Batwoman (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Tell Me the Truth - full transcript

Previously on "Batwoman"...

dazzle me.
A perfect match for dean deveraux.

Wouldn't you agree,
mr. deveraux?

Catherine hamilton's
investigators found

skull fragments
of a little girl.

It's beth.

You never would have moved on

if you didn't think that
beth were dead.

I paid the dna analyst
to write the report.

Get away from me.
Just get away from me.

If I wanted to kill you,



I would have to wait for
you to be wearing the suit.

Your concern for me is
so touching, dear sister.

So kate is "Batwoman".

- Is this you?
- Wasn't me.

Tyler, this is kate.

You're married.

Kate, voice-over: I don't know
how you did it, bruce.

You spent night after night
in these same shadows,

prowling, hunting, hiding,

and you did it in secret
all alone.

Everyone all right?

Bravo team,
check in allesandro's.

I'll circle around back.

You heard her. move out.



Kate, voice-over: did it ever
get to you, bruce,

the loneliness?

Did you ever let yourself
trust anyone?

Kate!

How'd that work out for you?

Sorry to disappoint.

Your dad ordered the crows
to stop you at any cost.

He needs to know
you're his daughter.

You have the wrong girl.

Kate, I'm serious.

You're in danger,

and if you won't
tell him, I will.

- Do you trust me?
- What?

I'll find you.

Shooter escaped.

Was that "Batwoman"?

She say anything to you?

No. she just took off.

Tuxedo one here.

I was right.

The rifle's made
his way to gotham.

The third time is not the charm

for gotham's prolific
shadow shooter.

After killing two people
this week,

sources say "Batwoman"
thwarted his attack

at alessandro's last night,
which means

I'm not the only one
who thinks they have

they have best ossobuco
in the city.

Without the city's hero,
our doors would be shuttered.

"Batwoman", if you see this,

you are welcome for a free meal

at alessandro's
anytime, anytime.

Hey.

Just read this news blurb
your dad filed for divorce.

Yep.

Are you ok?

He married a woman
who preyed on his grief

and convinced him
that I was crazy

for thinking beth
was still alive.

Unh! I can't say I'm
losing any sleep over it.

If it means anything,
I didn't sleep last night either.

"Why, luke? what was
on your mind?"

oh. thanks for asking.

I was up analyzing
the list of everyone

who was at alessandro's
for dinner.

"Hey. cool. way to take
the initiative on that!

Find anything?"

I did, in fact.
Last two victims of the sniper

both worked for your future
ex-stepmother's companies.

Now one of alessandro's
dinner guests...

mr. holcomb... works
for pyra electrics.

They make all of hamilton
dynamics' conductors,

which following the pattern...

makes him the target.

I need to find him.

I agree,
but I haven't quite found

a home address.

Then find it.

Urgency's good.
You're being very urgent, though.

- Sophie knows who I am.
- Right.

- Thought sophie was cool.
- You're not getting it.

She's threatening
to tell my dad.

He's gonna freak out
and shut us down.

Means no more protecting people,

no more helping the
city, no more "Batwoman".

Can you trust her?

I used to trust her
with everything.

Then just be real with her,

and for the sake of the city,

convince the hell out of her

not to tell your dad
who you are.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Have you seen him?
- Kane?

Heard he went upstate. why?

I need to talk to him
about something.

Well, I'm sure he
brought his phone.

Kind of an in-person thing.

Is it kind of a husband thing?

Because now I'm supercurious.

I promise you'll be
the second person to know.

I thought you said
"Batwoman" took off

before you could talk to her.

She did. why?

Are you working with her?

Am I working with her?

I mean, look how
close you two are.

I commanded she surrender.

You're acting like we
exchanged brownie recipes.

Sophie, do you know who she is?

No.

Tyler, I don't.

Ok.

So now dad's not even showing up

to the divorce proceedings?

The lawyer said he's upstate.

He bailed, kate bailed.

If I knew it was
attendance optional,

I would have literally
been anywhere else.

Are we gonna talk about this

or just act like everything
isn't about to change?

