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Season 4, Episode 8 — Assassination Run

[energetic music playing]

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Aah!

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What the fuck?

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That was so fucked up, you guys.

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Get out. You're done.

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There's one person you will never, ever defeat.

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Good luck without me.

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The answer to all our prayers.

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-A virus that kills Supes. -[Shah] To make the virus

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strong enough to kill Homelander would evolve it

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into something super lethal.

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Global fucking pandemic.

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I am you, which is why when I tell you you want to do this,

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I am literally telling you that you fucking want to do this.

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-[grunts] -Kimiko! [grunts]

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[Mother's Milk] Frenchie, that virus--

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it ain't gonna cook itself, brother.

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[Butcher] We ain't turning Ryan into an asset.

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-He ain't ready. -Either we figure out how to train him

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or we figure out how to kill him.

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Stop, stop! Just stop.

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Your family isn't your enemy.

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-My mom wouldn't want any of this. -[Butcher] And that

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is why I got faith in the kid.

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[coughs]

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[Homelander] Once he's in office,

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we need to invoke the 25th amendment.

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-Who's handling all this? -[Neuman] Me.

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-I fucking am. -[Hughie] When Homelander

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chucks all the Starlighters into internment camps,

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you're cool with that?

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You didn't know about the camps.

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[Homelander] You just focus on the shooter.

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Make sure he's good to go on the 6th.

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-Are you okay? -It's like a furnace in there.

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-[Hughie] Stop! -[Butcher] Fucking Supe shapeshifters.

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Got to hand it to Sage, though.

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Perfect choice for the job.

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Good morning, patriots.

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It's January 6, and this is VNN Today.

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Stunning news out of Vought Studios,

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who are canceling the eagerly anticipated film

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Training A-Train, though it's completely finished.

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We just realized we'd make more from the write-off.

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We go behind the scenes of a powerful new Vought PSA.

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I take responsibility.

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I take responsibility for racism.

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Finally, Congress counts electoral votes today

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to certify the incoming president.

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Usually a formality, Dakota Bob's extreme anti-Supe agenda

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has made it anything but.

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We will count the certificates in an orderly fashion,

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with no debate.

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Is that understood?

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Now, as I was saying,

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after ascertaining the certificates are authentic...

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[Mother's Milk] Where's the fucking virus, Frenchie?

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[Frenchie speaks French] I'm close.

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You know, once they bang that gavel,

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Neuman's one goddamn head pop away from the Oval Office.

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-How close? -Close-ish.

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-[tense music playing] -[Calhoun continues indistinctly on TV]

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Fuck.

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[phone whooshes]

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...counting the certificate of the vote of the state of Alabama?

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-[phone dings] -Hearing none. The chair advises members of Congress...

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No, I told you Vicky locked it all down.

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Please lower your voice.

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[Calhoun continues indistinctly on TV]

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-[Shifter Annie] Hey. -Hey.

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Hey.

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He-Hey. What--

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What the hell are you wearing?

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You don't like it?

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No, I mean, I… I love it.

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It's just, I-is now really the time, with the whole country

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barreling towards 1984?

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The night before my great-grandfather shipped out,

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he put on his dress uniform,

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barged into dinner at my great-grandmother's house,

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and got down on one knee.

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Okay.

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Stand up. Please.

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Hughie Campbell...

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[hopeful music playing]

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...will you marry me?

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-Ha! Uh... -[laughs]

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You need to stay right here, okay? Just don't move.

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-Okay. -Do not move.

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[music distorts, stops playing]

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Hey.

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Uh, I guess I'm-I'm doing this.

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Okay, then me, too, 'cause I'm the one proposing.

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Annie January,

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I am terrified of what's gonna happen.

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But I feel so...

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...so lucky...

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that I get to face it all with you.

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[chuckles]

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Okay, all right.

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So, uh, yeah, all in all...

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hard yes, let's get married.

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-[laughs] -[laughs] Aah!

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-Mm... -[ominous music playing]

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Wow, that was... that was great.

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Two fingers was a lot, but...

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Sorry, I was just trying to level up.

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Oh, no, it's... it's fine. It's great.

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[Shifter Annie] Um...

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Where you going?

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We need some champs to... celebrate.

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And...

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not that Kirkland shit

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that's in the fridge.

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-I'll be right back. -Yeah, okay. Yeah.

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[door opens, closes]

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The certificate from Kansas, the parliamentarians advised me,

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is the only certificate of vote from the state,

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and has annexed to it a certificate from an authority...

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[nurse] You're 90 over 60.

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That's low.

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You don't fucking say?

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[Calhoun continues indistinctly on TV]

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[haunting music playing]

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[door closes]

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You know, if you need any help...

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I don't need your help.

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Really?

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Seems to me you are shitting in a bedpan

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and days away from being planted.

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And what do you have to show for it?

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I mean, Singer-- he's as good as dead.

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Homelander-- he won.

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And you-- you gave away the virus.

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The one fucking weapon that could've stopped him.

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But we are gonna turn that frown

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upside down, my friend.

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You know why?

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'Cause you still have me.

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You ain't even fucking real.

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[Kessler] Well, now, that's an interesting philosophical question.

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See, what is real are the fucking

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V'd up tumors that are mushrooming inside your guts and noggin.

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Super cancer.

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What is real

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is that piece of you

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that wants to burn every fucking Supe on Earth.

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How is it you think you ripped Ezekiel into fun-sized little chunks?

