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|The episode begins where the previous episode finished, where Hughie and Butcher have knocked out Translucent in the store that Hughie works at, now wrecked after Butcher drove a car through it.
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!Hughie
|So-so you're not a fed?
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!Butcher
|Do you hear that? That's the old bill. So unless you want to explain why you've got America's favourite invisible wanker dead on the floor, give us a fucking hand, will ya?
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!Hughie
|(briefly pausing) Aw shit!
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|They pick up Translucent, still invisible apart from being covered in Butcher's blood, and lift him into the trunk of the car Butcher drove into the store, and close it. The scene cuts to them riding in the same car.
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!Butcher
|All right, listen, I have worked for the Feds. I've worked for loads of people. I'm what you might call an independent contractor. You got a problem, you call me, I solve the problem.
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|Pounding then comes from the trunk. Hughie and Butcher look at each other, then Hughie looks back.
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!Hughie
|What is that?
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|Butcher then turns around as the pounding continues.
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!Butcher
|That's a problem.
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!Hughie
|Oh, thank fuck, he's alive. Yes, yes, he's alive! Okay, pull over.
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!Butcher
|No, no, no, Hughie, you don't fucking get it.
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!Hughie
|Pull the car over.
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!Butcher
|This is a fucksight worse. He's seen our faces.
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!Hughie
|Oh, my God. No, no, no, no, no. I can't do this. I can't do this. Let me out. Let me out! Pull over!
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!Butcher
|Hughie, you walk away now, and you will never get payback for Robin. You'll spend the rest of your life sitting on your ass with fucking regret. Now is that what you want? (pausing) I know a bloke. Top man. He'll know what to do.
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|The scene cuts to them driving over the bridge and then arriving at Cherie's the next morning. Butcher bangs on the door and Cherie opens it.
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!Butcher
|Morning luv. Frenchie about?
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|Cherie looks at Hughie, then caresses his face. She then walks back inside.
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!Butcher
|You'll love this guy.
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|Butcher then walks in and Hughie follows.
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|Inside, a topless Frenchie is loading weapons while listening to French music on loud, which he sings along to. Butcher and Hughie walk in.
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!Butcher
|Frenchie. Oi, Frenchie!
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|Frenchie turns of the music.
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!Frenchie
|Monsieur Charcuter. This is a surprise. Good to see you.
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!Butcher
|Good to see you too, mate.
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!Frenchie
|(scratching his head) Means you brought the forty thousand you owe me? I mean, why else would you show your face around here?
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!Butcher
|Because I've got something even better for ya. How would you like to double your money?
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|They both laugh. Cherie then gives Frenchie a cigarette.
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!Frenchie
|The double of zero is zero. Who is he?
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!Butcher
|This guy? Oh, this here is Hughie Campbell. We're, uh, working a little job together.
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|Cherie cocks a gun and Hughie waves.
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!Frenchie
|And he's still alive?
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|Butcher laughs.
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!Butcher
|You and I worked together, and you're still in one piece.
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!Frenchie
|Am I?
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!Butcher
|Look, do you want to know what the fucking job is or not?
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|The scene cuts to the three of them behind the car.
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!Butcher
|Open it.
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!Frenchie
|Who is in there?
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!Butcher
|(While crackling the cattle prod) Where's your sense of adventure, Frenchie?
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|Frenchie opens the trunk.
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!Translucent
|You dumb fucks are fucking dead! Have you any-
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|Butcher electrocutes Translucent and he again gets knocked out.
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!Frenchie
|That's Translucent. You got Translucent in your trunk, huh?
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!Butcher
|Nothing gets past you, mate.
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|Frenchie puts a gun to Butcher's chin.
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!Hughie
|Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!
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!Frenchie
|Go away. Get him out of here.
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!Butcher
|All right, all right, easy.
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!Frenchie
|He's chipped. Homelander could be on his way right now.
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!Hughie
|Wait, he's chipped?
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!Frenchie
|You bring this to my doorstep? This is not my problem, huh.
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!Butcher
|Well, it is now. He knows what you look like. Look, Frenchie, I need your help, mate, and I ain't leaving until I get it, or until the Seven show up.
