Transcripts - Forever Dreaming

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

My name is Kevin Porter.

I'm a guidance counselor
at Liberty High School.

I would say I help as
many kids as I can.

That's why I got into education.

But I don't get to see every kid.

I try to keep an eye out,

but you have to count
on kids to come to you.

And not every kid who does come to you

is able to ask for the help they need.

Not every kid tells you the whole truth.

[HANNAH ON RECORDING] We all need it.

Human contact.

And communications class, crazy as
it was, was human contact for me.

Until someone in that
class cut my lifeline.

Someone who was known for being sweet.

I'll tell you who it is, but
you're going to have to wait.

- Just like I did.
- Hey.

[MRS. BRADLEY] Oh!

Kevin.

Uh, what are you doing here on a Sunday?

I should be asking you
the same question.

I thought I'd have the place to myself.

Well, they bumped me up.

I testify first thing in the morning.

Wow. Me, too.

So, I guess I go after you?

Oh.

So, what's this about?

I couldn't listen when
they first came out.

But now I just...

can't stop listening.

Ah.

- So you're here preparing?
- Yeah.

Isn't that why you're here?

I sat down, you know, with the
lawyers. I know what to say.

We followed protocol.

We did all we could for Hannah
with the information that we had.

I sat down with them, too,
and I feel like it's true.

Well... but the world is not listening
to a recording of your class.

They're not gonna play the
tape in court, though.

That's what the lawyers say.

But they know what's on it,
and they know what happened.

But you know what was in your heart.

She couldn't tell you what she needed.

You did your best.

Did I?

[STUDENTS CHATTERING]

[KEVIN] Not every kid
who comes to you in pain

can tell you where it hurts.

[HANNAH] I need it to stop.

[KEVIN] You need what to stop?

[HANNAH CRYING] I need
everything to stop.

Just, people, life.

What did you mean when you
said you needed life to stop?

I don't know.

'Cause that seems like a
very serious thing to say.

I know. I...

I'm sorry. I didn't mean... that.

[KEVIN] She said she didn't mean it.

I made the mistake of believing her.

Hannah told me she was struggling,

but she didn't specifically
mention su1c1de.

[HANNAH] I just need everything to stop.

What do you need to stop, Hannah?

Do I really need to
spell it out for you?

I'm thinking about k*lling myself.

[KEVIN] If she had said those words,

of course I would have taken action.

Did you have an encounter at the party?

An encounter?

Yeah. You could say that.

Did he force himself on you?

I think so.

You think so, but you're not sure?

Did you tell him to stop?

No.

Did you tell him "no"?

No.

Maybe you consented,
then changed your mind.

No, it's not like that.

Should we involve your
parents or the police?

No!

Hannah, who's the boy?

[PHONE RINGS]

[KEVIN] I think we all wish it
could have gone differently.

What happened, Hannah?

I got into a hot tub
with Bryce Walker...

and then he r*ped me.

[KEVIN] We can have the best
intentions and still fall short.

No Justin this morning? He's
usually the first one up.

He's...

not our problem anymore.

What does that mean,
he's not our problem?

It means he's gone.

He took off.

- Did you try calling him?
- He doesn't have a phone.

Your mother gave him one
on the family plan.

[SCOFFS]

- Of course she did.
- Well, we should call him.

I don't know his number. I imagine
the phone company will have it.

Jesus, why do you care?

He had a bed, he had food,

he had new clothes, and a
new phone, apparently,

and he didn't want any of it.

- So why don't we just let him go?
- Clay, what's this about?

He's scheduled to testify on Monday,

and that was so important to
you, you smuggled him in here.

Where's Mom?

Your mother and I had a...
disagreement last night.

Yeah, I was there.

And she's staying with her
sister for a few days.

Why?

Oh, just to give us both
time to figure things out.

The past few weeks have been
stressful around here for all of us.

Let's move.

Start over somewhere, just you and me.

Clay, it's... It's not permanent.

- Your mom and I are just cooling off.
- I don't care. I don't...

ever wanna go to that school again.

Look, everybody hates me there.

Someone online called me a m*rder*r
because I was on Hannah's tapes.

- Why do you read what people say online?
- [PHONE BUZZES]

Let's move.

