Invincible (2021) s04e01 Episode Script

1
Are you working with D.A. Sinclair?
- [grunting]
- [Cecil] He can't fix his mistakes in prison, Mark.
[Mark] I will never work for you again.
[Rex] We can just leave.
[Eve] So are we dating or what?
[Mark] Didn't you listen
to anything Mom or I said?
We don't kill!
[Robot] No de-aging detected.
Thank you!
[Mark] Uh
- [Debbie] You're back!
- [Scott] My sister and niece are dead.
My wife and child are dead.
All because of you.
[Rex] I'm not crazy, right?
There was a thing between us?
[Rae] I'm quitting, Rex.
[Thaedus] The Viltrumite campaign
has become the scourge of the galaxy.
We stand united against it.
[Battle Beast] Who possesses the
courage to dare free Battle Beast?
- [Nolan] Goodbye, my friend.
- [Allen] It's not your time to die yet, pal.
Did you guys do this?!
[Nolan] There are fewer
than 50 pure-blooded Viltrumites
left in the universe.
[Angstrom]
Go! Destroy everything in your path.
[Gogglesible] You're out
of shit to explode.
[Rex] I've got my entire
skeleton, dickhead.
- [Mark] You've given me no choice.
- Truer words. [clank]
- [Conquest] You were given orders.
- [screaming]
And yet I find this planet unprepared
for the arrival of our Viltrum empire.
[Mark] Eve!
Please!
[yells]
- [screams]
- [Robot] To honor my friend,
I am changing my name
from Rudy to Rex.
I'm done. I've given this world enough.
[Mark] I don't think
I'll ever get used to that.
- [Donald] Is this really a wise decision?
- We don't have a choice, Donald.
[Mark] So if anyone else
ever puts my family
or anyone I love at risk,
I won't hesitate to kill them.
[Nothing But Thieves sing
"If I Get High"]
I'll meet you at the divide ♪
to break the spell ♪
A point where two worlds collide ♪
Yeah, we'll rebel ♪
And we run and we run
and we run and we run ♪
and we run
and we run and we run ♪
until we break through ♪
If I get high ♪
enough ♪
If I get high enough ♪
will I see you again? ♪
I fill my lungs every night ♪
Not long to wait ♪
And if I do this thing right ♪
I dream of our escape ♪
Oh, and we run and we run ♪
and we run and we run
and we run ♪
and we run and we run ♪
[snarling]
until we break through ♪
If I get high enough ♪
If I get high
enough ♪
will I see you again? ♪
Will I see you again? ♪
[siren wailing]
If I get high ♪
If I get high ♪
If I get high ♪
[speaking inaudibly]
And we run and we run and we run ♪
and we run and we run
and we run and we run ♪
until we break through ♪
Oh, and we run and we run
and we run ♪
and we run
and we run and we run ♪
and we run ♪
[growls]
until we break through ♪
Oh, and we run and we run
and we run and we run ♪
and we run and we run
and we run ♪
[roars]
[murmuring]
[crickets chirping]
[soft chatter]
[Cecil] The world really knows
how to kick us when we're down.
[sighs]
Sir, it's late.
Why don't you let me take it from here?
Yeah Okay.
If anything big happens
I'll come get you.
Like always.
The planet's in your hands, Donald.
I'll try not to break it, sir.
[somber music playing]
[sighs]
[shower knob squeaks]
♪
[squeaking]
[screaming]
[rapid beeping]
[microwave beeping]
[phone buzzing]
[creaking in distance]
[muffled footsteps]
[video game sounds]
Hey.
Sup?
Someone spotted Furnace downtown.
We got to go stop him
before he sets something on fire.
- I just got home.
- Yeah. So did I.
So let someone else do it.
Hey, what the hell?!
Just a few months ago, you were
begging me to let you fight this guy.
I've been out fighting guys all day!
- Yeah, well, there's one more.
- There's always one more.
Just because Furnace escaped
doesn't mean we have to stop him.
There's other people helping, too.
