Previously on titans...
- Scarecrow? - You're behind red hood?
I've designed a superior product,
and I've produced enough of it to medicate this entire city,
placing them under our control.
Dad, hold on. Okay?
- Didn't know we had a guest. - Blackfire. Pleasure's yours.
Titans took me in.
Maybe they could take you in too. We 're a family.
Our parents never gave you a chance.
Maybe I should.
You look good.
It's a sensory deprivation tank.
Reinforced steel and depleted promethium it's basically indestructible.
You can use it without hurting anyone.
That spm machine crane stole is part of a city-wide ramp up.
He's in production.
- You thinking what I'm thinking? - Yep.
No, no, no. No, this is all wrong.
It's all over.
I'll get 'em back.
I always get 'em back.
It's 3:00 am.
- Who the fuck are you? - Hi. Molly?
You wrote this letter to Jason Todd saying you wanted to help him.
So do I.
And Jason knows a titan how?
We had friends in common.
- Have you seen him lately? - Not in a while.
Last time he showed up here, he found a missing kid for me.
And he seemed okay?
I mean, other than the whack suit?
Yeah, tip-top.
Jason's in trouble.
I need to find him.
And then what?
Some people want him dead.
I just want to help him.
And I think you do too.
How does this happen?
He was erratic.
But he cared.
Then he wakes up one day and he'sjust...
I don't even know.
It's like the old Jason died.
When Jason came back, was there anything different about him,
his voice, the way he walked?
Like dead-and-come-back-to-life different?
I don't know. I'm trying to figure this out like you.
What are you asking me?
I need to speak with him.
Fix this.
And you think you're the man for that job?
Not just me.
Well, what do you think?
Can you make it any bigger?
- How big do you need it? - Bigger than the bat-signal. At least.
Man takes out one drug factory and thinks he's the prince of Gotham.
I was thinking more like viceroy.
What was that?
Uh, batarang, actually.
Huh.
Are you sure you wanna go to this gala tonight?
Yeah. Dick?
We could cozy up in the batcave and watch the facial recognition comps.
Crane and red hood are gonna get flagged tonight. I can feel it.
You know what I can feel? My hunger pangs.
If I don't get some hors d'oeuvres soon, I'm gonna eat these poor goldfish.
Vee will have you arrested.
Their fate is in your hands.
Don't be late.
See you at 8:00.
Hey, I thought you were going to the gala.
- I am. - Pre-game meal?
Have you seen the dinners at those things?
Chicken the size of golf balls.
Mmm. Dick.
Oh, thanks.
Enjoying some of our good press?
Barb asked me to look at it.
It's a t in the sky.
Yes. Yes, that it is.
There. Between the two red ones.
- The blue one? - That's where Krypton was.
Home.
I guess home is just in us, whether we have one or not.
Show me tamaran.
We'll have to switch galaxies.
Try z3x-4589i.
Did you just give me your space address?
Yes, but call first.
There she is.
Think you'll ever go back?
I don't know if I can.
So you're staying.
At least for tonight.
- Hey, dick. - Hey. What's up?
Someone's here to see you.
I'm heading out.
No, you're gonna want to talk to him.
Gar, I can't be late.
He says he knows you're nightwing.
Who is this?
Says his name is Tim.
Tim Drake.
Maybe a friend of crane's?
That was right before he told me Bruce Wayne is Batman.
I was there. At the beginning. At the end.
I went to haly's circus to see the flying graysons
the night your parents were killed.
You signed it for me before the show.
I remember every move you performed.
Then one day,
I saw Batman and Robin on the news chasing penguin.
Robin did a one-handed meat-hook to scale a rain gutter.
A trapeze move only two people in the world can do.
You and your dad.
So Robin pinched my moves.
I can't copyright them.
Then, the titans made a splash.
I heard they were good, so I started keeping tabs.
Guess what?
Nightwing also does the one-handed meat-hook.
You were Robin. Then, nightwing.
Keep 'em. I got copies.
Thank you.
Like I said, stole my moves.
Come on, follow me.
Gothamites were treated to a mid-evening declaration
that a new sheriff has arrived in town.
Or sheriffs.
The tin the sky was...
My dad got shot and the titans put on a light show?
But...
I'm sorry about your dad.
It wouldn't have happened if Batman were here.
You need help.
Help?
I want to be the next Robin.
Look, you're barking up the wrong tree.
I appreciate your imagination,
but Bruce Wayne is a philanthropist currently consulting in Europe.
I'm just a former Detroit city cop.
We don't wear capes.
Next you'll tell me there's no batcave.
Come on, I'll give you a lift home.
I need more!
You're back.
Come on, bring it in.
I need another inhaler, crane.
Well, you're gonna have to cook it yourself. I'm fresh out.