- Anywhere.
- Clay.

This is our home. All right?
This is our family.

We've made a bit of a mess.

But nothing's broken we can't fix.

Everything's broken.

And I don't think any
of it can be fixed.

[KEVIN] Some kids can't
speak their truth.

Some won't.

To us, to their families...

We can go ahead and eat.

It's Sunday morning. There's no
hurry. We'll wait for our guest.

[BRYCE] She said : was fine,
so I don't know what's going on.

[NORA] Was this before or after
the ribbon cutting ceremony?

I mean, I invited her
yesterday at school.

And did she confirm? She
might not know to confirm.

Not everyone has a grandmother like

yours, wielding Emily Post like a bible.

- She knows things like that.
- Well, then, I wonder what's keeping her.

Did the two of you discuss
the ceremony at all?

No, Chlöe doesn't care about that stuff.

[SIGHS] I'll just... I'm
gonna try her again.

[BARRY] What are you doing?

- I don't know what you mean.
- You know exactly what I mean.

Leave the boy alone.

Can you honestly say you recognize
the person on that tape?

Have you ever said anything even
remotely resembling the filth

that came out of his mouth?

It was a setup. He was drunk.

That was not our son talking.

You're his mother, for Christ's
sake. You raised him.

[BRYCE] She's still not picking
up. Let's just eat, I guess.

Marisa?

If you would, please.

Son, if something's not right with
Chlöe, you need to make it right.

Do you understand?

Yeah, Dad.

A woman who loves you is to be respected

and not to be crossed.

[KEVIN] And some kids have secrets
they believe they have to keep

for their own survival.

[CALEB] You can't hide in
this town with that car.

- Hey.
- Hey? That's what I get?

You're sitting when
you should be boxing.

I can't always find someone to fill
a Saturday session last-minute.

Yeah, I'm sorry, okay?
There's a lot going on.

Yeah. Yeah, clearly.

You wanna tell me about Lucas?

- Who?
- Lucas.

You met him last night, you got
weird, and then you bailed.

Then this morning, you didn't show up.

It's got nothing to do with Lucas, okay?

It's the trial.

And now these tapes.

Yeah, that's some shit.

And I've never lost a
friend like that, but

if you wanna talk about it...

I'm not going to be right
until after I testify.

And I shouldn't have left you hanging.

I didn't want to make my drama yours.

And...

I'm sorry.

Now, was that so hard?

- Oh, f*ck you. Yes, actually. Yes.
- [CALEB LAUGHING]

Wanna take your mind off it all

and watch Madrid destroy
Barcelona Monday night?

What makes you think I like soccer?

You're Mexican and you're gay.
How could you not like soccer?

Yeah, okay.

It's a date.

[SOFT ROCK SONG PLAYS]

[CHUCKLES]

[KEVIN] And we may think we know
what they're going through,

but each kid goes through it...

in their own way.

Hi. Um, can I please have a large Coke

and a medium popcorn, uh,
with butter only on half?

But not the bottom half.

Like, fill it up normally

and then carefully put butter
only on the left half.

[STAMMERING] It's very
important. Just half.

I'll have the same thing, please.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON FILM]

♪ So I came back home ♪

♪ To get cleaned ♪
♪ And to clear my head ♪

♪ But there was still a chill ♪
♪ In my bones ♪

♪ Even in the ground below ♪
♪ It started shaking ♪

♪ Oh, I can't change ♪
♪ What already happened ♪

♪ I can only control how I react ♪

♪ I don't know, for all I know ♪

♪ Maybe, maybe ♪
♪ Yeah, it already happened again ♪

♪ Sometimes I wonder
If you're better off ♪

♪ Sometimes I wonder
If you're better off ♪

♪ Sometimes I wonder
If you're better off ♪

♪ Without me ♪

[TYLER BREATHING HEAVILY]

[TYLER GROANING]

What's wrong?

- Sorry, bathroom.
- Wait, Tyler.

♪ Sometimes I wonder
If you're better off ♪

[TYLER WHISPERS] Oh, f*ck!

Oh, shit.

[KEVIN] And so they think they're
the only person in the world

feeling what they're feeling,

and that no one could
possibly understand.

