BRUCE: Rachel, let me see.
- Can I see? - Finders keepers. And I found it.
In my garden.
Finders keepers.
Bruce?
[WOOD SNAPPING]
[THUD]
Bruce?
Mom! Mr. Alfred!
[WHIMPERS]
[SCREAMING]
[MEN SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]
Did you have dream?
Nightmare.
Worse than this place?
[GUARD SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE OVER P.A.]
OLD PRISONER [WHISPERING]: They are going to fight you.
- Again? - Until they kill you.
Can they kill me before breakfast?
You are in hell, little man.
And I am the devil.
You're not the devil.
You're practice.
[GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
GUARD: Solitary.
- Why? - For protection.
- I don't need protection. - Protection for them.
[INMATES GROANING]
Get in.
DUCARD: Are you so desperate to fight criminals...
...that you lock yourself in to take them on one at a time?
Actually, there were seven of them.
I counted six, Mr. Wayne.
How do you know my name?
The world is too small for someone like Bruce Wayne to disappear...
...no matter how deep he chooses to sink.
Who are you?
My name is merely Ducard, but I speak for Ra's al Ghul...
...a man greatly feared by the criminal underworld.
A man who can offer you a path.
What makes you think I need a path?
Someone like you is only here by choice.
You have been exploring the criminal fraternity...
...but whatever your original intentions...
...you have become truly lost.
And what path can Ra's al Ghul offer?
The path of a man who shares his hatred of evil...
...and wishes to serve true justice.
The path of the League of Shadows.
[CHUCKLES]
- You're vigilantes. - No, no, no.
A vigilante is just a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification.
He can be destroyed or locked up.
But if you make yourself more than just a man...
...if you devote yourself to an ideal...
...and if they can't stop you...
...then you become something else entirely.
Which is?
Legend, Mr. Wayne.
Tomorrow, you will be released.
If you are bored of brawling with petty thieves and want to achieve something...
...there is a rare blue flower that grows on the eastern slopes.
Pick one of these flowers.
If you can carry it to the top of the mountain...
...you may find what you were looking for in the first place.
And what was I looking for?
Only you can know that.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
You turn back. You go back.
BRUCE: Ra's al Ghul?
DUCARD: Wait.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[TRANSLATING] What are you seeking?
I seek...
...the means to fight injustice.
To turn fear...
...against those who prey on the fearful.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
DUCARD [TRANSLATING]: To manipulate the fears in others...
...you must first master your own.
Are you ready to begin?
I can... I can barely stand.
Death does not wait for you to be ready!
Death is not considerate or fair!
And make no mistake, here you'll face death.
Tiger.
Jujitsu.
Panther.
You're skilled. But this is not a dance.
And you are afraid.
But not of me.
Tell us, Mr. Wayne...
...what do you fear?
[BATS SQUEAKING]
Bruce?
It's okay. It's okay.
You'll be okay.
ALFRED: Will we be needing an ambulance, Master Wayne?
THOMAS: No, I'll set the bone and take him for an x-ray later.
ALFRED: Very good, sir.
- I'm very sorry, sir. I've told... THOMAS: Don't worry. It's fine.
ALFRED: Took quite a fall, didn't we, Master Bruce?
THOMAS: And why do we fall, Bruce?
So we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Just a little fall. It's just a small fracture.
THOMAS: The bats again?
You know why they attacked you, don't you?
- They were afraid of you. - Afraid of me?
All creatures feel fear.
Even the scary ones?
Especially the scary ones.
I got something to show you.
- You think your mother will like them? - Yeah.
- I think it's time to get up. - Maybe.
THOMAS: No going back to bed.
Did you build this train, Dad?
Gotham's been good to our family, but the city's been suffering.
People less fortunate than us have been enduring very hard times.
So we built a new, cheap, public transportation system to unite the city.
And at the center...
...Wayne Tower.
BRUCE: Is that where you work? - No, I work at the hospital.
I leave the running of our company to much better men.
- Better? - Well...
...more interested men.
[PERFORMERS SINGING]
[CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA]
[GASPING]
Can we go?
Please.
Okay. Let's go.
- What's wrong, Bruce? - No, no. It was me.
I just needed some fresh air.
A little bit of opera goes a long way. Right, Bruce?
Come on. Let's go.
Wallet, jewelry. Come on, fast.
