02x04 - Not Far From the Tree

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[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Help. Help me.

Stealth One reporting.

I've locked on to the tracker signal,
investigating source.

JIM ON RADIO: Roger that.

IRON MAN: By the way, Rhodey,
it's good having you back in action

after your little R&R.

Oh, yeah, yeah. You're choking me up.

[STATIC BUZZING]

There's a noisy one.

Adjusting for interference.

Just watch your brass behind out there,
got it, Iron Man?

S.H.l.E.L.D. One out.

[JIM LAUGHS]

Okay, secret agent men,
thanks to our signal tracker,

you S.H.l.E.L.D. boys have just tracked
your first A.l.M. transmission.

Your formidable foes best beware.

[CREW CHEERING]

IRON MAN: A.l.M. base is in range.

Continue surveillance only, Tin Man,
do not engage.

- Repeat...
- IRON MAN: Relax, Fury.

You're such a sweetheart since you
gave up smoking. Stealth One out.

Can't anyone control
that flying spittoon except Stark?

[PANTING] Help, someone help.

[STUTTERING] Oh!
That's Tony's father.

- Walter Stark?
-But ain't he dead?

FURY ON RADIO:
Put a sock in it, Dugan.

IRON MAN: What the... Dad?

I'm going in.

Withdraw immediately.
Shellhead, you listening?

Pull your can out of there or I'll...

IRON MAN: Last I checked,
I'm on Stark's payroll, not S.H.l.E.L.D.'s.

HOMER, full sensors, direct me
to that outgoing transmission.

A.l.M. retraced the signal
to this helicarrier.

They've put six choppers in the air,
four headed right for us.

FURY:
Where do you think you're going?

- JIM: Iron Man needs backup.
-Think again, Rhodes.

You're not going out there
half-c*ck. Understand?

Don't worry, Fury, I'm fully c*ck.

HOMER: Stealth mode impaired,
sir. Deactivating.

[RUMBLING]

Great, nothing like being
a full-metal target.

I...

lam...

I am Iron Man!

I am Iron Man!

I am Iron Man!

Drill mode.

ROBOT PILOT: Target lost.

IRON MAN: Correction, you lost.

[WHOOPS]

I just love clearing the air.

IRON MAN:
And when you're happy, I'm happy.

HOMER, locate source.

HOMER: Origin of transmission
is 4O meters down.

[DRILL HUMMING]

[GROANS]

IRON MAN: Don't worry,
I'm here to help you.

[SIGHS]

Thank you, whoever you are.

Four automated birdies
just a-closing in, Colonel darling.

Take them out. Then get this
airship on the highroad out of here.

What about the base?

When Iron Man's through with it,
there won't be an A.l.M. pod

left to spit in,

much less anything
resembling usable info.

[ALARM BLARING]

COMPUTER: Code One,
full evacuation.

IRON MAN: Just my little way of saying,
"Iron Man was here."

Go!

A.l.M. GOON: Walter Stark's plea
for help was perfectly timed.

Were you successful in concealing

our computer worm
in the transmission?

Oh, yes. Rest assured,

the program already infiltrated
S.H.l.E.L.D.'s computer systems.

And with Iron Man's rescue of
H. Walter Stark, phase one is complete.

Commencing phase two.

I, Crimson Dynamo,
salute the ruling council of A.l.M.

We expect victory, nothing less.

CRIMSON DYNAMO: I will sacrifice
my very being, my soul, and my life

to crush the capitalist monster
and its odious lackey Anthony Stark.

[RHYTHMIC BEEPING]

TONY:
Doctor says you're gonna be all right.

[WALTER GROANING]

- Tony? Is that you?
-Yeah, I'm Tony Stark.

[EXHALES]

You've changed. You're a man now.

Why don't we talk about who you are.

- I'm your father.
-My father died 1 O years ago.

And those reports were
greatly exaggerated, I might add.

Then tell me how you ended up
as an A.l.M. c*ptive.

[STAMMERING] I don't remember.
It's all a blur.

How convenient.

Where are you going, Son?

To find some answers.

We're here at Parkview Hospital,
where industrialist Walter Stark

has been rushed
following a serious accident

at his robotics factory.

A top medical team has been brought
in from Bethesda Naval Hospital

to perform emergency surgery
on Mr. Stark.

We'll keep you apprised
of any further developments.

Hold it, right there.
Isolate this figure and enhance.

Dum Dum Dugan.

I have no record of
Mr. Dum Dum's medical training.

