All language subtitles for 01 - Powerless

Just moved here for a new job.

Really excited.

How long have you lived in Charm City?

Long enough to know it sucks.

I don't know.

I like it. A little bigger than where I
grew up, but not that different.

Except for that.

Citizens of Charm City, feel the fire of
Jack-o'-lantern!

Pushed my meeting an hour.

I

know

what you're thinking. Yet another
superhero battle.

I grew up in what's known as the flyover
state.

Superheroes never stopped there.

They just flew over it. I didn't have
any powers, so I did what everybody else

in my town did. Finished school and got
a soul-crushing job.

I felt unfulfilled until one day my dad
reminded me that you don't need

superpowers to accomplish great things.

What you do in your own quiet way can
change people's lives for the better.

Right then and there, I decided to make
a change.

I got a job at a company that helps
regular people like us feel safer in a

world where this kind of stuff happens.

And now I might not even make it to my
first day.

Oh my god!

Here comes in Fox!

You don't see that every day.

Actually, you do.

I see it every day.

I'm still going to take a photo.

In a world where superheroes and
villains battle above us each day, Wayne

Security brings you products that give
the power back to the powerless.

Like our revolutionary Joker anti-venom.

Emily Locke? I'm sorry I'm late. You'll
never believe what happened to me. My

train literally went off the rails
and... I'm going to cut you off here

because I'm assuming you lived.

Mr. Wayne is waiting for you.

I just wanted to thank you again for
this opportunity, Mr. Wayne.

Please. Call me Van.

Now, my cousin Bruce, he likes to be
called Mr. Wayne. I call him B-dubs.

We're very close.

And I just told him about you.

You talked to Bruce Wayne about me?

No, I've texted him. He's hard to reach.
But look at his reply.

Stop using my HBO Go password.

Now, that's a joke. That's classic
beat-ups. Look at the one right before

it.

Sounds good.

Bruce Wayne thinks you sounds good.

Look, I'm not going to lie to you.

Business at Wayne Security is down, and
I'm looking to you as our new director

of R&D to come up with a big idea.

Right? Something that I can show to
Bruce. And he'll be like, what?

And I'll be like, yeah.

This is everything I have ever wanted. I
promise I will not let you down. I know

you won't.

There were more experienced candidates,
but you stood out. You are a people

person. Every one of your references
said you're a great motivator and you

actually care about the... People?

Yeah. I do.

That's why I wanted to work here. I want
to help people.

Love that. As long as it's help plus
kicking ass.

Because you need to whip this team into
shape. They're very talented, but

they're just missing a U to motivate
them.

I'm more of a big picture guy. Look at
this picture.

This picture's huge.

You know, I am no stranger to adversity.

My dad owned a flower shop, and when it
was struggling, I... I'm dying to hear

the end of that story, but... Oh, look!

My assistant's motioning to me. What is
it?

Jackie, did you need something?

No. What do you want from me? Nothing.

You are the worst.

You said there's a phone call for me?

Bruce Wayne is on the phone for you.

Bruce Wayne McCusbro.

Oh, no.

Come on.

Time to meet your team.

I can't believe I'm actually working for
Bruce Wayne.

That, that, that's cousin.

Teddy?

This is Emily Locke, your new boss.

Nice to meet you. What do you do here? I
disrupt.

I alter the structure of expectations,
make people see things in new ways.

For example, what do you think this is?

A deck?

But what if it wasn't?

What if it was the opposite of a desk?

I'm sorry. I'm still not exactly sure
what you do.

I'm the chief design officer.

But what if you weren't?

Wait, are you firing me? Is she firing
me? No, no. I was just making a joke.

Good one. Good one.

All right, come on. Let me put you on.

This is the lab.

That's our 3D printer. Don't touch it.
That's liquid nitrogen.

Don't touch it. That's Wendy, our lead
software engineer.

Let me guess. Don't touch her?

Why would you touch her?

Hey, guys!

Watch this.

That's Ron. He's head of engineering and
chief of childlike wonder.

Battle!

That's amazing.

What is it? It's called the wear bag.

It protects against collateral damage
from superhero battles. We're talking

about projectiles, falling debris,
direct blows.

Only good for one use.

That's for taking my muffin, Steve.

That is an amazing product.

Right?

Lexcorp makes it. We're trying to figure
out how it works so we can make a cheap

knockoff. Welcome to Wayne's Security.

Let's be better.

That's a permanent marker.

Well, good.

Because that's how I want us to be
thinking.

Permanently.

Look, Wayne's security has stopped
innovating. Our follow-up to last year's

Joker venom antidote is the exact same
thing in a slightly darker purple.

Hmm, it's not slightly darker.

Okay, one's amethyst and one's sangria.

