1 00:00:06,174 --> 00:00:07,634 Okay. Are you ready? 2 00:00:10,178 --> 00:00:12,806 Repeat after me. I, Janie Gibbs… 3 00:00:12,889 --> 00:00:14,307 I, Janie Gibbs… 4 00:00:14,391 --> 00:00:18,103 …promise to never, ever, ever attend dancing school. 5 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:21,481 …promise to never, ever, ever attend dancing school. 6 00:00:22,190 --> 00:00:23,567 I, Harriet… 7 00:00:23,650 --> 00:00:25,402 I got this. I wrote it. 8 00:00:25,485 --> 00:00:30,365 I, Harriet M. Welsch, promise to never, ever, ever attend dancing school. 9 00:00:31,908 --> 00:00:33,994 You may now commence the handshake. 10 00:00:38,873 --> 00:00:40,959 [blows raspberry] 11 00:00:41,042 --> 00:00:43,003 [blows raspberry] 12 00:00:43,086 --> 00:00:44,170 [both cluck] 13 00:00:46,882 --> 00:00:47,883 -Yeah. -Whoo-hoo! 14 00:00:49,175 --> 00:00:51,344 I hereby pronounce this oath sacred. 15 00:00:51,428 --> 00:00:54,222 There will be no attending of dancing school. 16 00:00:54,306 --> 00:00:57,017 Never, ever, ever! 17 00:00:58,727 --> 00:00:59,728 Tag, you're it! 18 00:01:00,228 --> 00:01:02,647 [Harriet] Years ago, I came up with that oath 19 00:01:02,731 --> 00:01:06,151 to keep me and Janie from ever becoming the "little ladies" 20 00:01:06,234 --> 00:01:08,028 our mothers wanted us to be. 21 00:01:08,111 --> 00:01:09,988 [screams] 22 00:01:10,572 --> 00:01:15,911 Since then, our mothers have tried every tactic in the book to make us crack. 23 00:01:15,994 --> 00:01:17,412 The lecture. 24 00:01:17,495 --> 00:01:18,580 You're growing up, 25 00:01:18,663 --> 00:01:23,376 and part of that beautiful flowering is learning how to dance. 26 00:01:25,045 --> 00:01:26,546 [Harriet] The guilt trip. 27 00:01:26,630 --> 00:01:28,089 Don't worry about me. 28 00:01:28,173 --> 00:01:30,508 I'll be fine being the only mother 29 00:01:30,592 --> 00:01:33,428 with a daughter who's a clump on the dance floor. 30 00:01:33,970 --> 00:01:34,971 [blows raspberry] 31 00:01:35,055 --> 00:01:38,516 -[Harriet] The bribe. -Who wants a puppy? 32 00:01:39,809 --> 00:01:41,811 [Harriet] The double team. [sighs] 33 00:01:41,895 --> 00:01:43,897 This is how it's always been done. 34 00:01:43,980 --> 00:01:46,900 Young ladies go to dancing school. 35 00:01:46,983 --> 00:01:48,401 [together] Never! 36 00:01:48,485 --> 00:01:51,696 [Harriet] For years, that oath kept us fiercely united. 37 00:01:51,780 --> 00:01:55,200 It kept us free from itchy tights and painful kitten heels, 38 00:01:55,283 --> 00:01:59,329 but this year it almost tore us apart. 39 00:02:00,455 --> 00:02:03,166 ♪ I just wanna be You just wanna be ♪ 40 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:04,960 ♪ We just wanna be ♪ 41 00:02:06,002 --> 00:02:08,504 ♪ I am gonna be who I wanna be ♪ 42 00:02:08,587 --> 00:02:10,507 ♪ My autonomy ♪ 43 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:13,385 ♪ No, I won't cut my hair ♪ 44 00:02:13,468 --> 00:02:15,845 ♪ And I'll wear whatever ♪ 45 00:02:15,929 --> 00:02:21,935 ♪ I like it when I get to be myself ♪ 46 00:02:22,018 --> 00:02:24,771 ♪ I don't wanna be You don't wanna be ♪ 47 00:02:24,854 --> 00:02:27,524 ♪ We don't wanna be told what to do ♪ 48 00:02:32,028 --> 00:02:37,158 [Harriet] It all began as I bit into my 2022nd consecutive 49 00:02:37,242 --> 00:02:39,160 tomato with mayonnaise sandwich. 