03x05 - Lazarus

[bunniefuu]

[breathing heavily]

[helicopter hovering]

[Crane] Buck up, snowflake.

We've eluded our overdudes.

Now it's time to boogie.

Did you even see what
happened back there?

Well, the part where we skirted
catastrophe and emerged victorious?

I did. Bully for us.

[laughs] Et voila.

We barely made it out of there.

Ah, details.

We won. Nightwing lost.

You don't know him.

He won't stop. Not after Hawk.

Hawk? Who's Hawk?

Oh, right. The big fella.

With the b*mb.

It's hard to keep you guys straight.

So many of you are birds.

d*ck knows everything now.

Okay? We're f*cked.

Hey!

You need to make me believe
you have a f*cking plan.

You need to stop being
afraid of d*ck Grayson.

I'm not afraid of him!

Of course you are. Hold onto that fear.

Use it

- [g*n cocks]
- I should f*cking k*ll you right now.

A lot of people should k*ll me.

I need to know the f*cking plan!

The plan is simple.

We immerse the good citizens of
Gotham in a world of fear and terror,

where there is no one to protect them.

And when they feel that all hope
has been exhausted, we swoop in

and be the answer to their fear.

Eh, you feed a starving dog,

it's always by your side.

Why don't we get you a
little hit of your happy juice

and then we'll be on our way?

Here you go.

That's it.

- [inhaler hisses]
- [inhales deeply]

All better now?

No.

[pats arm] That-a-boy.

[theme music playing]

[panting heavily]

[man] Jason!

[sinister laughter]

Jason.

[indistinct voices whispering]

[breathing heavily]

[woman] Jason.

[breath trembling]

[man] Jason.

[sinister laughter continues]

[woman] Jason! Stop!

[door hinges creaking]

[g*n cocks]

- [g*n fires]
- [Jason coughing]

[breathing shakily]

Donna...

[echoing] Don't go.

You still have time, Jason.

[distorted voice] Jason...

[man] Jason.

[Bruce] Jason!

You're okay.

You're safe.

Jason, you're home.

[breath trembling]

[breathing heavily]

I'm fine.

- I'm fine.
- You were screaming.

[grunts]

[Jason] Got to meet someone in the city.

It's been a few weeks of these dreams.

You sure you're okay?

You shouldn't ask
people if they're okay.

You're not really good at it.

[Bruce sighs]

Bruce, I didn't mean... [sighs]

People have bad dreams.

It's not a thing.

[Bruce inhales deeply]

I'd like you to see
an old friend of mine.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins.

What kind of doctor?

[Bruce] A psychologist.

[scoffs]

You're sending me to a shrink?

Because I have f*cking dreams?

She's more than simply a psychologist.

She knows everything about me.

She understands the work we do.

I've done my time with shrinks.

Not gonna happen.

No more Robin until you see her.

What?

I've set an appointment for tomorrow.

Bruce, please don't do this.

I'm fine.

If Leslie agrees with you,
you can go back to being Robin.

But until I hear the word
from her, you're shut down.

["Deliverance" by The Mission
playing over the speakers]

[sighs]

- [Molly] Hey.
- Sorry I'm late. Molly.

It's cool. I ordered for you.

God, you look tired.

You sleeping?

You still trying to save me?

Always.

[chuckles softly]

What are you working on?

Diego from the shelter went missing.

Rumor is, the Joker's got a dude
on the street taking in strays.

Diego's poor and brown, so, you
know the cops don't give a sh*t.

Batman will take care of him.

Batman protects rich people.

Careful, J.

Living in that fake
house got you slipping.

Should've stayed in San Francisco.

f*ck San Francisco.

That whole thing was a mistake.

Gotham's where I need to be.

You've been different
since you've been back.

- Different how?
- I don't know.

Like something happened over there.

Nothing happened.

I was bored, so I left.

Okay.

Look, if you don't
want to talk about it...

Where's this guy who's
picking up the street kids?

I heard he's hanging near
a shelter on Dunsmuir.

Show me.

[scoffs] Right.

- 'Cause you're a cop now.
- I'm serious.

Let's just go see if he's there.

And then what?

Take some photos.

Show them to the cops.

It's worth trying.

I know that look.

What look?

The one that used to get me in trouble.

[Jason] You still with what's her name?

Sheila?

[Molly] Nah. Sheila was the wrong one.

I might even date boys again.

Over there.

Gotta be him.

Got it?

[Jason] Hold on.

Name's Pete Hawkins.

