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01x02 - Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up?

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Ironheart". Aired: June 24, 2025 – present.*
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Following the events of the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), MIT student Riri Williams returns home to Chicago where she becomes entangled with the enigmatic Parker Robbins / The Hood, discovering secrets that pit technology against magic and setting her on a path of danger and adventure.

01x02 - Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up?

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MIT has a zero-tolerance
policy on plagiarism.

-You're expelling me?
-[Professor Wilkes] Immediately.

[Riri] I'm here because I can be the
greatest inventor of my generation,


which doesn't mean much
without the resources


to bring my ideas to life.

[TRVOR] Setting course
to Chicago, Illinois.


[John] So, what should we do

-about Stuart?
-[The Hood] Fire him.

But make sure you find
his replacement first.

-[John] Yo, you seein' this?
-Holy hell.

-[crackling]
-Ooh!

Why do you insist on
building your own death trap?

[Riri] Because I can.

[Madeline] A lot of kids act out

-for years after a traumatic event.
-[g*nshots]

You know, traditional companies,
they didn't work for me, either.

That's why I work for
someone... better.

I heard Riri Williams
was a genius.

-You don't have that kinda money.
-[Parker] Consider this a signing bonus.

Join me and I will give you the tools
to help you carry out your vision.


[female voice] Riri?

-Riri, time to wake up, love.
-[crackling]

[thuds]

[♪ captivating music playing]

[objects clattering]

[Riri groans]

Nah, nah, you...
You're not real.

If I wasn't real,
could I do this?

[laptop beeping]

Okay.

-Well, what is real?
-[Ronnie] Riri? Are you home?

Uh, yes.

You got to get out of here.

-I do not need my mom to see you.
-Okay, where do you want me to go?

[suit powers up]

[Ronnie] Riri, don't
you hear me calling you?

[straining] Oh, one second, Mom.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

Oh, you nice with it.

Please stop talking.

[door slams]

-[Ronnie] Did you just slam my door?
-[Riri] Sorry.

Okay, what is
this? Who are you?

I'm Natalie.

I'd shake your hand, but I'm
just a three-dimensional image

shaped by light beams projecting
from that broken chest plate, so...

-I'm not calling you that.
-Okay.

You could call me, "Neuro
Autonomous Technical Assistant

and Laboratory Intelligence
Entity" instead,

but "Natalie" just kind of rolls
off the tongue a little better,

-you know?
-Fine. Call yourself whatever you want.

It's not like you're gonna be
around much longer, anyway.

Run diagnostics.

Wait, what? What do you
mean? I just got here.

I need to figure out what went wrong
so I can erase you, start over,

and hopefully forget this
weird glitch ever happened.

Whoa, who you callin' a glitch?

Run diagnostics.

Okay, so you just
gon' threaten my life

-and then ask for a favor.
-Favor?

That's how you do business?

-Girl, that was an order.
-Oh.

Which, as an AI you're
designed to obey.

Run diagnostics now.

See, I just don't understand
why you want to erase me

when I'm literally perfection.

[chuckles] No.
You are a mistake.

-How, sway?
-My goal was to recreate

a very sophisticated
Wakandan AI called Griot...

-[mimics] "Sophisticated".
-...to enhance my suit's functionality.

Sounds like a Victorian-era ghost.
That could be us, but you trippin'.

But somehow, I'm looking at a hologram
of my dead best friend instead.

[Natalie] Hmm...

Yeah, that's...

[grunts] That's only weird
if you make it... weird.

[phone vibrates]

Oh, my God!

-I don't have time for this.
-[knocking at door]

[Ronnie] It's been more
than a second, Riri.

-What are you doing?
-Is that Ronnie?

-[knocking]
-Can I talk to her?

That's a diamond-hard no.

-Why can't I talk to her?
-Be quiet.

-'Sup?
-"'Sup?"

-You got a boy in here?
-Ew. No, Mom.

-A girl?
-It's just me. By myself.

[Ronnie] Oh.

-Yeah.
-Well...

It's really nice seeing
you in your room again.

Mom, I'm kinda in the
middle of something. Okay?

[Ronnie] All right.
I'll leave you alone.

Okay, thank you so much. Bye.

What do you want for
dinner tonight? What... Ow!

Listen, I gotta
go to work, so...

You're gonna wait here
quietly till I get back.

I can't go with you? What am I
supposed to do while you're gone?

Nothing.

Do not do anything
until I get back.

As you wish, Master Riri.

