Beware the Batman (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 24 - Epitaph - full transcript

Previously on
Beware the Batman.

Why do you think I
brought the great Dane Lisslow,

head of my Special Crimes Unit?

To Harvey Dent,
Gotham's next mayor.

You're backing me?

Mayor?

Keep your friends close,
but your enemies closer.

When I was a boy,
we used to eat our dinner on

an old door propped up
between two chairs.

My father, who worked two jobs,

never dared dreamed that
one day his son Harvey



could be mayor of Gotham City.

Well, Dad, your son Harvey is
about to make that never dared dream

come true!

At a rally last week, he said his
family ate off an ironing board.

Whatever gets the votes.

I was wondering where you were.

Working the crowd.
Gotta keep our boy safe.

We still on for
sailing this weekend?

Actually, I have a favor to ask.

Would it be okay if I
brought my son Glen?

He keeps bugging me to meet you.

Sure, but I thought he was in
Bludhaven with your ex-wife.

You're wondering how
I know that.

No, I assumed you'd run
a background on me. Smart.



The kid means the world to me,
and since, well...

I mentioned we were friends.

Absolutely.
I'll even let him steer.

How's it looking out there?

I don't know what's worse,
the hot air coming out of Dent

or the B.O. coming off this crowd.

Think he's gonna win?

Since Grange officially
stepped down, probably yes.

Stay here. I need to make sure
my guys aren't on a donut break.

Thank you. Thank you.

Now, as much as I
love to hear myself talk,

I do want to bring someone out here
who has believed in me from the start.

Gotham's very own son and
my best friend in the world,

Mr. Bruce Wayne.

Thank you, Harvey.

My father, Thomas Wayne,
believed in strong leadership.

He believed that, in their
hearts, people were basically good.

But the challenges of life
can take their toll.

Debt, unemployment...

Batman, what are you
doing here? Dent...

Vigilantes such as
Batman think they have the answer.

Meet fist with fist.

Mayor Harvey Dent will
continue the work

District Attorney
Harvey Dent began.

Bringing Batman to justice
once and for...

No!

- Who are you?
- I'm Batman.

It's been six hours,
your divers find anything?

No. Why would he do it?
Why would Batman kill Wayne?

No one is dead yet.

Let's give it more time
before we make that call.

Come on. Come on.
Pick up, Katana.

That's my second pass.
Still no sign of him.

Bruce is in peak
physical condition.

He's alive, I can feel it.

Alfred, whoever was in
that Batman suit,

he knew my moves before I did.

What are you
trying to say, Tatsu?

That Batman shot Bruce Wayne?

You and I both know
that is impossible.

It's just Barbara.
She's been calling for hours.

What is it?

He's freezing.

Hypothermia. And this
shoulder is in need of repair.

No time for a hospital.

Now we wait.

We don't know yet, Barbara.

But thank you for not
believing what they're saying.

Batman is not a killer.

Stay by your computer.
We'll be in touch.

Katana, look at this.

His block, kenpo.
His kick is muay Thai.

And the throw, Jeet Kune Do.

He's mixing styles on the fly.

That's how he predicted
my moves, he knew them.

Yes, but to do that requires
a mastery of each discipline

of which there are hundreds
throughout the world.

Thousands, actually.

Current pulled me a
a couple miles.

Close enough to the cave
to swim in.

You should be resting.

It appears what we're dealing
with here is someone as skilled as...

Batman.

You need to be
in a real hospital.

No.

Batman's imposter needs
to think he succeeded.

That means no hospital.

And I stay dead.

Why?

If Batman thinks I'm dead,
he won't be afraid.

Afraid of what?

Making his next move.

Hey, O'Neill, hand me
a bear claw.

And not the one you picked at.

It's him!
It's the Batman.

Freeze.
Drop your weapons.

Gotham City belongs to
the Batman now. I'm the law.

You've been warned.

A single twig breaks.

But a bundle of twigs is strong.

Bruce Wayne was not a man who
accepted the help of others easily.

Yet he was surrounded
by those who loved him.

Our strength will keep
the memory of his spirit alive.

Commissioner Gordon, are
there any plans to continue the search?

Whose decision was it to go
ahead with a funeral without a body?

It was a decison made by
Mr. Pennyworth and the Wayne estate.

Are you any closer to
bringing Batman to justice?

I'll answer that.

Bruce Wayne wasn't
the only victim of this crime.

For all we know,
Batman was after me.

And that is scary.

Which is why, with
Commissioner Gordon's help,

we are forming a joint
commission between Gotham PD

and the SCU Taskforce
to turn Gotham upside down

and bring the Batman to justice.

We're also reaching out to
the public for help as well.

Now we aren't saying go out there
and hunt for Batman on your own.

He's too dangerous.

But if you have
any information...

Am I late?

Why does this keep
happening to me?

Open your eyes.
He's after all of us.

He took the bait. On his way
to you now in a black hearse.

Humpty Dumpty, that's
where I've seen that gun.

