1. Asking the question
on everyone's mind these days.Copy !req
2. What do you think about the Batman?Copy !req
3. That guy who beat up the cops?
I don't like him, not one bit.Copy !req
4. My sister and me,
we think he might be a vampire.Copy !req
5. Well, I say this Batman's
got a lot of moxie.Copy !req
6. About time someone gave
these cops a licking.Copy !req
7. I'm frightened. That's what I think.Copy !req
8. I won't go out after dark now.Copy !req
9. This whole city's gone to hell
in a handbasket.Copy !req
10. Well, he's breaking the law, ain't he?Copy !req
11. So they ought to catch that freak
and lock him up.Copy !req
12. And now, he's even attacking our brave police.Copy !req
13. Well, I say this will not stand.Copy !req
14. The people elected me
to make this a better city, a safer city,Copy !req
15. a city of law and order.Copy !req
16. So today,
I'm announcing a special taskforceCopy !req
17. to catch this Batman character
and bring him to justice.Copy !req
18. This man is not a hero. He's a criminal.Copy !req
19. And his time in Gotham is up.Copy !req
20. Mr. Mayor! Mr. Mayor!Copy !req
21. Hope you were listening, Gordon.
This bat's your problem now.Copy !req
22. And you'd better not screw it up.Copy !req
23. Okay, okay. One at a time, fellas.Copy !req
24. You gotta be kidding me, Commish.Copy !req
25. Me and Flass put away more crooks
than the rest of that squad combined.Copy !req
26. It should be us running this taskforce.Copy !req
27. You and your partner
are the reason for all this.Copy !req
28. I got Boss Thorne
taking over the Narrows,Copy !req
29. but I have to waste our resources
chasing a shadowCopy !req
30. because you got your picture in the paper.Copy !req
31. Sorry, Bullock.
You're not getting rewarded for that.Copy !req
32. But her? You really think the men
are going to take orders from that...Copy !req
33. I expect my men
to obey the chain of command.Copy !req
34. Even, you. Now, stop complaining.Copy !req
35. You've already made us late
for the briefing.Copy !req
36. And I won't say it's going to be easy,
but catching criminals is what we do.Copy !req
37. So this one dresses up like Dracula.
So what?Copy !req
38. Still a criminal,
and we're going to take him down.Copy !req
39. What do we know about this Batman?
Chandler?Copy !req
40. He's mostly been seen between ten at night
and four in the morning.Copy !req
41. Usually driving that hot rod of his
100 miles an hour.Copy !req
42. And he's been spotted
in the East End more than anywhere else.Copy !req
43. Yeah, he's been beating
the tar out of muggersCopy !req
44. and dope peddlers out there
the last few weeks.Copy !req
45. I still can't believe Gordon
put her in charge.Copy !req
46. Just bide your time.
I'll figure something.Copy !req
47. Okay. What else do we know?Copy !req
48. Well, we know he's not scared
of the police.Copy !req
49. Corrigan's right. The Bat put half a dozen
officers in the hospital last month.Copy !req
50. - Not including Flass and Bullock.Copy !req
51. Yeah, real funny, but I still don't see
a plan here, Montoya.Copy !req
52. So how are you gonna
actually catch this guy?Copy !req
53. Well, we're gonna trap him,Copy !req
54. and we're going to start
by casting a wide net.Copy !req
55. Better have something in that purse,
sister, or this is getting ugly fast.Copy !req
56. Geez! Take it easy, Driver.Copy !req
57. Sorry, Romy.
I was trying to make it look real.Copy !req
58. Well, maybe avoid
the trash cans next time.Copy !req
59. So, what, we wait ten minutes
and do it again?Copy !req
60. Hm... yeah.Copy !req
61. Keep away from me, you!Copy !req
62. You're only making it worse
on yourself, old man.Copy !req
63. Help! Somebody help me!Copy !req
64. Oh, God! Please! No!Copy !req
65. He's going to kill me! Somebody help!Copy !req
66. No! No, wait! Please!Copy !req
67. Listen. Listen, guys.
I just need a few more days, please.Copy !req
68. That ain't up to us, pal.
Guess we gotta carve you up now.Copy !req
69. No, wait! Don't! No!Copy !req
70. Hey, you can't leave us like this!Copy !req
71. This is command, status update.Copy !req
72. Command, this is Decoy One.
Negative so far.Copy !req
73. - Decoy Two, also negative.
- Decoy Three, we got bupkis.Copy !req
74. Decoy Four, status?Copy !req
75. Command, he was here,
but we didn't see him, exactly.Copy !req
76. And, uh, I think we need a fire truck.Copy !req
77. Damn it. We should have had men
on the rooftops, too.Copy !req
78. - He would've spotted them.