You don't get it. She doesn't get it.
She's not getting it. No, I get that

they're different. I just don't think
anyone cares about the color.

Ooh,

Katie's got claws.

Guys, we need to be innovating. We need
to push ourselves. We can't...

Just copy what LexCorp does.

We need to... Let's be better. And do
you know how we'll do that?

Oh, let me guess. By thinking outside
the box.

I want us to forget the box ever
existed.

Ron, what are you working on?

Literally a box.

Ron, I did not know that.

This morning, my train was blown off the
track.

which apparently happens every day
around here.

Let's come up with something that solves
things like that. That's a brilliant

idea. Let me just summon a wizard.

Shazam! Oh, nothing.

Have you ever even made a product?

Well, no.

No,

but I was six in my class at Wharton.
Ron, is that a product? Not a product.

No, I was president of the Young Leaders
Group. Ron, surely that's a product.

Ooh, get the gantity.

Well, guess what? This company needs a
big idea that you haven't delivered.

I suggest you take my lead on this
because I know what I'm doing.

Van hired me for a reason.

Yeah, because the other people didn't
work out.

What other people?

You're the fifth new boss we've had this
year, and I refuse to let myself get

attached. I'm not getting hurt again.

But we'll do whatever you want until
number six comes along.

Just to be clear, I'm not going to do
whatever you want.

You fired four people before you got to
me?

Technically, they weren't fired. One was
crushed by a rubble before he started. I

like to think of that as God firing him.

Don't you think you should have told me
that in the interview?

You want the real scoop?

You want to pop the hood on this van and
see what's inside?

Yes.

Why?

I was supposed to be promoted to the
Gotham office last year.

But then Bob Lackey from Wayne Bev
pulled the idea for Wayne Light Lime out

of his ass and he took my spot.

The only reason you're here is to come
up with a big idea to get me out of this

godforsaken taint of a city.

And I will. It just might take a little
time. I'm sure Wayne Light Lime didn't

happen overnight.

The man left a lime in a beer literally
overnight.

Get me to Gotham or somebody else will.

I'm scared I'm not. I'm going to get the
team to come up with a big idea.

Yeah, they seem to love you.

Okay.

Maybe I came on a little strong.

To get the best out of people, you need
to get to know them on a personal level.

Yeah, that line is underlined three
times in your business book. You left it

in the kitchen. You need to bond as a
unit. That line was circled. A boss

can't be afraid to look human. That line
was starred. Is a star more or less than

a circle?

Stop going through my book.

A star is greater than a circle, but
less than a heart.

Citizens of Charles City, this is Jack
O'Lantern

with a personal message for Crimson Fox.

You can run.

Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut
up.

Bruce Wayne is on the phone for you.

Jackie. If you are lying to me, I will
put rocks in your pockets and I will

throw you in the ocean. You are going to
make a great father one day. It's really

Bruce. Oh, my God.

How do I look?

Like you don't understand how phones
work.

B-dubs, baby.

You keeping Gotham warm for me?

Yes, I can.

Hold.

Hey, guys, wait up.

advice I built that warns you when
someone you don't like is approaching.

I call it the Emily Alert.

Well, that's very impressive.

And mean.

Look, I get it. You guys have had lots
of losses, but it's my job to make sure

we deliver, and I'm trying to help us do
that. Look, we know you're trying, but

you don't need to give us pep talks.
We've come up with hundreds of big

ideas, and every one of them gets shot
down by corporate because they're too

expensive. Or too dangerous.

Or you need a piece of the sun to power
it, and that's impossible to get.

We're done getting our hopes up so they
can get crushed.

Well, I'm not giving up. I believe in
the team, and I'm not going anywhere.

Everyone, come out here. I have some
terrible news.

We've all been fired.

Wait, what?

By we, you mean Emily, right?

I did, but also everyone else. Wait,
wait, wait. I can't lose this job. I

take care of my sick grandma.

And I like nice things.

I should have went before Rod. Wait, why
are they shutting us down?

Bruce says we're obsolete.

Gone are the days of a man in a bandit
mask stealing a ruby from a museum. Now

it's all just supervillains trying to
destroy the Earth.

Superheroes fighting one another for
vaguely defined reasons. Our products

are powerless to stop that. So he just
gave up on us?

I thought we were here to change the
world.

Who told you that?

The company motto.

Oh, that.

No, that came with the office.

It used to be a diaper company.

There's got to be something we can do.

Why are you drinking champagne?

Oh, because I'm so sad.

I didn't want to say anything in front
of the others, but I'm being absorbed

into the Gotham office.

If I knew I could sail up, I would have
done it years ago.

So, everyone loses their job, and you
get exactly what you want.

