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[GIRL]: WHEN I FIRST CAME TO SUTTON ACADEMY,

I SAW IT AS A PLACE OF HISTORY AND POSSIBILITY,

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE,

AND, BEST OF ALL, A TICKET OUT OF MY REGULAR LIFE.

I LOVED IT...

THE IVY-COVERED BUILDINGS,

THE WOODED GROUNDS,

THE PICTURES OF RICH, DEAD PEOPLE...

ALL THOSE THINGS

THAT A GIRL LIKE ME FROM JUST DOWN THE STREET

HAS ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT.

BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DISCOVER

WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON BEHIND THOSE STONE WALLS.

COTTON McCRARY?

SAM MARISCAL?

[GIRL]: TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPED,

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS PARTICULAR PLACE...

DYLAN WHITMAN??

LUCAS HANSON?

...AT THIS PARTICULAR MENT IN TIME.

EMILY PALICZECK?

[EMILY]: IT'S ANOTHER WORLD...

THE PRIVILEGE, THE EXPECTATIONS,

THE HOTHOUSE ATMOSPHERE OF AN ESTEEMED PREP SCHOOL.

YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK.

WE'RE DEAD, MAN.

DEAD.

JUST STICK TO THE STORY.

GOT IT, SAM?

LUKE?

WE GOT THIS.

YEAH.

QUID PRO QUO.

YOU THINK ANY OF THOSE GUYS ARE ALIVE TODAY, HUH?

[EMILY]: MAYBE IT LOOKED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD

LIKE I WAS INVOLVED IN WHAT HAPPENED AT SUTTON...

WE'RE READY FOR YOU.

[EMILY]: BUT I'M INNOCENT.

ANY PART I SEEMED TO PLAY IN IT,

WELL, LIKE I SAID, LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING.

[ALL CHEERING AND SCREAMING]

[EMILY]: SENIOR YEAR.

IT WAS THE SAME THING SINCE CLASS FOUR,

THE SAME CASTE SYSTEM.

DYLAN WHITMAN,

THE SON OF A BILLIONAIRE SENATOR,

WAS AT THE TOP.

AT HIS SIDE, SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR,

WAS COTTON,

WHO CAME FROM OIL MONEY IN TEXAS,

AND SAM, THE SON OF AN ARGENTINE DIPLOMAT.

THEN THERE WAS MADISON AND THE ELITES,

THE PRETTY, RICH, POPULAR GIRLS

WHO WERE THEIR FEMALE COUNTERPARTS AND COHORTS,

RIGHT OUT OF A ZOOLOGY TEXTBOOK,

STAYING CLOSE TO THE ALPHA MALES

NEAR THE TOP OF THE POPULARITY CHAIN.

AT THE BOTTOM?

WELL, THAT WAS ME AND MY FRIENDS.

WE WERE REFERRED TO AS "THE HYSTERICS."

I'M NOT SURE WHY WE GOT CALLED THAT.

MAYBE BECAUSE I SORT OF WROTE

ALL THESE ARTICLES FOR THE PAPER

ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND DYING POLAR BEARS.

OR MAYBE BECAUSE MY BEST FRIEND AND CO-EDITOR, ANYA,

FREAKED OUT IN THE QUAD ONE TIME

BECAUSE SHE GOT A 99 ON A CALC TEST.

NOW SHE'S ON MEDS, SO SHE'S KIND OF MELLOWED OUT.

[CROWD FALLS SILENT]

AND THEN THERE WAS RAJ,

OUR HONORARY MALE HYSTERIC,

WHWAS HERE FROM INDIA DOING A POST-GRAD YEAR.

[DYLAN SHOUTS]: MY FATHER ONCE SAID,

"WINNERS BLAZE THEIR OWN TRAILS,

AND LOSERS

SIT AROUND WATCHING!"

TONIGHT,

WE'VE BLAZED OUR OWN TRAIL!

TONIGHT,

TRADITION, THE STRENGTH OF TEAMWORK,

AND THE DEPTH OF OUR FRIENDSHIPS

HAVE BROUGHT OUR SCHOOL AND EVERYONE HERE

VICTORY AND HONOR!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

HONOR? THEY'RE PROBABLY ON 'ROIDS.

WHO IS PUSHING?

HEY, MADISON.

HEY, EM,

OH, COULD YOU PLEASE NOT TAG ME IN ANY MORE PICTURES?

I UNTAGGED MYSELF

IN THOSE ONES OF US FROM FIRST YEAR.

THANKS.

[EMILY]: MADISON WASN'T ALWAYS THIS NICE.

MUST'VE CAUGHT HER ON A GOOD DAY.

[CHEERING AND SCREAMING]

[EMILY]: MAYBE WHAT IT WAS, WAS THIS...

"WHEN YOU GROW UP SUPER RICH, LIKE SOME KIDS AT SUTTON,

"NOTHING REALLY MATTERS TO YOU EXCEPT FOR GAMES,

"HENCE THE INEXPLICABLE PROMINENCE OF LACROSSE,

OR SEX."

GET SOME MORE OF LUKE.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

[EMILY]: WHEN HE FIRST TRANSFERRED HERE,

I REALLY THOUGHT LUCAS AND I HAD CLICKED.

HE WAS NEW, HE WAS SMART.

MAYBE IN ANOTHER PLACE, WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FRIENDS,

STAYED FRIENDS.

BUT THEN HE STARTED DATING HEATHER LEE,

WHO GOT HIM IN WITH THE POPULAR GUYS,

ESPECIALLY AFTER HE DEFLOWERED HER.

THAT'S THE GAME.

AND IF YOU'RE CUTE, AND SMART,

AND YOUR DAD'S JUST A RANDOM DENTIST,

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE, APPARENTLY.

[SHUTTER CLICKS]

[FRIENDLY KNOCK ON DOOR]

CAR'S HERE. YOU READY?

YEAH.

SO, DOES YOUR DAD ALWAYS SEND A LIMO?

IT'S A TOWN CAR.

AND MY DAD DOESN'T SEND JACK.

HIS ASSISTANT DOES IT.

LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE.

[EMILY]: LUCAS HAD BEEN HERE ALL OF TWO MONTHS,

AND WAS BASICALLY THE NEW ROBERT.

ROBERT WAS DYLAN'S PREVIOUS SIDEKICK...

UNTIL DYLAN HAD A THREE-WAY WITH ROBERT'S GIRLFRIEND

AND ROBERT TRANSFERRED TO MOUNTFORD.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE WAITRESS?

A BAG JOB.

THOUGH GIVEN THE SIZE OF HER HEAD,

YOU'D NEED A GROCERY BAG.

[LAUGHING]

STILL WAITING FOR ONE MORE?

YEAH, HE'S LATE.

NATURALLY.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO WHET YOUR PALATES

BEFORE HE GETS HERE?

ONLY IF YOU'RE PROVIDING THE BAG.

[SPLUTTERING WITH LAUGHTER]

JOHN...

SORRY I'M LATE, SON.

HEY, COTTON. SAM.

PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, SENATOR.

I'M LUCAS.

AH, THE NEW FORWARD.

DYLAN TOLD ME ABOUT YOU.

SO, WHAT'S THE DEAL?

YOU WANT THE COUNTRY CLUB, HUH?

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,

"LOOK WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME,"

BUT THIS IS GONNA BE A SMALL PARTY.

30 OR 40 PEOPLE

AT THE MOST.

WE'LL ONLY USE THE EAST WING.

ALL RIGHT,

SO LONG AS YOU COME SEE YOUR GRANDPARENTS

AT CHRISTMAS.

FINE.

SO, LUKE,

YOU'RE FROM NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, RIGHT?

UM... HICKMAN.

HICKMAN...

WHY IS THIS SO HARD?

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO WRITE SOMETHING POSITIVE?

I'M READY TO JUST QUIT THE PAPER.

I MEAN, WOULD IT MATTER?

WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN INTO SCHOOLS.

LOOK, YOU GOT DEFERRED FROM HARVARD.

AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM PRINCETON.

AND YOU'RE APPLYING TO, LIKE, 11 SCHOOLS REGULAR.

YOU'RE TOTALLY GONNA GET IN TO ONE OF THEM.

COME ON.

LET'S PUT THESE OUT.

NOBODY GETS INTO HARVARD EARLY, YOU CAN'T FEEL BAD.

THEIR OVERALL ACCEPTANCE RATE IS 6%.

THAT'S REALLY NOT MAKING ME FEEL BETTER...

[PAPERS TUMBLE]

OBSERVANT!

[EMILY]: THE IRONY WITH LUCAS WAS

HE ACTUALLY DESERVED TO GET INTO THE IVY LEAGUE.

HE JUST COULDN'T PAY FOR IT.

I MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE

ONE OF THESE PLACES WORK.

I'M GONNA NEED TO VISIT THE AID OFFICE.

MOM, I GOTTA GO, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT, BYE.

THANKS.

NO PROBLEM.

UH, YOU GUYS MADE THE FRONT.

WOW.

THANKS.

