HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?
UH, EASY. HEY. DID YOU GUYS FIRE
THAT HOT FRONT DESK GUY?
BECAUSE HE WAS THE BEST PART OF THIS PLACE.
HI.
I'M BACK.
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY
-DID SOPHIE LET YOU GO? -WHO?
KATE, I FINALLY COME HOME FROM A SEMESTER ABROAD,
AND THIS IS HOW YOU REACT?
IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT THEY CONVERTED
MY APARTMENT INTO A BOYS' DORM ROOM,
AND NO ONE CHOSE TO TELL--KATE!
WHO ARE YOU?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
OW, OW!
WHO ARE YOU?!
IT'S ME. IT'S BETH.
BETH?
WHO THE HELL ELSE WOULD I BE?
OW! KATE... YOU'RE HURTING ME.
NOT YET, BUT I WILL.
[GAGGING]
AAH! ARGH! AGH!
UGH!
[TAPPING ON DOOR]
[TAPPING]
ARE THERE ANY LIONS OR TIGERS ABOUT HERE?
JOHNNY: IT'S ONLY THE RED KING SNORING.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETH.
YOU REMEMBERED.
I HOPE YOU LIKE BLUEBERRY.
I, UH--I GOT YOU A PRESENT.
I FOUND THIS OUT BY THE SHED.
[MEWING]
-IT'S A KITTY! -SHH.
MY DAD CAN'T KNOW.
HAS TO BE A SECRET.
HI, LITTLE GUY.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA CALL HIM?
CHESSY. YOU'LL BE OUR CHESHIRE CAT.
[DOOR CREAKING]
[FOOTSTEPS]
JOHNNY TELLS ME IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY.
BETH, YOU'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE
SUCH A KIND AND THOUGHTFUL FRIEND.
I SUPPOSE...
IT WOULDN'T BE OFFICIAL
WITHOUT MAKING A WISH.
WHAT'D YOU WISH FOR?
TO SEE MY SISTER AND FATHER.
BETH...
IF YOU SAY YOUR WISH OUT LOUD,
IT MEANS IT WILL NEVER COME TRUE.
TIME FOR YOUR CLASSES, JOHNNY.
[LOCK TURNS]
JACOB: BETH'S DEAD. WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO HER IN THAT HOUSE ERASED ALL TRACES OF MY DAUGHTER.
SHE'S GONE. DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE I MADE.
IT'D BE A MISTAKE TO NOT EVEN TRY TO INTERROGATE ALICE.
SO SHE CAN PRATTLE OFF A BUNCH OF NONSENSICAL NURSERY RHYMES?
OR INCRIMINATE HERSELF.
I APPRECIATE THE ATTEMPT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING
A CONFESSION OUT OF HER.
-IT'S TOO BIG A RISK. -RISK OF WHAT?
LETTING ALICE INTO YOUR HEAD.
LET'S JUST KEEP HER ON ICE UNTIL SHE CAN BE
TRANSFERRED TO ARKHAM.
AFTER THAT, SHE'S THEIR PROBLEM.
WERE YOU PLANNING ON TELLING ME THAT ALICE ESCAPED?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
SHE SHOWED UP AT MY OFFICE JUST NOW.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
SHE'S BEEN IN A HOLDING CELL
FOR THE LAST 8 HOURS.
IS THAT A LIVE FEED?
YES, WITH TWO GUARDS AT THE DOOR.
SHE'S DOWNSTAIRS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEE FOR YOURSELF.
I SWEAR I JUST SAW HER.
THEN YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.
MARY SAW HER, TOO.
LUKE: I TOOK PRINTS OFF THE MESSENGER BAG
THE ALICE LOOKALIKE LEFT BEHIND.
THEY'RE AN EXACT MATCH FOR ALICE'S PRINTS
IN THE CROWS' DATABASE.
AND LOOK. THERE'S MORE.
I FOUND THIS IN HER WALLET.
NOW IT'S NOT IN THE SYSTEM,
BUT THAT IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST FAKE I.D. I'VE EVER SEEN.
SOMEBODY WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE.
YOU'RE TELLING ME.
APPARENTLY, SHE WROTE A 300-PAGE DISSERTATION
ON "THEORETICAL EXTRAGALACTIC ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY."
MAYBE THERE'S SOME ANSWERS IN HERE.
