"What the?" "I, uh, I like your house!" "It's roomy." "It's very roomy." "Oh shit." "Sorry!" "Calm down, calm down." "#PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GRASS#" "#SOLD#" "Hey Mom, Dad?" "#GROWING OP#" "Hey, hey bud!" "These little Afghanis are loving bat guano steeped with coffee," "So I'm going to move them to a 18/6 cycle" "Oh and don't forget to clone the Tasmanians, they're going veg in a day or two" "Dad, do we have to keep your bat shit formula in the regular fridge?" "Bud, it's just until harvest." "And for your information, that's primo guano imported from Malaysia." "One of these days, I'm gonna be tired and I'm gonna drink it by accident!" "Well, maybe you wouldn't be so tired if you weren't doing that whole 'gardening' thing on the side." "It's not a 'thing' Dad, it's my job." " The suburban lawn is a nothing but a mutant monoculture which bears no resemblance to nature." "What is it?" "You need a raise in your allowance?" " I don't even spend what I have." "Quinn, there are a lot of kids your age who would love to be in your situation" "How do I know?" "I don't know any other kids my age" "Well try the internet It's a great way for social exiles to find each other!" "Alright my little baby, I hope you're thirsty" "Grow" "Hi sweetie I'm just finishing up my column, then we'll start." "Do you know where your sister is?" "Home school There's no escape" "Park it gently" "Aristotle's conditions for change are two opposed states of being" "Such as X goes from being F to being not F, or vice-versa." "Very insightful, Quinn." "Yeah, I think that just about does it for today, guys." "Mom, what, what's my grade?" "Since when do you want a grade?" "Yeah, Quinn Who needs grades?" "Mom, you used to teach real school." "And I want to know what I'd get." "Well, the point of grades in real school is unhealthy comparison" "But if you want to compare, here's a list of some more exceptional people who were home-educated." "Tennis Star Serena Williams." "Country singer Garth Brooks." "'Garth Brooks' Good God" " We're waiting to be impressed, Mom." "It's not to impress you." "It's to remind you that you're not alone." "Yeah well, misery loves company then." "Ok for tomorrow please identify and sketch three cloud formations" "And I suggest that you get to it before supper" "Class dismissed" "So what's up your butt lately?" " Hope, you know, just leave me alone." "Why, are you gonna go masturbate?" "Cause if that's what's up, I'm cloud-sketching elsewhere." "Nothing's up Hope, except that I just turned eighteen and I'm already a wanted criminal." "Yeah So?" "No, I told you, I don't want you guys selling to losers." "If you vouch for them, fine, but if they stiff us, they're getting their faces ripped off." "You too." "Love ya, later." "Bye." "I got altocirrus." " NO WAY, I called altocirrus!" "I'm already drawing the fucking convection layers!" "I call below the troposphere." "Tough." "She's all mine." " Bring it, bring it." "Stop it." "Hope I called that cloud and that cloud called me back" "I have stilettos." " And I have altocirrus." "Jeez, Quinn." "We could be looking at this in a book." "Don't you ever feel like you're missing something?" "No bro, I hang out at that school" "I see what those saps go through" "Hope, I want to meet normal people" "Quality people, who aren't involved in the illegal drug trade" "I'll try not to take that personally" " Jeez, is it wrong to be part of LIFE?" "I mean ok, we're in it but we're not in it!" "All its because our parents." "Chill, man." "We're not some crime op with pit bulls and AKs" "Mom and Dad are boutique dealers" "Great." "Maybe they'll give us all 'boutique' cells in prison." "Quinn, you want quality?" "There it is." "Dad's sweet new Mongolian hybrid." "Beautiful." "Yeah." "You fuckin brown-noser." "Are you done already?" "It was easier in the country." "More space." "Fewer distractions." "Hmm Like those police choppers circling every other day?" "I find that to be pretty distracting, Diana" "He needs a girlfriend." " Then maybe he'd loosen up already." "Jeez, how did we ever bear a kid that doesn't inhale?" "Sure he's mine?" "The only thing he knows about females is from sexing our plants." "Maybe we should get him a hooker" "Ahh, great idea" "I don't want you to hurt yourself boys but please be careful with that." "Marilla." "They can handle that." "That's what we're paying them for." "I got it here." "Alright." "Easy, easy." "Hi" " Hello" "Uhm, I'm Quinn and I mow some of the lawns around here." "How nice of you to offer" "We're the Connors, from West Haven" "Dr Charles Connors" "And where do you live, Quinn?" " Oh just across the street." "Oh, I love the aubergine trim around the windows" "Charles, look!" " Marilla, we've discussed this." "We're not 'aubergine trim' people." "Hey, where do I put the good china." "Crystal." "Hi." " Hi." "This is Quinn." "He's offered to take care of our grass." " Uh, your lawn." "Of course." " Crystal, the china goes upstairs, as in, inside." "Hey um, d'you wanna walk to school together tomorrow?" "I still don't know where it is." " Well." "Sure, okay." "Great I uh, I'll see you then." "I see your parents take great pride in their property." "The only good weed is a dead weed, I say." "Charles is fussy about appearances." "Burn them all, won't you?" "Bag them and burn them to ash." "You know, my parents say pretty much the same thing." "Welcome to the neighborhood" "Thank you" "Doctors, huh?" "From West Haven" "I hear that in West Haven they will flog you for chewing gum in public." "Well then, they'll keep to themselves." "That's good." " No, that's great" "All these flamingo-worshipping dolts keep to themselves because that's all they care about is themselves" "They're not all dolts." " Most." "You know, you kids should be enjoying this." "There's almost no rebellion left." " Not if I can help it, Dad!" "I don't know what upsets me more, Missy" "The fact that your street sales are putting us at risk or that your goods are cut from my castoffs!" "I wouldn't sell these to a frat house!" "Quinn." "You just guanoed the same seedling twelve times." "Oh" "Stop!" " You don't get it Hope." "We clicked." "Bro, you're so deprived, you'd probably click with a plush chair." "So what's the problem?" " Her parents are conservative types Hope." "They'll probably think we're a pack of new age eco-lunatics, at best." " Well, we are" "And when she goes to school tomorrow, it's