Episode 219

 

(Previously on Hand aufs Herz)

 

[Bergmann Villa]

Jenny: I haven’t taken any pharmaceuticals.

Drug Supervisor: Good, then we’ll be going to the bathroom now.

Jenny: Ok

 

Drug Supervisor: Negative. No indication for the ingestion of any kind of intoxicant.

Drug Supervisor: I’m sure he will be relieved.

Stefan: I don’t believe so.

He comes in with Emma in tow.

Stefan: This young lady here I’ve just found in the bathroom.

 

 

(Intro)

(Welcome back to Hand aufs Herz.

You're in for a good week everyone.)

 

 

[Bergmann Villa]

Drug Supervisor: In that case we have to repeat the test.

Emma: No. That was a misunderstanding. I went to the toilet after Jenny.

Stefan: Of course.

Drug Supervisor: The second test will show that.

Jenny:That's it then, I guess...

Stefan:Congratulations, Jenny. You gambled away your chance really wonderfully

Emma:No. It's not what you think. Jenny has been clean, the whole time, she... she never would have voluntarily taken any drugs again. Ronnie put them in her water.

Stefan:Ronnie?

Emma:In an act of revenge. Because she wanted to get in the way of his drug dealings.

Stefan:Is there any proof of that?

Emma: I wasn't exactly there. But I knew he wanted to do that. Please, you got to believe me, I – I found Jenny in such despair – She never would have voluntarily taken any drugs again.

Drug supervisor:A story I've sadly heard way too often.

Emma:Herr Bergmann!

Jenny: Emma, leave it. It has no use.

Stefan: I believe it would be better, if you'd leave now.

Drug supervisor:Jenny...

 

 

[Raumzeit Records]

Miriam:Sorry, I didn't hear you. I was lost in thought.

Frank: That’s no problem. But you do know that there's still a lot that has to be arranged for today?!

Miriam: Yes. Listen, since Sebastian's gone the Chulos is closed, which means for us, we either have to cancel the concert tonight, or we need to find some substitute-location. Which is totally illusive as well, because even if I find something else, it's really complicated to call all the guests to communicate them a new address -

Frank: May I now?

Miriam: Yeah?!

Frank:Good. Listen. There are news. This Peter Neville concert is really important for Raumzeit Records, okay?! He wants the student band that won the Sat 1 band contest as his support group, so we will make this happen and namely at the Chulos -

Miriam:But -

Frank:- which has a new tenant since today: Me!

Miriam:You?

Frank: Well, we booked all those gigs there already anyway, so it was obvious to take the location exclusively.

Miriam: That's great!

Frank:Yes, but we have a tiny problem – and that's where you come into play. Sebastian organized new jobs for all his employees, so the Chulos doesn't have any staff right now.

Miriam: I see, and I shall organize a bar team until tonight that can cope with a concert out of nowhere

Frank: Right. The candidate gains 100 points.

Miriam:Thank you. [to herself]Tiny problem... Mhmh...

 

 

[Bergmann Villa]

 

Drug Supervisor:The results are clearly positive.

Stefan:So Jenny did take drugs.
Drug Supervisor:I will accord you the exact lab results, but the rapid test already leaves no doubt.

Jenny: Stefan, I take it, it won't do any good if I swear that Emma told the truth?!

Stefan:Jenny, you know what I think of Ronnie, but it is kind of weird, that he has to be the scapegoat just now. The test is clear. And you can't prove your accusations. So I will have to inform your parents.

Jenny:Yeah, sure!

Drug Supervisor:You will get the lab results via mail.

Stefan: Thank you. I will show you out.

Drug Supervisor:All the best, Jenny...

Jenny: That's it, I guess... Bye Emma, bye Cologne...

 

 

[Pestalozzi-Helena's office]

 

Helena: Come in!

Stefan: Forgive my being late, there was a little problem at home.

Helena: Is there any trouble with your son?

Stefan:No. Everything's fine with Ben.

Helena: You could have told me, when you are stressed out, I'd have sent you a messenger. - My presentation folder. I would like to hear your opinion before I show it to my principal colleagues.

Stefan: When is the meeting?

Helena: The day after tomorrow. And I am positive that I will be able to convince them.

Stefan: I don't have the slightest doubt in your salesmanship, Helena.

Helena: When we have convinced the single principals, it will surely be easy to win the ministry of culture for our project, too.

Stefan:I am sure the ladies and gentlemen will be putty in your hands.

Helena:You can count on me.

