Titans (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Donna Troy - full transcript

[theme music playing]

[Robin]
Previously on Titans...

Put your hands
on this rendered flesh.

[gasping]

He says your birth mother
is still alive.

What?

He claims they've been
holding her prisoner.

I'll go with you.
If your mom's there, we'll find her.

Damn it!

[Gar] Public records show the
facility is closed and abandoned.

Be stupid
to back out now.



Once we're inside,
we'd still be pretty heavily outnumbered.

- Gar!
- But I've faced worse.

Don't worry.
He's just taking a little nap.

Please relax, Mr. Grayson.

I think you'll find it
will go easier if you do.

What the fuck is that?

- Where are they?
- Undergoing evaluation.

[man] We are but servants
tasked with finding you.

[in demonic voice]
I take it back.

Are you Angela?

Who are you?

Your daughter.

[man]
You're coming with me, girl.

Right now!



[screams]

It all has to end.

I've always
wanted one of these.

I thought I heard Bruce
talking to someone downstairs.

Diana.

It's a Justice League thing.

I talked her into
bringing me along.

I thought we could
get into some trouble.

But I guess
I missed all the fun.

Yeah, it's not fun.

It's the Joker.

Oh.

Even Diana thinks
that he's scary.

Bruce didn't want me there.

I went anyway.

Now I'm thinking
he was right.

What happened?

A lot of people died.

[sighs heavily]
We couldn't save them.

I just feel like quitting.

I don't blame you.

You think
he's gonna quit, too?

Who?

The Joker.

No.

Bruce says the Joker kills
people just because he can.

He's never gonna stop.

Damn it.

Why the hell do you
always have to be right?

Because I'm older, smarter
and prettier than you.

You and Bruce will stop him.

I know you will,
because it's what you do.

Thanks.

You know, Bruce is good
at a lot of things.

Not so much the pep talk.

Things get dark and you
need someone to talk to,

I'm always here.

After all...

Us sidekicks gotta
stick together.

[theme music playing]

[humming]

[yawns] Rach?

[startled gasp]

You sacred
the shit out of me.

There's irony here.

You're aware it's, like,
super early, right?

Yeah, I wanted
to make breakfast.

I'll make the coffee.

Thanks.

So...

- Dick and Kory.
- I know. Don't say it.

- You knew?
- Please.

Gross.

Do you think it's like
thinking about your parents?

I wouldn't know.

Good morning.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, baby.

I made breakfast.

I can see that.

Are you hungry?

In a minute.

Five years, you, uh,

you couldn't forget how
beautiful a sunrise can be.

Come here.

May I put my arm
around you?

I'd like that. Very much.

- I, uh, can just...
- It's okay.

You care about my daughter,
young man... A lot.

I have eyes, you know.

Do you want a hug?

- No, I'm good.
- Join us?

I'll stand.

[distorted scream]

You okay?

I can't stop thinking
about the asylum.

You were talking
in your sleep.

Anything revealing?

I'd tell you if I could understand
a word you were saying.

This not-knowing-
a-thing-about-myself thing

is starting to get
really fucking old.

You going somewhere?

That asylum was home base
for those freaks.

They won't be bothering Rachel anymore.
She's safe now.

She's even
got her mother back.

Maybe she can try
to have a normal life.

But not you.

Is that it?

[sighs deeply]

Being Robin
doesn't work anymore.

But not being Robin
doesn't work either.

At least not
without some help.

Help you can't get here.

No.

Well, maybe

once I remember who I am and

you figure out
who you're going to be...

Maybe we...

Try it again sometime.

Yeah.

Couldn't hurt.

I can't tell you what passed for
pancakes in that place, but...

They didn't resemble this.

My compliments to the chef.

Well, it was
really mostly him.

- Look, Rachel...
- I was wondering...

Please.

Rachel has been explaining
your situation to me.

I understand
this place is on loan?

Unofficially.

