ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)
Testing Dirty (1990)
Alley Mills: Linda Hatch
Quotes
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Coach Stanley Daniels : ...Carla's been suspended, indefinitely, until and unless she tests clean... either that, or completes a treatment program at the drug-rehab center. I really wish she'd be sensible about this.
Sally : She's got principles. You should be proud of her!
Coach Stanley Daniels : What, for getting herself tossed out of school? For sacrificing her education, and risking her whole future?
[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]
Coach Stanley Daniels : If I pulled a stunt like that, at her age, my dad and mom would have disowned me in a second!
Linda : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] I never knew you had such a tragic childhood.
Coach Stanley Daniels : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] Hey, that's how I was brought up. And I thanked my parents for it!
Linda : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] Which makes it all the more tragic.
Sally : So what would you do in her position?
Coach Stanley Daniels : Well, I have nothing to hide.
Sally : Does Carla?
Coach Stanley Daniels : It's a question of whether she *should*, not whether she *does*.
Sally : Stan, have you tested any of your employees?
Coach Stanley Daniels : No, I haven't; that's a moot issue, Sally. And even if I did have the resources to organize a drug test, my employees are good people; none of them's given me any reason to think otherwise.
Sally : Did Carla or Will give a reason?
Coach Stanley Daniels : That's another moot issue. Anyhow, replacing my people would be more trouble than it was worth.
Linda : Will did not take amphetamines before that test; he took medication for a cold. It showed traces just like amphetamines.
Coach Stanley Daniels : I've never heard of anything like that before.
Linda : Both Will's lawyer and the State University said...
Coach Stanley Daniels : You hired a *lawyer*?
Sally : He's an old friend of mine.
Linda : Stan, Will's entire future is at stake. His attorney believes he's innocent. I'm sorry you don't!
Sally : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] Stan. Suppose Carla's school gave her a pregnancy test and *it* came back positive. Would that go without saying to boot?
[This clearly strikes a nerve]
Coach Stanley Daniels : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE, with barely-controlled outrage] ... Frankly, I'm not sure if me and Carla could look each other in the eye ever again, after such a thing.
Linda : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE, crushingly soft] That's what I was afraid you'd say.