Getting Testy

S02E19

The day, Dixon walks into school all cocky that he averted disaster and got out of debt in one fell swoop. Then he sees that the halls and lockers are massively vandalized with spray paint. He finds Driscoll near the trophy case, which someone threw a chair into, and asks, "What the hell?" Driscoll tells him that the guy he was going to sell the SAT test to was pissed because he will actually now have to study to earn his way into Stanford. Imagine! Studying is such an antiquated notion. Driscoll notices Dixon's sourpuss and tells him to lighten up, jokingly handing him a trophy as consolation. Dixon stomps off.

Cafeteria. Annie laughs as Naomi moans, "How am I supposed to build an outfit around fluorescent orange." They overhear someone calling Cannon a pervert, and Naomi realizes her lie is still pinging around school. She calls out to get everyone's attention so she can announce that Cannon never harassed her. She says Cannon's not the pervert, she is for perverting justice with her lies. She apologizes profusely, only to be met with chants of "PERVERT! PERVERT!" Silver, AAdrianna, and Annie forcibly remove her from the impending stoning then tell them they're proud of her for owning up to her mistakes. They group hug to celebrate their five-minute-long spat.

Harry's office. He's called Dixon in to show him the surveillance footage taken outside West Bev the night before. Dixon's face is prominently featured. Because he's a moron. Dixon tries to explain, opening up the whole can of worms about his gambling problems. He doesn't actually say the names of Driscoll and his hoodlum friends, so Harry bears down on him for the intel. Dixon folds like the cheap card table he used for his janky poker games.

Outside, Naomi runs into Cannon, who thanks her for speaking out in the cafeteria. She apologizes again, and they part ways. Naomi smiles as she closes that ugly chapter, then turns to see Liam. He acknowledges her only with a slight frown before turning his back and continuing to walk.

Nueva Casa, later. Debbie corners Harry in the living room she wants to be honest with him. He snarks that that's a novel concept, but she soldiers on. As she starts, Annie and Liam walk into the kitchen laughing about some project they're working on together. They pipe down in time to hear Debbie confess that she kept her secret from Harry for so long because she had feelings for her sexy yoga instructor. Liam tries to excuse himself, but Annie shushes him so she can the bombs drop. Harry calls her selfish. Debbie blames Harry for not being there, calls him out for flirting behind her back and being distant, and accuses him of being cold and oblivious. Debbie says that she turned to her yoga instructor because he was there for emotionally in a way Harry hadn't been for some time. With tears in her eyes, she tells him, "I stopped that kiss because it was the right thing to do, not because I wanted to." Annie starts to cry, so Liam grabs her and gets her out of there. Harry finally admits that they do need counseling.