One of Us Is Lying (2021) s01e01 Episode Script
Pilot
1
in the hellscape
that is high school,
I am going to reveal the truth
about all of you miserable assholes,
just like I did last year,
when I leaked some photos
that got half the
basketball team expelled.
You liar!
Helped a lot of couples see each other
for who they really are.
And of course, I kept you
up to date with the who's who
of addicts, anorexics and alcoholics.
Privacy is a thing of the past.
I know everything that
went down this summer.
And on Friday night, I'll take down
four of Bayview's biggest offenders.
[SUPERORGANISM'S "EVERYBODY
WANTS TO BE FAMOUS" PLAYING]
Staring at the stars ♪
My face on every screen ♪
And I know Friday is a long way away,
so here's a preview to
get you through the week.
Oh, perfect timing.
- Hope you're hungry.
- Not really.
I'll just have some coffee.
Sure, so you can crash by third period?
It's not like this semester
determines whether or not
- you get into Yale.
- [SIGHS]
You need to feed your brain. Eat.
Mmm, I can feel my SA
scores going up already.
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
Did you see that
asshole's already posting?
♪
- Hola, Papa.
- Buenos días, mi'jitas.
First up, I have a bad report card
on a straight-A student
making her About That debut.
She might be top of her
class, but that doesn't mean
I can't get her thrown out on her ass.
♪
Ew, can you guys not? We're eating.
Well, if not for this,
you wouldn't exist.
Gross.
Who do you think it's about?
[MUSIC DISTORTS]
I have no idea.
Everybody wants to be famous ♪
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
[MUTED PANTING]
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING MUTEDLY]
♪
I don't doubt myself
when I get in my head ♪
When I get in my head ♪
When I get in my ♪
I'm just feeling myself
no I don't get stressed ♪
No, I don't get stressed ♪
No I don't get ♪
I don't doubt myself
when I get in my head ♪
When I get in my head ♪
When I get in my ♪
I'm just feeling myself ♪
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
Now, I know you school spirit sheep
can't wait to cheer on
the Wildcats this year.
But trust me,
I'll be the real winner
when I reveal one MVP's
sweaty locker room secret.
[LOW RUSHING SOUND]
♪
Hey, how'd it go?
Good, just four miles.
- Kept the pace light.
- Good.
Take it easy at practice, okay?
Gotta save that arm for the showcase.
Dad, come on.
I know how to prep for a game.
♪
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Oh, oh, you think
that's because you've had
your old man training
you your whole life?
- What's up?
- [LAUGHS] I mean,
it might have a little
something to do with it.
All right, good.
Listen. Just remember,
next Friday isn't just a game, okay?
- It's major league scouts.
- Major league scouts.
The reason we moved cross-country.
All right? Don't forget that.
♪
Cooper.
Yeah, Dad.
I got it.
When I get in my head ♪
When I get in my ♪
I'm just feeling myself
no I don't get stressed ♪
No I don't get stressed ♪
No I don't get ♪
Jacket on ♪
I took it from your closet ♪
I'm hooked on, I'm hooked on ♪
The sun feels good on my body ♪
Mm, taut and blue,
got your jacket on ♪
I took it from your closet ♪
I'm hooked on, I'm hooked on ♪
You ♪
♪
I'm hooked on you ♪
♪
Hooked on you, wat you gonna do ♪
I'ma make a move it's just us two ♪
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
I know you all like a good love story,
but I prefer a bad one.
So I can't wait to tell you
which of Bayview's varsity skank squad
isn't as wrapped around
her boyfriend's finger
as much as you might've thought.
Turns out, she's been wrapped
around another guy's
well, you know.
Addy.
Jake's here.
Is that what you're wearing?
What's wrong with it?
You just gotta work
with what you got, babe.
Wouldn't want Jake's
eyes wandering, do you?
[CHUCKLES]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hey, Miss P.
How many times do I have
to tell you to call me Ann?
I'm hooked on you ♪
♪
Hooked on you, what you gonna do? ♪
I'ma make a move it's just us two ♪
Damn, Ads.
♪
Yeah?
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
Yeah.
- [GIGGLES]
- Come here.
♪
- We're gonna be late.
- Mm.
♪
- [GRUNTS]
- [GIGGLES]
We'll be quick.
[CAR HONKING]
- Come on, Addy.
- [GIGGLES]
[MOODY PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
I didn't know we were carpooling.
Oh, yeah, sorry.
TJ crashed his Jeep again.
You guys, let's go. We're gonna be late.
Girl, I hope he at least made you come.
God, you are such a perv.
I was just finishing my makeup.
Let's see.
Mm-hmm, I love a natural glow.
[ENGINE STARTS]
- I don't get it.
- It means they just had sex.
[IDLE'S "DAMAGED GOODS" PLAYING]
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
♪
My final story on Friday
will be about one of my regulars:
Bayview's most eligible felon.
I know, even I've gotten bored
of writing about how everyone
wants to fuck a bad boy.
But believe me,
I've got so much fresh dirt,
his probation officer's
gonna fuckin' bury him in it.
♪
Damaged goods ♪
♪
Send 'em back ♪
♪
Hey, babe.
♪
- Who the fuck are you?
- Oh, my God.
Study buddy.
Your kiss so sweet ♪
Babe, wait. Seriously, I can explain.
Your sweat so sour ♪
Just wait!
Sometimes I'm thinking
that I love you ♪
But I know it's only lust ♪
♪
The change will do you good ♪
I know that coming back to school sucks,
but I'm here to promise
that it will not be boring.
[ENGINE REVS]
[INTERCOM BEEPS]
May I have your attention please?
Will John Staddon
please report to the principal's office?
[CROWD CHATTERS]
This place is such a cliché.
It's like everyone's here to audition
for the reboot of a John Hughes movie.
Except none of them even
know who John Hughes is.
That's the most tragic part.
They don't recognize the historic forces
that have conspired to make them
exactly who they are.
[THE UNIVERSALS' "NEW
GENERATION" PLAYING]
You guys had better be
coming to my party on Friday.
It's gonna be sick.
- I'll be there.
- You will.
- I got you.
- And you?
♪
Everybody now is doing their thing ♪
- Oh, damn!
- Nice.
Everything is now
so do it if you can ♪
♪
How is it only fifth period,
and I'm already completely stressed?
Because we're taking all AP classes.
Uh, excuse me.
- What?
- I'll have a grape of yours.
You can have a grape.
♪
- What the fuck, Nate?
- What?
You totally left me
on read this morning.
Oh, yeah. I had a, um,
situation this morning.
♪
Don't matter what
race creed or color ♪
♪
Get on to telling of one another ♪
♪
All you sisters and all you brothers ♪
Are you seriously posting from campus?
It's like you want
Gupta to shut you down.
I'm not worried.
Principal Gupta would rather die
than censor anyone's unique
form of self-expression.
[CHUCKLES]
She might have become a
fascist over the summer.
We don't know. A lot
can happen in two months.
Well, even if she did
which she did not
she can't prove it's me.
According to my VPN, I
just posted from Tokyo.
- It's your lucky day.
- [NOTIFICATIONS BEEPING]
I know you said you'd
have to wait until Friday,
but looking at all of you
and your boring,
predictable little cliques,
talking about the same
predictable bullshit,
makes me realize that
it is my moral duty
to do something to make
this day more interesting.
So here's a little
taste to hold you over
until the end of the week.
By now, most of you have
probably noticed the new girl,
FJ, making friends
with the theater nerds.
- [PHONES BEEPING, BUZZING]
- She may look harmless,
but don't be fooled
by her innocent smile.
Turns out, she's only here
because she got kicked
out of her last school
for stabbing her English
teacher in the back
literally.
Good thing her daddy's rich,
or she'd be eating lunch
behind bars right now.
Wait, guys, did something just happen?
[INTENSE TONE]
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
I promised this year wouldn't be boring.
And I never break a promise.
[BELL RINGS]
Welcome to AP Physics.
If you're looking for
Phys Ed, that's in the gym,
and I recommend you leave now.
Physics tells us that the universe
is governed by immutable laws
kind of like my classroom.
If you break my laws,
you'll find out that for
every boneheaded action,
there is an equal and opposite reaction.
[PHONE RINGING]
Bronwyn,
how good of you to help me
demonstrate this concept.
Is this yours?
Uh, yes, but my phone's in my locker.
- Open it.
