WOMAN: Are you ready?
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I know you see me
standing here ♪
♪ Do I look good,
my dear? ♪
♪ Do I look good today? ♪
♪ Today, today ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ I'm just another
kind of girl ♪
♪ And you want
to see my world ♪
♪ So come and run away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away, yeah ♪
♪ I will make you see ♪
♪ All of the things ♪
♪ That you can be ♪
♪ Believe in yourself ♪
♪ Come follow me ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ ♪
- I think
a carbon-to-carbon double bond
is shorter and stronger
than a single carbon--
Okay, I'm confused.
- Wait, isn't a double bond
an atom with a single bond
and one pi bond?
- I'd like to eat one pie.
- Can I say something?
- Mm, sure.
- I hate chemistry!
Hate it!
I just wanted
to make that clear.
[sighs]
- Why don't you have
a French fry?
It'll calm you right down.
- I'm already full, and
what happened to all your talk
about eating
healthier foods?
- What? The French fry,
made from the potato,
a vegetable, dipped in ketchup
made from the tomato,
also a vegetable.
So, basically, this is
like a handheld salad.
[laughs]
- What?
- [laughs]
You chew funny.
- Good-bye.
- Good funny!
♪ ♪
- Where is my black sweater?
- I don't know.
- [groans]
Where is it?
Ooh, here it is.
- [squeaking]
- [screaming]
- What, what, what, what?
- There's a rat
underneath the bed!
- Really?
- Where's the hand sanitizer?
Where is the hand sanitizer?
- It's right over there!
- [screaming]
[groans]
Call the police!
- Lola.
- Call the sheriff's department!
- It's my rat!
- What?
- It's mine.
I was doing an experiment to see
if rats could learn to dance,
but he escaped,
like, six weeks ago,
and I thought he was
gone forever.
It's my rat.
- What's the matter with you?
- Nothing!
Is experimenting with
rodent choreography so weird?
- Absolutely!
- Look, just calm down, relax,
and I'll catch the rat.
♪ ♪
- ♪ She always told me so ♪
♪ So I don't want to know ♪
- What are you doing?
- He's not gonna dance alone.
♪ ♪
- ♪ She's so free ♪
♪ She's outta the past ♪
♪ ♪
- Happily, some of you did
very well on your tests.
Sadly, many of you did not.
Next time, let's try to have
more "happilies"
and fewer "sadlies."
Your test, Martin.
Logan.
- [whispering]
What'd you get?
- Who cares?
- Ooh, that bad?
- You don't need to be good
at chemistry
when you're gonna be a famous
athlete and/or male model.
- What if you're good at both?
I mean--
Well, that was just a crime
against aviation.
- Good joke.
Bad grade.
- [sighs]
And now I'm sad.
- Whoa.
- Zoey.
- [scoffs]
Aw, man.
- Those of you who did poorly
are going to have to study
a lot harder,
unless you'd like to be back
in this class again next year.
[bell rings]
Dismissed.
- Ms. Bromwell?
- What is it, Zoey?
- I've never gotten a grade
below a B at PCA.
- Well, now you have.
- Yeah. I know.
So I was hoping maybe I could
do some extra credit work,
you know,
to bring up my average?
- I don't believe
in extra credit,
but I can talk
to some of my better students
and see if any are interested
in tutoring you.
- Um, yeah, that'd be great.
Thanks.
- Oh, Zoey.
You're good friends with Chase.
- Mm-hmm.
- Is his hair
naturally that way,
or is it a perm?
- Um, no,
I think it's natural.
- Fascinating.
♪ ♪
- I can't believe
you're gonna get a tutor.
- Might not be so bad.
Maybe it'll be a cute guy.
- Yeah, 'cause chemistry geeks
are so cute.
- Hey, I resent that.
Not all people who excel
in science are geeks.
Thank you.
- She meant
boy chemistry geeks.
- Yeah, girl chemistry geeks
are the coolest.
- Your sarcasm is noted.
- Just finish building
that trap,
'cause if I see that rat
in this room,
I'm moving to Wisconsin.
- Yeah, you better k*ll
that furry little beast.
- I would never k*ll
a living creature!
Anyway, there's no need to.
The rat will be lured to this
wedge of Jarlsberg cheese.
Then this strobe light will
blink rapidly, disorienting him.
Then a plasma bolt will fire
from this chamber,
stunning him long enough
for me to grab him
and put him
safely back in his cage.
So now...
We wait.