IT'S LOCKED WITH A SECURITY CODE,
BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO CRACK IT IN A COUPLE HOURS.
OR...
-"WAFFLES." -HOW'D YOU KNOW THAT?
BETH ALWAYS USED IT.
THE ONLY PASSWORD SHE COULD EVER REMEMBER.
OK.
OH, MY GOD! HOW ARE YOU AND HER--
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU TWO SEEM REALLY CLOSE.
WE SHOULD TELL YOUR DAD ABOUT THIS.
NO. NOT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
-UH-UH. -WAIT. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
MARY: TO SEE IF ANYONE IN GOTHAM UNIVERSITY'S
ASTROPHYSICS DEPARTMENT HAS EVER HEARD OF BETH--
ARE WE CALLING HER BETH? ALICE 2.0?
WELL, WHEN YOU FIGURE IT OUT, LET ME KNOW.
OK. I HAVE SEEN PICTURES LIKE THIS BEFORE
OF BETH AND ME TOGETHER.
ONLY IT WAS ON A DIFFERENT EARTH.
SO YOU THINK WHEN THAT GALACTIC DUDE PUT ALL THE EARTHS IN A BLENDER--
SOMEHOW SHE LANDED ON THIS ONE,
BUT HOW IS SHE BETH AND NOT ALICE?
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE CRASH?
MAYBE THERE WAS NO CRASH.
INFINITE EARTHS, INFINITE VARIABLES I BET.
A BUTTERFLY FLAPS ITS WINGS.
NO CARTWRIGHT, NO MOUSE, NO ALICE.
SHE WAS SPARED OF ALL THAT.
STILL, I MEAN, THIS WORLD HAS GOT TO BE
A VERY SCARY PLACE FOR HER.
YOU KNOW, ONE SECOND, SHE'S ON HER EARTH,
THE NEXT SHE'S SLINGSHOT TO THIS ONE,
WHERE NOBODY KNOWS HER.
YEAH, AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO DOES ATTACKS HER,
HER OWN TWIN SISTER.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
-I GOT TO FIND HER. -YEAH.
WHERE DO YOU THINK SHE IS?
WHERE WE'D ALWAYS GO ON OUR BIRTHDAY.
KATE: BETH, BETH, I'M SORRY!
I'M REALLY, REALLY, SORRY.
YOU GONNA ATTACK ME AGAIN, PSYCHO?
NO, NO. I--IT'S A LONG STORY,
BUT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU THEN,
BUT I DO NOW.
WELL, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE.
NOBODY ELSE EVEN KNOWS WHO I AM.
I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING CRAZY.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
MY WISH CAME TRUE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A REQUEST.
OH, I HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS,
BUT SINCE I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT YOU'LL GRANT ME MY FREEDOM
OR MY BUTTERFLY KNIFE,
I'LL SETTLE FOR MY BOOK.
YOUR BOOK?
UH, YES. MY COPY OF "ALICE IN WONDERLAND."
I IMAGINE IT'S AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE,
PLUNDERED BY YOUR CROWS WHEN THEY RAIDED MY LITTLE HIDEAWAY.
IT DID BRING ME SO MUCH COMFORT
THE LAST TIME I WAS LOCKED IN A CELL.
UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO ADMIT TO FRAMING
MY BOSS FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE,
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR COMFORT.
WELL, THAT IS NO WAY TO TREAT SOMEONE ON THEIR BIRTHDAY.
I WOULDN'T HOLD OUT HOPE FOR ME THROWING YOU A PARTY.
THAT'S OK. ONE'S ALREADY BEING PLANNED.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
WELL, I WOULDN'T WANT TO RUIN THE SURPRISE.
YOU SEE, KATE ALWAYS HATED SURPRISES,
BUT ME...
I LOVE THEM.
HA HA HA!
HI. YOU HAVE SOMETHING I WANT,
AND I HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL WANT BACK--
TWO THINGS, IN FACT.
SAY HELLO TO STEVEN, COMMISSIONER FORBES' SON,
AND BRYAN, MAYOR AKINS' HEIR APPARENT.
I'LL GIVE YOU TILL 9 P.M. TO RELEASE ALICE.
IF YOU DON'T, I'LL SNUFF OUT GOTHAM'S
BEST AND BRIGHTEST.
