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(LIVELY some)

(HORN HONKING)

- Keep it moving.

- All right. I put two bottles of HEET in and pulled your battery cable.

The engine light should stay off long enough for you to pass the smog check,

but you gotta go, like, right now. - Yo! Hurry it up!

- Un minuto, huh?

(HORN HONKING) - Hey! I got places to go. Let's go!

- Can I open now?

(HORN HONKING CONTINUES) - Yo! Let's go! Hurry it up!

- Hey, un minuto!

Chill out, man, I'm working here! You'll get out in a bit.

- You never even talk to him.

- Don't worry about it. Come here.

LORENZO: Don't wanna make you late for your costume party.

HECTOR: How much you got for me today?

- Hey, Hector, you know, if I had a penny I'd give it to you.

(GRUNTS)

- Better have something tomorrow. (GROANING)

- You Okay?

- It's just, uh... The floor's slippery.

Uh, whatever, it's fine.

It's fine.

(PANTING)

- Careful.

WOMAN: (ON TV) The US Armed Forces and NASA

are the proud sponsors

of the Fifth Annual Underwater Robotics Competition.

This prestigious contest to be held this year in Santa Barbara, California

highlights student innovation in technology.

Participants could get scouted...

MAN: Oscar Vazquez?

- Here I have my application and all of my JROTC certificates.

I made my way up to Staff Sergeant.

Sir, I was told with my service I could enlist E3, Private First Class?

- An advanced ranking shouldn't be a problem.

Just give me your birth certificate and I'll start a file on you.

- Sir, I have a friend in Iraq.

And he tells me that it's so hard to recruit right now...

He says that sometimes it's okay if a paper or two are missing.

- Your friend is mistaken.

Look, if you find your birth certificate, please come back.

You'd make a great recruit.

If not, if it's permanently unavailable,

don't go presenting yourself to any government office.

For your own well-being.

You've heard of Immigration Customs Enforcement, right, son?

- ICE. Yes, sir.

(DOG WHIMPERING)

(WHISTLES) - Storm.

- Dad finds out you've been stealing, he'll kill you.

- It was just, like, once. PABLO: What was once?

- I was just saying, I... I got a... Got a new job.

It's nothing regular though.

- Hola, Papi.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

- You skim? - No, that's all of it.

- You're getting really good at this.

People are gonna think you're my daughter.

Mmm.

(GIRLS GIGGLING)

GIRLS: Hola, Mami.

(DOOR OPENS)

MRS. VAZQUEZ: Hola, Mami.

Papi, hola.

Hola, mijo.

- Urn...

They're gonna have to double-check.

So, uh, it may take a little bit longer to process the papers.

(SIGHS) Oscar.

- Mmm-hmm.

(CHUCKLING)

- Karen, please. Just one minute.

- I am so sorry. I apologize.

Fire Marshal. Don't ask.

So...

No formal teaching experience.

- Uh, no. But I did train people sometimes.

And new engineers aren't always the most adjusted people.

- And the training that you did, this was at Aerotech,

or you were at NextCorp for four months,

or the three months at lnterCon?

You probably guess what my follow-up question is gonna be.

- Where do I get my stamina?

In the engineering world, it's quite common to jump from project to project.

- Really?

Because, uh, prior to all that you worked at the same firm for 15 years.

What, all of a sudden, makes Mr. Stability, with a Ph.D., by the way,

careen, you know, from job to job to job?

- Do you always grill potential substitutes like this?

- Look, Mrs. Lawson is on maternity leave for another four months.

If you last that long, it'll be longer than most of my permanent hires.

- Then you can't be choosy, can you?

- I don't have to make you pee in a cup, do I?

(CHUCKLES) - No. Unless that's how you get your kicks.

- So, why teaching? I mean, why now?

- Um, you know, I've always wanted to, uh, give back.

You know, mold young minds, do good in an under-served community.

(CHUCKLES)

MS. LOWRY: It's almost impossible to estimate how many of our students

go on to higher education.

Probably a third claim they're going to college.

But most of them drop out after a semester or two.

I mean, it's not easy.

Half of them are undocumented.

And then, every once in a while, one of their classmates disappears

and is deported to Mexico the next day.

(MAN TALKING ON RADIO)

Well, tell them Principal Lowry would like to see them try.

It's a crazy system.

Stop it. Now.

And you're gonna wanna start drinking tea 'cause your throat will get sore.

Even if you're not a yeller. It happened to me.

GWEN: Karen! - Yeah.

- The computers in the library are fried.

We are down to three machines now for 2,000 students.

- Okay. So, 1,997 of them will have to play video games somewhere else.

Oh, this is Gwen Kolinsky. She... Hold up. (MUFFLED VOICE ON RADIO)

Wait. It was in the meatloaf?

- What do you think was in the meatloaf?

- Who are you again?

- Oh, I'm Fredi Cameron. I'm the new science sub.

- Oh, thank God. Last one was a global warming denier.

- Oh, that's crazy.

Now, the moon landing. Now that, I just don't see it.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

- Oh. That's a nice suit for a substitute teacher.

- Is it too much?

I didn't know about the dress code and I never really taught before.

- Private sector guy.

- Mmm. Is that a bad thing?

(SQUABBLING)

- Excuse me.

(SHOUTING IN SPANISH)

(ENGINE STALLING)

(SIGHS)

FREDI: God.

- What, your car overheat?

- The temperature safety sensor.

Well, here goes a couple hundred bucks. That's nice.

Can I have the number for a local towing company?

- You don't gotta scrap the whole thing, just override it.

- What'd you say your name was?

- Lorenzo Santillan. I'll do it for 20 bucks.

- How about you let me borrow your tools for 10?

- If you don't like my prices, go see what it costs you for the tow.

- Fine. 20.

- Hey, this ain't a social call. I get paid in advance.

- All right.

You went to all the trouble of reversing my sensor wires

and all you're taking for it is 20 bucks?

(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)

- This is Theresa Cruz from Cruz and Associates.

I wanted to let you know that our positions are currently filled,

but go ahead and check back in three months.

We may have another opening. Thanks so much.

(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)

- Hi, this is a message for Fredi Cameron.

This is Bob Board returning your call.

Unfortunately, we do not have any openings right now.

But if you'll check back with us in about three months...

FREDI: Newton's first law of motion.

A body at rest will stay at rest.

A concept, in the last 45 minutes, you seem to understand very well.

Really, nobody's gonna crack open a book, nothin'?

- They're in there.

(LAUGHING)

- Why do they lock this?

- So we don't steal 'em. (BELL RINGS)

- Great.

MS. LOWRY: (OVER PA) A reminder that academic clubs

begin today after school.

To see which ones count

toward mandated community service,

please consult the list outside the main office.

MALE NARRATOR: Versatility is crucial.

This ROV from last year utilized multiple hinges on its gripper

for greater range of motion.

(ALARM BEEPS) (DOOR OPENS)

- Hey, uh...

- Oh, man, really?

- Sorry I'm late, sir, had to wait

for a computer. - Are you for the club?

The Engineering Club?

- Yeah, you're Dr. Cameron, right?

- When Ms. Lowry told me that I had to oversee a club,

she also assured me that no one would show up.

- With all due respect, sir, is this club on or not?

Because I just spent an hour researching this competition that I would like to enter.

- Okay, um, you see, in order to enter this competition,

we would have to build a remotely-operated vehicle that swims underwater.

I mean, you know this is the desert, right?

- Permission to speak freely, sir? - Sure.

- There's an ROV up on Mars.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't built up on Mars. Sir.

- Okay.

Well, this is a highly advanced piece of machinery.

And as you can see, last year's winner was MIT.

