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The Boys

Season 1, Episode 2 — Cherry

TMDB episode metadata

Show: The Boys

Episode title: Cherry

Air date: July 25, 2019

Director: Matt Shakman

Top billed cast: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher

The Boys get themselves a Superhero, Starlight gets payback, Homelander gets naughty, and a Senator gets naughtier.

Source: TMDB

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(siren wailing)

siren siren-wailing wailing

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So, you're-you're not a Fed?

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Do you hear that? That's the old bill.

bill

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So unless you want to explain why you've got

explain

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America's favorite invisible wanker dead on the floor,

americas dead favorite floor invisible wanker

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give us a fucking hand, will ya?

fucking hand

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Aw, shit.

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♪ ♪

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All right, listen, I have worked for the Feds.

worked

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I've worked for loads of people.

loads worked

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I'm what you might call an independent contractor.

independent might

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You got a problem, you call me, I solve the problem.

problem solve

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(pounding in trunk)

pounding trunk

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What is that?

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(pounding continues)

continues pounding

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That's a problem.

problem

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Oh, thank fuck, he's alive.

alive fuck

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Yes, yes, he's alive! Okay, pull over.

alive pull

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No, no, no, Hughie, you don't fucking get it.

fucking hughie

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-Pull the car over. -This is a fucksight worse.

pull worse

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He's seen our faces.

faces seen

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Oh, my God.

↓

No, no, no, no, no. I can't do this.

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I can't do this. Let me out.

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-Let me out. Pull over! -Hughie,

hughie pull

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you walk away now, and you will never get payback for Robin.

payback robin walk

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You'll spend the rest of your life

life rest spend

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sitting on your ass with fucking regret.

fucking regret sitting

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Now, is that what you want?

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I know a bloke. Top man.

bloke

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He'll know what to do.

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♪ ♪

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Morning, luv.

morning

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Frenchie about?

frenchie

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(loud music playing inside)

loud music music-playing playing

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Mmm.

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You'll love this guy.

love

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(dance music playing loudly)

dance dance-music dance-music-playing loudly music music-playing playing

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(man singing in French)

french singing

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Frenchie.

frenchie

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Oi, Frenchie.

frenchie

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(music volume lowers)

music volume

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Monsieur Charcuter.

monsieur

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Huh.

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This is a surprise.

surprise

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Good to see you.

↓

Good to see you, too, mate.

mate

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Means you brought that 40,000 you owe me?

brought

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(Frenchie sniffs)

frenchie sniffs

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I mean, why else would you show your face around here?

face

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Because I've got something even better for you.

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How would you like to double your money?

double money

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(both laughing)

laughing

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The double of zero is zero.

double zero

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Who is he?

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This guy?

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Oh, this here is Hughie Campbell.

campbell hughie hughie-campbell

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We're, uh, working a little job together.

working

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Ooh.

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-And he's still alive? -(laughs)

alive laughs

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You and I worked together, and you're still in one piece.

piece worked

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Am I?

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Look, do you want to know what the fucking job is or not?

fucking

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Open it.

open

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Who is in there?

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-Where's your sense of adventure, Frenchie? -(cattle prod crackles)

adventure cattle crackles frenchie sense

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TRANSLUCENT: You dumb fucks are fucking dead!

dead dumb fucking fucking-dead fucks translucent

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Have you any... Aah!

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-That's Translucent. -(trunk slams shut)

slams translucent trunk

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You got Translucent in your trunk, huh?

translucent trunk

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Nothing gets past you, mate.

mate past

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

whoa whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa

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Go away. Get him out of here.

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All right, all right, easy.

easy

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He's chipped.

chipped

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The Supes could be on their way.

supes

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Homelander could be on his way right now.

homelander

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Wait, he's chipped?

chipped

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FRENCHIE: You bring this to my doorstep?

bring doorstep frenchie

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This is not my problem, huh?

problem

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Well, it is now. He knows what you look like.

knows

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Look, Frenchie, I need your help, mate,

frenchie mate

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and I ain't leaving till I get it,

aint leaving till

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or till The Seven show up.

seven till

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Ah, here comes the A-Train!

comes train

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My man, how you doing?

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Look, I brought you something.

brought

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-Thanks? -Yeah.

thanks

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I'm sorry, I asked for Translucent.

asked translucent

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Right, but Translucent is on a secret,

secret translucent

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undercover mission right now.

mission undercover

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But you got the A-Train, baby.

baby train

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(clicks tongue)

clicks clicks-tongue tongue

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But... my wish was to meet Translucent.

meet translucent wish

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That was my only wish. He's my hero.

hero wish

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Yeah. Um... well, you know, maybe he can swing by

swing

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next week or some--

week

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-something... -(monitor beeping steadily)

beeping monitor monitor-beeping

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(quietly): Fuck.

fuck quietly

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Um... you know what?

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Maybe I can't turn invisible,

invisible

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but I am the world's fastest man.

fastest worlds worlds-fastest

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Like, I can outrun anybody or anything.

anybody outrun

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That's-that's something, right?

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(chuckles weakly)

chuckles weakly

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Look, I'll tell you what, you get better,

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and I'll teach you to run as fast as me.

fast teach

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-Yeah? -Yeah.

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You'll teach me to outrun cancer?

cancer outrun teach

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(sighs)

sighs

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Yeah.

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Oh, my God, turn that off.

↓

How many times do I have to tell you

times

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that A-Train needs to be scripted?

needs train

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-Right. -When he does not have a script,

script

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-this is what happens. -I'm on it. I'm so sorry.

happens

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-It will not happen again. -All right.

happen

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And where is Translucent?

translucent

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We know he's not in the building.

building

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He hasn't triggered any of the motion sensors.

motion triggered

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He's probably out on another one of his fucking benders.

another fucking

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Doesn't he have a team-up tomorrow night?

night team tomorrow tomorrow-night

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Yeah, with the Deep.

deep

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-Get a backup. -I'm on it.

backup

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-Okay, go. -(phone ringing)

phone phone-ringing ringing

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Okay.

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Hello?

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Black Noir.

black black-noir noir

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We haven't properly met yet. I'm Starlight.

properly starlight

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Well-- (sighs)

sighs

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I look forward to working with you.

forward working

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ASHLEY: There she is.

ashley

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Hi. How you settling in?

settling

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Well, uh, it's an adjustment.

adjustment

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That's for sure.

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-This is Trevor... -Hi.

trevor

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...from Crime Analytics.

analytics crime crime-analytics

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So, we have exciting news for you.

exciting exciting-news news

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We are sending you on your first patrol.

patrol sending

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-(gasps) -It's a team-up tomorrow night.

gasps night team tomorrow tomorrow-night

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Oh, that's great.

