Powers (2015–2016): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript

So this chick thought
being a Powers cop

meant that I had powers myself.

Yeah, I'm sure you...

set her straight.

I might have suggested
that I was bulletproof.

Hey, hey. Check it out.

Settle down, big guy.

Iron Impact,
ladies and gentlemen.

He'll be appearing here all day

before his tour takes him
to the Shaft

for an extended residency.



Yeah!

Bravo!

No, stop.

You're too kind.

Walker,

Zerotron here is giving me shit
on that club fire.

Oh yeah?! Give me a sec!

Hey, Stockley, your kid called.

Is everything okay?

Something about a track meet,
I don't know.

- Shit.
- Hey, listen.

Call Krispin.
I'll lock up this asshole.

No, don't worry about it,
I got him.

- You sure?
- Yeah.



Deal with that asshole over there.

Okay, big guy.

Hey...,

Zerotron-X.

You've been lighting up again?

- No, man.
- No?

Krisp. What's up, kid?

Dose him again, Bri!

So...,

tell me
what happened at the club.

Shit.

- Stop him!
- Against the wall!

Stop him now!

Hey, I'm Mario Lopez.

And Extra's obtained
exclusive footage

of the attack
on a veteran detective

inside the police station.

Well, in a tragic oversight,

Iron Impact didn't get
the right dose of sedatives

which is mandated
in all Powers arrests.

Now, viewers will recognize
Detective Christian Walker

saving the day,
but not at all like he did

when he wore the mantle of Diamond.

A former icon
of the Powers community,

Diamond once ranked
among the best.

He was not only a teammate
of Olympia and Triphammer, but...

also Retro Girl herself.

These heroes united once
partied as hard as they fought

to protect the city,
and now...

the big question:

Can we trust this fallen hero?

Diamond was once
close friends

with the notorious Johnny Royalle

as well as the murderous Wolfe.

And while Royalle is assumed dead,

and Wolfe behind bars...,

there's a shadow over
Diamond's reputation to this day.

That was before
he lost his powers

and became Detective Christian Walker
of Powers Division.

But now everyone is wondering:

were these deaths
due to police negligence,

accident or murder?

And whose side is Diamond,

excuse me, Detective Walker...

truly on?

Stay tuned.

Back to you, Mike.

How does it feel, Christian?

In your heart, I mean.

How does it feel
when they die... and die...

and keep on dying?

How does it feel to be powerless?

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How does it feel

to treat me like you do?

When you've laid your hands
upon me

and told me who you are

I thought I was mistaken

I thought I heard your words

Tell me, how do I feel?

Tell me now, how do I feel?

How does it feel?

How should I feel?

Tell me, how does it feel

to treat me like you do?

What color mask
was he wearing?

Powers Division is... not

what you'd call... over-resourced.

Metro PD would rather
not be reminded we exist...,

so... the city gave us
this building.

It was a post office
in the 30s.

Half of our equipment's been
seized from busts.

In the five years since
I founded the division...,

we've never had
a budget increase.

You've had enough
of the Sheriff's Department?

Oh, yeah.

Outer Banks Patrol Division,
what was that like?

Talking... bangers
and straight up criminal types?

We got the job done.

But... some Power
gets out of hand...,

policy was leave 'em
the fuck alone...,

let a hero take care of it.

Any alliances?

Sheriff is tight
with Blackguard.

But... can't always get him
on the phone.

We don't leave them
the fuck alone here.

And we don't wait
for tactical support from a hero.

Often as not...,

we pay a price.

Geez...,
someone should clean that up.

I wanted you to see it first.

Good luck, Detective.

Thank you, sir.

Introduce yourself.

See if you can
teach him something.

Detective Kutter.

Nice guns.

Nice chin pubes..., Kutter.

I'm your new partner.
Deena Pilgrim.

Big shoes.

Hmm.

How..., uh, old is this car?

Where are we headed?

Oh, my c... my condolences.
I...

Yeah, what?

