January 10, 2023 • 24 mins
The trail leads to a gang of aggressive middle-aged bicyclers who bet on Frisbee games. Will Hyde make it out alive... and in time to catch Dexter in the second act of his one-man show?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Brewster High, Brady Brewster is at a wellness resort.
His parents sent him away to a luxury high and
health retreat to clear out a system and reboot. So
what's your take on Principal fair Weather? Do you think
she's lying about where Brady is? Hello, Geffen, I hear
you know a thing or two about thumb drives. That's it.
The drive is called Brady's Secrets, a place called break
(00:22):
the Cycle. Do you think that's where Brady is? I
forgot about my day with Dexter. He's been waiting for
me for over an hour. You can't just Scooba dive
whenever you want. You have to go doing low tide.
My baby is stuck alone in a hot air balloon.
(00:49):
Someone's been lying about Brady Brewster or everyone, or quite
possibly no one. The mystery is where he really is.
Time to grab our shovels and do some digging. When
the truth is buried, you're going to have to get
dirty from digging it up. New paragraph. Did you ever
notice that Brady's last name is the same name as
(01:09):
this town and this school, Brewster. That's no coincidence. The
Brewster family founded this town over one years ago when
they built their beer factor. Stop reading for a second, Clara,
It's called a brewery. Are you sure, Mr Nelson? I'm sure.
Keep reading. When they built their brewery to make use
of all the local wild growing barley and hops. That's
(01:32):
why after they came to America, the family changed their
name to Brewster, also because their old name was Hitler.
And that's all I've got from my article so far.
All right, not bad, Clara, But I don't feel it's
ready to print. For one thing, there's no story there.
Hold on, let me write that down. Story. The school
newspaper isn't just some sort of vanity press. What do
(01:54):
you think we are? The New York Observer, or if
you want a more contemporary reference, Taylor Swiss remaker her
album Fearless. When we run a story, it's got to
blow the readers socks off. No half measures. You got
one shot at the story. Make it count. I won't
let you down, Mr Nelson. What's your plan for something
this big? I'm going to need some help, starting with
(02:15):
Hide his replacement on the frisbee team. He ought to
be a practice right now, Okay, everybody, water break not
you ride, you stay thirsty you didn't earn water. Hide
over here, I can't talk still in practice, I have
a job for you. Chill. Okay, I'll get to it
(02:36):
when I get to it. I didn't tell you what
it is. Quit writing my ass. I'm sorry. I just
thought that. No, I'm the one who should be saying
i'm sorry. I'm just really stressed out. Okay, Okay, what
go ahead and say I'm sorry. I already did. No,
you said you should be saying i'm sorry. You didn't
actually say it, didn't consider it said, I'll consider it
(02:58):
said when it's actually set. What do you want me
to say, I'm sorry? There, I just said it. Technically
you said the words, but the context was that you
were quoting words you might say you still haven't said
them in the spirit with which they were intended. Okay, fine,
here goes. I'm sorry. Good that you're upset by something
that I said. Apology accepted. Now where is all the
(03:21):
stress coming from? It's taking over for Brady as the
leader of the frisbee team. Brady made it look so easy,
throwing the bee, catching the bee. Ah, it's so much
more stressful than it looks. At least you have your
piss business that's drawing up to literally the team is
eating so many performance enhancing drugs. I can't keep producing
enough clean piss for the drug tests. My stream is
(03:42):
a drizzle at this point. This morning, I paid yellow dust.
If you want to find Brady, I could really use
your help. Just tell me what I need to do. Excellent, Okay,
here's the deal. I want you to go to one
five to Neil Avenue. That's the address we found on
Principal Fairweather's thumb drive, the address where she sent the fruit.
Ask it to Brady. It's a place called Break the Cycle.
(04:03):
She must believe he's there. I need you to check
it out. If Brady is there, I want to know it.
But if Brady is not there, I want to know that.
So report back to you one way or the other exactly.
You got it clear, I'll go tonight. We're back in. Everybody,
Come everyone, Hustle up, hustle up, you've got enough water.
Get in here. We're in a new drill. Catching me
on one finger while trying to look casual with them.
(04:25):
We're not bandanas, he locks. Let's good ans or you
know what, Let's do a lots per side right now.
It's just you're all next to each other. Next, I
had to talk to Brent. Fortunately, her after school job
as a janitor made her very easy to find. She
was cleaning the bathrooms. Hey, Clara, use the third stall.
(04:46):
I haven't cleaned it yet. I'm not here her bathroom stuff.
I need another favor. See if we can just talk
to Brady, we might be able to figure out the
mystery of why he disappeared and where. Yeah, Brady would
definitely know. So you're in you bet, And speaking of urine,
move over while I'm off the floor by this toilet.
Here's what I need you to do tonight. Go to
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Brady's house. See if he's no one's done that already,
So Brady might be missing, or he might just be
in his house exactly, process of elimination. If he's not
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in his house, he must be somewhere else. Process of elimination.
