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The Boys

Season 4, Episode 5 — Beware the Jabberwock, My Son

TMDB episode metadata

Show: The Boys

Episode title: Beware the Jabberwock, My Son

Air date: June 27, 2024

Director: Shana Stein

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

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-[screams] -[hysterical laughter]

hysterical laughter screams

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I want to flip A-Train.

flip train

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Why the fuck would I ever talk to you?

fuck

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[Mother's Milk] ' Cause you gave Starlight that footage.

footage milk mothers mothers-milk starlight

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Surveillance footage was taken from Crime Analytics

analytics crime crime-analytics footage surveillance taken

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and given to Starlight.

given starlight

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She just wanted some help--

wanted

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-She confessed. Leak plugged. -[Sage] You don't think

confessed leak plugged sage

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the next word out of her mouth might've been useful?

mightve mouth useful word

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My dad's about to die.

dads

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

compound dose today

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[intense music playing]

intense intense-music intense-music-playing music music-playing playing

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[monitors beeping rapidly]

beeping monitors rapidly

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What the fuck?

fuck

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What happens when he finds out you murdered his family?

family finds happens murdered

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-It was me. -What was you?

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I'm so sorry.

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I hate you.

hate

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Kimiko!

kimiko

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Starlight visited a clinic and she had an abortion.

abortion clinic starlight visited

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-Baby killer! -[grunting]

baby baby-killer grunting killer

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[Butcher] What happened to me back there?

butcher happened

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Welcome to Godolkin University.

godolkin university welcome

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[Cardosa] The virus only affects Supes.

affects supes virus

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It attaches to the Compound V in their blood.

blood compound

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Concentrate the dose. Let's see how sick we can make her.

concentrate dose sick

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-[Neuman] Is this all of it? -Yeah.

neuman

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You're the only one who knows how to replicate it.

knows

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♪ ♪

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[majestic music playing]

majestic music music-playing playing

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[narrator] In a world of chaos, some things never change.

change chaos narrator world

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That good will always win.

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That love conquers all.

love

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And that heroes will answer the call to protect, to inspire.

answer heroes inspire protect

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♪ ♪

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[announcer] Welcome to the V52 Expo.

announcer expo welcome

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Now please give a big round of applause for your hosts

applause round

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Cameron Coleman and The Deep.

cameron cameron-coleman coleman deep

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[cheering and applause]

applause cheering

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[music distorting]

music

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[screaming]

screaming

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[Sage] Homelander.

homelander sage

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-Nice trip home? -[Deep] Thank you, Superfans.

deep home trip

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[Cameron] We are so excited to be here with you, celebrating another year...

another cameron celebrating excited

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This turnout.

turnout

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They love the fuck out of you.

fuck love

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Talk about bread and circus.

bread circus

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[Deep] ...G-Men: World War trilogy, scheduled for release this summer,

deep release scheduled summer world

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G-Men: World War III.

world

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[Cameron] And it's just one of the many new projects we've got

cameron projects

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-coming to you on the VCU timeline. -Phases seven through 19.

coming seven timeline

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Which we'll be sharing with you all today in exhaustive detail.

detail sharing today

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[Hughie] Are you okay?

hughie

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[stammers] Is there anything, like, buzzing or tingling or... weird?

buzzing stammers tingling weird

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No, I'm telling you. I feel great.

telling

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Are you absolutely sure I had a stroke?

absolutely stroke

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-Yes. -What's the last thing you remember?

remember

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Let me see... I was at Smart & Final, I was buying a family pack of pizza rolls.

buying family final pack pizza pizza-rolls rolls smart

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They didn't have pepperoni, so I had to get supreme.

pepperoni supreme

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-Or was it Triple Meat? -Dad.

meat triple

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No, it was supreme.

supreme

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I remember it had the little green pepper specks in it.

green pepper remember

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Dad! Forget about the fucking pizza rolls.

forget fucking pizza pizza-rolls rolls

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Well, he sure sounds like himself.

sounds

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Yeah. I mean, if I was as bad as they say, then I-I-I shouldn't be alive, right?

alive

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I mean, it's a true blue miracle.

blue miracle

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Why don't you get some rest?

rest

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Okay? Mom and I are gonna go find you a Diet Snapple.

diet

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Okay!

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You gave him the V?

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Yeah. I thought that's what you wanted.

wanted

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It fell out of your coat. I don't understand.

coat fell

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Why did you bring it if you didn't want to use it?

bring

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Look, I wanted to. I...

wanted

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I did. But then I didn't.

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Okay? It's just that I've...

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I've seen that shit go wrong so many times.

seen times

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Well, it's got to go right sometimes, right?

sometimes

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I mean, otherwise there wouldn't be any Supes.

otherwise supes

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Look at him. He's fine.

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[TV announcer] Tonight, on Vought's Funniest Pet Attacks...

announcer attacks funniest tonight voughts

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[Hugh Sr. laughs]

hugh laughs

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Well, um...

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You grew up without one parent.

grew parent

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I just couldn't bear

bear

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the thought of you losing another one.

another losing

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[whispers] Sorry.

whispers

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Guess Starlight can't decide whether to rape a baby or kill it.

baby decide decide-whether kill rape starlight whether

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Well, I am pressing charges for assault, and that's for damn sure.

assault charges pressing

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And even though the police say she had an "alibi,"

alibi police

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we all know she had something to do with Ezekiel's murder.

murder

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This is a biblical war of good versus evil, folks.

evil folks versus

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And I'm declaring hunting season on Starlighters.

declaring hunting season starlighters

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Now, on the subject of baby-killers, let's welcome our guest

baby guest killers subject welcome

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Dr. Dorian Boone.

boone dorian

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Dr. Boone, what'd Starlight's baby feel when she murdered it?

baby boone murdered starlights whatd

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[Boone] There was a study done at Samaritan's Embrace University

boone embrace samaritans samaritans-embrace study university

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on ferrets which proves unborn babies feel pain

babies pain proves unborn

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as early as conception.

conception early

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[Monique] What am I

monique

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supposed to do with her home for two weeks, Marvin?

home marvin supposed weeks

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I have a job.

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-So do I. -And the boy needed stitches,

needed stitches

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which you can be sure we're going to get the bill for.

bill

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Suspended for fighting, baby? This ain't like you.

aint baby fighting suspended

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-Dad, I-- -Uh-uh.

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What were you thinking?

thinking

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He said Homelander's a hero, so I told him the truth.

hero homelanders truth

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Then he told me to f-word off, so I hit him!

word

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Baby, fighting is not how you solve problems.

baby fighting problems solve

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Why not? That's what you do.

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Sweetie, go to your room.

room sweetie

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Go to your room!

room

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[door slams]

door door-slams slams

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Okay, Monique...

monique

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Goddamn it, Marvin.

goddamn goddamn-it marvin

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I am not gonna lose another person I love to this superhero shit.

another another-person lose love person superhero

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Let me talk to her.

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You fix this.

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Now.

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[Butcher] Fuck all this cloak and dagger shite.

butcher dagger fuck shite

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It's bloody freezing out here.

bloody freezing

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Well, I mean, I was thinking we could meet in your mom's pussy,

meet moms pussy thinking

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but, you know, I wanted someplace more private.

private someplace wanted

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[chuckles softly]

chuckles chuckles-softly softly

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-So, what you thinking? -Butcher, listen.

butcher thinking

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How about we do this job,

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just you and me?

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I don't know, Joe. It's a bit all of a sudden, isn't it?

sudden

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Billy...

billy

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your team is a joke.

joke team

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You think I haven't noticed?

noticed

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M.M.'s on the verge of a breakdown,

breakdown verge

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Frenchie's a fucking junkie, Hughie is a gaping wet pussy.

frenchies fucking gaping hughie junkie pussy

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And the two Supes on your side?

side supes

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Man, for whatever reason, you have a blind spot for them.

blind reason spot

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All right, I'll give you Starlight.

starlight

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But Kimiko's a bloody good weapon,

bloody kimikos weapon

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and the rest of them are still up to scratch.

rest scratch

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Well, I don't get you. I don't.

