01x06 - The Past is the Past

[bunniefuu]

What did you do to yourself?

I was bailed out by
a mutual friend...

[screaming]

Parker Robbins.

What does he want in return?

You.

-Mom, I need your help. [breath shudders]
-What happened?

[♪ Tense music playing]

The cloak that it's coming from is
likely possessing whoever's in it.

This entity doesn't
possess, it influences.

Does this entity have a name?

[Zelma] It's Dormammu.

You could be dealing with one of the
most powerful beings in the universe.

[Ezekiel] I spent my whole
life trying not to become

Obadiah Stane,

taking down an iron freak!

-[panting]
-You need to leave Chicago now.

If Parker finds out you're still
alive, he won't be so forgiving.

[scoffs]

Done.

What kind of father puts his
son out of the house at 12?

-[ominous whooshing]
-[g*n c*ck]

Sign it in ink, [distorted]
or sign it in blood.

It's never gonna be enough.

[Riri] Won't be long
before Parker realizes

I'm not dead.

I need a suit, and I have
nothing to build it with.

I have to fight
magic with magic.

[Zelma] Magic is
a mutual exchange.

-There's always a cost.
-[soft crackling]

-[crackles]
-Riri?

-Zelma, turn it off.
-What's happening?

I don't think the reactor can't
handle the magic and Natalie.

Help me! Riri, please!

-Hold on.
-[Landon] Do something.

[distorted] I love you, Ri.

[♪ Tense music continuing]

-[high-pitched ringing]
-[voices whispering]

[loud bang echoes]

-[thuds]
-[guard] No, wait!

-[grunts]
-[alarm blaring]

[♪ Tense music playing]

-We gotta go. Split up.
-[Parker] John. How do I find you?

I'm never too far away.

I'm always with you.

-[guard 1] Master bedroom, clear.
-[John] Go.

Go. Go!

-[guard 2] Switch to comm two.
-[guard 3] Right there.

[dogs barking]

[rattling]

[♪ Tense music intensifies]

[guard 1] Secure the perimeter.

Oh, sh*t.

[guard 2] I see him.

-Son of a b*tch.
-[guard 2] There he goes.

[guard 1] Fan out!

[panting]

-[guard] He went down this way.
-[gasps]

[panting]

[indistinct radio chatter]

-[guard 1] Here!
-[guard 2] There he goes.

[panting]

[guard] Hey, kid! I see you.

-[barking]
-There's nowhere to go.

We've got you surrounded.

[man echoing] I do
not like your odds.

[panting]

There's no need for that.

[♪ Mysterious music playing]

Where the hell
did you come from?

[man] Well, I could answer,
or I could open the door.

What door... What are
you talking about, man?

[bell dinging]

[man whispering] Come
on, let me help you.

Go in. Go in.

[dogs barking]

Hey, you coming?

[guard] We'll take care of it.

[man] Take the step.
[echoes] The step.

[guard] Stop right there.

Stop!

-[guard 1] He's gone.
-[guard 2] Where'd he go?

[lively chatter, laughter]

It probably is. I
know what you mean.

[boy] Yes, you are.

[♪ Slow romantic music
playing on speakers]

Who the hell are you, man?

[man] Me? I'm just a fan,

a fan who wants to be in
the Parker Robbins business.

Can I ask you a question?

Do you mind if I stare at you?

Amazing. What a face.

-How do you even know me?
-[man] Oh, man. You are a legend.

Well, you're not currently,
but you deserve to be.

If we start working
together, I'm gonna make you

the greatest human
of your generation.

-This is weird.
-[man] You know, how about a slice?

Come on, try that. It's not
right, we'll send it back.

Keep on bringing it
till it's perfect.

Try it.

[kids laughing]

[chuckles] There he is.

Anyway, Parker,

you're not fulfilling
your potential,

and I know how much that upsets you,
and it makes me very, very sad, too.

I'm sorry, bro, it's...

[woman] Oh, no...

This sh*t about me
fulfilling my potential...

-[music and chatter stops]
-I mean, how would I even...

You just did that?

Did you like it? You want
me to do it to someone else?

[softly] Shall I do
it to the whole city?

[in normal voice] Now, let me ask you,
what is it that you most [echoes] desire?

Uh...

-I don't know.
-You... You know what?

Uh, I'm wasting your
time. Okay. Thank you.

Wait, wait. I...
Hey, look, um...

