Obviously, a Iot of it's temp.
I love it.
If we're airing on TLC between My 000-lb Life
and Little People, Big World. But we're not.
Because we're not cheap reality garbage.
Sorry, Courtenay, I thought...
I was trying to go for something a bit more personable,
-down-to-earth . - Not this down-to-earth .
I need them to look like someone you'd want in the Army.
We here are not fucking Heidi and Spencer. We are the Seven , James.
And why isn't there anything on Starlight?
She actually hasn't really made herself available to the crew.
Where the hell is she?
Has a heavenly body lost her lustre ?
Two weeks after Starlight's shocking appearance at the Believe Expo...
Social media is still buzzing about her controversial speech.
Was it a breakdown
-or a triumph ? - Of course,
my thoughts are with Starlight,
and l support her in every way.
What I want to know, who's that dude that stuck his **** in her face ?
She should **** that ****er in the ***hole.
Okay.
Of everything that I said , that's what they focus on .
Hey. Eye of the tiger.
You and me, we have a Panera gift card to win .
- No distractions. Come on . - Good one here.
Before joining the Seven ,
which hero Ied a search-and-rescue team...
- Oh , my God . -after the 1 994 Northridge earthquake?
Isn't it your job to know this kind of stuff?
- It's Lamplighter. - Thank you .
- Yeah , I had all the trading cards. - Of course you did .
H ughie?
- Hey. - Where the hell have you been?
After Gary's store, we all thought that...
H i . Anthony.
H ughie's best-Iooking friend since 4th grade.
H i , I'm Annie. It's nice to meet you .
You look familiar.
- Did you go to Kennedy? - She's new in town .
Fantastic. So, what are we drinking , New-to-Town Annie?
So, Gretchen Scaramucci ...
- No, no. -she was bigger than all the guys.
Like André the Giant-big . So when Gretchen says
she wants to beat the Iiving fuck out of this guy
for making a crack about her girlfriend ...
- Oh , you did n't. - H ughie gives her
this Clint Eastwood stare, Iike...
And then , bam, runs, Iike Forrest Gump-runs,
five blocks down into a pet store
where he hides behind this jumbo bag
of Kibbles 'n Bits for four hours.
I'Il be right back.
I know it! I know this!
- Surprised to run into you here, man . - Yeah . Same goes for you .
I've been worried , asshole.
Ever since Robin , you ...
You weren't answering your phone.
Like, for all I knew, you were chugging Drano.
- I'm sorry, man . - Yeah , you should be.
- No, really, I should've called . - You think?
I'm okay. Really. I just...
needed a fresh start.
Fresh start?
Your fresh start is way out of your Ieague.
- You know that, right? - I am aware, yes.
Annie's great, man .
Live your life.
That's what Robin would want.
Sync mark.
We're good .
- You rolling? - And . . . action .
My grandfather built this place with his bare hands.
He was an amazing man .
Oh , the old piano.
Every night, Mom would sit here and she would play some songs and ...
I got to be honest, most of the time, me and my dad would be--
We'd be making model planes.
I can almost smell the. . . silver paint.
I really wish he'd lived long enough to see me fly with the Blue Angels.
That would have blown his mind .
That's me in the middle.
Love you , Mom , Dad .
Welcome to my bedroom . The Baseball Hall of Fame, you might call it.
Hasn't changed a bit.
Oh , there they are, the Tigers.
It's my little team .
I played shortstop. Of course,
I couldn't show everything I had .
But. . . Iet's just say we...
We d id a lot of winning .
This is just...
Really just-- It's so special to come back.
- I'm sorry, why is that there? - Sorry?
Who put the fucking blanket on the bed?
- Randy Set-Dec, I think. - Who's Randy Set-Dec?
He's over there.
Randy, why? You fucking asshole.
Amateur fuck.
What just happened?
Samaritan's Embrace,
Ied by Ezekiel but bankrolled by Vought,
has been shipping Compound V to 53 hospitals across the country
since 1 971 and gift wrapping it...
