Wolverine and the X-Men (2008) s01e03 Episode Script
Hindsight (3)
LOGAN: Previously on Wolverine and the X-Men: [GRUNTING.]
Charles.
BEAST: The explosion was indeed centered on Charles's position.
SENATOR KELLY: The Brotherhood is now threatening me.
Mutants are a danger to us all.
Isn't it enough he gets our money, Dad? I have to cheer him on too? That man is a champion of the people.
Some people, not all of us.
There's a war coming and I want you with me.
What's next? We bring back the X-Men.
[GASPS.]
You comin' or what? [HELICOPTER WHIRRING.]
[GRUNTS.]
So without Jean, there's no one worth fighting for.
Heh.
So much for the big hero.
Rogue's joined them.
What? Are you sure? WARREN: Positive.
They broke into our house so she could siphon information from my father.
ROGUE: They're going to hit Senator Kelly at the press conference.
WOLVERINE: They're not here.
[GRUNTS.]
We were set up.
Logan, you tried to save a man who hates you.
That is exactly what Charles Xavier would have done.
[.]
And the finish work should be done by morning.
By afternoon you'll have your furniture.
So that's the top-to-bottom tour.
What do you think? You don't look happy.
Why aren't you happy? Uh.
Sorry, Warren.
You know.
New building, old ghosts.
But thanks, man.
Mm.
Thank dear old dad.
It's his money.
Second thought, don't thank him.
For some reason he's under the impression this is just a regular prep school.
Good thing the walls are nice and high.
Now to fill the campus, huh? Which brings up a question: Rogue.
You plan on trying to get her back? Nope, not after she hung us out to dry.
Next move is hers.
Hello.
I'm Warren.
Emma Frost.
Yeah, I know who you are.
Question is, why are you here? Right to the point.
I like that.
I've decided to join the X-Men.
You decided? Hmm.
Well, here's my decision: No.
If you know who I am, then you're aware I never come empty-handed.
What could you possibly offer the X-Men besides trouble? I can find Professor Xavier for you.
[.]
[WHIMPERS.]
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLS.]
Maybe she's telling the truth.
Working some angle is more like it.
Anyway, thanks again, Warren.
I understand you have some information about Professor Xavier.
We'll see about that.
This is Emma Frost, former headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy.
Hm.
Never heard of it.
It was a secret little school that tried to imitate the Xavier Institute.
I didn't realize Charles Xavier held a monopoly on helping young mutants.
Yeah, but you didn't help them.
You taught them how to bully people.
Regardless of how some of my students may have behaved, I built my school for all of the right reasons.
Yet you closed it down.
Why? That is not your concern.
Then we're through talking.
There's the door.
My students suffered greatly at the hands of antimutant crusaders.
It's difficult to carry on teaching when your children are taken from you.
So I closed my school and tried to go it alone.
But I miss teaching.
I miss being part of a team.
But why this team? Because we need each other.
Heh.
That's one big assumption, lady.
The simple fact is you cannot operate Cerebro without a telepath.
So that's what this is about.
You want access to Cerebro.
It is your best hope of finding missing mutants.
Yeah, well, sorry.
It was destroyed in the blast.
Its repairs are nearly complete.
Ring me when it's ready.
[.]
[CHUCKLES.]
She's a telepath, remember? She knows what you're thinking.
She's after something.
I don't dispute that, but if she can indeed locate Charles or Jean, it would be foolish not to explore this option.
Yeah, I know.
Then where are you going? To put a certain young genius back on Cerebro duty.
Forge? [.]
[GRUNTS.]
Forge, this is me not laughing.
[GROWLS.]
Logan, where'd you come from? [GROWLS.]
Oh, man.
My Danger Room.
How could you? I wasn't even finished and now-- Oh, I gotta start completely over.
Forget the danger room.
I need you back on Cerebro.
You pull me off Cerebro, you put me on the blackbird.
You pull me off that and put me in the war room.
Now I'm on the Danger Room, and you want me back on Cerebro? It's how we're gonna find Charles.
Xavier? Oh.
