04x03 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

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Ask your mom if you
can come to the movies.

She'll say yes.

You're sure your dad
doesn't know about us?

Yes-- we say I'm
going to alexa's.

You and your mom
sure work as a team.

Bye.

Hi, mom.

Are you going somewhere?

I'm sorry you have to
find out like this.

What is it?

Your father and I
are separating.

It's so complicated.

We do need to talk,
but now is not the time.

I'll call you,
I promise.

Michelle!

Dad, what happened?

I guess it's
the two of us

For dinner tonight.

♪ I wake up in the morning ♪

♪ got to shake the feeling ♪

♪ I've got to face
a day of school ♪

♪ what's to be afraid of? ♪

♪ I can ask a question ♪

♪ or maybe even bend the rules ♪

♪ I'm searching for a place
where I'll fit in ♪

♪ there's a way, if I look
then I can win ♪

♪ yeah, I can see
I'm not alone ♪

♪ I can face the unknown ♪

♪ everybody can succeed ♪

♪ in yourself you must believe ♪

♪ give it a try ♪

♪ at degrassi high. ♪

Come on, guys, I want
some more lay-ups.

Come on, let's go!

Michelle:
I waited all evening
and she didn't call.

I don't even know
where she went.

I can't believe your dad
not telling you either.

He acted like nothing
had happened.

My mother says men can't
deal with their emotions.

My dad doesn't
have any emotions.

You said they always fight.

When simon's parents
split up, things got better.

But I don't want
them to break up.

Did he do something
that made her leave?

Had an affair?

That's why my aunt
and uncle split up.

But he's so old-fashioned.

He kept mom from
going back to school.

He doesn't understand her.

Okay, guys, let's
hit the showers.

I'm sorry; I've talked
about it all day.

That's what
friends are for.

See you outside, michelle.

Bye.

Woman on loudspeaker:
Choir practice is cancelled

Due to...

There's lucy.

Lucy!

Hi.

Hi.

Our band, "the zits,"
is doing very well.

Don't you mean
"the zit remedy"?

No, "the zits"--
we changed the name.

Very creative.

We want to
sh**t a video.

Can we borrow your camera?

Please?

Sure, okay.

Great, thanks a lot.

Uh... As long
as I sh**t it.

But you're a chick.

Oh, my goodness!

So I am!

Thank you, joey!

The equipment is
very technical.

Oh, come on.

If you want to use
my camera, I sh**t it.

Okay.

We want to start sh**ting
tomorrow after school.

I'll bring it...
If I can carry it.

The equipment is so heavy
for a poor girl like me.

Come on, let's go
tell snake, all right?

Woman:
...There will be
a meeting tomorrow.

Attendance is mandatory.

The clinic told you
to go back in two weeks.

If I needed to
talk about it.

I don't.

Erica, you had an abortion.

And it's over.

I'm fine now.

I know you still think about it.

You were talking in your
sleep again last night.

Everyone talks
in their sleep.

Erica, why are you
pretending with me?

I'm your sister.

Will you stop it?

I'm fine.

I just want to pretend
it never happened!

Erica!

Wait!

Come on, wait!

Wheels and joey:
♪ everybody wants
something... ♪

There's snake.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, joey.

Hi, guys.

Lucy's letting us
use her camera.

That's great.

Listen-- did you
bring the money?

I had to clear out

My savings account.

I had to borrow
from my grandma.

This is great--
we've got nearly $50.

Now we can pay
for tape and stuff.

Why aren't you
putting any money in?

I'm broke.

Guys, don't worry
about it.

I swear this will be
an amazing video.

Don't we need a script?

Don't you guys
worry about it.

We just need some
chicks in bikinis.

Joey, no one will
wear a bikini for us.

Who will you get--
caitlin?

Maybe.

Make your dad tell you
what happened.

I can't.

You've got
a right to know.

Yeah, but I can't
talk to him

And I don't want to get
caught in the middle.

Michelle,
I'm worried about you.

I'll call you tonight.

No, my dad will get mad.

If he answers, I'll hang up.

Thanks, but please don't.

If there's any problems,
call me, okay?

Okay.

Honey, this looks delicious.

I just followed
the instructions.

Well, it still
looks delicious.

There are some things that
we really should discuss.

It's just you and me now

And we've got to work
together as a team

To make the best of things.

I'm not asking you
to do all the work.

We'll divide
the household chores.

I haven't done much
in the past

But I'm prepared
to make some changes

And you have got
to be prepared

To make some changes, too.

