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(LOW DRONING HUM)
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSICAL STING) ♪
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HAL JORDAN:
Authorize Hal Jordan.
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AUTOMATED VOICE: Access granted.
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HAL: Sinestro.
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THAAL SINESTRO: Hal.
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HAL: Tell me what you know
about Manhunters.
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SINESTRO: No hello?
No how have I been?
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Hello, Sinestro,
how have you been?
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Now, what the fuck do you know
about Manhunters?
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If one still existed,
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it'd be
the second greatest threat
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you're currently facing.
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So, why don't you tell me
about John Stewart?
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Where'd you hear that name?
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SINESTRO: Around.
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"Around"?
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You're locked up in a cell
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in the middle
of fucking nowhere.
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My trainee has a trainee.
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It's not unreasonable
for such seismic news
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to find its way to me.
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He's not my trainee.
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He's a contingency plan.
A backup.
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Where did
the Guardians find him?
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I don't care
where they found him.
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SINESTRO: I care, Hal.
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♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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Marines.
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They found him in the Marines.
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- And that is Earth military.
- What the fuck do you care?
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You don't really believe
he's your backup, do you, Hal?
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No.
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SINESTRO: Then say
what he actually is.
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♪ (MUSIC SWELLS) ♪
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My replacement.
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♪ (LOW BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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(CELL PHONE BUZZING)
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Hey, Dad.
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JOHN STEWART SENIOR:
They need to speak with you.
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You've got 20 minutes.
Get to a pay phone
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and I'll patch you in.
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Um, yeah, I can't right now.
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JOHN SENIOR:
What do you mean you can't?
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JOHN STEWART JUNIOR:
We're working a case.
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Jordan's keeping me busy.
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JOHN SENIOR: Not acceptable.
I'm putting your mother on.
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Hey, Bernadette,
I got our son on the phone.
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(CELL PHONE CLICKS)
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SINESTRO: You really will need
to kill John Stewart, though.
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HAL: No.
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- JOHN: Jordan?
- SINESTRO: And why not?
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Because I'm not evil.
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No, you're not evil.
You're just...
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What's that word
you're fighting?
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Old.
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HAL: Experienced.
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They want to replace me
with Johnny Try-Hard?
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It's fine with me.
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The guy's too perfect anyway.
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Besides that,
he's fucking boring.
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Stewart, do you respect him?
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I don't want to murder him,
doesn't mean I like him.
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I didn't say like.
I said respect.
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HAL: (SOFTLY) Well...
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It's obvious you don't know
anything about Manhunters,
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so enjoy your solitary fucks.
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SINESTRO:
Is one still alive? On Earth?
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♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC CHORD) ♪
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What do you know?
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SINESTRO: Manhunters
are believed to be extinct.
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I know other things
about them too.
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Unique aspects
of their physiology
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that cannot be changed
when they take a new form.
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If one were alive
on your planet,
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that information
would be of great interest
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to the Guardians.
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Deliver the Manhunter
to the Guardians
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and disgrace Stewart
in the process.
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Tell me, does he speak
to the Guardians directly?
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- He says he doesn't.
- And you believed him?
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He found out
about the Manhunter,
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he could've kept it to himself.
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All he does is follow orders.
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SINESTRO:
Well, then he can be controlled.
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Make him believe that
you're embracing his worthiness
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as your replacement.
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- Is he fearless?
- He may be.
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SINESTRO:
Then he will be arrogant,
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overly confident,
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thus blindly oblivious
to your true intent.
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Is that how you fooled me?
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SINESTRO:
I was never anything but myself.
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My ambition was always a threat.
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You simply chose not to see it.
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Do not make the same mistake
with John Stewart.
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♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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♪ ("WALK AWAY"
BY JAMES GANG PLAYING) ♪
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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♪ Taking my time ♪
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- ♪ (SONG CONTINUES OVER RADIO) ♪
- (BELL RINGING)
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♪ Trying to decide
what to do... ♪
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- (JOHN CLEARING THROAT)
- God damn.
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(BELL RINGING)
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It's that big,
green asshole's sidekick.
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Hey. Uh, I need a scope.
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A Schmidt & Bender,
but I'll take a Leupold
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or whatever scope y'all sell
with the McMillan.
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Can't sell you a scope
without a gun.
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JOHN: Oh, no,
I don't want the gun.
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SHOP OWNER: Well,
then you're shit out of luck.
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It's a package deal.
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Kind of like you and your boss.
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Where is he, anyway?
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Okay, I'll, uh, I'll get a rifle
and a scope, please.
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Thank you.
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Let me guess,
if I want the tomato,
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I gotta get the ham too?
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All right, thank you.
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Hey.
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Y'all were a blast.
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- (INSECTS CHIRPING)
- (WIND BLOWING)
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(LOUD WHOOSH)
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(METALLIC CLANG)
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JOHN: Oh, come on, man.
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Any sign
of our mysterious benefactor?
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You can just call him
a Manhunter.
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It sounds less stupid.
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You think he's coming
in on that chopper.
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That's why you're up here.
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See if he lands
on that ranch, huh?
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Couldn't see who's on board.
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Would've been nice
if you were here
since you can fly.
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Knocked on your door,
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- you weren't there.
- I was getting laid in space.
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Were you worried
about me, Junior?
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I was concerned
about the alien hit squad
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that's gonna find us
in 36 hours if we don't deliver.
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So what'd you learn
up here, anyway?
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The four guard towers
on the ranch
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- share the same line of sight.
- HAL: Which means what?
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Well, I think it means
that there's a hidden structure
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on the compound.
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One that is obscured
from every vantage point,
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except those guard towers,
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and that's exactly where
that chopper just landed.
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That building is a weenie.
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What'd you say?
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It's a...
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It's an architectural term
that Walt Disney made up
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for structures on his property.
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Think Sleeping Beauty's castle
at Disneyland.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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- You've been to Disneyland?
- JOHN: No, of course not.
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They didn't let me in.
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It's the happiest place
on Earth,
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but they-- they said
I'd kill the vibe.
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Did you just make a joke?
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Look, so Walt Disney
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built his parks
around the weenie,
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and I'm thinking
that Macon's done the same thing
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- on his compound.
- So you think the Manhunter's
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- inside Macon's weenie?
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I mean, the chopper's
easy to track.
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It lands the same time
every day at 9:17.
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No pilot would do that every day
unless it was on purpose.
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It could be a decoy.
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If it is a decoy,
then maybe the Manhunter's
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not even on the compound.
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HAL: Just gotta get inside
to find out.
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First, we gotta
find Sheriff Kane.
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I gave her my word
that we'd keep her looped in.
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Sheriff Kane? Mm-hmm.
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Mm-hmm, what?
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She's married.
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And unlike you, I respect
the matrimonial bond.
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I believe you.
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(GRUNTS)
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Let's go. I'll fly us over.
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How's that gonna work?
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Well, I can either carry you
like a baby,
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or you can hop on
and pretend like I'm a horse.
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Nah, I'm good.
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(TRACTOR ENGINE WHIRRING)
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HAL: So, this is
your jurisdiction too, huh?
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My husband owns
the bar, so yeah.
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JOHN: Thought he was a lawyer.
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Everybody in Rushville
multi-tasks.
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Okay.
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Why--
Why don't you go with this one?
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Really?
How much you want me to say?
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- Tell her all of it.
- Okay.
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Um, so there's
an interplanetary war criminal
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hiding here in Rushville.
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The technical term
is a Manhunter.
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Sorry.
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Manhunter?
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- Really?
