Watchmen (2019): Season 1, Episode 6 - This Extraordinary Being - full transcript

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

Who are you?

I'm the one who strung
your chief of police up.

Can I have my pills, please?
Helps me get my memory.

Long time since I've been home.

AUTOMATED VOICE:
Welcome to your family tree.

These are
your great grandparents,

tragically killed
in the massacre of 1921.

(PANICKED SCREAMS)

If you want her to know
who you are, just tell her.

She's not gonna listen.



What are these?

I was hoping you could ask
your ex.

It's Nostalgia.

They outlawed those.

So I highly recommend
you tell your lady-friend

not to take them.

These are memories.

Whose memories?

They're my grandfather's.

LAURIE BLAKE:
Show me your hands!

Cuff her. Now.

- What did you fucking do?!
- I had to.

♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪



(CIGARETTE SIZZLES)

(EXHALING)

MAN: Hooded Justice.

It all started with you.

You're the alpha, pal.

It was your idea
to put on that mask

and fight crime.

As fellow enforcers of
the law, I got to tell you

what an honor it is to sit
across from you right now.

Captain Axis,

King Mob, Moloch...

The worst villains in the city,
all in jail thanks to you

and your buddies,
the Minutemen. (CHUCKLES)

You're true American heroes,
all of yous.

But you, Hooded Justice,
you most of all

because, like I said,
you were the first.

Hey, help us settle a bet.

What's the story with
that noose around your neck?

See, I-I think it's
an executioner thing.

You know, let your enemies
know you mean business.

But, Jerry here...
Jerry, how about you tell him

what you think
that noose is for?

Sex stuff.

- What do you want from me?
- AGENT: We want you to take that fucking hood off

so we can take a photo
of your beautiful face.

Never.

Look, pal, we don't
know who you are,

but we know what you do,

and... who you do.

(AGENTS SNICKER)

Captain Metropolis,

aka Nelson Gardner,

aka your fairy princess.

He's got a safe
behind the painting

of the white horse
in his boudoir.

Now, in that safe
is a roll of film.

Jerry, you wanna tell
him what's on that film?

Sex stuff.

AGENT: That's right.

Your boyfriend has got
other boyfriends,

and he's trying to blackmail
Director Hoover

just because he bears
a passing resemblance

to the fellow
Captain Bigcockalus

is violating on that film.

A fellow who is
not Director Hoover

because Director Hoover is
not a depraved homosexual.

So, you're gonna bring
us that film,

and we're gonna rip up the photo
we're about to take of you.

Why should I trust you?

Because Jerry and me,
we won't show it to anybody.

Hell, nobody even knows
we're here with you right now.

This is all hush-hush.

Just the way you
like it, sweetheart.

So...

what do you say, HJ?

(SIGHS)

(EXHALES)

AGENT: Well, well.

Ain't you pretty.

Jerry...

you wanna do the honors?

Say cheese.

(JERRY GRUNTS)

Aah!

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMS)

(AGENTS GROANING)

Cheese.

HOODED JUSTICE:
I should probably be worried

that I just murdered
two federal agents,

but all I could think about
is that Nelson Gardner

is cheating on me,
with J. Edgar Hoover no less...

- Turn that shit off.
- (TV TURNS OFF)

OFFICER: How's Detective Abar?
Agent Blake, is she okay?

- Is that the release?
- Yeah.

Um, you really need
to get her to sign it, now.

And you need to move her
to an actual hospital

before goes into a coma.

She needs help!

(GATE CLICKS)

You shouldn't have swallowed
your grandfather's pills, Angela.

You wanna tell me where he is?

(SIGHS)

Do you know how Nostalgia works?

Or how they make it?

You know, they insert these
little chips into your brain,

and they harvest your memories.

And then they put them in
a little pill and you pop one,

and you get to experience
that shit all over again.

It was supposed to be for older
folks, you know, dementia treatment,

but that limited the market
because, you know,

who wants to be in the present
when you can live in the past?

Well, you know the rest.