What about that?
That is too concentrated.
Deadly in its uncut form.
This is a fuck show.
J? J-dog.
Take heart, my friend.
We are just a few swift strokes away
from the sweetest comeback the world has ever seen.
They're gonna make a biopic about us.
How we met, our ups, our downs...
How the titans wiped us out?
Do you remember why we're here?
The details are hazy, crane.
You zombified me, remember that?
Yeah, I do remember.
Well, uh, quick refresher course.
So this pump station is perched directly above the cortland valve station,
which controls all of the water supply for all of Gotham.
So all I need to do is drill through this flimsy piece of steel
that is covering the floor.
Then I take my little friend there
and I dump it into the water supply and...
You think that's funny?
Just wait until you see what we're gonna do to Gotham
when we're done here.
Gotham is going to destroy itself.
House by house, family by family.
This plan is a fucking joke, crane.
- And so are you. - Me?
The guy who reached over to the other side,
dragged you back to the living?
So you could use me.
Yes, so I could use you.
Life is transactional, my dear boy.
Well, I gave you life.
You gave me secrets about Batman and dick Grayson,
and, uh, what was his name?
Hank?
I'm done telling secrets!
Done being fucking used!
Are you done?
Almost.
Now I'm done.
Want me to drop you at the noodle house?
This is far enough. My cousin lives around the corner.
Hey, listen.
I won't tell anybody, if that's what you're worried about.
I know the rules.
Some secrets have to be kept.
If I can do anything for your dad
or your family, let me know.
There's one last thing I haven't figured out yet.
Who the second Robin was. The dead one.
I used to think it was Jason Todd 'cause he was also a Bruce Wayne kid.
But then, I saw him the other night.
- You saw Jason Todd? - The night my father was shot.
He was standing across the street from the shop, wearing a hoodie.
And you recognized him from across the street?
He walked like Robin.
I studied him, too.
It's nice to meet you, Tim.
We'll meet again.
Hey, I'm coming down.
I'm not there yet.
This smells like a cancellation.
- Just got a strange tip. - Yeah, me too.
Police commissioner Gordon's going to the gala without Richard Grayson.
Can you access Gotham's security video outside Drake restaurant two nights ago?
The night of the attack. Somebody says they saw Jason.
We did that already.
Can you do a gait recognition sweep?
This is gonna cost you.
Yep. Somebody was right.
I pulled some old video of Jason as Robin and I got a hit.
- Got the same Walker. - Can you track him?
He left the restaurant the night of the shooting
and went straight to abc liquor.
Can you fast-fonnard? I've got a gala to catch.
Hold on, captain dateless. Jumping to hyper speed.
And we're live.
Last seen at the south end of Ripley park.
Ten minutes ago.
Ripley park? Okay.
Jason!
Dick?
Somebody get help!
Jason.
Uh...
It's not what you think.
Koriand'r?
What are you doing?
I don't know.
You almost cooked me.
I'm sorry, it's, um...
It's happening again. The visions.
Are they coming from you?
Uh, no.
I was, um... sleeping.
Somebody's trying to tell me something.
Morning, sunshine.
How are you feeling?
Like I was hit by a truck.
How was the gala?
It was amazing.
I danced my ass off.
Liar.
She was here ten minutes after you came in.
Didn't sleep a wink.
I'm sorry.
I'd better call home.
I did.
Uh, they're worried, but I told them I had you covered.
- Thanks. - Yeah.
It's quite the spill you took.
You're lucky the paramedics got there so quick.
Somebody anonymous dialed 911.
I think it was Jason.
- Funny. - I'm not kidding.
He was right over me when I was on the ground.
Babe, you hit your head pretty hard.
You're saying Jason was standing over you,
and could have killed you,
but called 911 instead?
He must have lost his nerve. Ran out of drugs. Who knows?
He'll be easier to finish off now.
Finish?
Bruce used to say, "throw water on a drowning man. Close the deal."
I know that, um, the peaceful way might not have the same
Batman flourish that you're looking for,
but if Jason wants to end this quietly,
we do that. Right?
Right.
Yeah.
How's your head?
It's fine.
Can I get out of here or what?
Read the sixth line.
Jewelry thief, police commissioner and now optometrist.
Humor me.
- E-d-f-c-z-p. - Good.
Read the eighth line.
D-e-f-p-o-t-e-c.
Is that good enough for you, doctor?
- Can I go now? - Not quite.
Soon, though.
Shit.
I think I have an eleven o'clock with the mayor.
You tell him we're getting close. We'll wrap this up, give the city back.
Whose city will it be then?
Yours, of course, commissioner.
All right.
I'll give the mayor your regards.
Be back in a few hours.
Don't go running off.
- Are you sure about this? - Yeah.
