Stargirl (2020) s02e03 Episode Script

1
[Christmas music playing]
[drill whirring]
[tools clattering]
[metal clanging]
[door slides open]
Hey, Johnny,
what are you doing down here?
We finally get everybody back together,
take on the ISA and they bench me.
Yeah, well, Starman asked me
to stay behind, too,
to get the Rocket Racer ready,
just just in case.
Life on the bench doesn't feel good,
does it, Stripesy?
Speaking honestly,
it can be a little rough on the old ego,
but I trust whatever Sylvester
thinks is best.
Spoken like a loyal sidekick.
Hey, nothing wrong
with being a sidekick.
Yeah, see, that's the thing.
I'm not even that.
I'm the JSA's charity case.
Heck, Pat, on paper,
Thunderbolt is more powerful
than Green Lantern, Flash,
all of them combined.
But in my hands, it's nothing but
another mess for the JSA to clean up.
[exhales sharply]
Oh, hey, how's a little eggnog sound?
It's my dad's old recipe.
It's got a little kick, too.
Ooh, I'd like a kick.
[door slides open]
They got Solomon Grundy.
What?
You need backup, you got him.
Sorry, Pat. Just Johnny.
But, Wildcat, I mean
You know, we're talking about
the entire ISA now, right?
Members only. Sylvester insisted.
Hey, you got a kid to look out for.
There's nothing more important.
Let's go.
Good luck.
Thanks, Stripesy.
Hey, when I get back,
we'll have that eggnog, okay?
[Christmas song continues indistinctly]
[boy] It's Dugan.
- Dugan!
- Morning, Dugan.
Devin, Lutz, Marky.
It's a little early, don't you think?
Did you set your alarm just to bully me?
To get paid, paperboy.
Why do you need the money?
A brain transplant?
All right, that's gonna
cost you extra, Dugan.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Get it while it's hot!
Ooh
- You look great.
- Thank you.
Ah! I just love the smell of bacon
in the morning, don't you?
Smells like [inhales] victory.
Yeah, see, never count your winnings
before you collect. Okay, Court?
The Shade has no idea
who he's up against.
First of all,
he's obviously very dangerous.
So I think you should definitely
bring STRIPE.
Mom, we need the element of surprise.
STRIPE's as subtle as a tank.
Doesn't he have, like, a silent mode?
- That's a good idea.
- Silent mode? Seriously?
Or, I don't know, invisibility?
Mom, you're embarrassing yourself.
Let the professionals figure it out.
Okay, listen. Here's the deal.
No one's gonna make a move
until we have a plan
that everyone agrees with.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Hey, you doing JSA stuff?
[clears throat]
- Yep.
- Ah, The Shade.
- Who's this creep?
- Somebody whose butt we're gonna kick.
Carefully. We're gonna do it
very, very carefully.
And it's not something
you need to be worrying about, Mike.
Yeah
Yeah, whatever.
[Pat] Okay, Barb,
what can I get you?
- [Barbara] Toast and jam.
- [Pat] Toast and jam.
Court, what would you like?
- [man on phone talking indistinctly]
- What?
I'm on my route right now.
Don't you hear the dog?
[man on phone talking indistinctly]
Okay Another customer?
I got plenty, Mr. Bloomkiss.
Please, just give it to Jakeem.
It'll be in better hands.
Okay, okay, fine.
[hesitates] I'll take it.
What was it again?
210
Come on.
[pen clatters]
- Uh
- [Mr. Bloomkiss talking indistinctly]
Yeah, yeah, I got it. Yeah. Thanks.
Paperboy and a human punching bag.
I wish I was a superhero.
What the heck?
Oh, shoot! [grunts]
[groans]
So cool?
- [grunts]
- [whooping]
Whoo-hoo!
Oh, yeah!
What the heck are you?
I'm your new best friend.
And you don't even know it!
Ha-ha!
- Whoo-hoo!
- What's going on?
What's going on is that you, Mike Dugan,
are now in control of me.
The Thunderbolt!
The Thunderbolt?
As in Johnny Thunder and the Thunderbolt
of the Justice Society of America.
You're so lucky.
This belonged to the JSA?
Yep. You said the magic word
and now I'm back in action.
Wait, so the magic words are "so cool"?
Word. Singular.
It's pronounced "sowkewl" in
my native homeland of Badhnesia.
Badh-what?
It's not on the map anymore,
thanks for bringing it up.
Sowkewl means "Set free
the all-powerful force upon the earth
of the magical
and awe-inspiring Thunderbolt."
