO RIGHT
OR WRONG ANSWERS.

I MEAN...

YOU CAN'T GRADE
PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS,

OR SOCIETY WOULD TURN INTO...

AN ABYSS OF MEDIOCRITY.

WELL, BESIDES,

IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER
WHAT YOU THINK OF ME.

IT ONLY MATTERS
WHAT I THINK OF ME.

-THERE.

PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING,
YOU COULDN'T ARGUE WITH THAT.

-AS LONG AS YOU'RE
LIVING UNDER MY ROOF,

YOU DAMN WELL BETTER
CARE WHAT I THINK OF YOU.

-RIGHT.

-I THINK YOU'RE SWELL.

[SNICKERS]

-SO MUCH FOR PHILOSOPHY.

-MISS SHAW?

-WHAT I NEEDED WAS
A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.

-KEVIN, GIVE ME A HAND
WITH THESE, WON'T YOU?

-WHAT ARE THEY?

-ATTENDANCE
REPORTS. DRAG, ISN'T IT?

-YEAH.

-SO, WHAT'S UP?

-WELL, I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF I COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT...

-YOUR REPORT CARD?

-YEAH. YOU SEE...

-IT DIDN'T GO OVER TOO WELL
ON THE HOME FRONT, RIGHT?

-RIGHT.

-AND YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE
WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, HMM?

YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST
PERSON WHO'S COME TO ME.

-OH.

SO, WHY'D YOU DO IT?

-WHY NOT?

-EXCUSE ME, MISS SHAW?

MAY I SPEAK WITH
YOU FOR A MOMENT?

-YES, DR. VALENTI?

-I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR GRADING SYSTEM.

-YES?

-WELL... WE DON'T DO THIS HERE.

-YOU MEAN WE HAVEN'T
DONE THIS HERE.

-MISS SHAW, STUDENTS DON'T
RESPOND WITHOUT GRADES.

-BUT MY STUDENTS ARE
RESPONDING JUST FINE.

-WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS
THIS IN MY OFFICE?

-WHY NOT?

-AND THERE YOU HAD IT.

-CATCH YOU IN CLASS, KEVIN.

-SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT
LEAP FORWARD OF 1972.

SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR TO ME
WE'D BEEN STOPPED IN OUR TRACKS,

SHUT DOWN, BUSTED.

[DOOR OPENS]

AND THERE WAS NOTHING MORE TO DO

BUT SETTLE IN FOR THE BAD NEWS.

-BEFORE WE DIG IN,
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU

ABOUT A VERY
INTERESTING CONVERSATION

I HAD WITH DR. VALENTI
THIS MORNING.

OR, RATHER, ONE HE HAD WITH ME.

I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD BROKEN

SEVERAL IMPORTANT
SCHOOL REGULATIONS.

NOW, ACCORDING TO POLICY,

IT IS REQUIRED THAT EACH OF
YOU RECEIVE A TRADITIONAL GRADE.

SO, THEREFORE, I HAVE
DECIDED THAT ALL OF YOU

WILL BE GETTING
TRADITIONAL GRADES.

[ALL GROAN]

-BUMMER. THERE GOES MY "P."

-I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

-WITH... ONE LITTLE WRINKLE.

FOR YOUR NEXT REPORT CARDS,

EACH OF YOU WILL
DECIDE YOUR OWN GRADE.

ANY COMMENTS?

-AND, OF COURSE,
WE HAD ONLY ONE.

[ALL CHEERING]

OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,

MISS SHAW'S CLASS
TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

THE WORD WAS OUT. THINGS
WERE DIFFERENT HERE.

THE OLD RULES JUST DIDN'T APPLY.

INSTEAD OF LECTURES, WE
ACTUALLY HAD DISCUSSIONS.

-UNFORTUNATELY, I
THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

-AND NOT JUST ABOUT
BOOKS, ABOUT... IDEAS...

ABOUT LIFE.

IT WAS SORT OF LIKE RIDING
SHOTGUN WITH CHE GUEVARA.

IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

-OH, YEAH.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

-UGH! WHAT A CROCK!

-NOT THAT ALL THE
DISCOURSE WAS POSITIVE.

-I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S
LETTING YOU BOZOS

CHOOSE YOUR OWN GRADES.

-WHY NOT? WE'RE
RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS.

-OH, IS THAT SO?

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
GIVE YOURSELVES?

-GEE, LET ME SEE.

I, UH, THINK I'LL
GIVE MYSELF AN "A."