- HAL: Uh...
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You remember those--
our buddies at the game.
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Well, the one at the station,
he wasn't the last one.
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Apparently there's a crew of 'em
here to assassinate the...
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well, the thing
that John just mentioned.
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Show her the phone.
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So one of them gave me this.
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They said to call
if we find the target.
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If we don't find it
by tomorrow night,
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these aliens
are going to waltz into town
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and they're gonna blow up.
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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So what does this thing want?
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HAL: We don't know,
but it's been here a while.
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How is that possible?
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JOHN: Well,
they can take any form.
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It could be anyone
hiding here in Rushville.
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So, line everyone up,
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put them through
those alien detectors.
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JOHN: Well, we can't do that.
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Manhunters aren't alien.
They're something else.
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Great.
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So everybody's a threat
and we're all in danger?
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If it could be anyone,
why not me?
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- HAL: A long time ago...
- (CELL PHONE BUZZING)
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...a Lantern
by the name of Abin Sur
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crashed here.
We don't know why,
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but there was
a Manhunter on board.
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Whatever identity
that Manhunter took, well,
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it wouldn't be
on the records before that.
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I, uh, I looked you up.
You are from Gotham and...
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it's a very nice senior photo.
I get why you dropped the bangs.
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So who's this Manhunter?
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I'm sure you have a theory.
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We think
it's Macon's benefactor.
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And because your husband
is Macon's lawyer,
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I'm guessing
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that you know
the moneymaker's identity.
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Honestly, I don't.
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HAL: Come on, you're his wife.
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KERRY KANE: We don't have
that kind of relationship.
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I've lived here a long time,
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and I've never
seen Macon's money guy.
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How do you two even think
you're gonna get to him?
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We think he's in a building
on the ranch.
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Junior calls it a weenie,
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and we're gonna
pay a visit to it.
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- Okay.
- Okay, that's it?
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Aliens are gonna
blow up my town.
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Finding him
will stop them, right?
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Right. Probably.
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You're only gonna get
one shot at this.
251
00:11:11,296 --> 00:11:12,463
Do not miss.
252
00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:16,926
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
253
00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,305
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
254
00:11:25,727 --> 00:11:26,728
(CAR LOCK BEEPS)
255
00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:32,399
Hey, you think, uh,
256
00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,235
Sheriff's gonna tell Macon
we're coming?
257
00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:37,196
That would not be good.
258
00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:38,989
- But you don't think she will?
- HAL: I do not.
259
00:11:38,990 --> 00:11:41,033
- And that's your gut?
- My gut, always.
260
00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:42,702
(SCOFFS) Okay, so now what?
261
00:11:43,328 --> 00:11:44,411
Eh, we wait.
262
00:11:44,412 --> 00:11:46,205
- For what?
- HAL: Nightfall.
263
00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:49,249
Better to burn six hours
than die in broad daylight.
264
00:11:49,250 --> 00:11:50,710
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
265
00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,506
- (CARD READER BEEPS)
- (DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS)
266
00:11:56,341 --> 00:11:57,675
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- Copy that.
267
00:11:58,176 --> 00:11:59,177
(CARD READER BEEPS)
268
00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:12,814
(WARBLING BUZZ)
269
00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:14,107
(MECHANICAL HUM)
270
00:12:14,108 --> 00:12:15,610
You failed to make contact.
271
00:12:17,028 --> 00:12:18,862
This is disappointing.
272
00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:19,864
I'm sorry.
273
00:12:20,823 --> 00:12:23,200
Jordan's nearby taking a nap.
274
00:12:23,201 --> 00:12:24,910
I was afraid
he'd know if I left.
275
00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:26,703
What are you still doing
in Nebraska?
276
00:12:26,704 --> 00:12:29,039
JOHN: We're just cleaning up
277
00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,541
from the alien
that self-destructed.
278
00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,877
Did Jordan tell you
where he traveled last evening?
279
00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:36,172
JOHN: He said
he was having sex in space.
280
00:12:38,132 --> 00:12:39,300
That's a lie.
281
00:12:39,801 --> 00:12:41,301
Okay, where was he?
282
00:12:41,302 --> 00:12:42,804
GUARDIAN: Violating his oath.
283
00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:46,557
He went to see Sinestro.
284
00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:49,810
What did they talk about?
285
00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:51,395
LIANNA:
I was hoping you could tell me.
286
00:12:51,396 --> 00:12:52,479
He doesn't tell me shit.
287
00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,232
What's important
is that Jordan's actions
288
00:12:55,233 --> 00:12:57,026
have accelerated the inevitable.
289
00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:00,405
I've spoken
to the other Guardians.
290
00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:02,740
We're in agreement.
291
00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:06,285
During the course
of your training,
292
00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:08,829
- Jordan gives you the ring, yes?
- Yeah.
293
00:13:08,830 --> 00:13:10,832
LIANNA: The moment you put it
on your finger,
294
00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:13,042
recite the oath,
295
00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:18,673
and you become
Green Lantern for Sector 2814.
296
00:13:21,926 --> 00:13:22,927
And that's it?
297
00:13:23,594 --> 00:13:25,512
We agreed you would replace him.
298
00:13:25,513 --> 00:13:26,930
JOHN: Yeah,
I just didn't realize
299
00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:29,017
that you were
gonna make me do it myself.
300
00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,268
I did not realize
301
00:13:31,269 --> 00:13:33,061
that your father's weakness
runs within you.
302
00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:34,980
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
303
00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:37,774
I was promised by your mother
that that was not the case.
304
00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:39,443
Your mother was wrong.
305
00:13:39,444 --> 00:13:41,445
I doubted at first
when she told me
306
00:13:41,446 --> 00:13:44,781
that you were strong,
and that you had integrity,
307
00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:47,659
and that your makeup was sublime
and above most of the others,
308
00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,329
that your potential
was enormous.
309
00:13:50,621 --> 00:13:52,456
I hesitated,
310
00:13:52,457 --> 00:13:54,667
and I should have
trusted my own instincts.
311
00:13:55,626 --> 00:13:57,794
Jordan has filed
multiple reports
312
00:13:57,795 --> 00:13:58,796
about your progress.
313
00:14:00,298 --> 00:14:02,299
He says you lack creativity.
314
00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:04,593
He says that you are too weak
315
00:14:04,594 --> 00:14:07,179
to bear the massive power
of the ring.
316
00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:09,806
JOHN: Well,
that's because he's old.
317
00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:12,560
And he's tired.
And his time is up.
318
00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:16,438
He's not worthy of
the "massive power" of the ring.
319
00:14:16,439 --> 00:14:19,524
He didn't do shit to earn it.
And every time he looks at me,
320
00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:21,360
he realizes
that I'll do this better
321
00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:22,652
than he's ever done it before
322
00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:25,197
because I've worked
my entire fucking life for it.
323
00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:27,283
♪ (BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
324
00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:30,036
The ring's always been mine.
325
00:14:31,662 --> 00:14:33,664
That asshole's
just keeping it warm.
326
00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,168
Then go and get it.
327
00:14:40,088 --> 00:14:41,505
John Stewart.
328
00:14:41,506 --> 00:14:42,924
(MECHANIC HUM)
329
00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:48,346
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
330
00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:51,140
(BANGING ON DOOR)
331
00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:56,686
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
332
00:14:56,687 --> 00:14:59,106
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV)
333
00:14:59,107 --> 00:15:00,524
- You all right?
- Hey, listen.
