Batwoman (2019) s02e01 Episode Script
What Happened to Kate Kane?
1
[narrator.]
Last season on Batwoman: No, no.
Don't leave me.
No, Kate.
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me.
I want her very, very dead.
- If you want Kate dead, why not shoot her? - No.
Her betrayal deserves a reckoning.
[Luke.]
Where did you get that? A friend gave it to me for safekeeping, in case she ever lost her way.
[Alice.]
Oh, goodie, it's Tommy Elliot.
What about me? I taught Bruce Wayne everything he knows.
- So, where's my recognition? - [people yelling.]
[Alice.]
I must admit, Tommy.
I made all your dreams come true.
You made me Bruce Wayne.
I need you to strut through the doors of Wayne Tower and get me that shard of Kryptonite from your dear cousin, Kate.
[tender music playing.]
I think you'll like it here.
There's plenty of room for your stuff, and your plants will have their own balcony.
Yes, I said, balcony.
And look, only two locks.
We are a two-lock household now, Mama.
Oh, aren't we fancy? Your girlfriends will have an easier time sneaking in and out now.
Can we not? You are my mama.
You're not supposed to know that stuff.
Rent's due on the 1st.
My office is next to the laundry.
- Are you ready for a new life? - Mm-hm.
[explosion in distance.]
I did not just see that.
[dramatic music playing.]
[airplane engines roaring.]
Holy [Mary.]
Okay, this is freaky.
- Apparently, Gotham's raining jet parts.
- Already on it.
Is Kate there? Hasn't checked in since she landed in National City yesterday.
Batcave to Batwoman.
You online? [Ryan.]
Hello? Can anybody hear me? Hello? Hello? Anybody, moan or something? Oh! [panting.]
- The suit's GPS is off.
- So is her phone.
What about calling her old-school, Bat-Signal? Can we flip it on remotely? We could till the Crows pulled it offline in their war with Batwoman.
Now anyone who touches it loses a hand.
- Wanna try The Hold Up? - Already calling.
Wake up.
Come on, live.
Live.
[sobbing.]
Come on, wake up.
Live, please.
- Come on.
- [gasping.]
Okay.
[Mary.]
Why isn't she answering? - Maybe she's at the scene.
- [groans.]
With her comms off? You sure she flew in from National City this morning? - Checking.
- [keyboard clacking.]
- Hey, hey.
You're gonna be okay, okay? - [whimpering.]
- You're gonna be okay.
- [coughing.]
Wayne Enterprises Tail Number GC9K23 was set to depart at 10 a.
m.
from National City.
- Delayed for weather.
- So, she's in NC? Tail Number GC9K23 actual departure time 9:35 p.
m.
So, she's en route.
Explains why she hasn't gotten any of our calls.
Except she was set to land 20 minutes ago.
[sirens wailing in distance.]
Hello? Okay, GC9K23 departed at 9:35 p.
m.
At 10:15, 10,000 feet, 400 knots.
At 10:45, 450 knots, 8500 feet.
At 10:50 What? 10:50, what? What, Luke? Luke.
Where is Kate's plane? [dramatic music playing.]
Oh, my God.
[sirens wailing.]
[dramatic music playing.]
[man.]
Why don't you guys start there.
Kane's here.
Uh, listen, go now, that way, I'll check in with you later.
- What have you found? - Sir, you shouldn't be here.
This was my daughter's airplane.
Tell me what you have.
- Have you recovered anyone? - Not yet.
But trust me, Kane.
Go home.
- We'll call if we find anything.
- I am not leaving without my daughter.
Sir.
We'll look together.
Come on.
[man.]
You two, with me.
[Mary.]
Julia couldn't find the Batsuit? Julia was one of the first at the crash site, searched everywhere.
- If Kate wore it, she could've survived.
- But Kate would've called us.
Not if she's unconscious.
The suit wakes up, we'll find her.
I get that it's a Super-Suit, but 10,000 feet is a hell of a free fall.
But the cape's nanotech is more advanced than a NASA parachute.
The suit's shock-absorbent properties are unlike anything [Mary.]
No way.
- Bruce.
- I came as soon as I heard.
[dramatic music playing.]
[liquid pouring.]
It's been four years, Bruce.
Where have you been? If only the answer were simple, Mini Fox.
Complicated's fine.
We're smart.
[Bruce.]
I know.
Let's find Kate.
Then I'll tell you about it.
- [cell phone buzzing.]
- It's my dad.
I should check in, but I don't wanna leave.
No, he needs you, Mary.
You should go.
We'll stay in touch.
If anyone can help us, it's you.
Barely changed the place.
[chuckles.]
Uh You should probably see the Batcave.
Yeah, I probably should.
You want the honors? Not sure we have time for a Proust read-along.
[Luke.]
Hilarious.
You can go right ahead.
You okay? [clears throat.]
You've been the man of the castle.
Lead on.
Okay.
Like old times, right? [suspenseful music playing.]
[woman.]
So, Ryan, what's new? Anything I should know about? Actually, um I stumbled on something pretty sick.
Kind of a game changer.
- Interesting.
- Yeah.
Was it housing? No, um, it was not housing.
Okay.
What about employment? All those years teaching martial arts, surely there's a dojo that will hire you.
Still looking.
Tell me you paid your court fines.
You make it sound like these are all my choices.
They are your choices, Ryan.
You have the power to turn this around.
You wanna know why I haven't paid my fines? Because I can't find a job.
Because I don't have a home.
Because no landlord wants to rent to an ex-con on post-release.
You see how this works? No one cares that the dope wasn't mine, or that the Crows were dirty, or that I'm actually a decent human.
I am a file in your cabinet.
That is not having power.
That is the very definition of powerless.
Mind if I join you? I'd prefer it.
Any news? Nothing.
- How you holding up? - I'm not.
