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BATMAN [OVER RADIO]: I have half a mind
to report you for grand theft auto.
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I'd like to hear that call.
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"Hello, police? My son
stole the Batmobile."
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BATMAN:
You find this amusing?
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A little. I called and told you
to meet me up here, didn't I?
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BATMAN: But what does a town that was
wiped out by floods three years ago
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have to do with the children
that have gone missing in Gotham?
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Maybe nothing.
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But I found it a little odd that every
one of them owned toys made here.
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BATMAN: You could have shared
the information a little sooner.
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An alternate response might be,
"Good work, Robin."
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But I guess I expect too much.
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BATMAN: I'm still a mile out.
Don't do anything till I get there.
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Word of honor, I won't do anything.
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- BATMAN: Remember, Robin. Justice...
- Not vengeance.
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The original owner of this place
was a man named Winslow Schott.
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A psychopathic killer.
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BATMAN:
Sent to prison 12 years ago
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by the testimony of his son
and primary victim, Anton.
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The son eventually took
over the business,
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did a damn good job of it
until the floods came.
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Hardly major news.
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How do you...?
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Oh, right. Your specialty.
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[CHILDREN WHIMPERING]
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Victimized...
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Children.
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MAN: You're worried about the little ones?
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[WHIMPERING]
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Don't be.
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You see, I love them...
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More than you could ever know.
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Schott...?
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DOLLMAKER: Anton Schott died
when he was a little boy.
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When the monster took away his innocence.
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I'm not Anton.
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I am the Dollmaker.
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And I've done everything in my power
to help the little ones survive...
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[HISSING]
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in this sad, cruel world.
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[HISSING]
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[GROWLING]
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Psychopath. You'll pay for this.
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DOLLMAKER: Protect me, children,
as I've protected you.
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[ROBIN GRUNTING]
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[BLADES WHIRRING]
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[YELLS]
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I can take care of myself.
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An alternate response might be,
"Thanks, Batman."
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But I guess I expect too much.
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[BATMAN GRUNTS]
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Robin, no.
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[GROANING]
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[COUGHING]
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You're safe now.
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I swear to you.
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[CHILDREN CRYING]
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You're safe.
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[PANTING]
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[GASPS]
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ROBIN: There are dying children
in those cages back there.
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DOLLMAKER: Some had to sacrifice
so that the others could live.
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[GRUNTS]
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Shut up.
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DOLLMAKER: As children they're
helpless, but as dolls...
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As dolls no one can ever hurt them again.
No one can.
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You want to know about helplessness?
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Let me teach you.
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[DOLLMAKER PANTING]
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[GRUNTS]
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DOLLMAKER: Why won't you listen?
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Why won't you understand?
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I love them.
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I love them. I...
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Shut up, damn you, or
I'll tear your heart out.
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Do you hear me? I'll tear it out.
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[WHIMPERING]
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[GASPS]
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Justice, not vengeance.
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[DOLLMAKER SCREAMS]
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[GASPING]
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[THUMPING]
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TALON: Don't doubt your instincts.
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What have you done?
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What have you done?
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You think that I...?
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After all these months together,
all I've taught you...
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You revert to the assassin
your grandfather wanted you to be.
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I could have done it easily, but I didn't.
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Out of respect for you.
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[SIRENS WAILING]
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BATMAN: State police are here.
There are more on the way.
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Who did it?
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Figure it out for yourself.
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Robin.
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SAMANTHA: My God, Alfred,
that was exquisite.
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ALFRED: Every ingredient
fresh and organic.
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Shipped in daily
from a farm Master Bruce owns.
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You cook, you clean, you run
the household; I'm impressed.
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You should have seen me in my days
upon the stage, Miss Vanaver.
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My Falstaff was even better
than my coq au vin.
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[CHUCKLES]
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He's quite the character.
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When I was little, I was...
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Well, let's say I was a very serious child.
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Unlike the zeny madcap you are now?
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Alfred's the only one
who could ever get me to laugh.
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After three months together,
I like to think I can too.
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You can, Samantha.
You do.
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That and so much more.
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- There's something I want to show you.
-Your bedroom, I'll bet.
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It's still early. Come take a look at this.
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- SAMANTHA: A new hobby?
-An old one, actually.
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The care and feeding of Gotham City.
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SAMANTHA: Hm. That's one of the things
that drew us together, wasn't it?
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The Waynes and the Vanavers
have both spent generations
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trying to make this city great.
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My father had a saying -
"Tomorrow is one dream away."
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Sentimental words, I know,
but they stayed with me...
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Even after my parents were killed.
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Rather than focus on the demons,
on the darkness,
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on all that's wrong with Gotham -
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something I've been guilty of
for too many years -
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it's time to focus
on how exceptional this city is.
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And how much better it can be -
will be -
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tomorrow.
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But before we can build it,
we have to dream it.
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And luckily, I have the imagination
and the capital to do both.
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And all they write about
is the billionaire playboy.
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Not to worry. He's here too.
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[DAMIAN SNORING]
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[YAWNS THEN GRUNTS]
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Unh, I was reading.
I must've fallen asleep.
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What's...? What's going on?
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Oh, and who might this be?
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I'm Damian.
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- Bruce's...
- My ward.
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Well, he will be soon.
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That's twice you've surprised me tonight.
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Damian's had a difficult life...
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And I don't want those vultures in
the press corps descending on him just yet.
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- So we've been...
- Keeping me a secret.
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Only until the paperwork is finalized.
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Then we'll proudly announce
the newest addition to our family.
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I should have told you, Samantha, but...
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No, there's nothing to apologize for.
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You take in this unfortunate child
and give him a chance at a better life.
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You have to do it your way.
I respect that.
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[PHONE BEEPS]
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Damn. Emergency board meeting.
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- Is everything all right?
-I'll tell them to reschedule.
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No. No, you should go.
We'll have other nights.
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I look forward to them. Mm.
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Mm. And I look forward
to seeing more of you, Damian.
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I'll call you tomorrow.
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[BLOWS KISS]
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You were awake the whole time,
weren't you?
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Not the whole time.
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She's very attractive.
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A hair pretentious.
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- Definitely a little shallow, but...
-What are you reading?
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I've been working my way through Dickens.
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- What did I do wrong now?
-Nothing.
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Fact is, I tore through Dickens
when I was just about your age.
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You ever see the 1948 movie version,
directed by David Lean?
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Ra's al Ghul wasn't much of a movie buff.
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Well, I am.
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- Alfred.
- ALFRED: Yes, sir?
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Popcorn. Drenched in butter.
And open up the screening room.
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I'd reconsider the butter, sir.
Terrible for the cholesterol.
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You know what, Alfred?
Let's be daring tonight.
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- ALFRED: As you wish, sir.
- Coming?
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Okay, but I'm not sharing.
I want my own bowl.
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BRUCE:
I think we can afford it.
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[WHIRRING]
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[CLICKS]
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[GRUNTS]
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That's a little better.
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[ELECTRICITY ZAPS]
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[GRUNTS]
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That's a lot better.
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[GROANS]
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You didn't really think
I'd let you sneak out again?
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You've got me under surveillance?
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- I thought we were making some progress.
- You show me a movie,
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and that gives you permission
to keep me a prisoner in my own house?
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It's for your own protection.
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Bad enough you won't let me out
in public as Damian.
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The least you could do
is let Robin have a life.
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[GRUNTS]
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If you were a little more
trustworthy, I would.
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You've never trusted me.
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- Trust has to be earned, Damian.
- That works both ways.
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COMPUTER: Accessing open file
on Anton Schott, a.k.a. Dollmaker.
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Dollmaker, deceased.
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Case, closed.
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If that had been me dead
in one of those cages...
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Would you have killed him then?
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We have to be better
than our baser instincts.
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I'm sorry about sneaking
out the other night.
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- And the night before that?
- Not so much.
