1. Jimmy? Come on.
You're serving today.Copy !req
2. Christine?
Where's my pants?Copy !req
3. On the bed.
If they had teeth
they would've bit you.Copy !req
4. Jimmy! Go to the store,
buy me the newspaper
and cigarettes.Copy !req
5. Can't. Serving mass.
I'm an altar boy.Copy !req
6. Hey, Kevin!Copy !req
7. Hey, Jimmy!Copy !req
8. There you are.Copy !req
9. Overslept.Copy !req
10. Well, you made it.
I'll do the cruets
if you light the charcoal.Copy !req
11. You think I'm fat?Copy !req
12. You're all right. What?
Clothes don't fit?Copy !req
13. No, they fit.Copy !req
14. You're gonna
be going to the bakery
after mass.Copy !req
15. I am?
Why don't you go?Copy !req
16. I'm gonna be
making breakfast.Copy !req
17. I can make breakfast.Copy !req
18. When have you ever?Copy !req
19. Funny man.Copy !req
20. Good morning, Connie.
Good morning.Copy !req
21. ♪ Holy God,
we praise thy nameCopy !req
22. Good morning, Father.Copy !req
23. Be seated.Copy !req
24. What do you do
when you're not sure?Copy !req
25. That's the topic
of my sermon today.Copy !req
26. Last year when
President Kennedy
was assassinated,Copy !req
27. who among us did not
experience the most
profound disorientation?Copy !req
28. Despair?Copy !req
29. Which way?
What now?Copy !req
30. What do I say to my kids?
What do I tell myself?Copy !req
31. It was a time
of people sitting together,Copy !req
32. bound together
by a common feeling
of hopelessness.Copy !req
33. But think of that.Copy !req
34. Your bond
with your fellow being
was your despair.Copy !req
35. It was a public experience.
It was awful,Copy !req
36. but we were in it
together.Copy !req
37. How much worse is it then
for the lone man,
the lone woman,Copy !req
38. stricken by
a private calamity?Copy !req
39. "No one knows I'm sick."
"No one knows I've lost
my last real friend."Copy !req
40. "No one knows
I've done something wrong."Copy !req
41. Imagine the isolation.Copy !req
42. Now you see the world
as through a window.Copy !req
43. On one side of the glass,
happy untroubled people,Copy !req
44. and on the other side, you.Copy !req
45. God bless you,
Sister.Copy !req
46. Thank you.Copy !req
47. I wanna tell you a story.Copy !req
48. A cargo ship sank one night.
It caught fire and went down,Copy !req
49. and only this
one sailor survived.Copy !req
50. He found a lifeboat,
rigged a sail,Copy !req
51. and being of
a nautical disciplineCopy !req
52. turned his eyes to the heavens
and read the stars.Copy !req
53. He set a course for his home,
and, exhausted, fell asleep.Copy !req
54. Just keeps going on.Copy !req
55. Clouds rolled in,Copy !req
56. and for the next 20 nights,
he could no longer
see the stars.Copy !req
57. He thought he was on course,
but there was no way
to be certain.Copy !req
58. And as the days rolled on,
and the sailor wasted away,Copy !req
59. he began to have doubts.Copy !req
60. He just
keeps on going.Copy !req
61. Had he set his course right?Copy !req
62. Was he still going on
towards his home?Copy !req
63. Or was he horribly lost
and doomed
to a terrible death?Copy !req
64. No way to know.Copy !req
65. The message of
the constellations,Copy !req
66. had he imagined it
because of his
desperate circumstance?Copy !req
67. Or had he seen
truth once...Copy !req
68. Straighten up!Copy !req
69. and now had to
hold on to it without
further reassurance?Copy !req
70. There are those of you
in church todayCopy !req
71. who know exactly
the crisis of faith
I describe,Copy !req
72. and I wanna say to you,Copy !req
73. doubt can be a bond
as powerful and sustaining
as certainty.Copy !req
74. When you are lost,
you are not alone.Copy !req
75. In the name of the Father,
the Son and
the Holy Ghost. Amen.Copy !req
76. Please rise.Copy !req
77. ♪ Praise God,
from whom all blessings flowCopy !req
78. Hey, Father.Copy !req
79. Hey, champ.Copy !req
80. That was some sermon.Copy !req
81. Did it mean
something to you?Copy !req
82. I wanna do that.
I wanna be a priest.Copy !req
83. You'd be a good one,
I'm sure. Here.Copy !req
84. Take a look.Copy !req
85. See?Copy !req
86. She's dancing.
Kind of neat?Copy !req
87. Yeah.Copy !req
88. Here. You try.Copy !req
89. That's for you.
Take it.Copy !req
90. Thank you, Father.Copy !req
91. Welcome.Copy !req
92. Like Noah's Ark,
girls. Two by two.Copy !req
93. Maryanne said it.
Let's do it together.Copy !req
94. Okay.
Yeah. It's true.Copy !req
95. And did I tell you
that Jessica's having
a sleepover on Saturday?Copy !req
96. Morning,
Sister James.Copy !req
97. Good morning,
Father Flynn.
Beautiful day.Copy !req
98. Not too bad.
How're the criminals
doing today?Copy !req
99. Not bad, Father.Copy !req
100. Good, Father.Copy !req
101. Morning, champ.Copy !req
102. Morning,
Father Flynn.Copy !req
103. You wash those hands
today, Mr. London?Copy !req
104. I washed them,
Father.Copy !req
105. I don't know.
They're a different color
than your neck.Copy !req
106. Morning.Copy !req
107. Morning, Father Flynn.Copy !req
108. Sister, are we having
the test today?Copy !req
109. Get in line.Copy !req
110. Tomorrow, William.Copy !req
111. Is it
long division?Copy !req
112. Among other things.Copy !req
113. Sister.Copy !req
114. Good morning, Sister.Copy !req
115. How much of it
will be long division?Copy !req
116. Boy!Copy !req
117. William London.
Come up here.Copy !req
118. Come smartly, now.Copy !req
119. Don't make me wait.Copy !req
120. What did he do?Copy !req
121. He touched
Sister James.Copy !req
122. The dragon is hungry.Copy !req
123. You don't
touch a nun.Copy !req
124. Take out your history books,
please. Turn to page 683.Copy !req
125. Yes, Ralph.Copy !req
126. I forgot
my history book.Copy !req
127. You can look on
with Raymond.Copy !req
128. Mr. London?Copy !req
129. Do you have
your history book?Copy !req
130. No, Sister.Copy !req
131. Share with
Mr. Malloy, please.Copy !req
132. Do I have to?
His breath stinks!Copy !req
133. I'm sure Mr. Malloy's
breath is just fine.Copy !req
134. Be seated.Copy !req
135. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
was the 32nd president
of the United States.Copy !req
136. That barrette
out of your hair,
Miss Horan.Copy !req
137. Yes, Sister.Copy !req
138. Morning, Sister James.
Continue.Copy !req
139. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
together withCopy !req
140. Abraham Lincoln and
John Fitzgerald Kennedy,Copy !req
141. was perhaps
our greatest president.
