We are going to hold hearings on Vought and Compound V!
I'm the world's greatest superhero.
You're my greatest failure.
STORMFRONT: I do like you.
You've got spunk.
You're gonna be a big help to me.
What the hell does that mean?
- [SCREAMING]
- That's f*cking Lamplighter.
These people are test subjects.
They're trying to stabilize the V.
Anywhere, anytime, you get a solid Supe.
Why would Vought do that?
We are in a w*r.
For the culture.
But we can fight back with an army of supermen millions strong.
Everyone I have ever loved is in the ground.
And then I found you.
We found each other.
- [BEEPING]
- RADIO HOST: % of the public
is hard-core aware now
and know how the system works.
And then we don't do anything about it.
That's why Super t*rrorists continue to inv*de America.
There are illegal immigrants pouring into this country every day, and any one of them could be a Super t*rror1st.
NEWS ANCHOR: Many are calling for more superheroes in order to counter
the Super t*rror1st thr*at and protect Americans.
STORMFRONT: What is our government doing about this?
- Got to go. I'm late for class.
- Thanks.
- All of us...
- Have a good day, hon.
...we need to stand up right now.
I am sick of waiting for some executive
to finish his racket...
VICTORIA: We are going to hold hearings on Vought and Compound V...
That's $ . .
STORMFRONT: I'm gonna tell you something I probably shouldn't.
I'm gonna tell you something
that the government doesn't want you...
- [BEEPING]
- RADIO HOST: And they want
more Super t*rrorists. That's...
Many people are pointing out that the rush to judgment by the left...
- MAN: Victoria Neuman's accusation that...
- No offense.
- I get you have your talking points...
- Have a good day, hon.
...but why does it matter
what some supervillain-loving snowflake has...
Every minute we waste...
One Super t*rror1st
has already gotten through. More will come.
- That's $ . .
- And, I mean, for all we know...
these maniacs could have already flown
over our borders and be standing next
- to you right now...
- You all right, pal?
- ...just waiting for their chance
- Yeah.
...to k*ll us all.
Keep America safe again. And I am so glad
that I was there this time. But what about...
- I am counting on you.
- Have a good day, hon.
STORMFRONT: Every minute we wait...
No, it's up to us.
We have to make our voices heard.
[OVERLAPPING STORMFRONT CHATTER]
STORMFRONT: I am counting on you
to show us the way.
Don't let me down.
Hey.
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
Whoa. Whoa, whoa.
I saw the light in your eyes.
- Just-just take the money.
- You one of them?
- You a f*ckin' supervillain?
- What?
- Are you a bulletproof m*therf*cker?!
- No. Please.
I have a family. Please.
♪ What a wonderful world ♪
[PANTING]
- ♪ What a wonderful world. ♪
- [EXHALES]
LAMPLIGHTER: Look, I told you.
Stormfront gave the orders.
I just ex*cuted them.
It was, um...
- It wasn't easy.
- Yeah,
I think we can all agree that you're the real victim here.
Now, let's cut the sh*t and go over it again.
- From the start.
- I had just left the Seven.
And Mr. Edgar invited me to his club.
MALLORY: Put away that petulant look
- before you hurt someone with it.
- Yeah,
I should be chuffed we're pissin' away the best asset we ever got our mitts on.
- And your plan would be?
- Same as always.
Squeeze the c**t till he gives up the next c**t, then k*ll the f*ck when we're done.
I have no doubt you'd be happy with that unending cycle of brutality.
How can you not want blood for what he done?
He's willing to speak against Vought at the hearing.
We've never had Congress on our side before.
Congress. Please.
What a bunch of corrupt f*cking c**ts they are.
Oh, come on, you're not the first person to call me a c**t, Mr. Butcher.
I'm starting to think it's like a... badge of honor.
Term of endearment where I come from, love.
Mm.
Well?
Opposition's gonna have a field day with him.
Disgruntled ex-Supe? I am fairly sure
he's f*cked half the Sacred Heart cheerleading squad.
But, yeah, he'll be a good witness.
It's not enough, though.
BUTCHER: Not enough? If torturing and burning a bunch of mentals on Vought's say-so ain't enough for you muppets, then what the f*ck are you good for, huh?
- A strongly worded tweet?
- LISA: You're a wanted felon, assh*le.
- We don't need your help.
- Yes, we do, Lisa.
Mr. Butcher here has fought Vought harder than we ever have.
