Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters (2017) s02e08 Episode Script

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[Rook] I know you don't trust me
and you have your reasons.
But I think you'll understand everything
if you let me start from the beginning.
[children chatter]
This thing has no speed!
[grunts] So lame!
[Rook] I bet there's a better way
to do that.
[swing creaks]
Are you talking to us?
[roundabout clanks]
You just need more momentum.
Mo-who? Is that a flavor?
Must be some way
Got it!
[scraping]
[children grunting]
A little more. More. More. Stop!
This better be worth it.
Why don't you go first
and see for yourself?
You, uh
-You sure this'll work?
-Science always works.
On three, jump.
One,
two,
three!
[children cheer]
[yells]
[children cheer]
[spits]
Momentum rules!
[they cheer]
-I'm next!
-My turn!
Outta my way!
So sick, thanks.
Who are you anyway?
My name is Jonathan Rook.
[Rook] Seeing my work change their lives,
that's where my story began.
Stretch Armstrong ♪
So fantastic, super-elastic ♪
Stretch Armstrong ♪
Saving the world
When times are drastic ♪
Stretch Armstrong ♪
Pull back, slingshot ♪
Bad guys getting caught ♪
Flex Fighters never stop ♪
Powers unstoppable ♪
Doing the impossible ♪
Stretch Armstrong ♪
Stretch Armstrong ♪
[engine stops]
[shutter clicks]
[alarm beeps]
[water bubbles]
[groans]
[machine pings]
[alarm stops]
[soldering iron buzzes]
[Rook] Life is always on the move.
You're either getting closer
to your goals,
or you're getting farther away from them.
What you need in life is momentum.
And that's what my new invention,
JOE-N-GO Coffee Alarm, is all about,
giving you the momentum you need,
to make your dreams, into reality.
Fantastic, Jonathan.
Which is why it is our honor
to present you with first place.
I won the next three science fairs
in a row but for all my genius,
I hadn't found a way to help my mom.
-Were doing everything we can.
-I told you that's not good enough.
How you holding up in here,
Mom?
You got that look.
Let me guess, you took first
in the science fair again, didn't you?
Oh, what's this?
"The world's most prestigious
science organization."
The Epsilon Society.
Honey, you've wanted
to join them your whole life.
Yeah, I couldn't believe it
when the invite came,
I guess they've seen
some of my inventions.
You're paying your dues
and it's working.
Your father would be so proud.
This Epsilon Society would be
lucky to have--
[coughs, chokes]
This is the address they gave me.
[door creaks]
Jonathan Rook. Be seated.
You're here because we already
have all the information on you we need.
Um
I can't see any of you.
You won't.
Unless you accept our offer.
I thought this was an interview?
You've been interviewing
for some time now.
You just didn't know it.
Wait, have you been following me?
Every company screens
potential candidates.
We just screen ours in advance.
More efficient that way.
Now, Mr. Rook, are these really
the questions you want answered?
What do you want from me?
We'd like to recruit you.
We're offering you the opportunity
to do the best work of your life,
side by side with the world's
greatest scientific minds.
You will be provided
with all the resources you need.
All we ask of you in return is one thing.
[gasps]
That sounds incredible. Yes.
Yes, absolutely. What do I have to do?
Every member of the Epsilons
takes a vow to abandon his family
and, with it, his own name.
In our sole pursuit of science
and technology,
there is zero tolerance
for any emotional distractions.
I can't do that.
My mother is sick, and I can't just--
Wait. What? No! No, wait, no, no, no!
There's got to be some room for--
[distant police sirens]
[monitor beeps quietly]
[briefcase thuds]
My genius couldn't save my mother,
but it could still help
the people of this city.
There's nothing more I can do.
Figure it out. If it's truly impossible,
you don't have a job.
Charter City's trains
will never be late again!
Here's the press release
they're running tomorrow.
Would you do the honors, sir?
The honor should be Riya's.
It's her generation that will grow up
with the benefits of our progress.
"Charter City is pleased to announce
the construction
of a hyper-speed railway of the future,
the Mag Lev Train,
designed by Rook Limited."