Stefan:You know, looking at this, I am really happy I never came this far with Götting...

Helena: You shouldn't talk bad about the dead, but Götting... he didn't have the caliber for million dollar business.

 

 

[Raumzeit Records]

 

Miriam:No, I beg your pardon! You advertise on the internet with “You have the guests, we make the cocktails” !! Yeah, thank you very much! Bye!

Frank: Miriam? Are you sure that is the right tone?

Miriam:Sorry, but you don't need to keep on phoning bar-personnel all day. Thanks to this gigantic Gourmet-exposition there is absolutely no qualified personnel to find!

Frank:Yeah, that sounds exhausting...

Miriam: There is not one free waiter in this town, let alone a qualified barkeeper. Not in Düsseldorf, either, not even in Bergheim.

Frank: Then we need an emergency-solution

Miriam: Yes

Frank: I mean, I, too, can get behind the bar and shake a little...(hahaha...I want to see that!)

Miriam: Yeah, but apart from that, you got more important stuff to do today.

Frank:Yes, you are right, this concert is extremely important and that's why we need fit bar staff

Miriam:Yes, I know...

Frank:Okay, Miriam, I am sure you will find a solution.

Miriam: Of course! I will handle the bar! It was not that long ago that I worked at the Saal 1 and it’s not like I never swung the shakers there.

Caro [at the phone]: Okay, I will see you at half past 8 in front of the cinema... ciao!

Miriam: Um, Caro?! Cancel!

Frank: You have other plans for tonight and Miriam will fill you in on it.

 

 

[Bergmann Villa]

 

Ben:Hey! You want an espresso, too?

Jenny: Nah, better not.

Ben:What a sight you are!

Jenny:Like a loser.

Ben: Excuse me?

Jenny:Ronnie planted drugs on me and now - now the screening was positive

Ben:That dirty scum!

Jenny:My parents are already informed and will take me to Ireland … to rehab. That's it with Emma and me...

Ben:Just because you're leaving?

Jenny:Just?

Ben:I mean... No, you- you... Jenny, you belong together! There's gotta be a solution!

Jenny:That sounds great!

 

 

[Pestalozzi-Hallway]

 

Helena:Michael? You got a second?

Michael: I got classes now!

Helena: Believe me, the students are happy, if you are a little late... Especially given your mood... Is anything aggrieving you?

Michael:Possibly...

Helena:Bea?

Michael:Maybe...

Helena: In that case we got the same problem and still no solution... Or do we? Michael, no solo attempts, okay?! We have big plans for the Pestalozzi school and we won't have them destroyed by a naïve idealist. If you got substantial evidence against Bea, you’ve got tell me!

Michael:And in return you could fill me in about your mysterious projects that you always only mention rudimentally...

Helena: The Pestalozzi school will take part in a promising pilot project

Michael: Wellwell, that means the combination of four schools from Cologne. You want to establish a mega-school!

Helena:A school that bundles knowledge and power! That has suffieciently more power to apply long overdue modernizations like mixed-age classes. That has been a request of you for years!

Michael:Helena... This means the end of the Pestalozzi school!

Helena:Just look at it first, unhurriedly. I will be working late anyway today. I will be in my office and waiting for your feedback.

 

 

[Raumzeit Records]

 

Piet: Hey. I’d like to see Frau Vogel, please.

Receptionist: Is it about tonight?

Piet: Uh, yes…because of tonight.

Receptionist: Um, Miriam will be back any minute. But until then you can already start with filling this out.

Hands him a new employee form.

Piet: Personnel questionnaire?

Miriam: Piet?!

Piet: Hey.

Miriam: Frank is already gone.

Piet: I didn’t want to see Frank, I wanted to talk to you.

Miriam: Is something wrong with Lara?

Piet: No, what should be wrong with Lara?

Miriam: Sorry but I’m very hard pressed for time. I still have to go to the Chulos and organize this concert of Peter Neville.

Piet: Ah okay. Then what I was planning wouldn’t have worked out anyway.

Miriam: What was it?

He waves it off.

Miriam: Well, whatever. I’ll have to manage this whole thing by myself tonight. With “help” from Caro.

Miriam(to the receptionist): Can you please give her a message from me? If she should cop out of tonight, yes, or think about coming just one minute too late, I will personally shave her head and force her to wear low heels for a year.

Receptionist: That’s something I will be sure to tell her, word for word.

Miriam: Thanks. So…maybe we’ll see each other later at the Chulos?

Piet: Okay.