So, you wanna go up against the best tech school in the country

in an engineering contest? - No, no. Sir, sir.

There is a separate division for high schools.

- I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.

- Oscar Vazquez. - Okay, Oscar.

It's not that I'm not into playing the whole Don Quixote thing.

It's just... I'm not gonna be here that long.

- The competition's in three months.

You're here for four, right?

(LAUGHS)

It says they scout for internships and jobs.

But it's getting harder for kids like me to get anywhere near that stuff.

- You know what, Oscar?

Find a couple more kids and it's on.

- A reminder. Those assigned to Anger Management

must report fifth hour, room L-345

for the especially angry.

(CLEARS THROAT) - You're not recruiting

on school grounds, are you, Private Vazquez?

(CHUCKLES) - No, ma'am.

(LAUGHING)

Um, there's no "private."

'Hmm?

- Things just didn't work out.

Don't worry about me.

I got this going on with the, uh, new sub, uh, Dr. Cameron.

- This looks really great.

Um, I'm not so sure how long he plans on staying around.

- I think I'll take my chances.

- That's what I like about you.

- I'm leaving you guys this.

Y'all gotta check it out, okay?

- Have you talked to Cristian yet? - Hey, here's a...

Who's Cristian?

(KEYBOARDS CLACKING)

- No! I almost cracked Bertrand's postulate.

Do you know how many steps that is?

- Doing you a favor. You really want people seeing you do math for fun?

- Hey, you want me to, uh, program the cheat codes so you can't die?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

- Cristian, you little...

Hey!

" Oh!

- Hey, you seen that little twit Cristian?

He's got, like, a striped shirt?

(PANTING)

(FOOTSTEPS)

- It's all to scale.

I... And for materials, I was thinking syntactic flotation foam?

I, uh, sourced a grade that's stable up to 1,000 meters.

- Did you do this by yourself?

- Well, I, um, used a picture from the flyer that I saw.

I just corrected its design flaws.

- It's elegant.

- Great. Okay. So, we can start building, right?

- Yeah, well, hang on, guys.

The first rule of engineering is you never build anything with real material

until you build a proof-of-concept model.

- We can use hangers for the frame.

Styrofoam for ballast?

Toggle switches.

MALE NARRATOR: Your mission, if you choose to accept it,

is to explore a sunken World War ll submarine and the surrounding area.

Using your on board cameras for guidance,

you must navigate through an eight-part course

that will test your ROV's agility and efficiency.

Your ROV should be prepared to measure the length,

width and temperature of designated objects,

diffuse any potential threats from artillery

or biochemical warfare... (KNOCK ON DOOR)

- Did you get to the part where you have to retrieve a liquid

from some kind of drum without getting any pool water in it?

- Well, now that you've ruined the ending.

- You know, Oscar Vazquez thinks you're really going to see this thing through.

- You say that like he's wrong.

- He already ran into one brick wall.

I don't want him running face first into another.

- You want me to shut this down so I don't disappoint him.

Is that what you came to say? - No.

I came to ask if you know PBASIC,

because you're going to need it to program your robot.

- Is that different than basic BASIC?

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

It's been a while.

- Come by Wednesday night.

Not to brag or anything, but I'm... I'm kind of a coding savant.

- Oh. That's great. Thanks.

What time do you want me there?

7:00 it is.

- The paint's chipped, but they still work.

- I just need the motors inside.

These are great. Thank you.

- I can help with clothes, too, if you want to fix all of that.

- What's wrong with this?

- Everything-

If you're not gonna wear a uniform anymore,

you gotta figure out what kind of guy you are.

Are you a preppy guy?

Not a grungy guy. - Urn...

Wait a minute. How do you know what I wear?

- I've decided you're a good guy.

Take your shirt off. - Right here?

- Yeah.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(LAUGHS) No, no, no.

You can't. Don't tuck it in.

FREDI: All right. You got 11 weeks.

- Okay, so I drew up weekly targets. Four weeks for R&D and two for...

(YELLS) - Oh!

Oh!

You Okay?

(GROANING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

- I didn't close the circuit, did I?

- I'd put money on no.

- I thought you were a genius.

- I'm more of a theory guy. I don't really make anything.

- Are you allowed to build for us, sir?

- If you think you have a chance to make it to the competition in California, no.

'Cause you guys would be disqualified.

- Then you're gonna have to help us find someone who can.

FREDI: You need a better angle.

Here.

You see the control I got? That's all geometry.

I mean, that's all stuff that you can learn in the Robotics Club.

- Nerd club? No gracias.

Ole!

Gracias, hombre.

(GASPS)

- Hey, they really need someone like you.

- It's not my problem.

- You know whose car this is? Yeah?

Well, let's see what Ms. Lowry thinks about you casing her Lucinda Williams CDs.

- Hey.

- Santillan, I have missed you.

How long has it been? Two weeks?

Come on in. Come on.

No, not you. Just him. Thank you.

So, Lorenzo...

What do you know about Tuscany?

Nothin'. I know, me neither.

I don't know anything about it. But I intend to.

Because, by the end of the school year,

I'm gonna have enough miles to get myself a free ticket,

and I plan on eat, pray, loving my way through the place.

You're looking at me like, why is she telling me this?

It's because it means

absolutely nothing can happen to my car

that's gonna cost me any money.

- Look, like I was telling him.

- Him? You mean, Dr. Cameron?

Because I would strongly suggest that you be respectful to him.

- Okay, so Dr. Cameron-- - Because in case

you don't realize it, he is the one who stands between you

and a jail cell in the country of his choosing.

Anytime, kid.

- I apologize for, like, what I did.

And, uh...

And I'll do anything you say to make it right.

- I know this is wrong, but this is my favorite part of the job.

Bye.

- Lorenzo, right?

These are snap-action switches.

It's what regulates a refrigerator light. (DOOR OPENS)

- My fridge light doesn't do anything.

- What's he doing here?

- This is our new mechanic, Lorenzo.

- No. Not gonna happen. Cannot have him on the team, sir.

- All right, cool. See you guys.

- Hey, come on. Sit down. All right?

- You don't know this kid, sir. He's a weak link.

- Well, actually, I do kinda know the kid.

He's your linchpin.

Which means we're not gonna have any attitude, right, linchpin?

- Lorenzo, there are four motors.

The two on the bottom control forward and backward and also left and right.

These two on top...

control up and down.

- Can I go now?

- You can if it works.

LORENZO: Front, back, left, right.

If you want up-down, you've gotta get another switch.

If you wanna control speed, I'd spring for a joystick,

you know, and all the stuff that comes with it.

- Lorenzo, this is really great work.

- Whatever.

- I guess if we can get him to perform like this regularly...

I'm sitting right here. - Did you want

to be part of the planning process?

Do you really want to help us work out our timeline?

- Okay, great team spirit. Okay.

You know, when we're done with the timeline,

you guys ought to think about some personnel

to lift the full-size ROV out of the water. It's not gonna be light.

Usually, it takes two guys.

And I'd love to help you, but we'd all be disqualified.

- Did you pay for this with my money?

- It's free, Hector.

- On! (CHUCKLES)

So you don't mind if I just play with it like that?

- Hey! He ask you to do that?

- Oh, we're just playin', Luis.

We're just playin', right?

But we're done for now, huh?

- What are you doing after school?

FREDI: Take a good look at this

'cause everything that's on here

is something that you guys don't have money for.

- What's MIT? - Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

- Oh. - A school full of hims.

- Yeah, but you're not up against them.

You're up against all the kids who will go there eventually.

Probably have access to more money than you do, so, yeah.

You guys got some ground to make up, okay?

If I were you, I would start by hitting up the local businesses first.

- Okay, wait. Real quick.