People got hooked,
dependency, ODs.

So, Redford and the FDA
outlawed it,

and the company
that made it had to stop.

And do you know
who owns that company?

(ECHOES): Lady Trieu.

(DISTORTS): Coincidence.

Hey, maybe she knows
your Grandpa.

(ECHOES): Grandpa.

Those were his pills
you swallowed, Angela.

(ECHOES):
That's very, very bad...

You're not supposed to take
someone else's Nostalgia.

You need to sign this release so
we can get your stomach pumped.

I can't do it
without your consent.

(BLAKE'S VOICE DISTORTS, ECHOES)

Angela?

You're about to turn
into a vegetable.

(BLAKE'S VOICE DISTORTS, ECHOES)

(DRUM ROLLING)

(BLAKE'S VOICE DISTORTS, ECHOES)

(ECHOES): Is it starting?

(PIANO PLAYING DESCENDING SCALE)

(DISTORTED): Is it starting?

God damn it. Do you know where
your grandfather is, Angela?

- (VOICES MURMURING)
- BLAKE: Where is he?

(ECHOES):
Where is your grandfather?!

Where?

Where is he?

(DRUM ROLLING)

I want you to think
about what you're wearing,

what you put on
when you wake up,

what you take off
when you go to bed.

The uniform a man wears
changes him.

Make sure yours changes
you for the better.

And God bless you
for taking an oath...

to uphold the law...

- and honor the badge.
- (APPLAUSE)

Do us proud. Be safe out there.

Congratulations, son.

Do us proud.

Be safe out there.

Congratulations, son.

Do us proud. Be safe out there.

Congratulations, son.

Do us proud. Be safe out there.

Congratulations, son.

Do us proud. Be safe out there.

Looks like I get the honor
of putting a badge on you.

- What's your name, Officer?
- William Reeves, sir,

and the honor is mine,
Lieutenant Battle.

I joined the force
because of you.

(CHUCKLING): Sorry to hear that.

(WHISPERS):
Beware of the Cyclops.

- What?
- Congratulations, son.

Do us proud.

Be safe out there.

♪ ♪

- (BAND PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC)
- (PATRONS CHATTERING)

- Here you go, June.
- (MUSIC ENDS)

- (APPLAUDING)
- Thank you, Officer.

Thanks for coming today.
Meant a lot to see a friendly face.

I was there for work, not you.

So, why are you writing
your story about me?

Because the Amsterdam
says a Negro cadet

making the force is big news.

So, I'm big news.

You're a big something,

but it ain't news, Officer.

- You gonna keep calling me that?
- If you don't want me to call you officer,

you probably should've chosen
a different line of work.

All right. Let me have it.

- Let you have what?
- I know what you're thinking.

JUNE: What am I thinking?

WILL: I've joined the enemy.

The police in this city

smother our people
under their shoes.

Lieutenant Battle is a Tom,
and now I am a Tom too.

They just hired me
for the publicity.

And besides all of that,
you're worried about me.

They gave you a gun and a stick.

That's what I'm worried about.

What you're gonna do with them.

Because you are an angry,

angry man, William Reeves.

I'm not angry.

- (DEBRIS CLATTERING)
- (ENGINE ROARING)

It's okay. Most of us are.

I'm young, I'm healthy,
I got the job I always wanted.

What have I got
to be angry about?

Folks were murdered
right in front of you.

Right in front of you.

- The whole town, all of them.
- (DISTANT VOICES SHOUTING)

Your mother and your father...

- That was a long time ago.
- (GUNSHOT ECHOES)

(WOMAN'S SCREAM ECHOES)

I don't wanna live in the past.

And that, Will Reeves,

is why you are
so goddamned angry.

(PIANO PLAYING SIMPLE MELODY)

(PIANO PLAYING HURRY MUSIC)

Officer. Good evening.

Evening.

(DOG BARKING)

(LIGHTER CLICKS)

Hey!

Hey, yourself.

(GLASS SHATTERS)

Call the fire brigade.

