Mr. D

This is the final call for flight 791 to Tokyo.

Now boarding all zones, all zones.

Please have your boarding passes and passports ready.

Might be okay, might not be so bad.

Clean slate... New country, new life.

Mr. Gerry Duncan, the nation's worst teacher.

It's even crazier the tenth time I watch it.

- What a mess. - How do you recover from this?

Morning!

Apparently by pretending nothing ever happened.

- What are you doing here Gerry? - Come on, I'm two minutes late.

I'm gonna grab a coffee and I'm gonna head back to class.

- Relax boss! - No, you shouldn't be here.

You shouldn't be here Bobbi, 'cause you have a newborn at home.

My God Gerry, I'm talking about the expose from last night.

My TV special? You don't buy that.

There was no credible sources for that.

- We were their sources! - Gerry?!

- In my office, now! - Okay, I gotta go teach.

So, unfortunately, I can't go to your office now,

'cause she's getting mad at me for being late, but see ya!

Then let's get this out of the way right here.

You're fired!

I'm... I'm fired? For what?

For what? Insider's Look, maybe?

Are we still talking about this stupid special?

Everyone's talking about it, that's the point.

Alright smarty pants...

Then who's gonna take over my Phys Ed classes if you fire me on the spot?

Oh no, admin is way easier, thank you.

- I'll do it. - You're pregnant?

- Seven months. - I just started showing today.

- Thank you Ms. Terdie. - Congratulations.

- Thank you. - I'm Mr. D.

And you think I'm that replaceable?

That a pregnant librarian is gonna replace me?

She can't even bounce a ball.

Well, I'll have you know, I was a rhythmic gymnast on the national team.

- I almost went to the Olympics. - Oh, shut up! You did not.

Okay, I am so sick of this.

You've embarrassed me. You've embarrassed this school.

Worse than that, you've embarrassed yourself.

If that's the way you feel and you want to believe this garbage...

Then I don't want to work with any of you either!

I will get a job where I'm appreciated.

Good luck with that, Nation's Worst Teacher!

Mr. Malik, escort him off the premises.

I do security now?

I will say this, Robert.

When you come crawling back on my doorstep, you will be too late. Remember that.

And don't screw up all my great Phys Ed students Mary Lou Retton.

Mary Lou Retton was an artistic gymnast, I'm rhythmic!

Dummy!

Don Blue called, from the board of directors.

They requested an emergency meeting for tomorrow.

See, that's why you always stay one step ahead of the board.

'Cause when they ask me if I've fired Gerry...

I'll be able to say, "Already taken care of."

You're the real hero. Listen!

It's Don Blue's seventieth birthday tomorrow.

And everyone on the board is doing a blue theme.

- And they think you should too. - Well, that's fun.

- Congrats on Phys Ed. - Oh!

Well, thank you. That's very nice.

It'll be good to stop pushing this cart around.

I had no idea you were a competitive gymnast.

You know what they say.

You either have the body for rhythmic gymnastics...

Or you don't have the body for rhythmic gymnastics.

I actually knew a girl on the national team

- around the same time. - Now you know two.

- Nancy Slater. Do you know her? - Nancy Slater!

Oh, does that name take me back.

- Bendy-Bone-Slater. - Oh Nancy, yeah.

- Small world. - Yeah, it really is.

It must have been so exciting to compete at that level.

- Can I tell you something? - It was the time of my life!

I'm not sure we're looking for any teachers at this time.

But I could see if we have a need.

- That'd be great! - Are you an Anabaptist?

- I'm in the process of converting. - Yes.

And why are you leaving your current school?

Oh, gosh, technology.

Cell phones, white boards, internet.

Too much for the kids to focus on and in my religion...

Sorry, I forgot where I was. In our religion.

It didn't feel like the right place for me anymore.

Mmmm, iPad. Not sure you should have that.

- Oh. - Oh what?

Hello! Great.

So you use technology when it's convenient for you.

- See you later. - May the peace of Christ be with you.

Yeah, I'd love Christ to be with me right now.

I'd love someone to be with me.

