Épisode Cri etouffé S03E08 - Degrassi : The Next Generation Saison 3

Mr. Nash: Hey. Saying goodbye is the worst part.

 

Ellie: Seriously

 

Mr. Nash: I'm going to be fine, it's just a peace keeping mission

 

Ellie: I know, but… (Looks over at her mom)

 

Mr. Nash: Your mother's fine, she's under control. There's my girl, come on. (Starts walking towards Mrs. Nash) It'll be fine.

 

(Kisses Mrs. Nash.)

 

Mrs. Nash: Okay.

 

Mr. Nash (to Ellie): You just got to keep that smile on, ok?

 

Ellie: Bye Dad.

 

Mr. Nash: Bye.

 

Ellie: Mom, you okay?

 

Mrs. Nash: Don't make a scene Eleanor, just shut up, smile and wave. (Pause) Oh, there he is! (Waves)

 

 

Walking towards school

 

Ashley: Ellie, hey, how are you?

 

Ellie: What are you, my counselor?

 

Ashley: Sorry, it's just that your dad left yesterday and...

 

Ellie: He's in the army, he leaves, it happens.

 

Ashley: So, you want to go to a movie after school?

 

Ellie: Sweet. And I would, but I got my co-op interview.

 

Ashley: Right. You nervous?

 

Ellie: Interviewing for my dream job. Why would that make me nervous? Not that it matters, Paige is going to get it.

 

Ashley: Well, Caitlin's TV show is about social issues right? Paige probably thinks it's about social life. (Imitating Paige) Hi, I'm Paige and I'm reporting for style factor. You'll get it, just be yourself.

 

Ellie: Like that is gonna get me the job.

(See hand put a rose on a locker.)

 

Hazel: By the time Scott calls me back, I'm on the other line with Paige. Secret Admirer struck again.

 

Terri: That's the fourth one.

 

Hazel: And you have no idea who it is? Can't you just ask your tarot cards?

 

Terri: Tarot doesn't work like that. But with my luck, it's probably the janitor.

 

Hazel: Please, it could be anyone.

 

Terri: I know who I want it to be (watches Rick walk by)

 

Hazel: You've got the hots for Rick?

 

Terri: Shhhh.

 

Hazel: You should ask him out (pushes her towards Rick)

 

Terri: What if it's not him? (bumps into him) Uh, I got to get to class

 

(Rick watches them leave and smiles.)

 

In Math class

 

Ellie: Homework. Talk to me.

 

Marco: What, you didn't do it?

 

Paige: Ellie, read for the interview? I am so nervous. My mom was like, Paige, you've got the clothes, the brains, your fine.

 

Ellie: Of course.

 

Paige: Please. Mothers always say that, it is so tedious.

 

Mr. Armstrong: Okay folks, put your books away.

 

Ellie: No way.

 

Mr. Armstrong: Were starting today with a pop quiz. Now, if you did your homework, you should be fine. Paige, could you pass these out for me please?

 

Paige: Break a leg hun.

 

 

In cafeteria

 

(Ellie looking at her quiz, a big 48% and F at the top.)

 

Marco: Okay, so um, why do teachers lie? I did the homework like he said, and I was not fine.

 

Ellie: Marco, you got a B+.

 

Marco: Yeah, but my average is…

 

Ellie: It's only worth like what, 2% of our final grade? Were both gonna pass.

 

Marco: I can't believe your this cool about it

 

Ellie: Actually Marco, I…

 

(Marco sees Dylan taking off his sweatshirt.)

 

Marco: Oh dio mio, um, yeah, hold that thought

 

(Marco leaves and Ashley and Paige sit down.)

 

Paige: Sucks to be straight. Come on, it's gotta be hard watching your ex-boyfriend fall madly in love with my brother.

 

Ms. Sauvé: Hey girls, sorry to interrupt your lunch, I need you to fill these out before your co-op interview. And Ashley, congrats, it's really hard to get those record company jobs. But remember, school is your first priority.

 

(Paige puts on glasses and starts reading the paper.)

 

Ashley: Since when do you wear glasses?

 

Paige: Alright, what's my goal? Hello, on camera, anchor desk.

 

Ellie: It's not a on camera job.

 

Paige: It's television, same deal. What's your goal?

 

(Reaches for Ellie's paper and tries to pull it away from her.)

 

Ellie: Hey!

 

Paige: What? I'm just…

 

(Red juice spills all over Ellie's white shirt.)

 

Paige: Oh, Ellie, I'm so sorry

 

(Ashley tries to help wipe it off.)

 

Ellie: Don't. It's fine.

 

(Ellie walks away.)

 

Paige (to Ashley): What? It was an accident

 

 

You see Ellie in bathroom trying to scrub off her shirt, then at CQJH

 

Paige: I am thrilled to have finally met you Caitlin, thank you so much for an amazing interview.

