01x15 - Blinders

[bunniefuu]

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

Buddy: 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.

Smash: 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.

Tim: 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?

(CROWD CHEERING)

Come on, fellas! Let's go!

What do you want to run?

Slot right, twenty-eight g*n sling.

Serious?

Slot right, twenty-eight g*n sling. Go on!

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

Okay.

What?

Come on, Panthers!

(WALT WHOOPING)

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

All right, gentlemen.

This is serious.

We're going with slot right, twenty-eight g*n sling. Okay?

(PLAYERS CHATTERING)

Slot right, twenty-eight g*n sling. On one.

Ready?

Players: Break!

Matt: Feeling good, Riggs.

All right.

All right.

You ready for this?

Matt: Set!

White forty-four!

White forty-four!

Hut!

Albright: 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.

(ALL CHEERING)

They said we couldn't do it.

Player: Yeah, they did!

They said we didn't have what it takes.

(PLAYERS CHATTERING)

We got it done, didn't we?

All: Yes, sir! We got it done!

Yeah! Yes, sir! Yes, sir!

We went out there and we did it together.

(PLAYERS CHEERING)

Y'all ought to be proud of yourselves!

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

Smash: Nobody pushing us around! Nobody pushing us around!

Smash: Whose house?

All: Our house!

Whose house?

Our house!

Whose house?

Our house!

Stark: 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.

Durham: Well, I think you got your story.

Sammy on radio: Now, Mac McGill didn't use the word "monkey."

He said "Junkyard Dogs."

Caller 1: 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.

Caller 2: 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.

Caller 3: 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.

Smash: 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!

Noannie: No, it's not.

Sheila: 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?

(ALL CHATTERING)

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.

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

Landry: 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.

Carroll: Thank you, Landry.

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

(WHOOPING)

We've got Matthew Saracen and Timothy Riggins.

You can sh**t 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?

(GIRLS WHOOPING)

All right! Tyra!

Tim?

Does anyone here know how to chop block?

I do.

Nice. Let's go.

All right!

Laurel.

Good call! Laurel!

Tim: Let's go with Garrity.

(GIRLS EXCLAIMING)

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

Carroll: Come on, Julie!

(GIRLS CLAPPING)

Great.

(BELL RINGING)

Girl: Hi, Jason.

Jason: How you doing?

Oh, I'm doing good.

Good to see you.

Hey, how you doing?

(STUDENTS CHATTERING)

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 b*tches trying to get my job?

I'm afraid it's not just a bunch of sons of b*tches.

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 Ret*rded.

Hey, at least I was trying.

Bradley: Hey, guys, guys.

Check it out, man.

Mac's on TV.

Man: Turn that up.

Tim: Well, let me turn it up.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

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.

Stark: Has there been any talk of suspension?

Reporter: 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 r*cist 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.

(ALL EXCLAIM)

Come on, ya'll.

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 r*cist 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.

Utz: Okay, I want to see both partners using the scalpel, and both partners taking notes.

Jason: 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.

Utz: 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.

(CLEARS THROAT)

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.

Girls: 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!

Matt: Yeah, now go.

Now go! Oh. Bad. Bad.

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

Matt: 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.

Tim: Let's get down for 10.

Do you see that team over there?

Yeah.

Tim: 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.

Tim: This is now about discipline!

Line up!

Taylor: 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!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(PLAYERS CHATTERING)

Let's go!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

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.

(ENGINE REVVING)

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.

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.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hello?

Julie: 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.

Tami: 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.

(STAMMERING) I got to get through a stack of papers.

I'm so sorry, honey.

That's okay.

(BUDDY SINGING)

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.

(STAMMERING)

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

Later. When we're done.

Yeah.

Okay.

Buddy: Good.

Angela: All right, honey.

See you later.

Buddy: 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.

Taylor: You good? On two.

Hut! Hut!

Watch this, hon.

(CHEERING)

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!

(CROWD CHEERING)

No matter what happens here, we're all gonna be winners.

Please.

Tim: We will not accept a loss!

We will not accept it!

One, two, three! Win!

Tim: Let's go!

(SCREAMS)

You're out!

Nice job, ladies!

Hut!

Tim: (SCREAMING)

Short! Go! Go!

(SHOUTS)

Bring it on!

Blue, 42! Hut! Hut!

(CROWD GROANING)

This is supposed to be fun!

Landry: 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.

Matt: Go! Go! You wanna throw it!

Matt: 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?

(LAUGHING)

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!

Tim: Get her! Take her knees!

Take her knees!

Tyra: Go! Go!

Matt: Keep running! Keep running!

Go!

Keep running! Yes! Yes!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Yes! Yes!

We did it. We did it.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Oh!

(EXCLAIMS)

Are you kidding me?

Herc: What's happening?

What's cr*ck-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?

Both: 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 sh*t?

No.

(ALL CHUCKLING)

Man: 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.

Herc: 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.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

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."

(CHUCKLING)

No...

Do you think I'm a spoiled snob?

I'm serious.

Where'd that come from?

Answer the question.

A little.

(CHUCKLES)

A little. I'm kidding.

Someone say something to you?

Want me to go b*at 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, r*cist comments to yourself, Pierce?

(ALL CLAMORING)

Tami: 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.

(TAMI SIGHING)

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.

Taylor: 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.

(PANTHERS RESPOND FEEBLY)

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.

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

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!