The will he/won’t he storyline of Marvyn Korn’s potential exit from Westbrook continues in the penultimate episode of Big Shot on Disney+, titled “Beth Macbeth.” By the title, you should be able to guess that the big night has also arrived for Emma’s school play. Here’s everything that happened in the latest episode of Big Shot.
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Marvyn Korn arrives at UCSB to find that they’ve already put his name on the Head Coach parking spot. He meets with Randy and Arielle for a meeting where the school’s chef prepared a “Marvyn Korn Roll,” inspired by an @KalmK0rn post, which is the reason the school was interested in him again. Because Westbrook is so close to Division 2 under his leadership, UCSB thinks Marvyn can take their team to the next level. Looking down on the massive court, Arielle tells Marvyn this is where he belongs. “Everybody loves a good comeback story,” Randy adds.
Marvyn arrives late to practice and piggybacks off Holly’s coaching. When she calls him out on it, he compliments himself by saying “You learned from the best.” Marvyn calls the girls in for an announcement and we see that a stage has been set up in the gym for the performance of “Beth Macbeth. Louise cracks a joke about Ms. Goodwyn wearing the pants in the relationship and Marvyn makes her do five laps. The Sirens have a lot of excitement about the upcoming game against Carlsbad and Marvyn loves it. After his pep talk, Holly has the rest of the girls join Louise running laps so she and Marvyn can talk.
In his office, Marvyn tells Holly how his meeting with UCSB went, telling him that he’s going to have a meeting with some of the players. He tells Holly that he’s going to recommend her to replace him as Head Coach. “I think you’d be perfect for it.” He asks Holly to not tell anybody about it until he formally gets the offer. Samantha trips and holds her ankle on the ground, causing Holly and Marvyn to run to her. She says she can’t move her ankle much and Marvyn asks the girls to help Samantha to the locker room to get ice. Alone again, Holly says “They’re going to be devastated by your news, you know, not to mention Emma.”
Emma sits with Lucas outside in a daze, not responding appropriately to his questions. He snaps her out of it and discovers that Emma’s mom’s job in Italy is coming to an end and she wants to register Emma for a prep school in Madison, Wisconsin for the next school year. She hasn’t told her mom that she wants to stay in San Diego yet and that this move was supposed to be temporary. Emma and Lucas head to tech rehearsal for the show.
Harper dramatically enters rehearsal in full costume and when Emma addresses her, she tells her to call her by her character’s name when she’s in costume. Emma snaps that this is not a dress rehearsal and she shouldn’t even be in costume. They start to bicker back and forth, with Emma telling Harper that her only talent is manipulation and threatening to upstage her in the show. Maggie sees her daughter fighting with her boyfriend’s daughter.
After school, Holly and Principal Sherilyn have their usual Monday Margarita Night, which is taking place in Sherilyn’s office. Marvyn walks by and sees them, poking his head inside to ask why they aren’t out. “Margarita Monday’s not a place, it’s a state of mind,” Holly tells him, with Sherilyn adding that the restaurant is closed. Marvyn gives Holly a look and she tells him she won’t say anything, prompting Sherilyn to ask what’s going on. Holly comes clean and Sherilyn gets offended. “How could you do this to me? You are leaving me high and dry without a head coach.” Marvyn justifies his decision by saying that Holly is the best person for the job, but Sherilyn reminds them both that she doesn’t have the power to choose the head coach, which has to be done by the board. Sherilyn and Marvyn will both recommend Holly to them, but there’s no guarantee. Marvyn asks Sherilyn not to tell anybody to avoid drama with the girls. “I am all for avoiding unnecessary drama, Marvyn, which is why I didn’t invite you to Margarita Mondays. So Buenas Noches.”
At lunch the next day, Harper sits with Mouse at the Siren’s table. Olive is worried about Jake from Carlsbad because he seemed to be obsessed with her, but has stopped texting her. Destiny calls him the enemy and suggests that his interest in her may have more to do with getting intel for his school. Harper tells Olive to just tell Jake she wants to meet up with him. Meanwhile, Ms. Goodwyn enters the cafeteria to hang posters for “Beth Macbeth,” which Harper designed. Emma makes a comment about how the only person on the poster is Harper, who says she should be because she’s the lead character. Again, Emma accuses Harper of manipulating her mom into giving her the part.
