1 00:00:32,167 --> 00:00:35,431 Saint Bay, do you copy? Come in Saint Bay. 2 00:00:35,431 --> 00:00:37,651 Argo to Saint Bay station. 3 00:00:37,651 --> 00:00:40,132 Argo to Saint Bay station. Come in Saint Bay. 4 00:00:40,132 --> 00:00:42,438 This is Saint Bay station. Come in Argo. 5 00:00:42,438 --> 00:00:44,788 This is Kai Li Cain from the Wayne expedition. 6 00:00:44,788 --> 00:00:48,531 We've found the Cobblepot base camp... Or what's left of it. 7 00:00:48,531 --> 00:00:51,273 Mr. Wayne is with Grayson and Tawde looking for survivors. 8 00:01:03,764 --> 00:01:06,419 Dick, Sanjay, report. 9 00:01:06,419 --> 00:01:09,204 It's bad, sir. Nothing but dead bodies. 10 00:01:09,204 --> 00:01:11,206 Yeah, heaps of 'em. 11 00:01:11,206 --> 00:01:12,947 We found the ship's manifest, sir. 12 00:01:12,947 --> 00:01:15,167 We're still two short. Someone named Grendon 13 00:01:15,167 --> 00:01:16,429 and then Cobblepot himself. 14 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:19,910 Not to go grummy, Mr. Wayne, 15 00:01:19,910 --> 00:01:22,304 but the odds of anyone surviving out here... 16 00:01:25,264 --> 00:01:26,308 We keep looking. 17 00:01:42,063 --> 00:01:43,369 Professor Cobblepot's journal? 18 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:46,720 Expedition day three. 19 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,591 Men are on edge. 20 00:01:48,591 --> 00:01:50,158 The dogs will still not leave the ship. 21 00:01:51,638 --> 00:01:52,639 It's this place. 22 00:01:54,075 --> 00:01:54,989 They fear it. 23 00:01:56,425 --> 00:01:57,600 And I must confess... 24 00:01:58,601 --> 00:01:59,863 I don't blame them. 25 00:02:00,951 --> 00:02:02,605 Day seven... 26 00:02:02,605 --> 00:02:04,346 Things are worse. 27 00:02:04,346 --> 00:02:06,740 Could not calm the dogs. 28 00:02:06,740 --> 00:02:08,611 Forced to kill them all. 29 00:02:08,611 --> 00:02:09,960 Grendon has disappeared. 30 00:02:10,918 --> 00:02:13,050 Has gone mad, I fear. 31 00:02:13,050 --> 00:02:15,140 And the others, they won't speak. 32 00:02:16,228 --> 00:02:18,404 They refuse to even move. 33 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:20,406 Day ten, just me now. 34 00:02:22,538 --> 00:02:24,584 When I close my eyes... 35 00:02:24,584 --> 00:02:27,021 I hear it calling. 36 00:02:27,021 --> 00:02:28,022 From the ice. 37 00:02:29,937 --> 00:02:31,417 Cobblepot? 38 00:02:31,417 --> 00:02:34,202 It tells me it's coming. 39 00:02:34,202 --> 00:02:36,378 Professor Cobblepot! Oswald! 40 00:02:38,424 --> 00:02:39,294 Ahhh! 41 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:47,084 It tells me... 42 00:02:48,738 --> 00:02:51,263 I have come home. 43 00:03:20,509 --> 00:03:21,858 Cobblepot? 44 00:03:21,858 --> 00:03:24,252 Cobblepot is no more. 45 00:03:25,732 --> 00:03:28,474 He's something else now. 46 00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:31,433 He's become what he was always meant to be. 47 00:03:33,348 --> 00:03:35,045 I take it you're Grendon. 48 00:03:36,221 --> 00:03:39,049 Was Grendon. Once. 49 00:03:40,312 --> 00:03:42,531 Now I'm chosen by him 50 00:03:42,531 --> 00:03:45,665 to be his messenger to the world. 51 00:03:45,665 --> 00:03:49,669 I see. And who is "him", exactly? 52 00:03:49,669 --> 00:03:52,802 Him is he who bays and slavers 53 00:03:52,802 --> 00:03:55,240 forever outside time and space, 54 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,633 who shambled down out of the stars 55 00:03:57,633 --> 00:04:00,288 when Earth new and spawned abominations 56 00:04:00,288 --> 00:04:03,160 in the seas and blights upon the land. 57 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,120 Woe to man when he comes again. 58 00:04:12,692 --> 00:04:17,174 To gaze upon his form is to invite madness. 59 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:19,046 That is why in order to serve him 60 00:04:19,046 --> 00:04:22,702 I chose to make... adjustments. 61 00:04:24,921 --> 00:04:26,836 You're gonna come with me. Now! 62 00:04:27,446 --> 00:04:29,317 No. No! 63 00:04:29,317 --> 00:04:31,188 I'm not finished yet. 64 00:05:54,446 --> 00:05:58,058 Hark... the lurker is on the threshold. 65 00:05:59,364 --> 00:06:00,365 And behold... 66 00:06:01,366 --> 00:06:04,847 It... It is... coming. 67 00:06:27,130 --> 00:06:28,784 Shore party to Argo. 68 00:06:32,092 --> 00:06:33,876 This is Argo. Go ahead. 69 00:06:33,876 --> 00:06:36,096 Kai Li, ready the explosives. 70 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:39,534 Uh... Did you say explosives? 71 00:06:39,534 --> 00:06:41,928 I mean, sure, Mr. Wayne. How many? 72 00:06:41,928 --> 00:06:42,885 All of them. 73 00:06:56,551 --> 00:06:58,118 Whoo! 74 00:06:58,118 --> 00:06:59,989 Hot dog! 75 00:06:59,989 --> 00:07:02,427 Nothing'll get into or out of that cave ever again. 76 00:07:03,645 --> 00:07:05,995 You sure sealing it off was wise? 77 00:07:05,995 --> 00:07:08,868 The scientific value of a prehistoric creature like the one you described-- 78 00:07:08,868 --> 00:07:11,871 Is far less than the danger it posed. 79 00:07:11,871 --> 00:07:14,439 That thing has infected the surrounding wildlife here 80 00:07:14,439 --> 00:07:17,442 with some sort of mutational agent. 81 00:07:17,442 --> 00:07:19,835 A virus that must've lain dormant for millennia. 82 00:07:20,662 --> 00:07:22,185 And it's quite possible, 83 00:07:22,185 --> 00:07:24,231 it infected some of the Cobblepot party as well. 84 00:07:27,190 --> 00:07:29,845 So, whatever that creature was, Dick, 85 00:07:29,845 --> 00:07:31,281 it was meant to stay buried. 86 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:37,810 Sir, what about Cobblepot? 87 00:07:37,810 --> 00:07:38,854 Did you ever find him? 88 00:07:41,770 --> 00:07:42,945 Cobblepot's gone. 89 00:08:10,233 --> 00:08:13,323 Heavens, what is that ghastly smell? 90 00:08:13,323 --> 00:08:15,500 That would be your friend, Grendon. 91 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:18,720 Once we warmed him up, he started to spoil. 92 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,069 Spoil? 93 00:08:20,069 --> 00:08:21,941 The old palooka's dead as a donkey. 94 00:08:22,681 --> 00:08:24,552 Right, Dicky? 95 00:08:24,552 --> 00:08:26,162 The tissue samples I took from him appear to be dead, 96 00:08:26,162 --> 00:08:27,512 but I'm sure there's a logical-- 97 00:08:27,512 --> 00:08:29,818 Logical explanation. 98 00:08:29,818 --> 00:08:33,169 You know, ace, you're starting to sound more like the big cheese every day. 99 00:08:33,169 --> 00:08:37,696 May I ask, where this rather loquacious cadaver is, presently? 100 00:08:37,696 --> 00:08:40,568 Until Dick can whip up something to keep the body frozen, 101 00:08:40,568 --> 00:08:44,006 Mr. Wayne had us put him on ice. 102 00:08:44,006 --> 00:08:47,575 He instructed me to put Mr. Grendon in the meat freezer, Alfred. 103 00:08:50,796 --> 00:08:54,234 I do so look forward to fetching this evening's roast. 104 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:07,726 "Though I am strayed, 105 00:09:07,726 --> 00:09:10,032 my Testament shall remain in Gotham. 106 00:09:10,946 --> 00:09:12,687 Forever in my keep." 107 00:09:14,776 --> 00:09:18,127 Master Bruce, about this Grendon. 108 00:09:18,127 --> 00:09:19,607 Perhaps it's time for another-- 109 00:09:19,607 --> 00:09:21,740 Gotham is in danger. 110 00:09:21,740 --> 00:09:24,046 You gleaned that from Cobblepot's journal, sir? 111 00:09:24,046 --> 00:09:25,613 I'm sure of it now. 112 00:09:25,613 --> 00:09:27,006 But from what you told me, 113 00:09:27,006 --> 00:09:29,225 the professor was not of sound mind. 114 00:09:29,225 --> 00:09:31,880 Believe me, Alfred. I took that into consideration. 115 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,621 Unhinged rantings aside, 116 00:09:33,621 --> 00:09:35,928 his journal confirms much of what I've uncovered 117 00:09:35,928 --> 00:09:37,625 about the existence of an ancient cult. 118 00:09:37,625 --> 00:09:39,758 And if, any of what he writes is true, 119 00:09:39,758 --> 00:09:43,500 it's a cult that has long ties to Gotham. 120 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,416 Then should I take this to mean... 121 00:09:46,416 --> 00:09:48,984 It's been 20 years since we left, Alfred. 122 00:09:48,984 --> 00:09:51,421 Twenty years preparing. 123 00:09:51,421 --> 00:09:53,728 And now... it's time. 124 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:07,916 We're going home. 125 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:19,972 How long you figure we'll be in Gotham? 