01x02 - Get Bad

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

♪ Shock horror, you're stuck ♪

♪ Do you feel like
you suck? Yeah… ♪

- [student gasps]
- Clara!

This is ruined.

- I thought you might've learned by now.
- What's that supposed to mean?

I mean being careless
is dangerous.

Grace! Clara! What's going on?

She thinks it's my fault
Leila's in the hospital.

Well, you didn't catch her.

[teacher] Girls!

- What is wrong with you?
- All right, girls, that's enough.

What's wrong with me?!
Because everything's my fault?

[teacher] Calm down.

- Shall I get some help?
- Yes, uh, quickly! Go get somebody.

- [panting]
- Are you okay?

Deep breaths. It's Okay.

♪ Shock horror, you're stuck ♪

♪ Do you feel like
you suck? Yeah ♪

♪ Shock horror, you're stuck… ♪

[woman] Yes?

Hi, um, there's been a
huge fight in Room 308,

and, um, I've been
told to get help.

Okay, could you go
and get Mr. Malik?

- No, I've tried. He's not in his office.
- Oh.

[phone rings]

It's urgent! All
right, I'm coming.

Ms. Carson speaking.

Uh.

Yes, good morning.

I understand.

The accident was unfortunate.

Oh, the girl's still in hospital, but
thankfully I hear she's doing okay.

I can put this right.

♪ Still not making it… ♪

Okay.

Master key card…

♪ Still girls faking it ♪

♪ Hey, oh… ♪

Deep breaths.

Calm down. Calm down.

[panting]

- [boy] It's all right.
- Get some water.

♪ Shock horror, you're stuck ♪

♪ Do you feel like
you suck? Yeah… ♪

[teacher] Everything's
going to be okay.

♪ Shock horror, you're stuck ♪

♪ Do you feel like
you suck? Yeah… ♪

- Mr. Malik?
- Yes?

Could you check Room 308?

- Okay, sure.
- Apparently there's been an incident.

I do have some initial
ideas to run past you.

[teacher] Okay?

Deep breaths.

Deep breaths.

- [footsteps approaching]
- [gasps]

[Ms. Carson] Of course.

Of course.

Yes, I'll be there.

♪ You should've
got a better bed ♪

♪ Better for your head
Better heads need shut-eye ♪

♪ People, all the people With big
bellies banging bigger drums ♪

♪ They beat down on you They
beat the pulse into your shoes ♪

[Grace] Well, that
went wrong fast.

You don't get to write
the script next time.

"You didn't catch
her"? That was mean.

You're not even in
her stunt group.

- No one expected that of you.
- I expected it of me.

Besides, it worked.
Rumi got out.

Yeah, then it got
her locked back in.

Okay, first, we
need to rescue Rumi.

Then we steal the master key
card, get the CCTV of the hall,

and boom, we find out who's
tampered with Leila's water bottle.

Great.

How do we rescue Rumi?

[phone vibrates]

Leila's MRI results
are coming in.

You should head.

Okay.

But I know you'll fix this.

- I've got total faith in you.
- I wish I did.

[sighs]

- [knock on door]
- [Ms. Carson] Yeah?

Ms. Carson, can I
speak to you, please?

- It's quite important.
- [sighs]

Everything's important to you,
isn't it, Grace? Go on, then.

Have you heard of a website
called Anonymous Truth?

Vaguely.

It's where people post their
problems, secrets, scandals.

There are quite a few aimed at
Bannerman. They're not good.

What do you mean, not good?

Ugh, signal's bad.

- Might be better out here.
- What's the address? I'll just type it in.

You need to have the app.

[sighs]

[Grace] "The bullying at
Bannerman's getting worse."

"There's nowhere to
turn. No one cares."

[Ms. Carson] "Most days,
I dread coming to school."

"They laugh at me.
Call me names."

"I can't cope anymore."

- And all these are anonymous?
- Yeah.

If I'm going to be school president,
I'd like to do something about it.

Anyway, uh, I'd better go.

Thank you for taking the time.

