[cheerleaders] ♪ sally crumb, sally crumb ♪
♪ who's a loser? Sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, she's a bum ♪
♪ she's a cheater, sally crumb ♪
Shut up, stop singing that song.
♪ who's a loser? Sally crumb ♪
I am not a liar, stop it.
♪ sally crumb, who's a loser? ♪
-Shut up! -♪ sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, she's a bum, she's a cheater ♪
♪ sally crumb, sally crumb, who's a loser? ♪
[sally] stop singing that song!
I am not a cheater!
[laughter]
All right, bitch, I'm gonna kill you.
Do you hear me? I'm gonna kill you and your whole family,
-So shut up! -Oh yeah? You fat-ass loser.
[dramatic music]
Yeah, that's right, run inside your house
And cry to your mommy.
[laughter]
What a loser.
[bright music]
Thanks for waiting.
Oh, man.
Okay, thai salad with crushed peanuts on top.
-Can I get you anything else? -No, I'm good.
Okay. Oh, hector? Hector?
Can you get lorna to cover for me?
My daughter's cheerleading at a soccer match today
-And I was really hoping-- -you know the drill, marcia.
You want your tips, you have to finish your shift.
-Oh, but I-- -hey, if you don't
Need this job, I got plenty of new applicants
-To choose from. -Okay.
[whistle blows]
[energetic music]
[cheering]
[announcer] ladies and gentlemen, for your halftime entertainment,
The mustang cheerleaders.
[lively music]
[woman] ♪ you ain't got nothin' on me ♪
♪ no matter what you believe ♪
♪ 'cause I've cried all the tears you've cried ♪
♪ but I'm moving on inside ♪
♪ I'm sure you're frightened by the things you've seen ♪
♪ but you ain't got nothin' on me ♪
♪ well, you can kick, you can scream ♪
♪ but it really won't change a thing ♪
♪ what to do, what to do, what to do ♪
♪ what's a girl gotta do to get through to you ♪
♪ and what to do, what to do, what to do ♪
♪ what's a girl gotta do to get through to you ♪
[thud, laughter]
♪ I've heard every excuse ♪
♪ two sides and then there's the truth ♪
♪ you can try but no one can help ♪
♪ you're fighting with yourself ♪
♪ I try to tell you but it ain't no use ♪
[coach] I'm just saying, sloppy work reflects badly on all of us.
So I messed up one dance number.
The crowd loved it.
Do you want to be the highwire act or the circus clown?
[laughs]
I wanna be a circus clown.
Come on, coach, the astroturf was wet.
It was slippery.
Results, ladies, not excuses.
Blaming others for your problems
Will get you nowhere in life.
Besides it took me forever to convince the school
To create a cheerleading program for the soccer team,
So don't make me look bad, will ya?
All right, see you tomorrow.
Yes, coach evergreen.
Sir, yes, sir.
Sharlene, drop down and give me 20.
You know she's right.
I guess.
I'll see you guys later.
See you later.
[soft music]
Nice game.
Thanks.
Uh, nice routine.
Oh, here.
Check this out.
Cool.
I mean, what do you think?
Don't you think it's a little...
What?
Too hollywood?
I mean, headshots are way different in new york.
Come on, no, they're not.
Are they?
[laughs]
Jason, if we're gonna hit the big apple after graduation,
You're gonna need a different look.
And besides, you gotta put your theater experience
At the top of the resume because we're talking
About broadway not the movies.
[laughs]
What's the matter?
I'm...Starting to rethink new york.
[soft music]
I don't know, I'm just thinking I might want to stay in la.
Okay, but you said you'd go to new york with me.
We've been talking about this for over a year.
I know, I know, but, you know,
I don't know what I want to do yet.
I haven't decided.
I probably shouldn't have brought it up, it's...
[school bell ringing]
Okay, I gotta go.
But we'll talk about this later, okay?
Yeah, yeah, okay.
Hi.
So did you hear back from stanford?
[jessie] I told you, not yet. I'm not gonna stress out--
[roger] yeah, of course you're not gonna get stressed about it
Because you got a 1590 on the sat
-And I got a 1480-- -roger!
-I'm just not gonna get in. -Baby.
-So it's just-- -relax.
We're both gonna get in.
It's gonna be fine, all right?
Yeah, okay.
[phone vibrates]
[phone beeps]
Hey, how are you?
I miss you too.
I'm so happy you're taking me to the senior ball.
All my friends are gonna be so jealous.
What time is your flight?
You're getting in the day before, right?
You're not?
You're getting in the day of the senior ball
In the afternoon?
I know you have a term paper due,
But isn't that cutting it kind of close?
All right.
Well, okay, um, I'll see you then.
I love you too.
[phone beeps]
Yes!
[giggles]
[marcia] sorry.
I missed it again.
It's okay, mom.
Oh, hector always seems to give me
Double shifts on game days.
I haven't even had a chance to meet your cheerleading coach.
[sharlene] she's the best, tough but cool.
Well, I hope she lets you have fun.
Cheerleading sure was fun for me back in the day.
Whew, way back in the day.
[bright music]
Honey, it's beautiful.
Here, hold it up.
[marvels]
Where did you get all of your talent?
Oh, that's right. From me.
And certainly not from your deadbeat dad.
I think it's nicer than jessie's,
And hers cost 500 bucks.
It's incredible what you can do
When you put your mind do it.
Oh, here it comes.
What do you want to do with your life?
Oh, become an actress.
You could excel at any job
You put your mind to.
[sharlene] acting is my passion, not a job.
Oh, you got that right.
A job comes with a paycheck.
Trust me, you're gonna be doing shifts with me
Down at the restaurant for the rest of your life.
Oh, except that I won't be there that long
Because I get my cpa license in four short months.
Come on, mom.
Didn't you have dreams?
Sure, I did.
I wanted to launch my own clothing line,
And then I woke up.
I know what it's like to be in high school, honey.
You're having fun and making big plans,
But don't forget... The choices you make now
Will affect the rest of your life.
[soft music]
Mine sure did.
[bright music]
[jessie] well, believe it or not, my parents aren't too thrilled
About my choice of profession either, so...
