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Season 1, Episode 2 — Cherry

#1
(siren wailing)

#2
So, you're-you're not a Fed?

#3
Do you hear that? That's the old bill.

#4
So unless you want to explain why you've got

#5
America's favorite invisible wanker dead on the floor,

#6
give us a fucking hand, will ya?

#7
Aw, shit.

#8
♪ ♪

#9
All right, listen, I have worked for the Feds.

#10
I've worked for loads of people.

#11
I'm what you might call an independent contractor.

#12
You got a problem, you call me, I solve the problem.

#13
(pounding in trunk)

#14
What is that?

#15
(pounding continues)

#16
That's a problem.

#17
Oh, thank fuck, he's alive.

#18
Yes, yes, he's alive! Okay, pull over.

#19
No, no, no, Hughie, you don't fucking get it.

#20
-Pull the car over. -This is a fucksight worse.

#21
He's seen our faces.

#22
Oh, my God.

#23
No, no, no, no, no. I can't do this.

#24
I can't do this. Let me out.

#25
-Let me out. Pull over! -Hughie,

#26
you walk away now, and you will never get payback for Robin.

#27
You'll spend the rest of your life

#28
sitting on your ass with fucking regret.

#29
Now, is that what you want?

#30
I know a bloke. Top man.

#31
He'll know what to do.

#32
♪ ♪

#33
Morning, luv.

#34
Frenchie about?

#35
(loud music playing inside)

#36
Mmm.

#37
You'll love this guy.

#38
(dance music playing loudly)

#39
(man singing in French)

#40
Frenchie.

#41
Oi, Frenchie.

#42
(music volume lowers)

#43
Monsieur Charcuter.

#44
Huh.

#45
This is a surprise.

#46
Good to see you.

#47
Good to see you, too, mate.

#48
Means you brought that 40,000 you owe me?

#49
(Frenchie sniffs)

#50
I mean, why else would you show your face around here?

#51
Because I've got something even better for you.

#52
How would you like to double your money?

#53
(both laughing)

#54
The double of zero is zero.

#55
Who is he?

#56
This guy?

#57
Oh, this here is Hughie Campbell.

#58
We're, uh, working a little job together.

#59
Ooh.

#60
-And he's still alive? -(laughs)

#61
You and I worked together, and you're still in one piece.

#62
Am I?

#63
Look, do you want to know what the fucking job is or not?

#64
Open it.

#65
Who is in there?

#66
-Where's your sense of adventure, Frenchie? -(cattle prod crackles)

#67
TRANSLUCENT: You dumb fucks are fucking dead!

#68
Have you any... Aah!

#69
-That's Translucent. -(trunk slams shut)

#70
You got Translucent in your trunk, huh?

#71
Nothing gets past you, mate.

#72
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

#73
Go away. Get him out of here.

#74
All right, all right, easy.

#75
He's chipped.

#76
The Supes could be on their way.

#77
Homelander could be on his way right now.

#78
Wait, he's chipped?

#79
FRENCHIE: You bring this to my doorstep?

#80
This is not my problem, huh?

#81
Well, it is now. He knows what you look like.

#82
Look, Frenchie, I need your help, mate,

#83
and I ain't leaving till I get it,

#84
or till The Seven show up.

#85
Ah, here comes the A-Train!

#86
My man, how you doing?

#87
Look, I brought you something.

#88
-Thanks? -Yeah.

#89
I'm sorry, I asked for Translucent.

#90
Right, but Translucent is on a secret,

#91
undercover mission right now.

#92
But you got the A-Train, baby.

#93
(clicks tongue)

#94
But... my wish was to meet Translucent.

#95
That was my only wish. He's my hero.

#96
Yeah. Um... well, you know, maybe he can swing by

#97
next week or some--

#98
-something... -(monitor beeping steadily)

#99
(quietly): Fuck.

#100
Um... you know what?

#101
Maybe I can't turn invisible,

#102
but I am the world's fastest man.

#103
Like, I can outrun anybody or anything.

#104
That's-that's something, right?

#105
(chuckles weakly)

#106
Look, I'll tell you what, you get better,

#107
and I'll teach you to run as fast as me.

#108
-Yeah? -Yeah.

#109
You'll teach me to outrun cancer?

#110
(sighs)

#111
Yeah.

#112
Oh, my God, turn that off.

#113
How many times do I have to tell you

#114
that A-Train needs to be scripted?

#115
-Right. -When he does not have a script,

#116
-this is what happens. -I'm on it. I'm so sorry.

#117
-It will not happen again. -All right.

#118
And where is Translucent?

#119
We know he's not in the building.

#120
He hasn't triggered any of the motion sensors.

#121
He's probably out on another one of his fucking benders.

#122
Doesn't he have a team-up tomorrow night?

#123
Yeah, with the Deep.

#124
-Get a backup. -I'm on it.

#125
-Okay, go. -(phone ringing)

#126
Okay.

#127
Hello?

#128
Black Noir.

#129
We haven't properly met yet. I'm Starlight.

