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Season 4, Episode 4 — Wisdom of the Ages

Who wants their balls crushed?

#1

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Me.

#2

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[all crying out]

#3

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This isn't what it looks like.

#4

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You're done. Grab your shit and get the fuck out.

#5

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The Boys is mine.

#6

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[Mother's Milk] Says a dying man with one last bluff.

#7

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The Seven is getting even stronger.

#8

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Put your hands together for Firecracker.

#9

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What have I done to make you hate me so much?

#10

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You really don't remember me, do you?

#11

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And Sister Sage!

#12

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[cheers and applause]

#13

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Fascist!

#14

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[A-Train] She's the world's smartest person.

#15

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-Uh-huh. -[both moaning]

#16

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[Frenchie] You remember Colin Hauser?

#17

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So, what happens when he finds out you murdered his family?

#18

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My dad, he had a stroke.

#19

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-I'm really sorry. Really. -Mom?

#20

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I want to flip A-Train. He's right there, he's ready.

#21

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Enough!

#22

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[Homelander] You're never gonna be your true self

#23

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until you transcend your humanity.

#24

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You need to go back to the start.

#25

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You need to go home.

#26

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[indistinct voices in distance]

#27

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[tense music playing]

#28

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[guard] Hey, Marty.

#29

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The security cameras upstairs just went black.

#30

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Hey, Phil, you copy?

#31

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Phil? Anyone up there?

#32

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[elevator bell chimes]

#33

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Call Vought, tell them we have a breach.

#34

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[elevator bell chimes]

#35

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[guard] The line's dead.

#36

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[elevator bell chimes]

#37

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[elevator bell chimes]

#38

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[chiming continues]

#39

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[elevator dings]

#40

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[dramatic music playing]

#41

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Hello, everyone.

#42

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[scientist] Hi.

#43

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-[Marty] John. -Homelander.

#44

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Just Homelander.

#45

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Hey, Marty. Good to see you.

#46

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You, too, uh, Homelander.

#47

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Oh, my God, this is just so surreal.

#48

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I never thought I'd be back here.

#49

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So many memories.

#50

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Oh, I, uh, I brought a Fudgie the Whale.

#51

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Do me a favor, could you get a plate and some forks?

#52

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Thank you so much.

#53

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I see some new faces.

#54

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But a lot that I recognize. Frank.

#55

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And-and Assistant Director now, Marty.

#56

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I still remember when they had you wiping out the stool sample containers.

#57

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-[weak chuckle] -You remember?

#58

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Yeah. [sighs]

#59

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Oh...

#60

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Where's Barbara?

#61

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Last I checked, she's still Director?

#62

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She's off-site today.

#63

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Oh, bring her in, would you? I'd love to catch up.

#64

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Tell her-- Tell her it's a little reunion. [chuckles]

#65

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Terrific. All right, everyone, dig in.

#66

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Come on, don't be shy. Before it melts.

#67

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Please. Come on in. There you go.

#68

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[Homelander chuckles]

#69

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[Becca] What are you doing?

#70

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Come on, get up. Butcher, the world doesn't end

#71

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just because your shitty life does.

#72

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[muffled] Get up.

#73

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Get up.

#74

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[Hughie] Are you fucking kidding me?!

#75

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I'm sorry, your father's condition meets the criteria for brain death.

#76

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It might not seem like it, but it is the most humane thing.

#77

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Humane? You're pulling his feeding tubes so he starves to death, right?

#78

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Hughie, it's what he wanted.

#79

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[somber music playing]

#80

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How long before, um...

#81

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A couple of days at most.

#82

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Mom. Don't.

#83

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I'm sorry.

#84

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Hughie...

#85

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[TV announcer] V52 Expo.

#86

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Come meet The Seven in person,

#87

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and get an exclusive sneak peek of Training A-Tr--

#88

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[TV announcer 2] Tonight, 8:00/7:00 Central on The Whole Truth...

#89

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After their bloody campus rampage, Marie Moreau

#90

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and the other Godolkin Four have seemingly vanished

#91

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into a dark, gaping hole.

#92

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With his newly announced anti-Superhero legislation,

#93

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Bob Singer has just shown the American people

#94

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who he really is.

#95

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A deranged fascist hellbent on ruling the country...

#96

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[Annie] You should hear what they say about me.

#97

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Give us the room.

#98

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Miss January, the only thing I really want to hear is

#99

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"We found a way to kill the head-popping bitch."

#100

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Mm-mm.

#101

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Then this will be a quick meeting.

#102

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You need my help, sir.

#103

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I read the draft of your Supe-control bill.

#104

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Let me guess, it's perfect, but you know just how to fix it.

#105

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If you get it passed, that's a stake through Vought's heart.

#106

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Gets 'em out of the military, policing,

#107

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tanks their stock, buries 'em in lawsuits.

#108

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See, it sure sounds like I don't need your help.

#109

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But that's if you get it passed.

#110

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You need-- what?-- 50 million constituents

#111

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demanding Congress get off its ass?

#112

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No offense, but your PR department is kind of shitting the bed.

#113

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I just okayed a huge marketing spend.

#114

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Yeah, your ad-buys during CSI: Las Vegas are definitely winning over

#115

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the "left the TV on 'cause they're dead" demo.

#116

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So, what is your suggestion?

#117

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I can get people into the streets all over the country,

#118

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and they'll demand that the bill gets passed.

#119

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-You'll do it as Starlight? -Yes.

#120

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I'll even make another fucking… Supersuit if I have to.

#121

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And what do you get for this?

#122

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Just a promise.

#123

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Promise me you'll finish what you started.

#124

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Once and for all… we put Vought into the ground.

#125

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[♪ Ray Charles: "Crying Time"]

#126

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♪ Oh, it's crying time again ♪

#127

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♪ You're gonna leave me ♪

#128

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♪ I can see that faraway look in your eyes...

