[Rachel] Dick is dying.
I can feel it.
Can you find him?
[Rachel] Follow me.
[Gar] Dick!
[Rachel] No!
[Rachel breathing heavily]
[Gar] Rach, is there anything you can do?
[Rachel sobs] Dick!
[Rachel] No.
It's too late.
[somber music playing]
[screaming]
[bats screeching]
[dramatic music playing]
[distorted snarling]
Gar?
[screeching]
Gar, now!
[screeching continues]
[ominous music playing]
[Gar] Rachel?
Is he gonna make it?
I don't know.
[theme music playing]
[metallic scraping]
-[Jason] Nightwing is dead. -[Crane] Batman saved my toy.
[Crane chuckles]
A trinket of our courtship together.
Who would have thought he was so sentimental?
[Jason] Did you hear me?
I said Nightwing is dead!
So? He wasn't my monster.
[metal clangs]
He's your monster.
What do you want, a cookie? [chuckles]
But you said that's what you wanted.
When it was done, we would save Gotham our way.
Gotham will be saved, but first it must be destroyed.
As clever hopes expire, waves of fear and anger
circulate over the bright and darkened lands of the Earth.
What the fuck kind of gibberish is that?
No, not gibberish, no. It's the past come to life in the present.
An ode to the Bat and his wee Bird
from when they stopped me.
But they can't stop me now.
No, they can't stop me now
because...
because we will walk among them. The dead.
And the fallen city will be like...
It'll be like a beacon.
Very soon, Jason. Very, very soon they will die.
Yes, they will die.
-Who will die? -All of them!
All of them. Everybody.
You still stink of fear. After all that I've given you.
You said I was gonna be a savior.
I won't help you destroy the city.
[sighs] Well...
perhaps you won't.
[grunts]
[clanging]
Keep running, boy... keep running.
"As the clever hopes expire, waves of fear and anger...
waves of fear and anger."
There's heavy smoke coming from an explosion south of the dock.
Last radio alert said that someone saw Crane's cops at Greene and Sixth.
They're wiping out the Resistance cells one by one.
Heading east. Right toward us. We don't have much time.
Let's get everyone together. Go over the plan again
and make sure everyone's armed and ready.
[Stephen] Grab them while they're hot.
[Janet] Where'd did you get those?
Tim's got a secret closet, I got a secret stash.
[Tim] Hey, cuz. Know how to use an Uzi?
[exhales softly]
Nightwing is dead.
What?
That... that's impossible.
A guy had photos of his dead body in the street.
I've got them, it's him.
Show me.
You can't believe everything you see.
Those don't look real to you?
Scarecrow's weaving his web. We don't know what's real.
[Janet] It's real enough for me.
If superheroes are dying, we don't stand a chance.
We need to get out of Gotham.
Find a way past the GCPD Border Patrol.
I got friends who tried. They're dead.
I heard there might be an underground route north of the docks.
-If we can make it there-- -Go if you want.
I'm fighting to save Gotham.
Son... there's no Gotham left to save.
Not if we just give up.
Enough trying to be a superhero.
Last time you almost died.
No one's going to die.
Stay here. I'll be back.
[cell door buzzes]
The fuck do you think you're doing?
What you should have done.
[clangs]
[CCTV camera beeps]
[Crane] Sorry I'm late for our daily chat.
[sawing]
[panting]
You know, I lost my right-hand man recently
and I was feeling a tad bit lonely.
But then I realized, well, I have a man.
And I have a right hand.
[clattering]
So what the heck? [laughs] Now for our daily trivia.
What's merrier than Christmas and jollier than an elf?
[in sing-song voice] Johnny in the Batcave.
[Crane laughing]
Oh? You don't like it, huh?
It's a tough crowd. It's a tough crowd.
Oh, I know something that will perk you up.
Nightwing is dead.
[dramatic droning note plays]
A dismal duel to the death between two beloved Bat brothers.
Poetic or pathetic, you be the judge.
Come on. How about a little bit of appreciation
for all of my hard work. And cool it on the feels.
You know, the tragic end of Nightwing,
it's just an aperitif.
The main course is the death of your beloved city.
I only wish Papa Jim and Batman were around to savor it with you...
along with your dearly departed Dick Grayson. God, I miss him already.