#130
Well-- (sighs)

#131
I look forward to working with you.

#132
ASHLEY: There she is.

#133
Hi. How you settling in?

#134
Well, uh, it's an adjustment.

#135
That's for sure.

#136
-This is Trevor... -Hi.

#137
...from Crime Analytics.

#138
So, we have exciting news for you.

#139
We are sending you on your first patrol.

#140
-(gasps) -It's a team-up tomorrow night.

#141
Oh, that's great.

#142
That's great news. Thank you.

#143
Hi. Big fan. There you go.

#144
-STARLIGHT: A crime itinerary? -TREVOR: Yep.

#145
Where and when to find the bad guys.

#146
That's what my department does. We vet leads,

#147
crunch satellite data, COMP-STAT.

#148
Better intel than the police.

#149
-Mm. -You know, thanks, but I'm good.

#150
I-I like to do my own investigating.

#151
ASHLEY: And that is why we love you,

#152
but it's not coming from us.

#153
It's corporate. To protect you.

#154
What if you nab the wrong person?

#155
There's liability to consider.

#156
The-the Deep is coming?

#157
Yeah, it's a water-adjacent crime.

#158
Then he should do it himself. He doesn't need me.

#159
ASHLEY: It was gonna be Deep and Translucent,

#160
but everyone on 82 is so excited to get you out there.

#161
Yeah, it's just, uh, you know, back in Des Moines,

#162
I always patrolled alone.

#163
ASHLEY: And that is why we love you.

#164
But we see at least a 23% uptick

#165
in social media mentions and hero hashtags

#166
when there's a team-up.

#167
People love a team-up.

#168
-Love a team-up. -Mm.

#169
♪ Ow ♪

#170
♪ ♪

#171
(tires screeching)

#172
♪ Be a man, can a mystery man ♪

#173
♪ Be a doll, be a baby doll ♪

#174
♪ I got a feeling, then I hear this call ♪

#175
♪ I said neat, neat, neat, she can't afford no cannon ♪

#176
♪ Neat, neat, neat ♪

#177
♪ She can't afford no gun at all ♪

#178
♪ Neat, neat, neat ♪

#179
♪ She can't afford no cannon ♪

#180
♪ Neat, neat, neat. ♪

#181
FRENCHIE: That stuff really blocks the chip's signal?

#182
Yeah. It's just R.F. Shielding Foil.

#183
You can get it at Fry's.

#184
You in tech intelligence?

#185
Uh, sales and installation.

#186
TRANSLUCENT: Ah...

#187
Oh, what the fuck?

#188
Where am I?

#189
Oi. Morning, sunshine.

#190
-You know who I am? -Not sure.

#191
I know so many invisible assholes.

#192
TRANSLUCENT: You fucking amateurs!

#193
-(electricity crackling) -(Translucent cries out)

#194
Fuck!

#195
What the fuck?!

#196
Ooh, mind them bars, son.

#197
You'll only bollocks yourself again.

#198
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

#199
Uh, okay, what do you guys want? Money?

#200
We don't want your fucking money.

#201
What do you think, Frenchie?

#202
You just dropped the Moby fucking Dick

#203
of problems on my plate.

#204
That's what I think.

#205
Okay?

#206
He can re-order his carbon on his skin into metamaterial.

#207
(sighs) It's hard as diamonds.

#208
It's nearly impossible to penetrate.

#209
BUTCHER: All right, how 'bout we suffocate him?

#210
FRENCHIE: Some Dominicans already tried this,

#211
way back in '07.

#212
BUTCHER: And what happened?

#213
FRENCHIE: They're all fucking dead now.

#214
That's what happened.

#215
BUTCHER: All right, then, fuck it, electrocution.

#216
We'll just increase the amps.

#217
FRENCHIE: You already hit him with enough to drop

#218
a water buffalo, and look.

#219
Might knock him out. Doesn't seem to kill him, huh?

#220
No. We need to pierce the skin somehow.

#221
BUTCHER: Well, how the hell are we gonna do that?

#222
FRENCHIE: I don't know.

#223
You're gonna kill him?

#224
(Butcher scoffs)

#225
We didn't bring him here for a fucking Happy Meal.

#226
I don't-- I thought we'd question him or something.

#227
I don't know, you get a-- you get ahold of someone this big...

#228
At Gitmo, we had to water board Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

#229
183 times over six months to get him to talk just once.

#230
Now, we ain't got six months.

#231
I doubt we've even got six hours.

#232
There are so many crazy things about what you just said,

#233
but right now, you're talking about randomly killing

#234
one of the most famous men on the planet.

#235
A goddamn national treasure.

#236
I mean... people tend to notice that kind of thing.

#237
And if we let him go...

#238
what do you think The Seven will do to us?

#239
-Hmm? -(sighs)

#240
You can't get A-Train if you're a greasy smear on the pavement.

#241
I'm not a murderer.

#242
(Butcher scoffs)

#243
That's all right.

