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GINA: Previously, on High School Musical:
The Musical: The Series...
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Ricky and Nini proved
opposites don't attract.
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Okay, that's a five!
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Ashlyn fell in love with a piano...
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BOTH: (SINGING) I already know
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EJ fell in love with himself.
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And I borrowed Nini's phone.
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You're welcome.
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But I'll be stealing the show.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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Okay! Here we go!
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A five, six, seven, eight!
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)
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(ALL EXCLAIMING)
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Come on!
Get your head in the game.
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(LAUGHS) Carlos, when can we take
the blindfolds off?
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When you can dribble and pirouette
at the same time.
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Come on. Try again.
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It's important to set up
impossible situations in rehearsal.
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That way, by opening night,
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they've been through
every possible emergency scenario.
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Someone has a heart attack?
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Keep dancing.
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The sound system goes out
because of a tornado?
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Keep dancing.
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Tornadoes come and go.
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Dance is forever.
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-(BELL RINGS)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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Thanks for waiting.
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You okay?
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She told him she loved him.
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Who?
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Nini.
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I found an archived post on her Instagram.
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(SIGHS) EJ, you can't go snooping around
someone's phone like a stalker.
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I play to win, Ash. Have we met?
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Go to June first.
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Security code is seven,
seven, seven, seven.
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(SIGHS)
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(SINGING)
Can't help dreamin' of you
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Guess I'm sayin' I don't not love you
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You know, you know...
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Okay.
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Firstly, since when does he get a song?
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It was four months ago.
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But it happened.
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Okay. Ancient history.
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Ricky and Nini are over.
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-There is no Ricky.
-(SCOFFS) Yeah.
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(CELL PHONE RINGING)
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-It's him.
-I spoke too soon.
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I'm gonna take this.
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Are you insane?
Do not answer that phone!
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NINI: (OVER VOICEMAIL)
This is Nini, talk to me, me.
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It's me. Your... buddy, Ricky.
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Sorry to bother you.
I know we don't do voice convos,
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but I saw you singing with Ashlyn today,
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and I felt like we shared
a moment, or a thing.
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I don't know, maybe a moment is a thing.
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Why am I still talking?
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Anyway, whatever.
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If this voicemail is too much,
or too soon, or you're not into it,
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we can just ignore this and
pretend nothing ever happened, okay?
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Poof! Gone.
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Bye.
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(CLICKS TONGUE) Nailed it.
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Crushed it.
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You need to return this. Now.
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I know.
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-Nini could still be inside.
-I know.
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For the love of God,
do not listen to that voicemail.
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I will! I mean, I won't. I know.
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You're gonna listen to it, aren't you?
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-Why don't you believe me?
-(SCOFFS)
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Forget the ride. I'll walk home.
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RICKY: (OVER VOICEMAIL)
It's me. Your... buddy, Ricky.
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Sorry to bother you.
I know we don't do voice convos,
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but I saw you singing with Ashlyn today,
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and I felt like we shared
a moment, or a thing.
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(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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Um, have you seen my phone?
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It's kind of a eggshell champagne color,
has a Playbill case?
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That's adorable.
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No, but we'll keep a look out.
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Just remember,
there's no phones in rehearsal.
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-NINI: I know!
-(MISS JENN CHUCKLES)
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Things were simpler when I was a teenager.
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We had flip-phones and M-Three-P players.
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My job is to put these kids
on airplane mode.
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So they can fly.
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Miss Jenn, I need a moment.
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-Do you have an appointment?
-(CHUCKLES)
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MISS JENN: I've got this, Carlos.
We're done for the day.
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-Hi.
-Hi!
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Oh, you've never been here, have you?
This is where the magic happens.
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I've been here.
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This is where my robotics club
won the state title last year.
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We built a working crab
on a 14-dollar budget.
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Cool.
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Miss Jenn, did you spend
a huge chunk of your budget
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on a smartphone for this production?
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(CHUCKLES)
If you knew anything about technology,
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you would know that is a Palm Brio...
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It's a Treo 600. I owned one.
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It was a gift from my friend,
Vanessa Hudgens,
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who I hit it off with
as a featured dancer in the film.
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She wanted us to have it for good luck.
She's a giver.
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A giver or a seller?
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You sent this receipt
to the faculty lounge printer,
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which is two floors away,
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instead of the one at your desk.
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So we both have technology challenges.
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It says that the purchase was made
by someone named Jenn Jennifer.
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Yeah, that's me. Jenn. Jennifer.
