Stargirl (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Justice Society - full transcript

Courtney makes a difficult decision after Pat confronts her about the potential consequences of recruiting new members to the JSA. Courtney, Yolanda, Beth and Rick prepare for their first major mission.

[ARTEMIS] Audible! Audible!
Come on. You got this!

Ready? Set. Hut!

Hut! Hut!

[PLAYERS GRUNTING]

[PLAYER GROANS]

- [CROWD GROANS]
- [BOTH] Whoa!

What the.

- [BRIAN LAUGHS]
Brian! What the hell?

- What?
- That was a late hit

and you know it.

Hmm. It seemed like
you went down pretty easy.



Maybe you shouldn't be
on this team.

Why? 'Cause I'm a girl?

[CHUCKLES] Nah.

I just don't think
you're that good.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Next time you try that,
you'll be on the ground.

Me? On the ground? [LAUGHS]

Sure.

Hey.

- [GRUNTS]
- [CROWD GASPS]

- [LAWRENCE] Yeah!
- [COACH HANK WHISTLES]

Nice hit, sweetie.

- [COACH HANK WHISTLES]
- Did you see that?

- [PAULA CHUCKLES]
- Crock!



Oh, come on.

- [GIRL] Oh, yeah, girl!
- [BOY] Crock, nice.

- That was a late hit, Coach.
- [COACH HANK] Yours was later.

I'm carrying
this team and you know it.

- Bench.
- Ugh!

- [WHISTLES] Rickets.
- [RICKETS] You got it, Coach!

All right, come on, guys,
let's do this!

[COACH HANK] All right, boys.
Let's go. Line it up.

We're on again.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON FIELD]

[CAR LOCK BEEPS]

[METALLIC DRAGGING]

Mr. Crock, Mrs. Brooks.

Hey

I want to see Artemis
on that field

just as much as you do.

No, but this was practice

and she, um,
hit one of her own teammates.

That kid's gotta learn
to control her temper.

Yeah. She gets it
from her mother.

She's a real firecracker.

[CHUCKLES] True.
I do have my moments, hon.

I know I may be new here,

but I've seen parents like you
my whole career,

so don't think
you can intimidate me.

Whether Artemis plays or sits
is my call. Hell

I'll bench her
for the whole damn season

if I need to.

Homecoming's around the corner.

And our daughter
is your best player.

You're not gonna
do anything to her.

[LAWRENCE] Yeah, Coach.

Let's see how you like

- being taken out of the game.
- [COACH HANK] Wait...

[GASPS]

What are you doing
in my bedroom?

- Where did all that come from?
- This isn't a joke, Courtney.

That lantern can kill you.

What's it do?

Well, thankfully,
nothing without its ring.

What were you thinking,
stealing all of this?

I wasn't stealing it, I was

- borrowing it.
- You stole it.

Okay, yeah, maybe I stole it,

but I had to do something
if you weren't going to.

I thought we were
in this together, Courtney.

I really did.

Pat

we are in this together, but

we need help if we're going to
stop the Injustice Society.

We need to form a new JSA.

And you have obviously
already started.

Um

I've started

starting.

[PAT] I see Hourman's costume
but no hourglass.

You gave it to Rick Harris,
didn't you?

How did you know that?

'Cause I've got a truck
in my garage

with his fist prints
all over it.

So you know Rick Harris
is really Rick Tyler, right?

I had my suspicions.

What do you mean
you had your suspicions?

I thought Hourman
was your friend.

He... He gave you
all that stuff in the basement.

I never knew Rex had a son.
If I'd have known that he...

Did you know him and his wife

weren't killed in
a car accident?

They were murdered

by Solomon Grundy.

How do you know that?

Dr. Mid-Nite told me.

Dr. Mid-Nite?

Well, his goggles did.

Beth was wearing them.

Wait. Who's Beth?

The new Dr. Mid-Nite.

Who else
did you recruit, Courtney?

- Yolanda Montez.
- [SIGHS]

She's class president.
Or she was...

And Yolanda is now...

Wildcat.

Okay, this is serious.

You've put these kids
in real danger.

You need to get
everything you took back.

I can't just
take the hourglass from Rick.

It belonged to his dad.

I'll talk to Rick.

You get Dr. Mid-Nite's goggles
and Wildcat's costume

and you bring them back here,
do you understand that?

- Pat, I can't just take...
- Or do you want your new friends

to wind up like Joey Zarick?

Do you?

I know you don't
respect me much, Courtney,

but I thought it was
more than this.

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

[FLATLINING]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

[SIGHS]

- Dad?
- Hey, Cameron.

It's early. Is everything okay?

