04x08 - d*ck & Carol & Ted & Kory

[bunniefuu]

[VINNIE ON RADIO] . BLUD.
You're with Vinnie Peruzzi,

counting down the all-time smooth operators.

Be the tenth caller,

and Patricia will give you a ride

on the human margarita mixer.

Ay, caramba!

♪ Baby, I'm-a want you ♪

♪ Baby, I'm-a need you ♪

♪ You're the only one
I care enough to hurt about ♪

♪ Maybe I'm crazy ♪

- ♪ But I just can't live ♪
- [GASPS]

♪ Without your love And affection... ♪

What the f*ck?

Where the f*ck? How did we...

- I'm asking you.
- I don't know.

Who put these on me?

Probably the same person
who put these on me.

- You don't remember?
- All I remember is being surrounded

by the Sheriff and his guys.

[SIGHS]

Sebastian and his mother, too.

The last thing I remember,
you were walking me to the RV.

I wasn't feeling well.

f*ck. They must have drugged us.

[SIGHS]

[KORY SIGHS]

We didn't...

- No.
- Are you sure?

No. But I assume...

- Yeah, I'm assuming that, too.
- Assume what?

- That nothing happened.
- Nothing.

[SIGHS]

[TURNS OFF RADIO]

[SONG CONTINUES OVER TOWN SPEAKERS]

Hello?

[BELL TOLLING]

{an }[ALL CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[MOTHER MAYHEM] Parenting is zealotry.

It's fanatical, uncompromising,

and let's be honest, exhausting.

When I was looking
for a community to help me,

Caul's Folly rose to the occasion.

You guarded the Horn for me and my son,

waiting patiently all these years

to see the fruit of your labors.

Lions' hearts get hidden
in the most unlikely places.

Well, look what I found.

[CONGREGATION CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

My whole life,

I always wanted a family.

Someone to protect me from the world.

From myself.

But I never felt as though I belonged...

until I came here.

I finally know who I'm supposed to be.

It's time.

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

[YELLS]

[CONGREGATION CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[MOTHER MAYHEM] Before
we leave, there's one last detail.

The girl who came yesterday,
the one they call Raven,

claims to be the daughter of Trigon.

Heretic!

[CONGREGATION] Heretic! Heretic!

Yes, yes, a heretic,

who could sabotage everything

we have built together.

I'm thinking of a solution.

Can anyone help me?

k*ll the heretic.

[CONGREGATION CHANTING]
k*ll the heretic! k*ll the heretic!

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Well, hello there, little bird.

[SQUAWKING CONTINUES]

Got a lead on the heretic.
Follow the ravens.

[MEGAN] Rachel?

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

[d*ck] There's half a quart
of milk in here.

And some leftovers.

Swedish meatballs.

d*ck.

[MAN OVER COFFEE MACHINE] It's : .

Time to caffeinate with the one you love.

It's set on a timer.

Apparently, we live here.

What?

Looks like somebody air brushed us in.

- Why?
- [PHONE RINGING]

Hello.

[MAN] Teddy, how are you?

- Who's this?
- Hey, can you cover - my shift tomorrow?

- I need some Janet time.
- [KORY SIGHS]

Sorry. I think you have the wrong number.

[CHUCKLES] Always the jokester. Thanks.

Hey, see you on the links, Long Ball.

[CALL DISCONNECTS]

Who was that?

Some guy looking for Teddy.

Teddy?

"Ted.

And Carol."

[SIGHS]

Someone had their hands
on me last night, on both of us.

They drugged us and tucked us in.

They could've slit our throats.

Looks like they want us to play house.

Yeah, well, I'm not playing.

When was the last time you saw Rachel?

Yesterday. At the diner.

Let's find her and get out of here.

Where's the RV?

[SIGHS]

Cute.

Where was she?

The Sheriff found her
hiding in someone's barn.

We can leave now. They'll take care of her.

I don't want to leave. I want to see her.

Don't get squishy on me.

I need to k*ll her myself.

She's no longer your concern.

[SEBASTIAN] She is my concern.
She's my last weakness.

I need to sever ties with her.

You can't do that.

And who are you to tell me
what I can and can't do?

- You don't understand.
- Oh, I do understand.

You don't know me.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Sebastian.

I had a feeling that you'd still be here.

You've gone through so many changes.

Nobody knows what that's like.

Except me.

Stop talking.

Your pain is my pain, Sebastian.

It lives in me.

Not anymore.

[RACHEL GRUNTS]

Sorry, Rachel.

