Make It or Break It S1xE2 "Where's Marty?"
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babydracoMake It or Break It S1xE2 “Where’s Marty?”
Awful Lauren and her awful father didn’t get what they wanted (Lauren on the national team) so her father blackmailed the coach into quitting the gym and going to Denver with them. Yes, this is the sort of sport at the sort of level where a family will uproot itself and move to a new city just to follow the coach. These girls are homeschooled, so changing schools isn’t an issue and wealthy, self employed parents seem to be the norm.
Anyway, we open on the Beautiful Mountains of Boulder, Colorado (although the show is filmed in Los Angeles). Emily’s purple topped house. Her mother is rushing around, kvetching “where are my resumes?”
“You mean the ones practically glowing in the dark?” Brian asks, holding up a stack of hot pink papers. Oh…oh dear. No wonder she can’t find work. I’m not sure even beauty salons would accept resumes written on hot pink. Emily’s mother drops her off at the gym, and they have a worried conversation about what will become of her scholarship now that Marty is gone.
Inside the gym, all the real gymnasts are doing their workouts in the background as Emily glances over at Carter (the long haired boy Kaylie makes out with) who is texting Kaylie. Who is answering his text from across the room. Heh. Thank goodness for oblivious old people who don’t remember that texting happens, right? Kaylie’s parents are up in the coach’s office, discussing whether or not Marty is the sort of guy you figure might break a contract.
“Everyone has their price,” Mrs. Cruz says, and anyone but her oblivious husband would notice the slightly guilty tinge in her voice. “Do you really think anyone with an Olympic medal is so virtuous? Marty was just a man. With weaknesses like any other man.”
The Keelers discuss how the board has approached them for membership, which is apparently a new and surprising thing. Remember, The Keelers Are Normal, everyone is twisted and spoiled and snooty.
“Times are tough all over,” Mr. Keeler opines. They’ve also been invited to join a gym in Houston. Payson, meanwhile, is flubbing her beam routine all over the place and finally storms out after snapping at an unhelpful assistant coach.
After the theme song, we find Payson and Kaylie outside. They make a secret plan to go to Denver and demand answers from Marty. Emily discusses her scholarship problem with Kaylie’s father, and gets interrupted by Kaylie’s older brother Leo. There are definite sparks flying between Emily and the brother, but he’s a borderline useless character who we won’t see much more of, so let’s just skip it.
DENVER ELITE GYMNASTICS CLUB, complete with aggressive music. Summer and Steve are watching Lauren do her beam work. She’s perfect but all the other girls are glaring at her. One of them says “I heard she’s a bitch”. Summer presses Steve to tell Lauren they’re dating. He swears he’ll tell her “tonight”.
Castle Cruz. Kaylie is just returning from the gym and gets a phone call. It’s Carter, who is hiding in her laundry room. Um, okay.
Back to Denver, where Lauren is being explicitly frozen out. Embarrassed,she decides to go find her dad, who is kissing Summer in an empty office. She freaks out less than you’d expect, because she claims Summer is just a clichéd fling.
Kaylie and Carter make out in the laundry room. Mr. Cruz comes home. Kaylie insists she was doing laundry, which he doesn’t believe, but when he peeks in the room, Carter appears to be gone. He pulls her away to talk about endorsements. It’s only when Kaylie’s brother goes in to do his own laundry that Carter falls out of a cabinet. Leo is slightly amused and unfazed. It seems like Leo and Carter are close to the same age, which is older than Kaylie.
A lot of male gymnasts these girls might date will be older than them. Because for women, the best gymnasts are the ones whose puberty is a little delayed, because it's not a sport designed for tall or curvy or busty women with normal menstrual periods or a desire for children. But male gymnasts are at their peak after they hit puberty, because a lot of their moves depend on the kind of power and upper body strength only a physically adult male is likely to have. Boys get to stay in the sport longer.
So there's some wisdom in coaches not allowing their gymnasts to date.
There’s a scene with Emily and her male Pizza Shack coworker that is cute but not worth transcribing, because he won’t last. Now all the Rock board members are meeting at Castle Cruz. Their living room walls have framed news clippings about Alex Cruz’s baseball career. He’s telling the Keeler’s about the spot that just opened up on the board and “wondering if you know anyone with money”. Emily and her mother have just arrived, Emily is wearing a windbreaker over her Pizza Shack shirt, because another one of the Rock’s rules is that the Elite gymnasts aren’t allowed to have jobs.
No, seriously. This is a sport that could bankrupt an average middle class family who wants their child to go to the Olympics. But gymnasts aren't allowed to accept endorsements if they plan to apply for any college scholarships. So they have to choose, "Do I want to hold out the hope of having college to fall back on, or do I want my money now?" But you have to be well known and successful already to get endorsements or college scholarships, what happens before that?
