02x02 - 8th Quarter

[bunniefuu]

[♪ "Don't Laugh At Me"
by Mark Wills playing]

[grunts]

♪ I'm a little boy with glasses ♪

♪ The one they call the geek ♪

♪ A little girl who never smiles ♪

♪ 'Cause I've got braces on my teeth ♪

-[grunting continues]
-♪ And I know how it feels ♪

[yells loudly]

♪ To cry myself to sleep ♪

♪ I'm that kid on every playground ♪

♪ Who's always chosen last ♪

♪ A single teenage mother ♪

♪ Tryin' to overcome my past ♪

♪ You don't have to be my friend ♪

-♪ Is it too much to ask? ♪
-[refrigerator door thuds]

-♪ Don't laugh at me ♪
-[Gerry screaming]

♪ Don't call me names ♪

-[Gerry screaming]
-♪ Don't get your pleasure ♪

-♪ From my pain ♪
-[Gerry continues screaming]

-[utensil scraping]
-[phone chimes]

-[Coach Hudson] Think fast!
-Jesus.

[chuckles]

-Mornin', lazy.
-It's 6:30 a.m.

[Coach Hudson] And I've already fished.

I set up a whole Raya profile.

Raya? What are you doing on Raya?

Tricia invited me.

-It is wild.
-Gross.

[Coach Hudson] There's, like,
famous women on there.

How are you feeling?

You're gonna ask me that every day
for the rest of my life?

Just making sure you're ready to be back.

Rick... I got my team, and I've got you.

What I feel is lucky.

Me too.

[exhales softly]

I matched with, uh, Danica Patrick.

[Ricky] [chuckles] Please stop.

It's pretty cool.

Hey, I gotta ask you about Powers.

How's he been with you lately?

Um... normal, I guess.

Yeah, I-I can't pin him down.

Like, every time I get close,
he, like, he ducks me

or says something like,

"What if balloons were afraid of heights?"

Maybe I should ambush him.

[♪ tense music playing]

Like, go to his house.

♪♪

Go to Chad Powers' house?

Yeah.

I don't know, sounds like a weird place.

[Coach Hudson] There's gotta be
a real guy in there, right?

I just catch him off guard,
like, in his natural habitat.

-Huh?
-[slurps]

I mean... you know best, obviously,

but, um, it is bye week,
maybe he'll come around.

♪♪

Bye week, perfect timing.

Good call, Coach.

Going to work. I'll see you there.

I love you, kiddo.

[door opens]

Love you.

[Danny]
It's the biggest party on campus.

The senior cheerleaders throw it
every season on bye week.

That's neat.

It is neat. It's, like,
the reason people go to college.

Regular people.
Basically, anyone but us.

Hi, Chad.

You coming to the party tonight?

Starting QB's always there, you know.
It's tradition.

Ooh. I love tradition.

Judaism.

But I can't tonight
'cause I gotta tend to...

my Venus flytrap.

Too bad, Chad.
But you know what that means?

More p*ssy for me.

-Gerry, you are the f*cking p*ssy.
-Gerry, you are so f*cking nasty.

-Please.
-Shut the f*ck up. g*dd*mn.

-[Sasha] Jesus.
-[Gerry] What?

Chad doesn't have to do
a single thing with the team.

He could say he has a Venus flytrap,

and I'm the weird one...
for being masculine?

How is that fair?

Well, you guys have fun tonight.

I'm gonna have fun too.

Just me and my traps.

Alright.

[students chattering]

[food tray thuds]

[normal voice] What?

Just would be fun to go.

It would be fun.

It would be fun to go to a party as Chad.

That is a death trap.

This is not supposed to be fun.

Trust me, I know.

-[Ricky clears throat]
-Oh.

[Chad voice] Hey, Coach Ricky,
how's it hanging?

Shut up and listen to me.

My dad is going
to ambush you at your house.

[normal voice] What?

He said that Chad
is impossible to pin down

and that every time you're
with him you say dumb bullshit.

What?

And one thing that's so,
uh, great about football

is that-- is how diff--
it's every-- it's different every time.

-Oh, my God.
-I actually agree with that.

I do think it's different every time.

-Did you hear what I said?
-Yeah.

Why is he coming to our house?

He needs to know his quarterback.

He wants you to open up to him.

-When is this happening?
-I don't know.

Today, tomorrow, soon.

