My Perfect Landing (2020): Season 1, Episode 14 - Hillside Pt. 1 - full transcript

Jenny competes at Hillside gymnastics as all the conflicts come to a head - Part 1 .

NARRATOR:
Previously on
My Perfect Landing:

You must be devastated.

No, I'm not,

because I am going
to Hillside.

Really?
Does your mommy know about that?

Yes, she's my coach.

What?

So our bet? It's back on.

After dad died,

I didn't think
I'd care about anything again,

but I care about Hillside.



Sweetheart.

You ready?

I think for the first time
in my life, I am.

[♪♪♪]

WHITNEY:
Wow.

I can't believe
I'm finally here.

Takes me back
to my competing days.

Did you ever compete
at something this formal?

There was a meet in Texas
that was pretty cool,

but this Hillside has got all
kinds of pomp and circumstance,

doesn't it?

Seriously?

What?

"Pomp and circumstance?"



It's an expression.
It means regal.

That's not helping.

All right,
let's get you signed up.

[LAUGHS]

[♪♪♪]

I can't tell whether
I'm nervous or excited.

Yeah. Me too.

Mom, you're my coach.
You can't be nervous.

You're right. The coach part
of me is very excited.

The mom part is very nervous.

Hi, Jenny Cortez
from Cortez Gymnastics.

Welcome to The Hillside.
Team or individual?

She's competing
as an individual.

This kid's going solo.

Okay, I got it right here.

You are all signed up.
Good luck, girl. Kill it.

Thank you. I'm going to go
and get your gym bag set up.

I'll meet you in there,
okay?

[GASPS]
Hi, girls! So exciting!

Huh, got to admit.
I didn't think you'd show today.

Why not?
Who wants to lose

in front of
the whole gymnastics world?

Today, I'm going to show you
why I am captain of Canton.

And why you'll
never be one of us.

We'll see what happens.

ANNOUNCER:
Welcome to Hillside.

Gymnasts, your 15 minutes
of warm-up time starts now.

Let's go warm up.
The time has started.

See you on the scoreboard.
I'll be the one on top.

Good luck today.

Thanks. You too.

I'm going to need it.
I'm so nervous.

♪ Gotta do my thing ♪

♪ 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 found
My perfect landing ♪

[♪♪♪]

Hillside, here we come.

Whoo-ooh!

DRIVER:
All aboard.

[SIGHS]

I'm so excited
to see Jenny today.

It will be like
watching moving glory.

Me too. Let's do an insta-poem.

Okay, how about
a sentence-at-a-time insta-poem?

Oh, love that. Love that. Okay.

This day's going to inspire.

'Cause Jenny's
gonna fly higher.

Her heart is gonna sing.

When Jenny does her thing.

Ooh, that was good.

Hillside, here we come!

[GIGGLES]
Whoo!

Grandpa!

Grandpa!

Grandpa!
Okay, okay. I hear you.

I hear you.
What did you call me for?

Sit down, Grandpa.
Make yourself at home.

I was having
a perfectly good time

in your room
feeling sorry for myself.

Because of your heart,
you can't coach Jenny?

Because you can't eat salt?

Really, actually any
of those will do.

Well, the doctor said you
can't go to Hillside, right?

Mm-hm.
I brought Hillside to you.

Surprise!

That's the Hillside?
Yeah.

Mom showed me
how to live stream it.

You just made my day.

And late afternoon.
This goes until 6:00.

I am Dominic Gasol
of National Sports.

Welcome
to this year's Hillside.

Dominic.

Isn't that the guy
who wrote the article?

And a very warm greeting
to my other commentator,

Peng Peng Lee.

Hello, Dominic,
and hello to everyone watching.

DOMINIC:
There's a few minutes
left of warm-up.

How do you think this year's
competition is looking?

Well, I think we are
going to see some of

the best competition ever.

The Canton Coyotes are
here for their first time,

and preliminary reports
indicate they're a strong team.

DOMINIC:
Yes, captained by Olivia Shaw,
I believe.

