Ride (2016) s01e08 Episode Script

1 That is one sad breakfast.
It doesn't want to talk about it.
It's in a mood.
Weren't you supposed to be eating pancakes with your dad this morning? Ms.
Warrington was seen walking across the grounds last night, after dark, but with a man.
Was it Mr.
Griffin? I saw Mr.
Griffin whistling yesterday.
Grouchy Griffin whistling! It wasn't him.
Dude, yesterday Mr.
Peters was wearing so much cologne, my nose hairs curled up.
Peters looks like a goat.
Ms.
Warrington wouldn't.
But Minnie Minister told Jilly Jones, who also told Tara Vong that Mr.
Warren was buying flowers in the village.
Please.
He's like eight hundred.
Okay, if he bought flowers, they're for his own grave.
It was my dad with Ms.
Warrington.
Oh, so nothing scandalous then.
Yeah, bummer.
I wouldn't be so sure.
They were eating grilled cheese and making goo-goo eyes at each other.
Are you sure it was goo-goo eyes? Maybe they were making normal, respectful colleague eyes.
JOSH: Yeah.
I know goo-goo when I see goo-goo.
And he was laughing, and he looked happy.
He probably even forgets what today is.
Is it International Sad Breakfast Day? What even is that on your plate? That's exactly what I told her (LAUGHS).
It would have been my mom's birthday.
Oh, Kit.
I'm sorry.
My mom had this tradition where she would always do something that scared her on her birthday.
So dad and I said we'd do the same.
Maybe going on a date was his classy way of honouring that.
I'll see you later.
Kit, wait! You just tell me what we need to do to make today better, and we'll do it.
I might try to trot TK over some poles for the first time.
That should be completely terrifying.
Mom would be thrilled.
Wanna come with? Madhu! Good morning, your high - Anya! Is that your mom? I didn't come this direction For fear of some misconnection It was with me all along I was carried by the song You wouldn't believe where my heart goes It's who I want to be So ride, ride with me It's so nice to finally meet you! Anya's told me all about you.
That's so nice! But you, Mrs.
Patel, are a bit of a mystery.
Why didn't you tell me your mom was coming? I could have made my bed, and picked up my clothes.
Don't we have a meeting? I'm sure Elaine has scheduled something.
No? Anything? We have class.
Class, yes! That's right! Would you mind giving me a few minutes with my Anya? Oh, of course.
Meet you down stairs, walk to class? This is how you greet me after all this time? Didn't I teach you better manners? Madhu, I missed you so much! But what are you doing here? Is everything okay with mother and father? They are both fine.
But there is an important ball that they must withdraw from at the last moment.
And so, it is to be your public debut.
This is what your mother selected.
(GASPS) But I can't! I have school.
Lady Covington has excused you from afternoon classes.
I can't! My classmates don't even know who I am.
I just - It is your royal duty.
Pardon me for saying so, Your Highness.
But you may not say no.
You're so lucky you're escaping this aft.
Did you see the new training schedule Elaine posted for the House Cup? Is it brutal? Oh, she'll be in a fit for a while.
The Cup determines our first official league standings.
You'd think we were going to the world championship.
She wants us to go running at six every morning.
RUDY: Hey, Kit.
Where were you? I had a pile of pancakes as big as TK, ready and waiting.
Thought you might be busy with something else, or someone.
No.
Just me and the barn cats.
My mistake then.
Gotta go.
Hey, it's me.
Dad.
You okay? Just busy.
What about after classes? Tutoring with Elaine.
I got excused from classes today to spend some time with my mother.
Perhaps you could request the same for Kit.
I knew I liked you, Anya.
Stand by, kid.
I'm making it happen.
Gee, Anya, thanks.
You're welcome (LAUGHS).
Hey, spill dude.
Is there some sort of Maharajah queen lady here today or something? Just my governess.
Kit assumed it was my mother, and I just kind of rolled with it.
What's she here for? It's dreadful.
They're making me go to this horrible royal charity thing tonight.
I'm dying of nerves.
(LAUGHS) I don't know anyone there! And who will I talk to? And who will make sure I don't get lost on my way to the loo? And first, I have to get out of here without anyone catching on.
Okay, what you need, Princess dude, is a wing man.
I don't have one of those! Yeah, yeah you do.
No? Distract, misdirect, smoke screen.
I've got it all covered.
Honestly.
Come with me.
What could possibly be so urgent that it must interrupt my schedule? Um, could Kit have afternoon classes free today, please? Is she ill? She ought to see the nurse if she - No, no, no, it's nothing like that.
(CLEARS THROAT) Today would have been her mom's birthday.
That is not a sufficient excuse for absenteeism.