126 00:10:20,886 --> 00:10:22,235 We're here for good, kid. 127 00:10:22,235 --> 00:10:23,671 Horsefeathers! 128 00:10:23,671 --> 00:10:25,455 In the two years I've been with you 129 00:10:25,455 --> 00:10:28,676 we haven't stayed in any city for more than a few weeks. 130 00:10:28,676 --> 00:10:30,504 Come to think of it... 131 00:10:30,504 --> 00:10:32,680 I've never stayed in any city for more than a few weeks. 132 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:35,509 I've been traveling with Bruce coming on a decade now, Kai Li. 133 00:10:35,509 --> 00:10:37,598 And it's always been about returning to Gotham. 134 00:10:37,598 --> 00:10:40,079 Okay, but returning for what? 135 00:10:47,826 --> 00:10:49,915 Doom. 136 00:10:49,915 --> 00:10:52,439 You return for your doom. 137 00:10:54,093 --> 00:10:56,138 Ah, nuts to you, ya rank spud. 138 00:11:03,145 --> 00:11:06,235 It appears Gotham has become a bit more... 139 00:11:06,235 --> 00:11:08,934 untended than we remember it. 140 00:11:08,934 --> 00:11:11,284 Let's hope it's nothing like I remember it, Alfred. 141 00:11:14,896 --> 00:11:17,682 Gotham's history is our history, son. 142 00:11:17,682 --> 00:11:19,945 Wayne family history. 143 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:22,512 The Waynes built this city, Bruce. 144 00:11:22,512 --> 00:11:25,167 That makes you part of a long legacy. 145 00:11:25,907 --> 00:11:27,735 What's a legacy? 146 00:11:27,735 --> 00:11:32,174 It means, one day, you'll have very big shoes to fill. 147 00:11:33,698 --> 00:11:35,612 Come now, Martha. 148 00:11:35,612 --> 00:11:38,006 It's more important a man learn to stand on his own feet 149 00:11:38,006 --> 00:11:40,530 before cramming them into someone else's shoes. 150 00:11:41,793 --> 00:11:42,881 Isn't that right, son? 151 00:11:44,534 --> 00:11:47,537 We have brought this curse upon us! 152 00:11:50,802 --> 00:11:51,716 Thomas! 153 00:11:56,938 --> 00:11:58,984 Bruce, run! Just-- 154 00:12:42,767 --> 00:12:44,246 Grendon's secure, sir. 155 00:12:44,246 --> 00:12:45,639 You sure you want us to just leave him here? 156 00:12:46,118 --> 00:12:47,684 For now. 157 00:12:47,684 --> 00:12:50,426 If he was exposed to that virus... 158 00:12:50,426 --> 00:12:53,690 I don't trust the Gotham Police to use the same precautions we have. 159 00:12:53,690 --> 00:12:55,649 Understood. 160 00:12:55,649 --> 00:12:57,346 But I'll need one of you to stay back and keep an eye on him. 161 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:08,662 Tough luck, Sanjay. 162 00:13:08,662 --> 00:13:09,532 Damn it. 163 00:13:10,838 --> 00:13:13,275 Uh... Aye aye, Cap. 164 00:13:13,275 --> 00:13:15,364 And why not? 165 00:13:15,364 --> 00:13:18,150 After months at sea what's a few more days on this fine vessel? 166 00:13:18,150 --> 00:13:21,501 It'll give me a chance to cozy up with the nutso diseased corpse. 167 00:13:21,501 --> 00:13:24,330 Hear that? Just you and me now, Mr. Zero. 168 00:14:02,107 --> 00:14:02,934 Lucius. 169 00:14:04,022 --> 00:14:05,501 So good to see you. 170 00:14:05,501 --> 00:14:07,373 You as well, son. 171 00:14:07,373 --> 00:14:09,418 Nice work, Alfred. You brought him home in one piece. 172 00:14:09,418 --> 00:14:11,856 Not for his lack of trying, old friend. 173 00:14:13,858 --> 00:14:15,381 How's business, Lucius? 174 00:14:15,381 --> 00:14:16,948 Copacetic. 175 00:14:16,948 --> 00:14:18,688 So long as the board believes 176 00:14:18,688 --> 00:14:21,343 all executive directives are coming from you, that is. 177 00:14:21,343 --> 00:14:24,042 For some reason, they just don't seem quite comfortable 178 00:14:24,042 --> 00:14:26,044 taking orders from me. 179 00:14:26,044 --> 00:14:28,350 Well then, I guess you'll just have to continue making sure 180 00:14:28,350 --> 00:14:31,614 that all my directives are... copacetic. 181 00:14:32,659 --> 00:14:34,791 I plan to. 182 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:37,229 And you received my last consignment? 183 00:14:37,229 --> 00:14:39,100 Like all your shipments over the years, 184 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:41,015 I had everything situated in the wine cellar 185 00:14:41,015 --> 00:14:43,670 to your precise specifications. 186 00:14:43,670 --> 00:14:45,019 Thank you, Lucius. 187 00:14:47,979 --> 00:14:50,503 One thing... Wine cellar? 188 00:14:50,503 --> 00:14:51,852 Let's not romanticize it. 189 00:14:52,635 --> 00:14:53,593 It's a cave. 190 00:14:55,856 --> 00:14:56,988 Whoa! 191 00:14:58,424 --> 00:14:59,251 Wow. 192 00:15:00,165 --> 00:15:02,254 Swanky. 193 00:15:04,996 --> 00:15:06,649 Master Bruce, 194 00:15:06,649 --> 00:15:09,217 it appears word of your return has spread, sir. 195 00:15:09,217 --> 00:15:12,090 Oliver Queen has invited you for dinner and drinks. 196 00:15:12,090 --> 00:15:14,875 I shall assume, he intends an emphasis on the latter. 197 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:18,183 Master Bruce? 198 00:15:18,183 --> 00:15:20,533 Something isn't right. 199 00:15:32,501 --> 00:15:33,676 Claw marks? 200 00:15:33,676 --> 00:15:35,417 It's some sort of animal attack. 201 00:15:35,417 --> 00:15:37,419 - A bear, maybe? - No. 202 00:15:37,419 --> 00:15:39,465 The wounds are made bottom up. 203 00:15:39,465 --> 00:15:42,642 Ursine claws are incapable of that kind of movement. 204 00:15:42,642 --> 00:15:44,426 This bruise... 205 00:15:44,426 --> 00:15:46,689 - Strangulation. - Means whatever did this had thumbs. 206 00:15:46,689 --> 00:15:48,213 Obviously, he was killed elsewhere 207 00:15:48,213 --> 00:15:50,258 and brought here. But why? 208 00:15:50,258 --> 00:15:53,696 I... I... I... 209 00:15:53,696 --> 00:15:56,656 I am... Langstrom. 210 00:15:58,005 --> 00:15:58,875 Bruce, what is it? 211 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:05,230 Did you... Uh, nevermind. 212 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:06,927 Should we notify the police? 213 00:16:06,927 --> 00:16:09,277 Yes. But, not yet. 214 00:16:10,713 --> 00:16:11,540 I'll handle it. 215 00:16:18,634 --> 00:16:21,028 Are you sure you're up for dinner, sir? 216 00:16:21,028 --> 00:16:23,291 This house has been sealed for 20 years 217 00:16:23,291 --> 00:16:27,339 and the corpse downstairs isn't doing the fustiness any favors. 218 00:16:27,339 --> 00:16:29,863 At the very least, we could stand the fresh air. 219 00:16:29,863 --> 00:16:33,301 Besides, I haven't seen Oliver since we ran into each other in... 220 00:16:36,174 --> 00:16:37,131 Dyushambe. 221 00:16:39,786 --> 00:16:41,483 My name is Blood. 222 00:16:41,483 --> 00:16:44,138 You do not want to know me or what I am. 223 00:16:48,273 --> 00:16:49,709 Suffice it to say, 224 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:52,059 what is invisible to most is visible to me. 225 00:16:53,104 --> 00:16:54,061 Is that so? 226 00:16:54,061 --> 00:16:56,194 June 26th, 1908. 227 00:16:56,194 --> 00:16:58,022 You witnessed your parents' murder. 228 00:16:58,022 --> 00:17:00,328 In the ensuing years, you set upon the world, 229 00:17:00,328 --> 00:17:04,376 absorbing all forms of criminology, psychology, martial art... 230 00:17:04,376 --> 00:17:06,682 Whatever skills you deemed necessary 231 00:17:06,682 --> 00:17:08,945 to one day avenge your parents' deaths 232 00:17:08,945 --> 00:17:12,558 and become this city's savior. The Bat. 233 00:17:12,558 --> 00:17:14,995 Do you have a point, Mr. Blood? 234 00:17:14,995 --> 00:17:18,607 Your homecoming has set certain wheels in motion, Bruce Wayne. 235 00:17:18,607 --> 00:17:20,261 And though I know much, 236 00:17:20,261 --> 00:17:24,004 I'm only allowed to tell you these things three. 237 00:17:24,004 --> 00:17:27,268 One. You must seek out two spirits. 238 00:17:29,227 --> 00:17:30,663 Spirits? 239 00:17:30,663 --> 00:17:33,231 One wrapped in bats, the other in flames. 240 00:17:33,883 --> 00:17:35,276 Two. 241 00:17:35,276 --> 00:17:37,148 To prevail in this, Bruce Wayne must die 242 00:17:37,148 --> 00:17:39,367 and through death become himself. 243 00:17:40,281 --> 00:17:41,804 Three. 244 00:17:41,804 --> 00:17:43,632 Before it can be saved, 245 00:17:43,632 --> 00:17:46,766 Gotham, must be burned to the ground. 246 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:50,770 Listen, I'm not sure what your game is, 247 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:52,641 but I'm not big on ghost stories. 248 00:17:52,641 --> 00:17:55,340 Your dubiety will be your undoing. 249 00:17:58,386 --> 00:18:00,214 You wanna talk undoing? 250 00:18:03,043 --> 00:18:05,828 Argh! 251 00:18:05,828 --> 00:18:09,876 You'll find no enemy here, my thickheaded friend. 