01x07 - Sick

[bunniefuu]

Remember everything I made you forget.

Whoa.

Maybe Cate's more powerful
than we thought.

Sometimes the thoughts are so loud,

I feel like I'm going crazy.

What if I told you we could
make the voices stop?

What I've asked you to do is difficult.

Forget about The Woods.
Your brother is dead.

You're the only one who
can keep your friends safe.

There are dangerous,
evil people at that school.

What kind of hero is too f*cking

chickenshit to do anything
heroic? f*ck you.

You can't trust anyone.

[CARDOSA] I want the girl.

She doesn't understand how powerful

she really is.

She has a benefactor,
and because of that,

she's strictly off-limits.

[CATE] They were using Sam
to augment Luke's powers.

What the f*ck are you guys doing to me?!

[CATE] But they were
doing other stuff, too.

The virus only affects Supes.

Shetty was directing it all.

We k*lled a Supe.

So, she's the answer.

Now can you make it contagious?

- [GRUNTING]
- [RICH] Ugh! Get off me.

Get the f*ck off me, man!

- [GUARD] Settle down!
- What did I do?

- What the f*ck did I do?
- Watch it.

- [LOCK CLUNKS]
- Hey! f*ck you!

[PANTING]

Try not to breathe.

[LABORED BREATHING, WHEEZING]

[COUGHS]

[COUGHS]

Andy?

[COUGHS]

[WHIMPERS] What did they do to you?

[RETCHES]

Help!

Please! Please, let us out!

Please!

[CRYING] We're sorry.

We're sorry.

[SPEAKER BEEPS OFF]

How long will it take?

Well, transmission occurs

through direct contact
with bodily fluids, so,

depending on Andy's viral load...

Can't we make it airborne?

Why?

So it's more contagious.

I think we need to
take a b*at and assess

what our long-term goals are.

I'm quite clear on that.

Because...

if an airborne virus

gets into the super-abled population,

it could spread like wildfire.

Define "wildfire".

I'm doubtful

Vought would want us

to entertain anything
so reckless, Indira.

It's a little late in the day

to worry about what
Vought wants, Edison.

And, uh,

what would happen if I
informed Vought of this?

I don't know, you tell me.

What would happen if you told Vought

you'd created a virus that kills Supes?

I didn't. I...

I didn't know. I never signed on

- for any of this.
- Of course you did.

This is your brainchild.

- You invented it.
- [PHONE RINGING]

And now you're gonna finish it.

- [DOOR OPENS]
- f*ck.

- Hello, sweetheart.
- [DOOR CLOSES]

[CATE] I need to see you.

What's wrong? Has something happened?

Everything is just
so f*cked-up right now.

Please, can I come over?

[SIGHS] Damn, I have a meeting
in the city that I can't move.

Go to my house,
fix yourself something to eat.

I'll be there soon and
I'll take care of everything.

All right.

You take your medication today?

Yeah.

Take another. You'll feel better.

It'll be all right, Cate. I promise.

[LINE BEEPS]

[OVERLAPPING VOICES]

[CHAOTIC CHATTER]

[MOTHER] I hate these kids.

[CHAOTIC CHATTER CONTINUES]

- [CASH REGISTER DINGS]
- [VOICES STOP]

[FOOD SIZZLING]

[CAMERON OVER TV] We're
coming to you live today

from Godolkin University,
where campus police expect

mass protests leading up
to today's town hall

with the historically unpopular

and phony socialist scammer herself,

vice presidential candidate

Victoria Neuman,

just as new rumors are surfacing
that George Soros

is filling the Singer/Neuman
campaign coffers...

Shetty can't meet right now.

The f*ck does that mean?

[SIGHS] Where is she?

The city. She'll be back later.

- So what do we do?
- [CATE] I'll wait for her

at her house, and then,
when she comes home,

I'll make her tell everyone everything.

[JORDAN] f*cking liar. Can't
wait to go run back to Shetty.

[ANDRE] If we let her go alone,
she'll just s*ab us in the back.

[MARIE] How could we trust her
when she's still hiding something?

- I'll go with her.
- It's okay.

No. I'm going.

You can trust me.

