Dare Me (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Scorched Earth - full transcript
Amid the heat of Regionals, Addy, Beth and Colette decide what matters most, leading to a faceoff.
‐ Previously on "Dare Me"...
‐ These girls are going
to regionals!
You're going to regionals,
and you're going to regionals!
‐ You stole her spot.
‐ You crushed her face.
‐ She has given up everything
to get you where you all
wanted to go.
You're lucky to have her.
Nobody's asking you
to be perfect.
We just want you here with us.
♪ ♪
‐ If you care about me,
you will do what I ask
and leave.
‐ No one's gonna notice
you're at regionals.
You know that, right?
Queen B's back on top,
and you're still
her bottom bitch.
‐ I want those scouts
to see you, Addy.
That's why I gave you
RiRi's part,
more time to shine.
Never feel guilty
for wanting things.
People will always make you
feel guilty for wanting things.
It's bad, Addy.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ It was Coach who told me
about the shadow...
the part of yourself
you never see...
can't see.
♪ ♪
We spend most of our lives
afraid of it...
♪ ♪
Afraid of the darkness
lurking inside.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐
♪ Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
‐ It's the shadow
that makes us lie
about what we want,
makes us lie
about who we are.
‐ You're ready.
You'll kill 'em.
♪ ♪
I got it.
I got it.
♪ ♪
‐ Should have thrown it
under the bus.
‐ Yeah, stuffed her inside it.
‐ Last time we're on this bus,
it was to cheer camp
last summer.
Still smells like Emily's puke.
‐ Did you ever think then
that we'd make it here?
♪ ♪
‐ What have we here?
Looks like Coach took
a hard pounding from someone.
I always pegged her
for a bad driver.
Careless people always are.
I do wonder, though,
if Mr. Coach is the one
who's here to clean up
her mess.
Did poor Will
get run off the road?
‐ Love you.
Bye.
♪ ♪
all:
Eagle it up.
Hey, Eagles,
you know what to do.
Eagles in the seats
can Eagle it up too.
Let's go!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
Everybody!
‐ I'm so excited.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Make my butt look big ♪
♪ Talk a lot of ,
these can get wet ♪
♪ Talk a lot of
like I got a big‐‐what ♪
♪ I pull up in the skrrt,
hit you with the stick shift ♪
♪ Talk a lot of ,
talk a lot of ♪
♪ I'm a one of one
I don't see no competition ♪
♪ I'm a one of one ♪
♪ I don't see no competition ♪
♪ Talk a lot of ,
talk a lot of ♪
‐ ♪ Talk it, talk it ♪
‐ Retro '80s is so 2017.
‐ Well, you know, obviously,
they're worried
about road safety.
‐ Oh, all right, ladies,
four to a room.
Oh, and remember,
drinks in the lounge at 7:00.
‐ So you know I'll be there
at 6:00.
Margarita bowl happy hour.
‐ And one for you.
‐ Thanks.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ I...I know this must be
tough for RiRi,
for her not being able
to compete.
But her being here,
supporting everyone,
it shows a lot of character,
and it means something
to her squad mates.
‐ You got us this far.
I trust you know how
to close it out.
‐
‐ And If I know my girl,
she'll be back in time
for states.
‐ Oh, hell yeah.
‐ Just as long as these girls
don't get foolish tonight
and wreck their chances.
You know that age.
Illusions of immortality.
‐ Mm.
‐ Uh, non‐smoking, by the way.
Hope that's all right with you.
‐ Oh, that's fine.
I don't smoke.
It's an ugly habit.
‐ I know lots of non‐smokers
who somehow find their way
to a cigarette
when they're under pressure.
‐ Oh, well,
this isn't pressure.
It's winning.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ No, there has to be
four of you.
Four girls per room,
two to a bed.
‐ Yo, Tania, Sierra...
‐ Great.
‐
‐ Let's go, Warriors!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ Again!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ Let's hear it!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ Again, let's hear it!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ We're actually here.
I mean,
even if we don't qualify,
just getting this far is huge.
‐ That's what you're fighting.
You're fighting all the people
in this place
who will tell you that trying
is what matters most
and that staying where you are
is plenty good enough.
‐ Yeah, well, that's 'cause
they've never been
on top before.
Once you see how it is
from up there,
you know you can't go back.
There's no going back.
‐ Hmm.
♪ ♪
‐ Yes!
Yes!
♪ ♪
‐ You know what they say
about your first time:
you never get it back,
and it stays with you forever.
‐ They're incredible.
‐ Well, that's a college squad.
Keep putting in the work,
and that could be you.
It's not that far away,
not as far as you think it is.
‐ Hey, where do you think
the college scouts sit?
‐ Scouts don't come to this.
‐ What?
But you said they did.
That's why you gave me
RiRi's spot.
‐ No.
You must have misunderstood.
Scouts come to states.
Get to states,
and you're gonna knock 'em out.
They'll be eating
out of our hands.
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, okay.
‐ Hey, don't worry
about scouts
or the audience or me.
Focus your energy,
clear your sight lines,
and center yourself
for tomorrow.
Everything's gonna
fall into place.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Look around.
20,000 wide‐eyed folks
from every backwater
and speed bump across the state
will walk through
these hallowed halls
this weekend.
No, no.
Scratch that.
20,000 potential customers.
Huh?
And whoever hosts regionals
or states
takes the lion's share
of all of us.
Do you know how easy it'll be
for our glorious new stadium
to steal the throne from this
dusty old convention center
that hasn't seen
a fresh coat of paint
since the Carter
administration.
