01x18 - Nightmare on Syd Street

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♪ ♪

-(applause)
-Thank you, Tyler.

That was a riveting presentation

on the domestication of corn.

And the props are delicious!

And now we're gonna hear
from Sydney Reynolds.

Woo-hoo!

Let's go back in time.

Imagine, we're all living
at the turn of the century.

None of you would be
in school right now.

All: Yay!

Sydney: No.

No yay.

Because you'd all be involved
in the subject of my report.

The history of child labor.

Wow. This is intense.

The year is .

Uh... wrong video.

Oh, Ricky Angelo.

I can't believe the most
famous pop star in the world

-wants to kiss me.
-(classmates laughing)

Help me, Mr. Tanaka!
It's frozen!

Where the heck is that remote?

(students laughing) -You should
know, this is my first kiss.

What? This is
your first kiss, too?

(laughter continuing)

Look at me, everybody!
I'm a chicken!

(clucking)

(laughter continuing)

Syd!

Okay, I'm calling it.
This class is over.

Actually, you can't do that.

All right. It's back on.

Jeremy, you're next.

(theme music playing)

♪ Like father, like daughter,
we don't always agree ♪

♪ But looking at you
is like looking at me ♪

♪ The more things change,
the more they stay the same ♪

♪ Like father, like daughter,
from different times ♪

♪ Taking all the best
from your decade and mine ♪

♪ The more things change ♪

♪ The more they stay the same ♪

♪ The more they stay the same ♪

♪ ♪

Young Max (on video):
And for my next trick,

the Magnificent Max will make
a penny disappear.

Leo, help!
It's stuck up my nose!

That's when I knew
law school wasn't in the cards.

Are you still uploading
our home movies?

I'm beginning to think you're doing
this just so you can laugh at me.

Please. I'm putting all
our home movies on the Cloud,

so they'll be safe for you and Syd,

and maybe even your grandchildren.

Aw, thanks, Mom.

'Cause they're
gonna wanna laugh at you, too.

Hey, Syd.

I am never going back to school.

Not now, Ricky.

Hey, honey, you wanna talk about it?

Is that the vibe you're getting?

Syd, why don't you tell me
what happened? You'll feel better.

(sighs)

I was giving a presentation,

and the wrong video came up.

What was on it?

(groans)

Come on, I'm sure it wasn't that bad.

I was kissing my stuffed giraffe.

Your jaw just dropped, didn't it?

No.

I'm so sorry, Syd.

I'm sure right now, you feel
like your entire life is ruined.

That's because it is.

What I'm trying to say is,
you'll get past this.

But to do that,
you have to go back to school,

and face it head-on.

Dad, you're not the one
who has to walk down the halls

with kids laughing at you tomorrow.

Syd... - I'm not
going back to school!

Let her be, old dude.

She clearly doesn't wanna
talk about it right now.

-I feel helpless. She's in pain.
-Uh-huh.

Maybe if I get her some soup or
some ice cream. - Oh, that'd be great.

Ooh! I got a book of
funny riddles downstairs.

-What has six legs...
-Oh, that's hilarious!

(sighs) You're right, Grandma.

I don't wanna talk about it.

-I don't even wanna think about it.
-I hear you, Noodle.

And sometimes, the best way
to get something off your mind

-is to focus on something else.
-Anything.

I just keep replaying it in my mind.

Oh good! Well then, you
can replay these instead.

I need to upload these
videos of Max as a kid.

There's baseball games,
birthdays, graduations,

and thousands of
moments when you'll ask,

"Why did Max film this?"

Thanks, Grandma.
This really might help.

Okay, great. Oh,
and just a heads up,

there's a lot of me in
shoulder pads and big hair.

Don't judge!

What are you doing?

I decided to go with everything:

Soup, ice cream, and the riddle book.

I picked which one
I'm gonna read first.

Boy, it's a doozy. (Chuckles)

I know you're just
trying to help, Max,

but she really just wants
to be alone right now.

