1 00:00:01,736 --> 00:00:04,296 Those are texts and e-mails your son and Eric exchanged 2 00:00:04,305 --> 00:00:05,765 before the party. 3 00:00:05,773 --> 00:00:07,943 Rollins: It was like you were flirting? I told you that. 4 00:00:07,942 --> 00:00:10,782 How is any of this rape? I never said "yes!" 5 00:00:10,778 --> 00:00:12,608 Mateo doesn't deserve suspension. 6 00:00:12,613 --> 00:00:14,953 Evy was being harassed. He was protecting her. 7 00:00:14,949 --> 00:00:17,219 All Mateo was doing was acting like a thug! 8 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:19,448 I don't want to go to Leyland anymore. 9 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:21,293 I want to go back to Marshall. 10 00:00:21,288 --> 00:00:22,318 [ Indistinct conversations ] 11 00:00:22,323 --> 00:00:24,023 Anne: The police called. 12 00:00:24,025 --> 00:00:25,855 They're not gonna arrest anybody. 13 00:00:25,860 --> 00:00:27,290 There are not gonna be any charges. 14 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:29,294 I need to know from you that this is over, 15 00:00:29,296 --> 00:00:30,556 that you're done putting us through this. 16 00:00:30,564 --> 00:00:32,164 Are you gay? 17 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:34,466 Mom said that's why you tried to kill yourself. 18 00:00:34,468 --> 00:00:38,298 Leslie: Eric Tanner's return has to be a display of tolerance. 19 00:00:38,305 --> 00:00:40,505 We don't have to change what people believe. 20 00:00:40,508 --> 00:00:43,078 What we have to change is how they perceive the issue. 21 00:00:45,079 --> 00:00:46,709 [ Sighs ] 22 00:00:46,714 --> 00:00:48,584 [ Birds chirping ] 23 00:01:48,476 --> 00:01:49,906 [ Net swishes ] 24 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:52,910 Dan: He's your friend. 25 00:01:52,913 --> 00:01:56,383 He's your fellow student. He's your teammate. 26 00:01:56,383 --> 00:01:59,753 And we have to be ready to welcome Eric back. 27 00:01:59,753 --> 00:02:01,153 We have to be leaders. 28 00:02:01,155 --> 00:02:03,385 We have to show other people how it's done. 29 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:08,089 Now, Eric's no different now 30 00:02:08,095 --> 00:02:11,495 than how he was before he became -- 31 00:02:11,499 --> 00:02:17,069 before we f-found out his -- uh, about his orientation. 32 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:22,241 Now, we have to finish out the season. 33 00:02:22,243 --> 00:02:24,443 We have to finish it out strong. 34 00:02:24,445 --> 00:02:27,005 We -- we still have a chance to do good things, 35 00:02:27,014 --> 00:02:28,414 on and off the court. 36 00:02:30,184 --> 00:02:36,194 And that begins with how we welcome back one of our own. 37 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:38,590 Wes: For real, coach, he's gonna be taking showers with us? 38 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:41,792 [ Scoffs ] 39 00:02:41,795 --> 00:02:43,255 That's messed up, man. 40 00:02:50,671 --> 00:02:52,671 Don: What you're doing is godless. 41 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:54,473 It's against everything Leyland stands for. 42 00:02:54,475 --> 00:02:55,635 We had an agreement. 43 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:57,883 This school has always been about values. 44 00:02:57,878 --> 00:02:59,708 You may not agree with them, but you don't get to promote some alternative agenda. 45 00:02:59,713 --> 00:03:02,153 We sat at this table, and we agreed... 46 00:03:02,149 --> 00:03:03,599 No, you all on the executive committee -- ...That 47 00:03:03,622 --> 00:03:04,882 we would welcome Eric back to this school, 48 00:03:04,885 --> 00:03:05,975 and we would do it in a way 49 00:03:05,986 --> 00:03:08,886 that demonstrated the best qualities of the school. 50 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:11,319 I got Bashir's e-mail. He's e-mailing. 51 00:03:11,325 --> 00:03:13,225 Do you all not even understand the need for discretion? 52 00:03:13,227 --> 00:03:16,057 We've got kids at this school -- children -- 53 00:03:16,063 --> 00:03:17,903 and it's like you're trying to indoctrinate them. 54 00:03:17,898 --> 00:03:20,468 It is more critical that -- you're normalizing deviant behavior. 55 00:03:20,467 --> 00:03:22,497 You don't get it. You don't get it. 56 00:03:22,503 --> 00:03:24,043 The mother of the boy who says he was assaulted 57 00:03:24,038 --> 00:03:25,468 has filed suit against us. 58 00:03:25,472 --> 00:03:28,312 For what? Negligence. Failure to protect. 59 00:03:28,309 --> 00:03:30,679 Somebody's trying to involve us in something every other week. 60 00:03:30,678 --> 00:03:32,308 That's why we have lawyers. 61 00:03:32,313 --> 00:03:33,713 That's how you want to handle it? 62 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:35,054 Just throw it on the pile and hope it self-corrects? 63 00:03:35,049 --> 00:03:37,079 It's not about the lawyers. 64 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:39,694 We have shifted this situation 65 00:03:39,687 --> 00:03:43,687 from an entire team of boys facing arrest and prosecution 66 00:03:43,691 --> 00:03:46,261 to just a hysterical mother taking some last stab 67 00:03:46,260 --> 00:03:47,690 at civil restitution. 68 00:03:47,695 --> 00:03:49,695 We need to manage public perception. 69 00:03:49,697 --> 00:03:54,067 You do that by welcoming back a confused young man 70 00:03:54,068 --> 00:03:55,728 who almost took his own life. 71 00:03:55,736 --> 00:04:00,336 It's insane you would let your own biases prevent the school 72 00:04:00,341 --> 00:04:02,771 from taking advantage of the situation. 73 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:06,776 Now, don, when you had your...Issues, 74 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:08,850 many of us at the school were willing to look past -- 75 00:04:08,849 --> 00:04:09,849 don't turn this on me. 76 00:04:09,850 --> 00:04:11,220 If that kid didn't rape some boy, 77 00:04:11,218 --> 00:04:13,248 he got drunk and had sex with him at a party. 78 00:04:13,254 --> 00:04:15,054 You don't get to make a hero out of him. 79 00:04:15,055 --> 00:04:16,615 Handle all of this. End it now. 80 00:04:19,460 --> 00:04:21,960 [ Door opens, closes ] 81 00:04:36,377 --> 00:04:38,207 Grace. 82 00:04:40,748 --> 00:04:41,978 Yes? 83 00:04:41,982 --> 00:04:44,382 I need to set a meeting with legal. 84 00:04:44,385 --> 00:04:46,145 And I also need the assembly. 85 00:04:46,153 --> 00:04:47,993 I want to keep that on the schedule. 86 00:04:47,988 --> 00:04:50,788 The assembly? The assembly for Eric Tanner. Yes. 87 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:54,231 And I also need a writer -- a really good one. 88 00:04:54,228 --> 00:04:56,398 If he's openly gay, that would be best. Okay. 89 00:04:56,397 --> 00:04:57,997 E-mail the queries on my behalf. 90 00:04:57,998 --> 00:04:59,968 Make sure you lead with Leyland's commitment 91 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:01,897 to inclusiveness. 92 00:05:01,902 --> 00:05:03,472 The people from the seminar called again. 93 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:05,500 Which? They want you speak at that, 94 00:05:05,506 --> 00:05:08,106 uh, crisis management in the age of social media. 95 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:09,908 As this school is facing a lawsuit. 96 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:11,680 Well, they want to recognize you for it. 97 00:05:11,679 --> 00:05:13,679 With lunch at the airport ramada. 98 00:05:13,681 --> 00:05:15,981 It's next week -- Thursday. Maybe. 99 00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:17,883 You should go. It's your kind of people. 100 00:05:18,852 --> 00:05:22,522 Did I catch sarcasm? 101 00:05:22,523 --> 00:05:25,563 Check with somebody. Get me a writer. Get me one today. 102 00:05:32,633 --> 00:05:34,273 [ Door closes ] 103 00:05:34,268 --> 00:05:35,628 [ Keys jingle ] 104 00:05:35,636 --> 00:05:38,036 Hey. 105 00:05:38,038 --> 00:05:39,868 You take the car? 106 00:05:39,873 --> 00:05:41,873 I just went to the rec center. 