Buck up, snowflake.
We've eluded our overdudes.
Now it's time to boogie.
Did you even see what happened back there?
Well, the part where we skirted catastrophe and emerged victorious?
I did. Bully for us.
Et voila.
We barely made it out of there.
Ah, 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.
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
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.
And when they feel that all hope has been exhausted, we swoop in
and be the answer to their fear.
Eh, you feed a starving dog,
it's always by your side.
Why don't we get you a little hit of your happy juice
and then we'll be on our way?
Here you go.
That's it.
All better now?
No.
That-a-boy.
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Jason!
Jason.
Jason! Stop!
Donna...
Don't go.
You still have time, Jason.
Jason...
Jason.
Jason!
You're okay.
You're safe.
Jason, you're home.
I'm fine.
- I'm fine. - You were screaming.
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, I didn't mean...
People have bad dreams.
It's not a thing.
I'd like you to see an old friend of mine.
Dr. Leslie Thompkins.
What kind of doctor?
A psychologist.
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.
But until I hear the word from her, you're shut down.
- Hey. - Sorry I'm late. Molly.
It's cool. I ordered for you.
God, you look tired.
You sleeping?
You still trying to save me?
Always.
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.
Careful, J.
Living in that fake 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.
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.
Over there.
Gotta be him.
Got it?
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.
What's in this? It's really strong.
You look like you can handle it.
I love your smile.
What if I told you
I could introduce you to someone that would make you smile,
all the time?
It never works out like that.
Give us a second.
Keep the drink.
We have a problem?
A 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.
Where's your swag, cowboy?
Jason!
You shut your mouth, bitch!
Stop it!
Stop it, please.
Just for you, cutie.
I'll see you around.
Jason!
Jason.
Get off of me!
Look, you're hurt.
We need to get you to a hospital...
I'm fine. I'm fine.
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 and 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 but...
That's Jonathan Crane.
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.
Until he tried to kill me.
What happened?
He poisoned me with his gas.
He blamed me for betraying him when I find 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...
I still have nightmares about it.
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.
I might even tell you a story about Superman.
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.
Luther is up to something.
Can you handle dinner?
Yeah. I'll order in.
You 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.
Son?
Yeah.
The Ducati's gassed up.
If this new girl likes cats... run.
- Mother. - Fucker.
Sorry, my bad.
Don't apologize.
Mother.
Gone.
Father.
Bruce.
San Francisco.
Rose.
Friend.
Molly.
Robin.
Freedom.
The other day when you were in the alley,
when that man had the gun pointed at you,
were you afraid?
Why?
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 he 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.
No.
So what are you afraid of?
Not being Robin or having to be yourself?
And I know you won't believe this, but...
you'll survive just fine without a costume.
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.
_
Put the phone away, please.
This is where your parents died.
I was standing right where you are.
Everything that made sense left my life in one moment.
- Bruce, we don't have to talk about... - 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.
It can take the worst parts of ourselves
and put them in control.
Sometimes I think it's alive.
Like it has a will.
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.
You... You talked to Leslie.
I didn't speak to her. This is my decision alone.
Bullshit.
Hey, 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.
Leslie Thompkins.
Word association.
You know the game, right?
Liar.
Jason, where are you?
Liar!
Jason?
_
Oh, you are very sly.
But so am I.
Ah.
You must be hungry.
Let me get you your lunch.
You want 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.
Credentials, please.
No?
Lying makes you feel icky, doesn't it?
Well, whomever you are...
You got fire?
What?
For the strain.
- No. - Oh.
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, fan boy.
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?
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.
Ah. Which would only be accessible
to people closest to him.
I always imagined you to have wings.
You disappointed?
No. To the contrary.
So...
what is, uh...
our young Robin looking for?
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, uh...
"Do unto others."
You are a very mysterious and curious...
little bird.
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.
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.
Uh, shower runs cold.
It ain't gonna get fixed soon, so don't ask.
I'll take it.
That should be a month.
You hear noises,
you mind your business.
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Just don't burn it down, all right, playboy?
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...
to be fearless?
I don't feel anything.
Well, then we've done our job.
But there's only one way to truly know.
We need to test our concoction
on Batman's most fearsome enemy.
Bring it.
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Holy shit.
Holy shit, I fucking got you.
Oh, my God, it's the Joker.
We got three officers down.
Hang on, Elvis!
- Hello. - I got The Joker dead to rights, man.
He's right fucking there, Bruce.
Stand down, Jason.
- Bruce, I... - Stand down.
Bruce, listen to me. I'm not afraid of him.
I'm not afraid of anything anymore.
It's not about whether you're afraid or not.
When are we gonna get another chance to nail him like this?
No.
Okay, I got it.
Loud and clear, boss.
Fuck The Joker.
Get the fuck down!
When the whistle blows, get them back in the cells.
What's going on, Jojo?
Joker killed Robin. Now shut the fuck up, psycho!
_
You're okay. You're safe.
Bruce?
No, no.
There's no Batman here.
The Joker, he...
Where am I?
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.
What happened to me?
Well, long and short...
You were dead.
I brought you back.
# In a gadda da vida... #
You're welcome.
You know, you really should be thanking Ra's Al Ghul.
Well, 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.
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.
There you go.
Ah.
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... #
Oh, Gotham,
you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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.
Hawkins.
Where's Diego?
Hawkins.
Please!
Please, man!
I know someone who can make you smile.
Pick it up.
Go on. Show me something, cowboy.
Good.
Now, all you have to do is shoot me and you'll go free.
So shoot me.
You missed.
Try again.
Try harder.
Please. Please!
Don't kill me.
You don't have to kill me.
Just tell me what you want!
I want you to tell all your friends about me.
Okay. Okay!
Who are you?
I'll just tell them myself.
Hello?
Diego?
Don't be scared.
She's one of the good ones.
I would never hurt you, Molly.
Jason?
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.
You still trying to save me?
Always.
It's gonna get worse before it gets better, okay?
Jason, wait.
You should get a better lock.
Jason!
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