Sorry, Mom. It's my job

-to make her feel better.
-I understand,

but you're gonna have
to get past me first.

I think you forget how athletic I am.

I think you forget
that I move like a cat.

(hissing)

♪ ♪

Young Max (on video):
Come on, Leo, hurry up.

Okay, I'm just setting up the camera.

What you're about to see is te
greatest in skateboard histor.

I'm gonna jump a Leo...

-blindfolded!
-Hold up!

I'm having some serious

second thoughts about this.

Hey! I held up
my end of the bargain!

I brushed my teeth with hot sauce.

You're right. A deal's a deal.

Young Max (on video):
Okay, Leo. Here I go.

♪ ♪

Hey, why are you guys
dressed like that?

Oh wait, is it ' s day?

-Was there an e-mail I missed?
-What's an e-mail?

Wow, you guys are really
committed to the theme.

Where's my locker?

Who are these kids?
Why is everything so weird?

Hey, what's going on...

Whoa!

You're... you're Leo!

Yeah, I get that a lot.

It might be because I'm Leo!

T-shirts! T-shirts!
Get your T-shirts!

Captain Danger T-shirt?

What? Who's Captain Danger?

Who's Captain Danger?

Only the daredevil about to perform

the greatest skateboard
stunt in school history!

Ladies and gentlemen!

At four-foot-nine,
from Portland, Oregon,

give it up for Captain Danger!

Is that my dad?

-Dad?
-Huh?

(yells)

(splashes)

(laughing)

Hey! His butt is
stuck in a bucket!

Bucket Butt!

All: Bucket Butt!

Bucket Butt!

-Bucket Butt!
-I got you, dude.

Bucket Butt!

Bucket Butt! Bucket Butt!

Bucket Butt! Bucket Butt!

(kids laughing)

-What have I done?
-I tell you what you did.

You made these T-shirts worthless.

♪ ♪

T happened?

I'm so confused.

(sighs) I wish Olive was here.

Hey, Syd.

Olive!

Oh, thank goodness.

Okay, this is gonna sound nuts,

but I think it's the ' s,
and my dad's ,

and I made him screw up
his big skateboard stunt.

-What does this mean?
-I don't know. It's your dream.

Oh, of course!

I'm stuck in a dream,
or more like a nightmare.

Ow! Why'd you do that?

I'm trying to wake you up
from your nightmare!

You know, for a figment
of my imagination,

you have very strong hands.

Besides, I'm not going
anywhere until I apologize

to my dad for humiliating him.

Okay. Guess we could
take a bus to his house.

I'll check the schedule on my phone.

(gasps, shrieks)

(screams)

A calculator?

Life without a phone?

Now, we're in my nightmare.

What am I thinking?

This is a dream.
I can just snap my fingers,

and we'll magically appear there.

Well, that didn't work.

I am loving this vintage look.

Me, too. Let's
take some selfies.

How do people live like this?

-Max, what's the matter?
-Nothing.

Why do you look like you're
about to shout out of a cannon?

-I don't wanna talk about it.
-Did something happen at school?

Yeah! And I'm never
going back there, ever!

(doorbell rings)

-Grandma?
-Uh, who you calling Grandma?

And why are you staring at me?

Oh. I'm sorry.

It's just you look so...
pretty and young.

Come on in, girls.

Are you friends with Max?

-Friends? He's her...
-Friend.

-Friend!
-Friend.

So, to summarize, you're friends?

-Let's go with that.
-Yeah, that's right.

Max was pretty upset when
he came home from school.

Do you have any idea why?

Actually, I do,

and that's why I need to talk to him.

Well, you can give it a try.
He wouldn't talk to me.

He's up in his room.
Do you know where it is?

I have a hunch.

Can I get you girls
something to drink?

That'd be great. How about
some almond milk. - You got it.

How do you milk an almond?

(muffled): Go away, Mom!

-I told you. I don't...
-Hi.

Max: You?

What are you doing here?

Hi! We haven't met.

-I'm Olive!
-And I'm Sydney.

