[Jason] Previously on titans...
- [Screams] - [Jason] I keep falling.
[Dick] Jason!
I got a poison in me.
- Why don't you just step away? - [Jason] No.
I'm the reason they all hate each other.
[Dick] Step away from the ledge, Jason.
Let's go.
[Vee] Crane was abducted here at arkham.
Then the traffic camera clocked the Maserati here.
I need a helicopter.
Red hood's your protege. And I know he's coming here to save you.
[Crane] You may be overestimating him.
[Dick] He'll come. He knows this place. Bruce took him here too.
- [Twig snaps] - [Both grunting]
You come back here and you wanna bathe Gotham in blood
as if that's somehow a better outcome than anything that Batman ever did.
And you and Jason, you both use that fear.
You wield it like a weapon. It's still Bruce's game.
[Officer 1] Gotham pd! Drop your weapon!
[Barbara] Do you have a shot on red hood?
- [Officer 2] Affirmative! - Cleared!
- [Both grunt] - [Barbara] Did you hit the target?
[Officer 2] I can't tell.
[Nightwing] Shit.
[Breathing heavily]
[Helicopter hovering]
[Tense music playing]
[Breathing heavily]
Buck up, snowflake.
We've eluded our overdudes.
[Sighs] Now it's time to boogie.
Did you even see what happened back there?
The part where we skirted catastrophe and emerged victorious?
I did. Bully for us.
[Chuckles] Et voila'.
We barely made it out of there.
[Scoffs] Details.
We won. Nightwing lost.
You don't know him. He won't stop. Not after hawk.
Hawk? Who's hawk?
Oh, right. The big fella.
With the bomb. [Sighs] It's hard to keep you guys straight.
So many of you are birds.
Dick knows everything now, okay? We're fucked.
Hey.
You need to make me believe you have a fucking plan.
You need to stop being afraid of dick Grayson.
I'm not afraid of him!
Of course you are. Hold onto that fear. Use it.
[Cocks gun]
I should fucking kill you right now.
- A lot of people should kill me. - I need to know the fucking plan!
The plan is simple.
We immerse the good citizens of Gotham in a world of fear and terror
where there is no one to protect them.
Then when they feel that all hope has been exhausted, we swoop in
and be the answer to their fear.
You feed a starving dog, it's always by your side.
Why don't we get you a little hit of your happyjuice
and then we'll be on our way?
Here you go.
That's it.
[Inhales deeply]
All better now?
That-a-boy.
[Theme music playing]
[Jason breathing heavily]
[93595]
[Man] Jason!
[Cackling]
Jason.
[Cackling continues]
- [Voices whispering indistinctly] - {Panflng]
[Woman] Jason.
Jason.
[Sinister music playing]
Jason.
[Man] Jason.
[Cackling]
[Woman] Jason!
[Gun cocking]
{gunshofl -[Grunts]
[Coughing]
[Wheezing]
[Ominous music playing]
[Breathing heavily]
Donna...
[Echoing] Don't go.
You still have time, Jason.
Jason“.
[Bruce] Jason.
Jason!
You're okay. You're safe.
Jason, you're home.
[Breath trembling]
[Breathing heavily]
I'm fine. I'm fine.
- You were screaming. - [Groans]
Got to meet someone in the city.
It's been a few weeks of these dreams. You sure you're okay?
You shouldn't ask people if they're okay. You're not really good at it.
[Bruce sighs]
Bruce, I didn't mean...
[Sighs] People have bad dreams.
It's not a thing.
[Clicks tongue]
I'd like you to see an old friend of mine. Dr. Leslie thompkins.
- What kind of doctor? - A psychologist.
[Scoffs]
You're sending me to a shrink? Because I have fucking dreams?
She's more than simply a psychologist.
She knows everything about me. She understands the work we do.
I've done my time with shrinks. Not gonna happen.
No more Robin until you see her.
What?
I've set an appointment for tomorrow.
Bruce, please don't do this. I'm fine.
If Leslie agrees with you, you can go back to being Robin.
Butunfillhear the word from her, you're shut down.
[Tense music playing]
[Upbeat music playing over speakers]
[Sighs]
- [Molly] Hey. - Sorry I'm late, Molly.
It's cool. I ordered for you.
- God, you look tired. - [Scoffs]
Are you sleeping?
You still trying to save me?
- Always. - [Scoffs]
What are you working on?
Diego from the shelter went missing.
Rumor is, the joker's got a dude on the street taking in strays.