[EMILY]: THE SENIOR HAND-OFF WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER,

ONLY THE BIGGEST SYMBOLIC GESTURE

OF YOUR TIME AT SUTTON,

WHERE YOU BEQUEATH SOMETHING OF PERSONAL IMPORTANCE

TO THE UNDERCLASSMEN WHO WILL TAKE YOUR PLACE,

SOMETHING THAT WILL CEMENT YOUR LEGACY AT SUTTON FOREVER.

WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD BACK FROM PRINCETON?

SOMETIMES, THE MAIL'S HELD UP.

YOU'RE GONNA GET IN, DON'T WORRY.

[EMILY]: AND WHAT DID I HAVE TO BEQUEATH?

NOTHING BUT ANXIETY

AND AN UTTERLY COLLEGE-LESS FUTURE.

LET'S JUST GO AROUND THEM.

I'M REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD.

HEY, LUKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE

WHAT TO BEQUEATH TO THE JUNIORS AT THE HANDOFF.

YEAH, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT,

MAYBE, LIKE, HIRING HOOKERS.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I'M NOT PAYING FOR ANYTHING THAT PATHETIC.

CHECK OUT THE WRITE-UP.

THAT'S A GREAT PICTURE.

LOOK, YOU CAN TOTALLY SEE MY PACKAGE.

NO...

HORIZONTAL HEATHER?

YOU TOLD EVERYONE WE'RE HAVING SEX?

IT'S JUST IDLE LOCKER ROOM TALK.

I DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

IT'S MY REPUTATION, LUCAS.

IT'S LIKE...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.

LIKE THE SWEET, HONEST GUY I FIRST MET,

THE GUY YOU ARE AROUND ME,

IS A TOTAL FRONT.

AND UNDERNEATH, YOU'RE JUST THIS JERK.

YOU ARE JUST LIKE DYLAN AND COTTON,

WHO, BY THE WAY, THOUGHT YOU WERE A LOSER

UNTIL I STARTED DATING YOU...

WHICH I'M NOT ANYMORE.

WHAT AM I GONNA DO?

YEAH, OKAY, SHE'S HOT,

BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF DIMES OUT THERE.

YEAH, BUT SHE WAS SO...

AMAZING...

GUYS, COULD YOU TAKE THIS OUTSIDE?

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THIS OUTSIDE?

I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?

CRICKETS?

IT'S A BIOLOGY PROJECT.

AND THIS IS MY ROOM, TOO.

OH?

BECAUSE ONE COULD SAY THIS IS MY ROOM, RAJ.

SINCE MY GRANDFATHER PAID FOR IT.

JUST LIKE HE PAID FOR YOUR SCHOLARSHIP.

SO, TECHNICALLY, NOT ONLY DO I OWN THIS ROOM,

I OWN YOU.

SO PISS OFF.

[CHUCKLING]

JUST PULL IT TOGETHER FOR THE GAME.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[GOAL HORN BLARES]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

WHO IS SHE WITH?

WE JUST BROKE UP.

GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME, MAN!

IT'S OUT THERE!

I GOTTA MAKE A CALL.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[EMILY]: THIS WAS THE MOMENT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.

HEY, IT'S ME!

[FATHER, OVER CELL PHONE]: IT'S HERE, IT CAME.

OKAY, OPEN IT.

[MOTHER, OVER PHONE]: WE WERE WAITING

UNTIL WE GOT YOU ON THE PHONE.

[FATHER]: IT'S THICK.

IT'S A BIG, THICK LETTER FROM PRINCETON.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, OPEN IT.

DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT FINANCIAL AID?

[MOTHER]: HMM...

WHAT?

SOMETHING'S WRONG. WHAT'S WRONG?

[MOTHER]: SWEETIE,

DID YOU ORDER A CATALOGUE OF EXTENSION CLASSES?

[SOBBING ECHOES]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[HORN BLARES]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[TEAM CHANTING]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

WHERE'D YOU GO? WHAT'S WRONG?

MY ENTIRE LIFE.

COME ON.

[TATTOO NEEDLE BUZZING]

[WINCING IN PAIN]

YOU JUST NEED A REBOUND, OKAY?

YEAH, DUDE, DON'T WORRY.

THERE'LL BE TONS OF ARMINGTON GIRLS

AT THE PARTY.

YEAH. I INVITED THEM ALL.

[WINCING]

[SIGHS]

"VIVERE EST VINCERE."

TO LIVE IS TO CONQUER.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]

GOT THE PARTY FAVORS.

AND A LITTLE NUGGET OF INFO.

RAN INTO HEATHER'S FRIEND, RACH.

I GOTTA KNOW, LUKE.

IS IT TRUE?

WHAT?

THAT YOU'RE A VIRGIN.

THAT YOU NEVER ACTUALLY HAD SEX WITH HEATHER?

UH...

[LAUGHING]

YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T.

WE WERE WAITING.

[LAUGHTER]

WAITING?

[LAUGHING]

YOU'RE USELESS!

WE'RE GONNA TAKE BACK YOUR TATTOO!

[LAUGHTER]

IT'S POURING,

AND WE DIDN'T GET SIGNED OUT.

WE COULD GET WRITTEN UP.

WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO?

CALL HARVARD AND HAVE THEM RESCIND YOUR ADMISSION?

WHO INVITED YOU TO THIS ANYWAY?

MADISON.

LIKE... MADISON FROM THE ELITES?

THAT YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH FRESHMAN YEAR AND HATE?

WHY WOULD SHE INVITE YOU?

I DON'T KNOW,

MAYBE SHE WAS FEELING NOSTALGIC,

THIS BEING SENIOR YEAR AND ALL.

COME ON, EM.

CAN'T WE JUST STAY IN AND WATCH HOARDERS?

DID YOU SEE THE ONE WITH THE RAT GUY?

OKAY, WHAT THE "F," ANYA?

IT IS SENIOR YEAR,

AND I WOULD LIKE SOME MEMORIES

OUTSIDE OF THE DAMNED LIBRARY,

AND SO WOULD YOU.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO GET DRUNK,

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO BOYS,

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME "F" ING FUN.

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[GIGGLES]

ARE YOU TRYING TO GET DRUNK?

YUP.

EMILY

CRAZY SEEING YOU HERE.

HEY, UH...

YEAH, WE JUST THOUGHT WE'D STOP BY

AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE BOYS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON HARVARD, ANYA.

WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO HANG OUT THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU TAKING?

[EMILY]: MADISON,

WHO ONLY MADE A 670

ON THE VERBAL SECTION OF HER SAT...

ONE OF THE LOWEST SCORES AT SCHOOL...

HAD OBVIOUSLY ONLY GOTTEN IN BECAUSE SHE WAS A LEGACY.

BUT THAT WAS LIFE, AND IT WAS HARSH.

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL.

TO LUKE GETTING IT ON!

TO LUKE.

HEY, UH, SO,

I WAS THINKING FOR THE SENIOR HANDOFF,

WHAT IF WE BEQUEATHED, LIKE, TWO CRATES OF EVERCLEAR?

WHAT?

IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING EPIC!

I MEAN, IT'S, LIKE,

HOW DO WE TOP EVERYTHING WE'VE ALREADY DONE HERE.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SAY...

"LIVE UP TO THIS, PEOPLE."

LIKE HOW ANDY

AND THE SENIORS FROM LAST YEAR

MADE BRONZE CASTS OF THEIR UNITS

AND BEQUEATHED THAT?

LIKE, "WE WERE GODS HERE."

I WANT TO DO SOMETHING

THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FOR YEARS HERE.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

ALL RIGHT.

THE ELITES ARE HERE.

SHALL WE GO DOWNSTAIRS?

I'LL COME DOWN IN A MINUTE,

I'M JUST GOING TO...

FINISH IT OFF.

[LAUGHING]

HEY.

CRAP, I WAS JUST...

YEAH.

[EMILY]: PERHAPS IT WAS FATE.

IN BOTH TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE WORLD,

WE FOUND EACH OTHER.

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOU AND HEATHER.

IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER,

I KIND OF GOT DUMPED BY THE WHOLE IVY LEAGUE.

YEAH?

[CHUCKLES RUEFULLY]

I'LL PROBABLY GO TO NEBRASKA.

I THOUGHT YOU GOT INTO YALE.

YEAH, IF ONLY I COULD AFFORD IT.

IS IT WEIRD THAT WE'RE TALKING?

WHY WOULD IT BE WEIRD?

'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T TALKED IN, LIKE, FOREVER.

[CHUCKLES] YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT?

WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE WERE FRIENDS,

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU JUST STOPPED SAYING HI.

WELL, YOU STARTED DATING HEATHER, SO...

YEAH.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

EMILY? HELLO?

WHERE ARE YOU?

CALL ME. I WANNA GO.

[GIGGLING]

DUDE!

LUKE'S ON A SECURITY CAMERA, HOOKING UP WITH SOME UGLY NERD.

COME ON.

[LAUGHING]

I WAS LOOKING FOR A GLASS,

AND THEN BAM! THIS IS ON.

