Beware the Batman (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 18 - Games - full transcript

Previously on
Beware the Batman.

Humphry
Dumpler worked for the mob.

Genius accountant.

Went crazy after you
got him blown up.

He escaped protective custody
and was never heard from again.

Until now.

Batman, where are we?

Last thing I remember, we were
checking out a lead on a weapons stash.

Next thing, I wake up here.

Ambush.
Poisoned darts.

Benzyl chloride,
if I'm not mistaken.



Hits quick, leaves just as fast.

So, how do we get out of here?

A cage with fancy furniture
is still a cage.

Katana, wait!

- A trap.
- Good call.

No, a simple deduction.

No trap on my door was meant
to put us at ease, lower our guard.

But, whoever put us here
knew I would see through that.

Our captor has studied
our tactics.

Short corridor here.

Then, that's our route.

Commissioner Gordon.

Mayor Grange.

Tobias Whale.



Wake up, loser.

Batman!

Where...

I was in my office.
Opened a window, and...

I... was walking to my car
in the City Hall parking lot.

I was visiting friends,
celebrating being out on bail.

Where are we now?

Why, Mayor Grange.

You're on square one
of my latest little game!

Humpty Dumpty.

Dumpler, this is Commissioner
Gordon of the Gotham PD

Release us now, or...

But, you just got here!

Don't you even want to see
what's for dinner?

Go ahead,
don't want it to get cold.

That's right.

The first course of
this mystery is murder!

Someone in this room was responsible
for ending this person's life.

But, who?

Answer that, and I'll let all
the innocent parties go free.

Let's get started.

Each of you has been given
one helper card.

An eclipse?

Yours is blank, Batman.

Because you shouldn't
need any help.

Each card is an answer
to a clue.

Match the right card to
the clue and you can move on.

The first clue
is right before you.

And, to make things interesting,

there will be little obstacles
along the way.

What do you mean
by "obstacles," baby?

Better hurry.
That's a two-minute egg.

It'll take all five of you
to solve this mystery.

And, if Mayor Grange dies
before you do,

it's game over...
for all of you!

Batman,
we could use a little help.

I am helping.

I'm working the puzzle.

So, the knife
is the murder weapon.

Too easy.

The dummy's fingers and lips
are blue, suggesting suffocation.

But, the stab wound
is bright red.

His blood was properly
oxygenated.

The scuff marks on the knees.

The body was moved.

Hey, finish your game of "I Spy"
and get over here and help me.

The mayor
doesn't have much time.

The mannequin
only appears stabbed.

It was poisoned with carbon
monoxide somewhere else.

That would explain
the oxygenated blood.

Then, brought here.

A crime that began as one
thing, then became another.

Only one card given to us
matches that theory, Katana.

The butterfly.

Begins its life
as a caterpillar,

before becoming
something different.

You cracked
the case, Batman, well done.

I hope everyone
likes board games.

Stand on a lit
tile and everything is hunky dory.

But, if your tile goes
dark and you're still on it,

you're out of the game...

Permanently!

Tiles will light at random,

and you can only stand on one for
so long, before it goes dark again.

So, keep moving.

If you don't solve the mystery
of what happened in this room,

and lay down the right card,

too many tiles will fall away,

and together,
you'll all hit rock bottom.

Whale, turn over
that picture frame.

Huh?

I'll leave the mystery solving
to you geniuses.

It's all right, I've got this.

It's a picture
of a woman and a girl.

Maybe, the woman's daughter?

This room could belong to the dead
body that we found in the dining room.

That could be his wife
and child in the picture.

Seems likely.

But, why are his belongings
left out like this?

You said the body was moved.
Maybe, he was killed in here.

Possibly.

Or maybe abducted from his room,

made to disappear
from his family.

Gordon, your card.

Something that disappears.

Like a rabbit dropped
in a magician's hat.

Well played, players.

Whale!

Batman... Batman!

Can you make it over here?

Don't you think we're trying?

The bed's a no, but...

- Are you all right?
- Yeah.

But, there aren't
a lot of floor tiles left.

It might take us some time
to make our way to you.

We need to find a way
out of here.

Running isn't the answer.

Dumpty wants that
excuse to kill us.

Are you willing to risk
everyone's life on that?

Let's run down what we know.

Humpty Dumpty says someone in
our group had something to do

with what happened to
the man on the dinner table.

Whale's the only criminal
in our group.

He's got to be guilty
of the murder.

If it is murder.

The first clue,

someone or something that is not
what it at first appears to be.

The second clue, making
someone or something disappear.

This mystery might not be about a
murder at all, but some other action.

And that means, the guilty
party could still be any one of us,

including you and me.

Us?

We didn't commit any crimes.

Batman, are you listening to me?

You don't look good, Marion.

Don't baby me, Jim.
I just need some water.

I'll see if I can find some.

Stick with me.

And, when we get our shot,
I can get us both out of here.

In exchange for a pardon?

If you're feeling grateful,
baby, I wouldn't say no.

This room...
It feels familiar.

Does anyone recognize this song?

I do.

It's an old sailor's song.

I hear it down at the
Gotham Docks all the time.

It's called Dead Man's Moon.

Creepy tune.

I think you need to see this.

Bats of the Western Hemisphere.

Field Guide
to the Study of Bats.

The Migration Pattern and
Mating Habits of the Common Bat.

