Batman: The Long Halloween (2022) - full transcript

[distant sirens]

[Bruce] I only came here
out of respect

for my parents who...

knew your family.

Your father...

was more than just a friend
to my family.

[Bruce] That was
a long time ago.

[Falcone] Yes.

A long time.

Thomas Wayne believed
in my father.

He believed a man could
bring order to a world of chaos.



And you, Bruce?

I believe in Gotham City.

- You try the vongole?
- [woman] Mm. Delicious.

- [windows shattering]
- [people shouting]

[tires screech]

[people murmuring]

[people cheering]

[sirens blaring]

[laughing]

[siren blaring]

[laughing]

[tires screeching]

[both grunting]

[water splashing]



[inhales deeply]

Oh. Hmm.

[silenced gunshots]

[crickets chirping]

Master Bruce. Happy Halloween.

Is there coffee?

In the study, sir.

A Miss Kyle telephoned.

She said she was checking the number
you gave her to make sure it's real.

The gates are open.

We haven't seen
a trick-or-treater in years.

We won't see one tonight.

Hardly worth the security risk,
wouldn't you say?

Respectfully, sir,

if our security is dependent
on $600 worth of iron alloy...

This city is fallen, Alfred.

Then we must endeavor
to lift it up again, Bruce.

In the meantime,
we live in obstinate hope.

And an unlocked mansion.

Anyway...

it's an absurd holiday.

Oh, yes.

Putting on costumes
and striking fear.

Quite absurd.

Do you really think...

I hate when he does that.

- [crickets chirping]
- [distant sirens]

[children giggling]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. James.

Babs! No running!

Come on guys, slow down!
You're gonna hurt yourselves.

They're excited, Jim.

Big night.

Yeah. All right.

But we're taking the squad car.

Too many crazies out.

[Babs] Sir!

Hang on.

Now you're ready.

All right, who wants to drive?

[Barbara] Jim!

[laughing] Just joking.

[telephone ringing]

Hey, hey, hang on.

It could be a wrong number,
or a crank call or...

[clears throat] Gordon.

Uh-huh.

When?

All right.

I'm on my way.

Your father's Captain now.

The whole department's
counting on him.

Well, I was
counting on him, too.

[sighing]

I'll try and be quick.

[children chattering]

Hello?

Gilda. There you are.

What?

[sighs] Harvey.

You're home.

Better late than never.

Why are you hiding
out here in the cold?

I know.

I'm sorry, I-I just...

Mm, you started without me.

Did you have any kids?

What?

Trick-or-treaters.

Oh, no. I...

No. I just...

I don't think I'm really up
for all that tonight.

Answering the door
every five minutes...

smiling.

Yeah, I saw the bowl
on the porch.

It's okay.
It's a ghost town out there.

[chuckles] So to speak.

We're gonna be eating
that candy for a month.

Or not.

You know I have a love-hate
relationship with candy.

You have a love-hate
relationship with everything.

[sighs]

Let's just crawl into bed

and watch an old

black and white movie on...

[Harvey] Baby, I'm so sorry.

You have to go.

Pick a movie.
I'll be back soon.

I love you.

[distant siren]

[door opens]

Does he always keep you
waiting like this?

He'll be here.

I thought you quit.

I have.

Hmm. Don't worry,
I won't tell Barbara.

[Batman] Gentlemen.

Ah. Good.

This is District Attorney
Harvey D...

Bats.

Dent.

Okay.

What's happened?

Johnny Viti was
murdered tonight.

Damn it!

[Batman] The Roman's nephew.

He has a name.

It's Carmine Falcone,
not "The Roman."

[Gordon] Harvey, calm down.

Where were your men, Jim?

I've been working on Viti
for months!

Nobody on your team
thought he'd be vulnerable

the night before he's gonna
turn state's evidence?

.22 caliber, taped handle,

serial number filed off.

[Gordon] Baby bottle nipple
for a silencer.

Odd, but effective.

And untraceable.

Hard to tell if we're dealing
with a professional.

Of course it was a
professional! This was Falcone!

He found out Viti was gonna betray
the family so he took him off the board!

Maybe.

[sighing]

We were so close.

We were so close, Jim.

He was ready to sing.

And not just about Carmine,
the whole family was going away.

We had a real opportunity
to change things.

We still do.

It's just a setback.

We'll find another way
to take down Falcone.

Together.

[Batman] Where's
the jack-o'-lantern?

Excuse me?

You think it's important?

I don't know yet.

Look, Harvey's right.

This city's finally
got a chance.

And it's the three men
standing here right now.

The Falcone crime family
has to be taken down.

So I'm putting you two together.

District Attorney Dent will
work in the light, and you...

will work the other side.

Bend the rules,
but never break them.

And I'll do everything I can
to protect you both.

Understood.

[Harvey] He needs
to hear you say it, Bats.

Two heads are better than one.

[Batman] Leads come my way
pretty fast.

Keep your ears open.

Then I guess we're up and...

running.

He does that a lot.

- I just...
- [door opens]

And I'm talking to myself.

[woman crying]

[clears throat]

Godfather.

I'm so sorry
to hear about your nephew.

Grazie, amico.

[Antoni] Carmine.

No disrespect,

but why are we sitting
on our hands here, huh?

He put two in Johnny's head!

Who did?

Salvatore Maroni! Who else?

Ever since
he took over that family,

he's been gunning for us,

and tonight,
he found the target.

It's a warning, for Christ sakes.

Perhaps.

But let us be clear.

The man who pulled the trigger
did not load the gun.

Maroni's ambition was in check
until the law put a target on my back.

Now it's open season.

If anyone is responsible
for my nephew's death,

it's that new son of a bitch
in the DA's office.

Dent.

- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- Maybe he should sleep with the fishes.

[murmurs of agreement]

Hell yes!

You just say the word, Carmine,
and I'll do Dent myself!

Settle, Antoni.

At the right time,
we'll hit back. Until then...

The right time is now, Carmine!

Now! Any delay is only gonna
make you look even weaker!

Thank you
for your concern, Antoni.

No... no disrespect, Carmine.

It's "Godfather."

[grunts softly] Milos. Come on!

[Antoni straining]

Please! [groaning]

[breathing heavily]

Milos! No!

No!

[thud]

We have other business
to discuss?

Alberto?

Alberto!

Business time.

Take your crosswords for a walk.

They're...

logic puzzles.

Thirty-two going on thirteen.

[all laughing]

[Falcone] Wayne is
not gonna support

any large-scale
structuring effort.

So, for now, the assets will have to
be moved to a more secure facility...

[thunder rumbling]

[yawning]

[groans]

Your equipment's
weighing you down.

Why are you running?

Fun.

You could use a little fun.

[grunts]

Give me your hand.

Nah.

[grunts]

[Batman grunts]

Got you exactly
where I want you.

[Batman] Falcone.

Wait till you see what's inside.

Mm... [laughs]

Have you ever seen
this kind of money?

It's authentic.

So crisp and clean.

Actually, it's incredibly dirty.

Falcone's been having trouble
laundering his cash for some time.

We just didn't know
where he was stockpiling it.

Thank you.

I'm happy to help.

Why?

You could have kept it
to yourself.

You could have lived
pretty well with all this.

Why hand it over?

To you?

Who knows.

Get down!

[grunts]

Take it from me, pal,

around here,
curiosity can get you killed.

[Batman] Let him go.

What? Why?

Because he's with me.

Also because he's the DA who
put all your friends into Arkham.

We got room for one more.

[hissing]

[Batman] Anyone follow us?

I could barely follow us.

[device beeping]

[whistles]

Falcone Imports has been doing
quite a business.

You know,
if we were any other men...

We're not.

Yeah. No. Of course.

So, what now?

[Batman] We should call Gordon.

Have his men
pick this up as evidence.

Falcone owns the mayor
and the entire city assembly.

It'd be back in his coffers
by tomorrow.

[Batman] So the only way to make
an impact is to make it disappear.

Yeah, but look at all this.

Moving it could take days.

Well, who said anything
about moving it?

Why are you trying
to hurt Falcone?

Why are you?

It's not personal, sweetheart.
It's justice.

