[Barbara] Previously on titans...
My sister is down that hole?
I deserved the sister who would fight for me.
I am who I am because of you.
[Gar] Blackfire behind bars for the rest of her life?
Just like the pit. Fuck. I don't think so. Come on.
- Did you forget something? - Yeah. Blackfire.
[Kind] What are you doing?
Get in.
- Do you know what this is? - No.
It's an unidentified chemical.
[Inhales]
- [Jason] I want an antidote to fear. - What's in it for me?
Information on the man who put you in here.
I would want to know everything about Batman.
I want Robin to fly me out of here on his wings.
I just want the formula.
What happened to me?
- [Echaims] - The joker.
I brought you back. You're welcome.
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.
And when they feel that all hope's been exhausted, we swoop in,
and be the answer to their fear.
When you feed a starving dog, it stays by your side forever.
[Pleasant music playing]
[Cash register dings]
[Blows air]
[Woman] Phil, we're on the clock.
If I want to hold my woman's hand, I'm gonna hold her goddamn hand.
[Chuckling] And if sergeant walks in?
Then he'll see us.
And I'll resign.
Here you are, honey.
One Earl grey.
I know it's not a ring, but...
We're gonna make it there one day. On our honeymoon.
We'll get out of this freezing shithole.
All I want to do is drink pina coladas on a beach with you.
Well, that's not all.
[Chuckles softly] I am a lucky man.
Yes, you are.
[Both chuckle]
Happy anniversary.
[Intense music playing]
[Engine clicks]
- Think it's the chill? - Sounds like the starter. Pop the hood.
[Sighs]
[Groans]
[Woman] Phil!
Drop your knife. Drop your knife.
[Groaning]
[Gasping]
- [Rock music playing on speakers] - [Car engine starts]
[Ominous music playing]
[Sighs]
Don't touch anything.
Don't worry, I would never burn down your home.
It's so [inhales deeply] quaint.
I said don't touch anything.
Hey.
You're back. With company.
Kory's sister. Her homicidal sister.
In our house.
Koriand'r, I see you've prepared a welcome gift.
Have him washed immediately and returned to my chamber.
- What? - Yeah, what?
Tamaran is a very different planet.
Clearly the strapping one is my manservant,
here to attend to my needs.
- Sure, I can attend to your needs. - That's not what she's talking about.
[Kory] No, no, no. We don't do that here.
Conner is not your chew toy.
He's one of us. A titan.
But is the green one not yours?
[Laughing]
I'll need someone to draw me a bath. Where would that be?
No one's gonna draw you a bath. Upstairs. Pick a room.
[Kory sighs]
Wherever blackfire goes, chaos always follows.
Sleep with one eye open.
[Theme music playing]
[Intense music playing]
[Blade slashing]
[Dick] That was a warning shot. Drop the vase.
If you wish.
Nope.
- Hmm. - [Sighs]
- You're not running? - Maybe I want to get caught.
- Barbara? - Security here's a joke.
It's my way of keeping my dad on his toes.
[Both chuckles]
[Alarm sounding]
Wanna grab a drink?
[Thunder rumbling]
[Dick and Barbara laughing]
- To being young and more fun. - [Pop music playing on speakers]
Being young and more fun. All right. [Sighs] Here we go.
[Coughing]
- Stronger than it looks. - [Chuckles]
Mmm. Kinda like me.
- Hey, can I ask you something? - Anything.
What's with the selina Kyle shit? You could get hurt.
You wouldn't get it.
When you look at me, what do you see?
You see commissioner Gordon's daughter.
[Chuckling] That's not what I was gonna say.
Why not? It's all anybody ever sees. I'm the perfect daughter.
I've got the test scores, the pedigree.
I might take after my dad one day. Who knows?
Doesn't sound so bad.
Yeah, well, I want to be more than that.
I want to do good in the world. Actual good.
All he ever does is fill out incident reports and dodge red tape.
