Spider-Man (2017–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - Web of Venom - full transcript

*MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN*
Maximum Venom

*MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN*
Season 03 Episode 01

Episode Title:
"Web of Venom"

Aired on: April 19, 2020

Hey, there,
remember me?

You tried to take over
the world,

I crushed your plans.

It's kind of what I do.
Ahh!

First Vulture, now Electro?

Did you guys carpool?

Is it just me, or is there
no spark between us anymore?



Ah...ah!

Is this some kind of a villain
flash mob or something?

I can learn the moves
if you go slow.

Sandman, now Venom?

This is a pretty essential
"Worst Of" playlist.

Okay...

didn't see that coming.

Yeah, me either.

I guess the system
still has a few bugs.

Yeah, it definitely
has one big bug.

Me.

'Cause I'm a bug?

"Spider-Man."

You know,
when we all used our powers



to test Horizon's new

hard-ight hologram
training room,

we somehow managed to do it
without the bad jokes.

- Ouch.
- Guys, we gotta run.

Bus leaves in five.

Thanks, Spidey.

You've given us
all kinds of valuable data.

Once we get it working,

the city's
emergency response teams

are gonna love training
with this thing.

Where are you guys
rushing off to?

Weeklong college tour?

Don't tell me you forgot
to sign up, Pete.

If you hurry, maybe Max
can squeeze you onto the list.

- Maybe.
- Oh, man.

Where's a phone booth
when you need one?

What's a phone booth?

Oh, hey, I gotta run.

I can't believe I forgot

to sign up
for the college tour.

Between high school
and being Spider-Man,

I haven't had a second
to think about my future.

I just need to get out
of this costume and find...

Max?

That's weird.

No one's supposed to be in this
wing while it's being rebuilt.

Hey, Max, sorry to bother you,

but there's this
college tour, and...

The Venom symbiote?

Max, no!

Don't freak out.

I'm gonna get you
out of this thing.

Somehow. Uh...

- Pete? How'd you get in here?
- Huh?

Bigger question.

How are you controlling
the V?252?

Are you working with it?

You swore you'd never
touch it again.

Oh, this isn't
the original symbiote.

It's a synthetic copy
that works just like it.

It can be controlled
by its host's mind,

and based on my tests
so far,

this version appears
to be perfectly safe.

A safe Venom symbiote?

I'm skeptical.

After Venom was defeated,

I was able to gather
a tiny sample

of the original alien
symbiote,

keeping it under
heavy security,

which has enabled me
to do this:

replicate it
on a cellular level.

But unlike the original V?252,

this new substance
isn't alive.

Remember my dream of using it
to revolutionize the world?

Prosthetic limbs,
fire containment.

I gave it up
when we discovered

the V?252
was a living organism,

but now?

Now I've reached
the breakthrough

I've been struggling
to achieve.

Yeah, but are you sure
it's safe?

We still know so little
about Venom.

We don't even know why it came
to Earth in the first place.

Anything could go wrong.

I agree.

That's why I'm using myself
as the subject.

I've been running
intense testing on it.

In secret,

around hundreds
of innocent students.

My reasons for this
are personal.

Have you ever had something
so important to you

that you could never
give up on it?

No matter what?

I will go public with this

after I prove
it's completely safe.

In fact, I need help
finishing the testing,

and I can't think of a better
assistant than you, Pete.

Me?

Uh, I don't know, Max.

Oh, shoot.
I forgot.

We have a tour for a new
student scheduled right now.

It's gonna take me a while
to safely close up this lab.

Any chance
you can handle the tour?

Well, since I missed
the college bus,

sure.

Who's the new student?

Whoa, Park Peterson?

You go here?

Hello again, Grady Scraps.

Looks like
I'm your tour guide.

And it's, uh, Peter Parker.

Mm, nope.

When we met
at the Bilderberg Academy,

you said your name
was Park Peterson.

Fact.

That is so me.

I'm fun like that.

So you're
at Horizon High now.

Yeah.

It was such a bummer
when we all learned

Bilderberg was
a front for AIM,

that evil science organization.

So, you know, I was just
doing some home schooling,

but my parents, uh,
firmly suggested

I find a new place to study.

