Tower Prep (2010): Season 1, Episode 11 - Trust - full transcript

- Next new moon?
- Monday.

Satellite availability?

That night .

Hold up!

Shadow track 3 ,
will at optimal signal strength

at 01:00 hours 24 minutes

for a period
of one minute, 27 seconds.

Look, I can transplant a better capacitor
from my brother's phone.

When I install it in mine,

satellite availability time

can be boosted four minutes.



Yeah, that's still tight for the kind
of call we need to make.

That's actually the longest opportunity
in the next 35 days.

Well, 35 days,

the moon'll be
in a quarter phase and waxing.

You can have the rope done
in six days?

- Definitely.
- You hesitated.

If there's any doubt,
we need know.

- Is there a problem?
- No. There's no problem.

Four sections, six feet long.
I'll be ready.

Okay.

For the next week,
we finish the rope,

we perfect the phone,
and we store food.

At breakfast, lunch,
and dinner,

each of us needs to grab
one extra thing,



one that won't spoil if we're on the run
for more than a week.

And for the next week,

we lay low.

No unnecessary risks.

Do not attract attention
to yourselves.

We stay out of the tunnels,
and we stay out of the observatory.

Just disappear
into the everyday.

And on Monday,

that night
we pack our supplies

and use everything
that we've learned.

We'll use the tunnels
into the forest.

We'll use the gnome translator
to track their movements.

We'll go past the Cyclops graveyard
and into Redfang's territory.

We then tie our sections
of rope together,

climb the tree closest
to the wall.

We tie our rope to that,

throw it over,
and jump to the other side.

We'll run
up into the peninsula

until it's time to use
Suki's phone and call for help.

And then...

we'll have escaped
from Tower Prep.

♪ Tower Prep 1x11 ♪
Trust
Original Air Date on December 21, 2010

Way to go.
One more time.

Come on, boys.
No pain, no gain.

Okay, guys, road work.

Everybody outside.

That was nice.

Good, you guys.

Good morning, Mr. Forrest.

French toast,
Fruit Rings cereal,

and one grande vanilla latte.

Yummie. Thank you, Whisper.

Oh, actually, is there any way
I can get an apple with this?

An apple, Mr. Forrest?

You are Gabriel Forrest?

Perhaps you intended to order

a candy apple.

Funny.

No, no, just-- just an apple,

you know,
that little adorable red fruit.

So delicious.
Two ideally, if you could spare.

Apple pie?

No, just an apple,

you know, nature's toothbrush.

Apple Crisp.

Okay, um, is my diet
that toxic

that it's so hard to believe that
I, Gabriel Lexington Forrest,

would like to order
something healthy?

I only mention the apples

because I'm wishing to keep
the doctor away, but I get it.

You know, Whisper,
you are the boss,

so if it's that big of a deal,

I guess I'll just move on,

just... move on.

Ah.

Thank you, Whisper.

You are welcome, Mr. Forrest.

Oh, and you know what?

You really are a good Joe.

Have a good day.

Sucker.

Moshi Moshi.

Moshi Moshi.

This is just like
the other one.

What is that drawing up there?

I've seen a couple
of them around school.

Who cares?

After next week,
nothing that happens here

will matter to us at all.

Good to go.

Are you?

I will be.

"Will be" is not good enough,
Ceej.

I will.

The next addition
of our Tower Prep server site

goes online tomorrow,

which means we all have
deadlines approaching.

And I know we all have
articles due,

but I would like to propose

that someone do a quick
investigative journalism piece

for the front page.

Do I have any takers?

The stencils
that have been showing up--

They appear, I don't know,

like an animal that's broken.

As an art teacher,
I'm interested in the artwork.

As a citizen of Tower Prep,

I'm interested
in finding out who it is

and what they mean.

It seems underground,
subversive.

Who wants to figure out
if it is?

Ian?

You once asked me
about hidden messages.

These stencils certainly seem
to be that.

Um...

no, I'm pretty happy
with the article I'm writing.

I think I'll stick with it.

"Defensive Strategies
of Buffer."

Well, buffer, it's--

it's unique to Tower Prep,

so I think a lot of guys
could use tips on strategy.

These stencils are also
unique to Tower Prep.

Look, I just think
somebody else

could do a better job
with this story.

- That's all.
- I'll do it.

I'll investigate.

My article's
really coming along,

and, besides, I'm sure
Emily will do a great job.

All right, then.

Come in.

I was just checking to see
if you were done?

I kind of...

got behind.

What's the deal, Ceej?

Everyone's done their part.
What's going on with you?

It's weird.

I can read
everyone else's emotions

and know what they're feeling,

but not my own.

The other day, when I
asked you about the rope,

why did you really hesitate?

It was all about escaping.

