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Season 3, Episode 5 — The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies

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The most powerful are not above the law.

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Homelander has provided evidence of crimes

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committed by Stan Edgar.

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Vicky, I'm glad you chose your own kind.

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[Starlight] If we need to fight him,

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- will you help me? - Okay, I'm in.

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[Homelander] A-Train told me about your little plots.

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Alex! Oh, my God.

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- What's B.C.L. RED? - The thing that killed Soldier Boy.

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[Butcher] Hello, hello.

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You must be Nina.

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I'm after a particular weapon.

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We just got to do a little job for her.

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I want to try something.

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[Butcher] It's not power. It's punishment.

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Evening, cunts.

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Why did you do this to yourself on purpose?

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You're better than this, kid.

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[Butcher] Soldier Boy.

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[shouting]

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Ain't no team for me to hold together no more, Butcher.

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- [Mother's Milk] Hold her head up, Frenchie. - [Frenchie] Mon coeur!

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[Russian synth-pop song playing]

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Are you recording?

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Yes.

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As you know, the subject's skin has

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demonstrated remarkable durability.

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Which includes internal tissue.

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- [groaning] - [chatter in Russian continues]

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[gunfire]

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[grunting]

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[Frenchie praying softly in French]

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[Butcher] How is she?

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Stable, for now.

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Please note that, due to the procedure dated January 24,

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the subject still registers high radiation levels.

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[Butcher] How the fuck's that cunt still breathing?

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Twenty sieverts of radiation.

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Sulfuric acid cocktails.

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More or less shoved Chernobyl right up his arse.

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We will now determine whether his cornea

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shares a similar strength.

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I'll wager that's how he got them nasty new powers.

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[gasping, speaking frantically in Russian]

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- [shouting] - [objects clattering]

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[alarm buzzing]

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[frantic Russian chatter over P.A.]

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[Butcher] Listen, mate, we can't hang about here

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looking for him, right?

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He's Ivan's problem now.

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We got to get Kimiko home to a proper doctor.

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You don't give a shit about Kimiko.

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Or anyone else.

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Oh, come off it, mate.

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Look, I took a fucking drug.

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And in case you forgot, I just saved your life.

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You killed Gunpowder, didn't you?

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Did you use your little laser eyes?

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You're too fucking right, I did.

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And it felt good.

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For once, I leveled the fucking playing field.

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Butcher,

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the whole point of what we do,

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the whole goddamn point,

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is that no one should have that kind of power.

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Well, ain't that just fucking fairies and dancing dildos, eh?

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I happen to live right down here, mate,

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on planet Earth.

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[vomiting]

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Oh, fuck.

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Looks like Kermit the Frog had a right wank in your mouth.

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No, I'm good, okay?

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[vomiting]

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So I see.

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[retching continues]

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What?

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Nothing.

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♪ ♪

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[groaning]

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[Ashley] I know these are difficult times,

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but with the greatest humility, I accept your nomination as CEO

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of Vought International. [chuckles]

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You know, my mother used to say, before she

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- died of cancer when I was 17... - [doors open]

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Okay, Ashley, that's enough. Let's not bring the room down.

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Apologies, sir. Of course.

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Hello, everyone. Sorry I'm late.

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Thank you so much for coming up to 99,

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the mountain to Muhammad, as it were. [laughing]

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[forced laughter]

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Okay.

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Seeing as it's, uh, my very first board meeting,

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I thought perhaps we'd start by, uh, going around the room

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and giving you all a chance

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- to introduce yourselves. - Bill Marsh.

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And I, for one, would like to thank you, Homelander,

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for giving me the opportunity to serve this board

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at such a pivotal moment in, uh, Vought's history.

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- [chuckles] - [Pat] Pat Willis, sir.

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You've rid us of Stan Edgar and restored honesty, integrity

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and innovation to this corporation.

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[Maureen] One question. With the changes around here,

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our EBITDA margins will drop a tiny bit.

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How do you want to handle that on the earnings call?

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What's your name?

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Maureen.

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Is there something you want to get off your chest, Maureen?

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Sorry, sir? Wh...

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Do you think you know better than me?

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I don't know. Maybe you think you should be

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sitting in my chair and...

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I should be sitting all the way down there in yours.

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No, God, no, sir.

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I-I'm sorry. I-I was just...

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It was stupid of me.

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I'm so stupid, and you're so great.

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And... uh...

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Maureen, you're embarrassing yourself. You should go.

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So who's next?

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[man] We look forward to working hand in glove

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under your tremendous

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[fading, distorting] and competent leadership, sir.

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[Barbara] It was my honor to lead Crime Analytics

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for the past 13 years,

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but all good things must come to an end,

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and the Vought board decided it was time for a change.

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So, allow me to introduce you to the new

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head of Crime Analytics:

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the Deep.

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[only Cassandra clapping]

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[chuckles] Thank you, thank you.

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Thank you for your service, Bar.

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Let's hear it for Bar.

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- Come on, she did great. - [applause]

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For someone with no practical experience,

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it's amazing.

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[sighs] Look, it's always been a big dream of mine

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to be able to fight crime

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both at sea and on land.

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I'm here to tell you

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that if you work hard enough,

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there's nothing you can't achieve.

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Hashtag dream big.

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Real big.

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Because Vought'll make sure the right man...

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Er... [scoffs] Sorry, Barbara.

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Right person, gets the job.

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So, to break the ice, we brought...

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- Cupcakes. [laughs] - [Deep] Cupcakes. [laughs]

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- From Sprinkles. - That's right.

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Oh, and one more thing.

