My Perfect Landing (2020): Season 1, Episode 11 - Sarah's Bet - full transcript

JENNY:
Previously on
My Perfect Landing:

Every time I think of
leaving you I start crying.

Me too.

As long as your mom
only sees you

doing level four stuff,
you'll be fine.

I'll be fine.

I wanna compete at Hillside.

Your mom's not gonna like that.

I know.
That's why we can't tell her.

Then why you telling me?
I want you to be my coach.

What are you guys doing?



Uh, we were getting that
fruit shipment, remember?

One might ask
what you're doing up.

Well, Jenny's alarm
kept going off.

I feel so bad
about lying to her.

Do you wanna tell her?

No.
That's what I thought.

It's me, isn't it?

I have been so distracted
since we moved here.

I know you're
going through so much.

New country,
new school, new friends.

Don't worry. I'm gonna fix this.

Best mom ever
starting right now.

[♪♪♪]

[CELL PHONE RINGS]



Hey, girl.
Hey, hey.

What are you up to?
English homework.

I'm about to write 2000 words
about igneous rocks.

How many words are you up to?

Two. "Igneous" and "rock."

You sound really stressed.

I should book a flight
to come see you.

Yes, please. Make it right now.

Okay.
What?

Surprise!
Sarah?!

Look who I found
at the airport. Heh-heh!

Mom, you did this?
Oh, sweetheart.

I know you've been stressed.
I told you I was gonna fix this.

What's better than having
your best friend by your side?

And your favorite auntie.
Aah!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I don't know what to say.

Thanks, Mom.
Of course, honey.

Well, this calls
for a Miami dance party.

Yes! Miami dance party.

Mom, please. Don't.
Whoo, whoo, whoo!

Mom. Please stop.

Okay.

Okay, well.
Let's let these girls catch up.

Okay.
Heh-heh.

Miami dance party.
Miami dance party!

Miami dance party.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I missed you so much.

Me too.

♪ Gotta do my thing ♪

♪ Can you feel
The adrenaline? ♪

♪ Oh, maybe
It's finally happening ♪

♪ Oh, maybe
It's really kicking in ♪

♪ Oh, baby
It's finally happening ♪

♪ Now I've found
My perfect landing ♪

[♪♪♪]

I got coffee for you, Rona.

Oh, quiet, girl. I'm tired.
I'm still on Miami time.

It's the same time zone.

[GROANING]

We stayed up so late talking.

I know. It was so much fun.

Morning, girls.

You've got 20 minutes
before school.

What are schools
like here in Canada?

I heard you have
to take your shoes off.

That's not true.
That's just in the houses.

And you should start off
by saying "sorry" a lot.

I finished the coffee. Sorry.

[ALL LAUGHING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Come in.

Hi!
WHITNEY: Oh, morning, girls.

Oh, look.
They're being Canadian.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

What? Did we do something wrong?

Yeah, sorry.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Comes from Miami,
already in the family.

That girl is taller than us,
but she never makes a fuss.

Take it away, Sarah!

Uh, to school
we will take the bus?

Whoo, yeah!
Yes!

Girls for Greatness!

I've got nine kids complaining
that they have to share lockers,

but I checked the files.

There's enough
lockers for everyone.

So somehow we have to find
the empty lockers.

That's the thing.
They all have locks on them.

The kids that have
graduated must've forgot

to take their locks off.
Mm-hm.

How we gonna figure it out?
No idea.

Why did you tell me?

Because I'm venting. Can I vent?

Yeah.
Is that all right?

Yeah. Vent away.
Okay. Thank you.

Did you hear that?
Mystery lockers.

If we find those unused lockers,

we can sell them to kids
and make a ton of money.

I thought this day wouldn't get
any better, but it just did.

We need a plan to find out
which ones they are.

Let's meet in HQ at
0-1200 hours to discuss.

So music room at lunch?

Yeah, Paul, if that's
the way you want to put it.

[♪♪♪]

Welcome to Canton Middle School.
These are students.

That's where the water fountain
used to be. Don't ask.

This is where me
and Rachel met Jenny.

A friendship
forged in the foyer.

When did you two know
you'd be best friends?

You tell them.

Well, even though
we're cousins...

