Transcripts - Forever Dreaming

- [ALL GRUNTING]
- Do it!

I never got a chance
to say goodbye to Lenny.

You're the f*cking reason he's dead.

You're the one who abandoned him.

[GRUNTING]

You're a f*cking monster.

It takes one to know one.

Hughie, you shot up

an untested drug from Vought.

That was stupid and dangerous.

Annie.

I thought the dr*gs had f*cked you up,

but this is all you.

My powers are gone!

[FRENCHIE] Kimiko! No!

[SCREAMING]

[A-TRAIN] Nate!

You hurt my brother. You're not
gonna get away with it.

[HEART BEATING RAPIDLY]

[GROANS]

You think that Soldier Boy
is going after

- the rest of Payback?
- Why would he k*ll Crimson Countess?

He was your team leader.
Do you have any idea?

- Anything?
- [SCREAMS]

You help me find the rest of my team,

and I'll help you with this Homelander.

This is a bad idea.

Homelander helped make me
America's sweetheart.

Homelander is the worst of them.

He's gonna regret that.

[NEWS ANNOUNCER] A VNN special report.

A nation betrayed.

It's been five days, and still
nothing but lies from Vought.

Soldier Boy is still out there
and Maeve is still missing.

Ms. Barrett, your reaction?

Once again, Maeve is in rehab.

And the Soldier Boy thing
really takes the cake.

He died in ' .
She is trying to incite a panic.

I wonder if Starlight's actions
could be considered treason.

- Me, too.
- So, is Starlight just hysterical?

Another woman scorned,
after Homelander jilted her?

Or is she trying to change the subject?

- From what?
- Her ties with this woman,

a known t*rror1st with the
Shining Light Liberation Army,

a notorious human trafficking ring.

Connect the dots, Cameron.

♪ If you want to be happy ♪

♪ Living a king's life ♪

♪ Never make a pretty woman your wife ♪

♪ Now, all you have to do
is just what I say ♪

♪ And then you may be jolly,
merry and gay ♪

♪ Therefore, from a logical
point of view... ♪

What are you watching?

Old mistakes.

♪ Uglier than you ♪

♪ From a logical... ♪

I actually produced this piece of shit.

[CLICKS]

Between you and me,
Soldier Boy did to singing

what pantyhose did to finger-f*cking.

Yeah.

- What'd he want?
- Um, well...

he wanted me to tell you
that you're out of Astroglide.

Jesus Christ. You know,
I would say you fucks

are overstaying your welcome,
but what welcome?

I thought you
and Soldier Boy were friends.

Why, 'cause he forced
his way into my home?

Let me tell you something, kid.

I don't make friends with talent.

They're all the same.

I mean, they're not all the same.

- Eh.
- Come on, Soldier Boy was a hero, right?

I mean, he stormed Normandy.

Yeah, he did. Two weeks after D-Day.

For the photo op.

- So he didn't see any action?
- Not in Germany.

Sprayed a fire hose in Birmingham.

Some target practice at Kent State.

- There were rumors about Dealey Plaza.
- Wait, what?

Yeah, and they call 'em
the "good old days".

The thing is, to be American

means knowing you're the hero.

So what do we do? We sweep all
our filthy shit under the rug

and we tell ourselves
a myth like Soldier Boy.

And I get stinking rich selling it.

[DOOR OPENS]

[EXHALES]

There you are.

Oh, f*ck me. Is he still at it?

- [REO SPEEDWAGON: "CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING"]
- ♪ And I can't fight ♪

♪ This feeling anymore... ♪

[WOMAN MOANS]

- [GASPS]
- Ladies. You got a minute?

Oh, good. Lube? Huh?

Come on, I can't go in raw.

Please don't make eye contact.

Hughie, listen, these women,
they're like fine wine.

Okay, the older they get, the
more delicious, but the drier.

Mary, Lucille, come on, chop-chop.

Break time's over. That shag's
not gonna vacuum itself.

Come on.

- Okay.
- What's the problem?

[LEGEND] What's the problem?
First of all,

I can never fire those
girls now, thank you.

And second of all,
this bed has seen two Jaclyns.

You know that? Smith and Bisset.

Y-You're treating it
like a Reno cathouse.

- Jesus.
- [BUTCHER] The problem

is you gave me
of Mindstorm's last-knowns.

So far, I've had a look at three
and found f*ck all.

I-I'm chasing me
f*cking tail here, mate.

Sounds like that's three down
and eight to go.

Yeah, and that's gonna take
weeks, and weeks I don't got.

Egyptian cotton sheets and now
I got to f*cking burn 'em.

The deal was, we get
the rest of my team,

- then we get Homelander.
- And what I'm saying

is I could use an hand figuring it out.

I told you. Mindstorm's a paranoid f*ck.

But, hell, if you could hear
everybody's shitty thoughts,

you'd be, too.

Look, he bought up
all these run-down cabins

all over the place.

He's Howard Hughes
without the piss jars.

He's batshit crazy.

Mindstorm's not crazy. He's bipolar.

- He's bipolar?
- Yeah.

Does he take meds for it?

I believe so. At least he did.

Girls, it smells like sex
and Bengay in here.

Lithium prescriptions
aren't that common.

I mean, I doubt he's making it.