Not everything has to change.

We still have the penthouse.
You can still go to school.

I'm losing my sister.

Kate and I have finally
started to have a connection

after 5 years,
and now she hates me because of you.

When you are a mother,
you'll understand

why I did what I did.

What am I supposed
to do until then?

You're the only family
I have left,

and I don't even want to be in
this car with you right now.

Mary, I have enough
going on right now

without another guilt trip.

Your text doesn't make sense.

A coil accelerator doesn't
just go missing.

It's under level 5
security protocol.

Then get me dean deveraux.

He created the gun.
He'll know exactly what's going on.

Oh, my god.

Killed by whom?

Derek holcomb
just swiped his badge

at the hamilton dynamics exit
two minutes ago.

We need to get him
before the shooter does.

I see him.

Heads-up. second heat signature

30 feet to the west.

I see him, too.

Uh, batcave to "Batwoman".
There's...

let me guess.
A third heat signature?

Not another step, "Batwoman".

I'll be bringing him in.

Good news...
derek holcomb got away.

Bad news... so did the shooter.

Ha ha ha! ha ha!

Kate kane.

What? I'd recognize that
hammer strike anywhere.

After all, I taught it to you.

Julia pennyworth.

Figured alfred would have
taught you better manners.

Let's leave my father
out of this.

Who was that assassin,

and what the hell are
you doing in my city?

Good job, sweet mouse,

and that is how you kill
someone the first time.

I killed two men for you.

Of the... 3 I requested.

Of the... 3 I requested.

If I walked around failing
at a 1/3 of everything

I did, I'd still be
locked in a cell

on a diet of my own fingernails.

Mouse, can you tell
our friend here

why we hired him to kill
those scientists?

Because they were the
only people on the planet

who knew how to make that gun.

Hmm. which makes this
one of a kind.

See, I did your boss a favor.

Now no one can re-create it.

Time to hand over what she
promised me in return.

Easy, blondie.

Where is it?

She's not giving you anything

until she finds out that works.

Hmm.

Send her a selfie

and give me a call when
you have what I'm owed.

So who does he work for?

The rifle? anyone and everyone.

That's what makes him slippery.

My agency assigned me
to him 8 months ago.

Ha ha! you kept dino.

Bruce would be so happy.

So how'd the rifle end up here?

Well, I lost sight
of him in jakarta,

picked up his scent
in metropolis,

and then I followed a tip

that he got a job in gotham.

Whenever the rifle
shows up, he leaves

death and destruction
in his wake.

I know the type.

Good for you,
following in your cousin's footsteps.

Bruce is apparently better at
keeping a secret than I am.

To be fair, I did
teach you that move

and a few others if I recall.

Holy crap!

- Don't worry. she's...
- Julia? luke fox.

- What are you doing here?
- Business,

glimpses of pleasure.

How you doing, love?

You know, holding down the fort.

Of course you are.
Chip off the old block.

I was just gonna suggest
to kate that we all team up

and nab this sniping bastard.

What do you say?

Not happening unless you forgot

the last time we teamed up.

I'm missing something.

Kate's still sore
at me for a little

white lie I told
in the british isles.

When I first met julia,
she was pretending

to be a krav maga teacher.

She'd just been naughtily
expelled from military school,

sent off to train with
strangers around the world,

and bruce asked me to check
up on his favorite cousin

without making it seem
like I was babysitting.

So you lied and pretended
that you had a thing for me.

Love, the only thing I lied
about was why I was there.

Oh. so you two know each
other know each other.

Well, I was only trying
to help you

move on from...
what was her name...

sophie something.

Yeah. that didn't work.

I'm sorry. who asked you?

Oh. we still not over her then?

She's married... to a man.

We're done talking about this.

She is hell-bent
on telling my dad

that I'm "Batwoman", and I need to

convince her not to.

How can I help?

Find the rifle guy

and stay the hell
out of my business.

"I hereby deny the allegation

"of homosexual conduct.

"Signing the above denial
will drop

"all disciplinary action

"and permit
the cadet in question

to reengage with all
academic activity."

