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The Boys

Season 1, Episode 1 — The Name of the Game

TMDB episode metadata

Show: The Boys

Episode title: The Name of the Game

Air date: July 25, 2019

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

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

When a Supe kills the love of his life, A/V salesman Hughie Campbell teams up with Billy Butcher, a vigilante hell-bent on punishing corrupt Supes — and Hughie’s life will never be the same again.

Source: TMDB

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♪ ♪

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(engine running)

engine running

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Yo, I am so psyched for Invisible Force 2.

force invisible psyched

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Please. Invisible Force 1 was lame.

force invisible lame

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I'm all about Rising Tide.

rising tide

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Rising Tide? The Deep?

deep rising tide

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-Uh-huh. -Translucent could kick the Deep's ass.

kick translucent

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(scoffs) How? He's invisible.

invisible scoffs

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That's, like, all he's got. That's it.

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Exactly. He sneaks up on the Deep,

deep

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and then boom, motherfucker!

boom motherfucker

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-Sit down. -Until the Deep makes a shark

deep makes shark

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bite Translucent's dick off.

bite dick translucents

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How's he gonna find his dick? It's invisible.

dick invisible

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(tires screeching)

screeching tires tires-screeching

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(siren wailing)

siren siren-wailing wailing

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Holy shit.

holy

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(horn honking)

honking horn horn-honking

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(woman screams)

screams woman

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-(grunts) -Benjy!

benjy grunts

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Get up. Get up, get up, get up.

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Come on, Benjy. Come on, come on.

benjy

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(man grunting)

grunting

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(indistinct chatter)

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

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Stay back.

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Just stay the fuck back.

fuck

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What are you smiling at?

smiling

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(screaming)

screaming

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(gunfire)

gunfire

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(screams)

screams

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BENJY: Homelander?

benjy homelander

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You boys okay?

boys

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(car alarm blaring)

alarm alarm-blaring blaring

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Can I... can I get a selfie?

selfie

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Course you can.

course

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(siren wailing)

siren siren-wailing wailing

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ANCHOR: The Seven's Queen Maeve and Homelander

anchor homelander maeve queen queen-maeve sevens

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made another heroic save today,

another heroic save today

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stopping a hijacked armored truck

hijacked stopping truck

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on the streets of Brooklyn,

brooklyn streets

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then staying behind for a photo op

behind photo staying

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-with some very lucky fans. -Nice to meet you.

fans lucky meet

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-Jean? -Thanks, Jennifer. And now...

jean jennifer thanks

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HUGHIE: So, this is pretty much

hughie

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everything in one. Bluetooth speakers.

bluetooth speakers

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It's in stereo, so you can put it

stereo

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all around your living room, have some fun with it.

fun living living-room room

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You said you have a standard cable box, right?

cable standard

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-Uh-huh. -Okay, then I need to get you an audio transmitter,

audio

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aptX Low Latency.

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It makes it so there's less audio lag,

audio less makes

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and it's got a standard optical in.

standard

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And let's hook you up with thousand-meg HDMI.

hook thousand

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Let's go with this one.

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Uh, it costs a little bit more,

costs

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but the carbon's way more conductive.

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(indistinct chatter over TV)

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

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Hey, Gary. Um...

gary

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-I really need to talk to you about something. -Later, kid.

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Okay. Cool.

cool

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Later-- you want, like... want, like, 30-30 minutes?

minutes

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Like, a solid 45?

solid

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Excuse me, sir?

excuse

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Hi. I'd like to make an appointment

appointment

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for you to come over and...

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lay some cable.

cable

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Okay. Uh... oh, Robin.

robin

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Oh, dear, dear, Robin.

dear robin

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Um, that doesn't mean what you think it means.

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Um, "laying cable" means sex.

cable laying

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No, "laying pipe" means sex.

laying pipe

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"Laying cable" means

cable laying

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you want me to come over to your house

house

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-and just take a big, old shit. -(chuckles)

chuckles

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-That's disgusting. -Well, okay.

disgusting

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But you... Who-who said it, though?

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Okay. Are you ready? Despite your best efforts,

best best-efforts despite efforts ready

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I'm actually still hungry.

hungry

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-I'm actually more hungry now. -(laughs)

hungry laughs

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-Where are we gonna go after all this hot talk? -I don't know.

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-You know? -More importantly, where are we gonna go

importantly

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-to lay some cable afterwards? -(laughs)

afterwards cable laughs

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Geez.

geez

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So, did you ask him?

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-Who? -Gary.

gary

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Did you ask Gary for the raise?

gary raise

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Yeah. Yeah. It was-- it was a...

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Look, it was a crazy day, and-and he was super busy,

busy crazy super

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but tomorrow for sure. Yes.

tomorrow

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Okay.

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What was I supposed to do, kick his door down?

door kick supposed

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Like Homelander?

homelander

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I said "okay."

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Yeah, but you didn't mean it.

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Hey, I see the look.

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I see it. Come on.

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This is like when we started dating.

dating started started-dating

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I don't think that's... I don't think that's true.

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Dude, I had to ask you out.

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Well, excuse me for waiting.

excuse waiting

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You ever hear of chivalry?

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Listen, this is about you getting what you deserve.

deserve

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I'm killing myself at school

killing school

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because I think it's gonna be worth it for both of us.

worth

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You know, if we move in together.

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Wait, what? What? W-W-Wait. Hey, hey, hey.

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Hey, hey. What was that?

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What'd you just say?

whatd

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Well, I mean, we can't keep, you know, laying pipe

laying pipe

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at your dad's place.

dads place

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Trying to be all quiet.

quiet

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Staring up at that dumb Billy Joel post...

billy billy-joel dumb joel post staring

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-...poster. -Hey.

poster

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Don't you ever besmirch Billy Jo...

billy

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(panting)

panting

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I can't stop. I can't stop. I can't stop. I can't stop.

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Can't stop. Can't stop.

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Robin?

robin

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Robin?

robin

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Robin!

robin

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(voice breaking): Robin!

breaking robin voice

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("Barracuda" by Heart playing)

heart playing

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♪ You lying so low into the weeds ♪

lying weeds

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♪ I bet you gonna ambush me ♪

ambush

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♪ You'd have me down, down, down ♪

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♪ Down on my knees... ♪

knees

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Let the energy go through the wall.

energy wall

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I am Starlight.

starlight

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I'm 110 pounds, and I'm five foot six.

five foot pounds

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CASTING DIRECTOR: Turn around, please.

casting director

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Okay. Let's see it, dear.

dear

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-You should look away. -Sorry?

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You should turn away from the camera,

camera

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and you should close your eyes, or else I'll blind you.

blind close eyes

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All right.

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Okay, go ahead.

ahead go-ahead

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I am so sorry.

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Are you all right?

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I was born Super-Abled.

abled born super super-abled

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Uh, my mom was thrilled.

thrilled

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She took me to all the little miss hero pageants,

hero miss pageants

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but I hated it.

hated

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Ugh, I mean, I can still...

