Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008 TV Movie)

Jenna Dewan: Emma Carr

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• Brooke Tippit : [to Emma]  What are you doing here?

  Emma Carr : Talking to the investigator.

  Brooke Tippit : He's not gonna believe a word you said.

  Emma Carr : Do you know what all this means for you?

  Brooke Tippit : My life is exactly the way I want it to be.

  Emma Carr : Is that right? With this video of you on the Internet and the stories in the media, do you really think that USC's gonna accept you as a student, let alone a Song Girl?

• Emma Carr : Pamela, the video showed the girls drinking alcohol. According to the cheerleading constitution, they should actually be removed from the squad.

  Pamela Blackburn : Please. I just read that 80% of all high-school students drink on occasion. It's ridiculous to expect our girls to behave like it's 1950.

• Emma Carr : [to Brooke]  You do realize that in college, you won't be able to run to your mother every time you don't like something?

• Emma Carr : [to Mr. Spretnak]  Those girls have violated their probation. They need to be removed from the squad.

  Mr. Spretnak : I am not about to deliver permanent consequences for an offense I'm not sure they committed.

  Emma Carr : This isn't about embarrassing stuff on the Internet anymore. They are becoming a danger to themselves and others.

  Mr. Spretnak : This conversation is over.

  Emma Carr : Why do you help these girls get away with whatever they want? I know why Lorene does it. She thinks it'll convince her daughter that she loves her, but what's in it for you?

  Mr. Spretnak : All right, you are becoming irrational. Maybe you need to take another day off until you're feeling...

  Emma Carr : Wasn't it you that altered Brooke Tippit's attendance record in Coach Reeve's class?

  Mr. Spretnak : All right, you're completely out of line.

  Emma Carr : This whole school is out of line! And if you're not gonna hold these girls accountable for their actions, I will hold them accountable as a squad. I will cancel all activities outside the classroom. I will see them at practices and that's it.

  Mr. Spretnak : If you're refusing to perform your duties as cheerleading coach, then I'll just accept that as your resignation.

  Emma Carr : No, I am not resigning! You are gonna be dealing with me until you handle this the right way.

• Lorene Tippit : After meeting with Coach Carr and a number of the booster parents, Mr. Spretnik and I have decided that you girls will be written up for skipping class on Tuesday.

  Brooke Tippit : [referring to Emma]  And this is because of what she wants?

  Emma Carr : Most of the girls will receive 10 to 12 demerits total, but Jeri already has 10, so 20 is now her total, and 20 means removal from the squad.

  Lorene Tippit : That's it, Jeri. You're off the squad.

  Jeri Blackburn : Really? I mean, really? Because my mom is gonna be very interested to hear about this.

  [to Emma] 

  Jeri Blackburn : This is twice now that you've gotten me kicked off the squad. For what? What did I ever do to you?

  Emma Carr : Jeri, this isn't about what you've done to me.

  Brooke Tippit : [to Lorene]  She is totally manipulating you, and you're letting her, aren't you? Aren't you?

  [Lorene doesn't answer her] 

  Brooke Tippit : Answer me! Answer me!

• Brooke Tippit : [to Emma]  You're not hurting us, you know? You're just gonna make everyone else hate you as much as we do.

  Emma Carr : Leave.

  Brooke Tippit : Make me.

• Helen Durant : [to Emma]  What are you still doing here?

  Emma Carr : Waiting for Mr. Studdard. He said he'd be here at 3:15.

  Helen Durant : You went to Central Office with your cheerleader problems?

  Emma Carr : Well, I think he should know what's going on here, don't you?

  Helen Durant : Do you know what Lorene's gonna do to you when she finds out you went over her head?

  Emma Carr : She left me no choice. She won't even talk to me about it. Now, obviously, Mr. Studdard won't either. What is wrong with this district? Everyone is just burying their heads in the sand.

• Coach Adam Reeve : I don't see the point of all this, Emma. It's not like you're gonna be able to take Lorene down.

  Emma Carr : I'm not trying to take her down. I'm just trying to change things for the girls.

  Helen Durant : You should be trying to get your job back.

  Emma Carr : I just hope this investigator's gonna find out the truth.

  Coach Adam Reeve : They didn't hire him to find the truth, Em.

• Emma Carr : You know, for a while there, I thought you girls were actually on your way to becoming...

  Brooke Tippit : Shut up. Get out of our school.

  Emma Carr : I feel the most sorry for you, Brooke. You have so much potential and you just drove away the one person willing to help you.

• Emma Carr : [after Emma notices writing on Lisa's leg]  Lisa, what's that on your leg?

  Lisa Toledo : Nothing. I didn't cheat. Okay, fine. I wrote the test answers on my leg. Big whoop.

  Emma Carr : All right. I'm gonna have to write you up for academic dishonesty. You're gonna be benched for another two weeks.

  Lisa Toledo : You're just trying to keep me out of the Crosstown Showdown, just like you're doing to Jeri.

  Emma Carr : You guys need to start thinking of consequences before you break the rules.

• Emma Carr : [when she appears on the news]  Yes, I mean, some of the girls behaved badly, but the real problem were the adults. The school administration enabled them, the school district refused to take interest and the girls' parents did everything they could to help them avoid consequences.