If memory serves me...

Gus, do you have
any worms I could borrow?

I promise
to bring them back.

Yeah, yeah. No worms here.

I guess those fish
are getting hotdogs again.

Is that Hillside?

GUS:
Yeah. We're watching
Jenny compete.

I think I'll watch
for a minute.

[♪♪♪]

Cute.
You brought your mommy coach.

Hi, Mrs. Cortez!

Too bad your mom kept you
at such a baby level,

otherwise you'd be
used to this pressure.

JENNY [SCOFFS]:
Whatever, Olivia.

Deduction.
What?

Your chest was low,
and feet were turned out.

Thanks?

Try not to think about it.
Don't want to be in your head.

See?

WOMAN [ON PA]:
Welcome, gymnasts.

The following
are your rotations.

Rotation One. Fiona Yu
of the Shooting Stars Academy.

Khloe Morehouse
of Riverside Mats.

Right now each one of us
has a perfect score.

The judges are going to try
to take that away from us.

They are going to focus on
our mistakes and our errors.

Don't let them.
Fight for your perfection.

Preach.

But also have fun, right?

We'll have fun when we win.
Bring it in.

Coyote howl on three.

ALL:
One, two, three.

[ALL HOWL]

And Amanda Dahlberg
of North Bay Sports Central.

Hey, how's it going?

Hey, good.
All warmed up?

Yeah.
Good.

I have a question.
Yeah.

What's a rotation?

It's the group of gymnasts
you'll be with for the event.

How are the groups chosen?

It's just random.

How do they choose who
goes first and who goes last?

It's a different person
for every event.

You just rotate through it.

Oh, and I have
one more question.

Uh-huh?
What is gymnastics?

Oh, ha-ha. Funny girl.

[LAUGHS]

So on Sunday, my mom and I
went to the new ice cream place,

Thirty Eight Flavors...
Get to it.

I saw Bops leaving Jenny's gym,
and the next day,

Jenny knew about
your phone call.

So you think Bops told her?

Could be.
I just want to let you know.

Hey, Bops!

Can I have a word with you?
Sure. What's up?

Remember the top-secret
phone call you made?

The one you promised
you wouldn't tell?

Yeah.

I know you told Jenny.

No, I didn't. I wouldn't.

Ugh, cringe.
Cassie saw you leave her gym.

Her grandfather got sick,
and I felt bad.

It's okay. I get it.
You're on Jenny's side.

Can you do me a favor? Wave.

Okay, bye! Go.

[♪♪♪]

Hey, guys. What's up?

Rotation Three,
Josephine "Bops" Percival

from Canton Middle School.

Delphine Lingrind
from Powerhouse Studio.

Jenny Cortez
from Cortez Gymnastics.

Please don't say Olivia.
Please don't say Olivia.

And finally, Olivia Shaw
from Canton Middle School.

Would everyone please
go to their rotations?

[APPLAUSE]

It's nice I get to experience
beating you up close.

We're gonna see about that.

[♪♪♪]

Okay, Olivia.
I think you're up first up.

You heard me, right?

Oh, okay. She heard me.

Sh-she's focused, right, Jenny?

Good luck, Olivia!

[♪♪♪]

Nice!

Way to go, Olivia.

[APPLAUSE]

Nice. Clean start.

My score is coming in.

ANNOUNCER:
Here is Olivia Shaw's
score on vault. 9.4

Way to go, Olivia.
You must be happy with that one.

I should find Bops,
because she is up soon,

and I have no idea where she is.
Okay, good luck, Jenny.

When am I up?

You're up in three.

Text me when
there's one before me.

Okay.

[♪♪♪]

Bops, what are you doing
down here? You're up soon.

I'm leaving.
I'm not competing.

Not because of Olivia?

She made me cry
in front of everyone.

I'm tired of trying
to keep her happy.

I know the feeling.

I don't want to compete
for a team with her as captain.

Don't worry.
It won't be her team for long.

I'm going to beat her.

Really?