That would be a good title for a TV show
about a woman who cleans toilet. Yeah, and she's trying
to find a boyfriend. So she's dating every single man
on Okay Cupid until she finds the right one. Process
of elimination. Yeah, go to his house and if he's
(05:58):
not there, ask his parents where he is. No one's
even asked his parents. This is real life, not one
of your Veronica Mars episodes. Call me tonight, Attention Brister,
(06:26):
h Dexter and Hide are having relationship issues. Why am
I making a p a announcement about this? If it bleeds,
it leads? Hello, High, Hide, Dexter, Hey babe, everything cool? Hide?
Are you fucking kidding me right now? It feels like
this question is a trap? Are you standing me up
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on purpose? Is this whole relationship a prank? Shit? Oh?
Ship is right? We're supposed to be together right now
on a on a on a date or something right?
Oh god? What was this supposed to be a strawberry
picking cow tipping hi diving? You didn't show up. I
have to go tandem skydiving with some total rando dext.
(07:12):
I'm so so sorry. I'm just juggling a lot right now,
and I'm caught up in all this Brady Brewster crap.
I can't do it all. I'm not real Witherspoon. The
one thing that I do care about the most is you,
and I don't want to mess that up within reason,
of course, just as long as you're not my first priority.
I mean, I guess it's only skydiving. You forgive me,
(07:32):
don't you. Of course I forgive you. They're so lucky.
My father never showed me affection, so my need for
connection makes me a real push over. Thanks baby. Okay,
but I'll see what my play tonight, right, of course,
of course you will the play. That's that's tonight too.
They're taping off a reserve seat for you, and hey,
don't be late or you'll miss my big opening speech.
(07:53):
I will be there, I promise, Okaye tonight. Yeah, no,
I'll be there. Meanwhile, at the Ooster House, I'm really
confused about your writing style, Clara. You're writing this article
as if it's happening in real time exactly, Mr Nelson,
just like they do for Vice magazine. This isn't your
grandfather's school newspaper. It's just not a traditional way to
(08:15):
write a newspaper article. Okay, Boomer, I'm like thirty years
younger than a boomer, and and no one says okay
Boomer anymore. Meanwhile, at the Brewster House, Brint showed up
at the front door to see if Brady's parents had
any idea where he was. Classic Boomer parents Hey, Mr
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and Mrs Brewster Brant, What are you doing here? Don't
you have a Koala carcass to dispose of somewhere? What
can we do for your brand? We've got a lasagna going.
I just wanted to come by and ask how Brady's doing.
Thank you. He's getting the treatment in needs, we assume
because he's at a wellness resort. You're sure that's where
he is well? Of course I got a single text
(08:55):
from him a few days ago. That's the most he
shared with me in months. Tina angers well. I brought
his homework care for him so he doesn't get behind.
Is it cool if I drop it off in Brady's room?
So many good memories of being in that room matching
are junk together and that won't be necessary. Thank you
so much. We'll take that homework eat well. That was
(09:15):
a big nothing burger. I hope h it's having better
luck than I am. That night, Hide by twenty six
miles to the address of the edible nosegay delivery. But
he totally forgot about his date with Dexter. That's twice.
Now you're going to put that last part about hide
in Dexter in your article? Yeah, why not? Whatever? I mean,
who the funk cares right? It's just a school newspaper
(09:38):
across town. Hide was checking out Break the cycle, following
the clue on Principal Fairweather's thumb dry wellness resort. It's
just a bar. Hey, what are you doing in here?
Are you wearing biker shoes? Well, we're biker shoes. Is
(09:59):
a biker bar? I asked you a question, what are
you doing in here? I'm just a clean in the windows. No, no,
no, no no, no, it's bullshit. Giuseppe comes in on Monday's Giuseppe.
He's out the sick the service sent to me in
his place. I'm not buying it. What's your business here, hoss?
I'm reviewing the local bars for the year and issue
(10:20):
of a time out of magazine. And why would you
have an Italian accent? Got you looks like you're doing
some old fashioned snooping. Oh, now you're in for it.
This is our leader. He's from Massachusetts, and you know
how bikers feel about snooping. No, we hate it. I
think I've got all I needed for my review. Now,
(10:42):
if you excuse me, it's just gonna not so fast.
What do we gotta here? Huh, let me see that
backpack hold them voice, No, not my backpack. I've got
all my stuff in there. What's this a frisbee? Wow?
Those are some tight shorts. Tight shorts? Are our gang
uniform or a biker gang? Maybe you heard of us,
the Wheelie boys, boys like the William middle aged boys?
(11:06):
Am I right? Why are you traveling with a frisbee?
You on the ultimate team or something? Coach Bagley send
you here to make a bet for him? Bet you, guys,
gamble on our games. Everybody in this town bets on
frisbee games. But with that Brady kid missing, it's throwing
our whole betting algorithm into blue. Wait a minute, are
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you with the FETs? No, no, guys, I'm not a
fed bullshit would say? Take him out back, rough him up? Wait?
Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, take his clothes off,
all of the clothes every close, feed him to the
alleyway and bring the recycling out. Please will you come
back that alright? Remember, I don't forget it, We'll forget
Wait wait, I'm here because I want to be a
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Wheelie boy. Well well wow, pause boys, hit pause, hello Brin, Yeah,
hi Clara, where are you I'm still at the Brewster home,
(12:09):
well outside their home. They tell you anything, nothing, but
it feels like they're hiding something. How about Brady's bedroom?
