02x17 - Headshot

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[Eerie wind howls]

- [Lexi]:
- this is the headquarters

For teen-teen publications...

A place

Where dreams are made.

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Headshots.

Beautiful, aren't they?

The empty space has been

Reserved for gracie wilde.

[Flash bulb pops]

Yes... That "gracie wilde."

You've heard of her,

Of course.

"The most famous teen face

On the planet."

But she didn't

Start out that way.

I should know.

We've been best friends

Since pre-k.

More like "the most anonymous

Teen face on the planet."

Okay, tell me

What you think.

Be totally honest.

Number one

Or number two?

They both look like number two.

[Forced chuckle]

I think they're cute!

They'd better be,

For the 500 bucks they cost her.

Shut up.

- That's what a decent headshot
- goes for these days.

- Any-hoo,
- it'll be worth it

- When I'm named
- the "new teen face."

Cassandra hobbs is scouting

The mall for finalists.

Cassandra hobbs?

- [Flynn]: yeah. She shoots
- all the cover photos

For teen-teen magazine.

Sorry. No clue.

She's only the most famous

Teen beauty photographer

On the planet!

- Now, when
- you say "planet,"

You do mean this planet?

[Chuckles]

Hey.

Are you sure you have

The right smoothie?

Are you trying

To ruin my chances?

- You know how
- my skin reacts to...

- [All three]:
- red dye three.

Oh, my god, flynn...

Flynn, I'm so sorry,

- I'll get you a new one
- right away, promise.

Don't sweat it.

[Ambient cafe music plays]

You should be

On that magazine.

Yeah, right.

Me, the next "teen face."

In your dreams.

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Guys, look!

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Hello.

- Would you like
- to hear the specials?

Not in the least.

I'm here looking for

The new face of teen-teen.

That could be you, gracie.

How do you

Know my name?

It's my business to know.

[Chuckles]

[Sheepishly]: oh.

Eliminations

Are in three weeks.

You'll need a headshot.

My studio,

Tomorrow afternoon?

Tomorrow isn't good.

I have extra help in math.

[Phone alert rings]

It just got canceled!

Then we're settled.

Miss hobbs?

I don't have the money

For a professional headshot.

It's not about the money,

Gracie.

It's about the desire.

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[Pop music playing]

I changed my mind.

Oh, no, you don't.

Look at me, lex.

- I am a server
- in an ice cream shop.

I don't belong here!

Yeah, well,

You're probably

The worst server

In ice cream shop history.

But... You also

Happen to be

The most beautiful

Person I know,

Inside and out.

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[Gracie]: awesome.

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Welcome, gracie.

Hi!

- You ready to change
- the face of the world?

She's ready.

Wardrobe and makeup,

Right this way.

Okay.

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[Shutter snapping]

Smile, dear.

I won't bite.

I'm... I'm really sorry,

Miss hobbs.

I guess

This just wasn't my calling.

No! Nonsense.

- We simply need
- the right mood.

[Snaps fingers]:

Atmosphere!

Music?

[Funky music starts to play]

[Fan whooshing]

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[Shutter snapping]

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♪ If you wanna talk about me

Say it to my face ♪

♪ I don't really like

All the rumors... ♪

That... Is...

[Snap]

Beautiful.

Tell me

Your dreams, gracie.

I don't know...

To be in a magazine, I guess.

Why stop there?

Why not be

- The most famous face
- on the planet?

The new face of teen-teen?

Yes!

Say the words.

I want to be the most famous

Face on the planet.

Again! And spin!

I want to be the most famous

Face on the planet!

Again!

- I want to be the most famous
- face on the planet!

Again!

- I want to be the most famous
- face on the planet!

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[Click]

I look so glamorous!

- It was always
- inside of you.

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Sort of.

I still think

Simpler is prettier.

Yes.

You would.

A person's true essence...

Some even say their very soul...

Can be captured

In a photograph.

The camera never lies.

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[Snapping]

- [Lexi]:
- gracie was on cloud nine.

I'd never seen her

So confident.

A little makeup

And she felt untouchable...

[Banging on door]

Gracie!

- Exactly
- how cassandra planned.

Give me a break, okay?

[Lexi]: sorry, ms. "W."

Didn't somebody promise

- They'd be working
- on their math today?

News flash.

- Lexi's been tutoring
- me all morning.

Right, lex?

Okay...

But remember our deal.

If you don't ace your mid-term...

- And that means a b-plus
- or better...

You can forget about

That miss teen whatever-it-is.

[Annoyed gasp]

[Bangs door shut]

I can't believe

- You just lied to
- your mother like that.

We never even

Looked at the math.

Who needs math?

Cassandra says

When I'm rich and famous,

I can always hire somebody

To count my millions.

Seriously?

Who are you?

[Claps compact shut]

It's me, lex.

It's only me.

I'm starting to wonder.

[Sighs]

Later.

[Text alert ringing]

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[School bell rings]

Hey.

Hey.

Dude, what's with

The purse?

- Gray asked if I could
- take her books home

- While she's at
- extra help.

- Yeah. Looks like
- she's getting

A little extra help

From somewhere.

