Batwoman (2019) s02e15 Episode Script

1
- [car alarm blaring]
- Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, Eli, knock it off.
Do yourself a favor.
Don't make me your problem.
[police siren wailing]
[tires screech]
- What the hell's going on?
- Sir, this man is trying to steal a car.
This guy's a known car thief.
You know what?
I have photographic evidence.
[Tavaroff] Gun!
[siren wailing]
Twenty-seven-year-old male
with multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen.
He lost consciousness en route,
vitals are unstable.
- He lost over a liter of blood.
- [doctor] Get him up to the O.R. now.
So, Agent Tavaroff,
the Crows have been through
this type of officer-involved shooting before.
We need to investigate
the incident with Luke Fox,
and get your story.
So run us through what happened.
Agent Miller and I
were on patrol when we heard a car alarm.
We arrived to find
a suspicious-looking man loitering near a vehicle.
We approached,
the suspect reached inside his jacket
and pulled out a gun.
Luke Fox used to work for my daughter.
He seems more like the type
to wield a keyboard than a gun.
[tense music playing]
Well, I don't know him,
but I know what I saw.
The suspect turned to shoot
and I fired before he could do the same to us.
Sounds like you should be commended
for your bravery, Agent Tavaroff.
Any more questions?
We have to review the body cam footage.
Send in Agent Miller.
Of course, sir.
Thank you.
[door opens]
[indistinct chatter over PA]
- [EKG flatlining]
- [doctor] Lost his pulse. We need to start CPR.
He's flatlining.
Hello?
Dad?
[theme music playing]
- How many times was he shot?
- Two.
The first bullet caused injury to his kidney,
spleen, colon.
The second tore through a major vein,
causing blood loss.
Already coded twice, he's in a coma.
- They're not sure if he's gonna make it.
- Tell me everything.
We were on the phone, he saw some guy
jack a car, so he said he would handle it.
What do you mean "handle it"?
I don't know. When he didn't call me back,
- I got worried and
- You realized he couldn't handle it.
[elevator rattling]
Why didn't Luke just call it in?
I told him to, but he said that
he recognized the guy from your holding cell.
Eli or something.
Yeah, white boy.
He was in jail with us for stealing a car.
Do you think that he did this?
For his sake I hope not.
I will let Batwoman sort that one out.
I've nominated myself to save Luke's life.
So why aren't you
at Gotham General right now?
Because Gotham General doesn't have this.
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
Things I don't wanna know
for $1000, Alex.
Curiouser and curiouser.
[door opens]
Typically when one storms out
after winning an argument,
they don't come crawling back.
Takes the drama out of it.
Figured I'd ditch the evidence.
Probably for the best,
considering whose daughter that is.
No idea.
Riddle me that.
Might wanna ditch this too.
So you think I won the argument?
No. I think you stopped me
from retrieving the password
to Kate's memory bank
and now I'm left puzzling through her files,
trying to retrieve some answer key,
so I can get Kate's memory back.
Still won't give up on Kate, huh?
I know why I'm invested.
But why is Black Mask so obsessed
with knowing
all the dirty details of the Kane family?
Our dead doctor's
been sending him her research.
I don't care.
I told you how I feel.
Your sister isn't worth you getting killed over.
Fine.
I guess I'm on my own then.
[rock music playing]
[horn honking]
- I didn't do anything.
- You're driving a stolen car, dumbass.
I prefer the term "borrowed."
Were you borrowing a car
when you shot the guy who tried to stop you?
It wasn't like that.
The Crows rolled up out of nowhere.
What do you mean "the Crows rolled up"?
They did this?
I've never shot a gun in my life.
How are you here and he's in the hospital?
They saw us both.
- I may have said he was boosting the ride.
- Do you think
- maybe that was gonna get him shot?
- He was stupid enough to grab his phone.
Next thing I knew,
someone yelled out "gun" and then, fired.
How did you get away?
I saw a chance and I ran.
They didn't bother to follow.
I swear that's how it went down.
What did they look like?
Badge numbers, IDs, plates.
[mumbling] Uh Tavaroff.
I heard the one guy scream,
"What'd you do?" at him.
If that guy had just minded
his business
and let me take the car,
I would've been out of there
and he'd be fine.
- You're saying this is his fault?
- It's the truth.
He didn't need to make me
his problem.
The Crows didn't need to shoot.
Sounds like your beef is with them,
so how about letting me go?
How about not?
Maybe you should've minded
your own business.
- [monitor beeping]
- [air hissing]
Dad?
Dad.
