02x16 - Rebirth

[bunniefuu]

Oh, God.

[CAR LOCK BEEPS]

Ohh!

Huh!

Ohh!

Hey!

Ugh!

Oof!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[MAN GROANING]

Batwoman to Batcave.

We need medics to the rooftop lot above Harper's Plaza.

Batwoman to Batcave.

Do you copy?

I need medics now.

Batwoman to Batcave!

You never told me the operator was a Batwoman fangirl.

Dude's gonna live.

I should have told you not to work tonight.

You know, I might just need a little time.

Of course.

Mary and I can cover Bat duties, try to I.D. the stabby chick making lawyer kabobs.

I mean...

I need time alone.

Copy.

You know I'm here if you need me, right?

- DANA DEWITT: Special Agent Russell Tavaroff has just been released on bond.

He'll be a free man as he awaits trial, accused of falsifying evidence to justify the sh**ting of an unarmed Gotham citizen.

The uproar over Crows misconduct has been ignored by Gotham officials until one hero spoke up, former Crows Commander Jacob Kane.

JACOB: Two Crows agents sh*t...

Jacob Kane.

Heh.

I expose Kane as the godfather of a fraudulent security racket, and now these cloying half-wits in the fake news are crowning him a hero.

SAFIYAH: Haven't you done enough, Roman?

You imprisoned the man's daughter, then brainwashed her into your own.

He m*rder*d my Circe.

So toying with Kane's daughter is your way of... feeling better about him k*lling yours?

I apologize, your royal highness, but when you gave me the details of Kate Kane's flight out of National City, you knew exactly what I had in mind for her.

Speaking of you owing me a favor, I was hoping to employ your daughter's services to settle my affairs in Gotham.

I have reason to believe that Circe's unique attributes could benefit us both.

Whatever it is, I don't want her involved.

She's finally got her life back.

Last I heard, she was running around with a tree stapled to her face.

Oh, she's ready to make her grand reentry into Gotham's influencer life.

After all, my P.R. team covered up the incident that landed her in Arkham to begin with and her death, yada yada.

They've put together a very millennial cover story to explain her disappearance.

words...

Malibu rehab retreat.

This is the crown jewel.

CIRCE, VOICE-OVER: A life lived but once is a life lived not at all.

The newest line from Janus Cosmetics has arrived...

Rebirth.

It wasn't enough that she believed she was my Circe.

Between the new face and a strict regimen of Janus restorative burn cream, she now looks like her, too.

I know Enigma gave her Circe's memories, but who gave her Circe's face?

If you can believe it, that rambling sewer rat Alice.

You brought Kate Kane and Alice together?

When was this?

Two days ago.

Why?

Alice is Beth Kane, you idiot.

[ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[GLASS BREAKS]

Ugh!

You're coming with us, kiddo.

[GRUNTING]

If you're wearing yoga pants, this is so much worse than I thought.

Now tell me what I'm walking into.

This is a government safe house.

Bidets in the bathroom.

They wouldn't even give us hand soap for the community center.

Turns out the lawyer whose computer was stolen by "k*ll Bill" superfan was working with judges to place people into witness relocation.

And all that top-secret location information was on his computer.

Exactly, so sword lady's looking for somebody in witness relocation, so I placed a trace on all of his outgoing calls, assuming that he'd reach out to the witnesses, give them a heads-up.

And you figured all that out?

Oh.

You know, I may have outsourced the fancy parts to Sophie.

Anyway, we are starting with this guy because the lawyer called him first, called him a lot, but he never picked up.

Starting to know why.

Found our vic.

Same perp left a sword in him.

Definitely trying to make a statement.

Oh, man.

Poor guy was blind.

This isn't your fight, Batwoman.

Why is that?

Because I can actually fight back?

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Tatiana?

Unh!

COMPUTER: DNA match complete.

JACOB: Heh.

My god.

It really is you.

You've got me confused with a dead girl.

ALICE: No.

You've got you confused with a dead girl.

Two dozen inmates used Circe Sionis as a doormat on their way out of Arkham.

JACOB: Listen.

I know this is a lot to handle.