[KEEP CASE OPENS]

[GAME CHIMES]

[BUTTON CLICKS]

- [MAN] Advance!
- [expl*si*n]

- [MAN SCREAMS]
- [a*t*matic g*nf*re]

[MAN ] On your left!

[MAN ] Go, go!

- [a*t*matic g*nf*re]
- [MAN GROANS]

Go, go!

Reload!

- [a*t*matic g*nf*re]
- [MAN ] Grenade!

Move on, move on.

[MAN SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

[MEN GROANING]

[KEVIN] They think that what's
hurting can never be healed.

So they don't tell us.

They hide, they deflect.

They try to become the person
they think we want to see.

[DOOR OPENS]

- [TV TURNS ON]
- Hey, baby. You want some lunch?

Isn't it, like, : ?

Uh, dinner, then?

I can... I can make you something.

Yeah, well, there's
hardly anything left.

- We ate most of the groceries yesterday.
- [TV TURNS OFF]

I forgot how much a growing boy can eat.

Yeah. There's also only so many
actual groceries at -Eleven.

Look at you.

You're taller.

I'm not.

I basically shrunk on the streets.

Well, you're still my
big, tall, handsome boy.

I missed you.

I missed you, too, Mom.

It's... It's nothing.

What'd you get into out there? I
never wanted this life for you.

- I know.
- You don't deserve that life.

Nobody does.

Then why are you still with Seth?

[SIGHS] Baby...

He loves me.

[STAMMERING] Come on, okay?
We can find a new place.

We... We can get the f*ck out of here.

I can't, baby, you know that.

And I need you here.

Promise me you'll stay this time.

Yeah, yeah.

I promise.

[KEVIN ON RECORDING] If you
don't want to press charges

against this boy,

if you're not even sure
you can press charges,

then there really is only one option.

[HANNAH ON RECORDING] What is it?

[KEVIN] I'm not trying to be blunt
here, Hannah, but you can move on.

[KEVIN] And for many kids,
trust doesn't come easy.

Trusting an adult with
something so personal...

I can understand her silence.

Hey, buddy.

Listen, it's been a
while since we talked.

I know I beat the shit out of
you, and I'm sorry about that,

but I got no beef with you, really.

We're not enemies.

So just mind your business...

and I'll take care of mine, okay?

Get your hands off me.

Watch your f*cking tone.

And, you know, watch yourself.

I don't know how you got to
Marcus, but this shit...

[MRS. CHILDS] Mr. Jensen.

Principal Bolan would
like to see you, now.

[KEVIN] I can understand why she
couldn't say those words to me.

[DENNIS] Did you attempt to
find who had written that?

Yes. I told my students that I was
available if they needed to talk.

Were their parents notified?

No, I wanted my class to be a safe place

where students could share
without fear of punishment,

so, um, I didn't involve their parents.

That would've broken their trust.

Did you take any action
outside of discussion

to help this student who was clearly
crying out to you for help?

Yes, I offered resources,

including phone numbers
for crisis hotlines.

So you told them to look somewhere
else for help, is that right?

I made available every resource
that I could, including my time.

No further questions.

[SONYA] Mrs. Bradley, your class
submissions are anonymous

because that fosters honesty.

- Isn't that correct?
- Yes.

Um, I wanted every student
to feel comfortable,

so I made the submissions anonymous.

And is it fair to say that if
you had notified their parents

that your students might have
stopped making submissions?

Yes.

Trust is everything with kids.

They're very hesitant to give it
and very quick to take it back.

Was this the only student

whose writing suggested emotional
distress last semester?

No. It happens a lot.

[SONYA] And isn't it true that you did

offer resources to students in need?

Yes. I brought it up every
day in class for weeks.

So wouldn't you say it's
pretty clear Hannah

didn't want to be identified?

Objection. Calls for speculation.

[JUDGE] Sustained.

[SONYA] Hannah chose not
to identify herself

and accept your offers for
additional resources.

- True?
- True.

Um, teenagers often don't
know what help they need,

much less how to ask for it.

[SONYA] No further questions.

[BOLAN] I left a message
with your mother

about your unexcused absence on Friday.

- My mother doesn't live with us anymore.
- Oh? Hence the absence?

