02x04 - Bags

[bunniefuu]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[WHISPERS] You're the spray painter.

My powers are chameleon.

So I can copy anyone else's
power for, like, 60 seconds.

- That's Ally.
- [EMMA] Hey.

They can clean up paint.

What we should be doing
is... f*ck sh*t up.

Cate Dunlap was viciously
attacked last night.

[CIPHER] Half your skull
got blown clean away.

Your powers are totally f*cked-up.

- You're...
- [SCREAMS]

... no better than a human.

[PAM] That's Dr. Gold.

He delivered you.

- [APPLAUSE]
- I'm Cipher, your new dean.

[POLARITY] You said Cipher was there.

- At Elmira?
- [EMMA] Yeah.

And he's sus as f*ck.

No one knows who he is,

what his powers even are.

I'm telling you, the
dude's a blank slate.

Need help finding your way out?

[STARLIGHT] Thomas Godolkin
spearheaded a research program

called Project Odessa.

It's you.

You're Odessa.

After what happened to Andre...

I don't even know why he was trying
to escape, given his condition.

I've got a dynamite speech for you.

- What if I say no to this?
- Oh.

Well, unlike you, there's
only one side to this coin,

and there is no "no".

Andre Anderson is dead.

- [CROWD JEERING]
- His powers k*lled him.

Starlighters didn't attack Cate. I did.

[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ U.S.A... ♪

Welcome to Truthbomb, America.

Bless your hearts and
hold on to your butts,

'cause we're about
to enter the g*y-trix.

Major institutions...

yes, even ones as stone-cold Christlike

as Godolkin University...

are fighting off the rotten woke agenda.

Starlighters didn't attack Cate.

- I did.
- Is he or she or they

lying in some pathetic attempt

to protect Starlighters from justice?

Now, thank God for
heroes like Cate Dunlap,

who refuses to play the victim.

I was attacked by
Starlighters. That's my truth.

As to why Jordan would lie like this?

All I can say is, Jordan will do
anything... anything... for the likes.

And now all the dirty
deeds are coming to light.

Another Godolkin
student has come forward.

I was in the bathroom
fixing my lipstick,

and I heard the stall door open.

I turn around and see Jordan.

They had their p*nis out.

Jesus Christ.

[MARIE] Just turn it off.

[VIDEO STOPS]

f*ck them.

I think I f*cked up.

What did you think was gonna happen?

Okay, look, this is, this is on me.

Okay? I'll take the fall for it.

- Whatever it is.
- No, I'm with you.

- Marie, I did this.
- Jordan, I'm with you.

Okay?

Besides, what are
they even gonna do now?

They made you number one.

They got to deal with it.

I used to check the rankings every week.

I wanted to be number
one so f*cking badly.

Then, when it finally
happened, I just didn't care.

This school,

everything is so fake.

I just wanted to tell the truth.

[SIGHS]

What do you think they're gonna do?

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [CATE] f*cking bullshit.

[CIPHER] Know your place
or you f*cking lose it.

[EXHALES]

Inside.

There they are. Hey, kids.

Seth Reed, Vought Marketing.

What is this?

[SETH] Well, turning
lemons into lemonade.

Sit.

Okay. So, we have Jordan Li.

Top dog but confused.

Confusing. Duplicitous.

Then there's Marie Moreau.

The babyface. One of the good ones.

Two powerhouses,
but only one can be number one.

And with that, I give you the greatest

face-off in the history of God U.

"God U presents, colon,

Hostility at the University, colon,

The Gender Bender
versus The Blood Bender."

Wait... [STAMMERS]

Title's a placeholder. Let it suck.

We have a team of
writers doing punch-ups.

Uh, some legit crunch
time m*therf*ckers.

[SCOFFS]

You want us to... to fight?

Yeah, was, was that not clear?

Should I use the word "battle"? "Brawl."

- "Brawl."
- We're not gonna fight.

You don't have a choice.

Why not?

Uh, because the public
hates you, Jordan.

