"First day of school." "You excited?" "You know I ask you questions in the hopes of eliciting an actual response?" "I feel I convey more with a look." " You look adorable." " No." " Cute?" " No." " Dope." " No." " Rad." " Please, please!" "This is so painful for me..." "Okay, I'm sorry." "Sorry." " How was surfing?" " Cut it short." "I wanted to see the boys off." "Doesn't Seth look rad?" "Oh, you do look rad." "Mad props, son." "Thank God, man." "Are you ready to go?" "First day." "You excited?" "'Nuff said." "How do you do that, by the way?" "How do you convey everything with just a look?" "And again!" "How are you doing?" "You nervous?" "Why would I be nervous?" "Because we're going to school with like 300 Lukes minus the redeeming social qualities?" "I got it, sorry, you meant you were nervous." "Don't be nervous." "I'm not nervous." "I'm just not going." "Coop, you have to go." "You own the school." "And what about Kickoff Carnival?" "You're still the social chair." "Let's see." "Be humiliated in front of the entire school or hire someone to do balloon animals?" "You have to hire that guy who makes the balloon octopus." "So, your boyfriend cheated on you." "And yes, you almost died in Mexico." "And okay, there's that whole scandal with your dad..." "If you're trying to make me feel better..." "Okay, the point is, there's no such thing as bad publicity." "Is that something burning?" "Okay, so new oven, haven't quite figured out how to make french toast..." "Not in the oven would be a good place to start." "Since no one will hire me, I've got plenty of time." "I'm going to go out and buy a cookbook." "C'mon, it's good, it's... they're crunchy." "See?" "No thanks." "Yeah..." "I don't know who I'm more worried about here." "I think it's safe to say that this year is going to be different." "Maybe this year will be different, you know?" "Better?" "Yeah, that's the mantra every year." "And every year some big water polo player ends up, peeing in one of my shoes, despite that." "Nah, I'm just kidding, they pee in both." "Ryan has Mr. Schmidt for pre-Calc." " What's wrong with Mr. Schmidt?" " Nothing." "Say hi to his mole for me." "Well, at least you have each other." "That's very wise, Dad." "Thank you, son." "We're doomed." "The master race has been perfected, Ryan, and they all go to our school." "Hey fellas." "All right, don't get your speedos in a bunch." "This is a nightmare." "This is a nightmare." " I bet, like, no one even knows." " Are you kidding?" " I heard she died down there." " She looks pretty good, for a dead girl." "Hey, whores." "Why don't you go work another corner?" "Sum, maybe I should just go home." "You know, help my dad unpack?" "Coop, that is as bad as it's going to get." " I spoke too soon." " Hello, Summer." " What does your schedule look like today?" " Full." "Oh really?" " Hey, friendly face." " Hey, how's it going?" " Not good." "You?" " Oh, worse." "So, why don't we just get out of here?" "Right now?" "Just get into your car, get onto the pier..." "I can't." "Dean Kim would call my dad." "Or worse, my mom." "Okay." "How about after school?" "I'm supposed to help chair the Kickoff Carnival committee." "I know, I've been looking for an excuse to get out of it." "I think you found one." " Okay, I'll meet you out front." " Something to look forward to." "Coop." "Can we go please?" "Hey." "Can we maybe talk or..." "Stay away from her." "How am I supposed to do that?" "We all go to the same school." "Oh, well maybe you should have thought about that before hooking up with one of her best friends." "Ass." "Hey, you okay?" "Yeah, I just have to get used to it... this, I guess." " Well, we're still on, right?" " Yeah, something to look forward to." "Coop!" "See ya, Summer." "Slowly I thaw her icy heart." "Look at you." "If I must." "New suit." "New scent." "Mmm, new look." " I feel like this is heading somewhere." " New girlfriend..." "Oh, and there it is, you still won't let it..." "Oh God." "I should have found that attractive co-worker years ago." " It was a figure of speech." " Rachel's attractive?" "Is that her name?" "It's context, only, you know, in relation to which she invokes amorous feelings in my far more, extremely more attractive wife." "Good answer." " Mornings used to be our