50 00:02:39,703 --> 00:02:43,290 -Whoa! Oh, my, darling. [chuckles] -[waltz playing] 51 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:48,420 [Mrs. Welsch] Whee! This is so much fun. 52 00:02:48,503 --> 00:02:49,796 [both chuckling] 53 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,300 Oh, Harriet. I hope we aren't causing too much of a ruckus. 54 00:02:53,383 --> 00:02:56,344 Your father and I are just enjoying a little waltz. 55 00:02:56,428 --> 00:02:57,679 What a gas. 56 00:02:57,762 --> 00:03:00,932 -Care to join us? -It's very easy to learn. You just-- 57 00:03:01,016 --> 00:03:04,728 Uh-uh. I know where this is going. And for the millionth time, 58 00:03:04,811 --> 00:03:07,856 I swore an oath to never attend dancing school. 59 00:03:07,939 --> 00:03:10,066 It's not just dancing, you know. 60 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:13,111 There's manners and posture. 61 00:03:13,194 --> 00:03:15,864 I'm concerned about the way you move, Harriet. 62 00:03:16,489 --> 00:03:19,075 Fast, that's the way I move. Fast. 63 00:03:19,159 --> 00:03:21,786 -And look at how you're dressed. -So? 64 00:03:22,412 --> 00:03:25,457 People will think I'm raising a ragamuffin. 65 00:03:28,293 --> 00:03:30,795 Sweetie, it really is fun. 66 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:33,924 Or, at the very least, nothing to make a fuss about. 67 00:03:34,007 --> 00:03:36,343 There's no getting around it this year. 68 00:03:37,969 --> 00:03:41,473 [both chuckling] 69 00:03:42,057 --> 00:03:43,808 -Oh. -[chuckles] 70 00:03:43,892 --> 00:03:45,185 [chuckling] 71 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:48,271 [Harriet] They always thought they were so cute. 72 00:03:49,648 --> 00:03:50,649 Ha! 73 00:03:52,525 --> 00:03:53,526 Huh-- Oh. 74 00:03:56,529 --> 00:03:57,697 Dancing school? 75 00:03:58,907 --> 00:04:01,993 Please remind me once again why it's the end of the world. 76 00:04:02,577 --> 00:04:05,789 Because I hate the little dresses and tights and shoes. 77 00:04:05,872 --> 00:04:07,666 They make me feel undignified. 78 00:04:07,749 --> 00:04:10,168 And Saturday's prime spying time, 79 00:04:10,252 --> 00:04:12,796 and a spy would never go to dancing school. 80 00:04:13,505 --> 00:04:15,006 Oh, but they would. 81 00:04:15,924 --> 00:04:18,468 Harriet, why are you a spy? 82 00:04:18,552 --> 00:04:19,844 To be a writer. 83 00:04:19,928 --> 00:04:24,099 Well, to be a writer you need to see and know everything, 84 00:04:24,182 --> 00:04:25,850 including how to dance. 85 00:04:27,477 --> 00:04:29,020 I'd rather lick the floor. 86 00:04:29,896 --> 00:04:31,731 I feel so elegant. Whoo! 87 00:04:33,817 --> 00:04:38,446 Look, you spend so much time and energy fighting your mother on dancing school. 88 00:04:38,530 --> 00:04:40,949 Wouldn't it be easier to simply go? 89 00:04:41,032 --> 00:04:45,036 Who knows? If it's not a good fit, you may not even have to go back. 90 00:04:51,209 --> 00:04:54,212 Wait, so you want to go to dancing school? 91 00:04:54,296 --> 00:04:55,797 Just one lesson. 92 00:04:56,631 --> 00:04:57,632 Hear me out. 93 00:04:58,425 --> 00:05:03,179 We'll go to class, you'll come up with some genius plan to disrupt it. 94 00:05:03,263 --> 00:05:05,181 You are a mad scientist. 95 00:05:05,265 --> 00:05:07,017 I'm a scientist scientist. 