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[commentator] [on radio] I honestly think losing to Arkansas

might've been the best thing to happen to Chad Powers and the Catfish.

They've been unstoppable ever since.

They're playing loose, they're having fun,

and Powers has never looked better.

He absolutely embarrassed Auburn on Saturday,

and now they get Vandy for Homecoming in Daw-

- [radio shuts off] - [car door opens]

[birds chirping]

[car horn honks]

[? "Get Me" by Michael Spreitzer playing]

- [Dustin] Can I help you? - Hi, yes.

Is this the home of the family of Chad Powers?

[Coach Byrd] That's a great read, Powers.

Cooper gets behind the backers, and you fit it in a tight one

before the safety could even get that.

- Hell of a throw, Powers. - [Chad] Yeah, I figured

why beat Auburn by 21 when you can beat 'em by 28?

[scattered chuckles]

Still like to see you get rid of the ball quicker.

Every hit you take puts us at risk.

At risk of what?

Of you playin' competitive football.

Okay, you know what?

I was gonna do this at the Homecoming banquet,

but it can't wait.

[slaps table]

I... Gerald Orlando Dougan,

am officially declaring

for the 2026 NFL Draft.

- [door opens] - I really have a lot of-

Hey, uh, sorry to interrupt. I need to borrow Powers.

Oh, hey, Coach, uh, Gerry was just tellin' us

about the next step in his football career.

Oh, that's great. Come on, I need you.

[door swings open]

- Alright. [clears throat] - [door closes]

[Coach Byrd] Alright, good session.

We'll talk about the NFL Draft after the season, Ger.

This isn't fair. Nothing that happens to me is fair.

Or maybe everything that happens to you is exactly what you deserve.

Can I please just have my game tape

so I can send it to the NFL scouts, Mel Kiper,

and Millie Bobby Brown?

Millie Bobby Brown, why?

Because she's beautiful!

Hey, Chad, I don't know if you knew this,

but the university just hired a new AD.

His name is Charlie Brooks. He's a pretty serious fella.

Ran athletics at, uh, Army for a while.

Can I help you?

He was in, uh, West Virginia yesterday.

He was at a conference,

and he paid a visit to your family home.

Oh?

And I wanted to personally invite you guys to Friday's Homecoming banquet.

[Coach Hudson] However, the young man he encountered

claimed that no one by the name of Powers... lived there.

- Take all your fuckin' shit! - Whoa!

- Like, ever. - Oh?

Stop sending surveillance tech disguised as football memorabilia!

Is this not the Powers' residence?

- [taser zapping] - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

This is my residence.

W-W-What is your family's last name, sir?

It's not Powers. It's Bonaventura!

- [yelling] - [punch thuds]

Shit! Ah, damn.

- I am so sorry. - There is no Chad Powers here!

- Mother- - Everything is a fucking lie!

- Oh? - Stop saying, "Oh,"

and see if you can explain this to me

in a way that won't give me an ocular migraine.

Oh... [sighs]

If he went to a house, that was his first mistake

'cause my house is, in fact...

a bunker.

Accessible only by a series of...

ancient tunnels.

Chad, you know, I've accepted

that, like, as a football player,

for some unknowable reason,

you excel when shrouded in horseshit and nonsense.

- Thank you, Coach. - But this is beyond me, okay?

This AD, who we all answer to now,

he's justifiably rattled.

And he wants to talk to you about it.

And he's really keen on meeting your family.

Coach,

my mom perished.

Look...

I understand that these conversations are hard.

But unless you want them to get harder...

and involve folks that are a lot more eager to pry than I...

I suggest you make a call to the bunker.

[? tense music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

Ho-ly fuck.

[? upbeat techno music playing]

[Mike] Intimate gathering, my ass.

[normal voice] Relax, Dad, you look great.

I look like a monster.

Which, in this case, is ideal.

[Russ] [softly] It's like we talked about. Just act normal.

[Chad's voice] Hey, Coach!

There he is, the man of the hour.

Hey, Jake Hudson.

Father, aren't you gonna introduce yourself?

[in heavy Southern accent] Uh, Howard. Howard Powers.

So nice to finally meet you, Mr. Powers.

I'm- I'm Ricky Hudson.

Oh, it is nice to meet me. Yeah.