It's bad out there, Oliver.
- And a lot of heroes are gone.
- I know.
Then get up.
[quietly] It's not my fault
everything sucks.
- What did you say?
- [knocking] Boys?
Everything all right?
I just want to play my game
and go to sleep.
[stammers] Fine.
I'll handle Furnace alone.
Great.
[video game sounds]
[Debbie] Mark.
- Oliver's been helping every day.
- I know.
I just
[sighs]
You're both doing so much.
Take a night off.
[Mark] You don't see the way
people look at me out there.
So I don't get to be tired.
Or take a night off.
And neither does
[dramatic music playing]
[Brit] Everyone, gather round.
[Cecil] You've all been working together
for the last few months,
so why don't we make it official?
You want us to rejoin the Guardians?
It just makes sense, Rudy
- uh Rex.
- We left for a reason.
What you did to Mark
Was a precaution I had to take.
- We've worked things out since then.
- How do we know
you don't have plans to
take us down, too, if we step out of line?
He does have those plans.
[sighs]
Look, I need you all on the team.
Not just because we do more
good together but because we need
to show the world that, even
after everything that happened,
the Guardians are still here,
fighting to keep everyone safe.
If you don't trust him, trust me.
Cecil pulls any of that shit again,
we'll all take care of it.
- Together.
- We will?
- I mean, we will.
- There you go.
- We accept your offer.
- With a fat salary increase.
But the minute something smells off,
we are gone.
Done.
My people will help you move back in.
Brit will remain as team leader.
[Rex] Cecil.
I agree that Brit's combat experience
made him an excellent field commander.
B-But
Oh, don't hold back
because I'm in the room, champ.
I believe a more strategic
and preemptive approach
to leadership is now needed,
making me the logical choice.
- My intellect combined with
- No.
Cecil, I don't think you're
You walked away from the Guardians.
There are consequences to that.
Earn my trust again and
maybe we can talk.
[tense music playing]
[worker] All right, we got to clear
all this debris over here and Oh.
[grunts] Hey. Did you guys
request an assist from Invincible?
- Uh, no.
- [Dinosaurus] They didn't call
- for you. I did.
- [gasps]
First, let me thank you, Invincible.
Your war cost so many lives.
I know you think that's a tragedy,
but you're wrong.
What?
Wh-Who are you?
- What do you want?
- [whimpering]
[Dinosaurus] Our planet
is overburdened and dying.
We're choking on our own filth,
stupidly breeding like rabbits
as we stumble towards extinction.
But you
you gave us what no one else could
a chance at a better future.
Fewer mouths to feed.
Go to hell.
If only you stopped there.
But you have to make up
for your mistakes, don't you?
Push that needle back into the black,
no matter what it takes.
You're gonna ruin everything.
[groaning]
Which is why you need to die.
[grunts]
[whimpers]
Every life you
and your friends save today
[yells, grunts]
- is ten lost tomorrow.
- [grunts]
[groaning]
[snarling]
[straining]
[grunts]
[grunting, snarling]
[grunting]
You think I picked
this moment by accident?
[grunting]
[yells]
[grunting]
[yells]
[grunting]
[yells]
[groaning]
[pants, chuckles]
[snarls]
Looks like you picked wrong.
[snarling]
Come on.
[growling]
[yells, grunts]
[groans]
[grunting]
[groans, yells]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[groans]
[snarling]
[yelling]
[grunts]
[yells]
[panting]
[yells]
[grunting]
[straining]
[snarling]
[grunts]
[groans, grunting]
[snarling]
[snarls, yelling]
[yells]
[groaning]
[dramatic music playing]
[screams]
[grunting]
Oh, God! Plea-Please don't hurt me!
Please!
It is It's not my fault!
- What just happened?
- [grunts]
Where's the dinosaur?
[grunts] It's me, man!
It's me! But, like
[choking] it's also not me.
- What are you talking about?
- It takes over.
I wake up and it's done
all this terrible stuff.
It's killing people. [choking]
You got to help me.
