01x02 - Fairly Treated

[bunniefuu]

Hey, you guys,

thank you so much for all the updates
and words of encouragement.

I am not gonna lie,
I'm really loving it here.

Even with the intense training
and school schedule.

Plus, I am so lucky to still be getting
all this extra training

with Maddy and Jaimi.

I mean, I've never had any two coaches
coach me the way these two do.

This is so amazing.
What could possibly go wrong?

- [sentimental music plays]
- [shutter clicks]

[lightly tense music playing]

[upbeat theme music playing]

[Maddy] Nice job, Liz. Very good.
All right, Kyra, you're up.

["Mountain" playing] ♪ Don't you know
You're running out of time? ♪

Kylie, you're late.

Don't pretend you've been here the whole
time. Go do a proper warm-up, please.

[sighs]

That's the third time this week, Kylie.
You do wanna be here, yeah?

♪ Mountain left to climb ♪

♪ Mountain left to climb
Mountain left to climb ♪

♪ Mountain left to climb ♪

♪ Mountain left to climb
Mountain left to climb... ♪

Looking really good, Kyra. Heaps better.

[light music playing]

Head up, Tess.

Tess, higher.

That wasn't even close to a full split.

Point your toes.

Concentrate.

Tess, how many times have I told you?

The connection is crucial.
This is where you'll lose points.

Focus, don't look at me.

[sighs] Tess, you're not listening.

Use your arms to get the extra rotation,
and then you can land cleanly.

[sighs angrily]

- [exhales]
- Wow, Tess. Looking good.

One-hundred percent.

Thanks.

[deep breath]

Maddy clearly doesn't think so.

She is going especially hard on you

compared to how easy she's going
on Kyra and Rosie.

[scoffs] What? She is not.

You don't think so?

Don't you two go way back?

[Tess] I mean, I guess.

As long as I can remember. So?

Maybe she's tired of you and your friends.

She seems to have less patience
with the lot of you.

Or maybe she just wants them to be
the best gymnasts that they can be.

Oh, so she's playing favorites?

That seems a little unfair.

[sighs]

[exhales]

So close, Rosie. Really nice dismount.

I think what you should do is...

See?

Scarlett's right.

Maddy has been giving me
so much grief this entire time!

I mean, come on.

Rosie almost fell on her landing
and she says, "Great job."

Like, I do a clean routine
and get criticized.

Come on, Kyra. Let's go again.

[whispers] Sorry.

Beautiful.

You're good. You're right. Hop back up.

You've got it. Nice.

[scoffs]

[Maddy] All right, ready? Good.

Are you good?

Yeah.

Jaimi just wants to increase
the difficulty of my routine,

so he gave me
some extra strength work to do.

[sighs] That's all I need.

Nice. Good.

[Maddy] Kyra, that was nearly perfect.

["Mountain" playing]

[breathing heavily]

[Maddy] Amazing. You're doing so well.

[school bell rings]

[Tess] What do you reckon, Alkira?

Does Maddy have it in for me or what?

She's being hard on everyone she knew
before the Academy.

She calls me out for the slightest wobble.

- [Tess laughs ironically]
- Oh, sorry.

I'm not.

Hey, Bradley. Don't forget
we're all going to the movies on Saturday.

Oh, the movies.

Anyway, I'm over talking
about her. I'm over it.

- Really?
- Hey, Kyra.

I know we talked about
how busy your training schedule is,

but do you think you could fit
a trip to the movies in this weekend?

I don't know.

I've got stretch and strength training
to do this weekend.

My splits will not maintain themselves.

I love your dedication.

But seriously, can you come?

[hesitating] Uh...

I mean, are all of you guys coming too?

We wouldn't miss it for the world.

[girls giggle]

[sullen music playing]

[soft music playing]

[in Scottish accent] Aye-up.
You look well knackered.

It's been a long week.

Is everything all right?

I don't know.

The program just seems a little different
than what I thought it would be.

- [slams book]
- You're telling me.

I came all the way over here

just to find out there's only
one international scholarship.

Still a smidge miffed,
to be honest with you.

What's it like,
living so far away from home?

It's all right, I guess.

I get a little homesick, but who doesn't?

Yeah, I miss my family too.

It's just so intense here.

And now there's more and more
competitive drama amongst the girls.

[sighs]

[knock on door]

Kylie, it's almost sunset.

Handstand competition time.

You coming?

Sure.

Rosie, you coming?

I mean, I was rather looking forward
to taking a quick kip.

Okay, well, see you soon.

[sighs]

[Tess] Ready, girls? First to fall
buys the rest of the group ice creams.

