(♪♪♪)
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
(PANTING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(GRUNTS)
SOCIAL WORKER: Due to ongoing drug use and violence
in the client household
we cannot condone home monitoring.
DYS EMPLOYEE: And we are recommending transfer
to the Zebulon Pike Youth Facility,
where the client can be monitored more securely
than at Ridgeview.
Your Honor, Daniel has demonstrated
exemplary behavior with us.
Would you consider the client's involvement
in the March 19th altercation exemplary behavior?
Yes.
Can you elaborate on that?
Had Daniel not forcibly restrained the attacker,
the other student could have sustained a concussion,
or worse.
DYS EMPLOYEE: Well, it should have been handled by staff.
GREG: You're right. You're absolutely right.
It should have been handled by our staff.
-And now there are consequences. -For Daniel?
DYS EMPLOYEE: For his actions, yes.
But we also have larger concerns with the facility.
Security is too lax. Clients have escaped.
Ridgeview has a better record on that
than any juvenile center in the state.
Either way, it's clear that Ridgeview Academy
is not sufficiently helping his rehabilitation.
That's not true.
Daniel's a completely different young man
than when he came to us.
He's-- he's respectful. He's hardworking--
DYS EMPLOYEE: Greg, we are all here to determine what's best
for the client.
And in this case, it's transferring--
Melissa! He's not a client.
He's a 16-year-old boy and his name is Daniel Alvarez
and he's sitting right here.
Your Honor, we've been here for over an hour
and the only thing that anyone has asked him is,
"Are you present?"
He has shown real promise.
I-- I'm-- I'm begging this court to give him the chance
to realize that promise.
I hereby transfer Daniel Alvarez
to the Zebulon Pike Youth Penitentiary at six months
to his sentence.
GREG: I'm sorry.
(GREG PANTING)
(SIGHS)
(DOOR BUZZING)
-Hey. -Good morning.
(CELLPHONE BUZZING)
This is Greg Townsend.
AUTOMATED VOICE: This is a pre-paid collect call from...
DOUG ON PHONE: Doug Townsend.
AUTOMATED VOICE: An inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento.
Hey, Doug. I'm really, really sorry.
I-- I should have called you. I mean, I'm sorry.
DOUG ON PHONE: Has the uh, hospice gotten in touch with you yet?
GREG: Why would the hospice be in touch with me?
DOUG ON PHONE: Dad's doing worse than they thought.
-I gave them your number. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
GREG: Why would you do that?
DOUG ON PHONE: I can't handle things from here.
And they denied my compassionate furlough.
Someone should be with him.
GREG: Any suggestions?
DOUG ON PHONE: Now don't be like that.
GREG: This is a really bad time.
DOUG ON PHONE: Is it ever a good time for this kind of thing?
-GREG: 40 years ago? -Ouch!
Hey, hey, hey, Smink?
-Smink? -SMINK: What?
No gym until you finish your food.
I don't care, I hate gym.
Come on. Come here. Come here. Talk to me.
DOUG ON PHONE: I'm saying this for you, not Dad.
You don't know what weight you're carrying around
-until you let it go. -Okay.
Thank you, Dr. Phil.
Um, listen, I'm-- I'm at work
and-- and I really have to hang up, okay?
DOUG ON PHONE: Dad is not the same man he was when we were kids.
He's changed. He deserves a chance.
...maybe I can talk to the cook, hook you up--
It's not that. The food's fine. It's just--
GREG:Smink?
If you don't eat your food, you're gonna lose
your Rec Room privileges for the next month, okay?
SMINK: Are you serious? A month?
HADDIE:Greg?
No. No, I know. I know. I'm gonna talk to him, okay?
Just can you get in there for me right now?
-Okay. -All right?
Just push some food around on a fork for me.
-Greg. -GREG: Yeah?
He's not being insubordinate. Food is a control thing for him.
-You can't negotiate with him. -I'm sorry.
Which of us has the Master's in Psychology, Coach?
I-- I got it. I got it.
Here.
Thank you.
Hey, I'm gonna need your help with prep
and transport for that backpacking trip
-next week, okay? -No.
No, no. I'm out all next week.
Oh, that's right. For your Tour de Greg.
Grand. Tour de Grand.
-Mm-hmm. -There you go.
I swear, only this job would make
somebody think that a thousand-mile bike ride
was a vacation.
It's 762, and I enjoy the solitude.
-Of course, you do. -GREG: Thank you.
What's up, Neil Armstrong? Riding that bike to work.
It's Lance, Rice.
-Lance Armstrong. -(CHUCKLES)
RICE:Lance.
He's the rider?
-All right. -Yeah.
Hey, 'Tence, isn't that why you're here?
‘Cause you lanced the homie?
-What?-Yeah.
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
-What's up, fool? -GREG: Hey!
-Hey! -HADDIE: Hey, hey!
(SPEAKS SPANISH) ...Man!
What's the matter with you, huh?
Stop.
All right, now shake hands.
Now, come on. Do it right.
Look each other in the eye
and shake each other's hands firmly.
-Yeah. All right. -(CELLPHONE BUZZING)
Not bone-crushing. Come on.
Good. Go on. Get out of here. Get to class.
Stop it!
(CELLPHONE BUZZING)
AUTOMATED VOICE: This is a pre-paid collect call from...
DOUG ON PHONE: Doug again.
AUTOMATED VOICE: ...an inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento.
DOUG ON PHONE: Look, I don't have phone access
the rest of the day, so I'll make it quick.
He's only a couple hours from the Grand Canyon.
You could fly out there, bring your bike,
maybe ride around the park.
-It's two birds with one stone. -Hold on.
I'm getting a call from someone else.
Cedar City?
DOUG ON PHONE: That's the hospice, take it.
-(♪♪♪) -(CELLPHONE BUZZING)
-Hello? -(SHOUTING, GRUNTING)
Hey!
-Hey! -Get off of him!
-Get-- get down-- -Atencio, go to class!
Break it up!
-Oh shit! -Aah!
Get off him!
-Hey, come here! -Go.
You. Get out in that hallway!
Go! Go!
Rice! Go on!
We're going to your class, though!
I don't care! Get out of here!
Ah, shitty slicker, son of a bitch!
You okay?
GREG: Maybe you want to watch your language around the kids.
-Really? -Come on. Come on.
Hold on. Hold on.
-Ah! Okay. -Here, let me help you.
Smink, go to get the nurse and then get to class.
I'll be right there. Come on. Come on.
It's only Freaky Tuesday, Greg.
Shit.
I can't do this anymore, man.
I can't do it anymore.
All right. All right. That's enough.
Back to your seats.
Smink, what's the effect that a braze
has on a joint?
WOOLBRIGHT: We brazing joints in here now?
(CHUCKLES)
Don't let me find out you're all in here smoking.
GREG: All right. Everybody back to their seats.
Mr. Woolbright, how many times is it we've had you back here?
Well, I promise you, there won't be a fourth.
That's profanity.
-20 push-ups. -I didn't even say a word!
Why don't you go have a seat in the back
and when you're ready to follow the rules,
you can participate with the rest of us.
WOOLBRIGHT: Y'all see what I'm talking about?
-I don't even got to say a word. -Helmets on.
(♪♪♪)
Come on.
You don't really have to wear that.
HADDIE: No, Greg.
It's a fashion statement.
(BELL RINGING)
(GRUNTS)
(BONES CRACKING)
SKIP: Your ligaments acting up?
You know, I had a cousin who tore her ACL
playing badminton at an employee picnic
and they were able to stitch it right back up
with a piece of tendon from a donor.
It's not really the same thing, Skip.
Well, you stretch and I'll sit.
Our charter's under state review again.
So, you've got a new special project.
You're going to approve my welding expansion?
SKIP:Nope.
Haddie's 50-mile backpacking trip.
-Lucky you. -No.
No. I've got my ride.
And besides,
I'd cramp up halfway up the mountain.
Your body can't hike 10 miles and you're going
to ride a thousand on your tour de Greg.
Tour de Grand. Grand.
Like the Grand Canyon, Skip.
And it's not a thousand miles. It's 762.
And on a bicycle, I'm sitting.
My arms are bent. My knees are bent. I'm fine.
SKIP: You're gonna go on vacation when the state
is ready to cut off my balls.
I put in for this 10 months ago.
We need a positive story right now.
Urban delinquents rehabilitated by tall trees
and bright sunlight.