"A meetin' and a greetin',

and a sucklin' of the teatin',"

is what I used to say to young Chad here

when he would, uh, on occasion,

ya know, nurse...

from my breast.

Uh, let's get- let's...

- Let's get out of the cold. - Yeah, let's do that.

Here we go.

[normal voice] What the shit? You said you weren't gonna do a voice.

[normal voice] I panicked. I panicked! I started riffing.

No riffing. Riffing is suicide.

Both of you shut up!

[Mike] [in Howard's voice] Did Chad mention I farm hay?

[Coach Hudson] No, he did not mention that.

- Dude. What? - [normal voice] I know.

[whispering] He's riffing. I told him not to frickin' riff.

Oh, hi.

Hey, how's it goin'? Uh, Jay Palmer.

- [Chad] Mm. - Alright. You're lookin'-

You're lookin' sharp, Chad. [chuckles]

- [Chad's voice] Oh. Do we know each other? - No, no, no.

But we, we should because I'm a big fan,

and she talks about you a lot.

Jay is a new, um, booster.

- [Chad] Hmm. - [Ricky] He was at the Arkansas

and Auburn games.

I didn't know you were gonna be here...

No, yeah, I cut heli ski trip short

'cause Mount Fuji's not goin' anywhere.

So, you guys know each other?

- Yeah. We do. A little. - [Ricky] Not really. I mean- Well...

- I mean, I don't know. Yeah. - [Jay] Well, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Um, well, can I get you guys a drink?

- [Chad] Yeah. - It- It's an open bar, so don't worry,

this is not an act of chivalry.

I would hate a drink right now.

Okay. Perrier it is.

No, I hate Perrier.

The bubbles hurt.

Okay, um, great. And tequila soda, right?

Oh, no, I'm, I'm, I'm good. I'm not thirsty.

Alright, well, you come find me when you are, yeah?

Alright.

- Well, you seem very thirsty. - Grow up.

Now that was like a miracle crop underground.

- Oh. - Where have you guys been?

Oh, sorry about that. Chad has a lot of fans.

Mr. Powers was doing a monologue on hay pesticides.

Mm-hmm. "If you don't use pesticides, you let the pests decide."

That's the third time you've said that.

[group laughing]

[? "Out of the Black" by Raphael Lake playing]

- [keyboard clicking] - [? music stops]

[crowd cheering on video]

- [keyboard clicks] - [cheering stops]

- [keyboard clicks] - [crowd cheering resumes]

[whistle blowing on video]

- [keyboard clicking] - [cheering pausing and resuming]

[whistle blowing on video]

[? suspenseful music playing]

[keyboard clicking continues]

[whispering] Whiskers.

Come here, Charlie.

And he's just sweet and tender.

- You know? - Mm-hmm.

Chaddy-Chaddy-bang-bang!

[screams, exhales]

Sorry.

Uh, what are you?

[Coach Hudson] Tricia, this is Howard Powers.

This is Chad's father.

My- My dad.

Yes, of course. Perfect.

[Coach Hudson] Yeah, Howard, Chad, this is our new AD, Charlie Brooks.

I don't know what's harder, tackling Chad Powers,

or finding his family. Hmm?

- Oh. - [group laughing]

[forced laughter continues]

Oh, my goodness, y'all, what a- what a funny exchange.

Uh, we, we heard about the mix-up,

and it's just... just apologize about that.

[group chuckling politely]

Well, Howard, come over to my table.

I wanna know everything about Chad Powers.

- Ah! - And I mean everything.

Well- [chuckles] Now, don't- Don't tell him too much!

Oh, and then, at the turn of the millennium,

I decided to move my family underground, to the bunker.

[Charlie] Well, that makes sense.

That was around the same time when Janet Jackson

- showed her vagina at the Super Bowl... - Oh, I know. I remember that.

- I don't think that's what happened. - [Charlie] No?

We lived a simple life of subterranean hay farmin'.

[chuckles] Yeah. But our harvests yielded one unlikely crop,

Mr. Chad's football talent.

- Oh. - [group chuckles]

Well, I- I just started,

just throwing geodes against the crust of the Earth.

- Oh, wow. - [Howard] Yeah. And once Chad

come of age, you know, he- he started askin'

about venturin' above ground to chase his football dream.

And... well, I said no.

No, no, no, no.

