[Louise] Previously on Big Shot…
I hope you brought your dancing shoes, 'cause we got ourselves a tournament.
[Emma] Dad. Can we talk for a second?
Tip-off is in a few minutes, and I'm down a starter.
What if I play?
[Marvyn] Say hello to your new starter.
[Sirens] Emma! Emma! Emma! Emma! Emma!
[Marvyn] Wait a minute, you go here? You go to this school?
Yeah. I'm new. I'm Kate. Just moved from Australia.
Maybe I can be on the team next year.
What are you doing next week?
This is Nurse Evans calling.
If you'd like to see Mr. Waterson, I recommend coming immediately.
[buzzer sounds]
[Sirens, audience cheering]
[Coach Waterson] Well, what are you doing here?
You must really, really trust your assistant coach.
She's sharp. She's smart. She's aggressive.
-[Coach Waterson] You like her? -[knocking on door]
May I help you?
Marvyn, you're home earl--
Hey, Holly.
[crowd cheering, chattering]
Ladies and gentlemen welcome to ESPN's very special broadcast
of the Southern California girls basketball championship
between the powerhouse Playa Verde Dolphins
and the upstart Westbrook Sirens.
I'm Stan Verrett.
Now tonight's game is no ordinary championship.
A devastating wildfire cost these teams their season,
but this tournament has given them a second chance.
And while we're on second chances,
there will be a familiar face on the sideline tonight.
As Westbrook is coached by none other than former NCAA National Champ Marvyn Korn.
Yes, that Marvyn Korn.
Now in the women's game and one win away from another ring.
We'll find out tonight if Coach Korn still has the magic touch.
But his new look Sirens have their work cut out for them.
Buckle up, folks. This one promises to be a classic.
[rhythmic clapping]
[crowd cheers]
[buzzer sounds]
You know, we look damn good!
Yeah, we do. I told you those bake sales would pay off.
[Ava chuckles]
[people chattering]
What's going on over there? They look like a college team.
That's some dirty recruiting.
Yeah, I thought high school had an age limit.
Right, just don't let them intimidate you. Don't let the ESPN cameras intimidate you.
This is our night. All right? Go warm up. Let's go!
Right.
[pop music playing on PA]
Coach, good luck tonight.
Ah, thanks, Coach. How you doin'?
You got your work cut out for you. Playa Verde looks tough.
Hey, I didn't know you were gonna be here.
Of course I'm here. If you're here, I'm here.
-You gonna win tonight, Coach? -Oh, yeah. Yeah.
-Of course he is. -Okay.
-Well, we'll find some seats, I guess. -Okay.
Good luck.
Oh, I cannot believe that I'm coaching against the legendary Marvyn Korn.
Yeah.
The first game that I-- that I ever saw was you against Michigan,
and I told you that I wanted to follow in your footsteps.
You signed an autograph for me that said, "I'll see you on the court one day."
And here we are. Look at that. I'm clairvoyant.
-Yes. That's classic Korn right there. -Thank you.
I've watched every game that you've coached.
I've studied your every move, your plays.
And the one thing that I've learned, more than anything is
you wanna look at yourself at the end of the day in the mirror and be able to say,
"I won."
No, that's not-- [stammers]
No matter how many refs you have to humiliate,
no matter how many chairs you have to throw--
You're busting my balls, right? Is that what's happening here?
Now here I am. On the precipice of humiliating you on national television.
[pop music ends]
Do what?
They say that, uh, in order for the apprentice to become the master,
he has to defeat the master.
So I'm afraid I have to strike you down.
Are we in a video game or something? What are you talking about, man?
Good luck.
What was that about?
I created a monster.
-Hey. -Hey.
You looking for Aunt Angel? She's over there by the concessions.
No, I know. I was just looking for someone else.
[Trevor] Your birth dad?
I DMed him to invite him to the game.
Probably shouldn't be too shocked when he no-shows, but I just thought--
Hey, that's-- that's huge.
I mean, that-- that really is a-- is a really big step for you to reach out.
I mean, that's-- that takes courage.