Anyways, stay tuned. See you soon.
Same Crane channel, same Crane time.
[device beeps]
[chuckles]
[Gar's voice echoing] Rachel? Is he going to make it?
[Rachel's voice echoing] I don't know.
[Crane's voice echoing] In the beginning, there was fear.
[voice echoing] Where am I?
Eternity.
Your story begins the night your parents died.
When Mommy and Daddy died, a door in you closed.
You closed it in an attempt to avoid further pain.
Didn't quite work though, did it?
What are you talking about?
When a parent dies, it's like the ground beneath you suddenly gives way.
You trust nothing good again, not fully.
You live in fear.
But Bruce Wayne, he showed you how to live with that fear.
Punish it, strike first.
And then that's all you had. Fear and rage.
You felt fear, and dealt rage.
[yelling]
[indistinct shouting]
Don't you get it?
The battle for your soul... is over.
You lost.
-[Rachel] Dick... -You chose the path...
-Talk to me. -...of Bruce Wayne.
But he was not your father.
You are the son of John Grayson.
And he would be so disappointed with the man that you've become.
You're failing him.
Just like you failed everyone.
[Nightwing] Donna!
[device beeping]
Jason.
He never stood a chance too.
[Nightwing] Hold on!
[Crane] You always wanted him dead.
-No. -[Crane] So you killed him.
No, it was the Joker.
The Joker was just a weapon in your hands.
[Joker cackling]
[Crane] You always wanted Jason gone.
So you abandoned him.
You hated him.
You wanted to be the Detective's only son.
And then Jason came and he took your place.
He took your home...
he took your father.
Please.
You holding a gun to his head tonight,
that was as predictable as the sun rising.
[Jason] No, please. Don't. Please don't do this.
[grunting]
[rock music playing]
I need your keys and your car.
Fuck off.
Don't make me ask twice.
Okay.
She's a stick.
She grinds a little bit coming out there.
Just watch the suspension.
There's a quarter tank of gas left.
Just keep an eye on the fuel gauge, okay?
[Krypto barking]
Krypto.
Where is he?
[barking]
[Krypto barking]
Conner!
[whines]
[Conner gasping]
Who did this to you?
[barking]
Fuck the Titans. Let it go.
Dick said we were family.
But family is supposed to be there for you.
Not betray you.
I'm done pretending that's possible.
From now on, I do what I want.
I don't know what I want.
There's a part of me that wants to destroy Dick for what he did to me.
There's the part that says the family is everything,
and I should always do good, not harm.
Maybe we can do good together,
as a team.
-A team? -Why not?
I've got some loose ends to tie up.
We could do it together.
Then keep going.
-Just you and me? -[barks]
[Blackfire] And Krypto.
[chuckles softly]
-You're serious? -We both know what it's like,
to be treated as if we don't belong.
We can make sure others like us
get the respect and protection they deserve.
Like Hawk and Dove.
Be our own super duo.
-Who? -[chuckles]
Nevermind.
You're right.
Fuck the Titans.
[Stephen] Oh, shit!
-Incoming. -Crane's cops. Take your positions.
Tim. Keep the safety on until showtime.
You got this, son.
Be careful.
If anyone gets past us,
-you know what to do. -I love you.
[dramatic music intensifies]
[engine revving]
Don't ding up your ride.
[sighs in relief]
[ethereal music plays]
[grunts softly]
Can you sense him in there?
He has to fight, Gar.
We can't help him, anymore. He has to fight.
[sighs] He will.
[Rachel] What's wrong?
[Gar groans] I'm okay.
The bat... I'm still working through it.
How did you do that?
I don't know.
These new changes, they always happen when I'm afraid.
It's like, my ability to change
is locked behind a door.
And fear...
[sighs] Fear cracks it open for a brief moment.
And then it just slams shut again.
When it happens, when I start to change,
it feels like I'm dying.
I know I can do more, I can...
be more.
I just don't want it to always be this way.
My whole life, I thought it was hate
that gave me power.
Like my father.
You're nothing like him.
I know that.
But I know that because when it came time for me to face him...
it wasn't hate...
that gave me power.