107 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:44,105 Well, I need to know where you are. Okay? 108 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:46,281 So please don't take the car without asking. 109 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:48,280 Hey. Don't walk away from me. 110 00:05:48,282 --> 00:05:49,482 What? 111 00:05:49,483 --> 00:05:51,123 Well, I'm trying to talk to you. 112 00:05:51,118 --> 00:05:52,748 What do you want to talk about? 113 00:05:55,122 --> 00:05:56,892 Shower up and get dressed. 114 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:58,060 I'll drop you two off at school. 115 00:05:58,058 --> 00:05:59,458 I don't want to ride with him. 116 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:00,860 Well, you got to get to school. 117 00:06:00,861 --> 00:06:02,331 Not with him. I don't want to be around him. 118 00:06:02,329 --> 00:06:03,899 Mom doesn't -- Peter! 119 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:05,397 Enough. 120 00:06:05,399 --> 00:06:08,099 Just take him. I'll get to school on my own. 121 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:14,813 [ Water runs ] 122 00:06:14,808 --> 00:06:17,408 Marckel: The school has answered the complaint. 123 00:06:17,411 --> 00:06:19,581 They've either denied or admitted insufficient knowledge 124 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:21,550 to admit or deny each complaint. 125 00:06:21,548 --> 00:06:23,008 [ Scoffs ] 126 00:06:23,016 --> 00:06:23,976 I mean, what else are they gonna do? 127 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:25,324 They can deny it. 128 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:26,889 That doesn't mean it didn't happen. 129 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:28,887 They've also set for an affirmative defenses 130 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:31,259 as to why they shouldn't be held liable. 131 00:06:31,258 --> 00:06:32,688 Well, what does that mean? 132 00:06:32,693 --> 00:06:35,263 Reasons the suit should be dismissed. 133 00:06:35,262 --> 00:06:36,702 [ Sighs ] 134 00:06:36,697 --> 00:06:38,727 The school knew about the party. 135 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:41,102 They knew about the drinking. They knew things were wrong. 136 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:42,231 I mean, I -- there -- there is a way -- 137 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:44,866 a way of doing things at that school. 138 00:06:44,872 --> 00:06:46,742 You've had one parent come to you -- 139 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:49,880 one parent who alleged a cover-up at that school. 140 00:06:49,877 --> 00:06:51,837 If you don't want to go after this, I'm gonna -- I want to go after this in a way 141 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:55,445 that actually gets you the satisfaction you're looking for. 142 00:06:55,449 --> 00:06:59,419 We can take our chances in court, and it is a chance. 143 00:06:59,420 --> 00:07:01,220 You have one witness who can support 144 00:07:01,221 --> 00:07:03,051 some of what your son's been saying. 145 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:04,616 Or we can push for a settlement. 146 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:07,025 I don't want the money. I want to get them into court. 147 00:07:07,027 --> 00:07:10,397 Everything they do, how they do it -- I want it out in public. 148 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:12,797 That's not gonna happen if we settle. 149 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,230 Whatever it takes. 150 00:07:14,234 --> 00:07:17,944 At this point, you know, whatever. 151 00:07:25,746 --> 00:07:28,006 What's up, hmm? 152 00:07:30,818 --> 00:07:33,648 Something's going on? 153 00:07:33,654 --> 00:07:34,894 [ Sighs ] 154 00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:39,458 It's like... Things are almost real. 155 00:07:39,460 --> 00:07:41,890 Almost? 156 00:07:41,895 --> 00:07:44,895 What's almost, boy? 157 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:46,298 I mean, you got a lot going on. 158 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:49,430 How come you can't tell me nothing? 159 00:07:49,436 --> 00:07:51,496 I got to go. 160 00:07:51,505 --> 00:07:53,095 You already missed first period. You might as well hang. 161 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:56,476 No, I got to... Go see my therapist. 162 00:07:56,477 --> 00:07:59,077 [ Laughs ] 163 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:00,249 For what? 164 00:08:00,247 --> 00:08:02,307 I promised my mom. 165 00:08:02,316 --> 00:08:04,316 She, um... 166 00:08:04,318 --> 00:08:06,918 She wants me to talk about -- 167 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,490 about what happened to me. 168 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:11,290 Are you still tripping on that? 169 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:12,691 For real, the only thing that happened to you 170 00:08:12,693 --> 00:08:15,263 is you had a 3:00 A.M. hookup. 171 00:08:15,262 --> 00:08:17,302 Look, you went to go hit it with some dude, 172 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:20,097 you got lit up, and you freaked out. 173 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:22,370 But nothing happened at that party you didn't want to happen. 174 00:08:22,369 --> 00:08:23,969 You don't know what happened. 175 00:08:23,971 --> 00:08:25,441 Yeah? 176 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:30,779 You don't like it rough? 177 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:38,122 You don't like it when I do that? 178 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:55,203 You don't like that? 179 00:08:58,572 --> 00:09:01,212 I don't like it. 180 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:10,851 Look, just -- just stay with me some. 181 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:12,151 Okay? 182 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:16,221 Got to go. 183 00:09:19,593 --> 00:09:22,193 Curt: Listen, I know this hasn't been easy. 184 00:09:22,195 --> 00:09:25,425 But we've got to -- 185 00:09:25,432 --> 00:09:28,202 we've all got to get it together for your brother. 186 00:09:28,201 --> 00:09:31,401 And the family is how it is. 187 00:09:31,405 --> 00:09:34,735 And this is -- it's hard, but we have t-- 188 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:36,171 [ indistinct shouting ] 189 00:09:36,176 --> 00:09:37,406 What the hell? 190 00:09:37,411 --> 00:09:41,951 [ Chanting in Spanish ] 191 00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:49,787 What are they -- stupid stuff. 192 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:52,460 [ Chanting continues ] 193 00:09:56,897 --> 00:09:58,627 I'm gonna walk you in. 194 00:09:58,632 --> 00:10:00,532 I'm okay. 195 00:10:00,534 --> 00:10:01,904 I'm not gonna let you walk through all of t-- 196 00:10:01,902 --> 00:10:03,902 they've been out there all week. What do you care now? 197 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:05,774 [ Indistinct shouting ] 198 00:10:08,575 --> 00:10:10,835 Esposito: How's your mother doing? 199 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:16,623 She's... 200 00:10:16,617 --> 00:10:18,717 I don't know. 201 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:22,050 Is she coping? 202 00:10:22,055 --> 00:10:23,885 I don't know. 203 00:10:23,890 --> 00:10:25,290 Most times, she's at work. 204 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:28,262 When she's not, she's with lawyers or police, 205 00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,101 someplace except with me. 206 00:10:30,097 --> 00:10:32,457 And how does that make you feel? 207 00:10:32,466 --> 00:10:33,766 That's such a bull... Question. 208 00:10:33,767 --> 00:10:37,337 My mom is obsessed because of what happened to me. 209 00:10:37,337 --> 00:10:39,567 All she does is try to fight that school 210 00:10:39,573 --> 00:10:41,173 because of what happened. 