Original subtitles

(MAN EXHALES)

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...

And they're not believing.

There's no revolution.

(AS PATRICIA) Dennis.

Do not be scared.

You have to trust me.

As you always have.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(AS PATRICIA)

Look at you all.

My name is Patricia.

Now, who'd like

a PB and J sandwich?

You do.

(MAN GROANS)

T: (EXCLAIMS) Boom!

Whoo!

Ooh!

Ah! Look at him!

Oh.

The master, boy.

Superman punch, bitch! Yeah!

(LAUGHING)

(GRUNTING)

Whoo!

MAN: Hey!

RONALD:

Go, go, go! Get out!

MAN: You all right, brother?

(MAN GROANING ON VIDEO)

T: (EXCLAIMS) Boom!

Ooh. You see his bag fall?

It's what they call

"dramatic effect."

This is gonna get

so many views.

(DOOR RATTLING)

Is that a raccoon again?

(DOOR OPENS)

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.

(FAUCET TURNS OFF)

(SWITCH CLICKS)

T: Superman punch him, Ronald.

(LOUD THUDDING)

(ROLAND GRUNTING)

(PUNCHES LANDING)

T: Oh, shit. It's you!

(WHIMPERING)

(KEYS JANGLING)

(SHUTTER CREAKING)

(DOOR LOCKING)

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

DAVID: They bumped into me

at the subway.

Can't just

let them go, Joseph.

Weren't you on

a specified walk?

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.

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.

And 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.

DAVID: 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.

REPORTER: (ON RADIO)

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.

L t gets its power

from solar panels.

Developers say it will...

(CHAIR SCRAPES)

(PAN SIZZLING)

(UTENSIL CLINKING)

Audrey, I have

to tell you something.

Audrey.

(FOOTSTEPS TAPPING)

(AS HEDWIG)

Miss Patricia said

that I'm not allowed

to play with you guys,

so don't even ask.

(SNIFFLES)

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.

(VOCALIZING)

You know that boy band stuff?

Some of it's okay,

but Drake?

Drake's my new main man.

The Beast is gonna

come for you guys

any minute now.

And 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.

(SNIFFLES)

(CASH REGISTER DINGS)

Thank you for coming in.

Yep, thanks.

JOSEPH: I can get you set up.

They're really

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.

Yeah, 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.

(MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

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 CRASHES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(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: (ON RADIO)

Okay. L'II see you

back at the store.

(MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY)

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.

(HEDWIG VOCALIZING)

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: All right. Stand by.

L'II search the area.

(CHUCKLES) Boom! (GRUNTS)

Dad, L found a brick factory.

Uh, i's old. Abandoned.

Which direction?

To the south.

Dad?

Dad?

(SCATTING)

MAN 1: You said

I could have those.

MAN 2: I know.

MAN 1: Taking everything

for yourself.

MAN 2: Take them.

Hey.

Oh, my God.

(GAGS)

MAN 1: You said

I could have those.

MAN 2: I know.

Take them.

(GRUNTS)

What?

MAN 1: Huh?

Taking everything

for yourself.

I don't know.

(GRUNTS)

(SCREAMING)

(GROANING)

(PANTING)

MAN 2: Who are you?

(AS THE BEAST)

I am you.

(METAL RATTLING)

(ALL BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GIRL SCREAMS)

(ALL BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GIRLS SCREAMING)

(CHAINS RATTLING)

Come on!

(CRYING) Come on!

(GRUNTS)

(GIRLS WHIMPERING)

(THE BEAST GROWLING)

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

(LOUD THUDDING)

(GROWLING)

GIRL: Where did it go?

(THE BEAST PANTING, GROWLING)

(PANTING)

(ROARS)

(YELLS)

(GIRLS SCREAMING)

Leave! (GRUNTS)

(GASPS)

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMS)

(THE BEAST ROARING)

(GIRLS WHIMPERING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(DEBRIS CLATTERING)

(DAVID GRUNTS)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(STRAINING)

(THE BEAST YELLING)

(BOTH GROAN)

(GROWLS, PANTS)

(THE BEAST YELLING)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

KEVIN: (AS BARRY) Don't.