252 00:18:09,876 --> 00:18:12,879 Rest assured when you face your foe, 253 00:18:12,879 --> 00:18:15,186 you'll see me again. 254 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:21,757 I've readied the car for... 255 00:18:30,331 --> 00:18:31,289 dinner. 256 00:18:35,249 --> 00:18:37,512 ...and then Bruce says to the man, 257 00:18:37,512 --> 00:18:40,646 "Sorry constable, it was duck fur." 258 00:18:46,304 --> 00:18:49,089 Oh, that's not quite how it went, Ollie. 259 00:18:49,089 --> 00:18:51,526 Oh, come on, Brucey, you gotta embellish. 260 00:18:51,526 --> 00:18:53,615 It's called showmanship. Right, Kelley? 261 00:18:54,964 --> 00:18:56,401 It's Kai Li. 262 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:58,403 Attagirl. 263 00:18:58,403 --> 00:19:02,015 Oh, I hear you ran into one of Gotham's finest down south. 264 00:19:04,452 --> 00:19:06,585 Easy, fellas. 265 00:19:06,585 --> 00:19:11,416 Old Cobblepot was mad as a march hare well before his expedition. 266 00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:14,332 So, Mr. Queen, I notice you're into hunting. 267 00:19:14,332 --> 00:19:18,379 Yeah, it's a passion that's taken me around the world. 268 00:19:18,379 --> 00:19:23,776 Not a matter of flora nor fauna alive, that can best Oliver Queen. 269 00:19:23,776 --> 00:19:26,518 You do know flora are plants, right? 270 00:19:26,518 --> 00:19:29,216 Yeah, of course. 271 00:19:29,216 --> 00:19:31,610 And I stand by my assertion. 272 00:19:31,610 --> 00:19:33,220 For what plant could-- 273 00:19:35,396 --> 00:19:38,051 Ah, bully! My surprise guest. 274 00:19:38,051 --> 00:19:40,271 One of Bruce and my oldest chums 275 00:19:40,271 --> 00:19:42,490 and the man who will single-handedly 276 00:19:42,490 --> 00:19:45,450 clean the fetid streets of our lost city, 277 00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:48,931 I give you Gotham's future mayor, Harvey Dent. 278 00:19:48,931 --> 00:19:50,542 Let's not count chickens, Ollie. 279 00:19:50,542 --> 00:19:52,326 Election's not for four days and... 280 00:19:54,937 --> 00:19:56,939 I'll be... 281 00:19:56,939 --> 00:19:59,594 Bruce Wayne. Look at you, kid. 282 00:19:59,594 --> 00:20:02,815 Good to see you, Harvey. It's been too long. 283 00:20:02,815 --> 00:20:05,470 And look at us three. Together again. 284 00:20:08,821 --> 00:20:11,171 So, you gonna offer me a drink? 285 00:20:11,171 --> 00:20:12,128 Or not? 286 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:22,661 Wayne residence. 287 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:26,578 Mr. Wayne is out for the evening. 288 00:20:26,578 --> 00:20:30,103 Is there a message I could-- 289 00:20:30,103 --> 00:20:34,803 So then, Harv, I look this dewdropper square in his eyes. 290 00:20:34,803 --> 00:20:37,545 And I say, "Sorry constable, 291 00:20:39,417 --> 00:20:41,810 it was duck fur." 292 00:20:48,252 --> 00:20:50,123 Tell me something, Harv. 293 00:20:50,123 --> 00:20:52,952 Does the name Langstrom mean anything to you? 294 00:20:52,952 --> 00:20:54,519 Professor Kirk Langstrom? 295 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:56,521 The Batman of crime alley? 296 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,785 He's loonier than Cobblepot. 297 00:21:00,742 --> 00:21:02,396 Come to think of it... 298 00:21:02,396 --> 00:21:05,138 There has been an uptick in crackpots lately, 299 00:21:05,138 --> 00:21:07,358 which is saying something. 300 00:21:07,358 --> 00:21:11,753 Gotham's always had more than our fair share of wingnuts. 301 00:21:11,753 --> 00:21:14,016 Langstrom is a biologist at the university. 302 00:21:14,016 --> 00:21:15,627 A chiropterologist, actually. 303 00:21:15,627 --> 00:21:18,586 Of late, he's rather infamously developed an... 304 00:21:18,586 --> 00:21:22,155 unhealthy obsession with the bats he studies. 305 00:21:22,155 --> 00:21:23,591 Unhealthy how? 306 00:21:23,591 --> 00:21:24,853 He claims to be one. 307 00:21:29,336 --> 00:21:31,338 Would you have an address for him? 308 00:21:31,338 --> 00:21:33,775 Somewhere in Robin's Row. I'll call the office. 309 00:21:35,734 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaking of the office, gentlemen. 310 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,130 I have to report to it in six hours. 311 00:21:41,130 --> 00:21:44,525 You'll have to show me how to do that coin trick next time, Mr. Dent. 312 00:21:44,525 --> 00:21:45,918 Sorry, sport. 313 00:21:50,792 --> 00:21:51,924 Magicians don't spill. 314 00:21:55,144 --> 00:21:56,494 We'd best retire as well. 315 00:21:57,756 --> 00:21:58,931 Say, Ollie... 316 00:21:58,931 --> 00:22:00,498 Huh? 317 00:22:00,498 --> 00:22:02,630 ...since Alfred's still airing out the house, 318 00:22:02,630 --> 00:22:04,850 would you mind putting us up for the night? 319 00:22:04,850 --> 00:22:06,895 Mind? I'll ring for more sherry. 320 00:22:10,421 --> 00:22:11,422 Keep an eye on Oliver. 321 00:22:18,124 --> 00:22:20,344 I'm beginning to think Sanjay drew the lucky straw. 322 00:22:23,303 --> 00:22:26,088 First, I thought I failed. 323 00:22:26,088 --> 00:22:31,442 But I feel the power of his cold gift, inside me. 324 00:22:31,442 --> 00:22:34,314 Ah, shut yer yap-- Ow! 325 00:22:41,147 --> 00:22:43,323 Just dummy up, would ya? 326 00:22:44,846 --> 00:22:47,022 Everybody! 327 00:22:47,022 --> 00:22:49,155 ♪ Ida 328 00:22:49,155 --> 00:22:53,725 ♪ Sweet as apple cider 329 00:22:53,725 --> 00:22:57,468 ♪ Sweeter than all I know 330 00:22:57,468 --> 00:22:59,295 ♪ Come out 331 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:03,430 ♪ In the silvery moonlight... 332 00:23:03,430 --> 00:23:05,084 Where's Bruce? 333 00:23:05,084 --> 00:23:07,652 If he's smart, back in Antarctica. 334 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:10,742 ♪ Low, low, low, low, low 335 00:23:10,742 --> 00:23:11,830 Everybody! 336 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:41,207 Landlady said it sounded like a murder. 337 00:23:41,207 --> 00:23:42,643 I don't see no bodies. 338 00:23:42,643 --> 00:23:44,558 You look for bodies, junior. 339 00:23:44,558 --> 00:23:46,299 Screwballs like Langstrom, 340 00:23:46,299 --> 00:23:48,519 always keep some dough squirreled away. 341 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:51,173 Hurry up and find it, will ya? Before Gordon gets back-- 342 00:23:51,173 --> 00:23:52,610 Jumped up jiminy! 343 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,832 Find what you were looking for? 344 00:23:57,832 --> 00:23:59,312 Ventilate this son of a bitch. 345 00:24:02,315 --> 00:24:03,708 Argh! 346 00:24:25,207 --> 00:24:27,079 Langstrom... 347 00:24:27,079 --> 00:24:28,689 The hell were you into? 348 00:24:52,060 --> 00:24:53,540 Okay, boys. 349 00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:55,020 Let's wrap the-- 350 00:24:56,978 --> 00:24:57,979 What the... 351 00:25:04,246 --> 00:25:05,073 Wayne residence. 352 00:25:07,554 --> 00:25:10,339 As I've stated thrice already, Ms. Barbara, 353 00:25:10,339 --> 00:25:12,341 Mr. Wayne is out for the evening. 354 00:25:12,341 --> 00:25:13,995 Now, I will certainly deliver-- 355 00:25:16,650 --> 00:25:18,434 If you're reading this, 356 00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:22,090 I, Dr. Kirk Langstrom, am dead. 357 00:25:22,090 --> 00:25:29,228 Thankfully. For a great doom is coming to this world. 358 00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:33,580 Though you will think me mad, believe me, if you can. 359 00:25:33,580 --> 00:25:36,148 The bats speak to me. 360 00:25:38,150 --> 00:25:40,456 They see beyond 361 00:25:40,456 --> 00:25:42,546 what man dare fathom. 362 00:25:43,764 --> 00:25:45,592 And they tell me... 363 00:25:45,592 --> 00:25:48,377 of a growing horror. 364 00:25:48,377 --> 00:25:52,164 A thing, crouching, at the doorstep 365 00:25:52,164 --> 00:25:54,079 of our reality. 366 00:25:54,079 --> 00:25:56,734 And it is hungry for us. 367 00:25:56,734 --> 00:26:02,130 And it wants our world. 368 00:26:02,130 --> 00:26:07,832 For centuries, acolytes of this evil, the "Cult of Ghul" 369 00:26:07,832 --> 00:26:10,748 have endeavored to unlock the very door 370 00:26:10,748 --> 00:26:14,839 that keeps the thing from our reality. 371 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:17,363 And now, their time... 372 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,671 is nigh. 373 00:26:20,671 --> 00:26:24,675 Yet, there is still a single hope. 374 00:26:24,675 --> 00:26:28,940 They require a book. The Testament of Ghul. 375 00:26:28,940 --> 00:26:32,378 For only with the knowledge contained in its pages 376 00:26:32,378 --> 00:26:36,948 may they open that door. 377 00:26:36,948 --> 00:26:42,736 The Testament must be kept from them, at all costs. 