Batwoman (2019) s02e07 Episode Script

[narrator] Previously on
Batwoman:
Ryan's only hope is the Desert Rose
which is on Coryana with Kate.
- Who's Safiyah?
- Woman who has my daughter.
We can't locate her but this was
on Kate's phone. We think it will help.
[man] The Many Arms will kill
whoever lays hands on that painting.
You'll never find Coryana.
The painting gets us to Coryana?
Is it a map?
- [Ryan screaming]
- [bats screeching]
It feels like my brain is hemorrhaging.
[Luke] It's even nastier since yesterday.
It kind of reeks too. It kind of
Thanks, Luke! Very helpful!
Okay. Remember a few days ago,
when I deleted half the DVR
to make room for your shows?
- What?
- Just remember you like me, okay?
[screaming]
[shrieking voice]
- [Ryan grunting]
- [Alice screams]
- What just happened?
- I am trying hard not to freak out right now.
But I'm pretty sure the Kryptonite
just entered her brain.
[whooshing]
[Tatiana] I not only have to fly to Gotham,
but then you make me wade
through a mile of rabid rats to find you?
It's a wee bit remote,
but these types of places kind of have to be.
This was Ocean's smoke out,
"wu-wu," meditation spot.
"Was"?
As promised, Tatiana.
I think you'll find the Ocean is dead calm.
I gotta admit,
I didn't think you had it in you.
[grunts]
You really shouldn't
be thinking at all, Tatiana.
It's not your strong suit.
[Sophie] I never would've traded
that map for Alice
if I'd known I'd be forced
to hand it back to a bunch of thugs.
Some highly paid thugs, it turns out.
Aaron Helzinger wanted the Desert Rose
to heal his damaged amygdala.
He also claimed that Hamilton doctors
had been experimenting on his brain.
We can assume those same doctors
were the ones who sent him
to Mary and me for more antidote.
These are the doctors he's seen?
Yeah, most of them worked
for upstanding regional hospitals except one,
Dr. Ethan Rogers.
Rogers was Helzinger's
last known neurologist, worked in a lab.
Appears to have been running
off-the-grid experiments.
Rogers was responsible for taking the map?
Garnick Logistics was owned by an off-shore
company held by Hamilton Dynamics.
It appears we have unearthed
yet another of Catherine's dirty secrets.
Let's go get that map.
Let's go get that map.
Good morning, my little lesbian pet.
[clanging]
What is this?
Oh, this?
Yeah, this is story time.
See, you are going
to take me down memoryless lane,
tell me the who, what, where and why
Ocean and I were experiencing
fleeting moments of forgotten memory.
Does it really matter? He's dead.
Yeah. Well, I think you'll find you have that
in common if you don't start talking.
Thought you'd figured it out by now.
Safiyah had your memories wiped.
[sighs] I know,
but Safiyah ruled over an island.
I was an orphan runaway.
What was so threatening about me?
To understand what made you a threat,
you have to understand
what made you appealing.
You and Safiyah had a common enemy.
[sighs] Catherine Hamilton? I remember.
After Catherine burned Safiyah
on an island defense system,
Safiyah instructed us to steal
one of her yachts to teach her a lesson.
Turns out vengeful minds think alike,
because we found you
stowed away in the cabin,
wearing her clothes,
swilling her five-figure bottles of champagne.
[pants]
- Why the hell am I here?
- Can I kill her now?
Leave us, please.
She's a filthy outsider.
We have no use for her.
She is my prisoner.
I will deal with her my way.
You fought off four of my men
before we put you down.
To me, you were a feral animal,
but to Safiyah, you were something else.
You were special.
Relax. I'm not going to hurt you.
And from the looks
of what you did to my men
I wouldn't stand a chance.
[softly] Why am I here?
What do you want?
First, I'd like to know
why a beautiful young woman
with her entire life ahead of her
was found sequestered away on a boat,
floating in the middle of nowhere.
Let's just say
I've grown accustomed to small spaces.
The real world can be
an overwhelming place sometimes.
I understand we both have a bone to pick
with Catherine Hamilton-Kane.