[LAUGHTER]

AW MAN, STOP 'EM. THIS IS RAPE.

SHE'S TAKING ADVANTAGE.

[LAUGHTER]

OH, GOD, EMILY, GET YOUR CLOTHES!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?

LET'S GO, EMILY.

YOU'RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF.

I'M NOT EMBARRASSING MYSELF!

YES, YOU ARE, EMILY!

EVERYONE'S UPSTAIRS WATCHING!

OH, MY GOD.

[LAUGHTER]

[GROANING AND LAUGHING]

[SHUTTER CLICKING]

WAS THIS YOUR ATTEMPT AT GETTING SOME?

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

OH, MAN, YOU ARE A CHOADE.

NO!

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT DOWN.

IF ANYTHING GOES ON THE WALL OF SHAME,

IT'S THIS.

[LAUGHTER]

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS DRUNK.

ONE WOULD HOPE.

[LAUGHTER]

AND YOU'RE STILL A VIRGIN!

[LAUGHTER]

[ALL FALLING SILENT]

I FIGURED IT OUT.

WHAT?

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE HANDOFF.

AND IT'S GONNA SOMETHING NOBODY'S EVER GONNA FORGET HERE.

WHAT'S THAT?

A SEX TAPE.

[CHUCKLES IN UNCERTAINTY]

[LAUGHS]

[EMILY]: AND SO THE INEVITABLE COURSE OF EVENTS

BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE.

IT WAS LIKE A GREEK TRAGEDY,

ONLY WITHOUT HEROES.

IT'LL BE WITH A WHOLE GROUP OF GIRLS.

LIKE A GROUP SEX TAPE?

YEAH.

ALL OF US, IN UNIFORM, IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

IT'LL BE OUR LAST VICTORY, OUR LAST SCORE, AS A TEAM,

AND IT'LL BE MORE EPIC THAN ANY CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT'LL BE SO EPIC.

THEN, AT THE SENIOR HANDOFF,

WE BEQUEATH A COPY OF THE VIDEO TO THE JUNIORS ON THE TEAM.

WE'LL BE LEGENDS HERE.

[LAUGHING AND HIGH-FIVING]

I DON'T KNOW.

VIRGIN ANXIETY?

YOU DON'T THINK IT'S BIG ENOUGH?

WHAT IF WE GET CAUGHT?

LOOK AROUND.

THIS PLACE ISN'T YOURS.

IS IT?

IS IT?

NO.

SEE, THAT'S THE WRONG ATTITUDE.

YOU'RE NEVER GONNA END UP DOING ANYTHING

WITH THAT ATTITUDE.

THE WORLD IS HERE TO BE CONQUERED.

VIVERE EST VINCERE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

ME?

PEOPLE ARE GONNA KNOW I WAS THE MAN HERE.

YEARS FROM NOW AT THIS SCHOOL,

PEOPLE ARE GONNA KNOW I WAS THE MAN.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

ARE THEY GONNA REMEMBER YOU AS THE VIRGIN

WHO HOOKED UP WITH WEDNESDAY ADDAMS

AT THE PARTY AND GOT BUSTED?

[LAUGHING]

OR ARE THEY GONNA REMEMBER YOU AS THE MAN?

I'M IN.

I'M IN.

YOU BETTER BE.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS NERVOUSLY]

WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE REST OF THE DETAILS LATER.

WE HAVE TIME.

YOU HOOKED UP WITH LUCAS

IN THE STORAGE ROOM?

MY ROOMMATE?

THAT IS DISTURBING ON SO MANY LEVELS.

WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND?

NOTHING. I WAS DRUNK.

I WAS JUST GOING WITH MY FEELINGS.

FEELINGS?

YOU CANNOT HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM.

I FORBID IT.

YES, AND WHAT ABOUT PHILLIP?

WHY DOES EVERYBODY LIKE PHILLIP SO MUCH?

WE HUNG OUT TWICE AND MADE OUT ONCE.

THAT WAS IT.

COME ON, HE GOES TO HARVARD.

WELL, ISN'T HE SPECIAL?

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST DON'T LIKE HIM LIKE THAT.

SO YOU MAKE AN ASS OF YOURSELF

WITH DYLAN'S NEW SIDEKICK?

HE IS NOT A BAD GUY.

ACTUALLY, HE'S KIND OF ADORABLE.

[SCOFFING] OH, GOD.

HE PROBABLY SET THE CAMERAS UP ON PURPOSE.

TYPICAL CHAUVINIST CRAP.

NO, HE DIDN'T, AND I KNOW THAT.

I KISSED HIM. I MADE THE MOVE.

I'M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD BE MORE IMPRESSED

OR CONSIDERABLY LESS IMPRESSED.

COME ON, RAJ.

WE NEED TO GET TO STUDY HALL.

COMING?

YEAH, UH...

I'LL BE THERE IN A BIT.

LUCAS!

HEY!

HEY, UH, LUCAS.

UH, I WANTED TO, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT LAST NIGHT.

[TITTERING]

WE'LL GIVE YOU TWO SOME SPACE, HUH?

LOOK, I...

I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE ABOUT EVERYTHING.

OH.

I KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT,

DESPITE WHAT ANYA THINKS.

HOW WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THERE WERE CAMERAS THERE?

OH, NO, NO, THAT'S...

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

I MEANT THAT, UM...

IT WAS A MISTAKE.

WHAT WAS?

ALL OF IT.

YOU, ME, THE WHOLE THING.

SO, UH...

LET'S JUST PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED?

YEAH...

YEAH. I WAS...

I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.

[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT.

[RETCHING MOCKINGLY]

[GIGGLING]

[EMILY]: WHY WAS NOBODY EVER INTERESTED IN ME?

I WAS INTELLIGENT, AND THOUGHTFUL,

AND LOYAL TO A FAULT,

AND I HAD TONS OF PERSONALITY.

I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

IT WAS SUTTON.

IT'S NOT FOUR YEARS OF LIFE.

IT'S FOUR YEARS OF INDOCTRINATION

INTO OBJECTIFICATION AND SEXUAL INEQUALITY.

ARE YOU OKAY?

[EMILY]: THIS SCHOOL IS FILLED WITH INJUSTICE.

INEQUALITY.

IF YOU'RE NOT BEAUTIFUL, OR IF YOU DON'T PUT OUT,

GUYS WILL IGNORE YOU,

AND YOUR BEST FRIENDS TURN AGAINST YOU FRESHMAN YEAR,

AND YOU END UP BEING ALONE AND A VIRGIN,

AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES YOUR SPOT AT HARVARD.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS,

BUT NOBODY EVER SAYS ANYTHING.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

THIS SEMESTER,

WE'VE SURVEYED THE EVENTS THAT SHAPED HISTORY.

FOR YOUR TERM PAPER,

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE EVENTS.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE DECISIONS THEY MADE

AND HOW THESE DECISIONS

DETERMINED THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS,

WHAT SETS A GREAT LEADER APART FROM A LOUSY?

HOW DO WE REMEMBER PEOPLE?

FOR WHAT THEY DID OR FOR WHO THEY ARE?

IN THIS HAT

ARE PIECES OF PAPER WITH YOUR NAMES.

YOU WILL BE TEAMING UP WITH A PARTNER,

AND YOU WILL BE TASKED A CASE STUDY,

DUE ON THE FINAL DAY BEFORE BREAK.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT,

RESEARCH, ANALYZE AND PRESENT

ON A SPECIFIC LEADER AND A DECISION THAT HE MADE,

LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS, THE CONSEQUENCES,

AND HOW HISTORY REMEMBERS HIM...

OR HER.

IT CAN BE A HER ALSO.

OKAY, SO...

WHO ARE YOUR PARTNERS?

DYLAN?

I GOT COTTON.

EXCELLENT.

[EMILY]: IT WAS COMPLETELY LUCK OF THE DRAW,

BUT I PICKED LUCAS.

EMILY?

UH, LUCAS HANSON.

[EMILY]: AS IF FATE WAS TRYING TO PULL US TOGETHER.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

LOOK, I DON'T LIKE THIS ARRANGEMENT

ANY MORE THAN YOU DO.

WHAT?

OH, COME ON.

YOU'RE EMBARRASSED TO BE SEEN WITH ME.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

IT'S FINE. I GET IT.

I DON'T CONFER SOCIAL STATUS ON YOU.

HUH? [CHUCKLES]

OKAY, LOOK, I GOTTA GO,

BUT, UM, GIVE ME A CALL THIS WEEK,

AND WE'LL FIND A TIME TO MEET, UP, OKAY?

HERE IS MY NUMBER.

WHAT ABOUT TRUMAN'S DECISION TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB?

IT WAS MURDER.

PEOPLE LOVE TRUMAN, BUT THAT WAS MURDER.

[SIGHS]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

HE SAVED MILLIONS OF JAPANESE AND AMERICAN LIVES

THAT WOULD HAVE DIED

IN A PROTRACTED GROUND WAR,

WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE VIETNAM

LOOK LIKE A PLAYGROUND.

