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Season 2, Episode 4 — Nothing Like it in the World

Federal authorities have initiated a manhunt for William Butcher.

#1

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It's Vought. It's a fucking coup from the inside.

#2

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I know who killed Raynor.

#3

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Something to do with the Supe terrorist smuggled into Jersey.

#4

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Her brother.

#5

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I just want me wife back.

#6

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Bring Langley the terrorist and you'll have her.

#7

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I was told he would never know about Ryan or me, that was the deal.

#8

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You need to make him leave.

#9

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Because if you don't, I'm gonna take Ryan and I'm gonna run.

#10

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Superheroes are not born but made by Compound V.

#11

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We got a Supe terrorist below deck, and shit could go sideways just like...

#12

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Fucking diabolical!

#13

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I said he was mine.

#14

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You snooze, you lose, gramps.

#15

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Our newest hero, Stormfront, stopped the terrorist before

#16

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he could take more innocent lives.

#17

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Communication is everything.

#18

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Steve and I had been dating for two years when he asked me to marry him.

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At the rehearsal dinner,

#20

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my dad said we should look into a 529 account for our kids.

#21

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Steve laughed and said that was nuts, and that we were never having kids.

#22

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Which was news to me. Yeah.

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Long story short, the caterer was totally cool with everything,

#24

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but the Marriott did keep our deposit on the banquet room, so...

#25

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Yeah. Communication.

#26

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...details are still emerging about the Supe terrorist

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whose senseless attack on an apartment building

#28

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left 59 people dead and over a hundred injured.

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His name, Kenji Miyashiro,

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a Japanese expatriate living in the Philippines,

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Miyashiro was radicalised by the extremist group

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Shining Light Liberation Army.

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Witnesses who caught a glimpse of the killer

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described him as dead-eyed and unemotional

#35

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as he rampaged through the apartment building,

#36

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- killing innocents indiscriminately. - It wasn't your fault.

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Many of the 59 victims have not yet been identified by law enforcement...

#38

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Kimiko. Look at me.

#39

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Look at me.

#40

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I... I didn't mean to. I'm sorry, I was just...

#41

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No one can debate that New Yorkers owe their lives

#42

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to the brave actions taken by Stormfront.

#43

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Earlier today, Stormfront made an appearance at a New York City park.

#44

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How many more people have to die?

#45

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You guys, I have been shouting up and down the hallways at Vought,

#46

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and you know what they're doing to stop another attack?

#47

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Jack-****. Let's show Vought what they have to do.

#48

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Tomorrow morning, Vought Square.

#49

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Be your own hero. Make your voice heard.

#50

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I am counting on you to show us the way. Don't let me down.

#51

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There you are.

#52

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I was beginning to worry.

#53

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Oh, I've missed you...

#54

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so much.

#55

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Are you thirsty?

#56

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Hmm. Mm, mm-hm.

#57

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Mm.

#58

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Hmm. My good boy.

#59

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I ever tell you about my recurring dream?

#60

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I'm on stage, alone, at Carnegie Hall.

#61

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Audience is made up of every poor bastard who got killed by the superheroes.

#62

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What are they doing?

#63

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Nothing. They're all just watching me.

#64

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Waiting for me to do something.

#65

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We hit a dead end on Raynor.

#66

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I'm sorry.

#67

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Christ, I don't want to hear sorry. Sorry is not an option.

#68

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We can't have anonymous skull-exploding assassins walking around.

#69

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What if they hit the Speaker next? Or the President?

#70

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Liberty. You mentioned her before.

#71

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Second-tier Supe, active in the '70s. She was all over Susan's private server.

#72

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Get Marvin to talk to this Liberty.

#73

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Address on the back. North Carolina.

#74

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All right.

#75

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We'll see what we can find.

#76

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Wait.

#77

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I found Becca.

#78

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Or at least our best guess of where she is.

#79

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Vought facility, armed to the teeth. Won't be easy.

#80

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We had a deal. I didn't come through.

#81

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Jesus, Butcher, I'm just giving it to you.

#82

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It's my fault you stopped searching for her.

#83

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I put a target on Homelander's back and pointed you right at him.

#84

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I didn't know Becca was still...

#85

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It'd be good to have one less person in that audience staring at me.

#86

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Hey!

#87

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See? When you get disrespected over and over and over, that's what happens.

#88

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I mean, how much shit is he supposed to take?

#89

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Everybody respects you.

#90

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That fucking terrorist was my save, not hers.

#91

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It was mine.

#92

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What, now that media whore is the face of The Seven?

#93

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- No, she's not. No, you are. - Come on!

#94

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It's not just her, it's the entire team.

#95

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- No. - Yes, it is.

#96

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It's a whole chain of weak links.

#97

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- It's very hard not to take it personally. - Oh, I know. I know.

#98

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I'll tell you one thing...

#99

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- you wouldn't put up with this shit. - Mm-mm.

#100

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One little raise of the eyebrow

#101

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and you would've knocked them all back in line.

#102

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- Yeah. - God, I miss that about you.

#103

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You don't need me to do that.

#104

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The Seven is your team.

#105

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You nurtured them. You watered and fed them.

#106

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That's... I did!

#107

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Yes, and if they can't respect that, or you...