But his mom said yes.

And sittin' here this evenin' meetin' all of y'all...

I'm glad I listened to her.

'Cause it seems that dream has come true.

[? emotional music playing]

Well, so- So, there it is.

That's- That's why you guys had the wrong address.

[Charlie] Well, that is quite an origin story, Chad.

Now, maybe we can talk a bit more about where you're going.

- Mm-hmm. Or not goin'. - [Charlie] Mm-hmm.

We wanted Daddy Powers here with us tonight

so we can all discuss Chad's future together.

[stammering] My future?

Whether you intend to turn pro

or come back and play for the Catfish again next year.

[Tricia] And if you do, son,

we are prepared to make you

the highest-paid player

in college football history.

How much money are we talking, hypothetically?

Y'all, Chad has a game tomorrow.

- A must-win game. - Yeah.

Chad, you have already built a legend here at USG.

Now, we wanna make you a myth.

- We are talkin' a statue, buildings. - Yes.

I mean, we've even discussed namin' the stadium after you one day, son.

Yeah, that's a lotta pressure to put on one young man.

Please, have you seen this boy evade pressure?

I've seen it break him!

- Dad. - [chair scraping]

I have to go create mud.

From my undercarriage. Toodles.

So, I guess that's a hereditary thing, then?

[? tense music playing]

You ran Howard off, Tricia.

I didn't cook the short rib!

You know better than to spring that conversation on Powers...

- Oh, please, Jake. - ...the night before a game

without giving me any sort of a heads-up.

Charlie and I agree. We have to lock down Chad ASAP.

If not, we gotta figure out who we're gonna target in the portal.

Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Shouldn't- Shouldn't I have a little bit of input

about my roster next season?

- Jake. - What?

Come on.

Oh.

You don't plan on me bein' here next season.

Honey, we don't even know

- if you gon' be alive next season. - Hey, hey.

Excuse me. He's healthy, he's been cleared.

That's bullshit. How dare you say something like that.

It's not "how dare me," Ricky.

See, the AD's job over there

is to consider the future of this whole program beyond tomorrow,

certainly beyond January.

And I'm sorry to tell you this, but Charlie is not wrong.

Every school out there is usin' your dad's health

to recruit against us.

- [Ricky] Well, then, fuck them. - Oh.

- And fuck him. - Okay, let me guess.

- Fuck me, too, right? - Good guess.

Rick, take a walk.

- I'm sorry- - Rick, take a walk.

You still haven't told her, have you?

[inhales]

[inhales sharply] Well...

you know her better than I do.

Maybe she don't mind bein' lied to. Hmm?

[Ricky] Uh, just a tequila soda, please.

[people chattering]

[ice cubes clinking]

Thanks.

You know, I could've gotten you that.

Oh, this free drink?

Yeah. I mean, I would've- I would've tipped.

Touch�. Can't really hide cash in this dress.

Yeah, you don't really, uh, strike me as a big dress kinda gal.

Oh, no. No, it's a... one-night-a-year thing.

- [chuckles] - You cold? Do you want my...

I'm okay. I'm good, thank you.

Right, you don't need anybody's jacket, do you?

I just don't mind being a little uncomfortable.

Okay.

Hey, I had a very nice time with you after the Auburn game.

It was a drink.

I think it was just nice 'cause we won.

But it was nice.

- Sure. Yes, it was nice. - Yeah.

Can I tell you something really quick?

Um, we play Vandy in, like, 12 hours, Jay.

- Just, like, a lot goin' on. - Yeah, no, no, I get it.

No, this is a totally professional thing.

Um, so one of my buddies, he's a big donor for Syracuse,

and he mentioned they're looking for a new QB coach.

I brought your name up, but, um, yeah, they already knew you.

You're on the top of their list.

- Really? - Yeah. Really.

I told 'em, as far as I can tell, you're great at your job

- and you're ready to take the leap. - Holy shit. [softly chuckles]

I mean, thank you for saying that to them.

Yeah, of course.

They're moving fast, they, they said.

- Yeah, no, that makes sense. - Yeah.

You know, it's very cold in Syracuse, too,

so it's a good thing you don't mind being uncomfortable.

Yeah, no, I- I actually fucking hate the cold.

- Okay. - Yeah. Can we drink these inside?