Oof!

Hey!

Sorry, but did you want her to escape?

How do we get Kate back?

There's a secret keyword to unlock her memories except the woman who did that to her is dead.

The other option is we jog her memory piece by piece using personal objects.

OCEAN: That's where these come in.

Everything that's left of Kate's childhood.

I'm sorry.

Who are you?

O... cean, meet Daddy.

Daddy, meet Ocean.

Good to meet you, Mr. Kane.

Right.

What do we do now?

ALICE: When Enigma locked me out of my memories, I forced my way back in with a photograph.

Her work is formidable, but... as soon as the first cr*ck appears, she'll go mad wanting to know the truth about her life.

Enigma worked on you, too?

Daddy, you don't get this extra without a little shove.

I thought the shove was Cartwright.

No.

He didn't fully break me.

I was too strong.

I can attest to that.

Alice may have been angry and reckless and ornery, but... she could still love.

What are you saying, that... Enigma took away your ability to love?

OCEAN: I'll let you get on with it.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Kane.

[JACOB GRUNTS]

Yeah.

This Mr. Kane thing is definitely weird for me.

I want the guy to like me.

Call me old-fashioned.

If you told me I'd be in the Crows headquarters with my father, my sister, and my... boy toy and I wouldn't be the one in cuffs...

No one ever accused you of being predictable.

Call you later.

Good.

Ezra Castellanos.

Never heard of him.

Probably because up until a few days ago, he was being protected by Crows Security in witness protection.

years ago, Ezra's eyes were gouged out with a soup spoon by a woman named Circe Sionis.

So this case was sealed, but Luke has a thingy that unseals seals.

- Okay.

Then.

- Ha!

Circe's the daughter of Janus Cosmetics founder Roman Sionis.

Former model claimed self-defense after Ezra assaulted her at a party, and after she went to Arkham, Ezra was afraid the Sionis family would come after him, so he went into WITSEC.

Didn't Alice stop by the other day asking if someone named Circe showed up to you?

Yeah, and now I'm just confused.

Yeah.

I'm gonna check on Luke.

Well, we could try and track him down with his fancy hacker tools.

Assuming you know which buttons to press.

Okay.

Huh?

- [DIAMOND DUST'S "RISING STARS" PLAYING]

♪ We are stolen pennies from the wishing well ♪

♪ We are... ♪

TAVAROFF: You stalking me, Fox?

It's law enforcement only.

They let you in, and last I checked, your new occupation is unemployed haircut.

Two whiskeys neat.

Look.

I understand the problem here, okay?

- Oh.

- Yeah.

I'm free on bail, my charges are gonna be dropped, and as far as the law is concerned, well, we're back to you being a car thief who pulled a g*n, so...

I'm not throwing my career away because your daddy didn't teach you how to stay out of the wrong place at the wrong time.

Ooh.

See, if I were you, I would not talk about my father.

DIAMOND DUST: ♪ Yeah, we are ♪

♪ Yeah, we are... ♪

You come here looking for a fight?

You looking for another fake excuse to sh**t me?

So how do you propose we settle this?

Now I heard you won the Crows' hold 'em tournament two years in a row.

You are a stalker.

Really hope you have a plan, kid.

You know, some of us are just here to play cards.

I like punk rock.

How edgy.

You should remember this bag.

I found a joint in this pocket, grounded you for the entire summer.

Harsh.

It wasn't even coke.

You think he would try memories I would actually want to remember.

You said it ended up being the best summer you ever had.

I am not Kate Kane, and even if I was, what makes you think I would want to come back to a father who stopped looking for both daughters and a literal evil twin, hmm?

What am I missing?

This.

When we were kids, you had a big crush on Jenny Goldberg.

You only liked her because she skateboarded, but you were so excited because she liked you back except you weren't out yet.

You wanted to tell me you were gay, but you kept chickening out.

- You knew I had to be the first to know, but I was also the hardest because I mattered the most to you, me...

Beth...

your twin who spent months in the womb with you, and you were scared of pushing me away, so I made you that stupid mug to say I already knew and I loved you.

[GRUNTING]

I'm locked in a room.