I'm not sure--

I'm not sure if I should go
with you guys.

Ian, when you get out,

you have somewhere to go.

Gabe has somewhere to go.

Suki may not like
where she has to go.

She may not even go there,
but at least there is a place.

I only know this place.

We'll go to your parents.

I know my dad would not
understand if I left Tower Prep,

and so...

I don't know
what would happen to me,

where I could go.

With me.

You'll go to my house,

and what will happen

is we'll be all right.

We'll be together,

keeping an eye on each other.

We do that... here.

Yeah, but we'll be there,

by our own choice...

but we need you to keep up
your end and finish the rope.

Do you need help?

C.J.

C.J.

- Ian, no.
- You've got to see this.

Not now.

Come out here.
It's important.

What's going on?

I told you to stay out.

Hey, towel boy.

What have you been up to?

What's wrong, towel boy?

You look like you've seen
a ghost.

He's asked me to catch him up
on the schoolwork he's missed.

We were just about to get
to anatomy.

- Where have you been?
- I can't really say, Ian.

- I don't remember.
- Let me refresh your memory.

We were down in Redfang's lair,
and there were gnomes everywhere.

You didn't run.
You didn't even put up a fight.

And I'm pretty sure you said

something along the lines of,

"This is why I came."

So what's the deal, Cal?

Is he telling the truth
or what?

My own emotions are clouding
my reading on him.

What are you doing here?

What's with the attitude?

I'm the one who told you
to look after her.

Until you got back.
Now I am.

With no explanation as to where
you were or what you were doing?

- Stop it.
- How can you let him in here?

Why you even bother
with this guy?

It's something--

Who is it?

Archer, Headmaster, now.

Why? What's going on?

Ian. Ian.

I thought you were happy here.

I am, sir, very happy.

What would make you think
I'm not?

I read your article
on buffer team strategy.

Your thoughts about balancing
self expression and teamwork

were most insightful.

Well, like I said,
this school's taught me a lot.

Ian, are you broken?

Uh... no.

That's a weird way
of putting it, sir,

but no, I'm not broken.

Is that why I'm here?
This thing?

I didn't do that.
I don't even know what it is.

"A choice"?

You were the last one seen in the
hallway before its appearance.

That's just wrong place,
wrong time.

I didn't spray paint this--
this...

cracked sasquatch or whatever--
It has nothing to do with me.

This is what some call Redfang.

It's a dangerous symbol,

dangerous to the school

and to you.

Dangerous?

Redfang's just a myth, sir.

I know that you've had
personal experience

that proves that Redfang
is not a myth.

I hope that was
your last contact.

I don't know anything
about Redfang.

Listen to me, Ian.

For your own good,

Redfang is not a myth,
but it is a lie.

So are The Broken.
They believe in a lie.

If they come to you,
avoid them, or...

or you will be rebalanced.

Your mother's right, Ian.

It is dangerous for you.

- Hey, what's--
- Shh.

- Come on.
- What?

- Come on.
- What's going on?

What's going on?

I think we need to call off
the escape.

Call it off?

Do you see how many apples
I collected?

It's Cal.
He knows.

Cal? Dude,
Cal's not around anymore.

He's been gone for weeks.

Plus we made that plan up way
after he left,

and you said he was
a gnome now.

- He's back.
- Wait, you-- you saw him?

Yeah, I saw him...
in C.J.'s room.

Shut the front door.

I know.
What is she doing with him?

I hate to be
the bearer of bad news,

but it's obvious, man.

She likes him.

And you can't be mad at that

because they were together
before you showed up.

He's just that part
of her life,

and you're this part,
the future.

Look, this doesn't mean that she's
not a part of our group,

and this doesn't mean
she doesn't want to escape.

Yeah, I know, Gabe,

but Headmaster insinuated

that I had seen Redfang.

The only witness is Cal.

I'm telling you, man.
He's on to us.

Ian, for all we know,
Redfang told Headmaster.

I told Cal.

When we were
on the field trip,

I thought he was like us
and trying to escape,

so I told him we
were planning it,

but that was before I knew he had
gone out there to join the gnomes.

There's not much of a case
that says Cal knows

the specifics of our plan,

and if he does, who's to say
he's telling Headmaster?

Okay, but just to be safe,

I think we need to assume
that Cal's on to us.

Dude, your mom said that making
that call to her was dangerous.

Now, me personally, I take
that as somebody's in danger.

That could be us.
That could be our family.

Either way, I'm not willing
to take the risk

by calling off
the whole escape.

I'm sorry.
I'm not.

Not yet, at least.

I thought we had it
all together, man.

You mean the escape plan
or you and C.J.?

