Original subtitles

Alert the queen.

Hyah!

Bruce Vayne.

Bruce Wayne.

Talk.

I believe there is a stranger.

- Comes to this village. - From the sea.

He comes in the winter

when the people are hungry.

He brings fish.

He comes on the king tide.

That was last night.

You have eyes, so see.

Icebergs in the harbor.

It's four months since

the last ship got through.

Well, this stranger

doesn't come by ship.

There are enemies

coming from far away.

I need warriors.

This stranger,

others like him.

I'm building an alliance

to defend ourselves.

It's very important

that I see this man.

If this stranger exists,

he'll give him your message.

$5,000 American.

Look, I'll give you $25,000

to talk to this man

right now, outside.

How dare this dog

speak to us like children.

Ooh, magical man from the sea.

We are poor, not stupid.

Get out.

I'm sorry.

Can't do that.

I'll leave after we've spoken.

He said, "Get out."

Arthur Curry.

Also known as.

Protector of the Oceans.

The Aquaman.

So, let me

get this straight.

You do it dressed like a bat?

Like an actual bat?

Worked for 20 years in Gotham.

Oh, that shithole.

- When the fight comes, - we'll need you.

- Don't count on it, Batman. - Why not?

- 'Cause I don't like. - You coming here, - Digging into my business.

And getting into my life.

I want to be left alone.

Is that why you do this?

- Why you help these people out. - Here in the middle of nowhere?

I've read the stories.

- Your good deeds. - You think no one sees.

You'll join us.

"Strong man

is strongest alone."

You ever heard that?

- You ever hear - of Superman?

He died fighting next to me.

My point exactly.

He believed

we were stronger together.

We owe it to him.

I don't owe anyone anything.

Dressed like a bat.

- You're out of your mind, - Bruce Wayne.

Move over, Dusty.

My God, Master Wayne,

but this is cold.

Maybe we can catch

the next king tide in Jamaica?

Might be

a metahuman or two in Fiji.

Costa Rica's nice.

I found him.

He said no.

So the draft stands

at naught for two?

Maybe a man who broods

in a cave for a living

isn't cut out to be

a recruiter. Hmm?

That's $10, please.

♪ Let us go now ♪

♪ My darling companion ♪

♪ Set out for the ♪

♪ Distant skies... ♪

Good morning, Miss Lane.

Jerry, hi.

Wow.

You don't miss a day, do you?

Like it here.

♪ They told us our gods

would outlive us ♪

♪ They told us our dreams

would outlive us ♪

♪ They told us our gods

would outlive us ♪

♪ But they lied ♪

Excuse me.

Move!

Move it! Move it!

No, mate, don't shoot!

-Move, move!

- Get the fuck - over there!

Move! All of ya!

Line them up

along the wall.

Keep them quiet.

Keep quiet!

Shut up! Shut up!

Shut them up too!

We'll be making

a statement shortly.

- Until then, - if I see any movement,

- You'll have a lot of dead kids. - On your hands.

Should I take him?

Hold your fire.

They've got kids in there.

- Yeah, - he's not bluffing, chief.

- St. Brigid's had. - A school trip today.

Quiet! Shut up!

Down with the modern world.

Back to the Dark Ages.

Quiet!

I said

shut your fucking mouth.

-Who are you?

The Lasso of Hestia compels

you to reveal the truth.

Now, who are you?

We're a small group

of reactionary terrorists

who wanna turn back

the clock in Europe

- a thousand years. - Boring. Why the hostages?

We have no demands.

- We're just stalling the police. - While we do it.

While you do what?

You're too late.

The countdown's already begun.

In a few minutes,

four city blocks...

while the world watches.

No!

- Like lambs - to the slaughter.

I don't believe it.

Believe it.

Is everyone all right?

Are you okay?

Good. It's okay.

- It's okay. It's over. - You can stand up.

It's all good.

It's over now.

Are you okay?

You okay? Good.

Are you okay, princess?

Can I be like you someday?

You can be anything

you want to be.

Come on. Let's go.

Any changes today?

No, my Queen.

The Mother Box has awoken,

yet nothing has happened.

It has slept

for thousands of years

since the First Age.

Why did it wake at all?

- This is the first time. - It's gone quiet.

Since the crack appeared.

Maybe it's going

back to sleep.

Evil does not sleep.

It waits.

Something is coming.

Prepare for battle!

Amazons,

on your marks!

Ready!

Defenders.

They have failed

100,000 worlds.

They always fail.

I've come to enlighten you

to the great darkness.

I will bathe in your fear.

Daughters of Themyscira,

show him your fear!

We have no fear!

Gather the legions!

Go with her!

You must seal the cage!

-Go!

-Phillipus!

No!

Behind you!

Ahhh!

Epione.

Honor us. It's right.

Seal it.

Ready the hammers!

Seal it now!

Guard it with your life.

- Yes, my Queen. - Keep it moving.

Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

Got it! Go!

Hyah!

Oh, noble Queen.

Why do you fight?

You can't save her.

You can't save any of them.

The great darkness begins.

Amazons!

Yes, we will find the others.

-Draw!

Loose!

He's gone back

to his universe.

No.

He's gone to the lands of men

to find the other two boxes.

We have to light

the ancient warning fire.

The fire has not burned

for 5,000 years.

Men won't know what it means.

Men won't.

She will.

It's toxic.

That's good.

Go!

Follow the scent

of the Mother Boxes.

Find the missing two.

Once they are found,

The Unity will be formed.

This world

will join the others.

He will be pleased.

He will see my worth again.

Hey.

- Anything on that kid. - From the liquor store?

Possibly.

"Possibly."

If I had a dollar

for every "possibly."

Yeah, it would make you

even more insufferable.

Facial scan might have

got a hit on him,

our disappearing man.

One Mr. Barry Allen

from Central City.

- Might be. - Another false positive,

- You'll have to give me. - A little time.

- To confirm. - We don't have any more time.

Master Wayne,

you've been working

as if there's no tomorrow

to build this team

of people you can't even find.

- I found one. - I found two, including Diana.

Just because Lex Luthor says

- the planet's. - In danger of attack?

- This has nothing. - To do with Lex Luthor.

It has to do with him.

I made a promise to him

on his grave.

I spent a lot of time

trying to divide us.

I need to bring us together

and make this right.

Well, it's been some time

since Luthor's warning.

No attacks.

No barbarians at the gate.

Maybe these barbarians

don't use a gate.

Maybe they're already here.

- Keep looking. - What else do you have?

Lab's all yours, Howard.

11:30.

Early night for you, Silas.

Yes, early night.

Tell your family I said hello.

What the...

Jesus.

The Arrow of Artemis.

It will reach

the lands of men.

Sky torch,

hero beacon,

scatter the darkness.

Burn as you burned

in days before.

Show her the darkness before

the daylight of history.

Warn my daughter

that war has come

and protect her.

Return to me, Diana.

What did you do

this weekend, Diana?

Nothing very interesting.

That's all you ever tell us.

What can I do?

I'm not that exciting.

You might as well disappear

when you walk out of here.

Again?

- What is it? - Now what?

Budget cuts, tomb raiders.

Now add to the list "arson."

Yes, good morning.

-From the isle of Crete.

As you can see behind me,

an enormous bonfire

is burning.

This fire has been burning

through the night.

We're now into the morning

- and we are. - At least five miles away.

And we can still

see it burning as we speak.

This has baffled locals and

government authorities alike

here at this historical site

of the so-called shrine

of the Amazons.

- Now, locals and government. - Officials are baffled as to.