It worked last time.
Isn't this how gar ended up locked in a trunk with a black eye?
So he says. This time I have you two.
Any sign of trouble, I'm pulling you out.
Sorry I have to slam you together on this.
It's just I could use the backup.
- We work well together. - No problem.
Do you?
- If we had to. - We can.
Okay.
Hello?
My baby!
Hello?
- Kory? - Mmm.
- Are you awake? - Yeah.
You guys let me steal Bruce's car?
We didn't think he'd mind. I mean, technically, we stole one too.
You got out of that pod thing and seemed to want to drive.
We followed.
Where did I go?
You just kept circling this spot.
- This spot? - Did you see anything?
Remember anything?
No. No, nothing.
I'll drive you back.
No, it's okay. I'm awake now.
So you two are sleeping together?
Hey, what the fuck!
You can't be in here.
Hey, man. I don't want any trouble. Just trying to find a place to sleep.
Yeah, sorry.
It's crazy out there lately.
Regular god-fearing people killing for no good reason.
Somebody beat you up?
Oh, no, no.
I mean, my friend. Yeah.
Oh, we had a spat.
He... he, uh, ran off.
You didn't see anyone out there, did you?
No, just you.
You hungry?
I got a yogurt cup I was saving for dessert.
It's pre-stirred.
- You'd give that to me? - Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah. I wish I could let you sleep here, but they're gonna tear the place down.
What are you doing?
Final inspection.
No, I mean, what are you taking a picture of?
Oh. That's for office yucks.
Some moron tried to drill through
a ten-foot steel plate with a concrete drill.
Ten-foot.
Concrete drill.
What a jackass.
Yeah. You'd need an acetylene torch the size of the sun to cut through that.
What the hell?
I wouldn't touch that.
What?
It could be dangerous.
Yeah.
That's what I'm here for.
To get rid of shit like this.
What...
Jason?
Any requests?
Requests?
Doggy, wheelbarrow, magic mountain.
Magic mountain's extra, but it's worth it.
I don't want any of that.
I just want to talk.
You're on the clock. What do you want to talk about?
I want you to answer to the name Hank.
- And you're dawn. - So I'm playing a dude?
No, dawn.
Like the sunrise.
Oh, dawn.
Okay.
What do you want to talk about, sunshine?
I just want to say I'm sorry, Hank.
Don't worry about it.
Shit happens.
For killing you.
Is that supposed to be funny?
Yeah.
I'm not playing this.
I'm sure he had it coming.
That's the thing.
He didn't.
Were you high?
It's no excuse.
I've done a lot of bad things high too.
A lot of things.
My advice,
there's only one place they forgive stuff like that.
Home.
Time's up, sweetie.
That's all gone.
So they released me.
You could've at least let me drive you.
Did you do another video sweep of the accident, see where Jason went?
Yeah, I did. Last night.
It was like he vanished into thin air.
Once it's stained, you'll never look up there again.
That's what you said last month.
Said what?
Oh, sorry. My ceiling.
- Your what? - I think we have a structural problem.
- You do? - What? Sorry. No.
Barb?
Barbara?
It's all gone.
The old road, the old house.
You're never gonna find them.
Is there a problem?
Sorry.
Thank you.
Hello?
Hey, it's Molly.
Jason wants to meet you. Not nightwing.
- Alone. - Where?
Townsend tunnels, six o'clock. He said you know them.
Feels like another setup.
Uh, we can give you backup.
Be close by.
Tunnels.
Rum runners built them back in the day.
Bruce used them as an escape route, wired them with cameras and sensors.
Anybody who goes in or out, Jason'll know. That's why he chose them.
I can ask Molly if he'll meet some place else.
No.
If it's the tunnels he wants, it's the tunnels he gets.
It was careless.
Holing up in my room for 24 hours, saying we were sick.
Yeah, I don't get sick.
Except for kryptonite poisoning.
So what do we do now?
What do you want to do?
I don't know.
We could just forget the whole thing.
Honestly, we have nothing in common.
I'm tamaranean,
and you're some kind of a genetic cocktail.
- I'm not a cocktail. - You know what I mean.
- You don't have a mother and a father. - I know what you mean.
Are you upset?
I can't forget it.
It was my first time.
First tamaranean?
First anyone.
Oh!
Well, to be honest with you, I didn't want to forget it either.
I was just, you know, trying to give you an out.
An out?
Yeah. I'm the bad sister, remember?
Men don't usually stick around.
You're not bad.
You're not bad either.
Technically, I am half bad.
But I get what you're saying.
I guess you want to finish him alone.
Like Batman would have done.
I don't know where you get these ideas, Tim.
I'm just a regular guy doing regular things.
I'm actually on a special investigation for the gcpd.