#108

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well, it may be time to tear out the weeds and start all over again.

#109

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Change back. Change back!

#110

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I'm sorry! I can only hold a shape for so long before it really hurts.

#111

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Change the fuck back now, Doppelganger!

#112

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It's okay. Come here. It's all good.

#113

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Oh, my little boy. Come on.

#114

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Okay.

#115

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It's okay.

#116

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I love you.

#117

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I love you.

#118

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You're the most powerful man in the whole wide world.

#119

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And there's nothing that you cannot do.

#120

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Storming an off-the-books Vought compound alone.

#121

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How is it possible that you're dumber than you look?

#122

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Mate, it's Becca.

#123

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No shit. But win or lose, you ain't coming back.

#124

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Of course I am.

#125

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That's bullshit.

#126

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Look, it's not like Vought's gonna let us settle down in Orlando.

#127

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We got to get gone and stay gone.

#128

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And what about us? Hmm? We're the Spice Girls, right?

#129

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You're in charge now. Mazel tov.

#130

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I don't want to be in charge. Matter of fact, I don't want to be here.

#131

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I gave up my family for this. For you.

#132

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Now, when do I get them back?

#133

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You find this Liberty slag. See what you can rumble.

#134

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You jump through a few hoops for the colonel,

#135

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and she'll help you the same way she helped me.

#136

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She always liked you more, anyway.

#137

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What about Frenchie?

#138

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He's been high as a kite for days.

#139

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- He won't even notice I'm gone. - Mm.

#140

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And Hughie?

#141

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Kid's a weeper.

#142

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Don't want him to get snot all over me jacket.

#143

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Hey, Homelander.

#144

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Maeve begged me to spare your life.

#145

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So I gave you a second chance, and you failed me.

#146

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What are you talking about?

#147

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No more lies.

#148

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Go ahead and scream as much as you want.

#149

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What...

#150

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What... What did I do?

#151

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I told you to kill Hugh Campbell and you hesitated.

#152

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I... I said that we should go to the police.

#153

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You disobeyed my orders because you're with him.

#154

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Fuck you.

#155

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Hughie Campbell broke my fucking heart worse than anyone ever has.

#156

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And part of me wants to blast his fucking face off.

#157

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So no, I'm not with him.

#158

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But if you want to kill me...

#159

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because I'm not a murderer and I won't straight up execute someone,

#160

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then go ahead.

#161

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So tell me, am I lying?

#162

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You're not lying.

#163

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Black Noir. Hi.

#164

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Would you like an Almond Joy?

#165

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Um...

#166

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Do you mean William Butcher?

#167

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Okay.

#168

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Well, he was definitely on the yacht with the terrorist.

#169

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Some of his known accomplices were too.

#170

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We lost them in these storm tunnels.

#171

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So, yeah. There you go.

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I'll keep you posted when we find them.

#173

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Or I can look right now.

#174

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Just run a facial recognition search.

#175

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Or you can join me.

#176

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Hey.

#177

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- Thanks for coming. - Hey.

#178

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- Oh, you're so bruised. - Oh, no, it's fine. It's okay.

#179

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That was all me?

#180

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It's cool. Really. I mean, you know, chicks dig bruises.

#181

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When I was in fifth grade, I took a tether ball to the face,

#182

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and Amy Burtenshaw, she brought me Jell-O Pudding Pops for like two weeks.

#183

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I'm talking way too much.

#184

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I could've killed you.

#185

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But you didn't.

#186

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Um...

#187

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- I got your voicemail. - Oh, God. Can...

#188

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Oh, God. Can we just chalk that up to a drunk dial?

#189

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I'm okay, really, it's just... Do you just mind...?

#190

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- You mind if we don't talk about it? - Yeah.

#191

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So we got the Compound V out there and Vought is still kicking,

#192

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so we risked our lives just to make the world way worse.

#193

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Wait, no, no, no. That's not true.

#194

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I mean, you know, these things, they...

#195

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- Look, Annie, they take time. - How much time?

#196

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Just...

#197

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Sorry, just give me one second.

#198

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Hey, M.M.

#199

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Raleigh? Like, the one in North Carolina?

#200

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Yeah, okay, okay. Jesus, I was just asking.

#201

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Yeah. Yeah.

#202

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Just pick me up at like 81st and Central Park West.

#203

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Okay, okay, all right.

#204

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Um...

#205

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I have to go.

#206

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What's going on?

#207

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Can I call you later?

#208

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Are you just gonna... hang out...

#209

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- here? - Yeah, I...

#210

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I just... I can't go back to the Tower right now.

#211

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- Why? What happened? - I can't...

#212

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I can't do this anymore.

#213

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Are you fucking insane?

#214

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She can't come with us, Hughie, she's chipped.

#215

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So I have a second cousin who lives around there.

#216

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I could tell Vought I'm going to visit.

#217

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We'd be out of the city, away from cameras.

#218

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- I mean, no one would see us. - No.

#219

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Even her standing here is dangerous.

#220

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Maybe he's right. I...

#221

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This is a bad idea.

#222

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If we're gonna go knock on some Supe's door,

#223

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don't you think it makes a bit of sense for us to have one of our own?

#224

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Look, she's in rough shape.

#225

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She needs this.

#226

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You mean you need this.

