Stargirl (2020) s01e03 Episode Script
Icicle
[exhales]
[EKG beeping]
[speaking Norwegian]
[Christine weakly] Come here, baby.
It's okay.
What do we have here?
[Cameron] It's a flower
from your garden.
I love it.
You are such a special boy.
You keep drawing.
I love you.
Never, ever forget that.
[EKG alarm beeping rapidly]
- Mommy. Mommy!
- [Jordan] No, no, no.
- Mommy! Mommy
- It's okay. Come on.
[Cameron panting]
[Christine gasps]
I am gonna make the world pay
for what it's done to you.
I swear it.
No, Jordan.
You continue your mission.
Fix this country.
Make it safe for our boy.
- Promise me.
- I promise.
I promise.
[kisses]
What is it?
[whispers] If anyone
tries to stop you
destroy them.
[EKG flatlining]
Christine?
Christine?
[breath trembling]
[breathing heavily]
[yells]
She can't help it,
The girl can't help it
She can't help it,
The girl can't help it
If she walks by and the men folks
Get engrossed
She can't help it
The girl can't help it
If she winks an eye
And bread slices turn to toast
She can't help it
The girl can't help it
If she's got a lot
Of what they call the most
She can't help it
The girl can't help it
I'm loving this Blue Valley
oldie station, right?
[Mike] Please, God, make it stop.
Yeah, it's pretty good.
This DJ is a hoot, huh?
Can you change the radio station?
They play the same ten songs
over and over,
and they're all fossilized garbage.
You know what?
You want a little public radio,
you got it. Straight outta Lincoln.
Oh, my God.
Oh, hey, a friendly reminder.
Family dinner is tonight at 6:30.
I'm thinking I'll make fish,
maybe some salmon or a nice tilapia.
How about some fish sticks?
- No, Mike, because fish sticks
- Are awesome.
You can't even taste the fish.
All right, shotgun.
You know, I've never seen him
eat a piece of fruit. Seriously.
You ready to go?
Don't drive me to school.
What? Why not?
Because we have to find
the rest of the Injustice Society.
They probably assumed new identities
in Blue Valley like Brainwave did.
Okay, weren't you even a little
scared of Brainwave?
I mean, we both could have been killed.
But we weren't.
And as crazy and insane as it was,
it was the first time since we moved
to Blue Valley that I
felt like I was in the right place.
Like I finally know who I really am.
Starman's daughter.
Stargirl.
Okay. Court
Even if there are other members
of the ISA here,
we need to proceed carefully,
lay low, make a plan.
I have a three-point plan.
Find them, surprise them,
kick their asses.
We're Stargirl and STRIPE.
Okay, being a superhero is
not being one most of the time.
I need to find out
if Brainwave was alone or not,
and I need for you to go to school
and just act like a normal teenager.
- That's boring.
- It's safe.
Text,
tweet, do your homework,
whatever, just
- Will you do that?
- Okay. Fine.
Thank you. Thanks.
Keep working on STRIPE,
and if Brainwave wakes up,
come get me from class.
Do you ever listen to
anything that I say to you? Ever?
Everything.
Keep your eyes open. Remember,
they could be anywhere or anyone.
[distant sirens wailing]
[EKG beeping]
[woman speaking indistinctly on PA]
[high-pitched ringing]
[gasps softly]
[woman over PA]
Dr. Forest, dial 1182. Dr. Forest, 1182.
[cell phone vibrating]
[sighs]
Oh! Hey, Dad.
Dad, check out my rising card trick.
Let's see it.
[laughs] Very good, Joey.
I'm thinking I can close my act with it.
Yeah.
Mind if I give you a pointer
for your show?
Yeah, sure.
You see, a magician's greatest tool
isn't just his hands.
It's distraction.
Keep smiling, keep them talking,
always look them in the eye.
You do that
they won't see
what's right in front of them.
Cool. [chuckles]
[Denise] Honey, wait,
don't forget your hat.
A magician always needs his hat.
- You look great.
- Thanks.
- [Denise] You'll be wonderful, honey.
- See you.
- Okay.
- Good luck.
[cell phone vibrating]
[Denise] Everything okay?
Oh. [chuckles softly]
[kisses]
[Mad Cobra's "Press Trigger" playing]
Me press trigger
Me no press people button
No bother chat
Come face me with something
Like how me have 22 inna mi something
[school bell ringing]
Hi!
No bother chat
Come face me with something
Like how me have 22 inna mi something
Ten a fi you
So who fi get the next dozen? Fool!
Anytime you ready
Punahussy start war
See who now fi spread it out
More pon the tar
Hey. You're new, right?
- What was your name again?
- Uh, I'm Courtney Whitmore.
Joey Zarick,
but my stage name is Zarick The Great.
Go ahead and, uh, pick a card, any card.
[chuckles] Okay.
- Uh
- [Joey] All right.
Yeah. All right, take a look at it.
Don't let me see it.
Remember it, though. Okay?
- You got it?
- [Courtney] Got it.
[Joey] All right, put it anywhere
back in the deck.
Boom.
All right.
Thanks for letting me practice on you,
by the way.
Uh, today is
the Regional Talent Competition.
Cindy and Jenny always win, though.
It's Nebraska,
so twerking still packs a punch.
Anyway, uh, now for
the aforementioned mind-blowing.
Courtney from California
Is this your card?