That's a silly name.

Who would name a kid that?

Well, I guess my mom.

Look, I just came to say

that I'm so sorry
I ruined your stunt.

My stunt?

You ruined my whole life!

I can never go back to school again.

No, don't say that.
It'll be fine.

Max: How would you know?

I've never even seen you
at school before.

Uh, because we are...

exchange students!

Yes!

From Europe!

You don't sound like
you're from Europe.

We're from the part of Europe

where they sound like
they're from Portland.

Well, that checks out.

Max, you have to go back to school.

Hey, let me give you some advice

someone else named Max gave me.

You can't run away
from your problems.

You have to face them head-on.

Well, that's dumb.

Yeah, I didn't buy it either.

But, I like your run away idea.

Maybe that's what I'll do.
+I'll run away.

No, no, you can't run away.

I know. I've always wanted to
live in Venice, California,

where they invented skateboarding.

That's a terrible idea.
How would you even get there?

If I understand maps,
it's basically...

straight down from here.

(sighs) One good push, and I'm there.

I'm guessing you got
your smarts from your mom.

But you can't leave.
What about getting an education?

And a job?
You might have a kid someday.

Nah, they just slow you down.

That stings a little more
than I thought it would.

Who needs school
when you can join a skate crew?

A life of shredding alleys
and living in a van

sounds pretty good to me.

Now, if you don't mind,
I need to pack.

A book?

How'd that get in there?

Now what are we gonna do?

My dad's gonna go to
California and be... not my dad.

Well, I don't think
we can talk him out of it.

But, I think I know who can.

Okay, girls,
here's your almonds milk.

Oh, and if you need any more
almonds, just let me know.

Wow. Look at all these
old-school games.

I think I have them
all on my phone now.

I know. I could fit this
whole place on my watch.

You! You messed up
my friend's life!

And now, I'm stuck with three
dozen Captain Danger dustrags.

Look, I'm really sorry
that I ruined his trick.

And my business!

There was gonna be hats,

action figures, breakfast cereals.

That's where the real money is.

Look, we've got a big problem.

Max is so embarrassed,
he's gonna run away from home

and join a skate crew in California.

What? No!

We're Max and Leo!

Without him, it's just...

And Leo!

You've gotta talk to him,
convince him to stay.

Or at least explain how maps work.

Come on, let's go stop my best friend

from doing something he'll regret.

Which is basically Tuesday for me.

♪ ♪

Stop packing.
You're not going anywhere, Max.

You can't stop me.
I've already got my road snacks.

Instant nachos.

Well, that's...

disgusting.

Max, Leo's your best friend.
You should listen to him.

I'm sorry, but what happened today
is too embarrassing to live with.

-I have to run away.
-But you don't have money.

You don't have a job.
How will you survive?

It's California!

Oranges grow on trees,

and I can drink from the ocean.

Well, it's more thought out
than most of his plans.

Leo, your best friend's
about to desert you.

What do you say to that?

I'm going with him.

What? No, wrong answer.

Hey. If my best friend's
going, I'm going.

I can't imagine my life without him.

Also, someone's gotta
teach him about the ocean.

Dude, this is gonna be awesome!
Let's leave tonight.

Oh, no.

Wait! You guys can't leave.

Quick, Olive, say something
bad about California.

Uh, the weather's too perfect,

and there are celebrities everywhere.

What?

Give me some notice next time.

-What's going on here?
-Nothing.

He's running away to California.

That's crazy!

What am I supposed to do,
skateboard there? Ha!

Come on, Max. Let me help you

with your homework for tomorrow.

It's on biology,

and why people can't drink saltwater.

Okay, girls, I think you better go.

Wait, you don't understand.

Max is gonna do something crazy.

I know, his homework.
It doesn't happen very often.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Okay. Last time.

Just because we're
going down the map,

doesn't mean we're going downhill!

We'll just have to agree to disagree.

(knocks)

-Hi, again.
-What are you doing here?

I can't let you guys run away to
California. It'll be a disaster.