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I'm the one that gave you the juice that you needed.

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And I can do it again.

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All you have to do

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is hold up your end of the bargain.

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Bargain?

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What fucking bargain?

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We go all the way.

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I mean, come on, champ,

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what's a little genocide between friends?

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Just fuck off and let me die in peace, would you?

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[Mallory] Wish I could.

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[door closes]

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Since you're here...

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...be a doll and fetch us a pint, would you?

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Come on, don't be a cunt. I'm fucking dying here.

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Your dying's been pretty high on my wish list lately.

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I appreciate what you're doing here for me.

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Not one bit of this is for you.

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All right, then.

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Give us me phone. We got work to do.

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[haunting music plays]

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Disgusting.

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God damn it, Ryan.

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[jittery music playing]

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-[lasers humming] -[loud crashing]

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[tense music playing]

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Come here.

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Come here. That's an order.

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I'm your father.

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Not him.

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And I always will be.

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Come here.

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Now.

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Ryan.

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Ryan!

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[Annie grunting]

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[door opens]

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Hey.

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-[door closes] -You know,

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I'd be careful with those...

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[grunts] ...those Lean Lad Diet Lunches?

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They cause kidney stones

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the size of jawbreakers.

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There's a whole class action lawsuit against them.

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-Come here. - Don't!

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Don't-don't fucking touch me.

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Hey, chill, okay?

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I just need a little recharge.

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Oh.

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Why the fuck would I kill your mother?

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That requires going to Sedona,

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and no one should have to go to Sedona.

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-[chuckles] -Get out of my head.

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Oh, this?

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I proposed to Hughie this morning.

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[squeals]

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I even told him the story about your great-grandparents.

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And then we fucked to celebrate.

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And we did butt stuff.

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He was so into it.

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Oh, Christ.

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It's like a fucking furnace in here.

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-Why? -Don't you just love proposals?

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I mean, the joy on the other person's face

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when they finally get their happily ever after.

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You're a psychopath.

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Sociopath!

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Which is to be expected, really. I mean,

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barely remember what I look like.

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I do remember the first time I shifted, though.

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One minute I was me

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and the next I was Ms. Jamison,

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my preschool teacher.

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And I could see every memory she'd ever had.

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Fucking her husband's best friend,

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shoplifting lip gloss, hitting a student.

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But you know what the funny part is?

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She felt justified

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in doing all those shitty things.

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You all do it.

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You all think

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you're the heroes of your own story.

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I mean, look at you.

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You're more moral and good

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and honest than the rest of us

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just wallowing down in the shit.

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-I don't think that. -Yeah, you do. Come on.

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Mind reader, remember?

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"Wasn't my fault

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that I was a total cunt at the pageants, that was Mommy.

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Or that I had to suck cock

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like a fucking popsicle to stay in The Seven. No.

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No, no, no, no, no.

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I'm Annie January and it's not my fault."

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Come on, say it with me now.

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I'm Annie January and it's not my...

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Fuck you!

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You don't know anything about me or my life.

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No? Then why aren't your powers working?

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[ominous music playing]

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[grunting]

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I mean,

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you weren't even the original choice to kill Singer,

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but you're just such a fucking hot mess,

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you made it undeniable.

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Hey.

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You'll have a couple of...

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non-consecutive life sentences

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to work through your identity issues.

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-Please... -Aw.

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Poor Annie.

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-Please. -"Oh, God, I'm Annie January

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and I'm the only good one."

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[mock cries, laughs]

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[claps]

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Oh. Here.

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To wash down those Lean Lad Lunches.

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Okay.

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Ah.

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[door opens]

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-Oi oi. -[Hughie] I've called you, like,

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15 times. I was worried. I thought...

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I don't know, I thought maybe you were...

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Yeah, you and me both.

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Look, we're kind of up against it right now.

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They're only a few hours away from certifying the election

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and then, you know, after that happens they're-they're coming for Singer.

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We need your help.

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Butcher?

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When I was a lad,

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I heard about this place in Nevada.

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A steakhouse.

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Where the birds get their baps out when they're bringing your ribeye.

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-Cool. -[soft chuckle]

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Lenny nearly pissed himself when I told him.

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Thought it was the funniest thing he ever heard.

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We was gonna go there someday.

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Well...

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Funny what you think about when your time's up, innit?

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Butcher, where are you? I-I can come to you.

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You know, we can figure this out.

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Do us a favor, would you, Hughie?

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Go there.

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For me and Len, would you?

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You can't fucking give up.

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You can still fight.

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Hughie, I asked you something.

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Fine. I'll-I'll, um...

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I'll go to the topless steakhouse for you.

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Magic.

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And, uh...

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...tell the Boys I'm sorry, would you?

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Tell the Boys I'm sorry

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for, uh...

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Just tell them I'm sorry.

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Goodbye, Hughie.

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[somber music playing]

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Oh, hey, um,

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have Negin get me a caramel pretzel s'more frappe from Jitter Bean.

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Double whip. I'm just like molasses in winter today.

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Ugh, God, that's enough, Amber. Thank you.

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Good morning. [chuckles]

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How are you doing this mor... [coughs]

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Oh, God.

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[coughing] Excuse me. [chuckles]

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Can we just make this quick, please?

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I have slightly more important things to do today.

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-[Also Ashley] Yes ma'am, of course. -[clears throat] Hey.

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[stage manager] Stand by. Going in five, four,

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three...