- Krispin?
- Hey, Walker.

Hey, man, uh...

You okay?

No school?

I'll back tomorrow.

Mom doesn't want me
getting depressed.

Yeah.

- How's the job?
- Still the job.

- Kill any more Powers?
- That's not the job.

Should be.

I was a Power, Krispin.

- No..., I...
- Who is it, Krisp?

It's... Walker.

Brian's desk.

Just... thought
you should have it.

Can I?

Yeah.

Now, you were a hero, Walker.

That's different from just being
a Power..., you know?

Are you sure there's nothing in there
that'll hurt him?

I had to... turn in
Brian's back up piece

- and... all that stuff.
- Yeah.

I mean, like a phone...
with names,

numbers, pictures
of Brian's girls.

I took care of it.

Thanks.

You okay?

- Tried to call...
- Yeah, I...

- I didn't... want to talk.
- to you...,

- but you... you didn't...
- That's...

That's why I didn't answer
the phone.

Yeah..., sure. Okay.

"Yeah, okay."

I could eat something.

New guy drives.

I said no onions.

- You hear me say no onions?
- Mm-hmm.

Aight, I'm gonna say something.

You look different
without the mask.

That was the idea.

Most of those masks?

Come on, you figured
you'd make those guys right away.

You...

Ah... Ah, you look really different.

I never got made.

Hmm?

My neighbors didn't look twice.

It's context.

Nobody expects to see a Power
like Diamond mowing his lawn.

And you mowed your own lawn?

No, I live in a condo,
the lawn was a for instance.

Sure. So, for instance...,
where's your... condo?

Tailor Heights. You?

I'm, uh, between places.

Had a personal thing go to shit.

So I'm staying in Cannon Flats...
wit' my dad.

Oh, holy!...

Oh!

Oh, man, what is that like?!

Come on.
Let's go see a dead body.

Jesus, shit, Philip.

That's a really...
big, really naked dead body.

It's Olympia.

- Yeah.
- You've ever seen a Power fucking?

Goddamn Olympia!

My dad loves this guy.

Cops on his task force in the day,
they all had Olympia tattoos.

Yeah, you're... Waldo Pilgrim's
daughter..., right?

Is she the girl?

No.

Cherchez la femme.
[Look for the woman.]

Jesus!

We're thinking hero over there
is at least...

- good for statutory rape.
- And you left her in here?

To wait on a matron.

You okay?

I don't feel different at all.

Hey, let's get out of here...
'K. C'mon.

The fuck is her problem?

You're an asshole is her problem.

Another day with you and she'll know
what an asshole really is.

I'm not going to wait forever.

He's never late.

I'm not meant to be here.

I told you we needed to expand.

He hooked Olympia up
with a girl.

- Got her to pass him some Sway.
- Yeah..., I did.

I'm fronting this,
and I'm getting what?

Sway could be huge,
but people have to know about it.

Who's the girl?

A wannabe.

He's got her shacked
at the old Prattland rail barn.

Is that where she is now?

- A call for you.
- Who is it?

- It's me.
- What do you want?

I didn't say.

Yes?

Olympia is dead.

And?

And the police have the girl.

Powers Division.

Bug, you've made things...
much harder for me.

Hitting the Sway, huh?

Giving your powers a boost?

That's the idea, isn't it?

Everyone gets a boost.

Not everyone.

Just the ones who need it most.

The outcasts...,

the foundlings...,

the broken toys.

We're throwing money away

giving Sway to these
fucking Powerz Kidz.

I was one of those
"fucking Powerz Kidz".

Never fear, Bug.

We're all of us... merely here...,

then gone.

Wannabe.

You know..., back when I...
was what I was...,

this girl..., one time,
after she blew me, she flew.

Hovered..., really.

It happens... sometimes with an exchange
of... fluids..., you know?

And it's something you can try
if you're a... Powers wannabe.

You're talking about...
girls... sucking off heroes

to get a dose of powers?

Not just girls.
Boys do it too.