Good afternoon.
Excuse me.
This kid lost her mother.
I'd like to spend some time with her.
Share some memories.
That is what weekends are for.
She's a kid without a mom.
She misses her.
Frankly, ma'am, so do I.
Many people miss many people, Mr.
Bridges.
That does not excuse them from their duty.
Thank you for your time, ma'am.
Mr.
Bridges, I am sorry for your loss.
IT: I think TK's afraid of red.
The colour.
Every time I try to walk him, even near the red stripe poles, he freaks.
Plus, he tried to eat Anya's red sweater, and once he pooped in a red flower bed, and - That is quite a solid collection of evidence.
I have to convince him not to hate on red, or he'll never jump.
I'm sorry to inform you, but horses are not able to see red.
What? Come on! SALLY: Alright! In your seats, everyone! We have a lot to cover today.
Katherine Bridges, may I speak to you for a moment? I understand it's a very important day for you.
I don't.
I can't.
You need to mark this day.
It's important.
Someone is waiting for you in the tack room.
Someone who shares your feelings.
Go on, then.
Quickly.
Right.
Open you text books to page twenty-nine.
There's my best girl.
Hi.
Well, kid, you ready to toast the most wonderful person we've ever known? Are those mom's mud pies in a glass? She always did something that scared her on her birthday.
And nothing's scarier than your cooking, dad.
(LAUGHTER) Before you start - The ugly brooch! I am not wearing that horror show! Well, somebody has to.
It's a tradition.
Looks lousy on me.
I already tried.
I wasn't sure you'd show up.
You had kind of an attitude this morning.
Everything alright, kid? Just, you know, teenage mood swings.
You probably don't remember them because it's been so long since you've had one.
Missing her doesn't get any easier, does it? (GLASSES CLINK) It's not bad.
No.
Could have been way worse.
(LAUGHTER) (LAUGHS) I did not like the birthday when she insisted on that terrifying hot air balloon ride.
I'll never forget the shade of green you both turned before you barfed into the picnic basket.
It would have been less sad if we had even made it off the ground.
Well, you both did it, though.
Just like everything else you put your mind to.
You're just like her in that way.
Lady Covington.
I was stopping by to suggest that instead of homework hour, Katherine might join you for some time, but I see you have disobeyed my rules in any case.
She'll make up her classes.
What is that? Oh! Horrible, isn't it? It was my mom's.
She always wore it on her birth - LADY COVINGTON: Please remove it.
Oh, come on! Dad, it's fine.
It is against regulations.
But it was worth it.
(LAUGHTER) In the future, you would both do well to remember that TK is here because I permit him to be, and I may revoke that permission whenever I choose.
Lady Covington - You would also do well to remember that you are both here because I permit you to be.
Oh! You look beautiful, Princess Anya.
Ready to go? Thank you, Madhu.
But there's just one thing.
I scrub up pretty good, eh? Anya, who is this? Madhu, this is Josh.
He will be my escort for this evening.
This is highly irregular.
Your parents would expect to approve anyone who would accompany you.
I accept that it's my duty to honour my parents' expectations, but that doesn't mean it's easy.
It will genuinely help having Josh with me for support.
I'd do anything I could to help your charge, ma'am.
Loyalty is a quality the family values deeply.
You may join her.
I saw that.
You will exhibit behaviour worthy of the Maharajkumari from this point forward, young sir.
(DISHES CLINKING) NAV: I had a thought.
On TK's phobia.
Awesome.
(MURMURING) (MURMURING) Okay, best case scenario, nobody notices me, and we get to eat a thousand deserts.
Worst case scenario, everybody notices me when I trip over my pallu, fall into the buffet, and spill gravy all over Prince Harry.
And it's being covered by the evening news, and everybody at school is watching me.
You forgot the sprinklers going off, and my pants splitting.
Catastrophise much? I'll be a social outcast! Look, you don't have to worry, okay? You've totally got this.
You were born ready.
Like, literally though, cause you were born a princess.
You're right.
I am Princess Anya Patel, and I can do this.
(CAMERAS CLICKING) (CHEERING) Hi, boy.
How you doing? How was your day? You know, eat hay, drink water, poop, eat more.
(LAUGHS) Kit! Excellent timing! This is the Hillary Whistlepot Guide to Technical Riding.
It's full of tips for taming a horse with - Issues? Quirks.
We'll call them quirks.
This is perfect! See this, TK? I'm going to read you every page.
(CLEARS THROAT) Hi.
Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.
It's fine.
Okay, there's something in the paddock I think you should see.
I'm busy right now, so - Your dad says you should come.
And if you could tack up TK.
