DEENA: Previously on Powers...
We can't turn his powers off. We can only retard them.
Wolfe was this rock-star philosopher badass.
Wolfe was our teacher.
But you put Wolfe away.
Christian.
WALKER: He went crazy. He killed my friends.
LARRY: Sway. It's a total boost.
DEENA: That's an unregulated powers enhancer.
- My name's Zora. - Zora.
DEENA: Your agent doesn't seem to recognize your dead friend.
KAOTIC CHIC: You are one Powers-pwning motherfucker.
You know what they didn't get right in this game?
No regular people die.
ROYALLE: Retro Girl is not a person.
She is the overexposed image that's been sold to you.
You do what you have to do.
You're coming with us. We are the police, okay?
Enough of this.
They can't take you away from your home.
You know how to get out of here?
Yeah, I do.
(MAN SCREAMING)
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You came back for me.
I thought you forgot me.
I didn't forget.
He ate them.
He fucking ate those people. He fucking ate them.
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
They were hurting me.
I know I shouldn't...
But they've been hurting me for so long.
I just wanted them to stop.
I don't...
I'm not really like this.
(PANTING)
I... This is...
This isn't me. I'm not like this.
See? Better?
I remember things.
Johnny, I'm so sorry.
I never meant to hurt anyone.
She fucked it up.
No, it was me.
I mean, yeah, her standards are impossible to live up to.
Don't get me wrong,
I want to hear as much Retro Girl gossip as I can,
but I meant she fucked it up back there.
You had Calista. She was right there with you.
And that woman, she fucked it up.
Jesus, shit.
Is there anything she won't sell?
(SIGHS)
It's how you make a living.
It's not like being a Power comes with a paycheck.
Not a lot of high-paying jobs you can walk into
just 'cause you can fly
or walk through walls or bench-press five tons.
Yeah, I remember your Trojan ads.
That was my last endorsement deal.
People aren't interested in buying things from someone who's ordinary.
It's not sexy.
Yeah, us ordinary people, we're a sorry bunch.
I know a place.
There'd be no one around to hurt you. No one for you.
You'd be safe.
I have to be there alone?
It gets cold there, and it's dark,
but in the summertime, the light comes.
And you won't believe how many birds are there.
Birds? I like birds.
Unmasking, writing the book,
put me back on the radar for 15 minutes.
Thank fuck Cross came to me when he did.
Is that why you became a cop?
To keep off the convention circuit?
(GRUNTS)
Why did you become a cop?
I mean, besides your dad trying to turn you into the son he never had.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I became a cop because I like helping people.
And I like how, you know, no day's ever the same.
And because my dad raised me to be the son he never had.
But fuck you anyway.
Well, Cross needed a face to sell Powers Division to the voters.
My face had recently become available.
And I was always good at being famous.
So it seemed like a good idea.
Let's get you out of here, huh?
(GRUNTS)
Before we go...
He hurt me so much.
And I am so hungry.
No, no.
No!
No, you're better than that. You're more than that.
(OVER PHONE) Walker, this is Cross.
I'm at the Shaft. Wolfe has escaped containment.
What the fuck?
(SIREN WAILING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
(GUN COCKS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Push the Suppression Unit to Level 9.
No.
WALKER: What happened? Was it Royalle?
Not Royalle. Wolfe broke out of his restraints.
Stage the unit outside his cell.
The lobotomy team went in.
He killed at least one of the guards.
Suppression Unit's being dispatched.
No, keep the unit out.
Walker, it's Triphammer. We have to send in the Unit.
Harley, he'll just eat 'em and get more powerful.
If he's contained, we have time.
We lost the cameras in his cell. We're blind.
WALKER: He's already fed once.
He's too powerful for a Suppression Unit.
Kill me.
I told you to kill me. You couldn't then.
And now?
Not easy to kill.
Not the ones you love.
Leave him alone.
When we lost the cameras in his cell, there was a distortion.
Royalle's power signature.
He didn't free Wolfe, but we think he entered the cell.
I have to know if Wolfe is in his cell or at large.
There are protocols. Send in the Suppression Unit.
(ALARM SOUNDING)
They're coming to hurt me. I need to be strong.
If you're not going to kill me or let me go free, then get out.
(MAN SHOUTING)
(MAN SCREAMING)
(DOOR CLICKS)
Don't move!
Hold it right there!
Stay in position right there.