378 00:26:45,304 --> 00:26:49,569 Testament. "My Testament shall remain in Gotham. 379 00:26:50,788 --> 00:26:52,354 Forever in my keep." 380 00:26:53,486 --> 00:26:54,661 Cobblepot had it. 381 00:27:22,471 --> 00:27:25,170 University repository. Professor Manfurd speaking. 382 00:27:25,170 --> 00:27:28,347 Do you have keep of Professor Cobblepot's records? 383 00:27:28,347 --> 00:27:30,697 While he's on sabbatical, yes. Who is this, please? 384 00:27:30,697 --> 00:27:32,656 The Testament of Ghul... 385 00:27:33,395 --> 00:27:35,310 I need it. 386 00:27:35,310 --> 00:27:36,834 Testament of... 387 00:27:36,834 --> 00:27:39,401 No, I am not familiar with such a text. 388 00:27:39,401 --> 00:27:41,534 Of course, this is not a lending library, sir. 389 00:27:41,534 --> 00:27:43,318 This is the university repository 390 00:27:43,318 --> 00:27:45,016 restricted to the public, if you-- 391 00:28:09,301 --> 00:28:12,696 Cobblepot ordered me to destroy you. 392 00:28:12,696 --> 00:28:15,307 Oh, but even if I could, I would not. 393 00:28:15,307 --> 00:28:16,743 I, for one... 394 00:28:16,743 --> 00:28:19,224 am so very glad at that. 395 00:28:20,138 --> 00:28:22,618 Talia? But how? 396 00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:24,969 You know who I am. Good. 397 00:28:25,883 --> 00:28:28,624 Please, don't kill me! 398 00:28:28,624 --> 00:28:30,844 We'll leave that business to... 399 00:28:32,672 --> 00:28:33,673 Daitya. 400 00:28:49,515 --> 00:28:51,647 The testament. Now! 401 00:28:52,648 --> 00:28:54,868 No. 402 00:28:54,868 --> 00:28:56,391 Do as you will, Daitya. 403 00:29:00,744 --> 00:29:01,657 What the... 404 00:30:19,518 --> 00:30:21,476 Etrigan. 405 00:30:21,476 --> 00:30:24,392 You were told you know not what you face. 406 00:30:24,392 --> 00:30:28,005 Yet only you can stop it, so leave this place. 407 00:30:32,009 --> 00:30:35,708 My sacrifice is made so you might end this curse. 408 00:30:35,708 --> 00:30:40,234 Alas, it'd be for naught should the book remain hers! 409 00:30:52,203 --> 00:30:53,421 Let's try this again. 410 00:30:56,903 --> 00:30:59,732 The book. Now. 411 00:30:59,732 --> 00:31:03,170 Do not think your costume can frighten me, Bat. 412 00:31:03,170 --> 00:31:08,610 I am well acquainted with real matter of demon, Djinn and devil. 413 00:31:08,610 --> 00:31:13,267 Whatever the Cult of Ghul is planning, it ends here. 414 00:31:13,267 --> 00:31:16,009 The Cult of Ghul perished centuries ago. 415 00:31:16,009 --> 00:31:18,969 I am its last... for now. 416 00:31:23,060 --> 00:31:26,063 After leaving you that surprise in your study, 417 00:31:26,063 --> 00:31:31,242 I was certain, you'd realize I was not one to be trifled with. 418 00:31:31,242 --> 00:31:33,722 You knew I'd lead you to the testament. 419 00:31:33,722 --> 00:31:35,768 You killed Langstrom. 420 00:31:35,768 --> 00:31:39,728 You have no clue the power this book possesses. 421 00:31:39,728 --> 00:31:45,256 I know those who seek it, mean to do this city harm. 422 00:31:45,256 --> 00:31:47,562 Quite the contrary. 423 00:31:47,562 --> 00:31:52,002 We mean to give this city purpose and honor the damnation which bore it. 424 00:31:52,002 --> 00:31:56,006 You, on the other hand, we mean to do harm. 425 00:32:01,359 --> 00:32:04,231 It can't be. Another monster. 426 00:32:18,942 --> 00:32:23,903 You don't go 812 years without making your share of interesting friends. 427 00:33:21,656 --> 00:33:23,789 The bat still lives. 428 00:33:23,789 --> 00:33:26,052 Hmm. No matter. 429 00:33:26,052 --> 00:33:29,751 He poses no serious threat to us. 430 00:33:29,751 --> 00:33:33,059 Besides, you are needed for another errand. 431 00:33:33,059 --> 00:33:35,279 The key has been delivered to the harbor. 432 00:33:36,236 --> 00:33:37,194 Retrieve it. 433 00:33:47,682 --> 00:33:49,858 Ah! To think, in our letters to each other, 434 00:33:49,858 --> 00:33:54,124 I used to rib Bruce for collecting a stray ragamuffin at every port. 435 00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:57,040 Ah, but you two... 436 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,955 You two are on the level. 437 00:33:59,955 --> 00:34:03,785 Of course, you can do no better than Bruce Wayne. 438 00:34:06,092 --> 00:34:07,702 Ah, Bruce. 439 00:34:09,008 --> 00:34:10,270 I owe the man. 440 00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:17,886 Lord, I owe him more than he could possibly know. 441 00:34:17,886 --> 00:34:19,714 I'm so sorry, Brucey... 442 00:34:20,628 --> 00:34:22,761 So sorry. 443 00:34:23,936 --> 00:34:25,242 All right, easy there. 444 00:34:25,242 --> 00:34:28,201 I'm sure everything is fine, sir. 445 00:34:28,201 --> 00:34:31,074 Mr. Wayne isn't one to hold a grudge against a good man. 446 00:34:31,074 --> 00:34:33,250 Come on, let's get some sleep. 447 00:34:33,250 --> 00:34:35,687 Am I though? A good man? 448 00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:40,735 Never forget, 449 00:34:40,735 --> 00:34:43,869 the sins of the father are heaped upon the son. 450 00:34:52,095 --> 00:34:55,141 Thanks, Mr. Queen. Good to know. 451 00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:08,241 Alfred. 452 00:35:08,241 --> 00:35:09,547 Master Bruce. 453 00:35:09,547 --> 00:35:12,724 - What's happened? - Not sure. Yet. 454 00:35:12,724 --> 00:35:14,334 Is that sulfur? 455 00:35:15,596 --> 00:35:17,120 You're wounded. I have to clean-- 456 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,645 Not yet. I have to analyze this substance. 457 00:35:20,645 --> 00:35:23,735 For when I run into the mutated creature again. 458 00:35:23,735 --> 00:35:25,128 Mutated creature? 459 00:35:25,128 --> 00:35:27,130 Wait, where are you off to? 460 00:35:27,130 --> 00:35:29,262 The cave. We have work to do. 461 00:35:30,698 --> 00:35:33,136 It's a wine cellar, Master Bruce. 462 00:35:33,136 --> 00:35:34,398 We're not neanderthals 463 00:35:38,271 --> 00:35:41,405 Boys... it is still June, isn't it? 464 00:35:48,238 --> 00:35:50,196 Hold up, kid. Ship's off limits. 465 00:35:50,936 --> 00:35:52,372 Heya, boys. 466 00:35:52,372 --> 00:35:54,157 Oliver Queen? 467 00:35:54,157 --> 00:35:56,028 What are you doing here? 468 00:35:56,028 --> 00:35:59,727 Expecting another dozen cases of your bootleg hooch, are we? 469 00:35:59,727 --> 00:36:03,035 And flout the prohibition laws that help keep Gotham the fine 470 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:05,777 and chaste city we've all come to love? 471 00:36:05,777 --> 00:36:08,519 Why, Jimmy Gordon, you slay me! 472 00:36:08,519 --> 00:36:11,348 Tell you what though, if I do happen upon a case, 473 00:36:11,348 --> 00:36:13,393 I'll let you watch me polish it off. 474 00:36:13,393 --> 00:36:15,221 At least then, you and your boys can see 475 00:36:15,221 --> 00:36:17,223 what getting to the bottom of a case actually looks like. 476 00:36:17,223 --> 00:36:20,226 Oh, get off it, Queen! Now listen, son... 477 00:36:25,666 --> 00:36:26,667 Go, go! 478 00:36:50,996 --> 00:36:51,823 Sanjay? 479 00:36:53,390 --> 00:36:54,391 Sanjay? 480 00:36:57,524 --> 00:36:58,482 Jay? 481 00:37:02,355 --> 00:37:03,574 Oh, Sanjay... 482 00:37:18,371 --> 00:37:20,678 I'd wise up if i were you, Jimmy. 483 00:37:20,678 --> 00:37:24,508 The election's in three days. If all goes pepper, my best chum, 484 00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:27,641 Harvey Dent, will be your boss. Think about the future-- 485 00:37:34,605 --> 00:37:37,172 Mercy. 486 00:37:48,793 --> 00:37:51,274 Come on. Let me through. 487 00:37:51,274 --> 00:37:53,014 Chief wants us to keep you-- 488 00:38:05,679 --> 00:38:07,159 No! 489 00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:08,769 - No! No, it's okay! - No! No! No! 490 00:38:08,769 --> 00:38:10,380 - No, no, no... - It's okay. 491 00:38:10,380 --> 00:38:12,904 No, no! No! 492 00:38:14,427 --> 00:38:16,908 I've got you, I've got you I know. 493 00:38:16,908 --> 00:38:19,867 I know. I know, let it out. 494 00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:21,173 It's okay, let it out. 495 00:38:24,524 --> 00:38:26,221 What did this? 496 00:38:28,354 --> 00:38:29,486 I don't know, Kai Li. 497 00:38:30,617 --> 00:38:33,751 But by the Lord's hand... 498 00:38:33,751 --> 00:38:35,709 they will pay. 499 00:38:38,364 --> 00:38:43,195 Millennia ago, you descended upon these wicked grounds 500 00:38:43,195 --> 00:38:46,590 to learn secrets unholy. 