96 00:05:07,976 --> 00:05:10,437 Sure. The point is we'll get kicked out, 97 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,481 and the whole thing will be such a flaming disaster 98 00:05:13,565 --> 00:05:16,651 that our moms will give up on dancing school forever. 99 00:05:17,319 --> 00:05:21,656 So you'd like to add an unstable element, say vinegar, 100 00:05:21,740 --> 00:05:24,826 to a stable solution of, say baking soda. 101 00:05:27,621 --> 00:05:28,622 Exactly. 102 00:05:29,915 --> 00:05:31,541 [blows] Can't do it. 103 00:05:32,709 --> 00:05:33,960 What? Why? 104 00:05:34,044 --> 00:05:38,298 We swore an oath to never, ever, ever attend dancing school. 105 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:41,635 It's just one lesson. 106 00:05:41,718 --> 00:05:44,012 You break an oath, you pay the price. 107 00:05:44,095 --> 00:05:46,890 Look, if oaths weren't meant to be broken, 108 00:05:46,973 --> 00:05:49,976 then why were counter-oaths invented? 109 00:05:50,685 --> 00:05:52,479 -[chuckles] -[waltz playing] 110 00:05:52,562 --> 00:05:55,774 One, two, three. One, two, three. 111 00:05:55,857 --> 00:05:58,818 Our parents are in cahoots. Mine just tried this. 112 00:05:58,902 --> 00:06:00,820 -One, two, three. -[chuckles] 113 00:06:00,904 --> 00:06:06,284 Oh, Harriet, so glad you're here. Mr. Gibbs and I were just having a waltz. 114 00:06:06,368 --> 00:06:08,286 Would you girls care to join us? 115 00:06:08,370 --> 00:06:12,040 Come on, Janie. It's high time you learned a few graces. 116 00:06:12,123 --> 00:06:15,210 -One, two, three. One, two, three. -[grunts, yelps] 117 00:06:15,293 --> 00:06:17,921 One, two, three. One, two, three. 118 00:06:18,004 --> 00:06:19,673 One, two, three. 119 00:06:19,756 --> 00:06:23,134 All right, all right, enough. I'll go to dancing school. 120 00:06:23,969 --> 00:06:27,597 [music continues] 121 00:06:30,183 --> 00:06:31,268 [music fades] 122 00:06:32,852 --> 00:06:37,691 [groans] It itches. Ow! Why does it itch? This thing is made out of ants. 123 00:06:38,358 --> 00:06:39,985 I feel like a poodle. 124 00:06:41,027 --> 00:06:42,988 This is the worst day of my life. 125 00:06:43,071 --> 00:06:44,447 [sighs] 126 00:06:44,531 --> 00:06:47,951 It'll all be over soon. You ready for the counter-oath? 127 00:06:51,121 --> 00:06:52,122 [both cluck] 128 00:06:52,205 --> 00:06:54,040 [blows raspberry] 129 00:06:54,124 --> 00:06:56,001 [blows raspberry] 130 00:06:59,921 --> 00:07:06,136 School dancing attend ever, ever, never to promise, Welsch M. Harriet, I. 131 00:07:06,219 --> 00:07:11,016 School dancing attend ever, ever, never to promise, Gibbs Janie, I. 132 00:07:11,099 --> 00:07:14,519 Whoa. Our first counter-oath. I feel dizzy. 133 00:07:18,899 --> 00:07:19,941 [snickers] 134 00:07:20,025 --> 00:07:21,610 [laughs] 135 00:07:25,238 --> 00:07:29,659 Ow, it's like having hooves. Who can walk in these things? 136 00:07:29,743 --> 00:07:30,952 Oh, right. 137 00:07:32,037 --> 00:07:34,080 Who said you could look at me? 138 00:07:37,626 --> 00:07:39,044 Silence, children! 139 00:07:41,004 --> 00:07:44,216 I am Mr. Dubois, your dance instructor. 140 00:07:45,926 --> 00:07:46,968 What's your name? 141 00:07:47,052 --> 00:07:48,970 Harriet M. Welsch. 142 00:07:52,599 --> 00:07:54,184 I do love a project. 143 00:08:00,315 --> 00:08:02,442 Relax your shoulders. 