BETH: SO LITERALLY NO ONE KNOWS ME ON THIS EARTH?
ON THE UPSIDE, I GUESS NONE OF MY EXES KNOW ME HERE EITHER.
YOU'RE TAKING THIS WHOLE DEATH OF THE MULTIVERSE THING
A LOT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.
I DO HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ASTROPHYSICS,
SO THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF MULTIPLE UNIVERSES
ISN'T THAT BIZARRE.
HERE'S TO MAKING UP LOST TIME.
MMM. I HAVE TO ASK.
WHAT THE HELL DO ALL YOUR TATTOOS MEAN?
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE PARALLEL KATE,
UH, DID NOT HAVE TATTOOS?
ARE YOU KIDDING? COMMANDER KANE WOULD HAVE DISOWNED YOU.
SO MY DAD WAS STILL THE HEAD OF THE CROWS ON YOUR EARTH?
YEAH, AND TECHNICALLY, HE WAS OUR DAD.
-GOD, IT'S SO WEIRD. -I KNOW,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD
DESPITE YOUR TATS
AND THE FACT THAT THIS USED TO BE MY BANK
IS THAT IT FEELS LIKE I'M BACK ON MY EARTH
AND IT'S JUST A NORMAL DAY
JUST CHATTING TO MY SISTER,
AND NOT TO BE A TOTAL CREEP,
BUT...
YOU STILL JUST FEEL LIKE THE BEST FRIEND I'VE HAD MY WHOLE LIFE.
WE WERE BEST FRIENDS.
YEAH. EVER SINCE YOU PULLED ME FROM THE CAR,
I'VE ALWAYS--
WAIT. WHAT CAR?
RIGHT. UM...
WHEN WE WERE 13 DRIVING BACK FROM OUR BAT MITZVAH,
OUR CAR WENT OFF A BRIDGE.
SO THERE WAS A CRASH.
[KIDS SCREAMING]
YEAH. IT'S HOW MOM DIED.
YOUNG BETH: MOM, WAKE UP! NO, MOM!
BUT YOU--YOU CLIMBED BACK INTO THE CAR AND...
YOUNG BETH: KATE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
WAIT!
AND YOU PULLED ME OUT...
-BETH! -KATE!
GRAB MY HAND! COME OUT!
YOU SAVED ME.
BETH! NO! BETH!
AND EVER SINCE THEN, YOU'VE BEEN MY HERO.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
WHAT IS IT?
LUKE: YOU NEAR A TV?
DANA DEWITT: GOTHAM IS ON HIGH ALERT
IN THE WAKE OF THE WONDERLAND GANG COMMITTING
WHAT COULD BE THEIR MOST BRAZEN CRIME TO DATE
WITH THE KIDNAPPING OF THE SONS OF TWO OF GOTHAM'S
HIGHEST OFFICIALS.
DESPITE THE UNFOLDING HOSTAGE SITUATION
INVOLVING COMMISSIONER FORBES' OWN SON,
THE GCPD HAS NOT TURNED ON THE BAT-SIGNAL.
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
COMMISSIONER FORBES, DOES YOUR REFUSAL
TO TURN ON THE BAT-SIGNAL HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH BATWOMAN COMING OUT AS A LESBIAN?
MY WIFE AND I ARE INCREDIBLY CONCERNED
FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR SON AND THAT OF BRYAN AKINS.
LET'S NOT GET DISTRACTED BY POLITICS. THANK YOU.
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
OK. IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE BATWOMAN'S HELP,
THEY'RE SURE AS HELL GONNA NEED OURS.
OH. SO NOW YOU COME BEARING GIFTS?
IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY.
♪ I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING ♪
BUT THE QUESTION IS DO YOU?
I'M GRANTING YOUR REQUEST.
I RAN IT THROUGH X-RAY, THERMAL IMAGING,
EVEN AN ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER.
TURNS OUT IT'S JUST A BOOK.
OH, NO.
IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
YEAH? SO WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL?
IT SET ME FREE
FROM THAT HOUSE OF HORRORS.
CARTWRIGHT: HOLD STILL.
JOHNNY, IF YOU DON'T KEEP STILL,
THE ADHESIVE WON'T SET.
IT'S ALL WRONG.
[CLATTER]
SEAMS. IT'S HIDEOUS.