OVER" "Some guy is gonna snap her up in a nanosecond" "Some quality guy who plays sports and his family doesn't grow dope or have bat shit cappuccino in their fridge or a kid sister running a CARTEL from the back of her Jeep!" "Some of those school boys are hot." "In a smelly-beast kinda way." "Yeah, you're screwed." " You're a big help, Hope." "I don't get it." "Are they related, or are they dating?" "They're related and they're dating" "So she broke up with the other guy?" "Mm Quinn, uh you better put on some sunscreen" "There's a bit of UV spillage from the halide lamps" "Uh how much is a bit dad?" "Are we talking like a bit of cancer?" "Less than sunlight." "Well have to re-fit the reflectors tomorrow." "You better put on a hat tooÀúFÀúF" "I just can't believe people really live like this" "Mom, The OC isn't a tragedy" " More like a horror movie" "You don't wanna watch this It's very toxic to you" "Who's that?" "It's probably just the new neighbors from, oh SHIT!" "Wood Sprites!" "Wanna buy some cookies?" "What is with these kids?" "Take a goddamn hint already!" "Well, the lights are on, they think someone's home" "Yeah but the plants in here are in 12-hour light phase." "If we turn them off it'll ruin their photosynthesis!" "GO AWAY, PLEASE!" " Dad, they're just WOOD SPRITES!" "Well, you look like big girls" "Can't you read my sign?" "Wel-come!" "Well-thanks, but we're not interested" "But everybody else on your street is buying them." "It's for a good cause" "Ah So you're selling conformity along with toxic sugar treats?" "Well, did you know that the Wood Sprites can trace their insidious origins back to Lord Baden-Powell, who was not only a neo-facist, but was also an infamous advocate of apartheid?" "What?" " Yeah Ask your mom." "And tell her that you'll just have to peddle your little boxes of bigotry elsewhere." "Night- night!" "Mom, what's apartheid?" "Bryce, that was excessive" "I know, but how can their parents enroll them in a scam like that?" "I mean, we don't sell poison to kids." "Why should they be allowed to sell it to us?" "Uh, you know why I have trouble making friends?" "Look, if we're so freaked out by Wood Sprites, how am I supposed to ever connect with people MY OWN SIZE!" "?" "Wood Sprites are evil." "They're a League of pint-sized little narcs." "I was a Wood Sprite" "Yeah but you grew out of it" "Quinn, no you gotta leave some of the spurge" "It gives the lawn natural character." " It'll spread to the neighbors." "Hey, if a little character spread to the neighbours that would be just fine." "Enjoy nine-to-five hell, suckers" "Spew as much CO into the biosphere as you possibly can" "Jeez, why is it that the smoke from that thing is legal and ours isn't?" "Hey, what's that smell?" "New purifier." "Now the air from the house goes through a state-of-the-art re-odorizing filter" "Mmmm Cherry blossoms" "We still smell like skunk, Dad If you're looking for it." "Think of it more as Jerry Garcia's bubble bath" "Great" "Now be thankful bud." "High school is the nursery for all of this" "Hey Wanna walk to school together?" "Sure I'll walk with you, but I,I don't go to school." " You don't?" "Oh, but I'm not stupid or anything" "I am something but I, I don't, I don't go to school, at school." "Really." " Well, it's just my parents They don't believe in they, they don't want me institutionalized" "Oh my God You're like!" "OH NO I'm not like that I'm not" "No, I don't mean institutionalized as in 'mental' I mean, well sure, sure I can act crazy sometimes but who doesn't and I really just had a bad case of the flu." "It was uh, oh it was the bird flu" " Oh I hear that's bad." "No, no, I'm better now Crystal, I'm very healthy!" "Well, you look healthy." " Thanks." "Thank you." "So do you." "I'm gonna get a ride with my dad." "Hey, I thought you weren't coming!" "I think it's time I've missed quite a few classes" "Good because I'm totally lost and late for my first period." "Do you know where uhm B 241- is?" "Sure It's, uh, it's that way" "And then that way You hang a left" "And there should be uh, stairs" "Go right Right Go upstairs, right" "Yeah that's a lot of stairs." " Where is it, on the roof?" "You really can't miss it." " Okay, I'll see ya later." "Okay." "What can I do for you Quinn?" "Drop slip?" "Multiple F's?" "I'd like to know how I, how I go about, going to school here." "Great." "Okay." "We're talking next year?" "No, actually I'd like to start today" "Oh, did you just recently move here?" " A few months ago." "Okay, well." "Let's see we need a transcript from your former school, birth certificate, health records and your parents need to come in" " Do my parents have to?" "Yes." "They need to sign your admission docu..." "Whoa." "Whoa." "Whoa." "What are you doing?" "I can't, this is a bad idea" "Wa, wait Wait, wait" "You get me health and birth records" "I'll see if I can get you in with an equivalency test" "And my parents?" "Most new kids get dragged in here by their folks" "Never had one come in on his own before" "Must be a Halley's Comet year" "Why are the police here?" "Ah they're looking for drug sales." "We've had a real problem with that lately." "Mom?" " In the grow room." "I have a birth certificate, don't I?" "Tell me you have some real official PROOF that I exist!" "Of course you exist, sweetie" "And you don't need an official document to say that you do" "We're not North Korea!" "I am not signing anything No son of mine is going to high school!" "I'm old enough to decide myself." " Quinn, you have no idea how lucky you are." "You're getting a first rate education from your mother who is a certified teacher" " Mom, I love learning from you I do, but." "What more do you expect and why now?" " Because it's my LAST CHANCE!" "I mean, I spend more time talking to these damn PLANTS than I do to people my own age!" " But Quinn, the cost" "What those idiots are gonna do to your mind." " Rote learning." "They'll teach you to memorize, not understand" "They will erode your innate reasoning skills." " Exactly" "Why would you ever want to leave this healthy, oxygen-rich learning environment to go breathe recycled farts all day in a concrete coffin for your mind?" "I don't know that sharing a bedroom with Aunt Mary and chain smoke is exactly a healthy environment" "Quinn, modern education produces specialized workers for a technical society that is structured on an exploitative labor model that hasn't evolved since the