He cannot go to the house.
It's the actual Batcave.

We need a lie, maybe fumigation?

-Like, I got a scorpion bite or something.
-[Ricky] No, do not say that.

Oh, my God.
We are here because you always act

so f*cking weird all the time.

[whispering] I am a man living inside
the fake skin of another man.

It is a weird situation.

Well, convincing my dad that your pee hole

is the size of a blueberry
isn't gonna cut it anymore.

It's not the size of a blueberry.

If you wanted to know,
it's, like, a normal-sized slit.

-I don't wanna hear about your slit.
-Okay, so what can he do?

There's gotta be something
you can be honest about.

[♪ tense music playing]

[Coach Byrd]
Better not go soft on Powers, Coach.

His a*s needs a spankin'.

You want me to do a vigilante spankin'?

No! No.

I'm gonna go to his house.

I don't know, like, surprise him.

Or, like, scare him straight.

-[Chad voice] Hey, Coach.
-Jesus! Hey.

S-- Hi there, Chad.

[Chad]
No, I was just gonna say,

I know I've had some struggles
lately with my mental health,

but the truth is,
being Chad Powers, is hard.

It's really hard.
I feel like I can't slip up.

I can't make mistakes,
but I do make mistakes

because that's the kind of person I am.

And I am a person
no matter what people say.

I-- Even though I don't act like it

and some people don't treat me like it.

I feel things. I feel a lot of things.

In the last couple weeks,
I felt afraid, and that's why I ran.

And that's on me.

But... I'm better now.

And... that's it.

Go fish.

Hey... I appreciate you saying all that.

I know, right? Talking's not hard.

Come on, let's go for a ride.

We'll keep talking.

-[Chad] Keep talking?
-Yeah!

I said everything I wanna say.

Nah, no, I think we're just
getting started. Come on.

Mm-hmm.

More talking.

[commentator 1] [on laptop]
Take a look at this Arkansas defense.

Let's talk about tackling.

-Too many missed tackles have turned...
-[sighs]

...into expl*sive plays.

And that is now
a recurring theme to this team.

[commentator 2] If you ask me,
that's an issue of coaching...

[mouse clicks]

[♪ upbeat music playing]

-[♪ determined music playing]
-[sighs]

♪♪

-[knocks on door]
-[Gerry] Hey, Coach.

Hey, what's up, Gerry?

-You busy?
-No.

Um...

do you mind if we talk in private?

Yeah, this is in private.

-Do you want to sit down?
-Um, I prefer to stand.

You could stand, too, if you want.

No, no, I'm not, I'm not gonna stand.

That's okay.

It'd be better if you were seated.

'Kay, we're off to a good start.

I would like to discuss my future...

and whether there is a place
for me on this team.

[inhales]

Well, that's-that's really more
of a conversation

for Coach Hudson or Coach Byrd.

They don't wanna talk to me.
They're obsessed with Chad Powers.

Everyone's obsessed with Chad Powers.

I saw you talking to him at lunch today.

Yeah, that was about the gameplan.

-It's a bye week.
-The future gameplan.

I wish you all would stop pretending

that a human like that can just... emerge.

[♪ tense music playing]

Gerry, [chuckles] do you know
you've, uh, actually been sort of a...

inspiration to me?

What?

Ignored, invisible,

underestimated.

-I've been there.
-I respect you too.

A woman shouldn't have to work
and you do anyway.

I don't know if it's 'cause
you're a l*sbian or--

But you persevered, even on scout team.

You were, you were a great teammate.

Always lifting his guys up,
never tearing them down.

What happened to that Gerry?

Chad Powers happened.

No, you got hurt in a game.
Chad didn't do anything to you.

He took my job.

You can take it right back
if he gets hurt again.

He ruined my life.

Aren't you religious?

Of course I am.

Then f*cking forgive him and move on.

♪♪

[metal door rattling]

[Coach Hudson sighs]

This is the original field house
from the '50s.

Ugh, it's like a major asbestos risk.

-I see a lot of particulates.
-No, it's dust.

There's, like, particulates everywhere.

It's like we're engulfed in particulates.

Don't concern yourself

-with the particulates, okay?
-[Chad coughs]

Hey!

[football thwacking]

What? You too famous to play catch?

Isn't that how that 950 Fat Mac
of an arm was born?

Throwing the ball with your old man?
Come on!