501 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:52,378 Now, I shall use those very secrets to give you life again. 502 00:38:52,378 --> 00:38:57,644 Then, together, we will usher Iog-Sotha into this reality! 503 00:39:00,430 --> 00:39:03,346 Daitya! You come in good time. 504 00:39:04,390 --> 00:39:06,305 Etrigan... 505 00:39:06,305 --> 00:39:08,481 Indeed. 506 00:39:08,481 --> 00:39:13,094 I furnished a demon to take your place in your bottle prison, Djinn. 507 00:39:13,094 --> 00:39:18,752 Now, you must honor your end of our bargain before returning to hell. 508 00:39:18,752 --> 00:39:22,756 Scorch this cursed ground with your wretched hellfire. 509 00:39:53,526 --> 00:39:54,832 Come forth! 510 00:40:09,150 --> 00:40:10,848 My daughter... 511 00:40:11,718 --> 00:40:14,199 He has risen. 512 00:40:16,070 --> 00:40:18,421 Ra's al Ghul has risen! 513 00:40:31,521 --> 00:40:33,827 There are miles of tunnel below this city. 514 00:40:35,350 --> 00:40:37,135 Talia is down here somewhere. 515 00:40:38,397 --> 00:40:40,051 The book you requested, sir. 516 00:40:42,445 --> 00:40:46,797 I would certainly never count myself among the "believers", Master Bruce. 517 00:40:46,797 --> 00:40:51,976 But I have seen enough in my time to at least be wary of the dark arts. 518 00:40:51,976 --> 00:40:55,327 I appreciate the concern, but we don't have time for superstitions. 519 00:40:55,327 --> 00:41:00,506 I only mean perhaps it would be wise to not discount such things out of hand. 520 00:41:00,506 --> 00:41:04,162 I'll admit a lot of what I've seen seems to defy logic. 521 00:41:04,162 --> 00:41:07,687 But I assure you there's a rational explanation behind all of it. 522 00:41:08,427 --> 00:41:09,907 What's this? 523 00:41:09,907 --> 00:41:12,213 "The mausoleum of the serpent?" 524 00:41:12,213 --> 00:41:14,781 "Before humans, there were serpents. 525 00:41:14,781 --> 00:41:17,784 "Masters of an ancient black magic. 526 00:41:17,784 --> 00:41:23,224 "In what would be 2000 B.C., a dark priest, Ra's al Ghul, 527 00:41:23,224 --> 00:41:26,184 "uncovered the ruins of their unholy grounds. 528 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:30,275 "Using necromantic arts, he wrested their secrets from them... 529 00:41:30,275 --> 00:41:33,887 "The nature of the cosmos was his to wield. 530 00:41:33,887 --> 00:41:37,456 "Yet, Ra's' one true desire was to serve his master... 531 00:41:38,413 --> 00:41:40,590 Iog-Sotha. 532 00:41:40,590 --> 00:41:44,942 And to bring his dark 'outer god' into our reality." 533 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:48,336 Outer gods? 534 00:41:48,336 --> 00:41:50,077 All myth, Alfred. 535 00:41:50,077 --> 00:41:52,079 Then of what use is this to us? 536 00:41:52,079 --> 00:41:54,212 If you look at any myth hard enough, 537 00:41:54,212 --> 00:41:56,257 you'll find the remnants of fact underneath. 538 00:41:59,652 --> 00:42:00,697 Aklo. 539 00:42:01,698 --> 00:42:03,351 I'm sorry, sir... 540 00:42:03,351 --> 00:42:04,570 Aklo? 541 00:42:04,570 --> 00:42:06,485 The tick marks in that etching. 542 00:42:06,485 --> 00:42:08,618 It's an ancient system of writing... 543 00:42:08,618 --> 00:42:10,054 Aklo. 544 00:42:10,054 --> 00:42:13,013 They're not ticks. They're coordinates. 545 00:42:13,013 --> 00:42:15,015 Facts. 546 00:42:15,015 --> 00:42:19,629 Is it possible this mausoleum is located somewhere beneath Gotham? 547 00:42:19,629 --> 00:42:23,328 I'm going to find out. Check to see if our compound is ready. 548 00:42:28,028 --> 00:42:34,034 For a million, million years, Iog-Sotha has longed for this planet. 549 00:42:34,034 --> 00:42:39,562 He howls and scrapes at a door he can never open. 550 00:42:39,562 --> 00:42:44,741 Now, we shall descend into the unholy chamber of the serpents 551 00:42:44,741 --> 00:42:48,571 and invoke the ceremony that will show us this door. 552 00:42:55,229 --> 00:42:58,145 You can't open a door without a key. 553 00:43:08,199 --> 00:43:10,418 Oh, heavens, not again. 554 00:43:12,943 --> 00:43:16,120 Wayne residence and I assure you, Mr. Wayne is still... 555 00:43:17,425 --> 00:43:20,124 Oh, Chief Gordon. My apologies, sir. 556 00:43:20,124 --> 00:43:23,301 I thought it was your... I thought it was a wrong number. 557 00:43:25,564 --> 00:43:26,434 My Lord... 558 00:43:28,698 --> 00:43:32,615 Yes, of course. If Mr. Queen could look after Kai Li for the time being, 559 00:43:33,877 --> 00:43:35,879 it would be most appreciated. 560 00:43:35,879 --> 00:43:40,318 And the moment he returns, I... I shall inform Mr. Wayne. 561 00:43:45,671 --> 00:43:51,329 O thou Gog, O thou Gog, 562 00:43:56,639 --> 00:44:00,991 O Kore... O Persephone... 563 00:44:02,079 --> 00:44:06,474 O Amagaaa, Iog Sotha, 564 00:44:06,474 --> 00:44:11,915 Darkness out of time, show us your door so that 565 00:44:11,915 --> 00:44:17,007 we may partake in this holy purpose and finally-- 566 00:44:25,363 --> 00:44:28,235 What manner of insolent worm is this? 567 00:44:28,235 --> 00:44:30,977 Continue the incantation, Father. 568 00:44:30,977 --> 00:44:34,198 We will deal with the interloper. 569 00:45:03,793 --> 00:45:05,969 You destroyed him. 570 00:45:05,969 --> 00:45:08,493 What magic is this? 571 00:45:08,493 --> 00:45:12,018 Not magic. Chlorine concentrate. 572 00:45:12,758 --> 00:45:13,977 Very well. 573 00:45:19,765 --> 00:45:23,421 My, you are a quick study. 574 00:45:23,421 --> 00:45:26,163 I suppose I'll have to dispose of you intimately. 575 00:45:52,885 --> 00:45:55,018 Etrigan... 576 00:45:59,022 --> 00:46:01,720 That's enough, Ra's. 577 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:07,247 Whoever you really are and whatever your game is, it's over. 578 00:46:10,163 --> 00:46:13,079 Indeed, it is over... 579 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:18,389 Over for you. 580 00:46:21,348 --> 00:46:23,655 The ritual is complete. 581 00:46:29,879 --> 00:46:33,708 Reptiles once ruled this earth! 582 00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:37,974 And now, they return with a plague that will lead us to the door! 583 00:46:39,236 --> 00:46:41,020 To Iog-Sotha! 584 00:47:15,533 --> 00:47:18,144 Extra, extra! Gotham knee-deep in lizards! 585 00:47:21,321 --> 00:47:23,976 Thank you! Thank you. 586 00:47:23,976 --> 00:47:28,024 When elected, this infestation will be my first priority. 587 00:47:28,024 --> 00:47:32,245 I refuse to let this be another scar on the face of our proud, beautiful city. 588 00:47:32,245 --> 00:47:34,247 - Yes, Harvey! - I say enough! 589 00:48:18,683 --> 00:48:21,425 The thing is coming. 590 00:48:21,425 --> 00:48:24,645 Today we will only show you... 591 00:48:24,645 --> 00:48:27,735 Show you the shape of the thing, 592 00:48:27,735 --> 00:48:31,957 for to gaze upon it is to invite madness! 593 00:48:34,133 --> 00:48:38,746 And though your mind may force itself to forget what it sees, 594 00:48:38,746 --> 00:48:45,884 the mark of madness it leaves behind is yours for eternity. 595 00:48:45,884 --> 00:48:50,454 The only thing that can stop it is the Bat. 596 00:48:50,454 --> 00:48:53,500 The only thing that can stop it... 597 00:48:55,807 --> 00:48:58,070 ...is you! 598 00:48:58,070 --> 00:49:00,681 I... remember... 599 00:49:16,654 --> 00:49:17,481 Father... 600 00:49:25,532 --> 00:49:28,318 And this just in, it's official, 601 00:49:28,318 --> 00:49:31,016 Harvey Dent is our next mayor! 602 00:49:31,016 --> 00:49:34,150 And in light of the sudden and miraculous disappearance of the still-inexplicable 603 00:49:34,150 --> 00:49:38,023 reptile infestation, one has to believe that his victory is a sign 604 00:49:38,023 --> 00:49:42,071 that Harvey Dent is, indeed, our city's gateway to hope. 605 00:49:42,071 --> 00:49:44,247 We've endured so much together. 606 00:49:44,247 --> 00:49:46,945 As Mayor, I promise this will be a shining new era for Gotham. 607 00:49:48,816 --> 00:49:53,343 Iog-Sotha has spoken. Dent is the door. 608 00:49:53,343 --> 00:49:58,043 Then all that remains is to retrieve the key. 609 00:49:58,043 --> 00:50:02,569 - Masters, I told you. I know of no key. - Imbecile! 610 00:50:02,569 --> 00:50:07,792 You found Yib Nogeroth, son of Iog-Sotha, in the ice! 611 00:50:07,792 --> 00:50:11,535 Though he sleeps, he carried out his father's will... 612 00:50:12,666 --> 00:50:16,714 And planted his seed in you. 613 00:50:16,714 --> 00:50:20,152 Oh, of course! The gift within me! 614 00:50:20,152 --> 00:50:23,068 This is the key! Tell me, how may I give-- 615 00:50:47,875 --> 00:50:53,055 Iog-Sotha! Make this gift a new vessel. 