01x07 - Romantic Literature

[bunniefuu]

You were spying on me.

Don't make me hate you.

I'll have no one left.

[dramatic music playing]

Chris, I'm sorry, you are suspended.

If you think I'm missing prom...

Seth?

[newscaster] The suicide
of a high school teacher

has rocked the town of Chamberlain.

What did you do?

-You k*lled him! You f*cking k*lled him!
-Ow!

Carrie's mom agreed to re-enrollment

if you're willing to apologize.

[Margaret] Publicly.

If I get expelled,
you will destroy my life.

Expelled!

[overlapping shouting]

You need to repent.

Because things are gonna change.

[gentle music playing]

[Adelaide] As long as there have been
women with powers,

there has also been the question
of how to deal with them.

A question that always starts at home

with the people who are
supposed to love them the most.

Amanda was a single mother
who didn't know her daughter was gifted,

but it's amazing
how fast a child can change.

And how quickly love

-[girl crying]
-Can turn into fear.

[sighs]

Hey, baby.

Did you have a bad dream?

I can't wake up.

-What?
-Momma,

I can't wake up.

Baby.

Honey?

-[eerie, suspenseful music playing]
-[door opens]

Honey?

Uh...

Oh... Oh...

It's okay, I got you. [crying]

[girl] I can't wake up.

-Momma.
-[gasps]

[Adelaide] Like so many mothers
before her,

-Amanda now faced an impossible question.
-[girl] You're squishing me.

[Adelaide] How can you love someone
when you fear them so much?

-[girl] Momma!
-[Adelaide] And how far would you go

-[girl screams]
-To protect them from themselves?

[mother crying]

[somber, dramatic music playing]

[newswoman] School administrators
at the embattled Ewen High School

are still under fire
weeks after a protest over

-online bullying turned violent.
-[deputy] Never seen anything like it.

In cities, maybe. Not here.

[woman] He's in the back of an ambulance
with a dislocated shoulder

and a broken nose.
I mean, the people who run this place

are a disgrace.

[male student] It's been building
for weeks.

Everyone's all like,
"How could we have seen this coming?"

It's like, "How could you not?"

And I think we need to do something

about this horrible, horrible

crime that's taking over our society.

[newswoman] The school now faces

multiple lawsuits from parents of students

on both sides of the scandal, in which

students and teachers were targeted by

a malicious social media account.

Peter Morton,
the school's guidance counselor,

has reportedly resigned over the riot,

while remaining administrators

weigh whether to cancel
Ewen's annual senior prom.

As consequences mount,
the two loudest voices in the conflict

remain notably absent.

John Hargensen, father of the student

expelled for creating the now

infamous @CarrieRed account,

has been arrested on unrelated charges

of embezzlement from his law firm.

While Margaret White... an outspoken

parents' rights activist,
social media star, and mother

of the scandal's most prominent victim...

has gone silent.

As the dust settles, one question remains

on the lips of students,
parents and faculty alike:

How to move forward?

[♪ Sarah Kinsley sings "Truth Of Pursuit"]

♪ If only, baby ♪

♪ you were mine ♪

♪ I think about it almost every night...

Sorry for the mess.
We weren't expecting company.

-Uh, honey?
-No, thank you. And a little mess is fine.

It's-it's nice, actually.

Well, we just figured it was time,
right, Mom?

-To let the outside world in a little bit.
-Hm.

And work?

Have things calmed down there
for you, Margaret?

[Carrie] Yes. A new manager.

Better hours.
You said you're back on register, right?

That's right.

[Piper] That's wonderful.

After all that you two have been through,

it's-it's good to see you both

thriving like this.

♪ Oh, I want to feel alive ♪

♪ like I did ♪

-You take care now, Carrie.
-You too.

-Uh, see you soon.
-[Piper] You bet.

[door closes]

[Carrie] She's a nice lady, isn't she?

Don't know why you were so down on her.

[eerie, unsettling music playing]

[door closes]

[♪ Haute & Freddy sings
"Dance The Pain Away"]

♪ Silent night in the city lights ♪

♪ Cars in the rain ♪

♪ My heartbeat and the highway noise ♪

♪ all sound the same...

-Have you seen her lately?
-Last I heard,

she was living in a trailer
with her boyfriend.

