All language subtitles for Glass.English (CC)

[Kevin sighs]

[Kevin, as Dennis] We keep
bringing him sacred food

and nothing's happening.

The Beast, he's shown himself twice

to the masses of the broken
and they're not believing.

There's no revolution--

[Kevin, as Patricia] Dennis.

[in British accent] Do not be scared.
You have to trust me. As you always have.

[footsteps approaching]

[water dripping]

Look at you all.

My name is Patricia.

Now, who'd like a PB-and-J sandwich?

You do.

[intense, rapid ticking music playing]

[grunts]

[T] Ooh! Boom!

Whoo!

Ooh. Ah!

Look at him!

Oh!

And on master boy.

-Superman punch, bitch! Yeah!
-Whoo!

[laughs]

[grunts]

-Whoo!
-[man] Hey!

[Ronald] Go, go, go! Get out!

[man] You all right, brother?

[rapid ticking music continues]

[T on video] Ooh! Boom!

[exclaims] You see his bag fall?

It's what they call "dramatic effect."

This is gonna get so many views.

-[door opens]
-Is that a raccoon again?

Did you leave the door open, T?

-I closed it.
-[door closes]

Hello?

[water running]

Yo, who's there?

We about to Salt Bae your ass.

[water turns off]

[switch clicks]

Superman punch him, Ronald!

[thud]

-[blows landing]
-[Ronald grunting]

Oh, shit. It's you!

[menacing music playing]

[whimpering]

[keys jangling]

[David] They bumped into me at the subway.

Can't just let them go, Joseph.

Weren't you on a specified walk?

[rap music playing on speaker]

[David] You can't run this like the store.

It's potluck.

All things come second
when we're on a specified walk.

Store works because we have rules.

Hey, it was a good follow though.

"We gonna Salt Bae your ass."
What a douche.

It's definitely going into the book.

"Salt Bae your ass."

[David] But what is that, anyway?

It's an Internet guy. He's a butcher
who salts his meat in an elaborate way.

You got dinged.

And good news.

They're not calling you "The Tip-Toe Man"
or "The Float" anymore.

They're pretty much settled
on "The Overseer."

It's cool.

Do not mention
"The Tip-Toe Man" ever again.

That's all he does? He seasons meat?

Dad, you look tired.

Why don't we save the next walk
for the day after tomorrow?

[David] When we find this Horde,
I'll take a mental health day.

-Okay. Fine.
-[music stops]

I have a new tenuous theory.

Let's call it "Tenuous Theory Number Two."

The first set of girls
that were found mutilated at the zoo,

three weeks ago, happened here.

The second set here.

Now, these new girls that went missing
create kind of a messy triangle.

Where you were waiting today at the subway
was in the middle of this triangle.

In Tenuous Theory Number Two,
he isn't in this triangle.

He's coming from a place
that has easy access

to this triangular feeding zone.

I think he's somewhere here, Dad.

-In the factory area.
-Okay.

I'll walk around there tomorrow.

Hey, Dad.
I'm checking the police scanners.

They're looking for you
pretty aggressively.

-Be real careful.
-All right.

[soft piano music playing]

[reporter on TV]
Philadelphia has a new tallest building.

The Osaka Tower
is taking over the city skyline.

The architecture makes it
an amazing sight to see.

And on top of that,
it's the ultimate in sustainability.

It gets its power from solar panels.

Developers say
it will draw jobs in the city…

[reporter continues indistinctly]

[sizzling]

[David] Audrey,
I have to tell you something.

Audrey.

[as Hedwig] Miss Patricia said
I'm not allowed

to play with you guys,
so don't even ask. [sniffs]

[lisping] I had a girlfriend once.

You don't know her.

We kissed.

It's no big deal.

Stop messing with us. What do you want?

Vera! Don't get him angry. He's sick.

Don't tell me names!

They said not to ask you your names
because I might get sad, you know?

After tonight.

Why did you pick us, Hedwig?

Oh, because you're impure
and you haven't done any suffering.

[singing indistinctly]

You know that boy band stuff?

Some of it's okay, but Drake? [chuckles]

Drake's my new main man.

The Beast is gonna come
for you guys any minute now.

[panting] And I…

I get… I get to greet him.

It's my big reward
for keeping the Horde in the light.

I get to take him
to the masses of the broken.

I better go. [grunts]

He can come at any second.

And I don't want him coming
and finding roller skates on his feet.

Miss Patricia would find out
and she'd get angry… etcetera.

[sniffs]

-Thank you for coming in.
-Yep.

[Joseph] I can get you set up,
easy to install.

This is an outdoor dome infrared.

We can use as many as you want
in the apartment building.

You use a 16 channel HD DVR
in your security office.

One of the tenants got murdered off-site
and people are on edge.

-They just wanna feel safe.
-Totally get it.

[David] I'm gonna take a walk.

I don't think that
you need to take a walk today, Dad.

Maybe tomorrow or the next day.

No, I think I'm gonna take a walk now.

You don't wanna take a lot of walks.

You might get tired.

Let your dad take a walk. Jesus.

Yeah.

Hey, do I know you?

Did you use to work
at the football stadium?

Fifteen years.

I used to hang out with some shady types
down at the stadium in my youth.

Turned it around with positive thinking.

Should I ring this up?
We're gonna have to close early.

Yeah.

[thunder rumbling]

[indistinct chatter]

[chatter fades out]

[chatter fades in]

[intense, rapid ticking music playing]

[police siren wailing]

Peak transit time's over. I missed them.

Come back tomorrow
when the factories are let out.

Can come back to the store
and we could do some inventory.

[Joseph over earpiece]
I'll see you back at the store.

[singing quietly]

[music intensifies]

You guys like cartoons?

So babyish.

I don't.

I like documentaries.
You watch documentaries?

I watched a documentary about, um, space.

It's real big.

Sorry, bro.

[continues singing quietly]

[David] It's him. I saw a room.

It had red clay. Piles of it.

It's some kind of factory.
They're all in there.

[Joseph] Stand by. I'll search the area.

[continues singing]

[grunts]

[loud clatter]

Dad, I found a brick factory.

It's old. Abandoned.

-Which direction?
-To the south.

Dad?

-[breathing heavily]
-Dad?

[eerie music playing]

[man 1] You said I could have those.