334
00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:02,859
I know you're probably
planning on just flying in
335
00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:04,069
with your big green fist
336
00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:05,904
and smashing shit
until you get to the weenie,
337
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,948
and I don't want to tell you
how to do your job.
338
00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:09,908
- Well, then don't.
- But each of those guard towers
339
00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:11,868
are going to be manned
with three sharpshooters,
340
00:15:11,869 --> 00:15:13,704
and it will be your head
next time.
341
00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:17,750
So, I suggest
you tunnel in from underground.
342
00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:20,586
Well, how do you propose
I do that?
343
00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:22,964
(PAPER RUSTLING)
344
00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:28,552
Did you draw this just now?
345
00:15:28,553 --> 00:15:29,887
Yeah, I'm creative.
346
00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:31,931
- (PAPER RUSTLING)
- Let's go.
347
00:15:32,890 --> 00:15:35,476
- (OWL HOOTING)
- (INSECTS CHIRPING)
348
00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:45,319
(PAPER RUSTLING)
349
00:15:47,155 --> 00:15:49,198
Here. You manifest it.
350
00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:51,992
♪ (POIGNANT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
351
00:15:51,993 --> 00:15:53,453
(SCOFFS) What?
352
00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:56,581
We'll call it today's lesson.
353
00:15:57,373 --> 00:15:58,374
Go ahead.
354
00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:17,477
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
355
00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:25,526
Let's dig.
356
00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:30,031
Yeah.
357
00:16:32,116 --> 00:16:35,077
- (RING WARBLING)
- ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
358
00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:51,719
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
359
00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:55,306
(GEARS GRINDING, WHIRRING)
360
00:17:00,061 --> 00:17:01,646
HAL: "Five degrees to the left."
361
00:17:03,064 --> 00:17:06,399
- How do you know all this?
- JOHN: Did some research online.
362
00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,860
HAL: I don't buy it.
You're a Marine sniper.
363
00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:11,071
Yeah, and after I was
a Marine sniper,
364
00:17:11,072 --> 00:17:12,281
I went to art school.
365
00:17:15,493 --> 00:17:18,411
- Who the fuck are you?
- Trying to concentrate.
366
00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:19,996
Well, you should be
able to concentrate
367
00:17:19,997 --> 00:17:22,040
and take personal questions
at the same time.
368
00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:24,418
- Right.
- How's your mom?
369
00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:27,754
She's great. How's your mom?
370
00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:29,005
Dead. Cancer.
371
00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:30,757
- (RING PULSES)
- (BORING MACHINE STOPS)
372
00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:32,092
Jesus.
373
00:17:32,093 --> 00:17:35,387
- Both your parents?
- Concentrate, will you?
374
00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:37,431
- It makes it easier. No ties.
- (BORING MACHINE RESTARTS)
375
00:17:38,307 --> 00:17:39,433
Oh, I'm sorry.
376
00:17:40,768 --> 00:17:41,852
Don't be sorry.
377
00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:46,648
My mom had a good life,
and my dad, he...
378
00:17:46,649 --> 00:17:49,025
died the way
he wanted to, a hero.
379
00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:50,111
What was he like?
380
00:17:51,696 --> 00:17:53,572
Fearless.
381
00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:55,741
At least, that's what
he wanted people to think.
382
00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:58,119
What was he afraid of?
383
00:18:00,705 --> 00:18:02,915
(BORING MACHINE ALARM BLARES)
384
00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:06,502
(BORING MACHINE POWERING DOWN)
385
00:18:07,044 --> 00:18:08,086
We're here.
386
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,464
♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
387
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:04,310
(DOOR HANDLE CLANKS)
388
00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:22,370
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
389
00:19:37,218 --> 00:19:40,221
♪ (MUSIC FALLS) ♪
390
00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:58,154
(QUIETLY) No benefactor,
but what the fuck?
391
00:19:58,155 --> 00:20:00,824
These weapons are too high-tech
to be from around here.
392
00:20:00,825 --> 00:20:03,244
- JOHN: Hmm.
- We were right.
393
00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,747
- Benefactor's the Manhunter.
- Yeah.
394
00:20:07,331 --> 00:20:08,415
Give me my ring.
395
00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:09,625
(MECHANISM CLICKS)
396
00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:13,795
♪ (LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
397
00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:16,297
I just heard a click.
Did you just hear a click?
398
00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:18,007
JOHN: Yeah.
I just heard a click.
399
00:20:18,008 --> 00:20:19,676
Don't move.
400
00:20:19,677 --> 00:20:22,722
It's a pressure alarm.
If you move, it'll set it off.
401
00:20:23,431 --> 00:20:25,890
- A good movie.
- Great movie.
402
00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:28,893
So, we just make it believe
that I'm still standing on it.
403
00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:31,020
Yeah, okay.
How much do you weigh?
404
00:20:31,021 --> 00:20:32,940
Uh, 185. Ish.
405
00:20:33,524 --> 00:20:34,525
Okay.
406
00:20:35,192 --> 00:20:36,277
(RING WARBLES)
407
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,199
(KETTLEBELL SCRAPES)
408
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,036
(GRUNTS, BREATHES DEEPLY)
409
00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:49,039
Okay, we're gonna do this
at the same time.
410
00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:51,959
- Three.
- ♪ (MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
411
00:20:52,460 --> 00:20:53,502
JOHN: Two.
412
00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:55,295
One.
413
00:20:55,296 --> 00:20:56,421
(ALARM BLARING)
414
00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:57,589
I did say ish.
415
00:20:57,590 --> 00:21:01,051
- (ALARM BLARING)
- ♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
416
00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:11,771
(GOGGLES CLICK, BEEP)
417
00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:14,398
(WEAPONS HUM SHARPLY)
418
00:21:19,236 --> 00:21:20,279
(RING WARBLES)
419
00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,071
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪
420
00:21:22,072 --> 00:21:23,907
JOHN: (LOUDLY)
Fuck! I can't see!
421
00:21:23,908 --> 00:21:25,367
HAL: Do something, Junior!
422
00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:28,286
For Christ's sake, use the ring!
423
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,746
JOHN: It's not fucking working!
424
00:21:29,747 --> 00:21:32,415
- (GRUNTS)
- (TRILLING WARBLE)
425
00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:34,250
(ECHOING RUMBLE)
426
00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:37,295
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
427
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,548
♪ (LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
428
00:21:40,341 --> 00:21:41,342
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
429
00:21:42,176 --> 00:21:43,677
Yes, sir. Two hundred a head.
430
00:21:45,763 --> 00:21:47,139
- Tonight.
- (GRUNTS)
431
00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,643
- (FIRE CRACKLING)
- (RECEIVER CLATTERING)
432
00:22:03,739 --> 00:22:05,616
My wife tells me
you're an artist.
433
00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:08,743
Yeah, she's right.
434
00:22:08,744 --> 00:22:10,162
WILL MACON: Are you talented?
435
00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:14,792
Draw me.
436
00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,005
Uh, what--
What's your medium?
437
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:22,341
Charcoal.
438
00:22:23,133 --> 00:22:24,218
Charcoal.
439
00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:26,178
Some good stock.
440
00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:31,724
(WHISPERING)
Hey, I've seen some shit,
441
00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:34,394
even been to a planet
with sentient tentacles,
442
00:22:34,395 --> 00:22:36,230
- but this is weird, right?
- Yeah.
443
00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:54,999
♪ ("ARPEGGIONE SONATA"
BY FRANZ SCHUBERT PLAYING) ♪
444
00:23:02,006 --> 00:23:04,633
(SIGHS) You better
get to doodling, Junior.
