- I agree with the Pink Ladies.
- We can't trust Susan.
She's Susan.
- Principal says, the kids can have rock and roll.
[upbeat music]
- It doesn't hurt to have the Aldridge name
out there right before I announce my campaign.
- Sorry, but we won't be able to host
any of you this evening.
- How convenient.
- We don't need a gym.
- Party at Frosty's.
- Don't break anything.
- What about Buddy?
- What about him?
all: ♪ Rock and roll
- We did it.
It's the party we always wanted.
♪
- If you were a real man, you'd like it.
- You tried to make everyone think
that Jane is easy, when you're the one who
put out for Buddy Aldridge.
- My dad and Nicholson rigged the votes.
Jane. Jane, please.
Let me explain. Jane, please.
- Just leave her alone. - Out of my way.
- Richie. Richie!
- [shrieks]
- This is all your fault.
If you would just pick a side,
pick a boy. - Come on. Let's cool it.
- Pink Ladies have to stick together.
- Yeah.
Maybe I'm done being a Pink Lady.
♪
- ♪ It's cursing you, it's crushing me ♪
[Andy Russell's "What a Diff'rence a Day Made"]
♪
- ♪ What a difference a day made ♪
♪ 24 little hours
[bell chimes]
- [on radio] Tonight, Rydell is still reeling
from Saturday night's rock 'n' roll riot.
The trouble started when
some Rydell High juvenile delinquents...
- She's been calling her friends all weekend.
None of them will answer.
- [on radio] ...but this time with rock 'n' roll
and free-flowing liquor.
The bash quickly turned into a violent brawl
when two rival gangs used the Frosty Palace as the--
[radio switches off]
[bell chimes]
- Nancy, your friends are here.
- Oh.
Ooh.
- Nancy, we broke up with Bill and Roy.
When the cops came, they ran off and left us for dead.
- And they've forgotten all our anniversaries--
one and two month.
- We should have listened to you.
- We miss you.
Have a milkshake with us?
[The Platters' "The Great Pretender"]
- I guess so.
- ♪ Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender ♪
[echoing voices and laughter]
♪ Pretending that I'm doing well ♪
♪
♪ My need is such, I pretend too much ♪
♪ I'm lonely, but no one... ♪
- [screams]
Sorry, but I already have three best friends,
and they would never dump me for drips like Ralph and Boy.
- It's Bill and Roy.
- Didn't the Pink Ladies break up?
- We're about to get back together.
[thunder rumbles]
My condolences on Phil and Troy.
- ♪ I'm wearing my heart
- You have to finish your shift.
- I know. Just let me do this.
- ♪ Pretending that you're
♪ Still around
[dramatic brassy music]
♪
[thunder rumbles]
- Miss McGee, if this is about the dance, I can explain.
- I didn't call you here to talk about the dance.
Congratulations.
You are now officially Rydell High's
first girl president.
- I--I--I don't understand.
- Details about the election have come to light,
and we think it's only fair that you
take your rightful position.
Principal Nicholson has asked me to pass on his apologies,
and he hopes there are "No hard feelings, sweetheart."
Jane, this is a big responsibility--
especially now.
I hope you'll use this gavel wisely.
[thunder rumbling]
- He spent two nights in jail.
- Is he okay?
Are they going to press charges?
- No.
That doesn't matter.
They're both in there getting expelled.
And my parents are sending Richie off to military school.
- What?
Where?
- Ohio, I don't know.
It's just all happening so fast.
- Oh, Olivia--
- No!
[somber music]
♪
I see you got what you wanted.
Congratulations.
- This is ridiculous!
Good luck running for superintendent without me.
Lose my number.
- Buddy, I'm so sorry.
- Come on.
♪
- I can't believe it's my last day at Rydell.
So where am I headed next, huh?
Washington High?
- I've already put a call into Clifton Day, my alma mater.
- That's in Connecticut.
- Buddy, after everything that's happened,
it'll be good for you to get out of town for a while.