144 00:08:02,525 --> 00:08:04,361 Your hand placement is too low. 145 00:08:05,028 --> 00:08:07,030 Feet shoulder width apart. 146 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,950 Excellent, Miss Hawthorne. 147 00:08:10,033 --> 00:08:15,121 This is posture, and it speaks volumes. 148 00:08:15,205 --> 00:08:18,792 Why, by looking at a person's posture, I can tell you many things. 149 00:08:18,875 --> 00:08:22,587 Their confidence, class, kindness, spirit… 150 00:08:22,671 --> 00:08:27,092 It'd be quicker to list the things good posture can't say about a person. 151 00:08:27,592 --> 00:08:31,096 Miss Welsch, straighten up. You're not the Hunchback of Notre Dame. 152 00:08:31,763 --> 00:08:35,850 I can't help it. Pinky's too short. I have to bend over. 153 00:08:42,148 --> 00:08:44,192 Very good, Miss Gibbs. 154 00:08:45,485 --> 00:08:48,363 [Harriet] What was she doing? Why was she smiling? 155 00:08:48,446 --> 00:08:51,700 That's when I realized it must be part of her plan. 156 00:08:51,783 --> 00:08:54,411 Of course. Become the teacher's pet, 157 00:08:54,494 --> 00:08:57,455 earn his trust, then blow it up from the inside. 158 00:08:57,539 --> 00:08:59,374 It was only a matter of time. 159 00:08:59,958 --> 00:09:02,544 -[music plays] -One, two, three. One, two, three. 160 00:09:02,627 --> 00:09:04,296 One, two, three. 161 00:09:04,379 --> 00:09:07,340 [Harriet] Problem was, Janie's plan was taking way too long. 162 00:09:07,424 --> 00:09:08,425 Janie. 163 00:09:09,092 --> 00:09:10,802 Ow! Harriet! 164 00:09:10,886 --> 00:09:13,179 -What? -You're stepping on my toes. 165 00:09:15,348 --> 00:09:16,349 Miss Welsch. 166 00:09:16,433 --> 00:09:18,977 My back is straight. 167 00:09:19,728 --> 00:09:23,648 You're ahead of the beat. Follow Mr. Whitehead's lead. 168 00:09:24,441 --> 00:09:25,942 It's the gloves' fault. 169 00:09:26,026 --> 00:09:29,988 They're itching my hands and it's trickling down to my feet. 170 00:09:30,071 --> 00:09:31,197 Stop! 171 00:09:33,116 --> 00:09:35,452 You must not remove your gloves. 172 00:09:35,535 --> 00:09:37,329 But what about the itch? 173 00:09:37,412 --> 00:09:39,581 They are not for your comfort, Miss Welsch. 174 00:09:39,664 --> 00:09:44,252 They're to protect you from your partner's grubby, sweaty, germ-infected hands. 175 00:09:50,008 --> 00:09:51,218 [groans] 176 00:09:54,638 --> 00:09:56,556 Purple Socks, I'm cutting in. 177 00:09:57,182 --> 00:09:59,309 I can't take another minute of this. 178 00:10:00,727 --> 00:10:01,728 What's the plan? 179 00:10:01,811 --> 00:10:04,231 [stammers] I don't know how to explain this. 180 00:10:04,314 --> 00:10:08,401 -Then the plan's too complicated. -[stammers] I kinda like dancing. 181 00:10:08,985 --> 00:10:10,695 No, you don't. 182 00:10:10,779 --> 00:10:12,405 Yeah, I do. 183 00:10:12,489 --> 00:10:14,950 -But you always hated it. -Because I never tried it. 184 00:10:15,033 --> 00:10:17,911 Miss Welsch, return to your partner at once. 185 00:10:17,994 --> 00:10:19,287 [groans] 186 00:10:20,872 --> 00:10:24,376 -Come on, Pinky. -[stammers] But I'm supposed to lead. 187 00:10:24,459 --> 00:10:26,253 Well, then lead. That way. 188 00:10:26,336 --> 00:10:27,587 [music resumes] 189 00:10:30,674 --> 00:10:34,511 Psst. Janie. You were right about the oath. Breaking it was-- [yelps] 190 00:10:34,594 --> 00:10:36,304 Circle back, circle back! 191 00:10:36,388 --> 00:10:41,101 …a big mistake. I want to restore it. Maybe we can invent a counter-- [groans] 192 00:10:42,811 --> 00:10:44,479 Watch where you are going. 