Static Shock (2000–2004): Season 4, Episode 10 - Linked - full transcript

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*STATIC SHOCK*
Season 04 Episode 10

[horns honking]
Episode Title: "Linked"

[grunting]

[electricity crackling]

[grunting]

Nice try. Now it's my turn.

[grunting]

[electricity crackling]

Ha! That doesn't even tickle!

[screaming]

[grunting]

Time we used plan B.

Okay. What's plan B?

Stop using plan A.

Gone!

At least we know
there's a new

Bang Baby on the loose.

Well, we'll have to catch up
with that bad boy later.

We've got a date
with the greats

and we do not wanna be late.

Hey, mister,
you owe me for another..

Thanks, Chet.
We're here at the Dakota Dome.

Where sports' biggest superstars
are hosting a black-tie dinner

celebrating tomorrow's big
all-star charity football game.

'This year's number one
gridiron draft pick'

'local Dakota High Grad
Dule Jones'

'is being introduced right now'

'by the one and only
Rashid "The Rocket" Randall.'

Ladies and gentlemen,
for a rookie

Dule's got the moves
of a seasoned pro

and if he ever
outgrows his diapers

he might one day
end up in the hall of fame.

Roll the clip, please.

[instrumental music]

[grunting]

[audience cheering]

(Rich)
Man, look at him go!

You know, I was once pretty fast
on the field myself.

Pops, was that back
during the Jurassic age

or are we talking
past lives here?

(Rashid)
'I swear, sometimes it's like'

he has springs in his feet!

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up

for Dule Jones!

[audience cheering]

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

This is so much fun, I almost
forgot I was wearing a tuxedo.

Hey, when you're hanging
with your football heroes

who needs to breathe?

Dule!

So the punk rookie
sees a pretty face

and now he's all smiles.

What?
I don't believe it!

Hawkins, is that really you?

[chuckles]
It's really me, Rocket.

You two know each other?

Oh, me and Streak go way back.

Ever since college.

Pfft! Streak?

Told you I was fast.

Rocket, I'd like you
to meet my daughter Sharon

'my son Virgil,
and their friend Richie Foley.'

My pleasure.
How do you all know Dule?

I went to high school in Dakota.

I was kind of a problem case.

Sharon was my counselor.

She really straightened me out.

Aw, you did
all the hard work yourself

and now look at you!

Wait till you see me
on the field tomorrow.

You know, you didn't
have to treat us

to front row seats
for the big game.

Mind your tongue, girl.

I'm looking forward
to those seats.

It's the least I could do.

And in the meantime

Sharon, what do you say I show
you my brand new custom Humvee?

(both)
Great!

Have you met my backup
group over here?

Ah, okay.
You guys can come, too.

And it's these kind of
special charity events, Chet

that show
what great humanitarians

our sports figures are when..

Wait! There's Dule Jones
in his custom SUV!

'This red-hot rookie signed'

'a record multi-million
dollar contract last year'

'and even bigger
endorsement deals this year.'

Perfect!
My timing couldn't be better.

[groans]

[growls]

Whoa! This ride
is trickety-tricked out!

DVD, HDTV, GPS!

Man, how'd you find room
for a steering wheel?

I guess those endorsement guys
really do throw money at you.

Not bad for a kid
from Dakota, huh?

- Hmm.
- Aren't you happy for me?

I'm impressed by what
you've accomplished, Dule

not by what you can buy.

[gasps]

[tires screeching]

Crash

- What was that?
- Dule Jones, superstar.

Been waiting
to catch up with you.

Um, didn't I see a police car
a ways back on the road?

I think I saw it, too.
We better go get help.

You may be a big,
hard-to-get-to star these days

but now that you're
worth millions, here I am.

(Static) 'If we're gonna keep
meeting like this'

the least you can do
is tell us your name.

[grunts]

Name's Chain link,
and when I'm done with you

you won't ever want
to meet me again.

[yells]

[rumbling]

[screaming]

Crash

[tires screeching]

Just like him
to abandon his friends.

[grunts]

Dule!

[rumbling]

[grunting]

Hurry!
Chain link went after Dule!

- Where'd they go?
- I don't know!

(Sharon)
'Virgil!'

Ah, we better get back to Sharon
before she freaks out.