The donors love that kind of stuff.
Hoods in the woods. Redeeming the irredeemable.
It'll look good on Facebook.
Does that include Woolbright?
He gets a second chance,
but Danny Alvarez gets sent back to the state.
Woolbright was brought back here for driving without a license.
That's it?
Well, in a stolen station wagon, which he says he did not steal.
-Of course not. -Good news.
Local PD called and they found your bike.
GREG: You're kidding. Where did they find it?
Back of a stolen station wagon.
(♪♪♪)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
GREG: Hey, Speedy.
I got a bent front rim.
You bend more wheels than anybody I've ever met.
I do more miles than anybody you've ever met.
I don't think that's it.
I think it's cause you're so tall.
(CHUCKLES)
Hey, you know those corporate weekend warrior types?
Yeah.
SPEEDY: Well, if they so much as bend a spoke,
they want to upgrade.
So I got about 150,000 of these things in the back.
Cheap and better than new.
I don't want to buy one. I just need a loaner.
Need to get some extra miles in before I get to work.
How about that? That'll work?
Yep.
So, you ready for your big trip?
Yeah. What's it going to clock out at?
750 miles?
Good guess. 762.
SPEEDY:Wow.
That is impressive.
Take you about a week?
Nah, I'm gonna take my time. Relax. See some sights.
SPEEDY: Well, you've earned it.
I don't know how you work with those kids every day.
High tolerance for pain, I guess.
Yeah.
-See you tomorrow. -SPEEDY: Be safe.
(♪♪♪)
Hey, Speedy.
Yeah?
How many rims you say you had?
That is a very good braze, Smink.
What?
That's a very good braze.
-Good job. -Thank you. Thank you.
Rice, let's have a look.
Nice.
Keep filing.
Woolbright?
Let me have a look.
You need some more brace on your joint.
-Okay? -All right.
Atencio.
That is some very fine work.
-Look at that. -Thank you.
You guys keep up this good work. I'ma let you keep these things.
Yeah, I've always wanted a big metal triangle.
-Appreciate it. -It's a trapezoid, pendejo.
Man, shut your bitch ass up.
You always that talking that shit, right?
-All right, all right! Stop! -I'll whoop your ass.
-Stop, watch your language. -Hmm, big-ass mouth.
Language.
-Everybody, come in here. -All right, all right.
Open that up.
Hey.
You see that?
Now what do you see?
It's a bike.
It's a frame. Yes.
Never had my own bike.
GREG: You make something yourself, you take pride in it.
You take care of it.
I'm gonna make mine fast.
RICE: Yeah, I'm gonna make mine fast, too.
Look at that.
ATENCIO: Homie, you put so much braze on it,
it's heavier than your mama, bro.
-Oh, that's a good amount. -WOOLBRIGHT: No.
-That's a good amount of braze. -Simmer it down.
-My brazing's the best. -RICE: No, no.
You see that? That's a good amount though right there.
-Yeah, right. -Will you stop?
-Stop. -I'm not doing anything.
All right?
It's not the bicycle frame. It's the rider. Okay?
It's that these bitches don't even have wheels.
You don't need wheels.
Okay? Not yet.
WOOLBRIGHT: Bikes don't need wheels?
Nah, he's been huffing and puffing too much
of them damn welding fumes.
Bikes don't need wheels.
(WHIRRING)
Okay, smack-talkers.
The numbers don't lie. Get on your bikes.
Come on.
This is the ramp test.
What's a ramp test?
A-- a torture test. A ride to failure.
Think of it as dying trying.
-Sounds fun. -Mm-hmm.
The test will increase by 20 watts each minute.
How long you last depends on how strong you are.
Yeah?
(CHUCKLES) That's what she said.
Yeah, you might want to save your breath.
(CLEARS THROAT) Ready?
Alrighty.
Start pedaling.
(EXHALES)
(♪♪♪)
This is bullshit.
We're not even going anywhere.
(PANTING)
Why are you still pedaling?
Come on, Rice. Push.
We lost one.
Atencio, keep with us. Stay with the team.
It's you, Smink.
Push, baby. Push!
(GRUNTING)
All right. Good job. Good job.
Catch your breath.
You know how basketball has positions, hmm?
Well, it's the same thing on a cycling team.
Yeah? Come on over here. Have a look.
Smink.
You are a climber.
Got a nice power to weight ratio.
Atencio, you are a puncheur.
You attack on rolling hills and short climbs.
I feel like I'm more the punching,
-you know that type. -It's not, 'Tence.
-You ain't gonna punch nobody. -Okay.
All right, all right, all right all right.
Rice, look here.
You, my friend, are a natural-born sprinter.
You'd do well in a bunch sprint.
-Elbows flying. -Yeah. I can take the elbows.
-What about Woolbright? -Woolbright? Ah...
WOOLBRIGHT: I don't give a shit.
Delete it.
No, come on. What does-- what does all his stuff mean?
Said delete it.
You are a domestique.
Dumb-ass-tique!
What's that mean?
-GREG: Water boy. -Water boy.
(CHUCKLES)
The Grand Canyon. Are you kidding me?
You want splashy? The Grand Canyon is splashy.
(SCOFFS)
On the hiking trail, there's nowhere for them to run.
And what are they gonna steal? A leaf?
Well, I'll put GPS on the bicycles.
I'll lock them up at night. Anything you want.
A trip like this is a privilege.
-Have they earned it? -They'll earn it on the road.
They'll grow from this. So, will the school.
Come on, Skip.
Nothing looks better on Facebook
than the Grand Canyon.
Think in miles, not inches.
(♪♪♪)
We're gonna need equipment. We're gonna need kits.
Helmets.
But most importantly, we're gonna need a sponsor.
-Really? -GREG: Yeah.
Interesting.
Well, where'd you find these guys?
I mean, uh...
Are they USA Cycling?
I mean, what level are we talking about?
Cat 4? Cat 3?
Not exactly.
Guys, look.
It's the handlebars. See?
-Nah, that's not a handlebar. -Sweet.
Now, since Haddie has talked to the insurers in the state
and convinced them that our kids are ready
to go out into the world,
I feel you two should work together on this.
Do I have any say in this?
You can say no.
Greg, I'm gonna need to look into it further.
Now, everything will have to be donated, of course,
because, as you know, our budget is on life support.
-Right.-Yes.
Mm-hmm.
It's a little off-brand for me.
I mean, I don't have any orange jump suits in the shop.
Yeah.
-Che, che, che, che. -(WOOLBRIGHT CHUCKLING)
So, how is this gonna work again?
Well, the same as a backpacking trip,
but with bikes.
You know, we use the same tents,
the same sleeping bags, everything you got donated.
So, are you gonna just tow them
behind you in like, a little buggy?
No, no. We put everything in the sag wagon.
-The sag wagon? -The sag wagon.
Okay. Got a lot of pep in your step.
Support and gear. Right here.
SKIP: Greg, this is John and Carol.
They're from Colorado Youth Services.
Oh, wow. From the state.
So, the inmates would weld bicycles
-and ride them? -I'm sorry, Carol.
Carol, these are not inmates. They're students.
And welding for a bicycle's not really different
than welding for anything else.
WOOLBRIGHT: This shit's ghetto as hell. Look it don't even go in.
GREG: Head positions.
Hoods.
Tops.
Drops.
These seats come right out.
-(GRUNTS) -Don't-- don't hurt yourself.
Voilà.
Hey.
These kids...
they're broken pieces.
And try as we may to glue them back together.
If we apply too much pressure,
they crack in the same places.
In welding, we don't use glue.
You use fire.
You heat the metal until it melts
and then you beat it into shape.
You can't beat the kids, Greg.
GREG: Hey, Speedy.
You remember your first bicycle?
Cherry red, under the Christmas tree.
Did you ever put baseball cards in the spokes?
Of course.
The faster you went, the louder it got.
That wasn't the sound of a baseball card.
That was the sound of freedom.
Don't you think every kid deserves a chance to feel th?
Yes, I do.
If they knock you out, rob you blind,
and leave you for dead in the desert,
that is on you.
But if you want, I'll cover the gears
and the pedals.
But you better not buy one more tube
-of butt butter online. -Deal.
Hey, I'm sponsoring a team.
All right, I'll throw in the kits.
What do you guys call yourselves?
Banda di Catene.
It's nice. It's Italian.
What does it mean?
Huh? Nice.