- Hey, why don't you just get
Quinn to tutor you?
- Yeah, we tried that once.
- It's so simple!
- It's not simple!
- Just repeat after me!
Spectroscopy...
- Spectroscopy...
- Is the use of the absorption,
emission, or scattering...
- Is the use of absorption,
emission, or scattering...
- Of electromagnetic radiation
by atoms or molecules
to qualitatively
or quantitatively study
the atoms or molecules!
- No human can say that!
- I could say it
in kindergarten!
Say it!
- I can't say it!
- Say it!
- I can't!
- Aah!
- Aah!
- You could've said it.
- No, I couldn't.
- [scoffs]
- Shh!
Look, look.
- There he is.
- [whispering]
He's going for the cheese.
- Shh.
- Okay.
Now the strobe light
should kick on,
disorienting him.
- It's working.
- Now he'll be stunned
by the plasma bolt.
It missed.
- Really?
- Zoey,
do you have a moment?
- Hi.
- I found you
a chemistry tutor.
He's one of my best students.
- Cool. Who is he?
- Well, he's--
That's peculiar.
He was right over there.
[chuckles]
There he is.
- ♪ When I finally met you ♪
♪ ♪
- Here's Zoey.
- Logan?
- Like I'm thrilled
about this.
- Logan doesn't know anything
about chemistry!
He doesn't know anything
about anything!
- Logan happens to be
one of my top students.
He got a 100
on the last test.
- Do you have to say it
that loud?
- He can't be
one of your best students.
I mean--no offense--
but he's an idiot!
- All right, that's it.
I didn't want
to tutor you anyway.
- [sighs]
That wasn't wise.
You need him.
- He's really one of your
best chemistry students?
- Consistently.
- Ms. Bromwell.
Hey, Zoey.
- [scoffs]
That hair cannot be natural.
- Logan!
Logan!
Logan!
[scoffs]
Wait a second!
- What, you weren't done
insulting me?
- I'm sorry, okay?
It's just you're, like,
a straight-C and D student.
- Except for chemistry.
- Well, how are you
so good at it?
- 'Cause my grandfather was
a chemistry professor
at Caltech.
I had to spend every summer
with him when I was a kid.
- And he taught you?
- Against my will,
and now I'm cursed
with being knowledgeable.
It's so gross.
- Well, will you tutor me?
- If I do, you swear
you'll never tell anyone?
- Why would I tell anyone?
Being tutored by you
is humiliating.
- Good.
We both promise.
No one finds out
about this.
- Let's shake on it.
- Or we can kiss on it.
We'll shake.
♪ ♪
- Okay. A reaction that absorbs
energy in the form of heat
is...?
- Endothermic.
- Good.
And a reaction
that releases energy
in the form of heat is...?
- Exothermic.
- Correct.
And how do you measure
the enthalpy change?
- Um, it's the energy used
from bond-breaking reactions
minus the energy released
in bond-making products.
- Measured in...?
- Kilojoules.
- Not bad, Brooks.
- You really know
chemistry.
- You promised
not to tell anyone.
- As long as you promise not to
tell anyone you're tutoring me.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- All right, let's talk
about isotopes.
- Wait, it's almost 9:00.
What if Chase and Michael
come back?
- Nah, they'll be sh**ting hoops
in the gym
until at least 10:00.
Okay, isotopes.
- I have to say it.
I'm a little embarrassed
for you.
- This is
a sports-related injury!
That makes me cool.
- Dude, tripping
over a basketball
on the way to the bathroom
is not cool.
- Oh, hey, Quinn and Lola.
- Oh, yeah.
- What up, females?
- Oh, hey.
- What've you guys
been doing?
- I've been watching Quinn
research rat brains
for the past three hours.
- Yeah, you'll change your tone
when I trap that rat
and lock him away
forever.
- What rat?
- What happened to your foot?
- Ah, sports-related injury,
you know.
- He tripped over a basketball
on his way to pee.
[both laughing]
- Why don't you broadcast it
on the PCA News, huh?
Hey, hey,
where's Jeremiah Trottman?
Chase has a breaking story
for him!
- Easy, pal.
[scoffs]
Hey, was Zoey with you guys?
- No, she went to a movie.
- No, she told me she was
taking a yoga class.
- Who cares? I've got to go
prove to my rat
that no rodent can outsmart
Quinn Pensky.
You ready for me, rat?
Are you ready
for a piece of Quinn?
- Okay, that's all the chemistry
I can handle for one night.
