Hellcats (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 15 - God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away - full transcript

Previously on "hellcats"...

You sure school's
worth all this?

Dan, I'm going to graduate,
pass the bar up north,

Cheerleading?

Hello, marti.
Welcome to cheertown.

I need 2 prelaw
students to help me.

A man been sentenced
to life in prison

For a minor burglary.

Bill marsh is a powerful
man at this school,

And if we're gonna go after
him, I need concrete proof.

Jake! Jake!



So they caught jake on tape,

And marsh had
overton cover it up

And frame travis.

That's the man you're
trying to help? Yeah.

You have to save him.

I can free travis
if I implicate jake,

But it will bring
down football,

And it will bring
down the hellcats.

Knowing all that we stand
to lose, do we have her back?

I love watching
firefighters at play.

They're like...

Well-muscled puppies.

What are we accomplishing here,

Other than being inappropriate?



I thought this might
help cheer you up.

It's my secret happy place.

I don't need cheering up, ok?

I'm absolutely...

I'm sorry. I lost
my train of thought.

You were in denial
about our impending doom.

I don't believe we're doomed.

Rome is burning, baby.

Wake up and smell the kerosene.

Maybe.

Once marti makes
that dvd public,

Football is coming down fast.

It's taking lancer
cheerleading with it.

When god closes a
door, he opens a window.

Heh. And savannah opens
the big book of clichés.

We've worked our asses off,

And we very likely won't
make it to nationals.

And how do you plan

To make up for losing
your scholarship?

You think your parents
are gonna foot the bill

For a secular
school like lancer?

You're doing a very bad
job at cheering me up.

I hate when people hide
behind their religious beliefs

And say, "oh, everything
happens for a reason."

Can't you just be pissed off
like a normal human being?

If I have to leave school

Or transfer back to mem-kris,

It means there's something
better out there for me.

And if there's not,

There's a good reason for it.

There's always a plan.

Plan, schman.

Hey, you ladies here
to play or to watch?

A little of both, maybe.

Our cheerleading squad is
throwing a party tonight

Over on the lancer campus.

We are?

And we felt it
was our civic duty

To invite some
genuine memphis heroes.

You interested in stopping by?

Boy, I sure wish
we could, darlin'.

But we're on a 24-hour shift,

So no fun for us tonight.

That's too bad.

Yes, it most definitely is.

Pleasure meeting you ladies.

Since when are
we having a party?

Since I thought of
it a few seconds ago.

You can't just unilaterally
decide to throw a party.

Funny. I just did.

Well, we have to consult
the other hellcats,

Come up with a theme. I
mean, how am I supposed

To throw together a
decent party by tonight?

We'll wing it.

Well, we have to have
some kind of plan.

Huh. Talk to god.

Maybe he's got a spare
one you can borrow.

If that's a joke,
it's not funny.

It doesn't even make sense.

A video that's been
edited is not admissible.

Where's the original feed
from the security camera?

I don't know.

This is all marsh
had in his safe.

Well, we can't
use this in court,

But we can use it to get
the media workin' for us.

We create a public stink,

Put pressure on the governor

To commute travis' conviction.

Congratulations,
you two. It's not

Gonna happen overnight,
but it will happen.

Travis is gonna be a free man.

Can we take a beat first?

Marti, I don't mind you
bringing your gym teacher along

As a security blanket, but I

Would appreciate if
you'd keep her muzzled.

Careful, counselor. I bite.

Look, before we release
this video footage

And destroy the lives of
a lot of innocent people,

I wanna make sure there's
not another way out,

Something we
haven't considered.

Just hear us out.

Heh heh. I'm not
havin' this discussion.

Give me the dvd.

Ok.

What is this?

I uploaded the
footage to the cloud

And destroyed the original.

You destroyed evidence?

Evidence of her burglarizing
bill marsh's office.

She'd have been a fool not to.

My sky drive has a
restricted access.

No one will see this video
again unless I let them.

Mm-hmm. Do you
know the password?

Yes.

Give it to me.

No.

No?

No, sir.