-So sad.
-[school bell rings]

All right, that's the bell. Break it up.

You heard Mrs. Kiddie Fiddler.
Get to class, everyone.

♪ Has it been a while ♪

♪ since you really let go? ♪

♪ What's in your heart? ♪

♪ What's in your way? ♪

♪ Why don't we dance the pain ♪

♪ dance the pain away? ♪

♪ For once in your life ♪

♪ don't run away ♪

♪ Why don't we dance the pain ♪

♪ dance the pain away? ♪

[buzzer sounds]

How's your mother?

And the as*h*le?

I bet he's loving this, huh? [scoffs]

How about you?

How is life at Kent's house, anyway?

You getting by okay with him
and that f*cked-up kid of his?

[chuckling] I-I can't believe

that she was really banging that teacher.

Wow. Maybe I can. I don't know.

Did you do it?

This is a political prosecution, Chris.

I'm telling you,
I'm gonna be out of here any day now,

and I am gonna take care of you.

-Okay.
-Okay.

Good.

Good. Oh, um,

since you're here, I, um...

[chuckles] It's-it's...

I-I got this mix-up
with my commissary account.

Um, I'm running a little bit low.

And I was hoping you could ask your mom

to maybe top me off a little bit?

Just a few hundred bucks.

Or if she won't...

maybe, uh, you could help your dad out
a little bit, hm?

Just a couple hundred bucks.

[indistinct chatter]

You know you don't
have to sit with me, right?

You can sit with your friends.

We are friends.

How you been?

Good. Um...

Better.

I mean, it... it feels like
I can breathe again

for the first time in a while.

I mean, the world is a lot brighter place
post Carrie Red.

I'm really glad you got some peace.

So, you've been hanging out
with Sue a lot, I guess.

Yeah, she's been, um...

she's great.

I just wanted to ask you...

how's she doing? Is she doing okay?

Yeah. Um...

yeah, no, I... I think so.

Good. That's good.

[Tina] Hi, Tommy.

-What's happening?
-Shh...

[♪ The Math Club sings "Again"]

[Tina] Tommy Ross,

we have been dancing
around this for years.

I think it's time we stop dancing

and start... dancing.

♪ Can't help that
I really want to touch you ♪

♪ the way I do ♪

♪ My body making movements that ♪

♪ my mind didn't tell it to ♪

♪ One time, two times, three times,
I can't get enough of you ♪

♪ Don't care if you're bad for me...

"Porm"?

♪ So we on and off...

[Tina] Oh, f*ck's sake.

-Reset, you f*cking loons.
-[music stops]

Tina.

-No.
-Do you guys have f*cking bird brains?

Get the f*ck out of here.
Go back to your f*cking nest.

Okay, let's talk business.

Now that Chris is gone,
I'm next in line for prom queen. I mean,

it'd probably go to Sue,
but she says she's not even going,

so if I'm gonna lock down these votes,

I need a king.

The king. And together, we...

we got this in the bag. [chuckles]

So?

Prom's not even happening.

Okay, well, we don't know that,
because tribunal's tomorrow...

Even if It does, I'm not going either.

She broke up with you weeks ago.

-You got to move on, man.
-Find someone else.

-Tommy...
-Tina.

Find someone else.

Whatever, whack shack. Your loss.

Walk!

Stop reading.
You're never gonna graduate.

Hi. Are you...

Maggie Red? Amanda.

Um, thank you for meeting me.
I wasn't sure that you'd come.

-These message boards are so full of...
-Wackos.

-[short chuckle]
-Yeah, this was new for me once, too.

Do you want to start with a coffee?

And then you can walk me through it
from the beginning.

[dramatic music playing]

And I could feel her holding me...

without, um,

without touching me.

She was throwing me around like...

And now she's flaunting it in my face,

all hours of the day.

Oh, and she'll give me this look,

and I s... I swear

that I can feel an invisible hand

on my throat. Oh, God.

-I know how this sounds.
-It sounds familiar.

I believe you.

I always knew.

I talked myself out of it,

I really, I did. I can see that now, but...

No, a mother knows.

What do you...

know about telekinesis?

Um...

I...

I read, uh, about that online.