That over-promoted private's no doctor.

Get Nick Fury on the phone.

A point of fact, Agent Fury
has recently arrived at our facility.

TONY: Good. Time for some Q&A
with that Bond-never-gonna-be.

JULIA: Tony just needs time, Walter.

You two never shared
a close relationship.

A lot of wounds were left open
when you died.

Why were your S.H.l.E.L.D. agents
masquerading as my father's doctors?

You're full of it, Stark.
Didn't happen like you think.

But I'm here to grind some gears about
that tin-plated boy scout of yours.

He completely torched my mission
before any useful surveillance...

Stick your mission. I smell a cover-up.

You're reaching for answers I ain't got.

It's you! No, stay away!

[WALTER GASPING]

[WEAKLY] Don't...
Don't let S.H.l.E.L.D. take me.

We'll continue this later.

His health is in no danger.
It was just an acute anxiety attack.

I've given him something
to calm him down.

- Thank you, Doctor.
- I'll be back to check on him later.

Here, the DNA test results.

We were on our way to
look for you when...

A positive match.

He... He is my father.

A.l.M. GOON 1: Status report coming in.

The wedge has been
successfully driven

between Tony Stark
and Nicholas Fury.

A.l.M. GOON 2: If all goes as planned,

Mr. Stark will now sever his alliance
with Agent Fury.

HOMER: Would you care to see
the security codes

for military files as well, Mr. Stark?

WALTER: Everything, HOMER.

Especially any information
on S.H.l.E.L.D.

TONY: Feeling better?

Oh. Hello, Son. I...
I was just getting up to speed

on the changes in our...
I mean, your company.

This HOMER fellow
has been quite helpful.

- Has he now?
-His log on code is still valid.

We'll discuss it later.

Listen, Son, about my behavior earlier,
when I saw Nick Fury.

I don't know what came over me.

Do you remember anything at all
about him... Walter?

[SIGHS]

I wish I could. It's all so foggy.

What do you remember?

Little things, silly things.
Like when I took you to the zoo

on your tenth birthday. You wanted to
let all the animals out of their cages.

[LAUGHS]

You were a bit of a rebel even then.

- A rebel? Well, yeah, maybe.
-But that's what you were.

Because nothing I did was
ever good enough for you.

You never tried hard for anything.
It all came too easy.

I am sorry to interrupt
this father-son bonding session,

but I have made a disturbing discovery

while trolling
S.H.l.E.L.D.'s computer network,

-as you requested.
-Go ahead.

A classified S.H.l.E.L.D. report
confirms that,

after A.l.M.'s failed attempt at capturing
Howard Walter Stark 1 O years ago

resulted in his severe injuries,
a swap was arranged.

Walter Stark for
a captured S.H.l.E.L.D. agent.

Fury traded you to free some agent?
How could he do that to you? To us?

S.H.l.E.L.D.'s security
and communications are scrambled.

- The as*ault team is away.
- Very good, Commander.

Reports state that
Stark has gone after Fury.

So begins phase four. Infiltration.

Now go in glory, Crimson Dynamo.

COMPUTER: Alert, unauthorized
aircraft entering security zone.

That's Stark.
Shut down security systems.

I'm sorry, Colonel,
but something's jamming us.

Communications are out, too.

Then jam it back
before we scrape that jet.

TONY: Stark clearance code
two-niner-five. Cease fire.

What's Fury doing?
Engage plasma barrier.

If you're trying to
cover your dirty tracks, spy guy,

I got a surprise for you.

I'm the one who designed
your security system, remember?

They've been telling me
we got us a computer worm, Colonel,

and she's dug in pretty deep.

Give me an on-board channel.

[STATIC ON PA]

FURY ON PA: AH units, do not...

[STATIC ON PA]

Now it's gumming up
internal communications.

All units, do not fire on Iron Man.

Word of advice, don't do that.

Which system did I
install in this corridor?

Oh, yeah. That one.

COMPUTER: Security systems inactive.

What are you trying to do, Fury?

Ask your boss to debark his jet
and meet me in my office.

It's time the truth came out.

TONY: Go on.

First of all, I'm sorry
about the security system.

It had some bugs up it.

Just tell me about my father, super-spy.

I'm getting there, okay?

It's true, he didn't die that day
in the hospital.

Ten years ago, A.l.M. tried snatching
your old man for some kind of

mumbo jumbo
mind-reading experiment.

But the robots they rigged
to nab him went ballistic,

nearly offed him instead.

