Stargirl (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Summer School: Chapter Nine - full transcript

[jazz music playing on record]

[thunder rumbling]

[man singing on record]

[thunder rumbling]

[Bruce] I wish I'd never brought you
back from that damn island.

[Eclipso] How strange.

You never cursed me while
I was helping you find fame and fortune.

You ruined the lives
of my colleagues and friends.

Did I? [laughs]

Those pretty much sound
like your choices.

Too late to grow a conscience now,
don't you think?



I don't want this anymore.

But we have so much more to do.

You owe me.

[yells] You leave me alone!

Bruce, if you really want me
to leave you alone,

put the diamond down.

You can't, can you?
Because you can't let go of power.

[laughs]

[thunder rumbling]

[gun cocks]

What if I could fix it all?

Fix it?

You've broken everything.

I feel you, Bruce.
I feel your loneliness.



But you're not alone.

I am here for you.

You lost her once. You let her go.

We can get her back.

-Mona?
-Yes.

Her husband
is the only thing that stands

between you and her, nothing else.

You don't know her.

I know once he's gone,
Mona will be all yours.

Her heart, her body, and her soul.

She'd be yours,
despite your fraud self, forever.

I won't kill anyone.

[Eclipso chuckles]

Not you, Bruce. Me. I'll do it.

Let me take control
and you will never be alone again.

All you have to do is drop the gun,

and then watch me do it.

Drop the gun.

Let me take control.

That's all you have to do.

After all I've done for you, you owe me.

[grunts]

[screaming]

[Eclipso laughing]

[thunderclap]

They're sending us all home.

-Why?
-Storm's rolling in.

We haven't got much time.

Hey, be careful out there.

-Okay, yeah, you too.
-Okay.

[thunder rumbling]

[sighs]

Okay.

Yes, sir.

Hey, Mike, so, we're not gonna be down
in the basement for a month, all right?

Didn't you say we should
prepare for the worst?

I did. So go get the sleeping bags,
upstairs closet. Please.

-Thank you.
-Okay.

Watch out, he's in a mood.

Rick's hearing was canceled.

That's okay. He'll be safe in jail.

Nowhere is safe, Pat.

And we can't just let
Rick rot in a cell.

All right. We're going to see
what we can do after the storm clears.

This storm isn't passing,
and you know that.

And we all know who's causing it.

After what he did to Yolanda,
and Rick, and Beth.

She saw him, Pat.

In what she thought was our house.

He's getting stronger.

So, Beth and I decided
we're not waiting around anymore.

Okay. Well, I'm sorry,
but what does that mean?

It means as soon as we find Eclipso,
we have to go after him with whoever

and whatever we have left.

Court, just please do me a--

And since you don't know
how the JSA stopped him last time,

we're going to have to
figure it out ourselves.

We're not prepared.

Pat, I love you.

But when have we ever been
prepared enough to make you happy?

I'm gonna go call Beth.

I'll let you know as soon as we find
the center of this storm.

[sighs]

[woman sobs]

[Father Craemer] We are gathered here
today to lay to rest

Rebecca McNider. Gone too soon.

The Lord bless you and watch over you.

The Lord make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you.

The Lord look kindly on you
and give you peace.

In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

-Amen.
-Amen.

[Johnny] You know, if The Thunderbolt
could help, I would ask.

[Rex] Nobody can bring
Rebecca back, Johnny.

How could someone do that to a child?

Not someone, Sly.

-Something.
-What's it want?

Whatever it is, we have to stop it.

We will, Rex. We'll catch that monster.

[Pat] Flash.

Pat, we're in public.

Right. Sorry, Jay.

Jay.

-Hello, Stripesy.
-Hi.

We know that it's called Eclipso.

-Where does it come from?
-[Sylvester] Pat?

-Let the members ask the questions.
-Okay.

It comes from an island.

We believe it was brought back here
by an explorer named Bruce Gordon.

-This is your fault, Charles.
-Myra, please...

No, you weren't there!

You didn't see
what it did to our little girl.

Myra...

[Myra sobbing]

Myra.

[Myra sobbing]

-[giggling]
-[eerie voice echoing]

[indistinct whispering]

[casket creaking]

[voices echoing]

[young Bruce] Liar, liar. You're a liar.

[Courtney] But, Mom, I got my...

[Barbara] She's gonna find out.
You know she will.

[eerie voice growling]

[Eclipso] Pat.

[giggling]

Liar.

[Courtney] So let's go over
what we know.

We know your goggles
can see through his illusions.

That's one advantage we have over him.

[Beth over phone] And we could try
to track it to exactly...

Good.

We also know
the staff hurt Eclipso before.

Yeah.