[instrumental music]

[groans]

[sighs]

Beep beep beep

(automated voice) 'Emergency Lockdown.
House is secure.'

beep

[sighs]

[groans]

Crash

Thought your pitiful security
could stop me?

- Whoa!
- Wrong again, sports hero.

Now I'm gonna
retire your jersey..

[gasps]

...with you still in it.

Nice crib, D.

Too bad all those
million-dollar deals

made you forget
how it all began

made you forget
who you left behind.

[grunts]

Made you forget that you
could hide what you are.

- But I can't.
- No, Troy. I remember.

[grunting]

[growling]

[grunts]

[gasps]

[screams]

[groans]

So why you been so cold?

Why you been living large

while I gotta swipe
what I can to stay alive?

What do you want from me?

The way I see it,
since I can't live the life

then I deserve most of the cash.

Say 90 percent?

And if I say no?

[growls]

[grunting]

Then I tell the world
you're a Bang Baby

and you'll be kicked out
of pro sports.

Which sounds better, D?
Ten percent or nothing?

[sighs]
Okay.

But you've gotta
get out of here now.

People see you with me
and figure things out

there'll be nothing
for either of us.

Alright. But you better
not be playing me.

Here's my number.
I'll be waiting.

[sighs]

(Robert) 'I still can't believe
this all happened.'

It's a good thing
Static and Gear showed up.

Yeah, 'cause you two
weren't any help.

Hey, we called pops, didn't we?

Dule, you're okay!

I figured Chain link
was after me

so I drew him away
and lost him in the canyons.

By the time I got back,
you were gone.

What did this Chain link want?

Money, I guess. Everybody knows
I make a lot of it.

Rich, if Chainlink's after Dule

we can't let him
out of our sight.

Way ahead of you, V.

Now wherever he goes,
backpack knows.

Look, Sharon,
all I wanted this weekend

was to show you my gratitude.

Let me try again.
How +about breakfast tomorrow?

- Okay.
- 'Uh..'

And no, you guys
can't come along.

All we were gonna
say was "have fun."

Good. I'll see you
in the morning.

Vroom

I just hope someone's
watching over him.

[indistinct chatter]

Check us out, V,
hanging with Dule

protecting him wherever he goes.
We're his posse!

Uh, Rich, for us
to be a posse

he'd have to know
we're following him around.

Ah! Right.

So what does that make us?

Stalkers.

So I was already on the
all-star rookie team when...

Dule, are you being
straight with me?

Chain link sounded
like he knew you.

Hey, I make the sports
highlight reel every week.

Everybody knows me.

It seemed like more than that.

Is Chain link after you
'cause you're into somethin'?

I swear. I'm keeping
my nose squeaky clean.

I'm trying to make
everything good.

I.. I just want you
to be proud of me.

I am.

[cellphone rings]

- Talk.
- 'I expected a call by now.'

Sorry,
it's my business manager.

Yeah, listen,
about that investment property

it's this old plant
at the +corner

of 85th and Fairfield.

Why don't you meet me there
in an hour?

If things work out, you'll
get everything you deserve.

I gotta cut this short.

Come on, I'll drop you
back at your house.

That's okay. I'll take a cab.

I need to do some shopping.

[horns blaring]

Clank

[liquid bubbling]

What is this place?

Old plant where they
used to build planes.

Now I own it. We own it.

I'm thinking about building
a shopping mall here.

- 'Word?'
- Word.

A man's gotta make
his money make money.

[laughs]
I can't wait for my cut.

Don't have to.
Here's your cut right now.

Uhh!

[grunts]

Crash

I'm totally confused.
Dule's a Bang Baby too?

If we don't jump in,
he might not be anything.

[grunts]

Crash

Aah!

Thought you'd get
rid of me, huh?

Let's see how you like it.

Uhh!

[groaning]

- Are you okay?
- Stay out of this!

[grunts]

Hey, we're on your side!

- Dule!
- Sharon!

[grunts]

[gasps]

Sharon!

Aah!

Aah!

Gotcha!

[grunts]

[laughs]

[yelling]

[groans]

Snap

splash

Aah!

Crash

(Dule)
He's gone!

Sharon? Are you alright?

What did you do?