Like, with or without him here tonight, you have a huge cheering section,
and I will be the loudest.
[scoffs] Dude, like, it is so weird how good of a person you are.
Literally, like, you're-- like a-- like an alien unicorn--
-It's annoying. It's annoying. -[laughing] Great.
[Marvyn] Destiny, let's go!
-[Trevor] Kick some ass! -You know I will.
All right, girls. Bring it in. Let's go.
Louise, you do the Sirens on three.
Can I call it, Coach?
You got it.
All right, family on three, family on me. One, two, three.
-[Sirens] Family! -[player] Come on!
[audience cheering]
-[team] Dolphins! -[Dolphins' coach] Let's go!
-Let's go! -Let's go!
[scoffs] I thought you'd be taller, Navarro.
Gonna be a long night for you, Sasquatch.
[whistle blows]
-[Dolphins' coach] Let's go! -[Marvyn] D! Get back on D!
Yeah! Let's go! Yes!
-Come on, Baby! -[crowd cheering]
That's good! Go! Way to deflect, Gruzinsky!
Push the ball!
Right. Close out! Hold! Shoot it!
Go!
[crowd cheering]
Let's go, team.
[cheering continues]
Yes!
-[Dolphins' coach] Hands up there! -Swing the ball! Swing the ball!
[buzzer sounds]
[announcer] And that's the end of the first half,
with the score, Playa Verde: 31. Sirens: 24.
Thank you.
Hey, why don't we finally take that trip to Costa Rica? Maybe in January?
Oh. [chuckles] Well, that's right in the middle of basketball season.
Oh, come on. High school basketball? Who cares?
Yeah, uh, what if we just focus on the rest of the game?
[whistle blows]
[Marvyn] You got the ball! Hands up! Close out. Close the box!
-[grunts] -[whistle blows]
[Mark] That's a dumb foul.
No, no, she's being aggressive. She needs to.
Good! Good, Destiny! Stay aggressive. You did the right thing.
Come on! Be aggressive! Defense!
Watch out!
[Marvyn] Run the play! Run the play!
Shoot it, Kate!
Yes!
[crowd cheering]
[Dolphins' coach] Come on, baby. Drive it through!
Let's go! Big and strong!
[Marvyn] Come on, defense! Watch out! Come on. Get up!
Get it inside. We're running outta clock.
Close out, Destiny! Close out!
[growls]
-Come on, Marvyn. Call it! Call it. -All right. Time! Time! Time!
-That's your last one, Coach. -All right.
[announcer] Time-out Sirens. Dolphins lead by three.
[cell phone chimes]
[audio distorts]
[breathes heavily]
[echoing] Coach?
[echoing] What's the play, Coach?
[echoing] Coach?
[echoing] Coach, are you okay?
[breathes heavily]
[normal audio] Uh.
Okay. Listen up, let's do Westbrook 23.
[Marvyn screaming internally]
[breathing heavily]
[whistle blows]
-No, no. Go back there. -I'm sorry.
What?
[buzzer sounds]
[sighs]
[Dolphins, fans cheering]
[cheering continues]
Yeah!
See, see, see! You have been struck down!
Master!
[laughs mockingly]
[whooping]
[Sirens sniffling]
You girls-- You played great tonight.
You didn't lose.
I lost.
[door opens]
[cries]
[door closes]
I know it didn't go the way you wanted, but you played great tonight.
I appreciate you being there.
I wouldn't have missed it.
[patrons chattering]
Well, Holly said I wasn't allowed to miss it.
You know, I'm kinda starting to like your terrible jokes.
Imagine how many you'll hear next year in Boston.
[in Boston accent] Where's the car parked in the Harvard yard? Go Sox!
[laughing] That was the worst Boston accent of all time.
[in Cockney accent] I thought it was pretty good, Governor.
-[laughing] Please make it stop! -[laughs]
[normal] No, but really. We're gonna have so much fun together at BC.
Yeah. So, um…
This is the part where I tell you I've decided on UCLA.