193 00:10:44,563 --> 00:10:46,648 But you told me not to look at you. 194 00:10:48,942 --> 00:10:52,195 A counter-counter-oath. Let's do a counter-counter-oath. 195 00:10:52,279 --> 00:10:54,531 No. I'm happy we broke the oath. 196 00:10:54,614 --> 00:10:57,200 I never would have tried dancing otherwise. 197 00:10:57,742 --> 00:11:00,579 -But-- But-- Come here, you. -[yelps, grunts] 198 00:11:00,662 --> 00:11:01,788 Whoa! 199 00:11:02,455 --> 00:11:03,623 [loud thud] 200 00:11:03,707 --> 00:11:04,708 Miss Welsch! 201 00:11:04,791 --> 00:11:09,129 You are leading, not following like young ladies are supposed to. 202 00:11:09,921 --> 00:11:12,632 What? Only boys can lead? Why? 203 00:11:12,716 --> 00:11:17,804 This is how it is always done because boys are bigger and stronger. 204 00:11:17,888 --> 00:11:20,557 But she's like twice as big as me. 205 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:21,933 You'll get bigger. 206 00:11:22,017 --> 00:11:23,310 You haven't met my dad. 207 00:11:23,393 --> 00:11:26,313 It's not fair. Girls can lead too. 208 00:11:26,396 --> 00:11:27,439 Right, Janie? 209 00:11:30,358 --> 00:11:33,820 [Harriet] Okay, so I couldn't count on Janie at the moment. 210 00:11:33,904 --> 00:11:39,075 But when she saw what I was about to do, well, she'd have my back. 211 00:11:41,161 --> 00:11:46,041 Come on, everybody, cut loose. There are no rules. 212 00:11:46,124 --> 00:11:48,668 [scatting] 213 00:11:52,339 --> 00:11:55,091 Girls can lead, and you don't need a partner, 214 00:11:55,175 --> 00:11:58,803 and you don't need blisters! 215 00:12:00,722 --> 00:12:01,806 [gasps] 216 00:12:01,890 --> 00:12:04,017 Cut this nonsense immediately. 217 00:12:05,185 --> 00:12:10,315 This isn't nonsense, Mr. Dubois. This is a revolution! 218 00:12:10,398 --> 00:12:14,527 Throw away the shackles of tradition. Express yourselves. 219 00:12:14,611 --> 00:12:16,988 Beth Ellen, you know you want to. 220 00:12:19,366 --> 00:12:20,367 Pinky? 221 00:12:20,784 --> 00:12:21,785 [sniffs] 222 00:12:21,868 --> 00:12:25,872 That is not where your hand goes, Mr. Whitehead. Wash it immediately. 223 00:12:25,956 --> 00:12:26,957 [sniffs] 224 00:12:28,291 --> 00:12:29,292 Janie? 225 00:12:47,894 --> 00:12:50,188 [Harriet] Sport, I need your help. 226 00:12:50,272 --> 00:12:52,190 Hey, I'm in the middle of practice. 227 00:12:52,274 --> 00:12:54,693 But I need the keeper of the oaths. 228 00:12:54,776 --> 00:12:56,319 Oh. 229 00:12:56,403 --> 00:12:57,445 One sec. 230 00:12:59,656 --> 00:13:01,992 Coach, I gotta use the restroom. 231 00:13:02,075 --> 00:13:05,370 [whispers] Hey, come on. The oath book's at the bottom of my locker. 232 00:13:08,164 --> 00:13:10,292 It's not here. You said it was here. 233 00:13:15,338 --> 00:13:18,049 Secret compartment. Nice. 234 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,304 Okay, Sport, listen up. 235 00:13:22,387 --> 00:13:25,056 I did a counter-oath and it was a big mistake. 236 00:13:25,140 --> 00:13:28,184 -And now I have to find-- -[Coach] Sport, get back here. 237 00:13:28,268 --> 00:13:30,103 I need to get back to practice. 238 00:13:31,354 --> 00:13:33,398 [panting] 239 00:13:33,481 --> 00:13:35,525 Hey, you find anything helpful? 