Industrial Revolution." "Do you understand?" " Yes I understand but..." "He understands" " Do you know most kids your age wouldn't have a clue what we just said?" "You're much too special to be specialized" "People go to high school, okay." "Decent people and I've met them." "Who are the 'decent people'?" "Pol Pot went to high school" "George Bush went to high school!" " YOU and MOM went to high school!" "Your mom thinks that these patio lanterns are better for our cover than lawn gnomes" "Personally I'm uh inclined to disagree" "Yeah like the welcome mat?" "Exactly" "Alaskan Thunder Fuck" "Most nuanced smoke this side of paradise" "Too complex to be engineered" "Can't be cloned." "My personal stash." "Quinn, we didn't move here just for the anonymity" "And, it wasn't just because we were made." " What else is there?" "I felt that it was the ultimate test for all of us to be able to live with them but never have to be them" "Because I was for awhile." "You were?" " In the eighties." "Big money." "Junk bonds." "Low interest." "Everyone was borrowing, acquiring." "It was all very persuasive" "And even though your granddad was the best grower in the country," "I took a job in the market" "Everyone my age was doing it and getting rich legally" "By the time everyone realized that it was all based on a false valuation of the world's corporate worth" "We lost everything." "So what happened?" " You were just born." "We lived in a van with leaky exhaust" "Your mother would check on you every two minutes to make sure you were still breathing" "I lost myself out there." "I followed." "Dad, I'm not following anybody." "Just know, that your mother and I aren't middle-aged criminals‚ taking our children out for a thrill ride." "It's our freedom, bud." "It's our nature" "Yours too" "Whatever you do, don't risk that" "Don't worry, Dad I won't" "God I hate these lights" "This is disgusting." " Hope, a little privacy please." "Trust me I'm saving your life" "Nerd." "Nerd." "Preppy scum." "Disaster." " I bought this one special." "No." "Quinn, wear this." " No, I want to make a good impression." "Okay then well if anyone asks, you're an only child!" "Fine by me." "Take this." " Fuck off!" "The books will be dry, but you're going to ace the sciences and I will help with math as best I can" "You look great." "Like, the mall." " Thanks mom" "I made you a tahini and honey sandwich." "Mom." "Mom." "It's okay." "Oh, don't let them brain-wash you." " I won't Mom." "You're the best teacher I ever had and ever will have" "So, uh I'll start on the enrollment" "And, for now, you can use school facilities to study for your equivalency exam." "Thank you, sir." "Mr Slack" "You must sign the attendance sheet" "If you do not sign the sheet, you lose library privileges" "Signing the sheet for another student is prohibited" "The sheet is located on my desk under the plastic apple" "Mr Kravitz you signed the sheet you must be here" "Lenny Lenny Kravitz" "Will you please identify yourself?" "Then Fern goes 'Since you and Phil are just friends, can I ask him to the prom?" "'" "She's so dreaming." " Well hello!" "Did you see that porn she wrote on his wall?" "Dirty slut." "I'm a COW on Facebook I don't need new photos, I need a new face." "No worries!" "I know this doctor who gives botox injections to minors." "Botullin Toxin A was actually first used to treat cross-eyedness." "My mom, she calls it 'facade-omy'." "Facade' o-me?" "Kravitz?" "Lenny Kravitz?" "If someone signed in for Mr Lenny Kravitz, it's AGAINST THE RULES, which clearly state that no student may sign in for another!" "GOD, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU KIDS!" "?" "What's going on, is he okay?" "Hey, they're trying to give him a nervous breakdown" "It's kinda their project before graduation" "So why are they trying to give him a nervous breakdown?" " Because he's there." "Just try to stay off their radar." "Speaking of radar, can you tell me how to find B241." "Up your ass and take a left." "Psst!" "Hey." "Hey." "Uh, what are you doing?" "We're germinating seeds and recording the various effects." "I'm eating them." "I know a bit about seeds I could help" "Really?" "That would be great because my lab partner is a total distraction." "Hey hall rat I know what you're thinking man but, that's not your cheese." "Whoa, whoa." "You okay?" "How's your first day going?" " Well, I think I could go to biology class." "Well no, for legal reasons, we can't really do that until you're enrolled." "Once you pass the exam, we'll set you up." "By then, she'll be set up." "Crystal?" "Hey so where are you going?" "Home." " Yeah?" "Me too." "Neighbour." "Well, you know what they say about the boy next door." " Oh yeah?" "Well what's that?" "He's usually a serial killer." "So what's your dark secret?" " Me?" "There's no secrets." "Like none at all." "Damn." "That is boring." "So, you like Teenage Head?" " I LOVE THAT BAND!" "Ohh yeah, me too." " They're so cult, like this hidden treasure I have all their music!" "I've got the original vinyl" " Get out!" "Really?" "Hey lab partner!" "Hey, hop in I'll give you a ride home." "You guys don't know each other?" " Na." "Well, Phil Steadman, class president, this is..." " Quinn." "Hi." "'Queen'?" " No." "It's Quinn." "Like the Mighty Quinn." "Checkerboard shirt with camo pants?" "It's such a cry for help" "Hey Crys, will you sign my chastity pledge?" "No sex till prom party" "I'm raising money for Unicef." " You want a ride too, man?" "Yo, Mansteed, this is the exec limo, not a fuckin bookmobile." "Not cool." "So what's up with, you know your sailor suit?" "Nothing's up I got practice for the musical" "But I still kick ass!" "Hey, I just remembered." "I gotta go to the guidance counselor to talk about college interviews." "I'll see ya" "We'll be seeing you, Quinn." "Yeah." "Cool." "Cool." "There's something fucking wrong about the hot New Girl and the loser New Guy hitting it off" "They're completely ignoring our social structure." "I KNOW who he is!" "He's that freaky" "Boo Radley guy that mows our lawn!" "You need a thing bro." " What thing?" "Jocks have sports Nerds have mental superiority" "And stoners have hot knives and metal shop" "Without a 'thing', you're gonna be shunned by all" "You've never even been inside Hope." " With my network of sales agents," "I don't have to I have a perfect perspective" "On what?" " High school, dick wad." "It's a jungle in there." "I'll protect