Marvel's Runaways (2017) s03e09 Episode Script
The Broken Circle
1 Previously on Marvel's Runaways MORGAN LE FAY: Young woman with your gifts should be on the right side when things shift.
I want you next to me with all you bring.
If anyone has the WizPhone Corvus model, you have to get rid of it immediately, okay? Something is very wrong.
Just wear this.
NICO: The only thing stopping us from rescuing Alex was that we couldn't get back.
We're back.
What about Molly? We don't even know if she's safe back at the Church.
WizGlass? You're a genius.
You recorded everything.
- Geoffrey, there's no server here.
- I think he knows that, Victor.
No, wait, Geoffrey! Morgan is tearing down the fabric between this dimension and yours.
They particularly want you.
If we make it out of here alive, I fully intend on going to college.
If Smith is what you want, we'll figure it out.
- Huh! - [GROANS.]
AWOL: Man can't have two families, so it's time to choose yours.
Your mother or your friends.
NICO: Tandy, a dagger! [ENERGY PULSING.]
- Let go of her! - [QUINTON GROANS.]
- CHASE: What do we do now? - GERT: We find Molly.
- [RECITING SPELL.]
- NICO: And then we save the world.
[WIND BLOWING, HINGES CREAKING, FLY BUZZING.]
Molly? Molly? Is that you? No, please don't have one of those creepy Corvus phones under there.
[OLD LACE GRUNTS.]
[SIGHS.]
Hey, girl.
[GROANS.]
Good to see you.
[OLD LACE GROANS.]
No.
No, don't worry.
I will never leave you like that again.
Do you know where Molly is? [GRUMBLING SOFTLY.]
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
Guys, it doesn't seem like Molly's been here.
- Molly! - Maybe she's still at the Church? Yeah, which is totally crawling with Morgan's followers.
Well, Molly wasn't captured with the rest of you, - maybe she got away.
- Molly! Well, I mean, she kicked my ass.
I'm sure she'll be fine.
That's not exactly the barometer of toughness, okay? We need a plan.
Alex, we could really use your brain right now.
Uh, well, wait, let's just give Alex a minute, yeah? I mean, he wasn't exactly on vacation over there.
- She's right.
- [PHONE RINGING.]
Alex, if there's anything that you need - Holy shit, Molly? - KAROLINA: What? MOLLY: I've been looking all over for you guys.
We got Alex.
You okay? Oh, my God, you did? Hi, Alex.
Molly, where are you? MOLLY: Just calm down and try to find some chill.
They tried to grab me but I got away.
- Okay.
Well, we're gonna come find you.
- No, it's too dangerous.
Those crazy phone people are everywhere and they're looking for us.
All the more reason you gotta come home.
I'm totally fine, I promise.
I'll come back when it's light out.
[PHONE CHIMES.]
Thank you.
Pretty convincing.
The girl could be an actress if she wasn't going to It's all taken care of.
She's ready.
Perfect.
Your sacrifice for our cause will be remembered for generations to come.
[SIGHING.]
[GROANS.]
What the hell happened to me? [SIGHS.]
Be certain the rooftop of the Olympic Grand is clear by midnight.
Given what's gonna happen to that girl, we don't want any witnesses.
Of course.
[FOOTSTEPS.]
Morgan's power's growing.
We have to stop her before it's too late.
You say that like it's gonna be easy, but look what she did to your father.
This killed Quinton, so I think we can use this to kill her.
You don't even know what that is, let alone if it will actually work on Morgan.
I think it neutralizes dark energy somehow.
Maybe by countering it with light energy.
Or by severing the connection to the dark place.
I'm not sure.
Okay, the plan isn't bulletproof, but what choice do we have? I don't know.
Regroup, figure this out as a team? I don't know why you wanna jump into another fight.
ALEX: Because this is war.
Alex, somebody's gonna get hurt.
We've already been hurt.
It's time for us to hurt back.
That's your takeaway, from us risking our lives to save you? Maybe Tandy was right, about both of you.
Alex.
I'm so sorry we left you over there.
No doubt you had a lot of time on your hands to wonder if we were ever coming, but please know that I would have done anything to bring you back.
And you did.
So, we're here now, together.
That's what matters.
Hey.
Hey.
Uh, that was some crazy stuff, you know? The other dimension.
Yeah.
Yeah, crazy.
Yeah.
You know what they say about near-death experiences.
[LAUGHS.]
Kind of make you realize stuff.
I-I guess just, uh what I realized was that, um I just, I haven't really been fair to you.
I thought that I had grown up a lot.
But then you left and you really hurt me in exactly the way that I always feared that you would.
And it turned me back into that that high-school girl, who, who just picked on you 'cause I was so afraid that I wasn't enough.
And Ty made me realize that I cannot operate out of fear anymore.
And I'm sorry.
And I guess what I really what I really need to say is Are you watching porn? - What? - Please tell me you are not looking at porn.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
Sorry, I've, uh been searching for something.
A way to stop Morgan? You said you wanted to go to Smith, and it turns out that you haven't missed the late registration deadline.
You want me to go to Smith? Yeah.
I mean, they've got an amazing cultural studies program.
It's everything you've always wanted.
What do you want? I'm still figuring that out.
Maybe somewhere close that's got a good engineering program.
I can't play lacrosse forever.
Sorry, I was totally in my head.
Uh you were saying something? [LAUGHS.]
Thank you.
Just thank you.
[OLD LACE SNARLS.]
- [GROWLS.]
- And I'll love you till the end Look, I know all this sounds crazy witches, enchantments Hey, I was midwife to a hybrid baby that apparently saved the world from alien domination, so I'll match your crazy.
Thank you.
For coming to get me and bringing me here.
We really should be on our way to the hospital.
No, I I'll go later.
First I gotta help Molly.
You're dealing with an evil witch in designer clothes who has a legion of stans.
It doesn't matter.
I've let Alex and his friends down more than I care to remember.
It's time I start making things right.
Then let me help.
You need to be home with Xerxes.
I got this.
You can't beat evil Beyoncé alone.
I won't be alone.
Told ya.
I got this.
- So, PRIDE back together again.
- What's left of us.
How do we know we can trust you? GEOFFREY: Morgan put that necklace on me and made me her damn puppet.
You of all people should know how it feels for something to take over your body and make you do crazy shit.
Touché.
Where is Morgan now? They're planning something on the rooftop of the Olympic Grand.
TINA: That's one of the highest points in the city.
It will give Morgan maximum exposure to all the natural elements.
Exposure for what? A spell.
Something big.
Like how big? Well, what does she want with Molly? Some spells require organic materials to initiate them.
The more ambitious the spell, the stronger the offering required.
Like the fuse on an explosive.
Molly would make one hell of a firecracker.
But by offering, you mean sacrifice? - My baby girl.
- We have got to get her out of there.
How? We don't have superpowers.
Maybe we should contact the kids.
And risk putting them in danger again? No.
A hundred percent no.
Agreed.
All the bad things we've done in the name of protecting our kids.
Let's do one good thing.
A spell requires an incantation.
Once they begin, they have to finish it.
If you break the circle, the spell will fail.
If we try to disrupt Morgan, she will kill us and Molly, but But an incantation might provide a window of opportunity.
We might have five, maybe ten minutes where they can't engage.
Well, this all goes down at midnight, so that doesn't leave us a lot of time.
One more thing: the Olympic Grand is filled with civilians.
If PRIDE's gonna do one last job, no one else gets hurt.
Can't we put the place on on lockdown or something? - Yes.
Yes, we can.
- I think we can arrange that.
ROCK MUSIC PLAYING Taking me up on a spaceship Making me feel like I made it It's a new kind of vibe a new kind of time Excuse me.