[cheering]
This contract is the big one.
It's time we expand.
Let's make Charter City
the city of the future, today!
Quite a view you built.
I don't know who you--
[device beeps]
Hey, what do you think
you're doing with that?
I could ask you the same question.
The new Rook phone has built in spyware.
You're collecting a lot more data
from your users than you're letting on.
That's part of why I'm here.
Whoever you are,
if you think you can blackmail me
Actually, it is because
of your boundless scientific innovation,
that we have come to you
with an unprecedented offer
to let you into our ranks,
without having to forfeit your family
or your name this time.
You're with the Epsilon Society.
I urge you to consider our offer.
With it, comes our protection.
When I was younger,
I thought I needed you.
But I've proven I'm the greatest
scientific mind the world has known.
And not only did I not give up my name,
I made it a worldwide icon.
My greatest achievements
are yet to come.
I do not need the Epsilons
or their threats.
Malcolm Kane? Remove our guest.
I miss you, Mom.
I wish you could have seen
all that I've done.
You should be here.
Dr. C, the next phase of the
project begins tonight.
[bubbling]
We've improved Charter City
and now it's time to improve its citizens.
With Hyper-Flexarium, it could be possible
to inoculate people against all disease,
against the weakness in their own bodies.
Jonathan, what are you doing?
Put that down!
Don't worry, I'm not asking anyone else
to do this. I'll try it on myself.
Please! Don't do it, human testing
is years away. The risk is too high.
Never underestimate
my tolerance for risk.
[device hisses]
[yells in agony]
[creaking]
[roars]
[growls]
-[roaring]
-Uh!
[growls]
All our research! You've got--
[groans]
[groans]
Jonathan! Don't make me do this!
[groans]
[groaning]
Must save humanity from its flaws,
will not stop
[gasps]
Racine. Your eye!
Forget the lab.
We need to prioritize finding a cure.
There's no telling
what chaos Hyper-Flexarium
would unleash on the public.
A cure? Look at him.
This is what he's always wanted.
He deserves to live with his mistakes.
But the world shouldn't have to.
Come on, we're chartering
a plane for the Pearl Islands.
There's a lab there.
Salvage whatever equipment you can
and we'll leave in an hour.
[thunder]
[electricity crackles]
[engines whine]
[cackles]
And the search operation continues
as officials are trying to locate
the missing flight.
None of the passengers on-board
have been recovered at this time.
I didn't want it to come to this.
But they left me little choice.
What they didn't understand is that,
despite these side effects on my person,
if I can perfect Hyper-Flexarium,
it will be the greatest evolutionary
breakthrough mankind has ever known.
[groans in pain]
Forgive me. I will try harder.
Again, please.
[Rook] The Age of Flexarium had begun
It was then that the ultimate
purpose of Rook Unlimited
was carried out in secret.
These vats of Flexarium are too dangerous
to be stored here.
Take them off-site to these warehouses.
Soon, I had access to all
the Flexarium I would need,
without raising any questions.
[electricity crackles]
The secretive Epsilon Society
has been shut down
after a federal investigation determined
it was engaging in criminal activity.
The Epsilons are gone.
Dr. C is gone.
Interesting that after all this time,
only you remain.
Yes, but I am not yet victorious.
[electricity hums]
[crackling]
[device hisses]
[slurred] Did I fail you again?
[roars]
Maybe this is impossible!
Maybe human biology and
Hyper-Flexarium can never mix
without turning people into this,
a monster.
What I needed
was a breakthrough.
And not only was I about to get it,
it quite literally saved my life.
[creature roars]
[yells]
Sorry for the rough landing.
I'm new at this.
That day, I witnessed a miracle.
There it was.
Proof that Flexarium could not just
enhance the body, but perfect it.
My dream was alive!
After years of trial and error,
my breakthrough had finally come.
I needed to field-test
my new Flex Fighters.
But first, the people of Charter City
needed to see them as heroes.
So I created villains, also testing them.
With all the data I was amassing,
the city became my ultimate lab.
