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Hey, what the hell is going on here, huh? You all are juicing people with motherfuckin' Compound V, only to burn 'em alive. Why?
Maybe I just like watching people burn. [to Frenchie] I remember you, you know? You were tailing me the night that I torched those kids. So why didn't you stop me? Maybe you like watching people burn, too.
Why are we still alive?
Dumb luck?
No. I mean that night. We went underground for months… but you never came for us. Not you, not Homelander. Why?
You're disappointed we didn't kill you?
I thought The Seven always retaliates, no?
You're nobody. Not worth it.
[beat; looks at M.M.] You didn't tell them, did you? Why wouldn't you tell them?
Who says I didn't?
I figured you'd boast about it to Homelander. Must've been thrilling for you.
I'm not a fucking animal.
Only a fucking animal would do what you did.
Drop it.
You murdered innocent children.
Shut the fuck up.
You watched them burn alive, crying for their mama! If that's not an animal, then what is, huh?!
I didn't know! I didn't know they were gonna be in that bed. It was supposed to be your boss. [pause] Then, they started screaming… but it was too late.
So what? Are we supposed to feel bad for you now? Fuck you.
I don't want anything from you. [to Frenchie] But you… I saw you following me that night… and then you disappeared. I keep asking myself why. Why didn't you stop me? [beat] Why didn't you?
Good question.
[...]
[to Lamplighter] My best friend OD'd and I left to save him that night. Why I didn't stop you. You were at a party, I was away for thirty minutes. Came back, you were gone.
Did he live? Your friend?
Oui. But I never saw him again, and… then he died a few months later. Another overdose.
Are you serious? Frenchie, why…? Why didn't you ever tell us?
What difference would it make?
After all these years, man? We would've left you off the hook.
What makes you think I want to be let off the hook, huh?
Hey, I'm so glad you're here. I wanna apologize. Please, just let me explain.
Flap, flap, flap goes that little mouth of yours. You remember you told me that you don't break easily? Well, I've been thinking about that. A lot.
I will never lie to you again. I will tell you everything. [pause] Starting with this.
[Stormfront takes out a photograph of herself with an elderly woman]
Your grandmother?
My daughter, Chloe. She died of Alzheimer's a few years ago.
…How old are you?
I was born in 1919… in Berlin.
[She flips through another photograph taken during the 1940s. She is at a Nazi gathering standing with another man.]
Is that you with… ?
Heinrich Himmler. He was a lovely dancer. And that's Goebbels, and… the most important man in the room.
[She flips to a third photograph of her and the man from the second photo on their wedding day]
Frederick Vought.
He gave me the first successful V injection. He taught me everything. And then we fell in love, and he gave me a daughter. He made me, and his genius made you. [pause; Homelander starts pacing around the room] Frederick didn't care about all the fans or stardom or any of that shallow bullshit. We are in a war for the culture! The other races are grinding us down and taking what is rightfully ours, but we can fight back… with an army of supermen, millions strong! Because that is Vought's true destiny! And you will be the man who will lead us. You are everything that we dreamed of. So I love you with all of my heart. How could I not? Everyone I have ever loved is in the ground. And then, I found you. We found each other. And now, neither of us has to be alone ever again. And that... is the truth.
[Homelander stares at Stormfront like he's about to hurt her, then pulls her in for a passionate kiss]
[Butcher and Mallory watch Victoria Neuman negotiate with Lamplighter to have him as a key witness for the upcoming Supe hearing]
Put away that petulant look before you hurt someone with it.
I should be chuffed we're pissin' away the best asset we ever got our mitts on.
And your plan would be?
Same as always: Squeeze the cunt until he gives up the next cunt, then kill the fuck when we're done.
I have no doubt you'd be happy with that unending cycle of brutality.
How can you not want blood for what he done?
He's willing to speak against Vought at the hearing. We've never had Congress on our side before.
Congress? Please. What a bunch of corrupt fuckin' cunts they are.
Oh, come on. You're not the first person to call me a cunt, Mr. Butcher. I'm starting to think it's like a... badge of honor.
Term of endearment where I come from, love.
[to Neuman] Well?
Opposition's gonna have a field day with him. Disgruntled ex-Supe… I am fairly sure he's fucked half the Sacred Heart cheerleading squad. But yeah, he'll be a good witness. It's not enough, though.
Not enough? If torturin' and burnin' a bunch of mentals on Vought's say-so ain't enough for you Muppets, then what the fuck are you good for, huh? A strongly-worded tweet?
[Hughie and Lamplighter watch porn while they stay behind. Hughie is clearly uncomfortable as Lamplighter looks through several DVDs.]
What do you wanna watch next? Uh, "Translucent: The Invisible Cock". "Queen Maeve: Pleasure Slave". Yeah, "Big Black Noir". Oh, "Starlight Pulls an A-Train".
I'm good. I'm good, thank you.