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Saying it twice does not make that
your real name.
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Okay, and what's your name,
Mr. Mazzara?
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How is that a real name?
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My first name is Benjamin.
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Aren't you lucky?
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Who are you?
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I am a busy, actual teacher.
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If you will excuse me, I need to go home
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and figure out how to make my leading man
levitate with a basketball.
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(BELL RINGS)
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)
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Everybody hold!
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Nini, where were you?
We've been here for an hour.
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I'm so sorry.
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I lost my phone and spent last night
living as a hunter-gatherer,
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which, by the way,
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did you know there are things
that are only on TV at a certain time?
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Anyway, I picked it up
in the lost and found...
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Wait, did you say an hour?
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Gina sent you and me a text
asking if we could come in early
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so she could talk through a new idea.
You didn't get it?
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No, my phone was missing.
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MISS JENN: You've gotta keep
better track of your stuff.
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A real triple-threat means singing,
acting, and being organized.
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Got it.
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I saw it, too.
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EJ was supposed to return that phone.
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Feeling hashtag complicit.
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If you had been here,
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you'd know Gina pitched
a whole new dance break
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for Gabriella and Taylor
in the middle of Status Quo,
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and she had Carlos work it out with her,
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-and it is dazzling.
-(CHUCKLES)
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You and Carlos?
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Gina, why don't you hydrate
and show Nini the new choreo?
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Is it just me, or is it possible
Gina stole my phone?
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She schedules an early rehearsal
she knows I'll miss,
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and then shows up with a new dance number
featuring her freakish gymnastics skills
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that she knows I can't do,
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and now I'm in the doghouse
with Miss Jenn.
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Is any of this an accident?
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(SCOFFS) If she's willing to steal
a spotlight,
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what else is she willing to steal?
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(RICKY CLEARS THROAT)
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Nini, how was your night?
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Um, not so hot. Excuse me.
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Oh, okay. (CLEARS THROAT)
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"Not so hot"?
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Was that about my voicemail?
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Is that her answer?
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Yeah, that was her answer.
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This is a basic triple pirouette.
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This is a two count of krump,
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and then some Argentinian tango.
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Piece of cake if you've spent
a few months overseas.
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(CHUCKLES)
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Here's where you kick your face.
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Hmm. Can I kick yours?
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I love your humor. Part two. Ready?
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There's not a word
for this last move per se,
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but I call it the Death Whack.
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Give a gander.
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Ta-da!
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So that, but you start on the left foot.
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Ready?
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NINI: I've seen the movie
a few hundred times.
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Vanessa Hudgens walks in and stands there.
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What I don't remember is
where she jumps into the splits,
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and cracks her pelvis.
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Oh, it's on.
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Okay. Here's the deal.
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Are you sitting down? Excellent.
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It seems like Gina really wants my part,
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and she is willing to kill me to get it.
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(CHUCKLES) I could have told you that.
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Oh, wait, hang on. I did.
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But now she's stealing phones
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and inventing special ways
for me to hurt myself.
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So, here's what I came up with.
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KOURTNEY: Are we in fifth grade?
NINI: Not the point.
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The way I see it,
I could do one of six things.
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One, talk to Miss Jenn.
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Two, magically learn the dance.
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Three, have my moms yell at her mom.
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Four, quit the show.
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Five, eat so much ice cream.
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Or six, steal something back.
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We can scratch out number six,
'cause that's an act of war.
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Too late.
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-Nini!
-I thought you'd veto the ice cream.
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(SIGHS) This is not good.
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I know.
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No, this is really not good.
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But it's not news, either.
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You broke her heart,
you crashed her play,
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you bugged her and then
you left her a sad voicemail.
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You think it's time to move on?
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I wouldn't, but you have that other thing.
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-Pride.
-Okay, tell me what to do.
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Just be yourself.
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Be the bigger man.
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Okay, pick one.
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Definitely bigger man.
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You're the lead in the play.
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It's time to act like it.
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You're right.
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It's like that scene where
Troy tells his teammates,
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"You're my guys, and this is our spam."
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When does he say that?
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I just realized that my allergist keeps
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the sound off in the waiting room
and I can't read lips.
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You stole Gina's shoes.
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Wasn't that hard.
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What if she retaliates?
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I'll come back at her twice as hard.
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I will rain down hellfire.
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I am the night.
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Nini, this doesn't feel like you.
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I know. It didn't feel like me.
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But I've stepped into the light.
