1 00:00:06,048 --> 00:00:08,134 [energetic music playing] 2 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:10,261 Aah! 3 00:00:11,721 --> 00:00:12,847 What the fuck? 4 00:00:12,847 --> 00:00:15,141 That was so fucked up, you guys. 5 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:17,017 Get out. You're done. 6 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:19,645 There's one person you will never, ever defeat. 7 00:00:19,645 --> 00:00:20,730 Good luck without me. 8 00:00:20,730 --> 00:00:22,898 The answer to all our prayers. 9 00:00:22,898 --> 00:00:25,234 - A virus that kills Supes. - [Shah] To make the virus 10 00:00:25,234 --> 00:00:27,194 strong enough to kill Homelander would evolve it 11 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:29,029 into something super lethal. 12 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,031 Global fucking pandemic. 13 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:34,577 I am you, which is why when I tell you you want to do this, 14 00:00:34,577 --> 00:00:38,581 I am literally telling you that you fucking want to do this. 15 00:00:38,581 --> 00:00:41,208 - [grunts] - Kimiko! [grunts] 16 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:42,418 [Mother's Milk] Frenchie, that virus-- 17 00:00:42,418 --> 00:00:44,086 it ain't gonna cook itself, brother. 18 00:00:44,086 --> 00:00:45,379 [Butcher] We ain't turning Ryan into an asset. 19 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:48,340 - He ain't ready. - Either we figure out how to train him 20 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:49,967 or we figure out how to kill him. 21 00:00:49,967 --> 00:00:52,136 Stop, stop! Just stop. 22 00:00:52,136 --> 00:00:53,763 Your family isn't your enemy. 23 00:00:53,763 --> 00:00:56,474 - My mom wouldn't want any of this. - [Butcher] And that 24 00:00:56,474 --> 00:00:58,350 is why I got faith in the kid. 25 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:00,811 [coughs] 26 00:01:00,811 --> 00:01:02,396 [Homelander] Once he's in office, 27 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:03,939 we need to invoke the 25th amendment. 28 00:01:03,939 --> 00:01:05,816 - Who's handling all this? - [Neuman] Me. 29 00:01:05,816 --> 00:01:07,735 - I fucking am. - [Hughie] When Homelander 30 00:01:07,735 --> 00:01:09,570 chucks all the Starlighters into internment camps, 31 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:10,821 you're cool with that? 32 00:01:10,821 --> 00:01:11,739 You didn't know about the camps. 33 00:01:11,739 --> 00:01:13,699 [Homelander] You just focus on the shooter. 34 00:01:13,699 --> 00:01:15,451 Make sure he's good to go on the 6th. 35 00:01:15,451 --> 00:01:17,536 - Are you okay? - It's like a furnace in there. 36 00:01:19,038 --> 00:01:22,291 - [Hughie] Stop! - [Butcher] Fucking Supe shapeshifters. 37 00:01:22,291 --> 00:01:23,793 Got to hand it to Sage, though. 38 00:01:23,793 --> 00:01:25,628 Perfect choice for the job. 39 00:01:29,882 --> 00:01:31,300 {\an8}Good morning, patriots. 40 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:35,262 {\an8}It's January 6, and this is VNN Today. 41 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:36,764 {\an8}Stunning news out of Vought Studios, 42 00:01:36,764 --> 00:01:40,434 {\an8}who are canceling the eagerly anticipated film 43 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:43,354 {\an8}Training A-Train, though it's completely finished. 44 00:01:43,354 --> 00:01:45,439 {\an8}We just realized we'd make more from the write-off. 45 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:48,984 {\an8}We go behind the scenes of a powerful new Vought PSA. 46 00:01:48,984 --> 00:01:51,278 I take responsibility. 47 00:01:53,906 --> 00:01:56,617 I take responsibility for racism. 48 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:59,370 {\an8}Finally, Congress counts electoral votes today 49 00:01:59,370 --> 00:02:01,664 {\an8}to certify the incoming president. 50 00:02:01,664 --> 00:02:06,085 {\an8}Usually a formality, Dakota Bob's extreme anti-Supe agenda 51 00:02:06,085 --> 00:02:08,087 {\an8}has made it anything but. 52 00:02:08,087 --> 00:02:11,715 {\an8}We will count the certificates in an orderly fashion, 53 00:02:11,715 --> 00:02:13,551 {\an8}with no debate. 54 00:02:13,551 --> 00:02:15,219 {\an8}Is that understood? 55 00:02:15,219 --> 00:02:16,720 Now, as I was saying, 56 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,515 after ascertaining the certificates are authentic... 57 00:02:19,515 --> 00:02:21,433 [Mother's Milk] Where's the fucking virus, Frenchie? 58 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:23,811 [Frenchie speaks French] I'm close. 59 00:02:24,728 --> 00:02:25,813 You know, once they bang that gavel, 60 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:28,858 Neuman's one goddamn head pop away from the Oval Office. 61 00:02:28,858 --> 00:02:31,819 - How close? - Close-ish. 62 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:34,238 - [tense music playing] - [Calhoun continues indistinctly on TV] 63 00:02:34,238 --> 00:02:35,823 Fuck. 64 00:02:38,576 --> 00:02:40,494 [phone whooshes] 65 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:44,540 ...counting the certificate of the vote of the state of Alabama? 66 00:02:44,540 --> 00:02:47,835 - [phone dings] - Hearing none. The chair advises members of Congress... 67 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:49,837 No, I told you Vicky locked it all down. 68 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:51,755 Please lower your voice. 69 00:02:51,755 --> 00:02:53,549 [Calhoun continues indistinctly on TV] 70 00:02:55,134 --> 00:02:56,468 - [Shifter Annie] Hey. - Hey. 71 00:02:58,220 --> 00:02:59,388 Hey. 72 00:02:59,388 --> 00:03:01,432 He-Hey. What-- 73 00:03:02,850 --> 00:03:04,393 What the hell are you wearing? 74 00:03:04,393 --> 00:03:05,561 You don't like it? 75 00:03:05,561 --> 00:03:07,813 No, I mean, I... I love it. 76 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:10,608 It's just, I-is now really the time, with the whole country 77 00:03:10,608 --> 00:03:12,610 barreling towards 1984? 78 00:03:12,610 --> 00:03:15,863 The night before my great-grandfather shipped out, 79 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:18,741 he put on his dress uniform, 80 00:03:18,741 --> 00:03:23,579 barged into dinner at my great-grandmother's house, 81 00:03:23,579 --> 00:03:26,040 and got down on one knee. 82 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,460 Okay. 83 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:31,503 Stand up. Please. 84 00:03:34,465 --> 00:03:36,216 Hughie Campbell... 85 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,302 [hopeful music playing] 86 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:43,390 ...will you marry me? 87 00:03:43,390 --> 00:03:45,476 - Ha! Uh... - [laughs] 88 00:03:45,476 --> 00:03:48,520 You need to stay right here, okay? Just don't move. 89 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,064 - Okay. - Do not move. 90 00:03:50,064 --> 00:03:51,732 [music distorts, stops playing] 91 00:03:57,571 --> 00:03:59,573 Hey. 92 00:04:02,117 --> 00:04:04,244 Uh, I guess I'm-I'm doing this. 93 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:06,038 Okay, then me, too, 'cause I'm the one proposing. 94 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:07,498 Annie January, 95 00:04:07,498 --> 00:04:11,293 I am terrified of what's gonna happen. 96 00:04:11,293 --> 00:04:13,295 But I feel so... 97 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,924 ...so lucky... 98 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:19,551 that I get to face it all with you. 99 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:28,519 [chuckles] 100 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:30,312 Okay, all right. 101 00:04:31,647 --> 00:04:35,442 So, uh, yeah, all in all... 102 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,111 hard yes, let's get married. 103 00:04:37,111 --> 00:04:38,612 - [laughs] - [laughs] Aah! 104 00:04:38,612 --> 00:04:40,698 - Mm... - [ominous music playing] 105 00:04:48,330 --> 00:04:50,874 Wow, that was... that was great. 106 00:04:52,334 --> 00:04:53,836 Two fingers was a lot, but... 107 00:04:53,836 --> 00:04:56,130 Sorry, I was just trying to level up. 108 00:04:56,130 --> 00:04:59,508 Oh, no, it's... it's fine. It's great. 109 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:11,603 [Shifter Annie] Um... 110 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:14,023 Where you going? 111 00:05:15,107 --> 00:05:17,735 We need some champs to... celebrate. 112 00:05:17,735 --> 00:05:18,944 And... 113 00:05:18,944 --> 00:05:20,988 not that Kirkland shit 114 00:05:20,988 --> 00:05:23,240 that's in the fridge. 115 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,826 - I'll be right back. - Yeah, okay. Yeah. 116 00:05:32,374 --> 00:05:35,335 [door opens, closes] 117 00:05:36,462 --> 00:05:39,590 {\an8}The certificate from Kansas, the parliamentarians advised me, 118 00:05:39,590 --> 00:05:42,051 {\an8}is the only certificate of vote from the state, 119 00:05:42,051 --> 00:05:45,387 {\an8}and has annexed to it a certificate from an authority... 120 00:05:45,387 --> 00:05:47,139 [nurse] You're 90 over 60. 121 00:05:47,139 --> 00:05:48,682 That's low. 122 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:51,643 You don't fucking say? 123 00:05:51,643 --> 00:05:53,729 [Calhoun continues indistinctly on TV] 124 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,358 [haunting music playing] 125 00:05:58,358 --> 00:05:59,610 [door closes] 126 00:05:59,610 --> 00:06:02,404 You know, if you need any help... 127 00:06:05,032 --> 00:06:06,283 I don't need your help. 128 00:06:06,283 --> 00:06:07,367 Really? 129 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:09,870 Seems to me you are shitting in a bedpan 130 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:12,331 and days away from being planted. 131 00:06:12,331 --> 00:06:15,209 And what do you have to show for it? 132 00:06:15,209 --> 00:06:17,711 I mean, Singer-- he's as good as dead. 133 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:20,464 Homelander-- he won. 134 00:06:20,464 --> 00:06:22,966 And you-- you gave away the virus. 135 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:26,095 The one fucking weapon that could've stopped him. 136 00:06:26,095 --> 00:06:29,056 But we are gonna turn that frown 137 00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:31,391 upside down, my friend. 