Theme: Don’t bottle up your feelings, know to express them or things will only get worse.
From school?
You're suspended.
From the team.
Directed by Lexi Holden
Dad, JB still won't speak to me.
Right now JB can't see you, son,. You just have to let the smoke clear, and then he'll be okay.
Josh and JB sit in silence on the way home from the hospital."JB, bandaged and hurt, leans against his back-seat window and with less than two feet between us I feel miles away from all of them." Page 137
This shows the theme by showing that since Josh didn't tell JB why he did it, so JB thinks he did it for no reason.
Tell him that I saw the look in his eyes, and it wasn't a mistake.
Josh's mom tells him he's suspended from the team.
This scene shows the theme because Dad tells Josh that he let his family down, and that was the consequence of not telling anyone what he was feeling.
Josh and his dad have a conversation during JB's basketball game.
Josh and JB's conflict is affecting the whole team, and this shows the theme by telling us that because Josh did what he did, he affected other people too.
Look. Josh, you and your brother need to squish this beef. If my two stars aren't aligned, there's no way the universe is kind to us..
JB has been ignoring Josh for 5 days now, and his mom calls him out on it.
Your brother has apologized profusely for his mistake.
Josh agrees to talk to his mom to let his dad coach a college basketball team. He asks for something in return."And maybe, in return, Dad, you can talk to her about letting me back on the team for the playoffs. I feel like I'm letting my teammates down. You let your family down, too, Josh, he replies, still holding his chest." Page 167
I feel like i'm letting my teammates down.
You let your family down too, Josh.
Coach has a talk with Josh and Vondie during lunch about him and his brother. "My brother and I got into a bad fight when we were in high school, and we've been estranged ever since. You want that?" Page 185-186