I always thought that Chaz either faked the cramp, or it was really lousy acting. There are a couple of things about the idea of his faking the cramp that don't make sense to me, though. First, Chaz is very competitive, and arrogant to boot. I would think he'd be more confident in his own abilities than Jason's, and would therefore be hesitant to fake a cramp to give Jason (or anyone else, for that matter) a chance to make the winning dive.
Second, it seems as though if the writers wanted us to believe Chaz was faking, they really should have put something in the dialogue about it, i.e., "Looks like it's all riding on you now, Melon." It could very well be editing, but I didn't see enough plotting in Chaz's face or anything to indicate that he was throwing the dive on purpose.
That said, though, the only other conclusion is that the guy was doing some really crappy acting. That could be it, too.
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TVholic
10 years ago
He faked it. There are some factors you're not taking into account. Grand Lakes has always lost at the dive meets. As the coach told Thornton when they first met, he's setting the record for most consecutive losses. And it's a team sport, not individual. Chaz was hearing how Jason was putting the team back into contention there and after his own bad dive thought that if he couldn't lead the team to its first victory in ages, he wasn't going to let Jason be the hero of the meet. He faked cramps so he could back out and the team would forfeit since they didn't have any substitutes. He didn't know the coach would call on Thornton, who would do the Triple Lindy, so both Melons led the team to the win.
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