But I would like a turn.
If we can... trust each other.
HUGHIE: Uh, I think we can.
- Trust each other.
- Hold still.
MALLORY: What do you need?
Okay, we know what they were doing at Sage Grove,
- but we don't know why.
- [PHONE RINGING]
Why test Compound V on patients?
What do they want? I need the full picture.
If we're gonna take a sh*t at the king, we can't f*cking miss.
We know someone who might know the full picture.
Oh, well, that's f*cking rich, isn't it?
Who is it?
Like you said... we're gonna have to trust each other.
♪ ♪
Would you like a coffee?
Um, no, thanks.
How 'bout a white chocolate unicorn frappe?
- They're really good.
- No.
- I'll get one to share.
- Mom, I don't want a f*cking unicorn frappé.
Okay. Sorry.
J-Just nervous.
When did you get to town?
I never left.
I've been staying at the Days Inn in Newark.
I'm not leaving until we talk this out.
I know what I've done to you.
Believe me, I know.
Mom, it's not just you.
It's...
Do you remember that... cross that you gave me for confirmation?
Before every save that I went on, I would touch it.
Like a... football player leaving a locker room.
I thought that God was sending me on a mission.
I feel so stupid.
I gave my whole life to nothing.
That's not true.
Mom... the good guys don't win.
The bad guys don't get punished.
What we do means nothing.
It's just all for money and...
[SHUDDERS]
I am in the middle of all of it.
Alone.
Honey, you're not alone.
You're not.
Let's go away, you and me.
Let's-let's get away from all of this, get away from Vought.
Escape for a while, hmm?
I cleared it already.
You cleared what?
W-With Ashley at Vought.
You called them?
Y-Yeah, about an hour ago.
- Why?
- Mom, th-they could be looking for m...
[HISSING]
Mom!
[STARLIGHT YELLS]
[STARLIGHT SHRIEKS]
[CAR DOORS CLOSE]
Colonel, you think the congresswoman is in danger?
She has her security detail.
Which will be useless if a Supe drops in.
She's our best chance to nail Vought, but only if you keep her alive until the hearing.
Oui, madame.
And, Serge...
...no abandoning your post this time.
Oui, madame.
Hey.
I'm-I'm all right. I'm coming with you.
You're in no shape to go anywhere.
Besides, we got a very important job for you.
We need you to look after our star witness.
LAMPLIGHTER: Hey.
You guys want to watch "Deep Does It in the Blowhole"?
You ready to get wet?
I don't want to watch that... film.
It's a classic. You'll love it.
- [GROANING]
- [PHONE RINGING]
MOTHER'S MILK: Butcher, let's go.
Hello, Mum.
CONNIE: Hey, Billy,
you ain't been picking up.
Yeah, we're in a meeting.
I-I'm in New York.
[GROANS]
Look, I told Judy to tell you not to f*cking come.
Oh. Language.
It's a bleedin' expensive plane ticket.
All right? And I ain't got the time to just...
Billy, he's dead.
Your father's dead.
You there?
When did that happen?
Can I see you, please?
I need to see you right now.
[BUZZING]
[POUNDING]
Let me out!
God. [PANTING]
[EXHALES]
Please, God.
Please let me out. Please.
Come on, man, stop.
- It's not cool.
- [WOMAN MOANS]
Guess you should've made your wife come, snowflake cuck.
[MOANING]
- [SIGHS]
- You know, you don't need the discs.
You can just download these.
Uh, what do you want to watch next?
Uh, "Translucent: The Invisible Cock".
"Queen Maeve: Pleasure sl*ve".
Yeah. "Big Black Noir".
Oh. "Starlight Pulls an A-Train".
I'm good. I'm good. Thank you.
Okay.
Different strokes, man.
Please don't say that in this context.
I should just get up and leave.
But you like watching Homebanger f*ck me, don't you?
You know, this isn't healthy, man.
Y-You can't watch p*rn while the... sun's out.
Look, if I get up at that hearing, I'm dead anyway.
What difference does it make?
[WOMAN MOANING]
Okay.
Drop the remote, or I'll burn your f*cking face off.
[REMOTE CLATTERS]
Uh...
HOMEBANGER: Want me to f*ck your wife
like she deserves, cuck?
Did you know I was a prodigy?
A f*cking prodigy.
I lit my first fire at four.
b*rned my whole house down.
My dad... he was so proud.