Maybe... i-if we look
at the cabins and we...

And then check the local pharmacies.

Yeah.

See who's handing out lithium.

Nice one, Hughie.

♪ Closer than I... ♪

We're gonna need more reefer.

♪ Thought I might ♪

♪ And I can't fight
this feeling anymore ♪

Hey. How you doing?

[DOOR WHIRRING]

Look, I-I'm sorry about all this.

I wish I could say you get
used to it, but you never do.

So, where are they hiding?

[INHALES SHARPLY]
Butcher and Soldier Boy.

Where are they?

Wait, is...

is that concealer?

Do you have a bruise?

Yeah... [SIGHS]

Do you have any idea
what you've set loose?

Butcher has powers.
I assume thanks to you.

They've k*lled Crimson Countess

and seven other heroes, Maeve, seven.

The ones that-that survived
are done, they're powerless.

Soldier Boy fried the V right
out of their blood somehow.

Maeve, do you understand,

that could happen to any one of us.

Yeah.

That's the difference
between you and me.

You need to be a Supe.

I can't wait till it's over.

[SIGHS]

[QUIETLY] Maeve...

[SIGHS]

Why are you letting me live?

[GRUMBLES]

Maeve.

You know,

back when things were, uh,

better between us...

[SIGHS]

... I used to dream
of having kids with you.

[CHUCKLES] No, I did.

A family. Nesting, you know.

I-I mean, can you imagine
how perfect our kids would be?

Sublime.

Twice as strong as Ryan.

No kid of mine would
ever know a room like this,

I'll tell you that.

Just so you know,

I'll f*cking shatter whatever
you try to stick up there.

Maeve! Don't be so crass.
We're not savages.

I respect what you are,
even if you don't.

I would never force myself on you.

[SIGHS]

But I am gonna harvest your eggs.

[STAMMERS] That way,
if... God forbid... you do die,

whether by accident or choice,
you'll die knowing

that the very best of you carries on.

With me.

See, Maeve, I'm not letting you live.

I'm keeping you alive.

This is still a top-three
day in my life.

Because today is the day
I saw you scared.

[LAUGHS]

[DOOR WHIRRING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[MOTHER'S MILK] The hell
happened to you two?

[FRENCHIE] It is but trivial.

[MOTHER'S MILK] Trivial, my ass.

Y'all look like y'all got
hit by a truck.

[STARLIGHT] Oh, my God, you
shouldn't even be on your feet.

Come here, come here.

Come on.

Yeah, um, we're just gonna
go lie down for a minute.

Okay? Come on.

She insisted when you called, right?

Butcher is everyone's problem now.

We're here to help.

Oh.

[CLATTERING]

Frenchie, are you high?

Well, that goes without saying.

Okay, satellite view
has Mindstorm's place

about two miles in, due west.

Two miles?

f*ck me.

We could've parked closer.

So, do you mind telling us
what we're walking into here?

All you got to know is,

if he tries to make eye contact
with you, close your eyes.

Or what?

Just don't make eye contact with him,

then you got nothing to worry about.

Hey, why do you keep buying him,
like, Hefty bags full of weed?

[BUTCHER] Better high than mental.

Takes the edge off his PTSD.

Wait, he has PTSD?

Yeah, I saw it at Herogasm.

It's why he keeps blowing
the f*ck out of everything.

We got to keep that c**t dozy as a lamb.

So, just to recap, uh, he's radioactive,

highly traumatized and
heavily self-medicated.

Feels good, feels right.

[SCOFFS] Tell me about it.

I mean, what sad bastard
self-medicates like that, eh?

[EXHALES]

[FILTERED BREATHING]

- [BRAYING]
- [NEIGHING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Earving,

sooner or later, you're gonna
have to t-t-talk about it.

Remember when you were nine,

a-and you hid in that
ball pit right over there,

after you p-p-p-paralyzed Lewis Frankel?

This is just like that.

[SIGHS] You can't hide from Soldier Boy.

We're your best pals, aren't we?

We got you through that erection
in the seventh grade,

that Hard Rock Cafe
m-m-m*ssacre in Lagos.

And by golly, we'll get
you through this, too.

- You got that...
- That's right. - You're our friend.

What'd you say?

- What?
- What?

Nothing, mate. No one said nothing.

[SIGHS]

Hey, hey. Uh, your...
your brain's leaking.

Oh, f*ck.

[ALL GRUNTING]

[CROWS CAWING]

Oh, shit.

[WHISTLING]

What the f*ck is this shite?

Mum.

Oi, Mum.

f*cking Mindstorm.

Knock it off, you little f*cking freak.

- Come on.
- [HUGHIE] Butcher, wake up.

- Wake up!
- [SOLDIER BOY] f*cking freak

- slipped away. He's gonna pick us off...
- Butcher, wake up.

- ... one by one.
- Come on, wake up, Butcher. Butcher!

- Wake up.
- No, you're wasting your time, he's gone.

- What did Mindstorm do?
- Well, if it's his usual MO,

trapped him in an endless nightmare

till he dies of terminal dehydration.

No, there's got to be
a way we can wake him up.

Mindstorm put him into this.
He can snap him out.

- Okay, great, great. Uh...
- But he's about to be dead.