Miriam: Alright. See you.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, teachers’ lounge]

 

Michael studies the presentation of the new mega-school.

Helena(voice-over): Certainly, for some students the way to school will be longer but that’s just a question of logistics, how you will be able to see below. That the consolidation of the secondary schools in Cologne would lead to a monster school, is pure bias/prejudice. And here is the reason why: The project could closely follow the architecture of an American or British prestigious university. And nobody really would argue that Harvard, Yale, the Queen’s College in Oxford or the Trinity College in Dublin are monstrous.

The different faculties will get their own building complexes. Because of the intentionally detached buildings for the different faculties it is better possible to nurture the individual talents of each student.

 

[Flashback]

Bea: It’s about the school. And…I need your advice as the vice-principal.

Michael:Bea you won’t get my help.

[/Flashback]

 

 

[Chulos]

 

Caro: Should I take care of the bottle drinks or the long drinks first?

Miriam: How about both? I’ll take care of the cocktails. Oh, and the group back there, wants 3 colas, 2 beers and a bitter lemon. Can you handle that?

Caro: Okay. 2 Beers, 3 colas and…what?

Miriam: A bitter lemon.

Caro: Uh…

Miriam: Say, there is this rumor, that the cold drinks are in the fridge but pssst.

Caro: That way they’ll stay cool. Clever.

Caro sees a “star” and forgets everything around her.

Miriam: Say, what are you doing?

Caro: Hey, there is Peter.

Miriam: Peter?

Caro: Well, Peter Neville. Frank wants to renew his contract at all costs. And I can take care of making him feel comfortable here tonight. Sorry, but sometimes you have to prioritize. Here.

Miriam: Say, have you lost your marbles? The only thing you are taking care of are the drinks, do you hear me? -

Sorry.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, in front of the school]

 

Bea gets a text from Ben:

Bea, we must not but I have to see you. I miss you. Ben

 

Michael: Bea.

Bea: My time isn’t up yet.

Michael: That’s not why I’m here.

Bea: What do you want then?

Michael: Helena told me of her plans regarding the new school project and…I’d like to know your opinion on this.

Bea: Really.

Michael: Yes. As vice-principal you ought to be informed about it, besides, you will have to vote on it.

Bea: I understand. You have new leverage. Either I vote for it or you will bust Ben and me. Is that what you want?

Michael: The only thing I did was to openly and honestly ask for your opinion.

Bea: Openly and honestly.

Michael: Yes, Bea. Words that shouldn’t fall too easily from your lips at the moment.

Bea: Michael, I know you have me over a barrel. But I will never agree to this bullshit of Helena’s.

Michael: Bullshit? It’s not really that bullshitty. I looked it over. Mixed-grade classes, for example, I find very sensible.

Bea: That’s what she baited you with? This project is only about one thing: profit. And to get this profit, the Pestalozzi will be sacrificed. That’s how it is.

 

 

[Chulos]

 

Bodo: Hey, is everything alright?

Emma: Jenny still hasn’t called yet.

Bodo: Maybe she is sleeping. I mean, this whole thing has to be pretty exhausting for her.

Emma: Yes, that’s why it would be so important for me to be with her. That stupid Bergmann!

Bodo: If you want, we can go over together and ask if we can see Jenny.

Emma: He won’t let me get in to see her. For him, I’m the one who wanted to cover up Jenny’s relapse.

Bodo: Ronnie, this dipshit!

Emma: She is completely innocent and still has to get this drug addiction treatment.

Bodo: Ronnie is the one they should lock away.

Emma: Do you know where he is?

Bodo: Ronnie? Wh-wh-why? Wh-wh-what do you want with him?

Emma: I want to prove that he is responsible for this whole drug crap.

Bodo: And how?

Emma: No idea.

 

(Sat1 bandcontest winner 'Firsttime' starts performing)

 

Miriam: There you are. Ey, the entire club is about to die of thirst.

Caro: Yes, I and Peter, for instance. – We’d like to have a gin tonic and a double bourbon, neat.

Miriam: Say, am I having an acute hearing loss or did you just order two drinks from me?

Caro: That is important. Peter Neville is actually thinking about renewing his contract. I mean, Frank’s going to kill me if I don’t keep at it.

Miriam: Do you want the entire mood here to turn sour?

Caro: I want a gin tonic and a double bourbon, neat.

Suddenly Piet shows up.

Piet: So…You said earlier, “see you later” and I took that as an invitation. (to Caro)As for you…I’ll count to one and then you are gone, okay? One!