Where are you going? - STACEY: CDC.
- CDC.
- Why isn't this building already on lockdown? - Why? Lockdown? I The outbreak of gastroesophageal pyrosis.
This building needs to be taken care of immediately and shut down.
I haven't heard anything about an outbreak.
Please, back to your rooms.
Back to your room.
Everyone, please, return to your rooms.
- This is an emergency.
Lockdown is implemented.
- Sir, ma'am.
Sir, please.
- I'll call my supervisor.
- No time.
We are looking at rapid onset.
Everybody in this building needs to lock their doors and stay there until otherwise notified.
- Let's lock it down! - And all guests must shelter in place.
- Shelter.
- That's right.
I don't think I can help you guys with that right now.
Oh, no.
Oh, dear.
- STACEY: Uh-oh.
Yeah.
- DALE: Look at his eyes.
You see all the jaundice? I think you're gonna need to sit down.
[BOTH TALKING.]
DALE: Sit down, sir.
Now, I have a question for you.
Have you taken a look at your stool of late? This is not a drill.
DALE: Any combination of brownish, yellowish, grayish, blackish? GEOFFREY: Leslie, how you doing? You in place? I'm at the service entrance, ready when you are.
Taking me up in a spaceship Making me feel like I made it It's a new kind of vibe a new kind of time - Think you better hurry.
- GEOFFREY: Okay.
Getting close.
VICTOR: You two proceed to the north end, I'll take the south.
I should be able to pinpoint Molly's exact location and let you know when it's safe.
I'll give you the signal.
I'll take control of the elevators.
They'll be out of commission until we're done.
Tina, I'm sorry about what happened to Robert.
Wish I I could have done something.
Me too.
But I'll make that bitch pay.
First, let's save Molly.
MORGAN: It's time.
You're supposed to close your eyes.
You only know my eyes are open because your eyes are open.
Concentrate.
[RECITING LATIN INCANTATION.]
[OTHERS JOIN IN.]
[ENERGY PULSING.]
They've started.
Molly's about 10 yards from the door.
We should go now.
No.
We have to wait until they're deep under the incantation.
[WITCHES RECITING LATIN INCANTATION.]
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
[MOLLY SHRIEKING.]
[SHRIEKS.]
Damn it! What the hell is going on? She's being hit by lightning.
Enough of this shit.
Geoffrey GEOFFREY: You said they can't break the spell.
- [SPARKS ZAPPING.]
- [INCANTATION CONTINUES.]
Geoffrey! They've got Molly.
- They're on the move.
- Copy.
All clear down here.
- Get her out of here! - [INCANTATION CONTINUES.]
- We're almost in position.
- LESLIE: Copy.
- Heh! - [GEOFFREY GROANS.]
Molly! Stop! - [GEOFFREY COUGHS.]
- Where am I? We'll explain later.
We need to get you to safety.
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
Molly? Baby! - DALE: You made it.
Come on.
- We gotta go.
- Geoffrey's hurt.
- I'm fine, I'm fine.
Let's go.
[INCANTATION CONTINUES.]
Did we really have to let them take the girl? Yeah.
The jolt we got off her felt amazing.
The child served her purpose.
Our armies will be assembling on both sides of the veil now.
This world will soon be ours.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
- [THUNDER CRASHING.]
- This is a crazy storm for L.
A.
The whole reason people move to L.
A.
is to avoid weather like this.
Ehh.
Taco trucks come a close second.
It's Morgan.
- Hey, hey, hey! - Oh, my God, Molly, you're back! [BOTH LAUGH.]
MOLLY: Hi! [GIGGLES.]
- GERT: Oh, with our, um - Hi.
on-again/off-again evil parents.
MOLLY: Yeah, I hope that's okay.
Hey, Dad.
Welcome back to our not-so-secret hideout.
- Good to see you, son.
- Okay, let me just Was everybody invited to the housewarming party but old Dale? I wouldn't classify it as a party.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
I will say, as far as secret lairs go, it's pretty sweet.
Um, what the hell are you all doing here? Geoffrey broke free of Morgan's spell and told us that she had Molly.
So we went and got her out.
But, Molly, you called us.
You said that you were fine.
I had some kind of spell on me.
It was really weird.
It was like I was watching myself lie, but I I couldn't control my words and I I'm, I'm sorry.
I I'm afraid that's the least of it.
I saw the sigils Morgan used in the ceremony.
I heard enough of her spell.
She's not just doing dark magic.
She's bringing the dark realm crashing into this one.
- [THUNDER CRASHES.]
- The poppies and the storm It's already started.
Believe me when I tell you we cannot let that happen.
- GEOFFREY: My God, Alex.
- We're gonna need a plan.
Those of us who've been to the other side know how bad it'll be if Morgan succeeds.
So we gotta take the fight to her.
Tonight.
How? We've seen what the Whispers from the phones can do.
And what's to stop Morgan from turning all of us into mindless killer drones? Then, not to pile on the bad news, but even if we do manage to stay unenchanted ourselves, Morgan still has an entire army.
LESLIE: And an army that's growing.
Those phones have been distributed up the entire coast.
So we're talking hundreds of thousands of users More like millions.
What's this army for, anyway? In Morgan's case, I don't think preserving national security and defending the Constitution.
KAROLINA: Maybe it's like a new Church.
A leader isn't a leader without any followers.
Every good dictator and by good I mean bad needs a loyal army to maintain power.
And to draw power from.
Maybe Morgan is using those followers like she used Molly, to amplify her magic and tear down the veil.
Can't we just take down the phone somehow? I mean, calls drop all the time in L.
A.
These phones are powered by Morgan's magic.
The cell towers still use good old-fashioned tech.
- Meaning they can be hacked.
- VICTOR: It would take some work, but if you and Chase and I put our heads together, we could see what we come up with.
- I've got some ideas.
- NICO: Okay, great, but that doesn't solve our biggest problem.
Morgan.
She can't be defeated by technology.
That's why we need this.
A weapon forged in Morgan's world through a combination of light and dark energy.
But the only way to defeat her with that is by sticking it in her.
And that sounds like a direct physical confrontation.
If that's what it takes.
We can't be reckless.
Morgan's magic is too strong.
But there may be a way to contain it.
With a circle of salt.
Like a Wiccan magic circle.
It's used to create a sacred space, a barrier to limit spells.
Seriously? Like table salt? It's really that simple? It's not simple at all.
It needs to be imbued with magic, forged with blood.
Okay, I that sounds terrifying.
Whatever it takes, let's get it done.
Okay, we figure out a way to draw Morgan out close enough to spike her.
While disabling her army of human batteries.
All in a day's work.
Hey, Stacey.
Can you hold on a second? I think I need your help.
[DISTANT THUNDER CRASHING.]
STACEY: Ah, Geoffrey, you're bleeding.
[GEOFFREY SIGHS.]
Molly threw me into that AC unit like a damn ragdoll.
Forgot how strong your little girl is.
There is something still left in there.
- You need a hospital.
- No.
It's too dangerous.
I just need a couple of cold towels, mouthwash, and Mr.
Clean.
Nana B always loves a good home remedy.
- [SCOFFS.]
- ALEX: Everything's in the bathroom.
I'll be right back.
[GEOFFREY GROANS.]
Missed you at your mother's funeral.
Sorry.
I was possessed by a psychotic Gibb, then thrown into another dimension.
Alex, listen to me.
I hate everything that's happened to you.
You don't know what happened to me.
Then tell me, son.
No one can help me.
So you're a you're a hard man now, right? Willing to win, whatever it takes? That's what you said, right? Everyone's afraid.
They're always second guessing, debating shit endlessly.
This is about survival.
So, yes, I'm not gonna apologize for wanting to live.