When he assumed office,Copy !req
142. 13 million people
in this country
were unemployed.Copy !req
143. They'd lost hope,Copy !req
144. and President Roosevelt
said to these people,Copy !req
145. "The only thing
we have to fear
is fear itself."Copy !req
146. What did he mean
by that? James?Copy !req
147. I think he was trying to say
there's nothing really wrong.Copy !req
148. You know?
So don't get
so emotional.Copy !req
149. Maybe.Copy !req
150. Maybe he was saying that
the world is goodCopy !req
151. and we need only
work together
to overcome our problems.Copy !req
152. What's this,
Mr. Conroy?Copy !req
153. I don't know, Sister.Copy !req
154. You don't know
you have a wire
coming out of your ear?Copy !req
155. No.
Huh?Copy !req
156. Huh?Copy !req
157. No, Sister.
I didn't.Copy !req
158. You come
with me, boy.Copy !req
159. Go.Copy !req
160. Who knows
what the New Deal was?Copy !req
161. ♪ The first noelCopy !req
162. I love this song.Copy !req
163. This past Sunday,
what do you think that sermon
was about? Sister James?Copy !req
164. Huh?Copy !req
165. What was Father Flynn's
sermon about?Copy !req
166. Well, doubt.
He was talking about doubt.Copy !req
167. Why?Copy !req
168. Excuse me, Sister?Copy !req
169. Well, sermons come
from somewhere,
don't they?Copy !req
170. Is Father Flynn
in doubt?Copy !req
171. Is he concerned
that someone else
is in doubt?Copy !req
172. I suppose you'd
have to ask him.Copy !req
173. No, that would not
be appropriate.Copy !req
174. He is my superior,Copy !req
175. and if he were troubled
he should confess it
to a fellow priestCopy !req
176. or to the monsignor.Copy !req
177. We do not share
intimate information
with priests.Copy !req
178. No.Copy !req
179. That's true.Copy !req
180. What are we saying?Copy !req
181. I want you all to be alert.Copy !req
182. I am concerned, perhaps
needlessly, about matters
in St. Nicholas School.Copy !req
183. Academically?Copy !req
184. I was not inviting
a guessing game,
Sister Raymond.Copy !req
185. Missy! Get away from her,
and sit down.Copy !req
186. May I join you,
Sister Aloysius?Copy !req
187. Yes.Copy !req
188. Chicken chow mein.Copy !req
189. Sister Veronica's
favorite.Copy !req
190. It's very good.Copy !req
191. I like the noodles.
I like the crunch.Copy !req
192. What happened to
William London?Copy !req
193. I sent him home.Copy !req
194. Oh, dear.
So he's still
bleeding?Copy !req
195. Yes.Copy !req
196. His nose
just let looseCopy !req
197. and started gushing
during the Pledge
of Allegiance.Copy !req
198. Was it spontaneous?Copy !req
199. What?Copy !req
200. His nosebleed.Copy !req
201. What else would it be?Copy !req
202. Self-induced.Copy !req
203. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
204. You mean you thinkCopy !req
205. he might have intentionally
given himself a nosebleed?Copy !req
206. Exactly.Copy !req
207. No.Copy !req
208. You are
a very innocent person,
Sister James.Copy !req
209. William London
is a fidgety boy.Copy !req
210. If you do not keep
right on him, he will do
anything to escape his chair.Copy !req
211. He would set his foot on fire
for half a day out of school.Copy !req
212. Here. Sister, allow me
to help you. Your sleeve.Copy !req
213. Uh-oh.Copy !req
214. Let's see.Copy !req
215. Oh, thank you,
Sister.Copy !req
216. Sister Veronica
is going blind.Copy !req
217. Oh, how horrible.Copy !req
218. If they find out
in the rectory,
she'll be gone.Copy !req
219. So if she looks unsteady,
take her hand.Copy !req
220. Ordinarily I assign
my most experienced
teachers to eighth grade,Copy !req
221. but I am working
within constraints.Copy !req
222. Are you in control
of your class?Copy !req
223. I think so.Copy !req
224. Usually more students
are sent down to me.Copy !req
225. I try to take care
of things myself.Copy !req
226. That can be an error.Copy !req
227. You are answerable to me,
I to the monsignor,Copy !req
228. he to the bishop,
and so on up to
the Holy Father.Copy !req
229. There is a chain.
Make use of it.Copy !req
230. Candy?Copy !req
231. Cough drops.Copy !req
232. Candy by another name.Copy !req
233. How is Donald Miller
doing?Copy !req
234. Steady.Copy !req
235. Good.Copy !req
236. That girl,
Noreen Horan.Copy !req
237. I've seated her
as far away from the boys
as possible.Copy !req
238. Doesn't do
much good.Copy !req
239. Mmm.Copy !req
240. Just get her
through intact.Copy !req
241. What's this?Copy !req
242. The wind is so peripatetic
this year.Copy !req
243. Is that
the word I want?Copy !req
244. Is something
the matter?Copy !req
245. What?Copy !req
246. Is something
the matter?Copy !req
247. No.Copy !req
248. Why? Is something
the matter?Copy !req
249. I don't think so.Copy !req
250. Well, then, nothing's
the matter then.Copy !req
251. Yes.Copy !req
252. What's this?Copy !req
253. A pen.Copy !req
254. A ballpoint pen.Copy !req
255. The students are not
using them for
assignments, I hope.Copy !req
256. No, of course not.Copy !req
257. I am sorry I allowed
even cartridge pens
into this school.Copy !req
258. Always easy way out,
these days.Copy !req
259. Every easy choice today
will have its
consequence tomorrow.Copy !req
260. Mark my words.Copy !req
261. Yes, Sister.Copy !req
262. Ballpoints make them
press down.Copy !req
263. When they press down,
they write like monkeys.Copy !req
264. I don't allow them
ballpoint pens.Copy !req
265. And yet here one is.Copy !req
266. Penmanship is dying
all across
this country.Copy !req
267. I hope not.Copy !req
268. You should
frame something.Copy !req
269. Put it up
on the blackboard.
Put the pope up.Copy !req
270. That's the wrong pope.
He's deceased.Copy !req
271. I don't care what pope it is.
Use the glass
to see behind you.Copy !req
272. Children should think
you have eyes
in the back of your head.Copy !req
273. Wouldn't that be
a little frightening?Copy !req
274. Only to the ones
who are up to no good.Copy !req
275. Relax.
Put it up there.Copy !req
276. All right, now.Copy !req
277. The thing about shooting
from the foul line
is it's psychological.Copy !req
278. All right, come up
with a routine.Copy !req
279. You shift your weight,
move your hips...Copy !req
280. Yeah, you think
that's funny, Ralph?Copy !req
281. You know what's funny
is you never
getting a foul shot.Copy !req
282. All right, concentrate
on the routine, and you'll
forget to get tensed up.Copy !req
283. All right,
go ahead, Jimmy.Copy !req
284. Good man. You listen.
That's good. All right,
now sit down, everyone.Copy !req
285. Good.Copy !req
286. On another matter,
I've noticed several
of you guys got dirty nails.Copy !req
287. All right, I don't
want to see that.Copy !req
288. I'm not talking about
the length of your nails.Copy !req
289. I'm talking about
cleanliness.Copy !req
290. See, look at my nails.Copy !req
291. All right,
they're long.Copy !req
292. Whoa!Copy !req
293. Yeah, I like them
a little long, but look
at how clean they are.Copy !req
294. That makes it okay.Copy !req
295. The climpity-clomp.
Clomp-clomp-clomp.Copy !req
296. Harder than
a herd of elephants.Copy !req
297. You are wicked!Copy !req
298. No, I told her,
"You're her mother.Copy !req
299. "You raised her.
You fed her.
You tell her she's fat."Copy !req
300. But wait,
how fat is she?Copy !req
301. What, the mother
or the daughter?Copy !req
302. The daughter.Copy !req
303. I never met
the daughter.Copy !req
304. What about
the mother?Copy !req
305. Fat.Copy !req
306. Father, we having
practice after school?Copy !req
307. If you guys want it,
we can have it.
Let me know.Copy !req
308. The Fascist
governments
of Germany and ItalyCopy !req
309. were already
working together.Copy !req
310. They formed
the Pact of Steel.Copy !req
311. The Pact of Steel was...Copy !req
312. Hi.
Hi.Copy !req
313. a military alliance
between Benito Mussolini
and Adolf Hitler.Copy !req
314. Mr. London, get back
in your seat and stop
bothering Miss Horan, please.Copy !req
315. Now, who can tell me...Copy !req
316. Yes?Copy !req
317. Yes. Of course, Father.Copy !req
318. Donald? You should
go to the rectory.Copy !req
319. Two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven.Copy !req
320. Go one, two, three, touch.
One, two, three, kick.Copy !req
321. And back, side, front, kick.
Back, side, front. Again.Copy !req
322. Raymond, what are
you doing?Copy !req
323. The mashed potato.Copy !req
324. You're supposed
to be doing
the bossa nova.Copy !req
325. But I know
the mashed potato.Copy !req
326. Oh...Copy !req
327. MRS.
All right, now follow.
Back, side, front, kick.Copy !req
328. Back, side...
One, two,
three, kick.Copy !req
329. Back, side, front, kick.
Back, side, front...Copy !req
330. Let me get in front of you
so that you can see
what I'm doing.Copy !req
331. And one, two,
three, touch.Copy !req
332. One, two,
three, kick.Copy !req
333. Back, side, front, kick.
Back, side, front...Copy !req
334. Okay. This is
really good.