You come back after graduation, and everyone will have
forgotten all about this hullabaloo.
- I thought you said you hated that place, Dad.
- Well, for better or for worse, Buddy,
it made me the man I am today.
It's the best thing for you.
- Or is it the best thing for you and your campaign?
- Now, son--
- "Cynthia, had to go.
"Won't be needing this anymore, but I think it
"looked better on you anyway.
Richie."
[soft dramatic music]
♪
Whew.
- Remember, you don't want your jelly roll to be too loose,
or no one will want your treat.
- Too late for some of us.
- [blows raspberry]
It's just a joke.
[giggling]
- Ms. Adcock, my doctor doesn't want me to do any tasks
that require depth perception.
Can I be excused?
- Oh, fine.
You're on laundry duty.
[giggling]
- Olivia, can you help Jane with her sewing machine?
I just don't know how to work this crazy thing.
- Terrible try, Nancy.
- Thanks, Nancy.
I don't think there's any point.
- Cynthia, you're tardy.
[rhythmic rock music]
- Sorry.
I had better things to do.
♪
- What in Balenciaga's name are you wearing?
- Richie left me his jacket.
- Well, take it off.
You already have a gang.
We have to be the ones to keep it together
while Grumpy and Dopey are fighting.
- Nancy, read the writing on the wall.
Richie's getting sent away soon.
Olivia blames Jane.
I don't think we come back from that.
- Well, even if we lost Olivia,
the rest of us could still be Pink Ladies.
[school bell rings]
- I don't know.
I mean, now that it's all over, it seems kind of crazy.
Me?
A Pink Lady?
We can still pal around, though.
[thunder rumbles]
- Military school?
Damn.
- He could have said goodbye.
- He's not gone yet.
We'll sneak him out tonight and give him
one last hurrah before he goes.
- The Birds aren't ever going to be the same.
- Hey.
Oof!
- Yeah, just let him go.
It's not going to help.
- Oh.
Sorry about Richie, guys.
- Thanks, man.
- Hiya, fellas.
Richie said he wanted me to have it,
and since my other gang fell apart...
- I'm sorry.
You can't wear that, because that's what we're wearing.
And if you're wearing what we're wearing...
[thunder rumbles]
What will the society pages say?
[laughter]
- They'll say I wear it better than your ugly mugs.
- Welcome to the Birds!
- We should have given you one of these a long time ago.
I'm sorry you had to get it like this.
- Take that off.
- Down, boy.
Richie gave it to her. It's all copacetic.
- I don't care.
I don't want her in the gang.
I mean it.
If she's in, I'm out.
[somber music]
- Hey! Shy Guy!
Shy Guy! Hey!
Shy Guy.
Shy Guy!
Hey!
- Connecticut. That's far.
- Hey, if you were going to go out, at least
you did it swinging, huh?
You're a legend.
- We're going to call you every weekend.
- And I'll write you every day.
- I bet.
[giggling]
- I don't know what I'm doing here.
I don't need any of this stuff.
- Can I have your Mickey Mantle?
- Wally. - What?
- Yeah.
Why don't you just raid the whole thing?
Let's be honest, huh?
Once I'm gone, I'll be gone.
So why don't we just say goodbye and not drag this out?
[locker shuts]
Here.
- Buddy.
- Military school?
Those places are awful.
- [crying] They think it's going to straighten him out,
but it's just going to crush him.
Thank you for being there for me the other night,
and not taking advantage of the situation.
- I wouldn't dream of it.
I know you're a good Catholic girl.
- That's not what everyone at this school thinks.
- Well, they don't know you.
I do.
[soft dramatic music]
♪
- This isn't working.
- A-am I doing something wrong?
- Nope.
Solid 7 out of 10, like always.
- Thank you.
- I don't get it.
Usually kissing helps tame the hormones that
cloud my visionary brain, but I still
don't know how to get my friends to talk to each other.
- Maybe they'll come around. - No.