I'll get right on it.
Ms.
Frost, I'd like to introduce Forge, the young man responsible for-- Let's just dispense with pleasantries and get on with it.
You're on hallowed ground here, lady.
Don't make me regret this.
Perhaps you'd rather I didn't find the professor.
You enjoy being in charge, don't you? Okay, go ahead and lay your-- Please.
I read your mind on the way in.
[WHIRRING.]
[GASPS.]
Where is he? Genosha.
BEAST: It's a volatile situation, Logan.
I think it best if we try and make contact with Magneto first.
Believe me, I intend to make contact with him, and it's long overdue.
Logan, wait.
Don't you get it, Hank? This means Magneto was responsible for that explosion! That is not supported by any evidence I've collected.
There were no fluctuations in the magnetic field.
So before we accuse him, we need to-- We know he's got Charles, and that's what matters.
[STATIC HISSES.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Holster those eyebeams, frat boy.
There's nothing else you could say, Logan.
I'm not comin' back.
Magneto's got the professor.
And Jean? No, just Charles.
Now are you in? [.]
Hangar lights on.
Aww! Oh, where'd you guys come from? Just tell me she'll fly.
Oh, yeah.
Absolutely.
Pretty sure.
Hmm, perhaps we should wait until Forge completes the repairs and-- We leave now.
Forge, climb in.
Your job is to keep us in the air.
Hm.
Wolverine's more desperate than I thought.
And she is? Temporary.
[ENGINE HUMMING.]
FORGE: The orbital gimbals keep sticking.
Hand me the carbon atomizer.
Here, but I doubt that's impacting your vector phase.
Seems more of a rotational override problem.
Hand me the expansion jammer.
Careful.
It's fully charged.
Whoa.
Sorry, my fault.
[GROWLS.]
Just tell me you got the autopilot working so I can get out of this chair.
We're still trying to get the stealth generator online.
Otherwise, Genosha is going to see us coming miles away.
Here, don't let this touch anything.
[SIGHS.]
Hey.
Would you wake up already? Hmm? What? Are we there? No, but you're freezing in your sleep again.
[YAWNS.]
Sorry.
And how can you nap at a time like this? The jet's falling apart, we're going up against Magneto, and did I mention that the jet's falling apart? The jet'll be fine.
And who cares about Magneto? Wolverine's got his number.
Maybe, but what about an entire island of his mutant followers? Oh, yeah.
You'd like to ask me about Jean, so do it.
Would you have detected her if she was in Genosha? Yes.
And given time, I could locate her wherever she is, assuming I'm around.
What's that supposed to mean? Ask Logan.
If he has his way, I'll be gone by tomorrow.
Fog.
Maybe we got lucky.
BEAST: It only circles the island.
It doesn't cover it.
Then what's our stealth status? We're concealed from their radar, but visually we stick out like a-- Well, like a black jet in a bright sky.
Forge? Almost got it.
One more second.
We're out of time.
Okay, try it now.
[.]
SHADOWCAT [ON RADIO.]
: Okay, all clear.
You're sure about this? SHADOWCAT: It's like an iron maze down here.
We're definitely on his turf.
Com-links on.
We're splitting up.
[EXHALES.]
[GRUNTING.]
[YELLS.]
Hello, Wolverine.
A man with metal bones should have more sense than to break into my house.
Ugh.
What about my house? You blew it up.
I'm offended by your accusation.
[ICE CRACKLING.]
Ah.
I believe that's the sound of your cavalry.
[GRUNTING.]
You're done, Magneto! Agh! Without his helmet, he's mine.
[SCREAMS.]
SHADOWCAT: That's not going to work on me! It doesn't have to.
And I suggest you hold on to this.
[GASPS.]
We're not looking for trouble.
We just came for Charles.
Ah, but you did come looking for trouble.
And you found it.
[METALLIC DRONE.]
[GRUNTING.]
[METAL CREAKING.]
Wait.
Don't do this.
It's my fault.
It is, isn't it? And what would Charles think of this little commando raid of yours? I daresay he wouldn't approve.