-Huh?
-I guess I...

I...

You know, I wanna be powerful...

-and respected.
-Stop...

-[bangs table]
-...bullshitting me,

and tell me what it
is that you want.

I wanna...

I want to be rich.

Okay. How rich?

Like...

Like, stupid,
disgusting, greasy rich.

Stupid, disgusting,
greasy. Okay, you got it.

[echoing] Like him?

No. Richer than him.

-You're gonna give me everything?
-No, of course I'm not,

you beautiful human being.

I'm gonna give you the tools

so that you can get yourself
everything that you deserve.

[♪ Eerie music playing]

Okay.

I wanna be king.

[echoes] So be it.

-And what's in it for you?
-Oh. Something you won't even miss.

[♪ Eerie music continuing]

[chuckles]

Whatever it is...

I'm in.

I knew you were smart.

[♪ Music swells]

This is great.

I have to leave.

It's been a pleasure.

Hey, look. Yo, you
forgot your thing.

Oh. No, that's yours.

[scoffs]

-It looks expensive.
-No, no, no.

[man scoffs]

Not too expensive for
you, Your Majesty.

How do I look?

Right now, you look like sh*t,

but soon, you're gonna look like
the king you were born to be.

I'll be in touch.

-[snaps fingers]
-[kids laughing]

[♪ Rap music playing, Wakil
and El Da God "Last Pick"]

♪ Little giants, giants ♪

♪ Little, little,
giants, giants ♪

♪ Little giants, giants ♪

♪ How should I begin
this? I am so terrific ♪

♪ They don't know what hit 'em So
they looking like what is this ♪

♪ Came a long way from
my dread-lock days ♪

♪ Now I'm putting beats in
the the grave for a living ♪

♪ What that make me? A
legend and I'm living ♪

♪ This is for anyone who
knows what it feels like ♪

♪ To be fully capable
but still picked last ♪

♪ Picked last ♪

♪ Hell nah, skip that ♪

♪ Nah, we don't quit fast,
quit fast 'cause we are ♪

♪ Little, little giants ♪

♪ 'Cause we are ♪

♪ Little, little giants ♪

[reporter] Chicago-based
venture capitalist firm

ArtWorks' CEO has made
an overnight exit,

now setting the table for a
so-called invisible partner

to take the helm.

[♪ Eerie music playing]

[The Hood] Don't be shy.
Have you tried the caviar?

Something about being held against
one's will kills the appetite.

Besides, eating animal
babies is unethical.

I said... eat.

[energy whooshes]

[breathing heavily]

So why do you want me here?

Well, you'll need
a place to lay low.

Since you got your hands dirty.

With Riri?

-You did k*ll her?
-Yeah, I did k*ll her.

[The Hood] You know...

'cause if, for some reason,

you been less than honest,

you know we'd have
a problem, right?

I would k*ll her
again if I could.

Fine.

-Eat.
-I'm not doing this.

-[energy whooshing]
-[straining]

[panting]

-[groans]
-[warbles]

[breathing heavily]

And you're programmed to
prevent anyone from harming me.

[breathing heavily]

Even you.

Release.

[groans, panting]

Wow. You're a real
piece of sh*t.

What?

You got something to say? Speak.

Do you know how silly you look?

You've got all this power
and you're doing what?

Holding me hostage and playing
dress up in Dad's house?

You don't belong here, and
everyone's gonna know that.

[breathing heavily]

You're absolutely right.

What?

I shouldn't be here.

-Come on.
-I'm not going anywhere with...

-[warbling]
-[♪ tense music playing]

[horn blares]

[tattoo g*n whirring]

I'm gonna give you the tools

so that you can get yourself
everything that you deserve.

-Cheers. Cheers.
-[lively chatter]

-You got that...
-I love you.

[grunts]

[shuddering]

[voices whispering]

[♪ Upbeat music playing]

[beeping]

[exhales deeply]

[system trills]

[system blares]

Nah, that can't be right.

[keyboard clacking]

Okay. Yeah.

[system blares]

[system trills, blares]

I don't understand. Everything
is exactly the same.

Why can't I map Nat?

[echoing] You know it's not
the real Natalie, right?

Give me Nat.

[system trills, blares]

Give me my friend back,

-you stupid machine.
-[system trills, blares]

-[zaps]
-God!

What?

I'm sorry you lost
her, Ms. Riri.

So am I.