"My son's a Supe".
I was gonna do great things.
I almost did.
Now look at me.
I'm like the cuck in the p*rn, sitting on the sidelines while the real heroes are out there doing the f*cking.
You want to know why they left me to babysit you?
Because you're useless?
[WOMAN MOANING]
My mom... she, uh...
[EXHALES] Never mind.
After... she was gone, I watched my dad do...
nothing his whole life.
But me...
I thought I'd finally found... something.
I thought I found what I was meant to do.
But it turns out I'm... sh*t at that as well.
You're not the cuck.
I'm... the cuck.
Actually, you're worse.
You're the cuck fluffer.
[WOMAN MOANING]
- [CHEERING, APPLAUSE]
- HOMELANDER: Hey-hey!
What's up?
How y'all doing out there?
Good to see you!
- [CHEERING]
- [WHISTLING]
- Yeah!
- HOMELANDER: All right!
Hey, do me a favor.
Who's the real heroes?
You are!
STORMFRONT: Thank you! I just want to be clear.
No one condones the tragic sh**ting at the convenience store.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Kuldeep Singh's family.
And we are making a donation to Samaritan's Embrace in his name.
Absolutely.
Thoughts and prayers.
But... that doesn't change facts.
This used to be a-a beautiful country.
- Remember?
- CROWD: Yeah!
One nation under God.
Remember?
Right before these godless, inhuman supervillains started pouring across our borders and dragging us down into their mud.
[BOOING]
What do SJWs like Victoria Neuman want us to do?
Just let 'em in and give 'em a cup of iced tea?
- [LAUGHS]
- And then punish us
- for trying to stop them.
- That's right.
Has there ever been anyone in history more persecuted just for trying to protect their own?
[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]
We are at w*r!
- CROWD: Yeah!
- We need more Compound V.
- Absolutely.
- Yeah!
- We need more Supes!
- More Supes!
- More Supes! More Supes!
- HOMELANDER: We need more superheroes!
More Supes! More Supes!
- More Supes! More...
- Now,
I've always been honest with you... you know that.
And I got to be honest with you now.
It brings me no pleasure to tell you this, but we also had a mole in the Seven.
- [GASPING]
- That's right.
One of our own.
[SIGHS] Starlight.
[GASPING, MURMURING]
I know, I know. It's okay.
She's been apprehended, and she can't hurt anyone else.
I can't believe this.
Put 'em in. All of 'em.
I want all of 'em in at the same time.
Okay, this is insane.
- Hey.
- No.
f*ck yes...
Starlight has been conspiring with the people
who m*rder*d, in cold blood,
- my brother...
- Oh, my God, f*ck.
- ...the hero Translucent.
- [BOOING]
REPORTER: If you are just tuning in...
Um, uh...
- I bet you she's in D.
- AUTOMATED VOICE: You have reached
- the voice mailbox...
- Come on, Butcher, where are you?
And that is if she's still alive, which...
Wait, wait, wait,
- what's D?
- At the Tower.
Supe-proof, mostly.
- Steel walls six feet thick.
- How do I get in?
Into the Tower? Yeah, you don't.
And I'm sorry, man, but...
- she's probably dead.
- There's got to be something.
Right? Like a... like a secret entrance?
Maybe one or two, but forget it, man. It's crazy.
Okay, show me. Come with me.
Look at you. You're still f*cked up.
Which is exactly why I need your help.
Get... your... friends.
Butcher isn't picking up, and the others are halfway across the state.
We got to go! Now!
Listen, Vought screwed you over, right?
Well, now they're trying to do the exact same thing to her.
This sh*t is over for me.
My whole life is over, okay?
This is your last chance to be a hero again.
Come on, I mean, do you-you want to be the cuck or do you want to be the... guy who fucks the wife?
♪ ♪
Okay. Yeah, yeah.
Let's go f*ck the wife.
Consensually. Come on, come on.
[EXHALES]
Hello, Mum.
[EXHALES]
Will you come with me?
Now, don't hate me.
Why would I hate you?
Look, I'm sorry. It was my idea, but you wouldn't come any other way.
Look, look, look, look, don't.
- He hasn't got much time.
- Not my problem.
That's yours, 'cause you stayed with the c**t.
Have I ever asked you for anything?
Ever?
William.
[CHUCKLES]
Ah.
What, no hug?
You step one inch closer, and I'll k*ll you quicker than that f*cking ass cancer.
