[computer whirring]
- [Kory] Hey. - You find anything?
[sighs and whispers] No.
Sebastian's gone underground.
Any word on Conner?
They must be together.
We're running a bridge and toll search.
If one of them shows their faces, we'll find both of them.
Okay.
All those people down there.
They don't know about Horns or Trigons or magical powers.
They'll go to bed, wake up, make their coffee
and go to work like any other day.
Or not.
If you could be anywhere else
[chuckles] on Earth right now,
where would you be?
[chuckles softly]
I don't know. Here is pretty nice.
[chuckles softly]
Yeah, here's pretty nice.
[cell phone beeping]
- Gotta get back. - Yeah.
How's Bernard?
No change.
Theta waves with intermittent hypsarrhythmia.
He's in status. Continuous seizures.
But we're gonna try upping the phenobarb,
see if we can interrupt the cycle.
Can I see him?
Not now. We're still running scans.
I'll keep you posted. Okay?
Yeah. Thank you.
- [Tim] Going somewhere? - Nope.
You are.
I need you back in Gotham.
You're sending me home?
Kinda.
There's a guy who used to work for the organization.
He has information on Mother Mayhem,
and we need it.
I don't know, Dick. Bernard's not looking good, man.
You're not doing him any good by being here.
The guy's name is Venta. He lives down on Harbor.
I told him you were coming.
[sighs] That's it?
Just get the information and report back?
That's it.
[exhales]
Keep your eyes open. Gotham's still Gotham.
Need you back in one piece.
If anything changes with Bernard, I'll call you.
Well, what about the suitcase?
I don't know.
Open it.
[reporter on TV] Sebastian Sanger's fans worldwide are demanding answers
on why his game's been shut down.
This amid concerns that the global sensation
could be causing mysterious medical side effects.
But the biggest mystery of all,
where is Sebastian Sanger?
[screams]
Patience.
[scoffs]
You know, your friends destroyed my game.
And they took my powers.
So don't tell me to have patience.
I want them back now!
The Titans aren't my friends.
And they didn't take your powers.
It was your mother.
What are you talking about?
Retribution.
For you refusing to call your daddy.
Don't worry.
It's okay.
We kill her,
powers will be restored.
Then we're back on track to run the world,
however the fuck we want.
[chuckles softly]
[people chanting] Azarath Metrion Zinthos.
[sighs]
I told you we would be back here when the time was right.
The Titans destroyed Sebastian's beloved game.
Finally, they're proving useful.
After what he's done to you,
it will take more than that.
You asked to see me, Mother?
Leave us.
[people muttering indistinctly]
[Julie] Has Brother Blood returned with the Horn?
I hear the time is near.
[Mother Mayhem] It is.
But are you ready to serve him?
You doubt my devotion?
[chuckles]
Perhaps.
I would do anything for your son.
I've always known that he was special.
Since we first met, I could see it.
I could feel it.
- [chuckles nervously] - [Mother Mayhem laughs]
Your devotion is pure.
So, I would like to ask for your help.
Those with great power cannot sense without the sacrifice of others.
It may sound forward of me as a mother to suggest this,
but to complete his journey,
my son needs someone to give of themselves.
Give?
Yes.
I'm speaking very bluntly of your body.
[exhales]
For this intimate task,
I need a heart with unwavering devotion.
But you're free to say no.
As with anything in my son's journey,
it must be by choice.
I'm honored that you chose me.
It may please you to know that I've
never been with any other.
My heart has belonged to your son
since the day we first met.
Oh.
And so it shall remain.
- [squelching] - [gasps]
- [grunts] - [groans]
[thuds]
[grunts]
[siren wailing]
[man 1] Come on. Let's go.
[both panting]
[man 2] Put this in the bag.
Evening, boys.
Who the fuck are you?
I'm looking for Venta.
[man 1] Who's asking?
A friend of Dick Grayson.
[man 2] The Flying Grayson?
That's the one.
[man 2] Any friend of Dick Grayson
[screams] is a fucking dead man!
Get a load of this, Gotham. [grunts]
[all grunting]
- [gun fires] - [grunts]
[panting]
- [shouts] - [thuds and groans]
- [gun cocking] - [man 1] Bye-bye, little birdie.
[both men shout]
[gun firing]
[grunting]
[chokes and thuds]
- [gun fires] - Argh! [groans]
[chuckles]
Who the fuck are you supposed to be?
I'm Robin.
[theme music playing]
- [policewoman] Ms. Anders? - [Kory] Yes.
There's something I think you should see.