You have fun in here.

[breath shuddering]

[♪ somber music playing]

[breathes deeply]

Damn.

Here again?

Go home, Roger.

Good morning to you, too.

Actually, glad I
caught you, 'cause...

I was gonna invite you to
this, uh, Saba thing tonight.

-Unless you already got plans.
-No. I...

I mean, yeah, I could go.

Let's meet there. Send me the
addy. I really gotta go. I'm late.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

-[♪ intriguing music playing]
-[Sheila] Introducing, TNNL.

We transformed Chicago's
historic freight tunnels


into a private highway,

offering travelers a
shorter and safer commute.


The committed team at TNNL
thanks investors like you


for joining our mission
to bring comfort,


safety, and community to
the great city of Chicago.


The subterranean system
utilizes electromagnetic...


[video stops]

Yo, nice of you to
finally join us.

[chair scraping]

[John clears throat]

Sorry. I'm...

Brought the bagels. [sighs]

-Gluten-free?
-[all laughing]

All right. Let's get to it.

Here's the squad.

Sitting across from me is Slug.

Our hacker extraordinaire
from Madripoor.

They were swindling high rollers
on dark web gambling sites.


-[man grunts]
-[Parker] We offered them asylum

in Chicago in exchange
for their services.


[Slug] I don't wanna toot
my own horn or anything,


but, um, I'm kinda one of
Madripoor's most wanted.

-Toot-toot.
-[Jeri laughs]

[Parker] Then there's The
Blood Siblings, Roz and Jeri.

Down-on-their-luck athletes,
banned from every league

-for unsportsmanlike conduct.
-Facts.

[Parker] We found them making money
off back-alley fights outside a dive.


[both grunting]

[♪ upbeat rap song playing]

Next is Clown.

Our pyrotechnics specialist.

We found her in the middle of a nasty
workplace dispute with her fiancé.

[♪ upbeat song playing, Mark
Kelly "I've Been Dreaming"]

♪ ...something And
that something is you ♪


[Parker] In exchange
for her skills,


-we convinced him to not press charges.
-[lighter clicks]

Then finally, that
leaves my cousin, John.

[smacks lips] HR,
recruiter, getaway driver...

I'm also highly skilled in the art
of scherma di stiletto siciliano.

"Hi, I'm John. My parents didn't say, 'I
love you, ' so now I play with knives."

-[both laughing]
-[scoffs]

That was actually
funny. That's good.

Look, Riri is replacing Stuart as
our mechanic and tech specialist.

-We're lucky to have her.
-[John] Yep.

Let's get her up to
speed on tonight's job.

-John? Take it away.
-Yo.

Tonight, Sheila's gonna be
doing a big demo run at TNNL.

And we're gonna be interrupting that
practice run by breaking the system

in a way only this crew can fix.

We robbin' the Sheila Zarate?

You mean, Sheila "I
don't care if my tunnels

destroy entire communities
if it makes me rich" Zarate?

You're right. Screw her.

You'll upload a virus,
created by yours truly,

into one of TNNL's mobile access points,
allowing me to shut down the system.

It's on this flash drive here.

Once you plug it in, I
can control the system.

-[Parker] Clown will get you in.
-I got just the thing.

Strong enough to blow through
thick layers of concrete

without causing
any damage below.

[whispers] And she's quiet.

[in normal voice] My little
S-B-D. Silent but deadly.

Okay. Me, Roz, and John
will clear the control room

so Slug can do their thing.

And once Parker's done with
negotiations, we meet at the pickup spot.

Be there on time
or take the bus.

Everyone in position
by 8:00 sharp, tonight.

So, like, when do we get paid?

Is it like a cash only,
under-the-table type situation,

-or, like, direct deposit?
-[all laughing]

That's a good question.

[Parker] How about we
stay focused on the job?

And that suit better be ready.

We're gonna need it for tonight.

It's at home.

Charging, but I got you.

Don't worry.

Okay.

Let's do it.

[♪ stealthy music playing]

-[keyboard clacking]
-[digital beeping]

-[suit powers up]
-[electricity crackling]

[suit powers down]

[Riri] Cool.

So, I'm screwed.

-Can't you build some... [laughs]
-[yelps]

Do not sneak up on me like that.

[laughing] Girl, you
should've saw your face.

Stop messin' around and pull
up Stuart Clarke's contact.

[Natalie] For what?

Maybe he has a connect.

