Gauntlet - Week 8
Genre: Sports / Drama
Executive Producer: Antoine Fuqua
Writer: Matt Parker
Cast :
William Fichtner, Josh Duhamel, Trevor Jackson, Eric Roberts, Saffron Burrows, Jimmy Tatro, Gaius Charles and Reid Scott
On the team's day off, Jefferson Thomas (Trevor Jackson) is busy shooting a music video for his debut rap single. He gets caught up dancing with dozens of beautiful women and drinking champagne on camera, completely forgetting that he was supposed to go to the team's practice facility for a drug test. Coach Ken Heath (William Fichtner) sits in his office at the facility waiting for Thomas to show up to fulfil his end of their arrangement. Thomas finally notices the time and chastises his agent, Eli Towns (Reid Scott), for not reminding him to head to the practice facility. Towns says he didn't think it was a big deal since it's the team's day off. This infuriates Thomas, who then fires Towns on the spot. He then gets in his car and races to the team's practice facility. When he gets there, Coach Heath is walking out to his car in the parking lot. Thomas apologizes and begs his coach to give him another chance. They had inside, and Thomas supplies Heath with his urine sample. Thomas is about to leave, but Coach tells him to stick around to see the results first-hand. Thomas takes a seat and waits. The urine comes up clean. Thomas thanks his coach and leaves the facility.
At the next practice, Thomas runs the wrong route on a passing play. Tim Collins (Josh Duhamel) gets on his case and begins yelling what the correct route is. Thomas gets in his face and tells him to back off. The two players start shoving each other. The other players and coaches break the two up. Coach Heath orders them back into the locker room. Practice is over for the two of them. Heath tells backup quarterback Chase Kearney (Jimmy Tatro) and running back DeSean Jones (Gaius Charles) to start running the plays with the first team.
Collins has dinner with his girlfriend Mayor Sharon Matthews (Saffron Burrows) where he vents about practice. She reminds him that he is the veteran player while Thomas is the rookie and that he should be leading by example. Collins acknowledges that she's probably right.
In the locker room before their game against Cleveland, Coach Heath announces that Kearney and Jones will be starting the game, while Collins and Thomas will be sitting on the bench. Everyone is shocked, even the other coaches are befuddled. Everyone tries asking Coach Heath about the decision, but he simply heads into his office and locks the door. He looks over the scouting report for Cleveland as he waits for the time when the team needs to head out through the tunnel and out to the field. The team stares at Heath through the window of his office. Heath calmly closes the blinds.
At the start of the game, even the announcers are shocked to be announcing that Kearney and Jones are starting in place of Collins and Thomas. They discuss the possible reasons why, with them citing the previous game where the two players were jarring at each other. The Pharaohs quickly go down by 14 by the end of the first quarter against the Cleveland Cougars. The cameras are fixated on Collins and Thomas parked on the bench - on opposite ends. They glance over at each other as the Cougars score another touchdown, bringing the score to 21-3 in Cleveland's favor.
At half time, the Pharaohs' owner Leonard Palmer (Eric Roberts) storms into the locker room and demands to speak to Coach Heath. They head into the office and Palmer begins screaming about why Heath isn't playing his two most explosive offensive players with the playoffs within reach. Heath tells them that Collins and Thomas knew the deal and they chose to defy the team rules, thus they are riding the bench. Palmer tells Heath that if he mucks up the season he's done, before storming out of the office and locker room.
Kearney manages to throw a touchdown to Jones to bring the score up to 21-10. But on the Pharaohs' next posession, Kearney throws a pick-six to the Cougars, resulting in a 28-10 score. On the sidelines, Collins walks over to Thomas and extends his hand. He tells him to shake it while the cameras are watching. Thomas shakes his hand. Collins tells him that they may have different styles and different personalities and may be from different generations, but they have one thing in common: the team needs them. They agree to put their differences aside. Together they walk up to Coach Heath and tell them they're ready to play together. Coach Heath tells them to head into the game immediately.
