GUEST: Actor Chris Ellis

That goes for you, too, Mr. Wilson,” says Principal Turner, settling the classroom down. He turns to Miss Riley. “Miss Riley, what’s going on here?”

“They didn’t start that fire, Mr. Turner,” says Miss Riley.

Mr. Turner turns to Homer. “In the first place, you are not a member of this classroom,” says Turner.

“Neither are you, Mr. Turner,” says Miss Riley. “Why don’t you let the boy defend himself?”

“And in the second place,” says Mr. Turner, “this rocket proves nothing. You’ve already admitted having lost a number of your rockets. You cannot prove conclusively that another one of them didn’t start that fire.”

“Yes, I can,” says Homer. He walks to the chalkboard and draws an arc.

“Oh?” says Mr. Turner. “Are we to conclude that since leaving school you’ve not only become an expert in rocket science but in trigonometry?”

“I didn’t say I was-” says Homer.

“You learned more in the coal mines than you did in high school!” says Mr. Turner.

“Let the boy talk!” says Miss Riley. “Go ahead, Homer.”

Homer points at the board. “Now, that fire was near Welch, just under three miles from our launch pad. At the time of the fire, the best that-“

In This Episode

• Jake Gyllenhall as Homer Hickam
• William Lee Scott as Roy Lee
• Chris Owen as Quentin
• Chad Lindberg as O'Dell
• Laura Dern as Miss Riley
• Chris Ellis as Principal Turner
• Kaili Hollister as Valentine Carmina