Episode 94
Translated by IAGSW
Edited by Sones
Previously in Hand aufs Herz
Götting: Are you irritated because you can’t tolerate coffee without Vodka?
Mrs Krawcyk: That’s enough!
(Mrs Krawcyk pours coffe over Götting.)
Dr Wendlandt: Gabriele!
Dr Wendlandt: I hereby release you from your duties as principal effective immediately. Starting now, you’ll be on leave for an indefinite period.
Mrs Krawcyk: You mean…I’m fired?
Intro
[At Pestalozzi, Mrs Krawcyk’s office]
Dr Wendlandt: Yes, you’re suspended starting now.
Mrs Jäger: But you can’t do that! Mrs Krawcykis a great principal! And Mr Götting has you…
Dr Wendlandt: Of course you can raise an objection regarding this suspension. The school board will then be in charge of this case. Unless… (to Götting) Unless you, as the victim of Mrs Krawcyk’s…let’s say attack, think that a suspension is unnecessary, too.
Götting: Well first of all, I would like to emphasize that I think that Mrs Krawcyk is a very committed principal with a lot of professional and life experience.
Mrs Jäger: See, that’s why Mrs Krawcyk has to stay!
Götting: And of course I won’t hold this unfortunate behavior against her.
Dr Wendlandt: So, meaning that you think we could just forget about this incident?
Götting: Well basically I would like nothing better than to do so. But…often such an over-reaction is a sign for – well how do I put this? – for a much larger inability to cope.
Mrs Jäger: That figures.
Dr Wendlandt: Good. Then this matter is settled.. The suspension remains. Uhm, Gabriele, don’t take it personaly! I wish you well! (to Götting) And, uh, you are going to temporarily assume control as acting Head of the School. Yes Mr Götting,…and we’d…uh… better talk about the details right away.
[At Pestalozzi, school office]
Jenny is waiting for Mrs Jäger when Emma shows up.
Emma: Is Mrs Jäger absent?
Jenny: Do you see her here somewhere?
Emma: Jenny! Again: I’m very sorry for having messed up your presentation!
Jenny: You know, I really don’t care if you just wanted to hang me out to dry in front of Götting, or if you were overwhelmed by the information! The only thing I know is that I got 0 points, and I have you to thank for that!
Michael: Mrs Jäger! You…
Emma: Mr Heisig? Could you please give this to Mrs Jäger? She forgot it in the classroom. I mean, if you don’t mind.
Mr Heisig: No, no, it’s no problem.
Emma: Thank you.
Mrs Heisig: (to Jenny) Aaand what can I do for you?
Jenny: Uhm, I wanted to register for the radio competition and I need some sort of form. You know, the competition initiated by the Ministry of Education, where one can win 10.000€.
(Emma who was about to leave overhears her and stops.)
Michael: I was just about to fax in the application. So far only Ms Beschenko is on the list, but I can add you to it, if you want.
Jenny: Yes, please.
Michael: Jennifer Hartmann, right?
Jenny: Mmmhummm!
(Jenny passes by Emma who was hiding behind a showcase so that she could overhear the conversation.)
Jenny: Hi! Have fun!
[At the Vogels’]
Miriam: Hello! Don’t you have class?
Lara: I have a free period. And you? Have you forgotten that you don’t live here anymore?
Miriam: I was checking the mail. Why don’t you sit down? That way we can have breakfast together.
(Lara sees a letter and grabs it.)
Lara: “R-A (lawyers) Milde & Hochgrabe”?
Miriam: Dr Hochgrabe is our lawyer. Divorce lawyer.
Lara: Aha.
Miriam: I asked him for an appointment to go over some formalities.
Lara: You mean, a clarifying conversation. Like “Are you really sure that your marriage is completely broken?”
Miriam: No. It will go to the Judge after this.
Lara: When?
Miriam: Tomorrow we’re going to file the official divorce petition. That means that our lawyer will inform the court that Piet and I want a divorce.
Lara: And the two of you definitely want that?
Miriam: I want it.
[At Pestalozzi, Mrs Krawcyk’s office]
Mrs Krawcyk packs her stuff to leave, showing no emotion like a robot, while Mrs Jäger tries to convince her to stay.
