A Teacher (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

Eric gets caught for underage drinking and a new friend helps bail him out. Claire takes Eric on a field trip to a nearby college.

♪ Hustlin', hustlin',
hustlin' ♪

♪ Hustlin',
hustlin', hustlin' ♪

♪ Hustlin', hustlin',
hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day,
I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day,
I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day,
I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day I'm,
every day I'm ♪

‐ Yeah, I'll see you up there.



♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

‐ Hey, Eric.
‐ Hey! What's up?

‐ Oh, my God!

♪ Every day,
I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Every day, I'm‐‐
every day, I'm‐‐ ♪

♪ Every day, I'm hustlin' ♪

♪ Who the fuck you think
you fucking with? ♪

♪ I'm the fuckin' boss ♪

♪ 745, white‐on‐white,
that's fuckin' Ross ♪

♪ I cut 'em wide,
I cut 'em long, I cut 'em fat ♪

♪ I keep 'em comin' back,
we keep 'em comin' back ♪



♪ I'm into distribution ♪

‐ Hey, Josh.

♪ I got them
motherfuckers flyin' ♪

♪ Across the Atlantic ♪

♪ I know Pablo, Noriega ♪

♪ The real Noriega,
he owe me a hundred favors ♪

♪ I ain't petty, nigga,
we buy the whole thang ♪

‐ Hi.

‐ Hey.

♪ Bottles, I need two pair ♪

♪ Models, I need two pair ♪

♪ Blunts, I need two pair ♪

♪ Extendo, call that two pair ♪

♪ Ridin' around, gettin' it ♪

♪ Gettin' money
like there's two of me ♪

♪ Two bad bitches and they
talkin' 'bout doin' me ♪

♪ Get them to the crib ♪

♪ And they don't know
what to do with me ♪

♪ I tell 'em,
suck me at the same time ♪

♪ Like there's two of me ♪


Whoo!

- Shit!
-

First day?

‐ And here we...

‐ Oh, my God!

‐ Huh.
Interesting.

‐ Logan, get out!
‐ Dude.

‐ Okay, yeah, yeah.
We're leaving.

Thank you.

‐ Mary, you could do
so much better, by the way.

‐ Wait, what did she just say?
‐ Huh?

‐ Alison.
What did she just say?

‐ Oh.
Who cares?

‐ This is so crazy.

You're, like,
my brother's best friend.

‐ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.
Crazy, I know.

Never thought it would happen.
Let's go.

‐ You want a beer or something?
Are you good?

‐ I'm good.
‐ No, no, I got this.

‐ Mm‐mm, mm‐mm.
‐ Yeah.

♪ Hella bands
of loud, we gettin' money ♪

♪ Smokin' strong kush ♪

♪ Racks on top of racks,
times two ♪

‐ Oh, shit.

‐ Oh, shit.

‐ Cops!

Oh, my God.

‐ Oh, man.
Fuck!

Fuck.
Okay.

‐ I can't get this bra on.

‐ I cannot get caught.
Get dressed.

‐ I'm trying.
‐ Toss me my shirt.

Thank you.
‐ Oh, God, I gotta button this.

All right,
don't leave without me.

‐ Just hurry.
Hurry, all right?

Come on.

♪ Porsches,
I need two pair ♪

♪ Of course, I need two pair ♪

♪ Chains, I need two pair ♪

All right, Josh.
This way.

ID, please.

‐ Yo, this is fucked up.

‐ Yeah, no shit.

Can't believe you're back
with Alison, by the way.

‐ Okay, well, first of all,

I can't believe you would
ask me that right now.

‐ Yeah, whatever.



Young man,
step forward.

‐ Your parents gonna be pissed?

‐ My mom's gonna kill me.

She's at a Goop retreat.
Not really sure what that is.

‐ What is a Goop‐‐
‐ I don't know.

But, you know, my brother got
three citations

his senior year,
so compared to him,

this is nothing.

‐ Dude, I'm so...

Shit.

‐ Get in there.

‐ Take a seat.

Um, license?

‐ Uh...

Sorry.

‐ All right.

Deep breath.
Blow into that.

Wow.

Looks like you've been having
a good night.

All right, we're gonna need
to call your mommy and daddy

to come pick you up.

‐ Can't do that.

‐ Sorry, you're just
gonna have to wake them up.

‐ My mom, she works nights,
and I can't...

I can't call her.

She can't take
the time off work.

‐ All right,
what about your dad?

‐ Not in the picture.

I'm not like these other kids,
man.

Like, if I get this citation,
I am screwed.

‐ Should've thought about that
before you started drinking.

‐ Yeah.
Yeah, you're right.

Um...

you don't have a sister that
teaches at Westerbrook, do you?

