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I've lived my whole life
on Normal Street.

There's a lake at one end,

and a forest of shady trees
at the other.

But what lies in between

is anything but normal.

What makes someone great,
truly great?

What is it about life
that will assure someone

will go down in the annals
of history?

Is there any one quality

or a combination of qualities

that determine a legacy?

And is being remembered the same thing as being great?

So how about this green light?

What should we make of it?

Mel?

I think it represents Gatsby's
unattainable dream.

Interesting.

Let's get our hands dirty
with that one.

Daisy Buchanan, she,
like the green beacon--

- What's all this?
- Fundraiser for debate club.

Are you still coming?

We wanna hit the trail
before the mosquitoes do.

What?

Oh!

Yes, of course.

I'm almost finished.

[phone rings]

Can you get that for me?

Fuller residence,
how may I help you?

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, slow down.

Okay, okay, she's here.
Just a sec.

Some kid's on the phone
saying it's a code red
fraction meltdown?

Matthew, the fourth-grader
I'm tutoring.

Hey, Matthew.

She's tutoring now, too?

Look at this sloppy work.

The chip distribution
is totally off.

Poor little guy.
Just wait until
he gets to decimals.

We're not gonna make it to
Normal Falls today, are we?

You're gonna have
to go hiking without me.

I'm sorry, guys.

We'll just wait
till we can all go together.

How about tomorrow?

Field trip and student council
and spirit committee

and volleyball.

How about Wednesday?

Rosemary Jeske's in town,
and she's coming to talk to us.

Wait, who?

Rosemary Jeske?
I'll give you a hint.

- She's a human cannonball?
- [sighs]

Oh, no, no, no!
She's the lady

that invented
that tube thingies.

Close.

Capsule-free pneumatic
tube travel.

She's also a brilliant
physicist, painter,

and civil rights activist.

She'll go down as one of

the most influential people
of her generation.

And I wanna follow
in her footsteps.

Hey, guys.
I'm glad I caught you.

I need you to sign off on the
new engineering club calendar.

When did we get
an engineering club?

When Mel founded it.

Did she tell you
Rosemary Jeske is coming?

It's a total coup.
I have a hundred questions,

like what she considers to be

her all-time
greatest achievement.

It'll really help me
prioritize for--

College. Allergies.

Yeah, your body's allergic
to you being so busy.

If I tried to do
even half of what you do,

I'd probably make myself sick.

Lucky for me,
I never get sick.

I'm not sick.

Okay, I'm sick.

I still don't know why
my dad's making me stay home.

Why are you taking
his side, Gortimer?

I can't believe
I'm missing this field trip.

Doctor Grapehall is going to
unveil a bunch of previously

unreleased pirate-era artifacts.

Will you take notes for me?

I was going to write about it
for the school newspaper.

I'm up for editor.

Oh, thanks.

You're the best.

I'm hoping it's just
a 24-hour bug.

I know, I know.
It's just one day.

It's not like
I'm gonna miss everything.

Bye.

Hey!

How was the field trip
yesterday?

- Uh...
- I can only imagine
how great it was.

But don't tell me.

Okay, just give me the details.

- I'm sorry, I--
- Oh! Um--

I had some thoughts about
next month's engineering
club calendar.

- Why?
- I know, right?

My dad said I should just rest.

But I couldn't stop my brain.

I was thinking
we could bring in someone

from the N.U. chemical
engineering department.

- Hippity-hoppity?
- Flippity-floppity.

What was that with Randy?

Hippity-hoppity,
flippity-floppity.

You know Randy?

- Hippity-hoppity.
- Flippity-floppity.

- Hey, guys.
- Hi.

Hi, it's Tracy, right?

Don't you usually
sit back there?

Well, actually,
this is Tracy's seat.

What?

Yeah, there's an open seat
right there.

Right, it's Tracy's.

Um, okay,
I guess I'll play along

with this weird
and slightly cruel game.

