Stargirl (2020) s01e12 Episode Script

What is that?
- [Barbara yells]
- Please just let me do the explaining
Dad was a superhero,
and now I'm a superhero, too.
If this is remotely true
then our whole marriage is a lie.
Everything we are together is real.
This family is real.
You need to go.
- Barbara
- Get out of this house.
[Crusher] They were kids.
Except maybe that big robot.
Then we should bring
our children into this.
- They could help us find them.
- No.
We agreed to keep our sons and daughters
in the dark.
I remember who Stargirl is.
Her name's Courtney Whitmore.
Her stepfather is Pat Dugan.
You might remember him as Stripesy.
- Brainwave remembers who I am.
- Okay, we gotta get outta here.
We'll take care of them.
Stargirl, her sidekick and her mother.
Henry. The boy, too. Mike.
- We can't leave a legacy running around.
- Of course.
[dramatic music playing]
[timer beeping]
[beeping]
[beeping continues]
[Brainwave] Jordan,
the orders have been given.
Sportsmaster and Tigress
are on the hunt.
[Brainwave] Courtney Whitmore
and her family will soon be dead.
Dr. Ito is preparing his machine.
- [code beeping]
- [Cindy] Dad, what's going on?
Where does that go?
Dad. No, no, no, no, no.
Dad, what's in there? [knocking]
[Brainwave] When we begin our broadcast,
the Gambler will trigger
a communications blackout across
the United States,
blinding the Pentagon,
routing the attack through Moscow.
By the time they realize it's coming
from within the US, it will be too late.
Amplified by Ito's machine, my powers
will extend far beyond Blue Valley.
There will be a significant cost
to the process,
but after I finish reprogramming
their minds, they'll share our values.
They'll think like us.
They'll fight for us, if need be.
After all,
I doubt the rest of the country
will accept our secession quietly.
Jordan.
After all this time,
your dreams of a better society,
of a New America,
is about to become reality.
Your wife would be very proud.
Let me know when Stargirl
and her family are dead.
[intense music playing]
[beeping continues]
- [Courtney] What else do we need?
- Uh, sleeping bags, I think.
- Where are they?
- Upstairs hall closet. I'll get them.
I'll get my staff.
Okay?
Okay. Okay.
[Mike] So, who takes their kids
out of school in November to go camping?
What, are we having
Thanksgiving up there?
Don't tell me we gotta kill
our own turkey. I'm not doing that.
You didn't tell any of your friends
about this, did you, Mike?
Tell them what? I don't know anything.
I'm sure Courtney knows
why we're leaving.
- [drill whirring]
- Hey, don't touch that, okay, Mike?
I brought you down here 'cause I want
to explain something to you, okay?
And it's something that
I really have no idea how to explain,
so I thought that
if I just showed it to you
Listen, I don't need to see
some other boring old car
that you'll turn into
some metaphor about life.
- Just tell me, please. [sighs]
- Okay, Mike.
This isn't about an old car, okay?
This is about
Hey! Put that down and listen to me!
- [drill clatters]
- I'm serious.
Stop treating me like a little kid,
'cause I'm not.
Please.
- Mike.
- Sick of it. Stop.
I'm sorry. I Mike?
[door opens and closes]
[metal clatters]
[suspenseful music playing]
Hello?
Oh, hey, Crusher.
Hey there, Pat.
What what are you doing up so late?
- And how'd you get in here?
- [bat swooshes]
Is, uh
Is there something I can help you with?
[Crusher sighs]
You know, I gotta hand it to you, bud.
You really shocked the hell
right out of me. [chuckles softly]
I mean, really.
I never would have thought
you had it in you.
- So what are we talking about here?
- Come on now.
No more secrets between friends.
It really hurts my feelings.
You never telling me
about your big robot.
[tutting]
Where is it? Where you hiding it?
It's in there, isn't it?
Look, Crusher, I think maybe
you need to relax a little, 'cause
well, I think you got it all wrong.
[sighs]
[chuckles]
You know, Pat, I gotta say,
as famous last words go
I'm underwhelmed.
