1 00:00:02,530 --> 00:00:04,532 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] 2 00:01:18,527 --> 00:01:21,613 FREEZE: This is how I'll always remember you. 3 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:23,365 Surrounded by winter, 4 00:01:23,699 --> 00:01:24,992 forever young, 5 00:01:25,325 --> 00:01:26,744 forever beautiful. 6 00:01:27,661 --> 00:01:29,121 Rest well, my love. 7 00:01:29,997 --> 00:01:31,597 The monster who took you from me 8 00:01:31,957 --> 00:01:34,585 will soon learn that revenge is a dish 9 00:01:35,753 --> 00:01:37,838 best served cold. 10 00:01:38,255 --> 00:01:40,592 In the midst of the hottest August on record, 11 00:01:40,884 --> 00:01:43,553 a rash of bizarre cold-related crimes 12 00:01:43,887 --> 00:01:45,487 have chilled Gotham to the bone. 13 00:01:45,847 --> 00:01:48,725 Once again, the target is a GothCorp facility 14 00:01:49,184 --> 00:01:50,393 attacked by an assailant 15 00:01:50,602 --> 00:01:52,228 wielding what witnesses called 16 00:01:52,395 --> 00:01:53,813 a "freezing gun." 17 00:01:54,606 --> 00:01:57,025 The attacker's motives remain unclear. 18 00:01:57,484 --> 00:01:58,485 We spoke earlier 19 00:01:58,651 --> 00:02:01,030 with GothCorp CEO Ferris Boyle, 20 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,656 who offered these comments. 21 00:02:03,282 --> 00:02:05,868 I don't know what this person has against GothCorp 22 00:02:06,243 --> 00:02:08,143 But we've always looked upon ourselves 23 00:02:08,287 --> 00:02:09,705 as the people company. 24 00:02:10,289 --> 00:02:11,707 If this man has a problem, 25 00:02:12,041 --> 00:02:13,375 we're willing to listen. 26 00:02:15,711 --> 00:02:18,214 A heartfelt plea from the chairman of GothCorp, 27 00:02:18,547 --> 00:02:19,715 the people company. 28 00:02:20,424 --> 00:02:21,675 This is Summer Gleeson 29 00:02:21,884 --> 00:02:23,178 for Gotham Insider. 30 00:02:23,970 --> 00:02:25,870 -[MUSIC PLAYING] -Hey, get out of here! 31 00:02:38,652 --> 00:02:40,695 Taking up video games, are we, sir? 32 00:02:42,572 --> 00:02:45,034 I've accessed police files on the GothCorp raids. 33 00:02:45,701 --> 00:02:47,151 These are the stolen objects. 34 00:02:47,537 --> 00:02:49,137 They don't look like much alone, 35 00:02:49,372 --> 00:02:50,772 but in this configuration... 36 00:02:55,962 --> 00:02:56,963 My word. 37 00:02:57,672 --> 00:02:59,631 They combine into a massive weapon 38 00:02:59,715 --> 00:03:01,217 able to generate intense cold. 39 00:03:01,884 --> 00:03:03,684 There's still one component missing, 40 00:03:03,970 --> 00:03:05,820 and only one GothCorp plant makes it. 41 00:03:15,399 --> 00:03:16,859 Halt. Stay where you are. 42 00:03:18,777 --> 00:03:20,277 -[ALL SHOUTING] -MAN: Look out! 43 00:03:33,585 --> 00:03:35,211 [TIRES SCREECHING] 44 00:03:41,718 --> 00:03:42,802 We got company. 45 00:03:43,428 --> 00:03:45,428 FREEZE: Keep your mind on your business. 46 00:03:46,014 --> 00:03:47,056 I'll handle this. 47 00:03:53,898 --> 00:03:54,899 [TIRES SCREECHING] 48 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,619 [ENGINE REVVING] 49 00:04:07,202 --> 00:04:08,495 [TIRES SCREECHING] 50 00:04:29,267 --> 00:04:30,477 [ALARM BLARING] 51 00:04:32,103 --> 00:04:33,605 Load those canisters. 