#129

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Colin, what is this?

#130

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Oh, who's uncultured now?

#131

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Ray Charles, his country western phase.

#132

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My dad used to play this all the time in the car,

#133

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and I'd fall asleep to it in the backseat.

#134

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You never told me about them.

#135

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Your family.

#136

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It's, uh...

#137

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not exactly my favorite story to tell.

#138

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No. Désolé.

#139

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No, it's fine.

#140

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When my mom wasn't on my ass for my grades,

#141

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she was a federal judge.

#142

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She dealt with really violent cases,

#143

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like, the worst of the worst.

#144

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And there was this Russian mafia thing in Brighton Beach.

#145

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Their boss was this woman.

#146

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My mom was gonna make an example out of her.

#147

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So they made an example out of my mom.

#148

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Some guy broke in, and they found my parents first.

#149

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Then my little sister.

#150

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You were there?

#151

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The gunshots woke me up.

#152

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I heard 'em coming down the hallway,

#153

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so I just hid under my bed.

#154

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All I saw was his ankle.

#155

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He had these scars, or these burns maybe.

#156

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Ugh, a lot of nightmares about those.

#157

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I'm sorry.

#158

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[sighs]

#159

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♪ And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow ♪

#160

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♪ Tomorrow ♪

#161

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-♪ Crying time will start ♪ -Breakfast?

#162

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♪ When you walk out the door ♪

#163

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♪ And it won't be long before it's ♪

#164

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♪ Crying time ♪♪

#165

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-Hey, how are you? Hey, Janet. -[indistinct chatter]

#166

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Hey, guys, let's call in Stacey and Mark.

#167

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We need to get an announcement ready.

#168

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What?

#169

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[intriguing music playing]

#170

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What are they doing?

#171

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That bitch.

#172

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VNN is handling the launch of Firecracker's show,

#173

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simulcast across all Vought networks.

#174

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The troll farms are already digging up fringe anti-Starlight content

#175

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and injecting it into the mainstream.

#176

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So far, "Starlight's Progressive Jihad"

#177

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and "#ArrogantWhiteFeminism" are showing promise.

#178

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We need the algorithm to find the most receptive users,

#179

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then blast the articles to the top of their social feeds

#180

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until 100 million people are outraged by Starlight

#181

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for reasons they can't even explain.

#182

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Dope.

#183

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[phone vibrates]

#184

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Heroes, you have your talking points,

#185

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so, everyone, get to it.

#186

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-Hey, can we talk? -No.

#187

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Hey. So, I was thinking over lunch we could order some of those

#188

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fried pickles from Flavortown,

#189

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or just skip straight to the flounder pounder special.

#190

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I find you repulsive in a way that's difficult to quantify.

#191

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And I'm fucking amazing at quantifying, so...

#192

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So, big day. You ready?

#193

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You have no idea.

#194

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I've been waiting for this my whole life.

#195

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One last piece of the puzzle.

#196

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Figured this could be your big finish.

#197

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You know, when I first met you,

#198

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I thought you were kind of uppity,

#199

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but you're one of the good ones.

#200

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Well, we are the new kids in The Seven.

#201

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Mm-hmm.

#202

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Gotta look out for each other.

#203

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[rock music playing]

#204

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[cheers and applause]

#205

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Hello, Patriots!

#206

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[cheers and applause]

#207

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Now, I know a lot of you probably know me from my podcast,

#208

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but VNN gave me the next six hours

#209

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to bring you the truth about Starlight

#210

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and her house of horrors.

#211

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-Where dozens of trafficked children... -Here, grab your bags and come with me.

#212

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-Sweetheart, don't forget this. Here you go. -Okay.

#213

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-We'll sneak the kids out through the back. -Okay.

#214

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-Are you sure about this? -[Annie] Yeah.

#215

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Just please tell Sasha to have them go easy on the room service, okay?

#216

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That card is almost maxed out.

#217

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-You got it. -Thank you.

#218

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Now...

#219

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Firecracker's celebrity friends are arriving.

#220

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-I saw Jon Voight. -[scoffs]

#221

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What the fuck is he doing here?

#222

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Bringing him back in.

#223

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No. No, no, no, no, no. I don't trust him.

#224

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I don't. And you're insane if you do, okay?

#225

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And you can drink yourself to death

#226

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in whatever dark hole you crawled out of.

#227

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That's a good idea. I might just do that.

#228

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-Good. -Okay, wait a minute.

#229

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Hold on a second, Butcher.

#230

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Look, Lord knows I got problems with the guy, too

#231

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We both do, but this is bigger than us.

#232

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That shit Homelander and Sage are talking about,

#233

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that's some end-of-time shit.

#234

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Team is shy one total asshole. Now, we need this motherfucker.

#235

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-I mean, I'm... -Annie, this is my call. It's done.

#236

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[cheering over TV]

#237

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Well, all right then.

#238

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Happy we got that sorted, eh?

#239

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Now, can someone please explain to me

#240

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what makes you Firecracker's Moby Cunt?

#241

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-I have no idea. -Bollocks.

#242

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I don't.

#243

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Now, what's our next move?

#244

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You get me 50K from the Company, and in three hours

#245

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I'll have all the dirt we need on Little Miss Guns and Ammo.

#246

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Butcher, there's no way I'm letting you out of my sight

#247

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-with 50 grand. -All right.

#248

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But I'm warning you, you ain't gonna like it.

#249

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[sighs]

#250

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And Kanye West!

#251

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[cheers and applause]

#252

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But first, a sermon by Ezekiel,

#253

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Starlight's childhood pastor before she fell from God's grace.

#254

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[scoffs]

#255

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We'll be right back with that, y'all. You stick around.

