Rise (2018) s01e07 Episode Script

1 Previously on "Rise" I'll stop drinking, I promise.
I want you to think about getting some help.
- I don't know what you want.
- I want you to be honest.
Do you feel something when you're with me? I think we should take things to the next level physically.
Okay.
- What are those lights, Simon? - Oh, crap.
- Hey, Sasha, are you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.
You don't look fine.
I'm pregnant.
We've been trying to figure out the right way forward.
Honey, your mom and I are getting a divorce.
I have been blaming Mom, but you did this.
You broke us.
You don't know the plays, and you think it's a waste of time? Get your ass off my field! Well, it's official.
No turning back now.
It's amazing.
Selfie.
Ah, morning, Evan.
Ticket sales are at an all-time low.
Well, I'm sure that'll pick up now that the poster's out, right? Absolutely.
Uh-huh.
[Marching Band's "Feel Good About It".]
[camera shutter clicks.]
Hike! [grunting.]
Hit them! That a boy.
Whoo! Let's go, run it again.
Good ball, Johansen.
[insect buzzing.]
Hey, man.
Gotta watch out for those mosquitoes.
West Nile.
There is something better Thanks.
Feel good about it So good about it That's exactly right.
[buzzing.]
So, did you get a date? Good morning to you too.
What's that? Take it.
It's 200 bucks.
- For what? - You know what.
That should cover half.
Just take care of it.
What was that? Why was he giving you money? Nothing, I have to Just stay out of it.
Just tell me what's going on.
- What happened? - Why do you care? We're friends.
Are we? Look, I know we haven't been hanging out as much, but Friends don't just stop showing up, returning calls.
Why was that jerk just trying to give you all that money? - Is it drugs? - What, like I'm a drug dealer now? Are you serious? - Well, with your dad - Which is exactly why I would never - touch any of that stuff.
- Okay.
Hey.
Oh, my God.
Are you pregnant? [dramatic music.]
Just don't talk to me, okay? [indistinct chatter.]
All right, guys.
Whoo-hoo! Thank you! So, it is tech week.
- Shoot me now.
- [laughter.]
Costumes, lights, sound what could go wrong, right? Look, we all know that tech can be brutal, and and for those of you that don't know, you will soon find out, right? [laughter.]
But, but, but! But know that whatever befalls us, we will get through this.
We will persevere.
[cheers and applause.]
Actually, I just wanna say I think we are in fantastic shape.
We are ready for this.
So we're just gonna try and run through it.
Wait, the whole show? The whole show.
[indistinct chatter.]
Um, yeah, Lou, we usually start out by taking it section by section and then work up to a full run-through.
How about we try just starting at the top and see how far we get? Let's do this.
[claps.]
Come on.
Here we go! [applause.]
[The Rubettes' "Sugar Baby Love".]
Okay, let's give it a go.
Curtain.
Everything okay back there? I honestly have no idea what I did to deserve talk like this and on a day like today.
[chuckles.]
Last one there has to hold hands with Conscience.
No! [laughs.]
- Oh, wait, Marsha! - [ripping.]
I've tried hitting myself to see how it feels really inside.
With this switch They don't have a switch.
Propmaster? Uh, I left it upstairs.
I can have it in five minutes.
Oh, propmaster.
["The Bitch of Living" plays.]
She said give me that hand please And the itch you can't control Let me teach you how to handle All the sadness in your soul Oh we'll work that silver magic Then we'll aim it at the wall She said love may make you blind kid But I wouldn't mind at all It's [speakers squeak.]
["Touch Me" plays.]
Oh There I go, there I go, touch me Just try it - [smacks.]
- Just try it Now there that's it Oh God that's Heaven Oh I'll love you right We'll wander down [discordant guitar music.]
[string snaps.]
[feedback hums.]
- Hey.
- Hey, sorry I'm late.
That's all right.
How was, uh How was rehearsal? It was a travesty.
Something wrong? Yeah, listen, I think I'm just gonna get Mom to drive me back and forth for a while.