The owner didn't exactly give me
permission to stay here, but...

I may have another option.

I have a house.

In Ohio.
It's been in my...

Our family for decades.

I was hoping that you...
we...

All of you are welcome there
for as long as you want.

I have more than
enough room, and

it's the least I can do.

Although I do wonder
what happens to your home

when you've been locked away
for five years.

Back taxes, ton of
unopened mail, I imagine.

What did you
have in your fridge?

Hmm.

This could be, like, our secret base.
Oh! This is so cool, isn't it?

[chuckles]

Isn't it, Dick?

[sighs]

[Gar] So, what?
This is, like, the end of the team?

Technically, we were
never really a team...

Oh, we were a team.

I'll see you all
again sometime.

Rachel...

She'll be okay.

I'll get them all
to the house safely,

make sure there are
no stragglers on our tail.

Then what?

Then I guess it's time
to be Kory Anders.

And who is she?

Maybe whoever
I want her to be.

Must be something
to have no past.

Oh, yeah,
it's something, all right.

I hope you find out who's
inside of there, Dick Grayson.

[both chuckle]

You too, Kory Anders.
Or whatever your actual name is.

Yeah.

Wait.

Asshole.

You sure
you're gonna be okay?

What do you think?

Twenty...

I quit.

Great to see you, too.

I'm late.

You coming or not?

I thought you already
quit Batman.

Not Batman this time.

- Robin.
- Okay. What happened?

I couldn't get a handle on the violence.
It was getting worse.

That's hard to imagine.

I know. I went cold turkey.
Burned the suit.

Wow!

That's dramatic. Mine's in the closet.
Those things are expensive.

- So, how did you do it?
- Do what?

- Quit.
- I didn't quit.

I just... stopped.

How is that different?

You'll figure it out.
Really.

The hardest part
is that it just takes time.

You mind if I hang at
your place a while?

I'm fine sleeping
on the couch.

It's got your name on it.

Stay as long as you need...

As long as
you've still got game.

- Fuck me.
- I'm waiting.

Oh, I've missed you,
Boy Wonder.

[chuckles]
That's my favorite one.

All right, look. I've got a
showing of some of my work later.

Why don't you come along and hang out
with some fabulous, normal people?

- How does that sound?
- Great.

Too much?

Yeah, a little bit.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Why am I doubting
this idea already?

[Gar] "No sugar added,
vegan vanilla pudding.

Designed to appeal to those seeking a
gluten-free, low-calorie dessert."

- Sounds healthy.
- Sounds disgusting.

[train horn blowing]

I'll be right back.

- Three shots of bourbon. Run a tab.
- Yes, ma'am.

[Gar] Rach just texted.
Her and Angela got seats up front.

- Let's go.
- Let's not.

This whole train thing sounded
way funner this morning.

Those two need some time alone,
don't you think?

You wanna play a game?

- Play with your phone.
- Sweet.

- Wow. All this is for you?
- Yep.

Some of the works
were published online,

but most of it's my personal
stuff from when I traveled.

- This is really good.
- Don't sound so shocked.

- No, I mean it.
- Yeah, I know you do.

All right. There's some people I need
to talk to. You go ahead and mingle.

Mingle?

You know, have an interaction
that's not agenda-driven?

- Conversation instead of an interrogation?
- Why?

You could use some work
on your small talk.

I know how to
make small talk.

[clicks tongue]

- Sometimes you're confrontational.
- No, I'm not.

- Like right now.
- I am not.

Wow. That was adult.

I have to go be Donna Troy.
You just try and enjoy yourself.

Mmm-hmm.

- Are, too.
- Am not.

I so got this.

What do you see
when you stare at me?

Do I look like
what you imagined?

It's okay.

You know,
when you were born,

I refused to let the nurses
take you away from me.

You did?

They tried,

but I insisted on having you
in my arms at all times,

just so I could keep
looking at you.