- [RINGING CONTINUES]
- This this isn't my phone.
- [RINGING]
Your action was to bring
a cell phone into class.
And my equal and opposite
reaction is to give you detention.
What?
That's not fair because
that's not my phone.
It is fair. And it's final.
You can have your phone
back after detention.
[MUFFLED] Okay, people,
let's open our books now.
Page 18.
Hey.
You ready to school me in debate?
So ready.
[INHALES]
I just have to make a quick stop first.
- Okay, cool.
- In detention.
- [SIGNS]
- Bronwyn Rojas.
Detention on the first day of school?
It's a total misunderstanding.
Can you tell Ms. Fox I'll be late?
Sure.
Uh, I'm gonna stop by the cafeteria.
Lemon Snapple?
You're the best.
Bronwyn.
I'm flattered. I, uh
I didn't know you were a fan.
I'm not. That was a hate read.
Oh, that's a shame.
Out of everyone, I
thought you would get it.
Get what?
That I'm doing a public service.
You don't think girls deserve to know
that Reggie has a camera
hidden above his bed?
Oh, so it's a feminist app?
You're like a teenage Ronan Farrow?
Oh, so you do get it.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have somewhere to be.
Huh, small world.
Me too.
[BELL RINGS]
Congratulations.
You're the only five
students in this entire school
who could still get
detention every day this year.
In my experience,
the students who get detention
on the first day of
school end up here a lot.
So we might as well
get to know each other.
I want you to write an
essay introducing yourselves
and reflecting on what
you did to get here.
There will be no
talking, no passing notes,
and no more doodling.
Ms. Avery,
I know you didn't believe me in class,
but that phone you found wasn't mine,
so I technically don't belong here.
Oh, no, Bronwyn would never
intentionally break the rules.
No, I wouldn't.
And I didn't.
See? My phone's right here.
Did you seriously bring
another phone into detention?
- Hand it over.
- I'm sorry, but
doesn't the fact that you're
confiscating my phone twice
seem weird to you?
I mean, why would
anyone have two phones?
Well, I can think of a few reasons.
What about you, Nathan?
What's your problem, man?
With you?
- Oh, I think you know.
- Enough.
Papers and pens out.
If I'm gonna stay here unfairly,
could I at least use my computer?
I try to avoid paper for
environmental reasons.
Oh, well, I try to avoid devices
that connect to the Internet
for "making sure that you
actually do your work" reasons.
- But I, uh
- Oh, another word,
and you'll have
detention again tomorrow.
And I don't think either of
us really wants that, do you?
How are there more questions, Simon?
This is a very simple assignment.
I just need to go get
my water from my locker.
No, you can go 45 minutes without water.
Well, actually, no, I can't.
I have xerostomia.
It's a medical condition
where my salivary glands underperform.
Yeah, I know what dry mouth is.
You may get a cup of water
from the water cooler.
- The cups have
- And no,
I don't care that the cups are
made out of paper, Bronwyn.
What I do care about
is that everybody is
quiet and doing their work.
It's 1,000 words,
so I recommend that you start now.
[BANG ON WINDOW]
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
[DISTANT CHEERS]
♪
[STUDENTS YELLING]
Oh, shit.
Okay, I wanna see
real progress on those
essays by the time I get back.
♪
- Oh, my God.
- [CHUCKLES]
That's the Laguna guys, right?
- That's insane.
- It's fucking Laguna.
Addie, do you, uh,
recognize any of those asses?
What's that supposed to mean?
It just means that you
have sex with jocks,
so, you know,
I thought you might have seen 'em naked.
Your obsession with
other people's sex lives
is seriously pathetic.
[CHUCKLES]
What about you, Coop?
What about me, Simon?
Just from the locker room.
I don't spend my time at the locker room
staring at other guys' asses.
[CAR HONKING]
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
Oh, and of course they got away.
You know, nobody at this
school would get called out
for anything if it weren't for me.
Why do you care what happens to them?
Well, it's not about them.
It's about the principle of the thing.
The principle.
There's so many privileged
assholes in this school
who just think they can get
away with anything because, what,
rules don't apply to them?
[COUGHS]
It's bullshit.
[COUGHS]
[HEART BEATING]
This tastes weird.
[COUGHING]
[GASPS]
I think there's
something wrong with this.
- [GASPS]
- Simon, are you okay?
[COUGHS]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I need my pen.
[GRUNTS] I need my pen.
- What's wrong with him?
- Help!
- I'm calling 911.
- What pen, Simon?
His EpiPen, Jesus. He's allergic.
What does it look like?
You don't know what a
fucking EpiPen looks like?
Um, what the
Hey, you wanna help?
Yeah, my classmate is
having an allergic reaction.
Yeah, he's not he's
not breathing well.
- He's having trouble breathing.
- Is that the pen?
No, it's not here.
- It's not here. It's not here.
- [GROANS, WHEEZES]
Go to the nurse's office,
see if she has EpiPens, okay?
- Go now! Now!
- Send an ambulance, quick.
- [INTENSE MUSIC]
- [HEART BEATING, STATIC]
Simon, you're gonna be okay, all right?
An ambulance is on the way.
Addy, can you do something? Come help!
[HEART BEATING, STATIC]
Just breathe. Just stay calm.
- You're good.
- [COUGHS]
♪
[WHEEZES]
[COUGHS, GASPS]
Pen, pen! Where's the pen?
I don't have it!
The nurse wasn't there,
and the box was empty.
- Fuck, are you sure?
- Yeah, I'm sure!
[MUFFLED STATIC, NOISE]
- I don't think he's breathing.
- Fuck.
Can you go check if
the paramedics are here?
♪
[DISTANT SIREN BLARING]
[RADIO CHATTER]
[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]
♪
[RADIO CHATTER]
♪
[SIREN BLARING]
Addy? Hey, hey, what happened?
Hey, we saw an ambulance. What happened?
What happened?
I don't know.
Simon had an allergic
reaction or something.
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
It was so scary. It
looked like he was dead.
It's okay, I got you.
I got you.
Everyone else knew exactly what to do.
And I just stood there freaking out.
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hey, beautiful.
- What's up?
- I got your text.
I wanted to make sure
you're really okay.
♪
I'm fine.
I promise.
Are you okay?
I don't know.
I just keep thinking about
his post this morning.
A jock with a secret.
What if he knows?
That could be about anybody.
I mean, name one jock
that didn't do something
messed up this summer.
We're good.
I promise.
Okay.
♪
[FLORENCE + THE MACHINE'S
"NEVER LET ME GO" PLAYING]
Looking up from underneath ♪
Fractured moonlight on the sea ♪
Reflections still
look the same to me ♪
As before I went under ♪
And it's peaceful in the deep ♪
'Cause either way you cannot breathe ♪
No need to pray ♪
- No need to speak ♪
- [MUSIC FADES]
You need a ride or something?
No thanks. [SNIFFS]
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
You don't look good.
I mean,
you look like you just saw
what you saw.
[MOURNFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
He looked like he was
dying, don't you think?
♪
Yeah, he did.
But the ambulance got
there really fast, so
who knows?
♪
I should probably go.
- Nate, um
- Yeah?
♪
I'm really sorry about your mom.
♪
I should have called. I
I wanted to, I just
I wasn't exactly waiting by the phone.
No, of course not.
I'm I'm sorry.
I guess it's a weird
time to bring it up.
No, it's okay.
I get it.
♪
Death makes you think of death.
♪
So you do think he's dead.
♪
I don't know, Bronwyn.
It was pretty fucked.
♪
Let me drive you home.
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
Will you go slow?
[CHUCKLES]
It's more fun if I go fast.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, I'll go slow.
[FLORENCE + THE MACHINE'S
"NEVER LET ME GO" PLAYING]
And it's breaking over me ♪
A thousand miles down to the sea bed ♪
Found the place to rest my head ♪
You're gonna want to
hold on tighter than that.
- [ENGINE REVS]
- Never let me go ♪
Never let me go never let me go ♪
And the arms of the ocean ♪
Are carrying me ♪
And all this devotion ♪
Was rushing out of me ♪
And the crashes are heaven ♪
For a sinner like me ♪
But the arms of the ocean ♪
Ooh ♪
[LAUGHS] That was kind of awesome.
Yeah, you should see how it feels
when I hit the speed limit.
I don't think I can handle that.
Ooh, you got a helmet line.