I've been doing research ever sin...
Well, that's how I found you.

I am-I am just a tiny player
in all of this,

and-and...

I have seen 200 cases.

Easy. Like, all girls,

most early teens,
and a whole spectrum of...

Well, it's a spectrum, like anything else.

But how is that po-possible?

I mean, people would know.
There'd be reports.

No, not if they own the media.

Since the beginning of time,

cases like these have been isolated.

You know? It wasn't until the Internet,

till the world got connected,

that they started organizing.

But we started finding each other, too.

And what you're doing right now...

asking for help.

It's so brave.

They want you to doubt.

They have designed this entire world

to keep themselves a secret.

Yeah, we're talking about the government?

Oh, God, no.
The government's a flaccid little...

No, no, no. I'm-I'm-I'm...

I'm talking about the Others.

Others?

The-the ones like your daughter.

They seek each other out.

They form groups, cults, terror cells.

Covens, really, and you better believe

that they are sniffing around her already.

Which is why we need each other.
We stick together.

We take control of the situation.

But how do I do that?

I am a...

I'm a prisoner in my own home.
She does whatever she wants,

and I'm not in...

I'm not in control of anything anymore,

and I just... want...

I just want my little girl back.

I just want things to go back, go back
to the way that they were before.

-I know.
-So how do I do that?

How do I-how do I fix it?

How do I take care of her?

It's hard.

Whatever we use, it-it...

it has to be fast enough
that she can't react,

or subtle enough
she doesn't know it's happening.

I wasn't fast enough with mine,

but her-her power
was different than yours.

And I've learned.

Poison's... poison's good.

Something to the back of the head
is-is best.

The key is to make sure that
they don't have a chance to retaliate.

But... drowning?

Stabbing? Oh, God. I mean, g*ns are good.

But if your hand shakes, if you hesitate,

if it-it doesn't put them down,

anything that gives them
just the slightest...

slightest bit of consciousness,
and they can k*ll you with a thought.

And that hesitation...

[sighs]

It is the hesitation that gets you.

Every time.

Which is why we step in.

We take that off the table for you.

I'm sorry.

I... I made-I made a mistake.

Wait, wait.

It doesn't have to be you, Margaret,

-but it does have to be done.
-[entry bell jingles]

-[door closes]
-[entry bell jingles]

[Desjardin] You know,
I envy you a little bit.

Not having to come here every day.

I mean, no teen B.O.

or incomprehensible slang. [chuckles]

Sorry. I'm just trying to...

Somebody's got to take the fall.

-The mediation was my idea.
-I'm, uh,

thinking about

not coming back next semester.

I mean...

I can hardly face them.

The students.

After Seth and the riots,

I mean, I... How can I, how can I

teach them if I can't even trust my own...

I'm gonna tell Grayle that he needs
to find another chaperone for prom.

If there even is one.

And then that's it. I'm done. I'm out.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

[Grayle] Need any help?

[Morton] Uh, just...

just about finished.

I'll be out of your way in no time.

You're not in my way, Peter.

[Morton] Don't you worry
about it, boss. [sighs]

It's really all good.

"Life is made of so many partings

welded together."

Good luck, Rita.

-It's not right.
-I know. It's not my choice.

-He chose to resign.
-I mean,

they just needed a scapegoat.
I'll never understand that.

I don't like it either,

but don't pretend
like you don't understand.

You're quitting, too, right?

[♪ Drelli & Khary sing "Fancy"]

♪ Ayy, hate me
a sentimental m*therf*cker...

Hey, you need a ride?

Oh, uh, I'm okay.

Aw, come on.

♪ All night, y'all got to chill
with this sh..., brand-new ♪

-[♪ JayWood sings "Assumptions"]
-♪ on the sunny side, I got an attitude...

So... can I ask you...

are-are you and Sue

really not getting back together?

I-I mean, it's just, she's so great,

and-and you're so great.

♪ I'm in a conversation...

I'm-I'm sorry.
No, that's none of my business.

Oh, it's fine.

♪ I got big ideas...

Got to see if I can sell my prom tickets.

If prom's even happening, I mean.

But you're really not going?

I mean, it just, it sounds like...

What is it like?

You dress up, you dance.

They're fun.

Sure. They're fun.