Piece of sh*t's been
in and out of Blackgate.

Gooned up with the Joker last year.

How do you know that?

Told you.

I'm still me.

Right. That's one of those
things that sounds real cool,

but doesn't actually mean anything.

Let's go introduce ourselves.

- J...
- Just a conversation.

That's all.

Come on.

[sighs]

[girl grunts] What's in
this? It's really strong.

[Hawkins] You look
like you can handle it.

- [girl laughs]
- [Hawkins] I love your smile.

What if I told you

I could introduce you to someone
that would make you smile,

all the time?

[Jason] It never works out like that.

Give us a second.

Keep the drink.

We have a problem?

A little young for you, isn't she, hoss?

She's old enough to
make her own choices.

Do I know you?

I'm "f*ck." She's "Off."

We hate clowns.

Clowns?

Maybe you ran across a kid?

- Diego.
- Martinez.

You know him?

You must have me confused
with someone else.

You haven't done enough time

to look at me like that.

You have no idea who I am.

J, let's get out of here.

[g*n cocks]

Where's your swag, cowboy?

[groaning]

[screams]

[grunts]

Jason!

You shut your mouth, bitch!

- [Hawkins grunts]
- [groans]

[Jason coughing]

[both grunting]

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it, please.

[Jason coughing]

Just for you, cutie.

[continues coughing]

I'll see you around.

[car door opens and closes]

- Jason!
- [engine starts]

Jason.

[car driving away]

Get off of me!

Look, you're hurt.

We need to get you to a hospital...

I'm fine. I'm fine.

Just tell me what I can do to help...

Get the f*ck away from me, okay?

Go! Get the f*ck away from me!

I said go!

[Jason] Smells like f*cking
French fries in here.

Wednesday is my cheat day.

Have a seat.

You want the emotional sh*t
and then I can leave, right?

Big fan of the emotional sh*t.

My mother was a smack
addict and it k*lled her.

My dad was m*rder*d by Two-Face.

Add three years of foster care bullshit

and I'm probably f*cked up, okay?

Look, I'm having bad
dreams, I'm off my game.

Just give me the pill.

- The pill?
- That's what you f*cking do, right?

You get people to open up about
their sh*t and you give them pills.

Happened to me when I
was bouncing around State.

Ritalin.

Adderall. Dexedrine.

And something else I can't remember.

- Did the pills help?
- I never took 'em.

First foster family took the
scripts before they got to me.

Well, medication's an option but...

That's Jonathan Crane.

Yes.

You knew the Scarecrow?

He wasn't the "Scarecrow"
when I knew him.

He was actually a
brilliant graduate student.

Obsessed with fear.

Driven by ego.

He had real insight.

He was my friend.

Until he tried to k*ll me.

What happened?

He poisoned me with his gas.

He blamed me for betraying him when
I find out about his experiments.

His fear gas?

Yes.

What was it like?

We're here to talk about you.

My session. My money.

Answer the question.

It was as close to hell as
you can get when you're alive.

If Bruce hadn't saved me...

I still have nightmares about it.

If you're that f*cked up,
how are you a therapist?

I'm honest.

That's how this process starts.

I told you my truth.

What's yours?

What's that supposed to mean?

Crane's specialty was
terrorizing his victims

with their worst fear.

What's yours?

Being stuck in this room with
you for the rest of my life,

talking about my sh*t.

First days are hard.

We'll see how tomorrow goes.

That's it?

We're done?

[Leslie] Come back and we'll try again.

I might even tell you
a story about Superman.

[soft whirring]

[door unlocks]

[Bruce] Thoughts about Leslie?

You shouldn't creep up on people.

It's a skill that comes in handy.

How did it go?

Okay.

You're looking at my
Scarecrow keepsakes.

Leslie told you about her encounter?

She tell you that?

No.

What goes on in your sessions
is between you and her.

People underestimate the power of fear.

Leslie did too, until
she ran into Scarecrow.

She was lucky to survive.

It made her a better therapist.

She's kind of hot.

Did you two ever...

I've got a conference call
with Metropolis tonight.

Luther is up to something.

Can you handle dinner?

Yeah. I'll order in.

You wanna tell me something?

Uh... Spilled off the bike.

Anyway,

the suit's locked up.

I'm benched.

It's the way you want it, right?

[Bruce] For now.

Seeing Leslie was a huge
step to getting back on track.

I know it wasn't easy.

I'm proud of you, son.

Son?

Yeah.

The Ducati's gassed up.

If this new girl likes cats... run.