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-[rock music playing] -Welcome to the show, folks.

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We got a real happy surprise for y'all today.

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Homelander and vice president-elect

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Victoria Neuman.

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[gasps] Bless both your hearts for being here.

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I'm more than happy to find time for my friend Homelander.

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Yeah, let's cut the BS.

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Dakota Bob says he's gonna pass nutbag anti-Supe laws

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in his first hundred days.

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-[muffled] As his VP... -[high-pitched ringing]

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[muffled voices continue indistinctly]

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-[ringing stops] -[Neuman] ...staunch ally of the super-abled community,

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-I really think that it's important to-- -[laughs]

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Ally, Victoria, really?

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We're here to tell the truth.

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So just... tell the truth.

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The truth is that

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the real issue here is lack of representation.

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-And I want to make sure that you-- -Fine, you don't want to do it?

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I'll do it.

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Uh...

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Victoria here is a superhero.

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[laughs] Thanks for the compliment.

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But, like, I think the truth is we all want to be heroes,

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but, um, I'm not literally a su--

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-[dramatic music playing] -[gasps]

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Oh, fuck.

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[Firecracker] It's all true.

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Ms. Neuman here has been operating as

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a secret dagger in the heart of the deep state,

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standing up to the forces of darkness that want to

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sodomize our democracy and our toddlers,

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but it is time for the great awakening.

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Where we go one, we go Vought, y'all.

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We're gonna take a quick break...

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Cunt's out of the bag, innit?

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Now it gets interesting.

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All right. Great show, guys.

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Hey. Hey!

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-Ma'am... -Fuck off! Hey.

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I worked my whole life to keep that secret.

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Well, secrets rot your soul.

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-You're unburdened. You should thank me. -Sage said--

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Fuck Sage. She's long gone. Listen to me.

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Listen to me.

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We are gonna change the world,

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Vicky, for our kids and their kids.

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The first super-abled president.

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Hmm? And you're a gal.

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I'll be impeached.

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-Why would we care? -Because I have to

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-get re-elected in four years. -Says who?

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Article II of the Constitution.

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New world, new rules.

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Now shut the fuck up and listen.

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Our fates are connected now.

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Singer's as good as dead, and I am the only fucking friend you've got left.

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The train has left the station, gorgeous, and you're on it.

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You'll have to arrest half your company. Half the country.

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Wait, you think I didn't think of that? Of course I thought of that.

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[Neuman] Fuck.

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-Ashley, on me now. -Um, the response on socials has been mixed.

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I need you to make a list of anyone within the company

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that has damaging information on me or The Seven--

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but mostly me--

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anyone with any fucking leverage whatsoever.

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-Yes. -I need this fucking list yesterday.

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Yes, sir.

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You're a good girl.

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[tense music playing]

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Um...

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-that doesn't sound good, Ashley. -Oh, yeah, no shit, Ashley.

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Sorry, Ashley.

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[Calhoun] Order!

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The purpose of the joint session having concluded,

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pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, 118th congress,

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the chair declares the joint session resolved.

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...certified the election despite the shocking news

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that vice president-elect Victoria Neuman is super-abled.

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Protests have erupted all over the country

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-as Starlighters... -That's the ballgame.

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Open season on Singer now. Frenchie, tell me you got something.

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[speaks French] You want to try this instead of me?

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I'm working as fast as I can.

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Not fast enough.

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Multiple protestors have been injured...

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-[phone rings] -You seeing this?

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Get all the dirt on Neuman ready in case we need to go nuclear.

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Wait, wait, wait, wait. What happened to the virus?

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There is no fucking virus.

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What? Fuck.

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Okay, well, you know she's gonna kill us if we leak this, right?

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If I had another fucking choice, trust me, I'd take it.

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All right, here goes fucking nothing.

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[singsongy] Hi.

#413

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Fuck!

#414

⇓

-What? What happened? -It's all gone.

#415

⇓

Everything we have on Neuman-- the murders,

#416

⇓

-her ties to Stan Edgar, everything. -Okay, okay, wait a second.

#417

⇓

You got backups, right-- another computer or the motherfucking cloud?

#418

⇓

You're not hearing me. It's all gone. The originals,

#419

⇓

the backups, we've got nothing.

#420

⇓

Ain't nothing stopping her then.

#421

⇓

Only one thing left to do.

#422

⇓

Frenchie, you stay here, work fucking faster.

#423

⇓

Kimiko, you're with me.

#424

⇓

Listen, Hughie, I'm sending you coordinates. You and Annie,

#425

⇓

-meet there ASAP. -What's the plan?

#426

⇓

We fucked up our chance at offense. All we got now is defense.

#427

⇓

[dramatic music playing]

#428

⇓

I am as shocked as you are

#429

⇓

by this profound betrayal of trust.

#430

⇓

In America, you tell people who you are

#431

⇓

before you ask for their vote.

#432

⇓

That's why I'm calling for a new, free and fair election.

#433

⇓

Mark my words,

#434

⇓

if Victoria Neuman becomes vice president,

#435

⇓

it will be over my dead body

#436

⇓

because she had me assassinated.

#437

⇓

[TV clicks off]

#438

⇓

Wow. Guess you got to go take a bullet for the geezer, don't you?

#439

⇓

I think it's more important that I stay here.

#440

⇓

Your visitor's here.

#441

⇓

-Send him in. -[door closes]

#442

⇓

[sighs]

#443

⇓

Man, this is never gonna work.