All we need, J. J., all we need
is that one key sponsor.
‐ The way I see it,
I make the entrée.
I smooth the gears.
I make your little Ohio miracle
happen.
‐ Big Ohio miracle.
‐
‐ Wouldn't I be foolish
not to wanna be part
of such a miracle myself?
‐ Let me have it.
I spend most of my waking hours
getting it between the eyes
from strong women.
I must like it.
‐ I want a seat on the board
of directors.
‐ Well, that is a tall ask.
‐ Well, I'm a tall woman
who slouches for no one.
‐
‐ Male cheerleaders,
there is really nothing worse.
‐ He wants to touch my ass
like that,
he better come
with bottle service.
‐ Hmm.
They think
we're all captive prey,
stuck in the same hotel.
‐ They're wrong.
All we have to do is
step outside,
prowl the city,
hunt some more tender meat.
‐ Or keep it chill tonight,
get some sleep.
‐ Is that Coach I hear
or one of those chap‐e‐crones?
‐ I put a party dress
in my bag,
and I plan to wear it.
‐ Come on, Hanlon, one drink
isn't gonna hurt anyone.
Right, Beth?
‐ They say the age of miracles
is past.
Don't tell me you actually
drove to Cleveland
in a car by yourself,
'cause I didn't get a single
call from a state trooper.
‐ Surprise.
‐ Yeah, I'm aware
of your surprises,
except they usually involve
a bottle of Percocet,
jug of Chablis.
Or the time you tore
your retina
with a flying champagne cork.
‐ Do you want boring?
I know my daughter
doesn't want boring.
And maybe I'm trying to upend
expectations for the better.
I got Bert to spring
for a five‐star place.
‐ Wondering what five‐star
looks like in Cleveland.
‐ And a five‐star restaurant.
Come on, come have dinner
with your old, sad mom,
and we can get you back to
your squad before lights out.
‐ I thought you said
sunlight was fatal to her.
‐ Well, she must have summoned
some new powers.
Wants me to get dinner
with her tonight.
‐ Go.
‐
‐ Get out of here.
Go hang with your mom.
‐ Are you trying
to get rid of me, Hanlon?
‐ You're not missing anything:
RiRi and Bri hustling
rum and cokes and potato skins
off of horny
business travelers.
It's very exciting.
‐ Is that what you're gonna do?
Or are you gonna have
a slumber party pow‐wow
with Coach Colette French?
‐
No pow‐wows.
Let's hang out
when you get back.
‐ Just you and me?
‐ Just you and me.
We can do
all the good‐luck stuff
we said we'd do
if we made it to regionals.
‐ Shave our heads,
get prison tattoos.
I still want the teardrop
beneath one eye.
‐
Sure.
‐ Nothing's ever how you think
it's gonna be, is it?
‐ No.
I guess not,
but maybe it's better,
just in a different way.
‐
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Hey.
It's me.
‐ Hey.
Any news from the front?
‐ I got a room with a view.
‐ Oh, yeah?
Lake Erie?
‐ Hydroelectric plant.
Is she asleep?
‐
Uh, not yet.
I think she knows
you're not coming home tonight
and isn't happy about it.
‐ Did she do that thing
with her plate?
‐ Affirmative.
Yeah, yeah.
Future champion discus thrower.
‐
Tell her I'll be home tomorrow,
that I'll always be home.
‐ Oh, I took your car
to Bert's guy.
Um, it's gonna take him
a few weeks.
Insurance might wanna
total it, though.
We'll have to see.
‐ That's okay.
I mean,
maybe it's for the best.
They're so impractical.
‐ You love that car.
Remember when we went to
the dealership in Miami?
The, um...that salesman
with the hair implants.
‐ Oh, my God.
His name was Van.
Van with a V.
‐ With a V, yeah.
‐
It's harder than I thought.
‐ What?
What'd you say, honey?
‐ Just, uh, being away.
It's hard.
‐ Yeah, I know.
Guess that's what makes home
home, isn't it?
♪ ♪
‐ Yeah.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ That might be a little...is
it too soon yet?
There's this lingering...
‐ What fresh hell is this?
‐ This is your loving mother
and father
laying down their swords
for a minute
to honor their own.
‐ We wanted to do something
for you, Bethie.
‐ I'll be goddamned
if we're not gonna fete
our beautiful daughter, huh,
back where she belongs,
top girl,
leading her squad to states.
‐ Hear, hear.
‐ Elizabeth Ann,
not all surprises are bad.
Sometimes, we get it right.
Sometimes...
♪ ♪
Yeah...
‐ So what's the most expensive
thing in this joint?
'Cause I've never been
more hungry in my life.
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ I'm not being
a big bad boss ♪
‐ Go, go, go, go, go, go.
This is exactly what we want.
‐ ♪ I like telling
people off ♪
‐
‐ ♪ I like working
under pressure ♪
‐ Mine.
‐ I thought you said drinking
was for the weak and pitiful.
‐ It's the way you do it.
This is my weekend
as much as anyone's,
and I'm not the one
with the big moves tomorrow.
♪ ♪
‐
Come on, let's go.
Come on, come on, come on.
Let's go.
‐ Bottoms up, bitches.
‐ Hurry up, bitch.
Pee faster.
‐ I'm surprised they wanted
their own room
after what went down
at cheer camp last summer.
‐ Look, there's a lot
that you don't know.
Okay, it looks simple.
Beth, the bad girl.
Addy, her lieutenant.