[DISTANT THUNDER CRASHING.]
MOLLY: Is he okay? I hope so.
It's good to have you back, Molls.
Sorry that we left.
Didn't mean to.
It's okay.
Also I'm sorry that I lied to you on the phone call.
I think that really hurt Mr.
Wilder.
That's not your fault.
He's tough.
Never in all those years did I think this would be our lives.
Holed up in an underground mansion, pulling an all-nighter to save the world with our parents.
Yeah, but that's life, right? I kind of wish that wasn't the case.
I wish that you'd go back to Atlas and finish school, maybe meet me in college.
Yeah.
You might want that old life back, but I don't.
I'm not the same as I used to be.
[LAUGHS.]
You know what? This proves it.
I got this when the lightning hit me.
Lightning? Damn, Molly.
No, it's okay, I'm fine, really.
That's my point.
Morgan didn't choose me because I'm the weakest.
It's because I'm strong.
We're superheroes, Gert.
And I think that means we have to do something with it.
What if you get hurt? Or worse? Then I'll just get back up as many times as I can.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Hey, Mom.
You were worried about Nico and her connection with Morgan.
It's not just Morgan, it's it's the magic.
Everything that comes with it.
The more powers grow, the the more I feel like maybe we're on different paths.
I know what it's like to love someone so much you lose yourself completely.
And believe me, it's never a good thing.
Oh apologies.
I didn't mean to interrupt a tender moment between la madre y la hijita.
- But now that you have - Yes.
Question.
Could be important, might not be quick.
Now, I've never heard the Whispers myself, but I was wondering, what's the neuro process that takes someone from a state of passive listening to active somnambulation and suggestibility? There are drugs that do that "Manchurian Candidate"-style but to do it purely with sound Uh I don't I don't know.
I wish I could help you, but I couldn't even hear the voices.
What do you mean, couldn't? Well, when Molly got infected, Gert and Chase could hear the voices, but I didn't hear anything.
It's asparagus anosmia.
Excuse me? You know how eating asparagus makes your urine kind of - Stink? Yeah, everybody knows that.
- DALE: Not everyone.
Some people have a genetic anomaly that makes it impossible for them to smell it.
So, what you're saying is that because of my genetics, I can't hear the Whispers? DALE: Yes.
Maybe.
Your alien genetics.
See, when we were trying to best Jonah, I made serum based on his DNA.
So Karolina's might counteract the Whispers.
Maybe.
Magic is just science we don't understand.
The antibodies in your blood might just protect everyone from the freaky mind control, but I would need equipment: sterilizing agents, syringes.
We have a full disaster and first-aid kit in the Church van.
[SNAPS FINGERS.]
Boom.
That might get us halfway there.
You know, if I could pull this off, booyakasha! Enchantamente no más.
Come on, up top.
K-dawg, I hope you're not afraid of needles.
Whoo! I've got boosters tapped into the observatory.
Wilder's setup was fine, but we're gonna need a lot more juice.
You jacked their power grid.
That's pretty damn smart, Chase.
Well, I am your son.
[SCOFFS.]
Not just my son.
There's someone I wanna show you.
Hello, Chase.
Hey, um I knew I'd see you again.
How are you? Well, besides not being able to hug you both right now, I'm I'm the best I've been in my whole life.
But whaddya say we get to work? Okay, Jaybrid.
Show me what you got.
Okay, this is every cell phone tower being used in the state.
The way people value their cell phone bars these days, this security system is it's like a fortress with no door.
Okay, so now we see if we can tunnel in.
[SIGHS, KEYING.]
Okay, you gave me such shit about being wicked and here you are doing blood magic again.
Mom? Are you okay? I put more than my blood into this salt.
[SIGHS.]
It will cost me a number of years of my life.
- Mom.
- Nico When a parent says they would give their life to protect their children, they mean it.
- You really think it'll work? - I don't know.
Never done this before.
Once the flame is out, it'll be ready.
You crossed over to get Alex.
How? Your father failed to get the Darkhold.
No, he didn't.
WizGlasses.
He recorded it? Robert.
You brilliant man.
We got there another way.
I couldn't make the spell work.
But if we can figure it out together, we might be able to send Morgan back where she belongs.
- [THUNDER CRASHING.]
- [DISTANT SHRIEKING.]
The mirror.
That's how Morgan communicated to me from the Dark Dimension.
[MIRROR CRACKLING.]
[DISTANT SHRIEKING.]
That's Morgan's Dark Army.
They're gonna cross over.
[VOICES SHRIEKING.]
[BEEPING.]
That's good.
[CROWD MURMURING.]
Thank you.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
[WITCHES CHANTING SOFTLY.]
[MUFFLED SNARLING.]
NICO: How is this happening? I thought Morgan needed the Staff to merge the worlds.
No.
But once the worlds become one, she will need it to rule and maintain power.
Years ago, when I was training in the ways of magic, Morgan befriended me.
Wait, you two were friends? I wasn't aware of it at the time, but she was manipulating me.
From the Dark Dimension.
The same way she came for me.
The Staff of One had made its way to the vaults of our academy for safekeeping.
She considered it her birthright.
Morgan convinced me to steal it.
Once I realized what she was doing You kept it for yourself.
I knew I needed to keep it out of Morgan's hands.
Yes, I wanted it.
- I'm so sorry, Nico.
- [ARMY SHRIEKING.]
But Morgan will never stop coming for the Staff.
I'll be ready when she does.
[SNARLING.]
How do we hold off the Dark Army? I can try a spell, but once I begin, I will need to maintain it.
You'll be on your own.
Do it.
Hey.
It's happening faster than we thought.
The Dark Dimension is gonna break through soon.
Then we have to get to Morgan now.
No.
Morgan's gonna come to us.
Before the breach, she'll want the Staff.
- Morgan's coming here? - Yes.
I can feel it.
[DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING.]
Then we'll have home court advantage.
We just gotta be ready and hope the plan works.
Okay.
But this time, we stick together.
No matter what.
GEOFFREY: Ah, shit! Oww! - How's your dad? - He's hurt, but he'll live.
You are gonna die, Geoffrey.
[GASPING.]
I've had worse.
You have a fragment of metal in your body.
If we leave this in any longer, it's going to poison your blood.
Surgery's your only option.
You're the only doctor? Yeah.
The only one you've got right now.
[GEOFFREY SIGHS.]
Okay.
Dale raided the first-aid kit for his experiment, but I think we should have what we need.
How about whiskey? Got any of that in there? It's another one of Nana B's home remedies.
Okay, okay, okay.
I can't believe you made a centrifuge out of Chase's protein shake blender.
Well, sometimes you girls forget your dad is a bioengineering genius.
Now, Gert, please, you don't have to say don't say anything, okay? I know that I make it easy, most of the time, for you to forget the genius part.
Actually, I was gonna say, this is this is really bad-ass.
Okay, sweetheart, you ready? - Here goes.
- [THUNDER CRASHING.]
Please, please, please.
Now it may sting just a little bit, and you're going to feel a slight sense of euphoria, as well as a few other side effects: dizziness, upset stomach, swelling of the extremities, also known as "sausage fingers".
Wait, sausage fingers? Why didn't you tell me that before you injected me? - Okay, Gert, you are up.
- GERT: Wait.
Is this gonna affect my connection with Old Lace? Well, we are altering your DNA, so yes, your psychic link could be disrupted.
- Okay, disrupted but not destroyed? - I So it could come back when the serum wears off.
I'm not Sweetie, I'm not sure of anything.
Wait.
Old Lace.
[OLD LACE GROWLS.]
[GROANING.]
Hey.
You know I don't wanna do this, right? [OLD LACE GROANS.]
[LAUGHS.]
