Tower Prep (2010): Season 1, Episode 6 - Book Report - full transcript

Previously on Tower Prep...

Most of us are what you'd call special.

We can do something
really weird

in a really awesome way.

So where's home from here?

Maybe we use the tunnels.

We haven't found any tunnels that
lead to that part of campus yet.

I think I'm developing
the ability

to psychologically profile just
by analyzing their handwriting.

Despite excellent
leadership potential,

subject prefers to go
his own way.



[Suki] Even, like,
spies have support teams.

It's a team effort.
Don't rush in.

I cannot let Archer's plans for
escape interfere with my plans.

The Odyssey,
the classic tale

of one man's epic quest to
simply make his way back home.

The story contains almost all, and
some of the most exciting examples,

of the archetypical characteristics
of the hero's narrative.

To wit, the hero must journey,

often with the help
of a supernatural guide,

through a strange,
mysterious world,

overcome a series of trials
and tribulations,

survive various encounters
with monstrous creatures,

undergo a symbolic death
and rebirth

before he can finally
return home triumphant



armed with a newfound wisdom
gained from his quest.

Sir, you mentioned
monstrous creatures.

Are there, by any chance,
any vampires in this book?

Dark, brooding vampires

who know they shouldn't fall in love
with a mortal female but do anyways,

even though they know
it's doomed from the beginning,

because that's what love
is really all about?

No.

Werewolves?
Any dark, brooding werewolves?

Greek mythology is filled
with many famous creatures.

There's Medusa. Then there's
the half man/half bull Minotaur.

But for your
monster-loving pleasure,

The Odyssey features
a man-eating, one-eyed Cyclops.

- [murmuring]
- Barf.

In fact, the hero of The Odyssey
encounters many famous creatures.

There's the deadly seductive female
Sirens, being another notorious example.

The important thing
to remember is that the hero

must not only survive
these encounters

but learn something from them.

Uh, sir?

Can I get another book?
This one's underlined

and has scribbles
all through it.

I'm sorry, Mr. Archer.
The book is already registered in your name.

I wonder if that's because
the book budget

was spent on the massive wall
around the school.

- There will be a test on it in two weeks.
- [murmuring]

Consider having to read the book

like a hero's call to adventure.

In a typical myth, when a hero
is given his task,

he initially refuses, either
out of fear or immaturity.

♪ [rock]

[chattering]

♪ [Man singing]

♪ I heard your music
on the radio ♪

♪ I thought that gradual dissolution
would be your way to go ♪

♪ Where was the brain ♪

♪ Where was the brain ♪

♪ Where was the brain ♪

♪ Where was my brain ♪

♪ Modern agriculture
gave me myself ♪

♪ Until I saw that things
are brutally killed ♪

♪ Well, modern architecture
gave me a kick ♪

♪ Until I lived
among the brutally... ♪

[Literature]
Good. Just a reminder.

Tomorrow is your test
on The Odyssey.

- [murmuring]
- [clears throat] Tomorrow?

Yes. It's been two weeks
since I assigned it.

I assume you've all finished
your reading?

[bell ringing]

[chattering]

Have you guys finished
reading it?

Finished?
I haven't even started.

You're toast.

Roasted.

Excuse me, sir,
but I was wondering,

how much will the test count
towards our final grade?

If you fail the test, you are
almost certain to fail the class.

I assume from your question that you
haven't finished your reading yet.

Not exactly.
But it's only because I'm so into it.

See, I'm reading it really slow just
to make sure I get every nuance.

In fact, is there any way
I could be given more time

to finish and maybe take
a make-up test?

You know, Mr. Archer, in some ways
you remind me a little of Odysseus.

Who?

The main character of the book
you're supposedly so into.

Oh, him. Yeah.

I-- I didn't know that's how
you pronounce his name.

How do I remind you of him?

Although appearing to have a noble
nature, you're both cunning.

You seem to have
wandered a little off course.

The test is tomorrow.

And what if I fail the class?

You will repeat the class
until you do pass.

What if I never pass?

How does the school respond
if I just

decide not to do
any of my schoolwork,

or I choose to drop out?

