1 00:00:07,176 --> 00:00:10,804 - [three loud smashing sounds] - [man panting while smashing] 2 00:00:10,888 --> 00:00:13,724 - [electricity zaps] - [echoing boom] 3 00:00:16,393 --> 00:00:19,229 [Cootie panting] Split up, and meet me at my house. 4 00:00:19,438 --> 00:00:24,234 - [tires screeching] - [siren wailing intensifies] 5 00:00:25,652 --> 00:00:29,198 [dissonant a capella chanting] 6 00:00:38,373 --> 00:00:41,794 [dissonant chanting music continues] 7 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:46,590 - [glass shattering] - [faint laughter] 8 00:00:46,673 --> 00:00:48,217 [neon buzzing] 9 00:00:48,717 --> 00:00:53,305 Good morning, it's 5:00 AM. Earlier tonight, a terrorist attack at the power plant 10 00:00:53,388 --> 00:00:57,267 destroyed the plant's regulator. Security cameras were disabled. 11 00:00:57,351 --> 00:00:59,853 Authorities are still looking into the vandals 12 00:00:59,937 --> 00:01:03,315 and officials still do not know who was involved. 13 00:01:03,774 --> 00:01:09,988 [female EMT] This one's alive too. No response, catatonic. 14 00:01:11,448 --> 00:01:13,033 What the fuck happened, man? 15 00:01:13,492 --> 00:01:15,702 Somebody dose him to get to the regulator? 16 00:01:18,956 --> 00:01:22,543 [pensive music continues] 17 00:01:24,336 --> 00:01:26,505 Are those footprints? 18 00:01:28,799 --> 00:01:29,716 [softly] What the… 19 00:01:33,469 --> 00:01:37,307 - [lid clacks, disc spins] - [bright upbeat music from TV] 20 00:01:37,975 --> 00:01:40,477 [indistinct chatter from TV] 21 00:01:41,186 --> 00:01:44,939 So I say to the guy, "What is this? Johnny on a pony?" 22 00:01:45,399 --> 00:01:46,650 And he says… 23 00:01:46,984 --> 00:01:48,694 - [baby blows raspberry] - [gibberish] Boyoyoyoyoying! 24 00:01:48,777 --> 00:01:53,782 - [record scratches] - [cartoon characters laughing] 25 00:01:56,701 --> 00:01:59,454 [dramatic music crescendos] 26 00:01:59,663 --> 00:02:02,332 - Boyoyoyoyoying! - [spit take] 27 00:02:02,624 --> 00:02:07,254 [cartoon characters laughing intensely] 28 00:02:08,588 --> 00:02:10,632 Boyoyoyoyoying! 29 00:02:10,716 --> 00:02:12,759 Boyoyoyoyoying! 30 00:02:12,843 --> 00:02:14,970 - [lively music] - Boyoyoyoyoying! 31 00:02:15,053 --> 00:02:18,098 [sings] ♪ Boyoyoyoyoyoyoying! ♪ 32 00:02:18,181 --> 00:02:20,142 Boyoyoyoyoying. 33 00:02:20,225 --> 00:02:22,102 Boyoyoyoyoying! 34 00:02:22,185 --> 00:02:26,106 Boyoyoyoyoying… [sadly] Boyoyoyoyoying 35 00:02:27,107 --> 00:02:31,236 [pensive] Boyoyoyoyoying… Boyoyoyoyoying. 36 00:02:31,695 --> 00:02:34,156 - [footsteps approaching] - Boyoyoyoyoying! 37 00:02:34,531 --> 00:02:36,283 Boyoyoyoyoying? 38 00:02:37,074 --> 00:02:39,828 - [geese honk] - [sadly] Boyoyoyoyoying… 39 00:02:40,329 --> 00:02:44,583 Boyoyoyoyoying… Boyoyoyoyoying… 40 00:02:44,917 --> 00:02:48,128 - [solemn piano music begins softly] - [sadly] Boyoyoyoyoying… 41 00:02:49,713 --> 00:02:54,884 [cartoon sounds continue in background] 42 00:02:55,134 --> 00:02:56,970 [very sad] Boyoyoyoyoying… 43 00:02:57,679 --> 00:03:01,892 [lively] Boyoyoyoyoying! Boyoyoyoyoying… 44 00:03:02,392 --> 00:03:04,937 - [uplifting piano music] - Boyoyoyoyoying! 45 00:03:05,812 --> 00:03:11,902 [chuckling and continuing to speak gibberish] 46 00:03:17,115 --> 00:03:24,039 [pensive] Boyoyoyoyoying, boyoyoyoyoying, boyoyoyoyoying… 47 00:03:24,957 --> 00:03:31,630 [gibberish reverberating in space] 48 00:03:32,881 --> 00:03:39,304 - [solemn piano music continues] - [gibberish continues] 49 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:48,896 [weakly] Boyoyoyoyoying, boyoyoyoyoying… boyoyoyoyoying 50 00:03:49,815 --> 00:03:56,071 - [solemn piano music continues] - [weak gibberish continues] 51 00:03:56,154 --> 00:04:01,827 [heavy exhale, sniffling] 52 00:04:03,662 --> 00:04:06,707 [softly] Boyoyoyoyoying… 53 00:04:21,888 --> 00:04:28,061 Boyoyoyoyoying… [continues] 54 00:04:41,825 --> 00:04:44,995 [piano softly crescendos] 55 00:04:47,706 --> 00:04:50,959 - [night sounds] - [crickets chirp] 56 00:04:52,669 --> 00:04:55,547 - [Martisse] One, two, three, hit it! - [techno keyboard music] 57 00:04:55,881 --> 00:04:59,760 [sings] ♪ Congratulations, You the one, boy ♪ 58 00:05:00,093 --> 00:05:04,473 ♪ You sparked a light up on the world ♪ 59 00:05:04,556 --> 00:05:08,602 ♪ We raised you to be a fighter ♪ 60 00:05:08,894 --> 00:05:12,898 ♪ You shine just like a Jheri curl ♪ 61 00:05:12,981 --> 00:05:16,443 ♪ You up the ante, make the whole world drop their panties ♪ 62 00:05:16,526 --> 00:05:17,736 ♪ 'Cause you… ♪♪ 63 00:05:17,819 --> 00:05:20,238 Why, what, what, what, what, why you bringing up panties? 