138 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:33,560 You know why? 139 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,437 'Cause you still have me. 140 00:06:37,064 --> 00:06:38,982 You ain't even fucking real. 141 00:06:38,982 --> 00:06:41,652 [Kessler] Well, now, that's an interesting philosophical question. 142 00:06:41,652 --> 00:06:43,987 See, what is real are the fucking 143 00:06:43,987 --> 00:06:47,991 V'd up tumors that are mushrooming inside your guts and noggin. 144 00:06:47,991 --> 00:06:49,660 Super cancer. 145 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:53,413 What is real 146 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:55,415 is that piece of you 147 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:59,628 that wants to burn every fucking Supe on Earth. 148 00:06:59,628 --> 00:07:03,757 How is it you think you ripped Ezekiel into fun-sized little chunks? 149 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:07,427 I'm the one that gave you the juice that you needed. 150 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:09,471 And I can do it again. 151 00:07:09,471 --> 00:07:11,807 All you have to do 152 00:07:11,807 --> 00:07:14,309 is hold up your end of the bargain. 153 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:16,145 Bargain? 154 00:07:16,145 --> 00:07:17,729 What fucking bargain? 155 00:07:17,729 --> 00:07:19,439 We go all the way. 156 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:20,899 I mean, come on, champ, 157 00:07:20,899 --> 00:07:23,777 what's a little genocide between friends? 158 00:07:25,487 --> 00:07:28,073 Just fuck off and let me die in peace, would you? 159 00:07:28,073 --> 00:07:29,408 [Mallory] Wish I could. 160 00:07:33,412 --> 00:07:34,413 [door closes] 161 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:39,877 Since you're here... 162 00:07:41,336 --> 00:07:43,463 ...be a doll and fetch us a pint, would you? 163 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:47,259 Come on, don't be a cunt. I'm fucking dying here. 164 00:07:47,259 --> 00:07:50,095 Your dying's been pretty high on my wish list lately. 165 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,474 I appreciate what you're doing here for me. 166 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:56,518 Not one bit of this is for you. 167 00:07:57,603 --> 00:07:59,605 All right, then. 168 00:08:00,731 --> 00:08:03,734 Give us me phone. We got work to do. 169 00:08:13,118 --> 00:08:15,412 [haunting music plays] 170 00:08:40,604 --> 00:08:42,105 Disgusting. 171 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:50,030 God damn it, Ryan. 172 00:09:02,417 --> 00:09:04,253 [jittery music playing] 173 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:13,262 - [lasers humming] - [loud crashing] 174 00:09:28,151 --> 00:09:30,487 [tense music playing] 175 00:09:41,999 --> 00:09:43,959 Come here. 176 00:09:45,419 --> 00:09:47,879 Come here. That's an order. 177 00:09:57,306 --> 00:09:58,807 I'm your father. 178 00:10:00,225 --> 00:10:02,019 Not him. 179 00:10:04,313 --> 00:10:05,856 And I always will be. 180 00:10:10,777 --> 00:10:13,864 Come here. 181 00:10:13,864 --> 00:10:15,032 Now. 182 00:10:18,577 --> 00:10:19,453 Ryan. 183 00:10:21,204 --> 00:10:22,497 Ryan! 184 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:26,335 [Annie grunting] 185 00:10:33,425 --> 00:10:34,509 [door opens] 186 00:10:34,509 --> 00:10:36,219 Hey. 187 00:10:36,219 --> 00:10:38,055 - [door closes] - You know, 188 00:10:38,055 --> 00:10:39,765 I'd be careful with those... 189 00:10:41,725 --> 00:10:45,395 [grunts] ...those Lean Lad Diet Lunches? 190 00:10:45,395 --> 00:10:47,564 They cause kidney stones 191 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:49,649 the size of jawbreakers. 192 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:52,277 There's a whole class action lawsuit against them. 193 00:10:52,277 --> 00:10:53,862 - Come here. - Don't! 194 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:55,447 Don't-don't fucking touch me. 195 00:10:55,447 --> 00:10:56,740 Hey, chill, okay? 196 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:58,492 I just need a little recharge. 197 00:11:01,578 --> 00:11:02,829 Oh. 198 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:05,040 Why the fuck would I kill your mother? 199 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,626 That requires going to Sedona, 200 00:11:07,626 --> 00:11:10,087 and no one should have to go to Sedona. 201 00:11:10,087 --> 00:11:12,339 - [chuckles] - Get out of my head. 202 00:11:15,217 --> 00:11:17,177 Oh, this? 203 00:11:19,388 --> 00:11:20,597 I proposed to Hughie this morning. 204 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:21,681 [squeals] 205 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:24,226 I even told him the story about your great-grandparents. 206 00:11:24,226 --> 00:11:27,521 And then we fucked to celebrate. 207 00:11:27,521 --> 00:11:29,064 And we did butt stuff. 208 00:11:29,064 --> 00:11:30,607 He was so into it. 209 00:11:30,607 --> 00:11:32,484 Oh, Christ. 210 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:35,028 It's like a fucking furnace in here. 211 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:37,697 - Why? - Don't you just love proposals? 212 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:40,534 I mean, the joy on the other person's face 213 00:11:40,534 --> 00:11:43,078 when they finally get their happily ever after. 214 00:11:43,078 --> 00:11:44,329 You're a psychopath. 215 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:46,456 Sociopath! 216 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:51,086 Which is to be expected, really. I mean, 217 00:11:51,086 --> 00:11:52,879 barely remember what I look like. 218 00:11:54,589 --> 00:11:56,758 I do remember the first time I shifted, though. 219 00:11:56,758 --> 00:11:59,010 One minute I was me 220 00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:01,972 and the next I was Ms. Jamison, 221 00:12:01,972 --> 00:12:03,807 my preschool teacher. 222 00:12:03,807 --> 00:12:07,686 And I could see every memory she'd ever had. 223 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:09,604 Fucking her husband's best friend, 224 00:12:09,604 --> 00:12:12,232 shoplifting lip gloss, hitting a student. 225 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,317 But you know what the funny part is? 226 00:12:15,527 --> 00:12:17,654 She felt justified 227 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:19,781 in doing all those shitty things. 228 00:12:19,781 --> 00:12:21,533 You all do it. 229 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:24,870 You all think 230 00:12:24,870 --> 00:12:27,581 you're the heroes of your own story. 231 00:12:27,581 --> 00:12:29,291 I mean, look at you. 232 00:12:29,291 --> 00:12:32,502 You're more moral and good 233 00:12:32,502 --> 00:12:35,547 and honest than the rest of us 234 00:12:35,547 --> 00:12:39,593 just wallowing down in the shit. 235 00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:41,470 - I don't think that. - Yeah, you do. Come on. 236 00:12:41,470 --> 00:12:43,513 Mind reader, remember? 237 00:12:43,513 --> 00:12:45,348 "Wasn't my fault 238 00:12:45,348 --> 00:12:47,851 that I was a total cunt at the pageants, that was Mommy. 239 00:12:47,851 --> 00:12:50,604 Or that I had to suck cock 240 00:12:50,604 --> 00:12:54,357 like a fucking popsicle to stay in The Seven. No. 241 00:12:54,357 --> 00:12:55,567 No, no, no, no, no. 242 00:12:55,567 --> 00:12:58,862 I'm Annie January and it's not my fault." 243 00:12:58,862 --> 00:13:00,030 Come on, say it with me now. 244 00:13:00,030 --> 00:13:01,948 I'm Annie January and it's not my... 245 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,742 Fuck you! 246 00:13:03,742 --> 00:13:07,621 You don't know anything about me or my life. 247 00:13:07,621 --> 00:13:10,207 No? Then why aren't your powers working? 248 00:13:10,207 --> 00:13:11,541 [ominous music playing] 249 00:13:11,541 --> 00:13:13,543 [grunting] 250 00:13:14,628 --> 00:13:15,670 I mean, 251 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:18,089 you weren't even the original choice to kill Singer, 252 00:13:18,089 --> 00:13:21,885 but you're just such a fucking hot mess, 253 00:13:21,885 --> 00:13:24,179 you made it undeniable. 254 00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:26,973 Hey. 255 00:13:26,973 --> 00:13:29,518 You'll have a couple of... 256 00:13:29,518 --> 00:13:31,561 non-consecutive life sentences 257 00:13:31,561 --> 00:13:32,896 to work through your identity issues. 258 00:13:32,896 --> 00:13:34,856 - Please... - Aw. 259 00:13:34,856 --> 00:13:36,608 Poor Annie. 260 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:42,447 - Please. -"Oh, God, I'm Annie January 261 00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:44,199 and I'm the only good one." 262 00:13:44,199 --> 00:13:45,784 [mock cries, laughs] 263 00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:47,786 [claps] 264 00:13:47,786 --> 00:13:50,413 Oh. Here. 265 00:13:50,413 --> 00:13:54,209 To wash down those Lean Lad Lunches. 266 00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:01,925 Okay. 267 00:14:01,925 --> 00:14:03,385 Ah. 268 00:14:04,469 --> 00:14:05,637 [door opens] 269 00:14:13,812 --> 00:14:15,564 - Oi oi. - [Hughie] I've called you, like, 270 00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:17,524 15 times. I was worried. I thought... 271 00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:19,276 I don't know, I thought maybe you were... 272 00:14:19,276 --> 00:14:21,653 Yeah, you and me both. 273 00:14:21,653 --> 00:14:23,154 Look, we're kind of up against it right now. 274 00:14:23,154 --> 00:14:25,407 They're only a few hours away from certifying the election 275 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:29,077 and then, you know, after that happens they're-they're coming for Singer. 276 00:14:29,077 --> 00:14:30,704 We need your help. 277 00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:34,583 Butcher? 278 00:14:34,583 --> 00:14:37,335 When I was a lad, 279 00:14:37,335 --> 00:14:40,213 I heard about this place in Nevada. 280 00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:42,882 A steakhouse. 281 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:47,137 Where the birds get their baps out when they're bringing your ribeye. 282 00:14:48,597 --> 00:14:50,557 - Cool. - [soft chuckle] 283 00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:53,435 Lenny nearly pissed himself when I told him. 284 00:14:54,728 --> 00:14:57,188 Thought it was the funniest thing he ever heard. 285 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:03,445 We was gonna go there someday. 