- Me too.
Oh, oh, be careful.
- Whoa.
- Uh, hi.
- Hey.
- Hello.
- What are you guys doing?
- Nothing. Talking.
Nothing.
- What are you guys doing?
I thought you were
sh**ting hoops till 10:00.
- Oh, he was on his way
to pee and--
- Be quiet!
I thought you were taking
a yoga class.
- And Lola said you were
seeing a movie.
- Yeah, it was a movie
about yoga
which I came to tell
you guys about,
and now that you know,
good night.
- We got to see that yoga movie.
- All right, I assume
we all know
why I've called you here.
- Yes, to waste my valuable time
while a rogue rat
runs hither and yon
through my dorm room
mocking my intelligence.
- No, we're not here to discuss
your "rodential" problem.
We're here to talk about what's
going on between Zoey and Logan.
They've been sneaking around,
telling us lies.
I want to know what's up.
- Why do you care?
- Because I'm a caring person.
See?
- Look, obviously, Zoey
and Logan are secretly dating.
May I please go catch
my rat now?
- Yes, go.
- No!
No one's going places
till we figure out
what's going on.
Now, let's consider
the possibilities.
- I think they're dating.
- Dating.
- The other possibilities!
- I thought Chase was
over Zoey.
- So did I.
- I--What do you mean?
I never had
a two-year crush on Zoey.
[chuckles]
Right, Michael?
- Yes, there was no crush,
you silly people.
- Then why do you care
if Zoey and Logan are dating?
- She's not dating Logan, okay?
I've known Zoey since
the first day she came to PCA,
and I know she'd never date
a jerk like Logan!
- He's one
of your best friends.
- Which is how I know
he's a jerk.
- Okay, then if Zoey and Logan
are sneaking around,
spending all this time
together,
you tell me what
the other explanations are.
- Well, they could...
you know,
they could be, uh--
I mean, for all we know, uh--
I'm gonna go find out.
- I'm gonna go
cleanse my pores.
- I have a creature
to capture.
- Am I the only normal person
at this school?
[playing light music]
♪ ♪
- I want to know
what's going on.
- I'm just taking
pictures of myself,
like I always do.
See?
- I meant I want to know
what's going on
between you and Zoey.
- Why?
What do you know?
- That you guys
have been sneaking around,
spending a whole lot
of time together.
Why?
- Why?
- Yes, why?
It comes
right in between X and Z.
- Well, the, uh...
[mumbling]
The truth is, uh...
Zoey and I are...dating.
- Liar!
- It's true!
- Zoey would never date you.
You're--you're you.
- Fine, don't believe it.
- All right.
I'll go ask Zoey.
- No! She's not gonna
tell you the truth.
- Why not?
- 'Cause she knew
you wouldn't like it.
Ha!
You know that makes sense.
- I still don't believe it.
- Well, you should.
- Prove it.
- Okay, I will.
♪ ♪
- [coughs]
Okay, what is--
- Stand back!
Put this on!
- What are you doing now,
Quinn?
- Well, I invented
a special nerve gas
that should target
a rat's central nervous system.
- [groans]
- Should put it to sleep
for about a half hour,
which will render it
catchable.
- You know, most girls'
biggest problem
with their roommate is
they borrow their clothes
without asking.
I've got one
who loses rats,
sh**t me in the head
with plasma bolts,
and fills my room
with homemade nerve gas.
- Thanks.
- Which apparently
doesn't work too well.
- [scoffs]
Why isn't he unconscious?
- I'm gonna go get
some coffee.
- Don't you feel lightheaded?
Drowsy?
Oh!
You are smarter than I am.
I can't even make
a mild nerve gas that works.
I should just give up science
and get a job at Super Wall.
♪ ♪
[scooter horn honks]
- Okay...
now what?
- Get in that bush.
- No.
- Get in the bush.
- I don't want to be in a bush.
- I told you, Zoey's never
gonna admit to you
that we're dating.
- Yeah, 'cause you're not.
- I will prove it to you if--
Here she comes.
Bush!
- All right!
I don't like being in bushes.
- Hey.
- Oh, hey.
What are you doing here?
- Uh, weren't we
supposed to meet here at 4:00?
- Yes. Hey.
- Hey.
- So where should we go
today?
- I don't know.
Library? Your room?
- Yeah, you know,
wherever we can be alone.
- Right.
- Um, you know,
I think this is working out
pretty good
between me and you,
don't you think?
- Sure.
