02x07 - #ThatAwkwardMomentWhen

[bunniefuu]

Have an amazing day.

Thanks, sweetheart.

You're sure you're okay
to get to school on your own?

Absolutely. Now get going.

I know how much you love
those heritage board meetings.

[chuckles]

Hi. Yes, this is Diana Hollingsworth.

I'm just calling
because Frankie is still ill

and won't be able to come to school.

Thank you.

So I guess you don't
need a ride to school.

You playing hooky again?

You could join me.

How long do you think
you can keep this up?

Forever?

I can never go back to that place.

Okay. No, I know, I get it.

But I have to go.

I have a physics test.

Come on.

You're not gonna make me go
swimming on my own, are you?

Uh, no suit.

- It's no problem.
- Okay.

Now this is the kind of truancy
I could really get behind.

[sighs]

You are such...

[Mrs. Hollingsworth] Frankie?
Are you still here?

- [chuckles nervously]
- [stutters] Mom, we were just, um...

I can see what you're doing.

I just got a call from the school,
asking for a doctor's note

for the two tests that you've missed

during the four days
that you've been absent.

I can't go back there.

Because you'd rather stay home

and fool around with your boyfriend?

[chuckles] Okay, look, that's not...

Okay, time for you to go. Now.

Get dressed. I'm driving you to school.

And you have no idea
how grounded you are.

- But, Mom...
- No excuses.

And you're not gonna see
Jonah again. No arguments.

[theme music playing]

♪ Whatever it takes
I know I can make it through ♪

♪ And if I hold out
I know I can make it through ♪

♪ Be the best, be the best
The best that I can be ♪

♪ Whatever it takes ♪

♪ I know I can make it
I know I can make it through ♪

[Tiny] Um... [sighs]
look at this giant squid

these Russian fishermen just caught.

Terrifying. Uh, my turn.

[softly] Okay...

Hmm. Summer science...

at Caltech?

Yeah, it's an amazing program
for senior students.

You just have to write
an essay to apply.

That's due in... two days.

- There's no way.
- That's plenty of time.

I can help you if you want.

- You sure?
- Yeah, it'd be my pleasure.

Guess who totally almost
passed her history test?

- [squeals]
- [groans]

Does your stomach still hurt?
It's been, like, three days.

It's just a pulled muscle or something.

Maybe you should go to the doctor.

Unnecessary. Just go see my homeopath.

Your what-eo-path?

Homeopathy is a totally natural way

of treating the body that
uses what makes you sick

to make you better.

He needs science, not wizard's magic.

- Just go to the doctor.
- Mmm-hmm.

I don't have time.
I gotta write the essay.

Who do you think cares about you more?

Shay?

Or me... your girlfriend?

[school bell ringing]

[student over PA] Attention, Degrassi.

The Dragon Slayer Club
will be raffling off two tickets

to the robo battle next week.

- Please sign up at the office.
- [scoffs]

- Thank you.
- [Lola] He was so, so cute yesterday.

[Mr. Mitchell]
Okay, class, take your seats.

Today, you'll continue discussing
Animal Farm with your partner...

Frankie.

Glad to have you back.

We're gonna have to
get you partnered up.

Anyone want to volunteer to let
Frankie join in their discussion?

[students murmuring indistinctly]

[Mr. Mitchell] Not to worry.
Frankie, why don't you come up here,

I'll catch you up and get
you started on this, okay?

Yeah. Um, sure.

Are you sure you're comfortable
with that, Frankie?

[Mr. Mitchell] Pipe down, Baaz, okay?

- [students laugh]
- Everyone get started.

Grab a seat. Yeah.

[Tristan] That's what I thought.

Yeah, so it's all gonna
work out just great.

[Tristan and Miles chuckle]

- Hello, beautiful.
- [chuckles]

Oh, isn't that just the cutest thing.

Say hello to Degrassi's
hottest power couple.

[Tristan] Oh, hardly.

Miles and I have that title
firmly secured. [scoffs]

Does Miles bring you a non-fat
hazelnut latte every day?

[Miles] Okay, that's less boyfriend

- and more "indentured servant."
- Mmm-hmm.

[Winston] Oh, well,
you should be taking notes.

Acts of kindness keep
a relationship going.

Well, that and a rising
Hastygram profile.

Our pics regularly get -plus likes.

I bet we can get just as
many likes in half the time.