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That's great news. Thank you.

news

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Hi. Big fan. There you go.

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-STARLIGHT: A crime itinerary? -TREVOR: Yep.

crime itinerary starlight trevor

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Where and when to find the bad guys.

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That's what my department does. We vet leads,

department leads

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crunch satellite data, COMP-STAT.

comp crunch data satellite stat

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Better intel than the police.

intel police

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-Mm. -You know, thanks, but I'm good.

thanks

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I-I like to do my own investigating.

investigating

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ASHLEY: And that is why we love you,

ashley love

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but it's not coming from us.

coming

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It's corporate. To protect you.

corporate protect

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What if you nab the wrong person?

person

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There's liability to consider.

consider liability

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The-the Deep is coming?

coming deep

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Yeah, it's a water-adjacent crime.

adjacent crime water

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Then he should do it himself. He doesn't need me.

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ASHLEY: It was gonna be Deep and Translucent,

ashley deep translucent

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but everyone on 82 is so excited to get you out there.

excited

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Yeah, it's just, uh, you know, back in Des Moines,

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I always patrolled alone.

alone

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ASHLEY: And that is why we love you.

ashley love

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But we see at least a 23% uptick

least

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in social media mentions and hero hashtags

hero media social social-media

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when there's a team-up.

team

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People love a team-up.

love team

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-Love a team-up. -Mm.

love team

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♪ Ow ♪

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♪ ♪

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(tires screeching)

screeching tires tires-screeching

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♪ Be a man, can a mystery man ♪

mystery

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♪ Be a doll, be a baby doll ♪

baby doll

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♪ I got a feeling, then I hear this call ♪

feeling

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♪ I said neat, neat, neat, she can't afford no cannon ♪

afford cannon neat neat-neat

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♪ Neat, neat, neat ♪

neat neat-neat

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♪ She can't afford no gun at all ♪

afford

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♪ Neat, neat, neat ♪

neat neat-neat

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♪ She can't afford no cannon ♪

afford cannon

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♪ Neat, neat, neat. ♪

neat neat-neat

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FRENCHIE: That stuff really blocks the chip's signal?

blocks chips frenchie signal stuff

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Yeah. It's just R.F. Shielding Foil.

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You can get it at Fry's.

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You in tech intelligence?

intelligence tech

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Uh, sales and installation.

sales

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TRANSLUCENT: Ah...

translucent

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Oh, what the fuck?

fuck

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Where am I?

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Oi. Morning, sunshine.

morning morning-sunshine sunshine

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-You know who I am? -Not sure.

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I know so many invisible assholes.

assholes invisible

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TRANSLUCENT: You fucking amateurs!

amateurs fucking translucent

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-(electricity crackling) -(Translucent cries out)

crackling cries electricity translucent

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Fuck!

fuck

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What the fuck?!

fuck

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Ooh, mind them bars, son.

bars mind

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You'll only bollocks yourself again.

bollocks

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

whoa whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa

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Uh, okay, what do you guys want? Money?

money

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We don't want your fucking money.

fucking money

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What do you think, Frenchie?

frenchie

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You just dropped the Moby fucking Dick

dick dropped fucking fucking-dick moby

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of problems on my plate.

plate problems

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That's what I think.

↓

Okay?

↓

He can re-order his carbon on his skin into metamaterial.

carbon order skin

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(sighs) It's hard as diamonds.

diamonds hard sighs

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It's nearly impossible to penetrate.

impossible nearly penetrate

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BUTCHER: All right, how 'bout we suffocate him?

bout butcher suffocate

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FRENCHIE: Some Dominicans already tried this,

dominicans frenchie tried

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way back in '07.

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BUTCHER: And what happened?

butcher happened

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FRENCHIE: They're all fucking dead now.

dead frenchie fucking fucking-dead

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That's what happened.

happened

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BUTCHER: All right, then, fuck it, electrocution.

butcher fuck

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We'll just increase the amps.

increase

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FRENCHIE: You already hit him with enough to drop

drop frenchie

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a water buffalo, and look.

buffalo water

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Might knock him out. Doesn't seem to kill him, huh?

kill knock might

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No. We need to pierce the skin somehow.

pierce skin

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BUTCHER: Well, how the hell are we gonna do that?

butcher

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FRENCHIE: I don't know.

frenchie

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You're gonna kill him?

kill

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(Butcher scoffs)

butcher scoffs

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We didn't bring him here for a fucking Happy Meal.

bring fucking happy meal

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I don't-- I thought we'd question him or something.

question

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I don't know, you get a-- you get ahold of someone this big...

ahold

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At Gitmo, we had to water board Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

board water

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183 times over six months to get him to talk just once.

months times

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Now, we ain't got six months.

aint months

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I doubt we've even got six hours.

doubt hours

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There are so many crazy things about what you just said,

crazy

↓

but right now, you're talking about randomly killing

killing

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one of the most famous men on the planet.

famous planet

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A goddamn national treasure.

goddamn national treasure

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I mean... people tend to notice that kind of thing.

notice tend

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And if we let him go...

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what do you think The Seven will do to us?

seven

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-Hmm? -(sighs)

sighs

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You can't get A-Train if you're a greasy smear on the pavement.

greasy pavement smear train

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I'm not a murderer.

murderer

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(Butcher scoffs)

butcher scoffs

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That's all right.

↓

-I am. -(Hughie exhales)

exhales hughie

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The race is coming up quickly. How you feeling?

coming feeling quickly race

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Look, A-Train is a fierce competitor,

competitor fierce train

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but no one can be the world's fastest man forever.

fastest forever worlds worlds-fastest

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Let's just say I like my chan...

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HOMELANDER DOLL: I'll always protect you.

doll homelander protect

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FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Your little hero will never be afraid

afraid announcer female hero

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with the Junior Homelander Cuddle...

cuddle homelander junior

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I regret to inform you that I've located the mayor's Gulfstream.

inform located mayors regret

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It's about two miles down at the bottom of Hudson Canyon.

bottom canyon miles

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There are no survivors,

survivors

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and I've yet to locate the flight recorder.

flight locate recorder

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Though the jet was fragmented,

↓

there was one engine fully intact,

engine fully intact

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and it appears to be engine failure.

appears engine failure

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So I'd like to offer...

offer

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(door opens)

door door-opens opens

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Whoa...

whoa

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(both chuckle)

chuckle

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-Still going strong, huh? -Oh, yeah, yeah.

strong

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I've just been pumping for 30 minutes,

minutes pumping

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and I got a quarter of an ounce.

ounce quarter

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Hey, hey, go easy on yourself.

easy

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Come on, now.

