MAN: Arcadia Police 911.
This is 911. What's your emergency?
Hello?
GIRL: Somebody should go look in the Dumpster
behind Jake's auto repair.
It's on Third Street. Go now!
( rock music playing )
So if the unknown substance doesn't bubble...
Then BAC12 plus NAHO CO3 indicates MGSO4.
Do not ask me what that is.
Epsom salt.
Great.
Can we go?
Wasn't my idea to study on Saturday night.
Wow, the classic geek misdirect.
"Gee, I'd like to hang out with you,
but let's pretend to study instead."
BOTH: We're not hanging out.
We're not?
I was actually going
to go meet Friedman at the homecoming game.
If you guys are done analyzing anions, you want to come?
Uh, I think I got better things to do
than watch a bunch of cheerleaders flash their panties
at brain-dead jocks.
Yeah, and, um, me, too.
I have a big party I have to go to, so...
I would go if Jane was going, but...
Oh, Jane. Before you head out
to that "big, big party,"
Mom wants you to take out the recycling.
( scoffs )
Be not afraid, Joan.
Sorry. It's me.
"Be not afraid"?
What's with that?
Sometimes I like to sound old-timey.
Listen, I want you
to try out for the cheerleaders.
You mean at school?
I'm not asking you to join the Laker girls.
Of course. You know, cheerleaders at high school.
Do you... do you realize that you're asking me
to commit social suicide?
Not only will I suck, which...
Which I will, but everybody will decide
that I'm a pathetic fluff-head.
Tryouts are Monday.
Monday?
I'm supposed to get this together by Monday?!
Should I provide my own pompoms?
I don't even know what the school mascot is!
( frustrated grunt )
Oh, yeah.
That's what I'm talkin' about.
Come on, cheese that baby up.
Dad, seriously.
Let's go. I'm late on the polenta.
You got the mushrooms?
In the sink.
You washed them?
They're fungus. They grow in dirt.
Have I taught you nothing?
It's not easy training the new apprentice, is it?
Hey, you're not off duty, pal. I need you to set the table.
I'm just going to have mine in front of the game. Who took my phone?
Oh, yeah, I meant to tell you.
That big, big party called last night...
Shut up. Did you take it?
Just grab a seat.
We got breakfast in eight minutes.
I'm not hungry.
I'll get it.
Since when are you not hungry?
JOAN: I ate last night.
Is this what you're looking for?
Awesome. Where was it?
In this special, secret hiding place.
Hey, I thought you were sleeping in today.
I was, until all the yelling and crashing and sizzling, anyway.
I'll eat later. Told Friedman I'd meet him at the park.
We're going to try out my new Aerobie.
Just say Frisbee!
I meant pie plate with lame-ass drag.
Hey!
Am I the only one noticing
there's a meal about to be served here?
Grazie bella.
You can miss
some of the game,
the park will still be open in half an hour
and you are going to defy convention
and be a girl who eats.
Now everybody sit!
I love it when you do that.
You're easy.
( beeping )
No! What do they need you for on a Sunday?!
Lieutenant Williams, what have we got?
I'm sorry to call you on a Sunday, Chief.
I wasn't sure about the procedure.
I mean, the way you and Lieutenant Daghlian worked it.
You can call me for this. How's the baby?
The EMTs
are with her now.
They think she's going to pull through.
Officer Richards and Manzu found her in here
wrapped in paper towels.
Whoever made that 911 call didn't want her to die.
The call came from a pay phone on Fourth.
But they knew enough not to use a cell.
But not enough to drop a newborn off at a hospital.
( siren blaring )
LUKE: Okay, remember-- It's all in the wrist.
Please. Stop coaching!
( leaves rustling )
See? See? Superior lift.
You're not going to get that with a Frisbee.
Hey, use the force, Luke.
Gee, that's... that's a new one.
Is that Jeannie Robertson?
Hello, J-Ro.