But this ends here.

Don't be so sure.

- [SEBASTIAN GRUNTS]
- [RACHEL GRUNTS]

[RACHEL BREATHING HEAVILY]

- [RACHEL GRUNTS]
- [SEBASTIAN GRUNTS]

If you k*ll me, I take you with me.

You can't hurt me without hurting yourself.

Sebastian, she knew this.

She knew what would happen
if you tried to k*ll me.

She's keeping things from you.

That's not true.

Ask her what happens when you blow the Horn.

That's enough!

You don't even know him.

Who?

Trigon.

You're nothing to him.

You're nothing to her.

Your mother used you, like mine did,

to get closer to him.

You're wrong.

She wants you to think that you're a god,

but you're a tool, Sebastian.

As soon as you let him in,

you'll be a nobody again.

I am not nobody.

What?

[Kn*fe CLANGS]

[WINCES]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

Thanks, brother.

My son couldn't k*ll her,

but you people can.

Yes, Mom.

[ENGINE REVVING]

[VINNIE ON RADIO] . BLUD.

Counting down the old-school,
new-school classics.

Turn it off. It's f*cking annoying.

[MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

It will go off in a moment.

[ON RADIO] It's Vinnie Peruzzi
with the Caul's Folly weather report.

Partly cloudy and mild
for the rest of the day...

[SONG ON RADIO CONTINUES]

[ENGINE STOPS]

[SONG CONTINUES OVER TOWN SPEAKERS]

[WOMAN] Oh, hey, Ted, Carol.

We missed you at church this morning.

Heard you were off at the driving range.

Ted's got his own religion. [CHUCKLES]

Three buckets of balls and a Hail Mary?

That's why they call me Long Ball.

[MEGAN] Regular spot, guys?

- Sure. Thank you.
- Sure. Thank you.

Look, Tyler's serving
your favorite, the hash.

Yours too, Carol, toad in the hole.

Think the toad's fresh?

Fresh frozen, like always.

Excuse me, miss.

Um, did you happen to know

where the young woman
we were with yesterday is?

Sorry, haven't seen her.

Uh, are you looking for the heretic?

The who?

[WOMAN] You should have been at church.

It was a honey of a homily.

Now, all that's left to do is k*ll the girl

and celebrate His coming.

- Rachel.
- I think we skip breakfast.

We gotta talk to Sheriff Carter.

Find out what happened at church.

[VINNIE ON RADIO] It's
another day in paradise,

where the rum is spiced twice,

the hammocks hold ice,

and the moonlight feels
[DISTORTED] all right.

[DISTORTED MUSIC PLAYING]

[BOTH GASPING]

Here's your coffee.

Did you just...

Forgot where I was for a second.

And what we were doing.

Don't sleep on the specials.

d*ck.

What do you know about Rachel?

We need to hurry.

Get in the van now.

f*ck!

Get in the g*dd*mn van!

I'm not messing around.

[MEGAN] We don't know.

She was in our barn.

Who are you?

Who are you?

[MEGAN] He can't hear you.

- He's deaf.
- Deaf?

[MEGAN] We both are.

Then how do you know what we're saying?

[JACOB GASPS]

We're lip readers.

[d*ck] We're tired of playing games.

What the f*ck is going on?

We took her to our barn.

We wanted to find out what you were up to.

Now, either she got out on her own,

or somebody got her this morning.

Probably felt it already.

First, you forget where
you are, then who you are.

It's just the beginning.

A couple hours, whoever you
two are won't exist anymore.

You'll be somebody else.

And once you're gone, you don't come back.

Some kind of drug?

Listen.

[MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

[MEGAN] It never stops.

Speakers everywhere, like they're
connected to their sacred Horn.

[JACOB] The music washes away the old you.

Pretty soon, she'll look over
at you, and you'll be a stranger.

Look behind your ears.

[SONG CONTINUES PLAYING]

[JACOB] They must have
got you both last night.

Installed a receiver that swims
right to your hippocampus.

So, why doesn't it work on you two?

I think I covered that.

We're deaf.

Our little secret here.

Megan lost her hearing in a
swimming accident when she was ten.

And mine was self-induced.

Self-induced?

[JACOB] I don't want to forget my life,

my children.

They destroyed everything
else, our whole town.

b*rned it to the ground and turned it into

an inter dimensional bank vault
for their Horn.

At least that's over.

Over?

Yeah. They got the Horn this morning.

Left town about an hour ago.

If they blow that thing and I'm not there...

We will be. We're gonna find Ra...

[MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ There's something better Inside of me ♪

d*ck, you okay?

Yeah.

Cooking syringe and a bottle
of gin makes the music stop.

We're going to get some earplugs. Come on.

[JACOB] Earplugs, candle
wax, tin foil, nothing works.

I have another idea.

- [BERNARD] Hey.
- Hey.

[BERNARD] We gotta go.

Good morning.

I finally located
Starfire's spectral signature.

Spectral signature?

Yeah. Even when she sleeps,

she gives off a geo-magnetic pulse.

It's like, um, solar flares.

- Is she close?
- [BERNARD] Yeah.

Couple miles up the road,
there's this little town,

Caul's Folly?

It's a mining town b*rned
down, like, ten years ago.

What's she doing there?

Well, finish getting dressed,
then we can go find out.

I got you some avocado toast.

Thanks.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Fire must not have reached
the radio station.

[DEVICE WHIRRING]

[DEVICE BEEPING]

I'm still reading traces of Kory.

[DEVICE BEEPING]

I think this was part
of the old Rural Radio Network.

It's got -L crystal relay receivers.

They could have reached listeners
miles away with this equipment.

Wait, wait, wait.

[MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING IN DISTANCE]

♪ Well, I've never Been to heaven ♪

♪ But I've been To Oklahoma ♪

♪ People tell me I was born there... ♪

[DEVICE BEEPING]

♪ In Oklahoma ♪

♪ Not Arizona ♪

♪ What does it matter? ♪

Hey, man.

- [TURNS VOLUME DOWN]
- What's going on?

Not much.

What you doing out here?

Waiting for my dad.

Rachel is in trouble, and you bought toys?

Recorders. All I could find.

This was your big idea?

Bruce trained me for this mind-washing thing

in case he and Constantine had a row.

[SIGHS IN EXASPERATION]

We don't need a Bruce mind trick right now.

We need to find Rachel.

It's one of his deepest fears,
losing his identity,

losing his mission, which can
happen to us if we don't do this.

Do what?

Record some memories.

They're a map of who we are.

A map we can use to find
our way back if we get lost.

Memories?

Shittier the better.

d*ck...

this is some peak daddy bullshit,

and you fall for it every time.

Painful memories are more vivid.

They'll center you, make you
impenetrable, help drown out the music.

- It could work.
- Yeah, I'm sure it could work

if you're a psychopath!

[SCOFFS]

Sebastian and his mother have the Horn.

You know what that means, right?

I know.

It's worth a try.

Memories, huh?

The more painful, the better.

Goes with your outfit, Ted.

Thanks, Carol.

[VINNIE ON RADIO] . BLUD.
Don't touch that dial.

We're in the middle
of a sonic boom-shaka-laka.

It's yours truly, Vinnie Peruzzi,

playing the sugary sweet sounds
guaranteed to rot your brain.

[RECORDER CLICKS]

[KORY SIGHS]

My name is Kory Anders.

My name is d*ck Grayson.

I'm years old.

My life gets turned upside down.

[KORY] I was with my
grandfather when he d*ed.

His feet started shaking, and he grabbed me.

I lose both of my parents,

and move in with Bruce Wayne.

And maybe when I fly into
space, I never come back.

And that's when I realized my
life would never be the same.

[KORY] When we were in
Gotham, after so much death,

they told me d*ck d*ed, too.

Sometimes you don't know how you
feel about someone until they're gone.

Could you zip me?

Do you want to talk about it?

The sex?

Which part would you like to talk about?

[d*ck SCOFFS]

Okay, then. All good.

[CLICKS RECORDER OFF]

[VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING]

What're you doing?

They really should be steamed.

What?

I'll call a service tomorrow.

[GIGGLES]

Look, we should really get to Rachel.

Who's Rachel?

[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

I was away at camp when the fire happened.

Drum and Bugle Corps camp.

The radio station is...

Is the only thing that survived.

You come out here a lot?

Every day.

For ten years?

Uh...

It sounds crazy, but I...

I can feel my dad and sister here.

- I don't get it.
- What?

The reading that I had
on Star fire, it went dead.

- Does that mean...
- We should go back to the Lab.

We'll find a different way to track her.

I'm gonna stay.

- Stay?
- Yeah, I think William's onto something.

He said he can feel them out there.

Tim, we're wasting time.

My mom used to have this feeling.

She used to call them her Sun Dogs.

Her Sun Dogs were never wrong.

Okay, look, I understand that
we're just getting to know each other.

I can't use Sun Dogs. I need data.

I'm not leaving.

My friends are still out there.

I'm trying to find them, too.

And I will. I just need the right tools.

William's got a feeling. And I'm gonna tr...

We should trust it.

I don't trust feelings.

I'm sorry.

I'm going to go back to the hotel.

The Wi-Fi is decent there, and I can
get back on the S.T.A.R. Lab's server.

How am I gonna get back?

There's no cell service out here.

Maybe a Sun Dog Uber will appear.

Really?

You know where to find me.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[d*ck] Kory?

Carol?

[KORY] Yeah, just give me
a second, darling.

I need you to listen to this now.

Okay.

Okay.

[KORY ON RECORDER] I was
with my grandfather when he d*ed.

His feet started shaking, and he grabbed me.

He told me not to let him
fall into the death hole,

- but I did.
- [RECORDER CLICKS]

Sound familiar?

Ted, I feel like we should
have turkey burgers for dinner.

My name's not Ted, and you're not Carol.

Did I do something wrong?

[d*ck SIGHS]

No.

It was me.

I f*cked up.

- I don't understand.
- I know.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

Oh, sh*t.

[KORY] What is it?

I got to go.

Ted.

Please don't leave me.

I would never leave you.

What are we doing here?

I'm gonna drop something
in the collection basket.

Seeing as though we missed this morning.

Oh.

Brother Blood be with you.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

Give her back.

Teddy. Old man.

- Where is she?
- How about you relax?

Maybe understand what's on the line here.

Walking away from the old you
is going to be liberating.

All your disappointments, failures, losses,

they aren't yours anymore.

I'll give you one more chance.

You should be grateful.

She decided to convert you.

Make you part of her church
instead of k*lling you.

She sees real promise.

You could play an
important role in our future.

[VINNIE ON RADIO] . BLUD.

It's Vinnie Peruzzi, with a
shout out to Ted and Carol,

who just keep holding on.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

[WINCES]

[DOOR OPENS]

[RACHEL] Are you sure you want to do that?

k*lling Trigon's only daughter
might not be the best idea.

I've got the mark on my back
if you want to take a look.

[g*n COCKING]

Not my problem.

Might be when, uh, Trigon returns.

[SHERIFF CARTER] I gotta give it
to you. You held on longer than most.

But Vinnie, he told me not to worry.

- [d*ck GRUNTS]
- [SHERIFF CARTER SCREAMS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[d*ck GRUNTS]

Just k*ll her and get it over with.

She's got the mark of Trigon.

She's a heretic, like Mother said.

Look, truth is, doesn't
matter who pulls the trigger.

You're both going down.

[d*ck GRUNTS]

[OFFICERS GRUNTING]

[OFFICER SHRIEKS]

[OFFICER GRUNTING]

[g*n f*ring]

[g*nshots ECHOING IN DISTANCE]

Sheriff wants to k*ll her,
he can do it himself.

Jesus.

[WHISTLES]

Don't point that thing at me, assh*le.

I won't. Just put your g*n
away, and let's get out of here.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[g*n FIRES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Did somebody die and make you the boss?

Put the f*cking g*n down!

Okay.

[g*n FIRES]

[GASPS]

m*therf*cker.

[g*ns f*ring]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GROANS]

Took you a while.

Where's Kory?

That's a long story.

What do you mean, "she's not herself"?

Exactly what I said.

They did something to her,
wiped her memories.

[HORN HONKING]

They opened up the armory.

They're coming after ya.

The whole town.

Where's the radio station?

- You don't want to do that.
- Just tell us!

Nobody's ever come back.

If you don't tell us now,
we'll never get out of here.

Go on up the road. Couple of miles.

You'll see the transmitter lights.

Radio station?

We gotta stop this music.

[BERNARD] I know.

I know. You are wondering,
"How'd I find a physicist

so patient and reasonable
and intellectually flexible?"

Yeah.

But I'm also wondering why you have

an extension cord with you.

I had a Sun Dog moment.

My version of one anyways.

You and William, you're having feelings.

And feelings aren't magic, they're real.

So maybe your friends are out there,

just in a different dimension.

We may be in the same place as they are.

We just can't see them.

You did have a Sun Dog moment.

And if there is another dimension,

I think I can get a signal through.

A signal?

Sound waves have been known
to be able to cross temporal planes.

So I think we can get some through

if we simply turn up the decibels.

Did you just say
pump up the volume, Bernard?

