Batman Beyond (1999–2001): Season 1, Episode 5 - Meltdown - full transcript
For his own reasons, Derek Powers arranges for Mr. Freeze to have a new organic body, but things don't go according to plan.
[CLICKING]
You hear that?
You can poach an egg
in this water.
That must be where they're
loading the radioactive waste
before dumping it out at sea.
[BEEP OF TRUCK BACKING UP]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
Make it snappy.
We got 20 minutes before
the next harbor patrol.
[SCREAMS]
Hey!
Unh!
Unh!
Aah!
[GROANS]
Who hired you?
Think I'd tell you?
Aah! Unh.
[BEEPS]
[WHISPERING]
Mr. Powers,
it's been a long night.
My clients would like
to go back to their hotel
and rest a little
and think about your offer.
Ladies and gentlemen, the
buyout offer is on the table.
Leave this room,
and I withdraw it.
[WHISPERING]
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
[RING]
Powers.
Amazing the numbers people
put on their speed dial.
Just wanted you to know, tonight's
boat ride has been canceled,
though your goons are still
going up the river.
Wish you could join them.
[WHISPERING]
Sir, your eyes.
My friends,
perhaps you're right.
It is an ungodly hour.
We'll continue this
negotiation tomorrow
when we're refreshed.
It's useless.
It barely
lasts a day anymore.
What do I pay
you people for?
It's not the skin,
sir.
The radiation you're emitting
is getting stronger.
Is that supposed
to pacify me?
Mr. Powers?
I have a suggestion.
Who are you?
She's new here, Mr. Powers.
She really shouldn't be--
I'm Dr. Lake.
Stephanie Lake.
What's this suggestion of yours?
I could use your baseline
DNA to build you a new body,
then transfer your
neural patterns into it.
Dr. Lake, it's
not your place to--
A new body?
Theoretically,
it should work.
Of course I would want
to test the process first
on someone who also has
systemically damaged DNA.
You have someone
in mind?
Take a good look, doctor.
I've been like this
for nearly 50 years,
and I haven't aged one day.
I have become what
many men have dreamed of...
An immortal.
And yet, there hasn't been
a day, an hour, a minute
I haven't thought
about death.
It obsesses me. Even now.
What if I said
I could give you life?
A normal life.
Bah.
Victor, an incredible
mind like yours
deserves a body.
Dr. Lake and I have taken
every precaution, Victor.
Let me assure you.
Save your breath.
I am neither afraid nor capable of
being comforted by your banal words.
Remember, there might be
some momentary discomfort.
Ohhhh! Aaaahh!
Aah! No! Uh...
Welcome back
to the living.
I don't think
you should--
Let's see what he can do.
Cold.
It feels... cold.
So, Dana, you got time
for a fizz or something?
I do, but you don't.
Your keeper's here.
Victor Fries has paid
his debt to society,
and now with the help of the great
medical minds of Wayne-Powers,
he's returned
to a normal life.
- When was this on?
- This morning.
My fervent hope is that the
technology used to help Victor
will serve to help
millions more.
I want you
to follow Fries.
Don't let him
out of your sight.
Why?
I don't trust him.
Powers or Fries?
Neither.
[MEOW]
Molly!
[MEOW]
Yeah, there's
a menace to society.
Victor Fries?
How fitting that that
diseased skull of mine
should be buried
like this.
Frankly, I couldn't think of
anything else to do with it.
It was the right thing.
It symbolizes the end
of a life
and the beginning
of a new one.
[GUNFIRE]
Stay down.
Unh!
No, no! He's gotta die!
The monster's gotta die!
How could you save him?
After what he did.
What he did to me.
What did I do?
You destroyed my life,
my family, years ago.
Gone. Frozen. Forever.
We'll let the police
take care of him.
No. I've done
this man enough damage.
No words can express my sorrow
for the pain I've caused you.
I beg your forgiveness.
It was another life,
though that's hardly
an excuse.
I can only
promise you this--
I will do the best I can
to make reparations
to you and everyone
I've ever hurt.
I'm calling it
the Nora Fries Foundation,
named after my former wife.
And you intend
to fund it yourself?
Before I went to prison,
my legitimate earnings
were put in a blind trust.
After all these years,
it comes to quite
a significant sum.
A half billion, I hear.
That's some charity.
Not charity...
Justice.
More like blood money.
Come on, can't you
cut him a little slack?
Like my mom said, he's just a guy
trying to put his house in order.
It's a cold draft that
blows through that house.
MAN: Ok, people, thank you.
That's a wrap.
Good job, Victor.
Thank you.
My, it's a little
warm in here.
It's the lights.
And they say we don't
work hard for our money.
There.
No doubt about it.
He's reverting.
Why? How?
Don't you know
what this means to me?
There must be some kind
of pneumonic agent
within the DNA.
If only we could biopsy
his organs at this stage.
That might be doable.
Stephanie?
Stephanie!
What are you doing?
No!
Please!
Open the door!
Please. Please.
Ahh. Ohh.
Ugh!
Ohhh.