286 00:15:08,533 --> 00:15:10,035 Well... 287 00:15:11,536 --> 00:15:14,289 Funny what you think about when your time's up, innit? 288 00:15:14,289 --> 00:15:17,959 Butcher, where are you? I-I can come to you. 289 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:20,086 You know, we can figure this out. 290 00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:22,213 Do us a favor, would you, Hughie? 291 00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:28,762 Go there. 292 00:15:30,138 --> 00:15:32,557 For me and Len, would you? 293 00:15:32,557 --> 00:15:34,851 You can't fucking give up. 294 00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:36,936 You can still fight. 295 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:39,064 Hughie, I asked you something. 296 00:15:40,857 --> 00:15:43,193 Fine. I'll-I'll, um... 297 00:15:43,193 --> 00:15:45,362 I'll go to the topless steakhouse for you. 298 00:15:46,655 --> 00:15:48,156 Magic. 299 00:15:50,909 --> 00:15:52,410 And, uh... 300 00:15:55,997 --> 00:15:58,375 ...tell the Boys I'm sorry, would you? 301 00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:03,755 Tell the Boys I'm sorry 302 00:16:03,755 --> 00:16:05,215 for, uh... 303 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:11,638 Just tell them I'm sorry. 304 00:16:15,225 --> 00:16:16,851 Goodbye, Hughie. 305 00:16:17,852 --> 00:16:19,854 [somber music playing] 306 00:16:28,196 --> 00:16:30,407 Oh, hey, um, 307 00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:33,952 have Negin get me a caramel pretzel s'more frappe from Jitter Bean. 308 00:16:33,952 --> 00:16:36,871 Double whip. I'm just like molasses in winter today. 309 00:16:36,871 --> 00:16:40,333 Ugh, God, that's enough, Amber. Thank you. 310 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:46,464 Good morning. [chuckles] 311 00:16:46,464 --> 00:16:48,091 How are you doing this mor... [coughs] 312 00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:49,592 Oh, God. 313 00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:51,511 [coughing] Excuse me. [chuckles] 314 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:52,679 Can we just make this quick, please? 315 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:54,055 I have slightly more important things to do today. 316 00:16:54,055 --> 00:16:56,725 - [Also Ashley] Yes ma'am, of course. - [clears throat] Hey. 317 00:16:56,725 --> 00:16:59,936 [stage manager] Stand by. Going in five, four, 318 00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:01,604 three... 319 00:17:03,481 --> 00:17:05,275 {\an8}- [rock music playing] - Welcome to the show, folks. 320 00:17:05,275 --> 00:17:07,777 {\an8}We got a real happy surprise for y'all today. 321 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:11,114 {\an8}Homelander and vice president-elect 322 00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:13,199 {\an8}Victoria Neuman. 323 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:16,202 {\an8}[gasps] Bless both your hearts for being here. 324 00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:19,289 {\an8}I'm more than happy to find time for my friend Homelander. 325 00:17:19,289 --> 00:17:20,915 {\an8}Yeah, let's cut the BS. 326 00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:24,085 {\an8}Dakota Bob says he's gonna pass nutbag anti-Supe laws 327 00:17:24,085 --> 00:17:25,628 {\an8}in his first hundred days. 328 00:17:25,628 --> 00:17:27,130 - [muffled] As his VP... - [high-pitched ringing] 329 00:17:27,130 --> 00:17:29,215 [muffled voices continue indistinctly] 330 00:17:33,470 --> 00:17:36,264 - [ringing stops] - [Neuman] ...staunch ally of the super-abled community, 331 00:17:36,264 --> 00:17:38,016 - I really think that it's important to-- - [laughs] 332 00:17:38,016 --> 00:17:40,185 {\an8}Ally, Victoria, really? 333 00:17:42,479 --> 00:17:44,731 We're here to tell the truth. 334 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:47,901 So just... tell the truth. 335 00:17:51,613 --> 00:17:53,406 The truth is that 336 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,283 the real issue here is lack of representation. 337 00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:57,160 - And I want to make sure that you-- - Fine, you don't want to do it? 338 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,244 I'll do it. 339 00:17:58,244 --> 00:17:59,662 Uh... 340 00:17:59,662 --> 00:18:02,957 {\an8}Victoria here is a superhero. 341 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:06,753 {\an8}[laughs] Thanks for the compliment. 342 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:09,839 {\an8}But, like, I think the truth is we all want to be heroes, 343 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:12,509 {\an8}but, um, I'm not literally a su-- 344 00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:14,093 - [dramatic music playing] - [gasps] 345 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:16,387 Oh, fuck. 346 00:18:17,472 --> 00:18:18,598 [Firecracker] It's all true. 347 00:18:18,598 --> 00:18:22,685 Ms. Neuman here has been operating as 348 00:18:22,685 --> 00:18:25,104 a secret dagger in the heart of the deep state, 349 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:27,357 standing up to the forces of darkness that want to 350 00:18:27,357 --> 00:18:30,193 sodomize our democracy and our toddlers, 351 00:18:30,193 --> 00:18:33,071 but it is time for the great awakening. 352 00:18:33,071 --> 00:18:36,032 Where we go one, we go Vought, y'all. 353 00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:37,116 We're gonna take a quick break... 354 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:39,202 Cunt's out of the bag, innit? 355 00:18:40,411 --> 00:18:41,871 Now it gets interesting. 356 00:18:41,871 --> 00:18:44,374 All right. Great show, guys. 357 00:18:46,751 --> 00:18:48,795 Hey. Hey! 358 00:18:52,423 --> 00:18:54,384 - Ma'am... - Fuck off! Hey. 359 00:18:54,384 --> 00:18:56,427 I worked my whole life to keep that secret. 360 00:18:56,427 --> 00:18:58,721 Well, secrets rot your soul. 361 00:18:58,721 --> 00:19:01,099 - You're unburdened. You should thank me. - Sage said-- 362 00:19:01,099 --> 00:19:03,810 Fuck Sage. She's long gone. Listen to me. 363 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:05,186 Listen to me. 364 00:19:05,186 --> 00:19:07,814 We are gonna change the world, 365 00:19:07,814 --> 00:19:10,692 Vicky, for our kids and their kids. 366 00:19:10,692 --> 00:19:14,279 The first super-abled president. 367 00:19:14,279 --> 00:19:17,073 Hmm? And you're a gal. 368 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:19,325 I'll be impeached. 369 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:20,910 - Why would we care? - Because I have to 370 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:23,246 - get re-elected in four years. - Says who? 371 00:19:23,246 --> 00:19:24,539 Article II of the Constitution. 372 00:19:24,539 --> 00:19:25,957 New world, new rules. 373 00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:28,001 Now shut the fuck up and listen. 374 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:30,003 Our fates are connected now. 375 00:19:30,003 --> 00:19:33,339 Singer's as good as dead, and I am the only fucking friend you've got left. 376 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:37,010 The train has left the station, gorgeous, and you're on it. 377 00:19:38,094 --> 00:19:41,472 You'll have to arrest half your company. Half the country. 378 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:47,604 Wait, you think I didn't think of that? Of course I thought of that. 379 00:19:48,605 --> 00:19:50,690 [Neuman] Fuck. 380 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:54,694 - Ashley, on me now. - Um, the response on socials has been mixed. 381 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,196 I need you to make a list of anyone within the company 382 00:19:57,196 --> 00:20:00,742 that has damaging information on me or The Seven-- 383 00:20:00,742 --> 00:20:02,201 but mostly me-- 384 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:03,870 anyone with any fucking leverage whatsoever. 385 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:06,039 - Yes. - I need this fucking list yesterday. 386 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:07,123 Yes, sir. 387 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:08,499 You're a good girl. 388 00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:10,585 [tense music playing] 389 00:20:10,585 --> 00:20:11,794 Um... 390 00:20:11,794 --> 00:20:15,006 - that doesn't sound good, Ashley. - Oh, yeah, no shit, Ashley. 391 00:20:15,006 --> 00:20:16,257 Sorry, Ashley. 392 00:20:16,257 --> 00:20:17,884 {\an8}[Calhoun] Order! 393 00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:21,554 {\an8}The purpose of the joint session having concluded, 394 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:25,767 {\an8}pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, 118th congress, 395 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:29,062 {\an8}the chair declares the joint session resolved. 396 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:32,315 {\an8}...certified the election despite the shocking news 397 00:20:32,315 --> 00:20:36,444 {\an8}that vice president-elect Victoria Neuman is super-abled. 398 00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:38,863 {\an8}Protests have erupted all over the country 399 00:20:38,863 --> 00:20:40,573 {\an8}-as Starlighters... - That's the ballgame. 400 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:43,159 Open season on Singer now. Frenchie, tell me you got something. 401 00:20:43,159 --> 00:20:45,620 [speaks French] You want to try this instead of me? 402 00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:47,747 I'm working as fast as I can. 403 00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:49,540 Not fast enough. 404 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:51,501 Multiple protestors have been injured... 405 00:20:51,501 --> 00:20:53,753 - [phone rings] - You seeing this? 406 00:20:53,753 --> 00:20:55,672 Get all the dirt on Neuman ready in case we need to go nuclear. 407 00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:57,173 Wait, wait, wait, wait. What happened to the virus? 408 00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:58,925 There is no fucking virus. 409 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:01,135 What? Fuck. 410 00:21:01,135 --> 00:21:04,097 Okay, well, you know she's gonna kill us if we leak this, right? 