Okay. Different strokes, man.
Please don't say that in this context. [pause] You know, this isn't healthy, man. You can't watch porn while the… sun's out.
Look, if I get up at that hearing, I'm dead anyway. What difference does it make?
Okay.
[Hughie picks up the TV remote to try and turn off the porn]
Drop the remote, or I'll burn your fucking face off.
[Hughie drops the remote and continues reluctantly watching the porno for a few moments]
Did you know I was a prodigy? A fucking prodigy. I lit my first fire at four, burned my whole house down. My dad… he was so proud. "My son's a Supe". [pause] I was gonna do great things. I almost did. Now, look at me. I'm like the cuck in the porn, sitting on the sidelines while the real heroes are out there doing the fucking.
You wanna know why they left me to babysit you?
Because you're useless?
My mom… she, uh… [sighs] Never mind. After she was gone, I watched my dad do… nothing his whole life. But me, I thought I'd finally found… something. I thought I found what I was meant to do. But it turns out… I'm shit at that as well. You're not the cuck. I'm… the cuck.
Actually, you're worse. You're the cuck fluffer.
[Hughie sees a press conference on the news, where Homelander reveals that Starlight is being held captive for working as a "mole" against The Seven]
Oh, my God. Fuck.
I bet you she's in 42D.
[tries calling Butcher on his phone] Come on, Butcher. Where are you?
If she's still alive.
Wait, what's 42D?
At the Tower. Supe-proof, mostly. Steel walls, six feet thick.
How do I get in?
Into the Tower? You don't. Sorry, man, but she's probably dead.
There's gotta be something… A secret entrance?
Maybe one or two, but forget it, man. It's crazy.
Okay, show me. Come with me.
You're still fucked up.
Exactly why I need your help.
Get your friends.
Butcher isn't picking up. The others are halfway across the state. We gotta go! Now! Listen, Vought screwed you over, right? They're trying to do the same thing to her.
This shit is over for me. My whole life is over, okay?
This is your last chance to be the hero again. Come on. Do you wanna be the cuck or do you wanna be the guy who… fucks the wife?
[pause] Okay, yeah.
Yeah, let's go fuck the wife. Consensually.
[Elena is still tense around Maeve after watching the Flight 37 video]
Hi.
That was a fraught "hi".
I'm going to my sister's for a while.
I have a plan. You don't need to be scared of Homelander.
That little girl… on the plane. What she must've gone through in those last few moments… I lie awake every night thinking about that.
Me, too.
But then, I start snowballing and wondering… How many other people have you killed, and what else have you done?
I didn't have a choice.
I'm not blaming you. I'm not. It is not your fault.
Will you just… Will you–Will you sit down?
And it's not fair.
Will you sit down?
I wish I were as strong as you… but I'm not. I just need time.
[Maeve flips the dining table over in a fit of rage]
Over and over, you… [sniffles] You said you wanted to see the real me. This is the real me.
I know. I'm sorry.
So, are you into anything that kids are into?
Yeah.
Like, uh, NBA 2K? PewDiePie?
What's that?
Uh, what about one of your dad's movies?
[to Homelander] You're in a movie?
[chuckles] I'm in a bunch of movies, man. Let's see, there's Homelander: Origins, Homelander: Rise of a Hero, Homelander: Darkest Day, Homelander: Brightest Night…
Oh, your dad is so good in Homelander: Brightest Night.
Thank you.
Mom, can I see them?
When you're old enough, we can talk about it, okay?
Ah, they're PG. He can see them now. You're old enough.
You're absolutely old enough.
For sleepovers and baseball games and visits to Vought Land.
Yeah. Did you know that your dad has his own rollercoaster?
Can I, Mom?
We can talk about it.
Whenever you want.
[to Homelander] I need to speak with you.
We're having a good time here, right?
Outside. Now.
[pause] That's a great idea. [to Ryan and Stormfront] You two… stay here. Get to know each other better.
[Homelander walks outside with Becca]
I know what you're doing.
Nope, you don't.
Yes, I do. I–I can see…
No, you do not. You could not possibly understand. [pause] I was raised the same way as him. That kid doesn't know anything about anything. When he sees the outside world, he's going to panic. Now, that's gonna fuck him up. I do not want my son to have to go through what I went through. His life… is different.
[sighs] He has a mother. And I know that that means something to you–I do–and if you take him away from me, this… this whole world will feel so confusing and frightening.
Yes. But Rebecca, you… are lying to him.
Because I love him. And I know a part of you loves him, too, and that you want what's best for him. But what's best for him is to be here with me–his mother. Look, we have this opportunity to give him a childhood you never had. We can do that if he's here with me. Please. I'm begging you, please.
What was he like?
Who?
Homelander, growin' up as a lad, what was he like?
I'm sure you don't wanna talk about this–
Oh, there is nothing I wanna talk about more. And who knows better than you?