Dumpty used one just like it
when we fought at the armory.

I'll get the serial number
and check the manufacturer.

Found the owner of the hearse.
Banker Funeral Home.

They reported it stolen
four days ago.

Same day Alfred sent out the
announcements for Bruce Wayne's funeral.

What are you doing?

I'm mapping a thermal overlay
over the CCTV footage of the crash.

The flames are blocking
the view of the scene.

But if I can invert
the heat signature...

There.

Hello, dirt bag.

- Is that?
- A footprint.

Those calculations suggest our
imposter is roughly 6'4", 250 pounds.

What? You recognize something?

I found our gun.

Serial numbers match.

And according to
the Gotham PD database,

it never left the armory.

Come on! Katana said
she was gonna be in touch.

Why don't you do something?
Ring, beep, ah-oo-ga. Something!

Dad! I thought you weren't
gonna be home tonight.

I'm not. Just grabbing a quick
shower, then it's back out.

Any leads?
Anything I can help with?

Sweetheart, I appreciate that.

But for the next hour all I care
about is hot water on sore muscles.

And yes, I know how girly
that sounds and I don't care.

Someone's missing.

You're clear. Still think
you're gonna need me in there.

No, this
one I need to do on my own.

We got a tip you were
coming, Batman.

On your knees.

Katana, I'm in the northwest
corner of the armory. I need an exit.

On it.

He went down this way. Come on.

Come on.
I know a way out of here.

Why are you doing this?

Wayne was my friend.

You didn't kill him.

I want to help you find who did.

This armory was built
during the civil war.

- There are catacombs...
- Running beneath.

Militias and civilians used to
hide here during intense shelling.

I thought they'd been sealed.

Dent opened them again so we
could store SCU equipment securely.

Barbara, now is really
not a good time.

- I said I'd call you.
- I couldn't wait.

I know who bad Batman is.

What? Who?

Since Dent formed the SCU, we've
been keeping our gear down here.

Dent's paranoid that if Gordon found
out the firepower we have, he'd lose it.

You never answered my question.

Why are you doing this?

I told you, Wayne was a friend.

Then why did you kill him?

When did you know?

I have to hand it
to you, Batman.

What gave me away?

As Dent's second-in-command,
you were the only other person

with access to
the evidence room.

The Batman imposter left behind
prints that put him at 6'4", 250 pounds.

Two hundred
fifty-five, actually.

I assumed you'd find
a way to get me alone.

That way you could kill me with
no one seeing and come out a hero.

Yeah, that was the plan.

What I don't understand is why.

Does it really matter now?

What's going on?

I was told Batman
attacked the armory.

Where's Lisslow?

We don't know, sir.

We heard a shot. We believe
it came from the catacombs.

He's got Dane.

You like the suit?

It's modeled after yours.

Wouldn't be a fair fight
unless we're evenly matched.

Why did you kill Wayne?
Why are you framing me?

It doesn't matter now.
He's won.

And I've lost everything.

Who's won?
Who are you talking about?

Haven't you figured that out?
Deathstroke.

Talk.

When you defeated Deathstroke
on the Gotham skytram,

he realized taking you out
wouldn't be as easy as he thought.

So he devised a new plan.

Kill Wayne, frame me.

But he needed a patsy in case
things went wrong again.

Someone as skilled as Batman.
He knew I had the training.

He also knew I'd never do it.

So why did you?

Because he took my son!

Dane!

Are you in there?
Can you hear me?

Harvey, help me!
Batman is gonna kill me.

Get this door open now!

I'm not gonna let Glen die.

What are you doing?

Deathstroke doesn't care if I
die as long as you go with me.

Freeze, Batman.
Where's Lisslow?

Dent, get back!

Dane.

Don't talk. You're safe now.
I'll get you home.

Once again,
repeating our top story.

Fires still rage at Gotham Armory
after last night's deadly attack by Batman.

It has been confirmed that
the attacked did claim the life of

SCU Agent Dane Lisslow whose
body was recovered this morning.

Mayoral hopeful
District Attorney Harvey Dent

was also seriously wounded in the
attack, but is expected to recover.

A city-wide manhunt is
currently underway for Batman.

A million dollar bounty
has been placed on his head.

The highest ever offered
for a terrorist.

I believe that's enough of that.

Bruce Wayne is dead,
Batman a terrorist,

and Deathstroke alive.

Or Lisslow was lying and
he acted alone. It's possible.

I vetted Lisslow myself.

IAFIS, NSA, Interpol,
he came up clean.

None of this makes a lick of sense.

It's Barbara. She's been
running down anything

she can find on Lisslow
and his son like you asked.

Put her on the Batcomputer, but
cut our camera so she can't see me.

- Katana, are you there?
- We're here, Barbara.

Were you able to find out
if Lisslow's son is all right?

Far as I can tell,
Lisslow doesn't have a son.

- What did you find?
- The truth.

Whoever was in that Batsuit,
it wasn't Dane Lisslow

because Dane Lisslow
doesn't exist.