(school bell ringing)
Our school crest--a symbol of our history.
Founded in 1918,
The Archford Academy has alwaysbeen a beacon
for academic integrity.
The key to our abiding success
as a college preparatory school,
which has produced numerous Ivy League graduates,
begins in the classroom.
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Hope you fall on your face ♪
♪ May you come down so hard ♪
♪ May you rot in your cage ♪
♪ Stop ♪
♪ This is where you get off ♪
♪ You can rattle your bones ♪
♪ But the hammer will drop... ♪
(sOoh.s)
MAN: And for those of you concerned
with Archford's demanding workload,
know that our teaching staff is always available,
whatever the need may be.
We find that the team dynamic and physical exercise
promote humility and well-being.
(gasping)
(school bell ringing)
Well, I'd like to thankall of you for coming.
I hope to see a numberof you in the fall.
Remember, Archford is a place
where students are fullyequipped to walk tall
toward their future.
♪ But you answeredmy yearnings ♪
♪ Now hear my good-bye ♪
♪ Tables are turning ♪
♪ You live and you learn ♪
♪ Then you die. ♪
(sighs)
(crowd gasping)
(students murmuring,cell phones ringing)
GIRL:I know. I stillcan't believe it.
The digital grapevineis in full effect.
Here's our vic.
Olivia Prescott,17 years old.
And the undisputed
valedictorianof the senior class.
(murmuring continues)
Hey, buddy.
Can we get these kids
cleared out of here, please?
OFFICER:All right, let's go.
TAYLOR:Any of them catch anything
besides a postmortem snapshot?
Come on,move these people back here.
No. I got officerstaking statements,
but so far, nothing concrete.
Just rumors and speculation.According to her schedule,
she just finishedher free period.
So she wasn't comingfrom a classroom.
Well, this is Archford Academy.Kids have deep pockets.
They shopon the Upper East Side.
She could have left the campus.
Significant blood loss.
Couldn't have gone far.
She was murdered right hereon the school grounds.
Usually, you tellyour kids
to be safe walking homefrom school, not through it.
"Ad Vitam Paramus."
Means "we are preparingfor life."
Well, someone at Archfordhad a different idea.
(sighs)
(crowd gasping)
♪ Out here in the fields ♪
♪ I fight for my meals ♪
♪ I get my back into my living ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪
(siren wailing)
(camera clicking)
Laceration to theback of the skull.
Injury to theoccipital bone.
Took a lot of force.
No visibledefensive wounds.
Doesn't look like she struggled
with her killer.
A head trauma injurylike that usually means
a significant amount of spatter.
Our vic staggered away fromthe primary crime scene.
Witnesses say she camefrom that direction.
Did you see the lookson those kids' faces?
They're never goingto forget this day.
I still remember every detailof the night
my friends were murdered.
(girls screaming, gunshots)
Let's hope one of them remembersevery detail
of what happened here.
(door opens)
You got a hall pass,young lady?
All right, that'll do.
(chuckles)
Medium velocity blood spatterright here.
So this is where Olivia Prescottwas attacked.
C.O.D. was an injury
to the back of the head.
That's consistent withthe edge of the sink.
This is her backpackright here.
Seems like she was a smart girl.
Calculus C.
Lord. I never knewthere was an "A" or a "B."
Oh, we've got shoe tread markson the toilet seat.
That's kind of a weird wayto do your business, no?
When I was in school,our mirrors were so high,
we had to stand on the toiletto get a full view.
Well, there's no mirroracross from this stall.
That would suggestthat someone was hiding.
Lying in wait.
(gasps)
Who would wantto kill Olivia?
Everyone wantedto be her.
Popularity has its price.
Anybody hate her for it?
No.
You couldn'teven if you tried.
Some girls fight for theirpopularity, you know.
They'll claw and scratchtheir way to the top.
But Olivia never had to.
Maybe somebody wised up.
Tried to take her spotlight?
No. Olivia was ina league of her own.
Everyone knew that.
And they respectedher for it.
Mrs. Prescott, do you knowif your daughter had problems
with anyone in school?