Wait, wait, just hang on. If we,
if we, if we grab Mindstorm,

we make him help Butcher...

- No way.
- And then, and then you can k*ll him,

- Then you can go to town on him, man. I don't give a f*ck.
- Hey.

If you're gonna act hysterical,
I'm gonna slap you

like I'm Connery.

Now, unless you want to end up
like your friend there,

it ain't worth the risk.

Look, chin up, okay? Deal's a deal.

You help me finish this,
I'll k*ll Homelander.

Butcher would have given up his
life for that in a heartbeat.

So, we doing this or not?

[GROANS]

Leave it. We got to move fast.

Ah.

Do you hear that?

Uh... [CLEARS THROAT] You might
want to lay off the weed, huh?

And you might want
to gargle my ball sack.

- [SOFT CLICKING]
- [KETTLE WHISTLING]

[YOUNG BUTCHER] Where is she?

[LAUGHS]

[SAM IN DISTANCE] Lenny!
Where the f*ck's Lenny?

Shit. Come on.

[SAM] Left his bloody bike
in the garden again.

Lenny! Lenny?

Billy?

Leave off 'em, you c**t.

[COUGHS]

Gotcha.

Come here. Come here.

Come here.

- [PANTING]
- Where is he?

Who?

[SAM] Don't f*ck me about.

Where is he?

- [BELT WHIPPING]
- [GRUNTING]

[CROWS CAWING]

f*cking snotty little c**t.

Lenny, i-it's okay. [CLEARS THROAT]

[COUGHING]

Jesus. I thought you quit.

The Lord hates quitters.

Is that halothane?

I chucked some at him at Herogasm.

The m*therf*cker didn't even flinch.

It will be the greatest
sorrow of my life

that I missed Herogasm.

But no, this is not halothane.

- You see the texture?
- Mm.

[FRENCHIE] It's all wrong.

What is it, then?

Well, let's find out.

Okay. [SNIFFLES]

Okay.

Whoa, whoa, hey, hey.

It's just, uh, un peu kétamine.

It's okay. You know, the...

Frenchie, you're a f*cking mess.

Well, that makes two of us.

- ♪ Will and what will be ♪
- Okay, sorry.

♪ She's a maniac ♪

♪ Maniac on the floor... ♪

Okay.

Should be good.

Is there anything else that you need?

Are you hungry?

♪ She's a maniac, maniac ♪

Oh. Kirkland.

A fine choice. Yeah.

Oh. When you grow up in Iowa,
there is not much else to do.

Here.

[EXHALES]

Mmm.

Oh.

- [COUGHS]
- [LAUGHS] Ooh.

When did you have your first drink?

Right now?

Oh, my God, wow.

Okay, um...

Okay, well, cheers to that.

I tried.

He doesn't want to be saved.

With what?

What about it?

You want me to...

Kimiko,

uh, hang on, hang on,
hang on, hang on. Hang on.

The...

You know that I can't go to the Tower.

Even if I could, this would
be such a bad idea.

No, but you don't know
if it'll do that again.

I mean, you could get yourself k*lled.

I won't do it. I'm sorry, I can't.

I can't.

Still can't believe this shit is legal.

I locked up so many assholes
for it back in the day.

What the f*ck did you say?

Uh, uh, literally nothing.

Jesus. How hard?

- What?
- How hard did Butcher

suck your d*ck that
you miss him that much?

Hmm? His mouth must feel

- like a Hoover Deluxe.
- God, every single thing

you say is so gross.

He saved me, okay?

More than once.

- So I owe him.
- Oh, bullshit.

You're on a mission.
You get the job done.

Okay? I stormed Normandy.

I fought the Nazis.

You want to know what I do when I'm sad

or scared?

f*cking nothing.

'Cause I'm not a f*cking p*ssy.

[HUGHIE CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

You didn't storm shit.

Your whole Marlboro Man act?

It's f*cking crap.

And I...

Oh...

[HUGHIE PANTING]

I warned you.

- [EXTREME: "MORE THAN WORDS"]
- ♪ Saying I love you... ♪

- [CASSANDRA CHUCKLES]
- [DEEP] Oh, hi.

Babe.

- [CHUCKLING]
- [DEEP] Why don't you put

that work shit down, get
that little butt over here.

What is the occasion?

Well, not a big deal.

Just, uh, found out I'm gonna be
on Hannity tonight.

- Hannity, babe.
- You are?

- Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
- Uh, when-when do you tape?

- We need to prep.
- No, no, no, no, babe. Don't worry.

I got it. I got it. Trust me.

- This is a big deal, Kevin.
- I know.

- Okay? So we need to go over everything.
- Okay, hey.

I got us this far, didn't I?

[CHUCKLES] Y-You got us this far?

Just relax a little bit.

- Turn around.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Come here. Just...

- Get into the moment. [KISSES]
- Okay. [MOANS]

But listen, I've been wanting
to talk to you about something.

♪ That you love me... ♪

You know that I love you.

- Mm-hmm.
- And I know that you love me, too.

[DEEP BREATHES DEEPLY]

But we both know that our marriage...

sex life has gotten a little vanilla.

So maybe...

it's time we branch out.

[CHUCKLES]

- Branch out?
- Yeah. Like, um,

you know, uh, introduce a new partner.