Dude...
You didn't even look.
It's my new Aerobie.
Jeannie? Jeannie, hey.
( grunts )
( alternative rock playing )
♪ Lonely one ♪
♪ Tidal wave ♪
♪ See her fight and make no mistake... ♪
( loud laughter and chatter )
Happy birthday!
( squealing, chatter and laughter )
Oh, my God!
( screams and laughter )
GIRL: Open mine.
Hey, Rex, it's Brianna's birthday.
CeCe, shut up!
Will you guys just get over it?
You know you're perfect for each other.
You so don't get it.
( scream )
( banging on locker )
Why don't they ever open?!
( muttering )
( chatter and laughter )
What you have before you is an unknown solid.
And what you want to do is test it
for the presence of iodide,
chloride, sulfate, or carbonate ions,
and record your observations.
And they don't even know if the baby will live.
I mean, can you believe
somebody could just throw away their baby like that?
My uncle flushed Siamese twin kittens
down the toilet once.
LUKE: And that's
a negative for iodide.
You did the chloride
and the sodium iodide test?
Are you questioning my methodology?
Girls, girls, you're both pretty.
( clattering ) Oh.
Oh, darn, now you won't get into Harvard.
Hey.
GIRL: Hey, Joan.
Did your dad find it?
Oh. No.
But he saw it.
Was it all bloody?
Will you shut up?
She's not a police blotter.
Sorry.
Didn't mean to bother your girlfriend.
So, who wants a copy
of the science fair application?
It's not out for weeks.
I hacked in.
Looks like they're accepting partnerships this year.
When is the science fair?
BOTH: First Friday in January.
It's gonna be
a total feeding frenzy.
You want to partner with me?
Um...
GIRL: I-I'm doing
single-bubble sonoluminescence.
It-It's the transformation
of sonic waves into photons.
I'm gonna need a pro.
Can I think about it?
Sure. Yeah.
I'll get the barium carbonate.
( laughs )
This is sulfuric acid.
If it reacts with your substance,
that means it's baking soda.
Oh!
( sizzling ) ( gasps ): Oh!
Interesting how something
corrosive can tell you what something's made of.
Kind of like using gay as an all-purpose insult.
Are you insane?
What?
Glynis Figliola wants to turn sound
into light with you.
I might want to work alone.
Dude.
You keep saying that.
What does that mean?
Nothing, man.
You're, like, my hero.
It's the one advantage to being universally despised.
Get to say whatever you want.
Unchallenged.
We couldn't get any prints off the book bag,
but the baby was wrapped
in the type of paper towels you find in public restrooms.
Well, that narrows it down.
Two safe havens
within a mile of the Dumpster--
a hospital and St. Clements Church.
Why not deposit the child there?
What's wrong with this country?
What use is the safe haven law
when babies keep showing up in the garbage?
Most mothers
who abandon their newborns are young girls,
so they either don't know about the safe haven law,
or, more likely,
they're in deep denial about their situation.
They're unable to acknowledge the pregnancy
to themselves or anyone else.
It's not just a coping mechanism.
It's clinical denial.
Chief,
I was trying to impress you
with my psychological insight.
( laughing ): No, I heard you.
Young girls, a book bag,
institutional paper towels.
What's that add up to?
High school.
What's closest?
Arcadia High.
But the birth happened on a Saturday night, so
un-unless she broke into the school...
There was a homecoming game Saturday night.
I'll get a unit over there.
You got a kid at Arcadia, don't you, Chief?
Yeah, I do.
( beep )
That tells me everything we want, okay? Great.
♪ We're at the top of the world... ♪
So,
what do you feel most qualifies you
to be a cheerleader?
Um, uh...
I-I saw Bring It On.
Oh, my God, Bring It On is, like,
the Matrix of cheer films.
Those basket tosses were phenomenal.
BRIANNA: Didn't you love Sparky Polastri?
He was my favorite.
