Super Crooks (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Episode #1.5 - full transcript
Here you are, ma'am.
Thank you.
Pardon me.
You're pretty buff.
Thanks.
Want to have some fun?
My hotel is right there.
I appreciate the offer...
but I'm still on the clock.
Such a serious boy. How sweet.
See you around.
Nice doing business with you, ma'am.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
Nice doing business with you, ma'am.
What bad timing.
Gladiator!
That's as far as you go, sneak thief.
What bad timing!
You've done it now!
I'm the one who dragged you
outta Mama's cunt, asshole!
Not that fucked-up true story again.
You're batshit crazy, my brother.
You fucking bastard!
If you're gonna fight, then make it pay.
That's right.
Just like The Heat taught us.
What's this about?
This is bad timing.
Yeah.
That's the best he could do?
Thanks for coming.
I'm glad to have you here.
Of course I came.
I was waiting for your call.
How many years has it been?
I lost track. Chicago sure has changed.
My baby chick has spread her wings.
I've heard the rumors even here.
You should come to the West Coast.
That place isn't my style.
Aw, man.
I think I've come to the wrong place.
Don't you worry.
This is simply a facade, right?
By the way, what's your name?
I'm Johnny.
If you're going to hide,
the best place is somewhere busy.
And the best kind of busy place
is somewhere that makes money.
The best places have always been
cleaners, garbage collection centers,
and butcher shops.
How come?
Nobody likes places that are filthy.
Everyone stays away.
Really?
And picky parole officers like it
because it's steady work for their wards.
And for those who haven't worked
in the underworld for years,
it's a helpful way to make a living.
Don't you dare touch that!
The electric shock could be deadly.
That doesn't bother me.
I'm not worried about you.
I'm worried that machine
could short out from your power.
When did you tell him?
Tell him what?
About my power.
I never told him.
In fact,
I didn't even tell him you were coming.
Then how did he know?
That's what makes him The Heat.
Seriously?
These all bring back memories.
It was a golden age for villains.
"Legendary supervillain, The Heat."
That's right.
And Chicago was controlled
by the underworld gangs.
It's where the first supervillains
came into existence.
In 1927,
that bastard Thompson was elected mayor.
He became connected with
the gang called the Chicago Outfit
via a Cicero nightclub.
That was the start of
Al Capone's control of the underworld.
In the global financial crisis of 1929,
Chicago went deep into debt.
Then after
the St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
gangs led by the likes of Tony Accardo
and Sam Giancana ruled the city
from the '40s to the '70s.
It was the legendary
Chicago Villain Brothers,
who sometimes worked alongside
those gangs and sometimes opposed them,
who built the golden era.
Sounds like the damn Blues Brothers.
And Chicago's first
supervillain was The Heat.
Refusing to partner with those gangs,
he gathered together villains
who were in similar circumstances.
Those are yours, aren't they?
I saw them on that cable show.
You mean Crime History?
Yeah, that's right. These things
could melt any steel safe around, right?
They're Heat Canisters.
They instantly fire a heat ray
hotter than a blast furnace.
They were my trustworthy partners.
They don't work now though.
You don't have superpowers?
In that era, supervillains didn't need
that kind of thing.
What was needed was to be
at the right place at the right time.
That's the key to being a good villain.
On TV, the legend is
that you were never once caught.
But you were caught tons of times.
People only believe what they want to see,
what they want to read,
and what they want to hear.
In other words,
there's no need
for the legend of The Heat to be true.
The Heat is a kind of ideal
that other villains have constructed.
Therefore,
the key to being successful
is to take advantage of that ideal.
As a supervillain,
that is the destiny I must bear.
Destiny? Sounds more like
lies about your past.
Johnny!
Villains don't work for anyone.
I work for myself.
I do it in order to live free.
I face real dangers head-on.
They ain't no lies.
That pride of yours isn't worth a cent.
You okay?
Sorry about this.
Oh, you gotta be kidding.
This is the place.
The other members are already here.
Welcome to the gangster city of Chicago.
Let me introduce you. This is Kasey-Anne.
And this guy is...
I'm Johnny.
Oh, that's right. Johnny.
You're the one with
that freaking amazing power, right?
I heard a rumor
that you're the key to this.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming, everyone. Now then...
Moving along...
