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It's not mine.
I'm the last person on Earth who needs to cheat.
Ask anyone.
Top of class every year
and in each subject.
Her awards are next.
First in math and science competitions.
State crossword puzzle champion three times.
Also very well-rounded.
Student athlete honors in track and cross-country.
She's very quick.
Lynn will be first in our family to go to college.
We know this is the best place
for getting into top-tier schools.
MIT is our dream for her.
Their provost is an old college friend.
I'm sure we can be helpful there.
Lynn?
What do you think?
Exton Pacific really looks amazing,
but given our current financial situation,
I think public school makes more sense.
Why don't we go for a walk?
This school produces the people who change the world.
And I take my responsibility seriously
to invite students here
who may not otherwise have a chance
to fulfill their full potential.
I'm sorry, Ms. Walsh.
There's no way we can afford $50K a year.
- Lynn. - Tuition's actually 40.
But right now I'm on my dad's route to work,
so it's a free ride.
To get here, I'll need to get the bus,
which costs one grand after we buy
ten monthly passes to cover the school year.
It's two hours each way with transfers.
I won't have time for extracurriculars
or to help my dad at the laundromat,
which compromises our income,
so my best bet is Uber, which is 16 bucks a ride
if I avoid surge pricing.
32 bucks a day five days a week for ten months
is $6,400.
Add the new student fee at two
and another three for books and uniforms, and it's
$50,000...
give or take.
First in math competitions.
Lynn, you can attend Exton for free.
And I'll waive all the fees.
You are as deserving as any of our other students
at a chance to follow your dreams.
All you need to do is figure out
the best way to get here each day.
Is that a problem you think you can solve?
♪ Limousines, big people, their parties ♪
♪ But I'm on an island ♪
♪ Watching through a window ♪
♪ The flashing light on the bed ♪
♪ Neon sign goes red ♪
♪ "You are here," it says ♪
♪ Well, at least someone knows where I am. ♪
Lynn.
I cut the trip down to just over an hour each way.
If I count that as homework time,
it'll average out.
It won't be every day.
Between me and the bus, we'll make it work.
Everyone will ask,
"Who's the new girl in the sharp clothes?"
So shiny you can see your reflection.
Dad, you shouldn't have.
Thanks.
I signed up for Quiz Slam.
Their team made state finals last year, so they get
- their own room to practice in. - Huh.
We had to share with the theater kids.
Oh, that's why you were so fun to watch.
Their acting skills must have rubbed off on you.
What else are you thinking of joining?
The music program is amazing.
It has a summer residency in New York.
Last time I checked, uh, MIT is in Boston.
Well, two Exton students actually got
into Juilliard last year.
I have a real chance of getting an audition now.
Ms. Walsh is going to ask her friend to help with MIT.
You don't want to risk making her look bad.
Don't get distracted.
You're going further than your mom and I ever could.
You're going to accomplish big, big things.
A first-gen kid spends 462 hours a year
doing activities she's told guarantee her future.
But it was the time spent practicing piano with Mom
that she felt most free.
If X equals the pressure to please everyone
multiplied by the isolation of having no time for friends,
what are the odds she finally slips up,
costing her everything she's ever worked for?
Lynn! I am so sorry I'm late.
Uh, who are you?
Oh. Good, no one told you.
Okay, so I am your Exton ambassador.
Walsh wanted to make sure that you got
the lay of the land, so I'm here to give you the VIP treatment.
I'm Grace.
Um, excuse me, mister.
No bueno. Go again. One more time.
We're only allowed one photo each.
Okay, so first lesson at Exton... May I?
Some rules are not meant to be followed by those
who are actually wishing to excel.
It's just a yearbook photo.
Oh, babe, photos are forever. Ask Britney.
Give it a smoosh.
Okay, that is it.
That's the one! Yes.
Look at that.
Beautiful.
Oh, my God, Lynn,
if I could figure out how to do math
half as well as you play piano,
I wouldn't be failing this class.
It's C.
It's... it's what?
Well, treat union as everything in A or B,
which means all numbers.
And C: three, six, ten.
You got it that fast and upside down?
Oh, my God. That food smells foul.
MJ?
Since when are you so picky
about what you put in your mouth?
- Thanks. - Honestly,
she has no room to talk.
You should smell her sports bras after PE.
It is disgusting.
It's so gross.
Lynn, what if you tutored me?
I need to keep my GPA above a 3.0
or else I'm not allowed to audition.
And acting is what I'm betting my future on.
If you tutored me, I would...
I don't think I have the time, Grace.
I mean, on top of school,
I still have to help my dad out at the laundromat.
It wouldn't take that much time at all. I promise.
And we'll be hanging out either way, right?
Of course I tutored Grace.
She's my friend.
Why wouldn't I help my friend?
Just relax. We went over all of this.
You may begin.
My life is over.
Grace.
3.4!
Lynn! Oh, my God.
Hey, what'd you get?
Um, 4.2.
Such an underachiever. Come on.
Let's go celebrate.
Uh, don't we have AP History?
Believe me, no one's gonna care if you dip out early
on the last day of semester, okay?
