1
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You're late. What happened?

2
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There were difficulties.

3
00:00:26,229 --> 00:00:28,965
-Mist, Livewire and--
-I know this part.

4
00:00:29,031 --> 00:00:31,000
-Skip to the--
-You want to tell it?

5
00:00:31,067 --> 00:00:32,535
Mist, Livewire and Shade

6
00:00:32,602 --> 00:00:37,602
<i>made their move tonight
</i> <i>on STAR labs, Detroit.</i>

7
00:00:45,014 --> 00:00:46,749
What's he waiting for?

8
00:00:46,816 --> 00:00:51,816
SHADE: Oh, I'm finding
the darkness within.

9
00:01:04,934 --> 00:01:07,970
-(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)
-(SCREAMING)

10
00:01:08,037 --> 00:01:09,506
(CHUCKLES) Two points.

11
00:01:09,572 --> 00:01:11,441
Didn't think
I'd actually score
on this mission.

12
00:01:11,508 --> 00:01:14,444
-This is it.
-SHADE: The photo
didn't indicate scale.

13
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It's larger than
I was led to believe.

14
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I thought size
doesn't matter.

15
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(STRAINING)

16
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(GRUNTS)

17
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-(ALARM BLARING)
-We're out of time.

18
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(SIGHS) That's a lot
to swallow.

19
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(CHUCKLES SLIGHTLY)
You got to stop handing me
these straight lines.

20
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Just need a minute.

21
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-We don't have
a minute.
-MAN: Freeze!

22
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Do not move!

23
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(MAN GROANS)

24
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SHADE: You're here.

25
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-You're my team,
I watch your back--
-(GUNSHOT)

26
00:01:54,884 --> 00:01:57,434
(CHESHIRE GROANS)

27
00:02:03,993 --> 00:02:06,662
(ALARMS CONTINUE BLARING)

28
00:02:06,729 --> 00:02:07,997
(SIRENS WAILING AT A DISTANCE)

29
00:02:08,064 --> 00:02:10,614
(GROANS GROGGILY)

30
00:02:15,905 --> 00:02:19,055
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

31
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JEFF: Maybe I made
the wrong decision...

32
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Quittin' when I did.

33
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Right when the league
was splittin' in half,

34
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I left Kaldur understaffed
and Virgil in the lurch.

35
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(SIGHS) Maybe I need
to go back.

36
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-Best pillow-talk ever.
-(CHUCKLES)

37
00:03:01,683 --> 00:03:03,819
Sorry, it's, um...

38
00:03:03,886 --> 00:03:05,788
-It's been a while.
-(CHUCKLES)

39
00:03:05,854 --> 00:03:07,856
I'm teasing, Jeff.

40
00:03:07,923 --> 00:03:10,293
The bottom line is
you left for a reason.

41
00:03:10,359 --> 00:03:13,128
Has anything
really changed?

42
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No.

43
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The League used to be
about helping people. Period.

44
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Now it's all politics.

45
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And Bats,
he's still playing
CEO of Batman Inc.

46
00:03:22,605 --> 00:03:27,605
-I'm better off
freelancing with--
-(CELL PHONE RINGING)

47
00:03:29,545 --> 00:03:33,550
Ah, speak of the devil.

48
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AUTOMATED FEMALE VOICE:
<i>Recognized.</i>

49
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<i>Pierce, Jefferson.</i>

50
00:03:36,852 --> 00:03:38,187
<i>G 01.</i>

51
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Good. We're all here.

52
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All? Where's Conner?

53
00:03:40,956 --> 00:03:42,692
Mending fences
with Megan.

54
00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:44,660
Didn't know
their fence
was broken.

55
00:03:44,727 --> 00:03:46,329
No, it's not
so much broken as

56
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left unattended
for too long.

57
00:03:48,530 --> 00:03:50,266
Ah, right.

58
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Lynn and I had
fence problems...

59
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Before the divorce.

60
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Must we maintain
the "fence" metaphor

61
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or can we find out
why we've all
been summoned?

62
00:03:59,909 --> 00:04:02,779
Okay. I need you
to maintain your cool.

63
00:04:02,846 --> 00:04:06,616
We've located someone
who might have some intel
on the League of Shadows.