- Sounds like a challenge.
- [Zoë] Because it is.

The couple with the most likes
by the end of the day

is officially Degrassi's cutest.

- Hold this.
- Okay.

You're the videographer. Press record.

- [Zoë softly] Okay.
- All right, uh...

- [phone chimes]
- Okay, a little... little further back.

Little more. Little more.

- [horn honks]
- [exclaims]

Oh, my gosh!

- My lady. [chuckles]
- I hate those things. Are you okay?

[groans] I'm fine.

[Zoë grunts] Maybe we should
get you to the nurse.

Yeah, all in due time.

- Did you get the video?
- Yeah.

[Miles in video] Little more.
Little more.

- [horn honks]
- [Winston exclaims]

- [Zoë] Oh, my gosh!
- [both chuckle]

[Winston] My lady.

This is awesome.

Hashtag, love hurts.

- You two are toast.
- [chuckles]

You should have seen the way
everyone was looking at me.

There is no way I can go back there.

- I'm sure it wasn't that bad.
- It was.

I can't do that every single day.

Okay, so then what's your plan?

What if we just disappear?

What?

Even thinking about walking
through those doors again

makes my chest go all tight.

- Frankie, school will get better.
- No, it won't!

Everyone's already made up
their minds that I'm a r*cist.

Okay. What's the plan?

I've always wanted to go to Costa Rica.

Oh, me, too.

But I think we're probably
going to have to settle

for something a little
less scenic tonight.

I don't care. [chuckles]

As long as I'm with you.

[engine starts]

[sighs]

[Zig] Hey.

You okay, buddy?

Lola gave me these pills
for my stomach thing

and I'm trying to figure out
how many to take.

Take as many as you want.

Or, take none.
It'll have the exact same effect.

They better do something.

I don't have time to go to the doctor.
I gotta finish this essay.

Are you sure you aren't just suffering
from an acute case of guilt? [scoffs]

- Over what?
- [Grace] Shay.

Uh, he likes her.

I have eyeballs.

Okay. Well, why should he feel guilty?
He's not doing anything wrong.

He's emotionally cheating on Lola.

[chuckles] Okay, that
is not a real thing.

And the girl's done so much for me.

She basically started
a race riot in my honor.

I'm sorry, but good guys don't get
to have their cake and eat it, too.

[chuckles]

[smacks lips] Sorry, bud.

[sighs]

- [Miles] Little more. Little more.
- [horn honks]

- [Winston exclaims]
- [Zoë] Oh, my gosh!

My lady. [chuckles]

[Tristan] Wow, Zo,
you are literally a femme fatale.

Well, you'll all be relieved to
hear that it's just a sprain.

Laugh all you want, but our video
is getting reposted like crazy.

Okay, I wouldn't call
reposts "crazy."

- [scoffs]
- [Mr. Perino] Okay.

- Let's talk about romanticism.
- [cell phone vibrating]

[Mr. Perino] What's your first
reaction to this painting?

If that buzzing means that it
expresses the horror and chaos of w*r,

then you're right on the money.

Sorry. [chuckles]

[cell phone continues vibrating]

[Mr. Perino] Okay, what is happening?

[gasps] Oh, my God.

Shane Dawson reposted our video,

- and now it's blowing up like crazy.
- I assume that's a good thing.

Well, he has over, like,
six million vlog subscribers.

[chuckles] It's totally a big deal.

Okay, I'm happy for you.

But let's put them away
till the end of class, shall we?

Yes, of course.

[Mr. Perino sighs] Okay,
now, Goya didn't have

as many reposts in the day,
but this painting...

Did your post get shared
by online royalty?

I guess that means we win.

We're going out tonight.
Gotta celebrate. [chuckles]

[Mr. Perino] All right,
let's take the next ten minutes

and write a paragraph about your
initial reactions to Goya's work.

[Shay] To make your application pop,

you should find a way to bring in the
environmental side of these squids.

Don't you think?

- Okay, you don't look so good.
- Yeah.

Those things that Lola gave
me didn't actually work.

Big surprise. I told you,
you should have gone to the doctor.

It's just a stomachache.

- Forget it.
- Whoa! What're you doing?

Sit still.

[chuckles] Ah!

Okay, if it hurts that bad,
I'm taking you to the hospital.

[stutters] But, Lola...

You need real Western medicine.

So stop being such a man,
and let's get your ass to a doctor.