Just to spice things up a little bit.

♪ What would you do... ♪

- Well, is there anyone you had in mind?
- Well,

I'd like to introduce you to someone.

Oh. Okay.

[WATER SPLASHES]

♪ Then you couldn't make things new... ♪

- Babe, this is Ambrosius.
- [SQUELCHING]

She's very pretty, and
she thinks you're superhot.

I, um... [CHUCKLES]

I don't want to, uh, do that.

Cassandra, I need this.

♪ More than words ♪

- Oh, f*ck.
- [SQUELCHING]

Ooh.

Hey there.

[MOANS]

Oh, Jesus Christ.

[EXHALES] Okay...

Ambrosius says she wants to taste you.

No. No. Okay, I can't.

I'm out. I'm out. No.

- I'm-I'm done. I'm done.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Honey, are you okay? What's wrong?
- You want me to f*ck

- a-a f*cking fish!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey.

One, she's a mollusk.

- [SIGHS]
- Two,

she has feelings.

It's okay.

- [WATER SPLASHES]
- How long have you been f*cking it

- behind my back?
- Okay, it's not an "it". It's a "her".

Get your pronouns right.

I have given up a year
of my life for you.

I gave up my tenure at Vassar.

I-I propped you up.

I've steered your comeback. And this?

This is how you repay me?

You propped me up, huh?
Right, you wrote a few lines.

- I'm the one who had to f*cking sell it.
- Okay.

Okay, let's, um...

Let's see how well you do without me.

[LAUGHS] I'll be great without you.

- Without you over-noting me all the f*cking time.
- You're an idiot, Kevin.

Then why did Dave Eggers say
I have a formidable intellect,

huh?

Formidable intellect!

- [WATER SPLASHES]
- God. No, she's...

She just needs time to cool off, babe.

Come on, Earving. Me and the others have

something to sh-sh-sh-show you.

C-C-C-Come on!

Something you pushed
d-d-d-deep, deep down.

♪ ♪

[GRUNTING]

[BLOWS LANDING]

Lighten up, Gunpowder.
I'm just playing ar...

You f*cking p*ssy.

You're late. We started at : .

I really wanted that movie.

- The hell are you talking about?
- I just got off the phone

with my manager.

It's a no-go on Beverly Hills Cop.

- [EAGLE SOLDIER BOY] Oh. That.
- [BLACK SHEEP NOIR] I was...

I was born to play Axel Foley.

Why would you say all those
horrible things about me

to Don Simpson?

- Jesus, Ben, really?
- Zip it, cooze.

The guy's supposed to be funny.

You're not funny.

- Well, I could've been.
- You're not good enough.

Now shut your cockhole and get to work.

- But-but wait.
- [GRUNTING]

- Stop it!
- Take it easy.

- Whoa! - Stop it. You're hurting him.
- Take it easy. Calm down.

- For God's sake, dude. - Take it easy. Take it easy.
- Guys. Guys, leave him...

- leave him alone.
- Don't... Get off.

- Get him off him.
- That's enough.

- Get off of him.
- That's enough!

- Hey, now.
- Come on.

- That's enough!
- Which one of you wants next?

- Huh?
- [BLACK SHEEP NOIR PANTING]

Thought so.

You think you can be me?

You're not a movie star.

You're not shit.

I see you getting out of line again,

trying to move on up,

I will put you in
the f*cking ground. Understood?

[YOUNG BUTCHER] Please
don't tell my old man.

[HEADMASTER] You were
selling marijuana, William.

You know I have to tell him.

And we both know your dad.

You're a smart boy.

I'd just hate for you to...

turn out like him.

- [BLOWS LANDING]
- [GRUNTING]

f*cking snotty little c**t!

[GRUNTING]

Butch, what are you doing? Stop!

[YOUNG BUTCHER] f*ck, Lenny.

I-I didn't mean to. I...

I-I'm-I'm sorry. I-I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.
- [DISHES CLATTERING, INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

The world's an ocean of shite, lads.

You either sink...

... or you swim.

Today,

Billy, my boy,

you swam.

Some c**ts need a slap.

- [GRUNTS]
- Don't they?

Here.

[KICKS TABLE]

Oi. You ought to take a page

out of his book.

You don't want to be

a f*cking little poof all your life.

Don't you listen to him.

Don't you listen to that
worthless lump of shite.

Not a bleeding word.

[NUN] Maybe we should walk back
to that town we saw.

[FATHER WALLACE] It was,
like, five miles away.

It'll take forever to get there.

We're never gonna get to
the retreat now.

Oh! Oh, you startled me.

Son, are-are you a superhero?

Yes, Father. You folks need some help?

- Yes. Yes, please.
- [SOLDIER BOY] Okay, well,

it's not safe. There's
a fugitive in the area.

You should get out of here
before you get hurt.

Uh, well, we can't.

I don't suppose either
of you know engines?

- I'll have a look.
- [FATHER WALLACE] Oh,

I'd appreciate that very much.

Uh, so, where you guys headed?

We're just on our way
to a Samaritan's Embrace retreat

over there in Danville.

- Oh! Oh, my God!
- [NUN SCREAMS]

Oh, my God! What the f*ck?!