I see you ended up
here too.

Do you like it?

Oh, Horizon's
one of the best things

that's ever happened to me,

and I think
you'll find it's...

Absolutely amazing!

This is the hard?light
holo training room

designed by my friends
Miles, Gwen, and Anya.

Students designed
a hologram room?

Mind equals...

Oh, yeah.

Students make
almost everything here.

The advanced computer
network,

the jet propulsion room,

astrophysics modeling.

Even the security bots
are student?designed.

We also just installed
this antigravity chamber

to help run experiments
for the Space Administration.

You gotta have hundreds

of projects and systems
online at once.

I bet the power bill's
a fortune.

Nope.

Tony Stark has us covered.

He recently donated
this new Arc Reactor system.

It provides highly efficient
renewable energy

for the entire school.

No way!

You know,
I met Tony Stark.

We're kind of buddies, really.

That's cool.

I'm actually pretty good
friends with Spider-Man.

Wow, name dropping.

You must be pretty insecure.

Did I mention
I also met The Hulk once?

Wow, so many students

designing so many
incredible projects.

I'm gonna fit
right in here,

'cause I pretty much make
incredible things all the time.

Well, not everything
turns out great at Horizon.

No way.

I can't believe
anyone's projects

ever fail at this school.

You'd be surprised.

The Project Graveyard.

This is where all the failed,
abandoned,

or malfunctioning projects
end up,

securely put away.

Horizon's philosophy
is that failure

is just a chance to learn
from your mistakes.

Whoa.

Looks like
this was modified

to create local weather events
or something?

It didn't start out
as a weather machine,

but it did backfire

and almost destroy
another school's auditorium.

Not anyone's best moment.

There is so much
awesome stuff here.

I can't believe it.

You and me both.

Dr. Curt Connors.

And I agree.

Some of the work in here,

even if it ultimately failed,

is brilliant.

Hi. I'm Grady Scraps.

I'm new here,
and... oh, my!

You have a robot arm!

Well, I am the new advanced
biomechanics professor.

I thought I'd come down here
to look for ideas

as I write up
my class syllabus tonight.

I want to give my students
the proper challenges

and encouragement.

Sounds mega?awesome.

I sure hope I get your class,
Dr. Connors.

So do I.

Us new guys gotta
stick together, right?

Can I look around in here?

I want to see
just what kind of work

Horizon is going to expect
of me.

Go for it.
You're one of us now.

Call me if you need anything.

So, Peter,
impressionism, cubism.

- Potato?ism?
- Hmm?

You've made at least
three sculptures

with your mashed potatoes,
but haven't taken a bite.

Oh, a lot on my mind,
I guess.

Someone I respect a lot
at Horizon

is doing some...
questionable things.

Dangerous things?

I'm... not sure.

I don't know exactly
how to fix your problem,

but I do know
Ben Parker's nephew

always finds a way
to do the right thing.

Maybe you need to take
your mind off school.

When's the last time you just
hung out with friends?

Harry?

Harry's busy with OsCorp,

and all my other friends
are away

touring colleges right now,

which I totally forgot
to sign up for.

Well, then meet
somebody new.

Anna Watson's niece
moved in next door.

Hmm?

Oh, hey.

Gotta take this,
Aunt May.

No one would call me from school
if it wasn't super important

Grady, is everything okay?

I'm thinking no,

but I would love
to get your opinion.

What was that?

Yeah, I haven't had time
to name it.

So there might be a little,
tiny, no?big?deal emergency.

- Ahh...
- Grady?

Where's this little emergency?

Uh, I'm not sure "little"
applies anymore.

It's kind of gotten bigger.

Okay.

How much bigger?

Uh...

roughly that size!

Ah! Ah!

Whatever grave
you crawled out of,

it's time for a return trip.

Whoa!
Are you on the baseball team?

I had no idea
you were such a jock.

No, I, uh,

play a lot of badminton
with my aunt.

Besides, Horizon doesn't have
a baseball team.

Sure, it does.

The Horizon Circuit?breakers.

They're in the brochure.

We have a brochure?

I vote we run for cover.

There's no shame in this.

