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Season 3, Episode 1 — Payback

This is a fucking mess, son, but don't you worry.

#1

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Daddy's home.

#2

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What's up, shitbirds?

#3

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You have five minutes to make your opening St...

#4

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You guys fucking ready?

#5

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So noir's a vegetable.

#6

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And you didn't do this.

#7

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Look, there was no terrorist.

#8

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It was vought. It's a fucking coup.

#9

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Victoria neuman's making a team that can keep tabs on the supes.

#10

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If you're interested.

#11

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I still want to fight vought.

#12

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I just... I want to do it the right way.

#13

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Not covered in quite as many guts.

#14

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- Maeve! - I'm sorry.

#15

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You're gonna leave me and Elena alone.

#16

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You're gonna stop hunting starlight,

#17

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or I release this.

#18

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Becca's alive.

#19

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She had a little boy, Ryan, spitting image of homelander.

#20

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I do not want my son to have to go through what I went through.

#21

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Ryan, no!

#22

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Promise me that you will save him no matter what

#23

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and you will get him back to me.

#24

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People love what I have to say.

#25

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They believe in it.

#26

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They just don't like the word "Nazi." That's all.

#27

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Becca!

#28

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- Where is my son? - [Gaspingl

#29

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Stormfront.

#30

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I knew you'd be here.

#31

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How could you do this?

#32

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I loved you.

#33

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You'll always be in my heart.

#34

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But the fourth reich is in my soul.

#35

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Join me, and we can reign together for a thousand years.

#36

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Never.

#37

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You and I are the same.

#38

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Perfect genetic specimens.

#39

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Think of how beautiful our children could be.

#40

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They would be the best of both of us.

#41

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Flawless Aryan kindersoldaten.

#42

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They'd be monsters.

#43

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Like you.

#44

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Your choice, liebchen.

#45

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But not even you could stop me alone.

#46

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He's not alone.

#47

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What?

#48

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Can't let you guys have all the fun.

#49

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Guess this means we're breaking up.

#50

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Nazi bitch.

#51

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Die, untermensch.

#52

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Grab the flash drive!

#53

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She's too strong!

#54

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How can we beat her?

#55

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As a team.

#56

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Homelander! Over here. This way.

#57

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Maeve, right here. Look to your right.

#58

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Maeve! To your left! Left!

#59

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Maeve, over here!

#60

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Here with Adam bourke,

#61

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- the director of dawn of the seven. - Yes. That's right.

#62

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It seems like all those reshoots paid off, my friend.

#63

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Right, well, after the, you know,

#64

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"stormfront's a Nazi" thing, we had real talks about

#65

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shelving the movie or just dumping it on vought plus.

#66

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But, uh, the fans spoke with those "release the bourke cut" hashtags.

#67

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You guys, I love you!

#68

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- Okay. - Mm-hmm.

#69

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- How do I... look? - You look perfect.

#70

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Okay.

#71

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Oh! Starlight, starlight!

#72

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- Starlight! - Starlight, to the right, to the right!

#73

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Starlight, over here!

#74

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Starlight, this way! Starlight, look this way!

#75

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Singles, please. Singles, please.

#76

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- Starlight! - One second.

#77

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- Move over, other guy! - Okay.

#78

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No, no, no. Over here. Singles, please.

#79

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Over here, to the left! To the left!

#80

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Just a couple more shots!

#81

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It's quite the star you've got there.

#82

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And thanks to congresswoman neuman for joining us tonight.

#83

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I hope it demonstrates vought welcomes the oversight

#84

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from the bureau of superhuman affairs.

#85

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We've been able to root out a few bad apples together.

#86

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- Thank you. - Thank you.

#87

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If I could just steal him away.

#88

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Do me a favor and kill me.

#89

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- Only if it's murder-suicide. - Okay.

#90

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Nadia! Nadia!

#91

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Hey! Nadia!

#92

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- Another picture, please. - Hey, Nadia!

#93

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A-train, it's been over a year since you've raced.

#94

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When are we gonna see you on the track again?

#95

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Real soon.

#96

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You know, but we had reshoots, I've been training.

#97

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But that race is coming,

#98

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full speed ahead for the a-train.

#99

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But it's been over a year, and the people are wondering...

#100

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Only questions about the movie.

#101

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- Thank you so much. - Okay, thank you.

#102

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- Um, we have black noir here for you. - Black noir.

#103

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Hughie, my man.

#104

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I love the big dick energy, bro.

#105

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- Who you wearing? - A-train, right here!

#106

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I have no idea.

#107

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Good. I didn't give a fuck.

#108

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Guys!

#109

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Pic!

#110

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Who'd have thought, after everything we've been through,

#111

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- that we'd be here together? - Okay, one more time.

#112

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Right in the camera.

#113

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Yeah.

#114

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Who'd have thought?

#115

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How could you not know all along that stormfront was a Nazi?

#116

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Well, I am just a man who fell for the wrong woman.

#117

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- Uh, but, uh... - Fell for the wrong woman.

#118

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But out of crisis comes change.

#119

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- Out of crisis comes change. - So I spent the last year

#120

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really slowing down and reconnecting with myself.

#121

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And I am very excited for everyone to meet the real me.

#122

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You shitty fucking director!

#123

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Tony Gilroy had to reshoot all your shit!

#124

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I know I'm a fraud, babe! I'm a fraud!

#125

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- Oh, fuck! - Pull my hair!

#126

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- Fuck yeah! - Yeah, pull my hair!

#127

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- Yeah, I'm pulling it, baby! - No, pull it out!

#128

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Yeah, yeah!

#129

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Kwmd

#130

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Mr. Campbell.

#131

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- Thanks for coming. - Yeah.

#132

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Jesus Christ!

#133

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Not quite.

#134

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You look sharp.

