Stargirl (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - Shining Knight - full transcript

Excuse me, good sir?

I'm looking for
a gallant white steed,

with fire in its eyes

and victory in its heart.

I've lost mine.

I told you to keep
your weird ass

away from my horses!

Go on now! Get!

Can you help me find him?

- Please?
- No, you crazy old freak!

Now, go on. Get outta here
before I call the cops!



The wounds received in battle

bestow honor...

they do not take it away.

I saw his lance.

It made me remember.

I...

Why can I not remember?

I saw...

Starman's squire.

Stripesy can help me.

Good morning.

Brainwave murdered
his own son last night.

I mean, there has to be someone
we can call.

The police.



They could own
the police, Barbara.

How about the government?

We don't know
who's listening in.

We make the wrong move now,

we could get someone killed,

or lead the ISA straight here.

Okay, so what do we do?
What about Brainwave?

Henry said his dad
lost his memory.

But I don't know anymore.

Just take Courtney and leave.
Like you wanted to.

Pack up what you need and go.

Knowing these guys killed a boy?

And then Jordan's planning
to hurt people

and we leave without
warning anyone?

And what about you, Pat,
and Mike?

Take Mike.

I'm not gonna let you
stay here alone.

Then until you decide to leave,

you both need
to go about your day

as if everything were normal,

because if Jordan senses
that we suspect anything,

you'll be in more danger
than you already are.

It's not even 7:00.

Yo, you down here?

Hey, Mike.
I thought you were asleep.

Paper route.

Your idea, not mine.

Anyway, uh, there's
someone upstairs

looking for you, Court.

Oh, my God.

Hey, Barbara.

I got your email.

Hi. Pat Dugan.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- You are...
- I'm Sam Kurtis.

Courtney's father.

Oh!

Oh, right, of course. Sam.

Well, uh, nice to meet ya.

You too.

Wow.

Look at you. You...

You've really grown up.

You're not my father.

I know it's been a while.

- I got your mom's email.
- What are you doing here?

You once told me you couldn't
wait to get out of Blue Valley.

Look, I figured if you had
to come back here,

then it must've been serious.

Look, I'm sorry for showing up
like this out of the blue.

I replied,

I never heard back. I...

I was worried.

Is everything all right?

That's not my dad.

Honey.

I'm so sorry that

this is happening
like this right now.

It's not. It can't be.

It is.

Hey, Courtney.

Where did you get that?

Well, I used to have two.

But then I gave that one to you.

A long time ago.

- I don't believe you.
- Courtney...

I don't wanna talk to you

- right now, Mom.
- I just want to make sure

- you're all right.
- I'm not.

I wanna talk to Pat.

Oh, God.

He's not my dad, Pat.

He can't be.

The staff works for me.

That proves that
I'm Starman's daughter,

doesn't it?

Right?

Because if I'm not, then...

what have I been doing
this whole time?

The staff.

Putting on a costume.

I got Henry killed.

And Joey.

Courtney, you didn't
kill anyone.

All right? Listen...

Hey, what the hell's going on?

Court, is that guy
really your old man?

Mike, we're talking
privately here, okay?

And are you and Barbara
breaking up?

- Is that why he's here?
- Mike, not now. Please!

Why won't you tell me anything?

What did I do wrong?

Mike, hey.

You didn't do
anything wrong, okay?

Don't worry.

Everything's gonna be
fine, okay?

Yeah.

Sure it is.

Good boy.

When you didn't show up
for Christmas Eve,

I called you, I emailed you

dozens of times.

I never got a reply back.

I looked for you for over a year

for Courtney's sake.

And I... I finally just gave up.

I know.

It's been a decade, Sam.

Why are you really here?

Okay, Barbara, the truth is...

I've been thinking about

reaching out to you
for months now.

I'm here to get to know my
daughter before it's too late.

If it's not already too late.

I wanna talk to him.

You have school.

So I go in a little late.

Court, you know
why you have to go.