Soon as I heard,
I sent in a team to baby-sit him,

but we got there too late.

This time A.l.M. did get him.

We got word, from reliable sources,

that old Walt croaked
at A.l.M. headquarters.

I saw no sense
in grieving your family with that.

And that little trade
for a S.H.l.E.L.D. agent?

It ain't true.

A.l.M. wormed in that file
just to sucker you.

Seems they wanted us
tearing at each other's throats.

He's been there all these years,
and now he's back.

My father has come back.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Stark here.

This is Rhodes. We got us a situation.

That HOMER's flipped his flop.

He's gone and locked down
all our defenses,

and let A.l.M. agents into the building.

Tony, everyone got out but your father.

We couldn't find him.
He's still somewhere inside.

I'm on my way. A.l.M. has
just seized Stark Enterprises.

Power up my chopper.
I've got some redeeming to do.

JIM: What's that?

Someone's downloading
HOMER's files.

Yeah, one thing I do know
about HOMER,

he should have been
unplugged a long time ago.

And I'll do the honors,
if you don't mind.

IRON MAN: Still no w*r Machine?
I kind of miss my old comrade in armor.

JIM: I don't need that sarcophagus
weighing me down.

IRON MAN: Ready?
Let's go take care of business.

JIM: Typical.

FURY: Heads up.

[LAUGHS]

That's right. We're everywhere, pal.

Okay, Rhodes, you goldbrick,
start earning your pay.

With Secret Agent Man backing me up,
maybe I should have wore my armor.

[YELLING]

Suck death, toadies.

- Good work, Rhodehouse.
-You complimenting me, Fury?

No, I'm referring to myself.

- Jerk.
-Jerk.

Download...

Hey!

Trip mine.

[JIM GRUNTS]

JIM: You know, hopping over it
would have been another option.

FURY: [CHUCKLES]
Where's the fun in that?

- JIM: They're skying.
-Wouldn't you?

Chopper team,
let's roast some whirly-birds.

Remember to tell Stark I dropped by...

JIM: How does he manage
to live this long?

[CHUCKLES]
Good thing we hate each other.

Might have to worry about him.

[GASPS]

Jeez, man, we almost shot each other.

IRON MAN: It would have hurt you
a lot more than me, Rhodey.

- What happened?
-JIM: I don't know. I think A.l.M.'s gone.

- IRON MAN: Looks that way. Where's...
-Iron Man, I'm ab' right.

They're gone. Where's Tony?

- Where's my son?
- He'll be right there.

- Where are you? Father?
-WALTER: I'm here.

You just called me "father."
No more doubts?

No more.

My son.

My gullible little fool.

What? Why?

[TONY GROANS]

- You're not him, are you?
-WALTER: No.

Your father's long dead, I'm afraid.

Don't be that way.
Because his mind still lives, in me.

And, in a way, so does his body.
You see, I'm a clone.

- A replica of Walter Stark.
-Why have I been set up?

He who owns the technology,
owns the world, dear boy.

And you're quite a shareholder
in that area.

Who better to take it from you
than your own father, huh?

And having you busy yourself
chasing after Nick Fury

allowed me to siphon your know-how
into Crimson Dynamo here.

- Prepare for the final phase.
-HOMER, release the clamps.

Unable to comply.

That's a baby. Let's pipe some juice
into that dark, old building

so Uncle Tony can see, huh?

We'll make you a new body, Tony.
One with a sharper focus.

[CLANGS]

[PANTS]

You're not picking my brain,
you pink boot-Iicker.

[GRUNTS]

IRON MAN: Who's there?

CRIMSON DYNAMO: [LAUGHING]
Is that the best you can do, Iron Man?

[VOCALIZING]

[CRIMSON DYNAMO GROANING]

CRIMSON DYNAMO:
We'll meet again, Iron Man!

[GROANS]

IRON MAN:
And I'll keep a light on for you, Sparky.

You have failed us.

Perhaps, for now,

but you see, in that young man's heart,
I'm still his father,

and someday,
when he's feeling most vulnerable,

I'll return to him for
a homecoming he'll never forget.

IRON MAN: Good-bye, Dad.

[PANTING]

Did you get it?

I had to steal it from the Chief's
daughter, on her wedding night.

The groom's looking to
make a rib roast out of me.

The Chain of Destiny can
only be grasped one link at a time.

I await you, Iron Man.

I await you indeed.

[LAUGHING EVILLY]

I...

lam...

I am Iron Man!

I am Iron Man!

I am Iron Man!

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