WILL: So, they're not striped, so they look like things he knows; things he's seen in the pasture.
He gets used to trotting over poles.
Generally it's desensitization.
This is awesome.
Thanks, dad.
That's an inspired idea, Will.
Yeah.
And then you move up to striped ones, and he won't even notice.
Hopefully.
Before you go back out there, put this on.
For good luck.
Oh my! That is quite something.
It was my mom's.
Oh.
Well you know what they say, you can't choose your family heirlooms.
They say that? Yeah.
Will worked real hard.
Will? Thank you.
It doesn't make everything okay, but - Should we see if TK likes it? I think we have to.
You've got this, kid.
Beautiful.
Keep his rhythym even.
Okay, heels down, hands light.
Keep breathing.
Don't worry! We've got this boy.
Nothing to be afraid of.
Yeah! What is that? I would have thought you'd recognize a horse after all these years.
He'll like the next one! Will created some special jumps, to help TK.
Whoa, that's it, kid.
Whoa.
KIT: We jumped! Good! Man, did you see how close I was to that Swedish princess? I could have reached out and touched her nose.
You do realize all those guards are not just there for decoration? Yeah.
The point is that I could have, you know? I can't wait to tell the boys at home about this.
No! You promised! It's fine to be Princess Anya for a couple of hours, but just plain me goes to Covington.
Just plain me who isn't loved because of her crown.
You have a crown? You've got to let me try that bad boy on.
I'm not quite sure it's your style.
Any bling is kind of my style.
Elaine.
You missed another training session.
Where have you been? Movies.
Yeah.
Dressed like that? What? You know, sometimes a bro likes to look nice.
And you? An anarkali needs to be aired out every now and again.
So why not tonight? You see, I didn't care before.
But now I know you're lying, I'm curious.
Okay, busted.
It's just, Anya didn't want anybody to know, but I didn't know, no one's going to care, right? It's totally cool! Everyone will think so - Josh, please! No, no! It's fine, okay? Elaine, Anya is uh, she's my lady.
We were concerned that this would be a conflict of interest.
With the race coming up.
Oh, please.
Do you really think anyone's interested in your sad romance? With a Canadian.
I won't tell anyone.
Just don't share any of our team strategies.
You genius! I totally froze! Well, no extra charge.
And plus, you're the best fake girlfriend I've ever had.
Thank you.
(GIGGLES) Hey, where the heck were you? I looked for you everywhere.
I was with my mum.
Oh, so tired.
Exhausted! So, TK and I took our first jump together today.
Seriously? That's amazing! It was an accident, but I didn't fall off, and he didn't have one of his meltdowns.
Oh, well done! That's total progress.
Oh yeah! Wait, how was your day? What did you do? Oh, movies, dinner, boring stuff.
Not so boring.
Not when you get to do them with your mom.
Yeah.
What? It's just sausage, bacon, eggs, pancakes, whole wheat on the top, and some kind of French toast thing on the bottom.
And a sprinkling of granola.
Interesting.
Oh, and some chocolate spread, of course.
Is the chocolate spread really necessary? Are you really asking me that? Maybe we can't be friends.
Try it.
Put that down.
That is not appropriate fuel for a run.
Okay, I get that we're in training, but don't you think you're taking this Cup thing a bit too seriously? One jump doesn't let you off the hook.
I promise you.
I will eat, sleep, drink and breathe the Covington House Cup.
My rank will delight and amaze you.
Good.
I'm glad to hear it.
Now run.
I loathe running.
I loathe - Elaine.
At lunch, you'll meet me in the stables.
I'm going to teach you to jump without looking like an orangutan.
I don't think I'm going to be able to feel my legs by then.
There's no getting out of it, Bridges.
Josh! Josh I have to keep up with Elaine! Her eye's gone all twitchy, and I'm scared what she might do to Kit.
Yeah, well red alert, okay.
Like royal, regal, red carpet alert.
I don't like the sound of that alert.
That's us.
From last night.
Where did you get this? It was on Chirper.
Some girl back at my old school, she saw it on some gossip website, and forwarded it to me.
And she was asking me who you are, and where she could get a dress like yours.
She liked my dress? Focus! This is a serious secret identity fail.
Like, how long before anybody could see this, right? It could be anywhere.
Everywhere.
How long before someone here recognizes you? Delete it.
Get rid of it! You can't delete the internet.
All you can do is tell people the truth before they see it.
I can't! If they find out who I really am, my life is ruined.
Everything will change.
Trust me, I know from experience.
Even I don't have a suggestion on this one.
Josh, we have to figure something out.
If Kit finds out that I've been lying to her all this time, she might never forgive me.
(SIGHS)