THOMAS: That's fine. CHILL: Fast.
Take it easy.
Here you go.
It's fine. It's fine.
Now just take it and go.
- I said, jewelry. THOMAS: Hey...
[GUNSHOT]
[MARTHA SCREAMING]
MARTHA: Thomas!
[GUNSHOT]
THOMAS [WHISPERING]: Bruce.
It's okay.
Don't be afraid.
[CHATTERING]
Is this your father's?
It's okay.
Come here.
There you go.
It's okay.
LOEB: Gordon.
Hey.
Good news.
We got him, son.
You're in excellent hands.
We'll be watching the empire.
When you grow up, it'll be waiting for you.
I thought I might prepare a little supper.
- Very well. - Alfred?
- Yes, Master Bruce? - It was my fault, Alfred.
- I made them leave the theater. - No, no, no.
- If I hadn't gotten scared... - It was nothing that you did.
It was him, and him alone.
Do you understand?
I miss them, Alfred. I miss them so much.
So do I, Master Bruce.
So do I.
DUCARD: And do you still feel responsible for your parents' death?
My anger outweighs my guilt.
Come.
You have learned to bury your guilt with anger.
I will teach you to confront it and to face the truth.
You know how to fight six men. We can teach you how to engage 600.
You know how to disappear.
We can teach you to become truly invisible.
Invisible?
[SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
The ninja understands that invisibility is a matter of patience and agility.
[GRUNTING]
Always mind your surroundings.
Ninjitsu employs explosive powders.
- As weapons? - Or distractions.
Theatricality and deception are powerful agents.
You must become more than just a man in the mind of your opponent.
[MAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
BRUCE: Who is he? - He was a farmer.
Then he tried to take his neighbor's land and became a murderer.
- Now he is a prisoner. - What'll happen to him?
Justice. Crime cannot be tolerated.
Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding.
Your parents' death was not your fault.
It was your father's.
Anger does not change the fact that your father failed to act.
- The man had a gun. - Would that stop you?
I've had training.
The training is nothing!
Will is everything!
The will to act.
Yield.
You haven't beaten me.
You have sacrificed sure footing for a killing stroke.
DUCARD: Rub your chest.
Your arms will take care of themselves.
You are stronger than your father.
You didn't know my father.
But I know the rage that drives you.
That impossible anger strangling the grief...
...until the memory of your loved one is just...
...poison in your veins.
And one day, you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed...
...so you'd be spared your pain.
I wasn't always here in the mountains.
Once, I had a wife.
My great love.
She was taken from me.
Like you, I was forced to learn there are those without decency...
...who must be fought without hesitation, without pity.
Your anger gives you great power.
But if you let it, it will destroy you...
...as it almost did me.
- What stopped it? - Vengeance.
That's no help to me.
Why, Bruce?
Why could you not avenge your parents?
Will you be heading back to Princeton after the hearing, sir...
...or can I persuade you to stay on for a day or two?
BRUCE: I'm not heading back at all.
ALFRED: You don't like it there? - I like it fine.
They just don't feel the same way.
- I've prepared the master bedroom. - No.
My room will be fine.
ALFRED: With all due respect, sir, Wayne Manor is your house.
BRUCE: No, Alfred, it's my father's house.
- Your father is dead. - This place is a mausoleum.
If I have my way, I'll pull the damn thing down brick by brick.
This house, Master Wayne, has sheltered six generations of your family.
Why do you give a damn, Alfred? It's not your family.
I give a damn because a good man once made me responsible...
...for what was most precious to him...
...in the whole world.
Miss Dawes has offered to drive you to the hearing.
She probably hopes to talk you out of going.
BRUCE: Should I just bury the past out there with my parents, Alfred?
I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir.
Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future.
Haven't given up on me yet?
Never.
Alfred still keeps the condensed milk on the top shelf.
Hasn't he noticed you're tall enough to reach now?
Old habits die hard, I guess.
- Never used to stop us anyway. - No, it didn't.
How's your mom?
She misses this place.
So do I.
Yeah.
But it's nothing without the people who made it what it was.
- Now there's only Alfred. - And you.
- I'm not staying, Rachel. - You're just back for the hearing.
Bruce, I don't suppose there's any way to convince you not to come.
Someone at this proceeding...
...should stand for my parents.
We all loved your parents, Bruce.
- What Chill did is unforgivable. - Then why is your boss letting him go?