you If I can" "You're my little sister, Hope." "Little sister." "And you're like Bambi with a bazooka." "If you compromise me or the clan, I'm cutting you loose Do you hear me?" "Compromise you?" " To paraphrase Aristotle Quinn," "Don't fuck with my good life." " Hope, there are COPS in that school because someone, god-only-knows-who-is selling" "Cops shmops You're what scares me" "Fine Fine Fine" "I can handle this my own way" "You are so meat." "Hey." " These are for you!" " Really?" "How sweet!" "They're wild." "Those are mums, that's purple butterfly and those are daisies so you don't have to pick the school's." "Hey you should know some people are talking about you." "Talking about what?" " Philip said he saw you peeping in his window" "But I said that was impossible because you had the bird flu" "Case of mistaken identity." "Right?" "Right." "Mistaken identity." "That." " I'm so relieved you're not a pervert!" "Me too." "Talk about dark secrets!" " I never trust gossip." "At my last school, there were rumors I was a nymphomaniac." "How awful for you." " Yeah." "Dude, you smell GOOD!" "It smells like a big spliff" "Hey man, are you holding or what?" "Let's hold him up from his toes." "Shower's right through there." "Unfortunately, the school doesn't supply towels so" "I'll air-dry, sir It's more eco-friendly" "It's more friendly" "You just like wearing makeup." "And that sailor suit." "HMS Pina-Fag." "They needed a baritone bitch." "Anyone have any extra pants?" "Oh my God!" "Quinn?" " It's not how it looks!" "Some guys stole my clothes." "I'm not a pervert or anything!" "Really." "Soooo, college interviews going well?" "Crystal, would you excuse us?" " Yep." "Definitely." "Kids around here are pretty devious" "I wouldn't trust anyone with my gym gear." " Thank you, sir." "Make sure you pass the test, Quinn" "I wouldn't want to lose her either" "I said family meeting ten minutes ago" "I don't have time for a family meeting." "I've only got TWO days left to study." "There's always time for family" "And, this is rather important" "We've had another outbreak of aphids on our crop" "Oh no!" "Dad, you don't mean?" " Yes." "I've had to release the ladybugs." "Last time they were crawling everywhere for weeks" "Quinn we don't use pesticides here." "And besides ladybugs are our FRIENDS." "They're magical" "Friends On the social scale of Embarrassment, ladybugs are a TEN." " Yes." "Why don't we just leave the house for awhile?" "That's a great idea We let these guys get started and you two can help me collect bat guano at the park" "Oh honey that's a great idea." " Our shame goes to eleven." "When they're crawling in my bed they're a little more than friends." "You'll never get em all I'm crashing at my safe house til their cycle runs out" "As if it isn't hard enough trying to make friends, real friends, now I gotta deal with these ladybugs" "Quinn, build your peeps one at a time." "And remember the first rule of sales." "Which is?" " 'Only flow to those you know'" "Kids, time for Dark phase!" " I'm not done studying!" "Quinn, you can't!" "Those are Dad's prize clones from Chiapas, Mexico" "I don't care." "Hasta la vista." " It's your Mexican revolution." "G'night, you guys I love you!" " I love you too!" "Hear that?" "They love you" "What do you think you're doing?" "!" " I thought you might want company." "Look into my eyes, man!" "I'm a teen psychopath!" "Can't you tell?" "I've never seen one up close." " Only thing that keeps those bullies off of my back is that my brooding bitterness might set me off on a shooting spree." "You won't really, though." "Will you?" "Who knows." "But if you sit with me, you're be marked like me." "But it's just lunch, eating" "If you can get her you'll be marked like a fucking hero" "...silver." " Hey not too much off that stalk." "You just cut off a good bud, Bud!" "So much to memorize." "My eyes hurt." "Hey well don't forget to feed the Mexicans." "If you can take five showers a day you can water a few plants." "You know when I was your age I had 20 plants to take care of." "What a tired curriculum" "It's a recipe for mind control" "Quinn, is it really worth it?" "It's for me." " It's for you?" "Hey, I don't know if you've noticed, but we're not exactly an open house here" "Hi" "It's the girl across the street" "What are you doing here?" " Uhm, before I forget, here." "Thank you." " Do you want to study together?" "I mean, I know you're in catch-up mode, and I'm trying to get my grades up for college so." "Sure." "Yeah, I'd love to study, study, with you." "Can we do it at your place?" "Ours is a real mess right now." "Yeah, I'll check with my parents" "I'll grab my books." " Okay." "Our house is not messy." "If anyone can operate a full-scale indoor farm and a home and do better..." " The answer to your question, Mom, is Yes." "It's VERY worth it." "We'll call at intermission." "But we could be back at any time." "Don't worry, Dad Quinn has a major test tomorrow" "You have a major test tonight." " Yes sir." "So, what chemistry are they teaching you kids these days?" "Actually sir, it's a bit obsolete" "What does this note mean?" "'Feed Mexicans'" "Foster children." "We have foster children Little Mexicans." "And uhm, we, mail them food" "How sweet Now kids I want you to stay downstairs because we're painting the upper floors" "Yes The fumes are suffocating" "They're nice." "Can you believe my parents locked the liquor cabinet?" "They're scared we'll get drunk and have sex cause they haven't had any in years" "None in years?" "Must be really tough" "Anyway my parents don't even like me drinking coffee, even though they knock back like a bottle of wine a night each." "Yours?" "Uh, they have, their vices" "The coffee's good." " I drink it to piss 'em off." "I'd even get suspended again just to see them get excited about something." "You got suspended?" " From my last school." "It's kind of hard to hide a joint in your kilt, you know?" "I bet." " Anyway, my Dad's like 'I'm not paying for private school education anymore, blah blah blah, so we moved." "Here?" "Hey!" "You don't have any, do you?" "Uhm, Any what?" " Any weed, you dork." "Oh, wh-what makes you think I do, I would?" "I dunno." "You seem like a misfit." " I do?" "Yeah but, in a good way." "You know like." "No one really knows you." "You're like a mystery man." " Mystery's kinda my thing." "I could really use a hit right now" "But I can't keep any because my