It's also a synonym for the sound
on the chalkboard
that drives everyone crazy.
But I like that sound!
So, if I free the genie
Your wish is my command.
- So all the wishes I want?
- Yep.
Let's start small. I'm thirsty.
I wish I had some water.
[Thunderbolt laughs]
I meant in a glass.
Rule number one,
you've got to be specific.
Oh, my God, you look so silly.
I love it when people do that.
Uh-oh.
[Thunderbolt] Human. Three o'clock.
Morning.
Nothing like a good sweat
to start off the day, huh?
I wish I was dry.
Do you hear that?
[wind whooshing]
Thanks.
[Thunderbolt] Well, you're welcome.
You're learning. You're learning.
It's never a good thing
when other people see me.
Reactions range from mild amusement
to sheer panic.
Sent one guy to the ER. Heart attack.
Yeah. He recovered, I think.
I don't know, he was old. He probably
didn't have much time anyway.
[sighs deeply]
This is fun.
So what else can I do for you?
I'm thinking.
Okay, I got it.
I wish I was taller.
- What the hell?
- [Thunderbolt laughs]
What? You're taller. You gotta be
Specific, yeah. Okay.
I wish my body was taller.
Sorry. You can't wish
for the same thing twice.
And be happy about that in this case.
Wishes about body transformation
never go well.
Another rule?
Well, yeah. There are a few.
Let me see if I can remember them.
I mean, there are only
Can't wish for someone to die.
Can't wish someone back from the dead,
that's important.
- Last guy that tried
- Okay, back to the point.
So, you were a member of the JSA
and so was
Johnny Thunder, my previous master.
And you are my new one.
Super so cool.
[Pat] You're late, Rick.
Sorry. I just had to feed the dog.
When'd you get a dog?
Well, turns out "the girl who
cried wolf" was, uh, right after all.
Of course I was right.
There's a wolf in Blue Valley.
He's called The Shade, the last member
of the Injustice Society.
The Shade worked with the ISA
in the past, but he quit a while back.
I don't know what he's up to now, but
he's going by the name Richard Swift.
He's posing as an antiques dealer
and he's basically an antique himself.
There's photographic evidence of him
going back to the 1800s.
So he's like really old?
Pat thinks he doesn't age. His powers
Are shadows. His powers are shadows.
He can manipulate them
and travel through darkness.
So why is he in Blue Valley?
To finish what the ISA started?
I don't think so, Beth.
They had a falling out with him after
he helped them defeat the JSA, but
I know he's bad news.
I watched him kill Dr. Mid-Nite
[Dr. Mid-Nite] Stripesy! Get out!
[screaming]
The Shade killed Dr. Mid-Nite?
So that means
Dr. Mid-Nite is the only one of the JSA
that we haven't gotten justice for.
We need to.
First things first, we need to find out
where The Shade is hiding.
All for that. But then what?
You can't punch a shadow, Court.
- Pat?
- Yeah?
How does one punch a shadow?
Oh, well, yeah, I mean,
as long as you're asking,
I did see Starman incapacitate The Shade
one time using the Staff.
Yes.
So, so
we knock out this shadowy freak?
And then what, Mr. Dugan?
I don't know yet. I don't know.
[slow clicking]
[sighs]
- [exhaling]
- [gasps]
- [yelps]
- Oh.
It's only me. I hope I didn't scare you.
Well, yeah, a little bit.
Please forgive me.
What are you doing here, Mr. Swift?
Yes. Well, your colleague Charlotte,
she told me where you were,
looking into William Zarick's
collection. And I thought,
why don't we have a little treasure
hunt together, won't that be thrilling?
You're trespassing, Mr. Swift.
Perhaps. But sometimes
breaking the rules can be fun.
I was looking into the inventory
just in case I heard from you.
Oh, well, here I am.
Is there anything in particular
you're looking for?
I'll know it when I see it.
Is, uh, this what you're looking for?
I believe you dropped it.
It's dead.
Oh, well,
that's modern technology for you.
It lets you down
when you need it the most.
Find something?
Um [clicks tongue]
Uh, do you mind if I keep this?
It's just an empty box.
I don't really think I can let you.
It's a part of the Zarick inventory.
Oh, dear.
And there was I,
thinking we were getting on so famously.
I really must insist.
- [swishing]
- [Barbara gasps]
[teacher] History teaches us
that all civilizations
eventually come to an end.
But now that we're global, that changes,
we're connected,
we are one civilization.