- What may have caused this. - Invasion.

Ryan.

- Hiya, Doc. - Is the...

- No damage. - To the electron-laser.

- Uh, Dr. Silas Stone? - Yeah.

- Ryan Choi? - That's us.

Um, who did this?

Did they steal anything?

- They took. - Whatever was in here.

That? Oh, that wasn't stolen.

Was it, Dr. Stone?

No. That was misplaced

a while ago.

Object 6-1-9-8-2. Department

of Defense Archives.

Mmm-hmm.

-What was it?

I don't know.

You don't know?

- I don't know, which was why. - I was studying it.

What's your rank, Doctor?

Ryan, would you, uh,

do the honors?

- Sure. Okay. - Thanks.

- Civilian. STARLABS. - Is a private contractor.

We work for the DoD.

We advise them

on xeno-science.

"Xeno-science"?

Alien technology.

For example,

the Superman ship.

Eight people

- never signed out. - Of the lab last night, Doctor.

Cleaning staff, guards,

- a few of. - Your research scientists.

They were abducted.

Are you sure?

Witness saw it all.

He escaped.

He's here in quarantine now,

working on an ID sketch.

Any idea who

or what that might be?

The box

isn't safe here.

Victor,

- they came looking for it. - At the lab.

People were taken by some kind

of monster or something.

You know a lot about monsters,

don't you?

Especially how to make 'em.

Mayday! Mayday, mayday!

My hull is breached.

I'm going down.

Mayday!

Is there anybody out there?

Ahh!

Whiskey.

Tell him to respect

the storm next time.

It's on him.

♪ The starry heavens above me ♪

♪ The moral law within ♪

♪ So the world appears ♪

♪ Through this mist of tears ♪

♪ There is a kingdom ♪

♪ There is a king ♪

♪ And he lives without ♪

♪ And he lives within ♪

♪ There is a kingdom ♪

♪ There is a king ♪

♪ There is a king ♪

♪ And he is everything ♪

King who would be man.

Son of a human father

and Queen of the Seas.

All the time I've wasted

trying to keep the promise

I made to your mother.

- Are you finished, - old man?

You never sleep

in the same place twice,

yet you keep coming back here.

I like it. It's quiet.

It's your inheritance.

- You're the rightful king. - Of Atlantis.

Our people suffer.

Your people.

A brutal, petty,

superstitious race.

Is the surface any different?

Nobody calls me.

King of the Surface.

What do you want, Vulko?

- Guards near - the stronghold.

Have been disappearing.

Snatchers from above.

Talk to King Orm.

- Your brother? - Half-brother.

He's trying to fan the flames

of war with the surface.

He lies.

- The snatchers have come. - From the dark place.

They're looking for it.

The Mother Box

our people guard is not safe.

Go to the stronghold

of Atlantis.

Protect the box.

The time has come.

Take up your mother's trident.

You can't turn your back

on the world forever, Arthur.

Above or below.

DeSaad.

DeSaad! I call to thee.

Steppenwolf,

have you begun the conquest?

This world is divided.

They are a primitive species.

Unevolved and at war

with one another.

Too separate to be one.

- Their free will. - Must be ripped from them,

Like the other worlds.

Given absolution

in one glorious belief,

to serve him.

The Mother Boxes?

I have found one of the three.

The one that woke

and called to me.

The other two still sleep,

but the parademons

feel their presence.

They fly,

they search, they take

prisoners who carry the scent,

while I build a stronghold

in the name of his glory.

Yes.

Mighty Steppenwolf,

who might have sat here

by the side of the great one.

But undone by his self-pride.

DeSaad...

I fall before you.

Let me make a plea to him

that I may come home

after I take this world

in his name.

You betrayed him.

Your own family.

I saw my mistake.

I slaughtered those

who sought his throne.

You still owe the great one

50,000 more worlds.

He will hear your plea

when you pay your debt.

The Mother Boxes

will be found and united.

No protectors here.

No Lanterns, no Kryptonian.

This world will fall,

like all the others.

For Darkseid.

For Darkseid.

- You know, - I paid millions of dollars.

For this building's security.

- You got - your money's worth.

Took me almost a minute

to disable it.

Hi there.

A new toy?

Prototype troop carrier.

I once knew a man

who would have loved

to fly it.

- The best minds. - At Wayne Aerospace.

Couldn't make it fly.

But you can?

I have no choice.

I need more range

and I need more cargo.

- I think. - There's an attack coming.

Not coming, Bruce.

It's already here.

From what I've learned,

they are things

from another universe.

They serve a dark power.

An old power.

What do they want?

To invade.

To conquer.

They came here once before,

long ago.

A great armada

appeared in the sky,

- laying waste. - To all who opposed it.

The leader of the invaders

was a being called Darkseid.

A name cursed and feared

in every universe.

Darkseid was met in battle

by Earth's defenders.

The old gods, men...

Atlanteans before

their descent into the sea...

Amazons before their betrayal

and enslavement

and guardians from the stars.

Their histories

had taught them

not to trust each other,

not to hope for an alliance.

To fight apart.

As Darkseid

waged war on Earth,

he found a secret there.

A power hidden

in the infinity of space.

He called forth mystics

who worshipped and controlled

three objects...

the Mother Boxes.

Wait, wait, wait.

"Mother Boxes"?

Indestructible

living machines,

made from a science

so advanced,

it looks like sorcery.

To conquer, three boxes

have to synchronize

and join together

into The Unity.

The Unity cleanses

a planet with fire,

transforming it into a copy

of the enemy's world.

All who live

become servants of Darkseid.

Alive but drained of life.

Parademons.

-Amazons!

With me!

But before The Unity

could synchronize,

- the defenders of Earth. - Attacked.

And fought as one.

Amazons alongside Atlanteans.

Zeus and his son Ares

alongside the guardians

from the sky.

A golden Age of Heroes

fighting together

to defend life on Earth.

They did what no world

had ever done.

Sent the enemies

back into the stars.

The three Mother Boxes

never synchronized.

-The Unity never came to pass.

But, in their retreat,

the boxes were left behind

on Earth.

They grew weak.

Dogs without masters

falling asleep,

awaiting their return.

Fading from the view

of the enemy,

anonymous

among a trillion worlds.

The defenders of Earth

made a vow.

Men, Atlanteans, and Amazons.

Each would enshrine and guard

- one of the three. - Sleeping Mother Boxes.

According to the rites

and rituals of their culture

in case a box

should ever wake again

- to call out. - To the planet Apokolips.

To return and conquer

the only world.

Darkseid had ever lost.

Something woke the box

my people guard.

It called out

to the dark place...

to one of Darkseid's

conquerors.

The enemy is here.

If he's here, where is he?

- He'll be searching. - For the other two boxes.

Hiding until he has all three.

Until he's ready.

Then we have to be ready.

You, me, the others.

They said the Age of Heroes

would never come again.

No, it will.

It has to.

The others.

Where are they?

Am I late?

- No, I'm so late. - I'm very late.

Oh, hey, buddy. Hey.

-Oh. No.

Okay, bye. Okay.

-I'm so sorry.

I'm late.

- Are you, uh... - I'm...

- I'm so sorry I'm so late. - I didn't mean to be so late.

- I'm me and I'm here. - And I'm so sorry I'm late.

- Essentially, - the bus didn't come,

Then the bus did come,

- but then there was. - This old woman.

Counting change for the fare,

- like, nickel, penny, - nickel, penny.

- Like, jeez Louise, - let this woman on the bus.

She's 107 years old,

- these are some of her. - Last few moments of life.