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smell the hairspray.

hairspray smell

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Uh, but... (clears throat)

clears clears-throat throat

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...at the Q and A, they always asked me what my wish was,

asked wish

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and I always said, "to save the world."

save world

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And the judges just chuckled

judges

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like it was cute.

cute

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But it wasn't a joke to me.

joke

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Since when did "hopeful" and "naive"

hopeful naive

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become the same thing?

become

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I mean, why would you get into this business

business

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if not to save the world?

save world

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That's all I have ever wanted.

wanted

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(chuckles)

chuckles

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And that's why I've always wanted

wanted

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to be in The Seven.

seven

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(sighs)

sighs

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(sighs)

sighs

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ANCHOR: Thanks, Jennifer.

anchor jennifer thanks

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Thought Robin's service was nice.

robins service

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Did you see how many people came?

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Wow.

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Lot of respect for that girl.

girl respect

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Lot of love in the room.

love room

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And the spread. What a spread.

spread

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Just really nice.

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MADELYN: That does not begin to convey

begin madelyn

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the terrible regret...

regret

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Aw, geez. Maybe there's a movie on.

geez movie

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-No, keep it. -No, we can switch it.

switch

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-Keep it. -(clears throat)

clears clears-throat throat

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...awful, tragic loss.

awful loss tragic

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My deepest condolences to Robin Ward's family.

condolences deepest family robin

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I was chasing these bank robbers.

bank chasing robbers

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She just stepped in the middle of the street,

middle stepped street

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and I-I couldn't...

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Middle of the...

middle

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She was a half step off the fucking curb.

curb fucking half step

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Oh, now, come on, Hughie.

hughie

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Just, uh, don't get upset, okay? Just...

upset

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He knows.

knows

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MADELYN: ...swift, thoughtful attention...

attention madelyn swift thoughtful

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(doorbell rings)

doorbell doorbell-rings rings

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Now I think that A-Train would like to get back to work.

train

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MAN: Everyone at Vought is just...

vought

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just wrecked about Robin.

robin wrecked

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Now, you two weren't married, and look,

married

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technically, there's no legal claim.

claim legal technically

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But...

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Vought wants to do the right thing:

vought wants

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offer you $45,000 in restitution.

offer

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All you have to do is sign

sign

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right here,

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and I'll offer you the check.

check offer

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This is a confidentiality agreement.

agreement confidentiality

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It's a boilerplate NDA.

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I sign this, and...

sign

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I can't talk about it?

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Have to pretend like it didn't happen,

happen pretend

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like I wasn't holding Robin's arms in my hands?

arms hands holding robins

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Look, I know you're upset,

upset

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but we're just trying to help.

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Then say you're sorry.

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Excuse me?

excuse

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I mean, you people say "our condolences"

condolences

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and "my sympathies" and "our regrets,"

regrets

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but nobody can look me in the fucking eye

fucking nobody

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and say "I'm sorry."

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I'm not signing anything. Get out.

signing

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I said get the hell out!

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You okay?

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As I said, boilerplate NDA, really.

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Pretty standard stuff.

standard stuff

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Can I think about it?

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If you have any questions at all,

questions

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just, uh...

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(door opens)

door door-opens opens

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-(exhales) -(door closes)

closes door door-closes exhales

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DISPATCHER: Unit 44, code 20.

code dispatcher unit

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Address is 1420 63rd Street...

address street

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Any maniacs out there?

maniacs

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Mm-mm. Quiet night.

night quiet

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Like every night.

night

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(sighs) That's too bad.

sighs

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We could really use the press right now.

press

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Oh, Annie.

annie

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I'm hungry.

hungry

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Don't worry. I didn't get the job.

worry

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You don't know that.

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They're auditioning girls nationwide.

auditioning girls nationwide

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Besides, Countess probably got it.

besides countess

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-She's so good in a room. -(phone ringing)

phone phone-ringing ringing room

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If you're negative, negative things happen to you.

happen negative

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Hello?

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Yes, I'm her mother.

mother

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Uh, yes. Uh...

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uh, one moment.

moment

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(whispering): It's them.

whispering

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It's them.

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Hello?

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Yes, this is she.

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I got it?

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-You got it! -(screams)

screams

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You got it!

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Shh.

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(whispering): Oh, my God.

whispering

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Uh, I'm so... I'm so sorry.

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It's a weird connection.

connection weird

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I don't know what that was, actually.

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Uh... Mm-hmm.

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HUGHIE: Oh, shit.

hughie

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MAN: Yeah?

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MAN 2: I think she was an addict.

addict

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MAN: Needle tracks?

needle tracks

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MAN 2: 12 marks on one arm.

marks

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MAN: More dope coming in.

coming dope

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More pushers at work.

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What you doing?

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Can't file a criminal case

case criminal file

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against A-Train. Supes are like cops.

cops supes train

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They can't be charged

charged

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-for damages while they're on the job. -Okay.

damages

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But maybe we can file a wrongful death.

death file

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I just got to get Robin's parents to sign off on it.

parents robins sign

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-Hughie, come sit with me. -Dad, I'm not...

hughie

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-I'm right... -(pats couch)

couch pats

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Okay.

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Good for you.

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You want to make this right, what happened to Robin.

happened robin

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But you can't.

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So sign this.

sign

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What?

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This is a lot of money, Hughie.

hughie money

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We could really use it.

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I can't-- Dad, they killed her.

killed

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Be realistic, okay?

realistic

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Even if we could pay for a lawyer--

lawyer

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and that's a big if-- there's no case.

case

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She was in the street.

street

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-Be like if a bus hit her. -Dad, she was one step

step

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-off the curb. -I...

curb

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-I saw it! -Hughie, look. Look.

hughie

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-You can't do this. -Why not?

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-Dad, I have... -You don't have the fight.

fight

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You never have.

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I'm sorry, but it's-it's true.

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Neither do I.

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Now...

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come and... come and sit with me, okay?

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Remington Steele's on.

remington

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-Hughie! Where you going? -(door opens)

door door-opens hughie opens

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(door closes)

closes door door-closes

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(sighs)

sighs

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TV REPORTER: ...the red carpet outside of Vought headquarters,

carpet headquarters reporter vought

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here for the annual shareholders presentation...

annual presentation shareholders

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(fans talking indistinctly, shouting)

fans indistinctly shouting

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ASHLEY: There she is.

ashley

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-Welcome to New York. -(fans cheering)

cheering fans welcome york

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I'm Ashley Barrett, director of talent relations.

ashley barrett director relations talent

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So, uh, are all these people here for me?

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Oh, honey.

honey

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(laughs) Who else would they be here for?

laughs

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Come on.

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We're running late.

late running running-late

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Oh, my God.