[man 2] I know.

[man 1] Taking everything for yourself.

[man 2] Take some.

Hmm?

Hey.

Oh, my God.

[gagging]

[man 1] You said I could have those.

[man 2] I know.

-[grunts]
-What?

[man 1] Taking everything for yourself.

I don't… know.

[groans]

[groaning]

[breathing heavily]

[men whimpering]

[man 2] Who are you?

[as The Beast] I am you.

[men whimpering]

[growls]

[door closes]

[all gasping]

[soft rattling]

-[switch clicks]
-[girls scream]

[menacing music playing]

[girls shriek]

Come on!

Come on!

[grunts]

[girls whimpering]

[clattering]

[low growl]

[deep growl]

[deep growl]

[girl] Where did it go?

[snarling]

[huffing]

[yelling]

[girls yelp]

Leave!

[gasps]

[grunts]

[girls scream]

[yelling]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

[girls panting]

[Overseer grunting]

-[yells]
-[bones crunching]

[Overseer continues grunting]

[grunting]

[breathing heavily]

[tense music playing]

[yelling]

[electricity crackling]

[groans]

[Kevin, as Barry]
Don't. Don't! Don't shoot!

[yelps]

We can work through this!
Just put the guns away!

[spluttering] What's happening?

I didn't do anything!
My name is Barry! All right?

We have to get Kevin to stay in the light.

Just don't shoot us!

[Dr. Staple] Don't shoot!

He won't hurt anyone now.

You may find a way out of here,

but you will have to hurt
a lot of officers.

A lot of people.

No one needs to get hurt anymore, David.

[Overseer] It's gonna be okay, Joseph.

[Dr. Staple over speaker]
Take them to Raven Hill Memorial.

The West Wing of Raven Hill Memorial.

[indistinct clamoring over speaker]

[audio cuts out]

[gasping]

[gate buzzes]

[guard 1] No problem.

[gate buzzes]

[guard 2] Keep moving.

Keep moving.

[as Heinrich] Please don't…

-Don't. No.
-[guard 3] Easy.

-[groaning]
-[guard 2] Hey!

[as Hedwig] We're cool. Totally cool.

All right? He doesn't like to be touched.
I can walk. I'll just walk.

[guard 1] Keep walking.

[door closes]

My name is Dr. Ellie Staple
and I'm a psychiatrist.

This room must look nefarious.

The walls are equipped
with 46 high-pressured nozzles,

all connected
to a 15,000-gallon water tank outside.

It will only be triggered
if you are threatening

or trying to escape.

This is a hypnosis light…

Dennis.

-My pleasure, Dennis.
-Mmm-hmm.

You are being monitored.

If there's a threatening identity
in the room,

the light will automatically strobe

and force a different identity
to take over.

Who was the man?

He was as strong as the Beast.

The man people in this city
have been talking about.

The only person
to survive that train wreck

all those years ago.

I saw a video of you fighting
near a fire hydrant that erupted.

Saw you choke.

I think you believe
water is your weakness.

Where are you keeping him?

[deep grunting]

[yells]

[groaning]

[Dr. Staple] Everyone is safe, David.

Maybe this will all make sense
if I explain who I am.

I specialize in a particular type
of delusion of grandeur.

I specialize in those individuals

who believe they are superheroes.

I've been given three days
to treat you by whatever means necessary.

[panting]

I came here for you both.

[thunder rumbling]

[indistinct announcement on PA]

[Pierce] Yo, this doctor comes in here,
takes over our wing,

tells us all new rules.

Rules of conduct.

How to treat people
with kindness. [scoffs]

My whole life,
all I do is take care of people.

Come on, come on, come on. There you go.

We got along just fine
without her, didn't we? Me and you?

[sighs]

Anyway,

you won't be lonely anymore.

You have two new friends.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[school bell rings]

Casey, could I see you for a second?

I received a call from your foster family.

Apparently, it's on the news.

They caught the guy who abducted you

and murdered all those girls.

They caught the bastard.

Your foster family is thrilled.

I can imagine
how much relief this causes you.

I'm sure you've been thinking about him.

I have been thinking about him.

They, uh, told me
to bring lots of options.

[Kevin, as Jade] Hey, cutie.

Think you could help me?

I'm Jade.

They gave me a syringe
for my diabetes, but I dropped it.

My hands get shaky
when I get low blood sugar.

It's a little too close to the light.
Could you pick it up for me?

[chuckles]

Wow.

Stand up.

Let me get a good look at you.

You are so tall.

Orwell and Barry are so angry
with me that I flipped.

But the truth is,

we really can do things that you can't do.

I don't understand.

[laughs]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

[groans]

[as Ian] Hey. Hey, hey!

[groans]

[in Irish accent] I'm Ian.

All right? [coughs] I'm Ian.

[in Irish accent]
And I'm Mary Reynolds. We're twins.

Do you know what would have happened

if she'd have gotten
to that key, you gobshite?

The Horde would have killed ya!

[as Ian] What've you got?
You get a little hard-on? Daryl.

[Daryl] Just calm down, okay?

[Kevin groans]

[Kevin, as Norma] I'm sorry
for being with the Horde.

[in American accent] It's just…

Oh, do you know,
I am tired of being sorry.

You can call me Norma.

I am sorry about the whole lying thing.

-Though, I'm not lying--
-Bro, just stop talking!

[groans]

[as Jalin] I was so amped!

We almost got you, bro! [laughs]

Trying to keep him here
with this light thing?

That's some buttery shit.

[Daryl] Stop talking.

[as Ansel] I'm not supposed
to be in the light.

-[panting]
-Oh… We need more time.

Barry is speaking to Kevin.

Trying to get him near the light.
Is he close enough yet?

[as B.T.] The only one
who can defend us is him!

Him!

[Kevin groans]

[tense music playing]

[as Patricia] Where is the man
in the rain poncho?

Who is he?

Is he just a regular man? I need to know.

All right, step away
from the controls now, little duck.

That's fine. Now just walk away.

-[beeps]
-[door buzzes]

That's it.

Just tip-toe away.

I try to come once every week.

Sometimes, I admit,

I have neglected a week here and there.

He's changed over the years.

I can tell he's given up.

It's hard to see.

He thinks he was a mistake.