- [girl 1] Is that it?
- [boy] I think so.
[girl 2] Is that the card?
Is that the one?
Yes. The seven of hearts.
Oh, my gosh.
How did you do that? [chuckles]
- You can keep that for good luck.
- [Courtney] Oh, thanks.
Do you have any nail polish remover?
I bet we could clean this right off.
[bell ringing]
[woman speaking indistinctly over PA]
Can I help you?
Oh, hi. Uh, yeah, I'm just an old friend
of Dr. King's. Or, Henry, and I
Yeah, well, I heard about what happened.
Seizure. It was horrible.
Right.
Henry's the cornerstone
of this institution.
I'm sure that he is, uh
Well, where did they find him?
Just outside the emergency entrance.
Right.
So, what did he have on?
His lab coat.
Right. 'Course. Yeah.
Well [clears throat]
Here's hoping he gets well soon.
[man] Excuse me. Dr. Chapel,
do you have a moment?
Yes. Excuse me.
He's not alone.
[key fob beeps]
Brainwave is in a coma.
He came to see me.
His son was attacked by
someone using Starman's staff.
He told me he called you.
He did.
Why didn't you?
I didn't see the need.
Take a seat, William.
What did Brainwave tell you
about this new
Starman?
It was a girl.
That he'd take care of her.
You were the one who was supposed
to handle things in my absence.
Well, he was insistent.
And you were hesitant.
You always have been.
Brainwave has never been
a team player like me.
I was the one who cleaned everything up.
Got him to the hospital,
took care of the costume,
came up with a story.
William
[sighs wearily]
you stumbled into your powers,
you killed your master
before his lessons were complete,
and it shows.
That wand of yours,
it's capable of so much more,
but instead of thinking big,
you just continue to think small.
Even now you're still performing
the same old, tired show.
You've just changed
one stage for another.
You spend your days
making promises to people,
but much like every politician,
you don't keep them,
in the same way you didn't keep
your promise to me.
- Jordan, that is
- You seem to think that power
comes from other people's
perception of you.
From recognition or applause, but
that's not true power.
Now, William, true power
doesn't need to be seen.
I've traveled across this country.
I've hunted down everybody
who played a part in Christine's death.
Everybody who exposed her to a toxin
that led her to get sick.
And I did this because I, too,
made a promise, William,
to my wife as she lay dying in my bed,
that I would combat injustice
for our son,
for everyone's children.
There's nothing more important
to me than mine.
Good.
Good.
That's the way it should be.
Project: New America is my destiny.
I want it to be yours, too.
But I'm back in charge now
and I'll take care of this Stargirl.
[imperceptible]
[machine whirring]
[phone ringing]
Comin'. Comin'.
Yeah?
Yes, I'm Mike Dugan's father.
He what?
No, Mike,
I think they have
enough evidence on you.
What am I supposed to do in my room
without my games?
You know, I was in the middle
of real important work, Mike,
and when I was your age,
we weren't playing games in class.
Yeah, back in your day,
you didn't have any video
See, that's where you're wrong.
It was actually the golden age
of video games,
and I was down at the arcade
playing Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug,
Defender, Spy Hunter, you name it.
But my personal favorite
was made by the Rolls-Royce
of video game manufacturers,
Atari.
- A-what?
- The game was called Paperboy, Mike,
and I used to play it all day,
every day,
till one afternoon
my father came to me and he said
You were adopted.
[chuckles] No.
He said, "Son,
you need to stop feeding quarters
into that machine
and go make some money of your own.
You like this game Paperboy?
How about you try the real thing?"
So, he got me a paper route.
Does this story ever end,
or does it just keep going on forever?
It continues.
It doesn't have an ending
because you, Mike Dugan,
are gonna take up
that great family tradition.
You're getting a paper route.
Yeah.
[Jordan] Hmm.
Good morning, everyone.
[all] Good morning.
Welcome back, sir.
[Jordan] It is good to be back, James.
And for those of you who are new here,
my name is Jordan Mahkent.
I made a promise once,
a promise to someone very special to me,
that I would help make this country
a better, safer place
to raise our children.
I've dedicated my life to that.
Like many immigrants,
my parents came to this
great country in the hope of finding
a better future to raise their children.
But this past year
I have traveled across America,
from town to town,
and I have seen
factories that are abandoned.
I've met people in need.
In Littleville, Colorado.
In Hatton Corners, Indiana,
and so many other forgotten communities.
And we're gonna help them
just like we helped Blue Valley.
We're gonna rebuild America.
One factory
and one town at a time.
But
as we expand the vision
we call the American Dream
across this great land,
we'll also continue the revitalization
of downtown,
which will include
a food co-op at 27 Spring Street,
a brand-new retail space
at 308 Main Street, a
Oh
Is there a problem?
- No, I'm sorry.
- No, please, what were you gonna say?
It's, um
I grew up here, in Blue Valley.
I just moved back,
and what you've done
to our town is amazing,
it's remarkable, and it's inspiring,
and it's why I wanted to work here.
But back when I was a kid
308 Main Street was a theater.
Every weekend we'd watch plays
put on by our neighbors and our friends.
The theater has operated
at a loss for years.
I'm sure it's not very lucrative,
but it brought the community together.
I'm sorry, I said too much.
You know what?
That would be great for the community.
Let's do that instead.
