ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)

Testing Dirty (1990)

Francesca P. Roberts: Sally

Quotes 

• 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.