This is Mindstorm's MO.
He brainwashed them.

That priest was gonna shank us.
And she will, too.

- Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [CRYING] Father Wallace, no!

Hey, hey, she doesn't
look brainwashed to me.

Take my word for it.
Everyone's coming for us.

- Everyone, every day.
- [HUGHIE] Whoa, no!

No, no! You have PTSD!

- [NUN PRAYING INDISTINCTLY]
- You have PTSD,

and you are super f*cking stoned.

All right? Maybe this isn't

- what you think it is.
- [SOLDIER BOY] Move.

- Move!
- She's a human being.

A nun. And if there's
one thing I know...

- Die, you f*cking cocksuckers!
- [HUGHIE SCREAMING]

Oh, my God! Do something!

- If you stay still, I...
- f*ck you! [SCREAMS] Get her off me!

Oh! f*ck me!

No! Hard pass on this Exorcist shit!

- [HUGHIE PANTING]
- What's black and white and red all over?

Okay, first off,

I don't have shell shock. f*ck you.

Second, this is what I'm talking about.

This is being a soldier.

Come on.

[HUGHIE WHIMPERS]

[STARLIGHT] It's been five days,
and still nothing

but lies from Vought.

Soldier Boy is still out there,

and Maeve is still missing.
And you know what?

More people are just going to die

until they admit to what's going on.

[HOMELANDER] So, I guess you've
all heard about Starlight's

- "alleged" involvement...
- [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

... with a human trafficking ring?

- [BOOING]
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

And I suppose it's "pure coincidence"

that, uh, she opened Starlight
House for runaway teens.

Huh? Come on,

- we can put two and two together, can't we?
- [APPLAUSE]

What the holy f*ck does
he think he's doing?

[HOMELANDER] Those poor kids.

They pass through her doors,
they disappear.

They are never seen again.
It's horrific.

But we got to face the truth,

people, no matter how ugly it is.

Starlight is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

- Plain and simple. She fooled me.
- [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

- She fooled you. She fooled all of us.
- [BOOING]

Right? Now she wants
to take me down. Why?

Because with me out of the way,

there is no one who can stop her.

No one, and she knows it.

- [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
- Exactly.

- Do you think the media, our buddies over here...
- [BOOING]

Do you think the media
is gonna report on that?

No, no, no, no, no. Of course not.

[EXHALES]

Ah. Tell you what. You guys,

love you!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[HOMELANDER] All right!

And vote for Bob Singer.
He's, uh, he's... great.

Let's hear it for Homelander.

- [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE IN DISTANCE]
- [COCK CROWING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- ♪ Ah ♪
- [TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS: "CRIMSON AND CLOVER"]

♪ Now I don't hardly know her ♪

♪ Crimson and clover ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ I wish she'd come walking over ♪

♪ Now I've been waiting to show ♪

- Skip breakfast, did we?
- [HOMELANDER EXHALES]

No.

No. Uh...

- She's in pain, so I tried to help.
- Look, I'm gonna

tell you the truth here
because no one else will.

Pull your shit together,

admit it's Soldier Boy

and take control of the situation.

[CHUCKLES]

- You think, uh, I'm not in control?
- [BUCKET CLANGS]

No. I think you just spent
the last minutes

ranting about Starlight
instead of talking up

the next president of the United States.

You're Homelander.

Button your shit up. You're flailing.

This whole f*cking scene
right here. Jesus Christ.

- [GASPS]
- Oh, I'm sorry.

Go on, please.

You need someone you can trust.

- Someone like you?
- I got rid of Edgar for you.

That cost me a lot.

I'm proposing a strictly
transactional relationship.

You help me out with one small favor,

and I help you.

[GRUNTING SOFTLY]

Where did you get this?

[COW MOOS]

[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]

You're awake. Fantastic.

What happened?

Pretty f*cking nuts, man.

I mean, how Soldier Boy att*cked
you and Blue Hawk at Herogasm.

- Yeah.
- Soldier Boy

m*rder*d Blue Hawk
right in front of you.

You tried to save Blue Hawk, of course,

but...

Must've been awful for you.

- Yeah.
- It seemed

like you two were on your way
to a healing place,

which is why you're gonna love this.

Blue Hawk will live on

because we gave you his heart.

[BEEPING SPEEDS UP]

A super-abled heart.

No more heart disease.

You're gonna get to run again.

Can I get a "what-what"?

Look, you'll need
insane amounts of rehab,

but luckily, you heal fast,

- bro.
- That's...

We're gonna get you back
in your old suit. We're gonna

get you out there ASAP.

You're okay talking shit
about Starlight?

- Yeah, sure. Why?
- Oh, amazing.

Oh, my God, I almost forgot.

[CHUCKLES] We are already
working on your new movie.

Training A-Train.

Gritty biopic.

You're a roughneck gangbanger
from the South Side

slanging that yayo

when a track coach...
we're thinking Tom Hanks...

teaches you a more civilized way.

- [EXHALES]
- That's not at all how that happened.

My brother's my coach.

- We're out to Sir Julian Fellowes to write, so...
- No.

- I'm not doing that.
- You're gonna love it.

Anyway, I got to bounce.
But the A-Train's back, baby!

- [CHUCKLES] Right?
- Uh...