In prison, he shared a cell with Carmine Falcone.
He learned things, and he will testify in exchange for early parole.
Rachel, this man killed my parents.
I cannot let that pass.
And I need you to understand that, please.
Okay.
FINCH: The depression hit working people, like Mr. Chill, hardest of all.
His crime was appalling, yes, but it was motivated not by greed...
...but by desperation.
Given the 14 years already served, as well as his extraordinary level of cooperation...
...with one of this office's most important investigations...
...we strongly endorse his petition for early release.
JUDGE FADEN: Mr. Chill?
CHILL: Your Honor...
...not a day goes by that I don't wish I could take back what I did.
Sure, I was desperate, like a lot of people back then...
...but that don't change what I did.
FADEN: I gather there is a member of the Wayne family here today.
Has he got anything to say?
WOMAN 1: He's coming out the side! MAN 1: He's coming out the side, guys!
[CLAMORING]
MAN 2: Bruce Wayne!
BLONDE FEMALE REPORTER: Joe! Hey, Joe!
Falcone says hi.
[GUNSHOT]
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
RACHEL: Come on, Bruce.
We don't need to see this.
I do.
RACHEL: The DA couldn't understand why Judge Faden insisted...
...on making the hearing public.
Falcone paid him off to get Chill out in the open.
Maybe I should be thanking them.
- You don't mean that. - What if I do, Rachel?
My parents deserved justice.
You're not talking about justice. You're talking about revenge.
- Sometimes, they're the same. - No, they're never the same, Bruce.
Justice is about harmony. Revenge is about you making yourself feel better.
- It's why we have an impartial system. - Your system is broken.
[TIRES SCREECHING AND HORNS HONKING]
You care about justice? Look beyond your own pain, Bruce.
This city is rotting.
They talk about the depression as if it's history, and it's not.
Things are worse than ever down here.
Falcone floods our streets with crime and drugs...
...preying on the desperate, creating new Joe Chills every day.
Falcone may not have killed your parents, Bruce...
...but he's destroying everything that they stood for.
You wanna thank him for that? Here you go.
We all know where to find him. As long as he keeps the bad people rich...
...and the good people scared, no one'll touch him.
Good people like your parents, who'll stand against injustice, they're gone.
What chance does Gotham have when the good people do nothing?
- I'm not one of your good people, Rachel. - What do you mean?
All these years, I wanted to kill him.
Now I can't.
[SLAP]
Your father would be ashamed of you.
You're taller than you look in the tabloids, Mr. Wayne.
No gun? I'm insulted.
- You could've just sent a thank-you note. - I didn't come here to thank you.
I came here to show you that not everyone in Gotham's afraid of you.
Only those who know me, kid.
Look around you. You'll see two councilmen...
...a union official, couple off-duty cops...
...and a judge.
Now, I wouldn't have a second's hesitation of blowing your head off right here and right now in front of them.
Now, that's power you can't buy.
That's the power of fear.
I'm not afraid of you.
Because you think you got nothing to lose.
But you haven't thought it through.
You haven't thought about your lady friend down the DA's office.
You haven't thought about your old butler. Bang!
People from your world...
...have so much to lose.
Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got shot...
...you know about the ugly side of life, but you don't.
You've never tasted desperate.
You're... You're Bruce Wayne, the prince of Gotham.
You'd have to go 1000 miles to meet someone who didn't know your name.
So don't... don't come down here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself.
This is a world you'll never understand.
And you always fear...
...what you don't understand.
All right.
Yeah, you got spirit, kid. I'll give you that.
More than your old man anyway.
In the joint, Chill told me about the night he killed your parents.
He said your father begged for mercy.
Begged.
Like a dog.
Should've tipped better.
- For what? - Your jacket.
Okay.
Hey, hey, hey. Let me have it. It's a nice coat.
Be careful who sees you with that.
- They're gonna come looking for me. - Who?
BRUCE: Everyone.
It's...
It's a nice coat.
DUCARD: When you lived among the criminals, did you start to pity them?
BRUCE: The first time I stole so that I wouldn 't starve, yes.
I lost many assumptions about the simple nature of right and wrong.
And when I traveled...
... I learned the fear before a crime...
... and then the thrill of success.
[OFFICER SHOUTING IN MANDARIN]
BRUCE: But I never became one of them.