I don't know why I was so stressed about
finding that big idea. The big idea is

I'm a Wayne, and a Wayne will always
come out on top.

You know, I feel like I could commit
vehicular manslaughter, and I would get

away with just a slap on the wrist. Now,
I haven't done that, but now...

I feel like I could.

How long do we have until it becomes
official?

Guys, I've got good news.

Bam, I've got to boost the radius on my
Hamily alert.

So, I just spoke to Van, and we're not
going to lose our job. Wait, what?

Guys, Emily said we're not losing our
job!

Technically, we haven't been shut down
yet. There is still hope.

Oh, never mind.

Winners are just losers that don't
accept defeat.

If we came up with a game-changing
product, Bruce would have to reconsider.

Oh, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

I mean, unless you guys want to go
first, I'm totally cool about it.

No, I don't want to do it. Okay, now, we
all know that the number one cause of

workplace accidents is Superman crashing
through office windows mid-fight. That's

a simple fact. Now, this glass is made
of kryptonite.

So if he flies close to it, his powers
will weaken and he'll safely bounce off.

Nice! And how does it work when the
people inside need help from Superman?

I had not taken that scenario into
account.

It's also not very strong against normal
things.

Okay, I am not demoralized. I'm just
going to take a slide real quick.

Hey, wait, you haven't heard my idea
yet.

So, you know how everyone wants to have
sex with robots, right?

Go on. I'm listening.

Problems are just opportunities dressed
in work clothes.

You're aware this means nothing, right?

I give up.

I took this job to make a difference,
and I didn't even get a chance. Oh,

honey, no one makes a difference.

I used to be just like you. I think
we're pretty different.

Oh, yeah?

This is me, my first day of work here.

I have that shirt.

Sorry, honey.

Welcome to the real world.

We should probably go inside soon
because there's an evil pumpkin flying

around. Citizens of John City, kiss your
precious organic juice bar goodbye!

You don't need to have superpowers to
accomplish great things. Love, Dad.

He gave this to me when I was little. I
always keep it with me.

That's so sweet.

And now you're smelling it like a creepy
person.

My dad ran a flower shop.

Everything he touched smelled like
flowers.

I used to know he was around before I
even saw him.

I feel like I let him down.

I wish we knew that guy was around
before we saw him. Yeah, it would save a

lot of lives.

Oh, my God.

Maybe there's a way.

Guys, I have an idea.

Good, because Wendy's sex robot is not
market ready.

Guys, just hear me out. Now, remember
how I said I wanted us to invent

something that would stop things like
that train attack?

Right, and then we laughed at you.

Wendy, what if you could boost your
Emily alert to have a wider radius?

And what if... And what if who cares?
Because we're all fired.

Look, I know you've all been beaten down
in this job. And you feel like what we

do doesn't matter.

But I truly believe we can change lives.

And I know deep down you still care.

Can I pick the color?

It's 7 a.m. What am I doing here?

Van, this device we've created has just
alerted me that Jack-O-Lantern is in the

area, giving us enough time to get to
safety.

It uses advanced chemoreceptors to pick
up on Jack-O-Lantern's unique smell

profile. We call it the Jack-O-Lert. It
is sleek, stylish, and available in

Sangria.

I'm having a hard time figuring...

Why you'd think I would care?

I already picked out a penthouse in
Gotham City.

Well, the way I see it, if you don't
take this to Bruce, maybe I will. And

maybe I'll be the one sipping Wayne
Light Lime in my Gotham office.

Okay, I take your point. But none of
this matters because your Jack Alert

detects Jack Squaw.

Citizens of John City, prepare to feel
my powerful fall!

to Bruce.

Everybody, I have some terrible news.

I'm not going to get to go to Gotham.
Tell them the other news.

I got a parking ticket.

We're not fired.

Wind security is staying open.

Yeah, Bruce loved the jack alert.

He's putting it in beta, wherever that
is.

So great. Did he mention the color? No.
Damn it. But he did say, because I did

such a good job inspiring all of you, he
wants me to stay here to continue

inspiring you.

I guess with great power comes living in
a taint.

Emily, I blame you.

You guys did it. You should be really
proud of yourselves.

We couldn't have done it without you.
No. We got you a little something.

A butt bath.

Too much safer alternative to the train.
A little Charm City insider tip.

You guys.

Thank you.

I didn't tip him. I would not expect
that.

To the R&D team.

To Emily.

To Emily.

This just in.

Gotham City police report that Joker has
been apprehended.

Batman used a new device that tracked
him by his smell.

And now for correction.

What a crazy coincidence.

Batman came up with his own Jack Alert.

And Midnight Black.

Little, powerful.

Fleming, I wish we worked for Batman.

I feel like he'd really get us.

Well, maybe someday we will.

Ha, that's funny.