Stop!

Stop in the name of the law!

Ha! I thought they only
said that in the pictures.

- So, what is it?
- Huh?

The name of the law.

Who are you, boy?

What's your name?

Fred.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I wanna get home
in time for Amos 'n' Andy.

I saw what you did.

Oh, you mean at that fine

Jewish delicatessen over there?

You know, I heard
they have a rat problem.

Maybe one chewed through
the wires, started a fire.

You're under arrest.

- Oh... (SIGHS)
- (HANDCUFFS CLICK)

I seriously doubt that.

I'm booking this man for arson.
He burned down a delicatessen

- on Jamaica Avenue.
- That is not what happened, sir.

I was just out for
an evening constitutional.

OFFICER: Mm-hmm.

Must be a case
of mistaken identity.

That's a lie. I saw him
do it with my own eyes!

- Everything okay?
- WILL: Yes, it's fine.

Fellas, this spook

is accusing me of
a horrendous crime.

Who you gonna believe,
me or him?

What'd you just call
our fellow officer?

Nothing.

- Sorry, I...
- Don't apologize to me. You apologize to him.

I'm so sorry.

- We'll book this fink.
- But Reeves made the arrest.

- We got it from here.
- Yeah.

- Sure, okay.
- Good work, Officer Reeves.

♪ ♪

- Beats the news, huh?
- Yeah.

More hopeful.

- What's it about?
- A boy, a baby,

his-his father put
him in a rocket ship

and sent him
to Earth just before

- his planet explodes.
- (PLANE ENGINE ROARS)

- (EXPLOSION) - Young
WILL: Will you come, too?

WILL'S MOTHER: We're
gonna be right behind you.

(SMACKS)

Hey!

Pardon me, Officer.

- You let him go?
- Let who go?

The man I brought in for
burning down a deli. Fred.

Sorry. I got no idea
what you're talking about.

What? You were
standing right there!

The other officers took
the guy to book him.

I think you're having
memory problems, Reeves.

My memory is fine.

Just let it be, okay?

I saw them do this to you.

What does this mean? What is it?

It's gonna be the hole in your
head if you don't let it be.

I'm trying to help
you out here, Reeves.

Go home, please.

♪ ♪

(PIANO PLAYING SLOW JAZZ MELODY)

(HORN BEEPS)

Hey there, Reeves.

Need a ride home?

- No thanks. I enjoy walking.
- Oh.

You sure?

We just got off duty.

How about you come
join us for a beer?

I appreciate it, but I got
an early shift tomorrow.

Oh, come on.

We're buying.

Maybe another time.

Okay then...

another time.

♪ ♪

♪ Before ♪

♪ The way it used ♪

♪ To be ♪

♪ The stars would ♪

♪ Light the way ♪

♪ For us to see ♪

(TIRES SCREECH)

♪ I'm a part of
everything you do ♪

You know what?

Another time
ain't gonna work for us.

(WILL GRUNTS)

(WILL GRUNTING)

♪ Holding you in my embrace ♪

(ECHOING): ♪ Everything is
in its place... ♪

(SONG CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

(GRUNTING)

♪ ♪

(ECHOING):
♪ Holding you in my embrace ♪

♪ Everything is in its place ♪

WILL: No...

(WILL GASPING)

(WILL GASPING)

(ROPE CREAKING)

(WILL GASPING)

(BODY THUDS)

(WILL GASPING)

(KNIFE CLICKS)

(WILL GASPING)

You keep your black nose out of
white folks' business, nigger.

Or... (SIGHS) next time,

we won't cut you down.

(WILL COUGHING)

(GASPING)

(WHIMPERS)

(GASPING)

(GRUNTS)

(DISTANT DOG BARKING)

(DISTANT HORNS HONKING)

(PANTING SOFTLY)

WOMAN: Help me! Help!

(MAN AND WOMAN SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING CONTINUING)

WOMAN: Help me, somebody! No!

(GRUNTING)

Thank you. My God, thank you.