You lied about Andre,

you tried to protect the vicious
Starlighters who attacked Cate.

- I told the truth.
- Uh, you might as well have taken

a selfie with Bin Laden.

The people want red meat, they
want to see your a*s kicked,

and you will oblige.

I couldn't kick Jordan's
a*s even if I wanted to.

Look, it was a rash
decision, but I am sure

Jordan would issue some
sort of statement...

You do not have a f*cking choice!

[DARK MUSIC PLAYING]

Or you're walking out that
door right now, down the stairs

and into the van I got waiting
for you and your little friend Emma

to take you to Elmira.

Emma? She didn't do anything.

You should've thought of that
before you popped your mouth off.

Consider it incentive.

Should I leave?

If we do this, you
agree not to send anyone

back to Elmira, right?

Jordan, I'm not fighting you.

[CIPHER] Uh, you are fighting
in front of the entire world,

for real, no pulling punches,

and Marie will win.

I can leave, right?

This is insane.

I can't beat Jordan.

You are so hard on yourself,
but I believe in you, Marie.

And after you train with me, you're
gonna start believing in yourself.

I'm thinking today, 3:00.

See you then, Marie.

I am not going back to Elmira.

- I swear to God, you two...
- No one's going back.

Okay?

Cipher f*cking knows you're Odessa.

Why would he risk hurting
you if you're so important?

I don't know what I am to him.

He was there when I was born.

Other than that, I... who knows?

So, every time Cipher
wants you to do something,

he's just gonna pull the Elmira card.

This is never gonna f*cking stop.

There is one thing we can do.

Get Cate to push him.

f*ck no.

Push him to do what?

Stop the fight a-and-and
maybe get into his head

and figure out what the f*ck he wants.

I mean, think about it. We
don't know sh*t about him.

What his powers are, what the
f*ck he knows about Odessa.

Cate's the only one who
might be able to help.

She's on his side.

Cipher was screaming at her.

Maybe she's not as far
up his a*s as we thought.

She f*cking lives there, Marie.
She's got a butthole timeshare.

Or she'll just sell us out again.

Which is a hundred
percent what she'd do.

I really don't think she's with him.

And the enemy of my enemy...

Is extra enemy. f*ck her forever.

This is a bad idea.

[MARIE] It's a desperate idea,

but right now it's the
only one I can think of.

So, if either of you have a better idea,

I would love to hear it.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Look, they made me say
that sh*t for Truthbomb.

Yeah, like you didn't have a choice.

Jordan, you tried to k*ll me

and then you bragged about it
in front of the entire school.

- I didn't f*cking...
- Can we just calm down for one second?

We're all on the same side here.

Bullshit.

I think you hate
Cipher as much as we do.

So let's do something about it.

What makes you think I
won't go to Cipher right now

and tell him what you're up to?

Just hear us out.

If you don't like it, we never
have to talk to each other again.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

Wait, is he gonna make them k*ll
each other like some kind of emperor?

[COUGHING]

No... I don't know.

Maybe. f*ck.

And they think Cate's gonna stop it?

She's not gonna help.

Damn. All because of
Jordan's stupid speech.

- Here.
- No, it wasn't stupid. It was brave.

- Um, deviated septum.
- Yeah.

[EMMA] Okay.

Guys, am I high...

or do we, like, need to stop this fight?

Uh, wh... how? What would we even do?

Well, like I've been
saying, like sabotage.

Like, we'll use our
powers and f*ck sh*t up.

- She's high as f*ck.
- [CHUCKLES]

I'll shrink or go gigantic.

Harper, you can be
anyone for 60 seconds...

- Eh...
- Ah! That's...

weird.

And, Ally...

what do you do?

Nothing good. It's nothing special.

Oh, come on. It can't be that bad.

You got into this school.

Yeah, I'm actually only here
'cause my dad paid for the library.

Fine, okay.

[CLEARS THROAT]

I can manipulate my hair.

It's like Medusa, but not snakes.