The one with the bat
should go first.

That means you.

So what is that thing?

I found a half?finished
project.

It looked like a cool robot
or something,

so I brought it online,
and well, that happened.

It looked a lot smaller
when you called me.

Yeah, it's... growing.

How is that possible?

Quantum entanglement,

and I'm guessing some serious
emotional baggage?

At least
we got it contained.

Any theories
on how to stop it?

I scanned it
before you got here.

See?

I think that's the power cell.

Shut that down, and I bet
it'll stop it in its tracks,

if we can get
close enough to it.

We might not need to.

My friend Anya
once invented a scrambler

that could shut down anything
electronic from a distance.

But it couldn't pass
safety standards...

long story...

so it ended up
in the Graveyard.

Anya Corazon?

Found it in the Graveyard
index.

Cabinet 68D.

Way in the back...

in the dark, where no one
should ever go.

Why don't the lights work
in here?

This place is really creepy.

It's usually less creepy.

Like when there's not
a techno?monster

trying to eat us.

If we can't see it,

hopefully it can't see us.

It's got, like,
a million eyes.

I bet it sees fine
in the dark.

Both: Ah!

What is that?

That's Miles's old
automatic hamburger slicer.

Who slices their hamburgers?

It's not in
the Project Graveyard

because everyone loved it.

There it is.

The coast is clear.

Ahh!

Get the device.
I'll hold it off.

Whoa, he has a really
quick metabolism.

Anya's device
has a single charge,

so we've only got one shot.

Then shoot it!

Yeah, no.

I have terrible aim.

Hmm.

So that thing
eats technology whole?

And must absorb it.

That's how it's growing
so fast.

It's like a technology
carnivore.

A Technovore.

Yes, I named it!
Wait.

This whole school is filled
with cutting?edge tech.

If it gets out,
it'll be unstoppable.

Why would you
let me near that thing?

We gotta stop it

before it finishes eating
that weather device.

Ahh!

What is all the noise
in here?

I'm trying to...
what is that?

Dr. Connors,
don't let it get out!

Hey!

I'm using this!

Ugh.

An explanation is in order.

It's all my fault, sir.

I was trying to bring one
of the failed projects online,

and good news,
I succeeded.

Bad news: I succeeded
in starting up a Technovore.

Good name, though, right?

It apparently eats technology

and gains the abilities
of that tech.

So now that it's loose
in the school,

it could eat all our work?

It could eat everything,

- including... Horizon's Arc Reactor!
- Horizon's Arc Reactor!

With a power source
like that,

who knows how large
it could grow?

It could eat New York!

I'll get help.

"Get help"
wasn't exactly a lie.

Being stuck with Grady
really put a cramp

in my web?shooting style.

Hey, something's not right.

Where's your hall pass,
"student name here"?

Hall pass.
Hall...

Uh?oh.

Talk about
"you are what you eat."

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I just need to grab
your power cell and...

- Spider-Man!
- Max.

Max, stay back!

Whoa!

Are... are you laughing?

I have a very low
tickle tolerance.

And all my limbs are where
they're supposed to be.

I guess it only eats
technology,

so I'm not on the menu.

It ate my web?shooters!

Oh, now this is personal.

What is that thing?

Long story.

Let's just say
it's a good thing you're here.

Come on.

Whoa, I bet "all you can eat"
places hate you.

This Particle Spectrograph
absorbs exotic matter.

For you, that's gotta
be mouthwatering, right?

Nice try,
but this is fast food.

Is that a dinner bell I hear?

Looks like someone's
salivating.

That's Pavolv comedy
by the way

Technovore,
reservation for one.

Come and get it.

Brilliant plan, Spider-Man.

We overloaded its eye sensors
with visual input.

It's stunned.

Time to grab that power cell.

Oh, no, not now!

The holo room's bugs.

How did I forget
about the bugs?

The Technovore's gotta
be heading to the Arc Reactor.

How do we stop it?

Anything electronic we throw
at it, it'll just consume.

But we do have something
that's purely chemical.

The synthetic symbiote.

Uh, symbiote?

You created a new version
of Venom?

That's way too dangerous!

The synthetic version
isn't a living thing.