One cannot choose to drop out
of Tower Prep.

You do not leave Tower Prep
until you graduate,

and you do not graduate until
you pass all of your classes.

And how long does it take
to graduate?

Let's hope it won't take you as long
as it took Odysseus to return home.

How long was that?

Okay.
[chuckles]

I didn't even
start the book yet.

- How long did it take him to get home?
- Ten years.

Ten years?

You're telling me I could
be here for over ten years?

♪ Tower Prep 1x06 ♪
Book Report
Original Air Date on November 23, 2010

[Ian]
Ten whole years?

It's not-- I mean,
when is graduation?

- Where do they hold their ceremonies?
- Ceremony?

They don't have
graduation ceremonies?

So how do you know if anyone
actually graduates?

Every year, the seniors
just are gone.

One day, the seniors
just up and vanish?

Come on. You guys don't
find that a little bit odd?

But you know
what's even weirder?

Every year,
when the seniors disappear,

the cafeteria starts serving this,
like, mysterious beef stew.

- I'm being serious.
- So am I.

We don't have time to worry
about this stuff now.

- We have to focus on worrying
about failing our test tomorrow.
- [sighs]

We need one of
those study guides

that tells you what happens in the novel
without having to actually read it.

[Gabe] Good luck trying to find
a study aid like that here.

Whisper will block certain searches you
try to do on topics we're studying.

[Ian]
What if I'm trying
to do legitimate research?

Bro, that's not legitimate research.
You're trying to cheat.

Whisper doesn't--

Whisper doesn't know that.

[whispering]
Whisper knows all.

But in this case,
Whispers gonna save our butts.
[chimes]

She's allowing me to download an audio
book version of The Odyssey.

All we'll have to do is just
sit around and listen to it.

All right!

Boom.

[beeps]

[Whisper]
The Odyssey

by Homer.

"Sing in me, Muse,

"and through me tell

"the story

"of that man

skilled in all ways"--

She's taking longer to read it than would
actually take for us just to read it.

- [clicks off]
- Is there any way
to make it go faster?

- A speed reader version?
- I got it.

There's that kid down the hall,
Flash McNulty.

[long, sustained sigh]

- [sigh continues]
- So the nickname's ironic, huh?

So, uh, you'll help
us out then? Huh?

Sure. I've always wanted
to read The Odyssey.

I like things with lots of...

[clock ticking]

[yawning]

[sniffs]

action.

Ooh. He dies.

Well,

usually we call that
a "spoiler alert,"

but I guess that's what
we're here for.

How does the hero die?

Not the hero. His dog.

Odysseus finally makes it
back home after ten years,

and the only one
who recognizes him is his dog,

Argus, who wags his tail,

and then dies.

[crying]

[C.J.]
It's okay.

It's not real.
It's just a story.

Tell that to the dog.

[grunts]

[crying continues]

Look, Flash, I understand.

I had a dog that died once.

I miss Scrapper.

Oh, Scrapper.
Is that your dog back home?

My turtle.

Of course. Look,

you just need to think about
how nice it's gonna be

once you graduate from here
and you get to go back home,

and see Scrapper.

And he's gonna wag
his little tail,

and hopefully
not die right then.

You're gonna be home
soon enough.

I guess you're right.

Now, do you think
there's any way

you could help us graduate by telling
us what happens at the end of this book

so we don't fail
our test tomorrow?

Mm-hmm.

[sighs]

Yes.

[pages rustling]

Okay.

[yells gibberish]

The end.

I couldn't understand
any of that.

Sorry. I can input
information instantaneously,

but I can only output it
the same way.

But you could talk about
the dog dying in a normal voice.

Yeah. I'm improving.

Being here at Tower Prep
is really helping me.

[C.J.]
What a freak.

Yeah. He was like
one of those weirdo creatures

Literature's always
talking about in class

that a hero has to encounter
in order to learn something.

Yeah. Except we learned nothing.

- Actually, we did learn something.
- What?

That we wouldn't have to go
to freaks like him for help

if we had just read the book
like we were suppose to,

which is what
I'm going to do now.