What else?

Uh, let's see.

You never cried. Never.

You just looked at me
with those big, serious eyes.

Kind of like
you're doing right now.

It's okay. It was as if you
wanted to ask me something,

and I'd just look at you and I'd say,
"Don't you worry, little girl,

we'll have plenty of time to talk
about this when you're bigger."

Only we didn't.

We lost so much time.
So many years.

Was Melissa
someone you knew?

She was my friend.
My good friend.

Your father's people wanted
to get their hands on you,

and I knew they would never stop,
no matter how far we ran.

So I asked her to take you.

I made her promise to disappear.
No contact whatsoever.

And I made her swear that she
would never tell you about me.

[voice breaks] It's the hardest
thing I ever did in my life.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, Rachel, no. You have
nothing to be sorry about.

I know you loved her, and she loved you.
That's what I wanted.

I just wanted you
to have a mom.

Those people that were after me,
they worked for my father?

Yes. Your dad was
very charismatic.

He recognized the power
inside you at an early age,

and he wanted to exploit it.

He built up
a lot of followers.

A cult of personality,
if you will.

Are either of you... like me?
The things I can do...

You get that from him.

- Where is he now?
- He's gone, Rachel. Long time ago.

Those people
who were chasing you,

they were just
some of his followers.

He can't hurt you anymore.

And now, thanks to your friends,
neither can his people.

I never dreamed
this could happen.

All those years
in that awful place.

- But the hope of it kept me alive.
- The hope of what?

You're safe.

That one day, you and I
would finally be safe.

- Do you think Rachel's mad at me?
- Why would she be mad at you?

At the asylum, when I attacked
that guy, maybe I freaked her out.

Maybe it freaked you out.

How did it feel?

Weird.

I didn't hate it.

Good. You shouldn't.
It's a part of who you are.

- I killed him.
- He could've killed you.

Don't ever be ashamed
of defending yourself.

When I'm the tiger,
it's not completely me.

It's like I'm inside
something controlling it,

but it has control, too.

You and Rachel have
something in common.

You're both learning
how to control your abilities.

It creates a connection
between you two.

- You wanna make out with her, don't you?
- What? No.

It's perfectly natural,
kissing.

I'm not comfortable
talking about this.

- You're getting agitated.
- Yeah. You think?

[laughs]

- Can I have that?
- Sure. Apparently, it helps.

Or not.

[gags]

Stay here.

That's why I called.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- You have five seconds.
- To do what?

To tell me
who the fuck you are.

My name is Jerry.

Why were you looking at me?

I thought you were hot.
Attractive. Sorry.

You're lying. You're with
the people from the asylum.

What?

- Where are the others?
- I don't know what you're talking about.

Don't lie.

[strangled voice]
I can't breathe.

[gasping and coughing]

Get out.

[ambient music playing]

She has an incredible eye,
don't you think?

Yeah, and a killer left hook.

[chuckles]

I've known her
since we were kids.

School?

No, her mom worked
with my dad sometimes,

so we ended up
hanging out a lot.

I was there when
she got her first camera.

- That's interesting. So...
- It was a Nikon F5.

She must've burned through 50
rolls of film in her first week.

That was before everything
went digital, of course.

I still prefer analog myself.
I mean, a pixel's a pixel, right?

And who doesn't like the ability
to fabricate a chroma schematic?

- I mean, that's...
- [woman] Paul.

Excuse me.

Thank you.

Who was that?

I wonder what the Penguin's
doing right now.

How're you doing?

Make any new friends?
Learn anything?

Well, I've had about 100
of these bacon-wrapped dates.

Great. Look, I just...
I got a text. It's a work thing.

- Someone I need to go meet right now.
- So, we're leaving?

Me, leaving. You, having fun.
Seriously, Dick, just try to relax.

Let your hair down.
Have a drink, have two.

Pretend you're
with Bruce on a yacht.

