Miss Shaw, I swear I didn't cheat on your test.
As an honor student and team captain, I'd never do that.
Then, why would another student say you did?
I don't know. Maybe they... misunderstood what I was saying.
So, what were you saying?
Okay, well... I mean, I'm... I'm... I'm not usually the type
to go around spreading rumors or... speaking out of turn,
but I heard a lot of kids did have Miss Shaw's test in advance.
What? That's not possible.
Yeah, rumor is someone stole it and posted it online.
There was apparently a link going around.
Can you show us this link?
Like I said, I didn't have anything to do with it,
so I'm just... you know, telling you what I heard.
I mean, look, if you think I cheated... I'm happy to retake the test.
[school bell rings]
-["Two Life" playing] -♪ Go surprise her ♪
♪ Well, I would if it felt okay ♪
♪ Keep your eyes shut tight ♪
♪ I know you ♪
♪ You want love ♪
-♪ I see you, and you want love ♪ -[principal on PA] Good morning, students.
It has come to our attention that there's been a violation
of academic standards regarding a math department midterm.
If you have any information, please come forward immediately.
Dude...
[whispers] ...what was that?
Sounds like someone's in deep shit.
Okay, so you sent Noah the picture. Now you're, what,
trying to get me expelled for the test?
Hey, I kept my word, okay? You're the one who ratted me out to Shaw.
I didn't rat you out. You bragged to your friends
about getting the test early, like an idiot.
-Wait, so Noah told her? -[Moe scoffs]
Okay, well, still...
[scoffs] ...justice served.
You do realize, if I go down for this, you're going down with me.
[scoffs] I don't know. Will I?
'Cause the thing is, you actually did steal the test.
So, sure, you could try to tell people I made you do it,
but it's your word against mine.
[scoffs] I mean, come on, who will they believe?
[Moe] Good luck getting into Stanford
when Miss Shaw makes everyone retake the midterm.
[chuckles] See, that's the best part.
I got my acceptance letter two days ago, so...
Good luck with all this.
-[door closes] -What is happening?
Brady, as usual. He thinks I turned him in for cheating.
-[Tabitha sighs] -Yeah, everybody's talking about it.
Full-blown scandal.
Okay, so what? Are we, like, dead?
I think it's just... sounds like rumors for now.
So we just deny everything. I mean, there's no witnesses,
no... no evidence, right?
Right?
Yeah, at the robotics competition, um...
Chase... maybe walked in on me
and maybe saw me messing with Miss Shaw's computer.
Moe, what do you mean, "maybe"?
I mean, he definitely did.
But I don't think he even, like, registered it or he would even remember.
-Have you talked to him? -No, I've been kind of... avoiding him.
You two lay low, and I will talk to him.
I'll make sure everything's cool. I'm sure it's fine.
We'll meet up at SA later?
I actually promised Ben
that I'd get dinner with him at the Mercado.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's cool. Cool, cool.
If, you know, we're getting expelled, we'll just text you or whatever.
-I can bail on him if it's a big deal. -I'm fucking with you.
-You do you. -[school bell rings]
Cool.
[indistinct chatter]
What up... Fowad?
I am drafting a preemptive statement on behalf of Robot Club.
Right now, it's just rumors, but rumors destroy reputations.
And if I'm associated with even a whiff of academic malfeasance,
my parents will murder me.
Like, literally kill me and hide the body. They'd probably get away with it.
Okay, dude...
I think you need to dial it down, like, several notches.
Why is no one else taking this seriously?
If this actually comes down on anyone in Robot Club,
the entire team could lose funding.
We could lose our regional title,
and I can kiss my internship at SpaceX goodbye.
So... who do you think did it?
Uh... this school is full of fuckin' degenerates.
Could be anybody.
Honestly, you and I are the only two people
-I know who didn't do it. -Right.
Yeah, totally.
I think we should go to Miss Shaw.
The truth is on our side here.
R-Right.
[indistinct chatter]
Hey.
