Gen V (2023) s02e05 Episode Script

1
- Don't burst the bag.
- [BLEATS HOARSELY]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SAM] This makes me miss home.
- Why don't you go?
- My mom, she's scared of me.
Annabeth. Why is she here with you?
- Why didn't you tell me?
- She didn't want to see you.
[CATE] In his house,
Cipher's got this big, weird
locked door inside.
He's hiding something.
[CIPHER] The people want to see
your ass kicked, and you will oblige.
If we do this, you agree not
to send anyone back to Elmira.
[MARIE] Cipher isn't
a Supe. I can sense it.
You get him to talk.
I'll handle the rest.
[CATE] Are you okay?
No, I am fucking not.
Low angle?
Oh, shit.
This is sloppy work. Watch this.
[CROWD JEERING]
- Cipher?
- Like a meat puppet.
With no strings.
- Fight back!
- Get off!
[CIPHER] I knew she had it in her.
[STRAINING] Marie, please?
["TEMPO DI MENUETTO" FROM MOZART'S
SONATA FOR PIANO AND VIOLIN NO. 21 PLAYS]
♪
[SNIFFS]
♪
♪
[SAGE] You have
the most clichéd taste in music.
This is one of Einstein's
favorite pieces. He considered it
a revelation in Mozart's oeuvre.
Einstein was a racist.
- Racist?
- Mm-hmm.
He was under surveillance by the
FBI for his civil rights activities.
He hated Chinese people.
Just 'cause he fought for my team
doesn't make him not a racist.
I bought you a present
for the new house.
Uh, I have clichéd taste in music.
You have atrocious taste
in housewarming presents.
It's kitsch. It's supposed to be bad.
- That's the point.
- Mm.
Harder.
♪
[GRUNTING]
[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
[MOANING]
[CROWD CHATTERING]
Marie, how does it feel to
be God U's new number one?
Um, it feels
Jordan clearly had a biological
advantage until he switched to female.
Do you agree trans
athletes should be banned
- from competition?
- I'm sorry, I have to go.
Marie, will there be a rematch?
[REPORTER] Marie, just
a few more questions.
Fuck! Fucking asshole!
[JORDAN PANTING]
Jordan, it's okay.
Marie, he fucking had me.
I know, but it-it wasn't you
It was me!
I was there the whole fucking time.
It was like I was in
the backseat of a car.
I could feel everything,
I could see everything,
but Cipher was driving.
He was switching me. I had no control.
I have never felt like that
before. I was fucking helpless.
I thought I was going
to kill you, Marie.
It's over now.
- We're okay.
- Over?
[SCOFFS]
Marie, I thought you were
going to rip me apart.
What you did to me
Cipher was right.
About you, about your powers.
- He's not. He's not.
- Marie!
- He's not right.
- [CIPHER] Uh,
I beg to differ.
I'm pretty right.
So, what was that like for you?
Your powers heightened,
stronger than they've ever been?
Terrifying, I'm sure,
but also exhilarating, yeah?
Exciting, stimulating,
thrilling? Just throw together
a few synonyms and humor me.
All these mind games,
this fucked-up show
in front of all these
people, and for what?
Well, isn't it obvious?
The pressure pushed you farther than
you could have ever gone on your own.
- Fuck you.
- [SIGHS]
It's just the tip of the iceberg.
There's still so much
further for you to go,
so tomorrow you and me,
back to your training.
I'm not doing anything with you.
No, I get it. Adrenaline's running high.
You almost gave your
boyfriend/girlfriend
a full-body phlebectomy
on national television.
There isn't a fucking world where
I train for anything with you.
You're gonna change your
mind 'cause you're curious
about what comes next,
what heights you can reach.
She said no.
God, I am so sorry.
You must want my hand
back up your pooper, like
the puppet that you are.
No? Eh, I didn't think so.
'Cause you just showed me
and the whole damn world
how weak you really are.
Okay, look, unless you want, uh,
you and your friends to join Cate,
you're gonna reconsider
this conversation.
- Join Cate? Join Cate where?