64
00:04:06,683 --> 00:04:09,384
Meaning we'll
finally find my sister?

65
00:04:09,451 --> 00:04:10,485
That's wonderful.

66
00:04:10,552 --> 00:04:12,288
Not so wonderful.

67
00:04:12,355 --> 00:04:14,424
The intel would be
from my sister.

68
00:04:14,490 --> 00:04:16,725
Lian's mother?
That's great.

69
00:04:16,792 --> 00:04:18,961
Not so great.

70
00:04:19,028 --> 00:04:20,863
She may not be
very cooperative.

71
00:04:20,930 --> 00:04:24,967
Not very cooperative?
That's excellent.

72
00:04:25,034 --> 00:04:26,769
Not so excellent?

73
00:04:26,835 --> 00:04:28,404
ALL: No.

74
00:04:28,471 --> 00:04:31,274
Forager is good
at this game.

75
00:04:31,340 --> 00:04:33,776
Our understanding is
she's wounded,

76
00:04:33,842 --> 00:04:35,111
a cornered animal.

77
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That makes her dangerous.

78
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Are we going or not?

79
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DR. MOON: (CHUCKLES)
You know, Cheshire,

80
00:04:47,523 --> 00:04:50,025
most of my patients
prefer to be sedated

81
00:04:50,092 --> 00:04:52,395
while under the knife
to remove a bullet.

82
00:04:52,462 --> 00:04:55,831
One would almost believe
you don't trust
your physician.

83
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(SLIGHT GROAN)

84
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And one would be right.

85
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But don't take it
personally, Dr. Moon.

86
00:05:01,670 --> 00:05:03,372
I don't even trust myself.

87
00:05:03,439 --> 00:05:04,674
SHADE:<i>Cheshire,
</i> <i>we have company.</i>

88
00:05:04,741 --> 00:05:09,741
Keep them busy.
Time to go, Doctor.

89
00:05:17,253 --> 00:05:21,023
She's not going anywhere.

90
00:05:21,090 --> 00:05:22,391
(GROANING)

91
00:05:22,458 --> 00:05:24,160
LIVEWIRE: So you're
Black Lightning.

92
00:05:24,226 --> 00:05:26,195
Heard you quit
the Justice League.

93
00:05:26,262 --> 00:05:30,432
(SCOFFS) Must've known
you were obsolete.

94
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(GASPS)

95
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(GASPS)

96
00:05:37,106 --> 00:05:38,707
Wearing yourself out?

97
00:05:38,774 --> 00:05:40,409
It's a two-way street, kid.

98
00:05:40,476 --> 00:05:42,778
I can't touch you,
but you can't--

99
00:05:42,845 --> 00:05:46,081
(GROANS)

100
00:05:46,148 --> 00:05:47,416
(CHOKING)

101
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Sorry. Really don't want
to do this.

102
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(STRAINING)

103
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Forager! (GROANS)

104
00:06:01,964 --> 00:06:02,998
Halo!

105
00:06:03,065 --> 00:06:04,733
(GROANING)

106
00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,000
(GROWLS)

107
00:06:09,972 --> 00:06:11,040
(GASPS)

108
00:06:11,106 --> 00:06:13,709
Sorry. Really sorry.

109
00:06:13,775 --> 00:06:17,046
(STRAINING)

110
00:06:17,112 --> 00:06:19,362
Ow! That hurts.

111
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Go head, zap me!

112
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Absorbing lightning's
totally my thing.

113
00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:39,835
You've never had
Black Lightning before.

114
00:06:39,902 --> 00:06:44,039
(SCREAMS)

115
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Geo-Force, return him now.

116
00:06:46,942 --> 00:06:48,411
Hmm, no.

117
00:06:48,478 --> 00:06:51,546
I think we'll just
keep him bottled
for a while,

118
00:06:51,613 --> 00:06:53,149
or forever.

119
00:06:53,215 --> 00:06:54,383
Bring him back!

120
00:06:54,450 --> 00:06:56,018
You have to bring him back!

121
00:06:56,085 --> 00:06:59,385
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)

122
00:07:04,927 --> 00:07:07,129
(STRAINING)

123
00:07:07,196 --> 00:07:08,546
(SCREAMS)

124
00:07:15,704 --> 00:07:20,476
(GASPING)

125
00:07:20,543 --> 00:07:22,778
-Are you all right?
-I'm...