#135

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French blue.

#136

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That suits you.

#137

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What are you doing here?

#138

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I found that little asshole we've been on all month.

#139

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He's having a knees-up at a penthouse tonight.

#140

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Okay. Who's your source?

#141

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My source is none of your fucking business.

#142

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Look, me and the boys, we're all set up. We just need you to, uh...

#143

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Give us a green light.

#144

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Okay.

#145

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Um, I'll talk to neuman.

#146

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Or you could take your tongue out of her ass,

#147

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slap on your big-boy pants

#148

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and make a fucking decision.

#149

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You got something you want to say to me?

#150

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I think I just fucking said it, son.

#151

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Just photos.

#152

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No violence or maiming

#153

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or-or-or-or torture

#154

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or curb stomping

#155

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or setting anyone on fire.

#156

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Oh, uh...

#157

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I'll get you them expense reports you wanted.

#158

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Tomorrow.

#159

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J" yeah, give it to me, to me j“

#160

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j" don't stop, hey... j“

#161

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J" don't stop... j”

#162

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God, what is he doing?

#163

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- Give it to her, babe. - Oh, my god.

#164

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Go! Go! Go! Go!

#165

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Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go...

#166

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Am I really seeing what I'm seeing?

#167

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All she needs now is a vagina.

#168

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The little asshole.

#169

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J" stars shining bright above you j“

#170

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j" night breezes seem to whisper j“

#171

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j" "I love you"j'

#172

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j " birds singing in the sycamore tree j"

#173

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j" dream a little dream of... j”

#174

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Hey. I'm Tyler.

#175

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- What the fuck? - Yeah! Did you see that?

#176

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Excuse me.

#177

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I want you inside me.

#178

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- Yeah? - Yeah.

#179

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Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on.

#180

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Oh, yes.

#181

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- Ready? - Oh, yes.

#182

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I'm gonna rock your fucking dick, babe.

#183

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Yes.

#184

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Ah, that's it.

#185

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Okay, okay.

#186

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Oh, don't... don't stop.

#187

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Don't stop.

#188

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Get to the prostate.

#189

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Yes.

#190

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Oh, don't stop.

#191

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Oh, don't stop.

#192

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- Is okay. - Get the fuck out!

#193

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I see nothing. I go, okay?

#194

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Wait!

#195

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You can't leave.

#196

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No, no, no, no, no.

#197

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No! No, putain!

#198

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Get out! Get out! Get out!

#199

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He's trying to get in my ass! Get him out!

#200

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Get him out!

#201

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Fucking bitch!

#202

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Oh, no!

#203

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No, go!

#204

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Go on, son. Have a bump.

#205

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Fucking lightweight.

#206

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No, no, no.

#207

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Call the bureau.

#208

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You're gonna let him live?

#209

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Governor's orders.

#210

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And put that little cunt on his side.

#211

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Jiminy cricket's od'ing.

#212

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- Morning, morning. - Mmm.

#213

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Good morning.

#214

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What do you say I brush my teeth

#215

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and we do things to each other?

#216

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I say go get the aquafresh.

#217

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Okay.

#218

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J" uptown girl j'

#219

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j” she's been living in her uptown world... j”

#220

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Come on, I know you have it in you!

#221

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Keep pushing! Go!

#222

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J" I bet her mama never told her why j'

#223

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j” I'm gonna try for an uptown girl j'

#224

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-j' uptown girl j' -j' she's been living in her white... j”

#225

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hey, dad, you got to move the phone away from your face.

#226

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- Just... - How's th... oh, yeah, okay.

#227

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- There you are. Yeah. - There we are. Um, so...

#228

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Funny story. Um, you know my dentist, Dr. Horowitz?

#229

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- Mm-hmm. - I was getting a crown, and he said,

#230

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he was a huge starlight fan.

#231

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- Oh, is he? - Like, out of the blue, and I'm like,

#232

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"well, you know, she's dating my son."

#233

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He was, "what?" So, um... I gave him your number.

#234

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Dad, why would, why would you give him my number, dad?

#235

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- Why would I give... - Dad?

#236

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Dad, you got to move, you got to move the phone away

#237

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- from your fucking face. - Soriy, sorry.

#238

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- You know, I was... anyway. - Listen, I, uh,

#239

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I got to get to work, so we'll see you for dinner on Sunday?

#240

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- Yeah. - I'll talk to you soon.

#241

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- Bye-bye. - I love you...

#242

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He's sweet.

#243

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Yeah. 80, uh, you gonna stay over again tonight?

#244

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Don't know. It depends. Um, you gonna bring aquafresh?

#245

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I would brush with monistat if it meant I could have sex with... you.

#246

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That's very romantic.

#247

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- All right, I'll see you later. - Have a good day.

#248

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J" uptown girl j'

#249

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j" you know I can't afford to buy her pearls j'

#250

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j" but maybe someday when my ship comes in j"

#251

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j" she I! Understand what kind of guy I've been... j'

#252

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- hey, good morning. - Hello.

#253

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- Campbell. - Morning.

#254

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- Morning. - 80 a tri-delt from wesleyan

#255

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caught a supe masturbating outside her window.

#256

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Okay, how's she know it's a supe?

#257

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Window was on a 737.

#258

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That's a supe.

#259

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Uh, okay, I'll have an ID for you by tomorrow. Thanks, Ivy.

#260

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That's Hugh Campbell, right?

#261

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He helped bring down stormfront?

#262

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And he's dating starlight.

#263

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J" uptown girl, she's been living... j”

#264

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awesome.

#265

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J" as long as anyone with hot blood can j'

#266

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From serving his country as a soldier

#267

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to serving the American people as secretary of defense,

#268

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a democrat who reaches across the aisle...

#269

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- Give me a bite. - Whoa, whoa, whoa.