So I was wondering
if you wanted to hike
Normal Falls this afternoon.

- I'm in. Tracy?
- I'll make it this time.

I promise.

- Uh... Hmm.
- Yeah.

Gortimer: Yeah,
so we can go maybe later.

[overlapping chatter]

What exactly was that
all about?

- I'm sorry. What?
- Back there.

- What's going on?
- You guys are acting
really weird.

Uh, please don't take this
the wrong way,

but what was your name again?

- Mandy?
- Mel.

- Oh, great to meet you.
- Meet me?

What is this?

This is me introducing myself.

- I'm Gortimer.
This is Ranger.
- Hey.

Otherwise known
as my best friends

I don't get it.
Tracy's our best friend.

Okay, this isn't funny anymore.

Is this about the hiking thing?
'Cause I said I was sorry.

No, it's okay.
Really, it's fine.

Yeah, don't worry
about it.

Sure, Jay Gatsby may seem
shallow or materialistic
at first glance,

but think about
where he started--

Growing up in the middle
of nowhere

with no friends or prospects.

Why wouldn't he do
everything he could

to become a new person?

Excellent point, Tracy.

- Hippity-hoppity.
- Flippity-floppity.

- Hi, Tracy, I have
the calendar schedule here.
- Awesome.

- Can you--
- Yeah. Okay, cool.

So this is good.

Okay. Um...

Okay so,
when Jesse gets here,

I will introduce her
to the club,

at which point, Katherine,
you can start the video.

And let's hold any further
questions until after
she's done speaking.

Crud, I'm late.

Tracy's gonna kill me.

But she wouldn't,
because she's so awesome.

Yeah, she's pretty great.

They're gonna have to save extra
room for her in the yearbook.

All her clubs aren't going
to fit on one page.

She's legendary.

Well, hippity-hoppity.

Wait, Audrey?

What's this hippity-hoppity
business?

- From the field trip yesterday?
- I wasn't there. I was sick.

The security guards
at the museum were doing it,

and we all thought
it was funny.

Then Tracy started saying it,
and now everyone does.

Wow. You really missed
everything.

You're telling me.

- Hippity-hoppity, Audrey.
- Flippity-floppity, Trace.

This should be your
top priority, Kevin.

[chuckles] No, I'm not
gonna call you detective,

until you start
calling me doctor.

Just find it, okay?

Or you can consider yourself
uninvited for Thanksgiving.

You would think
having a twin brother

on the police force
would be helpful.

But, no.

I'm sorry.
Who are you again?

Mel Fuller, I was
instrumental in uncovering

the evidence
that made us reevaluate

the founding of our town.

It seems like something
Tracy would have done.

Never mind.

I was hoping
you could tell me

what happened during
the field trip yesterday.

How do you know about that?

The only people
who knew about the theft

are me, my sorry excuse
for a brother,

and you.

I don't know anything
about a theft.

Where were you between
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. yesterday?

I was home sick.

I believe you.

So what was stolen exactly?

A sextant used by Captain
Normal's chief navigator.

Now, a sextant is probably
a meaningless word to you, but--

It's a navigational device
first used in the 18th century.

Precisely.

And this one is of
earth-shattering
historical importance,

coveted by all manner
of scoundrels over the years

for the legend
that surrounds it.

- What legend?
- The year was 1832.

Captain Normal's ship
Mamas Bonitas Del Mar.

had just embarked on its second
Trans-Atlantic voyage.

Aboard the vessel was
a lonely cabin boy

named Nathaniel.

None of the other pirates
ever noticed him.

But he noticed them.

And one in particular.

He was a lookout
named Eagle Eye Ethan

who scoured the horizon
day and night.

Land ho!

Nathaniel always imagined
what it would be like

up there in that crow's nest,

looking down at the rest
of the world,

being the one
everyone cheered for.

Then late one night,
a great storm seized the ship.

And in the chaos,
a mysterious sextant

fell from the bunk
of the ship's navigator.