♪ Just trying to be here,
so the place don't stop, hi...

You should come.

You want to know what it's like.
I have an extra ticket.

But I'm a sophomore.

Yeah, but I mean, seniors can bring
whoever they want as a date.

-A date?
-Not like a...

People go with friends, in groups.

It's not a big deal,
and it doesn't have to be.

I...

It's a bad idea.
People don't want to see me there.

We'll have fun.

I'll get you the little flower thing
and everything.

I'm serious. After the year you've had,
you should have something good.

♪ Outside now ♪

♪ don't try to figure me outside now...

[chuckles] Sorry. I wasn't trying to

put you on the spot. I just...

thought you'd have fun.

♪ I'm the captain, I'm gonna send you off,
we eastbound ♪

♪ I'm yo daddy, I'm-a teach you how...

I'll think about it.

[Margaret] What did you say?

A boy asked me to prom.

What boy?

Tommy Ross.

Well, he gave me a ride home,
and it sort of just happened.

[sighs]

I'd hoped you'd be happy for me.

Happy about what, Carietta?

What do you think that this boy

could possibly want from you?

It's just a dance.

Oh, it's just a dance, of course,

like that riot was just a mediation.

-They have nothing to do with each other.
-What if it is another trick?

-Think, Carrie.
-Th-This is a good thing.

-Do you think that he likes you?
-Maybe he's the only

good thing that has happened to me

-since Dad died.
-This is just another setup.

They are all gonna laugh at...

[dramatic music plays]

I haven't decided yet.

I have to think about it.

And what if I say no?

[handle knocking]

Hey.

-[Kent] Who is it?
-[Madison] Uh, just a second, hon.

Oh my God, really?

Not even gonna let me in?

Brooklyn's sleeping.

Well, I just came
for the rest of my clothes.

How are you doing? Where are you staying?

And don't say Sue's,
'cause I called her mom.

I'm 18. I can stay where I want.

You're right.

But if-if you want,
if you even need, or to stay here...

I don't.

You always, always have a place with me.

It would take work

and-and therapy

and a longer conversation
with Brooklyn and Kent,

and we-we all just, we want to understand

why you did what you did.

And then, maybe...

Maybe?

I mean, you did a lot of damage.
It's-it's not gonna go away overnight,

but if I can face up to my mistakes...

then you can face up to yours.

I'm in your corner.

I just want my clothes.

Okay, I'll go get them.

[indistinct chatter]

This is it, people. They will pry prom

from my cold, dead hands.
If you're not already here,

get your a*s over to the gym ASAP.

It's assembly time, b*tches.

[Grayle] Thank you, everyone.
Have a seat. Thank you so much.

Tonight is, it's-it's informal, right?
You're gonna stand,

uh, you're gonna wait till somebody
acknowledges you,

you're gonna say your piece.

Be respectful. I have another ask as well,

please be kind, too.

"Respectful" and "professional"
and "civil"...

all these words get their due, but

I don't think enough people

think about, uh, "kind."

So, that is my ask.

Can we just do that?

Please?

Uh, okay,

our issue tonight is the senior prom.

We would like your opinions,

your concerns before

we make our final decision.
[clears throat]

Uh, yes, sir?

I'm not letting my kid anywhere near
an event supervised by you.

She's still healing
from a compound fracture

from one of your last "assemblies."

Enough is enough. Cancel the damn thing.

Who's next? Yes, ma'am.

Please.

I don't want to punish anybody,

at least not without cause,

but I do think these kids need to know

-their actions have consequences.
-To give...

some kind of sense of normalcy,

I mean, I get that,
but can we really pretend

-that things are normal?
-The things that were said,

the potential for things to get volatile.
[sighs]

Emotions are high.

A quiet end to the year

might be the best thing
that everyone could hope for.

As the great American poet
Maya Angelou said,

"When people tell you who they are,

believe them."

And believe me when I tell you

I deserve to go to prom.

We all deserve to go to prom.

I mean, after all the sh*t... Sorry.

All the stuff

we've had to put up with,

I mean, honestly,

it's the least you could all do.

Thank you.

Very interesting use
of the poet Maya Angelou.

Anyone else?

[Margaret] I would like to say something.