Yeah. Yeah, everything's fine.

I know today's a hard day.

Go back to sleep, son.

Ah, I'm gonna feel that
in the morning.

Maybe next time,
you'll remember to lift with your legs.

Yeah, maybe next time
they can hire a skinnier coach.

Or maybe you should
stop killing them.

What is this, like,
the third coach

in two seasons?

Hey, the jerk
had it coming, okay?

Besides, way I hear it,
the last coach, he left town.

[CHUCKLES] And the one
before that.

Accident with a riding mower.

It was tragic.

Don't push me.

Not today.

Anaya's getting a bit tired of
having to replace her coaches.

Only looking out
for our daughter.

A newer, safer America
is the greatest gift

you could give her,
and I need you two focused.

Focused on what, huh?

We've been on pause
waiting for you.

We're ready to get
back in the game anytime.

I can't take
much more of this town

with its rotary clubs
and bake sales.

Finish cleaning this up.

And get your suits
out of storage.

You're both
going back into action tonight.

Well, all right then, bud.
All right.

[CHUCKLES]

Game on.

Whoa. Tell... Tell me
this isn't breakfast.

Nah, it's for
the science fair today.

Well, what are you studying,
Pop-Tarts?

No. Actually,

used the leftover
Halloween candy

to make a chocolate volcano.

It's gotta be up and running
by third period.

How long have you
known about this?

[MIKE] Three weeks,
give or take,

but I do my best work
under pressure. Trust me.

[BARBARA GASPS]

Cool volcano.

- The science fair today?
- Yeah.

See, Dad?
At least she's dialed in.

What time does it start?

Uh, afternoon. 2:00, I think.

Darn it. I have a meeting then.

You know what? Maybe I can
change it. Can you go?

[MIKE] No. No, no, no.

Please, nobody come.

No one's parents
are gonna be there

and I don't want
to look like some nerd.

Too late.

For the lava.

[CHUCKLES]

[PAT SIGHS]

Hey, Rick.

Your car break down again?

I knew your dad, Rick.

Your real one.

Can we talk?

[COMMENTATOR ON PHONE]
Uh-oh, folks. He's in trouble.

[YOLANDA] Okay,
now watch this part.

[COMMENTATOR ON PHONE]
Incredible! What a comeback...

[YOLANDA] Isn't he incredible?

Did you know
right before the Castillo fight

they stripped
Ted Grant's title from him?

They accused him of
fixing a fight,

which he totally didn't do.

But by the time
they cleared his name,

his reputation was
already ruined.

This fight was his last chance

to reinvent himself,
and he did.

He came back a champion.

Wow. He's so

inspiring.

If Ted Grant came back,
then I have a chance too.

That's what being Wildcat
really is.

Thank you, Courtney.

Thank you for picking me.

You're welcome.

I've gotta run.
I'll... I'll text you later.

[VIDEO RESUMES ON PHONE]

[BETH] Are you kidding?

There is
nothing I love more than

to search through a library
for that one special book.

It's like our own
secret treasure hunt.

Your favorite novel?

I've never read it before, no.

[CHUCKLES]

We should download the movie.

[DR. MID-NITE] Why don't we
just burn this book

while we're at it?

[BETH]
You're a real riot, Chuck.

[DR. MID-NITE]
I'll be here all week.

[BETH] Yay!

You bought the first edition
off the stands?

Wow. You are old.

Okay, okay, not old.

Wise.

[COURTNEY] Beth.

Oh. Hey there, Stargirl.

Hey! Watch the code-names
in public. [CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]

Don't worry, no one ever
pays any attention

to what I'm saying anyway...

Except Chuck.

Seriously, Court,

thanks so much for these.

Chuck's so cool.

He makes everything more fun.

We talk for hours.

I've never met anyone who
listened to me

until him.

Um, any JSA business
to talk about?

No. Nothin'. All quiet.

I'm just here to study
for that history test.

Oh. Good luck.

[LAUGHS]

Chuck, you are so funny.

[LAUGHS]

You are a real riot.

You're like my best friend.

It got towed here last night.

So?

So you did this, didn't you?

With the hourglass.

- Why?
- My uncle's a jerk.

Your father would never
have used his power like that.

My father's dead,

so what's it matter
what he would do?

The Injustice Society killed him

and my mom.

Yeah.

I just found that out.

Courtney said these people
are still out there.

Why haven't you stopped them?

I'm trying to.

In fact

I thought you might be able
to help me, Rick.

With the hourglass?

With this.

It belonged to your father.

- Hi.
- Hey.

Um, hi.

We need to talk.

You're giving us our
first mission, aren't you?

