02x02 - Destructive Testing

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[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

[BUZZING] [GRUNTS]

[ROARING]

On my order Ah! Stop!

Kravinoff,

the beast is mad with fever!

It must be put down!

It can be saved. [ROARING]

We've tried

tranquilizer darts!

Its hide is too

Please, Sergei Kravinoff

needs no tranquilizers

to bring down his prey.

[SNORTING]

We'd better

hope you're right!

[GRUNTS]

[ROARING]

[SQUEALING]

Oh, no you don't,

my friend!

You need a nap, old man.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BRAKES SQUEAL]

[GROWLING SOFTLY]

[ROARING] [STRAINING]

[KRAVINOFF LAUGHING]

Ah, good boy, Gulyadkin.

Sergei, my love.

You were magnificent

with that poor rhinoceros.

Do not patronize me,

Calypso.

It was, as always,

all too easy.

Then perhaps this

will brighten your mood.

Another package

from our anonymous

friend in America.

Hmm His new beast

is intriguing.

No other creature

has this combination

of speed,

agility and strength.

[WHINNIES]

I am convinced.

It is a prey worthy

of my prowess.

We will fly

to New York

to hunt

this Spider-Man!

Living on the edge

Fighting crime

Spinning webs

Swinging from

the highest ledge

He could leap

above our heads

Villains on the rise

And the city's victimized

Looking up with no surprise

Arriving

in the speed of time

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

Spectacular

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

Spectacular

Spectacular Spider-Man

[SHIP HORN BLARING]

[TRAFFIC NOISE]

Hey, Parker.

Flash look about done

in there? We got practice.

Cool it, King Kong.

Bio's not exactly

QB's top subject.

Yeah, does he

have a top subject?

BOTH: Football.

PETER: Wow, and with

no spider-sense.

[SIGHS] Come on, Pete,

just tell her how you feel.

Uh, Gwen, [LAUGHS]

I've been wanting to say

[LAUGHS] Hey, Rand,

look. Nerd-love.

that I'm

interning at

ESU again.

I heard.

I'm so happy for you.

I thought we could

head over together.

And maybe score

a little cross-town

bus privacy for a real talk.

Thank you, thank you,

thank you! I aced that final!

I can feel it!

And it's all because

I had the world's

best tutor, Petey!

Well, I'm just

glad I could help.

Hey. You didn't

wait for me.

I wasn't sure your grateful

pupil would detach herself in

time for you to catch the bus.

CURT: There he is!

Welcome back, Pete.

Thanks, and thanks

for the second chance.

I promise I won't

need a third.

We hope not, Peter. Pete, this is Deborah Whitman.

She's the new Eddie.

Hey, Deb, it's nice

to be working With you.

I think she

prefers Deborah.

Speaking of Eddie,

I know you two are friends.

Have you heard from him?

Yeah, I'm worried.

He was right behind me

at the Thanksgiving Parade

when that monster

Anyway, I haven't

seen him since.

Do you Do you think

Sorry.

I don't know where he is.

Believe me, I wish I did.

Curt, this research

of yours is stunning.

Kids, this is our

new senior fellow,

Dr. Miles Warren.

Miles, this isYes, Gwen Stacy.

Peter Parker.

My brother,

your biology professor,

speaks highly of you both.

Now, Curt, about your theories

on lizard DNA's mutagenic

application to

the human genome.

They mesh perfectly with my

own work running computer

simulations on mammalian DNA.

You're missing a step,

of course. The formula

must be electrolyzed

to increase potency.

But if we combine our efforts,

we could have a working,

programmable mutagen

in a matter of

That line of research

was a dead end, Miles.

Something of an

embarrassment, really.

Please, just drop it.

If you insist.

I think

I think Liz Allen

really is into me.

Gwen, too.

Gwen, Liz. Liz, Gwen.

Web-slinging 30 floors up

never made me this dizzy!

KRAVINOFF: There you are.

Such agility, such grace!

Truly, prey worthy

of Sergei Kravinoff.

