Hey, Mom. I know, I know. I'm sorry.
I got so busy with the move.
Yup, yup. I'm still unpacking.
[click]
What are you so worried about?
I'm coaching high school soccer.
I think you're more nervous than me.
Right, okay, well, I will tell you all about it.
Amber?
[sighs]
If you're riding with me to school, we need to get going.
I'm leaving in 15 minutes.
You want me to text you the reply or...
I'm sensing a little hostility this morning.
I just don't understand why we had to leave New York.
You really want to talk about this right now?
We don't talk about it at all.
Not when you took me in, not when we moved here.
You're treating me like I'm a child.
I know everything that you've been through, okay?
I won't lose it if you want to talk about mom or dad.
I don't need to talk about it.
Dad was your brother.
I think the best thing for us to do is just keep going forward.
Okay, we moved here so we could start fresh, right?
Yeah.
Besides, you have other things you need to be worrying about.
Who's worried?
You don't think I'll make the cut?
Of course you'll make the cut.
How 'bout I come to school this afternoon?
What, like pick me up after tryouts?
To show you moral support.
You're not gonna yell from the stands or anything, are you?
Yeah, I was thinking about bringing a big megaphone
and wearing one of those big foam hats.
- Aunt Kelly. - [Kelly laughs]
I promise I won't embarrass you.
I just want to come see my niece in action, that's all.
- [phone chimes] - Damn.
You have 10 minutes to get ready, then we have to split.
One condition.
That phone can't come to tryouts.
Fine. It'll keep me hands-free
to do the wave when you make a goal.
- Whoo, Amber! - Stop!
- Whoo-hoo! - Stop it!
[laughs] Come on.
- Hi. - Hi.
You're the new coach, right? The soccer player?
Yup, that's right. It's me. Coach Dominic.
Dominic Antal. I know.
I used to watch you all the time when you played for the Dragons.
You're one of the reasons I got into soccer.
Wow. Really?
You were great.
Thank you.
You had to quit because of some kind of injury, right?
Uh, yeah, something like that.
I'm Madeline Sawyer. My friends call me Maddie.
I like that. It's very regal. Lady Madeline.
Well, now I really want to make the team.
You're trying out today for the girls' team?
That's the plan. I'm a little rusty though.
Looks like you're not giving yourself enough credit.
- Really? - Yeah.
I'll tell you what. If you do make the team,
you should come out to my clinic in the park on Saturdays.
I thought that was just for the boys' team.
I can always make an exception...
for Dragon's fan.
I would love that.
Great.
[horn blows]
Uh, that is the late bell, so I've gotta get to class.
- All right. - Um...
Um, I will see you at tryouts.
Yes.
- Wish me luck. - Good luck.
- Thank you. - You'll be great.
Bye!
KELLY: So the investor meeting went well, huh?
GIBSON: You gave him the hard sell too soon.
Also, don't ever ask the crowd, "Do I look like a moron?"
- They're gonna say yes. - I don't have time for finesse.
- We're bleeding cash. - Wait.
I thought that Saturn Bank Investments was a sure thing.
Well, hopefully.
- What? - Maybe.
If we get them on board, it'll be a $5 million runway.
If we don't, I may have to go out on the streets
and start dancing for quarters and stock options.
Great. I think what you need to do is to define what we do
a little bit better.
Is Digital Art Haven a social media site?
Is it a user content-driven art site?
It's both. It's a social media site for artists
to connect and display their work,
plus they get a piece of the ad revenue for site traffic.
Why am I explaining this to you? We're partners.
Exactly, but when we formed this little partnership,
you said that you would be in charge of finances,
I would be in charge of programming the site.
Isn't that the reason why you moved all the way out here,
so that you can talk to the investors in person,
help me run things hands-on?
Can we switch places?
[laughs] No.
So should I start printing out my resume?
We'll get investors.
I've seen companies a lot worse off
get financed right at the last second.
What am I gonna do about Amber?
Way to change the subject, partner.
She hates me for moving her out here.
She even brought it up this morning.
She does not hate you.
She's just angry,
and she's still dealing with losing her parents.
I know. Me too.
I wanna do right by my brother and her.
Amber is 17.
This is the last year she'll get to hang around her family
before she has to grow up and go off to college.
You're just gonna have to be patient.
Believe me, I'm trying.
Are you hanging out with her?
I'm going to watch her try out for the girls' soccer team.
I think she wants to get into college
on an athletic scholarship.
Plus it's something she used to do with her parents.
Means a lot to her.
I wanna help.
Okay.
But what the hell do you know about soccer?
Not a damn thing.
- Good luck with that. - I'm gonna need it.
Whoo! Amber!
You go, girl!
- Good shot! - Thanks.
You're new here?
Yeah, I just moved here a couple weeks ago.
I'm Madeline Sawyer. Call me Maddie.
Amber Halligan. Nice to meet you.
Did anyone come to watch you play?
Yeah, my aunt. She's right over there.
You guys should definitely come to my apartment
for some coffee sometime.
- Your apartment? - Mm-hmm.
- How old are you? - I just turned 18.
Lucky you.
I've been emancipated for a little while now.
I reiterate: Lucky you.
That wasn't really my choice.
My parents died a couple years ago,
and I didn't have any close relatives to live with,
so here I am.
My parents died too.
It was a car crash a few months ago.
That's why I'm with my aunt now.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, unfortunately, it looks like we have a lot in common.
Yeah.
So you live by yourself? What's that like?
It's the only way to fly.
I bet. You need a roommate?
- No. - No? Okay.
[laughing]
But we should definitely hang out sometime.
I'll show you the town, introduce you to a few people,
maybe we could party a little bit.
I'd love that.
- Ah, cool. - [whistle blows]
Okay, ladies!
