South of Nowhere s01e06 Episode Script

Spencer, Glenn, Breakfast is ready, let's go! I'm coming, I'm coming - What are you doing? - Ditching, wanna come? I can't, I have a history test and a science lab.
Can't or won't? That's not breakfast.
Where are you going? I made French toasts.
You may not see this again for a while, okay? Eat while you can Spencer.
When Glenn comes down we gotta bounce.
He's in front of the mirror, so it'll be a while.
You're walking? No, Ashley is picking me up.
I have a test in first period.
I wanna be there early.
We're gonna get so busted.
We'd better not.
I'll get suspended if I get caught again.
Then let's go back.
Ah, no.
Let's not get caught.
Please excuse Ashley Davies from class today.
for an appointment with I see so many I didn't know which one to put.
Her shrink, her gynecologist, her hypnotist You signed you mother's name? Almostly a zero percent chance that she'd call school looking for me.
I just thought I'd be with my dad.
I always feel a little funny lying to my parents.
Sometimes you have to lie to live.
Sometimes you don't.
- What's up, man? - Nothing, you? I'm beaten, man.
I watched all 3 Godfather movies on DVD last night.
Now those were some serious gangsters.
Brando makes Scarface look like a punk.
You're into those old flicks? Clay you gotta school your brother in the classics.
Well, history we do not learn we will repeat.
That's all there's to know about the Godfather.
Yo, I'm catching Spike Lee/Bruce Lee retrospective at the Noir next week, if you wanna hang.
Ahh, the Lee brothers.
What? What's going on? Lockdown, man.
My phone! All students must remain in their classrooms.
Teachers, immediately report your headcounts to the office.
We are under lockdown until further notice.
Madison.
- What are you doing here? - Same as you, baby, lockdown.
What's - what's lockdown? They lock up the place until the cops try to figure out what went down.
So I'm stuck in a room with you guys? You know what, man? Forget that, alright? - I got weight training.
- At least we're stuck together.
Glenn, give me your phone, we gotta call mom and dad.
Sorry, dude, it's charging at home.
So I need to tell you.
I think I think I like girls like 'like'? I think so but How do I know if I'm - Gay? - Yeah.
I need to process this.
- Hey, where's the teacher for this class? - Probably hiding in the supply closet.
- Scared of getting shot.
- I mean it's no wonder.
This school is full of thugs just waitin' to go gansta.
You know? For the record.
The last time we had a lockdown, it was on account of your group.
- What? - Yeah, dumb jocks.
Some fool basketball player called in a bomb scare, so he wouldn't have to take a test he was too stupid to pass.
Forget that.
All I wanna know is which one of you pissed somebody off.
Why? Because I don't wanna be standing next to him when the shooting starts.
So, how do you know? I mean, what tells you that you're? Look, if you wanna know if you're gay or not, you just have to take the 'Are you hot for girls quiz?' - Yeah, right.
- No, it's a 100%.
Okay.
Ready.
First question.
Who's hotter, Avril or Lindsay? Avril of course! I mean, she's way cooler and much better than Lindsay when it comes to vocals.
Great answer.
Second question.
Movies.
Which one did you like better, Blue Crush or Thirteen? Thirteen was more real.
Passing on girls in bikinis.
That could affect you score.
That's okay, there's a bonus round.
For two tickets to the Ellen Degeneres Show and a box set of the first two seasons of 'The L Word'.
Okay, not funny.
Tom kisses Katie, who do you make out with? - Make out with? - Yeah.
- Wait a minute - Answer the question.
Well, I liked 'Dawson's Creek', so Katie, I mean, hello! She was naked in The Gift.
Okay, final question.
In the girls shower, after gym class.
Do you sneak and peek or turn away? I guess I I look.
Hey, there are a lot of reasons to look.
Comparison of self to others.
Inhibitions about one's own body.
- Natural curiosity.
- Wow, you've had a lot of therapy.
Others try keeping me from being anything but.
Well, take your pick.
An emotionally scarred child of divorce.
A good-for-nothing musician.
A teen experimenting with her sexuality.
A gay/lesbian.
So.
What am I? Going by your answers I'd have to say that you Wow, ok, they're hot.
Hey, what are you guys up to? Ashley, nice to meet you.
You know we are supposed to notify the parents and the police about illegal activities.