- Elmira.
Your little fishing
expedition, trying to record me?
"Oh, I'm so human."
Come on, you know
better than that, Marie.
Someone has to be punished,
otherwise I start looking real weak.
I can't let that happen.
Besides, it's got to feel kinda good.
A little payback, right?
[SCOFFS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[FEMALE GUARD] Stand here.
[MALE GUARD] Chains off.
- Strip down.
- Can you at least turn around?
Shut the fuck up.
Strip down.
[FEMALE GUARD] Lay
both hands on the table.
[MALE GUARD] Don't fucking move.
[FEMALE GUARD] Squat.
[MALE GUARD] Bring her over.
Get on your knees.
- No.
- Get on your fucking knees!
[HYPERVENTILATING]
Let me go, then kill
all these motherfuckers.
[GUARD GROANING]
[BOTH GROANING]
[LOCK BUZZES]
[HYPERVENTILATING]
[YELLS]
Use your powers again, get fried.
Get the fuck up!
[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]
[DOOR BEEPS]
[EXHALES SLOWLY]
[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHUCKLES]
[TED] I'm calling 911.
Wait.
Sam?
Hey, Dad.
Hi, Mom.
So, no one was home when I got here.
I just let myself in.
Sorry about the door.
Maybe I should have called.
Hey, Sammy.
Do you still give the best hugs?
[PATS BACK]
[LAUGHS]
There's an old Meyer family tradition
dating back to my cousin
Eli's Transformers-themed bar mitzvah,
to help get through times like these,
and that tradition, my friends
is to get mind-numbingly shit-faced.
Keep 'em coming.
Okay.
You don't want to at least
pour one out for Ms. Cate?
- No.
- Okay.
Guys, this is so fucked.
Karma is a bitch.
We can't leave her there.
She might not even be there.
Cipher could be lying.
I saw the Elmira van.
Mm-kay. Then
it's definitely a trap.
Cipher wants us to try and rescue her
so he can fuck us over again. Duh.
She stuck her neck out for us,
and now she's paying the price.
Cate's the reason we got
locked up in the first place.
And we know, better than anyone,
what a nightmare it is.
I thought about cutting myself
every fucking day.
Deep enough to make it all stop.
Emma, you didn't leave your cell,
even when they let you,
because you were so scared.
Jordan, you're the strongest
person I've ever met,
and you cried yourself to
sleep every night. I heard you.
We have to get her out because
it's the right thing to do.
There's a reason you
didn't rescue us, Marie.
It was a suicide mission.
And I regret it every day
that I left you guys behind.
Cipher believes I'm
this powerful weapon.
Let's at least use it
to do something good.
I get it
if you don't want to do this.
- Because I'm so weak?
- Don't.
I didn't say that.
Cipher did.
I can't even begin to understand
what he did to you.
But it's okay if you need
I don't need shit.
Fuck him.
Let's get her.
What is wrong with you two?
Why in the fuck would we
go back to that hellhole?
Trap or not,
if we get word that Cate died
in there and we did nothing,
are you gonna be able to live with that?
Yes.
No.
Fuck. Fine.
I'm in.
So
what the fuck do we do?
[MARIE] My cell was here, corner block.
That guard that always
smelled like chocolate
was taking me to solitary here.
Hershey Harry?
I remember him. I mean,
he kinda disappeared
around the same time you
Oh.
Yeah.
He must have nicked himself shaving.
R.I.P.
- Clearly, Hershey didn't have nuts.
- Emma.
I found an air duct pointing
up and just fucking booked it.
Even if we find a way in, find Cate
there's no way we can
get out the same way.
- The guards will be all over us.
- [EMMA] Yeah,
after you peaced,
they added more guards,
reinforced doors, and all that shit.
Including right here.
It's, um, where Andre died.
There's no way through.
[EMMA] Okay,
so, if we're actually
gonna pull this off,
and let me be very clear,
this plan is crazy and I hate it
but I love you guys more.
We're gonna need help
from someone really strong. And crazy.
