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- ♪ ♪
- (burbling)

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(high-pitched whooping)

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(whooping, laughing)

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TICK:
So round.

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So perfect!

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Ah...

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why do the best things in life
pop so easily?

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You've really never seen
these before, Tick?

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Circles? Seen plenty of them.

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(phone ringing)

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Hey, would you mind
getting that?

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- Ah.
- Bubble duty beckons.

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There you go, little guys.

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- Hello? -MAN (over phone):
Urgent message for Arthur.

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Urgent? Got it!

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(panting):
Arthur!

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- It's urgent!
- What?

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- Hello?
- (speaks indistinctly)

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- Hello?
- Hello. Yes. Is this Arthur?

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- Yeah, speaking. -This is AEGIS.
You made the Flag Five.

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- I beg your pardon?
- You made the Flag Five. -What?

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- Really?
- What?

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Tick, we're in.

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In what?

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We made the Flag Five.

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Chum.

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Your dream came true!

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(high-pitched laughter, shouts)

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

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Oh, my God. Oh, my God,
it's the Flag Five Ready Room.

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I am in the Flag Five
Ready Room.

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TICK: You are ready to be
in the Flag Five Ready Room.

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The Tick and Arthur.

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Welcome to the big leagues.

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Sage! Bronze Star!

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BRONZE STAR:
Whoa. I kind of forgot

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about the whole "flag thing."

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Right? Looks like the Fourth
of July threw up in this mug.

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I know. It's so perfect.

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- Hey, boys.
- (groans)

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God, I can't believe
they'd let you on the Five.

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TICK:
She has a checkered past,

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but has done enough good
to confuse the issue.

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- And me.
- Yeah, Arthur.

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I'm starting to hear voices
in my head and everything.

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What do you say we call a truce
and not ruin our big day?

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Fine. But I am watching you.

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Heroes.

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Please take a chair.

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RATHBONE:
We call to order

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this first assembly of the...

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TICK:
Whoa. Heh!

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These chairs are cool!

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(whispers):
Tick, Tick, we said

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this was a professional
environment. Be cool. Thank you.

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- Oh.
- RATHBONE: Now, we call to order

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this first assembly
of the newly ratified Flag Five.

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- Hmm.
- Joan of Arc,

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Bronze Star,
Sage The Supernumerary,

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The Tick...

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and Arthur.

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Thank you very much.
I appreciate it.

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Now, being a member
of the Flag Five not only comes

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with great responsibilities,
it also comes

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with some damn fine privileges,
which you will find

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in your manuals.

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Your Ready Room,
right here at AEGIS,

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your Flag Five Fortress...
Your HQ...

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An impressive array of vehicles,
weapons and technology,

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and also, coupons...

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for several local
businesses and eateries.

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SAGE:
30% off dry cleaning.

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I could use that.

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Oof.

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- What is this?
- HOBBES: Oh.

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Just some initial concepts

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designed to make you more
visually cohesive as a team.

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To put the "flag" in the five,

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- as it were.
- SAGE: Well, is that...

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is that a "5"
on the Blind Eye of Thirdarra?

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Nah, but that-that's
just blasphemy.

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I look like
a crossing guard for justice.

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I look great.

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And, of course,
there's the Flock Flare.

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Oh, my God, Tick.
Don't you know what this is?

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- Nope.
- (Arthur exhales)

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It's the Flag Five Flock Flare.

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Flantastic!

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ARTHUR (sighs):
The righteous wristwatch signal

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that calls the team together
in times of trial.

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Oh, my God, I've only ever seen
these things in photos before.

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From this day forward,

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you five heroes will become one.

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So...

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heroes...

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stand with me
and raise a glass...

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to the new Flag Five!

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OTHERS:
To the new Flag Five!

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(takes deep breath)

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♪ ♪

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That hero walk felt good.

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- Hey.
- (gasps)

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There you are.

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Let's go get
your paperwork started.

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(whooshing)

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I been looking for you boys.
We need to talk.

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(man speaking indistinctly
over P.A.)

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(sniffs)
Mm-hmm.

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I've been trying
to get Lobstercules on board

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with the plan all morning,
but it's a no-go.

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Maybe you can chew her ear
a little bit.

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How is biting her
gonna change her mind?

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Gentlemen.

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Such excellent cake.
(chuckles)

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I couldn't resist.

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Oh, man, you guys get cake.

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♪ ♪

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FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE:
Scanning.

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Agent Doctor Hobbes.

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Access granted.