She convinced my entire family I was dead,
while I spent the last 11 years
in my kidnapper's basement cell.
[spits]
And here you are
a siren once trapped in a net
who somehow found her way out.
Safiyah liked you
because she was inspired by you.
Whatever story you told her of your captivity,
you did the one thing she never could.
Escape.
She would never admit it, but to this day,
she considers herself a prisoner of Coryana.
Oh, poor thing.
It must be so hard being handed a kingdom.
But I remember all of this.
When did Ocean factor in?
When Safiyah realized you had purpose.
Technically, you were our prisoner.
But she wanted to harness
the rage you had for Catherine
by making you one of her loyal soldiers.
Except you were an untamed and angry girl.
You needed discipline.
[grunting]
[Tatiana] And Safiyah knew exactly who would
teach you how to be a good little soldier.
Ocean.
[ethereal music playing]
Hi.
[Tatiana] There are very few rules
on our island.
No leaving, no stealing the Desert Rose.
And if Safiyah wants something, she gets it.
And Safiyah wanted your loyalty
so that after you went home to Gotham
to get revenge against your family,
you would come back and join hers.
And what did I want?
You wanted Ocean.
Hey.
[whispering] Hey, come here.
Sophie thinks they know who took the map.
They're bringing Crows to his work.
What happens next?
Does Ryan jump on the jet with them?
No, she's never gonna make it.
She has acute radiation.
Her bone marrow is disintegrating,
circulatory system is failing.
What do you suggest?
I think we need to ask my dad
to bring a flower back with Kate.
If he finds the map
and if he gets there in time.
The man just shut down your clinic.
How will he react
to you being on the Bat Team?
I'm still in the brainstorming phase.
[engine revving]
Oh, no.
[Luke] Ryan!
[tires screeching]
So you're telling me that
[grunts]
a little crush on the first cute boy
I laid eyes on
after escaping captivity for 11 years
threw the island queen into a tizzy?
It wasn't like that.
In fact, at first, no one even noticed.
Let me guess,
clandestine trysts by the water well?
No.
The reason no one noticed
was because you two hated each other.
[both grunt]
Now use my weight against me.
[grunting]
[groans, then panting]
[Alice yells, then grunts]
[both panting]
The game is never over.
What's the point of this?
Anyone ever heard of a gun?
Guns can jam, get taken.
The real fight is in here.
And that, they can't take away.
Preparation, engagement, commitment.
Surrendering to false gods and ideologies.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means there is a whole world
outside this island
that you know nothing about.
Books, food, electricity.
And Safiyah likes to keep it that way
so that you stay close,
and loyal, and uninspired.
As the weeks passed, you two
became each other's sparring partners.
[both grunting]
[Ocean groans]
I think Safiyah will like you.
This is a waste of time.
You're not even trying.
[Ocean exhales]
You're wasting your own time.
If it's all the same,
I'd rather waste my time and get drunk.
What do you really want?
Revenge? Why? Because your family
moved on after more than a decade?
Catherine Hamilton lied through her teeth
so they would forget me.
Or maybe she did them a favor.
You said they looked for a year.
You weren't gonna be found.
What were they supposed to do,
be miserable for the next decade?
Is that what you wanted?
The family you supposedly love
and miss so much?
You don't need to learn how to fight.
You need to learn how to feel.
[tense music playing]
[grunts, then pants]
- [Cora] Baby.
- [gasps]
Are you sure you want to be going
where you're going?
[groans]
[Cora] You know I have faith
in your decision making.
All I'm cautioning is
be mindful of the company you keep.
Other people judge your friends.
Mama.
Angelique is a good person.
Mm-hm. She also gets in trouble
and I don't want you
getting roped into her drama.
You were put on this Earth
for bigger and better things.
I know. You tell me this every day.
[both chuckle]
Mama?
What the?
What happened?
Why'd you stop?
Mama.
Mama, what happened?
[breathes heavily]
Batwoman, do you copy? Batwoman?
She just hit 92 miles per hour
and she's not answering.
- Where the hell is she going?
- Towards the West End. What's up there?
