DEGRASSI: GLORY DAYS - S01E19 - BAD MOON RISING
1. Int. Hallway. Morning.
Trish and Kat are by their lockers, getting books out
Trish:
Can we rehearse it again after school?
Kat:
Don´t you think you have it down by now?
Trish:
It´s the most important monologue of my life. I want everything to go right.
Kat:
Are you nervous?
Trish:
Of telling my dad the one thing, I know he doesn´t want to hear?
Kat:
That.
Trish:
Terrified. At the same time, I can´t wait to get it over with.
Kat:
Half my bed is there waiting for you, if he can´t accept it.
Michelle comes up to them, looking chipper.
Michelle:
Guess who´s coming to Zeppelin with you guys?
Trish:
Congratulations.
Kat:
I thought they were sold out?
Michelle:
I know a guy, who knows a guy.
Kat:
I thought you were strapped for cash.
Michelle:
I´ve found a way to make enough money, that I can pay rent, eat, have fun and keep my car.
Trish:
Pray tell?
Michelle:
People here talk too much. I´ll tell you later.
Kat:
It isn´t illegal, is it?
Michelle:
It´s perfectly legal. Why do you always think the worst of me?
They head to class.
OPENING CREDITS
2. Int. Classroom. Morning.
Mr. Watson is handing back tests.
Watson:
I´m getting worried for some of you. Finals start next month and some of you ...
He looks directly at Mike and Dexter as he hands them their papers.
Watson:
Will have to seriously shape up, unless they want to spend the next year here. I know I´m charming company, but the goal here is for you to graduate, so you can move on with your lives.
He gives Ruby and Trish their papers with a smile.
Watson:
Well done, girls.
Ruby and Trish smile, when they see that they both got an A plus.
Mike and Dexter have little to celebrate about. Mike received a D, while Dexter received a D minus.
3. Int. Classroom. Morning.
Class has ended. Dexter isn´t moving from his seat so far. Ruby comes over to him.
Ruby:
Are you coming?
Dexter:
I have a few questions for Watson.
Ruby:
Alright.
Dexter gets up after the rest of the students have left. Watson is about to leave too.
Dexter:
Can I ask you something?
Watson:
Of course.
Dexter:
Why are you down grading me all of a sudden?
Watson:
The quality of your work has dropped severely this past school year.
Dexter:
A D Minus! That means I´m dumber than Mike!
Watson:
Not necessarily. It only means that your report was worse than his.
Dexter:
This brings my entire average down! I have to get good marks for the rest of the year and my finals, or I´m gonna flunk because of you!
Watson:
It isn´t my fault, that your work has been lagging.
Dexter:
I think you´re doing this because you´re a racist!
Watson:
That´s not the case, Dexter.
Dexter:
You can´t stand seeing a young black man on the verge of success and you sabotage me!
Watson:
I´d stop it with the accusations, if I were you. Take it up with the principal, if you want to file a complaint.
Dexter:
You better believe, I´m taking it up with him!
Watson leaves the class room, hardly worked up in any way. Dexter tries to calm himself down.
4. Int. Hallway. Morning.
Dexter and Troy are walking up the hallway. Dexter is still trying to calm down.
Troy:
Are you gonna tell me what happened?
Dexter:
Do you know how to file a complaint with the principal?
Troy:
I´m pretty sure you just go to him and say "I want to file a complaint, please". What do you want to complain over?
Dexter:
My English grade. Watson is a racist. That´s why he´s been giving me bad grades.
Troy:
You know he helped organize anti-racism rallys back in the 60´s, right?
Dexter seems surprised, but is dead set on hanging on to his opinion.
Dexter:
I didn´t, but it doesn´t matter. Why would he give me bad marks, if it isn´t to hold me down? He didn´t use to.
Troy:
Why don´t you let me read it over first? I´ll let you know, if there´s anything to it.
Dexter:
I guess there´s no harm to it.
Troy:
If I agree with you, I´ll go along to the principal.
Dexter hands him the paper.
5. Ext. Degrassi. Day.
Michelle, Kat and Trish are sitting a bit away from the school, where no one can hear them.
Michelle:
You´re probably wondering why I´ve been ms. Secretive lately.
Kat:
It has crossed my mind a thousand times.