Sort of. Yes.

Um, my car, it's electric.

It's basically a gigantic battery.

I can plug it into the aux unit.

Here we go.

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Whoa!

Can I play a song?

You can play an entire set.

- [SONG STARTS]
- Uh, Dad, Megan...

if you're out there...

♪ Say the ladies Are insane there... ♪

...this one's for you.

♪ And they sure know How to use it ♪

[RADIO TOWER WARBLING]

[SONG PLAYING FAINTLY]

[FAINT WARBLING]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Did you find them?

Um...

They're headed out to the station.

Dad, didn't you tell them?

I told them.

- [WARBLING]
- [SONG PLAYING FAINTLY]

♪ Well, I've never been To England ♪

What?

♪ But I kinda like The Beatles ♪

We're gonna sing? Now?

♪ I was headed For Las Vegas ♪

♪ But only made it out To Needles ♪

♪ Can't you feel it? ♪

♪ You must believe it ♪

♪ 'Cause it feels so good ♪

I can hear it in my head.

It's William. He's out there.

That's impossible.

Come on.

We're not supposed to be here, Ted.

Nobody's allowed.

[d*ck] We won't be long.

You should just stay here.

Be careful, Ted.

[DISTORTED MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, d*ck.

Stay with me.

- Let's move.
- Okay.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[DOOR OPENS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Jesus.

Looks like somebody lives here.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ I can see her lyin' back ♪

[DISTORTED] ♪ In her satin dress ♪

♪ In a room where you do
What you don't confess ♪

♪ Sundown... ♪

[d*ck ON RECORDER] After she walked out,

all I could think was how I
should've told her how I feel.

But if you'd like to talk
about the other stuff, we can.

I'm gonna do one last check of the
perimeter, then turn in for the night.

[d*ck ON RECORDER] I was so close.

Instead, I let her walk away.

[RECORDER CLICKS]

♪ Sometimes I think it's a shame ♪

♪ When I get feelin' better
When I'm feelin' no pain... ♪

You know, I think Carol was right.

We really shouldn't be here.

Hey! [SNAPS FINGERS] No.

[DOOR OPENS]

[GRUNTING]

Hey!

- [MEN GRUNTING]
- Stop it!

[GROANS]

[RACHEL] d*ck.

d*ck, it's me, Rachel from
Detroit, do you remember?

[MEN GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[MEN GRUNTING]

[RACHEL] You're the boy
form the circus, remember?

[MAN GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

Are we back?

Yeah, we're back.

Turn it off.

[VINNIE] . BLUD.

And the Bionic Boogie playing
the smoothest rock classics.

♪ Sometimes I think It's a shame ♪

♪ When I get Feelin' better... ♪

d*ck.

I think the tubes are filled with blood.

♪ You better take care ♪

♪ If I find you been creepin'
'Round my back stairs ♪

♪ Sundown... ♪

[SONG DISTORTING]

[ALL GASPING]

♪ Sometimes I think... ♪

Turn it off.

Don't.

♪ Sundown You better take care ♪

♪ If I find you been creepin'
'Round my back stairs... ♪

[SONG DISTORTING]

- [SONG STOPS]
- d*ck!

d*ck!

It stopped.

I think he's trying to say something.

[VINNIE] You're too late.

The Horn is gone.

And soon, he will come.

[GROANS]

Let's get out of here.

- What the hell is happening?
- Probably a power surge.

- Everybody out! Now!
- William!

[WARBLING]

Dad?

[WILLIAM EXHALES DEEPLY]

I knew you were here.

[JACOB] It's over. It's finally over.

Rachel.

Where's d*ck and Kory?

Kory!

It could have been so beautiful.

[SHERIFF CARTER GRUNTS]

d*ck Grayson?

Kory Anders?

What happened?

I thought I lost you.

I used your recorder trick.

Painful memories.

Works every time.

Wasn't the painful ones.

[TIM] Welcome back to reality.

How'd you find us?

Tim had a Sun Dog.

- [KORY] What's that?
- Just a hunch.

Instincts. Robin instincts.

What happened in there?

Can we just get the hell out of here?

I think we got a Horn to catch.

Heard from the others?

Nothing from Gar or Conner.

We should get back on the road,
try and send a message.

d*ck.

[d*ck] Let's go.

[TIM] You look good in pink.

[CHUCKLES] Hey.

[d*ck] Got a spare T-shirt in that bag?

[SERVER] A friend sent you this, sir.

What are we toasting?

To the future.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]