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(whirring)

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- ♪ ♪
- Hello, Overkill.

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Cake?

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I know why you all have come,

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but I cannot agree
to your legal strategy.

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See what I'm
dealing with, fellas?

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That is one stubborn shellfish.

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Look, Lobstercules, Tick and I
are taking care of your babies.

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TICK:
And they are

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an absolute delight...
So musical.

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Do you think they would enjoy

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- violin lessons?
- ARTHUR: They should be with you again.

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Let Flexon introduce them
as evidence,

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and I swear, I think you have a
chance of getting back together.

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LOBSTERCULES:
You think I don't want

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to be with my children?

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But how can I trust this place?

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Because that's the rule of law.
That's what AEGIS stands for.

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I mean, look what happened
when... when you told them

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that you could talk, okay?

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You got a lawyer and now
a chance for your freedom again.

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My boy Arthur makes good points.

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Tick, friend, what do you think?

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Ah, Lady Lobster,
all I can think about

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are their cute little faces

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and their unforgiving
love pinches.

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- (sighs)
- Your little ones

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are so wonderful,

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and they miss you so much.

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(sighs heavily)

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Lawyer, you may move forward
with your coercion defense.

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Hot damn!

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We got a motion!

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- All right!
- The babies are gonna be

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so happy to see you again.

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- (beeping)
- Sorry. Hello?

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Where are you?

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- Dot?
- It's his sister.

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Uh, I'm at AEGIS. Why?

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I need you to leave there
immediately

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and meet Walter and me
on our boat. Do you copy?

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You found Walter?
Wait. We have a boat?

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DANGERBOAT:
Arthur, I am the boat.

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Please, we need you.

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(sighs)
Copy that.

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Okay, we're on our way.

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(vehicle whirrs by in distance)

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(chuckles):
Where the hell have you been?

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I've got plans to run by you.

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I was just at the big show.

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And it was glorious.

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I have no idea what that means.

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It means I'm done
with this petty crime shit.

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Man, this superhero stuff
has gone straight

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to your head, made you nutty.

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You're not hearing me, Frank.

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Pretty damn sure
that crime doesn't pay

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as much as the Flag Five.

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Look.

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Newly designed super-ship.
Plush headquarters.

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A freaking satellite.

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And if you become the leader
of the Flag Five,

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they actually hand over
the keys to AEGIS.

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(scoffs) This is gonna bite you
in the ass,

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unless you're a real hero now.

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Hmm.

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I'm moving up in the world.

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You can come with me.

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I, um...

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I don't know.

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Hey.

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Is he coming with you?

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Yes, Frank, he's coming with me.
(scoffs)

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- Mm.
- I've got an important role

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in the new paradigm.

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I'm her sidekick.

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(chuckles)

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Thanks, boss.

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But where you're going,
I don't want to be.

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(door opens)

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(door closes)

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John... Wu?

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Yes.

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Walter is... not a Walter?

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No.

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My feet don't feel so good.

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I'm sorry, Tick.

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So... so this whole time,
you've been hiding

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this-this secret agent past,

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pretending to just be... boring?

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It's like you're this whole
other person.

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God, what about Mom?

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- Mom deserves to know the truth.
- WALTER: I know.

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- I know. -Guys,
you need to pull it together.

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Like we said,
Overkill is in serious danger,

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and it's all wrapped up
in AEGIS.

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I'm sorry, I just need
another minute to process

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this whole "Walter" thing.

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Walter is a Wu.

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Please, guys.
Overkill needs our help.

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Look at him.

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TICK:
What is that?

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It's the extraction pod
that trapped Overkill

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at the Duke's lair.

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It's signature AEGIS equipment.

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The Duke must be working
with someone inside the agency.

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Told you not to go in there.

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You know, wait for us, we said.
Let us help you, we said.

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I mean, what were you
even doing in there?

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Look at that... that looks like
one giant explosion.

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How do you even
get out of there alive?

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DANGERBOAT: Arthur,
your sister used her ability.

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- I'm sorry, her what?
- Okay, you know what?

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Let's all just try to focus.

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Rathbone suspected that there
was a mole in AEGIS.

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He was right.
We have proof now.

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Okay, so what do you want
Tick and I to do about it?

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WALTER: We have to meet Rathbone
somewhere safe

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and give him our evidence.

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Now, if I try to make contact,

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I'm afraid the call
will be intercepted.

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But Flag Five team members
can contact Commander Rathbone

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on his secure hotline.

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You want me to call
Tyrannosaurus Rathbone

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- on the Five-Alarm Flagphone.
- Yes.

