Brooklyn, 2020

**Brooklyn, 2020** is the first episode of the first season of Grand Army, and the first episode overall. The episode released on October 16, 2020 on Netflix.

## Synopsis

A bombing blocks away sends Grand Army High School into lockdown, building pressure that spills over at the "party of the century" that night..

## Plot

In the locker room at school, Joey goes to check on her friend, Grace who is upset in the toilets. She’s in a lot of pain and Joey pulls something out of her vagina. Grace then pulls a condom out and they both laugh. Joey suggests she may be pregnant and she starts to get nervous and freak out.

Leila presents in class about the Chinese dynasty. A couple of Chinese girls in the class speak to her in Mandarin and insult her. She doesn’t speak the language so she doesn’t understand what they’re saying.

Jay is out with his best friend Owen celebrating their music auditions. Out of the corner of his eye, he notices a man nearby who seems to be anxious but he brushes it off and carries on walking with his friend. They then head into the school and suddenly, they hear a large explosion. A mandatory emergency lockdown is initiated. Students are in shock. They are not allowed to leave the premises. Jay tells Dominique and Sonia that he is sure he saw the bomber and wants to make a bet on it.

When Sid walks down the hallway to see if his sister is okay, he sees Leila sobbing and he speaks to her. She talks about how she used to be stronger. He sits with her and talks. Leila gets upset that Joey Del Marco threw a condom at her for no reason today. Sid empathizes with her.

During the lockdown, a teacher tells Joey to cover her legs and questions why she’s always showing her body. Reluctantly Joey puts on Tim’s sweatshirt to cover up. After, Tim shows Joey that she’s been named as Bomb Pussy on the Grand Army Instagram page. Leila is also on the Instagram page and is named a Jap Pussy. Leila is happy because she feels wanted.

Dom is told by her friend that John Ellis has not been seen since he ditched the premises after the bomb. The news has confirmed the dead and the injured. On the PA, the school has been granted evacuation.

At home, Leila asks her parents why she wasn’t sent into Hebrew school — she brings up that Chinese girls at school don’t treat her like she’s Chinese. Leila then asks if she can go to the party as it will be “healing” for her after the day’s events.

After dance class, Joey and her friends talk about whether John Ellis is dead. Before the party, they see Leila come to the party and laugh. The party is in full swing with promiscuous teenagers, drinking, and sex. Sid is in one of the bedrooms and his girlfriend Flora asks if they’ll ever have sex. Sid talks about how he is downbeat that the bomber was Muslim because he looks like them and leaves the room.

Joey gets restless at the party and leaves with Tim. Luke seems bothered by how close they both are and gives a rallying speech at the party. Anna tells him to get down. Grace throws a drink over Leila and she reacts which throws Luke off the banister. He’s okay, just breaks his leg.

Tim and Joey run to the subway and hold on to the back of a sub as it moves — they clearly want a thrill. Joey seems emotional about it all but happy to be by Tim’s side. They both scream as they enter the tunnels.

## Cast

* Odley Jean as Dominique Pierre
* Amir Bageria as Siddhartha Pakam
* Maliq Johnson as Jayson Jackson
* Amalia Yoo as Leila Kwan Zimmer
* Alphonso Romero Jones II as John Ellis
* Thelonius Serrell-Freed as Tim Delaney
* Anthony Ippolito as George Wright
* Brian Altemus as Luke Friedman
* Keara Graves as Grace
* Jaden Jordan as Owen Williams
* Brittany Adebumola as Tamika Jones
* Naiya Ortiz as Sonia Cruz
* Crystal Sha're Nelson as Tor Sampson
* Ashley Ganger as Meera Pakam
* Marcela Avelina as Flora Mejia
* Lola Blackman as Rachel Finer

* Lindsay Wu as Wendi
* Tiffany Alycia Tong as Mei
* Jennifer Tong as Su
* David Iacono as Bo Orlov
* Micah Solis as Nick Rodriguez
* Diego Martinez-Tau as Chris Yoon
* Cole Bullock as Dante Pierre
* Mercedes Slater as Odette Pierre
* Osias Reid as Tristan Pierre
* Anton Gillis-Adelman as Eli Greenberg
* Rachel Boyd as Natalie
* Kelsey Falconer as Christina
* Vanessa Matsui as Ms. Kate Wilder
* Alexandra Castillo as Ms. Lisa Gonzalez
* Jason Weinberg as Principal Michael Metta
* Katie Griffin as Rebecca Connely
* Paula Boudreau as Judith Zimmer
* Rob Stewart as Steven Zimmer
* Neville Edwards as Martin
* Etan Muskat as Mr. Shipkin
* Marissa Rutka as Ms. Miya Nakamura
* Hakan Tolga Polat as Abdullah
* Jayden Greig as White Boy
* Daniel Keith Morrison as Dance Instructor
* Diana Coatsworth as Anthropology Teacher
* Richard Harte as Homeland Security Expert
* Hayley Festeryga as Changing Girl #1
* Naima Sundiata as Changing Girl #2
* Avery Kadish as Singer #1
* Tehya Silbermann as Singer #2
* Roney Lewis as Dance Center Dancer #1
* Lauren Lyn as Dance Center Dancer #2