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Everyone just needs to sign up for, uh,

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performance reviews. [chuckles]

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Just a formality, nothing to worry about.

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[mouth full] Mmm. You thinking of going freelance?

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Watch her head. Let's go.

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[Butcher] She'll be up and about in no time.

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We'll see you in the morning, yeah?

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- [Mother's Milk] Fuck you. - [car door closes]

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[Hughie] Hey.

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You still got me.

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[newsman speaking Spanish]

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[newswoman] Tragically relapsed into an opioid addiction,

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just as he was slated to join The Seven.

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Not since Len Bias has a public figure

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been lost to a drug overdose

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- on the cusp of the next... - [Hughie] Hey.

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- Um... - [door closes]

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Hey. Come here.

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[whispers] Come here.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm so fucking sorry.

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I shouldn't be here. It's not safe for you.

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I don't care. It's okay.

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Hughie, Homelander killed Alex.

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He fucking murdered him, and it's all my fault.

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Hey. It is not your fault.

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Come here, come here, come here.

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We got Charleston Chew.

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We got Almond Joy.

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Bit-O-Honey.

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There's White Claws in the fridge.

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Some of that gross lavender bath bomb shit in the tub.

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Look, I know this doesn't make this

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any better, but I just...

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Let me take care of you for a second.

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Tell me you found it.

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[sighs]

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Moscow was a dead end.

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I'm sorry.

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No weapon or gun or anything?

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Fuck.

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Then what killed Soldier Boy?

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Let-- You know what? I'm gonna get you a White Claw.

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[refrigerator door opens]

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Uh, Hughie?

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Your arm is broken.

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Where the hell is your cast?

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You're-you're really gonna want a White Claw.

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Wow. All right.

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Gonna have another one.

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Um... Just... I'm just trying

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to get a bead on what, uh, part you're most upset about.

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Is it the part where, uh, Soldier Boy's loose in Russia,

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or the part where I-I took some temporary Compound V?

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Um...

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it could be both parts. Uh...

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- All the parts. - I told you right away, though, right?

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That's-that's... No secrets.

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That's got to be worth some points.

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You want points for not lying to me?

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I... would like to retract that statement. Um...

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Hughie, you shot up an untested drug

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from Vought.

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You could've gotten yourself killed.

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We don't have any more.

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And even if we did, I-I wouldn't take it.

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It was awful.

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Like, uh, the hangover, all of it, just...

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absolutely hated it. [sighs]

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- You loved it. - I fucking really loved it.

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It was awesome. I mean, you know me.

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If a guy in the car next to me gives me a dirty look,

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I'm like fucking Dom Torreto taking off,

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trying to get away from him 'cause I'm quick

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and I'm all about family.

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But in Russia... [scoffs]

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I wasn't scared.

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I-I... I saved M.M.

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Me.

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I could, like, teleport.

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- Teleport? - Yeah, I-I just...

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I knew how to do it.

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I just clenched my butt, and-and I jumped, and...

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No. Hughie, that was stupid and dangerous.

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I can't lose you, too.

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Oh, God, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're right.

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[sighs] It's over.

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So...

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what do we do now?

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I don't know.

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But whatever it is, we'll figure it out together.

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You and me against the world, right?

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I love you.

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I love you, too.

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[conversing in Russian]

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[man speaking Russian over P.A.]

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[jet engine whooshing]

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- [sniffs] - [door opens]

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How the fuck is Soldier Boy still alive?

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Another nutter loose in the world, thanks to us.

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You look like warmed-over shit.

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Well... least I'll be sober in the morning.

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You'll still be a Supe.

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Well, if Supes are so fucking vile,

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why do you want to be one again?

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[unzips bag]

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[Maeve] What are you gonna do with those?

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[zips bag]

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[drink pours]

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No, thanks.

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I've been sober four months, asshole.

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It's been a year for me.

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[siren wailing faintly in distance]

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[blues music playing quietly]

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[sighs]

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What about Homelander's son?

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No.

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Be years before Ryan can take him on.

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What about that plane video?

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I mean, I know it wouldn't be so brilliant for you,

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- but... - [sighs]

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least it'll pull back the curtain on the cunt.

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Would send him over the edge.

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He'd end up killing a million people.

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The video was always a bluff.

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Not to me it ain't.

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I thought I hated the guy.

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I done them all.

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Coke, E, meth, smack.

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Ain't nothing like this.

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Used to be months of leg work to take down a Supe.

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Gunpowder...

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not even a New York minute.

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Must've felt good.

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I hated every second.

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No.

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The V just made me more...

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...me.

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With great power comes the absolute certainty

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that you'll turn into a right cunt.

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I mean, that's the thing, right?

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You're all just people.

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All the V does is just

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amp up all that shit that's already inside.

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Your lot? Just a bunch of walking nuclear erections.

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You know? A-And it's not just Homelander.

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I mean, you-you fucking all got to go.

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Every fucking last...

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...one of you.

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Yeah.

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What? You still think you're too good for me?

#303

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- [grunts] - [♪ The Kinks: "You Really Got Me"]

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- [grunts] - ♪ Girl, you really ♪

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- [groans] - ♪ Got me going ♪

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♪ You got me so I don't know ♪ -

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- [moaning] - ♪ What I'm doing ♪

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[glass shatters]

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♪ Yeah, you really got me now ♪

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♪ You got me so I can't sleep at night ♪

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[moaning loudly]

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- [grunting] - [glass shattering]

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♪ You really got me now ♪

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♪ You got me so I don't know what I'm doing ♪

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♪ Oh, yeah, you really got me now ♪

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♪ You got me so I can't sleep at night ♪♪

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[moaning]

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[woman speaking indistinctly over P.A.]

