02x07 - Pop's Girlfriend

[bunniefuu]

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be a superhero ♪

♪ Gotta be, be, gotta be ♪

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be a superhero ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪
static shock!

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be a superhero ♪

♪ Gotta be, be, gotta be ♪

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be a superhero ♪

Static shock!
Static shock!

Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

[School bell rings]

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be a superhero ♪

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be, be ♪

♪ Takin' a stand,
put you all away ♪

♪
Whatever your demand,
havin' it your way ♪

Race you
to the turnstiles.

You got it, royce.

♪ Doesn't matter,
the hour or time of day ♪

♪
You gotta open
your eyes, ♪

♪
To try to figure out
your enemies ♪

♪ Try to curb
your aggression ♪
oomph!

♪ So many plots... ♪

Hey, you punks!

Ha ha ha!

All right! Yeah!

Let's go!
Let's go!
Come on!

♪ ...by your side ♪

♪ Heat ♪

♪ Let's get started ♪

♪ Get started ♪

♪ Let's get rollin',
rollin' ♪

That was too cool.

With what they charge
to ride this thing,

I'm gonna keep my token
in my pocket.

Ahh...

Dead ahead, frankie.

Oh...

Oh!
What's in there?

Good question.

Get ready.

♪ Come on,
let's get started ♪

Hey!

♪
Let's get rollin' ♪

No! Wait!

♪
Rollin', rollin' ♪

Oh, man!

♪
Rollin', rollin' ♪

Stop! Stop them!

Unh!

♪
Come on, come on ♪

♪ Let's get rollin' ♪

When my pops
came home last night,
he was walkin' on air,

Almost like he'd never
been on a date before.

He's a widower.

He's been out
of practice, v.

So what do you think?
Is he serious
about, uh...

Uh, what was her name?

Trina. Serious enough
to make me wear a coat
and tie

When we all go out
to dinner.

I'm tellin' you, rich,
this whole pops dating thing
is too weird for words.

Sorry, man. My bad.

Watch where you walk,
dreadhead.

I said I was sorry.

Oh, you wanna throw, huh?

Frankie, whispering:
ahem! Royce...

You just caught a break,
virgil.

Eh, I can see
the yearbook now:

"Royce axelrod--
most likely to be
sent upstate."

You've known
for over a week

That trina's coming over,
virgil,

And your room's
still a mess.

Come on, pops.
My room's clean.

Virgil, I'm standing in it.

Ooh...ok! Ok!
I'm on my way.

What, a superhero
can't use a pay phone?

Gotta find a place to change.

What's in there?

Let's pop the top
and find out.

Whoa!

Holy cannoli.

Yeah...what you said.

What's this
purple stuff?

Don't know, but I bet
we can turn it into green.

Know what I'm sayin',
frankie?

[Police radio plays]
hey, gotta blow.

They're gone,
and so are we.

We've been up and down
these alleys, jessup.

Nothin'.

Jessup?

He's got a backpack.

[Siren]

Excuse me, son.

What are you doing here?

Uh...nothin'.

Just takin'
a shortcut home.

Mind if we take a look
inside your backpack?

What? What?
I didn't do anything!

No one said you did.
It's just a precaution.

A precaution, huh?

Um, well...

What the...?

Hey!

Stop!

Hey, kid,
get back here!

What did you just do, virgil?

[Panting]

You know what you did.

♪ Whoa-oh oh ♪

♪
Whoa-oh, oh ♪

Robert: virgil,
how's that room look?

It's gettin' there!

Who needs a cleanin' service?

Buck up, sis.

At least we're
goin' out to dinner.

You can burn our grub
tomorrow.

Not now, virgil.

What's with you?

Don't you care

That dad's acting
all weird lately?

This trina woman

Is turning things
upside-down
around here.

The man's
singing motown!

Come on. If this lady
makes pops happy,

I say that's a good thing.

[Doorbell rings]

Oh, boy, must be trina.
She's off work early.

What does she do anyway?

She's a cop.

Hi, honey.

Hello, robert.

Let me introduce you
to my kids.

Sharon, this is trina.

[Gasp]
this is my son virgil.

I believe we've
already met.

Oh...

Running away
from the police?!

Now, I know I've raised you
better than that, virgil.

What you did was not
only stupid and dangerous,

But completely
inexcusable!

Virgil: but, dad--

Get in your room
right now!
[Door slams]

So, your father tells me
you love college.