Oh! Like you know what's
gonna happen in the future.

Actually, I do

because...

I'm from the future.

Welcome.

Max, Max, Max.

You're gonna believe that?

If you're from the future, prove it.

Okay. Um, there used to be

a hole in that wall
from your skateboard,

you bleached your hair bright orange

at the beginning
of seventh grade, and...

you had to call
the fire department once

because you tried to take off
your underwear

-without taking off your pants.
-(gasps)

How'd you know all that?

Because you told me.

We're very close in the future.

So, what am I in the future?

President? A millionaire?

-You own a bike shop.
-Even better.

Where do I live?

-Here.
-What?!

Just kidding. You live in a...

big, big mansion.

Phew! For a minute there,

I thought I ended up
living with my mom.

So, I gotta know,

do computers just keep
getting bigger and bigger?

Yeah. They're as big as a house.

Called it!

But here's the thing
about the future, Max.

If you run away and go to California,

it'll all get messed up.

I may not even exist.

Are you saying
I get to save the world?

Well, you wouldn't really be...

Okay, yes.

Cool.

But what am I supposed to do
if I stay here?

I can't go back to school
and be called Bucket Butt.

Max! You could do
the skateboard trick again.

-Great idea.
-What? Why would he wanna do that?

He could just humiliate
himself all over again.

But if he makes the jump this time,

he'll no longer be Bucket Butt.

He'll be Captain Danger.

And I'm not just saying that because I
have a locker full of unsold T-shirts.

♪ ♪

Olive, I don't have
a good feeling about this.

If this doesn't go well,

he's definitely running away.

Leo, is the ramp straight?
Does he know where he's gonna jump?

I think there may be
too many backpacks.

Don't question Captain Danger.

There's already
enough people doing that.

Ladies and gentlemen!

Making his second appearance,

after a previous jump
that I'm not even sure

why I'm bringing it up right now...

Give it up for Captain Danger!

(applause)

No, no, no! Those backpacks are
too high. He'll never make it.

Outta my way! (Yells)

Oh no!

I did it again.

Yes, you did.

(laughter)

Look! Now he's Garbage Boy!

Garbage Boy!

All: Garbage Boy!

-Garbage Boy!
-Not!

-Garbage Boy!
-Not!

Garbage Boy!

-I'm not helping, am I?
-Garbage Boy! Garbage Boy!

I'm so sorry. Are you okay?

Yeah. At least
my butt's dry this time.

(squishes)

Wait, no!

Help me out?

Nice moves, Garbage Boy.

Not!

At least he tried!

You know what? Forget him, Leo.

Let's just go to class.

What? You're just
gonna go to class?

Yeah. What else
am I supposed to do?

So, I was called Garbage Boy.

Wasn't as bad as
I thought it would be.

And I was sitting in garbage.

So, you're okay?

Yeah, I'm not awesome,
but sometimes, you just gotta

wipe the garbage off
your butt and keep going.

Wow. That's pretty wise, Max.

Yeah. You say enough stuff,

some of it's bound to make sense.

We better book.

Thanks for getting me
to come back to school.

(sighs) See you in the future.

Can't wait.

♪ ♪

Adult Max: Syd.

Syd...

Syd, it's time to get up.

What? Dad?

Morning, Syd. Listen, I know
what you said last night,

and you may not wanna hear this,
but you're going back to school,

-and I won't take no for an answer.
-Okay.

Huh?

-What changed your mind?
-You did.

♪ ♪

(gasps) You made it.

I was afraid you weren't gonna show.

Olive, sometimes you just gotta

wipe the garbage off
your butt and keep going.

(laughter)

Whoa. That was kinda random.

-Very funny.
-(laughter)

Ricky!

I can't believe
an international pop star

came to visit me at school.

What?

You wanna kiss me?

Here?

Well, it's a little awkward,

but maybe they'll learn a few things.

Yeah. She's kissing a giraffe.

Get over it, people!

♪ ♪

Oh, yeah!