There's more to it, a lot more.
‐ I told you I can't.
‐ Come on, night out
on the big city.
Let's do this.
‐ Paris, Cleveland, whatever.
‐ It's fucking regionals,
bitch.
We gotta be locked, cocked,
and ready to rock.
♪ ♪
‐ Seriously, guys,
I'm way too tired and nervous.
I don't wanna take any chances,
You guys just go without me.
Have fun.
‐ All right.
You're missing out.
‐ You look hot.
‐ I know.
‐
♪ ♪
‐ Bloody, as bloody as possible
for my real steak
and steak tartare for
our famished warrior over here.
‐ That's right,
our daughter rides at dawn,
and she must be sated!
‐ I will drink to that again.
All right.
See, I knew this was coming.
Just a sip, just a sip.
Garçon, can I have
another glass, please?
You need to be
at your best tomorrow,
because we are coming
for them, right?
Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo,
watch out!
‐ We see how hard
you're working, baby.
‐ Not a quitter,
never a quitter.
Tenacity, she's always had it.
First newborn
the doctor ever saw
who came out with teeth.
‐
‐ It's true.
‐ Our baby's a star.
It was meant to be.
You were born
under Sagittarius.
‐ And conceived under a haze
of Acapulco Gold.
‐ Aww.
‐ Excuse me, honey.
Sweetheart, will‐‐uh...
sweetheart, could you ever
just, maybe, take a picture
of the happy family over here?
You got that?
It's the little‐‐that one
right there.
‐ Come on, Bethie,
like you say:
"Pics or it didn't happen."
♪ ♪
‐ See, this is what you need.
I knew it.
I can see the tension
from here.
‐ Yeah, just a little tight
from nerves, maybe.
‐ If you're not nervous,
you don't care enough.
‐
‐ Come, sit.
‐
♪ ♪
‐ All you have to do tomorrow
is what you've been doing
all these weeks.
‐
‐ Even if you forget,
your body remembers.
‐ You say it like it's easy.
‐ I know what
they're looking for.
I built our routine around it.
If our moves our crisp
and we nail even 75%
of our tumbling
runs and tosses, it's ours.
Top five all go to states,
where we belong.
‐ Be honest,
did you really think
that we would make it here?
‐ I never would have taken
this job
if I didn't think
we'd get here.
I only coach winners.
That's why I came
to Sutton Grove...to you.
‐
‐ 19 years old
and the only guy in the dorm
who had his own
herbal supplement business.
‐ Well, all right.
You mock away, but there once
was a young fella,
started out as a fire eater,
taking change from passersby.
Today, that man is the founder
of Cirque du Soleil.
Oh, excuse me just for a sec.
Tacy, I told you I had
a family dinner.
I...I can barely
understand you.
Have you been drinking?
♪ ♪
Sweetie, I can hear it
in your voice.
♪ ♪
‐ What?
You think five more minutes,
that'll make the difference?
‐ He's your father, Beth.
This was his idea.
I thought he'd...I'm sorry.
‐ For what?
What, for tonight?
For that haze of Acapulco Gold
that got us all here?
Got you pregnant...him on
the hook.
‐ Hey, you have to know this
has nothing to do with you.
‐ Excuse me, ladies.
Mr. Cassidy asked me
to assure you
that he's taken care
of your bill.
‐ Saint Bert,
never without a glad hand
or an empty gesture.
‐ And he instructed me to leave
the tab open
in case you wanted
to order dessert
or anything else.
‐ Oh, really?
Well, in that case,
a round of drinks for everyone
in this fine establishment
courtesy of Cirque du Soleil.
‐ Yes, ma'am.
‐ Great,
and you've been swell too.
What do you say, Beth?
30‐‐no, 40% tip for you.
Let's hit Pops Cassidy
right were his heart is:
nestled in that snug
little wallet of his.
Hey, honey, wait.
‐ I never asked for this.
I never asked for any of it.
‐ I wasn't sure we'd recover
after RiRi.
‐ Sometimes a thing like that
is a positive.
Once you know, really know,
that you're just
an eyelash away from a fall...
You don't forget it.
Stakes are real.
Everything matters more.
‐ What if it's just too much?
‐ You mean, what's the secret
to not cracking
under the pressure?
‐ Yeah.
Is there one?
‐ Well,
pressure itself isn't bad.
What you have to fight
is emotion.
Emotion fucks
with your judgement.
‐ What if you just
want something
and you just want it so bad?
‐ I didn't say it was easy,
but when emotion gets
in your way,
you have to lock it down.
You can't let it win.
‐ But what about the parts
in life
where emotion is
the whole point?
Like with you and Will.
♪ ♪
‐ Well...
♪ ♪
That's different.
‐ How is that different?
♪ ♪
‐ There are feelings that last,
and then there are feelings
that just rip through you.
Matt and I...
We've always been connected.
♪ ♪
I was spinning when I met him.
He grounded me.
And now we have Madison,
and she needs us.
But then...we moved here,
and it was so hard,
and then there was Will.
♪ ♪
And my heart caught
in my throat.
♪ ♪
It was like a movie.
You know, all those things
that they say
that you'll feel...
♪ ♪
I thought that was
what I needed.
‐ "Needed"?
Like you don't anymore?
‐ I didn't say that.
Maybe what I needed was
that feeling,
the‐‐the spinning,
the wildness.
♪ ♪
It makes you see things...
Makes you see what you have.
Sometimes someone comes
into your life
at just the right moment,
you know?
♪ ♪
Do you know what I mean?