52 00:04:34,231 --> 00:04:35,274 Hurry. 53 00:04:56,088 --> 00:04:57,297 Are you done? 54 00:05:01,718 --> 00:05:02,803 All set. 55 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:04,053 [CRIES OUT] 56 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,639 [GASPS] The Batman! 57 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:08,350 Put me down! [YELLS] 58 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:11,561 [MEN GRUNTING] 59 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:14,481 Freeze. 60 00:05:15,273 --> 00:05:17,651 That's "Mr. Freeze" to you. 61 00:05:28,579 --> 00:05:30,665 This is a personal vendetta. 62 00:05:31,332 --> 00:05:33,251 It doesn't concern you. 63 00:05:33,793 --> 00:05:35,169 It's my concern now. 64 00:05:35,962 --> 00:05:38,840 Since you ally yourself with my enemies, 65 00:05:39,007 --> 00:05:40,718 you leave me no choice. 66 00:05:48,225 --> 00:05:49,226 Ahhh! 67 00:05:49,935 --> 00:05:50,936 Johnny! 68 00:06:03,033 --> 00:06:04,034 [SHUDDERING] 69 00:06:05,910 --> 00:06:07,662 Take it easy, man. I got you. 70 00:06:07,954 --> 00:06:09,039 FREEZE: Leave him. 71 00:06:12,625 --> 00:06:14,878 He should have been more careful. 72 00:06:15,545 --> 00:06:17,047 Now he's paid the price 73 00:06:17,505 --> 00:06:19,174 for his incompetence. 74 00:06:20,091 --> 00:06:21,092 But he's one of us. 75 00:06:21,634 --> 00:06:24,847 Then perhaps you'd like to share his fate. 76 00:06:32,229 --> 00:06:35,274 [SOBS] Don't leave me. Please! 77 00:06:44,784 --> 00:06:46,244 Please! Come back! 78 00:06:49,456 --> 00:06:51,041 [GRUNTING] 79 00:06:53,460 --> 00:06:55,087 MAN: Help! Please! 80 00:06:56,421 --> 00:06:57,422 Cold... 81 00:06:57,714 --> 00:06:59,716 So cold. 82 00:07:26,661 --> 00:07:27,961 I must say, you're showing 83 00:07:28,162 --> 00:07:30,749 a surprising amount of compassion for that man 84 00:07:31,375 --> 00:07:33,376 considering he would surely have left you 85 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:34,711 to die in his place. 86 00:07:34,795 --> 00:07:36,505 -[CRACKLING] -[WHIRRING] 87 00:07:43,554 --> 00:07:44,555 [POWERING DOWN] 88 00:07:45,973 --> 00:07:46,974 [SNIFFLES] 89 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,018 With all the compartments on your belt, 90 00:07:50,102 --> 00:07:52,052 you'd think there'd be one for tissues. 91 00:07:53,523 --> 00:07:55,567 [SNIFFS] Thanks. 92 00:07:55,942 --> 00:07:57,777 -[BLOWS NOSE] -[BEEPING] 93 00:08:07,829 --> 00:08:08,913 He's pulling through. 94 00:08:09,205 --> 00:08:10,998 The hot chemical bath did the trick. 95 00:08:11,082 --> 00:08:12,292 [SNEEZES LOUDLY] 96 00:08:13,335 --> 00:08:15,087 You could use a hot bath yourself. 97 00:08:15,713 --> 00:08:16,714 [SNIFFS] 98 00:08:17,131 --> 00:08:18,681 I can't worry about a cold now. 99 00:08:19,091 --> 00:08:21,091 After Batman drops our unconscious guest 100 00:08:21,177 --> 00:08:22,970 at police headquarters... [COUGHS] 101 00:08:23,387 --> 00:08:24,638 Bruce Wayne has got a meeting 102 00:08:24,722 --> 00:08:26,557 with Mr. Ferris Boyle. 103 00:08:27,391 --> 00:08:28,392 Bruce Wayne. 