Stargirl (2020) s01e10 Episode Script

1
Listen, baby
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no river wide enough, baby
If you need me call me
No matter where you are
No matter how far
Don't worry, baby
Just call my name
I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry
'Cause baby there
Ain't no mountain
High enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
[waitress] Kitchen's closing
in a minute, folks.
Can I get you anything else?
- I think I'll try the banana split.
- [Barbara] The banana split, please.
- [Barbara chuckles]
- [chuckles] Cute.
Coming right up, both of you.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Night owl, huh?
Not usually. I just
I have lots of paperwork
to finish tonight.
All right. Yeah. I thought part of being
a grownup meant no more homework. Right?
Yeah. Just selling my mom's house.
Oh, yeah, I just Did she
- I mean
- She passed away a few years ago.
It's been kind of hard to let go.
- I'm sorry.
- Thanks.
You live here?
Um, I live in California now, but I grew
up just a few blocks from here.
You?
I've lived in a lot of places,
but I live in California now, too.
- Van Nuys, right there in Los Angeles.
- [Barbara chuckles]
Me and my boy.
Valley Village.
I'm Barbara, by the way.
Pardon me. Pat.
- Pat? Hi.
- Hi.
So what brings you out here?
Well, I'm just kinda passing through.
I'm on a hunt.
Or a
I collect old cars.
Oh, wow.
Would you believe it,
we only have one banana left.
Fred used most of 'em in the pies.
I'm fine. You take it. Thank you.
I have a better idea.
Who wrote the book of love
Tell me, tell me, tell me
- It's pretty good.
- Mm-hm.
Thank you. [continues indistinctly]
Was it someone from above
I wonder, wonder who
Mmbadoo-ooh, who
Who wrote the book of love
I love you darlin'
Baby, you know I do
But I've got to see
This book of love
Find out why it's true
Who wrote the Book of Love
- [yells] What?
- [clatters]
What the hell is going on?
What is that thing?
Okay. I realize that's gotta look
pretty darn weird, Barbara, but
Oh, that
- Okay.
- That's a broom.
From Sharper Image.
No. I'm telling her the truth, Court.
Right now.
Fine. It's not a broom.
- [Pat] It belonged to Starman.
- It's Dad's.
[Barbara] What?
Would you please
just let me do the explaining
Dad was a superhero,
and now I'm a superhero, too.
Okay. Hey, don't lead with that.
- What that is
- Jordan Mahkent killed Dad.
What is she talking about?
[Pat] All right. Just
Let me start at the beginning.
"Stripesy"?
- You?
- [Courtney] Hmm.
It was a long time ago.
He goes by STRIPE now.
Now? You go by STRIPE now?
Occasionally.
And Jordan Mahkent
Mom, listen.
Jordan, my boss, is the iceman.
Icicle.
And he's behind everything bad
going on in Blue Valley.
He killed Dad.
Your dad, who was Starman?
Are you crazy?
Filling my kid's head
with this nonsense?
Mom!
Telling her that her father
was a superhero?
That Blue Valley's some hideout
for a supervillain gang?
Barbara, I realize it doesn't make sense
unless you know all the facts
Pat didn't do anything.
The Staff chose me.
Courtney, go upstairs.
Being the Stargirl is my birthright.
Starman is not your father.
I know he told you his name
was Sam Kurtis,
but that was just an alias.
This is my dad.
Sylvester Pemberton.
Starman. He was a member
of the Justice Society.
And the reason
he didn't show up on Christmas
No, enough!
The proof is right here.
Do not touch that thing.
But, Mom, it
Will you just go to your room,
right now!
Look. I realize
that this is a lot to process.
If this lunacy of you being
an assistant superhero
Sidekick.
I was a sidekick.
If this is remotely true
then our whole marriage is a lie.
That's not true, Barb.
Everything we are together is real.
This family is real.
You dragged my daughter
into this insanity.
You told her that her father
was Starman.
I wanted this stuff to stay in the past!
None of this was supposed to happen!
Tell me one thing, Pat.
One true thing.
When Courtney was hurt,
and you took her to the hospital
was that really from a car accident?
No.
You need to go.
- Barbara
- Get out of this house.
[announcements over PA]
[Henry] Dad.
I remember.
It was last month,
I remember you blowing out six candles.
Where have the last ten years gone?
How could I forget ten years?
- I don't know.
- My memory
It will come back.
It has to.
Why are we here?
You had a seizure.
No. I mean
in Nebraska?
You moved us here after Mom died.
Merri?
[voice breaking] She's
You don't remember?
A long time ago, um
there was an accident.
She drowned.
I see.
[sighs]
She was supposed to pick me up
from school that day.
And I was scared that
she had forgotten about me.