You know it's just It's just, I can't have some crazy witch getting in my head and then making you do something terrible.
So please don't be mad.
It's just that if we lose our connection you're probably gonna be a really grumpy dinosaur.
[OLD LACE GROANS.]
You're probably gonna wanna eat someone.
So we have to lock you away.
[OLD LACE GROANS.]
Hey, it's okay.
But I promise I will come back for you as soon as I can, okay? [OLD LACE GROANS.]
Come on, please? [OLD LACE GROANS.]
Bye.
[KEYING.]
Thirty seconds, maximum.
Why can't we keep the individual cell towers down longer? [SIGHS.]
The network has significant safety protocols.
We can't seem to override them.
Victor, it's a shame we don't have that Disruptor we put together that weekend at the lake.
I'm afraid the FBI took possession of that a long time ago.
You two invented something that was confiscated by the FBI? [CLEARS THROAT.]
Your mother and I had a rebellious streak in our youth.
- All great inventors do.
- Victor, maybe that's it.
The Disruptor used the network's safety protocol against itself.
So instead of sneaking in the back door, we actually have to convince the network it's under attack.
Exactly.
Seems like you guys have got this under control.
- I'm gonna go check on the others.
- Yeah.
Oh, shit.
[WHISPERS ECHOING FROM PHONE.]
[WHISPERS CONTINUING.]
Chase, Chase, Chase.
Dale said that you were the only person he hasn't gotten to yet.
Chase, oh, my God! No! No! [BOTH STRAINING.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
- What happened? - Where the hell did you get a phone? I don't know.
Things just don't appear out of thin air.
[SNARLING.]
Good evening, everyone.
How nice to see you all.
Hyah! Cute.
But no.
Now, tell me, where is Nico? - NICO: Hyah! - [GASPS.]
[MORGAN GROANS.]
[SIGHS.]
Hmm.
That didn't really work out quite as planned, now, did it? I don't understand.
You-You were supposed to die and explode.
Things work much differently this side of the veil.
Often, what may be lethal there just makes you stronger.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
- [GROANING.]
- [GLASS TINKLING.]
[SIGHS.]
[DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING.]
It was a valiant effort.
Really.
Don't be too disappointed.
You never really did stand a chance.
Before you strike, know this.
I am now too strong to kill, even with the Staff of One.
So, lest you take away any good will I may have, you really should listen to what I have to say.
There will not be another chance.
The two worlds will merge soon.
It's far too late to stop that, but there's still time to save yourselves and the ones you love.
Submit to me.
No.
Thanks for the offer, but we'll pass.
Oh Nico.
I was your age once.
Optimistic I could change the world.
Well, if you want to change the world, follow me.
This is how change happens.
The new regime rising up to overthrow the old.
[THUNDER RUMBLING.]
But you can't be naive enough to think your world is perfect.
Poverty, disease, hunger.
Corruption.
These are the very reasons people turn to spirituality and religion.
And yet the world still suffers.
Some things will need to be razed to the ground.
But only so we can rebuild, and the new world we build will be greater than you could ever imagine.
Or you can live a life of endless torture.
Your choice.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
Alex, no.
I'm sorry, Nico, but I can't go through that again.
We had our chance.
We failed.
GERT: Maybe she's right.
Maybe this is the world's last chance at a clean slate.
We won't know if we're dead.
I don't see what other option we have.
- Please say you're with me.
- KAROLINA: I am, but I love you too much to let you die like this.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
It's Morgan, she's here, and I think she's already won.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
I gave you every chance, Nico.
I would have trained you, guided you.
Bullshit.
You only ever wanted the Staff.
Since it was reborn from your body, the Staff is yours.
Completely.
The trouble is, you still fear the power it possesses, and fear is weakness.
It was that fear that had me betrayed and banished to the Dark Dimension.
But now, once the two worlds merge, powerful women like us can no longer be sent away.
I will rule.
They will swear loyalty as they kneel before me.
An unbreakable circle of power.
No.
You can't force people to follow you, that has to be earned.
MORGAN: I beg to differ.
There are millions of people following my every command right now, glued to their phones for the rest of their miserable little lives.
- [STATIC.]
- JANET: Okay, everyone, it's done.
I'm initiating disruption.
- What's happening? - That's the thing about L.
A.
Cell service sucks.
JANET: The transmission towers are going offline.
[KEYING.]
That network of WizPhone Corvus followers you have, your circle of power? You're being cut off.
Oh, but my circle, hell, we're just powering up.
We figured you'd try to turn us against each other.
Yeah, but that would never happen.
Pretending to submit to you bought us just enough time.
That whole submission thing, that was an act.
I mean, I was acting.
Just wanna make sure everyone else was I don't need my followers to destroy you all! NICO: Guard! Run, get to cover! [SCREAMING.]
I know you need the Staff to rule and you'll never have it! - Can you blast her? - I can't penetrate the wall.
MORGAN: I don't need the Staff as long as I control you! [NICO GROANING.]
[SHRIEKING.]
Haaa! [NICO GROANING.]
[CROW CAWING.]
- [WINGS FLUTTER.]
- ALEX: Shit, Morgan's got reinforcements.
Stay here, I'll handle it.
[NICO GROANING.]
[GROANS.]
[GROANS.]
[NICO GROANING.]
Well, look what we have here.
So many loved ones all in one place.
Thank you for making it easy.
I promise this will be painful.
Uhh! [BODY THUDS.]
[LESLIE SIGHS.]
[NICO GROANING.]
We have to do something.
I'll be right back.
The salt.
You said a circle of it could contain Morgan's magic.
[NICO GROANING.]
[RECITING SPELL.]
[GROANS.]
I'm gonna have to make you pay for that.
[GROANING.]
Nico is mine now.
I can't have anyone getting in the way of that.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Maybe you didn't hear me.
[GERT SHRIEKS.]
[MOLLY SHRIEKS.]
[OLD LACE GROANING, BATTERING WALL.]
I do wish you'd listened to me.
Would have made it so much easier for all of us, but then I probably should have expected as much.
After all, you're just a bunch of stupid, pathetic children.
Time to put an end to all of that right now.
GERT: Actually, I think you're pathetic.
Aren't you supposed to be some great, powerful witch? Blah, blah, blah.
You've got the look, I'll give you that.
Cape's a bit much for my taste.
But I'm not gonna judge a woman for what she wears: you do you.
Don't try to tell me that you're some kind of symbol of female empowerment.
The truth is that you're a bully and all you want is power for yourself.
Wow.
You see right through me.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it's kind of sad.
And ultimately really just limiting.
'Cause when you do things for other people, you get strength from that.
From them.
And no matter how many times you go down, you get right back up.
Over and over, as many times as you have to.
Are you quite finished? Yeah, actually.
I am.
No! You can't keep me in here forever! No, we can't.
That's why we're sending you back to the other side - and sealing the gateway closed forever.
- No! The doorway to darkness, behold the transom, open it now with a spirit to ransom.
[MORGAN SHRIEKING.]
[SPARKS ZAPPING.]
[THUNDER RUMBLES.]
[SIGHS.]
[PANTING.]
The sky's clear.
I think it's over.
So we won? [GROANS.]
I knew we would.
[SIGHS.]
We kick ass.
Gert! No! No, no, no, no.
Gert.
Gert.
I've got you.
Okay? Everything's gonna be okay.
It's okay.
Chase.
You're always so CHASE: No.
Gert! Gert, please.
Gert.
I'm on fire Can you see me burning up? I am reckless for your love Honey, if you can Illuminate Illuminate Please Illuminate - [OLD LACE ROARING, BATTERING DOOR.]
- CHASE: Gert? Illuminate Please 'Cause it'll mean nothing It'll mean nothing without you It'll mean nothing It'll mean nothing without you [GRUNTING.]
