Stargirl (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Summer School: Chapter Four - full transcript

Hi, Dad.

How you doing, Arty?

I can't stay
in that foster home anymore.

Macaroni and cheese...

bunk beds, basic cable,
no football Sunday pass.

Animals.

Tryouts are Wednesday.

Coach Morrison is coming in
from Lincoln.

The Big Ten.

Sweetie, you are gonna crush it.

You're gonna be great.



I don't know.

Hey, look at me.

You're the best in the state.

I miss you.

Oh, sweetie.

I miss you too.

Mom says she loves you.

You tell your mother I love her.

All right. Visit's over.

You said I had 15 minutes.

Yeah, well, time flies in prison, huh?

Oh, don't worry.

There's always next week,
and the week after that,

and the week after that.



Chuck?

Hello? Can you hear me?

Chuck, come in.

Please, Chuck.

Why are we in danger?

Who is Eclipso?

Searching... Searching...

Darn signal.

Oh, hey, honey.

Oh.

Mom. Hey. Hi.

I didn't hear you come in.

You just missed Dad.

Did you lose something?

I could have sworn I...

Ah! Found them.

Mom, hey.

You know what I was
thinking about the other day?

Blue Valley Putt-Putt.

The one you and Dad used to go
all the time when you were first dating?

Didn't they close down?

Well, they were going to.

They came really close
to calling it quits.

They always had a good crowd.

I wonder what happened.

Yeah.

I've been wondering
the same thing myself.

The point is they're back
in business. Isn't that great?

You and Dad should go like old times.

It could be like a date.

Well, honey...

your dad's very busy
this week and so am I.

But maybe you and your friends can go.

-Yeah.
-It'll be fun.

See you, hon.

Bye, Mom.

Confidential?

Since when is anything in
the JSA database confidential?

I was up most of the night.

I'm sorry, I just...

you know, I thought you
should know everything.

It's scary.

The black diamond.

Yeah.

I mean, what happened
with Dr. Mid-Nite and...

Do we tell Courtney...

-about the JSA and--
-Eclipso?

-Yeah.

What was that about Eclipso?

How do you know about Eclipso?

How do you know about Eclipso?

You first.

Well...

I don't know about him.

Dr. Mid-Nite's goggles warned Beth
that Eclipso is here in Blue Valley.

-The goggles said that?
-Yeah, how do they know?

The trouble alerts, I guess.

But all the files on
Eclipso are confidential

and I couldn't find any in the basement.

Why, Pat?

Who is Eclipso?

He's the devil in the shadows.

Evil, Court, real evil,
imprisoned inside the black diamond.

The one The Shade is looking for.

And whoever has the diamond
has Eclipso's power.

What?

What are Eclipso's powers?

He can get inside your head...

make you see things that aren't there.

Starman said the diamond
drove people to do...

bad things to themselves and to others.

But the JSA stopped Eclipso?

Yeah. Somehow they managed to, but...

the longer Eclipso's active,
the more powerful he becomes.

So...

The Shade, who kicked our collective
butts without lifting a single finger,

is looking for the black diamond
to team up with pure evil.

To do what?

I don't know.

Mom, don't worry. We got this.

-Court...
-No, Mom. I'll be smart.

There's nothing online about Eclipso,

so we'll do recon the old-fashioned way,
hitting the books.

Beth's already on her way
to the library.

We won't rush in.

I won't rush in, Mom.

I promise.

-Promise?
-Yes.

Love you.

I didn't wanna hurt Dad.

I'm still upset by that, you hear me?

I do.

But this isn't really about
your stepmother. Is it, Cynthia?

Cindy?

Sweetheart, is that you?

Mom?

You're not gonna hurt me again, are you?

Baby, I'm so sorry
I let your father find you.

No, no, no, I'm sorry.

Make it go away.

Please, don't hurt me.

Now!

You wallow in pain
over your birth mother.

I simply wanted to show you
that you must put the past behind you.