The basement vending machine can attest.
[sighs.]
- We're not finding her alive, are we? - I'm not giving up yet.
Investigators said the plane was flying with a recalled engine part.
I heard the same thing.
Do you believe that? Clear skies.
The pilot's psych eval checks out.
Because a few days ago, you showed me photographs of us being tailed by some mysterious woman named Safiyah.
You two had drama, and I ended up in her crosshairs.
- What are you saying? - I'm saying, you and Kate were close, too.
Who's to say she didn't have the same photographs of her? Julia, if you know about Kate's plane being targeted I know what you know.
Sir, we've barely started our search.
I can send more men.
This is my daughter, commissioner.
I am not giving up.
[sighs.]
[emotional music playing.]
That sounded awful.
They ID'd the pilot.
His hand washed up in the harbor.
They think Kate's in the river.
They're guessing.
They don't know anything.
They've shifted the search from rescue to recovery.
Who, the same people who convinced you to stop looking for Beth when she went missing? Dad, we can't listen to them.
How is this happening all over again? - [sighs.]
- Hey.
[sighs.]
You and I, we both know that crazier things have happened.
I'm not gonna lose hope, and I'm not gonna let you lose it either.
Okay.
[Luke.]
For the record, Kate found it on her own, and Batwoman was her idea.
Kate's not the type to sit idle while her sister's upending Gotham.
Wait, hold up.
You know Alice is Beth? [suspenseful music playing.]
Of course.
They are my cousins.
- The red accents are a choice.
- Bruce, come on.
Why didn't you call? Or write? Or answer one of my 3000 texts? For every Alice Kate had, I had 20, all trying to kill me and everyone I cared about.
Protecting you meant not letting you in.
Sticky-bomb launcher.
Oh Oh, your old man knew what he was doing.
Although I would've preferred the suit stay fully impenetrable.
Trust me, that makes two of us.
In fact, this is why Kate flew to National City.
To ask Kara Danvers if we could destroy one stupid piece of Kryptonite before it got into the wrong hands.
The only material on Earth strong enough to penetrate the Batsuit.
- I should probably hold on to this.
- I wanted it gone.
- I thought I could protect her.
- Hey, hey.
We'll find her, okay? Wait, where's the suit? [pop music playing.]
Can't you feel it coming? Never again.
[grunting.]
I can feel it coming Are you ready for a breakthrough? Can't you feel it coming? Time to be powerful.
Are you ready for the breakthrough? Are you ready for the brand-new? Are you ready for the real thing? Because it's coming for you [man.]
Hey, show yourself! Boo.
[groans.]
Did not think that through.
Woo-hoo! [laughs.]
I'm bulletproof, bitches.
Wait.
What the? [beeping.]
Kate.
[laughs.]
What is this, some wannabe? [yelling and grunting.]
- Sorry.
Legit didn't mean that.
- Sorry? You freaking shot me.
Look, I'm looking for someone.
Figured the False Face Society knows things.
So, who's gonna point me in the right direction? [dramatic music playing.]
I have no idea what this button does.
You wanna figure it out together, or you wanna help? [pop music playing.]
So, now I'm taking what I want I'm taking what I want Oh, oh, oh I'm-a plot a payback Oh, oh, oh Treat you like a street rat [wretches.]
You thought you'd play with fire Oh, oh, oh But I'm-a trip the wire Not for long.
I'm-a trip the wire - I gotta hand it to you, Tommy.
- What the hell are you doing here? I gave you the face, but you nailed the voice.
And now Gotham's most eligible bachelor is playing Find the Tan Lines, while I flail aimlessly.
[clicks tongue.]
Can't say I didn't hold up my end of the deal.
Hmm? The only thing stronger than the Batsuit, which Mini Fox is in the process of retrieving.
Very soon, the world will call me Batman.
Oh.
Do you want a parade? Because I'm pretty sure my sister is in the large intestine of a great white.
Is that what this is? Are you in mourning? - You wanted her dead.
- I wanted to kill her myself! Not to say "I told you so" to a belligerent psychopath You could've shot her months ago when she was out of the suit.
When did I say I was going to shoot her? I said, I wanted her dead.
[grunts.]
You, "Cousin Bruce," procured the Kryptonite.
I was going to ensure Commander Kane found it.
A scene would bring them together, Batty would get caught in his crosshairs, then bang.
As she went down, he would pull off her cowl to discover in sinking horror that he had killed his own daughter.
Alas mechanical failure.
Bruce, there's no steam coming out of the steam shower.
What did you do that for? No reason at all because reason doesn't matter.
Her friend's upstairs.
Want her to call the cops? I tried being reasonable once.
[chuckles.]
I was tethered to reason.
I was calculated, precise, planned.
And look where that got me.
Sharing a roof with Bruce Lame.
On what planet do I agree to live with a woman who just told me her plan to have her father kill her twin like it was an April Fool's joke? On my planet.
Because on my planet, you are still Tommy Elliot.
And if I so much as breathe a word, Bruce Wayne goes from being the meat in a Top Model sandwich to the guy with a steak for a face.
Trust me, Tom-Tom.
An Alice with a goal is so much sweeter than an Alice unmoored.
[dramatic music playing.]
[sighs.]
[footsteps.]
Fancy seeing you here.
Figured I'd look around to see if Kate was getting death threats.
What did we deduce from that jumper? Is it dangerous? [sighs.]
What are you doing here? Before she left, Kate said, if anything ever happened to her, I should check her safe.
Okay.
Where is it? She also asked that I not tell anyone.
Pretty sure she didn't mean me.
Why, some sort of unrequited-soul-mate clause? I think Kate was targeted for some reason.
And she knows I won't stop until I find the truth.
[suspenseful music playing.]
- GPS says it's this way.
- [GPS beeping.]
[rapid beeping.]
[Mary.]