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Half your brain is a fucking tumor.

brain fucking half tumor

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This is your last shot at Homelander, and now you decide to go soft?

decide homelander shot soft

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Yeah, they are decent people, but you and me,

decent

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we don't belong with decent.

belong decent

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[atmospheric music playing]

atmospheric atmospheric-music music music-playing playing

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Hey, so, where is Colin?

colin

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Chais pas. Why?

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Because he completely ghosted me.

completely

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Did you guys get into a fight or something?

fight

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He, uh, went out of town last-minute.

minute town

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Are you okay?

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Super.

super

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[sniffs]

sniffs

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How are you?

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So great.

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[somber music playing]

music music-playing playing somber somber-music somber-music-playing

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[door opens]

door door-opens opens

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[door closes]

closes door door-closes

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[Butcher] Fucking hell, it's like a morgue in here.

butcher fucking morgue

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What's with all the long faces?

faces

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[Annie] I don't know, maybe because

annie

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I'm getting blamed for the murder you did.

blamed murder

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I'd call you a cunt, but you ain't got the depth or the warmth.

aint cunt depth warmth

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I've been meaning to ask you something.

meaning

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How was it that you took out Ezekiel?

ezekiel

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I have no idea.

idea

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-Bullshit. -God's honest. I, uh...

bullshit gods honest

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blacked out, came to, and there he was.

blacked

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All over the shop.

shop

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But never mind that bollocks because, my son,

bollocks mind

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I have found it-- the answer to all our prayers.

answer found prayers

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-And what might that be? -Ah, it's nothing much.

might

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Just a... a virus that kills Supes. [slurps]

kills slurps supes virus

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-Such a thing does not exist. -Did not exist. Does now.

exist

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You see, some clever cunts

clever cunts

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over at Godolkin University cooked up a bug

cooked godolkin university

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that latches onto the V in their bloodstream.

bloodstream

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Now, it's completely harmless to humans,

completely harmless humans

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but to Supes?

supes

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Fucking diabolical.

diabolical fucking

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So, you shove this shit into me and Kimiko and we just...

kimiko shove

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drop dead?

dead drop drop-dead

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Yep. That's the idea. [slurps]

idea slurps

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Now, it ain't juiced enough to kill Homelander.

aint homelander kill kill-homelander

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But I reckon we get our hands on some

hands reckon

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and try it out on our lovely V.P. elect.

elect lovely

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And why the hell are we just finding out about this shit, Butcher?

butcher finding

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There's only one small snag.

snag

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When I went to God U to nick it,

nick

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Neuman had pipped me to the post, so we're gonna have to nick it from her.

neuman nick post

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This is insane and desperate. Even for you.

desperate insane

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Well, insanely desperate's where we are, don't you think, love?

insanely love

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[Mother's Milk] Okay. All right, all right. Time out.

milk mothers mothers-milk

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Look, if this virus is as dangerous as Butcher says it is,

butcher dangerous virus

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do you really want it in Neuman's hands?

hands neumans

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[sighs] No. No, you're right.

sighs

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All right, then. Then we're sorted.

sorted

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Oh, uh, uh... One other tiny little thing.

tiny

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I need you to get us one presidential pardon.

pardon presidential

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[dramatic music playing]

dramatic dramatic-music dramatic-music-playing music music-playing playing

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Lord, they asked me to join The Seven.

asked join lord seven

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I know I should be happy,

happy

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but I'm not sure I'm strong enough to fight all the sinners.

fight sinners strong

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Will you carry me, Jesus?

carry jesus

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Are you... are you there?

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♪ ♪

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[audience cheering]

audience audience-cheering cheering

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That clip is from our new studio division Vought Faith.

clip division faith studio vought

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[Deep] Speaking of faith,

deep faith speaking

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let's all have a moment of silence for my brother in Christ, Ezekiel.

brother christ ezekiel moment silence

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Adios, amigo.

adios amigo

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♪ I will remember you ♪

remember

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[♪ Sarah McLachlan: "I Will Remember You"]

remember sarah

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♪ Will you remember me? ♪

remember

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♪ Don't let your life pass you by...

life pass

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You, um, you all right?

↓

Still searching for this leak.

leak searching

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Hmm.

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Any leads?

leads

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Working on it.

working

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But it's got to be someone.

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That footage didn't just run itself out of Crime Analytics, am I right?

analytics crime crime-analytics footage

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♪ How clearly I first saw you smiling in the sun...

smiling

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Let me know if I can help.

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Mm.

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[clicks tongue, inhales sharply]

clicks clicks-tongue inhales inhales-sharply sharply tongue

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♪ I will remember you ♪♪

remember

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For fuck's sakes. You got fleas or something?

fucks fucks-sakes sakes

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[door buzzes]

buzzes door

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Stay close, Dominic.

close

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This won't take long.

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-[door closes] -Gentlemen...

closes door door-closes gentlemen

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-I have pottery class in ten minutes. -Right.

class minutes

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Would you rather finger some fucking clay or...

clay finger fucking

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...walk the fuck out of here?

fuck walk

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-Fuck, really grateful cunt, isn't he? -Mm.

cunt fuck grateful

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-Where's your fucking manners? -It's not my birthday,

birthday fucking manners

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and this is not a gift.

gift

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Victoria Neuman has something we need. Some kind of... virus.

neuman victoria victoria-neuman virus

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-I have no idea what you mean. -[Butcher] Come on, Stanny.

butcher idea stanny

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You struck me as the type of bloke

bloke struck type

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what keeps his paws in all sorts of dirty little pies.

dirty keeps paws pies sorts

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[Mother's Milk] Look, you help us

milk mothers mothers-milk

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get this virus from Neuman, we'll help you get the fuck out of here.

fuck neuman virus

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You must be pretty desperate to try and enlist me in a plot against Victoria.

desperate must plot victoria

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She is like a daughter to me.

daughter

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-Yeah, a daughter who sold you out. -She did what I raised her to do.

daughter raised sold

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[Butcher] You're right,

butcher

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you taught her how to be a monster, but not her little girl.

girl monster taught

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[tense music playing]

music music-playing playing tense tense-music tense-music-playing

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♪ ♪

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Ah...

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You didn't know?

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She shot up sweet little Zoe full of V.

full shot sweet

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Turned her into a tentacle-mouthed nightmare.

mouthed nightmare turned

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How about we get you out of here,

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exonerated and throw in custody of Zoe?

custody throw

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There ain't no better deal. And you know it.

aint deal

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[exciting music playing]

exciting exciting-music music music-playing playing

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[monitor beeping]

beeping monitor monitor-beeping

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[Butcher] Got to hand it to him...

butcher hand

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cunt knows how to wear a whistle.

cunt knows wear whistle

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This is a bad idea.

idea

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Starlight.

starlight

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-What an unexpected pleasure. -Hmm.

pleasure unexpected

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You know, I've always felt a certain kinship with you.

certain

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-Where we headed? -West.

headed west

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Charming.

charming

↓

Do you have a towel I could place over the seat?

place seat towel

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[Hugh Sr.] Absolute disaster,

absolute disaster hugh

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-the-the-- our honeymoon. -It wasn't a disaster.

disaster honeymoon

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-Come on! Be serious. -Acapulco wasn't that bad.

acapulco serious

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Ugh.

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-The honeymoon suite had two twin beds. -[laughs] Yeah.

beds honeymoon laughs suite twin

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There were people vomiting at the-the swim-up bar... [chuckles]

chuckles swim vomiting

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and the all-included buffet seemingly only included salmonella.

buffet included salmonella

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If you hated it so much, why did you buy a timeshare?

hated

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-He bought a timeshare. -'Cause that guy...

bought

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That guy put the hard sell on me.

hard sell

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[laughs]

laughs

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It'd be great to go back, wouldn't it?

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Yeah.