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Personally, I think it's amazing that a woman your age

amazing personally woman

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can have a baby, period.

baby period

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That is so sweet of you to say.

sweet

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Oh, no problem.

problem

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Hey, you found Translucent yet?

found translucent

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-You heard about that? -Mm-hmm.

heard

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No, not yet.

↓

Well, you know, I could search for him.

search

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Personally.

personally

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That's not necessary.

necessary

↓

Right.

↓

Hey, did you hear about the mayor of Baltimore?

baltimore mayor

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Yeah. Yeah.

↓

Heard his plane went down.

heard plane

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Some sort of engine trouble.

engine trouble

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Yeah, it's awful.

awful

↓

I saw him on Tuesday.

tuesday

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Had a meeting with him right here.

meeting

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Wow.

↓

Well, hug your kids, right?

kids

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'Cause you never know what might happen.

happen might might-happen

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-So true. -Mm.

↓

You know what's interesting?

interesting

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The Deep told me, and only me,

deep

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that there were, uh, scorch marks

marks

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on the mayor's engine.

engine mayors

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Almost as if from two small, high-intensity beams,

beams intensity

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roughly the width of human eyes.

eyes human roughly

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Say what you mean to say.

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Your brand is hope,

brand hope

↓

baseball, America... sunshine.

america baseball sunshine

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You don't do vengeance.

vengeance

↓

Madelyn, I heard him through the wall of this--

heard madelyn wall

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He was blackmailing you.

↓

I am the last person you need to save.

person save

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Yeah, but I-I did it for you.

↓

I know, but did the timing occur to you?

occur timing

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I have half the Senate Appropriations Committee

committee half senate

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coming tonight.

coming tonight

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(scoffs)

scoffs

↓

How did he even know about Compound V?

compound

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We are not going to talk about that.

↓

Oh, come on, Madelyn.

madelyn

↓

You do not need to hide things from me.

hide

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I love Vought as much as you do,

love vought

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-and I can do more. -You can do more?

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You've already grossed $12.3 billion for us.

billion grossed

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Right. So the pricks on 82 can take all the fucking credit?

credit fucking pricks

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Empty fucking suits with Cornell degrees? Come on.

degrees empty fucking suits

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I'm the one who's out there. Not them.

↓

I'm the one who, who-who knows the audience.

audience knows

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Who knows what's good for this company.

company knows

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I know. I hear you.

↓

I do. But what I need right now,

↓

is I need you to charm the shit out of those congressmen.

charm

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Right.

↓

'Cause that's all I'm good for, huh?

↓

Smile, look pretty, say my lines.

lines smile

↓

Whoop, whoop, whoop.

whoop

↓

No. No.

↓

You just need to let me protect you.

protect

↓

-Oh, you're gonna protect me? -Mm-hmm.

protect

↓

Gods are pure

gods pure

↓

and they're perfect

perfect

↓

and they're above it all.

↓

And they need to stay that way.

↓

Huh...

↓

You're leaking.

leaking

↓

Thank you.

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

(scoffs, chuckles)

chuckles scoffs

↓

(phone chimes)

chimes phone phone-chimes

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

(line ringing)

line line-ringing ringing

↓

-DAD (over phone): Hello? -Hi, Dad.

phone

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Hughie, where have you been? I've been calling hospitals.

calling hospitals hughie

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-I'm fine. -But the police are saying

police

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some wacko drove into Gary's store,

drove store

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right through the window, and then took off.

window

↓

I-I thought maybe you've been hurt, or-or kidnapped.

hurt kidnapped

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I saw this Dateline on human trafficking...

human trafficking

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Dad, I haven't been human trafficked, okay?

human

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I-I closed up early. It must have happened after I left.

closed early happened left must

↓

But where'd you go?

whered

↓

Just been drinking at Anthony's.

anthonys drinking

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-Blowing off steam. -No-- now, I called Anthony, all right?

anthony blowing called steam

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I called everybody. No one's seen you. Don't lie to me.

called everybody ones seen

↓

Yeah, it's kind of hard to explain.

explain hard

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Hey, Dad, listen, I got to, I got to go.

↓

Just, l-listen, I know you've been taking

↓

Robin's accident real hard.

accident hard real real-hard robins

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-It wasn't an accident. -All-all right, all right.

accident

↓

My point is, you're a good boy.

point

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You're a sensitive boy. Come home.

home sensitive

↓

Okay? Before you do something stupid, come home, Hughie.

home hughie stupid

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-I got to go. -No, w-wait, Hugh...

hugh

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

(grunts)

grunts

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

Oh. Well, I heard we had a meeting.

heard meeting

↓

So, um, I'll just leave you to it.

↓

Well, we're having a meeting right now, aren't we, Deep?

deep having meeting

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You and me.

↓

-Come on in. -Yeah. Sure.

↓

So, uh, what, uh...

↓

Or is there, is there anything I can, can do for you,

↓

Homelander?

homelander

↓

Well, yeah. I-I guess, uh...

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

Well, you can help me understand something, Deep,

deep

↓

'cause, uh...

↓

(chuckles): I don't know, maybe I'm stupid.

chuckles stupid

↓

Am I stupid, Deep?

deep stupid

↓

What? No. (scoffs)

scoffs

↓

No. You're not stupid. (chuckles)

chuckles stupid

↓

You're-you're smart. Very smart, right?

smart

↓

Yeah. Okay.

↓

So, what possible reason--

possible possible-reason reason

↓

what, uh, razor-sharp fish instinct--

fish instinct razor sharp

↓

made you run to Stillwell

stillwell

↓

and tell her what you thought you saw down there?

↓

All right, look, I-I thought-- I thought I, I was, uh...

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I-I don't even know-- I don't know what I saw down there,

↓

as a matter of fact. It was, it was really dark and, uh, muddy--

dark fact matter muddy

↓

the water was really muddy.

muddy water

↓

I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry.

↓

I-I didn't...

↓

I didn't really see anything down there, as a matter of fact.

fact matter

↓

(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

That's what I thought.

↓

-Yeah. -Yeah.

↓

(laughing)

laughing

↓

(Homelander chuckles)

chuckles homelander

↓

And I trust we never have to have this conversation again.

conversation trust

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No. Of course not.

course

↓

Just this once.

↓

(both chuckle)

chuckle

↓

Now go fuck Shamu in the blowhole.

fuck

↓

Yeah.

↓

("La foule," by Youssoupha playing)

playing

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Rounds coated in the same carbon metamaterial as his skin.

carbon coated rounds skin

↓

(scoffs)

scoffs

↓

Will it work?

↓

Je ne sais pas.