Kate? Kate, you're alive.
No.
Guess you're in on it, too.
I saw her plane go down, put two and two together.
I'm really sorry.
[sighs.]
Well, the suit has GPS, so you might as well give it back, Miss Wilder.
Ryan.
And I'm not done with it yet.
That suit is meant for a hero, not the lost and found.
You tell that to the bored billionaire who found it in Batman's lost box? You don't know the first thing about Kate Kane, and you don't know anything about that symbol.
Trust me, I know I'm not a symbol.
Or a name, or a legacy.
Exactly.
Why are you worthy of wearing it? Because I'm a number.
I am the 327th baby of a Black woman who died during childbirth that year.
I'm a $20-a-day check to a group home.
I'm inmate 4075, serving 18 months for a crime I didn't commit.
But I can live with all those numbers because the mama who adopted me I was her number one.
But it turns out she's just one of a quarter-million murders in this country who have not seen justice, and that is a number I can't live with.
So, you can have this damn suit back when her killer is dead.
[grappling hook clanks.]
[dramatic music playing.]
Ah.
Bruce Wayne.
I take it they're out of cocaine in Belize.
Missed you, too, Uncle Jake.
Believe it or not, I came home to help find my favorite cousin.
You wanna help, stay out of my way, let me do my job.
That's why I'm here, to eliminate distractions.
I have a lead on Gotham's most elusive terrorist.
- Batwoman? I scared her away.
- I'm referring to Alice.
How? You just got home.
Exactly.
She's squatting in my house.
Must've figured I was gone for good.
Before you barge in there and start mucking up all my furniture, I'd prefer not to end up on her kill list.
You didn't hear this from me.
[door opens, then closes.]
[indistinct chatter.]
Bruce? Julia Pennyworth.
Oh, Luke told me you were back.
I meant to call, but, um - We've all been so worried about you.
- I'm here, I'm healthy.
And I'm late for a meeting, so - Did you ring The Eagle? - The Eagle? The Eagle.
Daddy practically raised you.
I think he thinks you're dead.
Good point.
Yeah, I'll clear that up.
He's at home in Glasgow.
Same little cottage in the woods.
I'll buzz him ASAP.
Good seeing you, Jules.
[dramatic music playing.]
There's no point.
She figured out how to turn off the GPS.
I know, but if I learn more about this Ryan Wilder chick, maybe I can narrow down her circles and figure out where she lives.
"The Kane family has turned their 56th-floor riverside penthouse into a search-party headquarters.
" Hmm.
That would be nice, 56 floors up.
Talk about optimal sunlight.
Don't look at me like that.
Her mom died in childbirth.
Father died before she was born.
"Following her father's footsteps, Kate attended Point Rock Academy.
" In and out of group homes.
Teen runaway.
[Mary.]
High-school dropout.
Oh.
Wait a minute.
This is juicy.
"Kate was dishonorably discharged weeks before graduation.
In her statement, Kate said: 'It's paradoxical to fight on behalf of an institution that sees my sexual orientation as the enemy.
"' Okay, that's kind of badass.
Arrested for possession and intent.
Insisted the drugs weren't hers.
And served 18 months.
"Under Pride Real Estate, she donated millions to inner-city housing projects.
Most recently, she opened The Hold Up, a gay bar that she called a safe haven for anyone looking for their family.
" At her sentencing, the judge said that Ryan had been on the right track, thanks to the woman who adopted her.
Ryan graduated high school.
She found a job.
Everything fell apart after.
- Oh, my God.
- [Ryan groans.]
Apparently when Ryan and her adoptive mom walked into their new apartment they startled a bunch of squatters.
A fight broke out.
The building's landlord and Ryan's mom were killed.
What the hell is this? Who are these people? [man.]
I don't know.
They just showed up.
[Alice.]
We need to get out of here.
Now.
[Mary.]
The squatters were linked to the Alice in Wonderland gang.
[door slams shut.]
That's why she wants the suit.
To go after Alice.
Because Alice's gang killed her mom.
Three, four, five, six.
Come on, Mama, live.
[sobbing.]
Wake up.
Please.
Wake up, please, Mama.
Kate's a hero.
In the suit.
I'm sorry, Mama.
And out of the suit.
They're right, Mama.
Why am I wearing the suit of a hero when I couldn't even save you? [Mary.]
I mean, I get it.
Her mom died in her arms.
She wants justice.
Hey.
We're gonna find Kate.
She needed the suit to survive.
Miracles happen.
- I mean - It's my fault.
I was the one hell-bent on destroying the Kryptonite.
She didn't wanna do it, and I pushed.
- That is not what happened.
- I'm the reason she got on that plane.
Kate's dead because of me.
Luke.
You didn't do anything wrong.
Okay? Yeah.
[sniffles.]
Look at me.
What would Kate say if she knew you were blaming yourself? Don't know.
Things were usually her fault.
She'd tell you that there'd be no Batwoman without Luke Fox.
And to put your pain into something worth changing.
[cell phone buzzes.]
[suspenseful music playing.]
[beeping.]
Come get your suit back.
He didn't remember our code name for my father.
The Eagle? He made it up.
I told him to ring Daddy at home at his cottage in Glasgow.
Bruce didn't blink an eye.
- Alfred lives in a flat in London.
- I smelled alcohol on his breath.
I saw his drink in the commander's office, ran the glass for prints.
Do not say what I think you're about to.
I'm really sorry, Luke.
Alice made him a new face.
No.
They carried Tommy out of Arkham in a body bag.
Or they wanted us to believe as much.
And who better to masquerade as Bruce Wayne than the person obsessed with him his entire life? [beeping.]
How did I not see this? Bruce is my friend, and Tommy Tommy Elliot killed my dad.
Luke, you wanted Kate back.
If the miracle arrival of Bruce Wayne could help find her, why question it? I showed him the Batcave.