#256

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[man] U.S.A.!

#257

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Hey, Frank, come on over.

#258

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How about a game of wastepaper basketball?

#259

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I'm sorry?

#260

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Uh, first of three, and tell you what,

#261

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make it interesting,

#262

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you win, I'll let you knock off early, go see the fam.

#263

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-Um, okay. -Excellent.

#264

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I'll start.

#265

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You know, I learned this game from you, Frank.

#266

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[Frank] I don't understand.

#267

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I once saw you take a shot at a waste basket, and you nailed it,

#268

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and... and you don't remember.

#269

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No.

#270

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Yeah, well, I sure do.

#271

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Yeah, you were sitting there,

#272

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and, well, I was in this oven here.

#273

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And you made the shot.

#274

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You did a little fist pump to celebrate,

#275

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and then you turned up the temperature

#276

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to see if you could burn my skin.

#277

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-You remember that, right? -[eerie music playing]

#278

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[chuckles] Your turn.

#279

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Fun fact. Um, even though my skin didn't char,

#280

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it still really hurt.

#281

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I mean a lot.

#282

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Yeah, I was in there, screaming in agony,

#283

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and my tears just sizzled away.

#284

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Yeah.

#285

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I remember there was, uh, people standing here

#286

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taking notes, but behind them

#287

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I saw you make that shot.

#288

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It really was a great shot, Frank.

#289

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I was just doing my job.

#290

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Hmm.

#291

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You know, I had nightmares about that exact moment,

#292

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and you can't even remember it.

#293

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It's funny, isn't it, how people can have such a different memory

#294

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of the exact same thing.

#295

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It's all a matter of perspective, I guess.

#296

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Hey, Frank?

#297

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This is my last shot.

#298

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Why don't you go watch from in there?

#299

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-John, why don't we-- -"Homelander."

#300

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-Get in the oven, Frank. -[chuckles] Please.

#301

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[door creaks]

#302

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Get in the oven or your family goes in with you.

#303

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Please, Homelander,

#304

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-you don't have to do this. -Marty.

#305

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[eerie music playing]

#306

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Thank you.

#307

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I'm sorry.

#308

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I'm so, so sorry.

#309

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You're sorry?

#310

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Now?

#311

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But why?

#312

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You were just doing your job, right?

#313

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[Frank] Homelander...

#314

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Don't do this! No.

#315

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[oven whirring]

#316

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[gasping]

#317

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♪ ♪

#318

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And I bet you would've won.

#319

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[woman] Oh, my God.

#320

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-Oh, my God. -I forgive you.

#321

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♪ ♪

#322

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-[seabirds chirping] -[ship horn blows]

#323

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Uh, I don't know, he should be here any minute.

#324

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Thanks, by the way, for being my muscle.

#325

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Yeah.

#326

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What the shit is this?

#327

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Where's the talking goatee with the gold chains?

#328

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It's okay.

#329

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I'm the one that called you.

#330

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[A-Train] Are you crazy?

#331

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Sage is on my ass, stares at me like I'm fucking dinner.

#332

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[distant] But you thought this was a good time to be seen together?

#333

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I need a dose of Compound V, and I need it today.

#334

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[A-Train] Oh!

#335

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Is that all? For what?

#336

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-What do you care? -Homelander has every vial of V

#337

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locked up in his apartment.

#338

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-Hundreds of them. Nobody gets it. -[Hughie] Okay.

#339

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Well, he's not gonna miss one vial, then.

#340

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-You got to find a way. -No.

#341

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It's too dangerous.

#342

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No, hey. Fuck that!

#343

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You owe me.

#344

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I owe you?

#345

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-I just saved your fucking life. -Every single fucked up,

#346

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horrible thing that's ever happened to me, to all of us,

#347

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it all started with you, 'cause you took away someone I loved.

#348

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And now you're gonna give someone I love back.

#349

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What?

#350

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My dad's about to die.

#351

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V is the only thing that can save him.

#352

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This is your chance...

#353

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[distant] ...to finally make things right.

#354

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What makes you think I give a shit?

#355

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You tell me.

#356

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If I do this...

#357

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we're good?

#358

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Forever?

#359

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Yes.

#360

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Ow! What?

#361

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Kimiko, I'm sorry, but it's my dad.

#362

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What else was I supposed to do?

#363

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-[gunfire] -[screams]

#364

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[shouts] Fuck!

#365

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[panting]

#366

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Who the fuck are those guys?

#367

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[suspenseful music playing]

#368

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No, I can't. I can't. My ankle.

#369

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My-- [grunts]

#370

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No, no, no. Oh, Jesus.

#371

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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

#372

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Who the fuck are those guys?

#373

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Light. Shining Light? Like--

#374

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Shining Light. Shining Light?

#375

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Why are they after us?

#376

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Fuck.

#377

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Okay, what do we do?

#378

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[Hughie grunts]

#379

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No, I-I can't run anywhere. I can't.

#380

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[suspenseful music playing]

#381

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[exciting music playing]

#382

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No, no, no.

#383

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Whoa.

#384

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Easy. All right.

#385

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Okay.

#386

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Okay.

#387

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I got it.

#388

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♪ ♪

#389

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♪ Love lift us up where we belong ♪

#390

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♪ Where the eagles cry ♪

#391

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♪ On a mountain...

#392

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[horn blaring]

#393

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[song continues in distance]

#394

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Not a word about that 50 grand and what happened to it to Mallory, motherfucker.

#395

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Straight up Webweaver's stinky spider?

#396

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Heroin enemas don't come cheap, my son.

#397

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I'll never unsee that nasty shit.

#398

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Well, I fucking warned you, didn't I?

#399

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Anyway, don't matter.

#400

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-Got what we needed. Job done. -Uh-huh.