Justice can be personal,

sweetie.

Give me a head start.

I don't want to get caught
anywhere near here.

I don't know.

Gordon says I'm supposed
to work in the light.

Well, then, light it up.

I owe you one.

You owe me like...

a billion-five.

I can't really be a lawyer
and a criminal, can I?

I want to win.

But do I want to win like this?

I'm of two minds here.

So it's a coin flip.

Yeah. I guess it is.

Heads, we burn it down.

Okay.

[sirens blaring]

Call Chen.

[bats screeching]

[news anchor] Firefighters on the
scene here in the Industrial District

working to contain the blaze

before it can spread
to nearby homes and businesses.

Now at this time, Jackie,

officials believe
the Falcone Imports warehouse,

owned, of course, by the
notorious Falcone crime family,

to be vacant...

[coin clinking]

[chuckling] "Two heads
are better than one."

[engine starts]

Gilda?

Gilda?

Hey! You scared me.

I came home and I didn't know
where you were.

Did you hear me calling?

Please stay.

I'm not going anywhere.

I mean it.

Don't leave me.

Baby, I know
I haven't been around.

And I'm sorry.

But this job,

it isn't forever.

Hey, we caught a huge break
tonight on this Falcone thing.

Once I take him out,

and I will take him out...

things are gonna be different.

We can start a family.

You know I can't.

Of course you can.

We can.

We'll talk about options
when you're ready,

but I need you to trust
that we're still on track.

And that I love you.

Now are we still having
movie night or not?

No, don't even answer that.
Come on.

[car alarm blaring]

[dogs barking]

[sirens blaring]

If we take 66th,

we can cut them off
at the Westward Bridge.

No, maintain a safe distance
for now.

- [horn honking]
- [tires screeching]

[engine revving]

[tires screeching]

[beeping]

Good evening, sir.
The turkey is roasting,

the pies are cooling
and Miss Kyle is en route.

[rapid gunfire]

[Batman] Alfred, make a note
to order a new windshield.

Bulletproof.

Of course, sir, but if I may...

[grunts, gasps]

[tires screech]

[horn honking]

[neon sign crackling]

[Mickey panting]

[grunts]

[woman screaming]

[panting]

Aah!

[grunts]

I thought
you didn't hurt people!

[screaming]

You thought wrong.

[Mickey screaming]

You and your San Ho Hui buddies

were seen outside Harvey
Dent's house on Halloween.

We were trick-or-treating.

[Mickey screaming]

[groaning, laughing]

Having fun?

Not yet.

But any second now.

[Mickey grunts]

[grunts]

Ya!

[grunts]

[speaks in Cantonese]

[grunting]

[laughs]

[yells]

[groans and grunts]

[whimpers]

[grunting]

[bomb timer beeps]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[groans]

[grunting]

- [bones crack]
- [screams]

[chuckling]

[yells]

[electricity crackling]

[groans]

[grunts and groans]

[groaning]

[exclaims]

[Cutter groans]

[Cat woman] Go.

I'll keep an eye
on your little friends.

A "thank you" would be nice!

It is Thanksgiving.

[Batman] We can
make this easy, Mickey.

Just tell me
who hired you to kill Dent.

Go to hell, Bat-Freak.

Right now, the only difference
between you and me

is that I know what's down here.

Hmm.

[Mickey straining]

Grundy.

He's mine.

Let him go.

[grunts]

[Batman] This is your place.

Give him to me
and I'll make sure

he never sets foot
down here again.

[grunts]

You can be alone.

[grunts]

[grunts]

[Grundy] Born on a Monday.

[monitor beeping]

[Tamara] One more for ya.

[Gilda] My goodness.

People have been
so kind to Harvey.

Oh, this one's not
for your husband. It's for you.

From a "Mr. Falcone."

I-I'm sorry, ma'am.

- It's none of my business...
- [exhales sharply]

Isn't it time for his dinner?

[door closes]

[Gordon] I don't wanna
be here, Mick.

My wife's cooking turkey
with all the trimmings.

I love turkey
with all the trimmings.

So, just tell us what you know about
the bomb in the district attorney's house,

then we can all go eat.

I don't even know
Carmine Falcone.

The Roman contracted your triad
to take out Harvey Dent!

Your signature's all over it.

Mickey. You gotta help me
keep my friend here calm.

Just give us something,

anything.

Someone's trying to frame me.

I told you. I'm innocent.

Chairs are for suspects.

This guy's innocent.

[grunts and speaks in Cantonese]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Hey. I thought we were
just doing a thing.

This little act doesn't get us
anywhere if the guy gets hurt.

Maybe you guys should admit
you have nothing on San Ho Hui.

If you had, you would've
booked me already.

All right. That's it. Montoya!

Please, show our friend out.

Maybe you should thank
whoever planted that bomb.

What did you say?

You still haven't figured out
who killed Johnny Viti?

[chuckles]

Get him outta my sight.

You may be aces in a fistfight, but you've
got a lot to learn about detective work.

I found him, didn't I?

It's not just
about finding them.

You gotta know how
they're gonna help your case.

Mickey Chen is a small fish
protected by Falcone.

We were never going
to get a confession.

We needed to make friends
and, in time, flip him.

Keep talking like that,
they'll make you DA.

Harvey isn't dead yet.

And he isn't a killer, either.

No matter what
that scumbag thinks.

He's never even owned a gun.

Falcone fits.

The Roman killed Viti
and ordered the hit on Dent.

Occam's Razor.

The simplest explanation
is usually the right one.

All right, if I leave now,
I might just make dinner.

You should be
with your people, too.

Fine.

Good night.

Happy Thanksgiving, Mrs. Dent.

Now, I'm sure the missus is
running out to pick up some real food,

but I guarantee you, you have
never had pumpkin pie like...

Uh, Mr. Dent?

[instrumental music playing]

I just wanted to get out of
this city, I hate this place.

Nice.

[indistinct chatter]

[Falcone] The secret
is the basil.

You want only the youngest
leaves from the youngest plant,

otherwise it's like mint.

Overpowers everything.

We have a lot
to be thankful for, Alberto.

Such as?

Health. Family.

[Alberto] What's left of it.

[chopping stops]

If you are referring
to your cousin Johnny,

that is being handled.

- [chopping resumes]
- By Mickey Chen.

And who do you think hired him?

[sighs] Of course.

Is there something
you wish to say?

[sighs]

No, Poppa.

Except to point out that
Harvey Dent is still alive.

Because I allow it.

For now.

This.

This is what
I keep talking about.

This is Oxford.

That place polluted
your mind, Alberto.

You used to know
your place. Now?

I should have
never sent you there.

The dangers
of independent thought.

When have you had
one independent thought

that actually benefited
this family?

Maybe when I sent flowers

to Dent's hospital room

in the Falcone name.

You did what?

I sent flowers.

I thought it would
take suspicion off of us

if we looked like we care
about his recovery.

Now, I suppose you'll say
it was a sloppy move.

- [grunts]
- [objects clattering]

- I can forgive sloppy.
- [choking]

What I will not tolerate

is you presuming to speak

on behalf of this family.

[choking and grunting]

Let me be perfectly clear.

Again.

Any notion you may hold

about being next in line

to take over

our business interests

is a pathetic delusion.

[groans]

[coughs]

[breathing heavily]

You are weak.

Your weakness is my liability.

You are to have zero contact
with Mr. or Mrs. Harvey Dent.

End of discussion.

[panting]

[Gordon] Harvey!

Hello.

I got a call that you went
missing from the hospital.

How did I know
I'd find you here?

Couldn't stand
being cooped up anymore.

Thought I'd stretch my legs.

[Gordon] Yeah.

Listen, why don't you hop in?
I'll take you back.

No. No, no, no, no, no.
I like it out here.

I'm on my way home
for Thanksgiving dinner.

You should come along.

Barbara always makes a ton.

I'm not hungry.

Harvey, what are we doing here?

I don't know.

Maybe I wasn't ready
for this yet.

[inhales sharply]
I think I'm gonna go back now.

Don't you worry about Harvey.

[sighs] All right, Counselor.

As far as I'm concerned,
you don't have this.