Very good there.Copy !req
335. Donald,
are you feeling ill?Copy !req
336. No.Copy !req
337. Are you sure?Copy !req
338. Yes.Copy !req
339. Are you all right?Copy !req
340. I just want to
go home.Copy !req
341. Good afternoon,
Sister.Copy !req
342. Good afternoon,
Sister James.Copy !req
343. Sister, can I
speak with you
about Donald Miller?Copy !req
344. Is he
being accepted?Copy !req
345. He has no friends.Copy !req
346. That would be
a lot to expect
after only two months.Copy !req
347. Has anyone hit him?Copy !req
348. No.Copy !req
349. Someone will.Copy !req
350. And when that happens,
send them
right down to me.Copy !req
351. I'm not so sure
anyone will.Copy !req
352. This parish serves Irish
and Italian families.Copy !req
353. Someone will hit
Donald Miller.Copy !req
354. He has a protector.Copy !req
355. Who?Copy !req
356. Father Flynn.Copy !req
357. What?Copy !req
358. He's taken an interest.Copy !req
359. I told you to come to me,
but I hoped
you never would.Copy !req
360. Maybe I shouldn't have.Copy !req
361. So, it's happened.Copy !req
362. What? Oh, no.
I'm not telling you that.Copy !req
363. I'm not even certain
what you mean.Copy !req
364. Oh, excuse me
there, Sisters.Copy !req
365. No bother.
We're done here.
Come, Sister.Copy !req
366. What have you seen?Copy !req
367. It is unsettling
to look at people
with suspicion.Copy !req
368. I feel
less close to God.Copy !req
369. When you take a step
to address wrongdoing,Copy !req
370. you are taking
a step away from God,
but in his service.Copy !req
371. What have you seen?Copy !req
372. Good afternoon, Sisters.Copy !req
373. Good afternoon,
Mrs. Carson.
Why the cat?Copy !req
374. 'Cause there's a mouse.
Want some tea?Copy !req
375. If you don't want
to dance with her,
don't dance with her.Copy !req
376. Well, is it wrong?Copy !req
377. No.Copy !req
378. But what if the girl
turns you down?Copy !req
379. All right, you have
the right to ask
a girl to dance.Copy !req
380. All right,
she has the right
to turn you down.Copy !req
381. The trick is,
don't take it to heart.Copy !req
382. What if they all
turn you down?Copy !req
383. Well, then you
become a priest.Copy !req
384. All right, next question.Copy !req
385. What have you seen?Copy !req
386. He called Donald Miller
to the rectory.Copy !req
387. What for?
A talk.Copy !req
388. Alone?
Yes.Copy !req
389. When?Copy !req
390. A week ago
during class.Copy !req
391. Why didn't
you tell me?Copy !req
392. I didn't think
there was anything wrong
with it.Copy !req
393. Of all the children,
Donald Miller.Copy !req
394. I suppose
it makes sense.Copy !req
395. How does it make sense?Copy !req
396. He's isolated.Copy !req
397. I don't know
that anything is wrong.Copy !req
398. Our first
Negro student.Copy !req
399. I thought there would be
fighting. Thought we...Copy !req
400. A parent or two
to deal with.Copy !req
401. I should have foreseen
this possibility.Copy !req
402. How could
you imagine it?Copy !req
403. Well, it's my job
to outshine the fox
in cleverness.Copy !req
404. That is my job.Copy !req
405. But maybe it's nothing.Copy !req
406. Then why do you look like
you've seen the devil?Copy !req
407. It's just the way
the boy acted when
he came back to class.Copy !req
408. He said something?Copy !req
409. No, it was
his expression.Copy !req
410. He looked frightened.Copy !req
411. And he put his head
on the desk in the most
peculiar way, and...Copy !req
412. And one other thing,
I think there was
alcohol on his breath.Copy !req
413. There was alcohol
on his breath.Copy !req
414. Years ago at Saint Boniface
there was a priest.Copy !req
415. But I had
Father Scully then.Copy !req
416. Here, there's no man
I can go to.
Men run everything.Copy !req
417. We are going to have
to stop him ourselves.Copy !req
418. There we go.
She got him.
Takes a cat.Copy !req
419. Yes, it does.Copy !req
420. Yes, it does.Copy !req
421. This towel
will never be
dead white again.Copy !req
422. Yes, it will.Copy !req
423. Mrs. Carson.Copy !req
424. I'm fine.Copy !req
425. What happened?Copy !req
426. There's a branch
down.Copy !req
427. Are you all right, Sister?
She didn't see it.Copy !req
428. Fine. Just bushwhacked.
No need for a fuss.Copy !req
429. You just go lie down.
I'll bring you some tea.Copy !req
430. MRS. Come with me.
I just...Copy !req
431. I'll get you
a compress.Copy !req
432. I did not
fail to see it.Copy !req
433. MR.
Hello? Yes, Sister.Copy !req
434. Mr. McGuinn.Copy !req
435. Could you look in
on the courtyard?
I've got branches falling.Copy !req
436. What has?Copy !req
437. A branch has!Copy !req
438. Watch your step here,
Sister. I'll cut it up.Copy !req
439. The world is
crashing, Michael.Copy !req
440. I haven't heard
a wind like that
since I left Mullingar.Copy !req
441. I've never known
a wind like it.
The wind has changed.Copy !req
442. What are you doing
out here, Conroy?Copy !req
443. I talked
in class, Father.Copy !req
444. Waiting for
Sister Aloysius.Copy !req
445. She know
you're here?Copy !req
446. She knows.Copy !req
447. Good morning, Father Flynn.
Good of you to come by.Copy !req
448. Morning, Sister Aloysius.
How are you today?Copy !req
449. I'm very well,
thank you.Copy !req
450. Mr. Conroy.Copy !req
451. Yes, Sister.Copy !req
452. Mr. Transistor Radio.Copy !req
453. Multiplication table,
10 times, in its totality,Copy !req
454. delivered to me
tomorrow morning.Copy !req
455. Legible, boy.Copy !req
456. Return to class.
Go. Go, go.Copy !req
457. I'd invite you in,
but we're just short
Sister James.Copy !req
458. Hear that wind last night?Copy !req
459. I certainly did.Copy !req
460. Oh.Copy !req
461. Did I hear
Sister Veronica
had an accident?Copy !req
462. Yeah. Sister Veronica fell,
practically killed herself.Copy !req
463. Is she all right?Copy !req
464. Oh, she's fine.Copy !req
465. Her sight isn't good,
is it?Copy !req
466. Her sight is fine.
Nuns fall, you know.Copy !req
467. Nah, I didn't know that.Copy !req
468. It's the habit.
It catches us up
more often than not.Copy !req
469. Hmm.Copy !req
470. We go down like dominoes.Copy !req
471. Am I past the time?Copy !req
472. Not at all.Copy !req
473. Good morning, Father.
Good morning, Sister.Copy !req
474. I'm sorry
I was delayed.Copy !req
475. I ran into
Sister Veronica.Copy !req
476. How is she?Copy !req
477. I'm afraid
she has a bit of
a bloody nose.Copy !req
478. I'm beginning to think
you're punching people.Copy !req
479. Sister?Copy !req
480. First, William London
and now...Copy !req
481. Never mind.
Well, come in,
please.Copy !req
482. Sister.Copy !req
483. Please. Sit.
Have a seat.Copy !req
484. I actually have
a hot pot of tea.Copy !req
485. And close this,
but not quite
for form's sake.Copy !req
486. Father, would you
care for a...Copy !req
487. Would you have
a cup of tea, Father?Copy !req
488. I'd love a cup of tea.Copy !req
489. Sister, perhaps
you could serve him.Copy !req
490. I'd be glad.Copy !req
491. And yourself,
of course.Copy !req
492. Would you like
a cup of tea,
Sister Aloysius?Copy !req
493. No, I've already
had my cup.Copy !req
494. Is there sugar?Copy !req
495. Sugar?Copy !req
496. Yes, yes. Somewhere here.Copy !req
497. I put it in the drawer
for Lent last year.Copy !req
498. Never remembered
to take it out.Copy !req
499. It mustn't have been
much to give up, then.Copy !req
500. I'm sure
you're right.