Fire up the bat-signal when things get dicey.
Why don't you join me and Bruce?
You're halfway there. He could teach you.
[Chuckles]
Batman, Robin and...
Robingirl.
How about batgirl?
Robingirl has a nicer ring to it.
That's sweet, but it's not really my thing.
You guys work for my dad. You follow rules.
I like to break them.
[Chuckles softly]
So what do you say, dick Grayson? Are you ready to break some rules?
[Male reporter] In the past two weeks, a series of high-tech robberies
have swept across Gotham's museums and galleries.
Several of the city's most prized works of art,
artifacts and world-famous jewels have vanished under the cover of night.
And now last night, the prized millennium necklace
has been stolen from Gotham's metropolitan museum.
It arrived just a week ago on loan from a private collection in Vienna.
Commissioner Gordon stated he was perplexed
as to how so many sophisticated security systems can be perfectly outsmarted.
[Laughing] What are you gonna do with all this?
For any information they might have pertaining to the robberies.
- [Sighs] Maybe we should give it back. - What?
Let's try it on.
See if you wanna give it back now.
Show me.
[Chuckles] It's heavy.
It really suits you.
- Here. Tighter? - Yeah.
Oh, my god.
What did I do?
[Intense music playing]
Sorry.
What?
[Panting]
Oh, fuck.
[Panting]
[Groans]
Dude, that looks horrible.
Five inches over and we'd be burying another body.
Barbara's responsible for this?
One of her snipers is, yeah.
[Scoffs] On her orders, I'm sure.
Maybe I should go and have a word with her.
I think there's been enough bloodshed for today.
[Breathing heavily]
- That was way too close, man. - I almost had him.
You're not listening, dickl you scared us.
Going on your own, getting shot, it's not okay.
[Sighs]
- I didn't want to put you guys at risk. - Oh, bullshit, Grayson.
- Excuse me? - Dude, Hank blew up!
Dawn left us forever, and Jason went dark.
This family is dying and you go out alone and get yourself shot?
[Panting, growling]
Do you even hear the words coming out of your mouth?
-Garl -what?
Take ten.
[Sighs and growls]
- Thanks. - Where are you going?
I'm gonna go find him.
You lost a lot of blood. You need to take it easy.
I'm all right.
Dick, before you go upstairs, there's something I need to tell.
Does it involve catching red hood and scarecrow?
- No. - Then I'll hear about it later.
Fuck.
[Suspenseful music playing]
Can you hand me a knife?
Are you sure?
Didn't my sister tell you I'm dangerous?
[Chuckles]
Pretty sure I can take you.
Let's test that theory.
Nice throw.
[Sighs]
Let's eat.
[Intense music playing]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Jason] Let's just put the shit out on the streets.
Who the fuck cares if it's a perfect dose?
- I care. You should too. - Why? It works.
- I'm exhibit one. - [Chuckles] Exhibit a.
Something submitted as primary evidence in support of a proposition or argument.
Exactly. I exhibited the fuck out of it, so let's step it up.
There's a greater plan at work, padawan learner.
- Mysteries to be revealed. - There's no plan without my okay.
And I say let's go and fuck up dick.
I get you. You're excited to see what the next step is.
But before that, I want you to come with me.
There's something I want to show you that might shed some light on things.
[Classical song playing]
I used to come here during lunch when I was a med student.
There's nothing like pairing an egg salad sandwich with a craniotomy.
Cool. Can we go now?
Hang on a second. There's been a shift in dynamics,
and I blame myself for not [sniffs] being more transparent.
About what?
Exhibit b, or as a lesser man may say, number two.
[Door opens]
[Song continues playing]
[Groans]
You are expendable.
Gotham is an open city now.
So I brought in this lovely specimen to help me with a few errands
that are near and dear to my heart.
If you are unhappy,
there are others who are more than willing to take up the cause.
Comprende?
Good talk.
[Water running]
[Water stops]
- What are you doing? - The dishes.