WOOLBRIGHT: That's ugly, bro.
RICE: You ever hear of spellcheck?
It means chain gang.
What, you about to chain us to the bikes
or something like that?
Told you they weren't gonna like it.
Like a bicycle chain.
-What's wrong with you people? -WOOLBRIGHT: Y'all tripping.
I'm not about to be a part of no damn chain gang.
-Looking good, fellas. Whoo! -Okay, all right, Woolbright.
-Yeah! -Come on.
Just come over here. Hang out with me.
-Are these like kid sizes? -GREG: No.
And before you ask, you do not wear tighty-whities
under them.
I got to free ball in these things?
And this is your bicycle shoe.
On the bottom, there is a metal clip,
which you put into your clipless bicycle pedal.
And even though there's nothing to protect, a brain bucket.
Each of these things is going to carry you across three states
to the Grand Canyon.
RICE: Okay. But hear me out, I got a plan.
Why don't we just drive?
If we driving, I-- I could do that.
Right now, you are unfamiliar
with your bicycle.
But by the end of this trip, you will become one with it.
You are going to learn to work together.
You are going to learn to ride in a Peloton.
Like those rich-bitch exercise bikes?
-Language. -It-- it means platoon, okay?
It means platoon.
It's derived from pelote, which means little ball.
Yeah, well, my big pelotes ain't fitting in these,
so, no thank you.
Lesson one, clipping in.
To clip in, you point your toe down
and stomp.
With patience and practice,
you guys are gonna be able to do this,
at traffic lights without having to unclip.
But when you do need to unclip,
you turn your toe in, and take your foot out.
Okay, you guys try.
Oh, here we go. (GRUNTS)
Oh.
Grand Canyon, huh?
-Okay.-Shit.
Let's try again.
Born cyclists, they are not.
You know what overcomes hard luck?
Hard work.
A ride like this takes grit, and these boys,
they have plenty of grit.
Hmm.
RICE: You go right, you go right.
You know, if Rice hadn't ended up here,
I really think he could have been an athlete.
Yeah, I agree with you.
But he coasts.
Smink, on the other hand, he'll push himself
until he breaks to prove he's got control.
You know, when the social worker did a home visit,
he refused to eat for a whole week.
Open road, sunshine, plenty of exercise,
he'll have an appetite.
Yeah, 'cause that's how you solve an eating disorder, Gre,
sunlight.
Atencio, he already knows how to play for a team.
Yeah, he's got a lot of anger, which is great.
-Is it? -Yeah, look at him.
He's already turning his anger into motivation.
Wait till you see who he becomes when he gets
to the Grand Canyon.
(SIGHS)
ATENCIO: Watch out, watch out, hey.
Come on, Haddie.
Let's show the state who these kids really are.
They're not their rap sheets.
They're not lost causes.
You know who's clever, and resourceful,
and full of untapped leadership potential?
No.
(WOOLBRIGHT GRUNTS)
No.
It might be our last chance to reach him, Greg.
No, absolutely not.
He'll drag the other boys down. No.
You said that we needed to teach these boys
that if they set a goal, no matter how impossible,
that through hard work and determination,
they can achieve it, right?
Didn't you just say that?
ATENCIO: (INDISTINCT SPEECH)
Or I gotta hold it the whole time?
If you want me, you got to take Woolbright.
-I don't want you that bad. -(CHUCKLES)
Well, I guess I won't sign off with Bowman, then.
Is that a yes?
Huh?
Oh, you got a clip-in for my boot?
GREG: Your right leg still works, doesn't it?
Yeah.
Then you can drive the sag wagon.
Ugh.
Can we call it something else?
GREG:No!
AUTOMATED VOICE: This is a prepaid collect call from...
DOUG ON PHONE: Doug Townsend.
AUTOMATED VOICE: An inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento.
DOUG ON VOICEMAIL: Hey, it's Doug, obviously.
You still leaving for your ride tomorrow?
Thought any more about going to see Dad?
The doctor said it could be any day now.
Anyway, I-- I'll try again this time tomorrow.
I hope you're okay.
(♪♪♪)
(TRAIN CHUGGING)
Morning, gentlemen. You guys ready to hit the roa?
(HADDIE CHUCKLING)
Where's Woolbright?
(LAUGHS)
Wait, hold on, hold on.
Y'all seriously not going out dressed like that?
Y'all serious?
(LAUGHS)
It's important that you wear the uniform for the trip.
Baby, you tripping if you think I'm wearing
them damn nut-huggers like these clowns.
(WOOLBRIGHT CHUCKLING)
Suit yourself.
-WOOLBRIGHT: Hey. -What are you guys doing?
I'm just gonna put my shirt over my suit.
What about you, Smink? You want to play dress-up, too?
I don't care how I look.
WOOLBRIGHT: Yeah, it's 'cause he already looks like a bitch.
HADDIE:Woolbright!
WOOLBRIGHT: All right, I won't say nothing else.
Y'all the ones that got them dressing in them leotards
-and spandex and shit. -You're still talking.
-'Tence-- -You're still talking.
Ballet? You got ballet practice?
Get your damn pass before I whoop your ass.
Man, get outta my face.
Woolbright, it's too early for this.
(GATE RATTLES)
GREG: You're up early.
Keep them out of trouble.
They've already come a long way.
-Hey. -Come on, man.
If one of them so much as steals a Slim Jim,
-bring ‘em all back by van. -Yes, sir.
If they cut loose, don't chase, call the local sheriff.
Okay, we'll do everything by the book.
You know there's no book for this.
-You ready to ride? -Thank you.
SKIP: Be safe.
Hey, boys!
When we ride together, we say, ho!
Everybody say, ho!
Ho!
Ho, ho, ho!
-Ho! -All right, mount up!
Let's hit the road!
Ho!
She a ho!
(overlapping speech)
GREG: Single file!
Guys, you got to stay in a line.
ATENCIO: Holy shit, boys!
These assholes trying to kill us, man!
No swearing.
We're still representing Ridgeview.
-What the hell? -10 push-ups the next stop.
-No one can hear us, coach. -20.
Pass it on.
Yo!
Coach says we can't swear!
Even though no one gives a fuck, no one cares.
-Pass it on. -Hey, coach says no swearing.
Pass it on.
Hey, Rice.
Some bullshit about not swearing.
Yeah, well, tell him I'm not trying to swear.
-I can't balance this, mother-- -(CAR HORN HONKS)
(♪♪♪)
(SPITS)
(CHUCKLING)
GREG: Hey, guys, stay in a straight line.
That's how drafting works.
I'm sick of looking at Tence's ass.
So don't look, perv.
Coach!
-When's lunch? -Oh my God.
-Smink, you hungry? -No.
Smink says we should keep riding.
-Bullshit! -Why'd you ask Smink!
See, it'll all be worth it when we see the stars tonight.
This seat is killing my taint, though.
RICE: Yeah, it's kind of stabbing my squeat.
What's that?
My ma gooch, my gucci mane, my grundle.
You'll get used to it.
Come on, let's go.
-Ho!-Ho!
(HORN HONKS)
Hey.
They need to eat.
I know.
-HADDIE: We're way behind. -I know.
Thank you.
I'm thinking we can stop at Miller's Canyon.
-Miller's Canyon? -Yeah.
But th-- that's a trailer park.
Did you want to sleep on the side of the road?
I mean, we'll be lucky to get that far.
Hey, guys, we got a long ride ahead of .
Does anybody want any butt butter
for your uh, squeat?
-Hey, you nasty, man. -No!
-Like, is it rusty butter? -I'm gonna lube up.
-Okay, let's not use that word. -RICE: Greg! Greg!
Do not give the butt butter.
(SIGHS)
Smink.
Thank you.
GREG:Woolbright.
Wow.
Look at all these stars.
GREG: Let's get those tents up.
Yo, coach, there's no instructions.
They wouldn't be in Spanish anyways.
I don't read Spanish, shit-head.
HADDIE:Hey!
The instructions could be in Chinese.
You're men and men do not need instructions
to put up a tent, okay?
You take the poles, and you slide them
through the slots. Easy.
Okay, so we take our big, long poles,
and we stick them in the slots, all right, cool.
Okay, I'm gonna leave this for you men.
And get out of those wet clothes.
You're gonna get jock itch.
-Haddie?-Uh-huh?
GREG: There's a laundry facility over here.
Uh-huh?
We should, uh, get those clothes and get ‘em in there
and get ‘em washed before it's too late.