↓

(gun clicks)

clicks

↓

HUGHIE: Guys?

hughie

↓

What are you doing? Wait! No, no, no! Wait, wait!

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

translucent whoa whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Ha, ha, ha, ha...

translucent

↓

(laughing) You stupid, fucking asshole.

asshole fucking fucking-asshole laughing stupid stupid-fucking

↓

I'm invincible.

invincible

↓

You stupid motherfuckers.

motherfuckers stupid

↓

(laughs)

laughs

↓

I'm fucking Translucent.

fucking translucent

↓

I'm indestructible.

indestructible

↓

It's only a matter of time before they come for me.

matter

↓

You're fucking dead!

dead fucking fucking-dead

↓

Well, that was great, guys.

↓

That was awesome.

awesome

↓

Frenchie, back later.

frenchie

↓

Where are you going?

↓

Got an idea. Long shot, might help.

idea might shot

↓

-Now? -Yeah, well, it's all under control here, isn't it?

control

↓

Try not to bugger each other.

bugger

↓

Ah, fuck me.

fuck

↓

Fuck.

fuck

↓

(indistinct chatter)

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

EMPLOYEE: Oh. Sorry, Ms. Stillwell.

employee stillwell

↓

EMPLOYEE 2: Oh...

employee

↓

MADELYN: Are you Anika?

anika madelyn

↓

Ms. Stillwell, I didn't know that you were...

stillwell

↓

You look really nice.

↓

Thank you. Could you please show me?

↓

Yeah. We haven't been able to ping Translucent's chip

able chip ping translucents

↓

-until about five minutes ago. -Well, where is he?

five five-minutes minutes

↓

Jersey City.

city jersey

↓

What the hell is he doing in Jersey City?

city jersey

↓

Uh... well, he's somewhere in this ten-block area.

area block

↓

MADELYN: That is the best you can do?

best madelyn

↓

ANIKA: It's possible the chip's glitching,

anika chips possible

↓

-or there's some kind of interference... -Okay.

interference

↓

Tell security to search the area, door-to-door if necessary.

area door necessary search security

↓

But tell them to be discreet.

discreet

↓

He is invisible, so it shouldn't be that hard.

hard invisible

↓

Okay.

↓

(boat horn blows in distance)

blows boat distance horn horn-blows

↓

DEEP: Oh, wow. What a surprise.

deep surprise

↓

A water crime.

crime water

↓

Fuck me running. I swear to God,

fuck running swear

↓

they only call me when there's trouble at a dock.

dock trouble

↓

Or a river or a lake, canal.

canal lake river

↓

A jetty.

↓

(chuckles) Fucking idiots. I could be doing so much more.

chuckles fucking idiots

↓

But no, Vought just wants me to make my big pretty dives

vought wants

↓

into the water and flash my fucking biceps for Instagram.

flash fucking instagram water

↓

I mean, sure, four million hits a day, but still,

four hits million

↓

it's fucking demeaning.

demeaning fucking

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

What's your problem?

problem

↓

You've had that pissy look on your face all night.

face night pissy

↓

(electrical buzzing)

buzzing electrical

↓

Ooh. What...?

↓

Is this about the other night again?

night

↓

(scoffs)

scoffs

↓

Jesus Christ. (chuckles)

christ chuckles jesus jesus-christ

↓

Cry me a fucking river, all right?

fucking river

↓

I took my share of shit when I first got here, okay?

share

↓

Besides, you had a crush on me, remember?

besides crush remember

↓

That gives you no right-- zero right--

gives zero

↓

to do what you did, you pathetic asshole.

asshole pathetic

↓

-Hey. You shut your fucking mouth. -Or what?

fucking mouth

↓

You'll sic a grouper on me?

↓

I'll tell everyone you're a psycho.

psycho

↓

-I'll go to Homelander. -No, you won't.

homelander

↓

See, I asked around; you're not number two around here.

asked number

↓

You're just the fish guy.

fish

↓

Everyone thinks you're a joke.

joke thinks

↓

Me, most of all.

↓

I cannot believe I fell for your crap.

believe cannot cannot-believe fell

↓

-You stuck-up little... -You ever touch me again,

stuck touch

↓

I will burn your eyes out.

burn eyes

↓

Understand me?

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

(clattering)

clattering

↓

We'll finish this later.

finish

↓

You take them from the front, I'll come in from behind.

behind front

↓

(exhales)

exhales

↓

HOMELANDER DOLL: I'll always...

doll homelander

↓

STARLIGHT: Hey.

starlight

↓

(grunting)

grunting

↓

Hey, boys.

boys

↓

(whoops)

whoops

↓

Hurry up. Move faster.

faster hurry

↓

You're amazing. That was so great. That was really good.

amazing

↓

-Smile for the cameras. -What? What the hell is this?

cameras smile

↓

Yeah, stand over him and say "This is lit."

stand

↓

DEEP: Oh, hey, Jimmy.

deep jimmy

↓

Catch my dive in the water? It was fucking cherry.

catch cherry dive fucking water

↓

Nice.

↓

ASHLEY: Smile at the camera, Starlight.

ashley camera smile starlight

↓

(alarm beeping)

alarm alarm-beeping beeping

↓

BUTCHER: Congrats on your promotion, Susan.

butcher congrats promotion susan

↓

(whispers): Jesus Christ. Butcher.

butcher christ jesus jesus-christ whispers

↓

-Madam Deputy Director, eh? -(sighing)

deputy deputy-director director madam sighing

↓

Wow. Andrew and the kids must be chuffed for you.

andrew kids must

↓

Keep your voice down, and don't talk about my family.

family voice

↓

It makes my skin crawl.

crawl makes skin

↓

What are you doing here?

↓

Just need a quick dekko at some of your files.

files quick

↓

-My files? What files? -A couple of Supes.

couple files supes

↓

Big Game, Shout Out.

game shout

↓

Translucent, if you got him.

translucent

↓

-Why Translucent? -Eh, nothing special,

special translucent

↓

-just ticking a few boxes. -Oh.

boxes ticking

↓

So you just broke into my goddamn house

broke goddamn house

↓

in the middle of the night?

middle night

↓

All right.

↓

I'm trying to find a way to do the job on the cunt,

cunt

↓

and if it's anywhere, it'll be in Mallory's files.

files itll mallorys

↓

-Now would you like me to keep talking? -No.

↓

No. Christ. Just don't fucking say another word.

another another-word christ fucking word

↓

The Mallory files are dead and buried.

buried dead files mallory

↓

You're the deputy director of CIA Operations.

deputy deputy-director director operations

↓

-Dig 'em up. -No.

↓

-Why not? -Because of you.

↓

-Me? -Yes, you.