211 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:43,174 How do you think that makes me feel? 212 00:10:43,176 --> 00:10:47,346 If I knew the answer, I wouldn't ask. 213 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:49,207 It makes me feel... 214 00:10:52,185 --> 00:10:54,585 You don't know what you're feeling 215 00:10:54,588 --> 00:10:57,258 or... You can't describe it? 216 00:10:57,257 --> 00:11:00,827 I just -- I want to know when 217 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,497 I can start to move away from it. 218 00:11:03,497 --> 00:11:04,627 My mom won't let me. 219 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:09,001 I'm...I'm seeing a guy, and he doesn't get it. 220 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,472 And the thing that... 221 00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:13,871 Look, if I -- 222 00:11:13,874 --> 00:11:15,874 if I got dragged in an alley somewhere, 223 00:11:15,876 --> 00:11:18,706 I co-- I could just stop walking past that alley. 224 00:11:18,712 --> 00:11:23,282 But this ass...Who did what he did -- he -- you know, he -- 225 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:25,123 pictures still come up that he is in. 226 00:11:25,118 --> 00:11:27,688 I still see posts that he's commented on, that he's liked. 227 00:11:27,688 --> 00:11:30,688 He -- you know, he doesn't hide from what he did. 228 00:11:30,691 --> 00:11:31,861 He doesn't have to. 229 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:33,218 He's -- he's in my space. He's on my phone. 230 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:36,026 Without even trying, 231 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:42,629 he gets to do what he did to me again every day. 232 00:11:42,636 --> 00:11:44,466 What did he do? 233 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:52,213 Have you been doing any of your exercises? 234 00:11:53,714 --> 00:11:55,184 No. 235 00:11:55,182 --> 00:11:56,982 It's part of your therapy. 236 00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:59,153 [ Sighs ] It's a waste. 237 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:00,322 You're having problems 238 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,590 articulating the things that you're feeling, 239 00:12:02,589 --> 00:12:05,589 what you've been through. 240 00:12:05,592 --> 00:12:07,592 And writing it in some book does what? 241 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:09,834 Expressing yourself in a journal gives a name 242 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:12,030 to what you have to confront, and you need to confront 243 00:12:12,032 --> 00:12:13,702 everything that you're dealing with. 244 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:17,040 You don't want to let yourself get overwhelmed by the stress. 245 00:12:17,037 --> 00:12:18,397 Are you saying that 'cause of my mom? 246 00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:22,035 I'm saying it because that's how it happens. 247 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:24,412 And...And how do you know that this -- 248 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:27,411 this journal thing does any good? 249 00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:29,854 I've been practicing psychiatry for -- 250 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:31,450 yeah. You study. You practice. 251 00:12:31,451 --> 00:12:37,261 But have you ever had to get a little book and write down 252 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:39,057 all the bad things that happened to you one night? 253 00:12:39,059 --> 00:12:41,689 I didn't have to get a book. 254 00:12:41,695 --> 00:12:43,595 I've had several. 255 00:12:58,378 --> 00:13:01,008 [ Birds chirping ] 256 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:18,296 Mike: The allegation basically thrives 257 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,058 on the substantiation of one witness -- 258 00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:22,266 the accuser's girlfriend. 259 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:24,099 She wasn't there when it happened. 260 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:25,674 She saw Taylor directly before 261 00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:27,912 and directly after the alleged assault. 262 00:13:27,908 --> 00:13:30,908 She can speak to his physical state and his state of mind. 263 00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:32,481 She claims he was emotionally distraught 264 00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:34,109 and physically incapacitated. 265 00:13:34,114 --> 00:13:35,914 She's his girlfriend, not a doctor. 266 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:38,076 How much weight is anybody gonna put on what she says? 267 00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:40,694 Her story has been unwavering. 268 00:13:40,687 --> 00:13:43,187 And she would play well in the court of public opinion. 269 00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:46,090 Look, from a simple legal perspective, 270 00:13:46,092 --> 00:13:48,862 this, uh, "tradition" at the captains' party -- 271 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,302 "making the team"... Mm. 272 00:13:50,297 --> 00:13:52,257 ...it was an excuse for students to have sex. 273 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:54,025 If people connected to the school knew that, 274 00:13:54,034 --> 00:13:55,834 that is failure to protect. 275 00:13:55,836 --> 00:13:57,466 One good witness -- 276 00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,670 that's the wedge that cracks everything open. 277 00:13:59,673 --> 00:14:01,973 So discussing a settlement... 278 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:03,775 Mm. I sat across from that woman. 279 00:14:03,777 --> 00:14:05,537 She's not gonna take the money. 280 00:14:05,545 --> 00:14:07,145 Put a check in front of people, 281 00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:08,777 their opinions aren't always as resolute. 282 00:14:08,782 --> 00:14:10,982 She wants us to bleed in public. 283 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:14,554 It's a settlement or it's court. That's pretty much it. 284 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:16,724 [ Inhales deeply ] 285 00:14:16,723 --> 00:14:19,563 This can be handled. 286 00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:23,359 It just...It can. 287 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,303 Anne: And these people think they can't be touched. 288 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:27,798 They think they can do whatever they want to whoever they want 289 00:14:27,801 --> 00:14:30,371 and nobody's gonna do anything about it. [ Bell rings ] 290 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,200 It's not my problem. 291 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,805 You know, your daughter got hurt, too. 292 00:14:34,808 --> 00:14:37,178 By your boy. He lied to her. 293 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:40,377 He's confused about himself. 294 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:45,820 He -- I know that he cares about Evy. 295 00:14:45,819 --> 00:14:49,019 I had the father of a girl sit and tell me 296 00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:52,222 about how his daughter got abused by that school, 297 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:54,585 and they protected the teacher that did it. 298 00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:56,194 I mean, this stuff keeps happening. 299 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:58,026 We got to do something about it. 300 00:14:58,031 --> 00:15:00,801 You keep putting this on us. This is not even our school. 