(GROWLS)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Everything okay?
Ah, it's just my mom.
Oh, um... Does she need you? Should you...
No, no, it's cool. She's just, you know...
No, she's been through a lot,
with your dad and all of that.
It's cool, you know.
Your mom needs you. You should go home.
Okay.
Uh...
I don't know which way to go.
Oh... (CHUCKLES)
Go left and all the way down,
take a right at the van that looks like Godzilla trampled it.
All right, well, later.
Hey, are you going to give me your number or what?
- (TIRES SCREECH) - (SIREN WAILS)
DEENA: Got it. Got it.
What do we do now?
We leave now.
We're packed out there.
I'm the only one working. It'll be a mess.
It doesn't matter. We're not coming back. We're done.
I'm fucked! I fucked it up!
Yeah, we can fix it.
No, no, no, no, Simons. He's awake now.
I fucked up their schedule.
I poked him in his fucking brain too many times,
it made his power work harder to heal him.
I fucked it up!
(MUFFLED DANCE MUSIC)
So we take a break. Recalibrate.
No, no, no, no, we're getting out of here now.
Where's Calista?
You were supposed to collect her.
She wasn't there.
Look, one of me will stay here and shut down the club.
When the girl shows up, I'll take care of her.
She's coming with us.
I'm not gonna leave her behind to fend for herself.
I'll see to the bar.
He's contained on Level 9. All personnel have been pulled out.
Any other Powers housed on his level?
General population starts on Level 8.
What went wrong, Harley?
Powers are like muscles.
The more you use them, the stronger you get.
We scheduled his lobotomies
to minimize the impact on his healing.
So what did you miss?
Bring up the video.
Royalle.
Each distortion lasts about five seconds,
triggered by an electromagnetic pulse at either end.
Go back.
TRIPHAMMER: Each teleport causes just enough distortion
to give him time in the cell, completely unseen by us.
Why didn't he just break Wolfe out?
He's been inflicting more damage on Wolfe.
Causing him to heal faster.
How or why he's doing it, I don't have a fucking clue.
He's been coming in here for months.
It appears so.
And you did not know?
I did not.
I want to show you something.
Well, hey, I know I'm the new guy here,
but shouldn't we be calling some Powers for help?
Yeah.
First name that comes to my mind is Retro Girl.
She's right. We need help.
- No, we don't. - Walker, we can do this ourselves. Come see.
Ourselves? He just ate six people.
If Wolfe gets out...
We can contain him. I have a way.
GIRL: I'll go with you. I love you.
RETRO GIRL: Stop touching me!
- RETRO GIRL: You stupid little girl... - Turn it off.
You need to get in front of this.
Do some interviews, damage control.
I went there to shut him down. I failed.
Anything I say now just restarts the clock on the story.
That's the show, Eva.
But Hurricane Pulp is real,
and that is the only subject that I will address now.
Okay. Fine.
ANNOUNCER: ...Hurricane Pulp is expected to move into this region
within the next 12 hours, prompting a declaration of emergency...
(SIGHS)
WOMAN: The question is, has the iconic Retro Girl passed her prime?
Is she still relevant today?
(BUZZES)
WALKER: This is ridiculous.
- People make mistakes, you know that. - What?
Shit.
(WIND WHOOSHING)
(BEEPING)
We can do it ourselves.
What the fuck's going on?
I call it a Drainer. It takes away their powers.
This is impossible.
How?
That would take more time than we have to explain.
But I will tell you I got the idea from you, Christian.
Before Wolfe drained your powers,
I would have never imagined it could be done.
ROYALLE: I am such a fuck-up.
Don't. Don't say that. That's not you saying that.
Calista, we have to go.
What? I don't wanna go.
We have to go right now.
(GROANS)
You can't keep doing that.
You can’t just grab me and take me somewhere
without telling me where you're going!
You'll be safe here.
- I'll be right back. - You're not leaving me!
I don't have time to explain, Calista.
No! You do not get to abandon me.
Not like your sister. Not like Annabel.
There are four wings on each level,
radiating from the elevator core, which we know is secure.
TRIPHAMMER: Every wing has a central core with four spokes and two cells.
WALKER: We need to clear each wing, spoke by spoke.
If you find Wolfe, you retreat.
You seal him in, and you wait for the rest of us.
We will then try to drive him back into his cell,
where the Drainer will be set up.