We know he's here.
Just take us to him.
All you had to do was ask.
[.]
He appeared on my island one week ago.
[GASPS.]
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING.]
I found him like this on our coastline, sprawled on the rocks.
Professor.
He has no brain activity.
Charles is a dear friend.
All I've been doing is caring for him.
More like keeping an eye on him.
We both know you're afraid of Charles.
[GROWLS.]
The question is, will you let us take him home? [GROWLS.]
Of course.
You are his children.
His place is with you.
However, I wish you would consider making Genosha your home.
No more violence, no more-- Yeah, we've seen the billboards.
Thanks, but no thanks.
The offer stands.
Only next time you decide to drop by, Wolverine, use the front door.
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING.]
We'll find a way to bring you back, Charles, no matter what it takes or how long.
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
What is that sound? It's like someone whispering.
[WHISPERING CONTINUES.]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds a lot like Charles.
XAVIER [WHISPERING.]
: I'm here.
This is impossible.
Charles, is that really you? Yes, Logan.
What's happening? Who did this to you? I wish I knew.
I remember nothing.
Charles, there was an unexplained blast at the institute.
You've been missing, and Jean still is.
My X-Men, time is limited.
I come to you with an urgent message.
Come to us? From where? The future.
The coma you see me in right now, it will last for 20 years.
I've just awoken from it, and the world I've found is a nightmare.
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING.]
[DISTANT EXPLOSIONS.]
METALLIC VOICE: Mutant apprehension in progress.
Mutant apprehension in progress.
Charles, how does it come to this? Because of the X-Men.
What are you saying? Each of you will admit defeat and walk away.
Only as team do you stand a chance.
Only together can you change the course of the future.
And you, Logan-- You must lead them.
I don't know, Charles.
This hasn't been a good fit.
Make it fit, Logan.
Otherwise all is lost.
Scott, do not abandon the team.
We cannot win this without you, son.
I must go, but I will try and make contact again.
[.]
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING.]
Whatever's eating away at us, we get past it.
We rise to the occasion because we're a team and we've got a job to do.
The world needs the X-Men.
[.]
Charles.
BEAST: The explosion was indeed centered on Charles's position.
SENATOR KELLY: The Brotherhood is now threatening me.
Mutants are a danger to us all.
Isn't it enough he gets our money, Dad? I have to cheer him on too? That man is a champion of the people.
Some people, not all of us.
There's a war coming and I want you with me.
What's next? We bring back the X-Men.
[GASPS.]
You comin' or what? [HELICOPTER WHIRRING.]
[GRUNTS.]
So without Jean, there's no one worth fighting for.
Heh.
So much for the big hero.
Rogue's joined them.
What? Are you sure? WARREN: Positive.
They broke into our house so she could siphon information from my father.
ROGUE: They're going to hit Senator Kelly at the press conference.
WOLVERINE: They're not here.
[GRUNTS.]
We were set up.
Logan, you tried to save a man who hates you.
That is exactly what Charles Xavier would have done.
[.]
And the finish work should be done by morning.
By afternoon you'll have your furniture.
So that's the top-to-bottom tour.
What do you think? You don't look happy.
Why aren't you happy? Uh.
Sorry, Warren.
You know.
New building, old ghosts.
But thanks, man.
Mm.
Thank dear old dad.
It's his money.
Second thought, don't thank him.
For some reason he's under the impression this is just a regular prep school.
Good thing the walls are nice and high.
Now to fill the campus, huh? Which brings up a question: Rogue.
You plan on trying to get her back? Nope, not after she hung us out to dry.
Next move is hers.
Hello.
I'm Warren.
Emma Frost.
Yeah, I know who you are.
Question is, why are you here? Right to the point.
I like that.
I've decided to join the X-Men.
You decided? Hmm.
Well, here's my decision: No.
If you know who I am, then you're aware I never come empty-handed.
What could you possibly offer the X-Men besides trouble? I can find Professor Xavier for you.
[.]
[WHIMPERS.]
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLS.]
Maybe she's telling the truth.
