2x5 - Off the Deep End

November 6, 1999

Peter has been ignoring Scott's swim meets and now only three are left before the Olympic trials. Fearing that he's doing the same thing to Scott now that he did to him when he was younger, Mr. Collins now tries to get as involved as possible. He's taking care of Scott's diet, hiring a masseuse, and making Jason do all the chores. Peter starts interfering with Scott's training routine and his pre-race rituals and begins to question his coach's methods. Coach Bonner won't put up with it and Scott is left without a coach. When Scott wins his meet, he disgustedly gives the medal to his father and suggests he might give up trying to make the Olympic team. Murray tells Mr. Collins that he's taken the fun out of swimming for Scott. Dad tells Scott he realizes he's been overdoing it and apologizes. Also, Jason has gotten yet another rejection from a record company. While playing his guitar at the beach, new lifeguard Alex Kaufman tells him to cut it out, he's disturbing the lifeguards' meetin