Is that your role here?
We all do the dishes,
and the cooking, and the laundry and everything else.
This is a disgrace. We are queens.
Twenty-four hours ago, you were a prisoner.
I think this is a major step up.
Freedom means nothing if you choose to live like a servant.
Okay, let's get something straight.
These people are my friends.
You will treat them and this place with respect.
No more knives.
And if I catch even a whisper of a scheme out of your mouth,
I will drop you down the hole I found you in.
- Are we clear, queen? - [Door opens]
[Dick] There's been a development in...
- Didn't know we had a guest. - [Kory] Yeah.
That's the thing I wanted to talk to you about.
Blackfi re.
Pleasure's yours.
- Blackfire. You're... - Yes.
The person who killed your boyfriend and your parents.
In our kitchen.
It's a long story.
What were you saying?
Listen. There was an attack.
Thomas and Martha Wayne memorial hospital.
A surgical team was killed, and a piece of medical equipment went missing.
They found a drug inhaler at the crime scene.
- [Inhales deeply] Let's go. - You just got shot.
Bruce got shot all the time. Didn't stop him.
Look how well that went.
Then I guess I'll just have to do better.
- Let's go. - I understand now.
The tiny green one isn't your manservant.
Clearly, he satisfies your urges.
[Indistinct chatter]
Gar texted the name of the machine. A shortwave positron multiplier.
The kid who they were operating on needed it for his procedure.
- Is he still angry at me? - Gar? It's fear disguised as anger.
He's just worried about you. He doesn't want you to get hurt.
It's part of the job.
Yeah, well, most people are scared by that.
You're just not like most people.
We have Bruce Wayne to thank for that.
And now crane is doing the same thing to Jason.
The question is, what kind of twisted plan does he have for that machine?
Obviously, he's not looking to save sick kids.
And who is this new accomplice?
Witness I spoke to said the killer was a woman.
Blond hair, bad attitude. The only person she spared was the patient.
- Dick Grayson? Kory Anders? - How did you know?
You're not allowed access.
- [Sighs] On whose orders? - Barbara Gordon's.
[Cameras shutter clicking]
So that partnership seems to be off to a great start.
Gunshot wound and a cock block, and we're not even at lunch yet.
We don't need her to track down who's working with crane.
It wouldn't hurt.
Look, I don't know all the gory details between you and Barbara.
I don't want to. I've got my own problems.
But crane, Jason, and now this new killer,
we cannot track them down with one hand tied behind our back.
You and Barbara... fix it.
- [Telephone ringing] - [Indistinct chatter]
Yeah. I'll take care of it.
You gonna shoot me again? This is more your range.
How bad?
Looks worse than it is. Went clean through. [Chuckles]
- Are you hurt? - A little.
Good.
[Chuckles softly]
[Sighs]
You know I had them both, crane and red hood.
Don't put this on me. You went off book. Way off book.
All this would be over if you'd have just stayed out of it.
Thanks to you, I've got a high-value prisoner on the loose
and bop's gunning for my resignation.
- So before you start... - Okay, just... [sighs]
We both made some mistakes yesterday.
- Are you apologizing? - I'm explaining.
I had a strong hunch about crane.
I didn't tell you because the whole plan would've fallen apart
if he suspected gcpd involvement.
Well, your strong hunch led to crane going awol with a known terrorist.
So, maybe trust your intuition alflfleless.
I came here because we need to start working together.
[Sighs] Right, because history shows that we've worked great together.
Oh! Come on, Barb. We got to be on the same side here,
- because if we're not... - I know. I get it.
Same team.
[Sighs]
I spotted surveillance at the hospital yesterday.
You got anything on it?
[Sighs] The killer disabled the or video feed.
We were only able to recover the audio, which is useless.
So, unless you have any other ideas...
I have one idea.
- Don't say it. - Oracle.
[Scoffs] Is that what this routine has all been about?