THE BIG DECISIONS AREN'T BLACK AND WHITE.

[SCOFFS]

WELL THEN, WHAT ABOUT ROSA PARKS?

THE ASSIGNMENT WAS TO TALK ABOUT WORLD LEADERS

MAKING GLOBAL DECISIONS.

LITTLE DECISIONS CAN BE JUST AS IMPORTANT

AS THE DECISION TO DROP A NUCLEAR BOMB.

IN FACT, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT SHOULD BE ROSA PARKS.

OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT.

A REAL PERSON, WHO DID WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT,

AGAINST ALL ODDS.

AGAINST WHAT WAS EASY FOR HER AT THAT MOMENT.

YEAH, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ROSA PARKS.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST ROSA PARKS?

IS IT BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN?

[SCOFFS] NO.

IT'S JUST...

IT'S A LITTLE NINTH GRADE TO BE WRITING ABOUT HER.

[SIGHS]

OKAY.

WE'LL DO ROSA PARKS.

I'M OVER IT.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE TO GO.

NOW?

WHAT?

YOU DON'T THINK I HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF THIS LIBRARY?

ACTUALLY, I HAVE A DATE.

OKAY.

IT'S JUST WITH THIS GUY, PHILLIP,

THAT I'M SORT OF SEEING.

HE GOES TO HARVARD.

HUH.

COOL.

OKAY, BYE.

HAVE FUN.

[SIGHING] COME ON, EM.

CARPE DIEM.

PHILLIP?

HEY, IT'S EMILY.

HEY.

HEY!

IT'S, UM...

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE... YOU, TOO.

PHEW!

[CHUCKLES]

SO, UM...

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TONIGHT?

UH... DO YOU WANT TO GO TO A MOVIE?

ACTUALLY, I'D RATHER HAVE SEX.

[WHIRRING]

[NEWS REPORT]: ...YOU'VE PULLED DEAD EVEN WITH CASSIDY

IN WHAT IS CLEARLY A TWO-PERSON RACE,

BUT THESE ACCUSATIONS...

YOUR ROOMBA KEEPS BUMPING ME.

I'M SORRY.

NO, THEY'RE NOT,

BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRUTH TO ANY OF IT.

HERE'S THE TRUTH.

IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO.

I WASN'T DRINKING AND DRIVING.

THE WEATHER WAS BAD,

AND THE ACCIDENT WASN'T MY FAULT.

THE POLICE REPORTS ATTEST TO THAT.

[REPORTER]: BUT THESE ALLEGATIONS

DON'T SEEM TO BE GOING AWAY.

[SENATOR]: THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE CLASSIC YELLOW JOURNALISM,

AND THEY COME FROM MY RIVAL'S CAMPAIGN.

DON'T YOU THINK IF I'D DONE SOMETHING WRONG,

I'D HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED?

WE HAVE A JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY,

AND I BELIEVE IN IT,

AND SO DO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

YOU DON'T THINK HE DID IT?

THE WOMAN CAME OUT AND SAID THAT HE WASN'T AT FAULT.

COME ON, IT'S A SMEAR CAMPAIGN.

OKAY, SO...

I GOT THE CONDOMS.

TWO DIFFERENT KINDS.

ONE THAT GLOWS.

[IMITATING LIGHTSABER]

WE COULD JUST USE THE REGULAR ONES.

SURE.

ALSO, I GOT A BOTTLE OF VODKA.

DID YOU WANT SOME?

YES, PLEASE.

[GIGGLES]

I'M READY.

I CAN SEE THAT.

[LAUGHING NERVOUSLY]

UM...

YOU CAN TALK DIRTY IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW?

LIKE, GET REALLY LOUD.

I-I LIKE THAT.

OKAY, SURE.

OKAY, I CAN'T DO THIS.

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T DO THIS.

WHAT?

UM...

PHILLIP, I THINK I LIKE SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT'S OKAY, I DON'T MIND.

COULD YOU JUST TAKE ME HOME?

I'LL CALL YOU, OKAY?

HEY, COACH, HOW'S IT GOING?

HEY, COTTON, WHAT'S GOING ON?

AH, NOT TOO MUCH.

I WAS JUST WONDERING

IF I COULD GET YOUR ADVICE ON SOMETHING?

YEAH. COME ON.

[COTTON]: I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS,

BUT...

[EMILY]: EVENTS WERE IN MOTION,

LIKE A RIVER RUNNING ITS COURSE.

[KEYS JINGLING]

[CHUCKLING IN TRIUMPH]

SO MADISON'S HAVING

A LITTLE GET-TOGETHER TONIGHT, EH?

SHE JUST BROKE UP WITH HER BOYFRIEND,

SO SHE'S ON THE PROWL.

MADISON'S HEATHER'S EX-BEST FRIEND.

JUMP ON THAT.

GET SOME REVENGE.

[LAUGHING] WHAT?

NO. NO WAY.

COME ON.

DON'T TELL ME IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO YOU.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT.

I WOULD.

I DID.

[PARTY MUSIC POUNDING]

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT

YOU COULD DO BETTER THAN HEATHER.

INTERESTING BONG.

MAX GAVE IT TO ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

YOU INHALE THROUGH THE MOUTH.

[LAUGHS]

UM...

COME ON.

TELL ME YOU'RE NOT

THAT INSECURE ABOUT YOUR MASCULINITY.

I WON'T TELL.

I'M TOTALLY COMFORTABLE.

RIGHT, UH...

WHERE DO THEY SELL THESE?

IT'S MAX'S FACE.

HE MADE A MOLD OF IT.

OH.

HEY.

HOW'S IT GOING?

GREAT.

DO YOU HAVE A CONDOM?

NO, BUT I HAVE MORNING AFTER PILLS.

MAX!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH HER?

- GET OUT OF HERE! - WHAT THE HELL!

HEY, HEY...

YOU'RE JUST GONNA HOOK UP WITH THIS GUY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- LEAVE HER ALONE! - CHILL!

YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M OUT. I'M OUT!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

LUKE...

FREAKING STAY AWAY FROM HER!

WE NEED TO TALK, BABE.

I'M SO SICK OF ALL THIS FIGHTING.

I'M SORRY.

I LOVE YOU.

MAX, I AM SO OVER THIS!

DUDE, YOU GOT JUST GOT OWNED BY A STUFFED CLOWN!

[LAUGHTER]

HEY. YOU OKAY?

REALLY?

YOU COULD HAVE A CONCUSSION OR A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA,

WHICH MEANS YOU COULD DIE IN YOUR SLEEP.

DIE IN MY SLEEP?

I WATCH A LOT OF GREY'S ANATOMY.

I'M FINE, OKAY? I'M JUST GONNA...

SERIOUSLY.

I MEAN, DID HE HIT YOU?

I HAVE... IBUPROFEN.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU JUST... CARRY THAT AROUND WITH YOU?

I GET MIGRAINES.

I'M GONNA GO.

[MADISON]: I'M SICK OF YOUR APOLOGIES.

YOU ALWAYS SCREWING UP,

AND YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE, "I'M SORRY. I WAS DRUNK."

[MAX]: I WAS! IT WAS THE SHOTS!

YOU GOTTA TAKE ME BACK!

[MADISON]: I'M GONNA BE AT HARVARD.

YOU'RE AT NORTHEASTERN.

IT'LL NEVER WORK ANYWAY.

SERIOUSLY? YOU'RE SERIOUSLY NOT GONNA TAKE ME BACK?

YOU'RE CATCHING ON.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, OKAY?

YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS ATTITUDE,

BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF HOT, BUT YOU'RE BORING.

ALL YOU DO IS TALK ABOUT YOURSELF.

THE ONLY REASON ANYBODY'S HERE TODAY

IS BECAUSE IT'S A COOL PLACE TO PARTY

AND THERE'S FREE BOOZE.

NOBODY'S HERE BECAUSE OF YOU.

KNOW WHY YOUR PARENTS ARE NEVER HOME?

BECAUSE NOBODY ACTUALLY GIVES A CRAP ABOUT YOU.

[GIRLS GIGGLING]

LOOK, MADISON,

YOU'RE LETTING YOURSELF CARE,

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS,

WHO CARES WHAT SOME JERK THINKS ABOUT YOU?

NO. I KNOW.

YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT.

THANKS.

[SIGHS HEAVILY]

SO I'LL TAKE THE PRIMARY SOURCES

IF YOU TAKE THE SECONDARY.

PERFECT.

ARE YOU OKAY AFTER LAST NIGHT?

YOU SEEM UPSET.

NO.

REALLY, I'M FINE.

THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSING IN 10 MINUTES.

WE COULD JUST STUDY IN MY ROOM.

AFTER HOURS?

YEAH, IT'S FINE.

MY DORM DAD'S PRETTY LAX.

IT'S NOT LIKE ANYTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN, RIGHT?

OF COURSE NOT.

BUT... PARIETALS.

IF A GIRL GETS CAUGHT IN A GUY'S ROOM AFTER HOURS,

THEY'LL BOTH GET SUSPENDED.

