03x09 - Denise Gets a D

[bunniefuu]

Pardon Me.

There.

Oatmeal, Cantaloupe,
Toast And Butter

And Peppermint Tea--

Your Mother's Favorites.

Anything We Forgot?

I Like Ice Cream
When I'm Sick.

Mom's Not Sick, Rudy.
She Has A Pinched Nerve.

Your Mother
Will Appreciate

Just Seeing
Your Lovely Faces

With Her Tray Of
Her Favorite Breakfast.

Let Me
Carry It.

It's Very Heavy.

I Won't
Drop It.

Take That.

Thank You.

Tell Mom I'll Be Up

Before School.

Son?

Yeah?

What You Doing?

Clearing The Table.

Did I Ask You To?

No.

Why Are You
Clearing It?

With Mom Laid Up

We All Need To Pitch In
And Do A Little Bit Extra.

Are You Still Doing
Your Regular Chores?

Yeah, I'll Still
Take Out The Garbage

And Sweep The Front Walk.

I'll Also Take Rudy
To Dance Class.

Son?

Yeah?

What?

Sometimes When People
Are Feverish

They Say Things
They Don't Mean.

Dad, I'm Fine.

Sometimes If
You're Feverish

You Hear Things
You'd Like To Hear

But You Really
Don't Hear Them.

Dad, You're Fine,
Too.

(Ring )
I Am?

Well, I Hope So.

Hello?

Yes, Operator,
I'll Accept The Charges.

Hi, Daddy.

Hi, Denise.
You Need Money?

No.

You're Sure?

Yes.

Denise!

Hey, It's Great
To Hear From You.

Are You Still Coming Home
For The Weekend?

Yes. I Wouldn't Miss It.

Good.

I'm Picking Up My English Paper

Then I'll Catch A Train.

All Right.

How's Everything Going?

I'm Getting An "A"
On This Paper.

How's Biology?

I'm Pulling A Strong "B."

All Right!
Huxtable Brains.

Sounds Like
You're Burning It Up.

I Am.
We'll Talk About It Later.

You're Coming Home For Money?

Dad! No.

I've Got To Go Meet
With My Professor.

Okay. I'm Looking Forward
To Seeing You.

Give My Love To Everyone.

Bye.

My Son's Doing Chores
Nobody Asked Him To Do.

My Daughter's Got A Strong "B."

I Must Have Malaria.

(Knocking )

Come In.

Hi. Dr. Hughes?

Hello, Denise.

You Wanted To See Me?

Yes.
Come In.

I Finished Reading
Your Last Essay.

Great. I Worked
Hard On This One.

You're Getting The Same Grade
You Got On The Others.

Those Were "Ds."

I Know.

I Don't Understand.

I Worked Hard On This.

How Much Time Did You Spend
Writing That Paper?

Two Weeks--
I Started Working Right Away.

How Much Time
Did You Spendwriting?

It's Hard To Say.

I Have This System
That Works Really Well.

Oh, You Do, Huh?

When I Have A Paper To Write

I Think About It
For A Few Days--

Mull It Over
While I'm Doing Other Things.

Other Things?

Yeah, Like Taking A Shower,
Or Brushing My Teeth

Or Going For A Walk.

See, I Get Inspired
And Then I Stop--

I Stop Whatever I'm
Doing And I Just Write.

It's Like This Burst
Of Creative Energy.

I Would Rather You
Organize Your Bursts.

This Is How I Wrote
Papers In High School.

I Always Got "As."

But You're In College Now.

The Difference Between
High School And College

Is The Grade
On That Paper.

Now, I Suggest You Reread
The Comments I Made.

I'll Do That
On My Next Paper.

Thisis Your
Next Paper.

I Want You To
Write It Over.

It's Due
A Week From Today.

All Right.

I Appreciate
The Second Chance.

Apply The Comments
This Time

Or I Won't Be As Generous
With Your Grade.

I Understand.

Good.

Sorry I'm Rushing

But I've Got To Get Out Of Town.

How Was
Dance Class?

No Good!

Something Wrong
With The Ballerina?

Her Teacher Handed Out
Dance Recital Parts.