Totally. ( laughter )
So, following tryouts,
you'll get an overall spirit score
based on appearance, personality,
cheer and pom skills, tumbling and stunts.
If you get 25
or higher, you come back tomorrow
for finals, okay?
And what if I'm really bad?
Oh. Don't worry.
Me and Brianna are both sidelined
this basketball season 'cause of grades,
so we really
need girls.
You're gonna do great.
Next!
GIRL: Hi. I'm Tury. Is this all
I'm gonna need? BOY: Just got out
of chem, man.
HELEN: Arcadia high school.
Uh-huh.
Yeah, num-number one--
uh, Andrea, work on your mother's voice
before you try it out on me.
And two-- don't use a disease
you can only get on a pirate ship.
Yeah. Yeah.
What makes them so sure it's one of our kids?
Oh. The cleaning crew found a lot of blood
in one of the girls' washrooms.
PRICE: Uh, could you make
a few copies of this and bring it in to me, please?
HELEN: Uh, of course.
I just want to say
I know it's been really tough in school today
with the disturbing dumpster baby news,
so, thanks, everybody, for bringing
your Eagle spirits to tryouts.
Let's pop those herkies.
And...
Eagles!
Fly high!
Touch!
The sky!
Eagles!
Take flight!
Gonna win!
Tonight! Eagles!
Ow! Crap!
It's okay. It's okay.
I'm good.
( softly ): Eagles.
With your permission, we'd like to conduct interviews
with students and faculty.
Also the school nurse, if possible.
I'm sorry. Mr. Chadwick,
I'm hoping to conduct this investigation
in a spirit of cooperation.
Then don't expect confidential student information.
Sir... The school is going to be overrun with rumors
and conjecture.
I won't allow you to traumatize the student body any further.
Uh, to that end, Steven, if I may.
Mrs. Girardi has a list that I have drawn up
that I think will help get us through this
with a minimum of distraction.
Uh, Helen.
I didn't make any copies.
I beg your pardon?
HELEN: I'm sorry, but I really
don't think you ought to be profiling girls in this way.
Helen...
Mrs. Girardi... I know I'm just
a wife and a glorified secretary here,
but I'm also a parent, and if you are just
going to round up a bunch of girls you think are bad...
Not bad, Mrs. Girardi.
These are at-risk girls
who haven't connected socially.
HELEN: The only reason you didn't put
my own daughter on this list
is because her father is chief of police.
This is a list of girls that don't conform to his idea
of the perfect young lady.
That list reflects my extensive experience
with this student body.
Then excuse me,
but I don't think you know these kids very well.
I think I know which students are at-risk.
HELEN: Every kid is at-risk, not just the ones
who dress like it.
And how about talking to some boys?
That's enough, Helen.
A life is on the line here.
I don't mean the baby, I mean the mother.
She lost a lot of blood.
She's extremely
vulnerable to infection,
and that's only the physical fallout.
PRICE: He's right.
The psychological damage alone...
Now we have the 911 call.
Let's have a small, diverse group of students
come down to the station,
see if they can ID the voice and ask them
if they have any other information.
That sounds workable.
And go! Set!
Up!
Go, go, go!
Set... up!
Go!
Let's go. Set...
Ooh...!
I can't because, um...
my brother tried this with me once in the pool,
and I just... I have trust issues.
DISPATCHER ( on tape ): This is 911. What is your emergency?
Hello?
WOMAN: Somebody should go look in the dumpster
behind Jake's Auto Repair.
It's on Third Street. Go now.
DISPATCHER: Can I get your name?
( line clicks )
Who's that new English teacher?
Um, what's her name? Um...
Why would it be her?
I am just saying it sounds like her.
I don't know.
It could be anybody.
BRIANNA: Okay, Eaglettes,
last category is originality.
We want you all to make up a short, simple Eagle cheer.
Nothing fancy, as long as you bring it. 'Kay?
