Colin Singleton Timeline and Summary

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• Colin is down in the dumps after being ditched by his latest girlfriend, Katherine. All the girls he's ever dated were named Katherine, and they all dumped him. He's so depressed about his most recent break-up that he doesn't even want to read or study, which he loves to do, being a child prodigy and all.
• Hassan goes to comfort his pal Colin after his big break up with yet another Katherine, but he's sick of sitting around listening to Colin complain, so he says they should get away from it all. Road trip.
• Now they just have to tell their parents they're off to who knows where. Hassan doesn't want to lie to his mom, so he and Colin say they'll get jobs while away.
• Driving in the middle of nowhere, Colin and Hassan see signs for tourist stops. Hassan thinks they should have an adventure and stop at some of them, but Colin doesn't want to because it will just remind him of Katherine. So they keep driving.
• Hassan and Colin stop in a town called Gutshot to see the grave of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They meet a girl named Lindsey who puts her paramedic-in-training skills to work when Colin falls and hits his head.
• Lindsey runs and fetches bandages to fix Colin's head while he goes into a woozy state of remembering K-19. He decides to write a theorem about her breaking up with him—maybe this can be his big discovery.
• At the graveyard Lindsey introduces Colin to her friends, JATT, SOCT, Katrina, and her boyfriend, TOC; then she takes them back to the store and her mom recognizes Colin from Kranial Kidz and offers them jobs. Hassan thinks Hollis is a riot, so they stay.
• Colin and Hassan decide to come up with a word for when they want the other to back off. The winner? Dingleberries. Then Lindsey, Colin, and Hassan begin interviewing the people in Gutshot. First up? An old guy named Starnes who has a whole lot of crazy tales, and nothing but praise for Hollis and Lindsey's fam (except for her dead-beat dad).
• Lindsey goes and hangs (read: makes out with) with TOC while Colin and Hassan get lost. They get bored, so Hassan fakes an asthma attack so they can all go home. Later that night, she asks Hassan about Colin. What's his deal? Why is he a genius?
• With a set of new and improved questions from Hollis, the trio set off for more interviews. This time, they're at the factory, but Lindsey goes and hangs with TOC (again) while the boys interview more people. Colin works on his theorem at home.
• Lindsey and Hassan go cruising with her pals while Colin stays at home and reads (for a change of pace). They wish he would live a little, but he's got to work, work, work if he's ever going to have a eureka moment.
• Hollis sends Lindsey and Colin to visit what she calls "the oldsters" for interviews, while Hassan stays home sick. They try to figure out what Hollis is up to being all cagey and secretive about her work—Colin thinks it might be about money, but Lindsey says that can't be.
• Again, Lindsey and Hassan go cruising with her pals while Colin stays at home and works on his theorem. Hassan has a hot date with his new kissing buddy, Katrina, so Lindsey and Colin go out for dinner.
• Lindsey shows Colin her secret cave and they swap stories of their childhoods; it turns out Colin wasn't the only one made fun of as a kid. Lindsey got plenty of that from TOC.
• Things are awkward between Lindsey and Colin before he leaves for the hog hunt with the guys. Hunting is slow but it gets much more interesting when Colin and Hassan see TOC and Katrina together in the woods… and they aren't hunting. Meanwhile, Colin gets his theorem to work for all but K-3, and then figures out he dumped her.
• Colin records TOC confessing to cheating on Lindsey with Katrina and then plays it for Lindsey. It's safe to say their relationship is through.
• The gang is sent to interview Mabel in an assisted living home—Lindsey takes it hard because she's emotional about people growing old and dying. Colin finally finishes his theorem.
• Lindsey, Colin, and Hassan go to Memphis to spy on Hollis. Her big secret is that no one is buying from the factory anymore, so she's dumping the shipments because she wants people to keep their jobs, and wants a record of the factory. That's why they've been doing the interviews.
• Broken up about the big secrets from her mom, Lindsey escapes to her hideaway in the woods, and Colin follows. There, he tells her about all the Katherines, one by one, and they kiss.
• Colin is worried Lindsey will break up with him in four days because that's what his theorem says will happen. When she does dump him right on schedule though, it's just a joke. Colin finally realizes that he can't predict what will happen, and he gets on the road with Lindsey and Hassan to see where it takes them.