You find anything in there? They wouldn't let me go
anywhere in your his room. So I'm going to break in, Brian.
The Brewsters are the most powerful family in town. I
came for the truth about Brady. What's that sounds? I
just shot a grappling hook to the roof. You haven't
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have a grappling look with you, of course you don't.
Now what are you doing. I'm climbing up the side
of their house. It's a big house. And now, dude,
I'm grabbing the gutter. Now I'm swinging over to his
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window and praying it open. And now I'm putting suction
cups gloves and moving around Brady's room by spider beaning
on the walls. I'm late to meet my set tutor.
Can you speed it up? Ladies and gentlemen, please take
(13:24):
your seats. The curtain will rise in ten minutes. On
the fault in Our Stars, starring Dexter in a dual
role as both Hazel and Augustus. Wow, we've got a
full house tonight. And I'm speaking to you not just
as Mrs Bagley, your home mac teacher, that is Mrs Bagley,
your drama teacher. Do you see Hide out there yet? No,
(13:45):
it looks like his seat is still empty, but there's
a lot of people in the standby line. Okay, just
hold the seats. He will be here, let's hope. So
that's an eight hundred dollars ain't we could be filling
eight hundred dollars. I don't have time to get into it. Okay,
the economics of life theater are crazy. How much of
that is like a bullshit processing feeling? It's mark up,
but that's industry standard. What I'm trying to say is,
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wherever Hide is, I'm sure he's very nearby and entirely
focused on getting here in time. So you want to
be a pedal pusher huh? You want to crank chain
on the asphalt highway huh? You wanna beat the pavement
like a ten speed seat sniffer huh? Yeah, totally everything
(14:31):
that you just said right now, I want to do it.
There's just something about the feeling, you know, like when
you're climbing up a steep incline, you just keep down
shifting fourth and third. Second, your calves are burning you
down shifted first. Then you crest the top of the
hill and bam, you've done it. From here on out,
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he'll let the downhill take you for a ride. That feeling, man,
there's nothing like it, as close as you can get
to touching the beard of God. If he's a man
that is. Okay, you've got skills, of course I do.
I love to rip, all right. Let's see what's the
best number of gears to have. Um depends damn. Straight
(15:16):
handbrakes or foot brakes. Handbrakes are like hand jobs. They're
for amateurs. He's good, okay, and maybe you do know
a thing or two, but you're young. These men are
all fathers at the end of their tether. We got
aggressively into biking as a way to release the pressures
of parenthood. So why do you want in. There's pressures
(15:37):
in high school too, bro, trying to keep my friends,
my team, my parents happy, and I'm caving. I wake
up in the morning and don't even recognize the man
in the mirror some days. Wow, gear up, son, you've
got the knowledge and you've got the spirit. Let's just
see if you've got the calf muscles. Before the surgery,
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she told me she wanted to break up because I
was too much for her. I kept using the word
always with her, you know, always, and she kept talking
over me but not saying it back to me. It
was like I was already gone. I know. Oftentimes people
don't fully comprehend the promises that they make when they're
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making them. Ladies and gentlemen. There will be a ten
minute intermission followed by two of Brewster Highs production of
Default in Our Stars. Dexter come on backstage with me.
Let's talk. Okay, look, you've got to get together. You're
(16:46):
nailing Augustus, But what is going on with Hazel. I mean,
I'm talking to you not just as Mrs Bagley or
drama teacher, but as Mrs Bagley, your home heck teacher.
I didn't come. He he's still empty. Don't let him
ruin this for you. Think of the audience. This is
a big night out for them. They hired babysitters, paid
eight hundred dollars a ticket to be here. Well, they
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paid six hundred and forty dollars for the ticket. The
rest was mark up for some imaginary processing fee. Think
of all the freshmen out there who might want to
go into high school theater, you are a role model
for them. I'm doing my best. I'm just distracted. Look,
I don't want to freak you out. But you read
about how lin Manuel Miranda started casting on his new musical. Right,
(17:28):
Oh my god, Lynn Manuel's in the audience. No, of
course not. It's an old technique of mine, performing as
if Lin Manuel was in the audience. Can you imagine
Lynn Manuel coming to us to see this? No? Now,
are you going to let some boyfriend ruin this for you?
Are you going to take that stage and do your job?
(17:53):
Hand me my half wig? Hey, come on outside, dudes,
let's watch this. Kids, show us the stuff. You're showing
us your stuff? Dude, got him? You can't see my penis.
I mean there's no way around it. You can see
my penis. Let me get you into a pair of
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bicycles shorts. I'll be fine for tonight. My taints heels fast.