Resume.

Resume.

Come on.

Come on.

From the French, of course.

"Resume," I believe,

is a past participle of...

Uh, wow. That's no good.

- It's like, what lives. - In my pocket, right?

- "Paper monster hungry." - Uh...

Come on. Supposed to be

friends now.

-Yes.

Central City College,

I'm a criminal justice major.

You said you had experience

walking dogs.

♪ Long afloat ♪

♪ On shipless oceans ♪

♪ I did all my best to smile ♪

♪ 'Til your singing eyes

and fingers ♪

♪ Drew me loving to your isle ♪

♪ Did I dream

you dreamed about me? ♪

♪ Were you here

when I was forced out? ♪

♪ Now my foolish boat

is leaning ♪

♪ Broken lovelorn

on your rocks ♪

♪ Here I am

Here I am ♪

♪ Waiting to hold you ♪

- Oh, gosh, - I hope everyone's okay.

See, in times of crisis,

for dog work,

I always bring a meat snack.

'Cause it makes them

feel calm.

- 'Cause you never know. - What's going to happen - In this city.

I mean, oh, my gosh.

Right? I start on Monday?

You have been

near a Mother Box.

The scent is on you.

Where is it?

No son or daughter of Atlantis

will ever tell you.

- Our people have guarded. - The Mother Box.

For thousands of years.

I will never betray

my own people.

You already have.

This was taken in

the deepest trench on Earth.

He must be an Atlantean.

A water-breather.

- He was breathing air. - When I talked to him.

Mixed-blood, then.

He said he'll fight with us?

More or less.

More more or more less?

Probably more less.

-He said no?

-He said no.

Atlanteans

can be tricky.

My people went to war

with them once.

I'm not sure we can trust him.

- Diana, - if we're gonna do this,

You're gonna need to be open

- to more things. - That we didn't...

You know...

- I'm sorry. That's okay. - Sorry. My fault.

Don't worry about it.

- Let's... - It happens.

So...

- This is the - third person.

- Disappears for 1/30 - of a second here.

One frame of video, see?

Barry Allen. Central City.

Go to him.

I'll work on number four.

Organic and biomechatronic

body parts.

He's a cyborg.

Ready!

Break!

Three...

eighty...

set... go!

Your son may be captain

of the football team

and a certified genius,

Mrs. Stone...

Dr. Stone.

- But that doesn't mean. - He can hack into our system.

To change his friend's grades.

Sarah's family

lost their house this year.

How could that child

pass her classes?

Victor helped her

'cause he's got a good heart.

What did you do to help her?

-Your father...

-Mom, Mom, don't.

-He got held up at the lab.

Okay. He always does.

He wanted to be here.

You always say that.

- Ma, you gotta stop. - Making excuses for him.

You're just as busy as he is,

but you still make the time.

He just has difficulty

showing it, but...

I know he's proud of you.

We both are, Victor.

Hey, hey, hey.

With everything I know

you can do today,

- I can't wait to see. - What you're gonna be tomorrow.

Dr. Stone,

I'm sorry,

your wife didn't survive.

- I'm afraid. - Your son won't either.

I won't let you die.

I won't allow it.

I won't allow it.

Victor.

Victor, you're not

stuck in here.

You still have a life

ahead of you.

Your mother would have

wanted you to live that life.

If you were there,

Mom would still be alive.

All right, look,

you don't have to give me

a second chance,

but give yourself one.

If you can't stand

looking at me,

try listening.

What you can do now, Victor.

Your physical strength is

just the tip of the iceberg.

The tip of the tip.

In the world

of ones and zeroes,

you are the absolute master.

No firewall can stop you.

No encryption can defy you.

We're all at your mercy, Vic.

- From our power grids. - To our telecommunications,

- Everyone's lives. - Are controlled.

And dominated

by complex digital networks

that will bend

without effort to your will.

The fate of the world

will literally

rest in your hands.

Its entire nuclear arsenal,

you could launch

with a thought.

The world's monetary systems

and its complex interactions

- will seem as easy. - To manipulate for you.

As a child's plaything.

The question...

No, the challenge

won't be doing it.

It will be not doing.

Not seeing.

- It is the burden. - Of this responsibility.

That will define you

and who you choose to be.

Now, make a wish.

One more time.

Good job. Wave to Grandma!

Hi, Grandma!

What?

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God!

Victor...

Victor, these are the words

and deductions of a scientist.

That's how I've been

speaking to you.

Now,

let me

speak to you from my heart,

not as a scientist,

as a father.

Hey.

Hey, you!

Because you are

holding yourself back.

You're going in circles, man.

Holding down

three dead-end jobs,

going on four.

- Where do you. - Even find the time?

I make the time.

- I just need one more gig... - Barry.

- Then I'm gonna pay. - For my own tuition.

You can't.

- Like I always said - I would.

- You cannot keep. - Doing this to yourself.

- Okay. I really don't wanna. - Talk about this again.

- Please, we have 10 minutes. - And this is all to pay.

- For a criminal justice degree, - huh?

Yeah.

For what?

Huh, let's see.

As I talk to my father,

- who's still in prison. - For the murder.

- Of my mother, - which he didn't commit.

- Yeah, how did I get interested. - In criminal justice?

I can't remember.

Oh, boy.

- This path has clearly. - Chosen me, Dad.

Give me your hand, man.

I want you

to listen to me, Barry.

I want you to listen to me,

because I mean this.

I want you

to give all that up.

And I want you to stop

coming to see me.

I am a drag on your life.

Okay. Um...

Please don't ever

say that to me again.

Please.

- Hey, you know what. - Criminal justice.

Would be for me?

My son not wasting his life.

- You can be. - Whatever you wanna be.

You're brilliant, man.

Absolute best of the best.

I can't sit here and watch you

run in place in Central City

for some old dude

who's not going anywhere.

- Dad, that's not true. - It's time.

That's not true.

Let's go, Allen. Allen!

- I want you. - To make your own future.

- You're living in the past. - Make your own future.

Open gate.

Great.

- "You're living in the past. - Make your own future, Barry."

- Clear. - Close the gate.

Barry Allen. Bruce Wayne.

You said that like it explains

- why there's a total stranger. - In my place.

Sitting in the dark,

in my second favorite chair.

Tell me about this.

This is a person

who looks exactly like me,

but who is definitely not me.

Somebody... I don't know.

Hippie, long hair.

Very attractive Jewish boy.

Who drinks milk,

I don't drink milk.

I know you have abilities.

I just don't know

what they are.

My special skills

include viola, web design,

fluent in sign language,

gorilla sign language.

Silica-based

sand quartz fabric.

Abrasion resistant,

heat resistant.

- Uh, yeah, I do. - Competitive ice dancing.

- It's what they use. - On the space shuttle.

- To prevent it from. - Burning up on re-entry.

I do very competitive

ice dancing.

- Look, man. - I don't know who you are,

- But whoever. - You're looking for,

It's not me.

You're the Batman?

So, you're fast.

- That feels. - Like an oversimplification.

I'm putting together a team.

People with special abilities.

- You see, - I believe enemies are coming.

Stop right there. I'm in.

You are?

Just like that?

Yeah.

I need friends.

Great. Great.

Can I keep this?

- It's like this layer. - Of dimensional reality,

- And it seems. - To manipulate space-time.

I call it the Speed Force.

- Causes me to burn a tremendous. - Amount of calories.

So I am just a black hole

of snacks.

I am a snack hole.

How many people are

on this special fight team?

- Three, including you. - Three?

Against what?

I'll tell you on the plane.