We?
Yeah. You're support.
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, Greg.
I hereby swear on the souls of my foremothers,
I will not be doing anybody's damn laundry.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN BACKGROUND)
(WASHING MACHINE WHIRRING)
(BUZZES)
(♪♪♪)
GREG'S DAD: Hey, even your hands are weak.
Why won' you stand up straight?
Listen to me, son. Get your shoulders back.
Put your head up.
The world's not gonna be nice to you.
Because you're different.
You look me in the eye when you shake my hand.
I want you to hurt me. Break my hand.
So, you gotta show ‘em you're tough.
Squeeze.
Harder. Harder. Harder!
Like this.
Why do you keep making me do this?
Over!
(♪♪♪)
(CRICKERS CHIRPING)
(BOYS GROAN)
-Come on, guys. -BOYS: Hey, hey, oh!
-Come on, let's go. -RICE: Oh, it's too early.
Breakfast is over in 10 minutes.
RICE: When did it start?
-GREG: Morning, Haddie. -Morning.
GREG: You want some coffee?
HADDIE: If it's strong, yes.
Okay, there you go.
Uh, thank you.
(HADDIE GRUNTS)
-You don't drink coffee? -Mm-mm.
Excites my heart.
Here you go, Smink.
-Morning. -Oh, hey.
Oh, no. I just-- I just woke up, so I'm not super hungry yet.
Calories equal miles.
Don't make me ask you twice.
-Go on. Take it. -Thank you.
Guys, you're gonna want to put on your kits today.
These street clothes are slowing you down every mile.
WOOLBRIGHT: Good morning, Haddie.
You enjoy all of our pitched tents last night?
Little boy, I will break my whole boot off up
in your behind.
-Why you gotta be so hostile? -20 push-ups. Obscenities.
WOOLBRIGHT: Uh, I was just playing with her.
(♪♪♪)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
Sorry, coach. My-- my shorts are slipping.
It's really hot out here.
(SIGHS)
GREG: Hey, Woolbright.
Why don't you come up here and lead?
You'll be great to draft off wearing those parachutes.
WOOLBRIGHT: All right.
Yeah, come shield us.
-Looks good. -Looking good, fellas.
(GRUNTS)
You're slower than an Amish drag race, man!
Hey, at least I don't look like a bitch!
ATENCIO: Woolie's so damn slow, it takes his ass an hour
to make minute rice, bro.
RICE: That was a good one.
GREG: Well, we did it.
Our first full day's ride and it only took us two days.
Come on over here.
You guys need to learn how to read one of these things.
WOOLBRIGHT: You ever hear of Google Maps?
There's no cell phone reception. What do you do then?
-I learn how to read a map. -GREG: Okay.
Does anybody want to take a guess where we are?
This is where we started.
Where do you think we are?
Okay, right here.
That's very optimistic.
Why do you think we're there?
Well, we went past this super traffic-heavy area right here,
so that's that-- that red line.
You think this paper map gives you live traffic updates?
-(SMINK CHUCKLING) -No, no, no, no.
Not live, just like an average based on
like when they made this map.
-(CHATTERING)-(CHUCKLES)
And the normal wind patterns.
Okay. This is where we started.
This is where we are.
-And this is where we are going. -WOOLBRIGHT: Hmm.
Honestly, you guys are doing pretty go.
Tomorrow we have to up our game.
We're doing 1 vertical mile, and we have to work together.
We're a Peloton, remember?
And we cover for each other.
The guy up front takes the wind for his mates in the back.
And when he gets too tired, his mates take the wind for him.
Get some rest.
-All right. -GREG: All right.
-Hey, Greg. -Yeah?
It was Bowman.
He said that your dad's nurse is looking for you.
Oh.
Okay.
Thanks.
They don't have your cell phone on file?
No, they've got it.
It's just, you know, out here the uh--
the cell phone service is so bad.
Okay.
Thanks.
"Big day tomorrow.”
-Guess we better carb up then. -Damn.
Where'd you find these?
-Mini mart. -Give me the black one.
These baggy clothes are good for something.
-What if we get caught? -Then what?
He sends us back to school?
That's better than riding with a seat shoved up our ass.
Come on.
GREG: What's that you're drinking?
A nice cold can of my own business.
There's no drinking on school premises.
We're not on school premises.
Well, that includes off-site activities.
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
How you feeling?
GREG: We have to pick up the pace.
But they're improving.
Except Woolbright.
That boy has no discipline at all.
I don't know.
He wore a drag chute two days straight just to piss you off.
Seems pretty disciplined to me.
(HADDIE CHUCKLING)
HADDIE:Hmm.
How's everything with your dad?
How long's it been since you two spoke?
Two decades.
You know, some relationships, the only way we can feel
in control is to control access.
I thought your degree was in childhood psychology.
Aren't we all just children who grew up?
You ever hear of the fleas in the jar experiment?
No.
But it sounds like the start of a good joke.
It does.
It's something we did in grad school.
Take some fleas, put ‘em in a jar, set it aside
for a while.
-With a lid on it. -All right.
Outside the jar, fleas can jump several feet.
But inside the jar, they bang their head
against the lid.
After a while, you take the lid off.
You'd think they would fly right out to escape.
But they never do.
They keep jumping, just shy of the height of the lid.
And they stay trapped.
RICE: You ever seen stars like this before?
Only in a fistfight.
Oh, wait, that was the other guy.
-Dude. -Good one.
You're about to see some, homie.
Man, you're so full of shit, Atencio.
-Oh, yeah? -WOOLBRIGHT: Yeah.
You know, mis primos,
they ask me to take care of a thing.
If I wasn't a miner, I'd be at Canon City right no.
Wait, you, when you mean a thing,
you mean like-- like you stabbed somebody?
A thing.
And I was just a homie, so I had to do it.
You know my cousin?
He's got like, 20 homies working for him, man.
Gettin' paid, bro.
He's got like two Escalades.
All the women.
So when I get home, I'll have the same thing.
My own crew.
My own soldiers.
-And then what? -ATENCIO: I don't know.
Have some kids.
Get some bitches.
Make me... (SPEAKS SPANISH)
(CHUCKLES)
You want to get a head start?
On getting some bitches?
Nah.
Not yet.
I looked it up.
There's like, 10 Greyhound stations
between here and the Grand Canyon.
Okay, but what about the-- the GPS on the bikes?
Put it on a bus.
-Goes north, we go south. -Hmm.
Easy.
Hell, yeah.
-To Vegas, bro. -(CHUCKLES)
We're not old enough to gamble.
-Why would you say that? -Really, man?
Ruined the vibe.
Where would you want to go, Smink?
-Back to Ridgeview? -No.
WOOLBRIGHT: You want to stay with Greg.
He wants to keep biking.
-You want to stay with Greg? -No, I don't.
WOOLBRIGHT: Hey, Smink like riding in it.
-RICE: He's good on it, though. -Wear-- wearing the kit.
That's his woman, that bike.
RICE: He made love to that motherfucker.
(CHUCKLES)
Let me stop, let me stop, let me stop.
WOOLBRIGHT: Now on some real shit, though.
Where would y'all go?
I'd go there.
That orange one?
It's Mars.
ATENCIO: You want to take over the planet,
is what you're saying?
Start our own society where we rule?
Yeah.
-ATENCIO: Hell, yeah. -Yeah.
WOOLBRIGHT: 'Tence wouldn't last a day.
I'd outlast your ass.
Man, that's some bullshit.
-You know damn well-- -Look, I'll be up in Mars.
I'll meet me a little alien woman.
Create a little alien civilization.
Alien booty.
Yeah.
ATENCIO: I'll turn that shit out.
-WOOLBRIGHT: Thank you. -(CHUCKLES)
Gravity?
Gravity.
That doesn't-- that doesn't matter.
WOOLBRIGHT: Get your ass to sleep, bro.
They're not gonna have any gravity up there.
SMINK: Guys, guys.
Yeah, I hope there's intelligent life
up there.
Because there sure isn't any over there.
-RICE: What? -ATENCIO: Got him.
How much did you drink?
WOOLBRIGHT: He just had one sip.
-Yo, one sip? -What?
He still got, he still got--
ATENCIO: Oh, he finished the whole thing.
RICE: Oh, shit.
Man, that's mine. Stop playing. Stop--
(CHUCKLES)
-All right, this shit's me. -That's a start, Smink.