It'll mean nothing without you [ROARING.]
I want you next to me with all you bring.
If anyone has the WizPhone Corvus model, you have to get rid of it immediately, okay? Something is very wrong.
Just wear this.
NICO: The only thing stopping us from rescuing Alex was that we couldn't get back.
We're back.
What about Molly? We don't even know if she's safe back at the Church.
WizGlass? You're a genius.
You recorded everything.
- Geoffrey, there's no server here.
- I think he knows that, Victor.
No, wait, Geoffrey! Morgan is tearing down the fabric between this dimension and yours.
They particularly want you.
If we make it out of here alive, I fully intend on going to college.
If Smith is what you want, we'll figure it out.
- Huh! - [GROANS.]
AWOL: Man can't have two families, so it's time to choose yours.
Your mother or your friends.
NICO: Tandy, a dagger! [ENERGY PULSING.]
- Let go of her! - [QUINTON GROANS.]
- CHASE: What do we do now? - GERT: We find Molly.
- [RECITING SPELL.]
- NICO: And then we save the world.
[WIND BLOWING, HINGES CREAKING, FLY BUZZING.]
Molly? Molly? Is that you? No, please don't have one of those creepy Corvus phones under there.
[OLD LACE GRUNTS.]
[SIGHS.]
Hey, girl.
[GROANS.]
Good to see you.
[OLD LACE GROANS.]
No.
No, don't worry.
I will never leave you like that again.
Do you know where Molly is? [GRUMBLING SOFTLY.]
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
Guys, it doesn't seem like Molly's been here.
- Molly! - Maybe she's still at the Church? Yeah, which is totally crawling with Morgan's followers.
Well, Molly wasn't captured with the rest of you, - maybe she got away.
- Molly! Well, I mean, she kicked my ass.
I'm sure she'll be fine.
That's not exactly the barometer of toughness, okay? We need a plan.
Alex, we could really use your brain right now.
Uh, well, wait, let's just give Alex a minute, yeah? I mean, he wasn't exactly on vacation over there.
- She's right.
- [PHONE RINGING.]
Alex, if there's anything that you need - Holy shit, Molly? - KAROLINA: What? MOLLY: I've been looking all over for you guys.
We got Alex.
You okay? Oh, my God, you did? Hi, Alex.
Molly, where are you? MOLLY: Just calm down and try to find some chill.
They tried to grab me but I got away.
- Okay.
Well, we're gonna come find you.
- No, it's too dangerous.
Those crazy phone people are everywhere and they're looking for us.
All the more reason you gotta come home.
I'm totally fine, I promise.
I'll come back when it's light out.
[PHONE CHIMES.]
Thank you.
Pretty convincing.
The girl could be an actress if she wasn't going to It's all taken care of.
She's ready.
Perfect.
Your sacrifice for our cause will be remembered for generations to come.
[SIGHING.]
[GROANS.]
What the hell happened to me? [SIGHS.]
Be certain the rooftop of the Olympic Grand is clear by midnight.
Given what's gonna happen to that girl, we don't want any witnesses.
Of course.
[FOOTSTEPS.]
Morgan's power's growing.
We have to stop her before it's too late.
You say that like it's gonna be easy, but look what she did to your father.
This killed Quinton, so I think we can use this to kill her.
You don't even know what that is, let alone if it will actually work on Morgan.
I think it neutralizes dark energy somehow.
Maybe by countering it with light energy.
Or by severing the connection to the dark place.
I'm not sure.
Okay, the plan isn't bulletproof, but what choice do we have? I don't know.
Regroup, figure this out as a team? I don't know why you wanna jump into another fight.
ALEX: Because this is war.
Alex, somebody's gonna get hurt.
We've already been hurt.
It's time for us to hurt back.
That's your takeaway, from us risking our lives to save you? Maybe Tandy was right, about both of you.
Alex.
I'm so sorry we left you over there.
No doubt you had a lot of time on your hands to wonder if we were ever coming, but please know that I would have done anything to bring you back.
And you did.
So, we're here now, together.
That's what matters.
Hey.
Hey.
Uh, that was some crazy stuff, you know? The other dimension.
Yeah.
Yeah, crazy.
Yeah.
You know what they say about near-death experiences.
[LAUGHS.]
Kind of make you realize stuff.
I-I guess just, uh what I realized was that, um I just, I haven't really been fair to you.
I thought that I had grown up a lot.
But then you left and you really hurt me in exactly the way that I always feared that you would.
And it turned me back into that that high-school girl, who, who just picked on you 'cause I was so afraid that I wasn't enough.
And Ty made me realize that I cannot operate out of fear anymore.
And I'm sorry.
And I guess what I really what I really need to say is Are you watching porn? - What? - Please tell me you are not looking at porn.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
Sorry, I've, uh been searching for something.
A way to stop Morgan? You said you wanted to go to Smith, and it turns out that you haven't missed the late registration deadline.
You want me to go to Smith? Yeah.
I mean, they've got an amazing cultural studies program.
It's everything you've always wanted.
What do you want? I'm still figuring that out.
Maybe somewhere close that's got a good engineering program.
I can't play lacrosse forever.
Sorry, I was totally in my head.
Uh you were saying something? [LAUGHS.]
Thank you.
Just thank you.
[OLD LACE SNARLS.]
- [GROWLS.]
- And I'll love you till the end Look, I know all this sounds crazy witches, enchantments Hey, I was midwife to a hybrid baby that apparently saved the world from alien domination, so I'll match your crazy.
Thank you.
For coming to get me and bringing me here.
We really should be on our way to the hospital.
No, I I'll go later.
First I gotta help Molly.
You're dealing with an evil witch in designer clothes who has a legion of stans.
It doesn't matter.
I've let Alex and his friends down more than I care to remember.
It's time I start making things right.
Then let me help.
You need to be home with Xerxes.
I got this.
You can't beat evil Beyoncé alone.
I won't be alone.
Told ya.
I got this.
- So, PRIDE back together again.
- What's left of us.
How do we know we can trust you? GEOFFREY: Morgan put that necklace on me and made me her damn puppet.
You of all people should know how it feels for something to take over your body and make you do crazy shit.
Touché.
Where is Morgan now? They're planning something on the rooftop of the Olympic Grand.
TINA: That's one of the highest points in the city.
It will give Morgan maximum exposure to all the natural elements.
Exposure for what? A spell.
Something big.
Like how big? Well, what does she want with Molly? Some spells require organic materials to initiate them.
The more ambitious the spell, the stronger the offering required.
Like the fuse on an explosive.
Molly would make one hell of a firecracker.
But by offering, you mean sacrifice? - My baby girl.
- We have got to get her out of there.
How? We don't have superpowers.
Maybe we should contact the kids.
And risk putting them in danger again? No.
A hundred percent no.
Agreed.
All the bad things we've done in the name of protecting our kids.
Let's do one good thing.
A spell requires an incantation.
Once they begin, they have to finish it.
If you break the circle, the spell will fail.
If we try to disrupt Morgan, she will kill us and Molly, but But an incantation might provide a window of opportunity.
We might have five, maybe ten minutes where they can't engage.
Well, this all goes down at midnight, so that doesn't leave us a lot of time.
One more thing: the Olympic Grand is filled with civilians.
If PRIDE's gonna do one last job, no one else gets hurt.
Can't we put the place on on lockdown or something? - Yes.
Yes, we can.
- I think we can arrange that.
ROCK MUSIC PLAYING Taking me up on a spaceship Making me feel like I made it It's a new kind of vibe a new kind of time Excuse me.
Where are you going? - STACEY: CDC.
- CDC.
- Why isn't this building already on lockdown? - Why? Lockdown? I The outbreak of gastroesophageal pyrosis.