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- [gasps] - Chocolate limes.

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For when she wakes up.

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I pray she pulls through.

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Ten dead Russian soldiers.

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A classified lab destroyed.

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Three of my contacts in the Kremlin

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have disappeared already.

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You know, Sergei, there is this absolute natural law.

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That law, it says

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you do not fuck me, I fuck you.

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It was Monsieur Charcutier who came to you,

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made the deal with you. Take it up with him.

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I don't know him. I know you.

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You're the one who introduced us.

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You're the one who pays the debt.

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You work for me now.

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Absolument pas.

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You know, before you abandoned me for Butcher,

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you always wrung your hands.

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"Oh, Nina, I cannot kill.

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It's like acid to my heart."

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Yet you always did.

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[opens envelope]

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Pyotr Semenov and his daughter Katarina.

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You do it today.

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She's just a child.

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That's never stopped you before.

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Call me when it's done.

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[woman speaking indistinctly over P.A.]

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Mon coeur?

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Mon coeur? Hey.

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Ca va?

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[whispers] How are you feeling?

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It was Soldier Boy.

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Why are you smiling?

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- I didn't heal! - Hmm.

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Hand me something heavy!

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Something heavy!

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[panting]

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It's too heavy!

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It must've been Soldier Boy!

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My powers are gone!

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Can I help you?

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Supersonic trusted you, and you got him killed.

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- I don't know what you're talking about. - You fucking coward.

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Why are you so desperate to be with people who hate you?

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Congrats from Lindsey Graham.

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[laughs]

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He's such a gooch-licker.

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Anyway, I hope you know how much Homelander

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appreciates your loyalty.

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Now more than ever, he needs people he can trust.

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So, to thank you for being a team player,

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Homelander has agreed to a meeting with you and Blue Hawk.

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[chuckles] Okay, great.

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- Thanks. - Yeah.

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I'll just pop outside and get him.

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What? Like, right now?

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- Hi. - Hey.

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- Thanks for coming on such short notice, Blue Hawk. - Oh.

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A-Train.

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[chuckles] Hey.

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Big fan.

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Cool. Yeah.

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- Blue Hawk. - Yeah.

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I wanted to talk to you about your patrols in Trenton.

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Little excessive.

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Hmm? Says who?

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Well, a lot of Black folks.

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No.

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No. This has nothing to do with...

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...African Americans.

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You and me both trained with Coach Brink at school.

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We were taught to dominate totally.

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[A-Train] Yeah, but

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you're mostly just doing it in-in Black neighborhoods.

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And you don't want people to say that you're being racist, right?

#396

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You know, it's actually racist to call somebody racist.

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What is this?

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[chuckles]

#399

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Is this, like, a "cancel" thing? Am I being canceled?

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What can I do to make this right?

#401

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Wouldn't take much. [chuckles]

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I don't know. Make an apology or some shit.

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What a great idea. Thank you for saying that.

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I'm sure Homelander would really, really appreciate that,

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Blue Hawk.

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Hey, name the time and place.

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It is so important to do the work,

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to have the difficult conversations.

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This is so great, you guys.

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[siren wailing in distance]

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♪ ♪

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What the fuck?

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[chuckles softly]

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[men speaking foreign language]

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[Russian synth-pop song playing over radio]

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[man singing in Russian over radio]

#417

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[screaming]

#418

⇓

[panting]

#419

⇓

[man] Hey, buddy?

#420

⇓

You okay, buddy?

#421

⇓

[straining]

#422

⇓

- [yelling] - [people screaming]

#423

⇓

I'm not just like the rest of you.

#424

⇓

I'm stronger. I'm smarter.

#425

⇓

I'm better.

#426

⇓

I am better!

#427

⇓

- [knock on door] - I'm not some

#428

⇓

weak-kneed ... cry baby...

#429

⇓

- Hey, look who it is. - Todd.

#430

⇓

- Hey, baby. - Daddy!

#431

⇓

Ah... hey!

#432

⇓

- You ready? - Yeah.

#433

⇓

All right. Go get your backpack.

#434

⇓

[Todd] She can't stop talking about this Science Center trip.

#435

⇓

[Homelander] All my life, people have tried to control me.

#436

⇓

My whole life.

#437

⇓

Todd, you, uh...

#438

⇓

you got Janine watching this guy?

#439

⇓

I know, I know.

#440

⇓

His language gets a bit salty, but it's good for her.

#441

⇓

How is this good for Janine?

#442

⇓

Um, because he's America's

#443

⇓

greatest hero who saves thousands of people.

#444

⇓

He's standing up to the crooks,

#445

⇓

the corporations and the legacy media.

#446

⇓

Hey, you friend me on Facebook,

#447

⇓

I'll send you some stuff that will...

#448

⇓

Todd, I don't want Janine watching

#449

⇓

any more of this garbage.

#450

⇓

- Do you understand? - Ready.

#451

⇓

Why? Janine loves Homelander. He's her favorite.

#452

⇓

Isn't that right, sweetie?

#453

⇓

[Mother's Milk] 'Cause Homelander is a psycho

#454

⇓

- piece of shit, that's why. - Daddy.

#455

⇓

You want to pull it back in front of the kid there, Marvin?

#456

⇓

It's not the kid. She's my daughter.

#457

⇓

- Okay. - [newsman] We have breaking news this hour.

#458

⇓

An explosion just rocked midtown Manhattan.

#459

⇓

Early reports indicate 19 are dead.

#460

⇓

The NYPD and Bureau of Superhuman Affairs...