Even if he ran away
like you heard,
it doesn't mean
he's gonna come back.
He'll be back.
Count on it.
He lives for revenge.
Not the Victor Fries I met.
What you met
was a ghost.
Security's checked every
meat locker, deep freeze,
and cryogenic plant in town.
No sign of him.
We never should
have started this.
Sometimes you find
the wrong answers
before you find
the right ones.
That's what science
is all about.
And anyway, if he's still
hiding in Gotham, he's fried.
What makes you so sure?
We're having a heat wave,
Mr. Powers.
Today it hit 70.
[BOOM]
[GASPS]
Hey! What's--
what's going on?
Where's that
coming from?
Ugh!
Oh, Fries.
Fries! How--
It's something
I've kept in cold storage.
You have this all wrong.
Do I?
STEPHANIE: Victor,
don't do it...
Please.
Aah!
We were only trying
to help you.
Remember, there might be
some momentary discomfort.
[STEPHANIE SCREAMS]
MAN: Fire!
[TIRES SCREECH]
[ENGINE WHIRS]
There's enough energy here to
destroy the whole compound, Batman.
I suggest you find
a way out.
Fries, think. This can't
be what you want.
You'll only cause more pain,
more suffering.
No, I end it.
When this goes,
I go, too.
[STRAINS]
You had your chance.
POWERS: So did you.
Aah!
Yeah, you feel it,
don't you?
Right through your suit.
The heat is on, Victor.
Terry, I can't maintain
video link.
What's going on?
No!
Behold, I shall be
a blight upon the land,
and every thing I touch
shall wither and die.
Batman.
And who are you,
sunshine?
Blight will do.
Ugh! Aah!
Ohh!
[STATIC]
Terry, there's something
hot in that room.
Ugh! No kidding.
This guy...
He's like a walking
meltdown.
Keep your distance.
The suit will give you
some protection,
but it's not designed for such
high levels of radiation.
Ohh!
You only got a tan
that time, Batman.
Here comes the real burn.
Blight!
Stay where you are.
[LABORED BREATHING]
[BUILDING GROANS]
You gotta get
out of here, Fries.
The whole place
is gonna go.
Believe me...
You're the only one
who cares.
Terry, get
out of there now!
Fries, no!
Mr. Powers.
Thank heavens.
We used an infrared
scan to locate you.
Not that you would have been
hard to spot without it.
We also brought these,
just in case you were cold.
You are idiots.
[BEEP]
TERRY: With all his injuries
and that cracked helmet,
no way he got out.
It could have been worse.
He could have blown up the whole
compound like he intended.
Killed hundreds.
Guess you were right
about Fries all along.
We both were.
You hear that?
You can poach an egg
in this water.
That must be where they're
loading the radioactive waste
before dumping it out at sea.
[BEEP OF TRUCK BACKING UP]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
Make it snappy.
We got 20 minutes before
the next harbor patrol.
[SCREAMS]
Hey!
Unh!
Unh!
Aah!
[GROANS]
Who hired you?
Think I'd tell you?
Aah! Unh.
[BEEPS]
[WHISPERING]
Mr. Powers,
it's been a long night.
My clients would like
to go back to their hotel
and rest a little
and think about your offer.
Ladies and gentlemen, the
buyout offer is on the table.
Leave this room,
and I withdraw it.
[WHISPERING]
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
[RING]
Powers.
Amazing the numbers people
put on their speed dial.
Just wanted you to know, tonight's
boat ride has been canceled,
though your goons are still
going up the river.
Wish you could join them.
[WHISPERING]
Sir, your eyes.
My friends,
perhaps you're right.
It is an ungodly hour.
We'll continue this
negotiation tomorrow
when we're refreshed.
It's useless.
It barely
lasts a day anymore.
What do I pay
you people for?
It's not the skin,
sir.
The radiation you're emitting
is getting stronger.
Is that supposed
to pacify me?
Mr. Powers?
I have a suggestion.
Who are you?
She's new here, Mr. Powers.
She really shouldn't be--
I'm Dr. Lake.
Stephanie Lake.
What's this suggestion of yours?
I could use your baseline
DNA to build you a new body,
then transfer your
neural patterns into it.
Dr. Lake, it's
not your place to--
A new body?
Theoretically,
it should work.
Of course I would want
to test the process first
on someone who also has
systemically damaged DNA.
You have someone
in mind?
Take a good look, doctor.
I've been like this
for nearly 50 years,
and I haven't aged one day.
I have become what
many men have dreamed of...
An immortal.
And yet, there hasn't been
a day, an hour, a minute
I haven't thought
about death.
It obsesses me. Even now.
What if I said
I could give you life?
A normal life.
Bah.
Victor, an incredible
mind like yours
deserves a body.
Dr. Lake and I have taken
every precaution, Victor.
Let me assure you.
Save your breath.
I am neither afraid nor capable of
being comforted by your banal words.
Remember, there might be
some momentary discomfort.
Ohhhh! Aaaahh!
Aah! No! Uh...
Welcome back
to the living.