- Uh, no. I took a mental health day.
- Oh, I see.

The same day Hannah Baker's
tapes were posted online.

Hmm? Come on.

You're telling me those
two things are unrelated?

My girlfriend is in a
psychiatric hospital.

- I went to visit her.
- Was the visit prearranged?

It was with her.

All right, Clay, you know what?

I don't have a lot of
patience these days.

So let's talk about the real issue here.

You're acting out, and
I need to know why.

I need to know what you need

because I don't wanna see
somebody getting hurt with this.

Somebody already has gotten hurt.

Two people, but we're not
allowed to talk about them.

su1c1de contagion is a real thing,

and we've got to take
measures to protect you kids.

I don't understand. How
does silence protect us?

Kids get talking about Hannah,
maybe even admiring what she did,

they might think somehow
that this is an answer.

It might be a way for other
kids to feel their pain,

that they could live on after they die.

Where on her tapes does Hannah say that?

Well, whoever posted her tapes online
seems to believe exactly that,

that her story should go on forever.

Maybe they just wanted
to start a conversation.

We weren't talking about
these things before Hannah.

Of course we were.

In counseling sessions,
in health classes.

That's not talking, that's telling.

Clay...

[SIGHS]

All right.

I know you think that I'm the
bad guy in this whole story.

But I've been educating
kids for years,

and the most important thing to me

is keeping you safe, keeping you alive.

I'm alive.

And the most dangerous thing
would be to believe somehow

that Hannah's su1c1de is
more than a tragic death.

She's not a hero. She does not
have lessons to teach us.

And we need to recognize
the sad and simple truth

that she is dead and gone forever.

I recognize that.

No, I don't think you really do.

Which is why I'm recommending
a schedule change.

You'll be taking Alternative
Strategies and Solutions.

- As punishment.
- No.

To help you find ways of coping
with what you're feeling.

[PAPER RUSTLES]

Have you even listened
to them? The tapes?

No.

I was made aware of them by Mr. Porter,

but we brought them
directly to our attorneys.

I didn't listen to them.

Maybe you should.

[DENNIS] So, after you let
her leave your office,

what was your follow-up?

[KEVIN SIGHS]

I didn't let her leave. She walked out.

I asked her to come back, to
sit down, and she didn't.

- How do you keep your appointments?
- In a schedule book.

Do you recognize this book?

Yes. It's mine.

Submitted as exhibit , Your Honor.

Mr. Porter, did you log
your meeting with Hannah?

Uh, yes, I believe so.

But the page corresponding to that
date, October th, , is missing.

Did you rip that page out of the book?

- I did.
- Are you in the habit

of ripping pages out
of your schedule book?

I... [SIGHS]

Look, there was a lot of confusion
going around at that time,

after I found out what Hannah had done.

[DENNIS] Mr. Porter,
earlier, you testified that

Hannah came to you with an incident,

but she wasn't specific.

What did she say about it?

She said it happened at a party.

An encounter with a boy.

Did she say anything about the
nature of that encounter?

She implied that it was intimate.

Was it your impression, based on
that conversation, Mr. Porter,

that Hannah Baker had been r*ped
by a student at Liberty High?

She never used the word "r*pe," okay?

It was not clear that it
was a sexual as*ault.

But isn't it your job
to fill in the gaps?

No, my job is to ask
questions, and I did.

What was clear was that she was
uncomfortable talking to me.

Did you think of referring
her to a female counselor?

I didn't have a chance
to before she left.

So, even if she didn't
say the word "r*pe,"

knowing what you know now, do
you believe Hannah was r*ped?

I didn't necessarily think
so at the time, but...

yes, I believe that she was.

- [DENNIS] By a student at Liberty?
- [KEVIN] Yes.

- [DENNIS] And the name of that student?
- Objection! Speculation.

Your Honor, the witness
already testified

that Hannah never named
this alleged attacker.

Your Honor, Mr. Porter
believes Hannah was r*ped,

which means he now believes
that Hannah came to his office

with a serious problem.

The school's response to that

and their failure to discipline
the offender is relevant.

- Overruled.
- We'll object again, Your Honor.

It's a violation of FERPA for
this student to be named.

[DENNIS] The witness didn't
come by this information

- in a confidential setting.
- [JUDGE] I'll allow the question.