126
00:07:22,845 --> 00:07:24,146
Fine.

127
00:07:24,213 --> 00:07:26,815
What happened?

128
00:07:26,882 --> 00:07:28,982
Halo happened.

129
00:07:32,288 --> 00:07:33,589
(DOOR OPENS)

130
00:07:33,656 --> 00:07:36,325
Get out of here!
You have no right--

131
00:07:36,392 --> 00:07:38,294
-(DR. MOON GROANS)
-Oh.

132
00:07:38,361 --> 00:07:41,030
It seems the doctor is out.

133
00:07:41,096 --> 00:07:43,432
(SIGHS) I'm glad
you're alive.

134
00:07:43,499 --> 00:07:45,969
But I have two questions
and one statement.

135
00:07:46,036 --> 00:07:49,604
Who is running
the League of Shadows now?
And from where?

136
00:07:49,671 --> 00:07:50,874
(GROANS SLIGHTLY)

137
00:07:50,940 --> 00:07:53,509
You know I have no loyalty
to the Shadows.

138
00:07:53,576 --> 00:07:56,812
But I honestly don't know
who's running them.

139
00:07:56,879 --> 00:07:58,080
I do know

140
00:07:58,147 --> 00:08:00,983
they're being run
out of Santa Prisca.

141
00:08:01,050 --> 00:08:02,051
Happy?

142
00:08:02,117 --> 00:08:04,586
Ecstatic.

143
00:08:04,653 --> 00:08:06,722
How's...

144
00:08:06,788 --> 00:08:07,757
How's Lian?

145
00:08:07,824 --> 00:08:10,792
Oh. Well, that brings me
to my statement.

146
00:08:10,859 --> 00:08:12,194
Go see your kid!

147
00:08:12,261 --> 00:08:13,629
Come on, sis.

148
00:08:13,696 --> 00:08:15,565
We both know
she's better off
without me.

149
00:08:15,631 --> 00:08:18,767
-(GROANS SLIGHTLY)
-You're her mother.

150
00:08:18,834 --> 00:08:21,136
But I'll always be...

151
00:08:21,203 --> 00:08:24,039
Cheshire first.

152
00:08:24,106 --> 00:08:26,675
See you later, sis.

153
00:08:26,742 --> 00:08:29,745
Hug...

154
00:08:29,811 --> 00:08:32,211
Hug Lian for me.

155
00:08:36,885 --> 00:08:38,287
(SIGHS)

156
00:08:38,354 --> 00:08:40,989
Nightwing, Cheshire
and Shade escaped.

157
00:08:41,056 --> 00:08:42,725
But, I have Dr. Moon,

158
00:08:42,792 --> 00:08:45,194
<i>and the League
</i> <i>of Shadows' intel.</i>

159
00:08:45,261 --> 00:08:49,761
(SIRENS WAILING AT A DISTANCE)

160
00:08:53,936 --> 00:08:55,504
You're late. Report.

161
00:08:55,571 --> 00:08:57,206
(STUTTERS) Right. So,

162
00:08:57,273 --> 00:08:58,708
per your orders,

163
00:08:58,775 --> 00:09:00,777
and since his release
from Arkham six months ago

164
00:09:00,843 --> 00:09:03,479
<i>I've been keeping
</i> <i>occasional tabs
</i> <i>on Jervis Tetch,</i>

165
00:09:03,546 --> 00:09:05,982
<i>aka The Mad Hatter.</i>

166
00:09:06,049 --> 00:09:08,951
<i>Two weeks ago,
</i> <i>I brought along my squad.</i>

167
00:09:09,017 --> 00:09:10,986
Spoiler, Arrowette and Orphan.

168
00:09:11,053 --> 00:09:12,388
SPOILER: That's Tetch?

169
00:09:12,455 --> 00:09:14,557
For a Mad Hatter,
he's kind of, well, hatless.

170
00:09:14,624 --> 00:09:16,993
No hats.
It's a condition
of his parole.

171
00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:19,862
Hmm. Good thing
he's not called
The Mad Pantser.