‐ Yeah.
‐
‐ ♪ And a scapegoat ♪
‐ Fucking AC.
‐ ♪ And the Congress,
they're waiting ♪
♪ For our answers ♪
‐
Damn it.
‐ ♪ Stop looking
over your shoulder ♪
♪ No one's there ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's no use in blaming it ♪
‐
‐ ♪ Don't dwell on it ♪
♪ Like it's
some hidden rogue ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's all
in what they tell us ♪
♪ None of it's true ♪
♪ It's a way to control you ♪
♪ So don't be the fool ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Stop messing
with my heart ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Baby, you was my dream,
fool ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't need that stress ♪
♪ I was running
with Toby and them ♪
♪ Never looked back
once I discovered the pen ♪
♪ Dedicated it
all to the art ♪
♪ Who would've known
it would be this ♪
♪ From the start,
stop messing with me heart ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Baby, you was my dream,
fool ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, now you a man, so ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't need that stress,
that stress ♪
♪ I'm a boss
in a Fendi dress ♪
♪ Better stay in line ♪
♪ ♪
‐ We happy few,
we band of bitches.
♪ ♪
‐
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Rooks, let's go.
Come on.
Okay, all right, they're on.
We're next up.
‐ Has anyone seen Coach?
‐ Yeah, I need to tell her
about a change in our lineup.
Fetus, you know the rules
and you broke 'em.
Okay?
Now you gotta pay the price.
Even bottom bitches
gotta play by the rules.
Who's ready to take
Tacy's part?
Huh?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Anyone?
‐ What are you screeching
about?
‐ Your excessive
alcohol consumption last night.
Seems like some little fetus
really tied one on,
had to get her daddy
in to help.
‐ Well, he certainly
came running, didn't he?
Didn't hesitate.
‐ You think you're so special,
don't you?
The perfect princess,
apple of his eye,
cream of his
motherfucking crop.
It goes away.
It all goes away.
One second, you're at the top
and the next,
you're face down on that mat.
♪ ♪
‐ Well, you should know
that feeling pretty well,
Queen B.
Face down, abandoned,
left for dead...
♪ ♪
Now that Addy's found
a new king bitch
to overthrow her queen.
♪ ♪
‐ Okay, let's go.
You guys should be out there
already.
‐ Beth, you need to focus up.
Forget about everything
that is going on.
This is squad time.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, listen up.
You spent
the last two months preparing
for the next two minutes.
Make it count.
Hands in.
Three, two, one.
all:
Go, Eagles!
‐ Go, Eagles!
‐ Let's go, baby!
‐ Come on!
Let's go, girls!
‐ Beth?
What are you doing?
Let go of me.
‐ Addy, were you with her
last night?
‐ This is about regionals,
Beth.
This isn't about you.
Everything isn't about you.
‐ Look, this isn't about me.
This is about you.
The things that
you never admit:
what you do, what you want.
You just smile
and you smile
and then you stab me
in the fucking heart.
‐ Nothing's ever enough
for you, Beth.
‐ Look, it's my fault.
It's my fault for falling
for it, for you,
again and again and you were
never gonna choose me.
‐ We've been waiting for this
our whole lives.
‐ How come, Addy...
how come you never choose me?
Just tell me the truth
for once in your life.
What is it about her?
♪ ♪
What does she have
that I don't?
♪ ♪
‐ She isn't you.
♪ ♪
‐
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Who that is, hoe,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ Who that is, hoe ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
‐ Let's go, ladies!
‐ ♪ With my little titties ♪
♪ And my phat belly,
I could take your man ♪
♪ If you finna let me,
it's a guarantee ♪
♪ That he won't forget me,
my body little ♪
♪ My soul is heavy,
my little titties ♪
♪ Be booking cities
all around the world ♪
♪ They be wit' me,
I'm a Calvin Klein model ♪
♪ Come and get me,
set the resy up ♪
♪ Don't be with me ♪
♪ My little titties,
my phat belly ♪
♪ My little titties ♪
♪ My phat belly,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Princess Nokia
make it clap ♪
♪ She with it to set it back,
and give ya the fire track ♪
♪ Now watch what gon'
happen next ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My little titties,
my phat belly ♪
♪ My little titties,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
who that is, hoe ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Hey!
Yes!
‐ Representing Sutton Grove.
‐ Oh, yes!
Oh, yes!
‐ Top five, we clinched it.
‐ We're in?
We're going to states?
‐ Yes, we are.
‐ Oh, my God!
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ La, la, la,
la‐dee‐la‐dee‐la ♪
♪ You don't know ♪
♪ ♪
♪ La, la, la,
la‐dee‐la‐dee‐la ♪
♪ You don't know ♪
♪ You don't know,
you don't know ♪
♪ You don't know ♪
♪ ♪
‐ I always believed
I was a good person.
I thought I knew myself,
who I was,
what I wanted.
But Coach told me a secret
about the shadow.
She said,
"The shadow's your heat,
your heart, your power."
‐ ♪ Leave your bitches
at the door ♪
♪ You're too hot for that ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Save your stitches
for the war ♪
♪ You're too hot for that ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Give your glitches
to the board ♪
♪ You're too hot for that ♪
‐ Don't be afraid
of the shadow.
‐ ♪ Your bitches at the door ♪
‐ Make the shadow your friend.
‐ ♪ For the war ♪
♪ You talk your shit ♪
‐ And if you look around
and don't see the shadow,
it's because...
the shadow's you.
♪ ♪
Hello?