- Yeah, he's sharp.Copy !req
79. But I figure he'd respond to screaming,
no matter what.Copy !req
80. - So, what do we do next, boss?
- Tomorrow night, we up the stakes.Copy !req
81. Calling all cars.
High speed pursuit in progress.Copy !req
82. Getaway car on Fifth Avenue,
three blocks from Robinson Bridge.Copy !req
83. - Repeat, all units respond.Copy !req
84. Well, hot diggity.Copy !req
85. - This is car 51. We've got him. Go!Copy !req
86. No more blanks, boys!
Switch to live ammo!Copy !req
87. That's it. Pen him in. We got him.Copy !req
88. Move! Go!Copy !req
89. No! Look out!Copy !req
90. Damn it! We had him!Copy !req
91. Well, I think it's a shame.
A shame that our current mayorCopy !req
92. wants to waste taxpayer money
on such an obvious political stunt.Copy !req
93. But worse, it turns out
his special taskforceCopy !req
94. isn't even up to their special task.
It's an embarrassment.Copy !req
95. This is why I'm running
against Mayor Jessop,Copy !req
96. because Gotham needs to be strong again
and safe and proud.Copy !req
97. And with Harvey Dent as your mayor,
you will be.Copy !req
98. - Gordon.
The freakin' front page?Copy !req
99. - Yes, Mr. Mayor. I saw the paper.
- So what are you doing about it?Copy !req
100. - Sir, we're doing every...
- Because I thought I was very clearCopy !req
101. that catching this masked freak
is your top priority!Copy !req
102. Yes, and it's got our full attention.
I have everyone out on the street.Copy !req
103. I want good headlines, Gordon! Wasn't that
the whole point of you in that job?Copy !req
104. - Good press!
- Sir, we'll catch him. I just...Copy !req
105. Car Four.
All clear on 10th and Market.Copy !req
106. No sign of target.Copy !req
107. Don't move! Halt!Copy !req
108. Stop, damn you!Copy !req
109. Wait. He was here?Copy !req
110. Right in the damn conference room!Copy !req
111. I've got the mayor breathing down our necks,
and this guy's making us look like idiots.Copy !req
112. We need more time.
The mayor can't expect miracles.Copy !req
113. Well, he does. He made that very clear.Copy !req
114. Look, I'm trying to change this place.
Root out the bent cops and the graft.Copy !req
115. But I have to stick around
to make that happen.Copy !req
116. He's threatening your job?Copy !req
117. Not in so many words,
but I can read between the lines.Copy !req
118. We need to catch this Batman and fast,Copy !req
119. or I'm getting transferred out
to Marshall Island,Copy !req
120. and you go back to being treated
like the office coffee girl.Copy !req
121. It hasn't even been a week.
We can do this. I just...Copy !req
122. No. He's too smart for these tactics.Copy !req
123. Renee, it's not working.Copy !req
124. We need to try something else.Copy !req
125. Okay, so he's too smart.Copy !req
126. Maybe we can use that,
get inside his head.Copy !req
127. Well for starters,
he's kind of a shy boy, isn't he?Copy !req
128. The hit and run tactics, the mask.Copy !req
129. You've got to wonder,
what else is he hiding under that thing?Copy !req
130. Besides obvious issues with authority
and maybe a fetish or two.Copy !req
131. My old college professor, Dr. Crane,
would say...Copy !req
132. This Dr. Quinzel's interesting.
Where did you find her?Copy !req
133. Your daughter. They're friends.
She's one of Barbara's expert witnesses.Copy !req
134. - Ah. Of course she is.
- Yeah.Copy !req
135. Barb introduced us at our Christmas party,
and, uh, we kept in touch.Copy !req
136. So, why all this animosity for the police?
Where does that come from?Copy !req
137. Well, frankly,
I think the police are just in his way.Copy !req
138. His real targets are the criminals.
He's punishing them.Copy !req
139. That's why he's out there
night after night.Copy !req
140. That's his compulsion.Copy !req
141. Hey, all this head shrink mumbo-jumbo
might mean something to you, doc,Copy !req
142. but can you just please tell us
how to catch this guy?Copy !req
143. Sure.Copy !req
144. Batman seems to have a thing
for all these costumed creepsCopy !req
145. that keep popping up, right?
Maybe they remind him of himself.Copy !req
146. Who knows?
In any case, that's how you catch him.Copy !req
147. By using different bait.
You need a weirdo.Copy !req
148. - Bingo.
