William.
What are you lookin' at out there?
Eastern meadowlarks. It was either bird-watching or alcoholism, so… birds. [lifts binoculars from her eyes] I thought we agreed that you were never gonna come out here.
Yeah, well, you taught me a thing or two about broken promises, didn't ya? This is Hugh Campbell. We're working with M.M. and Frenchie. I got the Boys back together.
[to Hughie] Grace Mallory. I'm the founder of your little club. [to Butcher] So, let me hear it.
I need your help.
Sorry, I can't. I'm hoping to photograph a snowy owl in the dunes.
Look… I didn't wanna come here, but I need your help. And you're gonna fuckin' help.
Why's that?
[gets in front of Mallory] Because you owe me. You fuckin' owe me, goddammit.
[...]
There's simply nothing else to say. I can't help you.
Well, you're gonna have to do better than that.
Do I? Why?
'Cause you made me a promise!
But then my grandchildren got incinerated. Tends to change one's perspective. There weren't even teeth left; Lamplighter had burnt them alive so thoroughly. Well, I think I've had enough sun for one day. Pleasure meeting you, Hugh… Butcher.
Well, what about what you've done?
What I've done? To who?
To me, goddammit. To me. You trained me up, manipulated me, aimed me at Homelander like a fuckin' howitzer! And then when it didn't suit you anymore, you just threw me away!
And not a day goes by that I don't regret it.
Day late, dollar short, love. Now, I'm gonna finish what you started… and I need your help. Please.
You can leave with something if you never come back, and you keep your goddamn promise this time. [pause; Butcher nods] Madelyn Stillwell.
Vought's VP?
Homelander's her main account.
Yeah, that ain't news.
No, but this is: They have a… what shall we say, a very special relationship. Complicated, intimate, hard to quantify.
And you know this how?
Still have a few fingers in a few pies. I don't know if Homelander has a weakness, but if he does… she'll know it.
[beat] Goodbye, Grace.
[Butcher begins walking away with Hughie following behind]
You wanna kill yourself, that's your right. I won't stop you! But, Billy… not the others! [to Hughie] Vengeance isn't a path to glory, Hugh. It's a one-way ticket to a dead end, looking at fucking birds.
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