"Previously on "hellcats"..." "You sure school's worth all this?" "Dan, I'm going to graduate, pass the bar up north," "Cheerleading?" "Hello, marti." "Welcome to cheertown." "I need 2 prelaw students to help me." "A man been sentenced to life in prison" "For a minor burglary." "Bill marsh is a powerful man at this school," "And if we're gonna go after him, I need concrete proof." "Jake!" "Jake!" "So they caught jake on tape," "And marsh had overton cover it up" "And frame travis." "That's the man you're trying to help?" "Yeah." "You have to save him." "I can free travis if I implicate jake," "But it will bring down football," "And it will bring down the hellcats." "Knowing all that we stand to lose, do we have her back?" "I love watching firefighters at play." "They're like..." "Well-muscled puppies." "What are we accomplishing here," "Other than being inappropriate?" "I thought this might help cheer you up." "It's my secret happy place." "I don't need cheering up, ok?" "I'm absolutely..." "I'm sorry." "I lost my train of thought." "You were in denial about our impending doom." "I don't believe we're doomed." "Rome is burning, baby." "Wake up and smell the kerosene." "Maybe." "Once marti makes that dvd public," "Football is coming down fast." "It's taking lancer cheerleading with it." "When god closes a door, he opens a window." "Heh." "And savannah opens the big book of clichés." "We've worked our asses off," "And we very likely won't make it to nationals." "And how do you plan" "To make up for losing your scholarship?" "You think your parents are gonna foot the bill" "For a secular school like lancer?" "You're doing a very bad job at cheering me up." "I hate when people hide behind their religious beliefs" "And say, "oh, everything happens for a reason."" "Can't you just be pissed off like a normal human being?" "If I have to leave school" "Or transfer back to mem-kris," "It means there's something better out there for me." "And if there's not," "There's a good reason for it." "There's always a plan." "Plan, schman." "Hey, you ladies here to play or to watch?" "A little of both, maybe." "Our cheerleading squad is throwing a party tonight" "Over on the lancer campus." "We are?" "And we felt it was our civic duty" "To invite some genuine memphis heroes." "You interested in stopping by?" "Boy, I sure wish we could, darlin'." "But we're on a 24-hour shift," "So no fun for us tonight." "That's too bad." "Yes, it most definitely is." "Pleasure meeting you ladies." "Since when are we having a party?" "Since I thought of it a few seconds ago." "You can't just unilaterally decide to throw a party." "Funny." "I just did." "Well, we have to consult the other hellcats," "Come up with a theme." "I mean, how am I supposed" "To throw together a decent party by tonight?" "We'll wing it." "Well, we have to have some kind of plan." "Huh." "Talk to god." "Maybe he's got a spare one you can borrow." "If that's a joke, it's not funny." "It doesn't even make sense." "A video that's been edited is not admissible." "Where's the original feed from the security camera?" "I don't know." "This is all marsh had in his safe." "Well, we can't use this in court," "But we can use it to get the media workin' for us." "We create a public stink," "Put pressure on the governor" "To commute travis' conviction." "Congratulations, you two." "It's not" "Gonna happen overnight, but it will happen." "Travis is gonna be a free man." "Can we take a beat first?" "Marti, I don't mind you bringing your gym teacher along" "As a security blanket, but I" "Would appreciate if you'd keep her muzzled." "Careful, counselor." "I bite." "Look, before we release this video footage" "And destroy the lives of a lot of innocent people," "I wanna make sure there's not another way out," "Something we haven't considered." "Just hear us out." "Heh heh." "I'm not havin' this discussion." "Give me the dvd." "Ok." "What is this?" "I uploaded the footage to the cloud" "And destroyed the original." "You destroyed evidence?" "Evidence of her burglarizing bill marsh's office." "She'd have been a fool not to." "My sky drive has a restricted access." "No one will see this video again unless I let them." "Mm-hmm." "Do you know the password?" "Yes." "Give it to me." "No." "No?" "No, sir." "What's your damn plan?" "We wanna bring red raymond in on this, get his advice." "He's the football coach." "Hell, why don't we just get bill