Working some angle is more like it.
Anyway, thanks again, Warren.
I understand you have some information about Professor Xavier.
We'll see about that.
This is Emma Frost, former headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy.
Hm.
Never heard of it.
It was a secret little school that tried to imitate the Xavier Institute.
I didn't realize Charles Xavier held a monopoly on helping young mutants.
Yeah, but you didn't help them.
You taught them how to bully people.
Regardless of how some of my students may have behaved, I built my school for all of the right reasons.
Yet you closed it down.
Why? That is not your concern.
Then we're through talking.
There's the door.
My students suffered greatly at the hands of antimutant crusaders.
It's difficult to carry on teaching when your children are taken from you.
So I closed my school and tried to go it alone.
But I miss teaching.
I miss being part of a team.
But why this team? Because we need each other.
Heh.
That's one big assumption, lady.
The simple fact is you cannot operate Cerebro without a telepath.
So that's what this is about.
You want access to Cerebro.
It is your best hope of finding missing mutants.
Yeah, well, sorry.
It was destroyed in the blast.
Its repairs are nearly complete.
Ring me when it's ready.
[.]
[CHUCKLES.]
She's a telepath, remember? She knows what you're thinking.
She's after something.
I don't dispute that, but if she can indeed locate Charles or Jean, it would be foolish not to explore this option.
Yeah, I know.
Then where are you going? To put a certain young genius back on Cerebro duty.
Forge? [.]
[GRUNTS.]
Forge, this is me not laughing.
[GROWLS.]
Logan, where'd you come from? [GROWLS.]
Oh, man.
My Danger Room.
How could you? I wasn't even finished and now-- Oh, I gotta start completely over.
Forget the danger room.
I need you back on Cerebro.
You pull me off Cerebro, you put me on the blackbird.
You pull me off that and put me in the war room.
Now I'm on the Danger Room, and you want me back on Cerebro? It's how we're gonna find Charles.
Xavier? Oh.
I'll get right on it.
Ms.
Frost, I'd like to introduce Forge, the young man responsible for-- Let's just dispense with pleasantries and get on with it.
You're on hallowed ground here, lady.
Don't make me regret this.
Perhaps you'd rather I didn't find the professor.
You enjoy being in charge, don't you? Okay, go ahead and lay your-- Please.
I read your mind on the way in.
[WHIRRING.]
[GASPS.]
Where is he? Genosha.
BEAST: It's a volatile situation, Logan.
I think it best if we try and make contact with Magneto first.
Believe me, I intend to make contact with him, and it's long overdue.
Logan, wait.
Don't you get it, Hank? This means Magneto was responsible for that explosion! That is not supported by any evidence I've collected.
There were no fluctuations in the magnetic field.
So before we accuse him, we need to-- We know he's got Charles, and that's what matters.
[STATIC HISSES.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Holster those eyebeams, frat boy.
There's nothing else you could say, Logan.
I'm not comin' back.
Magneto's got the professor.
And Jean? No, just Charles.
Now are you in? [.]
Hangar lights on.
Aww! Oh, where'd you guys come from? Just tell me she'll fly.
Oh, yeah.
Absolutely.
Pretty sure.
Hmm, perhaps we should wait until Forge completes the repairs and-- We leave now.
Forge, climb in.
Your job is to keep us in the air.
Hm.
Wolverine's more desperate than I thought.
And she is? Temporary.
[ENGINE HUMMING.]
FORGE: The orbital gimbals keep sticking.
Hand me the carbon atomizer.
Here, but I doubt that's impacting your vector phase.
Seems more of a rotational override problem.
Hand me the expansion jammer.
Careful.
It's fully charged.
Whoa.
Sorry, my fault.
[GROWLS.]
Just tell me you got the autopilot working so I can get out of this chair.
We're still trying to get the stealth generator online.
Otherwise, Genosha is going to see us coming miles away.
Here, don't let this touch anything.
[SIGHS.]
Hey.
Would you wake up already? Hmm? What? Are we there? No, but you're freezing in your sleep again.
[YAWNS.]