But unlike my own experiments,
you Flex Fighters had minds
all your own, didn't you?
Then it started to get personal.
[weapon powers up]
-[gasps]
-Noble, but pointless.
I could just watch
as the poison finishes you,
but I've never been a patient man.
[whirring]
[groans]
[roars]
And so began my obsession.
I admit, my focus blinded me.
Slowed me down
and left Rook Unlimited vulnerable.
There was no way I was prepared
for what happened next.
-Goodbye, Mr. Rook.
-All this time, Kane?
Kane was the name I was willing
to turn my back on when I began this.
-Began this? What are you--?
-We are the Tech-Men.
But you might know us
as the Epsilon Society.
And now what, you're going to expose
what I am to the people of Charter City?
We intended to expose
the people of Charter City to order,
structure and subservience.
What you are now is irrelevant.
Did you really believe we weren't aware
you have been this Stretch Monster
from the very start?
The Hyper-Flexarium program
should have ended long ago.
In fact, it would have
if a certain plane didn't suffer from,
what was it, "engine failure"?
You only know what I told you.
Wrong again.
One of the victims that went down
on that plane you sabotaged
was an Epsilon plant.
After 44's death,
I pushed for Rook Unlimited's takeover
of the city's public works.
Transit systems, security networks,
aligning itself with Epsilon's visions.
But your Flexarium and the Flex Fighters
threatened to unravel all of that.
Your personal obsessions
are a direct affront
to everything we stand for.
You always insisted
on flaunting your name.
Now, we'll use it
to advance the Epsilon dream
of a perfectly controlled society,
guided by the advancement
of technology and science.
Generously sponsored by Rook Unlimited.
[groans]
Tonight marks the dawning
of the Epsilon era.
And we will usher in this era
with a sacrifice.
[weapon charges]
-Your end is our beginning.
-Stop touching it!
I had it!
Sixty Seven, Nineteen?
Stand down!
I said stand down!
[clears throat]
Be right with you, Number One.
Collect these insubordinates.
[Ricardo] Dude, figure this out!
[Nathan] Oh, got it!
[device beeps]
Ready?
-The Flex Fighters!
-[groans]
Destroy them!
[weapons fire]
Remind me why we're rescuing
Rook again?
Did you not hear Kane
ranting like a crazy man?
The Tech-Men don't get to decide
who lives and who kicks it.
Least not on our watch.
[beeping]
-That thing's gonna go off any second!
-Then let's do this!
[gunfire]
[grunts]
Why hasn't that explosive
lived up to its name?
I thought the Tech-Men
were supposed to be good at tech!
Wait, what if instead of fighting
the Tech-Men, we fight their tech instead?
Like this!
[grunts]
Save the mainframe at all costs!
[beeping]
[grunts]
Kane, you have no idea how long
I've been waiting to do that.
I think I kind of do!
And that's how I got here.
You know the whole story.
Told you, you had to hear this.
Especially that part at the end
where I seriously smashed Kane!
Now you know why I've come to you.
I may be your enemy,
but the Tech-Men are so much worse.
You want us to help you?
This is insane.
After everything you did to us?
I don't expect you to help me.
Do it for your city.
I'm not here asking
for anybody's forgiveness.
But I am asking that you trust me.
The Tech-Men have to be stopped.
You know that'd be a whole lot easier
if we had the public on our side,
but somebody turned them all against us!
No. I made the mistake of trusting you
before and that put us all in danger.
The danger is already upon us.
Check the city's security cameras.
[beeping]
[whirring, whooshing]
What is everybody doing?
Check their arms and tell me what you see.
-There's a tiny something.
-SmartMarks.
Remember the tech I used
during the villain breakout
so I could control them?
The Tech-Man are now using it
on the people of Charter City.
The Tech-Men have spread
across the city.
They seem to be establishing checkpoints
of some kind. This is how they keep order.
This is the nightmare I warned you about.
People think SmartMarks are brand new
Rook tech that will improve their lives.
They don't know they're being
tricked.
I can disable those SmartMarks.
But you'll have to trust me.
What do you say, Stretch?