05x08 - Part 2

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Previously on Spider-Man.

The last few weeks have been
the best times of my life.

Let go of her!

Leave my husband alone!

I'm taking you back.

[ Screaming ]

Mary Jane!

All that's left is her jacket.

And Morrie Bench passed through
MJ's jacket during the abduction.

That's it! I know where
he's taking her!

Stay away from me.

Come back here, Red.

It's time we had a little talk.

That's the last of my
coagulating web fluid.

Parker's wife is missing.

I thought you'd be
looking for her too.

Run all you want, Red!

Now I'm really steamed!

Brilliant.
Mary Jane, you've done it again.

Is it possible the lady is trying
to tell you something?

I'm sick of your interference.

This time,
I'm finishing you off myself.

You can't do this to me!

Mary Jane?

How on earth did you...?

I don't know!

Peter?

Wh... what's happening to me?

How did I turn into water?

I-I don't know.

What did Hydro-Man do to her?

Cat, are you all right?

Uh, I'm okay

as long as sprinkler
boy is gone.

How did you manage
to stop him anyway?

Well, uh...

- I, uh...
- Uh...

Well...

We'll explain later.

Let's fly!

I guess we better take Mrs.
Parker back to her husband.

- Huh?
- I'm sure he's been worried sick.

Look, I can get her back.

There's no need for
both of us to do it.

Fair enough.

Then I must get going.

I'll always cherish our
time together, Spider.

Cat, I...

Thanks for reminding me

that a superhero must always have
a deep sense of commitment.

I made one to Morbius,
now I have to keep it.

I'm going back to
join him in Europe.

I've finally realized
that's where I belong.

Good-bye.

[ Clears throat ]
Hello?

For a minute, it looked like
you forgot I was here.

What exactly is there between
you and this Black Cat?

She was once my partner,

and she really helped me through
the time that you were gone.

But we've got more important
things to worry about.

You're right.

And I just can't shake
the feeling that,

that when we find out
what's wrong with me

it's going to lead
to my destruction.

So the chemical factory was the last
place you saw this Hydro-Man?

Yes. Spider-Man saved me,
then brought me home.

[ Gasps ]
Mary Jane, you poor dear.

I can't believe you
had to go through that.

Oh, Anna, the worst is over.

And I'm sure Detective Lee

will keep that awful
Hydro-Man away.

We'll do what we can, Mrs. Parker,

but this Hydro-Man's a
pretty elusive character.

You two are still
in real danger.

Well, the best thing for
us to do is stay hidden

so Hydro-Man can't find us.

Please, do what you can.

It's all in your hands.

And you don't even
know the worst of it.

Thanks for helping
us, Dr. Connors.

We didn't know who
else to turn to.

Mary Jane's nightmare
might be a repressed memory

of where she was when she
disappeared some time ago.

Maybe we can recover that
memory through hypnosis.

Are you ready, Mary Jane?

Let's do it.

Relax completely.

Relax and go to sleep.

Let yourself go.

Let yourself go.

Mary Jane, can you hear me?

Yes.

Where are you?

I'm, I'm drowning!

[ Gasping ]

No, no, I'm floating...

in water!

Someone else is here.

I can't see who,
but he scares me.

Come to me.

I am your father.

No, he's lying!

I must get away!

I hear a loud noise.

It sounds like train tracks.

Stop it!

I'm being chased by a clown.

You can't escape me.

He has Morrie's voice.

No!

I smell something
baking in an oven.

I'm in my wedding gown,

running up to the
top of a platform.

I love you.

You were made for me.

Me!

I'm falling!

The ground is... sticky.

I see a man.

- He says...
- You can't go home.

Then he turns into a...

...a pirate.

I'm on his pirate ship.

[ Screaming ]

- No. No!
- Doc, what's wrong?

It's too much for her mind.

If I don't bring her out now,

she might suffer a nervous collapse.

- No!
- Mary Jane, at the count of three

I will snap my fingers,
and you must wake up.

You'll feel refreshed

and you'll remember
everything you've told me.

One, two, three.

Oh, Peter.

You did well.

Those dream images may be
clues to your disappearance.

And we're going to
track down every one

until we figure all this out.

Professor, I've never had this
much trouble reforming before.

I feel terrible.

Why is this happening to me?!

I can't really say, my dear boy.

Your reconstitution is still...

well, experimental at this point.