With Collins and Thomas back at the helm of the Pharaohs offense they quickly score a touchdown and a two-point conversion to bring the score to 28-18. After a successful onside kick, they score another touchdown on a deep pass to take it to 28-25. Coach Heath tells his defense that they need to keep the Cougars from getting a first down or the game is done. The defense forces Cleveland to punt. The Pharaohs get the ball back with 25 seconds left of the game. Collins throws a screen pass to Thomas who takes the ball up-field and into field goal range with 9 seconds left. Coach Heath calls his final timeout to talk things over with his offense. Coach Heath tells his team that they have one chance to win it, but that the pass will need to get out of Collins' hands immediately if they want the chance to hit a field goal to tie if they can't score a touchdown on the play. Collins nods and relays the play back to the huddle. Thomas lines up on the play as a wide out. Collins takes the snap and hurls the ball toward the end zone. Thomas runs as fast as he can to keep up with the ball. He dives after the ball, catching it in the corner of the end zone to win the game 31-28. Palmer celebrates in the owner's box, while Coach Heath takes a big sigh of relief.
At the next practice, Thomas runs the wrong route on a passing play. Tim Collins (Josh Duhamel) gets on his case and begins yelling what the correct route is. Thomas gets in his face and tells him to back off. The two players start shoving each other. The other players and coaches break the two up. Coach Heath orders them back into the locker room. Practice is over for the two of them. Heath tells backup quarterback Chase Kearney (Jimmy Tatro) and running back DeSean Jones (Gaius Charles) to start running the plays with the first team.
Collins has dinner with his girlfriend Mayor Sharon Matthews (Saffron Burrows) where he vents about practice. She reminds him that he is the veteran player while Thomas is the rookie and that he should be leading by example. Collins acknowledges that she's probably right.
In the locker room before their game against Cleveland, Coach Heath announces that Kearney and Jones will be starting the game, while Collins and Thomas will be sitting on the bench. Everyone is shocked, even the other coaches are befuddled. Everyone tries asking Coach Heath about the decision, but he simply heads into his office and locks the door. He looks over the scouting report for Cleveland as he waits for the time when the team needs to head out through the tunnel and out to the field. The team stares at Heath through the window of his office. Heath calmly closes the blinds.
At the start of the game, even the announcers are shocked to be announcing that Kearney and Jones are starting in place of Collins and Thomas. They discuss the possible reasons why, with them citing the previous game where the two players were jarring at each other. The Pharaohs quickly go down by 14 by the end of the first quarter against the Cleveland Cougars. The cameras are fixated on Collins and Thomas parked on the bench - on opposite ends. They glance over at each other as the Cougars score another touchdown, bringing the score to 21-3 in Cleveland's favor.
At half time, the Pharaohs' owner Leonard Palmer (Eric Roberts) storms into the locker room and demands to speak to Coach Heath. They head into the office and Palmer begins screaming about why Heath isn't playing his two most explosive offensive players with the playoffs within reach. Heath tells them that Collins and Thomas knew the deal and they chose to defy the team rules, thus they are riding the bench. Palmer tells Heath that if he mucks up the season he's done, before storming out of the office and locker room.
Kearney manages to throw a touchdown to Jones to bring the score up to 21-10. But on the Pharaohs' next posession, Kearney throws a pick-six to the Cougars, resulting in a 28-10 score. On the sidelines, Collins walks over to Thomas and extends his hand. He tells him to shake it while the cameras are watching. Thomas shakes his hand. Collins tells him that they may have different styles and different personalities and may be from different generations, but they have one thing in common: the team needs them. They agree to put their differences aside. Together they walk up to Coach Heath and tell them they're ready to play together. Coach Heath tells them to head into the game immediately.
With Collins and Thomas back at the helm of the Pharaohs offense they quickly score a touchdown and a two-point conversion to bring the score to 28-18. After a successful onside kick, they score another touchdown on a deep pass to take it to 28-25. Coach Heath tells his defense that they need to keep the Cougars from getting a first down or the game is done. The defense forces Cleveland to punt. The Pharaohs get the ball back with 25 seconds left of the game. Collins throws a screen pass to Thomas who takes the ball up-field and into field goal range with 9 seconds left. Coach Heath calls his final timeout to talk things over with his offense. Coach Heath tells his team that they have one chance to win it, but that the pass will need to get out of Collins' hands immediately if they want the chance to hit a field goal to tie if they can't score a touchdown on the play. Collins nods and relays the play back to the huddle. Thomas lines up on the play as a wide out. Collins takes the snap and hurls the ball toward the end zone. Thomas runs as fast as he can to keep up with the ball. He dives after the ball, catching it in the corner of the end zone to win the game 31-28. Palmer celebrates in the owner's box, while Coach Heath takes a big sigh of relief.
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