That's cool as hell. Show me.

Well, it's actually
not the hair on my head.

Yeah.

Okay.

That's great. Very '70s.

- You want to see it?
- N-Not right now.

So, we'll circle back.

Okay, step one.

Show me how you did my powers.

What do you mean?

I mean, I can only do it when
I destroy my sense of self-worth

- or, you know...
- The eating disorder thing.

- Mm, it's not an eating disorder.
- [KNOCKING ON WINDOW]

Oh, it's Greg, my brother. He flies.

[GRUNTS]

We have to hide this sh*t.

[HARPER] Emma, it's cool.

He's a Starlighter, too.

Ally, you're my sister, I love you,

but you're gonna have
to pay for that weed.

Wait.

I know you. We've-we've
got class together.

- Hi.
- Uh, hi.

You're the one who's actively trying
to fail Modesty Monarch's class.

Yeah.

I respect that.

Her weed's on me.

Thanks. [LAUGHS]

[CATE] I've never seen his powers.

One of the creepier things about him.

You haven't read his mind?

- I can't.
- Why not?

- You only mind-r*pe your friends?
- Dude.

I've tried a million times,

but I can't get in and he won't
let me close enough to push him.

Oh, so this is pointless.
We can't do sh*t.

Maybe we can find some dirt on him

and-and force him to stop the fight.

What do you mean?

He's hiding something.

In his house, he's got security outside

and this big, weird locked door inside.

It wasn't there when Shetty lived there.

There's, like, this humming
coming from inside, like a machine.

What is it?

I don't know, but whatever
it is, it's important to him

and he doesn't want anyone to see it.

We'd need to get into that house.

You know how dead we'll
be if he catches us.

He won't.

Because he'll be with me.

He wanted to train me.

It'll give you plenty of time.

[JORDAN] No way.

Look, you don't know
what he'll do to you.

Cipher doesn't want to hurt me.

He wants you to do that.

[ANNOUNCER] In the
storied history of God U,

some matches become battles,

some battles become legends,

and some legends become gods.

That time has come again.

One has chosen their
gender and their villainy.

The other was born with
heroism in her blood.

Blood Bender versus Gender Bender.

The Bender Contenders.

One night only,

live on Vought pay-per-view.

Holy sh*t.

You shot a commercial for them?

They f*cking deepfaked us.

Jesus.

Oh, are you reading the comments?

Don't do that. It's brutal.

After the Flipped trailer came
out, people said the worst things.

Oh, look, here's one.

"Cate is right, Jordan
is a lying piece of sh*t."

How many times do I
have to apologize to you?

How about f*cking once?

Jordan, I'm sorry.

I really am. You don't deserve this.

Kinda like how I didn't
deserve a m*rder attempt.

That's debatable.

Should've known to steer clear
from you since freshman year,

when you f*cked that T.A. with hooves.

We're going that far back?

I can recall someone
chugging a bottle of rum

and four dicks in the
bathroom of a TGI Fridays.

[JORDAN] Those dicks
belonged to the same guy,

and he was hot.

He had a cell phone
attached to his belt.

I think I might be mad at you forever.

I hate that.

Me, too.

It was good, what you said about Andre.

And I'm glad you told
the truth about him, too.

[JORDAN] Cipher's on the move.

Okay, so...

just push this guy and we're in.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[GUARD CLEARS THROAT]

I was here the other day visiting
the dean and I left something inside,

so you're going to have to let us in.

Sorry. No visitors.

Okay, uh, I'm gonna need you to, uh...

give us your keys

and then f*ck off and
forget you ever saw us.

Sure. You got it.

- [PANTS UNZIP]
- [GUARD GRUNTS]

[CATE] Um...

What is he doing?

[GUARD] Oh, yeah, you take
it all, you hot f*cking Smurf.

Oh, yeah.

- He's f*cking a garden gnome.
- Oh, God.

- Why?
- [GUARD MUTTERING]

Okay, look, my powers haven't
exactly been consistent lately,

- so, um...
- [GUARD GRUNTS]

[GUARD] Oh, yeah.