64 00:05:20,322 --> 00:05:21,198 - [music stops abruptly] - It's a metaphor. 65 00:05:21,698 --> 00:05:24,493 - Metaphor for what? - Just something that people can relate to. 66 00:05:24,576 --> 00:05:30,957 Panties, revolution. Big drawers. Parachute. 67 00:05:36,546 --> 00:05:40,258 Baby. We are so proud of you. 68 00:05:40,342 --> 00:05:43,678 I had to break open the protective dome with my bare hands 69 00:05:43,762 --> 00:05:47,099 because these Electro-Brapapaps, they broke after three hits. 70 00:05:47,182 --> 00:05:48,266 Yeah, well. 71 00:05:48,350 --> 00:05:50,685 Y'all didn't have to go through the sewer like we did. 72 00:05:50,769 --> 00:05:55,023 I think that fucked me up more than almost losing my life in a high speed chase. 73 00:05:55,107 --> 00:05:59,569 Where y'all totaled my car! It's my baby, man! 74 00:05:59,986 --> 00:06:01,446 What the hell were y'all doing driving, anyway? 75 00:06:01,530 --> 00:06:02,781 You're like six inches tall! 76 00:06:02,906 --> 00:06:05,992 We the reason why no police follow y'all back home, bitch. 77 00:06:06,076 --> 00:06:08,411 - It's not their fault. - Right, it's your fault. 78 00:06:09,079 --> 00:06:12,249 My car was just collateral damage in your shit. 79 00:06:12,624 --> 00:06:15,335 - You saying that it's about my ego? - Yeah. 80 00:06:15,418 --> 00:06:18,547 It's a valid point. I mean, I, I don't agree... 81 00:06:18,630 --> 00:06:20,799 Well if you don't agree, then you think that it's incorrect. 82 00:06:20,882 --> 00:06:22,551 - No, I'm just saying it's… - Yes. An incorrect point 83 00:06:22,634 --> 00:06:25,387 - is not a valid point by definition. - A valid point is a valid point. 84 00:06:25,470 --> 00:06:26,429 - That doesn't mean that… - [overlapping chatter] 85 00:06:26,555 --> 00:06:27,639 - [Cootie] What you should say is… - [Flora] The point has to be true, 86 00:06:27,722 --> 00:06:29,015 - it's just valid. - "He's wrong about it 87 00:06:29,099 --> 00:06:29,975 being about your ego." 88 00:06:30,058 --> 00:06:31,351 - But why would I say that? - Just say that… 89 00:06:31,434 --> 00:06:33,353 [Flora] I'm saying I agree that it's a valid point 90 00:06:33,436 --> 00:06:34,646 and I agree that it's not about your ego… 91 00:06:34,729 --> 00:06:35,647 [Cootie] Then just say that it's not a valid point. 92 00:06:35,730 --> 00:06:37,065 - But I agree that the point is… - [Cootie, loudly] It doesn't make sense 93 00:06:37,149 --> 00:06:39,818 to agree to that because you should just say it's not about my ego. 94 00:06:39,901 --> 00:06:41,153 I don't have the ego. 95 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:44,948 You going off the deep end, bro. 96 00:06:45,157 --> 00:06:46,616 [techno music riff on keyboard] 97 00:06:48,994 --> 00:06:51,204 - Okay, well, let's celebrate. - [Martisse] Yeah, let's have a good time. 98 00:06:51,288 --> 00:06:53,832 [Cootie] Because tonight we brought everybody's power back on, right? 99 00:06:54,457 --> 00:07:00,046 And, and, and after this, posters. There's posters that we can, 100 00:07:00,130 --> 00:07:04,551 we can, we can post them up together because we have to get the message out. 101 00:07:05,468 --> 00:07:08,138 And there's different ones and they're cool, too. 102 00:07:08,221 --> 00:07:12,100 And I just need help putting them up. And you guys can help me hand these out. 103 00:07:12,184 --> 00:07:13,727 - [paper rustles] - [electricity buzzes] 104 00:07:13,810 --> 00:07:16,730 - [Cootie] What. What…the fuck? - [Felix] Bro. Are you kidding me? 105 00:07:16,855 --> 00:07:18,481 [Bear] What the fuck is going on? 106 00:07:18,565 --> 00:07:19,816 [Martisse] Calm down. 107 00:07:19,983 --> 00:07:21,359 [Cootie stutters] H--Hold on--hold on, let me think. 