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- ♪ happy birthday to you

♪ happy birthday to you

♪ happy birthday dear dad

♪ happy birthday to you

Make a wish, dad.

I wish,

I wish for you to go to whittendale.

I hope I can make that wish come true for you, granddad.

Stop with this hope crap.

You're going to do it.

We have a legacy.

My father went there.

I went there.

Your mother...

Almost went there.

Here,

Let me cut you a piece.

If it was so important to you, dad,

Why don't you just make a phone call?

Well that would be cheating.

In this family, we earn our way.

Nicole is doing great.

Her scores are in the 90th percentile

And she's tied for the highest gpa.

Tied, with whom?

Parker williams.

Williams?

Her daughter?

She wants to go to whittendale too.

If it's close,

They'll look at extracurriculars,

Charities, clubs,

Things like that.

I'm running for a student body president

And so is parker williams.

You have to beat her.

You have to win.

Don't make the same mistakes

Your mother did.

Can't we just enjoy your cake, dad?

You leaving already?

I gotta get to school to set up my campaign table.

It's election day.

I wanna get there early.

Have you eaten?

Yes, mom.

Coffee for the road?

I'm gonna stop by joe's.

Can I help you to the car?

I got it.

Thanks.

Good luck.

Thank you, love you.

I love you too.

hi, vote for nicole.

- Parker for president. - Thank you.

- Oh, vote for nicole. - Uh huh.

Parker for the people.

Hey nicole. Um...

I just really wanna let you know

That you are running a great campaign

And if the early votes are any indication, you're a lock.

Thanks, but there's still a lot of votes to be counted,

Especially from our class.

Well, best of luck.

Thanks.

morning girls.

Good morning, mrs. Settle.

Hi.

Yeah, this won't work.

Why did you bring so many donuts?

Everybody likes donuts

And they don't get one

Unless they take a button or a sticker.

I don't think that that's allowed mom.

It's a violation of the school's election policy.

Thank you for your input, mandy.

But just because you worked in national politics

Doesn't make you an expert on high school elections.

They could be considered a bribe.

They're not bribes.

They're donuts.

You know how mr. Harrison is about the rules.

And we'd hate to win on a technicality.

Wouldn't be democratic.

Fine.

But what are you doing here then?

Bringing parker her campaign speech.

Oh, so you can write her speech,

But I can't give the kids a sugar rush.

Seems unfair.

I didn't write it.

I just made some edits.

Wait.

Mom.

It was on the kitchen counter.

I thought you left it for me.

No, I left it for dad.

He said he wanted to look at it this morning.

Oh.

Keep it.

Look it over.

Use any changes or not.

It's your speech.

I wouldn't use those changes.

Could be considered cheating.

would you like a hand?

It's okay.

I got it.

Oh.

Oh, let me help you with that.

no, thank you.

I don't need any help.

You know,

I remember 20 years ago

We were going to this school together.

Whole lives ahead of us.

We were friends.

Still could be.

Why did you come back?

Because I love this place.

You only feel that way

Because you didn't get stuck here

Going to some junior college.

You didn't have some a-hole disappear on you

To avoid child support

And you didn't have a father remind you every day

What a disappointment you are to him.

You took my spot.

You took whittendale from me.

You didn't have to.

You just did.

Here.

I got it, thanks.

I wonder where she is.

We should have heard something by now.

I thought she would've texted or called with the results.

Sometimes I think you want this more than she does.

Why do you say that?

Just an observation.

If she's gonna do it, do anything,

I just think she should give it her all,

Like me.

And that's the attitude that almost took you away from us.

Quit being dramatic.

We came here so that you could heal, remember?

And I have.

I've been following the doctor's orders,

Exercising regularly.

Only consulting from time to time.

What else do you want me to do?

I just want you to take it easy.

Don't fall back into that all or nothing mindset.

I won't.

Good,

Because parker and I need you.

Come here.

Love you.

Oh, honey.

You won?

I won!

Yeah.

Yeah you did.

now she has the advantage.

I know, mom.

Are you gonna be the one to tell your grandfather?

I mean, maybe both of us will get in.

Whittendale has never taken two applicants

From your school in the same year ever.

It's either one of you or neither of you.

Stop that right now.

Tears won't help.

This isn't over.

I really thought I was gonna win, mom.

Even parker thought that.

She told me that this morning.

That's interesting.

I wonder why she would think that.

Mr. Harrison conducts exit polls for his ap classes.

And they had me leading

The entire time.

And all the early voting tallies,

They were lining up with the polls.

My whole class voted for her.

What was mandy really doing at the school this morning?

She brought parker's speech.

Flimsy excuse.

She was involved in that crooked voting scheme

Back in wisconsin a couple years ago, wasn't she?

She was.

It was all over the news.

I don't think she was directly involved in that.

Not directly.

She's too smart for that, but...

I bet you she knows all the dirty tricks.

Hmm.

Have you conceded the election yet?

In one of the closest elections ever

In the history of our school,

These two young ladies

Campaigned diligently and I could not be more proud of them.

I'm just sorry that we have to declare one of them

The winner.

But before we call up your next president-elect,

I would like to invite nicole settle up to say a few words.

Nicole.

Good morning.

First, I want to thank all of you for voting,

Whether it was for me

Or my opponent.

Voting is a right that should be taken very seriously

And always be done with integrity.

