02x26 - Goblin w*r: Part 4

[bunniefuu]

When I started out,
I thought being a hero
meant doing everything right.

But now I realize
heroes make mistakes
all the time.

Harry Osborn made
the terrible mistake

of building the ultimate
weaponized Goblin Mech,

which he believed was designed
by his late father, Norman.

A mistake that's just gotten
a thousand times worse.

The real designer of this tech
was Adrian Toomes, the Vulture,

who now has gotten
his hands on it.

But making mistakes
doesn't mean
you can't be a hero.

It's what you do next
that defines you.

[Adrian Toomes]
Crushed under the weight
of the Osborn family name.

How fitting.

[laughing]

My father
stole Toomes' design?

What have I done?
Once Toomes loads

all the mech's systems,
he'll be completely unstoppable.

We can't give up, Harry.
[straining]

[both]
Huh?

[Otto Octavius]
Spider-Man, there is
a chance of escape.

Seeing through your lenses,
I have determined

the debris has fractured
the structural integrity
of the foam.

I see it, Ock.
Good eye.

[grunts]

[straining]

[grunts]

My analysis of the Goblin Mech
confirms what Harry told us.

Once Toomes has
its full capacity online,

he will be able to control
any other machines
or technology.

Tanks, helicopters, trains--

they would become
his army of drones.

His trajectory suggests
he is heading to an offshore
military installation,

most likely to take control
of the extremely dangerous
gear stored there.

He could bring New York
to its knees with
that kind of firepower.

Which is exactly
what I would have done!

Otto!

When I was a villain,
which I definitely no longer am.

[grunts]

Tell me you built
some kind of shutdown system
into that mech.

Uh, I didn't.

But it'll take 15 minutes
for his main systems to load.

If we keep Toomes occupied,
I might be able to freeze him

out of some of his controls
before that happens.

Almost finished
with an encryption code.

It's based on
the personal tweaks I made
to Toomes' original designs,

so he'll never be able
to unscramble it.

I'll keep
Toomes distracted,

which is something
I've got a lot of practice at.

Oh, hey, Toomes.
This is awkward,

considering last time
you saw me, you dropped
a building on me.

Still trying to be a hero?
Too late.

Nothing will stop this city
from falling to me.

[beeping]
Huh?

Good-bye, Osborn.
[grunts]

Harry!

[Spider-Man]
I know you're excited
about your new toy, Toomes,

but you're getting
way too blasty here.
[grunts]

[grunts]

I know there's still
an unsecured port here.

Benefits of not having time
to beta-test this thing.

That'll lock him
out of the systems?

Just the ones
that haven't fully loaded,
like the mental interface.

"Mental interface"?

This mech can connect
directly with Toomes' brain?

Not anymore.

Where did those fools go?

[beeping]
[computer]
Mental interface.

Access encrypted.
Encrypted?

What did they do?

[both grunting]

[computer trilling]

[beeps]

Ew. What's on me?

Dumpster broke our fall.

Gross.
Eh, you get used to it.

[Toomes]
Enough!
[yelps]

Hand over
that encryption device
or I'll crush you both.

He's got the world's
most dangerous machine,
and he's stepping on us?

[Otto]
Spider-Man, there is
a large transport truck

going through that intersection
in three, two--
Huh?

...one.

[tires screech]
[Spider-Man yells]

[grunts]
Harry!
[grunts]

We've gotta get clear
before Toomes finds us.

You're hurt.
Gotta get Toomes
away from you.

[Toomes]
When will you realize
there is no stopping me?

Give me that device.

Oh, you want this?
Come and get it!

Ock, I had to leave Harry.
He's hurt.

Help is on the way.

[grunts]

[laughing]

[grunts]

[Spy-D]
Spider-Squad, get sticky!

"Get sticky"?

It was an impromptu battle cry.
They're not all gonna be gold.

We were sent to get Harry,
but looks like
he's not the only one hurt.

[groaning]

[both yell, groan]

[Spy-D]
Hey, big guy! Right here!

Hey-o!
[yells]

Ghost-Spider,
get those injured spiders
back here,

and protect that
encryption device at all costs!

You got it, Ock.
As weird as that sentence
is to say.

[groans]

No, I need that device.

Where ya goin'?
The party isn't over.

[Toomes]
More games? Fine!

You hide. I'll seek.

[Anna Maria] Run!
[Spy-D]
He can't hit what he can't see.

That's a heat-seeker.
It doesn't need to see you
to hit you.

Good to know.

Ha!

Ghost-Spider,
judging from the air currents
maintaining your velocity,

you will not make it back
to the Spider's Nest
before Toomes catches you!

[Ghost-Spider]
Then I'm taking a detour.

The trees should give me cover.

Or maybe not.

Aah!

[grunts]

[groaning]
Whoa.