#444

⇓

[Butcher] You got my text.

#445

⇓

I'm glad you came.

#446

⇓

[chuckles] You're almost taller than me now.

#447

⇓

There's no saving the kid. He can't escape his own blood.

#448

⇓

[Mallory] What are they feeding you?

#449

⇓

And tell me there's vegetables involved somewhere.

#450

⇓

[Ryan] There's lettuce on the burgers.

#451

⇓

[̈laughs] I've missed you, kiddo.

#452

⇓

Listen, Ryan,

#453

⇓

we, uh, need to have a bit of a serious chin wag.

#454

⇓

You look... really sick.

#455

⇓

Don't I know it.

#456

⇓

Mate, I've wished myself dead more times

#457

⇓

than I can count.

#458

⇓

And now here I am,

#459

⇓

and I want some more time.

#460

⇓

But I don't have it,

#461

⇓

and I don't have time to ease you into this.

#462

⇓

You're gonna have to kill him, Billy.

#463

⇓

You can't go back to the tower.

#464

⇓

-You need to go with Aunt Grace. -[Ryan] What?

#465

⇓

-Like when? -[Butcher] Now.

#466

⇓

-Right now. -[Ryan] No, I-I can't.

#467

⇓

-My dad would find me. -Not this time, kiddo.

#468

⇓

Well...

#469

⇓

I'm not sure I want to leave.

#470

⇓

I kind of like it there. Well, parts of it.

#471

⇓

You see? You got to stab him with the virus and you got to do it today.

#472

⇓

[Mallory] Ryan, no.

#473

⇓

-Your Dad is a-- -[Butcher] Grace.

#474

⇓

Look...

#475

⇓

when your mom died-- which weren't your fault...

#476

⇓

...you heard what she said.

#477

⇓

She had me promise to keep you safe, and that's all I'm trying to do here.

#478

⇓

Now, if you're telling me,

#479

⇓

I mean, seriously telling me,

#480

⇓

that the place you feel safest

#481

⇓

is with Homelander...

#482

⇓

...then I ain't gonna stop you.

#483

⇓

[somber music playing]

#484

⇓

Do you want to play?

#485

⇓

All right, then. Come on.

#486

⇓

[Ashley speaking indistinctly]

#487

⇓

-[Homelander] Have you seen Ryan? -[Ashley] No, but I can send a PA

#488

⇓

-to go look, if you need. -No. No. Boys need their space.

#489

⇓

-List? -Oh, yeah. Um… Sorry.

#490

⇓

[Homelander] Thank you.

#491

⇓

[Ashley] I highlighted anyone who's contract

#492

⇓

we'd have to pay out if they're...

#493

⇓

...let go.

#494

⇓

Great. Thank you. Good job.

#495

⇓

You're excused.

#496

⇓

[doors sliding shut]

#497

⇓

You know, no problem. I can get it.

#498

⇓

[screams]

#499

⇓

Cilantro.

#500

⇓

Gentlemen.

#501

⇓

The Seven is a circle of trust.

#502

⇓

[coughs]

#503

⇓

[clears throat]

#504

⇓

What we're gonna tell you is extremely sensitive.

#505

⇓

-Got it? -O Captain, my Captain.

#506

⇓

Robert Singer will be dead

#507

⇓

by end of business.

#508

⇓

Neuman will be sworn in.

#509

⇓

People will panic. There will be rioting,

#510

⇓

bloodshed, et cetera, et cetera.

#511

⇓

Someone will have to swoop in and restore order.

#512

⇓

We will put out the call to every Vought hero,

#513

⇓

every fucking one, to surround the Capitol,

#514

⇓

the White House, and the Pentagon.

#515

⇓

Defending the rightful President Neuman.

#516

⇓

Now, what I need you two--

#517

⇓

[coughing]

#518

⇓

Fuck's sakes, get a Ricola.

#519

⇓

Sorry, sir. I'm-I'm so sorry. I'm just... the meds, you know.

#520

⇓

You know, the... the meds.

#521

⇓

They're just, they're causing a little

#522

⇓

heart palpitation and a high fever, but it ain't no big thing.

#523

⇓

Okay, well, you're coughing all over me, and it's fucking disgusting.

#524

⇓

Go further down.

#525

⇓

Scoot.

#526

⇓

[Firecracker clears throat]

#527

⇓

[sniffles]

#528

⇓

[clears throat]

#529

⇓

[sniffles]

#530

⇓

Further.

#531

⇓

[sighs]

#532

⇓

[sniffles]

#533

⇓

[Homelander] As I was saying...

#534

⇓

...everyone on this list

#535

⇓

needs to be removed.

#536

⇓

Permanently, by the end of the day.

#537

⇓

Hey, if we're thinking about who's got the most dirt on us,

#538

⇓

wouldn't Ashley's name be at the top of the list?

#539

⇓

Yeah. Sure. Good idea.

#540

⇓

Does anybody know Ashley's last name?

#541

⇓

[panting]

#542

⇓

[suspenseful music playing]

#543

⇓

What the...?

#544

⇓

[whimpers]

#545

⇓

[tense music playing]

#546

⇓

-[gasps] -[syringe clatters]

#547

⇓

-[squelching] -[screaming]

#548

⇓

[Secret Service agent] You seriously telling us

#549

⇓

the Shifter can get through that?

#550

⇓

Look, for all I fucking know, they could be in here already.