I'll have one of the fruity ones.

[uplifting music playing]

Okay, ready?

And, go.

["Not Gonna Stop Me" playing]

Did you see the look
Bradley gave us earlier?

Reckon he's interested?

I am trying to concentrate.

I reckon he was looking at Tess.

No, he wasn't. Damn it!

[Tess angrily] That was dirty!

Surely you can handle a minor distraction.

Hmm... your hips weren't
as rolled under this time,

and there was
a little bit of sway in your back.

Oh, really? Now,
you're giving me a hard time too?

First Maddy, now you all?

[shouting] This some kind of game
to see how much I can take?

What? Tess, no, you're being silly.
We're not...

Hey, where are you going?
You owe us ice cream.

What's going on with her?

Maddy was pretty hard on her today.

Yeah, she seemed really agitated earlier
with Kyra and Scarlett too.

Scarlett I can understand. But Ky...

Hey, where's Kyra?

- ♪ You got strength ♪
- ♪ Strength ♪

- ♪ You got smarts ♪
- ♪ Smarts ♪

♪ They got you down in the dark ♪

- ♪ You got strength ♪
- ♪ Strength ♪

- ♪ You got smarts ♪
- ♪ Smarts ♪

♪ They got you down in the dark... ♪

[sighs]

[Maddy] That's good.

You're getting there.
Still got a lot to work on.

Mm.

How's your knee?

Uh... it's actually not bad.

I'm basically back to normal,

but it gets a bit sore
after I've been using it for a while.

We can come back
to that move another time.

The muscle strength
in your leg is really coming along.

Perhaps some light stretches
and conditioning afterward.

Hm.

You know, what sucks about
how Maddy is treating you

is at the same time
she's giving special treatment to Kyra

with private lessons after training.

What?

You didn't know?

Maddy clearly wants her
to be the number one gymnast here.

[scoffs]

[Maya] Don't believe us?

Watch this.

[indistinct chatter from video]

Yes, so, ah, movie Saturday.

I will, um, see you guys there.

Uh, aren't you coming
to the internal competition tomorrow?

Of course.

[Kyra] What did they want?

Oh, just, um, something
about dinner before the movie.

Um... where did you go after dinner?

Oh, um, I just...
I just hit the gym for a little bit.

Yeah.

Oh.

[typing]

[slow song playing indistinctly
over café radio]

Morning. You wanted to chat?

Yeah, um, we're a month in now.

Um, how you feeling about
your new senior position so far?

Oh. Um...

Well, it's been challenging.

Trying to find time for my own training
with Kate and Shane's been tough,

but I'm really enjoying it.

Why?

Um...

[sighs] There seems to be

some concern amongst some of the gymnasts,

I won't say who.

Some of them seem to think

you're spending an unfair amount
of your attention on your former students.

Tess, Alkira, Kylie, Li.

I didn't think so.

Do you think I am?

[hastily] Not that I've noticed.

[sighs thoughtfully]

[Maddy] Welcome, girls,
to our first internal competition.

Your individual scores today
will directly affect

your position on the leaderboard.

[inaudible]

Okay, girls. [Claps hands]

Maddy's gonna be doing the floor and beam,

Vicky will be on bars,
and I'll be doing the vault.

[sighs] Great. The cards are stacked
against me on two events.

First apparatus, girls.

["Live Louder" playing]

[high-bar squeaks]

♪ You don't have to fall in line ♪

♪ Life is such a crazy ride ♪

♪ Live louder ♪

♪ Uh ♪

♪ Live louder ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Get up and dance like you dance
When there's no one around ♪

♪ Sing your song the way you sing
When you're in the shower ♪

♪ Lose yourself, act the fool ♪

♪ Redefine a new kind of cool ♪

♪ Redefine a new kind of... ♪

What? That was at least a 9.4!

[sighs]

♪ Don't be careful, don't think twice ♪

♪ Just let your heart speak its mind ♪

♪ One foot forward, make your move ♪

♪ No one does it quite like you! ♪

♪ Live louder ♪

♪ Uh ♪

♪ Live louder ♪

That's more like it.

♪ Dance like you dance
When there's no one around ♪

♪ Sing your song the way you sing
When you're in the shower ♪

♪ Lose yourself, act the fool ♪

♪ Redefine a new kind of cool ♪

♪ Redefine a new kind of ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la-la louder ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la-la ♪

[music ends]

[exhales and grunts]

- You okay?
- [sighs]

[sighs] It's fine.

Kylie, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. I just...

[inhales] I haven't done that
in a very long time.

We all fall from time to time,

and I'm sure that
you will k*ll it on the floor.