I'm not saying he did good things.

He didn't.

Those poor people
didn't deserve to die like that.

But he's trying
to make sense of who he is.

Ain't we all doing that?

Yes, ma'am, we are.

They keep him heavily sedated.

This is an enormous amount of sedation.

He's too smart for 'em.

When they first brought him here,

he memorized a blueprint
left out from an electrician

and short-circuited the power
to the whole hospital.

He's good thinking through things.

He has this notion

that superheroes are
based on people like him,

and that other gentleman I read is here,

Mr. Dunn.

Would it surprise you to know

there are more and more people
who have this delusion?

It is actually the center of my work.

Yes, it would.

[old-timey music playing
softly on speakers]

[Mrs. Price] You don't let them
get you down, Elijah.

You hear me?

Stay proud.

[knocks on door]

Step back against the wall, please.

-[beeps]
-[door buzzes]

[ominous music playing]

[machine whirring]

[water bubbling]

[David coughing]

[door opens]

[David] You're keeping him here
without guards?

I have to get out of here
before he gets out.

The individual who came
with you is contained.

[sighs]

David.

I would like you to agree to have an MRI.

You were the sole survivor

of a devastating train derailment
19 years ago.

It is possible

that there was damage to the frontal lobe
that you are unaware of.

[sighs]

Look at you, David.

You believe you have barely
enough strength to stand up.

You can't possibly explain
everything away.

[grunts]

[panting] Madam, I am Mr. Pritchard.

I'm a professor of cinema.

Specifically, Japanese.
1950s through the 1980s.

And I have absolutely no idea
what I'm doing here.

I am very much in favor
of Kevin's reemergence.

And yet, I find myself
in a goddamn prison cell.

And I can assure you I am not--

[strains, grunts]

[as Hedwig] Okay.

[grunts]

[groans]

[in Spanish, as Felida]

[strains, grunts]

[as Hedwig] I'm ready.

Ah! [grunts]

Young man, wait!

You will not be able to get to the light.

It is set off by distance,
as well as being monitored by a camera.

I know this seems very unfair to you…

[blows raspberry]

…but you are stuck in this room.

[as Hedwig] The guy the Beast fought,
he's right there!

He can't beat the Beast!

He doesn't think
he can beat the Beast, does he?

Huh?

Beast like… [grunts]

[breathing heavily]

He doesn't think
he can beat the Beast, does he?

Beast like… [grunts softly]

Your name is Hedwig, right?

You're nine, right?

Yeah.

Forever?

No matter how many experiences you have?

That must be so hard.

You treat people who think
they're comic book characters?

[chuckles softly]

I gotta go.

Miss Patricia says she wants the light.

Hello, Patricia.

I'm Dr. Staple.

[as Patricia] I've gathered.

As I understand it,
you're kind of the high priestess.

This cause isn't about me.

It's about the Beast, is it?

Where is he?

-Who?
-The man.

He is guarded, isn't he? He can't get out?

[Joseph murmuring]

He's well-intentioned
and you would love him.

He's a huge… He's a big trickster.

He's a… He's a… He's a great guy.

He's got a great sense of humor.

[Dr. Staple] Let me recap
what you've told me.

[Joseph] Mmm-hmm.

Your dad is not the Green Guard
or "whatever his name is."

Your dad is a trickster…
and that I would love him.

He thought it would be fun
to be a do-gooder for a day.

Pretend he was this guy.

And with regard to how he found the girls,
you retold a humorous story

where your dad thought the killer
might be in the factory area,

because his friend Lou,

you referred to him as "Louie"
at a different point,

got mugged down there once.

Then your father was walking
by a building,

hears girls screaming for help,

at which point you

spiritedly reenacted
this moment in the story.

Thank you for that.

Then, your father called you on the cell.

You told him to call the police,
but he was, "in it, you know. In it."

Right.

I'll sign that in front of a judge.

So, you see, he shouldn't be here.

How long have you believed
your dad was a superhero?

There was a microphone on his poncho.

I assume he was communicating with you.

He talks to you when he's out
on searches. Doesn't he, Joseph?

He hasn't hurt anybody.

In the eyes of the authorities,
that is not accurate.

He's injured countless individuals

who haven't had
their due process in court.

And there was a teenage girl
in this latest incident

who broke her arm and ribs.

They would all be murder victims
if it wasn't for my dad.

It was a vigilante event
and a victim was injured.

They will claim, in court,

that if they had found the girls,
no one would have been hurt.

Joseph, I only have a few days.

If I don't get him
to give up his delusion,

he will remain in institutions like this
for the rest of his life.

No, he can't stay here.

Can I ask you about your mother, Joseph?

What does that have to do with this?

She passed away
from acute lymphoblastic leukemia

five years ago.

That was cataclysmic for you and your dad.

Yeah.

On the surface, Joseph,
you can see what I'm going to say, right?

You lost your mother.

You believe your father
is a real-life superhero.

You believe he is almost immortal.

You can see how some would say
you need this to be true.

You just have to make sure
you are not more into this than he is.

[soft piano music playing]

[somber music playing]

I'm not scared.

[David] That's great.

You know why?

I know now.

Know what?

Your secret identity.

That man was right.

Joseph.

There are big guys in almost every gym
that can lift that much.

You could've lifted more.

Don't worry.

I won't tell anyone.

[clears throat]

[engine starts]

[door opens]

[Dr. Staple] Just because he let you go,
doesn't mean he is good.

He's being held here before his trial.

I'm in charge of him for now,

but everyone in this state
wants him tried and put away.

I'm trying to get the others
to stop thinking of this

as a superhuman being.

If they do, they will do the right thing
and keep him from the light.

Can I talk with them?

No.

Why?

Because it's not…

You're the victim.

[intense music playing]

-[beeps]
-[gate buzzes]

[as Hedwig] No way!

You tried so hard to get away from us
and now you come back and see us?

You are so weird.

I like Drake now.
I liked Nicki for a while,

but then Nicki and Drake broke up,
and you can't like both.

This place is for people who think
that they're comic book characters.

And the Horde is kinda like
a comic book character name, isn't it?

[Hedwig chuckles]

Love comic books.

I'm sorry for trying
to feed you to the Beast, etcetera.

It's okay.

Can I talk to Dennis or Patricia, please?