[chuckles]

Yes!

- Good mood today.
- [Grace] Can I, like, high five you?

- You seem like a high-five kind of guy.
- Wow, your instincts are spot on!

[bell rings]

[Ms. Carson over P.A.] Rumi
Joshi, report to Mr. Malik

for failing to return to class.

[Clara] How are
you feeling today?

Same. I'm bored.

Ankle's k*lling me.

- [knock on door]
- Hi.

- [Leila] Hey, Reece.
- How are you feeling?

- [Leila] Um…
- [Reece] I'm worried about you.

Clara, you all right?

- Yeah. Hey.
- [Reece] Oh.

Here.

I got this for you.

- Ah. Hey, Reece.
- Yeah.

Well? What did the doctor say?

Well, she says it's good news

in that it's nothing more
than just a mild concussion.

But, um,

although the swelling's going down,
your ankle's still badly sprained,

so you're going to have to
stay off it for a while.

- Quite a while.
- But I can't.

What about cheer?

This is my last chance, Dad,

to help win this for the
school, for your team.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

[sighs]

I'm so sorry, darling.

[beeps]

[indistinct chatter]

Which one's the mainframe?

It's so confusing. They
all look the same to me.

Stop.

Yeah, yeah, that one there.

The one with the sticker.

Um… Hi. [chuckles]

- I've to go. Good luck.
- [phone beeps]

Toilet detention too, huh?

What even is that?

Just like sitting around,
waiting for people to pee.

What are you in for?

Rainbow laces.

I knew this school was
strict, but not this strict.

Well, welcome to
Bannerman! [chuckles]

You're in for a treat.

[hand dryer blowing]

What are you listening to?

You know when someone
has headphones on,

it's usually a sign
they don't fancy a chat.

Oh.

I didn't know that. [chuckles]

Now you do.

Okay, but what if the other person,
the non-headphone-wearing person,

thinks that silence
is the absolute worst?

Then I guess they annoy
me into submission.

Hmm.

Wolf Alice, second album.

Wow.

Even when you do talk, you
expend, like, zero energy on it.

I don't like unnecessary words.

I love unnecessary words.

- I got that.
- [Rumi laughs]

We should do some work.

And one's blocked.

Oh.

[bell rings]

So, this is Project L,

- AKA, Project Leila.
- [chuckles]

[phone chimes]

- Retro!
- [Grace chuckles]

So, for the past few months,

someone, let's call them X…

X? Really?

I mean, can't we
go bigger, like…

like Evil Demon Monster?
Or… or Invisible Rage Being?

X targeted May with bullying
notes in her locker.

Last Friday, Leila
also received a note

threatening her not to go ahead
with the cheer performance.

Clara said that she
saw Leila looking faint

right before she fell from
the top of the pyramid.

And now Leila's water
bottle is missing.

Our task is to figure
out who messed with it,

who could've hurt Leila,

and why.

Are we meant to be taking notes?

So, suspects. Anyone
with a motive,

someone who hated Leila, someone
who was jealous of Leila?

Great work.

[phone chimes]

[sighs]

Okay…

Nothing's happening here.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

This has just

got to work.

Did you talk to
Leila about the note?

She doesn't need that right now.

Wait, who's that?

Viola? Pause it.

Yep.

Viola.

What is she doing?

Move.

Viola did make that comment

about Leila only being
flyer because of Dad.

Yeah, but May's her friend.

Is she really cruel
enough to bully her?

What next?

We get Viola to confess.

On camera.

Oh, sorry, excuse me! Excuse me!

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[panting] Sorry! Sorry!

Although, you won't be mad at
me for being late when you see

what I ordered for us.

Whew!

Pen camera.

- Sunglasses.
- Sunglasses?!

Mm-hm.

Okay, wait for it.

You're going to love this. Okay.

- Okay.
- [Grace] What's going on?

- You're recording me?
- Oh!

[Rumi] And check this out.

A stone?

It's… It's a spy camera.

For Viola's confession.

You are the best kind of weirdo.