- damn it.
- It's gonna be ok.

For you. your dad
doesn't dry heave

when he sees a rainbow flag.

My mom calls gays
degenerate sinners.

We should tell the truth.

They'll kick us out.

We'll never make it
into the army.

If we lie, why are we even here?

Besides, they're not gonna
kick out the academy's

top two cadets a week
before graduation.

What if you're wrong?

Sophie...

look at everything we've done

over the past 4 years.

First off, we're women
at point rock.

Sophie freaking moore broke
sean azadi's obstacle record

by one second.

You did make the
sharpshooter competition

your bitch.

And we did it all together,

and we'll get
through this together

as long as we stay united.

You're right.
They're not gonna expel

sophie freaking moore.

Let's do it.
Let's tell them the truth.

We're telling them the truth.

I need to run a quick errand.

- Is it her?
- Who?

- "Batwoman".
- No.

And keep your voice down.

So it is her.

Look. I'll tell you
everything when I get back.

- I promise.
- Soph.

Hey. thanks for meeting with me.

Interesting choice.

Wine, candlelight,
your favorite kicks.

If I didn't know better,
I'd think

you were about to propose.

Very funny.

So why am I here, kate?

Before I say anything,
I need to know

I can trust you.

I can't promise you something
when I don't know what it is.

Yeah. I... I need you to...

ok. you can trust me.

So. I should start by saying

I'm the last person
I ever imagined

would be in this position.

Pardon the interruption, ladies.

Unfortunately, sneakers
are not allowed

in the dining area.

I'm surprised that
you could see them

considering they're hiding
underneath our table.

Dress codes are dress codes.

Right. that guy right
there is wearing sneakers.

Maybe you would enjoy instead

our lounge outside.

Thank you, but we're
really good here.

Sophie, my love,
what would you like to eat?

Kate.

Signora... let's avoid a scene.

Then admit that the
only thing offensive

about my shoes is me.

Kate, chill.

Please tell me you get
what's happening right now.

Miss... I need to
ask you to leave.

Oh. then I need to call my
stepsister mary hamilton.

Do you know her?
Because she knows you

and 3.5 million other people.

Uh, yeah. one snap from her,

and she will shut
this place down

faster than you can say,

"gay people make me
feel uncomfortable!"

enjoy your meal.

Yeah. thanks,
but we're not hungry anymore.

Was that necessary?

Standing up for myself? yeah.

That's what it looks like
when it comes out naturally.

Don't even go there, kate.

I have no intention
of going there.

There is some sad
and lonely closet

that I want nothing to do with.

What went down at point rock
was the worst day of my life.

Worse than having
the love of your life

lie straight to your face?

I wasn't planning to lie to you.

Is that supposed to
make me feel better?

I was going to do
everything we talked about,

tell the truth,
throw the letter in their face,

stand my ground.

So what happened?

I got a second opinion.

So... this day sucks.

Mr. kane, hi.

Your mom coming for the hearing?

I asked them not to call her.

- She has no idea.
- Hmm.

I love your daughter, sir.

Kate and I are gonna
stick together on this.

They can't kick out
their top two cadets.

Well... moore, you should do
whatever you think you need to do.

But?

But if you think you're
gonna walk out of there

without signing
that letter of denial

and still graduate,
you are in for a major disappointment.

Did you say that to kate?

Kate is fearless,
passionate, and reckless.

She is gonna walk
into that hearing

and burn the house down.

Nothing I say can convince
her otherwise.

That's what I love about her,

but this will be
her last day at point rock.

What about the bad press?

This school is built on
history, tradition, and code.

They'll point to the rules,

say you broke them,

forget you ever existed.

If I don't tell the truth,

it will destroy
our relationship.

I can't make
this decision for you...

and I am sorry you
have to make it at all.

You looked me straight in the eye
and told me you didn't love me.

I thought it would
be cleaner than...

than telling me that my
dad convinced you to lie?

He didn't tell me to lie.

He opened my eyes to reality.

I was going to get expelled,

and thanks to him,
I ended up serving,

I graduated,
I made money for my family.