[PUPPET DEEP] As a little minnow,
I was so scared of the water,
I wouldn't even go in the bathtub.
[TED AND SAM LAUGH]
Yo, hey, Mom, this is where it gets
funny. You want to come watch this?
Here I come.
Hey, he was in my frat, you know.
The real guy,
not the puppet.
What was he like?
He was really, really into frat rituals.
Oh.
I talked to Mommy Deep.
[BUZZING]
Oh, sorry excuse me. Sorry.
Hello?
[EMMA] Hi. Uh, I kinda need a big favor.
Wait, not the sexual kind.
This favor does not entail
us getting back together
in any way, shape, or form.
Okay.
Cate's in Elmira, so me, Jordan
and Marie are gonna go rescue her.
There's a big-ass metal security door
that we don't know if we can get past.
We need your help.
I can hear you breathing.
[SAM SCOFFS]
Wait, can you not hear me? Hello?
No, no. Yeah, I'm just, uh
just thinking.
Well, this is kind of an urgent
yes or no situation, Sam.
No.
Really?
Yeah, really.
Uh
I don't really give a fuck about Cate.
You were right about her, Emma.
She's a bad person, and now
she's where she deserves to be.
But you shouldn't do this.
It's not worth the risk.
You're definitely not wrong.
In fact, I was right there with you.
But if we don't do something, then we're
just as fucked-up as she is, you know?
I'm already as fucked-up
as she is anyway.
Slightly less so if you help us, right?
I'm sorry.
Good luck.
Be careful.
Bye, Sam.
[SIGHS]
- What?
- Number one.
- You earned it.
- I never got my license.
Okay, never mind.
Bad news.
Sam isn't coming.
Fuck.
Look, I didn't have you guys last time.
We can do this. Together.
This is still insane.
As much as I wanted to
deny it, Cipher's right.
I am stronger than I've
ever been, I can feel it.
When you
when he was attacking me,
I felt like I could have
destroyed the whole arena.
We have to at least try.
[GREG] Emma?
Oh, he's fine.
He's Greg. He's-he's fine.
Nice fit.
It's giving Reputation era, I like it.
Where are you going?
We're rescuing Cate.
From Elmira.
- Oh, shit.
- Shh.
Let me come with. I-I can help.
If you don't hear from
me in a day or two,
go to Polarity.
He's a friend.
So, is this goodbye?
I mean, hopefully it's
not goodbye forever.
Well, um
[CHUCKLES]
- Okay, bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Well, well, well
- Shut up.
Let's go rescue this bitch.
The usual for you, Dean Cipher.
And the Wagyu steak, medium rare,
for you, Professor.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Negin. Door closed, please.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hey, do you want an assistant?
They're human, but they
bring you shit all the time.
It's like their job, you know?
What a world.
Nah, I'm good, thanks.
Yeah, suit yourself.
Oh, thank you for agreeing to
see me on such short notice.
What's on your mind?
Well, like everybody else,
I saw the fight last night.
Wasn't that something?
It was. Since I know you've
been working with Marie Moreau,
how did you get so much out of her?
What's your background?
Like, how did you come to
whatever method that you're using?
Hey, why don't you tell me?
I mean, uh, you've been
asking around about me.
People at Vought, down in the archives.
What have you found out?
[SCOFFS] All right, what can I tell you?
My work is the cumulation
of years and years
of research, mostly observing
Supes accepting their powers
as they are,
not reaching through to what might be.
Disappointing, really.
So much wasted potential.
And what about Marie Moreau?
Seems you've pushed
her to her potential.
Do you really want to know?
[WHISPERS] She's gonna change the world.
How so?
We'll just have to tune in
next week to find out, won't we?
And what about her friends?
The ones that you watched
for months at Elmira.
[STAMMERS]
Why don't you ask what
you really want to ask?
What really happened to my son?
There you go.
That's freeing, isn't it?
Look your boy's death was
the result of an experiment.
I tried to push him
to his full potential,
and, unfortunately,
his little body wouldn't allow it.
It's a shame, really, isn't it?
Go on.
Do it.