Oh, I don't want to get in trouble.
Lynn, they can't afford to get you in trouble.
You're a star.
And, you know, not to be gross, but you're kind of
the face that they want on their brochures, right?
So, do you want to...
That's my girl!
♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh... ♪
Well, well, well.
Oh.
If it isn't the most beautiful girl in the world.
♪ And all these precious memories... ♪
This is...
Lynn.
I have been dying to meet you now that lacrosse is done.
Pat Stone.
Welcome to Chez Stoney.
Thirsty?
Yes.
Pat!
Oh, my God.
What can I say?
I love to get you wet.
My brother and his pals are running this, like,
crypto start-up.
Usually consists of getting fucked up
while they choke off our Internet.
Are you working with them?
I'm just trying to get my ass into college.
What happens if you don't?
My dad disowns me.
Uh, what about you, Lynn?
What are your plans after Exton?
Lynn wants to go to Juilliard.
- Juilliard? - Mm-hmm.
Is that funny?
My dad's on the board.
So, Ted is a Big Tech lawyer
who happens to love Chopin,
and he takes care of everyone this side of the lake.
Mm, not the way Lynn takes care of you.
I just heard you were hooking her up.
Pat.
Is this why I'm here?
No, no. Lynn.
You're here because you're my friend.
You're on a scholarship, right?
I'm just guessing money's pretty tight right now.
That's not...
What Pat means-- if we can use our family names
and our connections to get what we want,
why should you not be able to use what you have
to do the same?
$200 a test.
Me, Grace and four of my buds.
You expect me to risk my scholarship
for you and four of your buds?
Oh, Lynn!
You are one of Walsh's token trophies.
There is no way she'd believe you could do anything bad.
I... Let's just...
Let's think about it for a second.
How many classes in a semester with Scantron tests?
Four minus electives.
Travel for an audition to Juilliard costs $1,300.
Coupled with the loss of productivity at the laundromat
and owed rent, combining for a deficit of $6,700.
Divide by the cost of significant moral backsliding
and add a return trip for callbacks
and proper tuning on our piano, and you get...
$12,000.
And if I get my grades up,
my parents promised me a new car,
so I swear to be your personal chauffeur to and from school.
That's nice, but my dad and I are fine.
I go to Exton for free.
Everything is a transaction, Lynn,
even if they hide the price tag.
Listen.
Give it some thought, and I'll talk to my dad
about getting Exton's finest student
on the inside track to Juilliard.
Everyone wins.
I'm going to hang that up at work.
Where'd you get this suit?
Oh.
The laundromat gave it to me.
Nice fit.
I look like a Mafia guy.
Mr. Kang.
Ms. Walsh.
I am so glad to see you here.
This is a wonderful event.
I'm grateful for everything you've done for Lynn.
She'll impress your MIT provost friend-- I guarantee it.
Oh, I have no doubt about that.
And I'm looking forward to eventually
having that conversation.
In fact, I would love to introduce you
to one of the parents who steers our small gift committee.
She has some delightful items on display in the gallery.
There's a skin care package you just have to see.
Of course. Uh...
You okay?
Yeah.
I just don't like talking in front of people.
Your parents couldn't make it?
My dad's in Nigeria.
And my mom hates these things.
Why would she hate a dinner that celebrates us?
The dinner's to raise money, Lynn.
Celebrations aren't for mascots.
MAN [on TV]: We've always seen technology as a tool,
and it's a tool, we believe,
for empowering the individual.
Don't you ever get tired of the news?
Watching the news is how I learned English
and how you got so smart.
Well, if I'm so smart,
why didn't you listen to me when I said it was crazy
to spend a thousand dollars on face cream
when you won't even buy yourself a suit that fits?
That money shows them we're committed to your education.
There are plenty of rich parents who give to that school.
Our money is just as good as theirs.
Except we have a lot less of it.
- Mom would never... - Mei Ling.
All your mother ever wanted was to see you succeed.
This school gives us the opportunity
to make our sacrifices count.
We have to make sure they do.
I'm going to wash my face
because I feel like a jellyfish.
I paid for piano lessons. So what?
Since when is that illegal?
A coda is a passage
that finishes a song.
In Italian, its plural is the word "code."
It made me think--
what if we made our own code from music?
We'll use four songs to represent A, B, C and D.
Memorize my finger movements.
This is A.
Starts with the pinkie and finishes with the thumb.
This is B.
B is five, four, three, three, three, two, one, five.
Now we have C.
And finally D.
I'll give three answers, then skip one
and keep repeating this pattern to randomize our results.
The ones I skip, you answer yourselves.
If it's just the hand signals, what's the point of the songs?
The song gives your brain something to memorize.
And if you get caught, you can say you were
tapping out a song you learned on the piano.
A song you can then play for anyone who doesn't believe you.
♪ With this ring I thee wed ♪
♪ With all my worldly goods I thee endow ♪
♪ To love and to cherish ♪
♪ According to God's holy ordinance ♪
♪ You have declared your consent ♪
♪ May the Lord fill you both with blessings... ♪
-Oh, yes, king! - Oh!
