Well, that sort of worked.
The pressure pushed you farther
than you could have ever gone on your own.
Marie!
Unless you want you and your friends to join Cate,
tomorrow you and me,
back to your training.
Cipher believes I'm this powerful weapon.
Let's at least use it to do something good.
Fuck him. Let's get her.
Cate's in Elmira, so me, Jordan, and Marie are gonna go rescue her.
- We need your help. - No.
She's a bad person, and now she's where she deserves to be.
I'm sorry.
- What really happened to my son? - Do you really want to know?
I tried to push him to his full potential,
and his little body wouldn't allow it.
- You grew up at Red River? - Yeah.
- Oh, my God. - Thought I was the only one.
Holy shit.
I am trusting my daughter with you.
- What the fuck? - Trap, trap, trap.
Oh, fuck. Hold your br--
We all know that you were there when Marie was born, your Odessa
fucking Project.
Just tell her what the fuck
you want.
I've got something to show you.
Annabeth.
- Please stop. - Marie.
Annabeth... you're okay.
Marie, did you just...?
They're coming.
Annabeth, look at me.
We're gonna get you out of here. Okay?
You guys, I can hear them. We have to go now.
- Come on, over here. - Down this way.
Okay? Okay.
- This way. - What?
Okay.
No! This way!
Hurry!
- Annabeth. - Hurry!
How does she know?
Over here.
Fuck. It's a dead end.
- Back this way. - Okay. Annabeth.
Come on. Let's go.
He's almost here.
- Who? - Guys, they're coming.
Back up!
Whoo! I thought it would be way harder to find you guys.
Oh, my God.
Oh, I-I found a van, but I don't drive, so...
- I got it. - Yeah.
Come on.
I think they're not following.
We need to ditch this van.
I know, we just got to get some distance between us and them.
Sam, do you have a phone?
- Yeah. - Lose it.
They can track it.
You fucking Kool-Aid Manned that wall.
Oh, yeah.
Thank you.
I'm glad you're okay.
Hey, is that, um...?
And that's not even the craziest thing that happened.
Annabeth?
Are you okay?
Awesome.
I'm really sorry that you got caught up in all of this.
Can we please talk about what just happened, guys?
- Emma. - You know what that was, right?
It has a name.
- It's not that. - It fucking is.
What is?
She brought her sister back to life,
and that's what they call a fucking miracle.
Is that true?
It's... That's not... It's not a miracle.
How did you do it?
I-I just, um, I just listened to what Cipher said.
Connect with every cell like it was a part of my own body, and I just...
fixed it. I...
He was right.
Fuck.
How long till Canada?
Hold on. What?
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. No. W-We're going to Canada?
No. Aren't they gonna try to stop us?
No, it's not like we're gonna go
- through customs. - No, I'm not, I'm not going to Canada.
Are we good, bad swimmers?
Like, what...?
- How do you feel about Niagara Falls? - H-Hey, hey--
I'm not fucking going to Canada with any of you people.
Look, just let me out of the car, okay?
Annabeth. Annabeth. Annabeth.
Annabeth. Hey, hey, hey. It's all right.
It's not all right, okay?
I just fucking died, and-and-and somehow I'm not dead,
and now I'm-I'm in a stolen van with strangers
going to a foreign fucking country.
Hey, we're not going to a foreign country. We're going to Canada.
Stop the fucking car! Just get--
Okay. Okay! Look,
we need to find a new car anyway,
a-and we need to stop and regroup and maybe get word to Polarity.
Annabeth. You're safe.
I promise.
Yes?
How?
Find Moreau, bring her to me. The rest don't matter.
Weak.
Pathetic. Worthless piece of crap.
Disgusting. Vomit.
Pink little dumpster baby.
Bathroom, bathroom, bathroom, bathroom, bathroom.
Bathroom, bathroom, bathroom.
Bathroom.
Bathroom!
Jesus. The fuck happened here?
Okay. Um, we need a car, food, money.
Is there a phone in here anywhere?