172
00:09:19,929 --> 00:09:22,531
SPOILER: He's heading
for his night job,
right on schedule.

173
00:09:22,598 --> 00:09:24,199
-Although...
-The water?

174
00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:25,835
-Yeah.
-Uh, water?

175
00:09:25,902 --> 00:09:27,804
ROBIN: He's drinking
a lot of it.

176
00:09:27,870 --> 00:09:32,370
-And awfully fast.
-(CHUGGING)

177
00:09:37,313 --> 00:09:40,048
So, do we
bust him
for littering?

178
00:09:40,115 --> 00:09:42,084
Hmm. Clay backwash.

179
00:09:42,151 --> 00:09:43,619
Ugh. Gross.

180
00:09:43,686 --> 00:09:45,888
-So, you're thinking--
-Yeah, it's possible anyway.

181
00:09:45,955 --> 00:09:48,890
We need to find
a way to check. Wait.

182
00:09:48,957 --> 00:09:51,207
Where's Orphan?

183
00:09:54,863 --> 00:09:57,633
(CLAYFACE GROWLING)

184
00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:01,036
Did you know Tetch
was really Clayface,
or just not care?

185
00:10:01,103 --> 00:10:03,406
You're gonna regret that, kid.

186
00:10:03,472 --> 00:10:04,972
(GRUNTING)

187
00:10:10,879 --> 00:10:12,379
(GROANING)

188
00:10:17,587 --> 00:10:19,522
Is Clayface
an ally of Tetch's?

189
00:10:19,589 --> 00:10:21,057
They're not buddies.

190
00:10:21,124 --> 00:10:23,159
Which means
Tetch is probably
controlling him.

191
00:10:23,226 --> 00:10:25,595
SPOILER: Doesn't matter.
We know where Tetch is,
so forget Clayface.

192
00:10:25,661 --> 00:10:26,862
Let's go get Hatter!

193
00:10:26,929 --> 00:10:29,866
(GROWLING)

194
00:10:29,933 --> 00:10:32,167
We don't know
where Tetch is.

195
00:10:32,234 --> 00:10:33,870
But Clayface clearly does,

196
00:10:33,937 --> 00:10:36,272
and I tossed
a liquid tracker
on him.

197
00:10:36,338 --> 00:10:39,141
ROBIN: Nice.

198
00:10:39,208 --> 00:10:42,244
Now, this won't
hurt a bit,

199
00:10:42,311 --> 00:10:45,080
or it may be agonizing.

200
00:10:45,147 --> 00:10:48,984
Hard to say.
(LAUGHS WICKEDLY)

201
00:10:49,051 --> 00:10:51,853
(GROANS)

202
00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:56,592
(BEEPING)

203
00:10:56,659 --> 00:11:01,130
Now, let's test it,
shall we?

204
00:11:01,196 --> 00:11:02,364
Raise your right hand.

205
00:11:02,431 --> 00:11:04,400
Very good. Very good.

206
00:11:04,467 --> 00:11:05,501
But too easy.

207
00:11:05,568 --> 00:11:07,769
Punch yourself.

208
00:11:07,836 --> 00:11:10,339
Hard!

209
00:11:10,406 --> 00:11:11,607
(STRAINING)

210
00:11:11,674 --> 00:11:16,412
-(GROANS)
-(LAUGHS WICKEDLY)

211
00:11:16,479 --> 00:11:18,914
Oh, what are you doing here?

212
00:11:18,981 --> 00:11:20,416
I had to protect you.

213
00:11:20,483 --> 00:11:25,354
From what?

214
00:11:25,421 --> 00:11:27,690
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh!

215
00:11:27,757 --> 00:11:30,860
Yes! Yes! Clayface,
protect me!

216
00:11:30,927 --> 00:11:32,995
-Shield me!
-(CLAYFACE GROWLS)

217
00:11:33,061 --> 00:11:34,163
You, time to go.

218
00:11:34,229 --> 00:11:37,099
Follow, follow, follow.

219
00:11:37,166 --> 00:11:40,016
(CLAYFACE GROWLING)

220
00:11:44,307 --> 00:11:46,876
SPOILER:
What is this place?
What's Tetch up to?