Give me a break.
You're gonna run the world like mark zuckerberg someday.
-Huh? -They're old-school.
It's either doctor or lawyer or nothing.
They don't even know what it stands for.
What does it stand for?
[laughter]
No, no, seriously.
What does it stand for?
I guess it doesn't matter to you.
You're dating a guy who goes to harvard,
So you're gonna be set for life.
I wanna get married and have kids.
What can I say?
With damon, he gives me security.
Sharlene and jason are gonna be starving actors,
And your job will probably be taken over by a robot someday.
Or worse, you could end up like howard.
Hey, howard.
Doing server maintenance or just watching porn?
-Watching porn. -Watching porn.
[laughs]
[intense music]
[school bell ringing]
[sharlene] I think I made it too tight.
Well, just suck it in for the next six hours
And you'll never have to wear it again.
Where is he?
Oh, he's probably rushing to get your corsage
Before the flower place closes.
You know, jessie seems to have her whole life figured out.
You were right.
Yeah, jason and I have big dreams,
But that's all they really are.
No real plans, just high hopes.
Not only that, he's all hollywood and I'm new york--
You know what? Don't worry about your future tonight, honey.
It's your senior ball.
Just go and have fun.
[marvels]
I really hope this is fun.
[excited exclamations]
[mailbox creaks, door opens]
[jessie] about time you got-- oh, sorry.
I thought you were somebody else.
Jason, where are you?
[typing]
[jason's voicemail] hi, this is jason.
To leave or not to leave a message.
After the beep.
[beeps]
Jason, you're making us so late.
I hope my corsage still has a few petals left on it
When you finally show up.
[jessie] ooh, stanford.
Please let it be a full scholarship or half.
Half is fine.
Okay.
[sighs]
"we regret to inform you..."
[sighs]
What?
[sighs]
[car lock beeps]
[jessie] but, dad, the letter said my grades weren't good enough.
I mean, I have a 4.0 for god sakes.
[sighs]
The only way this would happen would be
If someone hacked into the--
Are you kidding me?
[dance music]
Don't call me, don't text me.
We're done.
[phone beeps]
What's going on?
Damon's not gonna make it.
What? What happened?
I get here and I'm waiting for him to meet me,
And he calls me... From boston
Asking if I got his text.
And I said, "what text?"
He said he sent me a text this morning
Telling me his flight got cancelled.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, I swear, I didn't get any text.
I checked the airline.
His flight wasn't cancelled.
He lied to me.
I guess he doesn't want to be with me.
God.
I'm so humiliated right now.
I could just...
[paper tearing, crumpling]
I'm gonna go home.
I'll see you later.
[soft, tense music]
Um...
[doorbell chimes]
That's the doorbell. Okay, uh...
[nervous sigh]
[door opens]
You look amazing.
Um, are you ready to go?
Or before you answer that, I wanna tell you something.
I have a really good news that I want to...
What's the matter?
Why'd you do it?
Why'd I do what?
You hacked into the school server
And changed my grades, didn't you?
-What? -Don't lie.
I tracked it back to your ip address.
Look. That's you.
That's your routing prefix.
40-bit ipv6 dynamic host configuration protocol, roger.
[roger] yeah, I--I--I didn't do this.
-I-- -please.
It's right there in the code.
You just couldn't stand that I got better grades than you
So you went into the school server
And dropped my as down to cs and ds.
And now guess what?
I didn't get into stanford.
You didn't get in?
But you did, didn't you?
Well, yeah, that's what I wanted to come and tell you, I...
I knew it.
[whimpers]
I can't believe you did this to me.
I hate you.
[soft music]
[door slams]
[dance music]
[crowd chatter]
[knocks]
Jason, it's me.
What were you doing in there?
That was fun.
Hi, sharlene.
Long time no talk.
What were you doing in there?
What were we doing in there?
Wouldn't you like to know?
What the hell is going on?
[teresa] I don't know. What the hell is going on?
Do you want to tell her, babe?
Where are you going, sharlene?
Party's that way.
[groan, thud]
[sighs]
[annabelle] what was I thinking?
He goes to a university 3,000 miles away.
And he's 21.
[sharlene] so what? You're 18.
There's nothing wrong with that.
At least he didn't dump you for that bitch, teresa desmond.
Oh, right, because being dumped by your boyfriends
Is a whole lot worse than being rejected by stanford.
My entire life is ruined.
[horns blaring outside]
[cheering]
Sounds like the ball's over.
[honking continues]
This is the worst after-party I've ever been to.
You ever realized how much better
Life would be without men?
You said it, sister.
You said it.
[dark music]
[coach evergreen] you've been a very good boy.
Time for your reward.
Oh, perfect.
[laughs]
[sighs]
These little hacking fingers of yours
Sure know how to create some beautiful chaos.
Now all we have to do is just sit back
And watch those little cheerleaders' dreams
Turn to nightmares.
[laughs]
Hey, what's the matter?
I don't know, I...
Don't you think it's a little far-fetched?
[coach evergreen] far-fetched?
You ruined the high school ball
For sharlene, jessie, and annabelle
All at the same time.
It just seems like it's too much of a coincidence.
No, I think that's the entire point.
Look, howard, I have been planning this for 20 years.
It is my dream, my intention,
My singular focus to ruin the senior ball
For those cheerleaders in one coordinated, perfect,
Full-frontal assault all at the same damn time.
Don't you get it?
I guess so.
Good.
Now where were we?
[giggles]
Ladies, we're here to pump 'em up.
That's right.
Ready?
[dance music]
One and two, three and four,
Five, six, seven, look.
One-two, three and four.
Beautiful.
[woman] ♪ hear her ♪
♪ you're not the one for me ♪
[coach evergreen] five, six, seven, hit.
[woman] ♪ now I feel you and it has made me see ♪
[coach evergreen] five, six, seven, eight.
[woman] ♪ I think it's me who will set me free ♪
-♪ and it's you ♪ -five, six, seven, eight.
And set and turn
And turn and up and pose.
Okay.
Sharlene, jessie, annabelle.
You're embarrassing yourselves.