#227

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Hey. How you doing? Cool. What's up, man?

#228

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Oh, fuck.

#229

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Don't bullshit me, Ashley.

#230

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Shockwave is just here to talk about Vought for Tots.

#231

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I swear to God.

#232

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What the fuck is Vought for Tots?

#233

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It's a new fitness outreach for toddlers. Apparently, they're getting obese.

#234

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Well, shit, I fucking love fat kids. Use me.

#235

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Oh, good, you're here.

#236

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You tell him yet?

#237

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Tell me what?

#238

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I thought we were gonna have a strategy meeting.

#239

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A-Train, you're out.

#240

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- Out of what? - Out of The Seven.

#241

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You did great, but we're going in a different direction,

#242

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so you're out.

#243

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What the fuck? You just said everything was fine.

#244

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You're gonna have a whole year of parades. Tribute concerts.

#245

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You're gonna hit the talk show circuit,

#246

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you're gonna have your own reality show on Vought Plus.

#247

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The outpouring of love and gratitude is gonna be off the charts.

#248

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Oh, this is bullshit!

#249

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You used to get my fucking coffee!

#250

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Oh, fuck this. I'm not going.

#251

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A-Train, you can't run.

#252

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- Yes, I can run. I just... - Buddy.

#253

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You think I don't know what's been going on?

#254

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It's your heart.

#255

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I doubt you're even cracking the top 20 anymore

#256

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and that makes The Seven, me, look pretty ridiculous.

#257

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I do want you to know, though, this was really hard for me. Okay?

#258

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It's nothing personal. We'll always be friends and... et cetera.

#259

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Attaboy.

#260

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- Does anyone mind if I put on some music? - Yeah.

#261

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Oh, God.

#262

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You have a really good voice.

#263

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You can do that, like, wavering thing they do on American Idol.

#264

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Vibrato.

#265

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You've got to be kidding me. No, no.

#266

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There it is. Yep.

#267

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♪ We didn't start the fire ♪

#268

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♪ No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it ♪

#269

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♪ Birth control, Ho Chi Minh Richard Nixon back again ♪

#270

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♪ Moonshot, Woodstock Watergate, punk rock ♪

#271

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♪ Begin, Reagan, Palestine Terror on the airline ♪

#272

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♪ Ayatollah's in Iran Russians in Afghanistan ♪

#273

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♪ Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride Heavy metal suicide ♪

#274

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♪ Foreign debts, homeless vets AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz ♪

#275

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♪ Hypodermics on the shore China's under martial law ♪

#276

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♪ Rock and roller, cola wars I can't take it anymore... ♪

#277

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Hey, hey!

#278

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This ain't no little Vegas road trip, okay?

#279

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Y'all ain't on no date either.

#280

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Just chill. I'm not your goddamn chaperone.

#281

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They say if you love someone, you should set them free.

#282

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But that seems crazy to me,

#283

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because if you love someone, you will never let them go. Never.

#284

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Have you heard of The Lovers of Valdaro?

#285

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They were alive like 6,000 years ago, and they were found in this tomb in Italy.

#286

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These two skeletons with their arms around each other.

#287

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That's love.

#288

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You smell like a wet dog.

#289

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- Oh, you want a drink? - Mm-mm.

#290

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Whoa, who says I'm alone, asshole?

#291

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So are you gonna tell me what's wrong?

#292

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Or you just gonna stain my clean sheets with your sweaty despair?

#293

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I tried to kiss her.

#294

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Kimiko?

#295

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Her brother died.

#296

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I wanted to make her feel better.

#297

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You thought a kiss would make her feel better

#298

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or you feel better?

#299

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She was in pain. I wanted to help.

#300

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You always want to help.

#301

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So?

#302

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You think that by saving her...

#303

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you can make amends for all the people you hurt.

#304

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For those children that Lamplighter burned.

#305

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- Okay. - You don't know anything.

#306

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Look, she's not a kitten up a tree.

#307

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Just leave her alone.

#308

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Hmm?

#309

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Let her grieve.

#310

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What good does grieving all alone ever do?

#311

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And in our continuing coverage of the recent revelations over Compound V,

#312

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protesters all over the Middle East have taken to the streets demanding...

#313

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- Thanks. - I'll be right back.

#314

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Um...

#315

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Hmm.

#316

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You two want a room?

#317

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You and the donut.

#318

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Oh.

#319

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I'm sorry.

#320

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It's just my mom never let me have this stuff.

#321

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Just, weight gain in our household was a capital crime.

#322

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But my dad, he'd take me to Dunkin' on the sly

#323

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and he would get me a chocolate cream-filled donut...

#324

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and he'd ask me to tell him about my day.

#325

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And he'd... he'd listen.

#326

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Baskin-Robbins...

#327

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every Sunday after church.

#328

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My pops, he'd always ask for samples.

#329

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Now, this place had 31 flavours,

#330

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and that man would taste each and every flavour,

#331

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every time we'd go up in there.

#332

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There'd be a line out the door.

#333

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People would be mad as hell, yelling, cussing.

#334

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"Yo, my man, get your fucking ice cream and bounce!"

#335

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You think that stopped him? Hell, no.

#336

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He would stand right there and order another sample.

#337

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"Can I please try the Jamoca Almond Fudge, please?"