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We stopped the Dollmaker, didn't we?
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I was raised to be the ultimate soldier -
a master assassin.
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Nothing out there can hurt me.
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Underneath that hard shell,
you're still just a boy.
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If that were true, you wouldn't be
taking me out on the streets,
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hunting psychopathic murderers.
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Those papers will be signed soon.
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Everything will be different
then, you'll see.
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- Where are you going?
-Out.
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What about me?
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I got you a sitter.
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[GRUNTING]
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- You're sloppy.
- No, I'm uninterested.
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Get interested.
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I don't need to be trained
by some circus clown.
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My grandfather taught me everything
I need to know about personal combat.
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Well, I was trained by Bruce Wayne.
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And every time they met,
he kicked Ra's al Ghul's ass.
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Just like I'm kicking yours.
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[GRUNTING]
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You really are a mass of ego, aren't you?
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The pure and perfect Dick Grayson.
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The first Robin. Unh.
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Based on what I'm seeing,
I was the only Robin.
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You're just some lost little orphan
he took pity on.
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But I'm blood!
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[YELLS]
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I'm his son.
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[GROANS]
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You certainly are.
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THOMAS: Beware the Court of Owls
That watches all the time
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Gazing from the shadows
Behind cement and lime
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They see you at the hearth
They see you in your bed
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Take care, beware, or they will send...
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A talon for your head.
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Is...? Is it true, Dad?
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[CHUCKLES]
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Is there really a secret group
of rich and powerful men
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who rule the city from the shadows?
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Who send their talon out to destroy anyone
who dares to even mention their existence?
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Mm-hm.
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Absolutely not.
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MARTHA: Mm.
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- But what if it is?
- It's just a story, Bruce.
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There's no Court of Owls.
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It's not real.
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And even if it was - do you think we'd
ever let anything bad happen to you?
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No. Never.
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I promise.
251
00:19:25,896 --> 00:19:29,343
Your mother and I will always be here
to protect you.
252
00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:30,636
[GUNFIRE]
253
00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:32,147
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
254
00:19:33,016 --> 00:19:35,018
[SIREN WAILING]
255
00:20:26,816 --> 00:20:27,916
[OWL HOOTING]
256
00:20:28,016 --> 00:20:31,020
[THUD THEN CREAKING]
257
00:20:46,816 --> 00:20:48,102
[HOOTS]
258
00:20:58,136 --> 00:20:59,706
[HOOTS THEN SCREECHES]
259
00:21:07,416 --> 00:21:09,623
YOUNG BRUCE:
I believed it. I really did.
260
00:21:09,706 --> 00:21:12,221
I thought it was the
Court that killed them.
261
00:21:14,656 --> 00:21:17,182
And I made up my mind to find them...
262
00:21:17,496 --> 00:21:20,340
And make them pay for what they'd done.
263
00:21:23,576 --> 00:21:26,147
I knew that Harbor House
was the Court's headquarters.
264
00:21:26,296 --> 00:21:30,685
I watched them. The richest men
in Gotham, the most powerful.
265
00:21:37,736 --> 00:21:41,495
And if I searched long enough -
I'd find proof.
266
00:21:49,336 --> 00:21:51,259
And did you?
267
00:21:56,176 --> 00:21:57,462
No, Alfred.
268
00:21:57,856 --> 00:21:59,142
Dad was right.
269
00:21:59,296 --> 00:22:03,017
It was just a story.
270
00:22:04,896 --> 00:22:07,342
It was just a story.
271
00:22:16,576 --> 00:22:17,987
[METAL CLANGS]
272
00:22:20,856 --> 00:22:22,460
[THUD]
273
00:22:32,576 --> 00:22:34,863
[GRUNTING]
274
00:22:44,816 --> 00:22:46,420
[BONES CRACKING]
275
00:22:55,456 --> 00:22:57,504
[GROWLING]
276
00:22:58,376 --> 00:22:59,476
[BONES CRACKING]
277
00:23:01,536 --> 00:23:02,636
[YELLS]
278
00:23:15,016 --> 00:23:16,461
[YELLS]
279
00:23:48,536 --> 00:23:49,662
[YELLS]
280
00:24:09,296 --> 00:24:10,396
[GRUNTING]
281
00:24:22,696 --> 00:24:23,796
[BONES CRACK]
282
00:24:26,976 --> 00:24:28,262
[GRUNTING]
283
00:24:35,816 --> 00:24:38,740
[GASPING]
284
00:24:45,216 --> 00:24:47,378
[GROANS]
285
00:24:52,416 --> 00:24:54,418
[YOUNG BRUCE SOBBING]
286
00:24:58,776 --> 00:25:02,572
We all look for meaning behind
the tragedies that befall us.
287
00:25:02,656 --> 00:25:06,024
And sometimes the meaning is there.
288
00:25:06,336 --> 00:25:08,907
But sometimes, Master Bruce...
289
00:25:09,056 --> 00:25:11,627
Terrible things just happen.
290
00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:15,819
No sinister plots. No secret societies.
291
00:25:16,176 --> 00:25:18,383
They just happen.
292
00:25:25,256 --> 00:25:27,179
[COUGHING]
293
00:25:28,456 --> 00:25:30,265
[BEEPING]
294
00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:33,781
[GROANS]
295
00:25:43,936 --> 00:25:46,940
DICK: I'm sorry, Kory, really,
but I'm stuck babysitting.
296
00:25:47,169 --> 00:25:50,966
No, I'm not kidding. You're wearing what?
297
00:25:51,816 --> 00:25:54,740
The red one? With the lace?
298
00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:57,206
And the thong?
299
00:25:58,096 --> 00:26:01,940
Please. Don't tell me any more.
Tomorrow night, I promise.
300
00:26:02,023 --> 00:26:03,707
We'll...
301
00:26:07,736 --> 00:26:10,024
Bruce is gonna bust a blood vessel.
302
00:26:10,097 --> 00:26:11,303
[PHONE BEEPS]
303
00:26:18,296 --> 00:26:22,187
ALFRED: Master Dick, it's Batman.
He needs you.
304
00:26:24,536 --> 00:26:25,947
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
305
00:26:26,096 --> 00:26:28,064
[GRUNTING]
306
00:26:29,060 --> 00:26:30,550
Please don't hurt him.
307
00:26:30,613 --> 00:26:33,457
[GRUNTING]
308
00:26:33,950 --> 00:26:35,315
You bastard.
309
00:26:36,273 --> 00:26:37,373
[COUGHS]
310
00:26:37,454 --> 00:26:38,819
No.
311
00:26:40,776 --> 00:26:43,302
[WOMAN GRUNTING]
312
00:26:53,056 --> 00:26:56,060
How about a dance, old lady?
313
00:26:59,816 --> 00:27:00,942
[GASPS]
314
00:27:02,493 --> 00:27:04,495
Mind if I cut in?
315
00:27:08,013 --> 00:27:09,742
[GRUNTING]
316
00:27:11,413 --> 00:27:13,575
Grab your husband and go.
317
00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:29,712
Get up so I can hurt you some more.
318
00:27:29,939 --> 00:27:32,385
Enough, man. We give up.
319
00:27:34,019 --> 00:27:35,987
Who said surrender was an option?
320
00:27:42,579 --> 00:27:45,059
TALON: What are you
waiting for, Robin?
321
00:27:46,219 --> 00:27:49,423
Men like this don't deserve to live.
322
00:27:49,739 --> 00:27:52,140
I won't finish it for you this time.
323
00:27:52,819 --> 00:27:54,662
The decision has to be yours.
324
00:27:54,819 --> 00:27:56,662
[SIREN WAILING]
325
00:27:56,819 --> 00:27:59,470
[BOTH WHIMPERING]
326
00:28:02,699 --> 00:28:04,110
ROBIN: Wait.
327
00:28:04,496 --> 00:28:05,941
Who are you?