You brought him here,

at least let me talk to him.

We'll just go for a quick walk.

That's it.

Fine.

I will find my mind.

I will find my steed.

He can help me.

Whoa.

What do you think
of Blue Valley?

Big change from L.A., huh?

Where have you been?

I don't have a good excuse,
if that's what you're looking for.

I'm not looking for an excuse.

I just wanna know the truth.

That's fair.

And if you didn't resent me,

I'd think there was
something wrong with you.

You know, I wasn't
always with you,

but I always kept
a picture of you with me.

There wasn't a day that went
by I didn't look at that picture.

My mother gave me these lockets

and I gave one to you
when you were four.

Christmas. That was
the last time I saw you.

We sang
Christmas carols together.

"Frosty" was your favorite.

We made a snowman
out of Styrofoam.

I...

remember that.

Well, that's a bad picture.

Courtney, I have no right
to have come here...

to ask you to hear me out.

To say "I'm sorry"

about the things that I've done
or haven't done.

It's never gonna be enough.

I just want you to know that...

I'd give anything
if I could go back in time

and do things differently.

I...

I just needed to say that.

Well, you did.

Hey...

Can I just buy you
a quick breakfast?

And then I'll take you
home, okay?

Just 30 minutes,

so I can explain.

That's it.

Okay.

Thirty minutes.

Hey, Mr. Dugan. Cool car.

Pat.

Look, I need to talk
to both of you, okay?

Uh, where's Yolanda?

She wanted to go to church
before school.

To pray for Henry.

I'm getting closer on this, Pat.

I've read every dumb
chemistry book in school and...

Rick.

That's great and I'm sorry
to interrupt you.

- I don't mean to...
- Where's Courtney?

- Her father's here.
- Starman's here?

- Alive?
- Well, then, he can help.

Except her father's
not Starman, all right?

Stripesy.

Oh, that's our janitor.

Hey.

Why the hell's
he carrying a sword?

I don't know.

Stripesy.

I...

I need your help.

Dragon King.

Whoa, hang on a second.

Just take it easy.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

- Bad guy. Bad guy!
- Hold on.

Stay back! It's okay.

You will die, you monster!

No, wait.

I know him.

Justin, is that you?

- You know this freak?
- Yeah.

He's no bad guy.

Take it easy. All right?

- Justin, it's me.
- Careful, Mr. Dugan.

Let me take him.

All right? It's your old
friend, Pat Dugan.

Stripesy. Okay?

Stripesy?

Okay? It's all right.

I need your help.

I'm not well.

It's all right.

They destroyed everything
that I was.

Who is he?

One of the strongest,
bravest men I've ever known.

Right?

It's okay.

We're gonna
take care of you, okay?

Good morning, Jordan.

Henry.

I'm so sorry.

For what?

My memory has returned,
thanks to Dr. Ito.

I remember who Stargirl is.

Her name's Courtney Whitmore.

Her stepfather is Pat Dugan.

You might remember him, or not,

as Starman's lackey.

Stripesy.

I'm going to go kill them.

No.

Why not?

You're hesitating
because of her mother?

I don't want you
in my head, Henry.

Her daughter's death
would devastate her.

I killed my own wife and son

for your dream
of a new America, Jordan,

and you're hesitating
over a woman

that works for you?

Hmm.

I could erase
this woman's memory

of her daughter and husband,
if that's what you want.

I don't want you inside
her head either, Henry.

You know nobody's ever
really the same afterwards.

I'm about to be
in the heads of millions.

Reprogramming them all
for the better,

including Barbara.

Project New America
will be even more

than you ever imagined.

When my son died,

I felt my powers grow,

as if I'd absorbed
his into mine.

It won't be six states
I reprogram,

it will be half of the country.

Everything you've ever wanted,

everything your wife
ever wanted,

is about to come to pass.

We can't let anything
get in the way.

Make up your mind soon,
old friend.

Otherwise, I'll make it up
for you.