This building needs to be taken care of immediately and shut down.
I haven't heard anything about an outbreak.
Please, back to your rooms.
Back to your room.
Everyone, please, return to your rooms.
- This is an emergency.
Lockdown is implemented.
- Sir, ma'am.
Sir, please.
- I'll call my supervisor.
- No time.
We are looking at rapid onset.
Everybody in this building needs to lock their doors and stay there until otherwise notified.
- Let's lock it down! - And all guests must shelter in place.
- Shelter.
- That's right.
I don't think I can help you guys with that right now.
Oh, no.
Oh, dear.
- STACEY: Uh-oh.
Yeah.
- DALE: Look at his eyes.
You see all the jaundice? I think you're gonna need to sit down.
[BOTH TALKING.]
DALE: Sit down, sir.
Now, I have a question for you.
Have you taken a look at your stool of late? This is not a drill.
DALE: Any combination of brownish, yellowish, grayish, blackish? GEOFFREY: Leslie, how you doing? You in place? I'm at the service entrance, ready when you are.
Taking me up in a spaceship Making me feel like I made it It's a new kind of vibe a new kind of time - Think you better hurry.
- GEOFFREY: Okay.
Getting close.
VICTOR: You two proceed to the north end, I'll take the south.
I should be able to pinpoint Molly's exact location and let you know when it's safe.
I'll give you the signal.
I'll take control of the elevators.
They'll be out of commission until we're done.
Tina, I'm sorry about what happened to Robert.
Wish I I could have done something.
Me too.
But I'll make that bitch pay.
First, let's save Molly.
MORGAN: It's time.
You're supposed to close your eyes.
You only know my eyes are open because your eyes are open.
Concentrate.
[RECITING LATIN INCANTATION.]
[OTHERS JOIN IN.]
[ENERGY PULSING.]
They've started.
Molly's about 10 yards from the door.
We should go now.
No.
We have to wait until they're deep under the incantation.
[WITCHES RECITING LATIN INCANTATION.]
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
[MOLLY SHRIEKING.]
[SHRIEKS.]
Damn it! What the hell is going on? She's being hit by lightning.
Enough of this shit.
Geoffrey GEOFFREY: You said they can't break the spell.
- [SPARKS ZAPPING.]
- [INCANTATION CONTINUES.]
Geoffrey! They've got Molly.
- They're on the move.
- Copy.
All clear down here.
- Get her out of here! - [INCANTATION CONTINUES.]
- We're almost in position.
- LESLIE: Copy.
- Heh! - [GEOFFREY GROANS.]
Molly! Stop! - [GEOFFREY COUGHS.]
- Where am I? We'll explain later.
We need to get you to safety.
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
Molly? Baby! - DALE: You made it.
Come on.
- We gotta go.
- Geoffrey's hurt.
- I'm fine, I'm fine.
Let's go.
[INCANTATION CONTINUES.]
Did we really have to let them take the girl? Yeah.
The jolt we got off her felt amazing.
The child served her purpose.
Our armies will be assembling on both sides of the veil now.
This world will soon be ours.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
- [THUNDER CRASHING.]
- This is a crazy storm for L.
A.
The whole reason people move to L.
A.
is to avoid weather like this.
Ehh.
Taco trucks come a close second.
It's Morgan.
- Hey, hey, hey! - Oh, my God, Molly, you're back! [BOTH LAUGH.]
MOLLY: Hi! [GIGGLES.]
- GERT: Oh, with our, um - Hi.
on-again/off-again evil parents.
MOLLY: Yeah, I hope that's okay.
Hey, Dad.
Welcome back to our not-so-secret hideout.
- Good to see you, son.
- Okay, let me just Was everybody invited to the housewarming party but old Dale? I wouldn't classify it as a party.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
I will say, as far as secret lairs go, it's pretty sweet.
Um, what the hell are you all doing here? Geoffrey broke free of Morgan's spell and told us that she had Molly.
So we went and got her out.
But, Molly, you called us.
You said that you were fine.
I had some kind of spell on me.
It was really weird.
It was like I was watching myself lie, but I I couldn't control my words and I I'm, I'm sorry.
I I'm afraid that's the least of it.
I saw the sigils Morgan used in the ceremony.
I heard enough of her spell.
She's not just doing dark magic.
She's bringing the dark realm crashing into this one.
- [THUNDER CRASHES.]
- The poppies and the storm It's already started.
Believe me when I tell you we cannot let that happen.
- GEOFFREY: My God, Alex.
- We're gonna need a plan.
Those of us who've been to the other side know how bad it'll be if Morgan succeeds.
So we gotta take the fight to her.
Tonight.
How? We've seen what the Whispers from the phones can do.
And what's to stop Morgan from turning all of us into mindless killer drones? Then, not to pile on the bad news, but even if we do manage to stay unenchanted ourselves, Morgan still has an entire army.
LESLIE: And an army that's growing.
Those phones have been distributed up the entire coast.
So we're talking hundreds of thousands of users More like millions.
What's this army for, anyway? In Morgan's case, I don't think preserving national security and defending the Constitution.
KAROLINA: Maybe it's like a new Church.
A leader isn't a leader without any followers.
Every good dictator and by good I mean bad needs a loyal army to maintain power.
And to draw power from.
Maybe Morgan is using those followers like she used Molly, to amplify her magic and tear down the veil.
Can't we just take down the phone somehow? I mean, calls drop all the time in L.
A.
These phones are powered by Morgan's magic.
The cell towers still use good old-fashioned tech.
- Meaning they can be hacked.
- VICTOR: It would take some work, but if you and Chase and I put our heads together, we could see what we come up with.
- I've got some ideas.
- NICO: Okay, great, but that doesn't solve our biggest problem.
Morgan.
She can't be defeated by technology.
That's why we need this.
A weapon forged in Morgan's world through a combination of light and dark energy.
But the only way to defeat her with that is by sticking it in her.
And that sounds like a direct physical confrontation.
If that's what it takes.
We can't be reckless.
Morgan's magic is too strong.
But there may be a way to contain it.
With a circle of salt.
Like a Wiccan magic circle.
It's used to create a sacred space, a barrier to limit spells.
Seriously? Like table salt? It's really that simple? It's not simple at all.
It needs to be imbued with magic, forged with blood.
Okay, I that sounds terrifying.
Whatever it takes, let's get it done.
Okay, we figure out a way to draw Morgan out close enough to spike her.
While disabling her army of human batteries.
All in a day's work.
Hey, Stacey.
Can you hold on a second? I think I need your help.
[DISTANT THUNDER CRASHING.]
STACEY: Ah, Geoffrey, you're bleeding.
[GEOFFREY SIGHS.]
Molly threw me into that AC unit like a damn ragdoll.
Forgot how strong your little girl is.
There is something still left in there.
- You need a hospital.
- No.
It's too dangerous.
I just need a couple of cold towels, mouthwash, and Mr.
Clean.
Nana B always loves a good home remedy.
- [SCOFFS.]
- ALEX: Everything's in the bathroom.
I'll be right back.
[GEOFFREY GROANS.]
Missed you at your mother's funeral.
Sorry.
I was possessed by a psychotic Gibb, then thrown into another dimension.
Alex, listen to me.
I hate everything that's happened to you.
You don't know what happened to me.
Then tell me, son.
No one can help me.
So you're a you're a hard man now, right? Willing to win, whatever it takes? That's what you said, right? Everyone's afraid.
They're always second guessing, debating shit endlessly.
This is about survival.
So, yes, I'm not gonna apologize for wanting to live.
[DISTANT THUNDER CRASHING.]
MOLLY: Is he okay? I hope so.
It's good to have you back, Molls.