Shitbag Olympia motherfucker.

Hi.

I have soda...,

juice, water...,

candy, chips..., snickers.

Help yourself.

That's okay.

I can talk enough
for the both of us.

Y'know, finding a guy...
like Olympia... dead...,

that must have been
really scary.

Hmm.

Or..., you know..., I don't know,
maybe...

maybe it was a relief...,

depending on what was going on?

Hey, you don't have to be scared now.

Whoever killed Olympia
can't touch you here.

Olympia... can't touch you either.

What do you even do here?
Powers Division is a circus.

- Everyone knows that.
- I don't... think you're really in a...

Cops never ever catch
the really big, really bad Powers.

You didn't catch Pulp...,
or Black Mondo...,

without help from other Powers.
You're fucked.

Wow. You're kind of a...

I caught Wolfe.

You didn't catch Wolfe.

That... old Power did.

It was a big deal when I was a kid.

The guy with the funny mask.

"The guy with the funny mask."

Yeah.

But you lost your powers
fighting Wolfe later...,

when he escaped.

Then you became a cop.

There's a whole "Powers That Be"
episode about you.

Diamond.

- Cross needs you.
- Uh...

It's cool that you're Diamond and shit,
but it's not like you're Supershock.

Or Retro Girl.

She's only, like, a goddess.

You were a thing.

I know everything about her.
You were a thing!

Oh my God,
you hooked up with Retro Girl.

You want to see something?
This...

is where she hangs out.

She's a bird of prey...,
and that's her perch.

- That is badass.
- Yeah.

How did you find out
you had powers?

In the high school,
back in Seattle.

We used to... sneak out onto the docks,
climb the cargo cranes...,

you know, drink beer...,
do dares...

who can go out the farthest
on the gantry.

I was out there...,
pretty far one night...,

and... the wind gusted...,
and I slipped.

I fell.

I was falling, and all I wanted
was... to miss the ground,

but... I was gonna hit it,
no matter what...,

and then... I didn't.

I swooped..., really fast.

That's how it started for me.

I have powers.

But it... it's really hard...
waiting to find them.

Sometimes I... forget
I lost mine.

I-I can still feel them..., you know?
Like a... phantom limb.

You should try to do it, like...
like jump off

- something really tall again.
- Y... Yeah, no. It doesn't work like that.

There was a whole episode
on "Powers That Be" about... heroes

that lost their powers, and then...
they would try to get them back...

Yeah, you don't know what the fuck
you're talking about, okay?

I want my phone.

I want to call someone.

Who?

My mom.

Fine.

Hey, it's me.

I'm at the police station.

Bug isn't here, he, uh..., asked me
to help you if you called.

- Who is this?
- Friend, if you need one.

Look around yourself.
Can you tell me where you are?

What station is this?

Midtown Central.

- Did you hear that?
- Yeah.

One of those interrogation rooms,
like on TV.

I'm diabetic. I can't eat
any of this junk.

D'you have any nuts?

Yeah. Nuts it is.

Deena!

Get her some nuts.

You took over the show,
get your own fucking props.

- I stepped in there to help you.
- Oh, she's eating out

- The least you could do is get...
- of the palm of your hand...

Oh. Oh.

Oh shit!

It takes some getting used to.

Where's Bug?

He's been helping me.

He's been helping you how?

He's introducing me to Powers.

Like Olympia.

He said maybe I could...
meet more... if I wanted.

He gave you Sway... for Olympia?

Yeah.

And he took it...,

and we hooked up.

I went to the bathroom... to brush...
my teeth... after..., you know.

And... I came back
and he was dead.

Can you tell me who you talked to
at... Powers Division?

That cop
that used to be somebody.

Diamond.

Walker.

Yeah. Nuts it is.

Deena!

Get her some nuts.

What was that?

Johnny Royalle.

Royalle is dead.

Yeah.

But that... distortion
is his power... signature.

We need to call the Shaft.

I called the Shaft.