I was defending myself!

You came here planning
to do away with him

and you're a Bang Baby?
Why didn't you tell me?

Because you thought
I wasn't gang banging anymore.

But I was.

Me and my homey Troy.

That's how we ended up
at the Big Bang together.

I didn't want to go.

Troy said we had
to back up our crew.

But let me tell you,
when the heat came down

it was every man for himself.

Nobody knew there was
Big Bang gas down there.

But we found out
about it the hard way.

Boom

[all yelling]

(Dule) When the gas hit, Troy got
a lot more of it than I did.

[coughs]

[gasps]
Troy!

(Dule) We both changed,
but he got the worst of it.

[groans]

Chain link can't hide
what he is, but I can.

I was headed for the pros
before any of this.

It wasn't fair for me
to have to lose all of that.

So you kept it a secret

till Chain link started
shaking you down.

And that's why you
tried to get rid of him

'because he was gonna
expose you.'

You missed
the whole point, Dule.

I didn't want for you
to make good.

I wanted you to be good.

[instrumental music]

[door shuts]

[crowd cheering]

(Dave) 'It's been an exciting night
down here at the Dakota Dome'

'for the all-star charity game.'

'We're in the second quarter'

'fourth down on
the 50-yard line'

'and it looks like
they're going for it.'

(Rashid)
'Blue 32! Blue 32!'

(Dave)
'And there's the snap.'

'Rocket Randall
drops back to pass.'

'Completion! And it looks
like he's going all the way.'

'Touchdown!'

[cheering]

(Dave)
'And this all-star charity game'

'is tied going into halftime.'

[grunting]

(Jack)
'Dave, is that Dule Jones'

'making his way
to the 50-yard line?'

(Dave) 'Looks that way, Jack,
maybe now we'll find out'

'why he hasn't been playing
in tonight's game.'

[crowd cheering]

[feedback whining]

Uh, today I hurt somebody,
several people

to hide a secret,
and that was wrong.

'I'm here now
to say I'm sorry.'

I haven't been
straight up with y'all

and it's time
to tell you the truth.

The thing is, I'm..

(Chain link) 'More of a fool
than I thought.'

[crowd gasps]

You've double-crossed me
for the last time, homey.

[grunts]

Now I'm gonna destroy you

just like any other
hunk of junk.

[grunts]

[grunts]

[crowd screaming]

Dule!

[grunting]

[gasps]

[grunting]

Your game clock's run out.

(Gear) Dude, you might wanna
rethink that play.

Let's sack him!
Time for the blitz.

[grunts]

You know, I'm pretty good
at passing myself.

[electricity crackling]

[grunts]

Okay. No more feeding
spring boy any more metal.

[yelling]

Oh, that's it!

You diss my teammates

you answer to us!

Blue 32! Blue 32!

[all yelling]

Thought you'd get
rid of me, huh?

Let's see how you like it.

[groaning]

[groaning]

[all grunting]

(Gear)
Hold 'em, backpack!

[grunting continues]

[players groaning]

[players yelling]

[grunts]

Crackle

[gasps]

Thud

That should even the score.

Aah!

[grunting]

[Dule yells]

Game over, Chain link.

[crowd cheering]

- Hear that, Dule?
- Yeah.

First time
I really deserved it.

[instrumental music]

Sorry, Dule,
I guess this means

you're out of pro sports
for good.

It's okay, Mr. H.

I feel like a weight's
been lifted

that I've been carrying
for a long time.

Dule!

I'm so proud of you!

You showed courage
when it mattered most.

Something those two
would know nothing about.

I guess the football world's
really gonna miss Dule.

Yeah. But there are hot young
players coming up all the time.

How about you two?
Let's see what you got.

Rich, do we really want to
completely embarrass ourselves

by trying to play against the
great Rashid "Rocket" Randall?

Good point, do we really want
to totally humiliate ourselves

by facing off against one
of the greatest players ever

to hit the gridiron?

- Yes!
- Yes!

- Here! I'll go long.
- Ha-ha! Get ready, V.

- Here it comes!
- Lateral back!

(Richie)
Whoa! Almost missed it! Yeah!

(Virgil) Oh, turning on
the after-burners!

(Richie)
Man, you can't catch him!

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