No, but...
how about a change of clothes?
Great.
Annabeth, why don't you change out of your--
- Blood clothes? - Sure.
I'm gonna go see if there's any food.
What?
Why are you looking at me like that?
What you did...
Was exactly what Cipher set me up to do.
He killed my sister just to see if I could bring her back.
And you did. Everything is different now.
- No, it's not. - Marie.
This makes you one of the most powerful Supes in the world now.
I mean, you have to see that, right?
Nothing is ever gonna be the same.
We're the same.
And nothing changes if we don't want it to.
I love you.
Okay?
Oh!
Heads up, no toilet paper.
I used the seat liners. Problem-solving.
What'd you find?
Here. There's, uh, clothes out there, too, so...
Kinda love this creepy abandoned library.
Are we gonna live here forever?
Is that a phone?
Thank you.
- Marie said Polarity could help. - Yep.
Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.
Nine, one, seven.
- What? - Shut up.
Seven.
- Oh, you don't know his number. - Shh. Shut up.
Nine, one, seven.
There's a four.
I don't know anyone's phone number.
Oh, my fucking God.
Wait.
Yes.
Okay, okay. There's Internet.
I can DM people.
You're so smart, Emma.
Who's Greg?
- Hmm? - Greg. Who's, who's that?
Oh. He is a guy.
The, uh, the guy I know.
- Not like a guy guy but like a guy. - Mm-hmm.
- Is he a nice guy? - Yep.
- Um... - Nice guy.
Okay.
I DM'd Harper and Ally.
- Hey, maybe we should DM Greg. - No.
Really?
Hey.
Uh...
Hi.
- Can we talk? - Um...
I-I don't really have anything to say.
Well, you're a Supe.
So maybe start there?
I-I can sense it.
The V in your blood.
Okay.
- So? - So?
Does Pam know?
Nobody does.
When did you get V?
No clue.
My mom and dad were dead before I could ask.
S-Sometimes...
I'll get a sense of something,
but... it doesn't always happen.
That's how you knew Sam was coming to Elmira.
You're a precog.
I-If that's what they call it.
So, you can predict the future.
No. Not exactly.
I-I just get, like... visions.
I just can't control when.
Look, um, thanks for the... resurrection or whatever the fuck,
but... I don't owe you anything, Marie.
- Whoa, I'm not saying-- - And right now,
I just want to get back to my life.
Okay, wait. Hey.
It's not safe. You... can't leave.
I have to check on Pam.
Annabeth, you can't.
If you show up at Pam's, they will know.
You'll be in danger, and so will she.
Amazing.
So-so, you show up all these years later
just to ruin my life again.
I am sorry.
I spent...
the last decade
trying to find you
and tell you that.
Annabeth.
You're the only family I've got left.
The only thing that I want
is for you to be safe.
Marie, a-anything bad that has ever happened
in my life has been because of you.
You are the danger.
Look, I don't want to tell you how to live your life,
but you have got to start making better choices.
I mean... what kind of Waffle House brawl broke out downstairs?
What the fuck do you want?
Uh, Marie Moreau is going to reach out to you sooner or later,
and I would like you to convey this message to her.
If she comes back to campus and to her training,
I will leave her friends and her sister alone.
Her... sister?
Oh, yeah, we found her. Joyful reunion, all that.
I don't care what rock they decide to crawl under,
I just want Marie back immediately.
Bullshit.
Wow. So rude.
There's no fucking offer you can make that she'll believe,
and I'm not gonna help you sell a lie.
You know, towards the end...
...Andre had small seizures several times a week.
How close together are yours?
I tried to reverse the damage, but, uh...
science has its limits.
And when science fails us,
the only thing left in our arsenal
is faith.
Time's the enemy to all, even the super-abled. You know that, don't you?
When the pills stop working
and the treatments, you need a miracle.
I have one.
Marie.
Fuck you.
Hmm.
I wonder who that could be. Hmm.
- Hello? - Hi. Hi, uh, Mr.-- Professor Polarity.