Michelle:
I was embarrassed to tell you, what I´ve been doing. I´ve been doing some modelling to make money.
Trish:
That´s great! You didn´t have to be embarrassed over that!
Kat:
Who are you modelling for?
Trish:
Is it someone famous?
Michelle:
Not yet, but perhaps he will be some day. The reason I´m a bit embarrassed, is because it´s nude modelling.
Trish and Kat look surprised to say the least.
Trish:
Nude modelling?
Kat:
As in, with no clothes on?
Michelle:
"Art photographs of the female form" is what he calls it. He takes pictures of me and another girl in various poses.
Trish and Kat are trying to let it sink in.
Michelle:
It´s not pornography, if that´s what you´re thinking.
Trish:
Because it´s artsy?
Michelle:
Exactly! I knew you´d understand!
Kat:
How much does he pay you?
Michelle:
Two hundred per shoot.
Trish:
What happens to the pictures?
Michelle:
He has a publisher, he sells them to. I don´t know how much he makes, but he seems to be doing alright.
Kat:
Ehm, that´s nice, Michelle. Aren´t you supposed to be 18, before he can legally take "art photographs" of you?
Michelle:
He says that´s only if they´re being published in North America. They have different rules in Europe, apparently.
Trish:
I´m not sure, that´s true.
Michelle:
Would you two quit bumming me out and be happy for me? I found a way out of my problems!
Kat:
You don´t care that people will see you naked?
Michelle:
No one here is gonna know. What do I care if some guy in Portugal or Belgium is jacking off to me?
Trish:
I would, if it were me!
Michelle:
Then it´s a good thing, you´re not me, isn´t it?
She looks at her wristwatch.
Michelle:
Class beckons. We don´t wanna set Kendricks off again.
The head back towards the school. Kat and Trish look at each other with concern for Michelle painted all over their faces.
6. Ext. Cafeteria. Day.
The cafeteria is more or less empty, except for Troy and Dexter. Troy finishes reading Dexter´s report. He puts it down and Dexter looks anxious to hear his opinion.
Dexter:
Tell me, I´m right?
Troy:
I can´t.
Dexter:
Not you too?
Troy:
I think he was nice, not to give you an F.
Dexter gets up and kicks his chair away.
Dexter:
Stop kidding!
Troy:
I´m not. You get factual things wrong, the grammar is a mess and there´s lots of spelling errors. You asked for my honest opinion.
Dexter grabs his paper.
Dexter:
Screw you, Troy!
Troy:
If you ask Watson nicely, maybe he´ll give you an extension. You´ll lose a grade automatically, but it can only go better, right?
Dexter:
You don´t know what you´re talking about!
Troy:
Why can´t you accept, that you wrote a bad paper?
Dexter:
Because it ruins everything! Me and Ruby have a plan and nothing is getting in the way of it!
He storms out. Troy tries to gather himself.
7. Int. Bathroom. Day.
Michelle is sitting in a stall. She gets a small bag with a tiny bit of Cocaine out from her bra. He puts a little on the back of her hand and quickly snorts it. She tucks the rest of it back inside her bra. She gets up and opens the door. She walks over to the sink and bends over to splash some water in her face. She doesn´t notice that her Cocaine falls out of her bra. Ruby comes in. Michelle notices the baggie and puts her foot on it, but her sudden movement makes water splash everywhere, including on Ruby.
Ruby:
Watch your spasms!
Michelle:
I´m sorry.
She turns the water off.
Ruby:
At least, it´s only water, right?
Michelle:
Did you get wet?
Ruby:
Only a little bit. Ooh. Have you seen your pants?
Michelle looks down on her jeans. Anyone who didn´t know better would think, she´d peed herself.
Michelle:
Damn!
Ruby:
Tough luck, Sista.
Ruby steps in to the stall and closes it behind her. Michelle moves her foot and picks up her baggie. This time she sticks it in her panties in stead. She tries to dry herself off with a towel, but it´s no use.
8. Int. Hallway. Day.
Michelle comes out from the bathroom, trying to hide her pants with a book, while looking very embarrassed. Trish and Kat were waiting for her.
Kat:
Don´t tell me, you didn´t get there in time?
Michelle:
I got a jump scare while I was washing my hands and water went everywhere!