What room?

A... a basement, a cell.

I... I can smell formaldehyde.

Cartwright's.

I can't get out.

Why am I here?

[DOORKNOB RATTLES]

Who's there?

Beth?

Beth, is that you?

[RATTLING]

That's the basement I spent my childhood in.

You've been there.

Do you remember?

It's... it's more of a feeling.

I'm...

I'm screaming, but I can't get your attention.

That...

that's not what happened.

Maybe it's a metaphor.

Circe's subconscious is a cell, and Kate needs me to free her.

How can you be sure?

Because it's all I ever wanted.

Okay.

I'm gonna take your hands, so just, um...

don't break mine.

Beth?

Are you there?

Kate, it's me.

I'm here.

I'm not gonna leave you.

I remember now.

You found me, but I couldn't find you.

It's okay.

There's still time.

Poker?

Really?

We need you home.

We think Safiyah's in Gotham.

Thought you and Safiyah were good.

We are, but the guys who her lackey ran her sword through can't really say the same thing.

Okay.

Well, you said you and Mary got this, and I'm in the middle of a game right now, so...

Look.

We will give you the space to do your thing, but we need a hand.

In this family, we take care of each other first, right?

Every doctor in that hospital thought I was gonna die in that bed, but you and Mary slipped me the Desert Rose, and I woke right up.

Okay.

If there was a thank you somewhere in there, I...

I didn't want to wake up.

How can you say that?

When I was under, I saw my dad, and, I mean, he was right there.

Why the hell would I want to live in a world where we get sh*t for no reason, where the gunmen get out of jail free so it's not a matter of if there's another b*llet coming, it's when?

Why would I go through it when I can be with my dad again?

I got to get back to my game.

MARY: What?

What do you mean Kate's alive?

She was declared dead.

Julia I.D.ed her parietal skull bone.

Her DNA checks out.

I ran her prints myself.

Look.

Everything's a little bit complicated just now.

The only thing you need to know is that Kate is alive and safe with me at Crows, where no one can hurt her.

Okay.

I'm on my way.

Just give us a little bit more time.

She's not quite herself.

Someone brainwashed her into thinking that she was someone else.

- Who?

- Turns out Black Mask is cosmetics guru Roman Sionis.

He hypnotized Kate into thinking that she was his daughter Circe.

Kate is Circe Sionis.

Dad, you need to be careful.

We have reason to believe that Circe's connected to Safiyah.

What?

How?

[GRUNTING]

MARY: Dad?

Daddy?

- Run!

- Where?

Anywhere.

I'll find you.

MAN: Err!

Ohh!

Unh!

ALICE: Ugh!

Miss me?

[SIGHS]

MARY: He was saying that the DNA checks out, but Kate thinks she's Circe Sionis, and she's been alive this entire time, which doesn't actually make sense because Julia wouldn't lie to us and say that she found Kate's skull because everybody knows that you can't survive without a skull!

- Mary.

- Sorry.

Just freaking out right now.

Me, too.

Pulling up to the Crows.

Luke needs to know that Kate's alive.

I know we did the right thing saving his life, and I knew he'd have a lot to work through, but...

right now, it feels like we just added to his pain.

It sucks.

I'm glad to have you on the comms, Batcave.

[TIRES SQUEAL]

I'll call you back.

Are you Kate Kane?

Can I get back to you on that?

Need a ride?

LUKE: Call.

MAN: ♪ Outside the castle wall ♪

♪ The battle call ♪

Raise.

I'm out.

MAN: ♪ In the air, the reckoning is near ♪

Reraise.

MAN: ♪ Until sides are recognized ♪

ONLOOKERS: Ohh!

All-in.

MAN: ♪ All they ever gave ♪

♪ Two sides to describe... ♪

LUKE: Oh.

Sorry.

Do I have you covered?

Yeah.

I have a lot more chips than you.

Uh, look.

If you got me b*at and you want to start a little collection with your buddies here so you can match my chips, I'll just hang out.

You want to let me in on the grudge with this?

What?

Grudge?

This is just a friendly game.

Okay.