As you all know, recently in the US,
due to the appearance and rise of
the superhero organization,
The Union of Justice,
there's been an explosion in
the number of heroes with superpowers.
Due to this, business for us
has improved as well.
What's more, the Network was formed.
Exactly.
The Network was formed
to overcome the grave situation
that villains faced.
However, to villains like us
who don't want to be involved with them,
they're a stifling presence.
I'll admit, those guys are pretty fishy.
They get a cut when all they do is
make the plans for the members to follow.
And if it fails,
it's us guys who get caught.
It doesn't hurt the Network at all.
We're treated like pawns.
What's more, for Supermax Prison,
the capture of villains like us
is an excuse for them
to keep their business running.
That ticks me off.
Those restraint vests stink too.
Especially when the last guy had bad BO.
For sure. It's not easy
to make it in this world now.
So what's this nice job you've got?
Oh, that's right.
I'd like to know why
you've gathered obscure villains like us.
What? Who you callin' obscure, slim!
We're the great Diesel Brothers, pal!
Sorry.
It just seems to me
that one of the requirements
for being called here
is that you're obscure enough
not to be mixed up with the Network.
Right?
- What?
- What?
That's right.
You're pretty sharp.
Which means that
this is one heck of a job.
What do you mean?
It's a job that even
the Network won't touch.
In fact, they don't even
want people to know about it, boy.
What?
Which means even an obscure guy
like you is qualified to participate, boy.
What the fuck did you just say?
Stop it, Johnny!
And your only power is
electric shock, huh?
Why, you bastard!
Johnny! Cut it out, would you!
Fine.
Continue, Heat.
As just mentioned,
one requirement is
that you're not mixed up with the Network.
But that's not all.
All of the supervillains gathered here
have a special power
that makes them each essential
for their unique role in this plan
that only they can play.
Except for your pathetic electric shock.
You...
Cut it out, you two!
Johnny!
I've had it with you!
And what the fuck can you do?
Son of a bitch!
I'm The Ghost, and this is my power.
Ghost?
I'm a man who has no presence,
as if he were a ghost.
I can go from anywhere to anywhere,
passing through anything.
I'm a phantom.
After my power was awakened,
I soon realized
that since I could go anywhere,
I belonged nowhere.
No matter who I joined up with,
since I had no presence,
I would merely be used.
So I decided
that I would use them as well.
But one time,
it was discovered that while I was
working with both the racist skinheads
and ecoterrorists,
I was scamming both of them.
If you want to be part of a cult,
then be part of our cult.
The Villain Brothers.
When Carmine let me into
that group of supervillains,
I fortunately ended up not having to read
either Mein Kampf or Silent Spring.
Magnificent!
That was an excellent display
of your power.
But that's not all that you're capable of.
Isn't that right?
Yeah.
That ability of yours
is exactly what we need right now.
How about it, Johnny?
You got it.
Nice, Johnny.
I look forward to working with you.
Yeah.
Okay, let's get started.
- You're good too, right, Josh?
- Yep.
For this job, we'll...
Moving along...
This mission is made up of two main parts.
You could say
there's a first and second half.
Of course, the second half
is the actual job.
But the first job is naturally
an essential and dangerous mission.
Enough of the lecturing!
Yeah! Hurry up and tell us!
Okay. The first mission is
to rescue a member of the team
who's necessary for the final mission.
Rescue?
Yes. While on vacation in Florida,
he was enjoying a little larceny,
when he was unfortunately caught
by a superhero.
What? Who is this loser?
TK.
TK? You mean TK McCabe?
TK was carrying out a splendid plan
to steal from a warehouse
that is connected to
a luxury hotel in Florida
where there are
relatively few superheroes.
Unfortunately, the superhero Gladiator was
vacationing in Florida at the same time.
Of all people, Gladiator!
TK was arrested and locked up,
and is scheduled to be escorted
to prison via military plane.
If he ends up detained in Supermax Prison,
he'll have to spend a maximum
of ten years locked away.
Our first mission is to safely rescue TK.
Hey, come on!
Why do we gotta save this bumbler's ass
'cause he went and got himself caught?
Damn right! Generosity has its limits!
Is he really so absolutely necessary?
Yes. He is an important part
necessary for the completion of this plan.
That guy?
I'll admit, his power would be helpful.