Trish tries hard not to giggle.
Michelle:
It´s a tragedy, it´s not funny!
Trish:
Sorry.
Kat:
Did the one who scared you get wet?
Michelle:
I got the worst of it. At least I have my gym shorts!
Trish and Kat try to shade her as they move along. Other students laugh, when they see them.
9. Int. Classroom. Day.
Pete Daltrey is about to start music class, when Michelle comes rushing in, now wearing her gym shorts in stead of her wet pants.
Pete:
Michelle, how good of you to join us.
Michelle:
I´m not late, am I?
Pete:
No, you made it time. I love your bold fashion statement, by the way.
Other students snicker and giggle as she makes her way past them to her seat.
10. Ext. Atrium. Day.
Dexter is sitting by himself in the Atrium, when Ruby comes out there.
Ruby:
Where have you been?
Dexter:
Sitting out here and thinking.
Ruby:
You missed class! Have you lost your mind?
Dexter:
Maybe I have.
Ruby:
What about our plan?
Dexter:
All I´ve been thinking about is our plan! It´s falling apart!
Ruby:
You think skipping class is the way to go?
Dexter:
What does it matter? I´ve become stupid.
Ruby:
What are you talking about? You´re smart.
Dexter:
Maybe I used to be. I´m not anymore.
Ruby:
Does this have to do, with that talk you had with Watson?
Dexter:
I told him, I didn´t think my grade was fair. I had Troy look at it and he said the same thing. I had the principal himself look at it and you know what he said?
Ruby:
What did he say?
Dexter:
That it´s one of the worst reports, he´s ever read. Three smart people all agree: I´m stupid.
Ruby sits down next to him.
Ruby:
You´re not stupid, because you wrote one sub-par report.
Dexter:
It´s not just in English. My grades have been slipping in every class this year.
Ruby:
I know you still do all your homework.
Dexter:
I do! I just can´t seem to translate it in to good grades anymore.
Ruby takes his hand.
Ruby:
We´ll get through this, like we do everything else.
Dexter:
Together.
He kisses her hand.
Ruby:
You have a smart girlfriend and she´s gonna ride you until you get every one of those answers right.
Dexter:
What would I do without you?
They get up and head back inside.
11. Int. Car. Day.
Michelle, Kat, Trish and Carl are in the car. Trish and Carl are in the back.
Michelle:
At least that´s the end of "Everyone stare at the weird girl in the gym shorts day".
Kat:
On the plus side, you´ve got plenty of material if you want to tease the next one, it happens to.
Michelle starts the engine up and "(I Can´t Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones starts up on the radio. Carl plays a little air guitar.
Carl (singing along):
Da-Da. Da-Da-Daaaa. Da-DA-Da.
Trish:
You play a mean air guitar.
Carl:
Tif says it´s what I do best.
Trish:
If only there was a career in it, huh?
Carl:
Actually me and Tif were thinking that you could make a toy, where you play along to music on a guitar.
Trish:
How is that different from playing guitar?
Carl:
It wouldn´t have strings or be as big as a real guitar. It would have buttons and levers like toys usually have and some kind of counter to tell you, how good you are at hitting the right notes at the right time.
Trish:
How would they know what to play?
Carl:
Here´s where it gets really brilliant. We sell it with a video tape with songs to play along to and a cartridge with a microchip in it, you put in the toy. When you start the tape and the toy at the same time, it will know when you have to play what. The TV screen then shows you what to play. When you get tired of playing along to those songs, you buy a new tape and cartridge and presto! You have a new challenge.
Trish:
It´s a shame so few people have VCR´s, other wise I think it´s a great idea.
Carl:
I came up with the idea of using a guitar as a toy, but Tif came up with most of it.
Kat:
Maybe you two will become inventors in the future.
Michelle:
If you can come up with a machine that does your laundry, folds it neatly and puts it in your drawers, I think you´d have a winner.
Carl:
I know it is a bit out there, but it´s a fun idea.
Michelle:
Where to?
Kat:
My house.
Carl:
You can drop me off at Kat´s house. I´ll walk from there.
Michelle:
Mind if I come?
There´s a moment of awkward silence.
Kat:
I guess.
Michelle:
Are you guys doing something, I´m not supposed to know about?
Trish:
Like what?