#270

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Unite and heal america...

#271

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You want the Valtrex before or after?

#272

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You love that bagel so much you're gonna fake herpes?

#273

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I could have herpes. You don't think I could have herpes?

#274

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How'd surveillance go with termite last night?

#275

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You know, I haven't checked in with butcher yet, but...

#276

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I'm sure it went fine.

#277

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Don't... no, don't give me that face.

#278

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I'll bet you a crisp $100 bill something got fucked up.

#279

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- You don't know that. - Okay, take the bet.

#280

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I'm-I'm not gonna take the bet, but...

#281

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- Uh, wow, really? - Mm-hmm.

#282

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Okay, still, butcher delivers every time.

#283

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And I have to apologize for him every time.

#284

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Look, butcher's the guy you want in a shooting war. No question.

#285

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But we're in peacetime.

#286

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Oh, my god. So worth the herpes.

#287

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It's great.

#288

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Can I help you?

#289

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I'm just waiting to see Nadia.

#290

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That's congresswoman Victoria neuman. You have the wrong person.

#291

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We're best friends.

#292

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I will give her the message.

#293

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This way, pal.

#294

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Tony.

#295

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She'll remember.

#296

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ID?

#297

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There you go.

#298

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Go ahead.

#299

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Cheers.

#300

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Straight ahead.

#301

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Butcher!

#302

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All right, lad, how are you? You all right?

#303

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- Yeah, I'm good. - Eh?

#304

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Look at you. Here you go.

#305

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You'll never guess what that is.

#306

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You done your homework?

#307

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I hate math.

#308

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Aunt grace gets pissed when I'm wrong.

#309

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Yeah, you and me both.

#310

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Mom used to help.

#311

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She was really good at math.

#312

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Yeah.

#313

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She was a clever one.

#314

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I had another nightmare.

#315

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Same one? Your dad?

#316

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This time, he...

#317

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Burns everything down and then kills me.

#318

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One day, you'll be tough enough.

#319

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And then he can't hurt you.

#320

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But till then, you're safe here with the colonel.

#321

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Honest.

#322

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Connect four.

#323

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Oh, you... you cheeky little blighter.

#324

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You could stay if you want.

#325

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Well, that's a generous offer, grace,

#326

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but I ain't banged a blue hair since I was a lad.

#327

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You know, calling you an asshole is an insult to assholes.

#328

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My point is, Marvin got out.

#329

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Maybe there's hope for you, too.

#330

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I shouldn't get too close to him. I would just fuck it up.

#331

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I hear you've been on the straight and narrow all year.

#332

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No drinking, no killing supes.

#333

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You even follow Hugh Campbell's orders without strangling him.

#334

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Now you're just being cruel.

#335

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I know you're not doing all that for yourself.

#336

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So then who?

#337

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Exactly.

#338

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That alone makes you a better man than your father ever was.

#339

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Maybe you're not such an asshole.

#340

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Get the kid a fucking burger now and then, would you?

#341

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There he is!

#342

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Bro!

#343

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Bro, come here.

#344

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Oh! Hey.

#345

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It's great to see you.

#346

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Did you just have the slot before me?

#347

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Yeah, I'm just stumping for my book deeper.

#348

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Went awesome.

#349

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I sent you a copy. Did you not get it?

#350

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Don't worry, I got, like, hundreds of them. I'll send you more.

#351

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It's about how me and my wife Cassandra escaped that fucking cult.

#352

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You remember my wife Cassandra, right?

#353

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Oh, did you see that profile that Malcolm gladwell

#354

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did on me in the new yorker?

#355

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He called me "the next Leah remini." No big deal.

#356

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I mean, my numbers are going up, coach. Put me back in the game.

#357

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How?

#358

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How did you get the slot before me?

#359

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It was a fucked-up mistake.

#360

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- That talent booker is so fucking fired. - I'm asking him.

#361

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I'm asking you.

#362

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I don't... I, uh...

#363

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I don't know. I don't know.

#364

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But it's... fucking ridiculous.

#365

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I-I should never go before you.

#366

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Obviously. I'm a nobody compared to you.

#367

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You want to know a secret? I didn't even write the fucking book.

#368

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Shia labeouf's ghostwriter did.

#369

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Uh, it's crazy.

#370

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It's stupid. Sorry.

#371

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That's very sweet of you to say, deep.

#372

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Good to see you.

#373

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You, too, sir.

#374

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- Hey. - Hey.

#375

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What was that?

#376

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I actually think that went pretty well.

#377

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Let's get to the elephant in the room. The mainstream media won't leave it alone.

#378

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- Mmm. - How could you not know

#379

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that stormfront was a Nazi?

#380

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Well, okay.

#381

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So let me say it again, cam.

#382

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Um, I may be a superhero,

#383

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but I'm also just a man who fell in love with the wrong woman.

#384

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Well, we all know what that's like.

#385

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Right, yeah.

#386

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Look, i-I'm not perfect, Cameron. Far from it. Uh...

#387

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I know I'm bulletproof on the outside.

#388

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But in here, this?

#389

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It isn't.

#390

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I'm just as human as all the rest of you.

#391

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More with homelander after this.

#392

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And we're clear!

#393

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That sounded really good.

#394

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Who's the birthday girl? Hey!

#395

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- Want to see what I got you? - Yeah.

#396

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Ooh, you're gonna love this.

#397

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Yeah, boy!

#398

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- See how it fits. - All right, all right, all right.

#399

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- That looks great. - Birthday photos.

#400

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- Oh, Jackie, can you take this? - Oh. Sure.

#401

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Thank you.

#402

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Oh, Todd, Todd! Over here.

#403

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Photos!

#404

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Photos, photos.

#405

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- Okay, with Jackie? Okay. - You know what?