Coach?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm coming.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ It's bad, Addy.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ These girls are going
to regionals!
You're going to regionals,
and you're going to regionals!
‐ You stole her spot.
‐ You crushed her face.
‐ She has given up everything
to get you where you all
wanted to go.
You're lucky to have her.
Nobody's asking you
to be perfect.
We just want you here with us.
♪ ♪
‐ If you care about me,
you will do what I ask
and leave.
‐ No one's gonna notice
you're at regionals.
You know that, right?
Queen B's back on top,
and you're still
her bottom bitch.
‐ I want those scouts
to see you, Addy.
That's why I gave you
RiRi's part,
more time to shine.
Never feel guilty
for wanting things.
People will always make you
feel guilty for wanting things.
It's bad, Addy.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ It was Coach who told me
about the shadow...
the part of yourself
you never see...
can't see.
♪ ♪
We spend most of our lives
afraid of it...
♪ ♪
Afraid of the darkness
lurking inside.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐
♪ Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
‐ It's the shadow
that makes us lie
about what we want,
makes us lie
about who we are.
‐ You're ready.
You'll kill 'em.
♪ ♪
I got it.
I got it.
♪ ♪
‐ Should have thrown it
under the bus.
‐ Yeah, stuffed her inside it.
‐ Last time we're on this bus,
it was to cheer camp
last summer.
Still smells like Emily's puke.
‐ Did you ever think then
that we'd make it here?
♪ ♪
‐ What have we here?
Looks like Coach took
a hard pounding from someone.
I always pegged her
for a bad driver.
Careless people always are.
I do wonder, though,
if Mr. Coach is the one
who's here to clean up
her mess.
Did poor Will
get run off the road?
‐ Love you.
Bye.
♪ ♪
all:
Eagle it up.
Hey, Eagles,
you know what to do.
Eagles in the seats
can Eagle it up too.
Let's go!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
Everybody!
‐ I'm so excited.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Make my butt look big ♪
♪ Talk a lot of ,
these can get wet ♪
♪ Talk a lot of
like I got a big‐‐what ♪
♪ I pull up in the skrrt,
hit you with the stick shift ♪
♪ Talk a lot of ,
talk a lot of ♪
♪ I'm a one of one
I don't see no competition ♪
♪ I'm a one of one ♪
♪ I don't see no competition ♪
♪ Talk a lot of ,
talk a lot of ♪
‐ ♪ Talk it, talk it ♪
‐ Retro '80s is so 2017.
‐ Well, you know, obviously,
they're worried
about road safety.
‐ Oh, all right, ladies,
four to a room.
Oh, and remember,
drinks in the lounge at 7:00.
‐ So you know I'll be there
at 6:00.
Margarita bowl happy hour.
‐ And one for you.
‐ Thanks.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ I...I know this must be
tough for RiRi,
for her not being able
to compete.
But her being here,
supporting everyone,
it shows a lot of character,
and it means something
to her squad mates.
‐ You got us this far.
I trust you know how
to close it out.
‐
‐ And If I know my girl,
she'll be back in time
for states.
‐ Oh, hell yeah.
‐ Just as long as these girls
don't get foolish tonight
and wreck their chances.
You know that age.
Illusions of immortality.
‐ Mm.
‐ Uh, non‐smoking, by the way.
Hope that's all right with you.
‐ Oh, that's fine.
I don't smoke.
It's an ugly habit.
‐ I know lots of non‐smokers
who somehow find their way
to a cigarette
when they're under pressure.
‐ Oh, well,
this isn't pressure.
It's winning.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ No, there has to be
four of you.
Four girls per room,
two to a bed.
‐ Yo, Tania, Sierra...
‐ Great.
‐
‐ Let's go, Warriors!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ Again!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ Let's hear it!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ Again, let's hear it!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
all:
Let's go, Warriors!
‐ We're actually here.
I mean,
even if we don't qualify,
just getting this far is huge.
‐ That's what you're fighting.
You're fighting all the people
in this place
who will tell you that trying
is what matters most
and that staying where you are
is plenty good enough.
‐ Yeah, well, that's 'cause
they've never been
on top before.
Once you see how it is
from up there,
you know you can't go back.
There's no going back.
‐ Hmm.
♪ ♪
‐ Yes!
Yes!
♪ ♪
‐ You know what they say
about your first time:
you never get it back,
and it stays with you forever.
‐ They're incredible.
‐ Well, that's a college squad.
Keep putting in the work,
and that could be you.
It's not that far away,
not as far as you think it is.
‐ Hey, where do you think
the college scouts sit?
‐ Scouts don't come to this.
‐ What?
But you said they did.
That's why you gave me
RiRi's spot.
‐ No.
You must have misunderstood.
Scouts come to states.
Get to states,
and you're gonna knock 'em out.
They'll be eating
out of our hands.
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, okay.
‐ Hey, don't worry
about scouts
or the audience or me.
Focus your energy,
clear your sight lines,
and center yourself
for tomorrow.
Everything's gonna
fall into place.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Look around.
20,000 wide‐eyed folks
from every backwater
and speed bump across the state
will walk through
these hallowed halls
this weekend.
No, no.
Scratch that.
20,000 potential customers.
Huh?
And whoever hosts regionals
or states
takes the lion's share
of all of us.
Do you know how easy it'll be
for our glorious new stadium
to steal the throne from this
dusty old convention center
that hasn't seen
a fresh coat of paint
since the Carter
administration.
All we need, J. J., all we need
is that one key sponsor.