Here it is.Copy !req
501. I'll serve you, although
for want of practice
I'm a little clumsy.Copy !req
502. I see
your fingernails.Copy !req
503. Wear them
a little long.Copy !req
504. The sugar?
Yes. One?Copy !req
505. Three.Copy !req
506. Three?
Sweet tooth.Copy !req
507. Two. Three.Copy !req
508. Sister, you care
for sugar?Copy !req
509. Never.Copy !req
510. Not that there's
anything wrong
with sugar.Copy !req
511. Well, thank you, Father,
for making time for us.Copy !req
512. We are
at our wit's end.Copy !req
513. I think it's an excellent
idea to rethink
the Christmas pageant,Copy !req
514. 'cause last year's effort
was a little woebegone.Copy !req
515. Oh, I loved it,
but I love all pageants.
The hymns.Copy !req
516. O Little Town of Bethlehem,
O Come,
O Come, Emmanuel, O Come...Copy !req
517. All right.
Thank you, Sister James.Copy !req
518. So what do
you think, Father?Copy !req
519. Is there something new
we could do?Copy !req
520. Well, we all love
the Christmas hymns,Copy !req
521. but it might be jolly
to include a secular song.Copy !req
522. Secular?
Yes.Copy !req
523. It's Beginning To Look
A Lot Like Christmas.
Something like that.Copy !req
524. What would be
the point of
a secular song?Copy !req
525. Just fun.Copy !req
526. Or Frosty the Snowman.Copy !req
527. That's a good one.Copy !req
528. We could have one of the boys
dress up as a snowman,
dance around.Copy !req
529. Which boy?Copy !req
530. We'd do tryouts.Copy !req
531. Frosty the Snowman
espouses a pagan belief
in magic.Copy !req
532. The snowman comes to life
when an enchanted hat
is put on his head.Copy !req
533. If the music
were more somber,Copy !req
534. people would realize
the images are disturbing
and the song heretical.Copy !req
535. I never thought about
Frosty the Snowman
like that.Copy !req
536. It should be banned
from the airwaves.Copy !req
537. So, not
Frosty the Snowman.Copy !req
538. Oh, It's Beginning To Look
A Lot Like Christmas
would be fine, I suppose.Copy !req
539. Parents would like it.Copy !req
540. May I ask what
you're writing down
with that ballpoint pen?Copy !req
541. Oh, nothing.
It's an idea
for a sermon.Copy !req
542. Oh. You had one
right now?Copy !req
543. I get them
all the time.Copy !req
544. How fortunate.Copy !req
545. I forget them,
so I have to
write them down.Copy !req
546. Oh.Copy !req
547. What is the idea?Copy !req
548. Intolerance.Copy !req
549. Would you like
a little more tea, Father?Copy !req
550. Not yet.Copy !req
551. It's a new time, Sister.Copy !req
552. What's new about it?Copy !req
553. Something inside
of people is new.Copy !req
554. There is nothing new
under the sun.Copy !req
555. The Church needs to change.Copy !req
556. We should sing a song
from the radio now and then,Copy !req
557. take the kids out
for ice cream.Copy !req
558. Sweet tooth.Copy !req
559. And maybe take the boys
on a camping trip.Copy !req
560. The point being?Copy !req
561. We should be friendlier.Copy !req
562. You know,
the children
and the parentsCopy !req
563. should see us
as members of their family.Copy !req
564. But we are not members
of their family.
We're different.Copy !req
565. Why?
Because of our vows?Copy !req
566. Precisely.Copy !req
567. I don't think
we're so different.Copy !req
568. You know, Sister,
I would take some more tea.Copy !req
569. And they think
we're different, yeah?Copy !req
570. The working...Copy !req
571. The working class people
of this parish
trust us to be different.Copy !req
572. I think
we're getting off
the subject.Copy !req
573. Yes, you're right.
You're right.
You're right. Back to it.Copy !req
574. Yes?Copy !req
575. Sister Raymond? Mmm.Copy !req
576. Well, you tell her to wash
her face and her neck
and report to me at 3:00.Copy !req
577. Yeah.Copy !req
578. Excuse me.
The Christmas pageant.Copy !req
579. We must be carefulCopy !req
580. how Donald Miller is used
in the pageant.Copy !req
581. Easy there, Sister.Copy !req
582. Father.Copy !req
583. All right, what about
Donald Miller?Copy !req
584. We must be careful,
in the pageant,Copy !req
585. that we neither
hide Donald Miller
nor put him forward.Copy !req
586. Because of the color
of his skin?Copy !req
587. That's right, yeah.Copy !req
588. Why?Copy !req
589. Oh, come, Father.Copy !req
590. I think he should
be treated like
every other boy.Copy !req
591. Well, you yourself
singled the boy out
for special attention.Copy !req
592. You held a private meeting
with him at the rectory.
A week ago?Copy !req
593. Yes.Copy !req
594. What are
we talking about?Copy !req
595. Donald Miller.Copy !req
596. The boy acted strangely
when he returned to class.Copy !req
597. He did?Copy !req
598. When he returned
from the rectory,
a little odd, yes.Copy !req
599. Can you tell us why?Copy !req
600. How did he act strangely?Copy !req
601. He...Copy !req
602. I'm not sure
how to explain it.Copy !req
603. He laid his head
on the desk and...Copy !req
604. Do you mean
you had some impression?Copy !req
605. Yes.Copy !req
606. And he'd come
from the rectory,
so you're asking me?Copy !req
607. Mmm. That's it.Copy !req
608. Hmm.Copy !req
609. Mmm.Copy !req
610. Mmm.Copy !req
611. Did you want to discuss
the pageant?
Is that why I'm here?Copy !req
612. Or is this what
you wanted to discuss?Copy !req
613. This.Copy !req
614. Well, I'm a little
uncomfortable.Copy !req
615. Why?Copy !req
616. Why do you think?Copy !req
617. The boy's well-being
is my responsibility.Copy !req
618. His well-being
is not at issue.Copy !req
619. I'm not satisfied
that that is true.Copy !req
620. He was upset
when he returned to class.Copy !req
621. Did he say something?Copy !req
622. No.Copy !req
623. What happened
in the rectory?Copy !req
624. Happened?Copy !req
625. Mmm.Copy !req
626. Nothing happened.
I had a talk
with the boy.Copy !req
627. What about?Copy !req
628. Private matter.Copy !req
629. He's 12 years old.
What could
be private?Copy !req
630. Should I get...
No.Copy !req
631. I object to your tone.Copy !req
632. This is not about my tone
or your tone, Father Flynn.Copy !req
633. It's about
arriving at the truth.Copy !req
634. Of what?Copy !req
635. You know
what I'm talking about,
don't you? Hmm?Copy !req
636. And you're controlling
the expression on your face
right now, aren't you?Copy !req
637. My face?Copy !req
638. What exactly
are you accusing me of?Copy !req
639. I'm not accusing you
of anything, Father Flynn.Copy !req
640. I am asking you to tell me
what happened in the rectory.Copy !req
641. I don't wish
to continue this.Copy !req
642. And if you're
dissatisfied with that,Copy !req
643. I suggest you speak
to Monsignor Benedict.Copy !req
644. I can only imagine
this unfortunate behavior
is the result of overwork.Copy !req
645. Have a good morning,
Sister. Sister.Copy !req
646. There was alcohol
on his breathCopy !req
647. when he returned
from his meeting with you.Copy !req
648. Alcohol?Copy !req
649. I did smell it
on his breath.Copy !req
650. Well?Copy !req
651. Let this alone.
No.Copy !req
652. Take your time, Father.
Would you like
some more tea?Copy !req
653. You should've
let it alone.Copy !req
654. Not possible.Copy !req
655. Mr. McGuinn caught Donald
drinking altar wine.Copy !req
656. When I found out,
I sent for him.
There were tears,Copy !req
657. and he begged not to be
removed from the altar boys.
I took pity on him.Copy !req
658. I told him
if no one else found out,
I'd let him stay on.Copy !req
659. What a relief.
That explains everything.