#338

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My ass was so embarrassed.

#339

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I'd be sitting there, wishing the floor would open up and just swallow me whole.

#340

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Man.

#341

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Of course, now I'd give a year off my life just to be able to see that man

#342

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going through spoon after spoon just one last time.

#343

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- When did he...? - Sixteen years ago.

#344

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To fathers and sugar.

#345

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To fathers and sugar.

#346

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, are you dry-wiping?

#347

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- Am I what? - Come here.

#348

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Listen, any part of your body, and I mean any part,

#349

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when you dry-wipe, you're not cleaning anything.

#350

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You're just smearing shit all over your skin.

#351

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Here, got to use wet wipes. There you go.

#352

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- You just carry these around with you? - Damn right.

#353

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- No, no, no. - They're hurt, they need help.

#354

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No, no, no. This is not the time to be a Supe, okay?

#355

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We're low-key. Not with us here.

#356

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- Annie. - I mean...

#357

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There's a ton of people here. Okay, that guy, he's calling 911.

#358

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It'll be okay.

#359

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Come on. Come on. We got to go.

#360

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- Told you this was a bad idea. - Calm down.

#361

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Anyplace around here without a million bloody cameras?

#362

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- Are you okay? Did he hurt you? - No. I'm okay. I'm fine.

#363

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I thought you were dead.

#364

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I stopped looking, I shouldn't have stopped.

#365

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I couldn't call anybody.

#366

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I can't imagine what it must have done to you. I'm sorry.

#367

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I'm so fucking sorry.

#368

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No, you've done nothing wrong.

#369

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Look at you.

#370

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My girl.

#371

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Always.

#372

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Billy, it's not safe for you to be here.

#373

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He finds you, he's gonna kill you. And you know that.

#374

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Fuck him.

#375

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I got out of the last scrape all right, didn't I?

#376

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That was a one-time deal.

#377

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What'd you say to him?

#378

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I said if he hurt you, I would kill myself in front of Ryan.

#379

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And my last words would be, "Your father did this to me."

#380

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He seems desperate for a relationship with his son, so it worked once.

#381

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Well...

#382

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it's a good thing he don't know your tells.

#383

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I wasn't bluffing.

#384

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I'm gonna get you the fuck out of here.

#385

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Yeah? How?

#386

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Over the fence. The same way that I come in.

#387

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No. No, Ryan can't climb that fence.

#388

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Right.

#389

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I saw his eyes glow.

#390

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I thought he might... Don't he got no powers?

#391

⇓

No. I mean, yes, but I'm not raising him like that.

#392

⇓

Hey. There's a garbage truck that comes by the house

#393

⇓

every morning at 11.

#394

⇓

I doubt anyone checks the hopper.

#395

⇓

- You sure it's not a fucking compacter? - Yes, I'm sure.

#396

⇓

- Okay. Then that's the plan. - Yeah. Yeah.

#397

⇓

I have to go.

#398

⇓

They get suspicious when I'm gone too long.

#399

⇓

Wait here. I'll be back. Okay?

#400

⇓

Okay, so we got two rooms, there's three of us.

#401

⇓

So I guess I'll be...

#402

⇓

bunking with M.M., naturally.

#403

⇓

Good choice.

#404

⇓

- Hmm. - That an Almond Joy?

#405

⇓

Mm-hm.

#406

⇓

Nobody likes Almond Joy.

#407

⇓

Jeffrey Dahmer.

#408

⇓

That's it. He's the only one.

#409

⇓

This is in my top three for sure.

#410

⇓

What are your other two?

#411

⇓

Mm...

#412

⇓

Charleston Chew and Bit-O-Honey.

#413

⇓

Jesus Christ.

#414

⇓

Those are the, like, three worst candy bars in the history of candy.

#415

⇓

That's it. You're sick. In the brain.

#416

⇓

- Hey, what's up with M.M.'s OCD? - Wait, what OCD?

#417

⇓

You know, when he changes lanes, he taps the steering wheel three times.

#418

⇓

He stirs the coffee three times.

#419

⇓

The antiseptic wipes. Really?

#420

⇓

- You haven't noticed any of this? - No. But, wow, you're right.

#421

⇓

Mm-hm.

#422

⇓

Yeah.

#423

⇓

It's just control over things he can't control, I guess.

#424

⇓

I mean, I should be the last one talking about that.

#425

⇓

Says the girl who's just stress-eating all day.

#426

⇓

Oh, my God! That was...

#427

⇓

I... It was so good.

#428

⇓

That was really good. I enjoyed that.

#429

⇓

- It's harder than it looks. - Meh.

#430

⇓

I think, you know, actually, I think I went the other way with the eating.

#431

⇓

- I think I've lost like seven pounds. - Mm.

#432

⇓

I did not have seven to lose.

#433

⇓

Well, I sleep about four hours a night.

#434

⇓

I wish I slept four hours a night.

#435

⇓

I mean, I'm too busy chewing my fingernails down to the quick.

#436

⇓

I don't know, whatever a... I don't know what a quick is, but...

#437

⇓

Here's one.

#438

⇓

I walk around The Seven Tower

#439

⇓

with this knot in my gut,

#440

⇓

just wondering if Homelander is waiting around every corner to kill me.