anal parents search my room every fuckin' day" "Well I don't have any." " It's probably a good thing." "It makes me totally horny." " I think, on second thought, I might know someone." "They moved away" "Hey!" "I bet Philip could hook us up." " Philip?" "He says he's connected and I know he's this weird, preppy A student and his dad's this influential lawyer, he's got the goods." "Not tonight okay?" "What?" "You don't wanna have some fun?" "I don't want your parents to move you away again" "Me neither" "You're gonna ace it I know it" "I just want you to know that my palms don't always sweat this much" "Okay" "Good luck" "Yeah, hi I need a strategy session" "I ca, I can't do it" " Why not?" "Sir, I've never had grades before." "I don't know how to memorize." "I'm gonna have to tell Crystal I failed and my dad, he's probably gonna be happy." "Your dad would be happy you failed?" "I wasted your time and I'm sorry." " A kid comes to me without records." "Maybe he's got a history he's not proud of" "I don't see a kid who wastes time" "I see someone who wants to stand on his own" "Or fall on his face." " No I see someone who's ready for a test of life." "Of character Someone who's strong enough to overcome whatever it is in his past, make a fresh start" "Let's take the shot, shall we?" "Begin" "Alright, listen up guys If that weed whacker gets enrolled here, he's gonne be in my face everywhere" "He's already working my prom date." "Options." " Well, your general popularity makes you a shoo-in for valedictorian, but maintaining image, is so key." "Yeah well I better still be valedictorian, or my dad's not gonna pay for law school." "So overt aggression is out." " Damn!" "I say rat-fuck him socially." " His parents are soooo weird." "My kid sister is a Wood Sprite and they scared her half to death." "My mom sees his mom at the mall" "His mom shuts her eyes and has some kinda seizure every time she passes Baby Gap" "Weird or what!" " Alright, alright." "This is good." "Drop your pencil, Quinn" "I hear rumours he's got a sister who's a call girl" "She talk about some guy named Aristotle" "Must be her pimp" "Good work people." "Now listen, let's get more." "What the?" "GUYS DUDE!" "The uh, the amount of work you had to cover in a short time was a lot" "Maybe I just got caught in up trying to graduate one more student." "Came up a little short" "Of one HUNDRED, my young friend!" "Attaboy!" "Woo!" "HOLA!" "Way to go, Dumbass" "Everything Aced the science like the back of my hand, Mom!" "Honey!" "We passed!" "Oh well, I'm glad somebody's having a good day" "These Alaskan clones aren't taking Too complex for me" "We have a beautiful celebration dinner planned for you tonight!" "Sorry Mom I forgot to tell you I'm invited to Crystal's place for dinner" "Bud, your mom and I have been working on this all day" "Let's do it tomorrow okay?" "Cool." "Cool." "We should know better" "Living things break ground" "They flourish, flower," "only to be cut down" "Quinn?" "Oh, no no no no no" "Dad what are you doing here?" "What happened to the Mexicans?" "I dunno." "Maybe they picked up irregularities in the, you know, the PH levels or..." " When did this arrive?" "We're invited." " Maybe you forgot to put 'No Invitations' on the door." "It says that 'You and Your Parents are cordially invited to dinner tomorrow'." "Dad you're kidding?" " Well maybe your mother and I would like to." "Since when?" "All you do is make fun of everyone who lives around us." "You don't even know what's black or white." "We are the bad guys dad." "I prefer to think of myself in shades of gray, thank you very much." "How are you feeling Marilla?" "I must have picked up a touch of flu somewhere" "I'm a tad nauseous" "I'm famished I haven't had too much appetite in the past few days." "I told you we should've postponed." "Perhaps we should go to the hospital." "Oh wow." "The hospital." " Well there's something 'wow' worthy about that?" "Uh, no I've never, I've just never been to a hospital before." "Not even when you had the Bird Flu?" " You had what?" "!" "Don't do it Bryce" "I figured it out He's troping" "You introduce an artificial light source, and everything bends to it" "Well maybe we should bend with him" "I won't let him be ashamed of us" "Well, you're on your own" "Quinn, when you were born, you must've been in a hospital then" "Mom, would you just let him eat?" " Oh no, actually, I was born at home." "Oh dear Was it an emergency?" "So you were a, natural birth?" "Natural child birth is reckless" "There is no reason why the process can't be made as safe and pain-free as possible!" "Dad delivers babies." "Dad would you just let him eat please?" "Well I was so young at the time no one asked me which one I preferred" "And what do your parents do, Quinn?" "Yes, what DO they do, besides breed in a septic environment?" "Would you PLEASE just let him eat like a normal human being?" "They, they have a uh, they have a home-based business" "Well, it's too bad they couldn't join us" "Yeah I know But they've uh, they've had theatre tickets for ages" "Tell us more about them" "So Mom, Quinn's uhm planning on going to university." "Why don't you ask him about that?" "Excuse me" "So what are you planning on studying at university?" "I was thinking of being guidance counselor" "Or maybe a doctor" "Oh no, no" "Hey neighbor!" "I brought dessert." "Creme brule" "Interesting uhm texture" "Kinda tingly." " Tingly." "My wife sends her apologies, she would have loved to have joined us but she was feeling a bit tired." "Did you enjoy the theatre?" " Oh, I plan to." "Didn't you see a show tonight?" "Yes, of course We saw a production of 'Hair'" "I didn't know it was running." "It's a little early for a show to get out?" "It was a shortened production" "They should have called it 'Hair-Cut'" "Quinn tells us that your family sponsors children in Mexico" "We don't see them that much because they don't visit" "Such a long way" "And I'm sure it's very difficult for them to cross the border." "You could most definitely say that" "So you're Crystal" "My son has told me a lot about you" "Really?" "Cuz he's told me nothing about you" "I'm sorry Sorry 'Hair-Cut'" "Hair-cut" "Suddenly struck me as funny" "Never apologize for laughter Marilla." "It is the sweetest sound there is." "And your creme brule." "Is wonderful." "Well it's an old family recipe." "Were we going to the uh, hospital?" "I don't think we decided." " Are you