- But we have already
- As brilliant as you are,
I'm sure you can find a way
to make that work. Right, Steven?
Of course.
Uh, miss. I'm sorry, what was your name?
Barbara.
Barbara.
[woman over PA] Reminder, students,
the bus for the talent show
leaves today at 2:45.
[Cindy] Yolanda?
I'm talking to you.
Who painted that?
Was it you?
No.
You should have never dated Henry
once you knew that I liked him.
You are a nobody.
I am somebody,
and I'm never gonna let you forget that.
Even your own family
knows what you really are.
Slut.
[Courtney] I have to say,
slut-shaming is really damaging.
Not to mention, it sets women back,
like, 50 years.
Okay, well, nobody cares
what you think, new girl.
- Okay, but, really, I don't understand
- Stop it.
- What?
- Don't you get it?
You're only going to make things worse
for the both of us.
[bell ringing]
[Mr. Levine]
You might be asking yourself,
"When am I ever gonna use
proper and improper fractions?"
Well, the answer is,
a fraction of every day.
[students groan]
[Mr. Levine] Tough crowd.
All right.
So, mathematicians use three categories
to describe fractions.
Proper,
improper,
and mixed.
[whispers] Wow.
[Mr. Levine] Fractions that are greater
than zero, but less than one
You were the one
that painted Yolanda's locker.
Maybe.
[Mr. Levine] In proper fractions
I'm Courtney.
- Cameron.
- I know.
I mean, I'm new here,
so I'm trying to learn everyone's name,
and since ours both started with "C,"
it was easy to remember.
Welcome to Blue Valley, Courtney.
[Mr. Levine] This is algebra,
- not The Dating Game.
- [students groan]
[girl] What's The Dating Game?
[knock at door]
Is now a good time?
Oh! Wow, I'm sorry.
Let me help you with that.
[Barbara] Shoot.
Oh, is that your daughter?
Yeah, that's Courtney, my daughter,
uh, and that's my stepson, Mike,
and my husband, Pat.
You have a lovely family.
Thank you.
Well, Barbara, I just wanted to say
If you've changed your mind
about the theater, I understand.
Oh, no. No, no, quite the opposite.
I've actually set up a task group
to focus solely
on the new community theater project.
Oh.
That's great.
Our first meeting is at 6:30.
I just wondered
if you would like to join us.
[Barbara chuckles softly]
Um, I would love to.
But
My family and I
are having dinner together
at 6:30.
I totally understand.
Um, maybe I can join the next meeting?
Again, I'm so sorry, Mr. Mahkent.
Please, don't apologize.
Our country was built
on values like yours.
It's just too bad things have changed.
Uh, great work again today, Barbara,
and, please, call me Jordan.
[ice crackling]
[Courtney] Oh, my God.
Pat?
[Pat] In the kitchen.
[Courtney] I was walking home through
Blue Valley Park,
and you'll never guess what I saw.
- What?
- I found a frozen field.
- A what?
- An iced-over field,
and it was in the shape of a star.
It's a message. I know it.
It's Icicle. It has to be.
- Hold on, just tell me exactly
- He killed my dad.
He killed Starman.
We have to go and find him.
And do what? Arrest him?
That's a start.
There are more of them here.
I was right.
You have no idea
how dangerous he is, all right?
The only thing I've ever seen
hurt Icicle is the staff.
- That's great!
- That's terrible.
- [Mike] Hey.
- Mike.
What are you doing down here?
I told you to wait
in your room until dinner.
Yeah, well, my stomach says it's dinner.
Okay, well, I'm working
on this vegan casserole.
Vegan casserole?
Big pass.
Did I interrupt something important?
No, I'm just
giving Court a couple of cooking tips.
Yep, I need 'em. [chuckles softly]
You know what, buddy,
why don't you take this,
ride your bike up to the store,
I'm gonna take these,
you get yourself
whatever you want, okay?
Twenty bucks. Awesome. Anything?
You got it. Anything you want.
That's an advance
on the paper route, okay?
Be careful.
We can't go after Icicle, all right?
If it is him,
then he clearly wants to be found.
This is a trap, Courtney.
- For him.
- No.
Pat, we're talking about the man
who killed my father.
[Cosmic Staff powers up]
See? The staff wants justice, too.
We're going with or without you.
[Stargirl over comms]
The ice was here. I swear.
- It melted.
- Good.
Maybe he's gone.
[wind blows]
[ice crunching]
[alarm blaring]
[Stargirl] Pat, are you okay?
[Pat over comms]
I'm okay, but I can't move.
I'm icing up.
The controls are all locked.
Damn it, wait!
Courtney, come back.
Hi, I'm home.
Just in time for family dinner.
Hello?
Mike, where is everyone?
- [video game chiming]
- No idea.
Did you eat dinner?
Okay, well, did anyone feed the dog?
[dog barks]
[gasps]
Hello.
- [ice crackling]
- [Stargirl breathing heavily]
And goodbye.
[body thuds]
[Icicle panting]
[Beth] I think you should have
won first place, Joey.
[Joey] I'm good with third, Beth.
I feel something.
Like my magic's getting stronger.
- Come on, baby. Come on.
- [alarm continues blaring]
[Stargirl] He's on the bridge, Pat.
[Pat] Fifteen seconds, Court.
[bus driver] What the hell?