You ever do that again and I'll throw
this diamond into a volcano.

I am only here to help.

I only desire what you desire.

Let's get back to work.

Look, you and I both know
that fostering kids ain't cheap.

Okay? And now I've got another one
with parents in prison.

Now, I don't know who told you
I said that,

but it just ain't true, okay?

No, I got five now, not four.

What is this? I can't eat this.

Listen, as much as I'd like to,
I just can't foster these kids for free.

-How hard is it to buy whey protein?
-They didn't have wheat protein.

Not wheat. It's whey.

Hey, are you gonna get out or what?

Can I at least have some money
so I can buy a decent lunch?

You got a decent lunch.

You didn't even pack me a protein bar.

Listen, you need to turn it
down a notch, missy, okay?

Or else I'm not gonna be accepting

any more of those collect calls
from the penitentiary. You got it?

My tryouts are today.

What am I supposed to do for fuel?

I don't know. That's your business.

Now get to stepping,
I've got a nail appointment to get to.

"Married felons
break out of prison?"

I'll take one of those.

Hiya, sport.

Hey... yourself.

I'd love to stay and catch up,

but I still got papers to deliver,
and today is collection day.

I'm living off tips,
you know, what can I say?

Here's a tip.

Don't try and run from us
because you can't.

That's a good tip.

How can you not have acai or wheatgrass?

Because this is a high school cafeteria,
not a farmers' market.

-What about fresh berries?
-Sorry, honey.

But if you wanted the fancy stuff,
you should've brought it from home.

What is that?

The only piece of fresh fruit
in this place.

Consider it a peace offering

for the misunderstanding
with the hockey stick.

What are you staring at, Montez?

Nothing. I just can't believe
they don't have wheatgrass either.

-Thanks.
-Yeah. No problem.

Um, I, I just wanted to say I'm really
sorry for the situation that you're in.

I can't imagine how tough that must be.

What situation?

Oh, um...

You know, the...

situation that you or, um...

your parents, um...

them being in prison.

My parents are innocent.
They shouldn't even be there.

Everyone is mocking us now,

but we Crocks don't forgive.

And we don't forget.

Ow!

Boy.

She's got anger issues.

Tell that to the apple.

Well, Mr. Tyler, it seems
as if you've done it again.

Another perfect score.

I told you...

I studied.

Uh, Mr. Tyler?

I'm sorry I doubted you.

-It's just--
-What everyone does.

It's okay.

Hi, Isaac.

Yes, I am back from my trip abroad.

And it is so wonderful to see you.

You know, I've always wanted to tell you
how much I admired your musical talents.

Y--You notice me?

How could I not, Isaac?

I am a big fan, really.

I just, I wanted to say hi
and, um...

I wanna make new friends this summer.

Do you wanna be my friend?

Listen, I know what
you're going through...

with your mom dying from
that awful hunting accident.

I lost my parents, too.

How did your parents die?

Horribly.

You have one
new voice message.

Hey, Dad.

Um, some of your old friends
are back in town.

We're down at the Pit Stop
and they want to talk.

Mike?

Mike?

Mike?

Hey there, Pat.

-Mike, you okay?
-He's fine.

Hey, Dad.

Crusher, what are you doing here?

-We.
-You really stuck that landing.

You break out of prison and you come
straight back to your hometown?

We left a decoy trail of breadcrumbs

obvious enough for even
the stupid cops to follow.

-They should be halfway to Miami by now.

Okay, bud.

We didn't come back to town
for revenge on you and the Scooby Gang.

-So what do you want?
-Our daughter has tryouts today.

-We can't miss that.
-We can't, can we, babe?

Here's the deal.

You help us lay low
until tryouts this afternoon,

and we'll break back into prison
afterwards without incident.

Right after our daughter kills it...

on the field.

Are you kidding me right now?

-Scout's honor.

So, you can hold on
to that little wrench if you want.

Heck, I'll even give you
a head start over to STRIPE.

And we can do this the
old-fashioned way or...

we can be friends.