-Open it. -Open it.
Open it!
Here we come, New York.
You look so good.
I feel like, uh, Jeff Bezos.
I saw you paid the back rent we owed.
Tutoring must be going well.
Mm.
Okay, we should have a dozen clients by semester exam.
Lynn Kang.
Headmaster's office.
Of course I know Lynn.
We're teammates.
Nothing more.
You wanted to see me, Ms. Walsh?
Yes, uh, Lynn, have a seat.
So, I'm sure you're both familiar with the Cartwrights?
Their name's on the science building.
Mrs. Cartwright is sponsoring a scholarship:
a full ride to any school
a student decides to attend after graduation.
One scholarship is offered to each school in the region.
Each school nominates two students to interview for it.
Now, I can't think of anyone to better represent
this school's values than you two.
You've made a remarkable team.
I'm sure you'll only make each other better
as competitors.
ADAM NEUMANN [on TV]: We think that that's very important.
Technically speaking, we have 80 locations around the world.
We're in 30 cities.
We're in 12 countries.
We add between five to ten locations a month.
We have 60,000 members.
And those members all have companies
and families and friends, and they're all taking part
of this great new way of working.
Where were you?
Piano lessons.
Your mama would be so happy
you found a way to do your music.
Dad?
You know what day it is?
Hey, guys.
Uh, please just... not in front of the store.
Or what you gonna do, Kunta Kinte?
Looks like a dork ass.
Look at Africa over here-- think he rule the street.
Hello, 911?
- You seriously calling the cops? - I need your assistance.
There's a couple of guys, uh, doing drugs
in front of my mother's store.
- You serious? - Yeah, if you could just
get here as soon as possible, that'd be great. Thank you.
Good luck with that.
I get why you think I did this,
but Bank is the most honest person I've ever met.
He'd never cheat.
Bank!
Banky. Bankster, hey.
Study for the exam?
It's a semester exam. Of course I studied.
Of course. Of course, yeah.
It's just that it's really hard for me
with my learning disability.
Which one would that be?
It's one of the bad ones.
- Good luck with that. - Wait. Hey, hey, hey.
Sorry. I just, uh...
I got to ask, can I copy off you?
Look, uh, if I fail this,
my parents are totally cutting me off.
And I already tried the piano thing,
but I'm more of a flute guy,
- to be honest. -"Piano thing"?
It's nothing. Never mind.
Um, I'll pay you $300.
Look, come on! I'm-I'm trying to make a Bank deposit here, man.
Shit.
♪ I feel myself getting better by the fucking minute ♪
♪ 'Member when my mama always had to save the minutes ♪
♪ "Throw Some D's" dropped, I wanted to be Russell Simmons ♪
♪ Better keep work 'em out, had an inner vision ♪
♪ Where the kitchen at? ♪
♪ Keep the lyrics written... ♪
Let's hurry up.
It's almost 9:30.
Take your seats.
You will have 60 minutes to complete the exam.
You may...
begin.
Excuse me?
Are we... are we taking two exams?
There's been some concern
about similarities in test results recently,
so we've issued two sets for all cumulative exams.
Just finish the test you received.
Lynn, what set do you have?
Can I help you?
Chapin. Switch papers with me.
Now.
20 minutes left.
Lynn. Lynn.
Should I put my name on yours?
Just do nothing.
Ten-minute warning.
Five minutes left.
Time's up.
Pencils down, please.
I said pencils down.
I said stop!
How high a GPA do you need?
Lynn Kang.
You didn't write your name on your scratch paper.
Lynn, you're the GOAT.
So, are we doing piano lessons this summer?
Yeah.
I need new winter coats for New York.
GRACE [chuckles]: We'll have them pay you in Moncler.
- Can you even do that? - I have no idea.
MAN [over P.A.]: Lynn Kang and Chapin Joyce,
please report to head of school.
You're all here because
there's something that we need to get to the bottom of.
Together.
Bank says that he saw Chapin
cheat off Lynn's exam.
Lynn, did you see him do this?
They've got different exam sets.
Cheating would be pointless.
Chapin, did you cheat off Lynn's exam?
No!
No.
Chapin.
How does the son of a state attorney general
consistently show such poor judgment?
Lynn, Bank, I'm sorry you got dragged into this. You can go.
Lynn. Wait a second.
Why are there problems from both exams
on your scratch paper?
Because it was you.
Yo, will you please just chill?
There's no reason to freak out.
Oh, shit.
This is not possible.
Lynn's already admitted to it.
I don't understand.
Were you and your father having financial problems?
No, no. We have no money problems.
Well, to say I'm disappointed is an understatement.
Lynn, you're the face of success for this school.
I can assure you Lynn will do whatever it takes
to make up for the mistake. Please.
If this were any other student than Lynn,
it would be grounds for expulsion.
But you mean a lot to this school.
And we have all grown very fond of you.
This being the first infraction merits a second chance.
Meaning what?
Meaning you can stay at Exton, but...
I have to rescind your scholarship,
and I'm afraid you're ineligible for the Cartwright.