YOU LOOK LIKE A QUILT!
[DOOR SLAMS]
ALICE: TURNS OUT WE WERE BOTH TRAPPED
IN THAT AWFUL PLACE.
SOPHIE: I WAS IN THAT HOUSE.
CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YEARS IN THAT PLACE
MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE.
BUT YOU DO KNOW...
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FEEL TRAPPED...
DON'T YOU, SOPHIE?
I IMAGINE YOU FELT THAT WAY YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S UNBEARABLE WHEN THE ONLY THING
YOU DREAM ABOUT IS BEING...
OUT. HA HA HA!
PREP THE SUIT. I'M COMING IN.
HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE LOCATION OF THE HOSTAGES?
LUKE: I'M WORKING ON IT, BUT GCPD's GOT NOTHING,
WHICH IS NOT A TOTAL SURPRISE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO TURN ON THE BAT-SIGNAL.
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? I'M TOO POLITICAL.
SO THEY'D RATHER AVOID A POLITICAL HOT POTATO
THAN HAVE BATWOMAN SAVE THE KID OF ONE OF THEIR OWN?
THAT'S CRAZY.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
I'M GONNA SAVE THEM ANYWAY.
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING BRUCE WOULD SAY.
YEAH. WELL, HE'D PROBABLY ACTUALLY DO IT, TOO.
OK. WHAT IS IT?
I COULD HAVE SAVED HER, LUKE.
EVERYBODY TOLD ME THAT IF I WENT BACK IN THAT CAR
TO GET BETH THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH?
YOU GOT BETH BACK.
SHE DOESN'T NEED SAVING,
BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY HIGH-PROFILE HOSTAGES WHO DO.
ON MY WAY.
WOMAN: ♪ IT'S IN THE AIR
♪ IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU GO
LUKE: ACCORDING TO MOUSE'S DEADLINE,
YOU'VE GOT TWO HOURS TO FIND THESE HOSTAGES.
KATE: COPY.
WOMAN: ♪ TIME'S UP, TIME'S UP ♪
WEST HARLOW'S CLEAR. HEAD DOWN SANDERS AVENUE.
THANKS.
WOMAN: ♪ RISE, RISE, RISE, RISE ♪
[TIRES SQUEALING]
KATE, BATCAVE TO KATE. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
KATE, SAY SOMETHING!
[LAUGHTER]
LUKE: KATE! KATE, HEY!
KATE: YOU GUYS OK?
DID YOU ENJOY YOUR NAP?
I THOUGHT IT BEST TO INTERCEPT YOU
BEFORE YOU MADE YOUR WARDROBE CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, YOU ARE MUCH MORE DOCILE
WITHOUT YOUR EVENING WEAR.
[LINE RINGING]
MOUSE: HOW ARE THEY TREATING YOU?
WELL, I'M CHAINED TO A TABLE ON MY BIRTHDAY,
SO I DON'T THINK THEY VALUE THE LIVES
OF THE HOSTAGES YOU'VE TAKEN.
WELL, I MAY HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY MIGHT CARE
A BIT MORE ABOUT.
SOPHIE.
-KATE?! -HI, SIS.
ARE YOU HURT? ARE YOU OK?
NO WORSE THAN SURVIVAL TRAINING.
YOU REMEMBER THAT, DON'T YOU,
HOW WE NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT THROUGH
-WITHOUT EACH OTHER? -YEAH.
THEN I NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO ME.
LET ALICE GO. LET ALICE GO.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
I UNDERSTAND.
GOOD BECAUSE TIME'S RUNNING OUT,
AND MY NEXT CALL WILL BE TO TELL YOU
WHERE TO FIND KATE'S BODY.
[DING]
HEY, LUKE. UM...RIGHT.
YOU DON'T KNOW ME.
BUT YOU KNOW ME?
YEAH. YOU WORK FOR MY COUSIN BRUCE.
YOU'RE LUCIUS FOX'S SON.
UH, YEAH.
UM, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR KATE.
SHE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED.
SORRY. THERE'S NO EASY WAY FOR ME TO GET THAT OUT,
BUT YEAH.
UM...KIDNAPPED, AS IN TAKEN?
BY WHOM?
THERE'S NO EASY WAY FOR ME TO GET THIS OUT EITHER,
BUT BY...YOU.