That is why I am not conceding the election.

I am demanding a recount,

Which is clearly my right to do

By the election rules, section four, clause three.

By all measures,

The polls, early voting,

I should be your president-elect.

This has to be done right.

And I'm not claiming anything nefarious happened.

I'm simply asking questions.

Thank you.

A little heads up would've been nice.

Well, nicole wasn't sure if she wanted to make waves,

But at the last minute,

I guess she decided

Election integrity was more important.

We're just following the rules.

Are you doing this because of the donuts?

Donuts?

Principle ward,

Nicole is doing this because we have reason to believe

That the election was stolen.

Stolen?

What are you talking about?

You worked in politics.

Where do you think the last 20 votes came from?

The students.

Politics is such a dirty business.

Some people will do anything to win an election.

What are you implying?

I'm not implying anything.

You see what she's doing, don't you?

This is pathetic.

Oh, please.

Ladies, ladies, please.

Look, a recount would clear all this up.

Fine.

Okay.

If that's what you ladies want,

We'll do a recount in the morning.

Good.

I trust the ballots are in a secure place.

Mr. Harrison keeps them in a locked case in his classroom.

Good.

I'd like to be there when he does the recount.

Me too.

fine.

hi.

What are you doing here?

Principal ward has given me okay

For myself and mrs. Williams

To attend as parental monitors for tomorrow's recounts.

I just wanted to know the rules of engagement.

Well, the rules of engagement

Are to just sit and watch.

Anything else 'cause I have another class to prep for?

I just, no, I got everything I need.

Thanks.

Come on.

mom?

Hey, what are you doing?

I was just catching up on some emails.

So, I know we're doing the recount in the morning, but

I don't know.

I'm kind of having second thoughts about it.

I mean, it's not too late for us

To just concede, call it off.

Why would we do that now?

Because I'm asking to.

I'm not gonna tell your grandfather

That we had this chance and we didn't take it.

Everything on your resume is perfect.

We just need this one thing to move you to the top.

I know, but everyone at school

Is saying that I'm a sore loser.

But you're not.

You're the winner.

Don't forget that.

Trust me.

If parker would've come in second,

Mandy would've done the same thing.

How do you know that?

Because I know.

Okay.

- Hey, what are you doing? - Oh hey.

I just got here early like you.

Hmm.

I see you brought your mug o' joe's.

Parker loves it.

Has to have it every morning.

Good morning, mr. Harrison.

morning, mr. Harrison.

Good morning ladies.

Excuse me.

We'll set up in the library.

Right this way.

Huh.

Well, what do you know?

There were mistakes with the final vote.

Instead of 684 valid votes counted,

There were 724.

That's more than enough to win.

So with the recount,

Parker received 383 votes

And nicole received 341.

you told me I could do it.

Oh my god, I'm so excited.

I can't believe I doubted it.

Wow, this is amazing.

Good job, congratulations.

Thank you.

Nicole.

Nicole, can you just wait.

More, mom?

I lost by more.

I don't know what happened.

I mean, maybe mandy stuffed the ballots.

This isn't about them.

It's about you.

Watch your tone.

Mom, this is humiliating.

Everyone hates me more than they did before.

And I told you I didn't wanna do this stupid recount.

I'll make this up to you.

Just stop.

I'm gonna fix this!

You have to know

It's not easy for me to come here and ask you this,

But this isn't for me.

Nicole has

Sacrificed and worked

Hard for this,

Extremely hard.

So I'm begging you

To show her

The compassion

That you never showed me.

I need your help to get her into whittendale.

Please.

I won't ask for anything ever again.

Let me get this straight.

Nicole loses the election

And runs the risk of following in her mother's

Disappointing footsteps.

And you expect me to bribe...

- A donation is not... - Don't interrupt me.

You want me to buy

Her way in when she hasn't earned it?

But she has.

She's earned it more than parker.

If that were the case,

You wouldn't be here asking.

Idiot nurse.

She forgot to change the tank.

Can you

Get me

A new one?

It's in the

Bedroom.

Lacy?

So let me get this straight.

Your nurse makes a mistake

And you expect me to fix it?

What have you ever done for me?

For nicole?

okay,

I'll do it.

no you won't.

As soon as you get your breath back,

You're just gonna call me some miserable loser.

Right?

Don't worry.

I'm gonna take care of nicole.

I'm gonna get her into whittendale.

And it makes me happy that you won't be here

To see it.

Lacy.

Help.

It's my,

It's my dad, he's collapsed.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

911, what is your emergency?

Hi, 911.

I, my, he's help.

I, my dad just just keeled over I,

I don't know if he's dead.

ma'am, are you okay?

Yeah,

Please, please get here.

I loved him so much.

Me too, sweetie.

I have to do it now.

Do what?

I have to get into whittendale.

Like I don't care,

I don't care what it takes.

I don't care what I have to do.

I have to.

That was the last promise that I made to him.

I know.

And you will.

After we take care of granddad,

I'm gonna get us some professional help.

I love you.

I love you too.

well, I'll get your money. I swear.

Okay.

and most people just overpromise and underdeliver.

That's right.

Yes.

I just deliver for my clients.

Okay, hey, my next appointment just came in.

I gotta go.

Okay, bye-bye.

hello.

You must be mrs. Settle?

- Hi. - Hi.

- Come on in. - Thank you.