Michelle:
I don´t know. You just reacted a little weird.
Trish:
You must be imagining things.
Michelle starts backing.
12. Ext. Football Field. Day.
Ruby is with the cheerleaders.
Ruby:
We have one more game to show everyone what we´ve got.
Tif raises her hand.
Ruby:
What is it?
Tif:
Where´s Trish?
Ruby:
She had important things to do.
Tif:
Why does she get to skip practice?
The other cheerleaders seem unhappy about this as well.
Ruby:
What am I gonna do? Fire her two weeks before the last game?
Tif:
That doesn´t make it fair! If any of us missed practice, we´d get chewed out for it.
Kelly:
Just because you feel guilty for being mean to her, doesn´t mean she deserves preferential treatment.
Ruby:
I don´t feel guilty!
Tif:
Like anyone here buys that.
Ruby steps up to Tif, who looks very small compared to Ruby, but stares back at her defiantly.
Ruby:
You´re not as indispensable, as you think, little missy! Anything more, you feel the need to add?
Tif wants to answer back, but keeps her mouth shut.
Ruby:
Let´s get to work.
We cut to the field, where a passing drill is going on at around the 20 yard line. The offensive players huddle up. The new quarterback Brian looks at the list of plays, taped to his forearm.
Brian:
Blue 46. Two.
They line up.
Brian:
Hut. Hut.
The center snaps the ball to him and the play is underway. Dexter runs as fast as he can down the field, while Troy and Barry help buy Brian time. Brian fires off a big spiral down the middle. Dexter makes his turn shortly before the back line and catches the ball, but slams hard in to the goal post. He lies there for several seconds, until he slowly begins to move. His team mates come rushing to check on him.
Brian:
I was way off with that pass. Sorry, man.
Dexter:
II caught it, didn´t I?
Troy and Barry help him to stand up. Coach Dungy puts up tree fingers in front of him.
Dungy:
How many fingers do you see?
Dexter tries to focus his eyes, but is clearly having problems with it.
Dexter:
Two? No, three. I meant three.
Dungy looks a little sceptic.
Dungy:
Maybe you should sit the rest of practice out.
Dexter:
I´m fine. See?
He slaps the side of his helmet a few times.
Dexter:
Still firmly attached. We have a championship to win, don´t we?
Dungy:
That we do! Back to work, boys!
Troy looks worried about Dexter, who´s on shaky legs.
13. Int. Car. Day.
Michelle is driving Trish home. "Tequila Sunrise" by The Eagles is playing on the radio.
Michelle:
They´re singing about taking a shot of courage. You look like you could use one right now.
Trish:
Is it that obvious?
Michelle:
Are you gonna tell me, what´s going on with you?
Trish:
I have to tell my dad something. Something, he won´t like to hear.
Michelle:
Did you get an F or something?
Trish:
It´s worse. If I tell you something private, do you promise to keep it a secret?
Michelle:
Cross my heart and hope to die.
Trish:
I lost my virginity to a girl named Courtney, when me and Kat were in Seattle.
Michelle looks surprised, but can´t help smiling a little bit.
Trish:
Are you gonna say something?
Michelle:
It´s just, I sort of already knew you liked girls.
Trish:
How?
Michelle:
I don´t know how, but I always got that vibe from you. You not dating or flirting with any guys in all the time I´ve known you, was another clue.
Trish:
He´s gonna hate me for it, I just know it.
Michelle:
I for one am happy for you. The guys around here are the worst. Except for Carl. If I could make a clone of him, that´s two years older, I would be set.
Trish can´t help smiling a little bit.
Michelle:
What about Kat? Does she "swing that way"?
Trish:
I think you need to ask her that.
Michelle:
She does, doesn´t she?
Trish doesn´t say anything at first.
Trish:
You can´t tell her, you got it from me.
Michelle:
I knew it! No teenage girl can go three years without any action, kid or not! Has she slept with anyone, I know?
Trish:
She´s non practicing, so to speak.
Michelle:
That´s a shame! She should have all the love in her life, she can handle.
Trish:
It takes a while for some of us to get there.
Michelle:
Doesn´t it feel better to be out now?
Trish:
It´ll feel much better, once I know my dad is okay with it.
Trish looks determined.
CLOSING CREDITS