[claps hands]

I was the OC here earlier in my career.

And this is where Coach Muter
used to have his heart to hearts.

He brought me in here
when I was divorcing Ricky's mom.

I guess, my first divorce.

Ricky was little,

but she heard
way too many grownups yelling.

So, I swore that was it, no more.

[sighs] Then a couple weeks ago,
in front of y'all,

I don't know what the hell happened,

but I feel like...
I let two of my kids down.

[Chad] You-You didn't.

It's not lost on me that
that's where your trouble started.

You shouldn't have been a part of that,

between... Wendy and me.

I... I'm sorry.

[football thwacking]

Well, I'm...

I'm sorry I didn't
come visit the hospital.

Or if I did better
in the interviews, maybe...

-No, no.
-...none of this would've happened.

None of this is your fault!

You got it? None of it.

[exhales]

You saved my life, son.

[♪ sentimental music playing]

[football thwacks]

My mom was who I played catch with.

Really?

Yeah, she was the football parent.

♪♪

Drove me to practice and all the...

Anyway, she, uh... she died.

She died of cancer.

Not asbestos cancer,
just regular... cancer.

And, uh... well, I think it,

I think it probably
messed me up a... a bit.

You think she'd be proud
of the, the man you've become?

[ball thwacks]

Sort of doubt it.

Why?

I don't really think
I'm that good of a person...

but, um...

I'm trying to get better.

-Chad.
-Yeah?

I think that's the most
normal thing you've ever said.

[ball thwacking]

[chuckles]

-[Coach Hudson] Ooh!
-[Chad] Oh. My bad.

[♪ "LIKE THAT" by Kalisway plays on phone]

♪ Like that, like that, like that ♪

-♪ Two peas in a pod, that a*s for real ♪
-[doorbell chiming]

♪ Like that, like that, like that ♪

♪ You badder than a--, come let me feel ♪

-♪ Like that-- ♪
-[♪ music cuts off]

[door creaks]

This could've been a phone call.

I wanna see the Batcave.

This is creepy.

[Danny] Are you scared?

[Ricky] Of a basement
where two men cook skin

for one of them to wear?

-Yes.
-[♪ rock music playing over radio]

Hey.

Hey. [sighs]

Can you tell us what
the coaches said already?

Uh, yeah, so whatever you talked
to my dad about, it worked.

He told everybody to stand down.

-Really?
-[Ricky] Yeah, really.

He even told Dobbs
to stop calling you I Am Sam.

-Wow.
-Well, just to your face.

He negotiated that he can
still say it behind your back.

So, no ambushes, no house visits?

Coach said that, uh, he may not know
exactly what Chad's been dealing with,

but that he learned
something more important.

Which is what?

That Chad's a real person.

[Danny] Incredible.

This is exactly the sort of thing

you'd wanna celebrate...
by going to a party.

We should go to the bye week party.

What do you think?

It's a risk, but...

I don't know,
so is n-none of your teammates liking you.

[♪ rock music continues over radio]

Maybe you should go.

[softly] Thank you, b*tch.

I'll think about it.

[Danny] Okay, you do that,

but I needed to start getting ready,
like, two hours ago.

[footsteps clomping]

[♪ rock music continues]

Thank you... for saving my a*s again.

Just doing my part to avoid
the worst scandal in sports history.

And to win a national championship.

You don't think we can win with Gerry?

Speaking of, you need
to put in some time there.

You need to get him back on Chad's side.

I know. [sighs]

And you need to maintain
this relationship with my dad.

I know. And [sighs] I gotta cook
next week's noses,

I gotta wash the wigs,

bulk order mustaches...
and get us to playoffs.

You know what?

I might be in over my head.

I was, uh, watching some...

some of your old tape...

some Russ Holliday highlights.

You were really good.
Really, really good.

It sucks what happened to you.

I mean, it didn't happen to me.

Oh, wow, so evolved.

Is that thanks to Chad?

Maybe.

Or maybe some coach
finally figured me out.

Dobbs.

Yeah, Dobbs.

You know how dangerous this is for me
to be at any player's house?

But this house...

your house?

So why are you here?

I don't know.

[Danny]
Russ, am I doing my eyes or not?

[chuckles]

Um, I gotta go...

and sounds like
you gotta get into character.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay... have fun.