What? Uh--
I thought the scholarship doesn't kick in for a year.
It doesn't. But I--
Okay, so what are you gonna do? Just stay around here?
I mean, going to Boston is a win-win.
If you don't like it, you can transfer later.
I was really hoping you'd understand.
So, what does this mean? We're just gonna break up?
No, I mean, we still have the summer.
And if what we have is real, then we'll figure it out.
[scoffs]
It's what's right for me.
I, uh…
I don't really know what to say.
How about you say,
"If it's right for you, it's right for me"?
If it's right for you, it's right for me.
-Hey. -Mmm.
I really blew it, huh?
Kinda.
It's okay.
No, it's not okay.
I let those girls down. They played great. You saw it, right?
Uh, yeah.
That kid, Kate, she-- It wasn't her fault.
[stammers, sighs]
Coach died, you know?
I knew it was coming.
I don't know.
Why does it hurt so bad?
I know.
I'm really sorry.
Yeah. I just can't believe he's gone.
It just…
I know.
[chattering]
So I heard you invited hot Mark to the game.
That took guts.
-Trying to make Korn jealous? -Oh, no, no.
He invited himself. It was so awkward.
No, it was like this perfect storm
of ex-husband, maybe future boyfriend, collides with
this guy I think I'm living with / co-worker, and--
It was so awkward. I-- [sighs]
-[scoffs] Really? -Yeah.
You realize there's other men out there, right?
Have you thought about using a dating app?
Or maybe finding someone you don't have
a complicated history and working relationship with?
Okay, okay. I hear you. I hear you. I-- [sighs] I don't know.
Well, one thing I know is you don't need help being stressed. You do that yourself.
Here's an idea. Pick door number three.
[school bell rings]
-[students chattering] -[door opens]
-[Sherilyn] Coach. -Principal.
-Don't call me that. I need a favor. -What favor?
Well, it's more like a task, 'cause you're gonna do it.
So I need you to be the keynote speaker at graduation this year.
What? No, no, I'm not doing that.
I just lost an important championship in front of millions of people.
I'm not really in the inspirational-speech-making mood.
Shake it off, Marvyn.
You've given inspirational speeches your whole career.
And you know, you're moderately famous, you're free. So this is a no-brainer.
It's also a nonstarter, so you better start writing.
Thank you, Coach.
Don't you ladies have someplace to be?
-Not really. -You better find someplace to be.
Do you ever think about the fact
that Ms. Thomas could become your mother-in-law?
It haunts me often.
[Louise] All right, Samantha. Here we are.
[sighs]
Oh, my gosh, guys. Why did I think I could do this?
I don't know how to be a peer counselor.
I mean, you just, like, listen, and be nice, right? You're good at that.
Come on. You'll be able to help students more than anyone.
You've gone through all your anxiety stuff already.
Yeah, but it doesn't just go away.
[groans] I mean, right now,
I have anxiety about why I made these bubble letters on this poster so big.
Okay, Samantha, you're the one that wanted to start this group.
Stop second-guessing everything.
Yeah. You got this. Go get 'em.
Or go counsel 'em?
I don't know what you're supposed to say.
Hey, you're gonna do great.
Okay. Thanks, guys.
[exhales deeply]
[door closes]
Hi, um, you here for the group?
Uh, no, I thought this was chess club.
Oh.
[inhales] You got this. [sighs]
[reporter, on TV] The world mourns the loss of legendary Coach Bert Waterson,
who passed earlier this week.
He is best remembered for his fiery on-court demeanor
and folksy press conference charm.
Well, offensively, we were a mess.
On D, we were busier than a one-eyed cat looking at two mouse holes.
[reporter] But Waterson is best remembered for his innovation
in the area of players' rights.
He championed practice limits,
as well as universities providing food and academic support for struggling students.
Wow, I didn't know he did all that. That's quite a legacy.
-Yeah. -Huh.
Hey, I-- I made an offer on a place.
[grunts]
You did?
Yeah, it's time. I'm-- I'm just in the way now.
-You know, if this is about-- -Your ex-husband?