Mrs Jäger: But you can’t just leave like that! What is supposed to happen to the school without you? Do you really want Götting to take over and destroy everything you have established over all the years of hard work? He only cares about his own career! And then the Pestalozzi will turn into an Elite School with expensive Clubs that you must pay to be in, and I don’t know what else! And then only those students with rich parents will have the chance to study here! You can’t want that, can you?!?! Götting and Dr Wendlandt don’t even have the right to suspend you just like that! Mrs Krawcyk, if you want I’ll testify for you that Götting poured the coffee on himself. Well, that was basically the case anyway. Please, Mrs Krawcyk, stay here!!
Mrs Krawcyk: What you say really touches me, Ingrid.
Mrs Jäger: (totally desperate) Then listen to me and stay!!! And fight!
Mrs Krawcyk: You have to know when you’ve lost.
(Mrs Krawcyk leaves the office and a devastated Mrs Jäger.)
[At Pestalozzi, Auditorium]
Luzi is rehearsing Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t no mountain high enough” for the radio competition when Emma storms in.
Emma: You won’t believe what just happened!
Luzi: Man Emma, I hope my rehearsal isn’t bothering your chatter.
Emma: Jenny Hartmann has registered for the radio competition as well!
Hotte: That’s total nonsense! It’s already too late for that!
Emma: No, she was accepted. I was there.
Timo: Even if it’s true, why would she do that?
Luzi: Probably because Lohmann insisted on someone from the Volleyball team taking part, too.
Timo: Hm.
Luzi: I mean, they could really use the win bonus for a new beach volleyball court.
Timo: Yes.
Hotte: That makes sense.
Timo: So what? When it’s about the vocals nobody stands a chance against Luzi anyway, hm?
Luzi: Anyway. No matter who else will participate, we just should keep practicing, ok?
Timo: I agree. Rock it, Luzi!
(Luzi starts singing the song again and we get one of Emma’s/Kasia’s beautiful smiles.)
[At the Vogels’]
Piet: Hey Miriam!
Miriam: Hello, Piet!
Piet: What are you doing here? I mean, I’m glad to see you! I’m having my lunch break at the moment.
Miriam: Yes I know. I was waiting for you. Listen, Dr Hochgrabe answered…regarding the divorce.
Piet: Oh, yes, I forgot to cancel. I’m sorry.
Miriam: Yes, well, he wrote that when we both agree on the divorce then…we do agree on it, right?...yes, well, then we could see him together and sign the papers there. This would be cheaper and faster.
Piet: When is the appointment?
Miriam: Tomorrow.
Piet: What?
Miriam: I didn’t think that it would be that fast either!
Piet: But tomorrow already? Miriam…maybe we should…
Miriam: Listen, I have to go. But…I mean, we can talk about it one more time. What about tonight?
Piet: Tonight is great! Sure, of course! I can cook something!
Miriam: Nonsense! Don’t bother! You have to work, don’t you? I’ll just come over.
Piet: And I’m going to cook something. For sure.
[At Pestalozzi, stairway]
Mrs Krawcyk is about to leave the school when Lohmann and Götting show up looking very happy.
Lohmann: Mrs Krawcyk! I wish you all the best in the future!
(Mrs Krawcyk leaves the building when Bea arrives.)
Bea: Ah, Mrs Krawcyk! I’m glad that I’ve run into you! I just wanted to ask you something regarding the radio competition.
Mrs Krawcyk: This is not my concern anymore.
Bea: What? Why?
Mrs Krawcyk: I’m no longer the Principal of the Pestalozzi School.
Bea: What?
Mrs Krawcyk: I’ve been suspended. I didn’t report Sophie Klein’s disappearance to the school board.
Bea: But her mother wanted it that way. And besides that, Sophie Klein is of age and she disappeared while on my trip. So you can’t possibly be suspended for that!
Mrs Krawcyk: Also, I attacked Julian Götting physically.
Bea: Excuse me?
Mrs Krawcyk: I threw some hot coffee in his face.
Bea: (sighs) Mrs Krawcyk.