↓

For the food poisoning?

food poisoning

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[laughs] No, to... just to Acapulco, you know?

acapulco laughs

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To... go to Branson and-and Pigeon Forge.

forge pigeon

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Oh, Paris, I have always wanted to go to Paris.

paris wanted

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-I never knew that. -Yeah.

↓

They have this walking tour that goes to all the spots in The Da Vinci Code.

code spots tour vinci walking

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-[Hughie] Oh. Yeah. -Imagine that.

hughie imagine

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Yeah, wow. Wow, I'd, uh...

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I'd hate to miss it.

hate miss

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[Daphne] That reminds me,

daphne reminds

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I want to give you... this,

↓

Hughie, which is my engagement ring for when you propose to Annie.

annie engagement engagement-ring hughie propose ring

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Wow, Mom. Uh...

↓

Thank you, that's so sweet, but I-I don't, I don't know if, um,

sweet

↓

I don't know if we're ready,

ready

↓

-like, right now-- -Are you crazy?

crazy

↓

-Lock that shit down, you moron. -Okay. [chuckles]

chuckles lock moron

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Thank you.

↓

You know, I can't, um...

↓

you know, change anything, but...

change

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I'm really sor...

↓

I'm really sorry that I missed this.

missed

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You know, this.

↓

Me, too.

↓

And look, I-I-I know you tried to reach out to Hughie,

hughie reach tried

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and I should never have kept you away.

↓

It's...

↓

I'm gonna-- I'm gonna go to the ladies' room.

ladies ladies-room room

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Oh, you okay?

↓

[exhales sharply, chuckles]

chuckles exhales exhales-sharply sharply

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What is it?

↓

You gave her power of attorney.

attorney power

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-I knew-- -You haven't seen her in years.

seen years

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Did you think I couldn't handle it?

handle

↓

It's not that. [stammers]

stammers

↓

You remember when Jar Jar got leukemia?

leukemia remember

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-Yeah. -Cat wouldn't eat,

↓

and yet somehow still had diarrhea,

diarrhea

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and you would not let me put him down, until he eventually kind of just,

eventually

↓

-you know, exploded-- -With blood and shit. Yeah, I remember.

blood exploded remember

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-Right. -But I was nine.

nine

↓

You are still the same little kid.

↓

You hold on tight to everyone.

tight

↓

And I love you for that, but...

love

↓

you know, when it came to, uh, an advanced directive...

advanced

↓

Let's just say I didn't want to end up like Jar Jar.

↓

[slurping]

slurping

↓

Hey, where's your mom gone?

gone

↓

Uh, she went to the bathroom, remember?

bathroom remember

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Yeah.

↓

Yeah, of course.

course

↓

[slurping]

slurping

↓

[tense music playing]

music music-playing playing tense tense-music tense-music-playing

↓

♪ ♪

↓

-[Annie] You got a nice place. -I've rarely been.

annie place rarely

↓

It's the smell.

smell

↓

But if Victoria wanted to keep her proclivities quiet,

quiet victoria wanted

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it'd be here.

↓

[suspenseful music playing]

music music-playing playing suspenseful suspenseful-music suspenseful-music-playing

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[gun clicks]

clicks

↓

[door creaks]

creaks door door-creaks

↓

♪ ♪

↓

♪ ♪

↓

What is all this?

↓

I'm as surprised as you are.

surprised

↓

[sizzling]

↓

[chittering]

↓

[broken glass crunching]

broken broken-glass crunching glass

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[gun clicks]

clicks

↓

[chittering]

↓

♪ ♪

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What'd you find?

whatd

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It's what I did not.

↓

See, the labels mark each iteration of this virus.

labels mark virus

↓

Somebody's been running tests, but now...

running somebodys tests

↓

...it's all gone.

gone

↓

What?

↓

Holy shit.

holy

↓

Fucking bitch.

bitch fucking fucking-bitch

↓

[guns click]

click guns

↓

-Easy. -Victoria. You're looking well.

easy looking victoria

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You think I wouldn't know the minute

minute

↓

you and your ankle monitor stepped out of that prison?

ankle monitor prison stepped

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I don't recall giving you permission to turn my rec room into a virology lab.

giving permission recall room

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You brought these assholes here?

assholes brought

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-They want to kill me. -[Edgar] I'm sorry.

edgar kill

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Are you upset that I betrayed you?

betrayed upset

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Oi, knock it off, you two. This ain't Family Pies.

aint family knock pies

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You have five seconds to tell me what you did to Sameer,

five five-seconds sameer seconds

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or I paint this fucking room red.

fucking paint room

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[Butcher] Who the fuck's Sameer?

butcher fucks sameer

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-[crackling] -[Edgar] Enough.

crackling edgar

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So, you brought in Sameer.

brought sameer

↓

Smart. That's what I'd have done.

smart

↓

But whatever happened to him, it wasn't us.

happened

↓

We should find him together.

↓

You're fucking kidding me.

fucking fucking-kidding kidding

↓

If I'm not mistaken, you hurt these people,

hurt mistaken

↓

they expose you as a super-abled killer, yes?

abled expose killer super super-abled

↓

Then I'm afraid that we are at a stalemate.

afraid

↓

You might as well use their expertise.

expertise might

↓

At the very least,

least

↓

-they're effective cannon fodder. -[Mother's Milk] Thanks.

cannon effective milk mothers mothers-milk thanks

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That's really nice of you.

↓

[♪ Joseph William Morgan: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"]

aint joseph morgan mountain william

↓

♪ Ain't no mountain high, ain't no valley low...

aint mountain valley

↓

[narrator] A story about a hero...

hero narrator story

↓

[coach] I'm not giving up on you, and you can't give up on yourself.

coach giving

↓

[narrator] ...and the boy he taught to run.

narrator taught

↓

[crowd cheering]

cheering crowd crowd-cheering

↓

[exhales]

exhales

↓

Run faster than that!

faster

↓

-I quit. -Don't you bail on me!

bail quit

↓

Get off of me!

↓

[coach] You can outrun this life,

coach life outrun

↓

or you can run yourself into an early grave.

early grave

↓

♪ 'Cause, baby, there ain't no mountain high enough ♪

aint baby mountain

↓

♪ Ain't no valley low enough ♪

aint valley

↓

-[audience applauding] -♪ Ain't no river wide enough...

aint applauding audience river wide

↓

-[cheering] -Thank you, thank you.

cheering

↓

Thank you, thank you. Trust me.

trust

↓

I'm just as excited as you all for this film, that is...

excited film

↓

...so close to my heart.

close heart

↓

-Being able to tell this... -[chuckles] Hey, listen, man.

able chuckles

↓

Call me crazy, but I'm sensing a little tension here.

crazy sensing tension

↓

Anything wrong?

↓

Yeah, dude.

↓

You fucking reported that I got shitcanned as head of Crime Analytics.

analytics crime crime-analytics fucking head reported

↓

I'm sorry, but... [sighs]

sighs

↓

Look, I got to take a couple of shots at the home team now and again,

couple home shots team

↓

if I'm gonna appear fair and balanced.

appear fair

↓

[exhales sharply]

exhales exhales-sharply sharply

↓

-Look, I'll make a retraction. -No. It's way too late for that shit.

late

↓

[sighs] Noah Baumbach pulled me from his latest slice-of-life drama.

drama latest life noah pulled sighs slice

↓

I'm sorry, man, I don't know what to say.

↓

-You know, it wasn't personal. -[audience cheering]

audience audience-cheering cheering personal

↓

Be sure to check me out in the Vought+ thriller, Double Standard,

check double standard thriller vought

↓

which just finished reshooting its reshoots,

finished reshoots

↓

making it the most expensive TV show ever.

expensive

↓

So, you know, it's got to be good, am I right?