- Oh, yeah, you wanna- Okay, yeah, sure. - Okay. [laughing]

[door closes]

Howard?

[door swings open]

Jesus!

Gerry, what a weird way to enter the bathroom.

Are you gonna wash your hands?

I was just in here looking for someone.

- Who? - None of your business.

I think you should wash your hands. I think your hands are dirty.

Okay. Miss me with the arch talk. Bye.

Are you the head of the conspiracy or are you a tentacle?

- What? - The Chad Powers conspiracy.

Are you the head? Or are you a tentacle?

You think you're the first bully to corner me in a bathroom?

I will eat you, motherfucker!

Move outta my way.

You're a tentacle. And I have no use for tentacles.

Except in hentai.

[? tense music playing]

[normal voice] Dad, what the fuck, man? What are you doin'?

[normal voice] You know, there was a banner

just like this one of you at Oregon.

What do you think they did with that?

I don't know, I'm sure they probably threw it away.

Look, we gotta get back out there.

- We are almost home free. - Oh, son.

Son, you're nowhere near home free.

What are you talkin' about?

I'm talking about what everybody out there is talking about,

your future.

Russ, how do you think this all ends?

I mean, how do you hope it ends,

in your absolute best-case scenario?

I'm gonna win a national championship.

And then what?

It's clear to me now you won't be able to stop.

- You're going to keep going. - That-

No, you will.

I look around that room, and I see those people

giving you everything you've wanted your entire life.

What are we- What are we talkin' about? Are we talkin' about money?

It's about love.

And because you're so goddamn good at football,

they're just gonna keep givin' you more of it.

What- How-How is this a bad thing?

Because it's fake.

There's so much ego and so much pride

and so much economy

invested in my little boy with a mask.

And when that mask comes off and they see the truth,

which they will, we, we both know they will...

it's gonna be the Rose Bowl times a million, Russ.

You supported this!

You told me to come back. You came here tonight.

I was wrong!

I thought this was a small school, I didn't realize the scale of this thing.

I had no clue what you were doing!

Wow, Dad, that, that- [sighs] What a fuckin' surprise.

Oh, hey, I own my mistakes as a parent.

All of which I know led you right here.

Let me ask you a question.

Do you think Mom would approve of what you're doing,

- lying to the entire world? - You have- You have no idea.

You have no idea the good that is happening here.

Okay? I-I have, I have real friends.

Oh, what, Danny?

Your friend, Danny? He's a college boy.

Please, the way his eyes lit up when they mentioned the money?

He's using you, Russell.

The same way that you're using him.

- That is so fucked up. - And Ricky?

Come on.

Surely you know Ricky doesn't like you.

Russell, you're holding her hostage.

I mean, the fact that you think she's going to be with you after all this

is maybe your craziest delusion of all.

Son, listen to me, please.

If Chad Powers actually taught you to care about anybody other than yourself,

and God bless him if he did...

you have to walk away.

Now.

Before he destroys all of you.

Russell.

[exhales sharply]

- [? smooth piano music playing] - [people chattering]

[Danny] Chad.

Hey. I need to talk to you.

I just had the craziest conversation with Gerry.

- [Russ sighs] - Wait, what's going on?

Did you find Howard?

[Chad's voice] Yeah. Yeah, he left, so...

Oh.

I don't know what I was thinkin'. Just bringin' him here was so stupid.

We had no choice. And once again, we survived.

[sighs heavily]

Why are you doin' all this?

Or is it so you can get rich?

Okay, look... did I like being close to someone famous? Yes.

Have I thought about the money that could come from,

I don't know, a 10-year retrospective podcast?

Also, yes.

But... then it got real.

And it became about the mission.

What Chad stands for, who he stands for.

Everyone who's ever felt so judged that they put on a mask.

And... at some point, the answer to why I'm helping you

got a lot simpler than all that.

So, why are you?

Because you're my friend.

Come on.

When Scott here won the, uh, Crystal Catfish back in '99,

uh, I believe

[chuckles] we, we gave it to him in the, uh, back room of a Pizza Hut.

[audience laughing]

Catfish, we have come a long way, haven't we, y'all?

[audience applauding]

[cheering and applause]

[clears throat] Um... I-I certainly don't relish, uh, handing over this

to the, uh, to the guy who's breakin' all my records

from that season, but, um-

Uh, then let me do it 'cause he's makin' me look like a genius,

- running all my plays, and so... - [laughter]

Here you go, man.

