02x12 - Summer School: Chapter Twelve

[bunniefuu]

[SPARSE TENSE MUSIC]

I thought this pen was
my ticket into the JSA,

but now I kind of just wish
it was in better hands.

Thunderbolt?

Where did you come from?

Hello.

I think Doctor Mid-Nite is alive.

Could be Eclipso, Beth.

He made us see things.

[CHOKING AND GASPING]

Things that weren't really there.

- [SCREAMS]
- That's not Grundy!

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I'm never putting on that costume again.

♪ ♪

The devil is real,
and he's in Blue Valley.

♪ ♪

Don't let me go, Courtney! Please!

- [SCREAMS]
- No!

[SNARLS]

♪ ♪

No!

Doctor Mid-Nite?

Turn away from the darkness,
or you will be consumed.

I found a way out of here.

♪ ♪

So... who wants to k*ll Eclipso?

[SPARSE TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BIRDS SINGING]

[RESONATING BASS THUMP]

♪ ♪

[RESONATING BASS THUMP]

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSICAL CRESCENDO]

♪ ♪

[RESONATING BASS THUMP]

♪ ♪

[RIGHT SAID FRED'S "I'M TOO SEXY"]

♪ I'm too sexy for my shirt ♪

♪ Too sexy for my shirt,
so sexy it hurts ♪

♪ I'm too sexy for Milan ♪

♪ Too sexy for Milan,
New York, and Japan ♪

[BAG CRINKLING]

♪ ♪

[BARKS EXCITEDLY]

[CHEWING]

♪ I'm too sexy for your body ♪

♪ Too sexy for your body ♪

♪ No way I'm disco dancing ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'm a model, you know what I mean ♪

♪ And I do my little turn
on the catwalk ♪

[ETHEREAL THRUMMING]

♪ Yeah, on the catwalk ♪

♪ On the catwalk, yeah ♪

♪ I do my little turn on the catwalk ♪

[BARKING]

[WHIMPERING]

♪ Too sexy for my car, too sexy by far ♪

♪ I'm too sexy for my hat,
too sexy for my hat ♪

♪ What ya think about that? ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'm a model, you know what I mean ♪

♪ And I do my little turn
on the catwalk ♪

I guess someone's feeling better.

[ETHEREAL THRUMMING]

♪ Yeah, I shake my
little tush on the catwalk ♪

♪ I'm too sexy for my love,
too sexy for my love ♪

♪ Love's going to leave me ♪

♪ I'm too sexy for this song ♪

[INSECTS DRONING]

- [SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Whoa.

Yeah, we had a big fight
in here last week.

I still have a lot to catch up on.

[GOGGLES CHIMING]

♪ ♪

There's no sign of The Shade.

Your ring located dark energy
at two places in Blue Valley:

the theater in town and the school.

Most of the time,

I don't know what the ring's doing.

Maybe we can check the classrooms again?

- [GOGGLES CHIME]
- Whoa. Oh!

♪ ♪

This is right where Cindy disappeared.

What is that stuff?

♪ ♪

It looks like some kind of residue.

That must be what your ring
was picking up.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[GROANS SOFTLY]

Are... are you okay?

I... I think so.

Looks like you fried it.
That's probably a good thing.

Right? [CHUCKLES WEAKLY]

♪ ♪

- Beth? Are you there?
- Courtney?

♪ ♪

[GASPS SOFTLY]

She's home. [CHUCKLES]

She's home!

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

- It fits.
- Yeah.

But I got something a lot more
comfortable than an old suit.

I'm comfortable in a suit.

♪ ♪

Here we go.

♪ ♪

Dr. McNider, I'm sorry that
you were trapped in that place.

- And I know that I...
- It goes without saying, Pat.

Now...

let's focus on stopping Eclipso

before he executes whatever
plan he's been concocting.

I mean, what plan would
that be beyond revenge?

Eclipso wants power, first and foremost.

Whatever he's doing, no matter
how personal it may appear,

is always in service to that one goal.

And he isn't in a host this time.

Good.

Because as powerful as Eclipso
might be, he's also vulnerable.

How so?

He doesn't have a host
acting as a shield anymore.

Nor the diamond.

He's a being of darkness.

What do you suppose injures darkness?

♪ ♪

Light.

Especially when it's wielded by those

who carry the light within themselves,

that channel hope,
like your stepdaughter.

♪ ♪

You said the staff hurt Eclipso.

Yeah, and Eclipso also hurt the staff.

But I think that it's making
a full recovery.

And Green Lantern's daughter?

Well, Jennie's still learning
how to use the ring.

I really don't know if
these kids are ready for this.

Are you sure?

Because what I know
of Beth Chapel, she is.

♪ ♪

[BIRDS SINGING]

[SIGHS]

Mm. I really thought I lost you.

[SNIFFLES]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Good talk, Mom.

You try anything, Cindy...

Mm, don't worry.

The quicker we get rid of Eclipso,

the quicker I ghost
this armpit of a town.

You mean the Eclipso
you unleashed on Blue Valley?

Mm, technically, it was
your staff that did that.

While you were trying to k*ll us.

All right, all right. I admit it.

Taking the black diamond
was a big oops on my part.

It was more than an oops.

It was really, really, really...

bad.

Kay? No more trouble, Cindy.

- Okay, Ms. Whitmore.
- Courtney?

[GASPS] Court!

Beth! Hi!

What, no hug for me?

[QUIRKY TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What is she doing here?

She wants to help us fight Eclipso.

- But she...
- Let him out in the first place?

- And...
- I don't trust her, either.

♪ ♪

She's evil, Court.

Okay, look, Doctor Mid-Nite Junior,

or whatever you're gonna
call yourself now,

I'm offering up a truce

until Eclipso is nothing more
than a stain on the ground.

Let's face facts:
right now, evil is relative.

Jennie, are you okay?

Uh, yeah. Just tired.

After everything we've been
through, how could you not be?

[SWELLING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

Hi, Beth. So nice to finally meet you.

♪ ♪

Same. [LAUGHS]

[BIRDS SINGING]

Now that you're back, Doctor Mid-Nite,

if you'd like me
to return the goggles...

With Eclipso running about,
it's safer you keep them on.

Besides, I have my own.

[GASPS SOFTLY]

And they're connected
to my incognito glasses.

[GLASSES CHIME AND ELECTRONICS HUM]

Wow. [CHUCKLES] That's so smart.

Show me what you found at school.

Some kind of black residue.
It looked like it was alive.

Organic, even.

- Afterbirth.
- Mm.

From the pit to
the Shadowlands Eclipso opened.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

The goggles are already crunching

what little data I did get.

It says a full analysis to
triangulate Eclipso's location

will take about eight hours.

Hmm.

Or we could cut that time in half...

if we team up.

[ELECTRONICS HUMMING]

♪ ♪

Accept.

Ee! [CHUCKLES]

I have so many questions
to ask you, Doctor Mid-Nite.

You can call me Chuck.

Okay! [CHUCKLES]

Chuck!

♪ ♪

I hate to admit it, but Cindy's right.

In Eclipso's case, evil is relative.

[SIGHS]

We need her.

♪ ♪

We need everyone
if Beth and Doctor Mid-Nite

are close to finding Eclipso.

♪ ♪

This is... this is
so delicious, Ms. Whitmore.

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES INSINCERELY]

♪ ♪

I'm gonna try and
convince Yolanda to help us.

Yeah. I'm gonna see what I can do

about getting Rick released from jail,

see if he can fix the hourglass.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What about Mike? Where is he?

He's chasing the lightning.

♪ ♪

[RADIO SWITCHING STATIONS]

DJ Breezy B on the dial

bringing you another wild update

on the Blue Valley summer of insanity.

On top of cotton candy-pink lightning,

flying bikes, and candy canes
the size of cars,

massive food items are being
reported all over town

from colossal cake pops to
freeway-blocking French fries.

But my personal favorite
is a report of a beer brat

larger than a school bus
floating out in a lake

looking like a speckled sea monster.

[PEACEFUL UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Thunderbolt, where are you?

[QUIRKY DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Come on.

♪ ♪

[LOUD CRASH]

♪ ♪

[DOG BARKS]

[LIGHT TENSE MUSIC]

- Wow!
- This is so cool, Mom!

[QUIRKY DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Dang.

- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
- I don't know how it got here.

♪ ♪

It looks so good!
A little taste! Come on, Mom!

- No, no!
- What is it made of?

[TENSE NOTES]

[QUIRKY DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

♪ ♪

Jakeem.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

[TENSE MUSICAL CRESCENDO]

♪ ♪

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Hey. You should be in bed.

They need my help.

You can't help unless you get some rest.

Pat said the ring
takes a lot out of you.

Save up your energy.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Okay.

♪ ♪

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CHURCH BELLS RINGING]

[TENSE MUSIC FADES]

Hi.

My mom's picking me up any second.

Yolanda, please talk to me.

It's important.

You're not the only JSA member
who's k*lled someone.

[SOFT SOLEMN MUSIC]

The Justice Society stopped
Eclipso last time by...

k*lling Bruce Gordon.

♪ ♪

How do you know that?

Pat was there.

We can all talk about it together,

but I had to tell you.

The first Wildcat, Ted Grant,
he made the same mistake.

And?

He had to live with that
guilt with the rest of them.

- Pat can explain why he...
- Why are you telling me this?

To let you know that you're not alone.

You're my best friend

and the JSA isn't the same without you.

I'm not.

♪ ♪

In less than four hours,

Beth will lock on to Eclipso's
hiding place, and we need you.

Like, bad.

You thought telling me this

would magically make me feel better?

All it does is make everything worse.

Ted Grant was a k*ller, too.

- No, that's not what I meant...
- No.

Courtney, I will never put
that costume on again, okay?

Ever.

Because it's a costume of a m*rder*r.

Twice now.

♪ ♪

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Hi. Sorry.

Not sure if you remember me.
Met you out at your farm.

Pat Dugan. I own the garage in town.

And I'm also one of Rick's friends.

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

You know, your nephew, he's a good kid,

and I think that deep down,
you know that, too.

Rick made a big mistake.

But he knows that.

And he's truly sorry. He is.

So I'm asking you...

to please drop the charges.

Something like this... [INHALES DEEPLY]

well, I mean, it could ruin his life

before he even gets started, you know?

This might not make
a lot of sense, but...

everyone in this town could suffer...

if Rick doesn't get your forgiveness.

- [DOWNBEAT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Rick's parents asked you
to look out for him.

♪ ♪

But you did the opposite. Didn't you?

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
You actually got a talent.

You know that?

You really do.

It's for finding people
that are weaker than you are...

and taking advantage of them.

Whether it's a kid, some waitress...

♪ ♪

Or your own nephew.

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You're a bad guy.

♪ ♪

And whenever I've run
into somebody like you,

when I was growing up,
back in the Army...

♪ ♪

Or today...

makes me remember
something about myself.

♪ ♪

- I got some bad in me, too.
- [MUFFLED SHOUTING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[RADIO SWITCHING STATIONS]

Delicious update.

A gigantic cheeseburger has appeared

in the Blue Hill Estates.

I don't know about you guys,

but all this super-sized food
is making me hungry!

[QUIRKY DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hey. Hey, hey, hey, Jakeem!

♪ ♪

- Jakeem!
- Mike?

Where's The Thunderbolt?

- How did you know about that?
- What?

[BOTH GASP]

- Okay, what are you doing?
- I was hungry, right?

So I wished for this big cheeseburger.

- Yeah, I saw.
- It was big. Scary big.

I freaked out, dropped my papers.

I wanted to get out of there quick,

so I wished my bike could fly,
and then it took off.

It's passed by a couple of times.

Okay. Where is The Thunderbolt?

I was still hungry.

I wished for Chinese food
and he flew away.

You idiot!

You probably sent him to China!
How long has he been gone?

- Three or four hours.
- Okay.

Well, we need him to get back here now.

- Why?
- Listen.

♪ ♪

You ever heard of
the Justice Society of America?

Is that like the Boy Scouts?

Because I'm really bad at tying knots.

[BIRDS SINGING]

[FAINTLY] Barbara.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- Barbara.
- [GASPS SOFTLY]

♪ ♪

- [DOOR LATCH CLICKS]
- [GASPS]

Oh, hey.

Yolanda's not coming back.
It was all too much.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Mom,

I don't want there
to be anything between us.

Look, why Pat and I

didn't tell you the truth,
we felt like...

No, Mom. We're past that. No.

When I was in The Shadowlands,
I saw you.

♪ ♪

You did?

♪ ♪

And, um...

♪ ♪

You said some things that, uh...

I can't really un... unhear.

♪ ♪

Whatever that was, it wasn't me.

- You know, it was...
- Eclipso. I know.

But...

was it hard, raising me by yourself?

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I can handle the truth. I promise.

I mean, sure, yeah,
it was hard at times,

being a single mom.

♪ ♪

But there's nothing
I wouldn't have done for you.

But you could have had a career.

I have one.

You could have done more.

Yeah, there's a lot of things
I could have done.

None of them compare to what
you have brought into my life.

♪ ♪

And that's why it scares me so
badly seeing you in harm's way.

[SIGHS]

But I know something has
to be done about Eclipso.

And I know you're the only one to do it.

♪ ♪

I can't do it alone, Mom.

♪ ♪

I miss my best friend.

I know you do.

♪ ♪

- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- _

♪ ♪

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I thought you were dead.

Blame Courtney.

Don't come near me.

[CHUCKLES]

Don't flatter yourself.

♪ ♪

Then why are you here?

To tell you not to come back.

We don't need any weak links.

We?

Long story short, I want Eclipso so bad

I'm even willing to work
with Courtney Whitmore.

We're allies now.

[TENSE MUSIC]

- You liar.
- No, it's true.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You know, ever since the first
grade, I always admired you.

Envied you, really.

I never dreamed the straight-A
poster girl for progress

would fall this far.

If you and Courtney
are working together,

I can't believe how far she's fallen.

♪ ♪

You kept Henry's photo?

Even after he sent yours to everyone?

Hey, shut up.

You remember that one day,

you gave your acceptance speech
for class president,

and all your photos got texted
to everyone's phones?

♪ ♪

- I said shut up.
- Yeah, that wasn't Henry.

- That was me.
- [SNARLS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

Hmm.

That's the fighter I used to see.

Get out!

Oh, I'm finished.

Yolanda? What's going on up there?

Nothing, Mom.

♪ ♪

Hey...

♪ ♪

[WIND HOWLING]

[QUIRKY DRAMATIC MUSIC]

So you see why I need the pen back.

Besides, I did have it before you.

And someone else had
The Thunderbolt before you.

The fact is he's had like
a billion different people...

Look, I didn't mean to give it up.

Then why did you?

I just said I kind of wished
he was in better hands.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Wait. What?

You thought I was better hands?

I don't know.

The Thunderbolt must have
read my mind or something,

but he messed up and picked you.

[GROANS SOFTLY]

How exactly am I better hands?

I don't know.

♪ ♪

I mean, you're more organized than me,

and you do finish your route early,

which some people tend to like.

But don't get too confident, all right?

The bar is very low.

♪ ♪

The Thunderbolt's not just
about the wishes.

I haven't had fun hanging out
with somebody in forever.

♪ ♪

Okay, but listen.

If you want to keep the pen, fine.

I get it.

But then you've got the responsibility

that comes with it.

♪ ♪

You gotta help us save the world.

Jakeem.

It's your turn to do the dishes.

I'm busy right now!

I have to save the world.

Dad! Jakeem won't do the dishes!

Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I'll be right down.

Losers.

Before we go save the world,
can you help me do the dishes?

[QUIRKY DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

[SIGHS] Stay out of trouble, okay?

Thought you might need a ride.

They said my uncle dropped the charges?

Why?

No idea. Jump in.

[CHUCKLES]

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

[BIRDS SINGING]

- We got this.
- [ETHEREAL THRUMMING]

Hey, you okay?

Courtney, you have a visitor.

- Thanks, Ms. Whitmore.
- Yeah. You're welcome.

- Yolanda.
- Are you out of your mind?

Maybe?

You asked Cindy Burman
to help you stop Eclipso?

Okay, that's not exactly accurate.

But we all need to work together.

She'll s*ab you in the back
the first chance she gets.

You know that, right?

She might still be working with Eclipso.

That's definitely not happening.

After what he did to her.

Hey, remember when we first met?

"The enemy of my enemy
is my friend"? [CHUCKLES]

[SOFT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

The only reason I'm back

is to protect everyone from that psycho.

Once she's gone, so am I.

- Yeah. Okay.
- Okay.

Got it.

♪ ♪

Where's my suit?

[SIGHS]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT OVERLAPPING WHISPERING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I see you.

Can you see me?

♪ ♪

[PANTING AND GROANING]

[BRUCE GIGGLING]

♪ ♪

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[WIND CHIMES JANGLING]

[WIND HOWLING]

[DOOR LATCH CLICKS]

What do you want, new girl?

You knew exactly what you were doing

going to see Yolanda.

Yeah. Played her like a fiddle.

- Why?
- Does it matter?

- She's back, isn't she?
- [SCOFFS]

She's gonna last longer than you.

She's already embraced her dark side.

Yolanda unleashes it when she fights.

She gives into it,
and you better do the same.

Get dirty.

Just like the old JSA did.

- How did you know that?
- I do my research.

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

When it comes to Eclipso,

you have to fight fire with fire.

♪ ♪

You have to be bad to defeat evil.

♪ ♪

[GROANING AND PANTING]

[OVERLAPPING INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GROANING AND PANTING]

♪ ♪

[SOFT ENERGETIC DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[METALLIC GRINDING]

♪ ♪

[METALLIC GRINDING]

♪ ♪

[ETHEREAL THRUMMING]

♪ ♪

You finally decided to pick up, hmm?

Yes, it's me.

You all need to come back
to Blue Valley.

♪ ♪

The goggles are still freezing up.

We need a bigger computer
system to help find Eclipso.

The ISA mainframe is in here?

There's a lot to fill
you in on, but yeah.

My dad's always the last one at work.

He can help us get in.

Hi.

I've been waiting for you.

[SOFT OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I hope you're not still mad at me...

for what I did to your little girl.

♪ ♪

You can drop the act.
We see you for what you are.

And I see you for what you are.

I just sent a trouble alert.
Everyone's coming.

That's what I was hoping for.
Because I need you all here.

It only works if you're all here.

♪ ♪

What works?

Finding the darkness within.

♪ ♪

The darkness within what?

♪ ♪

Courtney Whitmore.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GROANS]

♪ ♪

Soon, I will feed...

on your entire world.

♪ ♪

And I will become your god.

♪ ♪

[GASPS] No!