-Oh. [chuckles]
-[line ringing]

[over phone] 'Sup, y'all. It's
your boy Rampage, aka Stuart.


But call me Rampage
in your message.


This man sent me
straight to voicemail.

Oh. Probably 'cause
you stole his job.

-Salty a*s.
-Salty a*s.

[sighs] If only, if only you had a
valiant AI who'd brave the dark corners

of the Internet and locate
everything you need.

-[sighs] You already did that, didn't you?
-[chuckling] I mean...

[softly] Maybe.

[scoffs] Just like
the real Natalie.

Just show me what you found.

Okay, here's a list of black
market shoppers in Illinois.

Closest address is registered
to a Joe McGillicuddy.

-That sounds fake.
-Yeah, I know, right?

They might have what you need.

Recent transactions includes a bunch
of experimental bio enhancements,

microchips, prosthetics,
electronic control systems.

-My guy has everything.
-Great.

I'll pay our friend, Joe, a
little visit. What's the address?

[gasps] Yes! Okay.

Besties breaking
the rules. [gasps]

Oh, my God, remember we used to sing
'03 Bonnie & Clyde in your dad's car?

And you were always
Jay-Z and I was Beyoncé.

How do you know that?

What, you mean "'03 Bonnie
and Clyde"? It's a classic.

No, how do you remember
something that you...

Never mind. Doesn't
matter. You're not coming.

-[typing]
-Again? But I'm in your chest plate.

Not if I tether
you to my laptop.

[groans]

-Wow, the betrayal.
-What? It has games.

[sighs] Good luck... Dragging
your suit all the way to Evanston.

You're a strong, independent
woman, but you ain't that strong.

Right here! Right
here! I got juices!

Chocolate bars! I got candy!

Juices! Right here!

-[Riri] Hey.
-Wassup?

Let me borrow this
wagon real quick.

"Borrow"? In this economy?

-Nah.
-I can give you twenty.

Make it forty, you got a deal.

Hey, don't blame
me. Blame inflation.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

-[indistinct shouting]
-[snoring]

-Good girl.
-Uh, Heather?

-Hey, neighbor!
-Hello.

-Just a really quick thing.
-This is the guy.

Do you think you could stop
letting your dog poop on my lawn?

Oh. Sorry, Joe. But the hubs
and I just got our yard done,

and well, I don't want little Lucky
contaminating my black-eyed Susans.

-[kisses]
-Uh-huh. I totes understand.

Maybe you could take her to the
park to do her business then?

Uh, gosh, Joe, I would, but the
grass over there is just so dry,

-and, well, Lucky can't go on dry grass.
-[sighs]

-[Heather] Sensitive paws.
-[Joe] Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

-Um, oh, light bulb.
-[Heather] Yeah.

[Joe] How about you
pick up after her then?

-Does that work?
-All out of poop bags, Joe.

-Uh, you didn't... You didn't check?
-Yeah, well...

I'll take care of it next
time. See you later, Joe.

-sh**t!
-Oh!

-God. Sorry about your persimmons.
-[pants] Oh.

That's all right. It looks like
they're, uh, only slightly bruised.

I can still make my world-famous jam.
Thank you for your help. I'm Joe.

-Riri.
-[sighs] What you got there, Riri?

I'm selling chocolate
bars for my troop.

Technically, you need a permit for that,
but I'm willing to look the other way

for an underprivileged youth.

How much for a bar?

One repulsor transmitter, a micro
brain-machine interface system,

and nanosorbothane.

Maybe we should
take this inside.

[objects clattering]

Hey, Joe...

Eyes on me. Where is your stash?

Uh, you've got the wrong guy.

Maybe whoever you're looking
for lived here before me

and forgot to change his
address on the black market?

I didn't say anything
about the black market.

How do you know where
the items came from?

[stammering] Who kno...
It's the criminal store.

I made an educated guess.

I'mma make this
easy for both of us.

If you don't work with me here,

-the FBI gets a call from a...
-[clicks tongue]

...concerned neighbor.

-And you rot in federal prison.
-[breathing heavily]

[stutters] Look at me. There's
no way I can survive prison.

Have you seen Orange Is the New
Black?
They'll eat me alive.

Listen, Joe, if
that's your name...

It is my real name! I swear.

Just hand everything over,

and you can get back to
making your persimmon jam.

[breathes deeply] Okay. Okay.

But I don't keep the
stuff in the house.

Just tell me where.
I can go alone.

Unfortunately, my collection is
protected by a biometric retinal scanner.