[chuckles softly]

- [Leslie] Mother.
- [Jason] Fucker.

Sorry, my bad.

Don't apologize.

[pen scratching on paper]

Mother.

Gone.

[Leslie] Father.

Bruce.

[Leslie] San Francisco.

Rose.

[Leslie] Friend.

Molly.

Robin.

Freedom.

The other day when
you were in the alley,

when that man had the
g*n pointed at you,

were you afraid?

Why?

Robin's not supposed to be afraid.

Bruce puts a lot of pressure on you.

It's not his fault I keep f*cking it up.

If he thinks I'm scared, he'll...

He'll what?

I can't be like this.

This?

I'm tired of being afraid.

Freaking out all the time.

The nightmares, the
hand shaking, all of it.

Once he loses faith in
somebody, he takes it all away.

[Leslie] Okay.

Say he stops you from being Robin.

You just get to be you, Jason Todd.

Jason Todd lived on the streets
and he ate out of dumpsters.

My life isn't sh*t without Robin.

- Does Molly know that you're Robin?
- f*ck no.

Molly likes Jason.

'Cause Jason's a real person.

Robin, on the other
hand, is a construct,

made by a crime-fighting vigilante

who has a borderline
personality disorder.

Robin is the living embodiment
of that man's projection.

And that's...

what you're afraid of not being?

A ghost.

No.

[Leslie] So what are you afraid of?

Not being Robin or
having to be yourself?

And I know you won't
believe this, but...

you'll survive just
fine without a costume.

[scoffs] Is that what
you're going to tell Bruce?

I'll tell him whatever you want me to.

But he said you had to
sign off on me going back.

[Leslie] Bruce is not my patient.

What do you want?

To feel better.

[Leslie] Then let's keep talking.

If after all this,

you want to be Robin
again, that's great.

If not, great also. Work for you?

Yeah.

Next week, same time?

Yeah, sure.

Thanks.

Thank yourself.

You're the one that's doing the work.

Jason, wait.

Just because you're afraid,
doesn't mean you're broken.

I want you to hear someone
say that and mean it.

I'll see you soon.

[engine roaring]

[engine accelerating]

_

Put the phone away, please.

This is where your parents d*ed.

I was standing right where you are.

Everything that made sense
left my life in one moment.

- Bruce, we don't have to talk about...
- Let me finish.

Everything I've done
is to help you, son.

I know.

What I brought you into...

Robin...

is tearing you apart.

It wasn't fair of me to push you.

You didn't push me.

I needed this.

This city does things to us.

It can take the worst parts of ourselves

and put them in control.

Sometimes I think it's alive.

Like it has a will.

And it wants us to destroy ourselves.

I've lost too many people to Gotham.

I won't lose you.

You won't.

You can't make that promise,

but I can keep it.

I don't want you to be Robin.

You... You talked to Leslie.

I didn't speak to her.
This is my decision alone.

Bullshit.

Hey, what did she tell you,
that I'm a f*cking mental case?

She didn't tell me anything.
This has nothing to do

with your psychological
condition. Just hear...

I did exactly what you asked me to do.

I went to Leslie.

I talked to her. She's helping me out.

Please don't take this away from me.

You don't need to wear
a costume to be my son.

You think I'm weak.

You always thought I was weak.

You never did this to d*ck.

It's a different matter.

I've learned from my mistakes.

Oh, so I'm a f*cking mistake now?

You gave d*ck everything!

And no matter what he does,

you keep on giving him more and more.

Why don't you do that with me?

What's so bad about me?

Please, just hear what I'm saying.

This is not your fault.

Please don't give up on me, Bruce.

I never will.

But I've made my choice.

I've got to go to London tonight.

Business. You come with me.

We could both use time away from Gotham.

You're wrong about me.

I'll prove it.

- Jason.
- You're wrong.

[siren wailing in distance]

[cell phone vibrating]

Leslie Thompkins.

Word association.

You know the game, right?

Liar.

Jason, where are you?

Liar!

Jason?

[Crane grunting]

Oh, you are very sly.

But so am I.

[laughs]

Ah. [sighs]

You must be hungry.

Let me get you your lunch.

You want salad?

Cyrus,

would you be so kind as to
get me a lighter, please?

Jonathan Crane.

Whose little boy are you?

I'm working with the Gotham PD.

[Crane scoffs]

Credentials, please.

No?

Lying makes you feel icky, doesn't it?

[sighs] Well, whomever you are...

[sighs] You got fire? [sniffs]

[Jason] What?