[students gasp]
[tires screeching]
[students screaming]
Oh, my God!
The bus!
[Pat grunts]
[students continue screaming]
[Pat] I got it.
A kid's looking right at me.
Not for long.
[Cosmic Staff powers up]
- [woman] Is everyone okay?
- [bus driver] Watch your step, kids.
[woman] Stay behind the bus.
[bus driver] All right,
easy, one at a time.
What happened?
This was a mistake. We need to go.
[Stargirl] We need to go find Icicle.
[Joey panting]
[woman speaking indistinctly]
[blows]
Whoa!
Joey!
[tires screeching]
[girl screams]
[Denise] I am trying not to panic.
He's just not answering
his phone, and I
Okay, just call me
if you hear anything, okay?
[newscaster on TV]
a mysterious bright light
- Thanks. [exhales]
- however there was a truck
that injured one of the children.
All the other kids appear to be safe.
We'll have more on this late-breaking
story coming up soon.
[Denise] What?
What? What?
Oh, my God! What? What?
No. No.
No!
- It was Joey.
- Oh, no.
[imperceptible]
William, what are you doing?
Where are you going?
Where are you going?
Oh, God. No!
[sniffles]
Joey was so sweet.
He was the first kid at school
who was actually nice to me.
I'm going to find Icicle.
No.
We're. We're going to find Icicle and
And [breath trembling]
I want to show you something.
[keypad beeping]
[door opens]
[Courtney] What is this place?
It's the headquarters
of the Justice Society of America.
What is all of this?
Each of the JSA members had abilities,
powers, tools, like your Cosmic Staff,
and they'd use them to protect the world
against people like Icicle.
Who's that?
[Pat] Wildcat.
His real name was Ted Grant.
He was a heavyweight champion.
He gave me my Big Boy keychain.
It's the closest thing he could find
to a Stripesy action figure.
Said it was good luck.
I don't know.
[Courtney] Hourman
[Pat] The Flash,
Dr. Fate,
they were my friends.
My family, really.
Is this thing real?
Yeah.
It's Dr. Mid-Nite's owl.
[owl hoots]
There's something special
about him. I don't know what,
but every time we'd come here,
that owl, he'd fly right to Dr. Mid-Nite
and land on his arm.
He doesn't know Dr. Mid-Nite's dead.
He's been waiting for him for years.
Dr. Mid-Nite's not coming back, Court.
None of them are.
Icicle and the Injustice Society
killed them all.
And the truth is,
you and I don't stand a chance
against him.
What if we had help?
I'm the new Starman,
so why couldn't there be a new Hourman,
or a new Dr. Mid-Nite?
No. No one can take their place.
That's what you said about Starman,
but then the staff picked me.
Court, these guys,
I mean, they were the best in the world.
Did they start out like that?
No. But still, with years of experience,
they couldn't defeat
the Injustice Society,
do you understand that?
This stuff shouldn't be sitting here,
collecting dust.
It should be in the hands
of possible heroes.
Don't touch the Thunderbolt!
That's the most dangerous thing in here.
A pink pen?
Hey, will you just listen
to me for once?
Everything in this room
is dangerous, all right?
This life is.
A kid died today.
A child.
That's why we can't go on.
A kid died today,
and that's exactly why we have to, Pat.
This is our destiny, Pat.
You know, that's exactly what Starman
said to me the night he died.
Come on, we're leaving,
and until I say so
no more Stargirl and STRIPE.
Let's go.
[loud knocking at door]
[man on TV] We're back
with our reigning champion, Tina,
who's racked up an amazing $32,400
in cash and prizes.
[knocking continues]
[Jordan] William, I'm so sorry.
Tell me it was an accident.
[Jordan] A what?
Tell me you didn't mean to kill my son.
- Tell me!
- William, wait. Wait.
I'm so sorry. Okay?
I truly am.
I know you loved your boy
- [ice crackling]
- [William gasps]
but I wish you understood
what I was doing was also for him.
[William exhales]
[speaking Norwegian]
[speaking Norwegian]
[newscaster on TV] The funerals for both
Councilman William Zarick
and his son were held
in private this morning.
Councilman Zarick,
whose fatal heart attack
is believed to have been caused
after learning of the tragic accident
that took his son's life.
Both were remembered
by those in attendance today.
The American Dream has announced
that they'll be revitalizing
the community theater
in the name of William Zarick
and his son Joey.
The Zarick theater project
is expected to begin
as soon as next month.
[Jordan] I want to start by saying
thank you to all of you
for staying so late.
Oh, Barbara, glad you could join us.
Uh, let's start by ascertaining
what we learned this week,
since our last meeting.
Uh, first up, good news.
Thanks to Barbara's report,
we found out that the renovation
[imperceptible]
Hey, where is Barbara?
I thought this was family dinner,
- and we all had to be home for it.
- Mike, not tonight, okay?
[Jordan] You're late. We were worried.
They had a memorial for Joey.
[Lily] Not before dinner.
[Jordan] You okay?
He was such a good kid, Dad.
Everyone liked him.
[Jordan] Yeah.
Come here.
[Courtney whispers] Sorry, owl.
[Thunderbolt laughs mischievously]
[Cosmic Staff powers up]
Let's go do some recruiting.
Me press trigger
Me no press people button
No bother chat
Come face me with something
Like how me have 22 inna mi something
Ten a fi you
So who fi get the next dozen? Fool!