As soon as I get it up and running, I'll join the search.
WALKER: Be aggressive. Do not be picky about your targets.
Don't wait for a head shot, he moves too quickly.
Aim for his trunk.
You want to inflict as much damage as quickly as possible.
We need to overwhelm his healing power.
Right. Any chance we could get some fucking
backup with your security guards?
No, we want to minimize Wolfe's targets of opportunity.
If shit gets fucked up,
you don't want him to eat too many people all at once.
He could get too powerful.
So we're portion control.
Yeah, well, fucker's gonna choke on me.
- Got him. - Heads up! He's moving, guys.
(BEEPING)
Hmm, what's he looking for?
He can sense the electricity.
He can... What the fuck?
Go. Go.
The elevator runs off its own generator.
Come on.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)
Whoa!
- (ELECTRICITY POWERING UP) - Okay, we're on backups now.
So what changes down there?
It's generally darker.
Thank you. And?
And the primary seals to Level 8 are down.
So?
Which makes it easier for him to find where the Powers are held.
Jesus.
We'll figure out what to do and where to go.
I promise you that.
But we can never go back there. Never.
What do you mean?
I've made a terrible mistake, Calista.
I've unleashed a monster on the world again.
I don't understand what the hell you're talking about.
I'm talking about Sway. I'm talking about Wolfe.
What? Wolfe? What do you have to do with Wolfe?
I get Sway from Wolfe.
He gives you Sway? But he's in the Shaft.
Sway is Wolfe.
Wolfe has a unique ability
to absorb powers and increase them exponentially.
I thought I could modify it.
I thought I could change it on a molecular level,
ever so slightly.
I thought it would allow people with limited powers
to reach their full potential. I thought...
(CHUCKLES)
It doesn't matter what the fuck I thought.
He's loose now.
He's loose because, for the third time,
I couldn't do what he begged me to do.
Which was what?
Kill him.
He was like a father to me.
I dreamed of killing my father so many times.
I've killed many people.
Without a flicker of regret. But not him.
Not him.
It's not easy to kill the ones you love.
When I have my powers,
the first thing I'm going to do is find my father.
And then I'm going to kill him.
And for every time he laid a fist on my mom,
I Will give him 100.
And I'm not gonna cry. Not a single tear.
I'll join you as soon as I can.
Just make sure that fucking thing works.
Just make sure you follow the fucking plan this time.
I only have one leg left.
- (DOOR CLOSING) - Okay, people. Let's go.
(BUZZES)
Entering Spoke Four.
Copy that.
(BUZZES)
Six months, six months, six months.
Shut up. You're gonna get me killed with you.
(BUZZES)
Seriously? A crossbow?
Took down El Chamuco with it in '98.
I never leave home without it.
(BUZZES)
How much longer, Harley?
Soon.
(BUZZES)
MACK: Been on any dates?
Have you even set up a profile?
- No, I haven't. - So you lied to me.
To get you off my fucking back.
Dude, it has been two years.
(THUDDING)
(BUZZES)
Phew.
- Clear. - (BUZZES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Clear.
(BUZZES)
Ruth's single.
Oh, my God. You're pissing me off.
(SIGHING)
(BUZZES)
- Clear. - Crossing.
(SIGHING)
You've given up. That's the problem.
No, I haven't.
When was the last time you bought new clothes?
Who cares?
You've worn the same five outfits
in rotation for the last six months.
What kind of person notices that?
It's not just me, dude, everybody notices.
MACK: Spoke L is cleared. We're heading into the Hub.
CROSS: Copy that.
- Wait. - (BUZZES)
You guys talk about it?
(GASPS)
(GUNSHOTS)
Did you hear that?
Outer ring clear.
(BUZZES)
- Go. - (BUZZES)
(GOLDEN SCREAMING)
(BUZZES)
Golden's down. Golden's down.
CROSS: Kutter, what's your status?
She's dead.
KUTTER: Golden's dead.
(GRUNTS)
CROSS: Do you have a location on Wolfe?
(HEAVY BANGING)
(SNARLING)
GROSS: Kutter, Kutter!
(HEAVY BANGING)
DEENA: Come on. We need to move. Let's go.
(GAGGING AND COUGHING)
(VOMITING)
It's not too late.
Walker.
I had to try.
This shit is gonna kill you.
(RETCHING)
- (GROANING) - Okay.
- Get it off. - I got it. I got it.