For the strain.

- No.
- Oh.

Well...

then run along.

Cut the pothead act, okay?

I know you're the Scarecrow.

Everyone knows that.

You created the fear gas.

That was my former life.

I'm a good citizen now.

In fact, I'm on the Gotham PD payroll

as a consultant, which you would know

if you were actually in the Gotham PD.

Now move along, fan boy.

Listen to me, you sick f*ck.

You made a fear gas, right?

That means you can make
something to get rid of fear.

Well, I admire your logic recto verso.

Even if I could, what
on Earth makes you think

I would share it with a C-list impostor?

Because I'm special.

[Crane] A collector's item.

From a very specific collector.

Ah. But the question is...

how did you get your hands on it?

You help me, I'll tell you.

I thought the Batman
destroyed all of those.

- He keeps trophies.
- Huh.

Ah. Which would only be accessible

to people closest to him.

I always imagined you to have wings.

You disappointed?

No. To the contrary.

So...

what is, uh...

our young Robin looking for?

I want to reverse-engineer your fear gas.

To create an antidote to fear.

Assuming it's possible,

what's in it for me?

Information...

on the man who put you in here.

A betrayal.

More like, uh...

"Do unto others."

You are a very mysterious and curious...

little bird.

[Crane chuckles softly]

I would want to know
everything about Batman.

Everything about everything.

All details, salient to ephemeral.

A granular look at his operations.

Things that only you would know.

And one more thing.

I want out of this place.

And I don't just want out.

[chuckles softly]

I want Robin

to fly me out of here on his wings

the same way Batman
brought me in on his.

There's a perverse poetry,

and it makes my heart sing.

You down?

I just want the formula.

Get a pencil.

[Frank sighs]

Uh, shower runs cold.

It ain't gonna get
fixed soon, so don't ask.

[Jason] I'll take it.

That should be a month.

- [Frank gasps]
- You hear noises,

you mind your business.

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Just don't burn it
down, all right, playboy?

["Bad Life" playing]

♪ Call me up after midnight ♪

♪ Tell me I'm wrong
Tell me I'm right ♪

♪ What do you want?
What do I get? ♪

♪ Did you just need
The argument... ♪

[inhaling deeply]

♪ Bad life ♪

[inhaling deeply]

[coughs]

♪ Now looking out
For number one ♪

♪ The open road... ♪

[inhaling deeply]

[gags]

[retches, coughs]

♪ Well, that's life
Well, that's life ♪

♪ Well, that's life ♪

♪ This is what you want
This is what you get ♪

♪ This is what you want
This is what you get ♪

♪ This is what you want... ♪

[Crane] Let me see the eyes.

Well done, my boy.

Take that chemistry
set, get yourself an RV,

and you can have your
very own television show.

Your formula was off.

Not that far off.

Far enough for you to
have skin in the game.

How does it feel...

to be fearless?

I don't feel anything.

Well, then we've done our job.

But there's only one way to truly know.

We need to test our concoction

on Batman's most fearsome enemy.

Bring it.

[madman laughing maniacally]

_

Holy sh*t.

Holy sh*t, I f*cking got you.

[cop ] Oh, my God, it's the Joker.

[cop ] We got three officers down.

[cop ] Hang on, Elvis!

[cell phone ringing]

- Hello.
- I got The Joker dead to rights, man.

He's right f*cking there, Bruce.

Stand down, Jason.

- Bruce, I...
- Stand down.

Bruce, listen to me.
I'm not afraid of him.

I'm not afraid of anything anymore.

[Bruce] It's not about whether
you're afraid or not.

[Jason] When are we gonna get another
chance to nail him like this?

[Bruce] No.

[Jason] Okay, I got it.

[sighs] Loud and clear, boss.

[inhales deeply]

[low growl]

f*ck The Joker.

[bell dinging]

[laughing maniacally]

[The Joker laughing maniacally]

[laughter continues]

[alarm ringing]

[guard] Get the f*ck down!

When the whistle blows,
get them back in the cells.

What's going on, Jojo?

[guard] Joker k*lled Robin.
Now shut the f*ck up, psycho!

[zip rattling]

[splashing]

[gasps, pants]

[Jason panting]

[man] You're okay. You're safe.

Bruce?

[man] No, no.

There's no Batman here.

The Joker, he...

Where am I?

[exhales] Just breathe.

Just breathe. Stay calm.

You're safe, okay?

You're in the only place in Arkham

that a fella can get a
modicum of privacy. [laughs]

What happened to me?