Olivia's always beenvery well-liked in school.
What about boyfriends?
With her academic load, Oliviadidn't have much downtime.
She was always so bright.
MAN:She was head of
the student council.
She was captain
of the debate team.
Has she ever beeninvolved in drugs?
Partying, drinking?
Absolutely not.
Is there any waythis could be an accident?
I mean, maybe she felland hit her head, right?
I'm sorry, but everythingseems to indicate
that this was a homicide.
It just-- it doesn'tmake any sense.
Never does.
I promise you, we'lldo everything we can
to find who did this.
It's okay.
(siren wailing)
Sid?
Uh, I was just thinkingabout my niece.
She's not much olderthan our victim here.
She's a beautiful girl.
C.O.D. was epidural hematoma.
The curved shapeof the contusions
confirms the sinkis our murder weapon.
Mm-hmm.
Tox screens are clear.
No substance abuseof any kind.
However, I detectcontact dermatitis
on her knees.
A skin rash?
It usually develops within hoursof direct contact with,
well, any number ofallergens-- hay, mold,
poison ivy,various cleaning products.
I swabbed the affected area.
Found traces of microorganisms,
which I sent to the labfor processing.
Based on our interviewswith students and faculty,
there's 80 minutesunaccounted for
prior to Olivia's death.
Is it possible forcontact dermatitis
to developwithin that window?
Absolutely.
Well, maybe whatevercaused the rash
could help tell uswhere she was.
Or even whoshe was with.
Uh, one other thing.
It's not a tattoo, and it'sthe only one on her body,
but I just find it odd.
How does the smartest girlin school get an "F"?
("2.20 Girl" bySuicide Sports Club playing)
♪ Can somebody help her? ♪
♪ Lost and confused ♪
♪ She's been here before ♪
♪ But her mind ain't much use ♪
♪ It's all so easy ♪
♪ On your own ♪
♪ 2.20 girl ♪
Mac, incubatedthe microorganisms
Sid collectedfrom our vic's knees,
isolated threedifferent variations:
penicillium, aspergillusand alternaria.
Huh. Mold.
Exactly. All threetypically grown indoors,
so I figured if we can locatethem somewhere in the school...
We'll be ableto place Olivia.
Grab a supplyof air-o-cells.
All righty.
♪ On your way to nowhere ♪
(beeps)
♪ Might as well stay here ♪
♪ 'Cause when your eyesare shut ♪
♪ You don't care ♪
♪ You're not there ♪
♪ It's all so easy ♪
♪ On your own ♪
♪ 2.20 girl ♪
♪ It's all so easy ♪
♪ On your own ♪
♪ 2.20 girl ♪
(beeping)
♪ 2.20 girl. ♪
Can you imagine Lucyat a school like this?
Girl was just murderedhere, so I'll try not to.
It's a five-star education.
Courses built around
the specific developmentalneeds of your child,
an equal emphasis onarts and science,
and a college acceptancerate that's in,
like, the 95th percentile.
You memorizethe brochure?
I'm just tryingto be prepared.
It's our daughter's future.
All right, well, I gotnews for you, sweetheart.
Lucy's gonna goto an old-fashioned,
nice public schoollike I went to, okay?
That's her future.
Not with these kids.
Okay.
Redness and the degreeof dermatitis on Olivia's knees
suggests she was hereright before she was murdered.
DANNY: I found a book of Greek tragedies
in her backpack that had one of those
Dewey ma-jig codes on thebinding, like a library book.
The Dewey Decimal System?
Yeah. I could neverfigure that out.
Well, maybe if you'd goneto Archford.
(whistles)
Boom. All right,this is a copy
of the bookI found in her backpack.
Tells us she was here,
but it doesn't help usestablish a motive.
She was kneeling.
She must have picked up the mold here.
Huh. Looks like there was someactivity going on back here.
Hmm.
Whoa.
There's handprintsall over this table.
Looks likethe table was also
repeatedly slammedagainst the wall.
Uh-huh.
Is that an ass print?
Honey, what?
