Batwoman (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury - full transcript

Previously on "Batwoman"...

how about we don't get expelled

a week before graduation?

I need this school, ok?
I want to be here.

But they don't want you.

Maybe it's best if you just
kept your distance from now on.

I know you love me.

Tell me that I'm wrong,
and I'll walk away

and let you make the biggest
mistake of your life.

You're wrong, kate.

- Is this you?
- Wasn't me.



So what is she
doing with herself?

So are you on this assignment
to keep tabs on me

or on kate?

Dad?

Catherine hamilton's
investigators found bones,

skull fragments
of a little girl.

It's beth.

Hi, daddy.

Put down the knife.

You gave up on me!

Beth, drop the damn knife!

Agh!

Dad.

Kate, it's her. It's beth.



I have a gift for you, too.

Now that we are together again,

I can help you become
anyone you want to be.

Are we mad?

I'm afraid so.

Ha ha ha!

Absolutely not.

Listen. The victim had the
courage to come forward

and face her attackers.

Well, I'm confident a jury
will make the right decision.

The Question is are you?

♪ I need a fill of violence ♪

♪ to bust up
the silence for real ♪

♪ the truth is alive and well ♪

♪ it's underground,
living on the wi-fi still ♪

♪ don't buy
all the lies they sell ♪

♪ when the black hawk flies,
head right for the hills ♪

♪ they put a hole
in the back of my head ♪

♪ called it suicide ♪

oh, my god.

♪ Holes in my hands from the day
I was crucified ♪

no, no, no!

♪ You decide if you
want to ride ♪

♪ can't stop us
when we unified ♪

♪ I woke up with these... ♪

oh, god!

♪ From the day I was crucified ♪

♪ they put a hole
in the back of my head

♪ called it suicide ♪

♪ stigmata ♪

Beth was being held by a
madman with a medical license.

We don't have much to go on.

The deed to the house belonged
to dr. August cartwright.

I have teams trying
to pick up a trace,

but it's like
he just disappeared.

Apparently he's a better
magician than he was a doctor.

Beth was held in a cell by a
guy making human skin masks

while I was at home
playing club soccer.

We need to find him.

- We will.
- We didn't find her.

How many times can I say I'm
sorry for not listening to you?

I don't know.

How many times will it take
to get beth back?

Sir, you're gonna
want to see this.

Gotham is reeling over the death

of prosecutor angus stanton,

who was murdered
horrifically tonight.

Stanton was seen by many
as a hero to gotham,

one who brought justice
to the victims

of some of the city's
most notorious criminals

such as jack napier,
otherwise known as the joker.

Channel 9 has the
security camera footage.

Conviction rate,
stanton was known...

what's he wearing?

It's an old-fashioned
executioner's hood.

Ax is a nice tough.

This is dana dewitt
reporting live from old gotham.

Anybody want to tell me
why every news outlet

in gotham had this
and we didn't even get

so much as a heads-up
from the gcpd?

Technically,
it's outside district lines.

And I believe it's because
they called someone else.

I am not about to stand
around let gotham cry out

to be saved by someone
who hides behind a mask.

The bat is nothing more
than a symbol of false hope.

I want this so-called
executioner cuffed

and stuffed in a cell
in blackgate.

If this city starts to
think it can rely

on a vigilante for justice,

we might as well hand it
over to the craZies.

Sir... I know it's all hands
on deck with the stanton case,

but I was hoping to get
your permission

for another special assignment.

Who is it this time?

Batwoman.

Don't you want to know
who's behind the mask?

Heh heh heh!

Hmm.

Head back, sweetie.

Mm-hmm.

One... final... touch.

There.

Ahh. DaZZle me.

Oh. A perfect match
for dean deveraux.

Wouldn't you agree,
mr. Deveraux?

Please don't hurt me.

I don't understand why
we don't just kill him.

Because my sister is
watching me like a hawk.

Still trying to bring
the old beth back.

You're not thinking
of giving her

the old beth back, are you?

Of course not.

Really? Because
the old alice I remember

wouldn't give a second thought
about opening his throat

with a butterfly knife.

She's changed you.

Not at all.

You're the one who's changed.

You used to trust me.

What about you, dean?

Do you trust me?

I think you'd make
an excellent partner.

I seem to be in need
of a replacement.

Stop. Stop.

I'll do whatever you want.

Good.

Because I need you to steal
catherine's shiny, new toy,

the one that she's
too stingy to share.

- You see the bat-signal?
- That is why I'm here.

You know what this means, right?

First time the city's
called Batwoman

for backup means I
can't screw it up.

It means you're in.

Gcpd's got you
on their speed dial now.

Commissioner forbes trusts you.

Commissioner?
My dad sees me as his enemy.

Stopping this guy has to
convince him otherwise.

That's not the only reason
worth stopping him.

Stanton was the prosecutor
who put away the guy

that killed my dad.

It was an armed robbery, right?

Night of my
high school graduation.

We were celebrating
me getting into mit,

ran out of ice.

My dad went out to go get some.

Next thing I know,
there are two cops at the door.

Wanted me to come down
and i.d. the body.

We were waiting on him
to cut the cake.

Lucius fox did a lot
of good for this city.

Yeah. So did stanton.

Never stopped
until he put the guy

who shot my dad behind bars.

Any suspects?

Well, if you exclude the
law-abiding citiZens of gotham,

that leaves the other half.

There has to be some
way to narrow that down.

Start
with the violent offenders.

Cross reference
with recent parolees,

work release, and escapees

with whatever biometrics
we can get

from the security footage.

All right. Huh.
This is interesting.

Chris medlock,
otherwise known as chris the fist,

ex-boxer, ex-con.

What was the fist in for?

Uh, shot and killed a bartender.

He confessed, later
claimed it was coerced.

But they found
the gun in his car.

Pleaded down to
second-degree murder,

got 30 in blackgate.

He was lucky to
avoid the death penalty.

Yeah. The fist did not
see it that way.

Check out his sentencing.

I'll get you,
you son of a bitch!

This ain't over!

I got a whole bunch
of time to figure out

how I'm gonna kill your ass!

Thanks to overcrowding,
he was paroled

just a few months ago.

Can't wait to meet him.
Guy have an address?

We may not need one.

Uh, check out what just came in

over gcpd dispatch.

Someone claiming
to be the executioner

barricaded himself
inside a building

at the 200 block
of rucka avenue.

Claims to have several hostages.

That's in west harlow.

- Put it on the screen.
- Ok.

All right. Let's get on this.

I don't care if it's
outside our district.

Let's show gotham
we can keep them safe.

Move!

- Talking.
- Says he'll only speak

to one guy,
a detective donnelly.

Who?

Detective donnelly,
time's running out

on your hostages.

Get in here, or I start
shooting these people.

Listen. You don't have
to go in there.

Let me get a negotiator
down here.

Nah. Me and the fist
go way back.

Detective.

Like the new look.

Red suits you.

Goes with everything.

Time's up, donnelly.

No. Donnelly, stay back!

No. Wait! Stop!

I'm hit.

You're bleeding.

- I'll get you help.
- Thanks... kate.

Oh, my god! Sophie!

I need to know
if you can fix her.

What was she shot with?

- A bullet.
- I know it's a bullet.

Hollow point,
blackout, wadcutter?

Does it matter?

Why did you bring her here?

She can afford a real hospital.

You were closer, and, uh,

I need you to keep her
until I get back.

The crows don't know
she's missing.

No, you can't...

do not let her leave.

Man of the hour.

Congratulations.

You have succeeded where
so many have failed.

The coil accelerator,
it works at last.

I just have to know

how were you able to overcome

the ferromagnetic
projectile saturation?

Ha ha! You almost
had me there, ms. Hamilton.

Trick Question.
That's proprietary information.

Hard to imagine...

something so delicate
harnessing enough power

to penetrate the batsuit.

Well done, dean.

- She called you kate?
- She knows who I am.

I mean it. That's
just great, fantastic.

So naturally, you
decided to drop her off

at your sister's
unlicensed clinic.

Mary will take care of her.

She'll also keep her
from leaving,

and as long as she can't
leave, she can't talk.

But she's a crow,
your father's second in command.

You really think you can
convince her not to tell him?

I'll deal with that after we've
dealt with the executioner.

We need to figure out
his next target.

Guy's not making it easy.

He keeps changing his m.o.

50,000 volts of electricity,

then a bunch of rifles.

Doesn't make any sense.

Unless it's a pattern.

The fist dresses up
as an executioner,

kills stanton with electricity
like an electric chair.

Then he gets donnelly to walk in

on that shooting gallery.

Like a firing sQuad.

He's using methods
of capital punishment

to kill his victims.

On it.

Gotham's used 3 ways to
kill people on death row...

electric chair, firing sQuad...

which made a brief comeback
under mayor cobblepot...

and the gas chamber.

So his next victim
will be with gas.

Guy's got a flair for detail,

so I bet you a batarang he'll use
hydrogen cyanide pellets just like

they did in the gas chamber,

and...

and there's only
one warehouse in gotham

that stores them.

♪ Can't silence this lion ♪

♪ inside me ♪

♪ I'm stronger than iron ♪

♪ can't break me ♪

who's there?

Someone who needs information.

Someone who needs information.

Holy crap! You're her!

Yo. I got to get this.

Damn, girl!

Not happening. Anything

out of the ordinary
around here lately?

What, besides this?

Answer the Question.

Naw. That means someone
had to bet by me,

and that ain't gonna happen.

It's been Quiet,

but, uh, you know,
it doesn't have to be.

Yo. Let me buy you a drink,

and you can tell me
all about the superhero thing.

I've been thinking about
getting into the game myself.

What do you say?

I get off at 11:00, and, uh,
if you play your cards right,

you won't be too far behind.

Ok. So this place
hasn't seen any action

and apparently
neither has its guard.

Yeah. I think I might know why.

Got a visual on chris the fist,

alleyway on sprang.

Unh! Ooh!

Get off me, man!
I didn't do nothing.

Oh, got it. So you're just
out for a late-night jog, huh?

Crows got the fist.

Well, I guess a lot of people
will be sleeping easier tonight.

I know you wanted to catch him,

but you can convince the crows
you're not the enemy tomorrow.

Tomorrow may be too late.
I need to check on sophie.

Unh!

Kate, you copy?

Hey, k-kate!

Kate, do you copy?
What just happened?

The crows got the wrong guy,

and the executioner got
what he came for.

All this battech,
and you came up

with froZen water?

Hmm. I checked
every camera angle

in the warehouse
security system,

but the license plate's
got mud or something on it.

Can't really get
a good view of it.

Don't suppose you were
able to make it out.

Didn't Quite catch it
when it plowed into me.

Oh. Yeah. Oh, yeah.
That's great!

My ribs would argue otherwise.

No. I'm serious, ok?

The suit's carbon fiber ribbing

is designed to absorb
any impact,

so any deformation
in the fibers is

recorded in the suit's data.

Ok. Ok. So it was originally
designed to track damage

caused by bullets,
you know, blunt-force trauma,

that kind of thing.

There's no reason it
wouldn't pick up

an impression from a car bumper.

Or a license plate.

Hmm. Ok. Uh, it's a partial,

but it'll work.

Ok. The truck is registered

to a bertrand eldon,

and... he was at blackgate
for 20 years.

What was he in for.

He worked there.
He was their executioner.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Uh-uh!

I just did some of the
best work of my life

crocheting you back together.

What?! where am I?

Mary, what the hell is going on?

Batwoman brought you in.

- You were shot.
- Unh. Batwoman?

I feel like we
glossed over the part

where I saved your life.

- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

You work here?

It's mine.

My followers think I'm
turning up at the club,

ordering bottle service.

Truth is I'm usually here,

trying to help serve the people

that gotham hospitals turn away.

- Mary.
- Hmm.

If your dad ever
found out about this place.

He won't. He can't.

Yeah. I didn't do that.

Well, you better undo it.

Batwoman would kill me.

Frankly, she's scarier than you.

Mary, why am I cuffed
to this bed?

Uh, she said to not
to let you leave.

Do you know who she is?

No. Honestly,
I don't want to know.

I don't need that
kind of responsibility.

I don't need that
kind of responsibility.

Well, I do know who she is,

and that's why she won't
let me leave.

I'm in.

No one's home.

Why would a guy working
at blackgate target

a cop and a prosecutor?

They're on the same side.

That doesn't make any sense.

I'm looking for
that answer right now.

Looks like he was
a model employee.

Stay frosty.
This guy is methodical,

technically proficient,
always a few steps ahead.

He could have anything
waiting for you in there.

Already has just sitting
on the coffee table.

- What?
- The hydrogen cyanide pellets.

I found them.

- On the coffee table?
- Yes.

It... it's probably a trap.

I'm aware, but I don't see

any trip sensors or wires

or pressure plates.

What's the batprotocol
with this?

- Uh...
- well, I can't just stand here

staring at this thing,
waiting for the executioner to come back.

- Come on.
- Yeah. Ok. Hang on.

Can you play some hold
music while I wait?

No. Ok. I'm just gonna grab it.

No, no, no, no. Don't do that.

Kate, don't!

Too late.

- And?
- And I'm still talking to you.

It's light.

Is it empty?

Hmm.

Not Quite.

So if you found this,
then... you found me,

and, um...

and I did it.

I am guilty as sin,

but I'm not the only one.

For 20 years, I threw the switch

on the worst people
gotham ever spat out.

I was glad to do it, too.

Doing the public a service,
and it never bothered me

when they said
they were innocent.

Great. Sadistic and long-winded.

I mean, what else
were they gonna say, right?

See, then all their stories,

they started to sound the same.

The same names kept coming up,

same evidence,

and everybody who sat
in my chair

started to look the same...

black, brown, poor.

In 20 years, I never juiced
a rich white guy,

so I started digging
in their files.

You know what I found?

The same 3 corrupt
law enforcement officials

pulling the strings
in every case.

Coerced confessions

and murder weapons
suddenly showing up

out of nowhere.

I mean, obviously planted.

Didn't chris the fist say that
his confession was coerced

and the murder weapon just
suddenly turned up in his car?

The people that
I executed were innocent,

which meant that...

that I was the guilty one,

that that cabal,
they turned me into a murderer,

which... they made me
punish the innocent.

So who's the third member
of this cabal?

Wait. You're not
actually buying this?

Ok. Believe me. I know racial
profiling is a thing in gotham,

but this guy is obviously craZy,

almost killed sophie,
nearly made you roadkill.

- Doesn't make him wrong.
- He's an admitted killer, kate.

I knew stanton, ok?

He spent hours with my
family day after day,

and he never, ever
stopped working

until he found justice.

If stanton is accused
of being dirty,

my dad's killer could use
that go get a new trial.

But if chris the fist
or anyone else

can do go down for something
that they didn't do,

how is that justice?

A little present from crows.

Next time, call us first.

We may not have a klieg light,

but we do have a phone number.

Aah!

Unh! Ohh!

Everybody fan out!

Move, move!

Your turn.

Uh, it... it's ok.

You can just win.

I said... your turn.

King me.

What?!

It's me.

How did you get this number?

Let's call it twin intuition.

Why did you send mouse
into hamilton dynamics

to get a weapon that
can kill Batwoman?

- Where is he?
- He's fine,

or he will be

as long as you tell
me the truth.

Heh. Dear sister,
if I wanted to kill you,

I wouldn't have to wait for
you to be wearing the suit.

That's so sweet of you.

Your concern for me is so
touching, dear sister.

So kate is Batwoman.

I do not like being toyed with!

And I don't like traitors.

What's wrong with you?

First, she abandons you,
then she tries to lock you away,

and still, you try
to protect her.

Because she's still my sister.

Real family doesn't
abandon their own.

Who snuck food to you
in the middle of the night?

Who taught you rummy

and let you sleep with mr. Pandy

and promised to protect
you no matter what?

Me! I did, alice,
because I was there,

and she wasn't!

After everything
we've been through,

you keep secrets from me?

Try keeping that a secret.

Ok. So who had
Batwoman rescues a psychopath

on their bingo card?

Because I've got some
big, fat, empty spaces

for Batwoman takes down alice

and Batwoman gets
a cat out of a tree.

Talk to me, gotham.
Anyone else feeling

a little "bat-trayed"?

The people
that I executed were innocent,

which meant that...

that I was the guilty one.

That cabal by judge calverick

condemned innocent people
to die.

I heard you got a visit
from Batwoman.

More like an ambush.

Now one nut job
wants me to listen

to another nut job.

Claims judge calverick,
one of gotham's

most upstanding
justices, is a fraud.

So you're not even gonna
look into this judge.

Why? Because some
social justice warrior

thinks he knows more
about the rule of law

than the cops and the lawyers
who protect this city?

Nah. We got the right guy.

Batwoman interfered.

Batwoman wouldn't have stepped
in if she didn't have a reason.

Before you give
a shred of credibility

to some criminal
in a bat costume,

let me remind you that batman
destroyed our family's lives.

He is not the one that drove
mom's car off that bridge.

Well, he may as well have been.

Batman brought out all
the craZies in gotham.

If it weren't for him,
there wouldn't have been a joker!

Your mom would be alive,

and beth wouldn't be alice.

Beth is alice because
we stopped looking for her.

I'm not arguing
about this right now.

That would be a lot easier,
wouldn't it,

just act like we did
nothing wrong.

We looked... everywhere
for beth.

I looked everywhere.
I held onto hope for the both of us

despite the lack of evidence,

despite the police giving up,

despite the fact that
everyone thought she was dead.

I hoped when it was hard,

and you... just gave up

and put your energy
into blaming batman

because it was easy.

That's why beth is alice.

You wouldn't listen then,
and you won't listen now,

and an innocent man is
gonna pay the price for it.

Look who lucked out by
getting the last grape Popsicle!

Hmm. Looks like
you're healing nicely,

but I guess healing
can't get in the way

of you spilling
the tea on Batwoman.

Believe it or not,
I'm trying to protect her.

By having my dad shut
down her entire operation?

She's gonna get herself killed.

Batwoman can take
care of herself.

Batwoman can take
care of herself

just like she took care
of you twice by my count,

and now you're just
gonna betray her?

Uh... I mean, what?

Is that, like, your thing?

What's that supposed to mean?

I mean, that's what
you did to kate,

and then she had to put
an entire ocean

between you and her,

and... now you walk around,

pretend like she meant
nothing to you.

You don't even know
what happened.

No, but I saw what
it did to her.

Look. You're right.
It's not my drama,

so do what you want.

In the meantime,

ibuprofen every 4-6 hours

and change the bandage
once a day.

Don't tell my dad
about this clinic...

and maybe think
about whether or not

you want to add Batwoman to
the list of people you hurt.

Working late, your honor?

H-how did you?

Looks like you're burning
more than the midnight oil.

Is that the evidence?

Donnelly got the confessions,

stanton convinced the jury,

you just banged your gavel?

I can pay you.

You have to protect me from him.

You'll get round-the-clock
protection at blackgate

free of charge.

Go!

Unh!

You protect him, a man who sent

so many innocents
to their deaths?

The law will take care of it.

Yeah? I used to
believe that, too,

until the law turned
me into a murderer.

The law's not perfect,
I'll give you that.

Doesn't mean you get to
rewrite it in blood.

You trust the law so much,

why are you wearing that suit?

I'm gonna need backup.

What do you want me to say?

He makes a good point.

No. For the judge.

Get the judge into
protective custody now.

Right. On it.

Sweep the rest of the building.

Glad you
decided to go after the right guy.

I don't see how you and
him are that different.

Taking the law
into your own hands,

appointing yourself
judge and jury.

Pretty sure you just
did the exact same thing.

I saved your life.

You telling me I made a mistake?

I don't know. Ask the fist.

I admit I got it wrong,

but you know the difference
between me and you?

When I make a mistake,
everybody knows my name.

I am accountable to
the people of gotham.

You... you hide
behind your anonymity.

Who are you accountable to?

Guess we'll find out.

Heart rate monitor linked
to a dead man's switch.

Looks like we're
about to join him.

This is kane. Anybody read me?

Whoa! Suit showing
oxygen levels dropping.

No kidding. Executioner
turned this room

into a gas chamber.

Can your men get us out of here?

He triggered
the lockdown procedure.

Every way in and out
of here is sealed off.

Steel-reinforced doors.

By the time my guys
get through them...

air's getting thin in here.

I need a solution.
You went to mit.

I got in. I didn't actually go.

Ok. Uh... ok, ok.

Ok. Hydrogen cyanide,
emphasis on hydrogen.

It's flammable.
Think the hindenburg.

It's flammable.
Think the hindenburg.

Not a comforting thought.

The point is you can ignite it.

The flames will burn
off the cyanide.

- Ok. Copy.
- Only problem is

hydrogen will only burn
at 6% saturation.

For those of us who
didn't get into mit.

You got let the gas
fill the room first.

We're not gonna last that long.

Well, you got to try, kate.

You're only at 3%.

You got hang in there.

You need to stay
low to the ground.

- Get away from me.
- Come on.

That symbol took
everything from me.

It's not gonna be
the last thing I see.

Stay with me. Stay awake.

Come on, commander. Talk to me.

Tell me all the reasons
you hate batman.

That symbol let my family die.

4%.

Hey. If you're gonna hate
the symbol, hate the symbol.

Let it fuel you
into staying alive.

5%.

I have to blame that symbol.

If I don't...

if you don't, what? Tell me.

I have to blame myself.

6%. Do it!

Kate, come on. Talk to me.

Commander, commander, come on!

We're ok.

Never let it be said
that gotham's gadfly

does not give credit
where credit is due.

Batwoman got this one right,

and the rest of us whiffed.

Guess jacob kane won't be
the only one

eating a little crow.

Boxer chris "the fist" medlock
was not only cleared

in the executioner murders
but also exonerated

of his past murder conviction.

Talk about a one-two punch.

Not so good news for the man
who convicted him

judge raymond calverick.

The d.a. has vowed
to reopen all cases tainted

by this extralegal cabal,

including deceased detective
stu donnelly

and prosecutor angus stanton.

You're right behind me,
aren't you?

Where is she?

I... you know, she just left.

Uh, how can I put this?

You let her escape?

I know you said to
hold onto her,

but my stepdad is her boss,

and I'm running a little
short on family right now,

not that you asked
about my personal life,

but it's a mess.

The last thing I need
is him shutting down

the one good thing
I have going on.

Thank you for saving her life.

Oh. Yeah. It's, like, my thing.

Hey. Fyi, she knows who you are.

Hey. Chill. She didn't tell me,

but I got
the distinct impression

that she's gonna
tell my stepdad,

so good luck with that.

KATE, VOICE-OVER: Well, bruce,
now I know how much

it must have hurt
hearing your uncle blame you

for what happened on the bridge,

but he had to blame someone.

Seeing him fight so hard
to avoid the truth

that was right in front of him

made me realiZe
I was doing the same thing.

I've been blaming my dad
for not saving beth that day,

but it wasn't his hand on that
door only inches away from her.

♪ Don't close
your eyes push through the night ♪

KATE, VOICE-OVER: He wasn't
the one who crossed that house

off the list of places
where beth could be.

♪ See through the smoke ♪

♪ from the ashes... ♪

I don't know how,

but we are gonna get beth back,

and this time, I swear to you

I won't ever give up.

♪ Hope is planted ♪

♪ through the fire ♪

KATE, VOICE-OVER: I don't know
if forgiving my father

will help me forgive myself,
but I have to try.

♪ From the ashes ♪

♪ we get all
our second chances ♪

♪ go towards the light ♪

I thought I might find you here.

How could you ever
think I was trying to

replace you, little mouse.

Replace you, little mouse.

Why are you so determined
to protect her?

Because I'm saving her
a seat at our tea party!

It was supposed to be
a table for two.

Yes, the two of us,

two halves of one whole

just as kate and I
are two halves,

and I need your help
to make us whole.

I can't do this without you.

I don't want to share you
with her.

Mouse.

You won't have to share me

because we'll be sharing her.

And what if she
doesn't want to play?

Well...

then it's good we
have that then, hmm?

Trade you mr. Pandy for it.

You kept it?

To remind me of you.

Greg, move your head!