-Yeah, it sucks, Ri.
-[Riri] I didn't lose her. [shuddering]

Magic took her, and
magic can bring her back.

I'll figure it out
after I get that hood.

Whoa, Ri. We need to test your suit
to see how the magic's affecting it.

Like, we still don't even know
why adding magic deleted Natalie!

-Baby, maybe take a minute.
-[Riri] I'm okay, Mom.

I can't let all this
work be for nothing.

And thank you... all of you.

I know I'm bad at showing it,

but this really means a lot.

I couldn't have done this alone.

Be careful.

I will.

-[♪ Epic music playing]
-[whirring]

[whooshing]

[whooshes]

Hey, can you hear me?

Answer me, damn it.

Talk to me.

[man in accent] I
don't like your tone.

That you?

When did you get an accent?

[man] When did you
get an attitude?

And where the hell
have you been?

Aw, I've been a little bit busy.
You see, you're not my only client.

Didn't you get my messages?

You mean these scars and a
vision whenever you feel like it?

There's gotta be a better
way to communicate.

Well, I'm here now.

-Is there something I can help you with?
-Yeah. I need you to come through.

You promised me everything,

and you didn't say it would
be like this. You lied to me.

[distorted] I said be
careful how you speak to me!

[in normal voice] I stuck to our
agreement, to every letter of it.

I gave you every tool you
needed to live your best life,

including this lovely hood that
you're so very, very fond of.

[whooshing]

[♪ Epic music playing]

[thuds]

[whirring]

[bell dinging]

-Riri.
-Zeke.

Nice suit. Something
happen to the old one?

Weird. I'm detecting a
voice command program.

Yo, I think you got hacked.

Oh.

[electrical crackling]

You wanted to be rich.

Or as you so eloquently put it,

you wanted to be stupid,
disgusting, greasy rich.

Like a modern-day Shakespeare.
He was also a twat.

[Parker] I'm trying. I did
everything I was supposed to.

It just feels empty.
Can't you give me more?

[laughs] Are you having a laugh?

You are hilarious.

Why would I do that when you've
made such a dog's breakfast

of everything else?

I've got a better idea.

Why don't I just replace you
with someone more appreciative?

Yeah, that would be... lovely.

I know we need to talk, but
I have business with Parker.

Can... [inhales] Can you move?

I totally hear your request. There's
just one small, tiny, little snag.

Parker finds out you're alive,

-I'm dead, so...
-[Riri] So I gotta whoop your a*s, too?

[electrical crackling]

[suit charging up]

[whooshing]

[grunting]

[Riri groaning]

[static, beeping]

[groans]

[grunts]

[softly] I'll tell you what,

if you manage to hold
on to what I gave you,

I'll consider giving
you some more.

Okay?

S... So I hold on to the hood and
you make it more powerful, right?

-[grunting]
-[electricity crackling]

[Riri] Seriously, let
me try to help you.

[Ezekiel screams]

Or is Parker gonna
control you forever?

[grunts]

[whooshing]

-[Ezekiel] How can you help?
-I'm gonna knee you in the groin.

-[Ezekiel] What?
-I'm sorry.

But maybe there's
no bionics there.

Your body's gonna
respond in crisis mode.

[panting] And shut down enough
for you to manually override

via the processor beneath
the node in my neck.

That's smart.

[Riri] So are we doing this?

[Ezekiel] All right, Riri.
Let's try it, but I just,

I don't know if I can stop.

-Be careful.
-[Riri groans]

-Sorry. I don't mean to do this.
-[crackling]

Damn!

[panting]

All right. Watch out!

Stand still. I'll
try to pull it, okay?

For the sake of the
Stane family name.

Okay. [shouts]

[groans]

[groans]

Yep, good, clean blow.

That's some good
hittin'. [gasping]

[Riri] Our last step is
to override Parker's hold.

The quick and dirty fix
is to automate a virus

that will put you and
the implants to sleep.

You'll hard reset and
start brand new. Cool?

Do I have a choice?

You know, I hate
to leave you here.

But like I said,

I've gotta put a hood-wearing
as*h*le in his place.

You know, no big deal.

[Ezekiel panting]

So, we friends again, Joe?

Joe? Joe's gone.

I...

I have millions of dollars'
worth of weapons inside me

and no idea where
to put this anger.

Go handle Parker.

Just... know you
and I aren't done.