What's your damn plan?

We wanna bring red raymond
in on this, get his advice.

He's the football coach.

Hell, why don't we just get
bill marsh on skype right now?

We could cut out the middleman.

Red wants a clean program.

He wasn't here when
the coverup happened.

He's after the
same thing we are.

Allegedly. Vanessa trusts him,

And that's...that's
good enough for me.

If there is even
the slightest chance

That we can save travis
without destroying the hellcats,

We have to explore it.

Lancer stands to lose
a lot of good people.

If this scandal blows up,

You're gonna have
to drop out, right?

Pretty sure, yeah.

For that reason, and
that reason alone...

You have my blessing.

I...

I don't know what
to say to that.

Thank you.

Well, there's actually
a second reason.

I mean, carrying
around a baggie

Full of shredded
plastic all morning

Just so you can make a
half-baked theatrical gesture...

That's the kind
of thing I'd do.

What?

Get a room.

Hey. I'm so sorry
to be so secretive.

Um, I'm sure vanessa
filled you in.

Hello, miss perkins.

Did you tell him?

Marti... you told him?

Vanessa and I trusted you.

I...I went out on a limb
with my law professor.

Will you just listen?
There's too much at stake.

But I promise I will do everything
I can to help your friend.

Travis. His name
is travis guthrie.

We want to help travis.

Oh. You wanna help travis?

You had travis framed to
cover up what jake did.

I'd rather focus on the future.

I have a small
group of key boosters

Looking to make an investment,
a significant investment

Into professor parrish's
3-strikes project.

You folks'll have everything
you need to fight the good fight,

Including access to the politicians
you need to repeal the law.

It's a cause near
and dear to my heart.

You'll be able to save hundreds
of people down the line,

People like travis.

What about the actual travis?

What you're proposing
could take years.

We'll spend money.
We'll twist arms.

We'll do everything we
can to make it happen fast.

In the meantime,
I'll make some calls.

I'll have travis transferred
to a minimum-security prison.

We'll personally make sure that
travis has everything that he needs.

Except his freedom.

That's the nature
of compromise.

Look at you both.

You are terrified of the truth.

You lie, you hurt people,

You blow smoke to cover it
up, and nobody stops you,

Because they're afraid

It'll destroy the system.

Football...

Is not too big to fail.

Just wait and see.

Here comes the keg.

Can you write something
in my cheer scrapbook?

You keep a scrapbook?

I started.

Bought a book. Put in
some photos and stuff.

I don't want all this to end
without some kind of memento.

Let me help out
your future self.

Nobody in your life...
and I mean nobody...

Is ever gonna be impressed

When you break out your
cheerleader scrapbook.

They're gonna smile politely

And look for a graceful exit,

Like me.

Fine.

I was only asking to be polite.

Whatever.

Hey.

You ok?

Right as rain.

Well, if you need to
talk or anything, I'm...

I don't.

Ok, try it,

'cause watching you walk
around here pissin' people off,

Yeah, not my idea
of a good time.

What do you want me to do?
Flit about hugging everyone

And telling 'em how
much I'm gonna miss them?

Well, at least
it'd show you care.

I know you care.
Come on. It's me.

I hate this.

I hate not being in control.

The whole world is
crashing down around us,

And there's nothing
we can do about it.

Marti and vanessa
were gonna go talk

To red raymond, all right?

Uh, maybe he has a plan.

Sitting around, waiting to
see if I'm gonna be rescued

By other people, not
my idea of a good time.

Right.

Attention, please!

Ok, if we're gonna
do this party right,

It needs to be memorable,
which requires a theme,

So given the time constraints,

I'm thinking toga.

All right?

First thing we need is
sheets, lots of sheets.

Frankie, I need you to hit
up k.T. They owe us a favor.

Suzanne, raid the health
center's linen closet.

Tell dr. Derrick
they're for me.

And cheertown's too small, so
we're moving the festivities

To the workout room.

Roman theme should have
corresponding drinks.

Do they make italian beer?

I'll find out. Thanks.

Lewis, we need a
performance element.