 

Caitlin: Well, you’re very welcome, bye bye. (To Ellie in a big yellow raincoat) Ellie, hi, is that for me? (Takes papers) Great. You can take the coat off.

 

Ellie: Right. So, I really loved the piece on tent city. I actually interviewed one of those guys for the grapevine.

 

Caitlin: Oh really? Which one?

 

Ellie: Um, I forgot his name. Young, brown hair, glasses.

 

Caitlin: Andrew Lister?

 

Ellie: That's it, I actually… (Wipes eye and eyeliner smears) Sorry, I'm really nervous

 

Caitlin: That's okay. Here. (Gives her a Kleenex and Ellie tries to wipe her face off) And uh, just tell me what you were going to wish for…

 

Ellie: Just, well, it's probably stupid, but, it would be cool to see those activists now. Now that the tents are gone.

 

Caitlin: Actually, we are doing a follow up. Okay, well, tell me about the grapevine. How long have you been writing for them?

 

Ellie: A while.

 

Caitlin: That's a great paper to be writing for.

 

At School

 

Hazel: Don't be such a chicken, anyone else would just ask him. Hey, Manny, help me out here. Say you like a guy.

 

Manny: Is he single?

 

Hazel: We think so. Do you go for it?

 

Manny: Completely. (Sees Craig) Life's too short.

 

Terri: Fine. Tomorrow in geography I'll…

 

Toby: Hello Therese

 

Terri: Hello?

 

Toby: Do you know what I'm thinking?

 

Terri: No

 

Toby: Oh, I think you do.

 

Manny: Toby, stop being weird

 

Toby: Til next we meet. (Gives Terri a strange look while walking away)

 

Hazel: Or maybe your secret admirer is Toby

 

(They look at each other and shudder at the thought.)

 

At Ellie's house

 

Ellie: Mom, sorry I'm late.

 

(Sees mom almost passed out on the couch.)

 

Ellie: Mom, you okay?

 

(Mom groans.)

 

Ellie: I brought us some dinner like you asked.

 

(Picks up several vodka bottles off the table by her mom.)

 

Ellie: Had my interview today. Total disaster. My whole day was a disaster. Look at my shirt.

 

(Offers mom food.)

 

Mrs. Nash: Oh, the smell

 

 

In Ellie's room

 

(She is pacing back and forth.)

 

Ellie: Okay, okay, okay.

(Sits down and takes out homework. Hears mom crash into things and throw up in the other room. Papers fall on the ground, compass blade falls on the ground. Ellie picks it up and is about to cut herself with it. She starts crying.)

 

 

Alarm goes off next morning

 

(Ellie looks at the mark she made on her arm.)

 

 

At school

 

Paige: Caitlin's awesome. So smart, totally pretty, we really connected. I mean Caitlin and I have so much in common.

 

(Ellie walks in and over to Marco.)

 

Marco: Hey. So how did it go?

 

(No answer.)

 

Marco: Aw, come on, you know you got it.

 

Ellie: No, I don't.

 

Marco: Ellie, they'd be absolutely crazy not to love you, ok?

 

(Ms. Sauvé knocks on door.)

 

Ms. Sauvé: Can I just steal Ellie and Paige for a moment?

 

Mr. Armstrong: Sure.

 

 

In the hall

 

Ms. Sauvé: So, I heard from Caitlin Ryan and she made a decision. Congratulations Ellie. Don't worry Paige, were gonna find you something great.

 

Paige: Wow, I guess she really did feel sorry for you.

 

(Ellie smiles as she walks back into class.)

 

Ashley: Terri Isaacs has a certain ring to it.

 

Terri: I can't believe Hazel told you.

 

Ashley: She had to, I'm going to be your future sister-in-law. But come on Terri, it's cute.

 

Terri: It's awkward…

 

Ashley: And strangely disappointing?

 

Terri: Just a bit.

 

(Toby steps in front of them and stops them.)

 

Terri: Toby, are you following me?

 

Toby: I don't know. Am I?

 

Terri: Can we take the long way to music class?

 

(See Toby smiling as they walk away.)

 

 

At CQJH

 

Caitlin: Ellie, I'm so thrilled to have you here.

 

Ellie: You are?

 

Caitlin: Oh, yeah, absolutely. I'm just sorry it's only going to be once a week.

 

Ellie: I can do more. Mornings, afternoons, weekends.

 

Caitlin: You sound just like me. But as my therapist says, it's important to have a life.

 

Ellie: I'll fact check, I'll file, pick up your dry cleaning, get you coffee, whatever you want.

 

Caitlin: Sorry, this is the best we can do. (About Ellie's room she is working in) So let's start with a project, teen hotlines, manned by teens, for teens, let’s see if they work and go! I'll check in on you later.

 

(On phone.)

 

Ellie: I'm calling from Caitlin Ryan Unscripted. Could I talk to the head of your youth hotline? That's fine, I'll wait.

 

(Interviewing a guy from hotline.)