[CHAINS RATTLING]
-YEAH. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. -WHAT?
DID YOU HEAR KATE PRACTICALLY BEGGING FOR HER LIFE?
IN SURVIVAL TRAINING, KATE AND I LEARNED
TO FOOL OUR CAPTORS BY SENDING CODED MESSAGES IN THE OPEN.
REPEAT A MESSAGE TWICE, IT MEANT DO THE OPPOSITE.
SHE WAS SAYING, "DON'T LET ALICE GO."
HMM. CLEVER AND SWEET.
YOU TWO HAVE YOUR OWN LITTLE LANGUAGE. HA HA!
LET ME TELL YOU A SECRET.
MOUSE AND I HAD ONE, TOO. HEH.
SEE, WE NEEDED A WAY TO MAKE SURE
THE CATERPILLAR DIDN'T FIGURE OUT
WHAT WE WERE UP TO.
[TAPPING]
[TAPPING ON DOOR]
ARE THERE ANY LIONS OR TIGERS ABOUT HERE?
IT'S ONLY THE RED KING SNORING.
ALICE: THAT WAS THE LITTLE CODE THAT THE COAST WAS CLEAR
AND WE WERE SAFE.
YOU MADE CHESSY A SWEATER.
I CUT UP ONE OF MY BLANKETS.
HE LOOKS SO--SO FANCY.
[DOOR CREAKING]
[FOOTSTEPS]
JOHNNY, GET UPSTAIRS. TIME FOR CHORES.
[CHESSY MEWING]
WHAT WAS THAT?
[CHESSY MEWS]
NO, NO.
[MEWING]
YOU KNOW THESE CREATURES CARRY ALL MANNER OF DISEASES.
JOHNNY: PLEASE, DADDY. NO. IT'S MY FAULT.
-I BROUGHT HIM DOWN HERE. -PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM.
JOHNNY CAN PUT HIM BACK WHERE HE FOUND HIM.
JONNY: PLEASE NO.
[CARTWRIGHT GRUNTS]
ALICE: I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
HE MADE THE CHESHIRE CAT...
DISAPPEAR.
THAT'S AWFUL.
TELL ME...
HOW AWFUL...
IT WILL BE WHEN YOU LOSE
THE THING...
YOU LOVE SO DEARLY.
BETH: IF KATE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED,
SHOULDN'T WE, UM, CALL MY DAD?
HE'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO. HE'S, LIKE, SPECIAL FORCES.
-HE'S IN JAIL. -WHAT?
FOR KILLING YOUR STEPMOTHER, BUT HE DIDN'T DO IT.
ALICE DID.
OK. UM, DUMB QUESTION.
DO POLICE EXIST ON THIS EARTH?
YES, BUT HONESTLY, THE WONDERLAND GANG
IS ALWAYS A FEW STEPS AHEAD,
BUT FORTUNATELY, I GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING THE COPS DON'T,
AND THAT IS A GPS ON KATE'S BIKE.
UH, THE SIGNAL'S WEAK.
THE TRANSMITTER MUST HAVE GOTTEN DAMAGED.
UH, I JUST GOT TO FIND A WAY TO BOOST IT ENOUGH
TO GET A LOCK ON THE LOCATION.
-THAT'S-- -THEN WE SEND IN THE CAVALRY.
NO. NO. THEY'LL BE READY FOR THAT,
AND THAT'LL JUST GET KATE AND THE OTHERS KILLED.
THIS MOUSE GUY IS DEMANDING ALICE, YEAH?
WELL, WHAT IF WE GIVE HER TO HIM?
NO. NO. SORRY. THAT'S--THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, OK?
THAT'S INSANE, AND KATE WOULD NEVER LET YOU.
KATE SAVED MY LIFE IN MY WORLD.
I'M GONNA SAVE HER LIFE IN THIS ONE.
[GRUNTING]
BRYAN: BATWOMAN'S GONNA SAVE US, RIGHT?
NOT SURE I'D COUNT ON THAT.
YEAH, BECAUSE MY IDIOT DAD ISN'T GONNA TURN ON THE BAT-SIGNAL.
DUDE, IT'S 2020.
NOBODY CARES ABOUT GAY-STRAIGHT ANYMORE.
