Stargirl (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Summer School: Chapter One - full transcript

[children singing] Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Susie

Happy birthday to you

[children cheering and laughing]

[man] Hey, kids, come on inside.
We're gonna cut the cake soon.

[Rebecca] Please, Mom,
I want to go to the party.

[Myra] No, Rebecca.

[Rebecca] Why not?

[Myra] You know why not.

You made a scene at the store today.

I just wanted that doll.



I spoil you too much as it is.

Daddy would let me go.

Well, your dad's out on call,
so you're stuck with me.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[children shouting and laughing
in distance]

[wind blowing]

[wind chimes ringing]

[child giggles]

-Hi.
-Hi.

I'm Bruce. I just moved in.
What's your name?

Rebecca.

Do you wanna go to the party, Rebecca?

-I can't.
-Why not?



My mom said so.

Well, I don't see your mom.

Come on. It's right across the street.

It'll be fun.

Come on!

[children chatting]

[man] It's a donkey tail.

We're gonna play pin the tail
on the donkey in a little bit.

[child] When can we open presents?

[man] We'll open presents
after we have cake and ice cream.

[woman] All right, children. I think
it's time for cake and ice cream.

[all cheering]

You should take one.

Susie has so many presents.

And you didn't get anything today.

I bet there's a doll in there somewhere.

Go on. No one's looking.

I wonder what it is.

[Bruce in demonic voice] Hey.

You stole that.

Bad girl.

[chiming]

Rebecca?

[Myra] That girl.

[screaming]

[screaming continues]

[rock and roll song playing]

Well, I'm gonna raise a fuss
I'm gonna raise a holler

About working all summer
Just to try to earn a dollar

Sometimes I wonder what I'ma gonna do

'Cause there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues

[clattering]

[gasps]

[chitters]

All clear!

She said "all clear," guys.

[Hourman] So, no super-villains.

Did you check inside the trash can?

[chuckles] Sarcasm. Duly noted.

So, I've got 27 minutes until curfew.

How about we do one more loop
around the Sub Shack?

Beth, any sign of trouble?

[clears throat]

Goggles, checking in. Again. [chuckles]

Anything out there?

-[automated voice] Searching...
-[Dr. Mid-Nite] Hello?

These things just aren't
as much fun without Chuck.

-Searching. Scanning complete.
-Yup. Nothing.

No trouble alerts.

No trace of The Gambler,
or Cindy Burman,

or Solomon Grundy.

[Hourman] Hey, guys.

I beat Grundy. Okay?

And the Gambler's a wimp.

And Cindy Burman probably got crushed

-with Brainwave when the dish caved in.
-[Stargirl] I doubt it.

-And the others could--
-[Hourman] What others, Court?

Icicle was shattered
into a thousand pieces.

Dragon King is dead. Tigress
and Sportsmaster, they're locked up.

The ISA are done.

All of them.

I think we should
call it a night, Court.

Me, too.

[Hourman] Yeah, come on.

We're the Justice Society of America.

-We can't quit.
-[Wildcat] We're not quitting.

We're still the JSA,

and if something happens,
we'll suit up and we'll be there.

But right now, we're protecting a town

that doesn't really need it.

Okay. Maybe we can cut patrol back
from seven nights a week to six.

[Wildcat] Good night.

[Hourman] Later.

Well, I'm gonna do that last loop, so...

If anyone changes their mind,
meet me at the Sub Shack in 10.

Okay. No problem. I got it. [chuckles]

See you tomorrow.

You'll never quit on me, will you?

[Cosmic Staff warbling]

[door opens]

[footsteps approaching]

Court?

It's 4:00 in the morning.

What are you doing down here?

Going through the JSA files.

Please, don't tell me
you've been up all night.

We agreed to be honest
with each other, so...

I have been up all night, yes.

But with good reason.

Okay. What about your History final?

I'll ace that.

What happened to Per Degaton?

Per Degaton?

Uh, the Flash banished him
to an alternate timeline.

Whatever that means.

Uh... Okay. Um, Blackbriar Thorn.

Uh, Green Lantern destroyed him in '88.

Uh...

-Baron Blitzkrieg?
-That's enough, Court. Okay.

It's not nearly enough, Pat.

I've got a responsibility
as Stargirl to stay vigilant.

Okay, look.

You've got a responsibility
as Courtney Whitmore

to focus on normal life
instead of this stuff, okay?

This stuff is my destiny.

Your destiny isn't
just about being Stargirl, okay?

It's about going to school,
getting good grades,

working towards a career.

A career as Stargirl.

[Courtney sighs]

Pat, just...

The staff chose me
when my own dad didn't...

for a reason that clearly goes
beyond the Injustice Society.

I mean, look at the obvious.

We stopped the ISA,
and the staff is still lighting up.