Um, how much can we put you down for, sir?

- I'd really love to help, but advisers aren't allowed to donate.

Big disqualifications. But I'm sure you guys

will have good luck out there. - No, I'll fix stuff,

but I'm not gonna be that poor kid begging.

- All right, look, I get it. Okay, my last job, I had to beg rich guys

for money all the time, and you're right,

it does suck, and it makes you feel all low and pathetic, but you gotta do it.

You gotta put yourself out there or you're never gonna get the grant,

you're never gonna get the job...

And you're never gonna get the girl.

- Like that one? - Really, is that all you guys think about?

- In other words, she's out of your league.

- Oh. Yeah, she's out of everyone's league, thank you.

- You should go talk to her.

- You guys want me to go over there and ask her out?

- Yeah. - Yeah. Go!

- Are we looking at a teachable moment?

- Sure.

- You're so inspiring.

- All right.

But remember, this is gonna be harder than anything you guys are gonna ask for today.

- Yeah, we'll keep that in mind. - Okay.

Hey, Gwen.

- Yeah.

- I need you to slap me. Hard. Like I said something offensive to you.

- Urn...

Oh, okay.

Who is gonna look bad here though, you or me?

- Oh, no. Definitely me.

- Okay. Well... Just, um... I can't just slap you out of nowhere.

Just say something to me. - Okay, you need to get in character?

- Yes, you got it. - Urn...

(CLEARING THROAT) I think women are all horrible teachers.

- Mmm-hmm. Not bad. Keep going. - Okay.

All school funding should be slashed.

All the heroes in the school system are really the politicians.

They deserve all the credit. (SCOFFS)

And girls doing math?

I mean, really? (GRUNTS)

ALL: Oh!

(LAUGHING)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(GROANING) WHISPERING: Was that good?

Did you like that? - Yes, I liked it. Thank you. I liked it.

- Sorry-

- All right. You see? Somehow I survived.

(GROANS)

- How much do we need?

OSCAR: I'm raising money for my Robotics Club.

Every cent of your donation would go towards robotics parts and travel expenses.

- I'm sorry, man. Can you read?

(MUSIC PLAYING)

- Myself and my fellow soldiers really appreciate it.

- Oh, it's the least we can do.

- Thank you for your help, ma'am.

- No, thank you for your service.

It's always a pleasure to support the young people in our community.

So, now let's see what we can, um...

Gosh, you know, it looks like we're kicked for this calendar year.

Do you plan on entering next year?

- Ma'am, we're really focused on this year.

- Okay. Well, I can give you what we have left.

But it's only about $100.

I hope that's okay.

Who should I make it out to? - Carl Hayden Robotics.

- Here you go.

- Thank you very much.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(BELL RINGS)

- Hi, is your mom home?

We have a coding lesson.

That's not even a euphemism.

GWEN: It's okay, honey. You can let him in.

(CLEARS THROAT)

- Do you like cats?

'Cause I see a little figure of a cat.

That's a beautiful name, Maddy.

- My dad named me.

- Well.

- You made it. - Yeah.

So you'd put an analog-like function here?

- Mmm-hmm. Now you're getting it.

- Maybe I'm not as dumb as I look.

- Or maybe you are. I'm just that good a teacher.

- Uh, I don't think so because you missed a bracket five lines up.

I was just too nice to say anything.

(PHONE RINGS)

- I don't know what you mean. MADDY: Got it!

- Good save.

- No, that's not... - It's Dad.

- Take your time.

GWEN: What's up?

- Hello... Again.

- She's not gonna date you, you know.

- This is a school thing. I'm not trying to...

- She doesn't date anybody.

- I find that hard to believe.

- Maddy! Maddy, Maddy, get your little butt in here, now.

- Three Maddys. I'm gonna pick this up and I'll take it into the kitchen, Maddy.

- Why did you tell your father this was a date?

(MUG SHATTERS) MADDY: If he gets jealous enough,

he'll come back. (WATER RUNNING)

- I don't know if you heard any of that back there.

Urn...

- Yeah.

You don't need to explain anything. I mean, we all have our stuff.

' Yes?

What's your stuff? - Me?

- Now that you've heard my stuff. (LAUGHS)

- Well, I don't have stuff. I mean, I meant everybody but me.

So, hey, thanks for the coding lesson. That was great.

- Yeah, I wanted to see how serious you were about all this robotics stuff.

- Uh, did I pass the test?

- Mm-hmm. You showed up. That's not nothing.

- Oh. All right, well, have a good night, Gwen.

You gonna be safe walking in by yourself?

- You can keep your eye on me.

- Will do.

- You know, nobody forced you to take me out or anything.

You could've saved yourself seven bucks if you weren't into it.

- I brought you here 'cause this place means a lot to me.

- Oh. - It does.

I was six and my mom hid me and my cousins in the back of this van.

I must have spent, like, eight hours hunched in there.

Just trying not to throw up or cry.

And once we crossed the border,

they got us all burgers. I was way too carsick to eat.

I mean,

way carsick. (LAUGHS)

So, I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I was starving.

But my burger was gone.

And all that was left was just this little tiny wrapper.

Wanna know what happened?

- Somebody ate it. - Yes.

My stupid cousin ate it while I was sleeping.

(LAUGHING) No burger for me.

- My abuelita came over like that.

I mean, no stupid cousin or anything, but it's similar.

So, even though

it's never happened, I kinda get what you're saying.

Thank you.

- For what?

- For knowing I'm the kind of girl who'd get that.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

- Yo, big guy. Coach wants to see you.

- All right, yo, peace!

See you later, bro.

- Hey, buddy. - Hey!

(CRISTIAN GROANING)

(GRUNTING)

- Like beating little kids? How do you like this, huh?

Pick on someone your own size!

(GRUNTING)

(BOTH PANTING)

- I've never carried around this much money before.

- I still can't believe you made $652. - And 53 cents.

- Waterproof electric motors. Aren't they spectacular?

They're small, they're powerful, they're $299.99.

- Times four?

-$1,199.96.

- I'll go get change for the bus.

- No! We're not giving up.

Wait a minute. What if we get a bunch of tiny motors

and just hook 'em up together and cluster them together?

Okay, fine.

What if we just get one of these motors and...

- Trolling motors.

They gotta be strong, right, to move boats. And they're cheap as hell.

We can buy four and then we can hack off the poles.

- But they're a lot larger. I mean, we'd need more metal to fill the frame.

- Who says they gotta be metal?

(MUSIC PLAYING)

FREDI: Hey, this is great work, guys.

And $20.

Uh, sir, you're still short $432.54.

- Um, what if we got rid of these? - Whoa!

Sorry, um, we can't do anything without the fuse panels,

or the micro-controllers, or the batteries, or the laser tape measure.

- It'll run without the laser tape measure.

CRISTIAN: If we don't have the laser tape measure...

CAMERON: We'll figure it out later.

Can you remove the laser tape measure? Thank you.

- You are still short $134.63.

- Can I borrow your pen?

- I thought you couldn't donate.

- It's a robotics contest, not a fundraising contest.

Besides, who's gonna know?

Oh, hey, and my man ate a couple ice creams on the way in.

- Can I have an ice cream?

- Too late. I already wrote the check.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

- It's for NASA.

(BELL DINGING)

- You got something here, Lorenzo.

- What's your story, Camerones? Huh? Why are you here?

- The bus ride isn't long enough.

- No, but I mean, seriously, what are you doing here?

I mean, did you screw up your real job or something?

- Or something.

- Well, can I ask you one more thing?

- All right.

- If we win this contest, can we go to Hooters?

(CHUCKLING)

- If we win, I'll get you a date with one of them.