I'm sorry. Did you just say you're
actually going to read the book?

Yeah.

Dude, stop trying to be a hero.

I'm not trying to be a hero.
But we were given an assignment and failed to do it.

Now we simply just have to
rise to the challenge.

Yeah. That's pretty much
trying to be a hero.

Come on. It's just going to take
a little effort.

Yeah. Herculean.

[deep male voice]
"What a lamentable thing it is

"that men should blame the gods

"and regard us
as the source of their troubles,

"when it is
their own transgressions

which bring them suffering
that was not their destiny."

Wow. Who are you using
for Zeus' voice? It's perfect.

My Uncle Orson.
He's the only person I know with a beard.

Okay. Girls, can we please
stay focused?

I mean, they haven't even
introduced the main character yet.

Yeah. What's the deal with that?

I think Odysseus finally pops up
in the next chapter,

and then tells all about
the adventures he's been on.

- Guys, check this out.
- What have you been doing?

I've been, uh...
[clears throat]

- I've been reading.
- Reading.

What's in the sack?

I can't tell you.

It could lead
to all yr deaths.

Oh.

Okay? You can't just barge in here with
a ripped shirt and your sweaty face

and say we might die if you tell us
but not tell us how we might die

if you end up telling us,
all right?

- Tell us.
- All right.

I'll tell you the whole story.

I could actually use
your guys' help.

But only advice.

You gotta promise
not to get involved.

That's what could
cause your deaths.

So it all began when I started
reading the book, right?

It's gonna take ten years
to read this book.

"Home."

[chuckles]

[chuckles]
Real insightful, dude.

[sighs]

"Sing in me, Muse,

and through me tell the story
of that"--

Ah, the notes about
who's talking in the story.

I get it.

"Here meets supernatural
creatures--

"i.e. Tower Prep students.

"But which am I,
hero or weirdo?

"Which are you?

[sighs]

Hero is an Archer."

What?

And the notes in the margins--
they seemed like they were

talking to me--
to me specifically.

But...

how could someone write notes
directly to you

in a book they'd have
no way of knowing

you'd be reading sometime
in the future?

Maybe that's their ability--
knowing stuff like that.

- I don't know.
- What are the notes saying?

"Goddess Athena
guides Odysseus home.

"What will guide you home?

"This book?

Use these notes
to escape from Tower Prep."

The note writer's trying to tell me
a way to escape from Tower Prep.

Well, what is it?

That's the problem.

The notes are vague,

and some are in
some kind of code.

They're hard to figure out.
But others are very specific.

For example,
[clears throat]

"A hero must prove
himself worthy.

Prove yourself worthy.
Use this book to find me."

I figured if I listened to this one
note and found the guy that wrote it,

he could at least explain some
stuff to me, you know?

But how can you find him
if you don't know who he is?

Or if he's even a guy.

The goddess Athena guides
Odysseus on his adventures.

These notes keep suggesting to
me to use this book as my guide.

So I decided to track down everyone
on this list of previous readers

to see if any of them
had written the notes.

I ended up wandering
all over the dorms,

and I met a bunch of strange,
mysterious creatures,

otherwise known as
our fellow students.

[sniffing]

How...did you know I was about
to knock on your door?

I could smell you
coming down the hall.

Your deodorant reeks.

It's odorless.

I know. I could smell
the odorlessness.

Um, I'm looking
for the person

- who wrote the notes in this...
book.
- [sniffing]

Are you Hubert Kovalev?

[sniffing continues]

Yeah, I am, but I never
cracked open that book, dude.

I just listened to the Whisper audio
book version like everybody else does.

Of course.
I'm sorry to have bothered you.

Smell you later.

Now, some of these encounters
seemed like no big deal,

but others tried
to steer me off course.

[wind whooshes]

[wind blowing]

Hey, are any of you girls
Tawny Dvorchek?

If I wasn't before,

I am now.

You were assigned this book
in lit class.

Did you write these notes?

The only notes I write
are love notes.

- Uh...
- Right now, I'm writing

an essay for sociology

on the history of kissing.