The staff may still be weak,

but if we can use it
with your goggles somehow,

maybe there's something we can do.

Maybe call Yolanda?
See if she wants to team up?

Yolanda hasn't called me back either.

Has Rick called? How's he doing?

[sighs]

[puffs]

Dad?

Dad?

Dad?

Is the heat out or something?

Dad?

[Pat] What do we do now?

We're gonna find this Bruce Gordon
and see what he knows.

Dr. McNider was my friend,
too, Sylvester.

And, you know, I wanna be a part of
getting justice for his daughter.

Look, I know I'm not on the team,

but please, Sylvester,
this is different.

I know it is.

God, Pat. She was only ten.

We can't let this happen again.

-Is that...
-The Shade.

-I'll get the others.
-No, if The Shade wanted a fight,

he wouldn't be staring us down
in broad daylight.

I'll meet you back at the garage.

-But, Sylvester, I thought that--
-Go.

And we'll talk later
about getting you more involved.

Okay.

[thunderclap]

[woman on radio] Thank you, I'm here
just off main street in Downtown,

and as you can see behind me there are--

-[static crackling]
-[wind howling]

Winds of 40 miles an hour.

All the-- Closed and-- Gone home.

Make-- Completely--

[static crackling]

[engine stops]

[car starter sputtering]

[thunder rumbles]

-[thunder cracks]
-[rain patters]

[mellow rock music playing]

[elevator dings]

What happened?

Sylvester?

Pat, Pat, uh,
what we're facing, it's not...

human.

What is it?

The Shade calls it a...

spiritual parasite.

Like an otherworldly creature.

Somehow, this Bruce Gordon found it.

And now, it's possessed him.

I mean, this thing can make you see it

as anything it wants.

It can make your nightmares come true.

And he told me how we can stop it.

But why would The Shade help us?

I saw fear in his eyes,

when he told me that
he had faced it before.

I mean, this thing...

It murdered men, women, children.

I mean, he called it... real evil.

He said the only way to stop it
is to kill the host.

Kill the host?

You're talking about
killing another human?

When the host dies...

Eclipso will be forced
back into the diamond.

And as long as we don't touch it,
as long as no one does,

Eclipso will be powerless inside.

Well, if this thing somehow
possessed someone,

we gotta exorcise it.

We have to save him.

Now that's the code
the JSA lives by, right?

It's the code you live by.

Yes, of course.

You're right, Pat.

There's always a way.

[thunder rumbling]

[thunder claps]

72 degrees? Yeah, right.

[knocking at door]

[knocking continues]

-Cameron?
-Hey.

Hey, come in.

Hey.

I got caught in the storm.
I didn't know where else to go.

No, yeah, it's cool.

It came out of nowhere.

Yeah. It seems like a normal
everyday storm to me.

Is Courtney here?

She's upstairs.

Where's your mom?

[car starter sputters]

Come on!

[Jordan] Hello, Barbara.

We have a lot to catch up on, don't we?

[freezing]

[exhales]

[Cameron] Nice fire.

I told you, you can go up
and see Courtney, if you want.

I will.

[chuckles softly]

Must be nice.

To be part of a family like this.

Yeah. [chuckles nervously]

You and your dad are pretty close, huh?

Yeah, I was close with my dad, too.

You sure you're not cold?

Is it cold?

You know,
I lost my mother when I was eight.

How old are you?

-Fifteen.
-[chuckles softly]

So you got seven more years than I did.

Oh, wait. She's your stepmother, right?

So I guess her loss
won't be that hard on you.

I mean, it won't be as bad as when
your real mother abandoned you, will it?

Who told you that?

A friend. That same friend
also told me about my father.

How you ran him over
and left him for dead.

It was an accident.

I didn't mean to kill him.

[chuckles]

You didn't.

He's still here.

He's with Barbara right now.

And I'm here with you.

[exhales]

You're dead, Jordan. You're not here.

-This is Eclipso.
-Eclipso?

No.

No, this storm is my doing.

It's my rebirth.

It was all gonna be
so wonderful, Barbara.

This isn't real.

I would've protected you and Courtney
from all of this other nonsense.

It's not real.

But you betrayed me.

You hurt me.

So now it's time I hurt you.

Court?

Courtney?

Dad?

No one is coming to save you, Mike.

[Buddy barks]

[Buddy growling]

[barking]

-[Buddy yelps]
-Buddy!

No!

No.

Everyone in this house is going to die.

[metal clacking]

[gasps]

[thunder rumbles]

You could've helped me save our country
from itself, Barbara.

Admit it. A part of you wanted to.

Like I said before, you're insane.

Insane? No.

No, I was in love, Barbara.

For the first time since my wife died,
I was in love!

[Shade] Barbara, he's not real.