Plane?

What are your

superpowers again?

I'm rich.

Oh, Miss Prince,

let me do that.

No, that's okay.

I can do it myself.

Would you like

to have some?

Uh, no, thank you.

If you put the water in first.

Of course.

-So we don't scald the tea.

-Yes.

-Great.

- No, that's probably. - Enough tea.

All right.

- Are you sure you don't. - Wanna have some?

I won't, thank you.

And then leave it to mash.

I will.

I will, definitely will.

Uh... What are you working on?

It's a gauntlet

lined with specialized

polymer solar cells.

-Wow.

-Here, let me show you.

We borrowed this from

the Kryptonian scout ship.

Oh, maybe you should, uh...

- a fraction. - Thank you, thank you.

Of course.

Ah.

Ah, now,

let's see how that did.

-Ha! Yes.

Not to be sneezed at.

A gauntlet that captures

and dissipates energy.

It's Master Wayne's idea.

Maybe you should work

on a lasso, too?

-In black, of course.

-Oh.

-All right. Victor Stone.

Something is not working.

Mmm.

Looks like you have a date,

Miss Prince.

Why are you looking

for me, Diana?

You know who I am.

- I know more than you. - Can possibly imagine.

Then maybe you already know

I need your help.

The world does.

Fuck the world.

You've obviously

been through a great deal.

I can't begin to imagine what.

But whatever happened to you,

you have gifts now.

Gifts?

What part of this

looks like a gift to you?

We need you, Victor.

And maybe you need us.

I don't need anyone.

Not anymore.

I told myself the same

for a long time.

I lost someone I loved once.

I shut myself off

from everyone.

But I had to learn

to open back up again.

The truth is,

I'm still working on it.

And if you asked to meet me...

you're working on it, too.

- You were right. - About the metal sample.

From the Superman ship.

When we bombard it with X-rays

from the electron-laser,

look what happens.

3.5 million kelvin.

The inner core of the metal

becomes superheated.

Hot, dense matter.

You're looking at

the hottest thing on Earth.

Exact words I said

to my prom date.

She dumped me anyway.

Yeah.

Hey, Doc,

- do you think. - Batman is connected.

To the object

the CID is looking for?

You know, 6-1-9-8-2?

No...

I don't.

Oh, Victor.

All right! Let's go!

Commissioner Gordon?

Come on!

Your messages.

Hey, hey!

Don't have to see the sky

to know it's a full moon.

Half of Gotham's

reality-challenged

community showed up.

- Say they saw flying monsters. - By the harbor.

- You were right, Ma. - Police Academy.

- What's wrong. - With dental school?

"Attacked by

a flying vampire."

"Looked like a giant bat

with huge fangs."

On a possibly related note,

sketch of the suspect

in the abductions

at the lab across the harbor.

-Looks like...

-I know what it looks like,

Crispus.

- Come on, you think he fights. - Criminals for 20 years here.

And then he goes to Metropolis

and kidnaps eight people?

I'll talk to him tonight.

How, Jim?

How do you think?

Silas?

Hey, hey.

Hey, hey!

Oh, my goodness.

Where's the cyborg?

His name is Victor.

We met, spoke.

Give him time.

You must be Barry. I'm Diana.

Hi, Barry. I'm Diana.

That's not right. Great.

So, this is us.

Yeah, this is us.

Oh!

Awesome! It's the Bat-Signal.

That's your...

Oh, sorry.

That's your signal.

That means we have to go now.

-Yeah, that's what that means.

It's so cool.

- Commander Mera, - I told the king.

- The perimeter guards. - Were taken.

He won't send reinforcements.

He says all the reserves are

needed in the rebel regions.

He's as shortsighted

as he is cruel.

- All right, take what men. - We have left.

- And form a phalanx. - Around the Mother Box.

You can't escape.

I'm not trying to.

Vulko told me

you would come.

The firstborn

of beloved Queen Atlanna.

Wait.

Please.

I knew her.

Well, that makes one of us.

My parents died in the wars.

She took me in.

What a saint.

- You dare speak. - Of Queen Atlanna that way?

Your queen left me

on my father's doorstep

- and never gave me. - Another thought.

Your mother left you

to save your life.

You cannot imagine

how it hurt her.

What it cost her.

But you're not

a defenseless child now.

- It would have been. - Her responsibility.

To follow that monster

to the surface and stop him.

Now,

it's yours.

Yes.

Steppenwolf,

tell me what you've learned.

Two boxes

found and awake.

With the combined power

of the two Mother Boxes,

I've been able to finish

the stronghold's defenses.

Where is the third Mother Box?

The parademons

sense its presence

and search for the third.

They have taken prisoners

who carry its scent.

Go.

Interrogate the prisoners.

Find the third.

They will tell me

what they know,

or I will rip it from them.

How many of you are there?

Not enough.

Dozens of witnesses

all over Gotham.

- Description. - Matches the suspect.

In the Metropolis abductions.

Parademons.

Okay.

The demons must have caught

the scent of a Mother Box.

At the lab.

- They carried people away. - To find out what they know.

- So the eight. - May still be alive.

Nine.

Oh.

The head of STARLABS

was taken tonight.

Wow, okay.

So, another scientist.

So, how do we find him?

There must be a nest nearby.

I plotted all the sightings

in Metropolis, Gotham.

- No discernable pattern. - I can see.

- The lines on the map. - Don't converge.

On land.

- These lead back. - To Stryker's Island,

Between the two cities.

These are air vents.

- They all lead. - Down to the tunnel.

To a Metropolis project

that was abandoned in '29.

The nest could be there.

- Uh, - is he coming with us now,

- Because we're not all. - Gonna fit in your car.

I have something bigger.

Do you really think that...

Oh, wow, they just...

They really just vanish, huh?

Oh. That's rude.

We're close.

The scent of the enemy.

Of absence.

Darkness.

Death.

Where are we, Alfred?

Stryker's Island.

You should be directly under

the venting tower

for the tunnel.

Now look to your left,

- you'll see a staircase. - To the machine room.

Thermal scan shows

a cluster of people there.

That's it.

Let's go.

Right.

Is there... Is there a plan?

Either of you?

Don't engage alone.

We do this together.

I heard about you.

Didn't think you were real.

I'm real when it's useful.

I grow tired of your silence.

- Now tell me, - where is the Mother Box?

Please. We have families.

Then you have weakness.

Steppenwolf.

Okay, I'm guessing

that's the bad guy.

Good guess.

I'm really, really missing

Superman right now.

Circle to the other side.

We'll surround them

and surprise him.

You have been

near a Mother Box.

The scent is on you.

- I don't know. - What you're talking about.

- Where is it? - Leave him alone!

He... He doesn't know.

Wait, please, please!

You carry

the scent, too. But stronger.

I will die before I tell you.

You'll die if you don't.

No!

Victor.

Kill them both.

Ah, Amazon.

But not like your sisters.

Stronger.

Amazon.

Hold!

This one will be mine.

I belong to no one.

Guys, this is not together.

- Help get those people. - Out of here.

- I'll make sure these things. - Follow me.

Everybody, move!

A little quicker.

- Are you good? - Yeah.

I've got this. Keep moving.

This way.

The energy

is dissipating.

My gauntlet worked!

Celebrate later, Alfred.

I need the Nightcrawler.

Thought you'd never ask.

- Crawler's on the way. - Initiating remote mode.

Thank you, Alfred.

Don't mention it.

No!

Whew.

- They're safe. - Get back to the tunnel.

Tunnel. Right.

Aliens, bad guy, sword lady.