As someone who was quite close

to some of the recent problems,

I... I understand if some of you

would rather not hear from me tonight.

If it puts your mind at ease,
I'm not here to name names

or to cause a scene.

I'm here as a mother,
to make a plea on her behalf,

because first and foremost,

that-that is what I am. I'm...

I'm still your mother.

Kids...

they don't stay kids for very long.

And we love them,
and we try to protect them,

and every one of us, I'm sure,

at some point, has wondered

if maybe we have created a monster.

When did we start rewarding bad behavior

instead of correcting it?

What kind of future are we building?

What message are we sending?

It wasn't just one student
who was responsible

for what happened at this school.

Everybody played a part.

Including my daughter.

She showed me that
she was capable of things that I...

could not... could not imagine.

And I can't...

pretend to relate.

And maybe I shouldn't.

Because it is not my job to be her friend.

It is my job to raise her,

to teach her that
actions have consequences.

And I know, I know
that this will not be popular.

In fact, my daughter, um,

a sophomore, was invited to this dance

by an older boy, a senior.

-I can't speak to what his intentions are.
-[Tommy] My intentions...

My intentions were
just to take her to a dance.

That's all.

-[mouthing]
-[Margaret] Even so,

this graduating class

has shown themselves

to be dangerous,

out of control, and now we have a choice.

Do we reward that behavior

or do we correct it?

It falls to us, as parents.

The greatest protection

that we can give them, the greatest love

that we can show them is a firm hand

and a safe home.

Because when that world out there,
it fails them... and it will...

that is where we're gonna
welcome them back.

So, please, I'm asking you,

I am-I am begging you...

if you love your kids...

the way I love mine,

then help me,

help me keep them home.

[Grayle] All right.

Thank you, Mrs. White.

Perhaps exercising caution,

-in this moment, is...
-[Carrie] Excuse me.

Yes, uh... Carrie White.

Is there something you would like to add?

Um...

Yes.

Um...

I don't want to see anybody get hurt.

After the riot,
that-that's all I can think about.

But...

that's why this...

this stupid dance

is so important.

It's... it's just,

it's a chance for us to be better.

To-to celebrate something

and-and to get dressed up

and look past things as they are

and just see how they could be.

Just for one night.

And we're not gonna forget

the ways that we hurt each other, but...

if we could all just

agree to try

and-and put in the effort,

we could give each other

something else to look back on.

How do we want to remember each other?

As screaming faces in a parking lot?

Or as the people that,

for one night,

just showed up

as their best selves?

[gentle music playing]

[Grayle] Thank you, Miss White.

Well, I guess, uh,
the best thing to do is

a show of hands, I suppose.

All those in favor of moving forward

with this year's senior prom,

just, uh, raise your hand.

Okay. Thank you.

Uh, all those now opposed?

Thank you.

Seniors and invited guests,

we look forward to hosting you

at this year's senior prom.

[cheering]

[Chris] That weird little b*tch.

She acts like she doesn't know sh*t,
but here she is,

giving f*cking speeches

and going to prom with the hottest guy

in school, while I'm sitting
in a f*cking trailer

full of f*cking vermin.

She stole my f*cking life!

Okay! Just f*cking stop screaming. sh*t.

I'm supposed to be there.
I'm supposed to be

the f*cking prom queen,

with a king on my arm
and my best friend...

Bloody Carrie Red just bumbles her way in

like a gross, stupid...

f*cking pig...

and now she's their hero?

So, what? Are you gonna...

cry about it?

No.

I want blood.

[♪ Lana Del Rey sings "Did You Know
That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd"]

♪ Did you know that there's a tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ Mosaic ceilings ♪

♪ painted tiles on the wall ♪

♪ I can't help but feel someone like ♪

♪ my body marred my soul ♪

♪ Handmade beauty ♪

♪ sealed up by two man-made walls ♪

♪ And I'm like ♪

♪ when's it gonna be my turn? ♪

♪ When's it gonna be my turn? ♪

♪ Open me up ♪

♪ tell me you like it ♪

♪ f*ck me to death ♪

♪ love me until ♪

♪ I love myself ♪

♪ There's a tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ There's a tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ There's a girl that sings ♪

♪ "Hotel California..."

How many times can we do this?

As many times as we want.