↓

The director will shitcan anyone

director

↓

who even goes near those files.

files near

↓

You made it suicide to go after the Supes.

suicide supes

↓

What are you even doing back involved in this?

involved

↓

I mean, you have a death wish,

death wish

↓

or are you a glutton for punishment?

punishment

↓

Yeah. A bit of both, I suppose.

suppose

↓

Come on... Susan.

susan

↓

Five minutes alone with a piece of paper.

alone five five-minutes minutes minutes-alone paper piece

↓

For old time's sakes. No one will know.

sakes times

↓

You-You're really trying to sell this shit?

sell

↓

-Why, you buying it? -You think I look back fondly

buying

↓

at the times we fucked in bar bathrooms?

bathrooms fucked times

↓

Oh, come on. We had a few laughs.

laughs

↓

Like the time you sent me the Edible Arrangement.

arrangement edible sent

↓

And what we had was you trying to use me,

↓

for a Get Out of Jail Free card at a time like this.

card free jail

↓

Well, if that's all it was, then,

↓

what's got you so hot and bothered

bothered

↓

when a simple "fuck you" would suffice?

fuck simple suffice

↓

Fuck you.

fuck

↓

Now get out of my house.

house

↓

Did I mention this is life or death?

death life mention

↓

I'll send an Edible Arrangement to your funeral.

arrangement edible funeral send

↓

Hi.

↓

I, um... I thought you might be thirsty, so...

might thirsty

↓

Well, if you don't want it, I can always...

↓

No, I want it.

↓

Cheers.

cheers

↓

(gulping)

gulping

↓

HUGHIE: So, listen, um,

hughie

↓

I need to ask you some questions about A-Train.

questions train

↓

When he, uh, burst through that woman

burst woman

↓

the other day, Robin Ward.

robin ward

↓

I-I need to know why.

↓

Where was he going? What was he doing?

↓

Why? Was she your sister?

sister

↓

Girlfriend?

girlfriend

↓

Girlfriend.

girlfriend

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

That's what all this is about? Christ.

christ

↓

What makes you think I know anything about it?

makes

↓

I know you and A-Train were tight.

tight train

↓

You guys came up together.

↓

What are you, a fucking fan?

fucking

↓

Listen, those two guys in there, they want to kill you, okay?

kill

↓

So you give me something, maybe I can...

↓

What? Hold 'em off? 'Cause they hang

hang

↓

on your every word. You're the big man around here.

word

↓

Okay, you don't want to talk, don't talk. I tried.

tried

↓

Good luck.

luck

↓

Buddy, my superpower ain't invisibility.

aint buddy

↓

You know that, right?

↓

It's reading people.

reading

↓

Watching them when they think they're alone.

alone watching

↓

I see people for who they really are.

↓

I see you, too, pal.

↓

Right.

↓

'Cause you know me so well, right?

↓

Yeah. I know you're trying your damnedest

↓

to be tough-- it's a little adorable--

adorable tough

↓

but the truth is... you're terrified.

terrified truth

↓

Shitting in your tighty-whities

shitting tighty

↓

'cause you're "in over your head fucked," and you know it.

fucked head

↓

(indistinct radio transmission)

indistinct indistinct-radio radio transmission

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Hughie,

hughie translucent

↓

I even kind of feel for you.

↓

Your girl died, and we do crazy shit when we got broken hearts,

broken crazy died girl hearts

↓

but now every instinct is screaming at you

instinct screaming

↓

to head for the hills, and you should listen to that instinct.

head hills instinct

↓

Unless we kill you first.

kill

↓

How?

↓

I got invulnerable skin.

skin

↓

I'm a fucking superhero, guy.

fucking superhero

↓

We fight gangs and terrorists.

fight gangs terrorists

↓

We save the world daily.

daily save world

↓

I've stood in front of thousands of screaming fans,

fans front screaming stood thousands

↓

all of 'em creaming their jeans.

jeans

↓

Uh...

↓

Who are you?

↓

A water balloon filled

balloon filled water

↓

(laughing): with blood and meat.

blood laughing meat

↓

Homelander's gonna find me, and when he does,

homelanders

↓

he's gonna burst you wide open.

burst open wide wide-open

↓

I'm gonna make it home in time for cocktails.

cocktails home

↓

'Cause that's who you are, and that's who I am.

↓

You're not the hero of this story.

hero story

↓

And I'm not the one

↓

who's trapped.

trapped

↓

Well, good luck.

luck

↓

I tried.

tried

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Great chat.

chat translucent

↓

Run for the hills, Hughie.

hills hughie

↓

MAN (over radio): It looks like we're losing him.

losing radio

↓

The signal's going in and out.

signals

↓

MAN 2 (over radio): Keep searching,

radio searching

↓

another 50 feet down on the right.

another feet

↓

(shuddering)

↓

♪ ♪

↓

EZEKIEL: Because, thanks to Samaritan's Embrace,

embrace ezekiel samaritans samaritans-embrace thanks

↓

Asim has a bed,

↓

a ventilated cooking area, and a laptop.

area cooking laptop

↓

But our work is not done. There are millions more children

children millions

↓

just like Asim, who need your help.

↓

For just $9.99 a month. That is only...

month

↓

Hi, John. Thanks for your support.

john support thanks

↓

It's what makes this republic so great.

makes republic

↓

Bill. How are the kids? (chuckles)

bill chuckles kids

↓

Hey.

↓

EZEKIEL: Give to Samaritan's Embrace today,

embrace ezekiel samaritans samaritans-embrace today

↓

and give a child just like Asim...

child

↓

Could I get a club soda?

club soda

↓

Ms. Stillwell.

stillwell

↓

Senator, what can I get you?

senator

↓

-Jack, rocks. -You know, we have Macallan 25.

jack rocks

↓

You'd be wasting it. Whiskey's whiskey to me.

wasting whiskey

↓

(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

Boy, they're blowing so much smoke up Maeve's ass,

blowing maeves smoke

↓

it's a miracle she doesn't die of lung cancer.

cancer lung lung-cancer miracle

↓

(laughs)

laughs

↓

But you know it's just that, right? Smoke.

smoke

↓

-I'm sorry? -Everyone loves

loves

↓

to bask in their glow, but tomorrow morning

bask glow morning tomorrow tomorrow-morning

↓

no one's putting Supes into national defense.

defense national ones putting supes

↓

It won't get out of committee, much less hit the floor.

committee floor less

↓

Because God forbid we could have an advantage

advantage forbid

↓

in an armed conflict.

armed conflict

↓

You send a Supe over the 38th parallel,

parallel send supe

↓

Pyongyang's gonna answer with a nuke.

answer nuke

↓

Then one of my guys will catch it.

catch

↓

You see Robertson over there?