sure?" "That we didn't decide?" " Perhaps we should." " Decide?" "No." "Go to the hospital." " Maybe you should go to the hospital." "How funny feet are!" "I've always thought so, Marilla." "I can't decide though" "Is it just my feet or is everybody's feet funny Charles?" "Do we have spiders?" " Spiders?" "Don't you see the spider webs?" "There's spiders up there!" "Wait awhile." "They'll go away." " We have ladybugs." "They're not going away" "What about the spiders?" " Who cares?" "I want you to look at my feet and tell me they're lovely." "They're lovely." "I thought we were weird" "My parents are SO loose for a change." "They must really like you." "We'll see ourselves out, goodnight." " Well, everybody seems relaxed." "Misson accomplished." " RELAXED?" "Was that relaxing for me?" "!" "I used a mild sinsemilla." "Classy buzz." "Subtle undertones." "Mild makes it alright, huh?" "Bud, we could've thrown some Afghani-Durban at em, they'd be naked dancing right now!" "Her mom is sick!" " Yeah, she is better now." "You know there's more poison in grocery store pie than in our dessert!" "Stop saying 'our' and 'we'!" "I had NOTHING to fucking DO WITH THIS!" "Whoa!" "I'm so sorry Mr Dawson." " Mom and Dad, don't usually go to bed this early." "Ah it's quite alright I'm sure they're going to sleep very well tonight." "Good night, Dad." "Good night Crystal." "It was a pleasure meeting you." "Good night" "You okay?" "Yeah" "My parents have been on the verge of divorce for years Try living with that kind of pressure" "I can understand pressure" "Hey, you wanna know a secret?" "I had sex with a girl once." " You like girls?" "I wouldn't do it again, but you know" "It was an honest thing" "More honest than my parents ever had" "Your turn" " For what?" "Tell me something about you I would never expect" "You know something you've never told anyone, just me." "What's the rush?" "Shouldn't we take our time?" "Well, I dunno after grad, we may not see each other again This could be our only chance" "I thought you liked me mysterious." " Yeah, it was intriguing at first." "But you know, if we're gonna be close, we should be able to talk to each other about anything, right?" "What if there was something about the boy next door?" "I knew it!" "I knew it!" "Please?" "What?" "Tell me!" "I, don't know if I can" "If you trust me, I will trust you." "With everything." "Come with me to the prom" "Then I'll tell you" "It means that much to you to go with me?" "Yeah" "Did I, did I do something?" "That's just it" "Some things are worth waiting for" "Notice to all students regarding our recent ladybug infestation" "There is no need for panic." "These insects are harmless, and proper measures are now being taken to make sure they're eradicated" "The negative PH in the control soil isn't balanced for acidity transfer from air Plus, the oxygen rating for this room is lower than necessary to support photosynthetic food construction But with the additions of nitrates or dolyimetric or calcic limestone, plus a half unit of 0,5 PH." "There you go" "Hey." "Since you're so good in biology man, you must already know." "Know what?" " That I'm taking Crystal to Prom." "The best boy always takes the best girl" "It's for the good of the species." "You dig?" "I doubt that Darwin was referring to the Riverview High prom." "For your own best interest you gotta get out of my way." "Or you will get destroyed." " How presidential of you." "See, around here man, family means everything" "And I happen to know that you're coming from an entire family of like, real strange-os" "You want the whole school to find out?" "Well, I doubt I'm the only one with a mildly-dysfunctional." "Yeah yeah I bet you're the only one whose Dad's een seen collecting bat shit from the parkette!" "So you just gotta get lost again" "Alright Quinn?" "Or you're the one getting buried." "Maybe we shouldn't" "I don't think I'm really welcome" "Quinn, it's the last party before grad week" "Everyone is welcome!" "Come on." "So what if I'm a bitch, right" "I had a good teacher, right?" "My mom" "Your mom is SO fucking my dad" "Hello!" "Your dad is a total SKEEZE!" "Once I caught him jerking off watching Degrassi!" "We're just having a Parent-Bash" "We're going clock-wise, which means you're next, or is it that way?" "Yay!" "I'm finally getting the SPINS!" "I am SO going to throw up soon!" " You're happy about that?" "DUH!" "So I can fit into a smaller prom dress" "God, you're lost!" "Hey, Quinn it's your turn" "Well, my dad's a pain at times." "But mostly, my parents are sorta cool." "No he can't be for real" "Hey d'you wanna go get a drink?" "Did I say something wrong?" "Cuz" "No What you said took guts" "Hey Quinn Come as you are, huh?" "You first, mansteed." " Dude, where are your manners?" "I say, the prettiest girl in school goes first" "What is that?" "Dude It's weed, man!" "You don't smoke?" "What fucked-up planet are you from?" "No It's Jack Flash" "Okay, what?" " A derivation, really." "A Bolivian strain crossed with Nepalese Heavy on top, not peaky" "Long-lasting, but a bumpy comedown cut like this" "Whoa, I dig it!" "For a real high, check out Afghani-Durban" "The textures are sublime." "It's like inhaling silk." "Shit You're makin' that up!" "Yeah It's just weed" "This man knows his smoke!" " How do you know all that?" "Just read about it somewhere" "Do you know scientists have found a receptor for THC on brain cells?" "Humans and cannabis have evolved together since the dawn of time Which means society's attempts to curb nature are not only misguided but also futile?" "Far-fuckin-out, man!" "I heard about that I thought it was a rumour" "I'll be right back" "I get high just listening to him" "Nice performance, DICKHEAD!" " I'm trying to make an impression." "As a weed expert?" "!" "I can flow to my peeps because of my financial hold on them" "These jerks are NOT your peeps!" "Hope, this toilet seat is wet" "This can not be your thing bro." "I can't go to Juvie." "I would not look hot in a lime-green jumpsuit" "How come it can be your thing but not my thing?" "My 'thing' is never selling direct to these drunken dolts Quinn, they don't even know my real name" "It's not how I thought it'd be." " Will you keep shut about the 'peaky comedown crap'" "You sound like Dad." " I do?" "Here Better dry your ass, Mr Cool" "Bend over!" " Hope." "Here I'll help you" "D'you wanna go out looking like you pissed yourself?" "I got guests about to