You said you found her in the pool.
You said that she was ice cold.
[Henry sniffles]
[Dr. King sighs] I loved her.
[Henry] Can you hear me, Dad?
[Dr. King] Junior?
You have my gift?
Did I know this?
Was I teaching you?
No.
It started when you were in a coma.
I may have been trying to reach out,
triggering your latent abilities.
[sighs]
I know
how frightening these powers can be
when they first develop.
I'm going to help you, son.
[pendant clicks]
- [Mike] Dad?
- [Pat] Yeah?
[Mike] Dad, wait!
Is everything okay with Barb?
I heard her. She sounded upset.
I can't explain it right now,
okay, Mike, but, um
I'm gonna go spend the night
at the garage.
[Pat] Just, uh, get a good night sleep.
All right? And I'll be back
in the morning.
And then what?
Well, Mike, uh
I don't know, Mike.
Wait, are you guys gonna get a divorce?
I hope not.
I'll come with you.
- No, it's okay.
- Come on. You're my dad.
I'll come with you.
Okay. Yeah. [soft chuckle]
Thanks.
And you know, Mike
I don't know
if I tell you this enough, but
[Mike] Don't get all shaky
on me, big guy.
I'm gonna go pack a bag.
Well
I love you.
[Dr. King] Merri!
No!
Merri!
Merri!
Last day
I loved her
Drowned My wife
Last day
So beautiful Last day
Jordan, Starman
Dad.
[Henry] Dad!
[man] Henry.
It's good to see you, old friend.
[whirring]
My wife is dead.
Just like that.
Merri's
gone.
I guess I never talked much
about her, did I?
We met while I was robbing a bank.
A bank, of all things. Such a cliché.
"Merri The Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks,"
the papers called her.
And me, the terrible telepath,
"Brainwave."
I was stunned by her thoughts.
They were so pure.
So good.
So different than everyone else's,
it gave me pause.
And she caught me.
In more ways than one.
Seeing the world through Merri's eyes
made me question Jordan and his mission.
But Jordan couldn't allow that.
He led the Justice Society
of America to us.
And we killed them.
Including Merri's brother
Starman.
Starman?
I knew she would never forgive me
for playing a part in it.
I hoped she would go into hiding.
But she didn't.
Damn you, Jordan.
There are no more good thoughts
to be found.
Merri's dead.
Jordan.
[door opens and shuts]
- [door creaking]
- [Staff whirrs]
[Courtney sighs]
We can't go out right now.
My mom's already too upset.
Go back to your crate.
It's taken the better part of a decade,
but Project: New America
is finally on the precipice
of becoming a reality.
Dr. Ito's machine is near completion.
All it needs now is you.
Your power, and we can take control
of every poisoned mind in six states.
We'll carve out the heart of America,
and we'll control it.
Can you imagine, Henry?
Reshaping that many thoughts?
Helping them to see
the light. Our light.
Our way.
What about this "Stargirl"?
The one that put me here? Who is she?
[thudding]
[freezing]
[chuckling]
[Jordan] You're not much without
your master, are you?
I'm so curious.
When did you come from?
Is that Starman's staff?
Come with me, Henry.
All your questions will be answered.
[Jordan] Dr. Ito will
help you remember.
[thuds]
[Jordan] What is it?
Nothing.
Where's the Staff?
It's not downstairs!
Well, hopefully, Pat took it.
Mom, that staff might be
the only thing that can stop Icicle!
And I'm the only one who can use it!
We're leaving.
Leaving?
I have been up all night.
And I don't know what is true
or what's a lie,
but I know I don't want you
anywhere near Blue Valley.
Or Pat.
Mom, please.
You have to understand,
he was only trying
to help me get justice for Dad!
Starman was not your father.
You're wrong.
I'm going to work.
Mom, you can't go to work.
Jordan Mahkent is there,
and he killed Dad,
and a lot of other people!
So start packing.
I'll be back in an hour.
[sighs]
[banging]
- Is my staff in there?
- No.
It's not in its crate.
It came to me last night,
- and I said I couldn't go out, and
- Shh.
Where could it have gone?
I don't know.
[sighs] We have to find it, and we have
to take the fight to Jordan.
Mom wants to leave Blue Valley today.
Today?
Yeah. She went to the office
to go get her things
and told me to pack up.
- Okay. I gotta get her out of there.
- I told her not to go, but
- What should I do now?
- Just
Listen to your mom.
Go home and pack. Okay?
- No, Courtney.
- Pat
That's it. It's over. It's my fault.
Losing your mother,
that'll hurt forever, all right?
But I can live with it
as long as I know you're both safe.
No.
- Pat
- [car door opens and closes]
[Mike] Hey.