For those of you that don't know me,
I'm Coach Hendricks.
For those of you that do know me,
you know I expect you to follow my instructions,
so line up for your evaluations.
KELLY: Amber, hi.
Hey!
- Didn't you hear me? - Yes, I heard you.
What's wrong? You were great out there.
You're embarrassing me.
I'm sorry.
I didn't do great. I missed three goals out of five.
Well, it looked great to me.
What do you know about soccer?
I know enough to know that you were great.
A lot better than some of those girls out there.
Look, I don't think I made the cut.
Let me track down one of the coaches. I'll find out.
No, no, no, Aunt Kelly. Aunt Kelly, no.
[knocking]
[clears throat]
You're not supposed to be in here.
Yeah, I tried to get your attention out on the field.
I take it your daughter just tried out for the girls' team.
Niece, actually. That's what I wanted to talk to you about.
You're the school's gym coach?
I'm the soccer coach.
Coach Hendricks is the regular gym coach.
How can I help you?
Look, my niece is Amber Halligan.
I was hoping you could tell me whether or not she made it.
Well, we probably won't have postings up for another week.
A week? Really?
[sighs]
I'm gonna level with you.
We just moved here from New York.
She's been through a lot.
She's having trouble making friends.
She loves soccer.
She needs this.
- Believe me, ma'am-- - No.
At least "Ms. Halligan." My name's Kelly.
I'm not that formal.
Believe me, Ms. Halligan,
if I can tell you who made the team, I would.
You like coffee?
I'll buy you one in exchange for an answer.
Wow. A whole coffee, huh?
Venti. I'll even add an extra shot of espresso.
[laughs]
Seriously though, if I could I would, all right?
The best I can do is I can tell you
whether it looks like she might make the team, all right?
And I shouldn't even be doing that,
so it's our little secret, okay?
My lips are sealed.
Good.
- Amber Halligan, right? - Mm-hmm.
Oh, here we go.
And?
Looks good.
She scored pretty high in everything but goals.
Is that gonna be a problem?
It looks like she'll make the team,
but she definitely needs to work on her accuracy.
Poor thing. She practices every day for hours.
Coach, I'm so sorry about this.
You must be Amber.
I apologize in advance for anything my aunt said.
Really, it's fine, really.
I was telling her about your prospects in making the team,
which look pretty good.
You have natural talent, especially with blocking.
You just need a little extra practice on your accuracy.
- We can do that. - Aunt Kelly...
Well, I'll tell you what.
I run a soccer clinic in the park on Saturdays.
Right now it's just for my boys' team,
but I just took on a player from the girls' team.
Rate's reasonable.
We'll make it work.
It's up to you. What do you think?
Do you really think it'll help?
If your game doesn't improve in six weeks,
and I mean improve dramatically,
give you a full refund.
Or you'll owe me a coffee.
I believe you already owe me coffee, Ms. Halligan.
I'm better off not knowing.
I got those ice cream cones you like.
I can't believe you acted like that today.
What do you mean?
"Oh, Dominic, we should go out for coffee sometime."
I'm an actual teenager.
You acted more like a teenager than I do around cute boys.
It was embarrassing.
So...
That's his name? Dominic?
You're paying him to coach me and don't even know his name?
I thought I'd bring it up in a casual way,
like when I write him a check or something.
You're hopeless.
Yes, his name is Dominic. Dominic Antal.
But everyone calls him Coach Dominic.
He's new here, right?
Yeah. What's with all the bizarre qu--
No. No way.
You're gonna ask him out? Really?
Come on, Amber.
I can't deal with this right now.
You keep reminding me you're almost an adult,
and how I'm supposed to treat you like a grownup,
and here you are acting like a child.
You want me to sit here and hear about
how you have a thing for Coach Dominic?
I don't have a thing for anybody.
Where is this coming from?
- Like you care. - I do care.
I'm your aunt.
Soccer's something I do for me.
I used to do it with mom and dad.
I'm trying.
I came to support you today.
Stop trying. I didn't even want you to come.
[sighs]
You're still here?
Hey.
Yeah. Just taking advantage of the free weights.
One of the perks of the job, right?
Surprised you're still here.
Well, I was on my way out the door
when I saw the light on in the gym.
Look, I'm glad I caught you.
We should talk about a few things,
a few important things.
Okay, sure, I just really need a shower right now,
so maybe first thing Monday morning?
No, actually, I'd prefer to--
[clears throat]
- You all right? - Yeah, I'm fine.
I just had an incident with a peanut in some salad today.
[coughs] Allergic reaction.
It just took the wind out of my sails.
- You want me to call somebody? - I said I'm fine.
Look, just go ahead and have your shower,
and we'll still have that talk.
Okay, first thing Monday morning.
Promise.
[shower running]
- Hey, Coach Dominic. - Hello again, Madeline.
Hi. Been waiting out here for hours.
I take it you're pretty excited to start your training.
It's gonna be weird though, being the only girl here.
Actually, you won't be.
Amber Halligan also joined the clinic.
Hm. Great.
Hey, I was wondering, could I get your phone number?
I just wanna make sure that I can contact you
if I'm gonna be late or something.
Yeah, sure.
Great.
I'd just appreciate it if this stayed between us.
Yeah, oh, yeah.
Believe me, I'm great at keeping secrets.
Here.
- Thanks. - See you out there.
Yeah.
Hi, Coach.
Oh, hey there, Amber. Glad you can make it.
Aunt Kelly sends her regards.
Ah, right, thanks, thanks.
Great, well, why don't you go out there,
get stretched out before we start.
Gonna be a pretty crazy day.
Can't wait.
- Hey. - Hey.
Looks like we both made the team.
No thanks to my aunt.
She practically tackled Coach Dominic in his office
and forced him to tell her whether or not I made the team.
