[Dick] Previously on titans...
- I've been thinkin' about San Francisco. - Titans again.
Maybe it's time for a do-over.
If I'm Robin, who are you?
- What is this place? - [Dick] Home.
Titans are back, bitches!
- You're kind of an asshole, aren't you? - [Slade] Say goodbye to your friend.
- [Jason] I keep falling. - [Dick] Jason!
How fucked up are you? All you do is give people reasons to hate you.
I'm sick of this shit.
You people are insane. You think everything's my fault.
Fuck all of you.
[Justin] I don't analyze beautiful strangers
but you might be having a manic episode.
- You shouldn't be alone right now. - Go.
Maybe we should be apart.
So where's a guy gotta go to get some real shit around these parts?
[Conner] What am I?
You are the genetic material of two different people blended together.
- Lex Luthor. - And who else?
Superman.
[Conner] If they get me, what will they do to me?
What happened to our friends, Conner and gar?
They did some kind of brain salad surgery on them.
- [We control them now. {Panflng]
[Metal creaking]
Everybody, get back!
[Wonder girl screaming]
I should go. If anybody can help her, it's me.
[Dick] Donna Troy and I were a couple of strays. She saw us as family.
If you throw enough strays together, you get the best kind of family.
What's next for us all?
That's the million-dollar question.
[Dramatic music playing]
[Beast boy growls]
[Krypto barks]
- [Computer beeping] - Holy shit. Holy shit.
- Holy shit, I fucking got you. - [Officer 1] Oh, my god! It's the joker!
[Officer 2] I've got three officers down.
[Officer 1] Hang on, Alvarez! I need a medevac right now, god damn it!
[Dispatcher] This is Gotham one-three. We have a chopper in the area.
Do you have eyes on the joker?
[Officer 1] No, thank Christ. He's gone.
[Joker laughing]
[Officer 1 screaming]
[Officer 1] Where's Batman?
- Oh, god! No! - [Line ringing]
[Cell phone ringing]
[Sighs]
- Hello? - I got him, Bruce!
I got the joker dead to rights, man.
[Bruce] What?
Some cops stumbled onto him answering a bullshit break-in call.
The clown torched the pigs and left, right?
But I tracked him with the audio from city surveillance
and triangulated his location.
He's at the old amusement park near the pier.
He's right fuckin' there, Bruce!
I won't be back until morning.
- Stand down, Jason. - Bruce, I...
- Stand down. - Bruce, listen to me. I got this.
I can do this.
This is the joker, Bruce.
All the more reason you're not going alone.
I'm not afraid of him.
[Imperceptible]
I'm not afraid of anything anymore.
It's not about whether you're afraid or not.
When are we gonna get another chance to nail him like this?
Okay, I got it.
[Sighs] Loud and clear, boss.
I'll see you in the morning.
[Computer beeping]
[Breathes deeply]
Fuck the joker.
- [Bell dings] - [Sinister music playing]
[Laughing maniacally]
[Joker laughing]
[Laughing maniacally]
[Theme music playing]
[Man] Yes. Oh, yes.
This is it.
[Impact grunts]
["Ca plane pour moi" playing]
[Electricity crackling]
[All grunting]
Damn it!
[All grunting]
[Groaning]
[All grunting]
[Low growling]
- [Growls] - [Thug 1 yelps]
[Thug 1] Take 'em out!
[Barking]
[Thug 2] Oh, shit! The hell is that?
[Thug 3] Fire! Fire!
[Sighs]
I know. I'm hot.
You, stop him!
Hey there, big guy.
- Yeah? Wait till you get a load of this. - [Device powering up]
Krypto. Speak.
[Barking]
[Screaming] No! Yikes!
Good dog, krypto.
[Krypto barks]
- What were they after? - Oh, its street name is "the clench."
It's a bio-engineered strain of ebola.
It struck Gotham a few years back but it was contained.
Gizmo was looking to sell it to the highest bidder.
What was Dayton labs doing with it in the first place?
Research. I hope.
We really appreciate what the titans have done for the city.
- Thanks. - Hmm. [Chuckles]
Uh, excuse me, superboy, can I get your autograph?
- My son would go nuts. - Oh, sure.
You'll want mine too, right?
Oh, um...
I'm good. It's hard to top a super.
[Chuckles] You heard the man. "It's hard to top a super."
Unbelievable.
We're live at the scene where the titans have once again
provided a major assist for our very own sfpd.
The mayor has called you and the titans "San Francisco's guardian angels."
How do you respond to that?
[Kory] The titans are happy to do everything we can to protect the city,
but the real angels are the men and women without powers.
They show us that if we all do our part together,
we can really create change.
Where's nightwing?
Oh, um...