Stay out of our f*cking heads.

Then maybe we'll trust you.

Jordan.

- [ENTRY BELLS JINGLE]
- I swear.

I swear, you can.

I want to believe you.

I know you do.

[SCOFFS]

- Do you believe me?
- [ENTRY BELLS JINGLE]

You already know.

[SIGHS]

Hey.

f*cking stop for a minute.

She was reading our thoughts, Marie.

You know, she probably can't help it.

- Why are you making excuses for her?
- I'm not.

Look, she could f*ck with
our heads any time she wants to,

and she's not.

We have to believe she's on our side.

[SCOFFS]

And you got to stop turning into a dude

when you want to make a point to us.

- Fine.
- Fine.

[LAUGHING]

We need Cate.

She's the only way to get Shetty
to expose The Woods.

Unless we get proof ourselves.

How?

Shetty's in the city all day.

I got the key to her office.

I'm her T.A., remember?

Look, we find proof about The Woods,

or what they've done to Sam
and those other kids down there,

it doesn't matter what Cate does.

And then what? Post it on Insta?

You think they're gonna
believe a Black girl

and a bi-gender Asian Supe

over Vought? No. They're just gonna

twist it like they twist
everything else.

Unless we get it to someone
they will listen to.

[EMMA] Okay, these are all your clothes.

I'm gonna take these to this guy

from my Voice and Movement class.

I mean, he's kind of sketch,
but for five ecstasy pills,

he'll use his pyro powers
to incinerate everything,

no questions asked, which is good.

And then...

it'll be like it never
even happened, right?

Right.

I did rip an entire person in half.

- Yeah.
- I mean,

in my defense, he was a puppet

at the time, so...

I know,

but maybe you didn't do that

because now I'm destroying the evidence

and who even remembers now? I don't.

[BUZZING]

You have so many things.

Okay, that is a normal
amount of sex toys.

I like options.

- [BUZZING STOPS]
- Oh.

Okay. Okay.

I stole these from the
laundry room for you.

I think they're clean?

No, I-I like what I'm wearing. It...

smells like you.

Oh, no, no, no.

You got to stay here.

- Right.
- Yeah.

No one can know where you are.

That makes sense. Yeah.

I'll be super quick.

I mean, I can get you food, too.

You got to be starving.

Oh, w-will that take you
a very long time?

No. No, there's a Vought-A-Burger

right in student union.

You won't even know that I'm gone.

Okay?

The last time I had Vought-A-Burger

I was with Luke.

f*ck.

Sam.

Everything you've gone through,

I mean, I'd be f*cked-up.

I mean,

I'd be really f*cked-up.

But you're so sweet.

I mean, when you're not
slaughtering a bunch of dudes.

[CHUCKLES]

Do not answer the door, no matter what.

Okay.

- Stranger danger.
- Stranger danger.

Stranger danger. Yup. All right.

Bye.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

What's that?

I don't know.

This was hidden in her drawer.

All this stuff about a plane crash.

Transoceanic Flight .

[JORDAN] Yeah, I remember that.

It was t*rrorists, right?

Yeah, that's what they said.

Oh, my God, look.

[JORDAN] Shetty, Lily, age .

Shetty, Paul, age .

Her family was on the plane.

[DOOR BEEPS]

[SIGHS]

Oh, Shetty, Shetty, Shetty.

You want me to increase
the viral infection rate.

Right.

k*ll them all, she says.

And sign my own death certificate.

[GRUNTS]

[SIGHS]

[SNIFFS]

[ZIPPER OPENS]

- [URINATING]
- [EDISON SIGHING]

[ZIPPER CLOSES]

How about...

... you take a long drink

of that, Indira.

You f*cking c**t.

[DOOR OPENS]

What did he say about infection rate?

[MALLORY] You know some powerful people.

Thank you for meeting me.

A chat with a celebrated
Vought psychologist

who's now dean of their
little superhero factory?

Who could resist?

You've got two minutes.

You'll want longer.

I'm sorry, this is at the school,
and Vought doesn't know?

We're estimating about
ten months to make it potent

and contagious enough
to get the job done.

It's getting harder to hide.
That's why I need you.