- Are you serious? - Yeah.
Pretty sure she has a crush on him or something.
- Afternoon, ladies. - Oh, my God.
You just moved here, right?
I've seen you around school.
Beat it, Riley. Whatever you're selling,
we're not buying it.
I just wanted to introduce myself to your new friend here.
Hi, I'm Riley Jones, team manager.
Amber.
Hold on, what? Team manager?
Who the hell gave you that kind of responsibility?
What can I say?
I guess Coach Dominic knows real talent when he sees it.
He asked me to help with the soccer clinic on the weekends.
Next week, I start helping out with the team during practice.
There goes our winning streak.
[Maddie laughs]
That's cold, Maddie.
Oh, you're still here?
See you around, Amber.
Nice meeting you.
He's pretty cute.
He asked me out once.
You went out with him?
No! I am into men, not boys.
[blows whistle] All right.
Looks like everyone's here. Let's line up.
Arm's length apart. Start some drills.
That's more my type.
Isn't he a little old?
I'm 18. You know what that means, right?
It's all legal.
Besides, when you're in love,
age doesn't really make a difference.
Okay.
Hey, Coach, where's freshman orientation?
- It's just right down the hall. - Okay, thank you.
[clearing throat]
Hey, there, Coach.
Just heading out to lunch. Gonna run some errands.
You said first thing Monday morning, and here we are.
Right. Here we are.
You know, I told the school board
it was a bad idea hiring some hotshot soccer coach, right?
I had everything covered just fine on my own.
What are you talking about?
You can't use your position here to make money on the side.
How am I using my position here?
You think you can just stroll in here
with your FIFA trophy and take over this place?
Think again.
I know you're running some soccer clinic or whatever
on the weekends.
It's a clear conflict of interest,
you being a faculty member.
It's not like I'm using school equipment or school property,
and the school even knows about it.
I have a permit from the city to use the park.
You are conning these kids and their parents.
I'm not conning anyone. I'm improving their game.
It's no different than any other tutor.
Oh, right, tutor.
I hear you're tutoring two of my female players now.
So?
I'm putting in a recommendation
that they kill your contract after this year.
Yeah, I bet you like all these little girls and their mothers
chasing after you like some fan club.
Do you think that's appropriate behavior
for a high school teacher?
Yeah, word gets around.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
You got some kind of personal problem with me?
Well, you know what?
You might fool some of these local school board jag-offs
with that "Aw, shucks" routine,
but you do not fool me.
We done?
Yeah.
We're done.
Watch yourself.
Knock, knock, knock.
Gibson, unless you're here to tell me the building's on fire,
I'm gonna pretend like you're in your office,
helping me fix this header code.
How'd the soccer thing go?
About as great as this morning.
We got into a fight, and she hasn't spoken to me since.
I gave her this big chunk of money for this soccer clinic,
and when I drop her off for practice,
she acts like I'm sending her off to military school.
I give up.
This soccer clinic,
it wouldn't happen to be run by a handsome-sounding gentleman
by the name of Coach Dominic?
How did you know that?
He's on line one.
Something about you writing him a check
on a closed bank account from New York.
Oh, damn it.
I must've used my old checkbook.
You could have led with him being on the phone.
See if he runs a dating clinic.
We're not dating. I talked to the guy one time.
This is Kelly Halligan.
I'll let you have your privacy. Go.
- Hey, Coach. - Hey.
- Hello again, Ms. Halligan. - Kelly, please.
I'm so sorry about the mix-up with the checks.
I thought I threw out my old checkbook a long time ago.
No, it's no problem at all.
I was depositing checks on my way to work,
and the bank flagged that one.
Well, this is from the right account, I promise.
Thank you, but like I said on the phone,
you could have just mailed me a new one.
This is faster.
It's the least I could do after the trouble I caused.
It's no trouble.
I was just on my way out to lunch,
and I've been wanting to try this new spot,
if you wanna join me.
I might be able to sneak away.
I promise I won't keep you too long.
I'm the boss. It's fine.
All right.
Hi, Coach Hendricks.
Do you mind if I talk to you real quick?
I'm eating.
It'll only take a minute, I promise.
Okay, have a seat.
How can I help you, Ms. Sawyer?
Well, it's more about how you can help Coach Dominic.
Oh, okay.
I think you should stop threatening him.
Excuse me?
Back the hell off.
[laughs]
First of all, you need to change your tone, young lady.
And second of all, 18 or no, you're a student here.
I think it's kind of improper for you
to be mixed up in this, don't you?
How-- How is it improper?
He is a great coach. Everybody likes him.
Great coach, my ass.
It's bad enough that the school is letting him
run his soccer clinic on the weekends here.
I don't care if he used to be a professional player or not.
Now, you get back to class and stop causing trouble,
or I will suspend you.
Fine.
Close the door on the way out.
I hate children.
[clears throat]
[coughing]
[continues coughing]
Looking for something, bitch?
[gasping]
Hmm.
Hey.
You scared the hell out of me.
- I'm sorry about that. - It's okay.
We really didn't get a chance to talk last weekend.
I guess we didn't.
I kinda wanted to pick things up where we left off.
Your timing's really lousy, you know that?
Come on.
Okay, you have 30 seconds.
Okay, well, like I said, I just, I wanted to talk.
You play soccer, I play soccer.
Is that really the best you got?
Can I start over?
I'm not so bad once you get to know me.
Okay.
Why not? I'm a sucker for a hard-luck case.
Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something important.
Maddie.
Maddie?
Yeah.
How well do you know her?
I met both of you at the same time.
You guys seem like you were pretty chummy.
It's called making friends,
which is what I thought you were trying to do here.
Did she mention that she lost both of her parents
in a house fire a couple years ago?
Yeah, she did.
That's messed up, right?