time." " Oh, I remember them well." "What happened?" "Oh, work happened." "Just hang on." "Just one sec." "Wait a minute." "I can't get it." "Just hang on one second." "Just hold on." "How did she know?" "Oh, you're not going to answer it are you?" "It's my dad." "Hey." "Rachel?" "Hi, Dad." "So, Summer." "If you would care to join me for lunch today," "I can arrange to have an empty chair available at my table." "There's nothing but empty chairs at your table." "Seth Cohen?" "Anna!" "Hey!" "How are you doing?" "Excuse me." "We were talking here." "Oh, so insulting him counts as conversation." "Yeah, well, if it doesn't, then we've never spoken." "Summer, you remember Anna, right?" "She just moved here from Pittsburgh." "How could I forget?" "Oh hey, so we're gonna, we're gonna still be on for lunch today, right?" "She probably didn't even hear me." "Seth, what are you doing?" "I thought you got past this whole Summer thing at Cotillion." "Right, and I know, Anna, that it seems like not a lot of progress has been made, but I have to tell you, yeah, not that much progress has been made." "Despite all my best judgments, I cannot not like her." " You're such a boy." " Well, whatever." "I don't see what her problem is, I'm nothing but available to that girl." "All right, right there." "That's your problem." "Girls like to be chased by guys that aren't into them." "And that sounds a little bit like a game to me, Anna." "And I don't really like to play games, okay?" "Unless you're talking about a little Saturday night Jenga." "A little Magic the Gathering." "Love Magic the Gathering." "Maybe you just don't know how to play." " Well, you're a girl." "Right?" " Yeah." " And we're friends." "Right?" " Sure." "Okay, awesome." "So, then why don't you train me in the ways of women, huh?" " Give me a little advice." " I don't understand the minds of chicks like Summer." "I'll teach you how to play Jenga." " You really like her?" " Since I was ten." "Fine." " But I make no promises." " Trust me." "I cannot do any worse than I've been doing." "That I trust." "You're my girl." "What were you doing this morning when I called?" "You sounded..." " Did I wake you?" " I was spending some time with my wife." " Oh yeah?" "How'd that go?" " Well, I got to work on time, didn't I?" "Too bad." "It might be a while before your wife is in the mood for love." "Oh yeah?" "Is there something you know I don't?" "Well, I know lots that you don't." "But in this case, are you familiar with the Balboa wetlands?" "Yeah, it's the largest coastal wetlands in California." "Home to the blue heron, and the brown pelican, and my personal favorite, something called the swamp rose." "Right." "The wetlands are key to water quality in the county." "And not to mention, they're kind of pretty." "So naturally, they must be destroyed." "The Balboa Heights are 250 acres of land that sit above said wetlands." "Yeah, every developer has been going after the heights for years." "Well, somebody got it." "And they're looking to tear it up." "Put in condos, a golf course..." "Oh, thank God. 'Cuz, you know, the lack of golf courses around here, it's tragic." "This is a policy-changing, career-making piece of litigation here." "A tree-hugging crusader, like yourself, would probably kill for a case like this." " And you wanna share this with me." " Yes." "Why?" " My wife's company is the plaintiff." " It's her father's company." "So why even tempt me with this?" "It's a conflict of interest," "I'm not even sure it would be ethical." "Well, the client, the Balboa Land Trust, not only waived the conflict of interest, they insisted that you take the case." "Your politics, your passion, your severe dislike for your father-in-law; you're the ideal advocate." "I suspect my wife is gonna have a different spin on all this." "Look." "You came to this firm because we have the resources to help you make a difference." "They're gonna teach this in law school." "So what's it gonna be?" "Your sex life?" "Or the swamp rose?" "Did you know that she overdosed on Vicodin?" "Oh no, you... who does that?" "You are not quitting your post as social chair, Marissa." "You were elected by the students, you've held the position for two years..." "I know, Dr. Kim, but that was before everything that's happened