01x11 - When Sparks Fly

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I told you this place was cool.

Now if we could just con
some girls into coming by.

In your dreams, man.

No way chicks appreciate
the cobweb/vermin look.

Yeah, right.
Like you would know.

You talking to me?

You talking to me?

You must be talking to me

because I don't see
anybody else here.

Whuh!

Maybe we should go.

Aah!

Ah!

Hey! Hey!

Aah! Uhh!

Cityscape by Peter Parker.

Few people know
the sheer beauty of Manhattan

as seen from 30 stories up
on a calm summer night.

This city is never calm.

Ah! Uhh! Help.

Help. Somebody!

Ah!

Aah!

I guess I don't need
to tell you to hang on.

Spider-Man, hurry!

Aah! Ah!

Thanks, Spider-Man.

We'd love to help,
but we're out of here.

Help with what?

There's some kind
of ghost here.

Dude, it tried to shred us.

Right. And the dog
ate your homework.

The car started by itself,

and that's secondhand smoke
your mom smells on you.

Crap, he's been following us.

Uhh!

Aah!

Well, heh heh...

not sure what I'm doing
over the break.

Maybe taking the company jet
to the Cote d'Azur,

stay at the Hotel Margritte,

do a little waterskiing, uh...

Hello.

Oh, Peter.

Francesca, Peter.
Peter, Francesca.

Francesca doesn't speak
a word of English,

and as designated
campus ambassador,

I've volunteered
to show her around.

Does that make me shallow?

Well, uh, that's only one side
of you.

You do have another side,
don't you?

Working on it.

What? Did I say that wrong?

You know,

having just a shallow side
isn't so bad.

Easy for you to say, brainiac.

Maybe if I had a little more
of your shallowness,

I wouldn't keep
messing up with girls.

I'm going to take that
as a compliment.

Electronegativity is the topic.

Now, if two atoms have
different electronegativities,

the two ions
will attract each other

and form an ionic bond.

Any questions?

Don't be afraid to ask now,

because this is all going
to be on your midterm.

I've heard her midterm
is a real b*tch.

We should trade study notes.

Good idea.

Come on.

Don't complain to me
after the test

that you didn't understand it.

Yes, Sally?

Professor Williams,
just wondering,

who got the highest score ever
on this test?

Why, pray tell, do you ask?

No particular reason.

Max Dillon
got the highest score.

Now, I know you've all heard
the rumors,

but all we know for sure

is that no one has seen
or heard from Max

since the night
Doug Reisman was m*rder*d.

Max Dillon
was a troubled young man.

That's enough on that subject.

I heard Max was living in a box

behind Port Authority.

I'm sorry.
You have something to add?

No. No, thanks.

Good. Then back
to electronegativity:

Once bonded, the...

You okay?

Pretty weird, if you ask me.

I didn't.

...to upset the equilibrium.

Cut her some slack, okay?

Sally was the last person
Max seemed to connect with

when... you know, that night?

"Ionic bonds are always formed"

"as the result of a gain
and loss of electrons.

"But it is
the electrostatic attraction

"between the ions

which is responsible
for the bond."

Ahh...

Hmm.

Responsible for the bond.

Electrostatic attraction.

Rawwwr!

"Once bonded,
the attraction persists

"until an additional positive
or negative force

is introduced to upset
the equilibrium."

Sally.

Max?

Hey, is somebody playing a joke?

What do you want?

Leave me alone.

Leave me alone!

Who's there?

Oh, my God!

Oh! Uhh!

Aah! Aah!

Aah!

What are you doing to me?

You like experiments,
don't you, professor?

Aah!

No!

Don't go.

Don't go.

Come on.

Don't go.

Cops say she was
pumped with high voltage.

Sound like anyone we know?

Yeah. Professor Williams

was talking about Max
yesterday in chemistry.

This is so freaky.

What'd she say?

Nothing to make him
try to k*ll her.

Just some stuff

about how well he did
on the Chem midyear.

Yeah. That's good
motivation:

"Do as well as
the electrified freak."

Hey, did Spider-Man
take the Chem midterm?

Why not throw him into the mix?

They're both murderers.

No... no.

Sally Johnson brought up Max,
not Professor Williams.

Okay, now, I know you like her,

but Sally's nuts.

Has been ever since that night.

I am not nuts.

You don't get it.
He's stalking me.

Oh, hey, Sally.
Look, I was just...

First he sends me messages
on my computer,

then he shows up on my TV.

He's all, like, how he's going
to take charge

now that Con Ed
recharged his batteries.

Who?

Max Dillon. He was on my TV.
And I'm not crazy!

Don't you see? He did this
to Professor Williams,

and I'm next!

Here are my Chem study notes

in case Professor Williams
ever recovers.

Indy. Hey.
Hi, Harry.

Is this
a bring-your-own-brains party?

Because mine's fully loaded.

Excellent. Mine's overloaded.

Hey.