You got nothing left to lose.
Do it.
You really have no idea
what you're dealing with.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got a Zoom with Dana White.
Hey, that's how big
that fight really was.
You can finish your
food. It won't bother me.
[INTROSPECTIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
I think this is everything.
You were really into garbage trucks.
[SAM] This is not very good.
Well, it was a masterpiece back then.
Looks like Maeve's seen better days.
Oh, I wouldn't touch that.
She became
an exploratory tool
when I got a little bit older.
[LAUGHS]
Hey, did you meet Queen
Maeve in real life?
No.
She was dead by then.
Is this all you have?
Just my little
baby shit?
Is that all that's in there?
You forgot about me, and you just
- went on living.
- Sam,
what were we supposed to do?
Buy a fucking Peloton, I guess.
We thought you were dead.
Vought convinced us. We had a funeral.
God knows whose remains we buried.
Your mom didn't speak for a year.
Not a damn word.
And then we lost your brother
The fact that we managed this level
of mediocrity is a goddamn miracle.
And then we saw you on the news.
And you were alive.
I mean
how is that even possible?
Vought just said something about
a "misidentification error,"
but we called, emailed,
we drove all the way to the campus.
They said you didn't want to see us.
Look, Sammy
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry we lost so much time.
I really am.
[QUIET, EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]
Measure me.
- What?
- I'm serious.
Those measurements, they're
way out of date.
♪
I didn't, um
I didn't know that you, uh,
tried to see me.
[DISORIENTING MUSIC PLAYING]
- Who are you talking to?
- Sam
- Give me the phone.
- What? Sam
Was that Vought?
- No.
- You want them to come take me away again?
- Give me the fucking phone!
- I was ordering pizza
from Tony Cicero's.
You're a fucking
puppet for them! Geez
Okay, Sam
You gave me an experimental drug
that broke my fucking brain!
You were supposed to protect me!
Sammy
Oh.
- [TED GROANING]
- Are you okay?
Mom Mom, Dad, I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm sorry.
No! Stay away.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Ow.
[JORDAN GRUNTS]
[GRUNTING]
- What the fuck?
- Trap, trap, trap, trap. Trapper Keeper.
- Fucking told you. Fuck.
- [OBJECT CLATTERS]
- Oh, fuck. Hold your br
- [EXPLODES]
[PANTING]
[GUARD STRAINS]
[MARIE STRAINING]
[JORDAN GRUNTS]
[MARIE] Get the fuck off me!
[SHOUTS]
[GASPING]
[DOOR BEEPS]
Home fucked home.
[CATE] Emma?
Cate. Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Jesus, I barely even recognized you.
You look like Weird Barbie.
They grabbed you, too?
Actually, this is your rescue.
Surprise.
You came to get me?
[EMMA] Yeah, that was stupid,
'cause now we're all here.
Marie and Jordan?
Got caught, too.
I hope.
Emma, I
I can't believe that after everything,
you would do that for me.
Well, believe it or not,
doesn't fucking matter.
'Cause we're all gonna die here.
Emma.
Thank you.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Madame Vought CEO.
To what do we owe the pleasure?
Fuck you.
I was pretty surprised when
you accepted that position.
I never took you for
the corporate type, TBH.
Ashley Barrett certainly
can't, not in her state.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
You got what you wanted.
Yeah. I'm gonna miss
our on-campus training sessions,
but nothing compares
with this environment.
Under intense pressure, 24-7,
that's where the miracles happen.
Maybe, but you can't
expect different results
doing the same thing again.
So
brought you a present.
- You did?
- Mm-hmm.
Well, where the fuck is it?
Arriving momentarily.
You didn't have to do that.
I wanted to.
It'll speed up the process, because
you're running out of time.
You know, if I succeed with Marie,
Homelander is going to have feelings
about how powerful she really is.
Do not worry about him.
We are gonna get
everything we want.
Everything.
[EMMA] Hi, this is Emma. Just text me.
No one makes fucking calls anymore.
Oh, unless it's important,
then leave a massage.