Vulnerable to extinction
as so many were before.
- [tone vibrates]
- [gasps, groans]
Yolanda, are you okay?
Headaches again?
[groans] Mmm-hmm.
How are we gonna stop The Shade
once we find him?
Pat's working on it.
I don't wanna be in another situation
like Brainwave, Court.
I can't do what I did again.
I won't.
Courtney? Yolanda? Care to answer?
Um
I assume you were conferring
about the topic at hand.
In 1521, why did the Aztec civilization
suddenly disappear?
Uh
Well, this conquistador named Cortés,
who sounds like a total jerk,
conquered the Aztecs,
so that was bad enough, right?
But at the same time, the Europeans
brought over this super plague.
So between them both, the Aztecs
didn't stand a chance. R.I.P. Aztecs.
Correct, Courtney.
We'll come up with a plan that doesn't
involve anything remotely like that.
I promise.
How did you know all of that?
Turns out, if you actually read
the book, history is not that hard.
[boys laughing]
[boy] How much for those cookies?
- [Thunderbolt] What's our plan here?
- You'll see.
[boy 2] Five dollars? I'm not paying
five dollars for a box of cookies.
Look, Molly, you give us three boxes
of cookies and we walk away.
Why should I?
Because we'll crush them if you don't.
Now hand them over.
Yeah, and none of that shortbread stuff.
- A little girl? That's worse than usual.
- [boys snickering]
I'm not gonna give you free cookies.
You won't give us free cookies?
Come on, let's go.
Mom!
Thunderbolt, I wish
you'd make them stop.
You got it.
What the
That's great.
Look at how freaked out they are.
Come on, let's go. Let's go.
Whoa!
What is this?
[hesitates] Okay, that's good.
You can stop now.
[Thunderbolt] Well,
I can't until they do.
[thunder rumbling]
[electricity buzzing]
[all whimpering]
[boy] Run!
Run!
Don't worry.
We're gonna figure this out.
Things are looking up from here.
[Courtney] Mike?
Guess who's the newest member
of the Justice Society of America.
Me.
You mean us. Ta-da!
A pleasure to meet you.
- Ha-ha.
- [honking, car alarm blaring]
What's going on? Sorry about the sign.
Tough crowd, right?
[Pat] I knew you took the other stuff
from the JSA headquarters,
but you didn't tell me you took the pen.
I forgot about it.
Okay, Court.
I told you it was dangerous.
Somebody could have been killed.
Well, you should've told me
everything about it in the first place.
You know, been specific.
You gotta be real specific
with the wishing, let me tell you that.
No, Mike. No more wishes.
But, Mr. Dugan,
if this genie really grants wishes,
maybe he could fix the goggles.
- Or find The Shade.
- And stop him.
Trust me. He'd just cause more trouble.
Me?
No, not you, Mike. The Thunderbolt.
He's not exactly a living monkey's paw,
but he's close.
I, uh, I think he can hear you.
Also, what's this got to do
with monkeys?
Okay, give me the pen.
- No.
- Now!
You're saying I can't handle it.
Nobody can.
I'm sorry, all right, Mike? I really am.
It's just that The Thunderbolt,
he's too unpredictable.
[Thunderbolt laughing]
[clears throat] Give me that.
Thank you. Hey!
- [Courtney chuckles]
- Ah.
I guess he likes hanging with the boss.
Call him out here right now.
I want to speak
to The Thunderbolt alone.
So cool.
[electricity buzzing]
Still zipping around, I see.
I can't believe you built this!
If Starman had seen it,
I'm sure he would have promoted you
from sidekick to, like,
a senior sidekick.
Or, you know, he would have been happy.
Yeah, well, it's not a toy.
So there's a new JSA now, huh?
Yeah, but you know
how dangerous this life can be,
and even with power like yours
Johnny died.
I remember his smile
when he made that last wish.
And then, he was gone.
Yeah, so what was his last wish?
That I'd find a new friend.
Mike? Why him?
You know how it works.
I can only pick someone like me
to be partners with,
someone who feels completely
and utterly alone.
That's really how he feels?
Right now?
Yeah.
Okay.
Hey. So did you guys have a vote yet?
Am I in the JSA or do I have to
go through some hazing first?
- There's no hazing.
- Huh.
Great.
So I'm in, right?
It's not up to me.
Yeah, it is.
You're like the JSA's leader.
But Pat's your dad.
That's veto power I can't overrule.
He told you no, too.
Come on, Court. Think about it.
