Stargirl (2020) s02e12 Episode Script

I thought this pen
was my ticket into the JSA.
But now, I kind of just wish
it was in better hands.
Thunderbolt?
Where did you come from?
[Dr. Mid-Nite] Hello?
I think Doctor Mid-Nite is alive.
It could be Eclipso, Beth.
He made us see things.
Things that weren't really there.
That's not Grundy!
I'm never putting on that costume again.
[Courtney] The devil is real.
And he's in Blue Valley.
Don't let go, Courtney. Help!
No!
Doctor Mid-Nite?
Turn away from the darkness,
or you will be consumed.
I found a way out of here.
So, who wants to kill Eclipso?
[ominous music playing]
["I'm Too Sexy" playing]
[dog barks]
I guess someone's feeling better.
Whoa.
Yeah. We had a big fight
in here last week.
I still have a lot to catch up on.
[Beth] There's no sign of The Shade.
Your ring located dark energy
at two places in Blue Valley.
The theater in town and the school.
Most of the time
I don't know what the ring's doing.
Maybe we can check the classrooms again?
- [goggles beeping]
- Whoa!
This is right where Cindy disappeared.
What is that stuff?
It looks like some kind of residue.
That must be what your ring
was picking up.
Are you okay?
I think so.
Well, looks like you fried it.
That's probably a good thing.
Right?
- [Courtney] Beth! Are you there?
- Courtney?
She's home!
She's home!
It fits.
Yeah.
But I got something
a lot more comfortable than an old suit.
I'm comfortable in a suit.
Here we go.
Doctor McNider, I'm sorry that
you were trapped in that place.
- And I know that I couldn't
- It goes without saying, Pat.
Now
let's focus on stopping Eclipso
before he executes
whatever plan he's been concocting.
I mean, what plan would that be?
Beyond revenge?
Eclipso wants power, first and foremost.
Whatever he's doing, no matter
how personal it may appear,
it's always in service to that one goal.
- And he isn't in a host this time.
- Good.
Because as powerful as Eclipso might be,
he's also vulnerable.
How so?
Because he doesn't have a host
acting as a shield anymore,
nor the diamond.
He's a being of darkness.
What do you suppose injures darkness?
Light.
Especially when it's wielded by those
who carry the light within themselves.
That channel hope
like your stepdaughter.
You said the staff hurt Eclipso.
Yeah. And Eclipso also hurt the staff.
But I think that it's making
a full recovery.
And Green Lantern's daughter?
Well, Jennie's still learning
how to use the ring.
I really don't know
if these kids are ready for this.
Are you sure?
Because from what I know
of Beth Chapel, she is.
[sighs]
[Barbara] I really thought I lost you.
Good talk, Mom.
- You try anything, Cindy
- Don't worry.
The quicker we get rid of Eclipso,
the quicker I ghost
this armpit of a town.
You mean the Eclipso you unleashed
on Blue Valley?
Technically, it was your staff
that did that.
While you were trying to kill us!
All right.
All right!
I admit it.
Taking the black diamond
was a big "oops" on my part.
It was more than an "oops."
It was really, really, really
bad.
Okay? No more trouble, Cindy.
Okay, Ms. Whitmore.
[Beth] Courtney?
- Court!
- Beth! Hi!
What, no hug for me?
What is she doing here?
She wants to help us fight Eclipso.
- But she
- Let him out in the first place.
- And
- I don't trust her either.
She's evil, Court.
Okay. Look, Doctor Mid-Nite Junior,
or whatever
you're gonna call yourself now.
I'm offering up a truce until Eclipso
is nothing more
than a stain on the ground.
Let's face facts. Right now
evil is relative.
Jennie, are you okay?
Uh, yeah, just tired.
[Dr. McNider] After everything
we've been through,
how could you not be?
Hi, Beth.
It's so nice to finally meet you.
Same. [giggles nervously]
Now that you're back, Doctor Mid-Nite,
if you'd like me to return the goggles
With Eclipso running about,
it's safer you keep them on.
Besides, I have my own.
And they're connected
to my incognito glasses.
Wow, that's so smart.
Show me what you found at school.
Some kind of black residue.
It looked like it was alive.
Organic even.
Afterbirth.
From the pit to the Shadowlands
Eclipso opened.
The goggles are already crunching
what little data I did get.
It says a full analysis
to triangulate Eclipso's location
will take about eight hours.
Hmm. Or we could cut that time in half.
If we team up.
Accept. [squeals and giggles]
I have so many questions
to ask you, Doctor Mid-Nite.
You can call me Chuck.
Okay. Chuck.
I hate to admit it, but Cindy's right.
In Eclipso's case, evil is relative.
We need her.
We need everyone
if Beth and Doctor McNider
are close to finding Eclipso.
This is so delicious, Ms. Whitmore.
[chuckles politely]
I'm gonna try
and convince Yolanda to help us.
Yeah. I'm gonna see what I can do
about getting Rick released from jail.