The Cartwright isn't an Exton scholarship.
Whoever receives it represents this school
and must reflect its values.
By "values," you mean driving an already poor family
further into poverty just to prove a point?
I-I apologize on behalf of my daughter.
I have worked very hard to provide her
with the chance to learn at a place like this.
I'm just grateful her mother isn't here to see this.
It would break her heart.
Thank you for giving her another chance.
This is your plan?
You're running away to New York?
I just want the chance to do what I love, like my friends.
You're not like your friends.
They care about me enough to support what I want.
What happens when they get what they need from you?
Will they be there if this doesn't work out?
I know what I'm doing, Dad.
And if Mom were here, she'd understand that.
Oh, that after all the sacrifices she made,
her daughter thinks it's okay to cheat
so you can buy fancy shoes?
Your mother wore the same sneakers to work every day.
When they ripped, she put duct tape over them.
I would say, "Get a new pair."
She would say, "No.
That money can be for Mei, for the future."
And this is what you do with the future
she helped you to have?
Return the money.
Get rid of these.
And, uh, this, uh...
I never want to see this again.
Ms. Walsh will be changing your class schedule
so you can't cheat with those friends anymore.
You stay away from them.
I raised you better.
♪ It's a blur ♪
♪ The pulsing is so loud ♪
♪ Surely we'd feel better ♪
♪ If we had something to fight for... ♪
Why didn't you answer my text?
Mr. Tong was upset when I couldn't find his scrubs.
Oh, you don't get five stars
if you answer the phone with passengers.
You promised you'd cut back driving
to ten hours a week.
It's just until you graduate.
As long as I can keep the laundromat open on holidays
and, uh, keep driving,
we should be able to cover what we need.
Because you took out a loan.
Well, it's not your job to worry about it.
Go study.
- Hey. - GRACE [over phone]: Lynn?
You answered. I'm so glad you answered.
I miss you.
Miss you guys, too.
Saint Bart's looked fun.
Yeah. We really wanted you there.
My dad needed help in the laundromat.
I couldn't leave him.
Well, that's actually why I'm calling.
There's someone who might be able to help with that.
This is delicious, Eliza. Thank you.
Oh, I'm so glad you like it.
Sandy is a wiz.
She won Chopped, so I don't feel too bad
asking her to pull something together last minute.
Where's Pat?
It's his first day at Google.
Ted's firm does some of the visa work
for one of the research divisions,
so they gave him an internship.
So, Lynn...
I hear you're first in your class.
Mm, yeah. Not to mention
a Quiz Slam shark and a forensics icon,
and she's probably the best piano player
that Exton has ever seen.
Aw.
Grace tells me you have plans to go to New York after graduation.
My dad prefers Boston.
Someone with a future as bright as yours
can't waste time on what other people prefer,
no matter how much you care about them.
We know you spent last year tutoring Pat, and wow,
did you put every expensive thing we tried to shame.
Pat worked really hard.
TED [laughs]: We're talking about someone who thought
Parmesan was an ethnicity until he was 14.
Stop.
I don't know how you're doing it, and I don't care.
I just need to get him into Columbia.
Pat is our last chance to send a Stone to my alma mater.
His S.A.T.'s won't cut it with Columbia, not even as a legacy.
We need him...
to ace this test.
If he does, all three of you go to New York.
Our real estate person's found a place on the Upper West Side.
Doorman, three beds, two baths.
A subway stop away from anything you could ever want.
I have made it clear to our son that all he has to do
is get into Columbia--
it's his.
Lynn.
We'd be roomies.
So, you're asking me to...
To help our son.
And I will provide whatever resources he needs
to ensure you can.
Just think, the three of you together in New York?
So exciting.
I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Stone, but...
But, um, you know, like... like I was explaining to you,
Lynn is, um, she's super, super focused on graduating,
and obviously, she wouldn't want to jeopardize that
by, you know, getting too distracted.
Well, Sandy has prepared some incredible after-dinner treats
if you want to go down to the theater to wait for Pat.
- Thank you, Eliza. - Of course.
Lynn.
Think about it.
Sorry if that was weird.
I just thought if there's any chance that we could be
together in New York that we had to try, right?
I mean, with your Juilliard audition coming up,
you'd be a few blocks away from Lincoln Center.
And then I could get
to any audition that I ever want-- it's perfect.
Cheating the S.A.T. is impossible.
- It's the Fort Knox of tests. - Exactly.
It'll be the greatest problem you've ever solved.
You just haven't put your big brain to it.
Yeah, you're probably right.
I just got really hyped thinking about us on the East Coast.
REPORTER [on TV]: Negotiations continue here in Brussels
over the United Kingdom's decision
to leave the European Union.
But, given the time difference
and the British prime minister's visit to the United States,
sources say it will likely not be until tomorrow
that we hear a response on his latest proposal.
Philadelphia is three hours ahead.
If I go there, I can take the S.A.T.
and send the answers back to Seattle.
But I'll need serious money this time.
Even if Pat's dad helps with Juilliard,
I still have to pay for it.
