02x03 - A Day Off

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All right, then.

We'll let you know as soon as the test run is ready to be initiated.

3:16.

Excuse me? The time of your test is going to be exactly 3:16 p.

m.

Got it.

3:16 it is.

I'll be looking for a nice little earthquake at that time.

If you succeed, your payment will be wired to your account by 3:17.

Good luck.

What do you know about this client? I know that he pays generously and on time.

Judy, this guy pays us to have control over earthquakes.

Earthquakes happen all the time, Marcus.

Okay? This little one today is gonna pay us five million dollars each.

The next one's gonna pay us ten times that.

We're doing something terrible, Judy.

All I care about is that Daniel and his future family will never have to worry about money.

The same thing with your kids.

What are you doing? Your locker was open.

This fell out.

Hey, you did read this book.

You even took notes.

It must've slipped my mind.

But how? You have the best memory of anyone I know.

I already said I was sorry, Daniel.

I'm human.

I made a mistake.

It's not that.

I don't care about the stupid quiz.

Good.

The important thing is that we're back together.

We were meant to be, you know.

I'll see you at dinner.

A whole day at the beach.

I haven't had a day off since I got here.

No! No, you don't.

A day off means a day off.

What's up, Max? Is it Emma? She barely even talked to me when I called her.

She sounded like a robot.

It was like she was upset I even called.

Maybe she's got a lot to deal with, you know? With her mom being sick and all.

Yeah, but that's the thing.

If her mom was so sick that Emma had to leave the Greenhouse, then why was she dancing and having so much fun at the dance? It doesn't make any sense.

Maybe she just wanted to have one good last time before she left.

Maybe.

Max, I know you miss her, but you are overthinking this.

You have to let it go.

No! No.

All right, ladies, so we're gonna take this from the top.

Okay? Let's go.

Five, six, seven, eight.

And step, step, pit and pit, up.



- Oh.



- Oh! I'm I'm sorry.



- Uh, ladies, let's take five, okay?

- My bad.

What's up?

- I just, um, wanted to thank you.



- For For helping me with the equation and stuff.



- Oh, yeah.

Of course.

You're welcome.



- Yeah.

So, um, I was gonna ask you, if, uh I understand you're busy,

- but maybe if you get some time

- Oh, wait.

Hang on, Parker.

Hey, Alex.

Listen.

You okay? Yeah.

I'm fine.

Come on.

You know you can tell me anything, right? Yeah.

Oh.

Wait.

I know why you're upset.

You're upset because you didn't make the cut on our cheerleading team.

Guys, come on.

Let's take this from the top.

No! No, Sophie, it's okay.

I just I just want Uh

-uh.

Trust me on this, okay? All right.

Hey, drop the basketball.

As captain of the Eagles, I command you to dance and that is a direct order.

And let's go.

Five, six, seven, eight.

And step, turn, pit, up.

There we go.

That's better.

Good, yeah.

More on the arms.

There you go.

Oh, thank you.

I'm so glad I volunteered to supervise.

You want some? I already put some on.

Could you put some on my back? Lee.

Sunscreen? Oh, yeah, sorry.



- Stop moving, Aspen!

- That tickles! Hey.

How's the leg? Better, thanks.



- Mind if I join?

- Sure, why not? It's not like I own the place.

You're right.

My mom does.

She, uh, paid for all this.

Wanna play some Horse? Why not? Okay.

Hey, but keep in mind, I'm a little rusty.

Whoo! Guess I'm not that rusty.

Let's see what you got, Woods.

Nice sh*t, kid.

You know you'd make a great cheerleader, right? I mean, you're tall enough to be in this formation.

No, no, no, no, no.

You do not want me on your team.

Oh, no? No.

I mean, I'm clumsier than Alex was.

Oh, that's bad.

So, you two are, like, dating, right? Uh, Susie, you missed a step.

Remember, it's one, two, three, okay? So try it again from the top, go.

I'm sorry, you were saying? Nothing.

Just talking about you and your boyfriend.

Boyfriend? What boyfriend? Oh.

You mean Alex?

- Yeah.



- No, silly.

No, we're just friends! But I I mean, I saw you two at the dance.

It kinda seemed No.

Mmm

-mmm.

No, no.

That was strictly a captains

-try

-to

-keep

- the

-peace between Brooke and Daniel.

I mean, not like it helped, right? Right.

I see.

So that means, you're still

- Good.

That was perfect.



- I see.

Cool.

So much fun! It is much better than the dreary Atlantic.

Yeah.

Hayley, so, um about yesterday, I wanted to thank you for setting my head on straight.

Everything's cool, Aspen.

I just lose it sometimes, when I get competitive.

My mother says it's because I'm a natural born winner, and I have trouble accepting that others are not like me.

Whatever.

I mean, if I were you, I'd be upset, as well.

All of sudden, out of nowhere, someone like me shows up at the Greenhouse, all confident and Look! There's Leo.