#244
-I am. -(Hughie exhales)

#245
The race is coming up quickly. How you feeling?

#246
Look, A-Train is a fierce competitor,

#247
but no one can be the world's fastest man forever.

#248
Let's just say I like my chan...

#249
HOMELANDER DOLL: I'll always protect you.

#250
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Your little hero will never be afraid

#251
with the Junior Homelander Cuddle...

#252
I regret to inform you that I've located the mayor's Gulfstream.

#253
It's about two miles down at the bottom of Hudson Canyon.

#254
There are no survivors,

#255
and I've yet to locate the flight recorder.

#256
Though the jet was fragmented,

#257
there was one engine fully intact,

#258
and it appears to be engine failure.

#259
So I'd like to offer...

#260
(door opens)

#261
Whoa...

#262
(both chuckle)

#263
-Still going strong, huh? -Oh, yeah, yeah.

#264
I've just been pumping for 30 minutes,

#265
and I got a quarter of an ounce.

#266
Hey, hey, go easy on yourself.

#267
Come on, now.

#268
Personally, I think it's amazing that a woman your age

#269
can have a baby, period.

#270
That is so sweet of you to say.

#271
Oh, no problem.

#272
Hey, you found Translucent yet?

#273
-You heard about that? -Mm-hmm.

#274
No, not yet.

#275
Well, you know, I could search for him.

#276
Personally.

#277
That's not necessary.

#278
Right.

#279
Hey, did you hear about the mayor of Baltimore?

#280
Yeah. Yeah.

#281
Heard his plane went down.

#282
Some sort of engine trouble.

#283
Yeah, it's awful.

#284
I saw him on Tuesday.

#285
Had a meeting with him right here.

#286
Wow.

#287
Well, hug your kids, right?

#288
'Cause you never know what might happen.

#289
-So true. -Mm.

#290
You know what's interesting?

#291
The Deep told me, and only me,

#292
that there were, uh, scorch marks

#293
on the mayor's engine.

#294
Almost as if from two small, high-intensity beams,

#295
roughly the width of human eyes.

#296
Say what you mean to say.

#297
Your brand is hope,

#298
baseball, America... sunshine.

#299
You don't do vengeance.

#300
Madelyn, I heard him through the wall of this--

#301
He was blackmailing you.

#302
I am the last person you need to save.

#303
Yeah, but I-I did it for you.

#304
I know, but did the timing occur to you?

#305
I have half the Senate Appropriations Committee

#306
coming tonight.

#307
(scoffs)

#308
How did he even know about Compound V?

#309
We are not going to talk about that.

#310
Oh, come on, Madelyn.

#311
You do not need to hide things from me.

#312
I love Vought as much as you do,

#313
-and I can do more. -You can do more?

#314
You've already grossed $12.3 billion for us.

#315
Right. So the pricks on 82 can take all the fucking credit?

#316
Empty fucking suits with Cornell degrees? Come on.

#317
I'm the one who's out there. Not them.

#318
I'm the one who, who-who knows the audience.

#319
Who knows what's good for this company.

#320
I know. I hear you.

#321
I do. But what I need right now,

#322
is I need you to charm the shit out of those congressmen.

#323
Right.

#324
'Cause that's all I'm good for, huh?

#325
Smile, look pretty, say my lines.

#326
Whoop, whoop, whoop.

#327
No. No.

#328
You just need to let me protect you.

#329
-Oh, you're gonna protect me? -Mm-hmm.

#330
Gods are pure

#331
and they're perfect

#332
and they're above it all.

#333
And they need to stay that way.

#334
Huh...

#335
You're leaking.

#336
Thank you.

#337
(panting)

#338
(scoffs, chuckles)

#339
(phone chimes)

#340
(sighs)

#341
(line ringing)

#342
-DAD (over phone): Hello? -Hi, Dad.

#343
Hughie, where have you been? I've been calling hospitals.

#344
-I'm fine. -But the police are saying

#345
some wacko drove into Gary's store,

#346
right through the window, and then took off.

#347
I-I thought maybe you've been hurt, or-or kidnapped.

#348
I saw this Dateline on human trafficking...

#349
Dad, I haven't been human trafficked, okay?

#350
I-I closed up early. It must have happened after I left.

#351
But where'd you go?

#352
Just been drinking at Anthony's.

#353
-Blowing off steam. -No-- now, I called Anthony, all right?

#354
I called everybody. No one's seen you. Don't lie to me.

#355
Yeah, it's kind of hard to explain.

#356
Hey, Dad, listen, I got to, I got to go.

#357
Just, l-listen, I know you've been taking

#358
Robin's accident real hard.

#359
-It wasn't an accident. -All-all right, all right.

#360
My point is, you're a good boy.

#361
You're a sensitive boy. Come home.

#362
Okay? Before you do something stupid, come home, Hughie.

#363
-I got to go. -No, w-wait, Hugh...

#364
(panting)

#365
(grunts)

#366
(panting)

#367
Oh. Well, I heard we had a meeting.

#368
So, um, I'll just leave you to it.