[thunderclap]

Nathaniel snatched it.

And when the storm passed,

Nathaniel took the instrument
onto the main deck

and held it to the stars.

The next morning, the pirates
all looked at Nathaniel

and asked why he wasn't
manning the crow's nest.

Confused but excited,

Nathaniel climbed the mast.

Eagle Eye Ethan protested,

but the pirates
only laughed at him.

[chuckles]
Ethan as a lookout!

That's a good laugh.

Now swab the deck, cabin boy.

And thus a legend was born.

The sextant not only guided
your position at sea,

but your position
in life as well.

Nonsense of course.
[chuckles]

- But an amusing story.
- You're right.

Nonsense, thanks, bye!

Wait, where are you going?
Who are you again?

Great. See you later.

- Hippity-hoppity.
- Flippity-floppity.

I need to borrow her
for a sec.

Come with me.

- Hey!
- You stole the sextant.

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

Yes, you do, and you need
to return it to the museum.

But first you have to undo
whatever it is that you did.

I don't know how.

- You're lying.
- No, I'm not.

I've never even talked
to you before today,

and now, you're taking over
my life.

Why do you want to be me?

I don't want to be you.

I just wanted
to be like you.

Oh, so you made
everybody forget about me.

No!

Look, I didn't mean to.

This has all gotten
out of hand.

Here, take it.
I don't even know how it works.

Tell me what happened, please.

Well, Doctor Grapehall
was talking about the story
behind the sextant.

And hence,
a legend was born.

The sextant not only guided
your position at sea,

but your position
in life as well.

This was my chance.

I could be somebody.

So whileeveryone
was eating lunch...

I snuck up...

grabbed the sextant...

...and messed around with it.

[overlapping chatter]

- Hippity-hoppity?
- Flippity-floppity.

The next thing I knew?

Gortimer and Ranger were
acting like my best friends.

And from then on
I was like you, Mel.

I was confident.

I was valued.

I was a leader.

I'd never experienced
anything like it.

It was incredible.

But why me?

Did you know I tried to start
an engineering club last year?

But nobody came.

And then Mel Fuller starts one

and everyone rushes to join.

Maybe you just didn't talk
to the right people.

People don't listen to me
like they listen to you.

Everybody likes you.

And you're always the first
one picked for the team

- or called on in class.
- Not all the time.

I've been watching you.

And, yes, it's all the time.

And you have
these amazing friends.

They're so funny and supportive.

And they always want to go
on these little adventures

and hang out.

It's heaven.

You're life is so full.

Yeah, but it's my life
and my friends.

But you do more and more
and see them less and less.

If I had friends like that,

I would always put them first.

They mean everything to me.

But you're not wrong.

I'm sorry.
That's not fair.

I guess I'm just jealous
of what you have.

But you could have friends.

You just need to put
yourself out there.

Its not that easy.

You're right.

It's not.

It can be scary.

Until you find
the right people.

I had the right people.

I had to leave them
when I moved.

But you know it's not right
for you to take my friends.

And my life.

I know.

We're setting everything
back to the way it was.

So how does it work?

I don't know, I just look
through the eyepiece.

Okay, now what?

Then I move the arm
at the bottom.

[sextant clicks]

I must have hit
a lock or something.

- It won't move.
- It's stuck?

I feel weird.

Maybe everything
has gone back to normal?

Let's go.

Hey, guys, look who it is.

- Hey, you--
- Mandy.

Hey, Mandy.

You guys still don't know
who she is?

Sure we do.
She's the new girl that wanted
your seat this morning?

Nice to meet you guys.

This is Gortimer and Ranger.

Gortimer?
That's an interesting name.

You guys have been best friends
since you were kids.

Actually, my best friends
are Jack and Macy, but

I haven't seen them
since we left Texas.

Those were my best friends.

- Oh, no.
- What's up with you?

Locking it just made it
a million times worse.

- What am I gonna do?
- About what?

