The Batman (2004) s04e13 Episode Script
The Joining (2)
Previously on The Batman: MAN: Oh, yeah, the big boss is visiting today.
ROBIN: You have a great view from your office, Mr.
Fox.
Call me Lucius.
Lucius helped construct the Batcave.
He knows I'm the Batman.
What? Who are you? Wait! Ah! Detective John Jones.
Did you see what these guys were stealing? Really, there's nothing you need to worry about.
LUCIUS: You should have those crates sent back here unopened.
ROBIN: Whoa! Whoa! Ah! BRUCE: If Detective Jones is right my company's been shipping things like this all over the world.
I wanna find out if Jones knows more than he's letting on.
Then let's pay the detective a visit.
I'll pay him a visit.
I know you're not human.
I'm one of the good guys.
You may want all the help you can get with what's coming.
Alien invasion.
The end of your world.
J'ONN: They're called The Joining.
A synthetic alien race that's ravaged over half the galaxy.
The Joining are robots.
Batman.
What? Ha! The real Lucius is being held at the Wayne Industries factory.
LUCIUS: We're too late.
J'ONN: It's begun.
[RUMBLING.]
No.
[ROBOTS SCREAMING.]
-What do we do? -We fight.
Unfortunately, Batman, this is not a fight anyone, any planet, has ever survived.
Don't they look angry.
J'ONN: Not they.
It.
The Joining has many bodies but only one mind.
A mind focused on harvesting your planet's technology and destroying what's left.
Now might be a good time for you to float us out of here.
Not with them up there.
Well, if you can't go up, you go down.
[EXPLODING.]
Oh, my.
There's an emergency exit tunnel right behind this wall.
Well, I'd say this qualifies as an emergency.
[CRASHING.]
J'ONN: Go.
I'll deal with them.
[GROANING.]
[BEEPING.]
[EXPLODING.]
BATGIRL: It's not that Batman doesn't want our help.
It's just that he doesn't need our help.
Big difference.
Great.
So, you're saying that, to the big guy, we're basically useless.
I wouldn't go that far.
We proved Alfred's not a robot.
And I'm so relieved.
Lucius, you're hurt.
You know what to do, Alfred.
What's going on? Alien invasion.
Alien invasion, huh? Excuse me.
-Alien invasion? ROBIN: Aliens? What happened to robots? Ah! Alien! Got an alien here! Different kind of alien.
Hi.
J'onn J'onzz.
[LAUGHS.]
How are you so calm, Alfred? Aliens.
I'd think that would warrant at least one of your signature cocked eyebrows.
I keep house for a man who dresses like a bat and works in a cave.
At this point in my life, there's little that fazes me.
Ah, what's that? Robot head.
So five minutes ago.
[BEEPING.]
No, it can't be.
[LASER PULSING AND SIRENS WAILING.]
More than your city is in danger now, Batman.
This is about Earth.
It's the end of the world.
It can't be.
It just looks a whole lot like it.
We can stop it, right? If I may, sir, how? Shut it off.
Please.
I'm sorry, Batman.
I had hoped to prevent this.
I'm not ready give up just yet.
The saucer.
It's our one physical link to The Joining.
Earlier analysis revealed it was made up of a bonded metallic hybrid.
Different metals, bonded together to form a single alloy.
Like The Joining itself.
Many elements, one purpose.
They created a metal stronger than almost any compound on Earth but they used Wayne Industries technology to do it.
-Ah, then that would mean.
-Exactly.
The Joining's just made their first mistake.
We do not make mistakes.
We are The Joining.
-Unplug it.
-It is unplugged.
I am drawing power from The Joining.
We have taken your technology.
We have improved it.
We use it now to destroy your world.
We are unstoppable.
For such a good looking guy, he talks too much.
We have work to do now.
Gotham is depending on us.
Gotham City has literally been overrun by-- -Ah! -Oh, come on! [PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
MAN: Hurry! Hurry! [HORSES NEIGHING.]