LIVE A LITTLE.

COME ON, I'LL SNEAK YOU IN THE BACK.

HMM.

CAPOTE?

FRANZEN?

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TASTE.

OH, EXCEPT FOR THE ROTH.

WHAT?

HIS BOOKS ARE AMAZING.

ARE YOU INTO VONNEGUT?

EH, JUST HIS '60s STUFF.

ALL RIGHT.

WE SHOULD WORK.

DID YOU FIND THE QUOTE I WAS TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT?

NOTHING.

NO, I DIDN'T.

WHAT'S WRONG?

IT'S REALLY WEIRD.

I, UM...

I FOUND THIS CARVING ON MY DESK THE OTHER DAY.

"LUCAS '22."

THERE WAS A GUY NAMED LUCAS HERE IN 1922?

IN THE SAME ROOM.

NUTS, RIGHT?

I WONDER...

WHAT DID HE DO HERE?

WHAT DID HE DO WITH HIS LIFE?

OUR WHOLE LIVES ARE HERE.

ABOUT TO START.

OR NOT.

YEAH.

HAVE YOU DECIDED

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT SCHOOLS?

I DON'T KNOW.

BACK TO NEBRASKA.

UNLESS THERE'S SOME MIRACLE IN WHICH I CAN AFFORD YALE.

HEY, LOOK, UM...

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEX.

WHY NOT?

UH, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.

OH...

UH, I JUST WANT IT TO BE WITH SOMEONE

THAT I KNOW REALLY WELL.

I MEAN, THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.

YOU KNOW?

OKAY.

YEAH, UH...

YOU'RE A ROMANTIC.

YEAH, THIS IS FINE.

I LIKE THIS.

YEAH?

YEAH.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

IT'S YOUR R.A.

HIDE.

YOUNG MAN, OPEN THIS DOOR AT ONCE.

UH, IT'S OPEN.

[SIGHS IN RELIEF]

DUDE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

YOU LOOK LIKE COTTON

THAT TIME I CAUGHT HIM LOOKING AT GAY PORN.

IT WAS A POP-UP, MAN.

HOW MANY TIMES DO I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT?

I WAS JUST READING.

WITH MY HEADPHONES ON.

WELL, COME ON,

WE'VE GOT TO GO SCOPE OUT THE ACC.

RIGHT NOW?

YEAH.

THIS THING HAS TO BE PLANNED METICULOUSLY.

UH... YEAH...

ALL RIGHT, YEAH.

LET'S GO.

[EMILY]: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS

LUCAS AND THE OTHERS WERE PLANNING SOMETHING,

BUT I WAS TOO WRAPPED UP IN MY FEELINGS TO NOTICE...

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

"...STILL BELIEVING IN THE FAIRYTALE

OF WHAT SUTTON SHOULD BE INSTEAD OF WHAT IT WAS.

[SIGHS]

DUDE, YOU CAN PUT THE CAMERA UP THERE.

IT'S PERFECT.

OKAY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

WE CAN'T TURN ANY OF THE LIGHTS ON,

OTHERWISE SECURITY'S GONNA KNOW SOMEBODY'S IN HERE.

SO..?

SO THE CAMERA'S NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING

WITHOUT ANY OF THE LIGHTS ON.

WHAT ABOUT NIGHT VISION?

[SCOFFS]

MY ROOMMATE HAS IT ON HIS CAMERA.

ITSN'T WORK.

I HAVE A NIGHT VISION ON MY CAMERA, TOO.

NO, IT'S THE REAL DEAL.

IT'S A SPECIAL LENS HE GOT.

ITORKS. WE SAW IT.

HIS BUG PROJECT.

LUKE, YOU'RE A GENIUS.

[CHUCKLING]

IT'S THE PROPERTY OF THE JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT.

RAJ, IT'S SCHOOL PROPERTY.

IT SHOULD BE FOR ALL OF US TO USE.

WE JUST NEED IT FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE IT FOR?

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

COME ON.

WE'LL PAY YOU.

A HUNDRED BUCKS.

WE JUST NEED IT ONE NIGHT.

200.

FINE.

WHEN DO YOU WANT IT?

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

SOME TIME THIS WEEK?

I GOTTA GO STUDY.

WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

IT COULD BE ANY TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE GIRLS?

YEAH, SERIOUSLY.

WHO'S GONNA LET US RECORD THEM?

WE DON'T NEED TO TELL THEM THEY'RE BEING RECORDED, DOUCHE.

[ANYA]: YOU SERIOUSLY CAN'T BE CONSIDERING

ASKING HIM ON A DATE.

IT'S NOT A DATE.

OUR TERM PAPER'S ON ROSA PARKS,

CORNELL WEST IS GIVING A LECTURE ABOUT HER

OVER AT HARVARD.

SOUNDS LIKE A DATE TO ME.

A LECTURE?

AND SO WHAT?

WHAT IF IT IS A DATE, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

EMILY,

YOU'RE GONNA REGRET IT.

HE'S A MEGALOMANIAC JERK, JUST LIKE DYLAN.

HE...

HE JUST FELL IN WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE

WHEN HE GOT HERE.

HE IS A REALLY SWEET GUY ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW HIM.

WHY DO YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ME?

DESPITE HAVING A PERFECT GRADE POINT AVERAGE,

YOU DO NOT HAVE A MONOPOLY ON BEING RIGHT.

YEAH, NO, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH!

I MEAN, IT'D BE KIND OF FUN, RIGHT?

TO HANG OUT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL?

RESEARCH-BASED, YOU KNOW?

YEAH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THAT.

[LAUGHS AWKWARDLY]

COMPLETELY.

RIGHT.

[BELL RINGS]

I'M LATE FOR CLASS.

OKAY... AND WE SHOULD GET DINNER.

RIGHT?

SO WE WON'T BE HUNGRY.

- YEAH. - YEAH, SOME PLACE CASUAL.

- YEAH. - YEAH. I LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU LATER.

[MADISON]: WHAT DO YOU CARE

IF THE HOUSEKEEPING BILL IS DOUBLE?

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HOME IN TWO MONTHS!

YEAH? WELL, MAYBE I WISH YOU WERE ANGRY.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER

THE LAST TIME YOU GOT ANGRY AT ME.

FINE, WHATEVER.

DOES MOM EVEN WANT TO TALK?

FINE.

HEY, MADISON.

HEY, EM.

CAN WE TALK LATER?

I'M JUST...

I NEED TO GO STUDY.

AND THEN MY MOM WAS LIKE,

"MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET THERAPY,"

AND I'M LIKE, "YOU SHOULD GET THERAPY.

YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE BOOB JOB."

[LAUGHS]

SO, UH, WHAT ABOUT YOUR PARENTS?

UH, MY MOM RKS AT A DEPARTMENT STORE.

HMM.

AND YOUR DAD?

HE WAS A CONTRACTOR.

BUT...

HE DIED WHEN I WAS 10.

I'M...

I'M SORRY.

UH, HOW DID HE...?

HEART ATTACK.

JUST DROPPED DEAD.

I'M SO SORRY. THAT'S TERRIBLE.

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

YEAH, BUT...

STILL, I'M SORRY.

DON'T BE.

LIFE'S LIKE THAT.

UH, NO. [CHUCKLES]

WE'RE SPLITTING IT.

NO, NO, IT'S FINE.

IT'S THE GUY'S JOB TO PAY.

YEAH, THAT'S REALLY PROGRESSIVE.

PLEASE, DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE SUCH A GENTLEMAN.

[CHUCKLES]

AREN'T I?

[LAUGHS]

I HAVE A PROPOSITION.

WHAT IF...

WE SKIP THE LECTURE AND WE GO DO SOMETHING ELSE?

LIKE WHAT?

[CLAMOR OF CARNIVAL BELLS AND WHISTLES

[LAUGHING]

IT'S ALL ABOUT PRECISION...

I'M NOT DOING THIS...

[LAUGHING]

I CAN HANDLE MY OWN MOLES!

I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THE RAIN.

IT'S OKAY, SERIOUSLY.

I MEAN, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW

THAT PEOPLE EVEN WENT TO CARNIVALS AT ALL, SO...

[LAUGHS]

WELL, IN NEBRASKA,

IT'S KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR

WHEN THE CARNIVAL COMES.

YOU LEARN EARLY ON TO STAY AWAY FROM THE GRAVITRON.

YOU'LL PUKE ALL DAY OTHERWISE...

[LAUGHS]

SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THE ELITES WOULD ENJOY.

[CHUCKLES]

[BARKER SHOUTING]: COME ON, COME ON.

YOU GOT ENOUGH BALLS?

YOU ONLY GOT THREE.

SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN THAT TO HIT IT.

I TOLD YA!

COME ON...

[LAUGHTER]

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THAT GUY GETS PAID

TO DO THAT?

WELL, AT LEAST IT'S RAINING.

THE WORLD NEEDS TO BE MORE FAIR.

IT SHOULD BE, BUT IT'S NOT.