- He's around. [Chuckles nervously] - [Reporter] Huh.
- [Device ringing] - So sorry, I have to take this.
Thank you so much. Good seeing you.
Hello?
You're a titan. Explains so much.
And this is?
Justin Cole. Las Vegas?
Disco lights and champagne?
I'm a therapist?
Oh, Justin. Hi. How are you?
Uh, stunned, to say the least.
I, uh, definitely knew you were special, but didn't expect to see you on TV.
[Chuckles] I guess I could've been a little more forthcoming.
No, no, it's awesome. How are you?
Good. Yeah, things got a little, um,
rough after our last meeting, but I'm doing much better. You?
Still practicing. Turns out, a lot of people need therapy.
Mmm. Tell me about it.
I noticed you never called me.
[Exhales sharply] Yeah, I, um...
I wasn't in a good place.
I get it. You had a lot on your plate.
Well, maybe now we can catch up.
No champagne. No disco lights. Just a real talk.
I 'd like that.
Course, maybe a little champagne.
- Old time's sake. - [Kory chuckles]
I'll call you. I promise.
[Dick] Nice work back there.
The reporters loved you.
Yeah, especially when you love them back.
Batman and I never waited for the press back in Gotham.
Maybe that's why all the press was so bad.
Maybe.
[Device ringing]
Hello?
What?
"Why a bat?" Because bats hear everything.
[Cell phone ringing]
[Sighs]
Hi, mom.
[Speaking cantonese]
[Siren blaring]
[In English] Mom, I'll call you back.
It's way past curfew, kid. What are you doin' out here?
Twenty-four hour delivery.
Here.
Try some dumplings. On us.
[Officer] What's that?
I'm a fan.
Batman's a sociopath in a rubber s and m outfit.
Pick better heroes, kid.
It's not rubber.
What'd you say?
Yes, officer.
That's what I thought.
[Dispatcher] All units report to farrel/y amusement park.
- Direct order from commissioner Gordon. - [Officer] Let's go.
Go home, kid. It's not safe on the streets.
[Siren blaring]
[Sighs]
It is with Batman and Robin.
No tears for the young
a bullet if you run away
another lost one
like father, like son, we pray
rolling with the times
[Woman] We've been holding dinner. Where have you been?
Delivering, like, a million orders. Not my fault people love your food.
Yeah.
[Sniffs] Ooh.
Any trouble?
No, dad. All good.
Really? 'Cause I could swear I saw you talkin' to two of Gotham's finest.
It was a curfew thing.
But then they saw I was workin', so they backed off.
I gave them some dumplings.
They'll probably be back with their families Sunday.
You're welcome.
Anyone I know?
No, dad. They were new guys.
- Why you gotta be like that? - Why not?
[Clears throat]
- No, man. I don't want any of that. - Relax, all right?
You said you wanted some new kicks, buy yourself some new kicks.
Can't be walking around school with that off-brand shit.
- Why do you care? - About school? Nothing.
About you?
Can't have people thinking my cousin's not put together, all right?
You're welcome.
[News anchor] ...Live at Gotham pier with a breaking news story.
[Reporter] Batman's ally, Robin,
was found dead tonight along with a security guard.
The joker, who was waiting for police, was taken in without further incident.
The joker was sent back to arkham asylum,
where he escaped from earlier this month.
Gotham police have engaged with the joker several...
Oh, no. Now there might be crime in Gotham.
- Severe injuries for three officers. - Tim, I'm so sorry.
No word yet on how Batman is dealing with this terrible loss.
["Meet me in the woods" playing]
[Sighs]
I took a little journey to the unknown
and I come back changed I can feel it in my bones...
Home sweet home.
Now the darkness got a hold on me
oh, the darkness got a hold on me
I have seen what the darkness does
said goodbye to who I was
I ain't never been away so long
don't look back, them days are gone...
Bruce?
I can bring your fears to life
show me yours and I'll show you mine...
Bruce?
[Singer vocalizing]
[Piano music playing]
"Flying graysons."
[Enthralling instrumental music playing]
[Door rattling]
Bruce?
Down here?
Bruce?
The blood...
It's hard to get out.
I'm sorry.
- The joker's back at arkham? - Yes.
I'm glad the cops got to him first.
Me too.
Can I help with any of the arrangements?
No. It's all been taken care of.
- So when's the funeral? - It's already happened.
What do you mean it's already happened?
Mortuary delivered the coffin last night.
I had him buried in the family plot.
Next to Alfred.
Look, I understand.
This is difficult for all of us, especially you.
- Couldn't you have waited... - He had no family.
He had us.
What are you doing?
There's a new player in Gotham.
He's killed seven already.
Bruce, come on.
Can't we talk about this for a minute before you jump back into work?