Mrs Krawcyk: In front of the school board…who has put me on leave and appointed Mr Götting as the Acting Principal. So…so I’ll leave now.
Bea: But…but it’s only temporary. You’ll be back!
Mrs Krawcyk: Ms Vogel. Bea, maybe it’s better this way. Adieu. I wish you well!
(Mrs Krawcyk leaves the school yard and closes the gateway behind herself as a symbol for her leave.)
[At the Vogels’]
Piet is reading a recipe when Lara comes home.
Piet: Wow, I’m supposed to use 12 eggs?
Lara: Hello!
Piet: Hey! Say, where can I buy some asparagus?
Lara: Uhm, in the gourmet section of your choice? But its very expensive at the moment because it gets imported from somewhere else and it tastes like nothing. Just like carbon dioxide.
Piet: But carbon dioxid is tasteless. Unless it’s emitted by cows.
Lara: Then we’re going to destroy the planet neutrally in taste.
Piet: hm…or some roast meat! Miriam loves roast meat!
Lara: All this fuss is for Mom?
Piet: Yes, we’re going to talk about our marriage one more time tonight.
Lara: About your marriage? I thought tomorrow the death certificate will be signed.
Piet: How do you know?
Lara: Mom told me earlier. And also that it’s for good.
Piet: Oh. Earlier…
[At Pestalozzi, teachers’ room]
Götting: Of course I’m just going to take over as Principal temporarily. It goes without saying that we all hope for Mrs Krawcyk to recover very soon.
(Bea storms into the room.)
Bea: You won’t get away with this! Once the school board finds out about what you did to Mrs Krawcyk then…
Götting: Dear Ms Vogel, if you had come to our meeting on time (late AGAIN, Bea!?!) then you would have known that Dr Wendlandt himself was present when the Principal…
Lohmann: …had her “little outburst”.
Götting: And even though Dr Wendlandt is very fond of Mrs Krawcyk personally, he issued the suspension himself.
Lohmann: He just wanted to protect her from herself.
Götting: Yes, I think so, too.
Bea: Mr Götting,…
Götting: Since you obviously have more to say, I suggest we continue this conversation in my office.
Bea: If you like!
Götting: Would you mind following me into the Principal’s office?
[At Pestalozzi, principal’s office]
Bea: You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?
Götting: Oh yes, I am.
Bea: You’d better not get used to it. Mrs Krawcyk will be back soon.
Götting: You’re wrong…as you often are... I don’t intend to vacate this desk again. And you’d better start cooperating, otherwise…
Bea: Otherwise what?
Götting: Otherwise you won’t have much fun at this school. Your STAG, for example, gives you pleasure, right?
Bea: You’re threatening me? If I don’t obey, you will shut down the AG? You can’t do that. We’ve built up quite a reputation by now.
Götting: Ah really? How? Didn’t you just recently miss your first real gig?
Bea: That won’t happen again. And the radio competition by the Ministry of Education is as good as won. And then I would like to see you, Mr Götting, explaining to the Ministry that the AG is “dead” and returning the 10.000€ prize.
Götting: Then we should hope that you will really be as successful as you say. Otherwise…
Bea: There won’t be any “otherwise”.
[At Pestalozzi, hallway]
Jenny: Ms Lohmann!
Lohmann: Jenny! If it’s about the line-up…
Jenny: No, it’s about something else. I won’t be able to come to training later.
Lohmann: Then I hope that you can give me a good reason.
Jenny: Are 10.000€ for the new volleyball court enough for you? Well, there is this radio competition initiated by the Ministry of Education later. And the winner receives 10.000€ for his/her school.
Lohmann: Yes, I know. The little Beschenko from the STAG is said to have good shot at winning it.
Jenny: Exactly. That’s why I thought I could shake things up a bit.
[Music studio]
Luzi is singing Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t no mountain high enough”.
Bea: That was amazing!
Michael: That was great!
Emma: Wow!
Producer: I don’t want to get ahead of myself and anticipate the decision already, but for me this has been the best performance so far.
Timo: Yes!
Bea: Luzi, that was awesome! It was great!
(Hotte comes in running.)