I have had friends drift away before.
The longer this goes on, the less likely it is
the Pink Ladies will get back together.
I have to nip this in the bud today.
- Hey, you and I are the two smartest people in the school.
- Agreed.
- We can figure this out.
[school bell rings]
- Last period.
We have to think fast.
- Oh, that's terrible.
Yes, I understand.
Yes, thank you very much.
The unprecedented rain has caused some serious mudslides
and flooding in town.
The superintendent wants us to keep the children here
for everyone's safety.
- But did he ask about me?
- Who?
- Superintendent Fletcher.
- No.
- [clears throat] Okay.
Hmm.
Wait, you're saying we'll be stuck here
with all these kids?
Until when?
- Until the storm is over.
But I have a plan.
We'll keep everyone in their homerooms with their teachers.
Everyone will require a hall pass to--
[door shuts]
"Great plan, McGee.
See you've got it under control."
Yes, I do.
Thank you, Principal Nicholson!
"I'm going to make you superintendent
of all the schools in the world."
Thank you, Principal Nicholson, because I work so hard!
[door slams]
[thunder cracks]
- This reminds me of old times,
before everything,
talking about books we love,
talking about books you love and I secretly hated,
but lied to you about.
- What?
What books did you hate?
- "Walden," by Henry David Thor-eau-yourself-
into-that-pond-already.
- Oh, come on! That's a classic.
- Yeah, if you like books about hermits who won't
shut up about their... bean fields.
- Ooh! Wow.
You must really have liked me.
♪
- I do really like you.
[tender music]
[knocking at door]
- Here's my latest article, Mr. Daniels.
- Oh, thanks.
Thanks, Virginia.
- Okay. - All right.
- Bye.
- All clear.
- That feels like old times too.
- I know.
- I hate sneaking around.
But what else are we going to do?
Move to Walden Pond?
- I don't want to work in the bean fields.
- Yeah, and I sure as hell am not going to do it.
- Or we could just get married.
- Yeah, right.
- We could get married.
♪
[musical tones]
- [over intercom] Attention students and faculty.
- Smile for the Rydell Review.
- Due to the extreme inclement weather--
- One, two--
- To ensure the safety of everyone here at Rydell,
no one is permitted... - Oh!
- To leave school grounds-- - Earth to Shy Guy!
[thunder rumbles] [people gasping]
- Oh.
[dramatic music]
♪
[gasp] Yes!
[lighter clicks]
- What? - Didn't you hear?
We all have to stay at school.
That means we have more time.
All we need is a plan.
[sighs] But I'm never the one who comes up with the plans.
Jane and Olivia are always the ones who
come up with the dumb plans.
♪
- It's okay.
I've got a pocket knife.
♪
I have a dumb plan.
- Hello. Hello?
Hello!
Oof!
Oh.
[clattering]
[gasps]
Sneaky kids.
[ominous music]
♪
Get back in your homerooms!
Back in your homerooms, you two!
This isn't a drive-in!
Herding cats.
[rain pattering]
- Whoo! [laughs]
- [sighs]
- A warm glove-box beer for our newest T-Bird.
- Finally, initiation!
[upbeat music playing over radio]
♪
- You know, I had some great times with the girls,
but it was Feeling Central over there.
It's going to be nice to just kick back
and have some beers with the guys again.
♪
- Yeah.
- You good?
- Mm.
It's just that my best friend is gone,
and the girl that I've been puppy-dogging for years,
who I really thought I had a shot with,
well...I didn't.
- If it means anything, I think you've still
got a shot with Olivia.
- No, she's got Mr. Daniels.
- You mean Mr. Bland-iels?
Please.
He's old and bald.
- He's not bald.
- He's gonna be. You can tell.
[rain pattering]
- He's tall.
- [sighs] He is tall.
You've just got to talk to her.
Tell her how you feel.
All right. That's it.
No more talking about feelings.
No more even saying the word "feelings."
- All right, all right.