-What are you doing out here? -Being desperate. [chuckles]
Sometimes, Jillian uses this as a shortcut.
Oh.
So... you're creeping.
[Elodie chuckles]
-Yeah. -Are you guys still not talking?
I'm just not sure how to convince her I'm over Sabine.
[man] Raymond, walk that skateboard!
No offense, but, um...
-are you? -I think so.
-[Tabitha scoffs softly] -I mean, I was.
It just sucks that just as things are getting good with Jillian,
Sabine shows up out of nowhere and... complicates everything.
Sabine's gonna Sabine.
But this sounds like it might be more on you.
She invited me to meet up at her recording studio today.
[scoffs]
-Oof. -I know.
What do I do?
You take me with you.
Don't you have class?
Feels like a good day to ditch.
And, uh...
I gotta make sure you don't end up in any more tour vans.
-["Your Dog" playing] -[Elodie chuckles]
[Elodie] Wow.
The label says that if any of the songs on the EP feel like a single,
I can come back and record my whole LP here.
But for now, this is... still pretty cool.
-This place is, like, legit. -Yeah...
[loudly] ...and the acoustics are amazing.
-[Elodie chuckles] -That's Jeb.
He plays in, like, 12 bands
and went to high school with Kathleen Hanna.
Total legend. Sup, Jeb?
-Oh, I have to show you something. -I have enough sandwiches to feed...
Luca?
I'm gonna go.
Luca. Hey, Luca!
I just wanna know why you said all of those things
and then just disappeared.
[grunts] I don't know. Things just... They just changed, Tabitha.
My number didn't.
I've been busy.
-[keys jangle] -[engine starts]
Nice watch.
Did it cost $1,500?
You stole my credit card info,
and that's why you ghosted me.
Luca, are you gonna answer me?
We met at an SA meeting. I don't know what to say.
You knew the risk.
I believed you were the person you said you wanted to be.
Tabitha...
we'd been dating a couple of weeks.
-Yeah, but I had a connection to you. -We barely knew each other.
Maybe you didn't wanna see it... but I'm pretty fucked up.
-[Tabitha sniffles] -Always have been.
How original.
"I'm sorry I lied to you.
I'm sorry I stole from you. I'm so fucked up, so, really, poor me"?
It's not enough knowing you're broken. You have to do something to fix it.
[Luca] Here. I gotta go.
["Baby" playing]
-♪ Baby's on my mind all the time ♪ -[engine starts, revs]
♪ Hasn't sent no letter To make it any better ♪
-♪ Oh, baby ♪ -[watch jangles]
♪ What've you done to me? ♪
[sniffles]
♪ I ain't been myself ♪
♪ Since our loving spree ♪
I feel like the whole school is staring at me like I'm already guilty.
-Due process, bro. -Okay, I know what you mean,
but let's maybe not call extra attention to ourselves.
Sorry, I've just never been in this position.
I say we go with full transparency.
Maybe... even offer to help?
Yeah, I don't know if we need to take it that far.
I mean, it makes us look desperate, or worse...
guilty.
I just need a minute. Can I... meet you in there?
Yeah. Sure.
Hey, uh, can we talk?
I... I gotta go to class.
It's not what you think.
It doesn't matter what I think anymore.
Look, Noah, can you just listen for a sec? Please?
[Noah sighs]
This whole... test-stealing scandal...
it was me.
-What? -[Moe] Yeah.
Brady used that picture to blackmail me into stealing the test for him.
Why would you do that?
[chuckles softly] I made a mistake.
-[Noah scoffs softly] -[Moe] I was upset
because I thought you broke up with me, and...
it was just a thing that happened,
it didn't mean anything.
I just didn't want you to find out.
You could get expelled for this.
Yeah, I know.
Um... what can I do? I could probably tell Miss Shaw that I was wrong about--
Noah, you don't need to say anything. I...
I think I have it under control.
Okay.
Uh, I... I want everything to be okay with you,
but I can't do this.
Seriously, Jeb, you should hear Elodie sing.
She's gonna be a star.