It's still working,
so that means I have to be.

Okay, well, it's not that simple, Court.

Being a superhero doesn't mean that
the rest of your life takes a back seat.

It's about finding a balance,

taking advantage of times like these.

The fact that things are quiet,
that's a good thing.

We just think it's quiet.

Just because we don't see it
doesn't mean it's not there.

If we want to
find and stop the bad guys,

we're gonna have to
turn over some rocks.

Well, I think you've turned over
enough rocks for tonight.

So, time to hit the sack.

But what about Gentleman Ghost?

Go to bed.

[low rumble]

Okay, Pat. Let's work it out here.

Right here.

-Oh, hey.
-Hey.

Take a gander at this.

-What am I gandering at?
-Our family trip,

because this, my friend,
is exactly where

my dad took me the summer
after I graduated from junior high.

That's Yellowstone National Park.

Is that camping? 'Cause I don't wanna
do camping. Anything but camping.

Oh, it's even better,

'cause your old man
cashed in his new gas grill fund

he's been saving up for
the last seven months.

A very selfless act, I might add, for,

wait for it,

two weeks at a lake house, huh?

Not just any lake house.
Dig these perks.

Speedboat, jet ski, outdoor kitchen,

where yours truly is gonna be
grilling up hamburgers, hot dogs,

and the best damn barbecued chicken
this side of the Atlantic.

And here's the kicker.

-Yeah...
-Pets are welcome.

[whines]

[chuckling] That's right. That's right.

Sounds semi-tolerable,

but let's just table that for a second,

'cause I was hoping
we'd start off the summer

maybe you showing me the ropes.

-The ropes to what?
-The family business.

I figured maybe I can
go down to the garage

and learn how to fly the robot,

fire the giant fist.
JSA stuff, you know?

I got a future to think about,

and this paper route thing, it ain't it.

It's all going digital, Pat.

Responsibility, commitment,
that's what's important, okay?

And you're not gonna quit your job.

How am I gonna deliver papers
at Jellystone Park?

I already
talked to Mr. Williams about it.

Your buddy Jakeem, he's gonna take over

the paper route until we get back.

Back from where?

-You didn't tell her?
-Not the details.

The details about what exactly?

Dad's summer vacation.

Two weeks of rest,
relaxation, family fun.

No Cosmic staff, no S.T.R.I.P.E.

Just some well-deserved time off

-for everyone.
-Yeah.

-[Courtney] Two whole weeks?
-Yeah.

-Can we do a vote?
-Love that idea.

All in favor for ditching this vacay

because we got, like,
real work to do here?

Hold it a second.
All in favor of a family trip

that'll live on in our memories
and our scrapbooks forever,

-say aye. Aye.
-Aye!

Two to two.

[barks]

-Three to two. Pack your bags.
-Yes!

-Traitor.
-[Pat] Yellowstone.

[both chanting] Yellowstone.
Yellowstone.

It'll be fun. [laughs]

[typing]

[high-pitched bleeping]

-Morning, Mom.
-Hey, Beth.

I am so late.

Committee meeting this morning,
I have to run.

I figured. Made breakfast to go.

French toast for you, Dad,
and Eggs Benedict for you, Mom.

-Thanks, Beth.
-Looks great.

It's the last day of school.

Oh... Well, good luck on your...

Your tests?

Pre-Calc and American Literature.
I studied all night. [chuckles]

-You'll do great, I'm sure.
-Yeah.

Thanks.

-Well, we gotta get going, honey.
-Okay.

-Bye, hon.
-Bye. See you later.

[radio tuning]

[radio announcer] Hey, can you believe
what's happening in Blue Valley?

Whoa! Lock your doors. We've got
ourselves a crime spree. [chuckles]

So, last night, a bear broke into
the Taco Whiz

and ate 200 pounds of nacho chips.
[crunching chips]

Two hundred pounds.
And this is one busy bear, folks.

Earlier this week
Waffle World suffered a similar fate

when its manager arrived to find
every jug of syrup missing.

Guess that old grizzly
has a sweet tooth, huh?

Yogi Bear, look out. You've got
some competition here in Blue Valley.

[rustling]

[bell tolling]

[sighs]

[Father Thomas]
Do you want to talk today, my child?

I think I'd just like to sit again,
if that's okay.

[Father Thomas] Of course.

[sniffles]

[breathing shakily]

[exhales with relief]

Are you all right?

[breathily] Yeah.

Can you believe that?
Two weeks stuck in a cabin.

I'll have my phone and, if there's
a kind and loving God, reception.

Maybe the staff could come get me
as soon as something happened,

or I could give you my house key.

Yeah, sure.

Hey, are you okay?

I don't know, Court.
Maybe it's a good thing

that you're taking a break.