Last year I went on a couple dates with her.
Total head case.
I heard differently.
I heard you asked her out once, and she said no.
What?
She said that?
No, we actually went out.
What, she dumped you?
Kind of.
I don't know. It was weird.
I think both her parents dying really did a number on her.
Both my parents died, too.
You think it did a number on me?
God, I'm... I'm sorry.
- I didn't mean to-- - No, it's fine.
What do you mean, it was weird?
Well, I can't say for sure,
but I think she's got a crush on Coach Dominic.
- So? - So?
She starts going to his soccer clinic,
and she's the only girl there, except for you.
Are you serious?
Believe me, I have zero interest in Coach Dominic.
If she wants him, she can have him.
Are you just being nice to me to get back at Maddie?
No. No.
It took me a week to work up the nerve just to talk to you.
So then why are you wasting it by talking about her?
You don't believe me? Nobody else believes me either.
Look, I know I can get on people's nerves sometimes--
okay, a lot of the time--
but I'm telling you
there's something seriously wrong with her.
RILEY: Just watch yourself, okay?
Thanks for the advice.
[sighs]
And now I'm officially late for English.
If I got proof, would you believe me then?
What do you mean, proof?
RILEY: Never mind.
Look, next time, if you want to ask me out,
just ask me out.
Wait.
You wanna go out?
I said next time.
This is a cute little place.
I've seen it a few times. I've always wanted to try it.
Can't remember the last time somebody bought me lunch.
- I find that hard to believe. - It's true.
I'm more or less the legal guardian of a teenage girl,
divorced, own my own business.
It scares guys off.
You haven't scared me off yet.
Not yet. [laughs]
Amber's a great kid.
Unfortunately, we're not really getting along that great lately.
She got strapped with me when her parents died.
I uprooted her and moved her all the way out here.
You know, I moved around a lot
when I was younger with my family.
It can be tough.
That's the first thing you've said about yourself.
There's not a lot to tell, you know?
I got recruited and played soccer out of college,
helped win a few trophies.
- Couple is a few. - [chuckles]
After my injury, I decided to give coaching a shot.
Here I am.
Is that always what you wanted to do?
Yeah.
Soccer's been my whole life.
How 'bout you?
I'm doing what I always wanted to do.
Be my own boss, run my own company.
Very noble pursuit.
When I took Amber in, I decided to move cross country
and run my business hands-on with my partner, so here I am.
It sounds like you're handling everything very well.
I make a much better aunt than I do a mom.
I'm worried that I'm just making things worse for her.
She's smart, and she's probably more mature than you realize.
These teenagers, they have coping skills on par with us,
maybe even better.
For what it's worth,
I think Amber seems extremely well adjusted.
I hope so 'cause at this rate,
I may end up locking her in room till she's 30.
This was good.
This was fun.
We should do it again sometime.
Well, we've done lunch,
so next time maybe some sort of a dinner?
What about tomorrow night?
Maybe eight-ish?
I think I know a place with a great view.
Sounds great.
- [phone chimes] - Yeah. Oh.
Is everything okay?
The principal just texted me.
Coach Hendricks has been sent to the hospital.
Seems pretty serious. I should probably get back.
I'm so sorry.
Uh, so tomorrow night then.
- It's a date. - All right.
I'm looking forward to it.
Yeah.
I think.
Hey, did you get my text?
I was thinking about hitting up the mall later.
Yeah, sorry about that.
I just have a lot of homework right now.
I'm taking all AP classes.
Is that a yes to the mall thing?
I'd love to, but I'm just swamped right now.
Maybe another time?
You bet.
We'll do that.
[whistle blows]
Ladies, I have an announcement to make before we start.
As I'm sure some of you probably heard,
Coach Hendricks is in the hospital.
She had an allergic reaction. She's in a coma.
We're not sure if she's gonna come out of it.
So until she does recover, or they hire somebody else,
I'm gonna be running practice.
Okay, so for today, let's, uh...
try to have a good one for Coach.
- All right? - Yeah!
Line up. Get some individual drills going.
GIRL: I'm open! I got it!
[Maddie groans]
- You all right? - Maddie?
- Oh, God. - You all right?
- Hey, where does it hurt? - My ankle.
You think you can put any pressure on it at all?
Let me try.
- Uh, mm-mm, no. - All right.
I'm gonna take a look at it. Let's get to the locker room.
Yeah.
Amber, why don't you have the girls pair up
and do passing drills, okay?
Come on.
Any pressure at all?
Just like a little.
[Maddie groans]
- This hurts. - Yeah. Thank you.
- Let's get you down here, okay? - Okay.
There you go.
- [groans] - Sorry about that.
It's all right.
How does that feel?
It's a little tender.
Well, I think you might have sprained it a little.
It doesn't feel too swollen.
I don't know. It just hurts.
Your hands feel nice, though. You should keep doing that.
I shouldn't be in here.
Everyone will understand, under these circumstances.
Still, I should probably go.
Anything I can get for you before I leave?
Uh, maybe a cold pack or some ice.
A cold pack.
For the swelling.
Right.
- Right. - Yeah.
You know, I remember my first soccer injury.
Actually, I broke my arm trying to block a goal.
To this day, I still don't know how I did it.
Must of just fell on it wrong. Hurt like hell.
I heard they could hear me screaming from the next town.
How long were you out?
Six weeks.
It was a clean break.
Tell you what, though, when it happens to you,
it doesn't matter.
Found it.
Maddie?
What are you doing?
Changing.
Why?
Maddie, come on. You need to put your clothes back on.
Have you never been in a room with a naked woman before?
Not my students, no.
Is there something wrong with me?
No.
Then I fail to see the problem.
It's highly inappropriate, okay?
Put it on.
Dominic, I told you.
