Batwoman (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 18 - Power - full transcript

Good evening, fair
citizens of Gotham City, Black Mask here.

I ask you to look past
this ghoulish veil and

realize it is not the
affectation of a madman

but rather
the necessary concealment of an altruist.

So...

This isn't America's Funniest Pets.

How does one fix...

It's on every channel.

A broken city?

Well, I've heard the phrase,

"defund the police" bandied about. Please.



The GCPD can't afford
the hole in its donut.

And what about Arkham Asylum,

that house of horrors that you fund
with your tax dollars,

or Blackgate Prison
too violent for Jacob Kane?

Loving father of lunatic-at large,
Alice of Wonderland.

Or how about Gotham City Hall then?

Or the judges or the DA or the banks?

All chock-full of predatory degenerates

so crooked they gotta screw
their pants on in the morning.

And don't even get me started on Batwoman.

Operating without checks or balances,

leaving the collateral damage of an
untold number of innocents in her wake.

Why are we allowing
these self-serving bandits

to dictate to us
what the terms "fair" and "just" mean?



We should be dictating these terms to them.

So, I'm asking you to join me
for an evening of anarchy.

Help me raze every
single one of these

moldering institutions
to their foundations.

I've dropped masks at
a dozen street corners.

Stand up, strap one on.

Become your own vigilante.

And when the dust finally settles
over our failed system,

well, Black Mask will still be standing,

ready to lead you to your liberation.

Because you know what they say about power:

"Use it...

or lose it."

Dear Gotham, I loved being Batwoman.

And I want you to know I never
took wearing the symbol for granted.

Because I know how badly
this city needed a protector.

Someone to inspire hope,

someone to prove that there's
something better for us out there.

You've always needed a hero, Gotham.

But in this moment, maybe that's not me.

I ask you
to look past this ghoulish veil

- and realize it is not the affectation...
- Okay.

Bat Team Mission To-Do List:
Number one, find Circe.

Number two, get Kate back.

Number three, apprehend Black Mask.

Number four, stop a possible faction
of very angry people

from overthrowing the government.

- Am I missing anything?
- Yeah. How?

So it was my job to make the list.

Okay.

Even if we did find
Kate without the Internet,

without Wayne satellites, without phones,

and then I somehow managed to take out
a homicidal sadist and his armed gang,

and then, I kidnap
Circe without my Batsuit,

it still doesn't mean
we'll be able to pull Kate out.

Enigma is dead.

Trinkets didn't work.
Her own family barely made a dent.

There has to be something
we're not thinking of.

Yeah... but first we need to find her.

First, we find Black
Mask, then, we find Circe.

Whatever. Here's the list.
Renumber it however you'd like.

Sophie is on her way with supplies.

I need to head back to the clinic
and prep for a very busy night.

When you guys come up with a game plan,
call me, or send a raven, or whatever.

Oh, that reminds me.

They max out after five miles,
but they're better than ever.

So click the button on the side to talk.

Yes, thank you.
We all know how walkie-talkies work.

Be safe. I love you guys.

I watched the stream 50 times.
I'm at 5% battery

and I have no idea where Black Mask
is broadcasting from.

Wait, hang on.

I think I've got something.

Now, Batman,
oh, there's a classic hero.

Great voice, no shame.

I mean, he built abdominals
directly into his suit, right?

And he kept trophies from every
single nut job he dumped at Arkham.

Keeping them off the streets, my ass.

He wanted to relish
in the feeling of being powerful.

Who can blame him?

In my day, Venom turned Bane
into a hulking terror.

The guy could rip the
tooth out of your smile

while shrugging off a
pipe wrench, you know?

Don't worry, Mr. Tavaroff,
I wouldn't do that to you.

And you convinced your
lab rat the tranquilizer

properties of the
Snakebite's vapor

would counteract the Venom's roid rage.

Well, let's face it,
everybody wants a bulletproof army,

but nobody wants to deal
with Bane's tantrums all day.

So you're building an indestructible army.

- Was Black Mask not scary enough?
- Oh...

I don't wanna be feared, sweetheart.
I wanna be loved.