(PANTING)

(HEART THUMPING)

Okay.

I'm angry.

(CRYING SOFTLY)

♪ ♪

Hey.

Hey yourself!

- What time is it?
- Three.

Already been to work and back.

I didn't wanna wake you.

How is it?

It hurts.

You were in the paper
this morning.

Calling you a hero.

What?

"Had the hero not intervened,"

both victims of
the attack were convinced

they would not have
survived the encounter.

However, the identity
of their mysterious

"hooded savior remains unknown."

(SIGHS) Hmm.

Why'd you put it on?

The hood.

I already told you.
The cops put it on...

Yeah, but then you
put it back on.

Why?

I don't know.

What's the name of that picture?

- Huh?
- (NEWSPAPER SMACKS)

Stop saying "huh."

The movie,

the one you watched over
and over when you were a boy.

You used to tell me
about it all the time.

- Oh. Trust in the Law.
- Trust in the Law, that's the one.

Tell me how it ends.

(PIANO PLAYING HURRY MUSIC)

There's a sheriff on a horse.

He's shooting at somebody
riding after him.

It's a man all in black,

a man in a hood.

And he's got a lasso,

and he throws it at the sheriff.

Pulls the sheriff
right off his horse.

And they're in front
of the church now,

and doors burst open and all
the townsfolk come running out

to see what's going on.

The man in black tells
them the sheriff's no good.

Cattle thief.
He's stealing from the town.

And now they ask
the man who he is.

He throws his hood back,
and it's Bass Reeves,

the black marshal of Oklahoma.

He shows his badge.

The townsfolk cheer.

- JUNE: They cheer for him, huh?
- WILL: Yeah.

And they start shouting for
him to string up the sheriff,

but Bass Reeves won't have it.

"There will be no
mob justice today.

Trust in the law."

What color were those townsfolk?

White.

Tell me,

what happened
to the Dreamland Theatre,

where you watched that picture,

over and over, while
your mama played the piano?

What'd the Klan and the fine
white citizens of Tulsa do?

(GUNSHOT ECHOES)

They burned it down.

You ain't gonna get justice
with a badge, Will Reeves.

You gonna get it with that hood.

And if you wanna stay a hero,

townsfolk gonna need to think
one of their own's under it.

You sure you wanna do this?

I'm sure.

♪ ♪

♪ I don't want to set ♪

♪ The world on ♪

♪ Fire ♪

♪ I just want to start... ♪

WILL: I'm gonna start
with that bastard, Fred.

Turns out, he owns
a market in Queens.

They wanted me to stay
away from him for a reason.

I think it's got something do

with what Lieutenant Battle
said to me at the graduation.

(WHISPERS):
Beware of the Cyclops.

♪ And that one is you ♪

WILL: Beware of the Cyclops.

♪ No other will do ♪

♪ I've lost all ambition ♪

♪ For worldly acclaim ♪

♪ I just want to be
the one you love ♪

♪ And with your admission ♪

♪ That you feel the same ♪

♪ I'll have reached
the goal I'm dreaming of ♪

♪ Believe me ♪

♪ I don't want
to set the world ♪

♪ On fire... ♪

(GRUNTING)

♪ I don't wanna set
the world on fire, honey ♪

♪ I love you too much ♪

♪ I just want to start ♪

♪ A great big flame
down in your heart ♪

♪ You see ♪

♪ Way down deep
inside of me... ♪

No, no, no! Aah!

♪ And that one desire is you ♪

♪ And I know, baby,
ain't nobody else gonna do ♪

(GRUNTS)

♪ I've lost all ambition ♪

♪ Or worldly desire ♪

♪ I just wanna be
the one you love ♪

(PANTING)

♪ And with your admission ♪

♪ That you feel the same ♪

♪ I'll have reached
the goal I'm dreaming of ♪

♪ Believe me ♪

♪ I don't want
to set the world ♪

♪ On fire ♪

(YELLS)

♪ I just want to start ♪

♪ A flame in your heart ♪

What the fuck are
you supposed to be?