I can't believe I'm actually
looking forward to this.

[BETH] It's scary,
but with Chuck in my ear

I feel like I can do anything.

We can.

Wildcat proved that.

So what's the plan?

Yeah. Tell us "the plan."

There is no plan.

- What?
- What?

I need all the JSA stuff back.

The costume,
the goggles, everything.

What? Why?

Pat found out I took it
and he's so pissed.

You didn't tell him?

So what? It's not up to Pat.

This stuff isn't his
in the first place.

I know, but...

Does this mean I can't hang out
with Chuck anymore?

Being Wildcat
is the only good thing

that's happened to me
in forever.

I'm not giving you back
the suit.

Don't make me say
goodbye to Chuck.

We're friends now.

It doesn't make sense.
Are you sure my dad wrote this?

[PAT] Why?

He's talking about
growing up in Michigan

and meeting my mom
at Calvin College.

But my dad grew up
in Connecticut,

and he met my mom
when they were kids.

None of this is right.

Maybe it's all
some kind of code?

Well, I mean, I thought

the chemical equations might be.

I didn't think
the diary entries were.

That's good thinking, though.

I'll keep looking at it.

You should leave the journal
with me, Rick.

You?

This was my dad's.
I'm keeping it.

You need to leave it with me.
The hourglass, too.

Why?

Because I don't think you're
ready for it, Rick.

You don't know me any better
than you knew my dad.

I know that he invented
the hourglass.

The power inside it.

I also know how much
he respected that power.

He knew how addictive
that power could be,

and how tempting it was

to use it in all the wrong ways.

Limiting the powers
was his idea.

One hour a day. And I never
saw him abuse it.

Not like you have.

You look at me like everyone
else around here does.

Like I'm trash.

Like I'm not worth a damn.

No, Rick.

You're wrong. That's not at all
how I look at you.

Courtney said you were
her dad's sidekick.

But you've had this journal
for how long

and you didn't figure it out?

You didn't know
my parents were murdered,

you didn't know about me.
I gotta ask you,

what the hell did
Starman use you for?

'Cause as far as I can tell,
you don't do anything.

What's up, Coach?

And this is our star player

Artemis Crock.

I look forward
to working with you.

Welcome to Blue Valley,
Coach Karasick.

[LAWRENCE] You've got
a great team, Coach.

[CHUCKLES]

Good afternoon.

You better not bet against us
this season, Sharpe.

I wouldn't dare think of it.

Your daughter's gonna
take Blue Valley all the way.

I know that. Yes, sir.

What do you want?

Not me, Paula.

Jordan.

We've got
the broadcasting equipment.

Now we need to retrieve
the satellite codes to use it.

Everything's set for tonight,
my friends.

We're not your friends.

Come on.

Sure you are.

No.

Stephen.

We pride ourselves in
keeping the school clean.

Pick up your trash.

[SNICKERS]

What a putz.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[MAN] All right.
What do we have here?

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hi.

It turned out so good.

- I'm so proud of her.
- She did such a good job.

Hey. What'd I miss?

Barbara. You came.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

Oh, no, no. No problem at all.

Check this out.

So, there are
three kinds of lava, right?

Uh, pillow, pahoehoe and aa.

Ooh. And what kind is this?

- Chocolate.
- [BARBARA CHUCKLES]

[BARBARA GASPS]

[ALL GASP]

[BOY] Whoa!

[BARBARA] Oh, wow!

[LAUGHS]

[MIKE] That's great.

It smells delicious.

[BELL RINGING]

[COURTNEY] Beth! Yolanda!

Guys, wait.

Please!

"Please" what,
give up being Wildcat?

I already said no.

And I'm not giving up
Dr. Mid-Nite.

He's my friend, Courtney.

I know how important it is
to you.

I... I see that.

So, maybe we can just
go talk to Pat?

[RICK] I just did.

And I don't get him.

What did your dad see in him?
What do you?

There's more to Pat
than you know.

I've got one question
for you, Courtney.

If Pat asks for your staff back,

are you giving to him?

I didn't think so.

What's that?

It's my dad's journal.

He was a chemist, right?

So can your goggles tell me
what this equation is?

Pat thought it might
be some kind of code.

See. He's smarter
than you think.

[DR. MID-NITE] I'm sorry, Beth.

This equation has
no match on record.

I'm unable to provide
any information.

He doesn't know.

- [BETH] Whoa.
- What... What happened?

[DR. MID-NITE] My alarm
system's been triggered, Beth.

Still using the same signature,
I see.

Typical. That man
has no imagination.

Who?

[DR. MID-NITE] My arch-enemy.

His digital fingerprints
are all over this.