[suspenseful music playing.]
Where is it, Brucey boy? I know it's here somewhere.
There she is.
[engine starts.]
[beeping.]
- He's going after Ryan.
- Ryan? Why? For the suit.
So he can be Batman.
[piano playing ditty.]
I know something you don't know - You know where Kate is? - [continues playing piano.]
Alice, if you know where she is, you tell me right now.
[plays discordant note.]
What do I know? What do I know? I know what a watermelon looks like when it falls from a great height.
That's your sister you're talking about.
And now she's gone.
Which is your cue to move on with your life.
Maybe remarry.
Find a new daughter to replace her with.
I won't make the same mistakes I made with you.
I will not stop looking until she's found.
It's over, Alice.
Kate Kane is Batwoman! [dramatic music playing.]
And I'm the Joker.
Arkham's waiting.
Use your brain, commander.
A lesbian superhero who could've killed me a dozen times, but didn't? Hmm.
Wonder who that could be.
That's preposterous.
Kate would've told me.
You rejected her.
Over and over.
To the world, to her face.
[laughs.]
You wanted her dead.
- You're wrong.
- Am I? Or did you spend your last precious moments together firing a gun at her? You got your wish, Daddy.
Batwoman is dead.
And she died knowing that her father hated her.
If you don't believe me, turn on the Bat-Signal.
See if she comes.
[Luke on radio.]
Batcave to Ryan.
Batcave to Ryan.
You got someone coming for you.
No, this ain't no time to rest No, this ain't no time to stop 'Cause you know I'm headed up About to turn my level up Yeah, you know I'm tough enough Hello? I'm here.
Is Batman actually chasing me right now? I'm about to go to work [Luke.]
It's not Batman.
It's Tommy Elliot.
He looks like Bruce Wayne, but he's a psychotic Arkham escapee who will kill anyone in his path.
You're not making it any better.
[tires squealing.]
Jingle bells Batman smells Robin laid an egg - Come on.
- [beeping.]
[singer.]
About to turn my level up Yeah, you know I'm tough enough - From the back and to the front - [gasping.]
- Are you kidding me? What was that? - He wants the suit.
- He can have it.
I'll toss it out.
- [both.]
No.
He'd become the most dangerous person in Gotham.
- You need to outrun him.
- Outrun him? Look at his car.
I don't even have hubcaps.
Just to work I'm about to go to work Here's a sentence I've never said: Can you hack the Batmobile? I'll try.
Until ten minutes ago, I didn't even know it was in here.
I've been to the hardest level Work, work, work Just to work [Luke.]
I'm in.
[tires screeching.]
- [Batmobile powering down.]
- No, no, no.
Come on! That bought her some time.
Time, maybe.
But she needs to buy her own survival.
[suspenseful music playing.]
Hello! I want my Batsuit! - Oh, crap.
- What? - What? - Tommy has the Kryptonite.
You're not Bruce Wayne.
And you're not Batwoman.
[Luke.]
Batcave to Ryan.
Hello? Ryan? Batcave to Ryan.
Talk to me.
So, hang on, hang on Oh, whoa It ain't our time to die [grunting.]
It ain't our time to die Oh, whoa It ain't our time to die No! [panting.]
[Luke.]
Batcave to Ryan.
Come in! Batcave to Ryan.
Come in, Ryan.
Batcave to Ryan.
Come in.
We're good.
It's done.
It's over.
Sophie called.
Divers haven't found anything in the harbor.
As long as my dad's in charge, no one's giving up.
In the meantime, Tommy Elliot's on his way back to Arkham.
I know we're in no mood to pop a bottle of bub, but at least Ryan stopped Tommy from getting the suit.
Lucky we got the Batmobile back before the cops showed up.
My point is, we may have been a little judgy when we first met her.
- She did good filling in today.
- Kate is Batwoman, Mary.
I know.
[tender music playing.]
It's not bulletproof, FYI.
Is this from the Kryptonite? You mean this? Yeah.
Hurt like a bitch, too.
- This was supposed to kill you.
- It didn't.
Wait, are you okay? - Can I see the wound? - No, I'm good.
Look, I'm sorry about Kate's suit.
I hope you find her.
Uh Wait.
What about everything that you said? What about your mom? That suit it's bigger than me.
It's one thing to put it on, and it's another thing to wear it.
Like you say, Kate was a hero.
I'm not.
Are you still in love with Kate? Where did that come from? I know how you used to feel.
If you could do it again, you'd jump on her bike, leave Point Rock.
How do you know that? Question is did you still feel that way two days ago? I don't know.
["SOS" playing.]
This is what Kate left in her safe.
I didn't read it but I have a feeling I know what it says.
It's the setting of the sun The reckoning It's the edges come undone It's the beating of the drum Awakening [Kate.]
Hey, Sophie.
If you're reading this it means I'm not here to tell you this in person.
I'm Batwoman.
Though part of me thinks you always knew even when I did a damn good job of convincing you otherwise.
[sobbing.]
I'm telling you this because I know you'll figure it out eventually.
I want you to know, lying to you was the hardest thing I've ever done.
But I lied because I love you.
We fight [Kate.]
Because I wanted to protect you and because I was scared that you would push me away.
So, that's the truth.
I hope you think I did a good job for our city, and I hope you'll always remember me.
We live, we breathe, we need SOS SOS [dramatic music playing.]
Oh, good news, my dear Mouse.
I have purpose once again.
It was Safiyah who ruined everything.
And now I'm going to ruin her.
It's lucky you're dead already my dear brother.
Because there's a war coming to Gotham.
And now there's no Batwoman to stop it.
[chuckles.]
I did the right thing today, Mama.
And I will try to do the right thing tomorrow and the next day.
And sooner or later, I promise I'll be your number one girl again.
[grunts.]
[dramatic music playing.]