[choking]
Come on, man!
[strained] I said it wasn't my fault.
Please, it takes over.
[weakly] It takes over.
[grunts]
[Brit] Invincible.
[straining]
[choking]
[gasping]
This guy turns into a dinosaur with
some stupid ideas about saving the planet.
- Oh, my God.
- Hmm. We'll bring him in.
[Robot] Mark, is everything all right?
What do you think?
[grunts]
That's correct.
Yes, it's included.
Twenty-four-seven response.
It's all in the contract.
I'll email the paperwork tomorrow.
Thank you for choosing Invincible Inc.
[beeps]
- Got another new client.
- [sighs]
- What?
- Uh, it still feels weird taking people's money.
We're not taking people's money, Mark.
We're taking corporations' money.
And we're donating all of it,
just like you wanted.
Yeah, I guess
- What's up?
- Nothing. I just
had a weird day.
[sighs]
Well, it's about to get a lot weirder.
[chewing]
[sipping]
[chewing]
[swallows] So, um, Mr. Wilkins
[stammers] Eve tells me
you work in the furniture business.
Yeah, well
I lost my job
after the head office got demolished.
In Chicago.
- Dad.
- Oh, wait.
You already know this.
Since
you were the wrecking ball
that took them down.
- Dad!
- We all know your boyfriend's history.
No need to beat around the bush,
is there, Mark?
I guess not.
- We are two seconds from leaving.
- Samantha.
- It's okay.
- You promised.
It's not a crime
to look out for your daughter.
Especially when her boyfriend's
got a history like yours.
- [chewing] Mm-hmm.
- Hmm.
These green beans are incredible,
Mrs. Wilkins.
What do you, um
wh-what do you put on them?
[soft squeaking]
Here, let me help.
[scrubbing sounds]
[inhales]
- Hmm?
- Oh, uh no, thanks.
Don't smoke, huh?
[inhales]
She's still my little girl, you know.
You'll get it when you have kids
of your own someday.
- You can have kids, right?
- Uh I think so.
[inhales]
- So, you care about Samantha.
- More than anything.
[Adam] Hmm.
I hate that she's one of you people.
But I got to admit,
she's made of steel.
Been in a ton of scraps
and always comes out on top.
Guess she gets it from me.
- Until now.
- What do you mean?
You saw her in the hospital.
Broken legs, broken face.
In a coma.
- All thanks to one of your friends.
- They weren't my friends.
She wasn't even better
before she had to go back out there
to save your ass and got
torn in half by that maniac.
That-that wasn't
That wasn't my fault.
Maybe.
What I'm saying is,
the only two times Samantha's
almost died has been because of you.
If you really care for her,
maybe think about that.
[somber music playing]
[door opens]
[door creaks shut]
[splashing]
Mark seems very taken with you.
[chuckles softly] I hope so.
Otherwise I'm making a big mistake.
Oh, Samantha, don't talk that way.
I'm happy for you.
Not everyone is lucky enough
to find somebody so special.
Sometimes good enough has to be,
well, good enough.
Wait.
Who are we talking about now?
Your father's a good provider
and a good husband,
even if he has his flaws, but,
ooh, that's just life.
You roll with the punches.
[Eve] I know how to roll
with punches, Mom.
- What are you saying?
- Nothing. Nothing at all.
Just, we'll see how it goes with Mark
when you're older.
When I'm older?
Wait, what
[Adam]
Betsy. Our show's on.
Excuse me, dear.
[Eve sighs]
- I told you we shouldn't have done this.
- Yeah, uh, you were right.
It's okay. We can leave now.
Oh, God, was my dad that bad?
No. No, it's-it's not that.
- Then what?
- I, uh I almost, um
This talking dinosaur attacked me,
and it said what happened
with the other me's,
all the people who died,
that it was good.
And it wanted even more people to die
because we're messing up
the planet or something.
And then
then it turned back
into this normal guy,
and he didn't know what was happening,
but I-I, you know,
I felt like I had to do something,
in case it came back.