Okay? You'll be okay.

- [exhales]
- Come here.

[upbeat music playing]

[upbeat music continues playing]

Oh, wow, I'm having such an off day.

I'm gonna score so low.

[sighs]

[ding]

What? I so didn't deserve that.

[sighs]

[Jaimi] Final rotation change.

[energetic dance music playing]

[exhales]

[other girls clapping]

[dings]

[upbeat music continues playing]

[girls applauding]

I didn't think we were quite ready
to compete your front full.

How's your knee?

It's fine. I was so close though.

Don't worry.
We'll work on it later with Jaimi.

Cool.

That move came out of nowhere.

Guess I was feeling
a little too ambitious.

[ding]

[energetic, upbeat music playing]

[electric guitar closure]

[girls applauding]

[Kyra] Good job. That was amazing.

[indistinct chatter]

[exhales]

[dings]

What?!

You can't be serious.

Your scores for the ex-Flinders girls
are super tough,

but mine are just cruel.

Cruel? Tess, I'm not being cruel.

I have to mark Kylie, okay?
We can talk about this later.

No, forget Kylie.

You've been at me since I started here.

Every chance you get,

you criticize my technique

or look for an excuse to take away points.

Kyra took a full step on her land,
and yet she still scored higher.

How is that fair?

Kyra had a higher degree of difficulty,
and you went out of bounds.

[gasps] I did not!
Now you're just making up excuses.

Tess, we can discuss this later, okay?

Settle down.

Tess, Maddy's being equally
as tough on all of us.

I lost plenty of marks on my routine.

Equally? Like giving you special lessons
after training. Is that equal?

[Jaimi] That's enough.

[sighs] I'm afraid
this is partially my fault.

I spoke to Maddy this morning
about some gymnasts

talking about coaching bias
towards certain girls,

and I believe my comments backfired.

And you, young lady, are way out of order.

If you can't accept feedback,

then maybe you should reconsider
why it is that you're here.

[Kyra sighs] Look, Tess.

When I first came here,
I was actually in awe

of how well Maddy treated you.

All of you.

I mean, she's making sure
that you're all elite-level ready.

I've never had that.

Well, you clearly do now.

Yes, Maddy and Jaimi have been helping me.

But with my knee.

I haven't been doing
all this extra training

just so that I could get a leg up.

It's so that I could catch up to you guys.

Tess, I have been so worried
about appearing biased.

And...

[inhales]

...I guess I just went
too far the other way.

And I'm really sorry
if I've been unfair to you.

All I want is for all you girls
to compete at your best.

[sharp exhale]

[sighs] Maddy, I'm just so sorry.

[inhales] It's just been so intense,

and stressful, and I'm so tired.

And we totally understand.

It's hard and I'm still
getting used to the dynamic here too.

[sighs]

Do you think you can give me
another shot at this?

I guess.

Just the one.

Aw.

Maddy, why don't you take a break?

I'll finish judging the floor from here.

Thanks.

Kylie, you're up.

[gentle music playing]

Kyra, Tess was right.

It's not fair on the other girls

if I'm giving you
extra attention after hours.

- Especially now your knee's fine.
- But, but...

Just keep up your strength training.
You'll be fine.

But what about connecting my front saults?

I need a dedicated coach
to work with me on that.

I've never had anyone coach me
like you and Jaimi have.

We'll still work on it.

Just during regular training hours.

You're a strong gymnast, okay?

Don't worry. We'll get there.

[sighs heavily] Okay,
but it still kind of blows, though.

[exhales]

- You okay?
- No.

[cell phone ringing]

Kylie!

[sniffles] Mom.

[sniffling]

Are you all right? What's wrong?

[Kylie sniffles]

[indistinct chatter]

[pensive music playing]

As promised.

[laughs]

I owe you all an apology.

Guys, I'm so sorry for blowing up at you.

And, Kyra, I know recovering
from an ACL must be rough.

So, it's only fair
that you get extra help.

[chuckles] Yeah, well, not anymore.

Oh, Kyra, I'm so sorry.

You know what?

It's fine.

Actually, it might be for the best.

I mean, Maddy and Jaimi have said that

my knee's looking like
it's in pretty good shape, so...

[tearing ice cream wrapping]

Well then, no excuses
when I beat you in the next comp.

[chuckles]

[Kylie] Guys,

I have some news.

[sighs]

I love gymnastics,

and I love you all...

[sighs]

...but I can't do this anymore.

What do you mean?

[exhales]

[tearfully] I'm leaving Coreega.

[sobbing]

[upbeat theme music playing]

[music ends]