On my command.
Fire! [ALL CHEERING.]
[MEN GASP AND HORSES NEIGHS.]
[GUNSHOTS.]
Commissioner? What else can we do? I've already done the best thing I can think of.
Time to test it.
Robin, go for a ride.
BATMAN: Take it up, but not too high.
Why not? [SCREAMS THEN GRUNTS.]
Molecular instability.
Impressive.
And funny.
Bruce made sure I built a fail-safe into all our tech.
Just in case it ever fell into the wrong hands.
I get it.
Like a shutoff switch.
And, by the way, ow.
And since The Joining used our technology to build their fleet.
We can use it to take their fleet apart.
Looks like they came halfway across a galaxy just to get their butts kicked.
We still have one problem.
A signal strong enough to affect all the ships would have to be sent from a satellite relay.
Which means, we need to send the signal from inside Wayne Industries.
This wouldn't be the same Wayne Industries that's guarded by giant robots, would it? We're going with you.
I know the Wayne Industries layout better than anyone.
A group is only gonna slow me down.
J'ONN: You have to learn to trust your partners, Batman.
And, no, this isn't your conscience speaking.
Haven't you been watching The Joining? They're linked, coordinated, strong.
If we want to beat them, we have to be like them.
No way I can shake you? None on earth.
Then do me one favor.
Fasten the belt.
Planning repairs, are we? No point.
End of the world, remember? Besides, you heard Batman, we'd only get in the way.
There are times when, I, too, disagree with Master Bruce's decisions.
And, when that happens there's something I do that never fails to lift my spirits.
I disobey him.
I think I saw a welding torch around here.
-You ready? -Not even Martians live forever.
You go around the south side.
I'll take the north entrance.
Strangely beautiful, isn't it? I found a phonograph record that seems fitting.
Good choice.
Wagner would have been too.
And I found this.
I'd forgotten this.
We took him to the air show.
Long time ago.
I think that was the first day where he forgot, just a little.
I just counseled two young people to disobey orders.
To help if they could.
Perhaps we should take the same advice? I don't think I'm up for any fisticuffs.
There are other skills.
It's probably useless, you know.
Oh, absolutely.
[SIREN WAILING.]
[EXPLODING.]
Forgive my inhospitality, but terrorizing Gotham is my job! [JOKER LAUGHING.]
[SIREN WAILING.]
Commish, it's Freeze.
What do we do with him? We back him up.
[EXPLODING AND GUNSHOTS.]
This town's gone mad! [LAUGHING MANIACALLY.]
[CRASHING.]
BOTH: Yes! BATGIRL: No time to celebrate.
We need to get to Wayne Industries.
[GRUNTING.]
[EXPLODING.]
[RUMBLING.]
MAN [ON COMPUTER.]
: Broadcast ready.
Activate now.
[BEEPING.]
Signal block? No! [RUMBLING.]
We can tap into the Wayne Industries security camera system.
Be another set of eyes for Bruce.
Humans.
Defiant even in the face of certain defeat.
Certain defeat? We shall see about that.
If you're referring to the fail-safe signal, you hope to transmit then know your friend was unsuccessful.
The Joining has blocked it.
Like everything else on this planet The Joining now control the satellite feeds.
ALFRED: Sir? -The signal is being blocked, Alfred.
ALFRED: Lucius believes he can hack into the system and override The Joining's control.
But you will need to manually override it from your end, as well.
That's going to take time.
I'm not sure I can override the system and keep these guys at bay.
ROBIN: Then it sounds like someone needs backup.
I told you two not to come here.
That's why we had to quit as your partners.
Yeah, that's right.
We quit.
You can't order us around anymore.
We're freelancers and can be wherever we wanna be.
I hear there's work in Metropolis.
You picked us, Batman, because you knew we were strong.
ROBIN: And sometimes that's about being strong enough to help you.