Every book in here
is about bats.

I knew it! I knew it was
something this stone freak did.

Yo, po-po, arrest him.

Mystery solved.

You shouldn't be accusing
anyone, Whale.

You're the one that knew the song
in the record player, remember?

Stop yelling! Don't you see this
is what Humpty Dumpty wants?

For us to turn on each other?

I'm not going to die in here
because of all of you!

Braille.

You stay together here
and play this psycho's game.

We all know he'll never
let us win.

I'm finding a way out.

Good luck, chumps.

Why are you all just
standing there doing nothing?

We can't just let him run off
or we're all dead!

Marion, wait!

We need to stay together!

We have to go after them.

- Wrong move.
- Are you kidding?

Who knows what could
happen to them, without us?

Humpty Dumpty
is a master game player.

He knew this would happen now.

Which means, our team
breaking apart is part of his game.

If we go after Whale and Mayor
Grange and don't solve his puzzle,

we lose and Dumpty wins,
meaning...

we die.

What if you're wrong?

A sea chantey about the moon,

books on bats written for
the blind, hiding deadly weapons.

Rather than staying, one of our
team ran and another followed.

Both only concerned
with their own lives.

How do you get eclipse
out of all that?

In an eclipse, you turn away.

Because, if you look into an
eclipse, you could go blind.

You turn a blind eye.

Just like Whale and Mayor Grange

did to the safety of the group
when they ran.

Excellent, Batman!

You better find
your friends, though.

You still need everyone
to make it out of here!

Hang on a second.

Just like a shooting gallery.

Next time, think the problem
all the way through

before you decide
on a course of action.

And don't question me again.

You fool!

You're going to
get us all killed!

Lady, you've got no
authority over me in here.

All of you, stay back!

Let me go!

Let me go!

What is this?

Pictures of ships...

Another naval reference
like the song on the Victrola.

Burnt cash.
A payoff gone wrong.

Whale! Enough!

This is what Dumpty wants.
This is how he wins the game.

I don't care about no game, Bat!

Nowhere to look
without seeing yourself.

Can't hide in here.

Have you solved the mystery,
Batman?

Do you know
who the bad person is?

Yes, I know.

Good.

Who's that?

I know this guy!

He's an arms smuggler
I put away in Blackgate.

- Ernie...
- Croskey.

Ernie Croskey, captain of the
Flying Fox based in Gotham Harbor.

The Flying Fox?

I believe each of us has a
connection to that ship and this man.

A crime that began as
one thing, but became another.

Ernie Croskey's ship was
smuggling weapons into Gotham.

Weapons purchased from...

The League of Assassins.

I was the middleman,
undercover for the CIA.

We wanted to track the weapons,

see if they led us
to any of the League's cells.

I never met Croskey, though.

I just loaded the ship.

Croskey didn't even
know the weapons were on board.

Did he, Whale?

Man, that was my shipment.

Hidden right under
Croskey's nose.

Too bad it never got to you.

You were burned on that deal.

By me.

Thanks to a tip from Batman.

Since Whale never took possession
of the weapons, I couldn't hold him.

But, I could arrest the guy
he fingered.

The second clue,
something made to disappear.

In this case, an innocent
man taken from his family.

Ernie Croskey.

Who I prosecuted
and sent to jail.

The third clue,
turning a blind eye.

In one way or another,
we are all responsible.

The villain we've been
looking for...

is us.

Ah, the sweet smell of victory!

I knew you could do it, Batman!

No, this is wrong.

Whale's the only one
who was committing a crime.

We thought we were
doing the right thing.

Excuses, excuses!

Just like the people who
ruined my life made excuses,

when they pulled me
into their war.

Well, it won't happen to Ernie.

When I worked for Whale, I watched
Ernie take the fall and did nothing.

Now, I'm correcting my mistake.

Where am I?

Who are all of you?

These are the people who took
you away from your family, Ernie.

Who framed you.

I brought them here
for your revenge.

What are you waiting for?
Take them out!

I don't want to hurt anyone.

I just want to go home
to my wife and daughter.

You will, Ernie.
We'll help you.

No, he's a liar!

This is game over, Batman!

You're forgetting
your own rule, Humpty.

That everyone responsible for what
happened to Ernie would be punished.

You never spoke up for Ernie
when you had the chance.

You're as guilty as we are.

No, no! You're twisting my rules!

This is my game
and I'm the winner!

You're still trapped in without
me! You'll never get out alive!

Huh?

Oh, no.

Now, it's game over.

Is Dumpty secure?

Yes. When Humpty Dumpty
wakes up from that great fall,

he'll be rotting in a cell
at Blackgate.

Whale, you'll be moving
into Ernie's cell.

Obstruction of justice
and weapons smuggling,

on top of your previous crimes.

I think that's grounds
for having your bail revoked.

Go. I'll handle Dent
and the police.

- Back to the mansion?
- For me.

I'm going alone.

Alone? Why?

Did I do something wrong?

In the library.

Once I decide on a plan,
it's not up for discussion.

I thought you were becoming more
interested in beating Humpty Dumpty,

than the safety of Gordon
and the others.

I chose the right course
of action.

This time.

I just thought that what we do
we do for Gotham and its people.

Their safety comes first.

Even Bruce Wayne
would agree with that.

I'm not Bruce Wayne.