Buds.

I mean, you wouldn't want the world to
know about your little robot, would you?

Okay.

Let's go watch some football.

Have you lost your mind?

They tried to kill us.

-She almost killed me.
-I know. I know.

-If it wasn't for Courtney, she--
-Barb, I just think this is

the best thing for us to do right now
to keep this all moving forward--

I mean, you really believe
they broke out of prison

just to see their kid
try out for football?

That's what Crock told me.
I have no idea. They're crazy.

What are they looking for,
The Shade or Calypso?

It's E-clipso. Eclipso.

Oh! Who's to say she's not gonna
be firing arrows at my head again?

Okay. Barb, if they wanted us dead,
we'd be dead right now.

That does not make me feel better.

Yeah. Is he stealing something?

-We should go in the kitchen.
-Okay.

So.

Hey, nice life you've got here, bud.

That's very kind of you.
Yeah, I like it.

Yeah. It's probably
why you let yourself go.

Because ripped, my friend, you are not.

You let go of the program.

Well, just been doing
a lot of stretching-type stuff.

Hey, this kid of yours.

He's got a real big mouth on him.

It's gonna get him
into a lot of trouble.

If I were you,
I'd start training him now.

Yeah. I appreciate the
parenting advice, Crusher,

but I'd just as soon
Mike stays out of it.

Good luck with that.

Another fight.

Hmm...

I guess you're unpopular
with a lot of people.

We're remodeling.

How's prison? Is it scary, or is it...

kind of fun like
The Shawshank Redemption?

The what?

Just a movie.

Cell's a little small, gym's great.

I got visitation rights with the missus.

Oh. So you keep up with any of your
old ISA colleagues, any of the...

any of the gang?

Who's left?

That putz, the Gambler?

Listen, truthfully, pal.

ISA, me and the wife,
we never really fit in.

I mean, Jordan was a good guy.

A few colors short of a rainbow.
But the rest of 'em, I do not miss.

So none of the old gang, huh?
Not even The Shade?

-The Shade?
-Yeah.

I haven't seen that tea-sucking
scone gobbler in years.

I never liked him, either.
He was not a team player.

You know, he made fun of my cleats,
but he wore these ridiculous top hats

and those... what do you call them,
the scarves?

-Ascots. They're called ascots.
-Ascots.

Ascots. Hey!

You wanna know about "bad" bad guys?

I got to tell you what the Dragon King
did to the Wizard's body.

Oh, my God. It's gonna gross you out.

I like this.

I always felt like we were on the road
to becoming good friends,

but what happened?

I don't know. I mean,
I kind of felt that way myself.

I think the fact
that you tried to kill me,

that might've kinda
put a damper on the friendship,

but who knows? You know,
relationships are funny, right?

Fair point.

Can I get you something?
Do you, um, drink coffee?

Caffeine? No, thank you.

-Uh, water?
-What kind?

-Tap?
-I'm fine.

You let your children
eat processed foods?

They're teenagers.

If Mike wants to eat those things,
he's gonna find a way to get them.

You know, it's kinda like Courtney.

When she makes up her mind
about something,

there is just no stopping her.

Artemis is like that, too. Unstoppable.

Yeah. It doesn't matter what you say.

She's not gonna listen.

And I like that she's driven,
but as a mom...

-It's frustrating!
-It's frustrating!

Thanks.

Maybe I'll try some.

-You got it?
-Yeah, I think so. Thanks, Maria.

You're doing great.

Okay, guys.

Look at you.

And Rick.

I ordered a strawberry one.

And no whipped cream on mine.

Wait... Ugh. Sorry.

Hey, you'll get the hang of it.

I like chocolate, too.

And Rick can have my whipped cream.

Great.

Okay. Let's summarize
what we found out so far.

So, the black diamond is
from this place called Diablo Island.

Devil Island?
That's not ominous, at all.

It's somewhere around here.

Why isn't it on the map?

Because they took it off.

Look. It's all over maps
back in the 1800s.