I don't think
you should--
Let's see what he can do.
Cold.
It feels... cold.
So, Dana, you got time
for a fizz or something?
I do, but you don't.
Your keeper's here.
Victor Fries has paid
his debt to society,
and now with the help of the great
medical minds of Wayne-Powers,
he's returned
to a normal life.
- When was this on?
- This morning.
My fervent hope is that the
technology used to help Victor
will serve to help
millions more.
I want you
to follow Fries.
Don't let him
out of your sight.
Why?
I don't trust him.
Powers or Fries?
Neither.
[MEOW]
Molly!
[MEOW]
Yeah, there's
a menace to society.
Victor Fries?
How fitting that that
diseased skull of mine
should be buried
like this.
Frankly, I couldn't think of
anything else to do with it.
It was the right thing.
It symbolizes the end
of a life
and the beginning
of a new one.
[GUNFIRE]
Stay down.
Unh!
No, no! He's gotta die!
The monster's gotta die!
How could you save him?
After what he did.
What he did to me.
What did I do?
You destroyed my life,
my family, years ago.
Gone. Frozen. Forever.
We'll let the police
take care of him.
No. I've done
this man enough damage.
No words can express my sorrow
for the pain I've caused you.
I beg your forgiveness.
It was another life,
though that's hardly
an excuse.
I can only
promise you this--
I will do the best I can
to make reparations
to you and everyone
I've ever hurt.
I'm calling it
the Nora Fries Foundation,
named after my former wife.
And you intend
to fund it yourself?
Before I went to prison,
my legitimate earnings
were put in a blind trust.
After all these years,
it comes to quite
a significant sum.
A half billion, I hear.
That's some charity.
Not charity...
Justice.
More like blood money.
Come on, can't you
cut him a little slack?
Like my mom said, he's just a guy
trying to put his house in order.
It's a cold draft that
blows through that house.
MAN: Ok, people, thank you.
That's a wrap.
Good job, Victor.
Thank you.
My, it's a little
warm in here.
It's the lights.
And they say we don't
work hard for our money.
There.
No doubt about it.
He's reverting.
Why? How?
Don't you know
what this means to me?
There must be some kind
of pneumonic agent
within the DNA.
If only we could biopsy
his organs at this stage.
That might be doable.
Stephanie?
Stephanie!
What are you doing?
No!
Please!
Open the door!
Please. Please.
Ahh. Ohh.
Ugh!
Ohhh.
Even if he ran away
like you heard,
it doesn't mean
he's gonna come back.
He'll be back.
Count on it.
He lives for revenge.
Not the Victor Fries I met.
What you met
was a ghost.
Security's checked every
meat locker, deep freeze,
and cryogenic plant in town.
No sign of him.
We never should
have started this.
Sometimes you find
the wrong answers
before you find
the right ones.
That's what science
is all about.
And anyway, if he's still
hiding in Gotham, he's fried.
What makes you so sure?
We're having a heat wave,
Mr. Powers.
Today it hit 70.
[BOOM]
[GASPS]
Hey! What's--
what's going on?
Where's that
coming from?
Ugh!
Oh, Fries.
Fries! How--
It's something
I've kept in cold storage.
You have this all wrong.
Do I?
STEPHANIE: Victor,
don't do it...
Please.
Aah!
We were only trying
to help you.
Remember, there might be
some momentary discomfort.
[STEPHANIE SCREAMS]
MAN: Fire!
[TIRES SCREECH]
[ENGINE WHIRS]
There's enough energy here to
destroy the whole compound, Batman.
I suggest you find
a way out.
Fries, think. This can't
be what you want.
You'll only cause more pain,
more suffering.
No, I end it.
When this goes,
I go, too.
[STRAINS]
You had your chance.
POWERS: So did you.
Aah!
Yeah, you feel it,
don't you?
Right through your suit.
The heat is on, Victor.
Terry, I can't maintain
video link.
What's going on?
No!
Behold, I shall be
a blight upon the land,
and every thing I touch
shall wither and die.
Batman.
And who are you,
sunshine?
Blight will do.
Ugh! Aah!
Ohh!
[STATIC]
Terry, there's something
hot in that room.
Ugh! No kidding.
This guy...
He's like a walking
meltdown.
Keep your distance.
The suit will give you
some protection,
but it's not designed for such
high levels of radiation.
Ohh!
You only got a tan
that time, Batman.
Here comes the real burn.
Blight!
Stay where you are.
[LABORED BREATHING]
[BUILDING GROANS]
You gotta get
out of here, Fries.
The whole place
is gonna go.
Believe me...
You're the only one
who cares.
Terry, get
out of there now!
Fries, no!
Mr. Powers.
Thank heavens.
We used an infrared
scan to locate you.
Not that you would have been
hard to spot without it.
We also brought these,
just in case you were cold.
You are idiots.
[BEEP]
TERRY: With all his injuries
and that cracked helmet,
no way he got out.
It could have been worse.
He could have blown up the whole
compound like he intended.
Killed hundreds.
Guess you were right
about Fries all along.
We both were.