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FEMALE NARRATOR: Previously on "Guidance"...

- I want you to stop commenting on other people

and start connecting with them.

TYLER: You're always eating lunch at your desk.

- My dad calls at lunch,

and I talk to him while he has chemo.

TYLER: We have already talked. Duke, two kids.

- You want me to be in this picture,

but you can't even see who I really am.

TYLER: You're a beautiful girl.

OFFICER VERITAY: Your homecoming queen seems

to be taking this very personal.

- Of course she is. She lost everything tonight.

- [sobbing]

JOHN: So we need to find a way to curtail

all this creative energy of yours, Smiley.

- Preach it, I mean, I was gonna suggest

that I take over the Capitol Catch-Up.

- Not gonna happen. - Right.

If that thing's a "Titanic," um, this hair ain't getting wet.

- [scoffs]

- So instead, I have a mutually beneficial proposition,

one that not only lets us, the students

celebrate our beloved school but also allows us to honor you

on your ten-year anniversary of your intrepid leadership.

- I'm listening.

[upbeat music]

- I am radiating some major Willy Wonka realness,

blessing six fortunate souls

with a golden--screw that--

a rainbow ticket.

This is your extremely exclusive invitation

to embark on an extra hush-hush mission,

should you choose to accept it.

And because you're not a total loser,

you will.

This Friday at 4:00 p. m. sharp, be there.

Oh, and don't forget, with great power

comes great responsibility... or whatever.

Smiley out.

WOMAN: ♪ My own world ♪

♪ Living inside myself ♪

♪ Myself ♪

♪ Living for no one else ♪

♪ And I see your face ♪

♪ I don't wanna face it, no ♪

♪ Whoa-oh ♪

♪ So I look away ♪

♪ I don't wanna face it no ♪

♪ Whoa-oh ♪

♪ What I'm thinking, ♪

♪ What I'm saying ♪

♪ I don't ever know ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ So come in ♪

- My first concern is application deadlines.

We're three months out so there's no time

for flip-flopping.

Are you a 100% sure about State?

- You can shred my application at Duke,

I wanna go to State.

- Okay.

You've taken the SAT

but State requires ACT scores.

Our next test is a few weeks from now.

- Great. Sign me up.

- So this exam contains

a significant essay portion

and that's been a problem area.

Will you have time for additional tutoring?

- Totally.

By the way, tutoring,

best idea ever.

ALANA: Glad to hear it.

- I just...

I need you to not tell Tyler

about this moment.

He'll freak for sure.

- What we discussed stays between us,

but you're allowed to live your own life,

have your own dreams.

Tyler has to understand that.

- Have you not met him?

ALANA: He'll have to find out eventually.

- No need to detonate that bomb

until I have an acceptance letter.

- What changed your mind?

You were so clear before,

Duke, First Lady,

Tyler, together.

- I wanna stay more local.

ALANA: Closer to the family?

- Like you said,

Duke is a reach.

And the White House,

that's Tyler's dream.

I need to be realistic about my future.

[cell phone rings]

- I got to go.

And just, please,

this stays between us.

OFFICER VERITAY: Oakdale Academy,

you mean that prep school on the east side?

- I had seen those papers before.

I reorganized all the files myself,

it didn't register.

- Nobody transfers from Oakdale Academy to CHS

unless they were forced to.

- Or unless they're hiding something.

Hi, this is the guidance counselor

at Capitol High.

I was hoping to speak with your principal.

WOMAN: Sorry, she's gone for the day.

May I take a message?

- Yes, Please, um, tell her

that I'd like to speak with her

about a former student,

Tyler James.

WOMAN: What did he do now?

- Maybe I should ask what he did then.

WOMAN: [scoffs]

How much time do you have?

HILARY: Good morning, Capitol High.

Today's menu is pizza.

A big round of applause

to the cafeteria staff

for being so considerate for those of us

with severe gluten allergies.

And one more reminder,

if anyone, I repeat, anyone would like to join

this month's book club,

I--I mean, we will be discussing

the Shakespearean classic,

"All's Well That Ends Well,"

which is so obviously

not about high school.

It's as if everyone in this school

is actively fighting

against learning something.

- Brianna Wheeler needs to be registered for the ACT.

- Why?

Duke doesn't require the ACT.

- Other student's business is none of yours.

Just confirm her for the test.

Thank you.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Did you know that Tyler James

was expelled from Oakdale Academy?

- Yes, of course.

ALANA: And that he had a restraining order against him,

after stalking his ex-girlfriend?

- Allegedly stalking.

- So you knew?

- Alana, nothing gets past me.

- And you don't think it's true?

- Well, what I think

is that teenage relationships

can get very complicated,

especially when their parents are bigwigs.

- But the police were involved.

- Look, kids make mistakes

but they can also learn from those mistakes.

- I don't think Tyler learned his lesson.

- He's got a temper, but he'll grow out of it.

- That sounds a lot like boys will be boys to me.