I'll need to run a few tests.

It's going to take some time.

No! I can't wait!

Mary Jane is...

Mary Jane is not
important right now.

I must take time to
examine your blood sample.

And leave her in the
arms of Peter Parker?

Not a chance!

Stop! Come back!

Yes, Anna, I have heard from
Peter and Mary Jane today.

I'm supposed to
keep it a secret

but they might go visit the
George Washington bridge.

No, I haven't any idea why.

Is this bringing back
any memories, M.J.?

Any small clue?

I was on the ship before
I fell off this bridge.

- The pirate ship.
- Yes.

- On the Hudson river.
- Yes!

Oh, I know what you're thinking.

It makes no sense at all,
but I-I... oh!

Mary Jane, what's the matter?

I suddenly felt really spacy.

As if I can't hold my
thoughts together.

It's probably the shock of being
back here where it all started.

I remember...

...suddenly finding myself
at the bottom of the bridge

and seeing Spider-Man
battling the Green Goblin.

But I don't remember falling off

or anything that
happened in between.

Oh, I hate this bridge.

Yeah, me too.

I always get the feeling something
bad is going to happen here.

Yeah, you ought to
become a psychic.

- Morrie!
- Stay back!

I don't know who's more of a pain,

you or Spider-Man.

[ Mary Jane screaming ]

Now, Red, we're together again,

just the way I like it.

After all, we were
made for each other.

[ Mary Jane screaming ]

Bench!

No.

Mary Jane.

Where is she?

They could be miles away.

My only chance of
getting Mary Jane back

is to keep following the
clues from her dream.

Somehow, I think all the
answers will lead to Bench.

But where on earth am I
going to find a pirate ship?

Of course.

A theme restaurant.

Well... hello, Smiley.

I'm sorry, sir.

A tie and jacket are
required after 5:00 P.M.

I'm not here for the
chicken ala Davy Jones.

I'm looking for a woman

whose life may be
in serious danger.

Oh yes, that poor child.

I was terribly worried about her.

She appeared one night
and seemed very disoriented.

And she was soaking wet,
but it wasn't raining.

She said she wanted to
go home, but I told her

"You can't go home, dear, not until
we get you into some dry clothes."

I went back to see

if we had anything for her
in the coat check room

and when I returned
she was gone.

Which way did she come from?

From, uh, north, up the street.

Thanks!

The bridge, the pirate ship,

the man with the mustache.

They're all real.

But what's next?

Hey, that smells
like cake baking.

I smell something
baking in an oven.

Wait a minute.

A wedding cake bakery?

Of course.

Mary Jane wearing a wedding
dress and falling in goo?

It must be a dream image
inspired by these cakes.

I'm being chased by a clown.

A clown who bangs a tin drum.

What could that be?

A circus?

A toy.

[ Clacking ]

Hello.

This might be what
I'm looking for.

Now what?

Whoa!

This is the one time when
"batteries not included"

wouldn't have been a bad idea.

Why do I get the feeling that

Alistair Smythe is now
in the toy business?

Uh-oh.

There's something back there.

Got to move fast.

♪ Thank you. ♪

"Oscorp"?

What on earth is this...?

Uh oh. I'm out of here.

The sound it's making is
what Mary Jane heard.

I'm on the right track

literally.

I hope he only bought
a one-way ticket.

Now where am I?

That light at the
end of the tunnel,

could that be the big eye
Mary Jane saw in her dream?

This tunnel, it's like the
one leading from Oscorp

to the Green Goblin's
underwater lab.

I thought I destroyed that lab

but maybe somebody's
brought it back to life.

And if they did, why?

[ Coughing ]

I never wanted you to have
to see this lab again, Red.

What do you mean "again"?

Wait a minute.

I remember this place.

This is where my dream begins.

What does it have to do with you?

Like I've been saying
all along, Red,

we were made for each other.

Don't you understand?

You have no choice
but to be mine.

No. I hate the
sound of your voice.

I can't stand looking at you.

And let's not bring
up your personality.

I knew I could count
on you to find me.

[ Grunting ]

Why can't I get rid of you?

Mary Jane is mine!

My suit's torn.

[ Screaming ]

Mary Jane.

I can't reassemble myself.

I won't let you terrorize
me any longer.

Aah! Stop!

Please, stop!

I can't do it.

I can't destroy him.

Those water powers.