445
00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:08,596
Hit me. (GRUNTS SOFTLY)
446
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,932
Take a seat. Relax your hands.
447
00:23:12,933 --> 00:23:14,018
Uh...
448
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,439
Hold it there. Thank you.
449
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,190
(SCRATCHING ON PAPER)
450
00:23:21,191 --> 00:23:22,192
(SIGHS)
451
00:23:23,444 --> 00:23:25,029
Zoe, honey, why don't you stay?
452
00:23:29,283 --> 00:23:30,284
Okay.
453
00:23:34,622 --> 00:23:36,205
You can holster up, partner.
454
00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:38,374
Uh, Junior here,
he can draw from memory.
455
00:23:38,375 --> 00:23:39,792
WILL: Is that right?
456
00:23:39,793 --> 00:23:41,628
Well, then you could probably
draw my wife.
457
00:23:41,629 --> 00:23:42,630
(SCRATCHING STOPS)
458
00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:47,842
HAL: Can we talk
about the elephant in the room?
459
00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:48,927
Which elephant?
460
00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,386
- Not that one.
- (SCRATCHING RESUMES)
461
00:23:50,387 --> 00:23:51,930
What goes on in this ranch?
462
00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:53,473
Your guys,
they shot darkness at us.
463
00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:55,058
Now, call me paranoid,
but those guns
464
00:23:55,059 --> 00:23:57,769
seem tailor-made
for disabling Green Lanterns.
465
00:23:57,770 --> 00:24:00,063
Hey, I told you. We're ready
for any kind of invasion.
466
00:24:00,064 --> 00:24:02,065
Well, that's kind of worrisome,
isn't it?
467
00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:03,399
WILL: Well, it should
only be worrisome
468
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,735
if the Lanterns
pose a threat to my boss.
469
00:24:05,736 --> 00:24:08,029
Oh, so now he's your boss?
470
00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:09,739
I thought he was just
the benefactor.
471
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:11,240
Oh, don't get caught up
in semantics.
472
00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:12,325
Boss, benefactor...
473
00:24:12,326 --> 00:24:14,161
- How about savior?
- Sure.
474
00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:16,245
He did cure my cancer.
475
00:24:16,246 --> 00:24:18,289
♪ (LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
476
00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:21,376
That's how we met.
Zoe was my nurse.
477
00:24:21,377 --> 00:24:23,795
Kept me alive after the doctor
said I was a goner.
478
00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:27,174
Then he came,
worked his magic, and voilà.
479
00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:32,136
- "His magic"?
- WILL: So to speak.
480
00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:33,346
Can you relax your shoulders?
481
00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:34,973
HAL: Now you talk
about him like he's a god.
482
00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:37,225
- WILL: I do, don't I?
- Hey, please.
483
00:24:37,226 --> 00:24:38,643
Could you just stay still?
484
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:41,271
(DISTANT BELLS TOLL)
485
00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:44,148
Everything changed
when he showed up.
486
00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:45,441
♪ (FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
487
00:24:45,442 --> 00:24:49,445
Crops grow. Kids thrive.
And you saw the hospital.
488
00:24:49,446 --> 00:24:50,781
No one gets sick.
489
00:24:53,117 --> 00:24:56,619
He takes care of us
in exchange for our protection.
490
00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:59,373
So why don't you leave
so we can protect him?
491
00:25:00,958 --> 00:25:02,542
Well, that's not gonna happen.
492
00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:04,461
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
493
00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,297
(SIGHS)
Well, that's unfortunate.
494
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:12,969
How about we skip the bluff
where you threaten
495
00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:16,139
to kill me
with a darkness gun? Hmm?
496
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,433
'Cause we both know
if I end up dead,
497
00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:20,601
there's gonna be 100 Lanterns
at your front door,
498
00:25:20,602 --> 00:25:22,812
and you're not even gonna
have time to hide my body.
499
00:25:22,813 --> 00:25:23,896
WILL: You're right.
500
00:25:23,897 --> 00:25:27,192
Killing a Lantern would trigger
a large response.
501
00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:31,696
He's not a Lantern.
502
00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:32,823
(DOOR OPENS)
503
00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:36,492
Dad, please put your dick away.
504
00:25:36,493 --> 00:25:39,912
- Can I help you, Sheriff?
- I got a call about trespassers.
505
00:25:39,913 --> 00:25:42,749
- Gonna assume it was these two.
- You're making a mistake, Kerry.
506
00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:44,333
Just turn around
and leave us be.
507
00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:47,128
- That's not gonna happen.
- That's exactly what I said.
508
00:25:47,129 --> 00:25:49,048
Let's go. I'm taking you in.
509
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:52,133
Move.
510
00:25:52,134 --> 00:25:54,053
♪ (TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
511
00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:01,185
(DOOR OPENS)
512
00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:05,439
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
513
00:26:11,862 --> 00:26:14,364
- (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
- (KERRY SIGHS)
514
00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:19,035
You had one shot
to get the guy and you whiffed.
515
00:26:19,036 --> 00:26:22,121
If Zoe hadn't called me,
you'd be beyond fucked.
516
00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:23,414
I live in beyond fucked.
517
00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:25,333
KERRY: Jesus,
what is that, a catchphrase?
518
00:26:25,334 --> 00:26:29,838
Do you hear yourself?
I'm in this shit with you now.
519
00:26:30,464 --> 00:26:31,882
(SCOFFS)
520
00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:36,385
(SIGHS, SNIFFLES)
521
00:26:36,386 --> 00:26:37,804
I broke into Billy's files.
522
00:26:37,805 --> 00:26:41,224
I am this close to finding
your stupid benefactor.
523
00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:44,393
Until I do,
you're gonna lock your doors
524
00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:47,396
and you're gonna wait for me
to tell you what happens next.
525
00:26:47,397 --> 00:26:48,565
Is that clear?
526
00:26:51,401 --> 00:26:52,986
Yes. Yes.
527
00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:56,906
- Superheroes don't really
lock their doors--
- KERRY: Say yes!
528
00:26:56,907 --> 00:26:58,033
Yes.
529
00:26:58,575 --> 00:26:59,576
Good.
530
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:01,577
You're free to go.
531
00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:03,580
(DOOR HANDLE CLUNKS)
532
00:27:04,498 --> 00:27:05,832
You kinda gotta let us out.
533
00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:06,917
(MUTTERS) Oh my God.
534
00:27:16,927 --> 00:27:17,928
Wait.
535
00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:21,222
Oh.
536
00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:23,683
- Sheriff, not even a date first?
- (SCOFFS)
537
00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:24,977
Do you ever shut up?
538
00:27:25,686 --> 00:27:27,271
Stewart, come here.
539
00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:31,315
Macon let you
just walk off his ranch.
540
00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:33,109
He's not done with you two yet.
541
00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:35,612
He knows where you are.
He'll send someone.
542
00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:39,448
I'd take you
into protective custody,
543
00:27:39,449 --> 00:27:40,533
but we're still trying
544
00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:42,118
to put the station
back together, so...
545
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,287
Yeah, thank you.
546
00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:45,622
Nothing for me?
547
00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:49,083
You're a superhero.
548
00:27:49,084 --> 00:27:51,712
(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
549
00:27:52,462 --> 00:27:54,882
(CAR ENGINE STARTING, REVVING)
550
00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:05,142
Hey, Junior.
551
00:28:07,895 --> 00:28:08,896
What?
552
00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:11,982
We found Macon's weenie.
553
00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:15,819
(DIAL TONE RINGING)
554
00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,489
BERNADETTE STEWART:
Why are you calling me
on your cell?