- You know what? Kids these days,

they've got no room to breathe.

Everything they do is watched, recorded,

they've got helicopter parents.

I mean, God--God forbid,

if I was ever held accountable for some of the stupid things

I did when I was a kid.

- I should've been warned that there's a dangerous student

in the school. - He's not dangerous.

Hey, and by the way,

we were able to step in and give that kid

the second chance he deserves.

Because he's state royalty?

- No, because everyone

deserves a clean slate.

- But what if this goes beyond second chances?

What if this is a behavioral pattern?

- Alana, playing Nancy Drew

is not why we pay you the big bucks.

Okay, just--just trust me when I say

Tyler is a resolved issue.

It's not a pot you wanna stir.

[phone dings]

- Extra, extra, queer all about it.

We interrupt your previously scheduled pathetic

and programmed lives

for an important update.

I am devastated to bring you this breaking news.

It appears there's trouble in Tylannadise.

Oh, the humanity.

I have it on good authority

that Brianna is secretly deviating

from Tyler's grand plan

and will not be attending Duke

with him this fall.

Say what?

I guess Tyler's leash

isn't so short after all.

Why so sneaky Bri-Bri?

Oh, and Ty-Ty,

what's it like to be bamboozled

by your girlfriend?

That is if we can still refer to Bri

as your girlfriend.

Ooh, burn.

[line trilling]

BRIANNA: Use your words after the breep.

- Brianna, pick up your phone

right damn now.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Do you know what happens to the pretty girls

from this school after graduation?

- Tyler, what are you doing here?

- They end up married to some fat-ass

with a big-screen TV, popping out kids,

calling that a life.

- Happiness means different things

to different people.

- No.

That's not happiness.

That's just sad.

Actually, it's beyond sad.

It's tragic.

- Tyler, it's inappropriate behavior for you

to be in my office without me.

- Yeah, you know, speaking of that,

has Brianna been in here again without me?

- Seems like you already know the answer to that

or else you wouldn't be here.

- What did you say to her?

- You need to talk to Brianna

and then maybe the three of us can have a conversation.

- So you're the one who convinced her to dump Duke?

- I'm not gonna have this discussion with you, Tyler.

You need to leave. - And what?

You think State is a good enough school for her?

That's what her life should be?

Just good enough?

- I am here to help students

achieve their own dreams.

- State is not a dream.

Okay? It's settling.

- If Brianna wants to go to State,

it's my job to help her get there.

We were building a life together.

- Brianna has her own brain.

She can make her own choices.

You should give her more credit.

- I don't need you to tell me

what Bri's capable of.

She's magnetic.

People are drawn to her.

- I agree.

I think she has leadership skills--

- No.

God, you don't get it.

That magnetism makes her a target.

She attracts people who want to hurt her,

and Bri is delicate,

she's trusting.

I have to protect her.

- Mr. James,

I think the only possible danger

to Brianna is you.

I know why you transferred here, okay?

I know about the restraining order.

- You know?

You mean you think you know,

but you can't see the big picture.

- I know what the details say.

I know a girl was scared of you,

scared enough to ask for help.

- You know what these papers teach you?

Hmm?

That I know how to take one for the team.

- What does that mean?

- Oh, it means being here

is just a long-term strategic gameplay.

- I don't see how being expelled

is strategic.

- Are you kidding me?

God, voters love a strong-willed young man

who's pulled himself up

out of the public school system.

Not so much a private school spoiled brat

whose education cost more than

what they make in five years.

- You think you have it all planned out?

- No, I did have it all planned out

until you showed up.

I'm not gonna let you tear us apart.

- Special delivery.

Ooh, interrupting?

- No, we're done here.

What's this?

- Principal Decoct has dubbed you

faculty adviser of my top secret project.

Oh, Tylanna will be there, right?

- If you post anything negative about me or Bri again,

I'll show up just to punch you in the face.

Both of you need to get your own lives

and stay out of mine.

- I know what I did, but what did you do?

- Oh, my God. Where have you been?

Super bad time to bolt for retail therapy.

Have you seen-- - Smiley's latest smear?

Obvi.

I'm in full-on scandal management mode.

- Fair warning, he's looking for you

and he's fuming.

- Oh, I know, and I'm ready.

[cell phone chimes]

Hold this.

- So smart.

Cute kicks, quick fix.

- That's the idea.

ASHLEE: He's just gonna die over these.

- God I hope so.

- You can't just drop off the grid when Smiley drops

a bomb like this.

- God, Ty, it was only a few hours

and that story was hilarious.

- You deciding behind my back,

you don't wanna go to Duke is not my idea of hilarious.

- Sweetie, you know, my mom has been begging me

to stay local.

- Since when do you listen to your mom?

- I just have to get her off my back.

- So are you or are you not going to Duke?

- Look, I can explain, but first,

we need to show Smiley that he's not the one in charge.

- Where are we going?

- To squash this.

You may not be the only politician around here.

- Shocker, Ozo is a no-show.

