Greenhouse Academy S2 E3

## Plot

Judy tells their client that they'll let him know when the trial run is ready to be initiated. However, he's calling the shots here. It's great to see someone finally put Judy in her place, but it's also terrifying. This Big Bad is *worse* than her, and she was okay with killing Ryan, and it's implied that they used to be friends. He says that their test will take place at exactly 3:16 p.m. the next day. If they succeed, their payments will be wired to their account by 3:17. Marcus asks Judy what she knows about this client. Nothing, and she doesn't care as long as she gets paid. But you're already rich. Or is he the reason you're rich in the first place? I'm just saying, Judy is a woman, and she's black. He pays them to have control over earthquakes. She says earthquakes happen all the time, and this one will make them $5 million each. The next one will make them ten times that. I've seen enough movies to know that no one pays that kind of money to have good things happen. Why can't someone who's super rich just be a decent person for once? Marcus says that they're doing something terrible. All Judy cares about is making sure that Daniel and his future family are financially secure. Again, you're already rich, and Daniel's probably gonna get paid a lot as an athlete, and he might not even have a family. Then again, an injury could end his career early, and make medical bills pile up. And the stuff with the taser barb proved it. This is why personal finance should be a mandatory graduation requirement in high school. I took it, and it was really helpful, if a bit unrealistic. Only rich people have enough money to pay their college tuition with no student loans, and people who win big scholarships, or are just really lucky and work really, really hard. Anyways, it's the same thing with Marcus's kids, but that's more understandable because he's a groundskeeper. And he's being blackmailed to do this too, and he feels really bad about it, not to mention that he's keeping Ryan alive without anyone else knowing. Brooke catches Daniel looking at her book. He claims that her locker was open, and the book fell out. She did read the book, and even took notes. He wonders how she forgot it, because she has the best memory out of everyone he knows. She already said she was sorry. She's human, and she made a mistake. He says he doesn't care about the quiz. She kisses him, and once again says that they were meant to be. Jackie is looking forward to spending a whole day at the beach, and forbids Max from bringing any textbooks. She asks about Emma. He says she sounded like a robot when he called her, and barely talked to him. It was like she was upset he even called. Jackie says she has a lot to deal with, with her mom being sick. He says that if her mom was really so sick that she had to leave the Greenhouse, then why was she having so much fun at the dance? Maybe she wanted to have one last good time before she left. Jackie knows he misses her, but says he's overthinking this. Ugh, I'm so conflicted! I want them to find out about the conspiracy, and I want them to end up together, but I wouldn't object to Emma returning and getting together with Max either! Shipping hasn't been this complicated since the Miraculous Ladybug love square, which evolved into a hexagon with Luka and Kagami! Maybe an octagon if you add Chloe and Lila. Anyways, Jason overheard them. Parker thanks Sophie for helping him with the equation. He tries to ask her out, but she talks to Alex first. She asks him if he's okay, and says he can tell her anything. She knows he's upset, and tries to cheer him up. Later, he's practicing in the gym by himself, and Daniel joins him. They play Horse and bond. Sophie tells Parker that she and Alex are just friends. They went to the dance together, but that was just because they were trying to keep the peace between Daniel and Brooke. Besides, it didn't help, and they're back together anyways. Parker is excited to learn that she's still single. Aspen tries to apologize to Hayley for what she said during the competition. I'm competitive too, but this chick takes it to a whole other level. Alex finally loses to Daniel, but only after a very long tie and many, many… creative shots. And a luck that rivals the Irish, and I would know. Jackie gets Max to agree to play Frisbee with everyone else, and they look forward to kicking Aspen's butt. She notices the chemistry between Leo and Hayley. Daniel admits that he's glad Alex joined the Eagles, because it makes him work harder. He asks him where Brooke was when she was gone all day. Alex tells him that she went to Eric's office to investigate his mom, but didn't find anything. He says that he thought someone messed with her brain at first, because she took Daniel back, but then he dismissed it as jealousy, and being upset that he was a rebound guy. Daniel tells him to stop putting himself down. Jackie sees that Max isn't moving, and talks to him. She tells him to make Emma proud, and improvise using the dance moves he learned in classes that his mom paid for. They come up with a plan. She throws the Frisbee to Max, who catches it. Leo throws it towards Aspen, who clearly shoves Hayley out of the way to catch it. Bitch. Everyone is concerned about Hayley, because of course they are, and they're given another reason to hate Aspen's guts. She clearly did it on purpose, but says she doesn't know her own strength. Leo says that the game is over, the others won, and that they need to talk. Daniel is looking up hypnosis therapy. There's a book on it in the old biology lab, which isn't used anymore. Leo tells Aspen that the point isn't that she pushed Hayley. He wishes she had talked to him before getting on that plane. She admits she didn't want to talk to him because she was afraid he would've told her not to come. She was afraid of losing him. Oh please, a girl like her can have any rich, famous, pretentious douchebag she wants. Leo tells Aspen that he's in love with Hayley. Aside from the dance, which ended horribly, you two haven't even been on a date yet. I may ship them, but true love isn't something you discover overnight. Aspen says a bunch of stupid, melodramatic stuff, and leaves to go swimming. Daniel looks in the old lab. Marcus points out a trigger point to Judy that's susceptible to seismic stimulus. It's perfect for the trial run, but only it's four miles away from the Greenhouse, in the ocean. All they need today is an extremely localized and measured tremor that will be detected by the US Geological Survey monitors, but they won't even feel it. To me, Hayley isn't swimming; she's just floating and feeling the waves go over and through her body. Jackie asks Max to teach her how to play chess. She laughs at all the sunscreen on his nose, and says she knows now why Emma called him her white knight. Max realizes that Emma wanted to tell him something, but couldn't, so she left a clue in the letter, which would lead him to another clue in one of her white knight chess pieces. He starts heading back to the clubhouse to check it out, and Jackie follows him. Marcus initiates the program. It uses electricity on the magnetite to somehow cause earthquakes. However, something goes wrong, and they get a much stronger earthquake than they were expecting. One that impacts the Greenhouse. Daniel finally finds the right book, and sees that it was last checked out by Marcus. Speaking of which, there's nothing he or Judy can do to stop the earthquake. It's terrifying to see everyone freak out, especially them, because up until now they had been in control of everything. Hayley is in trouble and calls for help. Aspen is by a boat and sees her.