Tuition is $180,000, and I want another 70 to help my dad.
Um, Lynn,
I admire your hustle,
but just because our parents are loaded
doesn't mean we have a quarter million dollars laying around.
And before we even get to that,
how do you know it's gonna be the same test?
I trawled every subreddit on the S.A.T.
and found several threads
that cross-check test answers across cities.
Philly and Seattle have received the same test
three years running.
Okay.
So, how do you get the answers out of the test?
I memorize them.
There's over 150 answers.
I did a dry run.
I can definitely do half before the clock runs out.
The problem is our window to get you guys
to the test centers is very tight.
I'll need help.
No one can do what you do, Lynn.
Yeah, I just did Ms. Ajukwu's delivery,
but I have to get ready for my Cartwright interview tonight.
It's at a fancy restaurant.
I'll-I'll be home soon, okay?
Uh, I-I got to go.
Hey, yo, Kunta Kinte.
You knocked my mirror with your big-ass case.
What? No, I didn't.
What, you calling me a liar?
No, I-I j... Hey!
Hey! Dude, stop!
It's 12 K a head to buy in.
Count me in.
We'll need about 30 clients.
Any more, we risk getting caught.
Any less, we don't make enough.
I can get that from my study group.
" by Soldout playing]
All of our lives,
we've been taught to fear a three-letter word:
S.A.T.
But what if I told you there's a way
to make that test your bitch?
All we can bring into the exam are
2B pencil,
eraser, a calculator,
our admission ticket and a photo I.D.
We don't all have photographic memory.
How are we gonna get the answers into the exam?
Each of you will receive
a 2B pencil with a barcode stuck on it.
The different widths represent the different answer choices,
going from thickest to thinnest.
Thickest being A.
Then B, C, D.
Anyone else getting hot yet?
What is wrong with you?
I need you to unlock your phones
so I can download encrypted apps to communicate with.
I'll send answers back during designated break periods.
Why would you like MJ's bikini photo?
That makes me feel insecure, Pat!
Okay, first of all, it was an open-back one-piece,
not a bikini, and secondly...
She's what?
You'll each get four pencils,
one per section.
Reading, writing, math with and without a calculator.
The numbers next to the barcode are for the grid-in section.
We skip the essay.
The top-tier schools don't count it, so why should we?
This is a first-class ticket to your future.
Are you ready to ride?
Why should three hours on a Saturday morning
determine the rest of our lives?
The schools don't choose us.
We choose the schools.
ALL [chanting]: We choose the schools!
We choose the schools!
-Thank you. -Thanks, Mom.
You left this in the kitchen.
Oh. Uh...
Mmm.
What is this?
Akamu.
I got to stop by here more often.
What are you doing here?
I heard what happened.
I just want to say I'm sorry.
Are they going to give you a chance
to make up the interview?
They said it wouldn't be fair to apply different standards
to different students.
What if you could still get that money?
What do you mean?
The S.A.T.
- You're nuts. - The rich kids get great scores.
We get paid. No one gets hurt.
I don't give a shit what you and your rich friends do.
I don't care about getting paid or having fancy things.
My life is school and my family.
And scraping by on Quiz Slam prize money?
Lynn, you can't cheat the S.A.T.
It's the most secure test in the world.
It's a scam,
engineered by people with money
and sold to other people with money
to protect their status.
The only way to beat a rigged game
is to outmaneuver it.
I have a plan.
I'm sorry, Lynn,
but I've worked too hard to risk it all for one big score.
You've got it backwards, Bank.
You've worked too hard not to.
You pick me 'cause I'm the only one
smart enough to pull this off with you?
That...
and I think you deserve the chance
to make whatever kind of future you want for yourself,
no matter what the rules say.
So... what's the plan?
This is home base.
You and I will fly to Philadelphia.
We found an inner-city school called Canopy High.
Busted security cameras,
multiple exits we can get out through
if things go sideways.
It looks like the best place for us to take the test.
We should use the gunman method.
The what?
It's what test-taking rings abroad do.
Essentially, you sign up as a foreign student in America
so they don't have our real names.
Use a real school but a fake identity.
We'll need valid I.D.'s to check in.
I know where we can find those.
We just need real passports that can be modified.
They'll make minor tweaks
that make it almost impossible to tag.
It's good enough for test security.
What are you, a secret agent?
Wait, Lynn. What about your dad?
The Quiz Slam final is in Philly.
You and I will split the test in two
and tag-team memorizing the answers.
I'll answer questions for the first half of each section.
You'll do the second.
Pat and Grace will combine them for the pencils.
Sections two and three will be back-to-back without a break.
In section four, we'll have to leave early
to get the pencils out, so we won't get the full 55 minutes.
We'll have 20.
That means out of Canopy
by 11:10 a.m.
Then Pat and Grace will have 20 minutes
to get everyone to the test centers.
Once you're done memorizing comes the tricky part.
They don't let us leave early unless we're sick.
I can make myself throw up.
It helps me feel better when I'm nervous.
So, what's my cut?
150 grand.
And what's yours?
250.