- Oh, oh...

- Ah.

- Mrs. Vazquez?

MRS. VAZQUEZ: Yes.

- Ms. Kolinsky. I was Oscar's math teacher last year.

- Of course, how are you?

He left this at home and I know how strict they are.

- I just wanted to say I'm so sorry about how all that worked out.

- What do you mean?

OSCAR: Mama, what are you doing here?

- Excuse me, Oscar.

Senora.

- Senora Vazquez? This isn't just for play.

A student who won last year got a job at Teledyne.

And they got scouted by a lot of other jobs. - They had papers.

You think they're gonna let you work or go to college

if they won't even let you serve?

- Mama. Mama!

Mama!

Come on.

- No, it's a very attractive offer,

and you know I would love to work with you guys.

It's just, uh, bad timing.

Yeah, you know, a substitute is temporary by definition,

but I'm gonna try to see it all the way through here.

- The oral questioning part of the competition

is worth 30% of the final score.

Each team member will be interviewed separately to ensure

that everyone knows the structural and mechanical concepts.

- What?

- Uh, nothing.

Here, why don't we walk you through this?

- Um, the first thing is ROV electronics.

It's gotta stay on dry land.

You know, the micro-controllers, the fuse panel,

the battery as a kind of command center.

- Just call it all a brain.

- Does that make sense?

- The brain. I got it.

- All right.

Stick close. We'll take it slow.

See, underwater video cameras are a couple hundred bucks.

But, we're taking standard ones that we got for 19 bucks.

Putting them inside PVC pipe

and then topping them with plumbing unions.

CRISTIAN: Smells like Luis' armpit.

- This glue stinks!

- We know we have to pick things up.

Some teams will have mechanical claws.

We'll have this.

Video said something about retrieving a liquid.

So we'll suck it up with this copper tubing,

fill up the balloon, and use the milk jug to secure the balloon

which you'll retrieve, Luis.

That's where a laser tape measure would go.

If we had one.

- Well, any laser measurement would have to be adjusted

by the index of refraction of water, which is 1.33.

Although, right now that seems a little moot.

(WHISTLING)

- All right. We'll go analog.

We'll hook this into the hull and point a camera at it.

No index refraction of anything.

Good job, that's waterproof.

You see that seal right there?

- We should name it.

- After you guys are done painting tonight,

make sure you get a good night's rest.

Tomorrow you got a big day.

- What's tomorrow?

- Stinky's baptism.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

- And then, there's that.

- He's full of surprises.

LUIS: Ma'am, let me get that for you. Here, let me help.

MS. LOWRY: Oh, thank you.

- I saw something like this in a horror movie once.

- Hey, she'll get you there. I think.

So, obviously any gas in the tank, up for grabs.

Anything you put in, you won't be reimbursed.

And I suggest you stick to the speed limit

with four undocumented kids in the back.

I have no idea how you got these keys.

Good luck, boys.

CAMERON: How long did your uncle say we could be here?

- An hour, two.

As long as we don't disturb the guests.

- Hey, what's that down there?

- Where?

- Hey, look. Camerones, look.

- There.

Can that hurt Stinky? - What?

(SCREAMING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(HOOTING)

- Camerones.

- Did you see... Did you guys...

Okay, wait a minute, does he not know how to swim?

Oh.

He's not dead. He's not dead.

(ALL LAUGHING)

- Whoo!

(SCREAMING)

Can you take our picture?

(MOTOR SPUTTERING)

- Is it even on?

Luis, pull it up.

How could the motors not have enough power? They're huge.

- It's not the size.

It's the efficiency not reaching its full potential.

- The power's degrading over the length of the tethers.

- We could make the tethers shorter. CRISTIAN: Can't.

We need the length to maneuver around the course.

- Then we get better cable.

How much could it be? - Cable is cable.

Even I know that.

- Why don't you think of something then, huh?

Why does it have to be on me? - Don't turn on each other.

Nobody's expecting any miracles. Relax.

- So, what do we do?

CRISTIAN: I suggest you continue to study my notes.

And the rest of us? We'll think.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

- Stay here, mijo.

(SIGHS)

- Do you think I'm stupid?

Everyone thinks I'm stupid.

- There's a world of difference between quiet and slow.

You'll show everyone which one you are in time.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

- Was that a yes or a no?

(GIGGLES)

(POLICE SIREN)

LORENZO: Look, I'm telling you, it was me.

- You're a much better artist than that.

Plus, the description that they have

is of a kid who's much shorter, right?

So, if we do find out who's responsible for it,

we will handle it internally. Thank you for coming out.

Nice try.

You go tell that brother of yours

he's mine after school, on the record or not.

Go.

- Everything all right? - Yeah.

I would kill to get Lorenzo's father

to show up for a parent-teacher conference

or at least not hang up on me,

to tell him he has two sons.

He makes Lorenzo take the rap for the younger brother.

Ramiro was born here and Lorenzo wasn't,

so he figures, the one with the papers,

he should keep his record clean.

- Where I grew up, the kid with the papers always took care of the family.

- Hence my problem.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING) CAMERON: You know,

I hear Picasso started the same way,

without the hacking cough. (GWEN LAUGHING)

- Hey, so there's a rumor going around that you asked me out,

and then I kicked you in the groin.

- Okay, that's weird. - Yeah.

A knee is really more my style.

- Well, it's a better angle.

BOTH: Geometrically.

- So, what is this?

- Since the marching band only got like, four people,

I was thinking of getting an accordion...

- No. No, no, no.

We are not changing the school anthem to a nacho corrida.

- Narcocorrido. - Narcocorrido.

- Narcocorrido. - I know.

Sorry. Have a jellybean.

- I have another idea. - Okay. What is it?

- We can get a tambura. It'd be fun.

Tambura, tuba, accordion,

uh, tololoche.

You don't like tambura?

(TV, INDISTINCT)

- Oh, Mom. Did you talk to Uncle Rigo?

Is he gonna do the camping thing with me next month?

- Can I stay here a little bit longer?

It's kind of cold outside. (SPEAKING SPANISH)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

- In the water. You wanna put the batteries and the electrics and stuff in the water.

- No. In a waterproof case, okay?

And the cables are gonna be short, so we won't have a power issue.

Think about how well it's going to handle.

And listen, would you rather hold the camera

with one thin wire or four thick ones?

- Well, good handling's not gonna matter

if we flood the battery.

I mean, one leak and the whole thing's dead.

- Guys. If we can't make something waterproof,

then what are we doing in an underwater contest?

- So, that's gonna keep the brain dry?

- Freakin' better.

We've got what, three days before the contest?

- Two and a half, but who's counting?

- All right. Who's gonna do it?

- It's all you.

(MOTOR WHIRRING)

(SCREAMING)

We did it!

Whoo!

Yes.

Putting the brain on Stinky was genius.

- Our brain isn't in the water in that new case,

our brain is right here!

- Hey, can I talk to you for a second, privately?

- Sure.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- But, you gotta keep it there. - Yeah...

- What's up?

- This might be stupid.

But, I, I just...

There's this thing I've been hearing about for, like, ever.

- What thing?

- It's like an outdoors thing for fathers and sons.

They got these high-powered

telescopes so you can see all the constellations.

- Wow.

I, uh...

I'm really flattered that you thought of me.

Let me,

you know, check the schedule and see if the...

...timing works out.

- I knew you wouldn't be able to do it anyway.

- No, no, no. Hey.

I'm thinking.

- It's not a big thing. Dr. Cameron, I'm sorry.

- Right over there.

- Oscar.

You got a minute?

- Give us a second.

What's up?

- Immigration came by the office this morning.

Six files of interest were taken.

Any chance you gave us a phony home address?