I think I missed something.

Thanks for the save,
Ghost-Spider.

Yeah, you might be
thanking me for nothing.

Okay, Toomes, new game.

Tag. You're it!

I-- I think
he's down.

[all grunt]

[groaning]

Thinking you beat me?
So naive.

[groaning continues]

The encryption device.
No!

Oh, yes.
The full functions
of this mech

are now loaded
and unlocked.

But I'm still standing
in your way, Toomes.

It's just you and me.

Not true in the least,
Spider-Man.

[Spider-Man]
More members of your
weirdly loyal fan club?

They don't have to be loyal
when I have control
of their gear.

This mech
can control any machine.

Vehicles, weapons...
Even those masks and armor
the Goblins are wearing.

I now have my own army...

a city reacting
to the singular brilliance

of Adrian Toomes!

I even control
the news choppers.

And to show the world
just how powerful I am,

the first thing I am going to do
is defeat the one person

who Norman Osborn, the Jackal,
and Otto Octavius couldn't--

[gasps]
you, Spider-Man!

[grunts]
Okay.

So, ability to control
any machine really
does mean any machine!

[yelling]

Ock, if Toomes can
remotely control all machines,

how can I tell where
the next attack is coming from?

[Otto]
I simply do not know.

But you are now
adjacent to an intersection.

Be on the lookout for--
Whoa!

[whimpering]

[grunts]

You'd think I'd be better
at stopping trucks,

considering all
the experience I have!

[tires screeching]

[gasps]

[grunts]

There's gotta be a way
to override Toomes' control,
right?

What do you think
I've been trying to do
this entire time?

The mental interface
simply cannot be disrupted.

Then we have to think of--
Whoa!

I love flying hugs
as much as the next guy,

but this is a little intense,
don't you think?

[Wake Rider]
Yo, Spidey,
I have no control over this.

Toomes is just using us.

I can't tell you
how uncool this is.

Agreed. Way uncool.

And you're not gonna think
this is cool either.
[yells]

[grunts]

There's more
where that came from.

[beeps]

I'm old enough to remember
when the Wake Riders were fun!

Spider-Man, are you there?

Are you alive?
I think so.

But I should probably get
a second opinion.

How can you
still make jokes?

When every machine
in New York hates you,
you laugh at anything you can.

Oh, no.
Toomes beat the encryption?

This is not how I wanted
the mech to be used.

Not the time to worry about
what should have happened.

Let's figure out how to stop
what is happening.

[expl*si*n]
You don't understand.
It's hopeless.

Toomes is using
straight up brain-to-tech.

There's no way
to disconnect him now.
Because... [grunts]

we would need to interrupt
his mind's control
of the machine?

Exactly.
We'd need someone else's mind
to override his.

But we're talking about
another mind-machine interface.

And it's not like I built
a second Goblin Mech.

No. But I do know a machine
that just might do the trick.

Big problem.
It's extremely dangerous.

Wh-What machine
are you talking about?

The Neuro-Cortex?

You plan to access the device
I once used to swap our minds?

Yep. At Horizon High.
Ock, you've proven
the Neuro-Cortex

can connect the human mind
with technology.

If we could override
Toomes' signal--

We could take control
of the Goblin Mech
back from him!

Is such a thing
even possible?

I've literally been
inside that machine.

I'm pretty sure I can figure out
how to reprogram it to do this.

At least, I hope I can.
Call Horizon and tell Max Modell

to evacuate all the students
working after hours.

And call the police.
Tell everyone to get inside.

Toomes is turning this city
into a b*ttlefield.

I'll contact the police.
You call Horizon?

You call Horizon.
There is a high probability

Modell still does not trust me
based on my... history.

Do you believe
Spider-Man's plan
is going to work?

It may very well succeed,

but there will likely
be a... casualty.

Evacuate the school
so Spider-Man can use
the Neuro-Cortex?

Is this a prank?
Who are you again?
Anna Maria Marconi.

I teach science
at Midtown High.
I'm a friend of Spider-Man's.

And trust me,
we don't have a moment to lose.

[alarm blaring]
[Max on PA]
Attention, students at Horizon.

This is
an emergency evacuation.

Please clear the building
and meet at the designated
rendezvous point.

Repeat: this is an emergency.
[students gasp]

[alarm continues blaring]

[Toomes]
You think you could
escape me for long?

I can access every
security camera in this city.

And you used all that power
just to follow me?
I'm flattered.

Norman Osborn failed.

Octavius, the Jackal--
all taken down.

I'm the only one
left standing,

and I'm going to be the one
to finish this!

Uh, Ock, any chance
you got a spider-bot
or ten nearby?

[Otto]
The spider-bots are machines.

Toomes would just use them
as weapons against you.

Go, Spider-Man!
I'll keep him busy!

It's the least I can do
for building that monstrosity.