AUTOMATED VOICE [over phone]: Your payment this month
has already been received.
No further action is required.
You in?
Yeah.
Okay.
Whew!
Your bookings in Philly are in your aliases,
so no one knows your real names.
Bank, you're a Nigerian national at an American school in Lagos.
Lynn, your dad owns a real estate company outside Beijing.
Reservations are on Pat's card.
Anything else, we pay for in cash.
And luckily for us, we have plenty.
There's one thing left to rehearse.
I-I'm innocent, okay?
I swear I-I'm innocent.
What do I have to do to make this end?
I'll do anything.
I-I'll do anything, okay? I'll do...
anything for you, daddy.
No one wants to see that.
- Don't do that. -Okay. Look, I get it.
If they catch you, you hide behind your alias.
And if that goes bust, we play dumb
and you fall on your sword.
One last time-- if Bank gets caught.
PAT [sighs]: Okay.
Bank. Uh...
he's not the kind of guy I'd be friends with.
I-I mean, I don't want to be a dick,
but he's kind of a loser.
In the past four years,
I just see him hanging out alone.
All he does is study and kiss ass to teachers.
No one likes him.
I mean, I guess I shouldn't be surprised
he got his ass kicked and tossed into a dumpster.
Okay.
- Whoa! -What are you doing?! - Bank, Bank, Bank!
What the hell is wrong with you, dude?
I said exactly what you told me to say.
I never told you I ended up in a dumpster.
I never told anyone.
You all set me up.
You paid those guys to kick my ass
so I would miss my interview
and I'd be forced to go along with this.
And you're all in on it, aren't you?
- No. No. No. - Aren't you? Yes, you are.
- No. No. - Yes, you are.
Guys, you know how bad I needed that money?
It's not just me. It's my mom.
It's my whole family.
Hey, Bank, wait. Bank.
Bank, look, man. Just wait for a second.
Okay. Calm down.
Look, I'm sorry.
Okay, I-I saw those guys outside your mom's store.
I didn't know they would be so rough on you.
But we can't quit now.
What do you think's going to happen
if I get caught doing this?
'Cause it won't be the same for me as you all.
You're rich kids.
Your dad's a lawyer.
And you, you're just a nice Asian girl who got carried away.
Me?
Only if we get caught, okay?
But if this works, you're set.
Everyone wins.
You win!
You people always do.
Hey, Bank.
Bank. Bank!
What?
You think this plan works without Bank?
I did what had to be done.
Lynn. Lynn!
Lynn, wait. Please just... please, please, Lynn.
- Did you know about this? - I didn't.
I swear to you, I swear that I didn't know.
I never meant for any of this to go this far, Lynn.
I just... All I ever wanted...
Was to be an actress.
How do I know this whole friendship hasn't been an act?
Return the money, Grace.
It's over.
♪ ♪
Flight leaves in three hours.
Why'd you come back?
I'm here because of you.
I got thrown in a dumpster
and lost my chance at a free ride because of you.
I'm not letting you and your friends
take away everything I've worked my whole life for.
What if I can't do this anymore?
I want what's mine,
and you at least owe me the chance to get it.
Wait, Bank.
There's something you should know.
He may be a sociopathic asshole,
but at least Pat doesn't skimp on the accommodations.
You know, I've never had room service before.
♪ I'll give you time to breathe... ♪
You know that's not how you take a bath, right?
I don't get it, Lynn.
Why do you even want to do this?
Who's Mei Ling?
It's my Chinese name.
My real name.
My mom taught me to play.
It's what we used to do together.
What happened to her?
She worked in this factory downtown.
She got sick...
but it was under the table, so it wasn't like
there was anyone she could go to.
My mom used to clean houses.
That's how she found out about Exton.
She wanted to send her kid
to the same place as the people she worked for.
Since then, everything goes into that school.
This isn't just about the chance to do music, Bank.
We deserve to be the people our parents didn't get to be.
We deserve to be whole.
To make mistakes.
To go after what we want even if it isn't the best plan on paper.
We deserve that.
Yeah, we do.
GRACE [over phone]: Wait, so they changed the location?
The test isn't at Canopy anymore.
It's at a university in Center City.
There'll be much tighter security.
We'll be going in blind.
I just looked it up online.
- It's like a maze. - Look, if we don't
get these kids every answer we promised,
you owe back the money.
Are we still doing this?
Lynn?
Get some sleep.
Tomorrow's a big day.
Good morning.
I imagine you were thrown for a bit of a loop.
But some registration irregularities
made us think it best to move some groups
to one of our more secure test-taking centers.
If you have any issues, remember we're here to help you.
Please hand in your phones.
Section one will be the reading test,
consisting of 52 questions.
You will have 65 minutes to finish.
Sections two and three will be taken together,
followed by a break.
You may take nothing in or out
of the testing room on your breaks.
You will only be allowed to use a calculator for section four.
You may begin.
Five-minute warning.
Time's up. Pencils down.
Ten-minute break.
Cars and clients are ready and waiting.
Okay, here we go. Here we go.
What the hell?
- What? - Another $100K?