This is red hood and scarecrow.
We can use oracle's voice recognition to tap into Gotham's phone network.
Oracle has been mothballed for a reason.
I'm the only one with access, and I'm not revisiting that monster.
- Not for you. Not ever. - All right.
[Barbara] This is exactly why I'm against vigilantes.
They think they're above the law.
Kidnapping prisoners, using them as bait.
Okay, fair enough. How can I help?
You really want to help?
Go home.
Okay.
[Typing]
Why is a piece of medical equipment behind a massive government firewall?
It's not just a piece of medical equipment,
it's a shortwave positron multiplier.
[Kory] Which is?
I don't know, but it sounds super impressive.
[Blade rattles]
We need to figure out what crane wants with it.
[Komand'r] Ugh!
- Something to add? - Yes, sister.
Look at the way you're going about this.
This is clearly an expensive piece of machinery.
He may be trying to sell it on the black market.
Not likely. Crane isn't motivated by cash.
Then find out what the rats are up to on the ground level,
the sources on the street.
Or maybe you're more comfortable taking orders from others...
Rather than taking the initiative yourself.
[Breathing heavily]
- We're in. - [Kory] The inventor.
- Dr. Christine vo. - Map says she's deep in Gotham.
[Rock music playing on car stereo]
[Music stops]
[Intense music playing]
Worst taste in music ever. I see some things never change.
You stay in the car.
Why did you even bring me to your home if you don't want my help?
Just because I didn't let you die doesn't mean you're a part of the team.
- Then what are you even doing with me? - I have no fucking idea, blackfire.
I can't leave you alone at Wayne manor.
I can't send you back to tamaran. You blew up my spaceship.
And I can't kill you. So that leaves us here.
Stay in the car. You, watch her.
Hello?
Anybody home?
[Sighs]
I thought your idea was good,
about getting intel from people on the street.
- Why are you sitting next to me? - I could use the company.
I don't like labs. Bad memories.
Hmm.
Ditto.
So, what's tamaran like?
Not like earth. There's no open skies, no flowing water.
The very air burns your skin.
I miss that burn.
Why would you miss that?
We made life prosper from nothing but dust.
Kory never appreciated tamaran when she had it.
Have you heard stories of Krypton?
Wait. How did you know?
I can see the strength of Krypton running in your blood.
And something else.
I'm, uh, half-Kryptonian and half-human.
Mmm.
Neither here nor there.
I have empathy for that struggle.
I was an alien even on my own home planet.
That must have been lonely.
It was.
All I ever wanted was the power that koriand'r wielded.
Fire.
Every royal is born with it except me.
The cursed child.
I was treated as less than a worm.
Now I know it wasn't power I coveted.
It was acceptance.
The titans took me in.
Maybe they could take you in too.
We're a family.
- A family that doesn't share blood? - [Chuckles]
They've got my back. No matter what.
We care for each other, and when they're happy, I'm happy.
Even my sister?
[Chuckling] Yeah, even kory.
It's just...
You have to earn your way into this family.
- [Suspenseful music playing] - [Indistinct yelling in distance]
[Alarm sounding]
[Woman yelping]
[Dr. Vo gasps]
Are you okay?
The same bomb used on Hank.
Conner.
Thirty-one beats. What do we do?
Make a deactivator. No one's gonna die this time.
[Beeping]
Status?
80% chance of failure.
- [Sobbing] Eighty? - You'll be fine, okay?
That's superboy over there.
Forty-five.
Twenty.
Done.
[Exclaims]
[Inhales and exhales sharply]
- [Dr. Vo] Thank you. - [Kory] You got it.
Do you have any idea what Dr. Vo was talking about in there?
Uh, that stuff about still being in love with her ex-husband?
No, the machine crane stole.
Oh, the spm, yeah.
Can you elaborate?
Sure. The shortwave positron multiplier is used to cure kids with rppd.