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|Frenchie lowers the gun. The scene cuts to A-Train is live in a hospital.
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!A-Train
|Ah, here comes the A-Train! (approaching an ill boy named Colby, he kneels by his bed) My man, how you doing? Look, I brought you something.
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!Colby
|Thanks? 
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!A-Train
|Yeah!
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!Colby
|I'm sorry, I asked for Translucent.
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!A-Train
|Right, but Translucent is on a secret, undercover mission right now. But you got the A-Train, baby.
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|A-Train looks at the camera and clicks his tongue.
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!Colby
|But... my wish was to meet Translucent. That was my only wish. He's my hero.
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!A-Train
|Yeah. Um... well, you know, maybe he can swing by next week or some... (looking at the doctor) Something... (whispering) fuck. You know what? Maybe I can't turn invisible, but I am the world's fastest man. Like, I can outrun anybody or anything. That's something, right? Look, I'll tell you what, you get better, and I'll teach you to run as fast as me.
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!Colby
|Yeah?
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!A-Train
|Yeah.
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!Colby
|You'll teach me to outrun cancer?
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!A-Train
|(sighing and whispering) Yeah.
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|Stillwell and Ashley have been watching on the television.
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!Stillwell
|Oh my God, turn that off.
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|Ashley turns it off.
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!Stillwell
|How many times do I have to tell you that A-Train needs to be scripted?
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!Ashley
|Right.
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!Stillwell
|When he doesn't have a script, this happens.
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!Ashley
|I'm on it. I'm so sorry. It will not happen again. All right.
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!Stillwell
|And where is Translucent?
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!Ashley
|We know he's not in the building. He hasn't triggered any of the motion sensors. He's probably out on another one of his fucking benders.
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!Stillwell
|Doesn't he have a team-up tomorrow night?
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!Ashley
|Yeah, with the Deep.
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!Stillwell
|Get a backup
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!Ashley
|I'm on it.
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|The phone rings.
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!Stillwell
|Okay, go.
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!Ashley
|Okay.
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|Stillwell picks up the phone.
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!Stillwell
|Hello?
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|The scene then cuts to outside the meeting room where Starlight walks into Noir.
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!Starlight
|Black Noir! We haven't properly met yet. (offering her hand) I'm Starlight.
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|Noir remains still for a while, before stepping to the left and walking off with saying anything.
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!Starlight
|W- I look forward to working with you.
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|(from inside the meeting room)
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!Ashley
|There she is! Hi, how you settling in?
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!Starlight
|Well, uh, it's an adjustment. That's for sure.
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!Ashley
|This is Trevor from Crime Analytics. So, we have exciting news for you. We are sending you on your first patrol. It's a team-up tomorrow night.
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!Starlight
|Oh, that's great. That's great news. Thank you.
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!Trevor
|Hi. Big fan. There you go
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|Trevor hands Starlight a tablet.
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!Starlight
|A crime itinerary?
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!Trevor
|Yep. When and where to find the bad guys. That's what my department does. We vet leads, crunch satellite data, COMP-STAT. Better intel than the police.
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!Ashley
|Mm.
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!Starlight
|You know, thanks, but I'm good. I-I like to do my own investigating.
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!Ashley
|And that is why we love you, but it's not coming from us. It's corporate. To protect you. What if you nab the wrong person? There's liability to consider.
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!Starlight
|The-the Deep is coming?
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!Trevor
|Yeah, it's a water-adjacent crime.
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!Starlight
|Then he should do it himself. He doesn't need me.
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!Ashley
|It was gonna be Deep and Translucent, but everyone on 82 is so excited to get you out there.
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!Starlight
|Yeah, it's just, uh, you know, back in Des Moines, I always patrolled alone.
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!Ashley
|And that is why we love you. But we see at least at twenty-three percent uptick in social media mentions and hero hashtags when there's a team-up. People love a team-up.
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!Trevor
|Love a team-up.
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!Ashley
|Mm.
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|The scene cuts to Butcher and Hughie driving in the car while Frenchie follows behind in his van. They arrive at a Tony Cicero's which is inactive. There is a montage of them bringing stuff into the building. Then Hughie surrounding a cellar with foil.