I play to win now.
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I thought you'd be proud.
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Yeah, but stealing seems a little low.
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You're better than that.
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You're better than...
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You're Nini.
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Hmm. Maybe you're right.
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And I like that you see me that way.
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I always have.
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You're a good person.
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(CHUCKLES) I don't know if
it's because you're a senior
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or somebody raised you right,
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(SIGHS) but I wish I had what
you've got inside of you.
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It's like confidence
mixed with morals, and abs. (LAUGHS)
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Thanks for being you.
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ASHLYN: You look terrible.
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Yeah, I feel guilty.
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Wow. That's not an emotion I knew you had.
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Sorry.
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I never should've stolen her phone.
254
00:12:42,909 --> 00:12:43,910
You think?
255
00:12:43,993 --> 00:12:46,371
It's not the person I wanna be.
256
00:12:46,454 --> 00:12:48,289
It's not the person Nini thinks I am.
257
00:12:51,417 --> 00:12:52,418
You know what I should do?
258
00:12:52,961 --> 00:12:54,295
Apologize?
259
00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:56,047
Yes, but first, I have to come clean,
260
00:12:56,130 --> 00:13:00,927
and if I'm gonna own up,
I need to do something she really hears.
261
00:13:01,010 --> 00:13:03,221
Uh, what are you thinking?
262
00:13:03,304 --> 00:13:04,514
Hear me out.
263
00:13:04,597 --> 00:13:08,351
She wrote a song for Ricky,
so I should do that.
264
00:13:08,977 --> 00:13:10,061
For her, I mean.
265
00:13:10,144 --> 00:13:11,896
You wanna do what?
266
00:13:11,980 --> 00:13:13,106
Write a song for Nini.
267
00:13:13,189 --> 00:13:15,859
To tell her the truth, and say I'm sorry,
268
00:13:15,942 --> 00:13:17,443
and just show her
how much she means to me.
269
00:13:17,527 --> 00:13:20,905
EJ, respectfully,
have you ever written a song?
270
00:13:20,989 --> 00:13:22,991
Have you even written a poem?
271
00:13:23,074 --> 00:13:27,036
No, but you write songs,
I was hoping you could help me out.
272
00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,664
(SIGHS) How fast of a turnaround
are we talking?
273
00:13:29,747 --> 00:13:32,417
I have an AP Psych test tomorrow.
274
00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:35,420
Could you loan me one of your songs?
275
00:13:35,503 --> 00:13:37,005
And I'll change the lyrics.
276
00:13:37,088 --> 00:13:38,506
-(SCOFFS)
-(BELL RINGS)
277
00:13:39,465 --> 00:13:42,260
Please, Ash.
I'm trying to do the right thing.
278
00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:44,137
I need to prove myself here.
279
00:13:44,762 --> 00:13:47,390
I'll send you a track I'm playing with.
280
00:13:47,473 --> 00:13:50,059
It's not really my style.
I was trying to figure out the software.
281
00:13:50,143 --> 00:13:51,352
No, it's perfect!
282
00:13:51,436 --> 00:13:53,104
(LAUGHS) You haven't heard it yet.
283
00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,774
Dig deep, okay?
284
00:13:56,858 --> 00:13:59,068
You can't just charm your way
out of this one.
285
00:14:08,620 --> 00:14:11,706
MAZZARA: Why do I have it out
for Miss Jenn? I don't.
286
00:14:11,789 --> 00:14:13,333
I have it in for my program.
287
00:14:13,416 --> 00:14:17,045
I need 12 students
in my robotics club to go to China.
288
00:14:17,128 --> 00:14:18,880
Four have already dropped out
for the musical,
289
00:14:18,963 --> 00:14:21,466
and I don't have the technology
to make four more.
290
00:14:22,508 --> 00:14:23,509
This is war.
291
00:15:07,554 --> 00:15:09,847
NINI: I've thought about what EJ said
292
00:15:09,931 --> 00:15:13,893
and sometimes you just
have to stand up and do what's right.
293
00:15:13,977 --> 00:15:15,645
I'm returning Gina's shoes.
294
00:15:17,063 --> 00:15:18,356
When she isn't looking.
295
00:15:18,439 --> 00:15:20,191
COSTUME GIRL:
I have a few different options.
296
00:15:20,275 --> 00:15:24,362
Hear me out, but I think
you should try this one on first.
297
00:15:24,946 --> 00:15:27,323
Are these for the new dance break
in Status Quo?