( cheers, applause ) Oh, sorry.
♪ It's been one of those days for a lot of days now ♪
♪ I need a day where the world can take care of itself ♪
♪ This isn't what I wanted ♪
♪ How I thought my life would turn out ♪
Yes! ♪ And I wonder if it's like this from here on out ♪
♪ And we walk on... ♪
Eagles are great!
So don't hesitate!
To...
Win!
Yay!
Well, I can't do any stunts. No, no...
And how about jumps? So-so.
So why am I here?
Well, its really odd,
but I'm here to cheer on a mission from God.
So put me in the game or leave me on the bench,
so you can go to heaven and I'll get out of French.
Okay, everybody,
great job.
Way to bring the spirit in our time of trouble.
Will the following girls return for final tryouts on Thursday:
"Nikki Brooks..."
( girls cheering )
"Cheryl Ha-Hamada?"
( girls cheering )
Um..."Joan Girardi."
That was so Sparky Polastri.
You equal hilarious.
"Heidi Stillman...
"Tracy Allen."
JOAN: Hey.
You guys going to Chemistry?
Do you have multiple personality disorder?
Is that what this is?
What?
You know what I'm talking about.
Oh, what, because I'm going to try out
for the cheerleading team? Big deal.
Sell out as hard as you can. I don't care.
Just don't expect to go mainstream and hang out
in the backwater. Oh, I'm sorry.
I-I didn't realize I had to run my life
according to your social code.
You're trying out to be a cheerleader?
Excuse me. I'm substituting for Mr. Wyatt today.
Can you tell me where his class is?
Up that way. Second floor.
Thank you, young man.
Don't skip Chemistry.
Let's call the ME.
I want to see if we can get an ETA
on the forensics reports...
We haven't even found the girl, and you've laid
attempted murder charges?
I have to take a stand,
send a message.
In this town, justice reacts swiftly
when a child's life is in danger.
We have reason to believe the mother is a child.
You were a huge supporter of the Safe Haven law.
This is exactly the kind of person
that law was intended to protect.
The Safe Haven law was intended
to protect the baby, not the mother.
We gave these women the opportunity
to leave an infant, no questions asked,
at any number of public places.
If they still insist on leaving their babies to die...
She made a call.
That's the difference between you and me, Will.
I don't have sympathy for a baby killer.
I don't think a jury will either.
Small detail: the baby isn't dead.
Look at it this way.
The girls at Arcadia High School
who didn't know about the Safe Haven law before,
they sure as hell know about it now.
You should be behind this.
Your daughter attends Arcadia High, doesn't she?
Please turn in your completed equations
along with your group's lab notes
and pick up your pre-lab for tomorrow.
Ms. Polk...
what are you working on?
My lab notes.
I thought they needed some sprucing.
Too late.
Sprucing will
cost you a letter grade.
Great. Now none of us get lab credit. Thanks a lot.
Well, what can I say? I guess I'm not a team player.
Did it ever occur to you that some of us
might want to try and succeed?
Can you say that with pompoms?
Forget it.
I'm going to miss you, Jane.
STUDENT: Okay, you got the barium carbonate percipitate?
BA-OH2. I'm all over it.
Where's Glynis?
Oh, gee, I don't know. Recovering from
the Girardi smack... Look, all I said was
"Can I think about it?"
That's like saying you'll go with her to the prom
unless you get a better offer.
That ship has sailed,
my friend.
So if you want a partner, you know,
I might be able to be convinced.
I-I thought this thing was, like, months from now.
Yeah, which is barely enough time
to compile sufficient data,
unless, of course,
you and Avril Le Grace over there want to try
to get electricity from a potato.
You know, Grace Polk is a lot smarter than people think.
( sighs )
I knew it.
Hot for a lesbo.
That's the final indicator.
Who said anything about hot?
We're--we're talking about science.
Just skip the denial, okay?