All the bad guys
we'll be able to take down.
All the people we'll be able to save.
You and me together. Brother and sister.
That sounds great. Really. But
The Thunderbolt picked me.
So I'm like you.
I was meant to be a superhero.
It's my destiny.
Please, help me try?
Pat? We've come to a decision.
Hey, this is not
a group discussion, okay?
- But, Mike deserves to be in the JSA.
- We voted.
Just call me Mikey Thunder!
Let me handle this.
Also, that's terrible.
Mike and The Thunderbolt
could find The Shade for us.
We don't have any leads on him, Pat.
And the goggles haven't found him.
The Thunderbolt
It's dangerous, Beth, okay?
You didn't want me to use
the Cosmic Staff for the same reason.
You didn't want
any of us suiting up at first.
But together, we stopped the ISA.
And and Mike helped.
He stopped Icicle, if you remember.
Yeah, I try to not think about it.
We need to find The Shade.
And Mike and The Thunderbolt are
our best chance of doing that right now.
She rests my case.
[clears throat]
Okay. You can help us locate The Shade,
that's it. Deal?
My man.
All right. Knowing how
these wishes can backfire,
we got to come up with one
that's bulletproof.
And I need all your help.
["Big Time" playing]
I'm on my way, I'm making it
No!
- Okay, but
- You got to write it.
I've got to make it show, yeah
[Mike] Okay, great, great, great.
Big time
I'm on my way, I'm making it
Big time
Big time
I've got to make it show, yeah
Big time
Big time
Big, big, big, big
Big, big, big, big
Big, big, big, big
Big, big, big
[Mike] So
In conclusion,
"Show us the location of "The Shade,"
not to be confused
with a lamp or window shade,
but the last known member
of the Injustice Society of America,
hiding somewhere in
Blue Valley, Nebraska. 68060, USA."
Where is he?
[Pat] That's William Zarick's old house.
- [Beth] That's The Wizard, right?
- Yeah.
Hey, you did it, Mike!
Yeah, you did good.
- Thanks, Dad. Let's go!
- Whoa, whoa.
- You're staying here.
- What?
Yeah, that was the deal, remember?
You agreed to it,
and it's safer that way for everyone.
No, no, no, no.
Come on, man. Don't bench me now. I
I'm sorry, Mike.
That's just the way it is.
Mike, you really did help us.
Hey, you guard the Pit Stop.
That's an important job, right?
There's some pizza bites, string cheese
and some of those juice boxes you like.
[door closes]
Mikey Thunder riding the pine.
Okay, so let's go over this
one more time. What's the plan?
Nothing fancy, Barb. We go in.
We locate The Shade.
Rick and Yolanda, they restrain him
until Courtney gets there with the Staff
and renders him unconscious,
just like Sylvester did.
Okay. And then?
Beth's located a suitable device
to negate his powers
until we can deliver him
to the proper authorities.
Who are the proper authorities?
And what device?
A tanning bed, actually.
Your old one that's out
in the garage.
Are you serious?
- Yeah.
- What's Mike gonna do?
He'll be down at the Pit Stop
waiting for the play-by-play.
It's going to be fine.
Don't worry about us.
I'll call up
and give you a little heads-up.
Okay.
Approved?
Yeah. Um, your mother thinks
the plan's acceptable.
Then let's go get this jerk.
For Chuck.
We'll restrain him. Then imprison him.
[Pat] With caution, right?
Okay?
[sighs]
[Wildcat] Okay, so what's the deal?
[Dr. Mid-Nite] Blue Valley
declared this a historic home
after the Zaricks departed.
[Hourman] It will be historic
once I get my hands on The Shade.
[Stargirl] What does that even mean?
I don't know. I'm amped.
[Pat] Hey, quiet.
Very quiet. All right?
[door unlocks]
[creaks open]
Oh, my.
Quite the assembly.
I hope I have enough biscuits.
Come, come. Do sit down.
The tea is nicely steeped.
It's perfect, in fact,
if I say so myself.
We're not here for tea time, Shade.
What are you doing in Blue Valley?
Pat Dugan.
It took me a moment
to place the name in the diner.
By the way, I knew that was
a 1967 Jag, right? You know that?
Well, of course, I do, Stripesy.
Oh, I see.
Same sidekick,
different Star-Spangled Kid.
- Stargirl.
- Oh, absolutely.
Now, please, sit.
We could do it the other way, I suppose.
All bother and perspiration
or we could try
the more genteel approach.
You murdered Dr. Mid-Nite!