Whoa!

Where'd you come from?

Mother Russia

by way of Mother Africa!

Two moms and still

so ill-behaved?

[GRUNTS]

What's the game here?

[LAUGHS] Big game!

Now, be still.

The noblest prey ends

the hunt in silent dignity.

Prey? Silent? Dignity?

You don't know me at all!

[SOFT JAZZ PLAYING]

[GASPS]

Ha! You cannot shake

Sergei Kravinoff so easily!

Hey, Spidey never

does anything easy!

Oh, man, now you've got me

talking in the third person.

Just for that

[KRAVINOFF GRUNTING]

Amazing!

No beast has ever

broken the grip

of Kravinoff.

Oh, okay, I think

I see the confusion.

Not a beast.

A Spider-Man, get it?

Always Kravinoff

tempers his skills

to give his quarry a chance.

At last, Kravinoff

can be Kravinoff

and thrill to

a true challenge.

Missed!

And missed again! [GROANS]

[GRUNTS] Okay,

point for you.

But proportionate strength

of a spider, here.

I'll snap this

thing andDon't bother.

This blow-dart is tipped

with a paralyzing poison.

It will all be over soon.

[BLOWS]

What is this?

Just a little sample

of my spectacular

spider-powers, chief.

Here's another.

[PANTING]

Okay, the thermals with the

hearts were half-price

and do not reflect

my very high macho-quotient.

[GRUNTING]

[CRASHING]

You just don't get it.

[GROANING]

You're good. Maybe at

the whole hunting thing,

you're even the best.

But when it comes to the

New York super-powered scene,

you're out of your league.

Nyet![GRUNTS]

No! This cannot be happening

to Sergei Kravinoff!

Oh, Kraven off.

[CROWD LAUGHS]

You have need of me, love?

[CAR APPROACHING]

I did not call you.And yet I am here.

No, Calypso.

Only the hunt may

restore my lost honor.

[CAR DOOR OPENS] Gulyadkin!

[ROARING]

[SNIFFING]

[HORNS HONKING]

[INAUDIBLE]

[ELECTRIC FIZZLING]

Formula electrolyzed.

.02 volts for three seconds.

Hmm! Increased

cell division!

I'm as close to adapting

Dr. Connors' mutagen

to mammalian DNA

as I can come

Without a test subject.

[SOFT GROWLING]

[ROARING]

[SNIFFING]

He has been here.

What is this place?

My laboratory.

What a magnificent

specimen.

Yours, I presume?

Gulyadkin is

no man's property.

These spiders.

They do not exist

in the natural world.

Genetically altered

to combine traits

from multiple species.

You can do that? I can.

Then you created

the Spider-Man.

Yes. I gave Spider-Man

his powers.

Powers. Yes.

That is how he beat me.

The only reason

he beat me.

Give me powers.

Spider-Man paid

handsomely for his.

[SNAPS FINGERS]

[GROWLING] Why should I pay

for what I can take?

[LAUGHS]

You'll have no idea

what I'm doing to you.

Would you really trust me

if it weren't in my

self-interest to succeed?

ANNOUNCER: Winding down

the fourth quarter

of the state championship,

Mustangs are down by five

as Woodoak runs out the clock.

CHEERLEADERS:

Say, hey, what do you say?

Midtown will come back today!

Go, Mustangs!

Defense!

PETER: Man, I love

spectator sports.

Hey, Petey! Is that

the new camera?

Yep. Paid for with the advance

from my exclusive deal

with the Bugle.

Peter! Did I hear you say

you're taking pictures

for the Bugle?

Liz, you can't want to be

in the paper that badly.

Geekitude is contagious.

[LAUGHS]

I don't mind catching

what Petey's got.

[PLAYERS GRUNTING]

ANNOUNCER: Gorillas fumble!

[GRUNTING] [WHISTLE BLOWING]

King Kong recovers!

Midtown's ball

with 30 seconds on the clock! [CHEERING]

[GRUNTING]

Thompson to Robertson.

Out of bounds at the 50!