First thing I like to ask all of my potential clients

Is what is the goal

That I can help make happen for you and your...?

- Daughter. - Daughter.

She has to get accepted into whittendale.

Woo.

You can make that happen, can't you?

Oh yeah, of course.

Yeah, I've had plenty of candidates

Get into prestigious colleges all across the country.

So looking at her profile,

She seems to be an excellent candidate.

I don't want her to be an excellent candidate.

I want her to be the applicant that they can't pass on.

And I want her to get in early admission.

Ah, well

The only option that jumps out at me

Is a higher cte score.

So if she retakes the test

And increases her score by 10%, she should be unbeatable.

Let's make that happen.

Uh, okay.

Well it's $499 for the dvds or access to the online course.

And if she does not increase her score by 200 points,

There is a money back guarantee.

I'll take it.

Great.

You know, I'm just throwing this out there.

A lot of parents that don't necessarily have kids

As gifted as yours,

They sometimes need other options.

Other options?

The kind that costs money.

Oh, like how much money?

Like thousands?

Like tens of thousands.

For whittendale,

Probably a hundreds of thousands.

Oh.

Wow, well,

Yeah, I can't do that.

Yeah.

You know, most people can't.

So you should be very happy and super proud

That you've raised such an exceptional young lady.

Yeah,

Thanks.

Rumor has it,

Lacy hired a private tutor for nicole

In an attempt to increase her cte score.

It was actually an admissions counselor.

And it is weird.

She already scored in the 90th percentile.

Do they know something we don't?

You need to take it again.

You said I didn't.

I just hate for you to miss out on another opportunity

To boost your chances for whittendale.

Well, it was good enough

For the other colleges I applied to, so.

Just think about it, okay.

Sure, mom.

I'll think about it.

what is wrong with you?

Why is your score so low?

How could you do worse?

I, I thought I did well.

I'm not paying all this money

And spending all this time so your score can drop.

I don't know what happened.

I'm sorry.

You're not ready.

And with this test right on us, I don't know what to do.

I'll do my best.

Your best isn't good enough right now.

We need more time.

This is a pretty fancy place you invited me to.

I haven't been to a joint like this in a long time.

Well, I wanted to do something special

To show my appreciation for all your help.

Cheers.

Cheers.

This is, as they say, above and beyond.

It's my pleasure.

So, you know,

Nicole has been following your program religiously.

I'm glad to hear that.

But she's not scoring as high as I'd like on the prep tests.

I'd love if we could move her test date

And give her more time.

We'll just push it back till summer.

That won't work.

It has to be early admission.

But, I was thinking,

A man of your stature could...

Work his magic and get her in somewhere?

Oh, that's a big ask.

At this point,

Especially with all the test centers fully booked,

And I mean, you do have a limited budget.

Is there, um,

Something else I could do to motivate you

To pull every string you have?

Well, what'd you have your mind?

Ooh.

So, you'll do it?

There's an administrator that owes me a big favor.

Good.

Plus, I just so happened

To be free the rest of the evening.

The deal is

Pay or play.

You get nicole in, we play.

Why can't we go after dinner?

I mean, I know a place, it's.

I have plans,

But I promise you

I will owe you big time.

Yeah.

- Great news. - make sure she's ready.

Yes, yes, of course.

Okay, good luck.

Thanks for the call.

What's going on?

Bill was able to move your test.

It's now Saturday the fifth.

Mom, that's the day after

The big junior senior party at the foster's lake house.

You knew that.

Well, I guess you're gonna have to miss it.

You need to be well rested.

But mom, please, I...

You have no idea how hard it was for me to move this date.

So you're not going to some stupid party.

That's final.

You should be grateful

That you have more time to study.

Thanks.

god.

Yes.

yes.

Yes.

You think I'm keeping that date, think again sleaze bag.

this party at the foster's lake house is the bomb.

woo!

Yeah?

You've done the work, and now it's time to perform.

Wish I had as much faith as you do.

Cut out that loser mentality.

You're gonna do great.

I'm gonna do great.

Repeat it until you believe it.

I'm gonna do great.

I'm gonna do great.

Great, that's it.

All right, well, don't stay up too late, okay?

You gotta be ready to tackle tomorrow.

Okay.

I love you.

Love you.

Nic, I'm surprised to see you here.

I didn't think you'd come.

I snuck out.

Look at you with the rebellious streak.

I know.

But now, like literally

All I can hear is my mom screaming at me

Being like, "get home now."

Well, here, have a drink.

It'll shut her up.

God, I'm just so ready for this all to be over.

Did I tell you my mom

Like pulled some favor with our college counselors?

Ah, stop.

We are not doing that.

We're not gonna talk about tests or colleges tonight.

Let's just have some fun together.

I wanted to ask you,

Why did you guys move back from dc anyways?

We sort of had to.

My mom, she has this heart thing.

She doesn't really like to talk about it

Or tell people about it, but

She's had to reduce the stress in her life.

Why isn't she avoiding my mom better?

- I know. - No, seriously.

It's like what even is their problem.

Each other.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Bottoms up.

Good morning.

Here, my mom said you need to take these pills asap.

Thanks.

do you remember last night?

Uh uh.

You were pretty drunk.

I offered to take you home, but you made me swear not to.

So I brought you back here and you just kind of passed out.

It's like a blur.

You ready to go?

Oh my god.

The test.

That's today!?

maybe I should drive her.