Can you tell me what's really going on?
I'm sorry, Mike. I can't tell you.
You really never wanted me
and my dad around, did you?
That's not true.
Brothers and sisters trust each other.
They tell each other everything.
They help each other.
I know they do, but
But you're not my sister.
I get it.
Have a good life, Court.
Mike, no! Mike!
It's all right.
[exhales]
Okay.
[Henry] Courtney!
Henry?
I have so much to say.
I don't even know where to start.
We killed them.
Including Merri's brother, Starman.
Damn you, Jordan.
Merri's dead.
[yells, breathing heavily]
Look I'm sorry!
Stay away from me!
Look! I don't know what that was.
I could see everything
you were thinking.
Your dad's awake?
Wait!
And your mom was
Starman's sister?
Yeah.
You're my cousin?
We're family.
[Henry sighs]
[chuckles softly]
We
We can sort this out later, right?
Yeah.
Jordan has your staff.
And my dad.
Henry, your dad knows who I am.
He said he was going to kill my mom.
He can't remember anything
from the last ten years.
What?
He doesn't remember anything
since the day my mother died.
I think it hurts him too much.
That's good. I mean sad.
But right now, good.
I need to get my staff back.
And I need to save my dad.
He's different.
I think my mom
was starting to change him.
I saw it.
I felt it.
I bet that's why Jordan killed her.
He killed your mom and my dad.
We are going to need help, too.
Come on.
[school bell ringing]
[Rick] Way to go, Court.
You've just given away our identities
to the enemy.
Henry's not the enemy.
Yes, he is.
Look, if it helps,
she didn't tell me anything.
I read her mind.
Which he's not going to do anymore.
That's only polite.
Listen
my mom wants me and her
to leave town today. Forever.
- No. You can't go.
- [Courtney] I know.
But if we find the Staff
and are able to stop the ISA,
maybe we can all only save the town,
but we can also save Pat and my mom.
And save this asshole's dad?
Courtney.
If Brainwave gets his memories back,
he'll kill you first,
but then we're next.
He'll figure out all of our identities,
unless Junior here gives us up first.
I'm not telling anybody anything.
We all know if we find Brainwave,
we should break him in two while we can.
You're not gonna hurt my dad.
Yeah? Try and stop me.
Rick.
How 'bout you try right now?
Sit down.
Stand up.
- [Rick groans]
- [people exclaim]
- [Courtney sighs]
- [soft chuckle]
No worries. Just ignore us
like you usually do.
I told you to stay away,
to not touch my friends.
You know what I'll do to you.
Hey! Save it for the bad guys.
Henry is the bad guy, Court.
[Rick] No way I'm working with him.
- Okay.
- [Beth] What about Pat?
- What's Pat think of all this?
- I think he's with my mom.
She was so mad.
We need to do this, everyone.
For Court.
The only reason I'm agreeing to do this
is because I know you'll do it anyway,
and you need someone
to watch your back.
You chose Henry over me,
after all he did.
We're not friends anymore.
[indistinct chatter]
You can't be here.
You can't be here.
This is literally
the most dangerous place in town.
Hey! You said
you were leaving Blue Valley.
Why are you bothering with this?
Because Jordan,
and then Sam, and then Starman.
And I don't know
what to think right now.
This isn't a mystery
that you need to solve, okay?
Just get Courtney
and go far away. All right?
[knock at door]
Oh, hi, Pat.
- Hello, Barbara.
- Hi.
Don't you look lovely today.
Thank you, Sofus.
Uh, it's nice to see you here, Pat.
- Good to see you, too.
- [cell phone ringing]
[Courtney] Pat's still not answering.
[Beth] Should we wait for him?
[Courtney] We can't.
I just hope him and my mom are okay.
So who wants to go first?
Sorry, I've already been
down here before.
Scary.
Come on.
[Chuck speaking indistinctly]
Tunnel Through
Chuck?
My goggles kind of still work.
I mean, I can see,
but Chuck keeps cutting out.
[Rick] So no info from Chuck,
and no Cosmic Staff.
Great.
[Beth gasps] What now?
We split up, I guess.
[Yolanda] But you always say
stick together.
We don't have a choice right now.
Yolanda, Rick, and Beth, go one way.
Henry and I will go the other.
Look, I'm not leaving you alone
with him.
No. I'm coming with you.
Fine. Us three will go this way,
Rick and Beth go that way.
We do some recon
and meet back here in 15 minutes.
[Beth] Got it.
[Henry] Okay.
It's to thank you.
For dinner.
That is so thoughtful.
[both speaking Norwegian]
[Jordan speaking Norwegian]
[woman speaking Norwegian]
[in English] Okay. We have some
family business to take care of,
but it's good seeing you both.
