Batwoman (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 17 - Kane, Kate - full transcript

I'm looking for a missing woman.

Brunette, high cheek bones, looks
an awful lot like your cover girl there.

I don't know.

What about your boss Roman Sionis,
sometimes likes to hustle as Black Mask?

I'm just a security guard.

Machine pistol.
It's a little rich for a rent-a-cop.

Ah. Yeah,
but the ammo is standard issue False Face.

Now, you wanna tell me what I wanna know,

or do we need to find out if your boss
tests his products on animals?

I ain't telling you anything.

Rekindle.



Does it hurt as bad as it smells?

Let's try...

Remember.

Now, do you want to find out
what I can do with a mascara wand?

All right! All right.

All I know is he's gone underground.

- What about his daughter?
- I don't know.

You gotta believe me.

And you believed him?

What did you want me to do?
Go through the entire product line?

Am I the only one who can smell me?

We're getting no signs
of Kate on traffic cams

and facial recognition
is not getting any hits.

None of the hospitals in 20 miles
have admitted Kate,



Circe or any Jane Doe
matching that description.

How long since she
wandered off? Ten hours?

A long time,
especially in Gotham.

What do we do? Sit around and wait?

Anything?

Just a belligerent drunk at The Hold-Up
acting like they own the place.

Hey.

Come on!

We got a dead soldier.

Yeah, so that drunk acting
like she owns the place?

Turns out she does.

All that Bat-Tech and the place we
didn't look was inside of a tequila bottle.

Water by the nightstand.

Trash can by the bed.

Head tilted to the side.

Mary.

You remember.

How do we know each other again?

♪ I know you still live here somewhere... ♪

Okay.

Baby steps.

♪ When I see you, I see an angel ♪

- How is she doing?
- Sleeping. For now, anyway.

But we got her back, so yay.

Definite yay.

Guys, she went from attacking Mary,
to ditching Sophie,

to treating half the lesbians in Gotham
to an open bar.

Anyone else worried about
what she's gonna do when she wakes up?

Well, if I found out my
memory had been wiped

and then reprogrammed
into a dead supermodel,

I'd go on a 12-hour bar crawl too.

If we're freaked,
imagine what it must be like for her.

She needs time.

And I hate to admit it
but maybe my dad was right.

What Kate needs is her sister.

The other one.

Please don't leave me.

Stay with me.

Oh, my God.

Fix him.

Alice, he's gone.

No, he's not.

There's nothing I can do.

Save his life or yours is over.

That won't bring Ocean back.

I know how this feels.

That unbearable pain...

and numb emptiness all at once,

like you're watching it
all from a million miles

away but it's happening
right in front of you.

I know.

You're the reason I know.

Is that why you're here?

To gloat?

No.

I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

Not even you.

Then why are you here?

It's about Kate.

She... She's fine.

She's doing great.

I just...

I just came to thank you...

for saving her.

Look at what it's cost me.

I should have left with him
when I had the chance.

What's going on?

Well, I figured if Kate's got a few gaps
in her memory,

maybe she could use an old school
backup to reboot from.

I think it's more than just a few gaps
in her memory, Luke.

What are you saying?

Kate's not okay.

We can't rush this.

She's been through unimaginable trauma.

A deranged shrink
hypnotized her into

believing a masked
super villain was her dad.

And the person in charge
of her recovery was Alice.

- And that's just the stuff we know about.
- Well, I know Kate.

She's survived gas attacks,
a bomb-throwing bird,

a chick who thought she was a vampire.

- She'll survive this.
- You don't have to convince me.

- I read those journals too.
- Then you know how resilient she is.

She has never backed
down from a fight ever.

- Then we'll be lucky to have her back.
- That's right.

Is this your way of telling me
we were in a book club together?

See, you still remember
how to be a smartass.

I never realized how much I miss that.

Yeah, you kept journals.
Like, meticulously.