The
Then the Guardians showed up
and took him away
before anything happened.
- Are you saying you were gonna kill him?
- No, I-I
I don't know.
But your dad's right.
Yeah, I can't keep letting
people get hurt because of me.
My dad is not right, Mark.
He is never right.
Uh, can we talk about it later?
I-I, I'm just really tired.
- Here.
- Thanks.
Uh
- Ugh.
- What's wrong with it?
Ugh.
[sighs] Sorry.
My coffee's been terrible lately.
I don't know what it is.
[atmospheric music playing]
[Parker groans]
Burger night and I'm missing it.
[sighs]
You're making time and a half.
- Dinner'll wait.
- That's what you think.
You don't have teenagers.
Like a pack of wolves.
Last time, Anna hid leftovers for me.
They sniffed it out.
Animals, I tell you.
[sighs] This way?
Looks like it.
- Hey. Bet you 50 it's rats again.
- In this section? Nah.
Got to be something bigger
to clog these pipes.
Oh, God, I hope it's not another fatberg.
Actually, I haven't seen
a single rat all night.
Uh, they're usually swarming
all through here.
Ugh. Kids and their fucking
urban exploring again.
Hey, remind me to tell Doug to get
down here with a welder, will you?
[water splashing]
[creature shrieks]
Shit!
- What the hell was that?
- Eh, it's just a rat.
The ones you swore weren't here.
[distant chittering]
Uh, that didn't look like a rat.
[metal clatters]
Okay, we're getting the fuck out of
[grunts]
[suspenseful music playing]
J-Jesus Christ. Burke!
Uh, Burke?
[chittering]
[grunts]
[shouts]
Oh, my God.
[whimpering softly]
[chittering]
[dark music playing]
It's time.
[atmospheric music playing]
Finally.
Show me the source of all this power.
Thank you.
- Hey.
- [Oliver] I just need breakfast first.
Yeah, that's, that's not why I'm here.
The other night
I'm sorry.
I know you do a lot and I know
we can't be out there all the time.
It's okay. I get it.
Yeah I you know,
I wish you didn't have to.
You and Mom can't protect me
from everything.
Where, where is Mom, by the way?
You really haven't been home a lot,
have you?
- Come back to bed.
- Eh, I'm up.
You know, I like to get an early start.
Stay for breakfast, at least.
I'm just not sure
the boys should see me leaving.
[laughs]
Uh, they know adults have sex, Paul.
I mean, Mark and Eve?
That kid should be a lot happier,
let me put it that way.
And Oliver thinks it's hilarious.
They're fine.
- I really shouldn't.
- I'll make pancakes.
- Rain check?
- Mm.
- Fine.
- I'll see you tonight.
- [Mark] Hey, Paul.
- Want some cereal?
Oh. No, thanks.
I, uh was just leaving.
- Why are you being so weird?
- Oliver.
Seriously, we-we don't
mind you being here.
Yeah, you and Mom make almost
as much noise as Mark and Eve
and I never say anything.
[door opens]
Dude.
[door closes]
- [Eve] Mark?
- [Oliver] Hey, Eve.
- We were just talking about you.
- What?
It's Invincible Inc.
Someone's attacking
a power station upstate.
Not sure who yet. She doesn't
match anybody I've heard of.
- [Mark] Okay. Let's go.
- I can come, too, if you want.
[Debbie] We've already got plans
this morning, Oliver, remember?
Change your mind about those pancakes?
[laughs softly]
[distant horn honks]
[humming softly]
[metal rattles]
Hmm?
Hmm.
[metal clatters]
[atmospheric music playing]
[screeches]
Ugh. Oh, gross.
Uh, anyone know what the hell this is?
[boom]
[screams]
[chittering]
[car alarm sounding]
[tires screech]
[shouts]
[ominous music playing]
[people whimpering]
[Universa] You will raise
this machine's output
- to its maximum capacity now.
- [whimpers] I-I told you,
- it-it doesn't work like that.
- Make it work like that!