(chuckles):Look.
Yeah, that does looklike an ass print.
Babe, do me a favor.Hop up on this table.
Yeah, but see, the handswould be like this.
Like that.
Looks like there wasa little extracurricular
activity going onback here, huh?
Yeah.
(couple gasping, moaning)
So Olivia sawtwo people having sex.
You think that's worthkilling her over?
If it was a teacher dishing outsome extra credit.
So she wasn't justchecking out a book.
She was getting alittle sex education.
(couple gasping, moaning)
(camera clicking)
(trilling)
That was a quickprint search.
Think I'm gonna throw awaythat Archford brochure.
It's a student.
With a record.
DANNY:Drunk and disorderly at 18,
huh, Benjamin?
That's impressive.
You can't just search my locker.
That's private property.
My private property,Mr. Gold.
You waived your rightsthe day you were accepted.
Archford Academy policy.
What's this about?
I don't know.Maybe you want to tell us.
You get into itwith Olivia Prescott, perhaps?
No.
No? All right.
What do we got here?
Wow.
LINDSAY:Someone's getting detention.
DANNY:Whoa.
What are you teachingthese kids here?
BEN:How do you likePrincipal Andrews' BIG exam?
Principal Andrews' BIG exam?
That's clever.
What can I say?I'm a professional.
Seem a little cocky for a kidwho's looking at jail time.
Whoa, wait a minute.
Every one of these girlshas signed a consent form
and they're all of age.
You can take that upwith our Sex Crimes unit.
Were you in the library today?
Yeah. But I'm-I'm thereevery day.
Got a lot of work done then?
Yeah.
I didn't realize having sexwas considered homework.
Okay, look...
you have to promisenot to tell my parents.
I'm totally gonna beexpelled for this.
Archford hasa zero-tolerance policy
for, like, everything.
I'm finished.
I can kiss my Harvardacceptance good-bye.
I can't makeany promises
until I getthe information I need.
You understand?
Start withBenjamin Gold
and the details of what happenedin the library.
Look, my productions have hadnumerous library shoots.
You'll haveto refresh my memory.
Well, howabout today's?
The one whereOlivia Prescott threatened
to reveal your little secret.
Archford students are expectedto be these perfect beings.
Ben's movie,the risk, it was...
a way to break a few rules.
It was exciting.
So Ben told meto meet him in the library.
He had his cameraall ready to go.
Hit record,dropped his pants and I...
Okay. Just fast forward tothe part where Olivia Prescott
caught him with his pants down.
I don't knowwhat you're talking about.
Your costar Becky
is sitting in the roomon the other side of this wall.
We confiscatedyour camera.
The time stamp on your footageputs Olivia Prescott frot row
for your latest production.
She caught youin the act.
Threatened toturn you in.
And since "pornographer"won't look so good on
a college transcript,you had to shut her up.
Olivia Prescott didn't catch us.
Then what happenedafter Ben called "cut"?
I left.
Look, I didn't kill Olivia.
And she didn't threaten to blowthe whistle on my productio.
That was fun.
(books thud)
Who's back there?
Oh, crap. Olivia.
Look, I don't know whatyou just saw, but...
I saw enough.
Please, you-you can't goto Andrews.
They'll expel my ass.
Come on. What do you want?Name your price.
What are you doing?
You... hopefully.
Where do I sign up?
Olivia wanted to be the star.
Hey.
Dog ate your homework?What's up?
Okay, check this out.
I was processing OliviaPrescott's clothing,
and I found this weirdgray dirt on her blazer,
so I ran itthrough GCMS,
and I found a high concentrationof sodium, potassium,
magnesium and chloride,which is, um,
well, it's, ah...
it has the samechemical consistency
as, uh, Martian soil.
(chuckles):What?
Soil found on Mars.
Okay, so I should have Flacksend out an APB on what?
Five-foot-two, big head,
almond-shapedpiercing black eyes,
last seen leaving ArchfordAcademy in a flying saucer?
You know, I just gotthe results back,
and I don't wantto go to Mac yet
'cause I just don't want himto think that I'm crazy.