↓

He's got Lockheed in his state and in his pocket.

pocket state

↓

McCrea? He's got Fort Bragg and its couple thousand voters.

couple fort thousand voters

↓

No one wants to outsource to you.

wants

↓

America runs on weapons.

america runs weapons

↓

Hell, it's one of the only damn things we still make.

↓

But you are the chairman.

chairman

↓

Where do you stand?

stand

↓

Me? I'm just an old leatherneck.

↓

And if I was on the line,

line

↓

scare the shit out of me to have Homelander there.

homelander scare

↓

My heroes are the most loyal, patriotic...

heroes loyal patriotic

↓

That's just it.

↓

They're your heroes, aren't they?

heroes

↓

Get him a Macallan 25.

↓

(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

Why have average when you can have extraordinary?

average extraordinary

↓

(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

Thank you.

↓

(indistinct chatter)

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

WOMAN: Guys, we should get back to the party.

party woman

↓

-MAN: What? -Elena just ordered more booze.

booze elena ordered

↓

-Come on, let's go back. -No, no...

↓

WOMAN: It'll be more fun at the party.

fun itll party woman

↓

Please-- okay, don't touch me.

touch

↓

-(laughs) -No, please, please.

laughs

↓

Oh, no, no! Stop! No, no, no, no!

↓

Please, no, no, no, no!

↓

-The girl said no. -Help.

girl

↓

We're all friends here.

friends

↓

Yeah, it's all good. It's fine. (laughs)

laughs

↓

Miss, do me a favor and shut your eyes.

eyes favor miss

↓

Fucking bitch.

bitch fucking fucking-bitch

↓

(grunting)

grunting

↓

(drilling)

↓

Fucking diamond skin.

diamond fucking skin

↓

(door slams)

door door-slams slams

↓

-Fuck. -Merde!

fuck merde

↓

Here.

↓

Here, take it.

↓

What is that?

↓

It will help with your, uh, anxiety.

anxiety

↓

It's LSD and MDMA. This is a candy flip.

candy flip

↓

It'll smooth you right out. Take it.

itll smooth

↓

Uh, thank you, but I-I don't think now is the time

↓

for a major hallucinogen.

major

↓

Fais-toi plaisir.

↓

(sniffs, coughs)

coughs sniffs

↓

What are you exactly?

↓

Chemist? Engineer? What?

engineer

↓

No. I know a little about a lot of things.

↓

I'm a gunrunner by trade, but, uh, as you can see,

trade

↓

I've developed a certain niche.

certain developed

↓

Killing superheroes?

killing superheroes

↓

No.

↓

You can count on one hand the number of dead superheroes.

count dead hand number superheroes

↓

Sometimes you can, uh, incapacitate them.

sometimes

↓

Truly, they are magnificent creatures.

creatures magnificent truly

↓

Mm.

↓

Each one with a unique power that requires a unique solution.

power requires solution unique

↓

It's, uh... it's never the same twice.

twice

↓

Who pays you to do that?

pays

↓

Whoever can pay.

↓

And when you do kill a Supe--

kill supe

↓

or, you know, any-anyone--

↓

um... what's it like?

↓

You know... (sniffs)

sniffs

↓

I saw this woman once, in a midtown elevator,

elevator midtown woman

↓

2008.

↓

No more for ten seconds, I see her, huh?

seconds

↓

Stunning.

stunning

↓

Five-nine.

five nine

↓

Hair so black it absorbed the light, you know?

absorbed black hair light

↓

Tom Ford pencil skirt, Louboutin stilettos.

ford pencil skirt

↓

C'est magnifique.

cest

↓

But she had,

↓

uh... she had--

↓

I never forget this, you see--

forget

↓

she had dirt under her fingernails

dirt fingernails

↓

and callouses on her hands, and I see this and I say, "Oh,

hands

↓

strange for such a refined woman like this."

refined strange woman

↓

What, you... (chuckles)

chuckles

↓

You a gardener?

↓

You know, are you a sculptor?

↓

What is this, huh?

↓

And I think about this...

↓

I think about her all the time.

↓

She was the first person I ever killed.

killed person

↓

I carry...

carry

↓

I carry them all with me.

carry

↓

It's like scars in a way, you know?

scars

↓

-Okay, Senator, you ready?

ready senator

↓

(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

Oh, yeah.

↓

Oh. (chuckles) Oh, darling.

chuckles darling

↓

-Mm-hmm? -You know I like to watch.

watch

↓

No. Can't always be in control.

control

↓

-(chuckles) -Sir.

chuckles

↓

Then I guess I'll just have to feel my way through it.

↓

Oh, you'll feel good indeed, baby.

baby indeed

↓

-You ready? -Oh, I was born ready.

born ready

↓

-Mm-hmm. -Feels like butter, baby.

baby butter feels

↓

Get ready, sir.

ready

↓

You're going in.

↓

Yee-haw!

↓

Giddyup, gal. Come on.

giddyup

↓

-Oh, God. -(laughing)

laughing

↓

That-that feels different.

feels

↓

(elevator bell dings)

bell bell-dings dings elevator elevator-bell elevator-bell-dings

↓

Hey...

↓

Homelander.

homelander

↓

Starlight.

starlight

↓

How are you?

↓

Uh, I'm good.

↓

Good.

↓

Hey, is that your, uh, secret identity?

identity secret

↓

-Mm-hmm. -Charming.

charming

↓

Thanks.

thanks

↓

Yeah, I-I gave up on mine...

↓

oh... a long time ago now.

↓

I think I'm gonna go to sleep.

sleep

↓

(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

Good night.

night

↓

MADELYN: No. No, I did not

madelyn

↓

go through eight rounds of IVF

eight rounds

↓

and bleeding nipples to quit now.

bleeding nipples quit

↓

I am doing this. Yes.

↓

That little kid is gonna drink my goddamn milk

drink goddamn milk

↓

if it's the last thing I do.

↓

(pump whirring)

pump whirring

↓

(narrator speaking indistinctly over TV)

indistinctly narrator speaking speaking-indistinctly

↓

(drill whirring)

drill whirring

↓

(drill clatters on table)

clatters drill table

↓

NARRATOR: While scientists now believe the shell evolved

believe evolved narrator scientists shell

↓

to help turtles burrow underground...

turtles underground

↓

♪ ♪

↓

What are you doing?

↓

Shocking our invisible friend.

friend invisible shocking

↓

I need him unconscious.

unconscious

↓

Why?

↓

Because I got it.