Hotte: Worst case scenario! Ah what am I saying? Meltdown!
Emma: Yes right! You missed Luzi’s song! It was amazing!
Hotte: But it’s pointless! Because Jen…
(Suddenly Jenny enters the studio.)
Jenny: Hello?
Producer: You must be Jennifer Hartmann.
Jenny: Yes, hello! I hope I’m not too late!
Producer: No, perfect timing!
Jenny: Well, I would love to hear that from you again after my song. Can I start?
Producer: Yes, please.
(Everybody seems very surprised.)
Michael: (to Bea) Yes, uhm, she had registered, too. I was going to tell you about it before, but then the business with Krawcyk got in the way.
Bea: Ah, it doesn’t matter. There’s no way she’ll be as good as Luzi.
Jenny sings LeAnn Rimes’ “Can’t fight the moonlight” and of course everybody is very impressed.
Bea: Although…
[Outside the music studio]
Emma: I can’t believe it! That must have been some kind of lip syncing!
Hotte: No, that was Jenny Hartmann… alias “Little Heart.”
Emma: What do you mean “Little Heart?”
(Hotte shows a picture of Jenny as Little Heart to the others.)
Hotte: I found this on the internet. It was her stage name in Hong Kong… she was a child star there. And this only one of many records she stormed the Asian charts with.
Timo: You mean she is a real pro?
Hotte: Yes, she is indeed.
(Jenny comes out of the building.)
Jenny: I didn’t make a complete fool of myself, did I?
Michael: No, no! It was a great performance! Respect!
Bea: You were really good indeed.
Luzi: Yes, you were really great!
Jenny: Thank you! I’m sure you were at least as good! It’s too bad that I missed your performance. (Jenny’s phone rings.) Would you excuse me? (She leaves.)
Timo: Ey guys, if you ask me, that was deliberate! She wanted to make our AG look like a complete fool!
Michael: (to Bea) Now don’t make that face. It doesn’t mean that Luzi didn’t win.
Bea: “May the best man win.” I’m totally unbiased there.
Michael: Yes.
Bea: Well, at least I should be but…Earlier I told Götting exactly what I think about his little plot, and he made it clear that if I don’t obey him the AG will be dissolved.
Michael: That’s nonsense. He wouldn’t dare.
Bea: That’s what I told him as well. Because we are “so” successful.
Michael: Ah, you mean, if Luzi doesn’t win today then…
Bea: Yes.
Michael: I understand.
[At the Vogels’]
Lara finds a questionnaire regarding the divorce papers of her parents on the table and reads the questions.
Lara: “Is one of the couple still living in the marital home?”, “Are there joint minor children involved?” “How has the couple agreed on following issues:...Child support: According to the index of Düsseldorf (a guideline for child support) or differently.”
[Music studio]
Emma and Jenny are waiting for the producer’s decision about the winner of the radio competition.
Emma: …You were good.
Jenny: I know.
Emma:….by the way, why haven’t you told us you were a child star?
Jenny: Well, you know, it was so long ago…. Almost like a different life, as if it was a totally different person back then….For example, like Martin Luther and Martin Luther King.
Emma:…You have done all this…only because I…screwed up your presentation?
(Jenny is giving Emma a “100 points for the candidate”-look when the producer comes out with another participant of the competition.)
Participant: Bye.
Producer: Bye. May the last two participants of the Pestalozzi school come in please?
Jenny: (to Emma) Cross your fingers for me!
Producer: Alright then. Concerning this radio spot, quality is of course the top priority for the Ministry of Education. And ideally a student from NRW (the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia) should represent us in this matter. And after this competition there is no doubt that this will be the case. I heard Luzi Beschenko who, with her wonderful voice, gave the song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, I want to say, a very distinctive depth. You have really great talent, and I hope you’re aware of it! And lastly there was Jennifer Hartmann who – and I guess I can speak for everyone here – enchanted us with her performance. The decision between the two of you wasn’t easy for me.
Emma: So, who won?
Producer: The winner is…Jennifer Hartmann! Congratulations!
Jenny: Thanks!
(And everybody else seems shocked.)