#551

⇓

So, from now on, everybody moves with a partner,

#552

⇓

and you check in every five minutes on the dot.

#553

⇓

Stay sharp and follow motherfucking orders.

#554

⇓

Come on, let's get to it.

#555

⇓

Sir, you're gonna be all right.

#556

⇓

If you'd killed Neuman like I ordered,

#557

⇓

we wouldn't be stuck four stories underground

#558

⇓

playing pocket pool, idiot.

#559

⇓

[sighs] Balls.

#560

⇓

Kimiko, stay on Singer.

#561

⇓

Do you really think the Shifter is in here?

#562

⇓

I hope not, for Christ's sake, but it could be anyone,

#563

⇓

so eyes on everyone.

#564

⇓

Okay. You got it.

#565

⇓

[sighs] Jesus. [clears throat]

#566

⇓

[sighs]

#567

⇓

-You okay? -Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

#568

⇓

I'm just... warm.

#569

⇓

It's like a furnace in here.

#570

⇓

[ominous music playing]

#571

⇓

It's like a furnace in there.

#572

⇓

Y-You should go find some water.

#573

⇓

Yeah. Okay. Do you want one?

#574

⇓

I would love one.

#575

⇓

-I'll be right back. -Okay.

#576

⇓

Holy fucking shit.

#577

⇓

[Annie grunting, panting]

#578

⇓

[screaming]

#579

⇓

[dramatic music playing]

#580

⇓

[screams]

#581

⇓

Balls.

#582

⇓

Hey. Hey, man. Hey, just... sorry. Just something... stupid.

#583

⇓

Real quick, just don't look at me, look right into the room.

#584

⇓

-Huh? -Don't look at me, just look forward.

#585

⇓

-Don't look at me, just look forward. -All right, all right, okay.

#586

⇓

[sighs] Stay cool.

#587

⇓

-It's Annie. -What's Annie?

#588

⇓

-The Shifter, it's Annie. -What?

#589

⇓

She's the Shifter. Don't look at me, just look forward.

#590

⇓

How do you know?

#591

⇓

Just trust me, I don't know how or when they switched, but that is

#592

⇓

-100% percent not Annie. -Okay, okay, okay, listen.

#593

⇓

The fate of the country relies on us keeping our shit together, so just chill--

#594

⇓

-[Shifter Annie] Hey. -Hey. -Hey.

#595

⇓

Water?

#596

⇓

-[Mother's Milk] Thanks. -[Shifter Annie] There you go.

#597

⇓

-Yeah, great. -Mm-hmm.

#598

⇓

Mmm.

#599

⇓

Mmm. Mmm.

#600

⇓

What are you looking at?

#601

⇓

-Uh... -I know.

#602

⇓

[Mother's Milk gasps]

#603

⇓

Oh. Wow... you...

#604

⇓

[laughs]

#605

⇓

-Congratulations. -Thank you.

#606

⇓

[Hughie] Yep. We did that.

#607

⇓

That is a thing...

#608

⇓

-that we did. -[Shifter Annie] For the record,

#609

⇓

I proposed. 'Cause peg the patriarchy, right?

#610

⇓

[chuckling] Yeah, peg the patriarchy. You got to peg it...

#611

⇓

peg it in all its holes.

#612

⇓

[Mother's Milk] Listen, getting hitched,

#613

⇓

best decision I ever made in my life,

#614

⇓

so congratulations to you both.

#615

⇓

But, uh, you know, Mother Nature's calling,

#616

⇓

so I'm about to go hit the head, and...

#617

⇓

-y'all just hold down the fort-- -Yes, motherfucker.

#618

⇓

[groans]

#619

⇓

-[agent 1] Sir, get down. -[agent 2] Sir, come with me.

#620

⇓

Aah!

#621

⇓

[agent 3] Sir, this way.

#622

⇓

Oh, shit.

#623

⇓

[suspenseful music playing]

#624

⇓

-[gunfire continues] -Oh, goddamn it.

#625

⇓

[indistinct shouting]

#626

⇓

[agent groaning]

#627

⇓

[Bob groans]

#628

⇓

Go.

#629

⇓

[screams]

#630

⇓

[muffled groaning]

#631

⇓

[cracks]

#632

⇓

[keypad beeping]

#633

⇓

Come on.

#634

⇓

How many fucking numbers are there?

#635

⇓

[Bob] Oh, God.

#636

⇓

[Hughie shouts]

#637

⇓

[panting] Take Singer. Go.

#638

⇓

Now.

#639

⇓

-Let's go. -[Annie] Go.

#640

⇓

Hughie, go.

#641

⇓

You really think your broke-down ass can take me?

#642

⇓

You couldn't even blast yourself out, could you?

#643

⇓

[joints crack]

#644

⇓

[grunting]

#645

⇓

[shouts]

#646

⇓

[panting]

#647

⇓

[grunting]

#648

⇓

[Annie] You're right.

#649

⇓

I don't know if I'm a hero.

#650

⇓

I don't know who the fuck I am.

#651

⇓

But I do know that I'm the bitch beating your ass.

#652

⇓

[panting]

#653

⇓

[gentle music playing]

#654

⇓

[joints crack]

#655

⇓

[ringtone playing]

#656

⇓

[Homelander] Victoria.

#657

⇓

Singer's alive. Your assassin failed.

#658

⇓

-What do you mean failed? -Now the CIA's gonna find

#659

⇓

an even deeper hole to hide him in.