- [SONYA] Your Honor...
- [JUDGE] I'll allow it.

[DENNIS] Mr. Porter,
do you know the name

of the student that r*ped Hannah Baker?

I have since come to learn
that his name is Bryce Walker.

[GAVEL BANGING]

Hey. I've been looking for you.

[CHLÖE] Sorry I didn't call
you back this weekend.

I had to babysit my sister, and
my mom was working, and...

Chlöe, look, I know we talked
a little bit on Friday

about how Hannah made all that stuff up.

"Every girl at this school
wants to be r*ped"?

Bryce, what does that even mean?

[SIGHS] It was just...

It was me talking shit.

I was a little drunk and
that kid pissed me off.

And people come at you when
they're jealous. You know that.

What about Hannah?

Okay.

Um...

the truth is Hannah and I hooked up.

And it didn't mean anything to
me, but she got, like, obsessed.

And she said all that
stuff to get back at me.

Why didn't you tell me
any of this before?

I'm sorry. I know, I should have. I...

I didn't wanna talk
shit about a dead girl.

[CHLÖE SIGHS]

You know, I... I feel terrible
about what happened to her.

And, um...

Um, you know, I was embarrassed...

that you might have to
hear all that shit.

That you might believe it.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

You're, um...

You're just... You're
really special to me.

And my folks, uh, they
missed you on Sunday.

Yeah, I just... I had to
babysit my sister, so...

It's cool. They just wanted
to see if you wanted to come

to the Amalfi Coast with us this summer.

Wait.

- Oh, my God, are you serious?
- Yeah, it'll be fun.

I mean, there's a certain
amount of dressing up

and having-cocktails-with-adults
bullshit that we gotta do,

but the rest is just...

sun and food, beauty.

That's amazing.

Yeah. [SNIFFLES]

I've never even left the country before.
I don't even have a passport.

We'll take care of all that stuff.

So, what do you say?

Can the cheer team summer camp
spare you for a few weeks?

Ah, dude, what are we gonna do...

Shit, are we, like, interrupting?

No, no, it's cool.

We were just making plans for Chlöe

to come to Italy this
summer. Right, babe?

Yeah, maybe.

I... I have to ask my mom first.

- I'll catch up with you later.
- Okay.

Seriously? Who says "maybe"
to a free vacation?

Jesus. Chew your f*cking food.

[UNZIPPING BAG]

Does no one ever see the red light?

- Oh, hey, man.
- Hey.

So, um...

are you and your parents all good?

Mack said you guys had,
like, a family emergency.

I had to pick her up from the Crestmont.

Yeah, no. Uh, everything's
totally fine now, yeah.

Mack's a good liar. You?

Not so much.

What the hell, man?

- Who bails on someone like that?
- No, I know.

It's just, um...

we're friends, and, uh...

dating your sister just kind of
felt like I was crossing a line.

But I don't... I won't ever...

I never want to disrespect
you or Mackenzie.

And I'm just...

I am sorry I ghosted.

Don't tell me, tell her.

I'm glad we cleared this whole thing up.

Thought you might have
become an actual assh*le.

Speaking of assholes, what's
next for our friend Marcus, huh?

- Oh, man, we're done with Marcus.
- What? Why?

He got suspended. I don't
think we can top that.

What? Holy shit, that's amazing!

People are finally
starting to pay attention.

They're starting to see these f*cking
hypocrites for who they are.

We got Marcus. We're
about to destroy Ryan...

I figure we start thinking bigger.

[AMBER] So, that's it?

That was it all along? You
just wanted his money?

[BILLS RUSTLE]

I'm getting out of here,
Mom. You should, too.

Honey...

you can run as far as you want,

you will never get
away from who you are.

That's fine.

Just as long as I can get
away from who I was.

[AMBER] He'll k*ll me.

When he finds out.

Not if he can't find you.

Okay, so, three stops
in town for supplies:

gas station, Walplex,
Ralphie's Pet Store.

Pet store?

Dude, trust me.

We're going to wait for dark,
take the service road,

then we're gonna rush
the stuff in, and boom.

- Nice.
- Shit. Chill.

[TYLER] Hey, Clay.