(PANTING)

- (COCKS GUN, FIRES)
- (WOMAN SCREAMS)

- (GUNSHOTS ECHOING)
- (GLASS SHATTERING)

(ECHOING):
Angela, can you hear me?

(IN NORMAL VOICE):
It's Agent Blake.

Laurie.

(ECHOING):
How do I know she can hear me?

Angela.

You swallowed a lethal dose of
Nostalgia and you're in a coma.

We just gave you a shot of
adrenaline to try to wake you up.

You may be confused as
to who you are right now,

or when or where,

but you're still
at the precinct.

You're not moving,
but your eyes are wide open.

It's kinda fucking
freaky, Angela.

If you can hear what I'm saying
right now, I need you to blink.

Good.

That's great.

Angela, I-I've got
Cal here with me,

your husband.

He's gonna read something to you

that they said would
help get you out of this,

or you're gonna
fall right back in.

Blink if you can still hear me.

(ECHOING):
Your name is Angela Abar.

(IN NORMAL VOICE):
You were born in Saigon in 1976.

I'm your husband, Calvin.

We met in Vietnam.

Now, we live in Tulsa.

We have three children,

Topher, Emma, and Rosie.

The year is 2019.

The president is Robert Redford.

You need to come home now.
You need to...

You need to wake up.

I love you.

Your name is Angela Abar.

(DISTANTLY): You were
born in Saigon in 1976...

We have three children,

Topher, Emma, and Rosie...

The year is 2019.

The president is...

Roosevelt? You really think
Roosevelt is gonna save us?

- Eleanor, maybe.
- (KNOCKING)

MAN: Good evening, ma'am.
I'm sorry to bother you at this hour.

Is your husband home?

Officer Reeves,
I'm Nelson Gardner, sir.

Pleasure to meet you.

Uh, this is my wife, June.

Mrs. Reeves. If you
don't mind excusing us,

- I'm hoping to discuss some business with your...
- Oh!

Business!

How can I help you, Mr. Gardner?

I'm here on behalf of
a costumed adventurer

named Captain Metropolis.

Have you heard of him?

- Costumed adventurer?
- Yes.

Crime fighting in disguise.
It's a new phenomenon,

but it's growing
at a brisk clip.

Captain Metropolis
would like to capitalize

on that growth
by forming a team.

Patriots, heroes.

They call themselves
the New Minutemen.

It's a great group of fellows,

and there's even
a couple of ladies.

I'm sorry,
but I don't understand

what this has got to do with me.

The team is incomplete without
the hero who inspired them.

Hooded Justice.

Captain Metropolis is
a master of strategy.

He scrutinized
the different locations

where Hooded Justice appeared,

and cross-referenced them
with patrols of local police.

- So, you think he's a cop?
- No.

I believe a cop is
feeding him intelligence

about criminal activity.

But you know all
about this, Officer Reeves,

because that cop is you.

(LAUGHING)

I'm sorry?

I didn't mean that as a joke.

Mind if I ask, is this
strategic mastermind,

Captain Metropolis, blond?

About your height?

I...

I don't understand
what you're implying...

- What does the word "cyclops" mean to you?
- Not much.

Is it some kind of underground
criminal enterprise

that Hooded Justice
is investigating?

Well, if you consider
the Ku Klux Klan

a criminal enterprise, then yes.

And they're planning something.

Sounds like a job for
the Minutemen all right.

Let's say I do know
Hooded Justice.

- Why should he join your team?
- He shouldn't.

He should join
because brave men like him

are rare specimens.

Why fight alone,

when you could have
true companionship?

Well,

I have overstayed my welcome.

But I hope you do know
Hooded Justice, Officer Reeves.

If only to tell him
what a huge admirer.

Captain Metropolis is.

Something tells me
they have a lot in common.

Good evening, Mrs. Reeves.
Again, I am...

so sorry to have intruded.

I'll see myself out.

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

No.

- Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
- (BED CREAKING)

- Oh, yes!
- (MOANING)

♪ ♪

♪ Why do you whisper... ♪

When did you know?

When did I know?

What?

That I was...

Hooded Justice.

The moment I laid eyes on you.

You're lying. You thought
he was a white man.

True.

Until I met you.

And then I just knew.

So...

You'll join us?

The others, you sure
they want me, too?

Are you kidding?
The Minutemen are thrilled.

Fighting crime in league
with the Hooded Justice.

Your participation legitimizes
the whole operation,

and they know it.

What they can't know, of course,

is your secret.

Some of them aren't as...

tolerant as I am.

You'll have to be sure
you're covered up.

Wear the makeup
and hood, at all times.

Actually, I...

was hoping we could
try something

on the next go-around.

I wear mine,

and you wear yours.

♪ And everyone will know
'cause you done told ♪

♪ The blabbering trees,
yes, you did ♪

♪ You told them once before... ♪

It's a shame.

The others can never see
how beautiful you are.

♪ Why them all
the old things... ♪

What's wrong?

Nothing.

It's him, isn't it?

Captain Blond and
his masquerade squad

don't care about you.

They only care about
what you can do for them.

I can't take Cyclops down alone.
I need a team to help me.

- I'm your team.
- I know, but I need them, too.

Tell me about
the first time you saw me.

- Come on, June, not again...
- Tell me.

I woke up
in the tall grass and...

there was a wrecked car
off in the distance.

Tulsa was on fire.

I thought I was the only person
still alive in the whole world.

But then I heard a cry, so...

- I walked to it.
- (BABY CRYING)

And there was a baby wrapped
up in an American flag,

- so I picked it up.
- (BABY CRYING)

And I said...

- you're okay.
- You're okay.

And she stopped crying.

You stopped crying.

Don't you ever make me
start again, William Reeves.

I won't.

Good.

Because I'm pregnant.

♪ ♪

♪ We three ♪

♪ We're all alone ♪

♪ Living in a memory ♪

♪ My echo ♪

♪ My shadow ♪

♪ And me ♪

♪ We three ♪

- (CROWD CHATTERING)
- (CAMERA FLASHES)

♪ We're not even company ♪

♪ My echo... ♪

MAN 1: Hey, Captain Metropolis!

MAN 2: Captain Metropolis,
can you tell us about Hooded Justice?

METROPOLIS: The Minutemen would be nothing
without the man who inspired us all.

Gentlemen, please welcome our
newest member, Hooded Justice!

HJ, how do you respond to rumors

that your strength
is supernatural,

like the heroes
in the comic books?

HOODED JUSTICE: I'm just a man.

REPORTER: Now that you
got a team behind you,

exactly what kind of crime
are you gonna target?

I believe there is a vast
and insidious conspiracy

at play in the city,
and I have evidence

that a secret plan
is being developed by...

A new crime boss who calls
himself Moloch the Magnificent.

Now, this villain is planning
to harness the sun's energy

(MUFFLED): Into a
deadly solar weapon,

threatening every man,
woman, and child in New York.

So, if you'll
excuse us, fellows,

the Minutemen have
a city to save.

(IN NORMAL VOICE): But first,
let's talk about your savings

and our good friends
at National Bank.

(EXCITED CHATTERING)

♪ We three ♪

♪ We're all alone ♪

♪ Seem like we're
living in a memory ♪

♪ That's my echo ♪

♪ My shadow ♪

♪ And me ♪

♪ We three ♪

♪ We ain't no crowd ♪

♪ Fact is ♪

♪ We ain't even company ♪

♪ That's my echo ♪

♪ My shadow ♪

♪ And me ♪

♪ You know I been wondering ♪

♪ What good is the moonlight? ♪

(BABY CRYING)

♪ That shines way,
way up above ♪

(LAUGHING)

♪ Yeah, I walk with my shadow ♪

♪ I talk with my echo ♪

♪ But where is that
gal that I love ♪

♪ We three ♪

♪ Will wait for you ♪

♪ Even till eternity ♪

♪ My echo ♪

♪ My shadow ♪

♪ And me ♪

- (DISTANT SIREN WAILING)
- (BELLS CLANGING)

(PANICKED CHATTERING)

- POLICEMAN: Get out of here now!
- MAN: I was just watching the movie.