Oh.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey, isn't that Simon's
Sorry, it's my mom.
Yeah. [RINGING CONTINUES]
Hi, Mom.
Oh, my God. Are you are you sure?
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Yeah, no, I'm I'm home.
Yeah, I'll, um I'll see you soon.
I love you too.
♪
He's dead.
♪
Simon's dead.
♪
[BELL RINGS]
Good morning.
- [MOURNFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
- As many of you know,
Simon Kelleher tragically
passed away yesterday
after experiencing an allergic rection.
Losing a member of our community
is an awful way to begin the new year.
So my message to you today is simple:
let yourselves grieve.
There will be grief
counselors available all week.
And of course, my door is always open.
We will be honoring Simon's life
at tomorrow night's football game.
[VOICE FADES] I hope you'll all attend.
[MUFFLED] It is so important
that we come together
[HIGH TONE PLAYS]
[CROWD CHATTERS]
[SUBTLE FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
Addy?
Yeah?
You were there, right?
♪
Yeah.
I was just wondering how bad it was.
♪
I mean, it was awful.
He literally died right
in front of my eyes.
I meant for him.
Was he scared, or did he suffer?
♪
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
He, um
Did you guys even try to help him?
[STAMMERS]
Hey, come on, no.
You don't have to
answer that, all right?
You've been through enough.
Come on.
It's fine. It's fine.
♪
I do not want to go to a counselor.
I want to go to calculus.
Wait, you want to go to calculus?
More than talking to a
stranger about my feelings.
Bronwyn!
Hey.
Hey.
How are you?
Oh, I'm fine.
You can stop worrying.
I can't help it.
Uh, you still up to
hang out tomorrow night?
Yeah, definitely.
- I'm really excited about it.
- Yeah.
Excited. [LAUGHS]
Uh, I'm actually going this way.
So
- I'll see you later.
- See you.
So, what's tomorrow night?
Oh, they're having a Chaplin
retrospective at The Avon.
Nate!
Hey.
Hey.
How's it going?
Uh, I mean, I've been better.
Could barely sleep last night.
Yeah, me too.
So, um, I've I've gotta get to math,
but maybe we can talk later?
Sure.
Cool.
Um, please tell me you're not, like,
trauma bonding with Nate Macauley.
What?
No, obviously not.
Good. Thank God STDs aren't airborne.
[INTERCOM BEEPS]
May I have your attention, please?
Would Bronwyn Rojas, Cooper Clay,
Adelaide Prentiss,
and Nathaniel Macauley
please report to my office?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUFFLED VOICES TALKING]
♪
I heard the new nurse got fired.
Because of the EpiPens?
♪
I guess so.
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
Hi, guys. How are we all doing?
I want to introduce
you to Officer Miller.
She has a couple questions
about what you witnessed yesterday.
Speaking with her is, of course,
completely voluntary.
But we'd really appreciate your time.
Wasn't it an accident?
We certainly hope so.
But we don't know.
Simon died after going
into anaphylactic shock
from his peanut allergy.
And we found traces of peanut oil
in the cup he used during
detention yesterday.
So we need to know how it got there.
And why there were no
EpiPens in the nurse's office,
or his bag, for that matter.
Why would we know
anything about that stuff?
♪
Because they think one of us did it.
W wait, what?
W is that true?
We're just trying to
understand the whole picture.
And I think that the four of you
can help with that.
Bronwyn,
why don't we start with you?
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
So you had a phone in
your bag that wasn't yours.
That seems strange.
Yeah, that's what I said.
[STAMMERS] Do you think
it has something to do
with what happened to Simon?
Tell me about your personal
relationship with Simon.
Were the two of you friendly?
I barely knew him.
I moved here last year for baseball.
You went to the nurse's office yesterday
before Simon died.
- Why?
- I didn't.
Then why is your name
in the nurse's log?
♪
I don't know what you're talking about.
You have a probation officer.
Why is that?
I'm pretty sure it says why
in the file you're holding.
I'd like to hear your version.
My version is that I
sold drugs to rich kids,
and then I got caught.
I understand you and Simon
were numbers one and two in your class.
Were you competitive?
Um, maybe a little.
We both definitely wanted valedictorian.
You transferred from Mississippi.
Baseball the only reason for the move?
Yeah, I want to be
able to play year-round.
It's better for getting recruited.
So it didn't have anything to do
with whatever's in your sealed record?
♪
That's not supposed to be in my file.
Well, you have two strikes.
A third would mean doing time.
And you turned 18 in December,
so we're not talking
juvenile detention anymore.
Look, I haven't sold in months, okay?
Ask my probation officer.
What about Simon's app
About That?
Did you know he was the author?
Yeah, I guess so.
He made up a lot of
bullshit about me, so yeah.
It was kind of sad, actually.
He didn't have a lot of friends,
so he tended to write
about the rest of us.
Yeah, I mean, everybody knew.
It was an open secret,
And honestly, I don't understand
why it didn't get shut down.
What Simon did off
campus was his business.
Were you ever worried that
he would write about you?
Any secrets you didn't want getting out?
No, never.
Not that I can think of, no.
No, I try to stay drama free.
[CHUCKLES]
Sure.
Everybody has secrets, right?
♪
Thank you so much for your cooperation.
You've been very helpful.
Are we done?
Can we, um, go to class?
Actually, one last thing
We haven't found Simon's bag or laptop.
♪
Any ideas where they might be?
♪
Um, he definitely had
his bag in the library.
Um, yeah, I thought the,
uh, paramedics took it.
No, they didn't.
♪
Okay, well,
thank you anyway.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC HEIGHTENS]
♪
[DARK POP MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Yeah?
Hey, B,
Nate Macauley's here.
♪
You're joking, right?
- Hey.
- Hey.
Vete.
- What are you, um
- Doing here?
- Yeah.
- I was on my way home
and remembered you saying
something about talking later.
So here I am.
So here you are.
It's a nice place.
Thank you.
Do I get a tour?
Um
[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]
So, um,
what are we talking about?
I I didn't have, like, a thing.
I just
I thought it was kind of
nice talking again yesterday.
I guess it had been a while, huh?
Hm.
So, um,
you want to know what I've been up to
for the past, uh, seven years.
Oh, I've
followed along on About That.
Yeah, that's one version of it.
Sorry, I was just kidding.
Too soon.
Still into lady rockers, huh?
Still?
How did you even
Fifth-grade piano recital.
You played that, uh,
Florence and the Machine song
while everyone else was
playing Frère Jacque and shit.
Wow, I [LAUGHS]
You actually remember that.
Yeah, it was cool.
Unexpected.
Okay, um,
I do have a thing.
[INHALES]
Do you really think the cops suspect us?
Yeah, I do.
But don't worry, they're not gonna look
at the pretty, rich, valedictorian
when they have me to focus on.
Don't say that.
You probably should have told
them about his bag, though.
What about it?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
That you have it.
[SCOFFS] That I I don't have it.
- You don't have it?
- I don't.
But if you did have it,
it would be smart to get rid of it.
If I did have it, it would only be
because Simon lives across the street,
and I thought of giving
it back when he got better.
Okay, then in this totally
hypothetical situation,
you should give it back to his parents
and hope that they give you
the benefit of the doubt.
Girls?
Hello?
Shit.
That's my mom.
We're not supposed to
have guys in the house.
Sucks for your dad.
[WHISPERING] Nate!
Don't worry, sneaking out
is a specialty of mine.
Yeah, I got it.
I'm so sorry.
♪
Sorry I'm late.
Coach kept me longer than usual.
Keels, I didn't know you were here.
I would have hurried home.
- Man, I'm starving.
- It's okay.
Lucas has been keeping me entertained.
Not in those clothes.
And we've got company.
- Oh, I don't mind.
- I mind.
And Cooper knows better.
Don't you, Cooper?
Yes, Nonny.
[CHUCKLES]
I hope you brought your appetite, sugar.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
'Sup, dickbag?
What do you want?
You said you were
gonna break up with her.
Yeah, well, it's complicated.
Look, I get Dad would freak out.
I'd never get drafted. All right?
Pro baseball's still totally homophobic.
And they're already scrutinizing
everything about me.
I understand.
And I'm not trying to
tell you how to come out.
Okay? I know that's a
hugely personal decision.
But, dude, Keely is a
beautiful, sexual woman
who is in love with you.
It's not fair to lie to her, man.
She knows, Lucas.