- [CLANKING]
- [GUARD MUTTERING]

[CATE CLEARS THROAT]

Oh, my God.

No, not yet.

Oh, yeah, you like that?

You like it.

You li... you want it. You want it.

That's it.

I'm gonna come. I'm gonna come.

[MOANING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

You should've said something.

Jordan, this is all because
you bashed my brain in.

When your powers aren't working
right, you f*cking say something.

The dude could've f*cked us.

Well, he didn't.

He's rearranging a
gnome's guts right now.

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

- [DEVICE BEEPS]
- [METAL THUDS]

- [♪ THE ASSOCIATION PLAYS "CHERISH"]
- ♪ Cherish is the word I use ♪

♪ To describe ♪

♪ All the feeling that
I have hiding here ♪

♪ For you inside ♪

♪ You don't know how
many times I've wished ♪

♪ That I had told you ♪

♪ You don't know how
many times I've wished ♪

♪ That I could hold you ♪

♪ You don't know how many times ♪

- ♪ I've wished that I could mold you ♪
- [BEEPING STEADILY]

♪ Into someone who could cherish me ♪

[DARK MUSIC PLAYING]

[MAN BREATHING RAGGEDLY]

[CAMERA CLICKING]

- [ALARM SOUNDING]
- sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

- Go, go. Go, go, go, go.
- [MAN GROANS]

[CIPHER] Oh, great, you're on time.

- What is this?
- Training.

I'm not... fighting somebody?

Sure you are. Yourself.

Is everyone getting private lessons?

- Or am I just the lucky one?
- I'm doing this with the students

whose powers are worth my time.

You know a lot about powers.

Yeah, I do.

Is that why they put you
in charge of this school?

[CLEARS THROAT]

The last lady concocted
a virus to k*ll us all.

The bar was pretty low.

Stand right here.

I want you to move

one of those bags of blood
over to the empty table.

The trick here is to move
the blood without bursting

the thin plastic bag containing it.

[MARIE SIGHS]

[INHALES DEEPLY]

[EXHALES]

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Well, as far as first times
go, I'd say that was sh*t.

- Try again.
- What the f*ck is the point of this?

I can't do it.

Because you are in your head.

You have to stop thinking and feel it.

Connect with every cell in that bag

as if it were a part of your own body.

Okay, okay. Ease up, Yoda.

- Fair enough. Sorry.
- Yeah.

[SIGHS]

And what happens if I can do this?

Miracles.

Miracles beyond your imagination.

Again.

[SIGHS] Drop the hand.

The hand doesn't do anything.

Feel it.

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

[SOFTLY] Come on.

[SIGHS]

[LOW WHOOSHING]

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Beautiful.

Did you feel it?

[ANNOUNCER] One night only

at the Vought International Hotel & Spa.

Gender Bender versus Blood Bender

fight it out in Unsafe Spaces.

[HARPER SIGHS]

Okay.

Let's give it a try, yeah?

Small.

It's not gonna work.

I feel really weird
with you staring at me.

That's literally why
you brought me here.

It's not that easy for me. If
I don't puke, I need to feel...

Small?

Like sh*t.

Every time?

Look, it's an actor trick, you know?

When Daniel Day-Lewis wants to cry,

he just remembers when
he sat on his ba*ls.

That's actually how
he won his Oscar, so...

- Oh.
- Oh? At least I'm not, like,

shoving fingers down my throat.

Yeah. Okay, yeah, just...

Let's forget about small.
Make yourself gigantic.

That's even harder.

No, just like...

Think about what makes you feel
really awesome about yourself.

Thirty tacos.

f*ck it.

This was a waste of time.

You know, besides me,

you're the only one that
Ally told about her powers.

Okay.

I-I'm just saying that's,
like, kind of like a big deal.

Like, you know how you said that
your friend said he believed in you

- and then you started to believe it?
- Harper, that's really sweet...