The Falcones
are dangerous people

and, to them,
you're the bad guy.

Protect your family.

[car door opens and closes]

[engine starts]

[indistinct chatter]

So I made him an offer,
you know.

[all laugh]

[glass clinking]

To the family.

Those dearly departed...

and those whom we are fortunate
to have beside us here today.

Let us be thankful for the time
we still have together

and for the many blessings
bestowed upon us.

- Alla salute!
- [all] Salute!

[people laughing]

[man 1] Ah, yes.

- [man 2] Oh, look.
- Oh, come here!

- [man 3] Oh-ho!
- [man 4] Yeah!

- I told you I'd walk.
- [man 5] Very good, very good.

- [man 6] Yeah!
- [all shout and laugh]

- Whoo-hoo!
- [man 7] Welcome back.

Barbara?

[sighs]

Ooh!

[both laugh]

[sniffs]

Solomon Grundy...

born on a Monday...

[laughter]

No. Believe me. I told him
where he could stick the cape.

[all laughing]

Even Gordon laughed.

That's when they let me go.

[laughter continues]

[silenced gunshots]

[Batman] You don't
need me for this.

I should be out hunting.

[Gordon] We've got it covered.

All of Gotham PD will be deployed
throughout town by midnight.

One way or another, when
Holiday comes calling, we'll be ready.

You know, this was all you.

[Batman] I wanted them
in Gotham Penitentiary.

This was Harvey.

And he was right.

Calendar Man.

So...

a killer who only
works on holidays.

And it's December 24th.

I was wondering
when you'd get to me.

We don't have much time, Day.

Who killed Johnny Viti
on Halloween?

The same person who killed Mickey
Chen and his crew on Thanksgiving.

We need a better answer
than that.

Viti was The Roman's nephew.

The Roman was Chen's employer.

First suspect is, therefore,

The Roman.

But since sneaking around
isn't really Falcone's style,

we move on to
the second suspect.

Someone hoping for the fall
of The Roman empire.

Like Sal Maroni.

He's as good a guess
as any of the others.

What "others"?

You're down a man.

This is a waste of time.

I told you to bring Mr. Dent.

He isn't safe out there.

The DA who put you all
in Arkham?

Half the patients here
would kill him on sight,

so I'd say out there
is the only place he is safe.

Perhaps.

Or perhaps he doesn't know
you're here.

Perhaps...

the district attorney...

is a suspect?

Ah.

Well, of course.

Intelligent, calculating, with a
mission to take down Carmine Falcone.

It all fits.

Harvey Dent is not a killer.

Unless he's leading
a double life.

Like your caped crusader here.

Why did you ask for me?

So you could see for yourself.

I don't have time
for your crazy.

[Calendar Man]
You really don't.

There's lots of crazy
out there these days.

And just when you thought
you'd cleaned it all up.

[sighing] What a...

joke.

Happy holiday.

- [Batman] Open it!
- [guard grunts]

[buzzer sounds]

[flies buzzing]

[inmates laughing]

He had somebody get to my kid!

[sobbing] If...
If I didn't help him...

I'm sorry.

Harvey isn't safe.

Go!

[laughter continues]

[Joker] ♪ 'Tis the
season To be jolly ♪

♪ Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ha-ha-ha-ha! ♪

♪ Outside
It's an awful chiller ♪

♪ Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ha-ha-ha-ha! ♪

♪ Boy, this Holiday's
A killer ♪

♪ Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ha-ha-ha-ha! ♪

- [door closes]
- Gilda? Is that you?

"Gilda"!

She looked like a Gilda.

Looking for this?

[laughing]

Relax, lollipop!

Police issue.

Where's my wife?

She's just where I left her,
last-minute shopping.

Spoiler alert, it's socks.

What do you want?

Aw, I thought I was
playing Santi Claus!

Oh, all right.

I want a fire engine
and a football and...

to deliver a message.

Put the gun down and we'll talk.

Sure!

[Joker laughing maniacally]

[Alfred] Your suspicions
were correct.

A Santa clown has reportedly
terrorized three families today.

Sir, they were
all named "Dent."

[engine revving]

[laughing maniacally]

- Whoo!
- [gun clicking]

[groans]

[grunting]

[Harvey grunts]

[laughs maniacally]

[groans]

Where did you get that?

Why?

Ya missin' one? [chuckles]

You could use some cheering up!

Have ya heard the one
about the murderous clown

that escaped the asylum and showed up
at the home of the DA who put him there?

See, there's a persistent rumor
'round these parts

that DA Dent
is more than he appears to be.

But there's only room

for one homicidal maniac

in this town.

And if I hear

that Happy Harvey Dent

is steppin' out,

I'll make sure little Gilda

doesn't have to clothes-shop

for hubby-wubby ever again.

You call that a joke?

But you haven't even
heard the punchline!

It goes like this!

- [groans]
- [laughing]

[Batman] Harvey.

Harvey, can you hear me?

Any idea where he was heading?

Maroni...

[in Italian] Mangia.

[grunting]

[thudding]

[grunts and groans]

What happened to your
friend's face, Maroni?

Nothin'.

What happened to yours?

Oh, you mother...

Tell me everything he said.

If you get off of my neck.

[coughs]

He was inside
before we got there.

Took out the whole staff,
poisoned the fagioli.

I wasn't hungry,
but, uh, Freddy here...

I dunno. Guess I'm lucky.

No. He let you live. Why?

Do I look like I know?

He put a gun in my face

and told me
that this is his turf

and that he's cracking down
on interlopers.

Maybe I should thank him.

I don't know where you get off.

Freaks like this clown used
to play way out on the fringe,

but once you showed up...

Relax, pal.

Ya know, things used to
run smooth in this town.

Now we got killer crocs
and moths and sewer zombies,

not to mention
a homicidal maniac

skulking around the holidays
hittin' made men.

What's the common thread? Huh.

Where is he?

Who knows? He's a nutjob.

But if he's the guy
killin' Falcone's men,

it's only a matter of time till
he gets to old Carmine himself.

Maybe start there.

Not really much
of a detective, are ya?

[clicking]

Hello.

[Joker laughing maniacally]

Navy, navy, charcoal, black.

Ugh!

Really, Carm, is a splash
of color too much to ask?

Stop clowning around.

If you're gonna kill me,
just do it.

[gasps]

Is this the face of a killer?

Ugh! [laughs]

I guess it is!

[laughs maniacally]

Oh, relax, polpetto,
I'm not going to kill you.

Not tonight, anyway. [chuckles]

It's Christmas!

But...

someone will die tonight.

Probably someone close to you.

Don't you want to know
who's pulling the trigger?

[laughs]

Anyhoo, I just popped in to say,

if you hear any news about
the Holiday investigation,

I'd like you to pass it my way.

As a professional courtesy.

[in Italian accent]
Here's my card!

Buon Na tale!

- [smooches]
- [grunts]

[chuckles]

Buon Na tale. [chuckles]

[in normal voice] Hoo!
I kill me.

[toilet flushing]

What the hell?

[laughing]

[Joker] Missed me!

[Joker continues laughing]

Whoo! [snickering]

You know what I forgot?

[gun clicks]

[Joker] Whoa! That was close!

[laughing]

Whee!

- [body thuds]
- [Joker grunts and laughs]

[tires screech]

[bells jingling]

[monitor beeps]

[Alfred] I would
remind you, sir,

of Mr. Falcone's "annual benefit
for the Gotham Children's Clinic."

It would be advisable to show
your face at least one year.

Your father built that hospital.

[Bruce] He helped
The Roman build it.

[Alfred] Still, a good cause.

And, frankly, a night on a yacht

could do you some good.

Miss Kyle will be there.

[sighs]

Three murders on three holidays.

Each of the victims,
a Falcone associate.

All shot with the same type
of untraceable gun.

No witnesses.

[Alfred] Suspects?

Salvatore Maroni.

His family's always been
second to The Roman.

He's notoriously ambitious.

[Bruce] But he's killed
Falcone's men in broad daylight.

Why the cloak-and-dagger
Holiday business?

Carla Viti, Falcone's sister.

Runs their Chicago operation.

She could be making a play
for control of the family.

[Alfred] By killing her
only son on Halloween?