What the hell was that? [closing theme playing.]
Last season on Batwoman: No, no.
Don't leave me.
No, Kate.
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me.
I want her very, very dead.
- If you want Kate dead, why not shoot her? - No.
Her betrayal deserves a reckoning.
[Luke.]
Where did you get that? A friend gave it to me for safekeeping, in case she ever lost her way.
[Alice.]
Oh, goodie, it's Tommy Elliot.
What about me? I taught Bruce Wayne everything he knows.
- So, where's my recognition? - [people yelling.]
[Alice.]
I must admit, Tommy.
I made all your dreams come true.
You made me Bruce Wayne.
I need you to strut through the doors of Wayne Tower and get me that shard of Kryptonite from your dear cousin, Kate.
[tender music playing.]
I think you'll like it here.
There's plenty of room for your stuff, and your plants will have their own balcony.
Yes, I said, balcony.
And look, only two locks.
We are a two-lock household now, Mama.
Oh, aren't we fancy? Your girlfriends will have an easier time sneaking in and out now.
Can we not? You are my mama.
You're not supposed to know that stuff.
Rent's due on the 1st.
My office is next to the laundry.
- Are you ready for a new life? - Mm-hm.
[explosion in distance.]
I did not just see that.
[dramatic music playing.]
[airplane engines roaring.]
Holy [Mary.]
Okay, this is freaky.
- Apparently, Gotham's raining jet parts.
- Already on it.
Is Kate there? Hasn't checked in since she landed in National City yesterday.
Batcave to Batwoman.
You online? [Ryan.]
Hello? Can anybody hear me? Hello? Hello? Anybody, moan or something? Oh! [panting.]
- The suit's GPS is off.
- So is her phone.
What about calling her old-school, Bat-Signal? Can we flip it on remotely? We could till the Crows pulled it offline in their war with Batwoman.
Now anyone who touches it loses a hand.
- Wanna try The Hold Up? - Already calling.
Wake up.
Come on, live.
Live.
[sobbing.]
Come on, wake up.
Live, please.
- Come on.
- [gasping.]
Okay.
[Mary.]
Why isn't she answering? - Maybe she's at the scene.
- [groans.]
With her comms off? You sure she flew in from National City this morning? - Checking.
- [keyboard clacking.]
- Hey, hey.
You're gonna be okay, okay? - [whimpering.]
- You're gonna be okay.
- [coughing.]
Wayne Enterprises Tail Number GC9K23 was set to depart at 10 a.
m.
from National City.
- Delayed for weather.
- So, she's in NC? Tail Number GC9K23 actual departure time 9:35 p.
m.
So, she's en route.
Explains why she hasn't gotten any of our calls.
Except she was set to land 20 minutes ago.
[sirens wailing in distance.]
Hello? Okay, GC9K23 departed at 9:35 p.
m.
At 10:15, 10,000 feet, 400 knots.
At 10:45, 450 knots, 8500 feet.
At 10:50 What? 10:50, what? What, Luke? Luke.
Where is Kate's plane? [dramatic music playing.]
Oh, my God.
[sirens wailing.]
[dramatic music playing.]
[man.]
Why don't you guys start there.
Kane's here.
Uh, listen, go now, that way, I'll check in with you later.
- What have you found? - Sir, you shouldn't be here.
This was my daughter's airplane.
Tell me what you have.
- Have you recovered anyone? - Not yet.
But trust me, Kane.
Go home.
- We'll call if we find anything.
- I am not leaving without my daughter.
Sir.
We'll look together.
Come on.
[man.]
You two, with me.
[Mary.]
Julia couldn't find the Batsuit? Julia was one of the first at the crash site, searched everywhere.
- If Kate wore it, she could've survived.
- But Kate would've called us.
Not if she's unconscious.
The suit wakes up, we'll find her.
I get that it's a Super-Suit, but 10,000 feet is a hell of a free fall.
But the cape's nanotech is more advanced than a NASA parachute.
The suit's shock-absorbent properties are unlike anything [Mary.]
No way.
- Bruce.
- I came as soon as I heard.
[dramatic music playing.]
[liquid pouring.]
It's been four years, Bruce.
Where have you been? If only the answer were simple, Mini Fox.
Complicated's fine.
We're smart.
[Bruce.]
I know.
Let's find Kate.
Then I'll tell you about it.
- [cell phone buzzing.]
- It's my dad.
I should check in, but I don't wanna leave.
No, he needs you, Mary.
You should go.
We'll stay in touch.
If anyone can help us, it's you.
Barely changed the place.
[chuckles.]
Uh You should probably see the Batcave.
Yeah, I probably should.
You want the honors? Not sure we have time for a Proust read-along.
[Luke.]
Hilarious.
You can go right ahead.
You okay? [clears throat.]
You've been the man of the castle.
Lead on.
Okay.
Like old times, right? [suspenseful music playing.]
[woman.]
So, Ryan, what's new? Anything I should know about? Actually, um I stumbled on something pretty sick.
Kind of a game changer.
- Interesting.
- Yeah.
Was it housing? No, um, it was not housing.
Okay.
What about employment? All those years teaching martial arts, surely there's a dojo that will hire you.
Still looking.
Tell me you paid your court fines.
You make it sound like these are all my choices.
They are your choices, Ryan.
You have the power to turn this around.
You wanna know why I haven't paid my fines? Because I can't find a job.
Because I don't have a home.
Because no landlord wants to rent to an ex-con on post-release.
You see how this works? No one cares that the dope wasn't mine, or that the Crows were dirty, or that I'm actually a decent human.
I am a file in your cabinet.
That is not having power.
That is the very definition of powerless.
Mind if I join you? I'd prefer it.
Any news? Nothing.
- How you holding up? - I'm not.
The basement vending machine can attest.
[sighs.]