You don't deserve the genteel approach.
My dear young lady,
and I mean this
in the nicest possible way,
you don't know
what you're talking about.
Now sit.
I implore you.
All right, kids.
Let's go ahead and have a seat.
- Wonderful.
- [Pat] Thank you.
Try anything
and I'll see how many teacups
I can shove down your throat.
Don't you teach these children
any manners, Stripesy?
So I'm just gonna ask you again, Shade.
Why are you here?
We won't let you hurt our town.
Why ever would I do that?
Because you were a member
of the Injustice Society.
Our interests aligned for a moment,
but birds of a feather we were not.
Jordan Mahkent and his merry band
were no friends of mine.
Icicle was a lunatic.
If there's one thing worse than a man
who wants to rule the world,
it's a man who wants to save it.
Though, seeing the way
your generation's going,
I expect you'll end humanity for good.
Okay, just because you gave up
and only looked out for yourself
doesn't mean we're ever going to.
We're never going to stop fighting
to protect the world
from people like you.
Just to reassure you,
I have no dark design on Blue Valley.
Stay out of my way
and I'll be gone before you know it.
Why are you here?
Young lady, I'm not being coy.
It's just better that none of you know.
Now please, try the tea.
Thunderbolt! I wish you'd zap
the villain known as "The Shade,"
not to be confused
with a lamp or window shade.
[Thunderbolt] As you wish, my friend!
Whoo-hoo! Whee!
[screaming]
Mike!
Mike, Mike.
[grunting]
I'll say it for the last time.
Stay out of my way!
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Hey, Mike.
You okay?
No. No, not really.
I thought I could help you guys
but, you know, I blew it
Do you ever feel bad
about what happened?
You know, with Icicle and all?
Yeah, about that.
Truth is
I was hauling ass, you know?
I look up, Icicle's in the middle
of the road icing up and bam.
He was in ice cubes
before I even knew it.
It was an accident?
Well
Yeah. Yeah, I guess it was.
I'm no hero.
We looked for him everywhere. He's gone.
Okay.
- I know I should've listened, but I
- You didn't!
I didn't either in the beginning.
Courtney.
This is the beginning for Mike, Mom.
With The Thunderbolt!
Even if Mike hadn't shown up,
The Shade was way ahead of us.
You saw, Pat.
[Mike] No.
No, I screwed up.
I thought this pen
was my ticket into the JSA.
But now, I just kind of wish
it was in better hands.
No!
Thunderbolt?
[girl] Jakeem, Mom wants you
to take out the trash.
But I got a high score.
On your one-player game?
Get some friends
that aren't Pac-Man and Luigi!
[woman] Move your butt, Jakeem.
Before I call your father.
You know what Dad's going to say?
What everyone does. You're a loser.
[sighs] I am a loser.
[Thunderbolt] Yoo-hoo!
Where did you come from?
[Thunderbolt laughing]
Is Mike okay?
He's okay. Court's upstairs with him.
Hmm.
You know
The Thunderbolt told me
that he chose Mike
because Mike felt so alone.
I mean, that's on all of us,
if it's true.
Yeah, I mean
the kid, he just wants to be
a part of the team. And I get it.
He is, though. Pen or no pen.
I mean, we both are.
Even though we don't have
costumes and codenames.
I think I found something.
What?
While I was looking
through Zarick's inventory logs,
and the empty box Swift took,
it contained a diamond.
A diamond?
It said "costume jewelry" on it.
Maybe a magic prop.
It was black.
That was no prop, Barb.
That's the black diamond.
What's the black diamond?
It's something very, very bad.
Oh, no.
[Beth] Ugh!
[sighs in exasperation]
It's still not working.
It's okay.
[Rick] We'll get Chuck back.
No, it's useless, Rick.
I'm never getting Chuck back.
And we lost Dr. Mid-Nite's killer!
Everything's falling apart!
What's going on?
Beth.
Hey, you can you can talk to me.
Pretend I'm Chuck.
I think my parents
might be getting a divorce.
What?
Did they say something?
No, I found some papers.
Okay, Well, papers are just papers.
You should talk to them.
I would talk to mine if I could.
- Hello?
- Chuck!
Chuck?
Chuck. Chuck, I can hear you!
It's me! It's Beth.
You have to listen.
Whoever you are, you need to know.
What?
You're in danger. Eclipso
- [transmission ends abruptly]
- Chuck?
What was it? What did Chuck say?
He said we're in danger.
He said Eclipso is here.
He's gonna kill those children.