[Bruce] She is a criminal.

[Alfred] And he
is a homicidal maniac.

[Bruce] The guard testified

that he escaped before
the first murder.

[Alfred] The Roman himself.

[Bruce] Johnny Viti
was about to flip

and Mickey Chen could testify

that Falcone ordered
Dent's murder.

He had motive
to silence them both.

But why kill his own bodyguard?

May I ask why you're keeping
the fifth suspect off the board?

[Bruce] Because I don't like it.

But it fits. Doesn't it?

Obsessed with
taking down Falcone.

More than boss Maroni and
every ambitious made man in town.

He was turned down
for a gun license last year

when the psych eval
showed some...

wild aberrations.

Or is it someone else entirely?

Someone we haven't even
considered. [sighs]

I thought this would be about
sweeping criminals off the street,

maybe scaring them straight.

I never thought the Batman was
going to have to be a detective.

A good one.

What if I can't
save them, Alfred?

I've seen these
growing pains before, sir,

and I am confident that,
in the end,

the Batman will be
what the world needs him to be.

The same, I believe,
should be said of Bruce Wayne.

[ship horn blowing]

[indistinct chatter]

[chatter quietens]

My distinguished guests.

It is my honor
to welcome you here tonight.

I see a lot of familiar faces.

Mayor.

Your Eminence.

No, I was talking to Sal Maroni.

[crowd laughing]

Sal Maroni. On my yacht.

It's like my father always said,

"Keep your enemies close...

and a loaded gun closer."

[crowd laughing]

[chuckling]

Yeah.

[Falcone] Thirty years ago, a
small group of concerned Gothamites

joined together
to build something

the politicians squabbling in
the halls of government could not.

Dr. Thomas Wayne and I built the
Children's Clinic to protect families.

And if you know me,

you know there is nothing
more important to me than family.

So, buon anno!

Thank you all for being here
and for your generosity.

Let's beat last year's total.

Remember, cash only, please!

[all applauding]

Also, I would like to thank
our corporate sponsors,

Kord Omniversal,

Soder Cola,

and for the 10th year running,
Gotham Broadcasting Company.

Oh! Oh...

Oh, I'm so sorry!

Here, let me.

I have it. Thank you.

[under her breath]
No, thank you.

[Falcone] One more thing, and then
I promise I'll let you enjoy the party.

I would like
to acknowledge someone.

As I said, nothing is more
important to me than family.

And perhaps my one regret

is making this man feel like
he is not a part of this family.

We have not always
agreed on details.

But we agree
on the most important things.

We believe in family.

We believe in business.

And like
all of you here tonight,

we believe in Gotham City.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the son I never had,

Mr. Bruce Wayne.

[people gasp softly]

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct chatter]

[party horn blows]

- [Gordon] I think I see them!
- [Barbara] Wh-What?

As if it matters!
I hardly ever see you anyway!

I'm just saying,
there's no need to...

[Gordon] Hey, Harvey!

Shouldn't you
be working, Captain?

I am.

This is the largest police
presence this city's ever seen.

We got caught with our
pants down on Christmas,

but Heaven help Holiday if
he tries anything here tonight.

[earpiece chirps]

Always on duty! [sighs]

Always.

You didn't bring the kids?

They're sleeping over

at my mother's tonight.

We should try and hire you
to sit next time, Gilda.

I bet you're great with kids.

I haven't worked
as a sitter in years.

[chuckles] It paid her way
through law school.

I didn't know you're a lawyer.

I was.

Now I'm not anything.

[Joker humming "Auld Lang Syne"]

[Joker] Dead pilot? Check!

Ground crew? Check!

Poison gas? Check!

Time to ring in the new year.

[engine starting]

Ladies and gentlemen,
please fasten your seat belts

as I have no idea
how to fly this thing!

[laughing maniacally]

[ship horn blowing]

Looks like a real party.

So what the hell
are we doing here?

I don't know.

Something tells me this is
where I need to be tonight.

We...

[sighs] Look, we haven't talked,

and I think we should.

I feel like whatever this is...

whatever we've tried to be to
one another is... unraveling.

And we both know why.

We've never spoken of it,

but the truth is that you and I
are two different people.

It was fun to try,

but I don't think we're ever

gonna be able
to put it all together.

I guess we're just
not cut out for...

whatever this is.

Was.

Don't worry, though.

I'll see you on the other side.

When did you do it?

Do what?

You took my watch
without me noticing.

So when did you do it?
I'm curious.

Take it from me, Bruce,

around here,
curiosity can get you killed.

[earpiece chirps]

Not now.

What?

Where?

I just want to have
a normal night.

Can we just have a normal night?

I don't even know
what that is anymore!

I am alone here.

I told myself it was okay

because it would get better,

but it hasn't!

You don't have to be alone!

We've talked about
having a baby.

I can't!

You know that I can't!

Maybe not the old-fashioned way,

but that doesn't mean
that we can't try something...

I don't want it!

I don't want it because I can't

and I can't
because I don't want it!

Can we please
talk about this in private?

Jesus, why can't you
be more like...

More like who?

I'm only one man.

I can't do this.

Not now.

Excuse us.

Jim, did you know they're
having these kinds of problems?

Jim?

Yeah. I see it now.

[people] Huh?

[woman] What's going on?

Crappy New Year!

[laughing maniacally]

[exclaims]

[people shouting indistinctly]

Hey!

[growls]

[Joker] ♪ Should all offenses be
forgot And never brought to trial... ♪

[laughs]

Oh, silly me! The safety! Ha!

[beeps]

Ooh, pretty!

[laughing maniacally]

[Joker humming]

[grunts] Huh?

Well, shit.

Economy class ain't what
she used to be! Ha!

[Batman grunts]

[officer 1] This area
needs to be clear!

[officer 2] Everyone
remain calm!

[officer 3] This way!

- Pearce!
- Captain, sir!

I need to get my wife
out of here!

Yes, sir!

Follow me, ma'am.

[both grunting]

[Joker chuckles]

[laughing]

What are you trying to prove
with this stunt, Joker?

Prove? Stunt? Joker?

No, wait,
that one's right. [giggles]

- Why did you kill Johnny Viti?
- What?

And Mickey Chen
and Milos Grappa?

[laughs] You think I'm Holiday?

Oh, poppet,
I didn't know you cared!

[snickering]

Of course I'm not Holiday!

If I were him, why would I be
trying to kill him?

Kill him?

He's the competition!

And, like the corn kernel
always says,

"I won't be number two."

If it's Holiday you want dead,

then why gas everyone
in Gotham Square?

Half the city's down there!

Which means Holiday
either is or isn't!

I have a fifty-fifty chance.

And if I fail, well, at least I've
killed a lot of innocent people.

[laughs maniacally]

No, don't kill me!

Not before I find out

who Holiday is!

Why do you care?

Oh, you adorable fool.

Don't you know by now?

I'm just like you!

We both love a good puzzle.

So...

when the clock strikes 12:00,

do I get a little kiss?

[grunts]

[laughs maniacally]

Whoop!

Taking that as a "no."

[groans]

There goes my resolution.

Ha!

Out of the way. Now! Move!

Alberto, right?

Selina.

Can I ask you a question?

I'm trying to imagine what it's
like to grow up around all this.

I wouldn't know.

"Mr. Family" had me in boarding
schools overseas before I could walk.

Which is fine.

I would have never
fit in here anyway.

I'm an Oxford graduate

who's learned
more about business

than my father could ever
hope to understand, yet...

You don't get a seat
at the table.

Because I'm "weak."

I fell in love.

How is that weak?

[sighs] She was the wrong woman.

Wrong for the family.

[sighs] Wrong for him.

And, back then, I was so
desperate for his approval.

What happened to her?

Terrible things.

I let him...
scare her away from me.

Which, ironically, only proved that
he was right about me in the first place.

Weak. An embarrassment.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to...

[sighs] Why do I feel
like I can talk to you?

Uh... I, um...

I just...

Oh! No! No...

Oh! No! I'm sorry, I...

I can't... We can't...

[Batman] Get away from her.

Bruce!

Wait. Bruce? Wayne?

