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The reporters meet Bill and a PR man, Jack Dunn, to test whether the school truly knew nothing. Bill nearly admits it — "If I had been president then, I would've known" — and someone asks them to "keep this between us until we all get on the same page." Back at the office, a victim's story lands.
Until We All Get on the Same Page
❝ Monólogo · 12 frases He Could Never Figure Out Why
Everybody Already Knows the Story
At Boston College, the reporters press President Bill and PR adviser Jack Dunn about Father Talbot. Bill says that if he had been president then, he would have known, and someone asks the group to keep the meeting between them until everyone is on the same page. Later, a victim's account lands hard.
The scene is about who controls the story, and it plays as a polite standoff. The reporters state the case plainly — "We understand the nature of the allegations against Father Talbot" — and ask whether the school's leaders could really have known nothing. Bill all but answers it himself: "If I had been president then, I would've known." Then the tone shifts from truth to management, with a request to "keep this between us until we all get on the same page." That phrase is the scene's real subject: the instinct to align the story before it is told. The reporters leave and the film cuts to a victim who breaks down and cannot stop crying, then to the team's realization that the whole city seems to know the story already — "It's like everybody already knows the story" — except the people who work at the paper.
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“I mean, they ran this place like the navy.”
A vivid simile that turns 'strict' into something almost military, and hints at the pressure behind it.
Informal
“Why do you think they sent Talbot up to Cheverus?”
A pointed question that does the accusing for you: why else would they move him?
Informal
“Said he could never figure out why Father Talbot picked him.”
The quietest line can cut deepest: a victim still asking why he was chosen.
Neutral
“It's like everybody already knows the story.”
A line that captures the sting of being the last to know: everyone already had the story.
Informal
You know, I went to Providence yesterday to talk to one of Father Talbot's victims. He played hockey here. And, uh, he's one of the better ones. He's got a wife, kids, good job. the guy breaks down. You know, couldn't stop crying. Said he could never figure out why Father Talbot picked him. Father Talbot coached the hockey team. So, I guess we just got lucky. You and me.
Siguiente · 17broke ranksLa escena: Robby Refuses to Rush the StoryThey want to learn whether the president, faculty, and board could really have known nothing about the allegations against Father Talbot.
He says that if he had been president then, he would have known, which undercuts the school's claim that no one was aware.
They ask them to keep the conversation between them until everyone gets on the same page, meaning they want one agreed version before anything is said.
The reporters suggest he was sent to Cheverus to get him out of town, which hints the school was managing the problem rather than reporting it.
After hearing a victim's account, they notice that everyone else seems to know the story already, even though they work at the paper and did not.