Whose phone is that is that you? Yeah? Sorry, my
boyfriend is sending me a bunch of texts. Must be
an omission intermission. He's in a play tonight, and it
was really important to him that I make it. Woh,
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looks like you really did them wrong. You must be
a real piece of shit. Huh Oh, he would understand
if he knew why I was here. What is there
to understand that you suddenly had the urge to join
a bicycle club and had to do it at the
exact moment of his big show. Wait a minute, Wait
a minute, that's not why you're here, is it. My
best friend is missing and they said he was staying
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at this address, that the address was a fake. Then
you guys busted me. I had improvise. Okay, Well, first
of all, the address is real. Well you know it's
a real address. If you're here, Well, damn it. I
feel bad now. We were a little too intense. We know,
we come on strong. Yeah, we come on. It's the
human growth hormone. Because I told you we should cut
it down to I'm a pediatricians. You guys, we're pretty intense.
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But I get it. But I've screwed things up with
the only person that I've ever loved. What's you like?
It makes me feel like it's okay to be vulnerable.
He brings me lunch every Friday. He scratches the back
of my head on long drive. Let me pick the playlist.
It's goddamn beautiful. Gentlemen, gotta get this boy to a theater. WHOA,
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no way. Really, we'll get you there as fast as
our velocities will carry us. The lost pizza means bike.
Oh yeah, why don't you just say bike? I don't
just like to play with words. Brand Here, Brand, it's
me Clara again. You still a Brady's house? Yes, I'm
(20:06):
still here where exactly in his bedroom? Searching around? You
betterr up before his parents find you. Trust me, They'll
never know I was here. What's this? What? What do
you find? It looks like breeze journal? Damn it? Are
you bred? Parents coming upstairs? Were coming from in here?
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But nobody's in there. This is Brady's room. Well, maybe
we should open the door and check it out. You
mean right now? Sure? Right now? Or we could just
stand here all night jabbering about it. Okay, there's no
need to get sarcastic. I'm turning the door knob, but
really slow. Oh, I better head out. And when I
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opened the door and walk in, which I'm about to
do it, at any moment, you'll see that I was
right and you were wrong. Again. No, I'm climbing out
the window. There is no right and wrong. I feel safe.
I feel you are. I got out. I think they're arguing,
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so I'm on the clear. I'd love to keep shooting
the shoot with you all night, brand, but I've got
to do some more voice over before Hide and Dexter
get to the final beat of their b story. I
arrived back to the school auditorium after biking their full
speed with his new friends, but it was too late.
The play was over. I found Dexter waiting outside for him,
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all alone, in a mood best described as seriously piste off. Whoa,
we're here? How we made it to the theater? I
told you, Thank you, Texter. I'm so sorry. I late.
I was spicking up these flowers for you, but then
the line was so long that I went to a
different place to get the flowers. But then they didn't
take my Discover cards. So then you're kidding me, right, text,
(21:59):
I can't listen into your lies anymore, but you totally can. Besides,
you didn't even get the flowers. They were gonna be orchids,
your favorite. I can't put theoretical flowers in a vase. Hide,
it's a real vase. It deserves real flowers. Otherwise someone
might mistake it for a water jug. Okay, just wait
here for a second. I can get you flowers. I
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think I saw trader Jose. Oh stop, this isn't about
the flowers. This is about me. This is a big
moment for me, and I will not let you ship
on my shine, not again. He seems like a real
piece of ship. I told him that right when I
first met him. He seemed like a piece of ship.
Who are these guys? And where do they get those
terrific shorts? So Hide's adventure was a dead end. Yes,
(22:45):
Principal fair Weather did send an edible nosegay to that address,
but she legitimately thought it was where Brady was. But
what's the connection between a bicycle gang and Brady Brewster?
Someone has been lying to Principal fair Weather too, as
well as to all of us. We're stuck with nothing.
And then Bryn came walking in. Clara, Mr Nelson, I
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have something you both might find interesting Brady's journal. Wait, Clara,
how did you know that brain was about to walk in?
Next time on Brewster High. She's not gonna be jiggy
with this not jiggy at all. I'm just not jiggy
with them. I'm not jiggy at all. Something weirdest going on.
I'm gonna go eavesdrop hit me that stethoscope. The Brady
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I know, Adores Dairy even makes his own yogurt. Do
you ever hear of cat fishing? Can't say that I have.
We're going to be doing something very dangerous today, but
not physically dangerous, emotionally dangerous. Everybody, come quick. Somebody put
three billboards up outside the school and everyone's talking about it.
It sounds like my next newspaper story. This episode of
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Brewster High was written by Celess Ballard and Jonathan Stern
and directed by Jonathan Stern. It was performed by Joey
and Owen Burke, Rob Podry, Jared Goldstein, Brendan Jennings, Peter Kim,
Holly Laurent, Mike McCafferty, Veronica Saudio Sager, Shait, Amy Silverberg,
and Morgan Walsh. Executive produced by Keith Quinn and Jonathan Stern.
Produced by Frannie Baldwin, Jack Brungart, Natalie Gurgli, and Dave Solinger.
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Music by Matt Novak, Greg Martin and Alison Newman. Supervising
sound editor was Julie Diaz, and the sound editor was
Jack de Crane. Mixed by Brent Kaiser Sound Design and
mixed at Unbridled Sound. Brewster High was a production of
abominable pictures and honorable mention for I Heart Media. No
animals were harmed in the making of this podcast, except
for that chicken caesar salad I had that was delicious.