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!Frenchie
|That stuff really blocks the chip's signal?
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!Hughie
|Yeah. It's just R.F. Shielding Foil. We get it at Fry's.
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!Frenchie
|You in tech intelligence?
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!Hughie
|Uh, sales and installation.
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|There is then a first person perspective of Translucent, who has again woken up in a cage.
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!Translucent
|Oh, what the fuck? Where am I?
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!Butcher
|Oi. Morning, sunshine.
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!Translucent
|You know who I am?
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!Frenchie
|Not sure. I know so many invisible assholes.
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!Translucent
|You fucking amateurs!
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|He touches the cage but gets shocked.
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!Translucent
|Fuck! What the fuck?!
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!Butcher
|Ooh, mind them bars, son. You'll only bollocks yourself again.
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!Translucent
|Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, what do you guys want? Money?
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!Butcher
|We don't want your fucking money.
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|They exit the cellar and close the door.
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!Butcher
|What do you think, Frenchie?
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!Frenchie
|You just dropped the Moby fucking Dick of problems on my plate. That's what I think. Okay? He can re-order his carbon on his skin into metamaterial. It's hard as diamonds, it's nearly impossible to penetrate.
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!Butcher
|All right, how 'bout we suffocate him?
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!Frenchie
|Some Dominicans already tried this, way back in '07.
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!Butcher
|And what happened?
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!Frenchie
|They're fucking dead now. That's what happened.
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!Butcher
|All right, then, fuck it, electrocution, we'll just increase the amps.
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!Frenchie
|You already hit him with enough to drop a water buffalo, and look. Might knock him out. Doesn't seem to kill him, huh? No. We need to pierce the skin somehow.
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!Butcher
|Well, how the hell are we gonna do that?
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!Frenchie
|I don't know.
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!Hughie
|You're gonna kill him?
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|Butcher and Frenchie look at Hughie. Butcher scoffs.
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!Butcher
|We didn't bring him here for a fucking Happy Meal.
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!Hughie
|I don't- I thought we'd question him or something. I don't know- you get a hold of someone this big-
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!Butcher
|At Gitmo, we had to water board Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a hundred and eighty-three times over six months to get him to talk just once. Now, we ain't got six months. I doubt we've even got six hours.
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!Hughie
|There are so many crazy things about what you just said, but right now, you're talking about randomly killing one of the most famous men on the planet. A goddamn national treasure. I mean... people tend to notice that kind of thing.
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!Butcher
|And if we let him go... what do you think the Seven will do to us? Hmm? You can't get A-Train if you're a greasy smear on the pavement.
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!Hughie
|I'm not a murderer.
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!Butcher
|(scoffing) That's alright. I am.
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|The scene then cuts through several TV channels. The first is an interview with Shockwave.
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!Interviewer
|The race is coming up quickly. How you feeling?
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!Shockwave
|Look, A-Train is a fierce competitor, but no one can be the world's fastest man forever. Let's just say I'll like my chan-
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|The channel flicks to a commercial for a Homelander doll.
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!Homelander doll
|I'll always protect you.
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!Female announcer
|Your little hero will never be afraid with the Junior Homelander Cuddle-
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|The channel then flicks to the Deep.
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!Deep
|I regret to inform you that I've located the mayor's Gulfstream. It's about two miles down at the bottom of Hudson Canyon. There are no survivors, and I've yet to locate the flight recorder. Though the jet was fragmented, there was one engine fully intact, and it appears to be engine failure. So I'd like to offer-
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|Meanwhile, Stillwell is bottling her breast milk while watching. She the turns it off. Homelander then enters the room. He covers his eyes, then they both chuckle.
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!Homelander
|Still going strong, huh?
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!Stillwell
|Oh, yeah, yeah. I've just been pumping for thirty minutes, and I got a quarter of an ounce.
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!Homelander
|Hey, hey, go easy on yourself. Come on now. Personally, I think it's amazing that a woman your age can have a baby, period.
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!Stillwell
|That is so sweet of you to say.