Diego's poor and brown, so, you know, the cops don't give a shit.
Batman will take care of him.
Batman protects rich people.
[Sighs] Careful, j.
Living in that big house got you slipping.
- Should've stayed in San Francisco. - Fuck San Francisco.
That whole thing was a mistake. Gotham's where I need to be.
You've been different since you've been back.
Different how?
I don't know. Like something happened over there.
Nothing happened. I was bored, so I left.
Okay. Look, if you don't want to talk about it...
Where's this guy who's picking up the street kids?
I heard he's hanging near a shelter on dunsmuir.
Show me.
[Scoffs] Right. 'Cause you're a cop now.
I'm serious. Let's just go see if he's there.
- And then what? - Take some photos.
Show them to the cops.
It's worth trying.
I know that look.
What look?
The one that used to get me in trouble.
You still with what's-her-name? Sheila?
Nah. Sheila was the wrong one.
I might even date boys again.
[Rattling]
Over there.
Gotta be him.
Got it?
[Jason] Hold on.
Name's Pete Hawkins. Piece of shit's been in and out of blackgate.
- Gooned up with the joker last year. - How do you know that?
Told you.
I'm still me.
Right. That's one of those things that sounds real cool,
but doesn't actually mean anything.
Let's go introduce ourselves.
_j__ -just a conversation.
That's all. Come on.
[Sighs]
[Ominous music playing]
[Girl] What's in this? It's really strong.
[Pete] You look like you can handle it.
- [Girl giggles] - [Pete] I love your smile.
What if I told you
I could introduce you to someone that would make you smile all the time?
[Jason] It never works out like that.
Give us a second.
Keep the drink.
We have a problem?
Little young for you, isn't she, hoss?
She's old enough to make her own choices.
Do I know you?
I'm "fuck." She's "off."
We hate clowns.
Clowns?
Maybe you ran across a kid?
- Diego. - Martinez.
You know him?
You must have me confused with someone else.
You haven't done enough time to look at me like that.
You have no idea who I am.
- J, let's get out of here. - [Cocks gun]
[Tense music playing]
Where's your swag, cowboy?
[Heart thumping]
[Grunting]
[Screaming]
[Grunts]
- Jason! - You shut your mouth, bitch!
- [Molly sobbing] - [Grunts]
[Coughing]
[Both grunting]
Stop it!
- Stop it, please. - [Jason coughing]
Just for you, cutie.
- [Grunts] - [Continues coughing]
I'll see you around.
- Jason! - [Engine starts]
[Molly] Jason.
[Softly] Come on.
[Jason] Get off of me!
Look, you're hurt. We need to get you to a hospital...
I'm fine. I'm fine. [Breathing heavily]
- Just tell me what I can do to help... - Get the fuck away from me, okay?
Go! Get the fuck away from me!
I said go!
Smells like fucking French fries in here.
Wednesday is my cheat day.
Have a seat.
You want the emotional shit, then I can leave, right?
Big fan of the emotional shit.
My mother was a smack addict and it killed her.
My dad was murdered by two-face.
Add three years of foster care bullshit and I'm probably fucked up, okay?
Look, I'm having bad dreams, I'm off my game. Just give me the pill.
- The pill? - That's what you fucking do, right?
You get people to open up about their shit and you give them pills.
Happened to me when I was bouncing around state.
Ritalin. Adderall. Dexedrine.
And something else I can't remember.
- Did the pills help? - I never took 'em.
First foster family took the scripts before they got to me.
Well, medication's an option...
That's Jonathan crane.
[Suspenseful music playing]
Yes.
You knew the scarecrow?
He wasn't the scarecrow when I knew him.
He was actually a brilliant graduate student.
Obsessed with fear.
Driven by ego. He had real insight.
He was my friend.
Till he tried to kill me.
What happened?
He poisoned me with his gas.
He blamed me for betraying him when I found out about his experiments.
His fear gas?
Yes.
What was it like?
We're here to talk about you.
My session, my money. Answer the question.
It was as close to hell as you can get when you're alive.
If Bruce hadn't saved me...
Still have nightmares about it.
[Scoffs] If you're that fucked up, how are you a therapist?
I'm honest.
That's how this process starts.
I told you my truth. What's yours?
What's that supposed to mean?
Crane's specialty was terrorizing his victims
with their worst fear.
What's yours?
Being stuck in this room with you
for the rest of my life talking about my shit.