Wait, I think you might have hurt Shy Guy's--
Heart.
- I just don't like him that way.
We don't have to make a federal case about it.
- Look, I don't know what happened at that dance...
but you got to make it right.
- Fine.
I'll talk to Shy Guy about his--heart
if you stop being a candy ass
and talk to Olivia about yours.
- Fine.
- ♪ Always remember [thunder claps]
♪ You're still my little angel child ♪
♪
- [belches]
- One more beer? - One more beer.
[indistinct chatter on radio]
- It's really not such a crazy idea.
- How would that work?
Won't you get fired?
- Maybe.
But there's other jobs.
It's not like this is the first time this has ever happened.
It'll be a big scandal for a few months,
and then it'll just blow over.
- My parents would never go for it.
I'm 16.
- How old were your parents when they got married?
- 17.
- I'll talk to them.
- [sighs]
I'd have to drop out.
You can't be married and go to high school.
- Not typically, no.
- Are you serious about this?
You really want to marry me?
Okay.
- But take your time.
This is a big decision, and it's yours to make.
[snare drum roll]
- Today will be the greatest test you will ever face.
It will not be easy.
In fact, it may be a living nightmare.
You may be ignored.
You may be despised.
You may--nay, you will get spit on.
But you will serve your school.
You will keep students in their homerooms
for their own safety.
You are hall monitors.
You have chosen this job because it is an honorable one,
and because you get a very minor amount of power
over your peers in exchange.
Today you will use that power.
Jane!
- As president, you're in charge of strategy.
[thunder rumbles]
- Uh--
I don't know.
Just...go.
- Oof.
What? Why?
Hey!
[thunder rumbling]
[dramatic acapella music]
♪
- ♪ I did what I wanted
♪ Played the perfect game
♪ But I ruined everything
♪ I did what I wanted
♪ Checked off every goal
♪ What's the point when you're alone? ♪
♪ Life plays some dirty tricks ♪
♪ Got everything that you wanted ♪
♪ But then you have to admit it ♪
♪ That the dream doesn't feel the same ♪
♪ When you see it face to face ♪
♪ Fantasy and reality
♪ Don't agree when they're face to face ♪
♪ Face to face
♪ Yeah, face to face
- ♪ I got what I wanted
♪ A chance to set it right
♪ Oh, I'll fight to end this fight ♪
- ♪ I got what I wanted
♪ A jacket on my back
♪ But it don't fit
♪ No, it don't feel like I imagined ♪
all: ♪ Life plays some dirty tricks ♪
♪ Some dirty tricks
♪ Got everything that you wanted ♪
♪ But then you have to admit it ♪
♪ That the dream does doesn't feel the same ♪
♪ When you see it face to face ♪
♪ Fantasy and reality
♪ Don't agree when they're face to face ♪
♪ Face to face
♪ Yeah, face to face
- ♪ I got what I wanted - ♪ What I wanted
- ♪ White horse and the ring
- ♪ Damn, it stings
both: ♪ What if nothing's nothing like it seems? ♪
♪ Like it's counterfeit
♪ I feel dumb for trusting it
- ♪ But maybe I should just give in ♪
♪ Give in, give in, give in
- ♪ I got what I thought I wanted ♪
♪ And now I'm glad I did
♪ 'Cause I got the answers to what matters ♪
all: ♪ That the dream doesn't feel the same ♪
♪ When you see it face to face ♪
♪ Fantasy and reality
♪ Don't agree when they're face to face ♪
♪ Face to face
♪ Don't agree when they're face to face ♪
♪ Face to face
♪ Don't agree when they're face to face ♪
♪ Face to face
♪ Don't agree when they're face to face ♪
[footsteps approaching]
- Jane.
- Buddy.
I'm sorry about the dance, and--and the fight.
It was all my fault.
- Heh, I think you're giving yourself too much credit--
for once.
- Well, I was the one who-- who wanted the--
- Jane.
I came drunk.
I threw punches.
And let's be honest.