- Get it off me. - Okay.
- (GASPING AND GROANING) - Uh, fuck.
- (GRUNTING) - Okay.
- Okay. Okay. - It's okay.
- Deena! - Mmm-hmm?
Wolfe begged us, me and Johnny. He begged us to kill him.
And we didn't.
I could have stopped him 20 years ago.
I could have killed him.
- Come on. - (GRUNTING)
(RETCHING AND COUGHING)
At the Sanction Lounge, Royalle saved dozens of people from Wolfe.
I tried, but I couldn't do anything. He was too strong.
And then suddenly, he stopped.
He stopped eating. Stopped killing. And he started crying.
(GRUNTING)
He said... (GRUNTING)
"Kill me, Christian."
He bared his throat.
And all those people who died later, I could've stopped it.
But I captured Wolfe instead.
Killers can't be heroes.
Capturing Wolfe made me a hero. It made me famous.
Like...
(STRAINED) Like I knew... Like I knew it would.
(GAGGING AND COUGHING)
Walker's down. I'm moving on alone.
(COUGHING)
- Deena, listen... - I don't need a fucking hero, Walker. I need a partner.
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
What the fuck?
(BUZZES)
Stay close.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(CHAYKIN GRUNTS)
Tighten it up, Chaykin.
- (ROARING) - (CHAYKIN YELLING)
CROSS: God!
- Open the door! Open the door! - (BUZZES)
COLLETTE: That's why Shaft administration kept him isolated, right?
Yes. The Powers population of the Shaft is housed on Level Eight and above.
I could be there in 10 minutes.
CRAIG: It's just a media circus going on outside the fence.
- We don't even know what's going on inside. - (BABY CRYING)
No, you said if something doesn't happen soon...
Number one, there's no way he's getting out of there.
Number two, if they were worried, they would've called in
one of the bigs and I'd know about it.
Number three, he eats people.
You don't think I can do it?
Look, Wolfe has taken down Powers
with years of experience in action.
Just... You get some battles under your belt...
You work for me, not the other way around.
All right. Let me find out who's down there.
This has got to be your show, okay?
I'll call you back.
(SIGHING)
You said no one knew what your cousin's death meant to you.
Well, now all those Powers at the club know your name.
It's like psyops, you know, getting in their heads.
Or I'm just lame. I don't know.
No. No. I get it. It's cool.
It makes me feel special. Thank you.
Yeah. (CHUCKLING)
Were you scared with all of them around?
No. It felt good. Exciting.
(SIGHING)
Like what I did mattered. You know?
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
I want to do more.
You should. Like what?
You did something for me that I'll never forget.
What if, you know, you did something for you,
for your dad, so that they'll never forget?
Well, it has to be big.
I want them to know that we're not weak.
I can help you.
How?
I already told you. I got skills.
(GRUNTING)
CROSS: Chaykin is down. Wolfe is sealed in Spoke 4.
DEENA: I'm in the outer ring, Spoke 4.
If you drive him down the spoke,
I can funnel him back toward the central corridor and into his cell.
TRIPHAMMER: Hold that position, Detective- I'm coming to you.
CROSS: We'll link up with you both at the intersection.
Kutter, what's your 20?
Kutter?
- Assume Kutter's down. - (GRUNTING)
Triphammer, we'll move on your signal.
I've got Adlard and Zabriski with me.
TRIPHAMMER: En route.
(BUZZES)
No! Don't! Don't!
No more. No more of my friends die.
Don't go! Walker! No! Stop! Get me out of here!
- Walker, open the door! - (GRUNTING)
(DEENA YELLING INDISTINCTLY)
(GEESE HONKING)
Christian, Is that you?
I thought I saw you before. I thought it was a dream.
(SIGHING)
Fucking fuckers.
They threw you in here, too.
But we are together now.
We're going to get out. They can't stop the both of us.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(BOTH GASPING)
Christian, are you all right? What did they do to you?
Fuck, we have to get out of here. They are trying to kill us.
They don't know what we're capable of.
COLLETTE: Wolfe has killed and consumed at least seven Shaft guards.
What does that mean for his powers?
Wolfe gets stronger every time he feeds.
But the real risks are incurred if he eats a Power.
His tremendous baseline strength,
speed and regenerative abilities
will increase exponentially.
EVA: This popped up on my feed.
