WOMAN: Are you ready?
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I know you see me
standing here ♪
♪ Do I look good,
my dear? ♪
♪ Do I look good today? ♪
♪ Today, today ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ I'm just another
kind of girl ♪
♪ And you want
to see my world ♪
♪ So come and run away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away, yeah ♪
♪ I will make you see ♪
♪ All of the things ♪
♪ That you can be ♪
♪ Believe in yourself ♪
♪ Come follow me ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[upbeat music]
MICHAEL: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Okay.
Let me tell you somethin'.
You are out of your mind.
- You don't know
what you're talking about.
- Dude, the world's fattest man
weighs, like, 1,200 pounds.
- That's right. Not enough.
- It is enough.
CHASE: You are a nut.
MICHAEL: I'm tellin' you--
- What are we
talking about here?
- He thinks the world's
largest pumpkin
is heavier
than the world's fattest man.
- Do you know how heavy
the world's largest pumpkin is?
- Just a little bit lighter
than the world's fattest man.
- What if
the world's fattest man
ate the world's
heaviest pumpkin?
- Oh, I would pay to see that.
- That'd be the best day
of my life.
[people cheering]
ZOEY: Oh, my God,
those kids are fighting.
We got to do something.
- Yeah.
- Come on.
[people cheering]
MAN: Get him.
MAN: Come on, get up, get up.
MICHAEL: Oh, watch out.
[yelling]
- Stop it.
Hey, easy.
Just chill out.
Stay on the ground.
[whistle blowing]
- All right, all right.
Just break it up.
Break it up.
Get up.
I don't know
what this fight was about,
and I don't wanna know.
Just shake hands.
Now, I want you to go get
that bloody nose looked at.
And I want you--
Ugh.
I want you
to go buy a new sweater
'cause that one is awful.
Now go on, get out of here.
And as for you--
- I was just trying
to break it up.
- Yeah, I know. I saw.
What's your name?
- Zoey Brooks.
- And where'd you learn
to handle yourself
like that, huh?
- Oh, well, when I was little,
my dad--
- I want you
on the wrestling team.
- The wrestling team?
- Come on.
- Oh, I'm really not sure--
COACH: Come on.
- Look, I'm flattered--
- Be on the team.
- Why do you want me to--
- Join the team.
Say yes.
- If I say yes,
will you stop screaming at me?
- Welcome to the team.
♪ ♪
- I just joined
the wrestling team.
♪ ♪
QUINN: The wrestling team?
- You can't be
on the wrestling team.
- Why can't I?
- You're a girl.
- Actually, it makes sense.
Females have
greater flexibility,
a higher tolerance for pain,
and a natural pelvic tilt
which gives us better balance.
- Wasn't there a band
called Pelvic Tilt?
- [groans]
- I didn't ask
to join the wrestling team.
I was yelled into it.
QUINN: Yelled into it?
- Well, I think
you should back out.
You don't wanna be
wrestlin' around every day
with a bunch of muscley guys
who are--
Wait a minute.
- You know
all the wrestling matches
are broadcast
on the PCA TV channel?
- They are?
- I wanna be on TV.
- Join the wrestling team.
- Eww, no, gross.
- You said you--
- I'm an actress.
I wanna be on TV
with my hair pretty
and my lips glossy,
not all covered in boy sweat.
- Ha! I win.
- [trills tongue]
- Wait!
You come back here right now.
- Ah!
- Bring it back! Ugh!
Bring my robot back!
Lola!
Bring it back!
LOLA: No!
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
[all grunting]
♪ ♪
- What's up, Reese?
- Hey, Zoey.
What are you--aah!
- Careful.
- Why are you here?
This is not a place for girls.
- Wait, you mean
this isn't the mini-skirt
and makeup superstore?
- Why are you here?
- Coach asked me
to join the team.
- [groans]
[clanging]
- Thanks for being supportive.
- First you ruin
the basketball team,
and now you're gonna ruin
the wrestling team?
- How did I ruin
the basketball team?
We were division finalists
last year.
- Ooh, I'm Zoey.
I use logic.
Ooh.
[whistle shrills]
- All right, boys, bring it in.
Whoa.
Hold up there, Brooks.
- What?
- I want you to go
hit the jump rope
for about a half hour.
- Why just me?
- 'Cause those guys
have been workin'
and trainin'
for the last nine weeks.
You got some
catchin' up to do.
- Come on,
I'm in just as good
of shape as Logan or that guy.
- [panting]
- Hey,
I'm the coach.
You're the coach-er.
- Coach-ee?
- Hey, don't correct
my suffixes.
Now get movin'.
That rope
ain't gonna jump itself.
- Okay.
[whistle blows]
- Let's get sweaty.