Adam, I can personallyguarantee you
that Olivia's never beento Mars.
Based on the tears in the fabricof her blazer,
the killer likelygrabbed Olivia.
So the Martian soil hadto be secondary transfer
from the killer's hands.
But obviously, the killer'snever been to Mars.
So got to figure outwhat Martian soil has
to do with Archford Academy.
Okay.
Oh, God.
Okay, so what's upwith you?
Mold spores fromOlivia Prescott's knees leads us
to the library,where she witnessed an amateur
pornography shoot.
Our suspect Benjamin Goldhas a record, plenty to lose.
Sounds like motive to me.
But Benjamin claims thatOlivia Prescott
wanted to bein one of his pornos.
Oh, given a teenage boy'sfantasy life,
I'm not sure Ben istelling the truth.
But without evidence that putsBen or his costar Becky
in the bathroom,they're not suspects.
And we're starting over.
HAWKES:Maybe not.
Processed the traceyou collected from
the shoeprint inthe girls' bathroom stall.
Intestinals from the pre-abdomenof an emperor scorpion.
DANVILLE:How does an emperor scorpion
find its wayinto a New York high school?
(students chattering)
Devilish-looking creatures.
But don't be fooledby their appearance;
they're actuallyquite harmless.
I'm Mr. Booker. Biology.
TAYLOR:How many of thesedo you have
in your classroom,Mr. Booker?
We had five.
"Had" beingthe operative word.
Yesterday, one of ourmore petulant students
thought it would be funny
to scare one of hisfemale classmates.
Hey, Emmy.
Are you going to thatparty on Saturday?
What party?
Um, never mind.
(screams)
(laughter)
Oops.
(students gasp)
Who was the unlucky girl?
Emmy Thomas.
She's an incrediblybright girl, but...
frequent target of herfellow classmates.
Why's that?
Well, the blazers aren'tthe only form of unification
amongst these students,detectives.
From what I can tell,Archford breeds
a spWe're well awareeen.
of the students'academic achievements.
No, I'm talking aboutoutside the classroom.
Socially, these kidscan be pretty brutal.
Emmy's a knock-offof the real thing.
Brains? Yes.
But style, sophistication?
No.
Is there any connection betweenOlivia Prescott and Emmy?
They're two different species.
But you can ask Emmy herself.
Do you want meto put this on top?
Thanks.
Sure.
Emmy Thomas?
And Allen Wilson.
Pleasure.I thought the judges
didn't aWe're not...tomorrow.
That's okay. Just give mea minute to set up here.
The lava lizard'scolor-changing abilities
are not unique toits environment--
its environment being theAtacama Desert in Chile.
We are hoping to isolate
its chromatophI'm sorry.
We're with theNew York Crime Lab.
We need to speakwith you, Emmy.
Where'd you go after yourbiology class yesterday, Emmy?
I don't remember.
Let me helpyou remember.
You were hidingin the bathroom.
How do you know that?
We found your shoe printson a toilet seat.
TAYLOR:It's the same bathroom
where Olivia Prescottwas murdered.
You can't connect my shoe printto the bathroom
without a practical reference.
Which I never gave you.
Mr. Booker told us aboutthe joke with the scorpion.
HeYeah.
Traces of scorpion intestinaltract were in the tred pattern
we lifted fromthe toilet seat.
TAYLOR:He also mentioned this wasn'tthe first time you were
singled out byyour classmates.
Why would he tell you that?
Did Olivia eversingle you out?
Embarrass youin front of your peers?
What dCare? care?
Because Olivia's dead.
We just want answers.
Now, what were youdoing in the bathroom?
I ducked out of class
after that schmuckJames Howland put the scorpion
by my bag.
I wasn't going to give him thesatisfaction of laughing at me.
So I went to the bathroomto get away from everybody,
when two girlsfrom my class came in.
(laughing)
(sighs)What a stupid bitch.
I mean, she didn't haveto step on the thing.
Whatever.
The girl's sodamn skittish.
