Episode 24

Translated by hephylax edited by ami

Previously on Hand aufs Herz

 

Bea:Ben, I… I know that you can’t run away from your past. But sometimes it’s better to try to get a little distance and…

Ben: So that means you’re going away for a while?

Bea: Not for a while. Forever. I’m going back to Munich.

 

Intro

 

 

[Outside]

 

Ben: Munich. But you…you could just change schools if you wanted to avoid Lohmann.

Bea: That wouldn’t work, I don’t believe that she would leave me in peace. Besides, everything here reminds me of Franziska…

Ben: Bea, if you are going to run away now, it will look like an admission of guilt, as if you were really responsible for her disappearance!

Bea: I don’t care! I only want to live a normal life again and… get away from here.

Ben: Well, and what is going to happen to us?

Bea: You are going to get your Abitur.

Ben: First this whole student-teacher number and now this. (Life’s a bitch.) Bea, it can’t just be over!

Bea: Ben, please.(Just get a Bahncard and stop whining already!)

Ben: Ok. Then I’m going to Munich with you. (And while the corresponding Jemma-scene made me swoon, this just makes me roll my eyes. No chemistry whatsoever, say it with me.)We’ll rent an apartment together. (And you are going to pay your share how?) We’ll be all alone. Nobody knows us there.(Your researching didn't tell you that Bea spent the last ten years in Munich?)

Bea: Ben, you are this close to getting your Abitur, this is Quatsch (nonsense)(Does she extend her arms far apart?).

Ben: It doesn’t matter one bit if I get my Abi here or in Munich. (from a NRW comprehensive school to a Bavarian Gymnasium? Sure, no difference at all. And that’s coming from someone with a NRW-Abi./Why don't you come to Berlin?;-)Bavarian schools are the hardest in the country, Ben would whimper like a puppy.)

Bea: Easy for you to say. A new school, new teachers and besides, this is your last chance.

Ben: One school change more or less doesn’t really matter anymore.

Bea: And what does your father have to say about that?

Ben: No idea and it doesn’t matter as long as I’ll get my Abi.

Bea: No. No. You’ll stay here and finish school. And then we’ll see what happens.

Ben: I’m sorry but that is the biggest bullshit I’ve ever heard.

Bea: I don’t want you to come to Munich with me. (Now that is a clear statement, for once. Bravo.)

Ben: You are dumping me. Just like that? (About damn time, even though we all know it won’t last. And besides, you were never really together, boy. Ben, just grow up!)

 

 

[The Vogel home]

 

Miriam and Piet are sitting at the dining table. Piet is reading a magazine.

Miriam: Bon appétit. That seems to be fascinating.

Piet: Hm. I think I’m able to solve the carburettor problem now. (He realizes that this is not something Miriam is interested in hearing and diverts his course.)It tastes really great.

Miriam: Then there’s going to be some more overtime in the future, isn’t there?

Piet: No no. Next week, I’m only working the early shift and I wanted to do something with Lara. Unless that’s not convenient for you.

Miriam: Oh yes, that works very well for me. I can finally meet my lover then.

Piet: What lover? I thought there wasn’t anybody else.

Miriam: You know, that can change.

Piet: What is this?! I thought the topic was off the table.

Miriam: I thought we would finally change something. Instead we are going back to business as usual.

Piet: What more am I supposed to do? I’m handling Lara for you, I…I’m complimenting the food.

Miriam: Och, that’s not enough, Piet.

Piet: Well, what else? Should I also bring home flowers from work or something?

Miriam: If we really want to save our marriage then… we have to change something in general. Our attitude.

Piet: Maybe we should also change our daughter’s attitude. I mean, why isn’t she at the table?

Miriam: Maybe because she’s still at volleyball practice?

Piet: Oh. I forgot.

Miriam: You see? That’s exactly what I was talking about. If you would just think about us a little more, that would already be helpful.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, principal’s office]

 

Frau Krawczyk: Herr Heisig, what can I do for you?

Michael: Frau Krawczyk, I’ve heard that Frau Vogel has quit.

Frau Krawczyk: Yes. Unfortunately, that’s true.

Michael: That is a little sudden. Do you know her reasons?

Frau Krawczyk: Those are personal reasons and you surely understand that I can’t talk about them.

Michael: And those personal reasons can’t be erased? Her leaving would be a great loss for our school.

Frau Krawczyk: It won’t get any easier after she’s gone. It means more work for all of us. (She pours herself a cup from her infamous blue thermos but spills the liquid over her hand and desk.)Ah! Damn. What a mess.

Michael: Is everything alright? Can I help you in any way?

Frau Krawczyk: No no, thanks. I’ve got it under control.

Michael: And you don’t see any way to change her mind?

Frau Krawczyk: I don’t see how.

Michael: There has to be a way to get her to stay (Handcuffs? Leaving Cologne yourself, preferably taking Ben with you? Introducing her to Helena, now?/I like your way of thinking,Heph!).

Frau Krawczyk: Believe me, if I knew a way I would walk it.