You like a dyke, which means
you just tested positive for the presence of gay.
What?! Wait-- wait a minute.
Where are you going?
Wh...
I thought I knew you, man.
Joan!
Hello!
Could you keep it on the down low?
It's kind of crowded in here.
I asked you to try out for cheerleaders,
not turn on your friends.
A) What friends?
And B) Isn't there some baby in a dumpster
you could be saving instead of making me practice herkies?
I work in mysterious ways.
So do you.
Excuse me.
May I see your visitor pass?
Happily, if I had one.
Then I'm going to need to escort you off the premises.
I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.
Vice Principal Gavin Price.
I didn't get your name.
I'm substituting for Ms. Fowler's music class today,
as well as Mr. White's general science
and Ms. Schmidt in the library,
which, by the way, exceeds union maximums,
a violation I was willing to overlook
until you took that tone with me.
Oh...
then I hope you'll excuse me.
As union representative
of the local 340, I don't think I can do that...
...Gavin.
( bell rings )
Don't you have a class to go to?
It's getting lonely in the dog house.
Can we skip to the part where we talk?
What's there to talk about?
You clearly don't need my input.
Helen...
Do you have any idea what it felt like
having you shut me down like that
in front of all those people today?
What was I supposed to do?
My wife comes uninvited into a meeting
and starts throwing in her opinion
on police business.
And what if I hadn't?
There'd be a, a list of bad girls
circulating around the school.
We'd never have let that out.
The CIA couldn't keep a list like that from getting out
in a high school.
If there are no secrets, then why hasn't anyone identified
the mother of that baby?
Because kids this age are completely self-involved.
They hardly notice anything that doesn't directly concern them.
They're not psychopaths,
they're adolescents.
Okay, but what about the adults?
What's their excuse?
Same thing basically.
We're all so invested in the idea that
this only happens to other people's kids
that we hardly see what's right in front of our eyes.
You're talking like we're the blind ones.
Is there something I'm not seeing?
I don't know.
Is there? I...
( sighs )
I listened to that 911 call today, and...
there was this long pause before the girl started talking,
and all I could think was, "What if it's Joan?"
That could never have been Joan.
We're not that blind.
And we know what's going on with our daughter.
( sighs )
( music playing )
( thudding )
( music continues )
Six, seven, eight.
One, two,
three, four,
five...
What?
I just don't want to put them in an awkward position.
If they know anything, wouldn't you rather find out now?
Know about what, the Dumpster baby?
How 'bout a little sensitivity, please?
A few students are coming down to the station this afternoon...
For interrogation. I heard.
Is there any more milk?
No one is interrogating anyone.
So if there's anything
you might want to tell me...
Ratting kids out over breakfast, that'll make you popular.
This isn't ratting anyone out, this is trying to help.
Okay, now who took my phone?
See, she's the one with the communication devices, ask her.
Ask me what?
Which girl at school got knocked up
and left her baby in a Dumpster.
HELEN: Kevin...
And what makes you think I would know who it is?
We're not saying that you do.
But if you heard anything at school...
LUKE: Shouldn't there have been some sort of
visual clue?
Not if she's a fat chick.
Who are you people?
Sometimes girls can conceal their condition,
wear loose clothes...
Dad, it's called high school. Everyone's hiding something.
That much is clear.
Meaning what?
Could we... HELEN: I think you know what
I'm referring to.
Oh, I don't tell you about
cheerleading, therefore I must be pregnant?
HELEN: Nobody said anything...
Cheerleading?
Who's pregnant?
No one's pregnant. Right?
Mom!
Is Joan having sex?
Could we got off this line of questioning, please?
This is why I don't tell you anything.
Does anybody ever wonder if I'm having sex?
( cell phone ringing )
Cut it out, Taylor.
Hey, Friday at the Grove. You better be there.
Hey, guys.
What's up, Sparky?
Cute top.
Oh, thanks.