All stations are secure;
Wolfe hasn't moved.

Royalle is dead.

There's no way he can teleport
Wolfe out of the Shaft.

[?], am I the only one that sees

we need a dangerous Powers
bulletin on this girl?

Oh, we DPB her,
and it will be open season.

- She's a wannabe.
- Hey.

Have you spoken with Dr. Death?

We need to find the girl.
She'll be down on the strip

- with the Powerz Kidz.
- Hmm.

Get a cause of death on Olympia
before the media makes one up.

Did you tell him about... Bug?

About Sway?

I grew up with Walker.

Diamond.

He picked that name...

because...

he wanted to be sort of
as hard..., sharp-edged.

But he wasn't.

And that gap...

between who he wanted to be...
and who he really was...

cost him his powers.

It's very hard to know...

who we really are.

The secret... to doing...

everything that you are capable of...

is to understand...
how little time we have.

We're all of us merely here...,
then gone.

I know what I am.

I'm a Power.

I just don't have my powers yet.

And... Olympia was gross
and old and... whatever.

I just... I thought it would help
turn my powers on.

I didn't feel anything.

Can Bug maybe...

introduce me to someone else?

So I can try again?

Bug... doesn't work for me anymore.

He broke some rules.

You'll have to stay here for now.

But it's boring here.

It's not as boring as jail.

I'll find you a better place
soon.

A home..., if you like.

Well...,

I may have lost Bug...,

but it seems I've gained
a true friend..., I hope.

His heart exploded.

Like a heart attack?

Like a bomb.

Boom.

He was on a ton of shit.

Maybe there was
a weird... interaction that...

A weird interaction?

Sure, yeah. Cocaine...
could have blown up his heart.

So might a bee sting
or a solar flare.

He could be... vulnerable to pussy,
for all I know.

All I want is for science
to work right...,

- but the Powers fuck that up!...
- Hey, hey, hey, Doc, enough.

I got you... a, uh,
triple shot, red-eye espresso.

Oh, praise God.

Ah.

Yes. Well, all that aside,
there was... something weird.

Whatever was in... this
envelope... you found

was also in his bloodstream.

And as the simulation shows,
it appears to've been doing... this.

Jesus.

What the hell is that?

The scientific term would be...
"fucked if I know".

I used to watch that cartoon
in the 90s.

You..., Olympia..., Retro Girl...
and Triphammer.

Did you guys really hang out,
like, in real life?

I know you're... new to all this,

but... my partner was killed
a few days ago,

and now one of my oldest friends
just died.

We are... investigating
your friend's possible murder.

So if there's an...
arch nemesis or villain...

- who might want him dead...
- Arch nemesis?

It's not a cartoon.

What, so you think
he died of natural causes?

Powers die of natural causes.

Philip may not look it,
but he's 75 years old.

He's 75?

Yeah.

Powers don't age the way
that you people do.

Well..., then shouldn't you...
be a little...?

Or look a little...?

I'm not a Power anymore.

Ten fifty million,
a hundred nine trillion

That's what I deserve right now
'cause I'm killing it

They all have powers?

No. Only some of them.

You can see it in their attitudes.

The way they hold themselves.

Powerz Kidz...,
they got something, and they know it.

All that power.

All those hormones.

God save us.

I came down here when I was 17.

- You were one of those little shits?
- No.

No, it was different back then.

Me and my friends,
we went on patrols,

we wanted to do something,
be something.

This generation...,
they don't do anything.

They make little... "Show Us Your
Powers videos" and try to go viral.

But... standing around...,
waiting to be famous.

Your friends..., those were the... Kidz

that Wolfe killed
at the Sanction Lounge?

What's it like moving back in
with your dad?

That's gotta make you feel
like a total failure.

Did you see that?
That's powers in a public place!

Yeah, he's showing off.
He just... No... Hey! Stay in the car!

God damn it.

Get back in the car! Hey...

You!

- Houdini [Harry Houdini]!
- Leave them alone, they're just kids!