She's coming to school anyway.
- Honey - To the show, um Dad, I appreciate what you did with the sign, but I I don't think it just magically fixes everything, and I don't really wanna pretend that it does, so I can't really do this right now.
[KaiL Baxley's "High On The Moon".]
Um You just tell tell me when you need me.
To drive you.
I was high on the moon Okay, thanks.
Drunk on the rain I heard every small creature Singing your name Well you're damned if you do Sometimes you don't Sometimes you just sit there Let the pain do its worst Hey.
To all these great unknowns How are you? Uh [laughs.]
I'm good, I'm I'm good.
How are you? Yeah, I'm fine.
Yeah.
Hey, listen, if it's weird with you working here And I'm I can stay somewhere else.
No, no, you don't, um You don't have to do that.
High on the moon Good night, Sam.
High on the moon Good night, Lady.
I'm here with you now I won't let you down I was high on the moon And drunk on the rain I heard every small creature Singing your name - [dryer beeping.]
- [cell phone ringing.]
Hello? Yeah, no, I know.
You've been calling a lot.
I'm okay.
Sorry.
Wait, social services called? About what? [rumbling.]
Yeah, no, okay.
5:00, got it.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'll meet you there.
- [beeping.]
- I'll show up.
[buzzing.]
This is good.
He's gonna be good.
Yeah.
This is exactly what you need.
Yeah, nothing against Coach, but Gordy? Hey, I'm Barklay.
I lead the group.
How you feeling today? Okay.
Listen, don't worry.
I'm not gonna make you talk, cry, or perform any sacred rituals, okay? Just listen.
Sound good? Yeah.
Sounds good.
- Mr.
and Mrs.
Mazzuchelli? - Yeah, hi.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
- Thank you for this.
No, thank you for bringing him here.
I like him already.
Uh, please, grab a cup of coffee.
Made it myself.
It's really terrible.
[laughs.]
And I'll see you in 50 minutes.
- Okay.
- Cool.
- Come on.
- It's gonna be okay.
[somber music.]
- He seems nice.
- Yeah, he does.
[sighs.]
When we look back 30 years from now, tonight will seem unbelievably beautiful.
And in the meantime? Why not? [kisses.]
[ding.]
- Hey.
- Hey.
That, uh, that scene with Jeremy was so good.
Oh, thanks.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say you two were the couple.
Well, that's just acting.
You know, been at it my whole life.
Yeah, exactly.
Not like you and me at the mill the other night.
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, that's for sure.
Too bad the cops showed up.
It's a real buzzkill, right? Total.
We should, uh, finish what we started, Simon.
How about this Friday night? My parents are out of town.
The house will be empty.
We can rock it all night long.
Awesome.
Okay.
Are they, like, together, together? Or just together? Oh, they're as together as together gets.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
So you know that? Yeah, the other night at the steel mill, they totally did it in the foreman's office.
No way.
Mm-hmm.
Honestly, you can't run away from me forever.
Why did you try out to begin with? You knew I was in the play.
Okay, I didn't know I was banned from being in the same room with you ever again.
You were supposedly my friend, and you blew me off.
Yeah, I was going through stuff.
Did you think I, like, couldn't deal with it or something? Seriously? I'm sorry, look, I just need to know that you're okay.
Okay? I need to know that you have support.
- Does your dad know? - Yes! Good, well, that's good.
So, what, he's there for you? Or what? [sighs.]
Do you know what you're going to do? No.
Are we done with the interrogation? This isn't an interrogation.
Oh Just please don't tell anybody.
[groans.]
Okay, uh, on to scene nine.
Uh, let's see if we can get all the way through one scene.
- Bobby, you ready? - Yep.
All right, remember, this is the emotional high point of the entire piece.
Yeah.
- Okay? - Yeah, I got it.
Great.
Places.
Smoke.
Easy on the smoke.
Please.
And Maashous? Wendla? Look at this.