My turn.

- Catastrophic failure. - Of all systems.

Are you all right,

Master Wayne?

Are you all right?

You have the blood

of the old gods in you.

You okay?

Mm.

Wasn't sure you'd come.

You're my father.

Go.

No!

Relax, Alfred.

I'll take it from here.

Uh, do I know you?

What are we under, right now?

Gotham Harbor.

Who is that?

Come on.

Diana, get on!

What is it?

Show me.

It is here.

On this world.

Sir, you're gonna

be in quarantine

for possible alien microbes.

- U.S. government protocols. - Require that...

I know the requirements.

I wrote them.

It called to him.

The Mother Box.

The one he already has.

He has two. He took

the Mother Box from Atlantis.

All he needs now

is the lost Box of Men.

If he doesn't already have it.

He doesn't have it.

I do.

Have you finished

the conquest?

Not yet, DeSaad.

Then why do you summon me?

I bring news.

Before mighty Darkseid

came to the throne,

he searched the universe

for the ultimate weapon.

The Anti-Life Equation.

The key to

controlling all life

- and all will. - Throughout the multiverse.

He found it hidden

on a primitive planet,

but before...

The story of the defiance

is well-known.

- I have found. - The primitive planet.

The world that fought back.

It is Earth.

- The Anti-Life Equation. - Is carved.

Into the surface

of this very world.

Are you certain?

I have seen it.

I have looked

with my own eyes.

Anti-Life.

My lord.

Oh, Steppenwolf.

My lord, I am

but your humble servant.

Can it be true

that you have found it?

I have, great one.

The lost world is Earth.

Anti-Life is here.

If it is redemption you seek,

find the third box,

synchronize The Unity,

and when this world

is scorched,

I will come

for my great prize.

You will come to Earth?

I have turned

100,000 worlds to dust

looking for Anti-Life.

Looking for those

who robbed me of my glory.

I will stride

across their bones

and bask in the glow

of Anti-Life.

And all of existence

shall be mine.

It shall be so, my master.

So cool.

From the outside,

it looks like this building

was abandoned.

It wants to fly.

You talk to machines?

I speak

to intelligence.

- This one's saying. - She can't fly.

Because of a software issue,

but I could fix it

with a little time.

There's a dark spot

in my data stream.

I could feel

the other two boxes.

I know they're awake,

but I can't see

where they are.

- Well, we can't attack unless. - We know where the base is.

Even if we knew,

I've never seen a being

as strong as Steppenwolf.

Maybe one.

Hmm, Superman.

- As long as. - The third box is asleep,

They can't see it,

only sense it.

- We need to keep moving. - So they can't catch up.

No. That's just a strategy

to lose more slowly,

not to win.

Remind me, are flamethrowers

not a thing?

Why don't we just destroy it?

- Fire doesn't. - Destroy the boxes.

- They're an unknown form. - Of matter.

Oh, they love heat.

- They absorb it, - hold it in their cores.

Well, you know

a lot about these boxes.

Makes you think.

Where'd you find the box,

Victor?

- Are you trying. - To say something?

Oh, I'm saying it.

How do we know you're not

working for them?

It's a long story.

You got somewhere else to be?

The Nazis found the box

at the end

of the Second World War,

buried under

an Italian monastery.

- The Allies intercepted it. - On its way to Hitler.

They brought it back

to the States in '44.

Unknown object 6-1-9-8-2.

- It collected dust. - In the Pentagon archives.

For 70 years

till DoD began to study

the Superman ship.

A researcher at STARLABS

made a connection

between the ship...

and 6-1-9-8-2.

He understood they were

both alien technologies.

Different civilizations,

similar properties.

And though the box had slept

for thousands of years,

the researcher formulated

a theory on how to awaken it.

And so did.

Then...

I had an accident

that should've killed me.

But in an act of desperation

or madness,

the researcher harnessed

the power of the Mother Box.

He unleashed

an alien technology

he didn't fully understand.

He used that power

to keep me alive.

Alive...

but turned into this.

The box went back to sleep

and he never returned it.

That researcher

was Silas Stone.

My father.

Wait,

your father saved your life

with one of these things?

Aren't they

psycho murder machines?

They're change machines.

The boxes don't think in terms

of healing or killing,

alive or dead.

- They rearrange matter. - At the will of their masters,

Regenerate, reinstate.

Reinstate?

A box has the power

- to reinstate anterior. - Particle relationships.

- So, you mean in the way. - That particles of matter.

Can't be created or destroyed,

- their relations. - Just transform.

Burn down a house,

the particles still exist.

Particles of house

become particles of smoke.

Anybody with a match

can turn a house to smoke.

But a Mother Box...

turns smoke

back into a house.

I know we're all thinking

the same thing right now.

Who's gonna say it?

I'm not gonna say it.

Who is it?

Martha.

Hi.

Hi.

I went to the Daily Planet

to finally pick up.

Clark's things.

I don't know why,

nowhere to put them now.

I lost the farm.

I'd been behind on

the payments for a while.

Truth is, the house is too big

for me to live in

by myself anyway.

Well, you know you're welcome

to stay here any time

for as long as you need.

Thank you, Lois.

That's very kind.

But I've found a little place

that suits me just fine,

right by the diner.

I'm not here for help.

I'm here because

when I saw Mr. Perry,

he told me that

you haven't been to work

since Clark died.

I can't.

The whole world is mourning.

Grieving over a symbol.

Everywhere I go, everywhere

I look, I see that "S."

I hear what people say.

They talk like they knew him.

But they didn't know Clark.

And I can't stop them

and look at them and tell them

how proud I am of my son.

You're the only one who knows.

Who feels what I do.

Burdened by a secret

on top of grief.

I came all this way

because I wanted...

because I wanted to see you.

Tell you...

I understand.

I...

will never love anybody

the way that I love your son.

And I just miss him.

I miss him so much.

So do I, sweetheart.

Martha, you know if there's

anything you need, I'm here.

There is something

you can do for me, honey.

Come back to the living.

The world

needs you, too, Lois.

The dead are dead.

The box brought Victor back.

Victor wasn't dead.

Life is either one or zero.

It's to be or not to be.

Not both.

- Can you operate this box, - Victor?

Of course.

But we don't know enough

about Kryptonian biology.

There's no telling

what's gonna happen.

Okay, but...

I mean, we have to try.

Don't we? We have to try.

What do we have to lose?

We cannot try

unless we activate the box.

As soon as it wakes up...

the enemy sees it, comes,

activates The Unity.

The end.

So, what we have to lose

is the entire planet

to a bunch

of genocidal aliens.

That's good to know.

Even if Superman could return,

- who's to say. - That he could defeat them?

The Mother Box did.

- Victor's father. - Activated a Mother Box.

More than a year ago

when Superman was still alive.

Didn't call out

to Steppenwolf.

- None of the boxes did. - Not until...

Not until Superman died.

Not until Superman died.

It's like they were

afraid of him?

Yes,

they were afraid of him.

This is the only way.

There are six, not five.

There is no us without him.

Cross this one off

the bucket list.

Exhume Superman

from the grave. Check.

You know we could do this

in a nanosecond, right?

We could.

He was my hero.

All right.

An Amazon

working with an Atlantean.

Half-Atlantean.

How many thousands of years

since our people spoke?

I don't know.

I'm not exactly close to mine.

I hate Atlanteans as much

as you Amazons do.

Hate is useless.

Yep.

No, thank you.

You know, my father told me

- there's a saying. - In Atlantis...

"None are taken back

from the darkness.

"Not without..."