- That's your...
- [SIGHS]

Okay.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[NEWSMAN] Senator Bishop,
will you confirm

you're about to join the ticket

as the vice presidential candidate?

Well, if I was lucky enough

to be so honored,
you'll be the first to know.

[SINGER] And now,
if you will all excuse us,

I want to get a deep-fried Twinkie

before my wife finds out.

- [REPORTERS CLAMORING]
- [TV TURNS OFF]

It's not a gas.

- What?
- It's vapor.


Vapor. Vapor. Just a delivery system.

- This.
- [MOTHER'S MILK] You think I can read

- this shit?
- Novichok.

Russian nerve agent. [CHUCKLES]

Expose you or moi to Novichok,
our nervous system shuts down.

Multiple organs fail. Painful death.

But for Soldier Boy, it's a nap.

All right. So where can we get some?

Another vacation to Russia?

[PHONE CHIMES]

m*therf*cker.

Huh? Qu'est-ce que c'est?

What got into him?

No clue.

Dance with me?

You're still hurt.

I'm still high.

We'll start with a slow one.

- ♪ Stars shining ♪
- [ANNE REBURN: "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME"]

♪ Bright above you ♪

♪ Night breezes ♪

♪ Seem to whisper "I love you" ♪

♪ Birds singing ♪

♪ In a sycamore tree ♪

♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪

- ♪ Say nighty night ♪
- When I was on V

- ♪ And kiss me ♪
- I couldn't feel your arms.

♪ Just hold me tight ♪

- They felt like bendy straws.
- ♪ And tell me you'll miss me ♪

♪ While I'm alone ♪

- ♪ And blue as can be ♪
- No offense.

None taken.

♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪

♪ Stars fading ♪

- ♪ But I linger on, dear ♪
- I wanted to feel them for real...

♪ Still craving ♪

- ♪ Your kiss ♪
- One last time.

♪ I'm longing ♪

What do you mean?

- ♪ To linger till dawn, dear ♪
- Annie is getting me Compound V.

♪ Just saying this ♪

Why? This is everything
you said you did not want.

No. Listen to me. Listen to me.

You can walk away. You and me.

We go together to Marseille.

Your freedom, your humanité.

You have it. Mon coeur, please.

S'il te plaît, don't do this.

"Annie.

I know I'm asking a lot.

At first I hated the V

because I didn't choose it.

But now it's my choice.

I think that matters.

I blamed my powers for my problems.

But it's not true.

The V isn't good or bad.

It just depends on the person using it.

I wanted to use my powers to do good.

To fight for the ones I love.

I almost lost Frenchie
because I couldn't fight.

I can't risk that again".

[INHALES]

When we kissed, it was weird.

[CHUCKLES] Oui.

Not because it felt bad.

It didn't.

But because we're more than that.

You are my family now.

I want to protect my family.

♪ ♪

[WHISPERS] Oh, my God.

Jesus Christ.

[BUSTER] By ,

things had gotten so bad.

There was only so much m-m-more

- of Soldier Boy's abuse you could take.
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]

So when St-St-Stan Edgar
made you an offer in Nicaragua,

you jumped at it.

- Vought's really okay with this?
- Sometimes,

old soldiers just fade away.

I don't want the details.

- Just do what you need to do.
- Why now?

Vogelbaum has a replacement.

Just a child,

but they're convinced he'll be
stronger than Soldier Boy.

And he can fly.

- Will the others go along?
- Everyone but Gunpowder.

Good luck, Earving.

Can you please stop eating those
in front of me? I'm allergic.

[g*ns FIRING]

[GRUNTING]

- What the f*ck is this?
- Something we should've done a long time ago,

you piece of shit.

- TNT detonate!
- TNT detonate!

[GRUNTING]

[BLOWS LANDING]

- Hold him down.
- [EAGLE SOLDIER BOY LAUGHS]

- [EAGLE SOLDIER BOY] f*cking piece of shit.
- [SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING]

[PONY TOMMY] Get him, Mindstorm.

- Scramble his f*cking brains.
- No!

No!

[GRUNTS, COUGHS]

[GASPS]

f*ck you, m*therf*cker.

[BUSTER] This is
some tough stuff, I know.

But when you gave him to the Russians,

you knew Soldier Boy
would come back one day.

You need to f-f-f-face him.

No one really knows you.

But we know how s-sensitive

- and s-s-scared you are.
- Yes. - We're here for you.

- Hey, we got your back.
- We're here for you. - Yes.

[BUSTER] It's okay.

Bravery isn't having no fear.

Bravery is having fear,

but you d-d-d-do it anyway.

[BIRDS] Time to finish what you started.

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

- [ENGINE TURNS OFF]
- Get the f*ck out the car.

- What's wrong?
- You heard me.

- [JANINE] Daddy?
- [MOTHER'S MILK] Hey, baby.

I need you to go inside
the house with your mama.

Daddy needs to talk to Todd alone.

- [JANINE] Okay.
- [MOTHER'S MILK] All right.

- Marvin, what are you doing here?
- You're okay with this?

- [MONIQUE] What?
- [MOTHER'S MILK] He took her

- to a Homelander rally.
- Yeah, so?

Excuse me. You took her where?

- It's fine.
- No, it is not fine. You didn't ask me.