[sharlene] sorry, coach.
We had a rough night.
[coach evergreen] all right.
I don't suppose any of you got any sleep last night.
Well, socializing all night is no excuse
For not bringing your a game to practice.
Coach, we didn't even go to the ball.
We all got dumped.
Come again?
[jessie] it's like the planets aligned to make it
The worst night of our lives for all of us.
[sighs]
Girls.
That is a serious drag.
But if I had a dime for every time
A man screwed me over...
It's not just that.
I mean, roger ruined jessie's chances for stanford.
Yeah, and annabelle's boyfriend totally stood her up.
And jason cheated on sharlene.
[coach evergreen] okay, okay, all of you calm down.
[sharlene] coach, we really loved those guys.
How could they do this to us?
You're hurting.
Don't I know it.
And I know what you're thinking.
[tense music]
You want to get back at them.
You want revenge for the way they treated you.
But let me tell you something, it's not worth it.
Best thing to do is just leave them behind
And move on with your lives.
Even though getting even would be
The most deliciously satisfying thing to do.
All right, short practice today.
I'll see you girls tomorrow.
Did coach evergreen tell us to get revenge
Or the exact opposite?
Revenge, I think.
[jessie] no, she wouldn't do that.
She's all about empowerment.
[sharlene] she wouldn't let a man treat her that way.
She'd show him he couldn't push her around.
[jessie] yeah, she'd get even.
That's right.
And so will we.
We'll show them that nobody's gonna bring
These cheerleaders down.
Think again, girls.
The fun has only just begun.
[intense music]
[energetic music]
[chuckles]
[controller clicking]
[annabelle] I know, I know.
I'm sorry for what I said.
No, I'm not mad at you.
I'd love to see you again.
[lock spinning]
I am gonna launch my rocket soon,
So if you wanna see it, come and see it, and if not,
You don't have to, but come on if you wanna see it.
Oh, whew, okay.
Uh...
Ladies and gentlemen, buckle up for liftoff
In t-minus six seconds.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Why?
Um...
Let's try again.
Three, two, one.
What?
This..
[energetic music]
[annabelle] if you wanna make me a proper apology,
Why don't we just meet somewhere for a romantic weekend?
I know, I'm sorry for what I said.
I know, I know.
[giggles]
Yeah.
You live on the east coast and I live on the west coast,
So...Why don't we meet somewhere in the middle,
Like lincoln, nebraska?
Yeah, no, it's beautiful out there.
So you buy yourself a plane ticket
And I will find a way to sneak out
Of the house this weekend.
Okay, I'll see you there.
[giggles]
Not.
[male] ha, it's viagra.
[male] it's not viagra, it's megaman.
[camera clicks]
No, guys, come on, these-- these aren't mine.
No, guys, seriously, I swear these aren't mine.
Someone must have tried to put 'em
In my backpack or something.
[stammers]
These are not mine, I swear, no.
I promise, these aren't mine, these don't belong to me.
These do not belong to me.
Someone must have put them in my bag.
They're not mine.
Delete it!
[locker slams]
[tapping controller]
[rocket whizzing]
[crowd chatter]
[sensual music]
[applause]
[cheering]
Looks like someone got their mojo back.
See what happens when you leave your boyfriend problems behind?
We left them in the dust.
[laughter]
Glad to hear it.
All right, let's get to work on--
[jessie] we nailed them good.
What's that?
You know what they say.
The best defense is a good offense.
-Mm-hm. -What's going on here?
[sharlene] uh, did you hear about jason's... Problem?
[laughter]
Damon went to nebraska.
Guess who wasn't there to meet him.
[jessie] and roger's gonna win science fair booby prize
Instead of first prize.
[laughter]
[coach evergreen] sounds like you ladies got a little payback, huh?
[jessie] we did you proud, coach.
Wait a minute, don't put this on me.
I said you should let it go, move on with your lives.
Who knows, maybe then you might have been able
To patch things up with your guys.
But it sounds like you didn't listen.
And now what do you have to show for it?
You're single, you lost your ivy league meal ticket,
And you're probably gonna end up working data entry at the dmv.
Face it, girls, you blew it.
I'm disgusted with you, especially you, sharlene.
You really should have known better.
Practice is over.
Go.
[somber music]
Go on.
And now to bring the mother hen's world crashing down.
[chatter]
[dialing]
[phone ringing]
-Hello? -Mom,
I think I might have done something bad.
Honey, I would love to talk this out with you,
But you know what, we're slammed.
Could this maybe wait until I get home?
Again with the personal calls?
You know what? I gotta go.
[beeps]
A large thai salad.
Would you like some freshly ground pepper?
-No. -Okay, enjoy.
[soft music]
What?
I wanna talk to you about the other night.
The other night?
You mean the night of the senior ball?
The one and only senior ball
That I'll never have?
-You mean that night? -Just let me explain.
Jason, don't even try.
Just leave me alone.
I just want to tell you what happened.
No, I don't want to know what happened.
What you did with her--
I had just picked up your corsage
From the florist, okay?
I was on my way to your place,
And that's when my phone started blowing up.
It was teresa and she was crying,
Telling me that her car wouldn't start,
So she asked me to go to school to give her a jump.
-Oh yeah, totally. -Just let me finish, please.
So I get there and I start hooking up the cables.
And remember it was that really hot day.
I was wearing a polyester suit, sweating like crazy.
Anyway, I get her car started,
And that's when a couple guys from the team walk up.
We start talking, one of them hands me a gatorade bottle,
And I finish the whole thing, but... I don't know,
It must have been the heat or something, because...
I got really dizzy and I totally blacked out.
-You blacked out? -Yes, like someone
Had turned the lights off in my head.
Next thing you know, I see you outside the bathroom,
And I don't know what happened.
I've had a nasty headache ever since.
My mom, she thinks it was heatstroke.
[soft music]
I did not kiss her.
I mean, come on, you believe me now, don't you?
No... I'm not buying it.
You made out with teresa desmond--
No, no, I didn't, I swear I--
On the night you were supposed to take me to the senior ball.
Do you know how long I've been thinking
About going to the dance with you?