COLLETTE: My source confirms Wolfe has broken containment
and is loose inside the Shaft. Powers Division is here,
but their record handling major Powers is far from reassuring.
You want me to call Triphammer and tell him you're coming?
No, if there were any danger of him breaching the surface,
he would have called.
The more people I help to evacuate
before this hurricane, the better.
Keep me informed.
Be careful.
(BUZZES)
Detective Pilgrim, what happened?
Walker?
Jesus, shit! Fuck! Is he...
What did Walker do?
He went in. By himself. Is he...
No, he's not there. Neither is Wolfe.
Wolfe has escaped containment into the Ring.
Could be anywhere on Level 9.
Walker and Pilgrim?
I've got eyes on Pilgrim. Walker is missing.
We're heading over to you.
No, no, go back to central watch.
The Drainer's activated in Wolfe's cell.
All I have to do is throw him in there.
We can cover more ground if we...
Emile, for fuck's sake.
Take your people out of here before they get eaten.
Copy, we're headed out.
I'll escort you to the elevator.
Oh, the fuck you will.
Detective, this is not a job for regular cops.
Good thing we're not regular cops.
If your partner is still alive,
it's only because Wolfe wants him to be.
You go in there, you end up like Golden or Mack
or Chaykin or Argento.
You would be lunch,
and trust me, he'll still want dinner.
You've been to a lot of places.
I've gotten good at hiding.
But you came back to your home.
Why did you want to make Sway for the Kidz?
Because it's a horrible feeling, being powerless,
at someone else's mercy.
But I fucked it up.
It could still work.
You have a bunch of Sway, right? But now...
Now, we have to hide.
I'll go get Simons.
We'll find someplace safe,
regather our strength, figure out a new strategy.
And go where?
Anywhere. Literally.
You choose.
Johnny, no.
There must be someplace...
You have to go back.
You have to kill Wolfe.
I don't think that's possible.
You set him free. People are going to die.
(SIGHING)
If I go back,
if I do what needs to be done,
if I come out of it alive,
will you wait?
Always. No matter what, no matter when.
Thank you.
Will you do something for me?
I can't help you get your powers.
No.
I want you to help me kill my father.
I can do that.
Then let's go home.
Our home.
(GASPING)
- Better? - (LAUGHING)
Everything's ready here.
Change of plans. We're staying.
No more running away. Right?
Yeah.
Well, I'll get back to work then.
Have they caught him yet?
Not yet.
I have to go back.
I shouldn't have left him behind.
If Johnny was here, he could just... But he was here.
He... He left me.
Christian, I think he's... He's working with them.
I think... I think he did something to me.
(GROWLS)
(WALKER GROANING) (GASPING)
(GROANING)
There is Power here.
(BANGING)
Oh, fuck, no.
(BUZZING AND WHIRRING)
What the fuck?
(GROANS)
Get to the elevator. Go. Now.
I found an unsealed hatch. He's on 8.
If he eats even a few significant Powers,
he could become very strong.
COLLETTE: How strong?
Strong enough to rip through those gates like they were tinfoil.
WOMAN: No, Landry. We need to get a young face down there.
Hey, what does Paola say about her hottie in the purple and black?
Yeah, Zora. Yeah. Well, is she...
(SIGHING) I swear to fuck, Paola's an idiot.
If I had Zora, I would have her front and...
It doesn't matter. She doesn't have to do anything,
just stand there and look badass.
- (LINE TRILLING) - WOMAN: Hashtag Zora.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hey. you okay?
Yeah. I just, um...
I was thinking about you.
You just saw me.
I know.
(LAUGHING) You just met me.
I know.
You watching this thing at the Shaft?
It's so fucked up.
Makes me want to not be alone.
Yeah?
I... When I was a kid, I used to have Wolfe nightmares really bad.
(SIGHING)
Everyone has had a Wolfe nightmare.
Get out of my way.
When I met you...
I can use what's in there to get us out.
Don't you remember me, teacher?
You weren't lost.
You were a cocky little shit.
Yeah, we...
We didn't know. Me, Johnny, all of us,
we... We didn't know who we were, what we could be.
No, this... This isn't you. This is not who you are.
(GRUNTING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(GROANING)
You are working with them, making me see things.
You cannot do it, Christian.
You cannot turn me into something I am not.
(CREAKING)
(GRUNTING)
I am Power.
(MAN SCREAMING)
(TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)
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