See if he can fix the hourglass.
[Barbara] What about Mike? Where is he?
He's chasing the lightning.
[on radio] DJ Greasy B on the dial,
bringing you another wild update
on the Blue Valley summer of insanity.
On top of cotton candy,
pink lightning, flying bikes,
and candy canes the size of cars,
massive food items
are being reported all over town.
From colossal cake pops
to freeway-blocking French fries,
but my personal favorite is a report
of a beer brat larger than a school bus
floating out on a lake,
looking like a speckled sea monster.
Thunderbolt, where are you?
Come on!
[thunder rumbling]
Wow! This is so cool. Mom.
Can we touch it?
Dang.
- Can I take a bite? Please, Mom?
- I don't know how it got here.
Looks so good, Mom.
- No No.
- Please?
[girl] Come on!
- Oh, yes! Come on, Mom.
- [woman] No.
[girl] Daddy?
Jakeem.
[knocking at door]
Hey, you should be in bed.
They need my help.
You can't help unless you get some rest.
Pat said
the ring takes a lot out of you.
Save up your energy.
Okay.
[door closes]
[sighs]
[bell tolling]
- Hi.
- My mom's picking me up any second.
Yolanda.
Please, talk to me.
It's important.
You're not the only JSA member
who's killed someone.
The Justice Society stopped Eclipso
last time by killing Bruce Gordon.
How do you know that?
Pat was there.
We can all talk about it together,
but I had to tell you.
The first Wildcat, Ted Grant,
he made the same mistake.
And?
He had to live with that guilt
with the rest of them.
- Pat can explain why he
- Why are you telling me this?
To let you know that you're not alone.
You're my best friend
and the JSA isn't the same without you.
I'm not.
In less than four hours, Beth will
lock onto Eclipso's hiding place.
And we need you. Like, bad.
You thought telling me this
would magically make me feel better?
All it does is make everything worse.
Ted Grant was a killer, too.
- Yolanda, that's not what I meant
- No, Courtney!
I will never put that
costume on again, okay?
Ever.
Because it's a costume of a murderer.
Twice now.
[woman over PA] Dr. Forrest,
dial 118, please.
Dr. Forrest, please dial 118.
[knocking at door]
Hi.
Sorry.
Not sure if you remember me.
Met you out at your farm.
Pat Dugan, I own the garage in town.
And I'm also one of Rick's friends.
You know, your nephew, he's a good kid
and I think that deep down,
you know that, too.
Rick made a big mistake.
But he knows that.
And he's truly sorry, he is.
So, I'm asking you
to please drop the charges.
Something like this,
well, I mean, it could ruin his life
before it even gets started, you know.
And this might not make
a lot of sense, but
everyone in this town could suffer
if Rick doesn't get your forgiveness.
Hmm.
Rick's parents asked you
to look out for him.
But you did the opposite,
didn't you?
You actually got a talent,
you know that?
You really do.
It's for findin' people
that are weaker than you are,
and takin' advantage of 'em,
whether it's a kid, some waitress,
or your own nephew.
You're a bad guy.
And whenever I run into
somebody like you,
when I was growing up,
[door lock clicks]
back in the Army,
or today,
makes me remember
something about myself.
I got some bad in me, too.
[mumbling frantically]
[woman on radio] Oh, another update,
a gigantic cheeseburger
has appeared in the Blue Hill Estates.
I don't know about you guys,
but all this super-sized food
is making me hungry!
Hey, hey, hey. Jakeem.
- Jakeem.
- Mike?
Where's The Thunderbolt?
- How did you know about that?
- What?
[both gasp]
Okay. What are you doing?
I was hungry, right?
So I wished for this big cheeseburger.
- Yeah, I saw.
- It was big, scary big.
I freaked out, dropped my papers.
I wanted to get out of there quick
so I wished my bike could fly
and then it took off.
- It's passed by a couple times.
- Okay.
Where is The Thunderbolt?
I was still hungry.
I wished for Chinese food,
and he flew away.
You idiot!
You probably sent him to China.
How long has he been gone?
Three or four hours.
Okay.
We need him to get back here. Now!
Why?
Listen.
You ever heard of
the Justice Society of America?
Is that like the Boy Scouts,
because I'm really bad at tying knots.
[ominous voice] Barbara.
- Barbara.
- [gasps]
[rustling]
- [door opens]
- [gasps]
Oh. Hey.
Yolanda is not coming back.
It was all too much.
I'm sorry.
Mom
I don't want there
to be anything between us.
Look, why Pat and I
didn't tell you the truth,
- we felt like it was just gonna
- We're past that.
No.
When I was in the Shadowlands,
I saw you.
You did?
And
you said some things that
I can't really un-hear.
Whatever that was, it wasn't me.
You know, I
- It was
- Eclipso, I know, but
was it hard raising me by yourself?
I can handle the truth. I promise.