Gift wrapping it
-as polio vaccine. - Are you telling me
God's not reaching up the twats of American girls and blessing babies?
Butcher, can you leave God out of this?
Hold on , hold on . So, no hero was born?
None of them? They're all just kids dosed with the blue shit.
- I mean , even . . . - Even fucking Starlight.
Do you think they know...
what really happened to them?
What about Homelander?
Homelander's a black hole. Never had any public records and never will .
However, every single other Supe?
Juiced-up Iab rats.
My God . I'm trying to give
a tremendous fucking TED Talk here, and this...
- Frenchie, can you control her, please? - I do not control her.
- Do you see what I'm dealing with? - Well , spot on , M . M .
We got Vought for child endangerment, drug trafficking ,
and possibly the largest fraud in American fucking history.
Raynor's gonna love it.
You better hope she does.
H i .
H ughie, no!
No, no, no.
Not if you're attached to that hand , no.
It's okay. Yeah .
Well , you know, all of this, it's...
But it's only part of the story, no?
I mean , what about our petite Lazarus here?
She's not an infant.
And she was injected in a basement, not a hospital .
And there is the small matter of that she rose from the dead .
Well , your feral pixie dream girl ain't exactly dictating
her fucking memoirs, is she, Frenchie?
I'm feeling she's trying to communicate.
I mean , she's been doing this for...
Maybe that means something , huh?
- Maybe they're chicken scratches. - Let's find out.
Nah , you've been burned . It's not safe out there for you .
M . M .'s right. You got to fucking stay put, son .
- AIl right, l'm off. - Okay.
I'Il just keep on Starlight then , right?
Her phone's been tits-up for a week.
You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?
No.
But I can . . . I can check.
AIl right.
You're with me.
- He is? - I am?
What, to the CIA Iady?
No. We're gonna go on a little detour.
You'll love it.
Come on .
No, I have been working with her!
I've been fucking working with her! I can't believe this.
Who the fuck are you gonna get to replace me? I'd like to see what bitch that is!
You okay?
You know that pledge you mentor during rush week
because she seems sweet and a Iittle naive
and she doesn't know she's not supposed to wear UGGs?
And then once she's active, she stabs you in the back,
gets you kicked out of the house?
I'm sorry. I don't--
It was my big idea to book you for the Believe Expo.
What could go wrong , I thought.
You were playing to your base.
At least I don't have to kiss your ass anymore.
Come in .
Thank you for coming , Starlight.
You fired Ashley?
It was actually a mutual decision .
She wanted to explore different career paths,
and we wished her well .
So, I would like you to take this
in the constructive spirit that it is intended .
Okay.
You are a selfish , arrogant child .
Back in lowa,
I bet you watched a lot of Queen Maeve's movies, right?
I did .
She was a rebel .
Didn't take anyone's shit, didn't play by the rules.
That's what you wanted to be. That's what American heroes are.
But it's a myth .
I should know, because I wrote it.
The truth is, dozens of people in this company
spent hundreds of hours to create the thing that is you .
I never asked for that.
Then why don't you burn the sparkly outfit and become a cop?
You want to be a superhero.
You want to be famous.
But nobody's famous alone.
So, why don't you cut the petulant diva shit,
show a Iittle fucking gratitude,
and Iet us do our job?
No.
I'm sorry.
I mean , I don't mean to be u ngrateful .
But. . . no red carpets,
no reality TV,
and no Noxzema commercials.
And l want my old uniform back.
I'm gonna save people.
Then I think we may need to reconsider your position in the Seven .
And l think that firing an employee after she reported sexual assault on live TV
might tank your stock price.
Well , I hope we can count on your discretion .
I'm sorry, I don't do d iscretion anymore.
If anyone asks me who did it, I'm gonna answer honestly.
Well , I think it's great that you want to tell the truth .
I just don't know to whom you're referring .
Oh , l think you know.
I think you've known for a long time.
Thank you so much for coming , Starlight.
I have a lot to think about.
Okay.