[OFFICER 1 SPEAKING MANDARIN]
OFFICER 2: Fool. What the hell do I care what your name is? You're a criminal.
[SPEAKING MANDARIN] I'm not a criminal
OFFICER 2: Tell that to the guy who owned these.
DUCARD: You've traveled the world to understand the criminal mind...
...and conquer your fears.
But a criminal is not complicated.
And what you really fear is inside yourself.
You fear your own power.
You fear your anger...
...the drive to do great or terrible things.
Now you must journey inwards.
You are ready?
Breathe.
Breathe in your fears.
Face them.
To conquer fear, you must become fear.
You must bask in the fear of other men.
And men fear most what they cannot see.
DUCARD: You have to become a terrible thought.
DUCARD: A wraith.
You have to become an idea!
DUCARD: Feel terror cloud your senses.
DUCARD: Feel its power to distort.
DUCARD: To control.
DUCARD: And know that this power can be yours.
DUCARD: Embrace your worst fear.
DUCARD: Become one with the darkness.
[BATS SQUEAKING]
Focus.
Concentrate.
Master your senses.
You cannot leave any sign.
BRUCE: I haven't.
Impressive.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
DUCARD [TRANSLATING]: We have purged your fear.
You are ready to lead these men.
You are ready to become a member of the League of Shadows.
But first, you must demonstrate your commitment to justice.
[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
No.
I'm no executioner.
DUCARD: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.
That's why it's so important.
It separates us from them.
You want to fight criminals. This man is a murderer.
- This man should be tried. DUCARD: By whom?
Corrupt bureaucrats?
Criminals mock society's laws.
You know this better than most.
RA'S AL GHUL: You cannot lead these men...
...unless you are prepared to do what is necessary to defeat evil.
And where would I be leading these men?
Gotham.
As Gotham's favored son...
...you will be ideally placed to strike at the heart of criminality.
- How? - Gotham's time has come.
Like Constantinople or Rome before it...
...the city has become a breeding ground for suffering and injustice.
It is beyond saving and must be allowed to die.
This is the most important function of the League of Shadows.
It is one we've performed for centuries.
Gotham...
...must be destroyed.
You can't believe in this.
Ra's al Ghul rescued us from the darkest corners of our own hearts.
What he asks in return is the courage to do what is necessary.
I will go back to Gotham and I will fight men like this...
...but I will not become an executioner.
Bruce, please.
For your own sake, there is no turning back.
- What are you doing? - What's necessary, my friend.
[EXPLOSIONS]
[BRUCE SCREAMING]
I will tell him you saved his life.
Master Wayne, you've been gone a long time.
- Yes, I have. - You look very fashionable.
Apart from the mud.
Are you coming back to Gotham for long, sir?
As long as it takes.
I want to show the people of Gotham...
...their city doesn't belong to the criminals and the corrupt.
In the depression, your father nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises...
...combating poverty.
He believed that his example could inspire the wealthy of Gotham to save their city.
Did it?
In a way.
Their murder shocked the wealthy and the powerful into action.
People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy.
And I can't do that as Bruce Wayne.
As a man...
...I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed.
But as a symbol...
As a symbol, I can be incorruptible.
- I can be everlasting. - What symbol?
Something elemental...
...something terrifying.
I assume that as you are taking on the underworld...
...this symbol is a persona to protect those you care about from reprisals?
You're thinking about Rachel?
Actually, sir, I was thinking of myself.
Have you told anyone I'm coming back?
I just couldn't figure the legal ramifications of bringing you back from the dead.
- Dead? - You've been gone seven years.
You had me declared dead?
Actually, it was Mr. Earle. He's taking the company public.
He wanted to liquidate your majority shareholding.
Those shares are worth quite a bit of money.
Well, it's a good thing I left everything to you, then.
Quite so, sir.
And you can borrow the Rolls, if you like. Just bring it back with a full tank.
In my opinion, Mr. Zsaz is as much a danger to himself as to others...
...and prison is probably not the best environment for his rehabilitation.
- Dr. Crane? - Ah, Miss Dawes.
You really think a man who butchers people for the mob doesn't belong in jail?
I would hardly have testified to that otherwise, would I, Miss Dawes?
This is the third of Carmine Falcone's thugs you've had declared insane...
...and moved into your asylum.
The work offered by organized crime must have an attraction to the insane.