- Yeah.
- [grunts]
[metal clatters]
[Pat] Okay.
[Pat grunts]
[dramatic music playing]
- [Barbara gasps]
- [bow cocks]
[Barbara whimpering]
- [grunts]
- [Barbara yelling]
- [vase shatters]
- [grunts]
- Lovely home you have.
- [whimpers]
- [Tigress grunts]
- [gasps]
[Tigress grunts]
[grunts]
[laughs] Look at you go.
All that cardio's paying off.
I'll tell you what, Pat.
- Let's do this old-school.
- [clatters]
- You and me. What do you say?
- Yeah. I'd like that.
You'd like that? I'd like it, too.
Come on.
What do you got?
What do you got, Dugan?
Punching power comes from the hips, Pat.
Come on, the hips.
- Let's see it. You wanna try again?
- Yeah, I'd actually like to do that.
[grunts]
Better. I like you, Pat.
[grunting]
[groans]
I'm glad it's gonna be me that does it.
You all right there, big guy?
- I don't know. I'm hurt pretty bad.
- Oh, no.
I think you might have fractured my jaw.
- [both grunt]
- Cheap shot, huh?
[both grunting]
[dramatic music playing]
Did you really think
you were gonna come to Blue Valley
- [Pat grunts]
- and stop us?
- Huh?
- [Pat groans]
[Tigress grunting]
- [Tigress grunts]
- [Stargirl gasps]
Wow! Look at that. [chuckles]
He's a beaut, bud.
[both grunt]
By 8:00 tomorrow morning,
it'll all be over for everyone.
I'm sorry you won't
be around to see it, pal.
[grunts]
- [electricity buzzes]
- [yells]
- [chuckles]
- [Pat] Crusher
stay away from my kid.
[Crusher grunts]
[dramatic music playing]
[both grunting]
Whoa!
[Barbara yells]
[glass shatters]
[Barbara panting]
- Sorry about the door.
- Court, that was
I know. It was dangerous.
Amazing. [breathing heavily]
- We should go.
- [softly] Okay.
Mike, you okay?
- [metal thuds]
- What the hell is that?
Who's that?
That's a robot I built.
And that's an old friend of mine.
[phone clicks]
- So, you built that?
- Yep.
[powering up]
That that's so badass.
[Pat] Yeah, I'll explain it all
on the way to the cabin.
- Bring the drill.
- [drill whirrs]
- Sure you're okay, Dad?
- Yeah. Thanks.
[speaking in Norwegian]
[phone vibrates]
[in English] Steven, yes. Are they
[Sharpe talking indistinctly]
I understand.
[in Norwegian]
[in English] Small complication.
[door opens]
[Principal Bowin] Isaac?
What are you doing here so late?
Isaac, sweetie?
What is it?
[Isaac sighing]
This guy
He keeps calling me a "Tuba Turd,"
[sniffles]
and today he tripped me down the stairs
and tore my new jacket.
You know, when your father was a child,
he was picked on for playing
his favorite instrument, too.
[violin music playing]
But he never
stopped pursuing his passion.
He never let anyone else define him.
And eventually
they stopped bothering him.
Why?
Because he took the bow of his violin
and put it through
one of their eardrums.
They never bullied him again.
[dramatic music playing]
- [Yolanda] Are you okay?
- [Courtney] Yeah. Are you?
- [Rick] Hey, Court.
- [Courtney] Hey.
Let's get inside. Hey, hold on.
[car approaching]
Who's that?
[engine stops]
- [Justin] Hello, friends.
- [Buddy barks]
I bring forth a feast
fit for kings and queens.
- [Buddy barking]
- Oh, and loyal steeds. Oh!
[rumbling]
[Barbara gasps]
[Beth gasps] Oh, my God.
[thuds]
[engine revs and stops]
- Remote control.
- [lock beeps]
[Barbara] Yeah?
When are you gonna teach me
how to drive that thing?
Never.
[Pat] Let's get in there.
[Beth] That's everyone and everything
coming tonight, right?
