"Excuse me, Lorraine." "I must speak toJerry Mitchell immediately." "What has happened here is so heinous, I almost can't bear to show it to you." "I can take it." "Oh, God." "It isn't just vandalism, Jerry." "We're talking about grand theft." "Look." "Look at this." "Our weekly earnings are gone." "But I thought grand theft was if you stole $500 or more." "This is so stupid." "Why would anybody... do something like this?" "Goddamn it!" "Maybe it was some sort of freak accident." "Accident?" "[Chuckles]" "You gotta be kidding me." "Look at the place." "Look at it!" "It's no accident." "As far as I am concerned, whoever did this is a criminal." "Whoever did this should be plucked out of our school... like a burgeoning cancerous growth deep inside the colon." "I couldn't agree with you more, sir." "G-Go on." "[Clock Ticking]" "Geez, man." "I lost you on the field." "What happened with Craig?" "He said he'd do it." "Did I tell you you were gonna live?" "When's he gonna do it?" "Lunch." "That's unbelievable!" "We gotta see this." "I gotta see this." "Come on!" "How you doin', Buddy?" " Do I know you?" " Played football against each other." "Oh, right." "You were the puss who always bled." "I hear you're givin' Jerry Mitchell a hard time." "Yeah." "It's gonna get even harder." "You... aren't gonna do shit to him." " Asshole." " [Bone Snapping]" "Shh." "[Gasping]" "[Retching]" "[Toilet Gurgles, Doesn't Flush]" "[Door Opens]" "Your face looks like nonfat milk." "Thanks." "Did Mr. Hypoglycemia eat any lunch?" "No." "Looks like you can forget about breakfast too." "So Buddy Revell kicked Craig Msattey's ass?" "He broke his face..." "literally." "At least we got your money back." "Where'd you get $450?" "You got the money back?" "Yeah." "Craig felt bad knowing' you were gonna get it even worse." "Anyway, he said he was gonna give me all of it, but I told him he deserved a hundred for his trouble." "You gave him $100?" "You didn't get all of it back?" "Well, no." "Not all of it." "The guy got two teeth punched out, not to mention a broken finger!" "Shit, Vincent, I need that money!" "Don't get pissed at me." "It's not my fault you hired Craig to beat up Buddy Revell." "Not your fault?" "This whole thing is your fault." "If you wouldn't have given me that assignment, I wouldn't be puking... while I wait to have my face rearranged by a psychopath!" "You didn't have to touch Revell in the bathroom, did you?" " Did I tell you to do that?" " Get outta here." "Just get outta here!" "You always have an excuse." "Just admit that you set me up." "Admit it!" "Look, I..." "Screw you, man!" "Here." "Take your sucking' blood money." "So you stole the 450 bucks from the student store, huh?" "I still don't understand why you didn't just leave." "I already tried." "Dolinski nailed me." "[Sighs] Besides, I can't leave today." "I'm under suspicion for possessing a concealed weapon." "What?" "Oh, never mind." "I'm tellin' you, there's no way out." "Remember how last summer we used to watch Gunsmoke reruns three times a day?" "Brei, what does that have to do with anything?" "Whenever a guy wanted to get out of a showdown, what did he do?" "I don't know." "He got himself thrown into jail, I guess." "Exactly." "What class do you have next period?" "English." "I have to do a book report." "That's perfect." "Do whatever you have to do, but don't leave that class without getting detention." "You get detention after school, nobody'll expect you to show up for the fight... and not even Buddy'll be able to touch you." "[Clock Ticking]" "[Woman] All right." "We're going to try and get through as many book reports as we can today." "Are there any volunteers?" "Yo." "Jerry." "All right." "Go ahead." "Let me ask you a question." "Why am I standing here?" "I mean, the whole point of books is that you read them." "Uh, the minute you start telling people about them." "That means they didn't read them." "Which means that book reports contribute to illiteracy, which is a real social problem." "Jerry, did you actually read a book?" "Would you gimme a break?" "Well, could we..." " I'm tryin' to make a point here." " Jerry..." "You don't think I could tell you about a book I read?" "Is that what you think?" "[Laughs]" "Jerry." "The book." "Fine." "The book." "Honey Goes to Hollywood." "[Coughs]" "It's a good read." "Fast, angry, sexual." "I was, uh..." "I was thinkin'about the syntax and how it affected the overall mood." "Particularly during the more..." "expository passages." "The fifth chapter... where Honey meets the whole Australian soccer team." "In fact, I gotta tell ya, it kinda made me think of you, Miss Farmer." "There I was, in bed, reading my book," "Honey's adventures gripping my imagination." "I just knew I had to tell you about a book that was this good." "Hey, Mama." "Jerry, I hope this is going somewhere." "It's going somewhere." "[Sizzling]" "What's your favorite book, Miss Farmer?" "What's