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(fans screaming, cheering)

cheering fans screaming

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(camera shutters clicking)

camera clicking

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MADELYN: Ladies and gentlemen,

gentlemen ladies madelyn

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it is without a doubt a good time

doubt

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to be in the Superhero business.

business superhero

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Our net income is up 14%.

income

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Our latest film, G-Men: World War,

film latest world

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just grossed shy

grossed

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-of $1.7 billion world-wide. -(cheers and applause)

applause billion cheers wide world

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And this fall, we break ground

break fall ground

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on our newest theme park outside of Paris.

newest paris park theme

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The branding opportunities are limitless.

opportunities

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(cheers and applause)

applause cheers

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But, you know, none of that really matters.

matters

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Because job one is managing, supporting,

managing supporting

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and advising the brave heroes

brave heroes

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who put themselves in harm's way each and every day

harms

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for us.

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Let's take a look.

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♪ ♪

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MADELYN (on video): A world without crime,

crime madelyn video world

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with liberty and justice for all,

justice liberty

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that's within our reach,

reach

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thanks to the 200-plus Superheroes

plus superheroes thanks

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in the Vought Family.

family vought

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We see a bright future ahead,

ahead bright future

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where there is a Vought Hero in every town.

hero town vought

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You're doing really well, by the way, so far.

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I-I haven't done anything yet.

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Yeah, exactly. You're already up

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two-and-a-half points with Midwesterners

half points

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and conservative Christians in 18 to 49.

christians conservative

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That speech, by the way, your audition--

audition speech

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(exhales) It was modest; it was humble.

exhales humble modest

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Really fucking smart choice.

choice fucking smart

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Uh, I-I meant it.

meant

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ASHLEY: Yeah, that's why we love you.

ashley love

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So you ready for your life to change?

change life ready

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(exhales)

exhales

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MADELYN (on video): ...including the jewel

including jewel madelyn video

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in Vought's crown,

crown voughts

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the greatest superhero team

greatest superhero team

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the world's ever seen:

seen worlds

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The Seven.

seven

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That is our job, our honor.

honor

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We are Vought.

vought

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We make heroes super.

heroes super

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(cheering, whooping, applause)

applause cheering cheering-whooping whooping

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I have a very exciting surprise for you.

exciting surprise

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Both a member of The Seven,

member seven

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and Lord of the Seven Seas,

lord seas seven seven-seas

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live and in person, the Deep.

deep live person

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(cheering and applause)

applause cheering

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♪ ♪

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DEEP: Thank you.

deep

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Thank you, everybody.

everybody

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After a long,

↓

distinguished career with The Seven,

career seven

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my good friend, the Lamplighter, has retired.

friend lamplighter retired

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Let's give him a big "thank you."

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-What do you say? -(applause)

applause

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AUDIENCE MEMBER: Thank you, Lamplighter!

audience lamplighter member

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(cheering and applause)

applause cheering

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But now,

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as we turn towards the future,

future

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I'd like to introduce someone very special.

introduce special

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And I, for one, can't wait to work with her.

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Please welcome Starlight.

starlight welcome

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Go. Go. That's you.

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(cheering and applause)

applause cheering

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-Ooh, look at that. -MADELYN: Ladies and gentlemen,

gentlemen ladies madelyn

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Starlight and the Deep.

deep starlight

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-♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause)

applause cheering

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(whooping)

whooping

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Oh. Hi.

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MAN (in audience): I love you, Starlight!

audience love starlight

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♪ ♪

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WOMAN (in audience): We love you!

audience love woman

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(panting)

panting

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(breathing heavily)

breathing breathing-heavily heavily

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(breathing heavily)

breathing breathing-heavily heavily

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(echoing): Hey, buddy, you okay?

buddy echoing

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Hey, buddy!

buddy

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(hyperventilating)

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Wow.

↓

Pretty cool, huh?

cool

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Oh, hey, check this out.

check

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We have two World View-4 satellites

view world

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in geocentric orbit.

orbit

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We can essentially read a getaway car's license plate

cars essentially license license-plate plate read

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from 380 miles up.

miles

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That is just...

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I mean...

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G-- I was working with a police scanner

police scanner working

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that I bought on eBay.

bought

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(chuckles) Yeah, well, not anymore you're not.

anymore chuckles

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Oh, and wait till you check out the dining room.

check dining room till

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We, uh, may or may not have stolen Miro

stolen

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from Gramercy Tavern.

↓

(laughs) Yeah, he's fan-fucking-tastic.

fucking laughs tastic

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That's his, isn't it?

↓

Homelander's? Yeah.

homelanders

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But you'll have your own soon.

↓

Here. Come on.

↓

Give it a test drive.

drive test

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(chuckles) Come on.

chuckles

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O-Oh, you-you okay?

↓

It's just...

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(inhales, exhales sharply)

exhales exhales-sharply inhales sharply

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I used to stand in the mirror,

mirror stand used

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pretending to be where I am right now.

pretending

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You know something?

↓

On my first day, I, uh...

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Well, I-I felt like a fraud.

fraud

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Yeah. But the good news is, everybody feels that way.

everybody feels news

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Thank you.

↓

And, hey, we're a team now.

team

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We'll help each other out.

↓

I bet growing up you had

growing

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a poster of Homelander on your wall, huh?

homelander poster wall

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No, actually, I...

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I don't know, Homelander's so--

homelanders

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He's like Jesus or something.

jesus

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If you want to know the truth,

truth

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I actually had a poster of you.

poster

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(laughs) Really?

laughs

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-Yeah. Yeah. I kind of-- -Oh.

↓

I kind of had a schoolgirl crush on you.

crush

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-Oh, my God. -Oh, my God.

↓

I hope that's not inappropriate to say.

hope inappropriate

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No, no, no, no, no. It's not inappropriate at all.

inappropriate

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-It's just, it's kind of wild. -(sighs)

sighs wild

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(Deep sighs)

deep sighs

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(gasps)

gasps

↓

What? (chuckles)

chuckles

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I mean, you said you had a crush on me.

crush

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I figured that, you know...

figured

↓

-That is... -Whoa, whoa, wh-wh-whoa, hey.

whoa whoa-whoa

↓

Look, you're gorgeous.

gorgeous

↓

I'm not-- I'm not talking about sex,

↓

just a little bit of pole-smoking.

pole smoking

↓

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

whoa whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa

↓

It's just a question of how bad you want to be in The Seven.

question seven

↓

-Excuse me? -(glass shattering)

excuse glass shattering

↓

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

whoa whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa

↓

Hey, hey, hey. Hey. (chuckles)

chuckles

↓

Take it easy. (chuckles)

chuckles easy

↓

Settle down. We're just, we're just talking.

settle

↓

And look, I know that you're powerful.

powerful

↓

I get it. Your powers are no joke.

joke powers

↓

The thing is...

↓

I am number two around here.

number

↓

(sighs) So, like, if I say so,

sighs

↓

you know, you'd be out of here.

↓

Especially since you attacked me.

attacked especially

↓

I what?

↓

Yeah. Look.

↓

I mean, Iowa's sweetheart, the Defender of Des Moines,

sweetheart

↓

just went psycho on the Deep.

deep psycho

↓

(exhales) I mean, that...

exhales

↓

that could put you out of the business.

business

↓

Yeah. (exhales sharply)

exhales exhales-sharply sharply

↓

I mean, home to Mommy, tail tucked between your legs.

home legs mommy tail tucked

↓

Just think of all those kids.

kids

↓

I mean, the kids.

kids

↓

Those kids who look up to you,

kids

↓

they'd just be shattered.

shattered theyd

↓

(exhales)

exhales

↓

I mean, th-that's not what you really want, right?