But then around 1832,

Diablo Island stopped appearing.

Like they didn't want
anyone to go there.

Why?

Because no one ever came back.

The legend goes,

there were two warring tribes
living on different sides of the island.

One of the tribes summoned
an evil entity of vengeance,

trapping it in what sounds
like the black diamond.

How did the black diamond end up here?

An explorer named
Bruce Gordon rediscovered Diablo Island.

But when he got there,

everyone on it
had been dead for decades.

It's the same Bruce Gordon
that wrote some of these books.

He was a famous explorer in his day.

So this Gordon guy
found the diamond there?

It doesn't say, but he was
the only person who ever returned.

Then what?

I don't know. There's nothing
online or off about Bruce Gordon

after he came back
from the island. Or Eclipso.

So what do we do next?

Yolanda, your order's up.

Okay. Thanks.

Go get back to work.

We've exhausted the library,

so I'm gonna go to the used bookstore
to see if I can find anything else.

I'll keep trying to get Chuck
back online.

Maybe he can help us
open the files on Eclipso.

I've got to feed the dog.

Can I get a dozen cheeseburgers to go
and some fries?

Are you serious?

Hey, we'll all meet up
after Yolanda's shift.

Okay.

So... what kind of dog did you get?

A big one.

Mm.

What is this place?

This is where your parents
and mine tried to save the world.

Until the JSA killed them.

Is that...

He was called the Fiddler.

The Fiddler?

I can't play that.

Well, you'll learn.

-Hi.
-Oh!

Oh!

What can I do for you, young lady?

I was wondering if you had any books

on this kind of famous archaeologist,
or books written by him.

Um, Bruce Gordon?

I'm not sure I have anything

but everyone from
Captain Cook to Robert Ripley

will be right back there, far left.

-Thanks.
-Mm-hmm.

Ah. Hello, Ms. Whitmore.

I know who you are.

And I know what you're planning, Shade.

You want the black diamond
so you can team up with Eclipso.

To do... something bad.

We're going to stop you.

A supervillain team-up.

Really? That's the vast
scope of your imagination?

It happens. Icicle and Brainwave.

I'll ignore the insult of comparing me
to those two incompetents.

But by far the greater slight

is assuming I seek
to conspire with Eclipso.

Why wouldn't you?

You're just as bad as he is.

You killed Dr. Mid-Nite.

Oh, my. And said with such conviction.
You were there, I assume.

Pat was.

Oh, yes, of course. Dear old Stripesy.

You know, it's interesting the things
he chooses to tell you

and those he doesn't.

You poor deluded... child.

Don't you know there's a difference
between bad and evil?

I've been called "wicked"
more than once.

A law broken here,
a rule bent there, the odd life taken.

But nobody that didn't deserve it.

Eclipso, on the other hand...

He killed McNider's daughter.

She was ten years old.

Wait. What?

Eclipso killed Dr. McNider's daughter?

Mm. Now, look.

A moment ago,
you were so sure of everything.

When I find the black diamond...

I intend to throw it in the deepest,
darkest part of the ocean

so that Eclipso may never
hurt anyone ever again.

Why would you do that?

Oh, well, um,
living as long as I have...

I'm bored.

But really...

Leave this all...

to me.

Mom, where's Pat?

Excuse me, Jim. Hi, Nance, how are you?

We sit down, you watch, stay quiet.

As a mouse.

And then you go back. No funny business.

None. Your wife is lovely, by the way.

I know that. Sit. You, too.

Hey, Danny.

Ready?

All right. Okay, okay, okay.

Ten-hut!

-Oh, come on.
-Come on.

Where's the flag, ref?

Come on, Artemis.
Get your head in the game.

It's okay. Shake it off.

She's in her head.
I can see it. She can do this.

That's right, kiddo.

It's all right, Arty. Dust yourself off.

Artemis! Artemis!

-We believe in you.
-We made it!

-We love you.
-We love you!

We believe in you.