And I'd really like to
keep both my eyes, please.

[phone vibrates]

[phone vibrating]

[sighs]

[sniffling]

-Are you crying?
-Sorry.

Sometimes it just happens.
It's totally involuntary.

-Crying?
-It'll go away on its own.

Just... [breathes
shakily] Just ignore me.

-Is this 'cause you got blackmailed?
-No, I can handle blackmail.

I get blackmailed,
like, twice a day.

I just... [sighs] don't wanna give
all my stuff away to a stranger.

You know how long it took me to find
a real chest repulsor transmitter?

I'm sorry. I'm still on the part
where you get blackmailed twice a day.

What other shady things
are you into, Joe?

It's my coworker, Frank. He tricked me
into doctoring a report for a client,

and now he hangs that
violation over my head.

Which is ironic, by the way,
because we're tech ethicists.

Joe, you gotta demand respect.

Right. Well, that's
easy for you to say.

You have a menacing iron suit. [scoffs]
People have no choice but to respect you.

Bruh, you were born
with that kinda power.

Own it.

Don't let Frank, or your shitty neighbor,
or anybody else walk all over you.

Except for me. I'm allowed 'cause
I got the menacing iron suit.

[clicks button]

[moody song playing over radio,
Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know"]

[over speakers] ♪ I
want you to know ♪


-[singing along]
-♪ That I'm happy for you ♪

♪ I wish... ♪

I didn't take you
for an Alanis fan.

I'm a complicated creature, Joe.

[Riri] My goal was to
recreate a very sophisticated


Wakandan AI called Griot, to
enhance my suit's functionality.


[Natalie] Sounds like
a Victorian-era ghost.


Listen, that could be
us, but you trippin'.


[Riri] But somehow, I'm looking at a
hologram of my dead best friend instead.


-[recording rewinds]
-...hologram

of my dead best friend instead.

Come on, now, Ri, you gotta have
some photos of me somewhere.

Oh, oh, here we go.

[♪ intriguing music playing]

Okay. I'm coming
for you, bestie.

Now, how the hell do
I get out of here?

[digital beeping]

Mm-mm.

[groans]

Uh, here we go. Here we go.

And... got it.

[moody R&B song playing on
stereo, Piwa "Fine Line]

♪ ...me all the pics
that you hated ♪


♪ But you said you
wanted to be my one ♪


-♪ Taking my pain in... ♪
-[song audio distorts]

-[song stops]
-[screams]

[object clatters]

Get behind me, Satan.

Oh, you weren't
supposed to see me.

[gasps]

-Natalie? How the hell?
-[stutters] Relax. [chuckles]

Ms. Ronnie. It's,
uh... I'm not a ghost.

I'm just an AI coming from that

-little projector you got over there.
-[chuckles]

-Oh, word?
-Word.

-Riri made you?
-Yeah...

[sighs in relief]

-Well, ashè then. [laughs]
-Ashè.

[both singing] ♪ It's
not fair to deny me ♪


♪ Of the cross I bear ♪

♪ That you gave to me ♪

♪ You, you, you oughta know ♪

[breathing heavily]
We're almost here.

You better not try anything.

What? Like...

Oh, like k*ll? You think
I'm gonna k*ll you?

-[laughing]
-I mean...

That's fresh. It's hilarious you think
I'm capable of something like that.

Well, definitely didn't say
I thought you were capable.

[♪ mysterious music playing]

[Riri] How did you
find this place?

After I bought my first set
of biomimetic mechatronics,

I was riddled with guilt. I
couldn't eat. I couldn't sleep.

Eventually, I turned
this silo into a bunker

to hide my growing
collection of bionics.

[Riri] That's really weird, Joe.

[door creaks open]

[lock keypad beeping]

[door lock clicks, hisses open]

[door hisses closed]

This is wild.

What are you gonna
do with all of this?

Are you planning
a global takeover?

Sh... Should we be worried?

Calm down. It's nothing
more than a quirky hobby.

[laughs]

A shady bunker filled with ill*gal
weapons and... and bionics,

-you call a "quirky hobby"?
-[scoffs]

"Shady bunker"? My bunker is
not shady. It's wholesome.

A wholesome bunker?

Would a shady bunker
have that on the wall?

It's literally above a crate of
self-guided missiles. [chuckles]

I'm returning those.

Come on.

What's the real reason?

Why do you need all this?

I know it's unconventional.
I guess... [sighs]

The bunker makes me
feel close to my dad.