IT COULD BE.

WHY?

BECAUSE COMMUNISM WORKS?

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO BE POOR AND WORK CRAPPY JOBS

SO OTHERS CAN GET RICH.

OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN.

AM NOT! TAKE IT BACK.

FINE. YOU'RE AN ELITIST.

[SCOFFS] SERIOUSLY, I'M NOT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT...

I'M A REALIST.

IT'S SAD, BUT IT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE.

IT'S THE WAY THE WORLD'S ALWAYS WORKED.

IT'S THE WAY IT ALWAYS WILL WORK.

NOTHING WE'RE GONNA DO IS GONNA CHANGE THAT.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES] SORRY.

WHAT?

I HAVE TO GO.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

UM...

SOMETHING JUST CAME UP.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HANG WITH MY COUSIN AFTER THIS

AND GO OUT IN BOSTON.

IT'S JUST KIND OF AN EMERGENCY.

OKAY.

YEAH.

[EMILY ]: HE SAID HE HAD A NICE TIME,

OFFERED CAB MONEY, AND LEFT.

AND THAT WAS IT.

[DYLAN, OVER PHONE]: THE GIRLS ARE NO LONGER AN ISSUE.

I FOUND SOMEBODY WHO WANTS IT.

IT'S GONNA TAKE ME 20 MINUTES TO GET BACK TO CAMPUS,

BUT, UM, RAJ SHOULD BE IN MY ROOM

IF YOU NEED THE CAMERA RIGHT AWAY, OKAY?

DUDE, HURRY UP.

[STARTER WHINING]

[ENGINE FAILS TO START]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

[LAUGHING] OH, MY GOD, OH, MY GOD...

AND THEN SHE'S LIKE, "SURE, EVERYBODY!"

[LAUGHING]

WE'RE GOING TO BE LEGENDS HERE!

TILL THE END OF TIME!

HEY.

LUKE!

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN FOR THE LAST, LIKE, THREE HOURS?

HOW COULD YOU MISS THIS?

IT WAS UNHOLY.

I MEAN, BETTER THAN ANYTHING WE COULD HAVE IMAGINED.

OKAY, START IT FROM THE BEGINNING.

HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO...

OH, MY GOD.

OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH...

SHE STARTED IT.

OH, YEAH.

SHE STARTED IT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE BLUR OUR FACES AND NUMBERS,

THEN, OTHER THAN HANDOFF,

THERE'S GOTTA BE NOT A WORD OF THIS TO ANYBODY.

OKAY?

WE HAVE TO MAKE A PLEDGE.

YOU TOO, LUKE.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

VIVERE EST VINCERE.

OH, HERE, GIVE THIS BACK TO RAJ.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED, MAN.

OH, AND THE CABLES AND CRAP.

SHE'S KISSING TWO OF US AT THE SAME TIME.

[LAUGHING]

IS THIS RAJ'S, TOO?

YEAH. ALL THAT STUFF.

...195 FOR A TOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS TO FIX THE CAR.

NO, IT'S NOT EVEN AN OPTION.

I GUESS I JUST DON'T HAVE A CAR ANYMORE.

NO, COME ON, MOM, IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO ANYWAY.

[MESSAGE ALERT PINGS]

[VIDEO MESSAGE WARBLES]

HEY THERE.

UM, I'M SORRY AGAIN.

IT'S NO PROBLEM.

YOU GOT BACK, OKAY?

OBVIOUSLY.

YEAH, UH...

IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

YEAH.

DON'T WANT TO SHARE?

UH, LONG STORY.

BUT NO.

LOOK, I HAD A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER TONIGHT,

AND, UH, I'M SORRY I HAD TO GO.

I REALLY AM.

BUT, UH...

WE SHOULD HANG AGAIN.

COOL. I'D LIKE THAT.

BYE.

BYE.

IT WAS LIKE...

A DAISY CHAIN EVERYTHING-A-THON.

NO WAY.

NO WAY THAT HAPPENED.

YOU'RE SUCH A LIAR.

NO, I HAVE PROOF.

WE MADE A VIDEO.

NO, YOU DIDN'T.

WANT TO BET?

DUDE, YOU CAN'T SHOW THIS TO ANYONE.

NOT AT MOUNTFORD, NOT IN TEXAS.

NOBODY.

WHAT ABOUT...

IF WE DRESSED UP LIKE GREEK GODS

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE HAND-OFF?

YOU KNOW, LIKE BODY PAINT...

LAME!

WHAT ABOUT... WE CAN DRESS UP LIKE GLADIATORS.

WEAK.

WHAT ABOUT RISKY BUSINESS?

THE DARK SHADES, BUTTON DOWN SHIRTS, BOXERS.

YEAH, AND THEN WE'LL SLIDE ACROSS STAGE

LIKE TOM CRUISE!

YOU GUYS, IS IT TRUE?

YES, IT'S TRUE.

LUKE HAS NEVER TRAVELED TO VAGISTAN.

[LAUGHING]

NO. NO.

NO, I HEARD SOMETHING MIGHT'VE GONE DOWN

LAST NIGHT AT THE ACC.

[DYLAN]: DO YOU BELIEVE EVERY RUMOR YOU HEAR?

WELL, WHEN IT'S ABOUT YOU GUYS? YEAH.

NO COMMENT JUST YET.

EXCEPT I'D HATE TO BE THE ONE

DOING LAUNDRY FOR OUR GEAR.

[LAUGHTER]

YES...

READY TO MAKE HISTORY?

EVERY SEMESTER WE GATHER, AS IS CUSTOM,

TO CELEBRATE THE INEVITABLE TURNOVER OF LEADERSHIP

FROM OUR BELOVED SENIORS,

WHO WILL PRESENT BEQUESTS

TO THOSE UNDERCLASSMEN FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.

AND NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.

[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]

[EMILY]: SO, FOR THE HYSTERICS,

WE WENT AS HYSTERICAL MEDIEVAL WOMEN.

WE FIGURED, "HEY, THAT'S US. WE SHOULD OWN IT."

WE, THE SENIOR NEWSPAPER STAFF,

WOULD LIKE TO BEQUEATH...

...A FIRST EDITION COPY

OF SIGMUND FREUD'S

"SELECTED PAPERS ON HYSTERIA."

SO YOU CAN ALL UNDERSTAND

HOW TO BE AS HYSTERICAL AS US.

[SILENCE FROM CROWD]

[SOME SCATTERED APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CROWD CHEERING]

DYLAN...

LISTEN, I DON'T THINK

YOU SHOULD GIVE OUT THE VIDEO.

PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TALK A LOT MORE.

LET PEOPLE TALK.

WITHOUT EVIDENCE, THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN PIN ON US.

AND THE JUNIORS ARE GONNA BE SWORN TO SECRECY.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WHY DO YOU CARE?

YOU'RE NOT IN THE VIDEO.

DUDE, I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I'M YOUR FRIEND.

I'M TIRED OF YOU TRYING TO TAKE EVERYTHING DOWN, LUKE.

I'M SERIOUS.

LIVE A LITTLE.

NO WONDER YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT WITH ANYBODY.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

[ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AWARDS CONTINUE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[EMILY]: I WAS OVERCOME WITH THE SENSE

THAT LUCAS HAD BETRAYED ME,

AND I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.

AS THE SPOKESMAN

FOR THE SENIOR BOYS LACROSSE PLAYERS,

I'D LIKE TO BEQUEATH TO THE JUNIORS,

A PLAY-BY-PLAY ACCOUNT OF OUR TRIUMPHS AT SUTTON.

GENTLEMEN....

YOU HAVE MUCH GLORY TO LIVE UP TO.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

YOU GUYS HAVE TO KEEP A LID ON THIS, OKAY?

YEAH.

NOBODY CAN KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

YOU GOT THAT?

OF COURSE.

SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE.

YEAH.

[ANYA]: YOU'RE GONNA POST THE VIDEO?

ARE YOU KIDDING?

HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO HER?

ANYA, THIS IS JOURNALISM.

[SIGHS]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

[ALL LAUGHING AND CHEERING]

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

THAT WAS LUKE.

PROBABLY WONDERING WHY HE'S NOT INVITED.

WHY WASN'T HE?

I'M JUST TIRED OF HIS NEGATIVITY.

IT'S SO MIDDLE CLASS.

THERE YOU ARE.

I WAS CALLING AND TEXTING YOU.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET.

OH, DID I BAIL ON YOU?

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I WAS FINISHING AN ARTICLE.

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING,

IT'S ABOUT A GROUP OF LACROSSE PLAYERS

WHO HOOKED UP WITH

AND VIDEOED A GIRL

AND HOW IT EXEMPLIFIES

EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THIS SCHOOL.

I KIND OF FIGURED THAT'S WHY YOU BAILED ON ME.

UH, TH-THERE'S A RUMOR GOING AROUND...

SOMEONE SENT ME THE VIDEO THAT YOU GUYS MADE, LUCAS.

THE VIDEO?

MM-HMM.

THERE'S A TIME STAMP.