It's ok.

Such an exciting time.

I guess.

Robert: look at me!

Just tell me
why you did it.

I--i don't know.

I just got scared.
That's all.

That's not acceptable.
Your backpack,

I wanna see it, now!

You wanna make it
even harder on yourself?

Fine!

Pops, don't--

I'm gonna go cool off.

You're beyond grounded.

School, home--
that's it!

And clean up this room!

Ehh!

[Sighs]

I've never
been on a lockdown
this severe, rich.

He even made me cut out
afterschool activities.

Aw, man!
Does he know

We have talent show
rehearsal tonight?

Not the activity
I was talkin' about.

My
other
late-night gig.

The bad guys are
gonna run buck wild,

And static can't do
anything to stop 'em!

Richie: oh, yeah.
I guess that's bad, too.

Do you think it's safe
to stash that here?

Shut it, frankie.

You know I can't
keep it at home.

Ever since
that shoplifting thing,

My mom's
been on the lookout

For stuff
that don't belong to me.

Besides, I found
these papers inside,

Some code
about the purple stuff,

And guess who's
staying after school
to study it?

Gee, I haven't a clue.

Didya hear?

Frieda and daisy
are gonna do karaoke
at the talent show

To destiny's child.

Who they gettin'
for the third singer?

♪
Me me-me-me me ♪

Ha ha ha!

Well, v,
since you dropped out,

I had to hook up
with somebody.

Uh-oh.

I'm on my way home,
officer jessup, honest.

I just wanna talk, virgil.

You were there
last night.

My pops told me
to go straight home.

I cleared this
with your father, ok?

♪
All of my signals
gettin' crossed ♪

♪ Gettin' lost ♪

♪ And I get so wrapped up ♪

♪ But we got to hang tough ♪

♪ 'Cause you know for sure,
we're gonna make it ♪

And I thought
last night was awful.

Guess we look like
quite an odd couple, huh?

Slightly.

Well, forget about them
right now.

I need to talk about
why we stopped you.

What I'm about to tell you
is not for broadcast, ok?

You know what
the big bang is, right?

I've heard about it,
yeah.

Well, kids about your age
stole a metal case

Which contains
the big bang formula in
a highly concentrated liquid.

The case was being delivered
to scientists for study.

I've got hours
to find it.

That's : tomorrow.

What happens
if you don't find it?

It's combustible.

The liquid
will turn into gas.

More bang babies?

Double the mutations,
at least.

Whoa.

Virgil, if there's
anything you know,
anything at all--

Wait a sec.

You still think
I had something
to do with this?

You were in
that part of town.
You fit the description.

I told you,
I'm innocent.

I had nothin'
to do with it!

Why won't you
believe me?!

You ran away from me,
virgil.

What am I supposed to think?

Can I go now?

If you want.
Just take my card.

I insist.

[Typing]

Look at it,
frankie, my man--

Same lab,
same research team,
same compounds.

Ha ha ha!

It's the mother lode.

We got ourselves
big bang superjuice.

I don't know
about this, royce.

What are you
talkin' about?

This is the stuff, man.

Remember what it did
to f-stop?

Think of the powers
it'll give us.

[Sniffing]

Royce!

Hey, back off, jerk!

Royce, come on!

[Door handle rattles]

Man: hello?

Somebody in there?

Open up!
[Pounding
on door]

Great.

[Keys rattle]

Hey, mr. Landry.

Just checkin' out
the net.

The computer lab
is closed, boys.

Yeah, frankie.

I told you
it was too late.

[Beep]

Oh, man, in less
than hours--

Big bang: the sequel.

Trina:
I'm sorry, robert.

But I think I only
made things worse
with virgil.

I know he's a good kid,
and maybe he
is
telling the truth,

But my cop's intuition
says he's still keepin'
somethin' from me.

You got that right, lady.

Look, virgil's
at that age--

It's not just virgil.

I've gotten off
on the wrong foot
with sharon, too.

Maybe we should
slow things down.

Let's not go
into that again.

Don't you see, robert?
It's just too complicated.

You know I adore you.
I truly do.

The last thing I want
is to become you
and your kids.

Trina.

Take care of yourself.

[Sighs]

[Door closes]

[Telephone rings]

[Ring]
yeah?

V, we got a little
pest-control problem
at school.

You gotta
get down here!

Dude, I'm grounded,
remember?