Don't! Don't shoot!

(WHIMPERS)

We can work through this!

Just put the guns away!

(MUMBLES)

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 straight

to Raven Hill Memorial.

The west wing

of Raven Hill Memorial.

(INDISTINCT CLAMORING

OVER RADIO)

(RADIO STOPS)

(GASPS)

(DOOR BUZZING)

OFFICER: No problem.

(DOOR BUZZING)

OFFICER: Keep moving.

Keep moving.

(AS HEINRICH)

Please, don't. Don't.

Don't. No.

OFFICER 2: Easy.

OFFICER 1: Hey! Hey!

(AS HEDWIG)

We're cool, we're cool.

Totally cool.

All right? He doesn't like

to be touched. I can walk.

I'll just walk.

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...

(AS DENNIS) Dennis.

My pleasure, Dennis.

Mmm-hmm.

You are being monitored.

If, for some reason,

there's a threatening identity

in the room,

the light will

automatically strobe

and force a different identity

to take over.

DENNIS:

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?

(THE BEAST EXHALES)

(ROARS)

(GROANS)

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.

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 HEAVILY)

(SLURPING)

Anyway...

(MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

You won't be lonely anymore.

You have two new friends.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Casey, could I see you

for a second?

L 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. Do you think

you could 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.

(GIGGLES)

(DARYL GRUNTS)

(KEVIN GROANING)

(AS IAN)

Hey. Hey, hey!

(GROANS)

I'm Ian.

All right? I'm Ian.

(AS MARY)

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.

Just calm down, okay?

(KEVIN GROANS)

(AS NORMA) I'm sorry

for being with the Horde.

It's just... 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!

(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.

Oh, we need more time.

Barry is speaking to Kevin.

Trying to get him

nearer the light.

Is he close enough yet?

(AS B.T.) The only one

who can defend us is him.

Him!

(GROANING)

(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.

(DOOR LOCK BEEPS)

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.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING

ON SPEAKERS)

MRS. PRICE:

You don't let them

get you down, Elijah.

You hear me?

Stay proud.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Step back against the wall,

please.

(DOOR LOCK BEEPS)

(DOOR BUZZING)

(GENERATOR WHIRRING)

(WATER BUBBLING)

(COUGHING)

(DOOR BUZZES)

(DOOR OPENS)

(GRUNTS)

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.

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.

(EXHALES)

Look at you, David.

You believe you have barely

enough strength to stand up.

You can't possibly explain

everything away.

(GRUNTING)

(PANTING)

(AS MR. PRITCHARD)

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...

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING)

Okay.

(YELPS)

(PANTING)

(AS FELIDA IN SPANISH)

(GRUNTS, GROWLS)

(AS HEDWIG IN ENGLISH)

I'm ready.

(WHIMPERS)

Young man, wait!

(SHOES SQUEAKING)

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.

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)

(PANTING)

(WHISPERS) He doesn't think

he can beat The Beast,

does he?

Beast like... (GRUNTS SOFTLY)

Your name is Hedwig, right?

You're nine, right?

HEDWIG: Yeah.

Forever?

(SIGHS)

No matter how many

experiences you have?

That must be so hard.

You treat people who think

they're comic book

characters or something?

(EXHALES)

(CHUCKLES)

HEDWIG: 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?

DR. STAPLE: Who?

The man.

He is guarded, isn't he?

He can't get out?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(JOSEPH CHATTERING

AND SNICKERING)

He's well-intentioned

and you would love him.

He's a huge...

He's a big trickster.

He's a great guy. He's got

a great sense of humor.

DR. STAPLE: So, let me recap

what you've told me.

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."

JOSEPH: 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.

No. 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.

YOUNG JOSEPH:

I'm not scared.

DAVID: That's great.

YOUNG JOSEPH: 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.

(ENGINE STARTING)

(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.

(BEEPS)

(DOOR 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?

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. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(SOFTLY) Don't worry.

I haven't cheated on you.

(CHOKING)

(AS DENNIS)

What are you doin' here?