MAN: ♪ I know, I know, I know ♪

Why haven't I seen you around here before?

Name's John Diggle.

I'm from Star City.

I'm in town on a contract with A.R.G.U.S.

Well, hey.

Welcome.

Please.

Allow me to remove this little... distraction, who's been playing with us.

Buddy, Gotham City is our town, and the house always wins.

MAN: ♪ Live in this world ♪

Whoo!

I mean, people do say that.

It's true.

The house does win a lot because it cheats.

MAN: ♪ And I know, I know... ♪

But then sometimes, I mean, the house is just so damn stupid that it can cheat and still manage to lose.

[ONLOOKERS GROAN]

Heh.

The man made a straight.

What no applause for that...

for that gut-sh*t straight draw?

I mean, and the speech?

No style points for that?

Okay.

Whatever.

Ahem.

I've been running from this fight my whole life...

and it has gotten me nowhere.

Hmm.

First you're up, then you're down.

I don't know if you're gonna take any comfort from this, Jake, but, uh, now, you're down and out for good.

True for both of us, Black Mask, unless you think Gotham's gonna buy its zit cream from a psychotic g*ng leader.

Tough call.

It's a good zit cream.

On the topic of hereditary diseases, Gotham is about to find out that your daughter, uh, Beth Kane is none other than the Kn*fe-slinging, nursery-rhyme-named Alice.

My people will make sure GCPD is on your doorstep before you can clear this up.

GCPD on my doorstep?

You know what?

That's a fantastic idea.

Gentlemen.

If you try to blow the whistle on the Sionis family, not only will the public think you're as crazy as your daughter, but the GCPD will, uh, misplace any evidence you happen to dig up, and I will personally make sure that any family you have left suffers immensely.

Jacob Kane, you're under arrest for aiding and abetting the criminal at large known as Alice.

[HANDCUFFS LATCH]

Come on.

Is this what you really wanted?

Unh!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

I'm taking my money back.

That's enough!

Easy, Star City.

It's not your fight.

- He won.

- You saw the blatant disrespect at the table.

In Gotham City, we hold the line against punks like this.

Ohh!

Ergh!

I hear you sh*t him the other day, and now you're upset that he's not showing you respect?

Ohh!

Um...

I never thought I'd see you again.

I'm sorry.

Who are you?

RYAN: I think she's still trying to figure things out.

Oh.

Yeah.

Of course.

Right.

Just any questions you have, I'm here or not, you know.

I'm not trying to smother you.

- I need a drink.

- I...

Did you find my dad?

No.

She said a bunch of False Face g*ons raided the joint.

Then she described someone wearing a hair chain and holding two big-ass swords.

- Tatiana.

- She thinks Tatiana wanted Alice.

Alice was at the Crows with... with my dad?

Literally, what is happening?

SOPHIE: Kate?

Okay.

Don't get too excited.

There's still a lot she doesn't remember.

Sophie.

Whoa.

So Alice just told you about some mug, and that was it, really?

Alice?

Really?

Uhh.

Where is my father?

Okay.

Let's chill.

Just give her a minute.

SOPHIE: Hey.

We know it's a lot.

Maybe you should sit down.

Yeah.

That sounds good.

Agh!

Beth?

Where are you?

Where did you go?

I think you've caused quite enough trouble.

MARY: Hey, Kate.

You're good.

You're safe, okay?

No!

[GRUNTING]

Agh!

Ohh!

Wow.

You just carry one of those around?

Oh, yeah.

Syringe chock full of benzos?

Comes in handy in Gotham.

- Everyone okay?

- Everyone but Kate.

What the hell happened?

I think Kate and Circe are duking it out in her head, and Circe's winning right now.

So if Alice is the lynchpin to jogging more of Kate's memories

- and Safiyah has her...

- No, no, no.

Even if I could stomach the idea of saving Alice's life right now, Safiyah came all the way from Coryana for the pyro who torched her entire kingdom, so what could we possibly offer her that would be better than that, hmm?

Gotham steakhouse gift card or...

She could rebuild that kingdom...

if I give her the Desert Rose.

Ryan... no.