Alright, uh, this year's Crystal Catfish Player of the Year,

your quarterback, Chad Powers.

- [audience applauding] - Where's Chad?

[cheering and applause]

[? dramatic music playing]

Howard?

No.

[audience applauding]

[audience member] Let's go, Powers!

- [slaps butt] - Oh.

[Rod] Give us a speech, Chad!

[Nishan] Yeah, orate us, baby.

[audience chuckles]

Alright.

[audience member] You the man, Chad!

Uh... t-thank you for this.

This is- it's a real honor.

And, um...

[softly] No speech.

You know, whenever I'm not playin' football...

what I miss most is the hurt.

The violence.

Guys runnin' a hundred miles an hour tryin' to crush you,

tryin' to lay you out, puttin' their hands on you.

In the real world, nobody touches you. [chuckles]

They still hurt you,

they just don't shake your hand afterwards.

You can't hit back.

[inhales sharply]

And when ya get knocked down,

you don't have your teammates to pick you back up.

[smacks lips]

Football, it's-it's dangerous.

It hurts, but...

not playin' hurts a lot more.

So, I'm gonna keep playin' until it kills me.

And I wanna keep playin' for South Georgia,

so I am comin' back next year!

[audience cheering]

I'm comin' back! I am back!

- [cheering continues] - That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

I'm comin' back!

[all] [chanting] Chad! Chad! Chad! Chad!

?

[cheering continues]

[? music fades out]

[vehicle approaches]

[Mike] Hi, for Mike?

[driver] No, you're not Mike.

I'm wearing a costume, ma'am.

[driver] No, I don't think so.

[Mike] Okay, I, I just wanna get outta here.

I have to be on set at 6:00 a.m. Can you please just open the door?

[driver] Mm-mmm. See, this is how people get hurt.

And this doesn't look like a costume, sir, that looks like your actual face.

Okay.

- Alright, is that good enough for you? - [driver] Oh! Um...

- You want me to take off the nose, too? - [driver] Um, no.

[? suspenseful music playing]

[car engine revving]

You know, there was a hay emergency.

It was a weevil in the bunker.

Oh, y'all! Look at this.

"Miss the hurt" is trendin', y'all.

- [Charlie chuckles] - Chad, your "I'm comin' back" speech

makes Tebow's "I'm comin' back" speech

look like Biden's "I'm comin' back" speech.

- Oh, yeah. - Good night, y'all!

- Good night. - Let me borrow Chad here for a second.

Oh. Alright, well, nighty-night.

- [Charlie] Powers. - [Tricia] Nighty-night!

- Hey, Powers. - Hey, Coach.

Just wanted you to know

that decisions like this, they can have consequences that

y-you can't always see in the moment.

So, maybe, you should discuss this with your dad.

My dad doesn't know what he's talkin' about.

- Okay. Alright. - Uh...

- Get some rest. - Okay.

Tomorrow, Vandy's gonna hurt.

- Hey. So... - Yep.

...I already have a few ideas

on how we can get away with this, financially speaking.

Chad, can I talk to you for a second?

Oh. Uh, yeah, alright.

- You wanna hold this fish? - Yeah.

Where's that booster guy?

Shut up. He left.

[Ricky breathing heavily]

What the hell, man?

[as Russ] What? What do you mean?

What? What do you mean what do I-

What was that?

What, you're gonna play another year? What, are you- Are you crazy?

A little, yeah. [chuckles]

You can't keep doing this.

Tell me to walk away.

Right now, tell me.

I will walk away, I'll disappear.

I promise you I will.

[sighs]

[? "Neon Moon" by Cigarettes After Sex playing]

See you tomorrow, Coach.

? When the sun goes down ?

? On my side of town ?

? That lonesome feelin' ?

? Comes to my door ?

? My whole world ?

? Turns blue ?

? There's a rundown bar ?

? 'Cross the railroad tracks ?

? Got a table for two ?

? Way in the back ?

? Where I sit alone ?

? And think of you ?

? I spend most every night ?

? Beneath the light of a neon moon ?

? If you lose your one and only ?

? There's always room here for the lonely ?

[? song fades out]

[? fanfare]

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