By dawn tomorrow,
the GCPD will have collapsed

under the weight of its own depravity.

And Mayor Akins will have been,
shall we say, removed from office.

And then by noon,
well, the good people of Gotham,

and there's millions of
them, believe it or not,

will be quaking with fear.

Who will save us now?

And that's when Roman Sionis swoops in...

and puts a bullet
right through Black Mask's shiny skull.

This of course after
I've offered a raise to

whoever volunteers to
wear my mask that day.

And with Black Mask dead,

Gotham crowns Roman Sionis
as their white knight.

The city is mine.

I'm the establishment.
I'm the system. I'm the invulnerable ruler.

And anyone who tries to stop me,
gets to meet you.

And they wonder why we test our products
on animals first.

Get rid of him.

Still...

begs the question:

how does one become invincible?

It's the Channel 64 Gotham Live logo, over.

Wait, how did you get online?

"How did you get online, over."
We can't talk on top of each other.

Whatever, over.

Turns out I should've explored
my dad's old workshop sooner.

I found a bunch of old city almanacs.

I matched the letters you found
in Black Mask's reflection

to the old Gotham Live logo.

5566 Olive.

Hope you can read a map, over.

- We'll radio when we get there.
- Didn't realize this was a date.

Bitch shot me with a crossbow
while I was trapped in an elevator.

Yeah. And she beat my ass twice
and I wasn't.

Sophie, Circe is strong and she's ruthless.

And you're Batwoman.

Am I?

Without the suit, the
gadgets, the symbol...

I'm just Ryan Wilder.

Damn right, you're Ryan Wilder.

And this chick's
about to learn that the hard way.

- Uh... Where's Kate?
- What are you doing in my loft?

I'm sorry, your loft?
You took her bedroom too?

Kate's not Kate. Circe played us.

I know. Safiyah told me.

- Wait, Safiyah's still in Gotham?
- She's not gonna be a problem.

Unless you're rooting around
the east side scrapyard

looking to strip an '86 Firebird for parts.

Get out of the car!

Ryan, you
take the guy on the car.

- It's Mayor Akins.
- Hey, hey, mayor.

Stay with me. Stay with me. Come on.

You can't let them take our city.

You got to hold on, okay?

Here, emergencies are channel 9.
Keep trying until you get through.

- Where the hell are you going?
- I know how to beat Circe.

- Ryan, I need to go with you.
- He needs you here now.

Remember when you needed someone
to stand behind so False Face's bullets

didn't hit you?

Time to return the favor.

We infiltrate Black Mask's hideout
and we pull Kate out together.

Let me guess, you don't feel confident
fighting without your super suit

and don't wanna risk Soph's life
so I'm her crash test dummy?

Aw.

Take the mask, Alice.

Just say the magic words.

I need you, okay?

I know.

Dad, what were you up to?

We need oxygen.

- You've got to be kidding me.
- You know him?

- Unfortunately.
- Someone found him in a dumpster.

Jumped his heart in the alley.
No idea how he's not dead.

I can't believe
we're wasting oxygen on this guy.

I don't remember him being this huge.

Might have something to do with whatever
he mixed with the Snakebite in his arm.

How'd he get Snakebite?

Batwoman shut down the manufacturer.
There shouldn't be any left in the city.

Apparently he knows someone
who knows someone.

Looks custom.

It's being atomized through the respirator.

The vapors must be lessening the hit.

A longer high without OD'ing...

I don't wanna leave.

Makes the memories last forever.

I gotta go.

That makes sense now.

Are you talking?

I just realized
why your mail's in my sister's loft.

You live there now.

You read my mail?

Relax, it's just a super sexy power bill,
postcard from Angelique. She sends her XOs.

Oh, and don't forget,

you have the parole board hearing
tomorrow at 9:15.

They really let anyone
be a superhero these days, don't they?

Trust me,
you're not the only one in the car

shocked I've served more time than you.

Oh, I'm serving my time, dear.

- Just not in the traditional sense.
- Remind me to get the name of your lawyer.

Safiyah's punishment is worse
than a stint at Blackgate.

