Stumptown (2019) s01e09 Episode Script

1 Previously on "Stumptown" I need the female perspective on something.
You guys treat me like a little kid.
- How much do you make? - 20 bucks an hour.
Watching you two together, I don't want to get in between anything.
We are just friends.
You can trust me.
She is perfect, right? I don't know.
She seems really, like, happy.
Just put in a little effort, please.
I actually like this one, Dex.
You wanted us to spend some time together, this seems like a good opportunity.
- Come on, 8! Come on! - Yes! [ALL CHEERING.]
[SIGHS.]
[LAWNMOWER IDLES IN DISTANCE.]
[GROANS.]
Ugh.
[GROANING.]
Liz, wake up.
LIZ: Whoa.
- Yeah.
So - last night? - Yeah, I'm not sure.
It's, uh, very hazy.
Oh We were at the casino.
- Do you always sleep naked? - Sometimes.
Like, how how much? Because I'm I'm really just trying to narrow down a likelihood here.
We were doing shots in the kitchen.
And then we were in your bed, but above the covers.
And then I don't remember.
Yeah.
Me either.
But we're in your bed, and I'm naked.
Yeah, that is that's that's strange.
But I don't remember any shenanigans.
- Neither do I.
- Right? So, there's really no point in bringing any of this up to Grey, right? I think we just passed out.
- Yeah.
- [SIGHS.]
Or maybe Okay, it's the "or maybe" that might concern him.
- It would concern me.
- Okay.
- But nothing happened.
- Yeah.
ANSEL: Dex! Where's the peanut butter? Okay, I don't want Ansel involved in any of this, okay? - It's not fair.
- Yeah, I will sneak out quietly.
No.
No, no.
He's in the kitchen, which all roads lead past.
He has the intuition of a jungle cat.
So [SIGHS.]
Okay, you're gonna piston your legs to absorb impact and then tuck your shoulder into the roll.
Have you done this before? From many balconies and many heights.
So, you're gonna be fine.
Okay.
Just You gotta just do it.
Okay.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
[THUD, BUSHES RUSTLE.]
- Ow! - Now roll! Ow.
Ow.
Okay.
GREY: Hey.
You two have fun? Yeah, you know, it was, uh it was nice.
Very tame.
- Just a standard girls' night.
- Tame? Dex gave you a tame gambling lesson? I was expecting to hear about SWAT teams or fire trucks.
[CHUCKLES.]
No.
Ended early.
Hmm.
Well, I-I texted you.
Um, I was in bed.
Sleeping.
I was just really zonked.
- I'm gonna go restock the bar.
- Great.
- Hey, hey.
- Hey, hey.
What's up, man? How are you, friend? Heard you ended early.
You losing a step? Well, I must be.
She's a sweetheart.
It was nice.
That's what she said.
Good.
I'm really glad you guys bridged the gap.
Yeah, it was so much fun, I The whole night is a is a blur.
The whole night's a blur? Yeah.
Ah.
Potential clients, so Hi.
Dex Parios.
I think we spoke on the phone.
Oh, my God.
Penny Lansdale? Perfect Penny? You got to be kidding me.
- Dex.
It's been a minute.
- Yeah.
When Michael mentioned it was you we were going to see, I nearly choked.
Perfect Penny? Cute little name Dex had for me in high school.
Didn't I have one for you, too? Mm-hmm.
Dirty Dex.
Yeah.
Not all of us could afford three manicures a week.
- Please.
- Who had time for more than two? Ladies, save the reunion.
Yeah.
My office.
We accept Jennifer's made mistakes, as kids do.
And if what she is accused of was in the realm of possibility, we'd accept it and move on.
JENNIFER: But it's not.
Somebody planted those pills on me.
Okay, just, uh, tell me what happened.
I left school, opened my backpack, and found a baggie of prescription pills that somebody had put there 200 Adderall.
Felony number.
I went straight to the principal's office, showed them what I found.
10 minutes later, I was arrested.
PENNY: They said an anonymous tip had come in that she was a drug dealer on campus, that the drugs were hers.
What dealer would hand over their product to the Principal? The DA is arguing that Jennifer knew the call was coming in, that she was trying to "get in front of it.
" What is the response from the school? Oh, their response is good riddance.
We do have one ally Deputy Principal Markham.