Tap her on the shoulder,she jumps, like,
nine feet in the air.
(laughs)
I thought it was funny.
GIRL:I hear she has to take dietpills to keep her figure.
GIRL 2:Wow. They're reallyworking for her.
(laughs)
EMMY: And they were obviously talking about me,
so I stood on the seat.
Pretty good at being invisiblewhen I need to.
When they were finishedripping me apart, I left.
We're gonna needthose girls' names.
Cynthia Evansand Rachel Halstoy.
When they're notpuking in the toilet,
they're usuallyat cheer practice.
Is there anything else thatI can do for you, detectives,
or are you done unpackingmy personal life?
No.
Thanks for your time.
No.
Emmy Thomas's storyis confirmed.
Flack interviewedthe two cheerleaders,
and they both admitted,without remorse,
that they made funof Emmy in the bathroom,
knowing the whole timeshe was there.
That is so cruel.
If they were on my squad,I'd kick 'em to the "D" team.
You were a cheerleader?
Don't act like you weren't.
(laughs)
So, Benjamin Gold'sletter of consent,
found in the vic's backpack.
It was filled out, signed by our vic Olivia Prescott.
Looks like Olivia wasready for her close-up.
Maybe Gold is telling the truth.
Plus, we don't have anythingthat puts him in the bathroom.
TAYLOR:But Gold's statement
does explain where Oliviawas during her free period.
According to thetimestamp on the camera,
Olivia was alive 50 minutesinto the 80-minute free period.
DANVILLE:So we just have to
figure out what happenedduring that 30 minutes.
TAYLOR:It's got to bein the evidence.
We're just notlooking close enough.
Since when were Stalin,Khrushchev, and Beria
ingredients in water?
Never.
I don't think there's 1947calories in it, either.
Where did thatwater bottle come from?
Vic's backpack.
TAYLOR:"Multiple choice: one, T, D..."
LINDSAY:1947...
T.D.
Truman Doctrine.
Two, MP.
Marshall Plan.
Three, NSA.
National Security Agency.
National Security Act.
Agency wasn't formed till 1949.
Everything on thisbottle has been replaced
with information pertainingto the Cold War.
All the answers to the test.It's a cheat sheet.
It's impressive.
I mean, not like I ever cheatedor anything.
Olivia was the smartest girlat that school.
She wasn't a cheater.
TAYLOR:And this would explain
the transfer of the "F."
(grunts)
Lindsay, go to ArchfordAcademy Web site.
I want to know what exams areon the schedule for today.
AP World History.
Looks like Olivia Prescottmight've caught a cheater.
Give it to me!
(siren wailing)
♪ ♪
(computer beeping)
Hawkes.
Hey.
So I processedour bottle cheat sheet
and Olivia Prescott's printsare all over the outside.
TAYLOR:Well, that's consistent with
the smudged letter "F"Sid found on the vic's thumb.
Ink must have been pretty fresh.
I tried to reverseengineer the label.
It's made with materialsyou can find at any art store.
But I did findanother set of prints
on the inside of the label.
Let me guess.They're not Olivia's.
Correct.
Running a searchthrough AFIS now.
Chances are,it's another student.
Well, they might notbe in our database.
They can't all be asenterprising as Benjamin Gold.
Let's try and findanother way to determine
who that print belongs to.
You got it.
ROSS:I'll take Martian soilfor $200, Alex.
Hey. So Archford's policy isthat they only print up tests
the day of the exam.
Means somebody hackedthe teacher's computer.
Exactly.
Hmm. Well, the school'scomputers all networked.
Should be ableto trace the source.
Tried that.Found nothing.
Huh.
Well, it's not impossible,just ballsy.
What? What is it? Whatare you talking about?
It's calledRemote Desktop Access.
It's a programthat can be installed
on pretty much any computer.
You indicatethe host computer...
...then the client computer.
Then you havedirect access to their desktop.
Huh.
Wait for it to sync and...
(chuckles)
Is that Mac's?
That's prettyimpressive.
(computer beeping)
Yes! Uh! I'm the man.