Long story.

- I'll be back.
- Where are you going?

To see Doctor Grapehall.
He's gotta know how to fix this.

You guys stay here.

Talk, get to know each other.

So.

So.

Yep.

Hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Come in already!

I stole your sextant.

What?

You have no idea the depths
of trouble you're in, Tracy.

- Calling the police.
- Wait!

I have it right here, but it's
stuck or broken or something.

Broken?

Well, this has
been really fun,

but, uh, Ranger and I
need to get going.

We have some science homework
we need to do.

We do?

Oh, right, we do.

We have to figure out
how many balloons

it would take to lift
Gortimer off the ground.

Cool. Well, don't forget
to take into account

the temperature outside,

because it will affect
the density of the helium.

Are you saying that we could
actually make Gortimer float
using balloons?

Sure.

We just have to do
a simple calculation.

Well, let's figure out
Ranger's balloon number first.

He's the risk taker.

Yeah, if you ever need anybody

to smell test
expired dairy products,

I'm your guy.

Okay, first things first.

How much do each of you weigh?

If you walk away right now,
I won't press charges.

I don't care about that.
I only care about my friends.

Well, they're not
actually my friends.

I kind of accidentally
stole them.

It doesn't matter.
You need to fix the sextant.

The last thing you should
be doing is telling me
what I need to do.

Don't steal anything else
on the way out.

[laughter]

Yes, that's what I said.
It was returned.

Call off the investigation.

You never started
an investigation?

[laughing]

- That's hilarious,
do another one.
- Okay, okay.

[Socttish accent]
Aye, laddie, the moors
are dark and mysterious.

When he pulls that one out
at Little Scots, they
give us free haggis.

Ranger eats it.
I just watch.

Yeah. You should really
come with us sometime.

I'd love that.
Do you have anymore?

Gortimer [English accent]:
I could do British, like
a more proper version.

- Do you have another one?
- You know, it's more proper.

Hi.

Hi.

And that's why
they call me Doctor.

Hi, uh, I'm Gortimer.

I think you're
in our English class.

We were just gonna catch
Mel up on everything.

She was out sick for a day.

But it feels like
way longer than that.

It does, doesn't it?

I missed you guys.

So you guys are friends.

- No.
- Best friends.

Great.

Would you guys like
to hang out sometime?

- Sure.
- Wait.

We don't know
where she stands

on the delicious new
mango arctic sludgies.

Actually,
I think they're kind of gross.

Trick question, they are gross.

She's good to hang out
with us.

- And Mel?
- Yes, Tracy?

I would really like to be part
of the engineering club.

I'd really like that, too.

- The engineering club!
- Rosemary Jeske!

Woman: Unbelievable.
Just who do you think you are?

And I looked at my professor
right in the eye

and said, "I'm Rosemary Jeske.

Remember that name, because you
are going to hear a lot of it."

All: Oooh!

And indeed I have made
a name for myself.

But the thing I'm most proud of
is the first thing

I ever invented.

It was never patented,
never marketed.

And only two people
in the world ever used it.

It was a primitive transceiver

that allowed me
and my best friend in the world

to communicate when tragedy
separated our families.

Connection is the foundation
of all great things in life.

Peace, love, and happiness.

There is nothing more noble
or rewarding.

Any questions?

No, Mrs. Jeske,
you just answered all of mine.

Thank you so much
for coming to talk to us.

It's been a real honor.

I have some more time,
if anyone would like
to stick around.

Wonderful.

I'm giving the floor over
to my co-president,

if she has any questions.

Um, Actually,
I have a ton of questions.

Gortimer: What makes someone great isn't the number of activities

listed next to their picture
in the yearbook.

Greatness is about
the choices they make.

They choose to be inspired
and to be curious.

They choose to work hard
and to challenge themselves.

They choose to support
and respect

and love those they surround
themselves with.

And if that's how
you measure greatness,

then Mel Fuller
is the greatest.