Well, I was gonna say the dishes, but…
I mean, come on, it's ridiculous.
I'm sleeping out here on this bed, and you guys are in your bedroom,
-you know, doing whatever you're-- -Whoa, whoa.
I don't know why you would take it that far. I--
You showed up at the game with him.
-Hey, Emma. -[Emma] Hey.
-I don't know. -"Congratulations, graduates."
Hey.
You're working on your graduation speech?
I don't know why Sherilyn wants me to make a speech. It's--
I can't inspire anyone. I can't even inspire our own team.
Well, I did not know we were having a pity party.
Is that a teeny tiny violin I hear?
[chuckles] On that note…
Marvyn.
-You should make the speech. -Oh, okay.
Seriously. You're having an incredible year. Look at you. You're--
You're the first woman to coach the Belford boys.
You brought our Sirens all the way to the championship.
This is your moment.
People are tired of my story.
Thank you for everything you just said.
-I know you're gonna find the words. -No, I'm not.
I am not gonna make your speech for you.
[sighs] I need a…
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna go get some fresh air.
You're in your pajamas.
I won't go far.
Okay.
[door closes]
[students chattering]
[crying]
Oh, my God. Ava.
Um, are you okay?
[Ava] Yeah, it's just--
You know, now that basketball is, like, really, really over, it's just--
[whimpers]
I'm starting to freak out about going back to the volleyball tour.
Now it's, like, is it even what I want? Or is it just what my mom wants?
Now I don't even know what to think anymore.
You wanna know what I think?
I think you wanna stay here. And we all want you to stay.
We love you, and you help us win, and you're super fun to be around.
And please stay.
[chuckles]
Volleyball will wait for you.
[chuckles] You know, you're pretty good at this.
You wanna be a part of my peer counseling group?
You'd be the honorary--
Well… [sighs] …you'd be the first member.
[both chuckle]
I'd love that.
[pop song playing]
-[song continues indistinctly] -[people chattering]
[Louise giggling]
-Hey, Holly. -Yeah?
Where is Coach? He's 20 minutes late to the team dinner.
I know.
[whistle blows]
Fall in.
Come on, Sirens. Let's go. Uh, free throw line there.
[song ends]
Where is Louise? There she is. Come on, Gruzinsky. Let's go.
Front and center.
Wha-- Did I do something, Coach?
You remember the first day I started here?
Yeah, when you kicked me off the team.
Yeah.
I've been a coach a long time.
This is the first time I've ever kicked someone off the team.
Find that extremely hard to believe.
Let me finish.
I've never kicked someone off a team…
and then retired her number.
-[Samantha] Oh, my God! -Oh, my God.
[applause]
[Samantha] Congrats, Louise. That's incredible.
It looks like the Gruzinsky name's gonna be up there forever now.
Proud of you, kid.
[chuckles] Thank you.
[Marvyn] Okay.
Okay.
You're not staying?
No, I'm tired. I'm--
Gruzinsky.
Enjoy tonight. You deserve it.
[footsteps departing]
[door opens]
[footsteps depart]
[door closes]
[people murmuring]
Wow. He's taking this loss a lot harder than I thought.
Well, he wanted that one so badly.
I don't think that's it. Or not all of it.
Yeah, no. That definitely sucked, but I-- I've never seen him like this.
Well, there will be other games, and he'll cheer up.
-I don't know about that. -What do you mean?
Okay. Don't freak out, but I think he plans to retire from coaching.
-[Destiny] What? -What are we gonna do?
Well, I do have one idea.
-[pop song playing on speakers] -[people chattering]
I got you something.
Jewelry?
Um, bankrupt family.
-[chuckles] Why am I dating you again? -Uh, because I'm 6'5''.
[whispering] Oh. 6'4''. [chuckles]
And a half. [chuckles] But I did get you something.
Okay. What is this?
Open it.
You got into San Diego State?
Yeah. It's close to home. Don't have to move.
And, funny enough, it just became my top choice.
Nick, that's incredibly sweet,
but I don't want you to pick a school just because of me.