Thanks be to God.Copy !req
660. Look, Sister,
it was all a mistake.Copy !req
661. And if I talk to
Mr. McGuinn?Copy !req
662. Talk to him,
by all means.Copy !req
663. But now that
the boy's secret's out,Copy !req
664. I'm gonna have to
remove him
from the altar boys.Copy !req
665. That's what
I was trying to avoid.Copy !req
666. You were trying
to protect the boy.Copy !req
667. That's right.Copy !req
668. I might have done
the same thing.Copy !req
669. Is there a way
Donald could stay on
the altar boys?Copy !req
670. If the boy drank altar wine,
he can't continue
as an altar boy.Copy !req
671. Of course.Copy !req
672. Are you satisfied?Copy !req
673. Yes.Copy !req
674. Hmm.Copy !req
675. Well, I'll be going.
I have some
writing to do.Copy !req
676. Intolerance.Copy !req
677. That's right.Copy !req
678. I'm not pleased
with how you handled this.Copy !req
679. Sister. Sister.Copy !req
680. Well...Copy !req
681. What a relief.
He cleared it all up.Copy !req
682. You believe him?Copy !req
683. Of course.Copy !req
684. Isn't it that it's easier
to believe him?Copy !req
685. But we can
corroborate his story
with Mr. McGuinn.Copy !req
686. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
687. Yes.Copy !req
688. These types of people
are clever.Copy !req
689. Well, I'm convinced.Copy !req
690. You're not.Copy !req
691. You just want things
to be resolved so you can
have simplicity back.Copy !req
692. I want no further
part of this.Copy !req
693. I'll bring him down.Copy !req
694. How can you be so sure
that he is lying?Copy !req
695. Experience.Copy !req
696. You just don't like him.Copy !req
697. You don't like it
that he uses
a ballpoint pen.Copy !req
698. You don't like it that
he takes three lumps
of sugar in his tea.Copy !req
699. You don't like it
that he likes
Frosty the Snowman,Copy !req
700. and you are letting that
convince you of something
terrible, just terrible.Copy !req
701. Well, I like
Frosty the Snowman!Copy !req
702. And I think it would be nice
if this school
weren't run like a jail,Copy !req
703. and I think it's a good thing
that I love to teach historyCopy !req
704. and that I might inspire
my students to love it, too.Copy !req
705. And if you judge that
to mean that I am not fit
to be a teacher,Copy !req
706. then so be it!Copy !req
707. Sit down.Copy !req
708. Look at that.
You blew out my light.Copy !req
709. In ancient Sparta,Copy !req
710. important matters
were decided
by who shouted loudest.Copy !req
711. Fortunately,
we are not
in ancient Sparta.Copy !req
712. You honestly find
the students in this schoolCopy !req
713. to be treated like
inmates in a prison?Copy !req
714. No.Copy !req
715. Actually, they all seem
fairly happy, but they're all
uniformly terrified of you.Copy !req
716. Yes.
That's how it works.Copy !req
717. Sit there.Copy !req
718. Hello, this is
Sister Aloysius Beauvier,Copy !req
719. principal at
St. Nicholas School.
Is this Mrs. Miller?Copy !req
720. I'm calling about
your son, Donald.Copy !req
721. A woman was gossiping
with a friend about a man
she hardly knew.Copy !req
722. I know none of you
have ever done this.Copy !req
723. That night
she had a dream.Copy !req
724. A great hand appeared over her
and pointed down at her.Copy !req
725. She was immediately seized
with an overwhelming
sense of guilt.Copy !req
726. The next day
she went to confession.Copy !req
727. She got the old parish priest,
Father O'Rourke.Copy !req
728. She told him
the whole thing.Copy !req
729. "Is gossiping a sin?"
she asked the old man.Copy !req
730. "Was that the hand
of God Almighty
pointing a finger at me?Copy !req
731. "Should I be asking
your absolution, Father?Copy !req
732. "Tell me,
have I done something wrong?"Copy !req
733. "Yes."Copy !req
734. Father O'Rourke
answered her.Copy !req
735. "Yes, you ignorant,
badly brought up female.Copy !req
736. "You have borne false witness
against your neighbor.Copy !req
737. "You have played
fast and loose
with his reputation,Copy !req
738. "and you should be
heartily ashamed!"Copy !req
739. So the woman said
she was sorry and
asked for forgiveness.Copy !req
740. "Not so fast,"
says O'Rourke.Copy !req
741. "I want you to go home.
Take a pillow
up on your roof,Copy !req
742. "cut it open with a knife,
and return here to me."Copy !req
743. So the woman went home,
took a pillow off her bed,Copy !req
744. a knife from the drawer,Copy !req
745. went up the fire escape
to her roof
and stabbed the pillow.Copy !req
746. Then she went back
to the old parish priest
as instructed.Copy !req
747. "Did you gut the pillow
with a knife?" he says.Copy !req
748. "Yes, Father."
"And what was the result?"Copy !req
749. "Feathers," she said.Copy !req
750. "Feathers," he repeated.Copy !req
751. "Feathers everywhere, Father."Copy !req
752. "Now, I want you to go backCopy !req
753. "and gather up
every last feather
that flew out on the wind."Copy !req
754. "Well," she said,
"it can't be done.Copy !req
755. "I don't know where they went.
The wind took them all over."Copy !req
756. "And that,"
said Father O'Rourke,
"is gossip!"Copy !req
757. In the name of the Father,
the Son and
the Holy Ghost. Amen.Copy !req
758. Please rise.Copy !req
759. What's that bird
complaining about?Copy !req
760. What kind of bird
is that?Copy !req
761. That a starling?
A grackle?Copy !req
762. A crow.Copy !req
763. Course it is.Copy !req
764. Are you praying?
I didn't mean
to interrupt.Copy !req
765. I'm not praying.
No.Copy !req
766. You seem subdued.Copy !req
767. Oh, I can't
sleep.Copy !req
768. Why not?Copy !req
769. Bad dreams.Copy !req
770. Yeah, I can't sleep
on occasion.Copy !req
771. Why? Do you see
that big hand pointing
a finger at you?Copy !req
772. Yes. Sometimes.Copy !req
773. Was your sermon
directed at anyone
in particular?Copy !req
774. What do you think?Copy !req
775. I received a letter
from my brother
in Maryland.Copy !req
776. He's very sick.Copy !req
777. Then maybe you should
go and see him.Copy !req
778. I can't
leave my class.Copy !req
779. Is it true?Copy !req
780. What?Copy !req
781. You know what I'm asking.Copy !req
782. No.Copy !req
783. I saw you put an undershirt
in Donald Miller's locker.Copy !req
784. He left it
in the sacristy.Copy !req
785. Why didn't
you hand it to him?Copy !req
786. I'm trying to spare him
further embarrassment.Copy !req
787. It's me that cares about
that child, not her.Copy !req
788. Has she ever
reached out a hand?Copy !req
789. That black boy needs help
or he's not gonna make it.Copy !req
790. If she has her way,
he'll be left
to his own undoing.Copy !req
791. Why do you think
he drank the wine?
He's in trouble.Copy !req
792. And she sees me talk
in a human way
to these kidsCopy !req
793. and she immediately assumes
that there must be
something wrong with it.Copy !req
794. Well, I'm not gonna
let her keep this parish
in the Dark Ages,Copy !req
795. and I'm not gonna let her
destroy my spirit
of compassion.Copy !req
796. I'm sure that's not
her intent.Copy !req
797. That I care about
this congregation.Copy !req
798. I know you do.Copy !req
799. Like you care about
your class.
You love them, don't you?Copy !req
800. Yes.
And that's natural.Copy !req
801. How else would
you relate to children?Copy !req
802. Now, I can look at your face
and know your philosophy.Copy !req
803. It's kindness.Copy !req
804. I don't know.
I mean, of course.Copy !req
805. There are people
who go after
your humanity, Sister,Copy !req
806. that tell you that
the light in your heart
is a weakness.Copy !req
807. Don't believe it.Copy !req
808. It's an old tactic of
cruel people to kill kindness
in the name of virtue.Copy !req
809. There's nothing wrong
with love.Copy !req
810. Love?Copy !req
811. Have you forgotten
the message
of our Savior?Copy !req
812. It's love of people.Copy !req
813. I just feel
as if everything
is upside down.Copy !req
814. There are just times in life
when we feel lost. It happens.Copy !req
815. And it's a bond.Copy !req
816. Flowers.
Yeah.Copy !req
817. To remind me of spring.Copy !req
818. I should be going.Copy !req
819. I'm sorry
your brother's ill.Copy !req
820. Thank you, Father.Copy !req
821. I don't believe it.Copy !req
822. You don't?Copy !req
823. No.Copy !req
824. Thank you, Sister.
Thank you very much.Copy !req
825. Hey, Anthony!
That's not funny.Copy !req
826. That's also the day
that I tripped.