BATGIRL: Even when you think you don't need us.
It's never been about not needing you, it's about not losing you.
[RUMBLING.]
[GRUNTS.]
It was a long way around from the south entrance.
Am I interrupting something? No, I was just consulting with my team.
[RUMBLING.]
If I don't get this done, this will be a very dangerous place.
We'll secure the room, Batman.
You just get that signal ready.
[RUMBLING.]
They seem to be rising above the center of each major city and forming into giant rings.
The Joining has what it came for.
Now it is time for the end.
Within minutes, your world will be destroyed.
ALFRED: Sir, we have a new problem.
The Alien ships are forming into super-weapons.
And I fear we haven 't much time before they activate.
Just keep working, Alfred.
[GRUNTING AND CRASHING.]
Ah! Ugh.
[BOTH SCREAMING.]
[BOTH GRUNT.]
ALFRED: We're ready on our end, sir.
Let's do it.
LUCIUS: Bruce's signal is spreading across the planet.
It's looking good.
This has never happened before.
[EXPLODING.]
[CHEERING.]
-It worked.
-Yes! We did it! How unusual.
Humans.
[GROANING.]
What? Martians don't knock? How are things, Bruce? Good.
Gotham's rebuilding.
Not just Gotham.
The entire world rebuilds towards a new tomorrow.
A tomorrow that would never have come if not for one man who wanted to make a difference.
J'ONN: You saved your planet, Bruce.
I didn't.
We did.
In the end, you did work well with partners.
Perhaps, you would be open to expanding your circle.
Sorry, J'onn, I already have two partners.
Don't need a third.
Actually, we were hoping you would join us.
Let me show you.
I've found others.
Like me.
Like you.
J'ONN: The world's changing, Batman.
You can go it alone if you want.
Or step into the larger world and be a part of a greater good.
I've been monitoring your construction here for months.
Hacking your systems since they came online.
I wondered, J'onn, when you were gonna tell me about your space station.
You've put together quite a league.
Let's get to work.
ROBIN: You have a great view from your office, Mr.
Fox.
Call me Lucius.
Lucius helped construct the Batcave.
He knows I'm the Batman.
What? Who are you? Wait! Ah! Detective John Jones.
Did you see what these guys were stealing? Really, there's nothing you need to worry about.
LUCIUS: You should have those crates sent back here unopened.
ROBIN: Whoa! Whoa! Ah! BRUCE: If Detective Jones is right my company's been shipping things like this all over the world.
I wanna find out if Jones knows more than he's letting on.
Then let's pay the detective a visit.
I'll pay him a visit.
I know you're not human.
I'm one of the good guys.
You may want all the help you can get with what's coming.
Alien invasion.
The end of your world.
J'ONN: They're called The Joining.
A synthetic alien race that's ravaged over half the galaxy.
The Joining are robots.
Batman.
What? Ha! The real Lucius is being held at the Wayne Industries factory.
LUCIUS: We're too late.
J'ONN: It's begun.
[RUMBLING.]
No.
[ROBOTS SCREAMING.]
-What do we do? -We fight.
Unfortunately, Batman, this is not a fight anyone, any planet, has ever survived.
Don't they look angry.
J'ONN: Not they.
It.
The Joining has many bodies but only one mind.
A mind focused on harvesting your planet's technology and destroying what's left.
Now might be a good time for you to float us out of here.
Not with them up there.
Well, if you can't go up, you go down.
[EXPLODING.]
Oh, my.
There's an emergency exit tunnel right behind this wall.
Well, I'd say this qualifies as an emergency.
[CRASHING.]
J'ONN: Go.
I'll deal with them.
[GROANING.]
[BEEPING.]
[EXPLODING.]
BATGIRL: It's not that Batman doesn't want our help.
It's just that he doesn't need our help.
Big difference.
Great.
So, you're saying that, to the big guy, we're basically useless.
