04x10 - Chapter X: The Lizard King

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Previously on Spider-Man.

He was doing special effects
with Miranda Wilson.

But Beck got sloppy and
the camera copter crashed.

When Spider-Man opened
the door of her car,

Miranda Wilson was gone!

Now the producers want
to finish that film

and I got the job!

Congratulations!

- Action!
- Help!

Mary Jane!

- Can you help me find her?
- This way.

And he became Mysterio
again to save my life.

Why are you doing this?

I require your body.

At last. My face restored!

- No, Miranda.
- What went wrong?

The machine was
never designed to work.

This was the only thing
that kept you alive.

- What's that noise?
- Get out of here!

Mary Jane, all this has made me realize
just how precious you are to me.

I'm flattered, but I'm already
in love with Peter Parker.

Mary Jane, there's something
I've got to show you.

You see Mary Jane, it's me.

Peter? But this is impossible.

Here, let me prove it.

Wait Peter. There's so
much I have to ask you.

Fasten your seat belt.

Don't worry, Mary Jane.

I'll never let anything
happen to you, believe me.

So. What do you think?

How could you have kept
this from me so long?

Makes me wonder what other
little secrets you're hiding.

How do you like to take
a lifetime to find out?

What?
What are you saying?

I lost you once because I
didn't act quickly enough.

I'm not going to make
that mistake again.

Mary Jane, will you marry me?

Mary Jane!

Why did you do that?

To prove to myself that you'll always
be there for me when it really counts.

You will, won't you Peter?

Yes. Yes I will.

Then of course I'll marry you.

This is the happiest
day of my life.

If only I have a ring.

Wait a minute.

Now, it's official.

Family heirloom?

Well, I wouldn't want it
appraised by Tiffanys.

Did you see? He is the one.

Yes. Now that we have found him,
he must be ours.

You're what?

If only Peter's uncle Ben
had lived to see this day.

Peter, Mary Jane getting married.

Peter Parker, you're, you're too young
for the responsibility of marriage.

Where will you live.
How will you live?

Well, we haven't thought of that.

I've just got my Mary Jane back
from heaven knows where.

Well, she's in no condition to make
such an important decision.

Aunt Anna, I may
have partial amnesia,

but one thing has
remained constant.

My love for Peter.
Our minds are made up.

By this time next month, we'll
be Mr. and Mrs. Peter Parker.

Anna, isn't this amazing?

Yes. That would be
one word to describe it.

Who is it?

Dr. Connors?
It's Peter, and Mary Jane Watson.

Blast! Why now?

Do you really think he'll do it?

Dr. Connors will do
anything for you Peter.

Peter and Mary Jane,
couldn't it wait until morning?

Ah... maybe you're right.
We'll come back...

Sorry Doctor, but this is much
too important for later.

We didn't realize you were in
the middle of an experiment.

No matter. Now what's so important
that it can't wait till tomorrow?

Dr. Connors, you've been
more than a teacher to Peter.

More than a friend too.

You're the closest thing
he has to a father.

And since neither Peter nor
I have any male relatives...

- Uh, close ones that is....
- We, we were hoping that you...

We were hoping that you'd consider
giving the bride away at our wedding.

Your wedding?

- I'm honored. But you sure...
- What's wrong?

Don't worry.
It's probably just a brown out.

No, it's more than that.
What is this?

- Who are you?
- We want you!

If only I could get a chance
to become Spider-Man.

Nice diversion, MJ.

It might not be so bad having
someone in on my little secret.

No, don't hurt her!

This cannot be our father.

See how he fears for the female.

He is our father.
I feel it in my blood.

Bah, I do not believe that we
owe anything to a human.

Better listen to the lady,
scale boy.

This human is strong.

See? They are full of surprises.

Doc, are you...

MJ, get out of here!

You are going nowhere.

Gecko, Monitor, come!

We must return to our
realm with our father.

MJ? Doc Connors?

Wait a minute. MJ's ring.

The spider tracer.

Bingo. She's coming
in loud and clear.

There.

Even if he is our father,

why do we not destroy the
useless human female now?

Because Gila has a soft spot
in her heart for humans.

No, Monitor. Unlike you,

I think all living creatures
should be treated with respect.