I mean , you take Tek Knight's Knightracer?
Had a carbon footprint the size of a 727.
The thing Iiterally shot fire.
Thanks to me, now he drives a hybrid .
That's what the Green Crusader initiative is all about.
To respect what's beautiful in the world .
- What's up? - H i .
So. . . everything .
So beautiful .
Good . Let's reset. Trash back on the beach , please.
Background , put the trash back on the beach .
AIl right.
Well , we lost my dad at a young age, and my mom , she worked two jobs,
so, it was my older brother, Nathan , who pretty much raised me up.
And when I was 3, these guys started shooting in front of my building
and I outran the damn bullet.
That's kind of how I figured out--
Can I stop you right there for a second?
What if we ixnay the gun violence?
Maybe make it a click more upbeat?
Yeah , yeah .
All right, little bro, l know you're the fastest man
in the world and all that, but your work ain't done.
Set. Go.
Nope. You're off, bro.
Go again .
Go.
Nope. Go.
No.
No?
What is going on with you , man?
Here comes the A-Train !
Hey, you knew Popclaw, right?
What? I don't...
You guys were in Teenage Kix together?
You heard she passed away, yeah?
Yeah , they're saying it was a stroke,
but between you and me,
I think it was probably a drug overdose.
You want to maybe say a Iittle something in her honour?
I haven't seen her in years, so, you know...
Boy, you're really milking this thing for all it's worth .
- Excuse me? - This empowerment act.
I mean , every time I'm on a red carpet now,
they're asking me how I'm su pporting Starlight.
But, hey, as Iong as you're trending , right?
I know that you might not get this,
but it's not an act.
I'm just trying to be honest.
Okay. Yeah .
When l was you nger,
I read your autobiography so many times that I wore it out.
I had to buy a second one.
I wanted to live my Iife exactly Iike yours.
Because you didn't just break all the bones in your right arm
stopping that school bus from falling off of a bridge,
but you also went to every kid's physical therapy afterwards.
Just to show the world that they were heroes, too.
You really stood for something .
But now...
I'm pretty sure that was just written by the marketing guys.
...hunting for his own food.
When fully mature, this immense predator of the sea
can reach sizes of up to 25 feet in length
and over 4, 000 pounds.
They can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour...
Mon coeur...
would you Iike me to change it?
You talked to me.
- She talked to me. - That's talking?
Well , she communicated anyway.
- She likes Shark Week, huh? - I'Il call BuzzFeed .
I wonder if she Iived by the water.
You know, you can't fool me.
Who is she? What does she want? Why is she here?
She could be the key to it all .
- That's what you think, huh? - No, that's not what I think.
Yes, you do. lt torments you . It's okay.
Listen , I got one word for you .
It's a sure-fire way to solve this puzzle.
Once and for all .
Tell me.
Mesmer.
Mesmer?
You want help from a Supe?
He despise Vought, hates them, hates the other Supes.
And the enemy of your enemy...
Frenchie, what part of "you're burned" do you not understand?
Oh , come on . It's a quick trip.
She and I will hide in the van .
Let's go. I n , out, boom , bing .
Boom, bing? Look, I'll tell you what I can do.
I can . . . possibly...
tattoo "fuck no" on your ass.
Come on .
Best I can do.
You know...
I've seen you eat ice cream .
- Oh , my God . - Chu nky Monkey, I believe.
- Where is this going? - Well , you know,
you take a spoonful , a chu nk of fudge.
But then I see you with the surface is uneven .
So what do you do? You take another scoop,
you try to even it out, which , tragically, creates a correspond ing divot.
U ltimately, there is only but one choice for you , no?
To consume the entire pint.
No, you don't want to, you don't want to.
But you must.
And l tell you why, my friend ,
because you cannot bear things out of order.
And she...
She's out of order.
AIl right. You want to tell me where we're going?
You don't do it anymore.
- What? - You know that feeling you get
when you tip your chair back too far,
and you catch yourself just before you fall?
Yeah?
You used to Iook Iike that all day Iong .