But she wasn't able to prevent the expulsion, which came as a swift kick in the ass.
In general, New Season High School has turned their back.
Oh, this is New Season? With the Teslas and the equestrian team? It's a progressive oasis.
But they do not like their apple cart being upset.
They close ranks.
And Alyssa Frank Dad, you don't know that it was Alyssa Who came out on top? - Who's starting outside hitter now? - Okay.
All right.
Just a little lower.
Please.
Um I'm sorry, I'm just trying to process that somebody planted felony-weight pills over volleyball.
Volleyball scholarships.
To a Division I school, a full ride is worth 400 grand.
I could've just left with those pills, sold them.
This is what I get for telling the truth.
[SCOFFS.]
PENNY: Alyssa Frank is a good place to start.
Yep.
Perfect.
Penny.
HOFFMAN: Please Please don't tell me that Alyssa Frank is related to Bill Frank.
Damn, Dex.
Daughter of.
Bill Frank? Criminal defense attorney.
The biggest in Portland.
I will keep that in mind.
Um, can you pull up Jennifer Harris's arrest report? Any information on the arrest should come from the family lawyer.
Except there's no record of an anonymous call targeting Jennifer Harris.
It's not like the cops showed up and grabbed an honor student.
My theory? Call came from inside the school, and they didn't want it in the file.
Maybe someone applied pressure to the department to have it expunged.
- [SIGHS.]
- Say, the, um most powerful criminal defense attorney in Portland.
Now, um Dante's.
Dante's? Dante's, yeah.
Live band, karaoke.
Starts at 8:00.
- Tonight? - Yeah.
It seems like something better done liquored up.
[CHUCKLES.]
That's the only way to do it, Dex.
Yeah, I'm still recovering from last night.
You and Grey's girl got along, huh? Yeah.
Yeah, we did.
We did, I think.
Um [CLEARS THROAT.]
Full disclosure Nailed it.
Call came from the school's dedicated prefix.
Wow.
Well, look at you.
Yeah.
And that's all you get.
So, full disclosure about what? Oh, uh, I I am terrible at karaoke.
I sound like a seal being squeezed.
Plus I am very hungover.
Raincheck? - Yeah, raincheck.
- Great.
So, what's your plan here? If you go straight at Alyssa Frank, you're gonna you're not gonna get anything.
Well, my clients have a sympathetic Deputy Principal.
And I am very clever.
As you know.
That I do.
I'll call you later, okay? All right.
Hey.
You seen Liz? Store room.
Why are you on the computer? No reason.
Some people want it all the time Some people wrote it on the wall [SILVERWARE CLINKING.]
- Hey.
- Oh! Sorry.
[CHUCKLES.]
- You scared me.
- Oh, sorry.
- I didn't mean to scare you.
- [CHUCKLES.]
I feel like you've been avoiding me a little bit.
That's sort of true.
Well, why? Uh, last night was an odd one, and all morning, my head's been racing.
I re I really like you, Grey.
I'm developing real feelings for you, and sometimes, those feelings are Are what, scary? - Yeah.
- Right.
Because if you're not in the same place Liz, I'm in exactly the same place.
I'm really happy to hear that.
Now stop avoiding me.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Okay? Okay.
[BELL TOLLING.]
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL MARKHAM: My resources are limited, but I'd do anything to help the Harris family.
This is a railroading.
Well, you're really putting yourself on the line.
That says a lot.
I'd love to see these brats get their due.
[CHUCKLES.]
- And I'm out of here in three months.
So Ah, thank you.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS.]
What? Is that you there? [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
All right, ladies.
I'm Miss Parios.
I'm gonna be your substitute teacher today.
We call our teachers by their first names.
[COUGHS.]
Dunkhead.
- [LAUGHTER.]
- That's really funny.
That's cute.
That's, like, the new thing.
Anyway, uh, my first name is Dex.
- [CONVERSATIONS RESUME.]
- You can call me that.
If you guys could just keep it down.
- [LAUGHTER.]
- Hey, can you just Hey! Listen up! You do not want to get on the wrong side of a United States Marine! You can't yell at us.
For the next hour, this is my classroom.
Okay? So if any of you clunkheads Dunkheads.
Are you getting smart with me? Owl? No.
It's just dunkheads.
With a "D.
" Like your grade if you don't zip it.
We don't get grades here.