Specialty desserts. Karaoke.

Plan for designated drivers.

Lots of grapes.

Rest of you get online
and spread the word.

The hellcats are throwing an
"it's the end of the world" party,

And we feel fine!

She's bluffin',
right? She's gotta be.

I don't think so.

That doesn't make any sense.

She's on a scholarship.

She'd be cuttin'
her own throat.

Heh heh. You know, kids are at
that age, think they're bulletproof.

I can guarantee you
that she is not thinkin'

Realistically
about the fallout.

Then we gotta do somethin'.

The fastest way to
make this go away

Is to convince jake to confess.

Oh, fat chance of that.

Kid's been treated like a king

Ever since he set
foot on campus.

He's so full of himself, he
can't see the big picture.

We'd never get him onboard.

Your impulse is a
sound one, though.

What are you suggesting?

We doctored the evidence once.

Who's to say we
can't do it again?

Create a fake paper trail...

Proves that jake acted alone.

The kid's expendable.

He's a piece of meat.

Take a hell of a lot of
bribes to make that stick.

Call it an early christmas for
the shelby county legal system.

I won't do it, bill.

I'm only helpin' you so
vanessa doesn't lose her job.

I draw the line at fraud.

Don't be so self-righteous.

This scandal hits, you
burn like the rest of us.

Ok, look,

Jake's not a bad kid.

He's just self-absorbed.

Let me take a run
at him, coach to qb,

And see if I can't get
him to do the right thing.

Yeah.

All right, but do it fast.

He balks, we do it my way.

Do it your way.

Stage one complete.

We got everything we need.

Wow. This is great.

Well, I guess we
should get goin', then.

Right. Time for stage 2.

Well done.

Bye. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Look, uh, I wanna thank you for
orchestrating this whole thing.

Well, thank you
for trusting me.

It means a lot.

You're welcome.

About the other day,

I'm real sorry.

I had no right.

You weren't the
only one at fault.

But still, I was
kissin' a woman

Who was engaged
to someone else,

And that's just plain wrong.

I hope by helpin' you and
helpin' out the hellcats,

I can make up for
that some kind of way.

You girls ready?

Yeah. Yeah.

Friends!

Romans!

Countrymen!

It must have been a
scene much like this

That the last ruler of
the roman empire gazed upon

As the barbarians approached
the gates of his beloved city.

The heaviness he must
have felt in his heart.

For who among us does not
mourn the end of an empire?

But I, for one,
will not go quietly.

I will sing the
anthem of defiance

That the romans sang in
the face of annihilation,

A song in their native tongue

That never failed to
rally the besieged.

Indulge me,
brothers and sisters!

Join me if the
spirit so moves you.

♪ you know you make me
wanna ♪
♪ shout ♪

kick my heels up
and shout

throw my hands up
and shout

throw my head back
and shout

come on, now
shout

don't forget
to say you will

don't forget to say, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

say you will

say it right now, baby

say you will

come on, come on

say you will

say it, whoo
say you will

I want you to know

I said I want you to
know right now, yeah

you been good
to me, baby

better than I
been to myself

hey, hey

and if you ever
leave me, darlin'

I don't want
nobody else

hey hey

now, wait a minute

come a little closer

make it go,
oh, o-o-o-oh

hear you go
oh, o-o-oh

I can be like that

good girl gone bad

yo, what you think?
What you think you had?

if it gets you strong,
I could put you on

I'll be that

I can be like that

good girl gone bad

oh, yeah, what you
think? What you think you had?

if it gets you strong,
I could put you on

I'll be that t

I'll be that

now wait a minute.

you know you make me
wanna shout

kick my heels up
and shout

throw my head back
and shout

kick my heels up
and shout

come on, now
shout

take it easy
shout

take it easy
shout

take it easy
shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit softer
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

a little bit louder
now shout

hey ey ey ey

hey ey ey ey

hey ey ey ey

hey ey ey ey

hey ey yeah yeah

hey ey ey yeah

hey ey yeah yeah

hey ey ey ey
shout now

jump up and shout now

jump up and shout now

jump up and shout now

you know you make
me wanna shout

What is she doin' here?