Bruce Wayne is...
is the Batman?

And Alberto Falcone is Holiday.

Surprises all around.

Me? You've been fed
some bad clues, Bruce.

But I still solved the puzzle.

The rejected son, born to
inherit an empire, but cast aside.

You're wrong.

You knew you'd never be
handed the keys to the kingdom,

so you manufactured a crisis
that targets the family business.

What?

With potential successors
dropping like flies,

Poppa tightened the circle
to family only,

and for the first time,
you were on the inside.

I don't want control
of the family!

I never did!

[crowd] Ten! Nine! Eight!
Seven! Six! Five!

- I would happily trade that for a normal life!
- Four! Three!

- To spend my days as far away from Gotham as possible.
- Two! One! Happy New Year!

To get married,

and have a child with...

- [gunshot]
- [fireworks bursting]

Oh, my God!

You couldn't know.

You're missing so many pieces.

[grunting]

[people exclaiming]

[woman exclaims]

[screams]

[indistinct chatter]

Come on.

Jim, what the hell are we doing?

Oh.

The divers will be fishing out
parts of Alberto Falcone for days.

Five-bladed prop
on its slowest speed.

Hell of a way to go.

That isn't how he went.

He was shot by Holiday
before going overboard.

Hang on.

Alberto wasn't Holiday?

I thought he was.

It was Occam's Razor, Jim,
the simplest solution.

But it was wrong.

I went there
for Alberto Falcone.

I thought I was supposed
to stop him,

but... I was supposed
to save him.

He was innocent.
And now he's dead.

I needed to be better.

[Gordon] We all did.

All of us.

You have to put a protective
detail on Carmine Falcone.

If he'll even let you.

Do you realize we started out
trying to take down The Roman,

and now we're trying
to save him?

When did that happen?

I have a better question.

If Alberto Falcone
wasn't Holiday, then who is?

And who's next?

[priest] Grant that our brother may sleep
here in peace until You awaken him to glory,

for You are the resurrection
and the life.

Then he will see You
face to face

and in Your light will see light

and know the splendor of God.

Amen.

[mourners] Amen.

[Falcone] Bruce.

A word.

Carmine.
If there's anything I can do...

You know what I want you to do,

but time and time again
you refuse me.

The Wayne Foundation isn't a
money laundering outfit for the mob.

And it won't be,
so long as I'm in control.

Of course.

Oh, how rude of me.

I don't believe
you've met my associate.

Charmed.

- [birds chirping]
- [serene music playing]

Tell me this never has to end.

All things wither, Bruce, but if
we're lucky... not for a long time.

Aren't you forgetting something?

Again?

[eerie music playing]

I can't resist you.

No man can.

[Poison Ivy] You've been
a good boy.

The foundation
was such a burden to you,

to us... just like
the rest of the company.

You know what you have to do
so we can be together.

[wind blowing]

[grunts]

Mr. Wayne, I think you've
over fed your philodendron.

[gasps]

[grunts]

[Bruce] Stop!

- [Bruce grunts]
- [Cat woman groans]

[straining]

This isn't you, Bruce.
She's controlling you somehow.

- Oh, hell. Sorry!
- [Bruce groans]

[Bruce groaning in pain]

[gasps]

[groans]

[groans weakly]

[groans] Oh.

[Cat woman grunts]

[grunts] How did you know?

Well, you haven't exactly
been discreet.

Appearing with Ivy in public and
signing assets over to The Roman.

I'll wake the lawyers, sir.

Police will be here any minute.

Tell them everything you
remember and then get to bed.

You look awful.

I told you
I don't want a partner.

You sure wanted one
these past three months.

Three months?

It took a while to catch the jolly
green Jezebel with her guard down.

- [Bruce] And Holiday?
- Still at large.

Gilda, I'm sorry.
We'll make the late movie.

I'm looking forward to it.

I think I'd like to go home.

Why? We can...

Yeah. Yeah, okay.

[Harvey] Jesus!

[camera shutter clicks]

[Gordon] Harvey...

you were right.

Chong's been supplying Holiday
with his guns.

You should have listened to me,
Jim, moved on this guy sooner.

We might have learned something.

[sighs] The Holiday Killer's
covering his tracks.

[camera shutter clicking]

[Gordon] Mother's Day.

This one snuck up on us.

Sure did.

Where's our friend?

[camera shutter clicking]

[siren wailing]

[thunder rumbling]

[neighing]

[grunts]

[Batman] Who helped you escape?

- Give me a name or I'll...
- [knife thrusts]

[Batman grunts]

[grunts]

[menacing laughter]

[Batman gasping]

[gasping]

[Scarecrow] It was my mother.

That's who helped me.

I strangled the old witch
years ago,

but I think she still watches
over handsome little Jonny.

[whimpering]

Happy Mother's Day.

[screaming]

Mother.

[Scarecrow laughs menacingly]

Through here.

[man] Sweetheart,
I don't know if this is the...

Take what you want.
Don't hurt us.

[Batman groaning]

[gun firing]

[breathing heavily]

[woman] Is he okay?

I don't care. Let's go.

[gasps]

Bruce, what are you doing?

[Bruce] Mother?

We have to get you home.

[thunder rumbling]

Bruce!

Where... where is she, Alfred?

- She?
- My... my mother.

I was with my mother.

[grunts] Up we go.

[reporter] Gotham police
are searching for two inmates

that escaped
from Arkham Asylum last night.

One of them, Dr. Jonathan
Crane, aka the Scarecrow,

stole one of Arkham's horses
from the grounds.

He's considered
extremely dangerous.

Anyone with knowledge
of his whereabouts

needs to call the Gotham PD
hotline right away.

Again, he's considered
highly dangerous.

Wait.

I packed your lunch.

Thanks. I gotta go.

[door closes]

I've come to see my father.

It's a tie.

[sighs wearily] And, yes, my
parole officer knows I'm here.

Sofia, my little girl.

Heat give you
any trouble downstairs?

There's more cops here than I
ever saw in ten years on the inside.

"Holiday detail." For my
protection, or so they tell me.

- Listen, I'm very busy, so...
- That's why I need to talk to you.

Poppa, I want to be in the room.

Sofia, we have
already discussed...

I executed the Crane escape
like you ordered.

And this foolish war
with Sal Maroni, I think...

Basta!

[sighs]

Things... are strained.

Half our top earners have been
taken out by either Holiday or Maroni.

We had a chance with Wayne, but
now that he's out, we have to restructure.

That is exactly why you need me.

I do not.

Sofia, if I bring you in now, our new earners
will think I am lining up a successor.

And that will make me
look old... and weak.

You are neither.

Nevertheless.

Good. End of discussion.

Now go buy something.

Big, flashy. A dress, a car. I don't
care. Just make sure everybody sees it.

Happy Father's Day, Poppa.

[Bruce] Awful business
at First Gotham.

How do you know
it was the Scarecrow?

Crane recently fled Arkham.

Gases all of his victims with a
fear-inducing neurotoxin, so...

Yeah, you can't really miss him.

- Look, So, Mr. Wayne...
- It's Bruce.

Can I get you anything?
Alfred makes a terrific Mai Tai.

It's 8:30 in the mor...

No... no, thank you.

We have some questions
about New Year's Eve.

The night Alberto Falcone
was murdered.

Harvey here was updating
the files.

And it seems that you were
the only passenger on that yacht

who didn't give us a statement.

Afraid I'm not much help.

I left the party before all
the commotion in a dinghy.

You probably noticed
it was missing.

Of course, I'd have given you
a statement anyway,

except that it would have been
a matter of public record

and could place my name next to
that of the young lady I went to meet.

I don't think her husband
likes me very much.

That's very convenient.

Well, not for her husband.

[chuckles]

[clears throat]

Here's what
I'm trying to understand.

You recently signed over
significant areas of your business

- to Carmine Falcone.
- That's all been reversed.

And I was drugged and
manipulated, if that's what you mean.

Was your father drugged
and manipulated

when he went into business
with The Roman?

You know everything
that monster is today

was born of the legitimacy
handed him by the name Wayne...

Harvey.

[Bruce] It's all right. Yes, my
father built hospitals with Falcone...

but the only influence
he was under

was an overwhelming desire
to save innocent lives.