Batman used these tunnels.
- Saw him come out once. - Go home, Tim.
Before you get hurt.
My dad was a cop. Homicide. A knife and fork man.
Taught me how to investigate and how to shoot.
I can help you.
I'm sure your dad is a good man, but...
I'm gonna find red hood and scarecrow, and show you how it's done.
It's not a good idea. Tim.
Tim?
Jason?
You're not my six o'clock.
There was a cancellation.
They were able to squeeze me in. Is it okay?
You could have called first.
I just assumed that you wouldn't pick up, mom.
After your escape from arkham,
I thought you'd leave town.
Leave beautiful Gotham?
Neveh
what do you want, Jon?
I want to lay my head on your lap.
Lap time is over.
I've lost steam.
And I was hoping maybe
you'd give me one of your classic lectures.
Some tough love. You know, get the fires relit again.
I'm sorry, but there is no more love.
No more lectures.
You don't exist to me.
Maybe just some old-fashioned clinical analysis, then.
It's a broken record.
You're afraid to take risks, Jon.
Loved ones. Career. Physical confrontation.
So you ply the common coward's vices.
Drugs, weak friends to speak for you,
shield you from the world.
You played your part.
What was my part again?
You left.
I deserved better than you.
A new life, a new child.
And I got it.
It doesn't pay to look backwards.
.J0n?
Ihave_.
I have terror, mom.
Terror?
A terror that I'll fall short again.
Terror that my ambitions will be unrealized.
And I see it all.
I see it all laid out right before me.
And just...
Just as I'm about to break through, this dark creature,
this dark creature just swoops through,
and it just steals it all away from me.
Does this creature have a shape?
A color?
- It's just darkness. - Like Batman.
There is no actual dark creature, mom!
It's a fucking metaphor!
No man in a cape.
There's no boy in a mask that's gonna keep me from Valhalla!
I am both the dreamer and the thief.
Are you unable to grasp such a simple psychological concept?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
What did you do?
I'm sorry, honey.
I forgive you.
I thought you would've come back by now.
But you haven't, so...
I mean, I'm all for a little space, you know?
But you're my prized possession. I cannot let you out without a leash.
Bruce!
Bruce?
I can see it now.
I know the way.
- Dick? - Here I am.
Remember these tunnels?
Yep. I do.
Bruce nearly scared me to death down here.
Where are you?
Once I figured out how to use them though,
they were my ticket out.
I heard you wanted to talk to me.
Are you alone?
I am. Are you?
Me and crane are finished.
I'm done killing for him.
How do I know that?
You saw me standing over you. I could've killed you, dick.
What do you want?
I want to come home.
Be with my friends.
Be a titan again.
You killed Hank.
That wasn't me.
That was the drugs talking. Crane talking too.
But I'm clean now.
You can come home if you give up crane.
Live in the house?
Right in your old bed.
Meet me at the old Wellington pump station
tonight at 9:00.
- And dick? - Yeah?
Thank you.
Of course. You're family.
You said he could do what?
- He killed Hank. - He kidnapped kids.
He made that woman snap her own neck.
So we're just gonna set an extra place at the dinner table?
"Hey, j, pass the mashed potatoes."
He's offering to turn himself in and bring in crane.
This is bullshit.
You're forgiving a murderer.
We need crane.
Hold on. What if all the killing was scarecrow?
No, he must be held accountable.
You didn't hold me accountable
when cadmus took me over, made me a killer.
You guys all took me back,
no questions asked, because we're family.
Jason deserves the same chance.
We bring them both in and after that we assess the situation.
I've never met the guy, but I'm bullish on second chances.
Batcave, five minutes.
Hey.
I can't believe you.
Bruce said be a better Batman. There are two versions of that.
One kills, one doesn't.
We should go.
[Gunshofl
Hey.
Who are you?
Tim.
Hey, what are you doing here?
I followed you.
I want to be Robin.
That was Jason. There's someone on the ground!
Tim!
Conner.
Looks like the bullet went clean through.
- Somebody call an ambulance. - I'm on it.
I need something to stop the bleeding.
He's got blood in his lungs. He's gonna drown.
Paramedics are on their way. Three minutes, tops.
Hey, dick. You all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Kory and I'll go in this way.
- We'll go around back. - Stay here, gar.
Jason!
"You're too afraid to take any real risks, Jon."
Fuck you, mom.
No, wait!
There's been an explosion downtown.
The old pump station on Wellington.
Send a SWAT unit.
SWAT unit for a fire?
I got a hit on Jason Todd a half mile from there.
They set us up.
They used me to burn their way down here.
I saw one of these canisters at the snowy cones place.
This pump station leads directly to Gotham's water supply.
Are you telling me I just dosed all of Gotham?