How do you even make
them happen at all?

I can answer that, Spider-Man.

Who are you?

My name is Professor Miles Warren.

And I can actually be considered
Mary Jane's father.

Miles Warren?

I read about you in
a science journal.

Your cloning experiments were
banned by the government.

True.

So I found it necessary to continue
my research in secret

on an underground level.

Fortunately, there are those
who are willing to pay

for scientific work like mine.

You're the one who kept me here.

You gave me the power
to turn into water.

You have hydro-power
because you and Hydro-Man

literally were made
for each other.

What do you mean?

Perhaps it's best if I explain
everything from the beginning.

I was set up in this lab

by an individual who wished
for me to continue my research.

- Who?
- He prefers to remain anonymous.

My early experiments
were unsuccessful.

The tissue wouldn't
hold together.

Then I happened upon an
article in the Daily Bugle

about Hydro-Man
and his viscous ability

to disassemble and
reassemble himself.

This might hold the key.

But Hydro-Man
evaporated on a rooftop.

So I had read in the paper.

However, I hoped there would
still be traces of his DNA

at the scene of his demise.

And were there?

Yes. Enough to make a clone.

He was magnificent.

An exact duplicate in looks

...ability.

But also, unfortunately,
in memory and emotion.

Emotion?

Are you saying the
clone loved Mary Jane

as much as the real Hydro-Man?

Exactly.

He threatened to destroy me
if I didn't help him find her.

I told him it was impossible.

Mary Jane was gone.

Hydro-Man was so
devastated by her loss

he insisted that I clone her.

How?

All I needed was a
sample of your hair.

[ Crying ]

I fused the viscous properties
from Hydro-Man's cell structure

to Mary Jane's DNA to
ensure the same stability.

It worked beautifully,

but just as Hydro-Man's emotions
remained true to the original

so did Mary Jane's.

She felt love,
love for Peter Parker.

[ Gasps ]
- Peter, I've come back to you.

Mary Jane.

[ All cheering ]

We had no idea where she'd gone

until we read of her
marriage to Parker.

So what you're
trying to tell me is

I'm not the real Mary Jane?

I'm afraid that is so, my dear.

I would've come for you sooner

but I had to wait until my
powers grew stronger.

You're my Eve, Mary Jane.

You were made from
part of me, for me.

What?
I don't believe any of this.

It's not true. It can't be true.

You know in your heart it is.

You can feel it.

Why didn't you just
tell me I was a clone?

Because if you didn't know

you'd be just like
the real Mary Jane.

How can I live my
life as a clone?

As a part of you?

I hate you!

Then you're just going to have
to hate me for all eternity,

as my wife.

[ Gasping ]
[ Clears throat ]

I'm afraid I have some
rather unpleasant news.

The latest blood tests on Hydro-Man

show that the cloning process
has proven unstable.

You're coming apart just
like my first clones.

It has just taken longer
to happen this time.

According to my research

neither of you has
much time left.

No!

This is all your fault!

If you couldn't do it correctly,

you should never
have done it at all!

Bench, stop!
You're destroying the lab!

No. It's happening too fast.

I want you, Red.

I want you.

No!

Mary Jane.

No!

It's... it's too late.

I'm falling apart, too.

We'll get help.

We'll... Warren!

Warren, where the
blazes are you?!

Forget it, tiger.

He's gone.

Oh, dear.

Before I go

I want you to know
just one thing.

If any part of me

is anything like the
real Mary Jane Watson

she loves Peter Parker more
than anything in the world.

More... than... anything.

No!

Mary Jane...

Mary Jane!

[ Screaming ]

Ah, Smythe, my dear fellow

sorry to bother you.

Tell Silvermane that I need
some repairs down here.

Perhaps soon, I might make
some startling advances.

What happened to you, Mary Jane?

I can't go on without knowing.

Not as Spider-Man.

Not as anyone.

Oh, how wrong you
are, Spider-Man.

As usual.

No. Not you again.

I still have something very
important for you to do.

Have you forgotten

that I have been preparing
you this long while

for the most important
battle of your life?

I remember all of my encounters
with you, Madame Web.

I want nothing to do with you.

But suppose I told you

I know where Mary Jane is

and you will only find her

if you do as I command?

Leave me alone!

I cannot.

This is your destiny, Spider-Man

and now the fate of mankind
rests on your weary shoulders.