↓

Or we come together as a team.

team

↓

You and me, we just roll with the punches,

punches roll

↓

for, like, three minutes, maybe.

minutes three three-minutes

↓

It's not a big deal.

deal

↓

And then you know what happens?

happens

↓

All your dreams come true.

dreams

↓

I-I'm sure you guys have all heard

heard

↓

that Translucent stopped a home invasion

home stopped translucent

↓

in Yonkers last night, a young, single mother

mother night single young

↓

-and her two kids. -(cheers and applause)

applause cheers kids

↓

Just incredible. Just...

incredible

↓

So tell us, how are you able to-to vanish?

able vanish

↓

No, I don't actually vanish.

vanish

↓

My skin turns into this carbon meta-material

carbon material skin turns

↓

that bends the light.

light

↓

Like an invisibility cloak.

↓

All right, but just to be clear,

clear

↓

you have to be completely naked, right?

completely completely-naked naked

↓

(TV audience reacts)

audience reacts

↓

I appreciate you coming on the show, my man. I love you.

appreciate coming love

↓

You guys stay tuned for a behind-the-scenes look

behind scenes tuned

↓

at Invisible Force 2, and later, Translucent himself...

force invisible translucent

↓

(clears throat)

clears clears-throat throat

↓

You interested in a nanny cam?

interested nanny

↓

'Cause we're actually running a special on that.

running special

↓

Um, it's a pretty popular bear.

bear popular

↓

There's cameras in the eyes.

cameras eyes

↓

BUTCHER: Tell me,

butcher

↓

how many nannies shake their babies?

babies shake

↓

Uh, I'm sorry?

↓

You know, a good... hard shake, like...

hard shake

↓

like tryin' to get ketchup out of a bottle.

bottle ketchup tryin

↓

One percent? Less?

less percent

↓

I-I don't really know.

↓

Funny, that.

funny

↓

They sell a billion dollars worth of that shit worldwide.

billion billion-dollars dollars sell worldwide worth

↓

Goes to show you, doesn't it?

↓

The bollocks people will believe

believe bollocks

↓

if you get them scared enough.

scared

↓

(scoffs) Cool.

cool scoffs

↓

Cool, cool.

cool cool-cool

↓

Um...

↓

Is there anything I can help you with today, or...?

today

↓

I'm not gonna piss you about, Hughie.

hughie piss

↓

I heard what happened to Robin.

happened heard robin

↓

I'm-I'm-I'm sorry, who are you?

↓

She wasn't in the street.

street

↓

She was one step off the fucking curb.

curb fucking step

↓

And you didn't take the pay-off.

↓

Yeah. I said, who the hell are you?

↓

How do you know that?

↓

Name's Butcher.

butcher names

↓

Billy Butcher.

billy butcher

↓

Listen, I was thinking that, uh,

thinking

↓

you and me should have a little bit of a chat.

chat

↓

Y-You're a Fed?

↓

You don't sound like a Fed.

sound

↓

What, I can't immigrate?

↓

There's a giant green slapper with her ass in the harbor

giant green harbor

↓

that says different.

↓

You don't really look like one, either.

↓

No? What do I look like?

↓

Like you're starring in a porn version of The Matrix.

porn starring version

↓

Well, it's all right there in black and white.

black white

↓

Okay. Uh, what exactly can I do for you?

↓

No, you got it all wrong, Hughie.

hughie

↓

It's what I can do for you.

↓

You see, you ain't alone, son.

aint alone

↓

It happens a lot more than you think.

happens

↓

Supes lose hundreds of people each year to collateral damage.

collateral collateral-damage damage hundreds lose supes

↓

No. Come on, that'd be all over the news.

news thatd

↓

People would be screaming bloody murder.

bloody murder screaming

↓

Yeah, look, there might be the odd mention

mention might

↓

of it now and again, like with Robin,

robin

↓

but there's a fuck-sight more that happens

fuck happens sight

↓

that just gets swept right under the rug.

↓

Why?

↓

Ain't it obvious?

aint obvious

↓

Movie tickets, merchandising,

merchandising movie tickets

↓

theme parks, video games.

games parks theme video video-games

↓

A multi-billion dollar global industry supported

billion billion-dollar dollar global industry multi supported

↓

by corporate lobbyists

corporate

↓

and politicians on both sides.

politicians sides

↓

But the main reason that you won't hear about it

main main-reason reason

↓

is 'cause the public don't want to know about it.

public

↓

See, people love that cozy feeling that Supes give them.

cozy feeling love supes

↓

Some golden cunt

cunt golden

↓

to swoop out of the sky and save the day

save swoop

↓

so you don't got to do it yourself.

↓

But if you knew half the shit they get up to...

half

↓

Ooh... (clucks tongue)

tongue

↓

Fuckin' diabolical.

diabolical fuckin

↓

But then... that's where I come in.

↓

Come in to... to do what?

↓

Spank the bastards when they get out of line.

bastards line spank

↓

How do you spank a Supe?

spank supe

↓

Come on, son.

↓

Uh, where?

↓

You'll love it.

love

↓

Uh, not likely.

likely

↓

Uh, listen.

↓

I think this is good; I'm good.

↓

Uh, thank you for an extremely weird conversation,

conversation extremely weird

↓

but, uh, I don't want to go to a second location with you.

location second

↓

So, I'm gonna get back to work.

↓

Thank you.

↓

Hughie! Hughie.

hughie hughie-hughie

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

This is your one and only, mate.

mate

↓

Once I go, I'm gone.

gone

↓

I'm offering you the opportunity

offering opportunity

↓

to get them that got your girl.

girl

↓

What have you got to lose

lose

↓

that you ain't already lost?

aint lost

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Where are we?

↓

Keep your mouth shut.

mouth

↓

Harry.

harry

↓

Got your message.

message

↓

Thank you for being an upstanding citizen.

citizen

↓

You know this is fucking police brutality, man.

fucking police

↓

You know what they'll do to me, they catch me letting you in?

catch letting

↓

Not half of what I'll do if you don't.

half

↓

Did he just say you were police?

police

↓

Yeah, you know, cop, Fed, all the same to twats like that.

twats

↓

(door closes)

closes door door-closes

↓

(loud, indistinct chatter)

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter loud

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Holy shit.

holy

↓

Pick your jaw up off the floor

floor pick

↓

and try to blend in.

blend

↓

This is the only place

place

↓

where the Supes can scratch their filthy little itch

filthy itch scratch supes

↓

without the paps taking snaps.

snaps

↓

♪ I did a bad, bad thing ♪

↓

-(gasps) -♪ I did a bad, bad thing ♪

gasps

↓

Wait, wait, wait. That's Ezekiel.

ezekiel

↓

♪ I did a bad, bad thing. ♪

↓

The "Capes for Christ" guy...

capes christ

↓

preaches all that...