I'm good at keeping secrets. How 'bout you?
Maddie, I'm seeing someone.
Who?
None of your business.
I'm-- I'm sorry. Um...
Coach Hendricks getting sick must've really messed me up.
I think my ankle's feeling better.
Good. Okay, well, I should get back on the field then.
Dominic, I am so sorry. I messed everything up.
Go see a school nurse, okay?
DOMINIC: Told you it was a great view.
Nice dinner, too.
Sushi and coffee. Can't beat that combo.
It is so quiet out here when there's nobody around.
I'm still getting used to living out here.
Why'd you move here, if you don't mind me asking?
Honestly, I just wanted to get as far away as possible.
From what?
I don't know.
Dealing with everything.
Everywhere I'd look,
I'd see a memory of my brother Frank or his wife.
I just wanna focus on work.
I just thought me and Amber could move out here,
we could just put everything behind us, you know?
DOMINIC: So do you guys get along?
She's probably at home now, thinking up new ways to hate me.
I think she's mad at me for talking to you.
No, I get it. I could see how that could be weird for her.
Is this weird, me and you?
No.
I think this could be something wonderful.
Say that again.
I think...
that this could be something wonderful.
Good. Just wanna make sure it wasn't just me.
It's not just you.
[door opens, closes]
[beeping]
I gotta tell Coach Dominic about this.
Amber.
Close.
Maddie, what the frick?
I somehow thought you were gonna be happier to see me.
What are you doing here?
Oh.
I was the one that wrote the text message.
- You sent that message? - Mm-hmm.
Why would you pretend to be Amber just to get me out here?
I wanna know what you and Little Miss Buttercup
were talking about at school today.
Are you serious?
You set this whole thing up just to ask me that?
I didn't even see Amber today.
I happened to be walking by
while you two were having quite the conversation,
and since we both know that she is way out of your league,
I'm pretty sure you two weren't setting up your first date.
You know what? You're right.
I asked her out, and she shot me down.
No. Try again.
That's it. I swear to God, Maddie.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - Don't bother yelling.
I've been circling this park for an hour. Now we're alone.
Now I want to hear you say the correct answer, okay?
And that is?
Maddie, please stop.
No, that's not the correct answer.
Here's the correct answer. You say, "I was..."
I was.
"warning..."
Warning.
- "Amber..." - Amber.
- "about you." - Please! Maddie...
Say "about you."
About you!
See? That wasn't so hard.
[laughs]
So you're not gonna kill me?
No. What?
For talking to Amber? No!
But I did know you were in my apartment today,
and I just can't have you doing that.
[groaning]
Good morning. I'm Andrade. This is Mauro.
We got called in from Robbery-Homicide.
Looks like we're in charge.
You won't be here long. CSI finished sweeping the park.
Once the coroner gets here for the body, we'll be packing up.
Mind if we take a look at the vic?
Yeah, be my guest.
Who reported this?
A jogger. He found it around six this morning.
He flipped out and called 911. All we know right now.
He have any ID on him?
A driver's license. Riley Jones, 17 years old.
His address is about three blocks from here,
so he probably walked to this spot.
No cash or credit cards in the wallet.
Could've been a mugging gone bad,
except we found this in his hand.
We'll have to have one of our computer guys look at this.
I don't think the phone's locked.
We tested it before we bagged it.
Looks like the vic was texting somebody before he died.
- You guys photograph the scene? - Yeah.
Mind if I take a look at the body?
Knock yourself out.
Oh, okay.
We got a single stab wound at the sternum.
Probably bled out internally.
- That's a hell of a way to go. - Consistent with the mugging?
I don't know. He's got no marks on his hands or arms,
no defensive wounds.
Kid looks like an athlete, right?
Why didn't he try to defend himself?
- He got jumped? - Nah.
This happened right in front of him.
A mugger comes directly at you with a knife,
you throw your hands out to protect yourself.
Your hands get cut up.
No.
This guy knew his attacker.
CSI grabbed a bunch of hair samples off of him, too.
They were in his hand like he pulled them out on his way down.
It's gonna take a while to test them out, though.
Hey, Andrade, you might wanna see this.
He was waiting for somebody.
We gotta get a search warrant for phone records, pronto.
Yeah.
Boom.
What's that?
Terms...
- from Saturn Bank Investment. - No!
They had them delivered about 15 minutes ago.
We officially have financing. We're still business.
Where is everybody? I called a staff meeting.
It's lunchtime. Everybody's out at lunch.
The only reason why I'm here
is because I'm the one who does real work,
therefore unable to enjoy my delicious chicken parmesan
from last night.
This is a joke, right?
Nope. $4 million cash infusion,
plus we retain controlling stock.
I have to look it over with our lawyer, but...
The company's saved?
- Indeed it is. - Yes!
I just want you to know that I never lost faith in you,
even when I was doing research
for my unemployment benefits online.
Thanks.
Wow. Too bad everybody's gone. We need to celebrate.
- Yes. - Hold on.
Oh, let me guess.
Calling Mr. Soccer Coach?
- [laughs] - [line ringing]
- Tell him Gibson said hey. - Shh.
Hi. You've reached Dominic's phone.
Leave a message.
No answer, hmm?
He's probably out on the field. No big deal.
Oh, but he was the first person you decided to call.
- It's no big deal. - Of course not.
You guys have been out on, what, two dates?
Any sleepovers?
- None of your business. - [laughs]
Call him again!
It's definitely Riley Jones.
It says it right here on my news feed.
What was he doing in the park that late?
I have no idea.
Probably buying drugs.
Excuse me.
Damn it, Riley, I told you to leave me alone.
Are you Amber Halligan?
Yeah, that's me.
I'm Detective Andrade from Robbery-Homicide.
I need you to come down to the precinct with us.