328
00:28:07,216 --> 00:28:08,945
TALON:
My name is Talon.
329
00:28:09,256 --> 00:28:10,781
Come on.
330
00:28:13,736 --> 00:28:17,024
[GRUNTING]
331
00:28:26,256 --> 00:28:27,940
What is this place?
332
00:28:28,336 --> 00:28:29,861
TALON: Home.
333
00:28:38,896 --> 00:28:41,137
You can speak freely here.
334
00:28:41,336 --> 00:28:45,022
My respect for Batman -
all he's achieved is high.
335
00:28:45,216 --> 00:28:47,385
But there are lines he won't cross.
336
00:28:47,536 --> 00:28:53,384
Perhaps out of fear,
or some misguided moral code.
337
00:28:53,536 --> 00:28:58,178
There are no lines I won't cross
in order to reach my goal.
338
00:28:58,336 --> 00:29:03,140
- So you've come to Gotham to...
- To do what Batman refuses to do.
339
00:29:03,536 --> 00:29:07,666
Eradicate crime and criminals
once and for all.
340
00:29:13,136 --> 00:29:15,582
No lines. No limits.
341
00:29:15,736 --> 00:29:17,659
No rules.
342
00:29:19,536 --> 00:29:22,938
You're saying the end
always justifies the means?
343
00:29:23,096 --> 00:29:25,473
TALON:
If the goal is a worthy one.
344
00:29:26,056 --> 00:29:27,785
Who decides what's worthy?
345
00:29:27,936 --> 00:29:31,274
That takes an exceptional human being.
346
00:29:31,656 --> 00:29:34,809
- Like you?
- And you.
347
00:29:37,216 --> 00:29:38,661
[GRUNTS]
348
00:29:42,096 --> 00:29:43,196
Keep it.
349
00:29:44,016 --> 00:29:45,586
A gift.
350
00:29:46,336 --> 00:29:49,266
- Why me?
- We're kindred spirits.
351
00:29:49,416 --> 00:29:51,857
I've been watching you for some time.
352
00:29:53,576 --> 00:29:55,348
I want you to join me.
353
00:30:00,376 --> 00:30:01,980
And if I say no?
354
00:30:02,416 --> 00:30:05,818
When you've made your decision,
use this to contact me.
355
00:30:05,976 --> 00:30:09,662
It's not a tracking device.
Feel free to give it a thorough inspection.
356
00:30:09,816 --> 00:30:11,466
I will.
357
00:30:12,696 --> 00:30:15,017
Oh, and one last thing.
358
00:30:15,176 --> 00:30:17,656
Don't tell him about me.
359
00:30:18,816 --> 00:30:20,580
Not a word.
360
00:30:29,496 --> 00:30:31,464
Where were you?
361
00:30:32,736 --> 00:30:35,441
What happened to you? Are you okay?
362
00:30:37,616 --> 00:30:39,584
You don't get to ask questions.
363
00:30:39,604 --> 00:30:42,608
- Now, where the hell were you?
-Out.
364
00:30:42,896 --> 00:30:46,308
- Where?
- Just out.
365
00:30:46,536 --> 00:30:50,049
"Out" has suddenly become
a far more dangerous place.
366
00:30:50,976 --> 00:30:52,076
What's this?
367
00:30:52,536 --> 00:30:54,584
- That's mine.
-I don't think so.
368
00:30:54,736 --> 00:30:58,821
So, what are you gonna do now,
build a dungeon and lock me up in it?
369
00:30:59,176 --> 00:31:03,826
Despite what you may think,
I'm your father, Damian, not your jailer.
370
00:31:04,016 --> 00:31:06,785
A biological accident
doesn't make you my father.
371
00:31:06,806 --> 00:31:09,730
And it sure as hell
doesn't make me your son.
372
00:31:13,376 --> 00:31:16,460
There's a school in Switzerland
run by a retired general
373
00:31:16,481 --> 00:31:19,971
who knows far more than I do
about boys and discipline.
374
00:31:22,736 --> 00:31:27,617
Try this again, that's where
you'll be spending the next year.
375
00:31:31,816 --> 00:31:35,909
- You really played me for a fool.
- Not hard to do.
376
00:31:49,096 --> 00:31:52,384
You know, I did my share of
sneaking out too back in the day.
377
00:31:52,536 --> 00:31:57,607
Those things are out there, Dick.
If Batman's a target, so is he.
378
00:31:57,693 --> 00:31:59,297
Then talk to him about it.
379
00:31:59,416 --> 00:32:01,769
- He doesn't listen.
-But, Bruce, he's just...
380
00:32:01,816 --> 00:32:03,659
He's not you, Dick.
381
00:32:03,816 --> 00:32:06,420
Before I took you in,
you had loving parents.
382
00:32:06,455 --> 00:32:08,586
- You had a heart.
- And he doesn't?
383
00:32:08,607 --> 00:32:12,577
That's not what I mean.
Or is it? I don't know.
384
00:32:12,736 --> 00:32:16,116
Maybe biological ties aren't enough
to make a man a father.
385
00:32:16,376 --> 00:32:18,663
Or a boy a son.
386
00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:33,899
DICK: I thought you
upgraded the security wall.
387
00:32:34,856 --> 00:32:36,301
I did.
388
00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:37,742
I, uh...
389
00:32:37,896 --> 00:32:41,139
I shut the outgoing system down, sir.
390
00:32:41,536 --> 00:32:42,742
Why?
391
00:32:42,896 --> 00:32:47,296
Master Damian said
he felt like a prisoner in his own home.
392
00:32:47,358 --> 00:32:49,250
I thought if he tried to leave again
393
00:32:49,271 --> 00:32:55,408
and saw that there was nothing keeping him
here, that you did trust him, then...
394
00:32:55,656 --> 00:32:59,247
Sometimes, you have to have
a little faith, sir.
395
00:32:59,456 --> 00:33:02,187
Since when have I been a man of faith?
396
00:33:03,496 --> 00:33:05,100
You did the right thing.
397
00:33:05,256 --> 00:33:08,200
- He'll be back.
- He'd better be.
398
00:33:13,176 --> 00:33:16,259
He'll get over it, won't he?
399
00:33:16,416 --> 00:33:18,896
He never gets over anything.
400
00:33:33,816 --> 00:33:35,147
[BEEPING]
401
00:33:43,616 --> 00:33:45,618
[BEEPING]
402
00:33:55,816 --> 00:33:59,325
Running a little late, Samantha,
but I should be there in 15 minutes.
403
00:33:59,346 --> 00:34:02,385
SAMANTHA: I'm not a woman
who likes being kept waiting, Bruce.
404
00:34:02,456 --> 00:34:04,697
But I'll make an exception for you.
405
00:34:04,856 --> 00:34:09,641
Well, then, I'll do everything in my power
to make sure your patience is...
406
00:34:13,936 --> 00:34:15,620
Hang on a minute, Sam.
407
00:34:17,256 --> 00:34:19,020
SAMANTHA:
ls something wrong?
408
00:34:19,128 --> 00:34:21,210
I'm not sure.
409
00:34:25,258 --> 00:34:26,358
Bruce?
410
00:34:26,408 --> 00:34:28,052
BRUCE:
I'll call you back.
411
00:35:39,896 --> 00:35:41,546
[GROANS]
412
00:35:48,016 --> 00:35:49,620
[GROANS]
413
00:35:57,856 --> 00:36:01,146
- What the hell is this?
- LIEUTENANT: An opportunity.
414
00:36:01,296 --> 00:36:03,663
[BRUCE GRUNTS]
415
00:36:03,856 --> 00:36:08,578
And one
you should be extremely grateful for.
416
00:36:17,736 --> 00:36:18,836
[CLEARS THROAT]
417
00:36:23,696 --> 00:36:25,532
GRANDMASTER:
Welcome, Mr. Wayne.