301 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,570 I know. 302 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:07,339 I just want to know that I have your help, Evy's help. 303 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:10,010 I've got to get back to work. 304 00:15:15,682 --> 00:15:19,452 [ Door opens, closes ] 305 00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:20,522 [ Sighs ] 306 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:28,425 [ Chanting in Spanish ] 307 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:29,928 [ Horns blaring, honking ] 308 00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:31,930 [ Cheering ] 309 00:15:31,932 --> 00:15:34,972 [ Indistinct shouting ] 310 00:15:34,968 --> 00:15:38,038 [ Chanting continues ] 311 00:15:38,038 --> 00:15:40,808 Alejandro: I want to help kids. 312 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:42,067 I want to do what's right for them. 313 00:15:42,075 --> 00:15:45,435 I want to teach. I want to be in class. 314 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:48,405 This is a bad position to be in. 315 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:50,415 I mean, every day I have to cross that line, 316 00:15:50,417 --> 00:15:52,217 to a lot of people, it looks like I'm -- 317 00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:54,418 looks like what? 318 00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:56,421 Looks like you're doing your job? 319 00:15:56,423 --> 00:15:57,723 Looks like I'm a traitor. 320 00:15:57,724 --> 00:16:00,894 Who's saying that? 321 00:16:00,894 --> 00:16:03,064 I have a responsibility to do what's right. 322 00:16:03,063 --> 00:16:05,003 Then there's no problem. 323 00:16:04,998 --> 00:16:07,268 [ Sighs ] 324 00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:09,567 If the cops do something bad to a black kid and black people 325 00:16:09,569 --> 00:16:11,569 start protesting, you're gonna cross that line? 326 00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:13,501 [ Scoffs ] This is not even close to the same thing. 327 00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:14,666 Isn't it? 328 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:16,774 Disciplining three kids who got into a fight -- 329 00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:18,776 that's the same as a black kid getting shot in the street? 330 00:16:18,778 --> 00:16:21,308 I'm saying -- you wouldn't do it for your people? 331 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:24,484 Everybody in this school -- they're all "my people." 332 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,484 Not the ones who got kicked out. 333 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:30,246 [ Chanting continues in distance ] 334 00:16:30,256 --> 00:16:34,456 So, I'm here to reach kids. 335 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:37,461 I can't do that if I'm on the wrong side of things. 336 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:41,104 I'm gonna take a couple days, take some time off. 337 00:16:41,101 --> 00:16:42,331 When things settle down -- 338 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,695 if you're going to stand there and willfully tell me 339 00:16:44,704 --> 00:16:47,774 you're taking time, I'm going to have you dismissed. 340 00:16:47,774 --> 00:16:50,214 Well, I got a union, so you won't be doing that. 341 00:16:52,445 --> 00:16:55,445 [ Door opens, closes ] 342 00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:57,648 [ Sighs ] 343 00:16:57,650 --> 00:17:00,590 [ Chanting continues in distance ] 344 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:07,057 Eric: Things have changed. 345 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:11,030 I've been through a whole lot these last couple of weeks. 346 00:17:11,031 --> 00:17:15,071 And I can't pretend that I'm the same person I was before... 347 00:17:16,803 --> 00:17:19,203 ...before all this, but that's the thing. 348 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:23,805 I don't have to pretend anymore. 349 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:25,980 That's what's great about being back here -- 350 00:17:25,979 --> 00:17:27,209 I can be who I am. 351 00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:33,916 Everybody here -- the team, coach Dan, the -- 352 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,920 the staff and -- and everybody -- 353 00:17:35,922 --> 00:17:39,692 all they care about is -- 354 00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:42,832 all th-- all they care about is that respect and dignity 355 00:17:42,829 --> 00:17:44,399 and that every person can be the person, 356 00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:46,657 the s-- the student -- 357 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:51,096 every student can be the person that they really are. 358 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:56,506 I'm thankful to my coach and my team 359 00:17:56,509 --> 00:18:00,549 and...To the school for -- 360 00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:03,377 for giving me the chance, for the first time in my life, 361 00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:06,753 to really be Eric Tanner. 362 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:08,853 [ Applause ] 363 00:18:10,790 --> 00:18:13,460 [ Applause stops ] 364 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:16,690 You know, let him hear it, huh? 365 00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:18,426 [ Applause ] Yeah. 366 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,131 Yeah. 367 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:25,702 Let him hear it, guys. Let him hear it! 368 00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:33,744 Eric is about the bravest young man I know. 369 00:18:33,746 --> 00:18:37,816 And it is so good to have him back as a student, 370 00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:39,617 back as part of the team. 371 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:42,819 And I just -- I just want to remind all of you that you're -- 372 00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:45,422 you're a big part of this team, as well. 373 00:18:45,425 --> 00:18:46,455 And it's gonna take all... 374 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:50,089 Leslie: How does it feel? 375 00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:52,656 How does it feel to be back? 376 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:54,065 Uh...It feels okay. 377 00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:56,097 Yes? Yeah. 378 00:18:56,102 --> 00:19:00,272 Well, we're happy that you're back, that you're healthy. 379 00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:02,943 The things that you've been through -- 380 00:19:02,942 --> 00:19:05,312 well, what that family put you through -- 381 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,311 nobody should have to deal with that. Nobody. 382 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:08,513 But... 383 00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:10,945 [ Sighs ] 384 00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:12,580 But we're dealing with ignorance, 385 00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:16,145 and the only way to deal with ignorance is through education. 386 00:19:16,156 --> 00:19:18,286 People -- they just -- they -- sure. 387 00:19:18,291 --> 00:19:22,691 They're scared of what they don't understand. 388 00:19:22,695 --> 00:19:26,095 We have the opportunity to do something about that. 389 00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:27,499 There's a writer. 390 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,470 He does online pieces about young men who are coming out -- 391 00:19:30,470 --> 00:19:34,270 their difficulties, their struggles, their success. 392 00:19:34,274 --> 00:19:36,044 He'd really like to speak with you. 393 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:37,482 A-about what? 394 00:19:37,477 --> 00:19:41,277 About your experience as an openly gay athlete. 395 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:43,881 Uh, I haven't had any experience. 