Janine. Come on. Inside, honey.

Everything's fine. Just relax.

[MOTHER'S MILK] Don't
tell me to relax, Todd.

Soldier Boy is out there
gunning for Homelander.

Do you have any idea

what kind of danger
you put my baby girl in?

There's no danger.

[CHUCKLES] Starlight
is making all that up.

Read any news outside
the establishment media.

Todd, Todd, they're lying.

- Really? All of them?
- All of them.

Homelander is lying to you.

- He's a f*cking psychopath.
- Worse than Starlight?

She's trafficking kids
the same age as Janine,

as the... as the kids in my classroom.

Homelander is the only one
protecting them.

- Okay, you guys. That's enough.
- [MOTHER'S MILK] Homelander

ain't protecting shit, all right?

He's feeding you this insane fairy tale,

and you're too f*cking stupid
and-and brainwashed

- to f*cking see it!
- [TODD] Hey,

- f*ck you. [CHUCKLES]
- Both of you, stop.

You know what?

If you want to risk your life, fine.

Have at it.

But not with my baby girl.

You're not her father.

Someone's got to be.

- [GRUNTS]
- [MONIQUE] Marvin!

[VOICE BREAKING] Oh, my God, Todd.

Todd. Oh, my God, Todd.

Todd. Todd. Open your eyes.

Wake up.

♪ ♪

[HOMELANDER] Here she is.

Did you think I wouldn't know

the second you walked through the door?

Well, we broke up.

[HOMELANDER CHUCKLES]

It was time to pack my shit and go.

[HOMELANDER CHUCKLES]

[INHALES] Okay.

So, here's what happens now.

You're gonna march into VNN studios,

and you're gonna recant
everything you said.

It was a tragic cocktail

of heartbreak, Zoloft and despair.

You regret any harm

that your lies have caused Vought or me,

but me in particular.

- Mm.
- Good.

Okay. But, um,

you want to hear my counter?

I stop Soldier Boy before
he murders more people,

and I find Maeve.

If she's still alive.

Maeve's just learning her manners.

And you should do the same.

Seriously, before you throw away

everything you've worked so hard for.

- Hmm?
- You know what? I could give a shit.

Really? You sure about that?

Your fame is the only thing
protecting you.

Here's the thing.

I'm not scared of you anymore.

I'm not. I see who you are.

I see how small you are.

I saw it.

[EXHALES]

I saw it the night that
you k*lled Supersonic.

You know what I remember
from that night?

I remember what I told you
would happen to Hughie.

You walk,

that's next.

Good luck with that.

Now that you've told

my million followers.

I'm still pretty famous.

- [CHUCKLES] Hey, everybody!
- [ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES]

Oh, that's me.

- I got to go.
- Starlight,

uh, wait.

You're not supposed to record us

when we're running lines.

[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]

[WIND CHIMES TINKLING]

[INHALES DEEPLY]

[TINKLING CONTINUES]

- [WHOOSH]
- [SOFT THUD]

[GRUNTS]

Shit!

[BOTH GRUNT]

- What the hell?!
- [HUGHIE] Okay, wait! Wait.

- Wait.
- Why the f*ck am I naked?!

[HUGHIE] I can explain, okay?

You're with Soldier Boy.

- You're trying to f*cking k*ll me.
- No!

- No. No, I just saved your life.
- Leave me alone!

Please, calm down. I only want
to talk, okay? Just talk.

[MINDSTORM] I'm not bothering
anyone. I'm just trying

to get away from all the f*cking voices.

I'm just trying to get away
from the voices.

I'm just trying to get away
from the voices!

Hey, hey. I'm gonna
open my eyes, all right?

Please don't coma me.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]

Okay. Hey. We're cool.

Very chill. Very cool.

Also, we-we don't have to do this naked.

All right?

Just-just clothes. They're clothes.

I'm gonna reach in.
I'm gonna grab you some,

- okay?
- [ZIPPER RASPS]

Look. Look, hey,
I don't want to be here.

I-I was pretending
to be someone I'm not.

I'm not like Soldier Boy.
That guy's full of shit.

I mean, no one is that tough,
and then...

And the people who say they are?

They're lying.

And I'm... I'm done.

I want to go home.

So, I'm just...

I'm begging you...

to please wake up my friend.

[MINDSTORM] I've been inside his head.

- That guy's a piece of shit.
- [HUGHIE] It doesn't matter.

I-I don't want to be someone
who leaves people behind.

I want to be someone
who saves his family.

And for better or worse...

[VOICE BREAKS] ... he's family.

- Please wake him up.
- No.

- No way.
- I can get you out of here.

If you just please,

please wake him up,

I'll teleport you away.

You'll be safe

away from everyone,
including Soldier Boy.

I'll take you wherever you want to go.

And I will never tell
a soul where that is.

Hand to God.

[INHALES]

[BUTCHER] No.

Not here.

So, that's it then, Billy?

Jesus, Lenny.

Just gonna piss off,

no goodbye or nothing like that?

[YOUNG BUTCHER] I'll be back
Christmas, once I got everything

sorted at the barracks, you can
maybe come out and see me.

Billy.

Please don't leave me alone with him.

I can't hack it.

You'll be all right.

