01x03 - Zero to Sixty

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Naomi". Aired: January 11, 2022 to present.*
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01x03 - Zero to Sixty

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[NAOMI] Last time on Naomi...

March , .

I saw the light in the sky.

That's when I first sensed you.

[NAOMI] My whole life has
been about being different,


and now I'm supposed to accept the fact

that I'm literally an
alien from outer space.


Before you were just
not ready to face the truth.

I just want to be normal.

You are a lot of things, babe,
but normal is not one of them.

[WOMAN] You, Naomi McDuffie,
are exceptional.

Dee, I think I have powers.

I can help you with that.

Daddy, look at this one.

[GREG] That's a cute baby turtle.

It's not a baby, Daddy. It's a grown-up.

See, it has all these rings
on its shell.


- [GREG] You're right.
- [NAOMI] I'm gonna go put it back in its home.

[GREG] Can you tell us what
you're doing out here, Naomi?


I'm saving the world.

[GREG CHUCKLING] You sure are, pumpkin.

Is this about college week?

No. Can't your parents just pull out

keepsakes on a random Tuesday?

Dad, you're wearing your Hartford shirt.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Busted.

We're just excited.

You've been talking about Hartford

since you were practically in diapers.

And now here you are,
making your dreams come true.

It's not for sure yet. I haven't even
finished my admissions essay.

Really? I would've thought
you would have had

five drafts done by now.

I've just been busy.

Also, I'm only a junior.
A lot can happen.

What if I don't get in?
What if I change my mind?

About Hartford? Right.

Don't you remember all those
spreadsheets? Checks all the boxes.

That great engineering program,
great, great bio program.

Close to the mountains, to the coast.

I know. It has everything I wanted.

Is that my report card?

[JENNIFER] First grade.

A in Math, A in Reading, A in Science,
award for Best Personality.

Oh, we were so proud.

Every kid in class got an award.

But did they get Best Personality?

- [JENNIFER] Mmm-hmm.
- [NAOMI] Mmm.

I can't believe
you guys kept all of this.

I can't believe our little girl
is all grown up.

But no matter how old you get,
you will always be our Naomi.

♪ While the city gets high ♪

♪ b*rned by the flames ♪

♪ By smoke in the sky ♪

♪ My people must rise ♪

♪ To live and let die ♪

♪ Stood by your faith ♪

♪ Demons disguise well ♪

♪ Living inside hell ♪

♪ Lord made us evil ♪

♪ Beauty won't shine ♪

♪ We're far from freedom ♪

♪ You take away our rights... ♪

[AKIRA] Well, you wasted
the element of surprise.

So either you're going soft
or you want something from me.

Take it as a sign of respect.

Respect? Right.

Sixteen years isn't
long enough to forget.

Or forgive.

I didn't expect to find you
in a place like this.

I hate this planet.

The noise, the food, people...

This is the only place that
makes me feel a little bit sane.

How did you find me?

The same way we find everyone.

You have the disk?

[SCOFFS]

And just when I thought
things couldn't get any worse.

I didn't just find the disk, Akira.

I found the girl.

- You stay away from her.
- You know I can't do that.

Her powers are beginning to manifest.

We can use her.

But she's a danger.

Doesn't matter.

There was never any avoiding that.

I'm not talking about
people from our world.

This world isn't safe anymore.

They're hunting us.

♪ Yeah do you know
what your future holds? ♪


♪ That we can take the heat
like some crucible ♪


♪ I'ma take a seat
watch the news unfold ♪


♪ We just need some boosters
like a two-year-old ♪


♪ The key to this whole thing
is keeping our souls clean ♪


♪ No evil, and no leaving
our people unknown ♪


♪ We gonna need 'em to grow ♪

♪ Seeds have been deep in the soil ♪

♪ This is our season to water
every dream for the home team ♪


♪ Now ask yourself if love is
a sign of our natural wealth ♪


♪ Then would anyone be poor
if they had your help ♪


♪ Every single chapter disaster's felt ♪

♪ We have to tell 'em
history has a wrong side ♪


♪ And I ain't felt this good
in a long time ♪


♪ 'Cause I'm on your squad
and you're on mine ♪


♪ What we've told is before
till we're all... ♪


♪ You just gotta be yourself
free yourself today ♪


- ♪ Then free someone else ♪
- [SONG STOPS]

This is what's under the tattoo shop?