#461

⇓

♪ ♪

#462

⇓

[breathing heavily]

#463

⇓

Baby, I'm sorry, but Daddy's got to go.

#464

⇓

No. Daddy, I want to go to the Science Center.

#465

⇓

[Todd] What are you doing? She's been waiting for this all week.

#466

⇓

Did I do something wrong?

#467

⇓

♪ ♪

#468

⇓

[Mother's Milk] No, baby.

#469

⇓

I'm sorry.

#470

⇓

[newsman] The NYPD and Bureau of Superhuman Affairs

#471

⇓

are calling it the work of an unknown supervillain.

#472

⇓

At this time, we're still waiting

#473

⇓

for more information from authorities...

#474

⇓

[Starlight, muffled] Homelander? Did you hear me?

#475

⇓

Sorry, what?

#476

⇓

I said we need to handle this. Now.

#477

⇓

[newsman] ...confirmed killed, with dozens more injured.

#478

⇓

Uh, yeah, of course we do. Okay.

#479

⇓

So, book slots on all the Sunday shows.

#480

⇓

Tell them that, uh, there's nothing to worry about,

#481

⇓

not a thing.

#482

⇓

We got everything under control.

#483

⇓

- That's smart. - So smart.

#484

⇓

- So we're gonna... - Jesus, I meant that

#485

⇓

we need to stop this guy!

#486

⇓

Could you watch your fucking tone, please, darling.

#487

⇓

I'm sorry.

#488

⇓

I just, I mean...

#489

⇓

Don't you think that

#490

⇓

maybe the best way to handle this is to find him?

#491

⇓

I never thought of that. Obviously.

#492

⇓

God. O-Okay, so why don't you go and do that?

#493

⇓

Hmm? Run along and save the day.

#494

⇓

Meanwhile, the grown-ups,

#495

⇓

well, we got to worry about the share price

#496

⇓

and the EBITDA margins, okay?

#497

⇓

- Thank you. - So much.

#498

⇓

Hey. It's me.

#499

⇓

Tell me this isn't who I think it is.

#500

⇓

Probably exactly who you think it is.

#501

⇓

[Starlight] Oh, my God.

#502

⇓

[sighs] Look, we're coming up on the site now.

#503

⇓

Can your Crime Analytics people look for him?

#504

⇓

I'm on it. Just be careful, Hughie.

#505

⇓

- [siren wailing] - [urgent chatter]

#506

⇓

[helicopter whirring]

#507

⇓

Fucking hell.

#508

⇓

[Ivy] Hughie.

#509

⇓

Ivy.

#510

⇓

Hey, uh... [sighs]

#511

⇓

Morning, morning.

#512

⇓

- Is Vicky here? - She's on her way.

#513

⇓

Didn't you break your arm?

#514

⇓

Yeah, um...

#515

⇓

Yes. It turns out it's a bad sprain,

#516

⇓

- so I-I'm okay. I'll see you later. - Okay.

#517

⇓

[embers crackling]

#518

⇓

[Geiger counter clicking rapidly]

#519

⇓

[sighs]

#520

⇓

Oi.

#521

⇓

Still think he's the Reds' problem?

#522

⇓

All right. Easy, mate.

#523

⇓

Fuck you.

#524

⇓

I'll find him myself.

#525

⇓

And what you gonna do when you find him, eh?

#526

⇓

He's well out of your league, son.

#527

⇓

You need help.

#528

⇓

You need us.

#529

⇓

Oh, we can talk about what a cunt I am another time.

#530

⇓

But right now, let's just focus on the job at hand.

#531

⇓

Let me help you with Soldier Boy.

#532

⇓

I owe you that much, and then you don't got to see me no more.

#533

⇓

[sighs]

#534

⇓

Knowing you, you already got a lead?

#535

⇓

Course I fucking do. Look at where we are.

#536

⇓

The Legend.

#537

⇓

Want to bet Soldier Boy paid him a visit?

#538

⇓

- Do you want the other half? - No. No.

#539

⇓

Not right now, thanks. You were saying?

#540

⇓

To find the guy, we'd have to comb through

#541

⇓

every CCTV camera in the city.

#542

⇓

It would take a dozen analysts working double shifts.

#543

⇓

Okay, then let's do it.

#544

⇓

Where is everyone?

#545

⇓

We are everyone.

#546

⇓

Deep fired most of the department.

#547

⇓

What? Why?

#548

⇓

They had some tweets over the years

#549

⇓

he said were critical of Homelander.

#550

⇓

Said he only wants "team players."

#551

⇓

Can I have that half?

#552

⇓

Thank you.

#553

⇓

[breathes deeply]

#554

⇓

- [♪ Styliztik Jones: "Hall of Fame"] - ♪ Ballin' like the greats ♪

#555

⇓

♪ And I'll probably never let up ♪

#556

⇓

♪ Running through your defense like Jerome Bettis ♪

#557

⇓

♪ Better than a brother that plays...

#558

⇓

Everybody...

#559

⇓

Reg.

#560

⇓

- What you doing here, man? - [chuckles]

#561

⇓

♪ You don't know nothing if you don't know Bo Jackson ♪

#562

⇓

♪ Crashing through defenders never knowing what happened ♪

#563

⇓

♪ Going through tackles like I'm driving through traffic ♪

#564

⇓

♪ Getting hit hard, it can make your brain scramble...

#565

⇓

What the fuck?

#566

⇓

- He wants to apologize. - He came with you?

#567

⇓

And a camera crew? Come on, man.

#568

⇓

Listen, you get a public apology,

#569

⇓

Vought gets some publicity. It's a win-win.