Well, long and short... [sighs]

You were dead.

I brought you back.

["In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by
Iron Butterfly playing]

[Crane laughing]

♪ In a gadda da vida... ♪

You're welcome.

You know, you really should
be thanking Ra's Al Ghul.

Well, he left a tiny puddle
of mysticism that even

your friend Bruce
Wayne didn't know about.

I was dead.

Yeah, yeah. Jason, you were dead,

and now it's time to
get over that because we

have so much work to do.

[sighs] Now you wanted
deliverance from fear...

but we conquered man's greatest fear.

You b*at death.

Time for your medication.

I cooked you up an extra special dose.

What, you think I brought you back

just so I could k*ll you?

Come on. It'll make you better.

It'll make you better than better.

Trust your doctor.

- There you go.
- [inhaling deeply]

Ah.

Just let all your problems...

drift away.

Drift away.

[voice distorts]

♪ Oh, won't you come with me ♪

♪ And take my hand? ♪

♪ Oh, won't you come with me ♪

♪ And walk this land? ♪

♪ Please take my hand... ♪

[distorted laughter]

Oh, Gotham,

you ain't seen nothin' yet.

[humming gleefully]

You're gonna give this
city what it really needs...

with no hesitation,

no guilt...

[clicks]

No fear.

New mask, new name, new you.

We'll punish all of them

for what this city has done to us.

And then you'll be their symbol.

Gotham doesn't understand justice.

It only understands terror.

You'll be their mirror now.

Stand tall, Red Hood.

Show them what they are.

[Red Hood] Hawkins.

Where's Diego?

- [Red Hood laughs maliciously]
- [g*nsh*t]

[Hawkins panting]

- [Red Hood] Hawkins.
- [g*nsh*t]

[Hawkins panting] Please!

Please, man!

[Red Hood] I know someone
who can make you smile.

Pick it up.

Go on. Show me something, cowboy.

[Hawkins grunts]

[Red Hood] Good.

Now, all you have to do is
sh**t me and you'll go free.

So sh**t me.

- [g*nshots]
- [Hawkins grunting]

- [Red Hood] You missed.
- [Hawkins gasps]

- [Red Hood] Try again.
- [g*nshots]

- [Red Hood laughing maniacally]
- [Hawkins gasps]

- [Red Hood] Try harder.
- [g*nshots]

- [Red Hood grunts]
- [Hawkins gasps]

- [Red Hood grunting]
- [Hawkins groaning]

Please. Please!

- [Red Hood grunts]
- [Hawkins groans]

Don't k*ll me.

You don't have to k*ll me.

Just tell me what you want!

[Red Hood] I want you to tell
all your friends about me.

[Hawkins] Okay. Okay!

Who are you?

- [g*nsh*t]
- [body thuds]

[Red Hood] I'll just tell them myself.

["Fascination Street"
by The Cure playing]

[door unlocks]

[door hinges creaking]

[music continues]

Hello?

Diego?

[Red Hood] Don't be scared.

She's one of the good ones.

[speaking in foreign language]

[Red Hood] I would
never hurt you, Molly.

Jason?

[Red Hood] Not really. Not anymore.

Look, I know this is f*cking weird,

so I won't be here long.
I just wanted to tell you

that everything's gonna be all right.

This city owes us a lot,

and I'm gonna collect the bill.

Jason...

I don't know what you're doing...

but you need help.

[Red Hood] You still trying to save me?

Always.

[Red Hood] It's gonna get worse
before it gets better, okay?

Jason, wait.

[Red Hood] You should get a better lock.

Jason!

["New Kind Of Kick"
by The Cramps playing]

♪ Life is short ♪

♪ Filled with stuff ♪

♪ Don't know what for ♪

♪ I ain't had enough ♪

♪ I learned all I know ♪

♪ By the age of nine ♪

♪ But I could better myself ♪

♪ If I could only find ♪

♪ Some new kind of kick ♪

♪ Something I ain't had ♪

♪ Some new kind of buzz ♪

♪ I wanna go hog mad ♪

♪ I'm lookin' and lookin'
And lookin' for ♪

♪ Something I ain't had before ♪

♪ I'm lookin' and lookin'
And lookin' and lookin' ♪

♪ To find ♪

♪ Energy ♪

♪ Bar code ♪

♪ Drano hotshot ♪

♪ Wack att*ck ♪

♪ Helium ♪

♪ Nitrous oxide ♪

♪ Formaldehyde ♪

♪ Some new kind of kick ♪