I always got seasick.

That's why it's pretend.

I'll be back in less
than an hour, okay?

- You want company?
- No, thank you.

Yeah, Agent Franklin?
My name's Jerry Ridley, US Marshal.

The woman you got posted for the
attack on those cops in Illinois...

I got her.

[siren wailing]

[tires squealing]

Am I supposed
to feel numb?

How many have you had?

- Just one.
- [chuckles]

You should probably quit now.

[announcer over p.a.]
Ladies and gentlemen,

we have an obstruction on the
track about a mile ahead.

Once we get that cleared,
we'll be back on our way.

Sorry about
the inconvenience.

What's wrong?

Probably just being paranoid.

[tires squealing]

Donna Troy.

- Graham Norris.
- Thank you for agreeing to meet.

My contact told me
you can be trusted.

He never mentioned
you'd be so beautiful.

My contact told me
you'd say that.

Ground rules... No recording.

You can photograph
the merchandise,

but don't even think of
pointing that camera at me.

Why did you agree to meet?
It's a risky move.

I'm not afraid
of taking a risk.

I've been working for a man
named Andrew Ullman,

running his
Cape Town operation.

He's recently decided to make
some personnel changes.

So, I've recently decided to give
him some unwanted publicity.

Let's see what you've got.

I shot most
of these myself.

You can't really see from out there.
Why don't you come inside?

I'm good.

You do know
you're looking at

well over half a million dollars'
worth of merchandise here.

How do you get it
past the inspectors?

You mean,
how does Ullman do it.

Well, inspectors don't get
paid much here or abroad.

Some of them need
money quite badly.

I mean, you know,
their houses burn down,

their children require
sudden medical attention.

So, Ullman gets arrested,
and there goes your competition.

You'll corner the market.

Hmm.

Or your photographs will bring
the whole trade tumbling down.

Who knows, really?

But then, what's life
without a little risk?

Be honest, Ms. Troy.

Aren't you curious to know what it's
like to relax in front of a fire,

feeling the fur of a bear-skin
rug all over your body?

[loud clanging]

Terry!

Show Donna
our star attraction.

[bear grunting]

The Chinese have a lucrative
market in bear organs.

Some of them will pay a small fortune
for the privilege to hunt this bear,

and then sell it
off for parts.

Hunt?

And how does that work,
exactly?

Well, the bear's sedated,
men are well armed,

the outcome's
not in question.

For you, sweetheart,
it's on the house.

Go on. Have a shot.

Sorry.

The only thing I point
at animals is my camera.

Well, in that case,
you got what you came for.

Thank you for
your time, Mr. Norris.

It's been a real education.

My pleasure, Donna.
I'm sure we'll meet again.

[Dick grunting]

Dick, what the hell
are you doing here?

You were just
gonna let him go?

I was doing my job.

Graham is one of
a dozen poachers.

My photos would've shut down
the whole operation

from Chicago to Cape Town.

Now all I have is...

- That.
- One more off the streets.

You can go after the others one by
one if you have to. I'll help you.

Graham likes me. If I can convince
him that I wasn't a part of this...

You're still gonna
let him go?

[sighs]

Take out your phone.

- My phone?
- Just do it.

- Donna.
- Now, take a picture.

- What're you doing?
- Just take a picture

of both of us unconscious.

It's the button with the
little camera on it.

- Yeah, I know how to...
- Then just do it. Take a bunch of 'em.

[camera shutter clicking]

- You guys look good together.
- Fuck you.

You and me,
we need to talk.

Now, please!

Why do I always feel like
I'm in trouble with you?

Because you are in trouble.

- Am not.
- I can hear you...

- Bird boy.
- [chuckles] Oh, that's my favorite one.

Man of action, is that it?

If it means not letting
some evil piece of shit walk.

You're smarter than that.
You know me.

You knew I had it under control.
So, why jump in? Seriously.

I was worried.
What if he got away?