Why? What's wrong?
It's better if we discuss this somewhere else.
I'm not going anywhere without my aunt.
Sure. Why don't we call her, have her meet us there?
ANDRADE: Thank you for coming down today.
AMBER: What is this about?
We just have a few questions we'd like to ask you,
a few things we need to clear up
for an ongoing criminal investigation.
Since you're a minor,
we have to have a parent or your guardian present.
Also, I'd like to inform you that we are gonna record this.
It's really just routine stuff.
KELLY: Doesn't sound like routine stuff.
Sounds like you're about to arrest her for something.
I want to call my lawyer before you go any further.
Do you think she needs a lawyer?
Depends what's going on here.
Amber, do you know a young man named Riley Jones?
Yes.
I mean, we go to the same school,
and we have Saturday afternoon soccer practice together.
It's not like we're friends or anything.
His body was discovered this morning
at the park downtown.
He's dead.
KELLY: What does that have to do with Amber?
ANDRADE: We believe that Mr. Jones was on his way
to meet with Amber when he was killed.
Killed?
Amber, you sent him a text message.
You asked him to meet you at the park at midnight last night.
I don't even have his number.
How do you know it was her?
We believe somebody resembling your niece
purchased a disposable phone for cash
at around 5:30 yesterday.
We have...
pictures.
That's not me!
Really?
Same body type, same hair color.
Anyway, we assume that the person in this picture
sent Mr. Jones a text,
and I'd like to read you the text.
"We need to talk about earlier.
Meet me in the park at midnight.
Amber."
So at this point, we do believe
that Mr. Jones met you in the park where he was killed,
stabbed and left to die.
I-I don't know what's going on.
I didn't send that message.
She was at home in bed last night.
Are you sure?
I didn't check on her, but I'm relatively sure
that she would not sneak out of the house.
ANDRADE: Amber, we spoke to a few of your classmates.
They said they saw you talking to Mr. Jones a few days ago
in the same spot where we approached you,
right outside the school.
They said you were having a heated conversation.
I liked him. I would never have hurt him.
Well, apparently, something was so important
for Mr. Jones to meet you late at night in the park.
I didn't send that text message. I didn't kill Riley.
KELLY: She's not answering questions without a lawyer.
Ms. Halligan, I don't think you understand the seriousness of--
- What's up? - We need to talk.
Excuse me for one minute.
What is it?
Cut her loose.
Are you serious?
The only thing we don't have is a murder weapon.
We're probably just one search warrant away from that.
The analysis of those hair fibers we found
in the kid's hand, they're synthetic.
- So the murderer wore a wig. - That's not all.
We showed Halligan's picture to the convenience store clerk.
He says it wasn't her.
Let's do a lineup.
It wasn't her, Andrade.
All we have is one blurred security camera image
and her name in a text message.
What about all the witnesses in school that we spoke to,
said they saw the both of them arguing yesterday?
They also said they saw him talk to four or five other girls
around Amber's age yesterday.
The vic was a horny little teenage bastard.
We got nothing.
Well, we got our work cut out for us then.
- How so? - If it's not this kid,
it's probably somebody that's got it out for her.
Are you gonna talk to me about this?
I think I deserve an explanation
after I had to go down to the police station
and damn near watch you get arrested for murder.
They said I was free to go. That means I didn't do it.
I think you're missing the point here.
What is the point?
That I might've embarrassed you or ruined your precious business
'cause that's all you really care about.
You know that's not true.
I wanna live with a foster family or emancipate.
No.
I'm 17. I'm old enough.
Your father was my brother.
I loved him.
He was my family.
I loved your mother, too.
I know what you're going through.
I know you didn't wanna move here,
but I didn't have a choice.
I'm doing the best I can for us.
I don't have any experience being a mom to you.
I'm at the end of my rope.
Then let me go back to New York.
I'm so tired. I'm tired of fighting with you.
I'm tired of you always being angry with me and hating me
because I'm the only person you have left to hate.
You and I, we don't have anybody else.
This is it.
You really wanna go live alone?
You want to spend the last year of your childhood
in some foster family,
instead of with the person who actually loves you
and wants to take care of you?
Don't throw me away.
I would never do that to you.
I haven't seen you get upset since the funeral.
I thought I could put your mom and dad's stuff behind me,
but I can't.
Not yet.
And you shouldn't either.
I was wrong about that. I'm sorry.
It's gonna be okay.
Hey, I heard what happened. You guys okay?
We will be.
Are you sure you're okay to be here at school?
I can drop you off at home or something.
Yeah, I think your aunt's right, Amber.
I think you should maybe take a little time off.
No, I'd rather just keep my mind busy right now.
Call me if you wanna leave early, okay?
Okay.
- I love you. - Love you, too.
How about you?
How are you holding up?
I just lost a student.
He was a good kid.
I know. I'm sorry.
[glass shatters]
I don't know who would do this. I didn't see anybody.
- Why are the police here? - Excuse me for a minute.
It's nothing. Why don't you go back to bed?
As soon as you tell me what's going on.
Somebody threw a rock through the window.
Are you serious?
It was probably just one of the neighborhood kids.
You're a terrible liar.
I need you to go back to bed and stop worrying.
You've been through enough stress the past couple days.
Do you know who did it?
Not yet, but they just told me
there's a patrol car in the neighborhood,
and they're keeping an eye on everything.
Just go back to bed.
Please.
Come on.
Good night.
- Detective Mauro? - That's right.
Since when does a homicide detective investigate vandalism?
My partner and I are still working on the Riley Jones case.
The precinct called me as soon as your name came up.
KELLY: This has something to do with that boy being killed?
MAURO: It's too early to say.
What do you know about this Dominic Antal?
They're trying to reach him right now.
Obviously, he's connected to this in some way.