IT IS A HALF AN HOUR AFTER YOU LEFT ME AT THE CARNIVAL.

WHO GAVE YOU THE VIDEO?

SOME KID AT MOUNTFORD

FORWARDED IT TO THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT.

I WASN'T THERE, OKAY?

WHATEVER. I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD YOU SAY.

I WASN'T THERE.

MY CAR BROKE DOWN.

I WASN'T BACK ON CAMPUS TILL 1:00 A.M.

OH, WELL, THAT MAKES IT OKAY THEN!

IN FACT, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING!

YOU WERE GOING TO GO, BUT YOUR CAR BROKE DOWN!

IN FACT, YOUR CONSCIENCE MUST BE SO CLEAN AND CLEAR!

WHY ARE YOU SO PISSED OFF?

BECAUSE I LIKED YOU, YOU IDIOT!

I LIKED YOU!

EM, YOU HAVE TO DELETE THE VIDEO.

HMM, NO, I REALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH.

NO PUN INTENDED.

PLEASE, YOU CAN'T MENTION THAT THERE'S A VIDEO.

MENTION IT? I'M POSTING IT.

WHAT?

WHY?

WHY IS THIS ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS.

WHAT HAVE THESE GUYS EVER DONE TO YOU?

OTHER THAN RATING ME BASED OFF OF MY LOOKS?

AND MAKING THIS SCHOOL A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT?

I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO ANYA. SHE WAS RIGHT...

YOU KNOW THAT IT'S MADISON IN THE VIDEO.

SO?

"SO?"

WHO ARE YOU?

YOU DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO HER?

IT'S NEWS.

I'M REPORTING IT.

EM...

DON'T POST THE VIDEO.

PLEASE.

I ALREADY DID.

[EMILY]: SOMETIMES,

THE BIGGEST MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE

ARE THE ONES YOU'RE NOT EVEN AWARE ARE GOING ON.

[STUDENTS WHISPERING]

MADISON... MADISON, WAIT.

WHAT... THE HELL?

YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SHOW ANYBODY.

I-I DIDN'T. I SWEAR...

THEN HOW DID SOMEBODY AT MOUNTFORD GET IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW, MAN!

DUDE...

YOU DIDN'T...

NO...

YOU DIDN'T.

I TOLD HIM TO KEEP A LID ON IT.

YOU IDIOT!

HEY! HEY!

GET OFF ME! GET OFF ME!

[ARGUMENT TUMBLES OUT INTO FOYER]

[SNAPS LOCK SHUT]

[CRYING]

[SOBS]

[SOBBING]

COME ON...

HEY, IT'S DYLAN.

I NEED TO TALK TO MY DAD.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

OKAY, WELL, LIKE,

WHEN DO YOU THINK HE CAN CALL ME BACK?

[EMILY]: SOON ENOUGH,

WORD HAD GOTTEN TO EVERYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION.

UH, MA'AM, MR. JOHNSON IS CALLING.

ALONG WITH DR. LI.

AND THEN THERE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'LL CALL THEM BACK.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS...

GET OUR COUNSEL ON THE LINE,

AND I WANT TO TALK TO THAT GIRL FROM THE PAPER,

EMILY PALICZECK,

AND I WANT TO SEE HER NOW.

[EMILY]: THEY TRACED THE VIDEO

THAT WAS SENT TO MOUNTFORD

BACK TO COTTON'S IP ADDRESS.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COTTON?

THE DEAN CALLED.

WANTS TO SEE YOU IN HER OFFICE.

[EMILY]: AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY HAD BEGUN,

AND THERE'D BE A DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE HEARING

JUST BEFORE WINTER BREAK.

THEY WANTED BLOOD.

PERHAPS JUSTICE WOULD FINALLY COME.

WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?

NOTHING.

I DIDN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING.

WHAT DO THEY KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW.

SE ACABO.

WE'RE FINISHED, MAN.

NO.

NO, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING,

OR THEY'D HAVE CALLED US ALL IN.

SO, WHAT DID THEY SAY?

THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA RECOMMEND EXPULSION.

WELL, GOOD. THEY DESERVE IT.

NO, THEY MEANT FOR ME.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH BOYS WERE THERE.

THE WANT TO EXPEL YOU?

THEY SAID IT WAS LIKELY.

FOR POSTING A VIDEO

THAT WAS INJURIOUS TO THE SCHOOL

AND SEVERELY LACKING IN JUDGMENT.

[EMILY]: LIKE THE PLACID SURFACE OF A POND,

STRUCK WITH A ROCK,

THE SHOCKWAVES RIPPLED OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

[RAJ]: THIS IS SO MESSED UP!

SO MESSED UP!

I NEED TO CALL MY PARENTS ON SKYPE.

OH, BUT I CAN'T,

BECAUSE THEY SEIZED MY COMPUTER, LUCAS!

I'M SORRY!

I GOT A LETTER

TO COME BEFORE THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE.

THE WHOLE TEAM'S GOING BEFORE THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE,

WHICH IS GOOD.

WHY IS THAT GOOD?

BECAUSE IT MEANS THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING,

AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

IT MEANS THEY DON'T KNOW WHO WAS THERE

OR WHO WASN'T.

THERE WERE SIX GUYS IN THE VIDEO,

SO THEY'RE GOING TO EXPEL SIX PEOPLE,

AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA STOP

UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHO WE WERE.

LUKE...

I CAN'T HAVE BEEN THERE THAT NIGHT IN THE LOCKER ROOM,

GIVEN WHERE MY DAD'S AT.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

YEAH.

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

WHAT IF YOU COULD PAY FOR YALE?

[SIGHS]

YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT I WAS THERE?

THAT YOU WEREN'T?

I'LL GET EXPELLED.

THAT'S NOTHING.

WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.

YOU CAN FINISH AT MOUNTFORD

OR SOME OTHER PLACE NEXT SEMESTER.

MY DAD'S PEOPLE WILL MAKE SURE OF IT.

WHY CAN'T YOU CALL SUTTON AND MAKE THIS ALL GO AWAY?

IT'S NOT THAT EASY.

NOT EVERYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S A FRIEND.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT MADISON?

WHAT ABOUT RAJ?

WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THEM, LIKE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF YOU.

THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN GO TO YALE.

OR YOU CAN GO BACK TO NOWHERE, NEBRASKA.

YOU CAN RISE TO THE TOP.

AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING SCHOOL.

YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION IN ST. TROPEZ FOR SPRING BREAK?

YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR MOM TO PARIS FOR CHRISTMAS?

YOU CAN.

MY DAD SAID

HE'LL EVEN SET UP A TRUST FUND UP FOR YOU.

IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

BUT I JUST NEED THIS FAVOR.

YOU GOTTA DO THIS FOR ME.

THINK ABOUT IT.

I DON'T NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I'M IN.

YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS ABOUT TO GET EASIER.

[EMILY]: MAYBE SUTTON IS JUST A MICROCOSM

OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN,

BASED ON POWER, LOOKS, AND MONEY,

BASED ON WHO GETS AWAY WITH WHAT.

HEY.

HEY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

THINKING, I GUESS.

IN THE SCHOOL CEMETERY?

WHO'S THAT?

IT'S THE OTHER LUCAS.

THE ONE WHO ETCHED HIS NAME ON MY DESK.

LUCAS '22.

HE OWNED A SHOP IN THE TOWN.

IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT.

I'M SORRY THAT I WASN'T HONEST WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

SOMETIMES, WE GET THINGS RIGHT,

AND SOMETIMES...

WE JUST SCREW UP.

I SHOULD HAVE NEVER POSTED THE VIDEO

I'M SORRY.

[CHUCKLES MIRTHLESSLY]

[LUCAS]: THEY SAY IF THE UNIVERSE IS INFINITE,

THEN EVERYTHING HAPPENS.

EVERY DECISION WE MAKE

SPLINTERS THIS UNIVERSE INTO A DIFFERENT ONE.

SO, IN ONE UNIVERSE,

HEATHER AND I ARE STILL TOGETHER.

AND THEN IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE,

INSTEAD OF HER,

YOU AND I STARTED DATING WHEN WE FIRST MET.

AND THEN IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE,

I COULD AFFORD YALE.

AND IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE,

NONE OF THIS CRAP EVER HAPPENED.

[SIGHS HEAVILY]

SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AT THE HEARING TOMORROW?

I'M GONNA DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO.

I'M GONNA TAKE DYLAN'S PLACE,

SAY THAT I WAS THERE.

IF YOU SAY YOU WERE THERE, YOU'RE GONNA GET EXPELLED.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GRADUATE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WHAT IS HE PROMISING YOU?

GO TO SCHOOL WHEREVER I WANT.

DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO NEBRASKA.

WELL, AT LEAST YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING

OUT OF THE WHOLE DEAL.

DO YOU BLAME ME?

YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT...

IS THIS REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO?

I KNOW YOU WERE THERE.

AT THE HELL?