#406

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It's okay. All right.

#407

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Let's all say, um, "happy birthday, Janine!"

#408

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Happy birthday, Janine!

#409

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Oh, silly face, silly face.

#410

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Now superhero! Give us a superhero.

#411

⇓

You don't have to do that.

#412

⇓

- Oh, I don't mind. - Marvin?

#413

⇓

You taking your Lexapro?

#414

⇓

I'm fine, Monique.

#415

⇓

This is just me helping out at my daughter's birthday party.

#416

⇓

Great party, by the way.

#417

⇓

Yeah, she's...

#418

⇓

She's having fun.

#419

⇓

I'm sorry about all the superhero stuff.

#420

⇓

- She insisted, and... - It's all good.

#421

⇓

It's behind me now. I'm over it.

#422

⇓

You've seen me in the last 12 months, right?

#423

⇓

I'm straight. It's ancient history.

#424

⇓

- I know. - Hey.

#425

⇓

You got a couple of hours on Friday night?

#426

⇓

I was thinking maybe we could meet over at cafe delfini's,

#427

⇓

have some tilapia, go over some co-parenting things.

#428

⇓

Mmm, co-parenting things?

#429

⇓

- Yeah. - Really?

#430

⇓

Where we had our first date?

#431

⇓

Strictly business.

#432

⇓

Scheduling things, like soccer practice, dance recital...

#433

⇓

You got to move on, Marvin.

#434

⇓

The way you moved on with Todd or...

#435

⇓

Sorry.

#436

⇓

J" happy birthday to you j'

#437

⇓

j" happy birthday to you j'

#438

⇓

j" happy birthday dear Janine j'

#439

⇓

j" happy birthday to you j'

#440

⇓

Happy birthday, baby!

#441

⇓

V24, huh?

#442

⇓

Marketing is still testing the name.

#443

⇓

But it's the future, Bob.

#444

⇓

One dose of this temporary v

#445

⇓

gives a soldier 24 hours of powers.

#446

⇓

Give or take.

#447

⇓

And then they return right back to normal.

#448

⇓

How stable is it?

#449

⇓

Still ironing out the kinks.

#450

⇓

And if it's temporary,

#451

⇓

that means the dod has to keep buying doses.

#452

⇓

At how much a hit?

#453

⇓

Two million, roughly.

#454

⇓

80 over the course of a month-long operation,

#455

⇓

that's 60 million per soldier.

#456

⇓

600 million per squad.

#457

⇓

Campaign going well, is it?

#458

⇓

I appreciate your contribution to my super pac.

#459

⇓

People do love a cowboy in the white house.

#460

⇓

I hear they're even calling you Dakota Bob.

#461

⇓

So how would it look if you pass up the opportunity

#462

⇓

to give our brave soldiers superpowers?

#463

⇓

Supes in the army are an unmitigated shit show.

#464

⇓

What black noir did to that hard rock cafe in Lagos?

#465

⇓

Should be brought up on war crimes.

#466

⇓

- You're right. - I'm sorry?

#467

⇓

You are absolutely right.

#468

⇓

The problem, of course, was making the super into heroes.

#469

⇓

I don't follow.

#470

⇓

Making them figures to be worshipped.

#471

⇓

The fame, the movies,

#472

⇓

the depraved sex... it ruined them.

#473

⇓

Cone of silence?

#474

⇓

In five years, I hope to be out of the superhero business entirely.

#475

⇓

Bullshit.

#476

⇓

This should be a serious company.

#477

⇓

A defense and pharmaceutical company.

#478

⇓

Not a day care dealing with spoiled children and dead prostitutes.

#479

⇓

But the point is, you won't have to worry about any of that.

#480

⇓

Because your soldiers will only be super... temporarily.

#481

⇓

The product... finally perfected.

#482

⇓

Stan...

#483

⇓

When you say compound v...

#484

⇓

V24.

#485

⇓

Do you know what the public hears?

#486

⇓

Gestapo.

#487

⇓

Swastika.

#488

⇓

And that's your fault.

#489

⇓

You used a Nazi to sell it.

#490

⇓

Compound v is radio-fucking-active.

#491

⇓

It's not gonna fly in congress.

#492

⇓

I still have a few strings that I can pull in congress.

#493

⇓

No, no, no, no, no, no. Come on, really?

#494

⇓

I got good news and bad news. What do you want to hear first?

#495

⇓

The, uh, good news.

#496

⇓

There's no good news.

#497

⇓

Bad news is, termite's off the table.

#498

⇓

- W hat? - Vought just closed

#499

⇓

a big endorsement for him with terminex.

#500

⇓

We've been chasing termite for months!

#501

⇓

I know, but after butcher force-fed him a metric belushi of coke,

#502

⇓

I didn't have much leverage, did I?

#503

⇓

It was just a little coke 'cause he was... small.

#504

⇓

Anyway, he's going to the global wellness retreat in Malibu,

#505

⇓

and in return we're getting cold snap, stacker and airburst.

#506

⇓

Fucking b-iisters! Really?

#507

⇓

Three b-iisters, real assholes.

#508

⇓

Cold snap for domestic battery.

#509

⇓

It's not a bad trade.

#510

⇓

How much is supe collateral down this year?

#511

⇓

- Sixty percent. - Sixty percent.

#512

⇓

That's 60% more people at home with their kids, and we did that.

#513

⇓

Hughie, you and I built this place.

#514

⇓

And we did it the right way without being covered in blood and guts.

#515

⇓

Right?

#516

⇓

You're irritating, but...

#517

⇓

- But yes. - Okay.

#518

⇓

So, please, just... trust me.

#519

⇓

You must be having a fucking laugh.

#520

⇓

That little cunt crawled up a guy's cock and blew him to bits.