[tablet beeping]
[cell phone vibrating]
Morning. Are these vegan?
- [Rachel] Hey, Gar. - Morning to you, too.
Morning. Have you seen Tim?
No, Dick sent him to Gotham on assignment.
Gotham?
Do you think Tim's ready for that?
Dick thinks he is.
[mutters] Oh, Dick thinks he is.
Guess it's a trend now.
People disappearing without telling me.
Sorry, I know I've been kind of scarce lately.
It's okay.
You've been spending time in The Red?
Yeah.
And the more I do, the less I'm sure where I'm supposed to be.
Here or there.
I think it's there.
- Wow. - [both laugh]
- Nice knowing you too. - [chuckles] No.
No, that's not what I meant.
It's just...
I've been feeling a similar way, you know, like,
I just want a change, something different.
Like what?
I don't know.
I just feel like I'm standing on the edge of a cliff and I just...
I wanna jump. I wanna, I wanna see.
Maybe you should, too.
Maybe I wanna know what's at the bottom of the cliff first.
I don't think it works like that.
I think we just got to do it.
Hey, you guys seen Kory?
[both] No.
All right, check around, find out who saw her last.
- [Gar] On it. - [Rachel] Okay.
[mutters] Oh.
- [Rachel] Gar. - I'm coming.
[Rachel] Jesus.
[Sebastian] Conner, where are you?
What's the plan?
Call me back, okay?
We hurt the ones we love the most.
[breathing heavily]
I have to say, really fucking hurt.
I'm sorry.
You took my powers.
I did no such thing.
Your powers are yours,
if you use them wisely.
You want me to bring back my father.
I need something for myself.
I know what you crave.
You've tasted it now.
The power, the adulation.
I know.
If you bring back your father,
you'll get everything you ever wanted.
[Sebastian breathes heavily]
[grunting in pain] What is this?
[gasps]
[grunting]
Meet me at the Temple tonight.
[Sebastian breathing heavily]
Somebody said they saw Kory come in here.
Anybody seen Starfire?
[people muttering indistinctly]
She's got something.
So you spoke to Ms. Anders?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Yeah, you do.
I don't consent to them using their powers to analyze me.
I didn't use my powers.
She's just a bad liar.
Fine.
Ms. Anders asked me to try and track Superboy using our Satcom Heat Tracker.
Normally, we just use it to detect thermal activity.
But since Superboy's laser vision has a heat signature, I got a hit.
Why didn't you tell us?
Ms. Anders preferred that I keep that information to myself.
- [Jason] Venta? - [Tim] Yeah.
He lives down on Harbor.
[Jason] Never heard of him.
Dick says he's got information on the Organization.
Maybe we could team up on this.
[Jason] I don't team anymore.
[automated voice] Security deactivated.
[Tim] You don't understand.
Brother Blood put my boyfriend in a coma.
[Jason] How long you been doing this Robin thing?
[Tim] Uh...
Not long.
[Jason] A couple weeks?
Not quite.
A week?
Last night was my first night.
Oh, the suit did look fresh off the rack.
If I were you, I'd get out of Gotham.
Take some reps in, like, Tucson or some shit.
Dick sent me here to find Venta.
Your funeral.
You can crash here if you don't have plans.
I mean, there's eggs, beer, cheese.
Thanks.
You working on something?
No. I'm paying the fucking cable bill.
You need some help?
Since you're being nosy,
Shimmer's been pulling off high-end heists all over Gotham,
sending ciphers as clues.
Hey, what the fuck you doing?
You got your A right, but your coding's off.
Fuck you.
It's a Fibonacci sequence.
Each number is the sum of two numbers that precede it.
K.
L.
[softly] E-I-D-O-S-C-O-P-E.
[Jason] "Kaleidoscope."
Oh, shit.
I just had fresh eyes.
Hey, Babs. Uh, Kaleidoscope Auction House.
That's the target for Shimmer's next hit.
And I'll take my usual percentage.
[Sebastian] Where have you been?
[Conner] We're all good.
I've got a plan.
[Sebastian] So have I.
My mother was here.
It's all clear now.
When I summon my father,
I'm gonna get my powers back.
Don't worry.
I'm not gonna cut you out.
No.
I'm gonna make sure we both get what we deserve.
[Conner exhales]
- Sebastian. - [clears throat]
She's lying to you.
No... No no, no.
- No. - [glass clinks]
See...
I used to think that my game was the answer, but it's not.
Family is.
Your mother's using you.
Maybe you're using me, hmm?
To get what you want.