I mean, it's kind of weird.
But it's working for me.
- Yeah, listen,
I got to tell you something.
I, uh...
I told Chase
what's going on between us.
- What? I thought we decided
no one should know.
- He's my friend. I thought
he deserved to hear the truth.
You mad?
- I guess not.
I mean, I hate that I've been
lying to Lola and Quinn.
- Exactly. We shouldn't have to
keep secrets from our friends.
- Yeah, I know,
it's just chemistry.
- Yes, chemistry, you know,
which we have together.
- All right!
I've heard enough!
- Chase?
- Chase, what were you doing
in that bush?
- Hearing everything.
- Look, I wanted to tell you,
but I was embarrassed.
- You should be embarrassed.
I mean, Logan?
- I know, but he's
taught me so much.
- Oh, God!
- It's true. I mean, he really
knows his stuff.
- Oh!
Oh!
Ugh!
Oh, God.
- Wow, he's really upset
you're tutoring me.
- Yeah.
Yeah, tutoring.
[scooter horn honks]
WOMAN:
♪ 17 days on the road ♪
♪ A lot of things
will cross your mind ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh, don't feel so bad.
- How can I not?
I've been intellectually bested
by an animal
with a brain
the size of a raisin.
He won.
I lost.
- I don't even think the rat
knew he was in a competition.
- Great.
He b*at me without even trying.
I'm gonna end up
in community college.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hi, Zo.
- Listen, I've been keeping
something from you guys.
Can we talk?
- Sure.
- Let's talk.
- See, for the last week
or so--
- [gasps] Look!
- [scoffs]
- Get him!
- Why should I even try?
He's brilliant.
I mean, even if I had
a super--
- There, rat captured.
Toss me that Blitz.
- Zoey, that was genius!
- Whatever.
- Hey.
- Hey, Chase.
- Hey.
- Listen, Zo,
sorry I freaked out on you...
back there near the bush.
- Yeah, what was that about?
- I just--
I guess it's just kind of hard
for me to understand
why you would want to date a guy
like Logan.
- Date him?
You think I'm dating Logan?
- Well, yeah.
- Yeah.
- Aren't you?
- No! Gross! Ew!
Why would you think that?
- 'Cause you guys
have been sneaking around.
- And lying about it.
- And Logan told me
you were.
[chuckles]
- I am not dating Logan!
He's tutoring me in chemistry.
- Chemistry?
[girls laughing]
- Oh, my God, Logan?
Logan, seriously?
- Oh, that's not true.
- Oh, it's true.
Logan is one of my best
chemistry students,
which is why I asked him
to tutor Zoey.
- See?
- Is that really your hair?
- Yes?
- I doubt it.
- See?
- Okay.
- We believe you.
- So why'd Logan lie?
- 'Cause he thought everyone
would rip on him
for being a chemistry geek.
- Oh, yeah,
we'll definitely do that.
- Yeah, that's for sure.
- We totally are, though.
- I can't believe he said
we were dating. Ugh!
- You should get him back
somehow.
- Yeah, you should.
♪ ♪
- Ready?
- Yep.
- So ready.
- Do it.
- Don't worry, little guy.
You'll be fine.
- [laughs]
Wow.
- You put it in his pants?
- Yep. Mm.
- [sighs]
- You know, I never
would have believed
Logan Reese knows chemistry.
- He does, big-time.
- And he's really good at it?
- Well, he's not, like,
your level,
but, yeah, knows his stuff.
- I wonder when he's gonna
notice the rat in his pants?
- Well, how long ago
did you guys--
LOGAN: Aah!
What's in my pants?
Aah! Aah!
Oh! Oh, God!
[laughter]
Help me!
- He ran like a girl.
- Yeah.
[Logan continues screaming]
- I think he noticed.
[laughter]
[Logan continues screaming]
WOMAN: ♪ Yeah, yeah, you ♪
♪ Just gotta let it loose ♪
♪ And do what
you choose to do ♪
♪ Don't walk away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ If you wanna play ♪
♪ Come and play today ♪
♪ Let's just get away ♪
[ding]
MAN: Mmm.
CHASE: I don't like being
in bushes.
03x04 - Zoey's Tutor
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Series centers around Zoey Brooks as she enrolls in Pacific Coast Academy, a prestigious Southern California boarding school that previously only allowed boys to attend.
Series centers around Zoey Brooks as she enrolls in Pacific Coast Academy, a prestigious Southern California boarding school that previously only allowed boys to attend.