[sighs]

[siren blaring in distance]

[woman] One bed or two? [Frankie] Oh.

Um... one will be fine.

I am going to go
check on the car. [sighs]

Okay.

You okay, sweetie?

- I'm fine.
- You sure?

You don't want me to
call someone for you?

I just wanna make sure
you're not in over your head.

I'm fine.
Now, do you want my money or not?

You all good?

Let's just get to the room.

- [sighs]
- You know, we can...

we can go home if you're
changing your mind.

Uh, no. I'm good.

You know, maybe this isn't so bad.

We can pretend we're
bank robbers on the run.

- [door closes]
- Oh. Role playing?

- [chuckles]
- [in mock accent] Come here, sugar.

[kisses]

But what are we gonna do?
The cops are after us.

Better make the most of today,
before they lock us both up.

It's just you and me, baby.

- [chuckles]
- [cell phone vibrating]

It's just you and me.

[mariachi music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

, reposts.

- I bet that'll double by tomorrow.
- [Winston] Uh...

tacos aren't very romantic, so...

How about fondue?

That would be perfect.

And I was thinking, later, maybe
we could take a walk by the water?

Yes. And then we can stage a near
miss of you falling off the pier.

Uh... [chuckles] Well, what are you...
what are you talking about?

Our next video.

We have to establish our brand while
we're still fresh in people's minds.

[cell phone chimes]

And here I was thinking you were
actually excited about our date.

, reposts.

And we're the number one post
if you search relationship goals.

- Fantastic.
- [chuckles]

Why are you being so weird?

Because it seems you care more
about all this dumb online attention

- than you do about me.
- Not true.

It's fun that people are into
us as an awesome couple.

Except it seems like you don't
believe we're an awesome couple

unless the whole Internet
tells you it's true.

You're overreacting.

Why don't I leave you two alone.

[ultrasound machine pulsating]

Tell me it's a girl.
I've always wanted a daughter.

I wish I could tell you that's
the first time I heard that one.

- [chuckles]
- What's going on? Is he okay?

Well... [sighs]

It's a good thing your girlfriend
brought you in when she did.

Oh, no, she's not... [sighs]

[stutters] We're just friends.

Either way, it was a good call.

You have appendicitis.

You're gonna need emergency surgery,
but you'll be fine.

Just hang tight,
someone will come get ya.

[sighs]

So... I guess you were right.

- Oh, my God, my poor baby.
- [Tiny grunts]

- Are you okay?
- He has appendicitis.

[Lola] This is so dramatic.

Oh. Thanks for taking care of my boo.

Yeah. Sure, no problem.

- [nurse] We have to take him now.
- Oh.

I'll wait for you.

It's like a half-hour procedure.

See you on the flipside.

- Or not.
- What?

No one told me this
was life-threatening.

- [cell phone vibrating]
- [text alert]

Uh... why is Frankie's mom texting me?

Yeah, me, too.

Frankie ran away.

You don't think it's
because of us, do you?

[sighs] This is the most
drama-filled day ever.

[salsa music playing]

[whimpers]

[skin sizzling]

[breath trembling]

[Jonah] I know, Mom.

Yeah, no, it's just for today.

Mom, I know it's crazy...

which is why I'm not
actually running away.

I don't know.
She feels like she has no one.

Yeah. Yeah, no.

I'm hoping I can, uh...

I can talk some sense into
her before breakfast. Yeah.

Okay. Okay, I love you, too. Bye.

[water dripping]

[sighs] I'm guessing
you heard all that.

If you think I'm so crazy,
then why did you come with me?

Obviously, I wasn't gonna let
you go through it on your own,

but Frankie, you have not
thought this through.

I told you what it was like at school.
People were so horrible.

After everything, you honestly
think that you're the victim?

I tried to make things better.

But everyone still hates me.
So what else am I supposed to do?

- Apologize!
- For what?

For running away and
worrying your family.

For jeopardizing our relationship

because now your mother thinks
I'm some kind of sex-crazed delinquent,

and for hurting people
with that stupid r*cist stunt.

Okay, so you think I'm r*cist, too?

Frankie, I think that you don't get it.

And I think that you're
not trying to get it.

[sobs]

- Where are you going?
- To cool off!

Before I say something I'll
probably have to apologize for.

[sighs]

- What the hell?
- I saw your photo, idiot.