What is this place?

I come here...

to sharpen my skills.

They look pretty sharp to me.

Can you teach me how to use these?

These come later.

This is your first session.

You start with this.

Bounce it on the floor, alternate hands.

Hold up. I thought you were teaching
me how to use my powers.

You have to walk before you can run.

My motto is start small.

You had me jump off a bridge.

True.

Martial arts is about
being deliberate, precise.

Control your body,

control your mind,

control your powers.

[NAOMI EXHALES SHARPLY]

I've been thinking about that disk.

Why don't you focus on your drill.

Right. I'm sorry.

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

It's just...

I saw those markings again at the mill,

and I feel like the disk
has something to do with me,

with who I am or where I'm from.

Same thing, but faster.

It's natural to want answers.

But you're not gonna get them
from Zumbado.

It's best you leave it alone.

I can handle it.

[SIGHS] Yes, one day.

Having powers doesn't mean
you're ready to use them.

It takes time.

Patience.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

Fame and money is nice,
but it's not about that.

Soccer's my rock.

It's the one thing
that's never changed for me.

Robots are changing everything.

I want to build a robot
that goes to Mars.

I'm gonna be the next Bezos.
That's my ten-year plan.

I wanna use my Architecture
degree to revitalize Port Oswego.

I'm more in the browsing stage.

Professional ukelele player,
park ranger, chemist.

My plans have been the same
since I was eight years old.

Become an environmental scientist,
specialize in geoengineering.

The global climate
crisis is the greatest

challenge humanity's ever faced.

I'm gonna help fix it.

[COUNSELOR] Those are lofty goals.

It's gonna take complete
dedication to achieve them.

Is that something you're ready
to commit to, Miss McDuffie?

- Absolutely.
- Fantastic.

I think Hartford would be
a great fit for you.

I look forward to reading your essay.

[NAOMI] What am I
supposed to write about?


"Hi, I'm Naomi.

My special skills include

blowing up light bulbs
and jumping off bridges"?

Um, that actually sounds awesome.

You know, college isn't mandatory.

She's alone.

Is this gonna work?

Last month when I was fundraising
for the junior class trip,

Mrs. Anderson tried to convince me
to give her a two-for-one deal

on $ wrapping paper.

It's gonna work.

[BOTH EXHALE]

You have to come over
and see my mom's new car.

I mean, it has seat warmers, cup holders

and did I mention the sunroof?

It's basically a luxury vehicle.

It's a used car, right?

[ANNABELLE] Oh, yeah, extremely
used. Previous owners galore.

But the best part?

Zumbado gave my mom a % discount.

Some kind of locals-only deal.

[CLIPBOARD SLAMMING ON COUNTER]

Something wrong, Mrs. Anderson?

I'll say.

I bought a car from Zumbado last week.

He didn't breathe a word
about any discount.

And I've lived in this town
my whole life.

I'm gonna call him right now.

Oh, no, no, no. You shouldn't call
him. That lets him off the hook.

The real power move
is to go to him face to face.

Power move.

We could go with you if you want.

Mrs. Anderson, I assure you that

I have never offered a locals discount.

If I did, I'd go bankrupt.

I'm a small-business owner
just like you.

I will not be made a fool of, sir.

- That was not my intention.
- [NAOMI] Mrs. Anderson?

Maybe you should go look around the lot.

See if there's something
cheaper you'd like.

Yes.

That's a wonderful idea.

Of course.

Right this way.

Go, go, go!

[STRAINING]

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[SIGHS] Please don't blow up.
Please don't blow up.

- [KEYPAD BEEPS]
- [SAFE UNLOCKS]

Babe, did you just open
that safe with your mind?