First days are hard.
We'll see how tomorrow goes.
That's it? We're done?
Come back and we'll try again.
Might even tell you a story about Superman.
[Unlocks]
[Ominous music playing]
[Inhales deeply]
[Bruce] Thoughts about Leslie?
You shouldn't creep up on people.
It's a skill that comes in handy.
- How did it go? - Okay.
You're looking at my scarecrow keepsakes.
Leslie told you about her encounter?
- She tell you that? - No.
What goes on in your sessions is between you and her.
People underestimate the power of fear.
Leslie did too, until she ran into scarecrow.
She was lucky to survive.
It made her a better therapist.
She's kind of hot.
Did you two ever...
I've got a conference call with Metropolis tonight.
- Luthor is up to something. - [Scoffs]
Can you handle dinner?
Yeah. I'll order in.
Wanna tell me something?
Uh, spilled off the bike.
Anyway, the suit's locked up.
I'm benched. It's the way you want it, right?
For now.
Seeing Leslie was a huge step to getting back on track.
I know it wasn't easy. I'm proud of you, son.
[Somber music playing]
"Son"?
Yeah.
The Ducati's gassed up.
If this new girl likes cats, run.
[Chuckles]
- [Leslie] Mother. - [Jason] Fucker.
Sorry, my bad.
Don't apologize.
Mother.
Gone.
Father.
Bruce.
San Francisco.
Rose.
Fhend.
Molly.
Robin.
Freedom.
The other day when you were in the alley,
when that man had the gun pointed at you,
were you afraid?
Robin's not supposed to be afraid.
Bruce puts a lot of pressure on you.
It's not his fault I keep fucking it up. If he thinks I'm scared, he'll...
He'll what?
I can't be like this.
"This"?
I'm tired of being afraid.
Freaking out all the time.
The nightmares, the hand shaking, all of it.
Once he loses faith in somebody, he takes it all away.
Okay.
Say he stops you from being Robin. You just get to be you, Jason Todd.
Jason Todd lived on the streets and ate out of dumpsters.
My life isn't shit without Robin.
- Does Molly know that you're Robin? - Fuck no.
Molly likes Jason.
'Cause Jason's a real person.
Robin, on the other hand, is a construct,
made by a crime-fighting vigilante
who has a borderline personality disorder.
Robin is the living embodiment of that man's projection.
And that's what you're afraid of not being?
A ghost.
So what are you afraid of?
Not being Robin or having to be yourself?
And I know you won't believe this,
but you will survive just fine without a costume.
[Scoffs] Is that what you're going to tell Bruce?
I'll tell him whatever you want me to.
But he said you had to sign off on me going back.
Bruce is not my patient.
What do you want?
To feel better.
Then let's keep talking.
If after all this you want to be Robin again, that's great.
If not, great also. Work for you?
Yeah.
Next week, same time?
Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
Thank yourself. You're the one that's doing the work.
Jason, wait.
Just because you're afraid, doesn't mean you're broken.
I want you to hear someone say that and mean it.
I'll see you soon.
[Somber music playing]
[Car approaching]
Put the phone away, please.
This is where your parents died.
I was standing right where you are.
[Somber music playing]
Everything that made sense left my life in one moment.
- Bruce, we don't have to... - Let me finish.
Everything I've done is to help you, son.
I know.
What I brought you into, Robin,
is tearing you apart.
It wasn't fair of me to push you.
You didn't push me. I needed this.
This city does things to us.
[Ominous music playing]
It can take the worst parts of ourselves and put them in control.
Sometimes I think it's alive.
Like it has awill.
And it wants us to destroy ourselves.
I've lost too many people to Gotham.
I won't lose you.
You won't.
You can't make that promise,
but I can keep it.
I don't want you to be Robin.
[Dramatic music playing]
[Scoffs] You talked to Leslie.
I didn't speak to her. This is my decision alone.
Bullshit. What did she tell you, that I'm a fucking mental case?
She didn't tell me anything.
This has nothing to do with your psychological condition.
- Just hear... - I did exactly what you asked me to do.
I went to Leslie.
I talked to her. She's helping me out.
Please don't take this away from me.
You don't need to wear a costume to be my son.
You think I'm weak.
You always thought I was weak.
You never did this to dick.
It's a different matter. I've learned from my mistakes.
Oh, so I'm a fucking mistake now?
You gave dick everything.
And no matter what he does, you keep on giving him more and more.
Why don't you do that with me? What's so bad about me?