616 00:50:54,143 --> 00:50:56,058 The agent of your delivery! 617 00:50:57,885 --> 00:50:58,930 Dent. 618 00:51:03,413 --> 00:51:04,414 Doom... 619 00:51:06,155 --> 00:51:08,505 Doom... 620 00:51:08,505 --> 00:51:13,205 The great doom is coming. It's at the doorstep... 621 00:51:13,205 --> 00:51:17,818 He hasn't moved from this spot nor so much as spoken to me since I found him. 622 00:51:17,818 --> 00:51:21,344 Not even after you told him about misters Todd and Grayson? 623 00:51:21,344 --> 00:51:23,215 Particularly after, I'm afraid. 624 00:51:23,215 --> 00:51:26,088 Alfred, it's time to call Hugo. 625 00:51:26,088 --> 00:51:27,480 The staff at Arkham can help. 626 00:51:56,248 --> 00:51:58,163 Congrats, Mr. Mayor! 627 00:51:58,163 --> 00:52:01,166 Thanks, Pete. But I only just got the job. 628 00:52:01,166 --> 00:52:03,081 Now, time to see if i can deliver. 629 00:52:03,081 --> 00:52:07,390 I'm sure you will. The people have every faith in you. 630 00:52:08,347 --> 00:52:09,261 Thank you, ma'am. 631 00:52:12,351 --> 00:52:13,526 I won't let you down. 632 00:52:34,504 --> 00:52:38,856 You know, kiddo, I had three locks put on that door for a reason. 633 00:52:38,856 --> 00:52:40,640 Sorry, I guess curiosity. 634 00:52:42,642 --> 00:52:43,643 What the... 635 00:52:45,079 --> 00:52:47,038 Mr. Queen? 636 00:52:47,038 --> 00:52:48,648 What is all this? 637 00:52:48,648 --> 00:52:52,870 Very soon, a great evil will befall Gotham. 638 00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:54,524 It's up to me to defeat it. 639 00:52:55,351 --> 00:52:58,092 Uh-huh. I see. 640 00:52:58,092 --> 00:53:00,399 And how's that? 641 00:53:00,399 --> 00:53:02,009 Have you forgotten? 642 00:53:02,009 --> 00:53:05,839 "The sins of the Father are heaped upon the son." 643 00:53:05,839 --> 00:53:10,627 No man is guilty of more sin than my father. 644 00:53:10,627 --> 00:53:17,199 As impossible as it seems, Henry Queen was over 300 years old. 645 00:53:17,199 --> 00:53:20,854 As it goes, the cur made a pact with the devil. 646 00:53:21,942 --> 00:53:25,076 Over time it drove him mad. 647 00:53:25,076 --> 00:53:28,166 By the end, there was no vile deed 648 00:53:28,166 --> 00:53:30,864 the wretched bastard would refuse. 649 00:53:30,864 --> 00:53:37,219 Including the cold-blooded murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. 650 00:53:37,219 --> 00:53:41,919 He told me of this unholy act perpetrated centuries ago. 651 00:53:41,919 --> 00:53:47,185 An act so wicked, so foul, it stirred this thing 652 00:53:47,185 --> 00:53:50,667 that would one day destroy Gotham. 653 00:53:50,667 --> 00:53:55,585 So, in turn, I vowed to undo each of those sins. 654 00:53:55,585 --> 00:53:59,937 I set about preparing to face this impending doom he warned of. 655 00:53:59,937 --> 00:54:02,592 Testing myself against deadly beasts. 656 00:54:02,592 --> 00:54:05,159 Collecting all manner of holy weapons. 657 00:54:05,159 --> 00:54:07,423 Like these four arrows. 658 00:54:07,423 --> 00:54:11,078 Stained with the very blood of St. Sebastian himself. 659 00:54:12,863 --> 00:54:14,865 Uh, listen, Mr. Queen, sir-- 660 00:54:15,561 --> 00:54:17,302 You should go. 661 00:54:17,302 --> 00:54:19,826 This thing knows who I am. 662 00:54:19,826 --> 00:54:22,351 Surely, it will come for me. 663 00:54:22,351 --> 00:54:26,485 Though, I've enjoyed your company, it's best you not be here when it does. 664 00:54:36,234 --> 00:54:37,061 The door... 665 00:54:38,410 --> 00:54:41,457 The doorway to our reality. Where? 666 00:54:41,457 --> 00:54:44,329 How is it you do not yet realize? 667 00:54:44,329 --> 00:54:50,814 Though you once feared them, only the bats know the way to salvation. 668 00:54:50,814 --> 00:54:54,339 You must accept as I have. 669 00:54:54,339 --> 00:54:56,776 - Only they will tell-- - Damn it! 670 00:54:57,777 --> 00:54:59,475 We're running out of time! 671 00:54:59,475 --> 00:55:03,043 Why don't you tell me what the bats say! 672 00:55:03,043 --> 00:55:05,742 You said they speak to you, right? 673 00:55:05,742 --> 00:55:07,047 They surround you. 674 00:55:08,397 --> 00:55:09,223 You... 675 00:55:11,791 --> 00:55:14,359 The spirit wrapped in bats. 676 00:55:14,359 --> 00:55:15,926 Mr. Wayne. 677 00:55:15,926 --> 00:55:17,710 It's Oliver. I think he's... 678 00:55:19,886 --> 00:55:22,541 lost his mind. 679 00:55:22,541 --> 00:55:25,675 Alfred told me to leave you alone because you weren't well. But... 680 00:55:29,156 --> 00:55:33,160 Golly, did he hold out cheap. 681 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:36,816 Listen, sir. I don't understand what's going on, 682 00:55:36,816 --> 00:55:38,340 but I can tell it's bad. 683 00:55:38,905 --> 00:55:40,385 Real bad. 684 00:55:40,385 --> 00:55:41,691 And whatever it is... 685 00:55:42,605 --> 00:55:45,521 Dick and Sanjay... 686 00:55:45,521 --> 00:55:47,827 Now, something's wrong with Oliver. 687 00:55:47,827 --> 00:55:50,482 He's dressed as a knight and going on and on about a doom that is coming. 688 00:55:53,746 --> 00:55:55,400 Poison ivy, Mayor Dent. 689 00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,402 Oh! 690 00:55:57,402 --> 00:56:00,318 Come now. I haven't been out of the city in months, Dr. West. 691 00:56:00,318 --> 00:56:02,538 Well, then, it's stress. 692 00:56:02,538 --> 00:56:05,628 You have had a demanding week, Harv. 693 00:56:05,628 --> 00:56:08,718 Now, find some time to relax. Oh, and... 694 00:56:08,718 --> 00:56:11,547 For Pete's sake, man! Don't scratch it! 695 00:56:11,547 --> 00:56:14,419 It'll just get infected. Here. 696 00:56:14,419 --> 00:56:15,507 Use this. 697 00:56:21,513 --> 00:56:25,952 Lord, grant me the strength to destroy the thing that is coming. 698 00:56:33,482 --> 00:56:34,961 Oh, hello. 699 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,793 Why, we were just talking about you. 700 00:56:49,889 --> 00:56:51,717 Thank goodness! 701 00:56:51,717 --> 00:56:53,893 If I'd killed you that easily, there'd have been no sport. 702 00:57:43,029 --> 00:57:43,856 Bruce? 703 00:57:45,031 --> 00:57:46,032 Nice outfit. 704 00:57:47,469 --> 00:57:48,600 You, too. 705 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:50,210 Eh, showmanship. 706 00:57:55,085 --> 00:57:56,782 You look awful. 707 00:57:57,957 --> 00:57:59,829 Oh! Easy, kid. 708 00:57:59,829 --> 00:58:03,485 At this point, they're all that's holding me together. 709 00:58:04,834 --> 00:58:06,923 But good news... 710 00:58:10,492 --> 00:58:14,060 And without using any of St. Sebastian's arrows. 711 00:58:15,845 --> 00:58:17,977 Told you no fauna could best me. 712 00:58:21,981 --> 00:58:24,723 Kai Li. Give us a minute. 713 00:58:34,254 --> 00:58:35,821 I thought I could stop it, Bruce. 714 00:58:35,821 --> 00:58:38,258 This thing... 715 00:58:38,258 --> 00:58:41,087 Thought I was ready, but nothing could prepare... 716 00:58:41,087 --> 00:58:44,830 I know, Oliver. More than you realize. 717 00:58:47,354 --> 00:58:48,181 Bruce... 718 00:58:51,141 --> 00:58:52,969 Something I must confess... 719 00:58:54,318 --> 00:58:56,625 It's weighed on me for years... 720 00:58:56,625 --> 00:58:59,889 Old friend, my father... 721 00:59:02,413 --> 00:59:05,242 I'm so sorry, Bruce... My father, he... 722 00:59:05,242 --> 00:59:08,637 Did what he did. 723 00:59:08,637 --> 00:59:13,337 You did nothing but live as a good man. 724 00:59:14,686 --> 00:59:16,079 That's all that matters. 725 00:59:16,079 --> 00:59:17,863 I hope you're right, Brucey... 726 00:59:19,125 --> 00:59:21,606 For both our sake. 727 00:59:21,606 --> 00:59:24,566 The bloodline can never escape the stain: 728 00:59:25,567 --> 00:59:27,917 The sins of the father. 729 01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:11,700 Whoever you are, please... 730 01:00:13,005 --> 01:00:15,225 kill me. 731 01:00:15,225 --> 01:00:17,227 Do not despair. 732 01:00:17,923 --> 01:00:19,403 The end is near. 733 01:00:20,796 --> 01:00:23,494 But you have a little more to do. 734 01:00:36,594 --> 01:00:39,597 It's not your fault, Mr. Wayne. 735 01:00:39,597 --> 01:00:42,339 Talking dead folks, reptile plagues, plant monsters, 736 01:00:42,339 --> 01:00:45,168 it's not... natural. 737 01:00:49,694 --> 01:00:51,827 No one could have seen this coming. 738 01:00:51,827 --> 01:00:53,785 I should have. 739 01:00:53,785 --> 01:00:56,483 The signs were there. 740 01:00:56,483 --> 01:01:02,272 I refused to heed them because they didn't align with what I deemed to be rational. 