[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

[ANNABELLE] Naomi, come on! Let's go!

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

- [MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

- Our future awaits.
- [LAUGHTER]

These markings are giving me
real Hellraiser vibes.

[SIGHS] It has to be
some kind of language.

MIT has prototypes of a computer
decipherment program online,

but the sample size is way too small.

Might be hieroglyphics.

But there aren't any
logographic elements.

You know who probably has
some great insight on this?

Your mom, the linguist.

I can't tell my mom because then
I'd have to tell her about my...

the disk.

I think she'd be very happy
to learn about the disk.

Jen is very understanding.

Or telling her about the disk
will ruin everything.

These markings should have weakened
the material, but they didn't.

I would love to analyze this.

Jacob, you're a genius.

Doesn't Central Oregon have, like,

a pretty advanced geology department?

Almost as good as robotics.

I think we need to add
another stop on the tour.

And to our right is the alumni house.

Built in , it is the
oldest building on campus.

The geology building is just up ahead.

I'm gonna sneak off, find the lab,
and I'll be back as soon as I can.

Can you cover for me?

Please, it's like asking LeBron
to not play basketball.

He's good, right?

I'm definitely coming. Robots can wait.

Besides, you need me to run analysis.

Okay. Then, who's gonna cover for us?

Hey.

We need to ditch the tour.
Can you cover for us?

No way. This school's boring.

I am never playing soccer here.

If you're ditching, I'm coming.

Hey, guys.

We need you to cover for us.

Whatever's happening, I'm in. I do
not wanna go to business school.

Someone has to cover.

Well, it can't be LeBron.

- I'm the analysis guy.
- He joined last.

I don't wanna be left out.

[SIGHS]

Hey, guys, I think you're
good. What are you doing?

Lourdes, hi!

What are you doing here?

Uh, nice to see you too, Nathan.

Um, I have check-ins with Mrs. Varady.

She strongly encouraged me to attend.

Wait, but you don't even go to school.

That doesn't mean
she can't go to college.

Lourdes is almost finished with her GED,

which means she's
way ahead of all of us.

Thanks, Naomi.

Any more questions?

So, really, what are we doing?

Do you remember that disk we were

trying to get back from Zumbado's?

I have it.

How?

I'm guessing
he didn't just give it to you.

It's a long story
involving cars and fear.

I'm gonna sneak into
the geology lab to analyze it.

But I don't want any of you
getting in trouble.

That sounds way more fun than the tour.

What is this?

Break-in clothes.

This sneaking around thing
is really becoming a habit.

[SAFE UNLOCKS]

Never forget the secret compartment.

[NATHAN] What is this thing?

This is the Inductively coupled
plasma-atomic emission spectrometer

- they used on Mars.
- [COMPUTER TRILLING]

It performs laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy.

[CHUCKLES] We're zapping the disk with

lasers to find out what it's made of.

That's kind of awesome.

[COMPUTER TRILLS]

Huh. That's weird.

It's not returning any data.

It's impossible.

- [KEYBOARD CLACKING]
- [COMPUTER TRILLING]

Uh, hon, is your super-cool
machine supposed to do that?

- Is everyone okay?
- [ALARM BLARING]

I... I think it's time to go.

[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]

What the hell?

- The disk is gone.
- [ANNABELLE] Naomi, we gotta go!

[BELL RINGING]

- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
- [GIRLS LAUGHING]

This is why they sit you out here.

Public shaming.

Wow. I guess I am
gonna be valedictorian.

I'm sorry, guys. This is
on me. I'll take the blame.

You didn't exactly twist our arms.

We should be okay. None of us
have really been in trouble before.

Or they go hard on us to set an example.

Suspension.

Expulsion.

[LOURDES] That's one of the
good things about dropping out.

They can't really expel me, right?

Does this mean we have records now?

The disk just disappeared.

How does that happen?

[OFFICE DOOR CLOSES]

We need to talk.

[MOUTHING]

Mom, I'm really sorry.

Please say something. Anything.

Be mad. I'll even take the yelling.