#660

⇓

Well, there's nothing on the news.

#661

⇓

Because he's gonna hit me back quietly, and I'm fairly

#662

⇓

fucking sure he has the means to do it.

#663

⇓

Where is Sage?

#664

⇓

Maybe she can find a way out of this idiotic mess you've dropped us in.

#665

⇓

We have not failed. I will end Singer myself if I have to.

#666

⇓

You will be president, and you will

#667

⇓

go along with every word I say

#668

⇓

as if my hand was jammed up your tight, puckered little asshole,

#669

⇓

like the puppet you've always been.

#670

⇓

And, Victoria, if you stray even an inch off that path,

#671

⇓

I will make sure Zoe knows nothing but pain for the rest of her life,

#672

⇓

and I will send you a piece of her every year

#673

⇓

for the fucking rest of yours.

#674

⇓

There is no fail.

#675

⇓

[jarring music plays]

#676

⇓

[door creaks open]

#677

⇓

[door closes]

#678

⇓

Well, guess who has two thumbs

#679

⇓

and is the motherfucking genius of all fucking geniuses.

#680

⇓

The virus is...

#681

⇓

What happened to you guys?

#682

⇓

-[Annie sighs] -[scissors cut]

#683

⇓

[sets down scissors]

#684

⇓

[mouths]

#685

⇓

[Annie sighs]

#686

⇓

Hello, hello.

#687

⇓

Um, you okay?

#688

⇓

I'm great.

#689

⇓

Thank God you showed up.

#690

⇓

-How'd you find us, anyway? -Find Your Phone.

#691

⇓

-I actually also found your fiancée. -Oh...

#692

⇓

-Congratulations. -No, she's not...

#693

⇓

She wasn't my fiancée.

#694

⇓

No, you're...

#695

⇓

You put the ring on her finger, Hughie.

#696

⇓

-Mm. -I know because I pried it off her fucking dead hand!

#697

⇓

Look, I thought I was getting engaged to you, all right?

#698

⇓

She looked just like you, you know, right down to that freckle you have

#699

⇓

-down... -So you did fuck her.

#700

⇓

I...

#701

⇓

I mean, you know--

#702

⇓

How many times?

#703

⇓

Had to be less than...

#704

⇓

...20.

#705

⇓

Oh, my fucking God.

#706

⇓

-I was gone for ten days. -She almost

#707

⇓

always initiated, and, again, I cannot overstate this enough,

#708

⇓

I thought it was you.

#709

⇓

Yeah, and as long as you were getting laid, you didn't look too close.

#710

⇓

That's the Annie you want.

#711

⇓

Down to go down whenever. The perfect girl.

#712

⇓

Not someone who is depressed or fucked-up

#713

⇓

or comes with any complications.

#714

⇓

[hyperventilating]

#715

⇓

You want to know how I knew it wasn't you?

#716

⇓

In the apartment she wore some designer dress,

#717

⇓

and you always ditch your bra for sweats as soon as you get home.

#718

⇓

She, she found your car keys

#719

⇓

on the first try, and you have never, ever found your car keys in under 15 minutes.

#720

⇓

But the final clue:

#721

⇓

in the bunker she was sweating,

#722

⇓

and you have always been and always will be 90% pashmina.

#723

⇓

I love that about you.

#724

⇓

All your weird, amazing

#725

⇓

fucked-up-ness, that's what makes you you.

#726

⇓

Annie, please.

#727

⇓

[quietly] I can't.

#728

⇓

Fuck.

#729

⇓

[sighs]

#730

⇓

[phone ringing, buzzing]

#731

⇓

Vicky?

#732

⇓

I want out.

#733

⇓

[Hughie] Sorry, is-is this a joke?

#734

⇓

No.

#735

⇓

It's gone too far.

#736

⇓

No. No, you're just saying that 'cause the assassination failed.

#737

⇓

No, I'm saying it 'cause it'll never fucking end.

#738

⇓

Homelander's unhinged, he's not even listening to Sage anymore.

#739

⇓

If I become president, I'm just gonna be a puppet,

#740

⇓

and if I fight back, he'll...

#741

⇓

I'll resign without a fight.

#742

⇓

You just need to get the CIA off my ass and get me and Zoe out.

#743

⇓

Okay, fuck all the way off.

#744

⇓

You're like the asshole who cried wolf.

#745

⇓

-I mean, the shit that you have done-- -Oh, what?

#746

⇓

Like how you got Sameer to cook up some more of the virus to kill me?

#747

⇓

Oh, and, yeah, cut off his fucking leg!

#748

⇓

Ah.

#749

⇓

Glad you two connected. Okay.

#750

⇓

So the leg thing wasn't me,

#751

⇓

and you didn't exactly leave us with a ton of options.

#752

⇓

Look, the point is, you hit me, I hit you back,

#753

⇓

and it never fucking ends.

#754

⇓

WarGames, Hughie.

#755

⇓

[sniffles]

#756

⇓

The only way to win is not to play.

#757

⇓

I thought I wanted this.

#758

⇓

Not for Zoe or...

#759

⇓

Edgar but for me.

#760

⇓

You know, I just... I wanted to feel safe, and not like

#761

⇓

that scared fucking kid at Red River.

#762

⇓

[crying] But I don't feel safe, and I'm really fucking scared.

#763

⇓

And I'm not getting Zoe killed over this.

#764

⇓

This is the only way.

#765

⇓

Vicky, I don't know how to trust you.

#766

⇓

I'll tell you where Zoe is.

#767

⇓

Is she okay?

#768

⇓

Yeah, but if I get her, it'll draw too much attention.

#769

⇓

And that's how you know you can trust me,

#770

⇓

because I am trusting my daughter with you.

#771

⇓

Please, Hughie.

#772

⇓

You're literally the only person on Earth I can turn to right now.

#773

⇓

[intense music playing]

#774

⇓

♪ ♪

#775

⇓

Enough fucking running.

#776

⇓

[gunshot]

#777

⇓

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

#778

⇓

[inhales] Sorry, bro, you're on the list.

#779

⇓

Don't kill me. I can pay you.

#780

⇓

[chuckles] You're a writer.

#781

⇓

-You don't get paid shit. -Please...

#782

⇓

I-I'll do anything.

#783

⇓

Anything?

#784

⇓

Tell me I'm the smartest superhero in The Seven.

#785

⇓

You are, by far, the smartest superhero in The Seven.

#786

⇓

You're brilliant, a genius.

#787

⇓

And that you respect me the most. Besides Homelander, of course.

#788

⇓

Of course. Of course I respect you.

#789

⇓

-You-You're amazing. -[chuckles softly]

#790

⇓

You're just saying that 'cause you're scared, aren't you?

#791

⇓

No, I'm not.

#792

⇓

-I swear. -Yeah, you are.

#793

⇓

But you know what, bro?

#794

⇓

That's good enough for me.

#795

⇓

[pants]

#796

⇓

-Yo, have you seen Ashley? -[screams]

#797

⇓

This is Ashley.

#798

⇓

No, bro.

#799

⇓

The other Ashley.

#800

⇓

-This Ashley's not even on the list. -[Black Noir] Well, I don't know.

#801

⇓

Everyone here's named fucking Ashley.

#802

⇓

[chuckles]

#803

⇓

Bro.

#804

⇓

[tense music playing]

#805

⇓

Murder boner.

#806

⇓

-You've got to be kidding me. -[Hughie] Look,

#807

⇓

if we can flip Neuman, as powerful as she is,

#808

⇓

with everything that she has on Vought, I mean,

#809

⇓

if there's even a five percent chance.

#810

⇓

Alors, what, just forget that Neuman is a monster?

#811

⇓

I'm not saying that. I'm saying...

#812

⇓

Look, we've all done bad shit.

#813

⇓

What if she's just fucked-up like the rest of us,

#814

⇓

just trying to do right by her kid?

#815

⇓

It's insane that we're even discussing this.

#816

⇓

What's insane is that our solution to every problem

#817

⇓

is murder.

#818

⇓

I used to freak out whenever I saw blood.

#819

⇓

Now I barely blink at it.

#820

⇓

It shouldn't be that way.

#821

⇓

This isn't some fucking Vought movie.

#822

⇓

Violence isn't brave.

#823

⇓

Neither is hating my mom

#824

⇓

or A-Train or...

#825

⇓

anyone.

#826

⇓

But forgiveness,

#827

⇓

letting go,

#828

⇓

a little fucking mercy--

#829

⇓

that's brave.

#830

⇓

It's crazy.

#831

⇓

But it's brave.

#832

⇓

It's about the last thing my dad ever taught me, and I just think...

#833

⇓

...if we're ever gonna win against monsters,

#834

⇓

I think we need to start acting human.

#835

⇓

Fuck it.

#836

⇓

[Annie] Really? Just... fuck it?

#837

⇓

Annie, we're probably dead either way.

#838

⇓

Might as well go out with our heads held high.

#839

⇓

So...

#840

⇓

-fuck it. -Oh.

#841

⇓

Great.

#842

⇓

Look,

#843

⇓

taking a chance with A-Train,

#844

⇓

that shit was crazy.

#845

⇓

But look at how it turned out.

#846

⇓

[whispers] Shit.

#847

⇓

Fuck it.

#848

⇓

[Frenchie] Petit Hughie,

#849

⇓

if you're wrong--

#850

⇓

[Mother's Milk] Trust but verify.

#851

⇓

But, Frenchie, can you get that virus into Neuman's system?

#852

⇓

With a carbon metamaterial tip

#853

⇓

to a dart gun

#854

⇓

and I aim for soft tissue...

#855

⇓

...perhaps.

#856

⇓

[Mother's Milk] Then do it.

#857

⇓

'Cause if this is a trap, at least we ain't walking in blind.

#858

⇓

And, Hughie, if Neuman even blinks funny,

#859

⇓

Frenchie's dropping her.

#860

⇓

Fair. Got it.

#861

⇓

Look, Annie--

#862

⇓

Shut up.

#863

⇓

You are getting tested for every single disease known to mankind.

#864

⇓

Okay?

#865

⇓

I'm not getting Shifter syphilis.

#866

⇓

[footsteps receding]

#867

⇓

[whispers] Fuck yeah, Hughie. Fuck yeah.

#868

⇓

[sighs]

#869

⇓

You really think this is wise?

#870

⇓

What if Hughie's right?

#871

⇓

What if forgiveness is the best we can do?

#872

⇓

Even to Neuman?

#873

⇓

To Neuman.

#874

⇓

To ourselves.

#875

⇓

[scoffs]

#876

⇓

Neuman is easy compared to us.

#877

⇓

How?

#878

⇓

We try a little every day, I guess.

#879

⇓

You know how I said you should be with Colin?