‐ Come on.

Don't make this difficult,
all right?

‐ No, Ms. Wilson.

She told me about you.

You were in the military,
right?

She's my teacher,

and she tutors me
on the side sometimes, and...

I know that this is a huge ask,

but is there any way
that you could...

call her to come pick me up?

Please.

I don't have
anyone else I can call.

‐ Oh, weird.
It's Nate.

Hey, is everything okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I know him.

What?

Yeah, actually,
can you just let...

could you just let it slide,
please?

Yeah, I can be right over.
Just text me the address.

Okay.

Okay, bye‐bye.

Hey, one of my students
got in trouble‐‐

‐ What?

‐ One of my students
got in trouble,

so I'm gonna go help him out.

‐ Y‐‐Now?
‐ Yeah, I'll be back soon.

I'll be quick.

‐ Nice.



‐ Hey,
I'm sorry I left you up there.

‐ It's fine.

Actually,
when you left me up there,

I jumped out the window.

I literally fell
straight on my ass.

Look.
‐ Oh, my God.

‐ Yeah, it's so bad.

And I still got caught,
so, really dumb.



‐ Oh, God.

So how does this work?
Do I have to go to court now?

I can't believe
you didn't get a citation.

I'm so confused.

Your dad's here.
Let's go.

‐ Fuck.

How do you always
get so fucking lucky?

Fuck.

‐ Other than, uh, rescuing
this delinquent,

you doing good?
‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ You're lucky
you have such a cool teacher.

‐ Thank you, again.
I'll talk to you tomorrow.

‐ Yeah.

‐ Thank you.

Seriously, thank you so much.

‐ What you did tonight
was really stupid.

‐ I know.

‐ You're smarter than this.

‐ I know.

‐ Put on your seatbelt.

So, listen,
what happened tonight,

me picking you up
and my brother letting you off,

you can never
tell anyone about it, okay?

‐ I got it.
Yeah.

‐ Seriously.
My brother could lose his job.

‐ I got it.
I'm really sorry.



‐ Ms. Wilson?

‐ Hm?
‐ Are you laughing at me?

‐ Yeah.

‐ You realize that
this is a low point for me.

You know that, right?

‐ I know.

Hey, you don't have to call me
Ms. Wilson

when we're not in school.

I mean, I have a first name.
It's Claire.



Sorry.
Wow, that is so weird to say.

Claire.

‐ Okay, well, I'll see you
tomorrow for tutoring.

‐ Yep.
Yeah, sounds great.

See you at the diner.

♪ Make it, make it rain then ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain, uh ♪
I'ma make it rain ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain, uh ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain, uh ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain, uh ♪

- ♪ I'ma make it rain, ooh ♪
- ♪ Rain then ♪

♪ I'ma make it rain,
uh ♪

♪ I'ma throw some 20s ain't got
no, got no, got no change ♪

♪ Do you want this money?
Yeah ♪

♪ Then she keep on hollerin',
yeah ♪

♪ Then she say she want it...♪

Eric!
There's a lady at the door.

All right, one sec, Phil.

Oh.
‐ Oh.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Sorry.

‐ Um, I'm so sorry.

I was calling you
and you weren't answering,

so I just showed up.

‐ Oh, okay, yeah.

No, um, I'm sor‐‐
I think my phone was on silent.

‐ Oh, okay.

‐ Yeah, my bad.
Um...

do you‐‐do you want to come in?

‐ Uh...

Yeah, okay.
Sure.

Oh.
‐ Uh, say hi, guys.

- ‐ Hi.
- Hey.

‐ Look what I made.

‐ Oh, that's really good.
‐ Oh, pretty cool.

‐ I know we were supposed
to meet at the diner,

but I just thought we would do
something different

than the regular routine.

‐ Oh, really?
‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ Okay.
So no SAT prep?

‐ Nope, not today.

‐ All right.
Um...

I'm gonna just get these guys
across the street.

Okay?
‐ Okay.

I don't want to go.
I want to keep drawing.

‐ You can keep coloring
over there,

plus you get soda.

‐ Soda?
‐ Soda.

‐ I get soda?
‐ Yeah.

‐ Okay.
‐ I love soda!

‐ Me, too!
‐ I know.

Okay, go grab your backpacks.

- Come on, come on, come on.
- Yeah!

All right, come on.

I'll just be right back.
All right.

Where are you taking me?

'Cause I kind of feel like
you're kidnapping me.

‐ I am taking you to UT

to give you a tour
of the campus.

‐ Wow.
Really?

‐ I mean, unless you'd rather
study for the SATs.

We can do that.
‐ No.

I thought this would be
more fun.

‐ No, no, I'm totally down.

‐ Good.
‐ Yeah.