Hey.

You in the right place?

Apparently.

Why? I mean, what are you here for?

Truancy, grudges,

the hypocrisy of high
school administrators.

Dude, we've never officially met,

but you helped me fix my
bike once freshman year.

Cyrus.

- Clay.
- Dude, I know.

That Bryce Walker thing? That
was f*cking hard-core, man.

I mean, you have balls.

I mean, we heard you literally
getting the shit kicked out of you.

You're coughing up blood.

And you still keep f*cking
talking to him? I mean, damn.

Uh... thanks?

No. Thank you.

So, what do you guys
actually do in here?

We plot the complete and violent
overthrow of civilization.

Super.

Count me in.

[SONYA] Isn't it true that
Hannah failed to use words

or phrases that indicated to you,

with certainty, that a sexual
as*ault had taken place?

- Yes.
- [SONYA] And is it not true

that she refused to name
this alleged attacker?

Yes.

And isn't it true, Mr. Porter,
that you listened, inquired,

and offered her suggestions to
address the concerns she did share?

Yes.

Then according to the
Liberty High handbook,

Hannah didn't give you
the information needed

to go about the mandatory
protocols, correct?

Correct.

Therefore, you did everything
that was required of you,

and the truth is there was nothing
more you could have done.

Would you agree?

[KEVIN SIGHS]

No.

- [SONYA] Let me rephrase that question...
- I said, no.

I could have done more.

I could have stopped her
from walking out that door.

- [SONYA] Nothing further, Your Honor.
- She didn't just leave.

I let her go.

Nothing further, Mr. Porter. Thank you.

[DENNIS] I'd like a redirect.

- [PHONE RINGING]
- Hey, Hannah, wait.

Hannah, I said stop! Please.

[KEVIN SLAMS RECEIVER]

Look, I can't let you
walk out that door.

Why? What else is there to say?

Listen, what happened to
you was not your fault.

You don't know what happened to me.

Hannah, if my daughter were older,
I would tell her the same thing.

That men, they can control themselves.

Everybody can.

Everybody acts like consent is this
complicated thing, but it's not.

All right? Everybody knows
whether they have it or not,

and it was that boy's job to know.

Mr. Porter...

Listen. Listen to me.

It wasn't your fault.

We need to get you some help.

What if it's too late? What if
I'm too messed up to fix it?

No. It's never too late.

It's never too late.

Just, please, sit down.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[HANNAH SIGHS]

You have so much life to live.

You have so much.

And you're gonna get... You're
gonna get through this.

I'm gonna help you.

There are many people out
there that wanna help you.

Hannah...

it's gonna be okay.

But it is too late.

I'm dead.

[SIGHS]

Yeah.

But some girl, somewhere, right now...

she's going through, you
know, what you're feeling,

and I don't want her to die.

You hear me?

[KEVIN CRYING]

I was just trying to do
the... the right thing.

I was following protocol. [SNIFFLES]

The protocol probably needs to change.

But more importantly...

Kevin Porter needs to change.

[SIGHS, VOICE BREAKS]
Mrs. Baker, I didn't mean

to let your daughter down.

I'm sorry.

[CHATTER]

[DOOR OPENS]

You did the right thing.

I doubt that the school will agree.

But are you right with you? Are
you at peace in your own heart?

Good Lord, babe, I don't
think that I ever will be.

You're a good man, Kevin Porter.

What do you think
they're gonna do to me?

Nothing they haven't done already.

Nothing that's gonna hurt you more
than what you feel right now.

Come on, let's go home.

Yeah.

[CHATTER]

[CLAY GRUNTING]

[CLAY GROANING]

[PANTING, GROANING]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[DOOR OPENS, SLAMS]

[GASPING, GROANS]

[GASPING CONTINUES]

[ZACH KNOCKS]

- [ZACH] Hey.
- Hey.

Are you...

Um, I mean, what are you listening to?

A podcast for English.

- Cool.
- But...

um, yeah, I've... I've heard the tapes.

You know about Mr. Porter, right?

- About what happened in court today?
- Yeah.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

I believe Bryce.

I know he's... he's got a good heart.

Are you sure that you're okay?

With him and everything?

Yeah.

Yeah, no, we're good.