I'm not gonna yell at you.

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.

I know. I'm sorry
you had to come down here.

I'm sorry that I did it.

What I don't understand is
why you did it.

Instead of working on the essay that
gets you into your dream school,

you go on a tour of some other school...

where you trespass and destroy property?

What were you even doing there?

Of all the times to start acting
like a delinquent, Naomi...

A delinquent?

Mom, I really am sorry,

but you're treating me
like it's my third strike

when I've never been
in trouble before, ever.

You've just worked so hard for Hartford.

These last few days,

it seems like your head
has been somewhere else.

Maybe you're just growing up, changing.

Would that be such a bad thing?

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

That's your dad.

I want you home by : tonight, okay?

Okay, see you at : .

[DOOR OPENS]

Slow hands often mean heavy head.

What's on your mind?

My mom and I got in a fight today.

Is that normal?

No. I never fight with my parents.

I...

I kind of blew up a geology lab
trying to analyze the disk.

That is not wise, Naomi.

I'm sorry.

I really don't mean to disrespect you

or your advice or your training, but...

My one lead, it just
vanished into thin air.

Do you know something about it?

Dee?

There is literally one else
who can help me with this.

Please.

I don't know anything about the disk.

But I know someone who might.

His name is Adam Blake.

We fought together a long time ago.

Is Adam an alien too?

With abilities that may help.

["HATTIE'S WORLD"
BY AMANDA JONES PLAYING]

[SONG CONTINUES]

[DEE] Adam.

[SIGHS] Darcovo!

My man.

"Dee" is short for "Darcovo"?

Adam, you said you had some
information about the disk.

It's an ancient form
of encrypted communication.

But they don't usually
disappear without a trace.

Your hands, please, ma'am.

[DEE] Naomi, it's okay.

Adam can read energy signatures.

Direct contact allows him
to tap in and trace it.

You're for real?

Everything's energy, man.

You do have a connection.

Its energy is matched to yours,
almost like you're it's key.

That disk you had today...

it wasn't real.

Yes, it was. I saw it, I
held it, I carried it all day.

Different energy.

What you had is called a transmutation.

An object conjured from nothing.

Whoever did this is dangerous.

You believe it was a warning?

You have power I have never felt before.

That makes you a thr*at
to a lot of people.

Sorry to be the one
to tell you. You seem cool.

Adam, If I'm connected to
the disk, why can't I read it?

I'm guessing the language is
only one of the disk's secrets.

But every language can be translated.

Here in Port Oswego,
early explorers were there.

About a century ago, they would
have had what you need.

- Maybe it's still there.
- [WHOOSHING]

- Someone's coming.
- Get down.

[expl*si*n]

[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

Sorry, Dee. Looks like I haven't
stayed as well-hidden as I thought.

Take care of the girl.
I'll be right behind you.

[g*nf*re]

[DEE] What's wrong?

We should have stayed
to make sure Adam was okay.

Adam is a soldier.

- He can take care of himself.
- So can I.

You are not prepared
for that level of combat.

You've seen what I can do.
I have powers.

You had no control over it.

And that's dangerous.

Especially with the m*llitary.

That was a special-ops team.

No. If the m*llitary was involved,

my dad would have said something.

No disrespect,

but maybe I'd be more
ready to use my powers

if you actually let me use them.

I will.

In time.

You heard Adam.
I'm connected to the disk.

I have to find out why.

Even if that means using my powers.


Naomi.

I understand your frustration,

but you're not ready.

♪ Fortune favors the bold ♪

♪ Fortune favors the bold ♪

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Are you guys waiting for me?

Have a seat.

This sounds serious.

[SONG ENDS]

Is everything okay?

I told you to be home by : .

I know,

I'm sorry, but something came up.

Didn't you get my text?

You broke a promise to your mother.

Is this about the lab?

This is about you not listening.

Where were you, Naomi?

I was with Lourdes. I asked
her to help me with my essay.

Lourdes called about an hour ago,

looking for you.

Why don't you tell us the truth?

Hand over your phone, then.