#401

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You ever gonna tell me what happened with that gash on your face?

#402

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[eerie music playing]

#403

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M, I got a favor to ask.

#404

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Think you're in a position to ask for a favor?

#405

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If I can't get the job done before I, uh...

#406

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I need you to get Ryan away from Homelander.

#407

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Oh, Butcher.

#408

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I got to be realistic.

#409

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Some days I can barely even fucking stand.

#410

⇓

-Get him out of there. Raise him. -Raise him?

#411

⇓

You're the best dad I know, M.

#412

⇓

The best fucking anyone.

#413

⇓

That might be one of the nicest things you've ever said to me, but...

#414

⇓

what if Ryan doesn't want to go?

#415

⇓

Then you've got to make him.

#416

⇓

White trash walking.

#417

⇓

-[clapping] -[Butcher] Top-notch show, love.

#418

⇓

Just weren't sure whether you wanted us to kneel

#419

⇓

before your cross or burn it.

#420

⇓

Oh, you're those motherfuckers that killed my friend.

#421

⇓

Yeah, crying shame, that.

#422

⇓

But if it's any consolation, he's up there with God,

#423

⇓

noshing on his holiest of holies as we speak.

#424

⇓

-I'm gonna shut your fucking face-- -All right, all right.

#425

⇓

Keep your hair on, love.

#426

⇓

We just want a little chin wag's all.

#427

⇓

-Talk American. -Right.

#428

⇓

You remember that magical summer when you was 28,

#429

⇓

working as a counselor at the Capes for Christ Bible Camp in Davie, Florida,

#430

⇓

and you met that lovely 15-year-old boy

#431

⇓

who tickled your fancy, and, well, then, tickled more than that, didn't he?

#432

⇓

Hmm? Ring any bells?

#433

⇓

Here's a little keepsake snapped by the Broward County Sheriff's Department

#434

⇓

that you can stash in your wank bank.

#435

⇓

You and your little Bieber edging in the back of your RAV4

#436

⇓

in the car park of Buca di Beppo.

#437

⇓

[Mother's Milk] Whatever voodoo Vought's lawyers pulled

#438

⇓

to get your statutory charges dropped,

#439

⇓

I don't think they're gonna matter too much

#440

⇓

to your evangelical audience back there.

#441

⇓

[Butcher] You're gonna tell us everything you know

#442

⇓

about Sage and her grand plan,

#443

⇓

or I hit this little tweet button here.

#444

⇓

[dramatic music playing]

#445

⇓

How about I just send it myself?

#446

⇓

Fuck around and find out.

#447

⇓

[Ezekiel] "Starlight."

#448

⇓

That's nine letters,

#449

⇓

or is that six... upside down?

#450

⇓

"Annie January," 12 letters, that's two more sixes.

#451

⇓

6-6-6. What more proof

#452

⇓

-could you possibly need? -[applause]

#453

⇓

I'm sorry, I got to interrupt.

#454

⇓

I'm so sorry.

#455

⇓

I need, I need to make a confession.

#456

⇓

[Ezekiel] A confession?

#457

⇓

I need to confess my sins.

#458

⇓

[Firecracker] Ain't no way to sugarcoat this.

#459

⇓

I had...

#460

⇓

...inappropriate relations

#461

⇓

with a sweet young man.

#462

⇓

[exhales] Damn, that smile.

#463

⇓

But that young man, he was 15 years old.

#464

⇓

-Oh... -But the moment of my greatest weakness

#465

⇓

was also the moment

#466

⇓

that pushed me to my eternal salvation.

#467

⇓

I was born again,

#468

⇓

and my sins were washed away

#469

⇓

by the tears of His love.

#470

⇓

Praise the Lord!

#471

⇓

-Praise the Lord! -[applause]

#472

⇓

Now, I-I believe

#473

⇓

that our Lord Jesus Christ put that young man

#474

⇓

in my life to lead me to the path of righteousness.

#475

⇓

-[applause] -Oh, my God.

#476

⇓

You got to choose to turn in to the light of His love.

#477

⇓

And that's what Starlight, she just didn't do.

#478

⇓

Y'all ever hear that story about her very first save?

#479

⇓

She was only 13 years old,

#480

⇓

and, well, a gunman came into Walmart and took hostages.

#481

⇓

Well, Starlight, she came in a'blasting.

#482

⇓

But what they don't tell you

#483

⇓

is that she blinded one of those hostages that day.

#484

⇓

A mother of three, just trying to buy Crunch Berries for her kids.

#485

⇓

But Starlight, she just went on,

#486

⇓

smiling for those cameras like none of it ever happened.

#487

⇓

Starlight's no hero.

#488

⇓

[somber music playing]

#489

⇓

She never was.

#490

⇓

I was still learning how to control my powers, I...

#491

⇓

[gasps]

#492

⇓

Mademoiselle Annie.

#493

⇓

[door slams, locks]

#494

⇓

Well, whatever you attempted, it seems you have failed.

#495

⇓

Not so fast, Frenchie.

#496

⇓

Keys to her trailer.

#497

⇓

Go give it a toss, will you?

#498

⇓

[exhales]

#499

⇓

[whirring nearby]

#500

⇓

[dark music playing]

#501

⇓

[Ashley] A-Train.

#502

⇓

What the fuck are you doing here?

#503

⇓

Taking V, huh?

#504

⇓

What the hell are you doing in here?

#505

⇓

Nothing.

#506

⇓

[chuckles] You left a floater in his toilet?

#507

⇓

That was there when I got here.

#508

⇓

That is the most pathetic clapback that I have ever seen.

#509

⇓

And you know, if Homelander knew,

#510

⇓

-that'll be the last shit you ever take. -Oh, yeah?

#511

⇓

If Homelander knew you took that V, he would flay you alive.