Maybe we all should for a while.

[Courtney sighs]

You know, I still hear Brainwave.

The sound he made
when I heard him die, it's like...

it's all I can think about.

It's like it's stuck in my head.

I don't know if I deserve
to be Wildcat. Like...

Ted Grant would never do what I did.

You do deserve to be Wildcat.

You are Wildcat, Yolanda.

Look, the JSA doesn't work--

This JSA doesn't work
without my best friend.

Brainwave could have killed us.

He would have.

Okay, so let me ask you something.

Does that make what I did okay?

I...

Yes or no, Court?

I wasn't there, Yolanda.

I don't know what else
you could have done.

Oh, my God, Cameron's back.

What do I say to him?

You say nothing, Court.

I want to see if he's okay.

If you get too close to Cameron,

and he figures out that what happened
wasn't an accident,

I mean, think about
what that would do to him.

Henry might still be alive
if he didn't find out about his father.

[rock and roll song playing on radio]

[music stops]

-Morning, Dugan.
-How you doing, Zeke?

Thanks for coming by.

So, taking the whole family
on a trip, huh?

Yup. They need a break.

I need a break
from them needing a break.

So there you have it.

Anyhow, there's just
a couple of projects

that I'd like to keep moving
while I'm away.

This '48 is a real beaut.

Thank you. Thank you.

Yeah, I'm rebuilding the transmission.

Got these oil coolers
I was going to put in.

You're welcome to take a shot at that.

-What's that?
-What's what?

"Employees only"?
Is that the lunch room?

What kind of goodies
you got hiding in there, Dugan?

No, uh, uh... That's just storage.

There's nothing in there
to concern yourself with.

To be honest, it's, it's kind of a mess.

So, what do you say, Zeke?

Can you mind the store for me?

Well, Dugan, [sighs]
lately, I've had a full plate.

I'm inundated.

Can you do it or--

But multitasking is
one of my specialties.

So I guess that makes us partners.

-Partners?
-Yup.

-Till I get back.
-Whatever you say, Dugan.

[school bell rings]

[woman over PA] All right, Prairie Dogs.

Off you go to your last lunch break
of the semester.

As a reminder, please have your lockers
cleaned out by 3:00 p.m.

and be sure to have a safe
and healthy summer vacation.

Mr. Harris.

I go by Rick Tyler now.

You got every single question
on the final correct.

[scoffs]

Tell me how you did it.

-What?
-Where did you get the answers?

-I studied.
-This test is from last year.

It has different questions, so we'll see
exactly how much studying you did.

You're going to take it right now,

and I'm going to be watching
your every move.

I saved you. [chuckles]

I saved everyone in this stupid town.

-Excuse me?
-You know what? Fail me.

[Miss Woods] I will, Mr. Harris.

I spent all morning
doing research on time travel.

Time travel?

I figure this JSA villain, Per Degaton,

he could still be a threat now

even though the JSA technically
stopped him years ago.

-What are you even talking about?
-Paradoxes.

Five dollars, please.

I think
you're looking for trouble, Court.

Yeah, well, in our business,
trouble seems to find us.

Oh! I'm sorry, sorry.

So sorry.

[Courtney sighs]

Hey, Beth. Where's Rick?

Oh!

I don't know.

-What's up?
-Uh...

Just those last day of school blues,
you know?

[Artemis] What?

You think it's cool
to have your parents in prison?

[student] Come on, Artemis.
That's not what I meant.

It is.

Scares the hell out of the other team.

It was a total frame job
for some Bonnie and Clyde robberies

way before I was even born.

Someone set them up.

What the hell are you doing, Whitmore?

What the hell are you doing?

I was giving Jerome back his stick,
you blonde pinhead.

Courtney Whitmore,

come with me.

[Barbara] So, what did she do?

[Sherman] Well, it's more about
what she didn't do, Mrs. Whitmore.

Now, I know from personal experience

that moving into middle high school
isn't easy.

But the good news is Courtney's managed
to acclimate. [chuckles]

I mean, she's made friends.

A few questionable
choices in that department.

But she seems to have found her place
at Blue Valley High

just as I have in the past few months,

leaving aside that incident today
in the cafeteria with Artemis Crock.

What happened with Artemis Crock?

It was a misunderstanding.

Okay, well,
what kind of misunderstanding?

I thought she was...

going to swing
a hockey stick at my head.

Why would she do that?

Well...

Well, it sounds to me they had, like,
what we would call back in our day

[chuckling] just a good,
old-fashioned catfight.

[chuckling] Right?

Which is wrong.

Back to the point. [chuckles]

-Courtney struggled...
-Struggled, but prevailed.

You failed some classes.

What?

[chuckles nervously]

-Which ones?
-History.

History?

Okay. No, that... That's impossible.