[laughs]

- [sighs]
- [sighs]

Right, DGM,

- let's do this.
- [chuckles]

[indistinct chatter]

♪ Speaking in riddles ♪

♪ Cutting the light
outta my eyes ♪

♪ Caught in the middle ♪

♪ What'd you find buried alive ♪

♪ Deep in the temple? ♪

Have you got a sec?

Um, okay.

None of this makes sense to me.

I feel like Leila's
blaming me for her fall.

[Viola] Oh, that's a shame.

[Clara] But she's
been so weird lately.

I don't know. Tell me if
this sounds crazy, but

do you think she was
on form the other day?

Well, clearly not.

[whispers] She fell.

She found it hard.

Extra training,
last-minute pressure.

Maybe someone else
should've been flyer.

Well, I guess she was just
lucky to have your dad.

Sorry?

Oh, come on.

No offense, but it's not like anyone
else can have a shot with you guys there.

Did you want to be point flyer?

Of course. Who didn't?

How much did you want it?

How much did you want it?

It's her. I know it is.

[Rumi] Uh…

I'll get the camera
later. Come on.

You know, most people use
study periods for napping

or necking behind
the bike sheds?

Yeah, I'm not most people.

What's this? "Bullies
don't exist in…"

- Campaign stuff?
- Kind of.

I'm thinking of
creating a safe space,

a lunchtime club for
students having a hard time.

Sounds wild.

- Any better ideas for helping students?
- [Miles] You know me.

I get my kicks from knocking down
other people's ideas. [scoffs]

Really, the world's rough.

Look, it'd be great to help
everyone, but you can't.

You might as well have fun.
Skip class, break rules.

See, no. I'm done
with this mind-set

of "you can't change
anything, so why try?"

People are struggling.

If I can help one
person, why not?

Where did Fighty
Grace come from?

Fighty Grace?

She's always been here.

- Why? What's wrong with her?
- No, nothing. I like Fighty Grace.

She's cool.

[keyboard clacking]

[slow cello music playing]

[laughing]

You're way too chirpy.

I'm a happy person.

- What, you want me to be less happy?
- About 90% less happy, yes.

[laughs]

This is cool. What is it?

Mozart? Long way off.

Wolfgang Amadeus?

Same person, genius.

Oh! [laughs]

But no. This is Beethoven

and me.

You?

Wait. Is that a video? Oh,
no, I have to see this.

Fine.

You look

so engrossed in it.

My wrist is too stiff.

But, yeah, I get
pretty caught up.

Don't know how else to be.

When I dance, I'm mostly thinking about
what I'm going to watch on TV later.

You dance?

Just had an audition for
the Royal School of Ballet.

- But your mind was on something else?
- Yeah.

And I thought that was normal.

Well, I'd love to stay and
chat, but I've got rehearsals.

- You are officially chief toilet cleaner.
- [groans]

Isn't it, like, ill*gal
to make us clean toilets?

They don't.

We're just here to monitor.

I just thought it'd be
fun to see you plunging.

- [scoffs]
- It was totally worth it.

- Uh…
- Later, genius.

[laughs]

[Clara] Last-minute pressure.

Maybe someone else
should've been flyer.

Well, I guess she was just
lucky to have your dad.

Sorry?

There's nothing we can use. She's
still not said anything about Leila.

Wait, she's coming back.

Mouse, when did you last shower?

Your new concealer,
it's not working.

Send it back, you
look like death.

I didn't know she was that bad!

Yeah. I thought she was
a medium-terrible human,

not a full-on terrible human.

She's a bully. A bully who wouldn't
think twice about hurting someone.

We need more of this.

[squad] One, three, five, seven.

[coach] Keep that knee
locked, Brooke, yeah?

Line up, easy.

One, two, three.

Switch, five, and…

[coach] Not bad.

Okay. Attention, squad.

Okay. Sadly, Leila will not be
returning to cheer for a while.

[indistinct whispering]

Unless we find a new point flyer,
I'll have no choice but to pull

- Leila's group from the routine.
- What?