But you knew
he probably wouldn't,

- that I had a plan.
- But what if?

You know,
when Diana took me in,

she showed me how to fill the
hole that fire left in my life

with love and with family.

That's just what
the Amazons do.

They have a tradition of
empowerment and self-discovery.

Bruce filled that hole in your
life the only way he knew how.

With rage and violence.

Wonder Woman was born
to protect the innocent.

Batman was created
to punish the guilty.

But we're not them.

Neither one of us.

I didn't quit
being Wonder Girl.

I just realized that I could
do more good being Donna Troy.

Do you understand?

I'm trying to.

You'll never be
a civilian, Dick.

You lost that chance
the day you became Robin.

And you can't be Robin anymore,
because for all the good he did,

ultimately, he was an echo
chamber for Bruce's pain...

And for yours.

You wanna go out there
and kick bad-guy ass?

You wanna make sure there's not
a chance, not a single chance,

even one of them gets away?

Do it.

I won't be Batman.

Then don't.

Don't be Batman or Robin.

- Be something else. Someone else.
- Who?

[scoffs]

Hell if I know.

But whoever
you're gonna be...

I don't think you'll ever be
much good at the small talk.

Maybe not.

There's worse qualities.

Why do you have to
be right all the time?

Older, smarter, prettier.
You know the drill.

All right. Now, let
me have your phone.

I can use those photos of me and
Crocodile Dundee knocked out

to prove I wasn't in the shit show
that you just put on back there.

Really?

What?

Why do you have pictures of letters
in some offshoot of Sumerian

on your cell phone?

That's not Sumerian.
We searched every database.

I said "offshoot."

This alphabet has
been lost for centuries.

We learned a little bit of it
on Themyscira.

Hold on.
Can you translate that?

I have some books.

[announcer] Ladies and
gentlemen, please remain seated.

We'll be stopping briefly and resuming
our trip in just a few minutes.

Thank you.

Wake up. We have to find
Angela and Rachel. Come on!

- Wanna tell me what's going on?
- Just keep moving.

- Where's Rachel?
- She went to the bathroom. Why?

- I need you to find Rachel...
- What's happening?

- ...and get them out of the train.
- The conductor...

Just do it.

- What're you gonna do?
- I'm fine. Just go.

Okay.

We got her.

[police siren whoops]

Get down on the ground!

Come on out
with your hands up!

Not today.

[screaming]

- Kory said to meet down the road.
- We can't just leave her.

She said go, so we go.
Pretty sure she can handle herself.

Come on.
There's our ride.

[tiger snarling]

[iron bar clangs]

[rock music plays
on car radio]

- Do you wanna drive?
- If you don't mind.

- What exactly is this music?
- AC/DC.

Not bad.

Cool.

[softly] Come on.

Kory?

- What?
- Are you okay?

Something's wrong with me.
My head.

What happened
at the asylum, it just...

I don't know.

If your brain is hurt,

maybe I can heal it

like I heal wounds.

It might even bring
your memory back.

I don't think it works
that way, Rachel.

Well, there's only
one way to find out, right?

[Kory] Do you have any
idea what you're doing?

- None.
- Okay. [chuckles]

Yeah, let's give it a try.

And if anything starts
to hurt, let me know.

Okay.

- Can you check again?
- I did.

It's definitely a mission
statement for your friend Kory,

who's referred to by name
or as Night or Starfire.

Look, these words
often have a double meaning.

Like aloha or shalom, they can
mean both "hello" and "goodbye."

It says here, "Her mission
is to secure the Raven,"

which could mean "take control
of" or "take care of."

Do you feel anything?

No.

Maybe a little tingling,
but...

Rachel, I don't think this...

[exhales heavily]

[distorted voices]

Kory?

"Take care of"?

Unless I'm reading
this wrong...

Your friend Kory is here
to kill Rachel.

[screaming]

[theme music playing]