I'll bet you would.
I seen on the news where you topped that Stillwell slag.
It weren't me.
But thanks for your support.
[STAMMERS]
Please, please.
I just want to talk.
Two minutes.
[CHUCKLES]
[GRUNTING]
You been following the Ashes?
You want to talk about f*cking cricket?
You remember the ' World Cup?
I took you to every match...
Leeds,
Old Trafford.
You loved it.
Do you know why I loved it?
'Cause you'd get on the piss with your loser mates.
And I could f*ck off for hours and you'd never know.
Yeah, well, let's not do this then, eh?
Yeah, let's not.
I know I was no perfect father.
But I know I never got a chance to say goodbye to Lenny.
And I don't want that with you.
Didn't have a chance to say goodbye to Lenny?
You're the f*cking reason he's dead.
Let me tell you something, William.
It's a sh*t world out there.
You count on no one but yourself.
You either sink or you swim, and, in Lenny's case, he chose to sink.
You don't have the f*cking right to mention his name.
I f*cking loved Lenny.
But he wasn't hard like you.
That's why you're still here and he's dead, isn't it?
You b*at the f*cking sh*t out of the both of us, didn't you?
Maybe I pushed you a bit hard.
But look at you.
- Get the f*ck off...
- You afraid of anything?
No.
Are you the strongest bastard you know?
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
Tougher than I ever was.
Oh, you're welcome, assh*le.
[QUIETLY]: Yeah.
Lenny stuck that g*n in his mouth when you couldn't hack it anymore and you pissed off to join the SAS like a right c**t.
You're the one who abandoned him, not me.
[GRUNTING, CHOKING]
You're a f*cking monster.
It takes one to know one.
CONNIE: Billy, for God's sake!
- Pack it in! Pack it in!
- [GROANING]
Stop!
Jesus.
- Christ, what have you done?
- [CHUCKLES]
See?
Lenny could never have done that.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Christ. Billy.
Jesus.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- All right, guys.
- Sorry, we gotta go.
- All right, guys. Thanks very much.
- Take care, God bless.
- God bless.
- I'm telling you... it's a mistake.
- What is?
Keeping f*cking Starlight alive.
Hey. Yeah.
I underestimated her before.
I will not do it again.
"Starlight is a traitor" is trending number one.
And we've got a million tweets in support of Compound V.
A common enemy rallies the base.
Just trust me.
All right.
And if I can get my hands on Hugh Campbell,
maybe pull his little spine out the back of his f*cking neck...
You okay?
Yeah, I just, um...
HOMELANDER: Your daughter?
Yeah. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
years ago, she looked exactly like that.
Sometimes it feels like yesterday.
I got something I want to show you.
What to finish up the backyard?
Okay if I put this person right there?
Hey, guys.
Hello.
This is Stormfront.
Stormfront, this is Rebecca.
Very nice to meet you.
And this is my son.
Hey, buddy. How you doing?
Listen, um...
I know, last time, uh,
I screwed up big-time, and, um...
and I just want you to know I'm never, ever gonna push you that hard again, okay?
All right, well, Ryan,
I'd love you to meet my girlfriend, Stormfront.
Wow, he looks just like you.
HOMELANDER: You think?
STORMFRONT: Are you serious? Those eyes?
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- Hey, Ryan, your daddy told me all about you.
- You have superpowers, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
That makes you very, very special.
You are the first natural-born superhero.
Can we not?
That's right. Um...
Ryan does have powers, but his mom doesn't like to talk about them or use them.
Can you also let me know before you just pop by?
STORMFRONT: He's Ryan's father.
He has a right to see his son.
Uh, that's very true, but, look, we all just have Ryan's best interests at heart.
- Right?
- Yes, we do.
I'm really sorry I haven't been here enough.
Ryan, uh, I'd really like you to get to know Stormfront.
I would. She's someone I care about very much, and, um...
I think you will, too.
So, I think, uh, we'll be around more.
A lot more.
I want us to be a family.
[DOOR OPENS]
- Hey.
- [KEYS JANGLE]
Empire Wok.
Hi.
That was a fraught "hi".
I'm going to my sister's for a while.
I have a plan.
You don't need to be scared of Homelander.
That little girl... on the plane.
What she must have gone through in those last few moments.
I lie awake every night thinking about that.
- Me, too.
- But then I start snowballing and wondering... [SNIFFLES] how many other people have you k*lled and what else have you done?