"Love hurts"? Really?

I'm just trying to capitalize
on our popularity.

Ugh! Give me a break.

You're just doing what you always do.

And what's that?

Imploding, because you're too scared
to admit what's really going on.

Which is what, exactly?

[gasps]

You're gay, Zoë.

And you're using this fake relationship

with Winston to cover it up.

Screw you.

This entire time, through everything,
you've just judged me.

- [scoffs] That is not true.
- Yes, it is.

It was always
"Zoë, you want to have sex with girls,"

or "Zoë, you're lying to yourself,"

instead of "Oh, Zoë, things are
really hard for you right now,

is there anything I can
do as your friend?"

I just want you to be
honest with yourself.

You want me to do things your way.

The out and proud thing
works for you, but not for me.

[stutters] So you're trying to, what,
stay in the closet forever?

I'm trying to be happy.

That's what I've been
doing this entire time.

No, you're just desperate for attention

and that's messed up.

Desperate? That's a little
rich coming from you.

[scoffs] Okay, Zo.

Go ahead.

Do that thing you do where you
hurt people to push them away.

But think about it.

How far are you willing to go?

Oh, whoops.

[pop music playing on radio]

[mouthing lyrics]

[humming]

[tire bursts]

Oh, crap.

- Oh! Oh. Easy.
- [gasps] You're awake. Finally.

- [chuckles]
- Oh.

Uh, your auntie's going
to be here soon, but...

do you need me to get you anything?

Uh, ice chips? Orange juice?
Ham sub? [chuckles]

[chuckles] I'm okay.

[chuckles] I'm so sorry I told
you not to go to the doctor.

I would have felt so horrible if
anything bad had happened to you...

because, um, you know... [sighs]

Okay... [sighs] here goes.

I love you.

Uh... maybe it's too soon to say, but...

all of this really put
things into perspective,

- and I just wanted...
- [sighs] I'm sorry.

Uh... You're sorry?

I really like you...

but...

[sighs] I also have
feelings for someone else.

Shay.

What?

So you're breaking up with me?

No.

This is all really confusing.
I care about both of you.

But you obviously care about
one of us more, so... who?

Look, these past eight months
have been so much fun and...

[chuckles] Message received.

- Come on, Lola.
- No. I'm no one's second choice.

You may not be breaking up with me,

but I'm sure as hell
breaking up with you!

[horn honking]

[sighs]

[brakes squealing]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[footsteps approaching]

Hey, you okay?

Yeah, uh...

just a little bit of car trouble.

I can help you change
that if you'd like?

No. Uh, that's okay.
[stutters] I think I'll manage.

Okay. Well, if you're sure.

Wait, actually...

Yes, please.

Sure.

[Winston] I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have left dinner.

[sighs] I'm sorry, too.

I would never hurt you just for likes.

[stutters] No, I get it.

You know, it feels good when people
tell you that you're awesome.

- And you are awesome.
- [chuckles]

[Winston] I bejeweled it myself.

It's for all our future selfies
that are guaranteed to go viral.

[chuckles]

Why are you looking at that?

Oh, I accidentally clicked a tag.
[chuckles]

Good.

That stuff's messed up.

Yeah, I guess.

[school bell ringing]

[Winston sighs]

[Mrs. Hollingsworth]
Can't you think about someone else

other than yourself for one second?

No. I guess not.

Well, obviously, you're grounded.
[inhales deeply]

But I'm glad you're home.

- [sighs]
- [sniffles]

[Frankie sighs]

Did you really think that running
away was gonna fix everything?

Yes.

Everyone was right about me.

- I'm a bad person.
- [chuckles]

You made a mistake.
Welcome to the club.

But then I doubled down.

I got defensive and I made it worse.

When that guy tried to help me...

I just couldn't stop thinking
about why I locked the doors.

- It's complicated.
- No, not really.

I'm done making excuses,

and I'm done expecting
people to feel sorry for me.

I just... [sniffles]

I have to do better. [sighs]

Not that it'll make a difference
with my friends.

My ex-friends.

Well, you got to the
right place eventually.

Even if it took you a while.

Okay, well, I have to call Jonah.
I owe him a big-time apology.

[inhales deeply]

[sniffles]

[automated voice]
You have one unheard message.

[Shay] Hi, it's Shay.

I don't know where you are,
but I hope you're okay.

Don't do anything stupid.