- Oh, no.
- What?
- Of course that's where she went.
- Where?
Her brain isn't working
so she turned to her heart.
What?
Oh, my God. Damn.
What the actual hell?
- Angie. Angelique.
- How do you know my name?
- [gasps]
- Are you okay?
I
Hey, where's your wine opener?
Oh, my God.
- She doesn't drink.
- I don't drink.
- I'm sorry, how do you know my life?
- What is going on?
Angelique.
Shouldn't you be out, like, fighting crime?
I'm looking for your friend. Ocean.
Can I have two seconds?
Okay.
[clears throat]
Sorry, no idea who you're talking about.
Well, maybe you know what this is?
What are you gonna do? Slash me?
Look, the dude grows shrooms
in a concrete jungle.
If you can't find him,
maybe you shouldn't quit your day job.
Or I'll haul your ass into the cops
and I'll let them sweat it out of you.
All right, fine.
You got me. You'll find him in Coventry.
I'll give you a head start.
[screams]
[car alarm blaring]
- [car alarm continues blaring]
- [siren wailing nearby]
[helicopter whirring]
[dramatic music playing]
Grab her legs.
[officer on loudspeaker]
This is the Gotham City Police Department.
Stop and back away from the suspect.
Back away from the suspect.
You are interfering in a police response.
Freeze! You are under arrest
and ordered not to move.
Repeat, you are under arrest and ordered
- I'll meet you in the Batcave.
- Why?
- I have to take the Batmobile.
- I can take it.
- You've never driven it.
- I've never driven your car.
- Mary, no.
- Yes.
- No. Mary!
- Yes.
- Release the suspect. Put your hands up.
- We don't have time.
- Give me. Give me that.
- Hands in the air now.
You are under arrest
and ordered to cease all movement.
Hell, yeah!
Mama?
Mama?
[clanging]
[dramatic music playing]
[panting]
Why are you here?
Why did you do this to us?
You must be mad
or you wouldn't have come here.
[bell tolls]
Why did you kill her?
What was the point?
Do you know how much pain you caused me?
How do you do that?
How do you just murder someone's mom
and move on like it doesn't matter?
[snickers]
Tell me you remember her!
Tell me her name!
[in strained voice] Cora.
Cora Lewis.
What are you doing?
I'm getting the justice
[screams]
my mother deserves.
[gasping]
[Luke] Okay.
Okay, so I hid the Batmobile keys in Dino
and I'm putting an extra tracker in her gauntlet
in case she decides to run off again
and turns off her GPS.
- What are you doing?
- I'm mixing two complimentary cardiotonics
to calm down her mind
and speed up her system
and, hopefully,
pull her out of these hallucinations
[Luke] Mm.
but this isn't gonna last.
And since I don't have access to my clinic
anymore, I'm gonna need a few supplies.
Okay, so do I look like Postmates?
No, nor do you look like a doctor,
which is who needs to stay with her right now,
unless you want to give it a shot.
- Put her life in your hands just for funsies?
- Okay, I'll be back.
Hm?
Ah.
[sighs]
Save some for the fishies.
So Safiyah and I shared a common enemy.
She thought I'd be a good soldier
and I started to hate-crush
her metaphorical brother.
Call me old-fashioned
but I'm missing the motive for a lobotomy.
You're really not getting it, are you?
You're not exactly unfolding the plot
to a Shakespearean drama here.
Safiyah would claim
she wanted you for her army.
Survival instincts would make you
an excellent fighter and advisor.
- What would you claim?
- That she was in love with you.
[pensive music playing]
I heard there was wine.
- Training's going well.
- I've yet to see the point of an army.
You have no crime here.
Everyone walks around with a smile.
I'm in Roman Pleasantville.
That's actually why I invited you here.
To tell you about the Desert Rose.
It's delicate, and vibrant,
and, in the wrong hands, one of the
most dangerous weapons in the world.
This?
Its serum can cure illness,
hereditary disease.
It can expunge toxins, pathogens.
This simple flower
is a miracle cure-all, Alice.
And it's my birthright
to protect it at all costs.
