Boo, this class.
Do you even know which one it is?
I'm gonna need a clue.
Doo dah, doo,
dah, doo doo dah da-da-dah da-da dah!
Science.
Morning, Farkle. What's new?
I'm reading this great book on anti-gravity.
I can't put it down.
-Ha! -Ha!
I hate this class.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I invite you to join me
on a journey of discovery.
-Your midterm experiment. -(students groan)
Yay!
Do I look sleepy to you?
In front of you, each team will find a beaker of a clear, liquid solution.
Oh boy, he's like a sleep machine.
And next to that-- and here's where it gets exciting--
a mystery marble!
Good night!
Right after school,
precisely at 3:15,
one member of each team will drop the marble
into the beaker.
The elements in the marble will break down over night
and turn into sludge.
Then, the other team member
will discover what that sludge is
and what it takes to turn the beaker back to clear.
Who's supposed to do what?
Well, that's up to you. You're a team.
Divide the responsibilities as you see fit.
I've been conducting this experiment for 35 years.
I've kept thorough notes.
Very few have cracked it.
Well, you could add my name to your journal right now, sir.
I hope so, Farkle.
Let the games begin!
Okay... You get that?
I have to do something?
All you have to do is come in this afternoon and drop a marble.
I have to drop a marble?
I will pick it up and hand it to you.
I have to take it from you?
That's it.
Well, how's my hand supposed to get to the beaker?
You know what? Let's just move the beaker
to the very edge of the desk,
so you don't even have to lean forward.
I have to put this in that?
-That's it. -(whining) It's too much.
Okay, Riley,
you drop the marble, I'll figure out the sludge,
and earn us yet another "A."
Okay. That's all I have to do?
Well, I am the scientist around here.
-Farkle, I don't understand Why I can't-- -You do want an "A," don't you?
I don't like this.
I don't like this either.
Something's wrong.
Why do we have to drop the marble
while Farkle and Lucas do the science?
Why is school over and I don't got a chimichanga?
Maya, something's wrong.
I feel like there's a real problem here,
but I just can't see what it is yet.
Now I see it.
I see nothing unusual.
Social injustice.
Drop your marble and go.
If you drop these marbles,
you are buying into a system where the women, what?
Buy shoes?
While the men learn the science.
Shoes. Let's go.
The system works.
No!
Maya, I am very disappointed in our sisters.
They don't believe we can do what the boys can do.
Chi. Mi. Chan. Ga.
You are not going to drop your marble.
Oh, I'm gonna drop my marble,
but to make you feel better, I'm gonna drop it like a dude.
Maya, huh, takes the inbounds pass.
She dribbles down the court.
Three seconds left on the clock.
Her opponent's a tall, useless goose.
Maya fakes left, turns right--
Just stop! Tell me which way you're going!
She shoots...
Scores! Nothing but beaker!
Your turn, goose.
(theme music playing)
♪ I've been waiting ♪
♪ For a day ♪
♪ Like this to come ♪
♪ Struck like lightning ♪
♪ My heart's beating like a drum ♪
♪ On the edge ♪
♪ Of something wonderful ♪
♪ Face to face with changes ♪
♪ What's it all about? ♪
♪ Life is crazy ♪
♪ But I know ♪
♪ I can work it out ♪
♪ 'Cause I got you ♪
♪ To live it with me ♪
♪ I feel all right, I'm gonna take on the world ♪
♪ Light up the stars, I've got some pages to turn ♪
♪ I'm singing "Oh-o-o" ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Take on the world, take on the world ♪
♪ Take on the world ♪
♪ Take on the world, take on the world ♪
♪ Take on the world. ♪
Doo dah!
Doo dah, doo dah, dah dah,
dah da-da, dah da-da,
dah da-da dah dah...
Ah--
What happened? I don't get it.
Science is my favorite time of day. What happened?
I'm gonna retrace my steps. STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
Doo dah,
doo dah,
doo dah, doo dah,
doo, doo dah,
doo dah...
Ah--
Oh.
That's the reason right there.
Riley (high pitched): It all started with Eve.
Women have been treated as second-class citizens ever since.