None of this would have even happened if I just hadn't
lied about us to my friends.
We'd still be together.
- Maybe.
But then I--I--
I wouldn't have had the Pink Ladies.
Or...Richie.
- [sighs]
Well, it looks like I got what I deserved.
But hey, at least so did you.
- Being president is the last thing I care about right now.
- I get that.
I do.
But I sure hope you don't give up,
because that's what makes you Jane.
[sighs]
Hmm.
[door rattles]
- Open this door right now!
[girls whispering]
Back to your homeroom, girls.
No running in the halls.
I know you're in there.
- Miss McGee. - Come on, guys.
- I'm here to use my power for good--
like you said.
I want to keep Richie and Buddy at Rydell.
- Oh, I'm sorry, dear, but I think it's hopeless.
I tried to advocate for them, but the incident made
Principal Nicholson look bad.
And all he cares about is his image because
he's running for superintendent.
Oh, I think that was supposed to be a secret.
Oops.
Ahh!
[Lonnie Lyons' "Flychick Bounce" playing on radio]
You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
I'm alone out here.
I could use some help.
- It's 3:45.
Technically, school's over.
- Talk to the union.
[laughter]
- Bye.
♪
- No somersaulting after balls in the hallway.
[indistinct chatter]
♪
- ♪ Well, they ball all night
♪ Just to ease that stubborn mind ♪
♪
♪ And when dawn rolls around, the blues are far behind ♪
♪
- I know what you're feeling.
- That I can't believe we're trapped at school,
today of all days.
I just want to get it over with.
- You're jealous of your friends
because they get to stay at Rydell,
where everything will be the same for them
when everything is changing for you.
I felt the same way leaving my friends when I moved.
I was mad at them.
You'll regret it if you leave on a sour note.
Friends are really important.
- You're right.
[light uplifting music]
How is it that you're always so smart and so right?
- [laughs] I think I just know you.
♪
- You really do.
♪
[thunder rumbles]
So you're with Wally now. - Yeah.
- Wally's a great guy. - He's the greatest.
[melancholy music]
[rain pattering]
♪
- ♪ Pessimism was my weapon
♪ 'Cause they can't hurt any feelings ♪
♪ If I don't ever let them in
♪
♪ But now my heart's exposing
♪ Feel the opposite of hopeless ♪
♪ Devoted to the moment, yeah
♪ Wish I believed in fate
♪ So choices aren't hard to make ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm in love
♪ Is that enough to make
♪ This little house of cards into a home? ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm in love
♪ Or am I just afraid to be alone? ♪
♪
♪ Are we all just out here treading ♪
♪ Water swimming to a wedding bell ♪
♪ Like pennies in a wishing well? ♪
♪ I'm not naive
♪ Happy endings aren't easy
♪ But I'll never know if I never try ♪
♪ Wish I believed in fate
♪ So choices aren't hard to make ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm in love
♪ Is that enough to make
♪ This little house of cards into a home? ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm in love
♪ Or am I just afraid to be alone? ♪
♪
♪ I'm not naive
♪ Happy endings aren't easy
♪ But I'll never know if I never try ♪
♪ Oh
♪ But a future uncertain could give me ♪
♪ A chance to find a beautiful life ♪
♪ I'm in love
♪ Is that enough to make
♪ This little house of cards into a home? ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm in love
♪ Or am I just afraid to be alone? ♪
♪
♪ Yeah, I'm in love
♪ Is that enough?
♪ Yeah, I'm in love
♪ Or am I just afraid to be alone? ♪
♪
♪ Afraid to be alone
[thunder rumbling]
[knocking]
What are you doing here?
- Looking for you.
- Olivia.
Uh, Nancy told me to give this to you.
- Maybe this could wait?
- She's crying in the girls' room.
She won't talk to me.
- I'll be back.
- What'd I do?
[toilet flushes]
- Must have been a doozy.
- Jeez, how do you keep finding me?
- The school's not that big.