When he was a little boy, five or six, he was quite sweet. He'd cuddle up to me. He loved stories about Davey Crockett, Teddy Roosevelt, loved the idea of the woods, the forest. Manifest destiny. But, you know, I needed him to be the strongest man in the world. So I went to work on him. He didn't even want it. It was for me.
Hmm. And that wasn't your only sin, was it? It weren't Homelander who hid my wife away all them years. It ever occur to you, the pain you cause sorry bastards like me?
At the time, it was barely a blip on my radar.
Tell me, Doctor... What's your radar tellin' you now?
Do what you want to me, but I can't help you. My family would be in−
Your family's already in trouble. 'Cause I'm about to go into that room next door, to your daughter, and I'm gonna bash her brains out. And then, I'm gonna find your two sons, and their wives, and their little kiddies. Your whole fuckin' family dies today. Or... you help me. What's it gonna be, Doc?
I need to ask you something. It's a lot. I need you to testify.
Testify?
On the record. Against Vought, against Homelander, Stormfront, everything.
Why would I do that?
Because things are really bad, and… you're our last chance.
Pass.
Look, I get that it's dangerous.
It's suicide, but that's not the reason.
Well, then, what is it?
[shrugs] I'm tired.
We're all tired… but they're hurting people. And sooner or later, they're gonna hurt someone you love.
Am I talking to you?
Look… I get that it's easier to just disappear inside of yourself. Trust me. It's all I wanna do, but we can't, Maeve. We can't. This is a war now, and we–
Shut the fuck up. Christ, you… Haven't I done enough for you? [pause] Didn't I save your fucking life?! It doesn't matter what we do; nothing changes. Nothing ever changes or gets better… and I'm tired. Just leave. GO! TAKE YOUR FUCKING TWINK AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!
Homelander's a friend. Why would I betray him?
Because you're a ruthless bastard.
That's hurtful.
You turned a racist piece of shite into America's sweetheart. Now, what word would you use?
[pause; sips water] Stormfront's good at making people angry. Angry people want Compound V. Compound V raises our stock price. Look, I'd have preferred V remained a secret, but we play with the cards we're dealt. It's not ruthless; it's prices per share. That's all.
Maybe you should take a look in the mirror, mate. 'Cause that bitch should bother you.
Of course she does. But it's not about me. I can't lash out like some raging, entitled maniac. That's a white man's luxury.
So it's just business, then, eh?
When, Mr. Butcher, in history, has it ever been about anything different?
You remember the range at Fort Bragg? I was a better shot than you.
Well, you had a bloody good teacher, didn't ya?
I like your friends. Especially Hughie. He's, uh… [chuckles] He's good for you.
Look, Becca... you ain't comin' with us.
Bullshit. Ryan doesn't know you, he'll never come to you.
It's too dangerous, and I ain't gonna lose you again.
He's my son, and I'm coming. [beat] I need you to promise me something. I need you to promise me that you will save him no matter what and you will get him back to me.
Yeah. Of course.
You realize this isn't just about me, right? Like, he can't grow up like Homelander. You have to think of all of the people out there that he would… Swear to me, then. You swear to me on your brother's soul.
I swear to you. I swear to you on Lenny's soul.
[Homelander tries to get Ryan to destroy a Deep action figure with his laser eyes. Ryan continues straining himself in an attempt to activate his powers.]
Keep going. You got it. That's it, don't give up. That's it, that's it. Keep going. Little more. Little more, you got it. [pause; Ryan exhales in defeat] Oh... hey, that's okay. You'll get it, you'll get it. Um… I know what. Imagine, um… Well, sometimes it helps to imagine someone you hate, okay? So, try that.
But at home, when I say "hate", I have to put a quarter in the swear jar.
Well, there's no swear jar here. So, you can hate away. [chuckles]
But I don't really hate anyone.
Aw. Well, that is very sweet, Ryan. But it's not something we can afford. We're under attack.
We are?
Bad guys wanna hurt us just 'cause of what we look like. They wanna wipe us from this Earth, just because of the color of our skin.
Really?
It's called white genocide. And we're gonna need people like you to protect our kind.
There you are, you slippery little bitch! I'm assuming it's you who sent all those lies to the press.
They're not lies!
The pictures are clearly deepfakes, and you're a lying slut! People love what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don't like the word "Nazi", that's all.
[...]
What about the truth?
What truth? What is the truth? [beat; sees Kimiko laughing at her] And what are you laughing at?
[Kimiko signs to Frenchie with a smirk]
She says the truth is… she's gonna stick her boot up your Nazi kitty.
Hey, Kraut.
[Maeve punches Stormfront. As they fight, Kimiko resurrects and relocates her neck. Annie gets back up along with her and they both join Maeve in beating Stormfront to the ground.]
Eat my shit, you Nazi bitch! Die, you bitch!
Girls do get it done.
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