And she’s really gone. Respect! (Hey, changing one word, is it still considered stealing lines?)

Piet: Lara, you can join the party. Go on.

Lara: And you’ll manage alone?

Piet: No problem. You’ll make the cocktails and I’ll handle the rest of the drinks. Is that okay with you? Or…any objections?

Miriam: None at all.

They high-five.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, Helena’s office]

 

Helena: Have a seat. – I’m anxious to hear your opinion.

Michael: You’re pretty cunning. You think you can get me on your side by adding a few paedagogical elements that I have advocated in the past.

Helena: You’ve spoken with Bea.

Michael: I was interested in her opinion, yes.

Helena: Bea Vogel is a dreamer. It would be enough for her if everything stayed the way it was in as she was still a student here. But that would be the opposite of progress and future. And that’s what our students need. This project here is the future.

Michael: And what do you get out of this future?

Helena: I would be among those who’ve created something meaningful. That’s enough for me.

Michael: That’s enough for you. Then I’m sure it’s also enough for you to be at the top of the whole thing as the principal of the new mega-school…with a big bonus in your pocket.

Helena: So, in your opinion they should stay in an old school which isn’t financially able to modernize the computer labs…whose Abitur (degree) has a worse reputation than those of the other two secondary schools. But they can count themselves lucky because they have a club in which they can dance and sing.

 

 

[Chulos]

 

Miriam: Who is that for?

Piet: That is for you. Or otherwise you’re going to die of thirst.

Miriam: Ugh. How can I ever repay you?

Piet: You know something, I have been thinking about just that. And I thought of something.

Miriam: Yes, sure. I should have known better. Ulterior motives. You are a man, after all.

Piet: Well, I would like to… for an entire evening … to eat…or…drink…or just dance… with you.

Miriam: But you do know that we are in the middle of our year of separation?

Piet: Well, yes, but I…

Miriam: And that I’m a pathological egoist who is living out her midlife crisis at the expense of her husband and family?

Piet: My, who is saying something like that!? I won’t tolerate that.

Miriam: Hey, we’ve been talking recently about going out to dinner with Lara sometime. Let’s start with that. Okay?

Piet: Okay. – Okay.

 

 

[Bea’s home]

 

Ben: I’m sure that nobody saw me.

Bea: It’s still not a good idea to come here.

Ben: I know. But I was longing for you.

They kiss. (Okay, finished, now you can leave again.)

Ben: And obviously, you for me.

Bea: Like crazy.

Ben: Stupid ultimatum.

Bea: And today of all days, I had a fight with Michael.

Ben: Let me guess…you tried to get the picture back and he caught you?

Bea: I realized that he could also use the photo against my veto against the demolition of the Pestalozzi school.

Ben: If Michael makes the photo public then…yes, then you won’t be the vice-principal for much longer.

Bea: And then, I won’t be able to do anything against Helena’s and your father’s project.

Ben: Fuck.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, Helena’s office]

 

Michael: What makes you so sure that I of all people will be able to help you?

Helena: Your behaviour.

Michael: Well, what does my behaviour tell you?

Helena: That you have something to incriminate Bea and Ben Bergmann. But are keeping it to yourself because of false scruples.

Michael: Helena, once more, I just saw the two of them get into the car and drive off. Nothing more.

Helena: Well, maybe you should have gone after them. (Now that would have enlivened the Berlin trip. Spot the Michael.)

Michael: Maybe you should enlist private investigators.

Helena: But I would much rather work together with you. So why don’t you just tell me what you know.

Michael: We’re talking too much. (Since when is Michael a testesterone-driven bastard? I remember the times he was sweet and good. *shakes head* What Ms. Vogel has done to you.....)

Helena: You want actions instead of words?

They start to get it on and Helena manages to unknowingly pull the photo out of Michael’s back pocket with her legs (as always it was half looking out, anyway. It’s a miracle that nobody has seen until now that he is carrying around Ben and Bea kissing on his ass).

Anyway, the photo lands right side up, so that Helena would only have to look down to see it or that the photo only would have to look up to see Helena in the throes of passion…or whatever throes you are more likely to be in if you are having sex with Michael.

 

(Note: Not having seen that scene yet, I took the liberty to skip the word 'unknowingly' and was all like “She pulled the photo out of his backpocket with her legs while making out?!? That woman is a master of all things! I thought she distracted Michael in order to get the picture with her legs/foot. That would have been great! Haha)