For what, exactly?

I know you monitor Supes.

Their team affiliations,
their whereabouts.

You know where to find all of them,

even those that aren't
under Vought's thumb.

We'll be able to neutralize
them once and for all.

What you're describing
goes beyond neutralizing.

It's a w*r crime.

This is a w*r. Us against them.

And so far, they've been
winning. The virus gives us

a way to fight back.

It's genocide.

You need to stop what
you're doing immediately.

If Vought gets wind of this,

the Supes will crush you
and everyone you care about.

Too late for that.

No matter how many of them you k*ll,

none of this is going to
bring your husband

and daughter back.

Or your grandchildren.

But it could save someone else's.

A man who works for me,
one of your fellow countrymen,

although, I doubt you travel
in the same circles,

has this same rage.

It's so consumed him
that there's nothing left.

Trust me, you don't want
to go down that path.

I'm doing this with or without you.

With you would be easier.

Together, we can end it, finally.

Or I could have you
arrested, or committed.

[SCOFFS]

But I don't think you will.

Part of you agrees with me.

- We're done here.
- Wait.

Pleasure to meet you, Dean Shetty.

Go back to your school.

Did you get all that?

Keep a close eye on her.

[GUSTAF: "BEST BEHAVIOR"]

♪ Best behavior ♪

♪ This is my best behavior ♪

♪ Best behavior ♪

- ♪ This is my best behavior... ♪
- Emma.

- [SPRAYING]
- ♪ Best behavior... ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪ I wanted you to know ♪

♪ That I was good today ♪

♪ I was very good ♪

♪ I was ♪

♪ Well-behaved ♪

♪ I needed you to hear... ♪

Oh, hi.

You look so badass.

You just think that

'cause I'm strong

and mistreated.

[KISSING NOISES]

- [LOUD CRASH] - [WOMAN SCREAMS]
- Emma!

[WOMAN LAUGHS]

Give me a hand.

[LAUGHS, SIGHS]

Are-are you okay?

That is f*cking amazing.

- [CHEERS]
- Steve, it's melting!

- You got to try.
- Is this allowed?

I mean, are-aren't you
gonna get in trouble?

[CHUCKLES] We're superheroes.

We can do whatever we want.

Okay.

- [ALEX LAHEY: "SPIKE THE PUNCH"]
- ♪ Spike the punch ♪

♪ And get everyone sent home ♪

♪ So in the end, it's you
and me, dancing all alone ♪

Drink that sh*t. Here we go, here we go.

- Yeah! Yeah!
- ♪ Spike the punch ♪

♪ And disconnect the phones ♪

♪ 'Cause it's always been you and me ♪

♪ And that's the only thing
I've ever known... ♪

[LAUGHS]

Yo, party's moving. You coming?

Um... I'm supposed to stay here

to, uh, to wait for Emma.

Dude, Emma's at the party
we're going to.

She is?

Yeah, sure, whatever. Come on.

Okay. [CHUCKLES]

- [LAUGHS]
- There he is.

[LAUGHTER]

Yo, f*ck Neuman!

[DIRECTOR] All right, people, let's go.

We're live in four, three...

Should an avowed superhero "reformer"

be speaking at a college
for superheroes?

To answer this question, we're joined

by Godolkin University trustee,

beloved God-fearing superhero

who bleeds red, white,
and blue, Polarity.

Hello there. Thank you
for having me, Cameron.

[CAMERON] Now, am I getting this right?

You're moderating Victoria
Neuman's town hall?

[CHUCKLES] Cameron, Victoria
Neuman is being invited...

It turns out Shetty's big into edibles.

- Can you believe it?
- Yeah.

Right.

I pictured her, uh, her kitchen

to be full of just, like, British tea.

Oh, yeah, she's got that, too.

Why is he on Cameron Coleman?

He doesn't have anything new
to push until next year.

[CATE] Moderating the Neuman thing.

Shetty thought it would look
better if an actual superhero

was asking questions
about superhero issues.

Didn't he talk to you about that?

Andre, when was the last time
you two talked?

When I found out he was Vought's bitch,

and when he told me
not to rescue the kids

that were trapped in the prison
under the school, so...