#441

⇓

It's like living with a loaded gun in my face.

#442

⇓

Do you feel that way now?

#443

⇓

Wait. Wait. I got it.

#444

⇓

I still want to see you.

#445

⇓

Love is a leap of faith.

#446

⇓

Like, my last boyfriend was obsessed with Ed Sheeran.

#447

⇓

Yeah, I know. But he was obsessed.

#448

⇓

"Shape of You," "Galway Girl," the whole catalogue.

#449

⇓

So he asked me to get one of these with him.

#450

⇓

Two weeks later, he broke up with me.

#451

⇓

I fucking hate Ed Sheeran.

#452

⇓

Took you ages to quit.

#453

⇓

All them little patches, eh?

#454

⇓

Do you want one?

#455

⇓

No.

#456

⇓

The beard's new.

#457

⇓

Fancy it, eh?

#458

⇓

Eh. Haven't decided yet.

#459

⇓

How long you been here for then, eh?

#460

⇓

Since I gave birth.

#461

⇓

Fucking hell.

#462

⇓

Hmm.

#463

⇓

How are you holding up?

#464

⇓

Yeah. You know, you forget about reading the news

#465

⇓

or going to a restaurant...

#466

⇓

smoking pot on the couch and eating Cheetos.

#467

⇓

I just act like, you know, Carol-fucking-Brady all day.

#468

⇓

It's okay.

#469

⇓

You know? Ryan's happy, and that's what matters.

#470

⇓

You're gonna like him.

#471

⇓

He's sweet...

#472

⇓

and very smart and... so kind.

#473

⇓

I know you hate kids and all,

#474

⇓

- but I think that he's pretty... - No, no, no, I don't hate kids.

#475

⇓

I'm just...

#476

⇓

not a very good role model, am I?

#477

⇓

How have you been?

#478

⇓

Oh, you know, all right.

#479

⇓

Started a private security company.

#480

⇓

- Mm. - Mm.

#481

⇓

- You know, weddings, bar mitzvahs... - Bullshit.

#482

⇓

Homelander... said you were "a man possessed."

#483

⇓

He said you've been chasing after him for years.

#484

⇓

Well, I thought he killed you,

#485

⇓

so, yeah, I've been on a bit of a warpath.

#486

⇓

But on the bright side, I'm sleeping in a basement

#487

⇓

beneath a pawn shop in East Flatbush.

#488

⇓

I'm sorry.

#489

⇓

I never wanted that for you.

#490

⇓

Well, what was I supposed to do?

#491

⇓

Huh? Let him get away with it?

#492

⇓

What was I before you?

#493

⇓

Nothing.

#494

⇓

And you saved me.

#495

⇓

And here you've been, fucking living in this shithole,

#496

⇓

for all this time, and I haven't been here for you.

#497

⇓

I'm gonna make it up to you.

#498

⇓

I'm gonna make it up to you from now till the day I die.

#499

⇓

I swear to God.

#500

⇓

Is the supervillain threat real?

#501

⇓

Hundred percent. Very real.

#502

⇓

But The Seven will protect you.

#503

⇓

That's right. Right. Always listen to Maeve.

#504

⇓

She always tells the truth.

#505

⇓

And we're grateful, every day.

#506

⇓

On a related subject, Compound V.

#507

⇓

Did either of you know about it before the news broke?

#508

⇓

No. Absolutely not.

#509

⇓

Madelyn Stillwell, she lied to all of us.

#510

⇓

Turns out she was a monster.

#511

⇓

We're just as hurt and upset and confused as everyone else.

#512

⇓

Let's talk hashtag "HeroesSoWhite."

#513

⇓

The numbers are rather startling.

#514

⇓

Ninety-two percent of heroes are Caucasian.

#515

⇓

African American, 6 percent.

#516

⇓

Latin and Asian, each 1 percent.

#517

⇓

Why doesn't Vought want diversity?

#518

⇓

Wow, these are some real hardballs, Maria Menounos.

#519

⇓

But check your facts. Let's take The Seven, for example.

#520

⇓

We've got A-Train. He's a Black man.

#521

⇓

We got Black Noir, he... um...

#522

⇓

Well, he doesn't identify with any race, really, so they're covered.

#523

⇓

And we have a gay hero.

#524

⇓

Really? Who in The Seven is gay?

#525

⇓

Queen Maeve.

#526

⇓

Mm-hm.

#527

⇓

Scoop for you, Maria.

#528

⇓

Maeve here is a strong, proud lesbian with a beautiful girlfriend, Elena.

#529

⇓

Hispanic girlfriend.

#530

⇓

And I, for one, am so proud of her.

#531

⇓

Where's Elena? What did you do to her?

#532

⇓

She's fine. What did I do to her? I set her free, and you.

#533

⇓

You've been living in the shadows so long. Doesn't it feel good to be out in the sun?

#534

⇓

Hold on. Me and Elena are just friends.

#535

⇓

- Oh, just friends? - Yes.

#536

⇓

Because I heard you two talking on the phone,

#537

⇓

and it sounded a little more than friends.

#538

⇓

So I did a little digging and imagine my fucking surprise.

#539

⇓

- Okay, we had a relationship. Once. - Mm.

#540

⇓

Once? A relationship. "Relationship"?