418
00:36:25,736 --> 00:36:27,625
[GASPS]
419
00:36:27,816 --> 00:36:30,057
Not exactly a warm welcome.
420
00:36:30,216 --> 00:36:33,857
GRANDMASTER: If we'd wanted you dead,
you wouldn't be here now.
421
00:36:34,216 --> 00:36:35,316
Who are you?
422
00:36:35,576 --> 00:36:38,546
GRANDMASTER:
The Grandmaster of the Court of Owls.
423
00:36:38,856 --> 00:36:41,860
I would say the Court of Owls
is merely a legend.
424
00:36:42,016 --> 00:36:46,021
GRANDMASTER: A legend we are,
but one rooted in fact.
425
00:36:46,176 --> 00:36:51,342
There was a time when the Court of Owls
stood behind every wall, in every shadow.
426
00:36:51,536 --> 00:36:54,107
We whispered and Gotham trembled.
427
00:36:54,256 --> 00:36:57,146
Not a leaf fell without our permission.
428
00:36:57,296 --> 00:36:59,105
A golden age.
429
00:36:59,256 --> 00:37:01,099
But all golden ages end.
430
00:37:01,296 --> 00:37:05,426
GRANDMASTER: A faction rose against us
that even our talons couldn't stop.
431
00:37:05,576 --> 00:37:07,385
We were forced to retreat.
432
00:37:08,016 --> 00:37:09,873
But we never surrendered.
433
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:12,625
- And now...
-You're back. Why?
434
00:37:13,496 --> 00:37:16,259
GRANDMASTER:
Because we care, Mr. Wayne.
435
00:37:16,339 --> 00:37:20,788
Just as our fathers and grandfathers
and great-grandfathers cared.
436
00:37:20,979 --> 00:37:25,541
We are, and always have been, the sons
and daughters of Gotham's wealthiest.
437
00:37:25,699 --> 00:37:29,590
We know far better than the rabble
what's best for our city.
438
00:37:29,656 --> 00:37:32,899
In other words, you want to control Gotham.
439
00:37:33,056 --> 00:37:36,503
GRANDMASTER: How else to restore a city
that's spiraled into chaos?
440
00:37:36,656 --> 00:37:39,520
That's become a cesspool, a charnel house?
441
00:37:39,552 --> 00:37:45,543
A magnet for freaks, lunatics
and delusional vigilantes?
442
00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:48,700
We have a vision of Gotham's future,
Mr. Wayne.
443
00:37:49,056 --> 00:37:53,266
And so, we understand - do you?
444
00:38:06,736 --> 00:38:10,297
We invite you to join your vision
to the Court's.
445
00:38:10,456 --> 00:38:15,496
Together, we can raise Gotham City up
and return her to glory.
446
00:38:17,176 --> 00:38:19,065
That deluded vigilante?
447
00:38:19,216 --> 00:38:24,507
He's somewhat territorial about this city.
And not very fond of people like us.
448
00:38:24,656 --> 00:38:26,897
How do you plan on dealing with him?
449
00:38:27,056 --> 00:38:30,503
GRANDMASTER:
He's being dealt with even as we speak.
450
00:38:31,496 --> 00:38:34,705
I can't say I'm not intrigued by the offer.
451
00:38:41,616 --> 00:38:44,142
But I'd like some time to think it over.
452
00:38:44,296 --> 00:38:46,298
GRANDMASTER:
Of course, Mr. Wayne.
453
00:38:46,456 --> 00:38:48,060
But not too much time.
454
00:38:48,216 --> 00:38:50,344
Sleep well.
455
00:38:51,416 --> 00:38:54,260
Hey. Unh. Unh.
456
00:38:59,216 --> 00:39:01,537
[GRUNTS]
457
00:39:09,856 --> 00:39:12,257
[BEEPING]
458
00:39:27,776 --> 00:39:30,746
LIEUTENANT:
I sense a resistance in Wayne, Grandmaster.
459
00:39:30,896 --> 00:39:34,105
He could present a problem,
as his forebears did.
460
00:39:34,256 --> 00:39:38,580
GRANDMASTER: No. He plays to the crowds
with his bleeding heart and grand gestures.
461
00:39:38,736 --> 00:39:41,342
But it's all spectacle and ego.
462
00:39:41,536 --> 00:39:44,983
At his core, Bruce Wayne is one of us.
463
00:39:45,336 --> 00:39:47,023
LIEUTENANT:
I hope you're right.
464
00:39:47,096 --> 00:39:51,658
TALON: In my experience,
the Grandmaster is rarely wrong.
465
00:39:53,176 --> 00:39:57,583
Your confidence touches me, Talon.
How is it going with the boy?
466
00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:00,024
TALON:
He's taken the bait.
467
00:40:04,376 --> 00:40:07,102
- And your work here?
- GRANDMASTER: Progressing.
468
00:40:09,896 --> 00:40:11,102
[ALARM BLARING]
469
00:40:13,947 --> 00:40:17,475
Bring that setting up.
Too cold and they'll shatter like glass.
470
00:40:17,496 --> 00:40:19,544
TECHNICIAN:
Yes, Grandmaster.
471
00:40:20,696 --> 00:40:22,027
[WHIRRING]
472
00:40:24,136 --> 00:40:26,138
[ALARM STOPS]
473
00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:32,741
GRANDMASTER:
Just imagine.
474
00:40:32,896 --> 00:40:36,607
Some of these warriors
are over a hundred years old.
475
00:40:37,776 --> 00:40:41,098
I envy them, their immortality.
476
00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:45,347
TALON: Envy? You saw what happened
to the talons at the museum.
477
00:40:45,379 --> 00:40:49,302
LIEUTENANT: They survived outside
the caskets for more than eight hours.
478
00:40:49,339 --> 00:40:52,548
The group before that lasted only three.
479
00:40:53,859 --> 00:40:58,865
GRANDMASTER: And by studying our failures,
we've refined the resurrection process.
480
00:40:59,019 --> 00:41:04,185
These men will be able to live for a full
day before returning for regeneration.
481
00:41:04,619 --> 00:41:06,667
TALON:
Immortality.
482
00:41:07,619 --> 00:41:09,587
But only 24 hours at a time.
483
00:41:09,739 --> 00:41:12,424
LIEUTENANT:
It certainly beats the alternative.
484
00:41:12,579 --> 00:41:17,072
And when these indestructible warriors
rise, you'll be their general,
485
00:41:17,093 --> 00:41:21,627
and lead them in a war on Gotham
that will reclaim this city for the Court.
486
00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:25,101
TALON: After I undergo the ritual
that will make me like them?
487
00:41:25,259 --> 00:41:30,660
LIEUTENANT: You'll die, yes, but you'll
be reborn as something miraculous.
488
00:41:31,059 --> 00:41:33,744
TALON: One man's miracle
is another man's damnation.
489
00:41:33,820 --> 00:41:36,403
LIEUTENANT: We've trained
you since you were a child,
490
00:41:36,459 --> 00:41:39,030
lifted you out of the gutter,
and you dare to...
491
00:41:39,179 --> 00:41:41,594
GRANDMASTER:
Not a soulless thing, Talon.
492
00:41:42,059 --> 00:41:43,629
A god.
493
00:41:43,979 --> 00:41:46,027
A great destiny awaits you.
494
00:41:46,179 --> 00:41:49,228
And I know you will willingly embrace it.
495
00:41:50,619 --> 00:41:53,748
TALON:
If that's what the Grandmaster wants.
496
00:42:09,179 --> 00:42:11,341
[LATIN MUSIC PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS]
497
00:42:21,339 --> 00:42:24,263
So I put four bullets
in Big Frankie's head.
498
00:42:24,419 --> 00:42:26,945
He never saw it coming.