[EKG beeping]
[speaking Norwegian]
[Christine weakly] Come here, baby.
It's okay.
What do we have here?
[Cameron] It's a flower
from your garden.
I love it.
You are such a special boy.
You keep drawing.
I love you.
Never, ever forget that.
[EKG alarm beeping rapidly]
- Mommy. Mommy!
- [Jordan] No, no, no.
- Mommy! Mommy
- It's okay. Come on.
[Cameron panting]
[Christine gasps]
I am gonna make the world pay
for what it's done to you.
I swear it.
No, Jordan.
You continue your mission.
Fix this country.
Make it safe for our boy.
- Promise me.
- I promise.
I promise.
[kisses]
What is it?
[whispers] If anyone
tries to stop you
destroy them.
[EKG flatlining]
Christine?
Christine?
[breath trembling]
[breathing heavily]
[yells]
She can't help it,
The girl can't help it
She can't help it,
The girl can't help it
If she walks by and the men folks
Get engrossed
She can't help it
The girl can't help it
If she winks an eye
And bread slices turn to toast
She can't help it
The girl can't help it
If she's got a lot
Of what they call the most
She can't help it
The girl can't help it
I'm loving this Blue Valley
oldie station, right?
[Mike] Please, God, make it stop.
Yeah, it's pretty good.
This DJ is a hoot, huh?
Can you change the radio station?
They play the same ten songs
over and over,
and they're all fossilized garbage.
You know what?
You want a little public radio,
you got it. Straight outta Lincoln.
Oh, my God.
Oh, hey, a friendly reminder.
Family dinner is tonight at 6:30.
I'm thinking I'll make fish,
maybe some salmon or a nice tilapia.
How about some fish sticks?
- No, Mike, because fish sticks
- Are awesome.
You can't even taste the fish.
All right, shotgun.
You know, I've never seen him
eat a piece of fruit. Seriously.
You ready to go?
Don't drive me to school.
What? Why not?
Because we have to find
the rest of the Injustice Society.
They probably assumed new identities
in Blue Valley like Brainwave did.
Okay, weren't you even a little
scared of Brainwave?
I mean, we both could have been killed.
But we weren't.
And as crazy and insane as it was,
it was the first time since we moved
to Blue Valley that I
felt like I was in the right place.
Like I finally know who I really am.
Starman's daughter.
Stargirl.
Okay. Court
Even if there are other members
of the ISA here,
we need to proceed carefully,
lay low, make a plan.
I have a three-point plan.
Find them, surprise them,
kick their asses.
We're Stargirl and STRIPE.
Okay, being a superhero is
not being one most of the time.
I need to find out
if Brainwave was alone or not,
and I need for you to go to school
and just act like a normal teenager.
- That's boring.
- It's safe.
Text,
tweet, do your homework,
whatever, just
- Will you do that?
- Okay. Fine.
Thank you. Thanks.
Keep working on STRIPE,
and if Brainwave wakes up,
come get me from class.
Do you ever listen to
anything that I say to you? Ever?
Everything.
Keep your eyes open. Remember,
they could be anywhere or anyone.
[distant sirens wailing]
[EKG beeping]
[woman speaking indistinctly on PA]
[high-pitched ringing]
[gasps softly]
[woman over PA]
Dr. Forest, dial 1182. Dr. Forest, 1182.
[cell phone vibrating]
[sighs]
Oh! Hey, Dad.
Dad, check out my rising card trick.
Let's see it.
[laughs] Very good, Joey.
I'm thinking I can close my act with it.
Yeah.
Mind if I give you a pointer
for your show?
Yeah, sure.
You see, a magician's greatest tool
isn't just his hands.
It's distraction.
Keep smiling, keep them talking,
always look them in the eye.
You do that
they won't see
what's right in front of them.
Cool. [chuckles]
[Denise] Honey, wait,
don't forget your hat.
A magician always needs his hat.
- You look great.
- Thanks.
- [Denise] You'll be wonderful, honey.
- See you.
- Okay.
- Good luck.
[cell phone vibrating]
[Denise] Everything okay?
Oh. [chuckles softly]
[kisses]
[Mad Cobra's "Press Trigger" playing]
Me press trigger
Me no press people button
No bother chat
Come face me with something
Like how me have 22 inna mi something
[school bell ringing]
Hi!
No bother chat
Come face me with something
Like how me have 22 inna mi something
Ten a fi you
So who fi get the next dozen? Fool!
Anytime you ready
Punahussy start war
See who now fi spread it out
More pon the tar
Hey. You're new, right?
- What was your name again?
- Uh, I'm Courtney Whitmore.
Joey Zarick,
but my stage name is Zarick The Great.
Go ahead and, uh, pick a card, any card.
[chuckles] Okay.
- Uh
- [Joey] All right.
Yeah. All right, take a look at it.
Don't let me see it.
Remember it, though. Okay?
- You got it?
- [Courtney] Got it.
[Joey] All right, put it anywhere
back in the deck.
Boom.
All right.
Thanks for letting me practice on you,
by the way.
Uh, today is
the Regional Talent Competition.
Cindy and Jenny always win, though.
It's Nebraska,
so twerking still packs a punch.
Anyway, uh, now for
the aforementioned mind-blowing.
Courtney from California
Is this your card?
- [girl 1] Is that it?