Sit.

Look, coach, I can explain.

There's no need.

We're not the police.

We don't care about
your explanations

Or your excuses.

Well, then, I guess I can go.

Parrish: We're here to
talk about your future.

You might want to stick around.

I would.

You know, if this
guy were any good,

He'd be at some big law firm instead of
hanging out with a bunch of college kids.

Well, I am good
enough to ensure

That one way or another,
you will pay for this crime.

Now, there's 2
ways we can do this.

Option "a"...

Yes, by all means, option "a."

We release this video,
creating a media firestorm.

Your crime and the subsequent
coverup become public.

Everyone who bribed, perjured,

Or manufactured evidence

To camouflage your
crime will stand trail.

And it will come to light
that people were bribed

With university contracts
and football tickets.

Now, lancer's
already on probation.

Ncaa will have no choice.

They'll have to institute
the death penalty.

You will forever
remembered as the kid

Who single-handedly destroyed

The beloved institution
of lancer football.

Can you imagine if the
judge who sentences him

Actually happens to
be a football fan.

Or one of his future
cellmates. Yikes.

Oh, knock it the hell off.

I know all about
reasonable doubt.

Who says this video
holds up in court? Hmm?

I mean, looks edited to me.

Now, uh, a smart
lawyer will get me off,

And bill marsh is gonna
hire the best money can buy.

Go ahead, coach. Tell 'em.

Marsh: We doctored
the evidence once.

Who's to say we
can't do it again?

Create a fake paper trail...

Proves that jake acted alone.

The kid's expendable.
He's a piece of meat.

Raymond: Take a hell of a lot
of bribes to make that stick.

Call it an early christmas for
the shelby county legal system.

What's option "b"?

Turn yourself in.

Throw yourself on the
mercy of the court.

You sign a statement
exonerating travis guthrie,

And our side will keep
quiet about the coverup.

Now, you're a
first-time offender.

You're lookin' at well
under a year of jail time.

After you serve the time,

Lancer football
will still be here,

And you'll have
a place to come.

You can get your degree,

Turn pro if you
got what it takes.

Deep down, I know
you're a decent guy.

Couldn't have been easy
living with this guilt.

You do this,

You'll feel better.

You'll be able
to sleep at night.

I sleep just fine.

I do not deserve this.

It was a prank.

It was a stupid
initiation thing.

I didn't hurt anybody. I
didn't even keep the drugs.

You know, a lot of
people did wrong here.

It's not fair that I'm the
one that's supposed to suffer.

Son, sit your ass down.

I am not your son!

Now, I may be goin' down,

But I am ecstatic

To take you and
you and bill marsh,

Bobby overton, all the
boosters right down with me.

Thank you so much for
your time. I'm outta here.

So what happens now?

We release the video...

Take the fight public.

And you lose your scholarship.

This is way bigger than me.

This will cripple the school.

Some of my friends
will have to drop out.

It's bad.

Bury the video.

What?

I'm just one man.

I'm not even a particularly
useful or good one.

Me bein' in jail or bein' out
doesn't much matter, you know?

You matter.

You're gonna do big things.

You're gonna help people.

I'm not gettin'
in the way of that.

Just shut up, travis.

Why?

'cause I'm not
gonna give up on you.

And you're makin' me feel
like crap right now, ok?

I should have thrown
you out of here

The first time we met.

You were a sucker
for my guitar, huh?

Yeah. I was a sucker,
all right. Heh.

you're lookin'
kinda sexy, yeah

kinda sexy

you're lookin'
kinda sexy, yeah

you're lookin'
kinda sexy, yeah

kinda sexy

lookin' kinda
sexy, yeah

To the best years of our lives.

We hardly knew ye.

Don't say that. Why not?

It implies that the
best years are behind us.

Have you not been keepin'
up with current events?

There's a plan.
There's always a plan.

What the hell are you doin'?

I'm not loving the male-to-female
ratio at this party.

Whew. Nicely done.