- Go to your room.
- What?

You heard your father.

Wait, are you grounding me?

You've never grounded me before.

You've never lied to us.

My whole life, you've treated me like

I was an adult and I've acted like one.

Now because I slipped up a couple
of times during college week...

- It's not about college week.
- Then what is it about?

You've never cared who I was
with or how late I stayed out,

and now all of a sudden
things have just changed.

If you had any idea what's
going on out there right now...

What are you talking about?

Dad, what's going on?

The only thing you need to know
is that it's very dangerous out there.

Your phone.

[SLOW HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

- [INDISCERNIBLE]
- [MUSIC CONTINUES]

I thought I'd made myself clear.

I have no interest in joining
whatever it is you're doing.

You know she's the only one
who can make it do that.

Involving the girl is
putting into motion

something you can't control.

How do you know she'll help you?

She doesn't have a choice.

Whether she's ready or not,

it's time to reunite them.

You really think she's the key?

You know she is.

This...

is how we take back our planet.

You talk about our planet like
it's something you care about.

You and I were allies once.

We could be again.

I will never trust you again.

Fine.

Then trust in the girl.

[SCOFFS] She's just a pawn to you.

Join me or don't,

but this is bigger than her.

It's bigger than any of us.

If you won't help me,

I will make sure you cannot stop me.

I'm certain you'll try.

[ZUMBADO SCOFFS]

Do you ever miss it?

Home.

It doesn't matter.

I can't ever go back.

You made sure of that.

["PIECE OF MY MIND" BY BROODS PLAYING]

- [VIDEO PLAYING INDISTINCTLY ON LAPTOP]
- [SONG CONTINUES]

[PANTING] This looks
way easier in movies.

What are you doing here?

I brought you some Zatanna comics.

Zatanna is dope. But why?

The way that disk vanished reminded
me of a run a few years back.

Zatanna needs to keep a special
artifact away from bad guys.

So she creates a huge fire
to destroy it,

only to reveal it was just
hidden the whole time.

But really, I just came over to say
sorry I blew your cover story.

It's not your fault.
I forgot to call you.

Not that I can call anyone anymore.

They took your phone?

Ouch!

At least you have your laptop.

Only for my admissions essay.

Which I can't seem to
figure out a topic for.

You just need to find something
with a surprising angle.

Like this one.

Is it always best to tell the truth?

"Yes" is easy.

"No" is interesting.

"No" is also what gets you grounded.

I've always had this, like,
really clear idea of who I was,

knew who I was meant to be.
But lately...

I just feel like everything is changing.

Welcome to life. Change happens.

Like when my dad got hurt.

One random accident on a
tour overseas, and now I'm...

a high-school dropout.

I don't even really miss school anymore.

Really?

Really.

I see the people I like.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

[NAOMI] In the comic, Zatanna's
fire concealed her artifact.


In , the Port Oswego fire happened

above the underground b*mb shelter.

Maybe that's where
the translation key is hidden.


[MUSIC CONTINUES]

- [MUSIC STOPS]
- [NAOMI EXHALES]

[DOOR CREAKS]

- Psst! Hey!
- Annabelle?

You weren't answering your phone,

so I assumed the zombie
apocalypse was finally upon us.

Guessing you're grounded?

Aren't you grounded?

It's a conversation.

Are we running away from home?

I'm going to the underground
b*mb shelter in the square.

- Weird choice for a hideout...
- Shh!

... but okay.

Obviously I'm coming with you.
I'm your ride or ride.

You mean "ride or die".

I don't want that kind of
negativity in my life.

[ANNABELLE] So, you met
another alien, the disk was fake,

your powers make you a target,
the m*llitary's hunting aliens,

and both parents are mad at you.

Yep, pretty much.

Okay. And now you think that
there is an alien Rosetta Stone

hidden somewhere underneath
this building because...

Space Explorers.

That's what I said.

There were early sightings in the s,

but I never connected
the Port Oswego fire

to the underground b*mb shelter

until Lourdes visited.