#541

⇓

That's such a vague word.

#542

⇓

What does that mean to you? What, long walks in the park?

#543

⇓

A shoulder to cry on?

#544

⇓

Scissoring each other raw?

#545

⇓

I ended the relationship when I joined The Seven.

#546

⇓

When I met you.

#547

⇓

Stop fucking lying to me!

#548

⇓

I'm at my wit's fucking end with the lies.

#549

⇓

We're together.

#550

⇓

And you love her?

#551

⇓

Mm.

#552

⇓

I see.

#553

⇓

Well, best of luck to you both.

#554

⇓

Oh, is it so hard to believe that I want you two to be happy...

#555

⇓

and in love?

#556

⇓

Honestly, Maeve, I am really, really happy for you.

#557

⇓

And have you seen Vought's "Saving America" ads?

#558

⇓

Don't they make you feel all warm and squishy and patriotic?

#559

⇓

Vought wants you to feel calm and safe.

#560

⇓

So that you continue to buy their shitty toys

#561

⇓

and drinking their shitty energy drinks and going to see their shitty movies.

#562

⇓

- Assholes! - But maybe we shouldn't feel so calm.

#563

⇓

- Or safe. - Yeah!

#564

⇓

Take them down!

#565

⇓

One Super Terrorist has already gotten through,

#566

⇓

more will come.

#567

⇓

And for all we know, these maniacs could already have flown over our borders

#568

⇓

and be standing next to you,

#569

⇓

just waiting for their chance to kill us all!

#570

⇓

So, what are we gonna do?

#571

⇓

We're gonna sit around and cross our fingers

#572

⇓

that Homelander's gonna save us when he's not on Maria Menounos?

#573

⇓

Or will we demand that Vought do better?

#574

⇓

Yeah!

#575

⇓

That our government do better!

#576

⇓

What do you say?

#577

⇓

- Stormfront! Stormfront! Stormfront! - No.

#578

⇓

Mon coeur, please. You would not survive.

#579

⇓

Stormfront! Stormfront! Stormfront!

#580

⇓

Marry me, Stormfront!

#581

⇓

We love you, Stormfront!

#582

⇓

Let's go home.

#583

⇓

- Hello? - Hello. I'm Hughie.

#584

⇓

Is there, by any chance, a woman living here

#585

⇓

who used to go by the name of Liberty?

#586

⇓

No.

#587

⇓

Okay.

#588

⇓

We have the right address, right? Is that...?

#589

⇓

Please leave.

#590

⇓

Miss, I'm sorry if my friend offended you.

#591

⇓

But we just want to ask a couple questions.

#592

⇓

Just leave me alone.

#593

⇓

I took your damn money, I signed your damn papers,

#594

⇓

and I kept my mouth shut.

#595

⇓

You think we're with... We're not with Vought, okay? We...

#596

⇓

We want to learn what we can about Liberty, that's it.

#597

⇓

Then y'all are just some damn fools.

#598

⇓

It sounds like you know her. Or knew her.

#599

⇓

- You're wasting your time. Okay? - Miss, miss, miss. Hear us out.

#600

⇓

After that, you want us to leave, we go.

#601

⇓

Go ahead.

#602

⇓

My father was a lawyer.

#603

⇓

Small-time, very smart and aggressive.

#604

⇓

When I was a kid, something happened between my family and Vought,

#605

⇓

which I'd rather not talk about, but it was bad.

#606

⇓

See, my dad, he believed in the law,

#607

⇓

and that nobody was above it. Not even Vought.

#608

⇓

So he went to work. He got after their asses.

#609

⇓

He had one of those... You remember those little black typewriters?

#610

⇓

The manual ones with the keys?

#611

⇓

I'd go to sleep at night to all that noise,

#612

⇓

my father banging away at that thing.

#613

⇓

Wake up the next morning, he'd still be hammering away.

#614

⇓

All night.

#615

⇓

But, see, Vought wasn't about to let this one Black man

#616

⇓

put his foot on their necks, mm-mm.

#617

⇓

So they hired teams of lawyers.

#618

⇓

Paid off judges. But my father never gave up.

#619

⇓

Until one morning, I woke up, and...

#620

⇓

I didn't hear those keys anymore.

#621

⇓

Just found him hunched over that typewriter, dead at 55.

#622

⇓

- I'm so sorry for your loss. - I'm not here for your sympathy.

#623

⇓

But I am going to tell you that his fight got passed down to me.

#624

⇓

I'm going to make Vought pay for what they did to him.

#625

⇓

And, ma'am, from what I gather, what they've done to you as well.

#626

⇓

I mean, it's been 48 years.

#627

⇓

What good is dredging all this stuff up now gonna do?

#628

⇓

Honestly, we don't know, but we still need to hear it.

#629

⇓

I tried to get people to listen.

#630

⇓

Lord knows, so many times, I tried.

#631

⇓

But a little Black girl accusing a white superhero of murder...

#632

⇓

- in these parts? - Yeah.

#633

⇓

It was during one of those summer rains...

#634

⇓

that you just knew was coming by the smell in the air.

#635

⇓

I was 11 years old.

#636

⇓

Asleep in the back seat of my folks' Ford.

#637

⇓

My brother, Myron, he was driving.

#638

⇓

What's the trouble, ma'am?