But now look at you ,
neck-deep in shit, cool as a cucu mber.
You ain't half the twat I thought you were, Hughie.
You know, you're always calling people "cunts" or "twats."
But I never really got how that's an insult.
They're flexible, take a pounding ,
and they're the reason behind , Iike, 98 percent of my Iife decisions.
You're doing good , H ughie.
And you're a good cunt.
Well , here we are.
Church?
Seek and ye shall find , my son .
Come on .
Some days are harder than others, obviously.
You know, the other day, I wanted to talk to my friend about all this, but I couldn't.
That's why this grou p is so great.
It's so important.
I know it's wrong to feel angry.
After all , Tek Knight saved me.
I just wish he'd been a Iittle more gentle with my spine.
It's about acceptance, isn't it?
Letting go. Moving on .
Seth , you're up.
- Hey. Hey, everybody. - Hey, Seth .
So I'm kind of a writer.
I work in marketing .
There's this one hero, who shall remain nameless,
but has ice powers.
Ice Princess.
I'm not allowed to say.
Anyway, she took a liking to me.
It was heady, man .
I ntoxicating .
No one wants to fuck the writer.
Needless to say, l fell for her, bigtime.
What kind of nobber falls for a Supe?
Anyway, we were, you know, being intimate,
when she climaxed and accidentally turned into ice.
Just for a second ,
but I was...
still in there,
at negative 346 degrees.
Same temperature as Iiquid nitrogen .
As you can imagine...
it snapped off.
The crazy thing is, I still miss her.
It's like, that's the cost of a mortal Iike me
for being with a god Iike her.
If a Supe done that when she was happy,
imagine what one would do if she found out
you'd been lying to her from the get-go?
Excuse me.
- You have something you'd like to share? - No, no. Apologies.
PIease do continue the Ice Capades.
We don't make jokes or judgements here.
Why don't you take the talking stick and tell us your story?
Nah , l'm good .
You know, I've seen guys like you before.
Oh , l seriously doubt that.
The smirk, the jokes, it's all a defence mechanism .
But you don't have to do that here. This is a safe space.
I said I'm good . Time to move on .
Go ahead , Seth . Give him the stick.
You , back off, or I'Il shove this stick where your d ick used to be.
You're a bunch of pathetic Supe-worshipping cunts.
I bet you'd thank a Su pe if they shat on your mom's best china.
Did it ever occur to you that they split your spine
or broke your dick just for a Iaugh?
Where's your fucking rage?
Your self-respect?
Sitting here in your little share circle.
Having a little whinge and a moan .
Fuck "Ietting go."
You should be out there with a fucking chain saw,
going after them !
Just a bunch of scared fucking rabbits.
Supes are all the same.
Every fucking one of them .
He's...
Sorry.
Oh , Ms Stillwell , hey, you wanted to see me, right?
- Yeah , I'm running late. Can you walk with me? - Yeah , sure.
Hey, Iook, I brought a little present for your little guy.
Never too young to start saving the world , right?
I'm gonna need you to make a public apology.
And you're going to be taking a sabbatical from the Seven .
- What? - We are going to be stationing you
in Sandusky, Ohio for a while.
Okay, okay, look, I know my brain wasn't in the right place, but my heart was.
And it's just that damn Oceanland .
- They wouldn't-- - This is not about the dolphin .
This is about Starlight.
Starlight? What are you . . .? What about Starlight?
Everybody seems to want to know who she was referencing in that speech ,
and it is not going away.
It's only a matter of time before she, or, Iet's be honest,
some of the other women , speak up.
- So we need to get ahead of it. - Okay.
There may have been a misunderstanding , I know that,
but can't you just...
you know, handle it? Like you do?
This is the way we are handling things now.
I'm in full su pport of women
and their ongoing bravery in speaking out.
I'm sorry. Let me start that over.
I'm in full su pport of women and their ongoing bravery...
Fuck, l'm sorry. Yeah , let's just cut. I'm sorry.
Scene take two. AIpha mark.