Sorry that we left.
Didn't mean to.
It's okay.
Also I'm sorry that I lied to you on the phone call.
I think that really hurt Mr.
Wilder.
That's not your fault.
He's tough.
Never in all those years did I think this would be our lives.
Holed up in an underground mansion, pulling an all-nighter to save the world with our parents.
Yeah, but that's life, right? I kind of wish that wasn't the case.
I wish that you'd go back to Atlas and finish school, maybe meet me in college.
Yeah.
You might want that old life back, but I don't.
I'm not the same as I used to be.
[LAUGHS.]
You know what? This proves it.
I got this when the lightning hit me.
Lightning? Damn, Molly.
No, it's okay, I'm fine, really.
That's my point.
Morgan didn't choose me because I'm the weakest.
It's because I'm strong.
We're superheroes, Gert.
And I think that means we have to do something with it.
What if you get hurt? Or worse? Then I'll just get back up as many times as I can.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Hey, Mom.
You were worried about Nico and her connection with Morgan.
It's not just Morgan, it's it's the magic.
Everything that comes with it.
The more powers grow, the the more I feel like maybe we're on different paths.
I know what it's like to love someone so much you lose yourself completely.
And believe me, it's never a good thing.
Oh apologies.
I didn't mean to interrupt a tender moment between la madre y la hijita.
- But now that you have - Yes.
Question.
Could be important, might not be quick.
Now, I've never heard the Whispers myself, but I was wondering, what's the neuro process that takes someone from a state of passive listening to active somnambulation and suggestibility? There are drugs that do that "Manchurian Candidate"-style but to do it purely with sound Uh I don't I don't know.
I wish I could help you, but I couldn't even hear the voices.
What do you mean, couldn't? Well, when Molly got infected, Gert and Chase could hear the voices, but I didn't hear anything.
It's asparagus anosmia.
Excuse me? You know how eating asparagus makes your urine kind of - Stink? Yeah, everybody knows that.
- DALE: Not everyone.
Some people have a genetic anomaly that makes it impossible for them to smell it.
So, what you're saying is that because of my genetics, I can't hear the Whispers? DALE: Yes.
Maybe.
Your alien genetics.
See, when we were trying to best Jonah, I made serum based on his DNA.
So Karolina's might counteract the Whispers.
Maybe.
Magic is just science we don't understand.
The antibodies in your blood might just protect everyone from the freaky mind control, but I would need equipment: sterilizing agents, syringes.
We have a full disaster and first-aid kit in the Church van.
[SNAPS FINGERS.]
Boom.
That might get us halfway there.
You know, if I could pull this off, booyakasha! Enchantamente no más.
Come on, up top.
K-dawg, I hope you're not afraid of needles.
Whoo! I've got boosters tapped into the observatory.
Wilder's setup was fine, but we're gonna need a lot more juice.
You jacked their power grid.
That's pretty damn smart, Chase.
Well, I am your son.
[SCOFFS.]
Not just my son.
There's someone I wanna show you.
Hello, Chase.
Hey, um I knew I'd see you again.
How are you? Well, besides not being able to hug you both right now, I'm I'm the best I've been in my whole life.
But whaddya say we get to work? Okay, Jaybrid.
Show me what you got.
Okay, this is every cell phone tower being used in the state.
The way people value their cell phone bars these days, this security system is it's like a fortress with no door.
Okay, so now we see if we can tunnel in.
[SIGHS, KEYING.]
Okay, you gave me such shit about being wicked and here you are doing blood magic again.
Mom? Are you okay? I put more than my blood into this salt.
[SIGHS.]
It will cost me a number of years of my life.
- Mom.
- Nico When a parent says they would give their life to protect their children, they mean it.
- You really think it'll work? - I don't know.
Never done this before.
Once the flame is out, it'll be ready.
You crossed over to get Alex.
How? Your father failed to get the Darkhold.
No, he didn't.
WizGlasses.
He recorded it? Robert.
You brilliant man.
We got there another way.
I couldn't make the spell work.
But if we can figure it out together, we might be able to send Morgan back where she belongs.
- [THUNDER CRASHING.]
- [DISTANT SHRIEKING.]
The mirror.
That's how Morgan communicated to me from the Dark Dimension.
[MIRROR CRACKLING.]
[DISTANT SHRIEKING.]
That's Morgan's Dark Army.
They're gonna cross over.
[VOICES SHRIEKING.]
[BEEPING.]
That's good.
[CROWD MURMURING.]
Thank you.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
[WITCHES CHANTING SOFTLY.]
[MUFFLED SNARLING.]
NICO: How is this happening? I thought Morgan needed the Staff to merge the worlds.
No.
But once the worlds become one, she will need it to rule and maintain power.
Years ago, when I was training in the ways of magic, Morgan befriended me.
Wait, you two were friends? I wasn't aware of it at the time, but she was manipulating me.
From the Dark Dimension.
The same way she came for me.
The Staff of One had made its way to the vaults of our academy for safekeeping.
She considered it her birthright.
Morgan convinced me to steal it.
Once I realized what she was doing You kept it for yourself.
I knew I needed to keep it out of Morgan's hands.
Yes, I wanted it.
- I'm so sorry, Nico.
- [ARMY SHRIEKING.]
But Morgan will never stop coming for the Staff.
I'll be ready when she does.
[SNARLING.]
How do we hold off the Dark Army? I can try a spell, but once I begin, I will need to maintain it.
You'll be on your own.
Do it.
Hey.
It's happening faster than we thought.
The Dark Dimension is gonna break through soon.
Then we have to get to Morgan now.
No.
Morgan's gonna come to us.
Before the breach, she'll want the Staff.
- Morgan's coming here? - Yes.
I can feel it.
[DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING.]
Then we'll have home court advantage.
We just gotta be ready and hope the plan works.
Okay.
But this time, we stick together.
No matter what.
GEOFFREY: Ah, shit! Oww! - How's your dad? - He's hurt, but he'll live.
You are gonna die, Geoffrey.
[GASPING.]
I've had worse.
You have a fragment of metal in your body.
If we leave this in any longer, it's going to poison your blood.
Surgery's your only option.
You're the only doctor? Yeah.
The only one you've got right now.
[GEOFFREY SIGHS.]
Okay.
Dale raided the first-aid kit for his experiment, but I think we should have what we need.
How about whiskey? Got any of that in there? It's another one of Nana B's home remedies.
Okay, okay, okay.
I can't believe you made a centrifuge out of Chase's protein shake blender.
Well, sometimes you girls forget your dad is a bioengineering genius.
Now, Gert, please, you don't have to say don't say anything, okay? I know that I make it easy, most of the time, for you to forget the genius part.
Actually, I was gonna say, this is this is really bad-ass.
Okay, sweetheart, you ready? - Here goes.
- [THUNDER CRASHING.]
Please, please, please.
Now it may sting just a little bit, and you're going to feel a slight sense of euphoria, as well as a few other side effects: dizziness, upset stomach, swelling of the extremities, also known as "sausage fingers".
Wait, sausage fingers? Why didn't you tell me that before you injected me? - Okay, Gert, you are up.
- GERT: Wait.
Is this gonna affect my connection with Old Lace? Well, we are altering your DNA, so yes, your psychic link could be disrupted.
- Okay, disrupted but not destroyed? - I So it could come back when the serum wears off.
I'm not Sweetie, I'm not sure of anything.
Wait.
Old Lace.
[OLD LACE GROWLS.]
[GROANING.]
Hey.
You know I don't wanna do this, right? [OLD LACE GROANS.]
[LAUGHS.]
You know it's just It's just, I can't have some crazy witch getting in my head and then making you do something terrible.
So please don't be mad.
It's just that if we lose our connection you're probably gonna be a really grumpy dinosaur.