499
00:42:27,819 --> 00:42:31,221
I was 23 years old,
and with those four shots,
500
00:42:31,379 --> 00:42:34,747
I took control of all the crime families
in the East End.
501
00:42:34,899 --> 00:42:35,999
[MUFFLED GROAN]
502
00:42:36,099 --> 00:42:39,581
By the time I was 30, I'd
taken half the city.
503
00:42:39,739 --> 00:42:43,983
Heh. You got stones, Mr. Draco,
that's for sure.
504
00:42:44,699 --> 00:42:48,462
Stones alone ain't enough, Gene -
you gotta have brains too.
505
00:42:49,059 --> 00:42:52,705
And let me tell you -
Big Frankie? He had brains.
506
00:42:52,859 --> 00:42:54,588
All over the room.
507
00:42:54,739 --> 00:42:58,141
[ALL LAUGHING]
508
00:43:01,299 --> 00:43:03,301
[CHOKING]
509
00:43:05,059 --> 00:43:06,470
[COUGHS]
510
00:43:07,299 --> 00:43:09,381
Holy Jesus.
511
00:43:10,379 --> 00:43:13,039
I might've croaked on
the spot if not for...
512
00:43:14,939 --> 00:43:19,362
- Who the hell are you?
- TALON: I'm the evening's entertainment.
513
00:43:19,979 --> 00:43:22,300
Can I get a volunteer from the audience?
514
00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:30,180
[GRUNTING]
515
00:43:41,099 --> 00:43:44,581
I can pay you.
More money than you've ever seen.
516
00:43:45,619 --> 00:43:47,701
I don't give a damn about money.
517
00:43:48,979 --> 00:43:53,182
What I care about is payback -
for the lives your drugs have ruined.
518
00:43:53,242 --> 00:43:54,551
Aah! Unh.
519
00:43:56,139 --> 00:43:59,421
For the widows and orphans
left in your bloody wake.
520
00:44:00,659 --> 00:44:05,426
You wanna help widows and orphans, punk,
go join the Salvation Army.
521
00:44:05,739 --> 00:44:06,839
[ROBIN YELLS]
522
00:44:08,739 --> 00:44:10,548
TALON:
Finish him.
523
00:44:16,699 --> 00:44:19,305
[DRACO BREATHING HEAVILY]
524
00:44:23,579 --> 00:44:26,628
We found enough evidence
to put him away for the rest of his life.
525
00:44:26,819 --> 00:44:28,347
TALON:
Finish him.
526
00:44:28,737 --> 00:44:31,263
He's already finished.
527
00:44:33,019 --> 00:44:34,119
Hey...
528
00:44:34,419 --> 00:44:37,309
Ain't you the Batman's brat?
Aah!
529
00:44:38,230 --> 00:44:40,119
Not anymore.
530
00:44:43,739 --> 00:44:44,979
[GRUNTS]
531
00:44:55,619 --> 00:44:57,747
TALON:
I know you're there.
532
00:45:00,379 --> 00:45:02,620
If you've got something to say, say it.
533
00:45:03,259 --> 00:45:06,149
I just wanted to tell you
that I gathered up the evidence.
534
00:45:07,419 --> 00:45:11,902
TALON: Draco's got an army of lawyers
that have kept him out of prison for years.
535
00:45:12,179 --> 00:45:15,342
But we could have erased him
from the equation.
536
00:45:16,819 --> 00:45:18,821
Three nights we've been out here together.
537
00:45:18,842 --> 00:45:23,006
Three nights I've allowed the Batman
to come between us.
538
00:45:23,167 --> 00:45:25,090
But no more.
539
00:45:25,296 --> 00:45:29,514
Now is the time to step across that line,
become what you were born to be -
540
00:45:29,571 --> 00:45:32,863
or I promise you,
I will find someone else.
541
00:45:33,616 --> 00:45:37,177
It's just... I have to be sure.
542
00:45:37,456 --> 00:45:41,617
TALON: His voice is still in your head.
"Justice, not vengeance."
543
00:45:41,996 --> 00:45:44,832
His voice is wrong.
544
00:45:47,576 --> 00:45:49,817
He's like a father to you, isn't he?
545
00:45:50,376 --> 00:45:52,897
- You look up to him.
- Far from it.
546
00:45:53,056 --> 00:45:56,193
But, yes, I guess I do look up to him.
547
00:45:56,696 --> 00:45:59,142
TALON:
I had a Batman in my life.
548
00:45:59,296 --> 00:46:02,345
He was a thief. A damn good one.
549
00:46:02,496 --> 00:46:06,785
And from a very young age,
he made certain I was too.
550
00:46:08,496 --> 00:46:11,739
I was his shadow. His echo.
551
00:46:21,456 --> 00:46:22,901
[BEEPING]
552
00:46:27,096 --> 00:46:28,222
[COP GRUNTS]
553
00:46:29,016 --> 00:46:30,939
I worshiped him.
554
00:46:31,176 --> 00:46:34,339
And more than anything,
I wanted to please him.
555
00:46:34,536 --> 00:46:35,787
ROBIN:
And did you?
556
00:46:35,830 --> 00:46:37,585
[ALARM BLARING]
TALON: No.
557
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:43,903
No matter what I did, how hard I tried,
I was never good enough.
558
00:46:48,736 --> 00:46:50,738
[YOUNG TALON GRUNTING]
559
00:46:54,936 --> 00:46:57,848
But - what could I do?
560
00:47:02,296 --> 00:47:04,981
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
561
00:47:06,536 --> 00:47:08,140
[GUNS COCK]
562
00:47:10,219 --> 00:47:11,630
[GUNFIRE]
563
00:47:17,296 --> 00:47:19,617
[TICKING]
564
00:47:21,216 --> 00:47:26,143
Not long after that, I was recruited
by a secret society, the Court of Owls.
565
00:47:26,336 --> 00:47:31,977
They took me in, raised me, trained me.
Gave me strength and purpose.
566
00:47:32,456 --> 00:47:36,427
What they did for me, I want to do for you.
567
00:47:37,336 --> 00:47:40,443
- You've done quite enough.
-How did you...?
568
00:47:40,464 --> 00:47:44,150
Not too hard to track, considering
the bloody trail you two have left.
569
00:47:44,376 --> 00:47:48,347
TALON: This is where you choose sides
once and for all.
570
00:47:52,016 --> 00:47:54,410
- ROBIN: No.
-We've got to stop him.
571
00:47:54,459 --> 00:47:57,251
You don't understand.
He's part of something bigger.
572
00:47:57,379 --> 00:47:59,985
He's using you, Robin, to get to me.
573
00:48:00,139 --> 00:48:03,382
Right. It's all about the great Batman.
574
00:48:03,579 --> 00:48:06,867
Well, for your information,
he sees something in me that you don't.
575
00:48:07,019 --> 00:48:08,464
I don't have time for this.
576
00:48:08,619 --> 00:48:11,225
Now, get out of my way before...
577
00:48:12,139 --> 00:48:14,062
Before what?
578
00:48:14,779 --> 00:48:16,668
Talon's right about one thing.
579
00:48:16,939 --> 00:48:21,649
The choice you make tonight
will define you for the rest of your life.
580
00:48:28,459 --> 00:48:31,747
[GRUNTING]
581
00:49:13,339 --> 00:49:14,439
[YELLS]
582
00:49:54,419 --> 00:49:56,730
If this is what you want, then do it.
583
00:49:59,179 --> 00:50:00,908
Do it.
584
00:50:02,819 --> 00:50:04,344
[YELLS]
585
00:50:16,579 --> 00:50:18,661
Now, let's go home.
586
00:50:18,979 --> 00:50:21,220
My home isn't with you.
587
00:50:21,303 --> 00:50:23,303
It never was.
588
00:50:45,321 --> 00:50:49,377
___
589
00:50:49,899 --> 00:50:51,663
[TICKING]
590
00:50:55,899 --> 00:50:58,220
WOMAN:
I thought this would relax you.