WOMAN: ♪ I'm in love with you ♪
- [clears throat]
Jeremiah Trottman?
- Girl I don't know.
- Yeah, I'm Lola.
I see you on the PCA news
all the time.
- I cover PCA news,
sporting events,
graduations,
and high-profile injuries.
- Right.
So what do you think about
using me as a reporter
or something?
- [laughs]
I don't think so.
- Come on.
I could be the weather girl
or a fashion reporter,
and maybe
we can go out sometime,
like on a date.
- Would you really
go out with me?
- No.
- Walk away.
[soft music]
- But you asked me
to join the team
so I could wrestle.
- I told you, you can wrestle
when you reach the same level
of physical condition
as these other guys.
- [wheezing]
- Oh, just forget Blatzberg,
would you?
- I just don't think
it's fair that--
- Go exercise!
- Yes, sir, Coach.
[rock music]
♪ ♪
MAN: ♪ You can't
get around it ♪
♪ You'll never get over it ♪
♪ Just get through it ♪
♪ Can't turn the clock back ♪
♪ Or rewrite history ♪
♪ And undo it ♪
♪ It's not what you wanted ♪
♪ Or what you meant ♪
♪ But it was no accident ♪
♪ You're gonna do it ♪
♪ You'll show everybody ♪
♪ You'll get right through it ♪
♪ You'll show everybody ♪
♪ Oh oh oh ♪
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
- Does that hurt?
- Yes.
Keep doing it.
It hurts more when you stop.
- Okay.
- Two weeks,
I've been going to practice
every day after school,
and I've wrestled no one.
- Why don't you just quit?
- 'Cause that's exactly
what Logan
and his buddies want me to do.
- Well, I wanna be on TV.
- Did I miss something?
When did this conversation
take a hard left?
- Oh, she's upset
'cause Jeremiah Trottman
won't let her be
on the PCA channel.
- And I flirted with him
and everything.
- I'm tired.
I can't rub anymore.
- Yeah, my hand's starting
to get palm cramps.
- Fine, take a break.
- Second team.
- I got her shoulders.
- Aw, man.
Why do I always get the feet?
♪ ♪
- Okay, okay.
If aliens don't exist,
then explain the moon.
Why doesn't it fall?
- Hmm. I don't know.
- Huh?
- Coach, listen.
You asked me
to join the wrestling team.
Wait, you forced me
to join the wrestling team.
Now, either you let me--
- All right.
Calm down and have a bite
of Blatzberg's potato salad.
- No.
- I don't want
your potato salad.
- Good.
- I wanna wrestle.
- You're gonna.
- 'Cause I'm tired of just--
I'm gonna?
- Yup.
The regional tournament
starts in two weeks
and I'm bumpin' you up
to first string in your bracket.
- Coach!
- I get to wrestle
in the tournament?
- Indeedy-do.
- You're bumpin' me for her?
- Sorry, Scotty.
You've been slackin' off.
- [scoffs] You haven't even
seen her wrestle.
- Hey, I saw her separate
two vicious eighth graders.
One of 'em was wearin'
this butt-ugly sweater.
- But--
- Congratulations, Brooks.
You boys come help me
wash my car.
Come on.
[all groan]
- I wouldn't be so happy
if I were you.
- Why is that?
- 'Cause Chuck Javers
is in our bracket.
- Who's Chuck Javers?
- Why don't you ask Coach
to give you a tape
of last year's
state championship?
♪ ♪
MAN: And with plenty of time
left in this period,
Chuck Javers is just circling
his helpless opponent.
- [screams]
- [grunts]
[whistle blows]
- That's it.
That's it.
Get off him.
- Oh, my God.
- Get off him.
Get off him.
[grunts]
- You might have
to wrestle him?
- What are you looking at?
MAN: I'm just the camera guy.
- You want some?
MAN: I'm just the camera guy.
- [growls]
Huh? What do you want?
What are you lookin' at?
[growls]
What are you looking at?
What do you want?
What are you lookin' at?
[intense rock music]
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[panting]
♪ ♪
- And three, two, one.
- Hello, PCA sports fans.
I'm Jeremiah Trottman,
bringing you
the California Regional
Wrestling Tournament,
hosted right here at PCA.
And you all know my crazy
sports announcing partner,
Dooley Thibodaux.
- I can't believe
that Dooley guy
gets to be on PCA TV
with Jeremiah.
- What, now you wanna do
sports color commentary?
- I don't know what that means,
but if I get to be on camera,
then yes, I do.
- Okay.
Wait here.
- What are you gonna do?
- Things.
♪ ♪
- And we'll be right back
at you
when the Regional Wrestling
Tournament begins.
- Abza-tootly.
MAN: And we're clear.
♪ ♪
- Hi, can you come
with me for a minute?