It's your last connection to your mom.

You're really willing to do that?

Willing is pushing it.

More like we don't have anything else to bargain with.

Even if you're willing to make the trade, how do we even find her?

Maybe this is a good excuse to show Luke just how badly his friends need him.

Hey.

You good?

Yeah.

Your old man's Lucius Fox, right?

Put together some details when you were having that friendly game of hold 'em.

Heh heh heh.

You lost your old man young.

That's... that's hard, man.

That's real hard.

My old man was a marine deployed overseas when I was a boy, k*lled in action.

- I'm sorry to hear that.

- It's all right.

But it left me with a lot of questions about him and me, so I get it when those questions become more important than anything else in the world, man.

Believe me, I get it.

What you have to remember is that we all end up in the same place eventually, man, and you'll see your father soon enough.

What changes with time is what you get to tell him you did while you were on the earth.

Okay.

So...

I'm just supposed to ignore the fact that I'm still angry as hell?

No, brother.

Don't ignore it.

Use it.

You carry the torch for the great Fox family.

You stand for justice.

You're gonna need anger to win that fight.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Just some, um, fogginess, dizziness.

Something's not right.

Lifetime of anger has its side effects, you know what I mean?

You know we have a world-renowned neurology department at Gotham General?

I can get you a connect if you want.

That's actually why I'm here.

Have an appointment in the morning.

Is it supposed to do that?

No.

That's highly unusual.

In fact, I think it's...

It's morse code.

- LUKE: Need...

- JOHN: Fox...

Help.

I should go.

You know, you seem pretty important for a man who's trying to get his ass kicked in an alley.

Good thing you're alive.

Thanks.

Take care of yourself, Luke Fox.

DEWITT: Hello.

This is Dana DeWitt, and I'm coming to you live from Grand Street downtown outside of GCPD headquarters.

Earlier today, we got word of the shocking arrest of former Crows Commander Jacob Kane, who is rumored to be... there he is.

Mr. Kane, is it true you're the father of one of Gotham's most notorious monsters?

JACOB: It's not like that, Dana.

Yes, she's my daughter, and her name is Beth.

She's not a monster.

She's a victim of evil men and women who stole her childhood and manipulated her mind, of a father who... who didn't come through for her when she needed him.

Beth has had the hardest life of anyone I've ever known, and yet... she has this humanity inside of her.

I can't imagine ever having that strength, so if Gotham is angry at me, then so be it.

I ask only this of them as a father.

When you judge Alice for her crimes, remember Beth.

TATIANA: She's in here, my queen.

My dear...

I believe you owe me an island.

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!

Ugh!

Ow!

Ooh.

This is deep.

How many times you get hit?

You should've saw him, okay?

Didn't realize poker was a contact sport.

Wasn't there an emergency?

Safiyah's holding Alice somewhere in Gotham, so we need your brilliant decoder brain to figure out how to find her...

and save her.

Okay.

I give up.

What are you not telling me?

Kate's still alive.

There's nothing left of Coryana.

Your scorching was thorough and complete.

villagers perished in the blaze, so if you have managed to maintain a list after all these years, do include them in your grand total.

You told me you had my sister.

What did you expect?

If I'm honest, that, a tantrum because at the end of the day, Alice, you're just a spoiled child who believes she deserves more than she's earned.

What is this?

Chill.

I come in peace.

Let her in.

[SIGHS]

What are you doing here?

I've had this plant a long time.

I didn't even know what it was or what it could do until recently, but even before I knew, it was my favorite thing in the whole world.

And why is that?

A woman I counted as my mother, she d*ed a while back, and this plant was my last connection to her.

And yet you brought it to offer in what I presume is a trade for Alice?

Your enemy.

Alice is the key to getting her sister's memories back.

The choice is easy.

Revenge is short-lived, but rebuilding your island, it's a no-brainer.

What I don't understand is what's in this for you.

I see someone giving up her most valued possession to save a woman she hates to unlock the memories of another woman she doesn't even know.

It's either remarkable or remarkably stupid.

I know what Kate Kane stands for, and I owe a debt to the symbol she created.