I told you this morning,
we can control it.

I wasn't here this morning.

Look, I can tell

keeping your identity secret
is important to you,

but we don't have time
to pretend.

This is our only chance
to stop that monster

from destroying the school
and the city.

You need to trust me here,
Peter.

What did you just call me?

Don't worry, Peter.
Your secret's safe with me.

But how did you know?

I am a genius, remember,

and you dropped
more than enough clues

during your fight with Toomes
a few weeks ago.

You can trust me
to keep a secret,

but you also need
to trust me

that the new symbiote
can be controlled.

Max, after all I've been
through with you,

of course I trust you.

It's the symbiote
I don't trust.

- Last time...
- Last time,

you were dealing
with an alien life form.

This time, you're working
with my creation.

The Technovore's rampaging

toward our Arc Reactor
right now.

Okay, Max.

Let's do this thing.

Remember,
unlike the original symbiote,

this one has no desire
to control you.

But you should have
all the same abilities,

like webbing
and tendril control.

Wow.

It's merged with my normal
costume somehow.

Can we do this
with all my clothes?

And my lenses
now have more functions.

Venom's original sight must
have combined with your own.

Try symbiote web?slinging.

It should still work
by mental command.

Webs: check.

But I don't think
that's all it can do.

Yeah.

That's gonna give my normal
suit an inferiority complex.

Scan for the Technovore.

Oh, I can read
his heat signature,

and it looks like... oh, no.

Dining alone?

That's so sad.

Well, maybe it's your
horrible personality.

Perhaps, time for some
self?reflection?

Oh!

Oh?ho?ho, you're
symbiote?intolerant?

Well, that's too bad.

Don't worry, Spidey!

You came to clean up my mess,
but I can help.

Connors?
What are you doing?

The boy has a plan he says
will stop this monster.

No, no, no,
it's too dangerous.

Get to safety,
and let Spider-Man handle this.

Spidey's in danger
'cause of me.

These zero?G panels
from the Anti?Grav room

should do the trick.

Are you working
for the monster?

Why would you feed it
more tech?

That's why.

It compulsively eats gear,

then takes on the properties
of what it ate.

So why not use that against it?

Look. It's helpless.

Maybe "helpless"
is the wrong word.

This is an outcome
I did not anticipate.

You just gave the Technovore

the ability to master gravity.

One-way ticket for
Technovore Airlines, please!

Just need to get
the power cell.

Uh.

And that's what you get
for overeating.

I am so sorry.

All I wanted to do
was impress everyone,

and now those same everyones
are going to hate me.

Worst first day ever, right?

Surprisingly,
not at Horizon.

This was an honest
mistake, Grady,

but it's been a good lesson.

Uh, how is that possible?

No scientist should push

beyond what he or she
knows is safe.

This thing
is fully integrated

into my normal costume,

and I can retract it
off and on at will.

It's like the original
symbiote, minus the hate.

I like costumes
that don't wanna destroy me.

Peter, I am so very amazed
by what you do as Spider-Man.

It's a shame not everyone
knows who you really are.

You've done miraculous things.

Nothing as miraculous as you.

A stable synthetic version
of the symbiote

without the unfortunate
mind?warping side effects?

This could change the world,
Max.

Well, what I told Grady
just now

about scientists not pushing
beyond what is safe...

I realize I could
be talking about myself.

Hold up.

Before, you were insisting
we could do this.

Now that we know it works,
you're worried?

I've thought it worked
before,

and each time
was a terrible mistake.

This won't be a mistake

if we test it properly,
together.

Together.

Deal.

Thanks, Peter.

I'm sorry for all the trouble
I caused, Dr. Connors.

That was my favorite
robotic arm, Mr. Scraps.

I'm sure you'll
be safer next time.

Yeah!

'Cause that was pretty much

the least safe thing
I could've done today.

I don't even know
how all of that happened.

It worked perfectly.

The student thinks
it was all his fault,

and that tech beast
forced Modell's hand.

Just as you suspected,

he does still have
the V?252 symbiote,

and he's keeping it
somewhere inside Horizon High.

Time to move to the next
phase of the plan.