[SCRAPING]
ALICE: "'OH, MY EARS AND WHISKERS,
HOW LATE IT'S GETTING.'"
LOOK. ALICE...
I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU.
-HMM. -MY HEART BREAKS
FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS TRAPPED IN THAT CELL,
FOR EVERYTHING THAT MAN DID TO HER,
AND I KNOW SOMEWHERE DEEP DOWN
THAT LITTLE GIRL IS STILL FIGHTING TO GET OUT.
KATE USED TO THINK THAT, TOO,
BUT JUST LIKE THAT LITTLE KITTEN,
BETH NEVER MADE IT OUT OF THE BASEMENT.
CARTWRIGHT: DID YOU MAKE THIS?
DID YOU MAKE THIS?
ANSWER ME!
MY DAD WILL KILL YOU.
OH, MY DEAR.
YOUR FATHER HAS ALREADY FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN REPLACED.
NOW...
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME
DID YOU MAKE THIS?
YES, I DID. I'M SORRY.
DON'T BE SORRY, MY DEAR.
THIS IS EXACTLY
THE KIND OF DELICATE CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT JOHNNY NEEDS.
NOW...I WANT YOU
TO USE THESE NIMBLE, LITTLE FINGERS
TO DO EXACTLY...
WHAT YOU DID WITH THIS SWEATER...
WITH THESE.
THAT WAS THE DAY I LEARNED TO MAKE FACES
OUT OF HUMAN SKIN.
FIRST WERE THE EYEBROWS--
OR WAS IT THE LIPS?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
PERHAPS MY THOUGHTS WERE SO PREOCCUPIED
WITH THE HORRID REALIZATION
THAT NO ONE WAS COMING TO RESCUE ME.
MARY: SO SHE'S BASICALLY GOT TWO GO-TO MOVES
IN HER REPERTOIRE OF CRAZY.
EITHER SAY SOMETHING TERRIBLE
IN A REALLY SWEET VOICE,
OR YOU SAY SOMETHING SWEET
BUT MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S
THE SCARIEST THING IN THE WORLD.
SHE SOUNDS LOVELY.
YEAH, AND IF YOU REALLY GET INTO SOME TROUBLE,
JUST...THROW OUT A RANDOM QUOTE
FROM "ALICE IN WONDERLAND."
"CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER"
OR..."OFF WITH HER"...
[EXHALES]
-WHAT? DO I LOOK THAT BAD? -NO, NO.
YOU--YOU LOOK PERFECT.
THEN WHAT IS IT?
JUST... THE LAST TIME
I LOOKED INTO THOSE EYES,
MY MOM WAS DYING IN MY ARMS, POISONED
BY ALICE...
SO IT'S JUST HARD NOT TO--
HATE ME?
I DON'T BLAME YOU.
ALICE IS...
ME, AND...
I'M HER
AT LEAST IN SOME WAYS, I GUESS.
WHICH IS WHY I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOM,
AND I AM SO, SO SORRY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE.
YOU ARE NOTHING LIKE THAT BITCH.
HA!
[FOOTSTEPS]
HEY. UH, I GOT A LOCK. I KNOW WHERE KATE IS.
A SCRAPYARD OUTSIDE OF TOWN.
MOUSE: TIME'S ALMOST UP!
STEVEN: NO, NO, NO, NO. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING.
NO. I CAN'T DIE, I CAN'T DIE.
BETH AS ALICE: "THE DORMOUSE SHOOK ITS HEAD IMPATIENTLY
"AND SAID WITHOUT OPENING ITS EYES,
"'OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
JUST WHAT I WAS GOING TO REMARK MYSELF.'"
THEY LET YOU GO?
YOU PLAYED YOUR PART WELL, MY LITTLE MOUSE.
YOU MADE THEM FEAR YOU, AND THEY SET ME FREE.
AND ALAS, A DEAL'S A DEAL,
AND NOW WE MUST DO THE SAME FOR THEM.
WHY DOES SHE GET TO LIVE?
SHE WAS PERFECTLY HAPPY LIVING HER LIFE WITHOUT YOU.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO LIVE YOURS
WITHOUT HER.
WERE YOU FOLLOWED?
NO. OF COURSE NOT.
ARE THERE ANY LIONS OR TIGERS ABOUT HERE?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
ARE THERE ANY LIONS OR TIGERS ABOUT HERE?