- I didn't have a choice.
- I'm not blaming you.
I'm not. It is not your fault.
Will you just... Will you s... Will you sit down?
- And it's not fair.
- Will you sit down?
I wish I were as strong as you.
But I'm not.
I just need time.
[PANTING]
Over and over, you... [SNIFFLES]
You said you wanted to see the real me.
This is the real me.
I know. [SOBS]
I'm sorry.
[SIGHS]
[SNIFFLES]
[BEEPS]
WOMAN: Yes?
I'm here to see Jonah.
He's not taking any visitors.
Tell him it's Grace Mallory.
g*dd*mn.
We're on the wrong team.
VOGELBAUM: Moral compromise does have its privileges.
Grace.
I thought you retired.
Dr. Vogelbaum.
I thought you were taller.
[LAUGHS]
Sonia, can you get some tea?
Thank you, but we won't be staying long enough.
Ah, yes, there's that WASPy patrician tone.
- All business.
- Doc, what do you know about the Sage Grove Center?
Never heard of it. Should I have?
Considering Vought's been doing illegal tests there since you were the CSO and they're still doing 'em to this day,
- seems like you should've.
- That's horrible.
Maybe it was Sonnenshine's project over in R&D.
Prick always did have a real god complex.
MALLORY: Do you recall the deal we made?
In exchange for me graciously dropping certain involuntary manslaughter charges?
I recall it was a long time ago.
Doesn't expire until the statute of limitations does.
Then I guess I'm turning myself in.
[SCOFFS]
We don't have to do this dance anymore, Jonah.
[EXHALES]
We're both out.
Just a couple of retirees
sh**ting the sh*t on the back nine.
We both know Vought f*cked you.
Probably put you in that chair.
Help us f*ck 'em back.
Testify to Congress.
That's my daughter.
She took time off from her practice
to help a bitter old invalid.
I'm sorry to say this, Grace, but you're the very last person who should be asking me for help.
After what you lost.
Do what you like to me.
But some things are more important than the right thing.
[DOOR CLOSES]
MALLORY: He's right, of course.
You should listen to him.
Ma'am?
Go back to your wife and daughter.
Nah. I'd just be putting them in more danger.
[LAUGHS]: Ah, yes, the self-martyring bullshit of the special ops soldier.
I'll get you all on a flight to Nicaragua.
No one sees you again.
When this is done, I'll take you up on that.
But that's the point, Marvin. It's never done.
You just let go.
No justice for your father.
No revenge against Vought.
You get nothing,
except your family.
Go and never come back.
I wish I had.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
NEWSMAN: An angry scene today
outside of Congresswoman Victoria Neuman's residence,
as pro- and anti-Vought protestors clashed
just two days before the House Judiciary...
[EXHALES]
[PHONE BUZZING]
Another. And a pint of bitter.
M.M.
Yeah, good.
How'd it go with Vogelbaum?
I'll take care of it.
CROWD: Send her back! Send her back!
Send her back! Send her back!
Send her back! Send her back! Send her back!
Life has always been hard, but I don't remember it being quite this crude.
I get it.
What she's doing with her daughter.
My papa... when he... lost his mind, my mama, she... she kept me cooking with her.
Cassoulet, confit de canard, all the mother sauces.
Cooking has, uh, this way of giving port in a storm.
Did your... your mama... she cook?
You know...
Irvin Yalom... he once said you, you die twice.
Once, when you stop breathing, and again when somebody... utters your name for the last time.
I'd like to hear about your family.
Keep them alive a bit longer.
If you'd ever like to teach me.
Point is taken.
Never mind.
g*n?
I'm saying "g*n"?
Très bien.
♪ That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it ♪
♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh, that's the way ♪
♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
- ♪ I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
- [LAUGHING]
♪ That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh... ♪
- You're so cute.
- You're so cute.
♪ That's the way... ♪
- Hey, man. Hey.
- Hey! How's it going?
Good, good. Look, I brought you something, just to make up for all the sh*t I used to do to you.
♪ Tell me I'm your loving man... ♪
He knows my name.
[LAUGHS]: Yeah, okay.
Hey, meet my new bride Cassandra. A-Train.
- Hi. It's nice to meet you.
- Hey. Nice to meet you, too.
- Thanks, man.
- Yeah.
No, it means a lot. It means a lot.
- Of course.
- A lot.