- Why?
- It's important.
♪ ♪
- Do my nose.
♪ ♪
MAN: Please find your seats.
The first matches will begin
in 15 minutes.
- All right, bring it in.
Bring it in.
Okay, people, so remember.
Look for an opening,
keep your limbs in tight,
and don't give 'em anything
to grab, twist, or yank.
And stay active.
There's no rest in wrestling.
- Uh, yeah, there is.
It's letters two through five.
- Watch your mouth, Brooks.
Hands in.
Over the hill and to the moon.
ALL: To the moon.
- Whoo, yeah!
- Yeah.
- The moon?
♪ ♪
- Okay.
Jeremiah needs a new partner.
Go make it happen.
- What about Dooley?
- He won't be back
for a few hours.
- What'd you do to him?
- You really wanna know?
- Nah, I'm good.
Wish me luck.
QUINN: Luck.
♪ ♪
MAN: Our first match
will pit Michael Johnston
of Briardale against
Mike Zorko of PCA.
[crowd cheering]
♪ ♪
- Hey, there she is.
MICHAEL: Zoey Brooks.
- Hey.
- So you psyched
for the tournament?
- I'm psyched I finally get
to wrestle somebody.
- Hey, if you get in trouble,
just use my signature move.
MICHAEL: [laughs]
You mean you want her to hide
under the bed and cry?
- I wasn't crying, okay?
I was--
There was a lot of dust
under there.
- Oh, a lot of dust.
Yeah, yeah.
He was crying.
- Hey, I wasn't crying.
- Chase, you were crying.
CHASE: Yeah.
Thanks for humiliating me.
♪ ♪
- You find Dooley?
- No.
We looked everywhere.
MAN: And our first match
is about to begin.
[applause]
- You need a partner?
- No.
Um...yeah.
- I'm your girl.
- You know sports?
- Of course.
Sure.
My dad's a sports guy.
MAN: Seven seconds.
- Okay, you're in.
Sit down there.
- Yay. I get to be
a color contemplator.
- Commentator.
- Yeah, yeah, same diff.
Makeup.
♪ ♪
I love TV.
♪ ♪
JEREMIAH: Okay, PCA students,
you might wanna
grab yourself a seat,
'cause wrestling next
will be Brian DeVane
of SBI Prep
against PCA's very own
Zoey Brooks.
[all cheering]
Lola, stats on Zoey?
- Stats?
- Statistics.
Information on Zoey.
- Oh.
Sure, um...
Hmm, let's see, uh,
Zoey's favorite color is pink.
She loves animals,
especially bunnies,
and, um,
oh, she likes sushi.
As do I.
MAN: Zoey Brooks of PCA
wrestling Brian DeVane
of SBI prep.
[applause]
- Come on.
Just go out there and wrestle.
- I'm not wrestlin' her.
If I win, everyone will say
I b*at up girl
and I'll look like a jerk.
And if I lose,
everyone will say
I got b*at by a girl
and rip on me
for the rest of my life.
Either way, I lose.
- Yeah, but--
- I'm not wrestling a girl!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- We're done. We're out.
JEREMIAH: Not exactly sure
what's going on here.
- SBI forfeits the match.
PCA advances.
[crowd cheering]
JEREMIAH: You heard right.
Zoey Brooks will be advancing
to the next round.
LOLA: Yay!
- How come
he's not gonna wrestle?
- 'Cause I ain't gonna
wrestle a girl.
- Get over here, Brian,
right now.
- Forget it.
- You won, Miss Brooks.
Back to your bench.
♪ ♪
- Way to go, Brooks.
You put PCA in the lead.
- On a forfeit.
- Yeah, I guess some boys
are too insecure
to wrestle a girl.
MAN: Wrestling next,
Dave Marlon from Briardale
versus Chuck Javers
from West Hills.
- As we know, Chuck Javers
is a four-time state champion.
He's never been defeated
in over 74
high school wrestling matches.
- Yeah, but look at his
scruffy head.
I could definitely recommend
some hair-care products,
starting with
a deep conditioner.
- Come on!
Let's go!
- So there's Javers.
- Yeah, that's him.
- Study him carefully.
Sun Tzu says
in "The Art of w*r"
to seek out
your opponent's weaknesses
and exploit them.
[both grunting]
- Aah!
[groans]
[crowd exclaims]
[whistle blows]
- I didn't spot any weaknesses.
[Chuck grunting]
♪ ♪
JEREMIAH: Chuck Javers,
incredible.
- [growling]
[whistle blows]
[crowd cheering]
JEREMIAH: And Chuck Javers
advances to the next round.
♪ ♪
Apparently,
some discussion going on.
- Forfeit.
PCA advances.