She was my girlfriend.

We kissed.

[softly] Don't worry.
I haven't cheated on you.

[choking]

[exhales]

[as Dennis, in deep voice]
What are you doin' here?

Your clothes are not dirty.

Good.

[Casey] Hello, Dennis.

A lot of people have died.

Well…

You have to give up the light.

They're never gonna let you out of here.
The Horde has to give up the light.

Listen to this doctor.

The doctor tells lies.

We will reveal that the broken
are the strongest.

The Beast will start a revolution.

Is that what Patricia told you to say?

The Beast is the highest form
of human evolution.

Dennis, you guys are gonna die.

[gasps] Casey.

[exhales]

[strained grunting]

[exhales]

[in normal tone] Hey.

Kevin?

It's you.

You look different.

I wanted to tell you something.

My uncle's in jail.

I put him there.

What he did to me was…

wrong.

Just like what your mom
did to you was wrong.

We're the same?

I'm sorry.

-I can't.
-Kevin, wait.

I've gotta go. I've gotta go.

[choking]

[as Hedwig] The Horde is
never lettin' go of the light and--

[gasps]

Do you like Kevin now?

Casey.

I need you. The power of true,
loving, physical affection,

it's like something supernatural.

It's the lack of it that caused this,

and only the true version
of it can heal it.

Will you help me?

[Dr. Staple] You are the last person
I need to see today.

You see this camera?

There are 100 more of these.

Out of respect
for your cognitive abilities,

I have installed cameras on every floor.

Every area, including every direction
of the exterior building.

We will see everything.

There is nowhere you can go
that won't be documented.

Elijah.

I've come to the conclusion
that we should perform a procedure on you.

This is a corrective procedure

that rebalances
the part of the frontal lobe

that is overstimulated.

It would be an honor
to get to know your perspicacious mind.

We're going to conduct
the procedure in three days.

[cheering]

[man grunting]

[children cheering]

[player] Right there, right there!

["House of Cards" playing
softly on speakers]

♪ We had a future ♪

♪ The sun was shining ♪

♪ And then you told me… ♪

Hey, my man.

How'd you get out of your room?

You must have left the door ajar.

He rolled out toward the noise.

Wheel him back in before the doctor sees.

Oh, you're too nice, Daryl.

You gotta be firm.
They'll walk all over you otherwise.

He didn't touch
any of the medicines, did he?

No.

Right amounts.

[music continues playing]

♪ We had a future ♪

♪ The sun was shining ♪

♪ And then you told me… ♪

[dramatic sting plays]

[Dr. Staple] This will be
my final evaluation.

[suspenseful music playing]

You gotta be kiddin' me.

This guy killed everyone on my train.
He's a mass murderer.

[chain rattles]

[Dr. Staple] I understand that
the three of you think you are superhuman.

That you don't think you are normal.

You've convinced yourselves
you have extraordinary gifts,

like something out of a comic book.

I am here to discuss the possibility

that you are mistaken.

Can you tell me about Kevin's parents?

[sighs]

[as Dennis] Kevin's mother

hurt Kevin.

And Kevin's father

was gonna get a doctor
to try and stop her, but he left.

I never wanted any of this.

What?

The killings.

Kevin Wendell Crumb.

[straining]

-[Dr. Staple] Kevin Wendell Crumb.
-[Penelope] Kevin Wendell Crumb!

What did I tell you?!

There is no running in the house,
Kevin Wendell Crumb!

[young Kevin shrieks]

[Dr. Staple] Kevin?

[exhales sharply]

Kevin.

[in normal tone]
Why do you all keep bringing me back?

I, I don't wanna be here.

[Dr. Staple]
The need for the particular story

we tell ourselves begins somewhere, Kevin.

From a memory.

What?

I don't…

Hey, where's that girl?

Casey? She…

[chokes]

[as Hedwig] Everybody wants the light now.

They're all fighting, etcetera.

And Miss Patricia's yelling at me,
sayin' I gotta hold on to the light.

She said I have one job to do,
keep Kevin out of the light.

So, I'm sorry, you won't see him anymore.

[sputters]

[Dr. Staple] And you have
to listen to her, right?

Because she's an adult and you're not.

Duh. Yeah.

Is he cryin'?

Jeez, pussy.

Listen, I don't know
about these other guys,

but we are like a superhero.

No? We're like…

[imitates fanfare]

We're not crazy!

David…

I don't think this applies just to Kevin
and his disorder.

Is there a memory?

What you're looking for
is a moment of weakness

that made you possibly entertain
the idea of being super strong.

[intense, rapid ticking music playing]

There is a reason I ask you.

This is your MRI, David.

This is your frontal lobe.

There is a questionable cloud right here.

There is the possibility that
that is damage from that train accident.

I'm supposed to believe
this means something?

It's just… this,
plus an anchoring incident,

and you would have the pattern
for this disorder that I treat.

I hate to see you like this.

This is not how I would've done things.

I don't approve
of how they've handled you.

Elijah, because of your condition,

I didn't have to do an MRI on you.

There are a few in your file.

You definitely have one of the markers

for this disorder, Elijah.

As do you, Kevin.

These are the medical reasons

I'm thinking you have this disorder.

Now let's deal with
why you think you don't.

How do you know who's good
and who's bad, David?

Convince me.

It's a feeling.

[Dr. Staple] An intuition?

When you see someone?

I have to touch them.

[Dr. Staple] What does
the intuition feel like?

A vision.

A moment.

A sin.

You kinda have to interpret it.

Have you ever seen
very good magicians, David?

I mean, the very best.

They are trained as mentalists,

and they can do
seemingly extraordinary feats.

They accomplish these feats
by interpreting hundreds of cues

that an individual is
giving off in a split second.

I think you are like these
professional guessers, David.

You are world-class at it.
Simply extraordinary at it.

But it is based on real things,

and you are making the picture.

It is not coming to you
through mystical means.

These are the clothes that the patient
next to you came in with when he arrived.

There's red clay staining the pants.

It's very visible.

Is it possible that you saw
something on the news…

Sorry, bro.

…then saw an adult acting like a child?

Someone who fit the bill
of someone with this disorder.

Intuited, "This might be
the person I'm looking for."

Saw the red clay,

and thought he might be hiding
in a place with red clay?