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Now what the fuck do you want?

fuck translucent

↓

-(electricity crackles) -(Translucent screams)

crackles electricity screams translucent

↓

What the fuck, Starlight?!

fuck starlight

↓

-What? -(spits)

spits

↓

(grunting over phone)

grunting phone

↓

-Oh, shit. -Yeah.

↓

Oh, shit.

↓

And so glad you did it in plain clothes,

clothes glad plain

↓

so you could blow your secret identity.

blow identity secret

↓

Here: "OMG. I recognize Starlight, that's Annie January!

annie annie-january january recognize starlight

↓

"I went to Hoover High with her.

hoover

↓

#SheWasBulimic."

↓

(clears throat)

clears clears-throat throat

↓

One, this was stupid.

stupid

↓

Two, it was really stupid to do it on camera.

camera stupid

↓

Always look for cameras.

cameras

↓

-They were about to rape a girl. -What girl?

girl rape

↓

There's no girl in that video. You get a name?

girl name video

↓

No, she ran off.

↓

Oh, great. She ran off. Great.

↓

Always get a fucking name, Starlight. Always!

fucking name starlight

↓

Well, uh... They-they said... Hmm.

↓

(stammering): They-they said she was a friend.

friend stammering

↓

It was date rape, I think.

date rape

↓

Great. Well, she hasn't come forward

forward

↓

and, statistically, she's not likely to.

likely statistically

↓

So all we really have is two Delta Betas

↓

who insist they were just getting drunk in an alley

alley drunk insist

↓

until you beat them unconscious.

beat unconscious

↓

They're lying! I, uh...

lying

↓

Aren't I innocent until proven guilty?

guilty innocent proven

↓

When you're in the big leagues? You flip it.

flip leagues

↓

(exhales)

exhales

↓

I don't know what you were planning on doing today, hmm,

planning today

↓

with your little... cute day,

cute

↓

but you have to cancel everything, okay?

cancel

↓

You're gonna have meetings with Risk Assessment,

meetings risk

↓

with Crisis Management, with Legal.

crisis legal management

↓

Jerry is gonna lose his shit!

jerry lose

↓

Fuck.

fuck

↓

Am...

↓

(Starlight exhales)

exhales starlight

↓

Are they gonna fire me?

fire

↓

Just be in Stillwell's office at 10:00.

office

↓

What?

↓

Am I fired?

fired

↓

Senator, I very much appreciate you coming bright and early.

appreciate bright coming early senator

↓

I realize, uh, how busy you were last night.

busy night realize

↓

These... are fake.

fake

↓

I think we both know they're not.

↓

Look. I was with a young woman, all right?

woman young young-woman

↓

Of legal age.

legal

↓

Her name was Rhonda.

name rhonda

↓

So this isn't possible.

possible

↓

They've... (scoffs) ...obviously been doctored or something.

obviously scoffs

↓

I'm sorry, they are authentic.

authentic

↓

I should know. I was there.

↓

You what?

↓

(squishing and cracking)

cracking

↓

You shiver when you orgasm, sir.

orgasm

↓

Oh, Jesus.

jesus

↓

(door opens)

door door-opens opens

↓

That will be all, Doppelganger.

↓

Who the fuck is he?

fuck

↓

Anyway, I would love to continue

continue love

↓

our conversation from last night.

conversation night

↓

This is some dirty fucking pool, Madelyn.

dirty fucking madelyn pool

↓

You're really gonna clutch your pearls, Senator?

clutch pearls senator

↓

I don't think either one of us is that naive.

naive

↓

Yeah. It's not...

↓

it's not fatal to be... homosexual these days.

days fatal homosexual

↓

It is in Oklahoma, sir.

oklahoma

↓

Where your voters live.

live voters

↓

Even if I get the bill out of committee,

bill committee

↓

nobody's gonna vote for it on the floor.

floor nobodys vote

↓

No one wants your fucking Supes in the Army.

army fucking supes wants

↓

We'll see.

↓

-(door opens) -MAN: Shut up, shut up, shut up.

door door-opens opens

↓

(indistinct low chatter)

chatter indistinct

↓

ANIKA: Homelander. (chuckles)

anika chuckles homelander

↓

Uh... wel-welcome to Crime Analytics.

analytics crime crime-analytics welcome

↓

-(Homelander sighs) -Can... Would you like a Red Bull?

bull homelander sighs

↓

Have you found Translucent yet?

found translucent

↓

Oh. Uh, no. But Security's on it.

securitys

↓

He's been missing over 24 hours.

hours missing

↓

-Is he in danger? -Um...

danger

↓

Do... you even know?

↓

Forget it. I'll find him myself.

forget

↓

What's his last known position, please?

known position

↓

Why don't I just call Ms. Stillwell?

stillwell

↓

-And I... -No.

↓

No, no, no, no, no.

↓

You're talking to me.

↓

Well, I'm not sure

↓

-I'm supposed to be talking to... -(sighs)

sighs supposed

↓

What's your name?

name

↓

-Anika. -Anika.

anika

↓

Sir.

↓

It's a beautiful name.

name

↓

(Anika chuckles)

anika chuckles

↓

Listen, Anika.

anika

↓

-(quietly): I'm the Homelander. -Mm-hmm.

homelander quietly

↓

And I can do whatever the fuck I want. (chuckles)

chuckles fuck

↓

Okay?

↓

Now...

↓

Translucent's last known position.

known position translucents

↓

Please.

↓

(typing)

typing

↓

TRANSLUCENT: What the...?

translucent

↓

Something doesn't feel right.

↓

Oh, I'll bet.

↓

FRENCHIE: I'm not ashamed to admit

admit ashamed frenchie

↓

I have outdone myself.

↓

Now, the problem is the skin, no?

problem skin

↓

It's, uh, hard like diamonds.

diamonds hard

↓

But then I realized, it is just your shell that is hard, huh?

hard realized shell

↓

Like a turtle.

turtle

↓

But your insides...

insides

↓

they're like the rest of ours...

rest

↓

soft.

soft

↓

So, how do you get to the... squishy insides?

insides squishy

↓

Through the mouth? Non.

mouth

↓

The stomach acid, the gag reflex.

acid reflex stomach

↓

If I stick something down your throat, you may vomit it up.

stick throat vomit

↓

(clicks tongue)

clicks clicks-tongue tongue

↓

There's truly only one way...

truly

↓

The fuck did you do to me?

fuck

↓

He stuck a lump of plastique up your bum, son.

lump stuck

↓

Ass bomb.

bomb

↓

Oh, my God.

↓

Now...

↓

you stick a little finger up there and try and fish it out--

finger fish stick

↓

bang.

bang

↓

I trigger this-- also bang.

bang trigger

↓

Savvy?

savvy

↓

(crying): Oh, please don't kill me.

crying kill

↓

I'll do anything.