puke!" "Whoever's banging in my bathroom I swear." "Hey, everyone!" "Check this out!" "We were just talking." " Yeah I should fuckin' hope so." "It's not that." "She's my sister" " Hell I am." "I'm not his sister" "I didn't know you had a sister." "He's locked in the bathroom with HIS SISTER?" "!" "See?" "I TOLD you he was a perv!" "It must run in the family too." "His dad abused some little Wood Sprites." "He's from a whole TRIBE of like FREAKS!" "And his sister!" "His sister even dresses like a call girl!" "Fuck you." " Oh, you wanna hear more?" "Huh?" "How about mom and dad?" "You all see Daddy-poo collecting bat shit." "From the parkette." " Listen to me blondie, he might be a freak but he's no pervert, and he's definitely my brother." "You preppy DICK!" "Boys, we're going" "I find out you have a sister after she punches out my friend!" "Your friend' has had it in for me since the day I came to school!" "Yeah and when did you come to school, Quinn?" "Came back, I mean." " It seems like you've had the bird-flu for like ten years." "And how could you do people's gardening when you're so sick you can't go to school?" "Okay." "Maybe I wasn't that sick." "Yeah well if you lied about that, maybe you do peep in people's windows!" "No Crystal I wanted to see what a normal house looked like inside" "I thought you were different" "You know that you weren't full of the usual bullshit and lies." "But I guess you are." "Normally, we don't involve parents in an incident like this, a party off school grounds" "But Quinn is new, and I thought it'd be good for us to meet." "I understand you have a daughter?" "Tell me." "What qualifies a person to offer 'guidance' to young people?" "Dad!" "I'm curious if certification from a college that's most famous for its 'bitchin keg parties' is enough that a parent would turn over the future of his child to a limited athlete desperate to relive his glory" "among minds at the level as his own?" "DAD!" " 'Limited'?" " You said it, not me." "I'm very sorry sir, and I promise that this will not happen again." "Ever." "Hey!" "It's the Smoke!" " Smoke Man!" "Lookin yummy!" "Thanks for dropping by." "What was that all about?" "I get this home visitation from Jocky Mc Jockerson" "And then I find out that you're The Smoke Man!" "Look, I didn't mean to but, it'kinda my thing now" "Oh well you know you're 'thing' going to get us into a whole lotta trouble." "Quinn how many times have I told you not to have people over here unannounced?" "Know what?" "He showed up on his own because he actually gives a shit about me." "Oh, what are you implying?" "That I don't?" " I mean what the fuck do we have Dad?" "Not the family business." "We don't have that in common." "And not sports." "I mean we never even play a game of catch" "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't indoctrinate you into all the macho bullshit." "You want me to go get some father-son crossbows or something?" "No, you know what's bullshit, Dad?" "YOU!" "Because you couldn't hack the real world, you not only screwed up your own life but your kids' lives too!" "Well, guess what?" "Not mine." "No." "You know what?" "Not mine" "Not anymore!" "Whoa Hey Bud, if we get made over this, we have to evacuate this house immediately" "There'll be no time for saying goodbye to all your friends" "Then I guess I'll wave" "Lenny, Lenny, Lenny" "Lenny, Lenny Kravitz?" "Would you please identify yourself?" "!" "Just ONCE, before the school year ends" "What's that smell?" "Is that a cigarette?" "Is someone SMOKING?" "That's a marijuana cigarette!" "PUT IT OUT!" "FOR GOD'S SAKE, PUT IT OUT!" "My wife smoked them!" "She left me for some hairy, lead singer in a Guess Who cover band!" "I haven't been able to listen to the radio since 1986!" "I HATE YOU BURTON CUMMINGS!" "WHERE IS IT?" "!" "I can't take this!" "I can't!" "Sir?" "I'm, I'm Lenny Kravitz." "It's so good to finally meet you." "Ah man." "Mrs Fern leaning over that jar." "Anyone got any extra pants?" "Hey Smoke, just thought you should know I'm getting D's!" "Oh You need some tutoring?" "Silly!" "D-Cups Silicone implants" "It's a grad present from my Mom" "So, got a prom date yet?" "Hey Smoke, I thought you were goin' with Crystal?" "I'm going to the prom with Philip." " You can't." "He's an asshole!" "You've never been honest with me" "I don't even know who you are" "Crystal, it's still me." "I'm just more normal now." "I don't know if there's anything normal about this Quinn." "I thought it's what you wanted and what your parents wanted." "Maybe it's what they want." "Just, look have a nice life, okay?" "Crystal, don't!" "PLEASE" "Maybe you should just stay away" "WAIT!" "If I'm totally honest with you, will you change your mind?" "I don't know" "Then I'm going to show you" "Everything" "We're losing him" "It's just a crush It's the age" "It'll pass, we know that" "It'll blow over" "None of this is worth losing our children for" "No high-minded principle is worth losing one Quinn" "Or one Hope." " Is it worth risking everything that we've built, for what?" "The girl next door?" "For love" "You and I have never left each other behind" "Crystal means a lot to him" "I know how that feels" "Then you finally know your son" "Mom Dad?" "Can we talk?" "It's time we did." " Come here baby." "Hey bud" "I'm, trying not to hurt you." " I've got one for you, too." "Oh Quinn, I picked this from the garden and it'll compliment her dress much nicer" "Mom, maybe I should just wear Quinn's" " No, we can't have our little girl looking anything but perfect" "But he..." " It doesn't matter either way" "As long you're beside me" "Recording for posterity" "It's going to be a wonderful night!" "And if she's not home by 12, that tux will look fine at your funeral." "Where are you taking me?" "A promise is a promise, right?" "Remember what you said about the boy next door having a dark secret" "Well, I'm not a serial killer" "Hello, Crystal It's so great to finally meet you" "Hi" "We met at the party" "Uh, what are?" "Crystal, this is awkward and we have a bit of situation here" "But we know that if Quinn trusts you, then we trust you" "We can trust you, right?" " Yeah." "Because, even though we have no affiliation with organized crime,we do have ways to guarantee your silence." "Bryce!" " I'm kidding." "I'm kidding." "He's kidding" "Oh it's uhm really humid in here" "You get used to having jeans cling" "But we're very clean." " Yeah not like those