‐ So why should I keep
helping you?

What do you want to do
with your life?

‐ What do you mean?

‐ Like, what are you goals?

‐ My goals.
Um...

I don't know.
‐ Oh, come on.

You've gotta have some sort
of idea of what you want to do.

‐ I want to be a doctor.

I‐I mean, I think.
I sort of have this whole plan.

‐ Oh, yeah?

‐ Yeah.
It's, um...

I don't know.
I know it's hard

and how expensive it is, but...

I‐‐whatever I do, I just
want to help other people.

You know?

‐ Yeah, that's why
I wanted to become a teacher.

‐ Hey, I feel like I gotta
get something off my chest.

I'm sorry
about the other night.

Uh, I should not
have had your brother call,

and I know that.
I just...

I don't know.
I feel like I can...

I can trust you.

‐ Well, good.

Eric fucking Walker!

Holy shit.
I thought that was you.

‐ Uh...

Cody.
What's up, man?

‐ What's up, baby?

‐ How are you?
‐ I'm groovy.

Who's your friend?

‐ Hey.
‐ This is‐‐

‐ I'm Claire.

‐ Hello, Claire.
What's up?

Cody.
Nice to meet you.

Yeah, so you're just
coming to campus,

think you're not gonna tell me
that you're here?

‐ Oh, my bad.

‐ No, I'm just kidding, man.

We're doing kegs
and eggs at the house.

You guys gotta come.

‐ Uh, no, man,

I think we're gonna just check
out the rest of the school‐‐

‐ Yeah, tons to see.
You're coming. Come on.

‐ Yeah, we can swing by
for a minute, sure.

See?
Claire wants to come.

‐ Um...

‐ So you're coming?
‐ Great, yeah.

Yeah, we'll be there.
‐ Boom.

I'll text you the address.

‐ See you.
‐ See you.

♪ Oww! ♪

‐ Kegs and eggs!

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Uh, yo, come on ♪

♪ Don't dance,
we just pull up our pants ♪

Hey, guests of honor.

Hey.

Can I get you guys
a drink?

A Bloody Mary?

‐ Uh, I'll just have
an orange juice for now.

Thanks.
‐ Coming right up.

What about you, Eric?

‐ No, I'll just have
an OJ too.

For now. Thank you.

‐ Okay, you sure you don't want
a little hair of the dog?

Logan told me last night
got pretty wild.

‐ No, I'm good.

I'm good.
Thank you, though.

‐ Okay.

Fucking cops, man.
Total bummer.

‐ Yeah, no, that sucks, dude,

but, you know,
I mean, we got out okay,

and they were all right.

Weird.-

‐ Cheers.
‐ Cheers.

‐ To a new friend.

You guys want any food
or really anything at all,

make yourselves at home.

‐ Okay, thanks.
‐ Cool, man.

Thank you.
‐ Have fun.

Longhorn, bitch!
Whoo!

‐ Well, cheers.

‐ You want to know a secret?

‐ Yeah.
Yes.

‐ This is my first frat party.

‐ Shut up.

‐ Yeah,
'cause I was a commuter.

I had to take care of my dad,
so I never got to...

‐ Was he‐‐was he sick?

‐ He's an alcoholic.

‐ I'm sorry.

‐ No, I mean, he's sober now,
so...

‐ If it makes you feel
any better, um...

I never met my dad.

‐ No?

‐ No.
My mom got pregnant, and...

he was out.

‐ Don't miss this.

‐ Miss‐‐miss what?

‐ This part of your life.

You're gonna have plenty
of time to be an adult.

Just be happy.

‐ You, um...

‐ What?
‐ You have a little...

‐ What?

‐ No, you have
a little green chile...

‐ We should, um...

we should probably go.

‐ Yeah.

Yeah, cool.

‐ Hey.

- Hey, babe.
- What is all this?

‐ Um...

what is all this?

Uh, let me introduce you
to the gang.

This is an EVH 5150.

Massive tone,
deep, rich overdrive‐‐

‐ What is it doing here?

‐ Uh, I bought it.

‐ I'm sorry, what?

‐ Uh, you know that doctor
I was telling you about,

Rob at the hospital?
He has this friend.

He's like
this anesthesiologist‐‐

Wait,
how much did you, uh, spend?

‐ Oh, no, this stuff, like...

never loses value.

‐ You're just gonna buy
all this shit

and not talk to me
about it first?

‐ Well, it's not shit.
It's actually top of the line‐‐

‐ No, you can't just
blow our savings

because you want
to jam with a bunch

of middle‐aged doctors.

‐ We're not just gonna jam.

‐ What,
are you gonna start a band?

Oh, my God.
You're gonna start a band.

I'm sorry, is that crazy?
I love music.