Get your ass down!

Flash your powers at me,
asshole.

These Kidz...,

you don't have to respect them.

But respect the fact
that a fireball

could come shooting out
of someone's chest

if he gets worked up.

Do you wanna stay out of the Shaft?

Who's she?

I don't know her.

Here.

Know her? Seen her?

So, uh..., what do you do?

Uh, light.
I-I do stuff with light.

Yeah? Cool.

I like your outfit.

- Thank you. I made it.
- Really?

- Yeah.
- Wow!

You are that cop!

Yeah, you-you were Diamond.

Here, it's-it's
on "The Powers That Used To Be" app.

Really, I thought all the Kidz
were... into Supershock.

I like vintage.

And you were hot.

Uh...

She's a... Retro Girl fan.

Into vintage..., like you.

You know her?

Her name's Calista.

Just... Just a wannabe.
She hangs out sometimes.

Okay. Call me if you see her?

What's your number?

Ah. 323...

Call me if you see her, yeah?
Powers Division.

Yeah, right.

Thank you.

Sure. Any time.

My name's Zora.

Zora.

I'll... see you around if...
you know where to find me.

"Here and Gone".
[The club's name.]

Keep those powers in your pants.

Classy, Walker.

- She recognized me.
- And you worked her for her number.

I worked for a name.

Calista.

Shit!

Whoa, what?!

That girl.

She said "here and gone".

Royalle...,
when he used his powers,

he used to say "here and gone",
his... his catch phrase.

Okay..., I get it.

I mean, we got...
one girl disappearing

and another using
Royalle's tag line.

But... everyone says
Royalle is dead!

Okay? Wolfe ate Royalle,
yeah?!

Yeah.

Christian?

Walker?

Walker.

You okay?

Wolfe ate Royalle.

Yeah.

I need to talk to Wolfe.

It's half a kilometer
straight down.

Your ears might pop,
just... so you know.

I just gotta say it-it's
such an honor to meet you, sir.

Thank you.

I was such a fan!

I-I-I saw... I saw Diamond,

saw you fight Pulp this one time,
you remember?

You put this move on him,
it was so crazy, man! I...

Yeah, I've fought Pulp a few times.

- Yeah.
- Through there?

Yeah, this way.

So, you guys are here
to see the show?

- What?
- That's the only visitors he gets.

I mean..., it's a real trip

when they do the lobotomy.

"The lobotomy"?

That doesn't look good.

Oh, Jesus.

Wait for it.

Oh, the flowers.

Oh... God.

- It's the same thing every single time.
- Hey. Give me that.

He's not a fucking toy!

Back up.

Are you in there, old man?

He's gonna wake up.
And that spike is the only thing

- to shut off his brain.
- We need his brain on.

Tell me about... Johnny Royalle.

Royalle?

Yeah.

What happened... to Royalle?

D-Did you... Did you kill him?

Johnny?

Kill?

Johnny.

He was... right... there,

in... f...ront of me.

- Sir, move away from the prisoner.
- One fucking second!

Okay, h-he was in front of you?

- And then what happened?
- He was right there...,

and then he went away...

and left me...

over... and over.

Sir, move away from the prisoner!

What do you mean "he went away"?

- Oh, fuck.
- Is he alive?

Is... Royalle alive?!

Christian.

He's waking up;
take him down!

Clear the field of fire, now!

I never should've taken it away
from you.

You can have everything back;

just get me out of... here.

Christian?

Last chance, sir.

It's your own fault...
they're all dead.

I j... I-I-I... I can't...

Sir, move away from the prisoner!

Fuck!

Open it.

What the hell was that?!

- Unlock the car.
- What did he mean?

- Unlock this fucking door.
- "I never should have taken them"?!

Give me... those fucking keys.

Or "you can have them all
back"?!

My powers!

Okay?

He has my fucking powers!

Shit!

It's unlocked.

When, uh..., Royalle and I...
first came here,

Wolfe was... our teacher.