#521

⇓

He almost killed frenchie, and you're just gonna let him go

#522

⇓

'cause Stan Edgar asked nice?

#523

⇓

Supe collateral damage is down 60%.

#524

⇓

Oh, come off it. That's that twat neuman talking.

#525

⇓

She has locked up more supes this year than every other year combined.

#526

⇓

Then you're a fucking twat. Hughie, you're working with vought!

#527

⇓

|'m_-

#528

⇓

Fuck me. I should've done termite when I had the chance.

#529

⇓

Look, look, look, things are good.

#530

⇓

We're actually winning.

#531

⇓

- Winning, are we? - Yeah.

#532

⇓

Locking up a couple of nobodies ain't winning.

#533

⇓

They got all the money and all the power, and they want us dead.

#534

⇓

We're outmanned and outgunned,

#535

⇓

and we got to put them cunts in a box before they do it to us.

#536

⇓

If you would just compromise a little bit...

#537

⇓

"Compromise"? Fuck you. Your whole life's a compromise.

#538

⇓

Hey, at least I have a fucking life!

#539

⇓

I didn't mean that.

#540

⇓

Look. Look.

#541

⇓

Can we just stop dancing around this?

#542

⇓

I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I left.

#543

⇓

- You think I give a shite? - Yeah, I think you do.

#544

⇓

I think you're pissed that mm and I both left.

#545

⇓

Mm was a bit of a loss. You not so much.

#546

⇓

Butcher...

#547

⇓

It's been a year.

#548

⇓

You can stop all this.

#549

⇓

It's okay to stop. To move on.

#550

⇓

She would've wanted you to.

#551

⇓

Oi, Stevie fucking wonder!

#552

⇓

Will you knock it off? You're doing me fucking head in!

#553

⇓

Jesus fucking Christ.

#554

⇓

Everyone's losing their fucking minds.

#555

⇓

Hey.

#556

⇓

Or maybe they're just trying to be happy.

#557

⇓

I thought it sounded great.

#558

⇓

Homelander and queen Maeve,

#559

⇓

- oh, my god, they're leaving us! - Take these two!

#560

⇓

- Whoa, no. - Just these two, please!

#561

⇓

No. What? So they can tell the world

#562

⇓

that we left the rest of them to fucking die? No. You stay back!

#563

⇓

All of you, stay back!

#564

⇓

You stay the fuck back, or I 7! Laser you, goddamn it!

#565

⇓

I 7! Laser every fucking one of you!

#566

⇓

Excuse me, starlight.

#567

⇓

I need the room. I got a meeting with Stan.

#568

⇓

Actually, I invited you both.

#569

⇓

Have a seat.

#570

⇓

- Great. - Oh, uh...

#571

⇓

I remember when you first arrived, starlight.

#572

⇓

A farm girl from Kansas.

#573

⇓

Bright-eyed like Dorothy in oz.

#574

⇓

Iowa. And not a farm.

#575

⇓

Oh, well, look how far you've come.

#576

⇓

Polling at 96, a new vought record.

#577

⇓

I don't have to tell you that our brand has been a bit tarnished

#578

⇓

since that nasty business last year.

#579

⇓

But you have restored a wholesome,

#580

⇓

trustworthy image to the company when we needed it the most.

#581

⇓

Which is why the board wants to make you...

#582

⇓

Cocaptain of the seven.

#583

⇓

What?

#584

⇓

Cocaptain?

#585

⇓

But-but...

#586

⇓

Homelander is captain. I mean, you're-you're captain.

#587

⇓

This will be beneficial to you both.

#588

⇓

Your numbers are down, what, uh, double digits?

#589

⇓

The public still associates you with stormfront.

#590

⇓

This would be a real bump.

#591

⇓

A rising tide lifts all boats.

#592

⇓

That's very thoughtful of you, Stan.

#593

⇓

- When does the board vote? - They already did this morning.

#594

⇓

All that's left is for starlight to say yes.

#595

⇓

No. I mean, I mean, I'm flattered,

#596

⇓

thank you, but no, thank you.

#597

⇓

If anybody, it should be Maeve.

#598

⇓

Maeve doesn't have a 96.

#599

⇓

Nobody does. Except you, apparently.

#600

⇓

Homelander?

#601

⇓

Could you give us a moment?

#602

⇓

Look, I'd really like to keep discussing this.

#603

⇓

Absolutely. Set a time with Samantha, and we'll get you in.

#604

⇓

Mmm, great.

#605

⇓

- No problem. - Excellent.

#606

⇓

My schedule is pretty full, but I'll try and find you a window.

#607

⇓

Okay, sir, there is no way. I mean, you saw him. He's...

#608

⇓

He can get as pissy as he wants.

#609

⇓

As long as I'm ceo of vought, he's under control, and we both know why.

#610

⇓

Y-You know that he can, he can probably hear you.

#611

⇓

Good. I hope he does.

#612

⇓

Starlight.

#613

⇓

Real power...

#614

⇓

Isn't this.

#615

⇓

It's the ability to bend the world to your will.

#616

⇓

You would decide what the seven do.

#617

⇓

What causes they support.

#618

⇓

Full authority to fill the team's empty slots.

#619

⇓

I'm offering you...

#620

⇓

Real power.

#621

⇓

You should think about it.

#622

⇓

It's been almost a year since church chairman Alastair adana

#623

⇓

has been seen in public.

#624

⇓

Yeah, well, they say he's on, uh, sabbatical, but who knows?

#625

⇓

What I do know is that there are literally thousands of tortured souls

#626

⇓

who are trapped in that church right now

#627

⇓

who want to escape just like me and my wife did.

#628

⇓

- That's very brave. - Thank you.

#629

⇓

Your book deeper has been a game changer.