- Hence the army.
- Hence the army.
On occasion, word of a mystical flower
on a faraway island draws unwanted attention.
If outsiders were able to come take it,
we'd be left with nothing,
and our sanctuary would be destroyed.
Why don't you just grow more?
According to the law, centuries ago,
the women of a village in Europe
banded together
to escape their abusive husbands.
They'd heard tell of an island
under the constellations
of Cassiopeia and Andromeda.
And they fled here
with their children in tow.
Months later, the men they escaped
tracked them down.
As their ships landed,
the men were met by a ferocious female army.
The women succeeded
in driving the men back into the sea.
However, it was at great cost.
Many women lay dead, slaughtered.
Only my ancestors and a few others survived.
The next day, a field of roses
bloomed in the very spot of the battle.
The women claimed
the blood that had been spilled was sacred.
Its protective feminine essence
enriched the land.
They wrote that only a woman's life force
could birth this medicine
destined to save mankind.
[dramatic music playing]
[Tatiana] She knew she couldn't tell you
how she felt so she showed you.
She entrusted you
with her most valued secret.
And someone was a little jealous?
[laughs]
You weren't a threat to me, Alice.
You were a threat
to the entire island of Coryana.
Not even, like, a teeny-weeny,
itty-bitty, bit jealous?
- I'm Safiyah's right hand.
- Mm.
It's my job to tell her
when there's a fox in the hen house.
So you think I'm a fox?
- I think you're a distraction.
- I think you're in love with her.
- You are such a child.
- You're the one who can't admit you're in love.
- Of course I'm in love with her!
- [cackles]
And you better believe that when the first
opportunity arose for me to destroy you
I did not hesitate.
[siren wailing]
Let's go, let's go.
[dramatic music playing]
You gotta wonder if Catherine
ever wandered these halls.
- Guess there's a lot you didn't know.
- It apparently runs in the family.
Turns out Mary was operating an illegal
medical clinic out of a church basement.
Really? That's Huh.
Did you know?
[sighs]
Sir.
You gotta be kidding me.
No one wants to tell me anything.
Because I knew you'd shut it down.
That place was her life.
She helped a lot of people.
Have you two spoken since?
I refuse to let her turn into her mother.
Catherine cut a lot of corners at Hamilton.
Look where it got us.
I'll take that as a no.
[woman on recording]
Granulocytes.
My God.
Now injecting them in patient B,
an 80-year-old male with a similar cancer.
Our hypothesis is that
the new solution will attack his cancer
- Dr. Rogers.
- So much for our lead.
So we'll check back in 24 hours
and look for progress.
[man on recording groans,
then coughing]
Help. Calm, breathe.
Help! We need help in here!
Try to breathe.
[dramatic music playing]
What the hell are we dealing with?
[dramatic music playing]
Ryan, can you hear me?
[Ryan moans]
[groans]
This Kryptonite gives a worse hangover
than two-dollar tequila.
[sighs]
Wait, how did I get back here?
Luke and I found you outside of Angelique's.
[sighs]
Yeah. But, good news,
I got to drive the Batmobile.
Bad news, the wipers button
and the rocket launchers look very similar.
- Someone should label those.
- What did you do?
I should be asking you that.
Why'd you go to Angelique's in the Batsuit?
I needed a lead on Ocean.
You're dying and you waste
your last gasps of energy on him?
No. I find Ocean, I find Alice,
so I can hear her last gasp.
- Ryan
- No, I am not going down
without getting justice
for both of our moms.
Let's just get some more fluids in you first
and then we can talk bucket list.
This is Roger's office.
We looked into the deceased
and everyone seems to have been involved
in the experiments with the Desert Rose.
My guess is they were
trying to create more and failed.
Coryana sent her assassins
to cover their tracks.
I believe Safiyah calls them
the Many Arms of Death.
Let's just hope
they didn't find the map that Rogers stole.
It has to be around here somewhere.
Hang on.
[suspenseful music playing]
Bingo.
They beat us to it.
[grunting]
Sir?
They have my kid, damn it.
[sniffles]
I can't stand losing
another daughter like this.