the difference?" "It's important to me." "The Turn of the Screw." "What a coincidence." "Now, that's what I call a book report." "[Clock Ticking]" "Are we feeling more like ourselves, Mr. Mitchell?" "I understand you managed to avoid lunch today." "Not very smart for somebody who's hypoglycemic." " Cobbler?" " No, thank you." "Did Miss Farmer tell you where I'm supposed to report for detention?" "Detention?" "She didn't mention anything about detention." "But she did want me to tell you your book report was the best she had in any ofher classes." " What?" " She said if you don't make it back to class today... she would like you to call her at home this evening; here's her number." "You mean I'm not gonna have detention after school?" "Why, no." "You can go back to class as soon as you feel well enough." "Jerry." "Hi." "How you feeling?" "I heard about what happened in Miss Farmer's class." "Already?" "Listen," "I'm having a party tomorrow night and I was wondering if you'd like to come." "I'll try to make it." "I really will." "Great." "See you tomorrow night." "[Flicking Sound]" "Hello, Jerry." "Franny, what are you doing here?" "Don't you see?" "This is the perfect place." "The... perfect place?" "For us to bond." "Oh, Franny, this..." "this isn't such a good idea." "Why not?" "Today's been the worst day of my entire life, and I don't think that..." "bonding on a display table is gonna help much." "It will help, Jerry." "Um..." "M-Maybe I can think of something else." "Um..." "See you later?" "Mr. Rice." "What are you doing here?" "I think I should be asking you that question, Jerry." "I was just..." "I was just feeling a little low about all that's happened in here, and I thought I might come by and clean up a little bit." " Who is this kid?" " Jerry Mitchell." "I'm the student manager." "Mm-hmm." "Jerry, this is Lieutenant Mulvahill," "Juvenile Division, Sheriff's department." "[Bell Rings]" "Better get back to class, huh?" "Yeah." "I just want you to know..." "I have a strong suspicion this was an inside job." "Almost always is." "Can I go now?" "Yeah." "You can go." "[Ticking]" "[Guy] Like a lonely gunfighter he stands alone, his face etched with tension, his eyes filled with fear... as he waits for the inevitable bell of death to ring." "[Ringing]" "[Chattering]" "[Door Opens]" "[Door Opens]" "[Man] All right, take a seat over there byJerry Mitchell." "All right, people." "As you know, we're having a review quiz today." "Buddy, this shouldn't be too difficult for you." "It's a review of the last two chapters." "See where you left off in your old school." "[Ticking]" "You know how I feel about cheating, Jerry." "I despise it." "Let's go." "Both of you!" "Now!" "All right." "Which one of you..." "gentlemen want to explain this?" "Jerry?" "I hate to admit it, sir, but I was completely lost in the quiz." "You see..." "I was cheating off of Buddy." "Do you expect me to believe that?" "Yes, sir." "You two boys must think I'm very stupid." "But I believe you." "It's simple, Buddy." "All I want you to do is to complete two problems from this quiz." "You get them right, I'll know you boys are telling the truth." "Get them both wrong... we've got a problem." "Let's go, Buddy." "They're both right." "You knew the answers all along." "Can I go now?" "I'm disappointed in you, Jerry." "It's clear to me Buddy came to this school trying to make an effort." "And here, on his first day, you've taken advantage of him." "I'm sorry, sir." "I also want you to know... that I'm aware of both the incident in the student store... and your felonious possession of a concealed weapon." "This could mark the beginning of a very dangerous trend in your scholastic career, a trend that could have a severe effect on your future." "I'm going to be watching you, Jerry." "This isn't over yet." "No, sir." "I know it isn't." "Hey, Buddy?" "Can I talk to you for a minute?" "You really blew O'Rourke away in there, you know?" "I know you really didn't need my test answers or anything, but I kinda got the feeling like, I don't know, like we were a team in there." "I mean, maybe we could just forget this whole fight thing and be friends or something." "What do you think?" "You're never gonna learn, are you?