We've gone out a few times.
Do you know if he has any ex-wives or ex-girlfriends
who might still be in the picture?
Ex-boyfriends even?
We didn't talk about his dating history.
Would he you know if he owes money to anybody,
maybe somebody who's not on the up and up?
I don't understand this line of questioning.
I'm gonna level with you, Ms. Halligan.
Mr. Antal is the common denominator
between you, your niece, and Riley Jones.
He's not the suspect here, but whoever is
is targeting people in his life and specifically you and Amber.
Once we have a chance to talk to him,
we'll know more ourselves.
I've tried to call him. He's not picking up his phone.
If you do get ahold of him, please tell him to call us.
Maybe I should tell him to call a lawyer, too?
He's not in any trouble here.
Is he in danger?
That I don't know.
Hey, heard the cops questioned you about Riley the other day.
Everybody at school's talking about it.
It was terrible.
How could somebody do that to him,
just kill him in cold blood?
Yeah, I'm trying not to think about it, okay?
Hey, I have something that might take things off your mind.
- You know Camille Adams? - Yeah.
She's having a huge pool party this weekend.
Her parents are out of town.
There's gonna be a deejay, hot guys,
enough booze to drop a bull elephant.
No, thanks. I can't even imagine partying right now.
- [whistle blows] - DOMINIC: Everyone listen up.
So in light of the recent tragic events
involving our good friend Riley,
school board has asked me
to temporarily stop holding my clinic here in the park.
What?
DOMINIC: It's okay.
They said it's only gonna be temporary,
just till this all gets sorted out.
I have your contact information.
I'm gonna reach out to you again as soon as we can meet here.
In the meantime,
try to enjoy the rest of your Saturday.
Please,
for my sake
and especially for your own,
be careful out there.
Well, that's a bummer.
Riley's dead, Maddie.
You're acting like you don't even care.
He's dead. Everybody needs to get over it.
♪♪ [rock]
♪ I can't recover from this spell that I'm under ♪
Whoa! Fine, bitch.
♪ Trapped in a bubble, baby ♪
♪ Think I'm in trouble, baby ♪
♪ You can be my one escape ♪
[phone chimes]
♪♪ [rock]
♪♪ [continues]
Maddie, you ready to go?
Coach Dominic!
I mean, Maddie? What happened to Lady Madeline?
I guess I'm not in a very good mood tonight.
Coach, you're supposed to be my knight in shining armor.
I got your text. Looks like you've been drinking a bit.
Yes, I have, kemosabe. I am too drunk to drive.
- You drove here? - Um, I did.
Wait, hold on. I'm gonna drink this.
- Come on, you're underage. - Who cares?
I do. Okay, you asked me to come get you, and I did.
The least you can do is not drink in front of me.
- All right? Let's go. - Okay.
You all right?
Okay. I need help.
All right, come on.
[Maddie sighs]
This is your building, right?
Coach Dominic, do you take all your students home?
No, I don't. Let's not make a habit of this.
You look so sad.
Just lost a student.
Riley?
Are you kidding me?
I've lost lots of people.
Tons. People that mattered.
I'd be sad if you died.
I would.
You're so sweet and...
you're sexy.
Okay, you've definitely been drinking.
Come on.
We're two consenting adults, Coach.
Yet only one of us is legally old enough to drink, all right?
I want you to take it easy on the alcohol.
Come on, Coach, you're ruining my buzz.
I'm telling you this as a friend, all right?
Go upstairs. Get some sleep.
You really are my knight in shining armor.
Or gym shorts, whatever.
Dominic, how about helping a girl into bed?
How about I help you up the stairs to your apartment?
No, you didn't hear me. I said into bed.
I might need some help with my clothes.
I heard you. Let's just pretend you didn't say it.
I want you,
and not just tonight.
I want you every night.
I want to crawl into your skin.
Maddie.
No one's gonna love you the way that I do.
You don't even have to love me back.
I can do it for the both of us.
You have no idea how big and scary and wonderful
the love I have inside of me is.
Let me show you.
No, I--
Go home.
Last chance.
I can't be with you.
No, no.
No, no, no, no. I chose you.
I chose you, Dominic! You are mine!
- You belong to me! - Stop it, stop it, okay?
Calm down.
I'm sorry.
I am so sorry.
Just get out.
Just go.
Just go!
Okay.
[engine starts]
- Hey. - Hey.
I'm sorry. I know it's late. I had to see you.
What's going on? I've been trying to reach you all day.
I know. Things have been really messed up.
First Coach Hendricks, then Riley.
Come in. We need to talk.
Somebody through a rock through my window last night.
What? You guys okay?
We're fine, but whoever threw it wrote a message on it.
A message?
"Leave Dominic alone."
The police came, but they don't have any clues.
So who wants me to leave you alone?
I don't know.
Madeline Sawyer.
Who's Madeline Sawyer?
She's a student of mine and she's been,
I don't know, making advances on me?
I drove her home from a party tonight because she was drunk,
and I didn't want her to drive,
and she got pretty crazy when I told her I couldn't be with her.
If this is the girl who broke my window,
you're gonna have to tell the police everything you know.
We'll go down there first thing in the morning.
Thank you.
I'm sorry everything's so crazy right now.
It's okay, hmm?
Okay.
[crying]
You went to her.
I can't believe you went to that bitch!
There's only one way this ends.
Only one.
[wailing]
[line beeping]
KELLY: What the hell happened?
I just got here, and I found it this way.
I couldn't reach you at home,
so I just figured you were on your way in.
Somebody broke in,
bypassed the alarm and destroyed everything.
Our server farm looks like
somebody took a sledgehammer to it.
That's hundreds of thousands of dollars just gone right there.
It's gonna take the insurance adjusters months
to go through all of this mess.