I got handpicked by your dad

to help lead the crows.

You credit your entire
career to my dad?

I credit him for
stopping me from losing

everything I worked for.

Everything I worked for.

And instead, you just lost me.

How long?

The details don't matter.

I'm here thinking you have a
bead on "Batwoman"'s identity,

and you sit me down and
tell me that dating a chick

almost got you expelled
from military academy.

I'm owed some details, soph.

We met sophomore year.

Our dorm rooms were
in the same building.

So 3 years.

Give or take.

Give or take?

Just to be clear,
3 years is longer

than any relationship
I've had outside of you.

I'm not saying
it's insignificant.

Then why didn't you tell me?

You've met my mom.

Heh. yeah. does she know?

Of course not,
but that's what I'm saying.

I didn't tell anyone.

I just wanted it to go away.

Has it?

Tyler, you are
my husband. I love you.

Has your thing
with kate gone away?

Got it, soph.

So the guy just burst
through the door

at the noodle house, yelling,

"pennyworth, you're mine!"

so that's how kate found
out who you really were?

Well, yeah.
Once I knocked the guy on his ass,

I couldn't really go
back to my egg drop soup

without explaining.

Kate's bags were packed,
and she was gone

by the end of the day.

Story time.
You must have a 20 on the rifle.

Sad news actually.
We found derek holcomb.

Despite dodging death twice,

poor bloke was found knifed
to death in an alley.

Not exactly the rifle's m.o.

so the trail's gone cold?

For now.

So how'd sophie take it?

She didn't. I didn't tell her.

You're a few sandwiches
short of a picnic, love.

She's gonna tell your dad.

She would anyway.

There's no way sophie
will ever be

anything but loyal to him.

So how do we keep him
from shutting us down?

We move to plan "c."

which is?

A little bit crazy.

Oh, my god.
You have a safe room?!

- Um, mary.
- How did you get past security?

Carl at he front desk loves
double-whipped frappuccinos.

Good. he'll be making them soon.

Anyway, can we confab about
the implosion of our family?

You're new.

This is julia.
Julia is my assistant.

You have two assistants
who work past midnight

for a real estate company
without any real estate?

Now is not really a good time.

Yeah. I got that.

Look. I know everything
at home sucks right now.

I will call you tomorrow.

Is our parents' divorce
even a blip on your radar?

Because it sort of
feels like I'm

the only one trying to
hold our family together,

and I'm starting to wonder
if there's really any point.

Welcome back.

I know I'm the last person
you want to see right now.

Whatever it is, we should work
it out with lawyers present.

No lawyers, jacob.
This is bigger than that.

I think I know who
the sniper is targeting.

Hamilton dynamics had been
working on a coil accelerator

that could penetrate
the kevlar on batman's suit.

When he disappeared,
we put the project on hold.

Then "Batwoman" showed up.

We had it reinstated.

And the only 3
engineers intimately

connected to the project

have already been killed.

Including the designer,
whose last check-in

was at one of hamilton's
top-secret labs.

When we find the gun,
I'll call you.

A microspectrometer
can track the gun's

electromagnetic radiation.

We don't have the
technology to do that here.

Actually, we can
do that now, sir.

Didn't mean to eavesdrop,

but a.r.g.u.s. leant us
microspectrometers for testing last month.

You know, I don't recall
this being an open forum.

Permission for a moment
alone, sir.

It's urgent.

Thank you, jacob.

If there's a coil accelerator
out there

on the streets of gotham,
you need to find it.

We will, but I have
other pressing matters

apart from cleaning up another
mess created by my wife.

The gun could kill "Batwoman".

That's not really my problem.

Actually it is, sir.

I said I'll deal
with it another time.

Sir, she's your daughter.

Kate is "Batwoman",
and if there's someone

kate is "Batwoman",
and if there's someone

out there who wants to
kill her with this gun,

we need to stop him.

As you requested.

Hmm.

Then I have what she wanted.

Send "Batwoman" my love.

Alpha team, report.

- First floor is clear.
- Roof's clear.