-I KNEW IT. IT'S MADNESS.

-OKAY, A-PLUS.

-APPARENTLY, OPINION
ON THIS QUESTION

WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO CAMPS...

THE REVOLUTIONARIES...
AND THE SLUGS.

-COME ON, PAUL. ADMIT
IT... YOU'RE JEALOUS!

-NO, I'M NOT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S
FAIR, THAT'S ALL.

-TO WHO?

-TO WHOM.

-SORRY.

-I MEAN, WHAT IF EVERY
TEACHER DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

-WELL...

-HE'S RIGHT. IT'D
RUIN THE CURVE.

-YOU GET A "B."

-STILL, IT WAS CLEAR
THIS WAS ONE ISSUE

THAT WASN'T GONNA
JUST DISAPPEAR.

-THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET HER
GET AWAY WITH THIS, YOU KNOW.

-WHO'S NOT?

-THE SCHOOL. THE ADMINISTRATION?

-COME ON, PAUL, GET OFF IT.
SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING.

-OH, WHICH IS?

-HMM.

-MISS SHAW?

-OBVIOUSLY, I NEEDED
MORE CLARIFICATION.

-YOU GOT A MINUTE?

-MY TIME IS YOUR TIME.
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

-WELL, IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW...

-THE GRADES?

-YEAH.

YOU SEE, PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IT, AND...

-THEY JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I'D
LET A BUNCH OF BOZOS LIKE YOU

HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

-WHAT, WAS THIS
WOMAN CLAIRVOYANT?

-YEAH.

WELL... IT IS KIND OF
DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW.

-AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?

-WELL, NOTHING!

EXCEPT WE CAN'T
ALL GET A's, RIGHT?

-I SEE.

AND IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO GIVE YOURSELF? REALLY?

-NO.

I GUESS NOT.

-BIG DECISION, RIGHT?

MAKES YOU THINK,
AND THAT'S GOOD.

MY GUESS IS, WHEN
THE TIME COMES,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO BEG YOU
GUYS TO BREAK EVEN WITH C's.

-AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED...

SHE HAD MORE THAN A LESSON PLAN.

SHE HAD A WHOLE CONCEPT.

-TELL YOU WHAT.

LET'S GO GET A CUP OF
COFFEE, TALK IT OVER.

-SURE!

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

-THAT AFTERNOON, A
COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED.

-THANKS.

-I HAD MY FIRST... CAPPUCCINO...

-HOW IS IT?

-THEY MAKE THEM GOOD HERE.

-AND I GOT TO KNOW MISS SHAW.

-SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-HUH?

-ABOUT THE CLASS...
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-OH. I LIKE IT.

-YEAH. I LIKE IT, TOO.

-♪ THEY RAIN AND
SNOW ON EVERYONE ♪

-WE TALKED FOR HOURS...
ABOUT FOOTBALL AND DATING...

AND, OF COURSE, ABOUT BOOKS.

-MY DAD GAVE ME A COPY
OF "THE RED MASQUE" ONCE,

AND I THOUGHT I'D NEVER
READ A BOOK LIKE IT.

IT WAS LIKE FALLING
INTO ANOTHER WORLD.

I DIDN'T EVEN WANT
TO COME UP FOR AIR.

AND I READ IT OVER AND
OVER UNTIL I BROKE THE SPINE.

MY DAD HAD TO JUST
KEEP TAPING IT UP.

-AND THE AMAZING PART
WAS, IT WAS NEVER BORING.

-ANYTHING ELSE?

-YOU WANT ANOTHER?

-OH. I'M GOOD.

-THE THING IS, I'D
NEVER MET ANYONE

WHO WAS SO RIGHT
FOR WHAT SHE DID.

-IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

-A WOMAN WITH A GIFT...

A NATURAL.

-YOU KNOW, THEY HAD...

-MAYBE IT WAS THE TALK WE HAD...

OR MAYBE IT WAS THE BUZZ I GOT
OFF THE THREE CAPPUCCINOS...

WHATEVER.

THAT NIGHT, I FOUND MYSELF

DOING SOMETHING I
NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO.

I PICKED UP THAT
COPY OF "IVANHOE"...

ALL 733 PAGES.

I MEAN, HEY, YOU NEVER KNEW.

THERE MIGHT BE A
SURPRISE OR TWO.

-MISS SHAW, MAY I
SPEAK WITH YOU?

-BUT THEN, LIFE IS
FULL OF SURPRISES.