But Tyler and Brianna,

I can't play dolls without Barbie and Ken.

- Did you really expect them to come

after you rotisseried them today?

- Oh, yeah, I wonder how that happened.

- Sorry, we're late. - Had to jump-start our engine.

- So many jokes, okay.

Let's just get started.

All right, everybody.

Look around.

This is the supreme court

of Capitol High Influencers.

And united, we shall form The Alliance.

- You built a website by yourself?

- I'm more than a pretty face.

- And what are we supposed to do with that?

- Oh, I emailed each of you private logins

that you're gonna use to upload your own videos.

- What kinds of videos?

- Oh, about school,

your life, whatever, it doesn't really matter

because I can make magic out of mayonnaise.

- And what is the purpose of this exactly?

- To create a gloriously, uncensored exposé

that I will be premiering at graduation.

- Graduation?

- And Principal Decoct supports this?

- Supports and celebrates.

Oh, he even made me include Hilary

so we would have access to all the school archives.

- I campaign for me, not Principal Decoct.

- The man only heard what he wanted to hear.

This, this is so much bigger.

- I'm busy AF and this idea sucks.

- My time belongs to the band.

- Layla, your precious band

will get free exposure.

Oh, and Brianna,

I know you're busy AF,

but what better way to prove to the world

that I'm wrong about your perfect relationship?

- What about me? I'm just the archivist?

- Wouldn't it be nice to be noticed for something

other than your water torture voice?

And as for you, Tyler, you'll get the found footage

you need to make a documentary about your road

to the Oval Office.

OFFICER VERITAY: Wait, Tyler James,

as in the ex-governor's son?

That's who we've been talking about this whole time?

- I told you he was in politics.

- You didn't say real politics.

you said Student Council.

- For Tyler, those are one and the same.

- Just get off of me.

I'm fine, okay? Just leave me alone.

They won't tell me where he is. They won't let me see him.

Layla, can you tell me where he is?

- I have to see him. - You're okay now.

Don't let him control you anymore.

- Did he eat today? - No.

WOMAN: Neither the nurse or I could get him

to eat anything today.

Alana? - Yes, sorry.

I'm just trying to get out of here

before dad goes to sleep.

- Don't rush, sweetheart,

he's already in bed sleeping, finally.

Today was a really tough day.

- Well, you have to make him eat, Mom.

He needs the energy to fight this.

- Your father is tired of fighting.

- Smiley is a tyrant.

ALANA: Hilary, I can't talk right now.

MRS. MAYNOR: Go on, honey.

- Mom, we can talk. - It's fine.

We'll talk when you get home. Love you.

- What's wrong?

- Graduation night is supposed to be my night.

I've been waiting for it since seventh grade.

- It's eight months from now.

Why--why are you worried about it?

- Because this Smiley video alliance

is gonna overshadow my valedictorian speech

and we can't let that happen.

You have to tell Principal Decoct there's been a coup.

- Do you ever stop complaining?

And any idea why Smiley thinks there's a problem

between Tyler and Brianna or why he suspects that Brianna

isn't applying to Duke anymore?

Because if I find out you've been using your position

as an office assistant

to divulge personal student information,

I won't hesitate to report you

to Principal Decoct and seek full disciplinary action.

Hilary.

Hilary?

KEVIN: It looks like you've officially joined

the Wrath of Hilary Club.

- Yeah.

- Sorry, I was just heading home for the night.

I didn't mean to eavesdrop.

- Yeah, it's just-- it's been a long day.

- It happens to the best of us.

You know you don't always have to be

Ms. Calm and Collected 24/7, right?

- I know. - Do you, really?

- Life is just...

such a mess.

- Yeah, most of the time.

- Yeah.

I'll be fine. - Fine is not the point.

Who's gonna counsel the counselor

when you don't have a shoulder to cry on, huh?

How about this guy?

I am told that I have killer shoulders.

- They're not so bad.

- Not so bad?

Look at these things.

I was a high school swimming legend.

Totally got sixth place in the freestyle

out of six lanes.

I got a purple participation ribbon and everything.

I think it said, uh, "Good try."

- [laughs]

You know, I think that's the--the first time

I've have ever heard you laugh.

Look, don't stop.

It's a beautiful sound.

You know, I've wanted to kiss you

since the first time I saw you walk through those doors.

I guess it'd be a billion times better

if we weren't in a hallway that reeks of

Axe body spray.

Look, why don't you let me do this the right way?

Let me take you out sometime,

have dinner, hear a cool concert.

- My schedule is right there.

[electronic music]

♪ ♪

- [grunts]

[screams]

Do you ever stop complaining?

Are you serious?

This is a blatant injustice and I'm the only one

who would say anything about it.

Full disciplinary action?

I'm already being punished.

♪ ♪

All right, Smiley.

Your little alliance wants some tea

about what's actually happening at Capitol High?

Take a seat.

I'm about to serve up a scalding cup.

[tense music]

♪ ♪