Have you seen the beating I took jumping out of the game.
My father finds out I've been dealing drugs, I'll get beat down worst than this.
I think one beat down a week is plenty.
Yeah.
I got you.
You promised me you weren't dealing anymore.
I'm not.
It's my sister.
She wants me to go take her on the way home.
I want you back here next week.
I wanna see how you're doing.
Now, get out of here.
It's Arthur.
The meeting's cancelled? Alright.
Thanks.
Why are we with these guys? You know, I bet they're not even from Hawaii They're probably from the Valley.
I thought we were gonna talk about my problem.
You don't have a problem.
Well whatever I have, it's still confusing.
Good waves.
Nothing like the islands but They'll do.
Are you homesick? Would you like to take my mind off it? Boys are so predictable.
No, it's good, it's good.
I can't believe you found that.
- I forget how thorough you are.
- Thank you.
You know? It's for training together.
No, you were the same way back in medical school.
- Really? - Yeah.
I'm glad you could see it then.
- Yeah, I'm glad, I'm really glad.
- Am I interrupting? Of course not, honey.
You remember - Ben, right? - Yeah.
Good to see you.
- I haven't seen you since - You and Paula graduated med school.
Paula didn't mention that you work here too.
She didn't? I run the place.
Run? As in-charge-of-hiring, run? Yeah, talked Paula into coming up myself.
I'm lucky to have her.
So you 'Doctor Montanio, report to ICU 3.
' - Paula, we do this later? - Yeah.
Nice to see you, Arthur.
- So Hey, what do you got there? - Lunch We have a place down the road of the Hottop.
- Uhh, I'm in.
- We should go.
- Great.
- Great.
No, Ashley and I should go home.
Wait, I just wanted you to have fun today.
Well, I'm not.
All day long I've been trying to tell you the most important thing.
and all you wanna do is hang out with boys! - I thought you were kinda into me.
- Honestly, she's not.
Yeah.
I like girls.
That is so hot.
- You're still coming over, right? - No.
Wait up.
Spencer.
- Spencer, get in the car - Why? For one thing, your house is 10 miles back.
You so don't care about how I feel.
This whole day has been about how you feel.
Oh, please, come on.
All you care about is having a good time.
My mom was right about you.
Oh good, now you and your mommy can finally have something to agree on! Hey, look.
I'm sorry.
I screwed up.
I just didn't want you to feel bad.
And I guess I didn't know the right way to make you feel better.
What you're feeling.
the whole gay thing it's it's so important It's so Scary.
And that's why I wanted today to be special for you.
It's kinda like the last day of the old Spencer, you know? - How do you know if you're gay? - How do you know if you're straight? - I thought that was the easy part.
- Nothing's easy.
Well, it's like this.
Say I see Aiden.
He's cute, I'm attracted to him.
Then I notice the girl he's with, and I'm more interested in her.
And That's what scares me.
Ok, and Botox scares me.
Look at my mom.
And yet people still do it.
That doesn't make it wrong, it's just different.
I don't wanna be different.
I'm just I wanna be normal.
You know, like everybody else who knows who they are, what they want and, who they love.
Stop worrying about it, look.
Whatever people consider to be 'normal'.
It never is.
I bet Sean, Clay and Madison go down first.
Why do I get along teamed with them? Snow ball's right, color folks are always for a gang.
Cops will probably shoot us in the back by mistake.
Man, it's the cops who make it safe for you, skinny ass to come here every day.
Stop it.
Nobody's getting shot.
Statistically, most school rampage has happened in small towns.
- Like Ohio? - Ohio is a state, not a town, jockstrap.
- Maybe you're the shooter.
- He doesn't fit the profile.
It's usually the angry, loser kid who shoots the mean popular kids.
So Glenn and Madison will get killed first.
Why am I on everyone's 'first to get shot' list? Hey, come here.
Do you think those are police or news helicopters? Why do you care? If I'm gonna be on TV, I wanna change into my cheerleader uniform so I look hot.
You are about as deep as a puddle.
It's about exposure, baby and you gotta get it where you can.
Why don't you just lay off? You don't know anything about her.
I've been in class with her since the third grade.
Really? That is not possible.
And with that girl with the piercings.
And that guy, but he wasn't loaded then.