298
00:15:28,157 --> 00:15:30,535
(CHUCKLES) High-key love them.
Whose is whose?
299
00:15:30,618 --> 00:15:31,995
Taylor. Gabriella.
300
00:15:32,078 --> 00:15:35,623
Okay, mine is everything.
301
00:15:36,416 --> 00:15:40,503
For Gabriella, you may wanna put her
in a color that pops more.
302
00:15:40,587 --> 00:15:42,380
She's already bland.
303
00:15:42,463 --> 00:15:46,467
Not as a person,
sweetest girl in the world,
304
00:15:46,551 --> 00:15:48,845
but as an actress.
305
00:15:48,928 --> 00:15:51,347
I don't want her to get lost in the crowd.
306
00:16:03,359 --> 00:16:04,819
Did you return the shoes?
307
00:16:04,903 --> 00:16:06,613
I stole her water bottle.
308
00:16:06,696 --> 00:16:08,281
-Oh, no.
-You don't have to say it.
309
00:16:08,364 --> 00:16:11,117
No, I stole three scarves,
some jewelry, and her laptop.
310
00:16:15,830 --> 00:16:16,831
NINI: Oh, my God.
311
00:16:16,915 --> 00:16:18,958
-There's more in the front pocket.
-Kourtney!
312
00:16:20,376 --> 00:16:21,794
(VOICE BREAKS) We're goin' to jail.
313
00:16:23,171 --> 00:16:24,297
ASHLYN: I'm in the kitchen, EJ!
314
00:16:25,506 --> 00:16:27,383
Uncle Dennis and Aunt Debbie
aren't home, right?
315
00:16:27,467 --> 00:16:29,552
I don't want an audience for this.
316
00:16:29,636 --> 00:16:30,637
Uh, thank you?
317
00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,431
No. You know what I mean.
You ready?
318
00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:35,391
I'm just impressed you wrote a song.
319
00:16:35,475 --> 00:16:37,060
Yeah, it's got metaphors
and everything.
320
00:16:37,143 --> 00:16:39,771
Well, I'm proud of you.
Sing from the heart.
321
00:16:41,105 --> 00:16:42,857
(EXHALES) Here goes.
322
00:16:44,067 --> 00:16:45,485
(MUSIC PLAYING)
323
00:16:48,154 --> 00:16:50,281
(SINGING) Before you go
and make that face you make
324
00:16:50,365 --> 00:16:51,533
When you're mad at me
325
00:16:51,616 --> 00:16:52,867
So mad at me
326
00:16:53,576 --> 00:16:59,082
Let me say it's not my place going through
Your voicemail and your history
327
00:16:59,165 --> 00:17:03,294
And if this were a TV show
You know I'd have to go and plead insanity
328
00:17:04,212 --> 00:17:09,008
'Cause the lyin' and spyin' and pryin'
Isn't really my personality
329
00:17:09,092 --> 00:17:11,928
-I'm an idiot for taking your phone.
-Hey!
330
00:17:12,011 --> 00:17:17,642
This is my fault, my bad
If I said a million sorrys
331
00:17:17,725 --> 00:17:20,061
How about a billion sorrys
332
00:17:20,144 --> 00:17:22,689
Ooh
333
00:17:22,772 --> 00:17:25,650
You shine just like the stars
334
00:17:25,733 --> 00:17:28,319
And I'm not even a night light
335
00:17:28,403 --> 00:17:30,822
'Cause what I did wasn't so bright
336
00:17:30,905 --> 00:17:33,867
I'm really sorry
337
00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:35,535
Girl... (CLEARS THROAT)
338
00:17:35,618 --> 00:17:38,454
Girl, you know I was scared
that this would end
339
00:17:38,538 --> 00:17:40,790
That's why I checked your DMs.
340
00:17:40,874 --> 00:17:44,168
This has been so hard for me to keep
this secret from you and our friends
341
00:17:44,252 --> 00:17:47,130
But given the chance
I would definitely do it again
342
00:17:48,339 --> 00:17:50,008
No, wait, that's not right
343
00:17:50,091 --> 00:17:52,510
I mean that I wouldn't do it again!
344
00:17:52,594 --> 00:17:54,304
No!