Spend your entire life running from the church, and where do you end up? Where do you wind up? Moritz, my old friend.
I won't let them get to me.
Or Wendla.
We'll build that world together for our child.
[church bell rings.]
[hydraulics buzzing.]
All these little tombs.
And here, a fresh one.
"Here lies in God Wendla Berg.
" No, born the Died of anemia? Oh, my God.
Wendla, too.
No, no, no.
Those you've known and lost still walk behind you Okay, okay, okay.
Let's stop right there for one second.
I thought you said we were gonna go all the way through.
Robbie, Robbie, Robbie, Robbie.
You You've lost your best friend, and you're just now finding out that the love of your life has died.
Yes, I know.
Okay, I I get that sometimes you'll do, like, half speed practice in football.
I want to see game day.
Show me game day.
That was game day.
I mean, I was really feeling a lot inside.
Yeah, I get that.
It's just, we need to feel it on the outside.
Is there something I'm missing? No.
No, it's great.
- If you don't think I can do this - Robbie, Robbie.
It's great.
It's all great.
It's great.
So, as I said, my name's Grace Cortland, and I'll be taking over your case.
Is everything all right? Maashous is doing good at the house.
I'm not sure what's going on here.
As his foster parent, I know you're concerned.
But actually, I'm calling everyone in with good news.
Maashous, you're aware that your mom was released from custody earlier this year? Uh-huh.
Yeah.
She's been doing well.
Her parole officer has been in contact with us.
He feels your mom's just about ready to take you back.
You're gonna be moving back home, Maashous.
Uh Wow.
Yeah, I know.
It's a lot to process.
And I know the last time you lived at home, you were a little kid.
Where is Where does she live? Uh, Eagleton.
Not too far from here.
Will I be able to stay at Stanton High School? Well, we don't have all the details, but it might mean transferring to Roosevelt.
But your mom has her own place.
She's made sure there's a room for you.
She's worked very hard to get to this point.
So, when would this So, the next step will be a meeting.
Just you and your mom.
To get acquainted.
Re-acquainted.
We'd like that to happen right away.
[tense music.]
[dramatic music.]
[muffled chatter.]
$400? That's practically what I paid for the dryer.
No, I'm not gonna do that.
I wanna get another estimate.
No, thank you.
Kaitlin, did you overstuff the dryer? I didn't even use the dryer.
Are you sure? You've done it before.
Oh, my God.
Like, five years ago.
- No.
- $400, that's ridiculous.
Hello, Maashous.
Hi.
We need to talk about these ticket sales.
Yeah, I know.
They're a little off.
The people of Stanton have made a statement.
And that statement is, they don't wanna see this show.
We could have been doing "Pirates of Penzance.
" The last time we brought out the pirates, the show sold out both weekends.
Had to add an extra performance.
Yeah, well, now that the poster's out, I'm sure we're gonna see a spike.
Poster's been out two days.
No spike.
Now, Lou, this year's ticket sales is next year's budget.
Since when? Since all I seem to be dealing with this year are budget cuts and layoffs.
This program will have to sustain itself.
So, uh, with the last few minutes of class today, I'd love to talk about the upcoming Stanton drama production.
Uh, tickets are still available.
And, uh, well this is something you don't want to miss.
Uh, has anyone seen or heard of "Spring Awakening"? [scattered chatter.]
Uh, it's a riveting tale about teenagers, uh, in 19th century Germany coming of age in a repressed society.
- Next.
- [laughter.]
[bell rings.]
Yeah, so, uh, anyway, check it out.
On the web site.
You won't regret it.
Hey, uh, Robbie.
Can I talk to you for a sec? Uh, listen, about that scene.
I don't want you to worry.
- It's gonna be great.
- Great.
You said that.
Yeah, listen, I know you're going through a lot on the team.
I know I told you to call Coach's bluff.
If you're mad at me about that Why would I be mad about that? Or about anything.
I just I just want you to know, I'm here if you want to talk about it.
Not everything's about you, Lou.
Are we done? Yeah.