I'm Harper. I'm a friend of Emma's.
Hello, Harper. I'm so happy to hear from you.
- I've been worried. - Yeah, yeah.
Uh, so, Emma and her friends are in trouble, and they need your help.
You've done the right thing, Harper.
Now, tell me...
do you know where they are?
Marie? Marie, get in here.
- She can't breathe. - What's wrong with her?
Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Annabeth.
Look at me. We're gonna breathe together, like when we were kids.
Breathe in. Two. Three.
Four. Breathe out.
Two. Three.
Four. Look at me.
I'm sorry.
I'm okay.
That-that hasn't happened in a while.
My-my therapist gave me good techniques.
Um, anyway... Thanks.
Pam... gave you a good life.
Yeah. She did.
But it doesn't really matter anymore.
Right?
I can't go back to that life.
Annabeth.
Hey.
I promise
I will do anything I can to fix this.
You can't, Marie.
I fucking hate being a Supe.
I never wanted anyone to know, and now they do.
And there's nothing you could do about it.
Move!
What the fuck was that?
It's that stupid fucking Viking. Get Annabeth somewhere safe.
Okay. Come on. Go!
Shit.
Hey, you got this?
I'm gonna go help Marie.
I-I thought you guys were fucking Supes. Can't you do something?
I can't do shit. I...
Hey, get-get gigantic and squash him.
Right. Right.
Fuck, I'm too freaked out! Um... Wait, say something nice about me.
- Like what? - Oh, fuck you.
Whoa. Shit.
You okay? Hey. You okay?
Guys, where'd the Viking go?
Hey, Marie.
What are you doing? Where's Annabeth?
I'm fucking trying to help you.
Hey, Marie.
Excuse me.
Run along, sweetie.
Things are about to get messy.
Shit.
Found her.
Thank you, Zoe.
Marie Moreau. It's a pleasure to finally meet you.
Stan Edgar.
I believe you've met my daughter. Victoria Neuman.
Wait, what just happened? Like, what is even happening right now?
Who the fuck are you?
Unfortunately, I'm out of business cards.
He used to run Vought.
Yes, I did.
But it's a volatile market, so I've been pursuing other opportunities.
What do you want?
You.
I believe we can help each other.
My mom told me she met you.
She said you were great.
Victoria Neuman was your mom?
If I go...
...we all do.
Very well. Let's go.
- Where? - Someplace safe.
Shotgun.
How far down?
Ninety feet, give or take.
Below layers of zinc-reinforced concrete.
Safe from X-ray vision or
anyone with the power of a neutron bomb.
You were in Red River, like my mom.
And me.
How'd you get out?
My grandpa rescued me, a few months ago.
Your mom...
she shared her secret with me.
That we had the same kind of powers.
She made me feel super special.
I'm really sorry,
what happened to her.
Me, too.
I built this long before apocalyptic bunkers became a trend.
They tell me that Mark Zuckerberg has a lesser version.
But with Homelander attempting to destroy civilization as we know it,
this becomes a necessary safe haven.
So you were just hanging out, secure in your concrete hideaway,
when you decided to go for a drive and find Marie?
How does that work?
Before Victoria died, she told me all about you.
It piqued my interest.
That still doesn't explain how you found me.
The Viking had a tracking chip.
He was clumsy, obvious, and easy to follow.
Zoe, you should go get cleaned up.
And show everyone to the various quarters.
I'm sure they're tired of smelling like... that.
Is there anything else I can help you with?
Answers. I need answers.
Who's hungry?
I paid Thomas Keller a high seven figures to teach me to cook.
And I almost never get a chance to demonstrate.
Who wants a frittata?
I guess we're sitting through the whole cooking show before we get some answers.
This is about trust. He cooks for us and makes us
comfortable and gets us to trust him
because he wants something from us. It's the Vought playbook.
Are any of you capable of dicing a tomato?
And to be clear, Ms. Dunlap, I don't want anything from you.
It's Marie I'm interested in.
Why? Why me?
Marie, please.
You know you're different.