Thank goodness for strong women like Queen Elizabeth,
(normal voice) then Susan B. Anthony helped get women the vote,
and then Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique,
and then Riley Matthews refused to drop the marble,
and then here we are.
You had one job to do.
You mean, take care of the babies, Farkle.
What?
How long have I been out?
I'm taking a stand.
How could you let her do this?
She's on a mission, Farkle. Have you met her?
Riley, you don't actually think Farkle had you drop the marble
because you're a girl, do you?
We were all girls, Lucas.
Every single set of lab partners sent the girl.
Yes. That's interesting, isn't it?
What is that?
I'll tell you what it is. It's a redo.
She failed. I didn't fail.
I want a redo! I want a redo, man!
No redo. Equal responsibility.
One shared grade.
That's right. We should be equal.
Why do you guys think we're the ones who should drop the marble
while you figure out the science.
Hey, it's not like you guys begged us to do it.
Did you wanna do the science?
I was okay with you doing it.
Sarah, how is that going to help us.
How are we going to become scientists
if we don't learn this stuff?
So, I won't be a scientist.
Why not?
Nobody wants to be the first girl on Mars?
Represent, Brenda!
But one's not enough.
Bay window.
Bay window, all of you!
Tell 'em, Mommy! Get 'em!
Tell them they're a disgrace to our entire whatever.
Welcome to our home.
No nice. Go for the kill.
Unfortunately, Riley, this is a serious problem.
The girls your age start to drift away from stem subjects--
science, technology, engineering, math.
The research shows that we tend to play the roles we think we're supposed to.
-Hey, I'm me. -Yes, you are, you Amazon warrior.
Have I told you how fond I am of you?
-Tell me. -I am.
She dropped her marble.
-Maya! -What?
I'm not trying to hurt the girl thing. I'm just lazy.
You can't be lazy.
And you cannot think that it is
more important to be liked than it is to be leaders.
Topanga: Don't talk yourself out of pursuing something
because you're afraid of how it's going to make you look.
What you need to know is don't let anybody get in the way
of pursuing your growth and your curiosity,
no matter what you want to do.
I wanna be the best I can, and I want everybody to like me,
and I dropped the marble, and I want your shoes.
I wanna work at the company that makes your shoes.
I wanna run the company that makes your shoes.
Yes.
Well, if we want it all, then we can't let other people do the work for us.
-Then I'm out. -You're in.
I'm in. It's not gonna take long, is it?
The rest of our lives.
That's my girl.
Why's it always gotta be the rest of our lives?
That's my other girl.
Cory: Oh boy.
Where are the boys?
Boys! (chuckles)
I'm very glad to see you, because I thought there was a distinct possibility
you could be... What's the word I'm looking for?
Dead.
We didn't do anything,
and we don't deserve to be dead.
Not understanding the current climate of the room,
Zay chooses to sit here.
Men. Am I right?
Get out!
Now I get it.
All right, does someone want to explain to me how we got here?
We were in science class--
-She will talk. -I will listen.
Cory: Okay, guys, calm down.
Now, today's lesson is about the battle of Panipat.
There were three battles of Panipat.
The first was called, the First Battle of Panipat.
You don't respect us.
How can you possibly think that?
I call Farkle Minkus to the stand.
You can't put him on trial, Riley.
Why not? Didn't he make a judgment about me?
We are really unprepared.
Yeah. See ya, buddy.
This isn't just about Farkle. This is about all of you.
Yeah, Lucas. Didn't you tell me to drop the marble?
Yeah, I wanted us to do well on the midterm.
Because you have no faith in my scientific abilities.
Because you fall asleep in my hand.
Yogi made me drop the marble, too.
I can't reach the beaker.
I could have lifted you.
I don't like that as much as you think.
(gasp)
I'll tell ya who didn't like something.
Vikramajit, the ruler of Gwalior
in the First Battle of Panipat.
He died. Didn't like it.
By relegating me to a second-class marble dropper,
you are stopping me from realizing my full potential.
Riley, I'm just better than you at this.
Farkle, if you were my friend,
you would want me to get better.
I like science.
Why don't you want me to get better?
I do.
There's no situation where I wouldn't want that for you.
Riley, I've always been your friend.
I know.
I'm sorry.
Okay.