Since the day that I met you.
[keys jangling]
And it took me a month to make that dress.
[mellow music]
[chatter]
[coughing]
[labored breathing]
[tense music]
Sir!
Sir, are you all right?
What's--are you choking?
Hector!
Hector, can I get some help?
-What's going on? -Are you choking?
Sir, are you okay?
[stammers]
Marcia, what did you do?
I didn't do-- I think he's choking.
-Do you need me to call 911? -Yes, call quickly, quickly.
Go back to your salads, it's okay, it's all good.
Do you have an epipen in your bag or something?
[soft music]
[door opens]
Oh, hey.
What are you doing out here?
I'm the worst girlfriend.
Oh, now why would you say that?
Jason cheated on you.
[sharlene] I know, but jason explained what happened,
And now I'm not so sure anymore.
I think I might have jumped to the wrong conclusion.
Did you talk about this with your coach?
Yeah.
She told us to forget it all,
But then kind of not.
Getting back at our boyfriends,
It was kind of her idea.
You're losing me, honey, I..
I don't know.
She's weird that way.
God, I just wish none of this would have ever happened.
How was work?
Work?
Oh, it was great.
Actually, I don't know how it happened.
He didn't say no peanuts,
Well, at least I didn't think he did.
I don't know, it was all such a rush.
What? What peanuts?
[marcia] oh, this poor man, he almost died
Because I put peanuts on his thai salad.
He swears he said no peanuts,
But I...
[sighs]
Anyway.
I got fired.
-You got fired? -Mm-hm.
He had an attack, he was allergic.
And that was the last straw for hector.
I mean, hector hates everyone,
But he hates me the most.
Oh, I'm so sorry, mom.
But, hey, you're almost done with your classes.
Screw waitressing, you can get an accounting job and--
No, that's months away.
I mean, I might even have to drop out of school.
Can't afford it now.
Not a great night for either of our dreams, is it?
[soft music]
No.
[soft, tense music]
Hey.
Why would your coach want you to get back at your boyfriends?
Oh, excuse me.
Are you coach evergreen?
-Yes. -Ah, I thought so.
My daughter described you quite well.
I'm sharlene's mother, marcia davenport.
Hi, I'm sorry, we never met.
Do you have a moment?
I'm actually on my way to the athletic office.
I can walk with you.
Oh, uh, okay.
[laughs nervously]
I can never make it to any of the games,
And it's not because I don't want to.
[laughs]
Well, they're a lot of fun.
Running the squad is really my hobby here.
Most of my time is spent wrangling 100 girls
In phys ed classes.
Oh, quite the handful.
Well, you said it.
So, uh, how can I help you?
Oh, well...
I was talking with sharlene and--
I hope she's happy with the cheerleading program.
Oh, she loves it, looks forward to it every day.
No, I'm here about the situation with sharlene's boyfriend,
And jessie's situation too, actually.
Yes, they told me everything.
I was quite disappointed in them, and I told them so.
You didn't talk to them ahead of time, you know,
Before they started to scheme?
Just to tell them they have to take their lumps in life.
But they're young.
We all do things we regret when we're young,
Don't we?
[chuckles]
Yeah, that's what high school is, right?
They put you through the ringer,
And hopefully you come out on the other side
A wiser person.
Well, speaking personally,
My wisdom didn't come till later in life.
[laughs]
My high school days were pretty carefree actually.
I was a cheerleader.
-Were you? -I guess I sort of fit
The stereotype.
Dated the captain of the football team and all.
[chuckles]
Married him too.
You know what I said about my wisdom
Coming later in life?
[laughs]
Well, you must have been a cheerleader back in school.
Oh, you better believe it.
Those days.
[laughs]
I will never forget those carefree days.
[cheerleaders] ♪ sally crumb, sally crumb ♪
♪ who's a loser? Sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, she's a bum ♪
♪ she's a cheater, sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, sally crumb ♪
I'm not a cheater, stop singing that song.
[laughter]
[sally] all right, bitch, I'm gonna kill you, do you hear me?
I'm gonna kill you and your whole family, so shut up!
[young marcia] oh yeah? You fat-ass loser.
[somber music]
Yeah, that's right, run inside your house
-And cry to your mommy. -Leave her alone!
Leave my sister alone.
[laughs]
Come on, guys, let's go.
Yes, sorry.
[laughs]
Just a little frazzled today.
Have we ever met?
What school did you go to?
Oh, small town.
You've never heard of it.
[laughs]
Oh, well, I'm a small town girl myself.
I miss it sometimes, actually.
A more innocent time, you know?
It was.
A more innocent time indeed.
[chuckling]
[jessie] I don't know about your boyfriend, sharlene,
But my boyfriend's digital fingerprints
Were all over his crime scene.
-Are you sure? -Yes, I'm sure.
And mr. Ivy league gets his flight cancelled
And doesn't even call me?
Annabelle, somebody could have sent your boyfriend
A text message and pretended to be the airline.
Did you ever think of that?
And maybe roger was telling the truth
About not hacking your grades.
[scoffs]
[annabelle] wait, are you telling me
That someone tricked damon into missing his flight?
Yeah, and there's something else.
Don't you guys think it's strange
How all of this started to happen
At the exact same time?
Like before this, we thought our boyfriends
Were good guys, right?
-Right. -And then all of a sudden
The night of the senior ball,
They all three become douchebags?
-It just doesn't make sense. -Yeah, that was kind of weird.
What have we done?
[sharlene] it's not what have we done.
It's what was done to us and who did it.
So, you think someone set us up?
[school bell ringing]
Yeah, and whoever did it
Had to be some kind of computer whiz.
[jessie] well, what about jason making out with teresa?
[sharlene] that part I'm still working on.
[annabelle] who do we know who would do all of this techy stuff
Besides you and roger, who may be a victim now too?
Well, the only other tech person around here
On my level is...
[all] howard.
[energetic music]
He spends all day on porn sites.
[jessie] if we can get his computer,
I can do a deep search into his hard drive
And trace his entire search history,
Even the stuff he deleted.
Great, let's go steal it.
I'll distract him, you snag it.