#369
Well, we're having a meeting right now, aren't we, Deep?

#370
You and me.

#371
-Come on in. -Yeah. Sure.

#372
So, uh, what, uh...

#373
Or is there, is there anything I can, can do for you,

#374
Homelander?

#375
Well, yeah. I-I guess, uh...

#376
(sighs)

#377
Well, you can help me understand something, Deep,

#378
'cause, uh...

#379
(chuckles): I don't know, maybe I'm stupid.

#380
Am I stupid, Deep?

#381
What? No. (scoffs)

#382
No. You're not stupid. (chuckles)

#383
You're-you're smart. Very smart, right?

#384
Yeah. Okay.

#385
So, what possible reason--

#386
what, uh, razor-sharp fish instinct--

#387
made you run to Stillwell

#388
and tell her what you thought you saw down there?

#389
All right, look, I-I thought-- I thought I, I was, uh...

#390
I-I don't even know-- I don't know what I saw down there,

#391
as a matter of fact. It was, it was really dark and, uh, muddy--

#392
the water was really muddy.

#393
I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry.

#394
I-I didn't...

#395
I didn't really see anything down there, as a matter of fact.

#396
(chuckles)

#397
That's what I thought.

#398
-Yeah. -Yeah.

#399
(laughing)

#400
(Homelander chuckles)

#401
And I trust we never have to have this conversation again.

#402
No. Of course not.

#403
Just this once.

#404
(both chuckle)

#405
Now go fuck Shamu in the blowhole.

#406
Yeah.

#407
("La foule," by Youssoupha playing)

#408
♪ ♪

#409
Rounds coated in the same carbon metamaterial as his skin.

#410
(scoffs)

#411
Will it work?

#412
Je ne sais pas.

#413
(gun clicks)

#414
HUGHIE: Guys?

#415
What are you doing? Wait! No, no, no! Wait, wait!

#416
TRANSLUCENT: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

#417
TRANSLUCENT: Ha, ha, ha, ha...

#418
(laughing) You stupid, fucking asshole.

#419
I'm invincible.

#420
You stupid motherfuckers.

#421
(laughs)

#422
I'm fucking Translucent.

#423
I'm indestructible.

#424
It's only a matter of time before they come for me.

#425
You're fucking dead!

#426
Well, that was great, guys.

#427
That was awesome.

#428
Frenchie, back later.

#429
Where are you going?

#430
Got an idea. Long shot, might help.

#431
-Now? -Yeah, well, it's all under control here, isn't it?

#432
Try not to bugger each other.

#433
Ah, fuck me.

#434
Fuck.

#435
(indistinct chatter)

#436
EMPLOYEE: Oh. Sorry, Ms. Stillwell.

#437
EMPLOYEE 2: Oh...

#438
MADELYN: Are you Anika?

#439
Ms. Stillwell, I didn't know that you were...

#440
You look really nice.

#441
Thank you. Could you please show me?

#442
Yeah. We haven't been able to ping Translucent's chip

#443
-until about five minutes ago. -Well, where is he?

#444
Jersey City.

#445
What the hell is he doing in Jersey City?

#446
Uh... well, he's somewhere in this ten-block area.

#447
MADELYN: That is the best you can do?

#448
ANIKA: It's possible the chip's glitching,

#449
-or there's some kind of interference... -Okay.

#450
Tell security to search the area, door-to-door if necessary.

#451
But tell them to be discreet.

#452
He is invisible, so it shouldn't be that hard.

#453
Okay.

#454
(boat horn blows in distance)

#455
DEEP: Oh, wow. What a surprise.

#456
A water crime.

#457
Fuck me running. I swear to God,

#458
they only call me when there's trouble at a dock.

#459
Or a river or a lake, canal.

#460
A jetty.

#461
(chuckles) Fucking idiots. I could be doing so much more.

#462
But no, Vought just wants me to make my big pretty dives

#463
into the water and flash my fucking biceps for Instagram.

#464
I mean, sure, four million hits a day, but still,

#465
it's fucking demeaning.

#466
(sighs)

#467
What's your problem?

#468
You've had that pissy look on your face all night.

#469
(electrical buzzing)

#470
Ooh. What...?

#471
Is this about the other night again?

#472
(scoffs)

#473
Jesus Christ. (chuckles)

#474
Cry me a fucking river, all right?

#475
I took my share of shit when I first got here, okay?

#476
Besides, you had a crush on me, remember?

#477
That gives you no right-- zero right--

#478
to do what you did, you pathetic asshole.

#479
-Hey. You shut your fucking mouth. -Or what?

#480
You'll sic a grouper on me?

#481
I'll tell everyone you're a psycho.

#482
-I'll go to Homelander. -No, you won't.

#483
See, I asked around; you're not number two around here.

#484
You're just the fish guy.

#485
Everyone thinks you're a joke.

#486
Me, most of all.

#487
I cannot believe I fell for your crap.

#488
-You stuck-up little... -You ever touch me again,

#489
I will burn your eyes out.