- My mother's there right now.

- She's okay.

They want you, not her.

If I were you, I'd crash at a friend's for a while.

- Thank you for the heads up, sir.

- Don't thank me for something that never happened. Hmm?

MRS. VAZQUEZ: I thought you weren't leaving until Thursday.

- We found out if we get there early,

there's a lot more practice time.

It's gonna be great.

More practice time

and time to talk to all those tech companies.

- Yes.

- What are you doing?

- Oh, I fixed the fridge light.

Look. A micro-switch.

The thing that does that.

I'm learning about stuff like this in Robotics Club.

- They teach you about electricity?

- Yeah, and all kinds of stuff like that.

- Yeah? They didn't teach you it costs money? Hmm?

Where's your brother?

- I don't know.

- Are you gonna find out?

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

- Any of you guys seen Ramiro? Seen my stupid brother?

- He just left.

Him and Asher went to get money at the Tri-H.

- There's no ATM at the Tri-H.

- There is now.

LORENZO: Oh, man.

ASHER: You want the guy,

or are you gonna pussy out and go for the register?

- I'll do the guy. I don't care. - All right.

Just to scare him.

Yo! You're out of Funyuns! You got more in back?

CASHIER: Ran out. We'll get more on Thursday.

- What do they got here? Huh? 30 bucks?

What are you, stupid? - You're messing up everything.

- You got nothing to prove. - Pussy!

- Now, dude! Now! - Hey, don't move, cabron! Don't move.

(ALARM BLARING)

(DIALING PHONE)

Go, go, go. - I'm being robbed!

- What's wrong with you? Why would you do something like this, huh?

- Get away from me! - Why? Okay, run away!

Oh, man! Oh!

Crap!

(BANGING ON DOOR)

(PANTING) Can I come in?

- You need to talk to him. Your father.

- No, look, he's gonna kill me, okay? Look, the only job I got for my whole life

is to protect my little brother, okay? And I messed that all up.

- If you think that babysitting your brother

is gonna be your life's work,

it's not you that's messing it up.

- Could you tell him that? - What?

- He doesn't listen to me.

Maybe you can get him to see that, you know.

- Lorenzo, it's really not my place

to get in the middle of your family business.

- Camerones.

I can't face him alone right now.

(BANGING ON DOOR)

Can I come in?

I'm gonna let you know right now, seven is my limit.

- Okay. I'll try to keep it down.

- Yeah, that's a good pour. I'll try to keep it down, too.

- Salud. - Salud.

Mmm.

Like I could breathe fire.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

- This is good tequila. Why are we drinking it?

- Ramiro might call you later from jail

depending on whether they can get any of his prints off the gun.

- No, you got the wrong house.

You got the wrong kid.

- I'm not trying to get into your business.

I just think you need to know what's happening.

- No. You don't know anything about us.

- Actually, I do. I know your son very well.

And I know that he wrestled a gun away from his brother

in a botched robbery a couple of hours ago.

- Lorenzo was there?

Lorenzo, get your ass out here now!

Your brother got picked up? What's wrong with you?

What's wrong with you? - I mean, I don't know.

I don't know if they got him. He ran...

- I sent you to go find him and you don't protect him?

(SPEAKING SPANISH) - Hey, don't talk to him like that!

- No, you don't tell me how to talk to my son!

- Okay, look. I don't want to, but if I have to, I will.

- What? Who the hell do you think you are?

- You know who you're looking at? - What?

- You're looking at your son in 30 years!

That's right!

My father was a belligerent ass, too!

- Get out. - I don't think you understand

the potential he has. - Get out!

Don't talk to me.

- Listen, your son is an intelligent kid.

- I'm not gonna ask you again.

Before it gets ugly.

Get the... Get out of my house.

- Listen, Lorenzo's gonna be fine.

He's gonna survive you. He's doing great.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait. So, I understand now.

You wanna be his father, huh?

Is that what this is? You wanna be his father?

Well, let me tell you what that means.

That means you gotta be there every day

even if you have nothing. Okay?

And you gotta be there and hide him when ICE comes

and knocks on your door and takes your wife.

And every time that he gives you disrespect,

or he misbehave, or get into trouble,

you gotta wonder to yourself,

maybe, maybe I saved the wrong one?

Okay?

And you still gotta look over your shoulder

every day in case they come back.

Is that what you want? You want this job?

Huh?

I didn't think so.

Let's go.

- Mr. Santillan, I don't think we need to end things like this.

PABLO: What was that, huh?

You invited that... (SPEAKING SPANISH)

My house?

And you treat him like some kind of hero of yours?

Huh?

Don't ever do that to me or disrespect in this house!

I work hard for you!

I give you one job to take care of your brother and you screw that up!

Don't ever talk to me like that again!

- Hello, John Densmore, please.

Fredi Cameron calling.

Can you let John know that I've been thinking about it,

and I wanted to check and see if the job was still available.

I'm an engineer. That's what I know how to do.

Thank you, that's great.

Yeah, he can reach me here anytime.

I appreciate it. Thank you. Bye-bye.

- No, no, no, no. You're going.

- Hey, I can't.

- Lorenzo, we cannot do this without you.

- Like I said, I can't.

- I need this. It has to happen!

- Yeah, screw you!

- What did you say?

I dare you to say it to my face. - Look, I'm not afraid of you.

All right, some paisano think he's gonna be Captain America, huh?

Yeah? Oh, yeah?

Hot shot. Think you're a big man?

LORENZO: Huh? Huh? You think you're better than me?

CAMERON: Come on, guys, cut it out!

SHOUTING: NOW!

What's going on?

LORENZO: You really have to ask?

- You know what?

We keep going-

The rest of us. Without him.

We'll just spend the next day and a half splitting up Lorenzo's stuff.

- Bro. You good with that?

- It's a blow to the team.

If you guys still wanna compete,

we could go if you want to. - You even gonna be there?

- Of course I am. What are you talking about?

- You know what I'm talking about, Mr. Cameron.

He was talking on the phone.

With some guy named John-somebody.

- What's he talking about?

- It's got nothing to do with the competition.

- What's got nothing to do with the competition?

- He's taking a job. He's leaving us.

- I haven't decided yet.

- Are you or not? - Just tell us.

- You know, what if I am? Okay?

I'm an engineer. I'm not a teacher. It's not what I do.

It's not gonna interfere with Santa Barbara, so what's the big deal?

- Right, it's not a big deal.

' Hey, 90 get 'em.

Oh, hell!

- You almost ruined your surprise!

Come here. Hi.

- Can we talk?

- Yeah.

Are you trying to break up with me?

- Without a dead weight, you can have a normal life.

Real jobs. College.

- If you don't wanna be with me, then let that be that.

Don't be trying to set me free.

I don't give up that easily and neither do you.

- I can't go home!

I slept on the school floor last night. In the bathroom!

It is not fair to you.

You do not wanna be with someone

who can get picked up anytime, anywhere!

- I do if that guy's you!

- There are things that I can't change.

- You know what?

If you find Oscar, tell him to open that in California.

BARROWS: Excuse me!

Can I talk to you a second?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

- You should know upfront, it's not possible to make me feel any worse.

- We'll see.

I heard you got a real job.

That's nice for you.

- Okay, I was wrong. I could feel worse.

- Here's the thing about winning someone's trust.

You don't break it.

Every day in a hundred ways,

they are told that they are worthless.

That they are beyond hope.

Just when they think that maybe they're wrong,

you just straightened them out.

They're not adults. They're kids.

They need protection.

Who's that?

- That was my daughter, Rosie.

My wife was driving her to Gymboree and

a Range Rover ran a red light.

She was three.