‐ The way I see it,
I make the entrée.
I smooth the gears.
I make your little Ohio miracle
happen.
‐ Big Ohio miracle.
‐
‐ Wouldn't I be foolish
not to wanna be part
of such a miracle myself?
‐ Let me have it.
I spend most of my waking hours
getting it between the eyes
from strong women.
I must like it.
‐ I want a seat on the board
of directors.
‐ Well, that is a tall ask.
‐ Well, I'm a tall woman
who slouches for no one.
‐
‐ Male cheerleaders,
there is really nothing worse.
‐ He wants to touch my ass
like that,
he better come
with bottle service.
‐ Hmm.
They think
we're all captive prey,
stuck in the same hotel.
‐ They're wrong.
All we have to do is
step outside,
prowl the city,
hunt some more tender meat.
‐ Or keep it chill tonight,
get some sleep.
‐ Is that Coach I hear
or one of those chap‐e‐crones?
‐ I put a party dress
in my bag,
and I plan to wear it.
‐ Come on, Hanlon, one drink
isn't gonna hurt anyone.
Right, Beth?
‐ They say the age of miracles
is past.
Don't tell me you actually
drove to Cleveland
in a car by yourself,
'cause I didn't get a single
call from a state trooper.
‐ Surprise.
‐ Yeah, I'm aware
of your surprises,
except they usually involve
a bottle of Percocet,
jug of Chablis.
Or the time you tore
your retina
with a flying champagne cork.
‐ Do you want boring?
I know my daughter
doesn't want boring.
And maybe I'm trying to upend
expectations for the better.
I got Bert to spring
for a five‐star place.
‐ Wondering what five‐star
looks like in Cleveland.
‐ And a five‐star restaurant.
Come on, come have dinner
with your old, sad mom,
and we can get you back to
your squad before lights out.
‐ I thought you said
sunlight was fatal to her.
‐ Well, she must have summoned
some new powers.
Wants me to get dinner
with her tonight.
‐ Go.
‐
‐ Get out of here.
Go hang with your mom.
‐ Are you trying
to get rid of me, Hanlon?
‐ You're not missing anything:
RiRi and Bri hustling
rum and cokes and potato skins
off of horny
business travelers.
It's very exciting.
‐ Is that what you're gonna do?
Or are you gonna have
a slumber party pow‐wow
with Coach Colette French?
‐
No pow‐wows.
Let's hang out
when you get back.
‐ Just you and me?
‐ Just you and me.
We can do
all the good‐luck stuff
we said we'd do
if we made it to regionals.
‐ Shave our heads,
get prison tattoos.
I still want the teardrop
beneath one eye.
‐
Sure.
‐ Nothing's ever how you think
it's gonna be, is it?
‐ No.
I guess not,
but maybe it's better,
just in a different way.
‐
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Hey.
It's me.
‐ Hey.
Any news from the front?
‐ I got a room with a view.
‐ Oh, yeah?
Lake Erie?
‐ Hydroelectric plant.
Is she asleep?
‐
Uh, not yet.
I think she knows
you're not coming home tonight
and isn't happy about it.
‐ Did she do that thing
with her plate?
‐ Affirmative.
Yeah, yeah.
Future champion discus thrower.
‐
Tell her I'll be home tomorrow,
that I'll always be home.
‐ Oh, I took your car
to Bert's guy.
Um, it's gonna take him
a few weeks.
Insurance might wanna
total it, though.
We'll have to see.
‐ That's okay.
I mean,
maybe it's for the best.
They're so impractical.
‐ You love that car.
Remember when we went to
the dealership in Miami?
The, um...that salesman
with the hair implants.
‐ Oh, my God.
His name was Van.
Van with a V.
‐ With a V, yeah.
‐
It's harder than I thought.
‐ What?
What'd you say, honey?
‐ Just, uh, being away.
It's hard.
‐ Yeah, I know.
Guess that's what makes home
home, isn't it?
♪ ♪
‐ Yeah.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ That might be a little...is
it too soon yet?
There's this lingering...
‐ What fresh hell is this?
‐ This is your loving mother
and father
laying down their swords
for a minute
to honor their own.
‐ We wanted to do something
for you, Bethie.
‐ I'll be goddamned
if we're not gonna fete
our beautiful daughter, huh,
back where she belongs,
top girl,
leading her squad to states.
‐ Hear, hear.
‐ Elizabeth Ann,
not all surprises are bad.
Sometimes, we get it right.
Sometimes...
♪ ♪
Yeah...
‐ So what's the most expensive
thing in this joint?
'Cause I've never been
more hungry in my life.
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ I'm not being
a big bad boss ♪
‐ Go, go, go, go, go, go.
This is exactly what we want.
‐ ♪ I like telling
people off ♪
‐
‐ ♪ I like working
under pressure ♪
‐ Mine.
‐ I thought you said drinking
was for the weak and pitiful.
‐ It's the way you do it.
This is my weekend
as much as anyone's,
and I'm not the one
with the big moves tomorrow.
♪ ♪
‐
Come on, let's go.
Come on, come on, come on.
Let's go.
‐ Bottoms up, bitches.
‐ Hurry up, bitch.
Pee faster.
‐ I'm surprised they wanted
their own room
after what went down
at cheer camp last summer.
‐ Look, there's a lot
that you don't know.
Okay, it looks simple.
Beth, the bad girl.
Addy, her lieutenant.
There's more to it, a lot more.
‐ I told you I can't.
‐ Come on, night out
on the big city.