#512

⇓

Looks like we both have a problem.

#513

⇓

[contemplative music playing]

#514

⇓

Looks like we do.

#515

⇓

So, what do we do about it?

#516

⇓

[atmospheric music playing]

#517

⇓

[whispers] Marty.

#518

⇓

-Yeah? -Come here for a sec.

#519

⇓

I'd like to apologize.

#520

⇓

For Frank.

#521

⇓

[exhales] Look, I guess I-I got a little grumpy,

#522

⇓

and I-I'm sorry.

#523

⇓

Can you forgive me?

#524

⇓

Of course.

#525

⇓

These things, these things happen.

#526

⇓

Thank you. [sniffles]

#527

⇓

You were always one of the kinder ones.

#528

⇓

That's right, John.

#529

⇓

-"Homelander." -Homelander. We were friends.

#530

⇓

I was always nice to you.

#531

⇓

[laughs] Yeah, that's right.

#532

⇓

You were. Mostly.

#533

⇓

[atmospheric music playing]

#534

⇓

Well, you remember the nickname you had for me, right?

#535

⇓

-Mm-mm. -Really?

#536

⇓

"Squirt."

#537

⇓

[chuckles] Yeah, you called me Squirt, silly.

#538

⇓

You remember why?

#539

⇓

No.

#540

⇓

Oh, f-- Marty, okay.

#541

⇓

But you do remember, though,

#542

⇓

that I used to be left in there

#543

⇓

for hours, days on end.

#544

⇓

Completely alone. Right?

#545

⇓

Only... I was never really alone, was I?

#546

⇓

Mm?

#547

⇓

-Big Brother was always watching. -[chuckling]

#548

⇓

[laughs] You were always watching, weren't you, Marty?

#549

⇓

Huh?

#550

⇓

But... growing boys have...

#551

⇓

certain needs, shall we say?

#552

⇓

So I figured out that when you did your rounds at night,

#553

⇓

I had about a couple of minutes to myself to, uh...

#554

⇓

well, to, uh, to do what boys do.

#555

⇓

[chuckles]

#556

⇓

And-and that would be the only time of day

#557

⇓

that I would feel anything good.

#558

⇓

So this one night, uh, I couldn't get finished in time.

#559

⇓

And you caught me with my pants down.

#560

⇓

You had a really, really good laugh at me.

#561

⇓

Remember?

#562

⇓

That's when you nicknamed me Squirt.

#563

⇓

I got to be honest with you, Marty...

#564

⇓

[sighs]

#565

⇓

...you really hurt my feelings.

#566

⇓

I am very sorry.

#567

⇓

What's done is done.

#568

⇓

Water under the bridge.

#569

⇓

Ha.

#570

⇓

[chuckling] But stay there a sec.

#571

⇓

[clears throat]

#572

⇓

I do want you to jerk off in front of us right now.

#573

⇓

Hey, uh, guys, come on over here.

#574

⇓

Come on. Yeah.

#575

⇓

We're all gonna laugh at you. Okay?

#576

⇓

Yeah.

#577

⇓

That way, you will know how it feels,

#578

⇓

and I think I'm gonna feel better.

#579

⇓

[nervous laughter]

#580

⇓

Homelander...

#581

⇓

...I am really very sorry.

#582

⇓

[Homelander] I know, I know.

#583

⇓

Thank you.

#584

⇓

Now, don't be shy.

#585

⇓

Take your pants down.

#586

⇓

Now.

#587

⇓

Mm-hmm.

#588

⇓

That's the spirit.

#589

⇓

[laughing]

#590

⇓

[hysterical laughter]

#591

⇓

Marty, it looks like you're shucking a little mushroom.

#592

⇓

-Oh, that poor little thing. -[grunting]

#593

⇓

[laughing]

#594

⇓

Cheer for him. Come on.

#595

⇓

Squirt. Squirt. Squirt.

#596

⇓

Aw.

#597

⇓

Not off to a great start, huh?

#598

⇓

Tell you what, I'll give you a little motivation.

#599

⇓

You get hard right now,

#600

⇓

or I'm gonna laser your dick off.

#601

⇓

Okay?

#602

⇓

[snickering]

#603

⇓

Something to play for now. Mm?

#604

⇓

Use it or lose it, Marty.

#605

⇓

Your life is literally in your hands.

#606

⇓

Come on, Squirt.

#607

⇓

[Homelander laughing]

#608

⇓

Yes!

#609

⇓

More spit, Marty, more spit. That'll work.

#610

⇓

Come on!

#611

⇓

Put your fucking back into it. Attaboy.

#612

⇓

I can't.

#613

⇓

-Come on, Marty! -I'm sorry.

#614

⇓

Oh, oh, okay, okay, okay.

#615

⇓

It's okay. Honestly, it-it happens to a-a lot of guys.

#616

⇓

Truly. Not me, of course.

#617

⇓

[chuckles] Ah...

#618

⇓

[screaming]

#619

⇓

[maniacal laughter]

#620

⇓

[groaning]

#621

⇓

That's a fucking squirt, Marty.

#622

⇓

Whoa, whoa! You're getting dick blood on my boots, Marty.

#623

⇓

[maniacal laughter]

#624

⇓

[woman] Stop it, John.

#625

⇓

Barbara.

#626

⇓

Um, the cake's melted, I'm afraid.

#627

⇓

[sighs] Please put him out of his misery.

#628

⇓

[Homelander sighs]

#629

⇓

I forgive you, Marty.

#630

⇓

[crunching]

#631

⇓

Can we talk in private?

#632

⇓

[Homelander] That's a great idea.

#633

⇓

I know just the place.

#634

⇓

Um, it's more comfortable in my office.

#635

⇓

[Homelander] No, I think in here is better.