When I was being held in that cell,
my father and sister came looking for me.
I was told if I made a sound,
they'd be shot.
But Kate, my, um
My twin, she found my cell.
And I heard her put her hand on the door
so I did the same.
And I just stood there
silently praying that she would
feel me.
And she never did.
You asked why I want revenge.
It's because I can't forget moments
like that.
Then don't.
But do you really want to spend
the rest of your life
trying to get her to apologize?
Because that's not how this works.
She's your sister.
She will spend every waking moment
trying to fix it, to fix you.
And she can't. Only you can do that.
You got out.
You got your second chance. Let it go.
Be happy.
You make that sound so
So easy.
It is.
At least it is now.
Desert Rose hips. I'll plant them,
nurture them.
Feed them blood so they bloom.
Soon, all of mankind will have its miracle drug
- and I'll have money to travel the world.
- You are not supposed to have those.
There's a lot that Safiyah tells us
we can't have.
I want to do what you did.
I want to escape. I want to start over
and experience life outside this island.
And I want you to come with me.
[ethereal music playing]
[Tatiana] The man you were willing
to change your life for.
The one person who offered you
a second chance and freedom from your past
is the same man Safiyah
convinced you to stab
through the heart.
[laughing]
I'm sorry, that's it?
That's your big mic drop moment?
"Surprise! You killed your soulmate
that you don't even remember."
Yeah, I found my mother's head in a freezer,
so if you're trying to shock me,
you're gonna have to do
a little better than that.
[cell phone beeps]
[groans]
Don't you think you should be lying down?
[Ryan] Angelique said,
"He grew shrooms in a concrete jungle,"
meaning he would need
some type of indoor forest.
That means a neighborhood
with a high moisture level,
north side, by the water.
- Wait, what?
- He'd have to black out his windows,
wouldn't want questions asked and he'd have
to draw power for all those grow lamps.
- [gasps] The grow lamps.
- Ryan, you need to lie down.
- I need to find Alice.
- No, I
I can't let you kill Alice.
- Do you love your mom?
- Of course I do.
- Do you believe in what we do here?
- You know I do.
Then how can we stand behind this symbol
and claim we fight for justice,
and we stand up for victims,
and we protect our streets,
with a legitimate,
serial killing psychopath out there?
Living, breathing, looking for a way
to find your sister and kill her too.
- And we will stop her.
- When?
When two Crows bring me some miracle flower
from an island we can't get to?
Without the rose
Did they find the map?
Did they find the map?
The map's gone.
Alice took our moms from us, Mary.
Do you ever, for a second, think about what
your life would be like if she were still here?
If she could be proud of you
for one more day?
If you could ask her for advice,
or tell her about a crush,
or hear her tell you she loves you?
A million times a day.
I am as good as dead, Mary.
And I am not leaving here
without getting justice.
So
you can step out of my way
and let me do my thing,
or I can go through you.
Keys are in Dino.
[dramatic music playing]
- What are you doing?
- Packing up. We're done.
You don't want to know more?
What's to know?
Safiyah got jealous so she took away
my memory of Ocean to punish me.
I could've saved time
by reading the back of the book.
It wasn't as simple
as plucking out just those memories.
There was collateral damage.
I never thought I'd see the day
that a man I considered a brother
would be kneeling before me,
a betrayer of his island and his people.
That flower is everything to us.
That which defines us.
That which is the key to our survival.
Safiyah, we both know
this isn't about a stupid flower.
And what do you think it's about?
Me having the one thing you can't.
Alice is a snake that slithered
into our garden.
Let me kill her.
We're not killing anyone.
I'm going to visit a punishment upon her
that fits the crime.
Find Enigma. Bring her to me.
Safiyah, no. You can't do this.
Yes, my queen.
You wanted to take the one thing
that was precious to me.
I will take what's most precious to you.
Each other.
Who's Enigma?
A hypnotist.
She wants to screw with our heads.
You're not a snake, Alice.
You're just a broken little girl
who sought refuge from her trauma
by escaping into a fantastical book.
I know the big wild world
seemed daunting to you.