You're cousins?

Yeah, my dad and her dad
were brothers.

The moment we knew
we'd be lifelong friends

was the first day
of kindergarten.

Mrs. Applebaum
told us to draw bears.

Move.
Thanks for taking up

the whole hallway. Rude.

Let me guess. That was Olivia?

Yep. Evil like
the twirling mustache.

Not a big fan of the Jenny.

Nope.

This is exciting.
I'm excited.

We have to tag every locker

that already belongs
to a student.

Let's demonstrate.
I will pretend to be a locker.

I will pretend to be the student
that owns the locker.

And I will pretend
to be one of us.

Hey, Kiko. Is this your locker?
Why, yes, it is, Dace.

Now I check Kiko's name
off the list. Done.

And now we do this to
every locker in the school.

At the end of the day,
ones that don't have stickers

are ours to sell.
All right,

I split the lists up by grade.

Let's find those
mystery lockers, boys.

[♪♪♪]

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

Are all the names crossed
off everyone's lists?

Yep.
KIKO: You bet.

Yup.
That means the lockers

that don't have stickers
are ours to sell.

Yeah, one of nine.
We did it!

Let's not eat
our cupcakes just yet.

We still have to sell
the lockers.

You heard him. Let's go
find some potential buyers.

[♪♪♪]

BOPS:
Let's go, Olivia.

You got it. Let's go, Olivia.

Punch, you got it. Let's go.

Stick, come on.

Yes. Nice.
Nice.

Come on, Olivia.
She's so good.

LENA:
Keep it up, you got it.

BOPS:
Come on.

Come on, Olivia.
You've got it.

I'm gonna go do a beam routine.
Okay.

Split, split, split. Yes.

We should warm up first.
Okay.

Come on, Olivia.
You got it. Let's go.

BOPS:
Come on.

Come on.
Perfect score, you got it.

Come on.

Nice. Beautiful.
BOPS: Yes.

Come on, Olivia.

Whoo! That was awesome.

You owned that.
So good.

And next up on beam,
from Miami, Sarah Cortez.

LENA:
Our team is so good right now.

BOPS:
That's why
we're going to Hillside.

And that's why they're not.

Exactly. I don't know
what they're doing,

but it's fine,
'cause we're ready.

She stumbles but stays on.

JENNY:
Go, Sarah!

She's doing her leaps
and they're amazing.

Actually, they're not.

She's about to do
her signature dismount.

No one's ever
seen it done before.

And she fumbles.

And I think that's
gonna give her the gold.

That was amazing.
LENA: Do you mind turning down

the volume of your fantasies?

We're training
for a real competition.

Don't even bother.
They're not worth it.

Are they always this mean?

No, usually they're meaner.

My mom's here. I'm out of here.
See you at school.

Can you drive me home?
I'm staying at my mom's.

You got it.

Night, girls!
LENA: Good night.

Hey, Olivia. I just got
a text from your mom.

She said it's okay that
you stay for dinner with us.

Jenny, is it your turn
to set the table this week?

Uh, sure.
I'll set the table.

Great!

You like mashed potatoes?
OLIVIA: Yeah!

That girl better stay
on her side of the table.

[♪♪♪]

Why is your mom
being so nice to her?

My mom has a gym to run
and Olivia's a client.

I can hear you, and I don't
want to be here either.

What's your WiFi?
I'm not telling you.

It's Cortez999$.
That's with a capital C.

Um, dinner's almost ready.

I just have to finish
the potatoes.

I'll help!
Oh, thanks, Olivia.

That's very kind. Heh-heh-heh.

First she's at my school,
she's at my gym,

and now she's
mashing my potatoes.

I bet she doesn't
even add butter or milk.

Or garlic.
How about we put her on a boat

and shipwreck her on an island
with a bunch of rats?

Are you kidding? She speaks rat.
She'd just become the rat queen.

[IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE]
All hail Olivia.

I can't believe
I'm going to say this, but...

okay, girls. Dinner's ready.

[♪♪♪]

WHITNEY:
Mm, I am so hungry.

Where's Joonbug?
Oh, he's at a friend's.

They started a new business
selling lockers.

Whatever that means.

Olivia, you did
a great job on these potatoes.