After assembling the necessary members,
we'll prepare to obtain
the other necessary part.
What do you mean?
Now, now.
Why don't you just look
at what comes next as a nice surprise?
There you go lecturing again.
Florida?
I like it.
Oh, well. I guess we'll go get him.
I don't mind going to Florida,
but I bet we'll need a ton of money
to prep for this mission, right?
Don't worry about that either.
The client has already sent it.
A sugar daddy? This is looking good.
Is that client a Romanian?
How did you know? Did you read my mind?
I don't need to go to
that kind of trouble.
I mean, look at this.
It's so unlike you to drink pálinka.
It was a gift, right?
You're as sharp as ever.
As you know, the US villain world
is going through a slump.
So I traveled far, to Eastern Europe,
outside of the clutches of superheroes
in order to find work.
I sold this plan to a certain bigwig
who's in seclusion in Romania.
I was already quite certain
that this bigwig would very much want
for this mission to be realized. Then...
he went for it, exactly as expected.
At any rate,
we have ample funds
to prepare for this mission.
And we're about to
put the plan into action.
I like it.
Oh, well.
This is nice timing.
Also, quite fortunately,
Mr. Matts, The Bastard,
is currently handing over his business
to his younger subordinate.
So the Network's on hiatus?
Right. The fees that supervillains
normally have to pay
according to the Network's rules,
won't have to be.
We can circumvent the Network. I like it.
Come to think of it, a guard at Supermax
mentioned something about that.
This truly is good timing.
We'll start by rescuing
the first necessary part, TK.
As for what comes next,
I'll explain it all to you
after he's been rescued.
But don't you worry.
If this plan succeeds,
each of you here will become millionaires.
This job could become
the biggest ever in my 75 years.
If it succeeds, the front page
of the newspaper that reports it
will be displayed in a place of honor
and proudly shine as a new legend.
A new legend?
All the articles displayed here
are of when you got arrested.
It better not be an article
of us getting arrested along with you.
That's for sure.
Agreed.
Darn you people!
It doesn't matter
as long as you're on the front page!
Listen! Being a legend means...
Moving along...
Cheers!
- Yeah!
- Cheers!
Subtitle translation by: Brian Athey
Thank you.
Pardon me.
You're pretty buff.
Thanks.
Want to have some fun?
My hotel is right there.
I appreciate the offer...
but I'm still on the clock.
Such a serious boy. How sweet.
See you around.
Nice doing business with you, ma'am.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
Nice doing business with you, ma'am.
What bad timing.
Gladiator!
That's as far as you go, sneak thief.
What bad timing!
You've done it now!
I'm the one who dragged you
outta Mama's cunt, asshole!
Not that fucked-up true story again.
You're batshit crazy, my brother.
You fucking bastard!
If you're gonna fight, then make it pay.
That's right.
Just like The Heat taught us.
What's this about?
This is bad timing.
Yeah.
That's the best he could do?
Thanks for coming.
I'm glad to have you here.
Of course I came.
I was waiting for your call.
How many years has it been?
I lost track. Chicago sure has changed.
My baby chick has spread her wings.
I've heard the rumors even here.
You should come to the West Coast.
That place isn't my style.
Aw, man.
I think I've come to the wrong place.
Don't you worry.
This is simply a facade, right?
By the way, what's your name?
I'm Johnny.
If you're going to hide,
the best place is somewhere busy.
And the best kind of busy place
is somewhere that makes money.
The best places have always been
cleaners, garbage collection centers,
and butcher shops.
How come?
Nobody likes places that are filthy.
Everyone stays away.
Really?
And picky parole officers like it
because it's steady work for their wards.
And for those who haven't worked
in the underworld for years,
it's a helpful way to make a living.
Don't you dare touch that!
The electric shock could be deadly.
That doesn't bother me.
I'm not worried about you.
I'm worried that machine
could short out from your power.
When did you tell him?
Tell him what?
About my power.
I never told him.
In fact,
I didn't even tell him you were coming.
Then how did he know?
That's what makes him The Heat.
Seriously?
These all bring back memories.
It was a golden age for villains.
"Legendary supervillain, The Heat."
That's right.
And Chicago was controlled
by the underworld gangs.
It's where the first supervillains
came into existence.
In 1927,
that bastard Thompson was elected mayor.