555
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:21,741
Get to the payphone.
556
00:28:21,742 --> 00:28:23,327
I talked to them already, Mama.
557
00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:25,369
BERNADETTE: What did they say?
558
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,705
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
559
00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,041
They're not gonna
give me the ring.
560
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:31,500
They're making me
take it from him.
561
00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:32,835
BERNADETTE: Then take it.
562
00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:34,670
Don't tell me
you fell for that man.
563
00:28:34,671 --> 00:28:35,755
JOHN: Oh, come on.
564
00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:37,423
BERNADETTE:
He is a charming motherfucker.
565
00:28:37,424 --> 00:28:39,133
JOHN: I know exactly
what the fuck he is.
566
00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,511
BERNADETTE:
Good. Don't lose focus.
567
00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:44,513
- I won't.
- (VEHICLE APPROACHING)
568
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:46,934
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
569
00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:49,353
Mama, I gotta go.
570
00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:03,033
(RIFLE COCKING)
571
00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:11,458
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
572
00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:15,587
ZOE MACON:
Want to put that thing away?
573
00:29:18,382 --> 00:29:19,549
What are you doing here?
574
00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:22,386
Did Macon send you?
575
00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:25,389
No. I came on my own.
576
00:29:27,057 --> 00:29:28,892
Then why are you here?
577
00:29:29,810 --> 00:29:32,771
♪ (TENDER STRING
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
578
00:29:35,148 --> 00:29:37,234
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
579
00:29:48,245 --> 00:29:51,248
♪ (MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
580
00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:55,252
(RIFLE THUDS)
581
00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:10,475
♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
582
00:30:11,601 --> 00:30:13,478
(PANTS)
583
00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:25,490
(BOTH PANTING HEAVILY)
584
00:30:27,075 --> 00:30:29,452
♪ (MUSIC FALLS) ♪
585
00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:31,120
(ZOE SIGHS)
586
00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:35,124
I was thinking how much better
that is not in my truck.
587
00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:36,376
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
588
00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:45,260
(GRUNTS)
589
00:30:49,723 --> 00:30:51,475
This has to be the last time.
590
00:30:54,895 --> 00:30:55,896
Okay.
591
00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:58,899
Is there a reason why?
592
00:31:01,151 --> 00:31:02,651
Well, your choices
are pretty much
593
00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:04,029
leave town or get killed.
594
00:31:05,906 --> 00:31:08,033
I really hope you choose
the former.
595
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:09,993
JOHN: Hmm.
596
00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:13,830
I'm sorry.
597
00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:18,417
ZOE: (SOFTLY)
Why are you staying?
598
00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:21,170
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
599
00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:25,341
Because I feel like
everybody's lying to me.
600
00:31:25,342 --> 00:31:27,718
♪ (LOW BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
601
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:28,845
Why?
602
00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:33,683
Because that's exactly
what I'm doing.
603
00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:38,979
ZOE: You think Jordan
is lying to you?
604
00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:39,981
Yeah.
605
00:31:42,192 --> 00:31:43,527
Do you think I am?
606
00:31:47,531 --> 00:31:48,532
Yeah.
607
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,044
When I tell you what I know...
608
00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:04,339
everything changes.
609
00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:09,052
I can't do that.
610
00:32:09,970 --> 00:32:11,388
Because of your husband?
611
00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:15,683
What do you owe him?
612
00:32:15,684 --> 00:32:18,145
ZOE: You read this all wrong.
I don't owe him.
613
00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:21,022
He owes me.
614
00:32:22,149 --> 00:32:24,901
He was dying when I met him
and I saved his life.
615
00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:26,570
And now...
616
00:32:27,404 --> 00:32:30,031
I am trying to save yours.
617
00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:37,289
Is that a yes?
618
00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:39,624
You'll leave town?
619
00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:44,296
Not a chance.
620
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:48,425
ZOE: Damn.
621
00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:51,760
JOHN: Damn.
622
00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:54,681
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
623
00:33:17,621 --> 00:33:18,663
(TRUCK DOOR OPENS)
624
00:33:19,956 --> 00:33:22,626
- (TRUCK DOOR CLOSES)
- (TRUCK ENGINE STARTING)
625
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,963
♪ (MUSIC SWELLS) ♪
626
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,057
(CAR ALARMS BLARING)
627
00:33:38,058 --> 00:33:41,436
♪ (UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
628
00:33:43,605 --> 00:33:45,105
- (DOOR OPENS)
- HAL: Where'd it come from?
629
00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:47,192
- JOHN:
Forty-five degrees northeast.
- Just fucking point!
630
00:33:49,069 --> 00:33:50,487
(BOOMING WHOOSH)
631
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,406
(FIRE CRACKLING)
632
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:04,042
♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
633
00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:09,381
- ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
- (DOME WARBLING)
634
00:34:26,356 --> 00:34:28,525
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
635
00:34:32,445 --> 00:34:34,280
HAL: Who the hell makes
a satellite like this?
636
00:34:34,281 --> 00:34:39,244
I've narrowed it down to Atlas,
Vermond, and Rutger.
637
00:34:41,162 --> 00:34:43,790
Macon signed NDAs
with all three companies.
638
00:34:44,374 --> 00:34:45,457
When?
639
00:34:45,458 --> 00:34:47,876
All three
were over ten years ago.
640
00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:51,338
Atlas and Rutger, around 30.
641
00:34:51,339 --> 00:34:53,591
It's gotta be one of them then.
Junior, you almost done?
642
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:55,051
Yeah, good. Almost done.
643
00:34:56,219 --> 00:34:58,387
She was his grandmother.
644
00:34:58,388 --> 00:35:00,223
What am I supposed to tell Noah?
645
00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:07,771
(SATELLITE RATTLING, CLICKING)
646
00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:09,774
Just tell him we're gonna
find out whoever did this.
647
00:35:11,735 --> 00:35:13,777
Every satellite's registered
with the government.
648
00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,279
Can you run that?
649
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,575
I can run the serial number
through the FCC database.
650
00:35:19,075 --> 00:35:21,077
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
651
00:35:24,748 --> 00:35:27,583
It's registered to Atlas, Inc.
652
00:35:27,584 --> 00:35:30,210
Owner of Atlas, Inc.
is Hector Hammond.
653
00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:32,421
Runs a string
of high-tech slaughterhouses
654
00:35:32,422 --> 00:35:33,922
across the country.
655
00:35:33,923 --> 00:35:37,885
- No record of him
anywhere before 1986.
- ♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
656
00:35:37,886 --> 00:35:39,596
Where's his nearest
slaughterhouse?
657
00:35:40,764 --> 00:35:42,097
Ninety-five miles away.
658
00:35:42,098 --> 00:35:44,141
That's where he's gonna be then.
I'd bet Junior's life on it.
659
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,353
- What do you say?
- I think it seems too easy.
660
00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:49,271
Elaborate.
661
00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:51,148
You're the space cop.
Where's the investigation?
662
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,566
You think
we just cracked the case
663
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:53,652
in this motel room?
664
00:35:55,945 --> 00:35:56,987
Go on.
665
00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:58,322
Well, he's got
all these satellites
666
00:35:58,323 --> 00:35:59,991
that can kill us all
at any time.
667
00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:02,951
But we're still alive.
668
00:36:02,952 --> 00:36:05,121
And why did he choose
to kill Zoe and not us?
669
00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:09,709
Because killing Zoe
was more than just a threat.
670
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:11,794
It was an invitation.
671
00:36:11,795 --> 00:36:15,215
Jesus, Junior.