I thought some of you just didn't want anything to do with science. STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
Sarah, you just told me you weren't interested.
It's because I don't stand up for myself!
Well, I'm gonna hate to see it when you do.
I wanna carry you around like a doll whenever I want.
Do it.
A real friend doesn't let another friend fail.
Our failure isn't your fault, Riley.
Our failure is on me.
I should have had more faith in you.
Speaking of failure,
there will be a quiz tomorrow on the First Battle of Panipat.
It's not gonna be a good day.
Are you proud of me, Mommy?
So proud.
They gave me a trophy.
Yeah. They did.
Participant.
Yeah. You were there. You were-- you were definitely there.
Did you see when the ball went right by me
and then watched it go into our goal,
but I still had a good attitude?
Yeah.
Did you see when the mom from the other team
came over and thanked me for having you?
Mmm-hmm.
She was nice.
Yes, that's because her team scored 29 goals.
My coach said the score is just a number that makes one of the teams feel bad.
You have a coach?
The other team were beasts.
Did you see number ten? Oh, number ten wasn't even human.
Sorry we destroyed you, Auggie.
Hey, they gave him exactly the same trophy as me.
Topy, I'm freaking, here.
I feel ya, sister.
You mean, you're on my side about this?
Let it fly, kid.
All right, let me get in my speech position.
(loudly) What kind of country is this?
Ugh! Ugh!
I scored 29 goals,
and your kid stood there like a fire hydrant.
And we both get the same trophy?
It's supposed to teach us good manners and sportsmanship.
Good game, Auggie.
I believe you're insincere.
You have to try! Or how will you get better?
Why should I? They gave me a trophy anyway.
Urrgh.
Auggie Doggie Matthews, you listen to me!
Deep down inside that fire hydrant
lives the spirit of a shark and a lion
who had a baby and named him number six.
You were right about her all along.
I love you now, Ava.
Don't get all mushy on me.
Okay.
Sorry, Ava. Your way sounds hard.
It'd be easier just to not play soccer anymore
and find something else.
(growls)
(squeals)
Mud-like consistency,
copper color, no clear separation of elements at boiling point.
No living organisms.
Huh. Well, my official conclusion
after thorough research and analysis,
and try to stay with me now, 'cause this is very technical--
-Yeah, how long you gonna keep talking? -Till the bell rings,
'cause I don't know what this stuff is.
Yeah, uh, you know what that is?
How'd she get her sludge to do that?
Her sludge is mad at us.
Her sledge is a girl.
Something's wrong here.
What's wrong here is that you're a sexist pig.
Why would you say that, mamacita ?
You really think I couldn't do the science because I'm a girl?
Riley, Marie Curie was one of the finest scientific minds who ever lived.
Science needs the best minds it can get.
What do I care what body it's in?
Well, what do you think is wrong?
Well, I took our sludge ball home last night,
and you know what I found?
It's a dirt ball, Riley.
The sludge is... Sludge.
It's mud. That's all it is.
I don't understand why this experiment's such a big deal.
I think I do.
What if the experiment isn't about the sludge at all?
There's a lot of layers to experiments, right?
Well, there's what's going on on the surface--
And what's going on that you don't see.
So what's going on here?
Bring me the first sacrifice!
Adooba hoo hoo! Adooba hoo hoo!
Girls (chanting): Adooba hoo hoo! Adooba hoo hoo!
Hoo!
Farkle, this isn't the experiment.
-It isn't? -No, that is.
-Mr. Norton. -Riley, Farkle.
We have a new hypothesis.
There's more to this experiment than you've been telling us.
Interesting. Riley, care to elaborate? STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
Yes, but first, I have to go save a life.
Maya, you don't have to sacrifice Yogi.
We found a solution.
Tell me after we sacrifice Yogi.
(chanting) Goodbye Yogi! Goodbye Yogi! Goodbye Yogi!
Maya, why do we have to sacrifice Yogi?
-Do you got a chimichanga? -No.
Then cover the boy in cheese.
(chanting) Cheesy Yogi! Cheesy Yogi! Cheesy Yogi!
Ladies, your volcano looks angry.
Whuh-oh.
Goggles on!
(Yelps)
And dive under your desks. Did I not mention that?
Yeah, I should've mentioned that.