But I don't want to do that,

especially with the
regionals not far away.

So, there will be tryouts
for a new flyer on Friday.

Everyone interested,
names on the list, please.

Thanks.

[indistinct chatter]

Oh, Brooke!

You're signing up.

Uh, yeah, I just thought,
you know, why not?

Well, break a leg.

Mm. Too soon?

Why are you not lining up?

I can't do that to Leila,

especially as it was
me who should've…

[coach] Clara?

You okay, love?

I know it's been
a tough few days.

Hey.

[sighs] Look at me.

No one could've
caught Leila's fall.

Not even me.

All right?

[Viola] Mouse,
you look pathetic.

Stop just watching and join in.

Go on.

Still nothing about Leila.

We can't use any of this.

I can't believe she's been treating
Mouse and May like this, all this time!

And we're the only
ones who know.

No wonder she's been getting
away with it for so long.

You're right.

We're the only ones.

What if there's
strength in numbers?

What if this
footage went public?

Viola wouldn't be
able to hide anymore.

Maybe others would come forward.

Maybe there's notes we
don't even know about.

- What, so you're saying, we should...
- I'm saying

as long as Viola's in the
shadows, her secrets are safe.

If we expose her, there's
no coming back from it.

And we could destroy her life.

She destroyed her own
life when she hurt Leila.

[Viola] You look so
gaunt and shriveled.

[Grace] I feel sick.

Me, too.

Why are you wearing those?

So no one can see my nerves.

[phones chime]

[Viola echoing] Mouse,
you look pathetic.

Stop just watching and join in.

Go on!

You look pathetic. Stop
just watching and join in.

Oh, little Mouse, you look
so gaunt and shriveled.

Gaunt…gaunt… You look pathetic…

[snaps fingers] Door, please…

Oh… Door, please! It's
just really greasy…

Wow. That's brutal.

[static crackling]

Who made this?

[Viola echoing] Did you
just wash your hair?

DGM? Are they back?

You need to tell
Carson about this.

I had nothing to do with this.

- What's going on?
- You've probably got an email.

[phone chimes]

Say something. [laugh nervously]

Everyone thinks I bully
you, for God's sake!

You and May are
exactly the same.

You can't take the truth, so now
I'm the one being punished for it.

You wrote the notes to May?

[boy chuckles]

[scoffs]

Oh, please.

They were just
stupid little notes.

And this is just a
stupid little video.

Until someone makes
an official complaint,

what's this even about?

Hmm?

I'll make an official complaint.

[crowd gasps]

My office.

Now.

[Rumi, Grace, and Clara gasp]

She admitted to bullying
May because of us.

I still wish she admitted
to hurting Leila, though.

[crying]

Sorry about what happened.

Do you know how much time I
spent helping those girls?

I care about my
friends, you know?

And now I'm the one
going because of what?

Nothing.

My sister might not
think it's nothing!

Your sister?

- What does this have to do with her?
- I know what you did, Viola.

What are you talking about?

[scoffs]

You know what? I
don't need this.

[door slams]

Did she admit it?

Um…

Not sure it was her.

[static crackles]

[distorted voice] Bannerman School,
well done for exposing the bully…

What is that?

[distorted voice] But if you
think everything's okay now,

think again.

Bannerman is dangerous.

It always has been.

You better get used to it.

Are you hearing this?

[distorted voice]
Watch your backs,

'cause it's getting worse

and no one is safe.

[whirring]

[gasps]

♪ You should've
got a better bed ♪

♪ Better for your head ♪

♪ Better heads need shut-eye ♪

♪ You should've got
out of the red ♪

♪ In the red, you're
better off dead ♪

♪ Deader than the red Dead Sea ♪

♪ Promise it to me ♪

♪ Promise me the sea ♪

♪ People, all the people With big
bellies banging bigger drums ♪

♪ They beat down on you ♪

♪ They beat the pulse
into your shoes ♪

♪ You should've got a better
bed Better for your head ♪

♪ Better heads need shut-eye ♪