#636

⇓

[grunting]

#637

⇓

Kimiko!

#638

⇓

Holy shit!

#639

⇓

[grunting]

#640

⇓

[yelling]

#641

⇓

[footsteps approaching]

#642

⇓

Ah!

#643

⇓

Oh, shit.

#644

⇓

[grunting]

#645

⇓

[yells]

#646

⇓

Ah!

#647

⇓

[yelps]

#648

⇓

[grunting continues]

#649

⇓

[pained groan]

#650

⇓

-[blade slices] -[yells]

#651

⇓

[straining]

#652

⇓

[Hughie panting]

#653

⇓

[pulsing music playing]

#654

⇓

[grunting]

#655

⇓

[speaking Japanese] Do you remember?

#656

⇓

After you offered me ice cream,

#657

⇓

then threw me into that trunk?

#658

⇓

You took me to the camp,

#659

⇓

dragged me into the fighting pit.

#660

⇓

I could either fight

#661

⇓

or die.

#662

⇓

Then you left me with these.

#663

⇓

I hate you.

#664

⇓

[somber music playing]

#665

⇓

Kimiko...

#666

⇓

[cheering in distance]

#667

⇓

Bonjour.

#668

⇓

[intriguing music playing]

#669

⇓

[Firecracker over TV] Now, y'all heard a lot tonight

#670

⇓

about who Starlight really is.

#671

⇓

But you still haven't seen the true monster behind the mask.

#672

⇓

And the truth...

#673

⇓

...oh, it is so much worse than you could ever imagine.

#674

⇓

Oh, no.

#675

⇓

Six months ago,

#676

⇓

Starlight visited a clinic.

#677

⇓

She wasn't going for a checkup.

#678

⇓

What the fuck?

#679

⇓

[Firecracker] She found out

#680

⇓

that she was pregnant,

#681

⇓

and she had an abortion.

#682

⇓

Are those my fucking medical records?

#683

⇓

[Firecracker] She was raised a Christian.

#684

⇓

She knew the difference

#685

⇓

between right and wrong.

#686

⇓

She knew exactly what she was doing.

#687

⇓

So you won't tell me that those teens over there,

#688

⇓

that they're safe with her.

#689

⇓

With that baby killer?

#690

⇓

[intense music playing]

#691

⇓

Annie, wait.

#692

⇓

What do you think you're doing?

#693

⇓

[Frenchie over earpiece] I'm sorry. I must've gotten lost.

#694

⇓

-Fucking hell. Frenchie. -[Ezekiel] Who are you?

#695

⇓

It is so embarrassing.

#696

⇓

I am Firecracker's biggest fan.

#697

⇓

I was just looking for a souvenir...

#698

⇓

[groans]

#699

⇓

[Firecracker] She could have given it up for adoption.

#700

⇓

But no. She murdered it.

#701

⇓

So you finally came to deb--

#702

⇓

[grunting]

#703

⇓

[groans]

#704

⇓

[Butcher] Oi.

#705

⇓

[shouting]

#706

⇓

[pants]

#707

⇓

How's that for "uppity," cracker?

#708

⇓

[Mother's Milk] Stop.

#709

⇓

Look.

#710

⇓

[Firecracker coughing]

#711

⇓

[Firecracker groans]

#712

⇓

Look.

#713

⇓

First pebble down the mountain.

#714

⇓

-Let's get out of here. -[Firecracker coughs]

#715

⇓

[Mother's Milk] Come on.

#716

⇓

[groans, gasps]

#717

⇓

[choking]

#718

⇓

[Becca] Get up.

#719

⇓

Billy, come on, get up.

#720

⇓

Come on. Billy.

#721

⇓

You don't get to quit.

#722

⇓

Get up!

#723

⇓

-[yelling] -[crunching]

#724

⇓

[groans]

#725

⇓

[sighs]

#726

⇓

[somber music playing]

#727

⇓

Fucking hell.

#728

⇓

-[Annie] What the fuck? -[Mother's Milk] Oh, shit.

#729

⇓

[gasps] Frenchie!

#730

⇓

Oh, shit. Oh, my God. Frenchie.

#731

⇓

What the fuck happened?

#732

⇓

Come on, let's get the fuck out of here.

#733

⇓

[grunting]

#734

⇓

-What the fuck? -[sirens wailing]

#735

⇓

It's funny.

#736

⇓

I-I remember it being so much bigger.

#737

⇓

You know why I used to call this The Bad Room?

#738

⇓

It was just a room, John. It's neither good nor bad.

#739

⇓

That's easy to say from the other side of the door.

#740

⇓

-Now... -Did you come back here just to torment those people?

#741

⇓

Doesn't that feel a little... a little small?

#742

⇓

They were just following orders. Dr. Vogelbaum's, Stan Edgar's and mine.

#743

⇓

Yeah. But they followed them.

#744

⇓

Not one of them had the backbone to stand up and say, "This is wrong."

#745

⇓

'Cause they were scared.

#746

⇓

-I was a child. -They were scared.

#747

⇓

You know...

#748

⇓

I was there the day that you were born.

#749

⇓

They paid some poor runaway two grand to carry the embryo to term.

#750

⇓

But you lasered her guts open from the inside.

#751

⇓

You rose in the air with your umbilical cord still attached,

#752

⇓

like some creature out of myth...

#753

⇓

or nightmare.

#754

⇓

You killed three doctors and a nurse while you were at it.

#755

⇓

And then, just trust me, it was downhill from there.

#756

⇓

So, yeah, yeah, everybody was terrified of you, from your first breath.

#757

⇓

But you weren't?

#758

⇓

Hmm.

#759

⇓

We have no physical power over you. We never did.

#760

⇓

You could've broken out of here anytime you wanted.

#761

⇓

We couldn't have stopped you. But you didn't.