240 00:13:35,609 --> 00:13:36,776 -No. -[grunts] 241 00:13:37,777 --> 00:13:40,280 Who was your witness when you did the counter-oath? 242 00:13:40,363 --> 00:13:43,158 Counter-oaths don't need witnesses. Do they? 243 00:13:43,783 --> 00:13:47,662 Yes, they do. Page 27, article four, section B. 244 00:13:47,746 --> 00:13:49,247 Sport, defense! 245 00:13:54,377 --> 00:13:55,879 Ah. 246 00:13:58,590 --> 00:13:59,591 Janie. 247 00:14:00,759 --> 00:14:02,802 Sport, what are you doing here? 248 00:14:02,886 --> 00:14:04,346 We gotta talk. 249 00:14:05,305 --> 00:14:07,974 "Like any other oath, a counter-oath must have a witness. 250 00:14:08,058 --> 00:14:10,560 Without one, it's invalid. Therefore--" 251 00:14:10,644 --> 00:14:13,021 Our counter-oath was invalid. 252 00:14:13,104 --> 00:14:16,733 Yep. No dancing school. Never, ever, ever. 253 00:14:16,816 --> 00:14:19,986 -But we already started. -You need to find a way out. 254 00:14:20,070 --> 00:14:23,615 I say we head back in there, go berserko and get kicked out for good. 255 00:14:23,698 --> 00:14:26,534 That way the oath is never in danger again. 256 00:14:26,618 --> 00:14:31,164 Or we could redo the counter-oath, right here, with Sport as our witness. 257 00:14:31,248 --> 00:14:36,378 No, if we do that we'd be defending a rule that says girls can't lead. 258 00:14:39,297 --> 00:14:40,298 [sighs] 259 00:14:40,382 --> 00:14:42,175 Is this really what you want? 260 00:14:46,012 --> 00:14:49,099 All right. An oath is an oath. 261 00:14:53,228 --> 00:14:57,274 Miss Welsch, I appreciate the attitude adjustment. 262 00:14:57,357 --> 00:14:58,525 Mm-hmm. 263 00:14:59,985 --> 00:15:01,111 So what's the plan? 264 00:15:01,611 --> 00:15:03,405 Ask Pinky to ask you to dance. 265 00:15:04,781 --> 00:15:05,782 Hmm. 266 00:15:07,367 --> 00:15:09,077 Pinky, ask me to dance. 267 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,915 -Um, okay. Wait, is this a trap? -Pinky! 268 00:15:13,999 --> 00:15:16,001 May I have this dance? 269 00:15:17,085 --> 00:15:18,336 My pleasure. 270 00:15:20,922 --> 00:15:25,969 She's surrendered to the joys of dance. They always do. 271 00:15:28,805 --> 00:15:29,931 What now? 272 00:15:39,274 --> 00:15:40,859 Put those back on! 273 00:15:44,988 --> 00:15:46,114 [whimpers] 274 00:15:47,741 --> 00:15:48,992 The germs. 275 00:15:51,119 --> 00:15:52,370 The coarseness! 276 00:15:54,497 --> 00:15:56,833 The horror! 277 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,921 I knew this was a trap. 278 00:16:02,047 --> 00:16:04,841 You two. Go. 279 00:16:05,592 --> 00:16:09,137 -Did you see his face? [laughs] -[pants, sighs] 280 00:16:09,221 --> 00:16:10,764 Hey, wanna get egg creams? 281 00:16:10,847 --> 00:16:13,099 I don't start my spy route till 4:00. 282 00:16:13,183 --> 00:16:15,977 -Is dance really so terrible? -Huh? 283 00:16:16,061 --> 00:16:19,314 Or is it only terrible because you're bad at it and I'm good? 284 00:16:19,397 --> 00:16:22,651 [stammers] It's terrible for a million reasons, 285 00:16:22,734 --> 00:16:25,362 but mostly because girls have to follow boys. 286 00:16:25,445 --> 00:16:26,863 How can you accept that? 287 00:16:26,947 --> 00:16:28,907 Because I'm used to it. 288 00:16:28,990 --> 00:16:32,452 You always lead, and I always follow. And I'm sick of it. 289 00:16:32,535 --> 00:16:33,912 I don't always lead. 290 00:16:33,995 --> 00:16:34,996 Yes, you do. 291 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:41,545 Oh. Said the girl who stormed off leaving her best friend behind. 