#630

⇓

Obviously, you've had your past troubles,

#631

⇓

but I think people are surprised

#632

⇓

at how sensitive and insightful you really are.

#633

⇓

After your last Ted talk, vanity fair called you,

#634

⇓

- "the thinking person's superhero." - They did.

#635

⇓

With only three contestants left,

#636

⇓

who will join the seven?

#637

⇓

Will it be supersonic?

#638

⇓

He first exploded onto the scene as drummer boy.

#639

⇓

J" kick off those uggs and slide up next to me, all right j'

#640

⇓

Hero, Christian and triple-threat member

#641

⇓

of the multiplatinum group super-sweet...

#642

⇓

J” got Netflix in my mailbox... j'

#643

⇓

when he broke hearts everywhere by dating a certain rising star

#644

⇓

on the capes for Christ circuit.

#645

⇓

But that was long ago.

#646

⇓

Today drummer boy has become a man, going solo,

#647

⇓

changing his name to supersonic

#648

⇓

and setting his sights on American hero.

#649

⇓

And maybe on an old flame.

#650

⇓

Or is it starlight who's keeping the fires burning?

#651

⇓

Livewire... please hang up your cape and go.

#652

⇓

Two contestants will win coveted slots in the seven.

#653

⇓

So who will go home, and who will be the next American hero?

#654

⇓

Hi.

#655

⇓

Oh, my god. Come on.

#656

⇓

- Hi. Hey. Hi. - Hi!

#657

⇓

Hughie, what's up, my man?

#658

⇓

How's it going, guys? What are you guys doing?

#659

⇓

We're running lines, actually.

#660

⇓

For a reality show?

#661

⇓

Right? The reality behind the reality.

#662

⇓

- Mm-hmm. - Yeah, um... oh, man,

#663

⇓

I was in the, uh, control room, and they had this, like,

#664

⇓

- bio thing on you. - Oh, god, I'm sorry.

#665

⇓

Yeah, that boy band shit is so embarrassing.

#666

⇓

You know what, I really like "rock my kiss."

#667

⇓

- Really? - I do.

#668

⇓

Did you? I... I actually...

#669

⇓

Wait, I thought it made you puke.

#670

⇓

- Shut up. Shut up! - It's true.

#671

⇓

What are you guys, what are you, what are you talking about?

#672

⇓

Okay, be careful. I can still kick you off the show.

#673

⇓

He has a right to know. Come on, we were, what, 19?

#674

⇓

- Eighteen. - Okay, so 18,

#675

⇓

the band was performing at the opening of voughtland St. Louis.

#676

⇓

But before the show, Annie and I snuck into a cantina.

#677

⇓

And they had those... I mean, those yards of Margarita...

#678

⇓

I must have drank a quarter mile.

#679

⇓

80, middle of the show, we bring out starlight to do a number.

#680

⇓

And little orphan alky steps onto the stage,

#681

⇓

and she just pukes in front of a festival crowd.

#682

⇓

I mean, the tweens, they lost their shit.

#683

⇓

Humiliating.

#684

⇓

Wow, that's... I-I had no idea you drank back then.

#685

⇓

Oh, yeah, miss goody two-shoes, she had a fun side, big time.

#686

⇓

And-and really great that you guys are still...

#687

⇓

So close, just really, really great.

#688

⇓

You have nothing to worry about.

#689

⇓

No. No, no, no, totally. He's gross.

#690

⇓

And you've known him your whole life.

#691

⇓

And he, you know, took your virginity, so why would I worry?

#692

⇓

Okay, it was a mutual taking of virginities.

#693

⇓

And you know what, it happened so long ago,

#694

⇓

and only a couple of times.

#695

⇓

- Wait, really? - Yeah, you know, we were really religious,

#696

⇓

and we weren't married, so it felt weird having sex.

#697

⇓

I mean, sex-sex.

#698

⇓

We did a ton of butt stuff.

#699

⇓

I'm fucking with you.

#700

⇓

Okay.

#701

⇓

- Come on. - Yeah, never do that again.

#702

⇓

Wow, uh...

#703

⇓

Cocaptain, huh? Wow, that's, uh...

#704

⇓

Is it crazy?

#705

⇓

I mean, vought's the worst thing that's ever happened to us,

#706

⇓

and now you want to be their Ronald McDonald?

#707

⇓

So, yeah, a little crazy.

#708

⇓

Yeah, but first female cocaptain of any super team.

#709

⇓

Ever. I mean...

#710

⇓

Think about what that would mean to millions of girls.

#711

⇓

I'm sorry, i-I'm just surprised, I guess.

#712

⇓

I mean, is this your mom talking or you?

#713

⇓

I'm the one whose feet bled

#714

⇓

at all of those pageants.

#715

⇓

Okay? I've paid a lot.

#716

⇓

And, finally, finally, I could have some real power

#717

⇓

that I could use, and I could make trouble at vought.

#718

⇓

Do some real good.

#719

⇓

Or homelander can murder you.

#720

⇓

Someone needs to stand up to this guy.

#721

⇓

- And that has to be you? - Not just me.

#722

⇓

I mean, I could bring good people into the seven who could help me.

#723

⇓

What, you mean like your boyfriend?

#724

⇓

It's not a good look, hughie.

#725

⇓

No one even bats an eye when a man climbs the ladder.

#726

⇓

Okay, you're right, you're right, you're right.

#727

⇓

Look, I'm-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

#728

⇓

So I'll see you later tonight?

#729

⇓

Don't bother with the aquafresh.

#730

⇓

Hey, homelander.

#731

⇓

What are you drinking?

#732

⇓

- Shake shack. - Oh.

#733

⇓

You want one? I'll go grab a pa for...

#734

⇓

Oh, no, no. Thank you, though.

#735

⇓

Yeah.

#736

⇓

I see you got the extra whipped cream in there, huh?