And one way of discovering the point of intersection is to graph both points to see where they visually intersect or touch.
And remember, parallel lines will never touch but perpendicular lines will intersect at one point.
[fading.]
A downside to finding the point [ambient music.]
[bell rings.]
Hey, hey.
Why were you just staring at me like that? You calm me down.
I calm you down? Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey.
These pants are just way too big.
So, is it true you're having sex with Anabelle? I didn't realize that was public knowledge.
Uh, but yeah.
Yeah, it's true.
I mean, she's my girlfriend.
All right.
So, um, can we just talk this through? Because we kissed and now you're with Anabelle We didn't kiss, okay? You kissed me.
We kissed each other.
You've been flirting with me on stage.
It's called acting.
Okay? Look, I'm sorry if you got the wrong idea or if you're confused.
But I'm dating Anabelle.
All right, good to know.
Hey, so listen, um, I'm not really comfortable with our scene anymore.
Okay, um, what did you Just don't touch me anymore.
Okay, uh why? You know why.
[Herman's Hermit's "Daisy Chain (Part 1)".]
Is someone down here? Hello? Oh, my God.
Maashous.
I thought there was a burglar.
I'm sorry.
What are you doing? Trying to fix it.
In the middle of the night? Why? It was me.
I broke the dryer.
I tried to dry my sneaker, and the lace got caught, - and I I - Why didn't you tell me? I don't know.
I'm sorry.
Okay, okay, just don't do anything to it.
Just leave it alone, okay? I'll deal with this in the morning.
[sighs.]
And, Maashous, in this house, we don't lie to each other.
[dramatic music.]
Well, I'm sorry I didn't see the "No Lying" sign on the door.
Let's both try to get some sleep.
This will be a beautiful memory You and me are going down in history Take my hand I'll be your memory Memory Yeah This will be a beautiful memory You and me are going down in history Oh, my God.
It's morning.
Tonight we fly away Where were you? I got up early and went to get some of those egg sandwiches from the coffee shop.
Mom You're incredible.
- Oh, come on.
- No, I'm serious.
I really mean it.
I know how much it sucked for you to get that job.
But you did.
For me so I could get to rehearsal and be in the play.
And now you're running out early and getting me my favorite breakfast? I I just want you to know how much it means to me.
Explain to me again why you bought 30 tickets - to your own show.
- I only get ten comps.
We don't know 40 people.
No one's buying tickets.
- Nobody.
- I'm sure it'll be fine.
And I've lost Robbie.
He's not himself.
It's like he hates me all of a sudden.
Lou, it's tech week.
It's supposed to be hell, right? And he can't act.
Anyways, you should check him out.
He's got, like, this retro hip-hop thing going on.
- Like cool.
- Okay, I'll check him out.
- Listen, great work today, Gordy.
- Thank you.
Guys, kid is a rock star.
Everybody loves him.
Had the whole group in stitches.
- Amazing.
- [laughs.]
That is so great.
Yeah.
- We meet tomorrow, right? - Yeah.
- Good, I'm looking forward to that.
- So are we.
And you I'll see Thursday? - Yeah.
- All right.
Take care, guys.
- So? - Yeah.
It was good.
Really good.
All right.
On my count, ladies! Five, six, seven, eight! Touch me, oh Come on, make me feel it, ladies! Touch me! [laughter.]
- I'm very impressed.
- Can I ask you something? Yeah.
That scene, the graveyard scene, how do you think it's going? - Like, how am I doing? - I think you're doing great.
Please don't use that word.
Listen, this is new, okay? I mean, this is new for you, and it's new for me too.
- Yeah, but you're amazing.
- I'm not amazing.
You are.
Some of this stuff, I can do.
When I'm with you, that's easy, because I'm not acting.
But that scene, what if I'm not an actor? I'm not playing football, either.
- Like, I don't know what I'm doing.
- Robbie.
You're gonna get it.
Okay? Come on.
Hey, do you want this? I've had, like, 11 slices already.