[Sighs]
What was Jason doing studying chemistry?
I don't know.
He barely read the back of the cereal box.
Don't matter, dick. Jason's dead.
There's nothing we can say now that will bring him back.
When Donna died, you told me not to Bury my emotions.
Not to experience grief alone.
It was good advice.
That advice was meant for you, not me.
People are different.
- [Chuckles] Bruce, you can't just... - Life goes on.
We both know that.
Come on. I'll make us some lunch.
"Lunch"?
So the jokerjust killed him?
Mmm-hmm.
Sounds like Jason went after him the same way he went after deathstroke.
Alone and unprepared.
I'm so angry.
At the joker?
No. At Jason.
Jason? Why?
[Kory] Because he never learned.
When Jason left the titans to go to Gotham, he was alone and angry,
and I get that, but...
Dick hoped he'd figured things out with Bruce, but he never did.
He clearlyjust kept making the same mistakes over and over,
and it finally got him killed.
Jason never evolved.
He never grew past his own worst instincts.
Don't let that happen to you.
Keep learning. Keep growing.
[Sighs]
First Donna, now Jason. I'm sick of losing people.
[Muffled] Oh, look out, crab!
That's right, octopus gonna mess you up.
[Normal] Dang, cheetah, what'd that gazelle ever do to you?
What do you think, Rachel?
The snake was really cool.
Mmm. What should I do for an encore?
That's right. You're on an island somewhere
trying to bring Donna back to life because that's a thing.
Some bad stuff's happened while you've been gone,
so it's time to up my game.
[Scoffs]
"Nothing tops a super."
That's total bullshit.
Well, I know that and you know that, but...
[Sighs] You can be any animal you want.
Just believe in yourself.
Not sure if it really works that way, but... [scoffs]
[Computer mouse clicking]
I just miss you.
[Indistinct chatter]
[Officer] Got two more in front of the gas station.
[Dispatcher] Copy that.
Hey, excuse me. Commissioner Gordon?
Over there.
Thank you.
Barbara?
Welcome back to Gotham, dick.
Commissioner? That one's just like the others.
Wrapped up in cellophane like last night's leftovers.
Thanks, Jones. Give me a minute.
Sorry about Jason.
Me too. And the joker?
He was waiting for us by the body.
Took him back to arkham without a fight.
He did the same thing after me.
That's what he does. He stole Bruce's chance to getjustice.
That's the game those two play, like always.
We're all the casualties.
How are you doing with all this?
Honestly, not great.
Tell me.
Last time I spoke to Jason was three months ago.
- Once Bruce took him back... - He was his problem?
Why would Jason have gone out on his own?
- Especially after Bruce told him not to? - Jason Todd doing something impulsive?
That's a real head-scratcher.
I found a chemistry book in his room.
- So? - Jason's not a reader.
If you're looking for a mystery to solve, there isn't one.
I loved Jason. He drove me fucking crazy.
I wanted to kill him half the time, but I loved him.
He went out there because he felt he had something to prove,
and he got killed.
That's it. Mystery solved.
- [Sighs] Have you talked to Bruce? - Briefly at the morgue.
And how did he seem to you?
At the morgue? Jason's body was laid out on a slab.
- I would characterize him as subdued. - But did he seem off or weird?
Yeah, he always seems weird. He's a weird guy.
I don't think he's processing this very well.
Or at all.
Do you remember Alfred's funeral?
You and I were a mess.
There he was the whole time. He was quiet, reserved, stoic.
- He's in denial. - Yeah, that's what he does.
It's the only way he can keep being Batman.
You know how many times he's talked to me about my father?
Zero.
His behavior is the same it always is when somebody close to him dies.
He just pretends to forget them.
No. It's different this time.
I'm worried about him. Really worried.
We should talk to him.
God, dick. Don't make me do that.
We've kept it strictly professional since I hung up the cape.
And my life is so much better for it.
That's why it'd mean a lot to him.
Please?
Okay.
After work. And I have no idea how long I'll be.
Great. I'll see you later.
- Yeah. - Oh. Uh, thank you.
Shit.
[Chuckles] So then Jason corners the mad hatter
and he starts swearing at him, like going off.
Like, "you short fucking hat-wearing fuck. Fuck you!"
And hatter stands there stunned that Robin's cussing him out,
and then Bruce came in, and do you remember what you said to Jason?
What?
"Watch your language."
[All laughing]
I heard you found another body today.
That makes eight in as many weeks.
Any clues to the identity of the killer?
You never stop, do you?
Can't we just have a drink? No new clues yet.
But I'll be sure to turn the signal on if we need you.
Your father and I had better communication
when we were fighting this war.
War? You still call it a war?
It is a war, for the soul of this city.