It was love, for you...
for Dick...
for Kory.
I wouldn't let him hurt you
because I loved you
and that gave me all the strength I could possibly need.
It unlocked everything for me.
Close your eyes.
Trust me.
When you saw Dick's, body, you felt...
so much pain.
But then you saw the bats.
You knew you had to join them.
They found you because...
they knew you loved Dick Grayson.
You have everything you need.
[water sloshing]
Something is happening.
[crowbar clanging]
[grunting]
[Dick panting]
[Crane] You're mine now.
And you are never going to escape.
[straining]
I don't want this.
[dramatic music intensifying]
[triumphant music playing]
[boy laughing]
[serene music playing]
Dad!
Dad, I'm sorry.
I lost my way.
I was trying to be someone I'm not.
And I failed you.
It's okay, son.
I love you.
[girl] Daddy, come here.
Hi, Daddy.
[Crane reciting] "What huge imago made
A psychopathic god:
I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return."
[suspenseful music playing]
Jason.
[gasping]
Your father wasn't the only one you failed.
You failed Jason as well.
There's still time.
Time for what?
-Time to change him. -To change? No.
No, no, no. He works for me now.
All it took was a simple fear treaty.
And poof! His soul was mine.
I can stop you.
No, you can never stop me now.
You had your chance and you failed.
[triumphant music playing]
[gasps]
[coughing]
Dick.
-[Krypto barks] -[gasps]
Hey, why are you in here, huh?
Why? You got a leash law?
Oh, my God.
I'm dreaming. You're Superboy.
And you're an asshole.
What? Wait. What are you doing?
That's up to my girlfriend.
Is it okay if I call you my girlfriend?
You better.
Uh, hi, Blackfire.
Well, it is... it is so great to see you.
And how cool that you two are a couple, right?
Man, I love when people find love.
I see you're still hard at work doing the government's ill deeds.
I prefer to call it research.
[gasps]
You have firepower now.
-That is very-- -Hot.
Look, I understand you have some unresolved feelings,
but... if I could ask, very politely,
that, if, maybe you could refrain
from destroying government property.
Hm. Good point. It's not the stuff, that's the problem.
It's the people.
Please don't hurt me.
You didn't care when you were hurting me.
Wait! Wait!
I have something you want.
-He's lying. -No, no, no, no, I'm not.
If you let me live, I'll prove it.
Prove it.
Is that your ship?
Yes.
You told me you destroyed it.
Yeah, that was a tiny white lie.
We retrieved it so we could study.
But, uh, in light of recent events
and in exchange for my physical well-being,
I would love to return it to you.
And I'll even nix the storage fee.
That was a joke.
[Blackfire] I have no use for it.
What do you mean? It's your only way home.
Why would I want to return home
to a planet where everyone hates me?
The people of Tamaran treated me just like you did.
And they were wrong.
We were all wrong.
How did you find me?
You said you had unfinished business.
Figured this was the first place you'd go.
If you're here to kill me...
I'm happy to meet the challenge.
I'm not here to kill anyone.
But we need to talk.
[gasps]
Rachel.
[breathing heavily]
Gar.
It's okay now, you're safe.
Let us help you.
Are you all right?
What... what happened down there?
Crane can be stopped.
There's still time.
Wait, Dick, you need to rest, man.
Anton and First Street, there's an abandoned control room.
Find Conner. Make sure he is okay.
Unite the Titans.
Unite the Titans where?
Take them to Donna.
Did he just say Donna?
Apparently they haven't secured the Kane Bridge,
or the Tenth Street tunnel,
so those are our best routes out of the city.
You wanna get my family out of Gotham? Fine.
But I'm staying with you to fight.
-This isn't a debate. -And you're not my mother.
No, but she's right there. Do you see that look on her face?
She can't lose her only son.
So if you give one shit about her,
you'll stop being yammering and do as I say.
I didn't make it across that bridge
to come back and be a coward.
You made it across that bridge because Hank made a sacrifice.
He put your life before his because that's what a true hero does.
You wanna be a hero?
Save your mom's life, and fucking live.
Get in the damn truck.
Classic Gotham bullshit.
All my life...
this feeling like I was more...
that I was meant to be a queen.
You are.
It's your destiny.