There's only so many places you can hide.
Since we're stuck here together,
you may as well talk to me.
- I'm considering taking my chances with the storm.
- Now that you're speaking to me,
you want to tell me why you've got
your undies in such a twist?
- You can't pretend what happened at the dance
didn't happen.
- That's what this is about?
A bad date?
You're going to throw away a friendship
we've had since the fourth grade over that?
- Maybe.
- Jeez!
Who knew you were so sensitive?
- I'm not sensitive.
You said I wasn't a real man.
- I didn't mean that. I--
- You can't say things like that, even if that's what
everybody thinks about me. - No one thinks that.
- Yes, they do!
I'm so shy, nobody even remembers my real name.
I don't need you throwing it in my face too.
- Cynthia!
You've got to see this.
It's from Nancy.
[knocking]
- Ugh.
I'm very busy.
- I have school business-- from the class president.
- Oh.
- I--I'd love to talk about how I can help you
with your campaign for superintendent.
Everyone in town thinks that you're
just this ineffective bureaucrat
who can't control his students.
But--but--but!
You know what people respect more than penalization?
Rehabilitation.
- Are you trying to sell me a dictionary?
- Instead of expelling the boys,
you should keep them at Rydell,
make them clean up their acts.
You'd look like a hero.
A reformer.
- Well, that...
is a dumb idea.
Voters don't want a softie.
They want someone who's tough on delinquency.
And that's me.
- No, I--
- Jane!
It's Nancy.
She needs you right away.
Nancy?
[sobbing]
I came as soon as I could.
- Will you come out now?
- We're really worried about you.
- We thought you were going to do something drastic.
- That's because I am.
I'm taking the drastic measure of locking us
all in here until we work out our problems.
Now!
- Nancy, this isn't funny.
- Yeah, we thought something was really wrong.
- Something is really wrong.
You all are letting the Pink Ladies fall apart
when we need each other the most.
Now, you two.
Talk.
- I'm sorry. I need to go.
I was in the middle of something.
- No one is going anywhere
until we are all friends again.
Now, you leave me no choice.
It's time for some brutal honesty.
Cynthia, you can put on all the jackets you want.
You're never going to be a T-Bird.
Hello!
You're clearly not like the others.
You don't fit in anywhere, except for with us.
- Damn, Nancy.
- And you?
Without the Pink Ladies, you'll go back to being
the depressed school floozy--
no brother, no friends.
The only people who will want to talk to you
are the guys who only want one thing.
But when you're a Pink Lady, we've got your back.
- Nancy, that's enough.
- And Brainy Janey, you think you would have
won the election without us? [snorts]
We're the ones that taught you to make a scene,
break the rules, color outside the lines.
But without the Pink Ladies
you're just a rule-following goody-two-shoes
who not even the Socs want to be friends with.
But with the Pink Ladies you are--
- Shut up, Nancy!
You're just making things worse.
And we've all got more important things to do.
It's nice to know what you really think of us, though.
- It seems like you're the only one who needs the Pink Ladies.
- Well--
[grunting]
- Potato, it's not funny.
Wait, wait! Just listen!
- One, two, three--[grunts]
- Just listen! I--
oh!
- Hey, you okay?
- I'm fine.
We'll come up with another plan to get them back.
- I don't need your help.
I don't need anyone.
Just...
bye.
[dramatic acoustic music]
♪
[echoing voices]
♪
[rain pattering]
- Peg, I want you to have my lucky pencil.
And Neil,
this shoeshine brush has got your name on it.
- Just what I always wanted.
- [laughs]
And Wally...
You've always been there for me.
Please call me in Connecticut.
I'm going to need it.
- I will.
- [exhales]
I'm going to miss you guys.
[laughter]
All right. Where's Susan?
- Have you checked under the bleachers?
[giggling]
- Hey, that's enough.
- Hey, Wally, you want to trade with--
- Never in my life.
- Come on, let me just hold it for a second.
- You got a brush.