Just evaluations.
[SIGHS.]
Wow.
Where's Alyssa Frank? She's finishing French Lab.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
Okay.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS.]
Hey.
Language lab? First floor.
Ou est la piscine? La piscine est la bas.
What's your problem? Alyssa Frank? Hi, I'm Dex Parios.
I'm with the school.
I need to, uh, speak to you for a minute.
Can't right now.
This is due next period.
Okay.
Uh, no.
It can't wait.
I'm a sub here today, and, um, the school thought that I could put my psychology degree to good use and speak to specific students about the recent expulsion of Jennifer Harris.
So, I'm here.
I just wanted to, um check in, see how you're feeling.
This school is so idiotic.
- [HEADPHONES CLATTER.]
- So, um tell me how you're feeling about Jennifer's expulsion.
Any guilt about taking over - her starting position on the team? - No.
- You didn't have any problems with her? - Nope.
Okay.
Do you think she deserved to get kicked out of school? I would say anyone packing a fat sack of beans is violating policy.
- Beans.
- Pills.
Uppers.
I don't care that she got booted.
We weren't close.
Everybody know she was dealing drugs? Maybe.
I wasn't in her circle.
She didn't have a circle.
She was nothing.
How does this apply to my psychological health? Uh it's an experimental assessment.
Look, Jennifer was busted because of an anonymous call coming from a classroom phone.
The exact classroom that you were in.
Call came in at 2:56, which is right after class gets out.
You were the one to most benefit from this whole situation.
Yeah, I wasn't there.
I gotta go.
Hey.
You were checked in.
Arcadia takes roll.
She checked me in so I could go with Bellagio to get the new iPhone.
I have a receipt if you want to see it.
- Bellagio? - My boyfriend.
With all these wackadoodle names, I'd fit right in.
Who are you? I've had a shrink since I was six and you don't act like a shrink.
COACH MJ: Hey, Alyssa.
Just saw Paula poke her head out of French.
- You're late again.
- [CHUCKLES.]
How many people want to hassle me today? [SIGHS.]
Mary Jane Glenway.
MJ.
I coach the volleyball team.
- Uh, Dex.
I'm the sub.
- Right.
Yeah, Deputy Principal Markham filled me in.
I was actually hoping I could talk to you.
Yeah.
Uh, Glenway? Is there any relation? Third-generation grad.
Five years as coach.
So, the culture is basically in my DNA.
For better or worse.
Want to take a walk? Yeah, sure.
This, uh, Jen ordeal really breaks my heart.
You know, super sweet kid, talented player.
But you thought she was selling pills? Or was planning on it, or You know, I-I don't know.
I don't know.
But it is exactly the kind of thing a kid like that would do to find a group in a place like this.
Whatever happened to throwing a keg party? - [CHUCKLES.]
- For real.
I doubt anyone would even show up.
I mean, look.
This place has entitlement problems.
You know? Lots of alpha behavior, which, personally, I try and push my way through, but for less aggressive kids, it's easy to get lost and desperate.
- Like Jennifer.
- Yeah.
Look, Dex, I'm sure you've got the best of intentions here, but her parents will spend millions before they admit their kid is less than perfect.
Karma wise don't exploit that.
I don't want no weekend lover Yeah.
So, the lease is up in a month.
Increase will price me out, so please? Just one afternoon.
I'll be happy to help you look.
Good.
'Cause you have to like it, too.
You might end up there a few nights a week.
See me coming I try, try Liz seems happy.
Yeah, she does, doesn't she? She was happy the other night with Dex.
Oh, yeah? Where'd you, uh Where'd you see them, bud? They had a sleepover.
In, um uh, Dex's room? They had fun.
Sunday morning Don't do it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it I know you're running, don't do it - Liz! - Hey, Ansel.
Is it hard to get a credit card? Uh, no.
It's easy.
Too easy.
Just go to the bank.
Why do you ask? No reason.
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
Bad Alibi.
Hey, wine vendor's on one.
Can you hold on a sec? Yeah.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Hey, Joanne.
Yeah, can I call you back? I'm in the middle of something.
Okay.
Did you and Dex sleep together? I swear, I I never meant to hurt you.
Whatever you want to know.
Radical honesty.
Oh, so now you're honest.
Look, I wanted to tell you, but Dex said keep it quiet.