Your clothes are not dirty.

That's good.

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. I got...

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)

(CHEERING)

PLAYER: Right there,

right there!

(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYING

SOFTLY ON SPEAKERS)

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)

DR. STAPLE: This will be

my final evaluation.

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)

(VOICES OVERLAP)

Kevin Wendell Crumb.

PENELOPE:

What did I tell you?

There is no running

in the house,

Kevin Wendell Crumb!

DR. STAPLE: Kevin?

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

Kevin.

(IN NORMAL TONE)

Why do you all

keep bringing me back?

I don't wanna be here.

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 AND EXHALES SHARPLY)

And you have to

listen to her, right?

Because she's an adult

and you're not.

Duh. Yeah.

Was 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.

(SIGHS)

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.

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.

An intuition?

When you see someone?

I have to touch them.

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?

(EXHALES)

What's your point, Doctor?

It was

a practical observation

that produced

a practical skill set

in an altar.

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.

(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?

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 Number One

launched

with the man in the cape

and the blue tights

on the cover.

Boo-yah!

(LAUGHS) Here we are.

(POP MUSIC PLAYING

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.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

Oh, my God!

(GASPS)

GIRL: Catch!

BOY 1: You're it!

I'm it. You're it!

BOY 2: Oh, no!

(CASEY CHUCKLES)

You're it!

Let's play hot potato, guys!

GIRL: Let's play hot potato!

KIDS: (SINGING)

Hot potato

Hot potato

Hot potato

Hot potato

Hot potato, hot potato,

hot potato

Hot potato, hot potato, hot

BOY 1: You're out.

GIRL: You're out.

BOY 2: Come on, ready?

BOY 1: No!

GIRL: No!

KIDS: (SINGING)

Hot potato

Hot potato

Hot potato

Hot potato

Hot potato, hot potato, hot

I'm just asking you

to bring in a package

if you see one

instead of stepping over it

to come in the house.

(DOOR SLAMS)

Hello?

(DOOR LOCK 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, Elijah?

(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 going on?

What's happening?

Looking tired, man.

You still taking

that multi-vitamin?

Not like I should.

Yeah, but listen,

you gotta take the D.

If you don't take

Vitamin D,

none of that stuff's

going to absorb

into your body.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(WHISPERS)

Clarence Wendell Crumb.

(GASPS)

(CHUCKLES)

Take a little bit of

grape seed extract

and it'll keep it all

in there.

You'll absorb it

into your body faster.

Let me ask you,

how much water

you drinking?

Not enough.

Yeah. I know.

(DOOR LOCK BEEPS)

(DOOR BUZZES)

(WHEELS SQUEAKING)

(AS PATRICIA) How?

How did you get here

without anyone seeing?

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.

Couple that with the fact

that I've 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.

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.

I believe 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.

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, Mister.

Last name, Glass.

(DOOR LOCK BEEPS)

(DOOR OPENS)

(MOANS) What's going on?

Be careful.

Not too much pressure

when restraining him.

Dr. Staple,

what are you doing?

It's a sedative.

What?

I'm sorry

to do this, Elijah.

Ow!

We saw footage of you

leaving your room

last night.

It seems you have been

duping us.

No! No.

I've moved up the procedure

to this morning.

Wait, I have...

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 SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY

ON PA)

Whoo!

(LAUGHS)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Elijah!

Whoo!

MAN: (ON PA)

So, let's all scream!

(RIDERS WHOOPING

AND SCREAMING)

(SOBS) Elijah!

CONDUCTOR: Ma'am,

get a hold of yourself.

Mama!

(GRUNTING)

(BONES BREAKING)

(SCREAMS)

MRS. PRICE: Elijah!

Stop the ride!

Ma'am, step down.

MRS. PRICE: Stop the ride!

(PANTING)

(KEYS JANGLING)

(CAR LOCK CHIRPS)

(BEEPS)

(DOOR BUZZES)

(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYING

ON SPEAKERS)

Dinner, Elijah.

How you doing?

You'll feel better tomorrow.

Pictures are crooked.

Hey.