I mean, sure, yeah,
it was hard at times,
being a single mom.
But there's nothing
I wouldn't have done for you.
But you could
You could have had a career.
I have one.
You could have done more.
Yeah, there's a lot of things
I could've done.
None of them compare to
what you have brought into my life.
And that's why it scares me so badly
seeing you in harm's way.
But I know something has to be done
about Eclipso,
and I know you're the only one to do it.
I can't do it alone, Mom.
I miss my best friend.
I know you do.
I thought you were dead.
Blame Courtney.
Don't come near me.
Don't flatter yourself.
Then why are you here?
To tell you not to come back.
We don't need any weak links.
We?
Long story short,
I want Eclipso so bad,
I'm even willing to work
with Courtney Whitmore.
We're allies now.
Liar.
No, it's true.
You know, ever since the first grade,
I always admired you,
envied you, really.
I never dreamed
the straight-A poster girl for progress
would fall this far.
If you and Courtney
are working together,
I can't believe how far she's fallen.
You kept Henry's photo?
- Even after he sent yours to everyone?
- Hey, shut up.
You remember that one day
you gave your acceptance speech
for class president,
and all your photos
got texted to everyone's phones?
- I said shut up.
- Yeah, that wasn't Henry.
That was me.
[grunts]
Hmm.
That's the fighter I used to see.
Get out!
Oh, I'm finished.
[Maria] Yolanda?
What's going on up there?
Nothing, Mom.
I hate
[sighs]
So you see why I need the pen back.
Besides, I did have it before you.
And someone else
had The Thunderbolt before you.
Fact is, he's had like
a billion different people in charge.
- But look, I didn't mean to give it up.
- Then why did you?
I just said I kind of wished
it was in better hands.
Wait, what?
You thought I was "better hands"?
I don't know!
The Thunderbolt must have
read my mind or something,
but he messed up and picked you.
Uh
How exactly am I better hands?
I don't know.
I mean, you're more organized than me,
and you do finish your route early
which some people tend to like,
but don't get too confident, all right?
The bar is very low.
The Thunderbolt's
not just about the wishes.
I haven't had fun hanging out
with somebody in forever.
Okay, but listen, if you wanna
keep the pen, fine. I get it.
But then you've got the responsibility
that comes with it.
You got to help us save the world.
[Jenny] Jakeem.
It's your turn to do the dishes.
I'm busy right now.
I have to save the world.
- Dad, Jakeem won't do the dishes.
- Okay, okay, okay.
I'll be right down.
Losers.
Before we go save the world,
can you help me do the dishes?
Stay out of trouble, okay?
[Pat] Thought you might need a ride.
They said my uncle dropped the charges.
Why?
No idea.
Jump in.
[chuckles softly]
[engine starting]
We got this.
Hey. You okay?
[Barbara] Courtney, you have a visitor.
- Thanks, Ms. Whitmore.
- Yeah. You're welcome.
- Yolanda?
- Are you out of your mind?
Maybe?
You asked Cindy Burman
to help you stop Eclipso?
Okay, that's not exactly accurate,
but we all need to work together.
She'll stab you in the back,
the first chance she gets.
You know that, right?
She might still be working with Eclipso.
That's definitely not happening,
after what he did to her.
Hey, remember when we first met?
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend?"
The only reason I'm back
is to protect everyone from that psycho.
Once she's gone, so am I.
- Yeah. Okay. Got it.
- Okay.
Where's my suit?
- [voices whispering indistinctly]
- [shuddering]
I see you.
Can you see me?
- [breathing heavily]
- [child laughing]
[door opens]
What do you want, new girl?
You knew exactly what you were doing,
going to see Yolanda.
Yeah. Played her like a fiddle.
Why?
Does it matter? She's back, isn't she?
And she's going to last longer than you.
She's already embraced her dark side.
Yolanda unleashes it when she fights.
She gives in to it.
And you better do the same.
Get dirty,
just like the old JSA did.
How did you know that?
[Cindy] I do my research.
When it comes to Eclipso,
you have to fight fire with fire.
You have to be bad to defeat evil.
[shuddering]
[panting]
[whimpers]
You finally decided to pick up.
Yes, it's me.
You all need to come back
to Blue Valley.
The goggles are still freezing up.
We need a bigger computer system
to help find Eclipso.
The ISA mainframe is in here?
There's a lot to fill you in on,
but yeah, my dad's always
the last one at work.
He can help us get in.
Hi.
I've been waiting for you.
[shudders]
I hope you're not still mad at me
for what I did to your little girl.
You can drop the act.
We see you for what you are.
And I see you for what you are.
I just sent a trouble alert.
Everyone's coming.
Well, that's what I was hoping for
because I need you all here.
It only works if you're all here.
What works?
Finding the darkness within.
The darkness within what?
Courtney Whitmore.
[groans]
[groans]
Soon I will feed on your entire world.
And I will become your god.
[voices whispering indistinctly]
[gasps] No!