Did you guys have sex? I don't remember a big part of the night.
It started out fine.
Then drinks.
Then it was all aboard the Dex train.
Yeah, I know about the Dex train.
I'm not trying to throw her under the bus.
But, yeah, waking up naked in her bed was not where I'd hoped the night would end.
Right.
I'm not sure Dex would say the same.
Do you want me to pack up my stuff from the loft? I mean, give me one good reason why I shouldn't say yes.
Because I don't want one stupid mistake to screw us up.
I'm still shocked that you're the PI Michael hired.
But then you, hands in the muck.
- I guess I shouldn't be.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Believe me, I'm just as surprised to be in your very beige, unused living room.
We really hated each other.
Yeah, we did.
[CHUCKLES.]
Any idea how it started? You told Connor Smith I was so prim I wouldn't fart at school, and it gave me a kidney infection.
Not true? Not true.
You told people I had lice.
You did.
Once.
High school was many hormones and many perceived threats.
Also fun to rehash, but, um that is not why you're here.
No.
Um was Jennifer a fit - at New Season? - [SIGHS.]
There are so many benefits to that school.
But only if you subscribe to a specific way of thinking.
Such as? I'm not you, Dex.
I never was.
I never would have argued with Mr.
Nast about the lack of women writers in our curriculum.
[SCOFFS.]
Undermined by pointing out his hairpiece was loose.
True, but you had guts.
You weren't afraid.
I admired that.
You did? Yeah.
So, um what are you afraid of now? There are a lot of powerful people at that school.
When things are problematic, they get hushed up.
I tried to confront them and look what happened.
Penny, if you thought that I was brave in high school, you should, uh you should try me now.
Jennifer said she thought one of her friends was high at school.
Like, high on speed.
She was worried about her.
She was worried because there were a few girls who she thought were using uppers to study, and then using them nonstop.
I mean, it was everywhere.
So when I passed this on to Principal Barrow, nothing came of it.
Nothing except Jennifer was dropped from the Italian Club and debate was suddenly overbooked.
It was a message.
Message received.
[SCOFFS.]
[SMACKS LIPS.]
You know, I'd, uh I'd love to speak to Jennifer about this.
She's, um She's actually at her father's house this week.
Oh, you you guys are Divorcing.
Not so perfect here.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
[SCOFFS.]
You know, I was so intimidated by you in high school, but, um you're the reason I still clean under my fingernails.
Well, most most days.
I was intimidated by you, too.
And without you, I never would have done a proper beer bong.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, I could have taught a class.
[CHUCKLES.]
Hey.
Hey.
So, Cosgrove is up to speed on New Season and the possibility of larger drug sales.
- Okay.
- She said we need to have our ducks in a row before making a move 'cause the mayor's kid goes there.
Well, regardless, they need a wake-up call.
Those girls you asked me to run through the prescription drug monitoring program? No flags on Alyssa Frank or your client.
But there was another girl on the volleyball team, big flag Rebecca Braylander.
Haven't heard that name.
But she filled 12 prescriptions for Adderall last month.
All prescribed by the same doctor.
It's her mother.
She's a cosmetic surgeon whose office says that she's at an Ayahuasca retreat in Peru and has been for the last six weeks.
So, Rebecca stole her mom's prescription pad.
Has Cosgrove given you resources? Yeah.
Whatever I need.
If you're up for grabbing Rebecca on prescription fraud, I have an idea.
- What's up, Grey? - GREY: Hey.
Can I talk to you for a sec? Yeah.
What's going on? Did you have sex with Liz last night? Yes or no? Just yes or no, Dex.
Uh I woke up in the same bed as Liz, but, um past that, I'm in the dark.
'Cause she seems to be a little bit more sure.
Well, then she has revised her story.
We both got very drunk last night Why don't you just find another bar to work out of? - Can you just give me 30 seconds - Find another bar.
Hey.
Can you slow down? We got a girl to grab up, right? And you have a plan that is yet to be discussed, so we're wasting time.
Look, I honestly don't know what happened with Liz last night.
- It's fine.
- Fine? Don't say "fine" - if you don't mean "fine.
" Look, we never had the, uh, exclusivity talk.
So, it's cool.
Just Just do your thing.
The only thing I know for certain is I woke up this morning hungover.
Right.
Let's get to work.
[DOOR OPENS.]
