Chase wakes in a hospital with no memory and is told he has acute retrograde amnesia after falling off his roof.

Chase is discharged from the hospital and meets his father, stepmother, and stepsister, who are all strangers to him.

Chase returns to school and discovers that most students and teachers regard him with visible fear and distrust.

Aaron and Bear knock Brendan to the ground at lunch; Chase returns, removes the chair pinning him down, and apologizes.

Chase accompanies Aaron and Bear to Portland Street Assisted Living Residence and begins meeting the elderly residents there.

Chase physically stops a football player from bullying Brendan after a school assembly and declares his loyalty to the video club.

Brendan invites Chase to join the video club after the two successfully collaborate on a carwash stunt video.

Dr. Cooperman clears Chase of his concussion but forbids him from playing football for the rest of the season.

Mr. Solway tells Chase that the accident was the best thing that ever happened to him.

Chase and Shoshanna discover Solway's Medal of Honor case lying empty in his closet during one of their filming sessions.

Aaron and Bear burst into the music room with fire extinguishers, and Chase, rushing in to help, accidentally punches Joel.

Chase backs up Aaron's false story about a fire to the school principal and is expelled from the video club.

Aaron and Bear physically attack Chase at football practice and reveal that Chase himself was the one who stole Solway's medal.

Chase discovers Solway's Medal of Honor hidden under a roof shingle and immediately runs to the retirement home to return it.

Solway interrupts Chase's court sentencing by claiming he loaned the medal to Chase, and the judge dismisses all charges.

After falling off his roof, Chase Ambrose wakes in the hospital with no memory of his life and is diagnosed with acute retrograde amnesia. Returning to school, he discovers he was a feared bully, and his old football friends press him to resume his former behavior while his new video club friends offer a different path. Chase bonds deeply with Julius Solway, a Medal of Honor veteran at the retirement home where Chase performs community service, and gradually uncovers the full weight of his past cruelty. When Aaron and Bear attack the video club in the music room, Chase is expelled from the club after backing up their lie to the principal, and later learns that he himself stole Solway's medal before his fall. Chase finds the medal hidden on his own roof, races to return it, and ultimately confesses in open court — where Solway's dramatic intervention saves Chase from punishment and marks his true redemption.

Chase's amnesia, bullying past, and hard road to redemption.

Shoshanna describes how Chase and his friends planted cherry bombs inside a piano during Joel's performance at a school assembly.

Joel's parents send him away to Melton Conservatory music boarding school to escape the bullying Chase and his friends started.

Shoshanna dumps frozen yogurt on Chase's head at an ice cream shop when she spots him for the first time after his accident.

Dr. Fitzwallace takes Chase to his office, where Chase sees framed photos of himself and his father as football heroes.

Brendan asks Chase to help film a carwash stunt; when the angry manager confronts them, Brendan steps up and takes the blame.

The entire video club erupts in outrage when Brendan reveals he has invited Chase Ambrose to become a member.

Chase catches Helene when she falls from the monkey bars, but she screams in terror upon realizing who is holding her.

Chase attempts to speak with Julius Solway at the retirement home, but Solway responds with scornful impatience and pushes him away.

Aaron narrates an ominous chapter, hinting that he, Bear, and Chase have hidden something of significant value that must be recovered.

Chase reads the judge's sentencing document describing his past behavior in detail and is deeply shaken by what he learns.

Brendan shows Chase a scar above his eyebrow that Chase caused by forcing his head into a water fountain.

The Solway documentary is screened at a special school assembly and receives widespread praise from students and faculty alike.

After the assembly honoring Chase and Shoshanna's video, Bear and Aaron decide they must force Chase to choose sides.

Brendan discovers a forgotten recording on his flip-cam that captures the truth of what actually happened in the music room.

Chase enters the courtroom fully expecting hostility but finds the entire Hiawassee school community gathered to testify on his behalf.

Before Chase's fall, he and his friends Aaron and Bear had already established a reputation as the school's most feared bullies, driving Joel Weber away from Hiawassee entirely. When Chase returns to school with amnesia, he slowly pieces together his past through the reactions of those around him — classmates who fear him, a principal who sees an opportunity, and a video club that debates whether a bully can truly change. Clues accumulate from all directions: a judge's damning document, a scar on Brendan's forehead, and an ominous chapter narrated by Aaron hinting that the boys are hiding something important. The public screening of the Solway documentary becomes the tipping point that drives Aaron and Bear to retaliate, setting off the music room attack. Brendan's accidental discovery of footage proving Chase's innocence forces everyone to confront their assumptions, and Chase walks into the courtroom stunned to find the entire community standing behind him.

The backstory, community, and key revelations that shaped Chase's journey.

Chase finds his cellphone in his bedroom and sees photos of himself with two large boys, questioning the person he used to be.

Chase confronts his mother about hiding his community service arrest; she admits she has always believed in his inner goodness.

Bear pockets a vulnerable resident's $20 tip during community service; Chase secretly gives the same woman $20 of his own money.

Solway dismisses Shoshanna outright but immediately warms when Chase arrives, trapping an outraged Shoshanna into collaborating with Chase on her video.

Frank secretly schedules an appointment with a private sports doctor to get Chase cleared to play football without telling Chase's mother.

Chase and Shoshanna bond over a sundae until Mrs. Weber discovers them together at the ice cream shop and forces Shoshanna to leave.

Shoshanna argues to her parents that Chase has genuinely changed and convinces them to allow Joel to return from boarding school.

Joel returns to Hiawassee Middle School, attends his first video club meeting, and receives a sincere apology directly from Chase.

The Weber family dog attacks Chase while he waits outside Shoshanna's house; Mrs. Weber takes Chase inside and treats his wounds.

Joel opens his bedroom window and continues playing piano while Chase stands outside, marking a quiet turning point between them.

Frank unknowingly praises Chase for backing up Aaron's lie to the principal, proud of the very behavior Chase has come to despise.

Chase climbs back onto his roof despite promising not to, feeling he has lost both his old self and his new one.

Brendan gathers the video club to watch the footage proving Chase's innocence; Joel insists they all stay even as Shoshanna tries to leave.

Chase dumps the vacuum bag in the retirement home hallway, produces Solway's Medal of Honor, and confesses aloud that he stole it.

Brendan narrates that Chase rejoins the video club, Joel becomes student musical director, and Shoshanna's Solway video wins the journalism contest.

Chase's transformation begins with small, telling moments — finding his phone, confronting his mother, and quietly returning stolen money to a vulnerable resident — that reveal the kind of person he is choosing to become. Shoshanna is pulled into an unlikely partnership with Chase through Solway, and the two bond so visibly that Mrs. Weber's discovery of them sharing ice cream forces a family confrontation that ultimately leads to Joel's return from boarding school. Joel's return, Chase's sincere apology, and the quiet image of Joel playing piano for Chase outside the window signal that even the deepest wounds can begin to heal. After the music room betrayal, Frank's misguided pride in Chase's lying lays bare everything Chase has come to reject about his old life, and Chase retreats to the roof to grieve what he has lost. The turning points converge in the retirement home hallway — where Chase's confession, Solway's fierce loyalty, and Brendan's belief in the truth finally give everyone the ending the story has been building toward.

The quiet decisions, surprising discoveries, and emotional shifts that transformed everyone.