591
00:50:58,739 --> 00:51:01,583
TALON:
What can I say? I'm a born worrier.
592
00:51:02,176 --> 00:51:04,383
WOMAN:
Then I guess I'll have to relax you...
593
00:51:04,576 --> 00:51:05,676
Mm...
594
00:51:05,816 --> 00:51:08,547
All over again.
595
00:51:19,256 --> 00:51:20,619
Now, now.
596
00:51:20,696 --> 00:51:23,540
You know better
than to disobey the Grandmaster.
597
00:51:23,736 --> 00:51:26,626
TALON:
We're not wearing masks now, Samantha.
598
00:51:26,776 --> 00:51:29,825
SAMANTHA:
People like us are always wearing masks.
599
00:51:29,976 --> 00:51:32,582
What if the Court
doesn't go along with our plan?
600
00:51:32,736 --> 00:51:34,784
It's a brilliant idea.
601
00:51:34,936 --> 00:51:38,907
We have the perfect weapon
to destroy the Batman.
602
00:51:39,056 --> 00:51:40,342
And me?
603
00:51:40,496 --> 00:51:42,066
You'll have your wish.
604
00:51:42,256 --> 00:51:44,657
You'll sit beside me on the Court.
605
00:51:44,816 --> 00:51:46,545
My partner.
606
00:51:46,696 --> 00:51:48,664
My love.
607
00:51:48,816 --> 00:51:50,386
But I'm not one of you.
608
00:51:50,536 --> 00:51:52,777
I'm just a nobody from the streets.
609
00:51:52,976 --> 00:51:55,900
SAMANTHA:
My father recruited you, trained you.
610
00:51:56,056 --> 00:51:59,583
I've known you since we were children,
and I know there's greatness in you.
611
00:51:59,776 --> 00:52:02,666
Maybe you do, but the rest of them...
612
00:52:02,936 --> 00:52:06,145
SAMANTHA: Vanavers have
controlled the Court for generations.
613
00:52:06,296 --> 00:52:08,139
Our word is law.
614
00:52:08,296 --> 00:52:10,617
Since when do you believe in the law?
615
00:52:10,776 --> 00:52:13,063
Only one law, my love.
616
00:52:13,216 --> 00:52:15,264
My law.
617
00:52:18,016 --> 00:52:20,513
ALFRED [OVER RADIO]:
The sewers again, sir?
618
00:52:20,536 --> 00:52:23,739
Seems I'm always up to my neck in sewage
one way or another.
619
00:52:23,779 --> 00:52:27,622
But this particular section
has been shut down since the 1800s.
620
00:52:36,502 --> 00:52:38,823
Took some work to get in here, believe me.
621
00:52:38,982 --> 00:52:40,472
But what about Master Damian?
622
00:52:40,622 --> 00:52:42,511
BATMAN:
He's a pawn in the Court's game.
623
00:52:42,662 --> 00:52:45,871
This is only gonna end
when I take them down.
624
00:52:46,022 --> 00:52:47,221
Hang on.
625
00:52:47,869 --> 00:52:49,258
I've got something.
626
00:52:49,342 --> 00:52:52,378
Signal is strongest right behind here.
627
00:52:52,458 --> 00:52:54,142
ALFRED: Sir...?
628
00:52:59,048 --> 00:53:02,548
BATMAN: I've located a long corridor
that leads closer to the signal's source.
629
00:53:02,586 --> 00:53:04,588
Your transmission is breaking up.
630
00:53:04,657 --> 00:53:06,820
BATMAN:
There's a faint aroma in the air.
631
00:53:06,896 --> 00:53:08,748
Moldy, sweet.
632
00:53:08,902 --> 00:53:10,427
Wait. I found...
633
00:53:12,939 --> 00:53:15,101
Best of luck, sir.
634
00:53:30,899 --> 00:53:34,028
GRANDMASTER:
Welcome, Batman, to the Court of Owls.
635
00:53:34,179 --> 00:53:35,829
We've been expecting you.
636
00:53:35,979 --> 00:53:37,981
You were watching me in the tunnels.
637
00:53:38,259 --> 00:53:40,341
GRANDMASTER:
In the tunnels, on the streets.
638
00:53:40,432 --> 00:53:44,881
We have eyes across Gotham,
observing and recording your every move.
639
00:53:44,951 --> 00:53:46,443
As I suspected.
640
00:53:46,579 --> 00:53:48,544
GRANDMASTER:
And did you also suspect
641
00:53:48,579 --> 00:53:53,344
that those ancient sewers have been
flooded with an odorless psychotropic gas
642
00:53:53,463 --> 00:53:56,459
that enters through
the pores of the skin...
643
00:53:56,739 --> 00:53:59,982
Gnaws at the roots of the mind...
644
00:54:00,875 --> 00:54:01,975
[GROANS]
645
00:54:02,063 --> 00:54:06,452
Turning the psyche back in on itself,
twisting and winding,
646
00:54:06,499 --> 00:54:11,869
until it resembles nothing
so much as a labyrinth?
647
00:54:15,419 --> 00:54:16,864
[YELLS]
648
00:54:26,899 --> 00:54:27,999
[GROANS]
649
00:54:30,099 --> 00:54:32,466
[OWL SCREECHES]
650
00:54:34,979 --> 00:54:36,265
[GROANS]
651
00:54:40,059 --> 00:54:45,350
VOICES: Beware the Court of Owls
That watches all the time
652
00:54:45,499 --> 00:54:50,346
Gazing from the shadows
Behind cement and lime
653
00:54:50,499 --> 00:54:55,161
They see you at your hearth
They see you in your bed
654
00:54:55,273 --> 00:54:57,068
Is this supposed to frighten me?
655
00:54:57,219 --> 00:55:01,229
You think you're the first ones
to drug me, invade my mind?
656
00:55:01,939 --> 00:55:03,509
I'll find my way through this.
657
00:55:03,659 --> 00:55:08,159
And I'll bring this whole damn Court
crashing down around your...
658
00:55:11,299 --> 00:55:12,799
YOUNG BRUCE:
That movie was great.
659
00:55:12,859 --> 00:55:14,623
[GRUNTING]
660
00:55:17,499 --> 00:55:18,830
[GASPS]
661
00:55:24,579 --> 00:55:28,870
Take what you want -
but don't hurt my family. Please.
662
00:55:32,859 --> 00:55:34,384
[GASPS THEN GUNSHOT]
663
00:55:36,779 --> 00:55:38,827
[MARTHA GASPS THEN GRUNTS]
664
00:55:40,339 --> 00:55:42,546
No!
665
00:55:42,699 --> 00:55:44,622
Do you understand now?
666
00:55:44,779 --> 00:55:46,463
When you put on that mask,
667
00:55:46,619 --> 00:55:51,022
you became as much of a demon
as the men you claim to oppose.
668
00:55:51,379 --> 00:55:56,021
You became one with the very forces
that killed your parents.
669
00:55:56,699 --> 00:55:58,349
And worse...
670
00:55:58,499 --> 00:56:03,665
You spawned the greatest monster
Gotham City has ever seen.
671
00:56:10,534 --> 00:56:12,582
BATMAN: Damian?
672
00:56:12,939 --> 00:56:15,385
Who will grow in rage and hatred...
673
00:56:15,739 --> 00:56:17,707
Tear the heart out of Gotham,
674
00:56:17,859 --> 00:56:22,945
then leave a trail of terrible
destruction across the world.
675
00:56:23,819 --> 00:56:24,945
[COCKS GUN]
676
00:56:25,099 --> 00:56:27,286
Damian, no.
677
00:56:27,899 --> 00:56:29,469
[BATMAN GRUNTING]
678
00:56:47,339 --> 00:56:49,228
[GUNSHOTS]
679
00:56:51,059 --> 00:56:53,061
I'm sorry.