#639

⇓

- Get out now. - Hey.

#640

⇓

Your car was involved in a robbery tonight.

#641

⇓

No, it wasn't. I had it. I don't know nothing about any robbery.

#642

⇓

Just confess.

#643

⇓

Why are you doing this to me, lady? Ain't you supposed to be a hero?

#644

⇓

I am a hero,

#645

⇓

for killing a Black piece of shit like you.

#646

⇓

I wanted to go to the police.

#647

⇓

But my folks, they thought it was pointless.

#648

⇓

So when that man from Vought,

#649

⇓

when he showed up and he offered us that money,

#650

⇓

we just took it.

#651

⇓

Two thousand dollars.

#652

⇓

That is what my brother's life was worth, just $2,000.

#653

⇓

But y'all have got to promise me that you won't tell anybody

#654

⇓

that I sat here and I talked to you.

#655

⇓

Because if that woman finds out that I opened my mouth, she's gonna kill me.

#656

⇓

Miss Hunter, that woman. Liberty...

#657

⇓

Nobody's seen her since 1979.

#658

⇓

She's probably dead by now.

#659

⇓

Oh, no. No. I... Hold on one second.

#660

⇓

Right here. That's her. Right there.

#661

⇓

That's Liberty.

#662

⇓

Valerie was a little girl, she said it was raining, so she could be wrong.

#663

⇓

She seemed pretty certain.

#664

⇓

Yeah, but if Liberty and Stormfront are the same person,

#665

⇓

then that makes Stormfront like, what,

#666

⇓

- 70 years old? More? - Yeah,

#667

⇓

but who knows what Compound V can do?

#668

⇓

I mean, maybe she doesn't age like a regular person, okay?

#669

⇓

It's the same Stormfront that became America's favourite two-fisted Supe.

#670

⇓

Mm-hm.

#671

⇓

And might've popped Raynor's head for getting too close.

#672

⇓

- Oh, my God. - What the fuck is going on?

#673

⇓

I didn't know that about your dad.

#674

⇓

Sounds like he was a real hero.

#675

⇓

I thought so, but...

#676

⇓

Nah. He was just a man with a disease.

#677

⇓

Passed it down to me,

#678

⇓

and, if I'm not too careful, I might end up passing it down to my...

#679

⇓

Who the fuck do you think you are?

#680

⇓

What, you think I don't see it?

#681

⇓

- Trying to undermine me, steal my team. - Hold on a minute...

#682

⇓

Let me tell you right now. It won't work.

#683

⇓

I'm the face of The Seven! Not you!

#684

⇓

Me! I still score higher in every demo that counts.

#685

⇓

Eighteen to 34, 18 to 49, 25 to 54, they all love me.

#686

⇓

Well, congratulations.

#687

⇓

I mean, this constant need to be loved by everyone is kind of pathetic,

#688

⇓

but... Yay.

#689

⇓

Okay.

#690

⇓

Okay. Calm down.

#691

⇓

I clearly pushed you a little far, I'm sorry.

#692

⇓

Look, I'm... I'm just trying to help.

#693

⇓

Really? How?

#694

⇓

By taking what's mine?

#695

⇓

Let me tell you something right now.

#696

⇓

I built this team from the ground up,

#697

⇓

and there is no fucking way that anyone is gonna take it away from me.

#698

⇓

You spent $273 million on that "Saving America" bullshit,

#699

⇓

and I'm running circles around you

#700

⇓

with five guys on laptops, churning out memes.

#701

⇓

I practically pay them with Arby's gift cards.

#702

⇓

You can't win the whole country anymore, no one can.

#703

⇓

So why are you even trying?

#704

⇓

You don't need 50 million people to love you.

#705

⇓

You need five million people fucking pissed.

#706

⇓

Emotion sells, anger sells.

#707

⇓

You have fans. I have soldiers.

#708

⇓

Look, I know that you probably won't believe this...

#709

⇓

I think that you are the best of us.

#710

⇓

I think that you are everything we should be.

#711

⇓

You just need a little help connecting with your audience.

#712

⇓

You know, change with the times. God knows I did.

#713

⇓

I don't need help connecting with my audience.

#714

⇓

Thank you.

#715

⇓

Okay. Well, just know I'm always here.

#716

⇓

Door is always open. For anything.

#717

⇓

You're late. Where's the kid?

#718

⇓

Hey, we got to get in the truck. We'll miss our chance.

#719

⇓

I'm not leaving.

#720

⇓

What are you talking about? You are. Grab the kid, let's go.

#721

⇓

You don't want Ryan to come with us.

#722

⇓

Of course, I do. I said I'd take him, didn't I?

#723

⇓

And I wanted to believe you.

#724

⇓

Believe me.

#725

⇓

Come on, we've got to get a shift on.

#726

⇓

Listen, if the three of us leave, you're gonna find a way to get rid of him.

#727

⇓

I know it. It won't be in an obvious way,

#728

⇓

- it won't be right away, but you will. - No, Becca.

#729

⇓

Billy, I know you.

#730

⇓

I know you better than anybody, and I saw it in your face.

#731

⇓

I see it now.

#732

⇓

He's a billion dollar piece of Vought property.

#733

⇓

They are not gonna let him go.