- Yeah, man.
- A lot.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Sweet.
- Hey, guys.
- Hey!
- Glad you came.
- Happy birthday.
- Happy birthday.
- Good to see you, too.
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, yeah.
- So... great news.
I've got a meeting with Stan Edgar next week.
- Wow.
- Seriously?
With Congress up their ass and all the sh*t with Starlight,
Vought needs trusted, proven commodities right now.
- They need you two.
- Yeah.
Still got a few deal points to talk through, but let's just say, they should be getting your rooms ready.
- For real?
- Honey, this is amazing.
- Wow.
- Thank you. Thank you so much.
- You're welcome.
- This is awesome.
By the way, what do you guys think of, um, Eagle the Archer?
Oh, he's like a brother to me.
Yeah, he was there for me when I was at rock bottom.
He's the most kind, loving person that you ever...
He's a toxic personality, and no Church members are to have any contact with him whatsoever.
Right. Yeah.
No, now that you mention it, he did seem pretty toxic. Yeah.
Wh-What did he do?
Well, he claims the program had failed him.
But actually he failed the program.
- He doesn't exist, you understand?
- Of course.
Ah. Oh, come on.
I think they're gonna do the limbo.
- [LAUGHS] Come on.
- Oh, yeah?
♪ That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
♪ I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
♪ That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I... ♪
Oh, me and Mr. Marathon used to sneak college girls in this way.
College girls? Really?
They were applying. Yeah.
That does not make it better.
[GRUNTS]
All right, moment of truth.
I'm either still in the system, or we're about to be swarmed by guards with AKs.
Wait. What?
- [SOFT BEEP]
- And boom, b*tches!
- All right, let's go.
- [SIGHS]
Maeve?
Hello?
What the f*ck is this?!
This is not lesbian.
This is not on brand.
We need you ready for Congress with Elena sitting proudly behind you.
[EXHALES] She's gone.
- What do you mean, she's gone?
- Elena's gone.
Okay. Okay.
Elena will be back.
She will be back in your arms, and you will be totally fine.
You're America's second-favorite lesbian couple, after all.
You know what? Let's just take a deep breath, okay?
Let's just... [INHALES] take a deep breath here, okay?
[INHALES, EXHALES]
We curated a coming-out story that America loves,
- and it would be really good...
- Ashley.
For once in your life, be a f*cking human being.
I'm really sorry, Maeve.
[INHALES]
[EXHALES]
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
RYAN: Michael, that's holding!
We're in the middle of practice, Leigh Anne. Ooh!
You can thank me later, Burt.
This team is your family, Michael.
Tony here is your quarterback.
You protect his blind side. Okay?
When you look at him, you think of me.
How you have my back, how you have his.
Okay?
- Yes, ma'am.
- [RYAN AND BECCA LAUGH]
Wow.
Uh... that...
th-that's really something, Ryan.
I've done "The Blind Side", "Dances with Wolves",
"Terms of Endearment"... all my mom's favorites.
So, are you into any things that, you know,
kids are into?
HOMELANDER: Yeah.
Like, uh, NBA K?
PewDiePie?
What's that?
Or, uh, what about one of your dad's movies?
You're in a movie?
[LAUGHS] I'm in a bunch of movies, man.
Uh, let's see, there's "Homelander: Origins", uh, "Homelander: Rise of a Hero", "Homelander: Darkest Day",
- "Homelander: Brightest Night"...
- Oh, your dad is so good
- in "Homelander: Brightest Night".
- Thank you.
RYAN: Mom, can I see them?
When you're old enough, we can talk about it, okay?
Ah, they're PG. He can see them now.
You're old enough.
You're absolutely old enough.
For sleepovers and baseball games
- and visits to Vought Land.
- Yeah.
Did you know that your dad has
- his own roller coaster?
- Mm-hmm.
Do you want to take a ride
- on your dad's roller coaster?
- Can I, Mom?
We can talk about it.
Whenever you want.
[HOMELANDER LAUGHS QUIETLY]
I need to speak with you.
Eh, we're having a good time here, right?
Outside.
Now.
That's a great idea.
You two... stay here, get to know each other better.
RYAN: Okay.
I'll show you, um, "Dances with Wolves".
- I know what you're doing.
- Nope, you don't.
- Yes, I do. I-I can see...
- No, you do not.
You could not possibly understand.
I was raised the same way as him.
That kid doesn't know anything about anything.