She's the first person I told.
You told her before you told me?
[SIGHS]
I just don't get it.
- I mean, she is so hot.
- [LAUGHS]
I mean, she could have
anybody at the school.
Why you?
Look, she's my best friend.
She needs it too, okay?
Oh, Keely's a lesbian.
[CHUCKLES]
No, it's not that, dumbass.
Well, when you end up in jail,
do you think I've got a shot with her?
- Yeah?
- Definitely not.
- You're a dick for that one.
- [LAUGHS]
[ENGINE RUNNING]
[ENGINE STOPS]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[TELEVISION CHATTER]
Hey, Dad.
First week of school's going great.
I watched someone die,
and the cops think I killed him.
♪
Thanks for asking.
♪
Hey, Stan.
♪
[NOTIFICATION BEEPS]
♪
[PHONE UNLOCKS]
♪
[KEYPAD BEEPS]
Bye, Stan.
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
- Hey.
- Hey.
I am so happy to see you.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
♪
Cool, I'll see you next time.
You don't wanna hang out?
♪
Come on, I don't think your
boyfriend would like that.
He's not my boyfriend.
Well, not really.
And he doesn't have to know.
♪
I gotta go.
Seriously?
♪
Seriously.
♪
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
♪
What the fuck are you doing here?
What do you think?
[GRUNTS]
His cash. Grab it!
Come on! Let's go.
♪
[TEENS CHATTERING]
Listen up, listen up.
I bet anybody 50 bucks I
throw for at least 300 tonight.
Ooh.
Okay, I'll I'll take that bet.
No hesitancy whatsoever.
300 yards is a lot of yards.
But maybe if Cooper played football
- [CHUCKLES]
- He could pull it off.
- No, stop
- Oh.
- Stop bringing this up.
- [ALL CHATTERING]
This is not a thing.
We all know that Cooper would never
waste this arm on that shit.
- Oh, that's true.
- You know what?
- Get out of my hot tub.
- Get out.
[ALL ARGUING]
I'll take that one. It's on.
- [LAUGHTER]
- My money's on Jake.
- Thank you.
- Like, yeah, I just think
he's gonna be playing extra hard
in honor of Simon tonight.
- Oh, God.
- Oh, don't
why'd you gotta bring that up?
This whole dedication
thing is so awkward.
- As if he even went to a game.
- I know.
I feel like it would be more
awkward if we did nothing.
- Right?
- Right.
I'm sorry, I forgot you
were friends with him.
No, trust me, I'd rather forget too.
I'm just saying, we have to
acknowledge the fact that he died.
- Even if he was an asshole.
- I barely knew the dude,
but a dedication at a football game
doesn't really sound like
it'd be his dying wish.
I don't know. I just want his last post.
- I want to know what he had.
- I know.
I mean, couldn't he have just
drank the peanut oil on Monday?
- Okay, too dark.
- Wow.
Oh, I didn't realize we were all
- Whoa!
- That was a serious question.
- I'm just
- Serious question,
why couldn't he have died later?
Enough. It wasn't
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
♪
Oh, f
[GASPS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[HEART BEATING]
[SNIFFS]
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP CONTINUES]
♪
[GASPS]
Hey.
♪
You okay?
What are you doing?
Look, I just
I just wanna talk to you.
TJ, we can't
don't do this.
Do what?
Be alone in a bathroom together.
Nobody followed, okay?
I promise.
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
Look, I
I just want you to know
that I'm not gonna tell anyone.
♪
You mean anybody else?
♪
I mean anyone at all.
Simon knew.
That cheating post was obviously
- gonna be about us.
- You don't know that, okay?
You listen to me.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Our secret died with him.
And if anyone else finds out,
you will regret it.
♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
[MARCHING BAND MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[CROWD CHATTERS]
Hey, uh, did you guys get ribbons yet?
They're for Simon.
Uh, no, we haven't.
We're asking everyone to wear
them tonight. In solidarity.
- Cool.
- And don't forget to caption your photos
#RIPSimon #RibbonsOfSolidarity.
- Okay.
- 'Kay.
Bye!
[MARCHING BAND CONTINUES]
Okay, I'm gonna get some popcorn.
Hashtag thanks for the ride.
'Kay.
Thanks for doing this.
I know it's not exactly
a Chaplin festival,
but, um, my mom insisted I come.
It's fine.
We can watch Sir Charlie Chaplin
another night.
Or, who knows?
Maybe tonight's the
night I give up on film
and fall in love with
American football.
Please don't do that.
I really don't want to
be responsible for that.
Well, I can't make any promises.
Uh, should we sit?
You're short.
I told you, I got robbed.
You have one week.
I'll have it.
[DISTANT MARCHING BAND MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Maeve, right?
♪
Yeah.
♪
Shit, your eye.
Oh, it's it's nothing.
Is Bronwyn around?
Uh, yeah, she's
♪
Down there.
♪
With Evan.
♪
Right.
I guess I'll see you around.
♪
Good evening.
Thank you all for coming out tonight.
As you know,
our Wildcats are playing tonight
in honor of Simon Kelleher,
our dear classmate, student, and friend.
And now it is my pleasure
to introduce you to Simon's best friend,
Janae Matthews,
who will be singing the National Anthem.
[POM POMS SHAKING]
[MICROPHONE RUMBLES]
Hey, everyone.
Um,
Principal Gupta asked me
to sing the anthem tonight,
but the thing is,
Simon would really hate
to see me buying into all this
patriotic school spirit shit.
And I'm here to sing for Simon.
So, Simon, wherever you are,
this is for you.
[STRUMS UKULELE]
Look inside ♪
Look inside your tiny mind ♪
And look a bit harder ♪
'Cause you're so uninspired ♪
So sick and tired ♪
Of all the hatred you harbor ♪
So you say ♪
It's not okay to be gay ♪
Well I think you're just evil ♪
You're just some racist ♪
Who can't tie my laces ♪
Your point of view is medieval ♪
Fuck you ♪
- [CROWD MURMURS]
- Fuck you ♪
Very, very much ♪
Fuck you 'cause we hate ♪
- Fuck you too!
- What you do ♪
And we hate your whole crew ♪
So please don't stay in touch ♪
- Fuck you ♪
- [MICROPHONE DIES]
Okay. Okay.
We are all gonna find
different ways to honor Simon.
Uh, thank you, Janae
- [MAN] Whoo!
- For sharing that very
personal and spirited tribute with us.
[SCATTERED APPLAUSE]
[CROWD MURMURS]
Wow.
That was, um
Insane?
Yeah.
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
[MARCHING BAND PLAYS]
♪
[CHEERLEADERS CHANTING]
[SIGHS]
Do you wanna get out of here?
I was really just here for
the Simon tribute thing.
Yeah, yes. [LAUGHS]
Definitely.
♪
[SUBTLE DARK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[CROWD CHEERS]
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
♪
Bye, guys.
[CLOVES' "MANIC" PLAYING]
- Go, go, go!
- Keep chugging!
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
Whoo!
- All right!
- Man!
Yes!
Oh, my God, kiss me!
Go splash in!
Hold me till I fade away ♪
Maybe I'm numb ♪
Maybe you don't understand ♪
Maybe I'm numb ♪
M-m-maybe ♪
[GASPS, GIGGLES]
- [INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- Did I scare you?
[NOTIFICATION BEEPS]
[PHONES BEEPING]
[CROWD CHATTERING]
[BEEPING, BUZZING]
♪
Jake, Addy.
What?
Someone is, like,
confessing to killing Simon.
♪
Holy shit, you guys.
♪
"I got the idea for killing Simon
while watching some shit news show.
There was this story about
a guy who killed his wife.
Sort of obvious.
I mean, it's always the husband, right?
But it took the police
months to catch him."
You need to see this.
♪
[MUSIC HEIGHTENS]
♪
"Turns out,
a lot of people were
happy this woman was dead.
She had gotten a coworker fired,
had an affair with
her friend's husband
she was a nightmare."
♪
[PHONE BUZZES]
♪
"Basically, there was motive
everywhere the police looked.
And that got me thinking.
That's the kind of person who
can get away with killing
someone everybody wants dead."
♪
"Let's face it, we all hated Simon.
I was just the only one with enough guts
to do something about it."
♪
"You're welcome."
♪
"You're welcome."
"You're welcome."
"You're welcome."