He was... an engineer

constantly going on about
how tech is the future.

And I always believed
that, to an extent.

Except the future isn't piling
on layers of clunky metal

and wrapping ourselves in wire.

Do I detect some shade?

I just mean that technology
is meant to advance humanity.

And bionics is about so much
more than weaponry and defense.

You can actually help people.

Organ replacements,
prosthetic implants.

I mean, that's just
the tip of the iceberg.

I don't know. That sounds sus.

Well, if not to help people,
why would you build the suit?

Because I could.

That's not an answer.

Look, you're not gonna tell anyone
where you got all this, right?

I'm no snitch.

I'm sorry.

I just can't get over how much
you resemble the real Natalie.

I mean, you even sound just like
her. Riri's really outdone herself.

[Natalie] Yeah. Except
I think I freak her out.

What do you mean?

Mmm... She's not letting me do the
very thing that I'm designed to do,

which is protect
her and help her.

Girl, welcome to Riri's life.

The only way to be in it is
to force your way through.

Really?

Time?



I need this for work tonight.

You need an iron suit
for a nighttime job,

-and I'm the shady one?
-I think it's pretty clear at this point

that neither of us are
outstanding members of society.

I'm sorry. My therapist says
I have a tendency to project

my insecurities onto others.

It's fine.

-Question. Uh, as a tech tattletale, wha...
-Tech ethicist.

-That's what I said.
-[soldering iron sizzling]

What would you say if someone
were to hypothetically create AI

using brain-scanning
technology on themselves?

I would say the amount of energy and
power it takes to scan a human brain

would hypothetically
turn it to goop,

and only an idiot with a
death wish would try that.

Cool, cool, cool.

But if someone did create AI

using brain-scanning
technology successfully,

you think it'd be any good?

Are you asking for a friend?

I'm not not asking for a friend.

If by "good" you mean
"efficient," then probably.

If by "good," you
mean "ethical,"

it would depend on if
the creator were ethical.

Okay. Could've said that in
a regular tone, but I get it.

Can you pass me that?

[sighs]

I can't. My fingerprints
will get all over it.

Who cares? Use gloves.

And the wind could blow
my hair follicles onto it.

What wind? Joe.

[sighs]

You spent millions on all of this,
and you haven't touched anything?

I've touched! How else would I have
brought everything into the bunker?

-Hold this. Hold this right now.
-I shouldn't.

I... [sighs] I shouldn't.

But it's so smooth.

Cold...

-and metal-y...
-Okay, okay.

[breathes deeply]

It is smooth and
cold and metal-y.

Hmm. It feels good, don't it?

-What is this?
-It's an MRF.

-I used to drink those in college.
-[clicks tongue]

That's an AMF. A MRF is a
magnetic repulsion field.

-It's kinda plain, isn't it?
-"Plain"?

Yeah, I mean, shouldn't
it have, like, more flair?

-Not you giving me style tips.
-Just saying.

Where's your arc reactor?
That's, like, the...

You know, they don't
exactly hand those out.

-Mine is solar and wind powered.
-[phone vibrates]

Damn.

I gotta go.

[controller chimes]

[♪ R&B pop music playing,
Chaka Khan "Ain't Nobody"]

Deuces.

[suit powering up]

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

-♪ Ain't nobody ♪
-♪ Nobody ♪


-♪ Loves me better ♪
-♪ Loves me better ♪


♪ Makes me happy ♪

-♪ Makes me feel this way ♪
-♪ Nobody ♪


-♪ Ain't nobody ♪
-♪ Ain't nobody ♪


♪ Loves me better ♪

[vocalizing]

[grunting]

-[expl*sive trills]
-♪ I wait for nighttime to come ♪

♪ And bring you to me ♪

♪ I can't believe I'm
the one I was so lonely ♪


♪ I feel like no one could
feel I must be dreamin' ♪


♪ I want this dream to be
real I need this feelin' ♪


-[Riri] What's good, Clown?
-Mm-hmm.