Please, just hear what I'm saying. This is not your fault.
Please don't give up on me, Bruce.
I never will.
But I've made my choice.
I've got to go to London tonight. Business. You come with me.
We could both use time away from Gotham.
You're wrong about me.
I'll prove it.
- Jason. - You're wrong.
[Siren wailing]
[Cell phone vibrating]
Leslie thompkins.
Word association.
You know the game, right?
[Sinister music playing]
- [Jason] Liar. - Jason, where are you?
Liar!
Jason?
[Grunts]
[Panting]
Oh, you are very sly.
But so am I.
[Cackles]
[Sighs]
[Grunts]
You must be hungry. Let me get you your lunch.
A little salad?
Cyrus, would you be so kind as to get me a lighter, please?
Jonathan crane.
Whose little boy are you?
I'm working with the Gotham pd.
[Scoffs]
Credentials, please.
Lying makes you feel icky, doesn't it?
Well, whomever you are...
[Sighs] You got fire?
- [Sniffles] - What?
For the strain.
Well, then run along.
Cut the pothead act, okay?
- I know you're the scarecrow. - Everyone knows that.
- You created the fear gas. - That was my former life.
I'm a good citizen now.
In fact, I'm on the Gotham pd payroll as a consultant,
which you would know if you were actually in the Gotham pd.
Now move along, fanboy.
Listen to me, you sick fuck.
You made a fear gas, right?
That means you can make something to get rid of fear.
Well, I admire your logic recto verso.
Even if I could, what on earth makes you think
I would share it with a c-list impostor?
[Ominous music playing]
Because I'm special.
A collector's item.
From a very specific collector.
Ah, but the question is...
How did you get your hands on it?
You help me, I'll tell you.
I thought the Batman destroyed all of those.
He keeps trophies.
Huh.
Yeah, which would only be accessible
to people closest to him.
I always imagined you'd have wings.
You disappointed?
No, no. To the contrary.
So, what is, uh...
Our young Robin looking for?
[Sinister music playing]
I want to reverse-engineer your fear gas.
To create an antidote to fear.
Assuming it's possible,
what's in it for me?
Information
on the man who put you in here.
A betrayal.
More like...
"Do unto others."
You are a very mysterious and curious little bird.
Hmm.
I would want to know everything about Batman.
Everything about everything.
All details, salient to ephemeral.
A granular look at his operations.
Things that only you would know.
And one more thing.
I want out of this place.
And I don't just want out.
[Exhales deeply]
I want Robin
to fly me out of here on his wings
the same way Batman brought me in on his.
There's a perverse poetry, and it makes my heart sing.
You down?
I just want the formula.
Get a pencil.
[Man sighs]
Uh, shower runs cold.
It ain't gonna get fixed soon, so don't ask.
I'll take it.
That should be a month.
- [Chuckles] - You hear noises,
you mind your business.
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Just don't burn it down, all right, playboy?
["Bad life" by public image ltd. Playing]
[Glass shatters]
Call me up after midnight
tell me I'm wrong tell me I'm right
what do you want? What do I get?
Did you just need the argument?
[Inhales deeply]
Bad life
bad life
bad life...
[Inhales deeply]
[Coughing]
[Beeps]
Now looking out for number one
the open road...
[Inhales deeply]
[Gagging]
[Coughs]
Well, that's life well, that's life
this is what you want this is what you get
this is what you want...
[Crane] Let me see the eyes.
Well done, my boy.
Take that chemistry set, get yourself an rv,
and you can have your very own television show.
Your formula was off.
Not that far off. Far enough for you to have skin in the game.
How does it feel...
[Sinister music playing]
To be fearless?
I don't feel anything.
Well then, we've done ourjob.
But there's only one way to truly know.
We need to test our concoction on Batman's most fearsome enemy.
Bring it.
[Joker laughing]
[Dramatic music playing]
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! - [Cell phone ringing]
- Hello? - I got the joker dead to rights, man.
- He's right fuckin' there, Bruce! - Stand down, Jason.
- Bruce, I... - Stand down.
Bruce, listen to me. I'm not afraid of him.
[Suspenseful music playing]
[Jason] I'm not afraid of anything anymore.
[Bruce] It's not about whether you're afraid or not.
[Jason] When are we gonna get another chance to nail him like this?
[Bruce] No.
[Jason] Okay, I got it.
[Sighs] Loud and clear, boss.
[Jason inhales deeply]
Fuck the joker.