221
00:11:46,943 --> 00:11:48,644
I'll find out.
Arrowette, Orphan,

222
00:11:48,711 --> 00:11:51,313
run interference
with Clayface.

223
00:11:51,380 --> 00:11:55,130
Spoiler, go after Hatter.

224
00:11:57,052 --> 00:11:58,287
(BEEPS)

225
00:11:58,354 --> 00:12:02,058
(WHISPERING)
Self-destruct button.

226
00:12:02,125 --> 00:12:05,661
(LOUDLY) Well, what part
of Mad Hatter didn't you get?

227
00:12:05,728 --> 00:12:09,928
Now, follow,
follow, follow.

228
00:12:10,899 --> 00:12:12,368
(GROWLING)

229
00:12:12,434 --> 00:12:14,102
(GROANING)

230
00:12:14,169 --> 00:12:15,669
That hurt!

231
00:12:24,112 --> 00:12:25,312
(GRUNTS)

232
00:12:38,026 --> 00:12:42,865
(BEEPING)

233
00:12:42,932 --> 00:12:46,869
Everyone, out of
the building! Now!

234
00:12:46,936 --> 00:12:48,771
I lost Tetch
and whoever
he was running with!

235
00:12:48,838 --> 00:12:52,588
Worry later!
Get out now!

236
00:12:58,047 --> 00:13:00,516
You too, Hagen!
The building's
going to explode.

237
00:13:00,583 --> 00:13:03,485
Must protect Hatter!

238
00:13:03,552 --> 00:13:06,102
(BEEPING RAPIDLY)

239
00:13:14,530 --> 00:13:16,064
Clayface...

240
00:13:16,131 --> 00:13:18,831
He didn't make it.

241
00:13:21,771 --> 00:13:23,773
I think he'll be fine,

242
00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,442
and really angry
at Jervis Tetch.

243
00:13:26,509 --> 00:13:31,009
(SIRENS WAILING AT A DISTANCE)

244
00:13:36,218 --> 00:13:37,319
She is late.

245
00:13:37,386 --> 00:13:38,621
She's calling
from half-way

246
00:13:38,688 --> 00:13:41,624
across the galaxy,
give her a minute.

247
00:13:41,691 --> 00:13:43,460
Sorry, I'm late.

248
00:13:43,527 --> 00:13:46,029
Had to bounce a signal
from the Javelin
to the Watchtower to you.

249
00:13:46,095 --> 00:13:48,397
-Break it down
for me.
-Of course.

250
00:13:48,464 --> 00:13:50,300
It began
several weeks ago.

251
00:13:50,367 --> 00:13:52,469
Two meta-prisoners
were loaded on a transport

252
00:13:52,536 --> 00:13:57,536
<i>to take them to
</i> <i>a secured flight
</i> <i>to Belle Reve.</i>

253
00:14:05,148 --> 00:14:06,749
GUARD: Have I mentioned
that I love this gig?

254
00:14:06,816 --> 00:14:08,318
'Cause I really
love this gig.

255
00:14:08,385 --> 00:14:10,887
Kid, when
you've been at this
as long as I have,

256
00:14:10,953 --> 00:14:13,456
what you'll love
is just getting
through the day.

257
00:14:13,523 --> 00:14:16,025
GUARD: Oh, come on.
We're putting bad guys
where they belong.

258
00:14:16,092 --> 00:14:18,927
I mean, you can't
tell me part of you
doesn't love this gig.

259
00:14:18,994 --> 00:14:20,262
All right. Sure.

260
00:14:20,329 --> 00:14:24,379
Part of me loves this gig--

261
00:14:25,868 --> 00:14:28,704
Okay. Yeah,
I totally love this gig.

262
00:14:28,771 --> 00:14:32,708
(DISTORTED) Look out!

263
00:14:32,775 --> 00:14:35,511
How terrific.

264
00:14:35,578 --> 00:14:37,045
A hockey puck, really?

265
00:14:37,112 --> 00:14:38,280
Really.

266
00:14:38,347 --> 00:14:40,716
(BOTH GROANING)

267
00:14:40,783 --> 00:14:43,333
Kadabra, anytime!

268
00:14:48,724 --> 00:14:50,359
Kind of a rocky ride.

269
00:14:50,426 --> 00:14:54,430
Beggars can't be choosers.