#880

⇓

Oui.

#881

⇓

I lied.

#882

⇓

I just thought you deserved to be with someone...

#883

⇓

Better than me.

#884

⇓

Mon coeur...

#885

⇓

...there is no one...

#886

⇓

...better than you.

#887

⇓

[gentle music playing]

#888

⇓

[whispering indistinctly]

#889

⇓

You know I can hear you.

#890

⇓

"Marvin said there was an attempt on Singer's life.

#891

⇓

-He survived." -[Butcher] We know.

#892

⇓

There's just some things you don't got to worry about. That's all.

#893

⇓

[Mallory] They're gonna try again, and that virus

#894

⇓

is a Hail Mary at best.

#895

⇓

We are out of time and out of better options.

#896

⇓

Ryan needs to know the truth.

#897

⇓

And we'll get there.

#898

⇓

What truth?

#899

⇓

The assassination attempt,

#900

⇓

it was on your father's orders.

#901

⇓

What?

#902

⇓

And Flight 37...

#903

⇓

Homelander killed every soul on board.

#904

⇓

Grace.

#905

⇓

You're lying.

#906

⇓

We have it on video.

#907

⇓

And he's murdered countless more.

#908

⇓

-Your father isn't who you think he is. -Just stop.

#909

⇓

-And he wasn't having an affair with your mother. -Grace.

#910

⇓

He raped her.

#911

⇓

[sighs]

#912

⇓

I'm sorry, son.

#913

⇓

And?

#914

⇓

Your heart's pounding.

#915

⇓

There's something you're not telling me.

#916

⇓

And you're the only one who can stop him.

#917

⇓

S-Stop him?

#918

⇓

Like, kill him?

#919

⇓

No. No, I can't.

#920

⇓

Don't ask me to.

#921

⇓

Ryan, you're strong.

#922

⇓

-He's stronger. -We'll train you.

#923

⇓

-Get you ready. -So this is why you want me to go with you?

#924

⇓

So you can teach me how to kill my dad?

#925

⇓

I have to go.

#926

⇓

No, just stay.

#927

⇓

-We'll talk it out together. -I don't want to talk.

#928

⇓

I'll be back, I just need to think.

#929

⇓

Listen, Ryan, there ain't gonna be another time for you and me.

#930

⇓

All right? Let's just take a breather. Yeah?

#931

⇓

You can't leave.

#932

⇓

Wait.

#933

⇓

These walls are six feet thick.

#934

⇓

This is the CIA's Hazlet safe house.

#935

⇓

Designed to hold people like you.

#936

⇓

I could seal us in here, flood the room with halothane.

#937

⇓

And we all take a nice, long nap.

#938

⇓

-But I don't want to do that, kiddo. -You planned this.

#939

⇓

All along. You, you brought me here to trap me.

#940

⇓

No, no. We brought you here to help you.

#941

⇓

You're locking me in a cage unless I agree to be your weapon.

#942

⇓

Just like they did to my dad.

#943

⇓

That ain't the way it is, honest.

#944

⇓

-Let me go. -Ryan.

#945

⇓

When I lost my grandkids, it left

#946

⇓

this big empty black hole inside me.

#947

⇓

Then the greatest miracle came along.

#948

⇓

You.

#949

⇓

I love you, kiddo.

#950

⇓

Please.

#951

⇓

Aunt Grace... I want to leave.

#952

⇓

-I'm sorry. -Get out of my way.

#953

⇓

[Butcher] Grace.

#954

⇓

I'm sorry.

#955

⇓

[Butcher] No!

#956

⇓

[tense music playing]

#957

⇓

♪ ♪

#958

⇓

[door closes]

#959

⇓

♪ ♪

#960

⇓

♪ ♪

#961

⇓

What?

#962

⇓

[gasps]

#963

⇓

Hello, hello.

#964

⇓

You took your braces off, since last time we saw you.

#965

⇓

-Let's not do that. -Uh-huh.

#966

⇓

How's this gonna work, Neuman?

#967

⇓

Simple.

#968

⇓

You help me get clear of Homelander,

#969

⇓

and Singer's people at the CIA.

#970

⇓

-And I go quietly. -[Mother's Milk] Mm.

#971

⇓

-And you'll owe us one. -A lot more than one.

#972

⇓

I will owe you many.

#973

⇓

Great. So you're gonna help us

#974

⇓

take down Vought

#975

⇓

and Homelander.

#976

⇓

[Butcher] Oi.

#977

⇓

Butcher?

#978

⇓

No deals.

#979

⇓

I can explain, all right? It's all good. I know

#980

⇓

what this looks like, but with everything that we've been through together,

#981

⇓

I've never once asked you to trust me. I am asking now.

#982

⇓

Like the way you used to trust Lenny.

#983

⇓

[slow, dramatic music playing]

#984

⇓

Please, Butcher.

#985

⇓

♪ ♪

#986

⇓

[chuckles softly]

#987

⇓

[Hughie gasps]

#988

⇓

[all gasping]

#989

⇓

[screeching]

#990

⇓

[gunshots]

#991

⇓

Stop!

#992

⇓

No, no, no, no.

#993

⇓

[screams]

#994

⇓

♪ ♪

#995

⇓

[door opens]

#996

⇓

[door closes]

#997

⇓

Stop. Stop.

#998

⇓

It's suicide.

#999

⇓

I'll be taking that virus now, thanks, Frenchie.

#1000

⇓

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