That's not bad. Nice work.
672
00:36:16,549 --> 00:36:17,550
Thanks.
673
00:36:22,389 --> 00:36:24,140
HAL: Hey, Earth to Stewart.
674
00:36:27,477 --> 00:36:28,686
Earth to Stewart.
675
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:30,021
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
676
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:32,232
How you doing?
677
00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:36,902
What?
678
00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:39,030
You have never
asked me that before.
679
00:36:41,449 --> 00:36:43,201
Your girlfriend blew up
in front of you.
680
00:36:44,994 --> 00:36:46,079
I'm handling it.
681
00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:51,292
Kinda look like you're shutting
down your feelings.
682
00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:57,507
It's part of the job.
683
00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:00,176
People dying is part of the job.
684
00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:04,097
You want some advice?
685
00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:09,518
Avoid real relationships
from here on out.
686
00:37:09,519 --> 00:37:12,439
Keep people at a distance
for their own safety.
687
00:37:16,359 --> 00:37:18,486
It's a lonely fucking job.
688
00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:25,076
JOHN: You ever talk
with the other Lanterns?
689
00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:28,746
I'm the only human.
They're aliens.
690
00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:30,080
One of them's
a fucking squirrel.
691
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,667
- Nobody like me.
- I'm like you. I'm human.
692
00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:36,044
That you are.
693
00:37:36,045 --> 00:37:38,130
Yet you hate having me
as a backup.
694
00:37:38,131 --> 00:37:39,132
I do.
695
00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:41,342
What's the plan?
696
00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:45,221
I say...
697
00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:48,349
we walk straight into his trap.
698
00:37:49,642 --> 00:37:51,895
Mm. You wanna hear my idea?
699
00:37:52,854 --> 00:37:54,772
I say you give me the ring.
700
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:56,774
Okay, Hammond's gonna
expect you to have it,
701
00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:58,109
not me, element of surprise.
702
00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:00,694
- So I'm a decoy.
- Yeah, you would be.
703
00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:02,237
Oh, this isn't
a training exercise.
704
00:38:02,238 --> 00:38:03,363
You're good, but you're no me.
705
00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:05,073
- Maybe next time.
- JOHN: Mm.
706
00:38:05,074 --> 00:38:06,408
Hey.
707
00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:09,578
I like the confidence, though.
(CHUCKLES)
708
00:38:09,579 --> 00:38:11,915
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
709
00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:20,297
ANNOUNCER: (OVER PA)
Remember, security.
710
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:23,300
The first step towards
a safer environment.
711
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,720
Stay secure, stay vigilant.
712
00:38:28,932 --> 00:38:30,599
Remember, security.
713
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,977
The first step towards
a safer environment.
714
00:38:33,937 --> 00:38:36,355
Stay secure, stay vigilant.
715
00:38:36,356 --> 00:38:38,858
♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
716
00:38:39,776 --> 00:38:44,112
(ANNOUNCEMENT REPEATING OVER PA)
717
00:38:44,113 --> 00:38:46,950
(DISTANT HOSE HISSING)
718
00:38:49,786 --> 00:38:54,207
♪ (DISCORDANT MUSIC
OVERLAPPING) ♪
719
00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:03,967
HAL: Hey, where's Hammond?
720
00:39:07,887 --> 00:39:10,598
♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
721
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:15,060
(HOSE HISSING)
722
00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:17,522
(ANNOUNCEMENT REPEATING OVER PA)
723
00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,571
I'm about done
with these weird-ass people.
724
00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:26,573
Agreed.
725
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:30,576
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
726
00:39:30,577 --> 00:39:34,038
♪ (SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) ♪
727
00:39:36,082 --> 00:39:37,166
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
728
00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,510
Jazz, that can't be good.
729
00:39:48,511 --> 00:39:50,721
(TINKLING WARBLE)
730
00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:52,348
(BURBLING RUMBLE)
731
00:39:53,016 --> 00:39:55,100
(CHITTERING TINKLE)
732
00:39:55,101 --> 00:39:57,854
(ECHOING WHOOSH)
733
00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:07,822
Well, we found the cows.
734
00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:19,041
(LASERS HUMMING SHARPLY)
735
00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:21,127
(LASERS WHIRRING)
736
00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:23,713
(RING WARBLES)
737
00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:27,133
(MOOS)
738
00:40:32,555 --> 00:40:33,973
- (GEARS WHIRRING)
- (FLESH SQUELCHING)
739
00:40:36,851 --> 00:40:37,976
JOHN: Hm.
740
00:40:37,977 --> 00:40:39,603
(DOOR OPENS)
741
00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:41,439
(WHEELS RATTLING)
742
00:40:46,736 --> 00:40:47,862
That's why I'm vegan.
743
00:40:49,072 --> 00:40:51,282
(GEARS WHIRRING)
744
00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:57,330
- (LIGHTS HUMMING)
- (KEYBOARD CLACKING)
745
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:10,175
- Mr. Hammond, I assume.
- (MOUSE CLICKS)
746
00:41:10,176 --> 00:41:12,010
3248 Aspen Way.
747
00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:15,430
- How's that?
- That's my parents' address.
748
00:41:15,431 --> 00:41:17,684
I've already shown you what
my satellites are capable of.
749
00:41:18,601 --> 00:41:21,520
- In exactly three minutes...
- (LAPTOP BEEPS)
750
00:41:21,521 --> 00:41:23,981
- (TIMER TICKING)
- ...one of them will obliterate
your childhood home,
751
00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:26,733
unless I enter a code
onto this laptop.
752
00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:28,694
- You kill me, you kill them.
- ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
753
00:41:28,695 --> 00:41:29,820
HAL: Yeah, that's great.
754
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:32,197
Dead man's trigger.
Don't act like you invented it.
755
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,408
Look, you invited us here.
Let's get down to business, huh?
756
00:41:34,409 --> 00:41:37,327
You can save them, John.
Would you like to know how?
757
00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:39,037
Don't talk to him.
You talk to me.
758
00:41:39,038 --> 00:41:40,831
You were approached
by a group of individuals
759
00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,165
searching for me.
760
00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,209
They gave you a phone.
Call them.
761
00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:46,420
Tell them
you found me right here.
762
00:41:46,421 --> 00:41:49,381
All right, so you can use
the old, uh, cow laser on them.
763
00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:51,049
All right, that...
that's clever.
764
00:41:51,050 --> 00:41:52,467
Quick question.
765
00:41:52,468 --> 00:41:53,844
How do you know
about John's phone?
766
00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:58,015
Is he always like this?
It must be insufferable.
767
00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:00,017
You're gonna suffer if you
don't start talking to me.
768
00:42:00,018 --> 00:42:01,936
- I'm the one with the ring.
- For now.
769
00:42:02,562 --> 00:42:03,770
What does that mean?
770
00:42:03,771 --> 00:42:07,357
When you checked into the motel,
I decided it best to listen in.
771
00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,401
I've been monitoring
your conversations there.
772
00:42:09,402 --> 00:42:10,945
Most of them were boring.
773
00:42:12,822 --> 00:42:13,823
Most.
774
00:42:16,659 --> 00:42:18,744
JOHN: (ON RECORDING)
That's because he's old.
775
00:42:18,745 --> 00:42:21,539
And he's tired.
And his time is up.
776
00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:25,333
He's not worthy of
the "massive power" of the ring.
777
00:42:25,334 --> 00:42:28,170
He didn't do shit to earn it.
