Bloody Homecoming (2013)

Steve Earnest: Principal Patterson

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• Principal Patterson : Sheriff Corbin.

  Sheriff Corbin : Yes?

  Principal Patterson : What brings you by?

  Sheriff Corbin : Cut the crap, Patterson. I'm here on business. My deputy got wind that some of the students got some death threats in their lockers.

  Principal Patterson : Your deputy?

  Sheriff Corbin : Yeah, Karl Clements.

  Principal Patterson : Jaclyn's boyfriend. She and a few of her friends found these.

  Sheriff Corbin : These friends, are they the same kids who killed my boy? Don't you think that's something I ought to know about?

  Principal Patterson : Sheriff, Billy was a hell of a kid, and probably would've been the best damn quarterback this town has seen in 15 years, we were all broken up about it, and if I could have expelled those students permanently, I would have.

  Sheriff Corbin : Look, Patterson, I don't want to hear about your failed ass attempts. Those kids are the reason my wife has spent the last three years in the nuthouse: she barely eats, sleeps, or says two words.

  Principal Patterson : I feel for you, Sheriff, I'm not sure what it is you want me to do.

  Sheriff Corbin : I don't want you to do anything, but I want something I can use to take action against those kids.

  Principal Patterson : Well those kids didn't just simply plant those notes in those lockers themselves, and I can't go around accusing my students without some sort of...

  Sheriff Corbin : Well that's fine, you just sit here in your cozy little office and play innocent, but if you're not gonna do anything about them, I will.

• Principal Patterson : Well kids, I just don't know what to make of this. Maybe some kind of practical joke.

  Steve Stein : Who would pull a prank like this?

  Principal Patterson : You tell me, Steve, maybe one of the theater students. You guys were responsible for the loss of half the costumes.

  Steve Stein : 3 years ago! You really think some theater geek is still pissed at us after all this time?

  Principal Patterson : Theater students have a flair for being dramatic, don't they?

  Wade Scott : Principal Patterson, I don't think this is funny.

  Principal Patterson : Neither do I, Wade, I'm just not quite sure what to do about it.

  Jaclyn Baker : You can start by calling the cops.

  Principal Patterson : Whoa, Jaclyn, no need to do anything rash. No need to get the police involved. Look, can you think of anyone who might have a reason to do this?

  [no one answers] 

  Principal Patterson : Alright, now until there's a reason to think otherwise, we must assume this is a practical joke. There's no evidence these are actual threats.

• Principal Patterson : What's going on out here?

  Steve Stein : Oh shit.

  Mrs. Patterson : Shouldn't you all be at the dance?

  Loren Gregory : Those asshole senior linemen wouldn't let us into the dance, Principal Patterson.

• Mrs. Patterson : [sees the threatening notes]  What're those?

  Principal Patterson : Oh, some prankster put them in all those lockers of the kids responsible for that Billy Corbin mess.

  Mrs. Patterson : Mess? Dan, we lost a student.

  Principal Patterson : I know, and it's been a real mess I've had to deal with ever since. You've no idea how much money this school lost, not only in property-code violations, but also in losing that Corbin kid too. He had the best damn arm in the state.

  Mrs. Patterson : I heard his father stopped by today.

  Principal Patterson : He got word of those notes.

  Mrs. Patterson : Do they have any idea who did it?

  Principal Patterson : He thinks one of those kids did it. I can't say I blame him. They ruined this town and got away without so much as a scratch.

  Mrs. Patterson : Well it's in the past, what's done is done, we just have to let it go, right?

  Principal Patterson : Try telling that to Corbin. He thinks all this is gonna send his wife screaming back to the nuthouse. Hell, probably better than living with that nightmare of a man.

  Mrs. Patterson : Dan, that's a terrible thing to say. Poor Vivian, I mean she lost a son. I can only imagine what it's like to lose a child.

  Principal Patterson : [bitterly]  Since you were never able to have them, that sounds about right.