I wouldn't go that far.
We proved Alfred's not a robot.
And I'm so relieved.
Lucius, you're hurt.
You know what to do, Alfred.
What's going on? Alien invasion.
Alien invasion, huh? Excuse me.
-Alien invasion? ROBIN: Aliens? What happened to robots? Ah! Alien! Got an alien here! Different kind of alien.
Hi.
J'onn J'onzz.
[LAUGHS.]
How are you so calm, Alfred? Aliens.
I'd think that would warrant at least one of your signature cocked eyebrows.
I keep house for a man who dresses like a bat and works in a cave.
At this point in my life, there's little that fazes me.
Ah, what's that? Robot head.
So five minutes ago.
[BEEPING.]
No, it can't be.
[LASER PULSING AND SIRENS WAILING.]
More than your city is in danger now, Batman.
This is about Earth.
It's the end of the world.
It can't be.
It just looks a whole lot like it.
We can stop it, right? If I may, sir, how? Shut it off.
Please.
I'm sorry, Batman.
I had hoped to prevent this.
I'm not ready give up just yet.
The saucer.
It's our one physical link to The Joining.
Earlier analysis revealed it was made up of a bonded metallic hybrid.
Different metals, bonded together to form a single alloy.
Like The Joining itself.
Many elements, one purpose.
They created a metal stronger than almost any compound on Earth but they used Wayne Industries technology to do it.
-Ah, then that would mean.
-Exactly.
The Joining's just made their first mistake.
We do not make mistakes.
We are The Joining.
-Unplug it.
-It is unplugged.
I am drawing power from The Joining.
We have taken your technology.
We have improved it.
We use it now to destroy your world.
We are unstoppable.
For such a good looking guy, he talks too much.
We have work to do now.
Gotham is depending on us.
Gotham City has literally been overrun by-- -Ah! -Oh, come on! [PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
MAN: Hurry! Hurry! [HORSES NEIGHING.]
On my command.
Fire! [ALL CHEERING.]
[MEN GASP AND HORSES NEIGHS.]
[GUNSHOTS.]
Commissioner? What else can we do? I've already done the best thing I can think of.
Time to test it.
Robin, go for a ride.
BATMAN: Take it up, but not too high.
Why not? [SCREAMS THEN GRUNTS.]
Molecular instability.
Impressive.
And funny.
Bruce made sure I built a fail-safe into all our tech.
Just in case it ever fell into the wrong hands.
I get it.
Like a shutoff switch.
And, by the way, ow.
And since The Joining used our technology to build their fleet.
We can use it to take their fleet apart.
Looks like they came halfway across a galaxy just to get their butts kicked.
We still have one problem.
A signal strong enough to affect all the ships would have to be sent from a satellite relay.
Which means, we need to send the signal from inside Wayne Industries.
This wouldn't be the same Wayne Industries that's guarded by giant robots, would it? We're going with you.
I know the Wayne Industries layout better than anyone.
A group is only gonna slow me down.
J'ONN: You have to learn to trust your partners, Batman.
And, no, this isn't your conscience speaking.
Haven't you been watching The Joining? They're linked, coordinated, strong.
If we want to beat them, we have to be like them.
No way I can shake you? None on earth.
Then do me one favor.
Fasten the belt.
Planning repairs, are we? No point.
End of the world, remember? Besides, you heard Batman, we'd only get in the way.
There are times when, I, too, disagree with Master Bruce's decisions.
And, when that happens there's something I do that never fails to lift my spirits.
I disobey him.
I think I saw a welding torch around here.
-You ready? -Not even Martians live forever.
You go around the south side.
I'll take the north entrance.
Strangely beautiful, isn't it? I found a phonograph record that seems fitting.
Good choice.
Wagner would have been too.
And I found this.
I'd forgotten this.
We took him to the air show.
Long time ago.
I think that was the first day where he forgot, just a little.