Very ill advised.
Hey, are you okay? Yeah.
I just feel like I've been really hard on my dad.
Actually, uh, can I take this? He's a big pepperoni guy.
I'll bring it to him, I guess.
Thanks.
Can I talk to you for a sec? Uh, I'm busy.
You wanna do this here? Fine.
"Still on the fence.
Need more time.
" - What the hell is - Shut up! Okay, okay.
What are you doing? Well, you didn't answer my text, so I'm here.
Why are you still on the fence? Are you scared? - Do you need more money? - No.
I really don't wanna talk about this here.
Well, this affects me.
It's my life too.
She said she doesn't want to talk about it.
- Get lost.
I'm talking to my girl.
- She's not your girl.
- Who What are you doing? - I'm sorry, who are you? I'm Michael.
I'm Sasha's friend.
You're being an ass, and you need to leave now.
- Calm down.
- Michael? You're not a dude.
Yes, I am.
Oh, yeah, like I'm gonna take you serious - [screaming.]
- Stop! [screaming.]
What are you doing? Stop it! Dude, dude, dude, dude! Everybody, calm down! [grunts.]
- What the hell was that? - Go! This guy's an idiot.
I was trying to help you.
No, you were trying to be a guy doing something you think some guy would do.
I don't even know who you are anymore.
[dramatic music.]
[crickets chirping.]
What are you doing? Mr.
Mazzu gave it to me.
He said I reminded him of the play.
Maashous, where are you going? My friend Michael said I could crash at his until Until what? Nothing.
I'm sorry about the dryer.
Maashous, you're not leaving because of the stupid dryer, are you? Uh, I'm I'm sorry if I got angry You said in this house that we don't lie.
That doesn't mean I'm throwing you out of the house.
I've been kicked out for a lot less than that.
Maashous, listen to me.
That is not what I meant.
You could break 1,000 dryers and I might get angry.
But we're still gonna wake up in the morning and have breakfast together.
And I'm not gonna stop caring about you because of that, okay? Or anything else.
You're a part of this family, Maashous.
Come here.
[Roo Panes' "Stay With Me".]
Now, put your stuff away.
You are not leaving.
Okay? Okay.
Okay.
Good.
Oh stay with me Oh stay with me Oh you're right where You are supposed to be So Gordy says things are going really well.
He clearly likes you, looks up to you.
I can't tell you what a relief this is to us.
We've been looking for a place like this for a while.
Well, good.
I'm glad things seem to be going well.
[both laughing.]
Yesterday you called him a rock star.
I like Gordy.
He's a good kid.
He just hasn't shown up yet.
I've seen it a million times.
You're a teacher.
I'm sure you've seen it too.
Kids who are putting in the time, but not really doing the hard work.
And unfortunately nothing's going to change until he owns the problem.
Recovery is not an overnight thing.
It's a lifelong process.
But right now, Gordy's telling you what you wanna hear.
He's putting on a show for you.
When we look back 30 years from now, tonight will seem unbelievably beautiful.
And in the meantime? What happened with them? - Why not? - I'm not sure.
We had one scene that was working.
One scene; now it's a mess.
Okay, looking good.
Uh, let's set up for the graveyard scene.
Uh, you know what? Maybe it's getting a little late in the night for that.
Why don't we do "Bitch of Living"? Nope.
Graveyard scene.
- You all right? - Yeah.
Fine.
Uh, places, guys.
[crickets chirping.]
Look at this.
You spend your entire life running from the church, and where do you wind up? Moritz, my old friend.
- It's exactly the same.
- They won't get to me.
- Just give him a minute, okay? - I won't let them.
We'll build that world together for our child.
Robbie, remember.
This was your best friend.
[screeching.]
[church bell ringing.]
All these little tombs.
And here, a fresh one.
"Here rests in God, Wendla Berg.
" Robbie, Robbie.
Robbie, remember.
This is the girl of your dreams.
Okay, she's dead.
She was pregnant.
You were gonna be a husband and a father.