Okay, number seven.
We're making a list of the top ten
most likely baby dumpers.
You know... help out your dad.
How about Madam Marks?
Oh, she'd only dump her baby if it wasn't chic enough.
Mais qu'est-ce que c'est?
C'est gauche babe,
au revoir.
( laughing )
Oh, my God, do you know
who seriously could've done it?
Grace Polk.
She's definitely a skank.
But is she the right kind of skank?
It couldn't have been Grace, 'cause she's not fat.
Enough.
( bell ringing )
Hey, smoothies today, eighth period.
Okay.
Bye.
Hey, geek!
Sorry.
I, uh, can't be late for homeroom.
Okay, that's pathetic.
Listen.
I normally couldn't care less, but...
but I think your sister
needs, like, an intervention or something.
See, Mr. Wilson counts on me to take attendance.
Is she a pod person now?
Because she's, like, meeting people for smoothies.
Um, thing is, Joan's a girl,
and girls do stuff like go get smoothies.
Well, not all girls, um, just girls that are...
Seriously, I have to go.
I'm totally psyched about practice today.
I don't know about you guys,
but I'm totally looking forward to it.
I think we're gonna do great.
That doesn't look like World History, Joan.
Crap. Um...
I'll meet up with you guys.
I think I left
my phone inside. Okay.
Don't be late for practice.
Okay.
Why are you hounding me?
I'm doing the whole cheer thing. Isn't that what you wanted?
Cute how you think I want you to skip World History.
Here, help me hand these out.
Look, Brianna and CeCe don't just ask everybody
to do these pre-tryout smoothies.
What is it with you people?
I give you very simple instructions
and, boom, you're right back to false gods.
What are you talking about?
I'm making friends.
You have friends.
Okay, different friends, okay?
You mean you're trying to be popular.
Same difference.
Not exactly.
Don't miss any more World History.
You're just in time for the Crusades.
Oh, okay, okay.
Like it's really good for me to hear about people
butchering each other for 100 years
just because they believed in you.
That's not about faith. That's politics.
It's sort of like the difference between
friendship and popularity.
♪ Build a bridge, they ran a wall ♪
♪ Strong may stand and weak may fall... ♪
Here, sir.
( volume fading out ): ♪ There's a future for us all... ♪
( cell phone ringing )
Hello.
It's Brianna.
I know you found your phone,
so get your butt over here before practice is over.
Joan?
( phones ringing )
You got it. Bye.
You get anything good?
Oh, let's see.
Debbie Branson totally flirts with the gym teacher.
Tanya Davis's whole Honor Society act
isn't fooling anyone, and my personal favorite,
"It's probably one of those feministic girls."
You think they're protecting anyone?
Honestly, no, and that's what freaks me out.
This tragedy in their school is just a source of gossip.
Well, apparently kids this age are completely self-involved.
They're not psychopaths, they're adolescents.
Detective Williams?
Helen Girardi on line five for you.
For me?
( indistinct conversations )
What about the lame girl?
( chuckling )
( clears throat ): Ms. Matthews.
Would you come with us, please?
Okay, so there's this moose and the moose
is telling this other moose
that the other moose is really an elk
and as such should be
running with a different herd.
Uh-huh.
Okay, but the moose is basing his whole assessment
on what appears to be pretty questionable evidence.
Like his horns are kinda small?
Actually it's more of a behavioral observation.
Like, say the moose in question
was seen sniffing a flower,
which, according to the first moose is elk-like,
but the second moose isn't so sure.
I mean, he doesn't feel like an elk,
he doesn't have elk thoughts,
so does it make him an elk
just because he likes this one flower?
Did you want to try a science metaphor?
Does it mean I'm gay if I like a lesbian?
Who have you been talking to?
I'd rather leave the moose out of it.
Okay, well, first of all, no.
Liking a girl is liking a girl.
And who says she's a lesbian?
That would be the moose again.