104 00:08:28,642 --> 00:08:30,492 It's been forever. How have you been? 105 00:08:30,686 --> 00:08:32,786 Still the terror of the Gotham night scene? 106 00:08:33,230 --> 00:08:34,273 [BRUCE COUGHING] 107 00:08:35,483 --> 00:08:36,610 I get around. 108 00:08:38,028 --> 00:08:39,029 Speaking of terror, 109 00:08:39,237 --> 00:08:42,073 what's this about someone causing trouble for GothCorp? 110 00:08:42,449 --> 00:08:43,450 You got me. 111 00:08:43,909 --> 00:08:45,785 Some fruitcake has it out for my company. 112 00:08:45,869 --> 00:08:47,037 I don't know why. 113 00:08:47,495 --> 00:08:49,038 Maybe it's an investor who lost money. 114 00:08:49,122 --> 00:08:50,123 [COUGHS] 115 00:08:50,624 --> 00:08:51,875 Or an angry ex-employee. 116 00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:53,501 There's only one man who'd hate 117 00:08:53,585 --> 00:08:54,836 GothCorp that much, 118 00:08:55,170 --> 00:08:56,171 if he were alive. 119 00:08:56,671 --> 00:08:58,799 -Who? -One of our scientists. 120 00:08:59,133 --> 00:09:00,384 An obsessed wacko. 121 00:09:00,593 --> 00:09:02,302 He was caught using company equipment 122 00:09:02,386 --> 00:09:03,436 for personal reasons. 123 00:09:03,846 --> 00:09:05,389 I had to send my security men in. 124 00:09:05,473 --> 00:09:07,225 There was a fight, an explosion. 125 00:09:07,725 --> 00:09:08,851 We lost him. 126 00:09:09,477 --> 00:09:10,645 What was he doing? 127 00:09:10,895 --> 00:09:12,521 Wasting company money. 128 00:09:12,855 --> 00:09:13,940 My money! 129 00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:15,358 Look, Bruce. 130 00:09:15,566 --> 00:09:18,027 That "people company" line is great PR. 131 00:09:18,236 --> 00:09:19,320 But when the wage-slaves 132 00:09:19,404 --> 00:09:20,864 start acting like they own the place, 133 00:09:20,948 --> 00:09:22,157 it's time to pull the plug. 134 00:09:22,241 --> 00:09:23,867 -Know what I mean? -[INTERCOM BUZZES] 135 00:09:23,951 --> 00:09:26,451 SECRETARY: Sir, the humanitarian committee is here. 136 00:09:27,329 --> 00:09:28,455 I'll be right out. 137 00:09:28,747 --> 00:09:30,290 We're hosting a ceremony tonight 138 00:09:30,374 --> 00:09:32,924 for Gotham's Humanitarian Industrialist of the Year. 139 00:09:33,460 --> 00:09:34,586 Guess who's winning? 140 00:09:35,170 --> 00:09:36,588 I feel ill. 141 00:09:37,047 --> 00:09:38,131 Hmm? 142 00:09:39,549 --> 00:09:41,552 Excuse me, Ferris. My cold. 143 00:09:43,263 --> 00:09:44,931 Congratulations on your award. 144 00:09:45,306 --> 00:09:46,933 I'm sure it's well-deserved. 145 00:09:53,022 --> 00:09:54,732 FERRIS: And I want to say that these 146 00:09:54,816 --> 00:09:56,985 unwarranted attacks against GothCorp 147 00:09:57,193 --> 00:09:58,293 have in no way changed 148 00:09:58,444 --> 00:10:00,494 our personal commitment to the community. 149 00:10:00,863 --> 00:10:02,115 Inspirational words 150 00:10:02,448 --> 00:10:05,077 from Gotham's Humanitarian Industrialist of the Year. 151 00:10:07,579 --> 00:10:08,664 FREEZE: Humanity. 152 00:10:09,498 --> 00:10:10,666 Compassion. 153 00:10:11,333 --> 00:10:12,584 Charity. 154 00:10:13,043 --> 00:10:15,004 Where were those pretty words 155 00:10:15,212 --> 00:10:16,880 when she needed to hear them? 156 00:10:24,346 --> 00:10:25,515 Faster. 