I, um, traveled a lot,

looking for work,

chasing leads and
business opportunities

that never panned out.

Or I screwed them up.

It's kind of my thing,
if you haven't noticed.

I know, by now,
I'm like a stranger to you.

But I would like to fix that.

I don't wanna push it,
but I was hoping,

I don't know, sometime you could

come visit me in California.

We'd spend some time together,

you know,
get to know one another.

That's all I want.

Maybe.

Yeah.

Cool.

I mean, yeah,
we'll figure it out.

You two ready to order?

Um...

I'll have a...

waffle with
strawberry jam, please.

I'll do the same.

He's the Shining Knight?

The leader of
the Seven Soldiers of Victory?

There's eight of you
in the picture.

I know that, Beth.

So there was this
whole other team?

I'll explain it to you later.

Justin, look at that.

See that?

I know you remember who I am.

Do you remember who you are?

- I'm trying so hard to.
- Pat.

Are you sure about this?

He almost killed you
with that sword.

Excalibur.

Yeah. Right.

That's Excalibur.

Yeah, Justin.

Remember where
you got the sword, okay?

Tell me the story, okay?

It's a great story.

I wanna hear it again.

I was...

but a lowly, yet loyal page,

cleaning the horses' stables.

Yet King Arthur himself

bestowed to me his sword.

Upon his deathbed,

he told me,

"Heroes...

can come from anywhere."

Wait. Are you, like,

from the past?

From the time
of knights and dragons.

Pat, do you seriously
believe that?

Yeah, I actually do.

Here, take that.

Now, you always told
such great stories, Justin.

Better than any book
I ever read.

Tell me the story
of how you got here,

to Blue Valley.

Okay?

I was following the dragon.

Yes.

Yes. That was it.

Just you?

All of you soldiers
were scattered and gone.

But the dragon
still needed slaying.

I fell...

I was captured.

They stole my identity from me.

They'll do it to us all!
That's what they want.

Whoa. Hey, hey.

- They will.
- Steady.

Calm, steady, steady.

Calm down.

Where am I?

You're safe.

- No.
- Yeah.

No, none of us are safe.

My glory days
might be behind me,

but you have built
a fine suit of armor!

Courtney should be back by now.

She's on her way.

- She texted you?
- Yeah.

Why didn't she text me?

Did she say anything else?

Just that she's safe.

So this old
friend of yours is...

He said he was brainwashed?

I don't know exactly.

But they did something to him.

The kids, they...
they ran into these

people down in the tunnels

that looked and moved
like zombies.

I think I know what
they could be planning,

and I mean, it sounds insane,

but a mass brainwashing
of some kind.

I don't know what's going on,

but your friend needs some help.

I'm gonna make up the guest bed
so that he can get some rest.

Thank you.

Wanna sit for a sec?

Yeah.

Thanks for coming
out here today.

Yeah, of course.

I'm excited for you
to come visit.

Sooner than later, hopefully.

Hm.

You know...

I didn't know it when your
grandmother gave me these, but...

these lockets, the pair?

They are special.

I always wear mine.

Always.

Yeah, I was hoping
you had yours.

So these lockets, they, um,

they were made by...

a fancy designer
back in the day.

And old-time
jeweler to the stars.

Like Marilyn Monroe-type people.

Actually, they're
really valuable.

And I was thinking

that if I sold them,

then I could put a deposit down

on my own place.

And once I get that settled,

that'll be where you come visit.

Yeah, and I could...

I could buy you
a bracelet or some,

some really pretty earrings.

We can go shopping
together in L.A.

We'll go to The Grove.

And then when I'm settled in,

then you'd come visit.

Yeah, my place now,
it's like a shoe-box.

It's barely big enough
for me by myself.

Um...

Yeah.

You can have it.

Yeah?

Ah, that's great.

I'll be back, Courtney.

And, uh...

you know, when I am,

I really... I want to hear
all about you.

Honestly.

Sure thing, Sam.

See ya, kid.