You can tell Bryce I believe him.

Cool.

- [POP MUSIC PLAYING]
- [BOTH VOCALIZING]

- Oh, my God.
- Where you going?

Dude, your friends are really cool.

I love that they know nothing about me.

Right?

So, is Garrett coming?

Uh, no, he had a thing.

Um...

So, what do you think of Damon?

He's been checking you
out all afternoon.

And the boy can move.

He's the best hurdler at Washington.

Washington? That's, like, our rival.

Yeah. And he's cute, right?

- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.

I don't know. I mean...

I don't think I know
how to flirt anymore.

There's only one way to find out.

You feel me?

[LAUGHS]

[DAMON] I gotta admit something.

Every time you've smiled,

I forgot where I was 'cause
I get so caught up in it.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Wow, that's...

the nicest thing anyone's said
to me in a really long time.

Yeah?

[OTHERS] Ooh!

[CAR HORN HONKS]

[HONKING CONTINUES]

[STAMMERING] Shit. I'm
sorry, I have to go.

I'll see you later, Nina.

Can I get your number, or...?

- The hell you doing with that boy?
- Dad, relax, please.

How can I?

Help me understand, Jessica.

Help me to understand
how, after everything,

you put yourself out there like that?

I don't know, Dad.

I'm just worried about you.

About these new friends
of yours, this Nina girl.

Are they the best influence for you?

What? Why? Because they're black?

Is that a serious question?

Have you looked at me lately?

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Really?

Oh, my God.

I don't know, Dad.

[EXHALES]

It was like it wasn't me up there.

I thought I was ready, but...

clearly I'm not.

I just... I don't wanna
make a big deal out of it.

I'm just trying to figure
everything out, okay?

Okay. Okay.

- [ENGINE STARTS]
- And can we please not tell Mom?

[LAUGHING] Oh...

- You better believe.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

[CYRUS] Dude, what happened to you?

[CHATTER]

Don't worry about it.

f*ck, man. You have a way of getting
the shit kicked out of you.

Thank you for noticing.

It's about power, man.

What do you mean?

The people who have it and
the people who don't.

You feel that, right?

Me and Tyler, we don't have the power.
We get shit on, pushed around.

Now you're one of us, too.

- You think?
- You are.

Dude.

But we're gonna take some of that
power back tonight, me and Tyler.

What are you talking about?

Don't tell him.

- Tell me what?
- We can't trust him.

- We hate the same people.
- That doesn't mean anything.

It does, though.

He's got plenty of reasons to
f*ck shit up, just like us.

- It's not like we couldn't use the help.
- What are you talking about?

[SIGHS] That does look
like it hurts, man.

Yeah.

You wanna hit back?

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

[ALEX] Hi, Mrs. Baker.

Alex, hi.

I was, um... I was just
wondering, is the job still open?

Yes. Of course.

Okay, well, um, I can start right now.

I've just, um... I've just had to
do some things lately, physically,

that made me realize that I can...
I can just do more than I thought.

Well, you're hired. So, should
I call your parents, or...?

No, they'll be fine. They
wanna see me moving forward.

I see.

Well, it's... It's
important to move forward.

That's what people tell me. [CHUCKLES]

I think I've been spending
too much time looking back.

Well, sometimes you have to
go back in order to move on.

I...

Oh, my God.

Excuse me just a minute.

- Oh, man. Yo, that penalty was bullshit.
- That was a clean hit.

- You know that was a clean hit.
- That was so bullshit.

What the f*ck?

Hey.

God damn it.

- g*dd*mn m*therf*cker.
- Hey, hey...

- m*therf*cker!
- Calm down, Tony.

- Calm down, Tony.
- Don't tell me to calm down.

- This is my car!
- This is what we're working on.

- Anger management...
- f*ck that shit.

No, okay, okay, we'll call the police.

- They might still be in the neighborhood.
- No, no cops.

Come on, I'm calling...

What the f*ck did I just say,
huh? What did I just say?

- What the f*ck are you doing?
- Get off me.

- Stop doing this right now.
- Get off of me!

You stop this right now. What the...?

Shit!

- Tony, Tony, I'm sorry, look...
- Get off of me.

Tony. Tony, stop.