this summer." "I understand, you are going through a lot of change right now, but you're a leader here at Harbor." "That doesn't have to change." "You're a wonderful example to your fellow students; they look up to you." "Not anymore, they don't." "Putting aside the issue of how walking away from your extracurricular responsibilities will affect your college transcript," "people are always going to talk." "You may as well give them something good to talk about." "Don't disappear, Marissa." "This is your school." "Your life." "Your future." "Hey, what are you doing?" "You never told me about summer reading." " Who does summer reading?" " Apparently everyone in my class." "Oh, yeah, sorry about that one." "So listen, Anna here has convinced me to join The Plank, it's the literary magazine." "I needed an extracurricular activity, and apparently, you don't have to wear a sports bra to be on the lit mag." "See, it's appealing on many levels." "Plus, I feel I have a few limericks that are ready to be shared with the world." "Well, have fun." "I'm going to hang with Marissa." "School might not suck this year." "Hey." "So it turns out I have to plan this carnival thing after all." "Oh, okay." "Yeah, I mean, I talked to the dean and..." "I think getting involved in school again might not be such a bad idea." " I know, that sounds lame..." " Ye-no, no, it's cool." "So..." " Can we reschedule?" " Absolutely." "What about the carnival?" "I'll save you a ride on the ferris wheel." "No ferris wheels." "I don't do... heights." "But we'll figure something out." " Are you sure you're gonna be..." " I'm fine." "Just got a lot of reading to do." " Like 500 years of it, so..." " Okay." "So, I'll see ya." "Morning." "Hey." "I didn't hear you come in last night." "Ah, I didn't want to wake you." "You look nice." "Dad's demanding a company breakfast, some kind of crisis." "So, this is how it's gonna be?" "After a couple weeks of work, we're just going to be like..." "Two ships passing in the morning." "What do they got you working on?" "Big... high profile case." "How about lunch today?" "I'll pay." "No wait, actually, you can pay." "You're the one that's working on a high profile case." "How about Friday?" "I'll have my people call your people." "I love you." "I love you too." "Hey kid." " How'd school go for you?" " Fine, just behind." "After one day?" "Nice work." "Oh, it's brutal." "You're brave to face those preppy little savages, and I mean the teachers." "I don't think it was a good idea." "Me in private school." "You're one of the smartest kids they got." "It's not the work." "It's just... everybody's got something, except me." " Well, you got Seth." " Seth's got his women." "Seth Cohen?" "Okay, so... really?" "So, you need something." "An activity." "A sport." "Ladies." "Don Juan, we're trying to figure out an extracurricular activity for Ryan here." "Harbor's got a great archery program." "Fencing." "What century are you in?" "Open your mind for a second here, Dad." "This isn't me we're talking about." "With Ryan, we have an opportunity to have a real athlete in the family." "Somebody to achieve all that your Jewishness has prevented me from accomplishing." "Hey, I always wanted to play soccer." " I used to play soccer." " Done." "Glad I could help." "I need to get around to getting those cookbooks." "Yeah, I guess it's better to play it safe, then." " So, how's sleeping on the sofa?" " It's... fine." " You know, it's just temporary." " I can handle it." "Did you talk to your mom?" "I'm sorry about all this, sweetheart." "I just wish you would have told me." "I know, I know." "But things will be different now." "Hey, don't get too excited." "The phone company is installing an actual phone line." "Very big day." "Hey, Mr. Cooper." "Luke." "Yeah, so... is this your new place?" "It looks great." "Not buying it, Luke." "Right, can I talk to Marissa?" " No, you can't." " C'mon, Mr. Cooper, it's me." " If I could talk to her for a minute or so..." " Yeah, she told me what happened, and, I don't think she wants to talk to you right now." "C'mon." "I mean if anybody knows about being in the doghouse..." "Don't say it." "What can I do?" "You can leave." "Well, tell her... sorry?" "Okay." "Thanks." " How'd it go with the carnival?" " Oh, very