Michael: Yes well, I wanted to talk to her again, anyway.

Frau Krawczyk: I don’t think it will change anything but, by all means, try it.

Michael: Well, I’ll keep you informed.

Frau Krawczyk: Do that…do that.

Michael leaves and Frau Krawczyk opens the drawer with her vodka bottle. She looks at it, closes the drawer again and buries her face in her hands.

 

 

[Vogel home, Bea’s room]

 

Bea is signing her letter of resignation.

Miriam: Bea, do you still need your coloured laundry done?

Bea: No, I’ll just take everything with me.

Miriam: What? But I thought after our talk this morning…

Bea: I’ve tried. Really. But…it doesn’t work. I’m going back to Munich.

Miriam: And simply changing to another school here in Cologne wouldn’t work? Bea, you’re wimping out.

Bea: Call it whatever you want. I believe it’s the right thing to do.

Miriam: And are you sure that you are only running away from Alexandra? I saw Ben driving off this morning.

Bea: This has nothing to do with Ben.

Miriam: Bea, you can’t keep running away, again and again. Ever since the thing with Jens…

Bea: I’m not running away. I have to go.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, principal’s office]

 

Bea: Aren’t you going to open it?

Frau Krawczyk: I know the contents.

Bea: Then just take note of my resignation.

Frau Krawczyk: But I won’t accept it.

Bea: You have to.

Frau Krawczyk: Even if I think it’s a mistake? Why did you come back? Because you wanted to give something back to the students of what you were able to take from here.

Bea: But there was no Alexandra Lohmann anywhere in this equation. You didn’t tell me that she was a teacher at this school. Gabriele, I really don’t want to leave you in the lurch…

Frau Krawczyk: But this is not about me at all. I just don’t want you to despise yourself for this idiotic mistake somewhere down the road.

Bea: The mistake for which I am despising myself, I made 10 years ago. I should have never let Franziska walk away after our fight (it can’t get any more relationshippy than this.). The only thing I can do now is to try and leave everything behind.

Frau Krawczyk: As you wish. I knew a different Bea once. I can only hope that your old will to fight is going to return to you in some way.

Bea: I’m wishing that for both of us.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, auditorium]

 

Hotte: Vogel quit?! Are you really sure?

Emma: But why? Finally a good teacher and then she’s already gone again.

Sophie: That’s the way it always goes. Seems to be some kind of nature’s law.

Emma: Yeah well, you have an alternative.

Hotte: You’re going back to volleyball, anyway.

Sophie: Who said that?

Emma: Caro. And she always gets what she wants.

Sophie: That’s utter nonsense. I’m not going back. And besides, we do have a solution to the AG’s problem.

Luzi: Yeah. Great. Letting Heisig do it is utter Quatsch (nonsense). We need a teacher who knows a thing or two about music.

Timo: Why do you always have to be so negative? Sophie is right! It’s enough if you take over as the artistic director of the AG.

Luzi: Well, you think everything Sophie says is great.

Timo: Is it possible that you are simply against anything Sophie says?

Luzi: No. But against anything that’s crap.

Emma: And now you’re leaving, or what?

Luzi: I need some fresh air.

Hotte: Well great! If we are going at each others’ throats now, we can just forget about it.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, teachers’ corridor]

 

Michael: Is now the right time and place to talk?

Bea: Not really.

Michael: I talked to Krawczyk today. Does she have anything to do with your resignation?(He can't take a no for a no either..poor Bea,I'd hightail it out of there,too..)

Bea: No, not at all.

Michael: She was acting so strangely, as if she didn’t want you to stay.

Bea: She does. She tried. And I hold her in high esteem for it. She would be a real reason to stay.

Michael: Okay. So why don’t you stay?

Bea: I… don’t want to talk about it, right now.

Michael: Krawczyk let on that you’re having personal problems… Does that maybe have anything to do with me?

Bealaughs: No, not at all. You would also be a reason to stay.

Michael: Then stay. I mean, a solution can surely be found.

Ben appears out of Michael’s line of sightfor a moment. Bea sees him. They exchange a glance. (Yawn. Why is he roaming around the teachers’ corridor all the time, anyway? And no teacher seems to notice. )

Bea: There is no solution for this, believe me. It was nice to work with you.

Michael: For me too. Don’t be a stranger.

Bea: I won’t. – I have to go or the AG is going to think that I won’t show at all.

Michael: Yes. Oh! Is your niece feeling better?

Bea: Lara? Why?

Michael: She said that she had problems with the volleyball gang. Maybe you should talk to her.

(There goes confidentiality flying out the window)

 

 

[Vogel home]

 

Piet: What did I do wrong now?

Miriam: Bea is going back to Munich.

Piet: But she only just got here… though I’ve been saying all along that there would be trouble because of Alexandra.

Miriam: It's really impressive how much sympathy you have for your sister.

Piet: Well, I could try to talk to her.

Miriam: It’s too late for that now. All of those feelings of guilt because of Franziska, the thing with Jens…it all resurfaced...

Piet: Pfff, Jens.