[Barbara] I hope so.
[Justin] The battle is nigh.
- [intense music playing]
- [footsteps approaching]
[Cindy] Dr. King.
- Is Stargirl dead?
- [Brainwave] You had a job, Cynthia.
Watching my son for any signs
of his latent abilities developing.
[Cindy] But I did.
If I had known his telepathic powers
were emerging,
I may have been able to help him.
I would have done anything to help him.
Instead, I had to end him.
Because of you.
[Cindy] Okay, listen, Doc.
You know what would have
really helped Henry?
Is if you weren't lying
in a hospital bed wearing adult diapers
while the rest of us
were picking up your slack.
Do you know what your father
truly thinks of you, Cynthia?
He sees you as a failed experiment.
Nothing more.
My father loves me.
You liar.
- Why would I lie?
- Why are we arguing?
Just let me out of here
so I can help you.
I could be a valuable member
of the Injustice Society.
We feel the same way your father does.
We don't want you.
Help!
- [code beeps]
- [door unlocks]
[Cindy yelling]
[Dr. Ito] Dr. King,
are you ready for the test?
Oh, yes.
[Cindy yelling and banging]
- [door shuts]
- [code beeps]
[door opening]
- Unbelievable.
- [Dr. Ito] Isn't it?
[beeping]
Before we begin the test, Dr. King
there is a risk.
What kind of risk?
This is either going to work,
or every cell in your pre-frontal cortex
is going to melt.
And your spinal cord
[device sucks]
will turn into slush.
[sucks and hisses]
Understood.
Continue. [grunts softly]
[beeping]
[thuds]
[electricity crackling]
[grunts]
[beeping rapidly]
[electricity crackling]
[distorted indistinct voices]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[yelling]
[exhales]
[Dr. Ito] Dr. King?
[breathing heavily]
I heard their voices.
Millions of them.
[breathing heavily]
Their wretched thoughts
and their ugly truths.
It's going to work.
Hmm. Wonderful.
[beeping]
Was Pat right?
[Chuck] I'm still searching, Beth,
but Pat's hunch was correct.
There has been a massive increase
in electrical activity in Blue Valley.
I'm narrowing it down to where.
My concern is that it's connected
to Brainwave somehow.
I believe his powers increased
after the death of Henry.
What do you mean?
There was an energy release
when Henry died.
That energy was absorbed by Brainwave.
I am sorry, Beth. I know
this tragedy has affected you all.
Yolanda?
Are you okay?
Are you thinking about Henry?
No.
Because there's nothing
I can do about it.
[slow music playing]
[Justin] Are you reading, my lad?
It's my dad's journal.
[Justin] Oh.
He was investigating
the Injustice Society,
long before you were.
They killed him.
And my mom.
They sent Solomon Grundy after 'em.
And I think that that's
because my dad found out exactly
what they were doing in Blue Valley.
And I'm betting that
that secret is in here.
But it's all written
in some kind of code.
I do love a good puzzle.
[chuckles softly] Yeah. Uh
The the equation on the last page
is the key.
But I'm missing a number.
You see that? That's all I need.
I've tried my mom's birthday,
my dad's, mine.
I don't know what else it could be.
Well, all good things come in due time.
According to Pat,
I've got tonight to figure it out.
Less than eight hours, to be exact.
Do you have any ideas, Justin?
I'm going to go clean the bathroom.
[Rick] Oh.
Yeah. [clears throat]
Have a blast.
[Mike] Hey.
Hey.
So, you're uh, patrolling?
Keeping watch. Yeah.
Don't worry. I think
we're pretty safe out here, Mike.
Yeah, you're safe.
Got a magic staff.
I need a staff.
Or a robot.
[Courtney chuckles]
You know, you're so lucky
the staff picked you.
I wonder,
if I would have found it first
maybe it would've picked me.
- Um, maybe.
- Tell you one thing.
Would've made my paper route
so much easier. [chuckles]
True.
Could
could I try it?
Go for it.
[Mike sniffles]
Sorry.