396 00:19:43,883 --> 00:19:45,323 You've literally survived 397 00:19:45,318 --> 00:19:47,648 more than a lot of young people in your situation have. 398 00:19:47,654 --> 00:19:50,894 That means something. 399 00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:53,320 Anyway, he's excited to talk to you. 400 00:19:53,326 --> 00:19:55,286 We'll have him here ahead of the game. 401 00:19:55,295 --> 00:19:58,525 You'll do fine. 402 00:20:11,978 --> 00:20:15,878 [ Door opens ] 403 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:26,894 [ Chuckles ] 404 00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:28,893 Well, that's a good way to get shot. 405 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,695 Got the spare key from mom. 406 00:20:30,697 --> 00:20:32,327 Don't you have school? 407 00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:33,932 Yeah. 408 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:37,343 Don't put me in the position of having to cover you. 409 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:38,737 I-I can leave. 410 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:41,668 I could just go run the streets or whatever. 411 00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:44,084 [ Chuckles ] Well, if you're gonna do bad things, 412 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:45,507 you can just go ahead and do them. 413 00:20:45,511 --> 00:20:46,881 You don't have to come here and announce them. 414 00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:50,349 [ Tab pops ] 415 00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:52,520 You didn't even snatch yourself a beer? 416 00:20:52,518 --> 00:20:55,188 Is that how much of a bad boy you are? 417 00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:58,586 [ Sighs ] 418 00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:04,761 [ Sighs ] 419 00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:08,826 So...? 420 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:13,600 I-I wanted to talk. 421 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:16,206 I'm listening. 422 00:21:16,209 --> 00:21:17,579 I messed up. 423 00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:18,577 How? 424 00:21:18,578 --> 00:21:20,608 Lied. 425 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:22,113 About? 426 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:26,677 [ Sighs ] 427 00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:33,259 Taylor, your mom doesn't care if you like girls or not 428 00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:35,089 or if you're -- 429 00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:38,264 nobody who cares anything about you gives a damn, 430 00:21:38,264 --> 00:21:40,264 this way or that. 431 00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:44,466 Now, it would be easy for me to say 432 00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:47,070 that you should have told your mother the truth 433 00:21:47,073 --> 00:21:53,183 about...Being... How you are. 434 00:21:53,179 --> 00:21:58,179 But -- but she's strong, and she can take it. 435 00:21:58,184 --> 00:22:00,424 She's got problems. 436 00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,490 You know that. 437 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:05,258 She's not how she was before. 438 00:22:05,258 --> 00:22:06,458 This, I do know. 439 00:22:06,459 --> 00:22:07,629 She's never home. 440 00:22:07,627 --> 00:22:11,027 She, um... 441 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,460 She can't let go. 442 00:22:12,465 --> 00:22:14,825 They're making her... 443 00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:18,504 They are making her crazy. 444 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:23,314 She's doing what she's doing because she loves you. 445 00:22:23,309 --> 00:22:28,449 The people who love you -- nothing changes for us. 446 00:22:28,448 --> 00:22:31,648 Remember we used to go to the colts' games? 447 00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:32,881 [ Laughs ] 448 00:22:32,885 --> 00:22:35,115 Every time you could, you'd take me. Yes. 449 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:37,721 Remember we stopped going? 450 00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:39,894 Well, you -- you stopped wanting to go. 451 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:42,162 Do you know why? 452 00:22:42,161 --> 00:22:43,531 They were playing the packers one time. 453 00:22:43,529 --> 00:22:46,329 They were getting -- getting killed. 454 00:22:46,332 --> 00:22:50,332 And you started screaming, "stop playing like queers. 455 00:22:50,336 --> 00:22:52,896 Quit playing like a bunch of queers," loud as you could, 456 00:22:52,905 --> 00:22:54,705 over and over, right in front of my face. 457 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:57,707 Same man who spent eight months raising me, 458 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:01,180 screaming about queers. 459 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:04,750 Do you remember that game, Nate? 460 00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:06,421 I remember that game. 461 00:23:06,419 --> 00:23:09,419 Why are you telling me this? 462 00:23:09,422 --> 00:23:10,862 I'm talking with someone, 463 00:23:10,857 --> 00:23:15,857 and he tells me I've got to...Confront things. 464 00:23:15,862 --> 00:23:21,102 So... I'm confronting things. 465 00:23:30,443 --> 00:23:33,683 [ Refrigerator door opens, closes ] 466 00:23:47,059 --> 00:23:48,559 It isn't working how it is. Hmm. 467 00:23:48,561 --> 00:23:51,731 Us being apart now -- the boys ask for you. 468 00:23:51,731 --> 00:23:54,531 [ Scoffs ] They do. They ask. 469 00:23:54,534 --> 00:23:57,544 If you were here -- if I was here, w-what? 470 00:23:57,537 --> 00:24:00,097 W-w-what would it do? 471 00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:02,636 I have been here 17 years, 472 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:06,612 and -- and that one -- he tried to kill himself. 473 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:09,082 He is gay. He raped some other boy. 474 00:24:09,081 --> 00:24:11,981 He -- he said it was consensual. 475 00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:16,254 You know what I keep thinking? 476 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:21,625 I keep thinking if Peter hadn't been there 477 00:24:21,627 --> 00:24:26,627 when Eric took those pills, if he hadn't...Found him... 478 00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:29,072 I do. 479 00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:31,298 I think that. 480 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:36,314 We could have at least buried him as our son. 481 00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:38,679 We can't even take him to church anymore. 482 00:24:38,678 --> 00:24:40,278 Then we should be at a different church. 483 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:43,279 No, we should have been at church more. 484 00:24:43,282 --> 00:24:45,322 And you should have been around more. 485 00:24:45,318 --> 00:24:48,318 You should have taught him how to be a man. 486 00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:50,861 And now he does this -- you just -- you accept it. 487 00:24:50,857 --> 00:24:52,187 No. 488 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:54,461 I-if he drank, y-you wouldn't take it. 489 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:57,030 If he stole, you wouldn't let him. We need to help him. 490 00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:59,159 That's the only way we can make him better. 491 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:00,255 Better? H-how? 492 00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:01,766 If we -- if we get him into counseling -- 493 00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:03,127 how does he get better? 494 00:25:03,135 --> 00:25:05,935 This thing -- it doesn't go away. 495 00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:09,138 They don't get better. 