Swindle Page #2

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Are those silk?

Yeah. I like the way

they breathe.

Nice.

Thanks.

You ripped us off.

Oh, you two.

Look, unless you've discovered

another priceless collectible,

beat it.

Give me my card back.

Oh, no, no, no,

you mean my card.

See, you sold it to me.

I paid for it.

That makes it my card, free

and clear. See how that works?

Well, you lied to us.

Yeah, we'll go to the cops.

And tell 'em what?

I mean, what law

did I break?

It's not my fault you didn't

know the value of your card.

I mean, you ever hear of the Internet?

I'm sorry.

But this isn't fair.

Uh-huh, face it, dude.

You got swindled.

Ah, don't feel bad.

Ah, I'll tell you what.

Have a mint.

$1.2 million.

Oh, it tastes

like failure.

I will find a way

to make this better, Ben.

Shh, can't get any worse.

Mom?

Wait.

Mom, no.

Mom, no... don't send us

to Montana, not yet.

What about the iGot It?

Dad can still save us.

Whoops.

You all right?

Just a few bugs to

work out before Saturday.

I'm sorry, baby.

Let's not get our hopes up.

We have to steal

the card back.

Whoa, steal the card?

"Back."

That's an important word

you're leaving out there.

We're just righting a wrong.

Oh, well, the police

still call that stealing.

We can't pull this off

alone. We'll need help.

Why is it

they call me freshman

when I am neither fresh

nor man?

Nay, I am more than...

You're kidding, right?

Stale bread

in a torn lunch bag

or gum

stuck to the bottom

of a worn shoe.

Okay, yes, Savannah's material

is a bit, you know, inaccessible,

but she's got it

where it counts.

Ah!

Besides, she owes me.

Hey, buddy!

You're taking up

two spots.

Sorry. I don't want

to get any dings,

especially from that

garbage truck you're driving.

Move your car.

Or what?

Ha, okay, all right.

Whoa.

Hey.

Whoa.

Yeah. That just happened.

No, absolutely not.

In the fifth grade,

Darren killed a kid

just by looking at him.

Not true,

but you prove my point.

Darren's tough, intimidating,

and, most importantly,

has his own ride.

Besides, he owes me.

Fine, but I get to pick

the next team member.

Go, Eagles, go.

Amanda Benson?

Really?

Other than being the second

prettiest girl in school...

Which you cannot dismiss.

What can she bring

to the party?

Go, Eagles, go.

Eagles, go.

How about that?

That could be useful.

Go, Eagles!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah, whoo!

And she does owe me.

Griffin Bing.

Is it later yet?

I've been a little busy.

You're always busy.

But I want in.

In?

Into what?

Into whatever

you're planning.

I'm not planning

anything.

Of course you are. You're

always planning something.

She's right.

You are...

Ben.

Sorry.

I can help.

I've got skills you can use.

You need me.

I doubt that.

Later.

So we've got our team.

And we're gonna get them

to do this how?

Ben, please.

No one can deny me.

Nope.

Whoa, wait.

Where are you going?

Listen, I don't want to

speak for these refugees

from the island of misfit

losers, no offense...

But this sounds a lot like

something the cops call stealing.

I told you.

Uh, sorry, Griffin,

but I can have no part

in criminal mischief.

Yep, that's what

my parole officer says.

Stop. Just...

Come back

and hear me out

for a second, okay?

Ben is the only person

who doesn't want anything

from me but friendship.

He's my best friend...

My only friend...

And I let him down,

big-time,

so I need to get

that card back.

We need to get

that card back.

Nope.

Okay, we'll do it

this way.

Savannah, who got you that

Pita King commercial last fall?

That was you, Griffin.

Right, oh, and by the way,

you make

a very convincing kebab.

Oh, with the chicken...

Thank you so much. Thank you.

And, Amanda, last year,

you were the third prettiest

girl in school,

that is, until

Megan Wright's father

was mysteriously transferred

to Denver.

You said you...

You did that?

No comment.

And how about you, Darren?

You want to keep that supply

of Latvian hair cream coming?

Latvian hair cream?

Okay, all right, Latvia...

Yeah, Latvia makes the

world's best hair cream.

All right,

nothing else comes close.

Mmm-mmm.

What? I like

to pamper myself.

Huh.

Face it,

you all owe me big.

Still nope.

25,000.

25,000 what?

Dollars. After we sell

the card, I will pay you...

In.

All right.

Pound it, team.

Pound it.

Fine.

So, uh,

when we doing this?

How's tonight?

We've been

watching Swindell.

Every night at 6:00 sharp,

he closes his shop

and steps out for dinner.

Wong's Chinese Garden,

"Best mu-shu in town."

More importantly,

every night, he sets the alarm.

Once it's armed...

Alarm sequence activated.

You may exit now.

We have 30

seconds to turn it off.

Then it takes Swindell

exactly seven minutes

to get his food

and come back.

We are go.

All right, Darren,

Amanda, heave-ho.

Aim me right. I don't want

to be a stain on the wall.

Stop whining, all right? You're

not the first person I've thrown.

Whoa.

Huh.

Oh, 18 seconds.

Ew.

It looks 1973

died in here.

You

have five seconds to exit.

Five, four,

three, two,

one.

System disarmed.

I mean, yes, Donna Hernandez

is "technically prettier,"

but could Donna Hernandez

have flipped up

onto that roof like that?

I'd say no.

We are disarmed.

Awesome.

Darren, Savannah,

you know what to do.

Buy us some time.

Oh, Griffin, this next

performance shall be my finest,

for I shall be thrust onto

the greatest of stages...

Floor it, please.

On it.

Reality, where you never

know what's coming. What is...

That's okay.

I'm gonna be fine.

I'm... I'm still ready.

I'm still ready to go.

Let's move.

This way to Mr. Wagner.

It's not in there. Oh, no.

It's not in the case.

But it's got to be here

somewhere. Start looking.

Come on, come on,

come on, come on.

It's not in here.

Check the register.

Yeah, I'm on it.

Me, me, me, me, me.

Total, ha, ha, ha.

- Ts-ts-ts.

- Oh, wah!

What are you doing?

I'm warming up.

You should too.

I need you to support my performance.

Wait. What?

Hey! I got

mu-shu here!

Get out of the road!

This is Bevie Montague for Channel

3 with another "Focus on You."

Sir. Sir.

Oh, sir, what do you think

are the biggest problems

plaguing society today?

Too many TV news channels.

So, Savannah, yeah,

you still warmed up?

Huh?

Come on.

Huh, come on.

Be here.

Ah!

Ben?

Ben, speak to me, buddy.

Seriously, who would buy this?

Okay, to be a

believable character,

you need a

believable motivation.

Have you found yours?

Yeah, I'm hungry.

Give

me the mu-shu. What?

Give me the mu-shu.

I don't know

what you're saying.

Dude, I... I said

give me the mu-shu.

Oh!

Yeah.

I don't think so.

Never get between

a man and his mu-shu.

Okay, good start.

I've got a few notes.

Shut... Shut

up. Shut up. Ah, shut up.

All right,

I'll give you a moment.

It's fine. It's fine.

Time for plan "C."

Can somebody help me?

Help, please, anybody.

Anyone, anyone...

Is somebody there?

No.

Oh, there is someone

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