↓

[audience cheering]

audience audience-cheering cheering

↓

[Cameron] A-Train!

cameron train

↓

[Deep] For the first time in Vought's history,

deep history voughts

↓

we have two Black heroes in The Seven and one unspecified.

black heroes seven

↓

-[laughs] Yeah. Wow. -[cheering]

cheering laughs

↓

Vought proudly supports and amplifies BIPOC voices.

proudly voices vought

↓

-Isn't that right, Cameron? -It sure is, Deep.

cameron deep

↓

Which is why these articulate heroes will lead Vought's newest diversity initiative.

diversity heroes initiative lead newest voughts

↓

-Black At It. -[cheering, whooping]

black cheering cheering-whooping whooping

↓

[Deep] Some say, "Go woke, go broke."

broke deep woke

↓

Well, we say, "Go woke, get yoked."

woke

↓

And as part of our new initiative, we'll be debuting a new feature,

feature initiative part

↓

specifically for our diverse audiences.

audiences diverse specifically

↓

Custom digital product placement.

custom digital placement product

↓

Check this out, here we have a clip

check clip

↓

from my three-time MTV Award winner Rising Tide.

award rising three tide winner

↓

[cheering, whooping]

cheering cheering-whooping whooping

↓

Get this, when a white fan streams my movie,

movie white

↓

they'll see me holding a brand tailor-made to their tastes.

brand holding tailor tastes

↓

And then, you know, if a Black fan streams it,

black

↓

they'll see a delicious Vought Imperial Peach Cognac.

delicious imperial peach vought

↓

-Ooh, it's pretty cool. -[scattered cheering]

cheering cool scattered

↓

[light applause]

applause light

↓

-[scattered whooping] -[exhales sharply]

exhales exhales-sharply scattered sharply whooping

↓

[cheering intensifies]

cheering

↓

All right, so, chuffa, chuffa from Cameron and Deep.

cameron deep

↓

Then we announce Ryan's debut series, Super School.

announce ryans school series super

↓

-That's the title we went with? -That was the only thing we got cleared.

cleared title

↓

Then they're gonna throw to me, right? For my little "why now" moment.

moment throw

↓

You know, how I got my inspo from my time really teaching

teaching

↓

the next generation of super-powered youth,

generation powered super youth

↓

-and then it's go time, baby, right? -[door opens]

baby door door-opens opens

↓

That's when you're gonna come out to me,

↓

and we do, like, a little two-hour Q and A.

hour

↓

Bonnie, you look gorgeous today, by the way.

bonnie gorgeous today

↓

Did you get my text?

text

↓

[stammers] Yeah.

stammers

↓

Right. Is that for us? Listen, tell 'em we'll be out in like 15, 20, okay?

↓

-Okay. -All right, cool.

cool

↓

-[door opens] -Hey, Ryan, what do you think?

door door-opens opens ryan

↓

-[door closes] -Seriously.

closes door door-closes

↓

What do you think? I-I really want to know.

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

It's just...

↓

-I mean, Super School? -[Homelander] Hmm.

homelander school super

↓

Why are we doing a teen show, anyway?

teen

↓

Um, 'cause we like money.

money

↓

If you don't want to do it...

↓

...don't.

↓

Don't do it.

↓

I mean it.

↓

I'm just gonna pop the horns up here a little bit and play devil's advocate.

devils horns

↓

We are a month away from shooting.

month shooting

↓

Built all the sets. I think we bought up half the sound stages in Toronto.

bought built half sets sound stages toronto

↓

-Who cares? -[quietly] Is this because I jerked it

cares jerked quietly

↓

in front of Minka Kelly? Because, again, that was just crossed wires.

crossed front kelly wires

↓

Hey, guy, what's it gonna take to get you amped?

amped

↓

Do you want a E.P. credit? That is done.

credit

↓

You want to get script approval?

approval script

↓

-I can make anything sing-- -Give him your black Amex.

black sing

↓

What?

↓

You want... You know what?

↓

Why don't you take my whole wallet.

wallet whole

↓

-And the keys to your Jaguar. -I would love...

jaguar keys love

↓

-to do that. -[keys jingle]

jingle keys

↓

[forced chuckle]

chuckle forced

↓

Ryan, what do you say?

ryan

↓

No.

↓

Yeah.

↓

[door opens]

door door-opens opens

↓

So, you're... you're really not mad at me?

↓

No. I'm proud of you for speaking your mind.

mind proud speaking

↓

Ryan...

ryan

↓

[sighs] I've been, uh...

sighs

↓

manipulated by people my whole life.

life manipulated whole whole-life

↓

Being told what to say, where to stand.

stand

↓

It-It's like being a slave, only worse.

slave worse

↓

I did some reflecting,

↓

and I realized that I've been doing the same thing to you.

realized

↓

But no more.

↓

From now on, no more rules.

rules

↓

For either of us.

↓

We are both emancipated from slavery.

emancipated slavery

↓

We're free.

free

↓

Sound good?

sound

↓

-Yeah. [chuckles] -Yeah?

chuckles

↓

Oh, buddy, I-I don't care what anyone else thinks but you.

buddy care thinks

↓

Far as I'm concerned, this whole planet is empty.

concerned empty planet whole

↓

Except for you and me.

except

↓

[both chuckle]

chuckle

↓

[wind whistles]

whistles wind

↓

As if you don't have 60 more pairs.

pairs

↓

Prince Andrew gave me these shoes.

andrew prince shoes

↓

I'm suddenly reminded of how much I hated it here.

hated reminded suddenly

↓

Really? I used to love it.

love used

↓

I always felt a little more free here.

free

↓

And yet you've turned my farm

farm turned

↓

-into an infectious disease lab. -[agent] Clear.

agent clear disease

↓

I can only assume that you're searching for a way to control Homelander.

assume control homelander searching

↓

You know, he's a Freudian cesspool of random impulse and deep insecurity.

deep impulse insecurity random

↓

There's no one who can control that.

control

↓

You've put yourself and Zoe in terrible danger.

danger

↓

No. You put me and Zoe in terrible danger.

danger

↓

You used me like you use everybody else. Somebody had to protect her.

everybody protect somebody used

↓

You mean shooting her up with Compound V.

compound shooting

↓

You took a bright-eyed little girl,

bright eyed girl

↓

-and you turned her into a-- -Into a what?

turned

↓

A monster?

monster

↓

Is that why you had me hide what I was?

hide

↓

Stick to the shadows, never reach too high?

reach shadows stick

↓

-That was to protect you. -No,

protect

↓

that was because you were ashamed of me.

ashamed

↓

My daughter will never have to live like that.

daughter live

↓

So, what's gonna happen when we find the virus and this little truce is over?

happen truce virus

↓

Starlight blinds the bitch, before she knows what's what,

bitch knows starlight

↓

-I'll jab her with a dose. -Okay.

dose

↓

[creaking]

creaking

↓

[chickens clucking]

chickens clucking

↓

[wings fluttering]

wings

↓

[agent] We've got a casualty.

agent

↓

[tense music playing]

music music-playing playing tense tense-music tense-music-playing

↓

Is that Sameer?

sameer

↓

No, it's one of his lab assistants.

assistants

↓

[chickens clucking]

chickens clucking

↓

What the hell is--

↓

[all gasping, exclaiming]

exclaiming gasping

↓

V'd-up fucking chicken!

chicken fucking

↓

[gunfire]

gunfire

↓

-[gunfire continues] -[crackling]

continues crackling gunfire gunfire-continues

↓

[clucking]

clucking

↓

[gunfire continues]

continues gunfire gunfire-continues

↓

Fuck this.

fuck

↓

[exciting music playing]

exciting exciting-music music music-playing playing

↓

-[chicken clucks] -[doors rattle]

chicken doors rattle

↓

[Butcher] Well, you could've warned us

butcher couldve warned

↓

your pal Sameer was V-ing up a Kentucky Fried fucking massacre,

fried fucking kentucky kentucky-fried massacre sameer

↓

couldn't ya?

↓

I didn't know, okay? Something obviously went wrong.

obviously

↓

-We have to find him. -[Butcher] Yeah, right.

butcher

↓

And we're supposed to believe you?

believe supposed

↓

You eat, sleep and shit lies, don't you?

lies sleep

↓

Right, 'cause you're such a paragon of virtue.

virtue

↓

You tell your friends about the deal we made?

deal friends

↓

Wait, wh-what does that mean?