(GRUNTS)

Took a bitch-ass long time

to find the right piece.

(CHOKING)

First name, Mister.

Last name, Glass.

(BEEPING)

(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 there, 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, though.

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, like,

(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)

(THE BEAST 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?

(YELLING)

Well, that sounds like

the bad guys teaming up.

ELIJAH: (ON SPEAKERS)

How you doing, David?

L always thought of us

as friends.

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

one percent of your abilities

with these petty criminals.

Maybe there's nothing

to hide, Elijah.

L 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)

(BUTTON CLICKS)

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)

(SIGHS)

Hi.

(DOOR BUZZES)

(FLIES BUZZING)

I'm here.

(BUTTON CLICKS)

(SWITCH CLICKS)

Daryl?

(WHEELS SQUEAKING IN DISTANCE)

(SQUEAKING CONTINUES)

(SQUEAKING CONTINUES)

This is where

they would paint you

with big eyes

and bubbles of confusion

above your head.

(SOFT THUD)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(AS THE BEAST)

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)

(GASPS)

(SCREAMING)

(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)

One of the Horde may need

to walk us out of here,

if that's okay...

Partner.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

(SIGHS)

(YELLS)

(YELLS AND GRUNTS)

(BEEPS)

(DOOR BUZZES)

ELIJAH: Go through

the basement.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

(GRUNTS)

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) Uh, The Beast

is saying that he'd like you

to roll forward

when they come.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

(STRAINS)

(GROANS)

(THE BEAST BREATHING HEAVILY)

(ALL GRUNTING)

(BEEPS)

(DOOR BUZZES)

(INAUDIBLE)

(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 SPEAKERS) The patients

are planning to go

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.

L t gives us some time.

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.

And then?

What happens?

(THUDS)

(THUDS)

(GASPS)

(THE BEAST YELLING)

Christ! They're out here!

They're out here!

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(ALARM BLARING)

This is Dr. Ellie Staple.

We will need assistance

at Raven Hill Memorial

immediately.

(ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)

(BOTH SCREAMING AND GRUNTING)

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 10 of us.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

It appears The Beast

is not done here yet.

(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)

(OFFICERS SHOUTING

INDISTINCTLY)

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)

(GRUNTING)

(SHOUTS)

(OFFICERS GRUNTING)

OVERSEER:

Stay away from him.

(SHOUTS)

Go!

(ALL 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 SPEAKERS)

Dad, there are two

tactical teams on the way.

OVERSEER: Get back inside!

(BOTH WHIMPERING)

Hurry. Get inside

the building.

(BOTH PANTING)

(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.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

TRAIN ANNOUNCER:

Eastrail 177. Next stop,

Philadelphia.

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.

(PANTING)

(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, GROANS)

(THE BEAST GRUNTING)

(BONES CRACK)

(SCREAMING)

(COUGHING)

(CONTINUES COUGHING)

We will finish this

in front of the world.

(SIRENS WAILING)

(MRS. PRICE PANTING)

(ELIJAH GROANING)

Elijah.

(GASPING)

(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 PANTING)

(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?

(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 the green,

that's my dad.

He's trying to stop the Horde.

He's really weak.

(COUGHING)

(GRUNTING)

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(MUFFLED SCREAMING CONTINUES)

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.

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.

(INAUDIBLE)

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.

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:

...general public alike.

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.

BATMAN: (ON TV) We're not here

to buy umbrellas

and you know it.

ROBIN: Spread your wings,

Mr. K.G. 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.

(UPBEAT ROCK SONG 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.

BOY: So cool, man.

There's always

a real plan.

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.

Was any of it downloaded

before that?

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

GUARD: I don't know

how this is possible.

Someone was streaming

the live security feed

to a private site.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

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)

(KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE)

(COMPUTER CHIMES)

(SIGHS)

(MOUSE CLICKS)

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)

L 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.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Thanks.

How long's it been

since we posted it?

Two hours.

How long

will it be before...

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT

ON PA)

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS)

(SIGHS, SNIFFLES)

(EXHALES)

I know what this is.

This is the moment

we are let in

on the universe.

(INAUDIBLE)