When he sees the outside world, he's going to panic.
Now, that's gonna f*ck him up.
I do not want my son to have to go through what I went through.
His life...
- is different.
- [SIGHS]
He has a mother.
And I know that that means something to you. I do.
And if you take him away from me, this... this whole world will feel so confusing
- and frightening.
- Yes, but, Rebecca, you... are lying to him.
Because I love him.
And I know a part of you loves him, too, and that you want what's best for him.
But what's best for him is to be here with me, with his mother.
Look, we have this opportunity to give him a-a childhood you never had.
We can do that if he's here with me.
[VOICE BREAKING]: Please. I'm begging you, please.
[SWALLOWS]
[INHALES]
[EXHALES]
Yeah.
SONIA [OVER INTERCOM]: I'm sorry.
He's very tired.
BUTCHER: I understand he's had
a few surprise visitors today.
But you tell him he's got one more.
The name's William Butcher.
- [INTERCOM BEEPS]
- [GATE RATTLES OPEN]
VOGELBAUM: Mr. Butcher, I can't apologize enough for what I've done.
But I can't give you the information...
[CHAIR SCRAPES LOUDLY]
But I can't give you the information you or Grace came for, either.
What was he like?
Who?
Homelander.
Growing up as a lad, what was he like?
[EXHALES]
I'm sure you don't want to talk about this...
Oh, there is nothing I want to talk about more.
And who knows better than you?
[SIGHS]
When he was a little boy, five or six, he was quite sweet.
He'd cuddle up to me.
He loved stories about Davy Crockett,
Teddy Roosevelt.
Loved the idea of the woods, the forest,
manifest destiny.
Well, you know, I needed him to be
the strongest man in the world.
So I went to work on him.
He didn't even want it.
It was for me.
Hmm.
And that wasn't your only sin.
Was it?
It wasn't Homelander who hid my wife away all them years.
It ever occur to you... the pain you cause sorry bastards like me?
At the time, it was barely a blip on my radar.
Tell me, Doctor, what's your radar telling you now?
Do what you want to me, but I can't help you.
My family would be in...
Your family's already in trouble.
'Cause I'm about to go into that room next door to your daughter,
and I'm gonna bash her brains out.
And then I'm gonna find your two sons and their wives and their little kiddies.
Your whole f*cking family dies today.
Or... you help me.
What's it gonna be, Doc?
How...?
How can...
- can you be so...?
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Oh, look at this.
Thank you.
[LAUGHS]
Do you know...
I can't remember the last time
I had a good cup of char.
[TEA POURING]
You're a doll.
[SLURPING]
[GULPS, SMACKS LIPS]
You're starting to bleed through.
Ah, sh*t.
This is it, D.
And she's gonna be there?
[BEEPS]
[LOCK HISSES, CLUNKS]
♪ ♪
[WHISPERS]: Wait, wait, wait, wait.
What the hell? This is the conference room.
She's not here.
They moved my statue?
What?
I wanted to do it in front of my statue.
Do what?
I just wanted to make my dad proud.
[SIGHS]
What the f*ck?
- What the f*ck?!
- [SCREAMING]
Oh, oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
[ALARM BELL RINGING]
FEMALE VOICE: Please evacuate to the main floor immediately.
♪ ♪
Please evacuate to the main floor immediately.
Mom!
[GROANS]
f*ck you, man.
sh*t, I need his hand.
[GRUNTING]
Please evacuate to the main floor immediately.
[LOUD CLUNK IN DISTANCE]
Huh? [PANTING]
[GRUNTS, GASPS]
Please evacuate to the main floor immediately.
[GRUNTS]
[STRAINING]
Come on, come on, come on.
[GRUNTS, PANTING]
Please evacuate to the main floor immediately.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[ALARM BELL CONTINUES RINGING]
Please evacuate to the main floor immediately.
[GASPS]
[YELPS]
[GRUNTS]
[GASPS]
[GRUNTING]
[GASPING]
[GRUNTING]
[GASPING]
[GROANING]
[GASPING]
[GUTTURAL GASPING]
[COUGHS]
[GASPING]
Was that an Almond Joy?
[SIGHS] He has a tree nut allergy.
[GUTTURAL GASPING]
Come with me.
...to the main floor immediately.
DONNA: Help! Is anybody there?!
Help!
[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]
[GASPS]
Where's Annie?
Aren't you that sweaty young man from Believe?
