As a recently single man, he’s too heartbroken to be on the field. A normal captain would’ve given him days off. Instead, he was given the instructions to give a pep talk to kids about safety, or whatever. Except he has to talk for an hour and answer questions while standing in front of a bunch of judgmental teens.

While the teacher introduced the topic for the day, Marcus stood to the side reviewing the bullet points on his flash cards. Then, “Welcome Marcus Pike from the FBI!”