496 00:25:09,141 --> 00:25:10,271 [ Sighs ] 497 00:25:17,783 --> 00:25:19,853 Did you ever touch him? 498 00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:24,622 What? 499 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:25,624 Did you -- 500 00:25:25,625 --> 00:25:27,625 why would... 501 00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:30,227 ...how could you...? 502 00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:32,499 They get it from somewhere. 503 00:25:32,498 --> 00:25:36,628 You think he's sick. You think I'm sick. They get this from somewhere. 504 00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:39,396 You want to blame someone? You want to blame people? 505 00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:41,405 You have pushed those kids away from you. 506 00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:43,867 This last year, you have shoved them away. 507 00:25:43,876 --> 00:25:47,336 But work was always first for you. I know I've had my crap, too. 508 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:49,466 You do...For a living, but that always came first. I 509 00:25:49,497 --> 00:25:51,517 know, but this is where we got to get it together. 510 00:25:51,517 --> 00:25:54,217 This is where we've got to figure it out for them! 511 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:57,020 Th-- that woman's trying to sue us. 512 00:25:57,023 --> 00:25:58,393 She's trying to sue everybody. 513 00:25:58,391 --> 00:26:02,491 Everybody else has got lawyers and money. 514 00:26:02,495 --> 00:26:04,055 What does she want? 515 00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:07,503 We don't have anything to take. 516 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:11,540 I go back to a-a crap apartment. 517 00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:17,237 I just sit there with everything I have ever done wrong. 518 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:21,513 I... Just want to start over. 519 00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:26,245 I just want to... 520 00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:29,492 I just -- I want to start everything over. 521 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:49,737 The suit is basically a catchall. 522 00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:51,612 She names the school, 523 00:26:51,611 --> 00:26:54,751 she names the families of other players there -- our family? 524 00:26:54,747 --> 00:26:55,947 Kevin. 525 00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:58,948 She's going after Kevin? 526 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:01,551 He's 18. She named him independently. 527 00:27:01,554 --> 00:27:03,454 Well, the police didn't do anything. 528 00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:04,616 If there's nothing there for them, then what -- 529 00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:07,064 how long does she get to keep doing this, huh? 530 00:27:07,059 --> 00:27:09,429 How long does she get to keep going after our child? 531 00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:10,998 If we can get this dismissed -- 532 00:27:10,997 --> 00:27:13,627 and if we can't, then what? 533 00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:15,233 Can we do anything for Kevin? 534 00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,404 Can we even protect him? 535 00:27:18,404 --> 00:27:21,514 [ Sighs ] 536 00:27:21,507 --> 00:27:23,107 The hard drive's damaged -- probably a head crash. 537 00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:24,909 Does that mean it's all -- the read/write head 538 00:27:24,910 --> 00:27:26,480 scratched the drive and it's got a bad sector. 539 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:28,079 Did I lose everything? 540 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,680 Not everything. 541 00:27:29,682 --> 00:27:32,122 I-I got -- I got family stuff on there. I got kids' pictures. 542 00:27:32,118 --> 00:27:34,118 If the information's in there, the information's good. 543 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:35,920 I-I just got to get it out. 544 00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:37,451 Just give me a day or two. 545 00:27:37,456 --> 00:27:38,656 Okay. 546 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:03,446 Mia! 547 00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:05,779 Mia, bring mercy! It's time to eat! 548 00:28:05,785 --> 00:28:08,785 Sebastian: If 2 minus "I" is a zero 549 00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:11,418 and the coefficients of the polynomial are real... 550 00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:14,689 You see how that works? 551 00:28:14,694 --> 00:28:17,164 [ Chuckles ] No. 552 00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:18,733 You don't see how that works? 553 00:28:18,731 --> 00:28:21,871 We did this one yesterday. 554 00:28:23,636 --> 00:28:26,036 There you go. 555 00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:28,238 [ Chuckles ] 556 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,140 How many words you got right there? 557 00:28:31,711 --> 00:28:33,311 You did it. 558 00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:36,312 Smart, just like dad. 559 00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:39,075 [ Indistinct chatter in distance ] 560 00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:41,215 [ Computer chimes ] 561 00:29:26,532 --> 00:29:29,732 Yeah, Tuesday and Wednesday are the best. 562 00:29:29,735 --> 00:29:31,935 Friday, Saturday, I can't do. 563 00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:34,607 Terri: Your son is a whore! 564 00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:35,967 Admit it. 565 00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:37,775 He got drunk and had sex with another boy. 566 00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:39,707 Ma'am. You need to go. 567 00:29:39,712 --> 00:29:41,612 And you don't even care about what you're doing to my son. You need to go! 568 00:29:41,614 --> 00:29:43,254 Right now! You're gonna get what's yours. 569 00:29:43,249 --> 00:29:44,649 You need to go right now! You're gonna get what you des... 570 00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:47,520 [ Police radio chatter ] 571 00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:52,789 Ma'am, you got I.D.? Why? 572 00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:55,032 Can I see your I.D., please? 573 00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:08,008 We got a call about a disturbance at this restaurant. 574 00:30:08,007 --> 00:30:09,167 You wouldn't know anything about that, would you? 575 00:30:09,175 --> 00:30:11,805 No. 576 00:30:11,811 --> 00:30:14,241 Okay, if you don't have any business here, 577 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:16,406 might want to move on, Ms. Lacroix. 578 00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:18,415 I wasn't doing anything. 579 00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:21,147 Got nothing to do, might as well head home. 580 00:30:29,962 --> 00:30:32,602 [ Footsteps approaching ] 581 00:30:32,598 --> 00:30:35,428 ♪♪ 582 00:30:57,690 --> 00:30:59,790 [ Sniffles ] 583 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:21,550 How does all this make you feel? 584 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:23,707 With everything's that happened, how does it feel? 585 00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:25,476 [ Chuckles ] People keep asking me that. 586 00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:27,554 And...? 587 00:31:27,553 --> 00:31:30,723 And I keep telling them, "how's what supposed to feel?" 588 00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:33,363 Well, to be falsely accused of assault, 589 00:31:33,359 --> 00:31:35,689 to be an openly gay athlete, to be a role model -- 590 00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:37,034 what's that mean to you? 591 00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:40,029 I'm trying not to think about all that. 592 00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:41,432 But that's what everybody else is doing. 