Earth to Beth? Hello?

[BETH] Someone's trying to hack
into the Empire Enterprises system.

What's Empire Enterprises?

A communications company.

So a hacker is trying

to hack into some
lame phone company?

- So what?
- [BETH] So,

the hacker works for

the Injustice Society
of America.

What?

[BETH] Chuck's main adversary.

He's known as The Gambler.

He's a master strategist.

A genius
when it comes to probabilities.

A programming whiz.

Encrypted networks
are his thing.

Real Dark Web stuff.

He's wanted for fraud,
conspiracy, and murder.

Okay. So this is our chance
to go catch one of them.

And then what?

Then we interrogate them.
Make them

tell us everything they know.

Or else.

Or else what?

We should tell Pat.

So he can tell us no
and try to take all our stuff?

- Forget it.
- [YOLANDA] Yeah, I'm with him.

We already have
four against one.

We don't need five.

Oh. Five including my pal Chuck.

I'm going. Anyone else?

I will.

- Uh, me too!
- [RICK] Later.

[COURTNEY] Wait!

It's only a hacker, Courtney.

That hacker could have
the power to melt our faces.

Incorrect.

The Gambler doesn't have any
physical powers of any kind.

He sounds like
an easy target, Court.

Maybe the easiest of them all.

Okay. I'm coming.

But if we are going to do this,

we need to protect
our identities.

Does this mean I get a costume?

I'd really like a costume.

We won't be gone all night.

I mean, we'll be gone
for a while.

We're going to...

Have a date night.

- Date night.
- Your father and I
haven't done that in

- quite some time. So...
- [CHUCKLES]

You've never done
date night, Mom.

- Well, we're doing it tonight.
- Yeah.

[LAWRENCE] And we're gonna
go to the city.

We'll be home before midnight.
You do your push-ups.

Side crunches.
I would say three sets of 12.

Hamstring curls.

[LAWRENCE] And so you wanna
do pull-ups, you wanna do

- underhand.
- [PAULA] Toe presses.

Drink your shake. And remember,

Mom and Dad love you.

Okay.

- Bye, sweetie.
- Bye, sweetie.

[LAWRENCE INHALES NERVOUSLY]

I overheard you two talking.

It's somebody's birthday.

Which one of you
gets to make a wish?

Don't be shy.

It's my mom's birthday.

Was. [CLEARS THROAT]

Was her birthday.

[WAITRESS] Oh.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Should I take this away or...

No. No. Um...

It was sweet. Thank you.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Go ahead.

Make a wish.

For her.

I never thought Pop-Tarts,
Skittles and hot fudge

would go together, but this is
absolutely delicious.

I mean,
you would've won first if

if the judges tried this.

Definitely not last.

[MIKE] Um, taste
the marshmallow villagers.

They taste, like,
way better dead.

- [BARBARA] Mm.
- Hey.

Hey, babe.

Would you like some dinner?

Uh, I think I'm okay.

Courtney home?

Uh-uh. She's out with friends.

Which friends?

[BARBARA] Beth
and friends from school.

Okay.

Are you sure
The Gambler's in here?

Who comes up with these names?

I like 'em.

Chuck says the signal's
still active.

So, yep, he's in there.

[WILDCAT]
Wonder what he's doing.

Who cares?

Okay. You guys sure about this?

Hell yes.

I'm sure.

Yeah. Me too.

Let's move. It's time to start
getting answers.

Hey. Follow my lead.

Yeah. Whatever.

Let's get this party started,
shall we?

- ["TIMBER" PLAYING]
- [STEPHEN HUMMING THE TUNE]

[CONTINUES HUMMING]

♪ It's going down ♪

♪ I'm yelling timber... ♪

I got it.

Stop!

You're going
to set off the alarm.

Well, how are we supposed to
get inside then?

I can do it.

The goggles can see the code.

- [DIGITAL BEEPS]
- [DOOR UNLOCKS]

Nice.

Thanks.

After you.

♪ It's going down ♪

♪ I'm yelling timber ♪

♪ You better move ♪

♪ You better dance ♪

♪ Let's make a night ♪
[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

♪ You won't remember ♪

♪ I'll be the one ♪

♪ You won't forget ♪

♪ It's going... ♪
[MUSIC STOPS]

[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

Is he okay?

[CAT MEOWS]

Juniper.

You mischievous little thing.

[TIGRESS] Aww.
What do we have here?

They do not look like hackers.

[DR. MID-NITE] My apologies
for the mistake.

They're called Sportsmaster
and Tigress.

Icicle's attack dogs.

So what do we do now?

[STARGIRL] Okay.