Oh, yeah?
Well, listen to this--

[Buzzing and swarming]

Woman: aah! Oh!

Aah!

Aah!

[Growling]

Aah! Oh...

Aah!
Aah!

Back!

Back!

Where is a can of bug spray
when you need it?!

Aah!

[Growling]

[Rawwrrr]

Aah!

Ooh-hoo!

Static's bug-zapping
service reporting
for duty.

[Rawwrrr]

[Rawwrrr]

Chew on that, roachie.

[Screaming]

It's from outside.

[Screaming continues]

Aah!

If I don't hurry,

I'm gonna be
a superhero sandwich.

[Hissing]

[Screaming]

[Rawwrrr]

Hey, -leg,
I'm over here!

[Rawwrrr]

Yes!

Nice job holdin' down
the fort, rich.

Yeah. Thanks.

How did this thing
get supersized anyway?

It's been
big-bangafied.

And if I don't find
a certain metal briefcase
and fast,

This is just the tip
of the iceberg, bro.

I can't stand this,
daddy!

I'm sorry you two
broke up,

But it was just so weird
seeing you with her.

You've made that
abundantly clear.

Both of you.

Pops, all we--

For a long time now,
you two have been tellin' me

It's time
I got back out there,

That mom would
want it that way.

But when I finally
find someone I like,

This is how you treat her.

Look, no one will
replace your mother.

But I have a life,
and I'm gonna live it.

You can accept that
or not!

I've been thinkin', royce,
about the juice.

Yeah, it gives powers,
but it also makes freaks,
too,

And we should--
[gasp]

Talkin' to yourself
again, frankie?

Royce,

You--you look--

Bigger, huh?
Whoa!

And that's after only
smellin' the juice.

Just think of what'll happen
when I drink some.

Later, loser.

Much later.

Mr. Hawkins,
you'll be free to go
in minutes.

But now, the history exam
should be your only worry.

I wish.

Ah!

Ye-ah!

Whoa!

Ow! Unh!

Ah!

Ah-oh!

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Royce--ooh!

Rah!

He used that stolen
big bang stuff, didn't he?

Don't know what
you're talkin' about.

You've gotta tell me
where it is,

Or they're gonna
rename this place,
"metahuman high."

Ok!

Ok.

[Alarm]

Everybody out!

This is not a drill!

[Telephone rings]

Jessup.

[Screaming]
trina, it's virgil.

The big bang juice
is here.

Yeah, dakota union high.

We're on our way.

You get out of there, now.

Yes, ma'am.

[Screaming]

Soon as I can.

[Gasp]

Now for the hard part.

Ye-eh-uhh!

[Sighs]

Unh!

Argh!

Argh!
Royce?

Guh!

It's gonna be ok, man.

Let me help you.

Eh...

Eh...

Rah!

Eh-yah!

Uhh!

Rah!

Rah!

Rah!
Aah!

[Howling]

Stay here.

I gotta help my partner.

Rah!

Ooh!

Rah!

Rah!

Care to take this outside,
royce?

Rah-ah-ah!

Rah!

Rawwrrr!

Rahh...

Rahh...rahh...

Trina: static,
you got him!

Yeah.

Rah! Argh!

He's in
good hands now.

Thanks for having
my back, officer.

No problem.

Thank you.

♪
Yeah ah-ah ah ♪

For heroism above
and beyond the call of duty,

The dakota police department
is proud

To honor officers
trina jessup and ken garcia,

And a special citation
to virgil hawkins

For his quick actions
in getting his fellow
students to safety.

Congratulations,
trina.

To think I almost
gave up on us.

Hey, you're not gettin'
rid of me that easily now.

Um, I just, uh...

Thanks for
bein' a good cop.

Thank you, sharon.

Hey, pops!

Aren't you proud
of me?

Of course I am, son.

And you're still grounded.

Well, if we're all ready,

We've got a table
waiting for us
at get your grub on!

Heh heh!

Sorry about that.

Well, bein' at home's
not too bad

When you feel the love.

♪ Be, be, gotta be
a superhero ♪

♪ Be, be, gotta be ♪

♪ Let 'em know ♪

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be a superhero ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪
static shock!

♪ Gotta be, be,
gotta be a superhero ♪

♪ Gotta be, be, gotta be ♪

♪ Gotta be, be, gotta be ♪

♪
Superhero ♪

Static shock!
Static shock!

Static shock!