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!Homelander
|Oh, no problem. Hey, you found Translucent yet?
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!Stillwell
|You heard about that?
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!Homelander
|Mm-hmm.
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!Stillwell
|No, not yet.
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!Homelander
|Well, you know, I could search for him... personally.
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!Stillwell
|That's not neccessary. Hey, did you hear about the mayor of Baltimore?
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|Homelander pauses briefly.
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!Homelander
|Yeah, yeah. Heard his plane went down. Some sort of engine trouble.
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!Stillwell
|Yeah, that's awful. I saw him on Tuesday. I had a meeting with him right here.
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!Homelander
|Well, hug your kids, right? 'Cause you never know what might happen.
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!Stillwell
|So true. You know what's interesting? The Deep told me, and only me, that there were scorch marks on the mayor's engine. Almost as if from two small, high-intensity beams, roughly the width of human eyes.
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!Homelander
|Say what you mean to say.
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!Stillwell
|Your brand is hope... baseball, America, sunshine. You don't do vengeance.
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!Homelander
|Madelyn, I heard him through the wall of this... He was blackmailing you.
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!Stillwell
|I am the last person you need to save.
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!Homelander
|Yeah, but I did it for you.
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!Stillwell
|I know, but did the timing occur to you? I have half the Senate Appropriations Committee coming tonight.
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|Homelander scoffs and then sits down.
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!Homelander
|How did he even know about Compound V?
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!Stillwell
|(sitting down) We are not going to talk about that.
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!Homelander
|Oh, come on, Madelyn. I love Vought as much as you do, and I can do more.
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!Stillwell
|You can do more? You've already grossed twelve point three billion dollars for us.
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!Homelander
|Right. So the pricks on eighty-two can take all the fucking credit? Empty f*cking suits with Cornell degrees? Come on. I'm the one who's out there. Not them. I'm the one who-who knows the audience. Who knows what's good for this company.
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!Stillwell
|I know. I hear you. I do. But what I need right now, is I need you to charm the shit out of those congressmen.
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!Homelander
|Right. 'Cause that's all I'm good for, huh? Smile, look pretty, say my lines. Whoop, whoop, whoop.
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!Stillwell
|No. No. (moving closer to Homelander, holding his arm) You just need to let me protect you.
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!Homelander
|Oh, you're gonna protect me?
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!Stillwell
|Mm-hmm. (she caresses Homelander's face) Gods are pure... and they're perfect... and they're above it all. And they need to stay that way.
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!Homelander
|Huh... You're leaking.
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!Stillwell
|Thank you.
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|The scene cuts to Hughie who takes a pint glass with Homelander on it. He scoffs and chuckles before uses the pre-rinse spray to load the glass with water. He drinks and then gets a notification from his phone. He then gets it out and sees he has several missed phone calls from his father. He sighs and then rings him.
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!Hugh Sr.
|Hello?
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!Hughie
|Hi, Dad.
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|The scene cuts between the two of them as they speak.
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!Hugh Sr.
|Hughie, where have you been? I've been calling hospitals.
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!Hughie
|I'm fine.
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!Hugh Sr.
|But the police are saying some wacko drove into Gary's store, right through the window then took off. I thought maybe you've been hurt, or kidnapped. I saw this Dateline on human trafficking-
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!Hughie
|Dad, I haven't been human trafficked, okay? I closed up early. It must have happened after I left.
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|In the background on Hughie's side, Butcher is unloading a case. in the background.
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!Hugh Sr.
|But where'd you go?
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!Hughie
|Just been drinking at Anthony's.
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!Hugh Sr.
|Blowing off steam. No. Now, I called Anthony, all right? I called everybody. No one's seen you. Don't lie to me.
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!Hughie
|Yeah, it's kind of hard to explain. Hey, Dad, listen, I got to, I got to go.
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!Hugh Sr.
|Just, listen, I know you've been taking Robin's accident real hard.
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!Hughie
|It wasn't an accident.
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!Hugh Sr.
| All right, all right. My point is, you're a good boy. You're a sensitive boy. Come home. Okay? Before you do something stupid, come home, Hughie.
