Hothead

**Hothead** is the third episode of the first season of The CW's superhero drama *Mighty-man*. It aired on January 25, 2022.

## Synopsis

Coach Walt Arnold is obsessed with winning. Meteor rocks in his sauna have given him the power to cause objects to burst into flames. Sam defies his father and joins the football team. Nelly defies expectations, quits cheer-leading, and waits tables. Alex defies his father in a business plan that saves several people their jobs. The coach attacks the principal, a player, and a journalist before Sam stops him.

## Plot

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Coach Walt Arnold is hard on his team, but he's a winning coach. Next Friday's game will be the last of the season and Coach Walt's 200th win. After a game, Coach Arnold retires to enjoy his private sauna which was given to him five years ago, in recognition of twenty years of dedicated service by the alumni association. The steam coming off the lava rocks has a Template:Green tinge.

Principal Kwan arrives to discuss a problem. He has discovered that seven of the football players cheated on their mathematics midterm, so they are ineligible to play in next Friday's game. Coach Arnold asks Principal Kwan to keep it quiet for a few weeks and deal with it in the off-season and when Kwan refuses, Coach Arnold loses his temper. Kwan doesn't back down and exits. Coach Arnold hits the top of his desk in frustration and rage and it bursts into flames.

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On Monday, Template:Katie's new article appears in the Template:Brookcity Torch describing the football coach as abusive. Template:Nelly is upset that football players were cheating. Coach Arnold tries to recruit Template:Sam. He pushes pretty hard and finally Sam agrees to join the team even though he knows that his father will not give his permission. Back home, Sam argues with his father about playing football and Template:Marie tries to play peace-keeper. Template:Jefferson attends Sam's first practice. Sam is not able to control himself on the field and leaps over the linemen and scores a touchdown. Although no one is hurt, Sam's father leaves the stadium, obviously disappointed. At home, they argue again about him being on the team.

At the Balthor Mansion, Template:Alex argues with the business managers that Norman Luthor sent to make sure Alex runs BalthorCorp his way. The company is performing twenty percent below projections, so Norman wants Alex to cut the work force, but Alex plans to increase it in a bold move aimed to put his competitors on the run.

Nelly explains to her Aunt Nat that she has quit the cheer-leading squad and wants to get a part-time job, so she can have money to travel during the summer. Nat offers her a job at her flower shop, but Nelly is determined to find something on her own.

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Coach Arnold is reviewing film from that day's practice when Principal Kwan comes to his office to let him know that one of the football players confessed that it was the coach that gave him an advanced copy of the math test. Principal Kwan tried to have the coach suspended, but too many members of the school board are friends with the coach. Principal Kwan plans to get other students to come forward to force the board to suspend Coach Arnold. The coach loses his temper and throws the remote control down on the desk. The television bursts into flames.

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Coach Arnold watches as Principal Kwan walks to his car. When he turns the key in the ignition, Coach closes his eyes and the car's interior bursts into flames. Sam rescues the principal just before the car explodes.

Katie, Sam, and Template:Jack go out for coffee at the Beanery and meet Nelly waiting tables. Nelly is having a hard time. Katie notices when the seven suspended football players all leave the coffee shop together and she decides to follow them. She finds them talking with the coach on the football field. The coach is trying to figure out which of them ratted him out. Trevor Chapell gives himself away. The coach loses his temper and hits the boy across the jaw with his fist. When he does, the sprinklers become flamethrowers. Katie photographs the whole incident. At the pep rally, Katie tries to get Trevor to give a statement to the school paper. The coach attacks him and burns his arm with his bare hand. Trevor tells the coach that Katie has a picture of them from the football field the night before. The coach goes inside the school and finds Katie working on tomorrow's edition of the paper. Without entering the room, he closes his eyes and her computer bursts into flames. The fire grows and engulfs the entire room. Katie is nearly overcome, when Sam shows up and the coach backs off. Katie explains to Sam her theory that the coach is responsible for the cheating and the pyrotechnics, but she doesn't have any proof, so they decide to visit Trevor.

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Sam looks for Trevor at the Beanery and finds Alex Balthor. Sam, Alex, and Nelly all talk about their parents' expectations. Alex notes that the two of them stood their ground and that they have inspired him to do the same. Sam finds Trevor the next day holed up in his garage surrounded by fire extinguishers. He confesses to Sam that the coach gave him the math test. He shows Sam the hand-shaped burn on his arm. Sam goes looking for the coach and finds him in his sauna. Sam accuses the coach of hurting Trevor and threatens to keep him from coaching. The meteor rocks in the sauna makes Sam sick, and the coach easily overpowers him and locks him in the sauna. Katie and Sam's parents wonder where Sam is and go looking for him. Sam tries to escape the sauna by throwing the rocks through the small window. Jefferson finds him, breaks down the door, and drags him out of the sauna. He recovers just in time to do battle with the coach who becomes so enraged, he burns himself up.

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Later, Sam reconciles with his father when he quits the football team. He finds Nelly on the football field, thinking. She admits that she got fired, but she is tired of being a cheerleader. They talk about how they want to be something more than what they are. And since they are alone, Nelly offers Sam the chance for both of them to let out of their chests all the frustration and stress by screaming.

Norman Balthor arrives in Brookcity to give Alex a hard time about his decision to increase his workforce rather than decreasing it. Since they can't seem to come to an agreement, Norman suggests that they fence for it. Alex loses and is ordered to reduce his workforce. Instead, Alex finds a way to cut the operating budget without reducing his workforce, infuriating Norman.

## Cast

### Starring

* T.J.Williams as Samuel Jackson
* Devenity perkins as Nelly Watson
* Jace Norman as Alex Luthor
* Andrew Caldwood as Derreck Fordman
* Sean Ryan Fox as Jack Diamond
* Maeve Tomalty as Katie Jones
* Angel Parker as Marie Jackson
* Adrian Holmes as Jefferson Jackson

### Guest Starring

* Jason Connery as Dominic Sanatori
* Sarah-Jane Redmond as Nell Potter
* Hiro Kanagawa as Principal James Kwan
* David Paetkau as Trevor Chapell
* Dan Lauria as Coach Walt Arnold

### Co-Starring

* Allan Franz as Football Player
* Jada Stark as Beanery Manager

## Notes

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1. ↑ Naomi: Season One Ratings - TV Series Finale
2. ↑ Recently Added Episode Titles - Various Shows - 22nd December 2021 - SpoilerTV