It's all good.
You know, my dad doesn't have
any special powers either.
But he still built STRIPE, you know.
Maybe one day
I could do something like that.
For JSA.
Yeah. That'd be super cool.
[Crusher] I am gonna rip
that little asshat's arms
right out of his sockets.
- [Tigress] The boy?
- Yeah, the boy. Stripesy, I had him.
It's that damn kid that surprised me.
My back is killing me. How about you?
[door opens and closes]
[footsteps approaching]
Bowin? What are you doing here?
Jordan sent me to make sure
you don't fail a second time.
- [Tigress] We don't need your help.
- Yeah.
What are you gonna do?
Smash them over the head
with your violin? [chuckles]
[Principal Bowin]
I'm going to immobilize them.
They'll be standing still,
making them impossible to miss.
Even for you two.
[Crusher] Targets that don't move.
- Now, what fun is that?
- This isn't about fun, you sadists.
You get too much pleasure
from this sort of thing.
You both relish in violence.
I feel sick imagining
how your daughter is gonna turn out.
She's a wild animal.
Just like her mother.
You saying we don't love our child?
No. I'm saying
you're unfit to be parents.
[bow unclicks]
[thuds]
[chuckles]
I love you, baby.
- You found the tools?
- Yeah. Thanks.
I just needed to check a few things on
STRIPE while the kids did their recon.
- Pat?
- Yeah?
[plates clatter]
Why didn't you tell me about any
of this before we got married?
Well [sighs]
I mean, everyone that ever knew,
they ended up dead.
Sylvester's parents.
Our contact in the FBI.
I was hoping that
this life was behind me.
And when I met you
[sighs heavily]
our family was all that mattered to me.
If I'd have known the truth
about Blue Valley [sighs]
things would be a whole lot different.
Are we gonna be okay?
I mean, you and me?
I want us to be.
[sighs]
[Pat sighs]
Having trouble?
What do you think?
I know there's a number
that will unlock that code.
Tried birthdays.
Then I figured, my dad was Hourman,
so I tried 60 seconds, 12 hours, 24.
- Nothing.
- Okay.
A number.
What else did he care about
that had a number?
Who the hell knows, Pat?
I never got to know my dad
because of the ISA.
So what about his car? Anything there?
- The car?
- The Mustang.
- I mean, I don't know. I'm just
- Wait. The 1966 Mustang.
[dramatic music playing]
That's it. [chuckles]
Right there.
Rick.
[chuckles]
Scan this.
The formulas were the coordinates
of a map for the tunnels.
My dad must've gotten
down there and scoped it out.
- I'm scanning the journal now.
- [scanning]
[Beth] Whoa!
This map my dad made,
those are the tunnel entrances. Here.
This is their meeting room
in there.
Which is where
they're building some sort of
uh, some sort of machine.
What machine?
The equipment they stole,
the satellite codes.
They must have used those
to build something.
[Beth] Something big.
Chuck thinks they built something
he calls a "synaptic amplifier."
It's meant to transmit.
Brainwaves.
So Henry's dad can reach
somebody else's mind?
- Millions of somebodies.
- But why?
[Rick] Maybe those creepy guys
in the tunnel were just a test run.
Right. And now they're getting ready
for the big rollout.
Are they gonna try to make
everyone else zombies or
No. I don't think
that's their American Dream.
Like Blue Valley, they wanna have people
follow their vision and join them,
and, I guess, follow without question.
Right, but not if we destroy
their machine.
Rick, is there a tunnel
that STRIPE could get through?
Yeah.
The river. But don't think
I'm not coming with you.
No. You, Yolanda and Justin should enter
from the opposite side of town.
- You want us to split up?
- Only to try to avoid detection.
But we'll meet back up at the machine.
[Beth] While you guys go
destroy the amplifier,
Chuck and I can take down
the computers running the show.
We've traced the town's
electrical surges to The American Dream.
Chuck thinks we can access
their system from there.
- You know, hack the hackers.
- Okay, I'm gonna go with Beth.