♪ The notes or sounds...

[Chris] Good.

She has to win.

Let's crown the prom queen.

♪ A world preserved ♪

♪ only a few have found the door ♪

♪ It's like Camarillo,
only silver mirrors ♪

♪ running down the corridor ♪

♪ Oh, man ♪

♪ When's it gonna be my turn? ♪

♪ Don't forget me ♪

♪ When it's gonna be my turn? ♪

♪ Open me up, tell me you like me ♪

♪ f*ck me to death ♪

♪ love me until I love myself ♪

♪ There's a tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ Don't forget me ♪

♪ There's a tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ Harry Nilsson has a song ♪

♪ His voice breaks at 2:05 ♪

♪ Something about the way he says ♪

♪ "Don't forget me" ♪

♪ makes me feel like...

[pig squealing]

-[thunk]
-[squealing stops]

-♪ I just wish I had a friend like him ♪
-[pig squeals]

-♪ someone to give me five ♪
-[thunk]

♪ Leaning in my back,
whispering in my ear ♪

♪ "Come on, baby, you can drive" ♪

♪ But I can't ♪

♪ When's it gonna be my turn? ♪

♪ Don't forget me ♪

♪ When's it gonna be my turn? ♪

♪ Open me up ♪

♪ tell me you like it ♪

♪ f*ck me to death ♪

♪ love me until I love myself ♪

♪ There's a tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ Don't forget me ♪

♪ like the tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ Don't forget me ♪

♪ like the tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

♪ Don't forget me ♪

♪ like the tunnel ♪

♪ under Ocean Boulevard ♪

-[♪ Beza sings "Oh My My My"]
-♪ Oh, my, my, my ♪

♪ Got me feeling so fly,
like I'm touching the sky ♪

♪ Oh, my, my, my ♪

♪ Got me shining so bright,
like a million lights ♪

♪ Oh, my, my, my...

-Uh, you want something to drink?
-Sure.

I'll be back.

♪ Oh, my, my, my ♪

♪ Got me feeling so fly,
so fly, so fly, so fly...

Carrie.

Tina.

You look... nice.

Did Tommy run off on you already?

He's getting punch.

Who'd you end up coming with?

No one.

Just here with my friends. [chuckles]

Well, have a good time.

I hope you win tonight.

I voted for you.

Really?

Yeah. I mean, it seemed like
you really wanted it,

so I hope you get it.

Thanks.

You do look nice, really.

You, too, Tina.

[engine idling]

[♪ Celebration Society
sings "View from the Top"]

♪ Ready or not, now we calling the shots ♪

♪ This is the view from the top ♪

♪ Heavenly, heavenly love, heavenly love ♪

♪ Running the show, taking control,
we coming in hot ♪

♪ This is the view from the top ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[♪ Phobez sings "Limelight"]

♪ I'm sorry, but I got to be frank ♪

♪ I ain't seeing any similarity in rank ♪

♪ How long did a person really take? ♪

♪ I'm-a take a trip to the bank
while I wait ♪

♪ For heaven's sake,
might as well just give it up ♪

♪ I got it in the bag,
all you had to little look ♪

♪ You a little calf,
I'm a strong, young buck ♪

♪ Leave you in the dust trying to get up
out the mud ♪

♪ Nothing ever getting in my way ♪

♪ every single second of the day ♪

♪ Memorizing, running my place...

[song continuing in distance]

Hey. What are you guys doing?

They'll sh*t a brick
if they see you in here.

Relax. We're about to give you
some real content for your channel.

Guaranteed viral.

Okay, but I'm kind of going viral anyways.

You're not gonna...

you're not gonna do anything to ruin...

Ruin what?

I'm nominated for prom queen.
It's my night.

You didn't win.

-I mean, we don't know who won.
-You weren't gonna win anyway.

It's okay, this is gonna be a lot better.

Thanks for getting the door.
Keep your mouth shut.

♪ Always on time,
always first in the line ♪

[woman 1 over TV] ...has not brought up
a word about it,

like, doesn't that seem secretive? Like...

No, I think you should show
a little compassion.

She just lost her best friend
in the house.

And he's being there for her,
he's being a good friend.

[overlapping chatter on TV]

[woman 1] I feel like this is the divide
between us.