RICE: Little Smink wins for the night.
ATENCIO: That's a start, bro.
(CHUCKLES) Stupid.
(CHUCKLES)
(GRUNTING)
After this flat spot, 1 vertical mile.
Get psyched.
Coach, that last mile marker said 149.
-That's correct. -The one before that said 148!
Very good.
What's the next one gonna say?
-150?-Yep.
(SIGHS)
I'm glad you're passing math, Rice.
RICE: You said one more mile.
WOOLBRIGHT: What the hell, man?
GREG: One vertical mile.
Up.
You got to be kidding me.
You got to do the climb
if you want to enjoy the descent.
Stay in a low gear over this next bit.
It's not that steep.
You'll just burn up energy if you go into a--
a higher gear.
-Chain gang. -Chain gang.
Don't lose momentum.
(♪♪♪)
Solid momentum.
Keep it up, boys.
Feel that burn.
That's the mountain trying to push you down.
Go into your pain cave.
Pain is motivation.
Pain is energy.
Push your anger out through your feet.
-Atencio!-Yeah!
-Are you angry? -Yes!
-What are you angry at? -That bitch-ass puta Mario!
GREG:Okay.
You're angry at the puta something Mario.
Good.
Push it all out.
Smink.
-You pissed? -Yes!
What are you pissed at?
Everything!
GREG: Good. Use it.
Be pissed at everything.
-Rice! -RICE: Yeah?
-You angry? -No!
I'm just in pain.
GREG: All right. Use that pain.
Push yourself up the mountain with that pain.
Come on. Push!
How about our permanent caboose?
Woolbright.
What are you angry at?
-You! -GREG: Good.
Push down the pedals like it's my face.
Does that make you feel better?
(GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
GREG: Push it all out!
GREG'S DAD: You stupid little fuck!
(POLICE SIREN BLARES)
(RETCHING)
(COUGHS)
Yo.
(RETCHING)
All right, guys.
That's lunch.
WOOLBRIGHT: Bro, what the f--
Come on, Smink. You gotta eat.
-I just puked earlier. -Almost.
You didn't, because your stomach is empty.
Come on.
How about you talk to Woolbright?
He's the one who can't keep up.
You want me to go talk to Woolbright,
because you won't eat your sandwich?
Greg.
GREG:Rice.
-It's an extra sandwich. -Oh.
-Damn, coach. -(CHUCKLES)
Thank you.
-What's up? -What are you doing?
What do you mean, what am I doing?
-Smink?-Yeah.
He just needs a little motivation.
Typical cyclist.
-Can't stay in your lane. -That's a good one.
You-- you've been thinking about that for a while?
Seriously.
An eating disorder is a DSM-5 condition.
That shit you're pulling is the kind of stuff
that can cost us our charter.
Haddie, I've been doing this for 30 years.
-I think I know what I'm doing. -Fine.
You know, it's like I'm babysitting
five kids on this trip.
We done?
Come.
Guys, let's go.
We leave in five minutes.
(PANTING)
SMINK:Slowing.
All right, guys, let's hold up here.
Get hydrated, all right?
Where's Woolbright?
Oh, he's way back there.
Hey, Woolbright! What are you doing?
What the hell does it look like?
Looks like you never rode a bike before.
WOOLBRIGHT: This bike's a piece of shit.
You made it.
Oh, so I'm the piece of shit?
Hey, maybe if you weren't wearing
such a baggy shirt, you-- you'd keep up with us.
Then I'll ride like this.
Happy? Cool?
Put your shirt back on. You're gonna get sunburnt.
All right.
Fine.
I have to teach you guys how to descend a mountain anyway.
Thanks to Woolbright, we are going to descend this one
and climb it again.
-What?-What?
-No, no, no. -(SPEAKS SPANISH)
-I didn't like the first time. -Not right.
If we're gonna do something, we're gonna do it right.
Why do we all have to do it?
-GREG: Because we're a team. -Come on, not that.
Now, a mountain like this-- hold on.
WOOLBRIGHT: What? I'm not doing that, man.
It's dangerous.
Screw this, man.
-GREG: Smink! Smink's going. -Yo!
-Go, coach! Go! -GREG: Smink!
Smink, stop!
-Go!-Smink!
-Let's go! -Go, go, go, go.
Whoo!
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
Whoo.
Oh wow.
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa.
Oh, okay, okay. Ah!
I can't stop! I can't stop!
GREG:Smink!
Slow down!
Coach, coach, coach!
Greg, help! Help!
Low pressure! Rear brake!
The right hand! The rear brake!
Squeeze your right brake!
Your right brake!
I'm trying.
GREG: Not too hard!
You're okay, Smink! That's it!
Keep slowing down! You got it!
You got this!
You're gonna be all right!
Slow pressure!
(PANTING)
Atta boy. Come here. Sit down.
(PANTING)
Take your helmet off.
You're all right. Yeah.
I almost died.
You're all right.
-You're okay. -(GROANS)
That's my legs.
My legs won't stop shaking.
It's 'cause you don't eat, Smink.
No, it's ‘cause I was almost roadkill!
Asshole!
Asshole.
-Smink, you good? -You all right?
He's all right.
What happened?
Is your brakes all right?
-Get their bikes, man. -RICE: Yeah, I got Smink's.
Hey, Greg!
What's that?
Disc brake.
Yeah, why are yours down there, but ours are up here?
They're just different.
WOOLBRIGHT:Different?
Oh, cool. So we could crash, but you'll be all right.
If you guys would just listen to me
and let me teach you, we'll get through this.
Trust me!
Man, trust my ass!
ATENCIO: Whoa, watch yourself, bro.
Who's gonna make me? A fake-ass gang-banger like you?
‘Tence, back the hell up, bro. Chill out.
-(SPEAKS SPANISH) -GREG: Hey!
I'll beat your ass, boy.
-Get off him, 'Tence. -Hey!
Hey, off him, ‘Tence!
(GRUNTING)
ATENCIO: I'm sorry, coach.
I can't believe I wasted my ride
with a bunch of stupid crybabies.
(GROANS)
Everything all right?
Maybe we should load the bikes up, drive the rest of the miles.
-It's been a long day. -GREG: No.
If we use the van today, we'll use it every day,
and this ride won't mean anything.
It already doesn't mean anything.
I vote we use the van.
Same.
Yeah.
Because you never really tried to finish anything.
And I'm sorry I hurt your feelings, Woolbright,
when I said you were stupid.
I thought you already knew.
-HADDIE: That's enough! -Hey, screw you, man!
-You think it's easy being us? -No.
No, it's hard being you.
I know what it is to grow up in fear.
I've lived it.
So, don't play the victim with me.
Bullshit.
What, Mommy and Daddy spank you too much?
You think I don't know what's going on inside your head, huh?
Right now, you feel helpless. You think this is all pointless.
You think this is all a big joke.
If you want to get in the van, go ahead.
It's right there.
You can limp across the road right now,
and none of this will have mattered.
Or you could set a goal.
You can set a goal today and know that nobody told you
what you could or couldn't be.
That nobody told you what you can
or can't do.
You decide that.
You decide that today on this mountain.
You decide.
You want to get in the van, go ahead.
I'm gonna finish what I started.
It's 12 miles to the campground, mostly downhill, Rice.
We can make that. Right, Greg?
We've got about 45 minutes of light.
Listen, I know you can do this.
This is the fun part, guys.
You rode hard. You earned it.
Let's finish what we started, yeah?
But don't do it, because you have to.
Do it because you decided to.
Do it for yourself.
No one else.
(♪♪♪)
I don't really have a choice, do I?
Sure, you do.
The van's right there.
What, and let you rub it in my face for the rest
of the trip?
Nah.
I'd rather have this bike seat shoved up my ass.
(CHUCKLING)
Smink, it's downhill
ATENCIO: Use your brakes.
-I'm calling you. -Okay.
ATENCIO: Yeah, maybe use your pedals this time.
Hey, guys!
What do we say when we ride?
Ho!
(♪♪♪)
SMINK: Yes, please.
There you go.
Okay, Smink, with the full plate.
Come on, boy.
-Eat up, eat up. -Where's Woolbright?
Oh.
Good morning.
-Good morning, Woolie. -RICE: Morning, Woolie.
What's up, Woolie?
How your pelotes feeling, bro?
-Snug.-(CHUCKLES)
Oh, dear Heavenly Father, if I ever have children,
-please bless me with all girls. -Amen.