Previously on Brewster High, Brady Brewster is at a wellness resort.
His parents sent him away to a luxury high and
health retreat to clear out a system and reboot. So
what's your take on Principal fair Weather? Do you think
she's lying about where Brady is? Hello, Geffen, I hear
you know a thing or two about thumb drives. That's it.
The drive is called Brady's Secrets, a place called break
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the Cycle. Do you think that's where Brady is? I
forgot about my day with Dexter. He's been waiting for
me for over an hour. You can't just Scooba dive
whenever you want. You have to go doing low tide.
My baby is stuck alone in a hot air balloon.
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Someone's been lying about Brady Brewster or everyone, or quite
possibly no one. The mystery is where he really is.
Time to grab our shovels and do some digging. When
the truth is buried, you're going to have to get
dirty from digging it up. New paragraph. Did you ever
notice that Brady's last name is the same name as
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this town and this school, Brewster. That's no coincidence. The
Brewster family founded this town over one years ago when
they built their beer factor. Stop reading for a second, Clara,
It's called a brewery. Are you sure, Mr Nelson? I'm sure.
Keep reading. When they built their brewery to make use
of all the local wild growing barley and hops. That's
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why after they came to America, the family changed their
name to Brewster, also because their old name was Hitler.
And that's all I've got from my article so far.
All right, not bad, Clara, But I don't feel it's
ready to print. For one thing, there's no story there.
Hold on, let me write that down. Story. The school
newspaper isn't just some sort of vanity press. What do
(01:54):
you think we are? The New York Observer, or if
you want a more contemporary reference, Taylor Swiss remaker her
album Fearless. When we run a story, it's got to
blow the readers socks off. No half measures. You got
one shot at the story. Make it count. I won't
let you down, Mr Nelson. What's your plan for something
this big? I'm going to need some help, starting with
(02:15):
Hide his replacement on the frisbee team. He ought to
be a practice right now, Okay, everybody, water break not
you ride, you stay thirsty you didn't earn water. Hide
over here, I can't talk still in practice, I have
a job for you. Chill. Okay, I'll get to it
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when I get to it. I didn't tell you what
it is. Quit writing my ass. I'm sorry. I just
thought that. No, I'm the one who should be saying
i'm sorry. I'm just really stressed out. Okay, Okay, what
go ahead and say I'm sorry. I already did. No,
you said you should be saying i'm sorry. You didn't
actually say it, didn't consider it said, I'll consider it
(02:58):
said when it's actually set. What do you want me
to say, I'm sorry? There, I just said it. Technically
you said the words, but the context was that you
were quoting words you might say you still haven't said
them in the spirit with which they were intended. Okay, fine,
here goes. I'm sorry. Good that you're upset by something
that I said. Apology accepted. Now where is all the
(03:21):
stress coming from? It's taking over for Brady as the
leader of the frisbee team. Brady made it look so easy,
throwing the bee, catching the bee. Ah, it's so much
more stressful than it looks. At least you have your
piss business that's drawing up to literally the team is
eating so many performance enhancing drugs. I can't keep producing
enough clean piss for the drug tests. My stream is
(03:42):
a drizzle at this point. This morning, I paid yellow dust.
If you want to find Brady, I could really use
your help. Just tell me what I need to do. Excellent, Okay,
here's the deal. I want you to go to one
five to Neil Avenue. That's the address we found on
Principal Fairweather's thumb drive, the address where she sent the fruit.
Ask it to Brady. It's a place called Break the Cycle.
(04:03):
She must believe he's there. I need you to check
it out. If Brady is there, I want to know it.
But if Brady is not there, I want to know that.
So report back to you one way or the other exactly.
You got it clear, I'll go tonight. We're back in. Everybody,
Come everyone, Hustle up, hustle up, you've got enough water.
Get in here. We're in a new drill. Catching me
on one finger while trying to look casual with them.
(04:25):
We're not bandanas, he locks. Let's good ans or you
know what, Let's do a lots per side right now.
It's just you're all next to each other. Next, I
had to talk to Brent. Fortunately, her after school job
as a janitor made her very easy to find. She
was cleaning the bathrooms. Hey, Clara, use the third stall.
(04:46):
I haven't cleaned it yet. I'm not here her bathroom stuff.
I need another favor. See if we can just talk
to Brady, we might be able to figure out the
mystery of why he disappeared and where. Yeah, Brady would
definitely know. So you're in you bet, And speaking of urine,
move over while I'm off the floor by this toilet.
Here's what I need you to do tonight. Go to
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Brady's house. See if he's no one's done that already,
So Brady might be missing, or he might just be
in his house exactly, process of elimination. If he's not
(05:37):
in his house, he must be somewhere else. Process of elimination.
That would be a good title for a TV show
about a woman who cleans toilet. Yeah, and she's trying
to find a boyfriend. So she's dating every single man
on Okay Cupid until she finds the right one. Process
of elimination. Yeah, go to his house and if he's
(05:58):
not there, ask his parents where he is. No one's
even asked his parents. This is real life, not one
of your Veronica Mars episodes. Call me tonight, Attention Brister,
(06:26):
h Dexter and Hide are having relationship issues. Why am
I making a p a announcement about this? If it bleeds,
it leads? Hello, High, Hide, Dexter, Hey babe, everything cool? Hide?