other grow ops that you read about." "Okay!" "Let's take some pictures" " Pictures." " Yeah Go on, inside." "Quinn do I have this in the right setting?" " Yeah just use the flash." " Okay got it." "Okay everybody, get a little bit closer together" "Crystal, did you know that Quinn was breast-fed until he was five and a half?" "No I wasn't." " Yes you were." "Say 'my cheese'" " My cheese!" "Okay, that's great." " Is there a bathroom where I could go just to freshen up?" "Through there First door after the kitchen" "Thanks" "You think she's cool?" " I don't know yet." "Well, you said that she smokes a bit so if she rats on us then it's tit for tat." "Dad, there's a difference between having the occasional beer and living in a brewery." "I know what this means." "Thank you." "Is it okay if I get a drink?" "This heat is making me really thirsty." "Great iced coffee, Mrs Dawson!" "Oh shit" "You're gonna want these." "Can he hear us?" "Hey Driver Wanna threesome?" "He can't hear us HOLY SHIT!" "OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" "That is SO huge!" " More mints?" "How could you keep this from me?" "Oh my God, now it all makes sense!" "Is it okay?" "You trust me this much?" "I love you this much." " Well would you?" "If you ever found anything this big out about me?" "Of course." " Y'know, prom is going to be pretty anti-climactic after this." "That's for sure" "But we could do something to make it a little more memorable." "Hello I'll be adding you to my exceptional persons list." "Yeah, right under Garth Brooks" "Well done, sir" "I gotta find Crystal" "I gotta find a drink!" "I haven't been to a high school in twenty years" "I wish I could've waited longer." " Don't worry mom, I'll spare you this trauma." "Hi" "I'm sorry." " What for?" "You're coming with me Quinn" " What's goin' on?" "What's going on?" "!" "What's going?" "!" "Dad?" "Please remain calm." " Quinn." "Just do what they say." "Dad!" "Mom!" "Fascists!" "We shall overcome!" "What's going on?" "That's one of my students" "Back off Police." " Dad!" "Dad!" "Police." " Let's see some ID." " Here's some fuckin' ID" "I'm sorry." "Tell me something about you I would never expect." "So I was wondering if you wanted to study together?" "See?" "I knew I was the best boy!" "Happy graduation, Bud" "We call it 'Corsage Cam'" "Quinn, we'd like to help you continue down the road you started." "Or we'll make sure you spend the next five years in adult prison." "We don't need your statement." "But it'd be much better for you if you'd tell us in your own words." "Yes, tell us how you put your filthy hands all over my DAUGHTER!" "Charlie!" "She's not really his daughter" "He goes undercover, he gets carried away" "Where is she?" " That's not important now." "What's important is your future, Quinn" "If you want to go to college, we can help arrange that" "Based on these arrangements I can almost believe it" "Building an air-tight case takes time, and we had to make certain the plants were in the house" "But there's more to it than that." "We've been watching you a long time, Quinn" "Not just your dad, but you" "Yes, this is one of the major busts of the year" "But I also saw it as a rescue operation" "You belong in our family" "I want to talk to Crystal." "Are you police?" "I'm a grad student in criminology" "They tapped me because I look young" "I didn't know it would be this hard." "Well I feel bad for you." " Don't hate me It was my job." "Crystal." "Is that your real name?" "I feel like we're gonna be intimate now, and before I give you my 'total honesty', maybe I should know your fucking REAL NAME!" "It is Crystal." " So are you the good cop or the bad cop or the 'let's make it memorable in the limo' cop?" "What happened, wasn't supposed to happen" "I threw the corsage out the window, remember?" "!" "It seemed sexy at the time" "I messed up." "And I got into a lot of trouble." "But I am not sorry" "That makes one of us" "I felt a real connection to you and then," "I mean it just made everything else so much more difficult you know?" "I tried to quit and they wouldn't let me because, you know it was for your good" "How could you play with me?" "How could you." "I thought I was helping to catch bad people" "You know and then I met you and your parents and you guys were you were nothing like what I expected" "Then, I dunno, after all this, I don't even know, I don't know" "WHERE I belong" " I just" "I know you did this 'cause you care about me" "And I can't stop caring just because I'm supposed to stop" "I know" "How's Mom?" " Mom's fine." "She taught high school, which, as we all know, is much worse than any prison" "Hope?" "They don't know" "I suspect that Daddy's girl is probably running a South American country by now." "I feel sorry for South America" "So what happens now?" " Well, your Mom will get a couple of years." "As for me, well, you're looking at the new Budman of Alcatraz." "They offered you a deal, huh?" " Their whole thing was a giant lie." "There's nothing real." "No There is" "What?" "We're a family, Quinn." "Four generations." "A fucking force of nature." "And now you're gonna GIVE US UP!" "No, Dad I won't." " Yes you are." "Yes You are." "No I won't do it!" " YES YOU ARE!" "I hope that you learned to memorize at that school of yours because this is the end my friend" "HEY HEY BUD!" "ONE MORE THING!" "Catch" "DAD!" "DAD!" "Please identify your father." "That's my father." "And is that your mom beside him?" "Thank you, Quinn" "Thank you for the courage of your testimony" "You're an extraordinary young man to have lived through this." "Order, order please" "Hey" "You didn't take the stand" "They didn't need it" "I didn't need it" "So what are you doing here?" "Shouldn't you be in school?" "I dropped out of criminology" "So uhm, my days are kind of open at the moment" "Are you going to university?" "Yeah Like I'd ever tell you" "I wish I knew what parts were real" "You were" "You really dropped criminology?" "So, you've been de-criminalized" "#SOME TIME LATER#" "How long before they're out?" " Mom six months." "Lawyer says Dad'll serve five years if he's good." "Big IF." "Hey well uh, by my model you'll be in seven figures by then Not a bad pension" "Getting them to retire will be a whole other ball game." "Door?" "Thunder-fuck." " She's still a first generation." "Wait till you see her kids" "Wood Sprites." "Wanna buy some cookies?" "Open the door!" "You fuckin' brown-noser!"