I'm sorry.

You know, when I was a kid,

I wanted to be just like him.

But after everything
we know about this place...

... you'd have to be a f*cking idiot

to think any of it matters.

I just can't trust him.

So, that's why I haven't talked to him.

And if I did, he'd probably
just go to Vought anyway, so...

Is that what you think of me?

That I'm just gonna
tell Shetty everything?

You tell me, Cate. You're
the one in my f*cking head.

[POLARITY] Look, Cameron,

we here at Godolkin
believe that speech is free

and knowledge can be a superhero.

A superpower.

And... [LAUGHS]

And it's a good thing

that someone as versatile
and trustworthy as you

has stepped up to ask
the tough questions

that superheroes and
real Americans care about.

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

[CAMERON] Uh, Polarity, you okay?

- [WOMAN SCREAMS]
- Holy sh...

Somebody get some f*cking help!

Dad?

Get some help!

- Oh, sh*t.
- [TV ANNOUNCER] Are you ready to stop

- reusing your catheter...
- Go, go, they're right on campus. Go.

Medicare and Vought Insurance
now cover up to $

- per month. There are no upfront costs.
- [DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

You are gonna love...

Sam?

No. No, no, no, no, no, no.

f*ck.

[SIREN WAILING]

sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

That's my dad. That's my dad.

[MEDIC] Buckle in. We got to get going.

Oh, sh*t.

[SIREN WAILING]

He's seizing again.

[METAL CRUNCHING]

Wait. Dad, Dad!

[SIREN CHIRPING]

[HORN BLARING]

[ANDRE] Damn it, Dad, wake up!

[STRAINING]

[MEDIC GASPS]

- [GRUNTS]
- Do something.

I'm trying! We need to wake him up.

[YELLS]

- Dad, wake up!
- [MEDIC SCREAMS]

[HORN HONKING]

Maverick, open up.

Hey, Sloane.

Have you seen this guy?

- Why, are you stalking him or something?
- No.

- So, you haven't seen him?
- No.

I'm not a f*cking Find My Friends app.

Go cockblock someone else.

[OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]

Stop! Put that down!

[MAN ] Cancel Neuman!

[WOMAN ] Shut up!

I thought you said Emma was here.

Oh. She's meeting us later.

[CAMERON] If you're just joining us,

I'm Cameron Coleman, pinch-hitting

for my good friend Polarity,

who had a last-minute emergency.

Ms. Neuman, you claim
that the FBSA is here

to protect people from superheroes,

but at your own congressional hearing,

Stormfront slaughtered multiple people,

and on a separate occasion,

Soldier Boy nearly k*lled

thousands of innocent
people in Manhattan.

Now, both times, why were you
just sitting back

snapping your gum,
watching America burn?

Look, Cameron, the thing
that you need to remember here

is that both those instances
caused a % drop

of public confidence in superhumans.

And the FBSA responded

by actually strengthening protection

of both humans and superhumans alike,

leading to a record low number

of violent incidents
in both populations.

- [APPLAUSE]
- [OTHERS BOOING]

[CAMERON] Or is your agency

just an excuse for persecuting

one of America's most prominent
minority groups?

Which is why they deserve
to have a voice.

If elected, our administration

wants to put a new position
in government

that allows the superhuman community

- to have a seat at the table.
- Really?

- Yes.
- That have anything to do

with the fact that polls show
your ticket is below %

- with the super-abled community?
- No, Cameron.

Let's open this up
to the audience of America's

future superheroes. Yes, over here.

sh*t, still no word from Cate.

Not surprising.

Maybe we should check on her.

There's no time.

Got to find Neuman,
tell her what we know.

[MARIE] Any chance
you know a teleporter?

No, but I can cause a distraction.

[MARIE] Jordan, what're you gonna do?

Don't get caught.

Hey.

You're the girl who f*cking
tortured Emma, right?

No, no, no, no. [SIGHS]
I just gave her a plat...

[PUNK ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]

[CRACKING]

Hey! [GRUNTS]

Look at this.

Jordan Li attacking her own kind.

Say goodbye to number five, Jordan.

[GASPS]

[BYSTANDER] Hey!