I thought it could trigger some memories.
Your voice, your own handwriting.

Maybe reading about who you were
will remind you of who you are.

It's no beach read, but...

Good. Because I seem
to remember not liking the beach.

Then you're making progress.

I'm starting to remember
why we were friends.

Uh... Yep. Just friends.

Ah. What kind of friend would I be
if I didn't bring you something more fun

than some dusty old books
to help kickstart your memories?

That is... unless you forgot how to ride?

♪ One, two, three, four ♪

♪ I'll be running after ♪

♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪

♪ It's go time
One, two, three, four ♪

♪ I know we can do it all ♪

♪ Five, six, seven eight ♪

♪ It's go time ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Let's get ready, get ready ♪

♪ Get ready 'cause it's go time ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Get ready
Get ready 'cause it's go time ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ It's go time, it's go time ♪

♪ It's go time, it's go time ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ It's go time, it's go time ♪

- ♪ It's go time, it's go time ♪
- ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

Hi, Dad.

- How's the hand?
- Oh.

I'm more concerned about you, sweetheart.
How are you feeling?

Grateful, actually.

To you.

For saving me from a life of Kate Kane.

Concert tees and single earrings?

She should wear a size two wet blanket.
It would be more on-brand.

Her bar is cool though.
Can I have it when we're done?

I'll make sure it's still standing
when we're finished.

Here. These should help us get started.

Kate Kane had a thing
for putting her feels on paper.

If you can suffer through all the "Dear
diary, being Batwoman is so hard,"

it's basically a user
manual for the Batcave.

Well done, my dear.

Once I have everything I need
to give me back my island,

you have my blessing
to bring this one to its knees.

Yeah, you are coming too.

Hello?

Oh.

- Hey, Ryan.
- You were hoping I'd be Kate.

No, I mean...

Come on. I'm not
thinking all of this is for me.

I know what memories you're trying to jog.

All right. All right. You got me.

So, you, Kate, and Batwoman 1.0?
It's a pretty drama-filled love triangle.

If there's some parts of our history
she doesn't remember,

- it might not be the worst thing.
- Where do you two go from here?

I could ask you the same thing.

If Kate's gonna get her life back,
she should have her loft back too.

If you need a place to crash, I've got
a surprisingly comfortable pull-out couch.

Thanks, but I got a place lined up.

It's a little small
but it's got a killer view of the river.

Girl, you know
just because Kate's returned,

it doesn't mean
you have to give everything back.

The suit's hers.
I was just keeping it warm for her.

You made the suit your own,
like you made Batwoman your own.

And you've proven yourself
to every single person in Gotham.

There's one person I
haven't proven myself to.

And she's the only other person
who knows what this job takes.

Kate will be so proud of what you've done.

Like letting Black Mask take over the city?
And now he's super teaming with Safiyah.

Yeah, well, not to pile on, but you
can add recruiting ex-Crows to that mix.

Word on the streets is
he's offering top dollar.

Every one of you
signed up to protect this city...

with a noble purpose in your hearts.

And what did you get in return?

Your hands tied by corrupt politicians

who care more about some criminal's rights
than what is right?

A system more concerned
with the red tape...

than the red blood
running through our streets.

The people you're there to defend
would rather defund.

Well, I'm here to pick up the tab.

I'm gonna give you the tools you need
and the free rein to use them.

So what do you say?

Who wants to take off the gloves...

and put on a mask?

Yeah!

Help yourselves, gentlemen.

Not a big fan of the speech, huh?
I worked on it all night.

I can't shake the suspicion that I'm
the same cog in a different machine.

First Jacob Kane's. Now yours.

What's the difference?

What's in this for me?

Hmm. You don't wanna
be a cog, huh? I respect that.

What if I told you...

you could be the machine?

Hello?

- Still working here.
- I know.

And I know who you're working for.

Yeah, those False Face guys downstairs
aren't gonna be helping you.