And how many other innocent
lives did he end up trading for it?

Two... that I know of.

- [door opens]
- [Vincent] Please help my son.

I have nowhere else to go.

- This way! Over here.
- [Alfred] Onto the desk.

[sighs] Looks like four... No,
five bullet wounds to the chest.

You shouldn't have come here.
Your son needs to be in a hospital.

Where Luigi Maroni could
find him and finish the job?

No, Dr. Wayne, please.

Carmine is my only son.

[sighs] I'll do what I can.

- Alfred, get my bag.
- [Alfred] Right away, sir.

He's stable, but I don't want
to move him yet.

Grazie. I can never repay you.

He isn't out of the woods.

Come on,
we have to let him rest.

You shouldn't be here.

It's okay.

Do you know who my father is?

The Roman?

[coughs]

Smart kid.

So you know who I'm going to be?

The Roman.

Very smart.

You remind me of my boy.

Your pop saved my life.

I guess that makes us family.

It fell out of your pocket.

My insurance policy.

There's a lot of bad people
out there.

Criminals.

And everybody knows criminals
are superstitious.

Sometimes all it takes to get out of a
bad situation is a good flip of the coin.

It didn't work for you tonight?

[chuckles] Yeah.

Still, two heads
are better than one.

No?

Keep it, kid.

All we get is all we take.

I was eight when Dr. Thomas
Wayne pulled Luigi Maroni's bullets

out of Falcone's chest.

My father was dead by a
mobster's hand within a year.

Any connection between my
family and The Roman died then, too.

Thank you for stopping by.
If there's nothing else...

[Alfred] Gentlemen, these
are the names and addresses

for those who can account for Master Wayne's
whereabouts on the night in question.

A lot of names on here.
Must have been quite a night.

Yes, well, a man was murdered.

Let us hope your respective
offices can deliver for him

the justice still denied
Thomas and Martha Wayne.

What happened to them
was a tragedy.

And all the more reason why your boss
should stay away from men like Falcone.

Will there ever be a time
when the sins of fathers

don't fall to their sons
for redemption?

Good day.

[door closes]

They're going to be watching my every move
today to confirm that I'm not the killer.

Then you'll be staying in?

No, just pay off
some more alibis.

I have to go to work.

Sit tight.

If he knew about us,
it would kill him.

I'll be right here, love.

[Maroni]
Your favorite cannolis.

Cannoli. Cannolo for one,
cannoli for a box.

Your Italian is sterco.

I know, Poppa. I'm sorry.

Yeah. You bring cannoli
on Father's Day, I forgive.

Sit.

So...

This war with Falcone.
It's killing us, Pop.

Carmine thinks we've got something
to do with this... this Holiday jerk.

Sciocchezze.

Carmine's paranoia is not to do
with Holiday but with the new DA.

Unless these two are one
and the same.

Dent's a crusader but I can't
see him getting his hands dirty.

More likely the Bat.

You want advice?
Win or lose,

the only thing that ends war
is peace.

Make peace with Carmine?

[groans]

Poppa...

I don't know.

- I don't...
- [arrow swishes]

[groans]

Poppa!

Poppa!

[screaming]

[panting]

[breathing heavily]

Sal!

I heard a gunshot.

Are you okay?

What happened?

[sobbing]

Strange place to do business.

Guessing it's the last spot the
pigs leave you alone these days.

[Maroni] Working late?

How the hell
did you get through security?

You were with him, right?

I needed to put an end to the
stupid war with the Falcones.

My father's last words to me were
that I should make peace with my enemy.

At first I thought
he meant Carmine,

but Luigi Maroni
would have never wanted that.

There's only one other thing
he could have meant, so...

I'm here to make peace
with the law. Cut a deal.

You want Falcone
and I got plenty on him.

Enough to put him away for good.

In exchange for...

Dropping all outstanding
warrants against me and my men.

[scoffs]

You want Falcone?

That's the deal.
Take it or leave it.

Tell you what.
Heads, I'll take it.

I expected a low turnout
after the New Year's fiasco.

- But this is really pathetic.
- Fine by me.

The more people stay home,
the easier my job gets.

Speaking of jobs getting easier,

is it true you got Maroni?

It's not a done deal.

My office is working out
the details now.

But if ol' Sal tells a judge
what he's told me...

Let's just say today's a
good day for The Roman

to celebrate
what's left of his freedom.

Speak of the devil.

I'm surprised to find you
outdoors on a holiday.

- Dent.
- Falcone.

Actually, I was speaking
to your wife... Mrs. Dent.

Don't touch her.

I never took you
for a patriot, Carmine.

Oh, I wouldn't miss fireworks
like this for all the world.

Good evening,
Mrs. Dent, Captain.

[Gordon] Evening.

I tell you, Harv, if I could, I'd have
every cop in the city here tonight.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[woman sniveling]

[Scarecrow] See you
on the other side.

[laughs]

[Scarecrow grunts]

[Scarecrow grunts]

[grunts]

- [metallic clang]
- [Batman grunts]

[in British accent] Utter
inanity proved his insanity

while he rattled
a couple of bones.

[boy grunting]

I've been thinking about it
and maybe you're right.

Uh, about what?

Having kids.

Stay down.

Get to Gordon. I'll be back.

Harvey, no. Harvey!

[grunts]

[Cat woman straining]

[both grunt]

Get out of here.

Not till I know why this
scumbag is trying to kill me.

If I was trying to kill you,
you'd would be dead already.

- Then what are you...
- [both grunting]

[yells]

[grunts]

That's enough.

[Cat woman panting]

Someone's trying
to provoke you, Dent.

Into doing what?

Good question... [groans]

[groans weakly]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

[panting]

[exhales]

[growling voice] Get up.

[Mad Hatter] The walrus
and the carpenter

were walking close at hand.

They wept like anything
to see such quantities of sand.

"If seven maids with seven mops
swept it for half a year,

"do you suppose," the walrus
said, "that they could get it clear?"

Huh... I doubt it.

There...

that's the drop.

As for the Bat,

delivering him
wasn't part of the deal.

[inhales] So we can do
whatever we want with him.

[laughs] What fun.

Twinkle, twinkle little bat...

how I wonder what you're...
[grunts]

Your business with The Roman
ends tonight.

[groans] No.

[shrieks, coughs]

- [Mad Hatter laughing]
- [screams]

Poor little thing.
Such a tiny little thing.

[continues laughing]

[groaning]

[Harvey] No.

- [footsteps approaching]
- [indistinct radio chatter]

- [man] Down here.
- [woman] What do you got?

[growling voice] Run!

Motive means opportunity.

Dent. All right,
let me be clear,

this freak is done
terrorizing my family. Done!

You expect us to believe that
a respected public servant...

- I don't know why you watch that garbage.
- Is it true?

You believe this BS?

Is that why you want a divorce?

I never said that. I have
been talking about therapy.

Maybe divorce isn't so bad, now
that you can't go back to him...

[growling voice]
Ungrateful bitch.

I'm... I'm sorry.
I don't know why I said that.

I'm going to be late for court.

You left the basement door
open again.

I haven't been
in the basement today.

[door clicks open and closes]

[indistinct chatter]

Mr. Dent?

Mr. Dent,
are you ready to proceed?

[clears throat] Uh, yes.
Yes, Your Honor. Thank you.

[growling voice] Murderer.

What?

I asked if you're ready,
Mr. Dent.

Yes, of course. [clears throat]

Mr. Maroni, you have
confessed to 19 counts...

[growling voice] Confess.

What the hell is he...

He's here, Captain. The roof.

Mr. District Attorney,
we are all waiting.

Uh, yes, yes.
Sorry, Your Honor.

[Gordon] Rooftop
really necessary?

I thought you'd want privacy.

Harvey's starting
to lose it down there.

I think all this Holiday speculation
in the press is finally getting to...

Privacy? Why?

Where'd you find them?

You're not going to like it.

Uh, yeah.

I hit Frankie Gazzo
and his brother Lenny.

Tossed their bodies
in the Gotham River.

Lots of wise guys you're
looking for are in there.