It can multiply almost any chemical compound
with pulses of high-energy positrons,
resulting in oxidative reactions in the pentose phosphate pathway.
Okay, so what does crane want with it?
That's a good question.
Well, if only we had a criminal mastermind who could tell us.
Or half of one.
Right. Well, if I were an evil genius,
I guess I could alter the machine to multiply other chemicals.
Whatever I wanted more of, I could have, and fast.
So whatever crane was doing before he went into arkham, he's back at it again.
But up to what? What's he trying to make?
Don't ask me. I'm not the mastermind. Fuck!
Get in the car.
[Dick grunting and panting]
Okay. How much further to the evidence room?
[Ominous music playing]
Twenty-five meters.
[Dick] Twenty-five meters. Do I go left or straight?
Left.
- Does Barbara know you're in there? - We're at a bit of an impasse.
[Grunts] Once we get the, uh, audio tapes from the hospital,
I'll let her know.
Are you okay?
If you want to talk about something, I'm all ears.
Or not.
Dick, I got to ask.
Back at the cabin...
[Pants] What about it?
Were you going to kill Jason?
What makes you say that?
Batman went off on his own and killed the joker.
- You went off on your own and... - Gar.
Gotham got to Bruce.
And it gets to me too.
No. I don't want to have to kill Jason.
I just...
[Sighing]
I just don't understand.
- Why'd he go bad? - He had a tough life.
That's what Bruce looked for.
Someone with anger.
Someone he could make into a weapon.
But crane's manipulating him.
I have to believe that this dude we fought alongside, my friend,
that he's not all bad.
What if this is not his fault?
What if it is?
[Sighs] We don't know.
Okay, where am I at now?
Above the storage room.
Oh, okay.
[Grunts and sighs]
[Indistinct chatter]
Commissioner?
Gotham gazette, channel five, gnn, all down our throats about crane.
What should I tell them?
[Sighs]
Gotcha. No comment.
[Cell phone beeping]
[Suspenseful music playing]
Holy shit.
- [Bruce] Barbara, it's me. - Bruce?
I'll be where it all started. Come quickly.
And, Barbara, don't tell dick.
[Siren wailing]
[Indistinct chatter]
I want the drug.
[Female scientist gasps]
We're not finished yet.
All we have is a skinny batch.
You give me that, then. All of it.
We've been taking orders from crane.
We thought he was the boss.
[Scientists gasp]
Who's the boss again?
[Dick] We have audio from the murders, but no visual.
Bruce and I used to do this together, part of my training.
Join me.
[Opera music and indistinct chatter playing over recording]
- [Objects clattering] - [Woman 1 gasping]
[Man 1] Oh, my god.
- [Man 2 groaning] - [Woman 2 yelping]
- [Knife slashing] - [Man 3 groaning]
[Recording stops playing]
[Rewinds and plays]
[Opera music playing]
- [Man 1] Oh, my god. - [Man 2 groaning]
[Recording rewinds and plays]
The killer was 12 feet northeast of the surgeon.
Knife throw.
What? A 12-foot precision-targeted throw?
Uh... is that an assassin?
- [Woman 2 yelping] - [Knife slashing]
[Dick] Sliced across the back.
Our killer has the ability to kill quickly,
but likes to savor the victim's pain.
Sounds personal.
[Recording rewinds and plays continuously]
Okay, take a seven-inch blade,
and do a horizontal slash from west to east.
[Recording rewinds and plays]
Okay, one more time.
Sixteen-inch blade, reverse-grip slash.
I think it's closer to...
Yeah, that's it.
[Recording rewinds and plays]
[Recording stops]
Severed the achilles tendon.
Now, pivot, knees bent, slice. Go.
Good work.
Our killer's between 5'6 " and 5'8".
Trained in sword fighting using a 16-inch wakizashi blade.
And she's right-handed.
[Sighs] I know who the killer is.
[Dramatic music playing]
[Both panting]
There's two keypads on either side of the hallway.