No.

You're certain?

You're creating a chain
of thoughts that never happened.

[laughing]

[as Patricia] You really
dissected him, Doctor.

Good for you.

[Dr. Staple] As I understand it,

there were many videos
of world-class rock climbers

on the computer in your office at the zoo.

It was kind of an obsession.

Some of those climbers could actually
scale a literal wall, couldn't they?

What's your point, Doctor?

It was a practical observation

that produced
a practical skill set in an alter.

Mmm.

Then how did he bend the bars?

The iron bars at the zoo?

You did see those, didn't you?

That's not in our heads.

The cages beneath the zoo
were made in 1874

when the zoo first opened.

I was able to bend them
by putting a wrench

between them and leaning back.

Difficult, again. But possible.

No!

What about the shotgun?

He was shot. Not once, but twice.

What does your sleeping mind
think of that?

We've analyzed the shotgun
and the cartridges.

They were very old.

There was a lot of moisture
from the boiler room,

down in the locker area
where they were kept.

The cartridges were possibly compromised.

And some of the pellets
hit the inside of the bars.

[Particia chuckles]

It is at least possible

that there is a practical
explanation for this.

Mmm-mmm.

What if I suggested
something upsetting, Patricia?

Like the Beast isn't
as powerful as you think.

He's not much more powerful
than a strong man.

The facts you are basing
your belief in are wrong.

If superheroes exist,

why are there only three of you?

["Only the Light Knows" playing]

[Casey] When was
the first comic book written?

The first reprints

of newspaper strips in tabloid size
happened in 1929.

And then, in 1938,
the apotheosis happened.

Action Comics No. 1 launched,

with the man in the cape
and the blue tights on the cover.

Boo-yah! [laughs] Here we are.

[music continues on speakers]

Thank you.

What are you doing back there?

You're not one of those Hello Kitty pervs?

[Joseph] I'm just looking for something.

Prove to someone I'm not crazy.

I'm leaving.

[dramatic music playing]

Oh, my God.

[gasps]

[poignant music playing]

-[girl] Catch!
-[boy 1] You're it!

-I'm it. You're it!
-[boy 2] Oh, no!

[Casey chuckles]

You're it!

-[boy 1] Let's play Hot Potato, guys!
-[girl] Let's play Hot Potato!

[children] ♪ Hot potato, hot potato ♪

♪ Hot potato, hot potato ♪

♪ Hot potato, hot potato, hot potato ♪

♪ Hot potato, hot potato, hot! ♪

[boy 1, girl] You're out.

[boy 2] Come on, ready?

-[boy 1] No!
-[girl] No!

[children] ♪ Hot potato, hot potato ♪

♪ Hot potato, hot potato ♪

♪ Hot potato, hot potato, hot! ♪

Just bring in a package if you see one,

instead of stepping over it
to come in the house.

[door slams]

[suspenseful music playing]

Hello?

-[card reader beeps]
-[door buzzes]

If, by mistake, I drop this

heavy flashlight on your paper legs…

no one would come check on you
for some time.

Not until Daryl gets here for his shift.

[breathing shakily]

Have you been getting out of your room?

[suspenseful music continues]

[Pierce breathing shakily]

I must be losing my mind.

[engine backfires]

[wheelchair creaks]

-[Pierce] Night, Joe.
-[Joe] Have a good night.

[Pierce] Daryl. Hey, my man.

You almost made it.

[chuckles] I think your watch is fast.

Joe, my man! How's it going?

What's happening?

Looking tired.
Still taking that multivitamin?

-Not like I should.
-Listen, you gotta take the D.

If you don't, none of that stuff's
gonna absorb into your body.

[keyboard clacking]

[suspenseful music playing]

[whispering] Clarence Wendell Crumb…

[imperceptible]

[gasps]

[chuckles]

Take a bit of grape seed extract.
It'll keep it all in there.

You'll absorb it into your body faster.
How much water you drinking?

-Not enough.
-Yeah. I know.

-[card reader beeps]
-[door opens]

[wheels squeaking]

[as Patricia] How?

How did you get here
without anyone seeing?

[Elijah] The sound of a car
backfiring occurs

when unburned fuel vapor
is ignited by a very hot muffler

upon the car being turned off.

Daryl, who takes over at 11:00 p.m.,

suffers from this
particular vehicular malady.

It happened seven minutes ago.

I've also overheard complaints

about how long it takes him
to get to his desk.

He's a bit of a talker, you see.

I estimate I have
two to three minutes left.

Someone has been pretending.

Pilfered the aspirin bottle.

Replaced the original dose of medicine
with the same amount of aspirin.

Did sleight of hand with the pills
given to me to take daily.

[Patricia] What do you want?

Ma'am,

I'm here to see if the tales
of the extraordinary being are real.

The half-man, half-creature.

Patricia… but I appreciate your manners.

I don't know anymore.

I'm a comic book expert, Patricia.

Comic books are
a continuation of documentation,

that has gone on for centuries,
of what humans are capable of.

That they are what
someone, somewhere, saw or felt.

Are you aware that spandex,

the underwear on the outside, and boots,

come from strongmen
in the circus in the 1930s?

No.

The freak show men who could do
incredible feats of strength.

I urge you to look past
the capes and monologuing villains.

Are you with me?

Yes.

I only have a minute left.

I believe the Beast may be part of this.

There are references
to man/animal characters.

The dual character.
The man who has abilities like animals.

I'd like to meet the Beast,
see if he's real.

If he is,

then I'll get us all out of here
tomorrow night.

[sniffling]

What's upsetting you, Patricia?

What if he can't do
these extraordinary things?

What if he is just unwell?

Like you.

Everything extraordinary
can be explained away,

and yet, it is true.

I think deep down you know this.

Everything we will see and do
will have a basis in science.

But it will have limits.

This is the real world, not a cartoon.

And yet, some of us
don't die from bullets.

Some of us can still bend steel.

That is not a fantasy.

[Patricia] Hmm.

If you really think
you can get us all out,

then you may meet the Beast.

But for your sake, I hope he likes you.

Tomorrow night.

Call a board meeting or whatever.

What do we call you, sir?

First name, "Mr."

Last name, "Glass."

-[card reader beeps]
-[door opens]

[moans] What's going on?