I was going to show you
how easily you could rise and thrive!
But instead, you turned to him
for solace and rehabilitation.
She didn't do anything wrong.
You are going to go home, Alice.
You are going to embrace
this fairytale persona of yours,
and you are going to imbue it with fury!
You will build your own army.
You will become your own queen.
And you will carry out the vengeance
on your family that you so desperately crave!
And you will forget all about Ocean
and your love for each other.
Don't do this, Safiyah.
[Tatiana] With the memories came
the love
and humanity
that was bubbling up inside of you.
Safiyah took that and,
in turn, activated this
cold, horrid
vengeance-obsessed killing machine.
You would've run away with Ocean
and started a new life.
Happy, free, in love.
Instead, Safiyah turned you into herself.
You look upset.
Shakespearean enough for you?
[dramatic music playing]
Take the body.
I'll call you from my pickup.
Where are you going?
Oh, I'm not requesting an audience
with the queen dressed like this.
[dramatic music playing]
- Got you.
- [Ocean] Enigma did this?
Mm.
Of course.
She's a hypnotist, owed Safiyah a favor.
Safiyah and her legion of lady loyalists.
Tatiana found out
you were stealing the Desert Rose.
Good riddance.
That flower's meant to save lives,
yet it destroys everything it touches.
Then
I guess this is it.
There's a bar in Portofino
I've always wanted to try.
Cobblestone streets, through the harbor.
What about you? What now?
Uh, now I'm off to Coryana
to get my final revenge on my sister.
Unless you have a reason to stop me?
[emotional music playing]
[sighs]
Live your life.
See you, Alice.
[exhales]
Wait a second.
- Where's Ryan?
- My dad couldn't find the map.
- There's no way to find Coryana.
- Why are her comms off? Where is she?
- She's gonna die.
- Mary, where is Ryan?
Alice. Do you know who I am?
Okay, I've had a day.
Can we do this in, say, two, three weeks?
Do you know who I am?
Honestly, so many women keep showing up
in that outfit. It's impossible to keep track.
How's this?
You killed my mom,
and now I'm here to kill you.
[chuckles]
You're kidding, right?
That's what this is about?
My mom was Cora Lewis.
Your gang beat her to death
on December 13th, 2015.
I get it.
Mommy died and now you're a woman on fire,
which means I'm responsible
for spawning not one Batwoman but two.
- You think this is funny?
- Yes.
My mom meant everything to me!
I have no memory of your mommy.
Liar!
[yells]
[both panting]
Aw, did you hurt yourself?
Is that my fault too?
[both grunting]
[action music playing]
[groans]
[screaming]
[Ryan groaning]
[Ryan screaming]
I wasn't the one who killed her.
Your army did because of you.
Because you turned them
into cold-blooded killers!
- [laughs]
- [yells]
[Cora] Ryan!
This isn't the girl I raised.
[panting]
But she killed you.
[coughing, then gasping]
I don't know what made you this way
but you're not worth it.
You'll never be worth it.
[dramatic music playing]
It wasn't my fault.
Everything's your fault.
Now leave.
[knocking on door]
No sign of Alice anywhere.
I figured out why Catherine lied
and said that Beth was dead.
[dramatic music playing]
She was doing me a favor.
The only thing worse
than losing one of your children
is the cycle of waking up
every morning with hope and then
having it ripped away
and losing them all over again by dinner.
Sir, you really should get some sleep.
I won't sleep
until I have my family back.
[sighs] Mm.
- This must be the airport shuttle.
- Get in.
Air Coryana terminal, Jeevesy.
[moans]
Where's Alice?
[scoffs] Hello to you too.
[groans]
[grunts]
[groans]
Look, I realized killing her
would only make me more like her.
[Mary sighs]
I went along with what you guys were saying.
- Okay. So where is she?
- I let her go.
What? Okay, there's not killing,
but there's still apprehending.
We need her to go to Coryana.
No, we don't.
She'll kill Kate.
I'll stop her.
I put a tracker in her boot.
We follow her. We find Coryana.
We save Kate.
And we get you the Desert Rose.
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