411 00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:05,848 If I had another fucking choice, trust me, I'd take it. 412 00:21:05,848 --> 00:21:07,225 All right, here goes fucking nothing. 413 00:21:07,225 --> 00:21:09,352 [singsongy] Hi. 414 00:21:10,144 --> 00:21:13,106 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Fuck! 415 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:14,732 - What? What happened? - It's all gone. 416 00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:16,317 Everything we have on Neuman-- the murders, 417 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:18,444 - her ties to Stan Edgar, everything. - Okay, okay, wait a second. 418 00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:20,863 You got backups, right-- another computer or the motherfucking cloud? 419 00:21:20,863 --> 00:21:23,032 You're not hearing me. It's all gone. The originals, 420 00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:24,492 the backups, we've got nothing. 421 00:21:25,576 --> 00:21:27,954 Ain't nothing stopping her then. 422 00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:29,706 Only one thing left to do. 423 00:21:29,706 --> 00:21:33,501 Frenchie, you stay here, work fucking faster. 424 00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:34,961 Kimiko, you're with me. 425 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:36,921 Listen, Hughie, I'm sending you coordinates. You and Annie, 426 00:21:36,921 --> 00:21:38,673 - meet there ASAP. - What's the plan? 427 00:21:38,673 --> 00:21:42,510 We fucked up our chance at offense. All we got now is defense. 428 00:21:42,510 --> 00:21:44,846 [dramatic music playing] 429 00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:46,764 I am as shocked as you are 430 00:21:46,764 --> 00:21:49,726 by this profound betrayal of trust. 431 00:21:49,726 --> 00:21:52,645 In America, you tell people who you are 432 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:54,981 before you ask for their vote. 433 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:58,735 That's why I'm calling for a new, free and fair election. 434 00:21:58,735 --> 00:22:00,862 Mark my words, 435 00:22:00,862 --> 00:22:03,239 if Victoria Neuman becomes vice president, 436 00:22:03,239 --> 00:22:05,950 it will be over my dead body 437 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:07,910 because she had me assassinated. 438 00:22:07,910 --> 00:22:08,995 [TV clicks off] 439 00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:12,290 Wow. Guess you got to go take a bullet for the geezer, don't you? 440 00:22:12,290 --> 00:22:14,333 I think it's more important that I stay here. 441 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:16,586 Your visitor's here. 442 00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:18,796 - Send him in. - [door closes] 443 00:22:24,886 --> 00:22:25,887 [sighs] 444 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:30,725 Man, this is never gonna work. 445 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:33,644 [Butcher] You got my text. 446 00:22:33,644 --> 00:22:35,354 I'm glad you came. 447 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:38,691 [chuckles] You're almost taller than me now. 448 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:41,360 There's no saving the kid. He can't escape his own blood. 449 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,612 [Mallory] What are they feeding you? 450 00:22:42,612 --> 00:22:44,572 And tell me there's vegetables involved somewhere. 451 00:22:44,572 --> 00:22:46,324 [Ryan] There's lettuce on the burgers. 452 00:22:46,324 --> 00:22:48,117 [̈laughs] I've missed you, kiddo. 453 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:52,622 Listen, Ryan, 454 00:22:52,622 --> 00:22:55,500 we, uh, need to have a bit of a serious chin wag. 455 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:58,127 You look... really sick. 456 00:22:58,127 --> 00:22:59,670 Don't I know it. 457 00:23:01,464 --> 00:23:04,133 Mate, I've wished myself dead more times 458 00:23:04,133 --> 00:23:05,760 than I can count. 459 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,890 And now here I am, 460 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,225 and I want some more time. 461 00:23:12,225 --> 00:23:14,685 But I don't have it, 462 00:23:14,685 --> 00:23:16,646 and I don't have time to ease you into this. 463 00:23:16,646 --> 00:23:18,439 You're gonna have to kill him, Billy. 464 00:23:18,439 --> 00:23:20,525 You can't go back to the tower. 465 00:23:20,525 --> 00:23:23,111 - You need to go with Aunt Grace. - [Ryan] What? 466 00:23:23,111 --> 00:23:25,071 - Like when? - [Butcher] Now. 467 00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:27,240 - Right now. - [Ryan] No, I-I can't. 468 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,742 - My dad would find me. - Not this time, kiddo. 469 00:23:31,619 --> 00:23:33,287 Well... 470 00:23:33,287 --> 00:23:34,914 I'm not sure I want to leave. 471 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:38,167 I kind of like it there. Well, parts of it. 472 00:23:38,167 --> 00:23:40,711 You see? You got to stab him with the virus and you got to do it today. 473 00:23:40,711 --> 00:23:43,047 [Mallory] Ryan, no. 474 00:23:43,047 --> 00:23:45,299 - Your Dad is a-- - [Butcher] Grace. 475 00:23:47,135 --> 00:23:48,928 Look... 476 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:52,265 when your mom died-- which weren't your fault... 477 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,268 ...you heard what she said. 478 00:23:55,268 --> 00:23:58,646 She had me promise to keep you safe, and that's all I'm trying to do here. 479 00:23:58,646 --> 00:24:01,274 Now, if you're telling me, 480 00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:03,359 I mean, seriously telling me, 481 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,237 that the place you feel safest 482 00:24:06,237 --> 00:24:07,822 is with Homelander... 483 00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:13,703 ...then I ain't gonna stop you. 484 00:24:13,703 --> 00:24:15,746 [somber music playing] 485 00:24:26,549 --> 00:24:28,134 Do you want to play? 486 00:24:31,012 --> 00:24:34,348 All right, then. Come on. 487 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,487 [Ashley speaking indistinctly] 488 00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:50,615 - [Homelander] Have you seen Ryan? - [Ashley] No, but I can send a PA 489 00:24:50,615 --> 00:24:54,327 - to go look, if you need. - No. No. Boys need their space. 490 00:24:54,327 --> 00:24:56,704 - List? - Oh, yeah. Um... Sorry. 491 00:24:56,704 --> 00:24:57,705 [Homelander] Thank you. 492 00:24:57,705 --> 00:24:59,624 [Ashley] I highlighted anyone who's contract 493 00:24:59,624 --> 00:25:01,584 we'd have to pay out if they're... 494 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:04,670 ...let go. 495 00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:06,797 Great. Thank you. Good job. 496 00:25:06,797 --> 00:25:08,466 You're excused. 497 00:25:11,302 --> 00:25:13,304 [doors sliding shut] 498 00:25:15,056 --> 00:25:16,849 You know, no problem. I can get it. 499 00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:18,226 [screams] 500 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:27,902 Cilantro. 501 00:25:30,321 --> 00:25:31,322 Gentlemen. 502 00:25:31,322 --> 00:25:34,617 The Seven is a circle of trust. 503 00:25:34,617 --> 00:25:35,826 [coughs] 504 00:25:36,953 --> 00:25:37,954 [clears throat] 505 00:25:37,954 --> 00:25:41,123 What we're gonna tell you is extremely sensitive. 506 00:25:41,123 --> 00:25:42,875 - Got it? - O Captain, my Captain. 507 00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:47,088 Robert Singer will be dead 508 00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:48,881 by end of business. 509 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,508 Neuman will be sworn in. 510 00:25:50,508 --> 00:25:52,927 People will panic. There will be rioting, 511 00:25:52,927 --> 00:25:55,554 bloodshed, et cetera, et cetera. 512 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:59,934 Someone will have to swoop in and restore order. 513 00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:03,729 We will put out the call to every Vought hero, 514 00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:06,357 every fucking one, to surround the Capitol, 515 00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:08,651 the White House, and the Pentagon. 516 00:26:08,651 --> 00:26:11,487 Defending the rightful President Neuman. 517 00:26:11,487 --> 00:26:13,698 Now, what I need you two-- 518 00:26:13,698 --> 00:26:15,366 [coughing] 519 00:26:15,366 --> 00:26:17,368 Fuck's sakes, get a Ricola. 520 00:26:17,368 --> 00:26:22,039 Sorry, sir. I'm-I'm so sorry. I'm just... the meds, you know. 521 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:24,625 You know, the... the meds. 522 00:26:27,003 --> 00:26:28,337 They're just, they're causing a little 523 00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:31,549 heart palpitation and a high fever, but it ain't no big thing. 524 00:26:31,549 --> 00:26:33,301 Okay, well, you're coughing all over me, and it's fucking disgusting. 525 00:26:33,301 --> 00:26:34,385 Go further down. 526 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:36,929 Scoot. 527 00:26:40,308 --> 00:26:42,101 [Firecracker clears throat] 528 00:26:43,352 --> 00:26:44,437 [sniffles] 529 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,857 [clears throat] 530 00:26:47,857 --> 00:26:49,150 [sniffles] 531 00:26:51,569 --> 00:26:52,570 Further. 532 00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:57,491 [sighs] 533 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,620 [sniffles] 534 00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:04,999 [Homelander] As I was saying... 535 00:27:06,417 --> 00:27:08,169 ...everyone on this list 536 00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:11,505 needs to be removed. 537 00:27:12,381 --> 00:27:14,258 Permanently, by the end of the day. 538 00:27:16,385 --> 00:27:18,929 Hey, if we're thinking about who's got the most dirt on us, 539 00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:21,515 wouldn't Ashley's name be at the top of the list? 540 00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:25,353 Yeah. Sure. Good idea. 541 00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:32,234 Does anybody know Ashley's last name? 542 00:27:33,277 --> 00:27:35,946 [panting] 543 00:27:35,946 --> 00:27:38,449 [suspenseful music playing] 544 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:41,369 What the...? 545 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,850 [whimpers] 546 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:07,561 [tense music playing] 547 00:28:07,561 --> 00:28:10,106 - [gasps] - [syringe clatters] 548 00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:19,907 - [squelching] - [screaming] 549 00:28:40,678 --> 00:28:42,012 [Secret Service agent] You seriously telling us 550 00:28:42,012 --> 00:28:43,347 the Shifter can get through that? 551 00:28:43,347 --> 00:28:45,683 Look, for all I fucking know, they could be in here already. 