-WELL, I AM IN THE
MIDDLE OF A CLASS.

-THIS WILL JUST TAKE A MINUTE.

-YOU HEARD THE
MAN. I'LL BE BACK.

IN THE MEANTIME,
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS

WRITE ME A DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

ON ANYTHING THAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

-WHAT SHOULD IT BE ABOUT?

-ANYTHING YOU WANT, FELICIA.

AND HAVE FUN!

-YEAH. FUN.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

I'D LIKE TO SAY I WROTE
SOMETHING PROFOUND THAT DAY,

BUT THE FACT IS... I DIDN'T.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE
ELSE DID, EITHER.

-OKAY, EVERYBODY,
TURN IN YOUR PAPERS.

I CAN SEE GENIUS
HAS BEEN BRIMMING.

I'LL REALLY ENJOY READING THESE.

WELL...

I GUESS THERE'S NO SENSE
IN KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK,

SO HERE GOES.

DR. VALENTI AND I HAD A TALK.

SEEMS HE GOT A CALL
FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO HE SET ME DOWN AND EXPLAINED
THAT, FROM NOW ON, I MUST...

FOLLOW STATE GUIDELINES AS
THEY PERTAIN TO CURRICULUM,

GRADING, THE WHOLE THING.

HIS ARGUMENTS WERE
WELL-THOUGHT-OUT...

AND REASONABLE.

AND HE LEFT IT UP TO ME TO
DECIDE WHAT I WANTED TO DO.

-AND THE WAY SHE SAID IT,
WE ALL KNEW WHAT IT MEANT...

A FIGHT TO THE FINISH BETWEEN
MISS SHAW AND THE SYSTEM,

A BATTLE OF RIGHT VERSUS MIGHT.

-SO I'VE DECIDED.

THIS... IS MY LAST DAY.

THANKS.

-MISS SHAW! MISS SHAW, WAIT UP!

-I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

ONE MINUTE SHE WAS TEACHING
A CLASS, THE NEXT MINUTE...

-WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I'M SORRY, KEVIN.
I HAVE TO DO THIS.

-YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE, CAN YOU?

-I'M AFRAID THEY
DIDN'T GIVE ME A CHOICE.

-WELL, LOOK, IF IT'S ABOUT THE
GRADES, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

GIVE US GRADES. IT'S OKAY.

-IT'S NOT JUST THE GRADES.

-WELL...

THEN, IF IT'S "IVANHOE,"
HEY, I ALREADY READ IT.

-KEVIN, IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE.

I'M A TEACHER, BUT THEY
DON'T WANT ME TO TEACH,

NOT THE WAY I CAN.

SO, I WON'T.

-AND THEN SHE SAID
SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET.

-IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT.

-NOT WORTH IT?

-AND EVEN THOUGH I'D HEARD IT,

I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EARS.

-IT'S NOT WORTH IT?!

-I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND...

DON'T YOU?

-'COURSE, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE...

ABOUT THE HASSLES,
ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS.

BUT ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS...
SHE WAS WALKING OUT ON US.

-WHAT'S SHE DOING?

-SHE'S STICKING IT TO VALENTI...
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DOING.

- RIGHT ON!
- YEAH!

[APPLAUSE]

[CROWD CHEERING]

-THAT AFTERNOON, THERE
WAS KIND OF A CELEBRATION.

THEY WERE CELEBRATING
YOUTH, ENTHUSIASM, IDEALISM.

THEY WERE CHEERING FOR
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.

-♪ THE DIZZY DANCING ♪

-ONLY THEY DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT I KNEW THEN.

BUT THEY FOUND OUT.

-THE HERO...

AS DEFINED IN
ARISTOTLE'S POETICS,

IS A MAN NOT PREEMINENTLY...

VIRTUOUS OR JUST...

BUT THROUGH SOME GREAT...

-I GUESS, IN THE END, MISS SHAW
DID WHAT WAS BEST FOR HER.

AFTER ALL, NO
COMPROMISES, NO REGRETS.

THE ONLY THING IS, SHE DIDN'T
DO WHAT WAS BEST FOR US.

- WHOM, HOWEVER...

SUCCUMBS TO GREAT MISFORTUNE...

-BUT EVEN TODAY...

I DON'T KNOW WHO
TO BE ANGRY AT...

HER...

OR THE SYSTEM THAT
DROVE HER AWAY.

-♪ I REALLY DON'T KNOW LIFE ♪

♪ AT ALL ♪