♪
[SPACEY ROCK MUSIC]
in the hellscape
that is high school,
I am going to reveal the truth
about all of you miserable assholes,
just like I did last year,
when I leaked some photos
that got half the
basketball team expelled.
You liar!
Helped a lot of couples see each other
for who they really are.
And of course, I kept you
up to date with the who's who
of addicts, anorexics and alcoholics.
Privacy is a thing of the past.
I know everything that
went down this summer.
And on Friday night, I'll take down
four of Bayview's biggest offenders.
[SUPERORGANISM'S "EVERYBODY
WANTS TO BE FAMOUS" PLAYING]
Staring at the stars ♪
My face on every screen ♪
And I know Friday is a long way away,
so here's a preview to
get you through the week.
Oh, perfect timing.
- Hope you're hungry.
- Not really.
I'll just have some coffee.
Sure, so you can crash by third period?
It's not like this semester
determines whether or not
- you get into Yale.
- [SIGHS]
You need to feed your brain. Eat.
Mmm, I can feel my SA
scores going up already.
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
Did you see that
asshole's already posting?
♪
- Hola, Papa.
- Buenos días, mi'jitas.
First up, I have a bad report card
on a straight-A student
making her About That debut.
She might be top of her
class, but that doesn't mean
I can't get her thrown out on her ass.
♪
Ew, can you guys not? We're eating.
Well, if not for this,
you wouldn't exist.
Gross.
Who do you think it's about?
[MUSIC DISTORTS]
I have no idea.
Everybody wants to be famous ♪
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
[MUTED PANTING]
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING MUTEDLY]
♪
I don't doubt myself
when I get in my head ♪
When I get in my head ♪
When I get in my ♪
I'm just feeling myself
no I don't get stressed ♪
No, I don't get stressed ♪
No I don't get ♪
I don't doubt myself
when I get in my head ♪
When I get in my head ♪
When I get in my ♪
I'm just feeling myself ♪
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
Now, I know you school spirit sheep
can't wait to cheer on
the Wildcats this year.
But trust me,
I'll be the real winner
when I reveal one MVP's
sweaty locker room secret.
[LOW RUSHING SOUND]
♪
Hey, how'd it go?
Good, just four miles.
- Kept the pace light.
- Good.
Take it easy at practice, okay?
Gotta save that arm for the showcase.
Dad, come on.
I know how to prep for a game.
♪
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Oh, oh, you think
that's because you've had
your old man training
you your whole life?
- What's up?
- [LAUGHS] I mean,
it might have a little
something to do with it.
All right, good.
Listen. Just remember,
next Friday isn't just a game, okay?
- It's major league scouts.
- Major league scouts.
The reason we moved cross-country.
All right? Don't forget that.
♪
Cooper.
Yeah, Dad.
I got it.
When I get in my head ♪
When I get in my ♪
I'm just feeling myself
no I don't get stressed ♪
No I don't get stressed ♪
No I don't get ♪
Jacket on ♪
I took it from your closet ♪
I'm hooked on, I'm hooked on ♪
The sun feels good on my body ♪
Mm, taut and blue,
got your jacket on ♪
I took it from your closet ♪
I'm hooked on, I'm hooked on ♪
You ♪
♪
I'm hooked on you ♪
♪
Hooked on you, wat you gonna do ♪
I'ma make a move it's just us two ♪
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
I know you all like a good love story,
but I prefer a bad one.
So I can't wait to tell you
which of Bayview's varsity skank squad
isn't as wrapped around
her boyfriend's finger
as much as you might've thought.
Turns out, she's been wrapped
around another guy's
well, you know.
Addy.
Jake's here.
Is that what you're wearing?
What's wrong with it?
You just gotta work
with what you got, babe.
Wouldn't want Jake's
eyes wandering, do you?
[CHUCKLES]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hey, Miss P.
How many times do I have
to tell you to call me Ann?
I'm hooked on you ♪
♪
Hooked on you, what you gonna do? ♪
I'ma make a move it's just us two ♪
Damn, Ads.
♪
Yeah?
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
Yeah.
- [GIGGLES]
- Come here.
♪
- We're gonna be late.
- Mm.
♪
- [GRUNTS]
- [GIGGLES]
We'll be quick.
[CAR HONKING]
- Come on, Addy.
- [GIGGLES]
[MOODY PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
I didn't know we were carpooling.
Oh, yeah, sorry.
TJ crashed his Jeep again.
You guys, let's go. We're gonna be late.
Girl, I hope he at least made you come.
God, you are such a perv.
I was just finishing my makeup.
Let's see.
Mm-hmm, I love a natural glow.
[ENGINE STARTS]
- I don't get it.
- It means they just had sex.
[IDLE'S "DAMAGED GOODS" PLAYING]
[NOTIFICATION DINGS]
♪
My final story on Friday
will be about one of my regulars:
Bayview's most eligible felon.
I know, even I've gotten bored
of writing about how everyone
wants to fuck a bad boy.
But believe me,
I've got so much fresh dirt,
his probation officer's
gonna fuckin' bury him in it.
♪
Damaged goods ♪
♪
Send 'em back ♪
♪
Hey, babe.
♪
- Who the fuck are you?
- Oh, my God.
Study buddy.
Your kiss so sweet ♪
Babe, wait. Seriously, I can explain.
Your sweat so sour ♪
Just wait!
Sometimes I'm thinking
that I love you ♪
But I know it's only lust ♪
♪
The change will do you good ♪
I know that coming back to school sucks,
but I'm here to promise
that it will not be boring.
[ENGINE REVS]
[INTERCOM BEEPS]
May I have your attention please?
Will John Staddon
please report to the principal's office?
[CROWD CHATTERS]
This place is such a cliché.
It's like everyone's here to audition
for the reboot of a John Hughes movie.
Except none of them even
know who John Hughes is.
That's the most tragic part.
They don't recognize the historic forces
that have conspired to make them
exactly who they are.
[THE UNIVERSALS' "NEW
GENERATION" PLAYING]
You guys had better be
coming to my party on Friday.
It's gonna be sick.
- I'll be there.
- You will.
- I got you.
- And you?
♪
Everybody now is doing their thing ♪
- Oh, damn!
- Nice.
Everything is now
so do it if you can ♪
♪
How is it only fifth period,
and I'm already completely stressed?
Because we're taking all AP classes.
Uh, excuse me.
- What?
- I'll have a grape of yours.
You can have a grape.
♪
- What the fuck, Nate?
- What?
You totally left me
on read this morning.
Oh, yeah. I had a, um,
situation this morning.
♪
Don't matter what
race creed or color ♪
♪
Get on to telling of one another ♪
♪
All you sisters and all you brothers ♪
Are you seriously posting from campus?
It's like you want
Gupta to shut you down.
I'm not worried.
Principal Gupta would rather die
than censor anyone's unique
form of self-expression.
[CHUCKLES]
She might have become a
fascist over the summer.
We don't know. A lot
can happen in two months.
Well, even if she did
which she did not
she can't prove it's me.
According to my VPN, I
just posted from Tokyo.
- It's your lucky day.
- [NOTIFICATIONS BEEPING]
I know you said you'd
have to wait until Friday,
but looking at all of you
and your boring,
predictable little cliques,
talking about the same
predictable bullshit,
makes me realize that
it is my moral duty
to do something to make
this day more interesting.
So here's a little
taste to hold you over
until the end of the week.
By now, most of you have
probably noticed the new girl,
FJ, making friends
with the theater nerds.
- [PHONES BEEPING, BUZZING]
- She may look harmless,
but don't be fooled
by her innocent smile.
Turns out, she's only here
because she got kicked
out of her last school
for stabbing her English
teacher in the back
literally.
Good thing her daddy's rich,
or she'd be eating lunch
behind bars right now.
Wait, guys, did something just happen?
[INTENSE TONE]
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
I promised this year wouldn't be boring.
And I never break a promise.
[BELL RINGS]
Welcome to AP Physics.
If you're looking for
Phys Ed, that's in the gym,
and I recommend you leave now.
Physics tells us that the universe
is governed by immutable laws
kind of like my classroom.
If you break my laws,
you'll find out that for
every boneheaded action,
there is an equal and opposite reaction.
[PHONE RINGING]
Bronwyn,
how good of you to help me
demonstrate this concept.
Is this yours?
Uh, yes, but my phone's in my locker.
- Open it.
- [RINGING CONTINUES]
- This this isn't my phone.