Like what?

Like studying more;
looking ahead to university.

My marks are good.

Honey, the courses are
going to get tougher

And I don't want you
going out so much.

But I hardly
go out at all...

Except to alexa's.

You really think
that I don't know

That you're going out
with that black boy?

You're 16 years old.

This is no time for you to
start a serious relationship.

But dad...

Michelle, I'll get it.

Hello.

Who was it?

It was a wrong number.

What's wrong
with a bikini?

I said forget it.

I can't believe you would
ask me something so sexist.

It's not sexist!

You wore a bikini
all summer.

You have
a great body.

You're a chauvinist pig.

It's a compliment!

I wouldn't ask
just anyone.

Amy:
My parents won't
give me any money.

Alison:
Mine are just as bad.

We've got to get
to the concert.

Everyone gets more
allowance than I do.

Ladies, hi.

My band, "the zits," is
sh**ting a music video.

I would like you two
to be the stars.

What do we have to do?

Just be yourselves
like you are now...

In bathing attire.

You mean like bikinis?

Joey:
No, I mean...

I mean yes.

No...

We'll do it.

Really?

For $20... Each.

All right, no problem.

Meet us over by
the south doors at 3:30.

Sure.

What are you doing?

You want to go to
the concert, don't you?

This is it.

Good.

Woman:
The environmental activist
committee meets tonight

In room 212.

The subject of
discussion will be

The disintegrating ozone layer.

Heather?

Hi.

We heard a rumor
about erica.

What sort of rumor?

She had an abortion.

No, no-- that's horrible!

Who said that?

Joanne heard some girls
talking in the washroom.

I said it wasn't true.

Good.

I don't know how these
rumors get started.

Okay.

Hi.

Nancy knows.

What?!

How?

Joanne heard
someone talking.

I told her
it wasn't true

And I think
they believe me.

I hope so.

Boo!

Did you call last night?

No, you told me not to.

It must have been mom.

There were two calls

But dad said they were
both wrong numbers.

It must have been your mom.

He won't let me talk to
my own mother, or see you.

He's trying to
control everything.

No wonder your
mom left him.

I hate him.

Woman:
Michelle accette,
come to the main office.

Should I walk you?

No, it's okay.

Raditch:
Attention, students: Next
Tuesday is the last opportunity

For those students who missed
their scheduled photo days

For the student I.D. Cards.

Michelle!

Oh, I missed you.

I missed you, too.

I tried to call

But your father kept
hanging up on me.

Your father and I
had a fight.

He told me to leave the house
and never come back.

You wouldn't believe
what he's been like.

You've only been gone a day
and he's laying down rules.

And he knows about bryant.

Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.

Listen, there's so
much to talk about.

Why don't we go out
for supper tonight?

What do I tell dad?

He has no right to prevent
you from seeing me.

Mom, it's so good to see you.

Is he having an affair?

No.

I'm seeing someone.

I know this is
out of the blue.

That's why we
have to talk.

I've got to go.

I'll call
you tonight.

We'll go to
that italian place

Down on
prince street.

Say "hi" to the camera.

It's nice to have a dad who
gives you a video camera.

Well, it's easier
buying me things

Than actually spending
time with me.

Can I try it?

Yeah, if you want to.

You look through there

And this is the button
that you use to zoom in, okay?

L.D.:
This is a riot!

Hi, wheels.

Hi.

L.D.:
Wheels is kind of
cute this year.

He's okay-- why?

No reason.

Come on, l.D.,
what's the story?

Lucy, there's no story, okay?

No!

Come on, what is it?

There's nothing happening, lucy.

Leave me alone.

She was having an affair.

I think she
lives with him.

That's awful.

I thought we were
really close

But I feel like
she betrayed me.

Why didn't she at least
warn me about this?

He's probably
a nice guy.

I just feel sorry for dad.

I thought it was his fault,
but it's not.

Come on, michelle--

He didn't exactly
treat her so good.

You said so yourself.

It's just not like
I thought at all.

Every day in brazil

Rain forests are destroyed--
for farmland!

And every day a new species
is completely wiped out.

The big corporations
don't even care.

It's more money
for them.

You've got the
greenhouse effect

The depletion of
the ozone layer.

People don't think
they can do anything.

Wheels:
Hey, joey--

That guy is talking
to your girlfriend.

She's just trying
to make me jealous.

I think she likes him.

Do you seriously think
I'd be jealous

Of a guy who can't
even grow a beard?

You can't grow a beard!

I can too...
If I wanted to.