Are you fucking kidding me right now? It feels like
this question is a trap? Are you standing me up
(06:48):
on purpose? Is this whole relationship a prank? Shit? Oh?
Ship is right? We're supposed to be together right now
on a on a on a date or something right?
Oh god? What was this supposed to be a strawberry
picking cow tipping hi diving? You didn't show up. I
have to go tandem skydiving with some total rando dext.
(07:12):
I'm so so sorry. I'm just juggling a lot right now,
and I'm caught up in all this Brady Brewster crap.
I can't do it all. I'm not real Witherspoon. The
one thing that I do care about the most is you,
and I don't want to mess that up within reason,
of course, just as long as you're not my first priority.
I mean, I guess it's only skydiving. You forgive me,
(07:32):
don't you. Of course I forgive you. They're so lucky.
My father never showed me affection, so my need for
connection makes me a real push over. Thanks baby. Okay,
but I'll see what my play tonight, right, of course,
of course you will the play. That's that's tonight too.
They're taping off a reserve seat for you, and hey,
don't be late or you'll miss my big opening speech.
(07:53):
I will be there, I promise, Okaye tonight. Yeah, no,
I'll be there. Meanwhile, at the Ooster House, I'm really
confused about your writing style, Clara. You're writing this article
as if it's happening in real time exactly, Mr Nelson,
just like they do for Vice magazine. This isn't your
grandfather's school newspaper. It's just not a traditional way to
(08:15):
write a newspaper article. Okay, Boomer, I'm like thirty years
younger than a boomer, and and no one says okay
Boomer anymore. Meanwhile, at the Brewster House, Brint showed up
at the front door to see if Brady's parents had
any idea where he was. Classic Boomer parents Hey, Mr
(08:35):
and Mrs Brewster Brant, What are you doing here? Don't
you have a Koala carcass to dispose of somewhere? What
can we do for your brand? We've got a lasagna going.
I just wanted to come by and ask how Brady's doing.
Thank you. He's getting the treatment in needs, we assume
because he's at a wellness resort. You're sure that's where
he is well? Of course I got a single text
(08:55):
from him a few days ago. That's the most he
shared with me in months. Tina angers well. I brought
his homework care for him so he doesn't get behind.
Is it cool if I drop it off in Brady's room?
So many good memories of being in that room matching
are junk together and that won't be necessary. Thank you
so much. We'll take that homework eat well. That was
(09:15):
a big nothing burger. I hope h it's having better
luck than I am. That night, Hide by twenty six
miles to the address of the edible nosegay delivery. But
he totally forgot about his date with Dexter. That's twice.
Now you're going to put that last part about hide
in Dexter in your article? Yeah, why not? Whatever? I mean,
who the funk cares right? It's just a school newspaper
(09:38):
across town. Hide was checking out Break the cycle, following
the clue on Principal Fairweather's thumb dry wellness resort. It's
just a bar. Hey, what are you doing in here?
Are you wearing biker shoes? Well, we're biker shoes. Is
(09:59):
a biker bar? I asked you a question, what are
you doing in here? I'm just a clean in the windows. No, no,
no, no no, no, it's bullshit. Giuseppe comes in on Monday's Giuseppe.
He's out the sick the service sent to me in
his place. I'm not buying it. What's your business here, hoss?
I'm reviewing the local bars for the year and issue
(10:20):
of a time out of magazine. And why would you
have an Italian accent? Got you looks like you're doing
some old fashioned snooping. Oh, now you're in for it.
This is our leader. He's from Massachusetts, and you know
how bikers feel about snooping. No, we hate it. I
think I've got all I needed for my review. Now,
(10:42):
if you excuse me, it's just gonna not so fast.
What do we gotta here? Huh, let me see that
backpack hold them voice, No, not my backpack. I've got
all my stuff in there. What's this a frisbee? Wow?
Those are some tight shorts. Tight shorts? Are our gang
uniform or a biker gang? Maybe you heard of us,
the Wheelie boys, boys like the William middle aged boys?
(11:06):
Am I right? Why are you traveling with a frisbee?
You on the ultimate team or something? Coach Bagley send
you here to make a bet for him? Bet you, guys,
gamble on our games. Everybody in this town bets on
frisbee games. But with that Brady kid missing, it's throwing
our whole betting algorithm into blue. Wait a minute, are
(11:28):
you with the FETs? No, no, guys, I'm not a
fed bullshit would say? Take him out back, rough him up? Wait?
Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, take his clothes off,
all of the clothes every close, feed him to the
alleyway and bring the recycling out. Please will you come
back that alright? Remember, I don't forget it, We'll forget
Wait wait, I'm here because I want to be a
(11:49):
Wheelie boy. Well well wow, pause boys, hit pause, hello Brin, Yeah,
hi Clara, where are you I'm still at the Brewster home,
(12:09):
well outside their home. They tell you anything, nothing, but
it feels like they're hiding something. How about Brady's bedroom?
You find anything in there? They wouldn't let me go
anywhere in your his room. So I'm going to break in, Brian.