[clang]
Impossible!

I can't take control
of your equipment.
I built that thing, Toomes!

You really think
I couldn't find a way
to secure my own gear?

Max, get to safety!

If you're going to use
the Neuro-Cortex,
you're gonna need help.

Don't worry.
I remember exactly
where you and I left it

and how to use it.
[thud]

Get out of here.
Toomes could bring down
the whole school!

[Otto]
Spider-Man, you cannot risk

using your own brain
for this action.

While it would truly succeed
in stopping Toomes,

it could destroy you,
possibly tearing you apart
at the molecular level!

Okay. What are the odds
of that actually happening, Ock?

My calculations say it is
a 98% certainty.

[Toomes]
You stole my designs, Osborn.

This is the ending you deserve.

Aah!

[grunting]

[groaning]

Not going without a fight.

[Toomes]
Show yourself, Spider-Man.

There is nothing Horizon High
can provide you with
that can stop me.

No response?
Can't say I'm surprised.

You've never had to face someone
with as much power
as I now possess.

I've got complete control
of any machine on earth now.

[static]
[bystanders]
Huh?

And those above it.

I'm sure you're familiar
with the Stark
Defense Satellites.

Face your defeat
at my hand, Spider-Man,
or this city falls,

and it will be
entirely your fault!

[Toomes]
Checkmate, Spider-Man.

Surrender to me,
or many innocent lives
will be destroyed.

[Otto]
Spider-Man, there has to be
a way to buy more time!

We have to find a way
to limit the danger--

There is no more time, Ock.

You wanted me, Toomes?
Here I am!

I knew you would not
be able to resist.

And with my destruction of you,
there will be no doubt

who is the superior mind.

Hmm? Aah!

Sorry, Spider-Man,
but I cannot let you do this.

I do not need
your assistance, Octavius.

You had your chances
to defeat Spider-Man,

and you have been
nothing but a failure.

I have failed
at many things, Toomes,

but I will not fail at this.

Ock, no!

[thud]
What are you doing?

[computer trilling]

Octavius, you're no match
for the power I now have
under my control.

[grunting]
[alarm beeping]

He's doing it.

[alarms beeping]

[grunts]
No! This is impossible!

Nothing can override...
[gasps]

Nooooo!

[alarm beeping]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[groans]

[groans]

[groaning]

It looks as if the two percent
chance of survival is unlikely.

[groaning]
Don't say that!
Don't ever give up!

[grunts]
We can disconnect you--

[grunts]

[breathes heavily]

The energy is overloading
like I predicted.

There is no more hope for me.

[whimpering softly]

Ock... why did you do this?

Is this not what Uncle Ben
taught us to do?

Is this not what
a hero would do?

Is this not what a...

best friend would do?

Yes.

It is what
a best friend would do.

My best friend.

Use your great power, Peter.

The world
needs Spider-Man...

more than it needs me.

Otto might have made
many mistakes in his life.

He might have been a villain,
but he died a hero.

In the short time
I knew him,

I never saw
a light shine so bright.

Ock never had
many friends.

It's a shame you and I
are the only ones

who knew how courageous
he truly was in the end.

[Max]
No, Peter. We all know.

You know, Ock gave me
some of the worst grades
of my life.

I mean,
his tests were a nightmare.

So, I'm as shocked
as anyone to be saying

this entire city
owes its existence to him.

I could not have had more doubts
a person like Otto Octavius
could change,

but I was wrong.

Which is not something
I like saying.

I always believed
Ock had good in him,

but this year, he really
tested that belief.

I just wish I had the chance
to tell him how proud
I am of him.

[Harry]
So do I.

If anyone should have hope
that a person
can redeem themselves,

it's the son
of Norman Osborn.

But I was too caught up
in my own world

to see that Otto Octavius
had become as much of a hero,

and a friend, as anyone
could ever hope to be.

Look, everyone, I know
it's been a strange year,

and I haven't really been
myself through all of it,

but I wanna say...
I miss all of you.

Midtown is fine,
but I always felt
like Horizon was my family.

It's interesting
you say that, Peter.

I received
a letter yesterday.

Apparently Otto Octavius
set aside part of his
personal estate

as a scholarship
to Horizon High

for an additional spot
to the most valuable applicant.

[gasps]
Really?

Who's getting it?

Well,
Otto happened to write

an extremely strong
endorsement letter
for you, Peter.

How would you like
to return to your old lab?

I-- Whoa!

I practically gave up
on thinking that could happen.

[sighs]
It'll be good
to have you back.

I trust you remember
where you and I left everything?

[Anya]
I agree, Pete.

There were times this year
you were definitely
not acting like yourself.

But we never got to truly
give Ock a second chance,

and we don't wanna make
that same mistake with you.

Welcome back.

It's good to be home again.