[♪ Tense music playing]

[button clicks]

[elevator whirring]

[electric warbling]

[doors whirring]

[♪ Tense music playing]

[footsteps approaching]

Riri.

I knew that if I wanted you dead,
I'd have to be the one to do it.

[Riri] I did not come here
to play with you, Parker.

So you came here
to what? Fight me?

I need you to give me that hood.

[laughing]

[The Hood laughing] Yeah.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I
shouldn't laugh. It's just...

You were so sure that you
were one of the good ones,

but now look at you.

You have your fancy suit,
but you won't use it to...

to stop a speedin' train or
save the city from an asteroid.

No, you just want this
power for yourself.

That's not why I'm here.
It's not worth the cost.

[The Hood] Face it, Riri.

You're a criminal.

Like me.

[warbling]

[energy whooshes]

[The Hood] Don't
tell me that's magic.

I thought you were tech-only.

Well, now it's a fight.

[♪ Tense music playing]

[whooshes]

[groans]

[powering up]

[groans]

-[groaning]
-[clanking]

-[distorted growling]
-Holy sh*t!

[distorted growling]

-Parker, look at what it's doing to you!
-[distorted shouting]

[The Hood grunts, laughing]

Give me the hood, Parker!

[The Hood distorted] You're
gonna have to k*ll me first!

[growling]

-[roaring]
-[scraping]

[Riri] Stop! You're
gonna get us both k*lled!

[roaring]

[grunts]

Let me go!

-Commence emergency protocol.
-[suit blaring]

[powering up]

[laughs maniacally]

[expl*si*n]

[metal creaking]

[Riri groans]

[coughing]

[♪ Sinister music playing]

[shuddering]

[wood creaking]

[energy whooshing]

[shuddering]

[The Hood breathing deeply]

[whimpering]

[crying] Please don't.

Please don't.

It sounds kinda stupid
when I say it out loud,

but I trusted you.

[distorted] Everyone
trusted you.

This one's for John.

[g*nsh*t]

What the hell?

Pretty sweet hologram, right?

[♪ Triumphant music playing]

-[bones crack]
-[groans]

-[voices shriek]
-[Parker screaming]

[screams] Give it
back! Give it back!

[Parker coughing]

You all done?

You don't know what
it's like without it.

[shuddering]

It hurts.

It hurts.

I know.

Please.

[button clicks]

[elevator whirring]

[shuddering]

[crying]

[echoes] It hurts. It hurts.

[elevator creaking]

[clanks]

[cutlery scraping]

[door creaks opens]

[chewing] Mm.

[man] Mm.

Wow. Mm.

Who are you?

Ah. I'm just somebody
who ordered too much.

Are you hungry?

[both in unison] Always.

Do we know each other?

We have some mutual acquaintances,
but we'll... we'll get to that.

In the meantime, sit, eat.
You gotta be famished from...

from all the commotion, hmm?

-You heard that?
-Mm, yes.

Now, you don't wanna sit down,

wearing that goofy
Transformer costume.

Let me help.

-[whooshes]
-[whirring]

[energy whooshes]

Great, another magic as*h*le.

-That's mean.
-Gimme my sh*t back.

As soon as we're
done catching up.

Pinky promise.

[♪ Mysterious music playing]

Okay.

So, you're the one that
gave him that hood.

Guilty as charged.

Ain't you the perceptive one?

And you're the Riri Williams.

Okay.

So what's this all about?

Well, I help people realize
their wildest ambitions.

[distorted echoing]
People like you.

People like me?

Mm. I've been watching you,

rooting for you...

wanting to meet you
for some time now

because I love the exceptional.

[echoing] The terrific.

The dogged. Someone
inquisitive and curious.

Someone who, due to
no fault of their own,

finds themselves always at
the short end of the stick.

That's why I'm here. [echoing]
To help the unseen...

the unheard.

Now, sometimes that means I deal
with the selfish or the stingy.

People who think
their brute force...

makes them better or more useful
than the rest of the world.

For example, out of the
Forbes 100 Richest list,

I've made a deal with a hundred of
them, plus 14 kings, three popes,

and also a Beatle.

Ringo.

And I love what I do.

[stammers] It's a
calling, you know?

There's rewards every
day, but I'm rambling.

I just love my job,
you know. I do.

[chuckles]

And if we work together, with
your once-in-a-generation mind,

and then my, um...

skills, you're capable
of building something...

-iconic.
-Iconic.

Okay.

Okay, Mr. Dormammu man.