LIZ: Hey.
Do you want to talk? No.
What are you thinking? Honestly? I'm thinking about how much I miss stealing cars.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Pull up on me like valet Can I ask you something? Anything, hermano.
Why are security deposits so much? 'Cause say you and four friends move into a shack in Powellhurst and one of your friends says, "Hey, let's have a tiki party.
" And you're like, "Bro you're not so responsible with fire.
" And he's like, "Give me a break, Took.
" So, have the party with a 16-hour roast pig, do your part.
But then who gets tanked, huh, and torches half a wall to cinder before he even notices? Llamame, llamame Why do you ask? No reason.
[CELLPHONE RINGS.]
[CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
Yeah.
All right, she's coming.
Keep your line open.
Rebecca.
Hey.
Oh, yeah.
You're the shrink.
No interview needed.
Barely knew Jennifer Harris.
Gotta go.
I'm late for trapeze.
- Trapeze? God, you gotta be kidding me.
- [CAR ALARM CHIRPS.]
Yeah, you want to go to Yale, you got to stand out.
Hey, I was hoping you could, um, help me with something off books.
Yeah, I doubt it.
[SIGHS.]
Word is you're the, um, campus connect for Adderall.
I'm looking for some.
Where did you hear that? I don't know, friend of a friend.
So, what do you think? Hook a lady up? I don't have a single clue what you're talking about.
No? You stole your mom's script pad and hit 12 different pharmacies last month.
So, either you're selling the pills or you collected a stash to plant on Jennifer Harris.
Leave me alone.
Okeydokey.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
REBECCA: Call MJ! She's calling Mary Jane Glenway.
Dex, you know that name? That's her volleyball coach.
COACH MJ: Becca, what's up? REBECCA: We have a huge problem.
- Word is out.
- What happened? The whole school knows about the pills.
And Jennifer.
They know that I'm involved.
They don't know anything.
I told you this was a stupid idea.
This is all your fault! Can you confirm that a 16-year-old kid just implicated her coach as a conspirator? That is confirmed.
REBECCA: I'm in serious trouble, and it's all your fault! [SIREN WAILS.]
Damn it.
I'm getting pulled over.
Rebecca, hands where we can see them.
Get out of the car.
[HANDCUFFS CLICK.]
[DIALING, RINGING.]
Hey, we got her.
She's coming in.
Okay, good news.
But Coach Glenway just took off in a hurry.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER.]
- Portland PD! - Mary Jane Glenway! - We're good.
- Rest is clear.
Hoffman.
Expired passport here.
Nothing current? Think that's what she came home to get.
I'll update the lieutenant.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
Hey, real quick, off topic.
Um say that a woman I'm dating sleeps with another woman.
Right? That's straight-up cheating, right? I mean, there's no there's no allowance for that? If a dude I was with slept with someone else, I have a problem with that.
Yeah.
- Right.
Of course.
- Yeah.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
Cosgrove's put an alarm on Glenway's car and, uh, monitoring her credit cards.
MELOZAR: My client has nothing to add to any proceedings here today.
We just want to make it very clear Stop talking, Counselor.
Your client is a 16-year-old who made a very stupid mistake after being manipulated by her coach at school.
She's a victim, right? Exactly.
Rebecca.
Can you tell me a little bit about your relationship with Mary Jane Glenway? MJ's my coach.
She's also my friend.
Why did you say this is all her fault? What were you referring to? I don't know why I said that.
I think I was just mad.
Counselor, can you please explain to Rebecca that a very good opportunity is slipping away here? Becca, what's going on? Now.
MJ's cool.
She understands how stressful the school can be.
So she tries to help kids out.
By? Making sure we don't conk out after three-hour practices before finishing seven hours of homework.
So selling pills.
Being a friend.
Because she'd been there.
Can you tell me who put the uppers in Jennifer Harris's backpack? [SIGHS.]
I did.
Jen told her mom kids were getting high.
MJ said that she'd screw us all.
We'd all either end up failing out or being busted.
Did MJ suggest that you get the pills to plant on Jennifer? She said it'd be better if they came from an outside stash.
Outside her own? Yeah.
Hey.
Can I talk to you? Aren't you supposed to be working a case? Hoffman says chasing down fugitive drug dealers is above my pay grade.
So he's still talking to you, huh? On work stuff, yeah.