↓

"pray the gay away" shit.

pray

↓

BUTCHER: And now he's the meat in the Manwich.

butcher meat

↓

Fucking hypocrite.

fucking hypocrite

↓

♪ You ever pray with all your heart and soul ♪

heart pray soul

↓

♪ Just to watch her walk away? Yeah... ♪

walk watch

↓

BUTCHER: Keep going forward.

butcher forward

↓

That's it. Further.

further

↓

Further.

further

↓

There. There.

↓

-Stop. -HUGHIE: Wait, wait, wait.

hughie

↓

A-Train's... A-Train's here right now?

trains

↓

Was. This is from last night.

night

↓

Turn it up.

↓

I cannot believe you ran through a bitch.

believe bitch cannot cannot-believe

↓

A-TRAIN: You want to hear something crazy?

crazy train

↓

I ran so fast through this bitch

bitch fast

↓

that I swallowed one of her molars.

swallowed

↓

Like a bug on the fucking freeway.

freeway fucking

↓

Dude, that's nasty.

nasty

↓

(both laughing)

laughing

↓

They're laughing.

laughing

↓

Just... Like she's a joke.

joke

↓

(laughter continues)

continues laughter

↓

They're fucking laughing.

fucking laughing

↓

So what are you gonna do about it?

↓

(Starlight vomiting)

starlight vomiting

↓

(retches, pants)

pants

↓

(toilet flushes)

flushes toilet toilet-flushes

↓

(water running)

running water

↓

-(water stops) -(Starlight sniffles)

sniffles starlight stops water

↓

Oh, for Chrissakes.

↓

Clean yourself up.

clean

↓

Never let them see you like this.

↓

-(sighs) -Translucent,

sighs translucent

↓

you're a goddamn pervert.

goddamn pervert

↓

Ah...

↓

Oh, uh...

↓

I'll just go.

↓

HUGHIE: They're all like that?

hughie

↓

All of them? Even Homelander?

homelander

↓

Homelander's the exception.

exception homelanders

↓

He doesn't drink, doesn't smoke.

drink smoke

↓

Man's a saint.

mans saint

↓

But the rest of 'em, yeah.

rest

↓

Pardon my French, fuck those fuckers.

french fuck fuckers pardon

↓

Here.

↓

Have a shufti of that.

↓

-What are these? -That's the police log

police

↓

the day that Robin got murdered.

murdered robin

↓

Couple of bar fights. A few cars got nicked.

cars couple fights nicked

↓

But you know what's not in there?

↓

No bank alarms going off.

alarms bank

↓

No one charged at Central Booking.

booking central charged

↓

A-Train stopped two bank robbers, my arse.

arse bank robbers stopped train

↓

Someone's fucking hiding something.

fucking hiding someones

↓

-Hiding what? -Well, I don't know,

hiding

↓

whatever dodgy shit he was up to that night.

night

↓

Why couldn't he stop? I mean, what was in that bag?

↓

You know? Who was he running from?

running

↓

-Or where was he running to? -Bingo.

bingo running

↓

Work that out, and we'll have the fucker, I can smell it.

fucker smell

↓

Okay.

↓

Okay, so, um...

↓

what can I do to help?

↓

Here's what you do.

↓

Ring Vought, tell 'em you'll take the money, sign the NDA,

money ring sign vought

↓

but only if A-Train's there in person when you do it.

person trains

↓

Why does A-Train need to be there?

train

↓

Then they'll take you into The Seven Tower,

seven seven-tower tower

↓

through security, mate,

mate security

↓

-and then you're gonna plant a bug. -A bug?

plant

↓

A bug. And we'll have a little listen.

↓

See what's really going on.

↓

Okay, let me just... sorry, let me just get this straight.

straight

↓

You want me to... you want me to go to Seven Tower by myself,

seven seven-tower tower

↓

and-and you want me to plant a bug,

plant

↓

like I'm... what, like I'm fuckin' James Bond?

bond fuckin james james-bond

↓

-Yeah, exactly. You got it. -You're FBI.

↓

If you're FBI, then get a warrant.

warrant

↓

-Why do you... why do you even need me? -Hughie, Hughie,

hughie hughie-hughie

↓

look, mate, I got a warrant, all right?

mate warrant

↓

But that place is firewalled, untappable,

place

↓

and locked up tighter than a nun's knickers.

locked nuns tighter

↓

I couldn't get myself in there in a million years.

million million-years years

↓

But you, son, you could do it.

↓

-No, no, I can't, okay? -Yeah.

↓

I can't. No. You didn't see A-Train covered in...

covered train

↓

And-and I'm, what, I'm just supposed to go in there,

supposed

↓

and I'm supposed to... I'm supposed to shake his hand?

hand shake supposed

↓

-And smile? -Yeah.

smile

↓

I'm not... Do you know who my favorite musician is?

favorite musician

↓

-Who? -James Taylor.

james taylor

↓

Number two, Simon & Garfunkel. Number three, Billy Joel.

billy billy-joel garfunkel joel number number-three simon three

↓

Any of those guys, they don't infiltrate.

infiltrate

↓

Okay? I'm not an infiltrator.

↓

Hughie, Hughie, fucking grow a pair.

fucking grow hughie hughie-hughie pair

↓

You heard that cunt laughing at your girl.

cunt girl heard laughing

↓

No. No. No.

↓

No, I can't. I can't do that.

↓

I'm sorry, I'm just gonna fuck it up,

fuck

↓

and you're not gonna have your bug...

↓

(panting): ...and I'll be dead.

dead panting

↓

I'm not... I'm not like you.

↓

(door opens)

door door-opens opens

↓

(door closes)

closes door door-closes

↓

(chuckles): This is amazing, Madelyn.

amazing chuckles madelyn

↓

Thank you for this. My kid is gonna lose his mind.

lose mind

↓

Ah, it is our pleasure.

pleasure

↓

Just do not sell it online.

online sell

↓

(Madelyn chuckles)

chuckles madelyn

↓

All right. What are you thinking?

thinking

↓

Baltimore is a beautiful town.

baltimore town

↓

But you've got a problem.

problem

↓

Your homicide rates are up, what, 62%?

rates

↓

The police are not closing cases.

cases closing police

↓

You're on the verge of needing a federal lifeline.

federal needing verge

↓

Cut to the chase, Madelyn.

chase madelyn

↓

Who are you proposing?

proposing

↓

Nubian Prince.

prince

↓

Fits your population's demo,

demo fits

↓

but not too militant.

↓

Caucasians love him, too, with a...

love

↓

59% approval rate.

approval rate

↓

I am willing to give you a three-year exclusive contract

contract exclusive three willing

↓

with full PR support,

full support

↓

and I'm gonna give you nine and a half points

half nine points

↓

of the merchandising.

merchandising

↓

I thought he was in Detroit.

detroit

↓

Well, we're thinking about making a move.

thinking

↓

How much?