You're like that for Ally.

[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]

And for me, too.

You're like...

an inspiration or something.

sh*t.

I thought you'd go big. Didn't work.

[BOTH LAUGH]

[GOAT BLEATS]

I can't.

You absolutely can.

Elon here is no different
than a bag of blood.

A living thing isn't a bag.

Since when?

We're all just blood bags.

Walking, talking blood bags.

[ELON BLEATS]

What if I k*ll Elon?

That's why we name them for assholes.

Now, come on, we got a
lot of ground to cover

before you get into
the ring with Jordan.

What if I say no?

Well, you won't because you
want to know what Odessa means.

And this is how you find out.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Come on, Marie.

I know you know that
I was at your delivery.

You've figured out you're part
of something called Odessa.

Hey, the whole point of this school

was to produce you.

Jesus, more f*cking Yoda sh*t?

What the hell does that mean?

Thomas Godolkin

was devoted to developing
ever more powerful Supes.

If you listen to me, that could be you.

The most powerful Supe

to ever come out of Godolkin.

Hell, the most powerful that Vought

has ever seen.

Yeah, right.

More powerful than Homelander.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

Why would Vought want that?

Why would Homelander want that?

Tell me you're not a little
intrigued by the idea.

Now what do you say
you levitate Elon Musk?

- [MARIE EXHALES]
- [ELON BLEATS]

[LOW WHOOSHING]

[BLEATS]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[BLEATING HOARSELY]

Don't burst the bag.

[GASPS]

Vance, bring in Julia Fox.

[EXHALES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

So we're working with murdering,
lying, traitor-a*s wh*res now.

Fantastic.

Emma, it's temporary.

No, no, it's cool, I've seen the movies.

Every team needs a psycho

who eventually sells them out
and ruins everything for everyone.

I asked for a pamplemousse, b*tch.

[DOOR OPENS]

What'd we get?

Oh, show her.

[MARIE] Uh...

what am I looking at here?

Cipher has a super old dude in a
hyperbaric chamber in his house.

- Holy sh*t.
- Who is it?

They don't know, but they
found a giant nutsack in a can

- and we're supposed to be super psyched.
- I have something.

Cipher isn't a Supe.

Um, wh-what are you talking about?

We don't know what his powers
are because he doesn't have any.

He's human.

That doesn't make any sense.

There's no V in his system.

I can sense it.

So...

you can get up close to him and push him

to do whatever we want him to do.

[SIGHS]

I can't.

My powers don't work like that anymore.

Unless you want him to make
sweet, sweet, love to his stapler,

in which case she's your girl.

What are you talking about?

[CATE] Uh, well, ever since...

I'm broken.

Your powers don't work?

Why the f*ck are you here?

Because I am being gracious

and forgiving you assholes

- for f*cking me up.
- Oh.

[MARIE] So they're gone, like,

- forever?
- [CATE] No, I'm gonna,

- I'm gonna figure out a way to fix it, I just...
- [PHONE BUZZES]

Oh, no.

What?

[CATE] "We live in a
world of cameras, moron.

I saw you. Unacceptable."

It's Cipher. He wants to meet with me.

f*ck.

Meet him.

Are you insane?

He'll k*ll me.

He doesn't have any powers.

Just...

meet him somewhere public. At the fight.

But wear a wire.

"Wear a wire"?

This isn't some old cop show.

I mean, this, this isn't The...

- The Wire?
- [MARIE] Then use your phone.

Get him to admit he's human.

Come on, a human dean

at an all-Supe school?

Cate, you said he was hiding something.

You were right.

This is the thing.

Marie, he's-he's already
beyond suspicious of me.

If I start asking questions
about that, he's gonna know.

Plus I'll be searched even
before I get near Cipher.

There's no way I can
set up a f*cking camera.

I can do it.

I can do this.

How?

I have a crew.

You get him to talk.

I'll handle the rest.