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, no matter what you say or what you do, you and me are gonna fight when that bell rings at 3:00." "Can't we be friends?" "Can't we even try?" "I don't need friends." "Hey, wait a minute." "I can't fight you." "I don't know how to fight somebody like you." "Hey, do ya hear me?" "I can't do it!" "What if I paid you?" "Would you back off then?" "Look, I have $350." "It's yours if you leave me alone." " O'Rourke put you up to this?" " O'Rourke has nothing to do with this." "Just to call off the fight?" "No catches?" "No catches." "All right." "You live." "Swear to God?" "You're not gonna trash me?" "But you know what, Mitchell?" "You're the biggest pussy I've ever met in my life." "You didn't even try." "How's that feel?" "I want my money back." "No refunds." "I'm not kiddin', man." "I want it back now!" "Or what?" "I'm no pussy, asshole." "The fight is on." "You and me in the parking lot, 3:00." "[Clock Ticking]" "Jerry, get back in your seat." "Flunk me." "[Clock Ticking]" "[Bell Rings]" "[Students Chattering]" "[Students Cheering]" "[Cheering Continues]" "All right." "Hold it right there, gentlemen." "There isn't going to be any fight today!" "[Students Booing]" "Break it up, people." "Go on home." "Go on!" "I said "move," gentlemen." "Jerry, I'm taking you home." "Buddy, go to my office and wait for me there." "Sorry, Mr. O'Rourke." "I just can't do that." "Really?" "Why don't I give you a little help?" "[Students Murmur]" "[Students Gasp]" "[Scattered Cheering, Applause]" "There." "Now it's your turn." "[Students Gasp]" "You leave him alone, you maniac!" "You want him, you go through me, you goddamn animal!" "You hear me?" "You just go ahead and go through me!" "Move!" "Come on, you asshole!" "Come on, you peckerhead, let's see what you got!" "[Students Gasp]" "[Dolinski] Move, move, move!" "Move, move, move, move!" "You're not done over here, pussy!" "Let's finish." "[Cheering]" "[Students] Let's go!" "Come on." "Let him have it!" "Jerry!" "Stick him, Jerry!" "You can do it!" "Shit!" "Three minutes!" "Go, Jerry!" "Three minutes!" "[Panting]" "[Guy] Come on." "Let him have it!" "[Students Gasp]" "[Yelling]" "Jerry, Jerry, are you all right?" "Cripple the dick!" "[Students Moan]" "Kill him, Jer!" " Break his face!" " Rip his head off!" "Don't fuck this up, Mitchell!" "No one's gonna help you now." "It's just you and me!" "[Students Cheering]" "[Students Cheering]" "[Students] Oooh!" "[Siren Wails]" "You may have saved yourself for the time being, Mr. Mitchell, but we still have a matter of $450 to discuss." "Get the Revell boy." "I want to talk to him too." " He's gone, sir." " Fine." "We'll find him." " Okay, Jerry." "Let's go." " Let the boy go, detective." "He's had enough for today." "You can discuss this with him tomorrow." "Fine." "I will see you in the student store tomorrow morning." "[Brei] It's a rip-off if you ask me." "You kick Buddy Revell's ass, and he gets away with 350 bucks." "Screw it." "At this point I don't really care." "That's a lie and you know it." "Excuse me." "You have any paper?" "Yeah." "Sure." "Oh, I just need one sheet." "How much would that be?" "A dollar a sheet?" "Great." "I'll take five." "Jerry." "Vincent Costello told us the student store was having a little cash flow problem." "I'll take two sheets." "Oh, and Jerry?" "You did a great thing yesterday." "Yeah, unbelievable." "I'll take three." "Four sheets." "I'll take a sheet." "Hey, Jerry!" "I scored." "You lasted four minutes." "I knew you were solid." "I'll take 30." "Gimme one." "Give me three." "Thank you." "I'll take two sheets." "I'll take five." " This is incredible!" " There must be a hundred bucks!" "[Crowd Chattering]" "[Crowd Falls Silent]" "Hi, Jerry." "Oh, uh, hi, Karen." "I guess I'll see you at my house tonight." "Oh, yeah." "Uh..." "Hello, Jerry." "[Everyone Gasps]" "Unbelievable!" "Hmm." "Looks like it's gonna be one of those days." "That was the best fight since Craig Mattey kicked Jeff Stevens' ass." "I still can't believe he dropped Revell with just one punch." "Someone told me he's a black belt." "Did you guys hear?" "He's goin' out with Karen Clarke now." "The guy's a stud." "Did you hear what happened in his English class?" "Isn't that where he attacked Miss Farmer?" "Yeah!" "Jerry ripped her clothes off in front of the whole class!" "I heard she decked him on the spot." "The guy's a completely righteous dude." "Did you hear that Mr. O'Rourke tried to keepJerry from fighting Buddy?" "Mitchell wouldn't do it." "Jerry wanted to fight Buddy?" "Yeah." "Buddy was pickin' on him." "Jerry told him to meet him in the parking lot at 3:00." "This guy's a madman!" "That's nothin'." "Did you hear about the switchblade?" "Buddy was going to try and knife Jerry before the fight, butJerry picked his locker and got to the knife before him." "It's unbelievable." "Why haven't I heard of this Mitchell guy before?" "Who knows?" "I guess he's not the kind of guy to brag about himself." "I think he's kinda cute." "Did you hear what he did to Miss Farmer?" "I'm telling you, this guy's supposed to be a total psycho." "Somethin'to remember me by" "Like a letter or a good-bye kiss" "I'm feelin'like I never knew" "That it can sometimes come to this" "Sometimes I forget" "That you're always gonna be there" "And I'm runnin'from my shadow" "Ohh" "Somethin'to remember me by" "Like a letter or a good-bye kiss" "I'm feelin'like I never knew" "That sometimes it can come to this" "Sometimes I forget" "That you're always gonna be there" "And I'm runnin'from my shadow" "Ohh" "Somethin'to remember me by"