#570

⇓

You just spring this shit on me?

#571

⇓

- What's wrong with you? - Isn't this what you wanted?

#572

⇓

For me to use my platform to help the community, right?

#573

⇓

[sighs]

#574

⇓

Five minutes.

#575

⇓

All right.

#576

⇓

- [microphone feedback squeals] - Sorry, sorry.

#577

⇓

It's the metal in my helmet.

#578

⇓

[clears throat]

#579

⇓

All right.

#580

⇓

To, uh, the residents of Trenton,

#581

⇓

thank you for giving me the opportunity

#582

⇓

to speak with you today.

#583

⇓

As you know, superheroes often have to make,

#584

⇓

like, uh, split-second decisions

#585

⇓

when fighting crime, a-a-and I apologize

#586

⇓

if any of mine have been...

#587

⇓

perceived as being... racist.

#588

⇓

But that is not who I am, okay?

#589

⇓

Just ask my friends,

#590

⇓

many of whom are, uh, are Black,

#591

⇓

like A-Train.

#592

⇓

I do not see color.

#593

⇓

I only see crime.

#594

⇓

And as a sign of my commitment to you all, I am donating

#595

⇓

$10,000 to this community center. Thank you.

#596

⇓

What about what you did to Raymond Tucker?

#597

⇓

- [crowd murmurs in agreement] - Well, he-he-he was a criminal.

#598

⇓

He was unarmed.

#599

⇓

Would you have done the same thing

#600

⇓

to a white guy in Mill Hill?

#601

⇓

[Blue Hawk] I-I go where the crime is,

#602

⇓

and the crime just happens to be i-in Black neighborhoods.

#603

⇓

- That-That's not my fault. - [overlapping chatter]

#604

⇓

[A-Train] All right, all right. No, that's enough here.

#605

⇓

We're done here. Just say you're sorry,

#606

⇓

and we can get out of here. Yeah.

#607

⇓

You know what? Do your research.

#608

⇓

Like, Blacks commit

#609

⇓

a disproportionate number of murders.

#610

⇓

How about all the Black men you murdered?

#611

⇓

How about you tell me why were they so fucking aggressive?!

#612

⇓

I was acting in self-defense.

#613

⇓

You got powers! They don't!

#614

⇓

- Black lives matter! - [man] Fuck you, Blue Hawk!

#615

⇓

- [angry shouting] - Walk away, walk away.

#616

⇓

Where you going? Get the fuck out.

#617

⇓

- Come on, out! - All lives matter.

#618

⇓

- All lives matter. - [man] Black lives matter, motherfucker!

#619

⇓

Supe lives matter. Supe lives matter!

#620

⇓

Supe lives matter, you fucking ingrates!

#621

⇓

Hey, Blue Hawk!

#622

⇓

[Blue Hawk] Shut the fuck up!

#623

⇓

- Fuck out of here! - [screaming, clamoring]

#624

⇓

- Shit! - Stupid fucks!

#625

⇓

Shut the f... Get the fuck out of here!

#626

⇓

- [clamoring] - [woman crying]

#627

⇓

Stop!

#628

⇓

[woman] Oh, my God!

#629

⇓

[woman crying] Why?!

#630

⇓

Nate?

#631

⇓

Nate!

#632

⇓

[knock on door]

#633

⇓

[Legend] Just leave it.

#634

⇓

What?

#635

⇓

Leave the goddamn clams casino at the door.

#636

⇓

This ain't Grubhub, motherfucker. Open up.

#637

⇓

Marvin. [laughs] Hey.

#638

⇓

I see you still got this piece of dog shit stuck to your boot.

#639

⇓

Oh, go do one, you withered old cunt.

#640

⇓

[Mother's Milk] This is Hughie.

#641

⇓

Hughie, you know who this is?

#642

⇓

He doesn't know who I am? Read a fucking book, kid.

#643

⇓

This... this is The Legend.

#644

⇓

That's, uh, quite a nickname.

#645

⇓

No, it's not a name. It's a level.

#646

⇓

Legend, we need to talk.

#647

⇓

- Not him. - [Mother's Milk] He'll behave.

#648

⇓

You got my word.

#649

⇓

This is important, and you owe me.

#650

⇓

[grumbles quietly]

#651

⇓

[♪ Kopper: "One Step"]

#652

⇓

♪ One step ♪

#653

⇓

♪ One step at a time...

#654

⇓

[Hughie] Whoa.

#655

⇓

Is that you and Roy Scheider?

#656

⇓

That's at the Chateau

#657

⇓

after the Marathon Man premiere.

#658

⇓

Roy Scheider, Dustin, Anjelica, Big Chief Apache.

#659

⇓

That whole night's a little cloudy to me.

#660

⇓

But if you ask Army Archerd,

#661

⇓

I was balls deep in Golden Geisha,

#662

⇓

and Marlon Brando was apparently balls deep in me.

#663

⇓

What?

#664

⇓

That's gay now? Fuck you. Who cares?

#665

⇓

What's the difference?

#666

⇓

Anyway, after that, I got Marlon to cut his quote

#667

⇓

on that Steel Knight picture, so I ask you,

#668

⇓

who fucked who?

#669

⇓

[sniffs]

#670

⇓

He was here, wasn't he?

#671

⇓

[Legend] Hmm?

#672

⇓

Oh, no, I'm-I'm good. I'm-I'm full. Of cocaine.

#673

⇓

All right.

#674

⇓

See, now Vought is all demo points

#675

⇓

and audience testing,

#676

⇓

thanks to those backstabbing fucks

#677

⇓

Edgar and Stillwell.

#678

⇓

And yes, I know she's dead.

#679

⇓

- Fuck her anyway. - [Mother's Milk] So, The Legend was

#680

⇓

the VP of Hero Management over at Vought

#681

⇓

before Stillwell came in.

#682

⇓

He helps us out from time to time.

#683

⇓

He really doesn't know who I am?

#684

⇓

See, when I was in charge, you go with your gut.

#685

⇓

That's when heroes were heroes,

#686

⇓

not these stage-managed silicone dolls.

#687

⇓

I've never even seen Homelander sweat,

#688

⇓

let alone butter churn half the cast of Falcon Crest

#689

⇓

at the Beverly Hills Hotel, which I did.

#690

⇓

Two words.

#691

⇓

Shannon Tweed.

#692

⇓

[Mother's Milk] Legend.

#693

⇓

Soldier Boy came to see you.

#694

⇓

- I need to know what he said. - What are you, crazy?

#695

⇓

Marvin, he's a fucking doornail.

#696

⇓

So who's that coke for?

#697

⇓

That's just me.

#698

⇓

I'm writing my memoir.

#699

⇓

It's gonna be really dynamite.

#700

⇓

So I'm, you know,

#701

⇓

I'm burning the candle at both ends. I swear.

#702

⇓

I swear on my kids' lives.

#703

⇓

You hate your fucking kids.

#704

⇓

So would you if you met them.

#705

⇓

[Mother's Milk] So, if I ran the prints on that mirror,

#706

⇓

who would I come up with?

#707

⇓

- Huh. - [Mother's Milk] Don't worry.

#708

⇓

Soldier Boy's not gonna trace this back to you. Trust me.

#709

⇓

Oh, trust you.

#710

⇓

Like I trusted him?

#711

⇓

You forget what happened last time I helped?

#712

⇓

- The underage hooker sting on Electroshock? - Oh. Oh.

#713

⇓

You can't trust a man like that.

#714

⇓

Everything and everyone he touches turns to shit.

#715

⇓

Well, you can trust me

#716

⇓

to bash your fucking brains out with that leg, mate.

#717

⇓

Butcher, please.

#718

⇓

Look, I'm the one you trust.

#719

⇓

Now, you know what Soldier Boy did to my family.

#720

⇓

And you know because you okayed the cover-up.

#721

⇓

Shit, I... I okayed a million cover-ups.

#722

⇓

And they're all tearing you up.

#723

⇓

So just make this one right, will you?

#724

⇓

[exhales]

#725

⇓

I thought I was staring at a ghost,

#726

⇓

but it was him.

#727

⇓

He had a fucked-up beard, maybe,

#728

⇓

- but he hadn't aged a day. - [Hughie] Wait, so he doesn't get old?

#729

⇓

- Like Stormfront? - We kept that under wraps.

#730

⇓

Though it got a little fishy when he starred

#731

⇓

in that Love and War picture with Phoebe Cates.

#732

⇓

He was 63. She was 19.

#733

⇓

Oh, fuck. Remember Entrapment?

#734

⇓

Connery banged Zeta-Jones. He was, like, a thousand.

#735

⇓

Why was Soldier Boy here?

#736

⇓

Came to pick up his super suit.

#737

⇓

I held on to it.

#738

⇓

You know me. I'm sentimental.

#739

⇓

Although I did actually wear the suit once

#740

⇓

for Kelly LeBrock.

#741

⇓

By the way, her, too.

#742

⇓

You don't know Kelly LeBrock? Fucking google it.

#743

⇓

Big "L." Big "B."

#744

⇓

The other letters, small.

#745

⇓

So, did he tell you where he was going next?

#746

⇓

Or that he was gonna blow up a fucking restaurant on 59th?

#747

⇓

Who the hell knows why talent does what they do?

#748

⇓

That's why they're talent.

#749

⇓

He also came for his girlfriend's address.

#750

⇓

He's headed there.

#751

⇓

Crimson Countess?

#752

⇓

Why?

#753

⇓

I didn't get the feeling it was gonna be a happy reunion,

#754

⇓

but I don't know.

#755

⇓

Maybe you can go there and find out.

#756

⇓

But mostly, get the fuck out of here.

#757

⇓

[Cameron] Today's attack

#758

⇓

- on 59th Street. - [Homelander] Yeah.

#759

⇓

How great a threat is America facing?

#760

⇓

Oh, no threat whatsoever.

#761

⇓

No. Truly, i-it is a stretch

#762

⇓

to even call this guy a supervillain. [chuckles]

#763

⇓

The Stormchasers, Stormfront's supporters,

#764

⇓

said on 4chan that this whole thing

#765

⇓

was an attempt by Stan Edgar to discredit you.

#766

⇓

[chuckles] Right. Yeah.

#767

⇓

Well, look, I-I don't know anything about Stormchasers,

#768

⇓

but, uh, look, I can understand why they might think that.

#769

⇓

The minute we free Vought of the corruption

#770

⇓

and the lies, and this happens.

#771

⇓

I mean, the timing is, uh, very convenient.

#772

⇓

Smells like a false flag.

#773

⇓

- Well, you said it, pal, not me. - [chuckles]

#774

⇓

[Cameron] And what do you say to the mayor who wants to, uh,

#775

⇓

impose a citywide curfew until the terrorists

#776

⇓

- are captured? - Oh, please.

#777

⇓

America is safe.

#778

⇓

Okay? It is safe.

#779

⇓

So, everyone, get out there.

#780

⇓

Go to your restaurants

#781

⇓

and, uh, go to your movie theaters

#782

⇓

and-and live your lives.

#783

⇓

Have fun, okay?

#784

⇓

[Homelander] You think it really was Edgar and the mayor?

#785

⇓

Maybe Jake Tapper.

#786

⇓

Trying to fuck with me?

#787

⇓

Make me look ridiculous?

#788

⇓

[TV turns off]

#789

⇓

Or maybe

#790

⇓

you're just a paranoid, malignant narcissist

#791

⇓

who thinks everything is about you.

#792

⇓

Mm, it's not paranoia

#793

⇓

if they're really out to get you, though.

#794

⇓

And you, Maeve.

#795

⇓

You're out to get me, aren't you?

#796

⇓

What are you talking about?

#797

⇓

William Butcher.

#798

⇓

I can smell him all over you.

#799

⇓

You really will do anything to hurt me, won't you?

#800

⇓

So...

#801

⇓

what are you and William cooking up?

#802

⇓

Hmm?

#803

⇓

Maybe you two brought that supervillain to town.

#804

⇓

[chuckles] Oh, John.

#805

⇓

John, come on.

#806

⇓

You're talking crazy.

#807

⇓

- I'm not cooking anything up with Butcher. - [chuckles softly]

#808

⇓

Let's talk about this.

#809

⇓

Don't you dare fucking "John" me.

#810

⇓

You're not gonna weasel your way out of this.

#811

⇓

You know the real tragic thing in all of this?

#812

⇓

It's that, more than anyone, I knew what it was like for you.

#813

⇓

Swarmed everywhere we went.

#814

⇓

Every little mistake, front-page news.

#815

⇓

It is lonely at the top, yes, but at least we had each other.

#816

⇓

We were lonely together.

#817

⇓

And I loved you.

#818

⇓

In my own way.

#819

⇓

But you...

#820

⇓

What happened?

#821

⇓

Was anything about us ever real?

#822

⇓

Hmm?

#823

⇓

From the start,

#824

⇓

I hated you.

#825

⇓

[chuckles softly]

#826

⇓

But what's more,

#827

⇓

I fucking pitied you.

#828

⇓

You're completely and utterly alone.

#829

⇓

You're getting old and bitter.

#830

⇓

You pity me?

#831

⇓

I mean, that's actually kind of funny,

#832

⇓

don't you think? [chuckles]

#833

⇓

Hey.

#834

⇓

You want to know something else that's funny?

#835

⇓

- [Maeve screams] - Frenchie's not answering.

#836

⇓

Kimiko's out of commission.

#837

⇓

Soldier Boy's already got a head start.

#838

⇓

We gonna need some backup.

#839

⇓

And here it is.

#840

⇓

[bag unzips]

#841

⇓

[Mother's Milk] I thought you were out.

#842

⇓

Nipped into the Duane Reade, got some more, didn't I?

#843

⇓

Look, I know how you feel about this shite,

#844

⇓

but it's Soldier Boy.

#845

⇓

So why don't you come down

#846

⇓

off your high horse just this once, eh?

#847

⇓

- My dad wouldn't want it. - Your dad,

#848

⇓

who died of a dodgy ticker,

#849

⇓

suing Vought and never getting nowhere?

#850

⇓

Yeah. Him.

#851

⇓

You know, he also said,

#852

⇓

if you don't draw the line somewhere,

#853

⇓

how the hell are you gonna know where you stand?

#854

⇓

They ain't drawing no line.

#855

⇓

Which is why we got to.

#856

⇓

I'm in. Give me some.

#857

⇓

Kid, didn't you just hear a goddamn word I said?

#858

⇓

I mean, who do you guys want? Do you guys w-want

#859

⇓

gawky, weak, freaking-the-fuck-out Hughie

#860

⇓

or do you want strong, confident,

#861

⇓

handling-his-shit Hughie?

#862

⇓

With it, I can actually help.

#863

⇓

Without it, I'm...

#864

⇓

I-I'm probably dead.

#865

⇓

Lad can think for himself.

#866

⇓

[chuckles softly]

#867

⇓

[sighs]

#868

⇓

- I am so sorry, Ms. Barrett. - What the fuck

#869

⇓

- did he do to Maeve? - That's all right, Gregory.

#870

⇓

Maeve is at the Global Wellness Retreat in Malibu.

#871

⇓

Asking for help, it's just not easy.

#872

⇓

And she is just truly Brave Maeve, isn't she?

#873

⇓

Mm-hmm. I want to speak to her right now.

#874

⇓

Unfortunately, the facility requires a digital detox

#875

⇓

for their patients, but I'm sure you can leave her a message.

#876

⇓

Goddamn it, Ashley!

#877

⇓

- We can't let him do this. - Who are you referring to?

#878

⇓

He is out of control.

#879

⇓

Yesterday, it was Supersonic.

#880

⇓

Today, it's Maeve.

#881

⇓

Tomorrow, maybe it's me or you.

#882

⇓

Look, I know you're scared.

#883

⇓

I am, too, but this CEO job, it can't be worth your life.

#884

⇓

[exhales] Oh.

#885

⇓

[whispers] I don't have powers.

#886

⇓

You don't need powers.

#887

⇓

You just need to be human.

#888

⇓

Please. Where is Maeve?

#889

⇓

Is she even alive?

#890

⇓

Look, Starlight, sh...

#891

⇓

[ragged exhale]

#892

⇓

I am CEO.

#893

⇓

Next time, make a fucking appointment.

#894

⇓

- [door opens, closes] - [doctor] There's been severe damage

#895

⇓

to the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine.

#896

⇓

Lacerations to vertebrae T6, T7, T8 and T9.

#897

⇓

The damage is so severe that Nathan will never walk again...

#898

⇓

[Blue Hawk] ...individual reached for his gun

#899

⇓

and I had to act quickly to save innocent lives.

#900

⇓

You know, to think that my donation to this community

#901

⇓

would be met with such intolerance,

#902

⇓

you know, by a few Antifa thugs and bad apples,

#903

⇓

just breaks my heart.

#904

⇓

Just breaks it.

#905

⇓

- [♪ Judy Garland: "I Got Rhythm"] - ♪ Song ♪

#906

⇓

♪ Why shouldn't we sing ♪

#907

⇓

♪ Along? ♪

#908

⇓

♪ I'm chipper all the day ♪

#909

⇓

- [phone vibrating] - ♪ Happy with my lot ♪

#910

⇓

♪ How do I get that way? ♪

#911

⇓

♪ Look at what I've got ♪

#912

⇓

♪ I got rhythm ♪

#913

⇓

- ♪ I got music ♪ - I...

#914

⇓

♪ I got my man, who could ask for anything more? ♪

#915

⇓

♪ I got daisies in green pastures ♪

#916

⇓

♪ I got my man, who could ask for anything more? ♪

#917

⇓

[song stops]

#918

⇓

I...

#919

⇓

I got... rhythm.

#920

⇓

[gasps]

#921

⇓

[murmurs]

#922

⇓

Doctor, come!

#923

⇓

She speaks!

#924

⇓

[band playing "I Got Rhythm"]

#925

⇓

♪ I got rhythm ♪

#926

⇓

♪ I got music ♪

#927

⇓

♪ I got my man, who could ask for anything more? ♪

#928

⇓

♪ I got daisies in green pastures ♪

#929

⇓

♪ I got my man, who could ask for anything more? ♪

#930

⇓

♪ Old Man Trouble, I don't mind him ♪

#931

⇓

♪ You won't find him round my door ♪

#932

⇓

♪ I got starlight, I got sweet dreams ♪

#933

⇓

♪ I got my man, who could ask for anything more? ♪

#934

⇓

♪ Who could ask for anything more? ♪

#935

⇓

♪ ♪

#936

⇓

♪ Old Man Trouble ♪

#937

⇓

♪ I don't mind him ♪

#938

⇓

♪ You won't find him round my door ♪

#939

⇓

♪ I got starlight, I got sweet dreams ♪

#940

⇓

- ♪ I got mon coeur ♪ - ♪ Who could ask for anything more? ♪

#941

⇓

♪ Who could ask for anything more? ♪

#942

⇓

[Judy Garland over TV] ♪ Who could ask for anything more? ♪

#943

⇓

♪ Old Man Trouble ♪

#944

⇓

♪ I don't mind him ♪

#945

⇓

♪ You won't find him round my door ♪

#946

⇓

♪ I got starlight, I got sweet dreams...

#947

⇓

Oh, I think I need café. You want café?

#948

⇓

Well, yeah, I'll be right back.

#949

⇓

♪ ♪

#950

⇓

[machine beeping]

#951

⇓

[machine whirring]

#952

⇓

[grunts]

#953

⇓

[Crimson Countess] I've already got commitments

#954

⇓

from the orangutan from Dunston Checks In

#955

⇓

and the capuchin from Outbreak.

#956

⇓

[Sir-Cums-A-Lot779] Technically, those aren't chimps.

#957

⇓

No, but they're famous.

#958

⇓

They're gonna be real draws.

#959

⇓

I worked with that Outbreak monkey once.

#960

⇓

- He's very good. - I'm telling you,

#961

⇓

there is no other place in the world

#962

⇓

a monkey will want to be than right here.

#963

⇓

Uh, I love our little chats, you know,

#964

⇓

but, you know, meter's running, so...

#965

⇓

Hold your horses, Sir-Cums-A-Lot779.

#966

⇓

Yes, Countess.

#967

⇓

- Did you get them? - Sure did.

#968

⇓

Wow.

#969

⇓

Those are much bigger than I thought they would be.

#970

⇓

[laughs]

#971

⇓

Let's warm these bad boys up,

#972

⇓

and I'll get out of this itchy suit.

#973

⇓

Get ready.

#974

⇓

[Crimson Countess over speakers] ♪ In the heart of the jungle ♪

#975

⇓

- ♪ Just trying to stay alive... - [moans softly]

#976

⇓

God, it hits the spot every time.

#977

⇓

♪ Just bananas...

#978

⇓

- Fucking sexy. - [rhythmic sloshing]

#979

⇓

- You like that? - Yeah.

#980

⇓

♪ Now they play little cymbals...

#981

⇓

You want it?

#982

⇓

- I'm ready. - [exhales]

#983

⇓

♪ It's time to take a stand for what evolved into man...

#984

⇓

Get that spandex down and start popping those things in there.

#985

⇓

- Yeah. - [clattering]

#986

⇓

What the fuck?!

#987

⇓

- Oh, no! - [Crimson Countess shouts]

#988

⇓

- What the hell?! - [rhythmic sloshing continues]

#989

⇓

[grunts] Where'd you go? I'm almost...

#990

⇓

[shouting]

#991

⇓

[groaning, sighing]

#992

⇓

Hello?

#993

⇓

Probably not the dom-sub rumble you fancied tonight, yeah?

#994

⇓

What the fuck's up with him?

#995

⇓

We ain't here to hurt you.

#996

⇓

But I am gonna tell you something,

#997

⇓

and I don't want you to lose your shit.

#998

⇓

What?

#999

⇓

Your lover boy's on his way here.

#1000

⇓

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