The Brewsters are the most powerful family in town. I
came for the truth about Brady. What's that sounds? I
just shot a grappling hook to the roof. You haven't
(12:32):
have a grappling look with you, of course you don't.
Now what are you doing. I'm climbing up the side
of their house. It's a big house. And now, dude,
I'm grabbing the gutter. Now I'm swinging over to his
(12:56):
window and praying it open. And now I'm putting suction
cups gloves and moving around Brady's room by spider beaning
on the walls. I'm late to meet my set tutor.
Can you speed it up? Ladies and gentlemen, please take
(13:24):
your seats. The curtain will rise in ten minutes. On
the fault in Our Stars, starring Dexter in a dual
role as both Hazel and Augustus. Wow, we've got a
full house tonight. And I'm speaking to you not just
as Mrs Bagley, your home mac teacher, that is Mrs Bagley,
your drama teacher. Do you see Hide out there yet? No,
(13:45):
it looks like his seat is still empty, but there's
a lot of people in the standby line. Okay, just
hold the seats. He will be here, let's hope. So
that's an eight hundred dollars ain't we could be filling
eight hundred dollars. I don't have time to get into it. Okay,
the economics of life theater are crazy. How much of
that is like a bullshit processing feeling? It's mark up,
but that's industry standard. What I'm trying to say is,
(14:09):
wherever Hide is, I'm sure he's very nearby and entirely
focused on getting here in time. So you want to
be a pedal pusher huh? You want to crank chain
on the asphalt highway huh? You wanna beat the pavement
like a ten speed seat sniffer huh? Yeah, totally everything
(14:31):
that you just said right now, I want to do it.
There's just something about the feeling, you know, like when
you're climbing up a steep incline, you just keep down
shifting fourth and third. Second, your calves are burning you
down shifted first. Then you crest the top of the
hill and bam, you've done it. From here on out,
(14:53):
he'll let the downhill take you for a ride. That feeling, man,
there's nothing like it, as close as you can get
to touching the beard of God. If he's a man
that is. Okay, you've got skills, of course I do.
I love to rip, all right. Let's see what's the
best number of gears to have. Um depends damn. Straight
(15:16):
handbrakes or foot brakes. Handbrakes are like hand jobs. They're
for amateurs. He's good, okay, and maybe you do know
a thing or two, but you're young. These men are
all fathers at the end of their tether. We got
aggressively into biking as a way to release the pressures
of parenthood. So why do you want in. There's pressures
(15:37):
in high school too, bro, trying to keep my friends,
my team, my parents happy, and I'm caving. I wake
up in the morning and don't even recognize the man
in the mirror some days. Wow, gear up, son, you've
got the knowledge and you've got the spirit. Let's just
see if you've got the calf muscles. Before the surgery,
(16:02):
she told me she wanted to break up because I
was too much for her. I kept using the word
always with her, you know, always, and she kept talking
over me but not saying it back to me. It
was like I was already gone. I know. Oftentimes people
don't fully comprehend the promises that they make when they're
(16:23):
making them. Ladies and gentlemen. There will be a ten
minute intermission followed by two of Brewster Highs production of
Default in Our Stars. Dexter come on backstage with me.
Let's talk. Okay, look, you've got to get together. You're
(16:46):
nailing Augustus, But what is going on with Hazel. I mean,
I'm talking to you not just as Mrs Bagley or
drama teacher, but as Mrs Bagley, your home heck teacher.
I didn't come. He he's still empty. Don't let him
ruin this for you. Think of the audience. This is
a big night out for them. They hired babysitters, paid
eight hundred dollars a ticket to be here. Well, they
(17:07):
paid six hundred and forty dollars for the ticket. The
rest was mark up for some imaginary processing fee. Think
of all the freshmen out there who might want to
go into high school theater, you are a role model
for them. I'm doing my best. I'm just distracted. Look,
I don't want to freak you out. But you read
about how lin Manuel Miranda started casting on his new musical. Right,
(17:28):
Oh my god, Lynn Manuel's in the audience. No, of
course not. It's an old technique of mine, performing as
if Lin Manuel was in the audience. Can you imagine
Lynn Manuel coming to us to see this? No? Now,
are you going to let some boyfriend ruin this for you?
Are you going to take that stage and do your job?
(17:53):
Hand me my half wig? Hey, come on outside, dudes,
let's watch this. Kids, show us the stuff. You're showing
us your stuff? Dude, got him? You can't see my penis.
I mean there's no way around it. You can see
my penis. Let me get you into a pair of
(18:14):
bicycles shorts. I'll be fine for tonight. My taints heels fast.
Whose phone is that is that you? Yeah? Sorry, my
boyfriend is sending me a bunch of texts. Must be
an omission intermission. He's in a play tonight, and it
was really important to him that I make it. Woh,
(18:34):
looks like you really did them wrong. You must be
a real piece of shit. Huh Oh, he would understand
if he knew why I was here. What is there
to understand that you suddenly had the urge to join
a bicycle club and had to do it at the
exact moment of his big show. Wait a minute, Wait
a minute, that's not why you're here, is it. My
best friend is missing and they said he was staying
(18:57):
at this address, that the address was a fake. Then
you guys busted me. I had improvise. Okay, Well, first
of all, the address is real. Well you know it's
a real address. If you're here, Well, damn it. I
feel bad now. We were a little too intense. We know,
we come on strong. Yeah, we come on. It's the
human growth hormone. Because I told you we should cut
it down to I'm a pediatricians. You guys, we're pretty intense.