108 00:07:21,443 --> 00:07:23,153 [crickets chirping faintly] 109 00:07:23,236 --> 00:07:25,947 [engine humming] 110 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:30,702 Oh, so they can just replace the regulator as soon as we destroy it? 111 00:07:30,869 --> 00:07:32,787 - [loud boom] - [alarm buzzing] 112 00:07:32,871 --> 00:07:35,290 - [Flora] The fuck is that? - [voice warning] Breech in sector one. 113 00:07:35,373 --> 00:07:37,292 - I don't know. - [voice warning] Breech in sector one. 114 00:07:37,375 --> 00:07:40,462 I thought you said nobody would know who did it until after we announced it. 115 00:07:40,545 --> 00:07:42,756 - I'm a giant, not a psychic. - Somebody out there. 116 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:44,466 - [loud boom] - [building materials rumbling] 117 00:07:44,549 --> 00:07:45,800 - [suspenseful synth music] - Is that The Hero? 118 00:07:45,926 --> 00:07:48,511 There's no need to panic. You're in a nearly impenetrable fortress. 119 00:07:48,595 --> 00:07:50,222 Fuck you mean nearly? 120 00:07:50,305 --> 00:07:52,307 Yeah. Excuse me, ma'am. What does nearly mean? 121 00:07:52,390 --> 00:07:53,642 - [Mom] Ma'am? - Hey man, relax. 122 00:07:53,725 --> 00:07:54,809 Bro. Do you know who that is? 123 00:07:54,893 --> 00:07:56,686 Hey man, just be quiet. You fuckin' us up. 124 00:07:56,895 --> 00:07:59,147 You supposed to pull one of these things off the wall and handle business. 125 00:07:59,231 --> 00:08:00,315 Shut the fuck up! 126 00:08:01,483 --> 00:08:02,692 [Bear] You supposed to be the leader, right? 127 00:08:02,776 --> 00:08:04,361 I don't really hear you talking too much now. 128 00:08:04,444 --> 00:08:06,196 Okay, okay, okay! You guys need to leave right now. 129 00:08:06,279 --> 00:08:07,614 How are we gonna leave? 130 00:08:07,697 --> 00:08:11,326 There is a billionaire tech mogul outside with rocket launchers! 131 00:08:11,701 --> 00:08:13,411 And, and I'm not even the homie with the car no more. 132 00:08:13,495 --> 00:08:16,289 - That was my one power! - There's a passage down here. 133 00:08:16,831 --> 00:08:19,000 - [alarm continues] - [dramatic music plays] 134 00:08:20,669 --> 00:08:23,672 [hinges squeak] 135 00:08:24,089 --> 00:08:27,509 Hurry up. Come on. Come on. Hop in. Hurry, hurry. 136 00:08:27,801 --> 00:08:31,012 Bear, do not eat that brownie, okay? 137 00:08:31,221 --> 00:08:33,682 Fuck you make this place out of, huh? Love? 138 00:08:35,517 --> 00:08:37,851 [echoed wind] 139 00:08:40,438 --> 00:08:42,356 [footsteps thumping] 140 00:08:42,649 --> 00:08:46,987 Once you go down and around, you gon' end up downtown. 141 00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:50,031 You're a weird guy. Hey Flora, you coming? 142 00:08:50,115 --> 00:08:52,951 Hey. I'm not going anywhere, I'm not leaving you here. 143 00:08:53,034 --> 00:08:55,787 Somebody needs to help Felix and the Lower Bottom folks out. 144 00:08:55,870 --> 00:08:58,331 Flora, you're the only one who has powers, okay? 145 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,917 - Okay? - [building materials crashing] 146 00:09:01,001 --> 00:09:03,211 Yeah, yeah. Okay. 147 00:09:03,378 --> 00:09:05,338 [suspenseful synth music] 148 00:09:05,588 --> 00:09:07,799 - [Felix] Flora, let's go. - Go, go… 149 00:09:07,882 --> 00:09:12,012 - Okay. - Be safe, okay? I love you, too. 150 00:09:12,846 --> 00:09:15,056 [suspenseful synth music continues] 151 00:09:16,141 --> 00:09:17,934 [Martisse] Want you to know, we proud of you. 152 00:09:19,311 --> 00:09:22,147 You took it upon yourself to become the man that you needed to be. 153 00:09:22,230 --> 00:09:24,774 The whole idea was to show people that we can win something. 154 00:09:25,150 --> 00:09:27,527 That we can do something to change things. 155 00:09:27,610 --> 00:09:30,030 It seems like we're fighting just to say we're fighting now. 156 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,283 Do you see how quickly they put the fucking regulator back on? 157 00:09:34,743 --> 00:09:36,328 - This is stupid. - [head smacks] 158 00:09:36,411 --> 00:09:39,122 I mean, if we, even if we win against The Hero, what is winning now? 159 00:09:39,205 --> 00:09:41,207 [Mom] Stop talking! We need to act! 160 00:09:41,291 --> 00:09:43,918 Okay, okay. Let, let's talk about actions. 161 00:09:44,002 --> 00:09:46,588 20 years you guys hide and then you blame it on me 162 00:09:46,671 --> 00:09:49,299 and you don't do anything besides sit there and theorize some… 163 00:09:49,382 --> 00:09:51,801 I made all these weapons you about to use right now. 164 00:09:51,885 --> 00:09:56,348 [Cootie] They don't even work, Dad! This is a fucking phone on a headband! 