Why's that?

So there isn't an incident between you and lacy.

That's ridiculous.

She'll just be happy nicole is okay

And parker did the responsible thing.

Did the anti-nausea pill work?

Ooh.

Poor girl.

A lesson learned, right?

How does she have anything left?

Inside, shower.

Teenagers, am I right?

We did some stupid things when we were her age too.

Just glad parker was there.

Hey, I never got a chance to pass along my condolences.

Losing a parent is never easy.

Save it.

This is so typical of you.

Riding in here, all heroic and nice

When you're gonna get exactly what you want.

I was just trying to talk to you, as a friend.

You're so manipulative.

Why are you getting so angry?

Parker got nicole drunk on purpose.

You guys didn't want her taking the test.

We didn't even know she was taking the test today.

And my daughter would never do anything like that.

Spare me.

You haven't changed one bit since high school.

You have to get to the test.

I can't.

Like, there's no way mom.

Like even if I make it to the testing center...

Like, my head...

Nicole.

I'm so sorry, mommy.

You've destroyed your future.

And for what?

Some party to get drunk?

I know.

I said I'm sorry.

Like I wish I could take it back.

But it's not like I can like

Press reset or clone myself.

I let you down.

I let granddad down.

It's okay.

We'll figure this out like we always do.

You're obviously in no shape to take a test today.

Go lie down in the living room.

you go through the lobby,

Down the hall,

First door on the left.

Gimme one second and I'll get you signed in.

- Thanks. - Thanks.

Hi, I'm nicole settle.

Oh.

You're the daughter bill's friend.

Yeah.

Could you

Remove your glasses please?

Well, sign and

Find a seat.

We'll be starting in a few.

Thank you.

Honey, I'm about to put the steaks on.

okay, I'll be out in a minute.

What are we having for dinner?

What are you doing here?

You need to leave.

I just wanted to come by and see how the test went.

You could have called.

I like to keep things personal.

Don't touch me.

And we had a deal.

Pay or play, remember?

Yeah, well, I lied.

So get the hell outta here before my daughter comes out.

You know what, speaking of your daughter,

She's a pretty sharp dresser.

Looks real good in red.

I was at the test center today and I saw her.

Something was off though.

I mean, she looked a little older.

Not in a bad way.

Just older,

Sexier.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, you know,

You know, you know exactly where this is leading.

I could ruin you and your daughter's chances

Of ever getting into whittendale with a single phone call.

Of course that would be jail time for you.

Fraud.

And you'd be guaranteeing nicole never gets into any college

Anywhere in the country.

That would be terrible.

What do you want?

Just what you promised me.

And to keep quiet about the test, 9,900 cash.

You know, you gotta keep it under 10 k

Otherwise the bank reports it to the irs.

Money, you want money now?

You put my enterprise at risk?

Enterprise,

All you do is profit off of parents' desperation

To do right by their kids.

So don't talk to me about your enterprise.

You're the one causing all the risk.

Hey.

Oh yeah.

I just need some time.

It's not like I have extra money

Sitting around in some account.

I did my research.

Okay, I know who your daddy is.

Was.

If you knew anything about him,

You'd know that he left me with nothing.

I don't really care.

Get the money.

I need a week.

I'll give you three days, okay?

Meet me at the sands motel,

Tuesday night, 10 o'clock.

Bring that little hoodie, okay, the little red one.

Yes.

Yes!

Mom.

What's wrong?

Nothing, I'm happy.

What happened?

Why are you so happy?

You aced your cte,

98th percentile.

How?

I, I didn't even take the test.

Mom, did you buy those scores?

Of course I didn't buy them.

They're real scores taken by real people.

I don't understand.

You had to clone after all, it was me.

I took the test.

What?

Well, you were in no shape to take it.

I had to do something.

Mom, those aren't my scores.

Of course they are.

Your name is at the top.

And the reason I scored so well

Is because I was working so hard with you hand in hand.

You would've scored the same.

No, you can't know that.

Do you know what this means?

It means you cheated mom.

No.

It means that you are the student

That whittendale's gonna look at first.

You're in the lead.

We should be celebrating.

I don't,

I don't want it this way.

I want to earn this.

Because of granddad?

Yes.

Do you know how he made his money?

Real estate.

By foreclosing on poor people

Who couldn't afford their mortgages.

So spare me the sermon

About earning it the right way.

I have been putting my neck out there for you

Because you decided to get drunk.

You should be thanking me

For single-handedly saving your future.

So,

Where's my thank you?

Thank you.

Yes.

Yeah.

I hope you don't mind the interruption.

We were just taking a test.

I hope everything's okay.

Yes, yes, in fact,

I have very good news.

And this will only take a couple of minutes.

I wanna take this opportunity to recognize

One of your students.

This morning,

We were notified of her incredible achievement

On her cte test.

Nicole settle,

Congratulations on your cte score.

98th percentile.

Outstanding.

Well, get up here.

Now, we know this semester

Hasn't been the easiest on you

With the passing of your grandfather,

But that's what makes this achievement

So much more remarkable.

Congratulations.

- Thank you. - Come on class.

Let's give her a hand.

Hey nicole.

So I don't get it, you were so sick.

How did you do so well on that exam?

I, I got a second wind I guess.

I don't know.

But you could barely even walk, like...

Okay, parker, like what are you saying that I'm lying?

