Just Beyond

The fungi emit networks of mycelia

that go beyond ordinary cells.

The university botanists believed the trees are...

Oh, my God, I'm sorry. What?

Oh, right.

Anyways, I was just saying that I heard from Amy Volpintesta

that Paul told Tim Hargreaves that he loved me!

So I texted him from Lauren DiGangi's phone,

and I was like, "Do you actually love Robin?"

-And before he could text me back-- -Robin, our planet is dying.

Get your head in the game.

I don't get it, Veronica. You're smart.

You come from a good home, but you have this... streak.

Streak?

You were my sunny straight-A girl, all the way through eighth grade.

Then you come back from summer break with all these... buttons.

All these causes. Your smile's gone.

Your grades are terrible. You're disruptive.

What happened?

I started paying attention.

It's up to my generation to save the Earth.

Is that why you stood on a table at lunch and called for an uprising against our...

"school's war on climate"?

I wasn't calling for an uprising.

I was calling for a protest.

-Of Hamburger Day. -Yes.

American schools serve over a billion pounds of beef a year,

which translates to a hundred million tons of CO2 and methane emissions.

I'm a high school principal.

What am I supposed to do about methane emissions?

One person can make a difference.

Maybe.

That doesn't change the fact that this makes nine infractions this year.

Nine?

You're suspended, Veronica.

-Oh, what? -Rules are rules.

Students are allowed four detentions per semester.

-That works out to eight a year. -There's gotta be

some other form of punishment.

Look, I get it.

You did what you thought was right.

You just did it the wrong way.

Can't we at least talk about this?

Don't make us out to be the bad guys here, Veronica.

We grew up in the '80s.

Heck, I had a "Save the Whales" T-shirt that I wore loud and proud.

But we didn't let it affect our grades.

And we certainly didn't make trouble

-at school. -I wasn't making trouble.

-I was trying to educate people! -Well, your teachers don't seem

-to agree with that. -Well, I'm trying to save the world.

Enough!

The world will still be here when you get back.

Miss Genevieve's.

Comes highly recommended.

VERONICA' They have an impeccable track record.

They specialize in girls like you.

Girls like me?

Oh, you know, uh, girls with a... streak.

VERONICA' We wanna see that pretty smile again.

The girl we used to take to go get frozen yogurt after soccer practice.

The girl who used to snuggle us on movie night.

That girl was living in a fantasy world.

Well, we miss her.

We don't often accept girls this late in the year.

But your letter, oh, well, how could I say no?

You seem to have quite the rabble-rouser on your hands.

VERONICA' She's a terrific girl, really.

-She's just... complicated. -Mm-hmm.

Yes, I've seen hundreds of complicated girls,

all sent by loving families like yours.

-I've never failed. -So Miss...

-May I call you Evelyn? -You may not.

Miss Genevieve, do you mind my asking about the hair?

We want our girls focusing on studies, not style.

Our hair is simply an extension of our uniform.

You see, the young mind is a sponge, Mrs. Vanderhall.

They come to us soaked in bad habits,

and we just give them a little squeeze.

Ms. Corbett, right on time.

This is Heather Corbett, your daughter's roommate.

How do you do, Mr. and Mrs. Vanderhall?

She's chewing gum.

We don't permit chewing gum, Ms. Vanderhall.

VERONICA' Veronica, take that off right now.

-I am so sorry. -Uh-uh.

No need to apologize. It's all right.

We see this all the time.

Just a dirty sponge.

Don't you worry. The next time you see Veronica,

she will be the model of perfect manners.

I promise.

-Ms. Corbett. -Yes, headmistress?

Show Ms. Vanderhall to her room.

I'm going to call Mr. Welch and schedule her hair appointment.

Yes, headmistress.

May I help?

No, you may not.

-Don't you have somebody else to rat out? -I'm afraid I don't follow.

You turned me in for chewing gum.

Well, rules are rules.

Come on, you can drop the act, it's just us.

Act?

Genevieve.

Psycho, right?

"You seem to have quite the rabble-rouser on your hands."

And the hair, what is up with the hair?

It's a permanent.

Mr. Welch gives them to all of us.

Yeah, right.

Hey!

Music is strictly forbidden.

We are gonna have such a wonderful time together.

Yay!

Good morning!

It looks like it's going to be another beautiful day.

Good morning!

Good morning.

Good morning! Bacon or sausage?

Do you have any vegan options?

I'm sorry, I don't know what that means,

but we're having cheeseburgers for lunch.

These girls had no regard for the rules.

They disobeyed their parents.

They even accused them of wrongdoing.

The people of Salem dealt with these troublemakers

by putting them on trial.

Why, you could say that they were... witching to get rid of them.

-Fortunately, they never really care-- -Well, they weren't troublemakers.

They were victims of oppression.

The adults couldn't handle their reality,

so they just dumped all of their problems on a bunch of teenaged girls.

It's all right, ladies.

It's Ms. Vanderhall's first day.

Why, she hasn't even had her hair appointment yet.

Ms. Vanderhall, report to my office...

now.

Ms. Vanderhall, this is Mr. Welch.

He needs to take a few measurements ahead of your hair appointment.

What's he doing?

Age?

What's that gotta do with my hair?

Your age.

-Fourteen. -Mm.

Get off!

-Can you see her this evening? -This evening, no.

No, impossible.

I am booked solid with touch-ups.

MR.Next week at the earliest.

I suppose I could squeeze her in tomorrow night.

Very well.

Then tomorrow night it is.

I wouldn't go that way.

They patrol the roads.

You're better off cutting through the woods

if you can get over the barbed wire.

Claire.

Veronica.

I know.

Come on, it's not safe here.

Who's the girl?

The last two girls got caught before they made it to town.

One on the road and one by the perimeter fence.

I tried to warn them. I have the patrols timed down to the minute.

And I can get you through the fence.

I can help you, but you don't have much time.