Barb, I don't want you
going anywhere near this place.
- Well, you'll let a 15-year-old go?
- I'll be 16 in May.
- [sighs]
- If there's a problem,
I know that building
better than anyone else.
All right. I mean, I don't like it,
but what choice do we have?
So, we've got a plan.
So, uh, what's my job?
You, Mike Dugan,
have the most important job of all.
- You're gonna look after the dog. Okay?
- [Buddy barks]
Is that really all I'm good for?
The dog?
[Pat] It's an important job, buddy.
Do it with pride.
[Mike] Actually, you know what?
I'm excited for this. Let's do it.
[upbeat music playing]
No destination
But it's worth a shot
You gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
Ready for war
Got my armor gear
Sharpen your swords
'Cause the time is near
Gotta do it big like Bon Iver
I'm a rockstar on a chandelier
Off the walls, yeah
I'm about to go crazy
Free th beast
Ain't nobody that could tame me
Yeah, you gotta let me go
[Barbara] Do you think you can access
the system from here?
We're going to try.
- Okay, the password is
- "New Kids On The Block"?
What's that mean?
Uh, it's just random words.
[Chuck] New Kids On The Block
is an American boy band
who enjoyed success
in the late 1980s and early 1990s
and have sold more than
80 million records worldwide.
[Beth] Okay, let's stay
on mission, Chuck.
We're in. Hey, guys, can you hear me?
- [Wildcat] We read you.
- [Stargirl] Us, too.
Okay. [sighs]
- [typing]
- What?
Last time I was in the tunnels,
I couldn't communicate with anyone.
- So, it's good, right?
- I guess so.
[Beth] It's just kind
of weird. Like, why?
Guys, I found some kind of countdown.
[Chuck] Beth, this appears to be
the ISA's manifesto for the broadcast.
[Beth] I think we have 35 minutes
before they turn it on.
Whatever they're going
to make people believe in,
they call it the "New Constitution."
They wanna combat
global warming?
[keyboard clacking]
Oh, wait. They wanna force people to
They're going to force people to what?
Force them to embrace
solar and wind power.
They're going to eliminate
discrimination over race,
religion, sexual orientation.
You're kidding me.
Oh, and universal healthcare.
That sounds good. Is
is that not good?
Hey, Pat, are you sure
we're on the right side?
- There's got to be something else.
- [Beth] I don't know, Mr. Dugan.
The only other thing it says
is that once the machine broadcasts,
the process will take 30 minutes.
If we don't stop them
before then, it's permanent.
Oh, here's more.
It only affects fully-developed minds.
[Stargirl] What does that mean?
Adults.
[Chuck] Barbara is correct.
But there is
what you would call "a catch"
to reprogramming
developed minds like this.
[Beth] A catch?
- Oh, no.
- [Barbara] What?
Beth, what is it?
[Beth] There are people who will fight
too hard
against the reprogramming process.
And what happens to them?
Their brains will shut down.
[Beth] They'll die.
How many?
[Beth] 25% of their target audience
of 100 million people.
They're going to kill 25 million people?
[Sharpe] Give or take
a few million, yes.
Good morning, everyone.
You may be wondering
what's just happened,
so allow me to elucidate.
I just hacked
into your hack of our hack, young lady.
And with whom do I
have the pleasure of speaking?
- I'm I
- [Chuck] She's Dr. Mid-Nite.
Is that right?
Guys, I don't know what to do.
Child, there's nothing to do.
We've only got 30 minutes
before they broadcast.
You think you have 30 minutes
to stop us from broadcasting?
[chuckling]
[Sharpe] The broadcast begins
at the 30-minute mark.
It's 30 minutes
until Brainwave is finished.
[electrical buzzing]
Mrs. Whitmore?
- Mrs. Dugan?
- [electrical buzzing]
Barbara?
- [Rick] Justin.
- [electrical buzzing]
Justin.
- [electrical buzzing]
- [distorted voices shouting]
I have control over all of them.
Like puppets.
Like Pat Dugan.
[panting] Pat, what do we do?
Pat?