All right.
What do you need? Listen, I feel like I'm being falsely accused here.
Okay.
You ended up in bed with my girlfriend who was naked under questionable circumstances, right? Can we agree to that? - Yeah.
- We can? Uh-huh.
Can't you see how that actually might be worse? I mean, sex is definite.
We could deal with that tangibly versus this.
I mean, this is just chaos.
Dex, you're a time bomb.
You haven't processed your past at all from your parents, to Benny, to the war and so you just seek chaos in your life.
Yeah, I don't I don't think that's true.
- It is true.
- I don't.
I have settled down a lot.
- Right.
- I even have a a moderately successful business, so Which I think we both know you'll screw up soon enough.
Yeah, I think I'll come back another time, okay? Well, that's what I'm saying.
There is no other time.
This is it, Dex.
You saw that I was finding happiness, and you were finding calm.
And for someone like you, calm is It's the enemy.
'Cause that's when things get quiet, and, you know, feelings come in.
If it's fear or questions.
And so a person like you, who hasn't processed their past at all, when they hear that quiet coming, they light a really big fire so they don't have to deal with it.
I don't want chaos.
And yet, in one move that you conveniently don't remember you destroyed my relationship with Liz and yours with Hoffman.
A twofer, Dex.
Bravo.
Really nice job on this one.
Do me a favor, Dex.
Find another bar.
I don't want you around.
[DISHWARE RATTLES.]
[BIN SLAMS.]
[ENGINE TURNS OFF.]
Her cellphone pinged right here and stopped.
She's close.
Green Subaru.
All right, get backup out here, and we'll start knocking on doors.
We need code three cover at 920 SouthEast Belmont.
DISPATCHER: Copy that.
Worked some narco cases out here.
She's either picking up product for the road or selling what she's got for cash.
One or the other.
I don't blame her.
I can't.
Are we talking about the coach or Dex? [CHUCKLES.]
I mean I've been the one who stepped out.
I've broken some hearts.
I'd be a hypocrite if I blamed her.
[CHAIN LINK RATTLING.]
- So why don't you just - Coach.
- Let's take it nice and easy, all right? - Yeah.
She's running.
Damn volleyball coach.
Volleyball coach? What? [ENGINE STARTS.]
Downtown, the young ones are growing - [SIREN WAILS.]
- We're the kids in America Whoa-oh Whoa-oh We're the kids in America Two PPB in the area.
They'll cut her off at North Lagoon.
Bright lights, the music gets faster Look, boy, don't check on your watch, not another glance I'm not leaving now, honey, not a chance [HORN BLARES.]
Hot shot, give me no problems Much later, baby, you'll be saying never mind You know life is cruel Life is never kind Kind hearts don't make a new story Kind hearts don't grab any glory Whoa-oh We're the kids in America Whoa-oh We're the kids in America Everybody live for the music-go-round [TIRES SCREECH.]
[SIREN WAILING.]
Glenway! You're not a fugitive.
All right? You're trapped.
- Whooooooa! - Why do they run? - We're the kids in America - Stop running! Whoa-oh Whoa-oh We're the kids in America Everybody live for the music-go-round Go, go, go.
- Freeze! - Okay.
- [BREATHLESS.]
- Don't shoot! Slow.
Hands behind your back.
Mary Jane Glenway, you're under arrest.
C-Can we, uh, fast forward a little bit? I just want to see how much more I had to drink.
What's the point, Dex? [SIGHS.]
I'm just trying to see how I behaved.
Fact that it takes an eye in the sky to determine that is something I consider a problem.
Yeah, I'm just trying to gather the facts, okay? Uh-huh.
Okay, wait.
Right there! Do you see that? Look at that.
Okay, um, can you go to the next round of shots? [KEYBOARD CLACKING.]
Wait, she's dumping her drink in my glass.
I mean, she's trying to get me drunk.
Maybe she can't keep up.
I'm just saying, it's not entirely my fault.
Can you e-mail a clip of this to me? Yeah, go ahead.
Dex, we got our issues.
But from a an outside perspective, it's time.
It's time for what? Clean up.
Make your bed.
[SIGHS.]
What, like, literally? Literally.
Anyone can make their bed.
It begins a path to order.
Once you got order, you can start to forgive yourself.
Besides, stumbling drunk with another man's girl it's not a good look.