It's really right up there with golf, tennis, ice skating, and anything with horses as a sport for the financially privileged.
While Ronnie Cruz is greeting them, Payson and Kaylie skip by on their way to Java Rama. Ronnie suggest-orders that they bring Emily too. Ouch. Outside, the girls confess to Emily that they’re going to Denver. Emily insists on coming too, so Marty can sign her paperwork.
Ronnie is giving Emily’s mom a tour of her house. They have books in German even though they don’t speak it, the books are for décor. Oh, lol, rich people. Then Emily’s mom discovers a framed gold record and exclaims excitedly, “Zip up my heart? That was my favorite song!” She attempts to sing the lyrics, which are, and I’m not making this up, “zip up my heart, wash your hands and walk away…” And she asks how Ronnie came to own the record.
“I earned it,” Ronnie explains. “By singing it.”
“What was that, back in the 70s?” Emily’s mother blurts out cheerfully.
The adults discuss their big problem, as Alex tries to position himself as the best choice for manager, because “gymnastics is a sport of perception. The Rock needs to continue to be maintained as an Elite gym or all our girl’s scores will suffer.”
Wow, are you serious?
Mrs. Keeler points out that Houston already wants Payson and “we don’t need another Steve Tanner”. Alex accepts the criticism graciously.
The girls have arrived in Denver. Marty is not pleased to see them but consents to Payson’s demand that they speak in private. Kaylie tries to confront Lauren. Payson and Marty have an argument, although really, Payson does most of the talking. Marty confesses that he left because it was a better move, but after Payson snaps that she’ll kick their asses at Nationals and storms out of the office, Marty whispers, “you go, Payson”. He cares more about her career than his own, because Denver isn’t the better club, but it’s where he belongs because his secret would des troy The Rock and ruin the careers of his gymnasts.
Back out on the floor, Payson storms up to him again and demands that he fix Emily’s scholarship problem.
The parents back in Boulder have agreed to handle the club democratically. Ronnie is clearly not that fond of Emily’s mother but agrees to talk to some of her friends who own salons and might have job openings.
There are some boring and/or bizarre scenes I won’t recap. But when Emily’s mother offers to go out and get her family ice cream, she gets lost and drives past Marty’s house (I guess Boulder and Denver are close enough that you can live in one and work in the other?) and sees Marty and Ronnie Cruz making out in under the porch light. After a short montage of the girls in their beds, one scene with Lauren looking at a photo of herself and Carter, we cut to…
Marty calling Steve and backing out of their deal.
Awful Lauren and her awful father didn’t get what they wanted (Lauren on the national team) so her father blackmailed the coach into quitting the gym and going to Denver with them. Yes, this is the sort of sport at the sort of level where a family will uproot itself and move to a new city just to follow the coach. These girls are homeschooled, so changing schools isn’t an issue and wealthy, self employed parents seem to be the norm.
Anyway, we open on the Beautiful Mountains of Boulder, Colorado (although the show is filmed in Los Angeles). Emily’s purple topped house. Her mother is rushing around, kvetching “where are my resumes?”
“You mean the ones practically glowing in the dark?” Brian asks, holding up a stack of hot pink papers. Oh…oh dear. No wonder she can’t find work. I’m not sure even beauty salons would accept resumes written on hot pink. Emily’s mother drops her off at the gym, and they have a worried conversation about what will become of her scholarship now that Marty is gone.
Inside the gym, all the real gymnasts are doing their workouts in the background as Emily glances over at Carter (the long haired boy Kaylie makes out with) who is texting Kaylie. Who is answering his text from across the room. Heh. Thank goodness for oblivious old people who don’t remember that texting happens, right? Kaylie’s parents are up in the coach’s office, discussing whether or not Marty is the sort of guy you figure might break a contract.
“Everyone has their price,” Mrs. Cruz says, and anyone but her oblivious husband would notice the slightly guilty tinge in her voice. “Do you really think anyone with an Olympic medal is so virtuous? Marty was just a man. With weaknesses like any other man.”
The Keelers discuss how the board has approached them for membership, which is apparently a new and surprising thing. Remember, The Keelers Are Normal, everyone is twisted and spoiled and snooty.
“Times are tough all over,” Mr. Keeler opines. They’ve also been invited to join a gym in Houston. Payson, meanwhile, is flubbing her beam routine all over the place and finally storms out after snapping at an unhelpful assistant coach.
After the theme song, we find Payson and Kaylie outside. They make a secret plan to go to Denver and demand answers from Marty. Emily discusses her scholarship problem with Kaylie’s father, and gets interrupted by Kaylie’s older brother Leo. There are definite sparks flying between Emily and the brother, but he’s a borderline useless character who we won’t see much more of, so let’s just skip it.