Do you wanna help me do
a little research for it?

[stammering]

[voices vocalizing]

[laughter]

Who were these chicks again?

- And what dorm were they in?
- [laughter]

You've got to understand, I wanted
to keep looking for the note writer,

but it was like I was under
some spell or something.

I guess these girls can make
a guy do whatever they want.

That's why
they're at this school.

Every school
has girls like that.

And it has nothing to do with
the fact that they're hot.

- Mm-mm.
- I will admit, to some people,

they might be considered
not unattractive.

- Oh.
- But that doesn't explain
why I went into their room.

No, but that does explain why
your shirt's ripped shirt, tiger. Hmm?

Like I said, Gabe,
I couldn't help myself.

[whispers]
Totally.

[Women moaning]

But I don't know anything
about the topic.

That's okay. It only
needs to be 5,000 words.

And even though
I hate writing essays,

I felt like I wanted
to write this one forever

and never leave
that room until...

Gotta go.

- [Women] Ohh!
- [door closes]

Now what are we going to do?

I guess we'll have to get
that dreamy Gabe Forrest

to help us with our essay.

[sighing, chuckling]

Wow. She really said that?

[sighs] No, they didn't.
I made that part up.

But the book saved me
from who knows what.

It convinced me that it was
guiding me down the right path.

So I kept going down the list,

which just caused me to meet
more and more

of our bizarre students.

The last one was the worst.

I barely made it out alive.

[clears throat]

What do you want?

Get a life.

Have you ever seen
a girl like that before?

I mean, it was terrifying.

Bro, it's okay.
You're safe now.

So you never found
the note writer.

He wasn't any of the names
on the list.

So I had to search through the book
for some other clue to follow.

That was when I noticed there
were three dog-eared pages.

Page 14, folded to the left,

and page 23 to the right,

and then page 36,

suggesting to me
a combination lock number.

Where's the only place on campus
with combination locks?

- [Boy] All of you, on my shoulders.
- [girls laughing]

Hey, great job, girls.
See you at practice tomorrow.

- [Girls] Whoo-hoo! Yeah!
- [chuckles]

- [feedback]
- Hey, dude.

What's the deal?
That's my locker.

Oh, uh, I'm sorry.

I was just looking for something important
that I thought might be in there.

Think again.

Hey, look, I said I'm sorry,
all right?

You don't have to be
a jerk about it.

Look, I just went through a real
grueling cheer practice, okay?

I'm a little too tired
to be polite.

Cheer practice?

We're in a secret school in
the middle of who-knows-where.

I mean, why even bother having
a cheer squad or a mascot?

- What's our rival school anyway?
- [growls, snorts]

If you have a problem with school
spirit, I got a problem with you.

[chuckles]
No, buddy. I think

your only problem is that you
like dressing up like a cow.

I'm a bull!

[groans]

[growling]

You know, maybe reading all this
Greek mythological stuff

is, you know,
starting to get to you.

What makes you say that?

No reason.
You know what? Continue.

Okay. It was whilst
I was engaged

in epic battle with
the monstrous Minotaur

that the Fates showed me
an error in my calculations.

[Mascot laughing]

How does that feel?
Had enough?

- [laughing continues]
- 16.

[groans]

[Mascot groaning]

I can't see, I can't see!

- [yells]
- Now I can't hear.

[Mascot groans]

What was in the locker?

- Tell us.
- What was it?
- [mutters]

[sighs]

[Ian]
A Cyclops skull.

It can't be real.

Can it?

There's no such thing
as as Cyclops.

How could someone keep a skull
in their gym locker?

Because the note writer knew that
I would eventually find it there.

He's trying to tell me that I'm
on the right path to finding him,

and a way to escape, but I don't
know where to go from here.

Was there anything else
in the locker?

Just his gym clothes.

- [insects buzzing]
- [gasping, coughing]

Come on, man.
This is worse than the Cyclops skull.

Maybe he wrote his name on them.

- [clears throat]
- [groans]

"No man"?

It's just a reference
to the book.