345
00:17:54,387 --> 00:17:57,265
This is my fault, my bad
346
00:17:57,348 --> 00:17:59,976
If I said a million sorrys
347
00:18:00,059 --> 00:18:02,562
How about a billion sorrys
348
00:18:02,645 --> 00:18:04,981
Ooh
349
00:18:05,064 --> 00:18:07,901
Can't we just start again
350
00:18:07,984 --> 00:18:10,695
Once upon a time, I'm sorry
351
00:18:10,778 --> 00:18:13,865
Nothing else to rhyme with sorry
352
00:18:13,948 --> 00:18:14,949
Okay.
353
00:18:16,075 --> 00:18:18,536
Ooh
354
00:18:18,620 --> 00:18:21,247
Not so great at saying sorry
355
00:18:21,331 --> 00:18:23,666
Hope you know I'm really sorry
356
00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:26,544
Ooh!
357
00:18:27,837 --> 00:18:29,505
-(SIGHS)
-Okay!
358
00:18:30,215 --> 00:18:31,758
Did you like it?
359
00:18:31,841 --> 00:18:35,261
There's a lot to admire.
360
00:18:35,845 --> 00:18:36,846
It's too much.
361
00:18:36,930 --> 00:18:41,100
I was hoping it would feel
a little less boy band
362
00:18:41,184 --> 00:18:42,227
and a little more heartfelt.
363
00:18:42,977 --> 00:18:44,979
Maybe if you tweaked
a couple of the lyrics.
364
00:18:45,063 --> 00:18:47,315
There are words that rhyme with "sorry."
365
00:18:47,982 --> 00:18:49,067
Not really.
366
00:18:49,150 --> 00:18:50,151
"Starry"?
367
00:18:51,319 --> 00:18:52,695
You know what?
368
00:18:52,779 --> 00:18:53,988
I can't do this.
369
00:18:54,072 --> 00:18:55,823
You're right.
This is her thing with Ricky.
370
00:18:55,907 --> 00:18:57,158
She'll just see right through it.
371
00:18:57,242 --> 00:18:59,077
I'm gonna find her
after rehearsal tomorrow,
372
00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,412
tell her what happened, and apologize.
373
00:19:02,539 --> 00:19:03,831
She might forgive you.
374
00:19:05,750 --> 00:19:07,043
Would you?
375
00:19:08,211 --> 00:19:09,837
I'm proud of you either way.
376
00:19:09,921 --> 00:19:11,047
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
377
00:19:11,130 --> 00:19:13,633
That's what I thought.
378
00:19:18,388 --> 00:19:19,889
-(SIGHS)
-(DOOR CLOSES)
379
00:19:20,557 --> 00:19:21,975
(BELL RINGS)
380
00:19:25,311 --> 00:19:28,648
Troy and Chad. Scene 45!
381
00:19:29,315 --> 00:19:30,316
Let's go.
382
00:19:31,526 --> 00:19:34,112
I'm looking forward to
doing this scene today.
383
00:19:34,195 --> 00:19:36,698
I'm just gonna be... Troy,
384
00:19:36,781 --> 00:19:38,950
a decent guy with a lot of talent
385
00:19:39,033 --> 00:19:41,744
whose only problem is
he cares too much.
386
00:19:42,829 --> 00:19:45,123
I'm just gonna power through
the day, find Nini,
387
00:19:45,206 --> 00:19:48,084
say what I need to,
and everything will be fine.
388
00:19:48,167 --> 00:19:51,170
Just get through this Chad rehearsal
and get on with my life.
389
00:19:52,672 --> 00:19:54,507
Let's take it from the top.
390
00:19:54,591 --> 00:19:58,678
And remember, these two are "best bros,"
391
00:19:58,761 --> 00:20:03,099
it's a sacred thing, for reasons
I will never understand. Ready?
392
00:20:03,182 --> 00:20:04,392
(EJ CLEARS THROAT)
393
00:20:06,352 --> 00:20:10,440
"We had a meeting about how
we haven't been like a team, Troy.
394
00:20:10,523 --> 00:20:13,776
"Us, not you. And the singing thing..."
395
00:20:13,860 --> 00:20:15,195
"I don't wanna talk about it."
396
00:20:16,529 --> 00:20:19,866
"We want you to know that
we're gonna be there cheering for you."
397
00:20:21,451 --> 00:20:22,452
"Huh?"
398
00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,582
"Win or lose... We're teammates.
399
00:20:29,751 --> 00:20:32,795
"Even if you turn out to be
the worst singer in the world."
400
00:20:33,296 --> 00:20:35,798
"And you're not gonna hear me sing,
401
00:20:36,841 --> 00:20:40,553
"because Gabriella won't even talk to me,
and I don't know why."