Really.

Now come on,
Queen of the Vault.

Do you think I am?

KEISHA:
I don't know
why it's taking this long.

We should have been
there a while ago.

I don't understand. I've never
seen this route before.

I'm sure it's fine. They might
have just taken a detour.

I don't think so.

DRIVER:
This is end of the line.

What?
Okay, this is not happening.

Careful. It's hot out there.

Excuse me, we were supposed
to be at Hillside

20 minutes ago, and I do not
recognize this route.

Yeah, when do we
get to Hillside?

I announced that earlier. You
were supposed to get off at 4th

and take the number seven bus.

Our friend's at Hillside
and we need to support her.

I don't care.

You're rude.
Yeah,

do you really want me
to look into your future,

and tell you something
you don't want to hear?

Yeah, when do we head back?

Get behind the line,
would you?

It's a union thing.

BOTH:
Please, drive the bus. Please.

Please, drive the bus.
Please, please, please.

All right, all right,
all right.

I'll drive you back.

Just get back
to your seats.

BOTH:
Okay.
Go.

Here we go. Back to Hillside.

[♪♪♪]

COACH:
Go, Lena!

[CHEERING]

[FLAMENCO MUSIC PLAYING
ON PA]

GIRL:
You can do it.

COACH:
Nice.

Come on, Lena. See it.

Go. Good girl.

MO:
Oh, wow. This girl is good.

COACH: Come on, Lena.
GIRL: You got this, come on.

GIRL:
Stick it. Nice!

Keep going. Come on.

COACH:
Come on, Lena. You got this.
You got this.

Whoo!

GIRL 1: Let's go, Lena.
GIRL 2: You got it.

COACH: Nice.
GIRL: Go, Lena.

GIRL: Nice.
Good girl.

GIRL:
Come on.

COACH:
Nice.

You got this.

GIRL:
Come on, let's go.

COACH:
Nice.

[APPLAUSE]

GIRL:
Nice, Lena. Come on.

[CHEERING]

What's that thing when
they fly through the air?

A Yurchenko.

And the thing when
they flip on their head?

Kasumatsu.

That's a weird name for it.

It looks more like
a whirlybird.

I thought you
were going fishing?
Fishing?

That's been demoted to
my second favorite pastime.

Watching gymnastics
is my new number one.

What are you doing?

Trying to mute you.
[LAUGHS]

ANNOUNCER:
Over to the vault
for Josephine Percival

from the Canton Coyotes.

JENNY:
Come on, Bops. You got this.

GIRL:
Come on, Bops.

You can do this. Let's go.

COACH:
Come on, Bops. You can do it.

COACH:
Nice! That was so good!

That was amazing.

Thanks.

Good job.

Cute. Loser club.
Can anyone join?

Like you'd be invited.

I don't roll with that crowd.
I'm a winner.

Did you see my vault?

Oh, sorry,
I must have missed it.

I was preparing for mine.

Are you prepared?
Do you know how many steps

it takes
to get to the vault?

What's your mark? 22 steps?

You're not going to
make me forget my mark.

I'm not trying to make
you forget your mark. 45.

I'm just trying to help you.
37.

Are you done?

No, but you will be soon.

I can't believe her.
I know.

Wow, Bops.
That's a great score.

DOMINIC:
9.2. That is a little harsh
from the judges.

Oh, come on!
These judges are blind.

Okay, can we dial
the yelling down a bit?

Yeah, don't elevate
Grandpa's blood pressure.

She got robbed!

ANNOUNCER:
Now over to the vault.

Amber Bronson from
North Bay Sports Central.

[CHEERING]

WHITNEY:
Come on, Jenny.

Wish me luck.

You got this.

WHITNEY:
Go, Jenny.

Ooh, Jenny's up.
Yup, yup, yup.

Okay, here we go.
Come on, Jenny.

13 steps. 13 steps.

[♪♪♪]

GIRL:
Come on, Jenny.

[CHEERING]

Yes! That's my girl!

Hey, that was really great.