Odysseus tricks the Cyclops by
telling him his name is No Man,

so when he pokes his eye out,
the Cyclops starts screaming,

"No Man is attacking me,"

and all the other Cyclops
think he's crazy.

Sounds like a pretty good scene.

It's got a Cyclops in it.
How could it be bad?

Hey, what if C.J.

reads the notes
and analyzes the writing?

Maybe she can tell us something
about him that could help us.

No.

No. You guys cannot
help me on this.

- I have to do it alone.
- What are you talking about?

This is why I didn't want
to tell you guys this stuff.

"Every member of Odysseus' crew
ends up dead.

"All gruesome deaths.
Only the hero survives.

The hero must go it alone."

You really think if we try to
help you, we're all gonna die?

That's what the notes
are warning.

Ian, we're in this together.

If you're right, and these notes can
lead us to finding a way to escape,

then even if it does
get dangerous somehow,

we're all going to help
any way we can.

Whoa, Ceej. No offense,

but whatever happened
to voting?

All right.

This is interesting.

He's incredibly smart
and has a very heroic nature,

but he doesn't think he's smart
or heroic enough.

But he thinks you, Ian,
might be.

He wrote these notes
the way he did to test you.

Finding the Cyclops skull means
you've passed that trial.

But now you have to
retrace your journey

in order to go forward
and find him

You got all that just from
analyzing his writing?

Plus, that's exactly what
he's written on this page.

[chuckles]

Oh.
[chuckles]

I haven't gotten that far
in the book yet.

"Retrace your journey
in order to find him."

What does that mean?

How is going back over
your steps

supposed to help you
track this guy down?

Unless I'm not suppose
to track him down myself,

but I'm supposed to use someone

I met while following the notes.

- [sniffs]
What's that stench?
- Hey. It's me again.

I was wondering, your nose-- can
you use it to track people down?

You mean like a bloodhound?

See, we're looking
for this person,

and we don't know who they are
or where they are.

All we've got to go on
is their gym clothes.

So let me get this straight.
First, you want me

to smell someone's gym shorts,

then you want me to run around
like a trained dog?

Dude, you're barking up
the wrong tree.

[sniffing]

[sniffing continues]

[insects buzzing]

Fetch.

[sniffing]

What are you guys doing out?
It's past curfew.

You're all supposed to be
in your rooms.

[chuckles]
Gabe.

[clears throat]

Let us pass.

Um, excuse me.

I just told you

to let us pass through.

And I told you
it's past curfew.

[Gabe chuckles]
I don't think you understand.

I can pretty much make you
do anything I want.

No, you don't understand.
What you do has no effect on me.

Nobody can make me do anything
I don't want to.

[clears throat]
Right.

Just one second, please.

Hey, guys, have met
my new arch-nemesis?

Sorry, dude.
We were getting close, too.

Oh, no. Don't you worry.
We're not done with you yet.

You're not the only person I've
met recently who can help me.

[Women moaning]

Excuse me. It's past curfew.
You ladies are gonna have to--

Shh!

[moaning continues]

Thanks. I owe you one.

You owe me a couple.

[moaning continues]

I don't get it.
How come their hyper-suasion works on him

but mine doesn't?

I'm not sure they're
even using hyper-suasion.

- [snaps fingers]
- [clears throat]

- [whistles]
- [sniffing]

[sniffing continues]

Here.
This is where it leads.

Oh, no.

- Dude, this is the girl's room.
- What girl's room?

The one with the face
and the crazy hair.

My job's done.
I gotta go.

- What?
- What's wrong?

I can smell fear.

Oh, great.

He can smell fear.
Did you hear that?

This is how
the rest of the crew dies, okay?

Can we please save ourselves?
What are you doing?

[panting]

What are you doing
with Norman's gym clothes?

[insects buzzing]

So, you know the person
these belong to?

Yeah, but where is he?

Is is he alive?

Uh...

Yeah, this is my book
for a class a couple terms ago,

but I never read it.

I didn't have to.
Norman read it for me.

He became obsessed with it
before he disappeared.

He found some sort of
weird parallel

between the hero's journey
and attending this school.