Maybe that's why I got an ulcer.
You know, from drinking the water?

[laughter]

And didn't you commit
these murders and felonies

under direct orders from
Carmine "The Roman" Falcone?

Felonies?
Nah, guy's a saint.

[indistinct murmuring]

[raucous laughter]

- [growling voice] Now.
- Now.

[Maroni] You okay, Dent?

What is it, heartburn?

Happy to share.

Now, Mr. Maroni,

may I remind you
that your immunity

is contingent upon your truthful
testimony during these proceedings.

And I told you the truth.
Falcone is clean as a whistle.

[growling voice laughs]

Sal, what are you doing?

What I'm told.

Okay.

- Um, Your Honor, in light of the witness's...
- [growling voice] Double cross!

...change of heart, I need
to request a continuance.

Continuance? Uh. what
is that? Like, uh, a holiday?

- What?
- [growling voice] Holiday.

You know, like Father's Day.

Luigi Maroni sends his regards.

[growling voice] Go.

[grunts and screams]

[people gasping]

[Maroni laughs]

Bailiff, detain the witness!

You're dead, Holiday!

You hear me, Dent?

That stuff will
eat through concrete!

[people screaming]

- [Batman] Harvey!
- [Gordon] My God. Call an ambulance!

[Harvey panting]

[imperceptible]

[growling voice] Idiots.
They think it's you.

[Harvey straining]
Who are you?

[growling voice]
You know who I am.

No, I...

[growling voice]
You sound tired.

Why not let me take the wheel?

I don't know what's happening.

[growling voice] I'm sorry
no one told you, Harv.

Told me what?

You're dead.

[phone ringing]

I have to take this.

Yeah.

[grumbles] Now?

No, it's the perfect time.

The doctor says he'll be
fine in a few days. Don't worry.

Oh, my God, he's gone.

Secure the exits. He couldn't
have gotten far. Let's go!

- [growling voice] Well, where is...
- [phone ringing]

Let me guess.
You're not coming after all.

[Falcone] Afraid not.

Yeah. You're not really
one to get your hands dirty.

[Falcone]
You know nothing about me.

I know you're a liar,
a thief, a murderer.

[Falcone] A father.

- A coward.
- [Falcone] Goodbye, Dent.

Fine.

He wants to talk to you.

[thug grunts]

[both gasping]

- [straining]
- [bones crack]

Come on, come on.

Really? [sighs]

- [music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]

It's not personal.
It's business. [laughs]

[singing "Happy Birthday"
in Italian]

[all singing along]

[crowd cheering] - [in
English] Happy birthday, Poppa!

All right, here we go.

[guests cheering]

What a wonderful night.
Thank you.

This year has been a trying one.

And while we have
yet to fully dismantle

the vicious machine
the law has set against us,

you might say
we put a dent in it.

[laughter]

To Sofia Falcone, for
brokering the peace with Maroni.

Mille grazie.

[guests clapping]

And my beautiful sister, Carla.

Where is she? Carla?

[indistinct murmurs]

Probably more TV interviews.

[guests laugh]

Now, now.
Those interviews helped.

I think she's got a future.

[guests laughing]

[elevator bell dings]

[guests screaming]

- [gasps]
- Sorry to startle you.

Shouldn't you be
looking for Harvey?

I'm narrowing down his location
by interviewing known associates.

Known associ... Oh...

Well, you're wasting your time.

The man's a mystery.
Or so it would seem.

Did you notice any recent
changes in his behavior?

Mood swings?

Is that so strange
when you deal with people

like Falcone every day?

Harvey never mentioned
he went to Oxford.

Is it important?

Maybe.

This doesn't feel
like just a job for you.

It's personal. Why?

He's my friend,
and he needs help.

[rats squealing]

[growls]

Dinner time already?

Solomon Grundy

Born on a Monday.

Christened on a Tuesday,
married on a Wednesday,

Ill on Thursday,
worse on Friday.

- Died on Saturday.
- [chomping noises]

Buried on Sunday.

That was the end.

[Grundy gulps]

Born on a Monday.

Reborn, resurrected.

On a Monday.

Is that what happened to you?

Did you die and come back?

Can a man live two lives?

Born on a Monday.

Born on a Monday.

[Calendar Man]
Thirty days hath September.

But today's the one
that troubles you the most.

[Batman] Where is he?

It's been months.

I've missed you.

The DA who was attacked and maimed
before vanishing from the hospital.

Hm, he does that.

Later that night, Carla Viti, who'd
publicly accused Dent of being Holiday,

was killed on her way to
her brother's birthday party.

I know. Wasn't that terrible?

I think she was right.

Of course you do.

It seems everyone who
comes after Dent winds up dead.

We need to find Harvey
before he kills again.

What do you know?

Gordon and his men have been here
day after day asking the same thing.

I'll tell you
what I told the captain.

Let me walk out of here
and I'll stop the killing.

We're done.

It's Labor Day.

And, if the pattern holds,

I believe you have
something Holiday wants.

[sirens wailing]

[Gordon] Head North on At well.

- Sir, the penitentiary is South...
- I know where it is.

This is the longest goddamn
prisoner transfer I've ever seen.

[scoffs]

Guess you guys
just can't get enough of me.

[officer gasps]

[growls]

Dent! You're alive?

He's no longer
running this operation.

- [gun cocking]
- All right... that's enough.

Relax, Jim, I'm not
here to kill Maroni.

I'm here to thank him
for giving me a new... outlook.

Oh, my God. Harvey...

I have to tell you, Jimbo,
your gun has come in handy.

I know it was meant for Harvey,
but possession is nine-tenths.

If you're not Harvey,
then, who are you?

Holiday?

We found the guns
in your basement.

You found the guns
in my basement?

Of course.

We know everything.

We just wanna
take you to get help.

I think Thomas Wayne
was onto something.

You can't beat 'em, Jimbo,
not your way.

Join 'em first.

Then beat 'em
on their own terms.

Heads, you die.

[Grundy groaning, coughing]

[man in black outfit]
It is up to you, Harvey.

You and I know that both sides
of that coin are heads.

How the hell could you...

Oh, nice outfit, Bats.

I suppose this little trap
was your idea.

Drop the gun, now! [cocks gun]

[gunshot]

No!

[grunts]

[Grundy coughing] - Come
on, Grundy, move your ass.

[sighs] I think we're
back to square one.

Ah, you're up early.

Hm?

Oh, no, I just got in.

Of course. Then I suppose
it's off to bed with you.

- Is there something I can help...
- How did it happen, Alfred?

Were they forced into
business with the Falcones?

Or were they so set
on building a legacy

that they'd work
with the devil himself?

Your parents believed that there
are two ways to look at everything...

and everyone.

Only two?

They were young.
Two exceptionally good people

living in
an exceptionally bad place,

trying to make it better.

But Falcone?

Didn't they know that
by legitimizing him,

they were helping
to make a monster?

They made difficult choices

and more than a few mistakes.

But they were willing
to pay for them.

I've always told myself that I'm
doing what I do to honor them.

What does it mean if deep down,
I'm really doing it to redeem them?

I think it means
your parents would be proud...

of their real legacy.

[Gilda] This is absurd.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
ma'am, but it's Halloween.

- Mr. Dent is still at large.
- And Captain Gordon ordered us to be here.

So, you're stuck with us.

You've blocked in my car.

We're more than happy to drive
you anywhere you need to go.

Though you'll be making our jobs
a lot easier if you remain indoors.

There's no way to know where or
when your husband will show up.

My husband is dead.

I'm sorry, ma'am,
but that's not true.

Yes, it is.

[wind blowing]

[guard] Wake up, Julian.

You know what today is.

[inhales and exhales deeply]

It's All Hallows' Eve...

the 31st day of the tenth month,

and the 305th
of this miserable leap year.

And...

[sighs]

Taco Tuesday.

Muy bueno.

- [distant thumping]
- What the hell?

Trick or treat.

[Batman] Attacking us like that
out in the open...

It didn't fit the profile.

So it was a hired gun.

We see Dent and Holiday in
the same place at the same time,

and, just like that, the DA
has got himself an alibi.

Did Harvey study at Oxford?