Rudy Wanted The Sun,
But They Made Her The Wind.

What's The Matter
With The Wind?

I Don't Know

But All The Way Home,
Rudy Kept Saying

"I Am The Sun."

Well, Maybe I'd
Better Talk To Her.

I Tried To
Cheer Her Up.

I Said, "Rudy, It's Only Ballet,
It's Not Important.

Nobody Cares About It."

She Didn't Come Around
After You Said That?

No.

I Cannot Believe
She's So Upset.

You Can't?

I Remember You
At That Age.

You Played Baseball.

You Made The Team

You Went Out With Your Glove,
Bat And Uniform.

The Man Didn't Put You In.

You Came Back,
Threw Your Bat And Glove Down

And Said, "I Won't
Play Ball Anymore."

I'll Go Talk To Her, Dad.

No, You've
Done Enough.

I'll Say
Something To Her.

Hi.

Hi.

Your Coat's
Still On.

I Know.

You'll Get Hot.

I Don't Care.

Now, Come On.

Take Your Coat Off.

Hang It Up.

Theo Tells Me

You Had Some Disappointment
In Dance Class.

Daddy, I Am The Sun.

I Don't Want To Be The Wind.

What's So Good
About Being The Sun?

The Sun Gets To Set And Rise
And Shine On The Flowers--

You Know, Photothimissism?

Photo What?

Make The Flowers Grow?

Photothimissism.

No, No, Honey,
It's Photosynthesis.

Oh.

Where Did You Learn
About Photosynthesis?

Vanessa Told Me.

She Said The Sun's The Most
Important Thing

In The Universe.

You Thinks The Sun's
More Important Than Wind?

You Got It.

Would You Do Me A Favor

And Show Me What The Sun Does?

Sure.

Photothimissism.

No, Photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis.

Now, Show Me What
The Wind Does.

(Whooshing Noise )

Well, Pardon Me

But As Far As I'm Concerned

The Wind Is Far More
Exciting Than The Sun.

Rudy:
But The Wind
Only Dances

At The Very End.

You're Saying The Sun
Stays On Stage Longer!

The Whole Play.

Well, Let Me Tell You This.

I Think That When The
People See This Play

They Will Say, "Well, The Sun
Was Out There For A While

"Butwow The Wind

Bring Her Back, Man,
Bring Her Back!"

Dad, I Can't Come Back.

That's The End Of The Show.

But If You're The
Best Wind You Can Be--

Even Though You Don't
Want To Be The Wind--

If You're The Best
Wind You Can Be

I'll Bet That At
The End Of The Play

When The People Are Clapping,
They Would Say:

"The Sun Burned,
But The Wind Blew Me Away."

You Understand That?

Yes.

All Right, Then.

Good, Good.

But I Am
The Sun.

(Knocking )

Yes?

How Come You Didn't Get Up
And Open The Door?

Very Funny.

Oh, Be Careful,
Be Careful.

How Did You
Do This?

It's My
Own Fault.

I Was Teaching Rudy
Some Ballet Moves.

I Picked Her Up And Discovered
That She Is Heavy.

Look At The Good Side,
You're Getting Some Rest.

I'm Getting
Plenty Of Rest.

I've Had Such Fun
These Past Two Days.

I've Watched A Squirrel
Climb Up And Down A Tree.

I've Listened To Myself Breathe.

And I've Discovered That
I Blink Times A Minute.

Are You Telling Us
You're Bored?

Out Of My Mind.

But I'm Really Glad
To See You Two.

What Have You Been Doing?

Everything-- Don't
Leave Anything Out.

College Is Great.

I'm Getting All
"As" This Semester.

That's Wonderful.

Isn't It, Denise?

Yeah.

I Just Finished
A Psych Project.

The Professor
Loved It So Much

She Wants To Do Research
With Me Next Semester.

All Right, Sondra,
All Right.

How's Everything
With You, Denise?

Good.

Yeah?
How's School?

It's Getting Really
Cold In Virginia Now.

We Even Had A Frost Last Week.

Princeton Had Great Weather.

I'm Not Surprised.

Tell Me About
Your Classes.