Oh... shit.

Listen..., it was different then...,
okay?

Wolfe was this...
rock-star philosopher badass.

But you put Wolfe away.

Goddamn right, I did.

He went crazy.

He killed... my friends.

I caught him.
Sure, fuck!

And... then Royalle
broke him out.

Never proved..., but...
no one else could've.

That was the Sky Terrace Massacre.

Five-hundred and... sixty-seven people.

Wolfe... consumed them.

I tried to stop him again...,
but he f...

He fucking tried to eat me!

And he...

Oh shit.

He still has my powers.

Fuck!

I had a really great time, Walker.
Call me again?

You know, I... asked
for Powers Division.

I asked to work with you.

No cop in the world...
knows what you know.

No one else can teach me
how a Power thinks.

And I think... you and I...

could make a really good team.

Get the fuck out of my car.

Hey, Diamond.

- Hey.
- What's up?

Nothing,
just... thought I'd call.

Uh-huh.

Thought... maybe you
put eyes on Calista?

No.

No?

So, uh..., whatcha doin'?

Hangin'.

Yeah? Where?

Powers' Crib.
It's on O'Dell and 7th.

Yeah, I know it.
See you in five.

Great, I'll be here.

You're a bad girl.

Got my ass rousted by Powers-D
'cause of you.

It was Diamond.

Walker.

That's his real name.

Diamond...
is his real name.

Powers? We choose
our real names.

It's part of what makes us
what we are.

How we're different.

Better.

You don't belong here...,

little wannabe.

Nothing up my sleeve.

Diamond.

Retro Girl.

Olympia.

Triphammer.

Wolfe.

Johnny Royalle.

Olympia.

Rest in peace.

Olympia dying..., killing Bug,
it's too much exposure.

We can't wait,
we'll start tonight.

I'll see the supplier...,
I'll make more Sway.

We should do something
about the girl.

Simons.

In what circumstances
did we find each other?

The girl's not a risk.

She's lost..., she needs a home.

What are we building here...
if not a home?

Shit.

Hey.

Hey.

This is not
your usual scene, huh?

Nah. Kidz have been...
squatting here since my day.

Mmm.

I carved my initials
upstairs somewhere.

You wanna show me?

I know what's upstairs.

- Hey, man.
- Hey.

- Hmm.
- You missed the... wannabe..., hmm?

Oh shit.

She booked on out of here.

Diamond!

Can you wait?! Diamond!

Why didn't you tell me
she was here?

Because I d...

What the fuck were you thinking?

I wanted to see you.

Where did she go?

- She ran away, I don't know.
- Oh, perfect!

But-But-But you could stay.

Or... we could go to your place?

Go back inside, little girl.

Calista was right!

Your real name is Walker.
[Walker = The one that walks.]

Like as in one who walks
because he can't fly anymore.

Shit.

You were right.

She does hang out here.

I can feel her.

Yeah?

What does that feel like?

Safe.

Being here, it's...

it's like I am Retro Girl.

Whoo...

She's not... who you think
she is, you know?

None of the Powers are.

They're weak.

Their powers make them weak.

They stop growing,
stop trying

because they don't have to.

You don't wanna be like that.

You don't understand.

You had powers.

You just fell
and you found your powers.

It's not fair!

You just fell.

Yeah, but I lost
my powers, Calista!

I'm just like you.

You're a normal kid...,
and that is okay.

It's okay.

I could be a real hero.

You think?

You think you know
what that means?

You think you can always be there
in the nick of time?

Make the right choice?

'Cause when you don't...,

you blame yourself.

And you live with it...

every day.

Come on.

Let's get out of here.

You and me.

Normal.

Like everybody else.

I don't want to be
like everybody else.

No, no!

Shit.

- No. No. No. No.
- Here, I got ya! Hold on!

Come on!

I'm sorry.
I can't! I can't.

Shit!

Christian!

You stupid son of a bitch!

How does it feel, Christian?

How does it feel to be powerless?

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