He wants another 100 grand in five minutes?
Is he high?
You are not helping!
You have one minute
remaining in your break.
A as in Alaska.
B as in banana.
B as in Baltimore.
- Pat, letters! Letters! - Okay.
C, C, A, B,
C, B, D, B, A, C,
B, C, D.
Print.
Okay.
Just making sure everyone wins.
You may begin section two now.
Time's up on section two.
You may begin section three now.
Time's up. Pencils down.
You have a ten-minute break.
Excuse me.
We're conducting a search of the bathroom.
Please step out.
Young man, will you please step out?
I'll-I'll be right out.
I don't want to have to ask again.
Now, open this door now.
If you don't open this door right now...
What are you doing in there?
Open this door now!
You're gonna face some very serious consequences
if you don't come out of there this instant.
Hello?
Please come out now.
You're gonna miss the start of your exam.
You are in a lot of trouble right now.
I'm giving you a chance to confess.
What was on that phone?
If you don't get back now,
you're gonna forfeit your test scores.
You may begin section four now.
Sooner or later, he'll reach the Nigerian consulate
or your school in Lagos.
Now's the time to talk.
What if they don't come by 8:10?
They will come by 8:10.
No one's answering.
Like I said, they're closed on Saturday.
Can I go?
You've got my passport.
I'm screwed either way.
Right?
Get out of here.
You know, it's amazing you have no accent.
It's a good school.
Oh, my God.
Are you all right?
I need to go home, please.
If you leave, your score will be canceled.
Dude, these people really want their answers.
Just tell them to wait.
- Okay. - Go!
Okay. Okay.
I don't know how much longer he's gonna be able
to hold them off.
Well, Jesus, maybe something happened, Pat.
Oh, God.
There's a reason he's got no accent.
He doesn't live in Nigeria.
His home address is an empty field.
We have to stop him.
Now.
She has long dark hair.
Green raincoat.
About this tall.
We got a potential accomplice.
Asian female, long dark hair, green coat.
Hey.
Hey, stop!
I don't know, and I don't care.
Just find 'em.
Security has their descriptions.
As long as we keep them on campus,
they'll be able to help pin them down.
Hey!
Pat, the printer's jammed!
Go. I'll take care of it.
Hi.
They come in yet?
No. We have six more answers left.
Wait.
Why are there no bars?
Lynn, we're running out of time.
We need answers.
I got them.
Come on!
Hoof it! Let's go!
We won.
BANK'S MOTHER [over phone]: Oh, big man.
Well done.
Everything's gonna be okay from now on, Mom.
I have a big plate of food waiting for you.
I love you.
♪ Being broke made me rich, yeah ♪
♪ Gotta keep the stove hot so it cook right ♪
♪ If everybody eating, that's a good night... ♪
As we march forth into our futures,
we will forever be indebted
to the geniuses that made this possible.
The icons, the legends,
our best friends, Bank and Lynn!
Okay, wait.
So you guys upgraded to the top floor of the hotel?
I mean, I need to get used to living in a skyscraper, right?
I cannot wait to visit this fancy New York condo.
Grace, you didn't tell her?
Tell me what?
Oh, just the...
We...
We're gonna defer a year to travel.
Oh, my God, Lynn should come with...
Lynn, you should come with us.
It's just for a year. It's just for a year.
You should come! Oh, my God, please, that would be so fun.
What about the apartment?
This is what you call not using a friend?
-Lynn. Lynn, hold on. - Hey, hey, hey.
Lynn, hold on. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
You-you pretty much got everything you wanted, right?
I just need to take some time for myself, you know?
If I don't get more life experience,
I'm never gonna make it as an actor.
I risked everything,
and all you ever cared about was yourselves.
Come on.
You did it for yourself.
Same as us.
Look, it doesn't have to end.
We're still going to Columbia.
Think of all the new clients.
You'll make stupid amounts of money,
and eventually, we'll all be in New York together
and you try for Juilliard.
Everyone still wins.
Yeah, he's right.
I have to go.
Hey, hey.
Lynn. Lynn!
People are just a means to an end.
And once we outlive our usefulness,
it's better we just disappear.
'Cause seeing us,
it only reminds you what assholes you are.
Back already?
I wasn't feeling well.
REPORTER [over TV]: Now to take you to breaking news.
A cheating scandal in one of Philadelphia's
poorest school districts has led to the cancellation
of hundreds of S.A.T. scores.
Though the College Board is unable to identify the culprits,
as a precautionary measure to protect the test's legitimacy,
all students at the breached exam center
will retake their S.A.T.'s.
For more on this story, we are joined by...
It's always the ones with the most to lose who suffer.
- All right? -Yeah. Thank you.
Did you hear about Canopy?
I saw it on the news.
Those kids are being punished for something they didn't do.
Some of them can't even afford taking the test again.
We have to fix this.
How?
Turn ourselves in.
Lynn.
Are you crazy?
Do you know what would happen to us?
Bank, what we did to those kids...
There's no such thing as "everyone wins."
Someone always loses.
Okay, but we have to do something.
All right, but turning ourselves in is not gonna
change anything for those kids.