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!Hughie
|I got to go.
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!Hugh Sr.
|No w-wait, Hugh...
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|Hughie hangs up the phone. He then pauses and pants and then punches a wall. He then grunts, leaving bloody knuckle marks on the wall, before punching it several times more.
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|The scene then cuts to the meeting room at Vought Tower where the Deep enters to see only Homelander is there seated in his chair and smiling. He gloves are on the table.
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!Deep
|Oh. Well, I heard we had a meeting. So, um, I'll just leave you to it.
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!Homelander
|Well, we're having a meeting right now, aren't we, Deep? You and me. Come on in.
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!Deep
|Yeah. Sure.
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|The Deep walks in reluctantly and the door closes behind him. He looks back to see it close. He then sits down.
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!Deep
|So uh, what, uh, or is there anything I can... can do for you Homelander?
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!Homelander
|Well, yeah. I-I guess, uh... (sighing) Well you can help me understand something, Deep, 'cause, uh... I don't know, maybe I'm stupid. Am I stupid, Deep?
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!Deep
|What? No. (scoffing) No. You're not stupid. (chuckling) You're-you're smart. Very smart, right?
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!Homelander
|Yeah. Okay. (standing up, walking to the Deep) So, what possible reason, what, uh, razor-sharp fish instinct (grabbing and massaging the Deep's shoulders) made you run to Stillwell and tell her what you thought you saw down there?
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!Deep
|All right, look, I thought... I thought I... I was... I don't even know... I don't know what I saw down there, as a matter of fact. It was, it was really dark and muddy... The water was really muddy. I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry. I didn't... I didn't really see anything down there, as a matter of fact.
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!Homelander
|(letting go and laughing) That's what I thought.
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!Deep
|Yeah. Yeah.
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!Homelander
|(putting his hand on the Deep's shoulder and putting his thumb to his throat) And I trust we never have to have this conversation again.
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!Deep
|No. Of course not. Just this once.
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|They both laugh. Homelander walks away and looks out the window.
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!Homelander
|Now go fuck Shamu in the blowhole.
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|The Deep gets up and leaves.
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|The scene then cuts to Frenchie putting on music and then a montage of him working with Butcher on a weapon to kill Translucent. He then takes off his headphones and the music cuts out. He then uses a pair of tongs to hold a bullet they have crafted.
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!Frenchie
|Rounds coated in the same carbon metamaterial as his skin.
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|Frenchie then loads the bullet onto a round. He then gives it to Butcher.
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!Butcher
|Will it work?
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!Frenchie
|Je ne sais pas.
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|They load it into a gun.
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!Hughie
|Guys? What are you doing? Wait! No, no, no! Wait, wait!
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|Frenchie opens the cellar door. Butcher enters.
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!Translucent
|Woah, woah, woah, woah!
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|Butcher fires. The round ricochets off Translucent and then around the room. Translucent then laughs.
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!Translucent
|You stupid fucking asshole. I'm invincible. You stupid motherfuckers.
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|Translucent continues laughing. Butcher leaves and Frenchie angrily slams the cellar door.
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!Translucent
|I'm fucking Translucent. I'm indestructible. It's only a matter of time before they come for me. You're fucking dead!
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|It is then revealed the bullet tore a hole in the foil.
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!Hughie
|Well, that was great, guys. That was awesome.
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!Butcher
|Frenchie, back later.
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!Frenchie
|Where are you going?
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!Butcher
|Got an idea. Long shot, might help.
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!Hughie
|Now?
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!Butcher
|Yeah, well it's all under control here, isn't it? Try not to bugger each other.
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|Butcher walks out of the room up the stairs. He pauses briefly.
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!Butcher
|Ah, fuck me. Fuck.
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|He continues walking out.
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|The scene cuts back to Vought Tower in the Crime Analytics department where Anika is working. Stillwell walks in and several employees make way for her.
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!Employee
|Oh, sorry, Ms. Stillwell.
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|Anika notices Stillwell approaching.
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!Stillwell
|Are you Anika?
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!Anika
|Ms. Stillwell, I didn't know that you were... You look really nice.