That's too obvious.
He'll know somebody's on to him.
[jessie] what about the flash drive?
Maybe he's one of those guys who backs up everything,
Even the illegal stuff.
Maybe, it's worth a shot.
-We've gotta get that drive. -I don't know.
This whole thing is starting to sound like a bad idea.
-Why do you say that? -He works for the school.
-You want to get expelled? -Nobody's gonna know.
My parents might find out and they'll kill me.
So, I'll see you guys later.
-What's her problem? -I don't know.
There he goes. Come on.
[loan officer] congratulations, ms. Davenport.
[marcia] oh, please, call me marcia.
Oh, marcia it is.
Well, you are all set.
Oh, thank you.
I can't tell you how much this means to me.
You have more equity in your home,
So if you ever need to do this again,
-Just give me a call. -Will do, thank you.
[laughs]
[soft, tense music]
Howard!
Hey, can you help me with something?
I can't, I'm late, I gotta run.
[jessie] well, for some reason, I can't get my new operating system
To interface with the school's website.
You can help me, right?
Please?
-Please. -All right.
I don't know.
[sighs]
[zipper unzipping]
[howard] well, you have all these windows open.
The bluetooth's not connected.
And... Here.
-You're all set. I gotta go. -Are you sure?
I mean, there could be, like, another bug or something.
Yeah, no, you're--you're fine.
Oh, well, I mean, are you sure?
Yeah, no, you're good, you're good.
[sighs]
[tense music]
[jessie] holy crap.
[papers rustling]
[car door shuts]
[spritzing]
[exhales]
[rings doorbell]
Why is he ringing his own doorbell?
-You're late. -I know,
I had to help a student.
I sent you a text.
[music intensifies]
No freaking way.
Get in here.
[tense music]
[sighs]
[car horn beeps]
You okay?
Yeah, I got it.
-Did you see? -Yeah.
-What could she-- -possibly see in him?
-I mean... -There's gotta be
-Something else going on. -Oh yeah,
She's definitely playing him.
For sure.
But why?
Let's go back to my place.
I can't do this anymore.
Oh...
I mean, with the girls and the mother.
But what about all my plans?
We're just gettin' started.
By the way, thanks for making that fake id for me.
Mm, the girl at the bank thought I was marcia davenport.
No problem.
I was able to transfer ownership
And get a $200,000 home equity loan.
I am so close to stealing that bitch's house
Right out from under her.
No, it--it doesn't feel right.
Well, does this feel right?
[tense music]
I'm...Sorry I brought it up.
You're forgiven.
[annabelle] howard hacked into your school records
And tanked your grades?
-It was him! -Looks that way.
I can't believe you guys stole the flash drive.
Annabelle, look.
There's the airline graphics he made
To fake the text alert.
[annabelle] but why?
This is howard, he hardly knows any of us.
-Wait. -Whoa, whoa, whoa,
That's his bank account, you're not gonna--
[jessie] no, I'm just checking to see if there's any
Suspicious transactions... Like that one.
Teresa desmond?
$300 e-transfer.
She was paid.
Howard paid her to seduce my boyfriend.
Why would howard pay teresa to do that?
That skank would do it for free.
[sharlene] question is, why would howard want to make it seem
Like roger changed your grades?
And jason was cheating on you?
[jessie] and why would he want to try to stop mr. Ivy league
From getting to the senior ball?
Oh my god.
-What? -Howard wouldn't.
-Coach evergreen would. -Coach?
Why would she want to ruin our lives?
-What have we ever done to her? -Yeah, and she's a great coach.
I've even opened up to her about stuff.
Me too, but you know what?
When has she ever opened up to us about herself?
-What do we even know about her? -Maybe it doesn't matter.
I mean, we have physical evidence against her
For a number of crimes now.
Which I guess means we can't give this back.
We have evidence against howard.
To tie coach evergreen to the crimes,
We need to find out why she did this.
And to do that, we need to find out
More about her and discover who she really is.
We are totally forgetting something.
If coach evergreen and howard really did this,
Our boyfriends are innocent after all.
[soft music]
[jessie] I said I was sorry.
[roger] well, I know that you said that,
But it's the fact that you hurt me,
The fact that you didn't trust me,
The fact that I missed prom.
-I made a mistake. -I need time.
Can I have time to...
Time for what? It was a mistake.
I need time to think.
-Crash and burn. -I'm so sorry.
He said he'd never trust me again.
How'd it go with jason?
I can't talk to him yet.
Hey, you promised us you would.
I know, I know.
-What did damon say? -Said I'm too high-maintenance.
What does that even mean?
-Yeah, I don't know. -I don't know.
[mysterious music]
What does it mean?
[jessie] I don't know about you, but I couldn't find anything
About denise evergreen on the internet.
No work history, no previous addresses.
She's not even on any database for teachers.
Well, we know she started teaching here
At the beginning of the school year.
She just moved here, so it makes sense
That there's no local information on her.
Then how come there's no data about her
Where she lived before?
[sharlene] because that's not her real name.
[jessie] but why would she change her name?
Exactly. We need to find out her real name
And why she changed it.
And I think I know how.
[enigmatic music]
All right, ladies, got a special treat for you today,
It's your lucky day.
-New routine. -Woo!
All right, line up, arms out, let's stretch it.
Make some space, make space, there you go.
Coach, I got to go, bad.
I'll be right back.
No, you go before practice.
Sorry, it's an emergency. I'll be back as soon as I can.
All right, hurry it up.
Okay, let's switch, get that left arm over.
Really feel that stretch, ladies.
Good.
All right.
All right, that's good, let me teach this new routine.
Where the hell is jessie?
Hang on, I'm gonna go get her.
Coach! I, uh, think it's her time of the month.
I really don't want to have to go over this twice.
Jessie!
I'm gonna go get jessie.
Ow!
-What's the matter? -It's her leg.
Can you come help us?
I'll get an ice pack.
-It's a leg cramp. -It's a leg cramp, coach.
Please come massage it.
Okay, just keep it extended.
I've got some potassium pills in my office.
[coach evergreen] jessie?