Hey, yourself.

Did you know electrostatic
transference is possible

when a super
high-voltage discharge

meets a proportionate
mass of neon?

Actually, it's more
complicated than that.

Basically, an object that
can conduct electricity

has a tendency
to retain energy...

Kids. Try to get them
to spend their time wisely,

like watching R-rated DVDs,
but, no...

They can't wait
to do that web research.

The attraction persists

until an additional
positive or negative force

is introduced to
upset the equilibrium.

Max? Hey, is somebody
playing a joke?

Okay, Max!
Or should I say "Electro"?

Visiting hours are now open.

I'd like to help you,

but you're officially
out of control.

Oh, and, FYI,
Sally's really stoked.

Yeah. She loves hooking up
with amped-up homicidal maniacs.

Stay away from Sally!

Yeah. Nice try. That's
what I'm here to tell you.

I'll do what I need to do.

Max...

Aah!

Aah!

Sally.

Sally...

It's almost... time.

Here's our man of mystery now.

I had to check on
my Bio lab results.

What got you so freaked out

you couldn't tell me
on voice-mail?

Hear for yourself.

It's a voice
speaking in reverse.

You got that from Sally?

She records her study notes,
then burns them for me.

Hey, you know
what this is like?

It's like those
old Beatlealbums

my dad used to make me
listen to.

You played them backwards,

and you'd hear stuff like,
"I buried Paul."

Can you imagine
turning a record by hand?

How lame is that?

Thanks for the ancient history.

Actually, you should thank MP3.

I've downloaded Sally's CD
and saved it as a waveform.

Exactly what I would have done.

And the result is...

I only wanted to belong,

to have friends.

I humiliated myself
to get them,

and now I'm totally alone.

I don't want to go on
like this.

It's Max. Or... Electro.

I don't even know.

I know you think we can't
ever be together, but we can.

But first,
I have to try something out

on someone
who will appreciate it.

Oh, my God, he's lonely.
He wants Sally.

Yeah, they're going to turn it
into one of those romance novels

with Fabio on the cover.

M.J., he almost k*lled
a professor for no good reason.

Actually, he just
told us his reason.

Professor Williams
was his trial run,

trying to make a human
into an electro like him.

And the next run is Sally.
I'm calling campus security.

And where do you think you're
rushing off to, young man?

To look for Spider-Man.

I've done some research,
and if I can hook him up

with a high-voltage
storage container...

You think Spider-Man
can save the day?

Not without your help.

Oscorp uses HVSCs
in their munitions lab.

Call ahead to
night security at Oscorp.

Hello? Is this
Foster Hall security?

But how do you know
where Max will go?

He made a mistake
with Professor Williams:

Not enough juice.

There's only one place that has
the electrical supply he needs.

Campus police, hold.

Please, don't do this to me.

I can learn
from my mistakes, Sally.

I'll get it right this time.

No! Please! Why me?

Don't you remember?
You smiled at me. You cared.

No one ever cared before.

No! No. It's not like
you think. Aah!

You do care for me,
don't you, Sally? Don't you?

Aah!

Max, hey!
Hey, buddy, what's up?

Uh, the guys
at Kappa Tuti Kappo

were just talking
about you the other day,

about how smart
you were... Uh, are.

Um, what Harry meant to say

is that people on campus
remember you fondly, Max.

Why ruin a good reputation?

Besides, you say
you love Sally...

Sally.

Hope Peter has better luck.

Sally... This will hurt me
more than it hurts you.

You got that right. This is
going to hurt you more.

Sally!

I told you, Sally is mine!

Uhh!

Sally!

Oh, God, she's disappearing.

Max, no!

Aah!
M.J.!

Get her out of here.

Uhh...

Okay, sparkle boy,
time to lose your static cling.

Whuh-ahh!

Ha ha ha!
You're coming up short, freak.

Please. I can't... feel.

You'll learn to.

Battery's stuck. Melted.

Okay, if I'm not grounded,
this better work. Uhh!

Aah!

No!

No!

Uhr... arrrgh!

Aah! No!

Huh? Uhh!

I tried to help, but, uh...

Look! This thing
is about to burst!

Go! You two get help
for Sally.

Hmmph!

Huh-yuhh!

Oh, no!

Hope this finally puts an end
to your pain, Max.

Coffee?

Yeah, I know, it's not
from the Drip Den,

but it beats instant.

They say Professor Williams
is going to be all right.

Yeah. Thanks to...
You know.

Yeah, I do know.

Pete, I'm not sure
what to think anymore...

about Spider-Man.

Sure, it can drive you nuts

when everything you believe in
gets thrown out the window.

But the fact is,

things aren't usually
black or white.

Electro was just looking
for respect and companionship.

Not in the good way,
that's for sure,

but he wasn't as evil
as people might have thought.

And Spider-Man?

Well, some people love him,
some hate him,

and I guess Harry's just
trying to figure it all out.

Aren't we all?