I wasn't doing nothing!

- POLICEMAN: You better get out of here right now!
- MAN: Get your hands off me!

(MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

- WOMAN: I got to get my son! My son...
- POLICEMAN: Shut up, miss!

Hey, Reeves.
About time you showed up.

- What happened here?
- Same thing that always happens

when you put a bunch
of animals in the same cage.

Go on in. We need someone
who speaks their language.

(WOMAN CRYING)

(INDISTINCT YELLING)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

Hey there.

- What's your name.
- Lorna.

Lorna. I'm Officer Reeves.

- Can you tell me what happened here?
- I don't...

I-I don't know.
I can't... (SOBS)

When the picture started...

there was a-a flicker...

a bright light
going on and off...

and the whole room was
full of lightning, and I...

I heard a voice inside
my head and it said...

(PIANO PLAYING)

it told me I had
to... hurt people,

and I think... (CRYING)

I think maybe I did that.

(PIANO CONTINUING)

(SOBBING): I heard a voice
inside my head and...

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

(CRYING)

Beware of the Cyclops.

(DISTORTED VOICE MURMURING)

voice...

inside of my head...

Excuse me.

WILL: I know their plan.

You need to come
down here right now.

GARDNER (OVER PHONE):
Come down where?

WILL: The meatpacking district.

There was a riot in a theater.

Cyclops is using film projectors

to turn Negroes
against each other.

I followed them to a warehouse.

GARDNER (OVER PHONE): So, this is
your vast and insidious conspiracy?

William, you of all
people should know.

The residents of Harlem
cause riots all on their own.

No, no! This is real!

It's some kind of mesmerism.

That book I found...

- Cyclops is...
- Yes, yes, yes. Cyclops, Cyclops, Cyclops.

Dear God. So, the Klan

is using mind control?

Do you have any idea how
ridiculous that sounds?

Have you been drinking?

- No.
- Well, maybe you should be.

Come over. You can bring your red
file and we can talk about it.

I don't want to come over.

You need to get the others

and come down and help me.

You said you would help me.

I'm sorry, William,

but this sort of
thing isn't really

the Minutemen's cup of tea.

I'm afraid you're
going to have to solve

black unrest all on your own.

Now, if you change your mind,
I would love to see you.

- (CLEARS THROAT)
- Jeez Louise.

Rough day, huh?

What are you doing
down here, buddy?

I know all the cops
who walk this beat,

and you ain't one of them.

Oh...

I know what you're looking for.

Free steaks. (LAUGHS)

Any boy in blue willing
to put his life on the line

deserves a little gratitude.

- (CLAPS)
- Come on.

Let's go to the warehouse.

I'll give you my best cut
to take home to the missus.

Though, from what
I've heard about your kind,

you probably got more than
enough meat to satisfy her, huh?

(CACKLING)

This your warehouse?

FRED: Yes, sir. Sure is.

Hey.

Do I know you? No offense,

but you jigs start to blend
together after a whi...

(GUNSHOT)

♪ ♪

♪ They asked me how I knew ♪

♪ My true love was true ♪

(GUNSHOTS)

♪ I of course replied ♪

♪ Something here inside ♪

♪ Cannot be denied ♪

(GROANING)

- No! No!
- (GUNSHOT)

♪ All who love are blind ♪

♪ When your heart's on fire... ♪

MAN: Hit yourself,

- again and again.
- (PROJECTOR CLICKING)

All Negroes are your enemy.

Attack them.

Do not bring harm to any
white man, woman, or child.

Only each other.

Fight viciously.

Hate them.

Do not stop until their
blood covers your hands.

And then...

