Ironheart (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

1
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.
- [gunshots]
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 ass.
- Salty ass.
[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.
- Shoot!
- 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 kill?
You think I'm gonna kill 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
illegal 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?
6:40 p.m. What's the rush?
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]
- [explosive 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] Shit! 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 killed.
- 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 kill 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 gun 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 shoot!
- [gunshot]
- [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 shit.
[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 gun 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 shit.
- 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 shit
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 shit 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]