marsh on skype right now?" "We could cut out the middleman." "Red wants a clean program." "He wasn't here when the coverup happened." "He's after the same thing we are." "Allegedly." "Vanessa trusts him," "And that's...that's good enough for me." "If there is even the slightest chance" "That we can save travis without destroying the hellcats," "We have to explore it." "Lancer stands to lose a lot of good people." "If this scandal blows up," "You're gonna have to drop out, right?" "Pretty sure, yeah." "For that reason, and that reason alone..." "You have my blessing." "I..." "I don't know what to say to that." "Thank you." "Well, there's actually a second reason." "I mean, carrying around a baggie" "Full of shredded plastic all morning" "Just so you can make a half-baked theatrical gesture..." "That's the kind of thing I'd do." "What?" "Get a room." "Hey." "I'm so sorry to be so secretive." "Um, I'm sure vanessa filled you in." "Hello, miss perkins." "Did you tell him?" "Marti... you told him?" "Vanessa and I trusted you." "I..." "I went out on a limb with my law professor." "Will you just listen?" "There's too much at stake." "But I promise I will do everything I can to help your friend." "Travis." "His name is travis guthrie." "We want to help travis." "Oh." "You wanna help travis?" "You had travis framed to cover up what jake did." "I'd rather focus on the future." "I have a small group of key boosters" "Looking to make an investment, a significant investment" "Into professor parrish's 3-strikes project." "You folks'll have everything you need to fight the good fight," "Including access to the politicians you need to repeal the law." "It's a cause near and dear to my heart." "You'll be able to save hundreds of people down the line," "People like travis." "What about the actual travis?" "What you're proposing could take years." "We'll spend money." "We'll twist arms." "We'll do everything we can to make it happen fast." "In the meantime, I'll make some calls." "I'll have travis transferred to a minimum-security prison." "We'll personally make sure that travis has everything that he needs." "Except his freedom." "That's the nature of compromise." "Look at you both." "You are terrified of the truth." "You lie, you hurt people," "You blow smoke to cover it up, and nobody stops you," "Because they're afraid" "It'll destroy the system." "Football..." "Is not too big to fail." "Just wait and see." "Here comes the keg." "Can you write something in my cheer scrapbook?" "You keep a scrapbook?" "I started." "Bought a book." "Put in some photos and stuff." "I don't want all this to end without some kind of memento." "Let me help out your future self." "Nobody in your life..." "and I mean nobody..." "Is ever gonna be impressed" "When you break out your cheerleader scrapbook." "They're gonna smile politely" "And look for a graceful exit," "Like me." "Fine." "I was only asking to be polite." "Whatever." "Hey." "You ok?" "Right as rain." "Well, if you need to talk or anything, I'm..." "I don't." "Ok, try it, 'cause watching you walk around here pissin' people off," "Yeah, not my idea of a good time." "What do you want me to do?" "Flit about hugging everyone" "And telling 'em how much I'm gonna miss them?" "Well, at least it'd show you care." "I know you care." "Come on." "It's me." "I hate this." "I hate not being in control." "The whole world is crashing down around us," "And there's nothing we can do about it." "Marti and vanessa were gonna go talk" "To red raymond, all right?" "Uh, maybe he has a plan." "Sitting around, waiting to see if I'm gonna be rescued" "By other people, not my idea of a good time." "Right." "Attention, please!" "Ok, if we're gonna do this party right," "It needs to be memorable, which requires a theme," "So given the time constraints," "I'm thinking toga." "All right?" "First thing we need is sheets, lots of sheets." "Frankie, I need you to hit up k.T. They owe us a favor." "Suzanne, raid the health center's linen closet." "Tell dr." "Derrick they're for me." "And cheertown's too small, so we're moving the festivities" "To the workout room." "Roman theme should have corresponding drinks." "Do they make italian beer?" "I'll find out." "Thanks." "Lewis, we need a performance element." "Specialty desserts." "Karaoke." "Plan for designated drivers." "Lots of grapes." "Rest of you get online and spread the word." "The hellcats are throwing an "it's the end of the world" party," "And we feel fine!" "She's bluffing', right?" "She's gotta be." "I don't think so." "That doesn't make any sense." "She's on a scholarship." "She'd be cuttin' her own throat." "Heh heh." "You know, kids are at that age, think they're bulletproof." "I can guarantee you that she is not thinkin'" "Realistically about the fallout." "Then we gotta do somethin'." "The fastest way to make this go away" "Is to convince jake to confess." "Oh, fat chance of that." "Kid's been treated like a king" "Ever since he set foot on campus." "He's so full of himself, he can't see the big picture." "We'd never get him onboard." "Your impulse is a sound one, though." "What are you suggesting?" "We doctored the evidence once." "Who's to say we can't do it again?" "Create a fake paper trail..." "Proves that jake acted alone." "The kid's expendable." "He's a piece of meat." "Take a hell of a lot of bribes to make that stick." "Call it an early christmas for the shelby county legal system." "I won't do it, bill." "I'm only helping' you so vanessa doesn't lose her job." "I draw the line at fraud." "Don't be so self-righteous." "This scandal hits, you burn like the rest of us." "Ok, look," "Jake's not a bad kid." "He's just self-absorbed." "Let me take a run at him, coach to qb," "And see if I can't get him to do the right thing." "Yeah." "All right, but do it fast." "He balks, we do it my way." "Do it your way." "Stage one complete." "We got everything we need." "Wow." "This is great." "Well, I guess we should get goin', then." "Right." "Time for stage 2." "Well done." "Bye." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Look, uh, I wanna thank you for orchestrating this whole thing." "Well, thank you for trusting me." "It means a lot." "You're welcome." "About the other day," "I'm real sorry." "I had no right." "You weren't the only one at fault." "But still, I was kissin' a woman" "Who was engaged to someone else," "And that's just plain wrong." "I hope by helping' you and helping' out the hellcats," "I can make up for that some kind of way." "You girls ready?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Friends!" "Romans!" "Countrymen!" "It must have been a scene much like this" "That the last ruler of the roman empire gazed upon" "As the barbarians approached the gates of his beloved city." "The heaviness he must have felt in his heart." "For who among us does not mourn the end of an empire?" "But I, for one, will not go quietly." "I will sing the anthem of defiance" "That the romans sang in the face of annihilation," "A song in their native tongue" "That never failed to rally the besieged." "Indulge me, brothers and sisters!" "Join me if the spirit so moves you." "♪ you know you make me wanna ♪ ♪ shout ♪ kick my heels up and shout throw my hands up and shout throw my head back and shout come on, now shout don't forget to say you will" "don't forget to say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah say you will say it right now, baby say you will come on, come on say you will say it, whoo say you will" "I want you to know" "I said I want you to know right now, yeah you been good to me, baby better than I been to myself hey, hey and if you ever leave me, darlin'" "I don't want nobody else hey hey" "now, wait a minute come a little closer make it go, oh, o-o-o-oh hear you go oh, o-o-oh" "I can be like that good girl gone bad yo, what you think?" "What you think you had?" "if it gets you strong, I could put you on" "I'll be that" "I can be like that good girl gone bad oh, yeah, what you think?" "What you think you had?" "if it gets you strong, I could put you on" "I'll be that t" "I'll be that now wait a minute." "you know you make me wanna shout kick my heels up and shout throw my head back and shout kick my heels up and shout come on, now shout take it easy shout take it easy shout take it easy shout" "a little bit softer now shout a little bit softer now shout a little bit softer now shout a little bit softer now shout a little bit softer now shout a little bit softer now shout a little bit softer now shout" "a little bit softer now shout a little bit softer now shout a little bit louder now shout a little bit louder now shout a little bit louder now shout a little bit louder now shout a little bit louder now shout" "a little bit louder now shout a little bit louder now shout a little bit louder now shout hey ey ey ey hey