YOU'RE PAYING LUCAS TO TAKE YOUR PLACE,

AND SAY HE WAS THERE, AND YOU WEREN'T.

BUT I KNOW YOU WERE THERE.

OKAY. HE TOLD YOU.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

I'M NOT AN IDIOT.

I KNOWHAT YOU AND YOUR DAD ARE PAYING EVERYBODY ELSE OFF,

SO THAT THEY WON'T SAY YOU WERE THERE.

SO?

WHAT THE HELL IS IT TO YOU?

WHAT THE HELL IS IT TO ME?

WELL, I'M GETTING EXPELLED AND YOU'RE GETTING OFF!

YOU THINK I'LL LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THAT?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

MY LIFE BACK,

BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, IS IT?

NO, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME.

YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT ABOUT ME BEING THERE,

AND I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT, MORE THAN ANYTHING?

DYLAN IS FREAKING OUT.

HE THINKS I TD YOU THAT HE WAS THERE.

I TOLD HIM THAT YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

HE'S FINE.

YOU'RE FINE. EVERYTHING'S FINE.

HE'S GETTING YOU INTO HARVARD?

I GUESS.

IT'S SO WEIRD. THEY CALLED ME.

[RAJ]: THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!

YOU! YOU DID THIS TO ME!

YOU DID THIS TO ME!

ALL OF YOU!

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

HE'S GETTING EXPELLED?

THE DAY BEFORE THE HEARING?

DON'T ASK ME. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

- YOU DIDN'T? - NO.

COME ON.

WHO KNOWS WHAT DOC LYONS IS THINKING?

PROBABLY 'CAUSE RAJ IS UNDER SCHOLARSHIP,

PROBABLY 'CAUSE THEY DON'T LOSE ANYTHING

BY TOSSING HIM OUT.

WHY ARE YOU SO WORRIED ABOUT HIM ANYWAY?

THIS IS LIFE.

PEOPLE ARE GONNA DROP BY THE WAYSIDE.

YOU GOTTA KEEP GOING.

YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU.

NOW, JUST ACT NORMAL.

WHEN THEY CALL YOU IN,

JUST STICK TO THE STORY.

SAY YOU AGREE WITH THE CONFESSION,

AND YOU WERE THERE,

AND THEN YOU'RE SET FOR LIFE.

OKAY?

YEAH.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

HI.

HEY.

SO, I WAS THINKING, UH...

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW IF DYLAN AND HIS DAD

HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, RIGHT?

NO.

AND EVEN IF WE DID TURN DYLAN IN...

RAJ ISN'T COMING BACK,

AND NONE OF THIS IS GETTING UNDONE, SO...

SO WE'D JUST BE LOSING OUT, RIGHT?

YEAH, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

SO WE'RE STILL DOING THIS?

I GUESS SO.

"WINNERS BLAZE THEIR OWN PATHS."

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL...

I'LL SEE YOU IN THERE.

[ROBOT CLATTERING]

[SIGHS HEAVILY]

HEY.

HI.

SO... WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THEM?

THE TRUTH.

THAT I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO IT.

THAT I HAD NO PART IN IT.

WELL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT.

YOU KNOW, EM,

YOU'RE JUST AS BAD AS THEY ARE.

SERIOUSLY.

YOU'RE JUST AS WRAPPED UP

WITH WHO'S WHO

AND WHAT MAKES YOU WHAT

AS THE ELITES AND THE LACROSSE BOYS.

YOU EVEN MADE A DEAL WITH THEM

TO GET INTO HARVARD.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS,

YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF INTEGRITY.

MADISON...

WERE YOU PRESENT AND DID YOU PARTICIPATE?

[COTTON]: YES, MA'AM. I WAS.

[SAM]: YES, MA'AM. I WAS.

THANK YOU.

MR. HANSON?

MR. HANSON,

DO YOU ATTEST THAT YOUR VERSION OF EVENTS,

AS LAID OUT IN THE CONFESSION, ARE ACCURATE?

THAT YOU WERE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATED?

MR. HANSON?

YES, MA'AM?

DO YOU AFFIRM THE CONFESSION?

WERE YOU PRESENT?

COME ON, JUST SAY IT.

NO, MA'AM.

I DO NOT.

I WASN'T THERE.

THE OTHERS HAVE TESTIFIED THAT YOU WERE,

THAT THE CONFESSION IS ACCURATE.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM,

BUT I WASN'T THERE.

YOU SIGNED THE CONFESSION.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

AND I HAVE PROOF THAT I WASN'T THERE.

IN WHAT FORM?

I HAVE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL VIDEO

WITHOUT ANYONE'S FACES BLURRED.

DYLAN LEFT IT IN THE CAMERA

THAT THEY BORROWED FROM RAJ...

WHO, BY THE WAY, HAS NOTHING DO WITH THIS...

AND I FOUND IT.

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

YOU CAN WATCH IT ON ANY COMPUTER

THAT CAN READ A STANDARD SD CARD.

GIVEN THE NATURE

OF WHAT THIS CARD MAY CONTAIN,

I WILL VIEW IT IN PRIVATE.

WE'LL RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YOU'RE GOING DOWN.

YEAH?

LIKE RAJ?

[SCOFFS]

I EXAMINED THE CARD.

IT APPEARS THAT NOTHING IS ON IT.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IT WAS ON IT THIS MORNING.

- I WATCHED IT. - MR HANSON...

I WASN'T THERE.

WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EVIDENCE,

WITHOUT ANY PROOF THAT CONTRADICTS YOUR STATEMENT...

NO, IT WAS DYLAN INSTEAD OF ME.

GUYS, RIGHT?

MR. HANSON,

WITHOUT A VIABLE ALIBI,

WITHOUT ANY PROOF

TO CONTRADICT YOUR EXISTING CONFESSION,

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RECOMMEND EXPULSION.

[RECORDING PLAYS OF EMILY] WHAT THE HELL IS IT TO ME?

WELL, I'M GETTING EXPELLED AND YOU'RE GETTING OFF!

YOU REALLY THINK I'M GONNA LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THAT?

[DYLAN'S VOICE]: WHAT DO YOU WANT?

[QUIETLY]: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU DO THAT AND YOU GET NOTHING.

[MUTTERING] SHUT UP.

[DYLAN'S VOICE CONTINUES]: ...YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME.

YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT ABOUT ME BEING THERE

AND I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING?

[EMILY]: IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU HAVE A MOMENT

WHERE YOU ACTUALLY FEEL YOURSELF GROWING UP,

FIGURING OUT THAT WHAT WE WANTED

WAS LESS IMPORTANT THAN WHO WE WERE.

DYLAN WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED.

NOW HE DEFINITELY WOULD BE.

I WANTED TO GET INTO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL,

BUT NOT AT THE COST OF MY SOUL.

LUCAS WANTED TO BE GREAT,

AND, IN MY EYES, HE WAS.

YOU COULD'VE HAD EVERYTHING,

BUT GUESS WHAT?

NOW YOU'RE GOING BACK TO YOUR TRAILER IN NEBRASKA.

WHY?

BECAUSE THINGS OUGHT TO BE RIGHT?

YOU THINK THIS AFFECTS ME?

THIS IS GONNA BLOW OVER.

A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW, THIS IS GONNA BE OLD NEWS.

I'M STILL GONNA GO TO YALE.

AND MY DAD'S STILL GONNA GET ELECTED.

PEOPLE DON'T GIVE A DAMN.

I DO.

[SIGHS]

HMM.

HMM.

THANKS FOR BACKING ME UP IN THERE.

OH, DON'T MENTION IT.

SO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT ALL THIS?

[CHUCKLES RUEFULLY] I DON'T KNOW.

I SORT OF FEEL LIKE THIS, UH, DOOR CLOSED

ON THIS UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES.

AND THEN THIS NEW UNIVERSE OPENED UP IN ITS PLACE.

[EMILY]: SO, IN THE END,

DYLAN AND ALL THE REST OF THE GUYS WERE EXPELLED.

MADISON TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL...

WHO KNOWS FOR HOW LONG...

I WAS PUNISHED AS WELL,

BUT IT WAS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE, I THOUGHT.

WHAT DO YOU EVEN DO

FOR 320 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE?

[LAUGHS]

SERIOUSLY.

AH, I GUESS THAT'S FAIR, THOUGH.

MY SUMMER OF PENANCE.

MAYBE I'LL, UH, STICK AROUND.

GET A JOB IN TOWN.

♪ STALKER... ♪

[LAUGHS] I'M JUST KIDDING.

THAT'D BE KIND OF COOL.

[EMILY]: NOW NONE OF US KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE FUTURE HELD.

SO MUCH FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

ALTHOUGH, MAYBE THAT WAS THE BEST THING

TO COME OUT OF ALL THIS,

FIGURING OUT THAT LIFE DOESN'T STOP

JUST BECAUSE YOUR PLANS CHANGE.

ONE SEC.

[EMILY]: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW ONCE WROTE,

"YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG."

HEY, GEORGE, YOU CAN HAVE IT.

♪ ♪