Right. You know, usually
this kind of thing you just know.
I know, but apparently there's all these
indicators about me.
Here's your only indicator. You ready?
When you're alone, just kind of...
passing the time...
what do you like to think about?
How to get past level five on Diablo.
That... that kind of thing?
No, I mean...
Okay, when you're in the shower...
Oh.
Right, well, sometimes I think about Condoleeza Rice.
I mean her influence
is second only to Kissinger.
Um...
then there's
Sigourney Weaver in Alien,
uh...
Christina Ricci, Batgirl...
Okay, stop.
See? That's all you need to know.
So, I'm definitely a... moose?
Don't ever make me walk you through this again, okay?
( talking low )
How could you not tell me about this Brianna girl
when I asked you straight out?
What are you talking about?
Is it so important to be liked
that you would protect someone who did this?
I didn't protect anyone! God.
I can't believe you.
I understand about wanting friends. I do.
It's not like that.
Nobody knew anything.
How could you not know?
How could all these people in her life be so blind?
Oh, so now it's my fault?
That's not what I'm saying.
Dad, if I knew anything,
I would've told you.
Every day I see people doing stupid, destructive things
and ruining their lives,
all because nobody's watching out for them.
I'm not going to just stand by...
How did I become the criminal?
I'm saying I don't want you to get so wrapped up
in these girls that you don't see...
But I do see.
I see all the same stuff you do every day at school--
the drugs and the sex
and people breaking the law and ruining their lives,
only I'm not having sex,
I'm not doing drugs and I don't lie to my dad!
I think I just alienated our daughter for good.
I wouldn't be too hard on myself if I were you.
I'm sure me being the school snitch helped a little.
She's facing stuff we never dreamed of.
How's she gonna survive?
She's got a good dad.
You think they know?
What? That Mom turned in their alpha dog? Probably.
They're gonna eat me alive.
I wouldn't worry.
Probably anorexic,
or at least vegetarian.
I-I'm gonna catch up with you.
Hey.
Hey. My dad's inside getting papers.
I'm switching to another school
because everyone thinks it'll be better that way.
Brianna, are you okay?
You're the only one who's asked me that.
You're the only one who's talked to me at all.
CeCe and the others, they walked by like
they didn't even see me.
They did see me.
Say good-bye to your friend, honey.
Bye.
( crying )
It's gonna be okay.
I guess you heard.
Yeah.
And we were just making that stupid list yesterday?
It's, like, "Hello, I'm standing right here
next to number one."
So you really didn't know?
I mean, we all noticed that Brianna
kind of porked out over the summer,
but nobody thought she was, like...
anyway, aren't you psyched
for final tryouts?
W-what? You're still having them?
Oh, it's going to be such a pain
now that I have to run the whole thing on my own
without Brianna, but, you know I am up for the challenge.
I can see that.
Bye.
You dropped the case?
Which case is that?
Brianna Matthews.
Oh, baby in the dumpster, yeah.
What the hell are you doing?
Well, attempted murder seemed a bit harsh
in light of her efforts to inform police
about the baby's location, not to mention her age.
Yes, I'm familiar with the argument.
It's my argument, but I think
it would be appropriate to charge her
with a lesser offense, say child endangerment,
if only to get her the help she needs.
Girardi, she's a mixed-up kid.
Anybody can see that.
What's the point of treating her like a criminal?
( crowd cheering )
Go!
ALL: Fight!
Win!
ALL: Tonight!
Boogie! Down!
All right! All right!
Hey.
Um, I'm actually sort of surprised
to see you here.
Maybe I'm an incurable optimist.
Maybe I think there's still hope.
Maybe I think that someone won't show up.
Why do you care?
I mean, empirically speaking, you wouldn't care,
unless you were
emotionally invested.
You like my sister.
First, I don't like anyone.
In her better moments,
your sister didn't make me want to puke.