Oh, I Will

But I Want To Find Some
Sweaters For The Cold.

I'll Be Back.

Don't You Go Away.

I Want To Hear
About You, Mom.

You.

I'll Be Here.

(Whooshing Noise )

Good. When I Watch You,
I See The Wind.

I'm Only On The Stage
For A Minute.

That Doesn't Matter.

That's Not What
The Audience Will Remember.

It's Not?

I've Done A Few Dance Recitals.

The Performance
Isn't That Important.

What The Audience Remembers
Is Your Bow At The End.

Now Let Me See You Bow.

That's Okay, But The Audience
Won't Remember It.

They Won't?

No. You Need
Something With Flair.

Now Here's What
I Recommend.

The First Thing You Do
When You Come Out

Is You Act Really Humble

Like You're Surprised
They're Even Applauding.

And Then You Point To Yourself,
And You Say...

"For Me?"

They Love That!

Then You Walk Toward
The Center Of The Stage

Shaking Your Head

Like You Really Don't
Deserve Their Love.

"No, No. Please, Stop."

Then You Put One Foot
Behind The Other

And You Bow Deeply
At The Waist, Exhausted.

(Sigh )

Show Them You've Given Them
Everything You Have.

I'll Be In The Front Row

And I'll Yell, "Bravo! Bravo!"

And That Will Start
A Standing Ovation.

I Like That!

We're Back. Movie Time.

What Movies?

For Rudy

Mr. Mouse Joins The Circus.

Yay!

And For Everyone Else

Attack Of The Two-Headed Dog.

All Right!

Where's Denise?

She's In The Kitchen.

Set Up The Tape Machine.

And I'll Make The Popcorn.

Denise,
We've Got The Movies.

I Don't Feel Like It.

You Wanted A Movie.

Changed My Mind.

Are You All Right?

Yeah. Why?

You're Acting
Strange.

Yeah, I Agree.

You Hardly Ate
Any Dinner.

I Wasn't Hungry.

Having Problems With Some Guy?

No.

Having Troubles
At School?

Did I Mention School?

Why Bring School
Into This?

Hmm. Strong Defensive Reaction.

Oh, Yeah.

Fine! I Will Watch
The Stupid Movie

With You Guys!

Ah. Avoidance Response.

Without A Doubt.

Cut It Out!

Definite Hostility.

Theo!

Tell Us.

Sooner Or Later We'll
Get It Out Of You.

Maybe We Could Help.

It Goes No Further
Than This Kitchen, Okay?

We Promise.

I Bet This Is Good!

What Is It?

The Last Three Papers

That I Wrote For
Freshman Composition...

I Got "Ds."

Whoa!

You Must Have Been Doing
Some Serious Partying.

I Didn't Party At All.

I Worked Really Hard
On Those Papers.

You Didn't Party
And You Got "Ds"?

What A Waste!

When I Started College,
I Had Trouble With A Subject

But I Turned It Around.

I'm Not Just Having Trouble
In Freshman Composition.

Right Now I Have
A Low "C" In Biology

And A High "D" In Calculus.

Oh, Denise.

Denise!

I'm Doing Really Well
In My Cinema Class.

We Have To See One Movie A Week

And I Haven't Missed One Yet.

Are You Going To Flunk Out?

No, Unless I Really Mess Up.

Do Mom And Dad Know?

No.

Tell Them.

I'd Rather Flunk Out.

Cliff:
♪ De De De
Doom Doom ♪

♪ De De Boom
De Dee Dee ♪

You're Going To Entertain Me.

It's The Hillman College
Marching Band!

Ladies And
Gentlemen

For Your Half-Time
Entertainment

We're Proud
To Present

The Hillman College
Flying Falcon

Marching Band.

(♪Imitating Marching Band ♪)

Whoo!

Pow! Pow!

(Knocking )

How You Doing?

We Need To Talk.

Sure.

Be Careful Now.
Be Careful...

I Know. I Know.

(Groan )

(Sigh )

So...

♪ Je Je
Jin Jin ♪

I Wanted To Tell You That
I'm Really Enjoying Hillman.

Good.
Good.