It's always been
a big part of my life.

‐ Yeah,
when you were, like, 20.

‐ Yeah, and I've missed it
ever since I stopped playing.

Sorry, what the fuck?
‐ What, so are you gonna‐‐

you're gonna quit your job
and go on tour?

‐ Who's quitting?
I'm not quitting.

And it's money I got
from my grandfather's bonds‐‐

‐ Money that I thought we were
saving for something special.

‐ You're being real shitty.
This is something I want.

It's...

why are you being like this?-

Hey.

‐ I don't‐‐I don't know, okay?
I'm sorry.

I don't know.

‐ So how's it going with, um...

oh, God, what's her name?
Your, um, your English teacher?

‐ Ms. Wilson.
‐ Yeah.

‐ Um, it's great.
Yeah.

‐ You had your SAT prep today?

‐ Actually, we went to UT.
Yeah, it was awesome.

She showed me around campus,
we went to the library.

She used to go there,
so she kind of, like,

knew the ropes
and showed me around.

‐ Wow.

Nice of her.

Can you see yourself there?

‐ Mom, I'm hungry.
‐ Yes.

‐ What? I know, sweetheart.
Dinner's almost ready.

‐ I'm hungry now!

‐ I know, dinner's
almost ready, sweetheart.

Bear with me.
It's nice of her, you know.

‐ Yeah.

‐ It's a big deal,
her giving up a Saturday

to take you
and do something like that.

‐ Yeah, I mean,
she's cool, you know?

She's good to talk to too.

Someone to talk to
about colleges

and the application process,
SATs, all that.

- ‐ Mom!
- Okay.

Come on, guys, let's go
outside and play, okay?

Let's leave Mom in peace,
all right?

‐ Yeah!
‐ Does that sound good?

All right, come on.

Whoa!

Whoo!

‐ Did you see
how hard he went down?

Like...
‐ Straight into a bush.

And he had no pants on,
had an open beer in his hand.

You know what?

Your bullshit
has got my alignment

just totally fucked again.

- Jesus, Mom, really?
- Okay, don't with the tone.

All right?

Give your mother a kiss.

Unbelievable.

‐ So...

What's up?

‐ I'm in the clear, baby.

‐ No.
‐ Oh, yeah.

‐ Wow.
‐ You've gotta be joking.

‐ No, I'm not.

‐ I don't get it.
I don't get it.

I don't understand.

Like, I get three days
in‐school suspension,

and you're in the clear?
It's at your house.

‐ I don't know.
Sucks for you, dude.

‐ This dude magically
passes a breathalyzer test

after six vodka shots.
Like, yeah, right?

‐ That was weird.

‐ Dude, okay, first of all,
that's an exaggeration.

‐ No, it's not.
‐ And second of all,

hydrate, dude.
That's the key.

‐ Hydrate.
‐ One to one.

I'm telling you.
‐ Hydrate, yeah, hydrate.

‐ No, he's right.
That works for me.

‐ One to one.
What is that, water?

Drink a cup of water?

Yeah, it doesn't work.
Trust me.

‐ Dude, what's up with you?

‐ What?

Oh, uh, nothing.

‐ Nothing?
‐ Yeah.

‐ Okay. Bro.

See you guys.

One to one.

‐ What's going on?
What's going on, man?

‐ Nothing, bro.

She told me.
Thanks for doing that.

I'm glad you guys met.

‐ Hey.
‐ Hey.

‐ Ms. Wilson.
‐ I'll see you later.

‐ I'll see you later.

‐ Can I‐‐can I talk
to you for a second?

‐ Yeah.
Come on in.

‐ Did you...

did you get my text?

‐ Yes.



I, uh...

I liked being
out in the world with you.

‐ Well, I'm glad you liked it,
um...

What are you doing?

‐ Wait.

‐ Oh, my God.
You need to leave.

You need to leave now.
‐ I'm sorry.

‐ Go.

♪ If I was your boyfriend ♪

♪ I'd never let you go ♪

♪ I can take you places
you ain't never been before ♪

♪ Baby, take a chance,
or you'll never ever know ♪

♪ I got money in my hands
that I'd really like to blow ♪

♪ Swag, swag, swag, on you ♪

♪ Chillin' by the fire
while we eating fondue ♪

♪ I don't know about me,
but I know about you ♪

♪ So say hello to falsetto
in three, two, swag ♪

♪ I'd like to be
everything you want ♪

♪ Hey, girl,
let me talk to you ♪

♪ If I was your boyfriend ♪

♪ Never let you go ♪

♪ Keep you on my arm, girl ♪

♪ You'd never be alone ♪

♪ And I can be a gentleman,
anything you want ♪

♪ If I was your boyfriend ♪