Well, as a wise person once said,
"I could try it for a year and transfer if it doesn't work out."
You said that.
[in Cockney accent] Yeah, you're damn right I did.
-[both chuckle] -Is that better?
-I've been working on it-- -No.
-No? -No.
-[pop song playing on speakers] -[people chattering]
[Samantha] So, did you talk to your mom?
Yep. I did. [sighs]
-And? -Did she agree to stay in La Jolla?
No.
But I also just talked to my dad,
and he said that I can live here with him next year.
Wait. So, you're staying?
-You know it. -Yay! We get to keep you!
-Yeah. -Yay! Yeah.
You guys mind if I join the hug?
-Come here. -Get in here.
Yay!
[pop song ends]
[people chattering]
[Trevor] Can you believe this will be us next year?
-Yeah. -Graduating and going off into the world.
Oh, yeah. Your mom letting her precious Trev-Trev out of the house?
-I will believe that when I see it. -How did you hear that name?
Oh, I actually didn't. I guessed.
But now that you've confirmed it, thank you so much.
Yo. I didn't confirm anything though. It's actually not even--
I'll wait for you.
[Destiny] Thanks.
Hi, Destiny.
Hey, Scott. [stammers] Mr. Park. I don't really know what to call you.
Scott's fine.
I hope you don't mind me stopping by.
I don't know where you live,
but, in your letter, you mentioned your school.
Yeah, that's totally cool, dude.
Oh, uh-- These are-- Here.
Um…
Thank you. Um, but I'm actually not graduating this year, so…
Yeah, I know. Um. I thought you might like 'em anyway.
But I don't really know what kind of flower you like
or even if you like flowers.
No, I do. I like 'em.
Do you, uh, maybe wanna know other things about me?
I do, very much. Would that be all right?
[chuckles]
I would-- I would like that a lot.
["Pomp and Circumstance March in D Major, Op. 39, No. 1" playing]
Um. Sorry, I should go-- I should go though,
-'cause my friends are graduating. Sorry. -Yeah.
Thanks.
[sighs]
[Destiny laughs]
["Pomp and Circumstance March" continues]
[Samantha] It's Wendy Robinson. And then she got one too.
[Mouse] Yeah. [stammers] I don't--
[Samantha laughs]
[Harper] It's not Wendy?
-I don't think so. -It isn't.
Since when? When did she change it?
Since Wendy.
[laughs]
-[Samantha] But it's kinda bad. -Oh, hey, um.
-Hi. -Samantha, right?
Uh, do you mind if I…
Go ahead.
I'm Nate. From anxiety class.
It's not really a class, but…
[stammers, sighs]
You were so pretty, I just wimped out.
[laughing] Oh?
Well, that's anxiety.
Maybe I could help you with that?
Too bad school's over.
-I guess there aren't any more meetings. -There's one tomorrow.
Isn't school closed?
Oh.
I guess it is. [chuckles]
Um, how about the gelato place on Ocean?
["Pomp and Circumstance March" fades out]
-I'd like that. [giggles] -[chuckles]
[Sherilyn] Parents, faculty and graduates,
welcome to the first joint Westbrook and Belford graduation.
[cheers]
It has been quite a year, but we made it.
Now here to introduce our commencement speaker
is senior Louise Gruzinsky.
[cheers]
-Woo! -[Louise] Thank you, Mrs. Thomas.
To my fellow seniors, we've each had our own journey here at Westbrook.
And I'd like to tell you about someone that's impacted mine.
First time I met Coach Marvyn Korn, he kicked me off the basketball team.
-[Destiny] Yeah, he did! -[chuckling]
Shortly thereafter, he gave me some advice that stuck with me.
He said simply, "Try your best."
Now the other night, we played the championship, and we lost.
But we could hold our heads high, knowing we had tried our best.
Coach Korn has not only made me a better player,
he's made me a better person.
Coach, uh, has taken our loss harder than anyone,
and he's-- he's had a good deal of loss on his own recently.
I was supposed to introduce him today as your speaker.