#737

⇓

Yeah.

#738

⇓

Yummers.

#739

⇓

I guess you wanted to cram in as much "fat fuck" as possible, huh?

#740

⇓

- Did I do something wrong? - You think I haven't seen you?

#741

⇓

Shoving back two dozen cupcakes in the breakroom?

#742

⇓

Nine servings on miro's truffle Risotto night?

#743

⇓

- Hmm? - Hey, man.

#744

⇓

You know I need 30,000 calories a day.

#745

⇓

Maybe when you actually ran, you did.

#746

⇓

But now you're just eating your feelings.

#747

⇓

Making us look ridiculous.

#748

⇓

"The fastest man alive." What a fucking joke.

#749

⇓

- Fuck you, man. - What did you say?

#750

⇓

Nothing. Nothing.

#751

⇓

- What did you say to me? - I'm sorry.

#752

⇓

I'm sorry. Shit!

#753

⇓

I'm so sorry. I-I didn't mean it.

#754

⇓

- Say it. - I' m s...

#755

⇓

- Say it! - I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

#756

⇓

But not everyone rejects stormfront.

#757

⇓

A group called the stormchasers still celebrate her racist dogma.

#758

⇓

After finding each other on 4chan,

#759

⇓

the stormchasers rallied online in the days and weeks after...

#760

⇓

How are you?

#761

⇓

Wonderful now that you're here.

#762

⇓

Is something wrong, my love?

#763

⇓

You know, I'm just...

#764

⇓

Skulking around like a frightened schoolgirl.

#765

⇓

Apologizing when I've done nothing wrong.

#766

⇓

Today, uh, they made starlight cocaptain.

#767

⇓

No.

#768

⇓

- Mm-hmm. - Oh.

#769

⇓

My poor baby.

#770

⇓

I don't know how much more of this I can take.

#771

⇓

- No one suffers like you suffer. - Mm-mmm.

#772

⇓

Let me help.

#773

⇓

Honestly...

#774

⇓

I have to put up with these fucking people.

#775

⇓

They hold that video over my head month after month.

#776

⇓

They took my son from me.

#777

⇓

They want me... here you go.

#778

⇓

See, they want me weak, castrated.

#779

⇓

They should be worshipping me.

#780

⇓

Tremble at my feet.

#781

⇓

Put a knife to their children's throat,

#782

⇓

like Abraham to Isaac, if I say so.

#783

⇓

Oh, they will.

#784

⇓

When you lead an army of Aryan ubermensch to their victory.

#785

⇓

What? No.

#786

⇓

- Yes. Yes. - No.

#787

⇓

No, no! How many times do I have to tell you?

#788

⇓

We don't need a fucking master race.

#789

⇓

I'm the master race. That's the point.

#790

⇓

That's the whole point.

#791

⇓

No, you have to.

#792

⇓

It took a hundred years, but we finally found you.

#793

⇓

- No, no. - It's your destiny.

#794

⇓

Oh, my god. Whatever.

#795

⇓

Just, uh...

#796

⇓

- Rest. - W hat?

#797

⇓

No. Please.

#798

⇓

Please!

#799

⇓

I heard termite walked.

#800

⇓

My lead was good. What happened?

#801

⇓

Don't ask.

#802

⇓

Well, we got to talk.

#803

⇓

I think I have something.

#804

⇓

Soldier boy. 80 what?

#805

⇓

Remember how he died?

#806

⇓

Stopping a nuclear meltdown in Ohio.

#807

⇓

'83, '84, I think, got buried beneath a reactor.

#808

⇓

Always thought it was bollocks.

#809

⇓

Yeah, you thought right.

#810

⇓

Read.

#811

⇓

What's bcl red?

#812

⇓

If you believe the rumors, it's the thing that killed soldier boy.

#813

⇓

Some kind of gun or weapon or something.

#814

⇓

Had to have been a fucking h-bomb. He was nearly as strong as...

#815

⇓

If we can find this weapon or whatever it is,

#816

⇓

maybe we can use it to blow homelander's fucking brains out.

#817

⇓

If it is real, not some fucking fable.

#818

⇓

Payback.

#819

⇓

- What a bunch of fucking wankers. - I'll say.

#820

⇓

When the seven passed them as the number one super team,

#821

⇓

crimson countess sent me a box of cat shit.

#822

⇓

She was fucking soldier boy.

#823

⇓

And, uh, gunpowder was his sidekick.

#824

⇓

If anyone knows what happened to him, they do.

#825

⇓

Your mate noir was in payback.

#826

⇓

Why don't you ask him?

#827

⇓

Even if that walking tumor could talk, it wouldn't be to me. Here.

#828

⇓

What's this?

#829

⇓

It's temp v.

#830

⇓

One shot makes you a supe for 24 hours.

#831

⇓

I mean, they think. It's still in R&D.

#832

⇓

Oh, great, so powers, maybe.

#833

⇓

Maybe my bollocks swell up like footballs. Yeah?

#834

⇓

Payback may be a bunch of fuck holes, but they're strong.

#835

⇓

And they're dangerous.

#836

⇓

If you're going against them, you're gonna need it.

#837

⇓

And what makes you think that me,

#838

⇓

of all people, would want to turn into one of you?

#839

⇓

This is our best chance to kill homelander.

#840

⇓

Don't fuck it up.

#841

⇓

If you want to watch me have a wank, it'll cost you a tenner.

#842

⇓

May I come in?

#843

⇓

Where's Ryan?

#844

⇓

He's at 673 nosh my bollocks ave.

#845

⇓

You want a pen and paper?

#846

⇓

You know I could just pull you apart limb by limb.

#847

⇓

Make you tell me.

#848

⇓

Nah, that'd be worthless.

#849

⇓

Victim always goes into shock.