It's notMartian soil.
Just got off thephone with Archford.
They've never suspected anyof their students of cheating.
They never suspectedany of their students
of murder, either.Every school has cheaters.
I guess they're just tryingto preserve their reputation.
They've got to dosomething to justify
those $80,000tuition checks.
I mean, I know that these kidsare under a lot of pressure.
But I don'tunderstand why anybody
puts so much effortinto cheating.
Did you find any more ofthose hidden cheat sheets?
No. Just the bottle.
Though I have to admit it,
that was rather ingenious.
I know, right?
I wish I'dthought of that
for Mr. Hamilton'smath class.
Olivia had everythinggoing for her, right?
Yeah.
Grades, looks, respect.
But there wasone thing missing.
Girls like Oliviahave boyfriends.
Isn't that presumptuous?
No. Remember, kidsat that age define themselves
by two things:peers and passion.
There was no mentionof a boyfriend or a...
Listen to this.
"Olivia, I know our timetogether has been brief,
but I'd love this relationshipto continue."
I got it!
What?
The Martian soil--well, the supposed Martian soil.
It's not really from Mars.
Where's it from, Adam?
Well, it tooksome heavy digging
because there wasno reference sample on file,
but I prevailed. What up?
(laughs)Yeah.
Okay. Due to itsdry environment,
the levels of sodium,potassium, magnesium
and chloride nearly mirrorthe climate of Mars.
It's really soilfrom a remote desert in Chile.
The Atacama, to be exact.
The lava lizard'scolor-changing abilities are
not unique to its environment--its environment being
the Atacama Desert in Chile.
FLACK:You know, Allen, I'm nota biologist or anything,
but I'm pretty sure
chameleons change colorjust the same.
You had to go get a lizardfrom the deserts of Chile.
That's a mighty expensivescience project.
My parents vacationin Chile.
They brought him backas a present
for my science project.
Yeah. We found evidence
of your lizard's terrarium dirton Olivia's clothing.
You seem likea smart kid.
Not smart enoughto remove
one important thing fromyour water bottle cheat sheet.
FLACK:You forgot to remove
the original bar code.
Because of that, we were ableto track the bottle back
to its manufacturer,
check theirshipping logs,
find out which supermarketit was sold in.
Good thing Mommy usescredit cards.
You and Olivia had
a weekly studysession going.
So what happened?She discover
your little cheat sheetthe day before the exam?
It's grounds for expulsion,isn't it?
I imagine Olivia threatenedto turn you in,
you had an argument,she grabbed the bottle,
ran to the ladies' roomhoping you wouldn't follow her.
(grunting)
Olivia, please!
Give it back!You're gonna screw up
the curvefor the entire class!
(groans)
Olivia. Olivia!
Get out ofNo!e, Allen.
(gasping)
Give it back!
No, that didn't happen.
That ain't gonna hold upin court, Allen.
I didn't kill Olivia!
"Olivia, I know our timetogether has been brief,
but I'd love this relationshipto continue."
Does that sound familiar?
That's yourhandwriting.
Checked it against a coupleof your exams.
FLACK: Olivia wasa popular girl.
Beautiful.
All those one-on-onestudy sessions...
I'm not a cheater,
and I'm not a murderer.
Maybe you saw your relationshipwith her as somethig more,
and that all went southwhen she caught you cheating.
Fine. You got one thing rightat least, okay?
I did like Olivia a lot.
And I would never do anythingto hurt her.
And she didn't catch mecheating.
I was helping her cheat.
ALLEN:Olivia singled me out.
I didn't know whyat first.
She just said that it would bemutually beneficial,
which was fine with me.
I got to spend time with someoneas gorgeous as Olivia
in exchange for helpwith a few classes.
She wasn't doing too well,her grades were slipping.
And as she got busierwith all her stuff...
So she asked you
to help her cheat?
The teachers are smart, buttechnologically illiterate.
All I had to do was activatethe remote desktop connection
on their computers and I couldview all of their files.
(beeps)
(trilling)
The bottle was my idea.
Olivia liked that.