270
00:14:54,496 --> 00:14:56,165
Now that's more like it.

271
00:14:56,232 --> 00:14:59,368
Now, gentlemen,
let's be off. Time is
not on our side.

272
00:14:59,435 --> 00:15:02,735
WOMAN: Neither are we!

273
00:15:06,042 --> 00:15:08,811
No! No! No!
(GROWLS)

274
00:15:08,878 --> 00:15:10,446
Please, keep punching.

275
00:15:10,512 --> 00:15:11,614
Kadabra!

276
00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,148
(GROANING)

277
00:15:13,215 --> 00:15:17,052
Yes. Yes. Fear not...

278
00:15:17,119 --> 00:15:19,254
(YELPS)

279
00:15:19,321 --> 00:15:22,058
(GROANS)

280
00:15:22,125 --> 00:15:27,125
Better get
while the getting's good.

281
00:15:27,830 --> 00:15:30,530
Oh, no, you don't.

282
00:15:33,569 --> 00:15:35,905
Oh, yeah,
they did.

283
00:15:35,972 --> 00:15:39,007
Oh, man. I got
the worst luck.

284
00:15:39,074 --> 00:15:40,176
Trust me.

285
00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:42,544
You have no idea
just how lucky you are.

286
00:15:42,611 --> 00:15:45,611
(SIRENS APPROACHING)

287
00:15:47,683 --> 00:15:48,985
We held on to Brick

288
00:15:49,051 --> 00:15:50,754
and captured
Abra Kadabra, but--

289
00:15:50,821 --> 00:15:53,722
BATMAN:
But Sportsmaster got away
with the other prisoner.

290
00:15:53,789 --> 00:15:55,357
Still, over the last few weeks

291
00:15:55,424 --> 00:15:56,859
we've managed to cripple

292
00:15:56,926 --> 00:15:59,060
the Branchwater chain
of meta-human traffickers.

293
00:15:59,127 --> 00:15:59,996
Branchwater?

294
00:16:00,062 --> 00:16:01,931
A so-called
security firm

295
00:16:01,998 --> 00:16:04,033
owned by series
of shell companies

296
00:16:04,100 --> 00:16:06,535
that trace back
to Stagg Industries

297
00:16:06,602 --> 00:16:08,403
and its
majority shareholder,

298
00:16:08,470 --> 00:16:09,939
Simon Stagg.

299
00:16:10,006 --> 00:16:11,807
Branchwater uses
different methods,

300
00:16:11,874 --> 00:16:13,943
but is easily
as bad as Bedlam.

301
00:16:14,010 --> 00:16:16,312
It's basically
a meta-crime
covert ops unit

302
00:16:16,379 --> 00:16:18,580
that Stagg used
for corporate espionage.

303
00:16:18,647 --> 00:16:20,382
Or corporate warfare.

304
00:16:20,449 --> 00:16:21,684
Diana, we had identified

305
00:16:21,750 --> 00:16:23,319
three links in
the Branchwater chain,

306
00:16:23,386 --> 00:16:26,622
acquisition, coercion
and utilization.

307
00:16:26,689 --> 00:16:28,458
Link one, acquisition.

308
00:16:28,525 --> 00:16:31,827
Instead of creating
new meta-humans
as Bedlam did,

309
00:16:31,894 --> 00:16:34,163
Sportsmaster liberated
existing metas

310
00:16:34,230 --> 00:16:36,465
from prisons
and transports.

311
00:16:36,532 --> 00:16:38,301
Clayface, Livewire
and Mist,

312
00:16:38,368 --> 00:16:41,236
had all been taken
while en route
to Belle Reve.

313
00:16:41,303 --> 00:16:42,738
Link two, coercion.

314
00:16:42,805 --> 00:16:44,673
Instead of Bedlam's
control chips

315
00:16:44,740 --> 00:16:46,342
Branchwater had
Mad Hatter inject

316
00:16:46,409 --> 00:16:49,045
its newly
liberated convicts
with nanotech

317
00:16:49,112 --> 00:16:52,048
that forced them to follow
Branchwater's commands.

318
00:16:52,115 --> 00:16:53,950
Okay, yeah,
they're criminals.