And every time he looks at me,
778
00:42:28,171 --> 00:42:30,255
he realizes
that I'll do this better
779
00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:31,590
than he's ever done it before
780
00:42:31,591 --> 00:42:33,968
because I've worked
my entire fucking life for it.
781
00:42:34,677 --> 00:42:37,220
(TIMER CONTINUES TICKING)
782
00:42:37,221 --> 00:42:39,182
JOHN:
The ring's always been mine.
783
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:43,018
That asshole's
just keeping it warm.
784
00:42:43,019 --> 00:42:44,853
- LIANNA: Then go and get it.
- (HECTOR HAMMOND SIGHS)
785
00:42:44,854 --> 00:42:46,063
(KEYBOARD KEY CLACKS)
786
00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:48,065
You're obsolete, Mr. Jordan.
787
00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:51,610
Replaced by a new
and vastly improved model.
788
00:42:51,611 --> 00:42:53,654
That must be terrifying.
789
00:42:55,031 --> 00:42:57,532
- What color is Abin Sur?
- What?
790
00:42:57,533 --> 00:42:58,992
HAL: The fellow
who gave me this ring,
791
00:42:58,993 --> 00:43:01,661
who dropped you off
on this planet before he died?
792
00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:03,747
You're the Manhunter.
What color was he?
793
00:43:03,748 --> 00:43:05,874
- (TIMER TICKING)
- ♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
794
00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:08,376
- I don't remember.
- He was a very memorable shade.
795
00:43:08,377 --> 00:43:09,878
I've met a lot of aliens.
796
00:43:09,879 --> 00:43:11,214
I don't think you have.
797
00:43:12,381 --> 00:43:13,799
I think you're bullshit.
798
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,594
I think you're a smokescreen
for someone else. A decoy.
799
00:43:17,553 --> 00:43:19,387
One minute and counting.
800
00:43:19,388 --> 00:43:20,764
HAL: You know,
an old friend of mine
801
00:43:20,765 --> 00:43:22,849
recently told me something
about Manhunters.
802
00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:24,726
Very good at replicating
other organisms,
803
00:43:24,727 --> 00:43:26,228
nearly perfect.
804
00:43:26,229 --> 00:43:29,815
But when it comes to copying
carbon-based life forms,
805
00:43:29,816 --> 00:43:33,068
the only organ you can't
get just right is the heart.
806
00:43:33,069 --> 00:43:37,114
It's an undetectable flaw,
uh, when you're alive.
807
00:43:37,115 --> 00:43:40,660
But once your heart stops,
it crystallizes.
808
00:43:41,661 --> 00:43:43,830
So the only way to prove
that you're a Manhunter
809
00:43:44,664 --> 00:43:46,581
is to rip
your fucking heart out.
810
00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:48,250
You kill me, his parents die.
811
00:43:48,251 --> 00:43:49,835
HAL: Oh, I got
no problem with that.
812
00:43:49,836 --> 00:43:52,337
I mean, I would have given
a shit before the recording,
813
00:43:52,338 --> 00:43:54,005
but now I'm starting
to think, you know,
814
00:43:54,006 --> 00:43:56,299
a hero's journey,
it should really only start
815
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:57,467
after the parents are dead.
816
00:43:57,468 --> 00:43:59,719
- The fuck are you doing?
- You kill Stewart's family,
817
00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:01,472
I got no reason
to keep you alive.
818
00:44:02,765 --> 00:44:05,267
So you got about ten seconds
to tell me the truth.
819
00:44:05,268 --> 00:44:06,434
- ♪ (MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
- Hal.
820
00:44:06,435 --> 00:44:07,811
Nine.
821
00:44:07,812 --> 00:44:09,104
- Eight.
- JOHN: Stop.
822
00:44:09,105 --> 00:44:10,730
- HAL: Seven.
- JOHN: Stop!
823
00:44:10,731 --> 00:44:11,940
- Six.
- Stop!
824
00:44:11,941 --> 00:44:13,192
I'm human! I'm human!
825
00:44:14,110 --> 00:44:15,861
Fucking put in
that code right now.
826
00:44:15,862 --> 00:44:18,156
(KEYBOARD CLACKING RAPIDLY)
827
00:44:19,157 --> 00:44:20,282
(LAPTOP BEEPS)
828
00:44:20,283 --> 00:44:22,034
♪ (MUSIC QUIETENS) ♪
829
00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:25,830
- They're safe.
- What if you were fucking wrong?
830
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:28,040
I'm never wrong.
831
00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:31,210
- Okay.
- (LAPTOP SLAMS SHUT)
832
00:44:32,044 --> 00:44:33,296
Okay, who are you?
833
00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:38,050
- Who the fuck are you? Speak up!
- I'm-- I'm Hector Gutierrez.
834
00:44:39,635 --> 00:44:42,179
I was an engineering student.
He-- He came to me,
835
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:44,014
offering me
incredible technology,
836
00:44:44,015 --> 00:44:45,599
said I could use it
to help my family,
837
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:47,977
- my community.
- Who the fuck is the Manhunter?
838
00:44:49,854 --> 00:44:51,063
Isn't it obvious?
839
00:44:54,317 --> 00:44:55,860
Will Macon.
840
00:45:02,158 --> 00:45:04,827
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
841
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,179
I was gonna give it back.
842
00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:25,389
What?
843
00:45:29,101 --> 00:45:32,688
At Macon's ranch,
I was wearing the ring.
844
00:45:35,024 --> 00:45:37,109
All I needed to do
was say the oath.
845
00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:39,612
But I didn't.
846
00:45:41,781 --> 00:45:43,865
And when I asked for it again,
847
00:45:43,866 --> 00:45:46,118
I just wanted to show you
what I was capable of.
848
00:45:49,038 --> 00:45:50,039
I believe you.
849
00:45:50,998 --> 00:45:52,875
- It's all good.
- Really?
850
00:45:53,626 --> 00:45:54,709
(SCOFFS)
851
00:45:54,710 --> 00:45:57,128
Honestly, I'd have done
the same thing.
852
00:45:57,129 --> 00:45:59,422
And what you said
wasn't all untrue.
853
00:45:59,423 --> 00:46:01,091
I didn't do much
to earn this thing.
854
00:46:01,092 --> 00:46:02,592
And there's a very good chance
855
00:46:02,593 --> 00:46:04,470
that you might end up
being better.
856
00:46:07,556 --> 00:46:10,142
I can be a bit
of an asshole at times.
857
00:46:15,189 --> 00:46:17,400
You know, the Guardian
said you broke a vow.
858
00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:21,237
(CHUCKLES)
You believe everything they say.
859
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,531
You ought to give that a rest.
860
00:46:24,532 --> 00:46:27,158
I mean, look
what they're doing to me now.
861
00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:29,161
But that said,
I did break a vow.
862
00:46:30,913 --> 00:46:32,581
Went to see Sinestro.
863
00:46:33,874 --> 00:46:36,126
So he told you
about the crystal heart?
864
00:46:36,127 --> 00:46:37,669
HAL: Among other things.
865
00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:39,754
- They're ruthless, Junior.
- ♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
866
00:46:39,755 --> 00:46:42,632
They assimilate into communities
by attaching to weak spots.
867
00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:44,634
It's what they're programmed
to do.
868
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:47,012
So what you're saying
is they have no other choice?
869
00:46:47,013 --> 00:46:48,596
They find a path
to power every time,
870
00:46:48,597 --> 00:46:51,141
and if they identify a threat
to that power,
871
00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:52,475
they'll manipulate that threat
872
00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:54,270
into believing anything
they want them to.
873
00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:57,440
Remind you of anyone we know?