#490
Understand me?

#491
(sighs)

#492
(clattering)

#493
We'll finish this later.

#494
You take them from the front, I'll come in from behind.

#495
(exhales)

#496
HOMELANDER DOLL: I'll always...

#497
STARLIGHT: Hey.

#498
(grunting)

#499
Hey, boys.

#500
(whoops)

#501
Hurry up. Move faster.

#502
You're amazing. That was so great. That was really good.

#503
-Smile for the cameras. -What? What the hell is this?

#504
Yeah, stand over him and say "This is lit."

#505
DEEP: Oh, hey, Jimmy.

#506
Catch my dive in the water? It was fucking cherry.

#507
Nice.

#508
ASHLEY: Smile at the camera, Starlight.

#509
(alarm beeping)

#510
BUTCHER: Congrats on your promotion, Susan.

#511
(whispers): Jesus Christ. Butcher.

#512
-Madam Deputy Director, eh? -(sighing)

#513
Wow. Andrew and the kids must be chuffed for you.

#514
Keep your voice down, and don't talk about my family.

#515
It makes my skin crawl.

#516
What are you doing here?

#517
Just need a quick dekko at some of your files.

#518
-My files? What files? -A couple of Supes.

#519
Big Game, Shout Out.

#520
Translucent, if you got him.

#521
-Why Translucent? -Eh, nothing special,

#522
-just ticking a few boxes. -Oh.

#523
So you just broke into my goddamn house

#524
in the middle of the night?

#525
All right.

#526
I'm trying to find a way to do the job on the cunt,

#527
and if it's anywhere, it'll be in Mallory's files.

#528
-Now would you like me to keep talking? -No.

#529
No. Christ. Just don't fucking say another word.

#530
The Mallory files are dead and buried.

#531
You're the deputy director of CIA Operations.

#532
-Dig 'em up. -No.

#533
-Why not? -Because of you.

#534
-Me? -Yes, you.

#535
The director will shitcan anyone

#536
who even goes near those files.

#537
You made it suicide to go after the Supes.

#538
What are you even doing back involved in this?

#539
I mean, you have a death wish,

#540
or are you a glutton for punishment?

#541
Yeah. A bit of both, I suppose.

#542
Come on... Susan.

#543
Five minutes alone with a piece of paper.

#544
For old time's sakes. No one will know.

#545
You-You're really trying to sell this shit?

#546
-Why, you buying it? -You think I look back fondly

#547
at the times we fucked in bar bathrooms?

#548
Oh, come on. We had a few laughs.

#549
Like the time you sent me the Edible Arrangement.

#550
And what we had was you trying to use me,

#551
for a Get Out of Jail Free card at a time like this.

#552
Well, if that's all it was, then,

#553
what's got you so hot and bothered

#554
when a simple "fuck you" would suffice?

#555
Fuck you.

#556
Now get out of my house.

#557
Did I mention this is life or death?

#558
I'll send an Edible Arrangement to your funeral.

#559
Hi.

#560
I, um... I thought you might be thirsty, so...

#561
Well, if you don't want it, I can always...

#562
No, I want it.

#563
Cheers.

#564
(gulping)

#565
HUGHIE: So, listen, um,

#566
I need to ask you some questions about A-Train.

#567
When he, uh, burst through that woman

#568
the other day, Robin Ward.

#569
I-I need to know why.

#570
Where was he going? What was he doing?

#571
Why? Was she your sister?

#572
Girlfriend?

#573
Girlfriend.

#574
(sighs)

#575
That's what all this is about? Christ.

#576
What makes you think I know anything about it?

#577
I know you and A-Train were tight.

#578
You guys came up together.

#579
What are you, a fucking fan?

#580
Listen, those two guys in there, they want to kill you, okay?

#581
So you give me something, maybe I can...

#582
What? Hold 'em off? 'Cause they hang

#583
on your every word. You're the big man around here.

#584
Okay, you don't want to talk, don't talk. I tried.

#585
Good luck.

#586
Buddy, my superpower ain't invisibility.

#587
You know that, right?

#588
It's reading people.

#589
Watching them when they think they're alone.

#590
I see people for who they really are.

#591
I see you, too, pal.

#592
Right.

#593
'Cause you know me so well, right?

#594
Yeah. I know you're trying your damnedest

#595
to be tough-- it's a little adorable--

#596
but the truth is... you're terrified.

#597
Shitting in your tighty-whities

#598
'cause you're "in over your head fucked," and you know it.

#599
(indistinct radio transmission)

#600
TRANSLUCENT: Hughie,

#601
I even kind of feel for you.

#602
Your girl died, and we do crazy shit when we got broken hearts,

#603
but now every instinct is screaming at you

#604
to head for the hills, and you should listen to that instinct.

#605
Unless we kill you first.

#606
How?

#607
I got invulnerable skin.

#608
I'm a fucking superhero, guy.

#609
We fight gangs and terrorists.

#610
We save the world daily.