No, no.

Geez, calm down.

I was just wondering.

Look, I'm sorry.

I know that it's been tough with your mom

Busting your butt every day

And your granddad passing,

So you earned it.

Congrats.

Parker.

I just wanna say thank you

For taking care of me the night of the party.

You and your mom didn't have to do that,

But I really appreciate it.

Yeah, no problem.

hey sweetie.

Guess what?

Nicole almost got a perfect score on her cte exam.

The one she took when she was hungover?

I don't believe it.

I know.

And by the way she was acting at school today,

Something's not right.

You can say that again.

You know,

Now I'm thinking about something

That she told me at the party.

She mentioned that her college counselor

Is doing some sort of favor for her mom.

Now I'm wondering what kind of favor that was.

Did she tell you his name?

sorry to keep you waiting.

It has been a busy day.

I take it you are mandy williams.

- Hi there. - Bill yellen.

Come on in.

I've heard about what you did for lacy settle

And her daughter nicole.

I was wondering what you

Might be able to do for my daughter.

You and every other parent at lincoln grove.

I was thinking

Parker needs to take her cte again.

Nicole came to you and landed an almost perfect score.

She did.

It's because she took my online cte prep class.

I don't know if lacy mentioned this to you

Because it is kind of embarrassing,

But nicole was not so good the morning of her test.

She wasn't?

So for her to be super hungover

And I mean hugging the toilet all day hungover

Makes it all that more impressive

What she was able to pull off.

Lacy mentioned some kind of special favor you did for her.

Really?

She didn't mention exactly what it was, but

I was just wondering, was it money under the table?

I mean, I'm sure you're not suggesting something illegal.

Oh, of course not.

Okay, good.

Because there are things that can be done legally.

Like what we did for miss settle.

I know a test administrator very well.

And I can definitely think of a couple of things

That we can use to,

To grease the wheel, so to speak.

Get her in a last minute session if that,

If that's what you want.

All it would require is just

A little one-on-one time.

Just you and me.

Excuse me?

One-on-one tutoring time with your daughter?

No, you mean one-on-one sex with me

And don't even think about my daughter.

How dare you!

Okay, this is definitely a misinterpretation.

I think, I think maybe you better leave.

Yeah, maybe I should.

Creep.

Stay away from me.

Hi.

Well, well.

Come on in.

So where's my red hoodie?

I'm wearing something red.

It's underneath.

Well, I like that.

First thing's first, money.

See, I told you you had it.

Perfect.

You know what else,

You acing that test

Was the best thing that ever happened to my business.

Glad I could be of service.

Yeah, it seems like every parent at lincoln

Is either called, emailed

Or stopped by looking for my services.

I even raised my price on the course

And not a single parent even balked,

Well except for one.

But she was just looking for details on us, so.

Who?

Amanda or mandy,

And her daughter...?

Parker?

Parker.

What did she ask?

Well, she knew that nicole was wasted that day.

Didn't think she could have scored as high as she did.

But don't worry, I got rid of her.

No, you didn't.

Not mandy.

If she doesn't think nicole's test scores are legit,

She's not gonna stop.

Wait, she's gonna keep digging on us.

She's gonna dig on me?

I'm afraid I'm gonna need more money.

Excuse me?

Yeah, if this woman's gonna be a big pain

And a big headache to me,

Don't you feel like you owe it to me?

I'm gonna need at least 5k maybe every month.

What are you doing?

Are you crazy?

- Get off of me. - Are you trying to kill me?

That didn't work very well, did it?

Let me go.

Why don't we have a little fun, huh?

Why don't you show me that red thing

You got on underneath your coat?

you're home.

you scared me.

I thought you were staying out tonight.

Oh no, the party was a dud, so I just came home.

Okay, well, night.

Okay, goodnight sweetie.

I love you.

Love you.

What's wrong?

I don't know how to tell you.

You're gonna be so mad at me.

Well you better tell me now

Before I hear it from someone else.

I bombed the exam in mr. Harrison's class.

The one that's worth like 50% of our grade for the semester.

What does this mean?

That now the best I can do in his class is a b plus.

That'll kill your gpa.

What, you and parker were tied.

What did she get?

She got an a.

How could you let this happen?

Just when you were pulling ahead with the cte.

I thought I knew it,

But we just spent so much time studying for the cte,

I didn't have time to study for this.

How could you do this to us?

I'm sorry.

what's up pretty lady?

Hi.

I'd like to make a purchase

Of whatever you have in there.

try this.

Thanks.

- Hey parker. - Hey lauren.

What's up?

- What can I get for you? - You know my regular.

- The usual, I got you. - Extra foam, please.

Okay, okay. And our cupcakes are fresh.

So straight outta the oven.

They're still warm.

Actually, can I get just a little bit more foam?

Sure thing coming up.

Extra foam.

Let's see.

It's perfect, thank you.

Ms. Williams.

Can we see you for a minute please?

Sure.

we need to search your bag.

Why?

it's just routine.

It'll only take a minute.

There's nothing in there but school stuff.

good.

What's this?

That's not mine.

I've never seen that before.

then how did it get in your bag?

somebody must have put it there.

We need to go to my office.

no, did you hear me?

I said that that's not mine.

Office now.

Today was insane.

You know they searched my bag in locker too.

That must have been so scary.

Are you okay?

Yeah, but I just cannot believe parker.