He became connected with
the gang called the Chicago Outfit
via a Cicero nightclub.
That was the start of
Al Capone's control of the underworld.
In the global financial crisis of 1929,
Chicago went deep into debt.
Then after
the St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
gangs led by the likes of Tony Accardo
and Sam Giancana ruled the city
from the '40s to the '70s.
It was the legendary
Chicago Villain Brothers,
who sometimes worked alongside
those gangs and sometimes opposed them,
who built the golden era.
Sounds like the damn Blues Brothers.
And Chicago's first
supervillain was The Heat.
Refusing to partner with those gangs,
he gathered together villains
who were in similar circumstances.
Those are yours, aren't they?
I saw them on that cable show.
You mean Crime History?
Yeah, that's right. These things
could melt any steel safe around, right?
They're Heat Canisters.
They instantly fire a heat ray
hotter than a blast furnace.
They were my trustworthy partners.
They don't work now though.
You don't have superpowers?
In that era, supervillains didn't need
that kind of thing.
What was needed was to be
at the right place at the right time.
That's the key to being a good villain.
On TV, the legend is
that you were never once caught.
But you were caught tons of times.
People only believe what they want to see,
what they want to read,
and what they want to hear.
In other words,
there's no need
for the legend of The Heat to be true.
The Heat is a kind of ideal
that other villains have constructed.
Therefore,
the key to being successful
is to take advantage of that ideal.
As a supervillain,
that is the destiny I must bear.
Destiny? Sounds more like
lies about your past.
Johnny!
Villains don't work for anyone.
I work for myself.
I do it in order to live free.
I face real dangers head-on.
They ain't no lies.
That pride of yours isn't worth a cent.
You okay?
Sorry about this.
Oh, you gotta be kidding.
This is the place.
The other members are already here.
Welcome to the gangster city of Chicago.
Let me introduce you. This is Kasey-Anne.
And this guy is...
I'm Johnny.
Oh, that's right. Johnny.
You're the one with
that freaking amazing power, right?
I heard a rumor
that you're the key to this.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming, everyone. Now then...
Moving along...
As you all know, recently in the US,
due to the appearance and rise of
the superhero organization,
The Union of Justice,
there's been an explosion in
the number of heroes with superpowers.
Due to this, business for us
has improved as well.
What's more, the Network was formed.
Exactly.
The Network was formed
to overcome the grave situation
that villains faced.
However, to villains like us
who don't want to be involved with them,
they're a stifling presence.
I'll admit, those guys are pretty fishy.
They get a cut when all they do is
make the plans for the members to follow.
And if it fails,
it's us guys who get caught.
It doesn't hurt the Network at all.
We're treated like pawns.
What's more, for Supermax Prison,
the capture of villains like us
is an excuse for them
to keep their business running.
That ticks me off.
Those restraint vests stink too.
Especially when the last guy had bad BO.
For sure. It's not easy
to make it in this world now.
So what's this nice job you've got?
Oh, that's right.
I'd like to know why
you've gathered obscure villains like us.
What? Who you callin' obscure, slim!
We're the great Diesel Brothers, pal!
Sorry.
It just seems to me
that one of the requirements
for being called here
is that you're obscure enough
not to be mixed up with the Network.
Right?
- What?
- What?
That's right.
You're pretty sharp.
Which means that
this is one heck of a job.
What do you mean?
It's a job that even
the Network won't touch.
In fact, they don't even
want people to know about it, boy.
What?
Which means even an obscure guy
like you is qualified to participate, boy.
What the fuck did you just say?
Stop it, Johnny!
And your only power is
electric shock, huh?
Why, you bastard!
Johnny! Cut it out, would you!
Fine.
Continue, Heat.
As just mentioned,
one requirement is
that you're not mixed up with the Network.
But that's not all.
All of the supervillains gathered here
have a special power
that makes them each essential
for their unique role in this plan
that only they can play.
Except for your pathetic electric shock.
You...
Cut it out, you two!
Johnny!
I've had it with you!
And what the fuck can you do?
Son of a bitch!
I'm The Ghost, and this is my power.
Ghost?
I'm a man who has no presence,
as if he were a ghost.
I can go from anywhere to anywhere,
passing through anything.
I'm a phantom.
After my power was awakened,
I soon realized
that since I could go anywhere,
I belonged nowhere.