I like blowing stuff up.
It's not about that.
What's it about?
This is all about us and the boys.
Who we are now, and who we want to be.
Everything's their fault. Stupid boys.
Everything would have been fine
if I could've just sacrificed Yogi.
Stupid Yogi.
Well, you can't.
Maya, our guy friends are pretty great.
Riley: Pfft.
Maybe it used to be easier to see that
before we looked at each other as boys and girls.
Maybe it was easier when we looked at each other as friends.
-Riley. -Maya.
If I can't blow stuff up or sacrifice Yogi,
then I just don't care about being good in science.
Well, you have to.
We all have to.
The stuff we're learning now, science and math,
it matters that we know what they are.
We can't let other people think
we'd rather have it easy for us.
N-- no, I want things to be easy for me.
No, you don't.
Because then you won't know anything,
and you won't have as many choices later.
You think I could be a scientist?
I think if you were a scientist,
the world would be a very dangerous place.
Awesome.
But if you don't believe you could become a scientist,
then it's even more dangerous.
(thud)
Come on.
Goal!
Yay!
I want him on my team next year.
Aug, I'm very proud of you.
Me too. I've never seen your uniform dirty.
Yeah, every time I missed a shot,
Ava pushed me in the mud.
How'd you get so dirty?
Every time he made a shot, I hugged him.
Topanga: Aww.
And I like seeing you like this.
It means you got knocked down, and you got back up.
It means you're in the game.
It makes me very happy to see you this dirty.
I don't wanna know. Get outta here.
Still working on that?
We're never gonna figure out what this stuff is.
It might as well just be dirt.
Yeah. You know what? It doesn't matter what it is.
Hey, you might've failed this experiment,
but we don't want to.
I'm not gonna fail it. My partner's got this.
Hi, guys.
Oh, you're talking to us?
She is. I go where she goes.
You tell them yet, Farkle?
Nope. This is your marble to drop.
Yeah, I was waiting for you, partner.
Did you just pat for me to sit down?
No.
No no no no. I was just
patting for a better place for me to sit.
Yah.
They're all here.
Aw, they came to cook us up in these little beakers
and eat us and talk about us,
and I don't like being talked about.
We don't either,
but we're gonna be the best thing we can be
no matter what anybody says.
That's right, Sarah.
This is an experiment none of us should fail.
And it's one of the most important ones we'll ever do.
(sigh) Well, we seem to have settled back into our original positions.
Riley, Farkle,
I believe just before things exploded,
you were about to present some findings?
In middle school, girls tend to drift away from science.
Isn't that right, Mr. Norton?
It's been happening so many years, I started to keep a record.
Not many figure out my experiment,
but those that do have always benefited from the lesson.
We let what happened in here come between us.
It's sludge,
and it muddies up what we think about each other.
All of us have unlimited potential.
Farkle and me, well...
our beaker is clear.
Because Riley didn't drop the marble.
Why not, Riley?
I felt like if I did, I would lose a part of me that was valuable.
I like science,
and I like figuring stuff out.
For 35 years, I've been running this experiment.
Every year, the vast majority of girls
agree to drop the marble without even thinking about it. STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
The boys do the science.
Unfortunate, but true.
This is the age the girls begin to lose interest and that is a bad result.
So the real experiment is us.
It is, Maya.
Don't lose interest.
Wide awake, sir.
All right. Everyone lift up your beakers.
Now look through them.
I can't see you.
Yeah. All this stuff is in the way.
It is beneficial for young men and women to realize right now
the value of working together as equals
in all things,
because when you do, the results are...
Clear.
Nice job, partner.
Partner.
So, did you do the marble thing again?
Yeah. You do the make history like their lives thing again?
It's all I got.
You also got yourself quite a daughter.
Thank you.
-Hi, Daddy. -Norton.
Girls.
To what do we owe this unexpected pleasure?
We thought we'd keep you company on your walk home.
That's very nice of you.
Are you out of pizza money?
No we're paying for you this time.
You too, Mr. Norton.
Really? Thanks.
Wait, wait, wait. Since when do you two pay?
Since men and women are equal.
We're big-time feminists now.
Good for you.
Where'd you learn that?
Science class.
Of course.