DENVER ELITE GYMNASTICS CLUB, complete with aggressive music. Summer and Steve are watching Lauren do her beam work. She’s perfect but all the other girls are glaring at her. One of them says “I heard she’s a bitch”. Summer presses Steve to tell Lauren they’re dating. He swears he’ll tell her “tonight”.
Castle Cruz. Kaylie is just returning from the gym and gets a phone call. It’s Carter, who is hiding in her laundry room. Um, okay.
Back to Denver, where Lauren is being explicitly frozen out. Embarrassed,she decides to go find her dad, who is kissing Summer in an empty office. She freaks out less than you’d expect, because she claims Summer is just a clichéd fling.
Kaylie and Carter make out in the laundry room. Mr. Cruz comes home. Kaylie insists she was doing laundry, which he doesn’t believe, but when he peeks in the room, Carter appears to be gone. He pulls her away to talk about endorsements. It’s only when Kaylie’s brother goes in to do his own laundry that Carter falls out of a cabinet. Leo is slightly amused and unfazed. It seems like Leo and Carter are close to the same age, which is older than Kaylie.
A lot of male gymnasts these girls might date will be older than them. Because for women, the best gymnasts are the ones whose puberty is a little delayed, because it's not a sport designed for tall or curvy or busty women with normal menstrual periods or a desire for children. But male gymnasts are at their peak after they hit puberty, because a lot of their moves depend on the kind of power and upper body strength only a physically adult male is likely to have. Boys get to stay in the sport longer.
So there's some wisdom in coaches not allowing their gymnasts to date.
There’s a scene with Emily and her male Pizza Shack coworker that is cute but not worth transcribing, because he won’t last. Now all the Rock board members are meeting at Castle Cruz. Their living room walls have framed news clippings about Alex Cruz’s baseball career. He’s telling the Keeler’s about the spot that just opened up on the board and “wondering if you know anyone with money”. Emily and her mother have just arrived, Emily is wearing a windbreaker over her Pizza Shack shirt, because another one of the Rock’s rules is that the Elite gymnasts aren’t allowed to have jobs.
No, seriously. This is a sport that could bankrupt an average middle class family who wants their child to go to the Olympics. But gymnasts aren't allowed to accept endorsements if they plan to apply for any college scholarships. So they have to choose, "Do I want to hold out the hope of having college to fall back on, or do I want my money now?" But you have to be well known and successful already to get endorsements or college scholarships, what happens before that?
It's really right up there with golf, tennis, ice skating, and anything with horses as a sport for the financially privileged.
While Ronnie Cruz is greeting them, Payson and Kaylie skip by on their way to Java Rama. Ronnie suggest-orders that they bring Emily too. Ouch. Outside, the girls confess to Emily that they’re going to Denver. Emily insists on coming too, so Marty can sign her paperwork.
Ronnie is giving Emily’s mom a tour of her house. They have books in German even though they don’t speak it, the books are for décor. Oh, lol, rich people. Then Emily’s mom discovers a framed gold record and exclaims excitedly, “Zip up my heart? That was my favorite song!” She attempts to sing the lyrics, which are, and I’m not making this up, “zip up my heart, wash your hands and walk away…” And she asks how Ronnie came to own the record.
“I earned it,” Ronnie explains. “By singing it.”
“What was that, back in the 70s?” Emily’s mother blurts out cheerfully.
The adults discuss their big problem, as Alex tries to position himself as the best choice for manager, because “gymnastics is a sport of perception. The Rock needs to continue to be maintained as an Elite gym or all our girl’s scores will suffer.”
Wow, are you serious?
Mrs. Keeler points out that Houston already wants Payson and “we don’t need another Steve Tanner”. Alex accepts the criticism graciously.
The girls have arrived in Denver. Marty is not pleased to see them but consents to Payson’s demand that they speak in private. Kaylie tries to confront Lauren. Payson and Marty have an argument, although really, Payson does most of the talking. Marty confesses that he left because it was a better move, but after Payson snaps that she’ll kick their asses at Nationals and storms out of the office, Marty whispers, “you go, Payson”. He cares more about her career than his own, because Denver isn’t the better club, but it’s where he belongs because his secret would des troy The Rock and ruin the careers of his gymnasts.
Back out on the floor, Payson storms up to him again and demands that he fix Emily’s scholarship problem.
The parents back in Boulder have agreed to handle the club democratically. Ronnie is clearly not that fond of Emily’s mother but agrees to talk to some of her friends who own salons and might have job openings.
There are some boring and/or bizarre scenes I won’t recap. But when Emily’s mother offers to go out and get her family ice cream, she gets lost and drives past Marty’s house (I guess Boulder and Denver are close enough that you can live in one and work in the other?) and sees Marty and Ronnie Cruz making out in under the porch light. After a short montage of the girls in their beds, one scene with Lauren looking at a photo of herself and Carter, we cut to…
Marty calling Steve and backing out of their deal.