It's time.
[SIGHS.]
Thanks.
[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE.]
I'm gonna wait till my lawyer gets here before I say anything.
COSGROVE: That is your right.
We've contacted him, and he's on his way.
It's, um It is compelling, the idea that she sold the pills because the school's so competitive.
Well, she's been in their shoes.
Probably how she got through school back in the day.
You guys have no idea the kind of pressure these kids are under, okay? The kind of pressure that I was under.
The girls just needed a friend.
Someone who understood.
Of course.
There's another argument.
The coach has gone through seven court-ordered rehabs.
- That's impressive.
- Hmm.
But we just got word from Deputy Principal Markham that three girls from New Season have been sent to rehab for prescription stimulants.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
In my experience, addicts can turn others to addiction because it makes them feel less guilty about their troubles.
So literally, they "make" friends? All right.
Well, I guess by her having rich donor parents, she can get away with something like that.
Yeah, and I'll bet she thought she was just being, like, the cool coach.
Hmm, yeah.
Nope.
You're just a dirtbag.
The coach was behind all this? That's why they went after me? PENNY: And then it was covered up.
What kind of a school lets this happen? This is gonna be a very public scandal.
Whatever New Season was, it won't be for much longer.
I was told the school is gonna be in touch about reinstatement.
They want me back at New Season? [SCOFFS.]
Oh, hell no.
We're staying right where we are.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS.]
Thank you, Dex.
And, um uh, I wish I could take back all the nasty things I said about you.
Oh, me, too.
But then I guess it wouldn't be high school without a nemesis.
True.
But still, I'm glad it's over.
Glad we're both grown up.
Yeah.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Hey, listen.
You presumed that I did something that that I don't think that I did.
But it it was questionable, okay? Which Which isn't good.
Dex, we're cool.
All right? It's cool.
But this is best kept professional.
Okay.
Just, for the record, I made the kind of misstep that I don't want to make again.
That's good to hear.
Okay.
That's it.
What the hell are you doing? With her? Nothing.
We're We're good.
You're not.
You're extremely pissed and hurt, or else you wouldn't have moped all day.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Interesting theory.
Vulnerability, Hoffman, is not weakness.
It's actually attractive.
So choose.
Drink alone tonight, or tell her how you feel.
Hey.
What are you watching? GREY: Security footage from the casino.
Liz, did you lie to me about what happened with Dex? Okay.
I was trying to protect something good.
I unloaded on her, and it was based on a lie? Do you think there's any possibility of a relationship with her around? I just wish you wouldn't have lied.
Look, Liz, I-I-I'd like you to pack your stuff and leave.
It was desperate.
And And wrong.
- But - [SCOFFS.]
Yeah, I'll leave.
But for the record, I was never the one you wanted to be with.
Okay.
I'd like you to leave, Liz.
You can't have a relationship as long as she's in your life.
No one can get as close to you as she can.
I'm not interested in taking advice from you right now.
You've barely said a word to me since you found out.
You were too busy planning what you were gonna say to Dex.
You don't care about me at all.
And you're not gonna care about the next girl, or or the next one after that.
I'm sorry for what I did.
But you need to face the facts, Grey.
[KID SISTER'S "LONG WAY BACK" PLAYS.]
Long way back Feels like 300 Saturdays Another vodka soda Something else to ease the pain My mama told me don't you never, ever waste no tear On a man who simply never cared What a long way back Long way back It's such a long way back Long way back It's such a long way back Long way back My luck is up, it seems And I wonder Is this the horror scene that takes me under? Either way, you're dead to me [RINGING.]
So save your venomous apologies [CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Such a long way back It's such a long way back [SIGHS.]
Ugh! It's such a long way back Okay.
[GRUNTS.]
But I'll always Remember Every September These tears will only dry After four months' time Dex? Hey.
Looks good, hey, bud? Dex, I want to move out.
You want to what? Long way back I want to move out.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Okay, uh hold that thought, all right? Uh - Hey.
- Hi.
I'm, um I'm not cool with how this day went.
Okay.
I just I didn't want to leave it at that.
[SIGHS.]
Can we talk? Sometimes a cigarette is the only Thing that'll kiss you back And not a, not a week ago - Yeah.
- I ran away Looking for something Something that I could never hate It's such a long way back It's such a long way back