The new web page is up

and you should all
be congratulated,

and not simply
because you each

wrote such intelligent,

informative,
and impassioned articles,

but, even more important,

you made your deadline.

-
Class is dismissed.

Uh, excuse me, Art?

- Yes.
- There's something weird
about my article.

Did-- Did you rewrite it?

I wouldn't change a word without
discussing it with you first.

Well, it's just
some of these words,

it doesn't quite seem
exactly what I wrote.

Did it get censored,
by any chance?

Ian, that is word for word
what you submitted to me.

"A broken-court run
through the defense"

was changed to
"A down-court run."

And this should be the
"buffer ball's resistance,"

not "hindrance."

I knew it.

These words were taken
right out of my article.

I don't know why
or who did it.

It's so random.

"Broken, resistance,
revolution, broken, community"?

All right, everyone,
let's get started.

Um, where's Art?

She's our Tower Prep
site advisor.

Is she okay?

Art has been...

dismissed.

Why? What did she do?

Suggested an article
about stencils?

Mr. Archer, even if I did know, I
would not be inclined to share.

I will be the advisor
from this point on,

so, please, take your seats.

Sorry, the door was open.

Can you close it?

Sometimes communication is
about what's not being said.

Those words that were removed,

that were not
in your article--

was a way of communicating
with you.

It was a code.

I figured that out doing research
for my article on the stencils.

Why would anyone
want to talk to me in code?

Because they know.

"They"?

They call themselves
"The Broken."

And what is it that
"they" know?

That you, Gabe, Suki, and C.J.
are planning to escape.

Escape? Why would anyone
think that?

Because I found this
in Gabe's backpack,

and because--

because I told them.

They are a resistance force.

They offer a choice

between willingly being
prepped for something

and someone we don't know,

or resisting

and fighting whatever's being
done to us.

Is Connor Owens
part of The Broken?

He was our roommate
for a minute, but he escaped.

He's with some group that's
trying to infiltrate the school.

He's not with The Broken,

and they don't need
to infiltrate the grounds.

They're already out there.

That's what the stencils
are about.

They let the students inside

know that they're outside

and that the rumors
of the broken

and their leader Redfang

are true

and that there is hope

if you join them...

lime I'm going to.

Where are they?

These Broken could be
another option

if my escape plan
doesn't work out.

It's up to them to contact you,

for their safety.

Well, how about
for their safety

you tell me where
I can find them,

or I'll inform Headmaster
of everything you just told me.

You're not that desperate.

I am.

This group here--

are you The Broken?

Who sent you?

Emily Wright
told me how to find you.

Ian Archer.

Emily Wright--
she gave you a code word?

"Resist."

Please.

We're The Broken.

Building a guerrilla force.

You may be all about escape,
but we're about resistance,

pushing back.

Well, as long
as you don't resist

my plans to escape,

and I think you and I
will get along just fine.

Your plans will not work.

Climbing over the wall--
can't happen.

- Why?
- There is no wall.

What are you talking about?
I've been to it.

It encircles the school from the
east to the west ocean cliffs.

No.

Have you ever touched it?

You ever climbed it?

Can't scale what isn't there.

There is no wall.

So... climb won't work.

You and your friends would've been
caught and thrown into West Campus.

There's not much we can do
for you there.

And what is it you do here besides
spray-paint stencils on the walls?

We resist.

Soon that idea
will be put into action,

and we'll overrun the school.

We know you're aware
of intense events

about to take place
at Tower Prep.

It's likely that they'll happen
during the time you are with us.

You know there are other groups
planning the same thing.

We know.

Join us, Ian.

Overrun the school.

We'll shut down that computer,

and you won't escape.

You'll just walk
right out of here...

free.

And how long
until this plan goes down?

We can't be sure of that.

Phillips-- he's fearless
in many ways,

but not when it comes
to leading us.

I think he's going mad.

He really thinks he's Redfang.

And you're saying that's a good
reason to leave the school,

to join you?

I think you can lead us.

Been watching you, Ian,

ever since they brought you
through the yellow elevator.

You're a leader.

You haven't got long to decide.

We suspect the gnomes are
closing in on this location.

We have to move
before they find us,

this Monday night.

You were going to escape
then anyway.

But my parents
could be in danger now.

Look, Ian, there is no wall.

We are the way out.

Well, no matter what...

Redfang saved me from the
gnomes, and I appreciate it.

Archer.

Your friends are welcome,

but if you don't show that
night, we move on without you.

We'll find those
who show more discipline.

So are you Broken?

I don't know.
Are you?

I will be tomorrow night.

I'll be one of them
by the time you get there.

Thanks for your help, Emily.

I don't know if I'll be there.
It's not just up to me.

What's holding you back?

Conrad said
you could bring her.

So bring her.

All right, you didn't go on a hike.
Where were you?