157 00:10:26,057 --> 00:10:28,018 The cannon must be completed tonight. 158 00:10:28,893 --> 00:10:31,271 I have my own warm wishes 159 00:10:31,479 --> 00:10:33,523 to bestow on Mr. Boyle. 160 00:10:38,445 --> 00:10:40,571 BATMAN: When Ferris mentioned that explosion, 161 00:10:40,655 --> 00:10:42,657 I remembered this headline from last year 162 00:10:42,741 --> 00:10:44,743 Does it say what caused the accident? 163 00:10:46,954 --> 00:10:47,955 No. 164 00:10:48,164 --> 00:10:50,564 And I suspect that's the reason for the cover-up. 165 00:10:50,708 --> 00:10:53,961 I won't know for sure until I check GothCorp's classified files. 166 00:10:54,545 --> 00:10:55,546 [COUGHS] 167 00:10:55,838 --> 00:10:57,464 If you're going to go sneaking around 168 00:10:57,548 --> 00:10:59,698 a crowded office building, you'll need this. 169 00:11:01,052 --> 00:11:02,136 Knockout gas? 170 00:11:02,303 --> 00:11:03,387 Chicken soup. 171 00:11:03,471 --> 00:11:04,846 The only way to fight a cold. 172 00:11:04,930 --> 00:11:06,932 [CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING] 173 00:11:10,312 --> 00:11:11,355 [GUARD SIGHS] 174 00:11:16,735 --> 00:11:17,778 [GASPS] 175 00:11:17,986 --> 00:11:19,446 Mr. Boyle sent me to fill in. 176 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:22,230 Enjoy yourself at the party, with his compliments. 177 00:11:22,407 --> 00:11:23,658 Hey, great. 178 00:11:23,992 --> 00:11:25,035 [SNEEZES] 179 00:11:25,243 --> 00:11:27,871 -You okay? -I'm fine. Take off. 180 00:11:28,663 --> 00:11:29,915 [HUMMING HAPPILY] 181 00:11:43,763 --> 00:11:44,764 [LOCK CLICKS] 182 00:12:27,767 --> 00:12:29,602 My name is Dr. Victor Fries. 183 00:12:30,562 --> 00:12:32,522 I am recording what I pray 184 00:12:32,689 --> 00:12:35,039 will be mankind's first step toward immortality. 185 00:12:36,610 --> 00:12:38,779 Behind me you see the CC-100... 186 00:12:39,738 --> 00:12:41,988 A cryogenic freezing chamber of my own design. 187 00:12:42,283 --> 00:12:44,826 I created it for the express purpose of freezing subjects 188 00:12:44,910 --> 00:12:46,954 stricken with inoperable ailments. 189 00:12:47,371 --> 00:12:48,372 Subjects like 190 00:12:48,789 --> 00:12:50,291 my own beloved wife, Nora. 191 00:12:50,833 --> 00:12:51,875 Once a remedy has been found... 192 00:12:51,959 --> 00:12:53,127 [KNOB RATTLING] 193 00:12:53,419 --> 00:12:55,219 FERRIS: Open this door! Open it now! 194 00:12:59,759 --> 00:13:01,209 Get away from that equipment! 195 00:13:01,386 --> 00:13:02,471 Shut this stuff down. 196 00:13:02,804 --> 00:13:05,265 Stop! This is my experiment! 197 00:13:05,515 --> 00:13:07,225 Your unauthorized experiment. 198 00:13:07,434 --> 00:13:09,811 I ordered funding suspended weeks ago. 199 00:13:10,353 --> 00:13:12,753 I'm already three million in debt, thanks to you. 200 00:13:13,356 --> 00:13:14,524 You can't stop it now. 201 00:13:14,983 --> 00:13:16,109 My wife is in there. 202 00:13:16,401 --> 00:13:17,694 So bring her out. 203 00:13:18,236 --> 00:13:20,198 You can't interrupt the process now. 204 00:13:20,656 --> 00:13:21,657 Open it. 205 00:13:21,949 --> 00:13:23,284 It's her only chance. 