741 01:01:02,272 --> 01:01:07,059 - This thing, it is coming, huh? - Soon. 742 01:01:07,059 --> 01:01:08,626 And I don't know how. 743 01:01:08,626 --> 01:01:11,585 But only I can stop it. 744 01:01:11,585 --> 01:01:14,588 With all due respect, sir, Oliver said the same thing. 745 01:01:14,588 --> 01:01:15,981 And now he's dead. 746 01:01:15,981 --> 01:01:18,375 He died trying to do what was right. 747 01:01:18,375 --> 01:01:21,987 He died because he thought he owed the world for whatever insanity his dad-- 748 01:01:21,987 --> 01:01:26,383 - Oliver believed the sins of the father-- - Are heaped upon the son. 749 01:01:26,383 --> 01:01:28,124 Yeah, I know that verse. 750 01:01:28,124 --> 01:01:30,256 But don't forget Ezekiel 18, 751 01:01:30,256 --> 01:01:32,128 "The son will not share the guilt of the father, 752 01:01:32,128 --> 01:01:34,391 nor will the father share the guilt of the son." 753 01:01:34,391 --> 01:01:37,786 My point is, you don't have to do this. 754 01:01:37,786 --> 01:01:40,005 You can leave. We can leave. 755 01:01:40,005 --> 01:01:43,052 Get a new ship and go anywhere else. 756 01:01:43,052 --> 01:01:46,229 You don't owe this city anything. 757 01:01:46,229 --> 01:01:49,667 Most people, if they see a house on fire, 758 01:01:49,667 --> 01:01:53,410 would run and call for help once they're out of harm's way. 759 01:01:53,410 --> 01:01:56,805 While others, very few others 760 01:01:56,805 --> 01:02:00,504 would run right into that house and try to save those who are trapped inside. 761 01:02:01,984 --> 01:02:05,248 The moment I found you, 762 01:02:05,248 --> 01:02:09,643 my every instinct told me which one of those two people you were. 763 01:02:12,342 --> 01:02:18,087 Doom or not, Kai Li, Gotham is a city on fire. 764 01:02:18,087 --> 01:02:21,960 It needs those who are willing to run into the inferno. 765 01:02:24,484 --> 01:02:27,705 Bruce Wayne, there you are. 766 01:02:27,705 --> 01:02:29,925 Was there something you wanted, Jim? 767 01:02:29,925 --> 01:02:33,929 Eh, no. Yes, actually. 768 01:02:33,929 --> 01:02:37,889 First, deeply sorry about your boys. My condolences. 769 01:02:37,889 --> 01:02:39,717 I assure you my best men are on the... 770 01:02:41,153 --> 01:02:43,939 I'm here on behalf of my daughter. 771 01:02:43,939 --> 01:02:47,116 - Barbara? - She said she's been trying to reach you. 772 01:02:47,116 --> 01:02:48,595 I'm sure you've heard about her-- 773 01:02:48,595 --> 01:02:51,337 Accident a few years back. Yes. 774 01:02:51,337 --> 01:02:53,687 Poor thing. She hasn't been the same. 775 01:02:53,687 --> 01:02:55,385 Wait a minute. Barbara? 776 01:02:55,385 --> 01:02:57,648 Barbara Gordon? The oracle, right? 777 01:02:57,648 --> 01:02:59,476 I read about her in spiritualism monthly! 778 01:02:59,476 --> 01:03:04,873 Yes, I suppose Barbara has developed something... 779 01:03:04,873 --> 01:03:06,875 of a reputation in certain circles. 780 01:03:06,875 --> 01:03:09,529 And she says she needs to speak to me. 781 01:03:09,529 --> 01:03:11,880 Not her, exactly. 782 01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:13,446 - One of her-- - Ghosts! 783 01:03:15,274 --> 01:03:18,451 She said you'd know who. Do you? 784 01:03:19,365 --> 01:03:21,019 I don't. 785 01:03:21,019 --> 01:03:25,284 Bruce, I realize it's an unusual request. But it seemed... 786 01:03:25,284 --> 01:03:28,679 so very urgent to my Barbara and it would... 787 01:03:28,679 --> 01:03:32,117 - It would mean a lot to me. - Tell her I'll see her tonight. 788 01:03:32,117 --> 01:03:35,729 - Okay. But visiting hours are-- - Tonight! 789 01:03:44,738 --> 01:03:47,654 Do you think the Oracle will know how to stop this thing? 790 01:03:47,654 --> 01:03:51,658 Not the Oracle, but the spirit wrapped in flames. 791 01:03:53,747 --> 01:03:55,097 It's time. 792 01:04:11,896 --> 01:04:13,637 I can't let you leave. 793 01:04:13,637 --> 01:04:16,074 That's not your decision. 794 01:04:16,074 --> 01:04:19,121 You're not well. What's happening to you? 795 01:04:20,122 --> 01:04:22,472 What needs to happen. 796 01:04:22,472 --> 01:04:25,562 I can't pretend to know exactly what I'm about to face. 797 01:04:26,955 --> 01:04:30,915 But I do know that I must face it. 798 01:04:30,915 --> 01:04:34,919 This is what I was meant to do. 799 01:04:34,919 --> 01:04:36,878 - Bruce... - Please, Alfred. 800 01:04:39,358 --> 01:04:40,969 I haven't much time. 801 01:04:44,798 --> 01:04:47,410 Very well then, Master Bruce. 802 01:04:47,410 --> 01:04:49,891 If time is of the essence as you say... 803 01:04:53,851 --> 01:04:56,245 may I suggest taking the car? 804 01:05:04,209 --> 01:05:06,646 You're in charge of the wine cellar, now. 805 01:05:07,996 --> 01:05:09,693 You're not coming back? 806 01:05:23,228 --> 01:05:25,056 Goodbye... 807 01:05:25,056 --> 01:05:26,275 Son. 808 01:05:27,319 --> 01:05:29,800 Goodbye, Alfred. 809 01:06:01,397 --> 01:06:03,965 I'm glad you accepted my invitation. 810 01:06:03,965 --> 01:06:09,796 Although I suppose is should concern me you're able to break into this place so easily. 811 01:06:09,796 --> 01:06:13,061 No offense, but I'd say the greater concern would be 812 01:06:13,061 --> 01:06:16,238 Arkham's ability to keep those from breaking out. 813 01:06:16,238 --> 01:06:19,023 Oh, it's not so bad in here, Bruce. 814 01:06:19,023 --> 01:06:21,504 Three squares. Good company. 815 01:06:21,504 --> 01:06:25,464 A complete absence of unnecessary pity from loved ones. 816 01:06:26,857 --> 01:06:29,207 Besides, if you saw as I do, 817 01:06:29,207 --> 01:06:33,385 you'd take the insanity within these walls over the true madness out there. 818 01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:35,822 Perhaps you're right. 819 01:06:36,562 --> 01:06:38,825 So, a bat, huh? 820 01:06:40,827 --> 01:06:43,221 Interesting creatures, aren't they? 821 01:06:43,221 --> 01:06:47,225 Funny how one little winged rodent can mean so many different things 822 01:06:47,225 --> 01:06:50,402 to so many different people. 823 01:06:50,402 --> 01:06:55,233 If you ask me, it's all about their uncanny ability to maneuver in the dark. 824 01:06:55,233 --> 01:07:00,369 Like they embody a perception of the things that can't be seen. 825 01:07:00,369 --> 01:07:04,373 So, let me ask you. What do they mean to you, Bruce? 826 01:07:04,373 --> 01:07:06,331 Why a bat? 827 01:07:06,331 --> 01:07:10,857 Bats inspire fear, and criminals are superstitious and-- 828 01:07:10,857 --> 01:07:12,903 Cowardly lot, sure. 829 01:07:12,903 --> 01:07:15,166 I figured that's what you'd say. 830 01:07:15,166 --> 01:07:16,994 But is that really why? 831 01:07:18,474 --> 01:07:20,476 Well, something to think about, I guess. 832 01:07:20,476 --> 01:07:24,219 Okay, then, down to business and the reason you've come. 833 01:07:24,219 --> 01:07:26,221 Do you know with whom you need to speak? 834 01:07:26,221 --> 01:07:30,573 I wish to speak to the spirit wrapped in flames. 835 01:07:30,573 --> 01:07:32,879 But you don't know who this spirit is? 836 01:07:34,011 --> 01:07:35,882 Only that it burns in hell. 837 01:07:37,536 --> 01:07:39,712 And you're sure you want to do this? 838 01:07:39,712 --> 01:07:42,672 It's not a question of want, Barbara. 839 01:07:49,635 --> 01:07:54,118 Spirit we seek, I surrender myself. 840 01:07:54,118 --> 01:07:58,122 Body and soul, come to us now. 841 01:07:58,122 --> 01:08:00,211 Come to us now. 842 01:08:00,211 --> 01:08:02,822 Come to us now! 843 01:08:08,350 --> 01:08:09,742 Father? 844 01:08:10,743 --> 01:08:11,962 It can't be. 845 01:08:13,833 --> 01:08:15,705 Hello, Bruce. 846 01:08:15,705 --> 01:08:17,054 What is this? 847 01:08:17,054 --> 01:08:18,838 It's me, son. 848 01:08:18,838 --> 01:08:22,103 And I am so, so sorry. 849 01:08:22,103 --> 01:08:25,541 Believe me, I wanted to tell you this when you were old enough. 850 01:08:25,541 --> 01:08:28,500 But not like this. Not here. 851 01:08:28,500 --> 01:08:30,546 Tell me what? 852 01:08:30,546 --> 01:08:34,985 I, Thomas Wayne, was born in 1585 853 01:08:34,985 --> 01:08:39,250 and was among the first colonies to venture to the new world. 854 01:08:39,250 --> 01:08:45,169 I and others founded the settlement that would one day become Gotham. 855 01:08:45,169 --> 01:08:49,608 Lo, but those first years were unforgiving. 856 01:08:49,608 --> 01:08:53,395 The Land penurious. The winters, harsh, indeed. 857 01:08:54,831 --> 01:08:57,921 We were dying. 858 01:08:57,921 --> 01:09:04,232 Until, one among us, Oswald Cobblepot, discovered what was buried 859 01:09:04,232 --> 01:09:07,365 under the earth beneath our land. 860 01:09:07,365 --> 01:09:11,108 Myself, Bartly Langstrom, and Henry Queen 861 01:09:11,108 --> 01:09:14,242 followed Cobblepot into an ungodly place. 