03x08 - Triptych
Posted: 10/29/21 16:30
[Oracle] You're late. What happened?
There were... difficulties.
Mist, Livewire and-- I know this part.
Skip to the-- You want to tell it?
[sighs] [Nightwing] Mist, Livewire and Shade made their move tonight on S.T.A.R. Labs Detroit.
What's he waiting for?
[Shade sighs] I'm finding the darkness within.
[electricity buzzing] [screaming]
[chuckles] Two points.
Didn't think I'd actually score on this mission.
This is it. [Shade] The photo didn't indicate scale.
It's larger than I was led to believe.
I thought size doesn't matter.
[grunting]
[alarm blaring] We're outta time!
[Shade exhales] That's a lot to swallow.
[chuckles] You got to stop handing me these straight lines.
Just need a minute.
We don't have a minute. [Casey] Freeze!
Do not move!
[grunts]
[Shade] You're here!
[Cheshire] You're my team, I watch your back-- [g*nsh*t]
[Cheshire grunts]
[Shade groans]
[alarms continue blaring]
[sirens wailing in distance]
[Silas groans groggily]
[theme music playing]
[Jefferson] Maybe I made the wrong decision.
Quitting when I did.
Right when the League was splittin' in half, I left Kaldur understaffed and Virgil in a lurch.
[sighs] Maybe I need to go back.
Best pillow talk ever. [laughs]
Sorry, it's, uh...
It's been a while. [chuckles]
I'm teasing, Jeff.
The bottom line is you left for a reason.
Has anything really changed?
No.
The League used to be about helping people, period.
Now it's all politics.
And Bats? He's still playing C.E.O. of "Batman Inc."
I'm better off freelancing with-- [cell phone ringing]
Ah, speak of the devil.
[computer] Recognized.
Pierce-comma-Jefferson, G-Zero-One.
Good. We're all here.
All? Where's Conner?
Mending fences with Megan.
Didn't know their fence was broken.
It's not so much broken as left unattended for too long.
Ah. Right.
Lynn and I had "fence problems" before the divorce.
Must we maintain the "fence" metaphor, or can we find out why we've all been summoned?
Okay. I need you to maintain your cool.
We've located someone who might have some intel on the League of Shadows.
Meaning we'll finally find my sister?
That's wonderful!
Not so wonderful.
The intel would be from my sister.
Lian's mother? That's great!
Not so great.
She may not be very cooperative.
Not very cooperative? That's excellent!
Not so excellent?
[all] No.
Forager is good at this game.
Our understanding is she's wounded.
A cornered animal.
That makes her dangerous.
Are we going or not?
[Doctor Moon laughs] You know, Cheshire, most of my patients prefer to be sedated while under the Kn*fe to remove a b*llet.
One would almost believe you don't trust your physician.
[grunts]
And one would be right.
But don't take it personally, Doctor Moon.
I don't even trust myself.
[Shade on radio] Cheshire, we have company.
Keep them busy. Time to go, Doctor.
[grunts]
She's not going anywhere.
[grunting]
[Livewire] So you're Black Lightning.
Heard you quit the Justice League.
[scoffs] Must've known you were obsolete.
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Nightwing grunting]
[Mist breathing heavily]
Wearing yourself out?
It's a two-way street, kid.
I can't touch you. But you can't touch--
[grunting]
[choking]
Sorry. Really don't want to do this...
[choking]
[Halo grunts]
Forager! [grunts]
[Geo-Force] Halo!
[groaning]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Mist] Sorry. Really sorry.
[choking]
[hissing] [Mist] Ow! That hurts!
[crackling]
[Nightwing groans]
[grunting]
Go head, zap me!
Absorbing lightning's totally my thing.
You've never had Black Lightning before.
[screams]
[grunts]
Geo-Force! Return him now!
[Shade] Mmm, no.
I think we'll just keep him bottled for a while.
Or forever.
Bring him back!
You have to bring him back!
[high-pitched ringing]
[cracking] [Shade grunts]
[screaming]
[groaning]
[gasping]
[panting]
Are you all right? I'm... fine.
What happened?
[chittering] Halo happened.
[door opens]
Get out of here! You have no right-- [grunts]
[groans] Ugh.
It seems the Doctor is out.
[sighs] I'm glad you're alive.
But I have two questions and one statement.
Who is running the League of Shadows now? And from where?
[sighs]
You know I have no loyalty to the Shadows, but I honestly don't know who's running them.
I do know they're being run out of Santa Prisca.
Happy?
Ecstatic.
How's...
How's Lian?
Oh, well, that brings me to my statement.
Go see your kid!
Come on, sis.
We both know she's better off without me.
[grunts] You're her mother!
[Cheshire] But I'll always be Cheshire first.
See you later, sis.
Hug...
Hug Lian for me.
[Shade breathes heavily]
[sighs]
Nightwing, Cheshire and Shade escaped.
But I have Doctor Moon and the League of Shadows intel.
[sirens wailing in distance]
You're late. Report.
[stutters] Right. So...
Per your orders, and since his release from Arkham six months ago, I've been keeping occasional tabs on Jervis Tetch, a.k.a. The Mad Hatter.
Two weeks ago, I brought along my squad.
