Lu's parents announce they are expecting another baby at a surprise dinner reveal.

Lu chooses track practice over attending the doctor's appointment to find out the baby's sex.

Lu freezes up and stops short before the hurdle during practice, failing to clear it.

Coach spots the Wolf on the sidewalk and reveals to Lu who he is and what became of him.

Lu's parents announce the baby is a girl, and Lu struggles to hide his disappointment.

Goose reveals he sold drugs as a teenager, which led directly to the Wolf's addiction.

Goose confesses he also sold Coach's father the drugs that killed him—a secret never told to Coach.

Lu runs into former bully Kelvin Jefferson while delivering a fruit sculpture to Mr. Ringwald's store.

Lu and Aaron get into a shoving match at practice after Aaron taunts Lu about needing sunscreen.

Lu successfully clears his first hurdle using Coach's counting method while practicing without his contact lenses.

Ghost tells Lu that Coach's father sold the Olympic gold medal for drugs; Lu realizes Goose may have it.

Lu confronts Goose about keeping Coach's gold medal and refuses to back down until Goose promises to return it.

Goose returns the gold medal to Coach at practice and the two men finally reconcile.

The Wolf agrees to go to rehab after Coach Whit reads her letter aloud at the basketball court intervention.

The Defenders team arrives at the hospital to surprise Coach, whose son is recovering from a severe asthma attack.

Lu learns his mother is unexpectedly pregnant again, shaking his sense of being a once-in-a-lifetime miracle. As he struggles to master the 110-meter hurdles, he uncovers his father Goose's dark past—selling drugs that fueled the Wolf's addiction and contributed to Coach's father's death. When Lu discovers that Goose has secretly kept Coach's stolen gold medal for years, he refuses to let his father avoid doing the right thing any longer. Forcing Goose to return the medal begins repairing a wound that has festered for decades. At a basketball court intervention, the Wolf finally agrees to enter rehab, and Lu understands what kind of big brother he wants to be. The season ends not with a championship trophy but with the entire Defenders team forfeiting the meet to stand by Coach at the hospital, discovering they are more than teammates—they are family.

The core journey from pregnancy news to championship sacrifice.

Lu tells his track friends about the pregnancy; Ghost senses Lu is hiding how he really feels.

Coach gets down on all fours on the track and has Lu practice hurdling by jumping over him.

Goose reveals that his family took care of Coach when they were young, making later teasing feel like a betrayal.

Lu creates a list of potential baby names including 'Snowflake' while waiting alone for his parents to return home.

Ghost shows his track friends a letter from his incarcerated father before practice begins.

A gust of wind blows dust into Lu's eyes during hurdle practice, forcing him to remove his contact lenses.

Lu discovers one of his diamond earrings is missing after practice; Sunny and Ghost help him search for it.

Lu delivers a fruit sculpture to Cotton's house and shares a piece of tangerine with her.

Coach takes a worried phone call about his newborn son's allergies while supervising practice.

Lu's mother explains that hurtful teasing cuts deeper than people realize, helping Lu find compassion for his father.

Lu delivers a heart-shield fruit sculpture across town and his mother gets sick from pregnancy outside the shop.

Coach ends the final pre-championship practice with a speech about the race that happens when no one is watching.

Goose stops on the way home to buy flowers for Christina; they arrive to find her asleep on the couch.

Lu and Kelvin sit together at the basketball court sharing sunflower seeds; Lu notices Kelvin has no more bruises.

Lu apologizes to Ghost before the championship meet for making fun of his shoes when they first met.

While the main drama unfolds, Lu navigates a series of smaller moments that reveal his character and relationships. His friends sense his hidden unease about the pregnancy, and he practices hurdles by literally jumping over Coach—a lesson in trust built from the ground up. Side scenes—delivering a fruit sculpture to Cotton's house, losing a diamond earring, watching Coach take a worried call about his sick newborn—add texture to Lu's world. Lu's mother helps him understand that his father's painful past deserves compassion, not just anger. As the season winds down, Goose and Lu share a quiet drive home, stopping for flowers and finding Christina asleep on the couch—a small moment of ordinary family life. On the morning of the championship, Lu makes amends with Ghost, and Aaron eventually shows up at the hospital, proving that growth can be quiet and gradual as well as dramatic.

The quieter moments of growth and discovery behind the main story.

Lu privately frames the new baby as a 'snowflake'—beautiful but far less extraordinary than lightning striking twice.

Coach warns Lu that letting embarrassment block potential is the real shame—not falling during a race.

Goose admits that Coach himself was one of the worst teasers, solidifying 'Goose' as his most humiliating nickname.

Lu's mother tells him his sister will look at him and see herself, reframing his anxiety about having a sibling.

Lu reveals that running away from Kelvin as a child was the moment his mother signed him up for track.

Aaron tells Lu at practice that he didn't earn his co-captaincy and only uses his gold chains to look cool.

Coach tells Lu he doesn't need to see a hurdle to know it's there—timing and self-trust are enough.

Lu's mother uses a fruit-peeling metaphor to remind Lu that his father is more than his worst mistakes.

Lu realizes his mantra and gold jewelry have been acting as armor and removes every chain and earring.

Goose thanks Lu after returning the medal, saying Lu helped him see integrity in himself he didn't know was there.

Goose defines integrity as 'a gold medal inside you' while he and Lu wait outside the rehab center.

As Whit reads her letter to the Wolf, Lu decides he wants to be a real big brother for his sister's entire life.

Kelvin cries during the Wolf's intervention; Lu extends his hand for a high five and the two make silent peace.

Lu tells his teammates that even adults need help sometimes, persuading them to forfeit the championship meet.

Coach cuts the gold medal's ribbon into strips and passes a piece to each athlete, declaring them family.

These events mark the turning points where Lu's understanding of himself, his family, and his world fundamentally shifts. Each revelation—learning that Coach helped bully his father, realizing his gold jewelry is armor, understanding that adults need help too—pushes Lu toward integrity rather than ego. Coach's teaching about trusting himself over hurdles mirrors the emotional hurdles Lu must clear in his own life. Lu's mother's fruit-peeling metaphor and her lesson about the lasting damage of teasing equip Lu with the compassion to forgive both his father and his former bully Kelvin. At the basketball court, watching Kelvin cry and extending a high five is a quiet moment of grace made possible only by everything Lu has learned. The arc ends with Lu persuading his team to choose family over a trophy, and Coach transforming a gold medal's ribbon into a shared symbol of who they are together.