#762

⇓

Because you couldn't stand the idea that we would be disappointed in you.

#763

⇓

Your need for approval and for love.

#764

⇓

Vought brought in the best psychologists in the world.

#765

⇓

Developed the protocol to carefully engineer that need

#766

⇓

so that you would be obedient.

#767

⇓

In many ways, that was our greatest success.

#768

⇓

I don't need any of it anymore.

#769

⇓

Doesn't matter what you do to me or the rest of the staff here.

#770

⇓

Your need for love is so deep, it's so human,

#771

⇓

you'll never be able to overcome that.

#772

⇓

That's where you're wrong.

#773

⇓

I'm not human. And neither is my son.

#774

⇓

And I'm going to raise him so that he knows it.

#775

⇓

You know, I really do want to share with you why I called this The Bad Room.

#776

⇓

Oh...

#777

⇓

[Colin] Hey. Hey.

#778

⇓

Welcome back. You okay?

#779

⇓

[Frenchie groans]

#780

⇓

Wow.

#781

⇓

I feel like I've been fixing you up so much lately

#782

⇓

I should bill your HMO.

#783

⇓

-Colin, please. -All right, I got to get you up.

#784

⇓

Colin, don't, please. Stop! Stop being so fucking nice to me!

#785

⇓

It was me.

#786

⇓

W-What was you?

#787

⇓

It was you?

#788

⇓

[eerie music playing]

#789

⇓

I'm sorry.

#790

⇓

[breathes shakily]

#791

⇓

[grunting]

#792

⇓

You're a fucking psychopath.

#793

⇓

[grunting]

#794

⇓

[moaning]

#795

⇓

[choking]

#796

⇓

Come on.

#797

⇓

Do it.

#798

⇓

[gasping]

#799

⇓

[groans]

#800

⇓

If you come near me again...

#801

⇓

I'll fucking kill you.

#802

⇓

[gasping]

#803

⇓

[somber music playing]

#804

⇓

Yeah, so, you wanted to see me?

#805

⇓

Got you some of those fried pickles and ranch from Flavortown.

#806

⇓

-This your way of apologizing? -I need a favor.

#807

⇓

[scoffs]

#808

⇓

I don't get you, dude. Like, at all.

#809

⇓

You start off, you're a total bitch,

#810

⇓

and then you tell me I'm, like, a superior being--

#811

⇓

which of course I like and that you're down to pound,

#812

⇓

which obviously I will--

#813

⇓

I know.

#814

⇓

Most people, their brains grow till they're about 25, then stop forever.

#815

⇓

Mine doesn't. It regenerates, constantly.

#816

⇓

Stab me in the heart, I die.

#817

⇓

But stab me in the brain and the little fucking bitch grows back.

#818

⇓

I want you to put this inside me.

#819

⇓

[chuckles]

#820

⇓

That's the worst dildo

#821

⇓

-I've ever seen, but-- -No.

#822

⇓

In my eye. Here.

#823

⇓

I am down for, like, a lot, but...

#824

⇓

It's temporary.

#825

⇓

Hmm?

#826

⇓

You give me a frontal lobotomy

#827

⇓

and I don't have to fucking be me for a couple hours.

#828

⇓

Uh, that's just... fucking gross.

#829

⇓

I'll let you ass-fuck me while we watch the Kim and Ray J video.

#830

⇓

Okay, so where do you want me to put it? Just right there? Sit down.

#831

⇓

Now, avoid the eye itself. I don't want to go blind.

#832

⇓

[Sage groans]

#833

⇓

Ooh.

#834

⇓

Now, use the hammer.

#835

⇓

-The hammer? Fuck. -Mm-hmm.

#836

⇓

Tap, tap.

#837

⇓

-[clanging] -[groaning]

#838

⇓

Again.

#839

⇓

-Okay. -Oh, sorry.

#840

⇓

Hammer down.

#841

⇓

Now...

#842

⇓

-Scrape. -Scrape it?

#843

⇓

Scrape my fucking brains out.

#844

⇓

-Oh... -That's weird.

#845

⇓

-[squelching] -[moaning]

#846

⇓

[moaning]

#847

⇓

Okay, okay, okay.

#848

⇓

You can take it out.

#849

⇓

-Oh, God... -[whimpers]

#850

⇓

Hey, are you okay?

#851

⇓

Uh-huh.

#852

⇓

So... Hey.

#853

⇓

I have another Flavortown for you.

#854

⇓

-My pussy. -Yes.

#855

⇓

♪ Face down, ass up, that's the way we like to fuck ♪

#856

⇓

♪ Face down, ass up, that's the way we like to fuck ♪♪

#857

⇓

Today's events have sadly confirmed my suspicions.

#858

⇓

While I respect President Elect Singer,

#859

⇓

it's disheartening to see him align himself with Starlight,

#860

⇓

someone so clearly out of control.

#861

⇓

What's even more troubling is that I considered Starlight a friend.

#862

⇓

But her violent, out-of-control attack on Firecracker was

#863

⇓

someone I simply don't recognize. I won't speculate on...

#864

⇓

[door opens]

#865

⇓

[gentle music playing]

#866

⇓

[Neuman] And President Elect Singer needs to wholeheartedly...

#867

⇓

-Hey. -[Annie] Oh, Jesus.

#868

⇓

-What happened to your leg? -It's okay. I'm fine.

#869

⇓

But, look, I saw the Firecracker thing. That fucking asshole.

#870

⇓

-No, no, I shouldn't have lost it. -How could you not lose it?

#871

⇓

That was, like, the most private thing between you and me.

#872

⇓

And to fucking broadcast it like that,

#873

⇓

-that's a fucking violation. -Hughie.

#874

⇓

It's not helping, okay?

#875

⇓

Right, sorry, you're right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

#876

⇓

I agonized over that decision.

#877

⇓

Agonized. And you know I did.

#878

⇓

I just wasn't ready.

#879

⇓

I know. I mean, neither was I.

#880

⇓

And now when people look at me, whether they're...

#881

⇓

supportive or judging or-or angry,

#882

⇓

I have to relive it. Over and over and over again.

#883

⇓

And my mom...

#884

⇓

Have you talked to her?

#885

⇓

She won't return my calls.

#886

⇓

Okay. Come here.

#887

⇓

It's none of her business. Okay?

#888

⇓

-It is nobody's business but yours. -[phone vibrating]

#889

⇓

Oh, shit.

#890

⇓

-I'm sorry, I have to take this. -It's okay. Um...

#891

⇓

I, um, I have to pick up something for my dad.

#892

⇓

-We'll talk later, okay? -Okay.

#893

⇓

-I love you. -Love you, too.

#894

⇓

Hello?

#895

⇓

You know, friends tell friends the truth, and...

#896

⇓

The Supe Control bill would've passed with flying colors.

#897

⇓

But after what you pulled today...

#898

⇓

might as well call it the Psycho Starlight Baby-Killer bill.

#899

⇓

Are you still there?

#900

⇓

I'm sorry.

#901

⇓

Sorry doesn't bring back all the Republican votes you just torched.

#902

⇓

I can't be affiliated with you anymore.

#903

⇓

[line clicks, beeps]

#904

⇓

[sobbing]

#905

⇓

[sighs]

#906

⇓

[sonic boom]

#907

⇓

It's bullshit, right? You're not gonna forgive me.

#908

⇓

Yeah. Thought so.

#909

⇓

Wait.

#910

⇓

You're right, I...

#911

⇓

I was gonna tell you to go fuck yourself.

#912

⇓

But I changed my mind.

#913

⇓

We're good.

#914

⇓

[dog barking in distance]

#915

⇓

[Butcher] You fucking dog-wanker.

#916

⇓

Jesus. How long have you been standing there?

#917

⇓

Long enough.

#918

⇓

How could you?

#919

⇓

I-I didn't, I didn't do it for him.

#920

⇓

I don't want to spend the rest of my life hating anybody.

#921

⇓

What you gonna do with that, then?

#922

⇓

I mean, you're probably the only guy that would understand,

#923

⇓

but I was going to give it to my dad.

#924

⇓

-Oh, Hughie. -Look, I know.

#925

⇓

I know it's insane and terrible, but what other choice do I have?

#926

⇓

Any other fucking choice, you twat.

#927

⇓

You're really telling me that you wouldn't take some

#928

⇓

if you were in his shoes?

#929

⇓

'Cause you kind of are.

#930

⇓

There's enough here.

#931

⇓

It'd save you, too.

#932

⇓

It's got to beat dying of brain cancer, right?

#933

⇓

I already took some.

#934

⇓

Nicked it out of Frenchie's desk four months ago.

#935

⇓

-Thought it might cure me. -Jesus.

#936

⇓

Do you have powers?

#937

⇓

No.

#938

⇓

All it did was bring up the big day.

#939

⇓

I'm telling you, quit while you're behind.

#940

⇓

You'll only make matters worse.

#941

⇓

What happened to me back there?

#942

⇓

[melancholy music playing]

#943

⇓

[man] [over P.A.] Radiology, please call extension 1401.

#944

⇓

Radiology, please call extension 1401.

#945

⇓

[tense music playing]

#946

⇓

[woman] [over P.A.] Tech Services, call extension 6334.

#947

⇓

-Tech Services, extension 6334. -[breathes shakily]

#948

⇓

-[Daphne] Oh, hey. -[gasps] Hey.

#949

⇓

-You okay? -Yeah, I just tripped.

#950

⇓

How is he?

#951

⇓

Well... [sighs]

#952

⇓

The doctor said any time now.

#953

⇓

[Hughie] No, no.

#954

⇓

Um...

#955

⇓

I just need some air.

#956

⇓

[liquid pouring]

#957

⇓

[somber music playing]

#958

⇓

[ominous music playing]

#959

⇓

[monitors beeping]

#960

⇓

What the fuck?

#961

⇓

[monitors beeping rapidly]

#962

⇓

[elevator bell dinging]

#963

⇓

[dinging continues]

#964

⇓

[elevator bell dings]

#965

⇓

[Deep and Firecracker] ♪ Love lift us up where we belong ♪

#966

⇓

♪ Where the eagles cry, on a mountain high ♪

#967

⇓

♪ Love lift us up where we belong ♪

#968

⇓

♪ Far from the world below ♪

#969

⇓

[Deep] ♪ Up where the clear winds blow ♪

#970

⇓

♪ Some hang on to "used to be" ♪

#971

⇓

♪ Live their lives looking behind ♪

#972

⇓

[Firecracker] ♪ All we have is here and now ♪

#973

⇓

♪ All our lives, out there to find ♪

#974

⇓

[Deep] ♪ The road is long ♪

#975

⇓

♪ There are mountains in our way ♪

#976

⇓

♪ But we climb a step every day ♪

#977

⇓

[Deep and Firecracker] ♪ Love lift us up where we belong ♪

#978

⇓

♪ Where the eagles cry, on a mountain high ♪

#979

⇓

♪ Love lift us up where we belong ♪

#980

⇓

♪ Far from the world we know ♪

#981

⇓

[Deep] ♪ Where the clear winds blow ♪

#982

⇓

♪ Time goes by ♪

#983

⇓

♪ No time to cry ♪

#984

⇓

♪ Life's you and I ♪

#985

⇓

♪ Alive today ♪

#986

⇓

[Deep and Firecracker] ♪ Love lift us up where we belong ♪♪

#987

⇓