Yeah, I know. I've been reading
his notes in the book.

I gotta say, it's been kind of hard
figuring out what he means, though.

Norman had a weird way
of telling people things.

I sort of hoped he had
sent you here as a message

to let me know he's okay.

How could he have known
I'd be assigned that book?

Norman just...knew things

before they were ever
explained to him,

before they even happened.

He sensed, the whole time
we were together,

that we were destined
to be apart.

And not in some
relationshipy type of way.

He just-- He knew
he'd have to go, and we'd...

It's kind of hard to explain.

It's like falling in love
with a vampire.

You girls get it.

But knowing things-- That's
why Norman was brought here.

But that's what drove him crazy.

Tower Prep was the one thing
that he couldn't know.

Every question that
he answered about this school

only led to more questions.

Yeah. I know how that feels.

But if he's trying to point you
in some direction,

maybe he thinks you'll find
the answers that he couldn't.

Find answers?
I can't even find him.

Well, if he guided you here,
there's a reason for it.

Do you have anything of his?

You know, maybe, like, a picture
of him or something?

He took the only picture I had of
him just before he disappeared.

May I?

- What are you doing?
- I think there's something here.

This is what
he wanted me to have.

He wanted you to have this?
I mean, how could you possibly know that?

I just know.

You remind me of him.

Do you have any idea why he
would've wanted me to find this?

Because it'll lead you to him.

When you find him,
tell him I....

Never mind.

Don't tell him anything.

He'd already know
anything I'd say.

Wow. In real life,

doomed romanticism
is actually quite depressing.

Depressing?
You know what's depressing?

Is that we're not any closer
to finding Norman.

Oh, yeah.
And a way out of here.

Should I even bother to point out
that we're also not any closer

to finishing the book
for the test tomorrow?

I didn't think so.

You know, I'm really starting
to hate this Norman guy.

I give up.

This is the same size
as the compass.

Hmm. The odyssey ends here,

which, on our map...

The secret he wants us to find
is out here in the woods,

near the perimeter wall.

There's probably gnomes
out there this time of night.

Yeah. That's fine.

I'll leave first thing
in the morning.

Where should we meet?

Oh. No, no, no, no, no.
I'm going out there alone.

I've ignored the warnings of
crew members dying long enough.

You guys are staying here.

Well, if you insist.
Right, ladies?

Oh...

[Gabe]
Um, Ian, a quicky real quick,

just in case it's on the test,

how do the rest of the crew
end up dying?

- In the book?
- Yes.

- Uh, well, most drowned, actually.
- Oh, drowned.

Yeah. Some got smashed by boulders
thrown at them by giants.

Some get eaten by Scylla,
a six-headed monster.

- [Suki] Ew.
- [Gabe chuckling] Monsters.

One guy forgot
that he fell asleep

on top of a house.

When he wakes up,
he falls off the roof

and, uh, breaks his neck.

Oh! The classic slapstick death.
Nice.

Why do I feel
like I have that coming?

Gabe, we're not going to die.

Oh, of course not.
Not now anyway.

How much farther do we have?

Whatever we're suppose to find
should be straight ahead.

[Suki]
Wouldn't it be great
if what we end up finding

is a copy of the test
with an answer key?

[Ian]
Well, you know where Odysseus
had to go to find his answers.

Where does he have to go?

Hades, the ancient
Greek land of the dead.

He has to travel to the underworld
and talk to a dead prophet

to find out what he has to do
to get home.

Oh, that must've been back
before they had GPS.

Looks like we found
the Land of the Dead.

I really, really hope

that this is not last year's
graduating class.

They're definitely gravestones,
but what's with the crazy name?

[reads]

It's Latin.

Some sort of
biological classification.

So this is the escape route
Norman wanted you to find?

It's a dead end, literally.
I...

Who do you think is buried here?

I hope it's not Norman himself.

Maybe he was worried he might
end up out here,

so he left me clues
in case he did.

But why would he
be buried out here?

Maybe it's where
they bury the children

who try to escape the school,
okay?