- "Not without. - Giving one up in return."

We say the same thing.

How about that?

Wonder Woman.

What do you think, man?

You think she'd ever

go for a younger guy?

She's 5,000 years old, Barry.

Every guy's a younger guy.

Jesus.

Oh, Christ.

-Oh, bloody...

Any luck?

If by "luck" you mean

"chance in hell

we'll get it flying today,"

then, no. No luck.

It's okay.

- It doesn't matter. - We're just gonna take the body.

To the Kryptonian ship.

- It's basically. - An organic computer.

- It can talk directly. - To the Mother Box.

What? The way it talked

to Lex Luthor?

Something like that.

Huh.

What could possibly go wrong?

Master Wayne...

you did it!

You put the team together

to fight this war.

You've fulfilled your promise.

But to try to do that...

I mean...

your guilt's

overcome your reason.

- Not all the king's horses. - Nor all the king's men...

Alfred, for once,

I'm operating strictly

on faith,

not on reason.

But if you start playing with

this little box of tricks,

- I mean, it could be. - The end of everything.

How do you know

your team's strong enough?

- If you can't bring down. - The charging bull,

- Then don't wave. - The red cape at it.

- You do. - When it's this red cape.

This red cape charges back.

Okay.

- You were right, Dr. Stone. - The tests came back negative.

- Everyone's clear, - including you.

Just to be on the safe side,

we swept the entire facility.

- Well, thank you, Thomas. - That means I'm free to go?

Absolutely.

- Thanks. - Listen up, everyone.

You're all clear.

So, gather your things.

- If you need. - More medical attention...

Arthur, yes, your opinion.

Less preposterous. Option "A"?

-Definitely not "A."

-Okay.

Or... "B"?

Let me see "A" again?

Right. We should get dressed.

I'm always dressed.

ID?

ID.

Aye, aye.

"Aye, aye"?

Okay.

"Okay"? Oh, gee, okay!

Doc!

- They let you out. - Of quarantine.

- Yeah, I finally got them. - To listen to reason.

- Now, let's take a look and see. - What progress we've made.

With the electron-laser.

- We've made some real progress. - Let me show you.

Victor, clear this place out.

Done.

Code Red.

Contamination breach.

All personnel

evacuate immediately.

Bio red five.

- The sensor's picking up. - A microbe of alien origin.

A microbe of alien origin?

That doesn't make any sense.

It's gotta be a false alarm.

- All right, people, - shut it down. Let's go.

- Ryan, we just had it swept. - We have to go, Doc.

- Think about it. - It's gotta be a false alarm.

- Let's go, Doc. - Think about it.

- Full base evacuation! - Everyone out!

Look, wait! Wait! Shit!

Remain calm and

proceed to the nearest exit.

Attention, all personnel.

Go! Go! Everybody out!

Come on! Move!

Move! Come on! Go, go!

Everybody out! Go!

-Yes! Gotcha!

Post Commander, this is

Dr. Silas Stone, do you read?

Go ahead, Dr. Stone.

-This is a false alarm.

- Someone has hacked into. - The system. We must alert...

Victor.

Dr. Stone, you there?

I don't copy.

I was mistaken.

The alarm's legit.

- Everybody out. - And nobody, I repeat,

Nobody comes back inside

without my say-so.

Roger that, sir.

Get the civilians out!

Let's go! Let's go!

- Everybody got out okay? - I think so.

- Everybody? - Yes.

This way.

It knows he's here.

Ooh, that's intense.

This is amazing.

This is crazy.

Oh, what? Now it's crazy?

- You two lunatics. - Better know what you're doing.

Systems coming online.

Welcome, Victor.

Would you like

to assume command?

I'm in.

- The ship says. - The Mother Box is hostile.

- I can override. - The security protocols,

- But there's no time to repair. - All the electrical damage.

- That Luthor's. - Power surges caused.

To the primary capacitors.

English.

There's not enough charge

to wake the box.

I might be able to do it.

- I mean, I might be able. - To jump-start it.

- I don't like. - To break this rule,

- But when I approach. - The speed of light, I...

- Look, crazy things. - Happen to time,

But if I do it, I create

massive electrical power.

- I could backtrack, - if I can get enough distance,

- I can conduct a significant. - Electrical current.

I might be able to wake

the box, if that's...

still what we want?

It is. Do it.

Hey, Miss Lane.

Morning.

- I didn't think. - You were coming.

One last time.

I see engines, so this must be

the end of the line. So I'm...

I'm in position.

Ready to initiate

drop sequence.

The Mother Box is ready.

- The ship's begging me. - Not to wake the box.

- This action - is irreversible.

- It's afraid. - It knows Steppenwolf. - Will come for it.

- We know that already. - Continue.

I strongly advise

against activation.

- Barry, I'm initiating. - The countdown.

- This action - is irreversible.

- Five... - Five...

- Five... - Apokoliptian technology.

- Is hostile. - This is a bad idea.

- No, it isn't. - Keep going.

Four...

- Four... - Four...

- I strongly advise. - Against activation.

- We need to abort, now. - Just do it.

- Three... - Three...

Three...

- Two... - Two...

- Two... - This course is irreversible.

- One. - One.

One.

- This action - is irreversible.

- Victor? - No.

Go?

The future

has taken root in the present.

-Get down!

He's back.

Something's wrong.

He's scanning us.

What?

Victor?

Victor?

-Shit.

-What are you doing?

It's my auto-defense system.

It senses danger.

Victor, no! Victor!

- I can't control it. - Don't!

Kal-El, no!

- He's confused. - He doesn't know who he is.

Arthur,

we need to restrain him.

Kal-El,

the last Son of Krypton...

remember who you are.

Tell me who you...

Let's go!

You should probably move.

-You all right?

-Yeah.

Get up.

Take cover back there. Go.

Please don't make me do this.

Clark.

Clark, no.

Clark.

No.

This world needs you.

Clark.

Clark.

- Whoa! Hold your fire! - Hold your fire!

Clark.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Just go.

Yeah.

Let's go.

I'm so sorry.

Take cover!

-He's coming.

-The Mother Box.

Where is it?

Come on.

Come on.

Attention,

security breach detected.

Sector Four, Level Three.

Implement lockdown

procedures immediately.

Give me the Mother Box.

No, no, no.

Dad, wait! Don't!

So begins the end.

Victor?

Vic... Whoa, Victor.

Are you okay, man? Come on.

Victor?

He's dead.

What?

My father.

I didn't save him. I couldn't.

Oh, my God.

His father's dead

'cause of us.

- I told you waking that box. - Was a bad idea.

It wasn't a bad idea.

We needed Superman.

We still do.

- Well, whatever returned, - it isn't Superman.

His body and powers, maybe.

But it ain't him.

It is him.

He recognized Lois Lane.

-Who?

-The woman he loves.

- He remembers her. - Nah.

- He went to her 'cause. - She wasn't afraid of him.

It's called instinct, Diana.

- Wait, - where did Steppenwolf go?

He's gone back to his base

to assemble the three boxes.

- And we don't know. - Where his base is.

- Or how long until... - Hours.

- The boxes synchronize, - Unity forms,

We don't get there in time

to stop it, the planet dies.

This is not your...

He knew.

He knew, he knew, he knew.

- He wasn't trying. - To destroy the box...

He was trying to superheat it.

- He made the core. - The hottest thing.

- On Earth outside. - Of a nuclear reactor.

- Now, anything that hot. - Would have to...

Blink off the charts

on a thermal imaging system.

Your father sacrificed himself

to mark that box.