You feel it, don't you?
Why the fuck should I be different than anyone else?
The Odessa program.
And Cipher created that.
Not originally, no.
It was the brainchild of Thomas Godolkin, going all the way back to the 1960s.
His goal was to create god-tier superheroes.
Stronger, more powerful than the rest.
It didn't work, at first.
Until Cipher made it work.
There were many failures.
With the advent of in vitro fertilization,
Odessa subjects were injected with Compound V at the blastocyst stage.
- Very wasteful. - Yeah, we saw the files.
Dozens of dead children.
Over the years,
only two subjects have survived.
You, of course, Marie.
And in the '80s, Homelander.
Wait, Marie and Homelander are... the same?
No. No. No fucking way.
We're not the same. I'm not like Homelander.
I'm not a fucking monster.
Fresh-squeezed juice with your frittata?
Shower's free.
- Hi. - Hey, how do you think that tree
in the garden stays alive?
That's the only window in here.
Hydroponics or some shit. I don't know.
- Billionaires, man. - You think you could stay down here?
I mean, I did eight months in Elmira with a brief return engagement.
I think I could handle this.
I hate being underground.
This all feels like a fancy trap.
Everything's so fake.
Pressing buttons to pretend to go somewhere.
It's just like the wallpaper in The Woods.
It's a lie.
I have something I really need to say.
Sam.
I'm sorry about last year, Emma.
I want to take responsibility for what I did.
I was pretty shitty to you.
I wasn't being myself.
But you were.
I mean, you can't blame Cate or anyone else.
You made those choices, you know?
I know. I-I meant I wasn't being my best... self.
What? What do you mean?
It's something one of my old shrinks used to say.
Mm-hmm.
"Be your best self, Sam."
You always made me feel better.
Emma.
I miss that.
Look, I really am happy for you.
Seems like you figured a bunch of shit out, which is...
- Starting to. I got new meds. - Mm-hmm.
Seem to be okay so far.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and that's awesome.
Seriously.
Come on, we can't go back to last year.
I'm different.
We both are.
I don't want to go back to that.
I was seeing puppets.
Most of it was fucking terrible.
No, I was hoping that,
someday, maybe...
...we get to a point where we could try again.
Sam, come on...
Here.
I'm gonna go try out that shower.
- If Marie is the same as Homelander-- - Stop saying that.
I assure you, you're not.
Homelander is a gaping abyss of deep need and sociopathy.
I wouldn't invite you into my home if you were like him.
Okay, she's not, but Cipher believes she is, right?
So what's his fucking endgame?
Cipher dedicated his career to building on the work of Thomas Godolkin.
Where they differed, Godolkin believed that he could control Supes,
while Cipher, no such thing.
- What does he want? - In a word,
Supe supremacy.
Vought-land über alles.
Uh, you said that you shut down Odessa 20 years ago. Why?
I shut down the program soon after your birth.
You were considered a failure, as you showed no signs of having powers.
Only a handful of people knew of your unique origins.
Victoria being one of them.
And now, Cipher. This is a man
who meticulously recreated all of Thomas Godolkin's work
after it was destroyed in the same fire that supposedly killed him.
"Supposedly killed"? What does that mean?
His body was never recovered.
There was a rumor when I joined Vought that Godolkin survived.
Even if it were true, he's probably dead by now.
Or, like, 100 years old.
What?
No.
The dude Cipher says is his dad might not be his dad.
I'm sorry. What dude?
Cipher has an old guy in his house in a giant hyperbaric chamber.
Yeah, like, really fucking old with burn scars all over his body.
You think that's Thomas fucking Godolkin?
Why would Cipher keep him in his house like a prisoner?
Prisoner or a trophy.
Cipher may not have recreated Godolkin's work at all,
as much as he forced it out of him.
This potentially changes things.
How?
How the fuck does some 100-year-old dude change anything?
My original intent was to make you an offer, Marie.
Provide safety and comfort in exchange for your loyal service,
once I regain control of Vought, which I will.