And the worst thing,

where my wife was at in the accident,

she wasn't hurt at all.

She never got over that.

We never got over it.

So...

I go from job to job.

And then I show up here. And I find these kids.

And the more they need me,

the more I start to wonder,

am I up for this?

Am I gonna let them down?

- Are you?

CAMERON: In five years,

you guys might not even remember my name.

But you'll always regret that you had a chance to see the ocean,

and you didn't go.

- You sure you got time for us?

- More than anything else in the world.

- You really wanna smuggle four illegals across state lines?

- Yeah, put you guys on top of the van.

Cover you with a blanket.

You'll look like picnic equipment.

CAMERON: Welcome to California, guys!

Look! The Pacific Ocean!

Whoo!

- Guys...

- This is it.

- Hey. That line's shorter.

- That's the Explorer class.

That's the division that's meant for colleges.

- Meant for?

Could we enter with them if we wanted to?

If we come in last against other high schools,

then it'll be humiliating.

But if we come in last against other colleges, then,

it'll be, like, expected.

- Plus, look, even if we beat one college,

we'd have to feel pretty good about ourselves, right, guys?

- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's a good idea.

- I like it. Come on.

COLLEGE BOY: You guys in high school?

- Carl Hayden Community.

- After the senator from Arizona?

- Yeah. It was renamed after him in 1957.

- He's our brain.

- But not exclusively.

I'm kind of a rounded kind of guy.

- That's different.

No, I mean, it's like analog, you know. Old school.

- Is that a CCD camera in there?

- Yes.

The male side of the PVC union

holds it with the O-ring in the face plate,

and the female side is the... BOTH: Polycarbonate cover.

- Very cool. Have you seen MIT's yet?

Apparently, it's under a tarp or something,

but it looks like the Death Star.

Anyway, good luck out there.

- Okay, guys, let's surface and put Stinky into position.

- Okay. - Pitch 40 degrees up, Lorenzo?

- I'm trying. It's not, like, working.

- Okay, wait a minute. I can't go left either.

- What's going on?

- I'm pulling it all the way back, but it won't go up.

- Pull Stinky. Pull him now.

(ALL GRUNTING)

(CRACKLING)

CAMERON: A millimeter, maybe two.

But enough to short your electrical during your run.

- Can't we just smooth it out?

- No, if you mess with the seal, you always make it worse.

- How do we fix it?

- Wait. Who says we gotta fix it?

Luis, give me your sock.

OSCAR: So, what do you think, sir?

CAMERON: I mean, I like it.

It at least buys you time for a longer run,

but I think we could do better than a sock.

A towel or a sponge? I mean, let's think.

What's small and really absorbent?

- Not it. CAMERON: What's not it?

- It's not gonna be me.

CAMERON". Men buy women tampons all the time, guys.

It's not a big deal.

- So, why don't you go do it?

- I ain't going in there.

- Excuse me, lady?

Sorry to bother you.

We're with this robotics competition with NASA.

And our robot had a leak in the brain.

We were wondering if we could soak the water up with something.

- You want my help with what exactly?

STAMMERING: You know, the things, that ladies use.

Uh...

- You mean tampons.

(YELLING)

(HORN HONKING)

(CHEERING)

- Whoa! Hey, hey, guys? These things are amazing.

This just absorbed 80 eds of water.

- Yeah, the lady said these were best for us 'cause they don't got applicators.

- What does that mean? - Uh...

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Damn. Guys, guys!

Come and take a look at this.

- Oh, come on. That was perfect when I did it.

- The sun was beating down on it the whole time.

- Please tell me that we can fix this.

- Well, you'd have to start fresh. You'd have to lose all this,

re-strip the wires and you'd have to re-solder every one of the pins.

- Okay, let's go, come on. Let's do it.

- Hey, it took me five hours the first time. - So?

- So, it's late. You know, if I nod off and nick one pin,

the whole connector would be shot.

I mean, Stinky'd be dead.

- Stinky's as good as dead if you don't do anything.

- Our chances are a lot better if you help.

- Right there.

Look, I said some stuff about you

and the army and everything and it wasn't cool.

- It's all right.

I didn't mean it when I called you a pinche pendejo either.

- You never said that. - You weren't around.

(CHUCKLES)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

- Why'd you wanna join the army so bad, anyways?

- I wanted to serve ever since I was a little kid.

- They don't want us here. They're the ones that are trying to kick us out.

They took my mom back to Mexico.

I mean, I haven't seen her for six years.

- I'm sorry.

I can't even imagine how hard that must be.

- All right, there. One down, 31 to go!

(GROANING)

- Come on, buddy, get up.

KARLA: Oscar, I know it's not the uniform you wanted to wear,

but you're a team and I wanted you to look like one.

I'm proud of you. I love you. Karla.

(SONG PLAYING)

- Here, buddy. Yeah, here!

- Hey! I'm up!

(GRUMBLES)

(APPLAUDING)

- Welcome, everyone, to the Fifth Annual Underwater ROV championship!

Gathered here today are some of the best and brightest

from 32 schools and 17 states!

At the bottom of this pool lies Mystery Reef

where a World War ll sub has been lodged for 50 years.

- Each team will conduct an eight-part mission with tasks

worth between five and 15 points for a total of 100 points.

Now, every time you hear this... (BELL RINGS)

A team has successfully completed a task.

But if you hear this... (ALARM BLARES)

- Not so successful.

But with any luck, when time is up

they've made it onto our leader board.

- Now, remember, this mission test is worth 70% of the final score.

- Which leaves 30% for the oral questioning with our judges.

Here we go, folks. Let's get to the first team.

Mission order has been randomly selected, and the first school up is...

Virginia Tech.

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: With 15 minutes on the clock,

your time starts now.

MALE COMMENTATOR: It's worth noting that teams are allowed

to come back to any task

that they might have missed the first time around.

Now, all the tasks down there can be completed

in any order except the first one. Opening the hatch.

Teams must complete that first task within 60 seconds.

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: If they fail to do so,

then a diver will be forced to do it for them for a five point loss.

(BELL RINGS) (CHEERING)

MALE COMMENTATOR: And we're off! That's five points.

(BELL RINGS) Ten more points.

(BELL RINGS) And five more points.

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: This bar is going to be set high.

- That's all right. Don't let it rattle you.

- They did the first three things, like, in two minutes!

- One minute and 42 seconds. - Maybe it's not that hard.

(ALARM BLARES) (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)

- Next up is Cornell University.

(APPLAUDING)

(BELL RINGS) (ALL CHEERING)

(BELL RINGS)

(BELL RINGS)

(BELL RINGS)

- Give us more tether!

GIRL: It's not helping.

(ALARM BLARES) (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)

MALE COMMENTATOR: Next up, Duke University.

(ALARM BLARES) (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)

(ALARM BLARES) Stanford!

Florida! (ALARM BLARES)

Now, ladies and gentlemen, the reigning champs, MIT!

- What's that? - School full of hims.

MALE COMMENTATOR: Last year, they doubled the score

of their closest competitor.

(ALL CHEERING)

Wow! This year, MIT has incorporated modularity into their design.

What an elegant way for them to access all their different components.

(ALL CLAPPING)

- And you may begin now.

(BELL RINGS)

MALE COMMENTATOR: A quick five points for MIT!

That's another 10 points!

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: This is the quickest pace we've seen yet.

- Do you remember when I said that this division would be less embarrassing for us?

- Yeah. - Yeah, maybe next time,

you shouldn't listen to me.

- What are they doing?

- This is interesting.

They seem to be bypassing two tasks entirely.

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: If that's a strategy, it's a strange one

to go that far off course and then have to double back.

- Activate the dual lasers.