[Blackfire] And you had no idea...
-this entire time? -No.
The visions led me to it.
I wish it weren't true.
[Blackfire] It's not your fault.
Our parents did this.
They lied...
to both of us.
But a queen's power lies not in shedding tears over battles lost.
I finally know my truth.
Now I want my throne.
How long will it take to prepare my ship to Tamaran?
You wanna go back?
Uh, actually,
about that one small thing about your ship, Your Majesty...
Is that what they call queens on Tamaran?
-Is there a different term or-- -On with it. What about my ship?
Uh, in studying its unique and powerful fuel orb,
my research team, uh, accidentally... destroyed it.
Well, we'll mine some more.
[Starfire] It's not that simple.
The ore is plentiful on Tamaran
but it doesn't exist here on Earth.
Yeah. We mined what's most comparable, but to...
develop that into the purified compound that your ship needs...
Well, that takes the kind of intense heat and pressure
that's only achievable at the Earth's core
and applied over several centuries.
We don't need any of that.
We have Superboy.
Can we, uh...
Can we talk?
Why are you doing this?
You know Kryptonians can't survive on Tamaran.
And why do you even wanna go back?
You said it yourself, they never appreciated you.
But now it's different.
Now, I'm their queen.
[scoffs] So you need to be a queen to matter?
You mattered to me from the moment I saw you.
Komand'r.
Stay here with me.
To hell with everyone else.
I wish I could.
-But it's not that simple. -[sighs]
So you're just like the rest of them.
You promise one thing, and then change the rules.
I meant what I said about wanting us to be together.
But ever since I was a girl...
there's been a voice inside me,
that says that I am meant to be more
than what others make me out to be.
Now I finally know...
that voice was telling me who I really am.
If I don't go back to Tamaran...
I won't be whole.
And if I don't go back now...
I never will.
-I know it's a lot to ask. -[sighs]
But please... will you help me?
[Gar] Conner?
Conner?
[Rachel] Hey, over here.
-What is that? -Kryptonite.
So, Conner was here.
What the hell happened?
Where did he go?
[static crackles]
[Tim over radio] ...location.
[Gar] Huh, something in here still works?
[Tim over radio] ...89th Street and Keane Avenue.
Do not come to this location.
Resistance no longer secure.
Repeat. We are no longer secure.
-Titan on site leading the evacuation. -"Titan on site."
Don't even think about it.
-I'm staying here to fight. -[sighs in exasperation]
And don't tell me I need to do this for my family.
They made their choices.
My dad was a cop.
Every day he walked out the door,
we had no guarantee he'd come back.
But that's the life he chose. And we respected it.
This is different.
I'm not gonna let you sign up for some suicide mission.
Oh, so now you have a crystal ball.
I have reality.
Me, Nightwing, Hawk, Dove...
You think you can do better than us?
Survive things that we couldn't?
All I know is... even before you and Hawk helped me across that bridge...
I knew why I had to come back.
And it wasn't to save my family.
It was to help save Gotham, to be the next Robin.
And if I die doing it, then so be it.
There's just one problem.
You're not Robin.
Having some secret tech basement doesn't mean that you're ready
to leap off buildings with a cape.
I mean, hell, I was literally born to do this,
and I still ended up training my whole life.
And even with that, there's no guarantee
that I'll be able to make a difference.
At least you'll have tried.
Hank wasn't born to be Hawk.
He just knew that was his path.
So he followed it.
Hank knew what he was getting into.
You may think you do,
but you've got no fucking idea.
And he would tell you the same thing if he was here.
No, he wouldn't.
He'd roll the dice and give me a chance.
Yeah, well, he's dead. So, I win.
Win what? When we were on that train,
I fought to get back here
because I have to pursue my destiny.
You may not think I'm meant to be the next Robin,
but I know I am.
I'm asking you to believe in me.
Just give me a chance.
Sorry.
Your destiny will have to wait.
Uh, keep in mind, for the orb to be viable--
The heat and pressure have to be maintained at 3,000 degrees Celsius
and five million kilopascals or the molecules become unstable
and render it unfit for use.
Believe it or not, I don't need the idiot who destroyed this stuff
to teach me how not to screw it up.