-Amen.-Amen.
-Come on. No, no. -Haddie, good one.
-Wait for it, amen. -Amen, yeah.
Let's amen to that.
(♪♪♪)
GREG: When you build a fire...
♪ Feel cool on here, mm ♪
You don't start with big logs.
You start small.
♪ My friends say I should live a little ♪
♪ Need to start saying yes more ♪
♪ I compromise and meet him in the middle ♪
♪ 'Cause new actions will get you new results, huh ♪
♪ They gave me something to think about, huh ♪
♪ It's life and I'm supposed to live it out ♪
♪ Uh huh ♪
♪ I'm holding on to the universe ♪
♪ Huh ♪
♪ Praying that she won't let me down ♪
GREG: You start with the kindling, because that provides you
with the heat,
and once that little bit of kindling gets burning...
-Everybody say ho! -Ho!
-GREG: Ho! -Ho!
(GREG CHUCKLING)
♪ I'm feeling alive ♪
Go.
WOOLBRIGHT: How's my ass?
RICE: I gotta work my way up.
(CHUCKLES)
♪ I'm feeling alive ♪
♪ I'm feeling alive, alive, alive ♪
Atta boy.
♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohoho ♪
♪ If you feel what I'm saying say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohoho ♪
♪ I'm afraid if I try something crazy ♪
WOOLBRIGHT: Are you sure you should be teaching us
how to start fires, Coach?
Well, none of you are in for arson, are you?
Most likely to commit arson on three.
1, 2, 3!
-Me? -(BOYS CHUCKLING)
-Watch-- watch yourself. -What?
GREG: All right, now, I've been talking about using
this the whole trip,
and I know that some of you are getting sore.
Just take a little bit of the cream,
pull your pants out, and reach in,
and just give it a good lube.
Smear.
-It's cold. -♪ I'm feeling alive ♪
-Ho!-Ho!
♪ I'm feeling alive, alive, alive ♪
(IMITATING GORILLAS)
♪ I'm feeling alive, alive, alive ♪
♪ If you feel what I'm saying say ♪
Hey!
-GREG: Smink! -(CHEERING)
Boy, there you go.
Come on, Woolie.
Yeah, a big hug.
♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohoho ♪
♪ Oh yeah ♪
♪ If you feel what I'm saying say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohoho ♪
(LAUGHS)
♪ If you feel what I'm saying say ♪
Wooo!
RICE: You see that?
HADDIE: No, I get it.
Okay.
Greg.
That was Bowman.
-It's about my dad? -No.
It's about Ridgeview.
The state revoked our charter.
What?
Yeah, Skip's trying to fight it, but they want to allocate funds
to bigger state-run institutions.
These boys will be lost in a state-run institution.
HADDIE: Yeah, I know.
The sheriffs are gonna be at Ridgeview
to pick up the boys.
I'm sorry.
We gotta cut the trip short.
By how much?
WOOLBRIGHT: What are you talking?
ATENCIO:Tomorrow.
What about the Grand Canyon?
If there's time, maybe we can stop
somewhere else cool on the way home?
You mean back to Ridgeview?
Correct.
For now.
GREG: Well, Ridgeview may be temporarily closed.
There's been an issue with the charter.
Unfortunately...
some of you boys may be reassigned.
This is bullshit.
You said we were gonna finish the whole ride.
Man, forget this shit, man.
Woolbright!
HADDIE: I'm sorry.
(♪♪♪)
This is bullshit.
GREG:Woolbright!
Woolbright!
Shit.
Woolbright!
Woolbright.
(WOOLBRIGHT SOBBING)
I can't go back to jail.
I can't.
-GREG: You won't. -(SOBS)
You won't go back to jail. I'll vouch for you.
You'll vouch for me?
You don't give a fuck about me.
You think I'm a joke.
You call me the “dumb-ass-tique”.
The water boy.
You don't care about me.
I shouldn't have said that.
But you did!
And I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have said it.
You're a good kid, Woolbright.
You're the guy that everybody on this team
would spill their guts out for.
And if you choose, you'll be the one
to take us across the finish line.
Man, no one cares if I finish anything, man.
GREG: It's-- it's not true.
And if you look back, you'll see how far
you've already come.
If you let a little bad news bring you down...
the other guys are gonna think you're a lame-ass puta.
(CHUCKLES)
That's 10 push-ups.
Good man.
(SOBBING)
Good man.
WOOLBRIGHT: So, the Grand Canyon actually that much better than this?
(CHUCKLES)
GREG: Oh, yeah.
This?
This is dog shit.
(CHUCKLES)
All right, let's get off this mountain.
We finally got them to understand that hard work
and a plan could get them where they want to go.
Plans change.
There's a lesson in that, too.
What's the lesson?
Do everything right and you still get shit
in your face?
I think they've already learned that lesson.
Is it even legal to keep going?
He said tomorrow.
What if we just rode like hell till we get to the Grand Canyon?
We pack everything into the van, and you and I share the driving,
and we're back at Ridgeview by sundown.
Only a day behind. We'll say we got a flat.
I don't know.
What? What?
What's your concern?
Quite frankly, you.
But if things get crazy, you won't listen to reason.
I do. I always do.
All right, um, I will.
I promise.
Okay.
Really?
But don't cross me.
If you do, you'll need more than a pair of crutches.
(DIALTONE RINGING)
NURSE 1 ON PHONE: Sunrise Assisted Living.
GREG: Uh, hello.
I'm uh--
I'm calling to speak to a patient of yours.
Uh, Robert Townsend.
NURSE 1 ON PHONE: What's your relation?
Oh.
I'm family.
NURSE 1 ON PHONE: Okay.
Mr. Townsend, you have a phone call.
I'm gonna hold it up to his ear.
Pop?
NURSE 1 ON PHONE: I'm sorry. He's not really able.
The phone is too difficult at this point.
Are you near?
Can you come and see him in person?
Uh...
I'm sorry. I-- I'm-- I'm getting a call.
Uh, I'll have to-- I'll have to call back.
Thank you.
(♪♪♪)
(INDISCERNIBLE SPEECH)
GREG'S DAD: Yes. Good, that means it's working.
Move forward. Come on.
Keep it straight, keep it straight.
Hey Greg. I was um, looking at this map
and I must be missing something.
It says its 107 miles to Dinosaur Tracks.
Yeah. It's uh, 107 miles to the flattest road
in the West.
There's even a slight downgrade.
HADDIE: How slight?
200 feet.
Over 107 miles?
Do they even need to pedal
or can they just coast the whole way?
If they can hold a pace line,
-they'll be able to do this. -HADDIE: Greg.
You know, eight-hours' ride, we divide that in two.
Townsend, it's too much.
No. They-- they need to see why they set out to do this.
They've seen the Grand Canyon on postcards and movies.
-They won't care. -They will care.
When they cross that bridge and they see how big
the world really is, maybe, just maybe,
they'll want to become a part of it.
(SIGHS) Greg, if you take those boys
107 miles across the desert, they're going to fall apart.
When.
When I take them across 107 miles of desert,
they are going to see who they really are.
And-- and everything that they do from that point on
will seem easy.
If you want to quit on ‘em like everyone else,
go ahead.
But I'm not doing that.
I'm not.
Guys, put your bags in the van.
We leave in one minute.
BOYS:Ho!
(♪♪♪)
It's 9:00 a.m.
We've done 15 miles.
You're doing great.
-Hey, Smink? -Yeah?
Let me drive for you, bro.
All right.
Pull to the right. I'll come to the left.
Ready?
Let's go.
We good?
SMINK: Right behind you, Woolie.
All right.
How you feel, Woolbright?
Feels great, man.
GREG: Everybody take a drink of water.
It's 11:00 a.m.
35 miles.
We got to do better, guys!
Let's push! Come on!
Push!
-Ho! -BOYS: Ho!
-GREG: Ho! -BOYS: Ho!
GREG: The sun's on the way down.
It's gonna be easier from here on out.
It's directly overhead.
Uh, it's a mirage.
(SPITS)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
Are you good, coach?
Hey, take it easy.
-RICE: Oh, Jesus. -Let's go.
ATENCIO: Yeah, man.
Take your time or you'll cramp up.
Nobody's gonna cramp up. Let's go.
HADDIE: We're leaving in 20 minutes and not a second sooner.
Greg, they've ridden 55 miles already.