And I'm Glad You
Influenced Me To Go There.

We're Glad That You're Glad.

♪ De De De Dee De Dee ♪

I'm Doing Really Well
In My Modern Cinema Class.

♪ De De Doo ♪

Modern Cinema Class?

I Got Into It Late After I
Dropped Early American History.

♪ De De Doo... ♪

You Dropped
Your History Class?

It Started At :
In The Morning.

I Had Trouble
Getting There On Time.

And What Time Is
The Modern Cinema Class?

Noon.

♪ De De Dum ♪

Actually, I'm Having Trouble

In A Few Other
Of My Classes, Too.

Which Ones?

English, Biology And Calculus.

Yeah, I Haven't Gotten Off
To A Real Good Start In Those.

What Kind Of Start
Have We Gotten Off To?

Ahem. Two "Ds" And A "C-."

Aw...

Cliff:
(Mock Crying )

Now What Happened To
Thestrong "B" In Biology?

I'll Get A "B"

If I Get "As" On My Next Tests
And An "A" On Lab Work.

What Happened To The "A-"
In Calculus?

The Final Exam's
% Of Our Grade.

I Have To Ace It.

What Is Your Problem, Child?

I Think It's The Teachers.

When They Give An Assignment

They Don't Seem To Care
If You Do It Or Not.

In High School, Mr. Shepard
Always Checked Our Work.

At Hillman,
They Give An Assignment

And Say, "Do It."

And Then You Never
Hear About It Again

Until It Has To Be In.

They're Treating You
Like An Adult.

They Expect You To Take
Care Of Things Yourself.

I Have So Much To Do.

I Have To Do Laundry.

Laundry? Isn't That That Stuff
You Brought In A Big Bag Here?

I Have To Buy Supplies

I Have To Clean My Room
And Eat And Sleep...

And All The Girls
In The Dorm

Come To Me
With Their Problems.

I Hardly Have Time
For My Club Meetings.

What Club?

"Students For Social Peace
Through Poetry."

I Can't Just Study.

Dad, I Want To Be
A Well-Rounded Person.

It Sounds Like You're Blaming
Everybody But Yourself.

If You'd Organize Yourself

You'd Have Time For All
These Things You Want To Do

And Study, Too.

You're In College.

It's A Different World.

I'll Tell You What.

Tomorrow You And I
Will Get Together

And I'll Help You
Organize Your Schedule.

You Will?

Yes.

Great. I Guess
I Can Use It.

Your Mother And I Want You
To Get A Wonderful Education

Because... Our Money
Is A Terrible Thing To Waste.

I See Why You Got A "D."

You Do?

Mm-Hmm. Listen To This.

"Zora Hurston Was
An Important Author

"Because Of What She Meant

To Future Generations
Of Women Authors."

What's Wrong?

"She Meant A Lot

To Those Future Generations."

This Is Incomplete.

You Haven't Said Why
She Was Important To Them.

Because She Influenced Them.

How?

Her Literary Style.

Which Was..

Unique.

Explain That.

Different.

Why?

You're Asking Things
The Teacher Already Knows.

She Read The Book.

You Have To Write This Paper

Like Your Teacher
Hasn't Read The Book.

When You Make
A Statement Like This

You Have To Back This Up.

Now Tell Me Why
You Like Hurston's Writings.

Because The Women She Wrote
About Had An Inner Strength.

Would You Please Write That?

Our Teacher Won't
Be Interested In That.

If You Support It, She Will.

Well, I Can.

Then Do It.

Remember, When
You're In Trouble

I'm Not The Only Person
You Can Come To.

Go To Your Professors.

I Will.

Excuse Me. How Would
You Like A Study Break?

We're In The Middle
Of Something.

This Will Be Worth It.

What Is It?

Ladies And Gentlemen

It Is My Pleasure To Present
Miss Rudy Lillian Huxtable

As "The Wind."

Denise:
Hey!

(Clapping )

(Whoosh! )

Yay!

Bravo!

Vanessa:
Bravo!

Bravo!

Denise:
Bravo!

For Me?

Vanessa:
Yay!

Oh, No, No.
Not For Me. Not For Me.

Yay!