Uh, sorry, coach, be right there.
What are you doing? I thought you had to go to the bathroom.
I was on my way there, but, uh...
But what?
-Roger texted me. -Oh.
Yeah, I told you we kind of broke up.
-Oh, boyfriend problems. -Yeah.
I get it.
-You know something? -What?
I don't care.
You want to text your boyfriend, you do it after school,
Not during my practice.
I have to put your phone on time out?
No, no, that's okay, uh, I can turn it off.
It won't happen again.
Fine. Now get back out there and start stretching.
I'll be out there in a minute.
Wait a second. Your backpack.
Your backpack?
My backpack?
What about it?
It was unzipped.
Oh, right, thanks.
Go on.
[sighing]
-How'd it go? -Good.
-Leg cramp gone? -Yeah, good as new.
[sharlene] s.C. So maybe that's her real initials.
Probably.
She erased her past
Except for that one thing she couldn't give up.
S.C. Could be anybody.
Well, it's a start.
Wait, did she have pills in her purse?
Yeah, but the bottle says "denise evergreen."
-It also says "rohypnol." -what?
-Roofies? -Roofies?
What does miss evergreen need roofies for?
It could just be to help her sleep.
Yeah, but those things make you seriously dopey
Like you're really drunk.
Jason.
When I caught him with theresa, it was like he was on roofies.
-Come on. -No, theresa was all over him
And it was like he couldn't move away.
That's what roofies do.
So you're saying coach evergreen gave roofies
To theresa to set up jason?
-I'm not buying it. -I'm gonna nail that snake.
I'm gonna go back to her house,
I'm gonna sneak in the window...
Whoa, whoa, whoa. I think that we've pushed our luck
In the snooping department, okay?
Annabelle's right.
I think our next step is to talk to coach ever--
Coach whoever she is and maybe get her to open up
About herself a little?
[sneakers squeaking]
[keys jingling]
[somber music]
Listen, uh, it's just gonna take some time.
[sharlene] even though he stabbed me in the back,
I still love him.
I know what it's like when you're young.
Every letdown feels like the end of the world,
Especially with dating.
I bet you had your share of heartbreak
When you were in high school, huh?
[coach evergreen] well, I was a different person back then.
Lousy student, got in trouble for...
Doing some things.
But, today, I take care of myself,
Accept responsibility for my life,
No more blaming other people for my problems.
I bet it was hard for you, though.
Did you have trouble at home too?
You can say that.
My dad could never keep a job.
He had a landscaping business once,
But that went bankrupt.
What was it called?
Evergreen landscaping?
No, cru--
[mysterious music]
Uh, klein landscaping.
His partner was named klein.
Thanks for talking to me.
I should go.
[jessie] cruh? That's all she said? Cruh?
[sharlene] yep.
So her last name is c-r-u-something.
[sharlene] look, I'll try again.
I don't know that's a good idea.
We don't want her getting suspicious.
-What about her car? -Her car?
Yeah, her registration with the dmv,
It's got to have her name on it, right?
Right. Let's do it.
Oh, god, here we go again.
Ugh.
That's her car.
-Locked. -Just what I thought.
Can we get out of here?
Here she comes. Quick, hide.
[coach evergreen] ♪ sally crumb, sally crumb ♪
♪ she's a loser, sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, she's a bum ♪
♪ she's a cheater, sally crumb ♪
Did you hear that? Crumb.
Ouch!
What happened? Are you okay?
No, sharlene, I'm not okay.
God, I'm sick of this!
All this sneaking around, conspiracy theory crap.
I mean, what's the point?
What's the point?
Look, you two are really into this,
But I don't really care about coach evergreen,
Who she is, who she isn't.
Who cares? So she changed her name.
A lot of women change their name
To get away from their psycho boyfriends.
Why are you telling us this all of a sudden?
Because I don't want to be a part of your game!
I'm just worried about getting in trouble
With the school and the cops.
It's just not worth it.
Look, I'm not gonna tell anybody
About what you guys are doing.
I'm out.
She's missing her boyfriend.
[soft music]
Yeah.
[howard] I can't find it. I've looked everywhere.
-Find what? -My flash drive, it's gone.
[coach evergreen] anywhere else you might've put it?
No, I always keep it in my briefcase.
I wouldn't lose something like this
Unless it fell out here.
-Can we do this in the morning? -No.
I got to find that drive, if anyone else finds it,
I'm screwed, I'm fired, and I'm going to jail.
-Howard, calm down. -Did you take it?
-Why would I? -I don't know!
[coach evergreen] have you considered checking at school?
I already did.
Maybe someone else took it.
What? Who?
Why did I let you rope me into this?
I think you know why.
-Come here. -No.
Look, I can't lose my job, I've got debts.
This is because of you.
If I get nailed for this...
-I'm gonna... -You're gonna what?
[suspenseful music]
I'm gonna tell people what you did...
[dark music]
And what you made me do.
What you need is a nice, cold glass of ginger ale.
[howard] yeah.
Everything will be fine.
No, no, it's not gonna be fine.
-Yes, it will. -How can you say that?
[coach evergreen] sweetheart, you're overreacting.
[howard] no, I'm not, all right?
Everything was on that drive, don't you get it?
Everything?
Even all those little notes you would send me
Telling me how much you adore me?
Yeah, that stuff too.
I back up everything all the time,
I'm, like, religious about it every time I close a program.
God, what an idiot I am.
There I was thinking I'm being careful, you know,
Keeping a copy of everything, but what I should've been doing
Is just destroying it the minute
-I was done with it. -Okay, hey.
So you misplaced a little drive.
So what?
Those things are easy to lose.
Here. Sit.
Drink. You'll feel better.
Come on. It's good for ya.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow I'll find that drive.
Yeah.
And I'm gonna do what's right.
So will I.
[dramatic chord]
What the hell is this?
Sharlene?
Great.
Thanks for letting me know.
"sally crumb?"
[somber music]
♪ sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, sally crumb ♪
♪ who's a loser? Sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, she's a bum ♪
♪ she's a cheater, sally crumb ♪
Shut up! Stop singing that song!
♪ who's a loser ♪
[cheerleaders] ♪ sally crumb, sally crumb ♪
♪ who's a loser? Sally crumb ♪
♪ sally crumb, she's a bum ♪
♪ she's a cheater, sally crumb ♪
-♪ sally crumb, sally crumb ♪ -I'm not a cheater!
Stop singing that song!
All right, bitch, I'm gonna kill you!
You hear me, I'm gonna kill you and your whole family,
-So shut up! -Oh, yeah, you fat-ass loser?
Yeah, that's right.
Run inside your house and cry to your mommy.
Leave her alone!
Leave my sister alone!
Come on, guys, let's go.
♪ sally crumb ♪
♪ who's a loser ♪
♪ sally crumb ♪
Coach evergreen?
[guitar music]
Theresa, can I talk to you for a minute?
-No. -It's important.
It's about coach evergreen.
[suspenseful music]
-Hi, coach evergreen? -Yes?
Hi, it's marcia davenport.
I'm sorry to bother you on a Saturday,
But do you think we could meet somewhere
Before the game this afternoon?
[coach evergreen] sure. Is something wrong?
Oh, not really, I just have
Some more concerns about sharlene.
What about coach evergreen?
Sharlene and jessie have a theory about her.
They think coach evergreen paid you...
To kiss jason on the night of the senior prom.
That's insane.
Your little cheerleader friends are...
[whistles]
Yeah, they can be kind of crazy sometimes,
That's for sure.
So, then, uh, why did howard e-transfer 300 bucks
Into your bank account?
How do you know that?
Never mind how I know that.
I just want to know if it's true.
Have you told anybody about this?
No.
But that could change real fast.
Look, I didn't kiss him for the money.
I kissed him because... I had to.
You had to?
I am this close to failing 12th grade.
I might have to repeat all of my classes next year.
I don't want to be a 13th grader.
My parents are gonna kill me if that happens.
So, coach evergreen said that she could fix all that.
Did she?
Not yet.
[cell phone ringing]
-Hi. -Hey.
Did I catch you at a bad time?
I'm on my way to jessie's and I'm late.
Can we do this later?
[annabelle] I bumped into theresa at the park.
[somber music]
-You were right. -What did she say?
She said that she was sorry...
And she didn't mean to hurt you.
She didn't think that you deserved that.
She said that you were the nicest girl
In the entire school
And that she always looked up to you.
She hopes someday that you and she can be friends.
Thank you for telling me.
-Will I see you at the game? -Uh, no, not today,
But next week?
Okay.
-Bye. -Bye.
[sighing]
[reporter] the car appeared to have stalled right on the tracks
And the locomotive broadsided it.
Neighbors report being awakened
By the huge explosion that followed.
The county sheriff's forensics team
Is working to establish the identity of the driver
Whose body was found burnt beyond recognition.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello?
Yes, this is marcia davenport.
Oh, well, that's wonderful.
No, I'd like it in the form of a check.
Yes, the full 200,000.
Okay, thanks.
[mysterious music]
[sharlene] so there's no way of knowing
Which sally crumb is coach evergreen?
No. Even filtering it by age, I can't figure it out
Without knowing where she came from.
Wait.
Crumb lawn care, not landscaping.
Benjamin crumb?
Must be her dad.
It's a bankruptcy filing.
-Where? -In mesa, arizona.
-That's weird. -What?
That's where my mom grew up.
[jessie] look, there are more court records
For benjamin crumb.
Resisting arrest.
Attempted murder of a police officer?
[sharlene] wait a minute, there.
Sally crumb. Mesa, arizona.
[somber music]
-Deceased? -It says she died
When she was 18.
By suicide.
How sad.
[jessie] I guess that means coach evergreen
Isn't really sally crumb.
Well, if coach isn't sally crumb,
Then who is she?
Oh, look what time it is, we've got to go to the game.
Okay, but tomorrow, we keep at this
Until we figure out who she is.
[dramatic music]
[reporter] council members have called for an emergency summit
With metro rail executives and representatives
From the department of transportation to investigate
Whether this particular railroad crossing
Is designed for public safety.
For the past five years, there have been
Approximately six other incidents...
[unintelligible]
Hi, coach.
-Oh, denise, please. -Denise.
Thanks so much for meeting with me on a Saturday.
Oh, working weekends comes with the job.
So, what made you want to come and teach here
At our little school?
I thought you came to talk about sharlene.
I did, yes.
I just wanted to talk about how protective I am
Of my daughter.
Not to worry.
She'll be here soon with her friends
To get in uniform and pick up their equipment.
We got to get a move on, though,
-'cause the boys already left. -Oh, well, then,
I'll make this brief.
I don't want sharlene to suffer
Because of something that I did years ago.
Is your daughter suffering
Because of something you did years ago?
[somber music]
Hm.
I wonder what that could be.
Look...
I was a vain...
Self-obsessed cheerleader back then,
Maybe... Even a bully.
But don't you think it's time to move on...
Lila?
Move on?
That's it?
That's your advice?
After what you and your cheerleader friends did
To my sister?
Well, that's the last thing I'm ever gonna do.
You know why?
Because you killed her.
You killed sally.
Look, I have heard the accusation.
I've had to live with that memory my whole life.
So have I.
Do you know what it's like to find your sister dead?
I was ten.
I loved her, and you killed her.
[marcia] I'm sorry, lila.
I am so sorry.
But you have to know it wasn't so black and white.
Are you trying to weasel--
I am not trying to weasel out of anything.
I just think that you might be
Misremembering things just a little bit.
-Oh, you murderer. -Now hold on.
I accept total responsibility for my actions.
I am gonna have to explain all of this to my daughter,
But I'm also going to tell her the truth about sally.
I didn't make your sister what she was.
Sally was a cheater, she was a thief.
She tried to burn the school down
When she didn't get the lead in the school play.
-Nobody can prove that. -No, I guess they can't.
But I think we both know who sally really was.
And I didn't make sally commit suicide.
You know, sharlene tells me you talk a lot about
Taking personal responsibility for your life.
I admire that, but I'm afraid sally...
She never learned the lesson of personal responsibility.
And it seems neither did you.
How dare you judge me?
And how dare you come after my daughter and her friends
And my job and my house?
Lila, it is time to admit the truth
And get on with your life.
The truth...
Is that you're broke now and about to be homeless.
I spent years tracking you down
And, oh, it was worth it.
Your life is over.
You, your daughter,
Her sweet, little cheerleader friends.
Your life is over and your dreams are shot...
Just like mine were when you killed my sister.
Well, I'm afraid your dreams
Are about to be shot once more.
Uh, wait a minute! What did you mean by that?
[dramatic music]
Are you recording me?
-Give me that! Give me! -No! No!
[grunting]
[sharlene] you know, I wonder if my mom knew about
Sally crumb's suicide back in mesa.
[beeping, ringing]
[cell phone ringing]
[heavy breathing]
She's not picking up.
-Where's the bus? -You're late.
I thought you said the bus would be here at 4:00.
I said it was leaving at 3:00.
-Ugh, sorry, coach. -You're gonna have to drive
To mountain crest yourselves.
Go get changed, get the bullhorn,
Hit the road, pronto, let's go!
Let's see some hustle, ladies!
Here we go.
Ah, come on.
Okay.
[clearing throat]
We're on our way, coach.
Damn, I forgot my whistle.
You guys go ahead, I'll catch up.
We'll see you there.
Drive safe!
[groaning]
Sorry, marcia.
It's time for all cheerleaders to pay.
Oh, that's right, not just you,
Because right now, your lovely daughter
And her best friend are driving to mountain crest high
Not realizing they're never gonna make it... Alive.
See, the thing about brake lines...
They don't work too well when they're cut.
I'd say the same thing about jugular veins, wouldn't you?
This belonged to my sister.
Sally.
She, uh, used it to slit her wrists.
I keep it to remember her by...
And as a reminder to make her killer pay.
[grunting]
[sharlene] it says here that sally crumb girl
Was accused of trying to burn down her high school.
My mom told me she went to school
With a girl who did that.
Your mom went to school with sally crumb?
Really?
[sharlene] it says here they found out later
It was actually her ten-year-old sister?
What kind of ten-year-old tries to burn down a school?
I'll bet that girl grew up to be a serious wack job.
[sharlene] wait a minute. We know that coach evergreen
Can't really be sally crumb, but her younger sister?
Coach is a lot younger than my mom.
[jessie] what are you saying? Coach is that little girl,
And she changed her name so she could secretly
-Track down your mom? -Maybe.
The question is, why would coach not want
My mom knowing she's really sally crumb's younger sister?
[somber music]
Come on, mom.
[cell phone ringing]
[dramatic music]
[beeping]
Oh, come on, baby, pick up.
[cell phone vibrating]
Unknown number.
Take it easy, jess.
[jessie] there's something wrong with the brakes!
[sharlene] she's still not answering.
Where is she?
Use the finder app.
Good idea.
[tires screeching]
What's my mom doing at the school?
[cell phone ringing]
Listen, you can take your air duct cleaning and--
Sharlene, are you on the road?
[sharlene] mom? Yes.
Pull the car over, slowly.
[sharlene] why? What for?
[marcia] coach evergreen cut your brake line.
She did what?
[heavy breathing]
-Pull over real easy. -I can't stop!
We're going downhill, I can't stop!
-Mom, what's going on? -She tried to kill me
And now, she wants to kill you.
Ahh!
[sharlene] mom? Mom?
[jessie] what's going on? What's wrong with the brakes?
[tires screeching]
[screaming]
[panting]
Jessie?
Oh my god, jessie!
[coughing]
[man] young lady, are you okay?
I'm fine, but my friend needs an ambulance.
Oh, dear. Uh, hello?
Yeah, we need an ambulance right away.
We're about one mile south on hicks road.
You have to take me back, my mom's in trouble!
I think we should stay and wait for the ambulance.
No, there's no time!
[man] what about your friend?
No, no, I'm sorry.
No, the official recommendation
Is that you should not leave the scene of the accident,
Especially one where there's...
I'm sorry! I'm just borrowing it,
I promise I'll bring it right back.
Hello?
Yeah, some cheerleader just stole my car.
[panting]
[tires screeching]
Come out, come out, little cheerleader.
You can't hide from lila any longer.
[slamming, grunting]
[screaming]
[groaning]
[sharlene] no!
[coach evergreen] nice form.
[uplifting music]
Mom.
Are you okay?
[upbeat music]
[sharlene] so you remember all the new routines, right?
Uh, I hope so. Coach wants us to bring our a game.
[roger] hey, good luck tonight.
Thanks, you too.
See you after the game?
I'd like that.
Okay. See ya.
[jason] so, today's the final game
And then, new york, here we come.
New york? I was thinking about staying here in l.A.
What?
-I'm kidding. -Oh, gosh.
It doesn't matter where we are.
As long as you're there.
[whistle blowing]
I, uh, I got to go.
I don't want to hear about it.
What? I wasn't saying anything.
I have some good news.
Guess who flew in from boston today.
-No way. -Yeah, he's in the bleachers.
I can't wait to introduce him to my two best friends.
Hey, where's coach?
All right, girls
I want to see some spirit out there tonight.
-Woo! -Yay!
[funky music]
[woman] ♪ you ain't got nothing on me ♪
♪ no matter what you believe ♪
♪ 'cause I've cried all the tears you've cried ♪
♪ but I'm moving on inside ♪
♪ I'm sure you're frightened by the things you've seen ♪
♪ but you ain't got nothing on me ♪
♪ well, you can kick, you can scream,
But it really won't change a thing ♪
♪ what to do, what to do, what to do ♪
♪ what's a girl gotta do to get through to you ♪
♪ and what to do, what to do, what to do ♪
♪ what's a girl gotta do to get through to you ♪
♪ I've heard every excuse ♪
♪ two sides and then there's the truth ♪
♪ you can try, but no one can help ♪
♪ you're fighting with yourself ♪
♪ I try to tell you, but it ain't no use ♪
♪ two sides, and then there's the truth ♪
[cheering, applause]