RACHEL DAWES: Or the corrupt.
Mr. Finch.
I think you should check with Miss Dawes here...
...just what implications your office has authorized her to make. If any.
- What are you doing, Rachel? - What are you doing, Carl?
FINCH: Looking out for you.
Falcone has half the city bought and paid for.
- Drop it. - How can you say that?
Because as much as I care about getting Falcone, I care more about you.
That's sweet.
[SIRENS WAILING]
We've been through all that.
[BAT SQUEAKING]
ALFRED: Blessed bat again, sir.
They nest somewhere in the grounds.
[BATS SQUEAKING]
CRANE: No more favors. Someone is sniffing around.
Hey, I scratch your back, you scratch mine, doc.
I'm bringing in the shipments.
We are paying you for that.
Maybe money isn't as interesting to me as favors.
I am more than aware that you are not intimidated by me, Mr. Falcone.
But you know who I'm working for, and when he gets here...
He... He's coming to Gotham?
Yes, he is.
And when he gets here, he's not going to wanna hear...
...that you've endangered our operation just to get your thugs out of a little jail time.
- Who's bothering you? - There's a girl at the DA's office.
- We'll buy her off. - Not this one.
Idealist, huh?
Well, there's an answer to that too.
- I don't want to know. - Yes, you do.
BOARD DIRECTOR: No, we are showing very healthy growth in these sectors.
I don't think that Thomas Wayne would have viewed heavy-arms manufacture...
...as a suitable cornerstone for our business.
Well, that's 20 years ago, Fredericks.
I think after 20 years we can allow ourselves...
...to stop thinking about what Thomas Wayne would have done.
JESSICA: Good morning, Mr. Earle's office.
Yes, he's confirmed for the dinner tomorrow evening.
BRUCE: Good morning. I'm here to see Mr. Earle.
Name?
Bruce Wayne.
Thomas would probably not have taken the company public.
But that is what we, as responsible managers, are going to do.
Jessica?
Jessica? Where are you?
BRUCE: Eye on the ball, and... - Why is no one answering the phone?
It's Wayne Enterprises, Mr. Earle. I'm sure they'll call back.
Bruce? You're supposed to be dead.
Sorry to disappoint.
- I need you to take a look at this. - Have you seen him yet?
- Who? - Wayne.
It's been all over the news. He's back.
EARLE: I'm sure you realize I can't stop the big machine.
Too many wheels turning.
- We're going public. - I understand.
And I'll be handsomely rewarded for my shares.
I'm not looking to interfere.
- I am looking for a job. - Oh?
I just want to get to know the company that my family built.
Any ideas where you would start?
Applied Sciences caught my eye.
Fox's department.
I'll let him know you're coming.
You look like him. Your dad.
You're the only one left of the Wayne family.
This is where you belong. Welcome home.
LUCIUS FOX: Environmental procedures, defense projects
consumer products.
All prototypes. None in production.
- On any level whatsoever. - None?
What did they tell you this place was?
BRUCE: They didn't tell me anything.
Earle told me exactly what it was when he sent me down here.
Dead end.
A place to keep me from causing the board any more trouble.
Come on.
- You were on the board? - When your father ran things, yeah.
- You knew my father? - Oh, yeah.
Helped him build his train.
Here we are.
Kevlar utility harness.
Gas-powered, magnetic grapple gun.
The 350-pound test monofilament.
Wonderful project, your dad's train.
Routed it right into Wayne Tower, along with the water and power utilities.
Kind of made Wayne Tower the unofficial center of Gotham City.
Of course, Earle let it go to rot. Here we are.
Nomex survival suit for advanced infantry.
Kevlar biweave, reinforced joints.
- Tear-resistant? - This sucker will stop a knife.
- Bulletproof? - Anything but a straight shot.
- Why didn't they put it into production? - Bean counters didn't think...
...a soldier's life was worth 300 grand.
So, what's your interest in it, Mr. Wayne?
I want to borrow it.
For spelunking.
Spelunking?
Yeah, you know, cave diving?
You expecting to run into much gunfire in these caves?
Look, I'd rather Mr. Earle didn't know about me borrowing...
Mr. Wayne...
...the way I see it...
...all this stuff is yours anyway.
Okay. Give it a try.
Charming.
At least you'll have company.
This must be the lowest foundation of the southeast wing.
In the civil war, your great-great-grandfather was involved in the Underground Railroad...