MALE COMMENTATOR: Oh, that's what you get for doubting

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: At this point, the only question seems to be

how fast they'll complete the tasks. (BELL RINGS)

MALE COMMENTATOR: That makes 70!

- Engage the LED floods on my count.

Three, two, one.

MALE COMMENTATOR: Boom! That's 85 points.

They've taken over first place, people!

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: Just one task away now from a perfect score.

- Remember, there's the oral questioning.

You can make up the ground there if you need to.

- English isn't even our first language.

- Additional tether, please.

- Hang on here a moment. Looks like MIT has run into some trouble.

Uh-oh! They appear to be caught, putting their cage out of reach.

Wow! MIT has determined the final task to be impossible.

So, with six minutes left, they're stopping!

But they've still taken the lead with 85 points.

Let's see if that score holds up with our final team,

Carl Hayden Community High School. - Let's go, guys, all right!

- Carl Hayden?

- Okay, guy, come on! Stay focused and work together, okay?

- Carl Hayden, your time starts now.

- All right, Luis, drop Stinky.

Okay, guys, we got this.

- All right, going straight ahead.

Three meters down. Okay, controllers are reliable now.

- But we gotta move fast. They're only giving us

60 seconds for the first task. - I got no problem with fast.

- Steady.

- Come on. Come on!

MALE COMMENTATOR: It looks as though Carl Hayden is having a difficult time

with the very first task.

- Guys, we can still make it. We still can. Come on.

- Get out of there, dude. We're not gonna need you.

MALE COMMENTATOR: Not a very promising start for this young team.

- Mmm! Come on! - We still can, come on.

- Focus, focus. - Ten seconds!

MALE COMMENTATOR: They're out of time!

There goes the diver to open the hatch.

That's a five point loss.

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: But Ken, isn't it a win

just to get on the course at all?

- Guys, it's only five points. There are 95 more in there.

- Hey, enough with the red light. Turn it off.

- Come on. - Okay, Lorenzo,

I'm going three degrees down.

- Could you be more exact? - 2.73 degrees.

OSCAR: Steady, steady. LORENZO: Clamp! Clamp!

- Come on. Just a little more.

- We got it! - Yes! Yes!

(BELL RINGS) MALE COMMENTATOR: Correct!

That's 10 points for Carl Hayden.

- There you go!

- Steady.

All right, easy, easy, easy!

- Grab it!

MALE COMMENTATOR: There's half the task, folks.

Let's see if they can complete the second half for a full 10 points.

OSCAR: Pick it up! - We got this.

(ALL GASPING)

Come on!

- Just forget the bell. We'll come back for it.

Time to go recover the Enigma.

MALE COMMENTATOR: Looks like they're bypassing the second part, folks.

That's another five point loss.

- But they did get those first 5 points, so they're up to 20 points.

(CHEERING)

- Five points ain't nothin'.

CRISTIAN: Watch yourself.

Steady, stay steady! - I'm gonna fix it.

CRISTIAN: Here we go! Yes!

(BELL RINGS) Whoo! Whoo! Oh, I love that sound.

MALE COMMENTATOR: And Carl Hayden has another 10 points.

That's 30, with half of the course still to go.

- You hear that? It's halftime, boys. Let's finish strong.

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: There they go, toward the hard stuff.

CRISTIAN: Come on, Stinky, get on there. Drop it steady.

- Easy! Easy!

CRISTIAN: Ooh, come on, there we go, there we go.

Ah! Man! - Come on! Come on!

- Yes, yes!

- There we go. There we go.

- All right, guys. How far are we from the back wall?

- Well, if we knew, we wouldn't have to measure it.

- We need to be careful not to because...

Oh! (SPEAKING SPANISH)

- Wait, hold on! Is it broken? - No, look, it's still on.

- Easy, easy.

(BELL RINGS) - Oh! Analog!

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: Another 15 points for Carl Hayden!

- That's 45 points.

- All right, Lorenzo, toggle to the camera near the thermometer.

- It looks like it's one meter down and 15 degrees left.

(BELL RINGS) (CHEERING)

Guys, we need to remove the blue wire. - Uh...

- That light one probably isn't blue, right?

- We should've sprang for a color monitor.

- It's 50-50. Which one do you like?

- That one.

No, no, no, wait! That one! That one! That one!

MALE COMMENTATOR: Boom! They disconnected the wrong wire!

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: That's a 15 point loss.

- Damn it! Sorry, guys. - We got time left?

Let's go get the bell. - Wait, isn't there one more thing?

- Whatever's in the cave. - All right! Let's go do it.

- Oscar? Nobody else got it!

MIT said it was impossible.

- Good thing we're dumb high school kids who don't get that.

- Okay! Based on what we already did,

the process of elimination means the task inside is extracting the liquid.

Just a little more tether!

Luis, more tether!

OSCAR: We got this! We got this!

- All right, keep going straight. Two more meters.

You got it. Go, go, go, go, go, go!

- I can't. We must be caught.

OSCAR: It cannot be the tether. Guys, try another angle.

CRISTIAN: Go back. Back 10 degrees.

Ten degrees left! Stay steady!

MALE COMMENTATOR: It looks like their thinner tether

is enabling them to get inside the cave!

Wow! We're in unchartered territories now, folks.

- All right, we're in! Take it easy!

- All right, Lorenzo, pump.

- The pump's working!

- We got fluid and pressure!

- Vamos, surface, surface, come on!

- Okay, 2.5 meters up and 30 degrees left!

- Luis, stand by to grab the balloon.

- Yeah! (APPLAUDING, CHEERING)

- All right, guys, let's focus.

- Those are my boys! My boys!

MALE COMMENTATOR: WOW! With 75 points,

Carl Hayden has risen to fourth place with 40 seconds left!

- We still have the bell, right?

Luis, put Stinky back in the water! Hurry!

MALE COMMENTATOR: Ladies and gentlemen,

Carl Hayden is going back for the bell.

- Come on, Stinky, come on!

FEMALE COMMENTATOR: If they find that bell,

they'll be in the top three.

- Urgh! - What are you doing?

- The monitors are dead.

- We're not gonna stop until the clock runs out.

Grab the bell and get it back on the hook.

- Come on, come on! PEOPLE: (SHOUTING) Ten, nine...

- Engines at full power. Balance it out. - Eight, seven...

Six, five, four...

LORENZO: Oh! - Three...

Two, one! (ALARM BLARES)

MALE COMMENTATOR: Time's up! So, here are the standings

after the mission portion of the competition.

MIT is in first place with 85 points!

Cornell and Virginia Tech are tied for second with 80!

And in fourth place, Carl Hayden Community with 75.

- Guys, wait up!

Don't tell me you're upset. - We were so close.

- You're in fourth place!

You beat more than 12 colleges!

You have a chance to take home the bronze trophy if you do well in the orals.

- He's right.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

- Good evening, ma'am. ls Oscar Vazquez at home?

- What is this about?

- I'm here to talk to him about the application he filed

to enlist in the United States Army.

- Is he being reconsidered?

- Well, that's what I'd like to talk to him about.

- He'll be so sorry he missed you.

He's away this weekend. - But he'll be back to this address?

- Oh, um...

I'm sorry, did I make you think he lives here?

No, um, he and his mother moved a couple months ago.

(BEEPING)

- All right, guys. Time to caffeinate.

You know, before we hit the books too hard, let's take a field trip.

(ALL SCREAMING EXCITEDLY)

So your mom doesn't think you should come back at all, huh?

- She doesn't think it's safe.

I'm sorry, I just don't see how this works out for any of us.

I mean, this is definitely not how I thought my life would be.

- There was a time not too long ago

when I saw my whole life stretched out before me.