↓

-$300 million a year. -(laughs)

laughs million

↓

(both laughing)

laughing

↓

I know, I know, it's a tough swallow.

swallow tough

↓

But we both know that your city needs a hero.

city hero needs

↓

$200 million for Nubian Prince.

million prince

↓

-I can sell that. -Mm.

sell

↓

I'm sorry, Steve, I can't do it.

steve

↓

We've got Atlanta waiting in the wings.

atlanta waiting wings

↓

-I think maybe you can. -(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

And why is that?

↓

I happen to know about Compound V.

compound happen

↓

What is Compound V?

compound

↓

It's the type of rumor

rumor type

↓

that could really tarnish those heroes of yours.

heroes

↓

Nobody wants that.

nobody nobody-wants wants

↓

People need heroes.

heroes

↓

Now, I can make sure that that stays a rumor,

rumor stays

↓

because I'm a friend.

friend

↓

But friendship does cut both ways.

friendship ways

↓

I'm sorry, Steve, I don't know what you're talking about.

steve

↓

$300 million is the price,

million price

↓

or we go to Atlanta.

atlanta

↓

DONNA: So, how amazing is it?

amazing donna

↓

What's Homelander like?

homelander

↓

Uh... he's busy.

busy

↓

I haven't really met him yet, but...

↓

Mom, I got to tell you what happened.

happened

↓

Oh, I forgot.

forgot

↓

I was playing mah-jongg with Patty and Trish,

patty playing trish

↓

and Patty is going on and on about how her daughter

daughter patty

↓

got into med school, and I'm thinking, so what?

school thinking

↓

My daughter got into The Seven!

daughter seven

↓

Anyway, so-so, what did you want to tell me?

↓

Everything's great.

everythings

↓

Just how we dreamed.

dreamed

↓

Um...

↓

Mom, actually, you know what? I have to go.

↓

All right. Bye, honey.

honey

↓

(sniffles)

sniffles

↓

(takes deep, shuddering breath)

breath deep takes takes-deep

↓

Um...

↓

excuse me.

excuse

↓

I'm sorry, a-are you okay?

↓

Just seemed like a...

seemed

↓

tough call.

tough

↓

Sorry. I don't mean to bother you.

bother

↓

No, no, it's okay.

↓

Uh...

↓

I'm fine. I'm just...

↓

I'm just having a bad day.

having

↓

(chuckles): Yeah, me, too.

chuckles

↓

Uh... is it, like, a-a work thing, or...

↓

a-a life thing?

life

↓

(smacks lips) It's a work thing.

lips smacks smacks-lips

↓

You?

↓

Uh... life thing.

life

↓

You know how you have this...

↓

image of yourself?

image

↓

Like, I thought I was strong.

strong

↓

You know? Like, made of steel.

steel

↓

A fighter.

fighter

↓

And...

↓

then I was faced with this horrible situation

faced horrible situation

↓

with this asshole...

asshole

↓

and...

↓

I just heard my mom's voice in my head,

head heard moms voice

↓

"Keep smiling,

smiling

↓

the show must go on,"

must

↓

and... I didn't fight.

fight

↓

And now I just feel sick.

sick

↓

Partly because I did it, but...

↓

mostly because...

mostly

↓

...turns out I'm not who I thought I was.

turns

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

-Oh. Oh, I'm, um, sorry. -Uh...

↓

I-I didn't mean to just dump all of that

dump

↓

-onto you. -No, no, it's totally fine that you dumped. Um...

dumped

↓

Listen, d-do you like your job?

↓

Oh.

↓

It's the only thing I've ever wanted.

wanted

↓

And it's a good job?

↓

Like, you're not selling kids smack?

kids selling smack

↓

No, it's a great job.

↓

I could help a lot of people.

↓

Thing is, I, um...

↓

used to know this girl,

girl used

↓

and we used to go skating at Rockefeller,

rockefeller skating used

↓

and I'd be on the side

side

↓

with this death grip on the rails.

death grip rails

↓

She would just charge headfirst into the middle of the rink.

charge middle rink

↓

And she wasn't... good.

↓

Like, she fell--

fell

↓

a lot--

↓

but she was never scared.

scared

↓

And she always used to say:

used

↓

"Just 'cause you fall on your ass doesn't mean

fall

↓

you have to stay there."

↓

So you fell on your ass, you know?

fell

↓

That's not who you are.

↓

So who are you?

↓

I'm a fighter.

fighter

↓

I'm gonna fight.

fight

↓

Yeah.

↓

I'm gonna take that son of a bitch's head

head

↓

-clean off his body. -Okay. Wow, that was...

body clean

↓

Okay.

↓

-Cool. -(exhales)

cool exhales

↓

Little scary, but...

scary

↓

but-but cool.

cool

↓

I'm-I'm Hughie, by the way.

hughie

↓

Annie.

annie

↓

(door opens)

door door-opens opens

↓

(door closes)

closes door door-closes

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Okay, man. I'm in.

↓

Okay, it's ringing.

ringing

↓

DOUG: Yeah, hello?

doug

↓

Hi. Hi.

↓

Yes, hello. Hello, Mr. Friedman.

↓

It's Hughie Campbell. I got your message,

campbell hughie hughie-campbell message

↓

and-and $45K, it's just...

↓

it's just... it's bingo, like, life-changing.

bingo changing life life-changing

↓

Um, but I just need one thing before I-I sign anything.

sign

↓

I need an apology

apology

↓

-from A-Train. -Uh, he already apologized.

apologized train

↓

Well, no, no, no.

↓

No, he hasn't. Yes, he sent his...

sent

↓

he sent his regrets and his sympathies on...

regrets sent

↓

(voice breaks): on TV, but I-I...

breaks voice

↓

if I could just get an apology face-to-face,

apology face

↓

that would be fantastic.

fantastic

↓

Just to... just for closure,

closure

↓

just to put... just to put a b-button on it.

button

↓

Okay, yeah. But, uh...

↓

Hugh, I'm telling you, the answer's gonna be no.

answers hugh telling

↓

All right, in that... in that case, can you

case

↓

just give me-- Uh, hello?

↓

I think... They hung up.

hung

↓

I don't think they're gonna go for it.

↓

Hmm. Oh, yes, they will.

↓

(door opens)

door door-opens opens

↓

(takes deep breath)

breath deep deep-breath takes takes-deep takes-deep-breath

↓

HOMELANDER: Starlight.

homelander starlight

↓

Don't want to be late to your first official meeting.

late meeting official

↓

I had a whole welcome speech planned.

planned speech welcome whole

↓

Sorry, sir.

↓

Please, Homelander's fine.

homelanders

↓

Beginning to wonder if you'd even show up.

beginning wonder

↓

I mean, all that pressure,

pressure

↓

it's a lot for anyone to swallow.

swallow

↓

Yeah. Don't worry, I'll be fine.

worry

↓

I'm here,

↓

and I'm not going anywhere.