↓

Said he'd steal all your files you had on me if I gave him Ryan.

files ryan steal

↓

Are you fucking kidding me?

fucking fucking-kidding kidding

↓

And I didn't go through with it, did I? Which proves I'm on the level.

level proves

↓

When are we gonna learn? He's never gonna fucking change.

change fucking learn

↓

All right, listen. We got a lot of ground to cover,

cover ground

↓

so let's just go.

↓

It's an absolute wonder to me that you've all managed to live this long.

absolute live managed wonder

↓

What? I didn't go through with it.

↓

-[soft music playing] -[Cameron] Ooh, that's nice.

cameron music music-playing playing soft soft-music

↓

[clears throat] Excuse me. Hi.

clears clears-throat excuse throat

↓

Did I say you could take out your vibrating Bluetooth anal beads?

anal beads bluetooth vibrating

↓

-Go pop them back in right now. -[button clicking]

button clicking

↓

-This is an important event. -Uh-huh.

event

↓

You really expect me to come onstage in front of our most loyal fans?

expect fans front loyal onstage

↓

Oh, yeah. I want everyone to know what a grubby little queef-sniffer you are.

queef

↓

Huh. [sighs heavily]

heavily sighs sighs-heavily

↓

I'm sorry. This wasn't how I was planning to tell you,

planning

↓

but, um, this isn't working out for me anymore.

anymore working

↓

I mean, it was one thing when you were really in charge around here,

charge

↓

but now, I mean...

↓

You...

↓

are dumping me?

dumping

↓

I need a dom who's dominating.

↓

You know?

↓

But, uh, I hope we can still be friends.

friends hope

↓

Hmm. Is this your angry look, or did Starlight fuck up your face?

angry face fuck starlight

↓

You know, if you weren't Homelander's right-hand bitch,

bitch hand homelanders

↓

I'd take you out behind the woodshed and whup your ass.

behind whup

↓

Mm, sounds on-brand.

brand sounds

↓

You set me up to get my ass beat.

beat

↓

And you fell for it.

fell

↓

But, hey, now you don't have to play a victim.

victim

↓

You can really be one.

↓

[scoffs] Y'all just think I'm stupid poor white trash.

poor scoffs stupid trash white white-trash yall

↓

I don't think you're poor.

poor

↓

Underestimate me all you want.

underestimate

↓

Makes it that much easier to stick a fucking shiv in your back.

easier fucking makes stick

↓

Frenchie okay?

frenchie

↓

Oh.

↓

Are you okay?

↓

[coughs]

coughs

↓

I noticed you're having a little, uh...

having noticed

↓

projectile dysfunction.

dysfunction

↓

Yeah, you know what?

↓

Why don't you worry about yourself, okay?

worry

↓

I am. You're not much use to us if your powers are on the fuckin' fritz.

fritz fuckin powers

↓

Saw you beat the piss out of Firecracker on national television.

beat firecracker national piss television

↓

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the hell out of it, but, um,

enjoyed

↓

don't you think it was a little...

↓

out of control?

control

↓

We can't lose our cool like that.

cool lose

↓

We?

↓

Come on, Annie. I'm one of the only people who does get it.

annie

↓

Dual identities.

identities

↓

I'm still Nadia. You think I don't want to let her out sometimes?

nadia sometimes

↓

But I can't. I got to be Neuman.

neuman

↓

And, shit, you've been Starlight for so long,

starlight

↓

do you even know who Annie is anymore?

annie anymore

↓

[panting]

panting

↓

[laughs]

laughs

↓

Yeah, you really got your shit locked down.

locked

↓

[dramatic music playing]

dramatic dramatic-music dramatic-music-playing music music-playing playing

↓

[animal whimpering]

animal whimpering

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[panting]

panting

↓

[squeals]

squeals

↓

♪ ♪

↓

[squeals]

squeals

↓

[crunching]

crunching

↓

[ominous dramatic music playing]

dramatic dramatic-music dramatic-music-playing music music-playing ominous playing

↓

[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, Tek-Knight.

announcer announcer-ladies gentlemen knight ladies

↓

[audience cheering]

audience audience-cheering cheering

↓

It's been a whole year since my last movie,

movie whole

↓

so I'd say we're due for a reboot.

reboot

↓

[cheering and applause]

applause cheering

↓

No, keep your eyes forward.

eyes forward

↓

Don't let them see us talking.

↓

-Who? -Sage. Homelander. All of them.

homelander sage

↓

[Ashley] Oh, God. Are you on meth?

ashley meth

↓

Remember when we said we'd help each other?

remember

↓

The leak wasn't Anika. It was me.

anika leak

↓

What the fuck?

fuck

↓

What the fuck? Are you fucking suicidal?

fuck fucking suicidal

↓

-Just chill out, Ashley. -Chill out?

ashley chill

↓

You just made me a fucking accomplice, you piece of shit.

fucking piece

↓

I took one shit in Homelander's toilet.

homelanders toilet

↓

I'm not joining the fucking Rebel Alliance.

alliance fucking joining rebel

↓

I need to tell him.

↓

Hey.

↓

You've done a lot more than just take a shit,

↓

and we both know that.

↓

We made a deal, so you either help me

deal

↓

get Sage off my jock, or you go down with me.

jock sage

↓

[audience cheers]

audience cheers

↓

[Tek-Knight] The Tek-Knight plumbs a whole new pit of darkness.

darkness knight whole

↓

With its soundtrack of Nirvana hits

hits

↓

and a 12-minute sequence that's entirely pitch-black.

black entirely minute pitch sequence

↓

[cheering and applause]

applause cheering

↓

I found it, possibly the only bottle of

bottle found possibly

↓

Diet Kiwi S...

diet

↓

Where's Dad?

↓

I thought he was with you.

↓

-No? -No.

↓

[indistinct P.A. announcements]

announcements indistinct

↓

[Hughie] Dad?

hughie

↓

Dad?

↓

-Hugh? -Dad?

hugh

↓

Dad?

↓

Hugh?

hugh

↓

Dad.

↓

-[Daphne] Hugh? -[Hughie] Wait, wait, wait, wait.

daphne hugh hughie

↓

Just wait here for a second.

second

↓

Hey, Dad.

↓

[ominous music playing]

music music-playing ominous ominous-music ominous-music-playing playing

↓

How'd that happen?

happen howd

↓

[Hughie] Oh!

hughie

↓

Hughie, what's going on?

hughie

↓

I do-- I don't know.

↓

I don't know what...

↓

[Hughie] Look, why don't you set that down

hughie

↓

and, uh, why don't you...

↓

why don't you come with me.

↓

[gasps]

gasps

↓

Who are you?

↓

Dad, it's...

↓

Dad, it's me. It's Hughie.

hughie

↓

-Excuse me. -Uh, ma'am?

excuse maam

↓

[shouts]

shouts

↓

[screams]

screams

↓

Oh, my God. Call security!

security

↓

Call security! Code red!

code security

↓

♪ ♪

↓

Don't be like that.

↓

Hey, let me take you to dinner.

dinner

↓

Hey, I'm a nice guy, I promise.

promise

↓

[Hugh Sr. shouts]

hugh shouts

↓

[monitor flatlines]

monitor

↓

What's-- what's happening to me?

↓

[intense music playing]

intense intense-music intense-music-playing music music-playing playing

↓

-[alarm blaring] -[voice over P.A.] Attention please.

alarm alarm-blaring attention blaring voice

↓

There has been a report of an emergency.

emergency report

↓

Proceed calmly to the nearest exit

calmly exit nearest proceed

↓

and leave the building immediately.

building immediately

↓

-[Hughie] Dad? -[Daphne] Hugh?

daphne hugh hughie

↓

Oh, fuck.

fuck

↓

[Daphne] Hugh?

daphne hugh

↓

[panting]

panting

↓

Dad?

↓

I got to go.