I can do better.

And on vault
for Cortez Gymnastics,

Jenny Cortez with a 9.325

It's a great score, Jenny.

It's not good enough.

[CLAPPING SARCASTICALLY]

[♪♪♪]

Well, we are officially one
quarter through the Hillside.

Yes, we are, Peng Peng.

We've already seen
some amazing gymnastics.

Are we seeing any
clear leaders emerge?

It's really too early to tell.
Although, I will say,

the early favorite,
Delphine Lingrind from

Powerhouse Studio,
is certainly doing well,

and not too far behind her is

Olivia Shaw from
Canton Middle School.

Well, we're going to
have to keep watching.

Don't forget to watch
your wobble on your spins,

and then go for the stick.

Jenny. Jenny.

Sorry.

You nervous about going first?

A little.
Here.

Mark your beam
and then just do it.

Guys, guys, guys.
Hurry up! It's Jenny!

She's first on the beam.

DOMINIC:
It's going to be very exciting.

PENG PENG:
You better believe it.

These girls know
they have to bring it,

and the ones close to medaling
are really going to bring it.

[CHEERING]

[♪♪♪]

Let's go, Jenny.

BOPS:
Come on, Jenny.

[CHEERING]

[APPLAUSE]

[APPLAUSE]

WHITNEY:
Yes!

Not bad. Not bad.

JOON:
I hope she gets a good score.

COACH:
Great job, Jenny.

That dismount was flawless.

And I wobbled on my turn.

Just a small deduction.

It's a stupid mistake.

ANNOUNCER:
On beam, Jenny Cortez
with a score of 9.05.

See? There's that deduction.

Honey, you should still
be proud of your score.

It's not going to beat Olivia's.

9.05?
Those judges are fools!

It's actually
a pretty good score.

Yeah,
considering there was an error.

Why would she
make an error?

You.
You taught her this error.

What are you talking about?
Why would I teach her an error?

Maybe it's the judges.
I bet they're dishonest.

Did someone buy their favors?
Is that what's happening?

Aah!

You broke the TV.

Sorry.

[♪♪♪]

GIRL 1: Come on, Cassie.
GIRL 2: You got it.

[CHEERING]

Nice, Cassie.
Come on. You got this.

Come on, Cassie. Finish up.

ALL:
Come on, Cassie.

OLIVIA:
Come on. Finish strong.

Whoo! Good job!

[♪♪♪]

Hillside.

KEISHA & RACHEL:
Thank you, sir.

Jenny, here we come!

We're coming for you.

I just said that.

I know, 'cause we're doing that.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Have you heard from Olivia?

She's so focused
she's not talking to anyone.

Can I say something?

I kind of like not having
her around all the time.

I'll do you one better.

She's a bad captain.

[GASPS]

[BOTH LAUGH]

Wait, we can't let her
see us laughing.

She doesn't know
what we're laughing about.

She always knows.
She knows everything.

We should probably go
watch her on beam right now.

Or else she'll know.

ANNOUNCER:
Now on beam, Olivia Shaw.

WOMAN:
Canton! Let's go!

GIRL:
Come on, Olivia.

You got this.

[♪♪♪]

Good girl.

[APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING]

COACH:
All right!

She's so good. I don't even
want to look at her score.

I know it's gonna beat mine.

Okay, you have been
focused on Olivia ever since

this competition started.
What's going on?

She's just in my head.

Well, honey,
you're in her head too.

What?

Yeah, I've been watching her.

After she finishes a routine,
who's the first person

she looks at? You.

Why?

Because she's scared of you.

She knows you can win,

and she's gonna try
and do everything she can

to not let that happen.

She's scared of me?

Yes, she is.

Okay. Ahem.

Look at her.
Don't break eye contact.

Keep looking. Keep looking.

Keep looking. Keep looking.

She looked away.

See? I told you.
You are in her head.

I think you're right.

Good. Now, listen.

Hey, there are two events left.

I want you to go out there
and beat her.

Yes, Mom.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]