Thank you.
Don't you think, girls?

Mm...

I find they're a bit dry.

Sarah. Don't be rude.

I meant I like them dry.
Good job, Olivia.

Olivia, I noticed you've
been training a lot lately.

Yeah, well, we're getting
ready for Hillside.

So we have to be at our best.
What's Hillside?

The most prestigious...
The most prestigious...

gymnastic event in the city.

WHITNEY:
You have to qualify for it.
It's very exciting.

Why didn't you try
out for that, Jenny?

Oh, it's much higher
than level four.

WHITNEY:
Yeah, much higher.

What's wrong?
I'm not hungry.

RONA:
I'll take it.

What? I'm hungry. Heh.

Can I go do my homework?

Sure.
And I'll help.

Okay.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[♪♪♪]

What is this? Weird.

How do I look?
Like a salesmen.

Good. So do you.

Oh, look. This one doesn't
have a sticker on it.

Perfect. Our first showing
has arrived.

So I hear you've been
sharing a locker with Rachel.

Mm-hm.
Must be pretty cramped.

It's not the best. She keeps two
trumpets and a bassoon in there.

How about a locker
just for yourself?

Like this one.
Close to the cafeteria,

far away from Mr. Vine's office,

and you'll love the neighbors.

A couple of grade sevens
on either side of you.

Very quiet.
How much do you want for it?

Your allowance
for the next month.

I'm not giving you $30!
Uh, nothing in this area

is going for less than 30.

Yeah, next year when they
fix the water fountain,

this is gonna be a $60 hallway.

I'll give you 20.
Deal.

Paul, open the locket, please.

Uh, why is he picking the lock?

Weather's been great lately.

Thinking about taking
out my kayak this weekend.

What are you
and your family doing?

Done. Got it.

This is an abandoned locker.

Belonged to a student
that went here... Whoa!

That locker.
This is all mine?

Yeah, must have belonged
to a student who graduated.

If you have any friends
that are looking for lockers,

point them in our direction.

Cool. Gentlemen,
a pleasure doing business.

It's what we do.

So, uh, what do you wanna
do with that $20?

Let's buy gum.
Okay.

[♪♪♪]

I can't even believe

that Olivia's mom didn't
show up until 8:30.

We almost had to
watch TV with her.

Then my mom showed her all
those baby pictures of me.

Ugh, I couldn't even stand it.

I know. Aunt Whitney,
what were you thinking?

Hey, Jenny. My mom wanted me

to give these to you
to give to your mom.

Blah, blah, blah.
Uh, okay. Thanks?

Whatever.
Now, can we never speak again?

SARAH:
Ugh. Seriously?

What is your problem?

Sarah...
I got this.

I'm sick and tired
of how you treat Jenny.

Why are you picking on her?
Because I don't want her

messing with my team.
She got your team to Hillside.

We need someone who can
be a level eight all the time.

Can you imagine if her mom
showed up to Hillside?

All of sudden Jenny
goes all level four on us.

You're just drama, Jenny.

She's not drama.
She's the best gymnast here,

and you're scared of her.

If she's the better gymnast,

why am I the one
going to Hillside?

Because you kicked
me off the team.

And news flash, Olivia,
she is going to Hillside.

What?
SARAH: That's right.

She's competing as an individual
for Cortez Gymnastics.

Whatever.
She's still going to lose.

Want to bet on it?
Name it.

Jenny beats you, she becomes
captain of the Canton Team.

Fine, deal, but when I win,

Jenny stays away
from my team forever.

SARAH:
Deal.

I want Jenny to say it.

Fine. Deal.

See you at Hillside.

Sarah, what did you just do?

Sorry, Jenny. It had to be done.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

So I bet you're pretty mad at
that Sarah girl right now, huh?

I sure would be.
She just flew in from Miami,

dropped a bomb on your life,
and now she's flying home.

Probably wouldn't wanna be
friends with a girl like that.

Probably wouldn't even
want to be related.

Sarah, come on.

So you're not mad at me?

Honestly,
I was for half a second,

but what you did for me,
I couldn't do.

You stood up for me.
You're right, I did.

And when you go to Hillside
and beat Olivia,

you'll call and thank me.