165 00:09:56,431 --> 00:09:58,516 I made those before the iPhones even came out. 166 00:09:58,600 --> 00:09:59,684 - [building materials crashing] - [Cootie] I don't trust y'all. 167 00:09:59,768 --> 00:10:01,770 The only person that's knowledgeable, 168 00:10:01,853 --> 00:10:05,065 that I can think of, who will talk to me straight, is Jones. 169 00:10:06,775 --> 00:10:08,068 She was right about this heist. 170 00:10:08,151 --> 00:10:10,403 Nah, Jones with that half-assed shit. Let me tell you somethin'-- 171 00:10:10,487 --> 00:10:12,906 We had to keep you trapped inside. 172 00:10:12,989 --> 00:10:16,534 To keep your ass alive. And yeah, we lied to you. 173 00:10:16,618 --> 00:10:19,162 Because you needed to be lied to. 174 00:10:19,245 --> 00:10:21,831 We couldn't have made this happen otherwise! 175 00:10:21,915 --> 00:10:25,585 - [suspenseful music intensifies] - I understand if you don't trust us… 176 00:10:25,668 --> 00:10:28,213 - [building materials crashing] - But this is how it had to be! 177 00:10:28,296 --> 00:10:30,382 Okay? I'm not gonna say what you wanna hear right now. 178 00:10:30,465 --> 00:10:35,095 So you wanna do things your way? Go to Jones. 179 00:10:38,932 --> 00:10:42,727 - [hinges squeak] - Jones is wonderful. 180 00:10:43,645 --> 00:10:45,605 [soft exhale] Go to her. 181 00:10:48,441 --> 00:10:50,985 - Stop interrupting me! - Attention. That's whatchu' want. 182 00:10:51,069 --> 00:10:53,822 - I mean, consideration. - That's what the fuck, okay. 183 00:10:54,948 --> 00:10:59,536 Yo. You talk all this big shit about working together 184 00:10:59,619 --> 00:11:04,124 and keeping us all connected, but you act like what you do doesn't affect me. 185 00:11:07,919 --> 00:11:11,047 - I wanna know you think about me. - [inhales sharply] Look, come here. 186 00:11:12,215 --> 00:11:13,425 No. 187 00:11:14,968 --> 00:11:18,972 - [bright lively music] - Hell no! It's not fair. 188 00:11:20,515 --> 00:11:22,475 You win the arguments and we both lose. 189 00:11:26,062 --> 00:11:27,439 [Cootie whispers] Jones. 190 00:11:28,398 --> 00:11:31,109 [faint street chatter] 191 00:11:33,445 --> 00:11:34,404 I need your help. 192 00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:38,032 - Fuck. - [soft music plays] 193 00:11:38,116 --> 00:11:40,118 I told you that Band Aid shit won't work. 194 00:11:41,369 --> 00:11:43,204 It's not just about changing shit, it's how we change it. 195 00:11:43,288 --> 00:11:46,624 I just thought I could… give people inspiration to fight. 196 00:11:47,667 --> 00:11:50,211 You know? Like show 'em we have power. 197 00:11:50,295 --> 00:11:51,838 - Look over there. - [Crowd, angry chanting] 198 00:11:52,088 --> 00:11:54,048 [Jones] We're shuttin' shit down at the source of power. 199 00:11:54,507 --> 00:11:56,759 - This general strike is growing all over! - [angry crowd chants] 200 00:11:56,843 --> 00:11:59,179 - [dramatic music swells] - [ominous humming] 201 00:11:59,262 --> 00:12:00,138 - [tires screeching] - [body thumping] 202 00:12:00,221 --> 00:12:01,347 Cootie, get outta here! 203 00:12:01,431 --> 00:12:04,267 - [suspenseful music plays] - [tires screech away] 204 00:12:04,350 --> 00:12:07,937 Great Polypheme. Let us help you. Quick, come inside. 205 00:12:08,563 --> 00:12:12,484 - [music intensifies] - [unintelligible chatter] 206 00:12:15,153 --> 00:12:18,740 Come! Quickly, quickly, this way. Let us help you. In here. 207 00:12:18,823 --> 00:12:22,035 - [music crescendos] - [metal door clangs] 208 00:12:22,118 --> 00:12:24,454 [Cootie] Hey. Hey! 209 00:12:24,579 --> 00:12:26,456 - Hey, what the fuck? - [clanking sounds] 210 00:12:26,789 --> 00:12:28,791 - [tense violin music begins] - [Cootie muffled shouting] 211 00:12:28,875 --> 00:12:33,087 [muffled] What the fuck? Hey! What are you doing? 212 00:12:33,171 --> 00:12:36,674 - [violin music swells] - [Cootie screaming] 213 00:12:36,758 --> 00:12:39,052 - [grunting] What the fuck? - Get the eye! 214 00:12:39,636 --> 00:12:43,223 - [Cootie gasping] - The Great Polypheme. 