Do you have someone who canconfirm your whereabouts
at the time of Olivia's death?
I had a meetingwith Mr. Dorsey.
He's the deanof the math department.
You got into Georgetown.
Why help her cheat?
Because even an Archfordeducation can't teach yu
how to win five minuteswith a girl like Olivia.
I don't get it.
Motive seems there.
(sighs)
Yeah, but the science can't putAllen in the girls' bathroom.
He may have grabbed her,
but that could have happenedanywhere in the school.
Can't be far off.
People commit murder for oneof three reasons: money,
revenge,
and...
...jealousy.
(sirens wailing)
Oh.
Hi. You again.
We just want to ask you
about your science projectwith your friend Allen.
Uh... sure.
We were partners, studyingthe color-changing properties
of the Chilean lava lizard.
We found trace
of the lizard's terrarium dirton Olivia Prescott's blazer.
That's from your project, Emmy.
I told you,
I didn't reallyeven know Olivia.
You know,
when I was your age,I had a big old mouth
full of braces.
Kids made fun of meall the time,
but I had a backbone like yours,and I never let it get to me.
Good for you.
But matters of the heart--a little different.
It must have really hurt
to see him spend all that timewith Olivia.
Him?
Allen.
This is the school paper.
That's a note he wroteto Olivia on her copy.
In that photo, you're in thebackground looking at him.
I can see it
in your eyes, Emmy--the jealousy.
His obviousaffection for Olivia
must have beenhard to watch.
(sighs)
What happened when Oliviacame into the bathroom?
When I was...
in the third grade,
the student who memorizedthe most numbers in pi
won an ice cream sundaefor the rest of the week.
Allen and I tied.
And we've been best friendsever since.
He's the sweetest guyon the planet.
The only onewho doesn't judge you
by the way that you wearyour hair or your clothes.
He noticed me for me.
(voice breaking):Not like the rest of my class.
And we had each other.
Until Olivia Prescottasked Allen
to be her study partner.
She knew exactly
what she was after,and exploited Allen to get it.
Let's go.
Did you see her hairthe other Yes.
Disgusting.
So do you have it?
ALLEN:Yeah.
OLIVIA:Oh, my God,you're amazing.
ALLEN:But be careful.It's still wet.
Oh. Seriously, you have no ideahow much this is gonna help.
It's all on there?
The cheating.
To keep up hergrades, get into
an Ivy League universityand keep up her image.
Yeah. Multiple choice, keywords, dates, everything.
Just don't tellanybody, okay?
Duh.
Now get outof here before
someone gets the wrong idea.
Thanks.
He's helpingyou cheat?
Were you justspying on us?
Oh, my God,you totally were.
You need to keep
your perfect academic record--that's fine by me.
Just leave Allen out of it.
We were just studying.
In the bathroom? No.
What are you gonna do?
Turn us in?
That'll get your littleboyfriend in trouble, too.
He's notmy boyfriend.
Mm, but I see the wayyou look at him, Emmy.
It's the same wayhe looks at me.
Small price to pay for an "A."
(grunting)
For years,I've had people make fun of me.
And that's okay.At least I was aware.
It made me sick to my stomach
seeing Olivia batting her eyesat Allen
in exchange for his hard work.
He risked everything for her,and she...
He didn't deserve it.
Olivia Prescott...
didn't deserve to die, Emmy.
I regret killing Olivia.
(sniffles)
I really do.But what I don't regret
is standing upfor my best friend.
(students murmuring,indistinct radio chatter)
(cell phones beeping, ringing)
You thinkAllen Wilson had any idea?
That his best friendwas capable of murder?
That his best friendwas in love with him.
It's funny the thingswe choose not to see.
Yeah, well,wouldn't hurt
for parents to opentheir eyes, either.
People have gotto remember
the world these kidsare living in every day.
Even in a place like this,
they're learningall kinds of things
that areYou just wishriculum.
someone would have told Emmy
that high schoolisn't the end of the world.
It's just the beginning.
Guess that's the kind of lessonyou can't learn in school.
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