- We're not finding her alive, are we? - I'm not giving up yet.
Investigators said the plane was flying with a recalled engine part.
I heard the same thing.
Do you believe that? Clear skies.
The pilot's psych eval checks out.
Because a few days ago, you showed me photographs of us being tailed by some mysterious woman named Safiyah.
You two had drama, and I ended up in her crosshairs.
- What are you saying? - I'm saying, you and Kate were close, too.
Who's to say she didn't have the same photographs of her? Julia, if you know about Kate's plane being targeted I know what you know.
Sir, we've barely started our search.
I can send more men.
This is my daughter, commissioner.
I am not giving up.
[sighs.]
[emotional music playing.]
That sounded awful.
They ID'd the pilot.
His hand washed up in the harbor.
They think Kate's in the river.
They're guessing.
They don't know anything.
They've shifted the search from rescue to recovery.
Who, the same people who convinced you to stop looking for Beth when she went missing? Dad, we can't listen to them.
How is this happening all over again? - [sighs.]
- Hey.
[sighs.]
You and I, we both know that crazier things have happened.
I'm not gonna lose hope, and I'm not gonna let you lose it either.
Okay.
[Luke.]
For the record, Kate found it on her own, and Batwoman was her idea.
Kate's not the type to sit idle while her sister's upending Gotham.
Wait, hold up.
You know Alice is Beth? [suspenseful music playing.]
Of course.
They are my cousins.
- The red accents are a choice.
- Bruce, come on.
Why didn't you call? Or write? Or answer one of my 3000 texts? For every Alice Kate had, I had 20, all trying to kill me and everyone I cared about.
Protecting you meant not letting you in.
Sticky-bomb launcher.
Oh Oh, your old man knew what he was doing.
Although I would've preferred the suit stay fully impenetrable.
Trust me, that makes two of us.
In fact, this is why Kate flew to National City.
To ask Kara Danvers if we could destroy one stupid piece of Kryptonite before it got into the wrong hands.
The only material on Earth strong enough to penetrate the Batsuit.
- I should probably hold on to this.
- I wanted it gone.
- I thought I could protect her.
- Hey, hey.
We'll find her, okay? Wait, where's the suit? [pop music playing.]
Can't you feel it coming? Never again.
[grunting.]
I can feel it coming Are you ready for a breakthrough? Can't you feel it coming? Time to be powerful.
Are you ready for the breakthrough? Are you ready for the brand-new? Are you ready for the real thing? Because it's coming for you [man.]
Hey, show yourself! Boo.
[groans.]
Did not think that through.
Woo-hoo! [laughs.]
I'm bulletproof, bitches.
Wait.
What the? [beeping.]
Kate.
[laughs.]
What is this, some wannabe? [yelling and grunting.]
- Sorry.
Legit didn't mean that.
- Sorry? You freaking shot me.
Look, I'm looking for someone.
Figured the False Face Society knows things.
So, who's gonna point me in the right direction? [dramatic music playing.]
I have no idea what this button does.
You wanna figure it out together, or you wanna help? [pop music playing.]
So, now I'm taking what I want I'm taking what I want Oh, oh, oh I'm-a plot a payback Oh, oh, oh Treat you like a street rat [wretches.]
You thought you'd play with fire Oh, oh, oh But I'm-a trip the wire Not for long.
I'm-a trip the wire - I gotta hand it to you, Tommy.
- What the hell are you doing here? I gave you the face, but you nailed the voice.
And now Gotham's most eligible bachelor is playing Find the Tan Lines, while I flail aimlessly.
[clicks tongue.]
Can't say I didn't hold up my end of the deal.
Hmm? The only thing stronger than the Batsuit, which Mini Fox is in the process of retrieving.
Very soon, the world will call me Batman.
Oh.
Do you want a parade? Because I'm pretty sure my sister is in the large intestine of a great white.
Is that what this is? Are you in mourning? - You wanted her dead.
- I wanted to kill her myself! Not to say "I told you so" to a belligerent psychopath You could've shot her months ago when she was out of the suit.
When did I say I was going to shoot her? I said, I wanted her dead.
[grunts.]
You, "Cousin Bruce," procured the Kryptonite.
I was going to ensure Commander Kane found it.
A scene would bring them together, Batty would get caught in his crosshairs, then bang.
As she went down, he would pull off her cowl to discover in sinking horror that he had killed his own daughter.
Alas mechanical failure.
Bruce, there's no steam coming out of the steam shower.
What did you do that for? No reason at all because reason doesn't matter.
Her friend's upstairs.
Want her to call the cops? I tried being reasonable once.
[chuckles.]
I was tethered to reason.
I was calculated, precise, planned.
And look where that got me.
Sharing a roof with Bruce Lame.
On what planet do I agree to live with a woman who just told me her plan to have her father kill her twin like it was an April Fool's joke? On my planet.
Because on my planet, you are still Tommy Elliot.
And if I so much as breathe a word, Bruce Wayne goes from being the meat in a Top Model sandwich to the guy with a steak for a face.
Trust me, Tom-Tom.
An Alice with a goal is so much sweeter than an Alice unmoored.
[dramatic music playing.]
[sighs.]
[footsteps.]
Fancy seeing you here.
Figured I'd look around to see if Kate was getting death threats.
What did we deduce from that jumper? Is it dangerous? [sighs.]
What are you doing here? Before she left, Kate said, if anything ever happened to her, I should check her safe.
Okay.
Where is it? She also asked that I not tell anyone.
Pretty sure she didn't mean me.
Why, some sort of unrequited-soul-mate clause? I think Kate was targeted for some reason.
And she knows I won't stop until I find the truth.
[suspenseful music playing.]
- GPS says it's this way.
- [GPS beeping.]
[rapid beeping.]
[Mary.]
Kate? Kate, you're alive.
No.
Guess you're in on it, too.