Starlight, I hope you can forgive me.
- Harder to sell . - To sell it. Yeah .
- A little harder. - Perfect.
Speaking out. We can all become stronger...
by Iistening . Okay.
I realise that my behaviour has caused Starlight a great deal of pain ,
and I sincerely apologise for this.
Though at the time l believed that our encounter was consensual ,
I now realise that I misread the moment...
Our new movie, lnsurrection, it's really exciting .
It's my first movie with the...
in the Vought Cinematic U niverse, the VCU .
New York. The hearts of 7 million men and women beat inside this city.
But there 's only one person who can see inside their hearts
and read their minds.
This man is the rapist.
There are no secrets from me.
Thank you so much . Thank you . Thank you .
Okay. "There are no secrets from me."
- There are no secrets from me. - There are no secrets from me.
Hey.
What number am I thinking of?
Eight sixty-seven?
Fucking amazing .
This guy's fucking amazing .
So, what am I thinking of?
I'm thinking the same thing .
Cool .
- Now, why don't I put this down? - Okay.
- Yeah . Okay. - Cool .
- Thank you . - Yeah .
- Mr Mesmer. - Just Mesmer.
No "mister" necessary.
- You know, I'm a big fan , man . - Thanks.
- Weren't you in Teenage Kix with A-Train? - Yep.
Yeah . Yo, A-Train's really blown up, hasn't he?
- He's doing his thing . - Yeah , I'm really happy for him .
- Yeah . - Yeah .
You a fan of the show?
Oh , nah , man . I've never seen it.
- Okay. - You know what I'm a fan of?
Your insider trading .
The way you brushed your hand up against that Wall Street guy?
Brother, that shit right there, now, that was ruthless.
Vought dropped you Iike a hot potato afterwards,
which I think is some bullshit, but with the SEC coming--
Who the fuck are you?
Why don't you take a peep and see?
How do you know about CIeo?
There are no secrets from me.
Well , I work for Child Services.
My colleague Tina, she owes me a favour.
See, she, just like I , believe in second chances.
Cut the shit.
I lost custody three years ago.
Nobody believes in second chances for fuck-ups like me.
She's waiting on you .
Tina. Hey.
- H i . - It's good to see you .
Good to see you , too.
Five minutes. Next time you owe me.
I do.
Hey, Cleo.
You remember your old man?
H i , Charles.
I'm sorry that...
I'm gonna try and be in your Iife a little bit more.
Would that be okay?
I guess.
Okay, CIeo.
We got to get back.
- Bye. - Hey...
I just...
I just want to know you don't hate me.
I don't really know you .
Hey, wait...
So you can know me a Iittle better.
I don't have a DVD player.
Bye.
Thanks again . I'Il call you next week.
Okay. You all right?
I can see her every month?
One hour, supervised . You clean?
- I can be. - Good .
Who do you want me to read?
What are we doing here?
My wife, Becca, used to hum the Spice Girls.
Drove me round the fucking bend , you know.
AIl day Iong ,
walking around the house, humming .
She was happy.
Now, fuck know why she was happy with me...
but she was happy.
Homelander raped her.
Jesus.
I'm sorry.
Not Iong after that, she came and sat right here.
I know this because she got tagged in that security camera right there.
She sat here for three hours.
Didn't move a muscle.
Then she just got up and walked away.
That was eight years ago.
And nobody's seen her since.
Either Homelander killed her
or she killed herself. Same difference.
You see,
I know what it's Iike to lose someone.
You and me, we're in this together.
For Robin ...
and Becca.
That is why you can't allow yourself
to be distracted by another bird .
Especially not a Supe.
Just remember...
who your friends
and who your enemies are.
That is gonna kill somebody when it Iands in Boston .
Look, I heard what happened .
I am so, so sorry.
What kind of place did you grow u p in?
Well , I moved around a Iot,
so, it was a bunch of condos.
So, what if I took you to a house
you'd never seen before, full of photos of parents you never met,
toys you never played with ,
Hardy Boy books that you never read?