↓

[Hughie] Yeah, wait, wait. Just listen,

hughie

↓

I can explain everything, all right? Why don't-- why don't you just, uh,

explain

↓

why don't you just come with us?

↓

I can't, I'm sorry, I got to take Hughie to the Vought Company Store.

company hughie store vought

↓

He's saving up for a Tek-Knight doll.

doll knight saving

↓

He-he-he calls it an action figure,

action calls figure

↓

but, you know, it's a-- it's a doll.

doll

↓

Dad, I'm Hughie.

hughie

↓

I'm right here.

↓

[chuckles]

chuckles

↓

You're not Hughie.

hughie

↓

He's 11.

↓

[Daphne] Hugh?

daphne hugh

↓

[clears throat]

clears clears-throat throat

↓

Why don't we go back to your room?

room

↓

-Daphne? -Yeah.

daphne

↓

Wh...

↓

what are you doing here?

↓

-[alarm continues blaring] -[distant shouting]

alarm blaring continues distant shouting

↓

You shouldn't be here.

↓

You left.

left

↓

-But I came back. Remember? -Yeah.

remember

↓

[Hugh Sr.] I did everything for you,

hugh

↓

and you looked through me like I wasn't even there!

looked

↓

You ruined my life.

life ruined

↓

Hughie's life.

hughies life

↓

Dad, stop.

↓

Get down on the ground.

ground

↓

-[gasps] -Sir?

gasps

↓

Wait. Wait.

↓

No! No, don't!

↓

-Let's go. -Daphne!

daphne

↓

[announcer] Please welcome the Guardians of Godolkin:

announcer godolkin welcome

↓

Sam Riordan and Cate Dunlap.

↓

[cheering and applause]

applause cheering

↓

[orchestral fanfare music playing]

fanfare music music-playing orchestral playing

↓

Hey, how long's this thing supposed to go on for?

longs supposed

↓

Why, big plans tonight?

plans plans-tonight tonight

↓

Nothing much,

↓

just gonna maybe fuck your wife.

fuck wife

↓

Excuse me?

excuse

↓

Tabitha. She wants me to swing by

swing wants

↓

for a late-night muff-dive.

dive late late-night night

↓

Which'll take forever 'cause I don't need to come up for air.

forever

↓

I can just breathe right through her juices.

breathe juices

↓

Enough.

↓

I know about your little closeted eight-armed hand job machine.

armed eight hand machine

↓

I could cut a package together, have it on the air by tonight.

package tonight

↓

-You wouldn't. -Watch me.

watch

↓

So try and keep it classy, okay?

classy

↓

[Cate] ...starring together in a hilarious new comedy, Flipped.

comedy flipped hilarious starring

↓

I'm a stuck-up sorority girl,

girl sorority stuck

↓

he's a nerd,

nerd

↓

but when a gypsy swaps our bodies...

bodies gypsy

↓

So, what do you want to do?

↓

We could go get some Nathan's Famous.

famous

↓

[chuckles] No, I mean a little more boldly.

chuckles

↓

I mean, like, big picture.

picture

↓

What do you... want to do?

↓

You're gonna laugh at me.

laugh

↓

Mm-mm. No, I won't.

↓

I kind of want to help people.

↓

But not like with fake saves,

fake saves

↓

like really help.

↓

It's what my mom would want.

↓

That's... amazing.

amazing

↓

That's great.

↓

[indistinct chatter]

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

You want to help her?

↓

-Hmm? Yeah? -Yeah.

↓

-But, I mean-- -Great.

↓

Hey, Adam,

adam

↓

will you send that lovely young lady over here, please?

lady lovely send young young-lady

↓

And you come, too.

↓

[Ryan] Um...

ryan

↓

...is he making you uncomfortable?

uncomfortable

↓

-Uh... -No, you can tell me.

↓

You won't get in trouble.

trouble

↓

Um...

↓

Kind of.

↓

Yeah.

↓

[Homelander] Ryan?

homelander ryan

↓

What do you think?

↓

Adam, I think you should apologize.

adam apologize

↓

Uh, I'm sorry if I was inappropriate.

inappropriate

↓

Didn't seem like you meant it.

meant

↓

Uh, yeah, that's just-- that's just my natural tone.

natural tone

↓

Maybe the problem is that

problem

↓

Adam is looking down on the P.A.

adam looking

↓

-Yeah. -[Homelander] Mm-hmm.

homelander

↓

Yeah, um...

↓

Adam, I think you should get on your knees and do it again.

adam knees

↓

[coughs]

coughs

↓

I'm sorry if I

↓

exploited our inequitable power dynamic,

dynamic exploited power

↓

and I made you feel uncomfortable.

uncomfortable

↓

Please forgive me.

forgive

↓

-He's still lying. -Mm-hmm. I agree.

agree lying

↓

I think maybe he needs to be taught a lesson.

lesson needs taught

↓

[whispers]

whispers

↓

[both chuckle]

chuckle

↓

I want you to slap him.

slap

↓

Bonnie--

bonnie

↓

[grunts] Oh! Oh, fuck.

fuck grunts

↓

Do it again.

↓

[cries out] Okay...

cries

↓

-Again. -[Adam] Homelander--

adam homelander

↓

-[slaps] -Oh! Fuck me.

fuck slaps

↓

-[slaps] -[grunts] I'm sorry. Stop, please.

grunts slaps

↓

-[slaps] -[Adam grunting]

adam grunting slaps

↓

[slapping continues]

continues slapping

↓

[Adam grunting]

adam grunting

↓

Bonnie, please. Please!

bonnie

↓

-Homelander, pl-- -[slaps]

homelander slaps

↓

Please, can we take a break?

break

↓

-Are you all right? -Yes, I'm all right.

↓

Right.

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

I didn't know you were a Catholic.

catholic

↓

Something about the drama of it appeals.

drama

↓

-[chuckles] -You know?

chuckles

↓

Do you still believe in God?

believe

↓

I want to.

↓

It's just, uh...

↓

It's just so hard sometimes.

hard sometimes

↓

And you?

↓

With all my heart.

heart

↓

The trinity, the resurrection,

resurrection

↓

the sacraments... all of it.

↓

Well, except for the Sacraments of Penance.

except

↓

Come on.

↓

What a steaming pile of dog shit that is.

pile steaming

↓

I really kind of think that

↓

forgiving is...

forgiving

↓

-is important. -Forgiving, oui.

forgiving

↓

But not being forgiven.

forgiven

↓

What, I confess to some priest

confess priest

↓

I don't even know in a peep show booth,

booth peep

↓

and all my sins wash away?

sins wash

↓

Dog shit.

↓

Some sins God should not forgive.

forgive sins

↓

Some sins deserve eternal damnation.

damnation deserve eternal sins

↓

Frenchie...

frenchie

↓

...what have you done?

↓

It is not just one thing, you see.

↓

It is so many things.

↓

You should really talk to someone.

↓

You should. I mean, have you told Kimiko?

kimiko

↓

[Frenchie] If I tell her...

frenchie

↓

...I'm scared she'll hate me.

hate scared shell

↓

I'm even more scared she won't.

scared

↓

[wood crashing]

crashing wood

↓

[snorts]

snorts

↓

[bellowing]

↓

[snorts]

snorts

↓

Is that a fucking V'd-up bull?

bull fucking

↓

-[mutters in French] -Oh, my God.

french mutters

↓

[snorts]

snorts

↓

Off we fuck, nice and slow.

fuck slow

↓

[all exclaiming]

exclaiming

↓

This is fucking crazy.

crazy fucking fucking-crazy

↓

-Run! -[screeches]

screeches

↓

Come on. Go!

↓

-[Annie] Oh, my God. -[screeches]

annie screeches

↓

[intense dramatic music playing]

dramatic dramatic-music dramatic-music-playing intense music music-playing playing

↓

-[screeches] -[gasps]

gasps screeches

↓

[screaming]

screaming

↓

[Frenchie] Come on.

frenchie

↓

Let's go!