What does, uh, this do?

Protects me from the heat.

But it doesn't really seem to
be workin' too well right now.

Heh.

What's under it?

You show me yours,
I'll show you mine.

Heh. Miss...

I'm alice.

Alice. And you must be

Firefighter powell. You
got a first name with that?

Yes, ma'am. It's luke.

I like a southern
gentleman with manners.

Well, listen. You got
lucky. It was a small fire.

You were never in
any real danger.

Are you sure? Because I think

You brought the whole
fire department with you.

Eh, it gets kinda hard to keep
the guys away from the call

When you know there's gonna be a
bunch of beautiful cheerleaders.

Ahh. Beautiful? You think so?

Oh, boy.

You're drinking.

Is that a bad sign?

It's not a good one.

What happened?

I had him on the ropes.

I was this close, and I
couldn't close the deal.

We're finished.

I refuse to accept that.

I'm not gonna let this happen.

Yeah, what are you gonna do?

Where's jake now?

I don't know. He stormed out.

I'll find him.

You know, maybe you
should change the toga...

Obviously I'm gonna
change out of the toga.

You ok?

Fine. Thank you.

You and the guys havin' fun?

Ah, a fire can make
for a rough night.

It's been a rough week,

And the roughness shows
no sign of stopping.

If you need someone to talk
to, I am a trained professional.

You firefighters are
kinda like us, aren't you?

How do you mean?

Well, you all live
together, right?

You're like a family.

Yeah. We are.

What would you do if
that family went away?

You mean if we lost somebody?

Oh, no. No, not that.

Um, you know, say the
city shut down the station.

I'd look for another job.

Guess it'd be easy.

You risk your life
rescuing strangers.

There's always an
opening for that.

Pretty much.

No, I'd miss the guys.

But I...I guess I'd be hopin' for
something better to come along.

You're an optimist.

I try. So is this
what's happening?

They're shutting down your...
how do you call it, a squad?

It looks like it.

I'm sorry.

It's ok.

I'm moving on to
something better.

Unless...

Unless what?

What if it doesn't
get any better?

What if this, where I am now,

Is the best it's ever gonna be?

You meet people who go on
and on about their glory days,

Before they got fat or
married the wrong person

Or picked the wrong career,

The point where
everything changes.

One day, I might look
back on this night,

Talking to a total stranger,

And realize these
were my glory days

And I don't get any more.

Things might keep
gettin' better.

I was raised to think that.

I was raised to think
that god walks with us.

But a lot of things
I was raised to think

Turned out to be wrong.

Well, I don't know much
about god and all that stuff,

But wouldn't you think he'd
want us to be uncertain?

Why would he want that?

Tomorrow's a mystery,

And that's good.

If I knew 10 years from tonight

That I was gonna meet
the woman of my dreams,

What am I gonna do with
myself for the next 10 years?

Feel like I was
just waitin' around.

Good point.

What if I knew tomorrow
I was gonna die in a fire?

Well, that would ruin tonight,

Sitting here on this
very nice bench with you.

I much prefer life
to be a mystery.

You're sweet.

Thanks for talking to me.

It helps.

I'm sorry. I-I've
been unloading on you,

And I don't even
know your name.

Oh, keith.

Good to meet you, keith.

I'm savannah.

Savannah.

Would you like to go
out with me sometime?

I'd love to,

But I can't.

Can I ask why?

That's the other thing.

It's complicated,

But I'm in love with a guy

Who moved without telling me,

And I'll probably
never see him again.

Who knows? Maybe you will.

Another mystery.

I guess so.

Jake.

How'd you find me?

Where else would you be?

Marti's deal is a good one,

Better than you deserve.

Others did worse.

What's that got to
do with anything?

The bad guys
manipulate the system.

They know how to win. That
doesn't make them right.

If you're the only one playin' by
the rules, that makes you a sucker.

Forget about them.

They're gonna have to
live with their mistakes.

This is about you.

You know I'm not an idiot.

It's all over your face.

I'm disappointin' you,

And it kills me.

But I can't go to jail.