ey ey ey hey ey ey ey hey ey ey ey hey ey yeah yeah hey ey ey yeah" "hey ey yeah yeah hey ey ey ey shout now jump up and shout now jump up and shout now jump up and shout now you know you make me wanna shout" "What is she doin' here?" "Sit." "Look, coach, I can explain." "There's no need." "We're not the police." "We don't care about your explanations" "Or your excuses." "Well, then, I guess I can go." "Parrish:" "We're here to talk about your future." "You might want to stick around." "I would." "You know, if this guy were any good," "He'd be at some big law firm instead of hanging out with a bunch of college kids." "Well, I am good enough to ensure" "That one way or another, you will pay for this crime." "Now, there's 2 ways we can do this." "Option "a"..." "Yes, by all means, option "a."" "We release this video, creating a media firestorm." "Your crime and the subsequent coverup become public." "Everyone who bribed, perjured," "Or manufactured evidence" "To camouflage your crime will stand trail." "And it will come to light that people were bribed" "With university contracts and football tickets." "Now, lancer's already on probation." "Ncaa will have no choice." "They'll have to institute the death penalty." "You will forever remembered as the kid" "Who single-handedly destroyed" "The beloved institution of lancer football." "Can you imagine if the judge who sentences him" "Actually happens to be a football fan." "Or one of his future cellmates." "Yikes." "Oh, knock it the hell off." "I know all about reasonable doubt." "Who says this video holds up in court?" "Hmm?" "I mean, looks edited to me." "Now, uh, a smart lawyer will get me off," "And bill marsh is gonna hire the best money can buy." "Go ahead, coach." "Tell 'em." "Marsh:" "We doctored the evidence once." "Who's to say we can't do it again?" "Create a fake paper trail..." "Proves that jake acted alone." "The kid's expendable." "He's a piece of meat." "Raymond:" "Take a hell of a lot of bribes to make that stick." "Call it an early christmas for the shelby county legal system." "What's option "b"?" "Turn yourself in." "Throw yourself on the mercy of the court." "You sign a statement exonerating travis guthrie," "And our side will keep quiet about the coverup." "Now, you're a first-time offender." "You're lookin' at well under a year of jail time." "After you serve the time," "Lancer football will still be here," "And you'll have a place to come." "You can get your degree," "Turn pro if you got what it takes." "Deep down, I know you're a decent guy." "Couldn't have been easy living with this guilt." "You do this," "You'll feel better." "You'll be able to sleep at night." "I sleep just fine." "I do not deserve this." "It was a prank." "It was a stupid initiation thing." "I didn't hurt anybody." "I didn't even keep the drugs." "You know, a lot of people did wrong here." "It's not fair that I'm the one that's supposed to suffer." "Son, sit your ass down." "I am not your son!" "Now, I may be goin' down," "But I am ecstatic" "To take you and you and bill marsh," "Bobby overton, all the boosters right down with me." "Thank you so much for your time." "I'm outta here." "So what happens now?" "We release the video..." "Take the fight public." "And you lose your scholarship." "This is way bigger than me." "This will cripple the school." "Some of my friends will have to drop out." "It's bad." "Bury the video." "What?" "I'm just one man." "I'm not even a particularly useful or good one." "Me bein' in jail or bein' out doesn't much matter, you know?" "You matter." "You're gonna do big things." "You're gonna help people." "I'm not gettin' in the way of that." "Just shut up, travis." "Why?" "'cause I'm not gonna give up on you." "And you're makin' me feel like crap right now, ok?" "I should have thrown you out of here" "The first time we met." "You were a sucker for my guitar, huh?" "Yeah." "I was a sucker, all right." "Heh." "you're lookin' kinda sexy, yeah kinda sexy you're lookin' kinda sexy, yeah you're lookin' kinda sexy, yeah kinda sexy lookin' kinda sexy, yeah" "To the best years of our lives." "We hardly knew ye." "Don't say that." "Why not?" "It implies that the best years are behind us." "Have you not been keepin' up with current events?" "There's a plan." "There's always a plan." "What the hell are you doin'?" "I'm not loving the male-to-female ratio at this party." "Whew." "Nicely done." "What