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!Stillwell
|Thank you. Could you please show me?
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!Anika
|Yeah. We haven't been able to ping Translucent's chip until about five minutes ago.
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!Stillwell
|Well where is he?
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!Anika
|Jersey City.
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!Stillwell
|What the hell is he doing in Jersey City?
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!Anika
|Uh... well, he's somewhere in this ten-block area.
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!Stillwell
|That is the best you can do?
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!Anika
|It's possible the chip's glitching or there's some kind of interference-
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!Stillwell
|Okay. Tell security to search the area, door-to-door if necessary. But tell them to be discreet. He is invisible so it shouldn't be that hard.
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!Anika
|Okay.
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|Stillwell walks away.
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|The scene cuts to Starlight on her mission with the Deep. Starlight has her arms folded looking irritated.
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!Deep
|Oh, wow. What a surprise. A water crime. Fuck me running. I swear to God, they only call me when there's trouble at a dock. Or a river or a lake, canal, a jetty. (chuckling) Fucking idiots. I could be doing so much more. But no, Vought just wants me to make my big pretty dives into the water and flash my fucking biceps for Instagram. I mean, sure, four million hits a day, but still, it's fucking demeaning. (sighing) What's your problem? You've had that pissy look on your face all night.
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|The lights flicker and buzz.
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!Deep
|Ooh. What? Is this about the other night again? (scoffing) Jesus Christ. (chuckling) Cry me a fucking river, all right? I took my share of shit when I first got here, okay? Besides, you had a crush on me, remember?
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!Starlight
|That gives you no right, zero right to do what you did you pathetic asshole.
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|The Deep walks to Starlight and they come face-to-face.
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!Deep
|Hey, you shut your fucking mouth.
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!Starlight
|Or what? You'll sic a grouper on me?
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!Deep
|I'll tell everyone you're a psycho. I'll go to Homelander.
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!Starlight
|No, you won't. See, I asked around, you're not number two around here. You're just the fish guy. Everyone thinks you're a joke. Me, most of all. I cannot believe I fell for your crap.
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!Deep
|You stuck-up little-
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!Starlight
|You ever touch me again...
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|Her eyes glow.
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!Starlight
|I will burn your eyes out. Understand me?
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|The Deep sighs. They both hear and then see a van entering the boat building.
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!Deep
|We'll finish this later You take them from the front, I'll come in from behind.
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|The Deep then dives into the water. Inside, a pair of men open a box filled with Homelander dolls. One of them rips the head off of one of the dolls, malfunctioning the voice and takes a packer of pills out of the head.
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!Starlight
|Hey!
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|Starlight hits them both with light while two more men open another sliding door to the building. The Deep is stood outside.
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!Deep
|Hey, boys.
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|They brawl, with the Deep backhanding one of them and uppercutting the other. The Deep whoops. The scene is then shown from a first-person camera.
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!Ashley
|Hurry up, move faster. You're amazing. That was so great. That was really good. Smile for the cameras.
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!Starlight
|What? What the hell is this?
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!Ashley
|Yeah, stand over him and say "This is lit".
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!Deep
|Oh hey Jimmy. Catch my dive in the water? It was fucking cherry. Nice.
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!Ashley
|Smile at the camera, Starlight.
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|The scene then cuts to Raynor closing a door at her house, where Butcher has snuck in.
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!Butcher
|Congrats on your promotion, Susan.
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|Raynor turns around and pulls out a gun.
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!Raynor
|Jesus Christ, Butcher.
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!Butcher
|Madam Deputy Director, eh? Wow, Andrew and the kids must be chuffed for you.
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!Raynor
|Keep your voice down, and don't talk about my family. What are you doing here?
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!Butcher
|Just need a quick dekko at some of your files.
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!Raynor
|My files? What files?
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!Butcher
|A couple of Supes. Big Game, Shout Out. Translucent, if you got him.
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!Raynor
|Why Translucent?
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!Butcher
|Eh, nothing special, just ticking a few boxes.
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!Raynor
|Oh, so you just broke into my goddamn house in the middle of the night?