- [RINGING]
Your action was to bring
a cell phone into class.
And my equal and opposite
reaction is to give you detention.
What?
That's not fair because
that's not my phone.
It is fair. And it's final.
You can have your phone
back after detention.
[MUFFLED] Okay, people,
let's open our books now.
Page 18.
Hey.
You ready to school me in debate?
So ready.
[INHALES]
I just have to make a quick stop first.
- Okay, cool.
- In detention.
- [SIGNS]
- Bronwyn Rojas.
Detention on the first day of school?
It's a total misunderstanding.
Can you tell Ms. Fox I'll be late?
Sure.
Uh, I'm gonna stop by the cafeteria.
Lemon Snapple?
You're the best.
Bronwyn.
I'm flattered. I, uh
I didn't know you were a fan.
I'm not. That was a hate read.
Oh, that's a shame.
Out of everyone, I
thought you would get it.
Get what?
That I'm doing a public service.
You don't think girls deserve to know
that Reggie has a camera
hidden above his bed?
Oh, so it's a feminist app?
You're like a teenage Ronan Farrow?
Oh, so you do get it.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have somewhere to be.
Huh, small world.
Me too.
[BELL RINGS]
Congratulations.
You're the only five
students in this entire school
who could still get
detention every day this year.
In my experience,
the students who get detention
on the first day of
school end up here a lot.
So we might as well
get to know each other.
I want you to write an
essay introducing yourselves
and reflecting on what
you did to get here.
There will be no
talking, no passing notes,
and no more doodling.
Ms. Avery,
I know you didn't believe me in class,
but that phone you found wasn't mine,
so I technically don't belong here.
Oh, no, Bronwyn would never
intentionally break the rules.
No, I wouldn't.
And I didn't.
See? My phone's right here.
Did you seriously bring
another phone into detention?
- Hand it over.
- I'm sorry, but
doesn't the fact that you're
confiscating my phone twice
seem weird to you?
I mean, why would
anyone have two phones?
Well, I can think of a few reasons.
What about you, Nathan?
What's your problem, man?
With you?
- Oh, I think you know.
- Enough.
Papers and pens out.
If I'm gonna stay here unfairly,
could I at least use my computer?
I try to avoid paper for
environmental reasons.
Oh, well, I try to avoid devices
that connect to the Internet
for "making sure that you
actually do your work" reasons.
- But I, uh
- Oh, another word,
and you'll have
detention again tomorrow.
And I don't think either of
us really wants that, do you?
How are there more questions, Simon?
This is a very simple assignment.
I just need to go get
my water from my locker.
No, you can go 45 minutes without water.
Well, actually, no, I can't.
I have xerostomia.
It's a medical condition
where my salivary glands underperform.
Yeah, I know what dry mouth is.
You may get a cup of water
from the water cooler.
- The cups have
- And no,
I don't care that the cups are
made out of paper, Bronwyn.
What I do care about
is that everybody is
quiet and doing their work.
It's 1,000 words,
so I recommend that you start now.
[BANG ON WINDOW]
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
[DISTANT CHEERS]
♪
[STUDENTS YELLING]
Oh, shit.
Okay, I wanna see
real progress on those
essays by the time I get back.
♪
- Oh, my God.
- [CHUCKLES]
That's the Laguna guys, right?
- That's insane.
- It's fucking Laguna.
Addie, do you, uh,
recognize any of those asses?
What's that supposed to mean?
It just means that you
have sex with jocks,
so, you know,
I thought you might have seen 'em naked.
Your obsession with
other people's sex lives
is seriously pathetic.
[CHUCKLES]
What about you, Coop?
What about me, Simon?
Just from the locker room.
I don't spend my time at the locker room
staring at other guys' asses.
[CAR HONKING]
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
Oh, and of course they got away.
You know, nobody at this
school would get called out
for anything if it weren't for me.
Why do you care what happens to them?
Well, it's not about them.
It's about the principle of the thing.
The principle.
There's so many privileged
assholes in this school
who just think they can get
away with anything because, what,
rules don't apply to them?
[COUGHS]
It's bullshit.
[COUGHS]
[HEART BEATING]
This tastes weird.
[COUGHING]
[GASPS]
I think there's
something wrong with this.
- [GASPS]
- Simon, are you okay?
[COUGHS]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I need my pen.
[GRUNTS] I need my pen.
- What's wrong with him?
- Help!
- I'm calling 911.
- What pen, Simon?
His EpiPen, Jesus. He's allergic.
What does it look like?
You don't know what a
fucking EpiPen looks like?
Um, what the
Hey, you wanna help?
Yeah, my classmate is
having an allergic reaction.
Yeah, he's not he's
not breathing well.
- He's having trouble breathing.
- Is that the pen?
No, it's not here.
- It's not here. It's not here.
- [GROANS, WHEEZES]
Go to the nurse's office,
see if she has EpiPens, okay?
- Go now! Now!
- Send an ambulance, quick.
- [INTENSE MUSIC]
- [HEART BEATING, STATIC]
Simon, you're gonna be okay, all right?
An ambulance is on the way.
Addy, can you do something? Come help!
[HEART BEATING, STATIC]
Just breathe. Just stay calm.
- You're good.
- [COUGHS]
♪
[WHEEZES]
[COUGHS, GASPS]
Pen, pen! Where's the pen?
I don't have it!
The nurse wasn't there,
and the box was empty.
- Fuck, are you sure?
- Yeah, I'm sure!
[MUFFLED STATIC, NOISE]
- I don't think he's breathing.
- Fuck.
Can you go check if
the paramedics are here?
♪
[DISTANT SIREN BLARING]
[RADIO CHATTER]
[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]
♪
[RADIO CHATTER]
♪
[SIREN BLARING]
Addy? Hey, hey, what happened?
Hey, we saw an ambulance. What happened?
What happened?
I don't know.
Simon had an allergic
reaction or something.
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
It was so scary. It
looked like he was dead.
It's okay, I got you.
I got you.
Everyone else knew exactly what to do.
And I just stood there freaking out.
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hey, beautiful.
- What's up?
- I got your text.
I wanted to make sure
you're really okay.
♪
I'm fine.
I promise.
Are you okay?
I don't know.
I just keep thinking about
his post this morning.
A jock with a secret.
What if he knows?
That could be about anybody.
I mean, name one jock
that didn't do something
messed up this summer.
We're good.
I promise.
Okay.
♪
[FLORENCE + THE MACHINE'S
"NEVER LET ME GO" PLAYING]
Looking up from underneath ♪
Fractured moonlight on the sea ♪
Reflections still
look the same to me ♪
As before I went under ♪
And it's peaceful in the deep ♪
'Cause either way you cannot breathe ♪
No need to pray ♪
- No need to speak ♪
- [MUSIC FADES]
You need a ride or something?
No thanks. [SNIFFS]
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
You don't look good.
I mean,
you look like you just saw
what you saw.
[MOURNFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
He looked like he was
dying, don't you think?
♪
Yeah, he did.
But the ambulance got
there really fast, so
who knows?
♪
I should probably go.
- Nate, um
- Yeah?
♪
I'm really sorry about your mom.
♪
I should have called. I
I wanted to, I just
I wasn't exactly waiting by the phone.
No, of course not.
I'm I'm sorry.
I guess it's a weird
time to bring it up.
No, it's okay.
I get it.
♪
Death makes you think of death.
♪
So you do think he's dead.
♪
I don't know, Bronwyn.
It was pretty fucked.
♪
Let me drive you home.
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
Will you go slow?
[CHUCKLES]
It's more fun if I go fast.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, I'll go slow.
[FLORENCE + THE MACHINE'S
"NEVER LET ME GO" PLAYING]
And it's breaking over me ♪
A thousand miles down to the sea bed ♪
Found the place to rest my head ♪
You're gonna want to
hold on tighter than that.
- [ENGINE REVS]
- Never let me go ♪
Never let me go never let me go ♪
And the arms of the ocean ♪
Are carrying me ♪
And all this devotion ♪
Was rushing out of me ♪
And the crashes are heaven ♪
For a sinner like me ♪
But the arms of the ocean ♪
Ooh ♪
[LAUGHS] That was kind of awesome.
Yeah, you should see how it feels
when I hit the speed limit.
I don't think I can handle that.
Ooh, you got a helmet line.
Oh.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey, isn't that Simon's
Sorry, it's my mom.