And that - that chick, before she dyed her hair.
We were all on that class together.
Oh my god.
Ms Harrison's room.
That's right.
Sean sat down and refused to say The Pledge of Allegiance.
Why the hell not? Haven't you ever heard nothing about the separation of church and state.
- And I sat down with you.
- They sent us into the principal office.
My first and last time Why wouldn't you say The Pledge of Allegiance? I don't know.
I was nine.
I always wondered why you did it.
Why did you sit? Especially since we haven't said a squat to each other since.
I guess you just seemed really smart.
I figured it was a thing to do.
So give me the "Girls guide to dating girls" Are you sure you're ready? Actually dating a girl is just like dating a guy.
Really? Except that it vastly enlarges your wardrobe, and if you're lucky you'll have the same shoe size.
I never thought about it that way.
There are a lot of cool benefits.
Mostly: another girl gets you.
Your ups, your downs, your openness and your vulnerability.
And they can give it right back.
no coaxing.
No having to go out and buy a Cosmo article on how to get a guy to open up.
It's just all right there.
And the bad part? Dating a girl's just like dating a guy.
They can lie, dump you for the pretty cheerleader.
Screw with your head the same semi-psychotic way a guy can.
And plus - yuck, worse! They want to talk endlessly about all of their feelings.
I mean, that's one good thing about guys.
They never say anything that you have to actually listen to.
- Did I mention the down side? - I thought you already did.
Some of your family, friends, people who you don't even know, are probably gonna hate you.
Getting people to like me in high school is hard enough.
Screw it.
I don't wanna be gay.
You don't have a choice.
You are who you are, Spence.
I can't believe you guys used to be friends.
Who said we were friends? You'd be surprised who you can hang with.
Take me and Glenn, for instance.
We've some things in common.
- Besides Madison? - Can we stop talking about me? Well, there is a first.
Ok, but I just don't get why you hang out with him.
You don't have to understand it, Glenn, he is my friend.
See, Clay's his own man.
We don't worry about what you think, and that's why we're good.
Yeah, man, so good you got him beaten by the cops.
I can handle it.
Or I can try.
Cool? Don't even think about it.
- Where's everybody going? - Lockdown's over.
Practice's still on, ladies, so you'd better be on time.
Who's riding with me? - Do you mind? - I don't anymore.
Ben Montanio is the reason we uprooted our family and drag them to LA? What? Of course not.
Honey, this job was an incredible opportunity.
I was tired of small town medicine.
Empty of any malls or dancing points.
- I came here to be challenged.
- Apparently so did I.
We made the decision to move here together.
We made the decision without me having all the facts.
No, you wanted this just as much as I did.
You said it was your chance to do urban social work, - and really make a difference, remember? - I remember Ben and you in med school.
That's what I remember.
Look, I know things have been rough lately.
I have been spammed with work.
And you've been busy with the kids.
And the house.
And your job.
We've unconnected for a long time.
I wanna know if he's the reason.
- At least I think I wanna know.
- Arthur! Listen to me.
We have just made a major move.
That strains a family.
Come on, don't make this about Ben.
It's really about us.
At a gang related incident, police apprehended the suspect, a student at the school.
found on campus with a gun, forced to get a day long lockdown at the King High school.
As police and school officers.
determined if accomplices or other weapons were present.
No injuries were reported and the suspect has been charged.
We gotta get home.
What are you doing? I'm calling the kids.
- There's no answer.
- Alright, come on, let's go.
- Oh, thank God.
- Great.
We were so worried.
Are you alright? - We're good - Where's Spencer? I don't know.
I haven't seen her all day.
She didn't show up for a ride either.
We figured she was with Ashley since she drove her to school.
If she ever made it there.
Sometimes I have this fantasy that I get on the first plane out of LAX going anywhere.
As long as it's away from here.
I ditched for the first time today, I'm not sure if I'm ready to flee the country yet.
King's School officials report that despite today's lockdown, the rest of the school year won't Lockdown? This is great! No one's even gonna know we were gone.
So we ditched for nothing? It definitely wasn't for nothing.
No, I guess it wasn't.
- Thanks for today.
- No problem.
Are you sure that Aiden is what you want? When I was kissing Aiden, I was thinking about you.
South Of Nowhere.
It's not where you've been It's where you're going.