I don't really see it.
-[scoffs] Me either. -[Sabine] Nonsense.
-You are just a song away. -[Jeb] You wanna lay something down?
Someone around here ought to do some actual work.
Hey, I am on a break. Tour is exhausting.
I'm glad I'm back.
[door opens]
Hey, uh...
Sorry to... interrupt.
I think I'm gonna go.
Yeah. I think we're gonna go.
No, El, I just need to be alone for a minute.
Are you sure?
We'll catch up later.
Trust me, you're better off without Luca, anyway.
Yeah. He said that, too.
Um... see you.
Okay, well, we need a vibe reset in here. [chuckles]
Time for the big surprise.
[inhales sharply] Play her the demo.
I can't wait. You're gonna love it.
[gentle strumming on recording]
[Sabine on recording] ♪ It's a dry heat ♪
♪ Knocks me off my feet ♪
♪ The white sands peak ♪
-♪ I don't wanna leave ♪ -[chorus] ♪ Hey! ♪
-[Sabine] ♪ You are the only light I see ♪ -Turn it off.
♪ It's like I've been drivin' ♪
-♪ In darkness, and ♪ -Stop. Turn it off.
-♪ You are... ♪ -[Elodie scoffs]
That's... my song. You stole it from me.
I thought you would be stoked.
Plus, that's our song. You wrote it about me. [chuckles]
It's not about you. I wrote it about my mom.
[chuckles] Wait, what?
[sighs] You don't even know anything about that... or me.
Come on, you're acting like a child.
I thought you wanted this.
Well, you thought wrong.
I don't want anything from you.
[door opens]
[Elodie sighs, sniffles]
["Pain" playing]
[Elodie gasps]
♪ What is it that you are doing here? ♪
♪ Pain breaks the rhythm Breaks the rhythm, breaks the rhythm ♪
♪ Pain, pain breaks the rhythm ♪
♪ Breaks the rhythm, breaks the rhythm ♪
♪ Pain, pain breaks the rhythm ♪
♪ Breaks the rhythm, breaks the rhythm ♪
♪ Pain breaks the rhythm Breaks the rhythm ♪
♪ Breaks the rhythm, pain, pain breaks ♪
[gasps, breathing shakily]
Aren't you gonna say something?
Stop?
[ambient sounds fading]
[locker opens]
I can't believe you fuckin' told on me, dude.
What are you, 12?
Maybe I'm just sick of watching everybody let you be you.
What's that, exactly?
A coward.
-[Brady] Mm-hmm? -And a liar.
Everything chill?
Yeah. Oh, yeah, it's all good.
Just me and Noah here are havin' a little talk about bro code.
[exhales, chuckles] I ain't your bro.
Well, still, it's fucked up you ran to teacher trying to snitch on me.
-Dude almost got me expelled! -Noah, for real?
[Noah grunts, controls breathing]
You know what? I'm done with this shit!
-[ballad playing on sound system] -Hey.
-Hey.
[sighs] Thanks for meeting me.
I told my parents I'd be back in an hour, though.
Um, I just wanted you to know that you... were right.
I... haven't been myself 'cause... something's been going on.
Look, I get it. She's, like, beautiful and talented and--
[Elodie] It's not about Sabine.
There's something else that I...
[sighs] ...haven't told you about, and...
I didn't want to...
because it's weird, and...
I'm... ashamed.
[breathing shakily] And if I say it...
out loud to you...
then...
It... It's okay. You can tell me.
[sighs]
Um...
Uh...
I steal things.
It started when...
my mom died, and...
now I just...
do it, like, whenever I feel...
Or when I don't, um... want to feel.
It's...
It's an addiction.
Even that bracelet I got you, I stole it.
[Jillian] Uh...
I just... I just wanted to be honest with you.
I really like you.
But?
My older sister, Heather...
um... she, uh, lies a lot to cover her addiction, and, uh...
and it's like I never know...
when she's lying...
or when she's, like...
you know, telling the truth.
And so, I just... I don't know what's real.