exciting." "So, maybe if I can have my meeting early..." "I think we're voting on cotton candy versus funnel cakes..." " Cotton candy, no question." " My thoughts exactly." "But I can't today." "I got soccer practice." "You do?" "Yeah, I'm going to try out." "Figured getting involved in school might not be such a bad idea." "Yeah, and plus, now we both get out at five, right?" "I'll meet you in the quad after school." "See you then." " Is this seat taken?" " It is now." "Cool." "You can sit here if you want, Summer." "Thanks." "Seth, come sit here by me." "Are you sure?" "You don't mind the whole... one cheek on, one cheek off..." "Sit." "Sitting." "Oh my God." "Okay, so, we didn't talk about this; tell me about Tahiti." " Oh, it was incredible." " Was it?" "Anna just sailed to Tahiti." "Sailing is like so not the fastest way to get anywhere." "I mean, if you would have flown, you would have gotten there a lot sooner." "You should be on the debate team." " Nice office." " Came furnished." "Brought you lunch." " It's not a lump of coal." " Sandy, when were you going to tell me?" " Soon." " Not soon enough." " I signed a deposition this morning." " Oh, honey." "I'm not even sure if I'm going to take this case." "There is no case!" "You're talking about destroying one of the most biologically productive ecosystems in the world." "It's like selling off the rainforest to profit a few wealthy individuals and asking generations and generations of others to pay for it." "We have proposed to protect 350 acres of wildlife refuge and a natural park." "You'll still add 30% more traffic and ten tons of air pollution daily, not to mention what you'll do to the water supply." " You're going to take this." " I'm no..." "Oh, Sandy, it isn't even ethical." "I feel pretty comfortable comparing ethics with your father." "Well, as long as you're comfortable..." "I gotta go." "I gotta keep this off my father's radar." "He's gonna lose his mind." "All right, move!" "Don't wait for it!" "Hey, you Atwood?" "All right, what position you comin' out for?" " Striker." " Striker." "All right, I'll tell you what:" "you see that kid out front, that's Luke." "He's our captain." "He's also our striker." "Well, let's go!" "Show me something." "Hey Ward!" "You got a little competition." "Okay, thanks you guys." "So, tomorrow we'll figure out the parking." "Hey, and make sure the band's booked, we don't want second surprises." "We need to talk, Marissa." "Believe me, you do not want to hear what I have to say." "Yes, I do." "No, all you want is for me to tell you that everything is okay now." " But I can't, it's not." " I know, I know." "And I'm so sorry." "I don't care!" "I don't care how you feel or what you're going through!" "Because you sure as hell didn't care about me!" " That's not true." " I slept with you." "And then you went and slept with one of my best friends." "I waited for you and you lied to me!" "You humiliated me!" "Marissa." "It's just..." "I'm so sorry." "Do you have any idea how hard it is to come to school everyday and not be able to talk to you?" "You think it's easy for me?" "Let's just... start over." "Please?" "I don't know what I'd do without you." "And just because I ruined everything, it doesn't mean that I didn't love you, because I did." "I do." "You know what the worst part is?" "If I hadn't caught you," "I'd still love you too." "I gotta go." " Oh, I know that look." " I was trying to keep this from my dad." "I was trying to protect us." "And now it's on the front page." "I thought that we could at least settle this privately, you and me." "This was not supposed to go to the press." "It's your firm!" "And now the entire community knows we're fighting!" "Well I guess they got the story straight." "What are you doing?" "Morning ritual, Ryan." "Coffee; bagel;" "Arts  Leisure." " You have a morning ritual..." " Something I've been crafting for a while." "So what's up, dude?" "How's life?" "I feel like we never get a chance to talk anymore." "Who are you?" "We had dinner 12 hours ago." "Fine, you keep it all bottled up." " What was that?" " Nothing." "No, that wasn't nothing." "See, I saw something." "I saw thoughts forming and I saw words percolating." "It's just..." " Never mind." " C'mon!" "What was that, dude?" "Last