But that's not what I'm going to do.
Instead, I would like to introduce my friend and teammate, Emma Korn.
[people cheering]
[clears throat] Thank you.
[cheering stops]
So, at the risk of being grounded for many, many years to come,
[laughter]
I am going to tell you that my dad, the-tough-as-nails Marvyn Korn,
isn't always so tough.
In preparing to give his speech today,
I know he began to question his own legacy.
He thought that he had let Westbrook down.
But, Dad, you didn't let us down.
You have lifted us up and impacted our lives.
Can you come stand with me, please?
So we wanted to take a moment
to reacquaint you with some people whose lives you've impacted.
Could all of our special guests here today,
whose lives have been impacted by Coach Korn, please stand?
[cheering, applause]
Anthony!
That's Meg.
Class of 2023, strive not to impact just your life,
but the lives of others.
And, if you're wondering where to start,
just remember Coach Korn's advice.
Try your best.
You're up, Coach.
Well, uh…
[sighs] Thank you all. Uh…
[sighs] Okay, well, I had a…
[student] Come on, Coach.
All right, seniors, congratulations!
And the rest of you, I'll see you next season on the court.
[cheering]
["Pomp and Circumstance March in D Major, Op. 39, No. 1" playing]
[cheering stops]
["Pomp and Circumstance March" ends]
[Destiny] That makes no sense.
[Samantha] It's not gonna be the same without you, Louise.
But you will haunt us.
[chuckling]
Most points in Westbrook history, right?
[sighs] Before Kate breaks my record, yeah.
Oh. It's a long way off. At least a couple of games.
[laughing]
You know, you still never scored on me, Gruzinsky.
Oh? Is that a challenge?
Hell yeah, it is.
Is it on?
-It's on! -[laughing]
-Come on! -Get her, Weezy!
[Destiny] Louise Gruzinsky versus Ava Navarro!
-Let's go. Let's go. -[Emma] Hey!
Hey, hey! Get her, Weezy!
-I love you, Ava. Get her Weezy! -Yeah. Uh-huh?
Okay.
-[Samantha] Where you gonna go? -[all screaming, cheering]
[cheering]
All right, all right. You got lucky, Gruzinsky. You got lucky.
Wait. Are we hitting Nick's grad party or what?
-Let's go. -Yeah, sure.
[Samantha] Okay.
[Ava] It's okay. You did that shot fake amazing!
You almost broke my ankle.
[laughs] Yeah, both.
["Slow Dancing" playing]
♪ It's been days and weeks and months ♪
♪ Feels like forever since I saw you ♪
♪ I'm forgetting how you felt now ♪
♪ I've never had this much time On my hands ♪
So I guess there won't be a retirement party after all.
♪ Move the kitchen table out to the lawn ♪
Not tonight.
♪ Roll up the rug, the stereo's on ♪
You know, this is where you belong, Marvyn.
♪ All I can imagine is Being in your arms ♪
I, uh…
I told Mark that I wouldn't be getting back together with him.
It wasn't right then. It isn't right now.
♪ Keeping me captive ♪
♪ Heaven's here It's right where you're standing ♪
Well… [groans]
I hope he took it okay.
I think he'll survive.
[breathes shakily]
This seems like a really bad idea.
-Absolutely. -[chuckles]
It's a good bad idea.
♪ I've got my reasons to complain ♪
Maybe, you know, why don't we let the universe decide?
♪ And they're tangled In red, white and blue ♪
♪ The battle outside is blazing ♪
♪ All I'm thinking about is you ♪
One shot.
If I make it, then we'll give this a try for real.
For real?
But if I miss…
Then it wasn't meant to be.
♪ I want you to know ♪
♪ I don't need anything fancy ♪
[chuckles, exhales deeply]
♪ I just need me and you slow dancing ♪
♪ Hell's bending ♪
[exhales deeply]
♪ Keeping me captive ♪
♪ Heaven's here It's right where you're standing ♪
-♪ Slow dancing ♪ -♪ Slow dancing ♪
[basketball swishes through hoop]