- [boy] I think so.
[girl 2] Is that the card?
Is that the one?
Yes. The seven of hearts.
Oh, my gosh.
How did you do that? [chuckles]
- You can keep that for good luck.
- [Courtney] Oh, thanks.
Do you have any nail polish remover?
I bet we could clean this right off.
[bell ringing]
[woman speaking indistinctly over PA]
Can I help you?
Oh, hi. Uh, yeah, I'm just an old friend
of Dr. King's. Or, Henry, and I
Yeah, well, I heard about what happened.
Seizure. It was horrible.
Right.
Henry's the cornerstone
of this institution.
I'm sure that he is, uh
Well, where did they find him?
Just outside the emergency entrance.
Right.
So, what did he have on?
His lab coat.
Right. 'Course. Yeah.
Well [clears throat]
Here's hoping he gets well soon.
[man] Excuse me. Dr. Chapel,
do you have a moment?
Yes. Excuse me.
He's not alone.
[key fob beeps]
Brainwave is in a coma.
He came to see me.
His son was attacked by
someone using Starman's staff.
He told me he called you.
He did.
Why didn't you?
I didn't see the need.
Take a seat, William.
What did Brainwave tell you
about this new
Starman?
It was a girl.
That he'd take care of her.
You were the one who was supposed
to handle things in my absence.
Well, he was insistent.
And you were hesitant.
You always have been.
Brainwave has never been
a team player like me.
I was the one who cleaned everything up.
Got him to the hospital,
took care of the costume,
came up with a story.
William
[sighs wearily]
you stumbled into your powers,
you killed your master
before his lessons were complete,
and it shows.
That wand of yours,
it's capable of so much more,
but instead of thinking big,
you just continue to think small.
Even now you're still performing
the same old, tired show.
You've just changed
one stage for another.
You spend your days
making promises to people,
but much like every politician,
you don't keep them,
in the same way you didn't keep
your promise to me.
- Jordan, that is
- You seem to think that power
comes from other people's
perception of you.
From recognition or applause, but
that's not true power.
Now, William, true power
doesn't need to be seen.
I've traveled across this country.
I've hunted down everybody
who played a part in Christine's death.
Everybody who exposed her to a toxin
that led her to get sick.
And I did this because I, too,
made a promise, William,
to my wife as she lay dying in my bed,
that I would combat injustice
for our son,
for everyone's children.
There's nothing more important
to me than mine.
Good.
Good.
That's the way it should be.
Project: New America is my destiny.
I want it to be yours, too.
But I'm back in charge now
and I'll take care of this Stargirl.
[imperceptible]
[machine whirring]
[phone ringing]
Comin'. Comin'.
Yeah?
Yes, I'm Mike Dugan's father.
He what?
No, Mike,
I think they have
enough evidence on you.
What am I supposed to do in my room
without my games?
You know, I was in the middle
of real important work, Mike,
and when I was your age,
we weren't playing games in class.
Yeah, back in your day,
you didn't have any video
See, that's where you're wrong.
It was actually the golden age
of video games,
and I was down at the arcade
playing Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug,
Defender, Spy Hunter, you name it.
But my personal favorite
was made by the Rolls-Royce
of video game manufacturers,
Atari.
- A-what?
- The game was called Paperboy, Mike,
and I used to play it all day,
every day,
till one afternoon
my father came to me and he said
You were adopted.
[chuckles] No.
He said, "Son,
you need to stop feeding quarters
into that machine
and go make some money of your own.
You like this game Paperboy?
How about you try the real thing?"
So, he got me a paper route.
Does this story ever end,
or does it just keep going on forever?
It continues.
It doesn't have an ending
because you, Mike Dugan,
are gonna take up
that great family tradition.
You're getting a paper route.
Yeah.
[Jordan] Hmm.
Good morning, everyone.
[all] Good morning.
Welcome back, sir.
[Jordan] It is good to be back, James.
And for those of you who are new here,
my name is Jordan Mahkent.
I made a promise once,
a promise to someone very special to me,
that I would help make this country
a better, safer place
to raise our children.
I've dedicated my life to that.
Like many immigrants,
my parents came to this
great country in the hope of finding
a better future to raise their children.
But this past year
I have traveled across America,
from town to town,
and I have seen
factories that are abandoned.
I've met people in need.
In Littleville, Colorado.
In Hatton Corners, Indiana,
and so many other forgotten communities.
And we're gonna help them
just like we helped Blue Valley.
We're gonna rebuild America.
One factory
and one town at a time.
But
as we expand the vision
we call the American Dream
across this great land,
we'll also continue the revitalization
of downtown,
which will include
a food co-op at 27 Spring Street,
a brand-new retail space
at 308 Main Street, a
Oh
Is there a problem?
- No, I'm sorry.
- No, please, what were you gonna say?
It's, um
I grew up here, in Blue Valley.
I just moved back,
and what you've done
to our town is amazing,
it's remarkable, and it's inspiring,
and it's why I wanted to work here.
But back when I was a kid
308 Main Street was a theater.
Every weekend we'd watch plays
put on by our neighbors and our friends.
The theater has operated
at a loss for years.
I'm sure it's not very lucrative,
but it brought the community together.
I'm sorry, I said too much.
You know what?
That would be great for the community.
Let's do that instead.