does, uh, this do?" "Protects me from the heat." "But it doesn't really seem to be workin' too well right now." "Heh." "What's under it?" "You show me yours, I'll show you mine." "Heh." "Miss..." "I'm alice." "Alice." "And you must be" "Firefighter powell." "You got a first name with that?" "Yes, ma'am." "It's luke." "I like a southern gentleman with manners." "Well, listen." "You got lucky." "It was a small fire." "You were never in any real danger." "Are you sure?" "Because I think" "You brought the whole fire department with you." "Eh, it gets kinda hard to keep the guys away from the call" "When you know there's gonna be a bunch of beautiful cheerleaders." "Ahh." "Beautiful?" "You think so?" "Oh, boy." "You're drinking." "Is that a bad sign?" "It's not a good one." "What happened?" "I had him on the ropes." "I was this close, and I couldn't close the deal." "We're finished." "I refuse to accept that." "I'm not gonna let this happen." "Yeah, what are you gonna do?" "Where's jake now?" "I don't know." "He stormed out." "I'll find him." "You know, maybe you should change the toga..." "Obviously I'm gonna change out of the toga." "You ok?" "Fine." "Thank you." "You and the guys havin' fun?" "Ah, a fire can make for a rough night." "It's been a rough week," "And the roughness shows no sign of stopping." "If you need someone to talk to, I am a trained professional." "You firefighters are kinda like us, aren't you?" "How do you mean?" "Well, you all live together, right?" "You're like a family." "Yeah." "We are." "What would you do if that family went away?" "You mean if we lost somebody?" "Oh, no." "No, not that." "Um, you know, say the city shut down the station." "I'd look for another job." "Guess it'd be easy." "You risk your life rescuing strangers." "There's always an opening for that." "Pretty much." "No, I'd miss the guys." "But I..." "I guess I'd be hopin' for something better to come along." "You're an optimist." "I try." "So is this what's happening?" "They're shutting down your..." "how do you call it, a squad?" "It looks like it." "I'm sorry." "It's ok." "I'm moving on to something better." "Unless..." "Unless what?" "What if it doesn't get any better?" "What if this, where I am now," "Is the best it's ever gonna be?" "You meet people who go on and on about their glory days," "Before they got fat or married the wrong person" "Or picked the wrong career," "The point where everything changes." "One day, I might look back on this night," "Talking to a total stranger," "And realize these were my glory days" "And I don't get any more." "Things might keep gettin' better." "I was raised to think that." "I was raised to think that god walks with us." "But a lot of things I was raised to think" "Turned out to be wrong." "Well, I don't know much about god and all that stuff," "But wouldn't you think he'd want us to be uncertain?" "Why would he want that?" "Tomorrow's a mystery," "And that's good." "If I knew 10 years from tonight" "That I was gonna meet the woman of my dreams," "What am I gonna do with myself for the next 10 years?" "Feel like I was just waitin' around." "Good point." "What if I knew tomorrow I was gonna die in a fire?" "Well, that would ruin tonight," "Sitting here on this very nice bench with you." "I much prefer life to be a mystery." "You're sweet." "Thanks for talking to me." "It helps." "I'm sorry." "I-I've been unloading on you," "And I don't even know your name." "Oh, keith." "Good to meet you, keith." "I'm savannah." "Savannah." "Would you like to go out with me sometime?" "I'd love to," "But I can't." "Can I ask why?" "That's the other thing." "It's complicated," "But I'm in love with a guy" "Who moved without telling me," "And I'll probably never see him again." "Who knows?" "Maybe you will." "Another mystery." "I guess so." "Jake." "How'd you find me?" "Where else would you be?" "Marti's deal is a good one," "Better than you deserve." "Others did worse." "What's that got to do with anything?" "The bad guys manipulate the system." "They know how to win." "That doesn't make them right." "If you're the only one playing' by the rules, that makes you a sucker." "Forget about them." "They're gonna have to live with their mistakes." "This is about you." "You know I'm not an idiot." "It's all over your face." "I'm disappointing' you," "And it kills me." "But I can't go to jail." "I just can't." "You're a first-time offender" "Making a...a