- We have to get back to my lab. - And use the satellite.

- To scan the Earth. - For thermal anomalies.

I'm already on it.

- I'm sorry. - You have a satellite?

I have six.

Right.

Let's go find

the son of a bitch.

You brought us here.

You remembered.

This is home.

You spoke.

Did I not before?

Your mother got behind

on the payments.

She never told anyone.

I don't understand.

She's a proud woman, Clark.

Here.

She loved it here.

So did I.

So did I.

Wow!

This is awesome.

Brought some friends.

Oh, gosh, yes! Yes!

Everyone, this is Alfred.

I work for him.

-Alfred.

-Good day, ma'am.

Oh...

It's badass, Alfred.

Well, I'll put on the tea.

Great.

- I don't know where. - We're gonna find the cups.

There's the.

Mother Box, right there.

Go to visible spectrum.

Pozharnov.

Ghost city

not far from Moscow.

It's been abandoned since

- the nuclear accident there. - 30 years ago.

Not even the army goes in.

- Right, it's probably. - So radioactive.

- That you grow an extra foot. - Outta your neck.

Not anymore.

- He's harvested the radiation. - To build his base.

Zoom.

What the hell is he building?

The Unity's in there.

We'll attack from above.

Explosives won't

separate the boxes,

only strengthen their bond.

- What? - So we can't blow it up?

Not from the outside.

I want to plug into.

The Unity, one-on-one.

Fuse with it.

- Weaken its bond. - From the inside.

- So we can break it back. - Into three.

- No, you don't know. - What you'd be up against.

You'd have to stream

into The Unity by yourself.

- These boxes together. - Are world destroyers.

A billion years old.

- They'll get inside you. - And find your weaknesses.

- And your fears, - and use them to destroy you.

Just get me in

and get me time.

You could die, Victor.

If I don't, we all die.

Period.

I got nothing left.

- You wanted me. - To use these gifts, right?

That's what I'm gonna do.

Okay. So...

- if Victor wants. - To try to save the world.

- By fusing. - With the doom boxes,

- I say we put him. - In the doom boxes.

But getting him in

means attacking that base.

Fighting the devil

and his army

in hell.

- I mean, - this guy's probably fought.

Hundreds of thousands

of other superbeings

- on the other planets. - He's destroyed, right?

- And we have to assume. - He's won.

- I don't care. - How many demons he's fought.

In how many hells...

he's never fought us.

Not us united.

Take that as a "yes."

What?

The ring.

You're really back.

I have a second chance, Lo.

And I am not gonna waste it.

Are you really you?

I'm really me, Ma.

Listen, Ma.

They wanted me back

for a reason.

I need to find out why.

How's Victor doing?

You know,

wanted to be by himself.

We're asking a kid

who just lost his father

- to go up against. - The most powerful machines.

In the universe.

It's not fair.

I thought you didn't care?

I never said that.

What is it?

Uh...

I had a dream,

like, I don't know,

almost like a premonition.

It was the end of the world

and Barry Allen

was right here

and he said to me,

"Lois Lane is the key."

She is... to Superman.

Every heart has one.

I think it's something more.

Something darker.

Master Wayne.

Master Wayne!

You need to see this.

You fixed it.

It wanted to fly.

Flight is its nature.

Yours, too.

- He'll be here, Alfred, - I know it.

What makes you so sure?

Faith, Alfred. Faith.

At last.

Prepare for his arrival.

My redemption is nigh.

Unite.

Synchronize.

The satellites revealed

he's created a defensive dome.

It's a design flaw.

Take out the tower,

the dome will fall.

- The enemy never anticipated. - A frontal assault.

- Right, probably. - 'cause he didn't think.

Anyone would be that nuts.

Bruce is right.

- We've got to destroy. - The defensive dome.

- So we can reach The Unity. - Before it synchronizes.

- What if the dome's. - Not destroyed?

It'll be destroyed.

- Once Victor. - Is linked with The Unity.

With Barry's help,

- he'll break through. - The Unity's defenses.

- Remind me, - how's that again?

Uh, with the power of love.

-Barry.

-With a catastrophic

energy surge.

Good.

- You'll have to run faster. - Than you've ever attempted.

To generate

a charge of that size.

- And then you make. - Physical contact with Victor.

That force should propel him

inside The Unity.

And, Victor,

it's all up to you.

Take it apart from the inside

before it synchronizes.

Whew. We actually

finally have a plan.

We have a plan.

- The symbol. - Of the house of El means hope.

Embodied within that hope

is the fundamental belief

in the potential of every

person to be a force for good.

Clark...

- That's what. - You can bring them.

- You were. - Sent here for a reason.

- You will give. - The people of Earth.

An ideal to strive towards.

And even if it takes you

the rest of your life,

you owe it to yourself to

find out what that reason is.

They will stumble,

they will fall.

- You're gonna. - Have to make a choice.

- They will join you. - In the sun, Kal.

- A choice. - Of whether to stand proud.

- In front of the human race. - Or not.

You will help them

accomplish wonders.

All the hopes and dreams

of Krypton live in you now.

I'm so proud of you, son.

Your mother and I

loved you.

Your mother and I knew

you would change the world.

Your heart was tested.

- I know. - It's been hard, Clark.

But you gave hope

to their world.

You need

to show them who you are.

Love them, Kal.

The way we loved you.

Fly, son.

It's time.

I'm gonna take out that tower

- and knock down. - That shield dome.

Whatever you see,

stick to the plan.

- It's why. - I brought you together.

- Bruce, pull back. - You're not gonna make it.

Just have to knock

a little louder.

Kill him!

Get to the carriage.

Defend The Unity.

Oh, shit.

The tower's down.

Do you read me?

Uh, yeah, loud and clear.

Are you okay?

Bruce? Bruce?

Get to the reactor.

- I'll lure as many. - Of these monsters.

- Away from you as I can. - What does that mean?

- Don't worry about me. - Get to The Unity.

They're here.

Bruce?

Comm went dead.

Let's go.

Come on, follow me,

you damn insects.

Critical damage.

You really are

outta your mind.

You're welcome.

My man.

Yeah, we got this.

You go do your thing.

I'm assuming you're Alfred.

Master Kent.

He said you'd come.

Now, let's hope

you're not too late.

-Hey!

Remember me?

Round two?

Hell yeah.

Shall we?

Tell me, Amazon,

why did you

abandon your own sisters

only to cast your lot

with these creatures

clinging to their puny lives?

You weren't there

to protect them from me.

And, sadly, you could have.

Barry, I'm in position.

Okay.

I built the charge.

You call it.

Barry, on one.

Three, two...

Get the hell off me!

Victor!

Victor!

I watched your island burn,

your sisters

begging for their lives.

As did your mother.

Liar.

I can't maintain this!

Victor!

Victor, I can't hold this!

For Darkseid.

Not impressed.

All right.

Kal-El.

Barry, I'm connected

to The Unity.

I need the charge

to get inside.

Barry?

Barry, are you okay?

Barry!

- I got the wind. - Knocked out of me.

- Need a few seconds, - that's all!

Barry, where are you?

It's almost synchronized!

Okay, okay.

Oh, my God. Gotta heal, Barry.

Heal. Heal.

Barry!

It's too late.

Oh, no.

He's here!

Okay.

- Just gotta go faster. - Than the speed of light.

Far beyond the speed of light.

- You gotta break the rule, - Barry,

And you gotta do it now.

Dad...

whatever happens,

I want you to know

your kid was one of them, Dad.

One of the best of the best.

Make your own future.

Make your own past.