- What do you want?
- To follow the money.

I hear your boss has been putting ex-Crows
on the payroll.

I'm not telling you anything.

You don't have to.

Anybody an expert in QuickBooks?

Because somebody's got Black Mask
by the piggy bank.

Hello?

Oh. Hangover aside...

it sure felt nice to be back in my old
bed again, and back behind my old desk.

After everything
that's happened, I

just can't believe
you're sitting right here.

You know where I can't wait to be?

Out there in the suit,

protecting Gotham again.

Well, Mama,
back where we started.

You'd think by now I'd be
used to having the good things

that happen to me getting taken away.

You... plant you...

and now the Bat.

I know what you're gonna say.

Maybe the reason I kept saying
Kate wasn't ready is because...

I wasn't ready to leave.

And you'd also tell me,
"Make the most of what time you have left."

Message received, Mama.

Okay, Black Mask...

let's see where you've been spending
all of that Snakebite money.

Because it looks like you are trying
to buy a damn army.

- Hands where I can see them!
- What the hell is this?

Get off of me.

Hey, get your damn hands off my stuff!

I don't think this is your stuff.

But I'm thinking these
are definitely yours.

Look like Snakebite injectors to me.

- You guys planted that.
- That's what they all say.

Get her out of here.

Come on.

♪ Another empty sky
The clouds moving onward ♪

♪ Even in my dreams, all I ♪

Hi.

♪ A double-sided coin ♪

♪ A hollow reflection ♪

♪ Searching in the dark ♪

Goodbye, my love.

Earth to Earth.

Ashes to ashes.

Dust to dust.

Ocean to ocean.

I've come to pay my respects.

Ryan Wilder.

Or should I call you Batwoman?

Depends.

Should I call you Roman
Sionis or Black Mask?

Hmm.

I have to admit, I was surprised
to find out the caped crusader

was nine-to-fiving it as a barkeep.

And I was surprised to
find out that Gotham's

latest villain was
a cosmetics mogul.

Mary Kay joining your Legion of Doom?

Oh...

I am merely a
concerned citizen trying to

restore justice to a
lawless city, like you.

We are nothing alike.

We both wear masks to avenge
the wrongs perpetrated against us.

I must say, I feel that
given the right push,

together we could give
this city its soul back.

Yeah. And all I have to do is give up mine.

Well, now you're just being selfish.

Why should you be the only masked vigilante
who gets to be the arbiter of justice?

Why shouldn't everyone
have the same opportunity?

After all, it feels good, doesn't it?

It does.

It feels good to fight
for people who are

powerless, people
trapped by a broken system.

People like your daughter.

I know what happened to her,
how she was assaulted.

How the Crows covered it up,

made her look crazy, then threw her
in Arkham where she suffered and died.

Where she was murdered.

You know what? Maybe we do
have something in common because...

I know that rage you feel,
the need to make someone pay.

But using her to justify what you're doing
is dishonoring her memory.

I don't put much stock in the words
of a repeat drug offender.

Neither do judges for that matter,
not that you're going to live to see one.

No hard feelings, Wilder,
but I can't have you getting in my way.

Goodbye, Batwoman.

Arrested? For what?

"Possession of drug paraphernalia
with intent to distribute."

- Snakebite injectors.
- So she was set up.

We need to have all hands on deck for this.
Where's Kate right now?

"I'm telling you this because I
know you'll figure it out eventually.

And I want you to know that lying to you
was the hardest thing I've ever done.

But I lied...

because I love you."

♪ You should see my heart
I wear it on my face ♪

So there's that.

And I don't know if you remember
writing that or even feeling it...

but there's not a day that went by
that I didn't read your letter.

I guess I thought we'd have all the time
in the world

for me to tell you everything that I felt.

But then suddenly, our time was up.

And all I had was that
letter with all of your

feelings and no time
left to tell you mine.