Yeah. [RINGING CONTINUES]
Hi, Mom.
Oh, my God. Are you are you sure?
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Yeah, no, I'm I'm home.
Yeah, I'll, um I'll see you soon.
I love you too.
♪
He's dead.
♪
Simon's dead.
♪
[BELL RINGS]
Good morning.
- [MOURNFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
- As many of you know,
Simon Kelleher tragically
passed away yesterday
after experiencing an allergic rection.
Losing a member of our community
is an awful way to begin the new year.
So my message to you today is simple:
let yourselves grieve.
There will be grief
counselors available all week.
And of course, my door is always open.
We will be honoring Simon's life
at tomorrow night's football game.
[VOICE FADES] I hope you'll all attend.
[MUFFLED] It is so important
that we come together
[HIGH TONE PLAYS]
[CROWD CHATTERS]
[SUBTLE FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
Addy?
Yeah?
You were there, right?
♪
Yeah.
I was just wondering how bad it was.
♪
I mean, it was awful.
He literally died right
in front of my eyes.
I meant for him.
Was he scared, or did he suffer?
♪
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
He, um
Did you guys even try to help him?
[STAMMERS]
Hey, come on, no.
You don't have to
answer that, all right?
You've been through enough.
Come on.
It's fine. It's fine.
♪
I do not want to go to a counselor.
I want to go to calculus.
Wait, you want to go to calculus?
More than talking to a
stranger about my feelings.
Bronwyn!
Hey.
Hey.
How are you?
Oh, I'm fine.
You can stop worrying.
I can't help it.
Uh, you still up to
hang out tomorrow night?
Yeah, definitely.
- I'm really excited about it.
- Yeah.
Excited. [LAUGHS]
Uh, I'm actually going this way.
So
- I'll see you later.
- See you.
So, what's tomorrow night?
Oh, they're having a Chaplin
retrospective at The Avon.
Nate!
Hey.
Hey.
How's it going?
Uh, I mean, I've been better.
Could barely sleep last night.
Yeah, me too.
So, um, I've I've gotta get to math,
but maybe we can talk later?
Sure.
Cool.
Um, please tell me you're not, like,
trauma bonding with Nate Macauley.
What?
No, obviously not.
Good. Thank God STDs aren't airborne.
[INTERCOM BEEPS]
May I have your attention, please?
Would Bronwyn Rojas, Cooper Clay,
Adelaide Prentiss,
and Nathaniel Macauley
please report to my office?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUFFLED VOICES TALKING]
♪
I heard the new nurse got fired.
Because of the EpiPens?
♪
I guess so.
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
Hi, guys. How are we all doing?
I want to introduce
you to Officer Miller.
She has a couple questions
about what you witnessed yesterday.
Speaking with her is, of course,
completely voluntary.
But we'd really appreciate your time.
Wasn't it an accident?
We certainly hope so.
But we don't know.
Simon died after going
into anaphylactic shock
from his peanut allergy.
And we found traces of peanut oil
in the cup he used during
detention yesterday.
So we need to know how it got there.
And why there were no
EpiPens in the nurse's office,
or his bag, for that matter.
Why would we know
anything about that stuff?
♪
Because they think one of us did it.
W wait, what?
W is that true?
We're just trying to
understand the whole picture.
And I think that the four of you
can help with that.
Bronwyn,
why don't we start with you?
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
So you had a phone in
your bag that wasn't yours.
That seems strange.
Yeah, that's what I said.
[STAMMERS] Do you think
it has something to do
with what happened to Simon?
Tell me about your personal
relationship with Simon.
Were the two of you friendly?
I barely knew him.
I moved here last year for baseball.
You went to the nurse's office yesterday
before Simon died.
- Why?
- I didn't.
Then why is your name
in the nurse's log?
♪
I don't know what you're talking about.
You have a probation officer.
Why is that?
I'm pretty sure it says why
in the file you're holding.
I'd like to hear your version.
My version is that I
sold drugs to rich kids,
and then I got caught.
I understand you and Simon
were numbers one and two in your class.
Were you competitive?
Um, maybe a little.
We both definitely wanted valedictorian.
You transferred from Mississippi.
Baseball the only reason for the move?
Yeah, I want to be
able to play year-round.
It's better for getting recruited.
So it didn't have anything to do
with whatever's in your sealed record?
♪
That's not supposed to be in my file.
Well, you have two strikes.
A third would mean doing time.
And you turned 18 in December,
so we're not talking
juvenile detention anymore.
Look, I haven't sold in months, okay?
Ask my probation officer.
What about Simon's app
About That?
Did you know he was the author?
Yeah, I guess so.
He made up a lot of
bullshit about me, so yeah.
It was kind of sad, actually.
He didn't have a lot of friends,
so he tended to write
about the rest of us.
Yeah, I mean, everybody knew.
It was an open secret,
And honestly, I don't understand
why it didn't get shut down.
What Simon did off
campus was his business.
Were you ever worried that
he would write about you?
Any secrets you didn't want getting out?
No, never.
Not that I can think of, no.
No, I try to stay drama free.
[CHUCKLES]
Sure.
Everybody has secrets, right?
♪
Thank you so much for your cooperation.
You've been very helpful.
Are we done?
Can we, um, go to class?
Actually, one last thing
We haven't found Simon's bag or laptop.
♪
Any ideas where they might be?
♪
Um, he definitely had
his bag in the library.
Um, yeah, I thought the,
uh, paramedics took it.
No, they didn't.
♪
Okay, well,
thank you anyway.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC HEIGHTENS]
♪
[DARK POP MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Yeah?
Hey, B,
Nate Macauley's here.
♪
You're joking, right?
- Hey.
- Hey.
Vete.
- What are you, um
- Doing here?
- Yeah.
- I was on my way home
and remembered you saying
something about talking later.
So here I am.
So here you are.
It's a nice place.
Thank you.
Do I get a tour?
Um
[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]
So, um,
what are we talking about?
I I didn't have, like, a thing.
I just
I thought it was kind of
nice talking again yesterday.
I guess it had been a while, huh?
Hm.
So, um,
you want to know what I've been up to
for the past, uh, seven years.
Oh, I've
followed along on About That.
Yeah, that's one version of it.
Sorry, I was just kidding.
Too soon.
Still into lady rockers, huh?
Still?
How did you even
Fifth-grade piano recital.
You played that, uh,
Florence and the Machine song
while everyone else was
playing Frère Jacque and shit.
Wow, I [LAUGHS]
You actually remember that.
Yeah, it was cool.
Unexpected.
Okay, um,
I do have a thing.
[INHALES]
Do you really think the cops suspect us?
Yeah, I do.
But don't worry, they're not gonna look
at the pretty, rich, valedictorian
when they have me to focus on.
Don't say that.
You probably should have told
them about his bag, though.
What about it?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
That you have it.
[SCOFFS] That I I don't have it.
- You don't have it?
- I don't.
But if you did have it,
it would be smart to get rid of it.
If I did have it, it would only be
because Simon lives across the street,
and I thought of giving
it back when he got better.
Okay, then in this totally
hypothetical situation,
you should give it back to his parents
and hope that they give you
the benefit of the doubt.
Girls?
Hello?
Shit.
That's my mom.
We're not supposed to
have guys in the house.
Sucks for your dad.
[WHISPERING] Nate!
Don't worry, sneaking out
is a specialty of mine.
Yeah, I got it.
I'm so sorry.
♪
Sorry I'm late.
Coach kept me longer than usual.
Keels, I didn't know you were here.
I would have hurried home.
- Man, I'm starving.
- It's okay.
Lucas has been keeping me entertained.
Not in those clothes.
And we've got company.
- Oh, I don't mind.
- I mind.
And Cooper knows better.
Don't you, Cooper?
Yes, Nonny.
[CHUCKLES]
I hope you brought your appetite, sugar.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
'Sup, dickbag?
What do you want?
You said you were
gonna break up with her.
Yeah, well, it's complicated.
Look, I get Dad would freak out.
I'd never get drafted. All right?
Pro baseball's still totally homophobic.
And they're already scrutinizing
everything about me.
I understand.
And I'm not trying to
tell you how to come out.
Okay? I know that's a
hugely personal decision.
But, dude, Keely is a
beautiful, sexual woman
who is in love with you.
It's not fair to lie to her, man.
She knows, Lucas.
She's the first person I told.