-Can you believe it?
-You got this.

-Hi, honey.
-Hi.

Big fans here. Big fans here.

-Superstar!
-Come on, Artemis.

-You got it, baby.
-You got it.

All right. Ready?

You're gonna nail it!

That's right. Stay focused.

Right 20, two-on-one. Ready?

Break!

Hey. Thirty, Mike. Thirty, Mike.

Mike. Mike. Mike.

Check, check. Midnight Special, 40.

Oh!

That was like a 40-yard pass.

She's a trip, ain't she, bud?

Hey, hey, hey, quiet.

-Did you see that? Oh, my God!
-That's my girl!

-That was beautiful!
-Go, Artemis!

Hmm...

Artemis Crock
will be yours to use.

Are you kidding me? The Crocks.

I've got them in my sights.

10-4. Eyes on the target.
Moving into position.

Confirmed. Positive ID on the targets.

Roger. I've got
a clean shot. Awaiting your orders.

Take the shot
when you have it. Take the shot.

Take the shot.

-Copy.
-No!

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

What are you doing, honey?

You stay away from them!
They did nothing wrong!

They did nothing wrong, you hear me?

What?

Where did they go?

That really got away from her,
didn't it?

Hmm.

So, then...
you're not innocent?

Why didn't you tell me before?

Well, we were going to but...

But you have your own dreams.

Yeah.

I mean, you're gonna be
the first female quarterback

in the history of college football.
My girl is.

But the only reason I did so well today
was because you guys were here.

No. No. The reason that you
crushed it today is because of you.

You've got a future now.

We're not gonna let anything
get in the way of that...

including us.

This has to be goodbye.

Why do I feel bad for them?

And why didn't you tell me
they were in town?

I didn't have the chance.

You could have called.

Did you think I was just
going to rush in and fight?

I would have listened.

I'm not the same Stargirl
I was last year.

I get it, okay?

Did you know that Eclipso
killed Dr. McNider's daughter?

How do you know that?

So it's true.

Why didn't you tell me, Pat?

It's not an easy thing to talk about.

Rebecca was ten years old.

I didn't wanna scare you.

I'm not scared.

Is there anything else?

About Eclipso and the JSA?

Or Bruce Gordon?
What happened to him? Anything?

No. Come on. I wanna follow
these guys back to the penitentiary.

-Are you okay?
-Yeah.

Wait. What?

You're incredibly talented
but your temper...

I mean, we can't have you
representing our school.

-I'll come back--

Rough day?

What do you want?

What happened with that recruiter...

That is his loss.

But I have another team you can join.

One your parents were a part of.

-Hey.
-Did you tell Courtney everything?

No. Do you think I should?

I mean...

I...

I mean, we promised there'd be
no more secrets, but... I don't know.

Paula didn't tell her daughter
about their other life.

And now that Artemis knows...

I mean, no matter what happens,
she'll never be the same.

If we tell Courtney about Eclipso
and the JSA,

-she'll never be the same either.
-Yeah.

I mean, none of the kids will.

So we agree then?
We need to protect them from the truth.

Yeah.

No studying tonight.
We've got more important things to do.

I know it's past curfew.

But if Pat's not going to tell us
anything else, maybe The Shade will.

-Firewall deactivated.

Again?

Hello? Is someone out there?

Chuck? Chuck?

I can hear you.
I can hear you.

Who are you?

It's me, your best friend, Beth Chapel.

Come on, Chuck, you know me.

Why do you keep calling me Chuck?

That's your name.
You're Dr. Charles McNider. His Ai.

AI? What are you talking about?

Where's Pat... What happened to the JSA?

...find them. ...been lost for years.

Who is this?

My name is Dr. Charles McNider.
I've been trapped in the shadow...

Wait.

Are you the real Dr. Charles McNider?

The Shade.

Hello?

Oh, my gosh.

I...

I think Dr. Mid-Nite is alive.

Hello? Hello, Beth?

Beth Chapel, are you there?

Hello?