Hey! Break it up!

- f*cking kids.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SHOUTING]

♪ ♪

[STUDENT] Thank you
for being here today.

We all saw Homelander

k*ll a human in broad
daylight, unprovoked.

Is he gonna be held accountable?

[BOOING AND APPLAUSE]

Thank you. That is a good question.

I have full faith in the legal system,

and Homelander should stand trial,

just like anybody else,

and a jury of his peers
will decide that outcome.

Humans aren't our f*cking peers.

[CHEERING]

[STEVE] What about us, huh?

Supe lives matter!

Can you state once and for all

whether superheroes have civil rights?

Like all Americans,

superhumans have civil rights

and everything that
comes along with that.

[MAN] f*ck yeah we do!

- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]
- And I get it,

the superhuman community
wants to make sure

that the government
is treating them fairly

- and addressing their unique concerns.
- [WOMAN] Bullshit!

Robert Singer and I know
that most superhumans

are law-abiding citizens.

f*cking narc. You don't know sh*t.

[CHEERING]

We can find common sense solutions here.

You will not control us.

This isn't about control.

You will not control us.

[AUDIENCE CHANTING]
You will not control us.

This is not about control.

No, no, no, it's all right,
it's all right.

Look, people are passionate
about the issue,

so am I.

Hey. Come back here.

[AUDIENCE CHANTING]
You will not control us.

Why is everyone so angry?

Because they're trying to limit us.

Take away our power,
but Homelander is right.

You will not control us.
You will not control us.

[AUDIENCE CONTINUES CHANTING]

[SCREAMS]

[NEUMAN] Robert Singer
and I want to work

with superhumans just like you

to make sure...

[AUDIENCE CONTINUES CHANTING]

Like most of America,

this crowd has rejected Victoria Neuman

and her un-American,
anti-superhero agenda.

- Supe lives matter.
- You will not control us.

You will not control us.

[AUDIENCE CHANTING IN DISTANCE]

Ms. Neuman, um, uh,
do you have a minute?

- Step away.
- Ms. Neuman, please, it's important

that I speak with you.

You're Marie Moreau, right?
I was hoping I'd meet you.

You were?

Yeah, um, let's find
someplace we can chat,

just the two of us.

[OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]

Jordan.

[SHOUTING CONTINUES]

- Have you seen Sam?
- Are you f*cking kidding me?

- No. Where is he?
- I don't know.

[STAMMERS] I mean...

There's so much security here.
What if they found him?

Then we're f*cked, Emma.

He's the only proof we had
that The Woods exist.

Okay, he could be in real
f*cking trouble, Jordan.

We got to find him before...

Um...

Sam. Sam.

- Emma.
- Where have you been?

I missed you.

You're supposed to be hiding.

I was sh1tting myself worried.

I was waiting for you.

Emma, I-I drank beer.

There was this,
there was this ice slide.

I wish you'd seen it.

And all of these superheroes
using their powers.

It-it was, it was the best.

I mean, some of the people
here are a bag of dicks.

I guess, but, come on, it's awesome

being with people like us,
just having fun.

Okay, look, we need
to get him out of here now.

Okay, Sam, Sam, we got to
hide you. It's okay.

We just got to hide you.

- Oh, man.
- Shh.

- Later, guys.
- [JORDAN] Now.

Oh, Cate. [SIGHS]

Why are you in here
with all the lights off?

I've been trying to call you for hours.

I'm sorry, my meeting
went long. [CHUCKLES]

You look so tired, darling.

Why don't we... get you some rest.

- We can talk later.
- This can't wait.

You've not been taking
your medication, Cate.

You know what happens when you don't.

- I've got your prescription here.
- No.

All those pills ever did
was make me numb.

They weren't helping me.

They were clouding me.

You talk, manipulate, control.

That's all you've ever done to me.

- That isn't true.
- And I'm f*cking sick of it.

You say I'm doing the right thing.

It doesn't feel right.

What if I said you didn't
have to do it anymore?

- Lies.
- Am I?

[SOFT CHUCKLE]

It's almost time to leave this place.

- You're leaving me?
- No.

We are leaving. Together.

After I've tied up a few loose ends,

then all of the sacrifices,

all of the hard work
will finally pay off.

- You want to make us sick.
- Not you.

No, I'm gonna keep you safe.

We need each other.

When I lost my husband and my daughter,

I lost my entire world.

Every day I asked myself,

"Why am I still here?"

But in finding you,

and with all our time together, I...

I've found something
truly special again.

- My powers.
- No, Cate, you.

A girl who was just as lost
and lonely as I felt.

Somehow, I feel like you are truly mine,

and I love you.

[OVERLAPPING VOICES]

You're telling the truth.

[CHUCKLES] Yes.

I know you feel alone,
but we have each other.

One last push from you,

and then we can leave
all of this behind.

You will never be alone again.

[CHUCKLES]

My daughter's gonna be so jealous

that I met the Guardian
of Godolkin today.

We're huge fans.

Thanks.

I was hoping you'd come
to my town hall today,

maybe ask a question.

Your, uh, dean didn't show up either.

I think a personal emergency.

Yeah. I don't know.

It's okay.

It was a sh*t show anyway.

You know what?

We'll hide out in the green room

until it all blows over out there.

Otherwise, I think they might...

[CLICKS TONGUE] take off my head.

Look, there's something I wanted...

Your powers are badass.

Coolest I've ever seen.

Thanks.

Those lassos and blood swords

must be f*cking exhausting, though.

What else can you do?

- Oh, that's about it.
- Oh, come on.

Tell me something about myself.

I... I don't understand.

You can sense things in blood.

Use that

and tell me about me.

[STEADY HEARTBEAT]

[GASPS]

Oh, my God, you're...

Your blood, there's Compound V in it.

You're a Supe.

I knew you could do it. Good job.

How? Why? [STAMMERS]

Here.

Give me your Kn*fe.

Holy sh*t.

Thought I was the only one

till you popped up at Red River.

I couldn't let them ship you off
to their adult facilities,

so I got you into Godolkin.

I mean, don't get me wrong,

you're awesome and everything,

and-and you got in on your own merits.

I just, uh, gave you a little boost.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Why-why are you telling me this?

Because we understand each other.

[SCOFFS] You don't know
anything about me.

Oh, yes, I do.

I know that you've fought
for every f*cking thing

you've ever got in your life.

I know that you're constantly lonely,

and you're afraid that
you're gonna hurt people,

like you did with your parents.

And you feel like everybody
is afraid of you

because you grew up

hearing that your powers
are too dangerous,

too disgusting for anyone
to ever want to adopt you.

I also know that every Friday
for the past eight years,

you've had fish sticks
with pink sauce "as a treat".

'Cause I did, too.

You grew up at Red River?

Yeah, till I was .

I still can't have fish.

It's residual trauma.

Just, like, the smell alone is-is...

- [CHUCKLES]
- horrifying.

[BOTH LAUGH]

They were wrong about you
and your powers, Marie.

You are a very rare
and exceptional girl.

Thank you.

Okay, enough nostalgia for one day.

You had something important
you wanted to tell me, right?

There's a secret lab

under this school

called The Woods

where they experiment on kids.

They're infecting them with
a virus that can k*ll Supes.

A virus? Are you sure?

There's a Dr. Cardosa.

He-he works in The Woods.
He knows all about it.

Look, you have to tell everyone
what Vought is doing.

I'll handle it.

- Handle it?
- Yeah.

What... what does that mean?

That means I got it
from here, Marie, okay?

- You can go back to being a student.
- What?

No, no. I can't just go back

to being a student when this
whole f*cking school is a lie.

Listen to me.

God U is your sh*t

at finally having some
control over your life.

Once Vought stashes people like
you and me inside Red River,

it's f*cking impossible to break out

of that orphanage to institution
pipeline without help.

Trust me.

Look, I have a platform

now where I can help people.

I mean, isn't that the entire
point of being a superhero?

You don't have sh*t. Marie Moreau,

Guardian of Godolkin,

is marketing, okay?

And you better believe
that Vought will ship her off

to the adult facility if she
keeps f*cking up her situation.

But the first Black woman in The Seven,

she has real power.

She's friends with the vice president.