Twelve seconds.

Rand, Rand, he's our man! Rand, Rand, he's my man!

Gold 90! Gold 90! Hut-hut!

Come on, Flash!

You can do it!

Can't believe

I just said that.

ANNOUNCER: Flash Thompson

unleashes the b*mb,

and Brown catches it!

The Mustangs win state!

The Mustangs win state!

[CHEERING]

Wait! Thompson's down!

Flash!

KRAVINOFF: Here's the last

of your down payment, Doctor.

The rest comes

when I get what I need.

And if I don't, Gulyadkin

makes the final payment.

[GROWLING]

There's no need

for melodrama.

The mutagen was compounded

to your specifications.

One more jolt

[GROWLING]

And you're a new man.

I feel nothing.

Days of treatments,

and still nothing!

You dare try to fool

Kravinoff? Admit it!

You are in league

with Spider-Man.

His scent is

all over this lab.

You can smell him?

[SCREAMING]

I believe I'm owed

an apology, Kravinoff.

Call me Kraven.

Kraven the Hunter!

SPIDER-MAN: It's not

like I want bad things

to happen to Flash.

Well, not super bad things.

Well, at least not

super bad things that

make Liz forget I exist.

[GROWLING] Why stress

over Liz, anyway?

I'm into Gwen, right?

[GROWLING]

SPIDER-MAN: Hey, I know

that get-up. Kravinoff,

is that you?

[GROWLING]

You can call me

Kraven now!

I could call you

a lot of things.

What happened to you?

Same as happened to you.

Except Kraven pay

for higher class of DNA!

You paid to do

that to yourself?

Of course.

Now Kraven climb

and leap like leopard,

run fast as cheetah

and possess strength of lion!

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[GRUNTS]

Don't get any ideas.

Before, your powers

gave advantage.

But Kraven

has leveled the field,

and you will fall

like any prey!

Hate to break it

to you, Tabby,

but you're not

my first

genetic experiment

gone wrong.

Just the first that smells

like a litter box.

All I smell is fear.

[GROWLING] [GRUNTS]

[ROARS]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Oh, perfect.

Hang on.

Gotta take this.

Liz?

LIZ: Oh, Petey,

thank goodness.

Flash is in surgery

and I'm freaking out.

Can you come

to Manhattan General?

[ROARS]

I'm kind of in

the middle of something.

Please, Petey.

I really need you.

You do? Okay.

Soon as I can.

I promise!

[ROARING]

Thanks, Petey.

Oh, Flash's parents are here.

Gotta go. Bye.

Yeah. She's gotta go.

[GRUNTS]

That's it! I've had

enough of gorillas

for one night.

This one's for Flash.

Can't believe

I just thought that.

[SNARLING]

Here, kitty, kitty.

Wish I was playing

hide and seek

with Black Cat.

I so prefer my

felines female.

[ROARING]

Yeah, the werewolf look

was passe.

But the mummy thing,

pure gold.

[SNARLING]

Now you're mine, prey.

Ah, sorry, who's the prey?

Take that, pussycat!

A lesson in humility,

courtesy of the original

and still number one

genetic misfit, me.

[DRUMS PLAYING]

[DRUMS STOP]

[SIREN WAILING]

PETER: Liz!

Petey!

Are you okay?

[SIGHS] I'm fine.

But Flash is

still in surgery.

I know you two

aren't exactly close,

but if you'd

just sit with me

Sure. As long

as it takes.

Thanks.

I'm so glad

you [GASPS]

Well, he did great. There's

every reason to be hopeful,

but we won't know how the knee

will heal for months.

He'll wake soon. [ALL SIGH]

Immediate family only.

[KRAVEN THE HUNTER MOANING]

Calypso?

This change, it

Shh. The eyes

suit you, love.

The hunt is not over.

MASTER PLANNER: [ON SPEAKER]

Glad to hear it.

Our anonymous American friend

now has a name of sorts.

I'm called the Master Planner.

And I was wondering

How do you feel

about hunting in packs?