I saw her plane go down, put two and two together.
I'm really sorry.
[sighs.]
Well, the suit has GPS, so you might as well give it back, Miss Wilder.
Ryan.
And I'm not done with it yet.
That suit is meant for a hero, not the lost and found.
You tell that to the bored billionaire who found it in Batman's lost box? You don't know the first thing about Kate Kane, and you don't know anything about that symbol.
Trust me, I know I'm not a symbol.
Or a name, or a legacy.
Exactly.
Why are you worthy of wearing it? Because I'm a number.
I am the 327th baby of a Black woman who died during childbirth that year.
I'm a $20-a-day check to a group home.
I'm inmate 4075, serving 18 months for a crime I didn't commit.
But I can live with all those numbers because the mama who adopted me I was her number one.
But it turns out she's just one of a quarter-million murders in this country who have not seen justice, and that is a number I can't live with.
So, you can have this damn suit back when her killer is dead.
[grappling hook clanks.]
[dramatic music playing.]
Ah.
Bruce Wayne.
I take it they're out of cocaine in Belize.
Missed you, too, Uncle Jake.
Believe it or not, I came home to help find my favorite cousin.
You wanna help, stay out of my way, let me do my job.
That's why I'm here, to eliminate distractions.
I have a lead on Gotham's most elusive terrorist.
- Batwoman? I scared her away.
- I'm referring to Alice.
How? You just got home.
Exactly.
She's squatting in my house.
Must've figured I was gone for good.
Before you barge in there and start mucking up all my furniture, I'd prefer not to end up on her kill list.
You didn't hear this from me.
[door opens, then closes.]
[indistinct chatter.]
Bruce? Julia Pennyworth.
Oh, Luke told me you were back.
I meant to call, but, um - We've all been so worried about you.
- I'm here, I'm healthy.
And I'm late for a meeting, so - Did you ring The Eagle? - The Eagle? The Eagle.
Daddy practically raised you.
I think he thinks you're dead.
Good point.
Yeah, I'll clear that up.
He's at home in Glasgow.
Same little cottage in the woods.
I'll buzz him ASAP.
Good seeing you, Jules.
[dramatic music playing.]
There's no point.
She figured out how to turn off the GPS.
I know, but if I learn more about this Ryan Wilder chick, maybe I can narrow down her circles and figure out where she lives.
"The Kane family has turned their 56th-floor riverside penthouse into a search-party headquarters.
" Hmm.
That would be nice, 56 floors up.
Talk about optimal sunlight.
Don't look at me like that.
Her mom died in childbirth.
Father died before she was born.
"Following her father's footsteps, Kate attended Point Rock Academy.
" In and out of group homes.
Teen runaway.
[Mary.]
High-school dropout.
Oh.
Wait a minute.
This is juicy.
"Kate was dishonorably discharged weeks before graduation.
In her statement, Kate said: 'It's paradoxical to fight on behalf of an institution that sees my sexual orientation as the enemy.
"' Okay, that's kind of badass.
Arrested for possession and intent.
Insisted the drugs weren't hers.
And served 18 months.
"Under Pride Real Estate, she donated millions to inner-city housing projects.
Most recently, she opened The Hold Up, a gay bar that she called a safe haven for anyone looking for their family.
" At her sentencing, the judge said that Ryan had been on the right track, thanks to the woman who adopted her.
Ryan graduated high school.
She found a job.
Everything fell apart after.
- Oh, my God.
- [Ryan groans.]
Apparently when Ryan and her adoptive mom walked into their new apartment they startled a bunch of squatters.
A fight broke out.
The building's landlord and Ryan's mom were killed.
What the hell is this? Who are these people? [man.]
I don't know.
They just showed up.
[Alice.]
We need to get out of here.
Now.
[Mary.]
The squatters were linked to the Alice in Wonderland gang.
[door slams shut.]
That's why she wants the suit.
To go after Alice.
Because Alice's gang killed her mom.
Three, four, five, six.
Come on, Mama, live.
[sobbing.]
Wake up.
Please.
Wake up, please, Mama.
Kate's a hero.
In the suit.
I'm sorry, Mama.
And out of the suit.
They're right, Mama.
Why am I wearing the suit of a hero when I couldn't even save you? [Mary.]
I mean, I get it.
Her mom died in her arms.
She wants justice.
Hey.
We're gonna find Kate.
She needed the suit to survive.
Miracles happen.
- I mean - It's my fault.
I was the one hell-bent on destroying the Kryptonite.
She didn't wanna do it, and I pushed.
- That is not what happened.
- I'm the reason she got on that plane.
Kate's dead because of me.
Luke.
You didn't do anything wrong.
Okay? Yeah.
[sniffles.]
Look at me.
What would Kate say if she knew you were blaming yourself? Don't know.
Things were usually her fault.
She'd tell you that there'd be no Batwoman without Luke Fox.
And to put your pain into something worth changing.
[cell phone buzzes.]
[suspenseful music playing.]
[beeping.]
Come get your suit back.
He didn't remember our code name for my father.
The Eagle? He made it up.
I told him to ring Daddy at home at his cottage in Glasgow.
Bruce didn't blink an eye.
- Alfred lives in a flat in London.
- I smelled alcohol on his breath.
I saw his drink in the commander's office, ran the glass for prints.
Do not say what I think you're about to.
I'm really sorry, Luke.
Alice made him a new face.
No.
They carried Tommy out of Arkham in a body bag.
Or they wanted us to believe as much.
And who better to masquerade as Bruce Wayne than the person obsessed with him his entire life? [beeping.]
How did I not see this? Bruce is my friend, and Tommy Tommy Elliot killed my dad.
Luke, you wanted Kate back.
If the miracle arrival of Bruce Wayne could help find her, why question it? I showed him the Batcave.
[suspenseful music playing.]