[grunts]

♪ Oh, oh ♪

-♪ Ain't nobody ♪
-♪ Nobody ♪


♪ Loves me better ♪

-[Riri] Slug... I'm in.
-[chuckles]

♪ Makes me feel this way ♪

-♪ Ain't nobody ♪
-♪ Nobody, baby ♪


♪ Loves me better ♪

♪ Ain't nobody ♪

[grunting]

♪ Loves me better than you ♪

[groans]

♪ At first, you put
your arms around me ♪


♪ Then you put your
charms around me ♪


[grunts]

♪ I can't resist this
sweet surrender ♪


[both grunting]

♪ Oh, my nights are
warm and tender ♪


♪ We stare into
each other's eyes ♪


♪ And what we see ♪

[guard groans]

♪ Is no surprise ♪

♪ Got a feeling most... ♪

-Hey, girl, how's the heist going?
-[yelps]

[Riri grunting]

[grunts] sh*t! The drive!

-Oh, my bad. Did I scare you again?
-Be quiet. They'll hear you.

Chill. I put us on
our own channel.

[keyboard clacking]

[Slug] Wait a minute.
I lost comms with Riri.

Roll call. You there? Hello?

-[Riri] How did you even get out?
-Jailbreak. There's a wireless connection

between me and the suit. I just had
to figure out how to tap into it.

Well, you and your jailbreak
just made me drop the hard drive

with Slug's virus,
and now I'm screwed.

-I can fix it.
-How?

There's another way to
shut down the system.

-How?
-[Natalie] First, turn off your MRF

so you can magnetize yourself
to one of these platforms.

The MRF is the only thing
keeping me from death.

Don't worry, Ri. I got you.

[Riri] You better
not get me k*lled.

-We got a problem.
-What's up? What happened?

[Slug] Riri must've lost the drive.
It's not in the tunnel anymore.

Damn it. Parker can't
hold his breath all night.

Can you get back on with Riri?

Of course I can. It's just
gonna take a minute, Zaddy.

We don't have a minute.

[Natalie] Oh, man, this
is just like Spy Kids.

Okay, I'm stuck.
What's next, Nat?

All right. Each platform is
connected to the security mainframe

in case of an emergency,

so if we can dislodge the
car from its platform,

the firewalls will drop,

-and Slug will be able to get in.
-Looks like I'm under an Impala,

which means six speed
automatic transmission.

-Let me see the undercarriage.
-[digital beeping]

So don't wanna freak you out,
but we're, like, five miles away

-from the weigh station.
-Which means?

You about to get
crushed like a pop can.

-Yo, Slug.
-[Slug] Ooh, girl,

we thought you was dead.

-Where's the drive?
-About that. It fell.

New plan. When I
give you the signal,

you're gonna have about
two-and-a-half seconds


to switch the system
over while it reboots.


-I'm gonna trigger an emergency override.
-We don't do improv.

Too late.

[Natalie] Ew. Looks like Thing.

[Riri] Yeah, well, Thing better work.
Otherwise, I'mma end up in jail.

[Natalie] The weight of the
lift will probably k*ll you

-before that ever happens.
-[Riri] What happened to "I got you, Ri"?

[Natalie] Well, I do got you,
but you movin' kinda slow.

[Slug, impatiently]
Ms. Riri, I'm waiting.

-[Natalie] Little to the left.
-[Riri] I don't need you backseat driving.

-We don't have all day.
-[Riri] I'm almost there.

[John] Parker's
runnin' out of time.


[creaks]

Slug, it's down. Quickly.

[breathing heavily]

[chuckles]

[alarm blaring]

[breathing heavily]
What's going on?

[breathes deeply]

[gasps]

My very talented team
just hijacked your system,

so now, technically,
I control TNNL.

But we have to make
it official, still.

[Sheila's breath shuddering]

[The Hood] This contract states that you
will agree to put me and my associates

on TNNL's payroll.

Six-figure salaries, benefits,

free access to the
highway, of course.

And equity in the company
as an anonymous co-owner.

So, ready to sign?

[gasps]

Now, if you wanna take back
control, just sign an initial there.

Unless you want your investors to
have a front-row seat to the encore.

All right. She signed.
We can clock out.

-Everybody head to Kinzie.
-[guards groaning]

-Pleasure doing business with you.
-[guard coughs]

See y'all at the holiday party.

[exclaims]

-Bruh.
-Bruh.

[guard] Freeze!

-Hands up.
-Natalie, close the helmet.

Now's not the time to start
glitching. Snap out of it, N.A.T.

-What is she doing?
-Hey, man.

-[guard] Ma'am?
-The whole thing is over. Just...

-[guard] What the hell?
-Just put the g*n down.

-[guard] Make it stop.
-Natalie, what's going on?

-N.A.T.A.L.I.E., what's...
-I need you to put your hands up.

-Come on, man. There's no need for that.
-On the ground!