So is it really for them,
or is it just to make yourself feel better?
I'm sorry I dragged you into this, Bank-- I really am--
but I'm gonna confess with or without you.
Lynn... you can't.
- Bank, I have to. - No, you don't understand.
I get why you're scared, but...
- No, you don't. - ...maybe if we're honest,
- they'll understand. - Lynn, I'm undocumented!
What?
I'm undocumented.
How else do you think I know where to get fake papers?
Me and my mom, we came here when I was six.
We overstayed our visas.
My dad, my sister, everyone is counting on me.
And going to college, it can mean a job, a student visa
and one day a green card so I can sponsor my family.
How many more people do you have to punish?
Bank.
Bank, I'm so sorry. If I knew, I-I...
We all have to live with the choices we make.
Live with yours,
and please just let me live with mine.
It was me, Dad.
What happened on the news in Philadelphia.
I know.
I could tell by the look on your face last night.
If I confess what I did,
more people will get hurt who don't deserve to.
I don't know what to do.
Hey. Come.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
I should have listened to you.
Your mom was always the listener.
Maybe if I pray with you, I'll...
I'll be able to hear her again.
It'll help me hear you better, too.
What do you think I should do?
Whatever you think is right.
I didn't decide to do this lightly,
but once I did, I wanted to prove that I could.
So I figured everything out:
using the time difference, the encoded pencils.
Bank only got involved once I knew
I couldn't do the whole test alone.
The thing is... Pat's the reason it all happened.
When tutoring didn't improve his S.A.T. scores,
he sent Grace to ask me for help.
He wired the money from his account,
he paid for the travel,
and it was his friends who benefited.
All the evidence leads back to him.
Pat could be described as the mastermind
of this whole thing, especially by the kids
who watched his presentation at your firm's offices.
All of this coming out wouldn't exactly
leave you unscathed, Lynn.
I don't want it to come out, Mr. Stone.
I don't want to tell people about
the minority scholarship kids who had money and access
dangled in front of them by the son
of one of Big Tech's premier lawyers
just so that he and his friends and his girlfriend
didn't have to work like everybody else.
I also don't want it to come out
that your son hired people to assault another student
in order to coerce us into doing this.
You expect me to believe that?
After what Pat did, I promised Bank I'd protect us.
I had an insurance policy.
I wasn't planning on looking at it...
till I found out your son was a liar.
There are texts between Pat
and the people who assaulted Bank,
not to mention...
He paid them on Venmo?
With a fist emoji in the transaction description.
What do you want?
The students at Canopy shouldn't have to pay
to retake their S.A.T.'s.
I'd like you to set up a fund to cover
their testing and tutoring costs,
for this class and those that follow.
Do you know how much that would cost?
Registration's $55.
There's a high-quality S.A.T. prep course near Canopy
for $699.
Considering transportation costs
and given that there are 417 students
in Canopy's current graduating class,
that averages out to $397,818 annually.
Less than what that condo in New York would've been.
What else?
Bank's family needs assistance with their immigration status.
I'd like you to help him through your law firm.
I can make a call.
Thank you, Mr. Stone.
I appreciate your help.
Wait.
All this, and you aren't gonna ask for anything for yourself?
You can wish me luck at my Juilliard audition.
You're not gonna coax me into making
a phone call on your behalf?
If I get in, I want to believe it's because I deserve it.
Lynn.
If music doesn't work out and you ever want a job...
call me.
♪ Look how the people gather round ♪
♪ When you finally came up ♪
♪ Boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Boy, you came up, boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Uh ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Uh ♪
- ♪ Put it down ♪ - ♪ Shut it ♪
♪ Look how the people gather round ♪
♪ When you finally came up ♪
♪ Boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ You make the city so proud of you, boy ♪
♪ You came up, boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Uh, came a long way from underpaid, uh ♪
♪ Took the long way to make 'em wait, uh ♪
♪ Could be summer in a hurricane, 'ey ♪
♪ Flipping work till she please ♪
♪ Oh, they can't wait to say I changed on 'em now ♪
♪ Gold chains on 'em now ♪
♪ Whole team smoking loud now ♪
♪ Oh, I can't wait to put the blinds on the side ♪
♪ Both hands on the wheel now ♪
♪ Working like we're still broke ♪
♪ Oh, from the sign to a dream ♪
♪ From the dream to the real life ♪
♪ Oh, what's your worth? Why you here? ♪
♪ When it's time to be young, will you put it down? ♪
♪ I put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Boy, you came up, boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Boy, you came up, boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Uh ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Uh ♪
- ♪ Put it down for 'em ♪ - ♪ Shut it ♪
♪ Look how the people gather round ♪
♪ When you finally came up ♪
♪ Boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ You make the city so proud of you, boy ♪
♪ You came up, boy, you came up ♪
♪ Put it down for 'em ♪
♪ Oh, from the sign to a dream ♪
♪ From the dream to the real life ♪
♪ Oh, what's your worth? Why you here? ♪
♪ When it's time to be young, will you put it down for? ♪