Hi, Mrs. January.
Is that a human hand?
Yes, it is. Come on.
We got to go. [GRUNTS]
[GROANING SOFTLY]
Hughie?
DONNA [GASPS]: Annie! Annie! Annie!
- Oh, my God! Oh!
- Annie!
Hmm.
- Oh!
- [BOTH PANTING]
Hey.
Wh-What are you doing here?
How are we gonna get out of here?
I know a way.
[OVEN BEEPS]
All right, dinner's ready!
[QUIETLY]: Assholes. [GRUNTS]
Hey, bud. You ready for dinner?
What's wrong?
You're a liar.
- You lied to me.
- What do you mean?
They just flew me up and showed me! This house is fake?
The neighbors are fake? You're fake?
Boy deserves to know the truth.
Hey. Listen to me.
We can talk about this, okay?
I know that you must feel confused, and there are reasons for what I did. I'm sorry.
No, just don't touch me! I hate you!
I think he just needs a little space.
- Come here, son.
- No. No.
All right, he needs his mother.
Don't worry. He'll still have a mother.
Hey, Ryan. Ryan!
Hey, Ryan, no!
Ryan! No!
[CRYING]: Oh, my God. No. Please.
MOTHER'S MILK: Kid, you are f*cking unbelievable.
All you had to do was watch p*rn.
I didn't know he was gonna set himself on fire.
- Hey.
- What the f*ck are we gonna do now?
Butcher? It's me.
No, I'm afraid Hugh let our star witness burn himself to death.
- Thank you.
- MALLORY: Well, I don't know.
What do you mean, no worries?
I mean, I've got it sorted.
[PHONE BEEPS]
[BELL JINGLES]
You're gonna stitch me up again?
He's at the airport.
I promise.
You got a right bloody nerve, you do.
Ah, and I didn't mean for it to go so bad.
I'm sorry.
You won't have to see him again.
He ain't got much longer. Couple of months.
Tell me when it happens.
I'll piss on his coffin.
I didn't do it for him.
[CONNIE SIGHS]
He's a c**t.
I just thought, when you saw how helpless he is now... you'd let it go.
He wouldn't have this hold over you,
and you wouldn't become like...
Yeah, well...
[MUTTERS]
[CONNIE SNIFFLES]
Mm.
[SNIFFLES] Mm.
[CLEARS THROAT, FOOTSTEPS RETREATING]
[BELL JINGLING]
EAGLE: I told 'em I wasn't gonna cut my mama out of my life. That's it.
And then the Church and their "Internal Research Bureau" leaked all this [BLEEP] on me.
NEWSWOMAN: Eagle contends the Church released
a home video where his partner was dressed as a deer that Eagle hunted and mounted.
- What?
- Church spokeswoman
Carol Mannheim had this to say.
He has been spreading slanderous and defamatory rumors about our religion in a desperate attempt to stay relevant.
[SCOFFS] Yeah. f*ck him.
Thought he was your friend.
Hey, bartender, can we just change the channel?
The hearing's almost on.
Thanks.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Internal investigations,but we have also hired...
MAN: Would everybody please take your seats?
Starlight?
Um, nothing. She's off the grid.
- You f*cking find her.
- Okay.
[RICHARDSON CLEARS THROAT]
RICHARDSON: This bipartisan committee is called to order,
investigating Vought International
and its production and distribution of Compound V,
- which I hereby present...
- HUGHIE: Okay.
- ...to the committee as evidence.
- This is it.
Mr. Chairman, if I may?
The testimony we're about to hear today will prove that Vought is guilty of corporate malfeasance and multiple felonies.
And it'll come from someone
that has witnessed these crimes directly.
RICHARDSON: The chair calls former CSO of Vought,
- Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum.
- [DOOR OPENING]
Okay, okay, quiet, everybody.
Quiet.
Got you, c**t.
RICHARDSON: Dr. Vogelbaum.
Thank you for joining us today.
Raise your right hand.
Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give today
will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
- I do.
- Thank you.
You have five minutes to make your opening st...
[SCREAMING]
- Oh!
- Oh, God!
[HUGHIE GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
[CLAMORING]
Do something! What the f*ck?!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING OVER TV]
[SCREAMING]
Oh, sh*t.
[CLAMORING]
[CLAMORING CONTINUES]
[GASPING]
What the f*ck do we do now?
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♪ But our heroes ♪
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