Not too much pressure
when restraining him.

What are you doing?

-It's a sedative.
-What?

-I'm sorry to do this.
-Ow!

We saw footage of you leaving your room.

-Seems you have been duping us.
-No!

-I've moved the procedure to this morning.
-Wait…

[poignant music playing]

[Dr. Staple] Thank you
for being careful, everyone.

Good luck, Elijah.

[Dr. Staple] Nothing essential
is going to change about who you are.

I promise, my friend.

[switch clicks]

[machine whirring]

[chatter and laughter]

[man speaking indistinctly on PA]

Whoo!

[laughs]

[people screaming]

Elijah!

Whoo!

[man on PA] So let's all scream!

[riders whooping and screaming]

[sobs] Stop the ride! Elijah!

[conductor] Ma'am, get a hold of yourself.

Mama!

[grunting]

-[bones crunch]
-[screams]

-[Mrs. Price] Elijah!
-[groans]

-Stop the ride!
-Ma'am, step down.

[Mrs. Price] Stop the ride!

[intense music playing]

[panting]

[keys jangling]

[car lock chirps]

-[beeps]
-[door buzzes]

Dinner, Elijah.

["Once It Was Mine" playing on speakers]

How you doing?

You'll feel better tomorrow.

Pictures are crooked.

Hey.

[dramatic sting plays]

Took a bitch-ass long time
to find the right piece.

[Daryl choking]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Elijah] First name, "Mr."

Last name, "Glass."

[Daryl continues choking]

You don't know what it's like, Daryl.

To be so different,
you don't know where you fit.

It's an awful feeling.

[beeps]

[Kevin, as Luke] Hey, buddy. What's up?

Patricia told us you were coming.

My name is Luke,
and I am Team Horde all the way.

Yeah, I can intro you to everybody.

I ain't no bad hombre to know.

Everybody's gonna tell you
that I got a big mouth.

I spoil the end of movies. Ain't true.

Everybody knows the priest dies
at the end of The Exorcist.

[Kevin grunts]

[as Goddard] The American Sublime.

Do you even know what that means?

No.

That is why this world is a lost cause.

That is why the Beast is the only thing
that is pure and meaningful--

[Elijah] American Sublime
refers to Western paintings

of landscapes and seascapes
depicting the immensity of nature.

The use of violent storms
in the distance was a common practice.

Painting's of particular interest to me.

[grunts]

[Kevin groans]

[as Hedwig] Hey, Miss Patricia says
that your bones can break

if I… [clicks tongue] …tap them.
Is that true?

-Yes.
-[exhales]

Uh, so, what's your superpower? Your mind?

[whooshes]

What's mine?

You're nine forever, right?

Yeah.

That's incredible.

You can see the world
the way it really is. Always.

Kid who can never grow old.

[chuckles]

Are you ready?

Are… you… ready?

Yeah.

Whoa!

This place is so cool, Mr. Glass.

I feel like dancing.

Then go ahead and dance.

Yeah! Check it!

[humming]

Yeah.

Oh, man.

[Kevin grunting]

[groaning]

[ominous music playing]

[deep growling]

[Elijah] They've been lying to us all.

[as The Beast] You believe?

Yes, I do.

It's what I've believed my whole life.

They are losing faith.

My Horde is losing faith!

In comics,

you would go to a public place,
where all could see you.

A place celebrating
man's pedestrian achievements.

But you need David

to convince them.

You should fight him
in front of the world.

The tallest building
in this city is opening today.

All the cameras in the world
will record you.

You can convince the Horde
and the world at the same time.

We exist.

[breathing heavily]

Why are you in this chair, child?

My bones break easily.

I was born this way.

I've had 94 breaks in my life.

I've known only pain.

Rejoice.

You have suffered and are now pure.

I assume you were sent here
to be an avenging angel.

How much do you want to avenge us?

[roaring]

Well,

that sounds like the bad guys teaming up.

[Elijah on speakers] How you doing, David?

I always thought of us as friends.

[David] Elijah?

[Elijah] You shouldn't be
hiding in the shadows, David.

You're able to hide

because people who steal cars
and mug people in alleys

don't need your full potential.

You're only using 1% of your abilities
with these petty criminals.

Maybe there's nothing to hide, Elijah.

I have found someone who will require
your full potential to come out.

A superhuman serial killer.

Don't do this.

[sighs] How can we be the only ones?

Maybe we believed something
that isn't even true.

[sighs]

We are going
to the tallest building in the city.

The Horde is going to be revealed there.

There are three floors

that house a chemical company
in that building.

I am going to blow up that building
using their chemicals, David.

You might want to try and stop us.

Today is your coming-out party.

At least, you know what to wear.

[beeping]

[air hissing]

I've turned off the water hoses
in your room, David.

There's only the door left.

Elijah…

It's metal.

But you can't get through it
because people's bones

break against metal,
and you're nothing special.

A lot of people
are going to die, Overseer,

if you don't get through that door.

[switch clicks]

[David sighs]

-Hi.
-[gate buzzes]

[flies buzzing]

I'm here.

[dissonant music plays]

[switch clicks]

Daryl?

[wheels squeaking in distance]

[squeaking continues]

[squeaking continues]

[dramatic music playing]

This is where they would paint you

with big eyes and bubbles
of confusion above your head.

[soft thud]

[breathing heavily]

You hurt him?

What are you doing?

You should kneel before him.

He is the broken.

-[Pierce] Step away from me.
-[grunting]

Get back in your room! Both of you!

[grunts]

[bones crunching, choking]

[yells]

-[The Beast grunting]
-[Pierce gasping]

[snarling]

You're fighting for the broken.

You found your purpose.

-[The Beast grunting]
-[Pierce gasping]

[bones crunch]

[gasps]

[Pierce grunts]

[The Beast breathing heavily]

[The Beast grunting]

[bones crunch]

-[The Beast grunts]
-[body thuds]

[sighs]

[breathing heavily]

-[grunting]
-[blows land heavily]

One of the Horde may need
to walk us out of here,

if that's okay… partner.

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[sighs]

[yells]

[wondrous music playing]

[yells and grunts]

-[beeps]
-[gate buzzes]

[Elijah] Go through the basement.