Like Falcone's boy?

I see where you're going but
don't let Harvey hear you say it.

He's a Gotham U man.
A dyed-in-the-wool nighthawk.

Don't get hung up on it.

Not every lead checks out.

And we already have
what we need to make our case.

It's hard to believe the man
who stood on this roof

and made that promise, that bond
with each of us, would cross the line.

Can you honestly say that man and the
one we met in the alley were the same?

There are deep scars there...
and I'm not talking about his face.

If you think we're wrong,
find the evidence.

But, for now, the best way
to save lives,

including Harvey's,
is to bring him in.

[wind whooshes softly]

Do you know what my people
call this past year?

The Long Halloween.

My nephew,

my son, my sister,

half my men...

Why?

Why would Dent kill your son?

I wish I had the chance to be
a better father to my boy.

We will never
see each other again.

For that,

I am so...

so sorry.

There is a rule among my kind.

We leave the wives out of it,

but Dent does not play
by our rules.

And when that happens,
people die.

Whose wives?

I guess justice really is blind.

[gun cocking]

[suspenseful music playing]

[grunts]

[grunts in pain]

Poppa.

Everything is fine, Sofia.

I just stumbled.

That wasn't necessary.

Maybe not.

Are you going to tell me why
you're so obsessed with them?

I never thanked you
for finding me

and getting me home that night.

You thought I was your mother.

Scarecrow's fear toxin.

Where you found me
is where I lost her.

I don't even know
my mother's name.

But I think there's someone
who can tell me.

[Batman] Your father.

Are you sure?

When the time comes,

I'm not sure
I'll have it in me to ask.

[chuckles] Is there
even such a thing

as a normal family in this city?

Maybe not...

for people like us.

[distant explosion]

What the hell is that?

[police officer] Oh, shit!

[police dispatcher] All units, 10-33
at the corner of 6th and Mason.

- All available units respond.
- [sirens blaring]

No, Captain said we don't leave
for anything, not tonight.

[people coughing]

[horse neighing]

[people screaming]

[humming "Pop goes the Weasel"
menacingly]

♪ Pop goes the weasel ♪

[sirens wailing]

Keep coming, boys.
Everyone's invited to this party.

Not everyone.

[fire alarm ringing]

Head. I meant heads!

Sofia, please.

It was nothing.

Stop treating me
like an old man.

You're not old.

[sighs]

Maybe I am...

too old for this business,
at least.

Have you...
heard from your mother?

She loves you.

Just not this place.

[Falcone] This place is me.

I know you think that

and maybe at one time it was.

But things have changed,

so much...

so fast.

Haven't I changed with them?

Yes, you have.

But when you were coming up

when Mama was here,

you wouldn't have thought to hire
freaks like Poison Ivy and Scarecrow.

These... people,

they're not stable, Poppa.

Times change.

[man on intercom] Boss!

Something's wrong downstairs.

The cops took off

and we can't get any
of our guys on the comm.

Maron...

[man on radio screams in agony]

[static]

[eerie music playing]

[growls]

[men screaming on intercom]

Sofia, no!

Come on, you mother...

[Falcone] Sofia!

[screams]

[laughing menacingly]

What is this?

Judgment day.

[distant sirens]

[officer] We lost them
in the sewers.

You're right.
This was meant to distract us.

Yeah, but distract us from what?

[Two-Face] I really
owe it all to you, Carmine.

You've taught me
that all men are guilty...

and innocent.

Which makes justice nothing more

than the flip of a coin.

The outcome unpredictable.

That is, of course...

unless the system is corrupted,
rigged in a man's favor.

Legit businessman/philanthropist
by day.

Criminal racketeer,
murderer by night.

You've rigged every game
you've ever played

in your business
and your family.

It's really the most minor
of adjustments,

a small change of outlook
that decides if you live...

or not.

Just pull the fucking trigger.

You haven't listened.

If you had, you'd understand

that for the first time,
Carmine,

it really isn't up to me.

Good luck.

[all coughing]

[Two-Face] No!

[Penguin laughing menacingly]

[yelling]

[gas hisses]

[Penguin laughing]

En garde,
you sanctimonious shit...

Ow!

[Joker laughing menacingly]

Nancy, hold all my calls.

I have to terminate someone.

[Batman] Harvey, don't!

[grunts]

- [birds chirping]
- [serene music playing]

Alone at last.

Now let's get you
out of all this.

Stay back.

[groans weakly]

[Batman] Harvey.

You don't have to do this.

Harvey, Harvey, Harvey.

Can't you see
I'm a new man, Bats?

I'm finally awake.

And, unlike Harvey Dent,

I'm not beholden
to petty motives like revenge,

or, worse, career advancement.

A weight has been lifted.

I don't have to decide
who's innocent

and who's guilty anymore.

All I have to do

is... execute.

- Guilty.
- No!

- No!
- [gunshots]

[grunting]

[Falcone groaning]

Poppa.

Sofia, no!

[gun clicks]

Two bullets only.

Sorry, gorgeous.

- No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- [gun clicking]

[sobbing]

[gun clicking]

[gasps]

Sofia.

[straining]

I can't... I can't hold on.

[loud crash]

[faint clock ticking]

[gasps]

[sighs]

[grunts]

[groaning weakly]

Louisa?

Louisa.

Selina.

[sputters]

- Selina?
- Let me help you.

No.

No.

All we get is all we take.

Do you still believe?

Yes...

I do.

Good.

[exhales]

[floodlight powering down]

Harvey?

[Batman] Not anymore.

[Harvey] It had to be done.

You will never
convince me of that.

[Harvey] There won't be
any judges to be bribed.

No witnesses to disappear.

The Roman is dead
and Two-Face killed him.

The Long Halloween...

is over.

We'll get you help.

You're the ones who're gonna
need help from now on.

Harvey...

Two-Face... whatever.

You betrayed everything
you believe in.

Not everything.

Arrest me, Jimbo.

I'm responsible.

Not just for Falcone,
but all the Holiday killings.

I have to face judgment.

[handcuffs clicks]

The cost.

The promise we made
right here, one year ago

to take down The Roman.
In the end... was it worth it?

He's asking
if the good guys won.

Yes, the good guys won.

But we won't know
for a very long time

if it was worth it.

Gilda.

[fire crackling]

It had to be done.

You know that.

The same way you knew Harvey
never went to Oxford.

That was me.

Well,

me and...

Alberto Falcone.

If you could see
how in love we were then.

I was pregnant.

He didn't hesitate.

We were married that same day.

He was heir to The Roman empire.

And his father could never
welcome into the family

a child
conceived out of wedlock.

I tried to fight.

But what chance
did I have opposite

the godfather of Gotham?

Against my will,

our marriage was annulled
and our child

ripped from my womb.

What they did to me...

the way it was done...

left me broken.

You wanted revenge.

I wanted justice.

I came to Gotham and married
the man I thought

had the best chance
of delivering it.

Oh... Harvey and I
were so much alike,

only what was inside him
hadn't yet been ripped out.

That was... useful.

And...

even fun for a time.

But then he became so busy
wrestling his own demon,

I was left to take down mine
all by myself.

One holiday, one twisted family
snapshot at a time.

I have no regrets about
what I did to The Roman,

or his son,

or anyone else in that
godforsaken family.

But Harvey,

in the end, I loved him.

But not all of him.

So...

are you going to
take me away or just...

stand there in judgment?

I need to know
that Holiday is done.

Not done...

finished.

I wonder... how long
did he know about me?

Is that how you figured it out?

Did Harvey tip you off?

He didn't give you up.

Not knowingly.

But after Maroni was killed,

the way he protected Holiday,
he must have known then.

He was my friend.

He believed in me.

I should have saved him.

What will you do now?

Tell Gordon?

[Bruce] Alfred.

Really?

I know it's late, sir,
but you never know.

It doesn't matter
how late it is.

We don't get trick-or-treaters.

Not all Gotham families
share your obstinate hope.

It's going to take
a lot more good people

trying to make things better
before we see real change.

[doorbell rings]

If you say so, sir.

You're cute when you're wrong.

[child] Trick or treat.

[doorbell rings]

[door opens]

It's for you, sir.