And then I asked you
how much all that fake fucking bullshit meant to you?
How would that make you feel?
I wouldn't like that.
I'm really sorry about the blanket.
It never should have been there,
and Randy Set-Dec has already been terminated .
But right now...
we need to finish that tour
and to show how down-to-earth and ready to serve you are.
And l need you to tell the mother story.
PIease.
PIease do it for me.
It was actually my mom who dragged me along
to my first Little League practise,
and pretty soon after that, I just loved the game
more than anything else in the world .
So every year she would bake me a birthday cake
in the shape of a baseball diamond .
And . . . I got to tell you , it was perfect.
Perfect.
Everything , down to the Iast minute details.
Just Iike her.
Cut. Perfect. So great.
- So we're done? - Yes.
Great.
So...
-she can't talk or won't talk? - That's what you're gonna tell us.
Anything in particular you want to know?
- Everything there is to know. - Well , that narrows it down .
Mon coeur...
will you come?
Have a seat.
It's okay. Have a seat.
Gentle.
Yeah .
- Jesus fucking . . . - Goddamn it.
- Relax! - No.
Everyone relax!
- Just go walk it off. - Walk it off?
She broke my fucking wrist!
She didn't intend any harm .
Could have fooled me.
- Get out! I'm going to the hospital . - Not till we get what we came for.
- Fuck you ! The session's over! - Sit down !
Okay, listen .
I was a field medic.
Don't Iook at her. Look at me.
I can patch you up better than any of those oxy junkies in the ER,
or I can break your other wrist. You decide.
Good . Now, do you have any bandages or a splint?
No, I don't have a goddamn splint!
It's Butcher. Be quiet.
- Butcher. - Where are you?
Shake Shack.
Really?
Fucking magic, that place.
- What'd you get? - ShackBurger,
cheese fries,
-cookie dough concrete. - Sounds good.
Does it taste like Iies?
I got your phone Iinked to my Find-Your-Shithead-Friends app.
Now, where the fuck are you?
Yes, this. . . This is a superhero.
- This is good . - Okay.
- We just keep. . .? - Yeah , yeah .
Well , people are always asking me, you know,
what it's like to Iive with my co-workers,
and the truth is, we're all great friends,
you know, behind the scenes just as much as we are to the--
Oh , hey, Elena.
- Hey. - This is my friend .
I left a pile of messages for...
Yeah , that's what we are. We're friends.
- Can you ask them to turn that off, please? - I'm gonna need five minutes, okay?
Yeah , we're doing a reality show.
- That's invasive. - What are you even doing here?
I would never turn up to your work.
- I was worried about you . - I had a bad night.
This Teflon shit, it might work for everybody else,
-but not with me. - Will you keep your voice down?
Just tell me what's going on .
Did you ever think that...
maybe I was just Iooking for a hookup?
I know you think you know me...
- I used to. - Yeah , used to. I've changed .
Yeah .
I still know you .
- Oh , come on . - Afraid to be seen with me.
Afraid to ask for help.
Just. . . afraid .
Are you filming , Courtenay?
I told you to turn the fucking cameras off!
We cut. We cut a while ago. We're setting up a shot for Iater.
- Fucking bitch . - B-roll on the building .
AIl right, you can cut it, guys.
It's okay.
Everything is okay.
Gentlemen .
Wow, Mesmer.
Hello.
Big fan .
Be with you in a minute.
Well , now we got to kill him .
No, we don't have to kill him.
Look, we made a deal with the guy.
If he keeps his trap shut, he gets to see his kid .
He's just a dad with his kid .
He's a fucking Supe with a kid .
What the fuck were you thinking coming here?
- You know better than that. - Sometimes you get further
with people by treating them like people.
N ice decor.
'80s serial killer. Love it.
AIl right, then , Iet's get cracking .
There's a camp in a jungle.
She 's a soldier.
There 's a flag with a two-headed snake on it.
Two-headed snake?
Like. . . ?
Yeah .
- With red rays behind it? - What does that mean?