[grunts]

[music soars gently]

[Dr. Staple] Listen to me, Joseph.
Your father is making great progress.

I'm very hopeful for him.

Did you know the first Superman

couldn't even fly?

And Metropolis is actually New York City.

And what about all the coincidences
in what I was reading?

[Dr. Staple] Comic books are an obsession.

Have you ever been
to a comic book convention?

They sell teen TV shows there.

They are selling things.

Your friends and family members

have lost their perspective.

Your dad is trying to fight her abductor.

Your son is trying to best his dad.

He's the anarchist,
he's the brains, he's the reluctant hero.

This all sounds very familiar, doesn't it?

Comic books are not valid history.

[computer beeping]

[guard] Hey, what wing are you with?

[as Patricia] The Beast is saying that

he'd like you to roll forward
when they come.

[tense music playing]

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

[strains]

[groans]

[The Beast breathing heavily]

[men grunting]

[The Beast snarls]

-[beeps]
-[gate buzzes]

[TV muted]

[remote clicks]

The new Osaka building opens
today with much fanfare.

Thousands are expected
to come out for the ceremony.

Many just want to see
the spectacular architecture.

Now, this building is expected to be
the hub of the business community,

creating thousands of jobs…

We have a Code Three.

All patients locked in their rooms.
Grounds security on alert.

[on PA] The patients are going
to the public opening of the Osaka Tower,

the tallest building.

Elijah may be intending
to compromise a chemical facility there.

Please alert
the Philadelphia Police Department.

They made a mistake
going through the basement.

It gives us some time.

[alarm blaring]

[Mrs. Price] I remember something
about a classic public forum

where the climax of limited editions end.

I think he said it was referred to
as the showdown,

where all the skills are revealed

and pitted against each other.

[Casey] And then?

What happens?

[thuds]

-[thuds]
-[gasps]

[The Beast yelling]

Christ! They're out here!
They're out here!

[The Beast yelling]

[typing]

This is Dr. Ellie Staple.

We will need assistance
at Raven Hill Memorial immediately.

[alarm blaring]

[women yelping]

-[woman] No!
-[women scream]

[muffled screaming]

[panting]

[as Dennis] How many people
are gonna die today? Huh?

I don't wanna do this.

I don't care what Patricia says.
I'm not… [straining]

Hedwig's taking the light.

[as Hedwig] Hey, what's up?

[straining]

[as Patricia] Don't worry.

[panting]

We don't need him anyway.
There are still ten of us.

[tires screeching]

It appears the Beast is not done here yet.

[intense, rapid ticking music playing]

[police radio chatter]

[The Beast yelling]

We've got eyes on him. Please advise.

[The Beast breathing heavily]

Please advise.

[grunting]

-[roars]
-[guards grunting]

[screams]

[door opens]

The collection of main characters.

[breathing heavily]

[growls]

[roaring]

[alarm continues blaring]

[The Beast roaring]

[roaring]

Keep patients and staff away
from the south-side windows.

Authorities are on their way.

[grunting loudly]

[women whimpering]

[women screaming]

Okay. I got you. [grunting]

[both whimpering]

You will learn to kneel before the broken.

[both grunting]

[yelling]

[choking]

[sirens wailing]

[continues choking]

[grunting]

[Casey] I need to explain.

-He has DID. He believes he's an animal.
-[officer] Keep moving.

No, you don't understand.

All he knows is pain.

You're going to get hurt. Somebody please…

He has DID. We can get the compassionate
people inside him to help you.

Stay here.

[Elijah] You're the girl the Beast let go.

[yelling]

[music intensifies]

[grunting]

[shouts]

[officers grunting]

[Overseer] Stay away from him!

-[shouts]
-Go!

[The Beast grunting]

[yelling]

[grunting]

[officers scream]

[Overseer] I'm just trying to save you.

[grunting]

[gasping]

-[growling]
-[whimpering]

[growling]

[metal creaking]

[flesh squelching]

[grunts]

[Dr. Staple] Casey,
the light won't work out here now.

You have to be the one
to get Kevin to come out.

We need to get them inside to safety.

Do you hear me?

[Joseph on earpiece]
There are two tactical teams on the way.

[Overseer] Get back inside!

[both whimpering]

Hurry. Get inside the building.

[The Beast panting]

[Elijah] The water used for David's room.

There's water in that tank.

I know he almost drowned
when he was a child.

Water is his weakness.

-[Joseph] Hey! Hey!
-[Overseer] Joseph!

[Joseph] He's lying to you.

In comics, the parents of the villains
always hold a key to understanding them.

He's not telling you something.

[Overseer] Joseph, get back.

[The Beast breathing heavily]

Don't tell him yet.

Kevin's dad didn't just take
any train and not come home.

[panting heavily]

[dramatic music plays]

[train announcer] Eastrail 177.
Next stop, Philadelphia.

[pensive music playing]

[Joseph] He took the train my dad was on.

The one that everyone died, except my dad.

That's the key to who you are.

Mr. Glass killed Kevin's dad.

[grunts]

[growling]

[breathing heavily]

[growling]

[Elijah] It's all evidence, you see?

If that train crash hadn't happened,

Kevin wouldn't have been
left alone with his mother.

If Kevin's mother wasn't allowed
to continue to abuse him,

then the Beast wouldn't
have had to be born.

What are the odds that David Dunn

and Clarence Wendell Crumb
would be together

that day?

Amazing.

I created you

as I created David.

It just took longer.

Nineteen years.

They almost convinced me I was crazy.

I create superheroes.

I truly am a mastermind.

I thank you for what you did.

But I came to protect Kevin.

And I cannot trust you to keep him safe.

-[screaming]
-[screams]

[Overseer] Hey.

We still haven't settled
that kneeling thing.

[laughing] The classic turn.

The enemy becomes the ally

because of the hero's
unflinching sense of good.

-[grunts]
-[Elijah groans]

[coughs, grunts]

[The Beast grunting]

[intense music playing]

-[bones crack]
-[screaming]

[coughing]

[continues coughing]

We will finish this in front of the world.

[sirens wailing]

-[Mrs. Price panting]
-[Elijah groaning]

-Elijah.
-[wheezing]

[breathing heavily]

Release me.

[straining]

Let me talk to Kevin Wendell Crumb.

[straining] No!