Your car, start it.

I tried. I tried, it won't.

There's nothing wrong with it.

There's no escaping me, Barbara.

Damn it, Barbara!

Ignore this nightmare
and start the bloody car.

I will haunt you
and your family forever.

Now!

[engine starts]

[sighs]

[Shade] Go home. I need... Emily?

Shade?

[choking]

You killed my dad,

so I get to kill your dad.

I mean, that's fair, right?

[groans]

And you thought you were going to be
some kind of hero.

[coughs]

But you're nothing.

Unwanted by the JSA like you were
unwanted by your own mother.

[Mike struggling]

[Mike coughing]

Mike?

Mike?

Are you okay?

Court, look out!

What? What is it?

-Cameron's here and he's freaking out!
-Mike!

Mike! No one is here.

No, I just saw him.
He had powers like his dad and he...

He killed Buddy.

-No.
-[Buddy barks]

Hey, Buddy.

Hey!

Buddy is okay.

You're okay.

Where's Pat?

I don't know.

[eerie voice grunting]

[thunder claps]

Pat!

Pat!

Pat!

Pat!

[elevator dings]

What are you guys doing down here?

There were four of us
sitting around the table tonight,

but we need an odd number,
in case of a tie.

Tie for what?

Green Lantern and The Spectre
couldn't stop it. Doctor Fate.

The Hawks. Eclipso beat them all.

And he vowed to kill our families, too.

We're out of time.

So we're voting. If it comes down to it,

we gotta do what The Shade said
and take out the host.

You're talking about killing a man?

If you do that, I mean, it goes against
everything that we stand for.

"We"? Last time I checked,
you were the mechanic.

We are the ones
that are putting our lives on the line

and have to make decisions like this
that we don't wanna make.

You ain't a member
of this team, Stripesy.

You're Sly's driver,
so stay in your lane.

That's enough, Ted.

[Wildcat] Sorry.

I just call 'em like I see 'em.

[Rex] Nobody wants to do this.

But we might have to.

For Rebecca.

We came together to find justice,
not vengeance.

Didn't we, Rex? Ted?

Sylvester, we're talking about
victimizing a victim here.

I got a son.

So I'm going to do what I gotta.

Let's vote.

I'm a yes.

I'm obviously a no.

I don't wanna hurt anybody,

but if there's no other choice,
if it comes down to it...

I'm gonna do what we have to,
to protect our families.

Yes.

-Pat?
-He shouldn't get a vote.

He does. Pat?

I vote no.

It's like Starman says,
"There's always a way."

That's two-to-two.

So it's down to Sylvester, right?

Then it's decided.

It's two for, but three against.

My vote's a yes.

What?

Eclipso threatened my family too.

I'll do whatever
it takes to protect them.

I won't take part in this.

You won't have to, Jay.

Get the car ready.

No.

I voted no.

Right now.

[thunder rumbles]

[Bruce] It'll never come off.

And your children's blood
will be on your hands next.

[trigger clicks]

You had a choice, and you made it.

You damned yourselves.

Pat?

[breathing heavily]

Are you okay?

No one's gonna hurt you.

No one.

All right?

[Buddy panting]

You sure you're okay?

I am. Thanks to you.

What did you see?

A lot.

Bruce Gordon.

What? Why?

What haven't you told me, Pat?

I've never told you
how the JSA really stopped Eclipso.

Oh, come on.

What happened?

You were right.

JSA should never take a life.

But it's too late.

[ominous voice wailing]

We need to get this to storage.

-Sylvester--
-Drive.

-But wait a minute--
-Damn it, just drive, Pat.

It's over.

It's all over.

There was no last meeting.

There was no decision to break up.

Everyone just drifted away after that.

[closing latches]

I kept coming around though,

hoping to see if any of them
showed up around the table.

Nobody did.

Not until the ISA re-formed.

But that was a lot of years later.

And even when the JSA got back together,

well, they were never the same.

They were broken.

And that's why the ISA won in the end.

Killing Bruce Gordon...

When the JSA did that...

it wound up killing them.

We promised.

No more secrets.

-I know, Court--
-You've been...

You've been lying to me for weeks, Pat.

Lying while my friends were being hurt

and destroyed by Eclipso.

[sighs]

What's my mom going to say?

She knows.

They cut you wide open

It doesn't take much
for a human to break

A world of emotions

And there only so much...

[Barbara] Is everyone okay in here?

Hey, Barb. You all right?

-[Courtney] Why did you lie to me?
-Me? What are you talking about?

This morning.

Why didn't you tell me?

You said no more lies...
He killed someone.

Court, it's not her fault.
She didn't even know.

[arguing indistinctly]

[young Bruce giggles]