↓

(stammering): I'll tell you about A-Train.

stammering train

↓

That's what the kid wants, right?

wants

↓

I-I-I-I don't know where A-Train was going

train

↓

that night he killed the girl,

girl killed night

↓

okay, but I know where he was coming from.

coming

↓

What? Where?

↓

Popclaw's.

↓

He fucking... loves her.

fucking loves

↓

He doesn't think anyone else knows, but I know.

knows

↓

I know a lot of things.

↓

But he-he's there every night.

night

↓

Maybe... now, even.

↓

Popclaw? That's the hero with the...

hero popclaw

↓

the sharp things coming out of her arms.

arms coming sharp

↓

Yeah. Real D-lister.

real

↓

Anyone knows what A-Train was doing, it's Popclaw.

knows popclaw train

↓

But that's all I know about that, I swear to Christ.

christ swear

↓

But I'll tell you anything else you want.

↓

Just ask.

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

translucent

↓

Just... ask anything.

↓

Now, normally, that would be just what the doctor ordered.

doctor normally ordered

↓

But unfortunately-- for you--

unfortunately

↓

we're out of time.

↓

No.

↓

No!

↓

Please! Listen, I know shit.

↓

Dark shit! All the way to the top!

dark

↓

Wait, wait! No, no, no, no, no! Please, wait, wait, wait.

↓

Listen, I can help you. I'm fucking invisible!

fucking invisible

↓

-We can be a team. -FRENCHIE: Butcher!

butcher frenchie team

↓

No, please, please, please! Please, I can...

↓

A moment, s'il vous plait.

moment vous

↓

(Translucent continues indistinctly)

continues continues-indistinctly indistinctly translucent

↓

Here.

↓

HUGHIE: What is that?

hughie

↓

Homelander.

homelander

↓

HUGHIE: That's Homelander?

homelander hughie

↓

Homelander's here? Oh, shit.

homelanders

↓

Oh, shit!

↓

(exhales)

exhales

↓

He could see us.

↓

He's got X-ray vision. He can see through the fucking roof.

fucking roof vision

↓

And super fucking hearing.

fucking hearing super

↓

You pull that detonator, he will hear.

pull

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Homelander.

homelander

↓

We got to throw him off the scent.

scent throw

↓

But how?

↓

Pittsburgh.

pittsburgh

↓

Oh, you cannot be serious, huh?

cannot serious

↓

Deadly.

deadly

↓

FRENCHIE: You know how much this will cost me?

cost frenchie

↓

Put it on the tab.

↓

Guys?!

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Where is it?

↓

Back door panel.

door panel

↓

(line ringing)

line line-ringing ringing

↓

-Look, the mall shooting's a tragedy. -(phone ringing)

mall phone phone-ringing ringing tragedy

↓

I'm just saying, if more people were armed,

armed

↓

maybe I wouldn't have to save the day every time.

save

↓

-NEWSMAN: So, in a situation... -(sighs) Hello?

newsman sighs situation

↓

FRENCHIE: Cherie.

cherie frenchie

↓

It's a burn.

burn

↓

You're joking.

joking

↓

Now?

↓

No joke, I'm afraid.

afraid joke

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

Fine.

↓

I'll be ready in three. (exhales)

exhales ready three

↓

BUTCHER: Come on.

butcher

↓

Frenchie, I'm getting shit reception here.

frenchie reception

↓

Well, figure it the fuck out, huh?

figure fuck

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Come on.

↓

(knocking)

knocking

↓

HOMELANDER: Evening.

evening homelander

↓

Holy shit.

holy

↓

You're the Homelander.

homelander

↓

I am talking to the Homelander.

homelander

↓

Mm-hmm.

↓

Sir, I need to see some ID.

↓

Get the fuck back in that cage.

cage fuck

↓

Just take it easy. Okay?

easy

↓

HOMELANDER: You doing out here?

homelander

↓

This is my place.

place

↓

We-- I'm, uh... I'm opening a Fogo de Chao.

opening

↓

You know what a churrascaria is?

↓

Yeah. It's a Brazilian steakhouse.

steakhouse

↓

Sir, I need to see in the back of the van.

↓

No offense, you got a... warrant or something?

offense warrant

↓

Well, if you got nothing back there,

↓

then you got nothing to worry about, right?

worry

↓

(Frenchie chuckles)

chuckles frenchie

↓

Please get back in the cage.

cage

↓

I'm not getting back in that cage, man.

cage

↓

I do, I am dead.

dead

↓

Yeah, well, if you don't... you're dead.

dead

↓

♪ ♪

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Just think.

translucent

↓

You kill me,

kill

↓

they'll never stop looking for you.

looking

↓

You'll be glancing over your shoulder your whole life

life shoulder whole whole-life

↓

till they find you, which they will.

till

↓

(distant explosion)

distant explosion

↓

FRENCHIE: Everything all right, sir?

frenchie

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Look, you let me go...

↓

you'll be the hero that saved Translucent.

hero saved translucent

↓

It's not too late.

late

↓

You can still go home.

home

↓

Back to your life.

life

↓

(detonator safety clicks)

clicks safety

↓

Attaboy.

attaboy

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

(high-pitched ringing)

pitched pitched-ringing ringing

↓

♪ Hello, Daddy ♪

daddy

↓

♪ Hello, Mom ♪

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

♪ Hello, world, I'm your wild girl ♪

girl wild world

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb, cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

♪ Stone age love and strange sounds, too ♪

love sounds stone strange

↓

♪ Come on, baby, let me get to you ♪

baby

↓

♪ Bad nights causin' teenage blues ♪

blues nights teenage

↓

♪ Get down, ladies, you've got nothin' to lose ♪

ladies lose nothin

↓

♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom ♪

daddy

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

♪ Hello, world, I'm your wild girl ♪

girl wild world

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

♪ ♪

↓

(moaning)

moaning

↓

♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom ♪

daddy

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

♪ Hello, world, I'm your wild girl ♪

girl wild world

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

♪ Oh ♪

↓

♪ Hey, street boy, want some style? ♪

street style

↓

♪ Your dead-end dreams don't make you smile ♪

dead dreams smile

↓

♪ I'll give you something to live for ♪

live

↓

♪ Have you and grab you until you're sore ♪

grab sore

↓

♪ Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom ♪

daddy

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

♪ Hello, world, I'm your wild girl ♪

girl wild world

↓

♪ I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch ♪

↓

♪ Cherry bomb, cherry bomb ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb

↓

(echoing): ♪ Cherry bomb! ♪

bomb cherry cherry-bomb echoing