1-7 Kyle Got Game
In Kyle’s room he is still trying to figure out who Prof. Kern is. Nicole comes in and suggests he stop worrying about it and goes outside and play basketball with Josh and his friends. Kyle is good at shooting baskets and makes most of them, he impresses Charlie who tells Kyle to try out for the basketball team.
The next day Lori drops Kyle off at the recreation center. Charlie tries to convince the coach and Declan to let him on the team ever though it is late in the season. Declan does not want him on the team, however, after watching him shoot the Coach agrees to let Kyle play. Lori and Hillary are still fighting.
At the house Stephen and Nicole are happy that Kyle made the team. Josh seems indifferent. Nicole is still looking for a connection between Kyle and Prof. Kern. Meanwhile, Tom Foss is watching them from the cameras he installed and devises a plan to through them off from making a connection between Kyle and Prof. Kern. The next day at basketball practice Declan shows he doesn’t want Kyle on the team. Josh is confident Kyle will help the team win so he begins to take bets on the game.
Later at the house Josh gives Kyle reading material to learn about basketball when Charlie and Declan drop by. Declan apologizes to Kyle. Lori dresses up to impress Declan and flirts with him. Hillary drops by trying to go out with Declan but he is tired of the fighting between her and Lori and leaves with Charlie instead. Tom is still watching Kyle on the monitor and prepares a syringe and takes out a gun from a bag. At practice the next day Kyle impresses the team with an Air Jordan move. Declan also tries to impress the team but slightly injures his ankle instead. Lori picks up Kyle after practice and is annoyed Hillary is flirting with Declan. At night in a dark alley Tom drives up to a homeless man and offers him money to get in.
Nicole and Stephen are watching TV and a news report comes on identifying the remains near Victor Falls as Professor William Kern. In the morning Nicole is still trying to contact Detective Breen, though he doesn't answer his phone. She and Stephen both agree to wait and tell Kyle about Prof. Kern after the game. At breakfast Kyle is nervous about the game.
Everyone is at the basketball game in the recreation center as Kyle’s team the Bison are taking on the Lancers. Josh is satisfied that he will cash in big from all the bets he made on the game. As the game begins Kyle starts shooting amazing shots. In the stands Lori and Hillary are still fighting and Stephen is overly excited about Kyle playing on a team. The coach is too aggressive about the game. The game is getting closer and the Bison are only 4 points ahead of the Lancer in the 4th period with 3:20 left on the clock. Kyle begins to mess up as his lack of skills and lack of defense begins to hurt his team. His team and the coach are upset at him and Stephen is visibly disappointed with him. Declan tries to go for a layup and is knocked on his back injuring his ankle severely. The coach calls a time-out and tells Declan to shake it off and to get back on the court.
Declan is in severe pain and cannot stand up. The coach threatens to kick him off the team if he does not play. The coach kicks Declan off the team and tells Kyle to take his spot but Kyle refuses. The coach then kicks Kyle off the team and tells Charlie to take his spot. Charlie refuses to and slowly the rest of the team refuses to play. The referee warns them to get back on the court as the time-out has run out. The coach yells at them some more but the team refuses to play and the referee calls a forfeit on the Bison, meaning that the Lancers have now won.
Nicole visits Detective Breen in his office to ask him about Prof. Kern. The detective tells her that none of Prof. Kern’s colleagues or friends knew about Kyle. The detective also informs Nicole they found a homeless man dead from a drug overdose and they found items on him that belonged to Prof. Kern with the gun that killed him. The picture he shows Nicole is of the same homeless man Tom picked up the night before. The detective now believes there is no connection between Kyle and Prof. Kern and the murder case is closed.
At the house Nicole informs Kyle about the identify of Prof. Kern’s dead body. Kyle is visibly frustrated at the lack of progress. Tom is still watching them with the hidden cameras.
Later Josh is upset at Kyle for forfeiting the game. The phone rings but Josh has his dad avoid the call. Stephen becomes suspicious because there have been many calls throughout the morning. Josh asks for $200 and admits to taking bets on the game. Stephen is upset and calls him a bookie. Josh storms off because he thinks he is a disappointment to his father since he can’t play sports like Kyle can. Josh believes that Kyle is the son Stephen always wanted. Stephen admits that he wishes Josh would be more into sports so they could have something to share but no matter what Josh is his son. He advises Josh to use his allowance and sell his video games to pay off the bets he made.
Lori goes to the gym looking for Hillary. Lori tells her she won’t fight for Declan. They talk and agree to be friends again. Declan comes by to visit Kyle while he is shooting the basketball in the backyard. Declan is on crutches and tells Kyle the doctor warned if he had played on his ankle he could have caused permanent damage. He also thanks him for what he did, by refusing to play. Declan tells Kyle the team wants him back next season but Kyle wants to take a break from basketball.
Kyle is sleeping at night in his tub when he has another nightmare of Prof. Kern while it is raining. This time he clearly sees Tom pointing and firing a gun at Prof. Kern. He jumps out of bed (his tub), startled at what he just dreamed.
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