He's gone, huh?

Look...

if you need to yell at someone,

if you need to let it out,

I can take it, okay?

Whatever you need, Court,

I'm here.

All right?

Hey, Sam.

Hold up, will you?

I gotta ask you, uh...

So what in the hell
are you thinking?

I'm just heading home, man.

Sorry to be a bother.

Right, it's just...

You know, what you did to her...

I care about that kid.

And she loves
that locket, you know?

She wears it every day.

She has since
you gave it to her.

All right, listen.

I'll make it up to her, somehow.

Okay.

Don't ever come back here.

All right.

- Wasn't planning on it,
tough guy.
- Okay.

Hey, tell Barbara I said bye.

She still looks good.

Not as good as when I had her.

You're lucky I'm busy.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have
reached out to him. I...

I know who he is, I...

It's okay.

I needed to know.

I put all of us
in so much danger,

because I believed
in some fairy tale.

Courtney.

All I want in the world

is just to take you and run

and just keep you safe.

But there are families
in Blue Valley

that need us right now,

that need protecting.

So what do I do?

If I let you stay and fight,

you...

You might die.

I don't think it matters, Mom.

It's not meant for me anymore.

I need to get to school.

Uh, I...

I'm ready to leave Blue Valley
whenever you want.

Stephen. Unlock Barbara
Whitmore's computer for me.

- But...
- Just do it.

Her history's been deleted.

Restore it for me.

Twenty minutes. Don't be late!

I'm not Stargirl.

- Yes, you are.
- No.

I'm not, Beth.

My dad wasn't...

He isn't Starman.

He was just some jerk.

Well, my dad isn't Wildcat,
but I am now.

- This is different, Yolanda.
- How?

Yeah, how?

I never met Dr. Mid-Nite,

but I'm the new one.

Because the staff won't work
for me anymore, okay?

Well, why not?

Because it knows
I'm not Starman's daughter.

Courtney,

that staff is stupid then.

No, it...

It's not. I used it
when I wasn't meant to,

and now I know for sure.

It was my fault Henry died,

and it was my fault
Joey Zarick was killed.

I can't have anyone else
get hurt

because I thought I was...

Because I thought
I was someone I'm not.

So...

I know
this day is very hard for everyone.

Henry King's death

left us with so many questions.

I know we all want answers.

But today, we're here
to come together...

and remember

the life of a truly remarkable
young man.

To begin, I'd like to
introduce the man

who knew him best.

Henry's father, Dr. King.

Thank you, Mrs. Patterson.

And thank you all for coming.

I can feel the love
in this room for Henry.

Court...

And I can assure you,

he loved you all, too.

As a doctor, I've seen tragedy.

Accidents.

Sometimes things happen
for no reason.

No one is to blame.

Except you.

Come after us, please.

All we can do now

is honor this loss

by moving forward

and living better lives.

Thank you.

Court? What is it?

- Come on, please!
- Court.

Brainwave remembers who I am.

Okay, we gotta get outta here.

Come on!

It doesn't want me anymore.

It knows I'm not
Starman's daughter.

And it doesn't want me.

Court, that's just not true.

Yes, it is!

The staff chose me because
it thought I was someone else.

The staff didn't choose you

because of who your father
is or isn't.

It knows all of my mistakes.

No.

It knows my dad isn't Starman.

I don't know a lot
about the staff,

it's always known more
than I did

about almost everything.

But it always knew

that your dad
wasn't Starman, Court.

It chose you

because it believed in you.

It's just waiting for you

to believe in yourself
again, that's all.

"Heroes can come from anywhere."

I'm gonna give you
some time, okay?

To think about that.

I'll just be outside the door.

What's going on?

It's not working.

I need you with me.

Both of you.

Aye.

Our queen has risen.

I'm glad you made
the right decision.

We'll take care of them.

Stargirl, her sidekick...

And her mother.

Henry.

The boy, too.

Mike.

We can't leave a legacy
running around.

Of course.