552 00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:49,061 So, from now on, everybody moves with a partner, 553 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:51,730 and you check in every five minutes on the dot. 554 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,108 Stay sharp and follow motherfucking orders. 555 00:28:54,108 --> 00:28:56,068 Come on, let's get to it. 556 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,736 Sir, you're gonna be all right. 557 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,738 If you'd killed Neuman like I ordered, 558 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,949 we wouldn't be stuck four stories underground 559 00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:04,243 playing pocket pool, idiot. 560 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,873 [sighs] Balls. 561 00:29:08,873 --> 00:29:11,709 Kimiko, stay on Singer. 562 00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:19,508 Do you really think the Shifter is in here? 563 00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:22,678 I hope not, for Christ's sake, but it could be anyone, 564 00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:24,430 so eyes on everyone. 565 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:26,056 Okay. You got it. 566 00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:30,811 [sighs] Jesus. [clears throat] 567 00:29:30,811 --> 00:29:32,313 [sighs] 568 00:29:32,313 --> 00:29:34,690 - You okay? - Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. 569 00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:38,486 I'm just... warm. 570 00:29:38,486 --> 00:29:39,904 It's like a furnace in here. 571 00:29:39,904 --> 00:29:41,739 [ominous music playing] 572 00:29:41,739 --> 00:29:43,240 It's like a furnace in there. 573 00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:52,041 Y-You should go find some water. 574 00:29:52,041 --> 00:29:55,002 Yeah. Okay. Do you want one? 575 00:29:55,002 --> 00:29:56,795 I would love one. 576 00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,756 - I'll be right back. - Okay. 577 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,057 Holy fucking shit. 578 00:30:08,057 --> 00:30:11,727 [Annie grunting, panting] 579 00:30:16,941 --> 00:30:18,859 [screaming] 580 00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:29,620 [dramatic music playing] 581 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,580 [screams] 582 00:30:33,624 --> 00:30:34,959 Balls. 583 00:30:34,959 --> 00:30:38,254 Hey. Hey, man. Hey, just... sorry. Just something... stupid. 584 00:30:38,254 --> 00:30:39,964 Real quick, just don't look at me, look right into the room. 585 00:30:39,964 --> 00:30:42,508 - Huh? - Don't look at me, just look forward. 586 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:44,760 - Don't look at me, just look forward. - All right, all right, okay. 587 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,179 [sighs] Stay cool. 588 00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:49,306 - It's Annie. - What's Annie? 589 00:30:49,306 --> 00:30:51,225 - The Shifter, it's Annie. - What? 590 00:30:51,225 --> 00:30:52,643 She's the Shifter. Don't look at me, just look forward. 591 00:30:52,643 --> 00:30:53,769 How do you know? 592 00:30:53,769 --> 00:30:56,313 Just trust me, I don't know how or when they switched, but that is 593 00:30:56,313 --> 00:30:59,024 - 100% percent not Annie. - Okay, okay, okay, listen. 594 00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:02,236 The fate of the country relies on us keeping our shit together, so just chill-- 595 00:31:02,236 --> 00:31:04,655 - [Shifter Annie] Hey. - Hey. - Hey. 596 00:31:04,655 --> 00:31:05,781 Water? 597 00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:07,199 - [Mother's Milk] Thanks. - [Shifter Annie] There you go. 598 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,909 - Yeah, great. - Mm-hmm. 599 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:11,287 Mmm. 600 00:31:12,288 --> 00:31:15,291 Mmm. Mmm. 601 00:31:18,085 --> 00:31:19,295 What are you looking at? 602 00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:23,132 - Uh... - I know. 603 00:31:24,425 --> 00:31:25,884 [Mother's Milk gasps] 604 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:29,471 Oh. Wow... you... 605 00:31:29,471 --> 00:31:30,723 [laughs] 606 00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:32,808 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 607 00:31:32,808 --> 00:31:33,892 [Hughie] Yep. We did that. 608 00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:36,061 That is a thing... 609 00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:37,730 - that we did. - [Shifter Annie] For the record, 610 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:41,567 I proposed. 'Cause peg the patriarchy, right? 611 00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:44,820 [chuckling] Yeah, peg the patriarchy. You got to peg it... 612 00:31:44,820 --> 00:31:46,280 peg it in all its holes. 613 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,448 [Mother's Milk] Listen, getting hitched, 614 00:31:47,448 --> 00:31:48,824 best decision I ever made in my life, 615 00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:50,743 so congratulations to you both. 616 00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:53,203 But, uh, you know, Mother Nature's calling, 617 00:31:53,203 --> 00:31:54,955 so I'm about to go hit the head, and... 618 00:31:54,955 --> 00:31:57,082 - y'all just hold down the fort-- - Yes, motherfucker. 619 00:31:57,082 --> 00:31:58,250 [groans] 620 00:31:58,250 --> 00:31:59,710 - [agent 1] Sir, get down. - [agent 2] Sir, come with me. 621 00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:00,836 Aah! 622 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:02,504 [agent 3] Sir, this way. 623 00:32:03,505 --> 00:32:04,882 Oh, shit. 624 00:32:07,676 --> 00:32:10,054 [suspenseful music playing] 625 00:32:17,853 --> 00:32:19,772 - [gunfire continues] - Oh, goddamn it. 626 00:32:19,772 --> 00:32:21,607 [indistinct shouting] 627 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:27,196 [agent groaning] 628 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,073 [Bob groans] 629 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:41,377 Go. 630 00:32:49,385 --> 00:32:51,387 [screams] 631 00:33:04,108 --> 00:33:05,651 [muffled groaning] 632 00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:17,621 [cracks] 633 00:33:23,168 --> 00:33:24,586 [keypad beeping] 634 00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:26,338 Come on. 635 00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:27,548 How many fucking numbers are there? 636 00:33:27,548 --> 00:33:29,508 [Bob] Oh, God. 637 00:33:38,142 --> 00:33:39,518 [Hughie shouts] 638 00:33:40,853 --> 00:33:42,896 [panting] Take Singer. Go. 639 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:43,856 Now. 640 00:33:44,982 --> 00:33:47,317 - Let's go. - [Annie] Go. 641 00:33:47,317 --> 00:33:49,319 Hughie, go. 642 00:33:56,368 --> 00:34:00,539 You really think your broke-down ass can take me? 643 00:34:00,539 --> 00:34:04,251 You couldn't even blast yourself out, could you? 644 00:34:04,251 --> 00:34:05,627 [joints crack] 645 00:34:06,712 --> 00:34:08,297 [grunting] 646 00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:18,557 [shouts] 647 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,230 [panting] 648 00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:27,024 [grunting] 649 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:32,988 [Annie] You're right. 650 00:34:32,988 --> 00:34:35,616 I don't know if I'm a hero. 651 00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:40,329 I don't know who the fuck I am. 652 00:34:42,039 --> 00:34:46,585 But I do know that I'm the bitch beating your ass. 653 00:34:53,175 --> 00:34:55,844 [panting] 654 00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:02,267 [gentle music playing] 655 00:35:06,355 --> 00:35:07,648 [joints crack] 656 00:35:17,074 --> 00:35:18,992 [ringtone playing] 657 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:21,245 [Homelander] Victoria. 658 00:35:21,245 --> 00:35:22,996 Singer's alive. Your assassin failed. 659 00:35:22,996 --> 00:35:24,790 - What do you mean failed? - Now the CIA's gonna find 660 00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:26,416 an even deeper hole to hide him in. 661 00:35:26,416 --> 00:35:28,210 Well, there's nothing on the news. 662 00:35:28,210 --> 00:35:30,462 Because he's gonna hit me back quietly, and I'm fairly 663 00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:32,130 fucking sure he has the means to do it. 664 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:33,507 Where is Sage? 665 00:35:33,507 --> 00:35:36,385 Maybe she can find a way out of this idiotic mess you've dropped us in. 666 00:35:36,385 --> 00:35:40,430 We have not failed. I will end Singer myself if I have to. 667 00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:43,100 You will be president, and you will 668 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:45,477 go along with every word I say 669 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:49,565 as if my hand was jammed up your tight, puckered little asshole, 670 00:35:49,565 --> 00:35:50,983 like the puppet you've always been. 671 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:55,737 And, Victoria, if you stray even an inch off that path, 672 00:35:55,737 --> 00:36:00,075 I will make sure Zoe knows nothing but pain for the rest of her life, 673 00:36:00,075 --> 00:36:03,203 and I will send you a piece of her every year 674 00:36:03,203 --> 00:36:05,247 for the fucking rest of yours. 675 00:36:05,247 --> 00:36:07,958 There is no fail. 676 00:36:07,958 --> 00:36:10,210 [jarring music plays] 677 00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:14,423 [door creaks open] 678 00:36:14,423 --> 00:36:16,300 [door closes] 679 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:20,220 Well, guess who has two thumbs 680 00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:23,974 and is the motherfucking genius of all fucking geniuses. 