402
00:20:42,764 --> 00:20:43,765
Okay!
403
00:20:44,349 --> 00:20:47,477
Okay, but it was a little stiff.
404
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:52,732
Let's loosen up,
pass some energy back and forth.
405
00:20:53,233 --> 00:20:55,485
Let's use the ball and improvise.
406
00:20:59,030 --> 00:21:00,406
Just say whatever?
407
00:21:00,782 --> 00:21:02,033
Chad it up. (CHUCKLES)
408
00:21:02,116 --> 00:21:03,117
(EJ CLEARS THROAT)
409
00:21:04,577 --> 00:21:07,830
Troy, you're the best player we've got.
We're so lucky.
410
00:21:09,582 --> 00:21:11,292
Wouldn't be anything without you.
411
00:21:13,002 --> 00:21:16,422
The way you pretend to
play basketball is inspiring.
412
00:21:17,632 --> 00:21:21,928
Thanks, Chad, and the way
you dance is totally normal
413
00:21:22,011 --> 00:21:24,681
and not at all weird
for a high school kid.
414
00:21:26,307 --> 00:21:28,351
You deserve everything
that's coming your way.
415
00:21:29,602 --> 00:21:31,145
Back at you, dude.
416
00:21:32,355 --> 00:21:34,107
Back at you times two.
417
00:21:34,190 --> 00:21:35,191
Four!
418
00:21:35,275 --> 00:21:36,276
Eight!
419
00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,611
Back at you infinity plus one!
420
00:21:38,820 --> 00:21:41,489
(EXCLAIMS) Okay, major overcorrect!
421
00:21:41,573 --> 00:21:43,324
Let's take a soft ten.
422
00:21:43,408 --> 00:21:45,618
EJ, honey, let's get you some ice.
423
00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:53,626
Oh!
424
00:21:54,711 --> 00:21:56,588
Miss Jenn, you got a second?
425
00:21:58,590 --> 00:21:59,591
Sure.
426
00:22:01,801 --> 00:22:05,889
It was my understanding
that the reason you got this job
427
00:22:05,972 --> 00:22:08,433
was 'cause of your experience
as a featured dancer
428
00:22:08,516 --> 00:22:11,269
in the original High School Musical.
429
00:22:12,145 --> 00:22:13,146
Yes, sir.
430
00:22:13,229 --> 00:22:16,649
And a featured dancer
is someone who dances
431
00:22:16,733 --> 00:22:19,235
with the people
whose characters have names?
432
00:22:19,319 --> 00:22:21,571
-Where is this going?
-(CHUCKLES)
433
00:22:21,654 --> 00:22:25,533
Maybe you can explain this.
434
00:22:25,617 --> 00:22:27,327
What is that?
435
00:22:28,203 --> 00:22:29,537
It... Oh.
436
00:22:29,621 --> 00:22:31,581
My phone has a bright flash.
437
00:22:31,664 --> 00:22:35,043
Doesn't matter. This is you, 2006,
438
00:22:35,126 --> 00:22:41,132
with all the extras who didn't sing,
or dance, or even have a name.
439
00:22:41,925 --> 00:22:43,551
Sound familiar?
440
00:22:44,177 --> 00:22:47,847
Miss Jenn, I got you
a matcha half-caf with Red Bull.
441
00:22:49,015 --> 00:22:51,392
I'm sorry. What's going on here?
442
00:22:52,060 --> 00:22:53,228
It's nothing.
443
00:22:53,311 --> 00:22:55,438
-Are you sure?
-Yeah, it's fine.
444
00:22:55,522 --> 00:22:56,856
You don't look fine.
445
00:22:56,940 --> 00:22:59,359
Go inside and practice your box step.
446
00:22:59,442 --> 00:23:01,569
This is a grown-up conversation.
447
00:23:01,653 --> 00:23:03,655
Miss Jenn, is he bothering you?
448
00:23:03,738 --> 00:23:05,365
You ought to spend less time
449
00:23:05,448 --> 00:23:07,283
worrying about your drama teacher
450
00:23:07,367 --> 00:23:11,162
and more time trying to
make some friends under 35.
451
00:23:13,414 --> 00:23:17,168
Carlos, go run the Status Quo vocals
for a few minutes, okay?
452
00:23:23,049 --> 00:23:24,884
Don't talk to my students like that again.
453
00:23:24,968 --> 00:23:25,969
Oh.
454
00:23:26,052 --> 00:23:29,055
Your students?