319
00:16:54,016 --> 00:16:56,652
But they're criminals
being victimized by Stagg.

320
00:16:56,719 --> 00:16:58,421
Clayface, Livewire and Mist

321
00:16:58,488 --> 00:17:01,424
were all discovered
to have Hatter's nanotech
in their systems.

322
00:17:01,491 --> 00:17:04,961
Which would've been
Brick's fate had he
also been liberated.

323
00:17:05,027 --> 00:17:07,263
Finally, link three,
utilization.

324
00:17:07,330 --> 00:17:09,364
Cheshire ran missions
for Branchwater

325
00:17:09,431 --> 00:17:10,766
using the controlled metas

326
00:17:10,833 --> 00:17:12,001
for whatever
Stagg wanted
or needed.

327
00:17:12,068 --> 00:17:14,603
Cheshire, working
with Sportsmaster?

328
00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:16,005
I thought she
hated her father.

329
00:17:16,072 --> 00:17:17,373
It's unclear
if either knew

330
00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,809
both were employed
by the same organization.

331
00:17:19,875 --> 00:17:21,478
So the end result?

332
00:17:21,544 --> 00:17:23,813
Well, for starters,
no one's being
coerced anymore.

333
00:17:23,879 --> 00:17:25,447
<i>I found one of
</i> <i>Hatter's control devices</i>

334
00:17:25,514 --> 00:17:26,582
<i>before his place blew up.</i>

335
00:17:26,649 --> 00:17:27,750
Clayface,

336
00:17:27,817 --> 00:17:29,319
I forever release you

337
00:17:29,385 --> 00:17:31,620
from all external
mental control
of your actions.

338
00:17:31,687 --> 00:17:34,123
(SIGHS WEARILY)
Thanks, kid.

339
00:17:34,190 --> 00:17:37,093
I used the same device
to release Livewire and Mist

340
00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,895
after Nightwing's group
left the Detroit airfield.

341
00:17:39,962 --> 00:17:42,064
Clayface, Kadabra,
Brick and Moon

342
00:17:42,131 --> 00:17:43,933
are now in
Belle Reve cells.

343
00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,301
And Mist
and Livewire?

344
00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:48,604
They are minors,
not hardened criminals.

345
00:17:48,671 --> 00:17:50,173
We believe
they are salvageable,

346
00:17:50,239 --> 00:17:52,241
and are seeking
another solution
for them both.

347
00:17:52,308 --> 00:17:53,809
And what about
this Stagg?

348
00:17:53,876 --> 00:17:55,578
Conner and I
took care of him.

349
00:17:55,645 --> 00:17:57,547
<i>We busted him
</i> <i>for receiving
</i> <i>stolen property.</i>

350
00:17:57,614 --> 00:18:00,850
<i>The Reach device
</i> <i>Cheshire's group
</i> <i>took from STAR.</i>

351
00:18:00,916 --> 00:18:02,885
What does this
Reach device do?

352
00:18:02,952 --> 00:18:04,353
Why did Stagg want it?

353
00:18:04,419 --> 00:18:05,455
That's unclear.

354
00:18:05,522 --> 00:18:07,290
It was salvaged
from a Reach warship

355
00:18:07,357 --> 00:18:09,459
downed during
the battle against
the Warworld.

356
00:18:09,526 --> 00:18:12,028
Blue Beetle had
previously translated
the Reach text

357
00:18:12,094 --> 00:18:13,463
on the side
of the machine,

358
00:18:13,530 --> 00:18:16,366
and all it says is,
"Meta-human fail-safe."

359
00:18:16,432 --> 00:18:18,901
We believe Stagg
had grown paranoid.

360
00:18:18,968 --> 00:18:21,304
Because he was using
metas against others,

361
00:18:21,371 --> 00:18:24,240
he feared
someone else might use
metas against him.

362
00:18:24,307 --> 00:18:26,175
He thought the machine
would protect him against

363
00:18:26,242 --> 00:18:29,812
the "scary meta-world"
he himself was
helping to create.

364
00:18:29,879 --> 00:18:31,113
And it cost him,

365
00:18:31,180 --> 00:18:32,682
because I
anonymously
forwarded

366
00:18:32,749 --> 00:18:35,051
the evidence
we gathered
to the authorities.