681 00:36:23,974 --> 00:36:25,475 The virus is... 682 00:36:27,144 --> 00:36:28,437 What happened to you guys? 683 00:36:34,568 --> 00:36:36,153 - [Annie sighs] - [scissors cut] 684 00:36:36,153 --> 00:36:38,030 [sets down scissors] 685 00:36:45,954 --> 00:36:47,497 [mouths] 686 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,629 [Annie sighs] 687 00:36:58,175 --> 00:37:00,093 Hello, hello. 688 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:02,930 Um, you okay? 689 00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:04,473 I'm great. 690 00:37:04,473 --> 00:37:06,516 Thank God you showed up. 691 00:37:07,601 --> 00:37:10,062 - How'd you find us, anyway? - Find Your Phone. 692 00:37:11,271 --> 00:37:15,317 - I actually also found your fiancée. - Oh... 693 00:37:15,317 --> 00:37:16,777 - Congratulations. - No, she's not... 694 00:37:16,777 --> 00:37:17,903 She wasn't my fiancée. 695 00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:19,112 No, you're... 696 00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:22,574 You put the ring on her finger, Hughie. 697 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:26,495 - Mm. - I know because I pried it off her fucking dead hand! 698 00:37:26,495 --> 00:37:28,372 Look, I thought I was getting engaged to you, all right? 699 00:37:28,372 --> 00:37:31,500 She looked just like you, you know, right down to that freckle you have 700 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:33,835 - down... - So you did fuck her. 701 00:37:33,835 --> 00:37:35,045 I... 702 00:37:35,045 --> 00:37:36,254 I mean, you know-- 703 00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:37,631 How many times? 704 00:37:37,631 --> 00:37:39,007 Had to be less than... 705 00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:41,510 ...20. 706 00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:42,761 Oh, my fucking God. 707 00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:44,471 - I was gone for ten days. - She almost 708 00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:46,932 always initiated, and, again, I cannot overstate this enough, 709 00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:48,600 I thought it was you. 710 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,228 Yeah, and as long as you were getting laid, you didn't look too close. 711 00:37:51,228 --> 00:37:52,813 That's the Annie you want. 712 00:37:52,813 --> 00:37:54,773 Down to go down whenever. The perfect girl. 713 00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:58,986 Not someone who is depressed or fucked-up 714 00:37:58,986 --> 00:38:00,779 or comes with any complications. 715 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:03,115 [hyperventilating] 716 00:38:03,115 --> 00:38:04,825 You want to know how I knew it wasn't you? 717 00:38:07,536 --> 00:38:10,539 In the apartment she wore some designer dress, 718 00:38:10,539 --> 00:38:13,041 and you always ditch your bra for sweats as soon as you get home. 719 00:38:13,041 --> 00:38:14,793 She, she found your car keys 720 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:18,380 on the first try, and you have never, ever found your car keys in under 15 minutes. 721 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:19,464 But the final clue: 722 00:38:19,464 --> 00:38:22,467 in the bunker she was sweating, 723 00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:27,097 and you have always been and always will be 90% pashmina. 724 00:38:27,097 --> 00:38:28,974 I love that about you. 725 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,767 All your weird, amazing 726 00:38:30,767 --> 00:38:33,145 fucked-up-ness, that's what makes you you. 727 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:35,689 Annie, please. 728 00:38:38,692 --> 00:38:39,818 [quietly] I can't. 729 00:38:45,866 --> 00:38:47,659 Fuck. 730 00:38:47,659 --> 00:38:48,952 [sighs] 731 00:38:48,952 --> 00:38:51,038 [phone ringing, buzzing] 732 00:38:58,545 --> 00:38:59,713 Vicky? 733 00:38:59,713 --> 00:39:01,048 I want out. 734 00:39:02,090 --> 00:39:03,884 [Hughie] Sorry, is-is this a joke? 735 00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:05,927 No. 736 00:39:07,095 --> 00:39:08,180 It's gone too far. 737 00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:10,265 No. No, you're just saying that 'cause the assassination failed. 738 00:39:10,265 --> 00:39:12,309 No, I'm saying it 'cause it'll never fucking end. 739 00:39:12,309 --> 00:39:15,771 Homelander's unhinged, he's not even listening to Sage anymore. 740 00:39:15,771 --> 00:39:17,773 If I become president, I'm just gonna be a puppet, 741 00:39:17,773 --> 00:39:19,441 and if I fight back, he'll... 742 00:39:22,652 --> 00:39:24,362 I'll resign without a fight. 743 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:26,823 You just need to get the CIA off my ass and get me and Zoe out. 744 00:39:26,823 --> 00:39:28,283 Okay, fuck all the way off. 745 00:39:28,283 --> 00:39:30,077 You're like the asshole who cried wolf. 746 00:39:30,077 --> 00:39:32,287 - I mean, the shit that you have done-- - Oh, what? 747 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:34,539 Like how you got Sameer to cook up some more of the virus to kill me? 748 00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:36,208 Oh, and, yeah, cut off his fucking leg! 749 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:37,793 Ah. 750 00:39:37,793 --> 00:39:39,961 Glad you two connected. Okay. 751 00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:41,546 So the leg thing wasn't me, 752 00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:43,590 and you didn't exactly leave us with a ton of options. 753 00:39:43,590 --> 00:39:46,343 Look, the point is, you hit me, I hit you back, 754 00:39:46,343 --> 00:39:47,844 and it never fucking ends. 755 00:39:47,844 --> 00:39:49,262 WarGames, Hughie. 756 00:39:50,263 --> 00:39:51,264 [sniffles] 757 00:39:51,264 --> 00:39:52,933 The only way to win is not to play. 758 00:39:58,313 --> 00:39:59,564 I thought I wanted this. 759 00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,733 Not for Zoe or... 760 00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:04,277 Edgar but for me. 761 00:40:04,277 --> 00:40:08,073 You know, I just... I wanted to feel safe, and not like 762 00:40:08,073 --> 00:40:10,367 that scared fucking kid at Red River. 763 00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:16,289 [crying] But I don't feel safe, and I'm really fucking scared. 764 00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:20,877 And I'm not getting Zoe killed over this. 765 00:40:24,798 --> 00:40:26,508 This is the only way. 766 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:28,969 Vicky, I don't know how to trust you. 767 00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:31,805 I'll tell you where Zoe is. 768 00:40:33,223 --> 00:40:34,558 Is she okay? 769 00:40:34,558 --> 00:40:37,477 Yeah, but if I get her, it'll draw too much attention. 770 00:40:37,477 --> 00:40:39,104 And that's how you know you can trust me, 771 00:40:39,104 --> 00:40:41,815 because I am trusting my daughter with you. 772 00:40:43,859 --> 00:40:45,986 Please, Hughie. 773 00:40:45,986 --> 00:40:49,698 You're literally the only person on Earth I can turn to right now. 774 00:40:54,286 --> 00:40:56,413 [intense music playing] 775 00:40:56,413 --> 00:40:58,248 ♪ ♪ 776 00:41:01,334 --> 00:41:03,003 Enough fucking running. 777 00:41:03,003 --> 00:41:04,337 [gunshot] 778 00:41:15,432 --> 00:41:16,933 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 779 00:41:16,933 --> 00:41:19,019 [inhales] Sorry, bro, you're on the list. 780 00:41:19,019 --> 00:41:21,438 Don't kill me. I can pay you. 781 00:41:21,438 --> 00:41:22,689 [chuckles] You're a writer. 782 00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:24,024 - You don't get paid shit. - Please... 783 00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:25,358 I-I'll do anything. 784 00:41:28,361 --> 00:41:29,404 Anything? 785 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:33,575 Tell me I'm the smartest superhero in The Seven. 786 00:41:34,910 --> 00:41:38,455 You are, by far, the smartest superhero in The Seven. 787 00:41:38,455 --> 00:41:40,081 You're brilliant, a genius. 788 00:41:40,081 --> 00:41:43,210 And that you respect me the most. Besides Homelander, of course. 789 00:41:43,210 --> 00:41:45,295 Of course. Of course I respect you. 790 00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:47,839 - You-You're amazing. - [chuckles softly] 791 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,467 You're just saying that 'cause you're scared, aren't you? 792 00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:51,801 No, I'm not. 793 00:41:51,801 --> 00:41:54,387 - I swear. - Yeah, you are. 794 00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:57,432 But you know what, bro? 795 00:41:58,725 --> 00:42:00,060 That's good enough for me. 796 00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:01,269 [pants] 797 00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:16,660 - Yo, have you seen Ashley? - [screams] 798 00:42:16,660 --> 00:42:18,453 This is Ashley. 799 00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:22,207 No, bro. 800 00:42:22,207 --> 00:42:24,209 The other Ashley. 801 00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:27,545 - This Ashley's not even on the list. - [Black Noir] Well, I don't know. 802 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:29,339 Everyone here's named fucking Ashley. 803 00:42:29,339 --> 00:42:30,715 [chuckles] 804 00:42:30,715 --> 00:42:32,425 Bro. 805 00:42:32,425 --> 00:42:34,511 [tense music playing] 806 00:42:40,725 --> 00:42:42,519 Murder boner. 807 00:42:42,519 --> 00:42:44,354 - You've got to be kidding me. - [Hughie] Look, 808 00:42:44,354 --> 00:42:46,564 if we can flip Neuman, as powerful as she is, 809 00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:48,733 with everything that she has on Vought, I mean, 810 00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:50,568 if there's even a five percent chance. 811 00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:53,196 Alors, what, just forget that Neuman is a monster? 812 00:42:53,196 --> 00:42:55,115 I'm not saying that. I'm saying... 813 00:42:55,115 --> 00:42:56,992 Look, we've all done bad shit. 814 00:42:56,992 --> 00:42:59,619 What if she's just fucked-up like the rest of us, 815 00:42:59,619 --> 00:43:01,371 just trying to do right by her kid? 816 00:43:01,371 --> 00:43:04,416 It's insane that we're even discussing this. 817 00:43:04,416 --> 00:43:07,085 What's insane is that our solution to every problem 818 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:08,253 is murder. 