Where is it, Brucey boy? I know it's here somewhere.
There she is.
[engine starts.]
[beeping.]
- He's going after Ryan.
- Ryan? Why? For the suit.
So he can be Batman.
[piano playing ditty.]
I know something you don't know - You know where Kate is? - [continues playing piano.]
Alice, if you know where she is, you tell me right now.
[plays discordant note.]
What do I know? What do I know? I know what a watermelon looks like when it falls from a great height.
That's your sister you're talking about.
And now she's gone.
Which is your cue to move on with your life.
Maybe remarry.
Find a new daughter to replace her with.
I won't make the same mistakes I made with you.
I will not stop looking until she's found.
It's over, Alice.
Kate Kane is Batwoman! [dramatic music playing.]
And I'm the Joker.
Arkham's waiting.
Use your brain, commander.
A lesbian superhero who could've killed me a dozen times, but didn't? Hmm.
Wonder who that could be.
That's preposterous.
Kate would've told me.
You rejected her.
Over and over.
To the world, to her face.
[laughs.]
You wanted her dead.
- You're wrong.
- Am I? Or did you spend your last precious moments together firing a gun at her? You got your wish, Daddy.
Batwoman is dead.
And she died knowing that her father hated her.
If you don't believe me, turn on the Bat-Signal.
See if she comes.
[Luke on radio.]
Batcave to Ryan.
Batcave to Ryan.
You got someone coming for you.
No, this ain't no time to rest No, this ain't no time to stop 'Cause you know I'm headed up About to turn my level up Yeah, you know I'm tough enough Hello? I'm here.
Is Batman actually chasing me right now? I'm about to go to work [Luke.]
It's not Batman.
It's Tommy Elliot.
He looks like Bruce Wayne, but he's a psychotic Arkham escapee who will kill anyone in his path.
You're not making it any better.
[tires squealing.]
Jingle bells Batman smells Robin laid an egg - Come on.
- [beeping.]
[singer.]
About to turn my level up Yeah, you know I'm tough enough - From the back and to the front - [gasping.]
- Are you kidding me? What was that? - He wants the suit.
- He can have it.
I'll toss it out.
- [both.]
No.
He'd become the most dangerous person in Gotham.
- You need to outrun him.
- Outrun him? Look at his car.
I don't even have hubcaps.
Just to work I'm about to go to work Here's a sentence I've never said: Can you hack the Batmobile? I'll try.
Until ten minutes ago, I didn't even know it was in here.
I've been to the hardest level Work, work, work Just to work [Luke.]
I'm in.
[tires screeching.]
- [Batmobile powering down.]
- No, no, no.
Come on! That bought her some time.
Time, maybe.
But she needs to buy her own survival.
[suspenseful music playing.]
Hello! I want my Batsuit! - Oh, crap.
- What? - What? - Tommy has the Kryptonite.
You're not Bruce Wayne.
And you're not Batwoman.
[Luke.]
Batcave to Ryan.
Hello? Ryan? Batcave to Ryan.
Talk to me.
So, hang on, hang on Oh, whoa It ain't our time to die [grunting.]
It ain't our time to die Oh, whoa It ain't our time to die No! [panting.]
[Luke.]
Batcave to Ryan.
Come in! Batcave to Ryan.
Come in, Ryan.
Batcave to Ryan.
Come in.
We're good.
It's done.
It's over.
Sophie called.
Divers haven't found anything in the harbor.
As long as my dad's in charge, no one's giving up.
In the meantime, Tommy Elliot's on his way back to Arkham.
I know we're in no mood to pop a bottle of bub, but at least Ryan stopped Tommy from getting the suit.
Lucky we got the Batmobile back before the cops showed up.
My point is, we may have been a little judgy when we first met her.
- She did good filling in today.
- Kate is Batwoman, Mary.
I know.
[tender music playing.]
It's not bulletproof, FYI.
Is this from the Kryptonite? You mean this? Yeah.
Hurt like a bitch, too.
- This was supposed to kill you.
- It didn't.
Wait, are you okay? - Can I see the wound? - No, I'm good.
Look, I'm sorry about Kate's suit.
I hope you find her.
Uh Wait.
What about everything that you said? What about your mom? That suit it's bigger than me.
It's one thing to put it on, and it's another thing to wear it.
Like you say, Kate was a hero.
I'm not.
Are you still in love with Kate? Where did that come from? I know how you used to feel.
If you could do it again, you'd jump on her bike, leave Point Rock.
How do you know that? Question is did you still feel that way two days ago? I don't know.
["SOS" playing.]
This is what Kate left in her safe.
I didn't read it but I have a feeling I know what it says.
It's the setting of the sun The reckoning It's the edges come undone It's the beating of the drum Awakening [Kate.]
Hey, Sophie.
If you're reading this it means I'm not here to tell you this in person.
I'm Batwoman.
Though part of me thinks you always knew even when I did a damn good job of convincing you otherwise.
[sobbing.]
I'm telling you this because I know you'll figure it out eventually.
I want you to know, lying to you was the hardest thing I've ever done.
But I lied because I love you.
We fight [Kate.]
Because I wanted to protect you and because I was scared that you would push me away.
So, that's the truth.
I hope you think I did a good job for our city, and I hope you'll always remember me.
We live, we breathe, we need SOS SOS [dramatic music playing.]
Oh, good news, my dear Mouse.
I have purpose once again.
It was Safiyah who ruined everything.
And now I'm going to ruin her.
It's lucky you're dead already my dear brother.
Because there's a war coming to Gotham.
And now there's no Batwoman to stop it.
[chuckles.]
I did the right thing today, Mama.
And I will try to do the right thing tomorrow and the next day.
And sooner or later, I promise I'll be your number one girl again.
[grunts.]
[dramatic music playing.]
What the hell was that? [closing theme playing.]