PILOT EPISODE
"The Beginning"
It's a fresh start for Will Krudski when a short ride takes him not just across town but into a whole new world at Rawley Academy. A blue-collar kid from the wrong side of a working-class community in New England, Will has won a summer session scholarship to the elite boys' school nearby in an effort to escape his mediocre life as well as his abusive dad. He's lucky to find that his wealthy and well-bred roommate Scout Calhoun is a warm and open-minded friend, but Will's new-found life looks ready to crumble when he reveals to Scout that he cheated on his entrance exam and is soon found out by a teacher.
Scout, meanwhile, has his own epiphany about life on the "other side of the tracks" when he meets and is immediately smitten by Will's longtime friend Bella Banks, who works at her dad's garage. Scout is determined to overcome the resistance that Bella's dad has to their friendship until a little chat with him reveals a long-held secret that proves devastating, and makes it impossible for Scout and Bella to ever be together. Also, Hamilton, son of Rawley Academy's dean, befriends an intriguing new student who rides in on a cool motorcycle. But his world, too, is rocked when he suddenly realizes that he is feeling a very disturbing but undeniable attraction to his new buddy.