WHO ARE YOU?
NO!
[POUNDING ON LID]
LET ME OUT! HELP!
[GRUNTS]
[KATE GRUNTS]
[BEEPING]
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
YOU CAN STILL BE THE PERSON YOU ONCE WERE.
[WATER DRIPPING]
CARTWRIGHT: IF YOU SAY YOUR WISH OUT LOUD,
IT WILL NEVER COME TRUE.
YOUR FATHER HAS ALREADY FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU.
I WANT YOU TO USE THESE NIMBLE, LITTLE FINGERS...
THANK YOU...
FOR HELPING ME LOOK NORMAL.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE BOOK,
BUT I GOT SOME OF MY DAD'S FISHING LINE.
IT'S REALLY STRONG.
WE CAN FIX IT, BETH.
I'M GONNA CALL YOU MY LITTLE MOUSE...
AND YOU CAN CALL ME ALICE.
SHALL WE HAVE A TEA PARTY?
ALICE, VOICE-OVER: THE BOOK WAS MY ESCAPE.
THAT'S HOW YOU DEALT WITH ALL THAT TRAUMA,
BY CREATING AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT REALITY
AND BECOMING SOMEONE ELSE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU DID, AGENT MOORE?
ESCAPING YOUR PRISON BY BECOMING SOMEONE ELSE,
LYING TO YOURSELF AND EVERYBODY ELSE
ABOUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE,
RETREATING INTO THE ARMS OF THAT....
YUMMY BOY SCOUT?
GET HER OUT OF HERE.
MAYBE ARKHAM WILL HAVE BETTER LUCK BRINGING OUT
WHO YOU REALLY ARE, BETH.
THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM. HA HA HA!
[ALARM BLARING]
[GROANING]
[GUNSHOT]
DROP IT.
MY DEAR, SWEET, LITTLE BIRDIE.
I MAY BE FREE OF MY CAGE,
BUT YOU'RE STILL TRAPPED IN YOURS,
AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE
BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF YOUR OWN MAKING...
AND THAT...
IS A HELL MORE UNBEARABLE...
THAN...
[ALARM CONTINUES]
[BRYAN AND STEVEN SCREAMING]
BETH: LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!
STEVEN: GET ME OUT! BETH: LET ME OUT! KATE!
KATE, HELP!
STEVEN: PLEASE HELP! BRYAN: LET ME OUT!
KATE: ERR! BETH: GET ME OUT OF HERE!
BRYAN: COME ON, PLEASE! GET ME OUT!
HURRY UP! PLEASE! PLEASE HELP!
STEVEN: HELP! HELP!
GET ME OUT, PLEASE!
HELP ME!
PLEASE, PLEASE GET ME OUT. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
BETH: SOMEONE, HELP! PLEASE! HELP ME!
KATE!
COME ON! COME ON! HURRY! COME ON!
[GRUNTING]
GET BACK, GET BACK, GET BACK!
[GRUNTING]
[COUGHING]
VESPER: EVENING, GOTHAM. NOTICE HOW I DIDN'T SAY, "GOOD EVENING"?
THAT'S BECAUSE ALICE IS BACK ON THE STREETS,
AND WHILE GOTHAM'S GOLDEN BOYS
MAY BE SAFE AND SNUG IN THEIR BEDDY-BYES,
I'LL BE SLEEPING WITH A LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
UNDER THE BED TONIGHT
BECAUSE WITH BATWOMAN ON THE GCPD's DO-NOT-CALL LIST,
IT'S THE ONLY BAT THAT'S GOING TO PROTECT ME.
SHUT DOWN BROWN AND LOEB BRIDGE.
LEAVE TRIGATE OPEN. GIVE HER ONE WAY OUT.
SEARCH EVERY VEHICLE TOP TO BOTTOM.
IF SHE TRIES IT, WE'LL STOP HER THERE.
WHAT'S THE STATUS ON MOUSE?
JUST GOT OUT OF SURGERY, IN ICU.
I WANT A 6-PERSON TEAM ON HIM ROUND THE CLOCK.
KATE, HOW ARE YOU?
I CAME TO ASK YOU THE SAME THING.
RATTLED, EMBARRASSED, PISSED. MOSTLY PISSED.
WELL, I'M JUST GLAD YOU REMEMBERED OUR CODE.