[Dramatic music playing]
[Bell chimes]
[Laughing]
[Joker laughing]
[Alarm ringing]
[Officer] Get the fuck down!
When the whistle blows, get them back in the cells.
What's going on, jojo?
[Officer] Joker killed Robin. Now shut the fuck up, psycho!
[Eerie music playing]
[Water warbling]
[Warbling]
[Gasps]
[Breathing heavily]
[Crane] You're okay. You're safe.
[Jason breathing heavily]
[Breath trembling]
Bruce?
[Crane] No, no.
There's no Batman here.
The joker, he...
Where am I?
[Blows] Just breathe. Just breathe. Stay calm.
You're safe, okay?
You're in the only place in arkham that a fella can get a modicum of privacy.
- [Chuckles] - What happened to me?
Well, long and short,
you were dead.
I brought you back.
[Shivering]
["In-a-gadda-da-vida" by iron butterfly playing]
[Laughing]
You're welcome.
You know, you really should be thanking ra's al ghul.
He left a tiny puddle of mysticism
that even your friend Bruce Wayne didn't know about.
I was dead.
Yeah, yeah. Jason, you were dead,
and now it's time to get over that because we
have so much work to do.
[Sighs] Now you wanted deliverance from fear,
but we conquered man's greatest fear.
You beat death.
Time for your medication.
I cooked you up an extra special dose.
What, you think I brought you back just so I could kill you?
Come on. It'll make you better.
It'll make you better than better. Trust your doctor.
[Ominous music playing]
- There you go. - [Inhales deeply]
- [Exhales deeply] - Huh...
Just let all your problems
drift away.
Drift away.
Oh, won't you come with me
and take my hand?
Oh, won't you come with me
and walk this land?
Please take my hand...
[Laughing]
Oh, Gotham, you ain't seen nothing yet.
[Humming]
You're gonna give this city what it really needs
with no hesitation,
no guilt.
No fear.
New mask, new name, new you.
We'll punish all of them for what this city has done to us.
And then you'll be their symbol.
Gotham doesn't understand justice.
It only understands terror.
You'll be their mirror now.
Stand tall, red hood.
Show them what they are.
[Music ends]
[Upbeat rock music playing]
[Red hood] Hawkins.
Where's Diego?
[Cackling]
- Hawkins. - [Gunshots]
[Pete screams]
[Panting] Please! Please, man!
[Red hood] I know someone who can make you smile.
Pick it up.
Go on. Show me something, cowboy.
[Pete grunts]
[Red hood] Good.
Now all you have to do is shoot me and you'll go free. So shoot me.
- [Gunshots] - [Pete grunting]
- [Red hood] You missed. - [Pete grunts]
[Red hood] Try again.
- [Red hood cackling] - [Grunts]
[Red hood] Try harder.
[Grunting]
- [Groaning] - [Red hood grunting]
[Pete panting]
- [Red hood grunts] - Please. Please!
[Pete groaning]
Don't kill me.
You don't have to kill me.
Just tell me what you want!
[Red hood] I want you to tell all your friends about me.
Okay. Okay.
Who are you?
[Dramatic music playing]
[Red hood] I'll just tell them myself.
[Alternative music playing]
[Door creaking open]
[Fihud]
Hello?
[Sinister music playing]
Diego?
[Red hood] Don't be scared.
She's one of the good ones.
[Speaking Spanish]
[In English] I would never hurt you, Molly.
Jason?
[Red hood] Not really. Not anymore.
Look, I know this is fucking weird, so I won't be here long.
I just wanted to tell you that everything's gonna be all right.
This city owes us a lot, and I'm gonna collect the bill.
Jason_.
I don't know what you're doing,
but you need help.
[Red hood] You still trying to save me?
[Voice trembling] Always.
[Red hood] It's gonna get worse before it gets better, okay?
Jason, wait.
[Red hood] You should get a better lock.
Jason!
[Dramatic music playing]
["New kind of kick" by the cramps playing]
Life is short
filled with stuff
don't know what for
I ain't had enough
I learned all I know
by the age of nine
but I could better myself
if I could only find
some new kind of kick
something I ain't had
some new kind of buzz
I wanna go hog mad
I'm lookin' and lookin' and lookin' for
something I ain't had before
I'm lookin' and lookin' and lookin' and lookin'
to find
energy
barcode
drano hotshot
wack attack
helium
nitrous oxide
formaldehyde
some new kind of kick