Hey?o, notice
anything different?

Don't worry, same old Spidey
here, except now I can do this.

Ah, don't have anything to say?

I can tell by your expressions
that you're way impressed.

This data from the test
robots is staggering.

Your response time,
impact force... it's unreal.

Oh, yeah, Max,
I got to admit...

mental control over this new
synthetic symbiote suit

opens up a whole world
of possibilities.

I love my webs, but they can
never make one of these.

Not to mention one of these.

Let alone a this.

The possibilities
seem limitless.

Seem?

I think this costume might
literally have no weakness.

Aah!

Spidey, reassert
mental control.

Whew. Whoa.

I'll check the box next
to new suit hates electricity.

That was why
we do safety testing.

Looks like the suit has
a weakness to electric current.

Huh. That electrical overload
is how I beat

the real Venom last time...

which is kind
of problematic

'cause I go up against
electricity all the time.

I've got this one foe who's,
like, entirely made of it.

Agh! Shocking.

Mm.
The key is continued testing.

Eventually
we'll get this solved.

Sounds like trouble.

Spidey, wait.

The suit might not be ready
for this.

Can't think of a better way
to field?test it.

What is going on in here?

What's going on here, Max?

It appears the new
Stark Industries train system

has lost control.

At that speed,
it'll jump the tracks

and plow
through the next station.

So that's the bad news, copy.

Good news... I'm betting
if I can take out

this train's
arc reactor engine,

it'll shut
the whole thing down.

But that's
an electric engine,

as in exactly
what we just discovered

can severely damage
the symbiote suit.

You shouldn't even touch it.

Is there any other way

to stop this train
and save everyone?

No.

Okay, I was hoping
for a different answer.

Then this is what I got to do,
no matter what happens to me.

So, uh...

Peter, Peter!
What's happening?

Call me Spider-Man, please.

And I'm not only okay.
I'm kind of awesome.

The suit didn't react
to the electricity at all.

- But testing indicated...
- That we still have

a lot more testing to do
before we completely understand

this artificial symbiote
you created.

Oh, man, thanks for the save,
Spider-Man.

- Uh, that is Spider-Man, right?
- Who knows?

There's so many of them
webbing around these days.

Don't let my new style
fool you.

I'm the one, the only,
the original

friendly neighborhood
Spider-Man.

Outie, y'all.

"Outie y'all"?

Yeah, that's him, all right.

So first, this new symbiote
suit hates electricity,

then it's totally fine with it?

Pick a lane.

I'm sure the answer is buried
in our data somewhere.

Speaking of data,
when do we go public

with this synthetic
symbiote substitute?

Say that five times fast.

Synthetic symbiote substitute,
synthetic symbiote substitute...

I can't release
my findings yet, Peter.

Venom caused
so much destruction.

People could react emotionally
to my work and not understand

this lab?grown version
of the symbiote is safe.

But the reaction will be
even worse if they think

you've been working
on a symbiote in secret.

We'll tell everyone
once testing is done,

once we prove it's safe.

But there is something
I think should go public.

Max...

That's not
gonna happen.

Don't you want credit for all
the wonderful things you do,

like saving that train
just now?

It's called
a secret identity...

emphasis on "secret."

And how much stress
are you putting on yourself

trying to keep this secret?

Iron Man doesn't do it.

Captain America, Hulk, Vision,

all open about who they are.

Those people live in a tower
with other superheroes.

I live in Queens with my aunt.

Let's just say
I have my reasons...

okay?

Of course Horizon
has a baseball team,

The Circuit Breakers.

I can't believe
you've never read our brochure.

- Again with the...
- Dr. Modell? Mr. Parker?

I thought the only thing
in that direction

was the closed section
of the school...

the off?limits section.

Dr. Connors,
yeah, I'm just, uh...

I'm doing
some structural analysis

of damaged buildings
for class.

A structural
engineering class?

That's not
in the course listings.

Uh, it's independent study.

Horizon likes to encourage
individual student interests.

Speaking of students,
how's Grady Scraps?

Recovering from
yesterday I hope.

Hmm, a change of subject,

but since you ask,

I haven't seen
Mr. Scraps today.