[crowd cheering]
♪ ♪
JEREMIAH: Zoey Brooks moving
into the quarterfinals.
[all cheering]
♪ ♪
- Where you goin', huh?
Get back over here.
[whistle blows]
Come on,
why don't you wrestle me?
- No, no, no.
- Let's go!
♪ ♪
JEREMIAH: Chuck Javers
in the quarterfinals.
♪ ♪
- Forfeit.
PCA advances.
[crowd cheering]
♪ ♪
- [grunting]
[whistle blows]
[grunting]
[whistle blows]
[grunting]
[whistle blows]
♪ ♪
- Holy peanuts.
That Javers is a monster.
- Yes, but a monster
with delicious arms.
♪ ♪
- Can you believe
all those guys
would rather forfeit
than wrestle a girl?
- At least you're undefeated.
- You're in the finals.
- With Javers.
- You know he's gonna k*ll you.
- Thanks, Logan.
- Oh, Chuck, Chuck.
- Get out of here.
- Hey, hey.
Here comes your boy.
- [spits]
Ready to fight?
- Yeah, unless you forfeit
like all the other guys.
- I ain't gonna forfeit.
♪ ♪
- Sure.
Have a sip.
♪ ♪
- I don't care what you are.
I hurt everybody
just the same.
- How progressive of you.
- You think you're so tough.
I'll tell you something,
Chuck Javers.
You may think you're--
- [growls]
[crowd oohs]
[growls]
MAN: An announcement:
there's been a substitution
in the lightweight division.
Chuck Javers
will now be wrestling
Scott Richmond in the finals.
Zoey Brooks will sit out
due to injury.
[crowd murmuring]
- Injury?
- You got injured?
- No.
- When did you get injured?
- I didn't.
- Why didn't you tell us?
- Just wait here.
Hey.
Hey, Coach, I'm not injured.
- Yeah, I know.
I know.
- I'm fine.
- I know. I know.
- Then why'd you tell them
I'm injured?
- Look,
according to the rules,
I can make a substitution
if a wrestler gets injured,
and I want Scott to take on
Javers in the finals.
- You never cared
about my wrestling at all.
Did you?
- Well, I knew all the boys
wouldn't wanna wrestle a girl.
I knew they'd forfeit.
See, you were an easy way
to get Scott into the finals
without tiring him out.
Now he's fresh and ready to go.
That'll give him a
fightin' chance against Javers.
So see? You did help the team.
Huh? Come on.
♪ ♪
- All right,
this match will be
for the regional championship
in this bracket.
- Come on! Let's go!
- I want both wrestlers--
- Hey, just a sec.
- Aw, cheese and snot.
- What's the problem?
- I'm not injured.
- Yeah, she is.
Off the mat, Brooks.
- Do I look injured?
- She looks fine to me.
♪ ♪
- Dooley, where have you been?
- Some psycho girl
sprayed me with a purple mist
and then I woke up handcuffed
to a flagpole.
- [chuckles nervously]
I--I--but--
♪ ♪
- All right,
are both wrestlers ready?
- Yup.
- Shake hands.
♪ ♪
- Let's dance.
♪ ♪
- Kick his butt, Zoey!
He broke my glasses!
- Yeah, Zo!
Hurt him in the face!
- Yeah, mess him up, Zo!
Whoo!
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "Zoey"]
♪ ♪
[chanting continues]
[whistle blows]
- [growls]
[Zoey screams]
[thud]
[alarm dinging]
- Hey, she's waking up.
- [groaning]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
What--what happened?
- You're okay.
- Did--did I win?
- Oh, no.
You lost.
- Well, how long
did the match last?
- Somewhere between
three and four seconds.
- It's a new state record.
CHASE: Yeah.
Javers just kind of
picked you up
and slammed you down
on the mat.
- Your head broke your fall.
- Ugh.
I hate that Javers.
- But guess what.
Logan told him off.
- Logan?
- Yeah.
After the tournament,
he went up to Javers
in the parking lot...
- And told him
what a jerk he was
for being so rough on you.
- Really?
That's so sweet.
- [groaning]
[playful music]
♪ ♪
[groans]
♪ ♪
[coughs]
WOMAN: ♪ Yeah, yeah, you ♪
♪ Just gotta let it loose ♪
♪ And do what
you choose to do ♪
♪ Don't walk away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away, yeah ♪
[ding]
MAN: Mmm.
WOMAN: I love TV.
03x08 - Wrestling
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Series centers around Zoey Brooks as she enrolls in Pacific Coast Academy, a prestigious Southern California boarding school that previously only allowed boys to attend.
Series centers around Zoey Brooks as she enrolls in Pacific Coast Academy, a prestigious Southern California boarding school that previously only allowed boys to attend.