680
00:56:53,219 --> 00:56:54,319
[GUN CLICKING]
681
00:56:54,459 --> 00:56:56,826
I'm so sorry.
682
00:56:58,859 --> 00:57:02,022
Damian, forgive me.
683
00:57:06,499 --> 00:57:08,786
ALFRED:
He's coming through, thank heavens.
684
00:57:08,939 --> 00:57:12,830
NIGHTWING: Good thing I found him not far
from where his last transmission ended.
685
00:57:12,979 --> 00:57:14,469
[BRUCE GROANS]
686
00:57:20,539 --> 00:57:23,110
- How long have I been...?
- NIGHTWING: Seven hours.
687
00:57:23,259 --> 00:57:27,423
Unh. Damian.
If those animals get their hands on him...
688
00:57:27,579 --> 00:57:28,910
I've been out there, Bruce.
689
00:57:29,099 --> 00:57:31,101
- There's no sign of him.
- I'll help you.
690
00:57:31,259 --> 00:57:33,910
You're of no help to anyone
in your current state, sir.
691
00:57:34,059 --> 00:57:35,424
You need to rest.
692
00:57:35,579 --> 00:57:37,547
No. Don't you understand?
693
00:57:37,739 --> 00:57:39,246
I have to find him.
694
00:57:39,859 --> 00:57:41,987
He's my son.
695
00:57:42,212 --> 00:57:44,180
My son.
696
00:57:46,299 --> 00:57:49,667
GRANDMASTER:
Talon, introduce your protégé.
697
00:57:49,819 --> 00:57:52,550
TALON: It is an honor to present this boy
to the Court.
698
00:57:52,699 --> 00:57:56,749
I've seen first-hand
that he has greatness within him,
699
00:57:56,899 --> 00:57:59,345
and a grand destiny ahead.
700
00:57:59,619 --> 00:58:04,064
GRANDMASTER: Perhaps that is so.
But we must be certain of his loyalty.
701
00:58:05,699 --> 00:58:07,667
You have my word.
702
00:58:07,819 --> 00:58:12,108
GRANDMASTER: We are the Court of Owls
and we require more than words.
703
00:58:12,379 --> 00:58:14,507
Your mask.
704
00:58:16,521 --> 00:58:18,444
TALON: Robin?
705
00:58:18,819 --> 00:58:20,981
GRANDMASTER:
So much for your loyalty.
706
00:58:21,139 --> 00:58:24,109
Toss the brat back in the gutter
where you found him.
707
00:58:24,499 --> 00:58:26,183
TALON: Wait.
708
00:58:26,402 --> 00:58:28,844
Robin, we discussed this.
709
00:58:30,419 --> 00:58:31,864
[SIGHS]
710
00:58:35,379 --> 00:58:36,619
GRANDMASTER:
The boy.
711
00:58:36,779 --> 00:58:38,574
Bruce Wayne's ward.
712
00:58:38,899 --> 00:58:42,267
- How do you...?
- GRANDMASTER: That means Wayne is...
713
00:58:42,539 --> 00:58:44,507
SAMANTHA:
Batman.
714
00:58:44,899 --> 00:58:47,505
No. No, you're wrong. He...
715
00:58:48,299 --> 00:58:49,399
[YELLS]
716
00:58:51,899 --> 00:58:54,505
[GRUNTING]
717
00:58:54,659 --> 00:58:56,582
GRANDMASTER:
This changes everything.
718
00:58:57,459 --> 00:59:00,110
Imagine how deeply we can hurt the Batman.
719
00:59:00,259 --> 00:59:03,342
Break his heart and his will
by killing this boy.
720
00:59:03,499 --> 00:59:06,309
TALON: No. He's supposed
to take my place in the ritual.
721
00:59:06,459 --> 00:59:08,109
- He's...
- ROBIN: You lied to me.
722
00:59:08,259 --> 00:59:09,359
Batman was right.
723
00:59:09,459 --> 00:59:12,110
- You were just using me to...
- TALON: Shut up. Shut up!
724
00:59:12,259 --> 00:59:15,785
GRANDMASTER: I swear to you
we'll find a replacement. Now, kill him!
725
00:59:16,687 --> 00:59:18,894
TALON:
Yes, Grandmaster.
726
00:59:22,459 --> 00:59:23,699
[YELLS]
727
00:59:25,656 --> 00:59:27,420
GRANDMASTER: Do it!
728
00:59:47,096 --> 00:59:49,178
[SCREAMING]
729
00:59:52,256 --> 00:59:53,630
TALON: Run.
730
01:00:18,416 --> 01:00:19,516
[LOCK CLICKS]
731
01:00:35,136 --> 01:00:36,945
GRANDMASTER:
What have you done?
732
01:00:41,696 --> 01:00:43,380
I'm not one of you.
733
01:00:43,536 --> 01:00:46,696
Never have been -
never will be.
734
01:00:47,856 --> 01:00:52,945
That boy and me...
We crawled out of the same gutter.
735
01:00:53,856 --> 01:00:57,867
GRANDMASTER: Talon, my darling,
forget them. The two of us can...
736
01:00:58,016 --> 01:00:59,461
The two of us?
737
01:00:59,616 --> 01:01:02,347
Oh, my sweet Samantha.
738
01:01:05,816 --> 01:01:08,103
[BLADE STABS
THAN SAMANTHA GRUNTS]
739
01:01:11,097 --> 01:01:15,207
Be honest - you would
have done the same to me.
740
01:01:20,296 --> 01:01:21,900
[ROBIN GRUNTING]
741
01:01:25,976 --> 01:01:29,617
TALON: I've just sacrificed
a world for you, Robin.
742
01:01:31,456 --> 01:01:33,982
Now what will you sacrifice for me?
743
01:01:34,136 --> 01:01:35,945
ROBIN:
You're insane.
744
01:01:36,336 --> 01:01:41,846
I won't ask you to betray him any further.
But Bruce Wayne is a complication.
745
01:01:41,867 --> 01:01:43,035
Unh. Unh.
746
01:01:43,056 --> 01:01:44,581
He has to be dealt with.
747
01:01:44,776 --> 01:01:46,858
[YELLS THEN GRUNTS]
748
01:01:57,456 --> 01:01:59,663
[GRUNTING]
749
01:02:04,936 --> 01:02:07,257
You'll be safe here till I'm done.
750
01:02:07,616 --> 01:02:11,622
- You think you can stop him alone?
- Who says I'm alone?
751
01:02:44,656 --> 01:02:46,658
[BEEPING]
752
01:02:46,816 --> 01:02:48,978
Red security grid up and active?
753
01:02:49,176 --> 01:02:52,192
Unless someone shut it down
and didn't bother to tell us.
754
01:02:52,496 --> 01:02:55,227
Most unkind, sir.
755
01:02:55,376 --> 01:02:58,346
I don't know if it's Bruce Wayne
or Batman the Court's come for.
756
01:02:58,496 --> 01:03:02,820
But either way, they're about
to get a welcome they'll never forget.
757
01:03:25,776 --> 01:03:27,266
What the hell are these things?
758
01:03:27,416 --> 01:03:29,339
I'm not sure if they're actually alive...
759
01:03:29,496 --> 01:03:32,140
But I've seen first-hand
that they can be destroyed.
760
01:03:36,136 --> 01:03:38,537
[GRUNTING]
761
01:03:56,136 --> 01:03:59,185
COMPUTER:
Activating panic room protocol.
762
01:04:51,616 --> 01:04:53,266
[YELLS]
763
01:05:12,296 --> 01:05:14,344
NIGHTWING:
Bruce, no.
764
01:05:16,816 --> 01:05:18,466
TALON:
End of the line, Bruce.
765
01:05:18,656 --> 01:05:21,899
Or should I say Batman?
766
01:05:23,136 --> 01:05:27,095
- Where's Damian?