#611
I've stood in front of thousands of screaming fans,

#612
all of 'em creaming their jeans.

#613
Uh...

#614
Who are you?

#615
A water balloon filled

#616
(laughing): with blood and meat.

#617
Homelander's gonna find me, and when he does,

#618
he's gonna burst you wide open.

#619
I'm gonna make it home in time for cocktails.

#620
'Cause that's who you are, and that's who I am.

#621
You're not the hero of this story.

#622
And I'm not the one

#623
who's trapped.

#624
Well, good luck.

#625
I tried.

#626
TRANSLUCENT: Great chat.

#627
Run for the hills, Hughie.

#628
MAN (over radio): It looks like we're losing him.

#629
The signal's going in and out.

#630
MAN 2 (over radio): Keep searching,

#631
another 50 feet down on the right.

#632
(shuddering)

#633
♪ ♪

#634
EZEKIEL: Because, thanks to Samaritan's Embrace,

#635
Asim has a bed,

#636
a ventilated cooking area, and a laptop.

#637
But our work is not done. There are millions more children

#638
just like Asim, who need your help.

#639
For just $9.99 a month. That is only...

#640
Hi, John. Thanks for your support.

#641
It's what makes this republic so great.

#642
Bill. How are the kids? (chuckles)

#643
Hey.

#644
EZEKIEL: Give to Samaritan's Embrace today,

#645
and give a child just like Asim...

#646
Could I get a club soda?

#647
Ms. Stillwell.

#648
Senator, what can I get you?

#649
-Jack, rocks. -You know, we have Macallan 25.

#650
You'd be wasting it. Whiskey's whiskey to me.

#651
(chuckles)

#652
Boy, they're blowing so much smoke up Maeve's ass,

#653
it's a miracle she doesn't die of lung cancer.

#654
(laughs)

#655
But you know it's just that, right? Smoke.

#656
-I'm sorry? -Everyone loves

#657
to bask in their glow, but tomorrow morning

#658
no one's putting Supes into national defense.

#659
It won't get out of committee, much less hit the floor.

#660
Because God forbid we could have an advantage

#661
in an armed conflict.

#662
You send a Supe over the 38th parallel,

#663
Pyongyang's gonna answer with a nuke.

#664
Then one of my guys will catch it.

#665
You see Robertson over there?

#666
He's got Lockheed in his state and in his pocket.

#667
McCrea? He's got Fort Bragg and its couple thousand voters.

#668
No one wants to outsource to you.

#669
America runs on weapons.

#670
Hell, it's one of the only damn things we still make.

#671
But you are the chairman.

#672
Where do you stand?

#673
Me? I'm just an old leatherneck.

#674
And if I was on the line,

#675
scare the shit out of me to have Homelander there.

#676
My heroes are the most loyal, patriotic...

#677
That's just it.

#678
They're your heroes, aren't they?

#679
Get him a Macallan 25.

#680
(chuckles)

#681
Why have average when you can have extraordinary?

#682
(chuckles)

#683
Thank you.

#684
(indistinct chatter)

#685
WOMAN: Guys, we should get back to the party.

#686
-MAN: What? -Elena just ordered more booze.

#687
-Come on, let's go back. -No, no...

#688
WOMAN: It'll be more fun at the party.

#689
Please-- okay, don't touch me.

#690
-(laughs) -No, please, please.

#691
Oh, no, no! Stop! No, no, no, no!

#692
Please, no, no, no, no!

#693
-The girl said no. -Help.

#694
We're all friends here.

#695
Yeah, it's all good. It's fine. (laughs)

#696
Miss, do me a favor and shut your eyes.

#697
Fucking bitch.

#698
(grunting)

#699
(drilling)

#700
Fucking diamond skin.

#701
(door slams)

#702
-Fuck. -Merde!

#703
Here.

#704
Here, take it.

#705
What is that?

#706
It will help with your, uh, anxiety.

#707
It's LSD and MDMA. This is a candy flip.

#708
It'll smooth you right out. Take it.

#709
Uh, thank you, but I-I don't think now is the time

#710
for a major hallucinogen.

#711
Fais-toi plaisir.

#712
(sniffs, coughs)

#713
What are you exactly?

#714
Chemist? Engineer? What?

#715
No. I know a little about a lot of things.

#716
I'm a gunrunner by trade, but, uh, as you can see,

#717
I've developed a certain niche.

#718
Killing superheroes?

#719
No.

#720
You can count on one hand the number of dead superheroes.

#721
Sometimes you can, uh, incapacitate them.

#722
Truly, they are magnificent creatures.

#723
Mm.

#724
Each one with a unique power that requires a unique solution.

#725
It's, uh... it's never the same twice.

#726
Who pays you to do that?

#727
Whoever can pay.

#728
And when you do kill a Supe--

#729
or, you know, any-anyone--

#730
um... what's it like?

#731
You know... (sniffs)

#732
I saw this woman once, in a midtown elevator,

#733
2008.

#734
No more for ten seconds, I see her, huh?

#735
Stunning.