You have so much power, I could
sense your world light-years away.
No, no, y-you don't understand.
T-This plant powers half the coast. I
[screams]
Fine. I'll do it myself.
[metal creaking]
[rising beeps]
[alarm sounding]
[soft music playing]
Here. It's got pants and everything,
just like you asked.
Thanks, Art.
[laughs softly]
That one's growing like a weed.
- Tell me about it.
- Yeah, I hear he's doing well,
- uh, even with everything that happened.
- He spent a week in the hospital.
God knows it could have been much worse.
[Oliver] Mom, check it out.
- Oh.
- I was, uh, gonna do
a new symbol for him, but
he wanted to keep the old one.
I know it started out as Dad's thing,
but I fought all those Invincibles
wearing it.
I fought Conquest.
I almost died.
It's not his anymore.
It's mine.
That, uh, okay with you?
[Nolan] This thing is ridiculous.
It belongs in one of your circuses.
The Immortal was a fool
to suggest this craftsman.
Hey, now.
The Immortal sent you here
because he's your friend.
He knows dressing like other heroes
will help people trust you.
And it looks good.
It does make my strength and power clear.
Yes, it does.
Mm.
I spoke prematurely.
This will do.
[Art] Good. Glad to hear it.
You should have seen what
happened when Darkwing decided
he didn't like his new costume.
[chuckles] He wouldn't come out
of his cave for a week
Oliver's more than his father's son.
If he can pick his own battles,
- he can pick his own costume.
- [gasps]
[suspenseful music playing]
[crackling]
[Donald] The blackout is spreading
along the Eastern Seaboard,
including the plant itself.
If their cooling system
doesn't get power back soon,
we'll have a meltdown on our hands.
- Who do we have in the area?
- Eve and Invincible are responding.
The plant signed up
for their, uh, business.
[sighs] Give them some troopers
for backup, just in case.
Sirs, we have a priority situation.
[dramatic music playing]
[gasps]
Forget about the plant.
[booming thud]
[yells]
[grunts]
[grunts]
I'll clear the civilians.
[suspenseful music playing]
- How dare you!
- Listen, lady, I don't know who you are
or what you want, but this is over.
My people are dying without this energy.
Yeah, but you're killing
these people to get it.
H-How does that make sense?
[groans]
Mark.
[both shout]
[Eve gasps]
[grunts]
Shit. Uh
Shit.
Oh, God.
[people screaming]
[chittering]
[whimpers]
[shouts, grunts]
[whimpering]
[people screaming]
[gasps]
[screaming]
You've dealt with sequids before,
so you know how bad this is.
Luckily, the GDA planned
for this eventuality.
Right now, agents are deploying
a containment dome.
It's experimental,
but it should buy us some time.
[dramatic music playing]
Press the button and your neural disruptor
shocks all sequids within ten feet,
making them drop off anyone
they've grabbed.
Then hit the civilian with a teleport dart
to get them out of there.
Lather, rinse, repeat,
until we've saved everyone.
Without a host, these things go back to
being slime that washes up on the beach.
- [Robot] One other thing.
- I'm getting to that.
If even a single infected person
escapes our containment,
they'll spread across the planet
and we lose, forever.
Got it?
Wait. We can talk about this.
I'm sorry.
There's too much at stake.
[grunts]
No! I have to do this!
I've heard that before.
[grunts]
[screams]
[Universa] Fool.
Only the chosen may touch
the Staff of leadership.
[Eve] Hey!
[triumphant music playing]
[exciting music playing]
[groaning]
Huh?
[grunts softly]
What? What happened?
[gasps]
[panting]
Yeah!
[shouts]
[grunts]
[Rus] Too slow. Too weak.
Too few.
You can't stop us.
Cecil. We're gonna need help.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
- [grunts] How'd you do that?
- I'm not sure.
Without the staff, she just went down.
I think all of her powers come from it.
All clear? Okay, hurry.
[sighs] Still, nice punch.
- [Eve] I had to do something.
- [grunts softly]
What was up with your powers?