-You're still here. -Oh, uh...
I'll go.
That's right, motherfuckers! The Hood is back!
Nightwing is gone and this is the thanks you give me?
Jason... it's okay.
-It's me. -What the fuck?
Don't do this to me.
I saw you die. Right here.
I was in the Pit. Like you, I came out alive.
The Pit?
Who took you there?
I don't know. Gar and Rachel were there when I came out.
We don't have time. I need your help.
You want me to help you?
I'm a fucking murderer.
You know how Crane is operating. You know how he thinks.
He needs to be stopped or a lot more people are gonna die.
You want redemption?
Do you?
This is the first step.
You can't stop him.
He's got everything.
The police, the Batcave.
He's gonna take the whole fucking city down.
-How? -You think I know?
He doesn't tell me shit.
He must have said something. Think.
It was all crazy shit.
"Like waves of anger and fear."
"The bright and darkened lands of the Earth."
Something about an attack you and Bruce stopped a long time ago.
Years ago, Crane sent a poem
to Jim Gordon with clues about an attack on Gotham.
A chain of explosives to release his fear toxin.
We stopped him before he had a chance to set it off.
Bruce to Crane's weapons and put them in the Gotham Armory to study them.
And Crane is in the Batcave.
So he knows where those weapons are.
And so do we now.
We need to go.
So, I'm a Titan again?
No, you'll never be a Titan again.
But you can help me save Gotham.
How do I know you're not going to kill me?
Because now I know what it's like to die.
-You okay? -I'm not sure.
I've wanted this for so long.
What if they still don't accept me?
If you want, I could go with you.
And leave your family here forever?
You are my family.
I could vouch for you.
Help people understand what happened to us.
No.
This is something I'm going to have to do on my own.
[beeping]
Let's fire her up.
[engine powering up]
[crackling]
Something is wrong. Turn it off.
[dramatic music playing]
Try going north by the piers.
It'll get us straight to 10th Street.
Crane's cops have it blocked off for a command center.
Take Adams, it's faster.
But it's a main artery. They will have eyes all over it.
Speaking of eyes...
We've got company behind us.
[sirens wailing]
They see a Titan, it's game over.
-[tires screeching] -[sirens stop]
Evening. Jack Drake, GCPD. Retired.
I signed up when Crane recruited extra help to root out the Resistance.
-And the kid? -Just showing my son the ropes,
so he can be your next recruit.
Anybody in back?
Just gear and bottled water.
Gotta stay sane.
-Show me. -[Jack] Sure.
Not you. The kid.
Yes, sir.
[grunts]
Follow my lead.
Looks like your destiny arrived after all.
[cell door buzzes]
[grunting]
Hey!
Don't. Crane wants her alive.
Fuck.
Oracle. Command activate.
Oracle.
If you're there, tell me how to bring you back.
Let's go.
I don't get it.
There supposed to be, like, 200 ampules.
What the fuck is that?
"Bright and darkened lands of the Earth."
-What are you talking about? -Crane's poem.
His war on Gotham.
Fuck.
My babies have come home.
[laughing]
[ominous music playing]
September has come.
It is the month for dying.
[laughter echoes]
["New Rose" playing]
♪ I got a feeling inside of me ♪
♪ It's kind of strange like a stormy sea ♪
♪ I don't know why I don't know why ♪
♪ I guess these things have got to be ♪
♪ I gotta new rose I got it good ♪
♪ Guess I knew that I always would ♪
♪ I can't stop to mess around ♪
♪ I got a brand new rose in town ♪
♪ See the sun see the sun it shines ♪
♪ Don't get too close or it'll burn your eyes ♪
♪ Don't you run away that way ♪
♪ You can come back another day ♪
♪ I got a new rose I got it good ♪
♪ Guess I knew that I always would ♪
♪ I can't stop to mess around ♪
♪ I got a brand new rose in town ♪
♪ I got a feeling inside of me ♪
♪ It's kind of strange like a stormy sea ♪
♪ I don't know why I don't know why ♪
♪ I guess these things have got to be ♪
♪ I got a new rose I got her good ♪
♪ Guess I knew that I always would ♪
♪ I can't stop to mess around ♪
♪ I got a brand new rose in town ♪