206 00:13:23,868 --> 00:13:25,828 This is my equipment! Mine! 207 00:13:26,287 --> 00:13:27,487 I have every legal right 208 00:13:27,705 --> 00:13:29,874 to use it or not use it as I see fit. 209 00:13:30,124 --> 00:13:32,251 I say this project ends now! 210 00:13:34,837 --> 00:13:35,838 No! 211 00:13:36,172 --> 00:13:38,132 Stay away from her, murderer. 212 00:13:38,424 --> 00:13:39,425 Victor... 213 00:13:39,842 --> 00:13:41,177 I'm sorry. 214 00:13:41,845 --> 00:13:43,013 I lost my temper. 215 00:13:43,305 --> 00:13:44,848 It doesn't have to come to this. 216 00:13:44,932 --> 00:13:46,099 We can talk. 217 00:13:47,392 --> 00:13:48,393 [GRUNTS] 218 00:13:48,727 --> 00:13:49,728 [YELLS] 219 00:13:50,854 --> 00:13:52,231 Get out! Get out! 220 00:13:54,691 --> 00:13:55,901 Nora! 221 00:13:56,693 --> 00:13:57,861 Nora! 222 00:14:00,030 --> 00:14:01,114 My God. 223 00:14:02,199 --> 00:14:03,200 FREEZE: Yes... 224 00:14:03,701 --> 00:14:05,286 It would move me to tears 225 00:14:05,662 --> 00:14:08,414 if I still had tears to shed. 226 00:14:25,181 --> 00:14:27,726 The snow is beautiful, don't you think? 227 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:30,688 Clean, uncompromising... 228 00:14:31,814 --> 00:14:32,898 And cold. 229 00:14:33,566 --> 00:14:36,694 Like the swift hand of vengeance. 230 00:14:37,695 --> 00:14:39,613 I saw what happened to your wife. 231 00:14:40,406 --> 00:14:41,407 I'm sorry. 232 00:14:42,366 --> 00:14:44,702 I'm beyond emotions. 233 00:14:44,994 --> 00:14:47,622 They've been frozen dead in me. 234 00:14:48,456 --> 00:14:49,791 That suit you wear... 235 00:14:50,083 --> 00:14:51,283 A result of the coolant? 236 00:14:51,751 --> 00:14:53,003 Very good. 237 00:14:53,336 --> 00:14:55,505 A detective to the last. 238 00:14:56,047 --> 00:14:57,924 I can no longer survive 239 00:14:58,425 --> 00:15:00,719 out of a sub-zero environment. 240 00:15:01,636 --> 00:15:03,555 Tonight, I mean to pay back 241 00:15:03,763 --> 00:15:05,807 the man who ruined my life. 242 00:15:06,391 --> 00:15:07,726 Our lives. 243 00:15:08,727 --> 00:15:09,927 Even if you have to kill 244 00:15:10,021 --> 00:15:11,721 everyone in the building to do it? 245 00:15:14,191 --> 00:15:15,526 Think of it, Batman. 246 00:15:16,485 --> 00:15:18,779 To never again walk on a summer's day 247 00:15:19,113 --> 00:15:21,157 with a hot wind in your face 248 00:15:21,365 --> 00:15:23,326 and a warm hand to hold. 249 00:15:23,951 --> 00:15:25,202 Oh, yes. 250 00:15:25,786 --> 00:15:28,080 I'd kill for that. 251 00:15:33,045 --> 00:15:34,046 Let's go. 252 00:15:34,755 --> 00:15:36,590 [GRUNTING] 253 00:16:24,890 --> 00:16:25,891 Huh? 254 00:16:32,815 --> 00:16:33,816 Keys? 255 00:16:38,196 --> 00:16:39,531 Seal the building. 256 00:16:41,491 --> 00:16:42,951 [MACHINE WHIRRING] 257 00:17:11,147 --> 00:17:12,440 [COUGHING] 258 00:17:12,982 --> 00:17:14,275 [BREATHING HEAVILY] 259 00:17:15,860 --> 00:17:16,861 [CRACKLING] 260 00:17:25,829 --> 00:17:27,706 Higher. Higher. 