It's the flag of the Shining Light Liberation Army. Frenchie...
you're dating a terrorist.
Is this true?
There must be more to all of this.
She can't be a terrorist.
Yeah , well , you just fucking keep her under control .
Okay, so they smuggle in a top-shelf extremist recru it
and pump her up with Compou nd V.
When she's ready, they cut her loose to wreak havoc.
- She wouldn't. - Wait.
Why would Vought give Compound V to terrorists?
Because the only thing more dangerous than a terrorist
is a Supe terrorist, and the only way to fight it...
Is with Sergeant Fucking Homelander.
Got to let the cunts in the Army now.
Those fuckers are creating super villains.
And maybe there's more of them , God knows how many.
Holy shit.
Okay, this is a clusterfuck, even for us.
No, Iisten to me, okay? Maybe that's what they want her to be.
But that's not who she is.
- That's not what she wants. - And you know this
because she bends your ear off?
She saved my Iife! She's not bad .
She just want to go home.
She's a fucking Supe, just like the rest.
How many times do I have to fucking say it, eh?
Mon coeur, I know you u nderstand me.
PIease. PIease.
Tell them who you are.
Tell them what I see.
No.
The drawings are palm trees in front of the moon . It's where she grew up.
They killed her parents.
They kidnapped her and her brother.
Forced them to be soldiers.
No, Kimiko...
You eat it.
She just wants to go back and get her brother out of there.
Her name's Kimiko.
Kimiko.
Bonjour, Kimiko.
AIl right, take her back to the safe house.
Where you headed?
I'm gonna go see Raynor.
We've got more than enough to get the feds onboard now.
You tell anyone what you saw or heard here today,
and I'Il cut your hands off and shove them so far up your ass,
your fingers will give us a little wave out your throat, yeah?
Fuck off, wanker.
Some controversial news today as the Deep went public with his apology.
l realise that my behaviour
caused Starlight a great deal ofpain...
...and l sincerely apologise.
Fuck you , fish dick!
Keep speaking your truth !
L'm in full support of women
and their ongoing bravery...
Never got the point of these.
To me, they always Iooked Iike Granddad's bollocks flopping in the wind .
Do you have the Compound V or not?
I've got the Compound V...
proof that Vought's injected babies right across the country,
and something even more fucking diabolical .
Worse than dosing babies?
Let's just say, with these cunts,
there ain't no rock bottom .
Let's get it to the lab...
Not so fast.
First things first, eh?
A list of your demands.
How in character.
Exorbitant salary. Same for your team . Office space,
in the Flatiron Building , no Iess.
Security clearance. I ndemnity clause.
Legal protection .
A formal guarantee that Homelander will be prosecuted
under the full extent of the Iaw.
Any of that a problem?
No, gonna pass it up the chain .
And while they hash it out,
you and I go forward on good faith .
I'm fresh out of good faith .
Now, you and I both know that you can rubber-stamp all of that.
So what's it gonna be...
deputy director?
I can give you ...
everything you want on this list...
Except?
Except Homelander.
You know what he's done.
I sympathise.
I really do.
- But it's suicide. - Yeah , well ,
-that's a small fucking price to pay, isn't it? - Not for you .
For thousands of people if you push him too hard .
You're fucking scared .
I'm fucking terrified .
And you should be, too.
Butcher!
This small-town girl next door
wanted to change the world.
Since when did hopeful and naive become the same thing?
But the world had other plans.
Starlight, I hope you can forgive me.
Battered and beaten,
a phoenix rose from the ashes with a message so loud,
so raw, it couldn 't come forth as anything less than a roar.
Witness her power.
Hear her truth.
And l'm done taking any more shit.
Watch her stand up and fight back for all of us.
Citizen Starlight, coming this fall from Vought.
The house always wins.
I'm sorry.
I know you want to go back to your brother.
But the people who did this to you--
You know, they might be doing it to others.
We can use your help stopping them.
It's your choice.
You give me a nod , and we go to the airport right now.