Hmm?
Vengeance for your father.
- She's trying to kill you. - [screaming] No!
My mother loves me.
Fine.
If you won't believe me...
[The Confessor grunts]
Believe him.
[The Confessor groans]
[The Confessor breathing heavily]
I asked everybody down on Harbor about this guy, Venta.
And nobody's heard of him.
[metal clinking]
Must be in deep cover.
Or dead.
You like that thing?
Can you actually use it?
Why don't we go a few rounds and I'll show you?
One round.
[Tim exhales]
[chuckles softly] Maybe two rounds.
[metal creaking]
[door opens]
[Mercy grunts]
Got a minute?
Okay, give me what you got.
[Tim groaning]
You rely too much on your toys.
["Scared Together" playing]
Okay.
On three, I'm gonna attack. You ready?
Ready.
One.
[Tim groaning]
♪ The clock froze Around midnight ♪
[Tim] What the fuck? You said three!
Yeah, the Riddler's not gonna count.
[both grunting]
♪ It's gonna be That kind of moon ♪
♪ New moon ♪
[Jason chuckles]
Get up.
[both grunting]
♪ You wanna swing With the instigator ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Is it a year Or a minute later? ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ We're so much better When we're scared together ♪
[Tim groans]
[Jason groans]
[both grunting]
Now that you're warmed up,
suit up and meet me downstairs.
"Suit up"?
[chuckles]
You need me to help find Superboy.
[chuckles] If only Lex were here to enjoy this.
Lex is dead.
And unless you'd like to join him,
I suggest you tell me where Conner is.
Whatever mission you sent him on, he hasn't killed Sebastian.
But I will.
If you can get to him.
Conner broke off communication with me.
His mission was to kill Sebastian and his mother,
but it seems he switched sides.
That's impossible.
Two powerful young men
who've never been fully appreciated for their extraordinary abilities.
I've seen it before with Lex.
All that anger at the world can drive one to the heights of greatness,
or to the depths of depravity.
So if you're ready to kill Brother Blood, you need to ask yourself first.
Are you ready to kill Conner too?
[Dick] No one's killing Conner.
Making new friends?
[exhales]
[grunts and groans]
[moaning in pain]
[breathing heavily] The truth.
[The Confessor yelps]
- [Sebastian] Conner, wait, please. - [The Confessor groans]
What happens to him when Trigon comes to Earth?
[strained] He will be nothing.
Louder.
[The Confessor grunts]
[breathing heavily]
You will be nothing.
Just like the rest of you.
You will be reduced to ash as Trigon cleanses Earth
of all filth unfit to share in his glory.
[retches and screams]
- [laughs] - [metal clinks]
[The Confessor laughing maniacally]
Sebastian.
I'm not nothing!
[Sebastian growls]
[The Confessor laughing maniacally]
[softly] Stop.
[Sebastian breathing heavily]
There's a more useful way to kill him.
[laughing maniacally]
[Kory sighs]
I thought we were doing this together.
Well... [sighs]
We can't.
I need to do this and you keep trying to stop me from that.
How would you feel if I did that to you?
I'd be grateful that someone showed me another way.
Come on, Kory. We can do this.
We've tried.
And people are paying the price.
- [sighs] - This is just the beginning.
I've seen it in my dreams.
This ends with me.
Maybe not.
You guys should see this.
Our old friend here was deleting files to cover her tracks.
Lookie what I found in the trash.
[Dick] LMD.
Lex's Weapons Development Division.
Yeah, wait till you see this.
[Dick] Project Starfire.
Creep named a weapon after me?
Well, the creep took more than just your name.
From what I read, this weapon is designed to replicate your blue light.
Talk.
Lex knew you had the power to stop Brother Blood.
He wanted that power for himself,
so he attempted to replicate it.
Replicate powers,
is that even possible?
If anybody could, it's Lex.
You'd be surprised what jealousy and a shit ton of money can do.
[Mercy] It wasn't jealousy.
He was determined to leave an enduring legacy.
Show the world he was as beneficent as Kal-El.
Sounds like jealousy to me.
[Mercy] Through a secret branch of LexCorp,
he spent millions developing a blue light weapon.
Project Starfire.
Are you saying he actually completed it?
Looks like it, yeah.
Lex had a lab
where he conducted his weapons' development and testing.
I believe its location and the access codes
are somewhere in those encrypted files.
Which...
is now ours.
You really need to take all the files?
No. but we're gonna.
You should know, uh,
I gave a copy of those files to Conner.
Before he went rogue.