I broke my ankle.Copy !req
827. I barely...Copy !req
828. Father. I think
I've just gotta
tell somebody.Copy !req
829. Hello, Noreen.Copy !req
830. I'm in love.Copy !req
831. That's wonderful.
Who's the lucky boy?Copy !req
832. Jimmy Hurley.Copy !req
833. Have you told him?Copy !req
834. For life and death,
I'd go for waffles.Copy !req
835. Maybe you should.Copy !req
836. Maybe I will, Father.Copy !req
837. Jimmy!Copy !req
838. Jimmy Hurley?Copy !req
839. Come over here!Copy !req
840. Hurry up, already!Copy !req
841. Father Sherman.Copy !req
842. Jimmy,
I just gotta
tell you something.Copy !req
843. You dropped
something.Copy !req
844. It's not funny.Copy !req
845. Get out of the way.Copy !req
846. It's all right.Copy !req
847. He doesn't like me.Copy !req
848. That is so easy!Copy !req
849. My parents
are gonna be
so angry at me.Copy !req
850. Okay. Be quiet.Copy !req
851. I said be quiet!Copy !req
852. The next one of you that
speaks out of turn gets sent
right to the principal.Copy !req
853. Now the question was,Copy !req
854. what was
Patrick Henry's
famous remark?Copy !req
855. Donald.Copy !req
856. Sister?Copy !req
857. What was the question?Copy !req
858. Nobody help him.
Jimmy, put your hand down.Copy !req
859. Donald Miller, stand up.Copy !req
860. What was
the question, Donald?Copy !req
861. I don't know, Sister.Copy !req
862. It means
you weren't listening.Copy !req
863. Yes, Sister.Copy !req
864. The question was,
what was Patrick Henry's
famous remark?Copy !req
865. I don't know.Copy !req
866. "Give me liberty
or give me death!"Copy !req
867. James Hurley,
down to
the principal's office.Copy !req
868. Now!Copy !req
869. Mrs. Miller?Copy !req
870. Yes.Copy !req
871. Come in.Copy !req
872. Please, have a seat.Copy !req
873. I was changing a bulb.Copy !req
874. Thought I mighta had
the wrong day.
You didn't answer.Copy !req
875. Huh?Copy !req
876. Oh, well,
just between us,Copy !req
877. I was listening to
a transistor radio
with an earpiece.Copy !req
878. Look how tiny
they're making them.Copy !req
879. I confiscated it
from one of
the students,Copy !req
880. now I can't stop
listening to it.Copy !req
881. You like music?Copy !req
882. No. News reports.Copy !req
883. Years ago I used to listen
to all the news reports,Copy !req
884. because my husband
was in Italy,
in the war.Copy !req
885. You were
a married woman?Copy !req
886. Yes.Copy !req
887. But then
he was killed.Copy !req
888. Is your husband coming?Copy !req
889. Couldn't get off work.
I only have
half an hour myself.Copy !req
890. I see. Of course.
It was a lot to ask.Copy !req
891. How's Donald doing?Copy !req
892. He's passing his subjects.
He has average grades.Copy !req
893. Oh. Good.Copy !req
894. He was upset about
getting taken off
the altar boys.Copy !req
895. Mmm. Did he explain why?Copy !req
896. He said he was caught
drinking altar wine.Copy !req
897. That is the reason.Copy !req
898. Well, that seems fair.Copy !req
899. But he's a good boy, Sister.
He fell down there,Copy !req
900. but he's a good boy
pretty much down the line.Copy !req
901. How is he at home?Copy !req
902. His father beat
the hell out of him
over that wine.Copy !req
903. Oh, he shouldn't do that.Copy !req
904. You don't tell my husband
what to do.
You just stand back.Copy !req
905. My husband didn't want
Donald to come here.Copy !req
906. Why?
He thought he'd have troubleCopy !req
907. with the other boys,
but that hasn't
really happened.Copy !req
908. Good.Copy !req
909. That priest, Father Flynn,
been watching out for him.Copy !req
910. Yes.Copy !req
911. Excuse me.Copy !req
912. James Hurley,
what are you doing
out of class?Copy !req
913. Sister James
sent me down.Copy !req
914. What for?Copy !req
915. Talking.Copy !req
916. Well, go back up
and shut up!Copy !req
917. Go! Go!Copy !req
918. What's going on?Copy !req
919. None of your business.
Now go on.
Go back to class.Copy !req
920. Bullshit.Copy !req
921. What'd you say?Copy !req
922. Nothing!Copy !req
923. You have 20 minutes,
you say?Copy !req
924. It's just that I have
to walk to work.Copy !req
925. Where is work?Copy !req
926. Parkchester.Copy !req
927. If I don't start cleaning
by noon, I'm not home
to let Donald in.Copy !req
928. May I walk with you?Copy !req
929. I don't mind.Copy !req
930. Eight sixty-fourths.Copy !req
931. Who can tell me
what the common
denominator is?Copy !req
932. Nobody?Copy !req
933. Back already,
Mr. Hurley?Copy !req
934. I said, back already,
Mr. Hurley?Copy !req
935. Leave me alone!Copy !req
936. Who do you think
you're talking to?Copy !req
937. This is my classroom, boy!
Don't you forget that.Copy !req
938. I'm sorry.Copy !req
939. I'm sorry, Jimmy.Copy !req
940. Have you met
Father Flynn?Copy !req
941. Just seen him
on the altar.Copy !req
942. Haven't met him
face to face.Copy !req
943. No, just, you know,
heard from Donald.Copy !req
944. And what does
he say?Copy !req
945. You know,
"Father Flynn,
Father Flynn."Copy !req
946. He looks up to him.
Man gives him his time,
which is what the boy needs.Copy !req
947. He needs that.Copy !req
948. Mrs. Miller,
we may have
a problem.Copy !req
949. I thought there
must a been a reason
you wanting to see me.Copy !req
950. Principal's a big job.Copy !req
951. I just want to say though,
it's just till June.Copy !req
952. Excuse me?Copy !req
953. Whatever the problem is,
Donald just has to
make it till June.Copy !req
954. Then he's off
into high school.Copy !req
955. Right.Copy !req
956. If Donald can graduate
from St. Nicholas,Copy !req
957. he has a better chance
of getting into
a good high school,Copy !req
958. and that would mean
an opportunity
at college.Copy !req
959. I don't see anything
at this timeCopy !req
960. standing in the way
of his graduating
with his class.Copy !req
961. Well, that's all
I care about.Copy !req
962. I doubt that.Copy !req
963. Try me.Copy !req
964. I am concerned about
the relationship between
Father Flynn and your son.Copy !req
965. You don't say.
Concerned. What do
you mean, concerned?Copy !req
966. That it may not
be right.Copy !req
967. Well, there's something
wrong with everybody,Copy !req
968. and their soul
gotta be forgiven.
I work right there.Copy !req
969. I am concerned,
to be frank,Copy !req
970. that Father Flynn
may have made advances
on your son.Copy !req
971. May have made?Copy !req
972. I can't be certain.Copy !req
973. No evidence?Copy !req
974. No.Copy !req
975. Then maybe
there's nothing to it.Copy !req
976. I think there is
something to it.Copy !req
977. I think Father Flynn
gave Donald
that altar wine.Copy !req
978. Why would
he do that?Copy !req
979. Has Donald been
acting strangely?Copy !req
980. No.Copy !req
981. Nothing out of
the ordinary?Copy !req
982. He's been himself.Copy !req
983. All right.Copy !req
984. Look, Sister,
I don't want
any trouble.Copy !req
985. I don't... I'm not sure
you completely understand.Copy !req
986. I think I understand
the kind of thing
you're talking about,Copy !req
987. but I don't want
to get into it.Copy !req
988. What's that?Copy !req
989. Look, I only have
a few minutes.
Not to be disagreeing,Copy !req
990. but if we're talking about
something floating aroundCopy !req
991. between this priest
and my son,
it ain't my son's fault.Copy !req
992. I'm not
suggesting that...Copy !req
993. He's just a boy.Copy !req
994. I know.
Twelve years old.Copy !req
995. If someone
should be taking blame,
it should be the man...Copy !req
996. I know. I agree
with you completely.Copy !req
997. not the boy.Copy !req
998. You're agreeing with me,
but I got calledCopy !req
999. to the principal,
if you know
what I'm saying.Copy !req
1000. I am concerned about
Donald's welfare.Copy !req
1001. You honestly think
that priest gave Donald
that wine to drink?Copy !req
1002. Yes, I do.Copy !req
1003. Then how come my son
got kicked off
the altar boysCopy !req
1004. if it was a man
that gave it to him?Copy !req
1005. I know.Copy !req
1006. The boy got caught,
the man didn't.Copy !req
1007. So you're giving
my son the blame.