367
00:18:35,117 --> 00:18:38,417
And right about now...

368
00:18:40,689 --> 00:18:41,991
Nice timing.

369
00:18:42,058 --> 00:18:44,093
And where's
the Reach device currently?

370
00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,129
<i>En route back to Dr. Stone
</i> <i>at STAR labs, Detroit.</i>

371
00:18:47,196 --> 00:18:48,698
<i>And I'm sure
</i> <i>he'll be able to figure out</i>

372
00:18:48,765 --> 00:18:51,234
<i>-its true purpose safely.
-(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)</i>

373
00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:52,801
Right now,
I'm more concerned

374
00:18:52,868 --> 00:18:55,571
about Branchwater's
most recent acquisition.

375
00:18:55,637 --> 00:18:56,872
Shade.

376
00:18:56,939 --> 00:18:59,242
<i>Sportsmaster liberated him.</i>

377
00:18:59,308 --> 00:19:02,612
Turning him over to Hatter for
<i>a nanotech control injection,</i>

378
00:19:02,679 --> 00:19:06,683
<i>so that he wound up
</i> <i>as Cheshire's
</i> <i>mind-controlled stooge.</i>

379
00:19:06,750 --> 00:19:09,919
Which means
he's still subject
to her manipulations.

380
00:19:09,985 --> 00:19:12,188
<i>Cheshire's not about
</i> <i>to free him...</i>

381
00:19:12,255 --> 00:19:14,957
Without significant incentive.

382
00:19:15,024 --> 00:19:16,893
<i>But at least Stagg,</i>

383
00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,262
<i>who was responsible
</i> <i>for turning him
</i> <i>into a living puppet,</i>

384
00:19:19,328 --> 00:19:24,328
<i>is no longer
</i> <i>pulling Shade's strings.</i>

385
00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:26,450
(GASPS)

386
00:19:31,373 --> 00:19:32,674
So this is a win?

387
00:19:32,741 --> 00:19:34,643
Largely. What troubles you?

388
00:19:34,710 --> 00:19:35,744
This.

389
00:19:35,811 --> 00:19:37,547
All of this.

390
00:19:37,614 --> 00:19:40,082
Between the seven of us,
we're coordinating
six teams of heroes.

391
00:19:40,149 --> 00:19:42,017
None of whom know
we're working together.

392
00:19:42,084 --> 00:19:44,220
It's what we all
agreed to, Diana.

393
00:19:44,287 --> 00:19:46,622
Taking a page
from the Light's
own playbook,

394
00:19:46,688 --> 00:19:48,357
to fight
fire with fire.

395
00:19:48,424 --> 00:19:50,025
We're kind of,
the anti-Light.

396
00:19:50,092 --> 00:19:51,927
And that's
a good thing?

397
00:19:51,994 --> 00:19:54,130
The opposite
of light is darkness.

398
00:19:54,196 --> 00:19:55,998
Is that what we represent?

399
00:19:56,065 --> 00:19:58,901
Um, maybe that was
a poor choice of words.

400
00:19:58,968 --> 00:20:00,737
Or maybe it wasn't.

401
00:20:00,804 --> 00:20:03,072
I don't like keeping
the other members
of the League in the dark.

402
00:20:03,139 --> 00:20:06,142
Worst-case scenario,
they need real deniability.

403
00:20:06,209 --> 00:20:07,910
Do you expect Superman

404
00:20:07,977 --> 00:20:09,511
to lie under oath?

405
00:20:09,578 --> 00:20:10,980
Do you expect me to?

406
00:20:11,047 --> 00:20:12,315
If it comes
to that.

407
00:20:12,382 --> 00:20:14,083
As a princess
of Themyscira,

408
00:20:14,150 --> 00:20:16,152
I expect you to use
your diplomatic status

409
00:20:16,219 --> 00:20:18,487
to avoid taking
the stand at all.

410
00:20:18,554 --> 00:20:20,156
And the rest of you?

411
00:20:20,223 --> 00:20:24,423
Are you all
prepared to lie?

412
00:20:33,903 --> 00:20:38,403
(SIRENS WAILING AT A DISTANCE)

413
00:20:39,075 --> 00:20:41,243
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)