-Close the helmet, N.A.T.
-On the ground!

N.A.T.A.L.I.E.,
close the helmet!

N.A.T.A.L.I.E., give
me control of the suit!

-Get down or I'll sh**t!
-[g*nsh*t]

-[grunts]
-[body thuds]

[heart thumping]

[gasps]

[guard groaning]

You good?

Yeah, I... think.

[The Hood] Hey, don't worry
about him. He'll be fine.

Come on. Let's go.

[♪ rap song playing, Lupe
Fiasco "Kick, Push II"]

♪ You know what it is... ♪

[all laughing]

[Roz] I'd punch you in
the head dead straight.

[John] You didn't
have the strength.

[Roz] Punch me in my
head dead straight.

Yo, Ri, why you mad?

It's a party 'cause of
you. We are freakin' rich!

But somebody almost died.

The security guard?
Yo, he's fine.

Let me ask you...

What do you know about Parker?

What d'you know about his hood?

Well, I heard he jacked it from
coat check at Bottom Lounge.

Then somebody else was saying that
he, like, wrestled it off a demon.

But, you know, I think it's
just, like, vintage Hermès.

You heard anything
else weird about him?

Okay, one time I saw Parker
shirtless. [chuckling]

Fine as hell. [coughs]

But scales everywhere.

I don't think he's a
lizard person, but...

he could still get it.
You know what I'm saying?

What do you mean by "scales"?

Hey.

-Here you go.
-[sighs]

You know, you ask a lot of
questions, Riri. [chuckles]

Sometimes it's better
to keep 'em to yourself.

-[glass clinking]
-[Parker] Yo!

Everybody, bring it in.

Riri, get over here.

You know what?

This might be the prettiest group
of washed-up criminals I ever saw.

-[John scoffs]
-[Roz] Mmm-hmm.

-All right.
-[all chuckling]

[John] Uh-huh.

[Parker] I've been on my
own since I was a kid.

If John hadn't found
me, I wouldn't be here.

Feeling that powerless,
it does something to you.

Every bruise you
take for this team.

Every line of code.

Every job you plan with me, with
this group, means something real.

You've lived your lives
waiting to be seen.

Waiting to be acknowledged
for your greatness. Well...

I see you.

But the money above us will
never notice our brilliance

unless we force them.

And after what we pulled at TNNL,
these suckers are listening.

And they're terrified.

But I don't give a sh*t.

[all chuckle]

About anyone but y'all.

So... here's to you.

[Roz] Cheers.

Cheers, y'all. Cheers.
I love you. I love you.

[all exclaiming and laughing]

-[Jeri and Slug] Money.
-[Clown laughing] Money.

[♪ captivating music playing]

[controller chimes]

Hey.

Hey.

-I'm sorry about earlier.
-[Riri] It's okay.

What happened? Where were you?

I saw the g*n and I
froze. I don't know why.

What do you remember
about that night?

I remember hearing Gary
yelling for us to get down.

I think I maybe closed my eyes?

I don't know. We can come
back to that later, Ri.

Right now, I need to
talk to you about Parker.

Earlier today, by the tunnel,
I sensed some crazy energy

radiating off Parker.

I tried to analyze
it, but I couldn't.

I don't know what it is, but
it ain't from around here.

So?

We wake up to aliens, androids, wizards
on our timeline every other day.

I'm more concerned with how
my AI is having panic attacks.

Riri, I'm being serious.

Hey, I think Parker's wrapped
up in some sketchy sh*t.

-That doesn't bother you?
-I know Parker is sus,

but this is an in and out job.

If you wanna keep playing Spy
Kids,
you gotta have my back.

Are you saying I can stay?

-[gasps]
-For now.

-[laughing]
-[phone vibrating]

-[gasps]
-Damn it, I forgot about the show.

I have to take you with me.

-No. [scoffs] Don't make an excited face.
-[chuckles] Come on.

Do you not remember
the number one rule?

Yes, yes, I got it. Stay hidden.

[♪ hip-hop rap music
playing, Saba "Fearmonger"]

♪ Okay, the money on the
way It'll lay by the first ♪


♪ Adolescence I would curse
On the way to the church ♪


♪ My career just turned to
cursive How I connect the words ♪


♪ Ain't grow up with much of sh*t
But still it coulda been worse ♪


♪ He ain't focused on her pants
He want get in her purse ♪


♪ I need it all in advance
If they book me to work ♪


♪ From we barely had a chance
Left the crib on alert ♪


♪ To a crib with alarms
And security perks ♪


♪ Insecurity hurts The
same way jewelry works ♪


♪ So if you paying to flex
Pay your security first ♪


♪ No point in paying for whips
To ridе a funeral hearse ♪


♪ Wе be prepared for the best
While also fearing the worst ♪


[chuckling]

[stutters] This is dope.