Maggie enters Marvyn’s office and says “We have a problem.” She tells him that Emma has a problem with her daughter. “Well, I mean, she did lose the role to the director’s daughter,” Marvyn tells her. “Are you accusing me of nepotism?” Maggie walks out and Marvyn calls out to her, “Are we fighting?” Before the door closes, she answers his question with a question: “What do you think?”
At practice, Olive has her phone on a tripod to record when Marvyn asks her not to record their practice. Out of ear shot, she decides to keep it on to gather b-roll. Marvyn tells the girls he can’t stay for practice due to a doctor’s appointment and Holly will lead practice again. With the girls practicing, Holly tells Marvyn that Samantha’s ankle doesn’t have any swelling or discoloration, but she claims it’s so bad she can’t play on it. They stand right in front of Olive’s phone as Marvyn takes his leave as Holly says “Go Gauchos,” the name of UCSB’s team.
Meeting Arielle and Randy at an outdoor court near Westbrook, Marvyn is introduced to the school’s best players, who he’s already done his homework on. He calls the boys over and one of them, Jason, makes a comment about a championship game his team lost. Marvyn tells him that was the best team he’s ever had and those boys played harder than he does. He tells the other player to be more confident. They both look through Marvyn to Arielle. “Don’t look at her, I’m the one talking,” he scolds them, telling them he’s going to coach them in a 1-on-1 game. He’s loud and aggressive during the montage and afterwards, Arielle and Randy are impressed. “We don’t want you to ever throw a chair, but we want people to think you might,” Arielle tells him. She offers to call his agent to start negotiations. “Yeah, it’s where I belong,” he says in response to Randy’s prompt.
Louise gives Destiny a ride home and they haven’t talked about the discovery that Angel is Destiny’s birth mother since the day they found out. When Louise brings it up, Destiny gets out and tells her she doesn’t want to talk about it. Inside, Christina notices that Destiny is upset, but Destiny denies it. “Please, like I don’t know when my own daughter is in a mood?” Destiny can’t hold it back, revealing that she knows she’s not her mother. “Did Angel tell you this?,” Christina asks before asking Destiny to sit down so they can talk. “I don’t want to talk about this. I want things to go back to the way they were. You’ve been lying to me my whole life.” Christina says she was just trying to protect her as Destiny runs upstairs.
That night, Olive is waiting for Jake on a park bench, who shows up fifteen minutes late. “A week ago you were stalking my Instagram, texting nonstop,” she says, asking him what’s changed. “I know I’ve been a jerk. It’s just my friends are giving me a lot of crap for being with you,” he tells Olive as she admits that she’s in the same boat. He tells her he doesn’t think it’s fair what some of his peers are doing to Samantha and Olive is confused. He explains that Carlsbad students have been harassing Samantha to psycher her out. “All I can say is that’s not me. Not anymore, at least.” Olive and Jake kiss.
At the Korn house, Marvyn is making pancakes when Emma comes in, asking why they’re having breakfast for dinner. He tells her it was a tradition they had when she was little the night before a big event and since tomorrow’s the school play, it seemed fitting. He adds that Maggie told him about her fight with Harper as Emma scrambles the eggs. She admits to being stressed about her mom wanting her to move back to Wisconsin. “Dad, I can’t go back there.” Marvyn says “You won’t have to,” adding “And if there was some reason we had to find a new school, we’d find a better one.” Emma is confused and asks if he’s in trouble. “We’re fine, don’t worry.”
The next morning, Destiny finishes her cereal in the kitchen when Christina comes in. “I didn’t like how we left things. I called Angel,” she tells her. “I told her she needs to come down here. That it’s time for you to hear the truth, but you need to hear it from her. I meant what I said, babygirl. The last thing we ever wanted was to hurt you.” Christina reveals that Angel was around Destiny’s age when she got pregnant and their parents were angry and disappointed in her. There were conversations about putting her up for adoption, but Christina made the decision to keep her in the family as her daughter. “I didn’t give birth to you, but from the first moment that I held you, I knew that you were my daughter. I can’t look at you any other way.” Destiny starts to cry as she hugs her.
Sherilyn has called Holly into her office for a meeting and rather than sitting at her desk, she sits at what Holly refers to as the “Bad news table.” While on a budget call with the board, she was asked if Marvyn had committed to another year at Westbrook and she had to come clean. She told the board their bases were covered with Holly recommended to become Head Coach. “I’m so sorry, Holly, but they’re just not okay with the idea.” Because the Sirens are about to be D2, they don’t think Holly has the right experience. Sherilyn tells Holly how sorry she is. “Listen, this is not over. We’re going to get you there, it’s just going to take a little more time.”