So if he unencrypts them before us...
He can destroy it before we even get there.
What if he already has?
One step at a time.
Come on, let's go.
What are... What are we gonna do with her?
If this doesn't work, we all die anyway.
She'll stay out of our way.
Consider me on team self-preservation.
[Mercy] Starfire,
good luck.
[Tim] Jason?
- [computer beeping] - [automated voice] Security alert.
Perimeter intrusion.
- [computer beeping] - [metal creaking]
[man 1] There's the asshole. Get him.
[men panting]
[Tim grunts]
[man 2 grunts]
Shimmer sends her regards.
[both grunting]
[all grunting]
[Tim groaning]
[Tim struggling]
- [bone cracking] - [woman groaning]
[man grunting]
[breathing heavily]
- [bone cracking] - [screams]
[breathing heavily]
[Jason] Hey.
You owe me a new laptop.
The dustbuster, I'll forget about 'cause it was broken anyways.
You were watching and didn't help?
Actually, I'm surprised it took Shimmer's gang this long to get here
after I let them triangulate my location.
Let them?
You learn by doing,
not being coddled.
- [shakes hand] - You're welcome.
[Jason] Nicely done.
Thanks.
You said he would be useful to us.
How?
The blood running through his veins is infused with your mother's magic.
We need to transfer that power to you.
When he comes,
it will rain heavenly succor
on those who believed,
those who endured.
[exhales]
Take my corporeal form! Please.
Let me pour it in your cup.
Grant me the power to crush your enemies.
[grunts]
I am your servant. [groans]
[screams]
[moans in pain]
Drink.
[The Confessor] No.
[The Confessor sobbing]
[The Confessor screaming]
Argh! No, no, no, no, no.
[sobs] Please, please.
Make him stop. Make him stop.
[panting]
I can feel her power rise in me.
[grunts]
[breathes heavily]
[Jason] Sorry, I gotta kick you out.
I have a rule about fish and new Robins, 24 hours max.
[Tim] It's all good.
I gotta get back anyway.
Check on my boyfriend.
[Jason] If I hear about your guy, Venta, I'll hit you.
Sorry, it was a bust.
[Tim] I'm glad I came.
I got to meet the great Red Hood.
[chuckles] Was I on your fucking bucket list?
- [Tim] Kind of, yeah. - [both laugh]
Well, good luck in Metropolis.
And if shit hits the fan, just hide behind Raven and Starfire.
[Tim] Got it.
- Enjoy the ride home. - [keys jangling]
[Dick on phone] Jason.
How'd it go?
[Jason on phone] Sending him back to you in one piece.
[Dick] Hope you didn't go too easy on him.
[Jason] Don't worry, I didn't.
[Jason] And, Dick...
He'll be a better Robin than me.
[cell phone clicks]
[Dick] Gar?
[Dick on speaker] We're in the north tunnel. Which way next?
About 100 yards ahead is a storage room.
Follow the steps up into the facility.
I'll turn off the motion detectors.
Once inside, there's a security code for the lab.
We're working on cracking that.
We might have a bigger problem.
[Conner] It's okay.
I'm on your side.
Let me talk to him.
You want to take a swing at me, I wouldn't blame you.
I would, but I'd probably break my hand. [chuckles]
[chuckles]
I thought I could do it myself.
Stop Sebastian.
Stop them both.
Could've asked for help.
I needed to do it alone.
I had to prove it.
To who?
Lex.
Superman.
You.
I made things worse.
I did things...
Things Titans don't do.
People like us,
we're close to the darkness.
We seek it out.
Sometimes, it has its way.
We're supposed to be better.
[Dick] Sometimes we're not.
That's why we have each other.
I tried, I... I tried to keep Sebastian close.
Use his game as a distraction.
When I found out it was hurting people,
I created a vulnerability in the code to try to help you bring it down.
Yeah, I figured that was you.
[Conner] It wasn't enough.
[breathes deeply] I'm sorry, Dick.
We can fix this.
Together.
You'd trust me again?
The truth is, we need you.
How do the others feel about that?
[Kory] Dick...
Gar cracked the security code into Lex's lab.
So is he in or out?
He's in.
[machine buzzes]
[Dick on speaker] Security code?
You're gonna love this.
[Kory] Charming.
Construction of the shell is nested,
perfectly aligned, to the nanometer.
Kinetic shielding,
but the surface of each plate has a micro array of energy absorption
to house the energy across the sphere itself.
The internal mechanics are flawless and fully intact.
Whoa.