261 00:17:28,331 --> 00:17:30,751 Let the evil that walks inside 262 00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:34,171 be cleansed by pure, unforgiving ice. 263 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:40,051 And so it gives me great pleasure 264 00:17:40,135 --> 00:17:42,638 to present this well-deserved award to... 265 00:17:42,930 --> 00:17:44,432 [GLASS BREAKING] 266 00:17:46,434 --> 00:17:47,435 [WIND WHISTLING] 267 00:17:48,186 --> 00:17:49,187 [PEOPLE GASPING] 268 00:17:52,774 --> 00:17:53,983 Double the power. 269 00:17:56,652 --> 00:17:57,779 Huh? 270 00:17:59,906 --> 00:18:00,907 [GRUNTS] 271 00:18:19,343 --> 00:18:20,344 [GRUNTS] 272 00:18:22,221 --> 00:18:23,680 I will finish this. 273 00:18:44,244 --> 00:18:45,703 [PANICKED CHATTER] 274 00:18:54,755 --> 00:18:56,632 The cold eyes of vengeance 275 00:18:56,757 --> 00:18:58,676 are upon you, Boyle. 276 00:18:59,468 --> 00:19:00,469 Who... 277 00:19:00,678 --> 00:19:01,887 Who are you? 278 00:19:02,555 --> 00:19:03,639 Come, now. 279 00:19:04,181 --> 00:19:05,599 Surely you remember 280 00:19:05,850 --> 00:19:07,059 your old colleague 281 00:19:07,726 --> 00:19:08,727 Victor Fries. 282 00:19:11,273 --> 00:19:12,274 No! 283 00:19:12,983 --> 00:19:13,984 [GROANS] 284 00:19:16,194 --> 00:19:18,238 Stop. Please. 285 00:19:19,573 --> 00:19:20,615 I beg you. 286 00:19:21,283 --> 00:19:23,034 You beg? 287 00:19:23,869 --> 00:19:25,119 In my nightmares, 288 00:19:25,203 --> 00:19:27,163 I see my Nora behind the glass, 289 00:19:28,290 --> 00:19:31,418 begging to me with frozen eyes. 290 00:19:31,918 --> 00:19:33,545 How I've longed to see 291 00:19:33,629 --> 00:19:35,756 that look frozen on you. 292 00:19:51,439 --> 00:19:54,026 The advanced circuitry that powers my suit 293 00:19:54,192 --> 00:19:56,278 also triples my strength. 294 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:07,623 Sooner or later, all who stand in my way 295 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:11,251 must feel the icy touch of death. 296 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:13,128 [BATMAN STRAINING] 297 00:20:16,841 --> 00:20:17,842 [GRUNTS] 298 00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:33,983 Ugh. What was that stuff? 299 00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:36,226 The only way to fight a cold. 300 00:20:36,778 --> 00:20:39,573 [DISTORTED] It can't end this way. 301 00:20:40,032 --> 00:20:41,450 Vengeance... 302 00:20:43,202 --> 00:20:44,203 BATMAN: No. 303 00:20:44,411 --> 00:20:45,454 Justice. 304 00:20:45,704 --> 00:20:48,204 A year ago, Ferris Boyle interrupted an experiment, 305 00:20:48,749 --> 00:20:50,793 and in the process destroyed two lives. 306 00:20:51,210 --> 00:20:52,628 Here's the evidence. 307 00:20:58,342 --> 00:21:00,804 Good night, humanitarian. 308 00:21:14,317 --> 00:21:15,777 I failed you. 309 00:21:17,028 --> 00:21:19,698 I wish there were another way for me to say it. 310 00:21:21,324 --> 00:21:22,368 But I cannot. 311 00:21:22,743 --> 00:21:25,413 I can only beg your forgiveness 312 00:21:26,205 --> 00:21:28,457 and pray you hear me somehow... 313 00:21:29,291 --> 00:21:30,459 Someplace... 314 00:21:31,210 --> 00:21:34,005 Someplace where a warm hand 315 00:21:34,296 --> 00:21:35,339 waits for mine. 316 00:22:00,407 --> 00:22:02,409 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING]