02x08 - I Thought You Were Stronger

[bunniefuu]

[Bryant] You will once again
teach this world

what it means to truly suffer.

[Allen] I've heard rumors
of a Viltrumite prison

somewhere in space.

Maybe they took him there.

- Where are you even going?
- Home.

[Mauler 1] Let me guess,
you can open portals

between dimensions.

Invincible,
you don't understand!

[shouts]

I need to make him pay!

My name is Anissa,

and I'm an agent
of the Viltrum Empire.

k*lling you is not my task.

[Amber] I can't live
in your world.

I'm sorry.

Me, too.

Hi, Mom.

Hello, Mark.
When are you coming home?

[alarm blaring]

[man grunting]

[grunting]

[grunting]

They didn't tell you
who I was, did they?

[Kregg] Enough.

Kregg.

You came all the way
out here for me?

Impressive.

You know I wouldn't miss this.

You flatter me.

It seems
you've passed inspection.

Finally fit for your execution.

[♪ Fatboy Slim:
"w*apon of Choice"]

Congratulations.

[panting]

♪ Don't be shocked ♪

♪ By the tone of my voice ♪

Oh, God. Oh, God.

This is...

Oh, this is gonna k*ll me.

[gags] Christ.

Come on. You got this.

You got this, Taylor.

Keep this up...

you're gonna...
you're gonna feel...

[pants]

You'll feel...

You'll feel...

{\an8}♪ ♪

...like a million bucks.

[Angstrom Levy] That's...
far enough.

There's a chance
you could k*ll me

before I snap her neck.
I'm not sure.

You could try if you like.

Do you want to take that risk?

Is the Mark Grayson of
this dimension

a risk taker?

[chuckles]

It would appear not.

Noted for future reference.

Oh, and before I forget...

[feedback squeals]

...I'm blocking all signals

within these four walls.

I wouldn't want us to be...

interrupted.

Who are you
and what do you want?

He made me call you.

He said he'd hurt us
if we didn't. Mark...

He was talking to me.

Let them go. Now.

Did you know
your identity is public

in almost half of
the realities you exist in?

So careless.

I don't know why you're here,

but I'm warning you...

You... You really don't
remember who I am.

Let me help.

When we met before,

you hadn't done this to me.

Oh, God. You're that guy.

"That guy"?
That's all you remember of me?

That I was that guy?

I am Angstrom Levy,

and you made me into a monster.

I didn't do anything to you.

Your machine blew up.

You did this!

- [Oliver wailing]
- I was gonna save the world.

All of them!

You need help. Let me just...

I had help!

I had the best doctors
in a dozen dimensions.

They saved my life,
rebuilt my body.

But even they couldn't fix this!

So now, I'll always
have a reminder

of you and what you did.

[Oliver wailing]

Oh, I agree. Come get me.

[cries]

[shouts]

[groans]

What the hell?

Oh, sh*t.

[sniffs]

[shouts]

My word! How is this possible?

It's just the damnedest thing.

If I wasn't
looking right at it...

I thought sapiens were extinct.

I was but a hatchling

when I last tasted
their succulent flesh.

Ooh, I want a taste.

We can share.

[growls] I smelled it first.
It's mine.

Stay back. No one's eating me.

[gasps] Egads, it speaks.

I've never heard tell
of a talking sapien.

I don't care if it sings.

I only care how it tastes.

[roars]

Back, you brute.

If it talks, it thinks.

Hey!

[gasps] It flies, too.

Its wings must be invisible.

More to eat.

I want my taste.

[grunting]

[Angstrom Levy] Welcome back.

I like your brother's color.

Oh...

[Angstrom Levy] So unique.

It'll give him something to
talk about at parties.

If he lives to attend one.

You know, I haven't encountered
him in any other reality yet.

Isn't that interesting?

If you hurt him, I swear, I'll...

You'll what? k*ll me?

Of course you would.

But don't worry.

I have no intention of
hurting your brother

or your mother.

No.

Your little family is safe.

As long as I don't determine
that the only way to hurt you,

- is to hurt them.
- [Oliver wails]

So do them a favor

and die.

- Oliver!
- No!

[Oliver cries]

[shouts]

[grunting]

[laughs]

[groaning]

[grunting]

[laughs]

[chuckling] Whoa!
Talk about your bad luck,

- Prof Ock.
- [Mark] Oh, sh*t.

Are you okay? I didn't mean to...

Hey, thanks, pal.

Let's get this guy webbed up.

What? No. Are you...

Wait, are you trying to
hurt this old man?

[groans]

Look, I saw the portal.

I know you're
from another dimension.

I've got way too much
experience with that.

Especially lately.

So, uh, trust me,
I'm the good guy here

and Mr. Mechanical Arms is not.

Look, you got
glowing red eyes, man.

How am I supposed to... [shouts]

Eh, told you.

[Oliver whimpers]

You're okay, Oliver.

- It's gonna be okay.
- There's no way

to know that for sure.

What kind of mother
lies to her son like that?

[Debbie] You said
you wouldn't hurt us.

No, I said you were safe.

As long as your son suffers
and dies like he deserves to.

And speaking of...

Don't.

One wrong move and they fall.

I've got a dimension
all picked out

where the ground is eight
stories lower than it is here.

You're not gonna hurt them.

And you're not gonna hurt me.

I don't know what game
you're playing,

but... you're not a k*ller.

I'm sorry I didn't remember you,

but I remember that night.

You were trying to save me.

Maybe the accident changed you,

but you were a good person

trying to do a good thing.

Trying to save you?

After all the pain
and suffering you've caused?

The lives you've taken?

Never!

- [grunts]
- [shouts]

No.

No. No, no, no.

No-no-no-no-no-no-no.

Wouldn't save him.
Not me. Not ever.

Couldn't.

Wouldn't!

[all grunting]

I won't build my utopia
with blood.

[shouts]

[groans]

Justice.

Justice will come for you.

For all the friends we've lost
to your senseless cruelty,

for all the families
you've torn apart.

- You will reap what you...
- [Nolan] Let's do this, Mark.

I missed lunch because of
that riot in Bangkok.

Yep. Way ahead of you.

[groans]

Daddy, I miss Mommy.

Me too, man.

[distant rumbling]

[pup whimpers]

Chainsaw's scared.

Well, you tell Chainsaw...

[crashing growing louder]

...everything's gonna be...

Oh, poor Angstrom. [chuckles]

You actually thought
you could hide from me?

My God.

Look at you.

Pathetic.

You're making me feel bad, man.

I'll tell you what...

...I'll k*ll the boy quickly.

No!

[distorted shouting]

No!

[groans]

[cries]

[shouts]

- [alarms blaring]
- [people screaming]

[high-pitched ringing]

[moans]

[officer strains]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

[Debbie sobbing]

He's a m*rder*r!

A monster!

I would never save him. Never.

He deserves to die. Right now!

[grunting]

- [gasps]
- [gasps]

It's over.

It'll never be over
until I've made you pay

for everything you've done.

I am done playing your game.

- [Oliver crying]
- Are they?

[crying]

You want to k*ll me? Fine.

Let them go and you can take
your best sh*t, all right?

I won't even fight back.

Oh, Mark...

I appreciate the offer, but
what would be the fun in that?

I am not flying through
any more of your stupid portals.

You can't hurt me with that...

[Debbie whimpers]

[Mark grunts]

[gasps]

Just as stupid
in every dimension.

Ah! [grunting]

Ah, sh*t!

[raspy voice] Meat.

[gasps]

Meat.

Meat.

Meat.

- Meat.
- Meat.

- Meat.
- Meat. Meat.

[Angstrom Levy] Your son

is more resilient
than I anticipated.

Maybe I should leave him
somewhere time runs quicker.

You know, in all my research,

I didn't learn
how long his kind can go

without food.

[groans]

♪ ♪

- [Debbie shouts]
- Ah!

[groans]

- Not very smart.
- [snaps fingers]

Mom!

- [Oliver whimpers]
- [groans, chuckles]

Ah!

Stop this. Please.

You think you're innocent
in all this?

In so many other dimensions,
you join your husband and son

when they slaughter millions
and make the earth burn.

You're a traitor
to your own kind.

Your family's legacy is blood.

No. Not me.

I raised the boy
who defied his father

and saved this planet.

From what you say, these worlds
are extremely different.

I know the son I raised
and he's no k*ller.

You sure about that?

You make it sound
like this is the one world

where Mark is good
and you're the one who's bad.

What?

Oh, that's why you're so angry.

Because you turned out
rotten here,

- and Mark is the hero for once!
- [growls]

You don't know anything!

[groans]

[crying]

Oliver!

I'm... not... the villain!

[screaming]

I'm trying to save the world.

Your son is the monster!

[groaning] O-Oliver...

it's... it's...

It's okay. It's okay. I'm...

I'm-I'm okay.

[Angstrom Levy] Your att*ck
accomplished nothing.

[Debbie] I'm okay.

- [Oliver wailing]
- I'm going to make
your son hurt.

I'm gonna make you hurt.

I'm even gonna make
this child hurt...

[groaning]

So I-I... he opens
another portal

as soon as I come out
with no gap in between them,

so it's just a tunnel
to somewhere else.

In some dimensions,
time is all weird, too,

so I don't even know
how long it's been.

I have no idea what he's done
to my mom or my brother.

- [cavemen shout]
- [groans]

[growling]

How did you get here?
Where did you come from?

No, I mean, you're a man
who dresses like a bat

and your name is...?

Well, I mean, like, don't
you think that's kind of lazy?

[groaning]

I told you I wasn't in the mood.

[exclaims]

[growls]

- This is over!
- [Debbie] Mark...

Mom...

[screaming]

[straining]

[breathing heavily]

What did you do to her?

- [sinister laughter]
- [bones cracking]

Remember those doctors
I told you about?

The ones who rebuilt my body?

They also improved it.

Why do you think I sent you
across the multiverse? Huh?

Why do you think I was
softening you up?

I don't want you to die
in some random dimension.

Ah!

♪ ♪

I want to do it myself!

[shouting]

[groans]

Did you think anything less than
k*lling you with my bare hands

would satisfy me?

[choking]

[laughs]

No.

This doesn't end until you
and your family are dead.

Stop threatening my family!

Ah!

You have no idea
what I've been through...

...how much
I've been holding back...

I'll never let anyone ever...

[grunting]

...ever...

...hurt my family...

[shouts]

[panting]

...again.

♪ ♪

[gags]

[shouts]

[sobbing]

I thought you were...

I thought...

I thought you were stronger.

- [indistinct radio chatter]
- [babbles]

[officer] All clear.
One injured woman and child.

Ma'am, are you okay?

Oliver? Oliver?

- Oh...
- [Oliver coos]

Oh, thank God.

Debbie...

Jesus Christ. What happened?

[Debbie] Cecil...

Where's Mark?

I don't know.

But let's-let's get you
somewhere safe first.

You.

Get the medics in here.

Now!

[Mark panting]

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.

I had to.
I didn't have a choice.

I had to k*ll him.
He tried to k*ll me.

He was gonna k*ll my mom
and my brother.

He made me do it.

It was an accident...

but he made me do it.

I didn't want to k*ll him.
I didn't.

I had to.
I had no other choice.

[gasps]

I lost control.

I wanted to k*ll him.

What does that make me?

I thought he was stronger.

He told me he was stronger!

I wanted to k*ll him,
but I didn't know if I could.

[groaning]

Oh, God...

Where am I?

♪ ♪

[exhales softly]

[gasps]

He took me here and I
k*lled him. I'm stuck here.

I'm stuck forever.

I can't get home now.

I'm gonna die here.

[sobbing, laughing]

Angstrom Levy.

[laughs]

[moans]

I kind of won.

[chuckles]

[wind whistling]

- [thudding]
- [Nolan grunting]

[grunting]

The council states that in order
for a Viltrumite to be ex*cuted,

he must be whole and intact,

worthy to stand and face the end
of his life at full strength.

[groans]

But they say nothing of bruises.

Return him to his cell.

[Viltrumite] Yes,
General Kregg.

Wait.

Sir. Please.

I've looked up to you
since I was a child.

- Don't make me hurt you.
- [grunts]

[exhales]

- [grunts]
- [neck cracking]

[sighs]

I merely wanted to stand.

I'll walk out of here on my own.

Don't try anything.

I accepted my fate long ago.

- Move, scum.
- [grunts]

Hey. Just cut me some slack.

Geez.

Holy crap.

The plan worked.

[Nolan] What?

- Remember me?
- Yes.

Why are you here?

[grunts]

Face front, Unopan.

[Allen] For you, man,
I'm here for you.

Talk soon.

[wind whistling]

[Mark sighs]

Nothing.

As far as the eye can see.

Nothing.

[sighs]

[sighs]

You've really done it
this time, Mark Grayson.

[sighs]

Just keep on ignoring the fact
that you k*lled someone.

That's helping you
keep it together.

Although I don't think
talking to yourself

is the best thing right now,

but it's not like you got anyone
else to talk to, right?

So, inside your head,
outside your head,

what's the difference?

[sighs]
There's got to be a way home.

There has to be.

Somewhere on this planet,

there's got to be something.

Maybe something
on Angstrom's b...

Maybe his body
could somehow still...

- [whirring]
- Huh?

Whoa.

Mark...

You look terrible.

Eve, is that you?

Yes, just...

not the me you know,
not anymore at least.

Uh, I'm... I'm sorry,
I don't understand.

I-I did something horrible.

[Robot] We know.

The only logical reason for you
to be stuck in this dimension

would be if you injured
or k*lled Angstrom Levy

during your fight.

We knew this long ago.

I just...

It just happened.

Maybe for you.

For us, it was 20 years ago.

[Robot] It took us that long
to find this dimension.

Luckily, by that time,

there were four
working time machines

in Guardian custody.

The world we come from,

the world where you've been
missing all these years, it's...

not good.

We've already said too much.

Any more and we could disrupt
the time stream.

Mark, I'm opening a portal
that will send you home.

[whirring]

Oh, thanks. [chuckles]

I-I don't know
if I would've survived here.

[Robot] You did.

But wouldn't like
what you had become.

Mark, wait.

I love you, Mark.

I have for a very long time
and when you disappeared,

I was devastated.
I... I...

I should have told you.

Eve, I...

No, don't tell me.

Tell her.

Tell her you love her.

Or tell her you don't love her.

Just tell her something,
tell her...

something so that she can
go on with her life.

Now go.

[sighs]

I suppose you weren't
paying attention

when we discussed
not damaging the time stream.

Shut up, Rex.

- [siren whoops]
- [indistinct chatter]

[Mark] Oh, God. [grunts]

[Cecil] [choppy] Mark,
can... can you hear me?

She's doing good,
and all she's done is ask

about you.

- What about Oliver?
- Not a scratch on the kid.

I'll give you some time.

Thanks, Cecil.
I appreciate everything.

Always.

[monitors beeping steadily]

Oh, God.

Mom.

I'm okay, Mark.

Is it...

Is it over?

[quietly sobbing]

[sighs]

Oh, Mark.

[sobbing]

[whoosh]

If you're looking
for some alone time,

this isn't the most secluded
place in the world, kid.

You didn't have a choice.
Don't b*at yourself up over it.

You're not your dad, Mark.

You weren't there.

I lost it.

I just lost it.

I crossed the line,
Cecil, and...

and I... [sobs]

[Cecil] You didn't cross
the line,

you kept your mom
and your brother safe.

End of story.

- I don't know, Cecil, I...
- Stop.

Mark, look at me.

If the bad guys are dead
and the good guys are alive,

that's a good day.

How do you know the difference?

Well, the bad guys are
usually the ones

who break people's arms.

Go home, get some rest.

You're not him.

You weren't there.

Need any help?

Making a sandwich?

I'm sorry, I-I was just...

- Can we talk?
- Make it fast.

My bread's getting soggy.

Amanda,

I'm still learning
to navigate the world

of in-person interactions.

Well, it shows.

And for that, I apologize.

But your transformations
are a problem.

You've expressed that yourself.

And I fix problems.

It's what I'm good at.

It's who I am.

I care for you.

So I wanted to fix your problem.

I'm sorry if, along the way,
I became a problem myself.

As apologies go, uh...

...that's not a bad one.

Okay, I get it.

I get that fixing stuff
is your thing.

And I get that you want to help.
Just talk to me first,

like a person.

Not a broken gadget
or a computer or whatever.

And not just about
what's wrong with me.

Most days, I'd rather talk
about literally anything else.

I think I understand.

But, hey,

if you do figure out how to
stop me from getting younger,

I'd appreciate it.

Understood.

So, uh... you want me to talk

about other stuff as well?

Yeah, you weirdo.

Like maybe ask me out
on another date sometime.

Oh.

Uh...

W-Would you like t-to...?

Yes.

[wind howling]

[fire crackling]

[Kate] Immortal?

[gasps]

I'm sorry I never told you.

Kate.

I never told anyone.

I always kept hidden.

And lived through a copy.

Just in case. [chuckles]

I was so tired of dying.

I was gonna walk away.

Become someone else.

But I couldn't.

Because of you.

- I'm sorry I didn't
tell you sooner.
- It's okay.

Everything's okay.

[Jane] Finally.

[exhales]

You got this?

Uh... [chuckles]

I can lift a truck.

Well, you know,
a small one at least.

Who'd you get your
powers from, anyway?

Grandma, on my mom's side.

Yeah, not a lot of opportunity
back then for women like us

if you weren't willing to wear
a bathing suit 24-7.

[grunting]

Go.

[grunts]

- sh*t.
- Whoa.

[grunts]

Come on. We'll find
another way out.

[gasps]

Is that him?

Oh, Dad.

Huh?

[panting] Huh?

[ghostly chanting]

Who will succumb
to my influence?

Bow to Ka-Hor.

[gasps]

Wait. You're both female?

And?

I must inhabit
a living male host

to escape the curse
of this tomb.

That's sexist.

Huh?

Uh...

[screams]

[grunting]

[screams]

I'm strong enough,
and I can do this.

It's all I ever wanted
for as long as I can remember.

I want to do what you do.

I want to be just like you.

[♪ Michael Kiwanuka:
"Final Days"]

You will be, son.

You will.

[screaming]

You'll outlast every fragile
insignificant being

on this planet.

You'll live to see this world
crumble to dust and blow away.

Everyone and everything
you know will be gone.

[screaming]

You know who else
said that to me?

I'm not my dad.

I'm not my dad!

[screaming]

[screaming]

[Kregg] Your father
will be ex*cuted,

and you will return to Earth.

You will assume his mission and
prepare the planet for our rule.

[grunts]

[sighs]

[sighs]

[grunts]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[sighs]

♪ Final days on the planet ♪

♪ Here we are ♪

♪ On the ground ♪

♪ Every day ♪

♪ a*t*matic ♪

♪ Here we are ♪

♪ Going round
and round and round ♪♪

♪ ♪

Gas leak blew up the house
across the street last year.

Now your place?

Ah, man, I got to get
my place checked out. Yikes.

Yeah. Can never be too safe.

Good to be home, right, Oliver?

[sighs]

April, can you get Oliver
ready for bed?

Of course.

- Come on, buddy.
- [coos]

Let's go brush those teeth.

Mom, you okay?

What? Oh.

I'll... I'll be fine.

We should get dinner going.

You've got class
tomorrow, right?

Mark?

[window slides open]

I was coming
to say good night, but...

you're not gonna be sleeping
any time soon, I see.

Sorry. Got a lot on my mind.

[sighs]

Same.

Things are gonna be
different now, aren't they?

I was starting to feel
like we were getting close

to some version of normal.

But now...

- I'm quitting college.
- [gasps] Mark.

It doesn't make sense.
I'm missing all my classes,

and the more I think about it,
what's the point?

Am I gonna be a dentist?

A lawyer? A-a coder?
Why would I do any of that?

I know things have been tough,
but this...

this is your future
you're talking about.

You can't just quit college.

[sighs]

With everything I can do,

tell me why
I need to go to college.

[sighs] College does a lot more

- than just prepare you
for a j...
-[sighs]

Mark?

[gasps] I can't.

I just can't.

The things I can do...

It's too much. I can't do it.

I have to get better.

I have to learn how...

to control myself.

It's important.

It's the most important thing
I can do.

[crying]

I have to get better.
I have to be better.

Do you understand?

Mark...

Do you?

I do.

I really do.

- Oh, my God. Mark.
- [sighs]

Cecil told us all about what
happened with that psychopath.

Is your mom okay?

She's okay. She's a lot stronger
than she looks.

Yeah, I bet.
How are you, though?

[sighs]

Uh, I don't really want
to talk about it.

Yeah, sure.

But you know
I'm always here for you.

If you ever need a shoulder,
I... I've got two.

Yeah. [chuckles] I know.

There's something else
I want to talk to you about.

Okay.

[grunts]

[sighs]

It's nothing. I'm sorry.

[clears throat]

Sure.

[sighs]

I'm sorry, Mark.

It's not fair.

You don't deserve this.

You don't deserve this.

{\an8} [footfalls approaching]

[Allen] Hey.

Yo. Nolan.

You there?

[Nolan] I'm here, alien.

[Allen] Oh, come on, man.
It's Allen.

Don't be like that.

I heard about
what you did on Thraxa.

We are on the same side now.

[Nolan] No, we're not.

[Allen] You turned
against the Empire.

Mark told me all about it.

[Nolan] What? You saw Mark?

[Allen] Yes, on Earth.
I came to enlist him

in the Coalition's fight
against your old pals,

but it seems you b*at me to it.

[Nolan] Leave him out of this.
This isn't his fight.

Let the boy
have a moment of peace.

Let me pay for what I did.

[Allen] Yeah, don't worry,
that's gonna happen.

I've heard the chatter in here.

They're gonna execute you, bro.

[Nolan] They are. Yes.

[Allen] Most people would be
more worried about that.

[Nolan] I'm not a Viltrumite
anymore. Not really.

I feel shame and regret
for my actions.

I see the suffering
of lesser beings, and it...

upsets me... deeply.

[Allen] You say that
like it's a bad thing.

[Nolan] What I did on Earth...

The pain and destruction
I caused was immeasurable.

What I did to those people...

What I did to my son.

[Allen] Yeah, and your people
are doing that

on a thousand different
planets right now.

But you can help us stop them.

[Nolan] I deserve death.

[Allen] Oh, God.

[Nolan] And yet...

[Allen] What? What is it?

I think...

...I miss my wife.