- Have a nice day.
- Tell those children hello.
- [Barbara] We will.
- Okay, bye.
[Pat] Bye, Jordan.
See you.
What?
Do you speak Norwegian?
Me neither.
I wish you could read my mind.
Why would I want to do that?
I know how much I hurt you.
And I'd honestly do anything
to take it back.
Well, you can't.
[Beth] This place goes on forever.
[Rick] It's gotta lead somewhere.
[growling]
What was that?
[Rick] Let's see.
[Beth] Rick!
- [bars rattle]
- [growling continues]
What's in there?
[Rick] That's Solomon Grundy.
[Grundy growling]
That's the thing that killed my parents.
[growling]
My dad's close.
I can feel it.
[chains rattle]
[Cindy] Daddy! Daddy, she's here!
That bitch is here!
Let me out! Come on!
I wanna kill here, please?
Please, let me!
Please! Now!
[Dr. Ito] Go.
- [Stargirl grunts]
- [blade swooshes]
[Henry grunts]
[effort grunting]
[effort grunting]
What are you doing?
I'm going to rip this door off
and kill that thing.
Thought it was obvious.
No, Rick! That's not why we're here.
Yeah. Change of plans.
- [metal clangs]
- [Rick yells]
Dad!
Henry?
[grunting]
[Cindy] Daddy!
Wa-wa-wa-wa-Wait!
I wanna kill her!
Please, please, please, let me!
N-no, no, no. Daddy!
[Dr. Ito] Stargirl.
Daddy! Daddy, no!
Snapdragon.
[Dr. Ito] Dragon King.
[Cindy yells]
[Stargirl grunts]
[Dr. Ito grunts]
- [Dr. Ito yells]
- [Stargirl exclaims]
[yells]
- [blade swooshes]
- [panting]
[Staff clangs]
[Wildcat] Come on.
[Dr. Ito yells]
[screams]
[yells]
It's going to be okay. Come on.
No, Henry.
[voice breaking]
They already got to you.
They changed you back.
Changed me back?
This is who I am.
Who I've always been.
It's who you are, too.
- No!
- [ringing]
[groans]
It's too late. Let's go.
[Rick yelling]
[Beth] Please, Rick! We have to go.
[effort grunting]
This isn't why we're down here!
Stop!
The others are counting on us!
[Grundy growling]
[rumbling]
[Beth] Rick, who are they?
Who are they?
We should go! We should go!
I'll be back.
[Grundy growling]
[banging]
[Beth] We've got company.
[Stargirl] Us too. Come on!
I can't believe you recorded them.
I wanted answers I could trust.
I realized I had to find them myself.
I just meant you thinking to tape
the Mahkents, that was a great idea.
I wouldn't have thought of that.
It was good thinking.
[beep]
[automated voice] I like her.
You can see how Jordan looks at her.
It won't matter soon.
Once the machine is turned on,
everything will change.
What machine? What are they planning?
- Pat?
- I don't know.
- [knocks]
- Barbara?
[beeps]
[Rick] I got this.
- [effort grunting]
- [bars creaking]
Here, Beth! Go!
Come on!
[Wildcat] Courtney, come on!
[Brainwave] Settle down, children.
You can't hide from me.
[Rick] How about an assist?
[Henry grunting]
Move it.
[buzzing]
[Henry] Courtney, come on! Let's go!
You first.
[Beth] Chuck, can you hear me?
[Brainwave] You're misdirected,
but you're strong, Henry.
That's good.
[yells]
[Wildcat] Stand back!
[Henry whimpers]
[Wildcat grunts]
[yells]
Dad [panting]
listen to me
I know what these powers did to you.
How they warped what you believed in.
But people aren't monsters.
I don't want to fight you.
I love you.
[Brainwave] And I love you.
Let me train you.
The power, Henry, you have no idea
No.
You're better than this.
Mom knew you could be good.
She believed in you!
I know you loved her.
And I know Jordan killed her
because she saw the good in you, too.
[Brainwave] Junior.
Jordan didn't kill your mother.
I did.
You?
I had to make a choice.
Don't make me choose again, son.
Stand by my side now.
Or not at all.
I will never stand by your side.
[ringing]
[yelling]
Good-bye, son.
[Wildcat] Henry! No!
[rumbling]
[Beth] Chuck, come on. Please!
[Rick] Henry, get up!
[sighs]
I am sorry.
You're right.
People are good.
Don't let this change your mind.
[crashing]
[mellow music playing]
Somebody said
You got a new friend
There's a big black sky
Over my town
And, yeah, I know it's stupid
But I just gotta see it for myself
And I'm giving it my all
But I'm not the guy
You're taking home
But you don't see me standing here