I'm sorry. I just... I can't.
[gasps softly]
[door opens]
[door closes]
Right there. SimulScreen.
It's a virus?
No, it's a screen-sharing app.
Someone must have installed it to access your hard drive.
Did I miss anything?
Well, Miss Shaw and I are talking about
how someone could even get to her test,
and I think we figured it out.
[Shaw] So, how do I find out who took the files?
Well, it only works in conjunction with a client on another computer, so...
we just gotta figure out who else has it installed
and shared files with your drive.
Yeah, but they probably would've deleted the program by now.
Okay. Thank you, guys.
I think I need to let IT take it from here.
-[Chase chuckles softly] -["Onda" playing]
The culinary school has a work program
where I can pay my tuition by working in actual kitchens.
-Mm, that's rad. -Yeah.
I mean... the hours will be crazy,
but maybe after school,
you could come by the test kitchens and try out my creations.
[Tabitha sighs]
What's up?
Actually... can we sit for a sec?
Sure. Hold up.
-[indistinct chatter] -[indie music playing on radio]
Whatever it is, churros always help.
So, I found out who scammed my credit card.
Luca.
Ghost boy?
I mean, I thought I had trust issues before, but...
then finding out it was someone so close to me...
What a piece of shit.
It's just, I keep getting into situations where I dive in
-and I lose myself in someone else. -[Ben] I'm not like that.
You've known me since I was nine. I'm solid.
No, I... I know. I... I do.
But... when I'm with someone,
I become who I think they want me to be.
And I've realized that...
it's because I don't really know who I am.
And, Ben, I need to figure that out before I can be with anyone.
Even you.
Look, if you need time...
if you need space, okay.
But just don't do this.
Ben, you are amazing...
and incredibly talented.
And it has been so cool seeing you figure out who you want to be
and start making that transformation.
I want that.
For myself, you know?
[students chattering indistinctly]
[cell phone chimes]
I mean, it's a bummer, but I think it was what was best for the both of us.
-Wait, what happened? -Tabitha broke up with my brother.
[Tabitha] It wasn't that dramatic.
And I appreciate you accepting it for what it was.
But I wasn't ready to risk a relationship like that
when I'm not even sure what I'm doing.
What have you done with my sweet little shingler?
[sighs] Hope everyone is thirsty
'cause I'm about to spill a big old cup of tea.
So, Phil Moriarty works in the office during second period.
He heard that Miss Shaw knows who stole the test.
Holy shit.
Who?
Sources have not yet confirmed.
She was having a super-intense meeting with the principal and a security guard.
Smart money's on shady Brady Finch.
I heard it could be, like, an inside job.
Like, soccer coaches hookin' up the players.
-I love a conspiracy! -[AJ and Marquise laugh]
["Wasted Nun" playing]
♪ Flesh and bones ♪
♪ Giving in ♪
♪ I can't see the fog I'm in ♪
♪ But it's there... ♪
[principal] Chase, I need you to come with us.
I didn't do anything.
-Right now. -Come on. Get your stuff.
♪ I'm so tired, weekend in ♪
♪ I'm an unproductive sin ♪
♪ Special lady with her issues ♪
♪ You can sue me ♪
♪ If I kiss you ♪
♪ I'm a wasted girl ♪
♪ And I don't know how ♪
♪ I'm a wasted girl ♪
♪ And I don't know how ♪
♪ I'm a wasted girl ♪
♪ I'm a wasted nun ♪
♪ And I don't have fun ♪
♪ Turn over ♪
♪ Turn over, turn over ♪
♪ Make myself tough, making my commotion ♪
♪ Going through these motions ♪
♪ Let me in through the door ♪
♪ I can't find it if you hide it ♪
♪ Under my skin ♪
♪ I need more ♪
♪ I won't mind it ♪
♪ If I find it ♪
♪ I'm a wasted girl ♪
♪ And I don't know how ♪
♪ I'm a wasted girl ♪
♪ I'm a wasted nun ♪
♪ And I don't have fun ♪