Don't tell me you don't remember me because I sure as heckfire remember you....Ned!...Ryerson! Needle-nose Ned, Ned the Head, c'mon buddy! Case Western High!
Do you have life insurance? 'Cause if you do, you could always use a little more! Am I right or am I right or am I right? Right, right, right?
Watch that step! It's a doozie!
I believe you found my dog. He answers to "Odie".
Odie?
Family name. Oh, Odie! Oh, come on! There you are! Yes! I can live again now. How could I ever repay you?
An autograph would be splendid!
Then splendid it shall be.
We certainly have a new star in the arena. Ladies and gentlemen, this is amazing!
It's Odie!
Talented little fella, huh?
I can't go on like this anymore, Wendell. I've got to get a dog.
Well I think that is a lovely idea! I know you've been sad and lonely since the divorce, and I've tried to be a friend...
Not for me, you imbecile! For the act! If I could get my hands on a really talented dog, wouldn't Walter J. just choke on his Emmy?
Like Odie?
Yeah, yeah. Now he was good. He was kind of dopey-looking and spry and--
Lost? (sees Odie on the poster)
Huh? (Chapman comes over to the window to see the lost poster; His eyes widen upon recognizing the dog)
Today is a lovely day for a pop quiz. All of you should have finished reading Hamlet by now. I'm going to ask each one of you a question, and you will be graded according to your answer.
Tess [in Anna's body]: Oh, thank God it's Hamlet. I was in that play in high... I just know the play.
Like that'll help you.
Mr. Bates [to a student]: Mr. Waters, describe the character of Hamlet.
Hamlet. He's, uh... he's one of the big characters. I mean, he's Hamlet. He's just... bopping around... doesn't know which way's up. I don't think the guy's got a clue.
You mean to say that he is a man...
Yeah.
Who couldn't make up his... mind.
...mind. Exactly.
Good. B.
All right. Yeah.
Ms. Coleman.
Tess [in Anna's body]: Yes, Mr. Bates?
What are the central conflicts in Hamlet?
Tess [in Anna's body]: Well, political, of course, because Claudius usurped his father's throne. Oedipal, because of the undercurrents with his mother. Then there is the timeless question of insanity. Is he really seeing his father's ghost, or is he simply mad?
That is seriously overreaching. F.
Tess [in Anna's body]: F?
F. Mr. Franelli, who is Fortinbras?
Mr. Bates, I really don't understand this Frankie.
You completely missed the point of the book.
It's "1984". How could anyone miss it? It's a blatant attack on totalitarianism, about a rigid society, dominated by one all-powerful, ego-tripping dictator—
My grade is final.
Except he had hair. [Walks away]
Anna!
Tess (in Anna's body): [Confronting Mr. Bates for failing her answer that was correct] Mr. Bates, may I please speak with you?
I think that would be fairly pointless, but go ahead.
Tess (in Anna's body): By what stretch of the imagination...I mean, like, how could I, like, get an F? What mistakes did I make?
Grading is subjective.
Tess (in Anna's body): That was a college-level analysis!
And you're qualified to make that assessment?
Tess (in Anna's body): As a matter of fact, I most certainly am.
Well, in the words of Hamlet, "What's done is done."
Tess (in Anna's body): [annoyed] That's Macbeth, you know-nothing twit– [upon realization] Bates! Elton Bates! Griffith High School.
How do you know that?
Tess (in Anna's body): You asked me...I mean, my mom to the prom, but she turned you down.
This is not an appropriate subject-
Tess (in Anna's body): And now you're taking it out on her daughter, aren't you? Aren't you?!
I don't know what you're talking about!
Tess (in Anna's body): Oh, come on! It was a high school dance! You've got to let it go and move on, man! And if you don't, I'm sure the school board would love to hear about your pathetic vendetta against an innocent student. [Starts to leave, but stops to make a final remark] Oh, and by the way, Elton, she had a boyfriend, and you were weird. [Mr. Bates is stunned into guilt]


