[00:02.60]Can I have an ’A’? Can I have a recommendation?
[00:05.57]Can I, can I?"
[00:07.65]Fuck them.
[00:29.76]Hi. You’ve reached the Novotnys.
[00:31.34]We’re not around, but we’ll call you back real soon.
[00:33.34]Have a nice day.
[00:35.64]Why did you do that? I trusted you completely.
[00:39.22]And you ruined my life, do you know that?
[00:41.23]Do you realize that? Huh? Doyou?
[00:44.15]You ruined Diane’s life... You ruined my life,
[00:46.48]is that what you wanted?
[00:49.15]I’m sorry... I’m sorry, I’m just... I’m going nuts here,
[00:53.28]and I really think we should talk.
[00:56.45]It’s Jim. I love you.
[01:06.13]Attention, everyone.
[01:07.88]We have an important announcement
[01:09.34]from our principal, Dr. Hendricks.
[01:14.72]Good morning, students.
[01:17.01]It, uh, behooves me to inform you
[01:19.77]ofan important change in today’s election.
[01:21.81]Effective this morning sophomore Tammy Metzler
[01:24.14]has been... Metzler has been
[01:25.98]determined ineligible, I repeat, ineligible
[01:28.48]for S.G.A. president.
[01:30.07]All other candidates are eligible.
[01:31.82]You may, uh, vote for any of those,
[01:34.99]but not Tammy Metzler.
[01:38.33]When the time came to cast ourvotes,
[01:40.29]I stood in line just like everyone else.
[01:42.58]Hi, Tracy.
[01:43.54]Tracy Enid Flick.
[01:45.42]I know.
[01:47.50]Thankyou.
[02:00.14]Ready, Phil?
[02:01.77]Yeah, ready.
[02:10.69]Thanks, Phil.
[02:16.16]Oh, hey, Tracy.
[02:17.91]Hi, Paul.
[02:19.20]Isn’t this exciting?
[02:21.16]Mm-hmm.
[02:22.29]Well, good luck.
[02:24.75]Thanks, Paul. You, too.
[02:27.17]Oh, thanks!
[02:35.26]It’s so weird.
[02:36.93]Do people always just vote for themselves?
[02:39.30]’Cause looking at my own name on the ballot
[02:42.26]I just... I don’t know,
[02:44.68]I just felt like it’s not right to vote foryourself.
[03:05.25]Ok, Mr. M.
[03:07.58]All right. So...
[03:10.54]let’s start counting.
[03:12.00]OK, well, as the election committee chairman,
[03:15.38]I’ll do the first count.
[03:16.47]And then you can do the second count,
[03:18.05]you know, for the 2 independent counts.
[03:19.55]Fine. So do your count.
[03:22.10]Start with president, and I’ll be right back.
[03:24.47]You have the key, Mr. McAllister.
[03:30.35]Right.
[03:44.79]Are you OK, Mr. McAllister?
[03:47.37]Yeah. What happened to your eye?
[03:49.58]I’m fiine! It’s just a bee sting.
[03:52.21]A simple little everyday bee sting.
[03:54.59]Some people can get stung, it’s no big deal.
[03:57.51]Me... I swell up.
[03:59.51]There’s not much time left until eighth period.
[04:02.05]I have other things going on, too, you know.
[04:04.64]Yeah. OK. We know.
[04:08.68]All right. I’ll be right back.
[04:14.52]Hi. You’ve reached the Novotnys.
[04:16.61]We’re not around, but we’ll call you back real soon.
[04:18.44]Have a nice day.
[04:20.95]Uh, it’s me again.
[04:22.53]I’m sorry for all the messages, but, uh...
[04:25.70]Linda, if I could just hear your voice.
[04:27.29]If you’d only acknowledge that I...
[04:30.21]What do you want, Jim?
[04:31.17]You’re there.
[04:32.75]Yeah, I’m here.
[04:36.00]Linda, I love you.
[04:37.96]Don’t say that. You know it’s not true.
[04:40.63]It’s the only true thing I know anymore.
[04:42.80]We made a mistake. Let’s not make it worse.
[04:45.76]A mistake? That was no mistake!
[04:48.39]I was lonely. You took advantage.
[04:51.06]Me?! I took advantage of you?
[04:55.36]You hugged me! You kissed me! You’re the one who...
[05:04.87]Hey, Mr. M, big day, huh?
[05:06.53]Not now, Paul.
[05:13.25]What have y ou got?
[05:14.21]Well, I’m not supposed to tell.
[05:16.71]Not until you’ve counted, too.
[05:18.63]We’re each supposed to make
[05:19.67]an independent count.
[05:20.80]You’re kidding, right?
[05:22.22]Well, I thought those were the rules,
[05:23.93]Mr. McAllister.
[05:24.89]If they’ve changed in anyway, I can...
[05:26.76]Larry, we’re not electing the fucking pope here.
[05:28.47]Just tell me who won.
[05:35.65]It’s a squeaker, Mr. M.
[05:37.11]I’ve got Tracy by a vote.
[05:39.98]Just one vote.
[05:49.12]Mr. M?
[05:52.79]All right.
[05:55.62]OK.
[05:56.58]Well, guess I better do my count.
[06:55.39]Yay!
[06:57.31]Yay!
[07:04.11]Yay!
[07:08.99]I was at the end of my count when it happened.
[07:11.87]I’d come up with exactly the same numbers as Larry:
[07:15.70]256 to 257.
[07:18.37]Tracy had won the election by a single vote.
[07:24.25]I was about to announce my tally when...
[07:34.26]the sight of Tracy at that moment affected me
[07:37.77]in a way I can’t fully explain.
[07:39.69]Part of it was that she was spying.
[07:42.82]But mostly it was her face.
[07:48.95]Who knew how high she would climb in life?
[07:52.62]How many people would suffer because of her?
[07:55.95]I had to stop her...
[07:58.16]now.
[08:30.45]Larry?
[08:31.86]Yeah?
[08:33.95]I think we have a problem.
[08:36.24]253, 254, and 255.
[08:39.54]Yep, I get the same as you, Jim.
[08:41.12]Looks like Paul’s our next president.
[08:42.96]No way!
[08:44.50]It doesn’t make sense.
[08:45.96]Well, sorry, Larry, but my fiigures work out
[08:48.38]exactly the same as Mr. McAllister’s.
[08:49.97]I get, uh, 256 for Paul, 255 forTracy.
[08:54.30]And 290 disregards, right?
[08:57.43]If you say so.
[08:58.47]Mostly Tammy fans, if you can believe it.
[09:00.39]See? It doesn’t add up.
[09:01.81]There were 801 ballots, but 803 people voted.
[09:05.15]Well, there must be 2 votes missing.
[09:06.40]Check the register.
[09:07.57]He’s right. 2 people must have pocketed their ballots.
[09:09.65]Usually there’s more.
[09:11.28]But they were there. I counted 803 votes.
[09:14.99]It happens, Larry. People make mistakes.
[09:17.33]I didn’t make a mistake.
[09:18.91]Every vote was there when you sat down.
[09:21.16]Easy, Falch. I don’t like where you’re going.
[09:23.75]I’m sorry, Dr. Hendricks,
[09:25.13]but every vote was accounted for.
[09:27.21]Falch, that’s enough.
[09:28.67]End of story.
[09:50.98]Paul?
[09:52.24]I just want to let you know that no matter what happens
[09:55.32]and how this turns out,
[09:56.37]you’ve run a really great campaign.
[09:58.49]Good luck.
[10:00.04]Well, thanks, Tracy. You, too.
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