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Reporters Confront Boston College, Explained：get on the same page

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.

あらすじ

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.

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get on the same pageran this place like the navythe nature of the allegationsreach for a story

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このシーンの表現

get on the same page

to reach a shared understanding or agree on the same story

聚会上，校方代表说希望大家先统一口径，罗比立刻反问，今天把他们叫来是不是就为了这个。

Let's get on the same page before we talk to the client.

このシーンの他の表現

  • ran this place like the navy

    to run a place with military strictness and discipline

  • the nature of the allegations

    the general character of the accusations, without going into detail

  • reach for a story

    to stretch thin evidence into a story

このシーンのメモ一覧

50 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · C1the nature of something

the general character of the accusations, without going into detail

We understand the nature of the allegations against Father Talbot.
表現 · B1take overTalbot taught here long before Bill took over.
表現 · B1what's going onthat no one knew what was going on at the time.
文法 · B2no one knew what was going on

noun clause with what

that no one knew what was going on at the time.
表現 · B2if you're suggesting (that) ...So if you're suggesting that Father Gibbons and Father Callahan had in any way...
表現 · C1run something like the navy

to run a place with military strictness and discipline

I mean, they ran this place like the navy.
文法 · B2ran this place like the navy

simile with like

I mean, they ran this place like the navy.
表現 · B2alleged victimsAnd we're talking about seven alleged victims over, what, eight years.
表現 · B2reach for somethingYou're reaching for a story here. We cannot possibly...
文法 · C1If I had been president then

third conditional

Jack. Jack. Jack. If I had been president then,
表現 · B2would have knownI would've known.
表現 · B2want someone out of townYou know they wanted him out of town.
表現 · B2keep something between usRobby, as well intentioned as Bill's remarks are, I'm hoping we can keep this between us
文法 · C1as well intentioned as Bill's remarks are

concessive as ... as

Robby, as well intentioned as Bill's remarks are, I'm hoping we can keep this between us
表現 · B2get on the same page

to reach a shared understanding or agree on the same story

until we all get on the same page.
発音on the same page

liaison

until we all get on the same page.
表現 · B1care about somethingExactly, and we know you care about this school as much as we do.
表現 · B1play a sportDid you play a sport here, Jack?
表現 · B2break downthe guy breaks down.
表現 · B1can't stop doing somethingYou know, couldn't stop crying.
発音couldn't stop

elision

You know, couldn't stop crying.
表現 · B2figure out why ...Said he could never figure out why Father Talbot picked him.
発音figure out

liaison

Said he could never figure out why Father Talbot picked him.
表現 · B1coach a teamFather Talbot coached the hockey team.
表現 · B1get luckyI guess we just got lucky.
表現 · B1work for someone/somethingDoes Jack Dunn work for the school?
表現 · B2PR for a placeNo, he's PR for Boston College.
スラング · B2PRNo, he's PR for Boston College.
表現 · B2ask for a sit-downPete's a big alum, but I called Bill directly, and I asked for a sit-down.

「Reporters Confront Boston College」を読み解く

What's really going on

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.

Theme

SecretsThe school tries to keep the Talbot story between insiders until everyone agrees on one version.
CorruptionAn institution manages its image while the people it failed are left alone with the damage.

発音のポイント

  • on the same page — liaison
  • couldn't stop — elision
  • figure out — liaison
I mean, they ran this place like the navy.

A defense that becomes an accusation: leaders that strict could not have missed what was happening.

Why do you think they sent Talbot up to Cheverus?

The question that reframes the transfer as a quiet removal, not a routine assignment.

Said he could never figure out why Father Talbot picked him.

The victim's lasting question, showing the harm that outlives the events.

It's like everybody already knows the story.

The team's unsettling realization that the scandal was an open secret everywhere but their own newsroom.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the reporters meet the school's leaders?

They want to learn whether the president, faculty, and board could really have known nothing about the allegations against Father Talbot.

What does Bill let slip?

He says that if he had been president then, he would have known, which undercuts the school's claim that no one was aware.

What do the school's people ask the reporters to do?

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.

Why is the transfer of Father Talbot suspicious?

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.

What does the team realize at the end?

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.

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