It's not even lunchtime.
There's no reward for a job half the time.
Okay, look, I don't want you to take it out on me.
But this isn't about being tough or grit.
It's about heat stroke. Come on.
Let's go. Let's finish up.
We got a long way to go.
Are we staying or are we going-- whose--
You're staying. You're eating.
You're taking your time.
(♪♪♪)
GREG: Hey, guys, let's shift up.
Get a little more power, a little more speed.
Ready?
Ready.
Shift up.
Let's go. Come on.
-ATENCIO: Come on. -GREG: Ho!
-Ho!-Ho!
Yo, you all right?
Smink, you okay?
I died 10 miles ago.
ATENCIO: Lucky you, bro.
(♪♪♪)
Ah! God!
A cramp is in my leg. (GROANS)
Got a cramp or something.
-Try to stretch it out. -My leg hurts.
Try something. Man, it hurts.
-It's your leg? -Easy, easy, easy.
-You need to stretch it out. -Try to put your leg down.
-Here, drink some water. -SMINK: Just give him space.
-Hey, hey, hey, hey! -Coach! Give him space!
We did 97 miles today, okay?
That's great.
You set a new record. Come on.
We're not finished.
HADDIE: They already broke the record by 12 miles, all right?
Let's just call it for the day.
We're gonna keep on breaking the record,
because today we're doing 107 miles.
-No, Greg, we're not. -Yeah, we are.
-We're going-- -Come on, get up.
RICE: Come on, boys.
Respect.
Attitude.
Motivation.
Spirit.
Keep pushing.
Hey, coach!
How many miles have we done?
(PANTING)
How many miles, coach?
Coach! How many miles?
(PANTING, GRUNTING)
-WOOLBRIGHT: Hey, coach! -RICE: Hey, coach!
You okay?
-Hey. -Yo coach.
Hey, damn.
Oh, shit.
He's dead.
Well, this is embarrassing.
Did you think it was gonna help those kids
to see you literally drop dead from stubbornness?
Well, I like to think of it as showing tenacity.
When you crashed, this fell.
Thank you.
Your brother called.
I answered it.
Figured I should tell him you might be dying.
What did he say?
HADDIE: He said you were too stubborn to die.
(CHUCKLES)
He told me about your dad.
Greg, don't be a tough guy.
Maybe just this one time.
Go see your father.
I am telling you, you will regret it
for the rest of your life if you don't.
Yeah, I'll go once we're finished.
It'll be too late.
I'm not quitting, Haddie.
Greg, I'm not letting you get back on a bike after this.
We ran out of time anyway.
We did our best.
It's over.
So, you can either ride back in the sag wagon
while you father dies or you can go see him
and maybe put some of this behind you.
Hey, guys.
-You good? -What happened?
This happens to me every once in a while.
It's no big deal.
-I'm fine. -You-- you're all good?
Totally fine. Totally fine.
Um...
I wanted to take you on this ride,
so that you guys could see that the world was a lot bigr
than what you think it is.
Yeah.
You know, this-- I--
What I'm saying isn't because of my heart
or because of my muscles or my tendons.
It's uh--
I'm not--
(SIGHS)
I'm not--
I'm not gonna be able to, uh, finish the ride with you guys.
Okay?
Um...
WOOLBRIGHT: Are you kidding me?
No, there's something I need to take care of.
After all that shit about pushing through,
finishing what we start, you bail with one day to go?
All right, Woolie, chill out. He just had a stroke.
Nah, man.
Every time we're tired is because we're lazy
or quitters or because we don't know
how to finish what we start.
Nah, he's the expert rider.
He's the one that knows what he's doing.
Nah, man.
Just another fake-ass cog in the system moving us
from juvie to school to juvie again.
GREG: That's not true.
Oh, yeah?
Well, how many kids you still keep in contact wit?
Huh?
How many? Do you know where they ended up?
Which ones were in jail?
Out?
Trying to teach us about life.
Man, he don't know shit about life.
I let you guys down, and uh, I'm sorry.
You can finish the ride on my bicycle.
Finish what, man?
We're not doing this stupid ride anymore.
GREG:Okay.
Well, uh, I'll see you guys back at Ridgeview, okay?
Ridgeview shut down.
I don't know where you think we're going.
(♪♪♪)
(SNIFFS)
(VAN BEEPS)
All right, guys.
Here is $2 each.
All right? I want you to go in there.
If you come out with anything, you need to have a receipt
and a store witness.
What's wrong with Coach?
What do you mean? What's wrong?
Like...
Why did he pass out?
What's up with his muscles and stuff?
There's nothing up with his muscles.
Not that it's any of your business,
but he's got tendons that are too short,
or too tight, or both.
He's had it his whole life.
That wouldn't make him pass out, would it?
HADDIE: No, that's something else. That's his heart.
An arrhythmia.
He's got that, too.
So, now you know.
Wait, so he has all this shit wrong with him,
he still did the trip?
That's right.
What an asshole.
(CHUCKLES) Okay, go.
Get yourself a snack.
Get a snack.
CASHIER:Hey.
You fold that properly?
Yes, sir.
CASHIER: All right. Good man.
I'm gonna be outside, fellas.
We got a good crew.
I'm gonna miss you guys.
There's a Greyhound station 20 miles from here.
I'm out.
While it's still dark, I gotta be stealth,
'cause I don't want Haddie to hear.
Okay.
I'm going with you.
Screw it.
Me, too.
You still falling for Coach's bullshit,
even after today?
(♪♪♪)
NURSE 2: Mr. Townsend, I can take you back.
Thank you.
Sure.
I know this is very hard.
Your father seems like a really sweet man.
Oh, really?
Thank you. Uh...
Okay, right here is where his room is and--
Okay.
Um, do you mind if I just take a moment?
Take your time.
(MACHINE BEEPING)
GREG:Pop.
Pop, you awake?
I've come a long way to be here
and the least you could do is say hello.
Don't want to appear weak.
Don't want people to think you're sick.
Gotta be strong.
Have a backbone.
Isn't that what you told me and Doug?
D--
Doug? Doug.
You're-- you're-- You're Doug?
GREG:No.
I am Greg.
Greg. Your-- your other son.
(BED WHIRRING)
GREG'S DAD: Greg.
I didn't think
I would see you again.
(SOBBING)
Dad.
(CRIES)
(♪♪♪)
(GRUNTS)
Everyday.
Very funny.
Very funny, guys.
You know, your joke's gonna backfire on you,
because you're gonna be the ones
who have to pump up these tires.
You know how hard it is to inflate a tire
with a bike pump?
Get up. You're making breakfast.
What the shit?
(♪♪♪)
SMINK: Guys, look at this.
It's crazy!
Like we in a painting.
SMINK: Can we pull over for a second
and just take a look at all of it?
Haddie's probably up by now.
We gotta keep going.
Come on.
(CELLPHONE BUZZING)
Good morning, Haddie.
(HADDIE SIGHS)
HADDIE ON PHONE: The little shits ran away.
What?
HADDIE:Yeah.
Snuck out.
They deflated my tires.
It-- it's not their fault.
HADDIE ON PHONE: Like hell it isn't.
No, it-- it's my fault.
Whatever you do, don't call Skip.
I already called Skip.
He didn't pick up.
GREG ON PHONE: Well, that's a blessing.
-I left a message. -All right.
Haddie, you've got to find those kids.
Oh, I'm gonna find them.
And then I'm gonna kill ‘em.
I'll call you from the rental car.
We'll figure this out.
-And-- and Haddie? -Yeah?
Channel all of your anger into pumping.
Yeah, I think I'm on top of it.
(GRUNTING)
Yo!
Slow down, bro!
We're not all on the coach's bougie-ass bike.
We gotta make the bus!
-Come on. -Hey, relax.
It's not like they're gonna put an APB out on us.
DISPATCH OFFICER ON RADIO: This is an all-points bulletin, BOLO.
Four male suspects, teenagers, Caucasian, African-American,
and Hispanic.
Suspects are driving a--
Suspects are on bicycles.
-10-4.-(BEEP)
Come on, Skip. You called the cops?
I mean, you couldn't have given me a heads-up?
-Skip, ready? -Yeah, in a few minutes.
I'll be right with you. Thank you.
Look, I'm trying to get our charter back.
The one thing that can't happen is they escaped, Greg.
GREG ON PHONE: They didn't escape.
They went for a ride.
SKIP ON PHONE: They what?