I went out to meet
The Broken.

- What?
- Gabe, I can't see how we can
escape on our own for a while,

not if Cal's watching us, waiting
for us to make our next move.

- We only get this one chance.
- Yeah, but, Ian, we don't know.

Cal could've gotten
kicked out of the gnomes

or whatever,
had his memory erased or--

I don't know, man.
I just...

The one person who can read Cal and
know if he's still a gnome is C.J.,

but even she doesn't know if
she can make a reading on him

that can be trusted.

I want to trust her, Gabe.
I do.

Come on, it's not her
you don't trust.

It's the situation.

Admit it.
It's because she likes Cal.

Whatever.
Look, the C.J. I know,

if in fact Cal were still
part of the gnomes

or spying on us,

she wouldn't be with him.

Or she would tell us,
at least.

That's how I know
to trust her, okay?

But look,
I'll join The Broken, okay?

But only if we ask
C.J. and Suki first.

They don't have to buy in,
but--

come on, man,
after all we've been through?

We owe them that.

Are you planning to escape?

You know I am.

With Emily?

Instead of me?

Even if I was,
I'm afraid I couldn't tell you,

not with you can Cal so close.

He says he has no memory
of being a gnome,

of joining, or why he joined.

I don't know
what happened to him?

All right, look.

I'm going to risk
telling you something,

a secret that
I hope you'll be a part of,

but whether you do or don't,

if Cal and his gnomes show up,

I'll believe he learned
about it from you.

I'll believe
you told him, C.J.

Do you understand?

There's some kids

that used to go to Tower Prep.

They call themselves
The Broken,

and they're planning some
sort of attack on the school.

Now, they're not part of
Connor's group.

That's a whole other deal,

but they are
another option we have

as a way to escape.

We can join them,

with their skills and numbers,

to help overrun the school.

And, no, Ceej,

I'm not escaping with Emily,

but she has gone to join them.

Or we can stick to our plan,

go tomorrow night,

and hope that Cal isn't a gnome

and he hasn't learned
the specifics of our plan.

So the offer still stands...

that once we get out,
I can go with you?

Be with you?

That offer
will always stand, C.J.

Cal...

I don't trust him either.

Why?

I can't tell you.

Please respect that.

Then the only choice
for me, Gabe, and Suki

is to join The Broken.

I'll give you some time to decide
if you want to go with us.

I've known my decision, Ian...

since your first day here.

Okay, we've got
a couple hours to hike.

It'll be dark
by the time we get there.

You all set?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm thinking that's going
to limit our mobility, Santa.

Yep.

Here.

I'm ready.

I need a little more time.

I'll just meet
you guys up there.

Okay.

Hey.

You wanted me to drop by?

I've got the satellite phone.
You've got the...

gnome translator.

She's late.
You think she bailed?

We can't be late.
The Broken will think we bailed.

I know.

We have to make up time,
or we'll miss the meet-up.

Come on.

♪ No, we won't back down ♪

♪ This time ♪

♪ We are unstoppable ♪

♪ No, we can't be defeated ♪

♪ We are unstoppable ♪

♪ No, we don't need a reason ♪

♪ We are unstoppable ♪

♪ No, we can't be defeated ♪

♪ We are unstoppable ♪

♪ No, we don't need a reason ♪

♪ We are unstoppable ♪

The guide
should've met us here.

I hope he doesn't think
we blew it off.

Hello!

Come on, it's this way.

Hello.

Emily.

They're gone.

They left without us.
Why were you so late?

Ian--

I've never seen
a lone gnome before.

Usually they travel in packs.

They knew The Broken were here.

They cleaned them out,
and this one came back

for us.

Ain't that right, Cal?

I never told him, Ian.

I swear, I never told Cal.

Cal, don't do this.

I said...
ain't that right, Cal?

No.

Stop!

C.J. C.J.

I didn't tell Cal.

I didn't, Ian.

That's not Cal.

I've never seen
that kid in my life.

Maybe he heard us
and doubled back.

You said if Cal
or any gnome showed up,

you'd blame me.

I said that?

Well, the way you threw down
just now, I doubt it.

Look, I tell you what.

To make it up to you,

when we get out of here
and this is all said and done,

when we get back to my house,

I'll sleep on the couch,

and you can have my room.

They're all gone,

all of The Broken, gone.

Emily, too.
She was with them.

We can't join
The Broken anymore.

Headmaster's on to us,

which means we can't escape
the way we originally planned.

All of our options
have been taken away.

What are we going to do now?

Where could they have gone?

Who could make
them all just disappear?

I have mended The Broken.

The situation is repaired.

Thank you, Headmaster.

Thank you.

And...

Archer?

Ian Archer remains broken,

but not for long.