[atmospheric music playing]
I don't know.
I need your help. Both of you.
We can't, Cecil.
Eve's powers aren't working.
What?
Shit.
[suspenseful music playing]
Just you, then.
The sequids, they're here,
and about five minutes away
from being everywhere.
[Eve] Go. I'll be fine.
No tricks. I swear.
[keyboard clicking]
[knocking on door]
Hey, you. Come in.
Hey, I wanted to apologize
for this morning. Uh
- I know it was a little awkward.
- It's fine, really.
You were right, you know.
The boys, they obviously
are okay with me staying over.
They just like to joke
about parents having sex.
It's probably healthier
than how I acted at their age.
[laughs softly] Me, too.
They know you make me happy.
And that makes them happy.
- You always know just what to say.
- [laughs] Hardly.
I mean it.
I'm lucky to have you.
Debbie, why don't we move in together?
- What?
- Sorry, it just came out.
Though I've been thinking
about it for a while.
You just said we make each other happy
when we're together.
Maybe we could have that every day?
I I-I just hadn't thought about it yet.
Of course. Think about it.
Take your time.
No. No, I-I
No, I don't need time.
I need a future.
And mine's with you.
Mm.
- Let's do it.
- Okay.
Okay.
[phone buzzing]
Shoot. Sorry.
- [Paul] Oh, uh, are the boys there?
- I don't know.
[sequids chittering in distance]
[Cecil over earpiece] We don't have
extra disruptors,
so get the hosts to someone who's got one.
- Just do whatever you can to help.
- On it. [grunts]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Brit] Robot, what are you doing?
Keep moving.
[Robot] I've detected life signs
under the streets in this area.
It's rats or something. Ignore it.
[Robot] They're too large to be rats.
We should look for additional
human hosts hidden in the sewers.
The dome goes underground.
We'll get to them.
Don't split up.
[Robot]
I remind you, if we miss a single host,
these creatures will retain
their hive intelligence
Deal with the people up here first, Robot.
That's an order.
[disruptor fires]
[body thuds]
[growls softly]
Slimy motherfuckers.
Now!
And that's for Mars.
I'm from there. I-I'm from Mars.
[grunting]
[indistinct chatter]
[distorted laugh]
[alarm sounding]
Dome stability at eight percent
and dropping.
[Brit] Robot, how many left?
[Robot] Other than ourselves,
there are six human life-forms left
on the city's surface.
[chittering]
[suspenseful music playing]
[gasps]
Behind you!
Three!
Two.
One.
[dramatic music playing]
[all shout]
[shouts]
[shouts]
- They got my disruptor.
- Mine, too.
[exciting music playing]
[high-pitched ringing]
[Rex groaning]
What?
[chitters]
[grunts]
[dark music playing]
[grunts]
[straining]
Ah!
[whimpering]
[dramatic music playing]
[grunts]
Ah
[sighs]
Anything else I can do for you, ma'am?
No. Thank you.
I'm fine.
[sighs] What happened now?
[exciting music playing]
[shouts]
- I need a disruptor!
- You heard the man.
[shouts] Bulletproof!
- How did you get here?
- You brought us here.
- No. We made sure.
- Not sure enough.
[strains]
Dome integrity at four percent.
[alarm beeping]
[Brit] Get that disruptor there.
[Bulletproof] On my way.
[laughs]
[shouts]
[grunting]
You'll get used to your new symbiosis.
Humans and sequids as one, forever.
[straining]
[tense music playing]
[Rus laughs]
[Donald] Dome integrity at one percent.
We're seconds from collapse.
[Rus laughs]
[exhales]
I'm sorry.
[grunts softly]
[screeching]
[Robot] Invincible
[dark music playing]
[drawer slides open]
[glass clinking]
[bottle pops]
Sir.
[atmospheric music playing]
[groans softly]
The boy left me alive?
[laughs]
How stupid.
[low boom]
[rumbling]
[suspenseful music playing]
Shit.
[exciting music playing]
♪