Maggie has brought Marvyn to see George Pappas to talk about the feud between Harper and Emma, with Maggie justifying it by calling George “A real therapist.” Marvyn corrects her, adding that George is a “Hasbeen warden.” During the conversation, George gets Marvyn to reveal that Emma is upset about possibly moving back to Wisconsin and gets Maggie to understand that Harper is likely under pressure trying to live up to her own expectations. In the end, George tells Marvyn to give Emma more support and Maggie to make Harper feel less pressure from her. “Well, I think we’ve made some real progress. Not bad for a hasbeen warden,” George adds.
Holly tells Marvyn about her meeting with Sherilyn and he confirms that UCSB wants to hire him. “Do you still want them?,” she asks. “Of course I do, it’s who I am. Right?” Marvyn doesn’t look entirely sure with his statement.
At the lunch table, the Sirens confront Samantha about the bullying from Carlsbad, with Louise suggesting they tell Coach Korn. With his name dropped, Destiny asks Emma how he’s doing after his doctor’s appointment. Emma tells the girls he didn’t have one. “He’s going through something, he said he needed a few days to figure things out,” she tells them. Olive remembers that her phone was set up when Marvyn left for his appointment at their last practice and she pulls up the video, hearing Holly say “Go Gauchos.” The girls look shocked as they realize what this means.
As Holly is packing up for the day, she gets a call from Coach McCarthy from Carlsbad. “Big game coming up and boy have you suffered some setbacks,” Holly’s former coach says, bringing up the play’s opening night that’s taking their practice space away. “I am very worried that you won’t have time to practice.” McCarthy asks how Samantha’s ankle is doing. “Where are you getting this information?,” Holly asks, surprised that she knows. “I’ve got little tweety bird’s whispering in my ear. In fact, one of them is on the board over there at Westbrook. Told me that your name was floated as a possible replacement for Mr. Korn, so I was wondering if Mr. Big Shot is off to greener pastures now.” Holly tells her not to believe everything she hears. “I could care less what happens to that man next. This phone call is about you… Listen to me, they made a big mistake by not offering you that job, Holly. You deserved it.” Coach McCarthy tells Holly that she’s retiring and since Carlsbad is a public school, she’s the only one responsible for hiring her successor. “I just thought we could get together and have a little chat. Even if Westbrook doesn’t value you, I do. Always have.”
Marvyn waits outside the gym for the doors to open for the opening night of “Beth Macbeth.” The sirens enter and he turns to them, saying “Thanks for showing up, it means a lot.” Destiny coldly tells him they’re there to support Emma. “Because we know what loyalty is,” Olive adds. Holly comes in behind the team and catches the conversation. Marvyn asks if they can all sit together. “Hard pass,” Destiny says as Louise asks “Are you taking a job at UCSB?” Marvyn looks to Holly who signals that she didn’t say anything to them. “I interviewed but a decision hasn’t been made yet. I didn’t want to say anything until a decision was solid,” he tells them, adding that the girls knew that he wouldn’t be at Westbrook forever. “This is just a moment in your life, like it’s a moment in my life, Holly’s, everybody’s. But it’s what we make of these moments that counts. Change is about growth, if you want to grow, you have to change.” His speech does nothing to ease the tension, with the Sirens entering the gym without him and Holly coming to Marvyn’s aid. “Tough crowd. I guess we better go in.”
Mouse asks Olive if Jake will show up and she reveals that he hasn’t replied to her texts. Maggie takes the stage before the show to make a speech, thanking her daughter for stepping into the lead role on short notice. “I’m so proud,” she concludes as George Pappas leans into Marvyn’s ear and tells him that Maggie has taken care of her part of their agreement. Jake arrives late, sitting next to Olive and telling her that there was lots of traffic.
Emma’s big scene arrives, dueling Harper as Beth with a sword fight and song. After beheading the title character with a mannequin head in her fist, Emma delivers the final lines looking into her father’s eyes with her sword pointed at his face. “Forsaking family and friendship for power and position.” We can hear Sherilyn mutter “Wow, I take it she knows.” Marvyn turns to Holly. “Am I Beth Macbeth?”
There’s just one episode of Big Shot left this season. “Marvyn’s Playbook” debuts on June 18th. Here’s the official episode description from Disney+:
Westbrook is one win away from Division Two, and Carlsbad is suspected of stealing their playbook.