However, I've heard he's back
in the project graveyard.

I hope he's okay.

Peter, can you check on him?

Sure thing, Max.

In the meantime, Doctor,

I have some administrative
duties to attend to.

If you'll excuse me.

Hmm.

Eureka!

Grady, you don't
have to do this.

Ah, of course I do.

After unleashing the Technovore

on literally my first day
at a new school,

I'd say day two should be
cleaning up my mess.

All the other students
must hate me already, huh?

Don't worry about it.

At Horizon, we're sort of used
to bizarre stuff

busting up the school
every once in a while.

Still, talk about
a bad first impression.

Worse than when
my snake?cloning experiment

flooded my old school
with pythons.

Fortunately,
we got all of them...

I think.

No, Bleet, stop.

He's not scrap.

Yes, I'm sure.
Go be useful.

Sorry.

He's a little cleaner bot
I made.

But, clearly,
I can't do anything right.

- How can I pitch in to help?
- No, no.

I'm the one who raised

someone's old nightmare
creature from the graveyard.

I should be the one
to pick it up.

Yeah, you're the one

who managed to bring
the Technovore online,

but I wonder
who originally built it.

Peter!

I need you right now.

You think Venom is escaping?

I sure hope not,
but something tripped

the silent alarm...
come on.

Connors, what are you doing?

Exposing
your corrupt operation.

A secret lab in a closed
section of the school

where you've hidden
an alien life form

capable of mass destruction.

What monstrous experiments
are going on here?

It's not what you think.

But you're right about that
thing being dangerous, Connors.

Please, just put it down
so we can talk and...

You want me to let go
of the proof

of what Modell's been doing?

Ha!
I'm not a fool, Parker.

Dr. Connors!

You've got to fight it.
You've got to...

Venom's back.

Miss me?

Nope!

All the nopes.

I like the new costume.

Nice look.

Thanks, just like yours
minus the creepy.

Connors, you have
to fight Venom.

Fight this!

You no longer concern me,
Spider-Man.

Ow, emotional punch.

And after all
we've been through.

It's like you don't even care
about my feelings.

The time has finally come.

I know you're just a sliver
of your former self,

but you're really not
all there, are you?

Oh, don't worry.

There's enough of me
to deal with you.

Peter!

Peter, come on.

Please call me Spider-Man.

This should hold him.
What are you doing?

You're hurt.
You can't just run after Venom.

I have to.
We don't have time.

Venom got too much
of a head start.

He could be anywhere by now.

Pete...
uh, Spidey, I'm picking up

police activity
nine blocks east.

Nine blocks?

He's traveling fast.

Where's the...

Whoa.

Subtle, Venom.

Oh! Run! Run!

What, you don't think
New York traffic

is bad enough already?

You just added 20 minutes
to everyone's commute.

Okay, 40 minutes.

Thanks, but I don't want these.

Surprise!

Now to free Connors.

I'm sure he's got some papers
to grade or something.

Tastes familiar.

So that's what I saw Modell
doing in his lab.

Well, this is what I get

for bringing a symbiote suit
to a Venom fight.

Enough!

When Venom uses the seed,

it will be the end
of this pathetic planet.

Seed? I didn't take you
for a green thumb.

You've served
your purpose, Connors.

No!

Hold on, Doc.

I hope you
brought your water wings.

If you're lucky, Connors,
won't remember any of this.

Max, you there?

Connors is unconscious
but seems okay.

Can you send an ambulance
to my location?

Already on it.

Bigger problem...
we lost eyes on Venom.

I think I know
how to track him.

Brilliant, Peter!
You're right.

We can't track Venom, but we
can't track the faint energy

from the synthetic
symbiote suit he absorbed.

Thanks.
But, again, it's Spider-Man.

Oh, sorry.

You know, Tony Stark
doesn't have these problems.

Yeah, well, Tony Stark

doesn't have to go
to high school.

Wow, when Venom leaves town,
he really leaves town.

Oh, no, the dense woods
must be blocking the tracker.

We lost him.

Venom's acting like he's
on a mission, but what is it?

Max, how did Venom
get to Earth?

They found him crashed
on a meteoroid.