Both codes have to be entered simultaneously.
It's a very intricate security system.
One requiring two people.
[Panting] Yeah. I have been thinking.
I think we, uh, make sense.
You think we make sense?
Yeah.
That's what every girl wants to hear.
Tell me that you've run the numbers and I'll swoon.
[Watch beeping]
Shit. You gotta be kidding me.
It's him again.
Fuck Batman.
Don't go home now.
You said two keypads?
Yeah.
[Both] Three,
- two, one. - Two, one.
[Keypad beeping]
I'll be taking that.
[Both grunting]
[93595]
[Alarm blaring]
[Groans]
[Gasps] No.
[Panting] Come on. We need to go.
Pick up.
- [Thunder rumbling] - [Cell phone ringing]
Dick, take a hint.
Bruce?
[Bruce over recording] Barbara, it's me.
Where are you?
I'll be where it all started.
And, Barbara, don't tell dick.
Oh, shit.
Drop your weapon.
[Lady Vic] Ah, moving.
The commissioner who overcame all the odds.
Drop it.
The joker should have put you out of your misery.
[Both grunting]
This was worth the wait.
[Grunts]
Well,
best-laid plans.
[Panting]
[Cell phone ringing]
Shit.
Check the batcomputer for homicides.
Wait. You don't think blackfire's actually killed people, do you?
- I don't know. - [Switch clicks]
Of course she does.
Do you have any idea how long we've been looking for you?
I was on the wrong side of the tracks, where you should have been.
I went to some bars, cracked some skulls
and found out from the rats of Gotham
that crane is in bed with the mob.
But there is one unhappy mobster.
That's our lead.
See?
Talk to those who don't belong and they'll tell you everything.
Conner, give us the room.
I can't trust one word that comes out of your mouth.
You're a liar. Have been since we were kids.
And that's worked just great for you, hasn't it?
What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Face it. In order for you to be the good sister,
I have to be the bad one.
You're not mad that I left.
You're mad I came back.
- [Dick sighs] You okay? - Yeah.
For six years, lady Vic leaves you alone,
and now all of a sudden she wants her pound of flesh?
This is about you and I working together again in Gotham.
Or it's just about Gotham being Gotham.
Doesn't have anything to do with us.
But why now? I mean, crane has red hood for his dirty work.
Well, maybe red hood's lost his luster and she's crane's new toy.
While she does his bidding, she just decides to come after you for kicks?
We'll see.
Your official escort duties have concluded, thank you.
She wanted you dead, Barbara.
Just let me quickly check your apartment.
Okay.
[Door closes]
[Dick] It really suits you.
Tighter?
Hey, I've been thinking about us.
I think we make sense.
[Switch clicks]
All clear.
[Sighs]
Maybe it was just a one and done.
[Sighs] I guess that's it. I think you're good.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
[Chuckles softly]
I should probably go.
Right.
It's late.
It is.
Yeah. Well, then, I'll, um, see you tomorrow.
Mmm. Good night.
[Dick] Lock up.
Always.
Good night.
[Door opens and closes]
[Intense music playing]
Well, is the bitch dead?
The bitch still has moves.
I had to skedaddle.
As long as you deliver the goods,
then you will get another shot at Barbara Gordon.
Flash photography.
I'll add another skill to the resume.
Wonderful.
That's all.
Trust me. This is gonna be the greatest high you've ever had.
No fear. No limits.
Fuck you, crane.
[Tim] Man, your shift started an hour ago.
Where the hell are you?
Priorities. My girl's parents are out of town. I'll be there in a second.
Seriously? I could have plans.
- Yeah, but you don't. - Whatever.
- [Gunshots] - [Restaurant customers screaming]
- [Shudders] Dad, hold on. Okay? Okay? - [Breathing heavily]
Call 911.
Stephen.
[Groaning]
[Dramatic music playing]
[Inhales]
[Exhales]
[Siren blaring in distance]
[Upbeat music playing]