Lee

-Lee, I'm coming! Just like that.

Mmm

-hmm.



- Watch this.



- Yeah, right.



- Okay.



- Hmm.

All right.

Here we go, Woods.

You ready?

- No way.



- Yeah way.

Just like that.

I told you I'm the man.

And now, to break the tie.

And that's an "E" for HORSE! Lucky sh*t.

All right.

Oof.

Nice try, kid.



- Get up, Max.

We're one person short.



- But I'm ahead.

Of yourself? This is our chance to kick Aspen's butt.

We can't miss this opportunity.

Be a sport, Max.

Max is gonna play with us! You guys ready? Let's do this.



- Max!

- Max, come on! Throw it to me! Whoo!

- You know you look ridiculous, right?

- You gonna talk or you gonna throw?

- Yeah!

- Whoo! Not bad, Woods.

Thanks.

You know I'm glad you joined the Eagles.



- Really?

- It makes me work harder.

Work harder to find ways to make me miserable? That, too.

Hey, uh, I wanna ask you something.

But just between you and me.

Okay.

So when Brooke was gone all day, where was she? Why didn't you ask her? I tried, but we've been having some, um issues.

She went back to Eric's office to investigate your mom.

But she found nothing on her.

I see You know, uh

- Never mind.

It's it's stupid.



- What? At first, I thought someone messed with her brain or something.

You gotta admit, she did a total 180 going back to you like that.

But I guess I was just upset realizing I was nothing more than a rebound guy.

Hey, kid you have to stop putting yourself down like that.

Good game, buddy.

Good game.

Max.

That's it, okay? You need to focus.

Okay.

Think of Emma.

Make her proud.



- She didn't even care for sports.



- That's not the point! Improvise.

Your mom didn't pay for all those expensive ballroom dancing classes for nothing.

Okay.

Jackie! Yeah! Good job.

Nice touchdown, Miller.

That's a line I never thought I would ever hear.

Come on! Yes! You okay? Hayley, are you all right? Sorry, didn't even know my own strength.

What? It's not like I did it on purpose! Okay, guys.

Game's over.

You won.

We need to talk.

She is deceivingly fast.

I miscalculated.

I didn't mean to knock her down.

That is not the point.

What? What's the point, then? I just wish you had talked to me before getting on that plane.

Why? Okay.

I admit it.

I didn't want to talk to you because I was afraid you'd tell me not to come.

I was afraid I'd lose you.

There's something I have to tell you, Aspen.

I know what you're going to say and I know what happened between you and Hayley before the dance.

But it's perfectly okay.

We were in an LDR.



- I was far away.

But I'm here now

- I'm in love with her.

And that's fine, too! People fall in love.

But here's the thing.

What you and I have is special.

It's for life.

You had a crush because you were lonely and you missed us.

I understand it completely.

But you and I both know what we have here is much stronger than any affair that you may or may not have had with Hayley.

I know deep down you know I'm right.

Oh, gosh.

It is hot.

I'm going to go for a swim, all right? These mark the trigger points, which we know are susceptible to seismic stimulus, okay? I thought this one would be perfect for our trial run.

That seems really close to where we are.

It's four miles in the ocean.

All we need today is an extremely localized and measured tremor which will be detected by the US Geological Survey monitors, but we down here won't even feel it.

Well, what about the Greenhouse? Are they gonna feel the earthquake there? Not unless they all board a yacht and sail four miles west.

Okay.

Let's proceed.

What do you say you teach me how to play chess? When? Right now?

- Why not?

- It takes years to master chess.

Well, then we better get started.



- Have you guys seen Hayley?

- No.

Thanks.

Chess is all about strategy and patience.

It's about planning your moves ahead of time and always thinking about the bigger picture.

What's so funny? I knew you were gonna find this boring.

Now I know why Emma called you her "white knight.

"

- How did I miss it?

- Miss what? Do you know what this is?

- A horse.



- No! It's a white knight! Emma was trying to tell me something in her letter.

She she must have wanted to leave me a message or something.

A message? What are you talking about? I told you she was acting weird.

She must have wanted to tell me something, but she couldn't.

Come on.

We gotta go.



- Go where?

- Back to the clubhouse.

No way.

I'm not going to school.

It's our day off! Be a sport, Jackie.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

It's time.

Marcus? Initiate the program.

Initiated.

What's that beep? What's going on? Seismic activity has increased.

That's not the ocean.



- The radius seems to have expanded.



- Is that the Greenhouse? Come on! You do realize all the food's gonna be gone by the time we get back.

Hurry up!

- Stop it now, Marcus.



- Nothing's happening.

Stop it now, Marcus! You don't understand.

There's nothing I can do.



- I don't care.



- We have to wait

- for the program to complete its cycle.



- Do something.



- Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.



- Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Everyone, let's get out of here! The whole network must be down! Help! Help!