By killing Ocean,
she made sure I would

spend the rest of my
life in agonizing grief.

She didn't let me say goodbye.

We're here.

I'm saying I get it.

I get why you hate me.

Hey.

Hey. I said, I'm sorry.

What do you want? Forgiveness?
Because you know what it feels like

to have the one person who cared about you
ripped from your life?

Get this through your head.
You don't deserve my forgiveness.

Why? Because you're
the hero and I'm the villain?

You're not a hero, Ryan,
but you already know that.

Which is why I'm here, which is why
you're so desperate to get Kate back

because your city is falling apart,

- and you can't save it.
- Put on your mask.

What kind of hero
kills the first woman they've ever met?

What are you talking about?

Your biological mother died in childbirth,
right?

See, when a girl leaves me at the whims
of a madman with a fingernail extractor...

my first task upon escaping
is to learn everything about her,

and I know that your first act on
this Earth resulted in Mommy's death.

So if you wanna point fingers
at who killed the moms in your life...

We are gonna find Kate...

then I'm gonna do everything in my power
to dump your ass behind bars.

Mary to Luke, I have a crazy idea. Over.

Whoa. You need to lie down.

Where is it?

Where is it?

I get that this is a Hail Mary,
but we've exhausted every other idea

and an atomized dose of Snakebite
is way less dangerous than the injectable.

So we expose Kate to some vapors,

it triggers a core memory
and we bring her back.

- That is...
- Insane? Over.

Luke? Did I lose you?

Luke. Can you hear me?

- Mary? Do you copy?
- Yes! Yes, copy.

So Snakebite, yea or nay?

I think it's brilliant.

Oh, my God. Over.

Join me
for an evening of anarchy.

Help me raze every
single one of these

moldering institutions
to their foundations.

I've dropped masks at
a dozen street corners.

Stand up, strap one on.
Become your own vigilante.

And when the dust finally settles
over our failed system, well,

Black Mask will still be standing,
ready to lead you to your liberation.

This looks like it's gonna end well.

He's experimenting.
Okay. We need to get these out of here.

Heads up!

You're gonna use my own staff against me?

Was it really yours, though?

You're really gonna
stab your own sister in the back?

It's kind of our thing.

Thanks, for once.

Get that
stuff home. Lock it up.

Follow her. I'll distract him.

I can't beat her.

And I can't drive the
Batmobile. Save my sister.

In the letter dropped off
at multiple news outlets around the city,

the letter from Batwoman went on to say:

"Someone to prove that there's
something better for us out there."

The crusader
ended her handwritten note with this:

"You've always needed a hero, Gotham.
But in this moment, maybe that's not me.

Maybe it's a job for all of you now
to trust what you know in your heart

to be right and good,

and to find the courage to use that feeling
as a uniting force against hate."

Guys, look.

We're listening to Vesper.

No, seriously, look.

Is that one of those skull masks?
Why is that in this house?

Our neighbors put one up in their window.
Can we?

I'll be damned.

You! Where's my Snakebite?

Come here! Where is it?

Give me your bag.

I'll get the Snakebite. Here.

Back away, or neither of us get it.

Now you're just being an idiot.

Whoa. Uh...

- Still working out the kinks.
- Wait, what? What is happening?

This acts like an aerosol, but it's still
Snakebite, so make sure you get close,

but not so close
that you accidentally spray yourself.

You need to go.

I can't stop Circe.

Ryan, yes, you can.

I tried, Mary.

I can't. Not without the suit.

They improvised. So can you.

Damn.

You don't need the suit to be Batwoman.

She's already in you.

Who the hell are you?

Justice.

You wanna know why you failed as a villain?

Yeah.

Please.

How did you know?

You can't be bad and have feelings.

You can't hate Batwoman
and protect her identity.

You can't hate your sister
and risk your life for her.

It's confusing.
You can't sell a confusing message.

Says the freak with two names.

Oh. Two names, one goal.

Black Mask terrifies the city,

Roman Sionis rescues it.

You know who's a great villain?

The Joker.

- It won't come off!
- Good luck with your messaging.

Hmm.