Amusing concept.

We are stronger than all humans.

Therefore we should be their leaders.

Our father disagrees.

We must follow his will.

If he is really our father.

Who are you?
What do you want from us?

All your questions will be
answered soon, Father.

Why do you think Dr. Connors
is your father?

It is in our blood.
We can feel it.

You see, once we crawled
on our bellies in the dark.

No path, no future.

Then something happened.

We began to grow.

To think with the knowledge of
the father who gave us his blood.

We share it.

That is how we know
he is our father.

You gave us life, father.

Now you must fulfill
your destiny, and ours.

What destiny?

To lead us into the future,

to tell us our true purpose.

They're as crazy as they are ugly.

You didn't create them.

I don't think it's
as simple as that.

In my impatience to make a scientific
breakthrough and regrow my arm,

I combined my own DNA
with the DNA of a lizard.

In doing so, I turned
myself into a monster.

In seeking a more
permanent solution,

I began experimenting with my
own mutated body chemistry.

The experiment failed.

I was furious.

If I've been thinking clearly,

I never would have let
the fluid go down the drain.

That fluid must have
been what they drank.

They will learn that their existence
is a pure accident.

I can't lead them anywhere.

They will not be pleased.

Dr. Connors, your arm!

- Monitor, look!
- Run Mary Jane, before it's too late.

Tell my wife and son...

...tell them I love 'em.

Whoa MJ, it's me.

Peter!

Wake me up.
Tell me this is a nightmare.

Don't worry, I'm here now.

Everything will be okay.

Dr. Connors claims it was all a result
of that accident he told me about.

I was afraid neogenics
was at the bottom of this.

Look MJ, follow this tunnel
back a short distance.

You'll get out of here safely.

- What about you?
- I've got to find Doc Connors.

You have to let somebody else go.

No. I have to go.

This is what I do to make
a difference in the world.

Is this the way it's always
going to be then?

You risks your life against insane
odds while I sit back and worry?

I'm sorry, I have no choice.

If you think I'm just going
to wait, Peter Parker,

you don't know me at all.

Don't worry, Doc.
The cavalry's here.

You've got to hold off
that transformation.

Try!

I don't like the sound of that.

I like the sound of that even less.

Come on, Doc. Let's get out of here
before the party gets too crowded.

No, Father. Don't leave us.

Mary Jane,
what are you doing here?

It, it's your husband.

Curt? What's happened?

There was this experiment
and he... he's turning into...

- The Lizard?
- You know?

Come inside, quickly.

Curt said I should watch this tape
if anything happened to him.

He left specific instructions.

Margaret, if you're playing this,

then all my attempts to
control the Lizard have failed.

You must now take extreme
measures, my darling.

First, take Billy to
stay with your sister.

And then, in the safe, you will find
a kind of genetic neutron b*mb,

harmless to all life except that which
has been mutated by neogenics.

I know this is hard
for you, Margaret,

but you must use this on me.

You must destroy the Lizard.

Are you really going to
destroy your own husband?

No, but he's right.
I must destroy the Lizard.

We need to find someone familiar
with neogenics to help us.

We need Peter Parker.

Ah Margaret, Peter is out of town.

On assignment for the
Daily Bugle, I think.

Oh, dear.

But he's always told me

that Debra Whitman was smarter
than he is any day of the week.

Debra. Of course!

This way. I sense the blood.

And soon it will
stain the ground.

Monitor, that's our father
you're talking about!

That remains to be proven.

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
This way.

How can you be sure?

Stick with me, Doc.

I make these kinds of executive-
type decisions all the time.

Uh oh, visitors.

Well, the g*ng's all here.

Let the party begin.

Father, we don't
want to hurt you.

Speak for yourself, Gila.

Doc Connors, no!

Oh please, not this. Not now!

No!
This is not the way.

Yes, it's all clear to me now.

I am your father.

I once thought it was my lot in life

to improve the human condition.

But I was rejected by
the humans, defeated.

Debra, are you alright?

The wind knocked out of me.

Doc Connors, come back!

Peter!

Curt! Is he...

He'll be okay.

Oh, thank heaven.

I was nearly destroyed, by him!

The humans cannot
be reasoned with.