292 00:16:43,588 --> 00:16:45,423 [birds chirping] 293 00:16:45,507 --> 00:16:48,093 [Harriet] To take my mind off the Janie situation, 294 00:16:48,176 --> 00:16:51,346 I went to go spy on Mr. Withers and his 26 cats. 295 00:16:51,930 --> 00:16:54,683 Unfortunately, my mind had other ideas. 296 00:16:55,517 --> 00:16:58,812 Do you know why you're all my best friends? 297 00:16:58,895 --> 00:17:00,146 [cats] Why? 298 00:17:00,230 --> 00:17:04,651 Because you always listen to me, are always loyal 299 00:17:04,734 --> 00:17:08,237 and never in a million years go to dance class. 300 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:12,617 I don't want to be loyal. You always lead. 301 00:17:13,785 --> 00:17:14,869 I wanna dance. 302 00:17:15,996 --> 00:17:18,372 Why do we always have to do things your way? 303 00:17:18,456 --> 00:17:19,958 [all] Yeah. 304 00:17:22,627 --> 00:17:24,504 [waltz playing] 305 00:17:26,590 --> 00:17:29,718 [Harriet] I don't always lead. Do I? 306 00:17:29,801 --> 00:17:33,179 I'd happily follow Janie. I'd follow her anywhere. 307 00:17:33,263 --> 00:17:34,764 Well, not off a cliff. 308 00:17:34,848 --> 00:17:37,851 Dance is like a cliff I won't follow Janie off of. 309 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:43,481 I mean, dance is like a cliff off of which I won't follow Janie. 310 00:17:43,565 --> 00:17:45,984 Which is better English but sounds weird. 311 00:17:51,323 --> 00:17:52,532 Hello, Harriet. 312 00:17:52,616 --> 00:17:53,992 May I speak to Janie? 313 00:17:54,075 --> 00:17:56,036 I don't think she wants to speak to you. 314 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,581 And after what you did in dancing class, I don't blame her. 315 00:18:00,707 --> 00:18:01,708 [sighs] 316 00:18:01,791 --> 00:18:02,792 Okay. 317 00:18:05,253 --> 00:18:08,882 [Harriet] Mrs. Gibbs was not going to keep me and Janie apart. 318 00:18:11,468 --> 00:18:13,845 Our friendship was at stake here. 319 00:18:19,309 --> 00:18:22,145 We needed to talk things out. I'd explain myself, 320 00:18:22,229 --> 00:18:25,607 tell her that leading was tough, but she could do it. 321 00:18:25,690 --> 00:18:27,692 [waltz plays] 322 00:18:33,198 --> 00:18:36,743 Wow. She was really good. 323 00:18:36,826 --> 00:18:39,621 And happy in a way I'd never seen before. 324 00:18:41,581 --> 00:18:46,628 I knew what I had to do, and I did not like it one bit. 325 00:18:47,462 --> 00:18:50,382 One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two-- 326 00:18:51,675 --> 00:18:56,096 -Miss Welsch? I thought I told you-- -Everything that happened was my idea. 327 00:18:56,179 --> 00:18:59,641 Janie didn't want to sabotage your class. I made her do it. 328 00:19:01,518 --> 00:19:03,311 What on earth are you wearing? 329 00:19:04,271 --> 00:19:06,815 -You have to readmit her. -No. 330 00:19:06,898 --> 00:19:10,026 Please. She loves dance and she's good at it. 331 00:19:10,110 --> 00:19:11,111 I said no. 332 00:19:12,237 --> 00:19:13,947 I'll do anything. 333 00:19:14,030 --> 00:19:15,282 Anything? 334 00:19:16,866 --> 00:19:21,079 [Harriet] If you ever wanna make a deal, never agree to the word "anything." 