 

Guy: We deal with everything, abortion, suicide, alcoholics, schoolwork, cutting, anorexia.

 

Ellie: Wow, that must be hard.

 

Guy: It's amazing, to actual be able to help. It's the best thing in the world.

 

 

On phone at home

 

Ellie: Hi dad, your okay? You've made it to Kabul? I'm so relieved. How's mom? She's fine, (looks over at her on couch and sees her drinking) totally fine. No, she can't make it to the phone right now, but I'll tell her that you called. Okay. Bye.

 

 

At CQJH looking at scissors when Caitlin comes in

 

Caitlin: Here, go through all of these, especially that one.

 

Ellie: Okay.

 

 

We see Ellie eating while her mom is drinking. Ellie laying on floor in her room, she sits up and cuts herself. Putting blanket on her mom on the couch

 

 

Ellie running to school

 

Ellie: I need a late slip please.

 

Secretary: Note please.

 

Ellie: I was at my co-op and…

 

Secretary: Board policy states that all students must provide a note.

 

Ellie: It won't happen again, please, can I just go to class?

 

Secretary: You were late twice last week, 3 times the week before, you could lose your placement over this.

 

Ellie: You’re not serious

 

(Secretary holds slip just out of reach of Ellie, then hands to her. Ellie walks away to bathroom looking worried. In bathroom she paces, then takes out her compass and cuts herself. Paige walks in.)

 

Paige: Let me guess, your latest expose, the hygiene of Degrassi's bathrooms.

 

Ellie: I'm running late.

 

(Paige sees blood in sink.)

 

Paige: Ew, Ellie, your bleeding.

 

Ellie: Yeah, I hit my arm on the thing.

 

(Picks up her stuff and leaves. Paige follows her outside.)

 

Ellie: What?

 

Paige: Ellie, I saw.

 

Ellie: I hit my arm, I'm gonna file a complaint with the janitor.

 

Paige: Bull.

 

Ellie: Pardon me?

 

Paige: Why would you do that to yourself? Does it feel good or what? Look, I totally get that you don't want to talk to me.

 

Ellie: My arm's fine.

 

Paige: I'm not talking about your arm. You need to talk to someone, like Ms. Sauvé, or…

 

Ellie: All I need is for you to leave me alone like you normally do.

 

(She gets up and walks away.)

 

Hazel: It's been 2 weeks, just break the little nerds heart already.

 

Terri: His hearth or his neck?

 

Toby: Therese!

 

Terri: Did you leave this rose?

 

(Terri breaks the rose and throws it on the ground.)

 

Toby: I don't know, did I?

 

Terri: Stop talking like that, it's driving me crazy.

 

Hazel: If that's some kind of Terri scrapbook, I'm calling the police.

 

Toby: Scrapbook? It's a science report.

 

Terri: On what?

 

Toby: ESP. Ash told me you were physic or something, but I've been testing you and you've failed… Therese.

 

Terri: So you’re not my secret admirer?

 

Toby: You wish.

 

(Terri and Hazel smile at each other.)

 

 

In the hallway

 

(Paige is sitting and Ellie is walking by.)

 

Ms. Sauvé: Hey Paige, just give me a minute and we'll talk about your friend, okay?

 

Ellie (to Paige): About who? Me?

 

Paige: I don't care if you get mad. What you’re doing is dangerous. It's scary.

 

Ellie: You can't handle it. You have to take away the one thing that matters.

 

Paige: What are you talking about?

 

Ellie: You want my co-op job

 

Paige: I don't care about the stupid job, you’re hurting yourself. This is beyond me. I don't know how to help you, but Sauvé will.

 

Ellie: I don't need help.

 

Paige: Then show me your arm.

 

Ellie: There's nothing wrong with me.

 

Paige: Then show me your arm. Ellie. Ellie, please, show me your arm.

 

(She rolls up her sleeve to show lots of cut marks and she starts crying.)

 

Paige: Oh, Ellie. It's okay. It's okay.

 

 

At Terri’s locker

 

(Rick puts another rose on the locker; Terri appears from where she was watching.)

 

Rick: Um, Hi. Uh, yes, you've caught me.

 

Terri: I've been waiting for hours, I can't believe how sneaky you are.

 

Rick: Well, for one, a secret admirer is a demanding occupation and 2, you’re worth it. I do hope leaving roses wasn't too intrusive, I'm a little shy.

 

Terri: Me too and I think it's sweet.

 

Rick: You had no inkling it was me?

 

Terri: Nope, guess I'm not physic.

 

 

In Ms. Sauvé’s office

 

(It is very quiet. Ellie look like she is going to talk, but doesn't.)

 

Ms. Sauvé: Well, that's all the time we have for today.

 

Ellie: Sorry, I wasted your time.

 

Ms. Sauvé: No, you'll talk when you’re ready. But recognizing you need to talk and not cut, that's a big first step. So, tomorrow?

 

Ellie: Tomorrow.