874
00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:09,660
Yeah, it must be Macon.
875
00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:12,663
Like Hector said.
876
00:47:16,542 --> 00:47:17,625
Yeah.
877
00:47:17,626 --> 00:47:20,546
♪ (BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
878
00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:34,018
Call that alien hit squad.
879
00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,854
Tell them to meet us
at the cafe.
880
00:47:37,855 --> 00:47:40,023
Nah, they don't trust you.
881
00:47:40,024 --> 00:47:43,569
Hmm. Why don't you tell them
to meet you at the cafe, then?
882
00:47:45,196 --> 00:47:46,238
They trust you.
883
00:47:55,164 --> 00:47:56,540
Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)
884
00:47:57,583 --> 00:48:01,920
(KEYPAD BEEPING)
885
00:48:01,921 --> 00:48:04,839
(DIAL TONE RINGING)
886
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,885
- ANTAAN: Yeah?
- I've got who we're looking for.
887
00:48:09,512 --> 00:48:10,595
ANTAAN: That's good.
888
00:48:10,596 --> 00:48:14,392
Meet me at the cafe
just outside of Rushville.
889
00:48:16,602 --> 00:48:17,728
ANTAAN: We're close.
890
00:48:20,523 --> 00:48:21,564
Yeah.
891
00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:22,691
(CELL PHONE CLICKS)
892
00:48:24,735 --> 00:48:27,363
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
893
00:48:28,531 --> 00:48:29,864
(HAL SIGHS)
894
00:48:29,865 --> 00:48:30,866
What?
895
00:48:32,284 --> 00:48:34,120
I really did forgive you.
896
00:48:37,164 --> 00:48:38,582
Thought you'd be honest.
897
00:48:43,712 --> 00:48:45,213
About what?
898
00:48:45,214 --> 00:48:48,174
When Zoe blew up, I didn't get
why you weren't upset.
899
00:48:48,175 --> 00:48:50,010
I thought you were
made of stone.
900
00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:53,639
I wondered why you weren't sad.
901
00:48:55,141 --> 00:48:56,475
I knew you liked her.
902
00:48:58,644 --> 00:49:00,687
Now, with Hector,
903
00:49:00,688 --> 00:49:02,815
when you freaked out
about your parents, and...
904
00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:04,733
it kinda all hit me.
905
00:49:06,277 --> 00:49:07,903
You ain't made of stone, Junior.
906
00:49:09,405 --> 00:49:12,157
You aren't upset because
you know Zoe isn't dead.
907
00:49:12,158 --> 00:49:13,491
And I don't know how she managed
908
00:49:13,492 --> 00:49:15,660
to get out of that car alive
unless she's a Manhunter.
909
00:49:15,661 --> 00:49:17,871
The thing
that I can't figure out
910
00:49:17,872 --> 00:49:19,205
is how long you've known.
911
00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:20,665
(ENGINE REVVING)
912
00:49:20,666 --> 00:49:22,792
I didn't know.
I just had a feeling.
913
00:49:22,793 --> 00:49:24,961
(CHUCKLING) Fuck feeling,
that's your gut, Junior.
914
00:49:24,962 --> 00:49:26,838
- Yeah.
- (CHUCKLES) Well, bravo.
915
00:49:26,839 --> 00:49:28,590
Congratulations, truly.
916
00:49:28,591 --> 00:49:31,050
The-- The student
surpasses the teacher.
917
00:49:31,051 --> 00:49:33,261
I wasn't trying to keep
anything from you.
918
00:49:33,262 --> 00:49:34,637
I just didn't know for certain,
919
00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:35,972
so I didn't want
to say anything.
920
00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:37,307
Oh, you haven't
told the Guardians?
921
00:49:37,308 --> 00:49:38,808
I haven't told
the Guardians anything
922
00:49:38,809 --> 00:49:40,977
we've been doing
because you asked me not to.
923
00:49:40,978 --> 00:49:42,938
- Right?
- Oh, except that I'm old
and tired.
924
00:49:46,150 --> 00:49:47,610
Well, I'm sorry about that.
925
00:49:48,986 --> 00:49:50,445
I'm sorry about the rental.
926
00:49:50,446 --> 00:49:51,946
♪ ("MIDAS"
BY WUNDERHORSE PLAYING) ♪
927
00:49:51,947 --> 00:49:53,616
- (LAUGHS)
- (TIRES SQUEALING)
928
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,540
♪ The voice inside the suit ♪
929
00:50:02,541 --> 00:50:04,709
♪ Came crawling down
The telephone ♪
930
00:50:04,710 --> 00:50:08,213
♪ Somewhere between a chessboard
And a nursery rhyme ♪
931
00:50:08,214 --> 00:50:11,090
♪ I heard the rattlesnake
Shaking in his invitation ♪
932
00:50:11,091 --> 00:50:14,886
♪ And the whites of his knuckles
On the other end of the line ♪
933
00:50:14,887 --> 00:50:17,806
♪ Midas, yeah ♪
934
00:50:18,516 --> 00:50:21,352
♪ Midas, la-la-la-la-la ♪
935
00:50:21,977 --> 00:50:25,396
♪ Midas, yeah ♪
936
00:50:25,397 --> 00:50:27,691
♪ Midas ♪
937
00:50:28,817 --> 00:50:31,027
♪ Stepped inside his office
And the whole place ♪
938
00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:33,488
♪ Seemed to shiver, he said
"Come here, a little closer ♪
939
00:50:33,489 --> 00:50:35,657
♪ Boy, come on, don't be shy" ♪
940
00:50:35,658 --> 00:50:37,450
♪ I searched
To find the fracture ♪
941
00:50:37,451 --> 00:50:39,035
♪ In his tombstone facelift ♪
942
00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:40,662
♪ And he fixed me
With the coldness ♪
943
00:50:40,663 --> 00:50:42,747
♪ Of the kingdom in his eyes ♪
944
00:50:42,748 --> 00:50:46,251
♪ Midas, yeah ♪
945
00:50:46,252 --> 00:50:49,837
♪ Midas, la-la-la-la-la ♪
946
00:50:49,838 --> 00:50:53,132
♪ Midas, yeah ♪
947
00:50:53,133 --> 00:50:56,010
♪ Midas ♪
948
00:50:56,011 --> 00:50:57,262
♪ (SINGER VOCALIZES) ♪
949
00:50:57,263 --> 00:50:59,181
♪ (ENERGETIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
950
00:51:11,026 --> 00:51:12,235
♪ He said, "Come on, kid ♪
951
00:51:12,236 --> 00:51:14,279
♪ You think
We got a deal, yeah?" ♪
952
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,155
♪ Threw his head back
Like a pelican ♪
953
00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:18,116
♪ And straightened
His tie-ie-ie-ie ♪
954
00:51:18,117 --> 00:51:19,409
♪ Each time they're askin' ♪
955
00:51:19,410 --> 00:51:21,077
♪ You're making me
Kinda nervous ♪
956
00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:22,787
♪ And with a click
Of his silvered fingers ♪
957
00:51:22,788 --> 00:51:24,914
♪ I was falling
Through the sky ♪
958
00:51:24,915 --> 00:51:27,585
♪ Midas, yeah ♪
959
00:51:28,419 --> 00:51:31,838
♪ Midas, la-la-la-la-la ♪
960
00:51:31,839 --> 00:51:35,091
♪ Midas, yeah ♪
961
00:51:35,092 --> 00:51:39,138
♪ Midas, Midas ♪
962
00:51:47,563 --> 00:51:50,441
♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