And they will not let
us co-exist with them.

They must be destroyed!

No!

We cannot act like savages.

Our father has spoken.

Doc Connors, you're
making a mistake.

This isn't the way any living
being should behave.

Fool! I am no longer
that weakling Connors.

Father, the human insults you.

There is but one thing for him.

No. Leave him alone.

She is a traitor to our father's will.

- Take her too!
- What, what? No. No!

May I disposed of
them for you, Father?

Yes, do what you must.

Come on, Flash. Don't be such a slug.
Let's go party!

This isn't like you, Deb.

We've partied every night
for the last two weeks.

I can't believe I'm saying
this, but I need to study.

- Well, I don't.
- Yes, you do.

Drowning your sadness in parties

isn't going to change the fact
that Michael Morbius is gone.

And running away from the very science
that turned him into a vampire

won't bring him back.

Now, want to go to the library
with me and study or not?

Not.

Suit yourself.

Debra?

Your roommate said we'd
find you on campus.

Mary Jane, Mrs. Connors?
What's wrong?

There's been a neogenics accident.

Curt desperately needs your help.

If what you're telling me is true

this device is intended to
work like a neutron b*mb.

Instead of exploding,
it would irradiate it's target.

Curt wants me to
destroy him with this.

What I need to know is, do I
have any other alternatives?

Maybe I can adjust the
b*mb to neutralize,

and oppose to destroy the target.

At least, I can try.

It's no use.
These chains were stolen from above.

What are they going to do with us?

- They'll put us in the games.
- The games?

I had hoped our father would come
and put an end to the games.

But instead...

Gila, don't give up.

Listen, I know how you came to be.

You and the others evolved
into what you are now

based on Doc Connors' DNA.

You got it from a fluid that
accidentally washed into the sewers...

An accident?
Is that all we are?

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have...

Time for the games.

Something tells me we're
not talking checkers here.

An accident? We are
nothing but an accident?

Uh oh.

Our people are ready, Father.

Unite them around the
shared hatred for mankind.

My people, behold the human.

They are weak, these humans.

You must never fear them.

We will overcome them, together!

Release the centurions.

Great. This is exactly why I got
out of professional wrestling.

From the look of these footprints,

there must be thousands of these
creatures, whatever they are.

We may have to detonate the
device right in their midst.

Huh, you seem so strong, Margaret.

This situation scares
the heck out of me.

Oh, I'm frightened alright,
but I love Curt.

I'll do anything for him.

In a strange way, all I've
had to endured for him,

has shown me my own potential.

Made me see how
strong I really am.

Mary Jane, you
don't have to do this.

No. Just like you,
I must do this.

You've got to be faster than that

if you want a little thing
like world domination.

Hey. Thanks pal.

You were lucky, Spider-Man.

Your opponent was unworthy.

Oh you noticed that too, huh?

Now you will fight someone
who is your superior.

Listen. What's that?

It's coming from over there.

Good. It sounds like they're
all in there together.

The device is primed.

All you have to do is press
this button to activate it.

- Curt!
- Oh, Peter!

Please do it, now!

Mary Jane! Get to the centre
and press the button.

An accident gave us a chance
to live as the humans lived.

To love, to laugh.

But instead, we have
chosen stupidity, brutality.

I can't give up,
for both our sakes!

We could have been
better than them.

But instead, we have
chosen to act as animals.

- What?
- So we have chosen, so shall we be.

What's the matter?

With all my superpowers,
I was helpless.

It took three normal
women to save the world.

Anything wrong with that?

No, but I was hoping
to be the only one

to wear the superhero
costume in the family.

Of course, it'll probably look
better on you, anyway.

Thank you, Mary Jane.

You've given me my life back.

No, Margaret.
It's you who helped me.

More than you'll ever know.

Debra, you were brilliant!

I guess I'm not as finished
with science as I thought.

Ah. Alone at last.

Mary Jane, this whole
thing only proves to me

how dangerous being
Spider-Man's wife is going to be.

Are you sure you want to
keep wearing my ring?

Bet your life on it, tiger.

It will take a lot to be
Spider-Man's wife

but I learned something today.

If anyone can do it,
it'll be Mary Jane Watson.