[OLD LACE GROANS.]
You're probably gonna wanna eat someone.
So we have to lock you away.
[OLD LACE GROANS.]
Hey, it's okay.
But I promise I will come back for you as soon as I can, okay? [OLD LACE GROANS.]
Come on, please? [OLD LACE GROANS.]
Bye.
[KEYING.]
Thirty seconds, maximum.
Why can't we keep the individual cell towers down longer? [SIGHS.]
The network has significant safety protocols.
We can't seem to override them.
Victor, it's a shame we don't have that Disruptor we put together that weekend at the lake.
I'm afraid the FBI took possession of that a long time ago.
You two invented something that was confiscated by the FBI? [CLEARS THROAT.]
Your mother and I had a rebellious streak in our youth.
- All great inventors do.
- Victor, maybe that's it.
The Disruptor used the network's safety protocol against itself.
So instead of sneaking in the back door, we actually have to convince the network it's under attack.
Exactly.
Seems like you guys have got this under control.
- I'm gonna go check on the others.
- Yeah.
Oh, shit.
[WHISPERS ECHOING FROM PHONE.]
[WHISPERS CONTINUING.]
Chase, Chase, Chase.
Dale said that you were the only person he hasn't gotten to yet.
Chase, oh, my God! No! No! [BOTH STRAINING.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
- What happened? - Where the hell did you get a phone? I don't know.
Things just don't appear out of thin air.
[SNARLING.]
Good evening, everyone.
How nice to see you all.
Hyah! Cute.
But no.
Now, tell me, where is Nico? - NICO: Hyah! - [GASPS.]
[MORGAN GROANS.]
[SIGHS.]
Hmm.
That didn't really work out quite as planned, now, did it? I don't understand.
You-You were supposed to die and explode.
Things work much differently this side of the veil.
Often, what may be lethal there just makes you stronger.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
- [GROANING.]
- [GLASS TINKLING.]
[SIGHS.]
[DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING.]
It was a valiant effort.
Really.
Don't be too disappointed.
You never really did stand a chance.
Before you strike, know this.
I am now too strong to kill, even with the Staff of One.
So, lest you take away any good will I may have, you really should listen to what I have to say.
There will not be another chance.
The two worlds will merge soon.
It's far too late to stop that, but there's still time to save yourselves and the ones you love.
Submit to me.
No.
Thanks for the offer, but we'll pass.
Oh Nico.
I was your age once.
Optimistic I could change the world.
Well, if you want to change the world, follow me.
This is how change happens.
The new regime rising up to overthrow the old.
[THUNDER RUMBLING.]
But you can't be naive enough to think your world is perfect.
Poverty, disease, hunger.
Corruption.
These are the very reasons people turn to spirituality and religion.
And yet the world still suffers.
Some things will need to be razed to the ground.
But only so we can rebuild, and the new world we build will be greater than you could ever imagine.
Or you can live a life of endless torture.
Your choice.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
Alex, no.
I'm sorry, Nico, but I can't go through that again.
We had our chance.
We failed.
GERT: Maybe she's right.
Maybe this is the world's last chance at a clean slate.
We won't know if we're dead.
I don't see what other option we have.
- Please say you're with me.
- KAROLINA: I am, but I love you too much to let you die like this.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
It's Morgan, she's here, and I think she's already won.
[THUNDER CRASHING.]
I gave you every chance, Nico.
I would have trained you, guided you.
Bullshit.
You only ever wanted the Staff.
Since it was reborn from your body, the Staff is yours.
Completely.
The trouble is, you still fear the power it possesses, and fear is weakness.
It was that fear that had me betrayed and banished to the Dark Dimension.
But now, once the two worlds merge, powerful women like us can no longer be sent away.
I will rule.
They will swear loyalty as they kneel before me.
An unbreakable circle of power.
No.
You can't force people to follow you, that has to be earned.
MORGAN: I beg to differ.
There are millions of people following my every command right now, glued to their phones for the rest of their miserable little lives.
- [STATIC.]
- JANET: Okay, everyone, it's done.
I'm initiating disruption.
- What's happening? - That's the thing about L.
A.
Cell service sucks.
JANET: The transmission towers are going offline.
[KEYING.]
That network of WizPhone Corvus followers you have, your circle of power? You're being cut off.
Oh, but my circle, hell, we're just powering up.
We figured you'd try to turn us against each other.
Yeah, but that would never happen.
Pretending to submit to you bought us just enough time.
That whole submission thing, that was an act.
I mean, I was acting.
Just wanna make sure everyone else was I don't need my followers to destroy you all! NICO: Guard! Run, get to cover! [SCREAMING.]
I know you need the Staff to rule and you'll never have it! - Can you blast her? - I can't penetrate the wall.
MORGAN: I don't need the Staff as long as I control you! [NICO GROANING.]
[SHRIEKING.]
Haaa! [NICO GROANING.]
[CROW CAWING.]
- [WINGS FLUTTER.]
- ALEX: Shit, Morgan's got reinforcements.
Stay here, I'll handle it.
[NICO GROANING.]
[GROANS.]
[GROANS.]
[NICO GROANING.]
Well, look what we have here.
So many loved ones all in one place.
Thank you for making it easy.
I promise this will be painful.
Uhh! [BODY THUDS.]
[LESLIE SIGHS.]
[NICO GROANING.]
We have to do something.
I'll be right back.
The salt.
You said a circle of it could contain Morgan's magic.
[NICO GROANING.]
[RECITING SPELL.]
[GROANS.]
I'm gonna have to make you pay for that.
[GROANING.]
Nico is mine now.
I can't have anyone getting in the way of that.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Maybe you didn't hear me.
[GERT SHRIEKS.]
[MOLLY SHRIEKS.]
[OLD LACE GROANING, BATTERING WALL.]
I do wish you'd listened to me.
Would have made it so much easier for all of us, but then I probably should have expected as much.
After all, you're just a bunch of stupid, pathetic children.
Time to put an end to all of that right now.
GERT: Actually, I think you're pathetic.
Aren't you supposed to be some great, powerful witch? Blah, blah, blah.
You've got the look, I'll give you that.
Cape's a bit much for my taste.
But I'm not gonna judge a woman for what she wears: you do you.
Don't try to tell me that you're some kind of symbol of female empowerment.
The truth is that you're a bully and all you want is power for yourself.
Wow.
You see right through me.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it's kind of sad.
And ultimately really just limiting.
'Cause when you do things for other people, you get strength from that.
From them.
And no matter how many times you go down, you get right back up.
Over and over, as many times as you have to.
Are you quite finished? Yeah, actually.
I am.
No! You can't keep me in here forever! No, we can't.
That's why we're sending you back to the other side - and sealing the gateway closed forever.
- No! The doorway to darkness, behold the transom, open it now with a spirit to ransom.
[MORGAN SHRIEKING.]
[SPARKS ZAPPING.]
[THUNDER RUMBLES.]
[SIGHS.]
[PANTING.]
The sky's clear.
I think it's over.
So we won? [GROANS.]
I knew we would.
[SIGHS.]
We kick ass.
Gert! No! No, no, no, no.
Gert.
Gert.
I've got you.
Okay? Everything's gonna be okay.
It's okay.
Chase.
You're always so CHASE: No.
Gert! Gert, please.
Gert.
I'm on fire Can you see me burning up? I am reckless for your love Honey, if you can Illuminate Illuminate Please Illuminate - [OLD LACE ROARING, BATTERING DOOR.]
- CHASE: Gert? Illuminate Please 'Cause it'll mean nothing It'll mean nothing without you It'll mean nothing It'll mean nothing without you [GRUNTING.]
It'll mean nothing without you [ROARING.]