593 00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:44,203 All of a sudden, everybody's making a big deal of it. 594 00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:45,403 I don't get it. [ Chuckles ] 595 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:46,604 Do you think you've made it easier 596 00:31:46,605 --> 00:31:47,765 for other gay athletes to come out? 597 00:31:47,773 --> 00:31:49,573 I don't know. 598 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:52,535 Probably not. 599 00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:53,744 They see all this attention I'm getting, 600 00:31:53,746 --> 00:31:55,006 they might want to hide out more 601 00:31:55,014 --> 00:31:57,184 since all anyone wants to talk about is how I'm gay. 602 00:31:57,182 --> 00:32:00,182 You are gay. That's not it. 603 00:32:00,185 --> 00:32:02,385 But your coming out makes a statement. So, if you had a message -- 604 00:32:02,388 --> 00:32:03,618 one thing to say to your fellow gay athletes... 605 00:32:03,646 --> 00:32:04,616 Look, I'm just getting back to school. 606 00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:05,873 ...who's hiding their truth from the world, 607 00:32:05,893 --> 00:32:07,223 what would that be? I'm just dealing with this. 608 00:32:07,226 --> 00:32:10,226 How come, all of a sudden, I got to speak up for every gay kid? 609 00:32:10,229 --> 00:32:11,799 I've got nothing to say to them. 610 00:32:11,797 --> 00:32:13,457 I'm gay, but I'm not a faggot. 611 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:19,465 Leslie: Everyone handles things differently. 612 00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:22,711 Right now, Eric obviously isn't ready to handle 613 00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:25,038 the responsibility of speaking to his circumstance. 614 00:32:25,044 --> 00:32:26,714 Look, he said what he said. 615 00:32:26,712 --> 00:32:29,452 He's a 17-year-old boy who has been through a lot. 616 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:32,278 It doesn't serve him, it doesn't serve anybody 617 00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:34,824 for him to be judged by one unfortunate -- 618 00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:36,420 the "f" word is unfortunate? 619 00:32:36,422 --> 00:32:39,462 It -- [ Sighs ] By one comment. 620 00:32:39,458 --> 00:32:42,058 Why give people who are unaccepting of open athletes 621 00:32:42,061 --> 00:32:44,491 an excuse to be intolerant? 622 00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:48,465 I'll hold it back. 623 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,667 [ Sighs ] 624 00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:52,899 It's the right thing to do. 625 00:32:52,905 --> 00:32:55,005 Lara: Our kids need to be treated fair. 626 00:32:55,007 --> 00:32:57,067 Man: Yeah. [ Applause ] 627 00:32:57,076 --> 00:32:59,636 How's it look, you just suspending the latinos? 628 00:32:59,645 --> 00:33:02,145 Looks like you're favoring the black kids to me. 629 00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:04,347 [ Murmuring ] And for what? 630 00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:05,580 A fight? 631 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:08,154 It's not a fight when three guys jump one guy. 632 00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:10,193 It's assault. 633 00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:14,359 Now, the boys were suspended for their actions, not their race. 634 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,760 Look, I don't want to punish kids, okay? 635 00:33:17,763 --> 00:33:19,763 I-I want to solve the problem. 636 00:33:19,765 --> 00:33:21,925 Jose: Then you need to stand up for what's right, 637 00:33:21,934 --> 00:33:23,104 not for what's black. 638 00:33:23,102 --> 00:33:25,702 [ Applause, cheering ] 639 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:27,944 Y'all need to respect. 640 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:29,440 If you handled your kids better -- 641 00:33:29,441 --> 00:33:31,041 whoa, whoa, whoa. L-listen, it's not about that. 642 00:33:31,043 --> 00:33:33,043 You pull our kids out of school, you suspend them, 643 00:33:33,045 --> 00:33:35,675 you were name calling. No, I wasn't, sir. I was -- 644 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:37,651 you were against feeding our kids. That's a lie. 645 00:33:37,649 --> 00:33:38,849 When's it going to stop? 646 00:33:38,851 --> 00:33:42,221 Look... [ Scatted applause ] 647 00:33:42,221 --> 00:33:45,661 Look, I-I know how it may feel to you, 648 00:33:45,657 --> 00:33:49,487 but you need to understand I'm trying to do what's right. 649 00:33:49,495 --> 00:33:52,055 My daughter joined the protest to speak her mind, 650 00:33:52,064 --> 00:33:53,634 and now she's facing truancy court. 651 00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:55,032 She cut school. 652 00:33:55,034 --> 00:33:56,904 For holding up a sign. 653 00:33:56,902 --> 00:34:00,342 Any student who's not attending class is marked absent. 654 00:34:00,339 --> 00:34:02,409 That's a district rule, and that's beyond me. 655 00:34:02,408 --> 00:34:04,008 That's true. 656 00:34:04,009 --> 00:34:05,839 You're the principal here. How is that beyond you? 657 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:08,414 You keep saying you want to do right. 658 00:34:08,414 --> 00:34:10,554 How is any of this right? 659 00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:11,549 Look, I want to -- yes -- [ Applause ] 660 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:13,380 You're absolu-- 661 00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:14,845 [ stammers ] 662 00:34:14,853 --> 00:34:17,423 Lewis: You did the right thing, holding the meeting. 663 00:34:17,423 --> 00:34:18,893 What you don't want to do is 664 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:20,261 you don't want to look like you're running and hiding. 665 00:34:20,259 --> 00:34:21,489 You've just got to confront these -- 666 00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:23,533 I'm not looking for confrontation. 667 00:34:23,529 --> 00:34:27,099 You've got to engage folks directly, and you did. 668 00:34:27,099 --> 00:34:30,099 I actually think some good is gonna come out of this. 669 00:34:30,102 --> 00:34:32,672 People don't deal with issues until they're in front of them, 670 00:34:32,671 --> 00:34:33,871 and now it's in front of them. 671 00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:35,442 So now this is an issue. 672 00:34:35,441 --> 00:34:38,611 It's not an issue. It's a reason to engage. 673 00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:40,180 You saw some of them 674 00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:42,579 were bringing up the breakfast program -- 675 00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:44,851 how you got me to sign off on changing it. 676 00:34:44,850 --> 00:34:47,220 Chris, compared to what they're dealing with over at Leyland, 677 00:34:47,219 --> 00:34:49,589 we look thoughtful and reasonable. 678 00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:50,848 If this was gonna happen, 679 00:34:50,856 --> 00:34:52,786 it couldn't have happened at a better time. 680 00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:55,231 [ Sighs ] 681 00:34:55,227 --> 00:34:57,687 Get some rest. 682 00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:03,296 Yeah. 683 00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:09,436 [ Indistinct shouting ] 684 00:35:09,441 --> 00:35:11,641 Dan: Come on! Do something with it! 685 00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:14,043 Eric's open down low! 686 00:35:14,046 --> 00:35:16,046 Come on! 687 00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:18,922 [ Cheering ] 688 00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:21,717 What are you doing?! He was wide open! 689 00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:30,487 [ Cheers and applause ] 690 00:35:30,496 --> 00:35:32,496 [ Indistinct shouting ] 691 00:35:32,498 --> 00:35:34,428 Man: Bitches! Man #2: Yeah, bitches! 