Greenhouse Academy S2 E2

## Plot

Alex tries to talk to Brooke about Daniel, but she says she just gets carried away sometimes, and asks him not to make a big deal about this. He talks to Hayley about it, but not the conspiracy stuff. It doesn't make any sense. Brooke changed too quickly. Hayley says she was probably just using him to get back at Daniel for the fight. She calls Eric, who says that he and Brooke looked at the surveillance footage, saw that no one tampered with the car, and then they called Judy. He claims that she lost an earring on the cliff and was looking everywhere for it, and that Brooke wanted to make up with Daniel. She gives Daniel new sneakers that he's been wanting. He's finally getting his cast off that day. He asks her what changed her mind, since she was so mad at him before. She says she realized that they were meant to be. Aspen replaces Emma's name tag with her own, officially making it her locker. Leo asks her why she didn't talk to him first about giving up the London Conservatory for the Greenhouse, because it's a big decision. She says that once she makes her mind up, that's it. In the cave, Judy gets a picture of Brooke and Daniel together, and shows it to Marcus. He says that one day, she's gonna pay for all this. Louis considered him family, and then he betrayed his daughter. She thinks he's being melodramatic, and says that "meant to be" mantra was clever. Max is still going over Emma's letter. In it, she wrote that he would always be her white knight. Now they've even taken her name off her locker though. He can't believe they replaced her so quickly. Jackie hugs him, and tells him to call her. Louis meets all the students in the lobby. They don't normally accept students in the middle of the year, but Aspen was originally accepted to the Greenhouse last year, and he welcomes her. He knows the kids have all been through a rough time lately, so it's time to get back to routine. They're having a pop quiz to see how much they've learned so far this year. Jackie is terrible at those. Each student will be asked one question. The goal is to put together the longest streak of correct answers, and the team with the longest streak wins. Jackie thinks that's worse, because then she'll fail and bring everyone down with her. The winning team gets a day off at the beach the next day, with an all you can eat barbecue. Louis offers Aspen the chance to sit out the quiz, because they'll be testing material she might not have learned yet. Leo tells Hayley that he had no idea that Aspen planned to give up London for him. Max asks Louis for Emma's phone number, and he says he'll give it to him after the challenge. He tells Jason that Max misses Emma. Everyone is preparing for the quiz. Parker hates linear algebra. He can't remember the formula for slope-intercept form, which is y=mx+b. Sophie helps him understand it by comparing it to basketball. Brooke keeps telling everyone that she and Daniel were meant to be, which even he and Sophie find weird. Everyone learns about the list of subjects on the quiz. Jackie is really worried, but Hayley tells her not to stress and she'll be fine. Aspen reveals that she's participating in the quiz, because she doesn't want any special treatment. Suzanne is giving both teams the same quiz. The questions are the same. They're not allowed to help each other. Aspen confirms that she wants to participate. Alexander Hamilton died in a duel. Sophie and Leo both get it right. Parker solves a math question. Both teams haven't gotten a question wrong yet. Jackie is asked what you call a 2D array of numbers or letters. Alex gives the correct answer, which is a matrix. Aspen tries to encourage her, but Hayley tells her to leave her alone, because she's distracting her. Aspen breaks a rule by telling her that there's a movie trilogy named after the answer. This is Jackie though, we know she doesn't watch movies. Suzanne tells Aspen not to help, or she'll disqualify the whole team. Jackie gets the question wrong. Hayley says it's not her fault, because Aspen threw her off. Hayley is asked who composed a famous piece, and Suzanne plays it. Aspen, being a bitchy idiot with the mind of a goldfish, gives away that it's the Hallelujah Chorus by singing it. Hayley finally blows up, saying that the challenge is ridiculous, and it's just creating tension between them. Suzanne tells her that the strength of their team relies on their abilities as individuals. She says it's too bad that they can't pick the individuals on their team. She correctly answers that the composer was Handel. Meanwhile, Marcus tells Judy that the tectonic subductions are finally active. They've reached the threshold. She asks how soon they can start. He still has to calibrate the drag coefficient of the magnetite, which could take at least 72 hours. She gives him 24. It turns out that they have a client. It's a man, and she lets him know that they'll be ready for the trial run tomorrow. The Ravens have twelve correct answers in a row, and it's Max's turn. Aspen suggests moving Jackie to another seat so she doesn't ruin their streak. That. F@#king. Bitch. Did *not* just insult one of my favorite characters out loud! Can I see that cake clip again? Jackie actually agrees with her. Hayley blows up at Aspen again, and asks her if she's taught to be rude in that London school. Leo tells everyone to focus. Max is asked the name of a geometric entity with magnitude and direction. Even Jackie knows this, because they just learned it in math class. However, he says he's drawing a blank, and guesses isosceles triangle. It was a vector. He knew it, but intentionally got it wrong so there'd be no pressure on Jackie. That's super sweet, but also slightly stupid. What if thirteen is the highest streak they could get? What if it's just one more than the Eagles? Brooke is asked an American literature question, which she's great at. She's asked which novel ends with the line, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Aspen is asked the same question, but she's never studied American literature. She has no idea. Hayley suggests they move her so she doesn't ruin their streak. Come on Hayley, don't stoop to her level. Aspen has a near panic attack over not knowing, apologizing profusely, throwing out random guesses, calling herself an idiot, etc. I'm sure this moment is meant to make us sympathize with her a little, but it doesn't work for me, even though I'm a perfectionist too, and I've also had panic attacks before. Part of it is because her freak out is so over the top and unbelievable. There's also the fact that Brooke can't remember it, because her mind was messed with recently. The answer is *The Great Gatsby*. Brooke's apology to her team is far more heartfelt, sincere, and understandable. She and Sophie talked about it last Friday at lunch. She said the book made her cry. Daniel thinks it's strange. Afterwards, Aspen is still crying, thinking she made them lose the challenge. Hayley says she always has to be the center of attention, but Jackie feels bad for her. She knows how it feels to ruin everything. She goes up to her and tells her that it's not her fault. It's just a game, and she did her best. Louis tells everyone that the difference between the two teams was one answer. The Eagles had eleven correct answers in a row. But as we already know, the Ravens got twelve answers in a row, so they win. Brooke apologizes again. Daniel leaves. Jackie thanks Max for what he did, calling him a true friend. She looks like she wants to hug him. Louis gives him Emma's number. Aspen apologizes to Jackie for how she was acting, and they admit they can both be a bit careless. Daniel opens Brooke's locker. Wait, so he knows her combination, but she doesn't know his? That makes me really mad. He finds *The Great Gatsby*, and opens it to the last page. Brooke highlighted the last line, and even wrote that maybe there's a little Gatsby in all of us. Nope, none at all. I don't think Gatsby was a good person. Clearly, old Brooke disagreed with me. Max calls Emma, and Jason is listening in. He notices that she sounds weird, and asks if she's okay. She apologizes and hangs up. Judy and Marcus talk to their client. He asks when their earthquake will take place.