Now can we leave, please?
Huh? Come on.

[cries out]

- [screams]
- [thuds]

- Gabe!
- Gabe!

- [Ian] You all right?
- Yeah.

My glasses broke my fall.
Jeez.

- Come on, come on.
Give us your arm.
- Come here.

Don't fall.

It's so cold down there.

- [Gabe panting]
- Are you okay?

[sighs]

I'm suddenly over my thing
for vampires.

[grunting]
Come on.

[gasps]

The rest of
the Cyclops skeleton.

Do you think each of these graves has
a different monster in them?

But why bury them
and give them headstones?

I mean, that's like something
you do for a pet.

What are you doing?

It's a tunnel.

Guys,

this is our way out.

I knew Norman wouldn't let me down.

How do you know it goes
all the way down the wall?

Gabe, the book, please.

He showed me.

Look.

I just didn't understand what he
was trying to tell me at the time.

But all this stuff with
the Cyclops and the graveyard--

What's it all mean?

Apparently even Norman
couldn't figure it out.

This must have been
why he decided to leave.

Frankly, I'm with Norman.

Guys, who cares about what--
what all of this is, okay?

We don't need to know what
Tower Prep's all about now.

We can-- We can go.
We can leave all this behind.

No.

I can't ignore
these warnings anymore.

- None of you can go.
- What?
- What?

I don't want any of my crew to
die, let alone all of them.

This tunnel looks like it
could collapse at any second.

Then maybe you shouldn't
go either.

Ceej, I have to.

I'd give you a hug good-bye,

but you're in a grave with
a headless Cyclops skeleton.

[chuckles] Looks like I won't
be needing this anymore.

I never did finish it.

Hmm.

Wouldn't you know it?

Last page is missing.

I guess the journey never ends.

I'll be back to get you guys

sooner than you think.

[grunting]

Ian, what's wrong?

There's something down here!

[sighs]

[grunts] It's collapsing!
Get me outta here!

Gabe!

[gasps]

Watch out.
[grunts]

Help me!

- Come on!
- Ian!

- Oh!
- [panting]

- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah. I'm fine.

[panting continues]

Unreal.

[sighs]

- Oh.
- What's that?

It's the last page of my book.

It says, "My journey
is not your journey.

Your odyssey
is not the odyssey."

That's good.
Now he tells you.

"Sorry about that last trial,

"but I had to make sure
you were hero material.

"Now I know you're the man to solve
the school mysteries I couldn't.

P.S., please give this
to my first mate."

[chuckles]

What is it?

It's a picture of Norman.

- Let me see.
- Not quite what I expected.

w. To think you put your life
in this guy's hands.

Here. Let me see.

I guess Norman wasn't leading us
out of here after all.

What? Now what do we do?

[Ian]
Now I guess

the only thing left to do

is be late for class.

Ah, Mr. Archer
and his merry crew.

Time is almost up.

We'd like to take the test, sir.

Did you even read the book?

Read it?

I've lived it.

Thank you, sir.

♪ [voices vocalizing]

Well, I didn't get an A, but I
knew enough to fake passing it.

Hey, what was the name
of the dog?

- Argus.
- Oh!

- Oh!
- I wrote "Scooby."

- [chuckling]
- How'd you do, Ian?

Well, I'm not sure
how I did on the test,

but I think I figured out what Norman was
trying to tell me with his last note.

See, my odyssey is not the same
as the odyssey in this book.

It's not about trying to find
a way back home.

My odyssey is here
at Tower Prep,

and trying to figure out what's really
going on at this psycho school.

[chuckles]

Hey, uh,

Norman wanted you to have this.

He's, uh, not quite
what I expected.

[chuckles]

He didn't want you
to know where he was going,

because he was afraid
if you went,

you might get hurt or even--

I know.
I know all that now.

You're gonna find out
the things that Norman couldn't.

Be careful.

♪ When the timing's right ♪

Thank you.

♪ And the city light ♪

♪ Shines upon your wall ♪

♪ I can almost see ♪

- ♪ The smallest world ♪
- My hero.

♪ That's dark inside of me ♪