I've waited many moons to hear
you admit defeat, young Padawan.

"Padawan"? Wow.

Oh, I can't like Star Wars, too?

I just thought it was, you know, Trekkies
for life, but it be your own people...

[both laugh]

And I listened to your mixtape.

Definitely put me in my feels.

Hmm. You know, sometimes I listen to
it when I get the urge to talk to her.

I wish I could
right now, honestly.

Same.

[rustling]

[object thuds on floor]

[♪ mysterious music playing]

[voices whispering indistinctly]

[straining]

[disembodied voices
whisper] Did you like it?

[man] What is it that
you most desire?
[echoes]

-[voices fade]
-[grunts]

[Parker shudders,
breathes heavily]

-[winces]
-[John] Bruh,

-look at your...
-[flesh rippling]

[Parker grunts] It's fine.

[breathing heavily]

Nah.

Nah, it ain't, man.

Look, I can't keep covering
this sh*t up for you, bro.

I said it's fine. [pants]

Stop worrying about me.
I'm not a kid anymore.

Oh, yeah, you so grown.
Look what it's doing to you.

-Price I gotta pay.
-[♪ ominous music playing]

After what he did to me.

So...

Can I have some privacy?

Please?

Yeah.

[door opens]

-Where have you been?
-[door closes]

I had to work late...

And then I had
that show with Xa.

Right.

So when were you gonna tell
me about your little friend?

Natalie?

[♪ somber music playing]

Baby, she is incredible.

It's like...

You brought back
her entire soul.

She has the same mannerisms,
same voice, same smile.

Can you make one of Gary?

No, Mom.

Sorry.

Honestly, I... I don't
even know what Natalie is.

I wish I could.

[squelching]

[Joe groans]

[sighs] Heather...

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[door closes]

[♪ upbeat rock song playing, Alanis
Morissette, "You Oughta Know"]

♪ And I'm here to remind you ♪

♪ Of the mess you left
When you went away ♪


♪ It's not fair to deny me ♪

♪ Of the cross I bear
That you gave to me ♪


♪ You, you, you oughta know ♪

♪ You seem very well ♪

♪ Things look peaceful ♪

♪ I'm not quite as well ♪

♪ I thought you should know ♪

♪ Did you forget about
me Mr. Duplicity? ♪


♪ I hate to bug you In
the middle of dinner ♪


♪ It was a slap in the face
How quickly I was replaced ♪


♪ And are you thinkin'
of me When you... her? ♪


♪ 'Cause the love That
you gave that we made ♪


♪ Wasn't able to make it enough
For you to be open wide ♪


♪ No ♪

♪ And every time
you speak her name ♪


♪ Does she know how you told me
You'd hold me until you died? ♪


♪ 'Til you died But
you're still alive ♪


♪ And I'm here to remind you ♪

♪ Of the mess you left
When you went away ♪


♪ It's not fair to deny me ♪

♪ Of the cross I bear
That you gave to me ♪


♪ You, you, you oughta know ♪

[chorus vocalizing]

♪ 'Cause the joke that you
laid In the bed that was me ♪


♪ And I'm not gonna fade As
soon as you close your eyes ♪


♪ And you know it ♪

♪ And every time I scratch my
nails Down someone else's back ♪


♪ I hope you feel it ♪

♪ Well, can you feel it? ♪

♪ Well, I'm here to remind you ♪

♪ Of the mess you left
When you went away ♪


♪ It's not fair to deny me ♪

♪ Of the cross I bear
That you gave to me ♪


♪ You, you, you oughta know ♪

♪ Why I'm here to remind you ♪

♪ Of the mess you left
When you went away ♪


♪ It's not fair to deny me ♪

♪ Of the cross I bear
That you gave to me ♪


♪ You, you, you oughta know ♪

♪ Why I'm here to remind you ♪

♪ Of the mess you left
When you went away ♪


♪ It's not fair to deny me ♪

♪ Of the cross I bear
That you gave to me ♪


♪ You, you, you oughta know ♪

[♪ intriguing music playing]

[music fades]