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Will you do it, Arthur?
Will you call?

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My-my-my first day as a member
of the Flag Five.

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Literally my-my lifelong dream

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and-and you want me
to call Ty Rathbone

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and-and say... what?

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"Oh, hey! It's Arthur.

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"Rem-Remember that rogue agent
you've been looking for?

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"Well, now he's been kidnapped

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"by another traitor
from your agency.

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00:12:02,806 --> 00:12:04,641
Can you just solve
this whole mess for us?"

257
00:12:04,683 --> 00:12:07,602
Rathbone got him into this mess.

258
00:12:07,644 --> 00:12:09,896
And I helped.

259
00:12:11,356 --> 00:12:13,608
Chum. Overkill is in trouble,

260
00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:16,653
and it looks like AEGIS is, too.

261
00:12:20,782 --> 00:12:22,701
Okay.

262
00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,286
Okay, fine. I'll make the call.

263
00:12:29,541 --> 00:12:31,668
DANGERBOAT:
I'm hugging you, too, Arthur.

264
00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:32,752
Thanks.

265
00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:40,218
(door opens and closes)

266
00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:42,804
HOBBES: Now, let's bring you
back online

267
00:12:42,846 --> 00:12:45,640
and reboot those eyes.

268
00:12:45,682 --> 00:12:47,392
Ah, hello.

269
00:12:47,434 --> 00:12:49,394
Hobbes.

270
00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:51,188
Yes, it's been a while.

271
00:12:51,229 --> 00:12:52,731
I'm sure you're very confused.

272
00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,399
Maybe you were expecting

273
00:12:54,441 --> 00:12:57,944
to see the Duke
resurrected somehow.

274
00:12:57,986 --> 00:13:00,030
Bu the Duke was always
a fiction.

275
00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:01,907
The man you decapitated
in Florida

276
00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,783
was a mercenary that I hired.

277
00:13:03,825 --> 00:13:05,243
His name was Gary.

278
00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:08,246
You murdered my whole squad.

279
00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:10,290
(grunting)

280
00:13:12,501 --> 00:13:14,461
- You're the AEGIS mole.
- Mole?

281
00:13:14,503 --> 00:13:17,214
No. I'm not a mole.

282
00:13:17,255 --> 00:13:18,757
I am AEGIS.

283
00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,926
Or at least
what AEGIS should be.

284
00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:22,511
And what's that?

285
00:13:22,552 --> 00:13:25,305
- A human furniture store?
- (Hobbes laughs)

286
00:13:25,347 --> 00:13:29,059
No. Human furniture
was just R and D.

287
00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:33,897
A crude beta test of a
technology I've now perfected.

288
00:13:33,939 --> 00:13:38,109
Whatever you're up to, Rathbone
won't let you get away with it.

289
00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:40,237
Rathbone is a fool.

290
00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:42,531
He thinks superheroes
are here to save us.

291
00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:45,033
He thinks they're fun;
this isn't fun.

292
00:13:47,911 --> 00:13:52,707
Overkill, you have no idea
what you represent.

293
00:13:52,749 --> 00:13:55,335
I remember the day
they brought you in here.

294
00:13:55,377 --> 00:13:58,296
Straight shooter, so broken.

295
00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,757
If you hadn't been a category,
you would have been dead.

296
00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:02,759
Then Rathbone had me
rebuild you.

297
00:14:02,801 --> 00:14:04,970
New eyes. New hands.

298
00:14:05,011 --> 00:14:06,888
(chuckles)

299
00:14:06,930 --> 00:14:09,099
But then he went too far.

300
00:14:09,140 --> 00:14:10,725
OVERKILL:
He went too far?

301
00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:13,353
AEGIS was founded
to protect humanity

302
00:14:13,395 --> 00:14:17,315
and to police the genetic chaos
that Superian unleashed.

303
00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:21,611
But then Rathbone recruited you
to be an agent.

304
00:14:21,653 --> 00:14:25,198
He brought the chaos
into our own house.

305
00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,242
You were the first
of what is now

306
00:14:27,284 --> 00:14:29,077
an infestation of categories

307
00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:32,831
into what was once
a proud human institution.

308
00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:34,833
Categories are human.

309
00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,835
Human, please.

310
00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:39,045
You're one DNA blip away
from Lobstercules.

311
00:14:39,087 --> 00:14:40,505
What?

312
00:14:40,547 --> 00:14:42,841
You gonna turn us all
into lamps?