#734

⇓

You and me... Becca, you and me, we've got a chance.

#735

⇓

Babe, it's Ryan they care about, not us.

#736

⇓

Yeah, and then what?

#737

⇓

And then Vought raises him without a mother, right?

#738

⇓

Then we have Homelander again and there's two assholes in this world.

#739

⇓

We could disappear, all right. Just start again.

#740

⇓

- Start a new family. - I have a son.

#741

⇓

He's a fucking Supe freak.

#742

⇓

Fuck. Listen, I... I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.

#743

⇓

Becca. Becca, please. Come with me.

#744

⇓

You were wrong about me, do you know that?

#745

⇓

You put me on this pedestal,

#746

⇓

and the truth is I never knew how to save you.

#747

⇓

You were always one bad day away

#748

⇓

from pounding someone to death in a parking lot.

#749

⇓

- That's not true. - Billy.

#750

⇓

He raped me.

#751

⇓

And when I found out I was pregnant, I went to Vought.

#752

⇓

I didn't come to you.

#753

⇓

I didn't come to you because I was scared.

#754

⇓

I knew that you'd chase after him,

#755

⇓

and you would seek revenge, and it wouldn't be good for anybody.

#756

⇓

- I love you. - I love you.

#757

⇓

But the hate that you carry and the warpath that you're on...

#758

⇓

it started so long before me.

#759

⇓

I can't...

#760

⇓

- Becs. No, I'm not leaving without you. - You have to go. Please.

#761

⇓

Every guard in this goddamn place is gonna be here in 60 seconds.

#762

⇓

You have to go.

#763

⇓

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

#764

⇓

Oh, shit.

#765

⇓

- Small token of the trip. - Mm.

#766

⇓

John Wayne Gacy used to give those out to kids

#767

⇓

- when he was a birthday clown. - Whatever, I still love them.

#768

⇓

Thanks for letting me come.

#769

⇓

It was fun until it got so horrible.

#770

⇓

Yeah. What can I say? It's my speciality.

#771

⇓

Well, listen, if you're ever in the mood for another Almond Joy,

#772

⇓

just shoot me a text. That came out so gross, I'm sorry.

#773

⇓

Hughie...

#774

⇓

We can't do that again.

#775

⇓

No. No, no, no. No, we can't.

#776

⇓

Why, though? I mean, the...

#777

⇓

This is good.

#778

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But that's just it.

#779

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I mean, we can't afford to feel good, or to feel safe, or to let our guard down.

#780

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But you can't go through this on your own.

#781

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We're all alone. That's the truth.

#782

⇓

It doesn't have to be like that.

#783

⇓

Goodbye, Hughie.

#784

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I believe the secret to a great relationship

#785

⇓

is to be willing to do anything for your man.

#786

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Anything.

#787

⇓

I'm a feminist, but I'm also very sexual.

#788

⇓

And I don't see that as contradictory.

#789

⇓

What's wrong with giving pleasure? And receiving it?

#790

⇓

Thank you for coming in, Gianna. Yeah, we appreciate your candour.

#791

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Thank you so much.

#792

⇓

Anytime. It was really great meeting you. Really great.

#793

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So great.

#794

⇓

Bye.

#795

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Her. Gianna. I choose her.

#796

⇓

I mean, she's the one. No question.

#797

⇓

- No, she isn't. - Wait, what?

#798

⇓

She was, like, hands down the winner. It was not even a contest.

#799

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It's Cassandra.

#800

⇓

Cassandra? The one...?

#801

⇓

The one with the hair and the creepy skeletons hugging each other story?

#802

⇓

Yes. That's your wife.

#803

⇓

But I thought I got to choose.

#804

⇓

You do. And you're choosing Cassandra. Congratulations.

#805

⇓

Yeah, but... I mean, Gianna...

#806

⇓

Is lovely. She's lovely. She's a valued member of The Collective.

#807

⇓

But this marriage isn't about satisfying your base desires.

#808

⇓

It's about rehabilitating your image and getting you back in The Seven.

#809

⇓

That is what you want, isn't it?

#810

⇓

There you are.

#811

⇓

I was beginning to worry.

#812

⇓

Oh, I missed you.

#813

⇓

Are you thirsty? Want some?

#814

⇓

Oh, I want you so bad.

#815

⇓

Are you okay?

#816

⇓

Would you like me to be someone else?

#817

⇓

I can be whoever you want.

#818

⇓

No.

#819

⇓

I don't need anyone...

#820

⇓

but myself.

#821

⇓

Like what you see?

#822

⇓

See how hot you are?

#823

⇓

Hmm?

#824

⇓

Come on.

#825

⇓

How much do you want this?

#826

⇓

How much?

#827

⇓

I'm gonna suck your cock so fucking hard.

#828

⇓

So good.

#829

⇓

You're gonna look in your own eyes when you come.

#830

⇓

And it's not even gay if it's with yourself, right?

#831

⇓

Oh, you're so special.

#832

⇓

The most special man on the planet.

#833

⇓

Everybody loves you.

#834

⇓

Everybody.

#835

⇓

Their love is your strength.

#836

⇓

You're pathetic.

#837

⇓

I don't need everyone to love me.

#838

⇓

I don't need anyone.

#839

⇓

I don't need you!

#840

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