No, he won't.

- f*cking listen to him.
- [YOUNG BUTCHER] If I stay,

I'm gonna end up k*lling him,

get sent off to Borstal, or prison,

and what's that gonna do to Mum, hmm?

Break her bloody heart, is what it'd do.

Besides,

the old c**t hates me the most,

so maybe if I'm gone,
he'll leave you be.

You stupid f*cking twat.
Don't you leave him.

I got to go, Len.

- Billy, please.
- Leave off.

For f*ck's sake, Lenny,

it ain't my job to look after you.

Don't be such a f*cking
poof all your life.

Right.

Please,

don't go.

You served me up to him on a plate.

No, I...

I didn't.

I-I wouldn't.

It's been six months, and you
come home to check on me

not once.

Len, I-I'm sorry, but they...

they just wouldn't let me
out of the barracks.

Oh, Jesus, please.

- Please, f*ck, no.
- He's beating the living shit

out of me, Billy.

Day in and day out.

- I can't take no more.
- Please, Len, don't.

You f*cking knew what he'd do.
It's your fault.

No, don't say that.
That's... that's not true.

I... I'm not that bastard.

Come off it, Billy.
You always have been.

'Cause anyone who's ever loved you,

you end up getting
them k*lled, don't you?

Me. Becca.

Now, Hughie,

the last person on God's green earth

trying to stop you from being
a monster, and what do you do?

Drag him down to your level.

When he dies,

and he will,

then no one can stop you.

Can they?

[BUTCHER] No!

- Lenny, no!
- [g*nsh*t]

[PANTING]

I'm sorry. I'm so f*cking sorry!

Sorry for what?

- Hughie.
- It's okay, Butcher.

It's okay. You're all right.

Here. You're okay.

Hey, kid.

Right, right, yeah.

Okay. Deal's a deal.

- Where we headed? [GASPS]
- [SCREAMING]

Hey, wait, wait, wait.

[HUGHIE GRUNTS]

[COUGHS]

[GROANS]

Hiya, Dan.

It's-it's not what you think.
It wasn't my idea.

Oh, I know. It was Noir's,

but how does that work, huh?
'Cause no way

he makes a f*cking move without Vought.

- They gave him the green light.
- Why would they do that?

[PANTING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

What? That's impossible.

[SCREAMS]

[SHOUTING]

[GASPS]

What'd he say?

[SNIFFLES]

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

Hello?

I need to talk to Hughie. Where is he?

[BUTCHER OVER PHONE] Oh, Starlight.

How delightful.

He's just popped out for a bit.

- Okay, well, he's not answering his phone.
- Bit hard to keep

a phone when you're teleporting
all day, innit, love.

- How can I help?
- Temp V is gonna k*ll you both.

Well, it's gonna have to join the queue.

I was just in the lab.
It causes lesions.

Okay? It turns your brain
into f*cking Swiss cheese,

so, please, be honest with me,

and tell me how many
doses have you taken?

- Just a couple.
- Jesus Christ.

Butcher, three to five doses kills you.

You need to tell Hughie.

Yeah, yeah. I will, I will. I promise.

Okay, but I'm calling back
every five minutes until...

- [PHONE BEEPS DISCONNECTED]
- Butcher?

g*dd*mn it.

[DOOR CLOSES]

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [HUGHIE] Okay.

Hi.

Only thing open was Long John Silver's,

so... I guess that's kind of
fish and chips, right?

Yeah.

- Nice one.
- Everything all right?

It's, uh...

- It's the Temp V.
- What about it?

We got to swing by the office
and get some more.

And then you, me,

and granny fucker are gonna
finish this f*cking job.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, f*ck yeah.

[LINE RINGING]

- [AUTOMATED VOICE] Your call has been forwarded...
- f*ck.

- Do you think Monsieur Charcutier will tell Hughie?
- Do you?

[TYPING]

I'm gonna save Hughie,

even if he doesn't want me to.

Ready, mon coeur?

Oh.

Enjoy them

before they feel like
bendy straws again.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

Mon coeur?

[PAINED BREATHING]

♪ ♪

[SOFT CHUCKLE]

[HOMELANDER] Obviously, I didn't realize

the little b*tch was
recording me, did I?

No, no. A...

- Ashley, I don't f*cking care.
- [OTHER LINE BEEPS]

You're the spin doctor,
go f*cking spin it.

- What?
- [OPERATOR OVER PHONE] Sir,

- I apologize for disturbing you...
- [SIGHS]

... but you have a call.

He says he's... Well, he's
claiming to be Soldier Boy.

[STAMMERS]

Put him through.

This really you?

[SOLDIER BOY] The situation's changed.

I thought we should have a conversation.

I don't know who the f*ck
you think you are,

but you got lucky once because
you f*cking ambushed me.

Fall ,

I get called into Vogelbaum's
lab for an experiment,

some shit about genetics.

I still remember the Penthouse I used.

June. Danielle Deneux,

bush like a Pomeranian.

- What?
- I beat my meat into a cup.

Turns out...

Vogelbaum made a kid.

Born spring .

A boy.

You know what the b*tch of it is?

If they'd have just kept me around,

I'd have let you take the spotlight.

What father wouldn't
want that for his son?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[APPLAUSE]