Let's lead them outside,
and we keep them together

so we can stay together.

I can do this myself.

[HOURMAN GRUNTING]

- Hourman!
- [SPORTSMASTER] Game time.

[WILDCAT GRUNTS]

[HOURMAN GRUNTS]

Stay down, kid.

[STEPHEN OVER EARPHONES]
I'll have the satellite access codes

in less than five minutes.

[SPORTSMASTER] Copy that.

[GROANING]

[HOURMAN] I got Jason Voorhees.

[WILDCAT] I got Tiger Lady.

Wait! We need to stick together!

[GRUNTS]

[GASPS]

[SPORTSMASTER] You know,
I knew the last guy who wore that outfit.

He was a big, dumb idiot too.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[SPORTSMASTER] Ya-hoo!

[SPORTSMASTER LAUGHS]

You ready for some more, kid?

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[WILDCAT GROANS]

[HOURMAN GRUNTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Nice moves, kid.

[HOURMAN STRAINING]

Hey, Gretzky!

[SPORTSMASTER]
Good for you, kid.

Bet that thing's heavy, huh?

[LAUGHS]

[STARGIRL] Come on!

[WILDCAT GRUNTS AND GROANS]

I can't end this too quickly.

[GASPS]

[TIGRESS] Okay. Now we can.

[TIGRESS]
Come here, kitty cat! [GRUNTS]

Chuck, what do I do?

[DR. MID-NITE]
There's a fire extinguisher.

[DR. MID-NITE] Got it.

- [TIGRESS GROANING]
- [GRUNTING]

[BETH] Run! Run! Run, run!

[WILDCAT] How do we
get out of here?

[TIGRESS] Hmm.

[SPORTSMASTER]
Two against one, kid.

[WILDCAT PANTING]

[GASPING]

[STEPHEN]
I've got the satellite codes.

[SPORTSMASTER] Copy that.

- We're going into overtime.
- Mission accomplished?

[SPORTSMASTER] Not quite, babe.

[PUCK TICKING]

[TICKING CONTINUES]

[STARGIRL] Oh, no.

[JETS WHOOSHING]

Don't worry.

He's with us.

[SPORTSMASTER]
Date night's over.

[STRIPE] Kids, let's go. Now.

[HOURMAN] There is no way
he built this out of cars.

More like 20 cars.

Pat should work for NASA.

I guess Court was right.

There is more to Pat
than we thought.

- Listen, I wanted to...
- I know. I know.

Just thank God you showed up.

Really?

Oh, you would
never believe them, Pat.

I had a plan,

to stick together
and we would nab The Gambler

and interrogate him and...

They didn't do any of it.

They didn't listen
to a single word I said.

Seriously?

- Serious.
- What, like,

it went in one ear
and out the other?

Right out the other.

And it seems to me, based on
what you're telling me, that

you're trying to help them.

I'm just trying to help them.

I mean, that's gotta be
kind of frustrating.

So frustrating.

And even maybe
a little annoying.

- Oh. A lot annoying.
- Yeah.

They're going to
get themselves killed.

Yeah. I mean,
that's my sentiment exactly.

I see what you did there.

Yeah. Yeah.

I feel for ya.

I guess we got lucky tonight.

Well, I mean, luck will
only get you so far, Court.

You need training.

Your new teammates, too.

Teammates?

So...

They can keep the costumes?

I mean, do we have a choice?

[STARGIRL] None whatsoever.

- [PAT] Yeah.
- [STARGIRL CHUCKLES]

[STEPHEN]
Wasn't a total loss, Jordan.

We have the satellite codes

and the equipment
Dr. Ito requested.

We have everything we need.

[LAWRENCE] Except Brainwave.

Without him,
Project: New America

is Project: Nothing.

Right, Jordan?
We need Brainwave.

You know, I thought Mozart here
was gonna wake him up.

[PAULA] Her husband could've.

[ANAYA] None of this will matter

if the Justice Society is here.

[LAWRENCE] They're not
the real Justice Society.

We killed them.

They are dead.

[ANAYA] So then who are they?

Let's find out.

Meeting adjourned.

♪ Look up in the sky
It's a bird, it's a plane ♪

♪ Nah, it's just me
Ain't a damn thing changed ♪

♪ Live in hotels
Swing on planes ♪

♪ Blessed to say
Money ain't a thing ♪

♪ Club jumping like Lebron
Now, Voli ♪

♪ Order me
Another round, homie ♪

♪ We about to climb, wild ♪

♪ 'Cause it's about To go down ♪

- [KESHA VOCALIZING]
- [PITBULL] ♪ Timber ♪

[KESHA VOCALIZING]