I just counseled two young people to disobey orders.
To help if they could.
Perhaps we should take the same advice? I don't think I'm up for any fisticuffs.
There are other skills.
It's probably useless, you know.
Oh, absolutely.
[SIREN WAILING.]
[EXPLODING.]
Forgive my inhospitality, but terrorizing Gotham is my job! [JOKER LAUGHING.]
[SIREN WAILING.]
Commish, it's Freeze.
What do we do with him? We back him up.
[EXPLODING AND GUNSHOTS.]
This town's gone mad! [LAUGHING MANIACALLY.]
[CRASHING.]
BOTH: Yes! BATGIRL: No time to celebrate.
We need to get to Wayne Industries.
[GRUNTING.]
[EXPLODING.]
[RUMBLING.]
MAN [ON COMPUTER.]
: Broadcast ready.
Activate now.
[BEEPING.]
Signal block? No! [RUMBLING.]
We can tap into the Wayne Industries security camera system.
Be another set of eyes for Bruce.
Humans.
Defiant even in the face of certain defeat.
Certain defeat? We shall see about that.
If you're referring to the fail-safe signal, you hope to transmit then know your friend was unsuccessful.
The Joining has blocked it.
Like everything else on this planet The Joining now control the satellite feeds.
ALFRED: Sir? -The signal is being blocked, Alfred.
ALFRED: Lucius believes he can hack into the system and override The Joining's control.
But you will need to manually override it from your end, as well.
That's going to take time.
I'm not sure I can override the system and keep these guys at bay.
ROBIN: Then it sounds like someone needs backup.
I told you two not to come here.
That's why we had to quit as your partners.
Yeah, that's right.
We quit.
You can't order us around anymore.
We're freelancers and can be wherever we wanna be.
I hear there's work in Metropolis.
You picked us, Batman, because you knew we were strong.
ROBIN: And sometimes that's about being strong enough to help you.
BATGIRL: Even when you think you don't need us.
It's never been about not needing you, it's about not losing you.
[RUMBLING.]
[GRUNTS.]
It was a long way around from the south entrance.
Am I interrupting something? No, I was just consulting with my team.
[RUMBLING.]
If I don't get this done, this will be a very dangerous place.
We'll secure the room, Batman.
You just get that signal ready.
[RUMBLING.]
They seem to be rising above the center of each major city and forming into giant rings.
The Joining has what it came for.
Now it is time for the end.
Within minutes, your world will be destroyed.
ALFRED: Sir, we have a new problem.
The Alien ships are forming into super-weapons.
And I fear we haven 't much time before they activate.
Just keep working, Alfred.
[GRUNTING AND CRASHING.]
Ah! Ugh.
[BOTH SCREAMING.]
[BOTH GRUNT.]
ALFRED: We're ready on our end, sir.
Let's do it.
LUCIUS: Bruce's signal is spreading across the planet.
It's looking good.
This has never happened before.
[EXPLODING.]
[CHEERING.]
-It worked.
-Yes! We did it! How unusual.
Humans.
[GROANING.]
What? Martians don't knock? How are things, Bruce? Good.
Gotham's rebuilding.
Not just Gotham.
The entire world rebuilds towards a new tomorrow.
A tomorrow that would never have come if not for one man who wanted to make a difference.
J'ONN: You saved your planet, Bruce.
I didn't.
We did.
In the end, you did work well with partners.
Perhaps, you would be open to expanding your circle.
Sorry, J'onn, I already have two partners.
Don't need a third.
Actually, we were hoping you would join us.
Let me show you.
I've found others.
Like me.
Like you.
J'ONN: The world's changing, Batman.
You can go it alone if you want.
Or step into the larger world and be a part of a greater good.
I've been monitoring your construction here for months.
Hacking your systems since they came online.
I wondered, J'onn, when you were gonna tell me about your space station.
You've put together quite a league.
Let's get to work.