No matter who I joined up with,
since I had no presence,
I would merely be used.
So I decided
that I would use them as well.
But one time,
it was discovered that while I was
working with both the racist skinheads
and ecoterrorists,
I was scamming both of them.
If you want to be part of a cult,
then be part of our cult.
The Villain Brothers.
When Carmine let me into
that group of supervillains,
I fortunately ended up not having to read
either Mein Kampf or Silent Spring.
Magnificent!
That was an excellent display
of your power.
But that's not all that you're capable of.
Isn't that right?
Yeah.
That ability of yours
is exactly what we need right now.
How about it, Johnny?
You got it.
Nice, Johnny.
I look forward to working with you.
Yeah.
Okay, let's get started.
- You're good too, right, Josh?
- Yep.
For this job, we'll...
Moving along...
This mission is made up of two main parts.
You could say
there's a first and second half.
Of course, the second half
is the actual job.
But the first job is naturally
an essential and dangerous mission.
Enough of the lecturing!
Yeah! Hurry up and tell us!
Okay. The first mission is
to rescue a member of the team
who's necessary for the final mission.
Rescue?
Yes. While on vacation in Florida,
he was enjoying a little larceny,
when he was unfortunately caught
by a superhero.
What? Who is this loser?
TK.
TK? You mean TK McCabe?
TK was carrying out a splendid plan
to steal from a warehouse
that is connected to
a luxury hotel in Florida
where there are
relatively few superheroes.
Unfortunately, the superhero Gladiator was
vacationing in Florida at the same time.
Of all people, Gladiator!
TK was arrested and locked up,
and is scheduled to be escorted
to prison via military plane.
If he ends up detained in Supermax Prison,
he'll have to spend a maximum
of ten years locked away.
Our first mission is to safely rescue TK.
Hey, come on!
Why do we gotta save this bumbler's ass
'cause he went and got himself caught?
Damn right! Generosity has its limits!
Is he really so absolutely necessary?
Yes. He is an important part
necessary for the completion of this plan.
That guy?
I'll admit, his power would be helpful.
After assembling the necessary members,
we'll prepare to obtain
the other necessary part.
What do you mean?
Now, now.
Why don't you just look
at what comes next as a nice surprise?
There you go lecturing again.
Florida?
I like it.
Oh, well. I guess we'll go get him.
I don't mind going to Florida,
but I bet we'll need a ton of money
to prep for this mission, right?
Don't worry about that either.
The client has already sent it.
A sugar daddy? This is looking good.
Is that client a Romanian?
How did you know? Did you read my mind?
I don't need to go to
that kind of trouble.
I mean, look at this.
It's so unlike you to drink pálinka.
It was a gift, right?
You're as sharp as ever.
As you know, the US villain world
is going through a slump.
So I traveled far, to Eastern Europe,
outside of the clutches of superheroes
in order to find work.
I sold this plan to a certain bigwig
who's in seclusion in Romania.
I was already quite certain
that this bigwig would very much want
for this mission to be realized. Then...
he went for it, exactly as expected.
At any rate,
we have ample funds
to prepare for this mission.
And we're about to
put the plan into action.
I like it.
Oh, well.
This is nice timing.
Also, quite fortunately,
Mr. Matts, The Bastard,
is currently handing over his business
to his younger subordinate.
So the Network's on hiatus?
Right. The fees that supervillains
normally have to pay
according to the Network's rules,
won't have to be.
We can circumvent the Network. I like it.
Come to think of it, a guard at Supermax
mentioned something about that.
This truly is good timing.
We'll start by rescuing
the first necessary part, TK.
As for what comes next,
I'll explain it all to you
after he's been rescued.
But don't you worry.
If this plan succeeds,
each of you here will become millionaires.
This job could become
the biggest ever in my 75 years.
If it succeeds, the front page
of the newspaper that reports it
will be displayed in a place of honor
and proudly shine as a new legend.
A new legend?
All the articles displayed here
are of when you got arrested.
It better not be an article
of us getting arrested along with you.
That's for sure.
Agreed.
Darn you people!
It doesn't matter
as long as you're on the front page!
Listen! Being a legend means...
Moving along...
Cheers!
- Yeah!
- Cheers!
Subtitle translation by: Brian Athey