It's impossible to get your old man's attention
when he's deep in thought.
Bruce?
What are you doing here?
You called me here.
I didn't.
Why would I call you here?
[sighs]
Luke, you've been shot.
You brought me here
because you have a choice to make.
[Dana] Gotham reels from the latest shooting
of a Black man at the hands of the Crows.
This incident comes on the heels
of the recent Crows controversy,
where some say
excessive firepower was used
to contain the latest Snakebite epidemic.
Crow officials have yet to release
a statement on the issue
and per their official policy,
they refuse to release the names
of the agents involved.
Behind me,
protesters are gathering
- How much longer?
- An hour or two, tops.
Crows let the real suspect get away,
didn't even bother chasing him.
I left him for the GCPD.
They can't get away with this.
We have to get justice for Luke.
Focus on saving him.
I'll take care of the Crows.
- How do you access internet on this thing?
- Uh, I think
- [taps on keyboard]
- [computer chirping]
Okay.
[Ryan] Son of a bitch.
Is that the agent who shot Luke?
Russell Tavaroff. He was responsible
for the massacre at the church,
crashed my False Face operation
two weeks ago.
- Of course, he did this.
- You need back up?
Not me, but I can call Sophie.
I wanna see how Russell does against
someone who is bulletproof.
[pensive music playing]
Hang on, Luke, help is on the way.
[alarm blaring]
You've gotta be kidding me.
[Mary] Get out of here.
[sighs]
I'm going to assume if Batwoman were here,
she wouldn't have sent you to shoo me away
with a big-box-store-brand taser.
Rest assured, I'm not afraid of you.
Yeah. Okay. How are you still even here?
- Didn't False Face deal with you already?
- Actually, that's what brings me.
I was wondering if you had any
unexpected run-ins with Black Mask's side chick?
Goes by Circe?
Never heard of her.
Are you sure?
She used to run around
in a wooden hockey mask
and now she's a supermodel-esque assassin.
I'm sorry,
why am I supposed to care about this person?
You weren't.
And turns out,
she doesn't care about you either.
- Well, helpful as always. Toodles.
- Uh
Mm. There's always a reason with you.
Who is she?
Turns out Black Mask is the only person
who hates the Kane family more than I do.
And as much as I bemoan to admit it
that includes you.
Watch your back, steppy.
So you came here to warn me
out of the goodness
of your empty chest cavity?
Enemy of my enemy and all that.
Aren't you besties with Batty?
Maybe it's worth keeping her
within reach if you wanna live.
I know you're in love.
And maybe if you'd seen it earlier
in your life
you might not be
the monster that you are today.
[sighs] As much as I hate you, Alice
everyone deserves love.
[dramatic music playing]
[banging]
[both grunting]
Not so easy now, is it?
Confess to what you did,
and maybe I'll let you keep breathing.
It's not your fight.
Yeah? You shot an innocent unarmed Black man,
the fight is in my DNA.
Innocent? [scoffs]
I looked him up. Kid was released from jail
hours before we caught him stealing a car.
He broke the law.
Just like you're doing right now.
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[groaning]
Body go bye-bye?
Can't be traced back to us.
"Us."
That word does have a nice domestic flair to it,
even in the context of disposing of a body.
You've made your priorities clear.
I'm headed out,
so if there's a point
you're trying to make
make it.
I betrayed you.
I killed you. I even chose my sister over you,
and yet, still, I haven't fully pushed you away.
So either you're a masochist,
or you hate yourself.
But which one is it?
You're infuriating, unpredictable,
and yes, you tried to kill me.
But I can't help who I love.
We're survivors, orphans,
who made our way in this world alone,
except somehow, we found each other.
Whatever we felt for each other
was enough to bring back our memories.
That's real, Alice.
My whole life, I've been caged.
By Cartwright, and then, Safiyah
even my own sister.
For the first time, I'm free
to make my own choices.
So choose.
No. Because I want it all.
I want you and I want my sister back,
and if you truly loved me,
you would want me to have it all too.
Have to admit,
kind of surprised you called me.
[Ryan] Don't know many Crows.
- Ex-Crow.
- Them either.
I need your help.
You okay?
- You should see the Crows truck.
- The Crows ran you down?
One of Russell Tavaroff's boys.
He has people watching his back,
so I need you to tell me everything
about him and his crew.
- You sure you don't wanna be with Luke?
- Luke's gonna be fine.
Fine? He's unconscious in the ICU.
Mary's on her way to the hospital
with Desert Rose.
It will save his life.