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!Butcher
|All right. I'm trying to find a way to do the job on the cunt, and if it's anywhere, it'll be in Mallory's files. Now would you like me to keep talking?
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!Raynor
|No. No. Christ. Just don't fucking say another word. The Mallory files are dead and buried.
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!Butcher
|You're the deputy director of CIA Operations. Dig 'em up.
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!Raynor
|No.
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!Butcher
|Why not?
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!Raynor
|Because of you.
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!Butcher
|Me?
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!Raynor
|Yes, you. The director will shitcan anyone who even goes near those files. You made it suicide to go after the Supes. What are you even doing back involved in this? I mean, you have a death wish, or are you a glutton for punishment?
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!Butcher
|Yeah. A bit of both, I suppose. Come on Susan. Five minutes alone with a piece of paper. For old time's sakes. No one will know.
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!Raynor
|You're really trying to sell this shit?
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!Butcher
|Why, you buying it?
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!Raynor
|You think I look back fondly at the times we fucked in bar bathrooms?
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!Butcher
|Oh, come on. We had a few laughs.
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!Raynor
|Like the time you sent me the Edible Arrangement. And what we had was you trying to use me for a Get Out of Jail Free card at a time like this.
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!Butcher
|Well, if that's all it was, then, what's got you so hot and bothered when a simple "fuck you" would suffice?
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!Raynor
|Fuck you. Now get out of my house.
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|She walks away.
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!Butcher
|Did I mention this is life or death?
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!Raynor
|I'll send an Edible Arrangement to your funeral.
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|The scene cuts back to Translucent's cell. Hughie opens the door with a glass of water. He sets the glass down and opens a grate on the cage. Nothing happens.
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!Hughie
|Well, if you don't want it, I can always-
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!Translucent
|No, I want it. Cheers.
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|He picks up the glass and begins drinking.
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!Hughie
|So, listen, um, I need to ask you some questions about A-Train. When he, uh, burst through that woman the other day, Robin Ward. I-I need to know why. Where was he going? What was he doing?
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!Translucent
|Why? Was she your sister? Girlfriend? Girlfriend. That's what all this is about? Christ. What makes you think I know anything about it?
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!Hughie
|I know you and A-Train were tight. You guys came up together.
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!Translucent
|What are you, a fucking fan?
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!Hughie
|Listen, those two guys in there, they want to kill you, okay? So you give me something, maybe I can-
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!Translucent
|What? Hold 'em off? 'Cause they hang on your every word. You're the big man around here.
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!Hughie
|Okay, you don't want to talk, don't talk. I tried. Good luck.
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!Translucent
|Buddy, my superpower ain't invisibility.
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|Translucent makes himself invisible.
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!Translucent
|You know that, right? It's reading people. Watching them when they think they're alone.
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|In the other room, Frenchie sees a car pull up nearby. He grabs a gun. Cut back to the back room.
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!Translucent
|I see people for who they really are. I see you, too, pal.
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!Hughie
|Right. 'Cause you know me so well, right?
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!Translucent
|Yeah. I know you're trying your damnedest to be tough. It's a little adorable, but the truth is you're terrified. Shitting in your tighty-whities 'cause you're in over your head, fucked, and you know it.
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|The car drives off. Frenchie relaxes, but then hears some men nearby. He cocks his gun and hides.
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!Translucent
|Hughie, I even kind of feel for you. Your girl died, and we do crazy shit when we got broken hearts, but now every instinct is screaming at you to head for the hills, and you should listen to that instinct.
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!Hughie
|Unless we kill you first.
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!Translucent
|How? I got invulnerable skin. I'm a fucking superhero, guy. We fight gangs and terrorists. We save the world daily. I've stood in front of thousands of screaming fans, all of 'em creaming their jeans. Uh, who are you? A water balloon filled with blood and meat. Homelander's gonna find me, and when he does, he's gonna burst you wide open. I'm gonna make it home in time for cocktails. 'Cause that's who you are, and that's who I am. You're not the hero of this story. And I'm not the one who's trapped.
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!Hughie
|Well, good luck. I tried.
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|Hughie leaves.
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!Translucent
|Great chat. Run for the hills, Hughie.