[♪ BEGINNERS & NIGHT PANDA
PLAY "LET THE GAMES BEGIN"]

[GOODWIN] It's a beautiful
night for a battle here

at Vought International Hotel & Spa,

but the forecast calls for bloodshed.

I'm Dan Goodwin, here with my
colleague for the night, Vikor.

[VIKOR] We hope you're strapped
in for some action, folks.

Welcome to Unsafe Spaces.

[GOODWIN] Jordan Li, who broke
everyone's heart with their deception,

is going up against Marie Moreau,
Godolkin's best and brightest.

And it's all about to happen right here

on VSNIII.

- ♪ Let the games begin ♪
- [CROWD CHEERING]

♪ Let the games begin ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ALLY] This is the
smallest one I could find.

It'll fit through the sink drain,

and it's waterproof and
Bluetooth signal as well.

Perfect.

Hey, I wanted to tell you,

I think your powers are badass.

Oh, yeah, whatever.

- They're f*cking weird, so...
- Mm-mm, mm-mm.

I thought about your Superhero name.

Bushmaster.

f*ck yeah.

Move! I only have ten
seconds left to phase.

Clothes?

Thank you.

I'll be lookout.

Be careful.

Go f*ck some sh*t up.

Okay.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING]

Let's f*cking go.

- [UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
- [CROWD CHEERING]

d*ck's got to be pretty raw, huh?

Empty your purse.

[CATE SIGHS]

Just you and me.

No witnesses.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Relax, Cate.

Just thought you'd want some privacy.

Nothing bad's gonna happen tonight.

I appreciate that.

At least not to you.

Can't promise the same for
your partner in crime Jordan.

- [CROWD CHANTING] f*ck you, Jordan!
- [CLAPPING]

f*ck you, Jordan!

[IN DISTANCE] f*ck you, Jordan!

- Jordan...
- I'm okay.

- I'm okay.
- [CROWD] f*ck you, Jordan!

I'm okay.

f*ck you, Jordan!

You don't have to be tough right now.

Not with me.

I know.

I got my powers when I was, like, six.

And...

I hid it.

From everyone.

And then I started to
have this nightmare.

I'd be at school...

or shopping with my mom, and
everybody would start just

pointing at me.

Screaming at me.

Like, so angry.

I guess even then I knew
people would hate me.

It was a dream.

It wasn't real.

- [CLAPPING]
- [CROWD] f*ck you, Jordan!

- f*ck you, Jordan!
- I mean, it is now.

- No.
- f*ck you, Jordan!

[LAUGHS] No.

No, this is fake.

I mean, you said it yourself.

This whole f*cking school is fake.

But you're real.

And I am.

And that is the only thing that matters.

I love you.

You know?

Yeah.

I do.

[INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR BEEPS, OPENS]

- [PHONE DINGS]
- sh*t, someone's coming.

[BEEPS]

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

sh*t.

[RUMBLING]

f*ck.

[CATE] Dean Cipher, I want to...

My father sends his regards.

Your father?

The elderly gentleman you disturbed

in the hyperbaric chamber.

He's fine, by the way.

- Uh...
- Let's chat.

[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]

[HARPER] Okay, okay,
okay. Hurry, hurry, hurry.

- [ALLY] Okay. Do you think she's okay?
- [ZIPS PANTS]

How long was that?

[GASPING]

[EMMA] No f*cking way.

I was curious. [CHUCKLES]

I mean, everyone is.

No one knows anything about you.

Where you're from,
what your power set is.

I was foolish.

And I apologize.

[GRUNTS]

sh*t!

I do have one more secret to tell you.

Can't wait to hear.

My powers came back. [CHUCKLES]

What wonderful news.

And...

I learned something.

Could you just pause for two seconds?

Nature calls.

[STRAINS, YELLS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[CIPHER SIGHS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[PANTING]

Oh, sh...

- [♪ PVRIS PLAYS "GODDESS"]
- [ANNOUNCER] Ladies and gentlemen,

who's hungry for some combat?

[CROWD CHEERING]

[EMMA] Cate.