-[woman 2] When you talk, let us talk.
-[overlapping arguing]

-[woman 1] But you also interrupted me.
-[woman 2] You should be like,

"I think that-that's a great...
that's great for him"

to be there and be comforting to somebody

"who's down and hurt right now."

[man] That's totally understandable.

You're in a situation,
you have two people here for you.

You get the best of both worlds.
We don't get that.

[woman 1] I think it's nice
that he's comforting, but also...

[man] Honestly, you're reading
too much to it.

[woman 1] Okay.

- [man] You're reading
- [woman 1] I think

-way too much into it.
-you guys are...

I think you guys are also,
like, attacking me.

sh*t.

-[♪ Nikki Era sings "Get To It"]
-♪ Yeah, let's get to it ♪

♪ Yeah, let's get to it ♪

♪ Yeah, let's get to it ♪

♪ Yeah, let's get to it ♪

♪ Watch me do it ♪

♪ I came to prove it ♪

♪ Yeah, let's get to it ♪

[♪ Haute & Freddy sing "In Your Eyes"]

Oh, um, that's

not exactly what I practiced.

Show me what you practiced.

Okay.

Um...

you step back.

And to the side.

Back.

[both laugh]

-I'm so bad.
-No, no, you're fine.

♪ Days pass...

You're getting it.

This is the waltz.

The waltz?

I've never waltzed before.

Well, you're doing it.

You're doing good. [laughs]

♪ When I want to run away...

You're a cool kid, Carrie White.

You're a cool kid, too.

Thanks for bringing me here.

I didn't ask you out of charity.

I asked 'cause you deserved it.

♪ I go, I come back to the place...

-Where'd you learn this?
-YouTube.

♪ All my instincts ♪

♪ they return...

[sighs] Well, this is nice.

-I'm glad we're doing it.
-Yeah, me too.

[Grayle] I am also really glad that

you changed your mind about chaperoning.

Me too.

You know, for what it's worth,
it's in your blood,

and I really hope we get to see you
again next year.

♪ In your eyes ♪

-♪ the light, the heat ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

-♪ I am complete ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

-♪ I see the doorway ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

-♪ To a thousand churches ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

-♪ The resolution ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

-♪ Of all the fruitless searches ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

♪ Oh, I see the light ♪

-♪ and the heat ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

♪ Oh, I want to be ♪

-♪ that complete ♪
-♪ In your eyes ♪

♪ I want to touch the light ♪

♪ the heat I see in your eyes...

Hey. I saw her earlier.

Do you recognize that woman
against the-the wall?

[Desjardin] No.

It's... Like, I know we have
a bunch of volunteers,

but I don't recognize her,
and she does not look

like she's dressed to chaperone a prom.

All right, Ewen.
The moment you've been waiting for.

To present this year's prom court,

please welcome your principal,
Mr. Henry Grayle.

-[cheering and applause]
-I hope it's not a reporter.

-Anything but a reporter, yeah?
-Yeah.

Hey.

[students whooping, cheering]

Let's hear it for DJ Shady Boy!

Hey!

Uh, ev-every year, about this time,
uh, I say pretty much

the same thing, "Hey, we made it."

But this year,

um, it's so real.

This year's been...

It's been tough, so I just want to say
I don't, I don't think

I could've made it without you,
so thank you so much.

-Thank you.
-[cheering]

Um, a big shout-out
to the prom planning committee

for their last-minute heroics, and
everyone who helped decorate this place.

It looks amazing, doesn't it?
I mean, look at it.

-[cheering]
-It's amazing.

Normally, I would

tear this thing open

and pretend to be surprised,

even though I'm the one
that stuffed the envelope.

But last night,
as I was printing up the results,

I couldn't help but think,

this year...

you got it right.

But tradition is tradition,

so, without further ado,

this year's prom king and queen are...

Tommy Ross and Carrie White.

[cheering]

[cheering and applause continue]

[cheering and applause continue]

Yeah! Your king.

Dare me.

[stifled laughing] f*ck.

What?

[girls giggling]

[students murmuring]

[students laughing]

[chatter grows louder]

[chatter, laughing grows louder]

-[objects crashing]
-[people screaming]

[screaming fades out]