[LINE RINGING]
[AUTOMATED VOICE] The
mailbox is full and
cannot accept any messages at this time.
- Goodbye.
- [DISCONNECT TONE]
[SIGHS]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
That's my baby.
- [DISORIENTING MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GRUNTS]
I thought, uh, you might be chilly.
- Is Dad okay?
- He's fine.
He's in his happy place doing
little projects around the house.
He's fixed the door and
the bird clock already.
Oh, this is where you came
that time you ran away.
So angry that Pocahontas
wasn't your mom.
[BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY]
I thought that maybe I
could go back to how
it was when I was a kid.
When we were a family.
Just skip over everything
in between, but
you can't go back, you
can't forget.
Sam.
I love you so much.
You do?
I never wanted to
send you to Sage Grove.
I we-we didn't have any choice.
We didn't know what to do.
Like, it's one thing having
a-a violent kid with
mental health issues.
It's another having
a Supe kid with them.
Why'd you give me Compound V?
Sam.
The V didn't make you sick.
How can you say that?
It fucking broke me.
We were actually hoping
it would protect you.
From what?
Do you remember your Uncle Rick?
Kinda. He moved to Vermont, right?
When you were maybe nine,
he walked into a grocery store
and pulled out a pistol.
Why?
Because
he had delusions.
And hallucinations.
And-and bouts of anger.
Thank God the cops got him before
he could really do anything.
So he's not in Vermont.
Is he?
No.
So I'm just like this?
It's not
the V.
It's not
you and Dad.
You were born with it.
It's just a shitty luck
of the genetic draw, Sam.
I was always gonna be a fucking lunatic.
- Don't say that.
- That's great. It's true.
Nothing's ever gonna fix me.
I would do anything for you, Sam.
But no one can stop you,
no one can fix you, no one
can change anything but you.
If you take responsibility for yourself,
then maybe
Look, if-if you want
someone to blame
[LAUGHS] you can blame my garbage DNA.
I'll take the hit for that.
[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
It's not your fault, Mom.
It's one of our ancestors'
faults, but it's not yours.
I saw my first vagina here.
Okay.
Thanks for that.
You're welcome.
[CATE WINCING]
[EMMA RETCHING]
Emma?
- [EMMA] What?
- [CATE] Don't.
Why are you doing that?
Trying to have a moment to myself
if that's all right with you.
Emma, don't let them kill you, too.
I thought as soon as I could grow
and shrink all by myself,
get all that shit under control,
I, I wouldn't want to puke anymore.
Everybody kept saying I needed help,
that I had a disorder,
and I kept saying I was fine.
It's just my powers.
I'm never gonna be able to stop.
Hey.
We're gonna get out of here.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
No one is gonna save us, Cate.
[DISORIENTING MUSIC PLAYING]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
It's not
Fuck!
I can't control it.
Marie, they're watching us.
- If they see
- I'm not gonna do nothing.
They gave me some kind of shot.
What the fuck was it?
Heparin.
It's an anticoagulant.
So I wouldn't make that cut worse.
Although I do understand
how self-mutilation
gives you comfort in trying times.
Uh, no, no.
Eyes off my boo-boo, unless
you want me back in Jordan
and then to watch them die.
- What do you want?
- Marie,
the same thing I've been
asking for all along.
Work with me.
We could have done this on campus,
now we have do it the hard way.
So this is the pitch.
You want to get out of here,
you do exactly what I say.
No pushback, no bullshit.
I'm not gonna be your weapon.
My what?
My weapon?
Marie, I-I-I don't want you
to be a weapon.
You are salvation.
My life, your life,
all our lives will be better
once you have ascended
to your full potential.
Can I get an amen?
Anyone?
Oh, suck a dick, you fucking asshole.
Not what I was looking for.
Would you just tell her
what this is all about?
You were here, fucking with us,
the last time we were
locked up, for what?
We all know that you were
there when Marie was born,
your Odessa fucking Project.
Just tell her what the fuck you want!
Well
where did this backbone come from?
Hey, you want to know why I
picked you to fight with Marie?