Let's do this.
‐ Paris, Cleveland, whatever.
‐ It's fucking regionals,
bitch.
We gotta be locked, cocked,
and ready to rock.
♪ ♪
‐ Seriously, guys,
I'm way too tired and nervous.
I don't wanna take any chances,
You guys just go without me.
Have fun.
‐ All right.
You're missing out.
‐ You look hot.
‐ I know.
‐
♪ ♪
‐ Bloody, as bloody as possible
for my real steak
and steak tartare for
our famished warrior over here.
‐ That's right,
our daughter rides at dawn,
and she must be sated!
‐ I will drink to that again.
All right.
See, I knew this was coming.
Just a sip, just a sip.
Garçon, can I have
another glass, please?
You need to be
at your best tomorrow,
because we are coming
for them, right?
Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo,
watch out!
‐ We see how hard
you're working, baby.
‐ Not a quitter,
never a quitter.
Tenacity, she's always had it.
First newborn
the doctor ever saw
who came out with teeth.
‐
‐ It's true.
‐ Our baby's a star.
It was meant to be.
You were born
under Sagittarius.
‐ And conceived under a haze
of Acapulco Gold.
‐ Aww.
‐ Excuse me, honey.
Sweetheart, will‐‐uh...
sweetheart, could you ever
just, maybe, take a picture
of the happy family over here?
You got that?
It's the little‐‐that one
right there.
‐ Come on, Bethie,
like you say:
"Pics or it didn't happen."
♪ ♪
‐ See, this is what you need.
I knew it.
I can see the tension
from here.
‐ Yeah, just a little tight
from nerves, maybe.
‐ If you're not nervous,
you don't care enough.
‐
‐ Come, sit.
‐
♪ ♪
‐ All you have to do tomorrow
is what you've been doing
all these weeks.
‐
‐ Even if you forget,
your body remembers.
‐ You say it like it's easy.
‐ I know what
they're looking for.
I built our routine around it.
If our moves our crisp
and we nail even 75%
of our tumbling
runs and tosses, it's ours.
Top five all go to states,
where we belong.
‐ Be honest,
did you really think
that we would make it here?
‐ I never would have taken
this job
if I didn't think
we'd get here.
I only coach winners.
That's why I came
to Sutton Grove...to you.
‐
‐ 19 years old
and the only guy in the dorm
who had his own
herbal supplement business.
‐ Well, all right.
You mock away, but there once
was a young fella,
started out as a fire eater,
taking change from passersby.
Today, that man is the founder
of Cirque du Soleil.
Oh, excuse me just for a sec.
Tacy, I told you I had
a family dinner.
I...I can barely
understand you.
Have you been drinking?
♪ ♪
Sweetie, I can hear it
in your voice.
♪ ♪
‐ What?
You think five more minutes,
that'll make the difference?
‐ He's your father, Beth.
This was his idea.
I thought he'd...I'm sorry.
‐ For what?
What, for tonight?
For that haze of Acapulco Gold
that got us all here?
Got you pregnant...him on
the hook.
‐ Hey, you have to know this
has nothing to do with you.
‐ Excuse me, ladies.
Mr. Cassidy asked me
to assure you
that he's taken care
of your bill.
‐ Saint Bert,
never without a glad hand
or an empty gesture.
‐ And he instructed me to leave
the tab open
in case you wanted
to order dessert
or anything else.
‐ Oh, really?
Well, in that case,
a round of drinks for everyone
in this fine establishment
courtesy of Cirque du Soleil.
‐ Yes, ma'am.
‐ Great,
and you've been swell too.
What do you say, Beth?
30‐‐no, 40% tip for you.
Let's hit Pops Cassidy
right were his heart is:
nestled in that snug
little wallet of his.
Hey, honey, wait.
‐ I never asked for this.
I never asked for any of it.
‐ I wasn't sure we'd recover
after RiRi.
‐ Sometimes a thing like that
is a positive.
Once you know, really know,
that you're just
an eyelash away from a fall...
You don't forget it.
Stakes are real.
Everything matters more.
‐ What if it's just too much?
‐ You mean, what's the secret
to not cracking
under the pressure?
‐ Yeah.
Is there one?
‐ Well,
pressure itself isn't bad.
What you have to fight
is emotion.
Emotion fucks
with your judgement.
‐ What if you just
want something
and you just want it so bad?
‐ I didn't say it was easy,
but when emotion gets
in your way,
you have to lock it down.
You can't let it win.
‐ But what about the parts
in life
where emotion is
the whole point?
Like with you and Will.
♪ ♪
‐ Well...
♪ ♪
That's different.
‐ How is that different?
♪ ♪
‐ There are feelings that last,
and then there are feelings
that just rip through you.
Matt and I...
We've always been connected.
♪ ♪
I was spinning when I met him.
He grounded me.
And now we have Madison,
and she needs us.
But then...we moved here,
and it was so hard,
and then there was Will.
♪ ♪
And my heart caught
in my throat.
♪ ♪
It was like a movie.
You know, all those things
that they say
that you'll feel...
♪ ♪
I thought that was
what I needed.
‐ "Needed"?
Like you don't anymore?
‐ I didn't say that.
Maybe what I needed was
that feeling,
the‐‐the spinning,
the wildness.
♪ ♪
It makes you see things...
Makes you see what you have.
Sometimes someone comes
into your life
at just the right moment,
you know?
♪ ♪
Do you know what I mean?
‐ Yeah.
‐
‐ ♪ And a scapegoat ♪
‐ Fucking AC.