313
00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:44,718
That's the plan?

314
00:14:44,759 --> 00:14:46,177
I think you'll find
my new technology

315
00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:48,054
is much more versatile.

316
00:14:48,096 --> 00:14:51,683
(sighs) Are you done
villainsplaining?

317
00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:54,894
- Yes.
- Good. (Laughs)

318
00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:56,896
Now, listen to my plan.

319
00:14:56,938 --> 00:14:58,898
It's simple, Hobbes.

320
00:14:58,940 --> 00:15:00,525
You're dead.

321
00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:02,152
When I get out of here,

322
00:15:02,193 --> 00:15:05,864
I'm gonna kill you so hard.
(grunts)

323
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:09,367
I'm not the one
you're going to kill.

324
00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:11,703
- This will hurt.
- (high-pitched whirring)

325
00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:13,455
(screams)

326
00:15:23,048 --> 00:15:24,716
Overkill, are you online?

327
00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:25,717
Yes.

328
00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:28,887
Tell me how you found the Duke.

329
00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:32,474
5-1-1...

330
00:15:32,515 --> 00:15:35,518
3-7-3.

331
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,228
(line ringing)

332
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:41,232
I'm calling, and I'm praying.

333
00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:43,526
Flag Five member, I read you.
What is your caution code?

334
00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:45,362
God, sorry. I didn't know
the whole face thing

335
00:15:45,403 --> 00:15:46,655
- was gonna happen.
- The what?

336
00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:49,991
Son, you do comprehend
the purpose

337
00:15:50,033 --> 00:15:52,786
of the Five-Alarm Flagphone,
do you not?

338
00:15:52,827 --> 00:15:54,162
Yeah, no, I-I-I do, sir.

339
00:15:54,204 --> 00:15:55,955
I just... I have something
of an emergency.

340
00:15:55,997 --> 00:15:58,541
Is there a secure place that we
can talk away from the office?

341
00:15:58,583 --> 00:16:01,211
You still haven't given me
the proper Flagphone call signs.

342
00:16:01,252 --> 00:16:03,380
Now, what is your caution code?

343
00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:04,923
ARTHUR: I'm sorry, sir.
I haven't had time

344
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,591
- to get familiar with...
- Son.

345
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,385
What the hell is going on?

346
00:16:08,426 --> 00:16:10,970
Well, uh, it's a long story.

347
00:16:11,012 --> 00:16:12,347
Um, apparently...

348
00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:13,765
AUTOMATED VOICE:
Incoming transmission.

349
00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,267
- It's my mother.
- This about your mother?

350
00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:18,061
No. No, no. I'm sorry.
It's not, uh...

351
00:16:18,103 --> 00:16:20,689
it's about my sister
and my stepfather.

352
00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:23,066
My mother's just on
the other line right now.

353
00:16:23,108 --> 00:16:24,567
- Then you take that call.
- What?

354
00:16:24,609 --> 00:16:26,820
No, sir.
It's-it's just my mom.

355
00:16:26,861 --> 00:16:28,822
It is not just apple pie,
it is not just baseball,

356
00:16:28,863 --> 00:16:30,699
and it is definitely not
just your mother.

357
00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:32,742
Now, you take that call pronto

358
00:16:32,784 --> 00:16:34,369
while I wait here
on helmet-hold.

359
00:16:34,411 --> 00:16:37,372
- Okay. Um...
- Mm-hmm.

360
00:16:37,414 --> 00:16:39,791
Hello?

361
00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:42,627
Oh, hello. Arthur?

362
00:16:42,669 --> 00:16:44,504
- Hi, Mom.
- I was wondering if you

363
00:16:44,546 --> 00:16:47,340
heard anything
from Dot or Walter.

364
00:16:47,382 --> 00:16:50,760
I'm really starting to worry.

365
00:16:50,802 --> 00:16:52,679
No, no, I haven't heard
anything.

366
00:16:52,721 --> 00:16:56,224
Look, Mom, I really have to, um,
prepare for a meeting right now.

367
00:16:56,266 --> 00:16:57,559
Can I call you back later?

368
00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:58,852
Oh, okay, sweetheart.

369
00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:00,061
I'll see you soon.

370
00:17:00,103 --> 00:17:01,229
Bye.

371
00:17:01,271 --> 00:17:02,856
Okay. Bye.

372
00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:04,607
(lobster babies laughing)

373
00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:05,984
Wow!

374
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,902
- (gasps) Oh!
- Joan! Joan!