I studied for a very long time,
it felt like.

And English, too.

I'm afraid if Courtney wants to continue
on to junior year,

she's going to have to enroll
in summer school,

starting tomorrow.

[voice fades]
Rachel outside will have the details.

You promised me school work
would come first.

I know. I thought I had
all my bases covered. I really did.

I was really looking forward
to the trip, Courtney. So was Pat.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

You really have to decide
if putting on that mask

is worth messing up
everything else in your life.

Court, what are you doing
getting into fights with Artemis Crock?

It was an honest mistake.

You could have gotten expelled.

And now you got to go to summer school

and the vacation that your mother
was so excited about,

that's now been canceled.

The JSA, it's not the only team
that you're a part of.

Our family's a team, okay?

I know.

But the staff is still lighting--

Yeah, it still lights up,
but that doesn't mean

that there's a bad guy
around every corner.

Yeah, but they're somewhere.

And why are you so convinced
that it's up to you to stop them?

Because, like the staff,
I won't ever quit.

Not like you did.

Pat, I'm... I'm sorry.

It's okay.

You're putting Stargirl away
for two weeks.

-What?
-It's for your own good.

But what am I supposed to do
without Stargirl?

Pass summer school, right?

[radio announcer] Well, it's another
sweltering day here in Nevada.

Temperature should reach 92 here
in the high desert...

-Afternoon there.
-Hi, Maggie.

What can I get you, hon?

Earl makes a country fried steak

that you will be telling
your grandkids about.

I have it four,
five times a week, myself.

Well, who could say no to that?

[chuckles]

Need anything else, handsome?

Yeah, I'm, uh...

I'm looking for your ex-husband.

Which one?

The one who likes stripes.

[ladder clattering]

Hi, Cameron. [chuckles]

Courtney.

Hi.

So, you're back. [chuckles]

Uh, I am.

What are you doing?

Well, I thought it could use
a makeover for my dad.

[Courtney] That's really nice.

[Cameron] Thanks.

[Courtney] Any summer plans?

[in Norwegian]

[Sofus speaking]

[Courtney] Bye.

Hey, Zeke.

Looks like we won't be taking
that trip after all.

Zeke.

[tool whirring]

[clattering]

-Hey, Zeke.
-Dugan. [chuckles]

I knew you were building something.

-A robot.
-Yeah...

Don't tell me what it's for.
I don't need to know.

Sometimes a man just needs himself
a robot.

-The thing is--
-You know, I built a flamethrower

out of a propane tank and a BB gun.

I bet you could fit one

right in the palm of that
there robot's hand.

What, a flamethrower?

Yes, sir. To start.

Okay, well, the thing is, Zeke,

-this is a private project...
-Yeah. Right.

It's kind of a hobby that
I'm kind of keeping to myself...

Great! I will go get my tools.

...that I'd rather other people
didn't know about it.

Loving this partnership.

I'll be right back.

[door closes]

[heavy footstep thuds]

[soft piano music playing]

[cell phone vibrating]

Hey, Mom.

Thought you'd be home early, but--

[Dr. Chapel] Hi. I'm sorry, honey.

I meant to text you.
I'm stuck at the hospital.

But I made a really nice dinner
for you and Dad.

[Dr. Chapel]
I hope your last day was great.

Love you.

Love you, too.

[Chuck on device] Hello...

Oh, my gosh, Chuck!

Chuck! Chuck, you're back!

[Chuck] Hello? Who is this?

It's me! It's Beth!

Oh, my gosh, Chuck,
I missed you so much.

-[Chuck] Beth?
-Beth Chapel.

[Chuck] I don't know you.

You don't know me?

[device winds down]

Hello? Chuck.

Chuck? Please don't go.

Please don't forget me, Chuck.

[sighs shakily]

Cindy.

[faint crashing]

[faint clattering]

[Cosmic Staff warbling]

[grunting]

[Stargirl cries out]

[Stargirl grunts]

[Stargirl panting]

Who are you?

I'm Green Lantern's daughter.

[Barbara] What's going on?

[Mike] Whoa.

Awesome.

I think there's been a misunderstanding.

Yeah, you seem to be having
a lot of them today.

[Cosmic Staff warbling]

[pop rock song playing]

You catch my eye

Girl, you wanna fly

I'm so alive

Never stop, it's how we ride

Roller coaster 'til we die

I don't wanna go to school

I just wanna break the rules

Boys and girls across the world

Putting on our dancing shoes

Going to the discotheque

Getting loud and getting late

I don't wanna go to school

I just wanna break the rules

I don't wanna go to school

I just wanna break the rules

I don't wanna go to school

I just wanna break the rules

[Eclipso] I am ready to serve you.

Yes.

Let's go do some recruiting.

[both laugh]

[pop rock music continues]