- Huh? Hey, wait up.Copy !req
149. So, who do we got in holding?
Let's see here...Copy !req
150. Drunk and disorderly, no.Copy !req
151. Car thief, no.Copy !req
152. Grievous bodily harm. Oh, here we go.Copy !req
153. This is our man.Copy !req
154. Hey, Flass. You sure about this?Copy !req
155. You heard the lady doctor.
This is what gets to the Bat.Copy !req
156. Guys with weird names and bad habits.Copy !req
157. Okay, let's go, Firefly.
It's time to take a ride.Copy !req
158. Actually, it's Firebug.Copy !req
159. Firebug, right.Copy !req
160. Better grab his outfit from Evidence too.Copy !req
161. That's one of my clients.Copy !req
162. - What are you doing with him?
- None of your beeswax.Copy !req
163. We got orders to take him
to Arkham Asylum, Miss Gordon.Copy !req
164. - For a psych exam, I believe it was.
- I wasn't notified.Copy !req
165. Probably just an oversight,
you know, red tape.Copy !req
166. - Anyway...
- Well, be careful with that one.Copy !req
167. He's more dangerous than he looks.Copy !req
168. - Yeah, that's what we hear.Copy !req
169. You know,
Barbie's actually meeting me here.Copy !req
170. We're going to Gino's.Copy !req
171. Oh, you got a table at Gino's?
You must know somebody.Copy !req
172. Honestly,
I know too many somebodies, Commissioner.Copy !req
173. - Would you like to join us, Renee?
- I would, but I'm on the clock.Copy !req
174. - Maybe another time?
- I'm going to hold you to that.Copy !req
175. Oh, here she is.Copy !req
176. Dad, I think you have a problem.Copy !req
177. Did you give Bullock and Flass orders
to transfer a prisoner?Copy !req
178. No. What prisoner?Copy !req
179. Can't you feel it?Copy !req
180. All of those people out there
longing for the flames,Copy !req
181. for the truth of the fire to show...Copy !req
182. Hey, Firefly, shut it.
No one gives a crap.Copy !req
183. It's Firebug.Copy !req
184. You know, I tell you, Flass, I'd hate
to be a little guy like that in lockup.Copy !req
185. You'd need a real scary rep
if you want to survive in there.Copy !req
186. Yeah. A couple of arsons and
a homemade costume ain't gonna cut it.Copy !req
187. Did you see his suit?Copy !req
188. It's like long underwear,
but on the outside,Copy !req
189. and these big bug-eyed goggles.Copy !req
190. That uniform is fireproof.Copy !req
191. Yeah, I saw that.
Hey, you put it in the trunk, right?Copy !req
192. Yeah, it's back there
with his fuel tank dingus.Copy !req
193. Wait. Is the lock on that trunk
still busted?Copy !req
194. Dang it, you're right.
I keep forgetting to get that fixed.Copy !req
195. So you mean anyone
could get into that trunk,Copy !req
196. and run off with Firebug's special suit?Copy !req
197. Yeah, I guess. Ooh! You hear that?Copy !req
198. Sounds like engine trouble.Copy !req
199. What do you think? Radiator?Copy !req
200. No, no,
it sounded like the fan belt.Copy !req
201. - Maybe we need to get a tow truck.
- Ah, we don't want to do that. The...Copy !req
202. All right.
He isn't completely dense after all.Copy !req
203. Okay. Make it look good.Copy !req
204. Oh, no. Hey, Flass, I can't...Copy !req
205. Just do it.Copy !req
206. Again.Copy !req
207. - Flass? You okay?