Miriam: She loved him.

Piet: Okay. I’ll get Lara from school, and then we’ll talk about it some more, okay?

 

 

[Petsalozzi, in front of the auditorium]

 

Apparently, for Luzi getting fresh air means sittingon the floor outside the glass front of the auditorium.

Bea: Hello Luzi.

Luzi: Hi.

Bea: You heard about it already?

Luzi: Then it’s true?

Bea: Yes. And I can imagine what you are thinking right now. That I’m abandoning all of you.

Luzi: Well, you are.

Bea: Sometimes you don’t have a choice.

Luzi: You always have a choice. The trick is to find a way. You told me that yourself.

Bea: Yes. But sometimes there is none. The AG really means a lot to me, maybe even as much as to you.

Luzi: I would never voluntarily leave the AG.

Bea: Then you can imagine how severe the reason has to be for me to do it anyway.

Luzi: But you are not going to tell me what that reason is, are you?

Bea: No. It’s personal. I just want you to know…that it’s really hard for me. One last rehearsal?

They enter the auditorium together.

Bea: I’m sorry that you had to wait. I was talking to Luzi. Maybe word already got around that I’m leaving the Pestalozzi school.

Emma: We were hoping that it was only a rumour.

Bea: Unfortunately,it's not. I know that you are disappointed in me and I’m very sorry.

Timo: Does this mean the end of the AG?

Bea: I’m going to find a replacement to take over the AG. Despite everything, I would like for you to continue on. Even without me. You are all so talented. Every one of you. It's a gift that you have to embrace.

Hotte: But I will never get the dance moves right without you. Because I am missing that gift.

Bea: Stick with Emma. She’s got a great sense of rhythm. (Hooyah!/Emma! )

And in exchange, you’ll practice the head voice with Timo. Timo’s big strength is his verve. He can carry all of you along. And Sophie, you have a great stage presence. Well, and Luzi, she founded the AG in the first place, against all opposition. She can take over as the artistic director, for now. As you can see, I’m completely dispensable.

Luzi: You are not! You’ve encouraged us and …supported us and given us strength. We…we are going to miss you. Very much.

They applaud.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, volleyball court]

 

Alexandra: Congrats, you two. – Caro? I don’t have to tell you that it can’t go on like this.

Caro: Well, I can’t play on my own.

Alexandra: You don’t have to. You have a partner with whom you perform wonderfully.

Caro: I’ve talked to Sophie. She’s still taking herself a little too seriously but she’ll soon be back. I’m sure of it.

Alexandra: I hope so. For your sake.

Caro: And anyway, Sophie isn’t the only one I can play with.

Alexandra: But that’s what it looks like at the moment. (Or do you see Jenny already here somewhere?)So, show me that I can depend on you.

Caro: I will.

Alexandra: Otherwise, I’ll have to nominate another A team. We can’t afford to lose another tournament.

Piet: Hey, Alexandra.

Alexandra: Piet. What are you doing here?

Piet: I’m picking up my daughter from practice. Where is Lara?

 

 

[Pestalozzi, auditorium]

 

[STAG – If a song could get me you](Emma Emma Emma!!!!)

 

Bea: If you wanted to make my farewell as hard as humanly possible you succeeded. You were great. If you continue on like this you will be very successful.

Luzi: We thank you. For everything.

Bea: All that’s left for me to do is to say good-bye.

Sophie

Timo

Emma

Don’t let the others get you down.

Luzi: You neither.

Bea: So…

Luzi: So. - I’m going to miss you.

(Sob)

 

[Vogel home]

 

The phone rings.

Miriam: Piet.

Piet: Is Lara home?

Miriam: No. You are getting her from school right now, aren’t you?

Piet: Yes, but she isn’t here and she isn’t in the volleyball team anymore, either.

Miriam: Excuse me? But we just talked to her about it yesterday. Then she should have already been home.

Piet: I don’t know, maybe she took a different course or is meeting friends. No idea. I’ll ask around here. Don’t worry, okay?

Miriam: Okay. See you soon.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, auditorium]

 

Bea is saying good-bye to the auditorium. Ben is suddenly standing in the doorway.

Ben: You’re really going through with it.

Bea: I’ve been thinking about what I want long enough.

Ben: But I…

Bea: And even though I know that this is the right decision, it doesn’t mean that it’s easy for me.

Ben: This is it, then? – Assuming we would have met under different circumstances, without the school and everything… would that have changed anything? (It would have robbed you two of about 70% of your dialogue, for one thing: We can’t. I’m your teacher. I know you love me but you can’t admit it because I’m your student…)

Bea: I don’t know.

She kisses him on the cheekand leaves.

 

 

[Vogel home]

 

Pieton the phone: Yes, okay. But if you or your daughter hear anything, you’ll call us, okay? Or do you have this Xenia’s number? Yes, sure. No, I’ve got something to write it down with. Okay…

Bea: What’s up?

Miriam: Lara is missing. She wasn’t in class…and her bag is missing as well.

(Hmm, Lara ran away with Xena?Ok!)