No.Copy !req
1008. No problem my son
getting blamed,Copy !req
1009. and you know why that is.
Perhaps you should
let me talk.Copy !req
1010. I think you're
getting upset.Copy !req
1011. Sister, you ain't
going againstCopy !req
1012. no man in a robe and win.
He's got the position.Copy !req
1013. And he's got
your son.Copy !req
1014. Let him have him then.Copy !req
1015. What?Copy !req
1016. It's just till June.Copy !req
1017. Do you know
what you're saying?Copy !req
1018. Know more about it
than you.Copy !req
1019. I believe this man
is creating,Copy !req
1020. or may have already
brought about,Copy !req
1021. an improper relationship
with your son.Copy !req
1022. I don't know.Copy !req
1023. I know I am right.Copy !req
1024. Why you gotta know
something like that for sure
when you don't?Copy !req
1025. What kind of mother
are you?Copy !req
1026. Excuse me, but you don't know
enough about life to say
a thing like that, Sister.Copy !req
1027. I know enough.Copy !req
1028. You know the rules maybe,
but that don't cover it.Copy !req
1029. I know what
I won't accept.Copy !req
1030. You accept what
you gotta accept,
and you work with it.Copy !req
1031. This man
is in my school.Copy !req
1032. Well, he's gotta be
somewhere andCopy !req
1033. maybe he's doing
some good, too.
He is after the boys!Copy !req
1034. Well, maybe
some of them boys
want to get caught!Copy !req
1035. That's why his father
beat him.Copy !req
1036. Not the wine.Copy !req
1037. What are
you telling me?Copy !req
1038. I'm talking about
the boy's nature now,Copy !req
1039. not anything he's done.Copy !req
1040. You can't hold
a child responsible for what
God gave him to be.Copy !req
1041. I'm only interested
in actions, Mrs. Miller.Copy !req
1042. But then there's
the boy's nature.Copy !req
1043. Leave that out of it.Copy !req
1044. Well, forget it then.Copy !req
1045. You're the one
forcing people
to say things.Copy !req
1046. My boy came to your schoolCopy !req
1047. 'cause they were
gonna kill him
in the public school.Copy !req
1048. His father don't like him.Copy !req
1049. He come to your school,
kids don't like him.Copy !req
1050. One man is good to him,
this priest.Copy !req
1051. Then does a man
have his reasons, yes.Copy !req
1052. Everybody does.
You have your reasons,Copy !req
1053. but do I ask the man
why he's good to my son?Copy !req
1054. No.Copy !req
1055. I don't care why.Copy !req
1056. My son needs some man
to care about himCopy !req
1057. and to see him through
to where he wants to go.Copy !req
1058. And thank God
this educated manCopy !req
1059. with some kindness in him
wants to do just that.Copy !req
1060. This will not do.Copy !req
1061. It's just till June.Copy !req
1062. I'll throw your son
out of this school.Copy !req
1063. And why would you do that
if it didn't start with him?Copy !req
1064. Because I will stop this.Copy !req
1065. You'd hurt my son
to get your way?Copy !req
1066. It won't end
with your son.Copy !req
1067. Throw the priest out then.Copy !req
1068. I am trying
to do just that.Copy !req
1069. Then what do you want
from me?Copy !req
1070. Nothing.Copy !req
1071. As it turns out.Copy !req
1072. Please leave my son
out of this.Copy !req
1073. My husband
will kill that child
over a thing like this.Copy !req
1074. I will try.Copy !req
1075. I'm late.Copy !req
1076. Sister,Copy !req
1077. I don't know if you and me
on the same side.Copy !req
1078. I'll be standing with my son
and those who are
good with my son.Copy !req
1079. It'd be nice
to see you there.
Good morning.Copy !req
1080. May I come in?Copy !req
1081. A third party
would be required.Copy !req
1082. Yeah. What was
Donald's mother
doing here?Copy !req
1083. We were having a chat.Copy !req
1084. About what?Copy !req
1085. A third party
would truly be
required, Father.Copy !req
1086. No, Sister.
No third party!Copy !req
1087. Me and you
are due for a talk!Copy !req
1088. You have to stop
this campaign against me.Copy !req
1089. You can stop it
at any time.Copy !req
1090. How?Copy !req
1091. Confess and resign.Copy !req
1092. You are attempting
to destroy my reputation!Copy !req
1093. Who keeps
opening my window?Copy !req
1094. What are you doing
in this school?Copy !req
1095. I'm trying to do good.Copy !req
1096. Even more to the point,Copy !req
1097. what are you doing
in the priesthood?Copy !req
1098. You are single-handedly
holding this school
and this parish back.Copy !req
1099. From what?Copy !req
1100. Progressive educationCopy !req
1101. and a welcoming church.Copy !req
1102. You can't
distract me, Father.Copy !req
1103. This is not about
my behavior,
it's about yours.Copy !req
1104. No, this is about
your unfounded suspicions.Copy !req
1105. That's right.
I have suspicions.Copy !req
1106. Just leave that.
It's not important.Copy !req
1107. I will decideCopy !req
1108. what's important.Copy !req
1109. Why do you suspect me?
What have I done?Copy !req
1110. You gave that boy wine,
and you let him
take the blame.Copy !req
1111. That's completely untrue.
Did you talk
to Mr. McGuinn?Copy !req
1112. All McGuinn knows
is that the boy drank wine.Copy !req
1113. He doesn't know
how he came to drink it.Copy !req
1114. Did his mother
have something
to add to that?Copy !req
1115. No.Copy !req
1116. So that's it.Copy !req
1117. I am not satisfied.Copy !req
1118. Ask the boy then.Copy !req
1119. He'd protect you.Copy !req
1120. Why would he do that?Copy !req
1121. Because you have
seduced him.Copy !req
1122. You're insane.Copy !req
1123. You've got it in your head
that I corrupted this childCopy !req
1124. after giving him wine,
and nothing I say
will change that.Copy !req
1125. That's right.Copy !req
1126. But this has nothing
to do with the wine.Copy !req
1127. Not really. You've had
a fundamental mistrust
of me before this incident.Copy !req
1128. It was you that warned
Sister James to be
on the lookout, wasn't it?Copy !req
1129. That's true.Copy !req
1130. So you admit it!Copy !req
1131. Certainly.Copy !req
1132. Why?Copy !req
1133. I know people.Copy !req
1134. That's not good enough.Copy !req
1135. It won't have to be.Copy !req
1136. How's that?Copy !req
1137. You will tell me
what you have done.Copy !req
1138. Oh, I will.Copy !req
1139. Out again.Copy !req
1140. Sister James is convinced
I'm innocent.Copy !req
1141. So you talked
to Sister James.Copy !req
1142. Well, of course
you talked to Sister James.Copy !req
1143. Did you know
Donald's father
beats him?Copy !req
1144. Yes.Copy !req
1145. And might that not account
for the odd behaviorCopy !req
1146. Sister James noticed
in the boy?Copy !req
1147. It might.Copy !req
1148. Then what is it? What?Copy !req
1149. What did you hear?Copy !req
1150. What did you see
that convinced you
so thoroughly?Copy !req
1151. What does it matter?Copy !req
1152. It matters!
What does it matter?
I want to know!Copy !req
1153. Out this window,Copy !req
1154. I saw you grab
William London's wrist,Copy !req
1155. and I saw him pull away.Copy !req
1156. Are you serious?Copy !req
1157. I am.Copy !req
1158. That's all?Copy !req
1159. Yeah. That was all.Copy !req
1160. That's nothing.Copy !req
1161. What are
you doing now?Copy !req
1162. I'm writing down
what you say.Copy !req
1163. It might be important
when I have to explain why
you have to be removed.Copy !req
1164. This morning
before I spoke
with Mrs. Miller,Copy !req
1165. I took the precaution
of calling
your last parish.Copy !req
1166. What did he say?Copy !req
1167. Who?
The pastor.Copy !req
1168. I did not speak
to the pastor.