And now I'm thinking
I should have taken a

little more time before
laying all this on you.

No.

No.

I'm just glad I don't have
to lie to you anymore.

Ryan's been arrested.

- How does Roman know Ryan is Batwoman?
- Ryan didn't say.

She was focused on using her one phone call
to warn us he was gonna have her killed.

Where is she now?

In a secure holding area
at the Gotham City Courthouse.

Cellphone pings show
50 cops in that area, but

we don't know who's
on Black Mask's payroll.

All it takes is one
to make sure Ryan dies in custody.

Then they make up
any story they want after that.

It's not gonna be an easy extraction.

It's gonna be hard to tell the friendlies
from the unfriendlies.

I think your old cowl's
around here somewhere.

But I hope you weren't kidding
when you said you wanted to suit-up again.

Ryan risked everything to save my life.

How can I not do the same?

Actually, it's "we".

I'm going with you.

I just got you back.
I'm not losing you again.

That is so sweet.

I'll take the Batbike.
You take the U-Haul.

What?

No!

I want you to know that lying to you
was the easiest thing I've ever done.

Unbelievable.

You were less than one week away
from your parole board review.

I was gonna recommend you be discharged
from supervised release.

You were this close
to putting your past mistakes behind you.

And then you get caught
with Snakebite injectors?

They were not mine.

Well, that sounds familiar.
Last time they weren't yours, either.

Only now you've added intent to distribute

and violation of your parole
to the possession charge.

We're talking real time, Ryan.

Do you have any idea
how absolutely screwed you are?

Yes.

But I don't think you do.

I have been set up.

Right. Really?

- By who? The GCPD?
- No.

Black Mask, who owns the GCPD.
And they are trying to kill me.

Okay.

So I'm guessing they didn't find any
Snakebite because you got high on it.

Trust me.

I am not going to make it
out of this building alive.

Okay.

Fine.

Indulging this paranoid fantasy, because,
apparently, that's what I do now...

why would one of Gotham's worst criminal
masterminds want to target you?

Because I'm Batwoman.

Ryan, you can't expect me
to believe any of this.

You saw that six-man SWAT team
that brought me in here.

You saw how many
guards are waiting outside.

You saw all of that firepower for a
bag full of empty Snakebite injectors.

Now I need you to see me.

Stand up.

Do you see me?

Hold on.

I need to speak with Judge Hamada.

I have reason to believe my parolee
is being railroaded.

What the hell
is going on in there?

- Damn it.
- Wait.

You're gonna need this. It'll get you out
of the parking garage exit if you hurry.

Thank you.

Not just for this... but for believing me.

Anytime... Batwoman.

No royal guard to accompany the queen?

I'd love to meet Tatiana's replacement.

I've known where you are at all times.

If I wanted you dead, I would have tasked
the men who tracked you here to do it.

So you came alone. Well, that's gutsy.

You wouldn't dare kill me.
Besides, that would be no fun for you.

Even after you killed my Ocean?

His death, however tragic,
was a necessary sacrifice.

He wasn't one of your island hippies,
you bitch.

You said you loved him like a brother!

And I've taken him from you just the
way you took the thing I loved most,

the Desert Rose.

Now we are even.

Let this war between us die with Ocean
before you join him.

So much for the war ending.

Because that sounded an awful lot
like you threatening to kill me.

- My dear, I'm here to save you.
- From what?

A yummy daddy-approved boyfriend?

From the thing you fear most, spending
the rest of your days locked in a cage.

A storm is coming for Gotham,
and only one place you can seek shelter.

There she is.

And where is that?

Coming down off of a Haloperidol bender,
courtesy of this little guy.

Other side-effects you can look forward
to include confusion, nausea...

And hopefully not vomiting
because we're stuck in here.

Kate, Circe, whatever the hell we call her,
really did a number on this thing.

- She was playing us the whole time.
- Yeah.

We were so desperate to have her back,
we fell for it.