Spoiler, Arrowette and Orphan.
There were... difficulties.
Mist, Livewire and-- I know this part.
Skip to the-- You want to tell it?
[sighs] [Nightwing] Mist, Livewire and Shade made their move tonight on S.T.A.R. Labs Detroit.
What's he waiting for?
[Shade sighs] I'm finding the darkness within.
[electricity buzzing] [screaming]
[chuckles] Two points.
Didn't think I'd actually score on this mission.
This is it. [Shade] The photo didn't indicate scale.
It's larger than I was led to believe.
I thought size doesn't matter.
[grunting]
[alarm blaring] We're outta time!
[Shade exhales] That's a lot to swallow.
[chuckles] You got to stop handing me these straight lines.
Just need a minute.
We don't have a minute. [Casey] Freeze!
Do not move!
[grunts]
[Shade] You're here!
[Cheshire] You're my team, I watch your back-- [g*nsh*t]
[Cheshire grunts]
[Shade groans]
[alarms continue blaring]
[sirens wailing in distance]
[Silas groans groggily]
[theme music playing]
[Jefferson] Maybe I made the wrong decision.
Quitting when I did.
Right when the League was splittin' in half, I left Kaldur understaffed and Virgil in a lurch.
[sighs] Maybe I need to go back.
Best pillow talk ever. [laughs]
Sorry, it's, uh...
It's been a while. [chuckles]
I'm teasing, Jeff.
The bottom line is you left for a reason.
Has anything really changed?
No.
The League used to be about helping people, period.
Now it's all politics.
And Bats? He's still playing C.E.O. of "Batman Inc."
I'm better off freelancing with-- [cell phone ringing]
Ah, speak of the devil.
[computer] Recognized.
Pierce-comma-Jefferson, G-Zero-One.
Good. We're all here.
All? Where's Conner?
Mending fences with Megan.
Didn't know their fence was broken.
It's not so much broken as left unattended for too long.
Ah. Right.
Lynn and I had "fence problems" before the divorce.
Must we maintain the "fence" metaphor, or can we find out why we've all been summoned?
Okay. I need you to maintain your cool.
We've located someone who might have some intel on the League of Shadows.
Meaning we'll finally find my sister?
That's wonderful!
Not so wonderful.
The intel would be from my sister.
Lian's mother? That's great!
Not so great.
She may not be very cooperative.
Not very cooperative? That's excellent!
Not so excellent?
[all] No.
Forager is good at this game.
Our understanding is she's wounded.
A cornered animal.
That makes her dangerous.
Are we going or not?
[Doctor Moon laughs] You know, Cheshire, most of my patients prefer to be sedated while under the Kn*fe to remove a b*llet.
One would almost believe you don't trust your physician.
[grunts]
And one would be right.
But don't take it personally, Doctor Moon.
I don't even trust myself.
[Shade on radio] Cheshire, we have company.
Keep them busy. Time to go, Doctor.
[grunts]
She's not going anywhere.
[grunting]
[Livewire] So you're Black Lightning.
Heard you quit the Justice League.
[scoffs] Must've known you were obsolete.
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Nightwing grunting]
[Mist breathing heavily]
Wearing yourself out?
It's a two-way street, kid.
I can't touch you. But you can't touch--
[grunting]
[choking]
Sorry. Really don't want to do this...
[choking]
[Halo grunts]
Forager! [grunts]
[Geo-Force] Halo!
[groaning]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Mist] Sorry. Really sorry.
[choking]
[hissing] [Mist] Ow! That hurts!
[crackling]
[Nightwing groans]
[grunting]
Go head, zap me!
Absorbing lightning's totally my thing.
You've never had Black Lightning before.
[screams]
[grunts]
Geo-Force! Return him now!
[Shade] Mmm, no.
I think we'll just keep him bottled for a while.
Or forever.
Bring him back!
You have to bring him back!
[high-pitched ringing]
[cracking] [Shade grunts]
[screaming]
[groaning]
[gasping]
[panting]
Are you all right? I'm... fine.
What happened?
[chittering] Halo happened.
[door opens]
Get out of here! You have no right-- [grunts]
[groans] Ugh.
It seems the Doctor is out.
[sighs] I'm glad you're alive.
But I have two questions and one statement.
Who is running the League of Shadows now? And from where?
[sighs]
You know I have no loyalty to the Shadows, but I honestly don't know who's running them.
I do know they're being run out of Santa Prisca.
Happy?
Ecstatic.
How's...
How's Lian?
Oh, well, that brings me to my statement.
Go see your kid!
Come on, sis.
We both know she's better off without me.
[grunts] You're her mother!
[Cheshire] But I'll always be Cheshire first.
See you later, sis.
Hug...
Hug Lian for me.
[Shade breathes heavily]
[sighs]
Nightwing, Cheshire and Shade escaped.
But I have Doctor Moon and the League of Shadows intel.
[sirens wailing in distance]
You're late. Report.
[stutters] Right. So...
Per your orders, and since his release from Arkham six months ago, I've been keeping occasional tabs on Jervis Tetch, a.k.a. The Mad Hatter.
Two weeks ago, I brought along my squad.
Spoiler, Arrowette and Orphan.