Crushed (Telugu)

As the school reopens after summer vacations, Aadhya is confronted with some harsh realities, and Sahil is appointed as the leader of the delegation to represent LCC at Celesta Interschool Cultural Festival that is to be hosted by current champions and archrivals Francis Convent School. While Aadhya tries to cope and deal with the shock, something is brewing to heal her. But will that be enough?

In their first interaction, Aadhya declines the help offered by Samarth. On the other hand, while Prateek's and Zoya's differences come out into the open as Sahil begins auditioning for Celesta, Jaz finds an opportunity to get closer to Sahil. As the team brainstorms on the topic for Triveni, the main event of Celesta, Aadhya recognises a friend in Samarth.

While Sahil struggles to assert control over his indisciplined team and finds a friend in Jaz who motivates him, Aadhya faces embarrassment at school due to a personal message getting leaked, which she blames Samarth for. Feeling dejected by him, she finds a friend in her mother who helps her understand things in context while Samarth gets into his first school fight.

Aadhya reaches out and mends things with Samarth. Sahil gets a hint of how Jaz feels about him and Prateek learns his lesson as Jaz and Zoya indulge in a catfight as they audition for debate team on the topic of love. While Prateek and Zoya patch up and Aadhya and Sahil engage in a bitter argument, Father Lawrence announces a mandatory test for all team members to retain their place in the team.

As the practise sessions extend beyond school hours, Zoya encourages Jaz to express her feelings for Sahil. Samarth makes Aadhya sneak out of school and surprises her only to be surprised himself. The LCC team suffers a last minute setback as they lose a topic to Francis Convent due to late submission.

Team LCC manages to find a topic after a last-minute setback but finds itself on slippery ground as the cracks within the team widen and they lag behind on the points table.While Sahil finds a way to keep the team united and competitive, Samarth realises the stakes on his shoulders for the team's victory.The competition closes with a surprise as our characters are confronted with revelations.