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Can we get back to this, please?

translucent

↓

This is a serious crime. These assholes pirated my movie

assholes crime movie serious

↓

three weeks before release,

release three three-weeks weeks

↓

and you can't walk down 5th Avenue

avenue walk

↓

without bumping into a table of unlicensed Homelander shirts.

bumping homelander shirts table

↓

Copyright infringement is costing Vought

vought

↓

$1.2 billion per year.

billion

↓

That's money out of our pockets.

money pockets

↓

We've all got, what, four points each?

four points

↓

What the fuck?

fuck

↓

You got four points?

four points

↓

And clearly better lawyers.

lawyers

↓

Hey, hey, hey, guys, come on.

↓

Stop.

↓

What's Starlight gonna think?

starlight

↓

Listening to us haggling over nickels.

listening nickels

↓

We're The Seven, for God's sake.

gods gods-sake sake seven

↓

Whether we're out there or we're in here.

whether

↓

Now, what I do want to hear

↓

is who you saved this week.

saved week

↓

Huh?

↓

Who's up for that?

↓

(chuckles)

chuckles

↓

Black Noir.

black black-noir noir

↓

Let's start with you, man.

start

↓

(engine shuts off)

engine shuts

↓

Do you have a dog?

↓

No.

↓

All right, give us your phone.

phone

↓

There's fuck-all security to worry about.

fuck security worry

↓

In fact, they're a bunch of muppets.

bunch fact

↓

And the metal detector won't pick this up.

detector metal pick

↓

Right? And what they'll probably do is take you

↓

through the security and then up into the boardroom.

boardroom security

↓

Sit down. Be nice, congenial.

↓

Then, real polite-like, tell 'em you're gonna take a fake shit.

fake polite real

↓

Go into the bog, take the bug out.

↓

Peel back the plastic bit to reveal the sticky side.

peel plastic reveal side sticky

↓

Put the plastic bit in the bog. Flush it.

flush plastic

↓

Then go back into the boardroom,

boardroom

↓

sit down-- big smiles--

smiles

↓

plant the bug underneath the table.

plant table underneath

↓

Easy peasy Japanesey.

easy easy-peasy peasy

↓

Bob's your uncle. That's that.

bobs uncle

↓

-That's that? That was-- that was a lot. -Yeah.

↓

Th-- I've-- Hold on, can you just-- can you repeat it again?

repeat

↓

Just a little bit slower? Because I...

slower

↓

Shh. Listen.

↓

-Fuck. (exhales) -Hughie, calm down, all right?

calm exhales fuck hughie

↓

This is like that scene in The Matrix.

scene

↓

Now, you could take the fucking red pill, right?

fucking pill

↓

Spend the rest of your life jacking off,

jacking life rest spend

↓

crying into your chai tea

crying

↓

green latte, what the fuck. Or...

fuck green latte

↓

you could take the blue pill.

blue pill

↓

Or is it the red pill? Anyway, take the other pill

pill

↓

-and quit being a cunt. -Which pill do you want me to take?

cunt pill quit

↓

Just quit being a cunt. That's what I'm saying.

cunt quit

↓

(quietly): Fuck me. Okay.

fuck quietly

↓

("Take You Down" by Daniel Pemberton playing)

daniel playing

↓

♪ ♪

↓

(indistinct chatter)

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

♪ ♪

↓

(beeping)

beeping

↓

Sir, could you empty your pockets, please?

empty pockets

↓

(beeping)

beeping

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Thank you.

↓

♪ ♪

↓

(grunts)

grunts

↓

Um...

↓

excuse me, can-can I, uh...

excuse

↓

can I use your bathroom?

bathroom

↓

DOUG: Just to be clear, A-Train's apology

apology clear doug trains

↓

isn't an admission of any sort of culpability whatsoever.

admission whatsoever

↓

Do you understand?

↓

(high-pitched ringing)

pitched pitched-ringing ringing

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

(muffled): I'm sorry about what happened to your girlfriend,

girlfriend happened muffled

↓

all right?

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

(laughter)

laughter

↓

Hey, dude, are you okay?

↓

(ringing stops)

ringing stops

↓

Fine.

↓

I appreciate the apology.

apology appreciate

↓

Accidents happen, right?

accidents accidents-happen happen

↓

After all,

↓

I mean, you were saving the world.

saving world

↓

Okay, great. Thank you so much. As you know,

↓

a crimefighter's work is never done. Douglas here will handle

douglas handle

↓

the rest of the paperwork for you, okay? Thank you.

paperwork rest

↓

(speaking indistinctly)

indistinctly speaking speaking-indistinctly

↓

Can I use your bathroom?

bathroom

↓

(grunts)

grunts

↓

-(door opens) -(clang)

clang door door-opens opens

↓

(groans quietly)

groans quietly

↓

(door shuts)

door door-shuts shuts

↓

(sighs)

sighs

↓

(inhales, exhales)

exhales inhales

↓

(door opens)

door door-opens opens

↓

-("Take You Down" by Daniel Pemberton playing) -(door shuts)

daniel door door-shuts playing shuts

↓

(door opens)

door door-opens opens

↓

(door closes)

closes door door-closes

↓

♪ ♪

↓

What the fuck?

fuck

↓

♪ ♪

↓

And I look him right in the eye, and I smile.

smile

↓

And that was awesome, man,

awesome

↓

just getting to stare that asshole down.

asshole stare

↓

I get why you dig this job.

↓

Yeah, you know, it has its moments, doesn't it?

moments

↓

You were right. Fuck A-Train.

fuck train

↓

Fuck A-Train. Fuck-fuck The Seven.

fuck fuck-fuck seven train

↓

Fuck all... Seven.

fuck seven

↓

What are we, uh...

↓

what are we doing here?

↓

Well, you got to go to work, don't you?

↓

Yeah, but, um, I don't, uh...

↓

Well, I mean, that's all I need you for right now, yeah?

↓

Yeah, I mean, but I-I can...

↓

I can help with other stuff, you know?

stuff

↓

I could-- I could be, like, your tech guy.

tech

↓

You know? Like, I could be in the van with the thing

↓

and, like, you know, "He's down the hall to the left."

hall left

↓

Like, I can...

↓

Yeah, look, son, I, uh...

↓

I think it's best that I take it from here.

best

↓

-You know what I mean? -Yeah, but I-I can--

↓

I can really help.

↓

I know you can help. I got it.

↓

(Hughie exhales)

exhales hughie

↓

(engine sputters)

engine sputters

↓

Oh, w-- Oh, hey, wait.

↓

(engine starts)

engine engine-starts starts

↓

You ever see an asshole tear up $45K?

asshole tear

↓

Hughie.

hughie

↓

You're a good lad.

↓

(tires squeak)

squeak tires

↓

(siren wails in distance)

distance siren siren-wails wails

↓

(phone buzzing)

buzzing phone phone-buzzing

↓

(beeps)

beeps

↓

Ms. Stillwell, I wasn't sure you'd call.

stillwell

↓

(chuckles) This fucking chafes, but, um...

chuckles fucking

↓

I'm willing to come down to $230 million for Nubian Prince.

million prince willing

↓

That's very reasonable, Maddie. Thank you.

reasonable

↓

And, Steve, this, um, Compound V,

compound steve

↓

any rumors you may have heard about my heroes--

heard heroes rumors

↓

libelous and completely untrue.

completely

↓

But we all know how rumors spread,

rumors spread

↓

so... I'd appreciate your discretion.

appreciate

↓

Of course.

course

↓

You have my word.

word

↓

Thank you.