And I have a guess
where it landed.

Dark creepy woods, a mysterious
abandoned science outpost,

electrified fence,
and a monster out here.

If this was a movie,

this is where the audience
would scream,

"Don't go in there!"

So...
guess what I'm about to do.

This looks like the path
of a meteor crashing to Earth,

but no sign of Venom.

Did I beat him here?

Maybe he got what he wanted
and already left?

Did the Space Administration
have any theories

why Venom came to Earth
in the first place?

Yes, they always assumed
it was an accident,

a crash landing.

But what if it wasn't
an accident?

What if he came here
for a purpose?

And this seed
he keeps talking about,

it's finally ready.

Ready for what?

The answer's just
not hitting me.

Aah!

I knew you'd follow me,
Spider.

The time is now!

You will bear witness.

It has grown.

It is ready.

Aah!

Well, Max, I think we now
know why Venom came here...

to destroy our planet!

Spidey, what's happening?

I'm getting extreme readings...
heat, seismic activity.

Venom's using that seed
he's been ranting about.

He must've planted it
when he landed,

and now I think it's ready
to tear the planet apart.

But I'm not waiting
to find out.

Hey, ugly!

He didn't even look.

Max, what's the reading...

Aah!

Spider-Man, you have
to get out of there.

The seismic activity
is accelerating.

He's gonna cause
a massive earthquake.

No, I'm the only one
who can stop this.

Max, I've got it.

Venom is now mostly composed

of the synthetic symbiote
you created.

It's got to be, like,
80% of him.

So I know his weakness...
electricity.

No, electricity only damaged
the suit once during testing.

Not all electricity
damages it,

but maybe a specific kind
of electricity.

Something about the current,
the frequency...

There's no way I could sift
through all our data

and determine what that is
before it's too late.

Well, I might know
someone who can.

And so I learned my lesson.

That was absolutely
the last time

I ever wore an Abraham Lincoln
costume to school, Bleet.

Wow, it feels good
to confess that.

Grady!
Aah!

Is there any aspect
of electricity

that would disrupt
the molecules

of a synthetic material
the way this data suggests?

Um, this is a really
weird pop quiz.

Come on, Grady, nerd faster.

Yeah, well, uh,
I?I'd have to have process

the potential variables, offset
for atmospheric conditions.

We don't have time for that
right now.

I need an answer.

I think this amplitude could
cause that unstable result,

but I'm not positive

because I don't exactly
work well under pressure.

This isn't
for a grade, is it?

Oh, you're a lifesaver.

I'm so glad
you've come to Horizon.

Grady figured it out?
He seemed pretty confident.

"Pretty confident"?
Would he bet his life on it?

'Cause I'm about to.

Can you adjust the setting?

I'm pretty confident
I just did.

How confident?
Would you bet your life on it?

Funny you should
bring that up.

Agh!

Yay, science.

Ow.

Yes. Yes.

I-I understand.

- What was that?
- The school board.

When Connors came to,

he told them all about
my unconventional experiments.

I'm under investigation,

and they're letting Connors
take custody

of everything in my lab.

What?
Max, you can explain to them...

That I let my own
personal obsessions

help Venom
almost destroy the planet?

Pete, the reason I've never
given up on this project

is that...

a few years ago,
I was in an accident,

and someone, a stranger,

risked everything to save me,

and they got hurt badly.

I thought the V-252
could help them.

I was determined,

so I made this personal,
which was a mistake.

The board is right
to investigate,

and whatever they decide
I will live with.

I understand
personal obsession, Max.

The main reason I fight crime
is because through my inaction,

I lost someone
very important to me,

and I'm going to make sure
no one

ever loses a loved one again,
not if I can help it.

Sometimes that means
taking risks

that make no sense
to anyone else.

I get it, Max.

You know...

scientists are
supposed to be methodical,

unemotional...

but that's impossible
sometimes.

I understand now
why you protect your identity.

You don't want to put people
you care about in danger.

You don't want to lose
anyone else.

I won't press
the issue anymore.

Hmm.

So what is that seed?

A bomb, something to drill
into the Earth to poison it?

With Venom now gone...

I fear we might never know.

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