Hi. Hi. Hello!

[GASPS]

Holy sh*t.

- Are you okay?
- No, I am f*cking not.

Okay, where does this go?

- Is here good?
- [TOILET FLUSHING]

[CIPHER] So...

tell me about this miraculous recovery.

[ANNOUNCER] Ladies and gentlemen,

let's get ready to meet our fighters.

♪ Come and get some ♪

Entering the arena, half
man, half woman, all deceiver.

You know them, you hate them.

Godolkin University's number one,

- Jordan Li.
- [CROWD JEERING]

[GOODWIN] Jordan Li showing up

for their first defense
of the top spot is met

with a chorus of boos.

I mean, that's got to rattle you.

[ANNOUNCER] And now our challenger.

The girl with the battle in her blood.

Give it up for Marie Moreau!

[GOODWIN] Here she comes,

the youngest challenger ever to
the top spot in Godolkin history.

The first and only person ever

to make the top ten as a freshman.

[CHEERING]

[ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Won't give me my credit,
so I'm coming to get it ♪

♪ Won't give me my credit ♪

Yo, is it working?

Oh, my God.

Holy sh*t. You didn't drown.

Oh, no. I just saw a
butthole as big as the sun.

Uh, hey, you're normal sized.

What'd you think about?

Nothing.

Guess I was too tired to think.

Welcome back, Miracle Grow.

[ALLY] Okay, look.

[CATE] It's pretty
overwhelming, to tell the truth.

My powers are so sharp.

It's like when they first manifested.

Better even.

Fascinating.

I can read people I couldn't before.

And I want you to know,

in the interest of trust...

your secret is safe with me.

My what?

I know what you are.

Or more importantly,

are not.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Listen, Cate, I don't
know what you think

you're picking up from me,

- but...
- You don't have to be scared.

I know.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

You're human.

[CROWD CLAMORING]

[BOOING]

Okay.

You figured it out that I'm human.

And now I bet you're wondering

how I got away with it for so long.

It's a dangerous secret.

But we don't have to tell anybody else.

I'm sure we can come
to an understanding.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Starting with ending this fight.

Now.

[CROWD BOOING]

Well, that sounds reasonable.

Thank you.

- Is this angle okay?
- What?

I mean, this isn't my best side.

If you're sh**ting from...

[GROANS]

Low angle?

Oh, sh*t.

This is some crap, Cate.

I'm all, like, nostrils and chins

from down there.

This is sloppy work.

That doesn't make it any less true.

You don't have any V in your
blood. You're not a Supe.

Oh.

So this is, uh, Marie's intel.

Well, that makes sense.

Hey, look, let's not
let this awkwardness

spoil a good bloodbath.

- Didn't you hear me? No one's fighting.
- Yeah.

And I think if you
were a hundred percent,

- none of this would be happening.
- [SETS DOWN GLASS]

Here.

Watch this.

[MENACING MUSIC PLAYING]

[CROWD JEERING]

Feel better?

[CROWD ROARS]

Don't be rude, Cate.

Give us a wave.

[GOODWIN] Well, Jordan Li with
a flex, waving to the dean's box.

What are you doing?

Jordan, stop!

I told you, Marie, don't raise...

your hand, that doesn't do...

anything.

Cipher?

Like a meat puppet.

With no strings.

Please stop! You'll k*ll them!

Come on.

[GOODWIN] Well, Marie
Moreau's got to respond,

or this fight is already over!

Fight back! Do something!

Get off!

[LOW WHOOSHING]

[GOODWIN] What is Marie Moreau doing?

I knew she had it in her.

[GRUNTS]

[JORDAN STRAINING]

Marie?

Please?

[CROWD CHEERING]

[CROWD CHANTING] Marie! Marie!

- Marie! Marie!
- Jordan?

[CROWD] Marie! Marie!

Marie! Marie! Marie!

Marie! Marie! Marie! Marie!

Marie! Marie! Marie! Marie!

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

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