- But we have already
- As brilliant as you are,
I'm sure you can find a way
to make that work. Right, Steven?
Of course.
Uh, miss. I'm sorry, what was your name?
Barbara.
Barbara.
[woman over PA] Reminder, students,
the bus for the talent show
leaves today at 2:45.
[Cindy] Yolanda?
I'm talking to you.
Who painted that?
Was it you?
No.
You should have never dated Henry
once you knew that I liked him.
You are a nobody.
I am somebody,
and I'm never gonna let you forget that.
Even your own family
knows what you really are.
Slut.
[Courtney] I have to say,
slut-shaming is really damaging.
Not to mention, it sets women back,
like, 50 years.
Okay, well, nobody cares
what you think, new girl.
- Okay, but, really, I don't understand
- Stop it.
- What?
- Don't you get it?
You're only going to make things worse
for the both of us.
[bell ringing]
[Mr. Levine]
You might be asking yourself,
"When am I ever gonna use
proper and improper fractions?"
Well, the answer is,
a fraction of every day.
[students groan]
[Mr. Levine] Tough crowd.
All right.
So, mathematicians use three categories
to describe fractions.
Proper,
improper,
and mixed.
[whispers] Wow.
[Mr. Levine] Fractions that are greater
than zero, but less than one
You were the one
that painted Yolanda's locker.
Maybe.
[Mr. Levine] In proper fractions
I'm Courtney.
- Cameron.
- I know.
I mean, I'm new here,
so I'm trying to learn everyone's name,
and since ours both started with "C,"
it was easy to remember.
Welcome to Blue Valley, Courtney.
[Mr. Levine] This is algebra,
- not The Dating Game.
- [students groan]
[girl] What's The Dating Game?
[knock at door]
Is now a good time?
Oh! Wow, I'm sorry.
Let me help you with that.
[Barbara] Shoot.
Oh, is that your daughter?
Yeah, that's Courtney, my daughter,
uh, and that's my stepson, Mike,
and my husband, Pat.
You have a lovely family.
Thank you.
Well, Barbara, I just wanted to say
If you've changed your mind
about the theater, I understand.
Oh, no. No, no, quite the opposite.
I've actually set up a task group
to focus solely
on the new community theater project.
Oh.
That's great.
Our first meeting is at 6:30.
I just wondered
if you would like to join us.
[Barbara chuckles softly]
Um, I would love to.
But
My family and I
are having dinner together
at 6:30.
I totally understand.
Um, maybe I can join the next meeting?
Again, I'm so sorry, Mr. Mahkent.
Please, don't apologize.
Our country was built
on values like yours.
It's just too bad things have changed.
Uh, great work again today, Barbara,
and, please, call me Jordan.
[ice crackling]
[Courtney] Oh, my God.
Pat?
[Pat] In the kitchen.
[Courtney] I was walking home through
Blue Valley Park,
and you'll never guess what I saw.
- What?
- I found a frozen field.
- A what?
- An iced-over field,
and it was in the shape of a star.
It's a message. I know it.
It's Icicle. It has to be.
- Hold on, just tell me exactly
- He killed my dad.
He killed Starman.
We have to go and find him.
And do what? Arrest him?
That's a start.
There are more of them here.
I was right.
You have no idea
how dangerous he is, all right?
The only thing I've ever seen
hurt Icicle is the staff.
- That's great!
- That's terrible.
- [Mike] Hey.
- Mike.
What are you doing down here?
I told you to wait
in your room until dinner.
Yeah, well, my stomach says it's dinner.
Okay, well, I'm working
on this vegan casserole.
Vegan casserole?
Big pass.
Did I interrupt something important?
No, I'm just
giving Court a couple of cooking tips.
Yep, I need 'em. [chuckles softly]
You know what, buddy,
why don't you take this,
ride your bike up to the store,
I'm gonna take these,
you get yourself
whatever you want, okay?
Twenty bucks. Awesome. Anything?
You got it. Anything you want.
That's an advance
on the paper route, okay?
Be careful.
We can't go after Icicle, all right?
If it is him,
then he clearly wants to be found.
This is a trap, Courtney.
- For him.
- No.
Pat, we're talking about the man
who killed my father.
[Cosmic Staff powers up]
See? The staff wants justice, too.
We're going with or without you.
[Stargirl over comms]
The ice was here. I swear.
- It melted.
- Good.
Maybe he's gone.
[wind blows]
[ice crunching]
[alarm blaring]
[Stargirl] Pat, are you okay?
[Pat over comms]
I'm okay, but I can't move.
I'm icing up.
The controls are all locked.
Damn it, wait!
Courtney, come back.
Hi, I'm home.
Just in time for family dinner.
Hello?
Mike, where is everyone?
- [video game chiming]
- No idea.
Did you eat dinner?
Okay, well, did anyone feed the dog?
[dog barks]
[gasps]
Hello.
- [ice crackling]
- [Stargirl breathing heavily]
And goodbye.
[body thuds]
[Icicle panting]
[Beth] I think you should have
won first place, Joey.
[Joey] I'm good with third, Beth.
I feel something.
Like my magic's getting stronger.
- Come on, baby. Come on.
- [alarm continues blaring]
[Stargirl] He's on the bridge, Pat.
[Pat] Fifteen seconds, Court.
[bus driver] What the hell?
[students gasp]
[tires screeching]
[students screaming]
Oh, my God!