375
00:17:07,944 --> 00:17:09,446
Sorry.

376
00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:11,823
DANGERBOAT:
What?

377
00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:14,409
Ouch. Quit it.

378
00:17:14,451 --> 00:17:17,245
TICK:
Well, Not Walter,

379
00:17:17,287 --> 00:17:20,206
it seems that we're all
wandering in the woods.

380
00:17:20,248 --> 00:17:21,583
How do you mean?

381
00:17:21,624 --> 00:17:23,168
You're living a lie.

382
00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:26,463
Dot is secretly
turning vigilante.

383
00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:28,423
I thought Arthur had been
bending the truth

384
00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:30,175
to get us into the Five.

385
00:17:30,216 --> 00:17:32,260
But now we have babies,

386
00:17:32,302 --> 00:17:35,764
(chuckling):
I've even started lying myself.

387
00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:38,892
To be honest, I don't know

388
00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:41,227
what Destiny is trying
to teach us through all this.

389
00:17:43,271 --> 00:17:46,357
Maybe that the truth...
is precious.

390
00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:48,943
I think you're onto something.

391
00:17:48,985 --> 00:17:50,528
DANGERBOAT:
Arthur has returned.

392
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,655
- Arthur!
- (Arthur sighs)

393
00:17:52,697 --> 00:17:55,909
So... how'd it go?

394
00:17:55,950 --> 00:17:58,495
- Did you reach Rathbone?
- Yeah. He said to meet him

395
00:17:58,536 --> 00:18:01,039
at an abandoned AEGIS research
facility not far from here.

396
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,624
He said it'll be safe.

397
00:18:02,665 --> 00:18:05,335
- We should get going.
- ARTHUR: Hey.

398
00:18:05,376 --> 00:18:07,545
I set up the meeting, okay?

399
00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:09,756
The moment we're done,
you're going to see Mom,

400
00:18:09,798 --> 00:18:12,133
and you're telling her
everything.

401
00:18:12,175 --> 00:18:14,719
He's right.

402
00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,638
I will.

403
00:18:16,679 --> 00:18:18,515
I promise.

404
00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:23,061
(horn honking,
engine sputtering)

405
00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:25,438
MIRROR LINT:
Bravo.

406
00:18:28,316 --> 00:18:30,902
- (Miss Lint sighs)
- You made your choice.

407
00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,785
When are you gonna leave me
the hell alone?

408
00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:43,081
I wonder. Do you know why you
chose the name "Joan of Arc"?

409
00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:45,083
'Cause I like the pun.

410
00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:47,168
As a kid, in the orphanage,

411
00:18:47,210 --> 00:18:50,255
you always loved that story.

412
00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:52,674
Oh, yeah.

413
00:18:52,715 --> 00:18:54,676
I did.

414
00:18:54,717 --> 00:18:56,719
She had a gift.

415
00:18:56,761 --> 00:18:58,638
She led an army.

416
00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,223
She was fearless.

417
00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:02,350
Do you know what else she was?

418
00:19:02,392 --> 00:19:03,810
Toast.

419
00:19:03,852 --> 00:19:05,103
She was a hero,

420
00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:08,815
just like you.

421
00:19:10,692 --> 00:19:12,694
You're gonna be so disappointed.

422
00:19:24,455 --> 00:19:26,916
(metallic squeaking)

423
00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,170
(water dripping)

424
00:19:53,276 --> 00:19:56,529
Careful, creeping shadow man!

425
00:19:56,571 --> 00:19:58,865
You face The Tick!

426
00:19:58,907 --> 00:20:02,535
Stand down, hero.

427
00:20:02,577 --> 00:20:04,579
It's me.

428
00:20:05,914 --> 00:20:07,749
Commander Rathbone.

429
00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:10,168
It is damn good
to see you again, Agent.

430
00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:13,546
You have some information
for me, son?

431
00:20:19,928 --> 00:20:22,847
I'm not a big fan of AEGIS,

432
00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:26,184
but if Walter
and Overkill trust you,

433
00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:28,978
I'll give it a chance.

434
00:20:30,021 --> 00:20:31,981
I take it you're Dot.

435
00:20:32,023 --> 00:20:35,193
- Yes, I'm Dot.
- Yeah, this is my sister, Commander Rathbone.

436
00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:40,198
Do you recognize that, sir?

437
00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:41,908
Yep.

438
00:20:41,950 --> 00:20:45,620
This was the first stage
of an AEGIS mind control project

439
00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:49,332
that was proposed
and rejected years ago.