Sorry.
And how can you nap at a time like this? The jet's falling apart, we're going up against Magneto, and did I mention that the jet's falling apart? The jet'll be fine.
And who cares about Magneto? Wolverine's got his number.
Maybe, but what about an entire island of his mutant followers? Oh, yeah.
You'd like to ask me about Jean, so do it.
Would you have detected her if she was in Genosha? Yes.
And given time, I could locate her wherever she is, assuming I'm around.
What's that supposed to mean? Ask Logan.
If he has his way, I'll be gone by tomorrow.
Fog.
Maybe we got lucky.
BEAST: It only circles the island.
It doesn't cover it.
Then what's our stealth status? We're concealed from their radar, but visually we stick out like a-- Well, like a black jet in a bright sky.
Forge? Almost got it.
One more second.
We're out of time.
Okay, try it now.
[.]
SHADOWCAT [ON RADIO.]
: Okay, all clear.
You're sure about this? SHADOWCAT: It's like an iron maze down here.
We're definitely on his turf.
Com-links on.
We're splitting up.
[EXHALES.]
[GRUNTING.]
[YELLS.]
Hello, Wolverine.
A man with metal bones should have more sense than to break into my house.
Ugh.
What about my house? You blew it up.
I'm offended by your accusation.
[ICE CRACKLING.]
Ah.
I believe that's the sound of your cavalry.
[GRUNTING.]
You're done, Magneto! Agh! Without his helmet, he's mine.
[SCREAMS.]
SHADOWCAT: That's not going to work on me! It doesn't have to.
And I suggest you hold on to this.
[GASPS.]
We're not looking for trouble.
We just came for Charles.
Ah, but you did come looking for trouble.
And you found it.
[METALLIC DRONE.]
[GRUNTING.]
[METAL CREAKING.]
Wait.
Don't do this.
It's my fault.
It is, isn't it? And what would Charles think of this little commando raid of yours? I daresay he wouldn't approve.
We know he's here.
Just take us to him.
All you had to do was ask.
[.]
He appeared on my island one week ago.
[GASPS.]
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING.]
I found him like this on our coastline, sprawled on the rocks.
Professor.
He has no brain activity.
Charles is a dear friend.
All I've been doing is caring for him.
More like keeping an eye on him.
We both know you're afraid of Charles.
[GROWLS.]
The question is, will you let us take him home? [GROWLS.]
Of course.
You are his children.
His place is with you.
However, I wish you would consider making Genosha your home.
No more violence, no more-- Yeah, we've seen the billboards.
Thanks, but no thanks.
The offer stands.
Only next time you decide to drop by, Wolverine, use the front door.
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING.]
We'll find a way to bring you back, Charles, no matter what it takes or how long.
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
What is that sound? It's like someone whispering.
[WHISPERING CONTINUES.]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds a lot like Charles.
XAVIER [WHISPERING.]
: I'm here.
This is impossible.
Charles, is that really you? Yes, Logan.
What's happening? Who did this to you? I wish I knew.
I remember nothing.
Charles, there was an unexplained blast at the institute.
You've been missing, and Jean still is.
My X-Men, time is limited.
I come to you with an urgent message.
Come to us? From where? The future.
The coma you see me in right now, it will last for 20 years.
I've just awoken from it, and the world I've found is a nightmare.
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING.]
[DISTANT EXPLOSIONS.]
METALLIC VOICE: Mutant apprehension in progress.
Mutant apprehension in progress.
Charles, how does it come to this? Because of the X-Men.
What are you saying? Each of you will admit defeat and walk away.
Only as team do you stand a chance.
Only together can you change the course of the future.
And you, Logan-- You must lead them.
I don't know, Charles.
This hasn't been a good fit.
Make it fit, Logan.
Otherwise all is lost.
Scott, do not abandon the team.
We cannot win this without you, son.
I must go, but I will try and make contact again.
[.]
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING.]
Whatever's eating away at us, we get past it.
We rise to the occasion because we're a team and we've got a job to do.
The world needs the X-Men.
[.]