[chuckles] Dormammu?

[distorted laugh]

[distorted] Dormamm...
[distorted laugh]

[in normal voice] Dormammu?

That ugly pillock isn't fit
to clean my glorious as*h*le.

-[laughs]
-[Riri] Okay.

If it ain't Dormammu, then what?

Oh, I'm sorry. I should've
introduced myself. Um...

Well, um, I go by
a lot of names.

Some of them are actually a bit,
a bit cruel and hurtful to me,

but I like you, Riri, so, uh...

You can call me...

[distorted] Mephisto.

[♪ Ominous music playing]

-Mephisto.
-Hello.

Oh.

So is that supposed to
mean something to me?

[music stops]

I can see you're hurting.

Tell me, what can I do for you?

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[Riri] Nah, nah,
you... You're not real.

[laughing]

[Natalie] Besties
breaking the rules.

You're a glitch, but
you're my glitch.

[chuckles]

[Mephisto] Hm.

I see.

Cards on the table,

the kind of life I
could offer you...

You should do this.

What's the catch?

It's nothing you're
gonna miss, Riri.

So, what do you say?

[♪ Soul music playing,
Darondo "Didn't I"]

[singer vocalizing]

♪ Didn't I treat
you right, now? ♪

♪ Didn't I? ♪

♪ Didn't I do the
best I could, 'n I? ♪

♪ Didn't I? ♪

♪ Didn't I give ya everything? ♪

♪ Didn't I? ♪

♪ I tried my best
just to be a man... ♪

[Natalie] Ri.

Ri, is that you?

Holy sh*t. It worked?

Natalie. Oh!

You, my over-advanced AI,
are quite the surprise.

[grunts] I've been in
here hacking the magic.

Trying to deconstruct
it. You have no idea

how long I've been waiting
to say this to you.

Okay.

Run diagnostics.

What I want can't be done.

The past is the past.

Death is difficult.

They say that time
heals all wounds,

but that's bollocks.

The pain, it never goes away.

It festers, and it hardens.

[echoing] I can fix that.

Why are you soundin' like
a Star Trek character?

I d... Where's Gary?

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

You can back up a
little bit, boo.

How did you do that?

Do what?

Touch me.

If I do this...

It's just me that
you want, right?

Nobody else.

That's right.

So, shall we do this?

Will you sign with me?

Please. Come on, Riri.

Make my millennia.

[♪ Ominous music playing]

I think I just reached out my
hand and, um, pushed your face.

Are you... Are you okay?

[♪ Captivating music playing]

[Riri] I'm happy you're home.

[♪ Soul music playing,
Darondo "Didn't I"]

[singer vocalizing]

♪ Didn't I treat
you right, now? ♪

♪ Didn't I? ♪

♪ Didn't I do the
best I could, 'n I? ♪

♪ Didn't I? ♪

♪ Didn't I give ya everything? ♪

♪ Didn't I? ♪

♪ I tried my best just
to be a man, 'n I ♪

♪ Didn't I? ♪

♪ Didn't I do it, baby? ♪

♪ Didn't I do right? ♪

♪ Why you wanna leave
me, baby? 'N I ♪

♪ Didn't I treat you right? ♪

♪ I bought you diamond rings ♪

♪ Everything ♪

-[music fades]
-[mechanical whirring]

♪ Confessions are falling down ♪

[♪ indie R&B music playing,
Sudan Archives "Confessions"]

♪ Down ♪

♪ Down ♪

♪ They soak up the
g*dd*mn ground ♪

♪ Down ♪

♪ Down ♪

[door opens, bells dinging]

Welcome to Stanton's.

We got sweets, we got reads,
all your wishes guaranteed.

That's cute.

You're Zelma, right?

[Zelma] Yeah. How
can I help you?

I just...

I want... I mean, I need
some heavy-duty magic,

and everyone I talked to, they
told me to come here, but...

I'm not gonna lie, this
shop looks a little regular.

[scoffs, chuckles] Sir,
this ain't no regular shop.

But if you're
looking for magic...

I can help.

[Parker] Nah, I mean,

I need big help.

You know, Supreme-like help,

not party tricks. No offense.

I was just hopin' that
someone with more experience

could show the
stuff in the back.

How do you know about that?

[♪ Suspenseful music playing]

I know you don't know me...

Not yet, at least, but,
if you're up for it,

how about a little abracadabra?

[♪ Music swells]