I spoke to a nun.Copy !req
1169. You should have
spoken to the pastor.Copy !req
1170. I spoke to a nun.Copy !req
1171. You know that's not
the proper route for you
to have taken, Sister.Copy !req
1172. The church is very clear.
You're supposed to go
through the pastor.Copy !req
1173. Why? You have
an understanding,
you and he?Copy !req
1174. No, you have no right
to go rummaging
through my past!Copy !req
1175. You have a history.Copy !req
1176. This is your third parish
in five years.Copy !req
1177. Why?
Call the pastor.Copy !req
1178. Ask him why I left.
It's perfectly innocent.Copy !req
1179. I'm not calling
the pastor.Copy !req
1180. I'm a good priest.Copy !req
1181. Go after another child
and another child,
until you are stopped.Copy !req
1182. What nun
did you speak to?Copy !req
1183. I won't say.Copy !req
1184. Yeah, I've not
touched a child.Copy !req
1185. You have!Copy !req
1186. You haven't
the slightest proof
of anything.Copy !req
1187. But I have my certainty.Copy !req
1188. And armed with that,
I'll go to
your last parishCopy !req
1189. and the one before that.
If necessary,
I'll find a parent.Copy !req
1190. Trust me, Father Flynn,
I will.Copy !req
1191. You have no right
to act on your own!Copy !req
1192. You have taken vows,
obedience being one!Copy !req
1193. You answer to us!Copy !req
1194. You have no right
to step outside
the church!Copy !req
1195. I will step outside
the church if that's
what needs to be done,Copy !req
1196. though the door
should shut behind me!Copy !req
1197. I will do what needs
to be done, though
I'm damned to hell!Copy !req
1198. You should understand that,
or you will mistake me.Copy !req
1199. Now, did you give
Donald Miller
wine to drink?Copy !req
1200. Have you never done
anything wrong?Copy !req
1201. I have.Copy !req
1202. No mortal sin?Copy !req
1203. Yes.Copy !req
1204. And?Copy !req
1205. I confessed it, Father.Copy !req
1206. Then whatever
I have done,Copy !req
1207. I have left
in the healing hands
of my confessor.Copy !req
1208. As have you.Copy !req
1209. We are the same.Copy !req
1210. Mmm-mmm.Copy !req
1211. No, we are not.
We are not the same.Copy !req
1212. A dog that bites
is a dog that bites.Copy !req
1213. Did you give
Donald Miller
wine to drink?Copy !req
1214. No.Copy !req
1215. Mental reservations?Copy !req
1216. No.Copy !req
1217. You lie.Copy !req
1218. Very well then.Copy !req
1219. If you will not
leave my office, I will.Copy !req
1220. And once I go,
I will not stop.Copy !req
1221. Wait.Copy !req
1222. I can't say everything,
you understand?Copy !req
1223. There's things I can't say,Copy !req
1224. even if you can't imagine
the explanation, Sister.Copy !req
1225. Remember, there are things
beyond your knowledge.Copy !req
1226. Even if you feel certainty,
it is an emotion, not a fact.Copy !req
1227. You will request
a transferCopy !req
1228. and take a leave of absence
until it's granted.Copy !req
1229. You'd leave me nothing.Copy !req
1230. It's Donald Miller
who has nothing,Copy !req
1231. and you took
full advantage of that.Copy !req
1232. I've done nothing wrong.
I care about that boy.Copy !req
1233. Why?Copy !req
1234. 'Cause you smile at him?Copy !req
1235. And you sympathize
with him?Copy !req
1236. And you talk to him
as if you were the same?Copy !req
1237. You are a cheat.Copy !req
1238. And that warm feeling
you experiencedCopy !req
1239. when that boy looked at you
with trust was not
the sensation of virtue.Copy !req
1240. That could be got
by any drunkard
with his tot of rum.Copy !req
1241. I can fight you.Copy !req
1242. You will lose.Copy !req
1243. Where's your compassion?Copy !req
1244. Nowhere
you can get at it.Copy !req
1245. Stay here.
Compose yourself.Copy !req
1246. You can use the phone
if you'd like.Copy !req
1247. Good day, Father.Copy !req
1248. I have no sympathy
for you.Copy !req
1249. I know
you are invulnerable
to true regret.Copy !req
1250. And cut your nails.Copy !req
1251. ♪ Praise God,
from whom all blessings flowCopy !req
1252. I never like
to say goodbye,Copy !req
1253. but there is a wind behind
every one of us that
takes us through our lives.Copy !req
1254. We never see it.
We can't command it.Copy !req
1255. We don't even know
its purpose.Copy !req
1256. 'Cause I would have stayed
among you longer,Copy !req
1257. but that wind
is taking me away.Copy !req
1258. I will miss it here,Copy !req
1259. and I will miss you.Copy !req
1260. But I'm content that
the power that propels meCopy !req
1261. does so
with superior knowledgeCopy !req
1262. as to what is for the best,Copy !req
1263. and that is my faith.Copy !req
1264. I would like to come down now
among youCopy !req
1265. and say goodbyeCopy !req
1266. and wish you peaceful heartsCopy !req
1267. and loving hearts.Copy !req
1268. Goodbye, Senator.
Father.Copy !req
1269. Carol.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.Copy !req
1270. Bless you, Father.Copy !req
1271. Happy holidays.
Susan. Bless you.Copy !req
1272. Thank you, Father.Copy !req
1273. Father.Copy !req
1274. Thank you.Copy !req
1275. Be good. Thank you.Copy !req
1276. Thank you, Father.Copy !req
1277. Thank you very much.
Thank you.Copy !req
1278. Paul.
Thank you so much.Copy !req
1279. God bless you.
Goodbye.Copy !req
1280. ♪ ... a midnight clearCopy !req
1281. Sister James.
Welcome back.Copy !req
1282. Thank you, Sister.Copy !req
1283. You were missed.
How is your brother?Copy !req
1284. Better. Much better.Copy !req
1285. I'm very glad.
I prayed for him.Copy !req
1286. It was good to get away.
I needed to see my family.Copy !req
1287. Mmm. Then I'm glad
you did it.Copy !req
1288. And Father Flynn
is gone?Copy !req
1289. Yes.Copy !req
1290. So you did it.
You got him out.Copy !req
1291. Yes.Copy !req
1292. Donald Miller
is heartbroken.Copy !req
1293. Can't be helped.
It's just till June.Copy !req
1294. I don't think Father Flynn
did anything wrong.Copy !req
1295. No? He convinced you?Copy !req
1296. Yes, he did.
Mmm.Copy !req
1297. Did you ever prove it?Copy !req
1298. To whom?Copy !req
1299. Anyone but yourself?Copy !req
1300. Nope.Copy !req
1301. But you were sure?Copy !req
1302. Yes.Copy !req
1303. I wish I could be like you.Copy !req
1304. Why?Copy !req
1305. Because I can't
sleep anymore.Copy !req
1306. Maybe we're not supposed
to sleep so well.Copy !req
1307. They made Father Flynn
pastor of Saint Jerome.Copy !req
1308. Who?Copy !req
1309. The bishop.Copy !req
1310. Appointed Father Flynn
pastor of Saint Jerome
Church and School.Copy !req
1311. It's a promotion.Copy !req
1312. You didn't tell them?Copy !req
1313. Oh, I told our good monsignor.
I crossed the garden,
and I told him.Copy !req
1314. He did not believe it
to be true.Copy !req
1315. Then why did
Father Flynn go?Copy !req
1316. What did you say
to make him leave?Copy !req
1317. That I had called a nun
in his previous parish,Copy !req
1318. that I had found out
his prior history
of infringements.Copy !req
1319. So you did prove it?Copy !req
1320. I made no such call.Copy !req
1321. You lied?Copy !req
1322. Yes.Copy !req
1323. But if he'd had
no such history, the lie
wouldn't have worked.Copy !req
1324. His resignation
was his confession.Copy !req
1325. He was
what I thought he was.Copy !req
1326. And he's gone.Copy !req
1327. I can't believe you lied.Copy !req
1328. In the pursuit
of wrongdoing,Copy !req
1329. one steps away from God.Copy !req
1330. Of course,
there is a price.Copy !req
1331. I see.Copy !req
1332. Oh.Copy !req
1333. Sister James.Copy !req
1334. What is it, Sister?Copy !req
1335. I have doubts.Copy !req
1336. I have such doubts.Copy !req