It doesn't look like anybody's gonna hire me 'cause of my special.

I think they're not hiring you 'cause you are special.

Thanks pal.

I mean every teacher does those things, they're usually just not filmed doing it.

You know what I think you should do?

You should just go far, far away where no one could possibly recognize you.

- And do what? - You're a teacher, teach ESL.

Extra Special Learning? E..E..?

- English as a... Yup. - English as a Second Language.

That's not a bad idea.

I've always thought of teaching in Australia.

Yeah... You have the distance correct but they already speak English there.

- I was thinking you could go to Ja... - -Jamaica man.

I like it man.

- Japan. - Japan!

Come with me Bill. Come with me.

We'll eat sushi.

We'll watch the sun set, on the other side of the... World.

- I don't want to do any of those things. - But I'll help you pack.

Y'know, and if we get going fast...

We can probably get you outta here first thing in the morning.

Those ESL jobs are getting snapped up, I bet.

I'm gonna miss ya Bill.

Robert, we watched Insider's Look, and...

- We have some concerns. - I did too, Miss Cabot.

Which is why you'll be pleased to hear that I've already fired Mr. Duncan.

No, hire him back immediately.

Good one Mr. Blue. What is this? Prank Robert Day?

First Trudy, and now you.

That documentary made us all look terrible.

If the parents believe it, it's a PR nightmare.

Firing Mr. Duncan would be admitting that everything the documentary said is true.

We have to claim that that documentary was fake news and deny the whole thing.

Which means, you've got to get Duncan back here right away.

So we can make a big show of support for him.

- If you don't, we go to plan B. - What's plan B?

Say it's your fault and fire you.

And fix your hair, you look like an idiot.

It's just kind of a funny story, Trudy said we were all gonna...

Do something blue for Mr. Blue's... But I blew it!

Gerry?

- Robert. - Hello Bill.

- I haven't, ah, seen you since the ah... - Massage.

Involuntary colonoscopy, you mean?

I have to talk to Gerry and he's not answering his phone.

His phone is probably on an airplane mode.

Why would it be on airplane mode?

- He's on an airplane. - Why?

- He's going to Japan. - What for?!

I think it had something to do with getting fired and then blacklisted.

And he sure hates you a lot. So, I suggested Japan.

- Bill, this is important. - Do you know where he's staying?

- No clue, bud. - I could lose my job over this.

So, any information you have, now is a great time to share.

Okay, well, Japan's expensive and Gerry doesn't have any money...

And before he left he watched Hostel 1 and Hostel 2.

So, he's probably at a hostel.

Ah, perfect.

Well then all I have to do is just wait until he lands in Japan...

And I will try him on his phone again.

If I know Gerry, he's too cheap to pay roaming.

And he's definitely not paying roaming to talk to you.

He was very clear about never speaking to you again.

It came up a lot.

Did he say anything about seeing me?

Okay, oh.

- Konichiwa... - Yuki.

- Yuki. Konichiwa Gerry. - Gerry.

- I don't want to bang heads. - Ummm...

- I speak English. - Oh! Perfect.

Then do you know any schools around here looking to hire a teacher.

Well... Not really... But, ah...

I do have a cousin who's looking for English tutor, private.

- I will do that. - And they will pay me?

Oh my gosh, that's awesome!

- Oh my God, I love Japan. - I will text her your number.

- Yeah, I'm not using my phone. - Ah, roaming.

Too expensive. No job right now.

You text your cousin and then come get me in cell block 19.

- I will do that. - Whatever they need.

- Okay, I will. - Thank you. Thank you. Konichiwa.

Konichiwa. Oh, oh, oh the food here.

- Yes? - Not great.

- Oh? - Too raw. I'm looking for chicken fingers?

Veal parmigiana? Ah, Gnocchi?

- Sorry. I don't know. - Gnocchi, the little pasta?

- Could ya google it? - I'm sorry.

Okay, I'm going to go.

That's it. It's like texting. When do you go?

There you are!

After our little chat yesterday, I called Nancy for a little catch up.

- Oh, well that's nice. - How is the old bag?

- She's great. - Funny thing though...