Are we sure about this place?

The radioactive signature on
the gun is off the charts.

Whoever has it is close by.

You signed it.

I told them what
they wanted to hear.

You lied.

I need this school, ok?

I want to be here.

But they don't want you.

Unfortunately, I don't
have the luxury

of being offended by that...

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

Hey.

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.

I have to go.

That's kate's sharpshooter
competition medal.

Cadet kane doesn't
go here anymore.

Do you even know
how she won that?

Guess it doesn't really
matter, does it?

She didn't even try.

In fact, she was so hungover

from tequila shots
the night before,

it was insane anyone
even handed her a gun,

and she still managed
to be the best.

Out of 200 other cadets,
she hit the target

dead on every time

because kate kane doesn't waver.

She did more for this school

than anyone who's
ever gone here,

so you can scrub her name
from every plaque and banner

and roster,
but you will never erase her

or the effect she's had
on the people here.

Base to moore. what's your 20?

No sign of him, sir.

I'll check back in 5.

10-4.

- Anything?
- No. not yet.

And what did sophie want?

Eh, it's complicated.

Is it me, or does everything
lately seem complicated?

But the thing
about complicated is

we handle it better
than anyone I know.

We met under the most complicated
circumstances imaginable.

You were so lost, jacob,
so full of guilt

and anger and hopelessness.

All I wanted to do was give
you a place to put it all,

so we channeled it
all right here.

If we can turn the pain
into power,

we can do anything, jacob,

as long as we do it together.

What are you doing here?

You need to get out
of this building.

Seriously, you need
to leave now.

Sophie.

Before you say anything,
I want you to know

if I could do it all over again,

I would have jumped on
the back of your bike

and left point rock in my dust.

Did you tell jacob kane?

Yes, but I didn't tell him
because I'm loyal to the crows.

I told him because you're
going to get yourself killed,

if not by us then by
one of your enemies,

and if that ever happened...

kate, I can't lose you.

Sophie?

What the hell is going on?

I was about to ask
you the same thing.

I was about to ask
you the same thing.

Touching story.
I couldn't help myself.

How are you here, kate?

Aah!

There's an electromagnetic surge

on the second floor.

All units, converge!

What the hell was that?

A coil accelerator.

No sign of the assassin, sir.

We got one better... "Batwoman".

Bring her to me.

I thought her suit
was bulletproof.

That's what I was
trying to tell you

or her... whatever.

Whoever shot her used a
gun that could kill her.

What the hell are you doing?

Getting her back!

Luke, come in. luke.

Hey. I've been
trying to reach you.

I heard the explosion over comms

and got worried when
you didn't report in.

The crows have julia.
Activate the suit's gps.

Please tell me this has nothing
to do with the massive amounts

of electromagnetic radiation
spewing from that area.

Just activate the gps.

Ok. they're on 5th and
grant in the bowery.

They're headed
toward the 22nd street tunnel.

Once they're through,
they're at crows headquarters,

and julia's screwed.

You got to do something
right now.

Get your ass on the ground!

Get on the ground!

- Hey.
- Oh, thank god.

What the hell was that?

You were hit by a gun that
could have killed you.

I don't know why it didn't.

The gun didn't work.

You said the projectile
would penetrate the suit.

Oh, dear.
How puzzling it all is,

and to think you
personally killed

everyone capable of fixing it.

Oh, wait.
I had my little mouse kill one.

Guess I'm 1/3 responsible. oops!

Listen, you crazy bitch.

You didn't just play me.
You played her.

Sofiyah's gonna be pissed...

don't you ever say her
name in front of me!

Ahh.

She's a smart woman.

She'll figure it out.

She's as smart
as she is unforgiving.

Whatever reason
you betrayed her,

better be worth it.

As you requested.

See, dear sister?

There isn't anything
I wouldn't do to protect you.

Oi. oh, careful.

I'm livid the rifle got away.

The broken ribs from our little
ruse aren't helping either.

Heh. consider us even.

So I thought about it,

and it makes sense,
the not trusting people thing.

Clear as day, in fact.

Don't tell me.
You've figured me out.

I was gonna say I'm sorry.

I should have been straight
about who I was when we met,

especially once
feelings got involved.

Instead, I burned you,
and now your girl sophie's doing the same,

trust be damned.

She is not my girl.

Whoever she is, it's a shame

because she loves you.

Because she loves you.

Not to crash the party,

but the knife police recovered

from derek holcomb's chest

was a butterfly knife.

You think it's alice's.

Why would she want him dead?

She hired the rifle
to kill anyone

who was connected to the gun

and then tried to kill
me with it.

Sounds like delicious
family drama...

unh... and unfortunately,
I won't get to see

how the play ends.

You're leaving?
There's a sniper on the loose

who is trying to kill me.

Relax, love. my agency's
just got word

he's headed back to an
island off the mediterranean

with that gun in tow,
which means I'm

on a one-way flight
to santorini.

Just don't get yourself killed.

I'm touched you care.

See you again soon, kate.

Luke, always a pleasure.

You know, apart from my father

and lucius of course,
bruce wayne never trusted a soul.

Now I'm not judging his choices.

I wasn't in his shoes, but...

when you don't trust anyone,

it means that you can
disappear for 4 years

without a single person on the
planet having any idea where you are.

Now, call me sentimental,

but I don't think
that's a good thing.

Nice digs.

Gotham pride real estate's
first acquisition.

Catchy name.

So I heard someone
took out a crows van

with a 50-meter precision shot.

I got the impression that
"Batwoman" means a lot to you,

and I didn't want her to
end up in the wrong hands.

Brought you something
to celebrate,

and I cleared things
up with your dad,

told him I was wrong
about the "Batwoman" thing

and how I assumed you
weren't real with me

because of went down
at point rock.

Me in a red wig?
It's not happening.

Then why did you invite
me to dinner?

I, uh... I needed to clear
things up with you.

As hard as I've tried
to get over you,

I can't, and it's...
it's not fair to you,

and based on what I
heard you tell "Batwoman",

it's definitely not
fair to tyler.

- Kate...
- actually, I think

you were right 6 years ago,

and maybe it's best if I keep

my distance from now on.

If that's what you think
will work.

I think it has to.

Good luck with the place.

See you, sophie.

Kate, voice-over: batman
was praised and revered,

but bruce wayne not so much.

No one knew the man
beneath the cowl.

You didn't let them in, bruce,
for good reason.

Because even the people we love

are still people
at the end of the day.

You want the truth?

The truth is anything
I felt for kate kane

went away the day I
chose my future over her.

You're the only one
I love, tyler.

Kate, voice-over: they act
out of fear, pride, hope, pain,

and sometimes, they let us down,

but you know better than I do

that no one can be
a lone wolf forever.

Need a hand with that?

That is exactly why I called.

So of all the dumps
for sale in gotham,

why this place?

The guy across the street asked
me to leave his restaurant.

I wonder how he'll like it
when I turn this joint

into a gay bar.

Into a gay bar.

So obviously,
I'm running point on design.

Kate, voice-over: I have to
let people in

even if it's just one person

and one small piece
of myself at a time.

Hey, kid. just checking in.

My lead on cartwright
upstate was a dead end.

Guy I found came up clean.

Waste of a couple of days.
Worth a shot.

Anyway, I'll probably stay
up here another night

and then head back to gotham

to figure out our next move.

Hope you're good.

Daddy, you are so handsome.

Catherine seems to think so.

I assumed you'd let
the snake slither back

into her husband's good graces.

Burrowed in so deep,
I can still hear her rattle.

They'll never see it coming.

"A red-hot poker will burn
you if you hold it too long,

"and if you cut your finger
deeply with a knife,

"it usually bleeds,

"and if you drink much
from a bottle marked poison,

it is almost certain to disagree
with you sooner or later."

heh heh.

Get some sleep, my dear mouse.

We need to be in our prime

if we are to host
the most memorable

mad tea party gotham
has ever seen.

Ha ha ha!

Greg, move your head!