I just can't.

You're a first-time offender

Making a...a big,
dramatic confession

To save an honest man.

That's gonna play well.

You'll do easy time.

It's prison, alice.

I wouldn't last.

I'm not strong enough for that.

I'm gonna go away somewhere.

I can't be here.

I'm sorry, alice.

I wish I was a better guy.

Do you believe in god?

Of course I believe in god.

Do you think he has a
hand in the things we do?

Where is this goin'?

Answer the question.

Sure. Yes, I do.

Look at how perfectly
everything lines up.

Marti moves in to cheertown.

I start dating you.

Marti's law case connects
to the pharmacy you robbed.

What if god knew a great
injustice had happened,

An innocent man was suffering,

And something
needed to be done?

God's not gonna do
something flashy,

Like sending out a
plague of locusts, right?

He's gonna work
under the radar.

Since when are you
religious, anyway?

Just because I
don't talk about it

Doesn't mean it's
not important to me.

But you can believe
whatever you want.

It's your life.

Would you visit me?

As often as you'd like,

And I will stand by your side
when you make the announcement.

That would help.

Did you maybe
wanna pray with me?

Sure.

We should, um...

We should do it silently.

Means more that way.

Ok.

I'm afraid I've
let all of you down...

My friends, teammates...

Coaches, and our fans.

I know now that an innocent
man went to jail for my crime.

I can't allow that to continue.

And that's why
I've come forward

And told the district attorney

That travis guthrie
must go free...

And I must do my time.

they love me.

See?

Now go meet your fans.

Local football hero jake harrow

Has just put it all on the line

In order to do the right thing.

John, in a world
where we can assume

Anyone forced in front
of the cameras is lying,

His honesty was a
breath of fresh air.

And there was a lot of emotions

As harrow came
clean to his fans.

In fact, several had
tears in their eyes

As he took responsibility
for his actions.

Won't have bill marsh
to kick around anymore.

Ooh. That's good.

Play it.

Marsh: We doctored
the evidence once.

Who's to say we
can't do it again?

Create a fake paper trail...

Proves that jake acted alone.

The kid's expendable.

Turn it off.

He's a piece of meat.

Take a hell of a lot of
bribes to make that stick.

What's this?

Your retirement speech.

My students wrote that.

I gave them extra
credit and everything.

You give that speech,
and you get to leave

With your legacy intact and
lancer football alive and well.

I keep my pension.

No.

Down at the bottom of the page,

You announce that you'd like to
donate your entire severance package

To a cause that's
close to your heart.

Overturning tennessee's
3-strikes law.

oh, sing along
with me, children

Travis and marti: old
pirates, yes, they rob I

sold I to the
merchant ships

minutes after
they took I

from the bottomless pit

but my hand
was made strong

by the hand
of the almighty

we forward in
this generation

hey

triumphantly

Group: won't
you help to sing

these songs of freedom?

'cause all I ever have

redemption songs

redemption songs

oh, sing along
with me, children

hey, now

in every way now

every way

in every day

every way

in every day

7 months.
The time will fly by.

Lot of guys in
here are big fans.

I hope you like your setup.

We got you a tv, a
mini fridge, microwave.

You also get snacks from
the store sent to your cell.

That's a real perk.

Travis and marti:
'cause all I ever have

redemption songs

redemption songs

emancipate yourselves
from mental slavery

none but ourselves
can free our minds

have no fear
for atomic energy

Great speech, by the way.

'cause none of them
can stop the time

Great speech.

how long shall they
kill our prophets

while we stand
aside and look?

some say it's
just a part of it

we've got to
fulfill the book

won't you help to sing

these songs of freedom?

'cause all I ever have

redemption songs

redemption songs

old pirates,
yes, they rob I

sold I to the
merchant ships

minutes after
they took I

from the bottomless pit

but my hand
was made strong

by the hand
of the almighty

and we forward
in this generation

hey

triumphantly

won't you help to sing

these songs of freedom?

'cause all I ever have

redemption songs

won't you help us?

redemption songs

won't you help to sing?