night, I saw Marissa with Luke." "Making out?" "Making up." "Luke was crying." "Luke was crying?" "So Luke was crying." "That doesn't sound like anything." "It didn't sound like nothing." "It looked like they were getting back together." "So ask her about it." "I'm sure that if nothing's going on, she'll tell you." "Do not tell him." "I don't know... shouldn't I just be honest?" "Never!" "Okay?" "You guys haven't even like gone out on a date yet." "You're only gonna freak him out." "Trust me, Coop." "What he doesn't know won't hurt you." "What happened to you last night?" "I waited and I tried calling." "Yeah, sorry." "I got a little slammed last night." "I'm pretty behind." "After two days?" "What'd you do?" "Nothing." " My meeting went long." " Ah, how'd it go?" "Good." "I think it's going to be good." "What'd you do after?" " After I couldn't find you, I went home." " Oh, yeah, sorry." "Yeah, but you've got soccer practice later, right?" "So maybe I'll stop by." "I got to get to class." "I'll see ya." "I mean, eww." "That's my girl." "Cohen!" "You're a good dissector, right?" " Hands of a surgeon." " Well it's decided then." "You'll be my lab partner." "You can write up all those boring lab reports, right?" "Actually, Seth already has a partner." "He's promised himself to me." "Right?" "Yes." "I am betrothed." "Good." "What are you doing?" "She wanted to be my lab partner." "What?" "You're supposed to help me get her." "Watch and learn, Cohen." "Follow my lead." "Scalpel." "Where should we begin?" "The heart." "Well, Sanford." "You are all anybody is talking about around here." "Tell me now." "Did you bring me into this firm because of this case?" "We didn't have this case when we hired you." "But don't worry about it." "You've already convinced everyone that you're really torn." "Now, could we get on with it?" "You know that this could get to the state Supreme Court." "Yeah." "And I know I could win." "It's a question of what I'm going to lose." "Well, if your marriage can't survive this... what kind of marriage is it?" "Okay, Atwood." "Good!" "Good!" "Take a shot!" " Aw, man." " All right." "Good home guys." "All right, let's keep it movin'." "Let's go!" "Let's go." "Line up." "Sorry about yesterday." "That was kind of intense." "I think the last time I cried was when Macaulay Culkin died at the end of My Girl." "Yeah, the bee stings." "You were a mess." "All right." "Good, good, good." "All right, guys." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Do some laps." "Hey Ward!" "Get over here." "Hey, we'll..." "I gotta..." "Sorry, coach." "I had to tape up my ankle." "All right, we finally all together?" "All right, I want to see some hussle now." "Let's go!" "Hey!" "Illegal!" "Hey!" "Get in my office." "Right now." " Nice job." " What's your problem?" "Hey, how was soccer?" "So, Pops." "How's the new job?" "Oh, hey, Mom, I wa..." "I'm just going to be quietly eating now." "What was that about?" " What?" " Well, you attacked him." "He beat me to the ball." "It was a clean tackle." " Why are you lying to me?" " Why're you lying to me?" " What are you talking about?" " You and Luke." " I saw you yesterday." "I heard everything." " I didn't know what to say." "How about the truth?" "Why didn't you just tell me?" "Why didn't you just tell me, instead of just going off and hurting him." "You're as bad as he is." "You know what?" "I don't need to be lied to by one more person." "I didn't lie to you." "What happened was between me and Luke." "It has nothing to do with you." "You're right!" "It has nothing to do with me." "It just isn't going to happen." "No, it's not." "Your coach called." " He wants to suspend you for two games." " Great." "He thinks you got talent." " He also thinks your attitude sucks." " It does." "Sit down and listen to me." "You can stand if you want, but you know how lawyers love to talk." "The last thing you need is for this blowout on the soccer field to turn into a suspension from school." " This school could do great things for you." " For Seth, maybe, but not for me." "You're angry." "I know that." "I don't blame you." "Everyday at that school you're gonna run into spoiled little rich kids whose ass you're gonna wanna kick." "Well, you just gotta find a way to work it out