She's like the last person I would ever think to do

That kind of thing.

Well, I'm not surprised, the way her mother pushes her.

I mean, mom, she's in like major trouble.

They suspended her and she's facing expulsion.

She'll be fine.

Her parents are gonna hire the best lawyers money can buy.

And as far as her school is concerned,

She'll always be able to get her ged.

No, I just I I worry about ms. Williams.

Why on earth would you be worried about her?

She has a heart condition, mom.

Really?

Apparently that's why her and parker moved back here.

I don't know, that's just what she told me.

I just can't imagine how stressed out she is right now.

Well, stress is never a good thing

For someone who has a heart condition.

Where did you go this morning?

I told you I went to the bank.

You're sure you didn't go to the school?

What?

Mom, just be honest with me please.

Did you have anything to do with this?

Nicole.

Please.

Just promise me you didn't plant those drugs on parker.

I promise.

Swear.

I swear.

You want me to take a blood oath too?

No.

All right, well go study.

Okay.

we're not gonna let this destroy your life.

But how?

I've already been suspended.

I'm not gonna be able to get into any college

That I wanna go to.

We know that honey.

And that's why we're fighting it.

We're gonna find out who put those pills in your backpack.

We're not gonna let them get away with this.

Okay.

I'm gonna have a long talk with principal ward.

I'm gonna show him those lab results

And he's gonna apologize to you in front of everybody.

Apologize?

No, absolutely not.

What do you mean?

This is about my daughter's reputation.

We took her to a lab.

She passed a drug test.

Maybe they were never intended for her use.

Have you thought about that?

She's not some dealer.

Mrs. Williams,

I want to think the best of parker as well.

But we have a policy.

Screw your policy.

Why was parker targeted?

Targeted?

She was never targeted.

She said you picked her out.

Yes, because we were informed

That there has been drug use and distribution

Among the honor students.

They've been using amphetamines to help them study.

So we acted.

Someone informed you.

Who was the informer,

Parent or student?

It was an anonymous email.

So you act on every email that gets sent to you?

Yes.

If it's related to drugs or weapons, I do.

Are you okay?

Can I get you some water? Something?

No, I'm fine.

Lacy, what are you doing here?

I'm here to talk to principal ward

About the illegal search they conducted on my daughter.

She was on the list?

Uh huh, and quite traumatized too.

I heard about parker.

I know they weren't hers, couldn't be.

How you holding up?

I'm fine.

Looking a little piqued.

Just need to eat.

I know that we haven't been the best of friends,

But if there's anything that I can do, just let me know.

I appreciate that, lacy.

Mom, what's wrong?

Whittendale is sending a rep to the college fair.

And they wanna have a meeting with you, only you.

Just me?

Yes, just you.

You think they wanna meet with parker?

She's a criminal, a drug addict.

I know, but they only wanna meet with me

Because of my test score.

We need to do some practice interviews.

I've requested to stay local more,

But they still need me out on the road

Over the next couple of weeks

So I can help transition some personnel.

Gotta stay overnight in tampa this weekend.

I'm sorry honey.

It's okay.

I'm just gonna be sitting around at the house anyway.

So nothing out of the ordinary happened before school?

It was a normal day until it wasn't.

I left the house,

Went to get my coffee at joe's

And then met up with my friends at the quad.

Wait, you went to joe's?

Why didn't you tell me?

I asked you to give me every single detail.

Should you really be doing this?

You mean trying to help parker?

I mean, should you be the one doing it?

I just wanna make sure you're taking care of yourself.

Dad's right.

Have you had any more episodes with everything going on?

What happened?

I got a little lightheaded

After speaking with principal ward,

But I took my pills and everything's fine.

- Mandy. - I'm okay, sean.

I promise.

I can do this.

So did anything suspicious happen at joe's?

No.

I, I ordered,

I picked up my coffee

And I did some work

And then met up with my friends at the quad.

Did you ever leave your bag alone?

No.

It was with me the whole

Time, except for when I went to go pick up my coffee.

But I only had my back to it for like three seconds.

That's it.

That's enough time to do it.

But in a public place like that, it could be anyone.

In a public place like that,

There's bound to be a security camera somewhere.

I appreciate you doing this.

Yeah, of course.

We love parker.

Anything to do to help.

There.

Reverse it, please.

And can you slow it down a little?

Yeah.

One second.

look at that.

yeah.

They definitely put something in parker's bag.

And can I get a copy of this?

For sure.

And do you have footage from outside?

Can we follow them to see what car they're getting into?

We don't cover the whole lot,

But let's see.

That doesn't show us very much.

- Here, let me get that copy. - Okay.

Mom, the cops are here.

Parker don't say anything to them.

Not without the attorney.

Mom, they're not here about my case.

Ma'am, we're homicide detectives.

We're here about bill yellen.

the admissions council.

He was murdered.

Oh, that's awful.

I'm happy to answer any questions you may have,

But I don't know how much good I can be.

Well, we've been working through his calendar

And a couple witnesses told us

That you and he had quite the heated argument

The day of his death.

Argument is a stretch.

But I did raise my voice when he implied

He'd help my daughter if I had sex with him.

Must have made you angry.

I haven't seen him since I left his office.

Where were you nights ago?

Here at my house.

Can anyone confirm that?

I can.

And my dad, we stayed in,

Had dinner and watched a movie.

Thank you.

that's all?