...secretly transporting freed slaves to the North...
...and I suspect these caverns came in handy.
Alfred! Come up here!
I can see everything all right from down here, sir, thank you very much.
ALFRED: We order the main part of this cowl from Singapore.
BRUCE: Via a dummy corporation.
Indeed. And then, quite separately...
...we place an order to a Chinese company for these.
BRUCE: Put it together ourselves. ALFRED: Precisely.
They'll have to be large orders, to avoid suspicion.
BRUCE: How large? ALFRED: Say... 10,000.
BRUCE: Well, at least we'll have spares. ALFRED: Yes.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[FEMALE OFFICER CHATTERING OVER POLICE RADIO]
Don't suppose you want a taste.
I just keep offering, thinking maybe someday you'll get wise.
There's nothing wise in what you do, Flass.
Well, Jimbo, you don't take the taste, makes us guys nervous.
I'm no rat.
In a town this bent, who's there to rat to anyway?
[LAUGHS]
BATMAN: Don't turn around.
You're a good cop. One of the few.
GORDON: What do you want?
BATMAN: Carmine Falcone brings in shipments of drugs every week.
Nobody takes him down. Why?
He's paid up with the right people.
What will it take to bring him down?
Leverage on Judge Faden...
...and a DA brave enough to prosecute.
Rachel Dawes.
Who are you?
BATMAN: Watch for my sign.
You're just one man?
BATMAN: Now we're two.
We?
Freeze!
[GUNSHOTS]
OFFICER: What the hell was that?
Just some nut.
Well, what is it today? More spelunking?
No. Today it's BASE-jumping.
BASE-jumping.
- That like parachuting? - Kind of.
Do you have any lightweight fabrics?
You know, I think I have just the thing.
It's called memory cloth. Notice anything?
Regularly flexible...
...but put a current through it...
...molecules realign, it becomes rigid. - What kind of shapes can you make?
Can be tailored to fit any structure based on a rigid skeleton.
Too expensive for the Army?
I don't think they ever tried to market it to the billionaire, spelunking, BASE-jumping crowd.
- Look, Mr. Fox. - Yes, sir?
If you're uncomfortable...
Mr. Wayne, if you don't want to tell me exactly what you're doing...
...when I'm asked, I don't have to lie.
But don't think of me as an idiot.
Fair enough.
What's that?
The Tumbler?
Oh, you wouldn't be interested in that.
She was built as a bridging vehicle.
During combat, two of these would jump over a river, towing cables.
Over here on the throttle, flip that open and throttle up.
This will boost you into a rampless jump... Not now!
Not... Not now, sir.
COMPUTER: Afterburner disengaged.
We never could get the damn bridge to work...
...but this baby works just fine.
So, what do you think?
Does it come in black?
I need you at the docks Thursday.
- Problems? - I don't want any trouble...
...with the last shipment. - Sure.
Word on the street is you got a beef with somebody in the DA's office.
- Is that right? - And that there's a fat prize...
...waiting for anybody willing to do anything about it.
So, what's your point, Mr. Flass?
Have you seen the girl?
FLASS [ON RADIO]: It's a cute little assistant D A.
Don 't you think that's a little too much heat to bring down, maybe?
- Even for this town. - Never underestimate Gotham City.
People get mugged coming home from work every day of the week.
Sometimes... Sometimes things just go bad.
It's a problem with the graphite, sir.
The next 10,000 will be up to specifications.
- At least they gave us a discount. - Quite.
In the meantime, sir, may I suggest you try to avoid landing on your head?
Why bats, Master Wayne?
Bats frighten me.
It's time my enemies shared my dread.
FLASS: What is it?
Continue.
Looks fine out there.
FLASS: The bears go straight to the dealers.
Yeah, and the rabbits go to the man in the Narrows.
- What's the difference? - Ignorance is bliss, my friend.
Don't burden yourself with these secrets of scary people.
[STEISS SCREAMS]
Hey. Steiss.
Steiss?
THUG: What?
What the...?
[SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]
[GUNSHOTS]
I better check it.
[PANTING]
There's a problem out here. You better bail.
[THUD]
[SHOUTING] Where are you?!
BATMAN [WHISPERING]: Here.
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
Take a ride. Oh, shit.
What the hell are you?
[GLASS SHATTERS]
I'm Batman.
Nice coat.