[indistinct chatter]
Uh Excuse me, I need to see Luke.
I need you to step back.
Since when did this ICU room
become the hottest club in Gotham?
No one's allowed in.
I just spoke to Luke's doctor,
and I'm not no one,
I'm Mary Hamilton,
daughter of Jacob Kane, your boss?
So unless you wanna be
pulling shifts at the Gotham Mall,
I suggest you let me in.
We're here on your father's orders.
The Crows have issued
a statement on the incident,
along with newly-released
body camera footage.
We should warn viewers
that this footage is disturbing.
[Ryan] Wait, how was Luke holding a gun?
This makes me wanna puke.
The Crows have just released
the name of the armed suspect,
Lucas Fox, who was released
from jail hours before the confrontation.
The gun found at the scene was also connected
to a recent gas station robbery.
Twenty-seven-year old Fox is the son
of the late Wayne Foundation CEO Lucius Fox,
and currently works as head
of security at Wayne Tower.
They literally photoshopped a gun
into Luke's hand in the body cam footage.
Not just any gun,
it was linked to an armed robbery,
which means when Luke wakes up,
they're gonna charge him
for robbery and attempted assault.
If Luke wakes.
There are two agents stationed outside his door.
Mary couldn't get them removed.
If Mary can't administer the Desert Rose
Luke's gonna die.
How is there a damn video
of Luke carrying a gun?
I don't know.
Well, think!
Because I highly doubt Tavaroff
has a degree in "alpha bro" and "digital arts."
Tavaroff is a bully with a bunch of lackeys,
who will do whatever he wants.
- It was probably one of them.
- A Murder of Crows.
Okay. So tell me how to get my hands
on the original footage?
What time is it?
1:45.
All of the body cam metadata
is sent to the Crows' air-gapped server,
which always deletes at 3 a.m. every night.
If we can get the metadata off that server,
we can compare it to the footage on the news,
and prove the original was altered.
Well, that just flowed right
off your tongue.
- What are you talking about?
- Tell me
how many times have you seen
something like this happen
and never said anything?
How many times have you participated
in something like this?
Never. I never knew it went this far,
and when I did, I quit.
Yesterday.
Not long ago,
you threw down the badges of the two agents
who ran over Wolf Spider,
and you told me,
you could change the culture.
- You knew it was broken.
- Ryan, I didn't shoot Luke.
- So please stop acting like this is my fault.
- It's not!
It's mine!
What?
It's my fault.
Luke got shot because of me.
That's crazy. Why would you blame yourself?
I gave him hell for being a bystander.
I called him privileged.
Ryan, you didn't do this.
Luke put himself in the way
because of me.
Sophie, he can't die.
[dramatic music playing]
- [monitor beeping]
- [air hissing]
[Luke] How are you here right now?
How? How is?
How is he?
What is going on?
Where do you think we are right now?
In your office?
Are we though? Really?
This is
my subconscious?
Exactly.
Right now, you're lying in a hospital room.
The doctors have no idea how to fix you.
A machine is keeping you alive.
And you have a choice to make.
You can hang on
or you can let go and join him.
Okay. If this is purgatory,
does that mean that you're dead?
You tell me, Luke. It's your subconscious.
So what's it gonna be, buddy?
- I don't know. I wanna talk to my dad.
- Nope, it doesn't work that way.
What do you mean?
He's right there, why can't I go?
Because if you go talk
to the old man, that's it.
You're dead.
Your decision's been made.
There's no going back.
Moore. I thought you quit.
Come to change your mind?
Russell Tavaroff
is not the agent you think he is.
Well, I could say the same about you.
Doesn't reflect well on me
when my best agent hands in her badge
without even discussing it with me first.
There's nothing to discuss.
Last year, we said we'd drain the swamp,
once we discovered Agent Robles
was hired to kill Lucius Fox.
Now we're right back where we started.
Another Crow, lying about another Fox case.
You quit less than 24 hours ago,
and then, you come in here,
and you tell me how to run my operation?
I'm asking you to reexamine
the facts of the case.
Two years ago, I tracked down a rapist.
He attacked several women,
we all knew he did it
but the evidence was circumstantial,
it wouldn't hold up in court.
So when airtight evidence
appeared at the last minute,
I didn't question where it came from
because he was guilty.
You put a rapist behind bars.
I know we did, but we also bent the rules
And how many lives have we saved?
All I'm saying is if evidence
could appear out of thin air once,
it can appear again.
I have been loyal to you
since day one.
Five years. No questions asked, but
once I saw the truth, I couldn't unsee it.