↓

-[screeches] -[all panting]

panting screeches

↓

-[Annie sighs] -[Frenchie] Oh, mon Dieu.

annie frenchie sighs

↓

I can't believe this is fucking happening to me again.

believe fucking

↓

Oh, my God, Sameer.

sameer

↓

-[Neuman] Are you okay? -[Sameer] Yeah.

neuman sameer

↓

I'm fine, but, uh, Henry...

henry

↓

Wait. Zoe's not here, is she?

↓

-Because-- No? -No, no. She's okay. She's okay.

↓

-[Sameer] Okay, good. -[Annie] Wait. Oh, my God,

annie sameer

↓

is that Zoe's dad?

↓

[Edgar] Dr. Shah was my top man

edgar shah

↓

at Vought R&D

vought

↓

before he went behind my back

behind

↓

and deflowered my daughter.

daughter

↓

Okay, I was 20, thoroughly deflowered, and this isn't the time or the place.

place thoroughly

↓

What happened?

happened

↓

We gave, uh, V to a hamster, so we could test the virus on it.

hamster test virus

↓

Oh, a V'd-up hamster was your first mistake, mon ami.

hamster mistake

↓

It got loose. Trashed the lab. We ran,

loose trashed

↓

but the V had already leaked into the ground water.

ground leaked water

↓

Is the virus gone?

gone virus

↓

Yes.

↓

Fuck.

fuck

↓

Except for, uh...

except

↓

Except for one dose.

dose except

↓

[dramatic music playing]

dramatic dramatic-music dramatic-music-playing music music-playing playing

↓

[Neuman] Okay.

neuman

↓

Hey.

↓

-How transmissible is that? -[Sameer] Not very.

sameer

↓

Only through bodily fluid. Blood, saliva... semen.

blood bodily fluid saliva semen

↓

Okay, so we inject it into your dead buddy over here as bait,

bait buddy dead inject

↓

and then we put him outside to infect the crazy fucking flying sheep.

crazy flying fucking infect sheep

↓

This man is in no condition to fuck a sheep.

condition fuck sheep

↓

They would eat him.

↓

-Oh. -[Butcher] Bollocks.

bollocks butcher

↓

That's the only dose. I say we fucking leg it.

dose fucking

↓

-Butcher's right, it's too valuable. -[Annie] Okay, we run,

annie butchers valuable

↓

-we don't all make it. -Darwinism, love.

love

↓

Don't got to be the fastest, just not the slowest.

fastest slowest

↓

No fucking way.

fucking

↓

-Enough. Not now. -I won't be able to outrun them.

able outrun

↓

[Butcher] Oh, don't you cry for that cunt.

butcher cunt

↓

He's just trying to nick Zoe from you.

nick

↓

That's his whole fucking plan, isn't it?

fucking plan whole whole-fucking

↓

He's lying.

lying

↓

-Sorry, Stanny. Just business. -Guys, stop.

business stanny

↓

-Son of a bitch. -I should've fucking known.

bitch fucking known shouldve

↓

M.M. could die, okay? Or Frenchie.

frenchie

↓

I mean, you really don't care who you just throw to the wolves?

care throw wolves

↓

-No, not really. -[Annie] You're a monster,

annie monster

↓

-and I'm not letting you do this. -[Butcher] Or what?

butcher letting

↓

You gonna go stark raving like you did with Firecracker?

firecracker raving stark

↓

I got the head popper and you can't even get it up.

head popper

↓

Enough. Enough! Look. Look.

↓

Y'all see this?

yall

↓

Hives.

↓

And I got them

↓

because y'all motherfuckers are driving me the fuck crazy.

crazy driving fuck motherfuckers yall

↓

Now, Annie,

annie

↓

you can't just go around fucking everybody up.

everybody fucking

↓

And, Neuman, do you really

neuman

↓

want to risk Zoe growing up in a group home the way you did?

group growing home risk

↓

And you.

↓

Look.

↓

My little baby girl needs me,

baby baby-girl girl needs

↓

and I intend on seeing her.

intend seeing

↓

You're not a monster, Butcher.

butcher monster

↓

You are a motherfucker, but you a motherfucker with a heart.

heart motherfucker

↓

[tense music playing]

music music-playing playing tense tense-music tense-music-playing

↓

♪ ♪

↓

-[alarm blaring] -[shouting]

alarm alarm-blaring blaring shouting

↓

[indistinct P.A. announcements]

announcements indistinct

↓

He killed those people. He... Those people.

killed

↓

Yeah, crazy shit happens when you give healthy people V,

crazy happens healthy

↓

so I guess when someone's brain-dead...

brain brain-dead dead someones

↓

H-How are you so calm?

calm

↓

This sort of isn't the first time I've been through something like this.

↓

-What are you looking for? -I don't know. Tobramycin,

looking

↓

topotecan, anything we can use to maybe slow Dad down.

slow

↓

Wait, w-what if we can't?

↓

Nothing is gonna happen to you.

happen

↓

[Hugh Sr.] Daphne!

daphne hugh

↓

[suspenseful music playing]

music music-playing playing suspenseful suspenseful-music suspenseful-music-playing

↓

You... you left me.

left

↓

-You left our little boy. -[Hughie] Dad.

hughie left

↓

-You broke our hearts. -Dad, stop.

broke hearts

↓

Hugh, please.

hugh

↓

Hugh, Hugh, please. Please, Hugh, please.

hugh

↓

I'm Hughie, Dad.

hughie

↓

I'm the one you took to the Vought Store to buy the Tek-Knight doll.

doll knight store vought

↓

Remember, I-I was, I was short eight bucks,

bucks eight eight-bucks remember short

↓

even though I saved for weeks.

saved weeks

↓

And you said, "Anything for your number one hero."

hero number

↓

But that's the thing, Dad, he-he-he never was.

↓

You are.

↓

You're my hero.

hero

↓

And that's why I-I needed you to wake up,

needed wake

↓

so that I could say it, and I, and I, and I know that you heard it.

heard

↓

You're my hero, Dad.

hero

↓

[alarm continues blaring]

alarm blaring continues

↓

[somber music playing]

music music-playing playing somber somber-music somber-music-playing

↓

Hughie?

hughie

↓

Yeah. Yeah, Dad, it's me, it's me. It's Hughie.

hughie

↓

[Hugh Sr.] W-Where are we?

hugh

↓

Oh!

↓

Oh, God, w... Oh, God.

↓

W-Why am I... I-I don't know what's going on.

↓

-It's-it's a long story, but-- -No! No!

story

↓

[Hughie] Dad?

hughie

↓

Dad, it's Hughie. It's Hughie, remember?

hughie remember

↓

I know. I-I know.

↓

I just, I-I don't...

↓

There's-there's something wrong with me.

↓

I-I can't stop it. [crying]

crying

↓

I don't know what to do.

↓

That's okay.

↓

I think I do.

↓

[sheep screeching]

screeching sheep

↓

How long did you say it takes for the virus to kick in?

kick takes virus

↓

It's been different every time.

↓

[pounding on roof]

pounding roof

↓

That's not good.

↓

[suspenseful music playing]

music music-playing playing suspenseful suspenseful-music suspenseful-music-playing

↓

[wood creaking]

creaking wood

↓

[pounding on roof]

pounding roof

↓

Shit.

↓

[door creaking]

creaking door

↓

[bleating]

↓

[screeching]

screeching

↓

Go, go, go! Go, go, go!

↓

[intense music playing]

intense intense-music intense-music-playing music music-playing playing

↓

Oh!

↓

[screeches]

screeches

↓

Oh, shit.

↓

[groans]

groans

↓

[heavy thud]

heavy thud

↓

[sheep screeching]

screeching sheep

↓

Where's Sameer?

sameer

↓

Where's Sameer?

sameer

↓

Sameer?

sameer

↓

Sameer!

sameer

↓

-Victoria. Victoria. Calm down. Just... -Sameer! Sameer! Where's Sameer?

calm sameer victoria

↓

[crying] Where is he?

crying

↓

We don't know...