819 00:43:08,253 --> 00:43:10,922 I used to freak out whenever I saw blood. 820 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:12,590 Now I barely blink at it. 821 00:43:13,883 --> 00:43:15,302 It shouldn't be that way. 822 00:43:15,302 --> 00:43:17,512 This isn't some fucking Vought movie. 823 00:43:17,512 --> 00:43:19,222 Violence isn't brave. 824 00:43:19,222 --> 00:43:21,641 Neither is hating my mom 825 00:43:21,641 --> 00:43:23,601 or A-Train or... 826 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:24,811 anyone. 827 00:43:24,811 --> 00:43:26,521 But forgiveness, 828 00:43:26,521 --> 00:43:27,689 letting go, 829 00:43:27,689 --> 00:43:29,190 a little fucking mercy-- 830 00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:30,984 that's brave. 831 00:43:32,569 --> 00:43:33,653 It's crazy. 832 00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:35,655 But it's brave. 833 00:43:37,782 --> 00:43:40,201 It's about the last thing my dad ever taught me, and I just think... 834 00:43:41,786 --> 00:43:43,288 ...if we're ever gonna win against monsters, 835 00:43:43,288 --> 00:43:45,415 I think we need to start acting human. 836 00:43:51,463 --> 00:43:52,881 Fuck it. 837 00:43:55,216 --> 00:43:57,844 [Annie] Really? Just... fuck it? 838 00:43:57,844 --> 00:43:59,846 Annie, we're probably dead either way. 839 00:44:00,847 --> 00:44:02,682 Might as well go out with our heads held high. 840 00:44:02,682 --> 00:44:04,184 So... 841 00:44:04,184 --> 00:44:05,769 - fuck it. - Oh. 842 00:44:05,769 --> 00:44:06,895 Great. 843 00:44:06,895 --> 00:44:08,396 Look, 844 00:44:08,396 --> 00:44:09,981 taking a chance with A-Train, 845 00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:12,067 that shit was crazy. 846 00:44:12,067 --> 00:44:13,735 But look at how it turned out. 847 00:44:16,988 --> 00:44:18,531 [whispers] Shit. 848 00:44:20,617 --> 00:44:21,951 Fuck it. 849 00:44:21,951 --> 00:44:23,411 [Frenchie] Petit Hughie, 850 00:44:23,411 --> 00:44:24,496 if you're wrong-- 851 00:44:24,496 --> 00:44:25,955 [Mother's Milk] Trust but verify. 852 00:44:25,955 --> 00:44:29,542 But, Frenchie, can you get that virus into Neuman's system? 853 00:44:29,542 --> 00:44:31,669 With a carbon metamaterial tip 854 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,463 to a dart gun 855 00:44:33,463 --> 00:44:36,132 and I aim for soft tissue... 856 00:44:37,342 --> 00:44:38,426 ...perhaps. 857 00:44:38,426 --> 00:44:39,511 [Mother's Milk] Then do it. 858 00:44:39,511 --> 00:44:42,430 'Cause if this is a trap, at least we ain't walking in blind. 859 00:44:42,430 --> 00:44:46,142 And, Hughie, if Neuman even blinks funny, 860 00:44:46,142 --> 00:44:47,977 Frenchie's dropping her. 861 00:44:47,977 --> 00:44:50,021 Fair. Got it. 862 00:44:52,023 --> 00:44:53,024 Look, Annie-- 863 00:44:53,024 --> 00:44:54,442 Shut up. 864 00:44:54,442 --> 00:44:59,364 You are getting tested for every single disease known to mankind. 865 00:44:59,364 --> 00:45:00,990 Okay? 866 00:45:00,990 --> 00:45:02,742 I'm not getting Shifter syphilis. 867 00:45:05,954 --> 00:45:07,956 [footsteps receding] 868 00:45:09,582 --> 00:45:11,751 [whispers] Fuck yeah, Hughie. Fuck yeah. 869 00:45:13,086 --> 00:45:14,754 [sighs] 870 00:45:16,589 --> 00:45:18,842 You really think this is wise? 871 00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:22,762 What if Hughie's right? 872 00:45:23,596 --> 00:45:28,977 What if forgiveness is the best we can do? 873 00:45:30,103 --> 00:45:31,187 Even to Neuman? 874 00:45:31,438 --> 00:45:33,398 To Neuman. 875 00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:35,733 To ourselves. 876 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,068 [scoffs] 877 00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:41,364 Neuman is easy compared to us. 878 00:45:43,867 --> 00:45:45,201 How? 879 00:45:46,661 --> 00:45:51,708 We try a little every day, I guess. 880 00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:04,721 You know how I said you should be with Colin? 881 00:46:04,721 --> 00:46:06,222 Oui. 882 00:46:08,558 --> 00:46:10,894 I lied. 883 00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:15,607 I just thought you deserved to be with someone... 884 00:46:19,527 --> 00:46:23,740 Better than me. 885 00:46:25,492 --> 00:46:26,701 Mon coeur... 886 00:46:28,453 --> 00:46:31,164 ...there is no one... 887 00:46:32,707 --> 00:46:33,875 ...better than you. 888 00:46:49,933 --> 00:46:51,935 [gentle music playing] 889 00:47:10,370 --> 00:47:13,581 [whispering indistinctly] 890 00:47:13,581 --> 00:47:14,791 You know I can hear you. 891 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,379 "Marvin said there was an attempt on Singer's life. 892 00:47:19,379 --> 00:47:21,214 - He survived." - [Butcher] We know. 893 00:47:21,214 --> 00:47:24,133 There's just some things you don't got to worry about. That's all. 894 00:47:24,133 --> 00:47:26,052 [Mallory] They're gonna try again, and that virus 895 00:47:26,052 --> 00:47:27,637 is a Hail Mary at best. 896 00:47:27,637 --> 00:47:30,223 We are out of time and out of better options. 897 00:47:30,223 --> 00:47:31,849 Ryan needs to know the truth. 898 00:47:31,849 --> 00:47:33,268 And we'll get there. 899 00:47:33,268 --> 00:47:34,852 What truth? 900 00:47:36,729 --> 00:47:38,606 The assassination attempt, 901 00:47:38,606 --> 00:47:40,692 it was on your father's orders. 902 00:47:41,901 --> 00:47:42,986 What? 903 00:47:42,986 --> 00:47:45,405 And Flight 37... 904 00:47:45,405 --> 00:47:48,825 Homelander killed every soul on board. 905 00:47:48,825 --> 00:47:49,909 Grace. 906 00:47:49,909 --> 00:47:50,994 You're lying. 907 00:47:50,994 --> 00:47:52,078 We have it on video. 908 00:47:52,078 --> 00:47:53,871 And he's murdered countless more. 909 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:55,748 - Your father isn't who you think he is. - Just stop. 910 00:47:55,748 --> 00:47:58,084 - And he wasn't having an affair with your mother. - Grace. 911 00:47:58,084 --> 00:47:59,252 He raped her. 912 00:47:59,252 --> 00:48:01,254 [sighs] 913 00:48:09,971 --> 00:48:12,098 I'm sorry, son. 914 00:48:12,098 --> 00:48:14,434 And? 915 00:48:15,518 --> 00:48:17,020 Your heart's pounding. 916 00:48:17,020 --> 00:48:19,564 There's something you're not telling me. 917 00:48:19,564 --> 00:48:21,566 And you're the only one who can stop him. 918 00:48:21,566 --> 00:48:23,735 S-Stop him? 919 00:48:23,735 --> 00:48:25,737 Like, kill him? 920 00:48:25,737 --> 00:48:27,238 No. No, I can't. 921 00:48:27,238 --> 00:48:28,615 Don't ask me to. 922 00:48:28,615 --> 00:48:29,907 Ryan, you're strong. 923 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:31,618 - He's stronger. - We'll train you. 924 00:48:31,618 --> 00:48:33,745 - Get you ready. - So this is why you want me to go with you? 925 00:48:33,745 --> 00:48:36,497 So you can teach me how to kill my dad? 926 00:48:36,497 --> 00:48:38,041 I have to go. 927 00:48:38,041 --> 00:48:39,584 No, just stay. 928 00:48:39,584 --> 00:48:41,753 - We'll talk it out together. - I don't want to talk. 929 00:48:41,753 --> 00:48:43,546 I'll be back, I just need to think. 930 00:48:43,546 --> 00:48:45,757 Listen, Ryan, there ain't gonna be another time for you and me. 931 00:48:45,757 --> 00:48:47,467 All right? Let's just take a breather. Yeah? 932 00:48:47,467 --> 00:48:49,052 You can't leave. 933 00:48:54,474 --> 00:48:56,392 Wait. 934 00:48:56,392 --> 00:48:58,603 These walls are six feet thick. 935 00:48:58,603 --> 00:49:00,605 This is the CIA's Hazlet safe house. 936 00:49:00,605 --> 00:49:02,231 Designed to hold people like you. 937 00:49:02,231 --> 00:49:04,942 I could seal us in here, flood the room with halothane. 938 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:07,153 And we all take a nice, long nap. 939 00:49:07,153 --> 00:49:09,739 - But I don't want to do that, kiddo. - You planned this. 940 00:49:09,739 --> 00:49:12,075 All along. You, you brought me here to trap me. 941 00:49:12,075 --> 00:49:13,993 No, no. We brought you here to help you. 942 00:49:13,993 --> 00:49:16,579 You're locking me in a cage unless I agree to be your weapon. 943 00:49:16,579 --> 00:49:18,206 Just like they did to my dad. 944 00:49:18,206 --> 00:49:20,333 That ain't the way it is, honest. 945 00:49:22,001 --> 00:49:23,670 - Let me go. - Ryan. 946 00:49:23,670 --> 00:49:25,838 When I lost my grandkids, it left 947 00:49:25,838 --> 00:49:29,008 this big empty black hole inside me. 948 00:49:29,008 --> 00:49:31,969 Then the greatest miracle came along. 949 00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:33,805 You. 950 00:49:37,058 --> 00:49:39,018 I love you, kiddo. 951 00:49:39,018 --> 00:49:40,645 Please. 952 00:49:40,645 --> 00:49:43,815 Aunt Grace... I want to leave. 953 00:49:43,815 --> 00:49:45,650 - I'm sorry. - Get out of my way. 954 00:49:45,650 --> 00:49:47,527 [Butcher] Grace. 955 00:49:47,527 --> 00:49:48,444 I'm sorry. 956 00:49:48,444 --> 00:49:50,530 [Butcher] No! 957 00:49:50,530 --> 00:49:52,365 [tense music playing] 958 00:49:52,365 --> 00:49:54,450 ♪ ♪ 959 00:50:15,471 --> 00:50:17,473 [door closes] 960 00:50:17,473 --> 00:50:19,559 ♪ ♪ 961 00:50:41,456 --> 00:50:43,458 ♪ ♪ 962 00:50:53,301 --> 00:50:54,802 What? 963 00:50:54,802 --> 00:50:56,179 [gasps] 964 00:50:58,389 --> 00:51:00,933 Hello, hello. 965 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:06,647 You took your braces off, since last time we saw you. 966 00:51:06,647 --> 00:51:08,900 - Let's not do that. - Uh-huh. 967 00:51:08,900 --> 00:51:10,860 How's this gonna work, Neuman? 968 00:51:10,860 --> 00:51:12,403 Simple. 969 00:51:12,403 --> 00:51:14,238 You help me get clear of Homelander, 970 00:51:14,238 --> 00:51:16,491 and Singer's people at the CIA. 971 00:51:17,575 --> 00:51:19,744 - And I go quietly. - [Mother's Milk] Mm. 972 00:51:19,744 --> 00:51:23,247 - And you'll owe us one. - A lot more than one. 973 00:51:25,708 --> 00:51:28,252 I will owe you many. 974 00:51:28,252 --> 00:51:31,297 Great. So you're gonna help us 975 00:51:31,297 --> 00:51:32,882 take down Vought 976 00:51:32,882 --> 00:51:34,634 and Homelander. 977 00:51:38,137 --> 00:51:39,555 [Butcher] Oi. 978 00:51:45,603 --> 00:51:47,063 Butcher? 979 00:51:48,898 --> 00:51:50,608 No deals. 980 00:51:51,943 --> 00:51:54,904 I can explain, all right? It's all good. I know 981 00:51:54,904 --> 00:51:57,448 what this looks like, but with everything that we've been through together, 982 00:51:57,448 --> 00:52:01,410 I've never once asked you to trust me. I am asking now. 983 00:52:01,410 --> 00:52:03,913 Like the way you used to trust Lenny. 