So I'm begging you, sir, please.
Open your eyes
before anyone else has to die.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[beeping]
[Batwoman] Just landed
in the Crows Nest.
[Sophie] Copy.
Just hacked into the Crows' camera feed.
You've got six minutes
before the data wipe activates.
What about Luke?
It's in motion.
[upbeat music playing]
So hot tip,
coffee at the hospital caf is extra tragic,
but I brought these fresh.
Downtown, waking up from the underground
Got moves from you
I actually came back
to apologize for my behavior earlier.
You know, the whole "I'm Mary Hamilton."
[growls, then chuckles]
Right? Who do I think I am?
Kimmy K, right?
Hey, ooh
I couldn't believe you
You're just doing your jobs, and
so heroically too.
The entire City of Gotham
owes you both a huge debt of gratitude
from us all.
Yeah, I can't believe
- [monitor beeping]
- [air hissing]
[Luke] This is so stupid.
Dad.
Dad, it's Luke.
Okay. What is happening?
Science.
The land of the living is pulling you back.
Vitals are stabilizing, wounds are healing.
On paper, you could get up tomorrow
and go for a jog.
You're about to survive, my friend.
Now are you staying or are you going?
Because if you wait much longer,
that decision is gonna be made for you.
[whimpers]
Bruce.
[monitor beeping]
[door opens]
- You asked to see me, Commander?
- Yeah.
Can you help me with something, Tavaroff?
Luke Fox never had so much
as a speeding ticket,
parking ticket, fix-it ticket,
hell, he's never even had a late payment on a bill.
How does a guy like that suddenly graduate
to GTA, robbery, and possession of a firearm?
I can't say, sir.
You'll have to ask him when he wakes.
The Snakebite case two days ago
resulted in nearly a dozen deaths.
Agent Moore's final report indicated
requesting the use of non-lethal force
to subdue the users.
My crew and I were surrounded by cannibals,
high out of their mind, sir.
You could have used tear gas, stun guns.
Come on,
this organization has its own damn armory.
If we had an IA investigation
every time a firearm was discharged,
we'd never make it back into the field, sir.
If I was to look at all your cases,
how many of these would I find?
How many would we find in yours?
What about lighting up Batwoman
at Goliath Stadium?
The Crows have never shied away
from using extreme force.
That is not why I started the Crows.
That's who we are now.
Maybe we need to take
a long hard look at ourselves,
and ask if the Crows deserve to exist.
In the meantime, I want your badge,
your gun, and I want you out of here.
You're sidelined until I can conduct
an investigation into you and your little posse.
[scoffs]
If that's what you gotta do, sir.
Or maybe we'll be just fine
if we get rid of the problem.
- I'm here.
- [Sophie] Okay.
According to the report,
Tavaroff's footage will be in Stack 815.
Should be on your right.
We need you to wait in the lounge.
No. I'm just saying,
I am happy to consult my dad
about better benefits.
I mean, you bravely
put yourselves in the line of fire,
and that's your pension?
- [door opens]
- Seriously?
Think about your life, your choices,
because the Crows hurt people,
like my friend Luke.
So just ask yourselves,
who are you really protecting here?
Mary Hamilton, crazy seeing you here.
Evan Blake.
I bought you a coffee.
You failed to mention Luke was a cutie pie.
[Mary chuckles]
Luke got the Desert Rose.
- Is he awake?
- Not yet.
We're at three minutes to 3:00 a.m.
- Password worked. I'm in.
- Good.
Found the body cam files.
- Oh, no.
- Talk to me.
There's hundreds of files
in Tavaroff's folder.
- If it's by date, it'd be the last entry.
- They're not saved by date.
Because why would the Crows
make something easy?
Can you get Luke's before it's destroyed?
[Batwoman] I can't find Luke's footage.
- Oh, my God.
- What?
Tavaroff and his Murder have the commander.
He's not conscious. You need to stop them.
I need to save Luke
before these files are erased.
You don't kidnap the commander
and plan to let him live.
They're gonna kill Jacob Kane.
Figure out where they took him.
Saw the Snakebite kits in the trash
when I was tying him up.
[sighs] Commander's a freaking junkie.
So let's give him
the worst high he's ever had.
Dude, three? That'll kill him.
He was gonna turn us all in.
It's either us or him.
Do you wanna go to jail?
How about you? Or you?
All it takes is a half-wit judge and a soft jury
and we're all done.
Huh?
That's what I thought.
Now shut up,
and let the commander
enjoy his last high.
[suspenseful music playing]
Lights.