It's all right now.

We've been waiting

for you, Victor.

My broken boy.

You don't have to be

alone anymore.

We'll be together again.

We can put it back, Vic.

Make you whole again.

I'm not broken.

And I'm not alone.

Superman!

I told you.

Steppenwolf would fail.

Yes. Yes, you did.

My master,

now that the Mother Boxes

have been destroyed,

how will you retrieve

your great prize?

Anti-Life is found, DeSaad.

And we will stop

at nothing to possess it.

Ready the armada.

We will use the old ways.

Your father twice over.

- Now, let me speak to you. - From my heart,

Not as a scientist,

as a father.

Your father twice over.

I brought you into the world

and back to it.

You can't imagine how proud

I am of who you are.

Have always been.

- So many years. - With you I wasted.

So many wrongs

I've left un-righted.

Everything breaks, Victor.

Everything changes.

I gotta go see my father.

The world is hurt.

Broken.

Unexchangeable.

Ship's

all yours now, kid.

You're the boss.

"Ryan Choi,

Director of Nanotechnology."

That's your thing.

Uh, yep.

That's my thing.

But the world's

not fixed in the past,

only the future.

The not yet. The now.

Wow.

Must be 100, 150 feet.

Must be.

Big round table.

Six chairs, right there.

But room for more.

But room for more.

God help us.

The now is you.

What?

It's actually the worst job

you can get in a crime lab.

- But, uh, - my foot's in the door.

This is like a "job" job?

"Job" job.

Your foot's in the door.

Isn't that a thing people say?

Your foot's in the door.

- Yeah, that's something. - People say, man.

-His foot's in the door!

- That's my boy, right there! - Oh, gosh. Oh, gosh.

Taught him nothing he knows.

- Yes! - Dad, you're gonna.

Get maced again.

No stopping you now.

Thanks, Dad.

Now.

Now's your time, Victor,

to rise.

"Thank you" is not enough

for what you did.

I just undid a mistake,

that's all.

How did you get the house

back from the bank?

I bought the bank.

Congratulations, by the way.

Do this. Be this.

The man I never was.

The hero you are.

Take your place

among the brave ones.

The ones that were, that are,

that are yet to be.

It's time you stand,

fight,

discover,

heal, love,

win.

The time

is now.

Ready?

Come on, Stevens.

- All right, - let's keep it moving.

Keep going.

Come on, Luthor. Let's go.

Luthor.

Open up two, Carl, please.

Luthor.

- All right, - stop jerking around, Luthor,

- Or I'm gonna. - Have to come in there.

Ah, there he is.

Welcome aboard.

Care for a glass

of Gout de Diamants?

- I was just celebrating. - God's return.

- Out of the ground. - And back up into the sky.

I heard

you were a few clowns

short of a circus.

I was, thank you,

- until the good doctors. - At Arkham helped me.

Find some much needed clarity.

Now, you volunteered

to destroy the bat

free of charge.

Why the pro bono work?

It's personal.

Ah, let me guess,

an eye for an eye?

- You said you had something. - I'd want?

- You'd better not be. - Wasting my time.

- Ooh. And endure. - Your wrath, Mr. Wilson?

No, I wouldn't think of it.

- Uh, I have too much. - To live for.

And more important things

to do.

But if you want the Batman,

here is something

that can help you.

His name is Bruce Wayne.

Hmm. On second thought,

we do have something

to celebrate.

Good boy.

Clear.

How much further?

We're almost there.

Well, we need to hurry.

- We can't be out in the open. - Much longer.

He'll come for us.

Let him come.

Let the bastard come.

I'll stab this

through his heart

for what he did to Arthur.

I want to make him pay.

I understand

how you feel, Mera.

You have no idea how I feel.

But we have to

stick to the plan

- to have any chance. - To make this right.

Who have you ever loved?

Au contraire,

my little fish stick.

He knows exactly

what it's like

to lose someone he loves.

You know, like, uh,

a father,

like a mother.

Be very careful

with the next thing you say.

Like an adopted son.

Isn't that right,

Batman?

Maybe, in a way,

- that smelly. - Old flounder is right.

Because how many

can die in your arms

before you grow numb to death?

That's not very careful.

And how many dead eyes

can you look into

- before you die inside. - Yourself?

I've been dead inside

a long time,

but even I have a limit.

- And if you cross that line, - I swear to God, I will...

Before what, Bruce? Kill me?

You won't kill me.

I'm your best friend.

Besides, who's gonna give you

a reach-around?

Anyway,

you need me.

You

need me to help you

undo this world

you created

by letting her die.

Poor Lois.

How she suffered so!

I often wonder

how many

alternate timelines

do you destroy

the world because...

frankly, you don't have

the cojones to die yourself.

Hmm?

So, as usual,

I'll be the bigger man.

A truce,

Bruce.

As long as you

have this card, a truce.

But all you have to do

is tear it in half

- and I'm happy. - To discuss with you.

In any way you like,

why you sent the Boy Wonder

to do a man's job?

You know, it's funny

- that you would talk. - About people.

Who died in my arms

because when I held

Harley Quinn

- and she was bleeding. - And dying,

She begged me

with her last breath

that when I killed you,

and make no mistake,

I will fucking kill you...

that I'd do it slow.

I'm gonna honor that promise.

Oh. You're good.

You almost had me.

Where are we holing up?

Somewhere he'll never suspect.

Still think it was a good idea

bringing him along?

-What do you think?

He's found us.

Can I help you?

I'm sure you know Darkseid

is not finished with Earth.

The Anti-Life Equation

is here somewhere.

We have to find it

before he does.

There's a war coming.

And I'm here to help.

I'm sorry, who are you again?

I've gone by many names

and taken many forms.

And like you,

I've realized I have

a stake in this world

and it's time

I started fighting for it.

Oh.

- Well, we could. - Definitely use the help.

So, glad you're here.

You know, I never thought

- I'd see. - The defenders of Earth.

United and fighting as one.

It wouldn't have happened

without you, Bruce.

Your mother and father

would be proud.

I hope so.

Well, I'll be in touch.

Oh, and some have called me

the Martian Manhunter.

I guess I'll see you around.

♪ I've heard there was

a secret chord ♪

♪ That David played

and it pleased the Lord ♪

♪ But you don't really care

for music, do you? ♪

♪ It goes like this

The fourth, the fifth ♪

♪ The minor fall

The major lift ♪

♪ The baffled king

composing hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Well your faith was strong

but you needed proof ♪

♪ You saw her bathing

on the roof ♪

♪ Her beauty and the moonlight

overthrew you ♪

♪ She tied you

to her kitchen chair ♪

♪ She broke your throne

and she cut your hair ♪

♪ And from your lips

she drew the hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hey baby

I've been here before ♪

♪ I've seen this room

and I've walked this floor ♪

♪ I used to live alone

before I knew you ♪

♪ But I've seen your flag

on the marble arch ♪

♪ And love is not

a victory march ♪

♪ It's a cold and

it is a broken hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Well there was a time

when you would let me know ♪

♪ What's really going

on below ♪

♪ Now you never show

that to me, do you? ♪

♪ Remember

when I moved in you ♪

♪ And the holy dove

was moving too ♪

♪ And every breath

we drew was hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Well, maybe there is

a God above ♪

♪ But all I have

ever learned from love ♪

♪ Was how to shoot somebody ♪

♪ Who outdrew you ♪

♪ It's not a cry

that you hear at night ♪

♪ And it is not somebody

who's seen the light ♪

♪ It's a cold ♪

♪ And it is

a broken hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