OF COURSE I DID. I REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
FOR EXAMPLE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
-HEH. -DID YOU GET ANYTHING GOOD
BESIDES KIDNAPPED?
I--I DID ACTUALLY.
DEWITT: AND NOW WITH THE CITY GRIPPED BY FEAR
WITH REPORTS OF ALICE'S BLOODY ESCAPE...
WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE GCPD?
DEWITT: PROTESTERS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STEPS
OF THE GCPD DEMANDING
THAT THEY TURN ON THE BAT-SIGNAL.
[PROTESTORS CHANTING, "TURN ON THE LIGHT!"]
WOMAN: ♪ THERE'S A NEW ADDICTION ♪
♪ WE'RE THE NEW TRADITION
SOMETIMES, THIS CITY SURPRISES YOU.
[CHANTING CONTINUES]
♪ OH, NOW WE KNOW YOU'RE LISTENING ♪
♪ TELL US HOW YOU MISSED IT
♪ OH, OH, OH, OH
CROWD: TURN ON THE LIGHT, TURN ON THE LIGHT...
♪ WHEN YOU'RE 12 FEET TALL
♪ AND THEY'RE CROWNING YOU KING ♪
♪ EVERYTHING YOU DO IS THE NEXT BEST THING ♪
♪ PLAY IT UP, BLOW IT UP, MAKE A SCENE ♪
♪ THIS IT NOT A FAIRY TALE, THERE'S NO QUEEN ♪
[CHEERING]
♪ NOW WE KNOW YOU'RE LISTENING ♪
♪ WE'RE THE NEW TRADITION
♪ OH, OH, OH
♪ NOW WE KNOW YOU'RE LISTENING ♪
♪ OH, OH
JACOB: ANY IDEA WHERE SHE COULD BE?
I DON'T KNOW,
AND I'M SORRY, COMMANDER.
I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU, AND NOW--
YOU DIDN'T KILL THOSE AGENTS.
ALICE DID.
YEAH, BUT BECAUSE OF ME, NOW SHE'S ESCAPED.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA STOP HER.
IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO ALICE
WHEN SHE WAS IN CROWS CUSTODY,
WE'D HAVE TO ANSWER FOR IT,
BUT SHE'S A FUGITIVE NOW.
WE CAN PUT A BULLET IN HER,
AND NO ONE WOULD BAT AN EYE.
IT'S TIME WE DO EXACTLY THAT.
ALL: SURPRISE!
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
YEAH, YEAH. SHE TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD HATE THIS.
SHE WOULD BE RIGHT. TWIN INTUITION.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETH.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
WHOO! OK.
MMM. YOUR BAR NEEDS BIGGER GLASSES.
YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST.
I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY YOU WERE SO HELL-BENT
ON REDEEMING THAT PSYCHOPATH ALICE,
BUT NOW THAT I'VE MET BETH, I TOTALLY GET IT.
-I SEE WHAT YOU LOST. -YEAH.
TO MIRACLES.
ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
THIS COULD JUST BE MY LITTLE FRIEND TALKING HERE,
BUT I READ YOUR SISTER'S THESIS
ON EXTRA ASTROGALACTIC STUFFY STUFF.
I THINK BETH'S BEING HERE IS SOME KIND OF COSMIC ANOMALY.
HEAR ME OUT.
WHAT IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE UNIVERSES,
KIND OF LIKE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PLANET EARTHS,
AND THEN THEY ALL KIND OF POW, POW, POW, POW,
COLLAPSED INTO ONE,
ONLY THERE WERE SOME PARTS LEFTOVER?
KIND OF LIKE AFTER YOU'VE BUILT AN IKEA BOOKSHELF
AND BETH IS JUST ONE OF THE PARTS
THAT MADE IT INTO THE BOX SOMEHOW.
YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S CRAZY. HA!
LUKE AND MARY: ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU-- ♪
OK. UH, MAKE A WISH.
WELL, ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A SECOND CHANCE,
AND HERE YOU ARE, SO...
MARY: HA HA!
HA HA HA!
[GASPS]
HEY. WHAT'S HAPPENING?
-AAH! -BETH, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
-WHAT IS IT? -AAH!
[MOANING]
AAH! OHH! OW!
[MOANING]
MAN: GREG, MOVE YOUR HEAD!