The website's gone, Kelly.
We have backups, though, right?
It doesn't matter.
No servers, no website.
Whoever did this wanted to hit you where you live, Kelly.
What did the cops say?
I didn't call them yet. I was waiting on you.
There's something else.
What does this mean?
It's her.
Her?
This girl Dominic told me about last night.
Madeline Sawyer. One of his students.
He thinks she threw the rock through my window last night.
You're telling me somebody from high school broke in
and wiped out our multimillion-dollar business?
Why would she do that?
'Cause as long as I'm around, she thinks I'm in the way.
In the way of what?
Dominic.
Aunt Kelly?
Maddie, what are you doing?
Well, that's an interesting question, Amber.
See, a couple years ago, I lost my parents
just like you,
but I didn't have an Aunt Kelly to take care of me.
I was all alone.
I don't follow.
The perfect man.
I've loved him ever since I was a little girl.
Did you know that?
I got into soccer because of him.
My parents would always take me to go watch him play.
He was all I had left.
I thought that, you know, maybe if he got to know me,
he would fall in love with me.
That makes sense, right?
But then you and your aunt came into town and...
I tried, Amber.
You know, no one knows the loss that I felt like you.
That pain.
You would've been my best friend,
and I would've had my man,
and it would have been happily ever after,
but your bitch whore aunt had to come and take him away from me.
She ruined everything!
Now there's the police.
They're gonna tell them about me.
[sobbing]
Maddie, please.
When you lost everything in your life,
everything you love, what do you have left?
What is there left to live for?
Nothing! Nothing!
Hey, hey, hey, if you ever do that again,
I'm gonna make what I did to Riley look like a joke.
What do you want?
Well, I spent the entire morning ruining your aunt's career.
Let's see what else I can take away from her.
[phone ringing]
Kelly, hey, you wouldn't believe what just happened.
I need you to listen very carefully.
You were right. Madeline is out to get me.
She's out to get both of us.
How do you know that?
Let's just say it's not too far of a leap.
She completely destroyed my office.
She threw that rock through my window.
She's probably to blame for setting Amber up
for that boy's death, too.
She's on some kind of rampage.
I don't know how far she's planning on going.
Looks like she's been busy today
because she just left me a love note on my car.
I'm at the office right now. I need you to go to my house.
- I need to know Amber's safe. - Okay, I will.
I want you to call the cops. I'm gonna do the same thing.
She's home alone. Please.
Just keep an eye on her till I can get there.
I'll have the police meet us there.
Okay.
I'm on my way.
Do you want me to come with you?
Stay here. Lock the doors.
Don't let anyone in unless it's the police.
They're gonna wanna talk to you.
I'm gonna get this mess cleaned up.
I promise you.
Be careful.
Okay.
Hello?
Amber?
It's Dominic.
Amber?
DOMINIC: Can you hear me?
Why are you wearing that?
You liked Kelly in it last night.
Hey!
Mm-mm, mm-mm.
No.
No, Maddie, please.
I'm the one you're angry at, not them.
- Let her go. - No.
No.
Let's go somewhere.
Okay?
Just the two of us.
Mm-mm.
MADDIE: No, no! I gave you a second chance last night.
Remember? You threw me away.
What do you want me to do, just be forgotten?
Left alone again?
I can get you help, Maddie.
It's too late.
It's too late for all of us, and when your whore gets here,
I'm gonna burn this house to the ground.
DOMINIC: Maddie, please, listen to me.
There's still time for you, for all of us to fix this.
Let's go now. Just me and you, Maddie.
MADDIE: Shut up. Shut up!
Do you have any idea how much I love you?
I have done everything,
everything to show you how much I love you,
and you just threw me away like trash!
I would've done anything for you.
I would die for you!
I would kill and kill again for you!
DOMINIC: Maddie, come with me now.
MADDIE: The idea of you touching her
makes me wanna cut your head off.
We're ending this now.
Then there'll be no more Kelly and no more Amber
and no more you.
DOMINIC: Maddie, there's so much more for you
if we just get you the help that you need.
MADDIE: We're all gonna be ashes together.
Isn't that fun?
I can't wait.
Amber!
Are you okay? You okay?
[distant sirens]
You hear that?
You're done, Maddie.
I called the police. They know everything.
Go ahead. Do it. I deserve it.
You deserve to live with it.
All of it.
[sirens approaching]
Whoo! [laughs]
You won!
- You see that? - Oh, my God!
She should win some kind of soccer medal or something.
Okay, you're pushing it, Aunt Kelly.
Okay, I've been very well-behaved today.
Not much shouting, no throwing things.
I was proud of you.
- I'm proud of you, too. - Me too.
Should we go out for ice cream or pizza or something?
What's the protocol for winning a soccer game?
I was gonna go hang out with my friends, if that's okay.
Oh, of course.
Just be home by ten?
- Okay. - Okay.
Bye.
Looks like she's finally starting to heal.
Yeah. I think we all are.
And I think we have a few hours alone.
Maybe you can teach me some of your moves.
Sure.
I don't know a lot about soccer,
but I do know it's hands-free,
at least until after the lesson.
Just a quick one then.
[laughter]
♪ Welcome to my world ♪
♪ Being crazy, being a little sick and twisted ♪
♪ So grab a cup, fill it up and we'll dance this night away ♪
♪ Yeah, you catch my eye when you walk that way ♪
♪ Every look, every touch, every word you say ♪
♪ Got me guessing, got me thinking ♪
♪ Things are never gonna be the same ♪
♪ You lift me up ♪
♪ You get me down ♪
♪ You get my mind all twisted ♪
♪ Turned my whole world upside-down ♪
♪ Can't get enough ♪
♪ You got my head caught in a cloud ♪
♪ Knocked my whole world upside-down ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