335 00:19:22,831 --> 00:19:26,126 Tsk, tsk, tsk. It's wrinkled. Start over. 336 00:19:27,586 --> 00:19:28,587 [sighs] 337 00:19:29,296 --> 00:19:34,009 [Harriet] The good news is, the next day, Mr. Dubois let Janie back in the class. 338 00:19:38,138 --> 00:19:39,139 Hey. 339 00:19:39,639 --> 00:19:40,640 Hey. 340 00:19:40,724 --> 00:19:45,270 So it was pretty good how I got Mr. Dubois to let you back in, huh? 341 00:19:47,022 --> 00:19:52,819 What I meant to say was, uh, about earlier, 342 00:19:52,903 --> 00:19:54,446 I'm sorry. 343 00:19:55,655 --> 00:19:57,449 [scoffs] Can we cut the chitchat? 344 00:19:57,532 --> 00:20:00,035 My hands are getting a little germy over here. 345 00:20:02,203 --> 00:20:06,082 [Harriet] I thought that saying sorry was supposed to make everything better. 346 00:20:06,166 --> 00:20:08,501 But maybe that wasn't always true. 347 00:20:09,252 --> 00:20:10,337 [waltz plays] 348 00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:12,839 When it finally came time for the dance recital, 349 00:20:12,923 --> 00:20:18,178 I politely sat in the audience and, to mingle a line from good old Mr. Dubois, 350 00:20:18,261 --> 00:20:21,848 surrendered to the joy of watching Janie dance. 351 00:20:21,932 --> 00:20:24,226 I ironed the gloves. 352 00:20:25,977 --> 00:20:27,354 What's the matter? 353 00:20:27,437 --> 00:20:28,980 I wish you were out there. 354 00:20:32,859 --> 00:20:34,861 [Harriet groans] Dancing school. 355 00:20:34,945 --> 00:20:38,531 The only good thing about it was that Marion wasn't the best. 356 00:20:42,244 --> 00:20:43,453 Janie was. 357 00:21:09,312 --> 00:21:12,148 Miss Welsch, may I have this dance? 358 00:21:12,232 --> 00:21:13,650 Uh, what? 359 00:21:13,733 --> 00:21:15,569 Janie, what are you doing? 360 00:21:15,652 --> 00:21:17,445 Asking Harriet to dance. 361 00:21:18,029 --> 00:21:20,031 I can't. I'm terrible. 362 00:21:20,115 --> 00:21:22,742 Just follow my lead for once. 363 00:21:23,368 --> 00:21:25,287 It would be my pleasure. 364 00:21:29,124 --> 00:21:31,793 No! Miss Welsch, Miss Gibbs. Stop this! 365 00:21:33,670 --> 00:21:35,755 Mrs. Welsch, Mrs. Gibbs! 366 00:21:35,839 --> 00:21:37,924 [chuckles] Well, at least they're dancing. 367 00:21:38,008 --> 00:21:39,175 [laughs] 368 00:21:39,259 --> 00:21:40,552 That's true. 369 00:21:42,596 --> 00:21:45,265 Ow! Harriet, you're stepping on my toes. 370 00:21:45,348 --> 00:21:46,975 I told you I'm bad at this. 371 00:21:47,058 --> 00:21:48,059 [both snicker] 372 00:21:48,143 --> 00:21:52,856 Hey, I've been thinking, and I wanna make another oath. 373 00:21:52,939 --> 00:21:55,233 To not make any more oaths? 374 00:21:55,317 --> 00:21:57,193 You read my mind. 375 00:22:08,955 --> 00:22:11,458 -Miss Hansen! What are you doing? -[audience gasps] 376 00:22:14,127 --> 00:22:15,253 Mr. Whitehead! 377 00:22:16,213 --> 00:22:21,551 Never mind. Go ahead, dance. Just don't take off your gloves. 378 00:22:24,346 --> 00:22:26,431 [Harriet] Ole Golly was right. 379 00:22:26,514 --> 00:22:30,060 You have to know everything if you're going to be a writer. 380 00:22:30,143 --> 00:22:33,438 And even though I never really learned how to dance, 381 00:22:33,521 --> 00:22:35,148 I learned something better, 382 00:22:35,232 --> 00:22:40,153 that a best friend has to know when to lead and when to follow.