215 00:12:43,348 --> 00:12:47,727 "Shall sacrifice one eye to save us all." 216 00:12:48,895 --> 00:12:52,857 - [softly] Sam sticky note number 32. - [Cootie] No! No! Fuck you! 217 00:12:52,941 --> 00:12:55,193 We didn't think you'd come to us soon… 218 00:12:55,276 --> 00:12:58,988 - [knife scrapes] - But here we are! 219 00:12:59,072 --> 00:13:01,074 - [footsteps pattering] - With this eye… 220 00:13:01,157 --> 00:13:02,242 - [Cootie moaning] - [metal clanking] 221 00:13:02,325 --> 00:13:05,578 The Great Polypheme will impart on us, his wisdom, 222 00:13:05,662 --> 00:13:08,790 - [Cootie continues moaning and gasping] - his sight, his virility. 223 00:13:09,457 --> 00:13:11,501 [Cootie grunting] Heart, head, hands feet, 224 00:13:11,584 --> 00:13:13,836 as long as I push there's no defeat. 225 00:13:13,962 --> 00:13:16,756 - [metal clanging] - [yelling] 226 00:13:17,131 --> 00:13:18,258 [cult leader] Shit! 227 00:13:19,175 --> 00:13:23,096 [omnious music swells] 228 00:13:24,764 --> 00:13:27,892 - [protestor chanting angrily] - [arrow twanging] 229 00:13:27,976 --> 00:13:31,396 - Sorry. We love you Great Polypheme! - [speaker] Cootie. Watch out. 230 00:13:31,479 --> 00:13:33,731 [The Hero grunts, groans] 231 00:13:37,944 --> 00:13:42,240 [tense ominous music] 232 00:13:42,699 --> 00:13:46,369 [ominous music bellows loudly] 233 00:13:53,418 --> 00:13:55,712 [Cootie] No. [grunts] Stay down! 234 00:13:56,045 --> 00:14:00,883 - It's time for a replay. You ready? - What's your endgame? 235 00:14:00,967 --> 00:14:02,302 [punches blowing] Shut the fuck up. 236 00:14:02,385 --> 00:14:04,554 You're not, you're not a killer, Cootie! 237 00:14:06,681 --> 00:14:09,976 - [tense dramatic music] - [soft panting] Please, please. 238 00:14:12,729 --> 00:14:17,358 - Call me Thug One. - Fine, Thug One. Fine. 239 00:14:18,276 --> 00:14:22,155 No, it sounds stupid when you say it. You call me Cootie. Call me Cootie! 240 00:14:22,238 --> 00:14:25,116 I, I did. I just called you Cootie, but you just told me to call you Thug One. 241 00:14:25,199 --> 00:14:27,160 - That's what you wanted to go by. - Get to the point. Get to the point! 242 00:14:27,243 --> 00:14:30,872 [stuttering] Okay, okay. Look, look, I'm, I'm, I, I'm sorry. 243 00:14:31,331 --> 00:14:33,833 I'm sorry. I, I was, I was wrong. 244 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:35,501 [protestors faintly chanting] 245 00:14:35,585 --> 00:14:41,674 I needed the world to see a real super villain, and to see me defeat him. 246 00:14:41,758 --> 00:14:45,053 - But I, I, I misjudged you. - [triumphant brass music] 247 00:14:45,136 --> 00:14:47,889 I, I misjudged what the world needs. 248 00:14:48,014 --> 00:14:52,060 It doesn't need one. It needs, it needs two! 249 00:14:52,185 --> 00:14:56,606 Look, you and me, right there, a dynamic duo. 250 00:14:56,689 --> 00:15:01,194 You and me together, Thug One. Uh, Cootie. You and me together. Cootie. 251 00:15:01,903 --> 00:15:08,785 Putting a new face on justice. Together. Together we can do anything. 252 00:15:09,661 --> 00:15:14,957 - [The Hero breathing heavily] - [chanting continues] 253 00:15:15,541 --> 00:15:19,754 - I just have one question for you. - Oh, okay? 254 00:15:21,130 --> 00:15:26,219 Why the hell, [panting] in issue 247 of The Hero… [panting continues] 255 00:15:26,427 --> 00:15:29,681 Does Shalamo not have the Incisor Lapel Emitter? 256 00:15:31,891 --> 00:15:34,644 - [The Hero laughing] - [Cootie] Think about it. 257 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,818 [The Hero laughing intensely] Do you have any idea how long 258 00:15:42,443 --> 00:15:45,571 I have been waiting for someone to point that out? 259 00:15:46,239 --> 00:15:49,283 I didn't think anybody was ever gonna get that, but you got it. 260 00:15:49,367 --> 00:15:53,204 - That's a great question! - I'm glad we worked this out, you know. 261 00:15:53,996 --> 00:15:54,914 I don't wanna fight anymore. 262 00:15:54,997 --> 00:15:56,958 Yeah, we can, we can, we can work together. 263 00:15:57,041 --> 00:15:59,544 I wanna work with you. I've always wanted to work with you. 264 00:15:59,627 --> 00:16:01,170 Let me tell you something. You love comic books. 265 00:16:01,254 --> 00:16:03,172 - So much. - I love comic books. 266 00:16:03,256 --> 00:16:05,383 - Fuckin' so much. - Sometimes when I'm… 267 00:16:06,008 --> 00:16:10,138 When I'm writing comic books, I, I hide clues in plain sight. 268 00:16:10,763 --> 00:16:14,308 Sometimes they don't lead to anything. 269 00:16:15,768 --> 00:16:20,648 And sometimes, they lead to… everything. 