#736
Five-nine.

#737
Hair so black it absorbed the light, you know?

#738
Tom Ford pencil skirt, Louboutin stilettos.

#739
C'est magnifique.

#740
But she had,

#741
uh... she had--

#742
I never forget this, you see--

#743
she had dirt under her fingernails

#744
and callouses on her hands, and I see this and I say, "Oh,

#745
strange for such a refined woman like this."

#746
What, you... (chuckles)

#747
You a gardener?

#748
You know, are you a sculptor?

#749
What is this, huh?

#750
And I think about this...

#751
I think about her all the time.

#752
She was the first person I ever killed.

#753
I carry...

#754
I carry them all with me.

#755
It's like scars in a way, you know?

#756
-Okay, Senator, you ready?

#757
(chuckles)

#758
Oh, yeah.

#759
Oh. (chuckles) Oh, darling.

#760
-Mm-hmm? -You know I like to watch.

#761
No. Can't always be in control.

#762
-(chuckles) -Sir.

#763
Then I guess I'll just have to feel my way through it.

#764
Oh, you'll feel good indeed, baby.

#765
-You ready? -Oh, I was born ready.

#766
-Mm-hmm. -Feels like butter, baby.

#767
Get ready, sir.

#768
You're going in.

#769
Yee-haw!

#770
Giddyup, gal. Come on.

#771
-Oh, God. -(laughing)

#772
That-that feels different.

#773
(elevator bell dings)

#774
Hey...

#775
Homelander.

#776
Starlight.

#777
How are you?

#778
Uh, I'm good.

#779
Good.

#780
Hey, is that your, uh, secret identity?

#781
-Mm-hmm. -Charming.

#782
Thanks.

#783
Yeah, I-I gave up on mine...

#784
oh... a long time ago now.

#785
I think I'm gonna go to sleep.

#786
(chuckles)

#787
Good night.

#788
MADELYN: No. No, I did not

#789
go through eight rounds of IVF

#790
and bleeding nipples to quit now.

#791
I am doing this. Yes.

#792
That little kid is gonna drink my goddamn milk

#793
if it's the last thing I do.

#794
(pump whirring)

#795
(narrator speaking indistinctly over TV)

#796
(drill whirring)

#797
(drill clatters on table)

#798
NARRATOR: While scientists now believe the shell evolved

#799
to help turtles burrow underground...

#800
♪ ♪

#801
What are you doing?

#802
Shocking our invisible friend.

#803
I need him unconscious.

#804
Why?

#805
Because I got it.

#806
TRANSLUCENT: Now what the fuck do you want?

#807
-(electricity crackles) -(Translucent screams)

#808
What the fuck, Starlight?!

#809
-What? -(spits)

#810
(grunting over phone)

#811
-Oh, shit. -Yeah.

#812
Oh, shit.

#813
And so glad you did it in plain clothes,

#814
so you could blow your secret identity.

#815
Here: "OMG. I recognize Starlight, that's Annie January!

#816
"I went to Hoover High with her.

#817
#SheWasBulimic."

#818
(clears throat)

#819
One, this was stupid.

#820
Two, it was really stupid to do it on camera.

#821
Always look for cameras.

#822
-They were about to rape a girl. -What girl?

#823
There's no girl in that video. You get a name?

#824
No, she ran off.

#825
Oh, great. She ran off. Great.

#826
Always get a fucking name, Starlight. Always!

#827
Well, uh... They-they said... Hmm.

#828
(stammering): They-they said she was a friend.

#829
It was date rape, I think.

#830
Great. Well, she hasn't come forward

#831
and, statistically, she's not likely to.

#832
So all we really have is two Delta Betas

#833
who insist they were just getting drunk in an alley

#834
until you beat them unconscious.

#835
They're lying! I, uh...

#836
Aren't I innocent until proven guilty?

#837
When you're in the big leagues? You flip it.

#838
(exhales)

#839
I don't know what you were planning on doing today, hmm,

#840
with your little... cute day,

#841
but you have to cancel everything, okay?

#842
You're gonna have meetings with Risk Assessment,

#843
with Crisis Management, with Legal.

#844
Jerry is gonna lose his shit!

#845
Fuck.

#846
Am...

#847
(Starlight exhales)

#848
Are they gonna fire me?

#849
Just be in Stillwell's office at 10:00.

#850
What?

#851
Am I fired?

#852
Senator, I very much appreciate you coming bright and early.

#853
I realize, uh, how busy you were last night.

#854
These... are fake.

#855
I think we both know they're not.

#856
Look. I was with a young woman, all right?

#857
Of legal age.

#858
Her name was Rhonda.

#859
So this isn't possible.

#860
They've... (scoffs) ...obviously been doctored or something.

#861
I'm sorry, they are authentic.

#862
I should know. I was there.

#863
You what?

#864
(squishing and cracking)

#865
You shiver when you orgasm, sir.

#866
Oh, Jesus.

#867
(door opens)

#868
That will be all, Doppelganger.

#869
Who the fuck is he?