↓

No, where is he? No, where's Sameer?

sameer

↓

Not very sporting of you to renege on a deal.

deal sporting

↓

Deal was a pardon for the virus. No virus?

deal pardon virus

↓

No deal.

deal

↓

We scoured the property. We couldn't find Dr. Shah,

property shah

↓

but we did find this.

↓

-Thank you. -I'm very sorry.

↓

[helicopter passing]

helicopter passing

↓

[engine starts]

engine engine-starts starts

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

[engine starts]

engine engine-starts starts

↓

[explosion]

explosion

↓

Hmm.

↓

[gentle music playing]

gentle gentle-music gentle-music-playing music music-playing playing

↓

[overlapping chatter]

chatter overlapping overlapping-chatter

↓

Jesus fucking Christ, are you serious?

christ fucking fucking-christ jesus jesus-fucking serious

↓

Shh.

↓

What does it mean to be a hero?

hero

↓

This country is corrupt beyond repair. So, we got to save it.

beyond beyond-repair corrupt country repair save

↓

We have to save America.

america save

↓

We have to save the world for our kids.

kids save world

↓

So, I'm reaching out to you, to do your part.

part reaching

↓

Now, it's not gonna be easy. We'll...

easy

↓

We'll have to do some terrible things. Some violent,

violent

↓

merciless, maybe even cruel things, for the greater good.

cruel greater merciless

↓

That's war.

↓

You'll no longer be beloved celebrities.

beloved celebrities longer

↓

You will be wrathful gods.

gods

↓

When the time comes...

comes

↓

...will you answer the call?

answer

↓

How will we know when the time comes?

comes

↓

Trust me, you'll know.

trust

↓

Anything you need, Homelander.

homelander

↓

You see, we recently found a leak

found leak recently

↓

here at Vought Tower, and I thought,

tower vought vought-tower

↓

together, we might plug it.

might plug

↓

[Homelander] The proof was on his phone.

homelander phone proof

↓

Calls to Marvin Milk.

calls marvin milk

↓

[Cameron] I don't know who that is. I don't know who Marvin Milk is.

cameron marvin milk

↓

I didn't do it. This is a mistake.

mistake

↓

Someone set me up. Someone set me up.

↓

I didn't do anything.

↓

-[muffled shouting] -[Homelander] So...

homelander muffled shouting

↓

A-Train.

train

↓

[Cameron protesting]

cameron protesting

↓

Show me a little wrath.

wrath

↓

[Cameron groans]

cameron groans

↓

I'm still gonna fuck your wife tonight.

fuck tonight wife

↓

[grunts]

grunts

↓

-[tense music playing] -[Cameron coughing]

cameron coughing music music-playing playing tense tense-music tense-music-playing

↓

-[Cameron crying out] -[blows landing]

blows blows-landing cameron crying landing

↓

[sighs]

sighs

↓

[buttons clicking]

buttons clicking

↓

[phone chimes]

chimes phone phone-chimes

↓

[phone clicks]

clicks phone

↓

[indistinct chatter]

chatter indistinct indistinct-chatter

↓

Not here.

↓

Hello.

↓

Uh, just a moment, sir.

moment

↓

Madame, excusez-moi.

madame

↓

-Sir, we'll get to you when we can-- -I have committed murders.

committed murders

↓

Plural.

↓

There's a 10-13 at the front desk.

desk front

↓

Sir, please put your hands where I can see them.

hands

↓

[distant alarm blaring]

alarm alarm-blaring blaring distant

↓

How do you know this is even gonna work?

↓

I-I have this, uh, French friend.

french friend

↓

He kind of taught me way too much about drugs.

drugs taught

↓

Look, if we don't do this, then he spends the rest of his life

life rest spends

↓

scared and confused, in-in prison

confused prison scared

↓

or-or an asylum.

asylum

↓

Or he kills more innocent people.

innocent kills

↓

He's right.

↓

Hughie's right.

hughies

↓

I don't want to be Jar Jar.

↓

It's not gonna hurt.

hurt

↓

Thank you.

↓

For taking such good care of our boy.

care

↓

I promise I will do the same.

promise

↓

Yeah.

↓

Yeah.

↓

[Hugh Sr.] W-Wh...

hugh

↓

What's happening?

↓

-I feel... -[Daphne] Okay.

daphne

↓

I'm-I'm-I'm scared.

scared

↓

Hey, hey, Dad, it's okay. Hey. I'm right here.

↓

I'm right here. We both are.

↓

And I-I love you so much.

love

↓

I'm not gonna hold on, okay? You can go.

↓

I love you, too, son.

love

↓

My wee Hughie.

hughie

↓

[both sigh]

sigh

↓

Oh, y-you know where I really want to go?

↓

-Where? -Is Paris.

paris

↓

Uh, yeah. Yeah, you know, we can...

↓

three of us, we can do the Da Vinci Code tour.

code three tour vinci

↓

-Oh, yeah. The three of us. -[Hughie] Yeah.

hughie three

↓

-Yeah. Yeah. -[Hugh Sr.] The three of us.

hugh three

↓

Visit all those... those spots where...

spots visit

↓

Tom... Tom Hanks...

hanks

↓

[crying]

crying

↓

[Daphne] It's okay.

daphne

↓

[kisses] It's okay.

kisses

↓

[Hughie continues crying]

continues crying hughie

↓

[muffled whimpering]

muffled whimpering

↓

[chuckles] Now, see? That is classic Butcher.

butcher chuckles classic

↓

[panicked breathing]

breathing panicked

↓

You get away from me! Get away from me!

↓

All right, take it easy.

easy

↓

I ain't gonna hurt you.

aint hurt

↓

Well, not no more.

↓

It was just enough to convince people.

convince

↓

-You chopped off my fucking leg. -[Butcher] Yes, I did.

butcher chopped fucking

↓

I ain't gonna sugarcoat it, your football days are over,

aint days football

↓

but don't you worry,

worry

↓

we'll patch you up,

patch

↓

right as rain,

rain

↓

and you'll be back to work in no time.

↓

Work? What work?

↓

Well, what the fuck do you think?

fuck

↓

You're gonna make us some more of that virus.

virus

↓

[whimpering] No, no...

whimpering

↓

[suspenseful music playing]

music music-playing playing suspenseful suspenseful-music suspenseful-music-playing

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ And on his farm he had some chicks ♪

chicks farm

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ With a chick-chick here and a chick-chick there ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

♪ Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick-chick ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ And on his farm he had some ducks ♪

ducks farm

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ With a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there ♪

quack quack-quack

↓

♪ Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack ♪

quack quack-quack

↓

♪ Chick-chick here and a chick-chick there ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

♪ Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick-chick ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ And on his farm he had some turkeys ♪

farm turkeys

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ With a gobble-gobble here and a gobble-gobble there ♪

gobble gobble-gobble

↓

♪ Here a gobble, there a gobble, everywhere a gobble-gobble ♪

gobble gobble-gobble

↓

♪ Quack-quack here and a quack-quack there ♪

quack quack-quack

↓

♪ Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack ♪

quack quack-quack

↓

♪ Chick-chick here and a chick-chick there ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

♪ Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick-chick ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ And on his farm he had some pigs ♪

farm pigs

↓

♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪

↓

♪ With an oink-oink here and an oink-oink there ♪

oink oink-oink

↓

♪ Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink-oin k ♪

oink

↓

♪ Gobble-gobble here and a gobble-gobble there ♪

gobble gobble-gobble

↓

♪ Here a gobble, there a gobble, everywhere a gobble-gobble ♪

gobble gobble-gobble

↓

♪ Quack-quack here and a quack-quack there ♪

quack quack-quack

↓

♪ Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack ♪

quack quack-quack

↓

♪ Chick-chick here and a chick-chick there ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

♪ Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick-chick ♪

chick chick-chick

↓

[singers imitating farm animals]

animals farm imitating singers

↓

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪

farm macdonald

↓

♪ E-I-E-I ♪

↓

♪ O ♪♪

↓

[record needle scratching]

needle record scratching