right now." "Because forget about suspension." "We're always one mistake away from... from someone taking you from us." "You know, Seth was never really big on organized sports." "I'd love to see you play." "Go to some of your games." "And women usually find stark brutality so romantic." "I messed up." "Yeah, well, it's my experience in life, Ryan, that you should always apologize, all right?" "Even if you haven't done anything wrong." "Your shoes get peed in so much less." "It was a metaphor." "Apologize, right." "And to Luke?" "That crybaby?" "No, man." "He gets to drown in his own tears." "They're all the same." "It's too bad." "Because I could tell that you really liked him." "Do you mind?" "Can we..." "We have to get to class." "C'mon, Coop." "I do love Mr. Solomon Burke." "I was... going to bring you a bouquet of swamp roses, but you know, apparently, they're endangered." "I'm gonna take it." "I gotta." "I'm sorry." "It's who you married." "I know." "You know, I've been pissing you off for years." "Why stop now?" "My father." "My husband." "It's going to be a long year." "It could be a couple years." "Yeah, well." "I couldn't be married to a man who wasn't a man." "I'm all man." "We'll get through this." "There's a reason why we're together." "I had that suspicion." "Okay." "Okay?" "Okay." " The kids are at that carnival." " I heard that rumor." " Are you getting out?" " Are you getting in?" "Ah... maybe." " Oh my God." " Why do you keep this thing on?" "For emergencies." "Oh, it's my dad." "And it's an emergency." "Hey, Dad." "Rachel." "Hi." "If only skeeball were a school sport, you know what I mean?" " A boy can dream." " All right, let's see you take a shot." " No, I'll pass." " Take one shot." "Take a shot." "It's very easy." "Okay, concentrate." "It leans to the left a little bit." " Any luck finding Marissa?" " No, no sign of her." "You guys?" "Nothing." "We have to let Anna concentrate now as she dares to step up to the master." "Okay, clearly you're a lesbian." "Well, I'm gonna go trade in my tickets for some cash prizes." "Oh!" "Hey, do you think I should get Summer something?" "What do you think she would like?" "I can figure it out." "Seth doesn't understand the whole hard-to-get strategy." "That's because he's not." " Why are you helping him with Summer?" " Why not?" "Seth doesn't see me that way." "When he looks at Summer, he sees lips and hair and boobs." "When he looks at me, he sees a... a lab partner." "We're friends." "And you're gonna let that slide." "Anna, guys want to be chased by girls who aren't interested in them." "Summer, it's right here." "So do girls." "She's heading for the ferris wheel." "Gotta go." "Good luck." "I'm sorry about yesterday." "Yeah." "Actually, I'm glad we came." "It's not half as bad as last year." "You're going with me." "Yeah, okay, let's get on..." "Do you mind?" "Not getting involved." " What are you doing?" " I wanna talk." "I thought you were afraid of heights." "But, this is important." "Oh, boy." "Look..." "I said some things last night and I just want you..." " What's going on?" " We're stopped." "Yeah, well, why are we stopped?" "Keep them up there a few minutes." "Let them work it out." "You are the master." "Cohen, there's something I wanna tell you." "All right, more advice." "I'm ready." "Bring it." "Is this all part of the plan?" "Because it looks like it's working." "Yeah." "It was all part of the plan." "So you can go?" "Thank you." "I got this for you." "It's all I could get with my tickets." "Thanks." "Hey, Summer." "What's going on?" "Coop's stuck on a ferris wheel and I was looking for someone to go on the Tilt-a-Whirl with me." "I'll go on it with you." "Okay." "I may vomit." "I like those odds." " Are you okay?" " Yeah." "Ooh, had to get to the cheap ferris wheel didn't you?" "What kind of carnival is this Cooper?" "Look." "I don't talk... a lot about... stuff." "And, I really don't trust people." "I trust you." "And I want to make it... this... work... no matter what." "And if we ever get down from here maybe we can talk about it." " Oh who knows when that'll be." " Please don't say that." "Look, maybe you just need something to take your mind off of it." "Oh, we're 50 feet in the air." "How do you expect me to possibly..." "One more time."