That's, unless you have something.

Bill has another client,

A friend of mine.

Mom.

Based on what he said to me,

I think he might have had

Some kind of romantic relationship with her.

What's her name?

Why do you wanna attend whittendale?

Well, I wanna attend whittendale

Because it's part of my family's legacy.

We have a lot of legacies applying.

What makes you different from them?

Well, what makes me different is...

Stop.

That's the second question in a row you answered with

"well", and then repeating back the question.

You told me to do that.

Not on every single one.

You sound like a robot.

Who's that?

Can I help you?

Hi, we're looking for lacy settle.

That's me.

Hi, I'm detective cox.

This is my partner, detective fisher.

We just have a few questions for you.

Sure, come on in.

do you know bill yellen?

I know bill.

Is something wrong?

He's dead.

What happened?

oh, he was murdered two nights ago.

That's awful.

He was at the sands motel off highway 10.

Do you know it?

Only by reputation.

What do you need from us?

The nature of your relationship.

Professional,

Strictly professional.

Well, we heard you might have had a more

Personal relationship with mr. Yellen.

I mean, we had dinner together.

That doesn't make me a suspect, does it?

I mean, it was just dinner.

Not if it was just dinner, no.

I mean, it was a thank you

For all the tremendous work that he did for nicole.

She wouldn't have a shot at whittendale

If it wasn't for him.

Did he ever ask to trade sex

For the services that he provides?

Certainly not.

Have you been talking to mandy williams?

Is she the one that gave you my name?

She did, but we would've got here soon enough.

You were a client.

Okay.

I don't mean to talk bad about anybody,

But mandy and her daughter are jealous.

Her daughter just got busted at school for drugs.

And now she thinks that she could say or do anything

Like calling me a slut to steal what my daughter has earned.

But I never thought that she'd use the cops to get at us

Or that they'd be willing accomplices.

Hey, easy.

We just wanted to know if he took advantage of you.

The only thing he did

Was get her into a different testing site.

He didn't ask me for anything at all.

Where were you Tuesday night

Between 9:00 pm and midnight?

I was here the whole time with my daughter.

Yeah, me and mom just hung out here all night.

Thanks for your time.

goodnight officers.

- Have a good night. - I will.

You were not here the other night.

I was only gone for a little while.

I told you I went out to the store.

No, you told me you were at a party with your friends.

Why can't they be your alibi?

Because I don't want everybody knowing our business.

Too many questions.

Better to keep it clean.

I know, but what if something we said

Contradicts or something.

You think I could have killed bill

Or had something sexual with him?

Is that what you think of me?

Was he the guy that was here the other night?

The one you were arguing with?

No, that was just the neighbor complaining about the lawn.

Look, you're just stressed about this interview.

Let's just calm down.

We don't wanna have an unhealthy reaction

Like we did before the cte test, remember?

I know.

- Okay? - Okay.

Good.

All right.

Why do you wanna attend whittendale?

How about this one?

Yeah.

That's fine.

I think it needs to be more professional.

We don't wanna give him a reason to say no.

Mom, if this doesn't work out,

You would still love me.

What kind of question is that?

Of course, I still love you.

I'm not granddad.

Everything I do,

Past, present and future, is because I love you.

Now, you just need to walk with confidence

And carry yourself like you own this

And that they will be missing out

If they don't allow you into their school.

You got me?

Yeah, I got you, mom.

Okay.

Ooh.

Red.

Power color.

There she is.

Don't be nervous.

I'm not.

You're making me nervous.

Okay.

You ready?

Let's do this.

Hello.

Hello.

Mandy, what are you doing here?

Just having a nice chat about parker

Possibly attending whittendale.

Oh.

No offense, but parker's in some serious legal trouble.

They found her bringing drugs into the school.

But I'm sure with your high standards

That you would never allow a suspended student

With drug charges hanging over them.

Planted.

The drugs were planted in her bag.

Parker's never had any troubles before.

She passed the drug test.

And I have security footage from mug o' joe's

Of a girl in a red hoodie

Who walks past her back and puts drugs in her backpack.

Huh.

I was just showing devonna here the footage.

Would you like to see it?

No, that's okay.

I'll take your word for it.

But does that mean that she's out of trouble?

Charges have been dropped

And parker's suspension lifted,

With an apology from the administration.

Oh my god, that's great.

Isn't that great?

That's great.

I mean, we never believed any of it.

But this is about nicole.

That's why you're here.

For her and her 1320.

Well any score that puts someone

In the top 5% always catches my eye.

But we want a well-rounded applicant

And both parker and nicole are excellent candidates.

Well, nicole has quite the resume.

She's on track to graduate with honors.

She's an officer in american academic association

And she's volunteered for the special olympics.

Whittendale is her only choice.

Well, I'd like to hear from nicole

Why she liked to attend whittendale.

Attending whittendale would mean everything to me.

It's almost been this like unattainable goal

That just pushes me to do great things

And be successful.

- Yeah. - The right way.

So if my cte score is the only reason

You're considering me over parker,

I don't deserve it.

What are you doing?

I didn't take that test.

She's kidding.

Of course she's kidding.

My mom took the test for me.

That's ridiculous.

How could I even take a test?

They id students before they go in.

She dressed up like me.

Like in a red hoodie?

What other length

Would you go to to get what you want, lacy?

Plant drugs on my daughter?