[Girls snickering]

- So, I bought
- these shoes

- Just for saturday night,
- but, I have to tell you,

I might have a photo

sh**t in between, so...

Hey.

- [Conversation continues,
- indistinct]

But I'm excited.

- [Giggles, flirty,
- then stops]

I'll talk to you later.

Since when can you afford

To blow off math?

- Since the hottest
- guy in school

Just asked me out.

- I'm seriously worried
- about you, gray.

Chillax.

Worrying

Causes wrinkles.

Let me guess:

Cassandra hobbs?

- Listen, lex.
- She's a great lady,

- And, for the first
- time ever,

- I know exactly
- where I'm headed.

- Right.
- And where's that?

To the top!

- And you
- can come with me.

To do what?

Carry your books?

Thanks.

Thanks, dyl.

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What's she doing here?

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Cassandra.

- Tick-tock, my dear.
- Have you forgotten your fitting?

Yeah...

Yeah, I guess I did.

What's this problem written all

Over your pretty little face?

Tomorrow's my mid-term.

If I don't ace it,

- My mother won't allow me
- to compete in the eliminations.

Well, then I strongly suggest

- That you figure out a way
- to ace it.

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Don't go, gracie.

Please.

Lex, I have to.

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[Ominous chords strike]

[Sighs uneasily]

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Hey, pen.

Dylan.

Collect your things.

[Text alert ringing]

- [Cassandra]:
- give me some attitude!

- Show me
- why you should win this.

Hello! Guess who scored

A 92 on her mid-term?

I'm thinking you.

- Wanna guess who got suspended
- for cheating?

I'm thinking "dylan."

Cassandra?

We need to talk.

Now.

Flynn, give us

A minute.

What is she doing here?

Posing for a headshot.

You said

I was the frontrunner!

- True, but I could always
- use another,

And flynn does have

The most flawless complexion.

It's all about the skin,

My dear.

Flynn!

Smile for me.

[Grunts, fuming]

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Flynn, what happened?

Your face...

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What did you do?

[Lexi]: it was clear

That nothing or no one

Could stand

In gracie's way...

Not even her friends.

[Loud pop music plays]

[Song filtering faintly

From studio

How's flynn?

Better.

[Chuckles quietly]

[Scoffs softly]

Wait! Where are you going?

The eliminations start

In 10 minutes.

I know, gracie.

I can't stay.

Look.

I already told you,

I had nothing to do with it.

- It's not about
- flynn...

Or dylan.

It's about...

Everything.

Something's happening

To you, gray.

That's right.

Something amazing.

My dream

Is about to come true.

- You sure
- it's not cassandra's dream?

What are you talking about?

Ever since she came

Into your life,

You've changed.

Did you ever stop to think

About what she gets out of it?

Cassandra said

You'd do this.

She said, when good things

Started to happen,

The first people to bail

Would be my closest friends.

That's a horrible thing

To say.

I love you, gray.

Then stay with me!

No.

I'm afraid.

Afraid?

Or jealous?

[Text alert chimes]

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Oh, my god, gracie.

- Just give it!
- Just give it.

Don't you get it?

That headshot shows

How ugly you've become.

Yeah. That's...

That's pretty funny,

Coming from a butter-face

Like you.

Oh, god. Lexi...

Lexi, wait! I didn't mean it

Like that.

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[Sobbing softly]

[Locked knob rattles]

[Eerie troubled cries

[Overlapping]

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[Echoing strains

[Of troubled cries]

So...

What do you think

Of my client list?

You're a clever girl.

The plain ones always are.

Very soon,

Gracie will be

A part of my collection,

Now... And forever.

It's as simple

As taking a picture.

Gracie is not one of them.

You changed her.

[Laughs]: you see?

That's where you're wrong.

I can't change anyone.

I simply...

Offer encouragement.

Gracie is

Who she has always been...

On the inside...

Or she would have deleted

That headshot long ago.

It's almost time.

We wouldn't want

To miss her big moment.

What are you?

Haven't you already guessed?

[Demon roars]

[Sighs]

[Audience applauding]

Thank you, ladies.

Take five

While we tally our scores.

[Heels clopping, crowd chatting]

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What's wrong, dear?

I'm ugly.

[Chuckles lightly]

Nonsense.

You're the most beautiful

Girl in the world.

Not according to this.

"The camera never lies."

In a few moments,

The new face of teen-teen

Will be introduced

To the world.

You can

Live that dream...

Or... You can

Press "delete,"

Go back to being

Another anonymous

Face in the crowd.

The choice

Is yours, gracie.

The choice has

Always been yours.

You need to make a decision.

They're announcing

The winner.

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[Applauding]

- Congratulations,
- cassandra.

You've done it again.

Yes.

May I announce to the world,

The new face of

Miss teen-teen...

Miss gracie wilde!

[Loud applause and cheering]

[Shutter clicking repeatedly]

[Applause continues]

[Applauding and cheering

[Continue]

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Welcome back, gray.

[Lexi]: but the choice

Wasn't mine to make.

It was gracie's...

And gracie's alone.

- [Camera crashes to the ground
- and shatters]

[Lexi]: it's strange

How things worked out.

Gracie finally got her wish.

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Guess who this is?

It's me.

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