Maybe don't touch anything until we understand how it fully works.
Well, actually, uh,
it doesn't.
- What? - [Gar on speaker] Conner's right.
According to Lex's files, the engineering is complete,
but it's lacking an energy source to activate it.
My blue light.
[chuckles] So, Lex wasn't keeping tabs on you to learn about your powers.
He needed you.
Honestly, who doesn't?
[Rachel on speaker] So how do we activate this thing?
The orb's like a nuclear grenade,
meant only to be launched at a metahuman.
If the math is right,
the meta human absorbs all of the blast.
Otherwise, it'll blow a hole in the planet.
If the math is right.
Activation is fairly straightforward.
Kory infuses the orb with her power,
and it's designed to initiate a fission chain reaction.
And then the orb holds the energy until we pull the pin.
That's pretty much the idea.
So wait, has this thing ever been tested?
Prototype.
So, if I set off the fission reaction,
there's no way to know if the weapon will destroy Brother Blood or--
Kill us all.
All right. We all clear on how this goes down?
I blast the orb with my energy.
[Gar on speaker] I'll track the heat index.
I'll watch the pressure.
And when both indexes are at 100 percent,
that means the fission reaction is complete.
That's when you take over.
Kory will exit while you stabilize the orb.
And then we all do some deep breathing.
When she's out of here, I'll activate the vault's nuclear containment shield,
in case something goes wrong.
You ready?
Ready.
[metal thudding]
Index climbing, 11%.
Pressure's at 19.
- [Kory sighs] - [Gar on speaker] Heat's at 35%.
[Gar on speaker] Forty.
Pressure is at 49, 50%.
[automated voice] Device instability detected.
Hey, guys, stand down. Something's wrong.
Hey, what's happening over there?
[automated voice] Increased instability detected.
Begin nuclear containment shield activation.
Shit.
- I don't know if it's gonna hold! - We're not at 100%.
- Heat's at 96. - [Rachel] Pressure, 94.
Kory, get out of there.
No, this is our only chance.
[automated voice] Secure levels exceeded.
Activate nuclear containment shield.
[Gar] Heat's at 98.
Pressure is at 98%. Dick, you need to get her out of there.
- Go! - No, it's not at full power.
[automated voice] Self-activating nuclear containment shield.
Stand clear.
I'm shutting it down.
[machine beeps]
[automated voice] System error.
[Kory] We're almost there.
[Conner] It's not gonna hold.
[Gar on speaker] Cut the power to the lab.
[Kory and Conner grunting]
[computer beeping]
[Conner grunts]
You shouldn't have stopped me.
You could have been killed.
[Kory sighs in exasperation]
- How far did we get? - [Gar on speaker] 98.6%.
[Kory and Conner panting]
[Rachel sighs]
I hope it was enough.
It's gonna have to be.
I really wish it was somebody else doing it.
He's the only one that can get the orb close enough to Sebastian.
They're meeting at the Temple soon.
However you wanna do this,
we don't have much time.
I won't let you down.
[Kory sighs]
[sighs]
[metal creaking]
My beautiful boy.
Finally, the day has come.
You must move quickly.
The Titans and the Tamaranean will never stop.
Neither will I.
What have you done?
[grunts]
[grunting]
- [both grunting] - [Mother Mayhem screaming]
- [metal clanging] - [thuds]
[groans]
[breathes deeply] Mmm.
Don't make me destroy it.
What are you doing?
I'm taking what's mine.
Sebastian, no.
You must listen to me.
No, it's time for you to listen to me.
You never cared about me, did you?
You were just using me.
All I wanted was a family.
But guess what?
You underestimated me.
Just like everyone else.
I'm done with you.
My sweet child,
the Titans are done with you.
Don't you see?
They're filling your head with lies.
[breathes deeply]
The world can be yours.
We're so close.
Don't let them take that away from you.
[exhales]
[whispers] I won't let anyone take that away from me.
[gasps] Argh!
[grunting]
[groaning]
[both grunting]
[Mother Mayhem groans]
[grunting]
[Sebastian screaming]
[shuddering]
[Conner] Hey.
Catch.
[Sebastian grunts]
[Sebastian screaming]
[Sebastian grunts]
[exhales]
My turn.
[screams]
[Conner grunts]
What happened?
The orb never reached its heat apex.
It's like it was subsumed before it could deal the killing blow.
Subsumed by what?
Wild guess?
It wasn't strong enough.
I shut it off too soon.
[Rachel] What about Conner?
[blowing]
There's only one way to end this.
My way.
[theme music playing]