- Yeah.Copy !req
208. Yeah, I'm fine.Copy !req
209. All right, here's what happened.Copy !req
210. Tire went flat, you got out to look at it.Copy !req
211. Somehow, Firebug got the better of me.Copy !req
212. Little bastard's stronger than he looks.Copy !req
213. And then he ran for it. Got it?Copy !req
214. You think this is going to work?Copy !req
215. Some costumed freak burning down
the Eastside Flats?Copy !req
216. You really think
this will draw out the Bat?Copy !req
217. If it doesn't,
then we'll try something else.Copy !req
218. Yes. Here we go.Copy !req
219. This is just like Flass and Bullock,Copy !req
220. doing whatever they think
they can get away with.Copy !req
221. Well, not this time. Damn it!Copy !req
222. Where are they?Copy !req
223. There's nothing on
the police band about the Eastside Flats?Copy !req
224. No, not at this...
Oh, hang on.Copy !req
225. There's just been a report
of a man in a maskCopy !req
226. setting fire to one of the tenements.Copy !req
227. Someone call the fire department!
Please, help!Copy !req
228. This is Detective Flass.Copy !req
229. I need everyone with a badge
to the Eastside Flats.Copy !req
230. We got a building on fire,
an escaped prisoner, and the Batman.Copy !req
231. I repeat, the Bat is on the scene.
Get here fast, people. Double time!Copy !req
232. Eastside Flats was on my old beat.
A fire there will be hell on earth.Copy !req
233. Last thing those people need is Flass and
Bullock turning it into a war zone too.Copy !req
234. This is Commissioner Gordon.Copy !req
235. No one makes a move until I get there.Copy !req
236. Is that understood?Copy !req
237. Okay, we're going to split up in there.Copy !req
238. We're looking for the Bat,
and the maniac who started this fire.Copy !req
239. Orders are to shoot on sight.Copy !req
240. All right, boys,
let's go show these freaks what for.Copy !req
241. Stop.Copy !req
242. Come on. I'm O'Brian from the Gazette.
You gotta let me through.Copy !req
243. I don't gotta do nothing, pal.Copy !req
244. Everyone, listen up!Copy !req
245. We need to move the civilians back.Copy !req
246. This whole place could go up
like a tinderbox at any moment.Copy !req
247. Where are Flass and Bullock?Copy !req
248. They took an armored squad in
a few minutes ago, sir.Copy !req
249. - No one else goes in. Is that clear?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
250. What are you doing? You just said...Copy !req
251. I won't have good cops dying in there
because of those two.Copy !req
252. Come on. There's another way.Copy !req
253. Shelly says the Bat was spotted
on the fifth floor. Let's move.Copy !req
254. Hang on. Look, there!Copy !req
255. - Damn. I was sure I...
- Come on.Copy !req
256. He ain't here.Copy !req
257. Help! Help! Please!Copy !req
258. Come on, children. Stay close to Mother.Copy !req
259. Oh!Copy !req
260. That way. Go!Copy !req
261. Take Mike and Jim...Copy !req
262. Well, holy crap.Copy !req
263. - Can you stand?
- I think.Copy !req
264. Yeah.Copy !req
265. Where are Flass and Bullock?Copy !req
266. I don't know. We split up.Copy !req
267. Commissioner, we saw Batman.
He's moving towards the top floors.Copy !req
268. You need to get them out, Renee.Copy !req
269. - And look for more on the way down.
- But...Copy !req
270. That's an order. Go.Copy !req
271. Okay. Come on, you two.Copy !req
272. Well, your lawyer was right.Copy !req
273. You are more dangerous than you look.Copy !req
274. Yes, but I used all my fuel now,
so I guess I give up.Copy !req
275. He'll talk. About his escape.Copy !req
276. Oh, my God!Copy !req
277. Don't move!Copy !req
278. There's another one inside.Copy !req
279. It's okay, son. I got you.Copy !req
280. - I can take him down outside.
- No. Those men will shoot at you.Copy !req
281. They might not see the kids.
Come on. I know these buildings.Copy !req
282. This used to be my beat.Copy !req
283. - It goes to the laundry room.
- What's at the bottom?Copy !req
284. - I guess we'll find out.
- Guess we will.Copy !req
285. It's safe.Copy !req
286. Okay. Come on, kids. What are you...Copy !req
287. All right, everyone stay close.Copy !req
288. Oh, thank God.
I thought you were still in there.Copy !req
289. I found a shortcut.Copy !req
290. Hey, Commish, you see the Batman in there?
Heard he was chasing that Firebug guy.Copy !req
291. No, I didn't.Copy !req
292. Let me be clear.
I know exactly what you did.Copy !req
293. You put fellow officers and innocent
civilians in harm's way on purpose,Copy !req
294. and I'm gonna have your badges for this.Copy !req
295. There something funny here, Bullock?Copy !req
296. Guess you didn't see the papers.Copy !req
297. Gordon, it's Mayor Jessop.Copy !req
298. Think it's time we made some changes
to this taskforce.Copy !req
299. These two hero cops from the papers,
Flass and Bullock,Copy !req
300. I want them in charge from now on.Copy !req
301. But listen, I saw you did some good
out there too, Jim. Saved some kids.Copy !req
302. So we're going to keep you around for now.Copy !req
303. Just make sure my guys have whatever
they need and stay out of their way.Copy !req
304. - Understand me?
- Yes, sir, Mr. Mayor.Copy !req
305. Let me take a wild guess.
Was that about us?Copy !req
306. It's okay, kiddo. I'm not licked yet.Copy !req