#850

⇓

You got to start small. Fingers, toenails, ears.

#851

⇓

He's my son, William.

#852

⇓

My family.

#853

⇓

I'm gonna find him sooner or later.

#854

⇓

Look, uh_.

#855

⇓

I don't mean to be rude,

#856

⇓

but can we just skip to the part where you laser my fucking brains out?

#857

⇓

Oh, for Christ sakes.

#858

⇓

Where's the sport in that?

#859

⇓

No, look at you.

#860

⇓

It'd be like putting down a wounded dog.

#861

⇓

You're the one with your tail between your legs

#862

⇓

on all them fucking talk shows.

#863

⇓

And then they go and make starlight cocaptain.

#864

⇓

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.

#865

⇓

That's got to sting.

#866

⇓

Touché, William.

#867

⇓

Touché.

#868

⇓

What are you doing here?

#869

⇓

Vought and the fucking bureau.

#870

⇓

The wheeling and dealing.

#871

⇓

And-and-and-and giving and taking.

#872

⇓

Just to keep everything exactly the same.

#873

⇓

And you and me?

#874

⇓

Well, they treat us like old playthings and put us up on the fucking shelf?

#875

⇓

Treat us like we're obsolete.

#876

⇓

Doesn't that make you angry?

#877

⇓

Yeah.

#878

⇓

It does.

#879

⇓

What if...

#880

⇓

What if it doesn't have to be that way?

#881

⇓

What if...

#882

⇓

You and I...

#883

⇓

Well, what if we share a different destiny?

#884

⇓

Something... a little more...

#885

⇓

Scorched earth,

#886

⇓

shock and awe,

#887

⇓

blood and bone.

#888

⇓

And in the end, only one of us left standing.

#889

⇓

Isn't that what you want?

#890

⇓

Too fucking right.

#891

⇓

More than anything.

#892

⇓

Mm-hmm.

#893

⇓

I look foward to it.

#894

⇓

J" stars shining bright above you j“

#895

⇓

j" night breezes seem to whisper j“

#896

⇓

j" "I love you"j'

#897

⇓

j " birds singing in the sycamore tree j"

#898

⇓

j" dream a little dream of me j“

#899

⇓

j " say nighty night j"

#900

⇓

j" and kiss me j'

#901

⇓

j" just hold me tight and tell me j“

#902

⇓

j" you'll miss me j'

#903

⇓

j" while I'm alone j”

#904

⇓

j" and blue as can be j'

#905

⇓

j" dream a little dream... j

#906

⇓

- see you tomorrow. - Yeah.

#907

⇓

Nadia! Hey, Nadia!

#908

⇓

Hey, Tony.

#909

⇓

How you been?

#910

⇓

Not as good as you.

#911

⇓

I see you on TV all the time, Nadia.

#912

⇓

I'm not Nadia anymore.

#913

⇓

You can't come around the office calling me that.

#914

⇓

We were best friends.

#915

⇓

That was a long time ago, Tony.

#916

⇓

We should tell everyone. You have a platform now.

#917

⇓

We should tell everyone about red river.

#918

⇓

It's not that easy, Tony.

#919

⇓

I need people to know what happened to me.

#920

⇓

Tony, I can't.

#921

⇓

Please.

#922

⇓

Okay.

#923

⇓

Yeah?

#924

⇓

Yeah.

#925

⇓

Oh, Tony.

#926

⇓

Why'd you have to come looking for me?

#927

⇓

It's me.

#928

⇓

I'm in trouble.

#929

⇓

Fuck! Um...

#930

⇓

Ineed_.

#931

⇓

I need a team.

#932

⇓

Alleyway, east 12th and Broadway.

#933

⇓

J" uptown girl j'

#934

⇓

j” she's been living in her uptown world j'

#935

⇓

j" I bet she never had a backstreet guy j'

#936

⇓

j" I bet her mama never told her why j'

#937

⇓

-j' I'm gonna try for an uptown girl j“ -j' uptown girl j'

#938

⇓

j” she's been living in her white-bred world j"

#939

⇓

-j' white-bred world j -j' as long as anyone j'

#940

⇓

-j' with hot blood can j“ -j' hot blood can j'

#941

⇓

j” and now she's looking for a downtown man j“

#942

⇓

-j' downtown man j” -j' that's what I am j'

#943

⇓

j" and when she knows what she wants j'

#944

⇓

-j' from her time j” -j' from her time j”

#945

⇓

-j' and when she wakes up j” -j' she wakes up j'

#946

⇓

j" and makes up her mind j”

#947

⇓

j she'll see I'm not so tough j

#948

⇓

j just because I'm in love j

#949

⇓

-j with an uptown girl j -j uptown girl j

#950

⇓

j you know I've seen her in her uptown world j

#951

⇓

j uptown world j

#952

⇓

j she's getting tired of her high-class toys j

#953

⇓

-j high-class toys j -j and all the presents j

#954

⇓

-j from her uptown boys j -j uptown boys j

#955

⇓

j she's got a choice j

#956

⇓

J uptown girl j

#957

⇓

j you know I can't afford to buy her pearls j

#958

⇓

j but maybe someday when my ship comes in j

#959

⇓

j she I! Understand what kind of guy I've been j

#960

⇓

-j I've been j -j and then I I! Win j

#961

⇓

j and when she's walking j

#962

⇓

j she's looking so fine j

#963

⇓

j and when she's talking j

#964

⇓

j she'll say that she's mine j

#965

⇓

j she'll say I'm not so tough j

#966

⇓

j just because I'm in love j

#967

⇓

j with an uptown girl j

#968

⇓

j she's my uptown girl j

#969

⇓

j don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl j

#970

⇓

j my uptown girl j

#971

⇓

j don't you know I'm in love with... j

#972

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