984 00:52:03,913 --> 00:52:06,249 [slow, dramatic music playing] 985 00:52:06,249 --> 00:52:08,751 Please, Butcher. 986 00:52:08,751 --> 00:52:10,837 ♪ ♪ 987 00:52:17,802 --> 00:52:19,136 [chuckles softly] 988 00:52:19,136 --> 00:52:20,680 [Hughie gasps] 989 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:27,979 [all gasping] 990 00:52:27,979 --> 00:52:29,230 [screeching] 991 00:52:32,984 --> 00:52:34,610 [gunshots] 992 00:52:41,367 --> 00:52:43,286 Stop! 993 00:52:45,705 --> 00:52:47,999 No, no, no, no. 994 00:52:50,877 --> 00:52:53,004 [screams] 995 00:52:58,885 --> 00:53:00,887 ♪ ♪ 996 00:53:14,609 --> 00:53:16,068 [door opens] 997 00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:19,488 [door closes] 998 00:53:22,241 --> 00:53:23,659 Stop. Stop. 999 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:27,705 It's suicide. 1000 00:53:30,291 --> 00:53:32,793 I'll be taking that virus now, thanks, Frenchie. 1001 00:53:32,793 --> 00:53:34,295 Ain't no fucking way. 1002 00:53:35,630 --> 00:53:37,214 You took V? 1003 00:53:37,214 --> 00:53:39,967 It will work on you, too. 1004 00:53:47,016 --> 00:53:48,100 [sighs] 1005 00:53:54,231 --> 00:53:56,150 If I were you lot, 1006 00:53:56,150 --> 00:53:57,818 I wouldn't hang about. 1007 00:54:02,448 --> 00:54:04,700 Oh, by the way. 1008 00:54:08,412 --> 00:54:10,831 You're all fucking welcome. 1009 00:54:10,831 --> 00:54:12,875 [suspenseful music playing] 1010 00:54:19,632 --> 00:54:20,716 [door closes] 1011 00:54:24,387 --> 00:54:26,389 [breathing heavily] 1012 00:54:27,598 --> 00:54:31,519 {\an8}We are interrupting our regular reporting with a breaking news story, 1013 00:54:31,519 --> 00:54:33,854 {\an8}that at-- I'm sorry, I'm just 1014 00:54:33,854 --> 00:54:36,816 {\an8}looking to my producers here. Is this confirmed? 1015 00:54:36,816 --> 00:54:39,735 They're, they're, they're telling me it has been. 1016 00:54:39,735 --> 00:54:43,364 The Vice President-Elect, Victoria Neuman, is dead. 1017 00:54:43,364 --> 00:54:45,616 Assassinated today only hours 1018 00:54:45,616 --> 00:54:48,911 after revealing to the world that she is super-abled... 1019 00:54:48,911 --> 00:54:51,080 [Sage] Where's Ryan? 1020 00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:53,958 This was all for him after all, right? 1021 00:54:53,958 --> 00:54:56,168 What are you doing here? 1022 00:54:56,168 --> 00:54:58,004 Celebrating. 1023 00:54:58,004 --> 00:54:59,797 We won. Here. 1024 00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:01,841 [Homelander sighs] 1025 00:55:01,841 --> 00:55:03,592 Everything's turned to shit. 1026 00:55:03,592 --> 00:55:04,927 Plan's dead. 1027 00:55:04,927 --> 00:55:06,971 This is the plan. 1028 00:55:06,971 --> 00:55:09,890 I mean, sure, a few curveballs, 1029 00:55:09,890 --> 00:55:12,810 but, uh, we got here. 1030 00:55:12,810 --> 00:55:14,812 Just had to keep a few bits to myself. 1031 00:55:14,812 --> 00:55:16,689 You know, the bits you'd fuck up by... 1032 00:55:18,065 --> 00:55:20,067 ...you know, being you. 1033 00:55:20,067 --> 00:55:21,777 Neuman would have been a shit patsy. 1034 00:55:21,777 --> 00:55:23,279 Stubborn, too many ideas. 1035 00:55:23,279 --> 00:55:25,406 So I went another way. 1036 00:55:25,406 --> 00:55:28,034 [Elliot] ...Bob Singer himself ordering the assassination. 1037 00:55:28,034 --> 00:55:30,619 If you'd killed Neuman like I ordered, 1038 00:55:30,619 --> 00:55:33,956 we wouldn't be stuck four stories underground playing pocket pool. 1039 00:55:33,956 --> 00:55:35,458 [Elliot] And now we go live. 1040 00:55:35,458 --> 00:55:37,668 {\an8}Okay, that's President-Elect Robert Singer 1041 00:55:37,668 --> 00:55:39,879 {\an8}taken into custody by federal agents... 1042 00:55:39,879 --> 00:55:41,255 {\an8}She tried to kill me first. 1043 00:55:41,255 --> 00:55:44,425 {\an8}[Elliot] ...in an unprecedented turn of events that is 1044 00:55:44,425 --> 00:55:48,387 {\an8}certain to go down as one of the darkest days-- 1045 00:55:49,472 --> 00:55:50,890 Oh. 1046 00:55:50,890 --> 00:55:53,100 It's for you. 1047 00:55:55,644 --> 00:55:56,896 Who is it? 1048 00:55:56,896 --> 00:55:58,981 Oh, Speaker of the House Calhoun. 1049 00:55:58,981 --> 00:56:00,816 Once they invoke the 25th, 1050 00:56:00,816 --> 00:56:02,443 he's next in line to be president. 1051 00:56:02,443 --> 00:56:04,737 He'd like to pledge his allegiance to you. 1052 00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,620 To me? 1053 00:56:14,038 --> 00:56:15,122 Just like I promised. 1054 00:56:15,122 --> 00:56:16,457 We had a deal. 1055 00:56:16,457 --> 00:56:17,875 Yeah, well, I broke the deal. 1056 00:56:17,875 --> 00:56:19,627 I didn't. 1057 00:56:19,627 --> 00:56:21,087 I told you, 1058 00:56:21,087 --> 00:56:23,339 you could trust me, boo. 1059 00:56:23,339 --> 00:56:25,424 I got your back. 1060 00:56:34,725 --> 00:56:37,686 I-I threw you out like... 1061 00:56:38,813 --> 00:56:40,106 ...like garbage. 1062 00:56:42,108 --> 00:56:43,359 Why would you do this? 1063 00:56:45,653 --> 00:56:47,655 To see if I could. 1064 00:56:50,116 --> 00:56:51,909 Thank you. 1065 00:56:51,909 --> 00:56:54,245 This was so much fun. 1066 00:56:54,245 --> 00:56:56,247 Whoo. 1067 00:56:56,247 --> 00:56:58,833 Just, you know, next time, 1068 00:56:58,833 --> 00:57:00,960 listen to me. 1069 00:57:04,171 --> 00:57:05,714 Next time? 1070 00:57:05,714 --> 00:57:07,800 Oh, hells yeah, blond ambition. 1071 00:57:09,510 --> 00:57:11,846 Buckle up for phase two. 1072 00:57:13,889 --> 00:57:14,932 [door opens] 1073 00:57:14,932 --> 00:57:16,851 - [door closes] - [inhales deeply] 1074 00:57:16,851 --> 00:57:18,936 [exhales] 1075 00:57:23,566 --> 00:57:25,568 [♪ Nirvana: "Heart-Shaped Box"] 1076 00:57:26,861 --> 00:57:28,571 Homelander speaking. 1077 00:57:28,571 --> 00:57:31,824 And that is why, as my first official act, 1078 00:57:31,824 --> 00:57:34,994 under Article One, Section Nine of the Constitution, 1079 00:57:34,994 --> 00:57:37,580 I'm declaring martial law 1080 00:57:37,830 --> 00:57:42,084 and deputizing hundreds of superheroes nationwide, 1081 00:57:42,084 --> 00:57:44,044 who will report directly 1082 00:57:44,044 --> 00:57:47,298 to Homelander himself. 1083 00:57:47,298 --> 00:57:49,175 - To keep-- - Thank you, Mr. President. 1084 00:57:50,593 --> 00:57:52,052 [clears throat] 1085 00:57:53,804 --> 00:57:57,099 Victoria Neuman, she was a great American. 1086 00:57:57,099 --> 00:57:58,809 And a dear, dear friend. 1087 00:57:58,809 --> 00:58:00,436 Murdered 1088 00:58:00,436 --> 00:58:03,731 in cold blood by deep-state Starlighters 1089 00:58:03,731 --> 00:58:06,150 embedded in our own government. 1090 00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:09,195 Now that we have full legal authority, 1091 00:58:09,195 --> 00:58:12,406 a veritable army of superheroes will be called upon 1092 00:58:12,406 --> 00:58:16,535 to rout these traitors from our government and from our streets. 1093 00:58:17,578 --> 00:58:19,747 America will be safe again. 1094 00:58:19,747 --> 00:58:21,373 And to the Starlighters, 1095 00:58:21,373 --> 00:58:23,584 whatever rock you're hiding under, 1096 00:58:23,584 --> 00:58:26,503 we're coming for you. 1097 00:58:26,503 --> 00:58:28,297 I'm coming for you. 1098 00:58:29,757 --> 00:58:32,051 Because today... 1099 00:58:33,385 --> 00:58:36,347 ...a new age of superheroes begins. 1100 00:58:36,347 --> 00:58:40,601 ♪ She eyes me like a Pisces ♪ 1101 00:58:40,601 --> 00:58:44,813 ♪ When I am weak ♪ 1102 00:58:46,607 --> 00:58:51,362 ♪ I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box ♪ 1103 00:58:51,362 --> 00:58:54,156 ♪ For weeks ♪ 1104 00:58:55,616 --> 00:58:58,202 ♪ I've been drawn into ♪ 1105 00:58:58,202 --> 00:59:03,123 ♪ Your magnet tar pit trap ♪ 1106 00:59:05,876 --> 00:59:09,296 ♪ I wish I could eat your cancer ♪ 1107 00:59:09,296 --> 00:59:13,550 ♪ When you turn black... 1108 00:59:14,677 --> 00:59:17,012 We wake up to a new world. 1109 00:59:17,012 --> 00:59:19,473 Where hope, purity 1110 00:59:19,473 --> 00:59:22,643 and Jesus's love shine down upon us all. 1111 00:59:22,643 --> 00:59:27,273 Where children can sleep peacefully in their mothers' arms, 1112 00:59:27,273 --> 00:59:31,694 knowing Starlight's pedo agenda has been thwarted. 1113 00:59:33,737 --> 00:59:34,738 [exclaims] 1114 00:59:34,738 --> 00:59:37,032 ♪ Hey, wait ♪ 1115 00:59:37,032 --> 00:59:39,118 ♪ I got a new complaint ♪ 1116 00:59:39,118 --> 00:59:40,536 [Frenchie] Kimiko! 1117 00:59:40,536 --> 00:59:43,747 ♪ Forever in debt to your priceless advice ♪ 1118 00:59:43,747 --> 00:59:46,458 ♪ Hey, wait ♪ 1119 00:59:46,458 --> 00:59:48,544 ♪ I got a new complaint ♪ 1120 00:59:48,544 --> 00:59:51,422 ♪ Forever in debt ♪ 1121 00:59:51,422 --> 00:59:55,092 ♪ To your priceless advice ♪ 1122 00:59:57,177 --> 01:00:00,514 ♪ Your advice ♪ 1123 01:00:03,183 --> 01:00:04,476 [grunting] 1124 01:00:04,476 --> 01:00:07,938 [Firecracker] Where America finally sees the woke mob 1125 01:00:07,938 --> 01:00:10,816 for what it is: monsters who want to destroy 1126 01:00:10,816 --> 01:00:14,194 our heritage, traffic our children, 1127 01:00:14,194 --> 01:00:16,363 and feminize our men. 1128 01:00:18,282 --> 01:00:21,118 Where, with Homelander's guidance... 1129 01:00:24,663 --> 01:00:27,249 ...we will all come together in unity. 1130 01:00:28,584 --> 01:00:30,169 [gasps] 1131 01:00:32,296 --> 01:00:36,592 No. No! 1132 01:00:36,592 --> 01:00:39,428 No! 1133 01:00:40,471 --> 01:00:42,890 No! 1134 01:00:47,019 --> 01:00:48,812 ♪ ♪ 1135 01:00:50,397 --> 01:00:53,275 ♪ Your advice ♪ 1136 01:00:57,696 --> 01:01:00,240 [Firecracker] We will make America 1137 01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:02,951 strong again. 1138 01:01:02,951 --> 01:01:05,204 Proud again. 1139 01:01:10,250 --> 01:01:11,835 And most of all, 1140 01:01:11,835 --> 01:01:14,880 we will make America super again. 1141 01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,466 ♪ Hey, wait ♪ 1142 01:01:17,466 --> 01:01:19,676 ♪ I got a new complaint ♪ 1143 01:01:19,676 --> 01:01:22,179 ♪ Forever in debt ♪ 1144 01:01:22,179 --> 01:01:26,600 ♪ To your priceless advice ♪ 1145 01:01:28,102 --> 01:01:31,355 ♪ Your advice ♪ 1146 01:01:32,773 --> 01:01:36,527 ♪ Your advice ♪ 1147 01:01:45,369 --> 01:01:46,870 [Homelander] How long have you known? 1148 01:01:46,870 --> 01:01:49,415 Only since this morning's classified briefing. 1149 01:01:52,459 --> 01:01:54,461 You were my first call. 1150 01:01:55,629 --> 01:01:57,256 Hand to God. 1151 01:02:03,971 --> 01:02:06,140 You got to be fucking kidding me. 1152 01:02:07,808 --> 01:02:09,601 This whole time. 1153 01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,162 [tense string music playing] 1154 01:02:35,335 --> 01:02:37,337 [atmospheric music playing]