[The Beast grunting]

Release me.

I need to talk to Kevin Wendell Crumb.

[choking]

He needs me.

Kevin Wendell Crumb.

Kevin Wendell Crumb.

[yells]

Kevin Wendell Crumb.

[Kevin grunts]

[in normal tone] Hey.

The Beast listened to me.

He couldn't do what he wanted.
You can tell him what to do.

I'm not in charge of the light.

Yes!

Yes, you are.

[breathes deeply]

It feels good.

-Doesn't it?
-Mmm-hmm.

Will you stay in the light with me?

For a little while?

[pensive music playing]

[silenced gunshot]

[choking]

[grunts]

[officer] She was able
to turn him. Target down.

You guys gotta help him.

That's my dad.
He's trying to help you guys.

The guy in green, that's my dad.

He's trying to stop the Horde.
He's really weak.

[Overseer coughing]

[Overseer grunting]

[intense music playing]

[muffled screaming]

[muffled screaming continues]

[grunts]

David!

David, take my hand. Take it now!

[straining]

[indistinct chatter]

[door closes]

[chatter stops]

It's just us.

[Dr. Staple] They sent me here
for you three.

Tell me the truth.

Did I almost convince you
you were an ordinary man?

I would have left you alone,

but when the Horde showed up here,

then I just had to come.

[somber music playing]

[Mrs. Price] Didn't you tell me
there was a showdown

at the end of a limited edition?

How come you didn't know
how it was gonna end?

No, Mama,

this is not a limited edition.

This was an origin story… [coughs]

…the whole time.

[groans]

What's happening?

[grunts]

[crying]

[as Hedwig] I like being nine.

[sniffling]

It hurts, Casey.

Get it to stop hurting.

[choking]

I can't hold on to the light, Casey.

-[strained grunting]
-[crying]

[as Dennis] I should never
have listened to her.

[pained grunting]

Now these pants got blood on them.
They're ruined.

[breathing shakily]

We gotta clean these pants, Casey.

[choking]

[as Samuel] As his body slowly
succumbs to the inevitable,

a sensation of cold water
spreads through his body.

His thoughts are a mixture of fear

and sweet relief…

[straining]

[as Polly] Ladies and gentlemen,

here's Patricia.

We should all listen to her.

[strains]

[as Patricia] Did you see them?

They are both extraordinary.

I never doubted…

Never let them tell you I doubted it.

[gasping]

[in normal tone] They're all so scared.

But I told them that
I'm gonna hold the light now.

You really my friend?

Then I'm gonna hold
the light till the end.

Till the very end.

It's not so bad being in the light.

[gasping]

[softly] Kevin.

[imperceptible]

[melancholy music playing]

[Dr. Staple] Would you mind stepping away
for a moment so I can check him?

It's okay.

[Elijah coughs]

[Elijah gasps]

They got it wrong in the comics.

They talk about secret evil groups
trying to stop the heroes.

I don't think we are particularly evil,

and we don't choose sides.

We try to stop both of you.

If there is one of you,

the opposite of you appears.

It escalates. We step in.

There just can't be gods amongst us.

It's not fair.

It has worked just fine
for 10,000 years our way.

Take consolation in the fact that
you were right about your theory.

Be at peace.

[pensive music playing]

I wasn't a mistake, Mama.

[Mrs. Price] No.

You were spectacular.

Oh…

[keyboard clacking]

[Dr. Staple] These patients
were very disturbed.

Let me just simply state,

everything that occurred
was related to drugs

in their systems,
or their heightened state of mania.

For the patients' privacy,

let's keep what happened in this building
and this parking lot to ourselves.

[reporter on computer]
Opening ceremonies have concluded,

but from the looks
on the faces of the thousands…

[indistinct chatter]

[door closes]

[chatter stops]

[Dr. Staple] All three were real.

Quite special, actually.

If you approve,
I will move to the next city.

[woman] Will there be any repercussions?

[Dr. Staple] No one saw them.

I know what my charge is.

Convince them.

This is the most humane
and effective method.

We're not executioners,
and we don't need martyrs.

If that fails, use the machine.

And I understand how important
what we're doing is.

Maintaining balance,

keeping order.

[soft piano music playing]

[Batman on TV] We're not here
to buy umbrellas and you know it.

[Robin] Spread your wings, Mr. KG Bird.
We're flying you down to headquarters.

[The Penguin] On what charge, Boy Wonder?

[Robin] Illegal umbrellas.

[Batman] Assault and battery,
disturbing the peace.

We've got enough
to put you back on ice, Penguin.

["We're Changing" playing on speakers]

He's too smart.

That's why he's the mastermind.

He'll never tell you his real plan.

He sets everybody up.
Gets them looking in one direction.

-So cool, man.
-[boy 1] There's always a real plan.

[intense music playing]

You see this camera?

There are 100 more of these.

Everything is being recorded.

All videos and all back-up videos
have been erased, correct?

[guard] Yes.

[Dr. Staple] Was any of it
downloaded before that?

[typing]

[guard] I don't know how this is possible.

Someone was streaming
the live security feed to a private site.

[typing]

[suspenseful music playing]

He went through
the basement tunnels to be seen

by as many cameras as possible.

That's why he didn't go out
the side entrance.

He was never planning
on going to that building.

This was a suicide mission.

I gave him all the cameras
he needed right here.

What have you done, Elijah?

[door opens]

[door closes]

[screaming]

[sighs]

[children playing outside]

[computer chimes]

[sighs]

[Elijah on speakers]
There are unknown forces

that don't want us to realize
what we are truly capable of.

They don't want us to know
the things we suspect

are extraordinary
about ourselves are real.

[computer chimes]

[hopeful music playing]

I believe that if everyone sees
what just a few people become

when they wholly embrace their gifts,

others will awaken.

Belief in oneself is contagious.

We give each other permission
to be superheroes.

We will never awaken otherwise.

[kids chattering]

Whoever these people are
who don't want us to know the truth,

today, they lose.

Thanks.

How long's it been since we posted it?

Two hours.

How long will it be before--

[indistinct announcement on PA]

[cell phone chimes]

[indistinct conversations]

[sighs, sniffles]

[music intensifies]

I know what this is.

This is the moment
we are let in on the universe.

[imperceptible]

[music continues playing]