- hit yourself...
- (COCKS GUN)

- again...
- (GUN CLICKS)

- Shit.
- And again,

and again...

♪ Tears I cannot hide ♪

♪ So, I smile and say ♪

(GRUNTING)

- (BODY THUDS)
- (PANTING)

♪ So I chaffed them ♪

♪ And I gaily laughed ♪

♪ To think they
could doubt my love ♪

♪ Yet today ♪

♪ My love has flown away ♪

(FLAMES WHOOSH)

♪ Now ♪

♪ Laughing friends deride ♪

♪ Tears I cannot hide ♪

♪ So, I smile and say ♪

♪ When a lovely flame dies ♪

♪ Smoke ♪

♪ Gets in your eyes ♪

I'm like you.

No.

No! No.

Stop, Daddy, please!

Stop!

No, no, no!

Stop!

(PANTING)

Marcus here was...

- I was just trying to take it off.
- You can't take it off.

- You can't ever take it off.
- That's not true. I can...

You can't! You need
to hide under that hood

'cause you can't stand
to see what you've become.

- I'm still me.
- Which me?

You never should've
done this. I thought

it would help you get rid
of this thing you have, but...

it didn't get rid
of it. It just fed.

We need to go home, now.

- We need to go home to Tulsa.
- No!

I'm not going back there.

I wasn't talking
about you, Will Reeves.

(DOOR SLAMS)

♪ ♪

(TIRES POP, SCREECHING)

(DOOR OPENS)

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Just up here. Keep pushing.

You're gonna do
everything I tell you to.

- Understand?
- CRAWFORD: I understand.

You can stop now.

What's happening?

Who are you?

Justice.

Whatever you think I did,
you don't understand.

I'm trying to fucking
help you people.

You don't know what's
really happening here.

You have a Klan robe
in your closet.

My grandad's.

I have a right to keep it.

It's my legacy.

If you're so proud
of your legacy,

why do you hide it?

You don't know me, old man.

Oh yeah.

I know you.

All right.

You can hang yourself now.

♪ ♪

(PIANO PLAYING DISTORTED MELODY)

♪ Before ♪

♪ The way it used to be ♪

♪ The stars ♪

♪ Would light the way ♪

♪ For us to see ♪

- (PIANO PLAYING)
- (ROPE CREAKING)

♪ ♪

(CRAWFORD GASPING)

♪ And I am always watching ♪

♪ Over you ♪

♪ Holding you in my embrace ♪

♪ Everything is in its place ♪

CHIEF OF POLICE: The uniform
a man wears changes him.

YOUNG WILL: There will
be no mob justice today.

WILL: He throws his hood
back and it's Bass Reeves.

- Trust in the law.
- GARDNER: The Minutemen would be nothing...

Hooded Justice...

JUNE:
You are an angry, angry man.

You stay away from
Tulsa, Will Reeves.

You stay away from
me and your son.

As far as you're concerned,

we don't exist.

♪ ♪

WOMAN: She does look like you.

I'm gonna take you
home now, honey.

(GASPING)

Oh, hi there.

Welcome back.

(PANTING)

♪ ♪

♪ Living in the past ♪

♪ With the bright
side of my mind ♪

♪ Everything he says ♪

♪ Living in the past ♪

♪ With the bright
side of my mind ♪

♪ Everything he says ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Now, I'm free ♪

♪ And so fine ♪

♪ With a load of debt ♪

♪ And I won't share ♪

♪ But not until ♪

♪ Forever the past ♪

♪ And where you go ♪

♪ I'll beware of ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Living in the past ♪

♪ With the bright
side of my mind ♪

♪ Everything he says... ♪

Tell me something
about yourself, Angela.

I'm gonna be a police officer.

LADY TRIEU: Detective Abar.
Detective Abar.

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

I have a secret plan
to save humanity.

And it starts in Oklahoma.

What does this have to do
with my treatment?

Wait, what the hell are you...

All rise for the Game Warden!

If you have anything to say
in your defense, say it now.

♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪

I know you're in there.

I took your pills.

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