Yeah, I-- I filled their heads
with a bunch of stuff about getting bonus miles
in the morning before breakfast.
It's my fault.
Who do you think you're fooling with this?
Listen, Skip, it's better if all of this
is just a big misunderstanding, right?
Okay, let's say it is.
-What about the local sheriff? -What about him?
I-- I mean, it's four kids on bicycles.
Where's the crime in that?
SKIP ON PHONE: Oh, hell.
Look, I want them all accounted for by the end of the day.
Do you understand?
-All of ‘em. -Got it.
Skip, I owe you one.
You owe me four.
Goodbye.
Shit.
GREG ON PHONE: Haddie?
Still pumping.
GREG ON PHONE: I spoke to Bowman.
He's gonna look the other way if we find the boys, okay?
Oh, good.
Then they'll only have to deal with me.
I should be there in uh, about two hours.
Okay, cool.
I should be able to catch up with you as long as--
You have got to be kidding me!
These little motherfuck--
Hey, Flagstaff coming up.
Woolbright, you son of a bitch, this might work.
WOOLBRIGHT: I told you.
RICE: Y'all good?
WOOLBRIGHT: Yeah, I'm good.
RICE: Let's get it.
No cars? Good.
Wait.
-Wait. -ATENCIO: Yo!
RICE: Hey, Smink!
WOOLBRIGHT: What's he doing? Smink?
What you doing, Smink?
Gotta go this way, man.
I'm going this way.
WOOLBRIGHT: Nah, man, no way.
Look, don't screw this up for us.
I won't.
Just not gonna screw it up for me either.
I want to see the Grand Canyon.
Man, forget the Grand Canyon.
I'm about to do things my way from here on out.
You know what? Hell yeah.
Fly to Flagstaff and bust out of here, right?
-Like we talked about. -WOOLBRIGHT: Exactly.
Oh, yeah?
And then what are you gonna do, ‘Tence?
Think about that?
You gonna go back to your homies?
Pretend like they actually care about you,
like they're not why you're here in the first place?
You're always talking about wanting a crew.
Well, this is our crew.
Right here.
This group.
This peloton, this little ball.
But you know what takes big balls?
That.
If you wanna go, Smink, go.
And go to hell for all I care. Go.
-Okay, I will. -Yeah, go.
Yeah.
Come on, we outta here, man.
But I-- I don't know
if I can do it by myself, though.
You know, we've been-- we've been drafting
for each other this whole time.
And I don't know how many miles I got on me solo.
But I'm gonna try.
Rice?
That.
‘Tence?
Thought Ridgeview couldn't hold back a hard-ass gangbanger
like you.
It can't, homes.
It ain't really try to hold me, though, so...
WOOLBRIGHT: What about your cuz's crew?
You're supposed to take over, get two Escalades, man,
all that shit?
My cousin's in jail, bro.
His Escalades impounded, bro.
He's in jail for murder, bro.
I don't wanna... Shit.
WOOLBRIGHT: You weak, man.
You're all talk.
Oh, you too, Rice?
I don't wanna kill anybody either.
You're in for truancy!
-You're not killing anybody! -Come on, Woolie!
You don't know how things will go.
They might cut you loose.
Or they might send me away.
-All right. -Bro.
Woolie.
Come on, let's do this, man.
We're close. Let's do this as a team.
We never really were a team in the first place.
That's not true.
WOOLBRIGHT: You all enjoy the Grand Canyo.
Bro.
Woolie?
Let's do this.
Let's lose these.
(♪♪♪)
You lead, Smink.
Yes, Greg?
GREG ON PHONE: Haddie, you almost there?
No, I am not almost there.
Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait. Hold on a sec.
Nah.
Four old white dudes.
Look, I can't talk right now, okay?
I'm on a mission.
(SIREN BLARES)
RICE: Hey, guys, you know when the Grand Canyon starts?
‘Cause I don't know, this-- this looks pretty grand
to me.
I don't know.
But I wanna see the whole thing.
Yo, yo, yo, look, look, look!
Smink, get down, get down, get down!
Get down over here.
DISPATCH OFFICER 2 ON RADIO: (INDISCERNIBLE SPEECH)
I cannot believe they left me out in this hot-ass shit!
Shit!
Ma'am, I'm gonna need to ask you to watch your language, please.
Shit, I'm sorry. Sorry.
SMINK:Woo!
-Check it out. -RICE: Ah, shit.
-Here we are, boys! -Rice, look!
RICE: I know!
Hey! Guys!
If we keep riding, does it get grander?
(CLEARS THROAT)
Hey, Haddie, it's Greg. We better, uh--
We better call the sheriff.
Hold on a sec.
BOYS:Ho!
-Ho!-Ho!
GREG: They're here
They're here!
Hey!
(LAUGHS)
Ho!
(POLICE SIREN BLARES)
Oh, hell no! Oh, we going full GTA, go.
Go, go, go!
HADDIE ON SPEAKER: Attention, fugitive cyclist!
-Smink! -Come on!
HADDIE ON SPEAKER: Enter the pain cave.
That.
Yo, that sounds like Haddie, right.
SMINK: Is that Haddie?
-It's me! -Hey!
-That's crazy! -Hey!
HADDIE: Keep your cadence!
Yo, sorry about the tires, Haddie.
-Sorry. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-It wasn't my idea. -Shut up and climb!
-Alright, alright, alright. -Come on, Haddie, let's race!
Ho!
Wooh!
Hey, Coach!
Looking good.
Ho!
(LAUGHS)
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
-Haddie.-Smink.
-Hey. -How many miles?
More than me?
Come here, man.
-Come here. -Oh my God.
I'm gonna die.
RICE: I'm gonna die.
Oh, I feel like-- I'm just hot.
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
Let's go.
You did it. Hey, where's Woolbright?
Um...
Well, guys.
It's all right. You did good.
-BOYS: Yeah, yeah. -HADDIE: You made it.
-Come on. -We made it.
Come on, let's go look at the canyon.
-Come on. -Yeah.
Come on.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(GREG EXHALES)
RICE: What caused this?
Earthquake?
Wind, water...
and a hell of a lot of time.
How's it make you feel?
-Small.-Okay.
Grande.
Hungry.
Well, I don't think that's the Grand Canyon, Rice.
(♪♪♪)
-Thank you, Haddie. -Good to see you.
Hello, Woolbright.
-Woolie! -Hey, Woolie!
(INDISTINCT SPEECH) My boy!
Bro, what's up, man?
-Bro, you came back, man. -WOOLBRIGHT: Yeah, man.
-You gotta go check this out. -Come on. Let's go.
-Oh, no, you're not ready. -Eyes down.
It's crazy.
You know whatever you thought,
-like think again. -Alright. Eyes down, eyes do.
RICE: Listen, I'll tell you when to look.
-Let's go. -WOOLBRIGHT: All right.
ATENCIO: Wait, wait, don't look yet. Wait, wait. I'ma guide you.
WOOLBRIGHT: I got you.
SMINK: Okay, don't--
Don't get him too close to the edge.
It's dangerous. It's dangerous.
Watch the rocks, watch the rocks.
-I got you. -Bro, when you're ready, look.
-Take a second. -Go, go.
RICE: It's what's up.
(EXHALES, CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
(♪♪♪)
(LAUGHS)
Right?
You almost ready?
Almost.
What do you think, huh?
Honestly...
this shit grand as fuck.
(CHUCKLES)
That's 10 push-ups.
But I'll let you slide this time.
-WOOLBRIGHT: Good man. -(CHUCKLES)
You think they'll shut down Ridgeview?
Oh, I don't know.
I hope not.
But if it happens...
what are we gonna do?
GREG: We'll do our best.
We'll do our very best.
And everything will be fine.
WOOLBRIGHT:Yeah.
You know what this trip has taught me?
Just keep going.
That's right.
You just keep going.
So, what happens now?
What do you mean, what happens now?
-We ride back. -ATENCIO: Hell no.
-Nah, nah, Coach. -RICE: No.
-SMINK: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. -I'm not riding--
I didn't say ride back on bicycles.
I got some jackasses.
'Cause, you know?
(CHUCKLES)
I know you, eh.
RICE:Wooh.
I feel like a free man.
-ATENCIO: You telling me. -Hey, is he always so serious?
(RICE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
GREG: We still got a box of butt butter here.
WOOLBRIGHT: What are we gonna do with tha?
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