I wanted you to see this.
[Batwoman and Tavaroff grunting]
Have fun at Blackgate.
Thanks.
You know what I gave up to save your ass?
Clearing Luke Fox's name.
Your boys are trying to ruin his life.
I didn't know it was this bad.
Yeah, well, you should've.
You wanna do good? I get it.
I bend the rules too.
But at least I have a code. What's yours?
I gave you the match and the gas can,
commander.
It's up to you to do the rest.
Burn it down.
Or you're just as bad as them.
- [monitor beeping]
- [air hissing]
Luke's mom just pulled into the lot.
Why isn't he waking up?
It doesn't make any sense.
His vitals have stabilized.
He should be awake by now.
After one dose of the Desert Rose serum,
my Kryptonite poisoning
went away immediately.
Are you sure Wolf Spider did it right?
I'm positive. I watched him do it.
- Why isn't it working?
- I don't know.
I should have been the one to inject it.
I should've been there.
I could've done more.
Two Crows agents shot and framed Luke Fox
by placing a gun at the scene
when he, in fact, did not have a weapon
in his possession.
[reporters murmuring]
Even more disturbing,
they doctored body cam footage
to make it look as though the phone
in Mr. Fox's hand was that gun.
Will you be releasing
the real body cam footage?
Unfortunately, it was destroyed,
but I am personally willing
to testify to this in court.
In the meantime, the agents involved
are being held for assault with the intent to kill.
I'm lucky that Batwoman
was there to save my life.
What does this say about the Crows
as an organization and you as its leader?
Well I started the Crows
because I wanted to protect Gotham
from the kind of monsters
who would hijack a school bus
and run a family off the road
like they were nothing.
But somewhere along the way,
the Crows began cutting corners to get results.
While Agent Tavaroff is directly responsible
for what happened to Mr. Fox
I'm guilty of harboring
these types of actions for years.
I wanna offer a direct apology
to the Fox family
for all the hurt that
we have caused,
but these are not isolated moments,
and apologies mean nothing without actions.
I have come to the conclusion
that there is only one way to make amends.
As the founder
and majority shareholder, I have
decided to disband the Crows,
effective immediately.
[reporter] What will this mean
for the security?
When did you first
You did that.
You shut them down.
They can't hurt anyone anymore.
We did it, Luke.
So I'm gonna need you to wake up now.
Please?
There is no Bat Team without you.
Come on, Luke.
Wake up.
Who else will roll their eyes at me
every time I threaten to redecorate the Batcave?
Or ignore my fashion advice,
even though you clearly only own a suit?
It's me and you in the Batcave, Luke.
We need you.
I need you, so
This is so unfair.
None of this is fair.
It doesn't matter that you worked
for Batman or both Batwomen,
that you've saved hundreds of lives,
cleaned up neighborhoods,
you have given hope to thousands of people.
You still got shot.
And there is a whole mess of people out there
willing to believe you deserved it
just because you're Black.
[sniffles]
Then what's the point?
It's not for me to say.
But you need to decide now.
You left.
I I've always wondered why.
Why you just walked away, hung up the cape.
It is because it's just
all so damn depressing.
Because no matter what good
we try to put into the world,
it's still a world where this happens.
And I don't wanna live
in that world anymore.
I wanna be with my dad.
Stay off course
Then that's your choice.
Look up
Okay. Hey, Dad, it's Luke. I'm here.
- [monitor beeping]
- [air hissing]
An eye for an eye
We're at the edge
I think he's waking up.
Luke
you're alive.
Welcome back.
[Mary and Ryan chuckle]
Just look down
You don't want to drown
'Cause who's gonna care?
Who's gonna care?
[phone buzzes]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
[Sophie] You did the right thing.
Thanks to you.
Doesn't matter how we get there, sir.
What matters is that we do.
This is why I've always up looked up to you.
You were always my best agent, Moore.
We ride
[sighs]
The fact that I've broken into this parking structure
more times than I can count
says the Crows maybe
weren't all that great at security, anyway.
It's been a long day, Alice.
What do you want?
I need your help.
And I know what you're thinking,
"Me? Help you?
I've made it my paternal legacy
to disappoint you at every opportunity."
Alice
Kate's alive.
[dramatic music playing]
- Not this again.
- No.
Daddy, she's alive.
Not maybe possibly being held
on an invisible island somewhere.
She's here in Gotham,
under the influence of Black Mask.
So you and I are gonna do the one thing
that you and Kate never did for me.
We are gonna stop at nothing
and we're gonna get her back.
[theme music playing]