big, dramatic confession" "To save an honest man." "That's gonna play well." "You'll do easy time." "It's prison, alice." "I wouldn't last." "I'm not strong enough for that." "I'm gonna go away somewhere." "I can't be here." "I'm sorry, alice." "I wish I was a better guy." "Do you believe in god?" "Of course I believe in god." "Do you think he has a hand in the things we do?" "Where is this goin'?" "Answer the question." "Sure." "Yes, I do." "Look at how perfectly everything lines up." "Marti moves in to cheertown." "I start dating you." "Marti's law case connects to the pharmacy you robbed." "What if god knew a great injustice had happened," "An innocent man was suffering," "And something needed to be done?" "God's not gonna do something flashy," "Like sending out a plague of locusts, right?" "He's gonna work under the radar." "Since when are you religious, anyway?" "Just because I don't talk about it" "Doesn't mean it's not important to me." "But you can believe whatever you want." "It's your life." "Would you visit me?" "As often as you'd like," "And I will stand by your side when you make the announcement." "That would help." "Did you maybe wanna pray with me?" "Sure." "We should, um..." "We should do it silently." "Means more that way." "Ok." "I'm afraid I've let all of you down..." "My friends, teammates..." "Coaches, and our fans." "I know now that an innocent man went to jail for my crime." "I can't allow that to continue." "And that's why I've come forward" "And told the district attorney" "That travis guthrie must go free..." "And I must do my time." "they love me." "See?" "Now go meet your fans." "Local football hero jake harrow" "Has just put it all on the line" "In order to do the right thing." "John, in a world where we can assume" "Anyone forced in front of the cameras is lying," "His honesty was a breath of fresh air." "And there was a lot of emotions" "As harrow came clean to his fans." "In fact, several had tears in their eyes" "As he took responsibility for his actions." "Won't have bill marsh to kick around anymore." "Ooh." "That's good." "Play it." "Marsh:" "We doctored the evidence once." "Who's to say we can't do it again?" "Create a fake paper trail..." "Proves that jake acted alone." "The kid's expendable." "Turn it off." "He's a piece of meat." "Take a hell of a lot of bribes to make that stick." "What's this?" "Your retirement speech." "My students wrote that." "I gave them extra credit and everything." "You give that speech, and you get to leave" "With your legacy intact and lancer football alive and well." "I keep my pension." "No." "Down at the bottom of the page," "You announce that you'd like to donate your entire severance package" "To a cause that's close to your heart." "Overturning tennessee's 3-strikes law." "oh, sing along with me, children" "Travis and marti: old pirates, yes, they rob I sold I to the merchant ships minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit but my hand was made strong" "by the hand of the almighty we forward in this generation hey triumphantly" "Group: won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?" "'cause all I ever have redemption songs redemption songs oh, sing along with me, children hey, now in every way now every way in every day every way in every day" "7 months." "The time will fly by." "Lot of guys in here are big fans." "I hope you like your setup." "We got you a tv, a mini fridge, microwave." "You also get snacks from the store sent to your cell." "That's a real perk." "Travis and marti:" "'cause all I ever have redemption songs redemption songs emancipate yourselves from mental slavery none but ourselves can free our minds have no fear for atomic energy" "Great speech, by the way." "'cause none of them can stop the time" "Great speech." "how long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?" "some say it's just a part of it we've got to fulfill the book won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?" "'cause all I ever have redemption songs redemption songs" "old pirates, yes, they rob I sold I to the merchant ships minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit but my hand was made strong by the hand of the almighty and we forward in this generation" "hey triumphantly won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?" "'cause all I ever have redemption songs won't you help us?" "redemption songs won't you help to sing?"