692 00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:36,273 Fags! 693 00:35:36,268 --> 00:35:39,098 Man #3: Is that your version of "play ball"?! 694 00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:40,444 Man #4: Way to go, ladies! 695 00:35:40,439 --> 00:35:41,809 Together: [ Chanting ] Gayland high school! 696 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:43,307 [ Rhythmic clapping ] 697 00:35:43,308 --> 00:35:46,478 Gayland high school! [ Rhythmic clapping ] 698 00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:49,578 Gayland high school! [ Rhythmic clapping ] 699 00:35:57,856 --> 00:36:00,116 Anybody else want to eat? 700 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:02,285 Uh, yeah, sure. If you guys are going -- 701 00:36:02,294 --> 00:36:03,664 [ locker slams ] 702 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:06,032 Oh, he's got things to do, right? 703 00:36:06,031 --> 00:36:08,471 Let him handle his business. 704 00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:10,627 Come on. 705 00:36:10,636 --> 00:36:13,536 [ Keys jingle ] 706 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,170 Kevin: I'm sick of this, man. 707 00:36:43,168 --> 00:36:44,898 It's like a circus, you know? 708 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:46,573 Like a -- like a freak show. 709 00:36:46,572 --> 00:36:48,342 Got us standing there, smiling and waving for what? 710 00:36:48,340 --> 00:36:50,370 Because some dude gets off on dudes? 711 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:51,905 And then we got the other team jawing us like we some bitches. 712 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:53,310 No, man. He's the one. 713 00:36:53,312 --> 00:36:54,582 Eric? 714 00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:56,810 No, man. Eric is -- Eric is Eric. 715 00:36:56,815 --> 00:36:58,645 I'm talking about the other one. 716 00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:02,490 He came in there like some bitch trying to get turned out. 717 00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:03,887 Look, my mom told me, 718 00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:06,259 "bitches always trying to play you, always. 719 00:37:06,258 --> 00:37:07,888 Always trying to play you, Kevin." 720 00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:10,093 And that dude is a straight bitch. 721 00:37:10,095 --> 00:37:13,855 He outted Eric, put my name out there... 722 00:37:13,865 --> 00:37:16,095 Bitches, man. 723 00:37:16,101 --> 00:37:17,271 And you know what the messed up part is? 724 00:37:17,269 --> 00:37:20,339 It doesn't matter how crazy they are, 725 00:37:20,339 --> 00:37:21,869 you got to treat them like they're real people. 726 00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:24,113 You have to. 727 00:37:24,109 --> 00:37:25,509 Back in the day, it would be like, "bop, bop." 728 00:37:25,510 --> 00:37:26,940 Handle your business. It's done. 729 00:37:26,945 --> 00:37:27,905 [ Chuckles ] For real, man. 730 00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:29,213 But now, man, it's just -- 731 00:37:29,214 --> 00:37:32,624 bitches just get to act how they act. 732 00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:35,848 And you can't do nothing. 733 00:37:35,854 --> 00:37:37,424 Except he's not -- he's not a bitch, man. 734 00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:38,622 He's a dude, so there's, like, 735 00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:41,194 no reason that he can't get handled. 736 00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:45,428 I'm out, bro. 737 00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:46,860 I'm gonna catch y'all later. 738 00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:48,695 All right. 739 00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:50,100 Catch up with you later, man. 740 00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:09,189 [ Cellphone vibrating ] 741 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:25,201 [ Click ] 742 00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:29,913 Hello. 743 00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:33,108 Eric: It's Eric. 744 00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:36,311 Yeah. 745 00:38:36,315 --> 00:38:39,745 We need to talk. 746 00:38:39,751 --> 00:38:43,921 We need to talk about -- about what happened. 747 00:38:43,922 --> 00:38:46,322 I know what happened. 748 00:38:46,325 --> 00:38:48,925 Yeah, you do know what happened. 749 00:38:48,927 --> 00:38:51,327 You do know. 750 00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:54,100 People are getting messed by this. Real messed up. 751 00:38:54,099 --> 00:38:57,199 You and me got to deal with it. 752 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:03,309 I'm gonna be at the rec center. 753 00:39:03,308 --> 00:39:07,108 Don't be a bitch. Come around. 754 00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:09,212 [ Click ] 755 00:39:12,851 --> 00:39:15,021 It's all good. It's for the team. 756 00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:16,720 -All right, man? -Yeah. 757 00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:34,574 [ Dialing ] 758 00:39:34,573 --> 00:39:36,413 [ Ringing ] 759 00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:37,408 Mike: Mike o'brien. 760 00:39:37,409 --> 00:39:38,679 Mike, it's Leslie. 761 00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:40,677 I think -- I think it's time we start discussing 762 00:39:40,679 --> 00:39:42,309 an offer of settlement. 763 00:39:44,649 --> 00:39:47,479 [ Insects chirping ] 764 00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:23,623 [ Breathing deeply ] 765 00:40:30,295 --> 00:40:33,455 Michael: The decent are the ones who suffer. 766 00:40:33,465 --> 00:40:36,265 The good ones just keep getting hurt. 767 00:40:36,268 --> 00:40:38,538 Terri's a good one. 768 00:40:38,537 --> 00:40:42,437 She's strong -- stronger than me, half the time. 769 00:40:42,441 --> 00:40:43,911 And Kevin... 770 00:40:43,909 --> 00:40:46,909 This woman -- she's trying to sue our son. 771 00:40:46,912 --> 00:40:49,412 What type of person goes after a child? 772 00:40:49,414 --> 00:40:52,884 And this is supposed to be his best year. 773 00:40:52,884 --> 00:40:56,224 Now he'll have to carry these lies and accusations with him 774 00:40:56,221 --> 00:40:59,491 for the rest of his life. 775 00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:04,231 My family's my life. 776 00:41:04,229 --> 00:41:08,999 The one thing that I can do is provide and protect, be a man. 777 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,170 I used to think get an education, get your money, 778 00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:15,811 and nothing can hurt your family. 779 00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:17,807 It is not like that. 780 00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:21,239 I've done nothing for my family except let all of this happen. 781 00:41:23,014 --> 00:41:27,084 So... 782 00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:31,515 I need to start doing things, you understand? 783 00:41:34,159 --> 00:41:36,789 No one's clean. 784 00:41:36,795 --> 00:41:40,525 And everyone has things they want to keep hidden. 785 00:41:40,532 --> 00:41:43,332 But it's out there. 786 00:41:43,335 --> 00:41:46,135 That's just the world we live in. 787 00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:47,697 Ken: Michael, I'm a cop. 788 00:41:47,706 --> 00:41:49,336 What you're asking -- 789 00:41:49,341 --> 00:41:50,241 it's not for me. 790 00:41:53,278 --> 00:41:56,278 It's for Terri. It's for Kevin. 791 00:41:56,281 --> 00:41:59,221 All I'm asking is find a way to let this woman know 792 00:41:59,217 --> 00:42:02,117 she's messed with the wrong family.