‐ ♪ And the Congress,
they're waiting ♪
♪ For our answers ♪
‐
Damn it.
‐ ♪ Stop looking
over your shoulder ♪
♪ No one's there ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's no use in blaming it ♪
‐
‐ ♪ Don't dwell on it ♪
♪ Like it's
some hidden rogue ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's all
in what they tell us ♪
♪ None of it's true ♪
♪ It's a way to control you ♪
♪ So don't be the fool ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Stop messing
with my heart ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Baby, you was my dream,
fool ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't need that stress ♪
♪ I was running
with Toby and them ♪
♪ Never looked back
once I discovered the pen ♪
♪ Dedicated it
all to the art ♪
♪ Who would've known
it would be this ♪
♪ From the start,
stop messing with me heart ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Baby, you was my dream,
fool ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, now you a man, so ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't need that stress,
that stress ♪
♪ I'm a boss
in a Fendi dress ♪
♪ Better stay in line ♪
♪ ♪
‐ We happy few,
we band of bitches.
♪ ♪
‐
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Rooks, let's go.
Come on.
Okay, all right, they're on.
We're next up.
‐ Has anyone seen Coach?
‐ Yeah, I need to tell her
about a change in our lineup.
Fetus, you know the rules
and you broke 'em.
Okay?
Now you gotta pay the price.
Even bottom bitches
gotta play by the rules.
Who's ready to take
Tacy's part?
Huh?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Anyone?
‐ What are you screeching
about?
‐ Your excessive
alcohol consumption last night.
Seems like some little fetus
really tied one on,
had to get her daddy
in to help.
‐ Well, he certainly
came running, didn't he?
Didn't hesitate.
‐ You think you're so special,
don't you?
The perfect princess,
apple of his eye,
cream of his
motherfucking crop.
It goes away.
It all goes away.
One second, you're at the top
and the next,
you're face down on that mat.
♪ ♪
‐ Well, you should know
that feeling pretty well,
Queen B.
Face down, abandoned,
left for dead...
♪ ♪
Now that Addy's found
a new king bitch
to overthrow her queen.
♪ ♪
‐ Okay, let's go.
You guys should be out there
already.
‐ Beth, you need to focus up.
Forget about everything
that is going on.
This is squad time.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, listen up.
You spent
the last two months preparing
for the next two minutes.
Make it count.
Hands in.
Three, two, one.
all:
Go, Eagles!
‐ Go, Eagles!
‐ Let's go, baby!
‐ Come on!
Let's go, girls!
‐ Beth?
What are you doing?
Let go of me.
‐ Addy, were you with her
last night?
‐ This is about regionals,
Beth.
This isn't about you.
Everything isn't about you.
‐ Look, this isn't about me.
This is about you.
The things that
you never admit:
what you do, what you want.
You just smile
and you smile
and then you stab me
in the fucking heart.
‐ Nothing's ever enough
for you, Beth.
‐ Look, it's my fault.
It's my fault for falling
for it, for you,
again and again and you were
never gonna choose me.
‐ We've been waiting for this
our whole lives.
‐ How come, Addy...
how come you never choose me?
Just tell me the truth
for once in your life.
What is it about her?
♪ ♪
What does she have
that I don't?
♪ ♪
‐ She isn't you.
♪ ♪
‐
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Who that is, hoe,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ Who that is, hoe ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
‐ Let's go, ladies!
‐ ♪ With my little titties ♪
♪ And my phat belly,
I could take your man ♪
♪ If you finna let me,
it's a guarantee ♪
♪ That he won't forget me,
my body little ♪
♪ My soul is heavy,
my little titties ♪
♪ Be booking cities
all around the world ♪
♪ They be wit' me,
I'm a Calvin Klein model ♪
♪ Come and get me,
set the resy up ♪
♪ Don't be with me ♪
♪ My little titties,
my phat belly ♪
♪ My little titties ♪
♪ My phat belly,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Princess Nokia
make it clap ♪
♪ She with it to set it back,
and give ya the fire track ♪
♪ Now watch what gon'
happen next ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My little titties,
my phat belly ♪
♪ My little titties,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
who that is, hoe ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy,
that girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ That girl is a tomboy ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Hey!
Yes!
‐ Representing Sutton Grove.
‐ Oh, yes!
Oh, yes!
‐ Top five, we clinched it.
‐ We're in?
We're going to states?
‐ Yes, we are.
‐ Oh, my God!
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ La, la, la,
la‐dee‐la‐dee‐la ♪
♪ You don't know ♪
♪ ♪
♪ La, la, la,
la‐dee‐la‐dee‐la ♪
♪ You don't know ♪
♪ You don't know,
you don't know ♪
♪ You don't know ♪
♪ ♪
‐ I always believed
I was a good person.
I thought I knew myself,
who I was,
what I wanted.
But Coach told me a secret
about the shadow.
She said,
"The shadow's your heat,
your heart, your power."
‐ ♪ Leave your bitches
at the door ♪
♪ You're too hot for that ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Save your stitches
for the war ♪
♪ You're too hot for that ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Give your glitches
to the board ♪
♪ You're too hot for that ♪
‐ Don't be afraid
of the shadow.
‐ ♪ Your bitches at the door ♪
‐ Make the shadow your friend.
‐ ♪ For the war ♪
♪ You talk your shit ♪
‐ And if you look around
and don't see the shadow,
it's because...
the shadow's you.
♪ ♪
Hello?
Coach?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm coming.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ It's bad, Addy.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