You don't know what you're talking about.

Mom, you took the test for me and that's the truth.

It's not worth lying about anymore.

How could you do this to me?

You've destroyed everything.

And don't stand there with that smug little smile

Thinking that you're better than me because you're not.

Never said I was.

She doesn't mean any of this.

She's just, she's just nervous.

Mom, it's okay.

Look, granddad was awful to you and I'm sorry.

But he was right about the fact that attending whittendale

Is something that needs to be earned.

That's bull.

No one ever gets by by their own merits.

Everyone games the system.

Everyone uses what they have to their advantage.

They make friends just to betray them

When it benefits them the most.

And if you don't, you lose.

I'm so sorry.

It's, don't worry about it, it's okay.

would you like us to come in with you?

Oh no, that's okay.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Okay, sweetie.

But our home is a safe space for you.

Just know that.

Thank you,

And I'm sorry for her and everything

And just not saying anything sooner.

- It's okay. - Yeah.

I know it couldn't have been easy for you.

Thank you for the ride.

I'll see you at school.

I'll see you.

Mom?

Mom?

That's bull.

No one ever gets by by their own merits.

Everyone games the system.

Everyone uses what they have to their advantage.

They make friends just to betray them

When it benefits them the most.

And if you don't, you lose.

What's that?

It's a viral video

From the community center at the college fair today.

I'm trying to keep up with our suspects

In the yellen murder.

Did she confess?

Her daughter did,

Well to the fact that her mom took the cte for her.

I think that's enough reason to kill him,

To keep that secret quiet?

That's enough reason for us to go and ask her about it.

Let's do it.

mom, are you down here?

Parker?

Parker!

Parker, what happened?

What's wrong?

Oh my god, baby, are you okay?

I haven't seen her,

Not since the college fair.

I swear.

Do you think she could be a danger to herself or others?

I, I don't know.

I mean, I don't think so.

If you say yes,

We have more options with how to proceed.

I can't say that she would kill me.

Not, not like kill me, she would never hurt me.

My mom loves me, I swear.

If there's something you need to tell us, please.

That's why we're here.

I, I can't.

She's my mom.

Look.

If you're here from her, call me.

We need to speak with her.

Okay.

have a good night.

hey, it's lacy.

Leave a message.

Hey, mom, please call me when you get this.

They deserve this.

But... I...

I, I love you so much.

I just can't let her win this time.

Come on, parker, pick up.

Have you lost your mind?

What do you want?

I'll give you anything.

Just please don't hurt her.

You turned nicole against me.

She's all I have.

lacy, I didn't.

Everything that I've done was for her

And she betrayed me for you.

For parker.

Now you took nicole from me,

I'm gonna take your daughter from you.

mom. Mom!

It's me you're mad at, not parker.

It's not about parker, me.

If you're gonna do anything, do it to me.

Watch yourself.

I don't want that heart giving out on you just yet.

I want you to stick around long enough to watch.

You're gonna be okay.

We're gonna be okay.

I know you must hate me to do all of this,

But I just don't know why.

You stole whittendale from me,

And a lifetime of grief from my father.

He hated me because I wasn't ever good enough.

I'm sorry he was that awful to you.

But they just said yes to me and no to you.

That wasn't my call.

I should have gone to whittendale.

I should have had the dc job.

I should have had the loving husband.

I should have my father's respect.

But you wouldn't have nicole.

No, I don't have her anymore, do I?

You've seen to that.

No.

No, no, no.

I won't go to whittendale.

That's a lie.

I never really wanted to go there in the first place.

I, I, I just wanna go to state

So I could be closer to home, be closer to mom and dad.

If, if you let us go right now,

We won't tell anyone about this.

And I promise I won't attend whittendale.

You,

You do this now?

After all these years of high school,

You decide now to tell me this?

After I've completely blown up my life?

After I killed bill?

After I let my dad die?

After I planted those drugs?

You decide now to tell me this?

That none of this had to happen.

That it's all meaningless.

Mom.

Mom, what are you doing?

what are you doing here?

You shouldn't be here.

Mom, let's just go leave them here, okay?

no, it's too late, nicole.

mom, please, we have to leave.

Let's go.

- No, it's too late, nicole. - mom?

It's too late.

oh my god, mom! Help her!

Oh, no.

Don't you dare die on me.

- Let go of me. - No, stop.

She's not gonna do this to me.

- Mom. - No.

- Get away from me. - No.

- Let it me go. - No, mom.

- You can't do this. - Nicole.

Not worth it.

Don't.

Get off of me.

What are you doing?

- Let go of me. - don't move!

freeze!

drop the weapons.

Hands in the air, now.

Turn around.

Turn around!

Nicole.

- did you call them? - I didn't.

Why are they taking me?

Nicole?

Nicole!

no! Oh god, no.

I got in!

I'm so proud of you.

But you're okay that I'm not going to whittendale?

Stop worrying about what I want.

- Okay. - Congratulations.

you did it, baby.

Your turn.

I got into state!

You did it.

You did it.

Anything you wanna say to your mom?

Hi, mom.

I hope you're doing well.

I miss you and I love you.

that's time.

Pencils down.

Why are we even bothering?

Don't get discouraged.

These are all just practice tests

And your final scores will be perfect.

None of us have probably never scored perfect

On nothing at no time.

But luckily

For you,

For all of you,

I have.

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