I don't know, Bruce. Calling it a war feels like
trying to justify all the lives that have been lost.
Your father knew protecting Gotham required real sacrifice.
My father died from a heart attack after being frozen
in a block of ice by a man wearing a fucking refrigerator suit.
- Mister freeze. - I know who he is.
That's how you see my father, isn't it? As a sacrifice?
You dragged him into this insanity, just like you did dick. And Jason.
It was a long time ago.
You know what he did to you, dick.
You almost lost yourself because Bruce weaponized your grief.
And Jason? [Scoffs]
You took another kid who was lost and angry and alone,
and convinced him he'd be invincible if he put on a mask.
No more Robins, Bruce.
I chose to put the cow! On, to go out there as batgirl.
When the joker shot me, that wasn't your fault.
But you drove dick away.
We worked it out.
Whether you've forgiven him or not,
he drove you away, and he put Jason in the ground.
You'd think that after everything the joker's done to so many people,
you would've found a way to keep him locked up.
But part of me, a big part of me, believes that you want him to escape
so you can keep hiding from yourself behind that mask.
You're as crazy as the fucking joker.
[Breathes deeply]
What?
What the hell was that? I asked for help.
- I am helping. - Who?
Whoever he would've brought into this madhouse next.
He recruited Jason one week after you left, dick. One week.
And he replaced you like he was replacing a pet.
The last thing he's gonna do is drag another kid into this mess.
He won't admit he failed Jason.
The titans failed Jason more than anyone.
He had a lot of problems and we didn't have the Patience for him.
We wanted the titans to work so badly, we gave up on him.
The titans? Your west coast superhero school?
It's not a school. We're a family.
Go back to San Francisco, dick.
I'm not leaving Gotham until I figure out
what Jason was doing before he died.
I just told you what he was doing.
He was being manipulated and used by Bruce Wayne.
Don't let him do it to you again, okay?
Go home.
Goodbye, dick.
"301, Harris place b."
[Sighs]
What were you doin', buddy?
What were you doin'?
[Sniffs]
- The fuck... - [Door creaks]
[Both grunting]
Who are you?
Who the fuck are you?
Isell in this building.
I heard someone was cooking something new in here.
Didn't want the competition. But if it's you...
[Scoffs] I'm not selling drugs. And neither are you.
Come here again, I'll throw you out the fucking window.
- You understand? - Yeah.
- [Bones snapping] - [Screams]
[Groaning]
[Computer beeping]
[Sighs] Let's see what you were messing with, Jason.
[Automated voice] Chemical compound, unknown.
[Computer beeping]
What?
[Door opens]
Who're these kids?
Who are they?
Potential recruits.
How can you even think this is a good idea?
You wanna do to them what you did to me?
Turn them into a sidearm? A weapon?
Fuck them up in the head? Or even worse, get them killed like Jason?
- Do you know what this is? - No.
It's an unidentified chemical. A drug Jason was manufacturing.
- Or trying to. - What?
He had a loft in Gotham. Did you know that? Probably not.
- No. - A lab.
I guess this is what pushed him over the edge,
what sent him out there to get his skull bashed in.
Oh, yeah? I didn't know.
You didn't know because you don't care.
Doesn't matter to you.
You were already looking for a fucking replacement.
You wanna be Robin again?
You?
Do I wanna be fucking Robin again?
No, I don't wanna fucking be Robin again!
You know, Barbara was right.
You're just as bad as the joker.
You and he have been poisoning the city together.
[Voice shaking] Dick, please. I can't do this alone.
Then don't do it anymore, Bruce.
["It hurts to be alone" playing over speakers]
After he breaks your heart...
[Kory] Mmm.
Another way earth has tamaran beat.
And your teardrops start
then you'll know how it hurts to be alone
to Jason.
[93595]
[Car honking]
[Object clatters]
He started it. I ended it.
Ended what, Bruce?
Do you know what he was doing as I caved in his skull?
He was laughing. He laughed at me because he won.
You and Barbara were right.
It's all a game I should've stopped playing a long time ago.
It's over for me now. It's over.
You see things I don't.
You saw that Jason was in trouble, that he was involved in something.
Because you cared more than I did.
The city is yours now.
You save it.
Do what I couldn't. Be a better Batman.
Bruce.
Bruce!
["Dangerous again" playing]
Eye to eye
face to face
you're gonna wanna keep me in a cool, dry place
blood on blood, skin on skin
now that we got dangerous again
take me apart, come do me in
don't you wanna get dangerous again?
I wanna get dangerous again
I dress you up, you dress me down
we slip and slide in a fishbowl town
desert skies
are calling me
sink your teeth into my bones gonna get set free
blood on blood, skin on skin
now that we got dangerous again