-Not a lot of fun, but...
-[Russ chuckles]

[footsteps clomping]

[♪ upbeat rock music playing]

Hey, Coach, do you wanna
come over tomorrow night?

♪♪

Like, watch... tape.
Like, just old Russ tape.

Like, thought it may be good for the team.

Good for the team?

Yeah... good for the team.

♪♪

Okay.

Okay.

Uh, see you tomorrow night then...

Russ.

[♪ sentimental music playing]

Well?

[♪ "Where I Be At"
by Rich Regardless Rique playing]

[partygoers chattering]

♪♪

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.

[Tricia] Whiskers, I haven't missed
a bye week party

in 20 years, so now
listen to me, listen to me.

So, the thing, the thing
that you gotta understand

-about the chicken business, okay...
-Mm-hmm.

-...is that it's really tech business.
-Mm.

-Yes, that makes total sense.
-Right, so hatching.

[stammers]
Hatching an egg is technology.

-Technology, yes, yes.
-Right.

-Yes.
-You see me, don't you?

[Danny]
Do you have any drugs?

Yeah!

[♪ "I Like It, I Love It"
by Tim McGraw playing]

-♪ My long-lost buddies ♪
-Woo!

♪ Say I'm getting in too deep ♪

♪ But I like it, I love it ♪

-[whistling]
-♪ I want some more of it ♪

♪ I try so hard, I can't rise above it ♪

♪ Don't know what it is
'bout that little gal's lovin' ♪

♪ But I like it, I love it,
I want some more of it ♪

-[♪ "Badd" by Ying Yang Twins playing]
-[Chad singing along]

♪ Cute face, little waist,
with a big behind ♪

♪ I need a dime, that's top of the line ♪

♪ Cute face, little waist,
with a big behind ♪

♪ You want that money
then you gotta be a... ♪

[all] ♪ Badd b*tch ♪

♪ Shake that a*s for the tip if you a... ♪

[all] ♪ Badd b*tch ♪

♪ Drop it down to the floor if you a... ♪

[all] ♪ Badd b*tch ♪

♪ Aw nah, she ain't a h*, she just a... ♪

[all] ♪ Badd b*tch ♪

-[all cheering]
-Hell yeah, Chad!

[all] [chanting]
Go Chad, go Chad, go Chad!

Ayyy!

-[♪ upbeat rock music playing]
-Chad!

Oh, hell, sorry.

-Hey.
-Hi.

What, uh, where are we going?

It's tradition.

Cheer captain always sleeps
with the starting QB.

Oh, well, not all traditions are good.

Like, dueling or, or geishas...

Okay, shh.
I like this one, okay?

-Oh. Um, I'm-I'm sorry. Whoa.
-Chad!

Um, the f*ck is wrong
with you, you freak?

I have a girlfriend.

-I'm a taken man.
-Hold on, player, hold on, player.

Step into my office, man.

Who the f*ck you dating, Chad?

-Mm, mm, mm, mm.
-[crowd chattering]

Chad Powers has a girlfriend?

How am I just learning about this?

Where's Danny?

He's upstairs with some
gorgeous young stud.

Who are you sticking, son?

Who's making that little
Doberman tail wag?

Well, she, uh...

I-I met her when I was working,

you know, I just started liking her,

and I'm not even sure she likes me back.

But that's your girlfriend?

Well, she... I-I call her my girlfriend,
like, you know,

"What's up, girlfriend?"

You know, like, how y'all say it?

Like... Black people.

Well, I'm gonna go out back
and text her.

Ooh, maybe send her a nude.
[chuckles]

[crowd chattering]

So, what's up with you?

What you doing?

Oh, young man...

you could not even handle this a*s.

And my helicopter's here.

-[cigarette sizzles]
-Beep-boop!

Now that's a badd b*tch.

[♪ upbeat rap music playing]

[phone keyboard tapping]

[message bloops]

[commentator] [on laptop]
...again another recurring issue.

They continue to give up
too much yardage...

[cell phone chimes]

[crickets chirping]

[message bloops]

♪♪

[partygoers chattering]

♪♪

[crowd cheering over laptop]

[♪ light music playing]

[phone keyboard tapping]

Gerry... hey.

When'd you get here?

Long time before you.

What, did ya set up or...

I know your secret, Chad.

[♪ ominous music playing]

Wha-What secret?

Crazy part is I... I went
over there to forgive you.

I wanted to forgive you.

I wanted us to be like brothers again.

♪♪

You should go home, Gerry.

You had a lot to drink.

I know you're having
an affair with Coach Ricky.

♪♪

I saw her leaving your house today.
It all makes sense now.

You and Coach Ricky are doing sex,
and that's why she's protecting you.

That's why you can break every rule,
and it doesn't matter.

-You're acting crazy.
-Report it to the school or I will.

-There's nothing to report.
-Stop lying!

You are a liar, and Coach Ricky is a sl*t.

-[Chad grunts]
-[glass shatters]

[♪ tense music playing]

[Gerry screaming]

[grunting]

-[Gerry screaming]
-[♪ tense music continues]

-Go help them!
-Me?!

-[police siren wailing]
-[♪ tense music stops]

[sighs]

[indistinct police radio chatter]

Hey, Officer,

I'm not sure if you saw my face,

but... I'm Chad Powers.

Catfish quarterback.

[door opens]

Hmm.

[car door slams]

[Coach Hudson] Hey, Tom...

thanks for the heads up, buddy.

[Officer Tom]
Eh, just boys being boys.

[Coach Hudson] Mm-hmm.
Tickets will be at will call.

[Officer Tom] Appreciate that.

[Gerry sniffling]

-[Gerry crying]
-Look at me.

Look at me.

If you tell him anything about Ricky...

I will f*ck you up.

[engine rumbling]

I'm up on the right.

-[Coach Hudson] You live at a dry cleaner?
-[Gerry] In the upstairs part.

It's not open anymore.

The owners shot each other.

Coach, before I go,
I should show you something.

Chad and Coach Ricky
are in an unclean relationship.

Excuse me?

I saw her leaving his house tonight.
You can see right there.

Sh-She's smiling right there.

You can see, she probably
just had an orgasm.

[♪ tense music playing]

I had Ricky go over to Chad's.

I had her quiz him... on the new schemes.

It's bye week, keep him on his toes.

Coach was following my orders.

She was doing her job.

You understand?

Yes-Yes, sir.
[softly] I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

[door slams]

[Coach Hudson] Gerry?

Don't ever f*cking take
a picture of my daughter again.

-Yes, sir.
-Ever!

Yes, sir.

[truck engine revving]

Coach, uh... me and Ricky,
we're just friends.

I respect her a lot.

But nothing has happened, I promise.

Chad?

-Yeah.
-Shut up.

♪♪

How far is your place from here?

'Bout half a mile.

Then I think you better walk.

♪♪

♪♪

-[engine revving]
-[tires squeal]

♪♪

[alarm ringing]

[ringing continues]

[exhales]

[door creaking]

We're not knocking now?

Why were you at Chad's house yesterday?

[scoffs]

Good morning to you too.
We were just watching tape.

At his house?

Come on.

Wait, what the f*ck?

Powers tell you what happened last night?

[scoffs]

Gerry took a picture of me?

This is all a lie.

-Is it?
-Yes, Dad.

Yes. Me-- [sighs]

No, it's not, it's not
whatever you're thinking.

Doesn't matter what I think, Erica.

What matters is what it looks like.

What does it look like?

It looks like you
and Powers got too close.

[Ricky] Oh, my God.

That you crossed the line with a player,

it went sideways, and that's why
he's been off the rails.

This is f*cking misogynistic bullshit.
It's 'cause I'm a woman.

Of course, it's because you're a woman!

A woman who is employed at a school

that coaches college kids.

You could lose everything
you've worked for.

Come on!

And I don't care if Powers is almost 30
or whatever the f*ck.

Now, I know you aren't just
going over there watching tape

with our starter without telling anyone.

So, if that's not why you were over there,
then why were you?

[sighs shakily]

[door slams]

[phone ringing]

[normal voice] Hey. Hi.

[stammers] Did you get my text?

[Ricky sighs]

Ricky?

[Ricky] Yeah.

Yeah, I just talked to my dad.

Well, I'm gonna talk to him too.

I'm gonna talk to him and tell him
we are friends, you know.

-We're good friends, and--
-Russ.

Yeah.

I don't think I can be your friend.

[♪ melancholy music playing]

I have to go. I'll see you at practice.

[call ends]

[sniffles]

♪♪

♪♪

[♪ music fades out]

[♪ fanfare]