The Sionises
live at 2325 Finger Hill,

according to the Gotham White Pages
from five years ago.

Okay. I'm on 5th and Grey.

Copy. Trigate's the only bridge
out of the city in that direction,

so if you turn left
on Adams and take

Riverside, you might
be able to cut her off.

I got eyes. Thanks.

Good luck.

Okay. So that's how you wanna play, huh?

Damn, you can ride a bike.

All right. This bitch is crazy.

Time to give up, Ryan.

Call me Batwoman.

Snakebite!

No!

What are you doing? Tatiana's
on her way here to kill you. Get up.

I'd love to.

Unfortunately, I'm very distracted
renting us a camper at the moment.

I'm sorry. Tatiana got the jump on you
because you were booking us a vacation?

Not a vacation, Alice.

A new life.

So you and I could disappear together...

on the other side of the
globe and get away from...

all of this.

Safiyah was right.

I was always gonna
have to choose one of you.

Since you wouldn't choose...

Safiyah chose for you.

I thought this Snakebite high
was supposed to be fun.

I think you're missing the point.

This is my goodbye.

But I don't... I don't wanna
say goodbye to you.

Do me a favor, Alice.

You know, this feeling that you feel...

that's good.

And now that you know
you're capable of feeling it...

chase it again.

Are you gonna say goodbye to me or...?

♪ Broken free ♪

♪ I feel the siren's call ♪

♪ Head above water, a thousand seas ♪

♪ Rising back up just to fall ♪

♪ Guess, you could say
I'm scared to look in the mirror ♪

Beth?

♪ 'Cause what if I'm
the very thing I fear ♪

♪ And the heavy silence
can't be any clearer ♪

♪ Tells me the lies that won't heal ♪

♪ Follow, follow me down ♪

♪ Follow our sweetest sound ♪

♪ Lost to the world ♪

♪ Luring me in ♪

♪ Follow, follow me down ♪

Kate. Kate, wake up.

Move, move, move.

♪ Rise again ♪

- One, two, three, four, five, six.
- Do you know what you're doing?

- Tilt her head back. Help me.
- What?

She needs air.

What do I do?

You're gonna use one hand to pinch
her nose, the other to stabilize her head.

Start breathing.

♪ Luring me in, follow ♪

- Nothing's happening.
- Again.

Don't die!

Hey, we got this, okay? Do it again.

Yeah.

Oh, my God.

♪ Just when I thought
that I'd broken free ♪

Beth.

♪ I feel the sirens come ♪

Over here. Found some people.

That's Alice from the Wonderland Gang.

No.

No, no. Kate.

No! No! No!

Batwoman, if you're listening,
we got your memo.

And challenge crushed.

Gotham rejected Black Mask's call
to overthrow the government last night.

And despite the city-wide power outage,
sanity prevailed.

Word is leaders of both the False
Face Society and The Wonderland Gang

are en route to Arkham...

which just leaves one
last thing to reject...

your resignation letter, B-woman.

Come back to us, sister.

Gotham needs you and more importantly,
Gotham loves you.

So, Ms. Wilder, I see that you've been out
of Blackgate for 14 months

and that your PO has requested that
you be released from restrictions early.

So, two questions for you:

Have you changed, and how?

Have I changed?

Honest answer?

No.

I haven't changed.

I am still the good, caring,

intelligent human being
I was the day I was wrongly arrested.

And the day I met my cellmate.

And the day I was dumped before this board

and told I had a 75% chance
of being a repeat offender.

But since I know this committee
wants to do the right thing today...

allow me to give you the answer you need.

Yes... I've changed.

I've changed because I stopped
seeing myself the way you see me

and started seeing myself for who I am.

A woman who has found her power.

All in favor, raise your hand.

On behalf of the power vested in me
by the City of Gotham,

I hereby deem the supervision of
the parolee, Ryan Wilder, unnecessary.

Ms. Wilder,
you are hereby released from parole.

Best of luck to you.

Okay, so then, me and Ryan are standing on
this pressure plate

in the middle of Quiz Bowl studios having
to answer all of Cluemaster's questions

like we didn't have anything better
to do on a Friday night.