- He belongs to me now.
767
01:05:27,416 --> 01:05:31,418
Little bird gave you up.
We know all your dirty secrets.
768
01:05:31,576 --> 01:05:33,943
You used him. Manipulated him.
769
01:05:34,096 --> 01:05:37,225
If I did, you're the one
who made it so damn easy.
770
01:05:37,376 --> 01:05:40,698
But not as easy as this is going to be.
771
01:05:42,656 --> 01:05:44,818
[GRUNTING]
772
01:05:52,776 --> 01:05:53,937
[GRUNTS]
773
01:06:09,416 --> 01:06:11,384
[GRUNTING]
774
01:06:16,296 --> 01:06:17,396
[INHALES DEEPLY]
775
01:06:48,776 --> 01:06:50,778
[COUGHING]
776
01:07:02,056 --> 01:07:04,976
There's too many of those things
to fight without help.
777
01:07:05,216 --> 01:07:06,502
Progress report, Alfred.
778
01:07:06,976 --> 01:07:10,418
- ALFRED: Soon, I hope.
- Soon may not be good enough.
779
01:07:21,536 --> 01:07:23,618
ROBIN:
Pennyworth, this is Damian.
780
01:07:23,776 --> 01:07:26,595
Master Damian? Where are you?
How...?
781
01:07:26,643 --> 01:07:30,524
ROBIN: No questions, just listen.
The Talons can't function in subzero cold.
782
01:07:31,056 --> 01:07:32,740
[GRUNTING]
783
01:07:48,056 --> 01:07:49,156
BATMAN:
Alfred.
784
01:07:49,256 --> 01:07:51,577
ALFRED:
A few final adjustments, sir.
785
01:07:51,736 --> 01:07:54,740
You see, I've received
some pertinent information from Master...
786
01:07:54,936 --> 01:07:56,602
Open the damn doors.
787
01:08:15,016 --> 01:08:17,462
TALON:
You would have made a good Talon.
788
01:08:26,376 --> 01:08:28,105
[GRUNTING]
789
01:08:58,136 --> 01:09:03,017
Now, I'm only gonna say this once,
you sons of bitches.
790
01:09:05,936 --> 01:09:08,667
Get the hell out of my cave.
791
01:09:37,776 --> 01:09:41,576
We've got to get to that utility core,
Master Bruce.
792
01:10:07,656 --> 01:10:09,067
[YELLS]
793
01:10:45,816 --> 01:10:48,137
Game over.
794
01:10:48,856 --> 01:10:50,779
[GRUNTS]
795
01:11:00,856 --> 01:11:04,827
You and the Court tried to take control
of my city and destroy my home...
796
01:11:04,976 --> 01:11:08,000
But worst of all, you
messed with my kid.
797
01:11:08,065 --> 01:11:11,806
So this is gonna hurt
and I'm gonna enjoy it.
798
01:11:12,976 --> 01:11:14,626
[GRUNTING]
799
01:11:50,456 --> 01:11:52,471
I've taken your boy.
800
01:11:52,776 --> 01:11:54,426
[GRUNTING]
801
01:11:58,656 --> 01:12:00,146
[YELLS THEN GROANS]
802
01:12:01,496 --> 01:12:03,395
- And now...
- ROBIN: No!
803
01:12:07,256 --> 01:12:10,100
Damian, listen to me, he's not worth it.
804
01:12:10,256 --> 01:12:13,505
Let him go.
Let him die.
805
01:12:13,696 --> 01:12:16,035
ROBIN:
Like you let your father die?
806
01:12:16,376 --> 01:12:18,185
Stupid boy.
807
01:12:19,576 --> 01:12:21,260
[GRUNTING]
808
01:12:30,576 --> 01:12:32,897
Damian, he'll never let you go.
809
01:12:33,056 --> 01:12:35,980
For us to be free, he has to die.
810
01:12:36,176 --> 01:12:37,780
The Wayne fortune will be ours.
811
01:12:37,936 --> 01:12:40,667
The Owls, they'll never find us.
812
01:12:40,816 --> 01:12:42,775
Tell him goodbye, Damian.
813
01:12:43,096 --> 01:12:45,940
[GRUNTING]
814
01:12:49,616 --> 01:12:51,266
You filthy ingrate!
815
01:12:51,416 --> 01:12:55,421
Everything I've done was for you,
and this is how you repay me?
816
01:12:55,616 --> 01:12:57,301
Then, so be it.
817
01:13:05,256 --> 01:13:07,671
You could never replace Batman.
818
01:13:08,136 --> 01:13:09,786
He's my father.
819
01:13:09,936 --> 01:13:11,586
[GROANS]
820
01:13:15,376 --> 01:13:17,583
Don't doubt your instincts.
821
01:13:17,816 --> 01:13:19,453
Aah! No!
822
01:13:27,256 --> 01:13:28,667
[GRUNTS]
823
01:13:35,976 --> 01:13:38,058
BATMAN:
Are you all right?
824
01:13:46,696 --> 01:13:48,824
I'm proud of you.
825
01:13:54,016 --> 01:13:55,825
Welcome home.
826
01:13:57,117 --> 01:13:58,412
No.
827
01:14:00,496 --> 01:14:04,104
I could have killed him.
Maybe I should have.
828
01:14:04,256 --> 01:14:07,044
But you were in my head.
You wouldn't let me.
829
01:14:08,096 --> 01:14:11,498
You, Talia, Ra's, you're all in here.
830
01:14:11,736 --> 01:14:13,500
But where am I?
831
01:14:14,616 --> 01:14:18,382
How can I ever be the son
you need me to be...
832
01:14:18,896 --> 01:14:21,706
When I don't even know who I am?
833
01:14:25,456 --> 01:14:27,618
I have to go.
834
01:14:29,376 --> 01:14:30,980
BATMAN: Damian.
835
01:14:33,816 --> 01:14:36,286
- There's a school...
-In Switzerland.
836
01:14:36,307 --> 01:14:38,275
Yeah, you told me about it.
837
01:14:38,296 --> 01:14:40,223
No. No.
838
01:14:40,270 --> 01:14:43,433
This is a monastery in the Himalayas.
839
01:14:43,696 --> 01:14:48,822
I stayed there years ago -
when I was lost, troubled.
840
01:14:49,016 --> 01:14:51,778
And the monks helped me in ways
that proved to be very...
841
01:14:51,817 --> 01:14:53,690
I don't need any help.
842
01:14:56,016 --> 01:14:59,786
But maybe I will -
later on.
843
01:15:13,416 --> 01:15:15,987
I've got some packing to do.
844
01:15:29,976 --> 01:15:33,415
BRUCE: Gotham P.D.'s collecting evidence
at the Court of Owls.
845
01:15:33,481 --> 01:15:36,789
I suspected Samantha's involvement
early on.
846
01:15:37,656 --> 01:15:42,867
S.T.A.R. Labs should have an analysis
of the talons' remains within the week.
847
01:15:48,936 --> 01:15:50,461
[BRUCE SIGHS]
848
01:15:50,616 --> 01:15:54,016
He needs this time
to find his own place in the world.
849
01:15:55,136 --> 01:15:57,025
He's a 10-year-old boy.
850
01:15:57,896 --> 01:16:01,218
No. He just looks like one.
851
01:16:01,896 --> 01:16:05,378
There's not another child on Earth
like Damian Wayne.
852
01:16:08,016 --> 01:16:10,619
When the time is right,
Damian will be back.
853
01:16:10,671 --> 01:16:15,074
And it won't be because I want him to,
it'll be because he wants to.
854
01:16:16,056 --> 01:16:18,435
And if you're wrong, sir?
855
01:16:18,456 --> 01:16:20,265
Sometimes, Alfred...
856
01:16:20,416 --> 01:16:23,306
You have to have a little faith.
857
01:16:50,944 --> 01:16:53,944
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