And now she's dead.
- Yeah, I know.
- Okay, you know what? - Let's take it back a little bit - You have to connect to this.
There has to be some way in.
Some way that you can relate to this.
Well, just tell me how you want me to say it.
I can't tell you how to say it.
You have to feel it.
- Lou.
- This isn't gonna come easy.
This isn't football where someone tells you where to throw a ball and you just throw it there.
That's not how football works.
You are gonna have to work for this, okay? This isn't gonna come easy.
You have to do the hard work.
This is something you have to earn! - Robbie - Forget it, man.
- Forget this.
- Do not walk off this stage.
And I lost everything for this stupid play! Everything! Lou.
Lou! Where are you going? Lou! [door opens, closes.]
No one move.
No one! What are you doing? Looking for the stupid switch that our ace propmaster can't seem to find.
Propmaster.
How is he a master? Can't keep track of a single prop.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Don't throw things around like that, please! I spent a lot of time organizing this stuff.
[sighs.]
Do you want to talk to Robbie, or should I? I tried talking to him.
He didn't seem that into me.
They're not all going to like you! Francis, did you like me doing "Guys And Dolls"? - Um - Hated me.
The whole time, okay? Thank you, Francis.
Could you please go back downstairs? Look, I'm sorry, I I gotta get the hell out of here.
What? Where the hell do you think you're going? I told everyone that this was gonna be great.
It's not great.
It sucks! The show sucks.
And no one's gonna come anyway.
- We can't sell tickets.
- That's not true.
We just sold 30 tickets yesterday.
From me.
That was me.
I bought them.
No one wants to see "Spring Awakening.
" What what was I thinking? I should have just stayed with "Grease.
" It should be It should have been Simon and Gwen.
I screwed this whole thing up.
I'm going home.
Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mr.
Mazzu.
You are not going anywhere.
You are not leaving this theater.
Okay? Now, Robbie may have left, but there are 20 other kids down there all ready to work.
Some of them with with way bigger problems than you have, okay? This is not about you.
You need to gather yourself and get back out there.
We have a rehearsal to run.
[dramatic music.]
Not tonight, Tracey.
Lou.
I suck.
Okay? I was wrong.
You're my best friend, and I put distance between us.
Why? I was realizing that I'm trans.
Things were changing.
Who cares? People always said we were an odd pair, anyway.
I mean, there were things I couldn't understand.
How could I expect you to? You should have given me a chance.
I could have handled it.
You You hurt me.
I know.
[dramatic music.]
I want you back, Sasha.
You're my best friend.
Give me a chance.
All right, everyone.
Let's get it together here.
[winces.]
[sniffs.]
[machines whirring.]
Wow, your life sucks.
Uh, your dad's on the field.
Well, he's the last person I want to see.
I was actually looking for you.
So, I calm you down, huh? Yeah.
You calm right now? Yeah.
And now? Uh-huh.
What about now? Let's get out of here.
Don't you have rehearsal? Hell with rehearsal.
["Touch Me" plays.]
Where I go when I go there No more shadows anymore Only men with golden fins The rhythm in them Rocking with them to shore Touch me, whoa whoa Just try it Now there that's it Oh God that's Heaven Oh I'll love you right We'll wander down where the sins cry Touch me Oh I don't want you to go.
Sam, where is this going? Do you think we'll ever take this outside of this room? Hmm? Maybe take off that wedding ring? I just need a little more time to sort things out.
Is that okay? - Yeah.
Yeah, that's okay.
- Yeah.
- It's okay? - Mm-hmm.
[moaning.]
[moans.]
- Hey, Anabelle - What? - Anabelle, I - [laughs.]
Are you okay? Come on.
What's what's wrong? - Simon? - I can't I can't do this.
I can't do this.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Can you just go? It's not you.
Anabelle, it's not you.
Just go, okay? It's not me? Get out! Oh my God Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh my God Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah Touch me Touch me Oh Oh Where the winds sigh Where the winds sigh Where the winds sigh