So where were you?

Mm. Nerd flirting with a ginger cutie.

No. We were deciphering
a labyrinthian cryptogram to save your ass.

Deciphering?

Anyway, Ryan zip-lines us out of there
like a boss and saves the day, per usual.

Well, I'm glad to hear
that nothing's changed in Gotham.

Although, a little birdie told me that we
have a plus one in the hero department.

Where did you find a super suit?

Okay.

So when I was a kid...

I drew pictures of how I imagined
a Black Batman would look.

It turns out that my dad was secretly
turning those pictures into reality.

But, like, today is not about me, okay?

Kate, you're home.

And you're safe and you're healthy.

And Mary and I talked
about your future plans.

And we support you.

Thank you.

But, million-dollar question:
how does Alice fit into those plans?

You know, I had spent
so long thinking that

it was up to me to
bring Beth out of Alice.

It turns out, Alice brought Kate out of me.

She's my twin, she'll
always be a part of me.

But until Alice wants to be Beth...
I can't help her.

Hey.

- Am I interrupting?
- Not at all.

We saved you vegan pizza.

Apparently, you and I
have the same taste.

Understatement of the year.

You guys mind if
we have a minute?

Yeah, of course.
Of course.

Okay.

It's really good to see you.

It's good to see you guys too.

When did we get a Batmobile?

Sick, right? And just so you know, that was
actually me taking it easy on you, so...

Uh-huh, mm-hm.

- So, this is...
- This is probably...

- You first.
- Okay.

I just wanna say thank you.

That suit changed my life
in more ways than one.

And it has been an honor
to be able to wear your symbol.

I put that suit on to give back to my city.

You put it on to survive.

You know better than
anyone what that symbol

means to people
who have no hope left.

Batwoman's yours, Ryan.

As for Mary and Luke.

They are my family.

And I'm going to take care of them.

Thank you.

♪ Someone told me
Right, clear and true... ♪

I hear you're not gonna
try to kill me this time.

True. I'm not gonna kill you.

But I can't promise
that you're not gonna wanna kill me.

You're leaving Gotham.

Of course you are.

First to see my dad
and a friend in National City.

- Then, I'm off to find Bruce.
- Why Bruce?

My sister spent 11 years waiting for me
to find her. And I didn't.

If Bruce is alive and trapped somewhere...

maybe finding him is the only way for me
to forgive myself for not finding Beth.

None of that is your fault, Kate.

I wish that made me feel better.

So you and me and timing, huh?

Maybe in another universe,
we were meant to be together.

But in this one?

In this one...

I think we both
deserve something a little easier.

♪ Someone told me ♪

Well, whoever that is for you...

I really hope for your sake...

that she can compete with this.

♪ Love ♪

♪ Love has no limits ♪

♪ No limits, no limits ♪

Well, last night proved
we made an impact on this city.

We're not just taking bad off the streets.

- We're putting good back in.
- So, what's next, Batwoman?

We find that case of Batman trophies
before anyone else does.

And from the sounds of it,
I am gonna have backup.

And now that your clinic is legit,

I was thinking, what if
we build our community center above it?

Make it an all-in-one medical,
mental health, hangout for teens.

And you take point.

I'm so down with that.

Good. We start today.

And where are you going?

Just tying up a loose end.

Janus. Janus.

Janus.

Janus.

Janus.

Kane. Visitor.

Make it quick.

Not a problem.

Damn, security's worse than I thought.

I only gave him 40 bucks.

Well, here you have it. Alice behind bars.

A jumpsuit. Embarrassing lack of shoelaces.

A neighbor who's crazier than me.

Is it everything you'd hoped for?

I just wanted the system to work for once.

Right.

It finally did. This is justice for my mom.

Just happy I got to
see it with my own eyes.

I hope we never see each other again.

Funny you should mention mothers, actually.

You remind me almost daily
that your adopted mother is dead.

But maybe there's a little wiggle room
for bio mom.

- What?
- Oh, you don't know?

Hmm. Maybe it's time someone told you.

Your mother didn't
die in childbirth, Ry-Ry.

Mommy dearest is still very much alive.