270 00:16:20,732 --> 00:16:22,942 - [rope whooshing] - [tense suspenseful music] 271 00:16:23,067 --> 00:16:23,943 [Cootie groans] 272 00:16:24,068 --> 00:16:25,403 [helper robot] Pull your damn pants up. 273 00:16:25,486 --> 00:16:28,698 - [Cootie groans] - [chains clinking] 274 00:16:30,992 --> 00:16:35,413 - [suspenseful music continues] - You stay down. 275 00:16:35,496 --> 00:16:40,293 - [club thudding] - [Cootie grunting] 276 00:16:41,210 --> 00:16:44,756 [protestors shouting loudly] 277 00:16:46,424 --> 00:16:50,094 I'm taking you to your specially built prison. Don't stress. 278 00:16:50,178 --> 00:16:53,473 They're just gonna sentence you to a couple of decades. 279 00:16:54,474 --> 00:16:55,975 [weakly] Fuck you. 280 00:16:56,601 --> 00:17:01,189 You'll learn a trade, make some new friends, and maybe even find God. 281 00:17:02,106 --> 00:17:07,195 - [protestors continue shouting] - [dramatic music swells] 282 00:17:07,277 --> 00:17:11,616 - [chains clanging] - [Jones] Cootie! I gotchu', I gotchu'. 283 00:17:11,741 --> 00:17:17,330 You fucking fascist, aluminum fuck! You fuckin' bitch! 284 00:17:17,412 --> 00:17:22,126 - [coughing] Show him your thing. - [chains clinking] 285 00:17:22,209 --> 00:17:24,754 Your thing. The thing you do. 286 00:17:24,837 --> 00:17:28,925 - [chains clanging] - [dramatic music hums] 287 00:17:30,551 --> 00:17:32,553 Hurry up. Before those thoughts catch up to you. 288 00:17:33,012 --> 00:17:35,932 My thoughts have caught up with me. They tell me I'm right. 289 00:17:37,099 --> 00:17:40,186 Let me explain why you're wrong. Three minutes max. 290 00:17:41,771 --> 00:17:47,902 - Why would I do that? - You're fair. Lookin' to do what's right. 291 00:17:48,736 --> 00:17:53,157 'Cause… You're a storyteller. You'll appreciate this. 292 00:17:54,992 --> 00:18:00,206 - [gentle somber music] - Okay. You got me. 293 00:18:01,123 --> 00:18:03,459 Three minutes. What's your opening line? 294 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:05,461 [protestors continue shouting] 295 00:18:05,545 --> 00:18:07,088 You're part of the reason that crime exists. 296 00:18:07,171 --> 00:18:08,881 - Conversation over. - [Jones] Just listen. 297 00:18:08,965 --> 00:18:12,093 If I'm wrong, you ain't got nothing to worry about. 298 00:18:12,844 --> 00:18:17,849 Just at least show the people that… you're a reasonable person. 299 00:18:17,932 --> 00:18:19,392 [protestors shouting angrily] 300 00:18:19,475 --> 00:18:22,979 [Jones] 'Cause you are. You're the good guy. Right? 301 00:18:26,148 --> 00:18:27,567 [softly] Okay. 302 00:18:32,071 --> 00:18:35,825 [spirited suspenseful music swells] 303 00:18:35,908 --> 00:18:39,662 [triumphant orchestral music] 304 00:18:45,001 --> 00:18:48,921 [music intensifies] 305 00:18:55,553 --> 00:19:00,057 [orchestral music continues to swell] 306 00:19:06,689 --> 00:19:07,773 [music fades to hum] 307 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:10,693 [music plays softly] 308 00:19:10,776 --> 00:19:14,196 [Jones] Capitalism must have unemployment to exist. 309 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:15,615 [footsteps pattering] 310 00:19:15,698 --> 00:19:17,950 [Jones] The way the boss stops you from asking for more money 311 00:19:18,034 --> 00:19:21,787 is to threaten you implicitly or explicitly with firing you. 312 00:19:21,871 --> 00:19:24,373 If there were full employment, people could ask whatever pay they want. 313 00:19:24,457 --> 00:19:28,669 - There'd be no one to replace them. - [Jones and The Hero grunting] 314 00:19:30,463 --> 00:19:32,256 - [office sounds] - [keyboards clacking, phones ringing] 315 00:19:32,381 --> 00:19:34,425 Publications like the Wall Street Journal 316 00:19:34,508 --> 00:19:38,012 and Financial Times openly worry when the unemployment rate goes too low 317 00:19:38,095 --> 00:19:41,641 because wages go up, profit and stock values go down. 318 00:19:42,099 --> 00:19:46,020 Capitalism must have an army of unemployed workers in order to exist 319 00:19:46,103 --> 00:19:49,482 and what do you have when you have an army of unemployed workers? 320 00:19:49,607 --> 00:19:52,777 You have an army of unemployed workers who want to eat. 321 00:19:53,861 --> 00:19:56,614 And humans are not gonna let themselves just starve. 322 00:19:56,697 --> 00:19:57,657 [electricity hums] 323 00:19:58,199 --> 00:20:02,119 So they get involved… in illegal business. 