That woman, she could
make a real difference

politically, culturally.

Maybe she can even find Annabeth.

Two paths, Marie.

You have to choose. You can't have both.

Let's keep in touch.

[SHAKY EXHALE]

[PHONE CHIMES]

[MACHINE BEEPING]

S-Sorry I haven't been around.

[PHONE BUZZES]

I'm here.

[SNIFFLES]

Cate?

Cate?

Are you okay?

Your eye...

- What happened?
- [CATE] I'm okay,

and now she'll do whatever we want.

Maybe you should rest.

I feel fine.

It wasn't my powers
that were f*cking me up.

It was the pills she was giving me.

- I've never felt better.
- [SHETTY] Cate.

Listen to your friends.
They care about you.

Shut up.

You had your chance to talk,

and now it's my turn.

Please, Cate, you don't
have to do this. I love you.

[CATE] I know you love me.

It doesn't change the fact
that you're a f*cking bitch.

Cate, what the f*ck is going on?

Don't worry, we're on the same side.

Okay, sorry, can I get
a quick SparkNotes version?

'Cause I have no idea what the
f*ck you guys are talking about.

Tell them what you told me.

This school is a front.

Thomas Godolkin was
a behavioral scientist.

He built this place to figure out

what makes Supes tick,

their weaknesses, how to control them.

You're not here to study.

The school is here to study you.

You're subjects. Not human.

We're better than humans.

We found out she has some kind of virus

to k*ll the kids in The Woods.

She wants to make it more contagious.

She wants more than that. Don't you?

I want it to spread across the globe

and k*ll all of you.

Holy f*ck.

Why? We don't want to hurt you

or anyone. You know that.

Don't lie. Tell her.

Homelander.

So... so all this because he lasered

that Starlighter dude?

No, sorry, it's f*cked-up,
don't get me wrong,

but, like, k*lling all of us seems...

seems a little melodramatic.

Homelander?

He took down that plane?

He k*lled your family?

It's not just him.

You all leave a path
of destruction behind you.

You have ruined countless lives.

Just look at what
you did to your parents.

You can't help it.

It's your species.

Tell them what your last
assignment was for me.

k*ll everybody in The Woods.

[JORDAN] Jesus Christ. Did you?

Of course not, Jordan.
I'm trying to show you

what kind of a monster she is.

She wants to wipe us off
the face of the Earth.

They all do,

so we have to strike first.

Starting with her.

Cate, make me forget. We can start over.

- I'm gonna take care of you.
- Shut up. Shut up.

Shut up. Shut up. Shut the f*ck up.

- Cate!
- Indira.

- It's time.
- [HEAVY BREATHING]

f*ck. Cate.

- [EMMA] Holy sh*t.
- [JORDAN] Cate.

Oh, my f*cking God.

Holy f*ck.

- No.
- Don't help.

f*ck, f*ck, f*ck. f*ck, f*ck.

Marie, do something!

Cate. Cate, you don't need to do this.

We have Neuman. She's gonna stop her.

We can't trust anybody.
They'll only hurt us.

This is the only way.

[SHETTY GASPING]

- Baby girl...
- [CRYING]

Cate, Cate.

Cate, please. Please.

You have to let me save her.

I'm so sorry you have to relive this.

Cate...

do you know what you've done?

Justice.

For all of us.

The virus isn't very
contagious, thank God.

It can survive for a few days
at ambient temperature,

but, you'll want to get these test tubes

into cold storage sooner than later.

NIH will know what to do.

Speaking out against Vought

takes a lot of courage, Dr. Cardosa.

I was so relieved

when you contacted me about my research.

I could not stand by any longer

while Dean Shetty twisted my work.

You and I have the same goals, right?

Compassionate control.

That is such a great phrase.

Do you mind if I steal that?

Sure. It's all yours.

And you'll get me and my family
out before things take a turn.

- Witness protection, right?
- Yeah.

Already taken care of.

- Is this all of it?
- Yeah.

And... you're the only one

who knows how to replicate it, right?

We'll make sure this stays
out of the wrong hands.

Hey.

You're a st-century
American hero, Dr. Cardosa.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh.

The air must be a little dry.

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