(19:20):
But I get it. But I've screwed things up with
the only person that I've ever loved. What's you like?
It makes me feel like it's okay to be vulnerable.
He brings me lunch every Friday. He scratches the back
of my head on long drive. Let me pick the playlist.
It's goddamn beautiful. Gentlemen, gotta get this boy to a theater. WHOA,
(19:44):
no way. Really, we'll get you there as fast as
our velocities will carry us. The lost pizza means bike.
Oh yeah, why don't you just say bike? I don't
just like to play with words. Brand Here, Brand, it's
me Clara again. You still a Brady's house? Yes, I'm
(20:06):
still here where exactly in his bedroom? Searching around? You
betterr up before his parents find you. Trust me, They'll
never know I was here. What's this? What? What do
you find? It looks like breeze journal? Damn it? Are
you bred? Parents coming upstairs? Were coming from in here?
(20:28):
But nobody's in there. This is Brady's room. Well, maybe
we should open the door and check it out. You
mean right now? Sure? Right now? Or we could just
stand here all night jabbering about it. Okay, there's no
need to get sarcastic. I'm turning the door knob, but
really slow. Oh, I better head out. And when I
(20:48):
opened the door and walk in, which I'm about to
do it, at any moment, you'll see that I was
right and you were wrong. Again. No, I'm climbing out
the window. There is no right and wrong. I feel safe.
I feel you are. I got out. I think they're arguing,
(21:14):
so I'm on the clear. I'd love to keep shooting
the shoot with you all night, brand, but I've got
to do some more voice over before Hide and Dexter
get to the final beat of their b story. I
arrived back to the school auditorium after biking their full
speed with his new friends, but it was too late.
The play was over. I found Dexter waiting outside for him,
(21:35):
all alone, in a mood best described as seriously piste off. Whoa,
we're here? How we made it to the theater? I
told you, Thank you, Texter. I'm so sorry. I late.
I was spicking up these flowers for you, but then
the line was so long that I went to a
different place to get the flowers. But then they didn't
take my Discover cards. So then you're kidding me, right, text,
(21:59):
I can't listen into your lies anymore, but you totally can. Besides,
you didn't even get the flowers. They were gonna be orchids,
your favorite. I can't put theoretical flowers in a vase. Hide,
it's a real vase. It deserves real flowers. Otherwise someone
might mistake it for a water jug. Okay, just wait
here for a second. I can get you flowers. I
(22:20):
think I saw trader Jose. Oh stop, this isn't about
the flowers. This is about me. This is a big
moment for me, and I will not let you ship
on my shine, not again. He seems like a real
piece of ship. I told him that right when I
first met him. He seemed like a piece of ship.
Who are these guys? And where do they get those
terrific shorts? So Hide's adventure was a dead end. Yes,
(22:45):
Principal fair Weather did send an edible nosegay to that address,
but she legitimately thought it was where Brady was. But
what's the connection between a bicycle gang and Brady Brewster?
Someone has been lying to Principal fair Weather too, as
well as to all of us. We're stuck with nothing.
And then Bryn came walking in. Clara, Mr Nelson, I
(23:07):
have something you both might find interesting Brady's journal. Wait, Clara,
how did you know that brain was about to walk in?
Next time on Brewster High. She's not gonna be jiggy
with this not jiggy at all. I'm just not jiggy
with them. I'm not jiggy at all. Something weirdest going on.
I'm gonna go eavesdrop hit me that stethoscope. The Brady
(23:28):
I know, Adores Dairy even makes his own yogurt. Do
you ever hear of cat fishing? Can't say that I have.
We're going to be doing something very dangerous today, but
not physically dangerous, emotionally dangerous. Everybody, come quick. Somebody put
three billboards up outside the school and everyone's talking about it.
It sounds like my next newspaper story. This episode of
(23:54):
Brewster High was written by Celess Ballard and Jonathan Stern
and directed by Jonathan Stern. It was performed by Joey
and Owen Burke, Rob Podry, Jared Goldstein, Brendan Jennings, Peter Kim,
Holly Laurent, Mike McCafferty, Veronica Saudio Sager, Shait, Amy Silverberg,
and Morgan Walsh. Executive produced by Keith Quinn and Jonathan Stern.
Produced by Frannie Baldwin, Jack Brungart, Natalie Gurgli, and Dave Solinger.
(24:18):
Music by Matt Novak, Greg Martin and Alison Newman. Supervising
sound editor was Julie Diaz, and the sound editor was
Jack de Crane. Mixed by Brent Kaiser Sound Design and
mixed at Unbridled Sound. Brewster High was a production of
abominable pictures and honorable mention for I Heart Media. No
animals were harmed in the making of this podcast, except
for that chicken caesar salad I had that was delicious.
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