Big Shot

Previously on Big Shot...

You need a second chance. This is the only one I could get.

My name is Marvyn Korn, and I will be your new coach.

They don't even want me here, Sam.

We run on money. Mr. Gruzinsky's got it. Do not screw this up.

Wave goodbye to Louise Gruzinsky. She's suspended from the team.

This is not a good start.

I need to play in the game. It's about making my father proud.

This outcome was unacceptable. But we're just getting started.

There's an opportunity. It's in Italy.

You should take it, and I can go live with Dad.

- What are you looking forward to most? - Spending time with you.

- Who are you? - I'm Lucas Gruzinsky, sir.

Gruzinsky? Louise's brother?

Oh, my gosh. She met a guy.

I love you, Emma.

By the end of this year, we are going to be in Division II.

What is going on?

They're charging your father with embezzlement.

The leading role of Beth Macbeth... Harper Schapira.

Yes!

You know, I can help you run lines after school.

Mouse, you're the best. I'll see you after school.

If you wanted to be her mother,

you should have made that choice when you had her.

UCSB has an opening for a head coach. They want to talk to you.

Is it okay if I give you a hug?

You're connecting with these girls.

Oh, stop it.

- Are you leaving? - No! I mean, eventually, yes.

We're committed to beating Carlsbad.

Apparently, you're committed to leaving us.

My mom called, and she wants me to go to this prep school next year

she's all excited about.

This is in Wisconsin.

- You're okay leaving Westbrook? - No.

For the first time, I feel like I finally have a dad.

Even if it means I have to sacrifice everything else.

I passed on the UCSB gig.

- What? Are you serious? - No way.

You know, I set out to write a new playbook for the team,

but I ended up writing a new one for me.

Two, three! Sirens!

Thank you.

A number 24.

Thank you very much.

But I... I can't believe that the summer is more than half over already.

I'm sorry. I prefer to think of it as the summer's more than half-full.

That's not really how time works.

But at least we have a minute before anyone's ordering us around.

Hey, girls! Girls, come here. I wanna show you something. Come here.

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Are you kidding?

Come here.

- Hustle. - Ball out.

- What are you doing here? - And dressed like that?

What's it look like I'm doing? I'm working.

Come on. I wanna show you something. Come here. Come on.

Sit down over here. Sit.

- Can you let... Move. - Sorry.

Thank you. Thank you.

- Sit down here. Front row, front row. - Sorry.

All right. Take a look at that.

World-class athletes right there.

You see that girl? A volleyball prodigy.

Look at that. You can't teach that. You can't teach that.

That girl is a game changer right there. Have you ever seen anything more...

Are you guys on your phones?

No!

In my defense, I was confirming that's Ava Navarro.

I follow her on Instagram.

She's a wild card, which I find exciting.

Back off. You're crowding me, idiot.

This is exciting.

Watch her. Watch her. See?

She knows exactly where the ball is going, but she's not looking for it.

Her face is gonna be busted.

- Net fault. - Are you kidding me? That was clean.

What? Is he kidding?

Hey, I'm talking to you!

What exactly are we supposed to be learning from this?

How to be a badass.

You touch my stand again, Navarro, you're gone.

- What? - Ooh.

She's not gonna like that.

- Take her. - Don't touch me. I'm done.

This girl is a beast.

Yeah. She sure is.

- I missed you. - Missed you.

Nice to have you back.

How was your flight?

A lady kept yelling, "Shut up!" at a baby. So that was something.

- That's terrible. - It was fine.

Mom ask about me over the summer?

Um.

Not really.

Okay.

- Hey, Dad. - Hmm?

We gonna talk about what's happening in the back seat?

Oh, those are my bonsai plants.

I read that Bobby Knight, you know, after he threw the chair,

the only thing that calmed him down was working on his plants.

So I thought I'd give it a try.

Just to find something to sort of calm me down a little bit.

Okay, that's kind of healthy.

Plus, they don't talk back to you, like friends do.

And the best part is you cultivate 'em at home,

- so you never have to leave your house. - That sounds perhaps less healthy.

So, come on. Tell me, tell me. How was your summer?

We're together now. I wanna hear it.

- It was good. - Just good?

It was fine.

Fine? Good. Fine. Okay, fine.

Can you please stop texting Lucas for one minute

- and talk to your father? - I'm not texting Lucas.

What are you doing? Sending him...

- kissy emojis or something? - Dad, can you stop? I am not texting him.

I'm sorry, okay. It's just been a long day.

Okay, okay, okay.

- I just missed you, that's all... - Yeah.

All right, well, if you, uh... you wanna ditch your friends

and hang out with your old man on your first day back in town...

- Love you, Dad. - Love you too.

God, it's so good hanging out with you guys in person.

Those phone calls were not sufficient.

I cannot get the grip of a time difference.

So, when are we talking about Lucas?

- Have you seen him yet? - Seen him? I haven't even heard from him.

Which I realize isn't great.

Oh. I thought "hard to get" was something that ended once you "got."

- Did something happen? - I don't know what it could be.

We started off the summer talking every night,

and then things kinda just...

Hey, on a scale of one to ten, how bad is it?

- Two. - Ten.

What? I've been there.

The first thing he did before he broke up with me was ignore my calls.

Has he said anything to you?

No. I mean, look, w-we had a really hard summer.

Like, "we needed a visitors' pass to state prison to see our dad" kind of summer.

But I didn't know he was blowing you off.

Can I borrow your phone?

Yeah, sure. Why?

Okay, okay. Hold on, hold on. I got to take this.

Hey, Loui...

Oh.

Emma. Hi. What's up?

What's up? I had to trick you into answering my call.

Uh, yeah, um...

Can we talk about this another time?

No, we can talk about this right now.

What's going on with us?

Look, I didn't wanna have this conversation like this,

but it is my senior year,

and I really hope we can still be friends, but...

Got it.

- I'm sorry. - Are you?

How was it? How did it go?

He broke up with me.

I'm sorry.

I'm actually kind of excited for the first practice.

Do you think we'll be as good since Olive graduated?

Yeah, we will, because we need to be.

Because some of us don't have any other choice.

Glad to see you're approaching this year with a fun, laid-back attitude.

It's my senior year, Samantha. I can't afford to be laid-back.

I just wanna know who Coach is calling up from the bench to start with us.

What is that monster doing here, and why is she wearing a Sirens uniform?

She's a volleyball player.

A lot of girls play both.

And "monster"? I thought you said she was a badass.

Yeah, when she played a different sport at a safe distance.

Not my sport in my gym on my team.

- Your team? - Our team.

Let's just hope that she got nicer in the last two months.

She didn't. According to TMZ, she just bit Naomi Osaka.

Great. So, a wild chick is coming in and stealing focus?

From the team or from you?

You know what I'm saying.

Look, let's just keep our cards close until we know her deal.

Totally.

That's Louise. She's broke.

Mouse is gay and dates Harper.

Destiny has two moms and one aunt.

Or is it two aunts? Two moms? I don't know.

And we were just talking about how Coach's daughter, Emma, our other BFF,

just got dumped by this guy Lucas. He also broke up with me last year.

Ugh! I mean, this school is riddled with the broken hearts of Lucas Gruzinsky.

Nice job keeping the cards close.

So what about you? What's your story? How'd you end up here?

After I got suspended from volleyball,

my mom decided that homeschooling wasn't helping my attitude problems.

So they sent me to jail.

Jail is here. An all-girls school.

Well, look on the bright side.

Jails don't have sushi bars in the cafeteria.

Wait. Do they, Louise?

They don't.

And I'm only here until my suspension is up.

Then I'm back to the tour.