324 00:20:02,203 --> 00:20:04,664 - [electricity buzzes] - [machine sounds] 325 00:20:04,747 --> 00:20:06,165 - [plastic rustling] - [pills clattering] 326 00:20:06,374 --> 00:20:09,085 [The Hero] You're leaving out assaults. Murder. 327 00:20:09,168 --> 00:20:13,673 All business, legal and illegal, uses violence to regulate itself. 328 00:20:14,715 --> 00:20:17,176 - [The Hero scoffs] - [tense orchestral music continues] 329 00:20:18,344 --> 00:20:19,178 Run. 330 00:20:19,261 --> 00:20:23,099 - [whimsical tinny organ music] - [cashier faintly speaking over intercom] 331 00:20:23,182 --> 00:20:24,433 [Jones] Run! 332 00:20:24,517 --> 00:20:26,894 If you try to run out of the grocery store with a cart full of groceries, 333 00:20:26,978 --> 00:20:30,982 either you're gonna get away with it or someone's gonna physically stop you. 334 00:20:31,107 --> 00:20:31,941 [The Hero grunts, groans] 335 00:20:32,024 --> 00:20:34,193 [Jones] Whether it's the security or the police. 336 00:20:34,276 --> 00:20:36,779 [coughing and gasping] 337 00:20:40,116 --> 00:20:41,909 [ominous humming] 338 00:20:42,910 --> 00:20:47,039 [Jones] If say a hotel neighboring the MCI building 339 00:20:47,123 --> 00:20:51,544 decided they wanted to tear down your building to make a golf course, 340 00:20:51,627 --> 00:20:54,797 - you'd use violence… - Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. 341 00:20:55,506 --> 00:20:58,467 This is where the law steps in to make things civilized. 342 00:20:59,385 --> 00:21:04,223 - I have a deed showing my ownership. - [Jones] Right. So you show the deed. 343 00:21:04,306 --> 00:21:05,891 [triumphant orchestral music] 344 00:21:05,975 --> 00:21:07,560 - Fine. - [paper flaps] 345 00:21:09,478 --> 00:21:12,732 [Jones] The only reason that piece of paper is worth anything 346 00:21:12,815 --> 00:21:16,068 is because it implies that men with guns are gonna come 347 00:21:16,152 --> 00:21:18,279 to physically enforce the words written on it. 348 00:21:18,362 --> 00:21:20,156 [guns cocking in unison] 349 00:21:20,531 --> 00:21:23,242 [Jones] Those men with guns are called police. 350 00:21:23,325 --> 00:21:26,203 [police shouting unintelligibly] 351 00:21:26,287 --> 00:21:28,289 The paper is a placeholder for the violence. 352 00:21:28,748 --> 00:21:30,124 [machine whirrs] 353 00:21:30,374 --> 00:21:31,917 Illegal business doesn't have these. 354 00:21:32,001 --> 00:21:34,462 Illegal business practitioners can't go to court and say, 355 00:21:34,545 --> 00:21:36,881 [in high voice] Your honor, I was supposed to be buying a whole key of cocaine 356 00:21:36,964 --> 00:21:38,924 from the defendant. Clearly this is half baking soda. 357 00:21:39,008 --> 00:21:42,428 - I demand restitution. - [gavel banging] 358 00:21:42,511 --> 00:21:45,097 [stutters] I, I've never seen this cocaine before in my life. 359 00:21:45,222 --> 00:21:48,142 They can't go to the zoning commission and say, 360 00:21:48,225 --> 00:21:51,645 "That neighborhood is only zoned for two heroin vendors. 361 00:21:51,729 --> 00:21:54,231 Unless that guy has a special emergency permit 362 00:21:54,315 --> 00:21:56,859 or wants to limit himself to cocaine." [scoffs] 363 00:21:56,984 --> 00:22:01,781 Often, legality or illegality, is the only thing that determines 364 00:22:01,864 --> 00:22:03,949 whether business dealings are considered violent. 365 00:22:04,033 --> 00:22:05,951 - [chair squeaks loudly] - [gun cocks] 366 00:22:06,035 --> 00:22:07,161 You're gonna need this 367 00:22:11,791 --> 00:22:14,877 In the 1920's when liquor was illegal… [giggles] 368 00:22:16,212 --> 00:22:17,671 - Go. - [gunshot in distance] 369 00:22:17,755 --> 00:22:22,259 - Go! Motherfucka, go! - [gunshot firing rapidly] 370 00:22:22,343 --> 00:22:25,387 If you rob the liquor dude, gangsters come after you. 371 00:22:25,471 --> 00:22:28,808 - Ha ha ha. [yells] Motherfucka! - [lively music] 372 00:22:28,891 --> 00:22:31,060 - [Jones] Go! - [tires squealing] 373 00:22:31,143 --> 00:22:35,314 Now that liquor is legal, if you rob the liquor dude, police come after you. 374 00:22:35,397 --> 00:22:36,816 [lively adventurous music] 375 00:22:36,899 --> 00:22:40,194 - In the 1990's… - [gun cocks] 376 00:22:40,778 --> 00:22:43,114 [Jones] When weed was illegal… Pick up the bag. 377 00:22:43,197 --> 00:22:46,617 [Jones screaming] Hey, get the fuck on the fucking ground, bitch! 