I got Mickey Mantle.
- [indistinct]
She spit on me.
- I'm sorry for the dance.
I know what it feels like to not...
be like the others.
Didn't mean to make you feel that way too.
- You know, I always thought that if you liked me back,
and you were my girl,
I wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb.
- Sorry.
Just didn't feel right.
- Yeah. I know.
Not to me either.
- I've been thinking lately,
maybe I should stop worrying so much about...
why I feel something,
and...just feel it.
- You can be a T-Bird if you want.
- Hmm.
Funny.
After all that, it just doesn't feel right.
But thanks--
Edward.
[bell dings] [line ringing]
- Rydell Train Station. - Hi.
When is the next train to New York?
- [booming voice] What do you think you're doing?
[ethereal music]
♪
- Hello? - You're stunning.
- I know.
I am your guardian angel--
the Angel of Fashion.
- No.
I'm not talking to you.
You are a figment of my imagination.
Hmm.
[thunder claps] [gasps]
- I've come to tell you that you can't run away, baby.
- I can, and I will.
I'm finally getting out of this dump
and going to New York, where people will appreciate me.
[phone dings]
- [mocking laughter]
[giggling]
[maniacal laughter]
[cheerful music]
♪
- ♪ How interesting
♪ You're sure it's your time
♪ The dangerous part of youth thinking you're in your prime ♪
♪ How interesting
♪ You're hitting the road
♪ But let me tell you something Crystal, darling, don't go ♪
- My name's not Crystal.
- ♪ So fashion's meant to change the conversation ♪
- ♪ No, fashion's meant to change my life and save it ♪
- ♪ Slow down
♪ You're blistering my patience ♪
♪ Slow down
♪ Brutal honesty, girl, that's what you need ♪
♪ If you up and leave you'll lose everything ♪
♪ Stay where you can be the rise ♪
♪ Instead of the fall
♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee
chorus: ♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee
- ♪ How interesting
♪ You think I should quit
♪ That's quite a proclamation for someone who don't exist ♪
- Ha ha ha!
♪ Oh, NYC will E-A-T you, baby ♪
- So?
- ♪ Sticking to your guns requires bravery ♪
♪ Hold out
♪ Rydell needs your saving
♪ And you still need your friends, baby ♪
♪ Brutal honesty, girl, that's what you need ♪
♪ If you up and leave, you'll lose everything ♪
♪ Stay where you can be the rise ♪
♪ Instead of the fall
- ♪ Brutal honesty's my middle name ♪
♪ Told all of my friends right to their face ♪
♪ What I think of them, and then did it again ♪
♪ It ended in disaster all the same ♪
- ♪ Ugh, before I transcend back to heaven or to hell ♪
♪ I need you to be brutally honest with yourself ♪
♪
- ♪ Brutal honesty, damn, that's what I need ♪
♪ If I up and leave, I'll lose everything ♪
both: ♪ Stay where you can be the rise ♪
♪ Instead of the fall
♪
♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee
chorus: ♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee - ♪ Oh
both: ♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee hee
chorus: ♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee
- ♪ You are the fantasy
♪ My darling, darling Nancy
chorus: ♪ Tee hee hee hee hee
- Good luck to you.
And don't...die.
chorus: ♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee
[thunder fades]
[birds chirping]
- Oh, no!
[bell chimes] Ahh!
- [sobbing]
- Ms. McGee?
- I'm sorry.
I just can't do it all alone anymore.
It's too much.
[blowing nose]
- Maybe you could ask for help--
some adult help?
- [chuckles]
Don't you think I've asked?
Because I have, multiple times.
I've put requests through all the official channels--
Principal Nicholson, Superintendent Fletcher,
the school board.
I've tried everything, and nothing's worked.
- Well, maybe it's time to go through
some unofficial channels.
In a fair world, we'd get what we need
from the powers that be.
In this world...
sometimes we have to color outside the lines.
- It's just not how I operate.
Oh!
Okay.
[laughs] Uh, what's that for?
- You just helped me realize something.
And you look like you needed it.
[lights powering up]
[cheering]
[upbeat music]
Do you want another?
- Let's not get crazy.
[birds chirping]
[indistinct chatter]
- What are you doing in here?
I've been looking everywhere for you.
- Just waiting for everyone to clear out.
I can only take so many jokes from Rosemary and the girls
about what a tramp I am.
- I just came to say goodbye,
and to give you this--
as a friend.
Thank you for running my campaign.
And thanks.
Thanks for being my first.
- Funny, you're the only friend I have left at Rydell,
and you are leaving.
- Trust me, if there were any way to avoid it, I would.
[somber music]
♪
[suspenseful music]
♪
- You're still here!
Good.
Oh, and Nancy too.
- Where's Olivia?
- Nancy, what happened to you?
- I know I said some horrible things,
but I take them all back.
None of it was true.
- Actually, you were kind of right about me.
The Pink Ladies changed me for the better.
- Yeah.
You were right about me not being a T-Bird too.
This isn't the jacket I want to be wearing.
- I thought you said it was crazy,
you being a Pink Lady.
- The Boston Red Sox are neither red, nor socks,
but they're still a team.
- Oh, well, in that case, maybe I don't need to apologize.
- No, you definitely do.
- Yeah, you were way out of line.
- I'm sorry.
Olivia was right.
I am the one who needs the Pink Ladies.
You all are always falling in and out of love
with Richie and Buddy and Mr. Daniels and Shy Guy.
And--and sometimes I feel like what's going on with me
isn't as important as all the drama in your lives.
But I've realized I have a love story too.
I'm in love with...
us.
And I know that's weird.
I know that's not the way you're supposed
to feel about your friends.
But I don't care.
I love us.
- I love us too.
- Me too.
I miss us. - Oh!
- FYI, this is a one-time thing.
Tell anyone of my vulnerable nature
and I will deny it till the day I die.
- Let's go find Olivia.
- She's not with you?
I've been looking for her.
- She's probably at home.
- We have to talk to her, and Richie too.
We're going to find a way to keep him here at Rydell.
And since the adults won't help,
We'll just have to do it our own way.
- I'll drive.
[uplifting music]
♪
- Hey.
I--
♪
chorus: ♪ Brutal honesty
♪ Tee hee hee hee hee
- [whistling]
Oh. Look who's still here.
Have yourself a lovely evening, Miss McGee.
- No.
You listen to me, buster.
I'll do anything for this school.
But I'm only one woman.
I can't do it alone.
- [sighs]
If you're asking me to take on some of your duties--
- Please! You?
You wouldn't last two seconds.
Look, if it's not too much trouble...
I think it might be nice--
I would--I would like a--
I demand an assistant,
or I quit!
Good night to you.
[whistling]
- What's gotten into her?
- ♪ If it's good, then I want it ♪
♪ If it's bad, I don't need it ♪
♪ If it's good, then I crave it ♪
♪ If it's bad, baby, we'll save it ♪
♪ My man, they told me long ago ♪
- What are you doing here?
- We have to tell you something.
We love you, and I take back everything that I--
- Shh!
- What is he doing here?
- Asking for my parents' blessing.
We're getting married.
- Okay.
Where's Richie?
There's no way he's for this.
- I thought you knew.
[sighs]
My parents put him on a bus this afternoon.
He's gone, Jane.
[soft dramatic music]
♪
- Olivia!
- I think you should leave.
♪
- There she is.
Felicidades.
Mm.
♪
[indistinct speech]
- I think this belongs with you.
- [sniffling]
- What are we supposed to do now?
- We were thinking about that, and...
- We have no clue.
But we know one thing.
You're Jane Facciano.
- Jane Facciano never gives up.
[Andy Russell's "What a Diff'rence a Day Made"]
- ♪ What a difference a day made ♪
♪ 24 little hours
♪ Brought the sun and the flowers ♪