- Okay? - But,
if Thomas Godolkin is indeed alive,
the answers to controlling Cipher, to controlling all Supes,
could lie inside his head.
Interesting.
Hey, these are clean.
Here you go.
I'm sorry about your mom.
I'm pretty sure my dad's dead, too.
Grandpa can't find him, and he can find anybody.
I wish there was something I could've done to protect them.
Yeah.
I think about that all the time.
That's why I'm here. To make sure nothing happens to Grandpa.
It'll be easier if Marie decides to stay.
What's it like having a big sister?
Do you guys, like, hang out all the time?
No. Uh, not-not anymore.
I... I used to be... really shy.
O-On Halloween, I couldn't even go trick-or-treating.
So, Marie...
she would go out all night,
and then she would come back and give me half of her candy.
That's so sweet.
Yeah.
She was really sweet.
Marie.
Come in.
How do you know Thomas Godolkin can help us?
I know nothing of the sort.
I don't even know if the man you've seen is Godolkin to begin with.
What is this?
Some of Godolkin's original research
into controlling and subduing super-abled individuals.
So you think he could stop Cipher.
If that's Godolkin, he can stop Homelander.
We should talk to him.
"We" shouldn't do anything.
You should accept
that you are more powerful than all of your friends put together.
When the dust settles, those who remain will reshape the world.
Think about it.
You really think it's true?
I don't know.
It makes sense.
But also sounds fucking insane.
He said if it's Godolkin, that he could help beat Homelander.
Cousin Homelander.
Fuck you.
Look...
We will figure out a way.
I'm with you.
Come on, let's-let's go to sleep.
What?
Yeah.
Maybe this will all make sense in the morning.
Does he have her?
Oh, no one knows where they are?
Well, find her, or I'm gonna make you empty a shotgun into your own asshole!
Fuck! This would've gone so much easier if you had just cooperated.
It's like no one realizes what the stakes are around here.
Pathetic wastes of V.
You ever been to Australia?
Used to go with my dad when I was a boy.
The Aussies love their kangaroos.
So, every year, they let hunters kill them.
They cull the population in order to protect it.
For the strength of the herd.
This school, it's become a monument to mediocrity.
Higher education for the gods, we claim,
and yet, we admit a boy with a quantum singularity for an asshole.
So, my mission is to cull this herd.
Starting with God U.
And when I have finished,
I will have reduced the student population by 75%.
The strong will get stronger.
You're fucking crazy.
And the weak will suffer the same fate as your son.
What the fuck?
♪ Won't you come see about me? ♪
♪ I'll be alone, dancing, and you know it, baby ♪
♪ Tell me your troubles and doubts ♪
♪ Giving me everything inside and out ♪
♪ Love's strange, so real in the dark ♪
♪ Think of the tender things that we were working on ♪
♪ Slow change may pull us apart ♪
♪ when the light gets into your heart, baby ♪
♪ Don't you forget about me ♪
♪ Don't, don't, don't, don't ♪
♪ Don't you forget about me...
Marie. Wait.
Go back to bed.
You could fix me.
What the fuck are you talking about?
I think you can fix my powers.
Maybe I can use them to help you. Keep Cipher out of your head.
♪ Will you walk away? ♪
♪ Will you call my name? ♪
♪ I say la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ la, la, la, la ♪
♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ la, la, la, la ♪
♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ la, la, la, la ♪
♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Down, down, down ♪
♪ Will you recognize me? ♪
♪ Call my name or walk on by? ♪
♪ Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling ♪
♪ down, down, down, down ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Don't you try to pretend ♪
♪ it's my feeling, we'll win in the end ♪
♪ I won't harm you or touch your defenses ♪
♪ vanity and security ♪
♪ Don't you forget about me ♪
♪ I'll be alone, dancing, and you know it, baby ♪
♪ Going to take you apart ♪
♪ I'll put us back together at heart, baby ♪
♪ Don't you forget about me ♪
♪ Don't, don't, don't, don't ♪
♪ Don't you forget about me ♪♪