378 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:48,452 - [gun clicks] - [Jones] I'm not fucking with you! 379 00:22:48,536 --> 00:22:52,039 If you robbed the weed dude, gangsters come after you. 380 00:22:52,123 --> 00:22:55,251 - [unintelligible muttering] - [Jones] Hey! Hey everyone. 381 00:22:55,417 --> 00:22:58,254 - Now that weed is legal… - [bags rustling] 382 00:22:58,337 --> 00:23:01,757 [Jones] Hey everybody, pretty please, can you just get the fuck on the ground? 383 00:23:01,841 --> 00:23:04,885 Thank you so much. Not you. Get up. 384 00:23:04,969 --> 00:23:09,056 If you rob the weed dude, police come after you. 385 00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:11,267 - [sirens wailing] - [police yelling] 386 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:14,645 [The Hero breathing heavily] 387 00:23:15,104 --> 00:23:19,441 - [Jones] So… [soft panting[ - [soft apprehensive music] 388 00:23:19,525 --> 00:23:24,530 Capitalism necessitates unemployment and poverty, 389 00:23:24,697 --> 00:23:29,076 - which necessitates illegal business. - [people muttering indistinctly] 390 00:23:29,201 --> 00:23:31,871 [Jones] The regulation of which is what causes violence. 391 00:23:32,997 --> 00:23:34,415 - [gunshots firing] - [Jones] How do you 392 00:23:34,498 --> 00:23:35,833 tell the whole working class… 393 00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:40,421 That poverty and violence are necessitated by capitalism 394 00:23:40,504 --> 00:23:43,257 without them deciding to get rid of capitalism? 395 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,387 You don't. 396 00:23:50,181 --> 00:23:56,228 You tell them poverty is due to bad choices of those impoverished. 397 00:23:57,396 --> 00:23:59,148 [electronic beeps] 398 00:23:59,231 --> 00:24:01,984 [Jones] But how do you tell the whole working class 399 00:24:02,067 --> 00:24:06,405 that their economic situation is due to their poor choices? 400 00:24:07,239 --> 00:24:08,157 You don't. 401 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,119 You tell them that it's the other that's making bad choices. 402 00:24:12,995 --> 00:24:16,165 That is the culture of the other that causes this. 403 00:24:16,248 --> 00:24:21,253 You do this via the news, sitcoms, cop shows, 404 00:24:21,754 --> 00:24:23,172 and superhero shows. 405 00:24:23,797 --> 00:24:26,008 Even when they're smart enough to hide their point. 406 00:24:26,091 --> 00:24:27,426 - [chains clanging] - [The Hero grunting] 407 00:24:27,509 --> 00:24:30,763 [Jones] This causes part of the working class, even the so-called others, 408 00:24:30,846 --> 00:24:33,390 to identify with the ruling class. 409 00:24:34,183 --> 00:24:37,019 A group of us are trying to change this whole thing. 410 00:24:37,102 --> 00:24:38,145 [ropes creaking] 411 00:24:38,229 --> 00:24:43,776 If you wanted to stop so-called crime and the violence that grows from it… 412 00:24:45,319 --> 00:24:48,280 - [soft orchestral music] - You'd be a revolutionary. 413 00:24:49,698 --> 00:24:51,367 - [Jones] But you're not. - [orchestral music swells] 414 00:24:51,450 --> 00:24:56,080 [Jones] You're a tool that helps capitalism run smoothly. 415 00:24:56,997 --> 00:25:02,169 A system that creates poverty and the crime and violence necessitated by it. 416 00:25:03,170 --> 00:25:07,800 - [bright orchestral music] - [Jones] Man, lock yourself up. 417 00:25:08,968 --> 00:25:10,219 [music stops abruptly] 418 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,055 [birds chirp softly] 419 00:25:13,931 --> 00:25:17,268 [gentle poignant music] 420 00:25:20,854 --> 00:25:23,691 [chains clanging to the ground] 421 00:25:29,071 --> 00:25:32,032 [heavy footsteps] 422 00:25:34,660 --> 00:25:39,623 - [poignant music continues] - [protestors shouting faintly] 423 00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:43,043 [bodysuit whirs loudly] 424 00:25:44,545 --> 00:25:46,964 [protestors cheering and clapping] 425 00:25:52,636 --> 00:25:54,972 Hey. I told you I shoulda' stayed. 426 00:25:57,474 --> 00:25:59,101 How did you know this would work? 427 00:26:03,647 --> 00:26:05,107 - I'm a… - [bright inspirational orchestral music] 428 00:26:31,467 --> 00:26:34,803 [dramatic ominous music] 429 00:26:36,722 --> 00:26:39,558 [music continues through credits]