Pretty sure pouring your heart out
to a sleeper agent has that beat.

But... she could have
killed us and she didn't.

Maybe there's still
some Kate left in there.

Or maybe just enough to give her the keys
to the castle.

I know we're excited
about Kate being back,

but I really could have
used a helping hand.

So could we.

What the hell happened?

Remember when I
said I know Kate better

than you do? Only
works if it's really Kate.

It was Circe pretending the whole time.

- So where is she now?
- No idea.

Okay.

Okay. I'm gonna have to cut through it.

Where the hell are the weapons?

There's one.

You have the coolest toys.

And here I was thinking I was the girl
who had everything.

I guess now I do.

Running away.

How heroic.

Come back with me.

Come home.

You want me
to come back to Coryana with you?

Well, that depends.

Do you have any nonsmoking rooms available?

No, because I'm pretty
sure that I turned your

little island into an
all-inclusive ashtray.

Not for much longer.

Coryana will soon be abloom
with Desert Rose once more,

thanks to a small cutting
from one of Poison Ivy's vines.

Its rather aggressive growth properties
will soon turn my one rose into thousands.

Poison Ivy, huh?

Didn't know you had the green-thumb girl
on speed dial.

I don't. I simply struck
a gentlewoman's agreement

with a new friend to procure it for me.

You see, she was all too eager to help me

once I had a sword driven through
the powerful man who had wronged her...

along with the men who condemned her
to Arkham where she was trampled.

Circe Sionis.

Oh.

You didn't really think
you'd gotten your sister back, did you?

If you're not gonna give me something
to shoot at, I'm gonna have to improvise.

Kate, I know that
there's still a small part

of you in there that
doesn't want to kill us.

Unfortunately. But that small part of me
is not my trigger finger.

Wow. I'm really getting
the hang of this now.

Then again, it is just like shooting at
sad, needy, pathetic fish in a barrel.

This nose costs more
than everything in here.

It's not your nose,
otherwise I would have broken it.

Huh.

Don't pull your punches on my account.
I know I won't.

♪ Give me power, power ♪

This is why Gucci made
belts and not lassos.

♪ This is for the misfits ♪

♪ This is for the outcasts ♪

♪ With nothing left to prove ♪

♪ Everything is do or die ♪

♪ Give me power, power ♪

- Hey, these gonna be strong enough?
- They're titanium. Let's find out.

- Okay.
- One, two, three!

Yeah, come on.

♪ Everything is do or die ♪

Let her go!

♪ Power ♪

Don't do this.

You're not gonna shoot me.

Because you love me.

Ryan, don't feel bad.

Kate wasn't strong
enough to beat me either.

You have nothing.

No boyfriend, no sister.

I'm all you have left, except for enemies.

Soon, Gotham will offer you no sanctuary.

But you will?

Of course, my dear.

Who else is going to protect you?

Who else is going to love you?

You're all alone.

You have no family other than me.

I know.

Oh.

Because you took them from me.

And I'll remove your Desert Rose dagger
once I get them back.

And then we'll talk.

But you're right.

Killing you...

That would be no fun.

But making you suffer?

Now that's a different story.

Radiation gauges?

Biohazard Level Three?

What is this place?

Well, it was where Bruce kept the weapons

and other bad stuff he confiscated
from all the villains he took down.

And now Circe has them.

Look, Ryan, I'm sorry.

You warned us not to rush things,
and we all just wanted Kate back so bad,

we just didn't question it, but you did.

It doesn't matter now.

She has WMDs, the Batbike...

my suit, my weapons.

Look, I know it's bad,
but we'll figure it out.

We always do.

I hope you're right. Mary,
because if I'm being honest...

I'm scared as hell.

Joker's acid flower.

Clayface's mud.

Killer Croc's tooth.

Why are you collecting all this stuff
from Batman's enemies?

So I can succeed where they failed.

Shall we get started?