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I just can't stand the cafeteria.

All the little cliques.

Bet you had a lot of friends

at your old school though, huh?

I find that my time is better

investing in one true friendship

that a hundred vapid ones.

Smart move packing your own.

Where'd you find food

like that in Morristown?

I prepared it myself.

You're kinda weird, huh?

Oh, no. I mean that as a compliment.

Weird is good.

Everyone in this town is so small-minded,

it's nice to have someone...

Weird.

Right.

Thank you, Becca.

Okay, so we'll start with the pawns.

Pawns can only go forward

and only one space at a time.

Unless they're in this first

position, then they can go two.

Uh, and then, the only other move they

can do is if there is a piece here,

you can capture it and go diagonal. Right?

- Now, you got your rooks...

- Mr. Butler.

Oh, Lucas.

Um, hey, Chester, could you take over?

I didn't know you ran the chess club.

Uh, guilty. Do you play?

So tell me a little bit

about yourself, Lucas.

What do your parents do?

My father is a criminal defense attorney

and a very diligent worker.

We recently moved here

for his job opportunity.

And my mother,

she passed away a long time ago.

Oh, geez.

I'm sorry.

Uh, that must've been

hard on you and your dad.

We manage all right.

Oh, that's a good move.

So was it your dad who taught

you how to play chess then?

No.

Father doesn't have much time off of work,

I taught myself.

Well, I hear you're quite

the scholar in every subject.

Have you given any thought to

which one to focus on at college?

Well, I know I wanna go to Harvard.

I figure I can decide what I

wanna study while I'm there,

because they have the

very best of everything.

And there's no use in doing anything

unless you can be the very best at it.

Checkmate.

How did...

Welcome to the team, Lucas.

Like he's this really bright kid, you know?

And he, like,

says English is his favorite subject.

He carries a, uh, like a brief case...

like a satchel.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

I just don't know how much attention

he's getting from home, you know?

I think... I think he could use a mentor.

It's nice to see you

so excited about school.

- Yeah, right?

- Yeah.

I know. It feels great.

Yeah.

How about you? How was your day?

Uh,

I microwaved the same

cup of coffee three times.

Still managed to drink it cold.

But I didn't get any

poop on me today, so...

I guess it's a win.

Yeah, it's a win. That's great.

How's uh, how's your application coming?

It's good.

Um, yeah.

It's a lot to fill out,

I know. I was gonna work

on it tonight actually.

- Oh, that's great.

- Yeah.

That's a really good idea.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

Touch base with you.

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