Forget about the guy,
all right?

Picture this-- amy and alison
in wet-look string bikinis.

Keep dreaming!

They agreed to it.

They couldn't
resist my charm.

Wheels:
Give me a break.

This will be the
best video ever.

All right.

All right.

Okay, class dismissed.

We'll see you at third period.

Woman:
Would rob jansen and
brian harris please report

To the main office?

Heather:
I wonder how nancy
and joanne found out.

I don't know
how they know.

Listen, it's just
a rumor.

If we keep denying it,
it will go away.

Are you sure you
didn't tell anyone?

All I did was ask
spike for advice

But I didn't even
mention your name.

Maybe someone saw me
outside the clinic.

What's that?

How can they do this?!

Don't they know how hard it was?

Do they think I liked
having an abortion?

What are they trying to prove?

Oh, it's so unfair.

Isn't this
a fabulous location?

There's nothing
but garbage.

But it does
suit the music.

Guys, I've got it
all figured out.

This will be so incredible!

A sh*t of us, in the dumpster,
surrounded by girls.

L.D.:
Girls?

What girls?

Alison:
Hi, snake.

Uh... Hi.

Ladies, where are the costumes?

Under this.

When you're ready to
sh**t, we'll change.

What costumes?

Amy and alison have
graciously agreed

To be in our video...
In bathing attire.

Bikinis!
Bikinis!

Girls in bikinis?

Talk about a cliche.

Talk about
degrading!

We're making $20 each.

L.D.:
I can't believe it!

L.D.:
It's just like
prostitution.

You paid them $40
to pose in bikinis?!

Our $40?!

You're getting it
all wrong!

You can't use my camera
for a sexist video.

Wait a minute-- it's not sexist.

It's a celebration of beauty.

So find another camera
to film your celebration.

L.D.:
Yeah, chauvinists.

So joey, where's our money?

Forget it!

We didn't even
sh**t anything.

That's not fair!

Forget it.

You sleaze!

I'm not a sleaze!

I'm a producer.

B.L.T.:
When are you
meeting your mom?

As poon as
she leaves work.

I'm really nervous.

It's only your mom.

She didn't exactly leave you.

She sort of did.

No, she left your dad,
and he deserved it.

You said so yourself.

Yeah, but it's
different now.

If you live with your dad

We won't be able to see
each other anymore.

I know.

Let me put it this way--

Who would you rather live with,
your mom or your dad?

Mom.

Dad, what are
you doing home?

Oh, I decided
to take a few days off

And I thought
I'd get organized.

I thought I'd
do the laundry

And I made everything pink.

Pretty funny, isn't it?

A man my age, and I can't
even get this right.

Dad?...

What's that smell?

Oh, no-- I forgot!

Under cold water!

Michelle, I'm sorry.

I just wanted
to make you dinner

Like your mother
used to make.

I can make something.

Oh, honey, I'm so
glad you're with me.

I'm sorry; I don't know
what's wrong with me.

I can't do
anything right.

I can't do anything right.

Dad, no.

Dad, don't...

Please don't...

It's okay.

Joey:
You can't drop out
of the "zits"!

You never listen
to our ideas.

It's the "joey jeremiah show."

I should have
checked with you
about the girls.

And the script!

It's our
band, too.

Listen, guys--

Will you stop
a minute, please?

Look, I'm sorry, okay?

I made a mistake!

I got carried away!

From now on, it's our band
and our ideas, okay?

Our money?
Our money?

Yeah, okay, our money.

Give me one more chance, please?

Okay.

All right.

Great!

I've got this
fabulous idea...

Uh, joey...

We got this
fabulous idea.

We tie you to
that flag pole.

Joey:
The flag pole?

Yeah, we're
going to...

Man:
Congratulations to those who
have made the basketball team.

First practice will be
tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.M.

Michelle--
so how was dinner?

I didn't go.

What?--
Why not?

Dad can't do the laundry
and he can't cook.

Who will take care of him
if I live with mom?

That's his problem,
not yours.

But he's helpless.

He needs me.

He's my dad.

So you'll be his wife?

You don't know
what you're doing.

The man's a r*cist.

Michelle...

Look, I don't need
this from you!

I need you
to be my friend!

I'm just trying to do my best.

I'm really confused.

I'm so stuck in the middle,
I can hardly breathe.

I'm sorry; I just don't want
anything to happen to us.

Me neither.

Don't make any
quick decisions.

Think about
what you'll do

And whatever happens,
I'll be there.

Okay.

Come here.