↓

Have a safe flight home.

flight home safe

↓

(exhales)

exhales

↓

Policing cities is a thorny enough issue as it is,

cities issue

↓

but allowing superheroes into national defense?

allowing defense national superheroes

↓

We'd basically be privatizing war.

↓

(Gary clears throat)

clears clears-throat gary throat

↓

Good night, Hughie.

hughie night

↓

You'll lock up?

lock

↓

-Yeah. -Yeah.

↓

Thanks, Gary.

gary thanks

↓

(bell jingling)

bell

↓

Sorry, we're closing up.

closing

↓

Hello?

↓

(footsteps)

footsteps

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Who are you?

translucent

↓

The fuck?

fuck

↓

TRANSLUCENT: Right in front of you, prick.

front prick translucent

↓

(Hughie panting)

hughie panting

↓

You think I wouldn't find this thing?

↓

Hughie.

hughie

↓

(grunting)

grunting

↓

(shouting)

shouting

↓

You pussy, I followed you from the fucking Tower.

followed fucking pussy tower

↓

-(grunting) -No, no, no!

grunting

↓

(groans, coughs)

coughs groans

↓

Who's that guy you were with, in the car?

↓

-Who was he?! -I don't...

↓

-He put you up to this? -I don't know!

↓

He was just some Uber driver, okay?

driver uber uber-driver

↓

Don't give me some bullshit! Uber driver!

bullshit driver uber uber-driver

↓

Do you think I'm a fucking idiot?

fucking fucking-idiot idiot

↓

-Why'd you plant the bug? -Please.

plant whyd

↓

Please, please, please.

↓

No, please.

↓

TRANSLUCENT: We're The Seven,

seven translucent

↓

Earth's most mighty,

earths mighty

↓

champions of the innocent,

champions innocent

↓

motherfucker!

motherfucker

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

Sorry about the mess.

mess

↓

You should fuck off, Hughie.

fuck hughie

↓

("London Calling" by the Clash playing)

calling london playing

↓

Hughie, run!

hughie

↓

Well, well, well,

↓

if it ain't the invisible cunt.

aint cunt invisible

↓

-♪ London calling to the faraway towns ♪ -(Translucent chuckles)

calling chuckles london towns translucent

↓

-(grunts) -♪ Now war is declared ♪

declared grunts

↓

♪ And battle come down ♪

battle

↓

♪ London calling to the underworld ♪

calling london underworld

↓

♪ Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls ♪

boys girls

↓

-(crashing sounds) -(grunting)

crashing grunting sounds

↓

(vocalizing)

vocalizing

↓

(cracking)

cracking

↓

(hawks, spits)

hawks spits

↓

There you are.

↓

(grunting)

grunting

↓

(groaning)

groaning

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

-♪ London... ♪ -(grunts)

grunts london

↓

(groaning)

groaning

↓

TRANSLUCENT: So who are you?

translucent

↓

Fucking spy?

fucking

↓

For who? Huh?

↓

You're gonna fucking tell me,

fucking

↓

or I'm gonna smash your fucking scalp off!

fucking scalp smash

↓

Who the fuck are you?!

fuck

↓

I'll tell you who you are.

↓

A fucking moron.

fucking moron

↓

"Translucent" doesn't even mean "invisible."

invisible translucent

↓

It means "semi-transparent."

↓

("Take You Down" by Daniel Pemberton playing)

daniel playing

↓

(grunts)

grunts

↓

-(electricity crackling) -(screaming)

crackling electricity screaming

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

(Butcher groaning)

butcher groaning

↓

Is he... is he dead?

dead

↓

-Is he... -(grunts)

grunts

↓

(panting)

panting

↓

Well, he ain't moving.

aint moving

↓

Oh, fuck. Oh, shit.

fuck

↓

How'd you know the electric could do the job?

electric howd

↓

Skin's carbon.

carbon skins

↓

Highly conductive.

highly

↓

Saw it on, uh, Jimmy Fallon.

jimmy

↓

Would've taken me forever to work that one out.

forever taken wouldve

↓

Good job.

↓

Let's get him in the boot.

boot

↓

Wait, wait, what? Wait, what? What?

↓

(grunts) The trunk.

grunts trunk

↓

No, no, I mean, what are we-- what are we--

↓

what are we doing with him?

↓

Well, Hughie, you just offed one of The Seven, mate.

hughie mate seven

↓

Me? I--

↓

You-you hit him with a fucking car!

fucking

↓

Look, potato, fucking po-tah-to.

fucking potato

↓

We're both in a shitload of trouble.

shitload trouble

↓

No, no, no, we're not! It's-- It--

↓

He-he attacked us, okay?

attacked

↓

And you're-you're a federal officer, you know?

federal officer

↓

Just-just call the fucking FBI.

fucking

↓

Yeah, o-okay, so, look,

↓

technically, I'm not a Fed.

technically

↓

What?!

↓

Then who the fuck are you?!

fuck

↓

("The Passenger" by Iggy Pop playing)

passenger playing

↓

Don't worry about it, kiddo. It's just a little turbulence.

kiddo worry

↓

It'll be okay.

itll

↓

(whispers indistinctly)

indistinctly whispers

↓

♪ Oh, the passenger... ♪

passenger

↓

(grunting)

grunting

↓

(exhales)

exhales

↓

(quietly): Whoa.

quietly whoa

↓

Dad. Dad. Dad!

↓

What's he doing out here?

↓

Are you guys friends?

friends

↓

♪ He sees the winding ocean drive ♪

drive ocean sees

↓

♪ And everything was made ♪

↓

-♪ For you and me ♪ -Oh, my God.

↓

♪ All of it was made for you and me ♪

↓

♪ 'Cause it just belongs to you and me ♪

belongs

↓

♪ So let's take a ride and see what's mine ♪

ride

↓

♪ Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

singin

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la ♪

↓

♪ Oh, the passenger ♪

passenger

↓

♪ He rides and he rides ♪

rides

↓

♪ He sees things from under glass ♪

glass sees

↓

♪ He looks through his window's eye ♪

windows

↓

♪ He sees the things he knows are his ♪

knows sees

↓

♪ He sees the bright and hollow sky ♪

bright hollow sees

↓

♪ He sees the city asleep at night ♪

asleep city night sees

↓

♪ He sees the stars are out tonight ♪

sees stars tonight

↓

♪ And all of it is yours and mine ♪

↓

♪ And all of it is yours and mine ♪

↓

♪ So let's ride and ride and ride and ride ♪

ride

↓

♪ Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

singin

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la ♪

↓

♪ Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

singin

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la ♪

↓

♪ Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

singin

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

↓

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la... ♪