Found my second chance at a life because of her.

I've never met her, but...

I believe you'd make Kate Kane proud.

I accept your offer.

If I can't have you, at least I can have my kingdom.

Thank you... my queen.

I'll make sure to tell Ocean you send your regards.

Alice, let's go.

It's funny.

Here you are a literal queen, and yet I have my boyfriend and my sister, and all you have is a little flower.

Oh, there you go again, believing you deserve more than you've earned.

What did you do?

Where's Tatiana?

Don't play dumb, Alice.

You always knew deep down a girl like you could never be worthy of having it all.

Hey.

Easy.

We brought you to a place we thought you'd be more comfortable.

You kind of lashed out at Mary.

I did?

Is she okay?

She's fine.

[SIGHS]

She's worried about you.

Who am I?

Whose face is this?

SOPHIE: We'll get to that.

Do you remember anything you've been put through all these months?

- Why are you here?

- Because you don't seem to want to stay in there like a good girl, so now we're gonna have to do things the messy way.

[DOOR SLAMS]

SOPHIE: Hey.

Are you okay?

Can I get you a glass of water or something?

I'm gonna need something stronger than that.

There's an amazing bottle of tasteless vodka in my office desk, bottom drawer.

Would you mind?

- I'll go check.

- Thank you.

Ocean isn't answering his phone.

I don't care.

You heard what Safiyah said.

And I didn't give up my plant so you could run off to your boyfriend.

- Get in the car!

- Or what?

You'll k*ll me, drag me against my will?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

You need me alive and cooperative.

I don't need you.

Your sister needs you.

If she really is back to being Kate Kane, then my disappointing her will come as no surprise.

Ocean?

Ocean?

Oh.

So Safiyah took her little magic Kn*fe out of you so you could stick it in me.

That's sweet.

You can keep it.

[GASPS]

Oops.

This isn't the magic one.

Ocean?

[Kn*fe CLATTERS]

No.

No, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no.

No, no.

[SOBBING]

MARY: You're safe?

How is that even possible?

Blackgate's worst offenders are all people that you put there.

Judge granted my petition for change of venue.

I'm being transferred to Metropolis.

Okay.

That's a start.

I'll start making calls, line up character witnesses, and...

Mary, we're not gonna b*at these charges, not with Roman Sionis pulling the strings and Alice's reputation hanging over me.

She earned that reputation, not you, so you don't deserve to take the fall for the things that she did.

Mary, I want you to promise me something.

Seeing Kate and Alice together gave me hope.

When I saw how Kate was buried under this grotesque stranger named Circe, I understood the same thing must have happened to... to Beth.

If Circe and Alice go away, we can get Kate and Beth back.

There's only one person who can make that happen.

Dad...

I understood she took a lot from you, took a lot from all of us, but I just wish you could have seen Beth before the accident.

Hoping one day you get the chance to.

That's why I'm counting on you to save both your sisters.

No pressure!

Never had to worry about you before.

Not gonna start now.

I love you, Mary.

I love you, too.

RYAN: Remind me to never do a serial k*ller a favor again.

I'm sorry you lost your plant.

I know it meant a lot to you, seeing as I babysat it.

Okay.

The plant does not matter to me right now.

I know you want to see Kate, but I got something to say.

I am so sorry for what happened to you.

I have no idea what it's like to walk in your shoes, but let me make something very clear.

I am not sorry I made sure you lived, so screw your choice.

You're not leaving me.

Hey.

Did you see Kate down there?

No.

We thought she was up here.

I left for two seconds to get her something, and when I came back, she was gone.

When did you get in?

I've been calling everybody, looking for you.

Am I Kate Kane?

Kate Kane?

Who?

No.

No, no, sweetheart.

You're my baby girl.

Why am I having her memories?

Why do I have her fingerprints, and why do I know where she keeps her fricking alcohol in her office?

You're having an episode.

Let's practice our grounding techniques.

Agh!

Tell me what's happening.

You're having an episode, sweetheart.

Please.

SAFIYAH: Tell her, Roman, or I will.

I've always held the belief that a woman has a right to decide exactly who she wants to be.