You told her before you told me?
[SIGHS]
I just don't get it.
- I mean, she is so hot.
- [LAUGHS]
I mean, she could have
anybody at the school.
Why you?
Look, she's my best friend.
She needs it too, okay?
Oh, Keely's a lesbian.
[CHUCKLES]
No, it's not that, dumbass.
Well, when you end up in jail,
do you think I've got a shot with her?
- Yeah?
- Definitely not.
- You're a dick for that one.
- [LAUGHS]
[ENGINE RUNNING]
[ENGINE STOPS]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[TELEVISION CHATTER]
Hey, Dad.
First week of school's going great.
I watched someone die,
and the cops think I killed him.
♪
Thanks for asking.
♪
Hey, Stan.
♪
[NOTIFICATION BEEPS]
♪
[PHONE UNLOCKS]
♪
[KEYPAD BEEPS]
Bye, Stan.
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
- Hey.
- Hey.
I am so happy to see you.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
♪
Cool, I'll see you next time.
You don't wanna hang out?
♪
Come on, I don't think your
boyfriend would like that.
He's not my boyfriend.
Well, not really.
And he doesn't have to know.
♪
I gotta go.
Seriously?
♪
Seriously.
♪
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
♪
What the fuck are you doing here?
What do you think?
[GRUNTS]
His cash. Grab it!
Come on! Let's go.
♪
[TEENS CHATTERING]
Listen up, listen up.
I bet anybody 50 bucks I
throw for at least 300 tonight.
Ooh.
Okay, I'll I'll take that bet.
No hesitancy whatsoever.
300 yards is a lot of yards.
But maybe if Cooper played football
- [CHUCKLES]
- He could pull it off.
- No, stop
- Oh.
- Stop bringing this up.
- [ALL CHATTERING]
This is not a thing.
We all know that Cooper would never
waste this arm on that shit.
- Oh, that's true.
- You know what?
- Get out of my hot tub.
- Get out.
[ALL ARGUING]
I'll take that one. It's on.
- [LAUGHTER]
- My money's on Jake.
- Thank you.
- Like, yeah, I just think
he's gonna be playing extra hard
in honor of Simon tonight.
- Oh, God.
- Oh, don't
why'd you gotta bring that up?
This whole dedication
thing is so awkward.
- As if he even went to a game.
- I know.
I feel like it would be more
awkward if we did nothing.
- Right?
- Right.
I'm sorry, I forgot you
were friends with him.
No, trust me, I'd rather forget too.
I'm just saying, we have to
acknowledge the fact that he died.
- Even if he was an asshole.
- I barely knew the dude,
but a dedication at a football game
doesn't really sound like
it'd be his dying wish.
I don't know. I just want his last post.
- I want to know what he had.
- I know.
I mean, couldn't he have just
drank the peanut oil on Monday?
- Okay, too dark.
- Wow.
Oh, I didn't realize we were all
- Whoa!
- That was a serious question.
- I'm just
- Serious question,
why couldn't he have died later?
Enough. It wasn't
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
♪
Oh, f
[GASPS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[HEART BEATING]
[SNIFFS]
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP CONTINUES]
♪
[GASPS]
Hey.
♪
You okay?
What are you doing?
Look, I just
I just wanna talk to you.
TJ, we can't
don't do this.
Do what?
Be alone in a bathroom together.
Nobody followed, okay?
I promise.
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
Look, I
I just want you to know
that I'm not gonna tell anyone.
♪
You mean anybody else?
♪
I mean anyone at all.
Simon knew.
That cheating post was obviously
- gonna be about us.
- You don't know that, okay?
You listen to me.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Our secret died with him.
And if anyone else finds out,
you will regret it.
♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
[MARCHING BAND MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[CROWD CHATTERS]
Hey, uh, did you guys get ribbons yet?
They're for Simon.
Uh, no, we haven't.
We're asking everyone to wear
them tonight. In solidarity.
- Cool.
- And don't forget to caption your photos
#RIPSimon #RibbonsOfSolidarity.
- Okay.
- 'Kay.
Bye!
[MARCHING BAND CONTINUES]
Okay, I'm gonna get some popcorn.
Hashtag thanks for the ride.
'Kay.
Thanks for doing this.
I know it's not exactly
a Chaplin festival,
but, um, my mom insisted I come.
It's fine.
We can watch Sir Charlie Chaplin
another night.
Or, who knows?
Maybe tonight's the
night I give up on film
and fall in love with
American football.
Please don't do that.
I really don't want to
be responsible for that.
Well, I can't make any promises.
Uh, should we sit?
You're short.
I told you, I got robbed.
You have one week.
I'll have it.
[DISTANT MARCHING BAND MUSIC]
♪
Hey, Maeve, right?
♪
Yeah.
♪
Shit, your eye.
Oh, it's it's nothing.
Is Bronwyn around?
Uh, yeah, she's
♪
Down there.
♪
With Evan.
♪
Right.
I guess I'll see you around.
♪
Good evening.
Thank you all for coming out tonight.
As you know,
our Wildcats are playing tonight
in honor of Simon Kelleher,
our dear classmate, student, and friend.
And now it is my pleasure
to introduce you to Simon's best friend,
Janae Matthews,
who will be singing the National Anthem.
[POM POMS SHAKING]
[MICROPHONE RUMBLES]
Hey, everyone.
Um,
Principal Gupta asked me
to sing the anthem tonight,
but the thing is,
Simon would really hate
to see me buying into all this
patriotic school spirit shit.
And I'm here to sing for Simon.
So, Simon, wherever you are,
this is for you.
[STRUMS UKULELE]
Look inside ♪
Look inside your tiny mind ♪
And look a bit harder ♪
'Cause you're so uninspired ♪
So sick and tired ♪
Of all the hatred you harbor ♪
So you say ♪
It's not okay to be gay ♪
Well I think you're just evil ♪
You're just some racist ♪
Who can't tie my laces ♪
Your point of view is medieval ♪
Fuck you ♪
- [CROWD MURMURS]
- Fuck you ♪
Very, very much ♪
Fuck you 'cause we hate ♪
- Fuck you too!
- What you do ♪
And we hate your whole crew ♪
So please don't stay in touch ♪
- Fuck you ♪
- [MICROPHONE DIES]
Okay. Okay.
We are all gonna find
different ways to honor Simon.
Uh, thank you, Janae
- [MAN] Whoo!
- For sharing that very
personal and spirited tribute with us.
[SCATTERED APPLAUSE]
[CROWD MURMURS]
Wow.
That was, um
Insane?
Yeah.
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
[MARCHING BAND PLAYS]
♪
[CHEERLEADERS CHANTING]
[SIGHS]
Do you wanna get out of here?
I was really just here for
the Simon tribute thing.
Yeah, yes. [LAUGHS]
Definitely.
♪
[SUBTLE DARK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[CROWD CHEERS]
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
♪
Bye, guys.
[CLOVES' "MANIC" PLAYING]
- Go, go, go!
- Keep chugging!
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
Whoo!
- All right!
- Man!
Yes!
Oh, my God, kiss me!
Go splash in!
Hold me till I fade away ♪
Maybe I'm numb ♪
Maybe you don't understand ♪
Maybe I'm numb ♪
M-m-maybe ♪
[GASPS, GIGGLES]
- [INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- Did I scare you?
[NOTIFICATION BEEPS]
[PHONES BEEPING]
[CROWD CHATTERING]
[BEEPING, BUZZING]
♪
Jake, Addy.
What?
Someone is, like,
confessing to killing Simon.
♪
Holy shit, you guys.
♪
"I got the idea for killing Simon
while watching some shit news show.
There was this story about
a guy who killed his wife.
Sort of obvious.
I mean, it's always the husband, right?
But it took the police
months to catch him."
You need to see this.
♪
[MUSIC HEIGHTENS]
♪
"Turns out,
a lot of people were
happy this woman was dead.
She had gotten a coworker fired,
had an affair with
her friend's husband
she was a nightmare."
♪
[PHONE BUZZES]
♪
"Basically, there was motive
everywhere the police looked.
And that got me thinking.
That's the kind of person who
can get away with killing
someone everybody wants dead."
♪
"Let's face it, we all hated Simon.
I was just the only one with enough guts
to do something about it."
♪
"You're welcome."
♪
"You're welcome."
"You're welcome."
"You're welcome."
♪
[SPACEY ROCK MUSIC]