862 01:09:16,418 --> 01:09:19,899 He showed us the ancient book he'd found there. 863 01:09:21,162 --> 01:09:25,078 A book steeped in malevolence. 864 01:09:25,078 --> 01:09:31,346 Call it despair, call it desperation, call it perhaps, even greed, 865 01:09:31,346 --> 01:09:34,131 but we four read from this book 866 01:09:34,131 --> 01:09:38,309 and performed its ceremonies most vile. 867 01:09:38,309 --> 01:09:42,487 Shame of which would last eons. 868 01:09:42,487 --> 01:09:47,405 But, alas our settlement had been saved, flourished even. 869 01:09:47,405 --> 01:09:52,236 And not only did the four of us prosper beyond our wildest dreams, 870 01:09:52,236 --> 01:09:56,371 we'd been gifted apparent life eternal. 871 01:09:56,371 --> 01:09:59,548 In time, it was nearly as if we'd forgotten the events 872 01:09:59,548 --> 01:10:03,595 of that despicable night ever occurred. 873 01:10:03,595 --> 01:10:05,945 It however did not forget us. 874 01:10:05,945 --> 01:10:09,862 For centuries later, we would learn that the malevolence 875 01:10:09,862 --> 01:10:14,215 we bore that fateful night awoke him. 876 01:10:14,215 --> 01:10:16,565 Iog Sotha. 877 01:10:16,565 --> 01:10:20,482 It was our wretchedness that drew the thing to the threshold of our reality. 878 01:10:21,483 --> 01:10:24,790 You... called him forth. 879 01:10:24,790 --> 01:10:31,232 Knowing what we'd done, truly done, drove Bartly Langstrom to suicide. 880 01:10:31,232 --> 01:10:34,278 Oswald Cobblepot to the ends of the earth. 881 01:10:34,278 --> 01:10:39,283 And Henry Queen to... 882 01:10:39,283 --> 01:10:45,289 Well, worst yet, the curse lays the burden of undoing our misdeeds 883 01:10:45,289 --> 01:10:47,422 upon our children. 884 01:10:47,422 --> 01:10:50,207 The sins of the father are heaped upon the son. 885 01:10:51,469 --> 01:10:53,384 Yes. 886 01:10:53,384 --> 01:10:57,823 That's why Kirk Langstrom and Oliver both tried-- 887 01:10:57,823 --> 01:10:59,912 But it's not too late, son. 888 01:10:59,912 --> 01:11:02,088 You can stop this thing. 889 01:11:02,088 --> 01:11:04,613 Iog Sotha has not yet entered our realm. 890 01:11:04,613 --> 01:11:07,920 You must find the door before it fully opens. 891 01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:09,444 How? 892 01:11:09,444 --> 01:11:11,881 By becoming what you truly are. 893 01:11:11,881 --> 01:11:18,322 In coming to see me, you've accepted a world beyond reason and science. 894 01:11:18,322 --> 01:11:23,109 But you must embrace it. You must seek communion... 895 01:11:23,109 --> 01:11:24,676 with them. 896 01:11:28,027 --> 01:11:29,246 The bats. 897 01:11:35,426 --> 01:11:37,341 Thank you, Barbara. 898 01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:40,475 Thank you. 899 01:12:22,908 --> 01:12:25,911 You have returned. 900 01:12:25,911 --> 01:12:31,047 It is time for Iog Sotha. 901 01:12:31,047 --> 01:12:34,616 Only the bat can face him. 902 01:12:34,616 --> 01:12:39,708 You understand what that means now, yes? 903 01:12:39,708 --> 01:12:42,188 I do. At last. 904 01:12:42,188 --> 01:12:45,844 You are prepared for this sacrifice? 905 01:12:46,802 --> 01:12:48,847 I am. 906 01:12:48,847 --> 01:12:54,418 Then now, you are one of us. 907 01:12:54,418 --> 01:12:58,770 Just tell me where to find the thing. 908 01:12:58,770 --> 01:13:01,817 Where it began. 909 01:13:29,497 --> 01:13:31,237 Harvey... 910 01:13:36,460 --> 01:13:38,419 Poison Ivy, I'm told. 911 01:13:40,203 --> 01:13:42,118 Considering a second opinion. 912 01:13:44,860 --> 01:13:46,078 Bruce? 913 01:13:47,993 --> 01:13:50,126 You take care of yourself, huh? 914 01:13:52,563 --> 01:13:54,304 You too, Harv. 915 01:13:56,654 --> 01:13:58,308 I'll see you soon. 916 01:14:56,888 --> 01:14:58,150 Forgive me, boys. 917 01:15:53,249 --> 01:15:54,642 Thank God. 918 01:15:54,642 --> 01:15:56,600 Kick their ass, Bruce. 919 01:16:40,731 --> 01:16:46,041 Iog Sotha! I feel your power. 920 01:16:47,172 --> 01:16:48,826 Yes! 921 01:17:46,623 --> 01:17:51,846 I'd rather like to think that under different circumstances, we'd be allies... 922 01:17:51,846 --> 01:17:53,717 Friends, perhaps. 923 01:18:00,768 --> 01:18:02,291 Argh! 924 01:18:07,992 --> 01:18:10,560 My friends have a bad habit of dying. 925 01:18:23,399 --> 01:18:25,618 It's just you and me now. 926 01:18:30,101 --> 01:18:32,974 You fool. This thing... 927 01:18:32,974 --> 01:18:37,500 This thing is beyond your human comprehension. 928 01:18:46,944 --> 01:18:48,337 Behold! 929 01:18:51,253 --> 01:18:56,649 For even to gaze upon it is to incur madness! 930 01:19:00,871 --> 01:19:02,917 I've seen it. 931 01:19:11,839 --> 01:19:13,536 Do you not see? 932 01:19:15,364 --> 01:19:17,409 The deed is done. 933 01:19:23,154 --> 01:19:25,200 I am him. 934 01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:31,032 Born of the nameless mist, progenitor of Yib Nogeroth, 935 01:19:31,032 --> 01:19:34,339 Hastur the unspeakable... 936 01:19:38,822 --> 01:19:41,390 and Cthulhu himself! 937 01:19:52,096 --> 01:19:53,837 Die! 938 01:19:53,837 --> 01:19:59,930 For soon all that lives shall follow thee into hell! 939 01:20:08,286 --> 01:20:12,856 Humanity shall be wiped from the earth! 940 01:20:12,856 --> 01:20:15,380 What is that? 941 01:20:22,431 --> 01:20:29,046 To prevail in this, Bruce Wayne must die and through death become himself. 942 01:20:29,046 --> 01:20:32,615 The bloodline can never escape the stain of sin... 943 01:20:34,660 --> 01:20:36,140 Why a bat? 944 01:20:38,360 --> 01:20:41,580 The bats know the way to salvation. 945 01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:47,064 You must embrace it. 946 01:20:47,064 --> 01:20:51,503 Now! You are now one of us. 947 01:21:04,865 --> 01:21:06,431 You're still alive? 948 01:21:09,739 --> 01:21:12,002 Not alive. 949 01:21:12,002 --> 01:21:13,830 Not anymore. 950 01:21:14,613 --> 01:21:16,702 What are you? 951 01:21:16,702 --> 01:21:20,141 I am Batman! 952 01:21:55,176 --> 01:21:56,655 Yes! 953 01:23:25,570 --> 01:23:27,964 Etrigan... 954 01:23:49,420 --> 01:23:51,118 Well done. 955 01:23:51,118 --> 01:23:53,250 The ledger is clear. 956 01:23:53,250 --> 01:23:57,907 Now take your leave, whilst I do my damage here. 957 01:24:02,868 --> 01:24:05,480 You must seek out two spirits. 958 01:24:05,480 --> 01:24:09,745 One wrapped in bats, the other in flames. 959 01:24:12,095 --> 01:24:15,838 A price is to be paid for your dark reign 960 01:24:15,838 --> 01:24:20,495 and so here for eternity in this hell you remain! 961 01:24:26,022 --> 01:24:28,590 Bruce Wayne must die... 962 01:24:28,590 --> 01:24:31,636 and through death, become himself. 963 01:24:44,519 --> 01:24:51,047 Before it can be truly saved, Gotham must be burned to the ground. 964 01:25:34,395 --> 01:25:38,703 Though this disaster struck only months ago, 965 01:25:38,703 --> 01:25:42,185 the Bruce Wayne memorial foundation has already begun to rebuild. 966 01:25:44,187 --> 01:25:47,451 A better Gotham is in reach. 967 01:25:47,451 --> 01:25:52,064 And we'd like to dedicate this effort to two dear friends of Mr. Wayne 968 01:25:52,064 --> 01:25:54,980 and of Gotham itself, 969 01:25:54,980 --> 01:25:58,636 The honorable Harvey Dent and Mr. Oliver Queen. 970 01:26:10,257 --> 01:26:16,567 And now, the acting head of the foundation, Ms. Kai Li Cain. 971 01:26:22,530 --> 01:26:24,575 I've not been here long, 972 01:26:24,575 --> 01:26:27,491 but thanks to Bruce, I've come to think of Gotham as home. 973 01:26:28,666 --> 01:26:31,713 In many ways, my first home. 974 01:26:31,713 --> 01:26:34,542 Bruce Wayne had a vision of what Gotham could be. 975 01:26:35,238 --> 01:26:37,240 An ideal. 976 01:26:37,240 --> 01:26:42,680 I promise to do everything within my power and beyond my power 977 01:26:42,680 --> 01:26:47,816 to bring about the realization of Bruce Wayne's dream for a new Gotham City. 978 01:26:47,816 --> 01:26:52,647 Speaking of Bruce, for those of you who knew and loved him, 979 01:26:52,647 --> 01:26:56,955 take comfort in this final thought. 980 01:26:56,955 --> 01:27:03,701 He wasn't always the most forthcoming man, but you could always be sure of two things. 981 01:27:03,701 --> 01:27:08,402 He would do anything for those that he loved, and he was stubborn as hell. 982 01:27:10,012 --> 01:27:12,971 I know Bruce is watching over us. 983 01:27:12,971 --> 01:27:17,585 And something tells me that if we, the people and city that he held so dear, 984 01:27:17,585 --> 01:27:23,982 ever needed him, really needed him, 985 01:27:23,982 --> 01:27:27,464 not even death itself could keep him away.