No. Baby, why you want to do me Iike that?
Because if you watch that episode of Downton Abbey,
then I'm gonna be one behind
and we're not gonna be able to binge watch together.
Just hold off until I get home.
There's a fight in the yard , baby. I got to go. All right.
How'd it go with Raynor?
No dice.
What?
Said she got cold feet.
Well , why? Did you tell her everything?
Yeah , I Iaid it all out, even the sample of V.
Said she couldn't fucking authorise that kind of action against Vought.
Too much of a risk.
Did she?
Fucking spineless cunt.
So we are royally fucked .
No, we ain't.
Fuck them . We don't need them .
We got everyone and everything we need right here in this room .
We'll take down Vought ourselves. Yeah?
Where's H ughie?
This is Tina Mitchell,
Department of Child Protection and Permanency.
Leave a message.
Tina, it's Mesmer.
You met me earlier.
Cleo didn't really want to see me today.
She was just being polite.
I'm pretty good at read ing stuff Iike that, so...
You don't have to call me,
or any of that anymore.
Just, it's okay.
Just. . . Just. . . please...
Iook after her.
Thank you .
I'm sorry. The elevator was out.
You probably don't remember, but we've met before.
- I would never try and read you . - Let's be clear.
I don't know you , and I don't want to.
A-Train said that you have some information .
Yeah , we. . . We go back to the Teenage Kix days.
- We still keep in touch . - Oh , golly gee shucks.
What makes you think I would give two fucks about that?
Now, do you have something for me or not?
Yeah .
He said you were looking for a French guy. . . and a black guy...
a skinny white guy,
British guy.
Where are these from?
Shitty Iittle $85 camera I put in my doorbell casing .
I know there's no reward , but I was hoping you could put in a word for me at Vought.
I'Il take any posting .
Low five-figures would be fine.
I just want to be one of the good guys again .
Oh , that's my phone.
I mean , I don't remember,
but my mom said that when I was born , I almost blinded the doctor.
So, I had powers from the start. Why?
No, no, I'm just curious.
Do you mind if we just...
not talk about hero stuff tonight?
Yeah , yeah . Bad day at work?
Yeah . It's an u nderstatement.
You know,
there's this beach in the Bahamas where the sand is pink,
Iike, cotton-candy pink.
What's it called?
Pink Sands.
It's not the most creative name,
but. . . let's just go.
Yeah . No, I can learn how to play the steel drum.
You can get cornrows.
How about tonight?
Book that ticket.
Are we talking about this?
I don't know. I ...
I just know that...
for me, New York has been such an endless shit show.
Except for you .
Somehow, in the middle of it all ...
you found me.
H ughie.
I thought that was you .
Oh , l apologise.
I didn't mean to interrupt.
No.
H i , I'm Annie.
Billy. OId mate of Hughie's.
Oh , boy, you really have a lot of friends showing up here.
Yeah . Seems Iike it.
You're that new girl in the Seven , ain't you?
- Gu ilty. - Wow, it is a pleasure to meet you .
And l must say how marvellous it is
that so many more women are in positions of power.
You know what I mean?
You know, if I'm perfectly honest,
Translucent's always been my favourite.
What's he up to?
I think he's on a mission .
Yeah , I think l read that, actually.
He's been gone a long time, though , hasn't he?
I do hope he's all right.
You know what? I'm gonna go get us a pitcher.
Billy, you Iike...
Let me guess. Guinness?
I like what you Iike.
AIl right. Be right back.
- Well , well , well . - Butcher...
She's quite tasty up close and personal .
- I get what you see in her. - That wasn't what--
I thought we had an understanding .
We do. We do.
- It. . . It's not what-- - Not what it looks Iike?
Because from where I'm sitting , it looks like
you've got your tongue haltway down the opposition's throat.
She is not the opposition .
She's a good person , okay?
I mean , she could help us.
- Help us? - Yeah .
And what do you think she's gonna do
when she finds out you murdered Translucent?
When she finds out?
Give her my best.
Where'd your friend go?