Do you have a teaching credential?
455
00:23:29,138 --> 00:23:32,183
I may have fudged a thing or two
on my resumé,
456
00:23:32,267 --> 00:23:34,435
but I'm here because
I believe in these kids.
457
00:23:35,353 --> 00:23:37,105
Not because they're all
gonna be Broadway stars,
458
00:23:37,188 --> 00:23:38,356
but because they aren't.
459
00:23:39,023 --> 00:23:41,067
They're weird, and unusual and quirky,
460
00:23:41,150 --> 00:23:42,819
but they come here at the end of the day,
461
00:23:42,902 --> 00:23:45,822
and everything that they get
made fun of for outside that room
462
00:23:45,905 --> 00:23:48,324
is what makes them shine inside it.
463
00:23:49,033 --> 00:23:53,037
You may think Carlos has no friends,
but the day I posted that cast list,
464
00:23:53,121 --> 00:23:55,373
he got 17 new ones.
465
00:23:56,583 --> 00:23:58,167
That's sweet.
466
00:23:59,085 --> 00:24:01,754
But Vanessa Hudgens is not your friend.
467
00:24:02,213 --> 00:24:03,840
And the stories
you've been telling these kids
468
00:24:03,923 --> 00:24:05,925
are nothing but smoke and mirrors.
469
00:24:06,009 --> 00:24:07,343
It's all just a ruse.
470
00:24:07,844 --> 00:24:10,096
I'm sorry, but you need to go in there
471
00:24:10,179 --> 00:24:13,349
and tell these students
that nothing here is real.
472
00:24:18,771 --> 00:24:20,440
Why don't you tell them what's real?
473
00:24:20,523 --> 00:24:22,400
STUDENTS: (SINGING) Not another sound
474
00:24:22,483 --> 00:24:23,610
(PIANO PLAYING)
475
00:24:23,693 --> 00:24:26,404
No, no, no, no
476
00:24:26,487 --> 00:24:28,948
Stick to the stuff you know
477
00:24:29,032 --> 00:24:31,868
If you wanna be cool
Follow one simple rule
478
00:24:31,951 --> 00:24:35,121
Don't mess with the flow, oh, no
479
00:24:35,205 --> 00:24:39,167
Stick to the status quo
480
00:24:39,250 --> 00:24:41,169
No, no, no
481
00:24:41,252 --> 00:24:43,796
Stick to the stuff you know
482
00:24:44,172 --> 00:24:47,342
It is better by far
To keep things as they are
483
00:24:47,425 --> 00:24:49,886
Don't mess with the flow, no, no
484
00:24:49,969 --> 00:24:51,930
Don't you stick to the status
485
00:24:52,013 --> 00:24:53,389
Stick to the status
486
00:24:53,473 --> 00:24:55,600
Stick to the status quo
487
00:24:55,683 --> 00:24:57,185
(MUSIC STOPS)
488
00:24:57,268 --> 00:24:59,812
-I have no notes.
-(ALL CHEERING)
489
00:25:06,152 --> 00:25:09,405
I'm not gonna fall on my sword
and confess about the phone now.
490
00:25:10,073 --> 00:25:12,033
Don't need to make Ricky
look like the good guy.
491
00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:15,328
It was a one-time thing
and no one has to know.
492
00:25:15,411 --> 00:25:18,540
Just gonna keep my head down
and forget about the last 48 hours.
493
00:25:19,832 --> 00:25:21,209
As soon as this heals.
494
00:25:27,674 --> 00:25:30,260
How's the lip?
495
00:25:30,927 --> 00:25:32,053
All good.
496
00:25:32,679 --> 00:25:35,974
Listen, I don't know
what happened out there.
497
00:25:36,057 --> 00:25:37,183
It was an accident.
498
00:25:37,267 --> 00:25:38,476
Really?
499
00:25:39,769 --> 00:25:41,980
'Cause "infinity plus one"
sounded pretty real.
500
00:25:42,063 --> 00:25:43,398
That's not even a number.
501
00:25:44,232 --> 00:25:47,235
Do me a favor and stay away
from me and Nini, okay?
502
00:25:48,987 --> 00:25:49,988
Excuse me?
503
00:25:50,071 --> 00:25:52,949
Don't act like my best friend,
or her boyfriend.
504
00:25:53,032 --> 00:25:55,034
Just stop acting, period.
505
00:25:55,785 --> 00:25:56,911
Why can't you be real?