The bus!
[Pat grunts]
[students continue screaming]
[Pat] I got it.
A kid's looking right at me.
Not for long.
[Cosmic Staff powers up]
- [woman] Is everyone okay?
- [bus driver] Watch your step, kids.
[woman] Stay behind the bus.
[bus driver] All right,
easy, one at a time.
What happened?
This was a mistake. We need to go.
[Stargirl] We need to go find Icicle.
[Joey panting]
[woman speaking indistinctly]
[blows]
Whoa!
Joey!
[tires screeching]
[girl screams]
[Denise] I am trying not to panic.
He's just not answering
his phone, and I
Okay, just call me
if you hear anything, okay?
[newscaster on TV]
a mysterious bright light
- Thanks. [exhales]
- however there was a truck
that injured one of the children.
All the other kids appear to be safe.
We'll have more on this late-breaking
story coming up soon.
[Denise] What?
What? What?
Oh, my God! What? What?
No. No.
No!
- It was Joey.
- Oh, no.
[imperceptible]
William, what are you doing?
Where are you going?
Where are you going?
Oh, God. No!
[sniffles]
Joey was so sweet.
He was the first kid at school
who was actually nice to me.
I'm going to find Icicle.
No.
We're. We're going to find Icicle and
And [breath trembling]
I want to show you something.
[keypad beeping]
[door opens]
[Courtney] What is this place?
It's the headquarters
of the Justice Society of America.
What is all of this?
Each of the JSA members had abilities,
powers, tools, like your Cosmic Staff,
and they'd use them to protect the world
against people like Icicle.
Who's that?
[Pat] Wildcat.
His real name was Ted Grant.
He was a heavyweight champion.
He gave me my Big Boy keychain.
It's the closest thing he could find
to a Stripesy action figure.
Said it was good luck.
I don't know.
[Courtney] Hourman
[Pat] The Flash,
Dr. Fate,
they were my friends.
My family, really.
Is this thing real?
Yeah.
It's Dr. Mid-Nite's owl.
[owl hoots]
There's something special
about him. I don't know what,
but every time we'd come here,
that owl, he'd fly right to Dr. Mid-Nite
and land on his arm.
He doesn't know Dr. Mid-Nite's dead.
He's been waiting for him for years.
Dr. Mid-Nite's not coming back, Court.
None of them are.
Icicle and the Injustice Society
killed them all.
And the truth is,
you and I don't stand a chance
against him.
What if we had help?
I'm the new Starman,
so why couldn't there be a new Hourman,
or a new Dr. Mid-Nite?
No. No one can take their place.
That's what you said about Starman,
but then the staff picked me.
Court, these guys,
I mean, they were the best in the world.
Did they start out like that?
No. But still, with years of experience,
they couldn't defeat
the Injustice Society,
do you understand that?
This stuff shouldn't be sitting here,
collecting dust.
It should be in the hands
of possible heroes.
Don't touch the Thunderbolt!
That's the most dangerous thing in here.
A pink pen?
Hey, will you just listen
to me for once?
Everything in this room
is dangerous, all right?
This life is.
A kid died today.
A child.
That's why we can't go on.
A kid died today,
and that's exactly why we have to, Pat.
This is our destiny, Pat.
You know, that's exactly what Starman
said to me the night he died.
Come on, we're leaving,
and until I say so
no more Stargirl and STRIPE.
Let's go.
[loud knocking at door]
[man on TV] We're back
with our reigning champion, Tina,
who's racked up an amazing $32,400
in cash and prizes.
[knocking continues]
[Jordan] William, I'm so sorry.
Tell me it was an accident.
[Jordan] A what?
Tell me you didn't mean to kill my son.
- Tell me!
- William, wait. Wait.
I'm so sorry. Okay?
I truly am.
I know you loved your boy
- [ice crackling]
- [William gasps]
but I wish you understood
what I was doing was also for him.
[William exhales]
[speaking Norwegian]
[speaking Norwegian]
[newscaster on TV] The funerals for both
Councilman William Zarick
and his son were held
in private this morning.
Councilman Zarick,
whose fatal heart attack
is believed to have been caused
after learning of the tragic accident
that took his son's life.
Both were remembered
by those in attendance today.
The American Dream has announced
that they'll be revitalizing
the community theater
in the name of William Zarick
and his son Joey.
The Zarick theater project
is expected to begin
as soon as next month.
[Jordan] I want to start by saying
thank you to all of you
for staying so late.
Oh, Barbara, glad you could join us.
Uh, let's start by ascertaining
what we learned this week,
since our last meeting.
Uh, first up, good news.
Thanks to Barbara's report,
we found out that the renovation
[imperceptible]
Hey, where is Barbara?
I thought this was family dinner,
- and we all had to be home for it.
- Mike, not tonight, okay?
[Jordan] You're late. We were worried.
They had a memorial for Joey.
[Lily] Not before dinner.
[Jordan] You okay?
He was such a good kid, Dad.
Everyone liked him.
[Jordan] Yeah.
Come here.
[Courtney whispers] Sorry, owl.
[Thunderbolt laughs mischievously]
[Cosmic Staff powers up]
Let's go do some recruiting.
Me press trigger
Me no press people button
No bother chat
Come face me with something
Like how me have 22 inna mi something
Ten a fi you
So who fi get the next dozen? Fool!