- Lourdes? We're definitely gonna unpack that later.
- Okay, okay.

[MUFFLED POWER METAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]

[ANNABELLE CLEARS THROAT]

Good evening, sir. We
need to see those tunnels.

- You're probably wondering why we're here so late...
- Go ahead.

Just don't graffiti
anything down there, okay?

[POWER METAL MUSIC
CONTINUES OVER HEADPHONES]

What exactly are we looking for?

I'm not totally sure.

But if it's anything like
the real Rosetta Stone,

it'll have the same
markings as the disk.

Is it weird that I now
just assume Zumbado

will show up in scary
situations like this?

[LAUGHS]

[DEBRIS CLATTERING]

We should... We should hurry.

I see something.

I think it's the translation key.

It's way back there.

Annabelle?

It definitely looks like
something from Space Explorers.

[NAOMI] These rocks are too heavy.
It's lodged. I can't grab it.

Stand back. I'm gonna create
a path so we can get to it.

You know I'm pro powers, but this
place doesn't exactly seem stable.

I can control it.

- [INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [ELECTRICITY BUZZING]

- [ANNABELLE] Naomi!
- [SOFTLY] I got this.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

Um, babe?

[DEBRIS CLATTERING]

[ANNABELLE] You did it!

- Naomi, we need to go.
- I have to know what the disk says.

Naomi, come on!

- I've almost got it.
- Naomi, we need to go now!

Naomi!

Come on, come on!

[HIP-HOP SONG PLAYING]

Naomi.

You're very... dusty.

Please don't be mad,

but I went to look for the translation
key Adam told us about.

I appreciate your honesty.

Did you find what you're looking for?

Yeah.

And then I lost it.

And I almost k*lled Annabelle
and myself in the process.

I thought I could control it,
but you were right.

Well, thank you for saying that.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

But it's not about right or wrong.

The ups and downs, the imbalance
you feel, it's normal.

That's why they're called
"growing pains" not "growing joys".

That could really use a rebrand.

It would probably help.

I was able to translate
the markings on the disk.

It says "The Twenty-Nine".

[SONG FADES INTO TENSE MUSIC]

["BIG LOVE" BY LOUIS THE CHILD
AND EARTHGANG PLAYING]

♪ Here and now I'ma say it real loud ♪

♪ It's a new day
another spin gone round ♪


♪ Look around we alive right now ♪

♪ Stackin' up big love till it's over ♪

♪ Carpe diem make love get the creum ♪

♪ Now or never
prime time like Deion... ♪


[NAOMI] Is it always best
to tell the truth?


People assume
the answer is always "yes".


But in real life,

no one can be truthful % of the time.

Sometimes a lie
is less cruel than the truth.


But if there's one area
where the truth is important,


it's when you think about change.

I've always thought I was a person

who didn't have any doubts
about why I'm going to college.


But I'm someone who
embraces things changing.


Because there are a lot of
things to like about change.


♪ Look around we alive right now ♪

♪ Stackin' up big love
till it's over... ♪


[NAOMI] But I never really understood

how difficult change would be.

How hard it would be
to let go and move on.


[SONG FADES INTO TENSE MUSIC]

But change is not a choice.

Yeah.

Um...

You are the most
important part of my life.

And last night, I realized that,
more than anything, I need you.

I don't want to fight anymore.
I just want to be honest.

So there's something I need to tell you.

We have something to tell you, too.

The m*llitary discovered that there
are aliens living here on Earth.

They believe them to be a thr*at.

They're hunting them.

They're hunting them?

That's what I haven't been telling you.

But that's not why
we're driving out here.

Then why are we driving out here?

It's better if you just see it.

[NAOMI] Change is hard.

But if you can accept
that it's inevitable,


you'll be okay moving forward.

No matter what happens next.

Are you guys bringing me
out here to k*ll me?

We changed your diapers
and kept you alive for years

so we could m*rder you in a forest?

You're the one who made me
watch all those horror movies.

We're here.

Okay. You're really freaking me out now.

What is this?

This is where we found you.
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