Because I knew I could
just climb inside you
so easily, and you would give up like
Just so weak.
[SIGHS]
You did fit me like a glove, though.
It felt wonderful being in your body.
You're a liar.
What? Beg, beg your pardon?
It didn't feel great for you.
You were in pain.
I may be weak.
But you're in pain.
All the time.
I felt it.
Okay.
Uh, you come with me, I've
got something to show you.
[DOOR BEEPS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Um, I just thought you'd
want to pay your respects.
To Andre.
His final moments were spent here.
Don't ever think you're not an
inspiration to people, Marie.
[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]
[GASPING]
Annabeth?
Marie?
What's happening?
Why am I here?
[CIPHER] Your sister has a choice.
Both of you can walk
out of here right now.
Today.
If she can be reasonable.
- Can you, Marie?
- [SCREAMING]
- [GRUNTING]
- Marie! Marie!
Please stop! Just stop!
[GRUNTING]
Marie, please! Stop!
Marie!
[GROANS]
Well, sleep on it.
Marie! Marie!
[SOBS]
[THUD]
[JORDAN] Marie?
Marie.
Marie, what happened?
[DOOR BEEPS]
- He has Annabeth.
- What?
He fucking has her in a cell.
Oh, my God.
Marie, I
He wants me to ascend
to my full potential.
Fine.
[EXHALES]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
'Cause I'm gonna fucking kill him.
The fuck happened to her?
- She's bleeding.
- Who fucking knows?
[DOOR BEEPS]
Get up.
[GRUNTS]
What the fuck did you do to your collar?
[CATE] Unlock me and give me the keys.
Sure thing.
[SCREAMS]
[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
Well, that sort of worked.
Got it.
[DOOR BEEPS]
[GRUNTS]
- Oh.
- Got it, got it, got it, yeah, got it.
Go, go.
Let's go! Let's go!
- Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
- [DOOR BEEPS]
- We got to go.
- You got out? How?
It was all Cate.
Frankencunt for the win.
Oh, my bad.
Jesus, Cate.
[DOOR BEEPS]
- This doesn't make any sense.
- What?
What, you guys got out, ran
here, no guards, no alarms?
Nothing? This is weird as fuck.
They want us to escape.
No, they want us to try.
Like Andre.
We don't have a choice.
Let's split up.
You guys go.
I'll get Annabeth.
Sorry, Anna fucking what?
No. You're not doing this alone.
Nobody left behind this time.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Come on.
[EMMA] Wait, where is everyone?
I'm telling you, this is what they want.
[MARIE] Keep going.
I-I think it's this way.
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
[EMMA] This is so slow.
[PANTING]
- [JORDAN] Emma.
- [EMMA MUTTERS]
[DOOR BEEPS]
[GASPS]
Annabeth, no.
She's fucking dead?
[STAMMERS] What do we do? I
mean, this is pure fucking evil.
Guys, we have to go.
[JORDAN] Marie, I'm so, I'm so sorry.
Marie, come on.
[LOW WHOOSHING]
[SIGHS]
- [JORDAN GROANS]
- [CATE SCREAMS]
- [EMMA GASPING]
- [CATE] Please stop.
[JORDAN] Marie.
[GASPS]
[GASPING]
- [GUARDS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
- [JORDAN] They're coming!
- [DANIELLE PONDER SINGS "ROLL THE CREDITS"]
- I could feel it ♪
I won't come down ♪
Found myself above the sky ♪
Tell my mama, tell my daddy ♪
That love is falling from the sky ♪
[VOCALIZING]
Give them love ♪
[VOCALIZING]
Give them love ♪
[VOCALIZING]
Whoa, I could feel it ♪
I could feel it ♪
I could feel the love ♪
And I'm thankful and I'm thankful ♪
Whoa, I can feel it ♪
I can feel it ♪
I can feel the love ♪
And I'm thankful and I'm thankful ♪
Whoo whoo ♪
Good God Almighty ♪
I done opened my mind ♪
These holy waters left
a chill down my spine ♪
[SONG ENDS]