- Just go, just go.
- No, I'm not going anywhere.

Get the f*ck out of here!

Look at me, look at me.
Look at me, look at me.

It's just a car, it's
just a car. It'll mend.

It'll mend, right? I know it's
your car, but it's just a car.

- What are you scared of?
- I can't tell you, man...

- Shh. Stop, stop. Stop. Stop.
- [TONY CRYING]

I'm here.

There are some things that I've
done that if I tell you...

You can tell me anything.

I can't.

I can't.

- [TONY CRYING]
- It's okay, it's okay.

It's okay.

[KEVIN] When kids feel powerless...

when they feel they have no
avenue for understanding...

they act out.

- [SPRAY CAN RATTLING]
- [LAUGHS] Dude!

- f*ck, yes!
- Yeah.

- You're good at this.
- Yeah.

I, uh... My girlfriend...

[STAMMERING] My, um, ex-girlfriend,

we did this, like, whole mural

on one of those abandoned
buildings by the docks.

- Badass.
- Yeah.

- Sorry about the "ex" part.
- [EXHALES]

Is he outlining?

- Tyler's kind of OCD.
- Oh.

I misspelled "hypocrite" on Marcus's
window, and he freaked out.

Wait, that paint b*mb?

- What?
- Guilty.

[LAUGHS] f*ck.

Shit.

[DISTANT CHATTERING, LAUGHING]

Shit. Get down. Tyler, get down!

[CHATTERING AND LAUGHING CONTINUES]

[CHATTERING, LAUGHING]

Holy shit.

That was close.

Are they partying back there?

I... I gotta go.

Wait, what about the big finale?

Uh, I gotta, um...

I just figured something out.
I'm sorry, but I gotta go.

[SPRAY CAN RATTLING]

[JUSTIN] f*ck!

[KEVIN] Hannah and I,
we failed each other.

If we had only tried harder, each
of us, to reach out, to understand,

to trust each other, to let
ourselves help and be helped,

it would have made all the difference.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

[KEVIN] I can't go back
and fix my mistake.

I can't change the past.

Olivia.

I know I shouldn't be here,
and I know why you've come.

What can I do?

Maureen, anything you need me to do.

- Mom?
- Anything you need me to give you.

Sarah, please don't
do it. Don't testify.

- [MAN IN VIDEO GAME] Go, go, go!
- [a*t*matic g*nf*re]

- [MAN GROANS]
- [HELICOPTER FLIES PAST]

- [g*nf*re CONTINUES]
- [MAN ] Go, go, go!

- [MEN GROANING, SHOUTING]
- [a*t*matic g*nf*re]

[MUTED SOUNDS ECHOING]

- [a*t*matic g*nf*re]
- [MEN SHOUTING]

[MAN ] Open fire!

[MAN ] Cover, cover!

- [BUTTONS CLICKING]
- [g*nf*re]

[MEN SHOUTING, GRUNTING]

["CITIES IN DUST" PLAYING]

[KEVIN] We have to trust each other.

We have to ask for help.

Thanks for coming.

I found the Clubhouse.

♪ Children were running ♪

♪ You were running out of time ♪

♪ Under the mountain ♪
♪ A golden fountain ♪

Hey, you ready?

Let's f*cking do it.

♪ Oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city... ♪

Three, two, one, go.

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ We found you hiding ♪
♪ We found you lying ♪

♪ Choking on the dirt and sand ♪

♪ Your former glories ♪
♪ And all the stories... ♪

f*ck.

f*ck.

♪ But oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

[JUSTIN PRENTICE] For help
finding crisis resources,

visit reasonswhy.info.

♪ Pouring down your gaping mouth ♪

♪ Your molten bodies ♪
♪ Blanket of cinders ♪

♪ Caught in the throes and ♪

♪ Whoa-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Your city lies in dust ♪

♪ Water was running ♪
♪ Children were running ♪

♪ We found you hiding ♪
♪ We found you lying ♪

♪ Water was running ♪
♪ Children were running ♪

♪ We found you hiding ♪
♪ We found you lying ♪

♪ Your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Whoa-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Oh-ooh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

♪ Your city lies in dust ♪
♪ My friend ♪

[MAN] Well done, Ed. Well done.