Go, Eagles, go, Eagles,
go, go, go, go... In her better moments.
We live to cheer, we're so sincere,
Unless you get in trouble, then we're outta here,
Cause it's such a royal pain
when a friend gets arrested,
How could I have known?
How could I have guessed it?
It's not like she's my sister,
Whoops! Is that my beeper?
And even if she was, am I my sister's keeper?
Sorry, got to go, tryouts are today,
Tell her we'll think of her every time we say,
go, Eagles, go, Eagles,
go, go, go, Eagles.
My name is Joan, this cheer is my own,
so, kiss my feathers, 'cause this bird has flown.
( no audio )
( crowd whooping and cheering )
Definitely a better moment.
Dude, your sister is, like, hot.
Dude...
you're, like, an ass.
Whatever. Hey, listen, Diablo at Dave's?
You in?
Ah, Jane, glad I caught you here.
This is for good luck.
Adam.
What? Uh, thank you, but I already tried out.
I missed it?
( groaning softly ): No way, man.
Whoa, whoa, whoa; it's okay.
Sorry, but thanks for the...
It's a cheerleader.
Like, little hairy things.
Pompoms?
( sheepish chuckle )
Cool.
I can't believe I missed it, though.
How'd it go?
Uh, well...
( dry chuckle )
I can definitely say
I'm not going to be a cheerleader.
Why not? They didn't like you?
Wow.
I always thought you'd hate me if I was a cheerleader.
No way. Why?
'Cause we're sub-defectives,
and that would be like deserting the army, or something.
Oh, no, I don't care if you're a cheerleader
or sub-defective or whatever.
You know, I just like hanging out with you
'cause you're Jane.
Joan.
Uh, what?
Never mind.
Jane is good.
We'll, we'll stick with Jane.
Un... unchallenged.
( chuckles softly )
Would you do me the honor of applying with me
as my partner for the 2004 Arcadia High Science Fair?
Yeah, sure.
Actually, I-I meant...
Did you say something?
Um... I-I was just wondering if, uh, y-you wanted to apply
to the science fair
together with me as...
uh, as my partner?
If, if-if you're interested.
Isn't that thing months from now?
There's gonna be, like, a total feeding frenzy.
I don't plan ahead.
Ask when it's closer.
So, you-you're saying it's possible?
In theory, if you stop acting like such a loser.
Okay. That's awesome.
What?
And then he says,
"She's a victim, not a criminal,
and shouldn't be prosecuted."
Mmm. A little more parsley.
And you've no idea why he dropped the case?
Well, the girl's from a nice family,
but not that nice.
It just doesn't make any sense.
Hmm.
Want to explain "Hmm"?
Oh, God, that smells good!
I'm starving!
Be ready in 15.
How'd you do in tryouts?
Oh, I decided I didn't want to.
I can't stand those girls.
You're done with cheerleading? That's it?
Yeah. It's a phase, Dad; keep up.
Hey, I'm, uh, sorry I jumped
to conclusions last night.
You're a good kid.
I know that.
It's okay.
You're allowed the occasional parental freakout.
Besides, everyone thought
it was really cool you let Brianna off.
I didn't let her off.
HELEN: Go wash up
and call your brothers.
Kevin! Luke!
Cheerleading is a phase?
Accept the good stuff and move on--
that's my motto.
Ah, I'm starving.
HELEN: Hey, hey, uh-uh.
Will you go set the table, please? Hurry up.
Brianna's boyfriend is Rex Doherty.
So? Son of
Councilman Max Doherty.
( snorts )
And you never found that worth mentioning?
Nobody ever asked about the father.
♪ Just a boy ♪
♪ And a girl ♪
♪ Up against the world ♪
♪ About time ♪
♪ Look out, here we are ♪
♪ Can't believe we've come this far ♪
♪ Look out, here we come, and it's only just begun ♪
♪ How lucky we are ♪
♪ How lucky we are... ♪