That'd be pretty awesome.

That's what you're going to do,
because you're a Cortez.

Do you have to go?
You know you can call me

or text me any time.

I'm gonna miss you.

Sarah, our ride's here.

Mm, see you soon, Jennybean.

Mm, bye.
Bye.

Bye, Sarah.

I love you.

JENNY:
I love you too.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

I can't believe you got all
this stuff in your new locker.

Yeah, but most of it's garbage.

Ooh, keep or toss?

[SNIFFS]

Ew, smells like ranch dressing.

[SNIFFS, COUGHING]

Garbage.
Yeah, I agree.

Ooh, whoa.

A tablet?

Mm, I don't need it.
I got one, and mine is newer.

I don't.
Milady.

CASSIE:
What are you doing?

Get out of my locker.

This is my locker, not yours.

Oh, really? Check the notebook.
What does it say?

"Personal diary
of Cassie LaVoisier.

Do not read.
That means you, Kiko."

My apologies. I have
a principal to go talk to.

A lot of your stuff
in the garbage. Sorry.

Those puppies are adorable.

And that's my jacket!

[♪♪♪]

BOPS:
It's ringing right now.

[PHONE RINGS]

Cortez Gymnastics.
BOPS: Hi, Mrs. Cortez?

Yes, this is Mrs. Cortez.
I'm calling to confirm

your application for Hillside.
Hillside?

Yes, I see your daughter,
Jenny Cortez,

is registered for
the competition.

What do you mean
my daughter's registered?

Yes, Mrs. Cortez. I have your
application form right here.

Do you want me to
go over it with you?

This isn't a good time.
I'll have to call you back.

She's so mad, she hung up on me.

Good job. Remember,
no one finds out about this.

BOPS:
Wait up.

[♪♪♪]

So let me get this straight.

You found
all the unclaimed lockers

and sold them to students?

Sorry. It was my idea.

I just want to know one thing.
How did you do it?

What?
How did you find the lockers?

Process of elimination, sir.
We had a list of students

and stickers to tag lockers
that were taken.

The remaining lockers were ours.

Well, boys, that was...

Terrible?
Unforgivable?

Manipulative?
Brilliant!

I've been trying
to figure that out for years.

So we're not in trouble?
No, you're in trouble

for what you did to Cassie.

Now, here's the deal.
You're gonna return the money.

Aah! I already bought
a pack of gum.

You're gonna return the money

and whatever gum
you have not eaten.

Then you're gonna remove
each and every sticker,

and after that, detention.

Scoot. Skedaddle. Scram.
Not you. Hold back a bit.

So, Joon, any kid
in your position

would be expected to act out.
New city, school, friends.

That's a lot of pressure
for a guy your age.

No, I was always this way.

Listen, I'm trying to
get you out of detention.

No, thanks.
No.

I'm saying
you're not in trouble.

Well, I should be in trouble.
I was the mastermind.

You want to go to detention?

That's where my friends are.

Fine, the punishment
is no detention for you.

Hmph!
Aw, man.

That's the worst
punishment ever.

Ha! Call that the switcheroo,

and I did it to you. Ha!

Or did I do it to you?

Mastermind.

Oh! Yeah...

[♪♪♪]

Mom, Thanks so much for
letting Sarah come and stay.

You entered Hillside?

Mom, I was gonna tell you.

No, you weren't.

I'm sorry...

I am so disappointed in you.

Why did you not even
talk to me about this?

You know why.

Jenny, I am trying
to protect you.

You're not protecting me,
you're just holding me back.

You don't understand.

Gymnastics is the only thing
I wanna do,

and you won't let me do it.
I let you do a level four.

I don't want a level-four life!
I'm better than that,

and you're the only one
who doesn't know.

Who else knows?
Everyone.

Know what it's like to not
be able to follow your dreams?

Yes, I do.

How did you pull this off?

You must have been
training since Miami.

You've been lying to me
for that long?

Hey, listen.
I don't mean to interrupt...

Did you know Jenny's
been training for Hillside?

Yes, I did.

How did you know?
Because I've been training her.

WHITNEY:
What?

[SIGHS]

It'll be okay.

It'll all work out.

[♪♪♪]