506
00:25:56,995 --> 00:25:59,581
I'm trying to make
the best out of a bad situation...
507
00:25:59,664 --> 00:26:01,791
Stop trying, Ricky.
508
00:26:01,875 --> 00:26:03,960
Don't try so hard! It's embarrassing.
509
00:26:04,043 --> 00:26:05,253
Dude.
510
00:26:06,087 --> 00:26:07,922
I'm just trying to say I'm sorry.
511
00:26:08,506 --> 00:26:09,799
You want to apologize?
512
00:26:09,883 --> 00:26:12,260
You can start with that thirsty voicemail
you left for Nini.
513
00:26:12,343 --> 00:26:14,012
She doesn't need to hear
from you anymore.
514
00:26:14,095 --> 00:26:15,471
What did you just say?
515
00:26:16,264 --> 00:26:17,724
Just go home.
516
00:26:28,443 --> 00:26:29,736
Gina?
517
00:26:30,945 --> 00:26:32,071
Do you have a second?
518
00:26:32,155 --> 00:26:33,615
That's all I have.
519
00:26:33,698 --> 00:26:37,327
I just wanna say, I don't know
what happened with my phone,
520
00:26:37,410 --> 00:26:39,204
and I don't care anymore,
521
00:26:39,287 --> 00:26:41,748
and I know you don't like me.
522
00:26:41,831 --> 00:26:43,249
And I'm okay with that.
523
00:26:43,833 --> 00:26:46,169
But we have to respect each other,
524
00:26:46,252 --> 00:26:47,587
and that starts with me.
525
00:26:48,213 --> 00:26:49,214
Okay.
526
00:26:49,297 --> 00:26:55,178
So, when I thought you stole my phone,
I may have gone a little crazy,
527
00:26:55,261 --> 00:26:59,140
and then you said something mean
and I may have gone extra crazy.
528
00:26:59,474 --> 00:27:01,851
Point is, I have a few of your things
529
00:27:01,935 --> 00:27:03,645
and I would like to return them to you.
530
00:27:11,486 --> 00:27:12,487
Wow.
531
00:27:12,570 --> 00:27:14,405
It was kind of a workout
getting it all here.
532
00:27:14,489 --> 00:27:16,616
I don't know how you walk around
with all this stuff.
533
00:27:16,699 --> 00:27:18,409
You must be freakishly strong.
534
00:27:19,452 --> 00:27:21,329
Uh, but that's beside the point.
535
00:27:21,412 --> 00:27:22,580
What is the point?
536
00:27:24,165 --> 00:27:26,292
I'm not gonna be a doormat for you,
537
00:27:26,834 --> 00:27:28,586
but I'm also not gonna be a klepto.
538
00:27:29,879 --> 00:27:35,218
So we can all just stay in our lane
and find our own ways to thrive.
539
00:27:36,010 --> 00:27:37,637
"Stick to the status quo."
540
00:27:38,304 --> 00:27:39,305
Hmm.
541
00:27:40,306 --> 00:27:44,102
I hope you enjoy having
all of your heavy stuff back.
542
00:27:45,645 --> 00:27:46,813
I'll see you at rehearsal.
543
00:27:46,896 --> 00:27:49,232
Just one thing before you go.
544
00:27:52,694 --> 00:27:54,320
I didn't have your phone.
545
00:28:00,743 --> 00:28:02,120
Hey! Nini!
546
00:28:03,371 --> 00:28:04,622
I have to say something to you.
547
00:28:04,706 --> 00:28:07,542
I know we're not a couple anymore.
I get that.
548
00:28:07,625 --> 00:28:08,710
You've been very clear.
549
00:28:08,793 --> 00:28:12,755
But... (SIGHS) I thought there was
a little trust left between us.
550
00:28:12,839 --> 00:28:14,549
I thought I still meant something to you.
551
00:28:14,632 --> 00:28:15,925
I can't do this right now.
552
00:28:16,009 --> 00:28:17,176
Fine. Okay?
553
00:28:17,260 --> 00:28:20,513
But the next time I spill my guts
to you in a voicemail,
554
00:28:20,597 --> 00:28:22,891
do me a favor and keep it to yourself.
555
00:28:22,974 --> 00:28:26,019
I don't need to hear from EJ
that it's wrong and stupid.
556
00:28:26,102 --> 00:28:27,353
What voicemail?
557
00:28:28,938 --> 00:28:30,064
What do you mean?
558
00:28:30,148 --> 00:28:31,733
You heard this from EJ?