Thanks.
Hold it.
That's right, you better run.
[SCREAMS]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
Falcone sent them to kill you.
- Why? - You rattled his cage.
- What's this? - Leverage.
- For what? - To get things moving.
Who are you?
Someone like you.
Someone who'll rattle the cages.
Ma'am? Everything okay?
OFFICER: Falcone's men. GORDON: Does it matter?
We'll never tie him to it anyway.
I wouldn't be too sure of that.
What the hell is that?
Cut him down.
LOEB: Unacceptable.
Now, I don't care if it's rival gangs, Guardian Angels...
...or the goddamn Salvation Army...
...get them off the street and off the front page.
They say it was just one guy. Or a creature.
It was some asshole in a costume.
- Yeah? - This guy did deliver us...
...one of the city's biggest crime lords.
No one takes the law into their own hands in my city.
Understand?
RACHEL: No way to bury it now. FINCH: Maybe so, but there's still Judge Faden.
- I've got Faden covered. - OK, what about this bat they babble about?
Even if these guys will swear in court to being thrashed by a giant bat...
...we've got Falcone at the scene.
Drugs, prints, cargo manifests. This bat character gave us everything.
Okay. Let's do it.
BRUCE: Bats are nocturnal. ALFRED: Bats may be.
But even for billionaire playboys, 3 o'clock is pushing it.
The price for leading a double life, I fear.
Your theatrics made an impression.
BRUCE: Theatricality and deception...
...are powerful weapons, Alfred. This is a good start.
If those are to be the first of many injuries to come...
...it would be wise to find a suitable excuse.
Polo, for instance.
I'm not learning polo, Alfred.
Strange injuries, a nonexistent social life.
These things beg the question...
...as to what exactly does Bruce Wayne do with his time and his money.
What does someone like me do?
Drive sports cars, date movie stars.
Buy things that are not for sale.
Who knows, Master Wayne, you start pretending to have fun...
...you might even have a little by accident.
BOARD DIRECTOR: Sir.
- We have a situation. - All right.
The Coast Guard picked up one of our cargo ships last night...
...heavily damaged, all crew missing, probably dead.
The ship was carrying a prototype weapon.
It's a microwave emitter.
It's designed for desert warfare, but it...
...it looks like somebody...
...turned it on.
It uses focused microwaves to vaporize the enemy's water supply.
The damage to the ship was catastrophic.
The weapon itself is...
Missing?
Yeah.
MAN: Mr. Wayne.
Nice car.
You should see my other one.
FEMALE GUEST: He's done something the police have never done.
MALE GUEST: You can't take the law into your own hands.
Well, at least he's getting something done.
MALE GUEST: Bruce, help me out here. - Huh?
Well, a guy who dresses up like a bat clearly has issues.
But he's put Falcone behind bars.
MALE GUEST: Now the cops want to bring him in. So, what does that tell you?
They're jealous.
Sir, the pool is for decoration...
...and your friends do not have swimwear.
Well, they're European.
I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
- It is not a question of money. - Well, you see...
...I'm buying this hotel...
...and setting some new rules about the pool area.
I think the Batman deserves a medal.
And a straitjacket to pin it on.
DOORMAN: Thank you.
Bruce?
Rachel?
I'd heard you were back.
What are you doing?
Just swimming here. Wow, it is good to see you.
You were gone a long time.
- I know. How are things? - The same.
Job's getting worse.
Can't change the world on your own.
What choice do I have...
...when you're too busy swimming?
Rachel, all of...
All this...
It's... It's not me. It's...
Inside, I am...
I am more.
BLONDE: Come on, Bruce. Come on.
BRUNETTE: Bruce, we have some more hotels for you to buy.
Bruce...
...deep down you may still be that same great kid you used to be.
But it's not who you are underneath...
...it's what you do that defines you.
PRISON OFFICIAL: Dr. Crane, thanks for coming.
Not at all. He cut his wrists?
Probably looking for the insanity plea. But if anything should happen...
Of course, better safe than sorry.
Yeah, Dr. Crane, I can't take it anymore. It's all too much.
The walls are closing in. Blah, blah, blah.
A couple of days of this food, it'll be true.
- What do you want? - I wanna know...
...how you're gonna convince me to keep my mouth shut.
About what? You don't know anything.
I know you don't want the cops to take a closer look at the drugs they seized.