#870
Anyway, I would love to continue

#871
our conversation from last night.

#872
This is some dirty fucking pool, Madelyn.

#873
You're really gonna clutch your pearls, Senator?

#874
I don't think either one of us is that naive.

#875
Yeah. It's not...

#876
it's not fatal to be... homosexual these days.

#877
It is in Oklahoma, sir.

#878
Where your voters live.

#879
Even if I get the bill out of committee,

#880
nobody's gonna vote for it on the floor.

#881
No one wants your fucking Supes in the Army.

#882
We'll see.

#883
-(door opens) -MAN: Shut up, shut up, shut up.

#884
(indistinct low chatter)

#885
ANIKA: Homelander. (chuckles)

#886
Uh... wel-welcome to Crime Analytics.

#887
-(Homelander sighs) -Can... Would you like a Red Bull?

#888
Have you found Translucent yet?

#889
Oh. Uh, no. But Security's on it.

#890
He's been missing over 24 hours.

#891
-Is he in danger? -Um...

#892
Do... you even know?

#893
Forget it. I'll find him myself.

#894
What's his last known position, please?

#895
Why don't I just call Ms. Stillwell?

#896
-And I... -No.

#897
No, no, no, no, no.

#898
You're talking to me.

#899
Well, I'm not sure

#900
-I'm supposed to be talking to... -(sighs)

#901
What's your name?

#902
-Anika. -Anika.

#903
Sir.

#904
It's a beautiful name.

#905
(Anika chuckles)

#906
Listen, Anika.

#907
-(quietly): I'm the Homelander. -Mm-hmm.

#908
And I can do whatever the fuck I want. (chuckles)

#909
Okay?

#910
Now...

#911
Translucent's last known position.

#912
Please.

#913
(typing)

#914
TRANSLUCENT: What the...?

#915
Something doesn't feel right.

#916
Oh, I'll bet.

#917
FRENCHIE: I'm not ashamed to admit

#918
I have outdone myself.

#919
Now, the problem is the skin, no?

#920
It's, uh, hard like diamonds.

#921
But then I realized, it is just your shell that is hard, huh?

#922
Like a turtle.

#923
But your insides...

#924
they're like the rest of ours...

#925
soft.

#926
So, how do you get to the... squishy insides?

#927
Through the mouth? Non.

#928
The stomach acid, the gag reflex.

#929
If I stick something down your throat, you may vomit it up.

#930
(clicks tongue)

#931
There's truly only one way...

#932
The fuck did you do to me?

#933
He stuck a lump of plastique up your bum, son.

#934
Ass bomb.

#935
Oh, my God.

#936
Now...

#937
you stick a little finger up there and try and fish it out--

#938
bang.

#939
I trigger this-- also bang.

#940
Savvy?

#941
(crying): Oh, please don't kill me.

#942
I'll do anything.

#943
(stammering): I'll tell you about A-Train.

#944
That's what the kid wants, right?

#945
I-I-I-I don't know where A-Train was going

#946
that night he killed the girl,

#947
okay, but I know where he was coming from.

#948
What? Where?

#949
Popclaw's.

#950
He fucking... loves her.

#951
He doesn't think anyone else knows, but I know.

#952
I know a lot of things.

#953
But he-he's there every night.

#954
Maybe... now, even.

#955
Popclaw? That's the hero with the...

#956
the sharp things coming out of her arms.

#957
Yeah. Real D-lister.

#958
Anyone knows what A-Train was doing, it's Popclaw.

#959
But that's all I know about that, I swear to Christ.

#960
But I'll tell you anything else you want.

#961
Just ask.

#962
TRANSLUCENT: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

#963
Just... ask anything.

#964
Now, normally, that would be just what the doctor ordered.

#965
But unfortunately-- for you--

#966
we're out of time.

#967
No.

#968
No!

#969
Please! Listen, I know shit.

#970
Dark shit! All the way to the top!

#971
Wait, wait! No, no, no, no, no! Please, wait, wait, wait.

#972
Listen, I can help you. I'm fucking invisible!

#973
-We can be a team. -FRENCHIE: Butcher!

#974
No, please, please, please! Please, I can...

#975
A moment, s'il vous plait.

#976
(Translucent continues indistinctly)

#977
Here.

#978
HUGHIE: What is that?

#979
Homelander.

#980
HUGHIE: That's Homelander?

#981
Homelander's here? Oh, shit.

#982
Oh, shit!

#983
(exhales)

#984
He could see us.

#985
He's got X-ray vision. He can see through the fucking roof.

#986
And super fucking hearing.

#987
You pull that detonator, he will hear.

#988
♪ ♪

#989
Homelander.

#990
We got to throw him off the scent.

#991
But how?

#992
Pittsburgh.

#993
Oh, you cannot be serious, huh?

#994
Deadly.

#995
FRENCHIE: You know how much this will cost me?

#996
Put it on the tab.

#997
Guys?!

#998
♪ ♪

#999
Where is it?

#1000
Back door panel.

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