440
00:20:49,374 --> 00:20:52,418
Well...

441
00:20:52,460 --> 00:20:55,129
I know what the Duke's
been working on.

442
00:20:55,171 --> 00:20:56,547
Does it tell you
who's doing this?

443
00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:59,509
Unfortunately, it does.

444
00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:01,594
- I'll take it from here.
- Thank you, sir.

445
00:21:01,636 --> 00:21:03,721
What?! No way.
We're coming with you!

446
00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:07,392
I'm sorry, Dot,
but this is an AEGIS problem.

447
00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:09,435
TICK:
All right, then.

448
00:21:09,477 --> 00:21:11,354
Call in the Flag Five,
and we'll help.

449
00:21:11,396 --> 00:21:13,731
I will not make
giving AEGIS a black eye

450
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:17,068
the first act
of the new Flag Five. No.

451
00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,696
This will be handled internally.

452
00:21:19,737 --> 00:21:21,781
I want to protect
the good name of AEGIS.

453
00:21:21,823 --> 00:21:23,449
Screw AEGIS!

454
00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:25,994
What about Overkill?
He's been abducted. He could be

455
00:21:26,035 --> 00:21:27,912
hurt or dying, for all we know.

456
00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:29,747
Dot?

457
00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,041
Once I have the mole
in my custody,

458
00:21:32,083 --> 00:21:34,168
I will get our boy back.

459
00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:36,754
I promise you that.

460
00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:44,804
I'll see you all soon.

461
00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:46,597
TICK:
Walter, remember,

462
00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,517
you weren't keeping a secret.

463
00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:51,853
The secret was keeping you.

464
00:21:51,894 --> 00:21:53,980
I'll remember.

465
00:21:55,982 --> 00:21:57,942
I don't like this.

466
00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,777
- I don't like any of this.
- Dot, come on.

467
00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:01,195
We got the evidence to Rathbone.

468
00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:02,822
Now we have
to let him do his part.

469
00:22:02,864 --> 00:22:04,782
I mean, he's the commander,
for God's sake.

470
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:07,243
He can take care of himself.

471
00:22:07,285 --> 00:22:09,829
- (lobster babies murmuring)
- Oh, sweetie, I...

472
00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:11,622
Kevin, can you help me here?
Looks like...

473
00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:12,915
- (knocking)
- (gasps)

474
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:16,753
(lobster babies chattering,
toy wheels whirring)

475
00:22:16,794 --> 00:22:18,629
Walter.

476
00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:22,258
Joan. We need to talk.

477
00:22:24,302 --> 00:22:26,554
(horns honking, engine revving)

478
00:22:27,764 --> 00:22:30,099
(computer trilling)

479
00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:32,518
You wanted to see me, sir?

480
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,562
Come on in, Hobbes.

481
00:22:36,981 --> 00:22:39,567
- I want to show you something.
- Ah.

482
00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:40,860
It's on my desk.

483
00:22:41,778 --> 00:22:43,112
HOBBES:
Ah, I see.

484
00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:45,823
And, uh, may I ask where

485
00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:47,450
you found this object?

486
00:22:47,492 --> 00:22:49,035
Operatives of mine.

487
00:22:49,077 --> 00:22:51,079
Operatives.

488
00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:53,206
Interesting.

489
00:22:53,247 --> 00:22:56,834
You were told
to discontinue your research.

490
00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:59,378
That mind control
was against everything

491
00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:03,049
that this organization
stands for, and yet,

492
00:23:03,091 --> 00:23:06,886
- you continued?
- Well, my work is vital.

493
00:23:06,928 --> 00:23:10,098
Your work? Your work is
a disgrace to AEGIS.

494
00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:13,267
You're a disgrace.

495
00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:16,020
- You are done here, Hobbes.
- You disgraced AEGIS the moment

496
00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:19,607
you let a category be an agent.
Luckily...

497
00:23:19,649 --> 00:23:23,653
- that problem is about to resolve itself.
- (rapid trilling)

498
00:23:23,694 --> 00:23:25,238
- (weapon firing)
- (Rathbone grunts)

499
00:23:26,948 --> 00:23:28,407
(body thuds)

500
00:23:30,284 --> 00:23:31,702
(sighs)

501
00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:33,746
(rapid trilling)

502
00:23:38,126 --> 00:23:42,171
- (beep)
- HOBBES: Thank you, Overkill.

503
00:23:42,213 --> 00:23:44,132
You may go now.

504
00:24:00,898 --> 00:24:02,900
♪ ♪