[Birds chirping]
- [Exhales slowly]
[Keyboard keys clacking]
[Exhales slowly]
[Ominous music]
♪ ♪
Boys, I said 10 minutes.
Let's go.
- Mom, why are we up so early? It's not even 7:00.
I could have slept a whole 'nother hour.
- Yeah, well, not today. We've got somewhere to be.
- We skipping school? - No. Get your backpack.
Logan, get your sleepy butt in gear.
- Yeah, I'm coming. - You better check your tone.
- You know he hates being rushed.
- I don't care.
You got 2 minutes. We'll be in the car.
[Dishes clattering]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Laughter]
- Ooh! And that's what I'm talking about,
ice cream for breakfast.
- Mm-hmm. [Chuckles]
- Why did we stop doing fun Fridays anyway?
- Because you guys whined
about losing that precious hour of sleep.
- Nah, it was actually because Colton state started winning.
- He's right.
We had way more fun when your team sucked.
[Laughter] - That is not true.
- It's totally true.
[Laughter]
- Okay, maybe I forgot what's important.
I do miss those days when you guys were little
and we were together all the time.
Everything was so simple and more fun.
- Yeah, but hey, you got the 'ship,
just like you said you would.
- Yeah.
Both: What? - What?
- Why you going so deep on US?
You dying or something? - Oh, come on. No!
I'm just feeling a little nostalgic
and lucky that I get to spend some time with you guys
before things get crazy.
- So you think the cougars are going to the dance?
- I sure hope so.
We'll see, right? - [Chuckles]
- Hey, look. Coach hagen.
- Excuse me. Can you turn it up, please?
- It's the second time this season
hagen has been terminated
by a women's college basketball program.
Back in November, hagen was fired
as the associate head coach... [Phone buzzing]
Of the national champion Colton state cougars
by head coach jc Abernathy.
Various reasons were given by the university.
Forest brook sources suggested contract disputes
as well as a difference in basketball philosophy
as the reason for his recent departure.
- Forest brook improved their record from last year
and could enter the csc tournament as the favorites.
Sounds to me like hagen thinks he's due some respect
after contributing to the success of these programs.
- Maybe so, Chris.
In other college news, pinehurst university's search
for a new athletic director continues.
[Pensive music]
♪ ♪
[Engine murmuring]
[Eerie music]
[Rhythmic clapping]
♪ ♪
[Rhythmic stomping]
♪ ♪
- [Coughs weakly]
[Phone buzzing]
[Coughs] [Phone pinging]
[Gags]
[Phone notifications continue]
[Groans]
[Computer pinging]
[Phone buzzing]
- He said he would do this, and it's up to him.
There isn't a team involved in this.
- That man signed on the dotted line.
He could've made a different choice.
- Look, I understand what you're saying,
but there is a part of this from Davies,
and it's a bit greedy.
- [Coughs]
[Indistinct chatter]
At the end of the day, like we said,
I mean, if you don't meet those expectations,
it falls on you. It's about you
and what you're willing to put in.
- Davies was clearly saying, "get what you can."
- Definitely not. They negotiated.
He agreed to those terms.
- Yeah, but how many of these guys
get drafted with crumbs for a signing bonus,
no guaranteed money, and get injured and cut?
- Look, Chris, we can argue this all day.
Don't even get me started on the unfair treatment
of women athletes. - [Exhales gruffly]
- We have breaking news
coming out of the world of women's college basketball.
Forest brook college assistant coach Eddie hagen
has been fired for unspecified violations
of the university's code of conduct.
It's the second time this season
hagen has been terminated by a women's
college basketball program. - Son of a bitch!
- Back in November, hagen was fired
as the associate head coach
of the national champion Colton state cougars
by head coach jc Abernathy.
Various reasons were given by the university.
Forest brook sources suggested contract disputes
as well a difference in basketball philosophy
as the reason for his recent departure.
- Forest brook improved their record from last year
and could enter the cfc tournament as the favorites.
Sounds to me like hagen thinks he's due some respect
after contributing to the success of these programs.
- Maybe so, Chris.
In other college news...
[Wheels squealing] [Horns wailing]
- It's about damn time.
Damn.
You look thrown out, man. What's up with you?
- What was so urgent? - That Claire brockman chick.
- What about her? - She tried to kill me, man.
That's what about her.
She ran up on me in the driveway
and stuck a gun in my face.
She was gonna do me, and I could see it
in her crazy eyes.
She'd have pulled that trigger
if my baby wasn't in the car, man.
- What did she say? She had to say something.
- She didn't say nothing.
She was bugging I didn't recognize
her sorry ass at first. That's it.
You don't seem surprised by this.
- I think she took a crowbar to my Jeep a couple weeks ago,
spray-painted your Jersey number all over it.
- And you was going to tell me this when?
- I was handling it.
- Clearly, you didn't.
- Someone has been stirring stuff up, talking to people.
- Talking?
There's nothing to talk about.
Them bitches got paid, man. Agreements were signed.
- I have a plan, all right? I'm dealing with it.
- You need to go Darth Vader on it
because if I go down,
I'm taking all y'all with me.
[Tires squeal]
[Horns wail]
[Phone chimes]
- Damn!
George. George.
Hey, hold on. Wait. [Panting]
Oh, I'm so sorry.
- For making me wait, or the midnight drunk dial?
- All of it. - I got someplace to be.
You can walk with me, if you like.
- Oh, great, George. Thank you.
Again, my apologies.
I had one too many last night, which is unprofessional
and totally out of character for me.
- You look like hell.
- Well, I've got a lot going on right now.
- So do I, so why don't you get right to it?
What was so important?
- Some things might come up about Colton state
in the next few days--
minor financial indiscretions
involving our president, Melinda barrington.
- Why is this my business?
- Well, I just wanted to get out in front of it
and be completely transparent.
- I vouched for you for pinehurst.
Are you telling me I'm gonna regret it?
- No.
No, no, no, no. It has nothing to do with me.
I wanted you to know that.
I--you know what?
I made a mistake. I'm overreacting.
She'll go quietly. No press.
Everything is fine. Nothing has changed.
I'll let you run.
I didn't mean to waste your time.
[Unsettling music]
♪ ♪
- I'll be in touch. - Thanks, George.
[Eerie music]
♪ ♪
[Shoes squeaking] [Indistinct chatter]
- ...or cut. - Look, Chris.
We can argue this all day,
but don't even get me started
on the unfair treatment of women athletes.
We have breaking news coming out of the world
of women's college basketball.
Forest brook college assistant coach Eddie hagen
has been fired for unspecified violations
of the university's code of conduct.
It's the second time this season
hagen has been terminated
by a women's college basketball program.
Back in November, hagen was fired
as the associate head coach of the national champion
Colton state cougars by head coach...
- Do you only come home when you're in trouble?
- I'm so-- I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to wake you up, mom.
- Yeah, but you did.
You know something, son,
when your dad and I are out socializing around town,
do you know who people ask about the most?
- I don't want to do this right now, okay?
- They ask about you,
not your overly successful sister
or your overachieving older brother.
They ask about you.
Behind their smug, patronizing little smiles,
they say, "how is Eddie doing?"
And what they're really asking is,
"how is your jackass son who can't keep his dick
in his pants doing?" - Mom, mom. Stop, stop.
I do not need a lecture.
I've heard this already.
- And yet, here we are once again.
You come crawling back to daddy to fix it.
That is why you're here, isn't it?
- Yeah.
Okay, I'm in trouble,
and I came back to my family for help.
People do that.
I don't know why it is a problem.
- That's exactly what your father said.
But I'm done having you drag our name through the dirt.
- Sorry. I will clean that up.
- Yes, you will,
and I don't want you anywhere near this family
until you clean up the mess that you made.
I don't care how you do it.
Make sure you're gone before your father and I
come back down for breakfast.
- Hey, Shannon.
- Hey.
It's okay. I come in peace.
- You need to go.
- It's okay. I just want to talk.
Two minutes.
Just hear me out, and then I promise I will go away.
Shannon, please.
Just hear me out, and then I promise, I'll be gone.
- What do you want?
- I had no idea you felt so...Preyed upon.
And Shannon, I wish that you had just given me the chance
to fully express my deep and very real feelings for you.
I really care for you, Shannon.
- The only person you care about is yourself.
You tried to control me,
and then when you couldn't, you tried to punish me.
- No, no, no. No, that's not true.
I admit that things got weird after we were together
and I might have been hard on you,
but that was just me being your coach
because I wanted to keep what we had separate from that.
- I can't do this. - No.
- You need to go away. - Shannon, please.
It's falling apart. Okay, Shannon?
My entire life is falling apart.
You were the only who could put it back together.
I need you to clear my name.
- I won't lie for you.
- I'm not asking you to lie to anyone
because I didn't do anything wrong,
and deep down, you know that too.
[Scoffs] Damn it.
You--you got paid. You moved on.
Do you know what's happened to me since then, huh?
I've lost my career. My family might disown me.
- What's happened to you. - Yes.
- What happened to you?
How could you possibly say that to me?
- You're right. I'm sorry.
I understand that you lost a lot too, but--
- no. No, I didn't.
I didn't lose anything.
You took it from me.
You took it from me!
Getting drafted, going pro, going to the Olympics.
You think this hunk of metal and some money
is gonna make up for it?
It doesn't, and it never will.
Now get the hell out of my way. - Shannon, wait.
Shannon. Shannon!
Shannon, wait.
[Car starts] Shannon--
[tires squeal]
Fuck!
[Phone rings]
- Yes, we are all set for Monday morning.
I'll save you the call. [Elevator dings]
I already confirmed with his assistant.
Ad Ford will definitely be here.
You're welcome. Have a great weekend.
- Viv, hold all my calls. - Will do.
Reminder: You and director Ford
have that photo op thing here Monday morning.
- Right. Thanks.
[Line trilling]
- Hey, babe. - Hey.
How are you? - Good.
Nothing going on at the office, so I took a half-day.
Apparently, so did will
and the cute, little brunette named Odessa.
- Oh, god, please tell me
they were not doing what I think they were.
- No, no, no. Everybody had their clothes on,
pretending to do homework when I walked in.
Will was reading his history book,
upside down, mind you.
I grounded him.
This weekend's yard work is off my plate.
- Oh, good one.
Sounds like you have everything under control.
Hey, so I got my dad to take the boys tonight.
Can you meet me at Whitaker's around 6:30?
- You mean that bougie wine and cheese place?
- [Chuckles] Yeah.
It's quiet. We can talk.
- Uh, wow, that doesn't sound promising.
Am I in trouble?
- No, we just need to talk.
- Okay. I'll see you there.
Love you.
- I love you too.
[Solemn music]
♪ ♪
[Knocks on door]
Come in.
- Hey. You have a minute?
- Yeah, sure.
- What game is hillman playing?
My lawyers haven't heard a peep
from university counsel, compliance, or the board.
No interviews have been scheduled with staff, nothing.
- Maybe he realized that phony case
that he was building against you is gonna fall apart.
- I love the optimism,
but these are smart, powerful people.
I don't dare underestimate them,
and you shouldn't either.
- The truth is on our side.
- The truth is, we mishandled Shannon's complaint.
- Yeah.
And it's time that we owned it.
[Tense music]
♪ ♪
- Jc, why are you doing this?
- 'Cause it's the right thing to do.
I'm announcing my resignation tomorrow,
and I'm gonna finally tell the truth.
The full story.
- You realize the board will place all the blame on you.
- And I'll deal with it.
- You want to do this now? What about the tournament?
Think about your players and your staff, all the hard work.
- I am.
It's important they know that I did the right thing
even at the most difficult time.
No more waiting.
Shit is about to get real.
[Hip-hop music]
- Yo, we need to dip into my crib after this workout
and graze on some of coach ab's leftover gumbo.
Mm, now if that gold don't cheer up
your sulky ass, nothing will. - Well, how did you get some?
I didn't see her giving it away.
- Stay late and help clean up
after team dinners, freshman.
That's how you get them tasty scraps.
You ain't getting no love with them Irish goodbyes.
- No, I said goodbye. And I'm Italian.
- You sure?
[Chuckles]
There goes your boosky right there.
- [Chuckles]
- So you want to tell me
what happened with pretty boy the other night?
- Yo, I told you, I don't want to talk about it.
- All right, then. Be like that.
Personally, I just think you two need to bang already
'cause all this drama gots to go.
- [Exhales sharply]
[Laughter]
- Don't trip on them.
Just work out,
'cause you're up.
Okay.
Yeah, there you go.
[Laughter]
- They're laughing at me.
- I don't-- I don't think so.
- There something funny?
- Yo, hold up. Where you going? Nik.
- I asked you a question.
What's so funny?
- We was just laughing about a show, Nik.
- Oh, really? What show?
- Come on, Nik. Stop. Let's go.
- None of your business, Nik.
We were having a private conversation
that has nothing to do with you.
- You told him, didn't you?
You know what? I know you did.
- That's not what's going on. - You're a liar!
- Wow. That's how you think I am.
Okay. I see you.
Come on, bro. - A'ight.
- Come on. Let's go.
Nikki, are you okay?
- [Sobbing]
- Nik.
[Glass shatters] - Dang!
- What the hell? - Is she okay?
- She busted the glass.
- Hey, hey.
No, no. Um...
Hey, hey. Look at me.
You're gonna be okay.
Just stay right here and don't move.
Keep pressure on it, and, um,
i'ma be right back with the first-aid kit.
Hey, hey, where's the first-aid kit?
- [Sobbing]
- But I don't understand
why you felt the need to tell your president.
I specifically asked you to keep it between US.
I told you, she's done.
As soon as our board meets next week,
barrington will resign quietly.
- But you didn't tell me these minor financial indiscretions
involved your athletic department.
Did you think I wouldn't look into it?
- George, I am the victim here.
She's using my department to misappropriate funds.
You can't let her do this to me.
- Look, I don't know what's going on with you,
but I suggest you get it together
and you be at that meeting Sunday morning
in your best suit, ready to impress the hell
out of president Bradley.
He wants to move onto another candidate
for athletic director.
- Okay. I'll be there.
I'll explain it. Everything will be fine.
- Uh-huh.
You're making me look bad, hillman,
and I don't like it.
[Hangs up]
[Tense music]
♪ ♪
[Chair thuds] - [Gasps]
[Sighs]
Jesus, hillman. You scared the hell out of me.
Have you been drinking?
- What are you doing here?
Why haven't you resigned yet?
- Well, I was gonna ask you the same.
Shouldn't you be on your way up to the cabin
for your annual selection weekend retreat?
- You're finished. Why are you pretending
like you still have a job?
- Oh, come on. I'm a long way from finished.
You may think you cleverly forced my early departure,
but let's see how your little frame job holds up
under the bright lights of an investigation.
- Oh, you know how this goes.
Show some dignity.
Walk away.
- I have never run from a fight in my life,
and I certainly won't run from this one.
- Fall on the goddamn sword!
- You're being irrational. You need to leave right now.
Don't make me call security.
[Ominous music]
♪ ♪
[Door slams]
[Lock clicks]
[Door slams]
- Mom, slow down and stop crying.
- [Sobbing]
That's it. We're out.
The sheriff, they came in with a court order.
They shoved our stuff into boxes
and they put it out on the curb like it was trash.
- Why didn't you call me?
- What were you gonna do, huh?
- Danni can't go back there, mom.
You know that.
- Well, she's gonna have to.
Jake can put me up for a couple of weeks,
but he won't take danni.
Come on.
If you get a place off-campus, she can stay with you.
- I'm working on getting my stipend back,
but until then, I need you to keep her there with you.
Please promise me you'll do that.
Promise me.
- She'll be fine at grandma's.
- Mom, no. - I got to go.
- He's not here.
Hey, you can't go in there.
Hey!
- Is he coming back? - I don't know.
- Bullshit. You're his assistant.
Is he coming back? - Maybe. I don't know.
I gave him all of your messages.
- Give him another.
Tell him he's messing with my family now,
and I won't let that happen.
I want my stipend back, and if he won't give it back,
I'll get a lawyer and take it back.
- I'll ask him to call you.
- Tell him to call me.
- I hope it's okay.
Um, there was no one here. Your door was open.
I saw your things. I figured I'd wait.
I'm sorry.
I'm Claire brockman.
- I'm so glad you're here, Claire.
- I didn't answer your calls because it's--
it's really hard to know who to trust.
- You can trust me.
- I almost didn't make it up.
I got into the lobby downstairs,
and then turned around and walked out.
I listened to your message again.
You said that there were other women out there like me.
- We believe that Shawn Taylor raped
at least one other woman.
- [Sniffles]
I know he hasn't been a student here for a few years,
but when I was walking across campus,
I had this horrible fear that I would run into him.
Isn't it crazy? - No, not at all.
You suffered a horrible trauma.
- Do you have any idea
what it's like watching him live his life?
A star athlete with a family?
All that money and fame?
People on TV talking about what a great role model he is
while every day is a struggle for me
just to get out of bed and live?
I almost killed him.
I was gonna shoot him right in the face
and then kill myself.
- Claire, listen to me.
You're much too brave for that, okay?
And that courage is gonna get you through this.
- I'm ready to tell everything.
And not just about...The rape.
But the intimidation.
The payoffs.
The cover-up.
I feel like I was raped twice.
I took the money, though.
I signed the papers.
I let them silence me.
And maybe there wouldn't be another girl
if I hadn't let them. - No, no. Listen to me.
Do not do that. Do not do that.
You are a victim. You are not to blame.
Do you understand me?
Claire, you said you let them silence you.
Who is "them"?
- Hillman Ford,
Shawn Taylor's lawyers,
all the people who called day and night making death threats.
I just wanted it to be over, so I took the money.
- Well, we're gonna make them pay,
every single one of them.
- [Sobbing]
[Line trilling]
- This is Kate.
Please leave a message after the tone,
and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
[Beep]
- Kate.
Sweetheart.
Please call me back, please.
I just need someone to talk to.
- This is the first time in a long time
that I haven't felt alone.
- 'Cause you're not.
Listen, Claire, this isn't gonna be easy.
They're gonna fight back.
They'll attack US,
discredit you in any way they can,
but we're gonna get through it together.
Okay? - Okay.
- Come here.
It's gonna be all right.
- Thank you.
[H.e.r.'s "fate]
♪ ♪
- ♪ why me? ♪
♪ If you walked a mile using my feet ♪
♪ you would go a little easy on me ♪
♪ you know where I'm coming from ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ how come ♪
♪ when I'm lookin' at everyone ♪
♪ they get away with havin' little fun ♪
♪ I'm paying these dues when they don't mean nothing ♪
♪ sweet, sweet fate ♪
♪ I had about all I can take ♪
♪ am I living in the bed that I made? ♪
♪ Is it yours? I wonder ♪
♪ sweet, sweet fate ♪
♪ oh, if it's really out of my hands ♪
♪ can you forgive all of my sins? ♪
♪ Have mercy on me ♪
[Engine revs]
[Tires squeal]
- Hey!
Hey, you!
Hey, stop!
Hey, lamont, this crazy white dude just smashed the gate.
- He's on the premises?
- Yeah, he's headed toward the quad.
- Nik?
[Beep] - Gary. Hey, it's me.
I'm running a little bit behind, but I am on my way.
- I saw you with Claire brockman.
You just couldn't leave it alone, could you?
Everybody got exactly what they wanted,
but it wasn't good enough for you.
- No, hillman. They got exactly what you gave them.
- They took that money.
They signed nondisclosure agreements.
They were fairly compensated.
- Fairly compensated.
Listen to yourself.
- They made a choice.
- Those young women were in no condition
to make any kind of choice.
They were broken, embarrassed,
humiliated, and scared,
and you preyed on that.
You might as well as have held them down
while Shawn Taylor raped them.
- Oh, stop with the bullshit.
You're gonna destroy lives and ruin careers for two women
who most likely knew exactly what they were doing.
- You son of a bitch.
Did it ever occur to you
that Claire or Jessica
or any of those other women that you silenced
could have been your own daughter?
How much money would make it right?
What kind of car could take away the shame and the hurt?
[Unsettling music]
♪ ♪
- [Panting]
- When you had to choose between protecting the victims
and the rapist, you chose the rapist,
and for what?
This was never about protecting Colton state.
It's all coming out, hillman.
Everyone is gonna know, so you'd better get ready.
[Gasping]
[Both grunting]
- Stop it.
Shit, hillman. Stop it!
Stop it! Stop!
[Gasping]
Stop it!
[Coughs]
Stop...it!
- [Growls] You will not ruin me!
- Help me!
[Sobbing]
[Both grunting]
[Music swells]
♪ ♪
[Crunch]
- [Moans]
[All panting]
[Crunch] [Moans]
- [Growls]
[All panting]
[Ominous music]
♪ ♪