And honestly, I...

I didn't see any good in it.

And you know what happened?

This pushy kid with a bad haircut and a flyer walked into my club.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

- It's not so bad. The haircut's not so bad.

- For a guy like you?

A finish line always appears.

" MIT!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Sorry!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- And pulse-width modulation, or PWM, controls analog circuits or digital outputs.

- Right! The motors' pulse and the speed changes by the duration of the pulse.

- Okay. - Luis, are you sure

that you get this, because we can go over it again.

- Yeah, PWM, I'm good.

- Okay.

- All right, so... (CLEARS THROAT)

Let's talk about, um, weight, mass and density.

All right?

Mass is like the numerical measure of its composition.

(PHONE RINGING)

- All right, guys! I'll be back.

- Let me open to this chapter.

- Gwen? Gwen! (PANTING)

They're fourth!

- What? - Against college kids.

- Yes! How are the boys? What else did he say?

- He said that they might get the bronze.

You should be there. - They don't need me.

- You need it!

Here! It's my frequent flyer account.

There's more than enough miles for two adults and a kid to get to Santa Barbara.

- No, no, Karen, I can't take this! You've been saving up forever for this.

- Just let me do this! Please!

- Okay. (LAUGHS)

GWEN: Mr. Santillan? - Hey!

(CLEARS THROAT) - Mr. Santillan.

- Un segunda.

Hi! How can I help you?

- I'm Gwen Kolinsky. I'm from Lorenzo's school.

We've had a number of extremely brief conversations.

- At least the other guy, he brought tequila. - Mr. Santillan, don't...

Do you even know which state your son is in right now?

- Tell us about the materials you used to construct your ROV.

- Our strain gauge measured the pressure differential

across a flexible piece of material

whose resistance changed with deflection.

- A welded aluminum box frame, which facilitated our modular design.

- Well, we used PVC 'cause it's like waterproof

and like buoyant when you seal it off.

Um, but we had to offset it with pool noodles.

Uh, uh, pool noodles.

- Every motor speed controller and position relay

has a 20 amp auto reset circuit breaker.

- We had five cameras, sir, all connected to one video line,

and we could switch between the cameras depending on what we needed to see.

- The force is normal to the surface of the object

and thus collinear with the radius of curvature for the gripper at that point.

- Great! Can you explain that in layman's terms?

Why did you decide to put the ROV electronics on board?

- Due to the inefficiency of the motors. They were 12 volts, 20 amps.

- Why did you use inefficient motors?

- 'Cause we didn't have money for the efficient ones.

- Our budget was $12,540.

- The ROV itself? $18,863.

- Just under eight, sir. - 8,000?

- No, sir! $800.

Really, $787.16.

But that doesn't include the tampons, I don't know how much they cost.

- We had a leak and tampons can, like, absorb, you know, like 80 eds of water.

- What's the difference between weight, mass and density?

- Weight is how much the Earth pulls on you. Gravity and everything.

Mass is how much stuff you're made out of.

Like, I got a lot of mass, but I'm not dense,

'cause density is how close together all the stuff is.

- No, sir. No outside help at all.

- We had to use 22 gauge wire for the tether.

- Nope! Did it all ourselves.

- I know that one.

- And just one last thing.

Are you sure that your advisor didn't do anything he wasn't supposed to?

- No...

* No?

- Not really. - Not really, Luis?

- It wasn't anything big, I swear, it's just...

- Just what?

Mr. Cameron donated $134.63

when we were short at RAK's hardware store.

- Thank you, that's all we need.

- No, but... - That's all we need.

- How'd it go? - Did you answer their questions?

You knew everything about the ROV electronics and the control console?

- Yeah. - I'm really proud of you, Luis.

- Yeah, come here, big guy. Come on.

- Let's go!

ALL: I pledge allegiance to the flag...

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

- I was fully clothed! I was pulled out of the bottom.

(ALL LAUGHING)

- I was like, I was gonna eat this, but if I go home,

I don't want my mom to be cleaning up after me.

- My mom always told me, stop after the third piece.

(LAUGHS)

- Hey, and just so you know, we did look great in your T-shirts.

- I bet you did.

You remember everything you said?

About you and me, about not giving up?

You were right. I have to face

whatever comes my way and I can't hide anymore.

I realized something else, too. - What's that?

- I love you.

- Hey, that's your girl, right there, from Cornell. Go talk to her.

- I'm waiting for the right time.

- She's right there! - Okay, okay!

MAN: Okay, folks, everybody take your seats, please.

On to the awards. (APPLAUDING)

But before we get to the top three,

the judges have added an award for Special Achievement.

Now this award goes to a team that really surprised us.

We've never given an award to a high school team

during the college competition before.

And there's never been a team quite like them.

And they are...

Carl Hayden Community High School.

(APPLAUDING)

- Oh, so, it's a pity prize.

- Come on up, Carl Hayden, and receive your special award.

- Special, like, we're on the short bus or something.

- You guys are in the big leagues, okay,

so hold your heads up. Go get the award.

Go get it.

CROWD: Good work, guys!

- Felicidades, guys!

- Did that guy just say "felicidades"?

- There goes third, I guess.

- Forget about the judge and forget about all of it.

And think about how far we've come

and everything that we've gained that no one can take away from you.

- Third place goes to Cornell.

(ALL APPLAUDING)

Second place goes to...

MIT.

(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

- Wow, so, that means Virginia Tech overtook MIT.

- Hey, this is just the beginning, okay?

I promise you guys, one day, a team from Carl Hayden is gonna win this thing.

And when they do, know it was because of what we started together.

- Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to announce that first prize

in the US Underwater Robotics Championship

goes to... (IMITATES DRUM ROLL)

Carl Hayden Community High School.

Carl Hayden Community High School!

(ALL CHEERING)

Carl Hayden Community High School!

- We won? (ALL CHEERING)

- No matter what happens up there,

I don't want the word "Hooters" coming out of your mouth.

- We did it!

- Amazing! - We did it.

- It's Fredi! Guess what?

- What?! Yes!

- Dr. Cameron, come here!

- You did it, guys! You did it.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

- Attention, students and faculty.

I have a special announcement.

Just moments ago, placing first

in the Fifth Annual Underwater Robotics competition,

Carl Hayden Community High School!

(SCREAMS EXCITEDLY)

- Hey, Fredi!

" Oh!

Wow! You made it!

- Do you guys need a moment?

- Thanks for making it awkward.

- Are you guys hungry, 'cause I have an uneaten chicken dinner on my table.

- No, thanks. The three of us ate on the plane.

- The three of you?

Oh.

- Spent the whole plane ride telling him who his son is.

- Gwen, how did you get him on the plane?

- I told him he could take a swing at you

when he got here.

- Thank you, thank you.

- Did you catch the... - Hmm!

Yeah.

(TAPPING SHOULDER)

- Lorenzo! Get your butt over here! Come on!

- Where is he, where is he? Lorenzo!

Andale. Go.

- Hey!

- It's good to see you.

- I'm Cristian.

- Hi. Lizzy. - Lizzy.

- Hey, Luis! Fantastic job, man.

You rocked that interview. - Oh...

I just wanna thank you

for not disqualifying us. - For what?

- Mr. Cameron giving us that money.

- Everyone gets their materials paid for. Why would you think that disqualifies you?

- 'Cause when we asked him for money, that's what he told us.

- Oh.

Well, maybe he's just cheap.

(LIVELY some)

- In 2009, he graduated from Arizona State University

with a degree in mechanical engineering.

(APPLAUDING)

This story of Oscar Vazquez is a story of America,

and it's the story of the DREAM Act.

This young man, determined to serve in our military,

was turned away as undocumented.